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Aliens love the desert, apparently. Whether it's Roswell or outside of Las Vegas, they must like the dry heat.
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Johnnie wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:58 pm Aliens love the desert, apparently. Whether it's Roswell or outside of Las Vegas, they must like the dry heat.
Maybe it's the kids learning to fly? The alien equivalent of a mall parking lot.
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The Wait But Why guy (Tim Urban) is writing again.
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BFJ, I swear your anniversary is every 5 months.
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mister d wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:36 pm BFJ, I swear your anniversary is every 5 months.
I put the big in bigamy.
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Hebrew calendar...
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I spent all morning in court. My Ex took me back to court (again) convinced I have a whole bunch more money then I do.

She ended up getting about $70 more in child support a month...and costing herself about $4K a year in college expenses for my older daughter.
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BSF21 wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:31 pm Hebrew calendar...
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:56 pm I spent all morning in court. My Ex took me back to court (again) convinced I have a whole bunch more money then I do.

She ended up getting about $70 more in child support a month...and costing herself about $4K a year in college expenses for my older daughter.
You hate to see it.
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brian wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:10 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:56 pm I spent all morning in court. My Ex took me back to court (again) convinced I have a whole bunch more money then I do.

She ended up getting about $70 more in child support a month...and costing herself about $4K a year in college expenses for my older daughter.
You hate to see it.
And costing me about $1500 in lawyer fees. No idea how much she spent. Spent all summer stressing out about this, and having to answer all the interrogatories.

What a shit show...
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:23 pm What a shit show...
No kidding. Your ex seems to never want to let you out of her life.
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sancarlos wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:50 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:23 pm What a shit show...
No kidding. Your ex seems to never want to let you out of her life.
Two more years based on the driving Facebook post.
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A_B wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:06 pm
sancarlos wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:50 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:23 pm What a shit show...
No kidding. Your ex seems to never want to let you out of her life.
Two more years based on the driving Facebook post.
3 more years. Younger daughter is a sophomore.

The best was her claiming that because of her MS, she should be getting more money from me/required to pay less for the older daughter's education. But when my attorney said 'ok...let us see all your medical records, so we can see if your ability to work is affected', she said 'My illness has no impact on my ability to work'. Huh?
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Ah. I figured it ended at 18 and she got a permit at 16 but I don’t know your rules in Washington. Nor about when it ends
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Paying for college expenses isn't a thing in Florida family law. Dealing with morons who think they deserve extra, even though they can still work certainly is though.
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govmentchedda wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:12 pm Paying for college expenses isn't a thing in Florida family law. Dealing with morons who think they deserve extra, even though they can still work certainly is though.
Just to show how mad she is about the court ruling, and how nuts she is, here's what I got to deal with yesterday afternoon.

My daughter needed to get something from her Mom's house for a cheer event. As I was parked in the driveway, my Ex came out and started to yell at me. I rolled down the window, to hear her going off, telling me to not park in her driveway, to park in the street, and to 'get off her property'. I just stared at her, and then said 'what are you going to do...call the police?'. And she said 'Yes...I will. So get off my fucking property'.

I said 'jeez...what's your problem?', and then just shook my head, and pulled out of the driveway and parked in the street.

And yes, my daughter heard/saw all of this.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:27 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:12 pm Paying for college expenses isn't a thing in Florida family law. Dealing with morons who think they deserve extra, even though they can still work certainly is though.
Just to show how mad she is about the court ruling, and how nuts she is, here's what I got to deal with yesterday afternoon.

My daughter needed to get something from her Mom's house for a cheer event. As I was parked in the driveway, my Ex came out and started to yell at me. I rolled down the window, to hear her going off, telling me to not park in her driveway, to park in the street, and to 'get off her property'. I just stared at her, and then said 'what are you going to do...call the police?'. And she said 'Yes...I will. So get off my fucking property'.

I said 'jeez...what's your problem?', and then just shook my head, and pulled out of the driveway and parked in the street.

And yes, my daughter heard/saw all of this.
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Johnnie wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:35 pm Joe Rogan had that Bob Lazar dude on his podcast with the documentary about Area 51 and then some other dude who looks exactly like you think he would made some group to Naruto run the site.

Anyone with half a brain would see that it was a joke, but yeah, there are enough people in this country who are serious about it.

I'm ready for the shit to happen. And so is the Air Force, apparently.
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Since my daughter is now a cheerleader, we went to a high school football game last night.

And it was absolutely brutal. Her team, (Shorewood T-Birds) got absolutely pounded. The scored was 35-0...at the end of the 1st quarter. The T-Bird's first string QB blew out his knee while throwing a pass that was intercepted and returned for a TD. The 2nd string QB had a hip injury a few plays later. The 3rd string QB, who looked like a freshman who had probably taken about 5 snaps in practice all week, came in and fumbled the snap on his very first play.

We left when it was 49-0 with 3 minutes left...in the 1st half.
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We often speak poorly of the "sports parent", often the dad.

But, the "multi-generational sports family" is much more impressive.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:18 pm We often speak poorly of the "sports parent", often the dad.

But, the "multi-generational sports family" is much more impressive.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:03 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:18 pm We often speak poorly of the "sports parent", often the dad.

But, the "multi-generational sports family" is much more impressive.
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He’ll be a dance major who hates competitive sports.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:18 am Since my daughter is now a cheerleader, we went to a high school football game last night.

