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So some minor health issues my sister had been having are suddenly looking like they might be not so minor. She's having surgery tomorrow, and things could be serious.  I'm not a spiritual type normally, but any good vibes would be appreciated.
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My father in law has been helping me renovate my laundry room. He's been a carpenter for 35 years and a supervisor for major commercial buildings (he basically build 75% of the new buildings in downtown Detroit). When we first started I was telling him about how diy is basically illegal in Australia and all that and he was all "wow those loving liberals ruining everything why can't they leave people alone?" Today we got to the previous owners diy electrical and drywall work, which was a hot mess, and at the end of the day he was like "you know Tusen, maybe Australia has the right idea" 
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May 31, 2017 03:12
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eyebeem posted:I wonder how much I would have made last year if I was paid my wage hourly instead of salary. Ha. One of the reasons I got out of photography for a living is when I did the math on all the hours I spent doing poo poo not behind the camera. Should have never done the math because... Previa_fun posted:Just a warning: you can't un-know this fact.
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May 31, 2017 03:20
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So irritated right now. Some of my extended family has found out about the impending wedding and are being pretty salty about not being invited EVER THOUGH WE HAVEN'T EVEN SENT OUT SAVE THE DATES YET. And one of them I haven't even spoken to in 11 years. I hate family.
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May 31, 2017 04:05
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Rhyno posted:So irritated right now. Ahahahaha It has just begun.
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May 31, 2017 04:11
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Rhyno posted:So irritated right now. It is really helpful to narrow down who you aren't inviting.
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May 31, 2017 04:14
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Bajaha posted:Ahahahaha I hate my entire embarassing extended family. I wasn't going to invite any of them. Like, my parents and siblings and that's where it ends. I made my own loving family.
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May 31, 2017 04:16
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loving go for it then. It's your wedding, and if your extended family is terrible, gently caress 'em, don't let them drag your and your wife-to-be's day down.
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May 31, 2017 04:23
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Rhyno posted:I hate my entire embarassing extended family. I wasn't going to invite any of them. Like, my parents and siblings and that's where it ends. I made my own loving family. Tell them to gently caress off basically. My wife's extended family did the same poo poo and she told them it's not about you, sorry not sorry.
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May 31, 2017 04:25
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My wife and I got married at the court house to avoid it all. Did it at lunch time, grabbed Spaghetti Factory for lunch afterward, then I went back to the office.
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May 31, 2017 04:34
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eyebeem posted:My wife and I got married at the court house to avoid it all. Did it at lunch time, grabbed Spaghetti Factory for lunch afterward, then I went back to the office. As much as I'd prefer that, she wants a real wedding and I will do whatever she wants because it will make her very happy.
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May 31, 2017 04:40
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Rhyno posted:As much as I'd prefer that, she wants a real wedding and I will do whatever she wants because it will make her very happy. We both kind of wanted a "real wedding", despite my Mom making a lot of cracks about just eloping. Afterwards, we both kind of agreed it wasn't worth it, and tacitly agreed to never bring it up again. Except the log sawing. Surprising everyone with us having to saw a log in half was loving great. Not saying you should change anything, because I definitely get the "she wants it and it'll make her happy", but it might be one of those things you just kind of let go. Also, good luck! Not with the wedding, that'll be usual wedding fanfare, but good luck dealing with family. 
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May 31, 2017 04:46
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She's had a bad year and man, the day I proposed I just have never seen her so drat happy. She was just bursting with joy. I keep looking back at the photos from that day and she just radiates happiness. So yeah, I absolutely have to give her the best wedding we can manage. She deserves it. In other news, Miata is still borked and I got offered a chance at a new job based entirely on my "incredible people skills" today. I'm not planning on leaving my current job but it was a great feeling.
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May 31, 2017 04:49
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eyebeem posted:Eh. In an alternate universe my hourly rate would be less to compensate. That's how free market employment works. Heh, I was getting paid a flat rate bi-weekly, and then out of nowhere the owner decided he wanted us clocking in/out which still makes no sense to me. Then got all pissy when I started leaving at 6 and never showing up on weekends...
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May 31, 2017 05:46
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Watching turbines rev up after youve been working on them nonstop for a week is really loving cool
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May 31, 2017 11:11
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I had to send out invites to people I never wanted to see and I knew would never come to the US for it because my mother didn't want to upset anyone. Some of those I had to invite include literal drug dealers and rapists.
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May 31, 2017 11:48
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Well looks like my sister's all right. It was a rapid growth cancerous mass, they think they got the whole thing. Some light chemo and she should be fine. drat this has been a rough 12 hours.
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May 31, 2017 15:41
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Grats, enourmo. That's one helluva bullet to dodge.
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May 31, 2017 15:43
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Enourmo posted:Well looks like my sister's all right. It was a rapid growth cancerous mass, they think they got the whole thing. Some light chemo and she should be fine.  Hooray!
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May 31, 2017 15:50
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My mom had a shitfit because I didn't want to invite my rear end in a top hat aunt who was a huge pain in the rear end at my sister's wedding. Mind you, this side of the family mostly ignored my immediate family for 15 years. I didn't invite said Aunt because it was our wedding and I don't really care much about her family drama bullshit. No mention of it since. That's awesome Enourmo. Glad your sister is ok!
