stupid first world problems you're dealing with

Neighbors across the street were involved in their third gun fight this year the other night.

  On 11/20/2015 at 5:07 PM, RSP said:

Neighbors across the street were involved in their third gun fight this year the other night.

What? How did they make it to 2 without getting their guns taken away?

Christ, where do you live, South Prov?

West end, just off Westminster near the park. It's been the same apartment full of kids getting shot at by a rival gang every so often for years, cops don't give a shit. At least this time it made it into the police blotter, the last two they didn't even publicly admit happened.

It's a first world problem because it doesn't happen every day and it would be a hardship but I could move if things get really bad. But yeah, this year has been a rough one for the city in general.

I'm kind of making light of it I know but it really is a shitty situation, it's not like it's any kind of secret who's involved. At least the neighbors don't shoot back, and nobody's been hit since I moved in a couple years ago (I guess one of them was wounded in maybe 2013).

shit. + get concealed carry permit.

  On 11/20/2015 at 11:55 PM, RSP said:

West end, just off Westminster near the park. It's been the same apartment full of kids getting shot at by a rival gang every so often for years, cops don't give a shit. At least this time it made it into the police blotter, the last two they didn't even publicly admit happened.

Man that neighborhood's still rough around the edges, developer scum thought they'd try 'n gentrify that shit in the mid-00s and lookie how that worked out. And Providence cops oh my lols. Man, watching Providence go to shit is my own personal Detroit except with no decent electronic music scene to speak of.

I know, what's the deal. I feel like everyone has synthesizers these days but the only small shows I've been to recently (which is not many anymore) that excited me were all bands from the midwest.

If I could afford a car I'd seriously think about moving to Pawtucket or something but it's already a big enough pain t get to work as it is (doesn't help that one job is on the East Side and the other's in Cranston).

Still beats working 60 hours a week just to cover rent on one room in an apartment in a wore neighborhood in Boston, which is what it was like when I went back there for a while after being away long enough to fall out of the word-of-mouth cheap apartment loop.

Incidentally, if you're in the city and want to grab a beer or something and complain about the local music scene let me know! I'll complain about anything any time anywhere.

  On 11/21/2015 at 8:00 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

 

  On 11/20/2015 at 6:43 AM, Candiru said:

 

  On 11/19/2015 at 5:20 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

so this happened 5 minutes from where i live. good thing i sleep in to 11am or i might have been there when this unfolded, i needed to get some groceries today

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-19/man-refused-bail-over-sub-machine-gun-in-bag-in-marrickville/6953370

 

A man who was allegedly caught carrying a sub-machine gun in a bag in Sydney's inner west has been refused bail.

Marc Avidov, aged 41, did not apply for bail when he appeared at Newtown Local Court.

Police and officers from the firearms squad discovered a Thompson fully-automatic sub-machine gun, clips and ammunition when they carried out a search on Murray street at Marrickville on Wednesday.

Avidov will remain in custody to face court next week.

Police said they did not believe he had any links to terrorism."

 

they don't say this in the article but he was caught outside the shopping centre (mall) i go to.

We're always narrowly avoiding things like this. Several months ago, a body with its head and torso missing was found right next to the building I work in. The head and arms were found in the lobby of an apartment building across the street and the murderer was easily caught in his apartment upstairs. There was a memorial left on the tree the body was left beside that was only taken down very recently. A few months later, a car stopped right next to the train stop I leave from because the passenger had died of gunshot wounds.

 

It's pretty exciting stuff.

 

yeah it's a very FWP for sydney cus it's usually very safe in this respect, and gun crime is most often carried out by way of tit-for-tat drive-by shootings between bikie gangs that rarely results in civilian casualties.

 

where do you live btw candiru?

 

I'm in a part of Boston that isn't known for crime at all, but it's like these two incidents happened in contained area and then aired out in public for as many people as possible to see. So it never seems completely real.

I've been listening to Migos and Young Thug heavy for ~2 weeks now.

  On 11/21/2015 at 2:59 PM, doublename said:

I've been listening to Migos and Young Thug heavy for ~2 weeks now.

They have programs for things like this

seek help.

  On 11/21/2015 at 2:59 PM, doublename said:

I've been listening to Migos and Young Thug heavy for ~2 weeks now.

