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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 21 (2026)

The Girl called last night just to tell me to get off her peacock profile & use my own.

I told her I didn't know I was on her profile since I just fired it up & didn't have to choose. Evidently she had used it when she was home for Christmas break.

I asked her how she figured it out & she told me the last 7 'continue watching' programs were all soccer matches & she didn't watch those.

HeHeHe - now I'm going to have to randomly throw in something that queue
 
DVD said:
I'm just going to complain about things today because you lot listen for some reason.

Complaint 1...routine car maintenance. I need to change the oil pan gasket for my car. It's a simple job. Undo the 100 bolts that hold the pan on, drop it, replace gasket, put it back on. Not on my car! You have to drop the K-member which involves an engine hoist to support the engine and it looks like removing the suspension and brakes. WTF Ford engineers? Did you not think changing an oil pan gasket should be easy? Guess it's time for the mechanic on that job.

Complaint 2...taxes. I will start by saying I did not verify any of this. It comes from my wife so you know it's correct. My daughter is being lazy about getting us her w-2 from one of her jobs so we can't just drop it off with our CPA and get it done. Her taxes are simple. She has nothing to claim. Just work income. I tell the wife, just have her do the 1040ez. She can figure that out. It's just fill in numbers from the w-2. Nope. The 1040ez is only for super poor people who don't need to pay taxes anyway. Okay, so have her get the free version of turbo tax and do it. Nope. Free tax software is not allowed either. WTF IRS? You demand we pay taxes and then make sure it won't be easy?
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Check out filing for free with the chime app. it might work for her.
 
luckless pedestrian said:
Yeah, I feel like I needed another day - we were in Vermont for the weekend and left late, so got home late last night - had a great weekend sledding and snowshoeing and now today I can barely walk as I keep forgetting I am not 25 anymore, and I am out of shape lol/wtf
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I did have to work yesterday... but I also had to go pick up the oldest from play practice. He didn't get done until 10:15 PM... I get up at 4:30 AM and worked out extra hard yesterday. I am so freaking exhausted today that I am fighting staying awake. Tonight I am going to fall asleep and make an alarm to get up to get my oldest. He has play practice for the next several days and Opening Night is Thursday.
 
Who has or wants to read this ?

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Our big snowstorm has arrived!

Started snowing this morning about 6 a.m., and won't stop until Thursday. But, being a good planner, here I am at work. I reserve the right to leave the office at any time if starts getting bad, and, since it's a 30-mile drive, my safety comes first and management agrees.

Most schools and government offices are closed today. My employer doesn't close, but has a "use your discretion" policy.
 
Okay, I watched this thing like three times and each time it keeps getting better and better. Do I need psychological help?
 
I actually have been pondering the thought of "what if I can move back to Canada using my current work experience and Masters degree as my Express Entry justification? If I took another French test, paid $1100 USD filing fee, and got the same score as last time, I would have over 500 "points" towards Express Entry, even without a J-O-B secured.

However, I have kept abreast of the news and economic forecasts coming out of both Canada and Quebec since I left in 2021.......and its BLEAK. Basically, they want either low skilled bodies to work as caregivers, at tim hortons, as meat packagers etc. OR high skilled, highly credentialed STEM workers especially those with over 100K to invest in Canada. I fall into neither category.

The definition of Insanity is doing the same thing over expecting different results. On the junky old car front, I will never learn my lesson (there is a LeSabre in my parents driveway right now) but on the life/career front......well I plan on being in Western New York until as long as I am physically able to handle the winter and continue building my career here where I have a network, a city I adore and close friends (with most of my family just 5-7 hours away Downstate). And afterall, I literally live right next to Ontario and can visit when I have FOMO and/or Flee when New York collapses (lets hope it never gets to that).

www.canada.ca

Immigrate through Express Entry

Immigrate to Canada as a skilled worker through Express Entry. Check eligibility, fees, documents, rounds of invitations, and steps for applying.
www.canada.ca www.canada.ca

^In case you want to have a go at calculating your "score" out of curiosity lol
 
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