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The ABS in modern cars certainly helps a lot. I’d have it it in my first car. Drum brakes and no ABS. Death trap by today’s standards.
Not from Atlanta. She’s from the UK same as me. We were just both there for the Olympics.Wait, what? You married a southern girl?
Ideally, yes, but, in truth, it usually tends to only happen once they have moved on to something else - something more compelling - (such as university, work, apprenticeship) that takes them away (physically and psychologically) from the world of high school.
Can confirm, because this is how I feel.
In the U.S. at least, one doesn’t start university till they’re 18 or 19. Even then, it can be sometimes difficult to forget about all the potentially bad stuff that might’ve happened in high school. But in my case at least, I’ve forgotten most of it anyway. Moving far from home helped with that I’m sure.
I never liked school and was happy to move on at the earliest opportunity.
I don’t think about school very often at all. For the few years I lived in my hometown after school I saw some old school friends for a while, but we all drifted apart with our own jobs etc.
Then once I moved elsewhere, that was that.
My experience when I was kid happened when I stepped on a mole tunnel and it collapsed. I didn't realise there was a nest of hundreds of those cursed things in the tunnel. I only realised after they got into my clothes. They are not as bad as wasps that leave rapid-fire rows of stings, but they do sting multiple times. B@sta@rds. My folks stopped counting the stings at 60 because the swelling was so bad it was hard to identify individual stings. The one on my eyelid was the second worst...
As for why they exist, my theory is that somebody, sometime majorly offended the gods. The good news is that science allows us to go to war with them. There is a foaming pesticide that you can shoot on a nest entrance and they fly like kamikaze's right into into the foam. Works like a charm. 😈
Absolutely. Since there was a large state university 20 minutes from my hometown, at least half the kids I grew up with went there. And guess what, they simply hung around with many of the same kids they went to HS with. They didn't bother to go try and meet new people.
I think there have been some changes to the Wasp & Hornet Killers. I remember as a kid that one stream and they would just fall to the ground dead. It still kills them, but doesn't seem to have quite the knockout punch it used to have. Especially for hornets. Technically they are all members of the Wasp family, but regular paper wasps aren't complete a holes.
I can empathise with you.
I detested school (second level), but absolutely loved university.
At that age, an extra year does make a difference in one's maturity.
Put it behind you.
Instead, I suggest that you take the time to enjoy - immerse yourself in - the experience of university - a place where you will meet far more interesting people, people who may share your intellectual interests, where you will be intellectually stimulated, and will be rewarded for studying what you wish to study (and have an aptitude for), - and will receive support to do so, academic, intellectual, psychological - and will be able to devote an impressive amount of time to the in-depth interrogation of what interests you.
Again, put it behind you.
In under half a decade, nobody will give the proverbial two hoots about what happened in high school.
And, is there anything more pathetic than the sort of eternal adolescent who still dwells on the petty triumphs they achieved in high school?
I daresay.
So sorry to disappoint but the Dashcam hasn't recoded anything since August the 1st. Just as well I wasn't in the accident myself. I'll reformat the card in the morning and check if all is well.
Excellent: That is exactly the sort of thing that I was referring to.Well they get these cool shirts.......🤣
Hi guys! Had a successful surgery this morning and I am currently starting to recover at home.
Apparently (though I obviously don’t remember anything) I had trouble breathing during the procedure, but I vaguely remember them telling my mom and I that it went well.
So good news there! Hope everyone is doing well.
Apparently (though I obviously don’t remember anything) I had trouble breathing during the procedure, but I vaguely remember them telling my mom and I that it went well.
So good news there! Hope everyone is doing well.
Good to hear all is well. Hopefully a full and speedy recovery.
Thank you! Pretty painful the next few days I’m sure, but they’ve prescribed me a lot of medications that should help
Nice to be back home and in your own environment again, knowing that yay, the surgery is over! Glad that it all went well!
Yeah, starting to feel a lot more like myself now. The anesthesia didn’t fully wear off till probably an hour ago.
Nursing a hangover after an evening with a few flavored martinis. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become such a lightweight.
lol. I know what you mean. I drink very rarely these days. Partly because I’m rarely out (I don’t drink at home as Mrs AFB doesn’t drink), and partly because of the hangover. Just 3-4 beers is enough to affect me the next day these days. Switching from beer to fruit cider seems to work better for me though. I think the wheat in the beer doesn’t agree with me as well.
Dear marketing teams: sending me three advertisement emails in the span of 24 hours after I purchase one item from your store is a surefire way to ensure I'm never going to want to do business with you again.
TRUE!!!!Dear marketing teams: sending me three advertisement emails in the span of 24 hours after I purchase one item from your store is a surefire way to ensure I'm never going to want to do business with you again.