stupid first world achievements and successes

Well, winter of 2015  2014-2015 we had 5 foot high snow drifts in our community and the city didn't clear it for 2 weeks! So of course, everyone got out in their little cars and thought they could get through the drifts.

So aside from the 5 foot high snow drifts, we had peoples cars abandoned in the middle of all the streets. Firetrucks and ambulances couldn't get into our community for 2 weeks. You know, those things we pay taxes for? Chaffed my dick a little actually, they were handing out tickets to people that had plows equipped on their personal trucks and were helping rescue stranded vehicles in our community because they were apparently "stealing unionized work" that they couldn't even get done.

A truck won't help that though lol, it's not a monster truck I can't drive over the cars.

Pfft 5 foot high. When I were little, snow drifts were near 10 foot high and cars were frozen solid. Still, father sent us to school every day and would whip us if we complained.

lol but you also walked to school uphill both ways and ice cream was but a nickel  

  On 10/6/2016 at 7:23 AM, StephenG said:

lol but you also walked to school uphill both ways and ice cream was but a nickel

Ice cream! We used to dream of such luxury. We'd have been happy just licking the used cream buckets behind the barn.

  On 10/5/2016 at 10:44 PM, cwmbrancity said:

finally, on a short-list for an experimental British MDMA study into its efficacy in treating PTSD

 

odds on i get the fkn placebo

lol

This is quality though, hope it goes well for ya! it's good to see that research into this kind of thing is actually being funded somewhere.

Can make delicious treacle oat cookies from scratch within minutes. I feel like I've learnt a superpower.

FINALLY got a cell phone today :)))

i don't have a good data plan so i'm wondering what the IDM guyz like when it comes to mp3 player. it has to be an offline app, 

i'm going to get a micro sd card tomorrow, so something where i can select the folder from that, and drag all my files in, mp3s, flacs are cool too i guess

i checked androids foobar app, and while it does seem popular enough the sorting of files seems a bit wonky.

ILLUMINATE ME

  On 10/9/2016 at 5:45 AM, yek said:

FINALLY got a cell phone today :)))

 

i don't have a good data plan so i'm wondering what the IDM guyz like when it comes to mp3 player. it has to be an offline app,

i'm going to get a micro sd card tomorrow, so something where i can select the folder from that, and drag all my files in, mp3s, flacs are cool too i guess

 

i checked androids foobar app, and while it does seem popular enough the sorting of files seems a bit wonky.

 

ILLUMINATE ME

I've always liked Poweramp best on Android.

  On 10/9/2016 at 5:49 AM, doublename said:

 

  On 10/9/2016 at 5:45 AM, yek said:

FINALLY got a cell phone today :)))

 

i don't have a good data plan so i'm wondering what the IDM guyz like when it comes to mp3 player. it has to be an offline app,

i'm going to get a micro sd card tomorrow, so something where i can select the folder from that, and drag all my files in, mp3s, flacs are cool too i guess

 

i checked androids foobar app, and while it does seem popular enough the sorting of files seems a bit wonky.

 

ILLUMINATE ME

I've always liked Poweramp best on Android.

 

thanks double, i'll check it out tomorrow 

Got several hundred quid back pay from my old job, didn't even realise I was owed it so it feels like free money, Monopoly chance-card style.

The new Nick Cave album sounds like really cringey musical theatre.

...and the lyrics are even worse.

I dug out my old school reports and found that I was once described as someone with great promise and potential.
I now realize exactly how much of a total failure I have become but it lead me on a train of thought which has enlightened me to how utterly insignificant I am in this universe. There is a wonderful comfort in that. I feel a lot better.

  On 10/12/2016 at 4:16 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

The new Nick Cave album sounds like really cringey musical theatre.

 

 

...and the lyrics are even worse.

I successfully posted this in the wrong thread.

  On 10/12/2016 at 4:16 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

The new Nick Cave album sounds like really cringey musical theatre.

 

 

...and the lyrics are even worse.

I know you posted this in the wrong thread, but I totally agree. Everyone here was like, "omg, it's so dark and moody like totally" when it came out. So I listened to it and... it sounds like a poet's night out at a café somewhere and NOBODY is paying attention to him. Nick Cave's voice is still brilliant though.

Glad to hear someone agree!  His voice sounded like a groaning old man to me, but that's probably because everything else about it was horrible.  Groaning old men can be excellent too in the right context.  This album was unfortunately the worst context.  I like everything else he's done aside from The Boatman's Call.

  On 10/12/2016 at 9:43 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Glad to hear someone agree!  His voice sounded like a groaning old man to me, but that's probably because everything else about it was horrible.  Groaning old men can be excellent too in the right context.

Yeah, it all sounded way too histrionic/theatrical.

Actually, this picture sums it up...

his son died though.

Yeah, I know... and that sucks major ass...

Oh shit!  Hmmmm... awkward...

lol @ that picture though...

I kinda agree on the Nick Cave album, I liked the overall atmosphere at first but then on closer listening it falls really flat... I know his son died, and that's pretty awful to have to deal with, but it's just not a very interesting album. I probably won't revisit it much.


Also on topic of thread: Had to design a "masthead" for a hypothetical magazine for my publication class, my professor commended my design as not really needing any revisions because it's functional, readable and fits the audience/topic I'm going for, the rest of the class has to work on revisions due this Monday.

i don't know if this belong in this thread, but, rediscovering the beatles and it feeling fresh as the first time 

  On 10/17/2016 at 2:00 AM, yek said:

i don't know if this belong in this thread, but, rediscovering the beatles and it feeling fresh as the first time 

I love when that happens. 

I was all like "I wish I had some weed" and then I found a gram just sitting in my room.

swallow the trouser

One of my favourite musicians (David Grubbs) was playing a 2pm show here on a Saturday, the same weekend I was working. I was also broke.

Hadn't seen him since he was here in 2008 and was PISSED when I found out (6 months after the fact) he'd played another in 2014.

Through all kinds of magical twists of fate I ended up being able to afford a ticket and get a half day off work on the Saturday. Had a fucking wonderful time at the show, spoke to him afterwards and he signed his new record for me.

Came out of there BUZZING and generally high on life (and the 3 or 4 IPAs I'd had).