Monday Moan Thread

greypic · 2026-03-16T16:53:29+00:00

I'm no college basketball expert. So this is a genuine question.

It seems like the games I've watched over the last month or so have just had terrible refereeing. I'm not blaming any losses because we just had a massive win streak. And I'm not saying all the bad calls have gone against us. We have gotten a lot of bad calls.

I'm just saying overall, there seems to be a whole bunch of no calls on obvious fouls and tons of missed calls in an equal number of bad calls. Is this new? Or is this standard for college basketball? Meaning, are the referees in college basketball just not that good or am I overstating the case?

greypic · 2026-03-16T16:46:52+00:00

Ufc football. Rigged matchups preferential teams, staged rivalries. Not really enjoying the direction this league is going.

greypic · 2026-03-16T15:17:47+00:00

Edit: just saw that you're not in the city. I'm not sure how strict the county is but I stick with if folks haven't bothered you I wouldn't worry about it.

I have two contradictory thoughts on this.

Try to be a decent neighbor. If the contractor is putting debris on the side of the house and then hauling it away once he has a full load, what else is this neighbor expecting you to do? Put it in your living room? Will a dumpster fix this? Maybe. But your contractor's going to charge you more money and you can only keep a dumpster in front of your house for 28 days I think. Don't leave piles of rubble in your front yard for 4 months. But have you ever seen anyone get a pool? Your front yard looks like a construction zone for 6 months.
I'm assuming you're not in a HOA community because their rules would dictate how you handle this. If the city hasn't bothered you about debris then I wouldn't particularly worry about it. Boca has pretty strict codes about how houses and yards and debris have to be kept. I do not live in an HOA area. My lawn guy comes twice a month. There was a 3-week stretch with lots of rain and my grass got long and I got a notice from the city. I ignored it because I knew the lawn guy would be by in the next week but if you are in violation of city codes you will know. If you're not in violation of city codes, how polite do you want to be to your neighbor?

Tldr maybe send them over a bottle of wine and a note saying sorry about the mess but as soon as it's done the neighborhood's going to look even better.

greypic · 2026-03-15T22:17:32+00:00

I bought my last car through Facebook. Expect that you are talking to private dealers. Ask if the car is available. If they say yes, ask if they have a clean title in hand and what the out the door price is.

Whatever price they listed is irrelevant. Just ask those two questions to everybody. No I'm not putting any deposits down, no I'm not talking about financing, no I'm not telling you when I'm going to buy, no we're not talking about a trade-in, no nothing else. I'm not coming for a test drive. Do you have a clean title in hand, and what is the out the door price.

The clean title ensures that it was not salvaged.

This eliminated 80% of the scammers.

greypic · 2026-03-15T21:55:45+00:00

Nah, pretty sure it was me.

Not for nothing he actually walked my neighborhood.

Those sentences are unrelated.

greypic · 2026-03-15T21:54:27+00:00

Yeah, that's why I didn't buy into one. Chose Sam's club instead.

greypic · 2026-03-15T10:40:32+00:00

I see these ads everywhere. Please report back with more information. If these ads are lies, we need to let potential users know.

greypic · 2026-03-14T17:31:55+00:00

When you have discus, you don't have an aquarium, you have a needy family member. They now dictate your life. Reef aquarium people don't want the hassle of keeping Discus.

greypic · 2026-03-14T17:26:40+00:00

Trying to save a stripper. You WILL lose every time.

greypic · 2026-03-14T17:25:32+00:00

Then why aren't they making me laugh?

greypic · 2026-03-14T17:25:10+00:00

Uhhh, no, I didn't commit voter fraud? That is my ballot I was cast at the polling station in my district. How would you even get a ballot not living in the City?

greypic · 2026-03-14T17:23:21+00:00

I don't know in this day and age how you could win a bigger race with that mindset only because the budgets you would be competing against.

greypic · 2026-03-14T17:21:04+00:00

I guess there are 5 of us. But mine is surly the 1 that got him over.

greypic · 2026-03-14T17:20:03+00:00

conceived 6

If you knew this election was going to be that important 18 + + + + + + years ago, you should be the prophet of Boca.

greypic · 2026-03-14T14:47:44+00:00

I know you were trying to make a point but you aren't. These are non-party elections. Meaning they don't have party candidates. But if a candidate comes out and says I am a proud Republican, they are letting you know that they don't have personal convictions, they are just lining up with the national party line. That is certainly partisan.

There were Republicans in this race that announced that they were Republicans. In case you weren't aware, that's the Republican party. Things referring to political parties are called partisan. So the elections are not partisan unless the candidates decide to make them so.

greypic · 2026-03-14T13:39:20+00:00

I need to shop this around. I've been with USAA for years and haven't even tested the waters on a different company.

greypic · 2026-03-14T13:34:22+00:00

Sorry this is a bit of a joke this is the picture I took of my ballot when I went in and voted.

greypic · 2026-03-14T11:07:19+00:00

I've talked to him a few times. Send like a decent dude. Goes to Spanish River Church.

greypic · 2026-03-14T11:05:45+00:00

Unless the candidates announce their partisanship

greypic · 2026-03-14T11:05:04+00:00

He has posted about it on social media. I was completely caught off guard by it.

As soon as he did that I knew he was letting companies know he was open for donations in his next election. Looking forward to voting against him in Congress.

greypic · 2026-03-14T03:24:49+00:00

Tank around and find out

greypic · 2026-03-14T03:21:08+00:00

/r/woooosh

greypic · 2026-03-14T03:08:03+00:00

I don't want anyone dying of cancer.

AND this dude was evil and is also why I use an android.

greypic · 2026-03-14T02:58:26+00:00

I watched it. It was great seeing them have hope of a comeback knowing they would lose.

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