Elmnt80 posted:

I'm having to resist the urge to buy the $200 12ft tall skelly boi at home depot. I'd leave that poo poo up year round.

kastein posted:

It's from a one-way onto a one-way, as far as I know. I may be wrong. The exception is "unless there's a sign saying not to." I can think of several intersections only a block or two apart in Worcester where you could run into each of these situations in turn.

Interesting that it's in Washington too, I guess it'll feel like home.

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

I burg'd. It was good.
And goddamn I want that coin for when the almighty cheeto finally succumbs.


https://i.imgur.com/zNXmP0u.gifv

Elmnt80 posted:

I'm having to resist the urge to buy the $12ft tall skelly boi at home depot. I'd leave that poo poo up year round.

Rhyno posted:

I have joined the "personally know someone who died of Covid " club.

Ranzear posted:

Washington is even more lax. It's even from a two-way onto a one-way. It's a logically sound maneuver but obviously not a hard expectation. I know of about two places in the whole state that I've consistently done it.

Another one is turning to or from a center dedicated turn lane. In WA you're supposed to use it in both cases, both merging into it and turning off or turning into it and merging over. Apparently some states want you to always cut entirely across it when entering a road that has one.

Ranzear posted:

Another one is turning to or from a center dedicated turn lane. In WA you're supposed to use it in both cases, both merging into it and turning off or turning into it and merging over. Apparently some states want you to always cut entirely across it when entering a road that has one.

Elmnt80 posted:

I'm having to resist the urge to buy the $12ft tall skelly boi at home depot. I'd leave that poo poo up year round.

slothrop posted:

Rhyno posted:

I have joined the "personally know someone who died of Covid " club.





gently caress.

Rhyno posted:

I have joined the "personally know someone who died of Covid " club.





gently caress.

quote:

Heaven is a little brighter, but the world is a little darker with the loss of one of the brightest lights I knew. My friend Curtis passed away yesterday. I use the term friend to keep things simple, because Curt was so much more than just a friend.
As my roommate for over 12 years, he grew to be more like a 2nd brother to me. The only people I have spent more time with would be my parents and my brother.
One of the big roles he had was that of a gamer. Be it a card game, board game, dice game, RPG, video game or computer game, Curt was ready to game. And it was never about winning with Curt. For him it was having fun with those at the table. I remember early on when I was asked to help demo the Star Wars Miniatures game at Books Comics and Things, I talked Curt into helping because I knew he would be better at getting people interested. Books sold out of all the Star Wars minis that day because every person who sat down to learn from Curt had so much fun, how could you not want to have this game. None of the other demos came close.
Moving to another of Curt’s facets... entertainment. He knew movies and TV shows, and of course Anime, even though I never got into that. Curt could spend a little time with you and would be able to recommend something for you to check out. Nine out of ten times, he would be spot on.
Let's look at sports. Many times we would flip over to catch the Reds on TV. Curt would always pull for them, win or lose. He was never just a fair weather fan. And right now I feel I may need to pull for his Islander’s who still have a shot at the Stanley Cup. And we’re just shy of Curt’s favorite time of the year… NFL Football. Die hard Colt’s fan, and still pulling for his childhood team, the Bengals, unless it was against the Colt’s. Going out to the various bars/restaurants over the years with friends, and more recently sticking at Buffalo Wild Wings with his family and other football friends was a Sunday staple for so long. Things were going to be different this year anyway due to all the social distancing and safeguards, but now things will never be the same.
Heroic and calm under pressure. We had a dryer fire in the house once. I was a wreck, totally freaking out, trying to figure out what to do. Curt simply grabbed a phone to call 911. Got that ball rolling and then went to work trying to get me to calm down. “Help is coming Bret. Why don’t you go move your car to make it easier for the Fire Department to have access?” How much room they would need, who knows. Curt gave me something to do, to change my focus. Somehow he knew what would help me at that moment and made it happen.
Humor. Curt always had something to share to make you laugh. Be it a YouTube video to share, a one-liner that would fit the situation, or one of the many inside jokes he had with different groups of friends, Curt could bring the smile to you face. And somehow he always knew when you needed that smile, and gave it to you at just the right moment.
There are still so many words to help describe Curt… loyal, reliable, patient, joyful, peaceful, kind, caring, and many more.
For those of you lucky enough to have known Curtis, I believe you would agree that I have barely scratched the surface of all the wonderful ways in which he made our lives so much brighter. For those of you who never got the opportunity to get to know Curt, as heartbroken as I am for the loss of this shining beacon of a man, I feel for you that your lives weren’t made better through knowing him.
Curtis, my friend, my brother, thank you for making my life a whole lot better. I miss you so much already, but I take comfort in knowing that someday, God will decide it is my time to take a seat at your heavenly game table, and we will meet again.

