Used to naively believe that the human race would evolve during my lifetime. Now wonder if they ever will.3yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
22+ years of 6-7 day workweeks with no vacations gets a bit tedious at times, and yesterday's Veteran's Day was exceptionally enjoyable.2yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I appreciate the convenience of playing the next episode of a TV series but...3yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Even now, confinement seems much more punishing than solitude.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Hearing that Jussie Smollett stated I'm not suicidal 8 or 9 times at his sentencing2yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Last of our 4 kids (3rd son) recently moved out on his own, making our nest empty for the first time in 29 years.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
It's bad enough they're still in power, but it would help if they at least earned the title of elder statesman.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
As with far too many consumer products, the quality has deceased noticeably over time. Does it REALLY have to be this way?1yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Then I wiped the tears from my eyes with the fingers I'd just used to slice the ghost-pepper cheese4yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Score would occasionally increase one point after making a payment, but it didn't seem to happen often enough to negate these.1yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I subscribe to only 4-5 channels – watch only one of them somewhat regularly – try to watch as much of the ads as possible, to benefit the producer of the content, but gotta wonder...1yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
She said she'd never seen me cry in all her 25 years. I was relieved to be more amused than embarrassed about it. But also bemused – WTF?7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Pro tip: Unless you know the person very well, restrict your offers to guests already at the bar7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Especially in early spring, I see many casual riders making pedaling unnecessarily difficult7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
After reading numerous anecdotes on reddit and elsewhere over the years, I finally tested my own computer6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
It happens more often than not. Maybe I've been doing this too long...6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
After learning that my position of 34+ years may change drastically, if not be eliminated entirely, in the next two years, it's hard to not feel like a victim of those whose primary occupation seems to be the acquisition of wealth.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
On Monday I received an updated credit card with same number, but different expiration date & security code. On Wednesday I was updating my online accounts, but...7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Old world twist – it was 15°F and I was wearing pajamas with no jacket5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Driving through rural America brings out my inner third-world child3yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Would've been a more satisfying accomplishment if I hadn't forgotten about it for months at a time but...7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Especially important this time o'year, when sun is close to horizon during rush hour3yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Just had yet another 1000+ karma/90% upvoted meme submission deemed Incorrect Format | Removed.5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Ironically, they're actually MORE likely to have crashed. Damn you, flaws in English language.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Was satisfying just to honor his wish, but the results have been extremely gratifying.8yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I spent most of those 323 days feeling like I'd never be able to again, especially at age 50.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I stopped playing because I won less than 40% of my games. Since resuming, I've won over 90%, against the same opponents.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I've tried many of both, and the local fare is truly exceptional. Each business is a recent start-up, and I hope the trend continues far beyond alcohol. As a kid, I naively considered anything manufactured abroad as exotic. As an adult, I relish the rare opportunity to buy local.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Surely it's not that difficult for them to simply make the up-to-date version the one that's downloaded.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
It was here just a few days ago, and can be a matter of life and death here in the wintry north6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Started shaving at 15, stopped at 16 ...35 years ago. It spent most of that time shorter & darker, but I'm enjoying the new length and even the new color.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/beards
Just one of numerous things to like about that weird little cult.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I was amused. He was informative. She was educated. Everybody wins.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I drive past MANY dark, obviously closed businesses at night, except for one thing.8yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
But pleasant memories of good times has more appeal than a high-profile promotion6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Though he was active only briefly 17 years ago, and was executed 10 years ago...4yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Seems like a good guy who's given more to this world than he's taken3yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Weeks into recovering from Bell's Palsy, I actually expressed this concern to my doctor5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Coincidentally(?), my grandson, who attends an elementary school in the same district, brought home a notice stating that spelling tests are optional. WTF?!6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Heard good things about kombucha. Never heard it was carbonated.8yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
In bakery section of chain grocery store, bagging 3 fresh bagels while employee stocks 14 varieties of fresh bread in the display nearby. She asks if I want one. I reply only yes. She proceeds to give me exactly the one I want without my specification.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
A stunning accomplishment for a lifelong northeastern-er who's 1/4 Scottish, and freckled as a kid, but only after getting hives instead of a normal sunburn.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
