Hi. How we all doing?

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 07/10/2020 at 12:40 • Filed to: Oppo

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Key turned to accessories, don’t worry.

Item 1: Day 21 and still no problems with my wife’s car. I’m driving it today just to see how everything been. Couple hundred miles away from another oil change.

Item 2: Met a nice guy who offered a trade for my Paseo. A Z3 Clownshoe coupe 2.8 (base) with 156k miles or so. Though the owner said that sometimes is smells like oil when driving because I guess the timing or cam covers leak because “they just do that.” I have this belief that most people who offer trades do not trade down. Later, he offered $7,500 for my Paseo. thatsgonnabeanofrommedawg.png

Too bad JakeWhoHatesLexus isn’t nearby, he’d have been all over that Z3.

How 'bout all you good folks?

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 12:47

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I didn’t walk off my job this week, so that’s a positive. If it’s not one thing, it’s another, I’ve just come to accept I’ll bitch about something until the day I die.

Things are well with both the GF and the cars, so that’s a positive .

Cash Rewards > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 12:47

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Complicated. Technically good. Jobs, kids, health, etc. But the angst. Oh god the angst. Year anniversary of catastrophic house flood has us debating knocking it down and rebuilding to avoid a similar fate. Do we send our kids to school? So many questions with no right answer.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 12:49

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I'm currently home from work puking

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 12:49

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just found someone who has my plate:

CalzoneGolem > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 12:54

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Going to go see Monty Python and the Holy Grail at an outdoor theater tonight so pretty good. Got a bunch of new parts to freshen up Forest’s ignition system. 

LongbowMkII > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:00

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Personally alright, although  the sun can eat a bag of dicks. Anxious about the world 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/10/2020 at 13:04

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Snuze: Needs another Swede > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:04

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Hi.

I’m okay. At work at the moment with a headache, so not feeling great, but I’ll be going home in 2 hours. I think I can last until then.

I have been feeling an existential rush to accomplish things around the house, I think it’s an evolution of the frustration I felt when I was at home recuperating after my surgery. Now I’m finally starting to feel well, but I’m back at work and things are going full bore . Before I had the time but not the ability, now I have the ability but not the time.

Speaking of, I’m now slated to support 4 work trips in the next 4 months. But each trip has a “ROM” (restriction of movement) before and after where I am basically quarantined at home, can’t go out even to the grocery store (they are comping us to have groceries delivered). Furthermore my wife has to abide by the ROM rules as well. She’s a homebody so I think this is bothering me more than her. It makes a lot of sense - the places we go for testing are very remote, and if someone brings the COVID they are A) going to be screwed due to lack of medical services and B) probably going to infect the whole test team, who will then all be screwed. It makes sense, but when I try to explain it to people like my parents or neighbors they act like I’m out of my mind.

The silver lining is this ROM time will give me lots of time at home to do stuff, and hopefully start tackling some Volvo issues.  This also reminded me I need to get some paint swatches this weekend for my garage, as that will be one of my ROM tasks.  

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:06

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Its way too hot. It’s been mid 90s outside and upper 90s to low 100s in my apartment all week.

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:08

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Better. The logistics of my non-divorce are proceeding toward completion, I’m seeing someone new ( responsibly-ish) , I’m not broke yet and I haven’t had to sell any more cars .

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/10/2020 at 13:08

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Ruh roh. Food poisoning or flu?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:10

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im ok....for some reason my inability to sleep suddenly turned into an inability to not sleep this last week...

come home from work and soon as i stop doing stuff for 5 minutes im out

was fun the first couple days....but now its just as annoying as not being able to sleep was before

could i just have 5-6 hours of normal people sleep please? preferably around bedtime?

eh...whatever....its friday...im going to get meself a couple beers from the shop and see what happens....maybe ive just been sober too long

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RPM esq. 07/10/2020 at 13:16

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Good Lord. I take it this means you had to move yet again?

Chariotoflove > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:25

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I have a hard time seeing how that Z3 would be a good trade, even if it was mechanically immaculate for a luxury family wagon that can fit wife, dog, and stuff.

I’ m getting ready to go on vacation and feeling, as usual, that I have no business doing so with all the work on my docket. I’m trying to get my neurotic basket case of a Ph.D. student ready for his committee meeting while also writing grants that justify my job and tenure. Same ole same ole.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:33

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“ I have this belief that most people who offer trades do not trade down.”

I’ve never thought about it, but this is 100% true.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:34

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Blurry Sportcross for you. I'm good. Not great, but good.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/10/2020 at 13:39

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Sorry, your request for normal people sleep has been denied. You may visit the office if insomnia or the office of sleep gluttony to pursue other options.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/10/2020 at 13:40

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well...fuck

smobgirl > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 13:49

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I’ll trade an Abarth for that Z3. The engine sounds funny because “they just do that.”

smobgirl > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 07/10/2020 at 13:51

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I think my upstairs a/c unit has shit the bed and naturally it’s supposed to be 100 today. Downstairs is nice though.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 14:01

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Morning Dr. Z. I’m stressing out because I’m a public school educator and the question of how my school system — and also everyone elses’ school systems — will operate in six weeks when they’re supposed to open back up. I’m working overtime setting up a studio in my shed for presenting distance learning and pondering how I will operate in school if I have to take my show on the road and roam from classroom to classroom. All of it is fine, in the sense that I enjoy the challenge of overcoming obstacles in a classroom, but the politics of it are that the localities are pitted against one another, rather than simply being allowed to navigate the difficulties on their own, which is how it was initially presented. Add to that, we are awaiting the impending birth spasm of my eldest daughter, which is imminent .

