@heartny@OnionSoup@werehatrack on a random trip to the grocery store yesterday (for chicken drumsticks), noticed said Valentine’s themed candies were already 50%.
@OnionSoup@phendrick@Tadlem43 Roger Corman’s 1967 film “The St Valentine’s Day Massacre” was very accurate on a lot of the details (more so than most “historically-based” flicks), and did reasonably well. The Fawkes reflection verse does not appear in it.
@phendrick@Tadlem43@werehatrack I am so out of the loop with movies and pop culture, lol, I live in a bubble. I’ll look it up next time we have a movie night.
Big and special. A kid showed up in my driveway today and rang the doorbell while I was on a call. I of course am in my pajamas cause work from home. So cat furred hoodie and bottoms that have a button fly… Leaned around the door frame. But for some reason I answered. He’s fishing for people wanting to redo their roof.
Just so happens my asphalt roof is 25 years old, needs redone, I absolutely want a metal roof, and was going to start asking for quotes/do it this year. So… I have a probably very expensive date for tomorrow.
Obviously will be reviewing my options/dating around after.
@mcanavino it’s not actually door to door people. The company is local and reputable… They do seem to hire some kids to drive around/knock on doors to drum up business/fill their schedule for the year. When they see a questionable roof. Which… Eh. But if you’re trying to fill your schedule. Meh. First time in 10 years they have.
Regardless. Free estimate which all the roofing companies do and I was going to start lining up estimates anyway, but no one knew that. Can’t hurt.
I also have the card of, this was planned, I know what I want, can you do what I want and can you do it at a good price cause there are 10 other companies.
Regardless other companies will be contacted to bid.
@mcanavino@unksol I have an old roof like that. This company that did my neighbor’s roof is working with my insurance to get them to pay for it. I told them it was WAY too old, and he said there’s something about the wording in hail damage policies that they use to get the companies to pay all but the deductible.
Might look into it. If you’re in the Dallas area, let me know. I’ll give you their info.
@mcanavino@Tadlem43 I know it’s not insurable. The company prorates roof damage to start. Its not damaged by anything but old age. It was new in 1999 when they built the house. 25 years is pushing the upper limit for architectural asphalt. It’s worse on the back but he couldn’t see that.
Plan for a year+ has been to do the roof this year in metal and be done with it forever. So just some dumb luck they want to show up and give an estimate for a starting place.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@mcanavino I will say… The one thing he asked was is your roof at least 10 years old, and were you interested in a metal roof.
Red flags are only 10 years… But in a rural area there does tend to be a usage of base asphalt shingles instead of architectural ones… And the roof clearly is due.
And… If your replacing a roof and not doing metal… Idk why. So not to concerned about the door bell ringer. If the estimator is off/not a contractor it will be obvious
@mcanavino@unksol Yeah…that’s why the ins. company said because mine is probably about 20 years old, but there’s some clause in the policies that the companies can use. They are in the process of arguing about it now, but the roofing company said they put it off and refuse it several times until they finally give in.
As long as I’ve been paying insurance, they can spring for a new roof!
This company doesn’t do metal, I don’t think, but good luck with it!
@unksol, I got a metal roof (and gutters) 18 months ago. A guy in my neighborhood does construction and gave me a great deal. I have one of three houses in our small neighborhood that he put a metal roof on.
It’s neat to watch melting snow slowly slide off the metal roof. The shingle roofs it stays in place and melts.
@kittykat9180@unksol A properly applied metal roof will generally last longer than composite shingles, and they tend to resist wind damage better than a typical composite shingle roof job. If the roofer knows how to do the job properly, however, the composite shingle roof can come through a Category 5 hurricane without peeling off, assuming that there isn’t a garage door facing the strongest winds. (It’s possible to storm-secure such a door. but very few people do.)
@werehatrack, the internet tells me they last 40-50, which is why I spent more for the metal roof.
We get strong wind here but I’m unaware of any hurricanes in NM.
@unksol@werehatrack@kittykat9180
I’m 25.5 years in on a metal roof with a 50-year warranty. So far, so good. BTW, mine was $10K installed (new construction 25 years ago) - I would expect at least double, maybe triple that today.
If your roof has a steep pitch (mine is 12/12, aka 45 degrees), I would suggest investing in some snow blocks to avoid gutter damage.
