I remember the days....
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Ive been feeling pretty good about life lately, and reading through this thread I have realized that maybe I should be a little more thankful. As for my car, well recently I decided I have ben neglecting it a little and that maybe its time to get it off the back burner. What I am doing is getting it ready for a little more track time, so I got some coilovers for it, some big brakes and Im finally going to install my KAAZ 2-way so that drifting will be a little more my cars forte. As for how much it costs to fill up the supra, well I forget. Thats how much Ive been driving it in the last couple years. I recall 94 octane being around the $1.55 per liter mark last time I filled up (3.78 x $1.55 = $5.86 per gallon!)
In the summer I bought my first home, its an 1,192 sq/ft town house, but its something I own and I dont have to throw my money to a landlord. Work is, well better than ever. I did a brief stint in northern Alberta in the oil patch and last year we have been busy at the City Of Vancouver Landfill upgrading gas ventelation systems and closing off phase 2 of a 4 phase landfill. Another thing that I really have in my corner is that after buying my new to me 05 dodge ram is that my boss put a $3000 tidy tank in the back of my truck and now pays for my fuel. I estimate that is about a $8000 a year bonus. So all and all, Im doing alright. But when it all comes crashing down Im probably going to pack my life up and move into the deep bushes of the outback in Australlia and live out my days dodging snakes and spiders.
In the summer I bought my first home, its an 1,192 sq/ft town house, but its something I own and I dont have to throw my money to a landlord. Work is, well better than ever. I did a brief stint in northern Alberta in the oil patch and last year we have been busy at the City Of Vancouver Landfill upgrading gas ventelation systems and closing off phase 2 of a 4 phase landfill. Another thing that I really have in my corner is that after buying my new to me 05 dodge ram is that my boss put a $3000 tidy tank in the back of my truck and now pays for my fuel. I estimate that is about a $8000 a year bonus. So all and all, Im doing alright. But when it all comes crashing down Im probably going to pack my life up and move into the deep bushes of the outback in Australlia and live out my days dodging snakes and spiders.
^got a point...we're so used to having everything so good, that when it starts to get rough we go ape shit...I mean no matter how bad we think it is, we're still talking about it on the forum which means we are in a house, have electricity, a computer, and internet service...how bad is it really?
I'm okay with how things are for me, it's my kids I really worry about. My birth year puts me as the last year of the baby boom... So in about 15 years all the baby boomers are expected to retire. Now that means that a lot of us won't be productively impacting the economy worldwide.
Scary if you combine that with the size of the US debt...
Very funny how people have no qualms about impoverishing their grandchildren... Like... Who does everyone think is going to pay this debt off??? Does anyone understand it takes about 35,000 years to count to a trillion?
Apparently counting that high 16 times can be done in two US presidential terms.
... And nobody is panicking???
Scary if you combine that with the size of the US debt...
Very funny how people have no qualms about impoverishing their grandchildren... Like... Who does everyone think is going to pay this debt off??? Does anyone understand it takes about 35,000 years to count to a trillion?
Apparently counting that high 16 times can be done in two US presidential terms.
... And nobody is panicking???
well... it's more of a reality check for me than anything.... I know my brain doesn't function quite normally (think aspergers syndrome) so communicating what I see and feel is changing is important to see if I'm just losing grip on reality or what... my social skills aren't great... and more often than not I come off like a complete asshole (IRL)jetjock;1904020 said:
and yes, shit happens, it's a fact, you just deal with it however you can. Doesn't mean you have to enjoy having shit flung in your face though
and guys... for the second time in this thread I'll say... my dad was eating an apple... and no, his hair doesn't normally look like that either.
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I remember when there was a gov't that wasn't completely running the country into the ground. I sometimes take a step back and wonder wtf is going on. How is it that people my age(21) can expect others to carry our society when it is our generation that is going to have to step up and run it. I think it would be great to see the government implement work programs and drug screening if you want to get money from them instead of handing it out. I know multiple people who work just long enough to get on unemployment then get fired and take it for as long as they can.
Also a huge fan of making it easier to become a citizen. More legal citizens=more revenue and less freeloaders. I'm all for helping someone out who works a minimum wage job in a field picking food cause I sure don't want to.
I've thought about the same thing as JayHall except I'll be building my own ship to go find some deserted island to live on with whoever cares to join me or somewhere in the backcountry where I can be completely responsible for myself and don't have to worry about someone sitting in a office somewhere who can make decisions that could ruin my life.
Don't get me wrong I'm thankful to live here in the U.S and not need to worry about where I'm going to get clean water. I would just like to see some people with common sense take control of this country.
However as far as happiness is concerned friends and family are key, without social communication or expression mental health deteriorates rapidly. I've spent 6mos in almost complete isolation (just to experiment) and felt worse after that than ever before.
89JDM7m, I've began to find that it doesn't always matter how you come off towards other people, if you go out and enjoy yourself around others and really just devote yourself to having fun and helping others do the same, focus on nothing else, you will find acceptance and love from the people that should be a part of your life. (this will lead to a greater appreciation of your own life. Nothing wrong with loving and appreciating yourself either, it makes it a whole lot easier to interact if you are confident in who you are)
Gumjobs haha got tired of working on cars IJ?
Also a huge fan of making it easier to become a citizen. More legal citizens=more revenue and less freeloaders. I'm all for helping someone out who works a minimum wage job in a field picking food cause I sure don't want to.
I've thought about the same thing as JayHall except I'll be building my own ship to go find some deserted island to live on with whoever cares to join me or somewhere in the backcountry where I can be completely responsible for myself and don't have to worry about someone sitting in a office somewhere who can make decisions that could ruin my life.
Don't get me wrong I'm thankful to live here in the U.S and not need to worry about where I'm going to get clean water. I would just like to see some people with common sense take control of this country.
However as far as happiness is concerned friends and family are key, without social communication or expression mental health deteriorates rapidly. I've spent 6mos in almost complete isolation (just to experiment) and felt worse after that than ever before.
89JDM7m, I've began to find that it doesn't always matter how you come off towards other people, if you go out and enjoy yourself around others and really just devote yourself to having fun and helping others do the same, focus on nothing else, you will find acceptance and love from the people that should be a part of your life. (this will lead to a greater appreciation of your own life. Nothing wrong with loving and appreciating yourself either, it makes it a whole lot easier to interact if you are confident in who you are)
Gumjobs haha got tired of working on cars IJ?
In order for me to successfully interact with people around me I have to be completely open about how I view things, because I really do come of like a dickhead/sociopath, but I couldn't be further from that. Good advice though none-the-less. Oh and even if I am completely open, people will still think I'm a complete asshole (mostly women). But I've learned not to care too much what people think, it doesn't really change anything, and it's not really worth the consideration (when so many people think poorly of you). What it boils down to though is I don't beat around the bush, I speak the truth exactly how it is.
On the topic of survival I just bought a book on how people built houses in the 1800's, as well as some good books on what wildlife is edible/usable for medicine. It seems inevitable that our money will become worthless, and in that event all you'll have is the land.
And for everything else you mentioned it all makes perfect sense. I just don't see why our govt is so incredibly fucked. People with average intelligence can easily come up with better ideas than most of the ones implemented.
On the topic of survival I just bought a book on how people built houses in the 1800's, as well as some good books on what wildlife is edible/usable for medicine. It seems inevitable that our money will become worthless, and in that event all you'll have is the land.
And for everything else you mentioned it all makes perfect sense. I just don't see why our govt is so incredibly fucked. People with average intelligence can easily come up with better ideas than most of the ones implemented.