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The march of dick valve caps continues on...towards the apprentices Utes.
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Power went out at work so we got to leave 45 minutes early but we still get paid for the full hour. Small victories.
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Feb 2, 2021 14:08
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 Not surprising: still powers up fine, seems to be working fine (need to check the siren output though, I'm used to getting a squawk when powered up... maybe it didn't bc of the dead backup battery, these things usually power the siren directly from the battery) Also not surprising: bitching about the backup battery being bad. It's a ~6 year old SLA battery that's been sitting in storage for 3 years. I can chuck the battery from a spare UPS into it for now if I need to. Somewhat surprising: still has all of the programming. I know it uses an EEPROM, but I wasn't sure if it'd retain programming for that long (it's already a fairly old system - I think I've had it for 12 years?). Very surprising: batteries in the wireless door/window contacts are still good. They all checked in fine when cycled with magnets (simulating opening/closing), no low battery trouble codes from them. They've been transmitting a check in every 30 minutes for years on these batteries. e: now that I think about it I need to check the keyfobs, they don't check in on their own. Betting one of them pops a low battery trouble.. Leaving it plugged in for a bit on the bench to see if the battery will take a charge, but I don't have high hopes for it. Need to figure out where I'm going to mount it, then get some wire for the keypad and motion sensor. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Feb 2, 2021 |
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Feb 2, 2021 16:20
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Humphreys posted:The march of dick valve caps continues on...towards the apprentices Utes. You're doing God's work. This sort of thing is why I actually want a 3D printer. The useful stuff is just a justification.
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Feb 2, 2021 16:53
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I got child shamed again. I will never understand why people get mad that I don't have kids. Have they not met me?
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Feb 2, 2021 17:18
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Rhyno posted:I got child shamed again. I will never understand why people get mad that I don't have kids. Have they not met me? I don't pay any mind to all the people who say "when you have kids" or tell me how much more fulfilling life is with them. Our business is none of their business and they can have extra kids if they want to make up for our lack of children
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Feb 2, 2021 17:29
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The Door Frame posted:I don't pay any mind to all the people who say "when you have kids" or tell me how much more fulfilling life is with them. Our business is none of their business and they can have extra kids if they want to make up for our lack of children Ohh I like that! If they have LOTS of kids they will be miserable! Somebody find me a witch-fertility doctor.
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Feb 2, 2021 17:31
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I got a drunken text once from a workmate who doesn't have kids, thanking me for being the only person in his life who hasn't asked him about why he doesn't have kids. I don't hassle my younger brother and his wife about it either, they want to be the cool aunt/uncle that's fine. I simultaneously envy those without kids and wouldn't give mine up for the world.
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Feb 2, 2021 18:03
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I've not had anyone ask me why I haven't got any kids for ages to the point where I've forgotten what terribly embarrassing and personal reason I'd made up to tell them when they asked.
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Feb 2, 2021 18:16
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i can't believe my cousin got his wife pregnant AGAIN, they've already got 5 kids, two adults and her mother in a 1br apartment. my dad told him a few years ago to get snipped after he got out of prison and that was before #4.
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Feb 2, 2021 18:44
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I usually same something like "my brother is passing on the family line, and he's not a type1 diabetic so its better he does than I" or "Do you have any idea how expensive kids are?" to people who ask that to me. The real reason is I just don't want kids. I'm sure I'd love my kids if I had any, but I'm worried I'd be like my dad and never see them because I'm at work all the time.
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Feb 2, 2021 18:46
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It's not like the world needs *more* population right now... Not to mention, being realistic about your ability to nurture and support a child is woke, yo.
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Feb 2, 2021 18:58
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I can barely take care of myself.
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Feb 2, 2021 19:14
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I've not had anyone ask me why I haven't got any kids for ages to the point where I've forgotten what terribly embarrassing and personal reason I'd made up to tell them when they asked. This is the trick. Get a distant look in your eyes and start to tremble, "After we lost the third one we just...." Make them feel like poo poo for commenting.