This isn't the first world successes thread

  On 11/21/2015 at 10:16 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 11/21/2015 at 2:59 PM, doublename said:

I've been listening to Migos and Young Thug heavy for ~2 weeks now.

This isn't the first world successes thread

Thugga thugga my brudda

  On 11/22/2015 at 4:58 AM, Candiru said:

 

  On 11/21/2015 at 10:16 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 11/21/2015 at 2:59 PM, doublename said:

I've been listening to Migos and Young Thug heavy for ~2 weeks now.

This isn't the first world successes thread

Thugga thugga my brudda

 

Flames

i just ate the spiciest chicken wings i've ever eaten and now i have a stomach ache.

Had to take the day off from work due to an aching lower back. I'm walking like a senior citizen right now.

^^^ Ibuprofen at 800mg doses kills my back pains. Or it did when I was working kitchens in the days of yore.

  On 11/22/2015 at 6:23 AM, yek said:

i just ate the spiciest chicken wings i've ever eaten and now i have a stomach ache.

I'm sorry to inform you, it's going to hurt more in 2 to 6 hours. God's speed and prepare for a bumpy ride...

  On 11/22/2015 at 9:38 PM, Audioblysk said:

^^^ Ibuprofen at 800mg doses kills my back pains. Or it did when I was working kitchens in the days of yore.

 

  On 11/22/2015 at 6:23 AM, yek said:

i just ate the spiciest chicken wings i've ever eaten and now i have a stomach ache.

 

I'm sorry to inform you, it's going to hurt more in 2 to 6 hours. God's speed and prepare for a bumpy ride...

well, i survived but nevar again.

  On 11/22/2015 at 9:38 PM, Audioblysk said:

^^^ Ibuprofen at 800mg doses kills my back pains. Or it did when I was working kitchens in the days of yore.

 

  On 11/22/2015 at 6:23 AM, yek said:

i just ate the spiciest chicken wings i've ever eaten and now i have a stomach ache.

 

I'm sorry to inform you, it's going to hurt more in 2 to 6 hours. God's speed and prepare for a bumpy ride...

My mom & stepdad dropped by and gave me a 3-day supply of cyclobenzaprene (muscle relaxer) along with rations for the day, so that should help.

And yes, those chicken wings are gonna send some bogeys on your six later on, if you know what I mean.

^^ mmm... flexeril (cycloben).

I keep those on hand for situations like that. Works wonders. Makes you really sleepy though if you go over 20mg (at least me).

It didn't really make me sleepy this time around though, but I decided to play it safe by taking only one tablet at a time. I guess it's recommended to take three a day as long as the pain persists. Last time it knocked me out for about 4 hours, which was summer of last year I think.

Think I ground my coffee too fine this morning.

Winter allergies kicking in FUCK

  On 11/23/2015 at 5:53 PM, chenGOD said:

Think I ground my coffee too fine this morning.

#DadProblems

My Beatles box set from several Xmases ago has two copies of Revolver and no Abbey Road!! WTF. Those were two albums I already had on CD before I got the set, which may be why I hadn't paid any attention before. So aggravating... guess it's back to the pirate bay for me. I'm going to be really pissed if it's a transcode, or riddled with gaps, or any of the other horrors that go hand in hand with the pirate's life. I did initially say "fuck it" and ripped my old version of Abbey Road, but the sound is too noticably inconsistent with the new masters (went through everything from Help up until Abbey Road yesterday, and I've adapted to the sound... I must hear Abbey Road with the same treatment goddammit).

  On 11/23/2015 at 8:17 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

My Beatles box set from several Xmases ago has two copies of Revolver and no Abbey Road!! WTF. Those were two albums I already had on CD before I got the set, which may be why I hadn't paid any attention before. So aggravating... guess it's back to the pirate bay for me. I'm going to be really pissed if it's a transcode, or riddled with gaps, or any of the other horrors that go hand in hand with the pirate's life. I did initially say "fuck it" and ripped my old version of Abbey Road, but the sound is too noticably inconsistent with the new masters (went through everything from Help up until Abbey Road yesterday, and I've adapted to the sound... I must hear Abbey Road with the same treatment goddammit).

I could only find flac, which does not play in my ipod, and there is no batch convert option in the program I use for such things on my lap top... so I must now convert each to mp4, one song at a time x 17. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. My day is eroding into bullshit.

*OMFG it won't even allow me to encode mp4 in the demo version. Fuck everything.