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  1. 6 hours ago, Jiggy-Z said:

    Not me, but my business partner:

    About 13 years ago his daughter and last remaining child living in the house was finishing up medical tech school and was planning on moving out.

    In anticipation of not having tuition or a child in the house to pay for, he started work on his dream man cave. He tore down the old garage and rebuilt it and redid all of the drive with some pretty cool hard scape work. Inside he had a kitchen, bath, and open area where he put his new pool table. All surfaces were hard and could be washed down with a hose if need be. It even had floor drains. The fridge was stocked with plenty of beer and nothing else. Antlers and other hangings not suitable for the house were placed about the room and got it just like he wanted.  He even beat cancer during this time. Life was good.

    Well, the daughter did not move out, so while she was living there no crazy parties were allowed.

    Eventually, daughter met someone and he had to fork over a bunch of money for the wedding. Like 30 grand or something. But it would be worth it he thought, just so she could be out on her own with her husband making their way in the world.

    Unbeknownst to him, his wife promised them they could live at home to save money.

    So the man cave had to be converted to a residence. All new flooring, new kitchen, new bath, new bedroom walls, closet walls, and lighting. Pool table had to go to storage along with all of the other trappings.

    He thought it would be ok after  a few years when they moved out after saving some money for a house.

    Well, that day never came because his daughter freaked out and got a divorce 6 months after getting married. So daughter moves back into the house and garage apartment sits empty.

    So after about a year when the coast is clear, business partner converts garage apartment back into a man cave. Walls are torn down, new flooring, new kitchen, new bath Yada Yada yada. All the while, daughter is still living at home.

    He has been enjoying his man cave for a few years now worry free. His daughter even met another guy a few years back and he has a good job so her days at home are numbered.

    So last week on Thursday, he doesn't show up for our usual beer drinking meeting even though he says he would be coming right over (he basically lives across the street from our office/yard).

    So I walk on over to see what's up and he and his wife are under the man cave patio-talking. I can tell I am interrupting, so say my hellos and leave.

    The next day I apologize for interrupting and he just shakes his head. He says his wife told him that his daughter wants to buy a house and move out and wants to move in with her boyfriend to save money. He asked where they were moving and his wife tells him, she said it would be ok if they moved into the man cave, after it was converted back into an apartment. Face palm.

    fuck all that

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  2. On 9/14/2018 at 10:31 PM, Mileslong said:

     

    Detectorists is one of my favorite shows ever.

     

    Also someone asked about other BBC shows.

     

    Peaky Blinders

    Ripper Street

    Frankenstein Chronicles

    Penny Dreadful

    Versailles

    Thank yall for this,,, Im finishing Mr Selfridge i love me some BBC

  3. 35 minutes ago, OWLVIS said:

    so  very true... Ive had nothing but time to reflect on my life these 4 years and Ive had a lot of arguments with, but most of the hurt was a reselt God haven't managed to win one of them

     

    its humbling but its allowing me to let go of so many things recognizing that  I  did a lot of damage to ,y own happiness,, yes I did have some tough situations but much of the hurt was a result of my choices my vanity, arrogance hubris

     

    and I lost so many times I  don't know why I tried to live beyond my talents or abilities in a meaningless endeavor

    I was so stupid, but at least Im realizing that 

    my apologies for the typing mess I  have brain damage,,, and I may have Alzheimers now  my brain no work good

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  4. On 3/6/2024 at 10:04 PM, PRONG HORN said:

     

     

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    so  very true... Ive had nothing but time to reflect on my life these 4 years and Ive had a lot of arguments with, but most of the hurt was a reselt God haven't managed to win one of them

     

    its humbling but its allowing me to let go of so many things recognizing that  I  did a lot of damage to ,y own happiness,, yes I did have some tough situations but much of the hurt was a result of my choices my vanity, arrogance hubris

     

    and I lost so many times I  don't know why I tried to live beyond my talents or abilities in a meaningless endeavor

    I was so stupid, but at least Im realizing that 

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  5. 14 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

    The only way that I know how to respond is to let you know that I wish you comfort and love while you are on this journey.

    Thank you,, Im sorry,, I guess thats a lot   

     

    sharing out loud when I  should be sleeping

     

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  6. Forgive me. ut has become my only "safe space" to express acceptance of death shit Im going thru'

    It real and it scared me this weekend

     

    The stroke itself would've sucked, Occuring Ap. 20 made a shit a runny one, from a sooner. My first phys therapy didn't happen until 23. Family sold house out from underneath me, haven't spoken with a family member since 21.. and the economy,, cost of living Tay Tay at the Suberb Owl...

    I think that would kill just about anybody,, and I feel my body quitting.. very slowly  but this has been stuck in this gear for a while

     

    Anyhew...I do enjoy ,,the stopping and smelling the roses moments,,its really nice to ..let go of anger

     

    But Im scared...and for some reason I am sharing this

     

    hey at least let me live long enough for HORNS  to win a Natty again

     

    fuck Willie Nelson might outlive me

     

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  7. I'm dying

     

    arent we all but I feel mine coming, Almost 4 years since the stroke an 5-10 in what they give ya,, and the pandemic no physical therapy,, blah, family selling the house sticking me rehab rehab kicking me out 32 days later,,  the deciding health  .. I can feel it comin'

     

    And as much as we like to attach significance to our life and our death and after all the reading and listening  Ive been doing to a lot of this and doing honest, deep reflection. And enough far more talented than I  have memorialised their experience 

     

     it's a human experience, I do feel more connected to the experience , and both the unique and shared

    but less and less to the life itself. But not at all suicidal

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  8. jesus, As much I want to hate aggie, because,, well have you spent time around any of them....?

    they are such a pathetic delusional bunch, how you can you hate when you're laughing?