I recently had a new composite shingle roof and gutters put on a rental house. Once they did the tear-off, they found a bunch of bad roof sheathing and other damage (although oddly there was never a visible leak into the house ). So the repair bill escalated pretty quickly. At $50/sheet of plywood sheathing (installed) , it adds up quickly. But now it should be good for as long as it will be my problem.
@kittykat9180@macromeh@werehatrack yea… Mine is basically 12/12. And because it’s a walkout the back side is a good thirty feet up. 4 doormers. Garage and sun room thing on top of that. So this is not your standard 6/12 30 square roof. His software says 59 which. I can get in the ballpark with using other tools. A roofing square of metal x59…
Then I had them include the gutters because the original owners never put them in and I never got to it. It’s… Alot of money. They are supposed to include all that other stuff
My credit score just went to an 850 out of 850 lol. But interest rates are high. The death of the zero percent interest is gonna hurt a little
And obviously I keep all my credit reports frozen anyway cause. Common sense. So. Not like they can do anything with the info. Still paranoid lol
@mcanavino I will admit there are some other dumb things I did. They only called me. Numbers can be spoofed. Was a sales guy in the house. I should have just called the office direct to verify which would veto that. Was a delayed thought/shouldn’t trust people calling you. But they closed an hour after he left. Will check in the morning.
He did pitch with a higher price that looks above average. But his contractors needed work and winter/early spring is a low volume time. So they could discount it to keep paying their guys. This is also a true thing up here though. Down south not so much.
Some other slight oddities. Regardless freezes are always up. It would be an incredibly detailed scam and I can’t see how they’d get anything out of it from me. It would have to be three+ people impersonating that legit roofing company and why attempts to do anything would bounce off.
@kittykat9180@unksol@werehatrack Whoa! - 59 squares (= 5900 sqft.) is a lot of roof!
IIRC, our roof (~2000 sqft. foundation footprint) was about 35 roofing squares.
@kittykat9180@macromeh@werehatrack
Yea. Just looking at the GIS data the house is around 1800 sq ft foot print with a 45 degrees pitch. The steep pitch messes with it.l/theres an upstairs The garage/loft thing is 650. The deck thing is like 200. Lower angles but. Then there are 5 not 4 significant dormers… Lots of transitions. Eves. Some waste.
My guestimate is closer to 50 but he was using their satellite tool. Someone has to actually measure still.
I got my wife the goldendoodle she’s been begging for. This is the sweetest puppy I’ve ever met, so I’m definitely not mad about it.
I’ll also be getting rid of a bunch of crap that I’ve cleaned out of the house during my period of unemployment, so hopefully we will be in better shape now that I’ll be starting my new job soon
Celebrating 36 years of marital bliss. I told my wife it doesn’t feel a day over 40. She laughed really hard. At least we can still joke with each other.
@tweezak My current partner moved in with me four years and nine days ago, but we interact like we’ve been together for decades. We had known each other a lot longer, like thirty years, but our paths had seldom crossed. And then Things Happened, and here we are.
I never worry about Valentine’s Day/it’s just work. I mean if I happened to have a significant other on that day id make some effort. I’ve sent roses. But I don’t really worry about having a date
Avoiding Social Media as much as possible. Being single sucks for SAD (Singles Awareness Day) so I can do without seeing others being happy. (end of rant).
@IndifferentDude I’m the same way about The Holidays, for an entirely unrelated reason set. But I know how it feels. It’s difficult for me to keep the lid on my mood from late November to the end of the year.
@smyle Congratulations! Being a long-term Pats fan, I have seen the valley, the mountain, and now the valley again (lol). Enjoy the bragging rights. Your team is annoyingly awesome.
Honest question though, playmaking ability aside, do Chiefs fans really like Travis Kelce? He’s so awesome on the field and when he’s not in front of a microphone, I’ve heard he’s an articulate and well-spoken person, which is completely opposite to the cringe inducing douchebag he is in front of a microphone.
@zinimusprime I’ve been there. I was a Chiefs fan through “the Matt Cassel years” where we didn’t even sniff a winning record.
And I can say I’ve never been so happy to have been wrong about someone as I was with Patrick Mahomes. When he first started, I thought defenses would find his weak spot and they’d exploit it, and he’d be middle-tier.
As for Kelce, if you listen to his podcast, I really like the guy. In the heat of winning (and probably at the parade today), I agree with you, just keep him away from the mic.
