OT 20: rotisserie roller coaster

[max225]

Hey Max, I'm WFH today with a slow start. We had my kid's 6th bday this weekend, friends and their parents on Sat and immediate family on Sunday. Both kids at a Chill Vibes outdoor camp with some granola bat eating hippy lady running it. They are in okay hands. Just got away from the computer and will go for a dip in the pool. 83 degrees and sunny is

Tomorrow is an early wake up and a fun filled day in a hot plant to calibrate some servo driven welding guns. The RX-plant is getting retooled so I visit that place twice a week to support tech issues. It's my bread and butter for the next couple of months.

How was your weekend, how's life on the west coast?

Oh, speaking of the west coast, sky was hazy from the BC forest fires! It's record breaking hot out there.

We were on the boat yesterday with friends at our favorite sand bar. high 70's, water felt the same temp, absolutely gorgeous. Our friend's wife was laying on the tanning deck and said "it would be perfect if there wasn't this weird haze". I look up at the sun, and sure enough, it looked like fire haze over the sun. I hadn't heard about wild fires and we just shrugged it off. Last night, the moon was out and super yellow, hazy, I looked it up and sure enough, wild fires from BC blowing smoke into northern MI creating haze. Same thing happened last year. Just wild this is "normal" now. Scary, really.

And our fires haven't kicked off yet. 2-4 months of absolute horror left. This year is terrifying.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

We were on the boat yesterday with friends at our favorite sand bar. high 70's, water felt the same temp, absolutely gorgeous. Our friend's wife was laying on the tanning deck and said "it would be perfect if there wasn't this weird haze". I look up at the sun, and sure enough, it looked like fire haze over the sun. I hadn't heard about wild fires and we just shrugged it off. Last night, the moon was out and super yellow, hazy, I looked it up and sure enough, wild fires from BC blowing smoke into northern MI creating haze. Same thing happened last year. Just wild this is "normal" now. Scary, really.

And our fires haven't kicked off yet. 2-4 months of absolute horror left. This year is terrifying.

That's why I was so surprised by the haze here. Fire season doesn't "usually" start for another month or so at the earliest. The fact that fires are burning so bad in CANADA that the smoke is blowing 2k+miles away is just insane at this point in the year. When actual fire season starts,

We're still a drought in northern MI. Detroit is flooding like crazy, people are losing everything in their basements and freeways are closing down for days at a time because rain is so severe. Our friends this weekend told us they got 3 inches of rain in 3 hours last week. That's insanity. Meanwhile, 200 miles away, we're concerned about fires when we never had to before, and water levels continue to drop at rates. We had to pitch in to help a neighbor move his boat hoist because the water dropped so much that he couldn't safely drive his boat onto his hoist. Mine is in all sand, but if I had rocks like he did, we'd be moving ours too.

[HerrBerlin]

How's everyone doing? I just got back to Seattle after many weeks away and am glad to be home.

[CaleDeRoo]

Douchebro just launched his WRX out of his driveway two houses down. People drive too damn fast down this street. I should drill a fucking 4x4 across the road

[wap]

How's everyone doing? I just got back to Seattle after many weeks away and am glad to be home.

Where were you the past few weeks?

[wap]

Douchebro just launched his WRX out of his driveway two houses down. People drive too damn fast down this street. I should drill a fucking 4x4 across the road

put one of those nailed strips out to pop his tars.

[CaleDeRoo]

Douchebro just launched his WRX out of his driveway two houses down. People drive too damn fast down this street. I should drill a fucking 4x4 across the road

put one of those nailed strips out to pop his tars.

95% of the neighborhood drives twice as fast as appropriate IMO

[wap]

put one of those nailed strips out to pop his tars.

95% of the neighborhood drives twice as fast as appropriate IMO

[CaleDeRoo]

95% of the neighborhood drives twice as fast as appropriate IMO

Neighborhood is full of kids and next to an elementary school. Buses aren't allowed in the neighborhood either so kids have to walk from the bus. People do 30-40mph... The hell is the rush?

