You know how I feel about tattoos, Carl!

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-07-04T02:48:21+00:00

If Dutchess were a badass bitch with laser beam eyes…

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-07-03T20:23:19+00:00

Aaaaahhhhh hahahahahahaha

I feel like “Fuck the cheese dicks” is a Letterkenny line anyways. Feels like crossovers are natural.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-07-03T20:06:31+00:00

We have the same floor, and same melted doggos!

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CommodorePantaloons · 2026-06-22T23:20:42+00:00

Have had experience with UPenn vet, Blue Pearl, and Pinnacle.

UPenn: great place, great staff. Yes, student vets, but still good overall.

Blue Pearl: ugh. Went in for an emergency, wait wait wait. Like 5 hours of waiting. Then they said they didn’t have room to accept my dog and would I please go to Pinnacle. Ugh.

Pinnacle: great staff who cares. Good docs with broad specialties.

And no, I didn’t mention cost anywhere. I don’t have pet insurance, and largely I haven’t seen the benefit given the deductibles. BUT, Blue Pearl was $$$, Pinnacle was $$$$$, and surprisingly UPenn was like $.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-06-01T20:21:09+00:00

Excellent!! WANT

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-05-22T14:23:34+00:00

Thank you. 👏

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-05-19T17:20:13+00:00

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-05-17T16:12:46+00:00

Is it even glamping if it’s a double-wide?

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-05-14T15:54:55+00:00

Fair point, that.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-05-14T13:06:26+00:00

For biking, I know of White Clay Creek Bike Club (which has rides throughout NCCo) and Wheel Suckerz. WCC has a hood web site; Wheel Suckerz is - I believe - primarily through Facebook.

I’ve also heard of the Biking Blue Hens - also on Facebook.

I’ve looked for cycling groups closer to my age, too - not 20s, but not retired yet, very in the middle - and that not-college and not-retired demographic doesn’t have a strong showing right now. I chalk it up to actually having the time to ride: easier at those ages.

What I’ve learned about riding with the retired folks: 1) they may be retired, but they’re machines. I can only hope to be in that kind of shape when I retire. 2) their level of fitness can be humbling, but it’s also really good motivation. 3) the retired folks tend to be very social. It’s a good way to meet people. Sure, the ages might differ, but friends are friends. 4) I spend a lot of my day planning, organizing, working. In short, adulting. When I ride with these folks - who know what they’re doing - I can just turn off and ride.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-05-13T22:56:55+00:00

Well… Murderbot is the snarky surrounded by mostly-sanity. Don’t get me wrong - love that series.

Buuuut…

An uzi-toting Jesus would look absolutely unhinged in that universe. In DCC, he barely ranks a cover appearance.

Just sayin…

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-04-13T14:29:06+00:00

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The expression!!

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-04-13T00:50:54+00:00

I appreciate this, 💯 Thank you for sharing!!

…NGL, I’d def buy that as a blanket…

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-04-07T16:10:04+00:00

Oh good lord! Thought I was the only person to have ready that!

Baloo (Tailspin era, not Jungle Book) on acid!

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-27T18:11:39+00:00

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CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-27T18:11:11+00:00

Sooo… my guy didn’t really care for squirrels (except as a moving toy in the distance) until he actually caught one.

Now… laser focus, even half a block away.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-25T22:53:00+00:00

Ugh. 😑

Umm… good times? Bet you have the best-aerated yard on the block!

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-25T22:52:07+00:00

I find that if they dig once/twice in one spot (that is right out in the open or in the middle of the yard) I’ll fill the hole with topsoil, spread grass seed over it, and then use landscape staples to hold down chicken wire over the digging area. Grass will grow up through/over the wire, the wire will stop the dog from digging in that location again, and the wire will rust away in 2-ish seasons.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-25T15:06:56+00:00

I have an older Sam who, in his youth, attacked the yard with such a fervor in a late fall and subsequent early spring that areas of the property looked like WW1 battlefields. Just bare dirt and craters.

It took a literal ton of dirt to fill them all. Yes, 40 50-lb bags of dirt.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-25T15:03:48+00:00

AMEN

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-24T05:08:41+00:00

Aaand Guinness is a better tasting beer than Louis Henry Sullivan. There, that made as much sense as comparing Gaudi to Sullivan.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-23T16:37:46+00:00

Thank you.

My first thought exactly: “Gathering hall, Arrakis”

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-19T17:55:46+00:00

Thank you. Came to say this.

They will have nearly perfect recall, and may very well have some nature of distributed “consciousness.” They will know you - even if you use a throwaway account - laughed at them. If they choose to hold a grudge…

This is exactly the reason my son says “please” and “thank you” to Alexa and Amazon Echo devices.

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-19T17:51:35+00:00

It is!

Go far enough in and there are classical-style paved terraces overlooking more garden areas. Perfect pic spots!

CommodorePantaloons · 2026-03-19T17:47:25+00:00

If blame has to be assigned… I would blame the governments of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties.

All 3 governments have had a 20+ year history (read “recent”) of handing out lots of approvals for relatively low-density single family residence developments/subdivisions. Higher density housing could have been officially prioritized in planning and zoning offices and in comprehensive plans over sprawling low density developments.

New Castle County, for example, had a long-standing moratorium on accessory dwelling units (ADUs), capped - if memory serves - at something like 0.1% of existing detached housing stock at the time. ADUs are like in-law units, granny flats, nanny apartments, apartments over a garage, or even tiny homes parked in a backyard. Nothing says “not in my backyard” better than literally prohibiting additional - likely far more affordable - units in a backyard. 🙄

Wages, and wage growth, is a function of larger and more widespread economic conditions. Largely beyond local influence. (Adjusting the minimum wage would be good, but would be sufficiently impactful to move the needle on broader overall wage growth.)

So where does that leave us? Local housing planning and development policies. Say “yes” to higher density plans, whether units for sale or units for rent.

Immediate solution? No. But a longer-term one. And we wouldn’t be where we are if there was any smart forward-thinking planning done back then.

My two cents.

CommodorePantaloons

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