AbsolutSurgen Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 2 hours ago, sblfilms said: Just got a call from the wife, apparently our nephew’s brother in law killed himself two days ago. He was 13 I’ve got 14 and 12 year old sons and I just can’t fathom them being in such a state of despair that ending their life seemed the best option. That’s terrible I am so sorry. My boys are almost the same age as yours - and wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Oh. That's not so great. If you start a go fund me, I'll throw some cash in. 👍 If you or anyone else really wants to, send me a PM and I'll give my PayPal info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: If you or anyone else really wants to, send me a PM and I'll give my PayPal info. I definitely do, but I don't have PayPal. Hmm, I don't know the best way to send money between Canada and the US like this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: If you or anyone else really wants to, send me a PM and I'll give my PayPal info. Make a thread in the asylum and @Commissar SFLUFAN and others will pour in money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 There's been some bummers, but I wanted to share a win. I've been saving up some money through the pandemic and I decided that I was going to make a dent in my house payment. So I put down an extra $5,000 on my principal this month. I don't really know what that does to my amortization, but I'm tempted to fill out the paperwork to round my payment up to knock an extra payment off every year. OR I could refinance while rates are low.... I just don't know what the right call is in the long run. I'm not moving anywhere anytime soon. I already invest and have a good emergency fund. My house is my only payment, really (outside of utilities). I probably need to talk to a bank or something... But it sure felt good to take a big swing at my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 On 8/29/2021 at 9:26 PM, Jason said: Well we kept texting while I was gone and we're going on another date on Wednesday so I had some ginormous boobies being slapped in my face a couple of nights ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Got into an argument with a coworker today about the office thermostat...and it's not what you might think. So normally, most office fights over thermostats result from a common misconception (among IDIOTS) that the higher/lower you set the temperature, the faster it will reach that temperature. So many times in the past I've had to explain to people that no, if you want it to be 22 degrees in the office, you can't set the temperature to 26 and hope it warms up faster. Normal furnaces and ACs have a single speed, and you just set the desired temperature. However, this argument isn't like that, because our office has a dumb and different system. Because our IT offices are inside a high school, we are on the main boiler heating system. So when the heat is on it's on, and there's nothing you can do. Our office then has it's own AC system...so if we want to be at 21 degrees and the school is set at 23C...we have to turn on the AC and set it for 19C, or something like that. Basically, we have cold and hot air pumping in at the same time, averaging out. It's very frustrating because we have to constantly tinker with it because if the heat goes off for a while, we need to turn the AC off. Then on top of that we have a separate AC system for the server racks, etc. I had to explain all of this to a new coworker and they did not understand, and it was very frustrating, and now it's too hot in the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 The onus is on cold people to bundle up. People who run hot can only take off so many clothes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 According to two different pregnancy tests, my wife is pregnant with our third. When s/he is born I'm getting snipped. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: According to two different pregnancy tests, my wife is pregnant with our third. f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: According to two different pregnancy tests, my wife is pregnant with our third. When s/he is born I'm getting snipped. Congrats! I'm planning on getting the snip before the year is over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Congrats! I'm planning on getting the snip before the year is over Thanks! We were planning for a third but not so soon after our second. So either way I was getting the snip after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 32 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Thanks! We were planning for a third but not so soon after our second. So either way I was getting the snip after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 55 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Thanks! We were planning for a third but not so soon after our second. So either way I was getting the snip after. Congrats! You can take the man out of Mormonism... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I don't know why I put this news in here. I meant to put it in the community thread. Whoops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I don't know why I put this news in here. I meant to put it in the community thread. Whoops... I was wondering about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Jason said: I was wondering about that. How did you move it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 23 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: How did you move it? Should be asking you this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Should be asking you this Ha. I tried moving it but I could only see an option to completely merge the two threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 25 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: How did you move it? Spoiler checkmark posts->split->existing topic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I need to do that snip too we're too old for more than one baby. Thankfully it's the cutest most precious baby ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 My baby is having her first birthday this weekend. Incredible. I can't believe it's been a year. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Getting a Sr title bump and 30% pay raise Managing Director also fought for me to get the agency-wide bump next year, which normally isn’t something people get if they get a raise in Q4. PIMPIN’ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 And sure enough a recruiter just emailed me to ask about my interest in another position (beside the one I applied for weeks ago). Never fails that I’ll get an offer or promotion and then something old pops up seemingly out of nowhere, it’s literally happened every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I just got my final Closing Disclosure for my mortgage refinance. I refinanced the remainder of my loan in a 20 year mortgage with a 2.75% interest rate. Closing costs came out to be $4,370. My monthly payment isn't changing nearly at all. If all goes well, I should have my house paid off in 15 years, which would make for a total of approximately 21 years total. This feels okay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Officially added chicken tortilla soup to the menu. Damn this is some good shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I missed the 10 year anniversary of this tweet and I’m a little mad about it NGL @Commissar SFLUFAN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Saw Bad Religion in concert in an indoor venue that required proof of vaccination. I was still masked. I missed live music, and they were phenomenal. Alkaline trio was also pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 I'm feeling conflicted. In one of my college courses (yes, I'm 41 and going to college), I noticed that another student word for word copied my own work on our discussion board for an assignment. On one hand, I feel a bit honored that another student plagiarized my work (which was several hours worth of work), but on the other hand, this pretty much meets the textbook definition of plagiarism. I debated whether or not I should, but I ended up sending an email to the professor explaining what I saw. It wasn't a difficult assignment per se (watch Hotel Rwanda and write about leadership), which make me question why this other student copied my work. The assignment isn't technically due until tonight at midnight (3 hours from now), so I suppose the other student still has the chance to edit it to his own words, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: I'm feeling conflicted. In one of my college courses (yes, I'm 41 and going to college), I noticed that another student word for word copied my own work on our discussion board for an assignment. On one hand, I feel a bit honored that another student plagiarized my work (which was several hours worth of work), but on the other hand, this pretty much meets the textbook definition of plagiarism. I debated whether or not I should, but I ended up sending an email to the professor explaining what I saw. It wasn't a difficult assignment per se (watch Hotel Rwanda and write about leadership), which make me question why this other student copied my work. The assignment isn't technically due until tonight at midnight (3 hours from now), so I suppose the other student still has the chance to edit it to his own words, but still... In that situation you need to snitch because if you don't you're risking the other guy claiming you plagiarized him when it inevitably gets caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jason said: In that situation you need to snitch because if you don't you're risking the other guy claiming you plagiarized him when it inevitably gets caught. That's a good point. The message board we use does show when things were posted and edited though. I posted on Sunday and they posted today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Fuck plagiarists. Burn him to the ground. One of my students directly copied my example essay once. He didn't even bother to delete my name from the header. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 26 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: One of my students directly copied my example essay once. He didn't even bother to delete my name from the header. A for effort though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Update: The professor investigated my concern and agreed that it was plagiarism. In her investigation, she found 2 other instances where this student copy/pasted another student's work for these types of assignments. The student has retroactively been given a zero for all of these assignments, and she has referred them to the University for disciplinary action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 12 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Saw Bad Religion in concert in an indoor venue that required proof of vaccination. I was still masked. I missed live music, and they were phenomenal. Alkaline trio was also pretty good My wife and I are going to this when it rolls through SLC in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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