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mariooncrack posted:"Thin Blue Line"  Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. I have never before given anywhere near as much of a poo poo about anything as I do about my child. Basically, yep, there it is: Bajaha posted:Thank you all. I am sorely missing sleep already but she's the cutest, softest, most beautiful, etc etc etc in my life and it feels like it'll be worth it. Warnings heeded though, I'm expecting this to be challenging like nothing else.
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New Dad talk: Have your spouses back. Mothers face an insane amount of scrutiny and shame. It's not fair, it's not right, but it absolutely happens and you'll find yourself caught up in debates over the stupidest poo poo. Post partum depression is also no joke. Watch out for them as they are super vulnerable.
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Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Congrats. We had an ultrasound today. The radiologist said "your baby is beautiful" and I cried. 2 weeks from tomorrow is the plan... Mom just wants the kid staying put over the long weekend, as the hospital is an hour plus drive into Boston, and we're on Cape Cod. 4th of July traffic is measured in hours. Get off the forums and spend time with your baby!
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Maksimus54 posted:Post partum depression is also no joke. Watch out for them as they are super vulnerable. Absolutely.
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sharkytm posted:Congrats. We had an ultrasound today. The radiologist said "your baby is beautiful" and I cried. oh god I can only imagine the hell of trying to get to the hospital on 4th of July weekend off the Cape keep chillin lil sharky 
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Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Congrats! It’s a ride. sharkytm posted:Get off the forums and spend time with your baby! It come back from time to time and tell us all the new stuff the kid (and you) are doing!
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sharkytm posted:Get off the forums and spend time with your baby! Best of luck, and hopefully yours waits after the holiday. Traffic with contractions sounds like it would be hell. And yes, plenty of skin to skin and attention for baby. 3hr feeding schedule so been alternating with momma with who gets baby and who tries to rest between meals. We've got a 24hr stay at the hospital before they run some more tests and we're cleared to go home. Mostly just holding baby, feeding baby, changing diapers, filling out paperwork, eating meh hospital food, and trying to sleep 2hrs at a time when we can. Otherwise, plenty of time to shitpost TYVM. Also, baby is a speedrunner, 13 minutes from dilated to birth, literally two pushes and she was out. Couldn't have asked for a smoother experience all things considered. E: otherwise, life updates: I threw a thing in the river  I burned some things  And I bought some tilty things and put them together.  Going to have to update my threads soonish. Bajaha fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Jul 2, 2021 |
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Liquid Communism posted:It's me, I am the stupid poo poo. I opted for cupcakes and wine, but I am celebrating right there with you. 
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Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Congrats! Dad life is great, especially once they start walking & talking. My 3 year old laughs at all my terrible dad jokes.
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Had a flat car battery this morning (my fault, left an interior light on), and my LION jump starter was also flat. Are these things suppesed to discharge over time or do I just have a dud? It's maybe 3 years old, I think I last charged it 3-4 months ago. On semi related notes: Has anyone got the Milwaukee 12V tire inflator? Is it worth the money? Why can't I get a jump starter pack that my existing tool batteries plug into? This seems like an absolute no-brainer for me, but I assume there is a reason they don't make one.
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Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Congrats! Munchkin #2 arrives tomorrow, and I think we're ready. Mother in law arrived on time to help with the toddler, and we only needed one detour to the apple store to remediate the terrifying bulging MacBook battery to get it out of my house before the baby arrives. In her defense, she hasn't moved it off the desk due to pandemic and had no idea how bad lithium fire is. You know, normal pre baby stuff.
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slothrop posted:Had a flat car battery this morning (my fault, left an interior light on), and my LION jump starter was also flat. Are these things suppesed to discharge over time or do I just have a dud? It's maybe 3 years old, I think I last charged it 3-4 months ago. i have it, i really like it a lot more than the older ryobi 18v one i've used for a few years. its nice to be able to pick exactly the pressure you want and hit start and it turns off automatically once it hits the specified pressure. the fittings are nice on it too, i prefer a thread-on fitting rather than the toggle switch kind
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slothrop posted:Why can't I get a jump starter pack that my existing tool batteries plug into? This seems like an absolute no-brainer for me, but I assume there is a reason they don't make one. You don't even need an adapter! 1) Disconnect the positive lead from your car battery. This is important if you don't want your car electronics to see 20V. TBH all auto electronics should be perfectly happy at 20V, but you're rolling the dice if you try it. 2) Use an M18 adapter to connect the M18 directly to the car battery. With Milwaukee's big chainsaw battery, this will dump 20+ A into the car battery. I use one of those 3D printed adapters and 10+10ft of 10 awg wire. It moves enough current to make the connectors slightly warm, but not enough to blow my 40A fuse. And yeah, you will want a fuse with kind of cowboy setup. 3) Let it transfer charge for 5 minutes. You're not recharging the car battery, just giving it a superficial surface charge to crank the engine. If your wires or battery get very warm, disconnect for a few minutes to cool down. 4) Disconnect M18. Reconnect car positive lead to car battery. 5) Start car, hopefully. I've done this once in my 2000 Sienna. The dead battery was enough to click the starter contactor, but didn't even pretend to try to crank. After 5 minutes of charge dump, it cranked pretty well and started right up. I didn't disconnect the positive lead because I thought it would be ok, and it was. YMMV. (For context, I was testing tertiary backup plans for solo offroading. Now I have a pretty good system where the car can charge the M18 chainsaw battery, the chainsaw can jumpstart the car, etc. It gives me a lot of flexibility in the face of wtf.) ryanrs fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Jul 2, 2021 |
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Root canal chat: I had 2 done at the same time and then they came in and told me the dentist had a cancelation if I wanted to stay and get the temp crown fitted. I spent about 6 hours at the dentists office that day. They had me go and get a milk shake in-between when the endodontist was done and seeing my regular dentist for the crown prep. I went back a few weeks later and had 4 extractions done at once. Thanks 20 years of not having dental insurance!
