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troph

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  1. Seriously renaming the Kennedy center opera house after Melania Trump is fucking maddening. God dammit.
  2. damn I was one reply away from getting to post this.
  3. That last longines might be it - a bit much but on point I think.
  4. that's gorgeous.
  5. That’s a nice watch too!!
  6. Yes of course.
  7. Saw HIV infections are up 20x among Russian soldiers compared to before the war. This guy is gonna hate life now. Yikes.
  8. That sounds awful. Like I will not ever come over to your house again awful. Jesus Christ man, wow.
  9. Blackstone fried rice is legit
  10. part of it is avoiding the urge and therefore the likelihood I will vomit. I mean my wife and I obviously share a master bathroom but we don't share a bathroom... ever.... if you know what I mean. I have no interest in ever smelling the shit of another person, ever.
  11. geezus man, i'd be comatose on that. weekend breakfast is breakfast tacos with eggs (avocado oil and salt), potatoes (frozen but no preservatives) cooked in the skillet with avocado oil, salt, pepper and garlic and some cheese. no bacon. only one taco for me. splurging on that tortilla man! down it with some celery juice and a small handful of supplements. whoo hooo!
  12. pancakes and donuts I may have to have them soon with all this sugary talk.
  13. fiddy in 3 weeks. haven't had a donut in years. if I'm cheating it's pizza or chips and queso with a strong margarita. might be worse than sugar but that plus sugar ain't better.
  14. that's a nice looking watch, and he's got his eye on my yacht master which is very similar to a submariner.
  15. We used to skip church (first Baptist RR) and walk over with whatever change we had and buy a bakers dozen of donut holes and a large Dr Pepper with that sonic style ice and then enjoy it sitting on the curb. Probably cost us less than $2 (insert better off dead kid who wants his $2). That was back when it was called Lonestar Bakery, back in the late 1980s.
  16. I like my coffee like I like my women - smooth and delish, wine as well - sophisticated and well aged, my eggs too - beaten til my arm hurts (I kid) - but tortillas and pizza crust - I’ll leave the perfect curves for the ladies and just devour the ill shaped tortillas and pizza crust if they taste good. Shape? Idgaf.
  17. my son is graduating from highschool this academic year (next May) and I'd like to get him an affordable but nicer watch. He has 4 watches now, two old school digital he likes (funny when we were growing up they weren't old school, they was modern marvels). he also has two traditional style both fossil (i wouldn't have gotten two of the same brand but whateves). I ain't buying him a digital. What's your guys fav watches at say sub $750?
  18. @Ramblyn you aren't alone.
  19. sorry coming back to this late, I had to be on it for a fundraiser, it's still a good way to find and recruit your politically motivated middle agers and olds - GenX and boomers - they are still there. it sucked me back in, but then coming back from SMA worried about customs at the airport I deleted social media from my phone as a "just in case" and I haven't added it back. trying not to.
  20. You and I make eggs exactly the same but I will go a hit higher on heat and just scrape and flip the eggs gently and a bit more often. I’m told in no uncertain terms to make breakfast tacos on the weekends, I have no other choice or options. recently I’ve moved from butter to flavorless avocado oil for health reasons, I think the butter ones taste better but not by much, a quality egg, modestly salted and properly scrambled has a rich yet delicate flavor that can stand alone.
  21. troph

    Getting old sucks

    Coming back to the question… I heard someone I respect say that much of life’s really negative emotions originate from a similar source - unmet or failed or missed expectations. for me, I turn 50 in a month. The last five years have been really hard after the decade from 35-45, while stressful to the ninth degree was incredibly rewarding. So I think unmet expectations is a big part of why I have the negative feelings right now. Angst, worry, fear, boredom, frustration, remorse, fatigue, and regret. part of the unmet expectations is realizing that the blue sky opportunities I love so much are quickly fading and I haven’t done half of what I want to do. It’s just an age thing but I don’t have 30 years in front of me to start and grow a business and sell it, or to build a mid sized law firm, or circumnavigate the world on a sailboat, although everyone of those things could still happen but the window is closing and I can see it, 10 years ago it was different, it still felt like I had all the time in the world. my year last year was absolutely one of the worst years of my life, I’m still struggling with some PTSD due to 7 months of illness. So I need to leave space for improvement but that 7 months kinda broke my exuberance and optimism for the future and put a finite limit on what I can be and do in a way nothing else has done. there’s a scene in the weather man that encapsulates part of what I’m trying to say so well. The reductionist experience of considering all the people he could become until all that remains is who he is, the weatherman nails it for me (the last 30 seconds are unnecessary) the narrowing of possibility down to the one thing is what gets me most. I thrive on hope, possibility, options, new beginnings, fresh starts and the blue sky of opportunity. I feel like aging slowly takes a lot of that away, and it really, really gets to me.
  22. troph

    Getting old sucks

    I’ve been actively contemplating this very question for a few months. I’m running out the door to do something that provides a nice break from the existential crisis, I’ll come back and answer, tonight or in the morning.
  23. troph

    Getting old sucks

    I used to think like that. I mean nothing I can do about it and I have probably 7-8 reasons why it's bothering me at this time that i could go into but bottom line, it bothers me.
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