OT: The Wonder OT Thread (what is the secret of off topic?)

[m9]

Caitlyn Dever cast as Abby in The Last of Us Season 2.

Avoiding spoilery talk, but man, I hope she doesn't get eaten alive on social media. She's a great actor and a great fit for the part.

She was really good in the show "unbelievable".

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

She was really good in the show "unbelievable".

She's been excellent in everything I've seen her in. I also found Abby a very interesting and engaging character (her group of friends, not so much). But I know the backlash the facial animation/voice actors got for the part, I hope that doesn't happen again here with Dever.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Here we go...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-bitcoin-etf-sec-1.7079932

 

[ProviesGhost]

The advertisements on this site are unreal - borderline unusable in some cases. I’m sure this is not a new complaint. I’ve participated more here since giving twitter up but jesus it hard to get past all the shit on the screen, videos auto playing, ads covering posts…. not good.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Great choice. Last (Wo)Man Standing.

Love it. Clever duck.

 

[The Stig]

Check it out

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

I saw this Canucks denim vest online someone won in an auction and I am pretty sure now that I am not gonna be able to let this go until I have created my own skate logo motif black denim. Probably a shorty style jacket. I'm not really a vest guy.

 

[The Stig]

I saw this Canucks denim vest online someone won in an auction and I am pretty sure now that I am not gonna be able to let this go until I have created my own skate logo motif black denim. Probably a shorty style jacket. I'm not really a vest guy.


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This bad boy used to hunt chicks in the concourse of the Coliseum.

 

[Kryten]

This bad boy used to hunt chicks in the concourse of the Coliseum.

Vectors real dad wore this and only this

 

[Aphid Attraction]

I was playing hell let loose last night on the Australian servers and had a guy in my squad with the name JT MILLER.

He was an engineer and spent the whole time building defensive structures.

His mic was to quiet to pick up any accents.

I got a kick out of the idea of Miller playing a world war 2 sim and spending his time building and not on attack.

Team first kind of guy.

I would have got a screenshot if I thought it was actually JT Miller of the Vancouver Canucks.

 

[Hansen]

Caitlyn Dever cast as Abby in The Last of Us Season 2.

Avoiding spoilery talk, but man, I hope she doesn't get eaten alive on social media. She's a great actor and a great fit for the part.

I want to sign up to be an extra for Season 2

And hopefully get stepped on by Pedro Pascal

 

[Petey O]

Caitlyn Dever cast as Abby in The Last of Us Season 2.

Avoiding spoilery talk, but man, I hope she doesn't get eaten alive on social media. She's a great actor and a great fit for the part.

Time to start packing on some muscle.

 

[Bubbles]

LOL I'm watching the Bucs - Eagles game and they just said the Bucs dead cap money is $81 million. They have more dead cap than entire teams in the NHL.

 

[PG Canuck]

Anyone else realize it’s not a coincidence that the Canucks are the best in the NHL and probably winning the Cup the same year CDC gets shutdown?

 

[Russian_fanatic]

My weather app is predicting 7-12cm of snow today, and 12-20cm of snow tomorrow...

Anyone else?

 

[Peen]

Have you guys seen what Steve Ballmer is doing with the clippers arena? So impressive

 

[Hit the post]

My weather app is predicting 7-12cm of snow today, and 12-20cm of snow tomorrow...

Anyone else?

Not in my location:

 

[Bobby9]

Jan 28th of this year will be 1 year since my father passed:

Over this year i've had to replace:

A Sump Pump
A Septic Pump
A Water Filtration System
A Dryer
A Alternator in my mothers car
The blades on my parents riding lawnmower


And i've had to pay for somebody to do it all. My entire life my dad tried to teach me how to fix these things myself and I never took the time to learn. Now, I am paying for that.

It's remarkable how much my father kept their household together with hard work, knowledge and experience. He did everything himself. I appreciate what he did for us more and more everyday.

