SkaraBrae

joined 2 years ago
[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm really angry. My oldest son's school sent me an email this afternoon lecturing me on his attendance and how it affects his grades and how it makes the school look bad, etc...

We had a few weeks off earlier this year when my grandfather and my mother-in-law died (both suddenly and unexpectedly) within two weeks of each other.

My younger son's school offered assistance, counselling and anything else that they could think of to offer. They were very supportive. My older son's school has just berated us for grieving and supporting each other, our friends and our family. I'm so fucking angry. They know that bereavement was the reason for his absence. Cunts.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Except one short mention about riding the clutch, I haven't seen this yet... Get into the habit of completely removing your foot from the clutch pedal whenever possible. Even just lightly resting your foot against the pedal can wear your clutch out prematurely. Cruising on the highway: remove your foot from the clutch pedal and rest it on the floor. Sitting at the lights: put the car in neutral and release the clutch. Put your foot on the floor until you're ready to go. Also, it's ok to coast to a stop with the clutch pedal depressed, but you have much more control if you downshift to a stop and you will extend the life of your brakes, too.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Game on the left monitor. My left monitor is directly in front of my chair, though. Right monitor is portrait for browser, discord and whatever else I need at the time. The whole setup flipped (🔄) when I moved my desk last week, though.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

/c/smallvictories

I like the idea. Post the address when you kick it off!

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bill Cosby. I was raised on Bill Cosby albums and TV shows. I can't listen to him any more.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Roger Taylor and Brian May. John Deacon was the bass player and he retired when Freddie died.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Freddie Mercury.

Diana Spencer.

Robin Williams.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Queen Pink Floyd Dire Straits Sting/Police

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Did any of the studies find it delicious?

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Minecraft.

If I'm feeling particularly antisocial I'll play Angband or Umoria.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think B.B. King has the solution:

I've got a good mind to give up on living and go shopping instead.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

I always have a screen protector. I prefer glass; I'm not a fan of the plastic ones. I pay to have it installed, that way it has to be installed perfectly or they do it again until they get it right.

I've broken a couple of screen protectors, but never a screen... Except for the time I accidentally stood on my 7" Nexus tablet, which wouldn't have been saved by a screen protector, anyway.

 

Boromir was the only member of the Fellowship who tried to take the ring. He was vain and entitled, believing that he alone, of the Fellowship, was worthy of the ring. He was a thief and a traitor.

Boromir was a Lord of Gondor, and he wanted everyone to know it. "His garments were rich, his cloak was lined with fur, and he had a collar of silver in which a single white stone was set."

Boromir did not redeem himself. He failed to protect Merry and Pippin from the orcs, who wouldn’t have found the hobbits wandering alone if it weren’t for Boromir’s actions in the first place.

Boromir would not have felt remorse or apologised if he had succeeded in taking the ring; he only did because he was caught. His image was so important to him that his “heroic” death was staged to create sympathy and goodwill so that he would not be remembered through the ages as a thief and a traitor.

Boromir got what he deserved.

 

What should I display on my second monitor (related to the game I'm playing, of course)? What can I display on my second monitor?

I'm playing on a self-hosted VaultHunters server.

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