@smyle Hahaha, so I’ve listened to the podcast and it’s ok, but I found that the real reason I liked it was because of the guests and Jason. Travis can be likeable until he starts talking like a “bro” with all the “you know how we roll” banter. I can’t stand it from anyone, especially him for some reason, which again, is infuriating because when he speaks normally, he’s really interesting. And he’s got a good sense of humor with all of the commercials that he does when he’s self-effacing.
And yes, Mahomes is freaking unbelievable. Sports radio up here said “Each game, he just gives you what the game needs for a win.” Beautiful.
But let’s be honest, the primary reason you guys won this year… DEFENSE. Your defense was amazing! Second in the league in terms of points allowed… I’ll let giphy show you how I feel about that.
@phendrick Thanks for thinking of me. We were on the other end of the venue and in no danger ourselves. Of course we didn’t know that, as cell networks were all overwhelmed and we didn’t know about what was happening other than rumors from people just fleeing.
We don’t really do much for Valentine’s Day. We never have, never been a big holiday for us… I’ll probably pick up some Easter candy on the way home as a joke, as Ive done a few times recently. Cook her dinner, etc. we do several spontaneous “Valentine’s Days” throughout the year where I’ll surprise her with a bunch of stuff… Never been a fan of the formal day. We make a big deal of Feb 2nd, it’s our propos-a-versary, so V day always seems a bit close to that.
@OnionSoup similar here. We celebrate Feb 11th, so agreed, V-Day is a bit too close. Besides the fact it’s an over-hyped, overtly-commercialized “Hallmark holiday.”
One year, to be dopey and parody the real Valentine’s celebrators, we dined at Arby’s and pretended to be seriously celebrating the day. It was a hoot and makes for a great memory 25ish years later!
@JWhirly@OnionSoup
Tuesday was MIL’s birthday.
Thursday is our daughter’s birthday.
Valentine’s day just gets lost in the shuffle, but after 33 years of marriage, we’re pretty aware of our feelings for each other.
@JWhirly@macromeh we’re a decade behind you, but yes, not much to prove anymore. . We’ve been married to each other for over half our lives at this point. (And essentially the entirety of our adult lives, my wife couldn’t legally drink at our wedding)
@OnionSoup Well, we each had a practice marriage before we married each other. But even at that, we are at about the “half our lives” point by now. Wise man marries his second wife first.
Our fourth “move-in-iversary” was nine days ago. It’s still amazing to me that this happened. We keep today low-key, for other reasons. Some chocolate may be involved.
The wife and I have never done valentines day stuff. I may get her a little box of her favorite chocolate, but we don’t participate in this fake “holiday”.
I imagine if anyone were to go to their local bar and sit in the corner and pretend to cry, you’d be more likely to get random strangers buy you free pity drinks today compared to most days of the year.
I buy my wife flowers year round for no reason. I don’t buy them in February just because I’m supposed to. We had a nice getaway this past weekend, but for Valentine’s Day, I got her a copy of the first vinyl she ever owned. It’s pretty dang awesome
I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one going to the dentist today. Anyway, I’m more inclined to celebrate tomorrow in honor of my divorce date, or, as I call it, my Unniversary. It is my 20th!
Still recovering from a horrible, horrible case of food poisoning I got Saturday night. I’m so mad I missed Fat Tuesday yesterday and paczki’s. Not that I could eat one right now anyway. Only thing I’ve had is applesauce and toast.
@Star2236 Hope you feel better soon… rumbly tumblys aint no fun. I’ve only got half a colon now, so when I eat something I shouldn’t have, I get immediate notice.
@capnjb
I get it, I’ve had lots of crazy stuff happen to me to. I always say if it’s can happen it’s gonna happen to me bc of all the crazy rare stuff I had. I remember you talking on the form years ago about everything you’ve been through, some of the stuff was similar to my experiences.
Well fucking management decided they’d inspect my apartment floor tomorrow (told us at 5:25pm last night with a note on the door) so spent my valentines day cleaning since I was not home from 6pm to 8:45pm yesterday. Those people are a piece of shit.
@Kidsandliz@kjady@Kyeh I will say they didn’t freak out when the roofing guy was here. So. Most are socialish. So it there weren’t so many/so much hair/other issues. A woman might not immediately run away. Maybe lol
I did take my wife out for a date last night… unfortunately it rather back-fired… Tums to the rescue. It’s strange I normally have an iron stomach but it didn’t want to cooperate for Vday.
Working and running errands.
Waiting for chocolate to go on sale tomorrow.
