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GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (9 Viewers)
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Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
Unrelated: I just watched my dog reach his head around and eat a turd that was hanging out of his own butt.
Osaurus
Footballguy
When mine has one dangling, she turns around and looks at me with a "little help" look. It works
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Tecumseh
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Dogs are disgusting
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Thanks!So this Yamaha will likely give you one of the better surround experiences from a soundbar, while still giving great sound. This is going to be pretty easy to hookup (HDMI cable out of BluRay, Cable/Sat TV, etc into the Yamaha and then the Yamaha out to the TV) and it has a calibration mic to set it up for your room.Thanks GB.
I don't want to spend a fortune but love the surround sound experience for sports in particular.
Ask any questions just ask.
So I don't need a receiver right? It just hooks to the DTV box and then the TV or something....... :netflixgm:
Will a decent Blu Ray player work with it just fine?
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kevzilla
Footballguy
Hawks64
Footballguy
Nope, no need for a receiver at all. Just hook your DTV up to it and really any BluRay player to it and then run a connection to the TV. I looked at the instructions and they do a nice job of making it pretty easy to understand.Thanks!So this Yamaha will likely give you one of the better surround experiences from a soundbar, while still giving great sound. This is going to be pretty easy to hookup (HDMI cable out of BluRay, Cable/Sat TV, etc into the Yamaha and then the Yamaha out to the TV) and it has a calibration mic to set it up for your room.
I don't want to spend a fortune but love the surround sound experience for sports in particular.
Ask any questions just ask.
So I don't need a receiver right? It just hooks to the DTV box and then the TV or something....... :netflixgm:
Will a decent Blu Ray player work with it just fine?
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Sorry to hear Red. Definitely echo the counseling recommendations.
And at the risk of speaking into a situation I don't know much about, I do think you need to be careful not to come across as vindictive. You already know that your ex is poisoning their minds. At their age, it's unfair to overly blame them for their bad behavior towards you and your wife. They don't have the maturity to process things and modify their behavior correctly. Throw in the normal adolescent behavior that is starting to emerge and it's a tough situation. I definitely think that punishing them for not treating your wife as nicely as you would like is more likely to make them resent both of you than to modify their behavior in the way you wish. I think you will reap much bigger dividends by rewarding them for good behavior than punishing bad behavior. Straight up tell them: If they can go a weekend treating you and your wife politely, respectfully and kindly, you will go out for ice cream together (or whatever). If they can keep it up for a month, maybe it's an outing somewhere fun they really want to go to. Eventually they'll realize that being nice just makes things easier in general and will want to do it.
But counseling is priority #1. They can't overcome the garbag they are getting from their mom without a good counselor to help them through it.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
Agree as usual with Tecumseh. One of my little cousins had this. It was certainly cause for some anxiety but completely resolved on its own.From what I understand, as you said above, this is fairly common, and will more likely than not remedy itself. All babies have a hole in their hearts, as it has to do with circulation in the womb. Most close right at birth, but others take longer. Best wishes to you guys, but a positive (and non-invasive) outcome is highly likely.Thanks, but I honestly think this will end up being okay. If not, well...we'll figure out the next steps with the doctors and plan accordingly. Sounds a lot worse than it is, though not hearing it at all would be preferred.
Of course, not hearing the word "TWINS" would be really REALLY preferred.
tommyboy
Footballguy
Red.
My stepmom posted divorce proceedings on the fridge so my teenage half siblings could read about what a horrible deadbeat our father was. Im 20 yrs older than them, but i remember thinking thats pretty ####ed up.
Well, dad died 4 yrs ago and guess who loved him the most? My two half siblings. They've turned into wonderful adults so no permanent damage. Your kids will idolize you no matter what, just give em lots of love
My stepmom posted divorce proceedings on the fridge so my teenage half siblings could read about what a horrible deadbeat our father was. Im 20 yrs older than them, but i remember thinking thats pretty ####ed up.
Well, dad died 4 yrs ago and guess who loved him the most? My two half siblings. They've turned into wonderful adults so no permanent damage. Your kids will idolize you no matter what, just give em lots of love
Mr.Pack
Footballguy
Mr.Pack
Footballguy
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Kinda drunk for a Monday
krista4
Footballguy
Yeah, I have to interrupt my self-imposed ban to say this, too. And I'm sure you'll hear lots of anecdotal stories along these lines, but my nephew had this diagnosed when he was in the womb, and he is today by far the coolest teenager I know (which is a miracle considering my brother's a dickmitten, but that's a different story).
