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InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.
If you hosed about with the seats while carting everything about, check the plugs under the front seats, always a good source of mystery airbag lights on many cars.

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randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Good point. I moved the passenger seat up a bit in order to fold the back seats down.

It went out when I stopped to check the mail.... then came back on as I was parking in front of my building. :argh: (I shut the engine off to check the mail...) So it does sound like a loose connector.

It has an open recall for the passenger side airbag (Takata....), so if I really feel like being an rear end in a top hat I can just blame it on her refusing to get it fixed. :v:

opengl
Sep 16, 2010

I finally got the Chebby dealer to get me in for replacement for my passenger airbag last year in beatervibe. Got a ton of notices in the mail in the past couple months saying the one they put in can also explode and I need to have it replaced again. Bleh.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

im going up to atlanta for a TAZ live show on friday night. my original plan for the last few months was to drive up the day of and get there a few hours ahead of time, but now with extra traffic from anyone who's evacuating from the storm that's probably a no go. and who knows when it'll be safe to come back, i was gonna come back sunday afternoon but that's when the storm's actually hitting so lol welp

ROAD TRIPS

Modus Man
Jun 8, 2004



Soiled Meat
Damnit I just looked to see when the next season of Patriot is dropping on Prime and discovered they loving cancelled it! What the gently caress that show was amazing! I’d cancel Prime to show them how I feel but i use it all the time so I can’t :effort:

At least they picked up The Expanse...

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

meatpimp posted:

New high point for my HOA. I've had 2 wheels of the Escalade off the driveway and in the grass to give my wife more room to back out while the Juke is still in the garage. I got this little nugget of joy this morning:


I can't :fuckoff: hard enough. I called so that we can review the pictures they took. Assholes. There's a house across the street that put a loving arbor vidae spite fence in its front yard without repercussions, yet I park with a couple wheels off the grass and it's "parking in the front yard."

At the opposite end of the HOA spectrum, my neighbor planted five evergreens last year. I immediately sent an email to the HOA management company saying "Hey, these are gonna gently caress up my view, was their landscaping plan approved?" and they responded with "Your neighbors went through the proper channels and we can't say anymore due to privacy issues." So I waited until they actually started loving up my view, which took all of 12 months, and am now sending emails again saying "Sorry, "nunya fuckin business" isn't really going to cut it considering the view is half the reason we bought the house and "Protecting the views the neighborhood is known for" is literally part of the first sentence in the HOA's mission statement.

I'm legit curious how this is going to proceed. It seems the two most likely causes are:

1. The "architectural committee" are idiots that just rubber stamp any plan without looking at them, or
2. The neighbor submitted a plan that didn't have the trees on it and planted them because they're dicks or just oblivious, and the HOA wouldn't ever know because they're in the back yard and they don't come out and check to make sure the work matches the plan.

I will 100% sue the poo poo out of anybody and everybody though because poo poo like this is the only real legitimate purpose of an HOA and they failed miserably.

Tremek
Jun 10, 2005

Raluek posted:

And don't talk too much poo poo about PPCs, I'm posting this from a G4 Powerbook. It's one of, uh, many.

With all seriousness - you shouldn’t be on the internet with that machine anymore, full stop.

There are unpatched vulnerabilities in 10.5 and modern web browsers are no longer supported on it. You’re asking to get banking credentials stolen or worse.

toplitzin
Jun 13, 2003


loving Camry.

Rotated the tires and the TCS is freaking out whenever you hit the gas.

Cleared the codes, too it for a few laps around the neighborhood with plenty of turns, and nope, will angry.

Even after an ECU reset.

Drives fine with it off, but then you have the ugly light on and the lady gets upset.

FML

opengl
Sep 16, 2010

Modus Man posted:

Damnit I just looked to see when the next season of Patriot is dropping on Prime and discovered they loving cancelled it! What the gently caress that show was amazing! I’d cancel Prime to show them how I feel but i use it all the time so I can’t :effort:

At least they picked up The Expanse...

Aw that’s a bummer but not hugely surprising. I feel like nobody was watching it or even knew about it.

Tremek
Jun 10, 2005

toplitzin posted:

loving Camry.

Rotated the tires and the TCS is freaking out whenever you hit the gas.

Cleared the codes, too it for a few laps around the neighborhood with plenty of turns, and nope, will angry.

