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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:45 AM Author: pale locale tattoo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501693) |
Date: December 31st, 2018 10:46 AM Author: Unhinged Submissive Heaven Ar you married? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501697) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:48 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Yes. Since 1972.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:57 AM Author: Unhinged Submissive Heaven Have you ever cheatmod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501753) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:04 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Yes.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:06 AM Author: Unhinged Submissive Heaven How many times? Does wife know or care? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501816) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:13 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Many times. Doesn't know though probably suspects. Would care. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501848) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:13 AM Author: Unhinged Submissive Heaven How young and hot were the chicks you banged, and how old were you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501854) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:43 AM Author: pale locale tattoo The biggest age difference was a 35 year old when I was 55. Otherwise approximately the same age. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502018) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:49 AM Author: Unhinged Submissive Heaven Disappointing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502057) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:03 PM Author: pale locale tattoo I know. Sadly, I am not a Chad.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:51 PM Author: histrionic parlor what's his name? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505096) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:47 AM Author: dun school son of senegal What is your biggest regret? What is your biggest accomplishment? You're a 180 poster. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:49 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Thank you, brother. Biggest regret: not being able to prevent mental illness from developing in my two adult kids - otherwise I can't think of anything. Biggest accomplishment: being relatively happy and healthy still. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501713) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:50 AM Author: pontificating wine step-uncle's house youre jewish right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501720) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:51 AM Author: pale locale tattoo No. That is a rumor possibly based on the photo I once posted of my hairy hand. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501724) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:53 AM Author: bipolar native water buffalo what kind of mental illnesses, and how has that shaped your life? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501737) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:00 AM Author: pale locale tattoo One is bi-polar and schizotypal - at least. The other is schizotypal/possibly atypical schizophrenic. Have spent well over $1M on them. Multiple hospitalizations, jail, and I still support them entirely. They receive no public benefits. They are mid 40's now, and this has gone on for 25 years. They lived at home for many years and it turned our house into a prison for my wife ad me, and nearly caused us to divorce. I had read about mental illness, but experiencing it up close is intense. I probably have some form of PTSD. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501769) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:01 AM Author: Magenta tanning salon Did this run in your family? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501777) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:05 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Wife has a nephew with schizophrenia, but she has a huge family. No trend evident. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501807) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:01 AM Author: Hairraiser scarlet double fault partner Describe the worst you’ve experienced
Do you think it’s even possible to prevent something like this? |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:07 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Not sure where to start on the worst. Some are funny - adult son pounding on our locked bedroom door at 3 a.m. shouting, "Mom (used her name), this is Jesus Christ. Buy me cigarettes or you will burn in Hell!" Or maybe buying older son a house so he could get off the streets then having to spend nearly $20K just to have 6 large dumpsters full of garbage, debris, dead cats removed before being able to sell the house at a huge loss. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501824) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:48 AM Author: Light infuriating market no offense but why the fuck werent you guys checking up on said kid at least monthly to ensure he wasnt hoarder pwning your house. and cats. who said he could have pets? ps: Happy Birthday |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:40 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Wouldn't let us in the house. Only were able to gain entry after he was jailed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502751) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:03 AM Author: Magenta tanning salon Can they not even do basic jobs like manual labor on a farm? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501792) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:08 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Can't finish a job (or even start one). Very poor personal skills. Both are high IQ, but unproductive in almost any setting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501826) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:09 AM Author: peach offensive church what are their monikers? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501830) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:12 AM Author: sick library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501845) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:13 AM Author: pale locale tattoo They are too paranoid to be poasters! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501850) |
