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The fan needs to be on low.
Florida problems.
Weddings are freaking expensive!
Keep it simple. My stupid cousin (her parents) are spending 50k.
Elope!
Weddings are only as expensive as you let them. However, it's easy for me to tell you that, it's harder for you to tell the bride.
Not if she isn't an asshole.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
A buddy of mine got married and he and his wife blew $60,000 on the wedding (their money). What idiots.
I didn't spend a dime of my own money.
I'll get'm married real nice, tell them to send that my way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
Brides are assholes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
We don't want to spend more than $30K (her dad is paying for it), but its just crazy how much some of these places are and how much all that random junk costs. I thought a $20K budget would have been more than enough. She has an idea of what she wants, and if that is unattainable, then she would be willing to do the small, private ceremony and a larger reception. I think we may have found a venue that is really nice, but at the same time can scale back so as not to be crazy expensive. Just going at it a day at a time, but want to lock down the venue before she goes back to school to finish her last semester. We have a year and 3 months, but dates are still filling up fast for that time.
$30k? Jesus, moneybags.
Thank god I'm not paying for it. I just can't imagine doing it for much less unless you do it bare bones. Like I said, I am fine with that, and she says if we can't make the venues work or don't want to push it back she would be game for going small. Like everything these days, a lot of these venues know they can get away with charging so much around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I suppose they're dropping the down payment for your house next? Must be nice.
I got married in a courthouse because Rebecca doesn't have a princess fetish like every other white woman in the world. She's rad.
My wife and I got married in Reno for under a grand (her idea) and it was the best weekend of my life. Everyone in attendance had a blast.
every time I go to a wedding I say a silent prayer "thank god I got married at the courthouse." My princess fetish comes out when it comes to buying shoes. I would rather have a lot of shoes than one big wedding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Our whole wedding cost 2 grand. It was great.
A lot of places (florists) get hard at the word "wedding." Adds 30% to the bill and no one bats an eye.
That's the way most vendors are. In printing, there us an automatic markup for anything "wedding" because brides are a pain in the ass. Seriously.
Sounds like someone's been burned.
I've decided to get a dedicated MP3 player again. I cannot stand using an Android phone as a media device. Clumsy, bullshit touch controls. Gapped play. Terrible audio programs. No fast-forward or rewind buttons (just a scrubber). No "previous song" button on the locked screen. I gotta unlock the phone to go to a previous song!
How do you make it through each day?
I kid, I kid
My little old Sansa MP3 player still kicks the shit out of any phone I've had in every way. I wish the little guy has 32 GB of memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
Ha! It sounds petty, but it's annoying on road trips.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
On the way to Detroit, my phone kept going into Google Talk mode for some reason, and I couldn't figure out how to stop it.
I'm thinking of getting the Fiio x1 or a used Zune.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
I've never heard of the Fiio, it looks badass. Pricey, but probably worth it.
*edit*
Oh shit, it plays FLAC!
There's one that's $100!
You should totally buy it and tell me if it's worth the money.
If a special thing happens in the next few days, I'll reward myself with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
When I got married my wife did all the planning and improvised quite a bit. The guy who rented the tents and tables to us (our reception was in her late grandmothers yard) also never responded to us about his payment either so it was another grand off of the total. We still had a huge reception with all the typical fare but we did it for about $4k and we made it back in wedding gifts.
I've been away for a bit, partially because I haven't had typical internet access outside of my PS4 since my iPhone broke. Thankfully this old broken iPhone turned out to be no longer broken.
Bugging me news is I got laid off this week. It's going to be hard finding another sous chef position but I'll have some time to ride out unemployment to look for jobs and spend some much needed time with my son.
I also found a bat in my house today. No clue how it got in. It was roosting in a corner in my sons room. I was sitting with him watching TV and noticed something dark and first thought that the wall had broken. Got close and noticed it was a bat, freaked out and grabbed my son and shut the door. I put a jacket on, a skull cap, gloves, and long pants, brought the cat into the room with me and prepared for war. Fortunately a good whack with a stick knocked it right off the wall and it fell into a small plastic bin. It was moving around a bit when I dumped it in a plastic bag and thanked god that it didn't get whacked and then start flying around. Unfortunately this resulted in a trip to the ER with my son because it could've bitten somebody in their sleep and bats are common carriers of rabies. Chose not to get the vaccines when the doctor told us to just get the bat tested. Animal Control charged me a hundred dollars to come get the damn thing. If results come back undetermined or positive then we'll get the shots. I'm not the squeamish type but the damn bat gave me mad anxiety and the whole aftermath was expensive and a pain. Now I keep expecting to just find more bats flying about the house.
Anyways, sorry for the long post; been a crazy week.
Huh. Rapies. I would not have considered that.
