What's on your mind?

[GoatmasterGeneral]

10 hours ago, eternalcrypt said:

so....are we gonna have a WW3 here?

 

Russel Brand's take on why the media and the military-industrial-political complex is hoping for war because they'll profit from it, from  Feb 15th

WW3! So THIS Is Why They Want Russia War

 

And then this morning

This Changes Everything

 

[eternalcrypt]

46 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

 

Russel Brand's take on why the media and the military-industrial-political complex is hoping for war because they'll profit from it, from  Feb 15th

WW3! So THIS Is Why They Want Russia War

 

And then this morning

This Changes Everything

 

theres always someone walking away from a war with a briefcase full of money....

[eternalcrypt]

love how we went from WW3 to dad jokes

[RelentlessOblivion]

3 hours ago, eternalcrypt said:

a man walked into a bar. he said ow. 

You know the hardest thing about being blind? Relationships, I’m so tired of going on blind dates…

[eternalcrypt]

shall we start a dad jokes thread in off topic?

[RelentlessOblivion]

We’ve already got a jokes thread buried around here somewhere, just don’t cancel me for anything young oblivion might have said in there

[MacabreEternal]

Productive morning attending a wedding fayre and getting us two casino tables and croupiers booked for the evening.  Some other conversations about flowers, table decorations and rings occurred but filed under "not my area of expertise".

[FatherAlabaster]

Who says romance is dead?

[AlSymerz]

Take (fake) an interest in those things, not just the money side but the entire thing, be as interested as if it was your record collection. You can still forget it all, but one day there will come a time when your lovely wife is not offering the kind of attention you think your latest 'wonderful idea' deserves and you can remind her that your interest never waivers, even when talking about things that are clearly her area of expertise.

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Wow the sheer audacity of some people… I mean imagine walking out in front of a blind man, then turning around to that same person and saying you should watch where you’re going, you would think holding up my cane and saying in the most sarcastic voice possible shit why didn’t I think of that, you’re a genius aren’t you? Would be the end of it right? Wrong! Our nominee for world’s dumbest man then proceeds to say you’re clearly faking it, no one would let a real blind man leave the house on their own. Q me commenting how he must be an expert in faking things, or would that be his wife? Then suggesting he get his eyes checked if he can’t tell the difference between her and myself

[AlSymerz]

You're not bloody deaf, you should have heard him coming!

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

6 minutes ago, KillaKukumba said:

You're not bloody deaf, you should have heard him coming!

 

Ah but then I have nothing to complain about, you see my dilemma right because I sure don’t…

[AlSymerz]

Aaahhh but you could have had a different story to tell instead. "I was walking down the street, I heard this guy coming, knew he was going to walk into me so I raise my cane and poked the silly fucker in the nuts. You should have heard him scream!"

[JonoBlade]

On 2/26/2022 at 8:29 AM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Russel Brand's take on why the media and the military-industrial-political complex is hoping for war because they'll profit from it, from  Feb 15th

And then this mrning

This Changes Everything

It is an odd world where one finds one routinely agreeing with a ex-everything-addict. I don't follow Russell Brand (nor follow anyone else really) but he usually makes sense.

[GoatmasterGeneral]

31 minutes ago, JonoBlade said:

It is an odd world where one finds one routinely agreeing with a ex-everything-addict. I don't follow Russell Brand (nor follow anyone else really) but he usually makes sense.

I don't follow him or anyone else either but I will click on his videos every now and then. Even when he doesn't make complete sense he will at least bring up some interesting points that I might not have known or considered. I find it hard to look at his strange wardrobe though, so I usually just listen. I just like that the right and the left don't like Mr Brand because they don't feel that he's wholly on either of their teams. He does come across as if he's a free thinker and doesn't have a political agenda which I like. As a Yank I have to admit I do very much enjoy the myriad English accents, no two seem to be quite alike. Unlike you Kiwis whose accents all sound basically the same to me.

[AlSymerz]

Russell Brand's problem isn't that he gets it right from time to time, it's that he shit he speaks in between those times that makes him look like a dick. But then we all have that problem in life.

