GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (7 Viewers)

[STBootleg]

Watching Mathew stafford’s wife talking about how normal her life is and that her podcast is meant to connect with “regular everyday people” is grating to me. His Career earnings? 368 million. I’m sure her day to day is just like mine.

surely your chauffeur takes your maid to Whole Foods to shop for the weekly groceries, to be prepared by your chef and monitored by your dietitian, no?

Not usually. My kid did just hit the brand new garage door I had installed. Cool cool cool

i have no idea what it's like to have someone hit a garage door, garage frame, structure, car parked in a driveway, on the street, or for that matter any other car related mayhem that may or may not have been their fault. absolutely none at all. :(

Laugh and or smile emoji here.

maybe it's inherited because my kid, who isn't officially licensed yet, managed to clip the garage frame while backing out and shattered the passenger side mirror.

i give up

Oof. Not looking forward to either of my kids driving. Although... my oldest (14 in February) said that she's in no hurry to get her license and that if we just got her an E-Bike that she wouldn't want to even try driving until she was like 18. I don't know if I believe her... I think she just wants an E-Bike... but I'm inclined to just fork over the $1,200 for the bike and keep my SUV for a few more years than I expected to. Who knows what my son will want... I think he just wants to sit in his room and play his Nintendo Switch all day.

anecdotally, most of my kids friends are 16+ and do not have their licenses. she has told me most of them don't want to drive.

now, there are certainly friends of hers who do drive but it's maybe 30% or something. very odd.


different generation

Interesting. Guess I should start pricing e-bikes. I've heard you can get some decent deals on Facebook Marketplace.

Will more than be covered by the amount you save on that first 6 months of insurance premium.

Yeah didn't even think of that. These kids will have to get jobs FO SHO.

Mine didn’t increase that much. I thought it would be A LOT. ended up being about $100/mo

Same here, my daughter got her license last May at 16yo. My insurance only went up $100 a month. I thought for sure it would be way more then that.

 

[GroveDiesel]

My daughter got her license on her 16th birthday. She totaled the neighbor's new car 30 days after her 16th birthday. She's 20 now, and has been in 8 accidents (6 so minor we didn't report them). All were while she was in reverse. She says she's really good at driving forward. That's not true, either.

Why was she driving the neightbor's car?

she wasn't so much driving it as driving over it. backed right up onto the hood.

Yeesh.

Reminds me of a story from one of my dad’s co-workers. They were moving and the movers had about 50% of the stuff packed in the truck when they heard a huge crash. They went out to look and a 16 year old whose parents had just bought them a brand new car had been on the way home from the dealership when they drove directly up the truck ramp wedging the car into the back of the moving truck and destroying everything in the truck.

 

[-fish-]

Destroying the neighbor's car was actually her second accident. First one she dinged the car next to her backing out of a parking space at Target. She went in to the store and had customer service page the owner of the car. Nobody came, so SHE CALLED THE POLICE ON HERSELF. They showed up, laughed at her and sent her home.

 

[El Floppo]

hey @El Floppo I'm in NYC for the weekend. Wanna make plans to get a drink and then not meet up?

YOURE ON!

I'm free til about 7. I'm in midtown.

Ok... See you there!

 

[shuke]

Destroying the neighbor's car was actually her second accident. First one she dinged the car next to her backing out of a parking space at Target. She went in to the store and had customer service page the owner of the car. Nobody came, so SHE CALLED THE POLICE ON HERSELF. They showed up, laughed at her and sent her home.

This reminds me of funny anecdote but I'm too high to type it all out right now.

 

[-fish-]

Destroying the neighbor's car was actually her second accident. First one she dinged the car next to her backing out of a parking space at Target. She went in to the store and had customer service page the owner of the car. Nobody came, so SHE CALLED THE POLICE ON HERSELF. They showed up, laughed at her and sent her home.

This reminds me of funny anecdote but I'm too high to type it all out right now.

I'm impressed.

 

[-fish-]

also, Vampire Weekend at Madison Square Garden with Mark Ronson opening with a DJ set was really fun, even though I might have been the oldest guy there.

 

[El Floppo]

also, Vampire Weekend at Madison Square Garden with Mark Ronson opening with a DJ set was really fun, even though I might have been the oldest guy there.

I heard they played on the sidewalk somewhere in the hood here.

It was fun not getting drinks this weekend.

 

[-fish-]

The doorknob to my garage broke. Just fell apart. I bought a new one and replaced it, but the actual latch part worked fine, so I just replaced the old knob with the new one and left the locking mechanism in place. This leaves me with a box with new parts that I didn't use. My first thought is to stash those in my garage somewhere, since they are unused and may serve some purpose someday. But that's how I ended up with a garage full of clutter. Throwing the brand new parts that I don't need feels wrong, though, even though I know that I'll never use these things.

