An exchange in the comments on MexicanSharpshooter’s article yesterday got me thinking. The slimmed down version is MS told us about a Mises Caucus member who appeared a bit mad at the women he encountered in a dating app. That lead to a discussion about what is, or is not, genetically determined and how to deal with the situation.
I think it’s a variation on “it’s somebody else’s fault” syndrome. Or I tried it once and it didn’t work. In the words of our revered President, “C’mon man!”
We all have gifts. We all perceive our own shortcomings. (Whether others do is a different conversation for a different time.) Far too often, we stop there. I can do this. I can’t do that. That’s just the way I was made.
Doubtful.
David Goggins has a 40% rule. When you feel completely tapped out, you actually have 60% of your current ability left. You must reach down inside to find it. Think about it. How often do we just give up because, “I’m done.” You’re done when you choose to be done. There is a reason a workout partner can get you to do a couple more reps, a few more minutes, or staying in the game. It’s not because they are magical, it’s because you suddenly believed you had more in you.
A life lesson I learned as a young adult was the value of persistence. I learned in a context completely divorced from fitness. My lord it was difficult and scary to learn. But it has served me we well for decades.
To start, you do the best with what you got. And then you do some more. Maybe you need to do more of the same thing. Maybe you need to learn new skills. Maybe you need to explore new ideas. You keep moving. Motion takes you toward your goal. Quitting ensures you won’t reach it.
For that frustrated young man, maybe he needed to speak to a few more women. Maybe he needed to learn better social skills. Maybe he needed to meet women somewhere else.
In the fitness realm, another day of sulking that your genes won’t let you get big/complete a marathon/win at [your sport goes here] isn’t going to cut it. Are you really giving your all? Maybe it’s time to do more of what you started. Maybe it’s time to explore better nutrition. Maybe it’s time for a partner. Maybe it’s time for a trainer. Maybe it’s time to explore the out of favor way of doing what you do.
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I went to the San Diego Zoo on Friday with daughter #1. It was a beautiful, sunny day with a light breeze. I couldn’t believe there were a smidgen of people wearing masks. Nearly all of them were, I estimate, between 15 and 25 years old. The social repercussions of the pandemic response are frightening.
This week’s music is for MS’s frustrated acquaintance. (NSFW) There is always something to get you through to better times.
That is a perfect combination – the main page picture and the music.
All credit goes to Tonio for finding and using the photo.
“We all perceive our own shortcomings.”
For far too many people, this is simply not true.
Oh, snap!
Well, as someone with no known shortcomings, I find it sad that other, flawed, people can’t see their own flaws.
We are mostly quite good at seeing other people’s flaws, so we’ve got that going for us.
Look at Mr. 360 Review over here!
Do the best with what you got
I couldn’t believe there were a smidgen of people wearing masks.
Barf.
There are a couple of mask-bitter-enders at my gym. Thankfully the upward trend of masking that started a few weeks ago has reversed. Now only the bitter-enders wear masks.
Weight is up, but that’s not surprising as I fell off the bandwagon on controlling what I ate and drank. But, it’s not up much over last week.
I took some body measurements. Compared when I last took measurements six months ago: My weight is up five pounds, my waist measurement is down slightly, chest/shoulders/neck are up. A friend that I hadn’t seen in a couple of months recently commented that I look slimmer. These two data points confirm what I’ve noticed in the mirror: I’m losing bodyfat and gaining lean mass. So, I’ll take that as a win despite the fact that I doubt I will hit my pre-FreedomFest 2021 Road Trip weight before I leave for FreedomFest 2022.
The trainer I’m working with now has had me on a brief, intense program which wraps up this week. Last week was the most intense with the heaviest weights and most volume. This upcoming week is a bit lighter. Basically a de-load. Then onto a new program. I’ve talked with him about my getting back to squatting with a bar on my back.
Last week, during that most intense period, I had some good lifts. For the trap bar deadlift, I lifted 255 lbs for nine reps, which is better than I’ve ever done at that weight for either conventional deadlift or trap bar deadlift. I bench pressed 185 lbs for nine reps. I would have gone for more had I had a spotter, but without a spotter I didn’t want to risk it. Also, better than I’ve ever done at that weight before. I did some kettlebell swings using a 88 lb kettlebell for nine reps. This is both more weight and more reps than I’ve ever done for the kettlebell swing.
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That’s great, DEG!
Taking measurements earlier as a baseline was wise.
Glad your hard work is paying off! I’m sure you feel it too.
Thanks folks!
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/934952844
Ewwww.
WTF?
Buy it for pennies on the dollar and clean it up.
Yeah, but you still end up with a Glock 26…
When I ran this guy, I thought he just had freakishly long thumbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHe81qKET2k
I *initially* thought he had freakishly long thumbs. By the time he was at the first window to the shoothouse I realized, no it really was a G26.
NSFW indeed. Wow.
Maybe it’s time to explore better nutrition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1vvigy5tQ
I’m glad to expand your horizons.
How’d it work for her?
Whoa……Harsh.
I actually agree with much of what she says, but she’s the same type of wrong as the “a calorie is a calorie” is wrong. By oversimplifying into essential and non-essential she risks the possibility that certain combinations of ostensibly non-essential carbohydrates could be beneficial and their absence could be detrimental.
Obesity takes up all the oxygen in the room, but cancer should still be a fairly big concern. The former is easy to measure, but the health of one’s immune system is pretty important even if it’s much harder to gauge.
Back in my apnea days I had an amazingly bad immune system. I appear to have a very good immune system these days, but I still drink enough alcohol that it may be significantly increasing my chance of cancer.
I think she was more referring to the fact a human being does not require carbohydrates to sustain life. Whether or not some are beneficial or not is another matter. I know I feel better eating some leafy greens and the like. Some people don’t.
As to cancer and obesity, Insulin resistance probably leads to cancer as well. It is inflammation. I am by no means an expert but I think more people die from obesity/diabetes than cancer and most likely they are all related to inflammation mostly associated with insulin resistance. You are no where near insulin resistant. I probably was for over a decade of my life and the super smart doctors never told me. Hell, they never even brought it up.
What leads to cancer or doesn’t is pretty fucking nebulous. See california’s warning labels where everything causes cancer. When it comes to obesity and diabetes? Yea, it’s a little clear cut what is causing that.
Using the fact that someone got freak lung cancer to try and dismiss someone’s dietary advice is pretty strange to me. I’m saying strange to avoid a broohaha here because I actually want to say far worse things.
You can say what you want. I have a thick skin. She specifically said “I’m a great example.”
