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- garbage21
Recently took a 6000 mile road trip so that my fam could meet the missus. It's been 10 years, so probably overdue.
Sidequest of the trip was going to the Badlands to spread some ashes of a couple of my dogs, while also performatively hucking the Pomeranian off a cliff.
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2025- Beautiful.
Sounds like an awesome trip.palimpsest - Ace!OBBTKN
- nice!Akagiyama
- did the dog bounce? asking for a friendhans_glib
- Awesome!YakuZoku
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!ideaist - 6k miles is no joke! Well donestoplying
- YEET!pango
- I just realized I have no recollection of doing this. I must be going mad.palimpsest
- Excellent!canoe
- Nice! I have been there on a trip from NY to SF in 1996.arne
- Bansky Vibesutopian
- The first toss of dog ash did in fact bounce back. I did the Pom toss pose in Utah and some tourist thought I was serious and tried to stop me.garbage
- Fantastic photos. Bless those puppies.CyBrainX
- Beautiful.
- Gardener7
Four years ago today the news broke in the Scottish press about the worlds oldest football record that I found in a local auction. It went on to be published in The Mail, The Sun etc and erm The Yorkshire post.
- bainbridge2
What are you doing for Xmas break?
- browsing and posting on QBN at 4 amNBQ00
- Spending time with family and home maintenance.bezoar
- A few drinks in the morning with friends, and then Christmas Eve dinner, because my parents are coming home.OBBTKN
- My father and I usually go out for an hour to have some wine with my friends; it's a tradition :)OBBTKN
- Going to the canaries on 31st for a week with wife and kids. I hate Christmas but looking forward to this!mort_
- Burning one out.utopian
- OBBTKN0
I have a meeting next week with my financial advisor (one of my biggest remoras ;) ), to review billing, the retirement plan, etc.
Every day that passes, I'm less convinced about saving for retirement, and that we should be enjoying life now while we have our health.
I see retired people every day, with money, but who have lost EVERYTHING else along the way.
Doubts, doubts, and more doubts.
Those of you who can, enjoy your family and friends these days. Love and peace!
- or do both. give your financial advisor half or 3/4 of what he wants and yolo the rest.uan
- Visited my aunt today, she earned 6 figures for years got dementia at 60, is non verbal now. Pays £1200 a week to live in a care home that is like a hotel...PhanLo
- ... she would have had a great retirement, but instead, sits in a chair in a central heated room sleeping most of the time.
Spend it now.PhanLo
- renderedred9
Happy all the holidays guise.
- Stay safe brother.mort_
- Be well RR. All the love <3OBBTKN
- Enjoying the best life.monospaced
- thanks guise!renderedred
- OBBTKN1
I was almost asleep, almost snoring... and suddenly, the phone: riiiiiiiing... holy shit! My wife says, and I, calm, say, "Hey, it's my dad..." and my dad says: "Hey! We got home safe and sound!"
Loooool
* I need a walk (hope was a bike ride, but, rain and water everywhere).
More love and more peace, weirdos.
- monospaced17
It was a rough one last year, as it was the first since my wife’s mother passed, and I had lost a job. This year is a little better, but the loss is still palpable, but I’m grateful for our resilience, our beautiful, capable boys, and the amazing village and neighborhood community of friends around us. I really feel like I couldn’t ask for anything better despite everything.
- I’m a few drinks deep at our neighbors Christmas Eve party, watching the children play. It’s magical and reassuring that things will be okay.monospaced
- Don't change enjoying these years with your children for ANYTHING; they're the best! I hope everything goes better this year, hugs :)OBBTKN
- <3palimpsest
- Nice to hear this mono.utopian
- ❤PhanLo
- Merry Christmas Mono xHorp
- It will be OK!renderedred
- ❤ Merry Christmas to you and yours, mono!Krassy
- utopian4
And to all a good night...
- NBQ00-3
Sleep well, sweeties.
- bainbridge0
Randomly realizing a girl I almost dated 20 years ago is still very cool and now successful and now married to some famous music guy now.
- NBQ00-3
Need some new hobbies for 2026
So far I'm interested in these:
- Getting a Gravel E-Bike for some nice tours in the nature
- A 50-100 joule pellet air-gun to feel like James Bond and shoot at some cans.
- Hiking and "survival" weekends in the woods
What about you?
- robotinc16
2025 was a year.
I was laid off, my dog died, i had to evict a problem tenant who later sued me, and not stop chaos from the cheeto in chief.
But, on the bright side: I addressed the damage from said tenant, he lost his lawsuit, wife got a promotion, got to spend the summer with the kids, and the week before christmas I accepted a new role.
Im hopeful for a pleasant 2026, for me and the rest of yall.
- happy new year!monospaced
- glad things are looking upcanoe
- rollercoaster of a year:)utopian
- laid off in March, got to spend a lot more time with the kids this year which has been great.microkorg
- Just before xmas I too said yes to a 3-6 month role and turned down two others but didnt burn bridges and will reach out after my contract.microkorg
- <3PonyBoy
- When you're walking through hell, keep walking!stoplying
- This sounds like a Disney story. :)
Congrats.Longcopylover
- monospaced6
We got 7 inches of snow last night. Epic sledding today!
