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snoopy7548

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The gym at work has been closed for a week and I want to keep up with my workout routine. I'm shopping for dumbbells online (I know, I'm late to the party) and they are sold out everywhere.

People are so fucking ridiculous; I guarantee 90% of the people who bought gym equipment will never use it.
 

clamum

Lifer
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The gym at work has been closed for a week and I want to keep up with my workout routine. I'm shopping for dumbbells online (I know, I'm late to the party) and they are sold out everywhere.

People are so fucking ridiculous; I guarantee 90% of the people who bought gym equipment will never use it.
I looked on Amazon too, for the same reason, and they were double what's in the grocery store for the same thing (shipping costs maybe). I got 4 at Meijer and 2 at Walmart. They weren't stocked full of them but there was definitely some available.
 

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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I fricking suck shit at Escape from Tarkov.

I've been playing since early November and am not much better. Granted it's only 2-3 hours a week roughly but still.

Partly it's due to my absolute horrid aim which hasn't gotten better (also it's just a brutal game with surprising depth).

I think I need to take a split second more time when engaging someone; I think it's too easy to freak out and miss 80% of your shots.

I just wanna get not shit at it. I don't need to be some total Chad but just not total crap.
 

ponyo

Lifer
Feb 14, 2002
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The gym at work has been closed for a week and I want to keep up with my workout routine. I'm shopping for dumbbells online (I know, I'm late to the party) and they are sold out everywhere.

People are so fucking ridiculous; I guarantee 90% of the people who bought gym equipment will never use it.
lol. Like you'll be any different. :D
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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The gym at work has been closed for a week and I want to keep up with my workout routine. I'm shopping for dumbbells online (I know, I'm late to the party) and they are sold out everywhere.

People are so fucking ridiculous; I guarantee 90% of the people who bought gym equipment will never use it.

I'm one of the rare few that spent over a grand on equipment and I do use it. Not as often as I should but I do use it. :p

I'm working on a project in the basement so right now it's main use is to lean plywood and drywall against it. Seriously though I will eventually clear up that area and start working out again. Been a good month since my last workout.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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My local DNS server randomly died around noon. Can resolve local DNS names but not internet ones. Had to change my workstation's DNS to 8.8.8.8 to be able to even get internet on it, but that's a crappy workaround as I can't resolve anything local and rest of my network is still down. Really don't know what to do, nothing even changed so don't know why it would just die. Freaking pain in the ass, I actually had lot of work to do today and this is the last thing I want to deal with.
 

snoopy7548

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I bought a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and I ate half of it, along with a side of rice and roasted broccoli. Now I don't know if I have room for some fruit. :(
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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Currently feeling guilty for eating homemade pretzels while doctors & nurses in the real world are getting slammed. I wish I had some medical skills or masks to donate or something, but my only real contribution is literally to sit on the couch :confused:

 

UsandThem

Elite Member
May 4, 2000
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Our AT&T Uverse DVR box died today. I'm pretty sure the HDD in it gave up the ghost.

Right now we "only" have Netflix and Prime to watch. It might be a good time to sign up and test out YouTube TV.
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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I've made so much $ shorting the stock market this month that im no longer eligible for Obamacare subsidies.
so I'm paying $8k/year ($650/month) for 1 person on the Silver plan. (I only went to the doctor 3 times last year for minor stuff.)

What sucks about that is the Silver plan is over priced if you don't get subsidies. Heck, some Gold plans cost less!!!

subsidies pay a large % of the Silver plan's healthcare premium, no matter how high it gets.
the health insurance companies jack up the rates because they know the customers don't care because the govt is paying most/all of the premium.

it just sucks for us people that didn't expect to go over the $50k income limit that are now paying the full inflated price.

(yeah, I made $50k+ this month)
 
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nutxo

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May 20, 2001
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The companies outbuildings got broken into Monday so I;ve been going by daily checking on things.

Last night they broke into another buiding. Stole some cords, a brand new grill we got for the dept. , gaylord liners.. and the took parts off of one of our big ass compactors. I followed the trail of parts down the street and found our grill at teh end of the block with a few bolts missing...

I try really hard to be compassionate for the homeless but this shit gets really fucking old.
 

nutxo

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The companies outbuildings got broken into Monday so I;ve been going by daily checking on things.

Last night they broke into another buiding. Stole some cords, a brand new grill we got for the dept. , gaylord liners.. and the took parts off of one of our big ass compactors. I followed the trail of parts down the street and found our grill at teh end of the block with a few bolts missing...