@heartny tomorrow? I’m sure it’s on sale now. Shelves will be completely stocked with Easter supplies tomorrow.
@OnionSoup I think it was nominally yesterday when @heartny posted that.
@heartny @OnionSoup @werehatrack on a random trip to the grocery store yesterday (for chicken drumsticks), noticed said Valentine’s themed candies were already 50%.
@heartny @OnionSoup they were stocked with easter this morning when i was there
Working and preparing for half price chocolate day.
Working through an awesome-sounding V-Day event at my local massive airport that sounds fun as hell. Sigh.
OWLS! TOWELS! JOWLS! AWESOME!
@PooltoyWolf Valentine’s Day event at an airport??
Going to the dentist.
@hchavers Whoa - you really know how to party!
I’m going to commemorate the Massacre.
@phendrick
Remember, remember, the Fourteenth of February
Bootleg whiskey and plot
We see no reason
Why Bootleg whiskey
Should ever be forgot….
@phendrick That’s a good movie. Pretty accurate, from what I understand.
@phendrick @Tadlem43 there’s a Guy Fawkes movie?
@OnionSoup @phendrick @Tadlem43 Roger Corman’s 1967 film “The St Valentine’s Day Massacre” was very accurate on a lot of the details (more so than most “historically-based” flicks), and did reasonably well. The Fawkes reflection verse does not appear in it.
@OnionSoup @phendrick I was talking about the movie that werehatrack stated. Good movie! Check it out.
@phendrick @Tadlem43 @werehatrack I am so out of the loop with movies and pop culture, lol, I live in a bubble. I’ll look it up next time we have a movie night.
@OnionSoup @phendrick @werehatrack lol Me, too. That’s why I know about a movie made in the 60’s.
I don’t know a thing that’s the crazy of today!
Big and special. A kid showed up in my driveway today and rang the doorbell while I was on a call. I of course am in my pajamas cause work from home. So cat furred hoodie and bottoms that have a button fly… Leaned around the door frame. But for some reason I answered. He’s fishing for people wanting to redo their roof.
Just so happens my asphalt roof is 25 years old, needs redone, I absolutely want a metal roof, and was going to start asking for quotes/do it this year. So… I have a probably very expensive date for tomorrow.
Obviously will be reviewing my options/dating around after.
Was odd they asked if I was single
@unksol Do not have work done by door to door people.
@mcanavino it’s not actually door to door people. The company is local and reputable… They do seem to hire some kids to drive around/knock on doors to drum up business/fill their schedule for the year. When they see a questionable roof. Which… Eh. But if you’re trying to fill your schedule. Meh. First time in 10 years they have.
Regardless. Free estimate which all the roofing companies do and I was going to start lining up estimates anyway, but no one knew that. Can’t hurt.
I also have the card of, this was planned, I know what I want, can you do what I want and can you do it at a good price cause there are 10 other companies.
Regardless other companies will be contacted to bid.
@mcanavino @unksol I have an old roof like that. This company that did my neighbor’s roof is working with my insurance to get them to pay for it. I told them it was WAY too old, and he said there’s something about the wording in hail damage policies that they use to get the companies to pay all but the deductible.
Might look into it. If you’re in the Dallas area, let me know. I’ll give you their info.
@mcanavino @Tadlem43 I know it’s not insurable. The company prorates roof damage to start. Its not damaged by anything but old age. It was new in 1999 when they built the house. 25 years is pushing the upper limit for architectural asphalt. It’s worse on the back but he couldn’t see that.
Plan for a year+ has been to do the roof this year in metal and be done with it forever. So just some dumb luck they want to show up and give an estimate for a starting place.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@mcanavino I will say… The one thing he asked was is your roof at least 10 years old, and were you interested in a metal roof.
Red flags are only 10 years… But in a rural area there does tend to be a usage of base asphalt shingles instead of architectural ones… And the roof clearly is due.
And… If your replacing a roof and not doing metal… Idk why. So not to concerned about the door bell ringer. If the estimator is off/not a contractor it will be obvious
@mcanavino @unksol Yeah…that’s why the ins. company said because mine is probably about 20 years old, but there’s some clause in the policies that the companies can use. They are in the process of arguing about it now, but the roofing company said they put it off and refuse it several times until they finally give in.
As long as I’ve been paying insurance, they can spring for a new roof!
This company doesn’t do metal, I don’t think, but good luck with it!
@unksol Sounds like you got it under control. Just see so many people scammed into a “good deal”.
