jd_1138
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What's with all these amped up Price is Right contestants in this era of pandemic? I think they're all idle SAG performers or something. They come out of a door dancing and doing cart wheels and such on their way to bid, and do the same as they win the bid and are approaching the game they're about to play. Idled Cirque De Soleil performers be up in that mofo.
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All 5 Phantasm movies are on Tubi now, so if y'all wanna have a Phantasm movie marathon this weekend, go for it. GF and I watched the original last night (it's remastered -- beautiful video/audio). GF had never seen any of the Phantasm films. We're watching Phantasm II tonight.
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Cedar Point theme park here in Ohio has had to close a few days in the week due to not having enough employees. Even though they are paying $20 an hour. So come to Ohio if you want to make about $40k/year making overpriced munchies for families or tearing tickets at the roller coaster. Not making light of their work, I am sure it's hard, as most jobs are. Rent is cheap in Ohio. $700-$800 a month in most areas will get you a nice apartment with a pool, gym, etc..
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Nicolas Cage only winning one Oscar is tantamount to the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame snubs like Blue Oyster Cult, ELP, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, etc..
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Went for a vision test for the first time in 5 years. My near vision's been getting bad the last couple years (I will be 49 this year). My regular prescription (nearsighted, astigmatism) hasn't changed much -- just the near vision.
I don't want bifocals, so I asked for 2 scripts -- one for regular and one for reading, so I will be switching glasses back and forth. Are bifocals that bad? Or do you get used to them? Maybe I will get a pair to see (pardon the pun) if they work.
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I have "Progressives" (like bifocals whereby one lens fades to the next...) They seem to be great for looking forward or into the distance (Driving for instance, which I do for a living), but up close reading I do have to tilt my head back just a tiny bit more than I'd like...I did get used to them pretty quickly though. Maybe I should try reading glasses sometimes and see if it's easier...
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Don't you love it when you call out an inconsiderate arsewhole for their crappy behavior, and then they try to turn it around onto you. "Now you made me feel bad", he said instead of a simple "sorry". Um, you should feel bad or better yet don't be an arse in the first place.
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Welcome to the age of zero accountability. There's no common sense. No scruples. No right or wrong. Thus, no closure. It's 100% perspective. It's baffling and unbelievably discouraging to know that there are those who find this to be progression when, in fact, it's the complete fucking opposite. I genuinely hate people like this. You try to call them out and they retaliate against you. Selfish, infantile folks whose behavior is detrimental to society.
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Watching the local news, I see that 2 local Mensa members broke into a popular local Italian deli with no masks on in this era of mask use (even a basic blue mask conceals most of one's features). Now their ugly stupid faces are plastered on the news. They will be caught quickly hopefully. They stole some beverages and a gift basket. I sorta know the owners -- nice family. I hope those few bottles of Snapple were worth it.
They do have nice gift baskets there -- imported cured meats, pricey imported pasta, marinara sauce, Italian espresso pot, etc. -- stuff like that.
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I had my 2nd shot of Covid-19 vaccine yesterday (Moderna). I didn't turn green or sprout gills. I heard there can be a severe immune response, but I didn't get that fortunately unless it kicks in today.
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More online idiocy: last night it was me and 1 dude left on our team. I ended up with an A+ rating (18 points, 22 rebounds, 5 blocks, 5 assists) and my teammate had an A+ rating (more points than me, but way less everything else). We ended up winning against the other team by 4 points even though they had 4 humans left on their team. Instead of saying "good game", he sent me 4 messages saying how much I suck. Granted I did have 5 turnovers (he had 3), but I was playing as 7'3" Boban Marjanovich of the Dallas Mavericks. Dude's like a black hole for rebounding as he grabs many boards, but he's kinda slow and ungainly. The anonymous people on console online gaming are largely soulless, humorless trolls.
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When life throws you lemons, make lemonade. If life throws you lemonade, make a lemonade stand. When life throws you lemonade stands, duck, or you will get hurt.
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Hmmm, I never saw that version. I only thought this version was made. When I first got into the retro gaming hobby in early 2000s, I bought a complete one like below sans box for $20 at a yard sale. I thought wow finally I can buy all these awesome systems my family was too poor to buy when I was a kid. I guess there was also a basic system without the keyboard and gun. I love car the cartridge slot is angled and the 80s pastel colors. Sadly and stupidly I sold it a few years later. -
I am starting to doubt my doggo's grasp on the English language. She thinks "DQ" means she's getting a small dish of vanilla ice cream from the DQ. Sure, we've playfully told her we are going for ice cream, a treat, etc. from DQ, and she now thinks DQ automatically means ice cream and she starts to get excited and wags her tail. What if we meant some other DQ? As in disqualification?
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I play a lot of NBA 2k21 on my Xbox One S. It's utterly annoying to start a game with 10 different players (each playing a different player/position), and usually after 3 minutes half the players quit. Usually it's a 6-0 score or something, and 2 or 3 players on the 0 scoring team drop out. The game is in its infancy. It can go either way at 6 vs 0 points, but definitely after losing most of its human players the 0 scoring team is doomed so then after a little more time, there's 1 person left on the team. I wish the gaming servers would categorize these early quitters and put them all together on the same teams against each other. Then a group with people who stick it out the entire game, and then a middle group for those who sometimes quit. Also, the ball hogs are ridiculous. I usually play as the center/power forward, and I work hard to get open under the basket, and nothing. Maybe 1 out of 10 teammates will pass me the ball. They usually fart around on the outside, get the ball stolen, or miss the 3 pointer. Luckily we players who care about rebounding are there to grab the missed shots. Rant over. Feel free to chime in with what pisses you off about online gamers.
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Ohio has opened up Covid vaccine to 40 and up folks. I tried the chain pharmacies, and their systems were broken (no appt's within 20 miles or 5 days) with no option to expand the search. Went to the OH health website instead and was able to schedule an appointment for a "jab" in a few days. Though to be fair, perhaps if I spoke to someone directly at the pharmacies then perhaps I could've gotten an appt? But they probably would've just said "go onto the website/app".
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That's right. I would have done similar had I been in charge.
Personally I would have liked to seen essential workers and emergency personnel get it first. Then free for all.
Instead we got some states prioritizing down to the nearest 10 year group like 60-50, then 50-40, 40-30, 30-20..
Cinema workers getting preferred over orchestra conductors. Farmers producing crop X first, then crop Y second, and Z third.
Far too many tedious prioritizations. How can that be enforced? It can't. And its not like any of the vaccine sign-up sites are working right.
I know seniors that can't navigate them anyways.
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I think all medical and emergency personnel like EMT/paramedic/firefighter/police, etc. were already given first dibs after the very frail and elderly. It's a shame there are wasted doses. I heard that it was a problem that some a-holes were booking multiple appt's in order to give themselves flexibility and then only showing up for one "jab", so there was too much vaccine at some sites that had to be tossed.
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I've been playing a lot of NBA 2K20. I used to play mostly team control, but now I prefer player control where it's you against 9 people over the internet. It feels pretty cool to be in charge of one player as a team. Need teamwork to win. I prefer playing the Center position because I like to bang in the post, grab rebounds, blocking shots. Scoring is very secondary -- plenty of ball hogs so that's not a problem. I've been playing as Boban Marjanovic (Dallas) who's 7'4". In real life, he only plays like 1/4 of the game because his body can't take the whole game, but in the game there's no fatigue so he's great. Rebounding and block party monster though he is kinda slow.
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