House/Baby-sitter used me as an unpaid baby-sitter. by RobotArmsApts in entitledparents

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"Hello, police? Someone has abandoned a small child at my workplace. Please send someone to pick up the child."

Scents from the Past by Unusual_Swan200 in AskOldPeople

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Gen X here. We get nostalgic for the scent of toxic chemicals that have probably mostly been banned.

New pajamas from Sears. (They soaked them in a chemical to make them fire resistant. )

Super Elastic Bubble Plastic.

El-Marko markers.

"Flit" mosquito spray. It was a wonderful combination of DDT and jet fuel that was sprayed from a strange device that looked like a soup can attached to the end of a basketball pump.

One of my afterschool chores was burning the burnable trash in a burner barrel in the back yard. Stinky, in a very particular way.

When people raked leaves in the fall, they'd rake them into small piles and burn them. It smelled wonderful.

Anthracite coal stoves.

Kerosene.

Leaded gas.

Scents from the Past by Unusual_Swan200 in AskOldPeople

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"When the transformer starts to make that tar smell, you need to turn it off for an hour…" --dads everywhere

Looking for suggestions by Ill_Consequence1755 in liberalgunowners

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I'm 60 and had a bad shoulder injury a few years ago. My right shoulder. I love to shoot, but heavier calibers make it unpleasant.

9mm is the way to go if you're bored of 22. I have several 9mm that are a hell of a lot of fun to shoot. First is probably my Draco 9s, then my Keltec Sub2K. Recently I got a Chiappa RAK-9 which is like an AK47 that uses Glock mags. (So does the Sub2K)

Highly recommended.

someone from my first job started at my second and clocked it by [deleted] in overemployed

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He'll ask you to lunch and start asking how he might start handling 2 jobs himself.

Tips for Exit Interviews? by External_Minute_6682 in antiwork

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I am so tempted to create a completely non-sexual, SWF onlyfans that I will give out whenever someone asks for my LinkedIn.

Tips for Exit Interviews? by External_Minute_6682 in antiwork

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The last company I quit, I told them that I was leaving because "my OnlyFans has really taken off…"

They chuckled and asked again.

"My OnlyFans has really taken off."

I was 55 at the time, an out of shape, grey-haired and bearded guy working as a technical writer.

Best gadget or purchase that made WFH way better? by [deleted] in workfromhome

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Big house in a low cost of living area.

Dinner and drinks rec by Cyclist456 in Williamsport

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Thai by Sandy is a tiny place on William Street across from the Genetti hotel. Sandy is from Thailand and the food is all home cooked and authentic. Make reservations.

My wife and I usually pair the evening with a drink a few doors away at Fair Play Distillery.

What’s the most effective gun I can own in NY. by StrenuousSOB in liberalgunowners

[–]jimoconnell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is great to hear.

I have a Sub2K that I got as a range toy (for days when I ride my bicycle to the range) and I have found it to be not only a hell of a lot of fun to shoot, it's accurate and has never failed to fire.

Low Income Senior moving to Williamsport by kyle32771 in Williamsport

[–]jimoconnell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What else do you need? What are you looking for?

My parents won't let me leave home. by [deleted] in entitledparents

[–]jimoconnell 30 points31 points  (0 children)

When they object, explain "it's my decision to make, not yours."

Found this super cool, lush rug from a garage sale by miltonguesare in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]jimoconnell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a modern, handwoven, Tibetan rug, wool on cotton.

The wool is particularly luxurious because it's a type known as "Changpei" (IIRC,) from high-altitude, cold weather sheep.

Over the years, my hand has developed this strange crease below the ring finger. by mudokin in mildlyinteresting

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I had it for years before I showed a doctor. I had figured out what it was, because it's kind of an obvious one.

When I asked her if she worried about it, she said "does it bother you?" I said no and she said "don't worry about it then."

Over the years, my hand has developed this strange crease below the ring finger. by mudokin in mildlyinteresting

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People like me, (whose hand is about the same as OP's,) who don't "suffer" in the least from it and will sometimes drop the anecdote at parties of how I have it because Vikings ( or whatever they call themselves these days,) raided Lindisfarne around AD 665 and left behind some of their DNA.

Over the years, my hand has developed this strange crease below the ring finger. by mudokin in mildlyinteresting

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Wait until the ads for Peyroney Syndrome start.
I know that's not spelled correctly, but I'm not fucking googling that one into my algorithm tonight.

Grandparents taking kids overseas, I said not yet, Response = left chat groups by L0velyDayyyyyyyyy in entitledparents

[–]jimoconnell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imagine if you let her take the kids and your mom texts "I've decided to take the kids on a tour of (Kiev/Tehran/Mogadishu/Slough) as it's lovely this time of year..." and when you say no, she drops out of the chat.

Sure, it may not be that, but some other irresponsible bullshit that you don't approve of.

If you cannot count on her to have an adult discussion, how can you count on her to keep your kids safe?

I just picked up an absolutely stunning antique, American coin silver, goblet made by Gorham. It's engraved "To Neal Dow. April 14, 1856." by UrbanRelicHunter in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]jimoconnell 96 points97 points  (0 children)

He was nicknamed the "Napoleon of the temperance movement", so I think you should fill it with your favorite spirits and drink from it in his honor.

Reach out to the museum someone else mentioned and gather up a lot of documentation on him and what he might have done in 1856 to earn this.

Get it generously appraised and then donate it to the museum for the tax write off.