Thanks for the food tips!
Thanks for all the food tips!
The pandemic definitely was a factor in all of this.
Frozen flank steak and chicken breast: I cut those up, and put them in BBQ sauce, to take to lunch. Hearing from all of you that it's taste that I sacrifice (old meats), but not safeness of the meat, now I don't feel in as much of a rush to use the meats. If it's pushing 9-10 months, it's time to cook it. Sounds like 3-5 months, not a problem, provided it's properly frozen.
This isn't inflationary rates.
[QUOTE=BobSizemore53;5355250]Retire if the hobby is too expensive for you. Inflation is a thing. Every necessity is more expensive than it was ten years ago.[/QUOTE]This isn't an inflation issue; inflation has not increased 300-400% which is what some are willing to pay today for subpar services.
Confusing Self-Esteem with Posing
[QUOTE=Jimmysixxx7;5355194]I guess you're around the wrong younger people. The young men I'm around aren't lacking in esteem at all. They are more aware of their emotional states than past generations, but they have confidence and don't think the world will be handed to them on a platter.[/QUOTE]Perhaps it's specific to which demographic. How educated, what they do for hobbies, whether they played team sports. I've had a ton of interactions with all ages and groups from high-tech, convicted prisoners, athletes, etc. The under-35's are the most afraid of failure, excepting those that have played real team sports all their lives. Other than those, they don't know how to start a task from scratch. They fear judgement to the point where they try to avoid it. Anything less than top-10% is considered a failure, but not playing (working, etc.) at all because of some unspecified blocking issue is perfectly acceptable.
That expectation of being considered top-10% comes with another expectation, of lots of fast promotions and a nice title in three years.
On the bright side, age discrimination was a real issue, especially in tech, until maybe a decade ago. At which point companies realized that their young over-achievers didn't actually achieve.
Negative Review equals banned
Have you all noticed that if a guy writes a negative review of someone on another site, there is a good chance they get banned.
Here is an example.
Person had 13 references, plenty of green points. Yet they were banned.
[URL]https://www.tnaboard.com/showthread.php?2166124-It%92s-my-duty-as-a-fellow-hobbyist-to-be-honest&p=13380967[/URL]#post13380967.
Rant about two handed basketball shot
My friend shot very accurately, from three point range and even 30 feet out. But, he shot two handed!! We teased him so much about that. He changed his shot to a ONE handed shot. He shot well, one-handed. But, the fact is, we caused him to change away from his two handed shot!!
A different friend of mine, he's 5'6", 375 pounds. He thinks that pro wrestling is real. He admits to peeing in the shower! He also admits to masturbating two handed!! He has incredibly strong wrists. We know why. He can comfortably shoot from 30 feet from the basket!
Health club rant: Teenage boys and basketball courts
This is a thread for rants. We rant, rightly, about the simps and self-righteous women on TNA. Let's take shots at teenage boys. I want some help in understanding them.
I know that I can't give specifics, so I'm going to "name" some of the culprits, and won't name the high end club.
Let me just say, they have one location in Kirkland and one in Redmond.
I love shooting baskets, alone. Before the pandemic, I knew that my best bet was to go to 24 Hour Fitness at 1-2 am, but I would nap before that, to mitigate sleep.
This high end club, we can reserve the court for 60 minute blocks. I get it: They like to shoot, I like to shoot, and prior to February, we went nearly a year without being able to shoot indoors.
I'm going to name call. In Kirkland, "Doosler Jr" looks 16-17, and seems to have no clue about the clock, and respecting other people's reservation times.
But, let me tell you about Redmond. "Nick" is a konketsu, who is about 15. FIVE times in a row, I went to the court (half court) at MY reserved time, only to have konketsu Nick try to shoot. When I told him I had a reservation, he said "My bad," and left. Earlier, "Dan Dickau Jr. " walked in while I was shooting, and when I told him I have a reservation, he said "my bad," and left.
"My bad" is either the American teenage boys phrase in 2021.
I get it. A lot of us love to shoot. In fact, I go out of my way to sign up ONLY 2 or 3 days a week (60 minute blocks), to give others a chance to sign up. I also usually don't sign up until a week before (you can book two weeks in advance), and I ALWAYS see the 8-9 pm block WIDE open. That means, konketsu Nick, Dan Dickau Jr, and more recently "Tom Chambers' Grandson" who all have EQUAL rights as me, to sign up for 60 minute blocks for the basketball court.
Yet, they NEVER sign up! THIS is what I want your help and views on. I don't get it. If any of them signed up, say for 6-7 pm for the court, I wouldn't even enter the gym, during their time.
It's easiest to reserve time with the App. Young people are much better than me, at using the App, so that isn't the issue. These young boys are under their parents' memberships. Every month, we get an email detailing our gym usage. So, I don't buy that they don't want their parents to know they were there, because they have to Fob in every time. I don't believe that, even konketsu Nick's parents "are cool with him using the weights, pool, bikes, but have a SPECIFIC antipathy towards basketball. " No way.
Is it entitlement by them? Well, when I tell them I have a reservation, they leave without an argument. So, that's not it. I can't figure it out. Why does Nick (who is there EVERY day, and even the staff gripe that "he's there ALL day") have an aversion to reserving the half basketball court? He could even reserve at the FRONT DESK! It's not like he's bashful.
Wednesday night was AWFUL. I had the court reserved from 8-9. Tom Chambers III was there. Then In-Chul joined us. Then comes Dan Dickau Jr, and konketsu Nick. All of these boys are 13-17. I didn't want to become Bill Laimbeer (most hated) and ask them to leave. But, my goodness, I just can't believe it, sometimes.
I don't think that Doosler Jr, konketsu Nick, Dan Dickau Jr, are "entitled," so much. I think that they are more UNAWARE.
I AM profiling these boys: Their AGE and GENDER.
This is a high end club! Do these parents not teach their kids anything, in 2021?
LDS missionaries on UW campus
This was years ago.
I used to park by Gould Hall, and walk into campus for exercise. I would often cut through the LDS parking lot. Big mistake. Stopped by two young male missionaries, and they started preaching to me. From my "Health club konketsu Nick rant," you can see that I lack a "mean streak. " I would give them a fake name and number, when they asked for my name and number.
One time, ON campus, they were talking to me again. Three younger student types walked by, one LDS missionary tried to talk with them, and those YOUNG ones taught me! They "kept on walking, and didn't stop. " Youth WAS served, with more savvy. Humbling.
Another time, a young college guy, Middle Eastern, tried to talk with me about The God. I mockingly ran away, saying "I'm out of here!
One time by the Suzallo Library, a young Korean girl approached me and asked, "Can I talk to you about The God?" I said, "Not now," and left.
In the coming years, I drove through campus, and would sometimes see two young male LDS missionaries walking on campus. Obviously looking for suckers to talk to, and try to recruit. From the "safeness of my car," I rolled down the window, and yelled, "LDS! LDS!
Stupit LDS missionaries!
Still, I like these LDS missionaries, better than I like Doosler Jr. At the high end health club. Or, Konketsu Nick.
Hey!! I should invite as guests (pay for their guest passes) two young male talkative LDS missionaries, and have THEM drive Doosler Jr, Dan Dickau Jr, and Konketsu Nick crazy! Show these young punks what it's like to be on that side of the fence.