     

    they will never win anything

     

    hope this kid is OK, but is such an aggie thing to get all geeked up for a meaningless bowl game and lose the QB on the first play.

    And YES Rice looked like shit against swt

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  9. On 7/11/2023 at 12:31 AM, YGIFS said:

    Please tell Me you’re not comparing Bargatze and Rife because they’re both about the same age, doing well right now, and lived in Nashville?  
     

    rife is funny, has some whispers of the crowd work chops Of Big Jay, and his polished conventional set is getting better by the month.  But BarGatze is a completely different kind of comic.  Far more insightful, hilarious, and unintentional.  
     

    He reminds me a lot of Louis CK before Louis got angrier and creepier.  Nate could become more boisterous, offensive, and use loud taglines tomorrow and he’d be one of the five biggest comics in the business right now.  His material, storytelling, delivery, and restrained stage presence are already that.  He opts not to be a showman entertainer.  Easily one Of my ten favorites working today.  And a helluva nice guy.  
     

    rife is probably nice in real life.  Part Of his schtick is to embrace his douchiness.  But he’s got enough wit in his funny bones, he’ll be around for awhile.  I enjoy him for the most part. There’s another southern comic who tried To pull off the “I don’t know how hot I am so let’s talk about it ladies…” schtick, Matthew Broussard.  It as all about his struggle as a handsome, brilliant, funny guy growing up.  And he totally sucks.  Why the fuck they still play his bits on sat radio is beyond me.  Rife straddles that line but is likable And has solid bits to fall back in of a wide variety.  

    Rice Owl

  10. Forgive me my response is going to contain plenty of typos and missed punctuation but I am still suffering the effects of my stroke 2 1/2 years ago.

     

    I have a similar story of dysfunction within the family albeit with some significant differences mine is less gay and much poorer.

     

    I come from a family of ministers both grandfathers all the uncles except one all the cousins older than me except one we're all Assembly of God or Pentecostal ministers in Texas, Arkansas eventually California . My mother is and was mentally ill and could not have children ..  so I was adopted I found out at 19 that I was the product of a rape and that's how I came into the world my family also dabbled in cult life during the 70s were a part of the Church of the Redeemer in Houston on the East End the pastor was Graham Pulkingham 60 minutes did a story on it t, here's been books written about it it kind of changed the way churches operate.

    I don't think it's generally accepted or recognized as a cult but trust me as someone that was in it it was a cult from the ages of 7 to 15 my mother gave me away to several other families within the church one of it which was a family that was dominated by child molestation drunken beatings pretty much the worst of the worst

    I think my aunts and uncles and cousins all had perhaps a more stable upbringing that I did because the mental illness wasn't a part of their day-to-day lives but it definitely separated our core family from the rest of the extended family . I know them but I really have no relationship with any of them 2 1/2 years ago when I had my stroke at the beginning of the pandemic I was forced to sign over power of attorney to the only person that could do it now was my sister within 10 days of my stroke not even out of the hospital and not yet in rehab they put my house up for sale although my friends and colleagues had raised about 40k something dollars with a go fund me to help me with my recovery my sister spent all that money in making my house ready for sale buying new towels and flatware and table coverings because moving me into my new apartment she wanted me to be able to entertain elegantly I don't entertain in my home and if I were it would not be elegantly.

    End result here 2 1/2 years later all my money is gone I still haven't been able to get consistent physical therapy I don't talk to any member of my family in fact I've not heard from one of them in the past year

     

    but as far as I know none of us were  fucking each other. However I do have a lesbian cousin. 

     

    As a spicy side note, my family did have some significant part in the founding of Lakewood church and the one black sheep uncle played music in music halls across East Texas and Louisiana including a couple of times with Hank Williams once owed a rosewood Les Paul.

    No mineral rights 'tho.

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  11. 36 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:



    The plot was pretty one dimensional and felt entirely pointless. One absurdly depressing character dragging others down into his despair. I was waiting for redemption that never came. If there’s a deeper message, I missed it.

    Irish Civil War , that was the actual war going on across the sea.

     

    The last line of the movie tied it up

  12. 13 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

    like others, I dont understand why this hurts so bad.

    He was the pain in the ass team you had to play every year, and you knew every 4 years or so his team was going to take you to the fucking last second, and you would lose a game you shouldnt.

    maybe its because he hated aggy just as much as us, maybe it was the pirate stuff... or maybe because the dude could turn around any piss poor college football team and make them a 7,8,9 win team in just a few years

    that takes real fucking talent.

     

    RIP Pirate... I will make sure to pour one out in your honor.

    he was an authentic man something that is so rare so unique that it sticks with you as a person.

     

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