Even after an ECU reset.

Drives fine with it off, but then you have the ugly light on and the lady gets upset.

FML

Sounds like you may have damaged or unplugged a wheel speed sensor?

toplitzin
Jun 13, 2003


Tremek posted:

Sounds like you may have damaged or unplugged a wheel speed sensor?

Possibly/probably, but it is dark and we're driving to ATL tomorrow at dark o clock.

I'll take the R, and gently caress with it Monday when when I get back and I have more daylight

Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost
Weird. My wife insists I deliberately turn the traction control off, but then again she does give the warboys V8 salute to the M3 every time we go out to it from wherever we're parked at...

LloydDobler
Oct 15, 2005

You shared it with a dick.

opengl128 posted:

Aw that’s a bummer but not hugely surprising. I feel like nobody was watching it or even knew about it.

Yeah I also think it was great, but I heard about it here and nobody I recommended it to in the real world ever checked it out. I can see it having fairly limited appeal, as it did daring things and was really really dark at times. That whole detective micropenis character development was a bit hard to watch and I could see the masses not enjoying that at all. And it got extremely bleak at the end of S2, dude really needed a win and didn't ever get one.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

T-Square posted:

Guess who pulled a stainless pan out of a 450F oven on Sunday night, and then promptly grabbed it again without an oven mitt? :downs:


At least I got good drugs and a day off work out of it.

I've done this at least once in the last year, though not bad enough to need drugs.

The worst similar thing I've ever done was after having smoked stuff half a dozen times on a big green egg I seared a steak on it for the first time.

Turns out when you're smoking stuff at 225 the top vent stays real cool and you can adjust it with your fingers, but when you're trying to turn the fire box into lava to sear steaks and grab the cast iron top vent without thinking about it you end up leaving your finger prints melted to the cast iron.

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


Ether Frenzy posted:

Weird. My wife insists I deliberately turn the traction control off, but then again she does give the warboys V8 salute to the M3 every time we go out to it from wherever we're parked at...

Where did you get your wife and do they have more in stock?

Elviscat
Jan 1, 2008

Well don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

LloydDobler posted:

Yeah I also think it was great, but I heard about it here and nobody I recommended it to in the real world ever checked it out. I can see it having fairly limited appeal, as it did daring things and was really really dark at times. That whole detective micropenis character development was a bit hard to watch and I could see the masses not enjoying that at all. And it got extremely bleak at the end of S2, dude really needed a win and didn't ever get one.

It's worth it for the Chrysler Turbo-Encabulator like pipeline welding jargon (pretty sure they quote that verbatim a couple times) and folk music about Nigerian shop owners alone. I definitely stayed for flipping the concept of the super cool spy man trope on its head and having the run-down, mentally I'll, and battling with PTSD spy man, with a lot of humor, it's a better and easier to swallow take on the genre, and all the actors were fantastic.

It's an Amazon show though, so if they hadn't cancelled it, it would have gone to complete and utter poo poo anyways.

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

Tremek posted:

With all seriousness - you shouldn’t be on the internet with that machine anymore, full stop.

There are unpatched vulnerabilities in 10.5 and modern web browsers are no longer supported on it. You’re asking to get banking credentials stolen or worse.

I only use it for shitposting.

The browser I use is this one, which is indeed a couple years old, but much newer than what it shipped with. And it supports modern SSL and stuff. There's also tenfourfox, which is up to date with current firefox, but it's quite a bit slower.

Not like I log into anything more sensitive than my SA account with it, anyway.

I wonder if there is any malware in the wild anymore that targets OS9...

bolind
Jun 19, 2005



Pillbug

Raluek posted:

I wonder if there is any malware in the wild anymore that targets OS9...

Talking out of my rear end here, but I’d say that once that stuff exists, it’s just added to the scripts. Think of how much windows 98 stuff that still appears in, for example, web server logs.

Spent the first night in the new house. Apparently we’ve moved to boomer suburbia because at 05:45 a guy on a moped started delivering real physical paper newspapers into mailboxes.

Tremek
Jun 10, 2005

Raluek posted:

I only use it for shitposting.

The browser I use is this one, which is indeed a couple years old, but much newer than what it shipped with. And it supports modern SSL and stuff. There's also tenfourfox, which is up to date with current firefox, but it's quite a bit slower.