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Feb 2, 2021 19:22
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Rhyno posted:I got child shamed again. I will never understand why people get mad that I don't have kids. Have they not met me? Cant be shamed if you have no shame. Or tell them to either gently caress off or you werr cursed by a witch doctor that your sperm was fated to create the Antichrist and it is your duty to never have children
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Feb 2, 2021 20:00
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lol nobody asks me that question anymore. If they do they're an unimportant vapid NPC biscuit anyway. Technically the middle child of 10 kids across 3 marriages per parent with each of the 10 that are adult age having at least two kids of their own. There is zero reason for me to perpetuate this lovely disease riddled line. Every single loving one of them just repeats the same lovely abusive cycle of their parents and their parents and so on. I am not obligated to play this game. Screaming turbocharged shitboxes > screaming misbehaving kids*. My father dropped the topic about a decade ago when I told him if he really wanted another fuckin grandkid that badly he can go baste some cum into his favorite whore. Crude as gently caress, but it got the idea across. Oh to be 20 and blunt force with words again. Its an old-school reasoning that my one blood son must pass on the family name bullshit. I don't care. Mom just wants more slaves errrr children to take care of her every want. * I get that the small minority of great parents teach their kids to not behave like little trolls. That's a minority. I get that children can be super rewarding to raise though at great financial cost. After being pushed into raising the younger siblings because baby daddy goes poof, I never want to do it again.
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Feb 2, 2021 20:06
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I can't imagine ever feeling like I should have an opinion on whether or not someone has kids. Like, ever.
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Feb 2, 2021 20:06
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cursedshitbox posted:* I get that the small minority of great parents teach their kids to not behave like little trolls. I read somewhere that you should never let your kids get away with doing things that annoy you, because it will have a worse effect on people that couldn't care less about them and they will pay for it in the long run. Pretty accurate really.
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Feb 2, 2021 20:23
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Another option is to go “well wouldn’t you know it, we gently caress like rabbits but it’s just not happening. Every position, every hour of the day, every room. You know, just yesterday we” (insert outrageously kinky/absurd activity.) Just keep going until they’re visibly uncomfortable.
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Feb 2, 2021 20:25
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not to diss anyone who doesnt want kids but: i always thought i would always be childfree for my entire life but i was waiting in line at the shops and ended up hanging out with an incredibly cute toddler and now i want one.
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Feb 2, 2021 20:30
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bolind posted:Another option is to go “well wouldn’t you know it, we gently caress like rabbits but it’s just not happening. Every position, every hour of the day, every room. You know, just yesterday we” (insert outrageously kinky/absurd activity.) Then they respond with 'its against gods will' or 'you're the one that made the "choice" to gently caress guys'. Try again. Applebees Appetizer posted:I read somewhere that you should never let your kids get away with doing things that annoy you, because it will have a worse effect on people that couldn't care less about them and they will pay for it in the long run. Pretty accurate really. 100% agree with this and totally stealing it.
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Feb 2, 2021 20:31
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Krakkles posted:I can't imagine ever feeling like I should have an opinion on whether or not someone has kids. Like, ever. I mean there's lots of people I've met where it's like, 'this fucker should not procreate ever' but yeah. I definitely see too many of my parents' fuckups in myself to want to have a go at it, at least without a shitton of self improvement. Not that it's ever gonna come up if I don't get around to fixing all the stuff that's stopping people from dating me :/
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Feb 2, 2021 20:34
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Asking why someone doesn't have kids is super lovely. I found out this week someone I know had cancer last November which means she can't have children anymore so her and her partner are trying to raise £30k to fund a surrogate mother. Can't imagine what a punch in the gut it would be for her if she was asked. You never know someone's circumstances so piss off out of lives that aren't yours
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Feb 2, 2021 21:02
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3957433&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 This thread is important
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Feb 2, 2021 21:07
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cursedshitbox posted:Then they respond with 'its against gods will' or 'you're the one that made the "choice" to gently caress guys'. Haha, that was meant for heterosexual couples, but it's even funnier if they knew you were gay. I have a kid, and while I wouldn't trade him for the world, it's also the hardest thing, by a significant margin, that I have ever done. If you don't want kids, that's perfectly fine with me. I assure you they're available as loaners from friends and family if you want a couple for a weekend or something.
