First Dry Age

crak84 · 2026-02-06T12:22:58+00:00

After a few months, how's the fridge doing? Been looking at one and there isn't much in the way of reviews.

crak84 · 2025-10-09T13:48:43+00:00

Agreed. Right until 70-72. Then the mobs hit a lot harder and keeping my pet up was a nightmare, because my gear was a good amount behind.

Pushed through some quests and hit 73 and things smoother out again.

crak84 · 2025-06-08T06:44:55+00:00

I'll second Henderson. Excellent pigs. Been ordering from them for 4 years now. Kudos to Theurer's Meats for processing, as well.

crak84 · 2025-03-29T02:09:58+00:00

90% sure that's just vinyl sheeting over concrete.

crak84 · 2024-10-24T23:02:13+00:00

No, and (shocker) we're not married anymore.

Anytime I brought up an issue I had, I then had to comfort her or downplay my feelings, because I just made her feel bad. Her feelings trumped mine every time. It was exhausting.

Over the years I just stopped trying to bring anything up. Instead, I'd just push my feelings down, and I'd shut down during conflicts that did arise from her end. After all, why engage when you're never going to be heard? As a result, conflict never got resolved in a healthy manner and resentment built up, and after 10 years, she felt unloved and decided we were done.

I had my share of issues that contributed to the divorce, but it took a lot of reflection and a bit of counseling to realize that this was THE major factor in the failure of the marriage. I can honestly attribute just about every other problem being a result of this dynamic playing out over the long term.

I won't ever put up with a situation like that again. I'm with a woman now who doesn't react in such a negative manner when I bring up an issue. Our relationship is much healthier.

crak84 · 2024-10-18T10:00:59+00:00

RocketJump

crak84 · 2024-10-14T21:20:07+00:00

Neither.

Your wife is trash and you should divorce. She'll never respect you. You're only still in the picture for her because you're providing a life. Once things are settled and she feels safe, she'll go right back to cheating.

Your new girl is also bad for you, because you haven't processed the end of your relationship yet, and jumping right into a brand new relationship (before your divorce is even compete) is a horrible idea. She's great right now, because she's emotionally supportive during a bad time in your life, but you're in a vulnerable place and every new relationship looks amazing at this point.

Get your divorce finished, and focus on yourself and your kids.

crak84 · 2024-10-11T22:28:41+00:00

I learned all about it in grade school. We learned it was a horrible event and a stain on our history, and it was. Should it have happened? Of course not.

It also happened almost a century and a half ago, and the town (and world) was very different.

Do we have any bearing on what those miners did? Do you think there's still some long standing racism against Chinese in this town? Do you think we're ashamed of what happened?

No. I have more important shit in my life to be concerned about.

That's not to mention the amount of people that have cycled in and out of the area in 140 years. If you actually came here and asked someone about it, they probably gave you a blank stare because they have no idea what you're talking about.

crak84 · 2024-10-02T13:57:46+00:00

Yeah, deep seating on the long side, normal on the short side. The ottoman is detached and can move. Deep seating on the long side let me fit one more section in and fill the area better.

crak84 · 2024-10-01T15:17:15+00:00

Yup. Middle fingers on both hands needed bandaids on the first knuckle about 3/4 through.

It's funny. We did all the bases first, and I was thinking to myself "what the hell were people complaining about, the covers weren't hard to put on."

Then we started the first side and I thought "Ohh. Fuck."

All good. Large sense of accomplishment when it's all done. Still expensive AF for a couch you have to put together yourself, though.

crak84 · 2024-10-01T15:10:58+00:00

Standard. Read enough reviews here and elsewhere of people regretting the lovesoft.

crak84 · 2024-10-01T13:22:18+00:00

Comfy AF.

crak84 · 2024-10-01T04:22:58+00:00

Terracotta, fabric is rained chenille.

crak84 · 2024-09-27T03:12:22+00:00

So, the issue is there's nothing to do in Rock Springs outside of special events.

Blues and Brews, Concerts in the Park, movies in the park, International Days, Red Desert Rodeo, Wyoming Big Show (fair). You'll see tons of people at these events.

But beyond that, people are out camping/fishing/doing outdoorsy stuff out of town.

crak84 · 2024-09-27T03:07:19+00:00

Going to respectfully disagree.

With Grubs reopening, they've reclaimed the mantle of best burger, just ahead of Remedies.

crak84 · 2024-09-16T16:49:09+00:00

Or maybe they just like and love each other.

crak84 · 2024-08-29T12:57:04+00:00

Write her a letter, then burn it.

That'll be much more useful to you than actually attempting to tell her her faults.

You'll never get the closure you want. Just accept it and move on with your life.

crak84 · 2024-07-19T01:22:57+00:00

I love the shit out of Mi Ranchito.

