aham23

i started preparing it about a month ago. so far so good. later.

ridethecliche

Oh hai, you were supposed to do that a day or two before I bought stuff, not like the days after. You can rebound now.

Kthx.

substructure

Food, ocean, sun weary.

Drinking? A little weary.

I miss the bike though.

jwible

Sure does. He met his girlfriend at the Shepard Center in ATL and she lives in our neighborhood. There are a few vestigial effects you start to notice after a while, but all in all he's fine. He's doing an iron man sometime in the not too distant future.

big john

Cool!

miwoodar

Pardon my noobness but I had to look SR up. Inspirational.

We have a Raisin Hope crit here in Colorado.

Fat Boy

Just went into a burning house a couple streets over. I just happened to drive by right after it started, before the FD or cops got there. Quite the experience. Grandma and young teenage girl got out, possibly a pet or two left in, not sure. Crazy, crazy experience. Total loss, but as long as the people got out, that's an acceptable outcome.

jsutkeepspining

I just want to say bravo. You are a brave brave man.

rankin116

Holy **** that's nuts. Hope everyone (including pets) are safe. Damn.

shovelhd

Wow. That has to be a BF first.

Fat Boy

I don't want to blow it out of proportion. It's not like I dragged people out of the place. The teenage girl was in the driveway when I drove up. I did go in. The heat and the blackness were overwhelming. It's hard to describe. I couldn't stay in. After that I went around to the back of the house and found the grandma and helped her to get to the front.

caloso

Holy crap. Glad everyone is safe.

kensuf

good job fat boy.

miwoodar

You're a stud Fat Boy. Just because you didn't find G-ma in the house doesn't change the fact that you went through the door to get her.

Now we have stars AND heros in our midst.

mollusk

Good work, FB.

Finally got access to the Instructor website for the textbook I am using this Fall. Things were delayed because they caught a student posing as me trying to get password protected access.

kensuf

a UF student? I'll bet it was veloboy.

Homebrew01

Long term kid, don't fixate on day-to-day changes.

echappist

That was very valiant of you. Chapeau!

ridethecliche

Really interesting ted talk a friend just sent me.

What do you guys (and girls) think about this? It's about growing up male in this era.

Title: The Demise of Guys

https://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge.html

I know I know, but it was just a little hilarious that it happened in the next instant. To be fair, I named my price this time and I was content paying it. They'll be back up and flying this time next year and I have enough in savings to fund a few projects that I'm hoping to do next summer and I should have a little more saved by then as well. I think I have enough saved that I'll invest whatever it is that I'd add to savings otherwise to start building up a portfolio over time.

mattm

And what era would that be?

It must be hard being male in today's world... getting paid more for the same position, etc... how do you do it?

(fwiw I watched about 5 secs of the vid so maybe I missed the interesting parts)

ridethecliche

Listen to the entire thing and then start blabbing. It has nothing to do with what you're thinking.

I think you have one of these handy.

JohnKScott

Stud

mattm

@rtc gimme the clif's notes, I've got actual work to do and don't have time to watch this.. plus jumping to conclusions is fun!!

So what is "this era" anyway?

miwoodar

Do you watch 50 videos/day? Or are you the 100 videos guy?

I can put stock in what is being said in the article. My boys are young but we are already trying to address some of these issues before they turn into problems. For a very simple example...greeting everyone when you enter someone's house. NFW that we will we allow our boys (2 & 5) to shirk that responsibility. Our kids usually handle such situations with ease while many of our neighbor's kids cower. It drives my wife and I nuts that the parents won't do something about it. It seems trivial but we don't agree. The tip of the iceberg has to begin somewhere.

FWIW, my wife grew up in a very tight community. Think of the term 'best friends' and insert 'families' in place of friends. That's how she grew up. Dozens of families are tied tightly through many generations. It's impressive....something I did not grow up with at all....something that I want to make sure my kids appreciate.

rankin116

My parents, even though recently divorced, are still friends with the kids they grew up with. A few of them I refer to as Aunt and Uncle, though there are no relations. I feel like I was very much raised by a village, and if I mouthed off any number of people near me at the time would handle it. It was tough