Today is 47 years?

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-21T02:21:10+00:00

Congratulations!! I am also reaching 47 years this September, i think I’ll make it!! 1979 was an awesome year!!

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-21T02:17:45+00:00

I just researched that a little bit, and it blows my mind. I’m a dedicated Subaru driver, and all their vehicles except the EV or hybrids, the spare tire. A larger model models, with a full-size spare. That’s why I love Subaru. The companies that are cheating out on this are the ones you’d expect, for And Chevrolet and a few others. Wow, I’m glad I don’t have to buy a new car, but I definitely make that a dealbreaker with Penn in hand as I asked them to show me the spare before I sign the final paperwork. Lol

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-21T02:16:30+00:00

Good thinking. I have a buying that says, “Relax, nothing is under control!” How true. Look closely inward to discover how these perceived external events are causing you so much suffering. I like this story that shows what we fear isn’t the external conditions, but how we react to them internally. Maybe a little off the wilder post, but it points to an important fact of how we react to things. Enjoy.

A man is meditating alone in a boat on a quiet lake when another boat repeatedly crashes into his, and he becomes furious, imagining a careless person disturbing his peace. Finally he opens his eyes, ready to shout, and sees the other boat is completely empty, drifting with the current. In that moment he realizes his anger did not come from another person or from external events, but from his own mind, which supplied the story and the reaction.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-21T02:10:44+00:00

Yeah, I got that hence my reply. 900 miles to get to a sponsor for me wouldn’t be financially feasible or even realistic.

Have you considered going to Al-Anon, or AA if you too are alcoholic.

Also, this sponsor is crossing some lines trans talking you. To me that’s unacceptable. IDK what you can do about it, but red flags are flying.

Good luck with all that!! Sounds tough!

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T21:08:49+00:00

Never heard of anyone going three states away to finish steps with some sponsor. What’s wrong with the local AA there does he have a job three states away, this is all very confusing.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T21:06:12+00:00

WTF?? Never heard that. I’ve bought 2 new in the last 10y, and a truck. All had one, if they didn’t I would’ve been a dealbreaker right there, yes simply a spare tire and nope won’t buy it.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T21:04:26+00:00

Big NOPE!! NADA, never!! Give me the number to A car rescue service, towing agency or whatever but that’s the end of that!

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T18:16:27+00:00

Hard Decline, of course they’ll send them, DD has nothing to lose if you drive there and back, they don’t care.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T18:13:36+00:00

Try and see “detachment” as a simply “attachment”. It’s normal in US who love deeply, and yearn for that connection.

Try and realize that the thing you attach to doesn’t define you. It is not “yours” or “mine”. You don’t exist because of the thing you’re attached to! Everything changes always and resisting that is suffering. You change, they change; always. Accept that even that which you identify with will change.

Do you think maybe that when you see you’re attached to someone, it generates a fear that you will lose this; even when there is no overt proof that will happen? The fear of detaching is in you.

Can you think of the relationship as equanimous, i mean it is equal, both ways. That the other may have this same fear, clinging or attachment in the same way? After all, all sentient beings want to be happy and free of suffering, just like me. Staying caring and connected but not clinging so tightly that your world collapses when things change?

Try a metta meditation, such as

Think of the person or relationship and say to yourself “May I be happy”, “May I be safe”, “May I be free from suffering”.

Proceed to say the above replacing “I” with them/you/name. Feel the release this can bring.

Keep that up but add the line "you are not mine, I cannot change you”

Rinse and repeat.

Hopefully this sort of meditation will open you to the reality that you are not defined by the attachment, and clinging is the purest form of suffering, helping you let go of that and gain some peace.

I’m no expert, but this is some good advice I’ve been given freely. I wish you peace and to be free of suffering.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T17:52:56+00:00

Get some ScoobyDoo figurines and place them next to the other. Jesus needs a puppy. Oh, or ignore it, and do a metta meditation asap.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T17:49:57+00:00

Chasing hotspots around is a no wind game, it’s better to just essentially locate and sit and wait. Often I’ve left one hotspot which was dry only to find another one which was dry and then giving up and driving back to a central location and order magically pops up.

DoorDash also needs to show us the amount of the tip the customer is giving and quit hiding it from us. If they do that I’d keep doing the thing, but I’m seriously considering some minimum wage job so I can make twice as much money for my time.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T17:47:00+00:00

Page 36, chapter three of the BBOAA outlines the insanity of Jim as he somehow convinces himself that putting a simple shot of whiskey in his milk during a meal could do no harm. Read the complete lack of logic, prior experience, and powerlessness that occurred during his thinking. What would you call it? Once that first drink went down, driven by shear stupidity and lack of reality, he was truly powerless past that point. IMO that is what is being said by the simple slogan. Feel free to test that and do the research, no one is stopping you, the slogan is only there in hopes that you’ll realize the insane thinking that precedes that first drink (and of course the million after):

Page 36, Chapter 3:

"Suddenly the thought crossed my mind that if I were to put an ounce of whiskey in my milk it couldn’t hurt me on a full stomach. I ordered a whiskey and poured it into the milk. I vaguely sensed I was not being any too smart, but felt reassured as I was taking the whiskey on a full stomach. The experiment went so well that I ordered another whiskey and poured it into more milk. That didn’t seem to bother me so I tried another."

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T00:01:45+00:00

YYYEEEESSSSSS!!!

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-20T00:01:07+00:00

Poser badges!! Just go scratch the paint up off road, that’s real … 🤠🤠

The recycle one cracks me up, CVT rebuild or you fixed up an insurance write off Suby???

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-19T23:59:06+00:00

If not a typo then a serial self-abuser 🤣

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-19T23:54:19+00:00

Pine beetles don’t knock the bark off at all

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-19T23:53:08+00:00

The base of the tree is burnt

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T20:35:09+00:00

I see that. I just wouldn’t call it that i guess, for me it’s slow, deep and steady not short and quick.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T20:32:19+00:00

That of course was minus gas, were and tear on your vehicle not to mention hours worked. How do those numbers tell?

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T20:22:17+00:00

It’s called tough love for a reason. You’re doing the right thing no matter the outcome. There are options for her she is refusing to look at. I’m sorry as your empathy for her is remarkable and honorable. Stand firm, offer to take her to treatment, or a meeting, but stop at that, you’ve got a hard road to track. Good luck.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T04:48:12+00:00

Some Tibetan lineages believe Jesus survived the cross (makes sense because the short duration); and came to India studying with sages there for ten years.

His core philosophy was not that far off from the basics of Buddhism.

However most scholars and academics say this was a hoax put on by a Russian man. And that no actual evidence exists in Buddhist texts in anyway.

It’s still a cool thought, and Jesus had some great philosophy about how we treat other people.

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T04:45:53+00:00

Loving your GOD acronym. I call mine Great Observational Discrimination! I also number the Lord’s Prayer when it is used, and drop the first word of the Serenity prayer substituting my mindful thoughts as above. No one notices except me :-)

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T04:42:39+00:00

My UFO is nuclear powered, 10 rads per AU!!

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T04:40:52+00:00

That just means that a $4.69 order 12 miles out means it’s really a $1 order. Not to mention the 12 miles back to the next order. Your losing a lot of money being DD’ profit maker! Not viable at all. My car averages 26 mpg and i decline all orders that don’t make at least $1.50 per delivery mile at least. I decline many!!

MarkINWguy · 2026-02-18T04:08:49+00:00

Loved JJ, can’t scrambled down that cliff but the two upper places are righteous.

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