Not like I log into anything more sensitive than my SA account with it, anyway.

I wonder if there is any malware in the wild anymore that targets OS9...

It’s not just malware that you have to worry about; in fact fileless attacks are more common than file-based attacks in many sectors now. Whether taking advantage of weak encryption (for example: are you using wireless?) The built-in Airport cards of that era don’t even support WPA - it’s trivial to passively crack a WPA password these days much less WEP. Even if you don’t leave the house it doesn’t mean anything you do on the device is secure.

I’m not saying you’re a likely target or anything like that as I don’t know squat about you, but hackers are weird and an oddity like a PPC machine could easily catch someone’s eye for reasons you can’t even fathom (and if I were to make a guess, it could happen for as simple a reason as the novelty.)

Worse yet, once your machine’s compromised, it’s not just that machine that’s the problem - the next thing an attack is going to attempt to exploit is moving laterally on your network to look for things that DO matter to you, such as sensitive files (tax returns, photos, banking data) or especially if it’s part of the new breeds of randomware, you’ll wake up one day to a ransomware screen demanding Bitcoin or else.

How good are your backups? Are they offline and airgapped? I assure you I am not loving with you.

I was at Black Hat a few weeks ago (Defcon is where the real action is at by comparison of course) and even then some of the proof of concepts being discussed or worse yet being used in the wild are astounding.

If you want some easy scares, go look up apps and OSes you use even just occasionally on Exploit-DB and see how many practical attacks there are available for any script kiddie to pull down and run via Kali and the like, it’s astounding.

Even just in the past 2-5 years this environment has changed drastically. I reiterate my advice (based on the advice of people far more knowledgeable than me) to not touch the web in any way with a device that is EOL/unsupported.

Tremek fucked around with this message at 11:28 on Aug 29, 2019

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


opengl128 posted:

Aw that’s a bummer but not hugely surprising. I feel like nobody was watching it or even knew about it.

I still quote the gently caress out of it in the OSHA thread.

The second season wasn't nearly as good as the first, so it's not a huge loss, really.

I like the more absurd dark comedy style stuff. The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favorite movie for so many reasons, there was a time i couldn't even convince people to start watching it because of the style/premise.

It usually only takes this scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZR5ebXUMXM

For patriot, it would have to be this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-9Rfrui9A

e: holy poo poo this owns

https://www.stryder-it.de/simdashboard/index.php



live gauges and button panels for racing sims. this is from beam.NG but it works in ETS2. If i can get this working with my tractors i'll be over the moon.

e2: and i just mashed the throttle and launched my loving tablet across the room.

Powershift fucked around with this message at 11:31 on Aug 29, 2019

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Powershift posted:

The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favorite movie for so many reasons, there was a time i couldn't even convince people to start watching it because of the style/premise.

It usually only takes this scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZR5ebXUMXM

It's a superb film and so beautifully shot too. I've tried to get so many people to watch and all that do adore it. I have a soft spot for Isle of Dogs too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lxqzem01IU

Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 11:52 on Aug 29, 2019

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
Does anyone mind terribly if I post an "Am I the rear end in a top hat here?" I ask because my initial draft is like 900 words, but I need some input on how I can be a better partner, and my normal consultant (Dad) can't provide an objective opinion. E/N is fuckin' weird and you guys seem a lot more stable.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Beach Bum posted:

E/N is fuckin' weird and you guys seem a lot more stable.

Not a high bar, but we barely cleared it.

The answer is to get even by buying a hellcat. If you get the Trackhawk, worst comes to worst you can live in it :haw:

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting



I have hit the highest point of my life and it's all downhill from here

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Beach Bum posted:

Does anyone mind terribly if I post an "Am I the rear end in a top hat here?" I ask because my initial draft is like 900 words, but I need some input on how I can be a better partner, and my normal consultant (Dad) can't provide an objective opinion. E/N is fuckin' weird and you guys seem a lot more stable.

:justpost:

Although a rule I've gone by for the longest time is "If everyone around you seems like an rear end in a top hat, it is YOU that is the rear end in a top hat"

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
Alright you asked for it

TL;DR my live-in SO feels she should have more input on who and what I bring into my house after getting blindsided by two major household changes: a possible but very temporary roommate and my dog coming home.