She specifically said: “Unless you have an exceedingly rare syndrome, then cutting carbs is going to be good for you, even if it is not necessary.” I don’t think there’s any science to back that up for people who are not overweight or have other problems. She then goes on to talk about dozens of low-carb interventions for various problems that people have (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors, obesity). After that she conflates inflammatory markers with cancer.
If your diet already includes carbs and you’re doing well, you may be doing yourself a disservice, because the same fallacy in “a calorie is a calorie” is in “a carb is a carb.”
I’m not going to kid myself that “I can achieve anything I set my mind to!” The physical reality of having severely broken my right leg at 29 yrs old precludes that.
But I do like the S.M.A.R.T. goals guidelines my past three employers use. When setting goals, make sure they are:
Specific
Measureable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-based
Attainable is the tricky part. You don’t want to aim too low, and you don’t want to aim so high that you’re setting yourself up for failure. I tend to set a bit high because not quite making it doesn’t devastate me, and if I do make it, I’m pleasantly surprised.
Goals at different levels of attainable, including one that is clearly a stretch.
This is more personal, not work goals.
Specific: I CAN EAT TEN POUNDS OF FUDGE!
Measureable: YES! TEN POUNDS!
Attainable: GIVEN ENOUGH TIME, YES!
Relevant: I WANT FUDGE!
Time-based: ESTIMATING TWO HOURS! OR UNTIL THE CANDY STORE KICKS ME OUT!
That’s the spirit!
STEVE SMITH LIKE FUDGE. STEVE SMITH HALP PACK FUDGE.
I have some legit long term strength goals, but I don’t think about them much. I’ve found that just developing the habits and routines that may eventually lead there is better. For me, being able to look at my book and see the progress is enough to keep me going. If I worried about the end, I’d probably quit.
My goals at this point are strictly process goals – no cheating on chow, do something in the home gym (which includes walking) every day.
I don’t really have goals for working out and running.
I enjoy doing both and track my progress, but there isn’t a defined end point.
I did run this week and on Monday, my 30 minute run, a kid that looked like a high school linebacker ran past me easily. The worst part? He was talking on the phone as he did it.
I remember when running was effortless, but it is getting easier slowly.
This week was a week off from the gym, Monday starts a new workout plan.
Well, my long term targets are a 2x bodyweight squat and a 2.5x bodyweight deadlift. I have a long ways to go, especially at 5 lbs a week, but taking the steps necessary to get there (especially food and sleep) is really the bigger goal.
I do have a goal to do 20 pullups again.
I was up to 12 before my surgery and am currently at…drum roll please…
4, that’s it, 4 pullups, but my first time back I couldn’t do a full one, so it is improving.
“Severely broke my right leg” You seen to have acquired a lot of character building events.
Eh, nothing much fazes me. Just gotta roll with the punches. Helps to be stubborn and not naturally inclined to drama.
I have my moments where I allow myself a good cry just to vent steam to prevent an explosion. But when it’s over, it’s over.
Get busy living or get busy dying
“You will run… it will walk. You will rest — it will not.”
Years ago, my manager asked me to set some “smart” goals, focusing on the measureable and time-based aspects. So I did. He looked at my goals and said, basically, “These are too specific and measurable. We need some slop in them and make sure you don’t set a sepcific due date.”
OK, sir. I’ll get right on that. He was actually a good boss…kind of let me set my own agenda and do what was needed.
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Chafed!
Great timing for this one. I certainly didn’t give my GlibFit all this week. Missed two lifting sessions and a couple walks. I could blame it on injuries, a mild concussion and work insanity.
But mostly I was a pussy.
My wife and I did a nice hike yesterday, though. Five miles with modest gain, but absolutely beautiful views. I’m using it as a reset to get back in the game.
Have a great week, GlibFitters!
Oh, and here’s a song to help with that last rep.
Back it up! Mild concussion?
Yeah. Tundra, what happened?
Talk about burying the lede.
Maybe sometimes he doesn’t listen and his wife has to knock him upside his head?
Lol.
I was at my daughter’s place helping her with some stuff in her apartment. Was climbing a ladder and didn’t pay attention to a soffit and managed to slam the crown of my head into it pretty goddamn well.
Puked a couple times that night, felt shitty for a couple days, but seems ok now. Unfortunately not my first rodeo!
Ouch.
Rub some dirt on it and walk it off.
Ya, no shit. What a pussy.
Right?
I hate when that happens!
I’ve done similar` but never that bad.
You seem recovered, so be careful.
That definitely sounds like a concussion. You may want to go to your doctor.
Repeated vomiting sounds like more than a “mild” concussion. Maybe get that checked out.
I could blame it on injuries, a mild concussion and work insanity.
Have you been using my Rolodex of excuses? J/K. I just can’t stand the boredom of strength training.
I’ve managed to burn 3,000+ calories for 8 consecutive days though. At 2,200 for today. Got a nice climb up a lighthouse (beautiful view), and I was happy to be able to keep up with the kids. I wish we could have done a second climb. No weight loss, but no gain either. Same sad story, too much food and booze.
Did I miss something?
Concussion? What happened?
He cant remember.
Thanks Chafed. You pair really well with Tons stoic articles.
Edit: Ron’s. ?
🙂
Chafed and Ron write good stuff.
Thanks
Thanks Aloysious.
There is a fine line between persistence and stalking, lol.
A few years ago I had a bout of something that I didn’t think I’d live through. Many tests and scans revealed…absolutely nothing. Not a damn thing. Felt like someone wrapped a belt around my brain and squeezed. Couldn’t walk straight. Couldn’t hardly breathe. I was afraid to go to sleep because I didn’t think I’d wake up.
It seems to be flaring up again. Right now. I’m actually on my way to urgent care where I suspect they’ll find a whole lot of nothing again and I’ll just resign myself to probably being dead from nothing at age 50.
Or I’m just stressed.
Sorry. I hope for the best for you.
Godspeed Mustang. I hope you get past whatever this is.
That sounds horrible.
Hope you can get a handle on it.
Wow, I hope that passes. Good luck.
Thanks. This time it’s got the added bonus of painful lymph nodes and sharp pain in my chest and kidneys. It’s a great time.
Yikes.
Sorry, Mustang. I hope they can help.
They already stopped me and asked if I think all these things are related. It’s going as well as these visits always do…I leave feeling like a crazy person and try not to think about what this has cost me in physical abilities and mental pain. I fucking hate the medical industry.
Word. I’ve heard it called the “Sickcare Industry”.
What’s going on with your diet? It’s at least something that’s actionable and effective.
