RL things I love
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@Darren said in RL things I love:
People steal the hell out of that stuff. When I worked part-time at a Dollar General last year, baby things, including formula and diapers, Tide and tampons were among the items most often stolen. I swear it's like some people would rather steal the essentials so they have more money to spend on cheap booze and crack.
Late to the party, but the reason those are stolen is so they can be resold at lower rates. Diapers are an exceptionally common stolen item.
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@Rinel said in RL things I love:
@Darren said in RL things I love:
People steal the hell out of that stuff. When I worked part-time at a Dollar General last year, baby things, including formula and diapers, Tide and tampons were among the items most often stolen. I swear it's like some people would rather steal the essentials so they have more money to spend on cheap booze and crack.
Late to the party, but the reason those are stolen is so they can be resold at lower rates. Diapers are an exceptionally common stolen item.
Yep. In fact, there is a Facebook group for my area where people frequently post those types of things for sale. I remember having to explain it to my SO because he couldn't figure out why people were selling those things on FB (hey, he's cute but dumb sometimes <3).
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Happy "Whoa, turns out my coworker is a Furry" Day!!!
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Told my coworker in his amazing fallen/dark angel outfit (black wings, feathered/studded military coat, full makeup, fishnets + knee-high 3" heel boots) how I admire his ability to at least appear so casual/comfortable in aforementioned heels.
Him: "My philosophy is that it's better to look good than to feel good."
Me: "I think mine is the opposite."
Him: "Well, I'm vain. So very, very vain."
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@Auspice Does he think this song (thread) is about him?
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@RightMeow said in RL things I love:
@Auspice Does he think this song (thread) is about him?
He'd love it if it were.
He brings his shih tzu to work sometimes.
She has her own wardrobe, ofc. She was Wonder Woman yesterday.Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
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@Auspice said in RL things I love:
@RightMeow said in RL things I love:
@Auspice Does he think this song (thread) is about him?
He'd love it if it were.
He brings his shih tzu to work sometimes.
She has her own wardrobe, ofc. She was Wonder Woman yesterday.Please send this man to Philly so we can be friends.
Kindly,
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@Aria Why would he go to Philly when he can get a good cheesesteak anywhere?
Delete the Hog Pit. It'll be fun.
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@Ghost said in RL things I love:
@Aria Why would he go to Philly when he can get a good cheesesteak anywhere?
Considering he and I have talked at length about our love of southern food... I don't think the man will move for a cheesesteak.
Now, proper shrimp and grits........
(He's from South Carolina, you see.)Sorry, @Aria, I've claimed him as workfriend.
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@Ghost said in RL things I love:
@Aria Why would he go to Philly when he can get a good cheesesteak anywhere?
I hope you spend the rest of your life eating "Mexican" food made in Idaho.
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Double post because I'm so excited, I seriously don't care.
TL; DR - Our new coffee maker came and I am so fucking here for this.
Full story - So, about nine months or so ago, our usual coffeemaker died. This was a tragedy in the truest sense of the word not only because 'no caffeine', but because that thing was literally perfect for my household. We have two adults and that thing, despite being the same size as a regular coffee pot, only made two cups. The rest of the space in the carafe was used by the built-in frother. It did not require those stupid little plastic cups that are so horribly, horribly wasteful. We could use any coffee we wanted! It could also use tea, either loose or in bags! Basically, unless it was a drink that required espresso, we had a little mini-Starbucks in our house. It was great, and I somehow managed to get that thing on sale for, like, $60.
When I went to the Target website to buy another one, it wasn't to be found. Nor was it available on Mr. Coffee's direct website. Much to my horror, they stopped making it and I have no fucking idea why. Seriously, the thing has over 2K reviews on Amazon and is still sitting at 4.5 stars. Apparently, the only way to get a new one is to drop at least $350 on eBay. On the Amazon marketplace, used ones sell for almost $200. WTH, Mr. Coffee?
