DTF Chat Thread v.BrexitMeansBrexit

[King Postwhore]

Still at work.  I'm very frustrated right now.

[JayOctavarium]

Just chillin.  Work's been reasonably slow yesterday and today.

I legit read this as "Just Chili"... And now I want chili lol

[cramx3]

Had an awesome thanksgiving with two of my siblings and their significant others.  Much different than any year before, but it ended up working out well.  I got to my brothers early and the three of us cooked all the food while having some drinks.  My sister came over later with the nieces and they were so adorable and seemed to have more fun than any of us which made the day really special.  My sister was in a terrible mood when she got there but left in much better spirits.  The food was maybe the best we've ever had on Thanksgiving, probably thanks to my brother and I both getting much better at cooking during the pandemic.  Also we video chatted with my parents and older sister to help follow my mom's stuffing recipe.



Sorry King that your holiday has not been so good

[JayOctavarium]

Still at work.  I'm very frustrated right now.

What's up? Morons being morons?

[jingle.boy]

Had an awesome thanksgiving with two of my siblings and their significant others.  Much different than any year before, but it ended up working out well.  I got to my brothers early and the three of us cooked all the food while having some drinks.  My sister came over later with the nieces and they were so adorable and seemed to have more fun than any of us which made the day really special.  My sister was in a terrible mood when she got there but left in much better spirits.  The food was maybe the best we've ever had on Thanksgiving, probably thanks to my brother and I both getting much better at cooking during the pandemic.  Also we video chatted with my parents and older sister to help follow my mom's stuffing recipe.



Sorry King that your holiday has not been so good

Nice lookin spread Marc.

[King Postwhore]

Still at work.  I'm very frustrated right now.

What's up? Morons being morons?

I'm frustrated that Wal Mart has affected what we could do, they put us on a back burner act act above us. 

I'm frustrated we had to work because of Wal Mart even though the stores are closed.

I'm upset I can't get anyone hired.

I'm frustrated at covid and how it's affected work and home.

I'm pissed for my friends who weren't there when her mom passed.

I need to hit something.   It's been a long, long time I've been this frustrated.


Marc, that's one hell of a spread.

On a good note Lisa and I bought only one Christmas present this year. A new tv.  55" LG OLED 4k. 

[cramx3]

Sounds like you could use a relaxing night watching something fun on that new TV.  Tough couple of days for you, its the weekend now so try and find some positives

[King Postwhore]

So I'm watching both F.B.I. TV shows to show me what could happen.   Lol

[Cool Chris]

My sister's in-law's bought a cabin in Ronald, WA as a vacation home to be closer to most of the rest of their family (though "cabin" really undersells how big this place really is - 6 br/4 bth in the 4k sf main house, 3 br/2 bth in the secondary house) and sister has access to it any time. So we are here with them for the weekend for a getaway without having to fly anywhere or drive for hours. I'd say it is relaxing but we do have our kids here (9, 7, 4, and 3). Still, enjoyable time. I am most thankful for a wonderful sister and that she married a great man (from a wealthy family, haha) and that I got to see my equally wonderful parents Thursday. My life would be so empty without them.

[Zook]

After 35 years, no major problems aside from a broken wrist when I was 8, I just had my first surgery. I've joined the No Appendix Club.

I had a scare back in 2002-2003 maybe, but it turned out to be nothing. I've had stomach issues all my life, so I thought I was backed up or just really gassy. I was miserable all day long, and then the pain started moving to the right. That's when I googled symptoms of appendicitis and I pretty much had every one minus a couple.

I'm still in the hospital, and still in pain. I guess there's a lot of air in me from surgery and I basically need to fart it out and I'll feel much better. My wife said they told her it wasn't long til it burst, which is nuts because it came out of nowhere. The only indicator that it might have shown signs is that one side of my stomach stuck out slightly more, but there was no pain.

Have a good day, folks. I hear it might be a certain day of the week...

 

[jingle.boy]

Damn dude... that's scary.  Glad you caught it though.  Heal/rest up.

[Zook]

Damn dude... that's scary.  Glad you caught it though.  Heal/rest up.

Thanks. Send me some fart vibes. This is ridiculous.

[Evermind]

After 35 years, no major problems aside from a broken wrist when I was 8, I just had my first surgery. I've joined the No Appendix Club.

Hey man, I had this 5 years ago. It swelled up but I caught it early, they've cut it out and there were some complications with the surgery because of how my appendix was placed in my body, so then I had trouble walking with a straight back for three days. Was out of the hospital after a week, but it took me three weeks to fully recover.

My best friend in 2010 though, he ignored the pain thinking it was just a stomach ache and it did burst, so he had peritonitis. That sucked, he spent three days in the ER and was stuck in the hospital for a couple more weeks. If he called an ambulance two or three hours later, he'd have been dead.

After that, I read about all the appendicitis symptoms and that helped me to catch it early.

[Zook]

After 35 years, no major problems aside from a broken wrist when I was 8, I just had my first surgery. I've joined the No Appendix Club.

Hey man, I had this 5 years ago. It swelled up but I caught it early, they've cut it out and there were some complications with the surgery because of how my appendix was placed in my body, so then I had trouble walking with a straight back for three days. Was out of the hospital after a week, but it took me three weeks to fully recover.

