I've always liked smaller but likeable and energetic dogs, like Labradors. 
Big dogs have BIG appetites and need to go for LONG walks.
Big dogs have BIG appetites and need to go for LONG walks.
That Moment....
- Thread starter JT Woody
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They don't really eat much more except for the 1st year. A lot of the feeding amounts you see online make people end up with severely overweight giants. Long walks are a no for most of them as they don't tend to be super high energy for long periods. They do cost you a literal fortune in preventative though. Barnaby currently has to take 2 different doses of heartworm preventative and flea/tick prevention every month because he topped out on the first dose and he's nowhere near grown.I've always liked smaller but likeable and energetic dogs, like Labradors.
TMW you meet the Grim Reaper ... and it turns out he's jollier than he's given credit for ... and at your urging, and the urging of your buddies Jimmy, Vince and Larry, he chug-a-lugs an entire cask of beer, while you and your buddies chant "Chug! Chug! Chug!" ...
... and then the beer goggles come off, and you all have splitting headaches, and you vow never to drink again, and you realise that the Grim Reaper was just your buddy John in a bad cardboard mask and a plastic scythe.
(And then ... optionally, and only in fiction ... the actual Grim Reaper shows up, and you demand that he take off his mask, and he says "I am afraid I am unable to accede to your request", and you realise you're actually dead ...
... and that's when the FUN starts. I haven't thought much more about the plot of this yet, because the whole set-up occurred to me just as I was waking up ... and it's now time for me to go to work. Boo! 
But maybe you can fill in the blanks?)
... and then the beer goggles come off, and you all have splitting headaches, and you vow never to drink again, and you realise that the Grim Reaper was just your buddy John in a bad cardboard mask and a plastic scythe.
(And then ... optionally, and only in fiction ... the actual Grim Reaper shows up, and you demand that he take off his mask, and he says "I am afraid I am unable to accede to your request", and you realise you're actually dead ...
... and that's when the FUN starts.
I haven't thought much more about the plot of this yet, because the whole set-up occurred to me just as I was waking up ... and it's now time for me to go to work. Boo! But maybe you can fill in the blanks?) 
I'd read that.TMW you meet the Grim Reaper ... and it turns out he's jollier than he's given credit for ... and at your urging, and the urging of your buddies Jimmy, Vince and Larry, he chug-a-lugs an entire cask of beer, while you and your buddies chant "Chug! Chug! Chug!" ...
... and then the beer goggles come off, and you all have splitting headaches, and you vow never to drink again, and you realise that the Grim Reaper was just your buddy John in a bad cardboard mask and a plastic scythe.
(And then ... optionally, and only in fiction ... the actual Grim Reaper shows up, and you demand that he take off his mask, and he says "I am afraid I am unable to accede to your request", and you realise you're actually dead ...
... and that's when the FUN starts.
TFMW you were working on a character image on GIMP and finally get the dimensions right.... then your computer decides to restart.
and NO you hadnt gotten around to saving it yet
i'm not a GIMP/Photoshop expert. I literally spent an hour on this, going between youtube tutorials and crap only to have to start all over!
and NO you hadnt gotten around to saving it yet
i'm not a GIMP/Photoshop expert. I literally spent an hour on this, going between youtube tutorials and crap only to have to start all over!
I'm so sorry, JT Woody. I'm not a GIMP expert by any means - you probably know much better than me.
Why did you computer decide to restart? If it's to do with Windows updates ... did you know you can set when your computer can restart, precisely to avoid situations like this?
(I know it doesn't help now. But I hope it might help you in the future).
I'm not a GIMP expert by any means - you probably know much better than me. Why did you computer decide to restart? If it's to do with Windows updates ... did you know you can set when your computer can restart, precisely to avoid situations like this?
(I know it doesn't help now. But I hope it might help you in the future).
no idea.
one moment i was working, next it went black.
I figured it ran out of batteries so i plugged it up and turned it on expecting my windows and programs to open up again like it normally does. NOPE. went through the entire restart process
Omg this has happened to me before.