My diet is pretty on point. I splurge and drink a bit much on occasion but I think I’m not taken seriously because I’m generally fit and look healthy. I’ve learned to work around the dizziness and pain, but the last few days have hurt more than I’m comfortable with. I randomly threw up a couple weeks ago, but just ignored it.
Is the dizziness constant or does it hit like a hammer? I have some issues with that (Meniere’s) that the ENT dude couldn’t figure out. SP turned me on to meclizine, which helps a lot. For some reason, the bouts have become much less frequent. I have no idea why.
Any sinus pressure or spots in your vision leading up to the dizziness / pain? I’m susceptible to allergy migraines (worse since I had to move out West, different pollen I suppose) and they can feel like the head part of this. Not the lymph nodes or chest/kidney pain (only had the latter due to gas/heartburn from greasy pepperoni… I can’t take too much spicy grease anymore).
I’m assuming not because it is so damned obvious, but thought I’d ask. I go back to “the medical folks should do their jobs already”, really.
It’s not constant. It can be worse some days than others. The first time it happened it was like a hammer but it’s never been quite that bad again.
SDF, haven’t had much in the way of allergies or anything like that. All of this started on my tour in Korea. I’m open to it just being stress-related but it hurts quite a bit. I suspect they won’t find anything, again. Kind of takes the fun out of a lot of things. Always out of breath, or dizzy, or have more than two beers at a party and guarantee a week-long hangover, can’t run as far or as fast as I used to. Maybe I’m just getting old.
Ack… if I had any faith in the VA at this point (I’m assuming this wasn’t your *band* touring Korea), I’d ask if they’d checked you for anything funky that might be laying around Korea (the DMZ? Elsewhere?) But given the last decade or two — even if they knew of such a thing, I wouldn’t trust them to tell you.
Hope it settles back down or they figure it out. Not running as far or as fast, yeah — that I can relate to re: getting old. The rest of this bullspit doesn’t sound right and I hope they get some actual answers for you. Best wishes.
My response would be “How the hell should I know? You’re the ones with medical training — I don’t ask you to debug a kernel panic, do I?”
+1… and a general “Stay healthy, Glibs” Seems like there’s just a lot of issues lately, whether that’s just a run of bad luck or because folks delayed health care in the lockdown madness or what, I don’t know. But I’d really prefer y’all stay healthy and happy already.
I’ll second this. I think we underestimate how much background stress and anxiety there is all around us. Sometimes I think I’m weathering it well, but then notice the recycling…
Hmm. If it’s systemic, maybe they can run a panel of tests on hormones. They’re often overlooked but if they get out of whack they can affect a lot of organs.
A mistake a lot of docs seem to make is to want to diagnose one condition that explains ALL the symptoms, when in reality it might be more than one completely separate conditions.
Good luck!
I am not good at asking for stuff. The minute they start to say no I usually just give up. I want to do a stress test, hormone panel, and whatever else they got but they always balk.
Who is they? The VA? If so, then maybe it’s worth seeing a civilian doctor.
Every doctor I’ve talked to, civilian or military.
Best of luck.
That’s harsh. Sorry dude.
Wow, I hope you feel better soon! Hopefully they’ll be able to help this time.
Pro Tip: It’s never lupus. Feel free to share that with your doctors.
Well, you’re getting yourself looked at, that’s the best thing you can do. Hope it resolves quickly. Best of luck, buddy.
At least it’s not covid.
They’re testing for that too. If it comes back positive I’m going to be pissed because I’m leaving for Yellowstone in 5 days.
The doc seemed to take it more seriously because he can actually feel the difference in my lymph nodes, so we’ll see what the blood tests and chest x-ray come back with. I don’t expect anything from a chest x-ray, I am guessing it’s for COVID. He recommended I go to the ER because they have additional testing options.
Fuck. Hope it turns out to be transient.
Everything came back normal. They’re giving me an antibiotic “just in case.”
So. Back to being crazy.
I really feel for you, man. That all sounds terrible. You’ve mentioned maybe it’s stress; have you explored that possibility much?
For a very long time I suffered from a disease that was finally diagnosed as IBS. I would go through cycles of vomiting followed by periods of lethargy, all the time accompanied by severe abdominal pain.
Curiously, the would often follow periods when I was on-call from work. Towards the end the symptoms became so severe that i would wind up in the ER. My group management at work finally took me off of on-call and my episodes lessened.
Since retiring I’ve only had one episode, and that was a few months after retirement.
Long way around to say that stress is totally a major factor with health. Once the stress left, so did my IBS.
This is kind of what I’ve been thinking for some time. I don’t really have the vomiting except the one time mentioned up above, but willing to believe that stress causes whatever it is.
I feel like I’ve tried almost everything. I’ve been back and forth to mental health, put on antidepressants and then came back off. I’ve met my fitness and diet goals, backed off, and met different ones. Drank to excess. Stayed sober for a couple years. Tried meditating but never could make it a habit. Found religion. I’m getting out of the military in part to reduce the stress associated with that. I don’t even like talking about any of it because it just feels self-serving, like there’s nothing to be done so why even bring it up?
Bottling shit up inside yourself? That’s generally a bad plan. Talking is good, you may even trip over a solution, or improvement.
Just a shot in the dark, but have you ever knowingly had Lyme disease or lived in tick infested areas (Midwest, NE)?
I’ve known quite a few people who had chronic lyme with many of the same symptoms. It seems to hide in the body and periodically cause severe problems. I know one guy who almost died because it was attacking his heart and others who were bedridden for months.
The problem is many doctors dismiss this because they don’t have a test to show it’s there. Hell, even with acute cases of Lyme the test comes back negative about 20% of the time. I was one of those 20% even though I clearly had it. You need to find a doctor who buys into this as a possible diagnosis if you decide to look in this direction for answers.
I’ve considered this as well. I was in Massachusetts for three years. I don’t know what the tick situation is like in the other places I’ve been.
Had Lyme disease X 2, symptoms were totally different. First time the docs were a little confused, 2nd time I diagnosed it myself, both times the antibiotics whipped it in days.
It’s fairly common around here but early on it was a problem, medical people didn’t have much experience/knowledge with it.
This is excellent advice.
Todays meat adventures: (not to be confused with Chafed’s song choice) Brisket in the smoker. (separated the point from the flat and ground all trimmings into burgers) Sirloin steak in sous vide for early dinner. Ribeyes vacuum sealed for next weeks lunches. (I started taking sous vide to work) Lettuce chopped for steak salad lunches.
Double strip steak day.
They were on sale this weekend.
Finally, the damn doctor called to schedule the back surgery, which is nice. And soon, which is doubly nice. So I can start walking normally again, exercising again, etc.