And it was absolutely brutal. Her team, (Shorewood T-Birds) got absolutely pounded. The scored was 35-0...at the end of the 1st quarter. The T-Bird's first string QB blew out his knee while throwing a pass that was intercepted and returned for a TD. The 2nd string QB had a hip injury a few plays later. The 3rd string QB, who looked like a freshman who had probably taken about 5 snaps in practice all week, came in and fumbled the snap on his very first play.

We left when it was 49-0 with 3 minutes left...in the 1st half.
I had to look up the score. They won the 2nd half!!!
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degenerasian wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:16 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:18 am Since my daughter is now a cheerleader, we went to a high school football game last night.

And it was absolutely brutal. Her team, (Shorewood T-Birds) got absolutely pounded. The scored was 35-0...at the end of the 1st quarter. The T-Bird's first string QB blew out his knee while throwing a pass that was intercepted and returned for a TD. The 2nd string QB had a hip injury a few plays later. The 3rd string QB, who looked like a freshman who had probably taken about 5 snaps in practice all week, came in and fumbled the snap on his very first play.

We left when it was 49-0 with 3 minutes left...in the 1st half.
I had to look up the score. They won the 2nd half!!!
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Got a nice insulated water/coffee bottle from a conference last week. The kicker? The lid is a bluetooth speaker. I can't think of a great many uses for that. Maybe a bike ride? Or the beach (at a reasonable volume respectful to others near me, of course.). maybe on a walk, but I don't generally like carrying things and it doesn't have a loop or anything to attach to belt.

Most absurd use suggested within reason (For example, I'm not going to take it to the top of everest) will be done and reported back on.
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Take it to the gym?
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Well that is absurd for sure.

(I am against playing music out loud in a gym)
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Fill it with your favorite bourbon, then blast it with some smooth yacht rock and see if it gets smoother. Worst scenario still sounds like a pretty good time.
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Take it to a HS/College football game and play We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions on a loop
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Some solid contenders here.
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rass wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:46 pm Fill it with your favorite bourbon, then blast it with some smooth yacht rock and see if it gets smoother. Worst scenario still sounds like a pretty good time.
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EnochRoot wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:40 pm
Pruitt wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:24 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:32 pm What's the over/under on the notion the Dallas police planted a bag of marijuana in Botham Jean's apartment in an effort to begin to match a narrative of a justified shoot for Amanda Guyger?
You wouldn't get better than 1/100 odds against that.

And has there been any indication as to what substances were in the cop's blood stream at the time she entered the wrong apartment and didn;t even realize it was not her place?
That's a good question. Witnesses say the altercation occurred at the front door. That the door wasn't ajar. She was banging on the door demanding entrance to an apartment that wasn't hers. Frankly, it sounds like she could go with an Ambien defense. But either way, it's important for the police to release evidence of drugs in the dead man's apartment first. You know...Narrative and all that.
Would have lost a lot of money betting on a hung jury here.
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mister d wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:55 am
EnochRoot wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:40 pm
Pruitt wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:24 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:32 pm What's the over/under on the notion the Dallas police planted a bag of marijuana in Botham Jean's apartment in an effort to begin to match a narrative of a justified shoot for Amanda Guyger?
You wouldn't get better than 1/100 odds against that.

And has there been any indication as to what substances were in the cop's blood stream at the time she entered the wrong apartment and didn;t even realize it was not her place?
That's a good question. Witnesses say the altercation occurred at the front door. That the door wasn't ajar. She was banging on the door demanding entrance to an apartment that wasn't hers. Frankly, it sounds like she could go with an Ambien defense. But either way, it's important for the police to release evidence of drugs in the dead man's apartment first. You know...Narrative and all that.
Would have lost a lot of money betting on a hung jury here.
It's obviously not 1st degree murder, cuz you know, he was a large black man in an apartment that could be confused with hers, but this is a woman who shot first, and then called her boyfriend to get answers after as her victim lay dying.

There's a shit ton of sad-sack stories in prison. She should be one of them.
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She obviously should have been found guilty, she obviously deserves jail time, but seems like this is a situation where it was more like manslaughter than murder. I'd imagine these are the kinds of cases that are hardest for the good judges, where it takes a difficult kind of wisdom to decide how long to sentence someone to prison for a stupid, avoidable mistake.
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I had some of those thoughts until I considered the underlying bias involved here, by a cop, and whether she would have reacted the same if it had been a 14 year old white boy.
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Swamp Legal help me out here. This would seem to possibly work as a felony murder if it's tied to burglary, but the apparent fact that her entry into a dwelling was accidental (she drunkenly thought it was hers) as opposed to intentional precludes it, right?

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brian wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:33 am She obviously should have been found guilty, she obviously deserves jail time, but seems like this is a situation where it was more like manslaughter than murder. I'd imagine these are the kinds of cases that are hardest for the good judges, where it takes a difficult kind of wisdom to decide how long to sentence someone to prison for a stupid, avoidable mistake.
Isn't this is a bit like calling a car crash a car accident?
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So....has anyone heard of the 'VSCO Girls' fad/trend? (see here for an explainer: VSCO girls and how teen culture goes viral).

Anyways...the GF's daughter works for Hydroflask, doing marketing/social media stuff, and they are completely baffled by the whole thing. I guess that Hydroflask is part of the look, and all of a sudden Hydroflask's mentions are exploding, and they couldn't figure out why for a long time. They really don't know how to handle it, and even if they should. She called us the other night to talk to my 15 yo daughter to try and get an explanation of the whole thing.
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My roommate's bf has young daughters, so he's in the know about it. He shared a couple memes to our group chat and the rest of us are like "Huh?"

It's effectively a "Basic Bitch" adjacent meme with very, very specific brands.

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For everyone else: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vsco-girl
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