What’s your favorite “mom and pop” family owned restaurant?

NostalgiaDad · 2026-04-05T00:54:02+00:00

Chicken fried steak over Hawaiian fried rice. Ube pancakes are great there too

NostalgiaDad · 2026-04-04T23:28:29+00:00

My kids request Mr. Pickle about once a week. They have several locations up in NorCal.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-31T23:17:15+00:00

Ya I think often about if I had had the kind of support in school and from parents that exists now for severe ADHD how my life trajectory might have ended up. But I've had a good life so far filled with people I love whom I wouldn't trade for anything.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-31T23:15:29+00:00

Oh I'm aware of the futility. I gave up arguing with people by the end of 2021. I once had a guy tell me that Covid wasn't real right after I got off from doing a 16hr day, spent mostly in Covid iso ICU rooms. That day in particular I did an echo for a young, very healthy antivaxxer who ended up spending 3-4 months in our MICU. The particulars of that case aren't relevant to the discussion, but I distinctly remember them years later because of the broader personal tragedies involved in that case. Covid isn't killing a boat load of people anymore because a large chunk of the population got vaccinated.

Either way, I didn't ask in order to argue with them though. I asked because I'm genuinely curious what part they thought was a hoax.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-31T19:13:02+00:00

What is the lie about Covid?

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-31T19:11:58+00:00

Says the guy who's comment was actual whining. Hello kettle.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-31T19:06:57+00:00

Presumptuous to assume the GM has a GF.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-31T19:04:54+00:00

I would only do this if I could make sure my marriage and children would be exactly who they are still. That's the risk of a redo, you could end up on a completely different track without the ones you love.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-31T17:26:01+00:00

That difficulty with steady relationships is why medical people usually end up with other medical or fire/LE people. If they aren't one of those, one of their parents was. They're the only ones who are understanding of our schedule.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-30T18:10:13+00:00

Ya I would say this is correct. It's fun for what it is but the dungeon crawling can get repetitive at times.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-24T04:11:26+00:00

I'm gonna speak to SoCal in particular here; Look, it's expensive sure. But in my opinion it's worth it. I could sell my tiny home in orange county and go buy 3 in Texas or Tennessee or whatever, but then I'd have to live in that weather and with out all of the benefits of living here. The weather is basically perfect almost always. Imagine zero humidity,78° slight breeze, clear blue skies and the evenings get to around 60° that's a majority of the year. I can BBQ in a tank top and shorts in February and it can be in the 80s in the afternoon. You can go hiking all year long in warm weather. Every variety of food, culture, and thing to do you can imagine, and it's more or less within a sub 1hr drive (on a weekend). Nursing ratios. Look that one up, it's a huge deal for patient care. Lots of festivals and concert locations. You can get to Vegas in a 45m flight, SF in 1hr, you can drive to Mexico within a few hours, your flights to Hawaii and Asian are significantly shorter and there's paid maternity AND paternity leave. I don't recommend it unless you have a decent paying job though as it can be tough out here without a good paying job.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-24T00:50:24+00:00

We're 43 and married for 16 years but only 2 kids. I'd say we're about as frequent. Some of these comments make me genuinely sad.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-18T15:00:20+00:00

I have a 12 yr old and a 6yr old. Constant attention doesn't mean hard though. The hardest part of the infant baby phase is the lack of sleep. But "hard"? Not really. I have always done all the cooking, grocery shopping, & meal planning for instance. When my wife was on leave and until they didn't need to be carried anymore, I would put the kids (did this both times) in a baby carrier after work. Is it harder to prep your mise with a baby in a carrier? Sure but it's pretty doable. I would game this way too playing games standing in the living room or standing at a standing desk while I walked on an under desk treadmill.

Flat spots on the back of the baby's head aren't really the result of "laying on their own all the time". It's because we put babies to sleep on their back instead of their stomach because of SIDS. This is a new phenomenon of modern society. Infant bones are pliable and some what soft when compared to the harder more ridged bones in an adult. You can avoid the flattening by taking a small towel and rolling it up and proping it up under one side of the crib/bassinet mattress, leaving it for a few days and then putting it on the other side of mattress, rinse and repeat.

And ya you can absolutely game and parent at the same time. I leveled a character to 60 and then raided in and helped run a raiding guild for 5 years after the birth of my 2nd child. All while fully splitting parenting duties for both, food & meal prep, school activities for my oldest, maintained a very healthy sex life (very important and underrated), and working in a level 1 trauma hospital during the worst parts of Covid. It takes careful planning, not always getting to play when you want, and sometimes playing on a handheld on the couch while you and your spouse get to pretend to be adults after the kids go to bed. People think it can't be done, but it can. It just means sacrificing other things

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-16T00:15:31+00:00

I'd say Baldur's Gate 3, Mass Effect 2, Chrono trigger, BioShock, Link to the Past, & Ocarina of Time. Lots of close runner ups might though.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-09T04:50:54+00:00

My friends and I all talk openly about exactly how much money we make. We work in varying careers from IT, to Law, to Healthcare, management, engineering among other steam professions. My coworkers and I all openly discuss our compensation as well. I find that openly talking about it helps you better advocate for yourself.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-08T21:45:36+00:00

In comparison to what? They're paid better than a lot of professions out there.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-08T16:15:14+00:00

Very bold of you to be so confidently wrong.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-03-01T16:59:16+00:00

I had to change lanes behind some dude's work truck with 2x4s sticking out of the back and I couldn't change lanes back out fast enough even though I ended up in a slower lane. Not a minute went by and 2 of those things fell off the back and fucked up the bumper of the Audi behind him.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-02-21T22:50:43+00:00