As far as masks go, I see far too many of them at this point. Any would be too many, but I still see a significant portion of the Oregon population still wearing them. Covid dead enders. Man, something broke them, and hard. And it isn’t just the yoots doing it, but people of all ages. This gets more common as you go into the liberal pop centers, but still…
As far as the MS conversation yesterday, there are lots of ways to meet people, especially when you are young. Just, you know, don’t act like a creep. Don’t go up to a random woman at the grocery store and ask her to go home with you. Ain’t gonna happen. But, if you chat with someone, and they chat back, it isn’t weird to ask about getting coffee. And you go on from there: drinks, dinner, movies, ie this is what leads to a romance. It is almost never at first glance, but people hate being single, and want to pair up, so the odds are in your favor. But, you do need to be ruthless in your self-perception. If you are walking around like a bum, dirty clothes, needing a shower, no one is going to date you. If you do go on a date, and you act like a no-it-all, no one will go out a second time. So, be presentable, be polite, and be receptive.
Finally, the damn doctor called to schedule the back surgery, which is nice.
Excellent! I hope it goes well.
Nobody wears masks in Copenhagen. Too few American or Asian tourists around. Other than me catching covid, and by now having recovered from it, there was essentially no evidence that it was still a thing in England and Denmark.
Will I test negative to be able to return to the U.S. later this week? Stay tuned.
We already have a vague plan in case we pop positive in Saint Martin – eying some inexpensive AirBnbs to hole up for 5 days.
I’ll have my laptop, so I can actually work – won’t be the end of the world, but some uncertainty around the dog – hopefully our walker will be able to board her for the extra time.
Then it’s “what if you test positive but I don’t?”…
You sleep on the porch.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/football/wales-ukraine-world-cup-qualifer-spt-intl/index.html
Oddly, I get my height from clan Vaughan, so I’m not rooting against Wales.
That said, World Cup would have been a way for Ukraine to stay normal or at least have a couple of hours’ relief come November.
“Sign in to confirm your age.”
Eat shit and die, youtube.
These two data points confirm what I’ve noticed in the mirror: I’m losing bodyfat and gaining lean mass.
Throw your goddam scale in the trash.
Don’t go up to a random woman at the grocery store and ask her to go home with you. Ain’t gonna happen.
Not even at Walmart?
DAMMIT.
From the last thread, go ahead and open that punitax can of worms. What else can a 1000% tax be levied on?…
Leather chaps. Pride parade permits. CRT textbooks and literature. Starbucks soy lattes. Blue hair dye.
Motivational speeches asking you to give 110%. 😉
See how they like it.
Not to be That Guy on The Internet — but
bugs the crap out of me. Right up there with “Give 110%”. By definition, it wasn’t your “best” if you can do more. 110% is explicitly impossible. Do what you *feel* is your best and then push past it? Sure… but don’t say it was all you could do but you then did more.
In this house, we obey the laws of logic and physics, dangnabbit!
And this is one of many, many reasons I should never, ever go anywhere near people management. And 110% doesn’t seem to (but should) have a despair.com poster.
I think the point is that for most people, 100% isn’t even close. And feel is a terrible way to assess effort and progress.
It’s why I like strength training so much. You might feel like you can’t hit the reps, but then you do and realize that your “best” often isn’t.
(I do hate the 110% thing, though. And the term “proactive”)
Yeah, I get the idea — just the logically anal part of me abhors the phrasing of the concept. 😉 That’s why I write software and all.
Can’t speak to the strength training — last time I lifted weights, I was in high school — and I had trouble with the stupid bar. Upper body strength is not my forte…. (I can lift with my legs, though — freaked the hell out of my wife when we met and I was working Electronics at a Wally World — and would pickup TVs, rest them on my shoulders and go up ladders to put them on the high riser…. doubt I could do that now, of course…). And since this was during the GHWB administration, these weren’t the featherweight LED screens you whippersnappers today get to toss around.. 😉 ). Or in other words, I read and lurk on GlibFit — but I’m afraid I’m *not* GlibFit. C’est la vie.
GlibFit is a process. We win, we lose and we keep going.
Give strength training another look. It’s so important, especially as we get older, and provides so much benefit. It can be as simple or aggressive as you like, but I really think everyone should try to get strong.
I need some mental training first. If I can get the crap cleaned out of the spare room (storage room now), I’d like to replace the Nautilus I used to have in there (we tried to move back East some years back, it didn’t work out – but stuff is spread across two houses now). Not as good as a true weight set, I’m sure — but I did use it when I had it.
I got so thrown off my former routine over the last couple of years, I’ve just set a mental goal of getting back to a daily 30 minute walk for starters. We’ll see where I go once I get that set in my head again, but thanks for the encouragement…. or is that pushing me past 100%… :narrows gaze:
Daily walking is a perfect start. Good luck!
If you can afford to do so, block out the time, and don’t let anything interfere with it.
If you’re feeling sick or hungover, keep the time blocked out. Put on your walking clothes and go back to bed for that block of time. A daily 30 minute walk is great, but if you can’t do it, a daily 30 minutes set aside for walking is still much better than a sporadic 30 minute walk.
Yeah, I’m trying to get it set to a good time – currently aiming for 5:30 am local. Enough time to read the morning links, before I start work at 6. And hopefully early enough the *other* walking neighbors aren’t out. (It isn’t *just* that I’m anti-social… I hate the little dance on the sidewalk as you do the whole Steve Rogers “On your left…” dance… ).
Re: “hungover”… no chance of that. I reject alcohol in all of its forms (and all of its empty promises…).
How about “due diligence”. I hate that phrase.
Better than “do the needful” at least.
To be fair, isn’t “do the needful” Indian English?
Various varieties of Asian and African English do weird things. I could swear I’ve seen obituaries from English-speaking third world countries that use formulations like “[Name of dead person] is no more!” or [Name of dead person] has left us”.
Just had an annual meeting and our new COO introduced herself as a “risk taker and agent of change” she then spent 5-10 minutes explaining how perfect she was.
I had a “this can’t be a real person” thought, but she is and she loves her some her.
*barfs*
Barf.
It was bad.
If you have to tell me what you are, you’re probably not it. If you can show me, you have a chance…
Wait, can we get Mustang over here to barf?
My exercise for today was mowing about an acre of grass and mowing down the back drive.
Of course, I used the tractor. But still.
I gotta get back to work, changing the passenger side axle seal on Lola for the third time.
The driver side took the first time when I changed both of them.
If this doesn’t seal, I’ll have to admit defeat and take her to a shop.
Sounds like a burr or something on a surface that damages the seal either during installation or operation. Have a close look at all those surfaces.
There was a little crud on the axle’s sealing part.
