Idk I’d rather a passerby toss their poop or other trash in my can rather than throw it on the ground. Hell if you’re really desperate and can’t afford trash service I’d even tolerate a bag. But don’t be filling up my can.

I used to like in a neighborhood where one lady would randomly throw her trash bags in someone’s yard or behind my fence. City wouldn’t do shit about her. I didn’t like any of it and never did figure out where she lived but I was at that point of just telling her to put it in the fucking can because at least I wouldn’t have to pick it up after the raccoons got into it and scattered it in the grass behind the fence.

Why did the baby strawberry cry? Cause his mommy got stuck in a jam.

A movie night. Like go to Walmart, find a couple good dvds or whatever that the family will like, buy some popcorn and if you can find it for not too much, one of those popcorn buckets. If you can find a couple of those movie theater size candies then toss them in too.

Sometimes I don’t have the motivation to cook, sometimes I do. Sometimes I have the motivation to get shit done that isn’t in the kitchen. Throwing a pizza in the oven can buy me an extra hour of working on something else because I don’t have to come in early to wash up, prep, cook, then wash the damn dishes.

Have both options available.

Writing essays in high school teaches you how to do this.

That is actually an excellent use. That’s the first I’ve heard of that one.

Going through data and writing letters are the only tasks I’ve seen AI be useful for. I still wouldn’t trust it as far as I could kick it’s ass and I’d check it well before submitting for work.

I’m what ways has it been useful?

Lodge is perfectly good. It’s not about how much you spend on it but how you take care of it.

You can also try antique stores to see if you can find any. A lot of older cookware shows up at the ones in the Eastern US

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If you work from home, make it a point to get up and get dressed for your shift. Dressing casual is fine. Consider putting on shoes or house shoes too. There’s something about it that wakes you up and gets you in the right mind every day.

To catch the eye. Seeing it will gather your attention, maybe just long enough to see what the rest of the advertisement is or peak your interest.

That’s weird that you’ll axle and water pump are needing to be replaced before 100k. You might want to get a second opinion from a small business mechanic. It sounds like the boot on your axle might be leaking and a smaller mechanic might be willing to replace that rather than replace the whole axle. If it’s not knocking the your axle should still be fine but if you don’t ateast refill the grease in the boots it’ll fail eventually. As for the water pump, I have to wonder what makes them think it’s failing.

That’s what I was thinking too. If it’s expensive brand that might explain the high price.

I don’t think it would work in the slightest either way but rather than buff them out, maybe find something to fill in the scratches.

Omg yes, I was beginning to forget what a debate between two adults looked like.

When I first started driving I was terrified all the time, but over time fear disappeared. It gets easier with experience.

I paid 285$ a few months ago for a refurbished HP from New Egg. It’s perfect for shoving in a bag and for writing. The charge lasts something like 4 hours if I sit there with it open. It’ll last 2-3 days on my desk when I open it occasionally. I have it set to go to sleep after 15 minutes.

HP Elitebook x360 830 G5 - GRADE A - Intel Core i7-8550U 1.8GHz - FHD (1920 X 1080) Touchscreen, 256 GB SSD, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, Webcam, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Pro https://www.newegg.com/p/1XV-000B-024J7?Item=9SIB9ADK030907&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIB9ADK030907-_-09192024

I used to own an Acer Alpha Switch. I was legitimately sad when the screen cracked. The battery had started to go bad and turn into a pillow. I broke the screen when I was in the process of trying to put it back together. Acer has some newer models I was looking at which were more in the 450$ price range at the time. I ended up going with HP instead because of the price and because I’ve never had any beef with their products with the exception of their printers.

I grew up using this word all the time. It’s just one of the dumb words we said all the time. I only found out within the last couple of years that it’s considered a slur. Idk, I feel most people who are actually considered retarded and are competent enough to understand don’t actually care. But the reality is that any sort of “name calling” isn’t necessary. I grew up with a culture of all sorts of name calling, but just because I grew up with doesn’t mean it’s right.

But ultimately, language and the world changes and it’s just not acceptable to say anymore because it is derogatory towards a particular group.

I’m sorry you have to deal with this. I’ve got a sister that blows up once in a while and has a lot of mental issues. We grew up with my mom being mentally and emotionally abusive. My sister ended hard getting into drugs and alcohol for a while, spent some time in jail, got bailed out a couple of times. When I started feeling scared after she showed up at my house, drugged out of her mind, and threatened to kick my ass. I went no contact with her.

There was nothing that any of my family could say to her to get her to stop. She is one of those people who has to learn the hard way. Eventually I started talking to her again when she stopped with the drugs and alcohol (she still smokes pot but it doesn’t cause issues other than not affording to pay her bills). She doesn’t make any effort to apply herself or make any real improvements in her life. I’ve talked with her a lot about improving her self Esteem and doing tiny things to get out of a vicious cycle of depression. I’ll follow up with her and ask if she did any of it and she’ll say no. She’s taken medication for her depression and whatever other issues she has, but she’ll stop taking it. She won’t see a therapist because she is paranoid that idk they’ll call the cops or tell the government something about her. (My mother was psycho paranoid the same way.)

I’m not entirely sure what got her out of the drugs and alcohol. But at some point she decided to stop, then she had a baby and that’s been her primary motivation for staying clean at least. She recently checked herself into a psych ward after a blow up with her husband and child and she became suicidal. She’s convinced she isn’t worth anything and is just a fuck up.

But I guess the point I’m making is that people have to choose to change. My sister will have to choose to make changes in her thinking if she wants to be happy and functional, just like she chose to stop drugs and alcohol. The best thing is probably go no contact. Some people will use that as a sign that they need to stop and figure their shit out or get help. It wouldn’t hurt to tell him you care about him, that you hope for the best for him, that you wish him a good life (maybe by mail is best). That’s if you still do. Maybe those words will stick with him.