So, in my first few days of driving I've noticed my car has had a little bit of trouble turning over when starting. I definitely let that battery sit too long. I should have been starting and running my car regularly when I was suspended. I hope the cells aren't damaged permanently. The battery is a...

I'm thinking that if Smith really takes a ride in that mud-slinging vehicle in the picture I previously posted, he will be looking for a mud-wrestling hunk of a woman to ride with him on their first date. ;D . PK94T4.jpg Dang. Girl on the right has it going on -- can't really tell with girl on the ...

Back at the height of my computer building days, I used to justify purchases of ram, a faster cpu and more monitors as "an investment in my productivity." ::) Heck, I still feel that itch sometimes these days. To be fair, the extra monitors in particular have actually helped me be more pro...

Some ideas for Miso after you go shopping ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ClAcPWjTOM ps: I could just see my mother doing this. She treated the collies same as her children. Lol Miso is already so spoiled... this would just spoil her rotten! She's a little too curious for her own good. I rememb...

So, first date with the girl went pretty well. Let's call her Hannah. We met at 6:30 last night and started off with a walk around the pier and harbour in her neighbourhood. We've been talking pretty extensively, so a first kiss actually happened after about an hour. We participated in the 7pm cheer...

I've got a date tonight, guys! Dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory. Wish me luck!

Dualstow's recent avatar motivated me to watch Gladiator again tonight.

Holy shit I forgot how awesome this movie is. I just got to the part where Commodus discovers that the unnamed gladiator is actually Maximus. Such a great scene.

Miso on her way to Costco.

Look who's in quarantine!!!

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 9:28 pm I heard a rumor that Smithers is dating Grimes.
Except it’s Canada, so it’s a rumour.

So X Æ A-12 is my kid?

Well, I am fond of having my name end with a number.

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 7:29 pm
+1, great news, but the dating stuff was so much more interesting!

I feel like this forum provides me with a put option on my romantic life.

Even if my relationship turns to sh*t, I'll always have a great story to tell as consolation!

As a Canadian I find this meme highly relatable in this thread.

I want to start a thread with the topic of personal productivity. We can talk strategy, tips, tricks, lamentations, and accomplishments here. The current state of lockdown over the past couple of months has changed productivity for me quite dramatically. There is less structure in my life than there...

What in tarnation.

Seems like an interesting and thoughtful fellow. He reminds me of myself in that the apparent simplicity of his recommendations belies the nuanced thoughts he clearly has under the surface. You can tell he's the kind of person who is thinking about investing and finance throughout the day, even as h...

Congratulations on getting your license back! I'm mostly a reader (lurker?) here but can say we've been blessed by the bonus energy that you have invested here while not being able to drive. I hope you don't get too busy to spend time here with us. This forum is my (digital) home! If I ever leave h...

Here in Vancouver, and B.C. largely, we are entering phase 2 of the our economic reopening. Retail shops, hair salons, and many businesses are allowed to reopen. Churches, gyms, and other places with generally large gatherings will be closed for a while longer it looks like. The other day I put on a...

Hal wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 1:19 pm Think you would like this link Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw3MdwjPyHA

Have to get that first dog toy

That is SO cute. My plan is to get a Shiba Inu when I graduate school and get back to working full-time!

GUESS WHO RENEWED THEIR LICENSE TODAY.

HIS NAME STARTS WITH SMITH AND ENDS WITH 1776.

MAKE DRIVING GREAT AGAIN.

I was thinking the other day of a Larry Portfolio combined with the Desert Portfolio. Has this allocation been popularized or "named" at any time? - 30% global small cap value stocks - 10% gold (half physical and half ETFs) - 60% intermediate-term treasury bonds Some prima facie performanc...

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 8:17 am
Exactly! Total un-Terminator, un-action movie for Arnold.

Vinny

I remember the first un-Arnold film I ever saw him in: Jingle All The Way.

I just finished watching United 93 on Netflix. There is an Arnold connection. Did anyone else see the movie where he was a common person whose wife and daughter were coming home on an airplane. Until it crashed and they died? I will not say anymore about what is in the movie. Vinny Just searched fo...

For me, nothing beats the first two Terminator films as all-time favourites. Time-travelling Arnold as a cyborg, sent back to kill the mother of his enemy before he's born. Yes. I usually hate time travel, but I was about 13 when Terminator came out. Blew my mind. (Dr Evil voice) Blew my frickin’ m...

Yes, I've always found much about charting and technical analysis to be rather curious. At least in terms of practitioners' claims of being able to apparently see where the market is going before it happens. Consider the following. In 2011, the Japanese Nikkei index fell double digits in two days fo...