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Madrun Badrun

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5400 on: May 16, 2019, 01:34:49 PM »
Dementia is god awful.  Sorry Esch. 

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5401 on: May 16, 2019, 02:34:39 PM »
My brother and I got a car for my mom like right after my parents started divorce proceedings 5 years ago. It was good for a couple years but then started getting to the point that we would constantly take her on test drives of other cars. We saw the perfect little Acura with radar/lane-keeping everything and convinced her that for Mother's Day, she should let us trade-in the old, tired Lexus as the down payment for it.

A 1/4 mile from the dealership, the transmission had a catastrophic failure and slipped like I've never seen while going up a hill. I had to reverse 50 yards down a busy street and take a less hilly path around to the dealership. I never got it to exceed 20 mph and I rolled through every single stop sign to maintain momentum. When I coasted into the parking lot, I cleared the check engine lights for the final time using my OBD2 scanner.

I am so thankful they did not drive that car around to appraise it. We clenched for 8 hours haggling the way you would expect Persians and Philipinos to do and then we took the offer and ran.

We also got her perfumes and chocolates, but this was so much better.
I love this story

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5402 on: May 18, 2019, 12:40:38 AM »
Involuntarily stealing valor. :salute

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5403 on: May 20, 2019, 01:07:56 AM »
I thought I missed the last train south from L.A. tonight so I called a car to pick me up and take me home. When I was shooting the shit with the driver they informed me that I'd merely missed the last commuter rail train of the day but not the last passenger rail train, then took me to Union Station so I could catch a train home.

Tech dorks who want to passively ask Uber drivers not to speak to them because they're at best anti-social: you're fucking losers, losers.

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5404 on: May 20, 2019, 01:09:15 AM »
also as it was a bore function i ordered mezcal in honor of dmitriy dmitrievich, the mezcal of bore posters :bow2

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5405 on: May 21, 2019, 01:00:07 PM »
Let it flow, brother *e-hug*

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5406 on: May 29, 2019, 01:17:57 AM »
Wife had a business trip to Tokyo, enjoyed a quiet evening together.
Slept in a real bed for the first time in three weeks.
Had a hot shower for the first time in three weeks. Actually, showered last night and again this morning. It was pretty great.
Had a pleasant chat over coffee this morning, saw her off, got to work an hour earlier than normal and will be leaving for a game night with friends probably appropriately early as well.

Life is good.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5407 on: June 06, 2019, 06:29:07 PM »
congrats on your racist firing!

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5408 on: June 07, 2019, 01:31:13 PM »
Going to be a dad (again) in october to a baby girl (again).

Everything is looking great with this pregnancy, daugther is very excited too kissing my wife's belly all the time.

So happy :)


Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5409 on: June 07, 2019, 02:12:24 PM »
congrats on the sex, towarzysz

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5410 on: June 07, 2019, 06:17:30 PM »
Finally managed to find some time to hang out with my brehs and have a couple of beers and just talk for hours.

Old friendships :tocry

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5411 on: June 10, 2019, 06:55:52 PM »
Saved a hummingbird today.

Related: hummingbirds are not... smart.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5412 on: June 10, 2019, 07:18:58 PM »
Query from the land of less cute pollinators: can you feel their little wings buffeting your skin? :uguu

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5413 on: June 10, 2019, 07:35:18 PM »
It was noticeable, but I was very close to it. I want to say that I felt body heat as well but we were both in the noon sun, so.

TIL they make an audible sound when they're making their mini jet wash too.

 :isthis
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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5414 on: June 11, 2019, 10:48:22 PM »
Interviewed for a job last week nearer to home (Kansai). During my ride home from the interview, they texted me to let me know they want me to work there. Today, back in Tokyo, I received a verbal offer in line with my needs.

Super-duper stoked. I had not realized how badly I was stressing over my upcoming job.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5415 on: June 13, 2019, 03:38:11 AM »
Nice chrono, congrats!

I got a job interview lined up next week in a job that is in a fun environment and doesn't involve evening and weekend shifts. Exactly what I need.

Same pay, but a week more paid holiday and double the pension plan.

Fingers crossed!

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5416 on: June 13, 2019, 05:02:04 AM »
Damn Im so happy guys, baby two on the way, maybe a better job.

Life has really turned around these last few years with family and stability.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5417 on: June 16, 2019, 06:52:13 AM »
Damn Im so happy guys, baby two on the way, maybe a better job.

Life has really turned around these last few years with family and stability.

congrats m8

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5418 on: June 16, 2019, 06:57:38 AM »
After so many false starts, countless false starts, I'm finally on my way out. I am sky rocketing right now.

For this year I listed three goals in the new year's thread. Get abs, beat depression, get a gf.