Background:
SO is 24, I'm 31. Dating since January. She moved in back in March after her dad did some poo poo and I offered her my place. I [the bank] own my home. By mutual agreement she writes me a check of about $200/mo, paying 25% of groceries, utilities, and other services/expenditures she utilizes (she earns less than a third of my salary), but not the mortgage or things she doesn't utilize.

Story: About two weeks ago, I found out my parents might be splitting up, so suddenly and abruptly so that it may leave my Dad without a place to crash. I told SO we might have a "roommate" for a short while, but that I can't talk about anything else about their situation to respect their privacy (we all work at the same company, but she's in a different but adjacent department), and that she might need to clear her stuff out of the spare bedroom she's using for storage, and to start thinking about how she might want to do that. Mea culpa, I was unwise and careless to drop this nuke right before she had to go to work, thinking she would understand, but oh boy was I wrong. We talked, and I apologized for dropping it right before work. However, she was under the impression she would have a say in who, if anyone, would be living with us. I agreed that under normal circumstances, that would be correct, but that this was a unique situation and I had a unique obligation that overrides any input she might normally have in the matter. She's also unhappy that I don't "trust her" with my Dad's business; my rebuttal is that it's not my business to trust her with, reasoning she somewhat grudgingly accepts. She asks what it would take for her to have a say in this situation, and I reply "an ownership interest in the house", (which I have been very careful to withhold, as we've only been dating since January, and I'm nowhere near ready to commit to a more permanent arrangement; nor could she afford it). We hash it out a bit more and come to terms about it, but she's still what I'll call "actively surly" about the situation, which I don't really appreciate, but I can understand her point of view and deal with it.

Yesterday, I took my dog, who stays with the parents, to the vet (they have a nice yard and a pool and another dog there; much better situation for him until I get my backyard fence rebuilt). He's been having issues with aural haematomas since April. During examination, I discovered that his ears were absolutely filthy and possibly infected, one with an open sore, which is abnormal, as usually Dad is pretty good about keeping them clean. However, he's been busy as hell with both work and trying to find a landing zone that isn't my spare bedroom, so whatever; I'm a bit ticked but I get it. He and I talk and we both agree it's best if I take the dog, as my Mother is not going to want to take care of him at all, much less do what needs to be done for his care plan once Dad leaves. I spend three hours at two different vets scheduling a surgery, and on the way back to my parents place to get dog stuff I call the SO and explain the situation.

Side note; "we" have three cats: two 1yo males I got suckered into adopting (E: before SO came along), and her 15yo male. She had serious concerns about how her cat would react, but so far all has been quiet other than some poofy tails and hissing (my dog was raised with my mother's late black cat and is very tolerant/wary of all the cats I've seen him encounter).

Anyway, she's, uh, "displeased", to say the least, but I tell her I don't really have any other options to ensure my dog receives the best care other than to provide it myself. She disengages because she's mad and doesn't want to say things she doesn't really mean, and we agree to talk later. Well, later, we go through the whole "why don't I get any input" thing again, and again come to terms, but as before, she's still a bit bitter, only maybe turned up a couple notches.

I get why she's mad, and I'm being understanding (or rather, mostly succeeding in the attempt). I feel I've been pretty logical about this, and my Dad agrees (we talk a LOT), but he's not really an impartial party.

So. again, am I being an rear end in a top hat here? I am 99% confident I could tell her the potential roommate is my Dad and that would instantly cauterize that particular thread of discussion, but I don't know how to get around the dog situation without compromising his care (or the relationship). Help me be a better partner AI pals.

Also she said she doesn't like living with dogs :staredog: ... :sever:???

Beach Bum fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Aug 29, 2019

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

You own your place and she thinks she has a 50:50 say in things? Hell no.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Moving in after 3 months is obviously a recipe for pain, but it was obviously a unique circumstance. If it's her only place to live you can see why she would want to know about other people moving in, but should also be understanding considering her own circumstances. I'm not a mind reader, and i would imagine she is more upset about it being sprung on her than the situation itself. Why haven't you explained the complete situation? She's probably picturing a "dave" scenario when it's really more of a family emergency. Even if she isn't paying a whole lot of rent, if you make 3 times her wage, saying "i make the money i wear the pants" will probably get you stabbed(considering she's a cat person who dislikes dogs)

In conclusion, buy a hellcat!