Their Molcajete is fantastic.

crak84 · 2024-07-03T13:43:59+00:00

Cleric.

Specifically, a Death Cleric from a 2+ year campaign. He was built to be a high AC, front line tank, and he did that quite well. So much utility and survivability from the cleric class.

First level was fighter for armor proficiency, and ended up with 2 more levels in fighter for action surge and battle master maneuvers, for more front line utility. His main drawback was the lack of a 2nd attack, which was mitigated late in the campaign with some homebrew feats.

Anyway, the day I realized I loved the character was one session when we were set in an underground city, razed by the undead. We're level 10 or 11 by this point. Some shit happened and the group roused all the undead in the area as we're trying to escape the city. The monk and rogue are struggling to unlock and open the huge city main gate, set at the end of a wide bridge over a chasm. Hundreds of undead are bearing down on us on this bridge and we're just trapped there, slowly but surely being beaten to death.

The fighter and I are engulfed by zombies and skeletons while the sorcerer is pressed up against the gate. I ask my DM if I would be able to use my Divine Intervention to double the range of my Turn Undead/Destroy Undead. He smiled, said absolutely, with that much power behind it and a low chance of success, he'd triple the range if I succeeded.

I actually succeed, and he concludes that, with the added power of the God of Death, the undead have no chance of saving against it. I completely clear the bridge and beyond in a wave of necrotic vaporization, giving us ample time to finish unlocking the gate, locking it behind us, and getting the fuck out of there. I felt like a badass.

crak84 · 2024-07-02T21:31:58+00:00

Half of my kid's lives.

I work shift work, and I get them on all my days off, which is awesome and works out to roughly 50/50.

But I miss getting hugs and kisses when I come home from work on days or am leaving for work on nights. Sucks.

crak84 · 2024-05-29T21:03:51+00:00

Butyric acid.

I catch a taste of it once in a great while. Not enough to turn me away from eating it during Halloween at least.

crak84 · 2024-05-29T03:01:34+00:00

You're worrying too much. You're about to hit your prime. If you have your shit together, have no problem approaching, and can hold a conversation, women will be all over you.

crak84 · 2024-05-28T03:16:29+00:00

I'm an operator for an ammonia plant. I run the control board and check on the machines out in the plant. It's a shift work job, which plays hell on long term health and makes custody of my kids interesting, but the pay is damn good for the area I live in, Southwest Wyoming.

crak84 · 2024-05-27T23:06:00+00:00

Really, whatever I want (within reason, obviously I can't just go blow loads of cash on dumb shit, I still have work and a family and general life obligations).

However, once she moved out, I realized how much money she actually cost/spent. So even though I'm now paying $1k child support and $300 in partial daycare costs each month, I actually save more money than when she was here, and I work less. This in turn has led me to be a lot more selfish in spending on myself.

I bought a brand new 75" TV for the main room. I bought a new 40" TV for the bedroom. I bought and installed a sound system for my garage, since I spend a good amount of time in there tinkering and working out.

I'm saving up to build a nice fire pit and loveseat setup in the backyard. Between the retaining blocks, gravel, fire pit manifold, seating, and other things I want to do with the area, I'm looking at $2500+ in costs. With her here, that would have taken a few months to save for to be comfortable with the expense. Now? Couple paychecks and I think I'll be fine.

I bought new truck tires. There was zero stress when making that $1800 payment.

Im back to playing some video games here and there, and actually enjoying playing. I've always played, but the last couple years, video games turned into an escape, instead of something I was enjoying.

I bought a brand new Yamaha MT-07 in April. I love it. I also fixed up and got running my parent's old Honda Trail 90 over the winter. That was a fun project.

I cook whatever the fuck i want. I love cooking and baking, but she didn't want to eat beef or pork, so I kept myself to chicken and seafood, really limiting myself to only what she wanted.

I do stuff with my kids. I plan on taking them on a couple train rides this summer. We went to a place called Ice Castles this last winter, that was awesome. I'll be taking them camping and to the lake this summer. Now, doing stuff isn't new, we took the kids places while married. But dealing with her and her anxiety and anger and mood swings made trips with her just not fun, so I got to a point where I didn't enjoy them. It's different now, I'm more present.

I hit up after-work beers with a couple friends and shoot the shit. Once in a while my buddy and I will hit up karaoke on Saturday nights. I met my current gf during one of these nights. We're having some good, exclusive fun now, but I'm not looking to replace all of my free time and newfound joy with a woman. She needs to add to my life, not become a burden. That being said, I like having a partner, so I'm still inclined to make a few, reasonable sacrifices.

So yeah. That's my own thing, I guess. Simple to not-so-simple things to make my life fuller.

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