I've always wanted a fruit bat.
Worst cereal ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
You know what makes that funnier/worst? It's spelled right in the text above him.
When my husband and I got married: it was on a sidewalk, our friend performed the ceremony for the cost of a beer, and I wore an existing dress. My husband wore a matching, old pajama shirt. The actual ceremony lasted less than 30 seconds, which was exactly what I wanted. We then went for food and beer. If we spent even $200, I would be shocked. It was the best.
"When you say no, we know you really mean yes...to this great new cereal!"Quote:
Originally Posted by No One
There's a surprise in every box!
I like to believe it auto-corrected to rapies.
Save 2 dollars instantly when you buy a box of posta and any size box of rapies.
Gohron, how many people did you have at the reception? We have pretty much decided to do a small ceremony with only family and then have a reception afterwards at my mom's house. It'll be crazy cheaper than any of the venues we looked at, but still need to figure out how much for food/drinks, tents/tables/chairs, music, flowers, decorations etc. and anything else she thinks needs to be there.
I think most people are within two or three degrees of friends from photographers, DJs, and probably florists. Network a little and you can put something nice together without spending a hateful amount of money.
Very true. My mom and stepdad are both professional photographers, so I can have them do engagement and bridal photos and then have them help find a photographer for the reception. My mom is also friends with a florist, so that helps. It shouldn't be too bad now that we have decided to go this route, and while we still need to get everything planned and booked early enough, we don't have to worry about booking a venue.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
I was just going to ask Yeller to design my flyers for free. He needs the exposure, right?
Hold a contest! If you live happily ever after and die in each other's arms cut them a check.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to MechDeus again.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
Hot damn! My time to shine!Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
I'm thinking between 100 and 120 if memory serves correctly. The yard wasn't exceptionally big so it was a little tight in spots but we still managed to cram in some portapotties and had a couple of alcohol stations. We had the DJ up front and we just danced on the grass. Almost everything we did was networked through friends and family. It was a black town (which I find to be more tight-knit than a lot of white communities) so we had some local friends prepare the yard basically for free and the church was less than a block away so everyone just walked. If you have any friends with decent sound equipment and some basic computer skills, I would utilize them instead of a professional DJ because they can be absurdly expensive these days without actually doing much other than making short statements on the microphone and all but using an iPod playlist through a computer. We also went the cheaper route for catering (family/friends did the cooking and some waiters from the retirement home we used to work at did the serving), the photographer (a friend of my wife's sister), and we purchased all the alcohol ourselves over the border in Delaware (WAY cheaper than in PA). For the most part, I thought the quality was just as good as any wedding I've ever been to while maybe just not looking quite as nice. We were fortunate for good weather that day but if you're doing it outside you need to have the tent coverage to prepare for bad weather. If you've got more questions, please feel free to ask. I can always refer to my wife. It's a shame that you don't live close because I know she's capable of putting together a large event for a very good budget.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElCapichan
Had some snags with unemployment and found that it may not have been as much as I was hoping for because my job before my most recent was out of state and I didn't have any reported PA income in the time frame they're looking at even though I started two weeks before the end of that. I'm not going to sit on my ass for another week or so to find out without any income so I accepted a job with a previous employer today. My hope was to ride out unemployment for as long as I could to take the time find something as good or better than where I got laid off from (or even better, out of the fucking restaurant business). I'm likely looking at slotting into an lower level management position after a few weeks and going back to hourly pay from salary. The restaurant is the busiest place I've ever worked at (and has gotten even busier) and can be extremely high intensity from open to close on even week days. Seventeen hour shifts (which are rare but...) without even so much as a cigarette in a 95 degree kitchen are tough for the best of us. The chef also never hires for full-time, no matter what but assured me as long as I bring my A-game that I should be at full-time after my first week and move forward from there.
The plus sides are that I know that work and business will be stable. I'm familiar with the business and learning any new menu items will probably only take me a shift or two. One of my best friends is a sous chef there and another good friend of mine is an hourly kitchen manager. I don't know him well but I've been acquainted with the head chef for a number of years and we get along. Most of the staff has changed but I still know a few people there and I was well liked by all of my coworkers. It's also a job in a time where a lot of people struggle to find one.
Not quite the way I had hoped this would all work out but I'm kind of excited to get back to a busy spot with a hard-core and well meshed group of misfits that make up the cooking world.
Had my tonsils, adenoids, and uvula cut out. Also my sinus bones shaved down, old scar tissue removed, and septum straightened.
The sinus shit is fine, but this throat pain came correct. Like, every swallow is a teeth powdering wince.
I was given hydromorphone since I'm allergic to Percocet. It's fine, I suppose, but not touching the throat pain.
If you take enough if it, you might still be in pain but you won't give a shit.
