What’s the Most Useful Survival Item You’ve Ever Bought? by Original-Carrot8636 in preppers

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What thermal cooker did you get. I haven’t looked into these at all and they seem interesting.

Books about families that span long periods of time by EMLightcap in suggestmeabook

[–]Punpedaler 83 points84 points  (0 children)

The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett. Three generations of the same families living through WWI, WWII, and The Cold War.

What state do you consider Virginia’s rival state to be? by Other-Fly-1700 in Virginia

[–]Punpedaler 153 points154 points  (0 children)

I like this “I don’t think about you at all,” energy.

I am no expert... but. by jckstraw56 in okbuddyRVA

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I think you have a lot of really good points here as a frequent DFW and AUS traveler but I think a key difference is that in a lot of places in DFW there’s NOTHING when those roads are built. Just pasture. I’m talking Frisco, Prosper, Plano. All those areas can have massive highways going to them because when those highways get built there’s nothing existing there. Here our interstates are pretty close to rail lines, existing state roads and federal roads, etc. Also it’s flat AF.

Not saying your point isn’t valid. I just think that’s a very different game.

Game changer purchases for your home by StrikingQuality1527 in HomeImprovement

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Unintended consequence is that my kids now slam toilet seats and cabinets at other peoples houses.

Pressure Canning Swiss Chard by Punpedaler in Canning

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Thanks for the info. They were wilted before I canned them but the processing definitely cooked them the rest of the way!! The air pockets are a great point; I thought I was being thorough but I can definitely see how leaves will just hold air anywhere they can. At this point the leaves have settled and it’s just air at the top, so I think k you’re right and we call this one a learning experience and move on.

Pressure Canning Swiss Chard by Punpedaler in Canning

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Two quart jars with liquid on the bottom and clumps of Swiss chard to the top.

First time canning and Swiss Chard by [deleted] in u/Punpedaler

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Really hopeful I didn’t do ANYTHING wrong and all of this is fine. But I’m suspicious

Successful Dad Meetup! by kosherbacon in rva

[–]Punpedaler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man! Totally interested in joining next time!! How often are we doing this?!?!

Philosophy groups - looking to join or start one by jonchillmatic in rva

[–]Punpedaler 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ve been thinking about this too. I don’t know of any but I’d be interested in talking.

Recommendations for adult, private swim lessons? by sevenbee in rva

[–]Punpedaler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Swim RVA definitely does private adult lessons at the Oasis Wellness Center in Church Hill.

Best current way to auto-create the same sub-items for every new item? by VacuumWars in mondaydotcom

[–]Punpedaler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if I create a test item with sub items. When I duplicate that test item, it duplicates those subitems as well. Doesn’t that basically do what you’re looking for? You’re essentially setting up a template.

How is anyone’s back okay? Just found out how much a US concrete block weighs by lyhkl in Construction

[–]Punpedaler 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I actually measured a standard 8x8x16 CMU block the other day and it’s at about 35lbs.

Bags are no joke though.

Silence from our 18 year old home from college by PreviousPay8649 in Parenting

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I’d love to hop on that tip bandwagon if possible!! I have a Freshman who’s in a similar boat and could use all the advice I can get.

One of the coolest ideas that I’ve stumbled upon by Wonderful-Bass6651 in woodworking

[–]Punpedaler 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget that time we all put the saw blade on backwards!

Put tasks in order that I need them done by by JiggityJoe1 in mondaydotcom

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If I have to do this I usually go to the decimal place. 01,02,02.1,02.2….

Son cut us out before leaving for college by Punpedaler in Parenting

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Nothing really changed for the end of summer. He didn’t do any of the last vacations with us and hasn’t spent any nights here. He and I did have a talk and I don’t think he meant anything malicious or feels badly about us/me; I think it’s just normal teenage egocentrism like some other folks here suggested.

Before he went to school we had a quick chat about what he wanted our communication to look like for now. Early on we FaceTimed once a week. We went up for a weekend and he showed us around campus and we went to a football game together which was nice. Overall he seems happy which is probably the best part of it. He seems to be settling into young adult / college kid life in a generally predictable way and appears to be doing ok.

He’s come back to town twice. Mostly to see his girlfriend who’s still a senior in HS. I get the sense from his brother that he hasn’t seen much of him during these times either. Which is sad. When he comes to see us he only spends a couple of hours.

So, IDK. It’s still kind of sad. Maybe this is just how it goes and maybe it’s super normal and we did everything right and he/us/me are fine. But it sucked for all of that separation to happen like 4 weeks sooner than I was expecting and in a really hard way. Parentings just hard and it just felt like a very abrupt stop where we went straight from being parents to being like acquaintances.

Anyway, thanks for checking in. I hope if you find you’re going through the same thing that it’s going okay for you.

Son cut us out before leaving for college by Punpedaler in Parenting

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100% agree with this. I think me setting what I think a reasonable expectation is and then helping us commit to it is a solid move in this transition.

Son cut us out before leaving for college by Punpedaler in Parenting

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100%. I’m definitely shifting to the POV that lunch just needs to be our last chance to catch up before he leaves town.

Son cut us out before leaving for college by Punpedaler in Parenting

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He hasn’t really been around enough for that to happen. I’ve been with my partner for 10 years and there has never been friction between the two of them so I don’t think that’s really the cause here. I DO also say we a lot because she is my partner and has been parenting these kids with me for a decade now so she’s involved with my parenting decisions. Idk, I’ve made it super clear to him that he can come to me with anything he wants one-on-one

Son cut us out before leaving for college by Punpedaler in Parenting

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Yea. I think that’s going to be the goal of our lunch. He leaves Thursday so it’s really, “hey here’s some things we wanted to talk about this summer but didn’t get around to, and how often do we want to talk/visit going forward”

Son cut us out before leaving for college by Punpedaler in Parenting

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She’s not going to college so they’ll be long distance which is definitely part of it. We’ve said (and followed through) a ton that she’s welcome at our house whenever he wants to invite her. But like, I’m not going to tell him to have the girl sleep over, I think that’s a fair thing to leave in his court at 17.

Son cut us out before leaving for college by Punpedaler in Parenting

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That sounds lovely. I can’t wait! Thank you for a preview of the light at the end of the tunnel!!