I took it off as gently as I could, hope I don’t have to buy a new one.
Where you’ll get to say “Fix the damned thing and leave my private life out of it, okay pal?”
I was expecting THIS.
Nice name choice!
I like it, and it made my wife roll her eyes, so it’s a win win.
That’s two Glib vehicles I’ve named! Kinda cool!
I was planning on finishing today, but when I put the caliper adapter(it holds the brake assembly) on before the rotor, that felt like a natural stopping point.
I looked up the tourqe specs and got ahead of myself.
I was so worried about if I could, I didn’t stop to see if I should put the adapter on.
https://www.chewboom.com/2022/06/02/kfc-launches-new-currycano-zinger-in-singapore/
Not Glibfit.
[Barfing at the USMNT virtue signaling]
I tuned in late. I noticed the gay jerseys but didn’t have to hear them jabber about it.
They apparently also joined the anti-2A bandwagon.
God knows we can’t find a striker who can shoot.
*zing*
It’s funny because it’s true.
Might be contagious too, given the way Cavani whiffed there at the end.
That was impressive.
GlibFit.
https://archive.ph/WyFuU/acbd5ddcb3511d9c9661f8324cd3a89e773a3dda.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/lx6fE/2c232579692cd08e7bea3a7c0706131ff7465d2e.webp
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/Cxpu6/5c8a9d0a1ed983c4f697adbc41bda6e11947e8c7.webp
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/ECJwu/c65a319b718e82b449225cd52aa97c20d57f10ca.webp
NSFW.
https://archive.ph/5iIWx/0d217b2559c38413b0d83edab6fd654f2c6f6758.webp
NSFW.
5 for 5 Q. Well done.
From the dead thread (because I have been working in the yard all day)
Mojeaux on June 5, 2022 at 12:29 pm
TFW you know you have no better choice than to drop $2k on fixing your paid-for vehicles because there is a premium on cars, IF you can find a decent one.
Two years ago, my daughter’s Xterra (actually my Xterra given to her when I bought a new one) was totaled in the derecho that swept through town. Thousands of cars in the area were totaled (along with hundreds of houses and tens of thousands of trees). So we rushed out to buy a replacement vehicle before everyone got their insurance checks and the market went to shit. We paid $5500 for a ten year old GMC Yukon Denali.
Last January, the engine in the Yukon failed. A local shop has spent the last five months repeatedly trying to rebuild the engine. The cycle is basically wait for parts, put the parts in, see the engine not work, order more parts, and repeat the cycle. The shop has decided that they have replaced every part that can be replaced and it still doesn’t work. The factory doesn’t know what is wrong. The shop has ordered a factory rebuilt engine and will put it in the truck when it arrives. The good news is that the shop is sticking to the original bid and eating huge losses on the work. Total bill for a rebuilt engine installed — $8000.
So $8000 to repair a vehicle that was purchased for $5500. And this is still a fucking bargain.
Let’s Go Brandon!
I’m very lucky I got my 2017 Equinox when I did in January 2021.
I still wonder how much the Subaru dealership was trying to dick me into buying a new car regarding the state of the 2004 Legacy I was replacing.
See also- Ca$h For Clunkers!
Well. I guess I don’t feel so bad.
My husband got a bunch of “I did this” Biden stickers.
So $8000 to repair a vehicle that was purchased for $5500. And this is still a fucking bargain.
Yuck.
Correct.
Kelly Blue Book says fair market value on a 2012 Yukon Denali is $12,000 to $14,000.
So, we could sell it and break even.
This is how fucked up the economy is right now.
For what it is worth, it cost me $7,000 to replace the the 5.0 in my F150 about 6 years ago. It had a 7 year, 70,000 mile warranty. The engine crapped out at 72,000 miles.
Probably going to buy a Toyota pickup next.
https://youtu.be/9iVRiODZzYQ
Your daily dose of Sanford & son.
To be The First, you have to out First The First.
Oh, go first yourself.
Why does this seem so appropriate?
Glibfit – getting back in to the weight room, week 2. I’m really liking the Wendler program. It’s remarkable how fast the weight piles on.
I attempted to do several sets of pull-ups and dips as assistance exercises last Monday, and I was so sore afterwards that I had to take a few days off. Message received. I’m skipping the assistance work for at least this full training cycle, then adding it in slowly. I did do two 5k walks with a 25# sandbag in my day pack, just to get a little cardio in.
In shooting, I rewatched a bunch of Ben Stoeger videos from his Practical Shooting Fundamentals and Skills and Drills classes. I was reminded of a lot of stuff I’d forgotten since taking Practical Shooting Fundamentals back in 2018. It is truly amazing that Ben puts this stuff on his YouTube channel for free. It’s also a pretty scathing indictment of the gun culture that an hour-long instructional video from a dominant world champion has under 100k views…
Anyway, I pulled three sub-1.7 Bill drills at 5 yards today, so that was pretty cool.
I’m off all week. I aim to stay as inebriated and low-carb as I can manage.
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IKR? My new 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A straight from FedGov still has lots of those.
I love that, because the PAGE ISN’T BLANK ANYMORE, is it?
Gonna start a gofundme for bail money?
I started drinking an hour early* so I can go to bed an hour early and get a decent night’s sleep.
*everything after this word is probably not going to happen
The “Second Wind” isn’t just applicable to exercise.
???
That’s most certainly true.
A local shop has spent the last five months repeatedly trying to rebuild the engine. The cycle is basically wait for parts, put the parts in, see the engine not work, order more parts, and repeat the cycle. The shop has decided that they have replaced every part that can be replaced and it still doesn’t work.
????????
I only hear what comes through my wife, through my daughter, from the shop.
The engine won’t hold oil pressure.
They did a partial rebuild. Took it on the road for a test. It held pressure for a while, then lost oil pressure.
They did a full rebuild. Took it on the road for a test. It held pressure for a while, then lost oil pressure.
They called the factory and asked what they might have missed. Factory says, I don’t know.
They ordered a factory-rebuilt, factory-tested engine and will put it in when it arrives.
Did they check the thermostat?
Sounds like no one magnafluxed the block.
greek to me
Basically, checking the block for cracks invisible to the naked eye.