I'm not suggesting you follow this advice, I'm mostly joking. First time I had opiates was after my wisdom teeth got removed. I doubled the dose and sat on the couch playing Call of Duty for six hours and thought it was one of the most profound experiences of my life. I didn't touch the shit for years after that. Unfortunately, I was busy putting heroin up my nose 6 years later.
Honestly I'd suggest people do without it unless they're really in extreme pain they can't deal with. Opiates are wonderful drugs but they also "have the devil in them" as my late Father would say.
I'm very careful with prescription style drugs. I know I have the bug, and it'd be easy for me to get abusive. I stick to the prescribed amount and times almost always.
My rule of thumb is to only take medication if the pain is bad enough to keep me from sleeping.
It's good to follow the instructions or try to do without. Ibuprofen can really help a lot for certain kinds of pain at the 800-1000mg range. I think a lot of doctors prescribe opiate medications a little to freely. I met a girl in my travels that was prescribed 520 30mg oxycodone pills every two weeks for back pain! She had trouble finding a rehab to take her in because she was also prescribed a ton on benzos and had to go all the way to Kentucky just to detox.
Both dope (opiates) and speed (amphetamine based drugs) have provided me with some of the happiest and most fulfilling times of my life. I will never be able to leave those memories behind. Both classes of drugs have also introduced a type of horror to my life that I never could have imagined to be possible in their own unique ways. I'd urge anyone to be very very careful. Nobody ever thinks they'll end up like "that guy" but it happens to people all the time.
Generally I just use ibuprofen, but you can't use it after this type of surgery. Bleeding risk.
I got ya. I'm not trying to be judgemental or telling anyone what to do. I'd just advise caution with narcotic pain medications. I don't want to see one of my friends end up like me.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
CBD, man.
Itchy as fuck from the pills today. Did manage to get 4 hours sleep. First continuous rest I've gotten. Everything else has been just drugged on the couch in lala land breathing up bubbles in the back of my throat.
Itchy, tasty
Great reference. I never was an RE fan but I always found that to be hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
So my employment/unemployment saga has had another interesting addition today. I was supposed to start my new job today at 11am. I walked in the building and my friend Dan (a sous chef) then ordered everybody out of the building because the pizza oven hoods had caught fire. Multiple fire departments showed up and they had to bust up the roof and ceilings to finally put the fire out. All the news stations showed up and even brought a couple helicopters out. I'm assuming it will be at least a few days before they reopen if not longer. It's almost comical how this has worked out for me. Oh well, I really didn't want to go back to work until next week anyway and I should still get something from unemployment.
There's probably water and smoke damage as well.
Get comfortable.
They've had two similar fires at the Wilmington location. There was a lot of smoke. I really don't know what to think. One of the owners showed up and seemed pretty confident it would be a 2-3 day affair. I can imagine them bringing in professional crews (rather than have us do it) to get everything up and running as soon as possible. They're missing out on sales that often total or exceed $130,000/wk. They rebuilt the entire kitchen a few years ago in like 5 days. We shall see. It's not the best option but the longer they're closed, the more I should get from unemployment.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
I came so close to burning the owl down at the end. The plan was bulletproof.
Until you realize that the investigators have a lot more experience investigating arson than you have committing it.
My air conditioning in my house has never really worked well since I moved in 2 years ago. Shortly after buying the place we had to have a new unit installed to the tune of $5,000. By the time summer rolled around the unit wasn't keeping up, called the AC guys out and they said the unit was fine, we needed new insulation/ducts under the house, with a quote of $1300+ to do the work. Well, my bro in law and I decided to do the ducting ourselves this summer, and it helped but didn't fix the issue, so my bro in law called his AC system teacher (an old AC technician who teaches now since he can't really do the work) to come take a look at everything, and he discovered that the AC unit itself was completely, totally, incompetently installed wrong. One of the main vents is blowing cold air out under the unit, which is where half my air flow is going.
Original AC installer is supposed to come take a look at it today to "see what he can do." If he doesn't fix it, for free, I'll have his license.
Restaurant that is financially failing has a fire, nothing potentially suspicious there. Here's your fat insurance check!
But if you think your plan would work for a game store, shoot me a pm.
Looks like they're planning on a Sunday evening opening. Should be starting (again) on Monday.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
Gonna have to stop the narcotics tomorrow. I'm starting to get spun out and paranoid.
I wish you lived somewhere that you could get CBD. It has been truly life changing for me.
Cbd?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabidiol
I heard something about it on NPR last week, interestingly.
It really should be everywhere.
Medical uses aside, it would allow all the weirdos that get freaked out from THC to enjoy weed.
The whole point of CBD is that the THC is taken out of it, it's medicinal only, no high. You want recreation, you go for straight cannabis.