I think I'll just leave them out on the counter until the girlfriend gets tired of looking at them and throws them away.

 

[heckmanm]

Our same doorknob broke a month or so back, but in a different way - it just completely froze and wouldn't turn at all. Fortunately it broke while the door was open, but we had to disassemble it and then basically break the pieces apart to get them removed from the door itself. The nice thing with the newer locksets is that they have a tool that will let you reset them to an existing key, so we can still use the same key across multiple doors.

What exciting times we live in, eh?

 

[General Malaise]

Did his job beautifully here. Nice job, rook.

 

[General Malaise]

Lol, wrong thread.

 

[General Malaise]

You guys have to guess what thread that errant post was intended for. Winner gets a box of unused doorknob parts.

 

[General Malaise]

Our same doorknob broke a month or so back, but in a different way - it just completely froze and wouldn't turn at all. Fortunately it broke while the door was open, but we had to disassemble it and then basically break the pieces apart to get them removed from the door itself. The nice thing with the newer locksets is that they have a tool that will let you reset them to an existing key, so we can still use the same key across multiple doors.

What exciting times we live in, eh?

Harder than installing netflix

 

[Dan Lambskin]

You guys have to guess what thread that errant post was intended for. Winner gets a box of unused doorknob parts.

Jobe?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Our same doorknob broke a month or so back, but in a different way - it just completely froze and wouldn't turn at all. Fortunately it broke while the door was open, but we had to disassemble it and then basically break the pieces apart to get them removed from the door itself. The nice thing with the newer locksets is that they have a tool that will let you reset them to an existing key, so we can still use the same key across multiple doors.

What exciting times we live in, eh?

Ours froze like that recently too with door shut. Had to unscrew and then manually pop the deadlatch

Went to Home Depot for a replacement and after like 10 minutes found a universal one on a bottom shelf. Kid working the aisle assured me it “should” work. Narrator: it did not

Ordered a replacement on Amazon for my brand of lock, dodged the sketchy looking one that was half the price of the others. So far so good

Lock chat

 

[shuke]

The doorknob to my garage broke. Just fell apart. I bought a new one and replaced it, but the actual latch part worked fine, so I just replaced the old knob with the new one and left the locking mechanism in place. This leaves me with a box with new parts that I didn't use. My first thought is to stash those in my garage somewhere, since they are unused and may serve some purpose someday. But that's how I ended up with a garage full of clutter. Throwing the brand new parts that I don't need feels wrong, though, even though I know that I'll never use these things.

I think I'll just leave them out on the counter until the girlfriend gets tired of looking at them and throws them away.

I have so much stuff saved "just in case" that I have forgotten about everything I have. Hell, I've bough tools that I forgot I already have, no way I can remember about all the random stuff.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

The doorknob to my garage broke. Just fell apart. I bought a new one and replaced it, but the actual latch part worked fine, so I just replaced the old knob with the new one and left the locking mechanism in place. This leaves me with a box with new parts that I didn't use. My first thought is to stash those in my garage somewhere, since they are unused and may serve some purpose someday. But that's how I ended up with a garage full of clutter. Throwing the brand new parts that I don't need feels wrong, though, even though I know that I'll never use these things.

I think I'll just leave them out on the counter until the girlfriend gets tired of looking at them and throws them away.

I have so much stuff saved "just in case" that I have forgotten about everything I have. Hell, I've bough tools that I forgot I already have, no way I can remember about all the random stuff.

I bought a jig saw the other day then a few days later found I had a jig saw attachment for my oscillating tool

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Travelled across the country yesterday with my 80 year old parents. My step dad hadn’t traveled in 7-8 years. Just getting them the airline app was a challenge. Looooooong day. But here I am in Newport, RI. Highlight of the trip? Found the only place open for food at 2am last night. Checkers pizza. The 2 Dave’s running the place could not have been more awesome. When Dave asked me if there was anything else he could get me, I said I was good unless he Had a couple beers hidden somewhere. He said he might be able to help me out. Couldn’t sell me any, but could probably give me a couple. Bless you Dave. God Bless you Dave. So if if you’re in Middleton, RI, give checkers pizza some business.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Now to find the rest of the O’Brien clan and marvel at everyone’s ability to drink. We’re here for a Family reunion. Meet and greet tonight, at a bar of course. Starting at 8:00. My wife is annoyed it’s so late.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Now to find the rest of the O’Brien clan and marvel at everyone’s ability to drink. We’re here for a Family reunion. Meet and greet tonight, at a bar of course. Starting at 8:00. My wife is annoyed it’s so late.

I would be too. I’m a much better day drinker nowadays

 

[nirad3]

Now to find the rest of the O’Brien clan and marvel at everyone’s ability to drink. We’re here for a Family reunion. Meet and greet tonight, at a bar of course. Starting at 8:00. My wife is annoyed it’s so late.