My best friend in 2010 though, he ignored the pain thinking it was just a stomach ache and it did burst, so he had peritonitis. That sucked, he spent three days in the ER and was stuck in the hospital for a couple more weeks. If he called an ambulance two or three hours later, he'd have been dead.

After that, I read about all the appendicitis symptoms and that helped me to catch it early.

I'm glad you and your friend made it through. Were they doing the new procedure 5 years ago, or do you have the scar? My wife's sister's burst and after throwing up all day, their father finally took her to the hospital. He wasn't a very good father. She's fine now, aside from being a mental case and a racist, although you have to be a mental case to hate someone for their skin color, that someone being me, but I digress.

[Evermind]

I absolutely have a big-ass scar, haha. What's the new procedure?

[Zook]

I absolutely have a big-ass scar, haha. What's the new procedure?

They make 3 incisions, 1 on the left side of the stomach, one under the bellybutton, and another slighty below that. They stick a camera in one side. And snip from another hole, and pull out through the bellybutton incision. I might have that slighty wrong, but that's kind of the gist. It's supposed to minimize the scaring, and I think it's safer. 

[Hyperplex]

So an appendectomy is now laparascopic. That's pretty cool. It's a much easier recovery with less scarring.

[King Postwhore]

So an appendectomy is now laparascopic. That's pretty cool. It's a much easier recovery with less scarring.

That's good news man!

Zook, I have a huge scar from my lower chest to my belly button when they took out my spleen.  I always joked that I'd get a football tattoo using the scar looking like the stiches on a football.  It's defiantly now a medicine ball as I gained weight. 

[Stadler]

I had diverticulitis a couple years ago, and I ended up in the hospital for three days as a result.  The inflammation went down, but I was looking at surgery to remove a part of my large intestine.   It was odd, and perhaps a subconscious deflection on my part, but I was less bothered by the loss of the stretch of colon than I was by how the scar would look on my fat belly. 

[JayOctavarium]

(sorry in advance for the photo dump)

As those of you who follow me on social media have probably noticed, I've gone out the last 2 days and gotten photos from brush fires burning around here. We've had 3 decent sized, yet manageable fires in the last 24 hours (the biggest being just shy of 200 acres).

I've found I really enjoy getting this shots.


The Cornell Fire in Santa Paula, CA :
 


The Perkin Fire between Ventura and Oxnard:

[TAC]

Please tell me that those guys are actually golfing on the driving range here.






GREAT shots!

[JayOctavarium]

There were still a few people trying to hit their balls, but the range was full of looky-loos. Luckily the fire didn't make it up to either golf course it was sandwiched between.

[Kotowboy]

People Under 30              People Over 50
                            🤝
           Putting "lol" after everything.

[King Postwhore]

Guilty.

[TAC]

Guilty.lol

[King Postwhore]

Guilty.lol

Lol

[JayOctavarium]

Lol lol

[cramx3]

People Under 30              People Over 50
                            🤝
           Putting "lol" after everything.

So I'm 36 and I can put lol after everything?  lol

[Kotowboy]

Browsing twitter it's usually the older folk who use it as a full stop (period) at the end of sentences where it's not needed.

" Got up this morning - house was so cold I hate to put the heating on LOL "

Um...That's literally not even a joke. It's a FACT.

What's worse is - I know someone that literally laughs out loud at the end of every sentence.

That sh*t is irritating as f--k.

For example " Bought a new lawnmower today so i can finally sort out the lawn  "

  That's not even a joke ? Even worse is - he's one of those 'laughs at the absolute top of his voice at the SLIGHTEST thing' types.

[Chino]

You focus way too much negativity energy on stuff other people do that have absolutely no bearing on your life, man.

[King Postwhore]

You focus way too much negativity energy on stuff other people do that have absolutely no bearing on your life, man.

I agree.  of course I'm irritated by people but for example I see something on Facebook I just scroll on by.

[cramx3]

I'd take the guy laughing after every sentence any day over the person who is annoyed with everything.

[wolfking]

Browsing twitter it's usually the older folk who use it as a full stop (period) at the end of sentences where it's not needed.

" Got up this morning - house was so cold I hate to put the heating on LOL "

Um...That's literally not even a joke. It's a FACT.

What's worse is - I know someone that literally laughs out loud at the end of every sentence.

That sh*t is irritating as f--k.

For example " Bought a new lawnmower today so i can finally sort out the lawn  "

  That's not even a joke ? Even worse is - he's one of those 'laughs at the absolute top of his voice at the SLIGHTEST thing' types.

This isn't the mildly irritating thread dude.

[cramx3]

Woo passed my recertification exams to keep my CDCDP (certified data center design professional) for another 2 years... such a waste of money, but at least it was works money and I didn't let them down... anyway, it's still snowing over here but so far hasn't been as bad as they expected.

[MirrorMask]

Just got an earthquake.

They're so unexpected where I live that I completely freak out when they happen, while people living in Japan I assume whould shrug this off as "Tuesday" 

It was by no means heavy or serious but when you don't live in an earthquake-prone area, even the little tremor is very offputting, just because you're not used to it. Or maybe I'm just a sissy