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Dec 31, 2012

fridge corn posted:

The first book of 2017 is The Sellout by Paul Beatty

That one actually looks interesting, personally I'm reading "the high speed internal combustion engine" by Sir harry ricardo again. I'll put yours on my reading list though.

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Dec 31, 2012

Slung Blade posted:

Those fuckers manage to get into everything, my torso usually looks like a porcupine after I'm done a project.

the missus tweezered one out of my left nipple a couple of days ago, with a comment of "Bullseye!".

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Dec 31, 2012
If it wasn't illegal, ineffective and generally wrong then I swear I would have spent the last 10 minutes beating my idiot ex instead of the heavy bag, 8 hours work a day is not an excuse to make a 14 year old girl take responsibility for her other four siblings 24/7, especially when you're a filthy loving hoarder. Before anyone says it we've been to court, the kid chose to move back six months ago, she has all sorts of issues around her mother and was trying to work out some of them. If she hadn't got a boy friend a month ago I'm fairly sure she'd be living with us full time again by the end of Jan the way things are going over there. I'll talk to her mum but I know from prior experience that does fuckall unless I back it up with legal action again, JUST START BEING A loving PARENT YOU DUMB oval office.

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Dec 31, 2012
Oh yeah and congrats to kaptain Ballistik, she sounds like a catch and a half.

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Dec 31, 2012

freelop posted:




What drives someone to do something like that?

The dick growing out of their forehead makes it difficult to tell the difference between a washing machine and a toilet?

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Dec 31, 2012

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

I did! Guy is a loving nutcase to be riding in that heat and across the Nullabor in summer. Amazing poo poo

Amazing is loving right, he's gotta be truly hosed after that.

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Dec 31, 2012

Rhyno posted:

Appreciate it. I know some people don't give a poo poo but this thread has been an excellent sounding board.

I give a poo poo, and I know a lot of others around here do as well. I know I don't talk much generally but AI is full of good cunts who genuinely want to help others when they''re going through the hard poo poo mate so sound off as you need to.

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Dec 31, 2012

Cop Porn Popper posted:

How much do parts stores pay in nz/aus for assistant manager/store manager? Serious question here. Otherwise I guess its time to stock up on black masks and glass bottles. :ninja:

Not sure, probably in the high 20s (AUD) at least, our local Repco was looking a few months ago and I've heard the guy they got doesn't know a sparkplug from his dick. The backroom at my joint's open to american refugees while they get set up, pending approval from my missus on a case by case basis of course.

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Dec 31, 2012
You'd be amazed how often people will hold a sale if you ask nicely Rhyno. I've done it a couple of times and just said let it go if they get a better offer, but I'm happy to pay full price plus a slab of their choice if they can hold it for a month or three. Sometimes they won't do it but if you really want it (and get the girlfriends okay first of course) you might get lucky.

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Dec 31, 2012

Rhyno posted:

That is a thought, I may ask him if he'd hold onto it. Maybe I can sell 300 bottles of hot sauce in a week?

ask if he'd take ten for a deposit maybe? I forget how much he wants for the car but bartering for product is a time honoured tradition worldwide. You never know he might be comic collector (did you mention cutting down a collection a while ago or am I imagining that?) or a hot sauce fan, it can't hurt to ask if he'd take a partial payment in product to hold it for a while.

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Dec 31, 2012

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Supposedly I'm going to be a contributor to a cracked article soon. :ssh:

It's probably about what half of AI thinks it's about. It'll be interesting to see what the draft looks like. Especially since I was :2bong: out of my skull when I gave them stories.




Well throw up a link when it pops up then mate, I haven't actually looked at cracked in like 4 years now. Is it worth going for a look these days by the way? or are they still 80% waffling drivel about their favourite/least favourite media.

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Dec 31, 2012
We're doing something like that with the middle daughter (also 9). She didn't steal from us though, she just continually loses everything. It was ~$200 in school uniform gear last year that disappeared completely within three months of purchase, plus all sorts of other random poo poo like books and toys and things. Now she's got a tab running on the fridge (we were lenient and started it at $100) to pay it back. I think she's down to about $80 now and strangely enough hasn't lost anything in about six months

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