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Cash Rewards 07/10/2020 at 14:03

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Angst is the word. Please see my direct reply to Dr. Z., above.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 14:03

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New shiny! Friends C5 Corvette got totalled coz someone hit him from behind so he will be autocrossing the Mini tomorrow while I drive my Vette.

New wheel bearings and discs!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CalzoneGolem 07/10/2020 at 14:03

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Merely a flesh wound!

CalzoneGolem > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/10/2020 at 14:04

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I’ve had worse.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 14:05

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Exhausted, unmotivated, sore. I slept wrong I think, sure as hell wasn’t from any exercise, see “unmotivated” . Had an internal project at work finish up decently well so I should be celebrating but...I don’t know man, I went pretty quickly from that b ack to the grind.

Hard to take advantage of the weekends too, everything i s closed (as it should be) and state park day pass reservations are booked up a month in advance.

But in the end I have good health, a good job, a good dog, and my wife and I are solid, so I can’t complain too much.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/10/2020 at 14:09

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My wife and I have managed to sew a silver lining into these difficulties ourselves. Anxious about the beginning of the school year though. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/10/2020 at 14:41

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That sure is a whole lot on your mind. Congratulations on being a granddad though. That is a whole lot of change about to come.

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 14:47

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Nope, I’m b uying my ex out of the house, j ust waiting for final approval on the refi and for movers to pick up her stuff .

BeaterGT > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 14:51

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Just got out o f surgery, could be better. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/10/2020 at 15:04

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That’s good. It’s an important thing to be able to make the best out of life. It doesn’t exist to make you happy or sad or anything else, it just is, and it’s up to you what you do with it. That’s why I’m “okay”, its an honest answer . I could act like the sky is falling, that’ s how I feel some times, but that gets me nowhere. And honestly that headache is starting to go away, so things are looking up.

On an unrelated note , I picked up 2 HP z420 workstations to use for folding. It’s taken longer than I would have liked, but I should have the first one online tonight . I’m starting with GTX 1650 cards, I only have one but other is on the way. I’ve also got 2 P106-90s on the way , they are dedicated “mining” cards, no video out capability, but they are basically GTX 1050s. I think with a 1650 and a 1050 in each machine, I should get 5 00- 750k out of each one.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RPM esq. 07/10/2020 at 15:07

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Could have been worse!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/10/2020 at 15:13

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No front license -- lucky!

MM54 > E90M3 07/10/2020 at 15:13

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Are you sure you don’t work where I do?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 15:17

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People here like to put Euro plates on the front of their German cars. Clapped out VWs, mostly. With so few states nearby that require front plates, it makes yours stand out. I think I would want to put a Japanese plate on the front just to be different, but I don’t own a Japanese car. I could put a South Korean plate on the front of my Cruze and rebadge it as a Daewoo hehehe.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/10/2020 at 15:19

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A couple of things, to be sure. Gutting through it though.

MM54 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 15:21

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Hello doctor

As that song says, I can’t complain but some times I still do. Working now, but needed a 5 minute mental brake to prevent mentally breaking (get it?). Oppo is usually good for that.

Work’s still trying to send me all over the place, fortunately most of our customers are more concerned with health than (I guess) we are so a lot of it keeps getting postponed. Have a couple trips coming up which may end up being a “drive there and back” to a site that’s an 8 hour drive away, which would be A Thing.

Outside of work, nothing big going on. The cars all work (weird, and concerning ), the house is fine, still need to finish up the fireplace I’ve only been working on since... (checks calendar)... late 2016. Looking forward to the weekend, I’ve not had one to just sit home and chill out for a little while so that will be good until I get anxious from not doing anything mid-Saturday. Maybe I’ll tile the hearth. My weekends are like that - either I’m busy all weekend and feel like I wasted it by not resting, or I rest and feel like I wasted it by not getting anything done.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/10/2020 at 15:21

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You are so right about that. The worst things in life have the most upside potential.

FOLDING: Respectable. Once they make me go back into my classroom, I’ll probably cobble together another machine and plug it in at school and let my employer provide the electron fuel.

E90M3 > MM54 07/10/2020 at 15:23

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I’m not convinced every work isn’t the same. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/10/2020 at 15:24

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That’s a great idea. I wish I could get my employer to run Folding on our work machines , we have tons of un/under-utilized computers sitting around doing nothing. But information security and all that.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/10/2020 at 15:26

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INFOSEC is a good reason.

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 15:26

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Definitely. And f or the best. This has been a multiyear roller coaster and I think at this point we’re both happy to be moving on with our lives.

NKato > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2020 at 15:51

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I’m just chilling, waiting to go see th e doctor today, then going to fill out WOIA paperwork for worker retraining and see if it’s worth it to jump into data entry. Gonna also explore other career options with their help.