Shorts Guy

Ruined me but not in a mask wearing sense. Just totally effed up my routine that I’d worked so hard to build that had literally saved my life circa ~2010. F Covid and F every dummy that bought into lockdowns. ...

I won’t say it’s something I ever thought much about. Just kind of assumed and took their approval and support for granted. I think they are proud of all of us. But I know they worry a lot and that sometimes factors into our decisions about how much to share with them. End of the day, as long as my ...

My parents have a steamer trunk from my grandmother’s house. When opened, it still smells like her house…all these decades later. It’s sad and a big rush of amazing memories all at once. ...

Kind of a soft question, but I went to an estate sale this weekend and was kind of floored that these folks’ survivors (I know they had several children and grandchildren) were prepared to just scatter all this (very nice and presumably heirloom) stuff to the wind. I know I’m more sentimental than t...

For me it would be Central Virginia—think Richmond, Lynchburg, Charlottesville. It sounds southern, but a more refined southern dialect and less harsh and twangy than what you find in Georgia, Alabama, etc. East Texans speak nicely as well. ...

I don’t buy into these clickbait lists. Another one from a few weeks ago had Houma/Thibodaux as the slowest. I didn’t click the link, but it’s a good chance the data is at least two years old and from a time when South LA was reeling from storms and the tail end of the pandemic. Half the homes for s...

Doesn’t affect me. Don’t have any kids in school to worry about all this stuff confusing them. If they/them want to be identified differently, it’s all good. Doesn’t hurt me so none of my bidness. Just don’t expect everyone else to adjust everything on your behalf if you identify as something non-st...

[quote]neighborhoods losing value[/quote] Which neighborhoods that weren’t already garbage 30 years ago are losing value? Most people’s answers will be the ones that flooded dramatically in 2016. That is what rocked the value, not crime. If you look at neighborhoods in BR that are south of Florida ...

[quote]Bought a Bosch 4 years ago, no problems whatsoever[/quote] This. The Bosch has been excellent so far. 3 years in and love it. My parents are on year 20 of a whirlpool. Worth noting that their fridge and range are also whirlpool and still going strong after 2 decades. In my experience, ...

[quote]People like this just don’t exist anymore[/quote] If I was of a certain age I’d consider it. If you’re in your late 60’s in back in 1912 like Straus…you’re on your way out anyway. Why not go out together if you actually still like your spouse by that time. ...