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krista4 said:
OPM, thanks. It is so cool for me to have my mom here. Might be hard to understand for someone who hasn't lived far from family. I guess I never thought it was a big deal to be so far away, but at this point it's exciting for me to have her and my stepfather (who's terrific) here.
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Sometimes I take my family for granted. We all get along great. We have our spats but all is forgiven within a day or so.

That even includes my extended family. At the family reunion I just got back from we had probably 40+ cousins, aunts, uncles etc. Aside from two female cousins (sisters) who don't really talk to each other everyone gets along great. And in the rare case of some sort of drama, it doesnt last long.

I guess I should appreciate it more.

 
Mr krista had said when we moved to this house that he was not moving again, so if I moved it would mean divorce.

Likelihood of moving reduced to 6 out of 10.

Now with my mom having moved here, the likelihood is like a 5.5 or even less. ;)

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
krista4 said:
OPM, thanks. It is so cool for me to have my mom here. Might be hard to understand for someone who hasn't lived far from family. I guess I never thought it was a big deal to be so far away, but at this point it's exciting for me to have her and my stepfather (who's terrific) here.
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Sometimes I take my family for granted. We all get along great. We have our spats but all is forgiven within a day or so.

That even includes my extended family. At the family reunion I just got back from we had probably 40+ cousins, aunts, uncles etc. Aside from two female cousins (sisters) who don't really talk to each other everyone gets along great. And in the rare case of some sort of drama, it doesnt last long.

I guess I should appreciate it more.
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It's funny because when I read the stuff on here I generally feel lucky about my family, too. Other than my brother being an #######, which in general hasn't affected my life since I haven't lived near him in 30 years, I feel like I won a family lottery because I had fantastic, way-above-average parents and grandparents. Reading things here, on FB, etc. it seems like my not adoring my brother, with whom I get along fine but just don't like, is miniscule in comparison to other families' issues.

Then I occasionally am reminded of a family like yours or my stepmother's who are so much closer, and I wish I had something more like that. In sum, yes, what you have is special and to be cherished. :thumbup:

 
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Ran into proninja last night at Whole Foods. Introduced him to my wife.

No funny stories, just a bit of a coincidence. Especially since we don't really shop at Whole Foods normally.

 
krista4 said:
I've mentioned before that my brother is an #######. Essentially just the most selfish person I've ever known. Many examples of this that I won't bore you with. Also was just a huge jackass to my dad our whole lives, until my dad got sick (and died), when he became a jackass only 78% of the time. After dad died it suddenly became this horribly tragic event in my brother's life to evoke sympathy, even though he went through years of not even speaking to my dad.

Until fairly recently, my mom was the only person that my brother had consistently been decent to in our entire lives. But after a bad marriage and one kid (my almost-16-year-old nephew, who somehow is great despite bad parents), my brother got remarried and has gone to being a #### to my mom about as much as he is to everyone else. Though they lived within 10 miles of each other, my brother would see my mom only a couple or few times a year and would constantly post stuff on Facebook showing fun stuff they were doing without inviting my mom/stepfather.

As my FB/FBG friends might know, my mom and stepfather just moved to my town in Washington. Much excitement for me, as I haven't lived in the same state as family since high school, and I know they will be really happy here. Well, despite never actually wanting to include my mom in anything, my brother took the news badly allegedly because they should have waited until my nephew graduated from high school (two years) before moving. Who knows why that matters since they rarely got to see him.

In all the moving time, my brother/family never offered to help or do anything at all. They made no plans to get together with my mom before the departure and only saw them when my 95-year-old grandfather asked for a family get-together. My mom/stepfather gave my nephew their second car as a gift when leaving town. (It was a pretty nice car.) It was immediately absconded with by my new SIL who has even posted pics of herself in it on FB. My nephew has told my mom he'll never get to use it because it's hers now. No one--NO ONE--has thanked them for giving away their car.

Mom has now been in town for five days and my brother has not inquired to see if they made it here OK (they drove across the country for 2500 miles) nor even asked for their new address. My stepfather, who is the most patient man in the world, has said that when he next sees them he doesn't plan to talk to them.

tl;dr I have no point here. I'm just venting. I have a horrible sibling and feel awful for my mom. Cannot vent through more regular (family, friends, FB) channels for obvious reasons.
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WTF is wrong with people? :(

Krista: Was so happy for you when I saw that your mom had moved here. It is also great to see you posting back here again. Don't get eaten by bears.

 
krista4 said:
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Krista>I'd like to take all of Krista clan boating and crabbing. And roverkid will teach them to bet the ponies.
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My friend, if you're serious, I can tell you that my mom and stepfather would love you. Seriously. And everyone loves roverkid, so that's a given.
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Of course. Don't get mauled by bears and let me know when you get back. I'm not sure if I can drag the boat to Pt. Retirement, especially when it doesn't have a boat ramp, but maybe you guys can road trip for a day.

 
krista4 said:
I'm going camping this weekend. Like, honest to god have to haul all our #### 8-10 miles one way into the woods. I don't mind the hauling part--though taking a 30-35 lb pack instead of my usual 10-15 lb daypack will be different--but sleeping on the ground (even with tent/footprint, sleeping pad, and sleeping quilt) in a confined space isn't really my bag. Oh, and we're required to have a bear canister where we're camping.

