Rocketpoweredgorilla

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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 6 points 19 hours ago

.. however everyone else within earshot was in distress.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

90,000 square feet for 650 people? how big are these people? /s

When I was a teen I loved all their stuff, including the shows... but I get what you mean. Numerous times I've tried introducing it to friends only to be met with blank stares because they didn't quite understand the comedy of it. Sucks to be them.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I've watched that probably a dozen times just for my favorite part... "Alright, I AM the messiah..."

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That was my thing too. I vowed to myself to be there for my kids and not be like my father. My oldest daughter has Cerebral Palsy and still lives with me, and that helped me focus a lot on the more important things. She is doing well (it's a milder form of palsy) and has a job she loves. My other daughter bought her own house nearby a few years ago, so I also help her taking care of the place which gives me lots to do. I'm in my 50's now and have some health problems from all the stupid crap I did when I was younger (turns out we're not indestructible like we thought when we were young) but we're all happy, comfy and safe and that's what matters the most.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I guess it turned out ok. My parents were never married and because of my dad's temper I lived with my grandmother until grade school when she died. I then lived with my real parents for two years, and then with my mother and her new bf for a few more before I ended up in foster care at the start of grade 6. ( I had run away from home and was living on the streets when Child and Family services picked me up.)

By grade 12 I had been in 10 different schools and 6 different foster homes, so I learned to not trust people much. I was a hyperactive kid (now they say I have ADHD but in the 80's I was just "hyper") and got in a lot of trouble over the years. One of my foster parents ended up having a nervous breakdown, I ended up in a youth jail, and was living on my own at 17. Later ended up in a provincial jail for getting mad and putting a cop in the hospital.

But then came my daughters, the first of which was born in 93. It settled me down a lot and made me start caring about things, and helped me focus on being less destructive. If it wasn't for them, I'd probably either be in jail or dead.

I wouldn't change any of it though. It was chaotic but fun overall and I learned a lot over the years.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Interac if you're Canadian, and if the store accepts e-transfers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interac

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Personally I don't like them. A lot of people like them though, They're marketed to give you more horsepower/ mileage but actual testing suggests otherwise. They may be useful if your engine is highly modified but they also let more dirt through, especially if you don't oil them properly. https://www.nicoclub.com/archives/kn-vs-oem-filter.html

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The cookies or the managers? The latter sounds like a good plan.

I dusted off my old xbox 360 a month ago and played a few games on it. Aside from that, not for quite a few years now.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I read a paper a while back that kids who are exposed early to more things (dirt, pollen etc) tend to have fewer cases of allergies later on in life. I wonder if that's partially what's going on in this case. (not the same link, but it talks about it a bit here) https://www.livescience.com/health/allergies/is-playing-in-the-dirt-good-for-kids-immune-systems

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 week ago (3 children)

$397.3 billion. That’s the estimated value of Musk’s fortune as of Tesla’s share price Thursday afternoon, amounting to a more than 4% reduction to his net worth.

I mean, It's a good start, but I won't be truly happy until that fucker is living in a van down by one of the rivers he polluted.

 

I wonder if JB Weld can fix this. I guess only one way to find out.

 

They're from the phones you see in old movies that you had to crank to talk to an operator, commonly used up until the 1950's. I put my multimeter on one and it's still reading 1.3 volts. The owner told me I can take the whole lot of them if I want them which I'm tempted to do just because I like to collect old junk but I probably drag enough useless crap home as it is.

 

I tried looking around a little and it sounds really scammy to me. All the contact info and domain registrars is listed "redacted for privacy." Personally the whole thing seems to smell funny to me but I could be wrong. Anyone used or heard of this site before? I just want to make sure my daughter isn't going to get screwed over

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca to c/abandonedporn@reddthat.com
 

In the background of the one pic you can see one of the abandoned schoolhouses in the distance.

 

I didn't get a closer pic of this one sadly because a)Bees and b) I got distracted by the old Fargo that's directly behind me in this pic.

 

An old Fargo truck rotting away in southern Manitoba. More pics of it here https://imgur.com/gallery/y4zdhCj

 

"How to get thousands of people to send you money with little to no effort. Send $5 and a self addressed stamped envelope to..."

I've always wondered how many people fell for that.

 

Well that was unexpected. Rip Matthew

 

Rip Bull.

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