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

[highland145]

The local hardware store doesn't rent feller-bunchers or forwarders.

What kind of backwards place is he in?

 

[lxskllr]

What kind of backwards place is he in?

Suburbia :^(

This used to be farm country. It can still be found if you do some driving, but living around here's gotten to be a drag :^/

 

[highland145]

Suburbia :^(

This used to be farm country. It can still be found if you do some driving, but living around here's gotten to be a drag :^/

Plant a few red woods, I say.

 

[lxskllr]

Plant a few red woods, I say.

Soon enough :^D

I'm doing my part with the trees. You get to my lot, and it's a wall of green. There's cornfield subdivisions around here that still look like cornfields. McMansions poking out of the ground with a couple bushes, and maybe a kiddie tree or two. Looks like shit, and it's inefficient. They get raped by wind in the winter, then raped by sun in the summer. Trees will pay better dividends than a solar array ever will.

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's my last shift then I'll be off for 8 days!

Also since it's Thanksgiving I'm racking in the $$. double time + 8 hours. Ends up being like 32 hours of pay for one day lol. Then add Sunday premium from yesterday on top of that. Always lucrative to work a long weekend.

 

[shanto52]

You know what you are kind of a nice guy!

 

[snoopy7548]

We had Monday off of work for Columbus Day, so I took off Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today I went into work, saw ~60 e-mails, and zeroed in on the one that said COMPANY BBQ TODAY! Ahhhhh yes. Most weeks don't get much better than that.

 

[highland145]

Need to get furniture into the rental ASAP. Went to an estate sale this AM. Scored....
queen bed/frame
dresser/mirror
oak sofa table (think tall, long and narrow)
leather sofa and chair
set of dishes
silverware and random kitchen utensils
coffee maker
2 sets of glasses, 6 each
2 sets of new towels
1 table lamp
iron

It was half price day after the sale yesterday.

$602.00

 

[lxskllr]

That's a hell of a furnished rental. Glasses and towels too?? Do you supply the groceries and a babysitter also? :^D

 

[highland145]

That's a hell of a furnished rental. Glasses and towels too?? Do you supply the groceries and a babysitter also? :^D

Is she hot? I might just move in.

We're going vrbo or Airbnb. Friends have a similar unit going for $70/night. We have winter colony horse people that stay for 4 or 5 months (30% reduction for monthly's) and transient professionals/engineers that work at SRS and Viacom. So think furnished like a vacation condo.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

"Hey, these are way better than my mom's pancakes!"

 

[snoopy7548]

Looking at the holiday schedule for next year, my birthday falls on a holiday!

 

[lxskllr]

Aldi has frozen shepherds pie in for the season! I'm so excited. Love those things :^)

 

[lxskllr]

Got 25' of Stihl saw chain today. It was supposed to come with six presets, but they gave me a shit ton of them, and they come with back straps. I had to reuse the bent backstraps on the presets I bought earlier this year. Looks like good chain too. Better than the Chinese crap I got at HomeDepot. Can't wait to try it out.

 

[Zanovar]

Woke up in my dads with a hangover king kong would struggle with,opened a wardrobe and it had a box of corona extra 12 bottles of.I am truly blessed.

 

[Zanovar]

True story...what the fuck they are not yours.i know i only drank half of them.bollocks let me see,you have drunk all of them.,they are for your nephew christmas drink.I will replace them burp.Happy days Happy families.

 

[Mayne]

I managed to install a private server client for world of warcraft today...took me hours becasue i'm an idiot..but I got it done. Still level 1 because i'm tired.

 

[lxskllr]

I got an 18" handle for my full size work axe today. Been looking for this >20 years. I always had to buy a full length handle and cut it down. It'll be nice having the deer foot on the end. I also got some hardened 60d nails I'm pretty excited about. I only bought 1# til I get them tested, but if they work out, they'll be pretty useful.

 

[highland145]

Cholesterol is still a bit high, 233 but my HDL is 99 and tri's 67. Risk ratio is ~1/2 expected. Not that these numbers mean anything if I get run over by a blue hair while riding my bike.

 

[Zanovar]

Cholesterol is still a bit high, 233 but my HDL is 99 and tri's 67. Risk ration is ~1/2 expected. Not that these numbers mean anything is I get run over by a blue hair while riding my bike.

Run over by a blue rinse.nightmares

 

[lxskllr]

Finally found a good use for my war axe. It works well for cutting vines off trees. The head's small, so it fits in tight crevices, and the light weight minimizes damage to the bark. Pretty niche, but it beats a blank.

 

[Chaotic42]

Finally found a good use for my war axe. It works well for cutting vines off trees. The head's small, so it fits in tight crevices, and the light weight minimizes damage to the bark. Pretty niche, but it beats a blank.

Or you could use it to lop off a thumb.

 

[lxskllr]

Or you could use it to lop off a thumb.

That's what I like about you. Always thinking! :^D

 

[FeuerFrei]

The work week ended

 

[snoopy7548]

I ordered a new kitchen sink off Amazon late last night, and VM Innovations had the best price so I ordered from them. As I got into bed I had second thoughts - what if the sink arrives damaged? I should probably spend the extra $17 in tax and order it from Amazon, as I know they're easy to deal with and VM has a lot of poor reviews. So I cancelled the order and did that.

This morning I went to the sink's product page on Amazon and saw that the Amazon price had dropped by $25! Chatted with a support agent, got the second order cancelled, and ordered it again at the lower price. Hooray for second thoughts!