My small town is quickly replacing all of its pleasantly dim-orange sodium vapor street lights with bright white LED's. I presume they'll save some money on their electric bill, but...6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I've been touched by few, and have touched even fewer, but it seems like natural, even bonding, human behavior is falling victim to politically correct hysteria.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Hope it's not just because I'm old enough to remember the originals, but they tend to be the best-looking cars on the road5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I'm Gen-X. Millennials have described my memes as 'dank' and my beard as 'gnarly'.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
At least someone missed me when I left work unexpectedly late.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Was probably the wind, but that doesn't make it much less creepy.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
It's even worse than the inability to write M*A*S*H in a reddit comment7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Recently had to wait at a Walmart self-checkout for an attendant to confirm my status as an adult in order to buy an aerosol can of white lithium grease. More recently, had to wait at a grocery store just to buy a butane lighter.5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I like 'Forensic Files', but stuff like this make me wonder what other inaccuracies the show may be purveying.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
If you'd remember all the times you ridiculed us for staying here, that would be great4yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Sometimes I'm even wearing my earbuds. I dread the day when this happens as I'm listening to it.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
When I feel it getting warm, I know it's doing something that it shouldn't.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
It's cheaper to operate too – until the government finds a way to charge us highway tax6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I don't miss much about the past, but I get far too many reminders of this change-for-the-worse.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I'm sweaty & uncomfortable, and avoid even wearing sleeves when the ambient temperature is above 40°F, but...8yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Close call. Any recommendations for backing up my data, onsite and off?6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
30+ years ago. T'was awesome, and a seasonal treat I looked forward to annually, but I haven't had it in years, let alone its more recent forms.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Feels more like a data grab for the federal government than account protection for me5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Local Apple-authorized repair shop recommends not replacing the hard drive in my 2011 MacBook Pro because Apple has declared it vintage.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
News headline said deaths in US have exceeded 500,000, then mentions WWII. Has toll surpassed cancer yet?3yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Most such scenarios result in the item remaining one step ahead of my grasp before ultimately getting away5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Sequins... diamonds... sunlight reflecting off of very cold snow or shining through ice-covered tree branches. Anything that sparkles, really.5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Oh well. At least the food I have was purchased with the 2nd quarter's 10% cash-back category of grocery stores.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Didn't know this was a thing, until I saw it with my own dash-cam7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
It's a complaint that transcends the generations, and I was not a jock, but it was a highlight of Phys Ed.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
How I imagine I'll react to my first experience with virtual reality5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
But if the lifetime supply of opioids prescribed after my knee surgery, despite telling them my pain was minimal, is any indication seems like I should be able to procure something5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I'd experienced windshield-washer overspray from the car in front of me a few times, but it was 30+ years before I'd heard that it was a strategy to send a message.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
My first push-button start. Would like it more than expected, if not for this.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Recently noticed a BOGO offer, but took only one item theorizing I'd be charged half price. I wasn't.6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Yet I can't remember the last time I used one for anything but reheating grilled meats6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I used the 1.5% cashback card instead of the 5¢ per gallon discount card, which is the better deal whenever the price is less than $3.3397yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Struck and killed a cardinal minutes before striking and killing a whitetail deer7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
At least it's one of those new-fangled low-flow models, so it was full before I was done shampooing.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
When your TransUnion credit score increases by 32 points, but your Equifax drops 8, putting them 39 points apart7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
After igniting the lump charcoal without lighter fluid, then adding pecan wood chips for a unique smoky flavor...7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I appreciate the Christmas spirit that makes you willing to pay a higher electric bill just to brighten the commutes of strangers.8yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Haven't counted, but it seems like the majority of my recent posts here have been deemed unworthy by the gods6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Found an old, unopened, (solidified?) bucket in my garage, and put it out with usual household waste.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Just another unaddressed issue that cause customers to switch carriers6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I was wearing earbuds, and the woman confessed her inaccurate presumption to my wife6yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Driving in snow can be fun, but I'm not always up for it, especially in mid autumn5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
16 months and 20,000 miles later, I'm thoroughly enjoying the electric motor in mine5yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Much like the lottery is a tax on stupidity, interest charges are a tax on impatience and impulsiveness.7yr ⋅ SailorVanIndium ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