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May 31, 2017 15:57
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BigPaddy posted:I had to send out invites to people I never wanted to see and I knew would never come to the US for it because my mother didn't want to upset anyone. Some of those I had to invite include literal drug dealers and rapists. You'd think that a drug dealer would be the ideal person to invite: great chance of getting a generous wedding gift of cash (albeit in crumpled dollar bills) The rapist, not so much.
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May 31, 2017 16:13
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"Calling in 'sick' to look for jobs is a better use of your time than sitting at work and fiddle-fartin' around without getting anything done." ~me 2 hours ago
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May 31, 2017 16:22
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Technically it's a better use of company time (assuming you have paid sick/personal leave)
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May 31, 2017 16:43
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It's a win-win for sure.
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May 31, 2017 16:45
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 #dadwinning
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May 31, 2017 16:47
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Somewhat Heroic posted:
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May 31, 2017 16:48
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Somewhat Heroic posted:
T-shirt is rad, too.
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May 31, 2017 16:50
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spog posted:You'd think that a drug dealer would be the ideal person to invite: great chance of getting a generous wedding gift of cash (albeit in crumpled dollar bills) Yeah I can vouch for it being little fun having a party where a guy who has said questionable things in the past is invited. Even less so when you find him sexually assaulting a passed out friend of yours after drugging, plying with alcohol and failing to secure a threesome with his girlfriend and her innocent yet dumb friend. We enjoyed 'removing' him from the party quite a lot.
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May 31, 2017 17:03
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Applebees Appetizer posted:That's why we decided on mom staying home for awhile, what's the point of working if most or all of your paycheck goes to childcare? Yeah it was tough for awhile and I worked 50 and 60 hour weeks for what seemed like forever, but my son was taken care of by his mother until he was 7yrs old and you can't buy that. Now the wife is making great money and making up for the lost work time We did that. My wife was only finding part time stuff anyway that would pay less than daycare cost, so yeah, no way we're going to pay for the privilege of working. Daycare got cheaper after my daughter was a year old, so wife went back to work. I still cringed at the yearly cost - I could have bought a car! On the topic of healthcare, I just looked at the premiums for the company I'm contracting through. Of, my poor rear end in a top hat. Just the healthcare is going to be $277 a *week* for high-deductible we-don't-pay-anything-until-you-spend-$10k bullshit. Over double what I was paying for better insurance with the outsourcers I was with. Blue Cross-Blue Shield. They do have a more basic program that's cheaper AND has no copays, but it does not cover any hospitalization. They offer a separate "pays cash" add on for hospitalization, that brings it back up to just under the other option, but the $0 out of pocket should make up for it. Going to run it by the wife tonight. Jesus, the pay increase over the first outsourcer I was with was just completely negated by the healthcare cost.
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May 31, 2017 17:09
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Enourmo posted:Well looks like my sister's all right. It was a rapid growth cancerous mass, they think they got the whole thing. Some light chemo and she should be fine. spog posted:You'd think that a drug dealer would be the ideal person to invite: great chance of getting a generous wedding gift of cash (albeit in crumpled dollar bills) "They're non-consecutive, though..." spog posted:The rapist, not so much. scuz posted:"Calling in 'sick' to look for jobs is a better use of your time than sitting at work and fiddle-fartin' around without getting anything done."
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May 31, 2017 18:15
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Adiabatic posted:Watching turbines rev up after youve been working on them nonstop for a week is really loving cool dont listen to this guy hes a loving naive idiot who thought hed be leaving after only 7 hours
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May 31, 2017 18:38
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Adiabatic posted:dont listen to this guy hes a loving naive idiot who thought hed be leaving after only 7 hours
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May 31, 2017 18:43
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BigPaddy posted:I had to send out invites to people I never wanted to see and I knew would never come to the US for it because my mother didn't want to upset anyone. Some of those I had to invite include literal drug dealers and rapists. My wife really really really didn't want one particular uncle on her side being invited but her mum forced her into it. I posted them. Well, almost all of them.
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May 31, 2017 18:59
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cakesmith handyman posted:My wife really really really didn't want one particular uncle on her side being invited but her mum forced her into it. I posted them. whatta nice guy
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May 31, 2017 19:02
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oh boy BRZs/FR-Ss are now getting to the real cheap price range 
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May 31, 2017 19:09
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Remember when you could get cheap RX8s to drop in V8s? Well almost that time with the Toybaru.
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May 31, 2017 19:10
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Turbo Conversion Audi started and idled for the first time!
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May 31, 2017 19:23
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BigPaddy posted:Remember when you could get cheap RX8s to drop in V8s? Well almost that time with the Toybaru. You can still get cheap rx8s. Just not cheap enough. 
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May 31, 2017 19:28
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BraveUlysses posted:oh boy BRZs/FR-Ss are now getting to the real cheap price range They're going to get cheaper soon since rumours are floating around that Toyota's going to announce a second gen BRZ/whatever86 for the 2019 model year. Seriously considering picking one up when that happens.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:whatta nice guy I can't tell the tone intended by text alone, so bite me ging.
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