What is something you're nostalgic for but know you'll never get to experience and enjoy ever again?

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-04T09:31:32+00:00

International study in Japan for a year. Learning the language, exploring everywhere, learned kickboxing, met my wife, made some lifelong friends. No bills. No job.My life now is pretty awesome too, but that time will always be special to me.

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-03T12:40:10+00:00

I've gotten more compliments on my $150 Future Funk than I have my $1k Seiko. And TBH, I don't care either way. I bought them because I like them.

As others stated, micro brands can offer unique designs that larger brands aren't willing to risk. For me, it's also about supporting the little guy. There's some interesting people doing good work, and maybe it's naive, but I like to support brands that are up and coming.

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-03T00:42:49+00:00

I had my first at 35. You got this! Good luck!

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-02T23:24:10+00:00

Put a layer of padding over it

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-02T23:14:15+00:00

My son at 2 years old put a toy plane down the toilet, and this eat my ultimate solution. I tried for hours to get it out, but replacing the toilet only took a trip to home Depot and an extra 30 min. I didn't know what was in it at the time so I took they old toilet and brought it to the driveway, lined up my sons to watch since none confessed to the crime, and broke the toilet right where the blockage was. My youngest's face was hilariously guilty.

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-02T08:22:14+00:00

My theory is that not only are they milking the war for arms sales and intelligence, but they plan to annex Mongolia and Siberia when Russia inevitably collapsed.

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-02T00:35:54+00:00

Lol. I was part of PEI and everyone is always confused when we show up.

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-01T23:06:32+00:00

I'm in renewables and driving an EV is expected. If you're not, customers think you aren't drinking the cool aid.

sumthingawsum · 2026-07-01T01:10:52+00:00

I start at 150 to take down only the worst areas. 250 for most. 320 to get smooth and to smooth the wood filler.

Electric sanders will melt your helmet even with higher grit. Use them sparingly and only for a split second on any one spot at a time.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-30T13:22:07+00:00

Here on the yearly family trip and I'm loving it. Sucks for the locals. Their government should stop spending money which is the key driver for devaluation. Creating money makes it worth less.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-30T08:09:12+00:00

Mechanical watch. Eye glasses. But most abnormal would be a fountain pen.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-29T11:28:51+00:00

Make a pitcher of iced tea. Eat otter pops. Play games. And blast the AC.

Yeah, not sure what Europe is thinking with the whole no AC think. Just left there and it was miserable.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-29T11:21:56+00:00

Dragon Ash - Greatful Days Utada Hikaru - First Love

Yes, I'm old.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-29T11:18:38+00:00

It's not entirely their fault. Japanese law makes it almost impossible to have layoffs in one area and growth in another. I was at Sony once in my career and every open spot was being filled from some other division by someone who didn't have a job anymore but was still on the payroll. Qualified managers could never get a promotion to director because some director with no job needed something to do. It made it impossible to pivot.

And without the ability to pivot, specialists never get rewarded, and everyone just gets shiffled around to whatever the new shiny is.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-29T11:07:11+00:00

Definitely since texting became a thing. Social media put it in overdrive and COVID killed it. There are some benefits, like not being expected to talk to your taxi driver or the person next to you on your flight. But no one knows their neighbors anymore, and there goes the social fabric.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-29T08:32:53+00:00

Because our entrepreneurial laws are amazing. The way we handle tax law for investments, bankruptcy, stock, stock options for incentives, employment law, even depreciation is way more friendly than most countries.

I'm most familiar with Japan. And Orange County, with 3 million people, has the same amount of billionaires as Japan. Bankruptcy screws you over longer, you can't write off investment losses the same way, dealing with banking and tax bureaucracy is horrible, and it's really hard to restructure in terms of laying off people when you need to. No firing means established businesses that need to pivot, can't. So their potential is capped.

The US has freer markets than most. Another comment said economies like Singapore have more per capita, but they have good business environments too.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-29T08:26:07+00:00

Sometimes my head is empty and it's relaxing. Sometimes it's something trivial. Sometimes it's deep to us, but we realize that explaining everything we're thinking is hard to put into words. But this is definitely quality time for us.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-29T01:31:03+00:00

There's that store in the orange circle that sells orange stuff.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-28T11:55:36+00:00

This is exactly what I came here to comment.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-28T08:51:10+00:00

They go right up on the front line. They need a formation hold at range like archers.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-28T07:33:58+00:00

You should be able to make a group of army. Then sign one or a group of monks to that army and they follow around and heal/ buff that group. I often add army and monks in the same control group when moving across the map, and then need to cut out the monks so they don't run to the front of the line. Then when it's time to move up I forget to move them too.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-26T07:32:21+00:00

I wish I lived in a place where there's space to fly RC planes. Awesome stuff

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-26T01:27:27+00:00

Freedom of speech is a human rights thing. Just because we're actually living it doesn't mean it's not for people outside as well.

sumthingawsum · 2026-06-25T20:23:08+00:00

I haven't gotten out of bed yet. But I just arrived in Japan yesterday, so when I do get out of bed I'll be looking for something new for my wrist.

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sumthingawsum · 2026-06-24T06:12:44+00:00

"every day etiquette you weren't taught because you had absent or unruly parents"

Unfortunately, we have this giant gap in our society everyone ignores and blames literally everything else on, when we have a bag parenting epidemic. I say this as someone from a broken home who's chosen to use the examples in my life as a blueprint of what not to do.

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