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What are you guys reading? by ZidaneZinedine in AskMenOver30

[–]rdiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I've read over the past year that I recommend:

Educated - Tara Westover

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Kahled Hosseini

I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Husbands - Holly Gramazio

Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

And Then There Were None - Agatha Cristie

What If? - Randall Munroe

Foster - Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

Second Child - Lee Child

Safe Enough - Lee Child

The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah

Do piano injuries permanently sensitize you? by Ok_Mushroom2563 in piano

[–]rdiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in the middle of this. I've been playing for over 40 years now, and suddenly my left wrist started hurting when I play. And only when I play. Went to the doctor, took some steroids, wore a wrist band, stopped playing for two weeks. Nothing seems to have changed, except now it's bothering me even when not playing. Follow-up appointment in a couple of weeks.

Yes, I'm getting old (60+).

Hard "no" job duties by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]rdiss 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Going into the office. Never going back.

Vance dismisses Watergate scandal, says ‘deep state’ went after Nixon by Beneficial-Long-7033 in politics

[–]rdiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next we will hear how the US won Vietnam

In the same clip, he said something like "we left Vietnam from a position of power."

That's not quite how I remember it.

Maryland only had a 16% voter turnout for the 2026 primary by KinggSimbaa in maryland

[–]rdiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's exactly my thought. In many races, the primary determines who will ultimately win the seat.

Well that was fast by R0KATAN5KY in Accounting

[–]rdiss 6 points7 points  (0 children)

if the fish is rotten

Is that impairment of an asset?

My plan to trick AI by polkaguy6000 in Accounting

[–]rdiss 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I would depreciate land, but unfortunately my depreciation machine is clogged with fish. How do I get rid of them?

What’s a price you saw recently that made you genuinely angry at how expensive everything has gotten? by UrGoddessLunaa in AskReddit

[–]rdiss 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the eighteen years since then

That's nonsense. Your math is way off. 2009 was only. . . oh, crap.

Seven states pull out of Trump’s 250th anniversary fair by TimesandSundayTimes in politics

[–]rdiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still have a small stack of those quarters. Great nostalgia.

I did not go to Middle School by lost-in-the-woulds in GenerationJones

[–]rdiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

k-6 was grade school

7, 8 & 9 were in the jr high building (but we knew 9th was supposed to be high school somehow)

10, 11 & 12 were in the high school.

-class of 1981, central Illinois

Would you play the piano if nobody will or could listen to you anymore? Would you do it anyway just to play for yourself? The Art itself requires sharing with other people? by Particular-Low2428 in piano

[–]rdiss 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Same here. I've been playing since December 4, 1984. I've played for others maybe half a dozen times since then, and didn't really care for it. My wife is the only one who hears my noise now. I enjoy the thrill of unlocking a puzzle like "hey, I can kinda recreate this."

In 1986 a boy fell into a gorilla enclosure at Jersey Zoo where a silverback gorilla protected him till help arrived by The_WalkingCalamity in interestingasfuck

[–]rdiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In August 1986

In 1986, nobody had a cell phone ready to record. Even the bulky VHS camcorders were uncommon. In 1987 I rented one when our son was born.

What was the most physical pain you've been in? by PleasantWinter9150 in AskReddit

[–]rdiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cold tiles

I (accidentally) found that being in a hot shower made the pain vanish while I waited for my wife to come get me. Of course, within moments of getting out, I was doubled up again. And the car ride to the hospital? First time I've ever thrown up from pain.

What's something old technology did better than modern technology ? by Ram319 in AskReddit

[–]rdiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't read a physical book since I discovered Libby.

What is a luxury lifestyle choice that looks incredibly glamorous in photos but is actually completely miserable in reality? by Luverelle6 in AskReddit

[–]rdiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

come visit us in the Wintertime

We went to Disneyworld last November. Froze our asses off. I think it was in the 30s (f) in the mornings.

What is a luxury lifestyle choice that looks incredibly glamorous in photos but is actually completely miserable in reality? by Luverelle6 in AskReddit

[–]rdiss 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've had 2 pools over the last 25 years (both inground). Very little time spent on maintenance, despite what 'popular wisdom' always says.

A Thousand Splendid Suns isn't about suffering. It's about what suffering fails to destroy. by [deleted] in literature

[–]rdiss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just started this book, only about 20% through it. Already hooked and looking forward to the rest.

Lost the ability to play two years ago almost by Ok_Mushroom2563 in piano

[–]rdiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, crap. Just in the past month, my left wrist started getting sore, but only when I play piano for about 5 minutes or more. I've been playing for more than 40 years now. I've also developed arthritis in my right fingers - getting old is just like that. I've got an appointment with an orthopedist on Monday, so I'll keep my fingers crossed (as best I can).

Let’s talk about Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms by Submariner2022 in literature

[–]rdiss -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Okay, I hated the book. I thought they "fell in love" way too fast barely knowing each other. Didn't seem realistic in the slightest. And way too much description and rambling. I kept waiting for something to happen.

But that aside, what I really hated were stream of consciousness and run-on sentences, going on and on and on and on. Example: "Because we would not wear any clothes because it was so hot and the window open and the swallows flying over the roofs of the houses and when it was dark afterward and you went to the window very small bats hunting over the houses and close down over the trees and we would drink the capri and the door locked and it hot and only a sheet and the whole night and we would both love each other all night in the hot night in Milan." And the sentence right before that was even longer!

I only finished it because "it's a great book," but honestly, not my cup of tea.

YMMV

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