I was actually the least certain about that second goal. But now I'm absolutely convinced I am not just beating depression; I'm beating the shit out of it. I am knocking depression the fuck out.

It seems too good to be true, but this time really is different. It's crazy how everything is falling into place, but at the very same time, it also makes absolute perfect sense.

I'll probably write another more elaborate triumph post later this month.

Bless the fuck up.

experience setbacks brehs

im guessing end of june will be what i thought end of may would be, but we'll see
You can beat that bitch depression friend.

Just nuke it from orbit one step at a time 8)
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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5419 on: June 16, 2019, 05:01:11 PM »
Bought my kitty a water fountain and he loves it 🥰

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5420 on: June 16, 2019, 05:04:02 PM »
No pictures?

More like bad vibes thread.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5421 on: June 16, 2019, 05:04:30 PM »
I foresaw that comment and I apologize, they will exist in time

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5422 on: June 17, 2019, 10:07:07 PM »

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5423 on: June 18, 2019, 12:32:09 AM »
Found out my brother isn't gay!

Wait

How exactly did you test this

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5424 on: June 18, 2019, 02:13:07 AM »
And how is it a triumph?

 :-*

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5425 on: June 18, 2019, 02:16:05 AM »
Lager asking the real questions.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5426 on: June 18, 2019, 02:45:22 AM »
Found out my brother isn't gay!

Wait

How exactly did you test this

I'm guessing the bro was just femme or never had a gf but now he met some girl.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5427 on: June 18, 2019, 08:53:24 AM »
Found out my brother isn't gay!

Wait

How exactly did you test this

I'm guessing the bro was just femme or never had a gf but now he met some girl.

So we still don't really know for sure...

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5428 on: June 21, 2019, 09:41:18 AM »
Discovered that my internet speed has doubled. :leon

Contract expires in a couple months, so that's prooobably why.

Tasty

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5429 on: June 21, 2019, 09:48:04 AM »
Discovered that my internet speed has doubled. :leon

Contract expires in a couple months, so that's prooobably why.

I found out yesterday that my 4G data limit trippled to 25 GB sometime recently. :leon

It's technically unlimited but throttled after that, but still. A "heavy" month for me is like 7-8 GB. :doge

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5430 on: June 21, 2019, 06:53:00 PM »
Went to the grocery store and they put a ton of Beyond Meat burger patties on clearance. We're gonna eat. :shaq

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5431 on: June 21, 2019, 06:54:09 PM »
Congrats on your discount patties. 

BisMarckie

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5432 on: June 21, 2019, 07:02:18 PM »
Vegan chili :mouf

I am not a vegan or a vegetarian, but if I can‘t tell the difference, might as well choose the vegan option.

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5433 on: June 21, 2019, 07:15:37 PM »
We should start a vegan food thread, that specifically reviews mock products so omnis  can come brigade the thread in derision.

ed: I'll do this when i try the burritos.

May his return come quickly and may we be found worthy. :mouf

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5434 on: June 22, 2019, 02:24:18 AM »
Congrats on your discount patties.

And the Salmonella surprise!

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5435 on: June 23, 2019, 09:45:21 PM »
Won the major prize at my kids' school fete. A new 55" tv, coffee machine, sparkling water maker and two Bluetooth speakers. Not sure on the brand/type of tv though.
Spud

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5436 on: June 27, 2019, 04:26:30 AM »
Some lady on the street told me I'm yummy. While I'm working.She was like "too bad Im married maybe in the next life".

Lol.
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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5437 on: June 28, 2019, 12:52:03 AM »
Trying to lose weight. I'm doing 18-hour intermittent fasting.

I've managed it 3 times in the last 5 days.

Feels great. And so far I haven't killed anyone.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5438 on: June 28, 2019, 02:31:48 AM »
Got my straight pride parade approved in Boston.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5439 on: June 28, 2019, 03:28:40 AM »
Too bad no boreans can join

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5440 on: June 28, 2019, 04:02:34 AM »
eh i'm starting to think some of them might actually be jerks i dunno

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5441 on: June 28, 2019, 02:51:09 PM »
Sorry I haven't been on for a while, I have been super busy.

Got my weight down to 197 as of this morning. That's from 237 on Jan 1 and about 250 last summer. I am thrilled with that. I'd love to be in the 180s.

Up to 12 pinball games in the house, 9 running, 3 projects.

Assistant Directed a play here in town that broke even, so that's not bad.

I got cast in our local production of La Cage aux Folles. I'm Albin, the lead of the show, and she is a 50 year old drag queen. If you've ever seen The Birdcage, it's basically that. I'm Nathan Lane.

We've done makeup tests.

