Random thing you loathe right now.

Jayhawker wrote:

I went to purchase and download the new ACIII game on to my wife's Vita yesterday, but could not find the console. Turns out she believes it was stolen from her car. ACIII was the primary reason my wife wanted the Vita. Her and my daughter were so excited to play the female protagonist.

Gone with it are the LBP cart and a 32 Gig memory stick. F*cking sucks. I'm not sure we can afford to just replace it any time soon.

Doesn't car insurance cover stuff stolen out of your car?

Radical Ans wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

I went to purchase and download the new ACIII game on to my wife's Vita yesterday, but could not find the console. Turns out she believes it was stolen from her car. ACIII was the primary reason my wife wanted the Vita. Her and my daughter were so excited to play the female protagonist.

Gone with it are the LBP cart and a 32 Gig memory stick. F*cking sucks. I'm not sure we can afford to just replace it any time soon.

Doesn't car insurance cover stuff stolen out of your car?

It should, but most plans have a 500 dollar deductible, so unless they had a lot more stolen, it won't help in this case.

Atras wrote:
Radical Ans wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

I went to purchase and download the new ACIII game on to my wife's Vita yesterday, but could not find the console. Turns out she believes it was stolen from her car. ACIII was the primary reason my wife wanted the Vita. Her and my daughter were so excited to play the female protagonist.

Gone with it are the LBP cart and a 32 Gig memory stick. F*cking sucks. I'm not sure we can afford to just replace it any time soon.

Doesn't car insurance cover stuff stolen out of your car?

It should, but most plans have a 500 dollar deductible, so unless they had a lot more stolen, it won't help in this case.

That sucks. Hopefully, it turns out it was just hiding somewhere crazy.

Minarchist wrote:
SixteenBlue wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

I had the most bizarre craving for Taco Bell the other day. :sick:

Are you pregnant?

You know, I'd be willing to classify Taco Bell cravings as a form of Pica.

So if you give in to that craving, would your first bite be a Pica-chew?

My dad had heart surgery on Tuesday. It wasn't open heart or a bypass or anything crazy, just a minimally invasive operation where they go in through a smallish incision on both sides of the chest with tubes. They removed this piece that hangs off the heart that serves no purpose other than to increase one's risk of stroke. The operation supposedly helps with some kind of arrhythmia that I'm forgetting the term for, but my dad's been dealing with it for the better part of twenty years.

Anyway, usually when they're finishing up the operation they have to shock the heart to get it to resume beating at a normal rhythm. My dad's heart converted right there without the shock, which is usually an excellent sign according to everyone I spoke to.

So they went in, did their thing and all went swimmingly. My sister and I drove up to Indy on Wednesday and picked him up. Barely thirty six hours between the surgery and him being on his way home.

And all was well until a few hours ago when his heart went back to beating out of rhythm and causing shortness of breath and whatever else. He'd had a solid two days without experiencing it and he was in such a good mood, and it was like it just took all the wind right out of him and all the positive attitude he'd built up since the surgery disintegrated in a few minutes.

The surgeon told him this was a possibility and not to worry if it did happen. He even said that odds are good it doesn't actually mean anything long term, but I guess that sounds like a lot of hot air when your heart starts racing for no reason again.

Finally convinced him to go to bed. Currently just hoping he wakes up tomorrow feeling good again.

Over the years, we've put the money that my son has earned from family garage sales, or that he's received as gifts, etc. into envelopes and just chucked them into a drawer. We realized yesterday that he'd accumulated about $200 in cash. So I thought it might be a great time to teach him about savings accounts and the "magic of compound interest."

But interest rates are so low these days, it's hard for me to even pretend to get excited at the prospect of his having an additional $1 or so in interest at the end of a year. I'm starting to agree with his view that spending it all on Lego might be a better use.

You can teach him that it's nice to have an "emergency fund" of sorts. YAY financial literacy.

carrotpanic wrote:

You can teach him that it's nice to have an "emergency fund" of sorts. YAY financial literacy.

Yeah, you just have to change the moral. Could also teach the value of patience and not going for instant gratification.

My dog doesn't like getting wet, and apparently this has led to him not going out to poop when he needs to. I found this out by stepping in it, in the bathroom.

SixteenBlue wrote:

My dog doesn't like getting wet, and apparently this has led to him not going out to poop when he needs to. I found this out by stepping in it, in the bathroom.

In the Latin alphabet, Jehovah begins with an 'I'.

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
SixteenBlue wrote:

My dog doesn't like getting wet, and apparently this has led to him not going out to poop when he needs to. I found this out by stepping in it, in the bathroom.

In the Latin alphabet, Jehovah begins with an 'I'.

Oh snap!

tuffalobuffalo wrote:
Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
SixteenBlue wrote:

My dog doesn't like getting wet, and apparently this has led to him not going out to poop when he needs to. I found this out by stepping in it, in the bathroom.

In the Latin alphabet, Jehovah begins with an 'I'.