Goober Peas posted:

Halloween was 3 months ago. We're clearly celebrating Christmas according to retail.

Rhyno posted:

I have joined the "personally know someone who died of Covid " club.

meatpimp posted:

Get your "Trump Defeats COVID" commemorative coin before they're gone!

https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/product-p/trump-defeats-covid.htm

64bit_Dophins posted:

There is no way to tell what is even real anymore.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Literally, it's hard not to get apathetic over all of it.

Every time someone tells me a story they read or heard about these days (did you hear THIS? Did you see about THAT?) and expects me to take it as gospel because it's from them (family, friends) just makes me roll my eyes like why the gently caress should I believe any of it? Oh because you told me? Ok.

64bit_Dophins posted:

Speaking of, the Q Anon stuff has gotten way bigger than I could have ever imagined.

Rhyno posted:

I just wish we hadn't lost touch.

I'm shamelessly stealing what a mutual friend wrote about Curtis because I am no good with words and this guy was his best friend.

64bit_Dophins posted:

Speaking of, the Q Anon stuff has gotten way bigger than I could have ever imagined. Just looking into it at a glance there are huge groups devoted to it. Completely insane considering it originated from a series of 4chan posts in 2015 that were specifically designed to troll boomers with no internet acumen that were coming onto the site for political takes.

STR posted:

https://i.imgur.com/eKD3jUj.gifv

64bit_Dophins posted:

I was talking to one of my friends on the phone last night and he told me that he thinks Trump has a body double and that he's actually really sick and dying.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Edie Van Halen is dead, gently caress 2020

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Edie Van Halen is dead, gently caress 2020

Ether Frenzy posted:

This is the best.


The first part is wrong, no living person could possibly resemble the blobbish monstrosity trump - just practicing how to stand that loving stupid would take an actor a lifetime to learn.
The second part is almost certainly true. 74 year old idiotfucker with no physical fitness in his history who eats nothing but Filet-o-Fish, there is literally no way he doesn't have high blood pressure, diabetes, and all the possible co-morbidities available.

The fat loving clown has infected half the pentagon now, and the markets just ate poo poo (before a last second minor rebound) because he has instructed his toadies in the Senate to stop work on a stimulus package because he's holding it ransom for his own re-election.

If I'm China, Russia, Iran, or any of our many many many enemies we've made over the last 20 years of unsolicited war in the middle east, now is the time to wreak the havoc you've been waiting for. Everyone hold onto their asses please.

Darchangel posted:

gently caress cancer, too.

64bit_Dophins posted:

It's real bad. I have had to count my blessings daily because I'm actually stable financially for the first time in my life. If I were unemployed or struggling with money I would probably have lost my mind at least twice by now.

I'm sure living in your car on heroin is way worse these days than it was 2 years ago.

Rhyno posted:

I just wish we hadn't lost touch.

I'm shamelessly stealing what a mutual friend wrote about Curtis because I am no good with words and this guy was his best friend.

kastein posted:

Trump has finally done something to combat white supremacists. He gave Stephen Miller covid19, it seems!

kastein posted:

Trump has finally done something to combat white supremacists. He gave Stephen Miller covid19, it seems!

Patrocclesiastes posted:

Is there a thread on Nissans and Infinitis? I couldn't find one during all my lurking

STR posted:

Yesterday was roommate's birthday. He went down to.. one of the gulf coast beaches (I forget which, but there's a couple within 2-3 hours) for the day with a couple of friends. I was on call for work (we've had several people quit), so I stayed home.

Went to a shop to get him a new smoking accessory. Got a discount on it and a somewhat creepy dude's phone #. I don't even know how he knew I was gay, I don't poo poo rainbows or generally come across as gay IRL, as far as I know.

Ether Frenzy posted:

This is the best.