@unksol, I got a metal roof (and gutters) 18 months ago. A guy in my neighborhood does construction and gave me a great deal. I have one of three houses in our small neighborhood that he put a metal roof on.
It’s neat to watch melting snow slowly slide off the metal roof. The shingle roofs it stays in place and melts.
@kittykat9180 @unksol A properly applied metal roof will generally last longer than composite shingles, and they tend to resist wind damage better than a typical composite shingle roof job. If the roofer knows how to do the job properly, however, the composite shingle roof can come through a Category 5 hurricane without peeling off, assuming that there isn’t a garage door facing the strongest winds. (It’s possible to storm-secure such a door. but very few people do.)
@werehatrack, the internet tells me they last 40-50, which is why I spent more for the metal roof.
We get strong wind here but I’m unaware of any hurricanes in NM.
@unksol @werehatrack @kittykat9180
). So the repair bill escalated pretty quickly. At $50/sheet of plywood sheathing (installed) 
, it adds up quickly. But now it should be good for as long as it will be my problem.
I’m 25.5 years in on a metal roof with a 50-year warranty. So far, so good. BTW, mine was $10K installed (new construction 25 years ago) - I would expect at least double, maybe triple that today.
If your roof has a steep pitch (mine is 12/12, aka 45 degrees), I would suggest investing in some snow blocks to avoid gutter damage.
I recently had a new composite shingle roof and gutters put on a rental house. Once they did the tear-off, they found a bunch of bad roof sheathing and other damage (although oddly there was never a visible leak into the house
@kittykat9180 @werehatrack where in NM? I’m Corrales, NM
@kittykat9180 @macromeh @werehatrack yea… Mine is basically 12/12. And because it’s a walkout the back side is a good thirty feet up. 4 doormers. Garage and sun room thing on top of that. So this is not your standard 6/12 30 square roof. His software says 59 which. I can get in the ballpark with using other tools. A roofing square of metal x59…
Then I had them include the gutters because the original owners never put them in and I never got to it. It’s… Alot of money. They are supposed to include all that other stuff
My credit score just went to an 850 out of 850 lol. But interest rates are high. The death of the zero percent interest is gonna hurt a little
And obviously I keep all my credit reports frozen anyway cause. Common sense. So. Not like they can do anything with the info. Still paranoid lol
@mcanavino I will admit there are some other dumb things I did. They only called me. Numbers can be spoofed. Was a sales guy in the house. I should have just called the office direct to verify which would veto that. Was a delayed thought/shouldn’t trust people calling you. But they closed an hour after he left. Will check in the morning.
He did pitch with a higher price that looks above average. But his contractors needed work and winter/early spring is a low volume time. So they could discount it to keep paying their guys. This is also a true thing up here though. Down south not so much.
Some other slight oddities. Regardless freezes are always up. It would be an incredibly detailed scam and I can’t see how they’d get anything out of it from me. It would have to be three+ people impersonating that legit roofing company and why attempts to do anything would bounce off.
@kittykat9180 @unksol @werehatrack Whoa! - 59 squares (= 5900 sqft.) is a lot of roof!
IIRC, our roof (~2000 sqft. foundation footprint) was about 35 roofing squares.
@kittykat9180 @macromeh @werehatrack
Yea. Just looking at the GIS data the house is around 1800 sq ft foot print with a 45 degrees pitch. The steep pitch messes with it.l/theres an upstairs The garage/loft thing is 650. The deck thing is like 200. Lower angles but. Then there are 5 not 4 significant dormers… Lots of transitions. Eves. Some waste.
My guestimate is closer to 50 but he was using their satellite tool. Someone has to actually measure still.
@kittykat9180 @macromeh @werehatrack and if you take the middle of most websites for a metal roof. X 50- 59… Yea
I mean architectural shingles would also not be cheap. So. It was always going to be a more expensive problem than I expected.
I got my wife the goldendoodle she’s been begging for. This is the sweetest puppy I’ve ever met, so I’m definitely not mad about it.
I’ll also be getting rid of a bunch of crap that I’ve cleaned out of the house during my period of unemployment, so hopefully we will be in better shape now that I’ll be starting my new job soon
@guyfromhawthorn Congratulations!
@guyfromhawthorn lol, congrats/regrets to whoever you got in the meh exchange!
Celebrating 36 years of marital bliss. I told my wife it doesn’t feel a day over 40. She laughed really hard. At least we can still joke with each other.
