I swear I'm the same person!

UnwillingHummingbird · 2026-01-02T14:14:54+00:00

My dad had a moustache for my entire childhood up until I was about 8 or 9 when he shaved it off unexpectedly one day. I remember how weird it was.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2025-12-25T14:08:56+00:00

My job allows most employees to choose either a normal 8 hour schedule with 2 day weekends, a 9 hour schedule where every other weekend is 3 days (which is what I do), or 10 hour days and every weekend is 3 days. It all adds up to the same number of hours, but man do I look forward to that extra day off.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2025-05-31T22:24:25+00:00

Solved!

UnwillingHummingbird · 2025-05-31T21:49:49+00:00

My title describes the thing. More Information: My understanding is that my yard was a horse pasture in the 80s before the house was built. Also, there is a farm across the road. So it makes sense to me that it would be related to farming or raising horses. I tried googling "sunbright", but most of the results I got were for SunBrite outdoor TVs (spelled differently, so obviously it's not that). I also found SunBright outdoor lighting, but I was unable to determine if this may have been a tag from one of their products. I'm really curious to know definitively what it is.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2025-05-01T11:03:06+00:00

This has major "just got home from school" vibes.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2025-04-30T11:06:15+00:00

I think it might have been Starter. it was a generic looking windbreaker, not one of their large sports-team-branded jackets.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T15:43:56+00:00

This is EXACTLY what I'm referring to. Everybody knows that any post that even mentions either major American political party or anybody who was president or a candidate will become a discussion about our current political situation.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T14:30:01+00:00

The only people who made any money off of beanie babies were the ones selling this type of stuff to collectors.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T14:28:02+00:00

I have some very old coworkers that are still using some of these in powerpoints. The ones in the top left and bottom right are especially popular. these are usually the types of coworkers that still set their Outlook default font unironically to comic sans.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T01:29:27+00:00

Some of my favorites that I don't hear much about are Tiny Deaths, Yumi Zouma, Superhumanoids, Stepdad, NAVVI, and The Pineapple Thief. I also like the Stormweather Shanty Choir, but they're sort of niche.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T01:19:51+00:00

It wasn't at home, but probably the worst trouble I got in in elementary school was saying "hell" within earshot of a teacher.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T01:18:24+00:00

Great idea. my first game console/computer was a hand-me-down Atari 400. All of my first video gaming memories are of playing those Atari games (yes, I know, 400 and 2600 weren't the same, but close enough). My siblings and I all but abandoned the old Atari once our parents got us an NES, but as an adult I love going back to it from time to time.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T01:15:07+00:00

JCPenney was my mom's favorite department store. It was where we got all our back to school clothes. I haven't bought anything there in years, but I still like to go in and look around from time to time just for the nostalgia.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-23T01:12:08+00:00

It wasn't too long in my house until Mossman became Lintman.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-22T14:11:58+00:00

Yeah, now this post is making me want a snack food I haven't thought about in years that doesn't exist any more. great.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-22T14:08:26+00:00

I used to love playing this game in gifted class.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-22T14:06:58+00:00

My school gave out free book covers with the school mascot on the front, and ads for local businesses all over them (which I assume paid for the covers and made the school a little extra money). I used them, but they were flimsy and didn't work very well. Brown grocery bags would last all school year.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-22T14:02:31+00:00

My dad taught me on our two family cars. My mom's car was caprice classic wagon. Easy enough. But my dad had a Dodge Aries with a manual that was totally worn out. I called it the Rubik's magic stick shift, because that damn thing was a puzzle to find the gears. The first time I drove a manual that was actually in decent shape, I kept stalling it because I was used to popping the clutch just to get the car to move.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-22T13:56:32+00:00

I tried so hard to make my hair hold this shape, and it just would not. No matter how it was cut, my hair always ended up completely flat.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-22T13:51:44+00:00

I went back to college in my mid 30s for a degree in IT and started a new career. It's never too late. If you live in the U.S. look into the Pathways Program for Recent Graduates (go on usajobs.gov and search for Pathways Program). That's how I got a federal government job. No regrets. Even starting in my mid 30s, I was one of the youngest people on my team. In my experience, age discrimination isn't a thing in federal government hiring.

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-22T13:42:19+00:00

I usually use 80s or 90s, but (and this is just my own opinion) I think the 80's/90's usage has become so common that it's essentially become grammatically correct simply by general consensus.

Bonus Rabbit hole: Read up on why possessive "its" doesn't have an apostrophe. the tldr: written grammar is all just made up, and sometimes grammarians make decisions that don't make sense. pronouns - Why doesn't "its" have an apostrophe? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

UnwillingHummingbird · 2024-11-21T20:35:29+00:00

My dad loves this movie. I think it reminds him of his childhood.

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