I got the second dose of the Phizer vaccine yesterday morning. I can definitely feel it today, low grade headache and a bit of a delirious malaise, but on a 1-10 scale, I'd probably call it a 2/10. Definitely registers, but far from debilitating. Mrs. Vandura woke up around 3 AM feeling genuinely crappy, but was pretty well again three or four hours later. We got shots because educators.

@tripper @MybirdIStheword @Huzer @VincentMalamute @ranwhenparked @fintail @Mr-Ontop @derpwagon @Vondon302 @MUSASHI66 @ST80MND @e90m3
@Cash-Rewards @Shop-Teacher @Highlander @tripper @Italia @BicycleBuck @RPMesq @ClassicDatsunDebate @ibRAD @HFV @AMGtech @Chariotoflove @AestheticsInMotion @facw @MisterButtercup @Manwich @sn4cktimes @Wrong-Wheel-Drive

Look at that list of excellent people. Thank you to everyone who cared and even had a bit of gallows humor me this morning. It's been a very emotional morning.

I've had a look at the ticket and the copper wrote 96 (in a 65), so we're officially 30+ on this. Court date is in June. Chippy did not impound the car on the spot, I'm assuming, because all the stickers and papers were in order and because there were still a bunch of fish in the barrel to shoot. What's alarming to me about the situation is that they did not have any idea that they were going that fast until Chippy pulled them over and informed them. That's a serious problem. That's a catastrophic accident without the accident. And it's their third inattention-caused situation, the first two being minor traffic accidents.

Operating a motor vehicle is no joke, people.

I'm taking them off the insurance and explicitly de-listing them from the automobiles garaged at this address. We are imposing a safety standdown until after the court date and then we can reassess. From what folks have said here, I'm sure we can expect to receive a court summons. Take it as it comes. All of their friends drive, and they have the Uber app on their phone. I'll keep us posted.

You know what was beautiful? Mrs. Vandura came home from work to be with them. There's just nothing like a mom, though an auntie can do in a pinch. We dads are third string.

I've got nothing but love for y'all.

If you think I'm excited, you should see his grandmother!

With apologies to @ttyymmnn ...

This is a clock that checks its time with the radio signal from Colorado. It runs off a couple of double-A batteries, and they need rather frequent replacement. I decided a hack was in order. I've got the transformer plugged into the UPS.

I can't compete with @Chariotoflove in the Dad Joke Department, but my daughter asked me to print some pictures of some tissues on my color printer so she could study them for her anatomy class. Naturally, I made some editorial improvements.

Curator Group Meeting Report, 11/18/2020

In Attendance: Cars of Fort Langley organized a Google Meetup of the Curator Group on November 18th. In attendance were CoFL, jminer, ITA97, derpwagon, Rusty Vandura (Yours Truly), ClassicDatsunDebate, and ChariotofLove.

Curator Group Size: The vibe was most excellent. We discussed the size and organization of the Curator Group. All agreed that we did not want the group to become overly large. We discussed the inclusion of Kinjaland moderators and that a couple of invitations had been extended.

Authorship: How long does a new member remain in the gray as in Kinjaland? We decided that new members to the board would have authorship automatically -- no more posting or replying in the gray -- but that the amount of content new members could post would be limited initially.

Style Guide: We agreed to adopt the DRAFT Style Guide / Etiquette Guide in in its current, organic form, welcoming feedback and suggestions from the community.

Signature Length: We discussed signatures and agreed that many were very lengthy and were crowding the board. We agreed to set a signature limit at 75 characters.

Editing Time: Time allowed to edit a reply is set to one hour, but a reply can be deleted at any point later on.

Content Showcase: We agreed upon a need for more Landing Page showcase content, including a Best Of section and we decided that a more robust bridge between Hyphenated Oppo and DriveTribe was something to work toward.

Finances: jminer reported that the monthly costs associated with running the site are around $150 per month and likely to rise a little bit with time. Donations to the site are adequate to cover this cost for the foreseeable future. The wife of one of the group members is going to organize an LLC for Hyphenated Oppo.

Also Finances: Currently on the hyphenated main page, the Donate button is at the bottom of an infinite scroll (for those with infinite scroll turned on - it's fine for those who have the site set to use 'pages'). jminer will relocate that. Also, ClassicDatsunDebate is working on a fresh Donate/Paypal logo button.