That’s what google told me too. 😉
Argh, could be several failure points causing that. The tube that comes from the pickup screen to the oil pump could have a crack somewhere causing oil cavitation and pressure loss, or the pump itself, which is a 2 stage design since those had cylinder deactivation that was horseshit, could have a bypass valve that sticks open causing an oil pressure bleed off when the cylinder deactivation goes off line. Either way, when you get it back, order a cylinder deactivation disabler. It disables the cylinder deactivation from working so that it won’t repeat the failure again. I learned this the hard way on my Yukon when I suffered a collapsed lifter. Also, the disabler hasn’t affected my real world fuel economy at all.
https://mobile.twitter.com/samanthamarika1/status/1533254541969223680?cxt=HHwWgMCjxby4m8cqAAAA
That can’t be real…
Glibfit; I’m a hair over 6ft and currently weigh be around 170lbs. Can’t really exercise right now outside of work because I broke rib a couple of days ago when I got up to take my 3:00AM, middle-aged prostate piss and tripped over one of my sneakers and crashed upper ribs first into the corner of a wall.
Also, I’m sleep deprived over the last two months due to a group of nest bound chicks who make a ruckus directly above my bedroom window as early as 4:00AM every goddamn morning. I swear, the local news will soon cover the story about a drunken asshole who plummeted to his death after attempting to climb a tree with the goal of murdering a small handful of birds.
Yeah, but what an obit…
There are worse ways to cash it in.
I wish. I am unfortunately very capable of pushing beyond what I should do and instigating an inflammatory response that kicks my ass. It’s a genetic thing and it started rearing its ugly head in my forties. I’d like to be back to the days when I could push the envelope and get away with it
Understanding yourself is a big part of it. I’m a fan of Goggins but there have been times that I pushed when I should have waited instead. Big picture, there is some truth in that 40%. Ten years ago I was a paratrooper and had very formative experience during a training event. Due to being hurt, I had made the decision to withdraw but it was at the end of a very grueling day, so I told myself, “I’ll quit tomorrow.” The next day came and I procrastinated my withdrawal, telling myself that I would say something the following day and that mantra, “I’ll quit tomorrow,” repeated itself in my head until the end of the event several days later. It changed my entire self concept.
A few months ago I was working out in my back yard and my right knee felt like it wasn’t holding the upper and lower leg together the way that it should. I had to ask my son to help me into my house and, that time, I’m grateful that I listened to my body.
Wasn’t a paratrooper, but I did battle through many injuries in the Marines.
Many times I started PT’ing sooner than I probably should have.
My ankle was hurting in 2014 and when I got the MRI the Dr. said the cartilage was destroyed, probably caused by injuries and overuse.
Luckily, it’s holding up fine after reconstructive surgery, but I wish younger me was a little smarter.
Don’t we all wish this? I have arthritis in my shoulder, arthritis in the small of my back, knees that have banged around, and so on. A little foresight would contain all of this.
One thing they don’t tell you about is how much military parachuting and serving in the combat arms will make your body old. Five jumps in school probably won’t hurt you, and most people with jump wings have exactly five jumps. Spend extended time on jump status and you will get your body fucked up. Plus most people on jump status are in the combat arms and that wears you out as well. Then being the person I am I added decades of wear and tear with mountaineering and long backpacking trips. Today I can tell the damage I have done. BUT and it’s a big but, I wouldn’t trade my experiences for a bit more mobility.
Five jump chump? Hey, that’s me. The running gave me minor knee problems, but the worst military consequence, for me, is this wicked case of tinnitus. Always wear your hearing protection they say, but you can’t hear range commands and what not, so we weren’t always diligent about it. Also, those awful CVC helmets did precious little to dampen the BRRRRPPPPP of my Vulcan. Now, at 50, white noise is my bedtime pal.
Thats two of us. Ears ringing as I type. For me its likely a 50-50 split between military and occupational exposure. Years working around big boilers with big industrial fans.
This is cool
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VaX1iOyKsB0
“I’ll leave a link to how to make a Pookie down in the Doobly-doo.”
I have an amazing wife. After she had checked on me, she cleaned and conditioned my saddle, tack and boots – that I had left out to dry.
She wants to maintain their value for after you die.
/sarcasm
I have long believed that if Mrs. Dean knew the full death benefits payable for me, I wouldn’t last a day.
Ditto
I’m having trouble keeping up with these euphemisms.
I was supposed to go out for Greek food with the wife, but she isn’t feeling good so I headed down to the local brewpub. A live band is on the patio, the girl behind the stick is delightfully thick, and the pale is hitting the spot.
No one, and I mean no one, should ever wear a tie dye door rag.
You are not wrong.
I got a 12.4 mile hike in early this morning with a 3300 foot elevation gain in the pissing rain. Not a typical Sunday, but I wanted a good warm up for next Sunday when I will be going for the overnight summit attempt at Mt Whitney. I’m feeling today, but I’m not wrecked so that’s a good sign. I know it’s the altitude that is the real beast, but I have to train at sea level, so getting up to the trailhead a couple days early to acclimatize will have suffice. Looking forward to the challenge. It’s been motivating over the last months to have the adventure coming up.
Fuck yes.
Sounds awesome, brother! Good luck!
Very cool. My kid just finished 3 weeks in Sequioa/Kings Canyon hiking as part of his senior final trip. It went well but was super dry.
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Oh, wow. That is really cool! Kick Whitney’s ass!
Bobby Brown kicked Whitney’s ass, too.
You’re doing the Lord’s work, Ted. Keep the snark coming.
Thanks guys! It’s gonna be sweet. Good to hear your kid had a good trip down there Athena.
That got a laugh Ted, cheers.
Just came across this very interesting thread. https://twitter.com/LysanderBoomer/status/1533121622781075456?cxt=HHwWgICxtcf_3sYqAAAA
Anyone ever tried a conversion cylinder with a black powder revolver?
Yup. It works, but you end up with a single-action revolver that’s too large to conceal under anything smaller than a Carmelite nun’s habit.
I would have to really sit down and think about whether this thing has any advantages over rolling dirty with my private-purchase Glock 19…
That looks cool, might be a bit ostentatious for my usual open carry.
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP™©®
(The ‘The workweek is nigh’ Edition)
#132
Champs
SDF-7 18
Sean 18
grrizzly 21
The Hyperbole 21
whiz 21
db 22
Grosspatzer 22
Grumbletarian 22
l0b0t 22
MikeS 22
Ozymandias 22
Ted S. 22
Tundra 22
kinnath 23
Not Adahn 24
rhywun 24
Tulip 25
one true athena 27
Mojeaux 28
TARDis 28
trshmnstr the terrible 28
Cannoli 29
Grummun 30
Chump
robc 121
SDF-7 makes a 291 point improvement in eight days to grab a share of today’s best score. Sean keeps that impressive no-bust streak going at 54.
In tourney news, unfortunately Not Adahn had an off day allowing The Hyperbole to make it to the finals. Grumbeltarian and Grosspatzer tied and will play again tomorrow to see who gets to beat Hype’ on Tuesday.
