Random Rants ΠΓ': Parental guidance required

[The_J]

I thought of something else @The_J -

If her current fake husband has already threatened to report her after a regular fight, how do you think he's going to react when she leaves him and instantly fake-marries her ex-boyfriend? He will ruin you.

Her current one is as real as it gets (in the way that they're regularly...er....intercoursing; which we could do too, for the sake of this thing).
But yes, this is an added problem.
(unless I marry her in France, different authorities then, and he'd not need to know, but hell, this is complicated )

I hope that this possible oversight in the visa regulations might fix the issue, would make everyone's life a lot easier.

 

[Arakhor]

I should remind people that CFC should not be used to discuss illegal activities, which this conversation seems to be veering towards.

 

[The_J]

Jail time was not planned for 2020, so I plan this as legal as possible .
It might end up being a temporary relationship though .

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Mostly over my cold but I still feel like doo doo and I gotta work today.

Jail time was not planned for 2020, so I plan this as legal as possible

It's so above board that you asked us not to quote you. This whole situation sounds kind of crazy and I hope you manage to avoid it.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

I bought some earphones on ebay. They were cheaper on Amazon, but I don't have Prime so with postage they cost more. So anyway, they turn up... and they're from Amazon, with an Amazon packing slip. I can only think someone with Amazon Prime has set up an ebay account and is just ordering stuff from Amazon to order. For some reason this feels rather cheeky, even though I have got what I ordered for the priced I paid.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I bought some earphones on ebay. They were cheaper on Amazon, but I don't have Prime so with postage they cost more. So anyway, they turn up... and they're from Amazon, with an Amazon packing slip. I can only think someone with Amazon Prime has set up an ebay account and is just ordering stuff from Amazon to order. For some reason this feels rather cheeky, even though I have got what I ordered for the priced I paid.

Is "cheeky" a slang word for "clever" or am I misreading from the context?

 

[JohannaK]

Clever in a mischievous way. Or maybe mischievous in a clever way.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

None these is exactly right, but something like this:

cheeky

 

[Birdjaguar]

Dang that thread got closed while I was answering. Edited version.

Boomer Facts:
Boomers may be the richest generation, but those riches are not evenly or equally divided. As with other generations, the top 5% hold most of the wealth. To be in that top group one would need at least $2.5 million in net worth. To be in the top 10%, $1.3 million. So that means that 90% of boomers have less than $1.3 million in net worth.

• The average pre-retirement baby boomer (defined as 55-65 years old) has $136,200 saved for retirement.
• 45% of Baby Boomers have no retirement savings
• 55% of Baby Boomers have some retirement savings and, of those, 28% have less than $100,000

Your beef with boomers is the same beef that the left has with income inequality: The rich have money and spend it extravagantly. But that has always been the story with the rich. Half the boomers are f* for retirement. In 2030 when the leading edge of boomers start dying off more quickly, they will leave their wealth (if they have any) to their kids who are mostly...wait for it...Millennials!! And for the dying rich that will be a huge pile of money. Now's the time to marry boomer children who have rich parents!

Is

OK Boomer

an attempt to insult me or is it an acknowledgement of my age and correctness? If it is an insult, I salute your failed effort. Being old, I sometimes get confused by how Millennials use language nowadays.

 

[JohannaK]

ok boomer.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: Having to type serial numbers/license keys in because pasting them in is disabled.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

My kettle sucks.

Check that.

More accurately, it blows. As in, when you tip it to pour the liquid blocks the entire spout no matter how you try to do it, resulting in a steam pressure trap in the body of the kettle which then blows the water out of the spout and past the targeted cup.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

My kettle sucks.

Check that.

More accurately, it blows. As in, when you tip it to pour the liquid blocks the entire spout no matter how you try to do it, resulting in a steam pressure trap in the body of the kettle which then blows the water out of the spout and past the targeted cup.

Mine has a defective lid that allows steam to flow out and up to your hand while pouring out the water.

Rant: still coughing a lot. I hope I don't need to see a doctor. Mucinex doesn't seem to be helping much.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Rant: still coughing a lot. I hope I don't need to see a doctor. Mucinex doesn't seem to be helping much.

For almost two weeks my cold showed not the slightest sign that it was going to back off, ever, until I hit it with Vicks Vaporub. Rolled up in a blanket so the fumes continuously pour up into my face and in two days I am almost completely recovered.

 

[Takhisis]

Rant: Having trouble with something. Find forum post about it. Responses:

"Here, this site explains it: [dead link not archived by Wayback Machine]"

"Thank you. I have it working now!"

(source)

Oh, that comic remains so real.

I had to assemble a desk chair. Would have been done in about 30 minutes, but no, the instruction manual assumed I have three or four arms, so I had to spend an extra 90 minutes trying to figure out how the hell to fit the pieces together with the normal human complement.

I thought you had your other half around for a visit. A bit of physical activity…

My kettle sucks.

Check that.

More accurately, it blows. As in, when you tip it to pour the liquid blocks the entire spout no matter how you try to do it, resulting in a steam pressure trap in the body of the kettle which then blows the water out of the spout and past the targeted cup.

Opening the lid to ease the pressure usually tends to help. (method tried IRL by Takhisis)

Also it might be that Steam has just dominated its lowercase RL namesake and are waging psychologicla warfare against you.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Opening the lid to ease the pressure usually tends to help. (method tried IRL by Takhisis)

I used to think of that frequently while wiping the counter. Now I usually think of it about the time the water belches out over the cup. I'm hoping that at some point it will start occurring to me early enough to be useful.

 

[Takhisis]

You just have to mechanise the procedure. Whenever you're about to pour, first take the lid off for a second or two, then pour.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Or get a new kettle.

 

[Takhisis]

Not until the current one has been properly amortised.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Or get a new kettle.

How does one predict how a kettle will pour? The thought of just replacing the kettle has a strong appeal, but if the new one didn't work any better than the old one I'd be irritated.