That's for me. I have no interest in the high from thc, but do have some curiosities about medicinal benefits.
Someone should do a cross-country drop-off.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
It is very relaxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
That's a rather odd way of looking at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
The lack of CBD in most recreational pot is a big part of why some people can't tolerate smoking it anymore.
Also, CBD is straight cannabis.
Who wants to mail me some?
This isn't entirely accurate. High CBD strains will still get you high, just not that kick you in the head high that THC and THC-V give you. I don't think there any high CBD strains out there that contain literally no THC, its just the balance is higher on the CBD side and really low on the THC side. All cannabinoids have medicinal value and help with some sort of medical condition, but CBD is the most exciting of the bunch because it is less intoxicating and shows real promise for helping children without turning them into doped up zombies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
High CBD strains also tend to be very high in CBN, which is what THC turns into when it's past the point of maturity. It isn't psychoactive, but will put you on your ass and require you to take a nap immediately. If I ingest a high amount of CBN, its almost like narcolepsy, I fall asleep almost immediately.
This sounds like that 'sativa vs indica' thing, doesn't make a whiff of difference to me, they both do the same thing.
I too think there is a LOT of hoohah with most of that shit, just people trying to shuck their wares for the most part. But try smoking a sativa dominant strain right before bed time and see if you can get to sleep. Or if you have ANY sort of anxiety, or social weirdness, sativa is bad bad news.
Perhaps I am less sensitive but I only care about THC and flavor. The whole sativa vs indica thing is a waste of time in my world. Unless you're growing and actually have to deal with small indica yields or sativa being tall as fuck then it's all just marketing speak. At least from my perspective. All decent weed gives me energy when it's go time and helps keep the nightmares away when it's sleepy time. No strain of weed has ever kept me awake when I wanted to sleep and unless I go for it and eat many hundreds of milligrams no strain has ever put me to sleep when I wanted to be doing stuff. Now that I always know which ones are sativas and indicas I can detect no correlation whatsoever between what I feel and what their alleged properties are outside of random chance. Use it, feel it, know it. Stick with what you like and dodge what you don't.
The proliferation of CBD strains is awesome though.
Yeah, the whole pot scene could do without the cork-sniffing and imaginary effects.
I didn't think there could be a more tedious subject than weed. Then it got legal.
The best part is that all the lame dorks that would never smoke weed simply because it was OMG against the law are now getting in on it.
I fucking told you guys. I fucking told you.
Told who what about what?
Told us about that.
This is actually good, btw. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
I immediately thought of Charlotte's Web from a few years ago, which is supposed to be incredibly mild when I wrote that. The people that grew it were thinking of throwing it away just before Charlotte's parents got in touch with them because no one wanted it. Rather stupid blanket statement for me to make not thinking of other potencies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jed
Well, you know, he was into weed before it was mainstream.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
No casuals allowed
They're annoying. Everything us better when it first starts and it's just a handful of people that are genuine.
Then everyone else gets involved and becomes big bang theory branded toilet paper sold by hot topic.
No one disagrees with that. Were all curious about your assertion that you told us this would happen - as if we had no clue.
you're putting words in my mouth. I never said anyone didn't have a clue that it would.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
Cheeks, check this shit. The earth does revolve around the sun:
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I fucking told you, cheeks. I fucking told you.
No way could anybody who'd been smoking weed for decades have ever guessed something so outlandish would happen!
I agree with Josh that more users is great. But I also agree with kedawa. It seems to me that if we believe the hype then we believe that this country was founded on not putting up with bullshit. The illegality of cannabis has CLEARLY always been bullshit. So to want to use the stuff but being unwilling to flout that obvious piece of shit law makes people seem pretty fucking weak in my eyes. Now these wussenheimers are polluting the discourse with their corksniffery.
I hate that shit. I don't read reviews of movies, records, restaurants, books, comic books or anything like that because who in the hell knows what I like? Weed, alcohol and coffee all fall into a similar category of things that nobody can actually describe objectively so they have to bring in the cornpone bullshit language. Just like the first list, nothing on the second list is actually going to change your life for the negative in any lasting way unless you force yourself to keep at something you don't like (or if you have a piss test in the case of weed). I don't understand why reading and talking so often get put ahead of experiencing these things that can only be experienced through experiencing them. MINDBOTTLING
It's like BC talks to a TNL in his head made up of his Nixonesque enemy list and sends out posts to the real one.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
Maybe you talk to the BC in your head?
I just lost an auction because of slow connection speed. I'm going to quit my job and move because of the internet around here.
The internet had 30 fucking seconds to get that bid in. But loddyfuckydaw, twirl twirl twirl, can't load that fucking bid.
If it's eBay, use a sniping site like Gixen.
Or just bid the amount you're willing to pay in the first place.