Fortunately for us, we had another coffeemaker in the house. A $400 coffeemaker no less, which is more than my car payments were. A friend of ours works for Nescafe and what we didn't realize when he asked us for our mailing address was that he gets a certain number of free machines per year he can give to family and friends, and all his family in the US already had one. It came with little coffee pods that I generally object to, but whatever. All of this was free to us, so we open it up and figure it will be fine and we can check out long-term options later that don't involve giving money to Nestle, who is pretty much the poster child for Corporate Evil. They make tons of different coffees and reusable K-cups for Keurig, so they probably make ones for this thing, too, right?
Wrong. Nope. Not even close. I see pods made for this brand at Target, thinking we'll at least be able to choose a cheaper option that is officially Not Nestle. Yay! But... no. No yay. These are for the old model of the machine, and we have the new one. Literally the only way to get pods for this thing is buying them from Nestle's site, at a Nescafe, or on Amazon, where they're all about $2 a cup and would be like.... $180 on coffee per month in our family. (No wonder they give away the fucking machines for free.)
The reusable ones I ordered all the way from Hong Kong finally come after a month. And they... work about 50% of the time, ending in frustration every time @insomniac7809 and I try use them. Environmentally friendly option is not an option, but I am not giving that kind of money to Nestle, let alone giving it to them every goddamn month. But I also feel stupid and wasteful replacing a practically brand new $400 coffeemaker, and after a surprise vet visit that ran into the thousands, certainly can't afford to, either. So we struggle through, hating this thing every. single. morning.
Until....
Our wedding reception this Saturday. We didn't register anywhere. We've lived together for 10+ years. We don't need stuff. We have too much stuff. We asked people not to give us stuff....
But his family is Italian, so they show up with checks, instead. Checks I use to refill our depleted post-vet bill savings account. And Amazon gift cards. So many Amazon gift cards. Gift cards I cannot reasonably stash away in our savings account, and so I can use them guilt-free.
The one thing we have purchased with all of our wedding reception "gifts" is a brand new coffeemaker. A stupidly expensive one that I didn't have to pay for. And I am so goddamn happy.
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OMG I get to do RL roleplaying today! Just got done with my moulage for a mass casualty at city hall drill for some local CERT and EMS teams. I get to be someone combative and disoriented with a head injury who will wander around and fall a lot until restrained. My fake blood is oozy and minty fresh (and edible). Havent done this since high school when I was a volunteer for law enforcement and ems training!!
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@mietze said in RL things I love:
OMG I get to do RL roleplaying today! Just got done with my moulage for a mass casualty at city hall drill for some local CERT and EMS teams. I get to be someone combative and disoriented with a head injury who will wander around and fall a lot until restrained. My fake blood is oozy and minty fresh (and edible). Havent done this since high school when I was a volunteer for law enforcement and ems training!!
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@mietze said in RL things I love:
OMG I get to do RL roleplaying today! Just got done with my moulage for a mass casualty at city hall drill for some local CERT and EMS teams. I get to be someone combative and disoriented with a head injury who will wander around and fall a lot until restrained. My fake blood is oozy and minty fresh (and edible). Havent done this since high school when I was a volunteer for law enforcement and ems training!!
Love that type of thing! We're doing fast moving contagious sim this Tuesday with the paramedics...
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My first 'full' week back at work (my schedule is still modified but w/e), and word is getting out that I am back. I have had a steady stream of people coming to me with their tech issues that they have been saving up patiently. I love my job lol. I am very gentle with my helping, so people tend to want me to help them. It makes me feel appreciated.
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I made alfredo sauce from scratch tonight. No recipe. Just the knowledge that 'okay, bechamel is the base for most sauces so I start with a roux and a block of grated Parmesan and....'
holy shit this is so good and I am amazing
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Severe depression means for me that I usually have very little interest in food, and normally eat pretty mechanically if I remember to eat at all.
Today my mom dropped by and helped out with groceries, and got me and the kiddo two big ol' pomegranates, because she remembered me saying like ten years ago once that I liked them. I hadn't had one in forever and genuinely didn't even remember telling her I liked them, so I was a little wary but grateful.
On a whim, I ate one of them tonight and I fucking destroyed it. Like, just tearing into it over the kitchen sink, snarfing down those little pip things by the handful, juice in my beard and dripping all over. Oh my god, pomegranates are so good.
...It's the little things that help you get by, right?
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Dessert hummus.
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@tek I'm looking this up online.
