Gotcha, yeah I think I was looking at the YouTube TV thing.
Gotcha, yeah I think I was looking at the YouTube TV thing.
When I first started driving I was terrified all the time, but over time fear disappeared. It gets easier with experience.
I seriously thought about it but I wasn’t down for paying $80 a month.
Idk how it’s relavant to them that you are basically a van dweller. As long as you are taking care of yourself (eating healthy, exercising, showing, and whatever else) then it doesn’t matter.
Maybe if there was some treatment that required you to have access to facilities you need in a house but I can’t think of anything. This is one of those times I would omit or just say you live in a house.
Just make sure you’re stashing away some cash in an account so you can replace your ride or put a down payment on a house if you decide you do want something a little less mobile some day.
I paid 285$ a few months ago for a refurbished HP from New Egg. It’s perfect for shoving in a bag and for writing. The charge lasts something like 4 hours if I sit there with it open. It’ll last 2-3 days on my desk when I open it occasionally. I have it set to go to sleep after 15 minutes.
HP Elitebook x360 830 G5 - GRADE A - Intel Core i7-8550U 1.8GHz - FHD (1920 X 1080) Touchscreen, 256 GB SSD, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, Webcam, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Pro https://www.newegg.com/p/1XV-000B-024J7?Item=9SIB9ADK030907&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIB9ADK030907-_-09192024
I used to own an Acer Alpha Switch. I was legitimately sad when the screen cracked. The battery had started to go bad and turn into a pillow. I broke the screen when I was in the process of trying to put it back together. Acer has some newer models I was looking at which were more in the 450$ price range at the time. I ended up going with HP instead because of the price and because I’ve never had any beef with their products with the exception of their printers.
That’s wonderful! He seems like he found what he likes.
My step son can’t even remember how to make a hot pocket.
I remember there were some cases of pensions disappearing about 20 years ago so you’re not imagining it. I can’t find any stories on it but yeah there were people who went to retire their pensions were just gone.
I found this on investopia while I was looking:
“A number of situations could put your pension at risk, including underfunding, mismanagement, bankruptcy, and legal exemptions. Laws exist to protect you in such circumstances, but some laws provide better protection than others.”
So maybe they all sued the out of those companies and tapped into past insurance policies to get paid and that’s why it’s not really talked about.
Bottom line is that if someone else has your money, it’s in their control. If you have the money in your 401k, you can watch it and control it.
I grew up using this word all the time. It’s just one of the dumb words we said all the time. I only found out within the last couple of years that it’s considered a slur. Idk, I feel most people who are actually considered retarded and are competent enough to understand don’t actually care. But the reality is that any sort of “name calling” isn’t necessary. I grew up with a culture of all sorts of name calling, but just because I grew up with doesn’t mean it’s right.
But ultimately, language and the world changes and it’s just not acceptable to say anymore because it is derogatory towards a particular group.
I few months back I had to shut off all of my sources of news because all the Palestinian horror stories were fucking with my head. I wanted to in touch with what is happening in the world but it was all too much.
I have to agree with the post on being “properly bored” too. I’ve been dealing with general burnout too and spending time doing nothing and getting lost in my own head has done wonders.
Obligatory, “don’t fuck with garage door motors!” The spring is under tension and people have died messing with them.
I was there not too long ago. That’s wild that before that, the area was just farm land with no special meaning.
He’s beautiful! Reminds me of the black cat I had.
I’m sorry you have to deal with this. I’ve got a sister that blows up once in a while and has a lot of mental issues. We grew up with my mom being mentally and emotionally abusive. My sister ended hard getting into drugs and alcohol for a while, spent some time in jail, got bailed out a couple of times. When I started feeling scared after she showed up at my house, drugged out of her mind, and threatened to kick my ass. I went no contact with her.
There was nothing that any of my family could say to her to get her to stop. She is one of those people who has to learn the hard way. Eventually I started talking to her again when she stopped with the drugs and alcohol (she still smokes pot but it doesn’t cause issues other than not affording to pay her bills). She doesn’t make any effort to apply herself or make any real improvements in her life. I’ve talked with her a lot about improving her self Esteem and doing tiny things to get out of a vicious cycle of depression. I’ll follow up with her and ask if she did any of it and she’ll say no. She’s taken medication for her depression and whatever other issues she has, but she’ll stop taking it. She won’t see a therapist because she is paranoid that idk they’ll call the cops or tell the government something about her. (My mother was psycho paranoid the same way.)
I’m not entirely sure what got her out of the drugs and alcohol. But at some point she decided to stop, then she had a baby and that’s been her primary motivation for staying clean at least. She recently checked herself into a psych ward after a blow up with her husband and child and she became suicidal. She’s convinced she isn’t worth anything and is just a fuck up.
But I guess the point I’m making is that people have to choose to change. My sister will have to choose to make changes in her thinking if she wants to be happy and functional, just like she chose to stop drugs and alcohol. The best thing is probably go no contact. Some people will use that as a sign that they need to stop and figure their shit out or get help. It wouldn’t hurt to tell him you care about him, that you hope for the best for him, that you wish him a good life (maybe by mail is best). That’s if you still do. Maybe those words will stick with him.
Keyboarding class. I actually thought they were teaching how to play the keyboard. Oh boy was I disappointed. But yeah, now I can type ungodly fast.
I remember working in fast food and almost nobody ever thought to clean the nozzles or clean out the ice bin.
There is probably a ton of mold inside where the ice is kept.
Myself and others in my family have owned Hyundai and Toyotas and they did well or seem to be doing well. I had a Hyundai Tiburon that yeah I had to do some repairs around 200k (I think I had to replace the alternator and something else) but last I heard it was still going strong. I did have essentially redo all of the suspension because the salt mix that was use locally slowly destroyed it.
Recently I’ve come to know some people who have Chevrolet SUVs from the 2010s and they seem to do alright at least to the 150k mark.
I would love to own another Hyundai myself.
If it makes you feel any better he’ll be the one that gets slapped with malpractice if he fucks up. He’s inherently accepting a certain amount of liability as a doctor.
The other thing that comes to mind is he is trained specifically in his field to diagnose and treat. As a nurse you are trained to do what you do best.
That doesn’t give him a right to be on his phone all the time and be a dipshit. Eventually, that will have consequences of some sort. Currently he’s receiving less respect and earning a shitty reputation. That might come to bite him in the ass some day. Him being lax may come out in his work and bite him in the ass too at some point.
But I understand your frustration. I’ve got shitty managers who don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground and I constantly question how they got and are keeping their jobs.
I’ve kinda learned over time what is appropriate for what through personal experience or by listening to others. I also ask myself questions like can it wait a couple of days? Being in America I also ask myself is it worth going to the ER for this? Someone mentioned too that a lot of insurance companies now have nurses you can call for this sort of help.
If you genuinely think it’s life threatening, go to the ER. If it’s something that isn’t life threatening but should be taken care of ASAP, then Urgent care is a good choice. Something like a broken bone, stitches. They have a lot of equipment. If they can’t treat you or discover it’s something worse they will send you to the ER.
I had an issue with heart palpitations a few year ago. I went to my primary care doctor and then went to a specialist. I think total it cost like 300$ or something. I was worried it was something worse yeah it turned out to be stress and anxiety. But the specialist did rule out any heart problems which included those scary ones where healthy people drop dead. That was worth the peace of mind. If I had gone to the urgent care they would have ruled out any immediate life threatening conditions and then have you follow up with your pcp or maybe get you to the specialist.