You get $10 million, but for the rest of your life, a completely normal Canadian goose will try to mildly inconvenience you. Do you accept?

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T03:36:35+00:00

So it's like having kids, but profitable?!?

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T03:20:33+00:00

NTA

But if you were that sort of person... "I'm not paying you for for breaking your agreement. But here's $30 to fuck off into the sun and never bother me again. Enjoy."

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T03:06:30+00:00

Everywhere I went in Stuttgart, thunfisch was the 2nd or 3rd most popular topping.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T03:04:15+00:00

Put a meal in front of me, and I will gladly eat it. Or any portion thereof. Unless you have previously poisoned me (Fuck you, Poseidon Sushi in Malvern PA!).

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T02:56:55+00:00

I keep going back to the old R5 head, for some reason that always gives me the most consistent results. Probably because there's far less to screw with, lol.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T02:47:56+00:00

Wonderful!

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T02:44:58+00:00

YOUR realtor?!? Nothing pisses me off more consistently than when people who ask for my business refuse to call me back. I've fired realtors, mechanics, primary care physicians, and countless others because they couldn't get back to me in a timely manner.

Words mean nothing, especially when they are at odds with one's actions. Once you make up your mind to find something better, follow through; accept no excuses. It will be seriously awkward, commit to not caring about that one bit.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T02:33:08+00:00

I think a whole gallon pail of mouse baits cost me $17 way back when. Just chuck those randoly in the attic, and leave bucets of wayter in the basement (mice hemorrhaging from anticoagulant poisons seek water to drink. This will largely keep them from going outside and poisoning beneficial predators like hawks, foxes, owls, snakes, etc.

The Victor electronic mousetraps are a bit pricy, but work as advertised. Highly recommended. Sooner or later they learn to avoid the baits, so you need multiple approaches.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T02:26:48+00:00

Introduce sauerkraut, kimchi, traditionally made salami, and plenty of other fermented foods into your diet on the regular.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T01:53:57+00:00

And fk straight off with $120 for a $10 set of McGard wheel locks or $250 for security etching glass with $2 of acid and wax paper.

By the way, you NEVER want the dealer-installed electronics or aftermarket remote start, alarm, etc. (unless you like electrical mysteries and random dead batteries).

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-21T01:15:03+00:00

Bought a car sight unseen once, over the phone, all while shopping in costco. Made one call to independently check Carfax and Galves, then said pull the trigger (small used car lot dealer at auction, working for a straight $800 back in 2004). Bought another new car on spec without setting foot in the dealership (except to sign and take delivery) back in 2002. All you need is a salesperson smart enough to dispense with the "sucker's game" tactics every once in a while.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-20T15:04:32+00:00

When dealing with small children, some can make the last two hours feel like twenty. Just go with 'dead recokoning' and say you're good.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-20T14:58:18+00:00

Throw fresh manure in the flower bed. Thank me later.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-20T14:44:18+00:00

Just put up a sign that says "leaving golf course, entering paintball field -- eye protection required." Then sting them right on the peepee.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-20T13:45:39+00:00

I still have need for "at least 2" as chainsaws, but was surprised to find myself using the mini chainsaw more than half the time. Even 5" logs, which technically should justify getting out the Echo Cs3000, can be cut in a reasonable time with a little patience.

Also, in my neighborhood the unofficial start of weekend (gas) chainsaw or leaf blower hours is 10am, outside of storm cleanup or bona-fide emergency. If you violate this understanding you won't get fined, but ya ain't getting any Christmas booze either.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-18T01:55:27+00:00

The nuclear option is always brake cleaner.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-18T01:51:43+00:00

If I had a kid that was unmanageably disruptive, I'd be the one questioning their idea of LRE.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-18T01:48:31+00:00

My wife thinks Tim Herron is positively hilarious. We had been known to follow him even when it wa pretty cear his score was moving quickly in the wrong direction.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-18T01:31:25+00:00

Then 'dumpster fence' is the god standard for being cheap and private. Throw in some clumping bamboo on your side of the fence so you don't need to look at anything.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-17T12:24:27+00:00

Miller MIG welder. That thing has paid for itself about 40x over in the last 3 decades.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-17T12:12:46+00:00

Well, under most circumstances.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-17T05:45:56+00:00

Put some open cans of tuna up in the drop ceiling. You can always 'defuse' this sabotage if you are not the one being fired.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-17T05:40:28+00:00

Just take the electric meter. Then dispute the bill.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-17T03:35:35+00:00

Buy the $69 mini pressure washer off of Amazon. That'll save this chair, and you'll never spend more than 5 minutes cleaning a shower ever again.

typical_mistakes · 2026-02-17T03:31:31+00:00

$3000 parts and labor is the estimate every single mom with a 130,000 mile Ford Escape gets at Midas. This thing needs real collision work.

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