Merchandise: Group member derpwagon runs an online web store and has created a polo and a t-shirt with the old school Oppo logo. Oppo earns $6 on each shirt sold. Ladies’ cuts available.

Curator Group:
Jminer
MM54
RallyDarkstrike
ClassicDatsunDebate
CarsofFortLangley
Shop-Teacher
Chariotoflove
Derpwagon
Ttyymmnn
Rusty Vandura
ITA97
Snakesm13
HammerheadFistpunch (Overland curator)

He saved his monies for six months to buy this Lego kit.

Remember these?

Well, check this out:

I think the railroad needs a tunnel...

That's our grandson. He lives in Utah. We live in the SF Bay Area. My son-in-law graduates from university in two weeks with a BS in Economics. He was just offered a job. $70,000 per year straight out of college. The job is located in Washington, DC. That's 3,000 miles away instead of 800 miles away.

@CobraJoe sent me a custom shift knob turned from a cue ball. What a fun and thoughtful present! The package arrived and the knob was wrapped in lots of paper and I had to keep unwrapping to figure out what it was. Dee Lightful! Seems very well made. Then Mrs. Vandura and I went out and did some errands. Great fun. THANK YOU!!

Gave me a Mando flashback...

@exage03040 said in A ship of dubious provenance:

Because I work with a company and in a country that strictly abides by IMO regulations. I make good money doing what I do and I'm very good at it. It's completely opposite from criminality that exists in the other part of the world.

I'd have no reason to expect otherwise.

@chariotoflove said in Your tax dollars at work, or sous vide your troubles away:

I try.

It's good because it's good in spite of you.

@ranwhenparked said in This is not Oppolitics.:

@rusty-vandura It was godawful, like managing a store at the mall, but one where customers only come in when they're really pissed off at something. I did it for a little over a year, and went back to traveling sales as quickly as I could. The extra pay wasn't worth the aggravation, especially since the commuting costs (and lack of a company car) pretty well ate up all of it anyway.
Used to go through my Rolodex and just randomly call clients to see if they wanted to meet for lunch for no real reason, just to have an excuse to get the hell out for an hour. Would always come back to some minor problem everyone was freaking out over because nobody could show any initiative.

My daughter worked at a bank in Pocatello for about five minutes and they fired her for not doing something that they never trained her not to do. That experience got me looking more closely at the peeps in the bank that I visit and I can see the cold sweat that they're all in. And the tellers can't even count. They have no number sense at all. But the fear is palpable.

@sovande said in This is not Oppolitics.:

it's blue

Maybe on your monitor...

@exage03040 said in A ship of dubious provenance:

And yes, I do sail.

Why? After that post?

I knew a guy whose grandfather was rich and owned a big luxury cruiser with twin 12-cylinder diesel engines and when the guy I knew graduated from university, Gramps took him and a couple of his best buddies on an extended party cruise with sunshine and lots of beer and perhaps some fishing poles. My friend said Grampa had this giant shotgun he kept on board, perhaps a 10-gauge, and the plan was that if any pirates came anywhere near him, the plan was to begin shooting at the other boat right at the water line.

And here is one of my absolute favorite videos on the entire internet:

@ranwhenparked said in This is not Oppolitics.:

I've got a couple that I swear actually feel better than sweats.

I have a church activity that I participate in which requires a long-sleeved shirt, so I own one for that purpose, but all the rest are short-sleeved. Like half a dozen of them. I bought a suit for my daughter's wedding and wore it exactly twice: once for each of two receptions she had. But 100% yes, 10 / 10 to everything you've said here.

Bank manager? Ew. I'll stick with my roomful of 8th graders.

@chariotoflove This is some damn good Oppo.

@vincentmalamute said in Your tax dollars at work, or sous vide your troubles away:

You should package these in a different case and resell them to your colleagues for $1500.

You're too nice. $2150.

@Chariotoflove

@chariotoflove said in Your tax dollars at work, or sous vide your troubles away:

Total cost: $70

My suggestion: at that price, purchase a spare or three.

@exage03040 said in A ship of dubious provenance:

doomscroll

What would be your definition of doomscroll?

Are you a seafarer?