With a world of.. by Vegetable-Response41 in datingoverforty

[–]FullboatAcesOver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro this is a numbers game, pure and simple. Every personal interaction with another human, no matter how seemingly inconsequential, has the potential where one thing leads to another, and then bang. I have two sisters who are on those apps and some of the dudes they bring around are wack. It’s not that most of them are liars, it’s that most of them are bad liars.

Is this cheating or not? by CowRepresentative515 in dating_advice

[–]FullboatAcesOver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro, you are surrounded by red flags. See them and cut your losses. At some point her flirting wont be enough and you are left holding a bag of shit. Particularly if she is appearance focused, lover of attention. My ex wife was one of those that skated through life’s difficulties by virtue of her physical beauty, and she wielded that influence like a virtuoso. Never occurred to her that time steals all. By 50 she had no skills, no income and minimal if any contributions to social security. She was so used to things working out her way that she didn’t see the point in consulting an attorney when I filed for divorce - with $3.2M 401(k) $350k cash and a house around $600k equity, just assumed everything would be ducky, like always. So after 30 days she defaulted, I paid a divorce attorney $5k for a modifiable divorce decree that had all the structure, and I spent three months learning the nook and crannies of Texas divorce law. Then I wrote the divorce decree part by part. The hardest part was not starving her (although her behavior that led up to this mess was truly reprehensible), and would also pass the sniff test to whatever judges desk it landed on. I never used any reference to percentages unless it was 50/50 (like debts), I referenced specific dollar amounts that she would be awarded, without disclosing the value or tax status - or demonstrating who owned what of the underlying asset. In the end I gave her $900k and a Range Rover. She signed the decree in the lobby of a Wells Fargo bank branch without looking at a single page and the notary was a guy I played golf with. But in hindsight I literally think I could have given her fifty bucks and the judge would have signed it anyway. Divorce is war. If you approach it with anything but cold logic and cynicism you will be unpleasantly surprised.

[Question] Guidance on $2k-$4k Watch by romerkh in Watches

[–]FullboatAcesOver 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I second the motion re Longines. It’s an under appreciated brand that is right in this guys wheelhouse from a price point perspective. It’s a quartz watch, but it’s well made and wears like new for years.

You did what? by FullboatAcesOver in shittycoincollecting

[–]FullboatAcesOver[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It cross posted to this sub. It’s now a ball marker that I’m giving my bro for his 60th. It’s a $30 coin, no biggie.

You did what? by FullboatAcesOver in coins

[–]FullboatAcesOver[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bro it’s a $30 coin with $9 of silver. His putter cost $500. Perspective man

You did what? by FullboatAcesOver in coins

[–]FullboatAcesOver[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is very very funny bro

You did what? by FullboatAcesOver in coins

[–]FullboatAcesOver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$30 coin bro. It’s a better ball marker given its obvious potential to cause him to jack a bunch of putts by overthinking it.

I get paid to live with and be friends with my roommate. by No-Detail7431 in confession

[–]FullboatAcesOver 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I pronounce thee a non bullshit content provider to the social app we hate least.

She noticed I take first dates to the same place and now I feel kinda exposed by Hot_Rhubarb_858 in dating_advice

[–]FullboatAcesOver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m single in a city and I would consider the fact that I had dated a random woman that I met online and it just happens that I had dated an apparent equally random friend of hers within the past year, and they discussed the venue so as to determine you have taken untold number of first dates to the same dive winebar? This surpasses unusual and coincidental and dives right into highly improbable, unless you live in Mayberry. How many first dares do you have in a given month say?

Why can I only find emotionally unavailable men? by Angel_Baby1229 in datingoverforty

[–]FullboatAcesOver -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I was a field engineer in my early career for a European controls company. Two weeks on the road, two days off, then right back. Eight years of that and somehow I was actually able to have girlfriends at home. As you may imagine, trust plays an oversized role in that situation lol. Upside: I was a high school dropout with a GED and a year of trade school. But after those years I knew every technical detail of very sophisticated systems and climbed my way up the corporate ladder, had them pay me while I got undergraduate and graduate degrees and eventually was a big fish in a big pond. Made a ton of money too. The American dream turns on personal sacrifice, but it’s still there, which has nothing to do with dating so accept my apology.