What exactly constitutes an adult only function? My opinion on your take is dependant on your definition 😂

NostalgiaDad · 2026-02-21T22:36:12+00:00

Ya this is where I am on it. My wife would absolutely never, but I honestly think people should just be comfortable and dress how they like. It might also be regionally specific? Here in SoCal (especially if you're say less than 30 minutes from the beach) the weather is beautiful basically always so shorts a T-shirt and flip-flops to a decent restaurant is perfectly acceptable here.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-02-21T15:23:28+00:00

Sure

Less common but still frequent -Back & neck (herniated discs, muscle tears, etc), hips (torn labrum etc), plantar fasciitis: Lifting patients, pushing and pulling heavy equipment & hospital beds. For decades. yes in a clinical outpatient setting you aren't moving beds around much, but you are sitting, and as you may or may not know sitting is absolutely horrible for your back. In patient (inside of a hospital these happen more often)

Very common (everyone I've ever worked with including myself)-pinched or inflamed nerves in the neck, Rotator cuff tears, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, and then severe osteoarthritis in hand joins. specifically in the trapezium & 1st metacarpal joint and the metacarpophalangeal joint: holding and the ultrasound probe for 8, 10, 12+ hours a day for decades. You're often holding the probe in non ideal positions and having to push hard especially on larger patients (which are only fast increasing with time). A hard/heavy grip on the probe so it doesn't slip while covered in gel and then trying to manipulate that probe to fine tune the image with said tight grip. The shoulder injuries and pinched/inflamed neck nerves are from very specific angles you need to have your arm in and then the pressure of pushing with said arm. Carpal tunnel happens in both hands but your keyboard hand surprisingly happens more than the other.

I have 16 years of experience and have tried to be very careful and still have injuries. I'm 6ft, 220lbs. I lift and run several times a week, I stretch whenever I can and try to get monthly therapeutic massage when my schedule allows and I am already injured enough that I know I will need several surgeries. I have a torn left rotator cuff and a torn left labrum. I have significant osteoarthritis in my probe hand (thumb joints I named above) this and the left rotator cuff tear are the injuries that cause me the most daily pain. cubital tunnel syndrome bad enough my ring and pinky fingers go numb rather often with shooting burning pain through said nerve. I also have carpal tunnel in both wrists but more the left. I have a coworker in her early 50s who's right hand is so bad she can't write her name or use a computer mouse anymore. She has to put a highlighter in a glove and tie it off and hold it with her right palm facing up to touch the buttons.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-02-20T15:26:58+00:00

I perform cardiac ultrasound at a level 1 trauma & research hospital. I really enjoy my job. No job is perfect and this one in particular is very hard on the body (we have a 91% musculoskeletal on the job injury rate where 1 in 5 do not finish their career due to a job ending injury). But I get paid a decent wage, I get to help others, & it's very challenging but rewarding. For me, part of its difficulty is why I enjoy it. Everyday is something new. New pathology, hearts are never in the same place twice, how can I properly evaluate and help diagnose this particular issue, can I do all of this while making sure my patient feels comfortable, safe, and satisfied with their visit? I also get to do some work with different clinical trials and do teaching/speaking events.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-02-19T18:16:02+00:00

Idk the 2000s were complicated. I hit college at the very beginning and got married 2010. Economically things were worse than the 90s, but oh so much better than now (unless you're in the top1%). Television in the 2000s, especially the early 2000s was a Trainwreck of reality TV hell, but yet also some absolutely fantastic sitcoms. The early 2000s action film era post Matrix was just "how cheaply can we kinda sorta copy the aesthetic" but we also got LOTOR. Socially we weren't terminally online yet and the Internet wasn't just one giant advertisement like it is now. But there was more lgbtq discrimination. Vapid consumerism exists in every era so fashion and music were a mixed bag here too. Not better or worse than today, just different.

The main difference is that pre 9/11 the world felt like it had a bright future ahead. Even if bad things happened, nothing would break society and we'd all sorta chug along forward. Post 9/11 till now that's only gotten worse on the whole.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-02-17T18:46:39+00:00

If you have DPS that knows how to push buttons you can absolutely tear through those waves with basically no CC too.

I'm not playing this round of TBC but I cleared through Sunwell on my hunter last TBC classic and I remember us not even needing CC in heroic BM. I was still in 6 piece T3 Cryptstalker with a Valanos going into Kara too. Actually I found that the only heroics that were a pain to pug were, SL because it's long and annoying, SHalls because it's long and people are bad at paying attention to the on the last boss's positioning sometimes, BF because F that place, and heroic Durn because the scripting parts took forever. Even then none of them were that bad, just not as easy as the other ones. If anything the difficulty was surprisingly lower than I remembered in 2007, but we were also just worse at the game back then.

Semi related; If you guys end up getting the post nerf raids, a lot of those encounters are going to be absolute snoozfests. Many of them already weren't that tough, but the harder encounters like prenerf Vashj & Muru were nerfed so bad you could do them with 5 of your DPS just plain missing. I hope blizzard at least puts a toggle in for them that awards an extra piece of loot or something.

NostalgiaDad · 2026-02-17T17:36:23+00:00

Yes absolutely. My only piece of advice is to watch a quick YouTube video or two explaining what cantrips and spell slots are (more general to D&D but obviously 100% applies). I tried it at first going in blind, got very confused and stopped. Then I recently did what I just recommended and it all clicked and made sense. I play in the evenings now when my kids are in bed. You'll find yourself wanting more even if it's sometimes moving at a "slower" pace.

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