[FatherAlabaster]

Trying to work right now, but all I can really think about is the new baby, due any day. I dropped the car off for a complete engine replacement earlier, and even that, expensive and annoying as it is, has already receded to the back of my mind. My wife is scheduled for delivery on Monday if it doesn't happen sooner. Can't help worrying, but also find myself smiling a lot, looking forward to meeting the little one. I'll let you all know how things go.

[Thatguy]

Having kids is a big adventure and a wild ride full of terror and beauty. You'll love it.

[FatherAlabaster]

5 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Having kids is a big adventure and a wild ride full of terror and beauty. You'll love it.

Thank you... It is indeed! We have a son too, he'll be 10 in a couple weeks. We love him more than anything, whether he knows it or not. I guess from his point of view there will be some competition on that front now. My wife had a really hard labor last time and I'm hoping things go easier for her this time around. Her prenatal care has been great so I think we're in good hands. Definitely overwhelmed at the moment. Also trying to learn Bezique to entertain the youngster.

[AlSymerz]

Yeah 10 is about that age where you loose all that love and realise they are little monsters and it's not just other people who have annoying kids!

YMMV!

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Hope all goes well FA

 

Less then two weeks from being an uncle, I just hope someone talks my brother out of the terrible names he’s thinking of.

[FatherAlabaster]

38 minutes ago, KillaKukumba said:

Yeah 10 is about that age where you loose all that love and realise they are little monsters and it's not just other people who have annoying kids!

YMMV!

 

Definitely a little monster. To be fair he's already been a monster for a few years... Still love him bunches and bunches though. 

[Dead1]

1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

Having kids is a big adventure and a wild ride full of terror and beauty. You'll love it.

 

 

And shouting and being crabby and losing weekends to extra curricular activities and making convoluted lunches (whatever happened to a sandwich and bit of fruit) and spending more money that you have...well not you're a specialist medical practitioner! 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

My son was born at home in 2014. Wife had been in the blow-up pool for a few hours and then about 20 minutes after they made her get out of the water before she turned into a prune, the little dude dropped right onto the bed inside his little bag of waters which was still intact. It was one of the most awesome experiences ever, and I was just a bystander basically. I think the best part was after he was born we were all immediately at home together, happy and cozy like he had always been a part of the family. No recovery room, no post-natal drugged up fog, and no annoying doctors and nurses coming in & out giving us orders and treating us like prisoners, no waiting to be discharged.

I feel bad for the high risk people and those who have inductions or arduous labors or get told they need C-sections and don't get to experience the joy of home birth. But still I hope everything goes smoothly for you guys FA, on what will hopefully again be one of the most beautiful and amazing days of your life.

 

52 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Hope all goes well FA

Less then two weeks from being an uncle, I just hope someone talks my brother out of the terrible names he’s thinking of.

My wife gave me two choices for our son's name: Valkan or Wolfric. Because no normal name would do. I think my choice was obvious. We just call him Val.

 

1 hour ago, KillaKukumba said:

Yeah 10 is about that age where you loose all that love and realise they are little monsters and it's not just other people who have annoying kids!

YMMV!

 

I think that ship sailed when he was about 3. 

[FatherAlabaster]

1 minute ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

My son was born at home in 2014. Wife had been in the blow-up pool for a few hours and then about 20 minutes after they made her get out of the water before she turned into a prune, the little dude dropped right onto the bed inside his little bag of waters which was still intact. It was one of the most awesome experiences ever, and I was just a bystander basically. I think the best part was after he was born we were all immediately at home together, happy and cozy like he had always been a part of the family. No recovery room, no post-natal drugged up fog, and no annoying doctors and nurses coming in & out giving us orders and treating us like prisoners, no waiting to be discharged.

I feel bad for the high risk people and those who have inductions or arduous labors or get told they need C-sections and don't get to experience the joy of home birth. But still I hope everything goes smoothly for you guys FA, on what will hopefully again be one of the most beautiful and amazing days of your life.

Wow, he's a caulbearer! I'm really happy for you that you have that experience to look back on. It's what we wanted too. My wife tried to give birth at home but ended up needing to go to the hospital about 3 days in. Eventually it became obvious she'd need an emergency C section. I know it's a routine procedure but honestly it was still scary. This time around it's hospital all the way because of the increased risks to her. She'll try to deliver naturally, but they're not taking any chances.