My university was 5 hours away from home and when ibstarted driving there on my own... i would zone out, and then freek out because i didnt remember getting from point A to B.
I actually calld my dad once, freaking out and then realized i hadnt made a wrong turn, i was indeed on track, i was just in "the zone"
(I hate driving....)
TMW you've been trying to teach your dog a command for months and he didnt seem like he was picking it up. So you randomly do a hand gesture and lo an behold, dog does command.
I guess apparently my lab responds to visual commands rather than verbal?
I guess apparently my lab responds to visual commands rather than verbal?
Yep. Obviously dogs (and cats) don't understand English, but they also don't see colours, they see the world in black-and-white. So, maybe your lab responded to a visual cue because he could see it, and his brain associated the hand gesture with the command you tried to teach him.
However he learned it, he is the goodest boy. (Yes, he is).
Obviously dogs (and cats) don't understand English, but they also don't see colours, they see the world in black-and-white. So, maybe your lab responded to a visual cue because he could see it, and his brain associated the hand gesture with the command you tried to teach him.However he learned it, he is the goodest boy. (Yes, he is).
TMW you try to achieve something at work and fail, and start thinking deeply about the problem and try again and fail, and try again and get frustrated, and try again and fail ... and then a coworker says, "Can you do [xyz] for me?" after you've spent months showing them how to do [xyz].
I give up.
I give up.
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TMW your car is running on empty but your bank card is damaged, so you go to use your cardless code at your small town ATM only to discover it's out of order.
TMW you drive to the other small town nearby on nothing but fumes and desperate prayer, coasting downhill with the car off to conserve every bit of fuel, and arrive to find that ATM is out of order too.
TMW when you sit next to the road in what now amounts to a stationary piece of metal, glass, rubber and plastic, contemplating your life choices, especially in regard introversion and isolation being cool, and dejectedly reconsidering your stance that curses are not real.
TMW you realise neither Uber nor roadside assistance is a thing in this part of the world, and after swallowing your pride and calling your brother getting the news he's out of the country on business.
TMW you realise that on any given day the dark ages are just a small sequence of events away and you start seriously considering owning a horse.
TMW you drive to the other small town nearby on nothing but fumes and desperate prayer, coasting downhill with the car off to conserve every bit of fuel, and arrive to find that ATM is out of order too.
TMW when you sit next to the road in what now amounts to a stationary piece of metal, glass, rubber and plastic, contemplating your life choices, especially in regard introversion and isolation being cool, and dejectedly reconsidering your stance that curses are not real.
TMW you realise neither Uber nor roadside assistance is a thing in this part of the world, and after swallowing your pride and calling your brother getting the news he's out of the country on business.
TMW you realise that on any given day the dark ages are just a small sequence of events away and you start seriously considering owning a horse.
That moment when you get home from work and find on social media a live video of police and child advocates busting a neighbor at the park two blocks away because said neighbor thought he was meeting up with a 13-year-old girl.
Good times.
Good times.
TMW it's a warm weekend, and you're in the shower ... and suddenly the water is cut off, so you're thinking "What the...?" and you towel yourself off and dress and look outside, and you see water, water, everywhere, gushin' down the street ... so you go outside and find out that a pipe had exploded, and the water is rushing away, and kids are playing in the stuff, and police are diverting traffic except the water-fixin' truck etc., so to make a run-on sentence short (too late!), you're outta water and you run down to the supermarket to buy two big bottles of the stuff, so you can drink and wash dishes and flush the toilet with it ..............
........... and four hours later, the water is fixed.
(Yup, that happened to me a few months ago. Ain't it fun?) =P
........... and four hours later, the water is fixed.
(Yup, that happened to me a few months ago. Ain't it fun?) =P
Tmw you get to work an hour and a half early and the parking garage is empty, so you have your choice of prime parking spots
All right, but why would you get to work so early? *curious* Why work for so long ... unless you also get to go home an hour-and-a-half early?