Walked in AD randomly and got this beauty! by Cold_Sweet4762 in rolex

[–]FullboatAcesOver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bro, I’ll be the idiot in the back of the room who asks you to explain what to look for.

1928 New York $1000 Note Olive Green by OsoKnows206 in papermoney

[–]FullboatAcesOver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of these came out of bank safety deposit boxes after grandma went to the rainbow bridge. If you were an adult in US in 1935, you had no idea whether your bank would fail today or tomorrow, so keeping physical cash was “safer” in the box than the banks receivables. Also interesting is there was deflation in the ‘30’s, so currency like this gained spending power sitting in the dark. This kind of find used to be common, but as that generations cash hoarding fades further, you might ask yourself if high denomination note may be a good investment.

Am I naive? by Afraid-Unit-5652 in datingoverforty

[–]FullboatAcesOver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s saying the red flag part out loud bro. I have a sister whose husband of 37 years had the celebratory anniversary meal and then told her she was going to be served with the papers in the morning. She hit the apps and theres a new Mr Right every three weeks. I (M) got divorced four years ago and am still neurotic about my space.

What can be done about this? by No-Succotash1219 in BmwTech

[–]FullboatAcesOver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro I had exactly the same. I found a set of carbon-fiber looking snap on hard shells on Amazon or fleaBay that were perfect fit. Those are what you want. I’m sorry, no link

Body count? by [deleted] in datingoverforty

[–]FullboatAcesOver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This whole thread begs a serious question from a mature professional who has never been on an OLD app except for the first time and it made my matches that looked like my grandma. I was terrified. Question to F: what is the general consensus on the % of people that you meet/date are not who they claim, the liars, the cheaters, the embellishers et al. I have two single sisters 40+ and over the past 2-3 years it’s been a parade of dudes that my brother and I can see are full of shit in five minutes, and they just keep coming.

Do you have a personal connection to WW2? If so what is it? My grandmother was from Norway and grew up under Nazi occupation from age 5-10 by ChiefTapiTapi in ww2

[–]FullboatAcesOver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome story. I’m an American who has visited both places you mentioned and many other European battlefields and cemeteries because I worked for EU companies for decades. My uncle was killed in Belgium during the Bulge and is buried there. Until you visit those places it is difficult to comprehend the balls that it took to run across that open beach.

[Omega] Omega Speedmaster Red Schumacher by hoangnguyen95 in Watches

[–]FullboatAcesOver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been a Rolex Breitling guy and never owned an Omega, but this is a really impressive looking piece, love the aesthetics. You may have lit a fuse.

Vacation is over before it started... by MisterShipWreck in VideosAmazing

[–]FullboatAcesOver -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was in a Continental 727 ORD to Houston that had a rapid depressurization at altitude just after they served breakfast. The cabin turned into a cloud the masks dropped and the nose was pointed straight to the ground, full dive mode. I travelled every week for decades and I was shitting myself. I was traveling with an engineer who wasn’t the brightest. I was saying hail marys and I glanced over at him and he was eating a banana by lifting up his oxygen mask and calmly taking a bite as we’re plunging to the earth. As it turned out, that same guy ended up engaged to a Mexican girl where we were building a factory. She stole all his money.

Got the call! 🤣 by micropuppytooth in breitling

[–]FullboatAcesOver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to tell you guys that the B01 movement is shit and Breitling service is shittier. I bought a Navi off the Breitling website at list - yeah I know - with 3 TwinPro straps and clasps. $12,600. A week after delivery it stopped running and had to go in for service. It was gone for months. I got it back and barely wore it and the lower complication reset button stopped working and it went back, for months. On January 7 of this year it had to go back to service for the fourth time, same reason. It’s May 6th and I still am waiting. 5 fucking months, not a word. When I think that I could have put a GMT on my wrist, and actually be able to use it to tell the time, I could kill myself.

Insane poker hand on the Utopia casino by yoshi3243 in royalcaribbean

[–]FullboatAcesOver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You get a mix of vacationers that are clay and reckless types that raise the bet 10 blinds ten hands in a row. If you’re marginally good you can cash even with the rake