I would be too. I’m a much better day drinker nowadays

Dude, same. To wit, a conversation with a few of my HS buddies (real names used, cuz, why not):

Dave: hey guys, I'll be in town from November 21 until December 30, let's get something on the calendar for Wursthaus (it's a German biergarten with great sausage and of course, bier)

Me: Sounds good, what about that first weekend? Saturday the 23rd? P? Egg? (I have a friend I call "P" and one that's been called "Egg" since middle school)

Egg: I'll make it happen, gents

Me: P?

Me (a couple days later, as P is a pediatric cardiologist that works like 90 hours a week): OK, well I think the 23rd should be good, let's ink it.... earlier the better, like 3? I like getting my drink on as early as possible so I can be in bed by midnight.

Egg: Son, we'll all be in bed by 11

Me: Quite possible.... as long as you don't get us a tray of 9.5% Belgians for us to POUND like they're shots of whiskey on our way out of that one brewery (story for another time)

P (finally responding): Yeah, 11 sounds late

Dave: That's about the time of my first pee after going to bed.

---------------

Ahhh, the joys of being 50+

 

[-fish-]

Davechat activated.

 

[General Malaise]

The doorknob to my garage broke. Just fell apart. I bought a new one and replaced it, but the actual latch part worked fine, so I just replaced the old knob with the new one and left the locking mechanism in place. This leaves me with a box with new parts that I didn't use. My first thought is to stash those in my garage somewhere, since they are unused and may serve some purpose someday. But that's how I ended up with a garage full of clutter. Throwing the brand new parts that I don't need feels wrong, though, even though I know that I'll never use these things.

I think I'll just leave them out on the counter until the girlfriend gets tired of looking at them and throws them away.

I have so much stuff saved "just in case" that I have forgotten about everything I have. Hell, I've bough tools that I forgot I already have, no way I can remember about all the random stuff.

This is how I ended up with THREE thatching rakes.

 

[General Malaise]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

 

[El Floppo]

F-in DAVE!

 

[berndog]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

Don’t they say the path to hell is paved with good intentions? Might as well enjoy the ride.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Both Dave’s were awesome. Dave 1 was the owner and beer supplier. Dave 2 was the Talker. He kept sitting down with us to give us the lay of the land. Dave 1 kept yelling at him that we didn’t want to hear his stories and to help make our darn pizzas.


Dave 1: hey Dave, they’re from CA, they don’t know where the rotary is down by the Walmart. How bout you get back here and help out

Dave 2: oh yea. Probably not..so anyway, down by the rotary..

Dave 1: Dave! Get your *** back here!

All in textbook New England accent.

Dave 1 is 63 and Dave 2 is 55. I have more info on both if you’d like. Dave 2 chatted us up the entire time we were there. It really was just outstanding.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

You know where to find food and drink pre-game!

 

[nirad3]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

One of my GB's from college (who I've discussed w/ @SFBayDuck since he's in the same fraternity as my buddy's son) is going to the game. It sounds like it'll be a blast!

 

[Uruk-Hai]

We need all of the Daves to join the FFA

 

[Snoopy]

Dave's not here.

 

[boilerdave]

 

[mr. furley]

all the Dave's i know are A+ fellas

 

[-fish-]

Currently, I don't have any friends named Dave. I may make this a goal for 2024.

 

[Osaurus]

I remember seeing Joe Jackson a number of years ago and mentioned that everyone in Portsmouth, England is called/named Dave. I believe him.

 

[General Malaise]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

You know where to find food and drink pre-game!

Do I?

Expect a phone call from a lost, slightly inebriated dork around 3.

 

[General Malaise]

I have FOURTEEN Daves or Davids in my phone contacts. Needs more Stans and/or Marvins.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

You know where to find food and drink pre-game!

Do I?

Expect a phone call from a lost, slightly inebriated dork around 3.

I'll be disappointed if it's only "slightly" at 3:00!

I'll keep the ringer on! Our mutual friend and his wife are supposed to be there as well.

You hitting GameDay in the morning? Think I'll take the morning walk with the pup over there and watch for a bit, but have to get home to get ready to head to the parking lot by 9:45 or so (opens at 10:30).

 

[-fish-]

I have FOURTEEN Daves or Davids in my phone contacts. Needs more Stans and/or Marvins.

I have 7 Daves in my contacts, but they are all business related. Not a single Stan or Marvin. Is there an app for making friends with people who have a specific name? If not, there should be.

 

[General Malaise]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

You know where to find food and drink pre-game!

Do I?

Expect a phone call from a lost, slightly inebriated dork around 3.

I'll be disappointed if it's only "slightly" at 3:00!

I'll keep the ringer on! Our mutual friend and his wife are supposed to be there as well.