Also TPW to Redmond, though he knows I'm thinking of him and Wife2.0 frequently on this.
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krista4
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Sorry GBRL, I was just making a joke. I mean, she actually is really hot; I just wasn't saying...I'll just see myself out again.
Hawks64
Footballguy
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
I do appreciate the advice, but this has been tried. It has been going on for three years. I started out ignoring it and hoping it was a phase. Then I asked nicely. Then I cajoled. Then I asked nicely some more. I have killed them with kindness. I have treated them with respect. I have asked them questions. I have tried to judo them with logic. I have flat out begged (not proud of that one). None of it did anything. We confronted the issue aggressively once before and they said some of the right things, but went right back to their previous behavior fairly quickly.
So it is not like I just jumped right to the Sergeant Hartman routine without trying some other stuff first.
We have peeled back the onion far enough to figure out that they are extremely angry about something. And they may not even be sure what that something is. But they won't even offer a sincere apology to me over the things they freely concede they have done intentionally. They have remained silent and given me nothing but blank stares when I have tearfully told them what this is doing to me. Things were initially happy around here and then they just decided to ruin it and to make it unhappy. Again, I have a high degree of confidence their mom was fairly involved in that. But they must be unhappy and angry, because happy kids can't be manipulated into doing stuff like that, no matter what kind of witch their mom is. And we are pretty sure they feel ####ty and guilty about what they are doing, but that it just makes them angrier.
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RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
krista4
Footballguy
Blahblahblahblah, some people are dickmittens and some aren't. Hard to know the difference sometimes. You are in the "not" category and I hope all is well with you. Any update on your wife, by the way?
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
This is so wrong, I don't even know where to start. They are your children. Giving up is not an option. Get counseling for you and them alone. Your current wife can't fix this or even really help with it. Do not blame your ex for anything, no matter how big a turd she is.
But get help. It sounds like this is getting beyond your ability to fix.
Good luck.
Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
That's why I always try to be blatant with my dickmittenness. So there is no misunderstanding.krista4 said:
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
Well, I'll thrown my uneducated two cents in.Mrs. Rannous said:
My opinion is somewhere between DW's and Mrs. Rannous.
Some problems don't have an immediate fix. This is one of them.
If your ex is poisoning the waters, they may not be able to see through to the truth right now, and nothing you say will make them see it now...in fact, the more you rail against it, the more you probably fulfill the false prophecies she is spewing about you.
However, she will show her ### eventually. It won't be today or tomorrow, but it will happen and when it does, the kids eyes will open and they'll see everything as it is.
So for now, love the kids. Tell them you understand how tough it is for them. Love your new wife. Tell her you understand how tough it is for her. Live your life and your happiness and set a good example for your kids, even if you don't think they're looking. They are.
But don't force it. You're putting way too much responsibility on them. You're the adult. They need time.
Additional two cents with no experience. Perhaps writing out a letter and just giving it to them to read on their own. In their own time with no opportunity for them to roll their eyes. i think the written word can be very powerful. If you go this route make sure to never say anything disparaging Bout the ex, in case she gets her hands on it.
ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
Shuke is more of a dickglove
ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
Or maybe a penissnowpants
Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
Nutscarf, IMO
ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
If krista is no longer posting here, I propose we replace her with christo. Their usernames are nearly identical.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
Tecumseh
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Anybody do quartz countertops? Thoughts good or bad?
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Thanks buddy. I know, I'm probably worrying over nothing, but the wife is concerned and there's not much I can say to soothe that now. But we'll meet with the doctors Thursday and hopefully they relay what you said above.BobbyLayne said:
Did get my bonus check today (finally) so financially, we can breathe a little easier, which was getting difficult with two mortgages, a pile of medical bills, yada yada yada yada blah blah blah.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Silestone. They look great and the Mrs. is very happy. Have had them for 11 years now with no problems.
Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
i like his moxie.belljr said:
Osaurus
Footballguy
Looking at getting a desktop in office with some kind of engineered stone. 28 sf or so. Mrs. Osaurus freaks out about radon off gassing from granite so that's out. Sure happy it costs more.
Sammy3469
Footballguy
We have that as well. Love it besides for some slight chipping on the edges from use. If you're going to get that, get an corner/edge that isn't a 90-degree right angle.