@tweezak My current partner moved in with me four years and nine days ago, but we interact like we’ve been together for decades. We had known each other a lot longer, like thirty years, but our paths had seldom crossed. And then Things Happened, and here we are.
@tweezak 31 for us. araT said “Happy Valentines Day!” and I said “same to you!” The magic is still alive!
Working a dinner show for other people out enjoying themselves.
@katbyter what show was it?
I never worry about Valentine’s Day/it’s just work. I mean if I happened to have a significant other on that day id make some effort. I’ve sent roses. But I don’t really worry about having a date
@unksol Murder Mystery!
Avoiding Social Media as much as possible. Being single sucks for SAD (Singles Awareness Day) so I can do without seeing others being happy. (end of rant).
/giphy Oscar the grouch
@IndifferentDude I’m the same way about The Holidays, for an entirely unrelated reason set. But I know how it feels. It’s difficult for me to keep the lid on my mood from late November to the end of the year.
@IndifferentDude @werehatrack I guess it works with both definitions. The one I usually use is seasonal affective disorder.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/seasonal-affective-disorder#:~:text=Seasonal affective disorder%2C or SAD,antidepressants can help treat SAD.
But I could easily see valentines day being in February which tends to be the coldest, grayest month. Accentuating that.
Going to work, then mass for Ash Wednesday.
Going to church
Hopefully bringing my husband home from the hospital!
@callow Why was he there?
@zinimusprime Pneumonia, pleural effusion, heart issues, and cancer.
@callow Yow! Yeah, here’s hoping next week is a whole lot better than the past two have been for you!
@callow @zinimusprime Coming home is always great. Hope it’s a quick recovery. I’ve been in those shoes. Being home is healing.
@callow Good Lord! I hope all of those things are on the mend! Either way, coming home is always a good thing.
My wife is working so I will be alone, but we celebrated after midnight last night (wink-wink, nudge-nudge) so I think that should count.
Talking my sweetheart to see the Chiefs victory parade
@smyle Congratulations! Being a long-term Pats fan, I have seen the valley, the mountain, and now the valley again (lol). Enjoy the bragging rights. Your team is annoyingly awesome.
Honest question though, playmaking ability aside, do Chiefs fans really like Travis Kelce? He’s so awesome on the field and when he’s not in front of a microphone, I’ve heard he’s an articulate and well-spoken person, which is completely opposite to the cringe inducing douchebag he is in front of a microphone.
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
@zinimusprime I’ve been there. I was a Chiefs fan through “the Matt Cassel years” where we didn’t even sniff a winning record.
And I can say I’ve never been so happy to have been wrong about someone as I was with Patrick Mahomes. When he first started, I thought defenses would find his weak spot and they’d exploit it, and he’d be middle-tier.
As for Kelce, if you listen to his podcast, I really like the guy. In the heat of winning (and probably at the parade today), I agree with you, just keep him away from the mic.
@smyle Hahaha, so I’ve listened to the podcast and it’s ok, but I found that the real reason I liked it was because of the guests and Jason. Travis can be likeable until he starts talking like a “bro” with all the “you know how we roll” banter. I can’t stand it from anyone, especially him for some reason, which again, is infuriating because when he speaks normally, he’s really interesting. And he’s got a good sense of humor with all of the commercials that he does when he’s self-effacing.
And yes, Mahomes is freaking unbelievable. Sports radio up here said “Each game, he just gives you what the game needs for a win.” Beautiful.
But let’s be honest, the primary reason you guys won this year… DEFENSE. Your defense was amazing! Second in the league in terms of points allowed… I’ll let giphy show you how I feel about that.
/giphy salivating
@smyle Hope you and yours weren’t even close to being involved in that shooting there today.
@phendrick Thanks for thinking of me. We were on the other end of the venue and in no danger ourselves. Of course we didn’t know that, as cell networks were all overwhelmed and we didn’t know about what was happening other than rumors from people just fleeing.
We don’t really do much for Valentine’s Day. We never have, never been a big holiday for us… I’ll probably pick up some Easter candy on the way home as a joke, as Ive done a few times recently. Cook her dinner, etc. we do several spontaneous “Valentine’s Days” throughout the year where I’ll surprise her with a bunch of stuff… Never been a fan of the formal day. We make a big deal of Feb 2nd, it’s our propos-a-versary, so V day always seems a bit close to that.