You hitting GameDay in the morning? Think I'll take the morning walk with the pup over there and watch for a bit, but have to get home to get ready to head to the parking lot by 9:45 or so (opens at 10:30).

I feel like GameDay is a young man's game, so I probably won't bother with it. Hoping to play some discs in the morning with my son and his BF but other than that, I got nothing going on. If you want some help setting up, text me. I'd love to pitch in!

 

[ChiefD]

Heading down to Eugene at 2pm today for a little ball game going on tomorrow. Staying down there two nights. I have tried to place up some navigational buoys to keep myself in check as I have a propensity to go off the rails whenever I'm 20 miles away from my wife and kids but I'm sure those will get plowed over before the clock strikes 11pm tonight.

You know where to find food and drink pre-game!

Do I?

Expect a phone call from a lost, slightly inebriated dork around 3.

I'll be disappointed if it's only "slightly" at 3:00!

I'll keep the ringer on! Our mutual friend and his wife are supposed to be there as well.

You hitting GameDay in the morning? Think I'll take the morning walk with the pup over there and watch for a bit, but have to get home to get ready to head to the parking lot by 9:45 or so (opens at 10:30).

I feel like GameDay is a young man's game, so I probably won't bother with it. Hoping to play some discs in the morning with my son and his BF but other than that, I got nothing going on. If you want some help setting up, text me. I'd love to pitch in!

Couple of guys pitching tents. Sounds fun!

 

[El Floppo]

I've got a few Stans, 1 or 2 Marvins and lots and lots and lots of Daves.

 

[SFBayDuck]

I feel like GameDay is a young man's game, so I probably won't bother with it. Hoping to play some discs in the morning with my son and his BF but other than that, I got nothing going on. If you want some help setting up, text me. I'd love to pitch in!

Agreed, but if I've gotta walk the dog early anyway, might as well go check it out.

If you're disc golfing in Alton Baker, our new tailgate spot is between where we were last year and there - still right on Pre's Trail (hopefully, spots aren't reserved but we've been there all three games so far).

 

[Dan Lambskin]

We need all of the Daves to join the FFA

 

[mr. furley]

I have FOURTEEN Daves or Davids in my phone contacts. Needs more Stans and/or Marvins.

I have 7 Daves in my contacts, but they are all business related. Not a single Stan or Marvin. Is there an app for making friends with people who have a specific name? If not, there should be.

r/matt

 

[Rustoleum]

Daves

 

[Rustoleum]

Made an effort this week to put a dent in my way over cluttered basement and made decent progress. Which somehow set off my dad’s radar and he turned his basement full of tools he will never use again into my basement of tools I will likely never use. It literally now looks like I’ve been pillaging every yard sale in the county for the past 30 years.

1 radial arm saw with homemade wooden table/base
1 table saw
1 drill press
2 trim/miter saws
1 band saw
1 jig saw
1 scroll saw
1 belt sander
1 bench grinder
2 routers and router tables
1 nice work table that holds maybe 3 or 4 of these things.

I almost never tackle a project that needs more than a drill, a handheld jigsaw, and a circular saw.

If you see me in here trying to give away a piano, it’ll be because I plugged one of these things in and cut my thumbs off.

Thanks dad…

 

[GroveDiesel]

Travelled across the country yesterday with my 80 year old parents. My step dad hadn’t traveled in 7-8 years. Just getting them the airline app was a challenge. Looooooong day. But here I am in Newport, RI. Highlight of the trip? Found the only place open for food at 2am last night. Checkers pizza. The 2 Dave’s running the place could not have been more awesome. When Dave asked me if there was anything else he could get me, I said I was good unless he Had a couple beers hidden somewhere. He said he might be able to help me out. Couldn’t sell me any, but could probably give me a couple. Bless you Dave. God Bless you Dave. So if if you’re in Middleton, RI, give checkers pizza some business.

Took the family to Newport in August. Had never been there before. Enjoyed it a lot. Though being in downtown Newport on a summer Friday night made me feel really poor.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Travelled across the country yesterday with my 80 year old parents. My step dad hadn’t traveled in 7-8 years. Just getting them the airline app was a challenge. Looooooong day. But here I am in Newport, RI. Highlight of the trip? Found the only place open for food at 2am last night. Checkers pizza. The 2 Dave’s running the place could not have been more awesome. When Dave asked me if there was anything else he could get me, I said I was good unless he Had a couple beers hidden somewhere. He said he might be able to help me out. Couldn’t sell me any, but could probably give me a couple. Bless you Dave. God Bless you Dave. So if if you’re in Middleton, RI, give checkers pizza some business.

Took the family to Newport in August. Had never been there before. Enjoyed it a lot. Though being in downtown Newport on a summer Friday night made me feel really poor.

Main event tonight at the Newport yacht club. My dumb drunk *** spoke at the end in support of my mom(the oldest) and apparently I’m hosting the next reunion.