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Feb 2, 2021 21:08
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spaceships is happening again soon. Only stream so far is the one with the screechy dork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfHqbahPKpY Launch should be in around 15 minutes.
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Feb 2, 2021 21:08
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bolind posted:Haha, that was meant for heterosexual couples, but it's even funnier if they knew you were gay. It was anything but funny coming from the old man, which illicit-ed the response in my first post haha. Anybody else? ohhh hahaha we're so going for uncomfortable town usa (Stupid gently caress still thinks its a choice even having met my husband of 5+ years.) Less black cloud that is my past, making sourdough pizza dough in the middle of the sonoran desert. loving love it.
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Feb 2, 2021 21:17
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Official space-x stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zZ7fIkpBgs 2 minutes to go!
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Previa_fun posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3957433&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 I'm only 3 pages in and it's already epic. Haven't seen a thread like that in a couple years. Edit: Whew, made it. What a ride. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Feb 2, 2021 |
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Feb 2, 2021 21:47
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cursedshitbox posted:100% agree with this and totally stealing it. Been more or less doing that with my son from day one, both my wife and I have a low tolerance for dumb poo poo, and even less tolerance for him doing dumb poo poo in public. It's worked for the most part, he knows he needs to be on his best behavior in public and doesn't test us. At home it's a different story tho, he tests us these days because he thinks it's funny (he's a teenager) but it still doesn't end well for him 
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Feb 2, 2021 21:55
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My kids are kids and I expect them to act like kids, but my eldest is very courteous and shy in public, but we love joking around, never anything mean and unkind. Our youngest just got screened for autism, and he's very much not neurotypical.
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Feb 2, 2021 22:05
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CommieGIR posted:Our youngest just got screened for autism, and he's very much not neurotypical. My oldest.  Buckle up, it gets bumpy. 
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meatpimp posted:My oldest. I grew up the eldest of 4 where pretty much all of us are on the spectrum and/or have ADHD, so we got him screened at my insistance. So yeah, recognized the ticks.
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Feb 2, 2021 22:47
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Powershift posted:Official space-x stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zZ7fIkpBgs Another successful lithobraking by Starship. They're gonna have to figure out how to get those Raptors reignited reliably.
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Feb 2, 2021 22:56
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Previa_fun posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3957433&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 Wow. It gets better and better.  I was sure it's a troll, but the more I read I'm not so sure anymore.
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slidebite posted:Wow. 
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Feb 2, 2021 23:12
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Cant be shamed if you have no shame. 100%, don't give a gently caress. easier said than done but everyone should cultivate this.
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Feb 2, 2021 23:14
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big dong wanter posted:not to diss anyone who doesnt want kids but: This is a trick. Instead, just read this thread as a placebo and enjoy your money and free time. I kid, do whatever you want - kids should be your decision not anybody else's. Except not joking about the trick - you're not seeing the toddler melt down when you don't let them warm their hands in the stove or eat dog food. Although I suppose on the other hand, you're not getting to cuddle with them or hold their hand either. Previa_fun posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3957433&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 He had me at "I spent a couple weeks sleeping in the boxtruck like this" 
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builds character posted:He had me at "I spent a couple weeks sleeping in the boxtruck like this" And it gets better and better. I just saw the latest update and it's been a number of years since I've been laughing out loud to the point that my wife asks... "Are you going to share, or what?"
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builds character posted:This is a trick. I thought that was all jokes until I saw this innocent picture of his handiwork on my second viewing, showing the missus what I kept laughing at.  I actually zoomed into it and said out loud "that's not how you frame corners". That's when I realized that he wasn't only genuine, but he may be making Groverhaus 2.0 from the ground up. I am 100% on board for this, I can't wait for the helicopter E: I make good sense The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Feb 3, 2021 |
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