- me so jelly :)
have fun!******** - Where do you go sledding in the city?moogchild
- I moved to the burbs a few years back. We go sledding on a hill next to a pond in town.monospaced
- In the city we used to go behind the Met in Central Park where there are some good hills.monospaced
- Fun! :)moogchild
- me so jelly :)
- studderine5
I may never return to work!!!!
- Congrats ;)OBBTKN
- So, Bollinger or Clicquot, Sir?jagara
- y1: i'm free, and has plans
y2: lets do some dumb shit because bored
y3: -
y4: -
y5: i should do some smart shit because bored
y6: well fuck i'm working again.******** - @sted nailed it!ideaist
- Fuck. I guess I have to to work now!studderine
- jagara14
Just returned to Denmark after 2 months of what I planned to be a one year trip to South East Asia and beyond.
ADHD is real. Sensory and executive burnout happens very fast for people like us. In my case, so much faster than I imagined. After travelling Thailand and Vietnam for 7 weeks and had a complete anxiety meltdown in Hanoi, the most chaotic and noisy city I've ever visited. I then proceeded to more rural areas, but I just couldn't properly rest. I needed to be home.
Being 49 is probably not unrelated to my lowered tolerance for discomfort. Hahaha. But I've always been unable to cope with stress for long. I remember being 19 or 20 camping at music festivals and being completely drained after 2 days, whereas my friends just kept going, sometimes for 10 days of drinking, partying and camping. Can't do it. I never could.
You're probably wondering why I thought I could handle one year of backpacking, with my non-neurotypical brain? Well, I thought I could simply stay put in one place for a month and simply rest, and then continue. Turns out, the comfort of my own home isn't just a preference, at some point it becomes an absolute necessity to not burn out. Live and learn.
First time traveling ore than a month. I had a good run, and I think I'll continue the run in a few months, maybe Malaysia and Indonesia. Now I just know I'm built for sprints and not marathons.
- I had a good time otherwise :)jagara
- Enjoy and get well!OBBTKN
- The adult ADHD test is to easy to pass. Opening that chapter up later in life has been nothing but a disaster in my personal exp. Time became an anomoly.brothernoah
- you are going from denmark to ...AQUTE
- did you try japan?AQUTE
- Stressed in Thailand ? Can not related_gitale
- Nothing wrong with doing 2-3 days in cool places every once in a whilecanoe
- Love and feel your last sentence.
And enjoy your home.Longcopylover
- NBQ00-5
I'm so happy Xmas is over.
Fuck that "Last Christmas" song in the ass dot com.
- OBBTKN1
Damn. I've been feeling strange for days, weak, and yesterday I had chest pain and a cough (which I know all too well)...
Flu relapse! At 11:25 am I wrote to a couple of clients whose projects I was working on...
Looks like I'll be spending New Year's Eve in bed :(
Have a good time and a great start to the new year!!
- spl33nidoru34
My longest/best friend passed away over the weekend, it's the first close death I'm experiencing in my adult life and though he had been sick these past few years and had a few hospital stays, we were waiting for the new miracle treatment he was going to be given next year that would solve everything.
He had spent most of his life taking care of others, and i was looking forward to him feeling better soon and starting a new chapter that would be a bit more about himself and his own wants and needs.We msged the day before after I had called and msged a few times during the week with no reply. The holidays are a stressful time for us and I knew he was traveling and not alone so I didn't think much of it. He was very tired and not feeling well enough to talk. Told me he was trying not to end up in the hospital for NYE. I thought it was another episode and that he knew what was best for him, that I should let him get some rest as he would always recover from those, and that I really hoped all would be solved next year. I don't know if he knew what was happening.
Despite being an atheist myself, I still hope we remain connected somehow, for him to be able to enjoy sights, experiences or thoughts I would usually share that I knew he'd enjoy, and hope that when I'll think of him it will reach him in a way.
- I've been there. It hurts, a lot. Make sure you have someone by your side, to "suffer less." Hugs!OBBTKN
- Sorry, spl33nidoru <3PonyBoy
- No words, just sending pagan prayers. <3garbage
- Thank you guysspl33nidoru
- sorry to hear bro ;(utopian
- I'm sorry to hear that, shame he didn't get the break he needed, but sounds like he did good for others while he could. Thats a nice thing to be remembered by.Nutter
- So sorry man - that's really toughstoplying
- Sorry for your loss. That’s sounds really difficult.mort_
- I can hardly believe it right now, putting it into words here helps, thanks all. Watch out for your sick friends, after a while it turns into the new normalspl33nidoru
- but they're going through it and between them sparing us how bad they have it and us cheering them up we can forget it's realspl33nidoru
- So sorry to read this. I hope your memories will stay forever and you remain connected through all the good times you had. All the best to you.Longcopylover
- Sorry to hear man, stay strong_niko
- Sorry to hear...all the best to you mate.BusterBoy
- This is heartbreaking. My deeepest condolences.monospaced
- Rest in peace. (From experience) when you least expect it, he will let you know he's in a good place.Squiddy
- Thank you allspl33nidoru
- So sorry for your loss spl33nidoru. Your friend is closer to you than ever and I’m sure you two will connect againSmurf
- All the best.jagara
