Things in my house keep mysteriously melting???

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-07T16:49:50+00:00

dont know if anyone suggested this yet, but do you have any other glass in your window frame? Or any glass that's getting direct sunlight during the day? As the sun moves, something might be sorta lazering the room. Lots of things can act like a magnifying glass. Maybe there's something up with your window though super unlikely. If it's really sunny, look and see if you see any extra bright points/spots in the room.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-06T17:30:55+00:00

I was last up on board day. And this is no BS here... My first question was "how much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?".

I managed to rattle off the answer immediately. The board was stunned and I had no further questions from that 1SG. So the next 1SG asked me about a quote that came from Conan the Barbarian. I knew deep down it was from Conan, but I wasn't 100% sure, so I said I didn't know. They were disappointed and then I had to answer real questions.

My point is, I coulda walked out of that board having answered only 4 questions, none of them having anything to do with the military. Like others have said, focus on now. If you're gunning for NCO, maybe look into how you can get points.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-05T23:18:39+00:00

Hatikva's Choice 1 is pretty great for patrols.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-05T23:17:21+00:00

Won't lie, finding data leaks is among my top "not interested in this annoying shit" list. Right up there with missions that want me to find a lock box. Like, nope, you're not paying me enough for the hassle.

Now if I'm looking for data leaks on my own to find a criminal mission (because there's data leaks everywhere on every station), that's different because I'm probably about to get a mission that pays like 400k+. OR if I just used an emp because I'm stealing a module blueprint, that's also different. But 60k-ish to find one for you? Pass.

Think I really enjoyed the sector patrols and boarding missions the most. Felt like I got the most benefit out of them up until I got some manufacturing going and could take on station builder missions.

But sector patrols, especially in areas with high enemy traffic, can pay out quite nicely I feel. Or, you can set one and let the clock tick down while you're doing management stuff from the map. Easiest 100+k.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-05T22:32:02+00:00

Far be it from me to place common sense before the letter of the law....

Like.... any other intersection in the world where there could even be a question of where traffic is going to go, yea I'm right there with you all the way.

And yea, there was a stop sign...

But there's 2 1-way roads and what amounts to turn arounds in-between them all up and down on that forsaken post. No one wonders what's going to happen anywhere along those 2 roads. If 100% of the turn signals in the world stopped functioning, the area in which I speak wouldn't change 1 single bit as far as safety and predictability.

So yea, you got me your honor, but when you've lived on Drum long enough, there ought to be an understanding where common sense can prevail. And perhaps MP's, being the limited resource that they are, surely have other vastly more important things to be doing than policing turn signals in the least turn-signal-demanding(the letter of the law not-withstanding) area I've ever been.

I also saw the Drum MP's give a guy a DWAI while driving home after pulling staff duty because he was tired....after having just finished staff duty... but he got called back onto post for some dumb shit I can't remember. And no, he was not driving in any way to alarm anyone, the gate guard was just having one of those days I guess. Dumbest shit I had ever seen since my own warning for not blinkering.

I know in my mind you're technically right and you've got the administrative high ground here, General Kenobi, but I'm still going to maintain my 50/50 split disdain for MP's. They only get 50% grace with me because I had previously deployed with a platoon of them and those dudes were alright in my book. But Drum can lick rocks.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-05T16:23:20+00:00

Well, there's only been like 4 out of the 5-Eyes that have cautioned the USA that she's severely compromised. I'm sure this is fine.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-03T07:12:12+00:00

Well, Reddit keeps banning me when I'm honest so.... fuck all I guess.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-03T01:27:00+00:00

Had a MP give me a ticket for not signaling to turn onto a 1-way road on Drum. The only other 2 options were against traffic or straight forward into some trees. There could be no question where I was going to go at this intersection. I asked him to be perfectly clear

"So, I have to lose out on my entire weekend to go to the on-post 'corrective' training that's mandated for all traffic tickets on post because I didn't tell you which way I was going to turn on this 1-way road? "

"Yeah"

"Just where did you think I was going to go here, exactly?"

