Reverse first-world problems: What *good* thing happened to you today?

[lxskllr]

Nice collection! You got a good assortment there. I'm a little jealous.

 

[waffleironhead]

Not sure what im going to do with them all tbh, really needed a pickaroon and the mattocks will be handy. Probably gift out the rest of them.

 

[Shmee]

Not today, but when I was at Quakecon, I got some cool stuff. So I got some basic swag; I got the BYOC shirt, and a free DOOM shirt while waiting in a line, and I won a raffle from Steel Series with number 69. Nice! They asked me what I wanted from a few categories, and I decided on a new mouse. They are going to ship it to my home address. Oh, and also one of my friends got me a Cacodemon plushie as a surprise gift.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Just sold my old truck today for 2k. Happy that's done! I put it on the mortgage.

 

[Greenman]

Not having a mortgage is awesome. It's as close to actually owning your home as you can get.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah down to like 21k figured I'd just focus on trying to pay that down fast. Credit line is almost up to 50k though.... Financially it would make more sense to focus on that as it's higher interest but I feel I see more a light at the end of the tunnel if I focus on mortgage. Then I can fast track paying the credit line once I don't have a mortgage payment.

It's always been my goal to have the mortgage paid by 40, I'm 39 so probably won't quite make it, but I will be close at least.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

My pops was supposed to stop his chemo treatments yesterday but the dr. said that while he's still going to be doing radiation everyday for the next few weeks, he's going to take advantage and have my pops do another round or two of treatments. But at today's radiation treatment, the dr. said he's progressing really well and doesn't need the additional chemo treatments!

 

[Kaido]

TIL about the GameChanger Ethernet cable:

GameChanger Cable | Datacom Solutions

Paige Datacom connects your security, fire, access control, audiovisual, signage, high voltage, irrigation, asset protection, and structured cabling systems with the highest-performing solutions in the industry for both enterprise and data center markets.

paigedatacom.com

Passes Fluke testing!

* 1Gbps at 200 meters (656 feet)
* 10 Mb/s at 259 meters (850 feet)
* Deliver 802.3at Type 2 "PoE+" up to 850 feet

No booster required! Outdoor-rated available for mega-long-run PoE cameras! WHERE HAS TGIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE?! lol

https://paigedatacom.com/uploads/Media/4/GameChanger%20All%20Global%20Specs%2005-25.pdf

 

[Shmee]

I am learning about the Lizard meme, it is pretty funny. Makes me laugh and it is cute because it is a lizard.

 

[Chaotic42]

Upgraded the fume hood extraction system a while back and finally properly installed it - built a little table for it so it points right out the window, cut and glued the connectors so the air flow is more direct. It works great, which is good because it's dealing with toluene right now.

 

[Hoober]

Upgraded the fume hood extraction system a while back and finally properly installed it - built a little table for it so it points right out the window, cut and glued the connectors so the air flow is more direct. It works great, which is good because it's dealing with toluene right now.

So. What do you do with all this after you cook it?

 

[Chaotic42]

So. What do you do with all this after you cook it?

Most of it goes to the big cities in the area, I think. I'm not entirely sure - Julio picks it up every three days at...

I mean, uh, just practice my technique and try to get better yields because of school. Which I'm definitely in. With the books and the paper and such.

 

[Hoober]

Most of it goes to the big cities in the area, I think. I'm not entirely sure - Julio picks it up every three days at...

I mean, uh, just practice my technique and try to get better yields because of school. Which I'm definitely in. With the books and the paper and such.

Colorado Springs sanitation worker in critical condition after suffering burns in explosion

A Colorado Springs sanitation worker was hospitalized with severe chemical burns after being exposed to an unknown substance in an explosion Wednesday, according to the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

gazette.com

 

[igor_kavinski]

Julio picks it up every three days at...

Your garbage man's name?

 

[KLin]

Bought a few boxes of baseball cards at Walmart this morning. Pulled this bad boy. He's a tigers hot prospect.



Last one sold almost a month ago...

 

[nisryus]

Finally sold my L shape desk after a few months for.... $25 through FB marketplace and the dude came and picked it up today!

(Got it for $195 a few years back. Well at least it is not taking up space in the garage anymore so the wife is happy.)

 

[Chaotic42]

Caught lots of these over the last two days

 

[iRONic]

Walleye or a big mouth bass? We lived in Baudette, Minnesota, walleye capital of the world for several years when my dad was stationed in the Air Force.

Fried as soon as you catch them those things are the bomb! Good eats

 

[Chaotic42]

We caught mostly largemouth and spotted bass. My friend caught one catfish. They were all pretty small, but we got dozens of them, so it was a lot of fun.

 

[Hoober]

3 major maintenance issues discovered on our flight out of Boston this morning. Over 2 hour delay. Successfully stayed aloft for 5 hours and landed safely.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Didn't happen to me but I recommended to a colleague to get an HP laptop with 1125G4 CPU because it was within his price range. The laptop arrives from Amazon and the box says 1125G4. I open Task Manager and it says Cores 6. I look at the CPU model number and it's a 1215U. Unexpected but nice upgrade. Doesn't matter that someone probably effed up and packed the wrong laptop in the wrong box.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I thought I was starting nights tonight. Just double checked the schedule and realized it's actually tomorrow!

Downside is I got up late and didn't really do much today, with the thought that I had to go to work. Had I realized this earlier I could have been a bit more productive today lol.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I feel like I'll have a hard time actually sleeping tonight, I was mentally prepared to work night shift lol.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I managed to launch a pill in my cat's mouth while he was yawning and he actually swallowed it with no incident. That was the most smooth pill deployment ever. He didn't even realize what happen lol.

 

[nutxo]

I got a dear John letter today. I am fucking done! I got a small inheritance. I had been saving for a new car and it was enough for the car and I said fuck it. I would rather pay this off and keep saving and not have it hanging over my head for 10 more years.