I dunno.
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Awesome. Years and years ago a buddy and I backpacked up into the Little Yosemite valley. One of the best trips I've ever been on.
 
Limp Ditka said:
krista - I can't help but imagine that it's going to be a great 12 days of living in the same town as your parents.
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Wife and I were discussing this last weekend and realized my parents have been living under our roof for 5 years.

I would have never imagined that I could or would do such a thing.

My dad can kind of be grumpy and high maintenance, but my mom is eternally sweet. And just the fact that we all know that there is no better place they could live out the end of their life is very fulfilling.

Its easy for me to get hung up on the short term hassles and get pissy. I think that because never had kids and I never learned the patience that you breeders were forced to acquire. But I've become MUCH more patient and less irritable as we go along. I guess forced maturity finally caught up with me.

I'm glad they're with me and would not have it any other way. Thanks god they have their own floor and are not always underfoot, though.

They're 89 and 90.

 
kevzilla said:
cosjobs said:
Abraham said:
Our Astros are really playing well. That tiny Fella (reference to Mexican nationality redacted) we have can really put the wood on the leather, you know?
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:moneybag:
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That hand is not in the bush just yet. Something like that. Looking really good, though.
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Yeah, not ready to crown them Division Champs just yet but last night was a big win. Especially being down early they could have folded, easily been swept and found themselves out of the race.Heck of a lot more fun when your team isn't shattering records for losing.

 
krista4 said:
5-ish Finkle said:
Oh, and your sibling sounds like a real, ummm, champ. Sorry to hear.

If I were your step-dad, I wouldn't be that worried about not talking to him the next time I saw him, I'd be planning on not seeing him any time soon.
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Hey buddy, wish things were going better for you in Reno. Look forward to some good updates soon. I know it's going to get better.

Bear canisters are just food storage that bears can't get into. Big canisters with opening devices they can't maneuver.
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But they can still get into the tent, right?

 
Vaping seems complicated:

"I still use the Grand. Highly recommend. Yeah, the unit and the RBA and a few batteries are going to run you about $250 up front, but then the cost of vaping drops to nearly zero. I bought a liter of 100mg nic base and 3 bottles of hyper-concentrated FlavourArt juice flavoring (which lasts a long time, you can mix your stuff at 1-3% flavor and it's very vapable) so now my only costs of maintenance are kanthal wire, cotton balls and the occasional quart of vegetable glycerin. I spend maybe $5-10 annually on vaping and the REOs are built to last forever. I suppose the Reomizer RBA may crap the bed at some point, so that's $45 to replace, and I have to buy a liter of the nic base every 3 years or so, but vaping is basically free for me now with a ~$300 initial investment."

 
Frostillicus said:
krista4 said:
5-ish Finkle said:
Oh, and your sibling sounds like a real, ummm, champ. Sorry to hear.

If I were your step-dad, I wouldn't be that worried about not talking to him the next time I saw him, I'd be planning on not seeing him any time soon.
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Hey buddy, wish things were going better for you in Reno. Look forward to some good updates soon. I know it's going to get better.

Bear canisters are just food storage that bears can't get into. Big canisters with opening devices they can't maneuver.
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But they can still get into the tent, right?
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They generally don't want to #### with people. They're after stuff that tastes good like honey, trail mix, naan, toothpaste, etc.
 
Ignoramus said:
Frostillicus said:
krista4 said:
5-ish Finkle said:
Oh, and your sibling sounds like a real, ummm, champ. Sorry to hear.

If I were your step-dad, I wouldn't be that worried about not talking to him the next time I saw him, I'd be planning on not seeing him any time soon.
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Hey buddy, wish things were going better for you in Reno. Look forward to some good updates soon. I know it's going to get better.

Bear canisters are just food storage that bears can't get into. Big canisters with opening devices they can't maneuver.
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But they can still get into the tent, right?
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They generally don't want to #### with people. They're after stuff that tastes good like honey, trail mix, naan, toothpaste, etc.
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This explains why I never heard from Sanjay after he went camping near Big Sky.

 
Ignoramus said:
Frostillicus said:
krista4 said:
5-ish Finkle said:
Oh, and your sibling sounds like a real, ummm, champ. Sorry to hear.

If I were your step-dad, I wouldn't be that worried about not talking to him the next time I saw him, I'd be planning on not seeing him any time soon.
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Hey buddy, wish things were going better for you in Reno. Look forward to some good updates soon. I know it's going to get better.

Bear canisters are just food storage that bears can't get into. Big canisters with opening devices they can't maneuver.
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But they can still get into the tent, right?
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They generally don't want to #### with people. They're after stuff that tastes good like honey, trail mix, naan, toothpaste, etc.
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:lmao:

 
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