 

[vanarchy]

I hate snow

 

[m9]

Jan 28th of this year will be 1 year since my father passed:

Over this year i've had to replace:

A Sump Pump
A Septic Pump
A Water Filtration System
A Dryer
A Alternator in my mothers car
The blades on my parents riding lawnmower


And i've had to pay for somebody to do it all. My entire life my dad tried to teach me how to fix these things myself and I never took the time to learn. Now, I am paying for that.

It's remarkable how much my father kept their household together with hard work, knowledge and experience. He did everything himself. I appreciate what he did for us more and more everyday.

I'm lucky enough to still have my Dad around, but this post might as well be from me in the future. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who can relate.

 

[Huggy43]

Gotta love when you can’t do anything at work due to the snow but your boss makes you stay anyways…

 

[Kryten]

I'm lucky enough to still have my Dad around, but this post might as well be from me in the future. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who can relate.

Same. I can do a lot compared to others in the millennial gen as a handyman but I only have 10-25% of my dads knowledge and work ethic.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Jan 28th of this year will be 1 year since my father passed:

Over this year i've had to replace:

A Sump Pump
A Septic Pump
A Water Filtration System
A Dryer
A Alternator in my mothers car
The blades on my parents riding lawnmower


And i've had to pay for somebody to do it all. My entire life my dad tried to teach me how to fix these things myself and I never took the time to learn. Now, I am paying for that.

It's remarkable how much my father kept their household together with hard work, knowledge and experience. He did everything himself. I appreciate what he did for us more and more everyday.

So, I'm a power engineer so I can relate a bit to this...

Some of the more senior posters probably remember I struggled with alcoholism for a good deal of years, god bless him my dad tried to teach me all this but I was too hungover or cut to care. Well, since becoming sober I've paid the tab in my own embarrassment. Most work such as replacing a pump is fairly intuitive for someone with my knowledge, but actually doing the work sometimes there are things in practice that you won't know how to do until you struggle.

My dad, man. it's unbelievable. He started as a power engineer, and eventually climbed high enough to become a director (of something) at Telus. There was a good stretch from 2003-09 where in the middle of being promoted 3 or 4 times, he: renovated a house, built onto said house to expand floorplan by 33%, moved his mum into the house, dealt with my bullshit, etc.

No idea how the man did it, and every year I grow older I am more in awe.

 

[Bobby9]

So, I'm a power engineer so I can relate a bit to this...

Some of the more senior posters probably remember I struggled with alcoholism for a good deal of years, god bless him my dad tried to teach me all this but I was too hungover or cut to care. Well, since becoming sober I've paid the tab in my own embarrassment. Most work such as replacing a pump is fairly intuitive for someone with my knowledge, but actually doing the work sometimes there are things in practice that you won't know how to do until you struggle.

My dad, man. it's unbelievable. He started as a power engineer, and eventually climbed high enough to become a director (of something) at Telus. There was a good stretch from 2003-09 where in the middle of being promoted 3 or 4 times, he: renovated a house, built onto said house to expand floorplan by 33%, moved his mum into the house, dealt with my bullshit, etc.

No idea how the man did it, and every year I grow older I am more in awe.

I understand most if not all of that.

My father had a full time job as a mechanic, maintained our home alone, paid all the bills as my mother was a stay at home mom bought 5 acres of land, framed the new house, did all the electrical wiring, drywall and finishing carpentry and raised 3 kids and sponsored his entire and my mothers entire family here from India.

We never took our cars to a mechanic once. He fixed them in the garage for 40+ years. He tried to share it all with me, but I never bothered to listen to him.

I am 10% of the man he was.

Edit: My father was an functioning alcoholic so i've seen what it can do to a person and household. I am very happy that battle is in your past.

 

[rypper]

I got off work early today... only to spend almost all that time shoveling my driveway. It's time to invest in a power shovel or snow blower etc.