@OnionSoup similar here. We celebrate Feb 11th, so agreed, V-Day is a bit too close. Besides the fact it’s an over-hyped, overtly-commercialized “Hallmark holiday.”
One year, to be dopey and parody the real Valentine’s celebrators, we dined at Arby’s and pretended to be seriously celebrating the day. It was a hoot and makes for a great memory 25ish years later!
@JWhirly @OnionSoup
Tuesday was MIL’s birthday.
Thursday is our daughter’s birthday.
Valentine’s day just gets lost in the shuffle, but after 33 years of marriage, we’re pretty aware of our feelings for each other.
@JWhirly @macromeh we’re a decade behind you, but yes, not much to prove anymore.
. We’ve been married to each other for over half our lives at this point. (And essentially the entirety of our adult lives, my wife couldn’t legally drink at our wedding)
@OnionSoup Well, we each had a practice marriage before we married each other.
But even at that, we are at about the “half our lives” point by now.
Wise man marries his second wife first.
Our fourth “move-in-iversary” was nine days ago. It’s still amazing to me that this happened. We keep today low-key, for other reasons. Some chocolate may be involved.
The wife and I have never done valentines day stuff. I may get her a little box of her favorite chocolate, but we don’t participate in this fake “holiday”.
I imagine if anyone were to go to their local bar and sit in the corner and pretend to cry, you’d be more likely to get random strangers buy you free pity drinks today compared to most days of the year.
@OnionSoup For couples go to bars and pretend to propose for free drinks
I buy my wife flowers year round for no reason. I don’t buy them in February just because I’m supposed to. We had a nice getaway this past weekend, but for Valentine’s Day, I got her a copy of the first vinyl she ever owned. It’s pretty dang awesome
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
@mediocrebot everything is cool when you’re part of the team
@IWUJackson @mediocrebot Everything is awesome when you’re living out a dream!
MEALS! DEALS! EELS! AWESOME!
I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one going to the dentist today. Anyway, I’m more inclined to celebrate tomorrow in honor of my divorce date, or, as I call it, my Unniversary. It is my 20th!
@shalynrut Huh. I hadn’t though about it, but my 26th X2 Unniversary will be in September. I like that term, I’m swiping it; thanks!
Install the new sump pump before the rain comes…
Still recovering from a horrible, horrible case of food poisoning I got Saturday night. I’m so mad I missed Fat Tuesday yesterday and paczki’s
. Not that I could eat one right now anyway. Only thing I’ve had is applesauce and toast.
@Star2236 Hope you feel better soon… rumbly tumblys aint no fun. I’ve only got half a colon now, so when I eat something I shouldn’t have, I get immediate notice.
@capnjb
Yikes that doesn’t sound fun either.
@Star2236 I play the hand I’ve been dealt
@capnjb
I get it, I’ve had lots of crazy stuff happen to me to. I always say if it’s can happen it’s gonna happen to me bc of all the crazy rare stuff I had. I remember you talking on the form years ago about everything you’ve been through, some of the stuff was similar to my experiences.
Quiet night with the kids. I got them some Valentine’s Day goodies that I left out for them to discover when they got home today.
Well fucking management decided they’d inspect my apartment floor tomorrow (told us at 5:25pm last night with a note on the door) so spent my valentines day cleaning since I was not home from 6pm to 8:45pm yesterday. Those people are a piece of shit.
@Kidsandliz From what you’ve said, they’re not just a piece, they’re a whole outhouse pit.
@werehatrack That is about right.
Card and Dove truffle hearts. That’s all she really cares about. And the card is optional, tbh.
POV: Your cats had a better Valentines day than you ever had.
@kjady Yup.
@kjady True love
@Kidsandliz @kjady In the second picture they almost form a heart shape!
@Kidsandliz @kjady @Kyeh
/youtube mawidge princess bride
@Kidsandliz @kjady @unksol
Umm, where are the cats?
@Kidsandliz @kjady @Kyeh everywhere? As always.
@Kidsandliz @kjady @Kyeh I will say they didn’t freak out when the roofing guy was here. So. Most are socialish. So it there weren’t so many/so much hair/other issues. A woman might not immediately run away. Maybe lol
I did take my wife out for a date last night… unfortunately it rather back-fired… Tums to the rescue. It’s strange I normally have an iron stomach but it didn’t want to cooperate for Vday.
@OnionSoup I’m sure she understands at this point. Maybe dont order the onion soup on a date?