Oh snap! :)

It's a game Fred Sanford and I used to play until I finally tore out the carpet.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

Our primary use of our Gold subscription was Netflix streaming, and I'm much happier doing that on my Roku than my 360.

Yeah, I think everyone missed my point. Yes, if you're already into multiplayer gaming, it's fine. I'm just saying that when it's trying to position itself as a media box for families, to the detriment of providing an interface that caters to gamers, it's kind of laughable since literally every other competitor offers a lot of the same services without an additional paywall.

kuddles wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

Our primary use of our Gold subscription was Netflix streaming, and I'm much happier doing that on my Roku than my 360.

Yeah, I think everyone missed my point. Yes, if you're already into multiplayer gaming, it's fine. I'm just saying that when it's trying to position itself as a media box for families, to the detriment of providing an interface that caters to gamers, it's kind of laughable since literally every other competitor offers a lot of the same services without an additional paywall.

This is pretty fair. But I still see Netflix and the like a stressers to the XBL environment. If MS wants to monetize it in order to provide a great service that keeps folks coming back, I can't blame them. I also can't blame someone for buying a secondary device to run Netflix and the like for free if they don't use XBL for multiplayer.

Heck, I could run it on either my Wii or Tivo, but both a much worse than the Xbox implementation. I actually considered picking up an Apple TV, which has an awesome Netflix interface. But in the end, Netflix plays great over XBL, it's just a really dumb interface where I can load up a screen for a TV show and pick which episode I want without starting up an episode. I would be paying $100 purely for a better interface.

Jayhawker wrote:
kuddles wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

Our primary use of our Gold subscription was Netflix streaming, and I'm much happier doing that on my Roku than my 360.

Yeah, I think everyone missed my point. Yes, if you're already into multiplayer gaming, it's fine. I'm just saying that when it's trying to position itself as a media box for families, to the detriment of providing an interface that caters to gamers, it's kind of laughable since literally every other competitor offers a lot of the same services without an additional paywall.

This is pretty fair. But I still see Netflix and the like a stressers to the XBL environment. If MS wants to monetize it in order to provide a great service that keeps folks coming back, I can't blame them. I also can't blame someone for buying a secondary device to run Netflix and the like for free if they don't use XBL for multiplayer.

Heck, I could run it on either my Wii or Tivo, but both a much worse than the Xbox implementation. I actually considered picking up an Apple TV, which has an awesome Netflix interface. But in the end, Netflix plays great over XBL, it's just a really dumb interface where I can load up a screen for a TV show and pick which episode I want without starting up an episode. I would be paying $100 purely for a better interface.

As someone who was at the crossroads between Roku and Apple TV, if you have any other iDevices in the house, I would recommend going Apple TV. I went Roku, and wish I had picked up an Apple TV so that I could AirPlay from my devices to the TV.

With that being said, I use my Roku for Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. I still use my Xbox for streaming YouTube. While there's apps on Roku for YouTube, the Xbox experience winds up winning out for me.

McIrishJihad wrote:

I went Roku, and wish I had picked up an Apple TV so that I could AirPlay from my devices to the TV.

Have you tried the latest version of the Roku remote app? They have added in the ability to "airplay" locally stored music & photos to your Roku, so there's a good chance a future version will add the ability to play local video. It's not likely to work with youtube or safari though, and I believe this is limited to Roku2 devices.

ex-girlfriend whom I broke up with 5yrs ago, just got engaged...I hate crying over it. I hate crying over her. It´s been five f*cking years, goddamn it. MOVE THE f*ck ON. THE f*ck IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!! You´re like this because u want to, you whinny, pathetic, sack of sh*t.

I hate you so goddamn much...

A friend I served with for five years in the Navy was in a car accident last night. He was killed on impact. I got the call four minutes before going into a three hour staff meeting.

trichy wrote:

A friend I served with for five years in the Navy was in a car accident last night. He was killed on impact. I got the call four minutes before going into a three hour staff meeting.

sorry to hear that trichy...

after a cigarette, a time out, and reading your post, my new loathe is perspective.

trichy wrote:

A friend I served with for five years in the Navy was in a car accident last night. He was killed on impact. I got the call four minutes before going into a three hour staff meeting.

Sorry to hear that, man.

trichy wrote:

A friend I served with for five years in the Navy was in a car accident last night. He was killed on impact. I got the call four minutes before going into a three hour staff meeting.

Sympathy. I had something similar when my uncle died surprisingly and I was notified 5 minutes before a job interview.

Damn trichy, so sorry to hear that.

FeralMonkey wrote:

Over the years, we've put the money that my son has earned from family garage sales, or that he's received as gifts, etc. into envelopes and just chucked them into a drawer. We realized yesterday that he'd accumulated about $200 in cash. So I thought it might be a great time to teach him about savings accounts and the "magic of compound interest."

But interest rates are so low these days, it's hard for me to even pretend to get excited at the prospect of his having an additional $1 or so in interest at the end of a year. I'm starting to agree with his view that spending it all on Lego might be a better use.

