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Post by GBK2point0 on Nov 13, 2024 16:39:57 GMT -7
All the people you used to hang out with and go to bars/shows with have conversations about where you got your couch, home improvement projects and kids. I still have some single friends who are doing the thing. I don't really envy them, I'm proud of our DIY home improvement project we did ourselves in the early summer. |
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Post by flyinghellphish on Nov 13, 2024 16:59:17 GMT -7
you make a "you know old thread..."
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Post by waldowally on Nov 13, 2024 21:09:16 GMT -7
analyzing property taxes
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Post by flyinghellphish on Nov 13, 2024 21:37:15 GMT -7
you mean over analyzing property taxes? |
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Post by Not your moms 🌮 on Nov 14, 2024 4:45:38 GMT -7
My kids are constantly reminding me that I am old and my jokes are outdated and the memes I show them are apparently not politically correct by their standards.
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Post by SolarGarlic 🧀 on Nov 14, 2024 4:56:02 GMT -7
I used to work til 9 or 10 then go home and change or go out from there and the thought of doing that right now is crazy.
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Post by hokiejoe on Nov 14, 2024 5:22:31 GMT -7
I used to go out to the State Theatre and see shows on weeknights all of the time. I stopped about 10 years ago because they would have an opener come on at 8 and the band I was there to see would start at 10, sometimes later. Now I don't even know if I would go when the band that I want to see starts at 8. It's the best part about bands that play big sheds and arenas, you know when it will start and when it will end.
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Post by ashell on Nov 14, 2024 5:32:36 GMT -7
^^^ It doesn't help that the State Theatre hasn't had a show you'd be interested in going to in probably 8 years. Pretty sure my last show there was LoS in 2018, with Toys, Amster and a few others.
But agreed weeknight shows are out of the question for me, unless day of and day after are work free days.
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Post by Not your moms 🌮 on Nov 14, 2024 5:37:58 GMT -7
It has been a few years since leaving the house after 10 sounds fun. If I really want to go to a show I have to start on the espresso drinks around 8 or 9 and tell enough friends that they give me hell if I don't show up. If I end up in front of the TV taking my shoes off it is awfully hard getting back up and out of the house.
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Post by lerner on Nov 14, 2024 7:59:18 GMT -7
dem cops crazy after 10...
also im prob black out drunk by then...
old timers bad combo...
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Post by ancientchad on Nov 14, 2024 8:29:10 GMT -7
^^^ It doesn't help that the State Theatre hasn't had a show you'd be interested in going to in probably 8 years. Pretty sure my last show there was LoS in 2018, with Toys, Amster and a few others. But agreed weeknight shows are out of the question for me, unless day of and day after are work free days. Probably about 15 years ago or so I saw Perpetual Groove absolutely destroy the State one night. Saw New Potato Caboose there a couple times too. My dilemma is I've been assigned Dad duty virtually every Fri and Sat for the past 7 years or so. I'm lucky if I get four Saturdays a year to myself. However! Trying something new this Saturday. I'm leaving the girls at my place for a few hours while I get down with JRAD at The Anthem. #1 just turned 14 and #2 is about to be 12. Pretty sure they'll be just fine. I NEED a f'in show big time. |
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Post by ferd on Nov 14, 2024 9:37:27 GMT -7
As long as they have access to a phone I see no harm in that
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Post by ferd on Nov 14, 2024 9:55:24 GMT -7
Saturday is opening day... My 16 yo will be babysitting because Legs will be at work...
I have no problem letting my 12yo babysit too... He's pretty responsible and has a cell phone...
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Post by Don Swifty on Nov 14, 2024 13:32:45 GMT -7
Go get some fun whenever you can. To paraphrase Pete Townsend; the kids are alright.
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Post by SolarGarlic 🧀 on Nov 14, 2024 15:28:26 GMT -7
Do you think I could leave Abbs at home? Rizzo will be here….
I’m kidding, don’t call DCFS
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Post by Don Swifty on Nov 15, 2024 10:50:15 GMT -7
you're gonna go to a fest and pretend to be 35 again instead of 18-25. Don't want to push it.
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Post by GBK2point0 on Nov 15, 2024 10:55:27 GMT -7
Umphrey's played a pre-festival show in Chicago in 2021 on a Thursday. I think the show ended around 12:15 and i was in bed around 2. Most miserable work day of my life.
Hard pass on the weeknight shows these days. Not worth it, i'll just take the day off if it's a can't miss rager
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Post by Don Swifty on Nov 15, 2024 11:05:55 GMT -7
It's not that we can't rage the way we used to. It's that the recovery (time) is brutal instead of seamless.
If I do any amount of drinking beyond a few I don't want to have to do anything more intense than brushing my teeth the next day.
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Post by Not your moms 🌮 on Nov 15, 2024 11:15:22 GMT -7
I have not drank at a festival in several years. Water, space, juice, space.... Maybe sprinkle in so fruits, veggies and fungi for nourishment..... More space and water.
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Post by Don Swifty on Nov 15, 2024 11:26:19 GMT -7
Weed and space I can bounce back from, if I even need to bounce back at all. Booze.... A six-pack (maybe 12) would last me the whole festival. Drinking a lot in the hot summer sun while running around has never been my thing. Rather smoke 10 joints and eat some el with a juice chaser.
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