Naïve Old Fart 10,864 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 ... and a very nollaig Chridheil, to you, Mike. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 who you want to score the mstrox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 the mstrox is a democracy so ill let u all decide, but i personally think an unprecedented teamuo of zimmer and reznor f/ remixes by junkey xl could bring some eyes to the franchise Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I bet we could get an end credits song by meghan trainor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 She has a nice bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Got my federal and state tax returns filed today. If I didn't have to wait on W-2s and 1098 forms from employers/banks, I'd be like Ned Flanders, getting them done as soon as the clock struck midnight on January 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 still waiting on a few things myself, but im with u. especially because my withholdings are such that i get a big fat cash refund. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 11 minutes ago, mstrox said: still waiting on a few things myself, but im with u. especially because my withholdings are such that i get a big fat cash refund. Plus we get the 2021 January-June child tax credit payments as a lump sum. Plus the childcare credit limit was raised from $1,200 to like $6,000. Show me the person that has a kid in daycare and pays less than $6,000 a year for it, they don't exist. All of that obviously affects my bottom line a lot, having 3 of the little money pits mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 13,896 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 We pay about $4000 a year for one kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 well sure but u live in a utopia and stuart and i live in hell central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 13,896 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 So that's the amount of separation utopia and hell central? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 pre-covid we paid $205/week or $10,660/year which is on the low end for our area. apparently $6660 is the amount of separation between utopia and hell central prices go down as the kid gets older and they can legally cram more kids into a classroom, but it turns out that nothing is cheaper than social distancing!! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 13,896 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 55 minutes ago, mstrox said: it turns out that nothing is cheaper than social distancing!! Then we don't have to talk to people either! 55 minutes ago, mstrox said: prices go down as the kid gets older and they can legally cram more kids into a classroom So the best is to adopt an old kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 yes, 25 years old or so ought to do it Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 13,896 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Adopt Holko. Or perhaps not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,864 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I need a new home. I'm very neat and tidy, and I have excellent personal hygiene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 dont sound like a match. we are slovenly here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 13,896 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I'm sure he'll adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I do not live in Hell Central, I like where I live very much. In 2021, for my two boys to be in daycare/preschool we paid over $18,000, that's with switching them to reduced hours for June and July since my wife is a teacher and is home for the Summer months. Thankfully the elder boy will join his sister at the public elementary school this coming August! mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Hey @Not Mr. Big you ever buy the football-shaped woodwicks with the wide wicks? I hate 'em. They're expensive af and burn down way faster than the traditional wicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,757 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Just now, Disco Stu said: Hey @Not Mr. Big you ever buy the football-shaped woodwicks with the wide wicks? I hate 'em. They're expensive af and burn down way faster than the traditional wicks I sometimes do two-wick candles but that's as far as I'll go. If a candle is too wide you have to wait a LONG time to get an even burn, which not only makes the smell overwhelming but makes for a shorter candle life. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 40,628 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I'm trying to get through a double-wicked Yankee Candle candle cause my wife hates the smell but I don't want to just throw it out, and it sucks because the amount of liquid wax always ends up rising high enough to snuff the flames out to almost extinguished, so I have to kind of tilt them to the side to let some cool and stick to the sides so the wicks can go back to normal - huge PITA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 woodwicks for life! Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,757 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jay said: I'm trying to get through a double-wicked Yankee Candle candle cause my wife hates the smell but I don't want to just throw it out, and it sucks because the amount of liquid wax always ends up rising high enough to snuff the flames out to almost extinguished, so I have to kind of tilt them to the side to let some cool and stick to the sides so the wicks can go back to normal - huge PITA Sounds like a short wick problem. I got a bag of my own wicks for this, placing the extra wick towards the side to kind of take the pressure off the center wick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 introducing my kid to ghostbusters for the first time tonight <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,864 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2016 GHOSTBUSTERS? Mike, has your child seen the original? If not, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 He's stickin' it to those dirty sexist gatekeepers who only have hate in their hearts. That'll show 'em! mstrox and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 40,628 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 YEA TCL BABY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 8:50 AM, Naïve Old Fart said: 2016 GHOSTBUSTERS? Mike, has your child seen the original? If not, why not? she has not - we decided to start with the funny one and take it from there if her interest continues also something something sexist gatekeepers On 12/2/2022 at 1:10 PM, Jay said: YEA TCL BABY! yaaaasssss we stan a television manufacturer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 40,628 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 It's a great TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,864 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Does anyone else have what has become known as Zoom Anxiety? I was due to attend a Zoom meeting, this week, but I just could not go through with it. I sent my apologies, but I know that I had done a bad thing. I came clean, the next day, but although I felt really bad for doing it, I realised that I could not sit in front of a computer screen, for three hours, watching people talk. Does anybody else feel this way? How do you cope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 40,628 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Nah, being able to attend work meeting via Zoom from the comfort of my home office is preferred for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I despise virtual meetings and when I do have to get on a Zoom meeting (usually I'm at work while others are remote), I basically refuse to turn my camera on. Before the pandemic we were perfectly happy doing occasional conference calls with screen sharing when necessary and I'm not gonna stop. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bespinGPT 8,952 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 13 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I basically refuse to turn my camera on. Just SHAVE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I'm deeply uncomfortable being on camera and I always have been. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,675 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 i look awful on camera, but have recently embraced it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 40,628 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Nobody looks good on camera, and nobody cares how others look - you're thinking about your own image more than anybody else is. Just get through the business meeting as quick as possible and continue on with your day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I do get through the meeting as quickly as possible... with my camera off, and it doesn't affect the productivity of the meeting one iota to have it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,864 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 @Disco Stu, I like your new avatar. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 On 09/11/2021 at 12:59 PM, Disco Stu said: Skittles colors ranked (in terms of flavor): 1. Green 2. Yellow 3. Orange 4. Purple 5. Red I feel a very real sense of betrayal and outrage. Not three weeks after I posted the above, Skittles announced they were permanently replacing green apple with lime. It's been 6 months and I miss my green apple skittles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 im sorry stuart but this is an upgrade we never did zoom/skype meetings for work until 2020, but i love it. the number of meetings im invited to has shrunk and theyre all relevant and to the point. no anxiety on my end about this. im the only person i know in my whole agency that regularly turns their camera on. agent of chaos Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 I have just paid my last EVER preschool/daycare bill, with my youngest moving to public pre-k in August and we're taking him out for the summer at the end of this month. It feels very good, we paid more for preschool than we did for our mortgage/escrow payments monthly. Naïve Old Fart and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share Posted May 5, 2022 hell yeah! funnel all that money into crypto and nfts: “its so stupid it has to be smart!!!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Shaq quoting Pee-wee's Big Adventure in regular conversation, he should post on JWFan! Although he should have been brave enough to let the quote hang out there on its own instead of immediately being like "you know what movie that's from" mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 there are dozens of excellent reasons to delete facebook and ive ignored them all over the past 15 years for one reason or another, but the last straw was today when the app switched me out of dark mode three times. disastrous. bespinGPT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 40,628 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Careful, Trox! Stu will no longer like you if you are a fan of dark mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,504 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Mike and I have already made our peace with his apostasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 7,012 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 to each, their own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bespinGPT 8,952 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Unforgivable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,864 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 "dark mode"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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