Random Fail FWP Thread: You're here because you're sick of reading about Halo Top in the Win thread

[dasva]

Oh yeah so ran into an old acquaintance the other day who I'd seen on Tinder the other week. Turns out apparently her ex was messing with the account and she's really looking for a girl

[Yuri-G]

cat wanders over to sit on lap
put pants on
cat changes mind and wanders away
take pants off
cat wanders over to sit on lap again
ok now you're just fucking with me you little shit

[Buffy]

Damn you really don’t like even a little pussy, do you?

[Byrthnoth]

Cats work like this:
1) What is the softest/warmest place I could sit?
2) Go sit there
3) ???
4) Cat profit!

You must have gotten less warm (or maybe less soft) when you put on pants, thus making you no longer the softest/warmest accessible thing.

[Ksandra]

Some may remember me talking about my childhood friend who lives out in LA. His mom passed away last year and he really has no close relatives really anywhere.

For the past few years he's been spending all holidays with us and we've all had a great time.

Planned to have him come for Xmas Saturday night until Monday. (He's a bank manager, so he for sure has Sunday and Monday off.)

Just got a message from him saying something came up and he may not make it. But he won't give me reasons why.

Now I am stuck trying to figure out how far I should push to find out. He's never said so, but he seems depressed often, and so I don't want him to think I don't care, but at the same time I don't want to seem nosy. Ugh.

[Lucki]

"That [sucks/stinks/bums me/us out/etc.]. I hope it's nothing serious, but let me/us know if there is anything you need/we can do/help/etc. I'll talk to you soon!"

[Kalmado]

I have a friend who is very private and sometimes I have to be a bit pushy if I really want to know something. The one time I thought there was maybe some issues I just flat out said, "Dude, you're my best friend and I'm saying this because I care. What's going on with you?"

If your homie gets mad about that, they ain't ya homie.

[BaneTheBrawler]

yeah just be straight with him. could send him a card. did that for one of my buddies who had me a bit worried a while back. sent him a nice handwritten note snail-mail. he said it was weird but that it helped, so it was worth it.

in your situation id say something like "hey we're gonna miss you! hope all is well. let me know if you wanna talk about whatevers going on. i like to know these things."

[Anoat]

Buying Christmas gifts for my parents on Amazon has drastically shifted my Amazon suggestions. Now all I'm seeing is purses and kitchen stuff, lulz

[Ksandra]

Now all I'm seeing is purses and kitchen stuff

So, what's the problem?

[Astylla]

So there was a police chase this afternoon at one of my jobs. I was outside briefly and saw two SUV police cruisers chasing a red SUV down. Figured it was a traffic stop or something but it kept weaving in and out of parking lots at the corporate building here. An hour later still see sirens and helicopter circling.

Discovered just now via local article it was a suspected drunk driving stop and led on the chase and when cops tried to approach her allegedly raised a butcher knife to her throat. They put the local buildings adjacent on lockdown due to it across the street from me.

[Ksandra]

Years ago my mom bought my sister's kids this Xmas train set that they absolutely loved. Every year since having my kids my mom would try to find a set for us but couldn't find it.

My poor sister's kid is obsessed with the train and apparently it no longer works. He brought it to Santa to ask him to fix it.

I never quite knew what to look for but I was now determined to figure out what set this was. Asked my mom for any details she could and I found it. Apparently it was a fisher price train set made in 2010. They don't make them anymore. To get a used set on ebay it's $150. To get a new one it's $800.

I told my mom to take it to an electronics repair shop to see what's wrong with it. Hopefully they can fix it. Sad to see that it's probably going to kill his santa's illusion now. Oh well, was going to happen sooner or later.

[BaneTheBrawler]

what kinda train we talkin here? personally, i'd take it to a hobbyist shop. model train nerds are some of the nerdiest nerds to ever nerd.

[Ksandra]

what kinda train we talkin here? personally, i'd take it to a hobbyist shop. model train nerds are some of the nerdiest nerds to ever nerd.

https://www.amazon.com/REMOTE-Contro.../dp/B00461A2KC

That's a good idea. I'll mention it to her. I assume someone should know how to fix it. It has a remote control and she said the controller works (sounds come from it), but it isn't moving the train.

[edit] on a note, Xmas train sets are boring compared to this one hahahaha.

[Ksandra]

Oh, really stupid question for those that may know this stuff.

Someone is selling the train on ebay for $22, but doesn't have the controller. Would his controller work with it?

[BaneTheBrawler]

Probably. If nothing else, it could be worth it to have a spare for parts.

[dasva]

Went to order some Christmas presents a few days ago and one of them only had regular shipping. Sure whatever should still get here in time. Expected delivery date sometime between mid January and end of February. Da fuq how do you have such a long range. Is it being brought here on foot and gotta plan for people being snowed in the mountains?

[Tokitoki]

Kitchen saga continues.

Recap: We removed the cabinets for new cabinets and counters. After removing the cabinets, we saw the drywall was complete shit. We remove the sink cabinet and the drywall and notice the fridge is leaking and rotting part of the subfloor.

Pulled up the flooring (it's just a laminate) and there is mold that has spread at least a foot in every direction from the rotting spot. Now we'll need to check the framing underneath in the crawlspace. Going to need to replace a good portion of the subfloor and basically all the flooring.

Started putting up new drywall and the wife wants me to run new outlets since the walls are exposed as well as move most of the existing ones.

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUICK THING. Every day there's something new added to the list.

[Melena]

I love starting my day off with a fraudulent bill collector. Get a call with no caller ID on my primary cell phone, so I ignore it, thinking it may be someone at work trying to reach me and I was with my new agency director. A few minutes later, a voicemail pops up. I listen to it and they are asking for Astylla by her maiden name and claim there is a judgement going to be filed against her tomorrow if I don't call back immediately.

For shits and giggles I call back, hoping to get any information to report them to the FTC. A lady answers the phone and I politely ask for the name of her company. She tells me she can't tell me that until I give her information. She then proceeds to say "Let me give you some advice, when you don't pay your bills, we have to call you and you make us out to be the bad guy." I cut her off, tell her I got some advice for her as well, that I know the laws governing debt collection and you have to prove you own this debt. She then laughs and says oh, you work for the city of Alameda (I don't, my work line is no caller ID, so the best she can get is a region I'm calling from), and that this will be easy to have my wages garnished and hangs up. Filed a complaint with the FTC, and left her a voicemail saying since you appear to have our information, even though you don't even have her correct name, you got 30 days to provide written proof you own a debt and hung up.

I love how they get bitchy the second you show you have a basic understanding of debt law.

[dasva]

Coworker actually had something like that recently and called the cops. Was kind of funny