I'm fabulous.
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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5442 on: June 28, 2019, 02:58:39 PM »
Cultural appropriation :rage

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Also, this scene is amazing. Would never ever be made today :lol



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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5443 on: June 28, 2019, 03:29:31 PM »
I dunno... this is pretty close...





And there is a very derivative scene in La Cage as well.
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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5444 on: June 28, 2019, 03:51:11 PM »
I mean, the muhrican remake is over 20y old as well...

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5445 on: June 30, 2019, 05:47:24 PM »
I found a 1 PLN coin in my foreign currency stash that was from Polska Ludowa.

idek how that got there. :lol

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5446 on: July 10, 2019, 02:21:05 AM »
I found a 1 PLN coin in my foreign currency stash that was from Polska Ludowa.

idek how that got there. :lol

Those coins were so nice and light, wonder what they were made off.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5447 on: July 10, 2019, 02:41:06 AM »
Kitchen foil.

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« Reply #5448 on: July 10, 2019, 03:18:40 AM »
It must have been tin or something

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5449 on: July 10, 2019, 03:54:42 AM »
Wikipedia says 2 whole grams of aluminum for this one (from the 80s). It really does feel remarkably light, arcade tokens weigh more. :lol

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« Reply #5450 on: July 10, 2019, 04:53:08 AM »
Wikipedia says 2 whole grams of aluminum for this one (from the 80s). It really does feel remarkably light, arcade tokens weigh more. :lol

The Japanese single-yen coins feel so incredibly cheap. It's annoying.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5451 on: July 19, 2019, 03:18:12 PM »
This has ended up being the best week for me in a long, shitty year.

I hate to use a Man of Steel GIF, but it's the only thing that feels appropriate.



Legit feels like I'm getting my superstrength back after nearly suffocating to death. About time.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5452 on: July 19, 2019, 04:51:58 PM »
I'm glad that you feel happy enough to use a Zack Snyder gif. Many blessings  :-[

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5453 on: July 22, 2019, 12:08:34 AM »
Hung a door plumb and level af, shuts like a dream 8)

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5454 on: July 22, 2019, 05:20:46 AM »
Lost 10 pounds over the last four weeks. :ego

Kara

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5455 on: July 22, 2019, 11:23:52 AM »
I slept through my alarm but my sibling with schizophrenia woke me up by texting me a stream of incoherent threats that were meant to go to our father.

X post bad vibes too I guess.

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5456 on: July 22, 2019, 02:06:40 PM »
Fought an insurance company who had charged me for a year and a half for "balance protection" on my credit card, even though I only reluctantly agreed based on the agent insisting it was completely, 100% free and wouldn't cost me a dime, ever.

Didn't realize every month I was paying for this shit, and the kicker was I couldn't even use it, because I'm self-employed, which made me ineligible to collect.

Called last week, demanded every fucking penny back, first agent said they sent me some welcome package and that I was on the hook for all of it, but they'd refund 2 months. Fuck that, I want every single penny back (a year and a half's worth, approx $220). Escalated it.

Called me back days later, new lady was the biggest bitch I've ever dealt with. I demanded a transcript of my original call, since that was the binding agreement. She fought like hell to talk me out of requesting said transcript. My wife works in a call centre for a major company and knew full well they had to have and provide me with the transcript. I insisted, she said they don't lose these requests 99% of the time. She tried everything to talk me out of sending the transcript.

Called me back again today - different guy. Said he reviewed my complaint, blah blah blah. And then the says "and we've decided to refund you, in full, even though we normally don't refund more than $200.  :lol Fucking rights!

TLDR: I fought the law, and the 'Gun won ($220).
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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5457 on: July 23, 2019, 01:38:09 PM »
Got a new job yaaay

Just in time for baby 2

No more working on weekend  8)

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Re: Please share your triumph of the day
« Reply #5458 on: July 25, 2019, 02:30:41 AM »
Apparently my boss is pissed I only gave him a weeks notice.

It's what's in the shit contract he gave me but I guess its not that fun when the tables are turned.

My collegaue said that yesterday he went on a one hour tirade about me and some other former (and current) employees. It's always everyone elses fault when people quit when in reality it's because of him.

This is a guy that promised me a lead position and higher pay, even in front of the whole team and then two months later backpedalled on everything so I'm soooo happy he is pissed now. If it wasn't for this betrayal and his shitty management I wouldn't even have applied for my new job.

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« Reply #5459 on: July 25, 2019, 02:40:35 AM »
In California with sister and my mom, had a great day in Santa Cruz today, including a trip to Atlantis Fantasyworld, which I've been visiting since 1986. My son got to play some Super Hot on PS4 and then on an Oculus Quest. It's nearly as good as the PSVR version which is pretty stunning, all things considered. Had three different kinds of rye whiskey tonight.