[max225]

95% of the neighborhood drives twice as fast as appropriate IMO

Yea I got a butch looking neighbor with a raised JK on some shitty wheels/tires. She fucking blasts down the street at 50-60mph... the speed limit is 25... No idea how to solve that.

[wap]

You guys have shitty neighbors.

[razr390]

Yea I got a butch looking neighbor with a raised JK on some shitty wheels/tires. She fucking blasts down the street at 50-60mph... the speed limit is 25... No idea how to solve that.

Take her license plate and then randomly call 911 and report a suspected drunk driver

[CaleDeRoo]

You guys have shitty neighbors.

To be expected my neighborhood is all rentals.

[wap]

You guys have shitty neighbors.

To be expected my neighborhood is all rentals.

I see the connection

[razr390]

To be expected my neighborhood is all rentals.

I see the connection

Most people who rent don’t give a shit about their neighbors

[troyguitar]

Our road is 35 mph and Florida Man plays us the song of his people wide open at 50+ regularly. Good ole murica

[Desertbreh]

Yea I got a butch looking neighbor with a raised JK on some shitty wheels/tires. She fucking blasts down the street at 50-60mph... the speed limit is 25... No idea how to solve that.

You be "that guy" and her..........Yell at her to slow the fuck down.

[CaleDeRoo]

I see the connection

Most people who rent don’t give a shit about their neighbors

And alot probably don't know neighborhood etiquette if they're coming from apartments

[wap]

I see the connection

Most people who rent don’t give a shit about their neighbors

I grew up on a mostly rental block and it was the closest block I've ever lived on. Kids were always in each other's back yards or houses getting fed and disciplined by friends moms, We shoveled each other's sidewalks. One year, during our infamous Blizzard of '79, (23" of snow in 1 day) one neighbor was pregnant and the block got together and shoveled the whole street, curb to curb, in one of the coldest, snowiest winters on record, just to make sure she could get to the hospital with no problem. People started their cars so we could get in to warm up as needed. People brought food and booze out to us shovelers. This was all spontaneous and awesome.

[wap]

Most people who rent don’t give a shit about their neighbors

And alot probably don't know neighborhood etiquette if they're coming from apartments

See above.

[wap]

I see the connection

Most people who rent don’t give a shit about their neighbors

Aren't you a renter? Does this describe you?

[razr390]

Most people who rent don’t give a shit about their neighbors

Aren't you a renter? Does this describe you?

Hard to give a shit about most neighbors who don’t care for you. We say hi/bye with our next door and across the way neighbors. Our above neighbors have a kiddo close to our kid’s age, so we do play dates and gossip and whatnot. However, I can’t say I give more of a shit about most anyone else in the complex.

[razr390]

Most people who rent don’t give a shit about their neighbors

I grew up on a mostly rental block and it was the closest block I've ever lived on. Kids were always in each other's back yards or houses getting fed and disciplined by friends moms, We shoveled each other's sidewalks. One year, during our infamous Blizzard of '79, (23" of snow in 1 day) one neighbor was pregnant and the block got together and shoveled the whole street, curb to curb, in one of the coldest, snowiest winters on record, just to make sure she could get to the hospital with no problem. People started their cars so we could get in to warm up as needed. People brought food and booze out to us shovelers. This was all spontaneous and awesome.

Hah. That’s awesome. Too bad that doesn’t exist anymore. New generation of young people are nowhere near that.

[HerrBerlin]

How's everyone doing? I just got back to Seattle after many weeks away and am glad to be home.

Where were you the past few weeks?

Was on a work trip for a week and then went right into a four week visit with family in CA. Got back Sunday after 2 days of driving!

What's new with you?

[HerrBerlin]

Yea I got a butch looking neighbor with a raised JK on some shitty wheels/tires. She fucking blasts down the street at 50-60mph... the speed limit is 25... No idea how to solve that.

You be "that guy" and her..........Yell at her to slow the fuck down.

And then wait for her to act like you're the one in the wrong.