I try really hard to be compassionate for the homeless but this shit gets really fucking old.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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I think I somehow sprained a toe.
Its annoying but I can deal with it.
Do NOT want to go to the hospital right now. Even if its not overloaded its still probably a good place to catch diseases.
 

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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Mother of God my legs are sore, mainly hammies and ass. Just bending over sucks lol. I did the at home workout Wednesday, with just dumbells. Here I was thinking "oh what can I do for legs with just dumbells." Well that was a pretty ignorant thought, lol, cause you can do a surprising amount. I like the Athlean-X channel, he seems good and has a whole series on dumbell exercises.

I think I'm so sore cause I kinda slacked off transitioning from gym to at home exercise so it was almost two weeks since I had worked legs (the only time they've been this sore was after my first time working out).

Arms today, thankfully, lol.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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(yeah, I made $50k+ this month)

Holy crap how you manage that? I barely make that in a YEAR. Been looking at offgrid properties and some of them are in the 50-75k range. Would be pretty crazy to be able to afford that in a matter of months. I hesitate too much on the ones that come up then they sell. Need to be quick and determined to get them. Kinda regret not jumping on the 140 acre one that was going for 75k. No lake, but I can literally make my own lake!
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Holy crap how you manage that? I barely make that in a YEAR. Been looking at offgrid properties and some of them are in the 50-75k range. Would be pretty crazy to be able to afford that in a matter of months. I hesitate too much on the ones that come up then they sell. Need to be quick and determined to get them. Kinda regret not jumping on the 140 acre one that was going for 75k. No lake, but I can literally make my own lake!

Holy crap! And that's in Canuckistan money...which is like...$3650 USD? No fucking wonder you can't afford a haircut.
 
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lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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I get prompted by amazon to answer questions for people from products I've bought. That's fine. I don't mind answering and giving free labor to amazon. Only takes a few seconds, but holy shit there's some lazy fucking imbeciles out there. Just got asked if a particular gum I bought is "nut free". The fucking ingredients are listed right in the description in the same size font as everything else. All it takes is the ability to read to get the answer you're looking for. Oh, and I got prompted to answer another question. 'Does chewing two pieces break an intermittent fast'. I was tempted to answer "Get a fucking life", but just hit the skip button. It's offensive that these people are walking around using my oxygen :^S
 

mopardude87

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Got woke up at 3:26am cause friend calls me telling me a ex friend of mine who lives with me couldn't figure out how to reinstall oven racks. I had cleaned the stove of a mess he left which burnt and smelt up the entire house. I accidently place them in the wrong spot he removes and well couldn't get them back in. Keep in mind this guy claims he is smarter then neil tyson and bill nye not even kidding. Such a rocket scientist right?

With Hypomania its damn near impossible to get decent sleep or even fall asleep or even go back to sleep. The idiot really ticked me off this time i may be getting this since he has a bat he likes to use as well.....plus if people get cray well there we go then?

 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,579
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www.anyf.ca
I get prompted by amazon to answer questions for people from products I've bought. That's fine. I don't mind answering and giving free labor to amazon. Only takes a few seconds, but holy shit there's some lazy fucking imbeciles out there. Just got asked if a particular gum I bought is "nut free". The fucking ingredients are listed right in the description in the same size font as everything else. All it takes is the ability to read to get the answer you're looking for. Oh, and I got prompted to answer another question. 'Does chewing two pieces break an intermittent fast'. I was tempted to answer "Get a fucking life", but just hit the skip button. It's offensive that these people are walking around using my oxygen :^S

lol! Some people ask the weirdest questions about products. There are some people that literally obsess over breaking a fast though, have some in my office. "I shouldn't have this glass of water or coffee, it might break my fast" lmao.
 

snoopy7548

Diamond Member
Jan 1, 2005
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Got woke up at 3:26am cause friend calls me telling me a ex friend of mine who lives with me couldn't figure out how to reinstall oven racks. I had cleaned the stove of a mess he left which burnt and smelt up the entire house. I accidently place them in the wrong spot he removes and well couldn't get them back in. Keep in mind this guy claims he is smarter then neil tyson and bill nye not even kidding. Such a rocket scientist right?

With Hypomania its damn near impossible to get decent sleep or even fall asleep or even go back to sleep. The idiot really ticked me off this time i may be getting this since he has a bat he likes to use as well.....plus if people get cray well there we go then?


I'm pretty sure his name is Mike Tyson.