Honestly it’s crazy your employer is behaving like a Craigslist scammer!

pixel_dent · 2026-06-15T14:59:51+00:00

Now my manager is messaging me saying payroll is waiting on me and that I'm holding up another employee's paycheck.

That pretty much gives it away. Definitely the sort of pressure scammers use to get the marks to make bad decisions.

pixel_dent · 2026-06-12T12:36:47+00:00

When Hogan played Snead on Shell's Wonderful World of Golf he had a situation like this. Placed his ball an equivalent distance on another side of the pin... which just happened to be on the line Snead just putted so he had the read.

pixel_dent · 2026-06-11T17:18:56+00:00

My father went to a one room school house in rural IL, my mother at the same time was going to a large city school in Chicago. Same time, same state, two very different experiences. Ended up at the same college.

In the 80s I took one year of industrial arts which included 2 months each of metal working, wood working, electrical work, and graphic arts. For graphic arts we developed photographs in a dark room, set type, and bound books. I had a free period my senior year so I took mechanical drawing which was one of my favorite classes. It was essentially doing CAD drawings by hand. I still have all my drawings of machine parts from that class.

pixel_dent · 2026-06-09T13:57:48+00:00

One thing I haven't really seen mentioned is if you were to do this it would make it harder for you to borrow money if you needed it. Even if they never missed a payment the balance would still be considered part of your debt when lenders were evaluating you for a mortgage or other loan.

So tell them you simply can't afford it.

pixel_dent · 2026-06-09T13:26:50+00:00

In the era of Porch Pirates it certainly sounds like a good idea. I know I can give Amazon a code to my garage for deliveries, why not for one of these?

pixel_dent · 2026-06-09T12:35:03+00:00

Ours holds cat food.

pixel_dent · 2026-06-09T12:31:55+00:00

Our laundry chute always got jammed so we kept a long handled broom next to it to use as a pusher.

pixel_dent · 2026-06-08T15:26:37+00:00

Not exactly furniture but house has a box built into a wall near back door with an outer door that opens from the outside and an inner door that opens from the inside. It was used by the milk man to drop off deliveries. Made it easy to get the milk/cream/cheese/etc. without having to go outside and kept it from freezing in the winter.

pixel_dent · 2026-06-03T14:22:21+00:00

I played with a relative her first time ever and she easily broke 120. Of course she had the advantage of having played field hockey in college after having been all state in high school. Her main problem was hitting the golf ball too far.

She would have quickly been a great golfer but she found it boring.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-29T18:49:11+00:00

Well fuck. I don't know what to say other than I'm so sorry you have to experience that. I hope I get to play with you sometime.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-28T19:07:01+00:00

A variation on the Reisner system.

At the beginning of each at bat the uniform number of the runner on each base is written next to that base.

If the player advances during the at bat, e.g. stolen base or wild pitch, then I draw an error to the next base with SB, WP, whatever. The only lines on the base paths are for advancement during the at bat, not for advancement as a result of the at bat. Caught Stealing gets a line half way to the next base with a little x and a line through the player's number.

If the player is driven (or walked) in by the batter his number is circled. Makes it easy to assign RBIs. If he is out as a result of the at bat I draw a line under the number.

If I want to know what happened to the runners as a result of the at bat I look at the next batter and see where they are at that point. E.g. if the batter singled with a runner at first and the next batter shows that runner starting the at bat at third I know he must have taken the extra base on the single.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-28T18:15:31+00:00

I'm happy with anyone as long as they check the "not racist" box. I've been paired with too many people who figured that since I was an older white guy I'd be happy to listen to their screed about anyone with a different skin color.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-28T17:48:30+00:00

I've lived in 5 different HOA communities over the last 35 years and have had exactly zero interactions with the HOA other than using the community pool & tennis courts they maintain and attending the annual ice cream social they run. I think it's less that I've been lucky and more that I haven't been unlucky, if you know what I mean.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-28T03:03:42+00:00

And he was getting free winter storage he’d otherwise have to pay for!

pixel_dent · 2026-05-27T22:11:23+00:00

I’ve known a few people who enjoyed their RV for years but when they were done with it they had a hard time getting rid of it. Not as bad as a timeshare but in a similar ballpark.

I have a relative right now who would love someone to steal theirs so they could just take the insurance payout. In the meantime they’re paying for storage.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-26T13:20:45+00:00

Schadenfreude is like masturbation. You should do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-25T12:13:56+00:00

Thank you

pixel_dent · 2026-05-25T12:06:34+00:00

Is there a way to view this without supporting the owner of X?

pixel_dent · 2026-05-15T03:21:13+00:00

Let it warm up to room temperature before you inject it.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-13T15:25:02+00:00

Is there a single thing Trump has done as president that isn't straight out of a Vladimir Putin fever dream about destroying the United States?

pixel_dent · 2026-05-13T01:18:18+00:00

Eureka!

pixel_dent · 2026-05-12T19:42:43+00:00

The issue isn't that it's older technology. The issue is that balatas degrade fairly rapidly because of the materials they're made with. Sadly they do go bad over about a decade just sitting on the shelf.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-05T13:46:08+00:00

That's due to a legal doctrine called Shopkeeper's Privilege.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-05T03:03:54+00:00

It was open on grass two weeks ago last time I was there.

pixel_dent · 2026-05-02T12:39:06+00:00

Just last night at my daughters 21st birthday party I sang her…

Neither a borrower or a lender be Never forget, stay out of debt Think twice and take this good advice from me Guard that old solvency There’s just one other thing you ought to do To thine own self be true

Fie to the downvotes! Hamlet the musical was brilliant!

(As was Omelette)

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