Comedy answer: just tell her to calm down, works every time

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Just straight up say "My dads in trouble, he's staying in my house. Also doggo needs a home"

If anything your partner is the temporary roommate at this stage.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Yeah a lot of this is probably how you let her know a few specific things but not actually everything. You're kinda supposed to share stuff with your other half so I can see why she's currently a little wary.

The not liking dog things though there's no hope for. How do these people even exist?

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Olympic Mathlete posted:

The not liking dog things though there's no hope for. How do these people even exist?

some people only view dogs as the little yippy purse dogs, or the tear a child apart dogs, and don't realize most of them are just big dumb cats.

Tremek
Jun 10, 2005

Beach Bum: sounds like you both need to work on communication; you being weird and evasive about your dad’s situation probably didn’t help, but her lack of understanding (I mean c’mon - it’s your parent) also sucks. Side note, you’re not in college, “roommate” has juvenile implications, probably better to phrase that differently to any/all.

With that said I’m astounded that she doesn’t contribute to the mortgage unless that’s how you see the $200/mo. This person sounds coddled.

The dog thing is also dumb considering she has to know you have a dog, and that said dog needs help? Moving in together and adopting cats all in a 6 month period are yellow flags at best. This kind of drama may well be portents of things to come IMO. :( I sense a lack of empathy and an increased sense of narcissism on her part, and you may be an enabler. Consider counseling/therapy, or maybe just :sever: as none of this will just get better on its own, you’ll need effort from both parties.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

You Am I posted:

You own your place and she thinks she has a 50:50 say in things? Hell no.

You're not wrong

Powershift posted:

Even if she isn't paying a whole lot of rent, if you make 3 times her wage, saying "i make the money i wear the pants" will probably get you stabbed(considering she's a cat person who dislikes dogs)

In conclusion, buy a hellcat!

Comedy answer: just tell her to calm down, works every time

:allears: If life had Quicksave... :allears:

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Yeah a lot of this is probably how you let her know a few specific things but not actually everything. You're kinda supposed to share stuff with your other half so I can see why she's currently a little wary.

Yeah. Having two sudden things come up like this is close succession (with me mishandling the poo poo out of the first one) probably skewed this, but that's already water under the bridge, and "sorry" after the fact ain't really worth poo poo.

I'd tell her it's my Dad but I know he would not be happy if I told someone outside the family. I might ask him today since it's still causing strife at home.


Humphreys posted:

Just straight up say "My dads in trouble, he's staying in my house. Also doggo needs a home"

If anything your partner is the temporary roommate at this stage.

If she had a bit more wisdom I'd be with you on all three counts; I'm constantly reminding myself that she's only 24 and she's lived with her dad the majority of her adult life.

I'm pretty much right there on 2 and 3; My dog is my best buddy and I spend (spent? :( )a lot of time at the parents place to play with him. Dad and I shared places for years before he remarried Mother and I bought my place.

Tremek posted:

Beach Bum: sounds like you both need to work on communication; you being weird and evasive about your dad’s situation probably didn’t help, but her lack of understanding (I mean c’mon - it’s your parent) also sucks. Side note, you’re not in college, “roommate” has juvenile implications, probably better to phrase that differently to any/all.

With that said I’m astounded that she doesn’t contribute to the mortgage unless that’s how you see the $200/mo. This person sounds coddled.


The division of expenses was drafted and suggested by me; she merely signed off on it. As for "coddled"; I agree, but not by me. I walked her through getting her own car insurance and switching banks, asked if she wanted help setting up a budget ("no thanks") and then let her do her own thing. She's not dumb, just a bit young and hella naive.

Tremek posted:

The dog thing is also dumb considering she has to know you have a dog, and that said dog needs help?
This is precisely my thinking, and yet another reason I'm kinda baffled.

Tremek posted:

Moving in together and adopting cats all in a 6 month period are yellow flags at best.
Oops, my bad, I was unclear: she's not the one who bullied me into adopting the cats, I let that happen to myself before she arrived on the scene :downs:

Tremek posted:

This kind of drama may well be portents of things to come IMO. :( I sense a lack of empathy and an increased sense of narcissism on her part, and you may be an enabler. Consider counseling/therapy, or maybe just :sever: as none of this will just get better on its own, you’ll need effort from both parties.

