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thunderlounge

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  1. Sounds like some welding would be in order. Think the webers could take it? I’m not confident with the newer ones, but maybe. They just seem a good bit thinner than the old school reputation. Fine grill on its own though.
  2. Pretty much, yeah. Granted, not straight through usually, I tend to take a few minutes here and there to throw clothes in the washer, pull clothes from the dryer and maybe fold or usually make them ready to fold across another break or two. But overall, yeah. Been that way for about 6 months, and will probably last another year before I’m situated enough with putting band-aids on one app that was contracted out (that’s shit, and we’re just trying to get working as best we can, just to get off the legacy app); a new app that I’m writing from scratch to replace the contracted pile of shit (which is slow going until we have all the business logic sorted and correct, because right now it’s beyond fucked up), plus having to keep up with legacy, although that is mostly fixes and not new work (thankfully!) When I kicked the hours up a bit in mid January, it was for a trade show a couple months ago. It just carried over with so much on my plate. I’m not tied to a specific weight either, just a range. I’ll get there eventually. My wife isn’t much for cooking overall. She does a very few things that work, the rest… not so much. Not that there’s much beyond her couple three things. I wouldn’t ask her to follow a recipe, mainly because of interpretation and how you just know things when you cook a lot. Like substitutions, cooking something a different way, etc.
  3. This is my nemesis, mainly due to my work “schedule” which is pretty much 7:30-8:00 to 9, 10, 11 at night. Was doing hello fresh for a good while, but got to the point it was just backing up in the fridge. So I try to make 2-3 big meals a week, so there are leftovers for a day or two. Then 2-3x/week we get takeout from a real restaurant. I fluctuate a bit, sometimes more than others. I guess my real question is whether something like hello fresh is a good alternative? I’ve got a shitload of recipe cards from them, and could now just get the stuff to make things from there. I guess that’s ok, health-wise?
  4. Were they already in talks before p+ was really fucking up? As careful as Trey/Matt have been with their IP, I’d be surprised if they went into negotiations in the current state of p+, unless there were clauses in their current/previous one that gave p+ a bargaining window?
  5. My wife insisted on getting every season of Supernatural on…… DVD. Not bluray, not 4k-bluray… D. V. Fucking. D. What a waste of money. (On the format, not the show.)
  6. You sure you weren’t on facebook?
  7. Skenes getting chewed on a bit by the cards. At the mid-70's mark in pitch count (Pallante just finished the bottom of the 4th at 52, for reference), with 5 hits on him so far. Still in a stalemate at 0-0 though, so hanging in there.
  8. Right, but that’s everyone else's perspective. I’m just wondering what the pac thinks. I’m guessing they know their place.
  9. Just couldn’t keep her mouth shut. That’s how criminals tend to get caught.
  10. I haven’t seen it mentioned lately, but the “pac” doesn’t expect to be a power conference right? They’ve resigned themselves to the Group, yes? Talking from their perspective, not the obvious answer everyone else already knows.
  11. Kinda torn on that one. Part of me digs it. Hella little show off there. The other part is freaking out because it’s on a major freeway, and one little slip or oopsie could fuck a lot of people over. Come down too soon and shits now zooming down the highway at traffic, or he wipes out and severely injures or kills someone or himself. Would have rather seen that on a deserted highway, so the only real issue (provided it wasn’t dry AF) was hurting himself and nobody else.
  12. Agreed, at this time. It’s all Jerry has to hold onto right now. From a business side, he’s raking it in. Football side, not so much. I just can’t wrap my head around that being ok as the status quo, when also being better at the actual product would make so much more. Sad state of affairs, but maybe he really doesn’t care as much about that as he does just working with his kids and family. We’ll never really know, but y’all get props for sticking it out.
  13. No Carnival Mafia
  14. For some reason I’m now remembering I need to take a couple suits to the dry cleaner.
  15. Well, it’s kind of like how you manage a bullpen in baseball. They gotta keep the flock overall ready, and rotate to maintain balance and productivity. They only fuck sheep on days that end in with the letter “y.”