It was a meh day overall. 24 players, 27.5 average. Tundra line split was 13/11. Quordlemetrics for today was 0 2 1 12 (0). That’s 15 unique letters. I, for one, could tell because I had to use my third seed word to get things going. It would be interesting to graph the QM line against daily averages. I suspect there is some correlation there. Moreso than the Scrabble score (38), for sure.
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Here’s some positive vibes to start the week off right.
Perfect song.
Thanks, Mike!
Neither of those chumps stand a chance, get used to the fact that I will be the next to wear the belt. Also Tesla’s okay as far as shitty hair metal bands go.
They aren’t hair metal, but I wouldn’t expect a hillbilly like you to be able to tell the difference.
It says so on Wikipedia so it must be true.
I read enough of the VH1 list to know they don’t give a shit if they put bands on it that aren’t Hair Metal. Just because a band had long hair and played metal/hard rock in 1985 does not automatically make them Hair (Glam) Metal.
Hair Band!
MacLean and MacLean – I’ve Seen Pubic Hair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_m3vU6P68U
Nick, you’re the greatest. I LOVE The Gross Guys so much.
Look at this fucking guy pretending he’s accomplished something because of quordle. Look here boy – there is one thing to crow about in this world and it aint quordle. The Great Firster doesn’t care about your quordle score. You won’t have slaves in afterlife because of quordle. Learn to First or GTFO of here.
About the only cock rock band stuff I’ll still listen to is Tesla, Def Leopard pre-Hysteria, and the 1st two Motley Crue albums.
https://youtu.be/sHNBxd4LnDs
Yes.
Is anybody out there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SnxBvH-0Mc
They sure could rock back then.
Little
Suzy’sSean’s on the Uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAj_WlH3J6Q
https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/teachers-in-s-d-endure-new-stress-as-politics-and-culture-war-seep-into-classrooms/
“The continual attacks we’re seeing are a detriment to our profession and what we can provide to students. In my humble opinion, this country was built on public education and we’re a successful country because of public education. If we ever lose that, we’ve lost it all.”
In my humble opinion, I am why we are great.
I hate teachers almost as much as I hate cops, and that’s a fair amount of hate.
One has the state given function of just blindly teaching you to obey the other, when you really think about it.
#metoo
For Sean:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666316310339
This year, the heat starts at the bubblegum level. From there, it just gets hotter and hotter.
https://peppergeek.com/7-pot-bubblegum-peppers/
Here’s something for us Brit car fans and you V-8 gear heads. And you Porsche people into rear-engined stuff.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-rear-engine-mad-max-runner-is-powered-by-a-chrysler-v8
Holy fucknuts…
I recall hearing the story of a guy who put a V-8 into a Corvair, only to discover that he had 1 gear forward and 4 reverse. Probably a UL.
He shouldn’t have had a V 8?
That’s bananas.
I’d just as soon not be able to touch the driveshaft while I’m driving.
Held in place with a chain. ?
That looks awesome.
I was a big supporter of the 2nd amendment, but then I saw the NBA players wear their stop gun violence now t-shirts and I had a change of heart. I never really thought it, I guess.
I remember when the NBA was so based they covered up Karl Malone knocking up a 13 year old.
Just another delivery by the Mailman?
Nice.
Soccer players are still kneeling to BLM in Europe. Man, they need to catch up.
I wonder how the Uighers feel about guns.
At least they get to watch NBA games in the camps.
OK, a little music for Rhywun, and anyone who loves old techno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNg1LSzjdw
OK, I am in a Nick Cave mood now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWsdqCYvgw
I had a dream Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUj_FSarGI
Now some Peej
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1TjKYg&list=TLPQMDYwNjIwMjK8OdLObtF1zQ&index=2
The Dancer, acoustic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DviUKOnDmL0
That was pretty sick.
I’ll stick to crab and lobster
https://youtu.be/54m4SDJiL6U
Nooooope.
I like how it’s labeled GRAPHIC. People have become weak.
“We will end the filibuster. We will pack the courts. We will get what we want.”
On the house floor no less. These gun grabbers are nutso.
Never go full retard, unless you can rig elections.
Saw Top Gun:Maverick today. I actually liked it and didn’t think I would. The 2 things that stuck out to me were, very little bullshit CGI that I could see. It looked like planes were really being flown to make the movie. Also, there may have been a gay character but if there was, it wasn’t flaunted in the movie as seems to be the fashion now a days. Never mind, I just realized they’re in the Navy, so I guess it’s safe to assume they’re all gay/ I keed, I keed.
They aren’t gay. They are just hanging out on a long tube full of seaman.
It didn’t have too much pandering in it. I didn’t know women could be fighter pilots though. I liked it had a nerd. But I thought you had to have perfect eyesight.
I liked it.
You do (or at least did.) I did not. The USN recruiter told me I could totally be an RIO “like Goose in Top Gun.”
That failed to sell me on selling my soul.
Carolina Panthers has a new cheerleader, a trans-woman.
Stunning and brave.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10887183/NFLs-transgender-cheerleader-Dancer-29-signs-Carolina-Panthers.html
Glad Chicago got rid of the Honey Bears cheer squad decades ago.
I think “The Longest Yard” (original) did it first, decades ago.
https://youtu.be/NCD8nfu1bSI
And here I thought the point of trying to pass is, you know, not telling anybody.
How will you get attention then?
Heh, I was just thinking similar.
Solid would not.
Also, as cheerleading to this list of things men are better at than women? 😉
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#TeamGherca
Oof…that last run. ?
https://www.wgal.com/article/the-lazy-susans-band-formed-by-massachusetts-moms-during-pandemic-finds-success/40199048#
O.o
Why? How? Wut?
Mornin peeps.
Mornin, Ralphs. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7xjrtg
Mornin.
Mornin’. Off to the gym. Kinda chilly here in southern NH. 46 degrees Fahrenheit.
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I would like to swap this score out for yesterday’s, k?
So would I, but for the opposite reason. Still — very nice, you classy rat. If I had one of my seeds be a word like that, I’d probably stare at it for 15 minutes before the next guess, hoping to pull off the elusive perfect score. And then miss and go on anyway. 😉
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Good Morning.
Electrified netting remarkably effective for sheep control and feeding.
Less so on teenagers.
That all depends how you use it. I’m sure it could be used to get effect on a teen.
We lost a chicken overnight. I’m pretty sure it was a mink. It ripped the poultry netting off the staples and went up through the bottom. Dragged the chicken through the hole and left a trail of feathers back to the woods. This was after taking out two turkey poults.