She's certainly got a streak of narcissism, but there's been improvement and I'm inclined to hold out for further development. I'm really surprised by this whole situation because she's usually quite empathetic, but it seems that only applies when she's not the one suffering, again a lack of wisdom.


Thanks for confirming I'm not completely off my toast here, I know there's more I can do to try and smooth things out, and I'll certainly try, but really it comes down to "If you don't like it, there's the door".

Beach Bum fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Aug 29, 2019

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Beach Bum posted:

I'd tell her it's my Dad but I know he would not be happy if I told someone outside the family. I might ask him today since it's still causing strife at home.

Does he not think people are going to find out or something? It's going to lead to some awkward situations when people ask you how your parents are doing... Dude doesn't need to be ashamed, it happens and it's poo poo and people need help with it because it's such a huge thing. Level with your girlfriend and you'll probably find she's pretty understanding about it.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Does he not think people are going to find out or something? It's going to lead to some awkward situations when people ask you how your parents are doing... Dude doesn't need to be ashamed, it happens and it's poo poo and people need help with it because it's such a huge thing. Level with your girlfriend and you'll probably find she's pretty understanding about it.

I dunno; it's just a weird situation and it might resolve (between them, that is; his job keeps him away from home life a lot sometimes and Mom's had enough). Dad's so fiercely independent, and he hates feeling like a failure, I agree he shouldn't be ashamed or secretive or whatever but I guess he wants to keep the problem under wraps until it's a sure thing.

T-Square
May 14, 2009

STR posted:

When I was leaving, I had a bitch of a time getting the hatch to open (the key I have is the one she used for 13 years... it's very worn - she switched to using her spare about 2 years ago). The car is manual everything, no remote release, and I always lock the hatch out of habit after closing it (it locks fine with this key, it's just sometimes a bitch to unlock). It took about 5 minutes of loving with it to finally get it to unlock to haul a couple of things back home.

About a month ago, I asked my friend to come over with his Tacoma to help me get rid of a mattress and box spring, and we could NOT get his tailgate to open, so we had to gently caress around worming our arms under the tonneau cover to get it rolled up.


Last weekend he borrowed his step-dad's chainsaw to help his wife's grandpa clear some trees out of his property. On the way home, the tailgate popped open and the chainsaw slid out of the bed :v:



Olympic Mathlete posted:

It's a superb film and so beautifully shot too. I've tried to get so many people to watch and all that do adore it. I have a soft spot for Isle of Dogs too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lxqzem01IU

Ugh, I keep wanting to throw this on for a movie night with the lady but I literally only remember to check it out when I'm not at home.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
Q≠E

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Beach Bum posted:

I dunno; it's just a weird situation and it might resolve (between them, that is; his job keeps him away from home life a lot sometimes and Mom's had enough). Dad's so fiercely independent, and he hates feeling like a failure, I agree he shouldn't be ashamed or secretive or whatever but I guess he wants to keep the problem under wraps until it's a sure thing.

You had a dog and a dad before you had her. Life changes, often in ways we don't expect, and she should recognize that. It's obviously not your first choice to have your dad move in to a spare bedroom, but he's family and that trumps a new relationship. Same with the dog.

If you get through the initial problems (and there will be initial problems, people have a tough time getting used to other people in "their" space), it could make your relationships stronger. Several years ago, my wife's best friend and daughter moved in with us when she was going through a divorce. It strained things in the house, but my wife and I kept communications up and ended up stronger for it.

You're not at the mercy of your (or her or his) emotions, keep yourself right, keep communications up and work through it. We're all working through it, but "it" changes, sometimes daily.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

It sounds like you could have handled it better with hindsight, going forwards better communication is clearly the key. Hope your dog and dad are okay.

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KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


meatpimp posted:

You had a dog and a dad before you had her. Life changes, often in ways we don't expect, and she should recognize that.

Yeah, but she doesn't even know it's his dad. I feel like if you're dating and living with this person, she has a right to know this stuff. I'd be bothered as hell if my GF said "someone might need to live with us for a while and I can't tell you who." Like, if you don't trust her to not go out and tell everyone about it, you shouldn't be dating or living with her.

Edit: to be honest, 3 months is way too soon to move in together. You're still treating her like a roommate instead of a partner and she doesn't appreciate it.

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