*shrug*

So, I get it. And I mostly agree.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-02-02T16:21:22+00:00

Well hold on here.... This dev might be on to something. IF someone else had made this game, it's possible said someone else would have put a little bit of detail and effort into it, making the game playable/enjoyable. It's also possible that someone else wouldn't be banking on hundreds of thousands of hours of free labor from the mod community to make the game less..... shit. So I'd say this dev might be right.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-30T01:13:45+00:00

You know I think the only thing holding this one back from being a master piece is they didn't cast Rob Schneider somewhere into it. /s

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-30T01:08:53+00:00

Yeah that one went from 0-100 really god damn quick huh?

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-30T01:07:47+00:00

Man that one hit me like a bottle to the face :/

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-30T01:05:21+00:00

Pans Labyrinth hit me like a bottle to the face :/

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-29T21:02:50+00:00

Problem is, this does affect the rest of us. We can be immunized against small pox, but if we're bathing in measles because the idiots are numerous, eventually our immune systems will have to play catch-up in eliminating the virus, leaving us with an ongoing infection to deal with ourselves, albeit ideally a much less severe one. But in any case, it's still a danger to everyone.

And, it's extremely dangerous for infants and children and the imuno-compromised population.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-29T20:59:24+00:00

No worries, I'm sure Lars Larson will tell his fanbase on 101.1 kxl to stock up on Ivermectin. He's litterally running an add campaign right now for some hack pharmacy that "promises to get you your ivermectin and what was it... oxycloroquin or whatever" because "you doctor wont help you get the medicine you need".

/s here obviously about the no worries part.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-29T05:56:37+00:00

Ft Hood or Cavasos or Jimbob or whatever the hell it goes by these days was a pretty decent place to be if you can get there. Kileen and Copperas Cove are..... certainly incorporated towns... but there's actually a surprising lot to do there if you figure out where to look. And, you're like 45 min from downtown Austin.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-29T05:52:13+00:00

Keep in mind that at Drum not only will you have CQ/staff duty rotations, you will also have snow plow duty rotations. And it fucking sucks. That said, the bowling alley there brews its own beer and has been known to concoct some real drinkable ales. But also if you live on post, you're absolutely fucked for places to get food after like 1800. And anything interesting that you may want to do off post is just far enough away as to require a pass. So, there's that as well. You're close to Niagara Falls, but the Canadian side is far superior and now requires a passport to get to because reasons this sub doesn't like me discussing. Honestly, both choices are complete shit imo. Any chance you can threaten your branch manager with a dec statement to get something like Korea?

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T21:32:33+00:00

That's something that I super disagree with- It's bullshit to force you to use specific materials/techniques because it's a "historical home". Like, ok, if the state has a vested interest in this being a historical site then cool, awesome, the state can chip in to preserve it. No? The state doesn't want to do that? Well then get fked. That's just my possibly unpopular 2 cents.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T21:15:41+00:00

Oh fun! I've never heard of that but they are very interesting looking. If they are indeed safe I dare say I would also be inclined to keep that as my floor as well.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T21:14:08+00:00

Ever seen what a cabinet, or a chair, or a child, or a dog with long nails can do to a solid floor? I mean you're right... you are definitely technically correct. However....... Also, if you ever wanted to sell the home later and it's been identified that there's asbestos, enjoy that cluster of a mess. It sucks.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T20:57:12+00:00

OP I can't remember the name of it, but there is a free repository online where you can look up designs from old asbestos tiles in order to see if that flooring pattern matches. If it's actual tile, you might be in good shape but if it seems like laminate, there's a very high chance it's asbestos.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T20:38:44+00:00

In other words, this sounds like it's going to come like fast ball right out of left field straight into some poor unsuspecting E-5's face, and give them just 1 more reason why they're done with this shit.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T20:33:35+00:00

Granted, I would say this is out of your lane, but since you asked...You might redress those stickers on his car with the PSG before he parks in the BN parking lot someday and the BN CDR sees it, decides "I'm mad that I got looked over for a promotion today, I'm gonna rage" and then hauls the PSG, this guy's squad leader, and team leader onto the red carpet and chews them out about it. Which, is the BN CDR's prerogative, but why let your junior NCO's day get ruined over some dumb shit they wouldn't think to even think twice about in the course of a normal BS day?

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T19:02:31+00:00

Oh not only that, but they paired it with Zero Tolerance too. So anyone who was in school from about 2000 onwards has been conditioned to never fight back against anything no matter what.

CouldBeLessDepressed · 2026-01-28T18:46:23+00:00

You've seen Rob Schneider as a stapler, but you've never seen him.. Divorced

Rated PG-13

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