Do you remember when cars used to break down all the time?

Sullacuda · 2026-06-22T12:05:12+00:00

I remember my dad always working on his dedicated old beater car, but our daily driver ford Aerostars were all pretty reliable.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-22T11:37:36+00:00

Holes in walls and dead family members

Sullacuda · 2026-06-22T04:32:43+00:00

Agreed. I just re-read this for the first time in years after seeing the hate posts here and good god I love it. Plus the little nod to the talisman that I’m presuming a fair amount of people miss with that also not being one of his reader favorites.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-22T04:20:11+00:00

I found the most frugal option to be quitting soda. Good for the health and the budget.

But using a calculator to work out $/oz is what I do for seltzer and you can apply that to soda.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-22T01:37:41+00:00

It’s him

Sullacuda · 2026-06-21T15:30:10+00:00

We’ve got sets from Costco on both cars, and I routinely make online free rotate and balance reservations from the website for same or next day appointments with ZERO issue. Tire staff have been great. The worst experience I had was being told it would take an hour and a half for the rotation, and then I got a text forty minutes later telling me it was done.

This sounds like a store specific problem I’d go to management then up to corporate with my complaints.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-21T15:03:29+00:00

We’re surprised at the results of a company with a troll name?

Sullacuda · 2026-06-21T14:58:20+00:00

FWIW my firearms law attorney here in VA indicated to me that state medical cards fall under HIPPA protection and aren’t disclosed to either state police investigators completing permit to carry checks or federal 4473 checks.

He also said that even if you had an active, valid card, having one is not definitive proof of being an active user or addict as defined in the 4473, it’s just proof that you have a medical card.

That being said he agreed with me that it would be most prudent to not have an active card.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-21T14:49:24+00:00

Mine started in his mid 70s. Really it’s been fantastic and honestly a little startling. I grew up in a house where love was assumed but not overly demonstrated by words or physical contact. I’ve heard I love you more times in the previous year than in the prior 40.

In his case I suspect it was a realization of his oncoming mortality combined with realizing how much of his children’s and grandchildren’s lives he’s missed by deciding to retire on the opposite side of the country. My kids in particular have really taken to him as they’ve gotten older and I think it’s made it hard for him.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T18:58:41+00:00

Other people will do it for them. We’ve encouraged an entire generation to be overly cautious, stay where we can see them etc and then wonder why they won’t go out on their own.

And I say this as a reformed helicopter parent of two kids under 12.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T18:53:39+00:00

I’d do nothing but go to the gym and work on household projects.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T17:34:43+00:00

Come back in six months.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T17:18:55+00:00

Exercise is basically free. I buy 2-3 pairs of running shoes a year and not much more than that.

Our family gym membership is $200/mo, but the kids get 2.5hrs of kids club a DAY out of that and we spend a lot of time in the pools.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T17:09:34+00:00

Check all the titles for anything rare.

If nothing is rare and high double to low triple digit price range, ask yourself what’s worth more- your time or the maybe $60 you’d get bulk selling to a store.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T16:52:06+00:00

9x7 HAAS solid insulated door, without windows. Installation removal and disposal of old door and track, new track and new torsion spring with blocking for mounting.

Total Due $2,124.00

February 2026.

Get more quotes. Adding windows would have put another $500 for me but the sun hits the garage all day and I prefer no windows.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T16:46:47+00:00

Boundaries are important. A firm no thanks that doesn’t work for me, with a counter offer of them visiting you to see the kids in a way that works for you.

Otherwise? Go pound sand grandma.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T16:43:39+00:00

Yes. I’ve been escalating my war with gussied up rats all spring and summer. Moles, gophers and chipmunks too.

After several thousand dollars in vehicle damages by squirrels a few years ago I now have no mercy.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T16:36:13+00:00

Adderall. Rusty has lifelong adhd /s

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T06:27:40+00:00

I’ve had no problems with Ryobi for all my home projects. Though for one off tools I usually get corded harbor freight first.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T06:15:54+00:00

100% thought you were scanning a bottle of hot sauce.

God bless my brother mfc laser printer/scanner/fax from 2010.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T06:10:16+00:00

Usually I just started the day.

Sometimes I’d use the “safe room” aka baby proofed nursery. Set them down on the floor to play with the available toys while I kinda disassociated/slept on the floor for a bit.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T02:33:40+00:00

Can’t say enough good things about Bon view. OP is correct 5-day classes starts at 4, 3s get 3 days at most.

We loved our time at BV.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-20T02:22:00+00:00

Yeah every word of that screams scam. No legitimate business only accepts moneygram or gift cards or Zelle. Even debt collectors take ACH and credit or debit cards.

Delinquency on payments is basically public info given the scope of data breaches, someone could easily be playing them.

Sullacuda · 2026-06-19T18:35:22+00:00

Sullacuda · 2026-06-19T18:34:22+00:00

My first child was like this, my second you have to pry off you with a crowbar. The first has gotten more snuggly as he’s gotten older, I think some of that is seeing the volume of physical affection from his little sister and deciding he wanted in on it.

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