In the past, I’ve stayed up hidden with a shotgun to end the threat, but can’t go without sleep these days. I guess retighten the poultry netting is the best. Maybe get electrified netting to wrap around at night. For the long term, we’ll be getting a livestock guardian dog.
I cant tell you how many chickens i have lost over the years.
Security in layers is the only thing i have come up with.
And traps…. that don’t always work.
I’ve easily lost over 100 at this point. Maybe 150. Mostly from my failed attempts at free ranging and not out of the coop before.
I forgot about traps. That’s a great idea. There’s a hardware nearby that sells the live animal relocation traps (the mink won’t be relocated), and I have some brisket trimmings that sat in the fridge too long. There’s also very old school trap/taxidermy/hunting shop I use as my FFL, pretty cool place. They probably have some better stuff than the live animal traps. A bit far out though so that might have to wait until tomorrow.
Raccoons, skunks, woodchucks and foxes. I don’t have chickens but I hate the competition none the less. I turn the foxes out but anything else gets permanent problem solving.
I’m hell on pocket (mound gophers). Katch n’ Kill. Striped gophers are a nuisance but are dealt with as needed
Woodchucks??
If you tie two woodchucks together are those woodchuckchucks?
If the females take vows, are they nunchucks?
Garden predators
Aw, hun. My dad abandoned chicken-keeping due to predators.
“My wife and I live in a gated community. She still manages to get out.”
Good morning my…. Morning people.
OMWC posted this yesterday:
https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/stop-using-qr-code-for-restaurant-menu/
And as a secret old person I have to agree, I don’t have data, I don’t want to give an excuse for me or my date to be in the phone, it’s small, it’s stupid and I don’t like it. Give me a physical menu, you cheap bastards.
I don’t understand noisy or echo-ey restaurants, especially with soundtracks.
If you don’t give me a physical menu, I’m going to turn around and leave.
Once I was at a place where I had to ask several times to get one, it was like pulling teeth. I didn’t leave but maybe I should have.
“Gimme a bottle of anything, and a glazed doughnut, to go”?
I did get the menu eventually. But the delay and theatrics involved definitely effected the check.
Good ol David Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdi-uZQRuEs
You knows it.
“For that frustrated young man, maybe he needed to speak to a few more women. Maybe he needed to learn better social skills. Maybe he needed to meet women somewhere else.”
The problem I have with people taking the whole Chad thing a little too far is it presumes most women really don’t want a long term relationship. That just reeks of swallowing a feminist black pills. Now, yes, I too would avoid a woman on tinder, especially as a young man, if you are looking to get serious and if I thought I didn’t *ahem* measure up, but! There must still be some moral girls out there. You definitely need to use a filter that is more complex than ‘i like cute girls’ of you want to seriously date someone.
I am reminded via podcast ad that eHarmony is still around. IDK, never tried.
any of them, that is
eHarmony told me they couldn’t help me after I took the survey, then any attempt to load to page jumped to the “we can’t help you” page, not even letting me re-evaluate my survey answers that I’d been uncertain on.
I thought it unacceptably rude.
Huh. That’s special, any idea why they didn’t want you to use their site?
Surprised you couldn’t find a way around it, this maybe you weren’t THAT motivated, considering the circumstances.
It has to be something about the survey responses. I probably could gotten around it, but in my emotional state at the time, it was motivation-robbing in of itself.
Insufficiently theist?
It was probably because he answered’yes’ to the question ‘do you just smash and dash?’
I met my 2nd (current and forever) wife through eharmony in 03?
At the time, the questions were very complicated.
Friends i recommended it to also say they got the “we currently cant connect you” or something like that.
So what is it that makes the program make that determination?
UCS:
Only thing I can think of was a moderate or stronger faith?
I do remember some of the questions were really felt contradicory.
but that was 19 years ago. SHit i feel old.
Luckily (or am I just picky and a Chad?) I found a nice girl who didn’t have any issues like this. Technically, she found me, I think that was on match.com.
There is definitely some social science that backs up some of the things about women who have had multiple partners. I don’t know how you control for the variables though- do flighty women have more partners or does having more partners make a woman flighty?
Per the ‘science’ dating history of men is not particularly predictive of relationship troubles, which does lend some credence.
eHarmony can DIAF.
I rarely get first dates, but I ALWAYS get second ones. Except from eHarmony.
Plus, they do that bullshit of keeping inactive (fake?) women’s profiles up, PLUS they keep stats so you can quantify how much of a loser you are. Which is how I know I wound up meeting 0.1% of the women I reached out to.
‘Which is how I know I wound up meeting 0.1% of the women I reached out to.’
Not too shabby. Everyone I reached out to on dating sites either declined or turned out to be using the old extremely high angle photo trick, and I ain’t no tres cool.
Reading this 21st century dating stuff is depressing. There must be a lot of miserable lonely average (and below) “girls” out there.
Mornin’, reprobates!
suh’ fam
whats goody
Tall Covfefe!
And boids.
https://imgur.com/gallery/5eIyf80
I love me some birds. I have some robins this year that moved into a bush in my backyard.
Good morning, homey, ‘patzie, Lack, TO’G, U,’bodru, SSD, and anyone else I may have overlooked in my haste!
Just got off a phone call (remember those?) with an old friend I haven’t seen for a few years since she moved out of the area! It was great to catch up with her, even this early in the morning (which is when we were both available.) Great way to start the day! Almost as good as hanging around here with all of you! ?
Morning GT.
Mornin’, GT!
Just got off a phone call (remember those?)
Oh yeah. Still call my uncle and favorite cousin from time to time. Texting and social media don’t cut it for serious conversation.
Tres Sr. is available only by phone call or in-person. No cell phone. No computer.
Hell, its a good thing our Kroger still mails out paper coupons because thats what he uses.
Good for you, GT. I hang out with old classmates as often as possible. There are fewer and fewer these days, locally, but it’s always fun. The covid scam shut down a lot of interpersonal activities, I’ll never forgive the pols, national and local, for depriving us of the few activities we had left.
It was like being on a dating service but you didn’t have to go home with anyone except your own spouse.
Victims of COVID: The melatonin variations.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/06/03/melatonin-poisoning-kids/7911654275113/
The anointed one speaks. Hear him, O my people.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/06/04/anthony-fauci-blasts-conspiracy-theories-nyc-graduation-speech-covid/2811654316163/
“”It is blatantly obvious that we are experiencing a deepening divisiveness in our nation, fed by a flagrant devaluation of the truth,” Fauci said during his commencement speech at the City College of New York.”
Check the mirror, Tony. There you will find the truth.
I check my list twice a day, to make sure Fauci is still on it.