Have you thought about a certificate of deposit? It has a better, guaranteed return, and is the epitome of delayed gratification.

trichy wrote:

A friend I served with for five years in the Navy was in a car accident last night. He was killed on impact. I got the call four minutes before going into a three hour staff meeting.

I'm so sorry, Trichy. I can't even imagine how you must be feeling right now.

trichy wrote:

A friend I served with for five years in the Navy was in a car accident last night. He was killed on impact. I got the call four minutes before going into a three hour staff meeting.

That's terrible... I'm sorry trichy.

For the first time that I can recollect, I took the wrong medication this morning. Instead of taking my regular NSAID tablet in for my sciatica, I grabbed the muscle relaxant that I'm supposed to have at night as it makes me drowsy.

So guess what? Now I'm at work and desperately trying to keep my eyes open as I wait for the 2nd cup of coffee to kick in

kexx wrote:

ex-girlfriend whom I broke up with 5yrs ago, just got engaged...I hate crying over it. I hate crying over her. It´s been five f*cking years, goddamn it. MOVE THE f*ck ON. THE f*ck IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!! You´re like this because u want to, you whinny, pathetic, sack of sh*t.

I hate you so goddamn much...

Heart to heart moment.

The thing is that time doesn't heal wounds. You've invest time/money/love into the person. You had good times and bad times. She isn't worth the emotion. Don't think of it as she is winning. You dodged the bullet and now you are a better person. Live a good life and take your time.

*I had a bad breakup and never want to see my ex.

My condolences Trichy.

JohnKillo wrote:
kexx wrote:

ex-girlfriend whom I broke up with 5yrs ago, just got engaged...I hate crying over it. I hate crying over her. It´s been five f*cking years, goddamn it. MOVE THE f*ck ON. THE f*ck IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!! You´re like this because u want to, you whinny, pathetic, sack of sh*t.

I hate you so goddamn much...

Heart to heart moment.

The thing is that time doesn't heal wounds. You've invest time/money/love into the person. You had good times and bad times. She isn't worth the emotion. Don't think of it as she is winning. You dodged the bullet and now you are a better person. Live a good life and take your time.

*I had a bad breakup and never want to see my ex.

I saw the same thing happen with the last 3 girls I was serious about over the last 10 years.
One of them wasn't as serious as I was, so that sucked right from the start but at least I knew. The other was pretty serious but couldn't commit to settling down again back then. By the time she finally did, we were no longer seeing each other, so she married the guy she was dating at the time. And the last one (earliest), I was lead to believe that we were both serious, till she cheated on me. I took her back, tried to work through our problems, seemed to work out, had the best 6 months of my life with her, then she broke up with me seemingly out of the blue (not really, work and university from both sides were stressing us out). A month later, I found out she had started dating again. With the guy she originally cheated on me with.

So Kexx, cry all you want, we are allowed to relapse once in awhile in unique situations like these. Then you pick yourself up, wish her well and move on with your life, knowing that there are those out there that has gotten it worse and gotten it better, but which ever way, your life journey is unique and that there is always hope yet.

trichy wrote:

A friend I served with for five years in the Navy was in a car accident last night. He was killed on impact. I got the call four minutes before going into a three hour staff meeting.

Damn it. So sorry to hear that trichy.

Falchion wrote:
JohnKillo wrote:
kexx wrote:

ex-girlfriend whom I broke up with 5yrs ago, just got engaged...I hate crying over it. I hate crying over her. It´s been five f*cking years, goddamn it. MOVE THE f*ck ON. THE f*ck IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!! You´re like this because u want to, you whinny, pathetic, sack of sh*t.

I hate you so goddamn much...

Heart to heart moment.

The thing is that time doesn't heal wounds. You've invest time/money/love into the person. You had good times and bad times. She isn't worth the emotion. Don't think of it as she is winning. You dodged the bullet and now you are a better person. Live a good life and take your time.

*I had a bad breakup and never want to see my ex.

I saw the same thing happen with the last 3 girls I was serious about over the last 10 years.
One of them wasn't as serious as I was, so that sucked right from the start but at least I knew. The other was pretty serious but couldn't commit to settling down again back then. By the time she finally did, we were no longer seeing each other, so she married the guy she was dating at the time. And the last one (earliest), I was lead to believe that we were both serious, till she cheated on me. I took her back, tried to work through our problems, seemed to work out, had the best 6 months of my life with her, then she broke up with me seemingly out of the blue (not really, work and university from both sides were stressing us out). A month later, I found out she had started dating again. With the guy she originally cheated on me with.

So Kexx, cry all you want, we are allowed to relapse once in awhile in unique situations like these. Then you pick yourself up, wish her well and move on with your life, knowing that there are those out there that has gotten it worse and gotten it better, but which ever way, your life journey is unique and that there is always hope yet.

My breakup was bad because we were on a break. She slept with at least five guys and my mind went into a ton of bad places. I became jealous and possessive. I'm not proud of myself.
So Kexx, we've been there.