I was in a community college program with a kid who stank like that. After a few months, I got to know him and I told him, “Dude, you stink.” He told me he lived in a trailer with a big family and could never get a shower before class. A lie maybe, but I can believe it. Some folks are just really poor and the water bill isn’t always paid up.

✌️ Grats! I tried this in 2008, but only because I lost my overtime and couldn’t afford insurance and repairs. I took the bus for years, but it was too cold for me in Buffalo. Great transit, but the winters are rough. Certainly possible.

Paying off my trailer, flying to New York to see my oldest kids 💚

This site is thoroughly enshittified.

Peace on earth, peace for mankind

You should know, American government is corrupt from the top down. If you think it will make a difference, join a protest.

Just turned 47. Divorced 15 years. Still single. I often feel the same way. Buying a house now in this market is insanity. Hopefully, real estate should crash again at some point.

All of this.

If you barely use your car, put some gas stabilizer in the tank. Gasoline expires at some point - 3-6 months for cheap gas in a modern car. Talk to your local shop.

Maybe try workaway? Or a non-profit? See the world. With nursing skills, you are super, super valuable. Thank you! You are amazing.

My brother’s pit bull would only watch Little House on the Prairie, and complain if you changed it.

I hear you. But “an eye for an eye” is very Old Testament, isn’t it? Where does the killing stop?

6400km this year? Hmmmm. If I ride to work at least 300 days this year, that would rack up ~2700km. That’s a 10min commute. I would have to go absolutely everywhere to hit that number.

Steamworld Dig

Was there a real hunt for Red October? These movies always seem to start from some piece of history.

I listen to my kids and understand their struggles. I feel like that wasn’t a thing when I was raised. That may be considered “woke” now.

I’m sorry you had that experience. I work with former dealer technicians and they are good at fixing cars. Decent people all around. The service writers are often to blame. But with all that money on the line there is plenty of blame to go around. Fuck cars.

Oh snap. No good at all. I believe the Aura and Astra were rebadged Opals. I was considering an Aura. I was going to replace the badges lol.

I had an Ion, 5speed manual, no power windows and I loved it. The only thing that broke on it in 6 years/90k miles, was the driver door latch.