  16. When I was buying my first house the title company called me about 30 minutes before closing saying I needed to bring $6500 with me to closing. I was floored, as the day before it was confirmed (for the 3rd time) that I was in the clear at closing. Well shit, 22 year old me was in a frantic moment. I couldn’t just shit that out on top of the down payment of $12k I was already nutting. So I’m scrambling like a chicken with its head cut off for about 5 minutes, freaking the fuck out and thinking this was going to fuck the deal up. Then they called back, and profusely apologized, as they read it wrong. The seller owed $6500 for their closing costs, not me. I was actually getting a check for $4500, as I took the allowances at closing instead of applying them to the note. Other times, I’ve had wonderful title companies. Bend over backwards to make things happen. Guess once you find a good one, stick with them if you can.
  17. Guess we all had the same thoughts at once. I agree, it’s helped me considerably. Some things I have to take frequent breaks during, and sometimes the break times have to be longer than the work times, but it gets done. Weed whacker, chainsaw, stuff like that triggers my back. So small doses. Back a bit over 20 years ago I had to stop playing golf. Just couldn’t do it. Was 10 or 11 holes into a round with a couple buddies and had to cut back to approach and putts the rest of the round. Fast forward from that in 2003/2004, to 2011. On a work trip, we do an outing. “Hey, lets go over to Top Golf.” Oh boy, I was resigned to be an onlooker and stuck with giant jenga or the likes. We get there, and a couple guys convinced me to get stretched out real good, ease into it, and see what happens. Well, fuck, “rental” clubs and all. So I get stretched out, even with a tick of help. Never had a problem that night, and I hit a LOT of balls. Never flinched, tightened up, nothing. Granted I wasn’t bombing anything and was a good bit conservative, but it wasn’t a thing. I figured it was a fluke. Next morning, felt great. Got home a few days later and went over to the driving range. The wife looked at me like I was nuts. Also had that slight bit of “I hope this doesn’t pan out” look on her face. Well, a large bucket later and I was ok. So I hit a medium bucket too. Same deal as before, maybe 70%-80% swings, just letting it flow. I was good when I got home, and that evening, and the next day. After that I worked with a local coach 5 or 6 times to slightly tweak my swing to relieve a little torque on my back, and I was back to playing a few rounds a month. Not every weekend, and the last few years have taken the hottest part of the summer with a big slowdown, but that’s ok. Point of all that typing, sorry about that by the way, is that I had been stretching during the first off time. It caught up at some point, and I eventually found I could do some things in moderation and with minor adjustments that I couldn’t have done a few years before. Am I like I used to be before my back issues? Well, no. However I am at least a lot more functional than I was, and a lot of that is from stretching. I also use resistance bands to stretch with a few times a week as well. Basic stuff, mostly core type stretches and movements. You can still have a life with it, but it looks a little different than it used to. That’s ok though. I can still do things I need to do, maybe it takes longer, but still can do it. I’ve mentioned most of this before, but I also do regular chriopractor (methodical/precision type, not the rack em/crack em type) and massage therapy. Between those 3 things, it’s kept me off the drugs and away from the knife.
  18. Before I get out of bed in the morning, I stretch. Nothing fancy, just laying on my back, bring a knee to your chest. Hold, release, repeat. Switch knees. Repeat. I hold the same knee 3x in a row, then switch, for one set. I do 3 sets, so 9x total per knee. Then I sit up and do a couple sets of toe touches. It helps, and is a part of my regimen that has kept the knife away.
  19. I thought it sounded a little mean to the meth-addict hookers, myself.
  20. He’s not wrong at face value. Granted he doesn’t mention what doubt will be vanquished, but that’s okay, we all know it will leave no doubt they are who they’ve always been.
  21. Tell them you decline the resort fee. They can’t force it on you, by Nevada law, allegedly. I tell them “just send that resort fee to my host.”
  22. Ladies and gentleman, this here is a real honest man. (a real honest man that bought a really, really comfy couch.)
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