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Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Congrats to both of you.
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Tomarse posted:The Delta variant is gonna gently caress you all over again in a couple of weeks, just check out our case number graphs over here on plague island… He’s not wrong… we’re on an island in the middle of loving nowhere and Delta has shut 90% of the country down in hard lockdowns!
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How bad of an idea would it be to buy a >30 year old vehicle with 300,000 miles from a goon and then attempt driving it a couple thousand miles home? My wife appears onboard with this idea and that scares me a bit.
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Advent Horizon posted:How bad of an idea would it be to buy a >30 year old vehicle with 300,000 miles from a goon and then attempt driving it a couple thousand miles home? Is it a Toyota or an old Mercedes Diesel?
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Toyota, though likely no faster than a NA Merc diesel. There’s an FJ62 that seems to tick most of my boxes; the miles don’t scare me if the engine checks out (and I basically have a spare transmission), some rust but I have some wiggle room to get that repaired.
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I mean, certainly look it over and make sure it stops and turns and the wheels won't fall off, but it's probably less risky than a 10 year old nissan. edit: get the good AAA though.
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Ferremit posted:He’s not wrong… we’re on an island in the middle of loving nowhere and Delta has shut 90% of the country down in hard lockdowns! On the plus side I just saw some stats on our uk delta cases that said that out of 92000 cases of the delta strain Identified so far only 8% were double jabbed people. (I get no. 2 next week here) I know this is less reassuring for you in Aus but your vaccines will happen soon so there is hopefully an endpoint in sight here! Tomarse fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Jul 2, 2021 |
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Ferremit posted:He’s not wrong… we’re on an island in the middle of loving nowhere and Delta has shut 90% of the country down in hard lockdowns! *looks at 27989 new cases in the UK for just yesterday* 
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If you have the ability to get a jab and haven't, you are the problem, and I hate you.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:*looks at 27989 new cases in the UK for just yesterday* Most of which are unvaccinated younger people. And the death / serious illness is waaaaay down in the vaccinated camp. Message - get vaccinated in a hurry! nm posted:If you have the ability to get a jab and haven't, you are the problem, and I hate you. gently caress anti-vaxxers. They have done so much damage to society that cant be undone anymore as well as the piles of lives their bullshit has cost.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Most of which are unvaccinated younger people. And the death / serious illness is waaaaay down in the vaccinated camp. Message - get vaccinated in a hurry! Chance would be a fine thing for a lot of people. It was only in the last couple of weeks or so ago that the under 30s were given the green light. There's been some pop up places offering it to anyone that rolls up, especially the younger ones and the news are surprised when there's lines round the block after they spent a year saying "THE YOUNGSTERS WILL NEVER GET IT, THEY'LL BE THE ONES THAT PROLONG THIS AGONY FOR ALLLLLLLLL" Deaths are down but a) I don't want rona in the first place because b) I don't want to potentially pass it to anyone else who may not have had a jab yet or who can't get a jab for whatever reason. :/ *edit: I should add that I saw something yesterday that suggests the government is going to announce that masks are no longer a requirement before the month's out. Things are already open now and the numbers are just going to keep going up and a bunch more get to experience death due to failings of those in charge. I hate it here, truly. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Jul 2, 2021 |
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Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Congratulations! Mine is 5 months old now and it's been a fun if very slobbery ride so far
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Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Advent Horizon posted:How bad of an idea would it be to buy a >30 year old vehicle with 300,000 miles from a goon and then attempt driving it a couple thousand miles home? nm posted:If you have the ability to get a jab and haven't, you are the problem, and I hate you. Brother that lives in Asheville is heading over today to spend a night and drop of his dog. Brother and fiance that live on the other side of town are coming over for a few hours as well. Haven't had them over since I think Easter 2019, will be good to see everyone. Two oil changes this weekend as well and probably a couple test drives with the Fiat to see if it's fixed.
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nitsuga posted:You’re doing the right thing there. My brother-in-law flew in with an alarmingly bulgy HP, and he and I had a nice little discussion about why that’s a terrible idea.  She didn't know better other than "Alarbus will know what to do!" The lady at the genius bar was great, and teased her that it goes the the repair depot by ground. 😃 Only a few hours to go. I don't recall being this nervous last time. Aaaaaaaa
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Alarbus posted:
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My mate Brads back at it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raExDetMR2w If you do watch it, comment 'oh jeffery!' with no context. It's an inside joke. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Jul 2, 2021 |
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Fish&Drifts is a pretty awesome drift team name.Bajaha posted:Status update: hi thread. I'm dad. Congrats! Get that kid a tool playset asap!
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Mustache Ride posted:Fish&Drifts is a pretty awesome drift team name. The 'oh jeffery' is from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgbcQIT7BMc
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...content=curated Jesus loving christ.
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Rhyno posted:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...content=curated Don't ya just love to trust a corporation with systemic child abuse that KNOWS it to the point of filing bankruptcy purely to save money and limit payouts to victims. Why don't the active shooters/kiwifarms go for these assholes?
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Humphreys posted:Why don't the active shooters/kiwifarms go for these assholes? Because they're the ones posting on kiwifarms.
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Fermented Tinal posted:Because they're the ones posting on kiwifarms. Well, cannot argue with that! But surely they gotta be fighting over some anime girl and in the crossfire a bunch of pedos get bombed in the great waifu libration war of 2022.
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