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Date: January 2nd, 2019 2:12 PM Author: titillating orchestra pit dopamine hm paranoia yes of course very unlike xo pos, silly mistake *resumes browsing the dozens of front page threads about some pumo mod being an alt, squabbles over who's following who around xo and poasting 24/7, attempts to catalog alts, and whispers of a shadowy snapchat group from 2017 that runs xo behind the scenes and swung the results of xo's premier annual popularity contest* |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:36 AM Author: Green nibblets menage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501979) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:49 AM Author: Light infuriating market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502059) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:35 PM Author: Trip house coffee pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37503768) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 6:38 PM Author: brindle federal newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37504463) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:15 PM Author: Dead parlour (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37504953) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:23 PM Author: titillating orchestra pit dopamine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37504985) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:18 PM Author: purple vigorous chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505731) |
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Date: January 1st, 2019 3:11 PM Author: Mint Ape lol'd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37507966) |
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Date: January 1st, 2019 7:37 PM Author: Slate liquid oxygen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37509264) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:10 AM Author: Magenta tanning salon What would happen if you cut them entirely off (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501832) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:14 AM Author: pale locale tattoo They would be homeless street people. That has been recommended to us many times, but just couldn't do it. I can afford it (so far). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501859) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:42 AM Author: Magenta tanning salon What do they do all day? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502015) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:10 PM Author: pale locale tattoo The younger one never leaves his house. I think he talks to imaginary people and watches TV. The older one is very active - knows lots of people. He spends a lot of time at our house. He also paints and plays piano. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502610) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:57 AM Author: Alcoholic Shaky Church Building Athletic Conference What do you think will happen to them when you die? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502123) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:12 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Probably nothing good. I have set up special needs trusts, so unless there is a general economic collapse they shouldn't starve. I hope some of the younger family members will take an interest in them, but they are difficult people to deal with. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502623) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:05 AM Author: dun school son of senegal Sorry to hear that. You're a good father for trying so hard to help. Some things are simply out of our control. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501806) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:49 PM Author: pale locale tattoo TY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502804) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:06 AM Author: bipolar native water buffalo i'm really sorry to read this, for both you and your children. what will happen to them when you and your wife are no longer here? you said you're relatively happy. what has worked for you to be able to maintain happiness in the middle of this unhappy situation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501817) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:55 PM Author: pale locale tattoo We have trusts set up that will be managed by a bank trustee (it's a small town so it's not quite as anonymous as it sounds) with a family member advisor. They won't starve, but will have less family contact. I am hopeful the older one may make it socially if he can stay out of trouble. His hypomania tends to get him jailed and hospitalized from time to time.
I think it was Will Rogers who said a man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be. I am pretty adaptable, and it's amazing how the bizarre seems commonplace after a while.
We have a second home in another part of the country, so we get away from the daily personal conflict for a few months/year.
Nevertheless, it's hard. In the early days of all this we went to about a million support group meetings. Invariably I was the only man. The pattern was for the husband to split while the wife kept the kid at home trying to "fix" him. See Sandy Hook. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 2:07 PM Author: internet-worthy circlehead locus "I think it was Will Rogers who said a man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be."
I'm not an old wisemo like you, but I've found this to be case in my experience. Assuming you're a healthy, ablebodied male. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:58 AM Author: sick library How could you possibly have prevented something like that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501757) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:01 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Wish I knew. Earlier identification, perhaps? They didn't clearly manifest symptoms until they were in college. Both were heavy weed users in HS, and I wonder if it triggered something. I would try harder to intervene in pot use maybe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501778) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:11 AM Author: sick library Ok. Good to know. Thanks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501836) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 6:39 PM Author: brindle federal newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37504475) |
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Date: January 1st, 2019 7:39 PM Author: Slate liquid oxygen Jfc with the pot, so sad.
That shit is brain poison yet our idiotic elites adore it |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:25 PM Author: electric love of her life your biggest regret wasn't this shitty flame? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502286) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:48 AM Author: Dead parlour how badly do u want to fuck nubile women again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501704) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:49 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Very badly.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:58 AM Author: razzmatazz awkward ticket booth idiot seekingarrangement.com (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501755) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:59 AM Author: peach offensive church discouraging that never goes away (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501767) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:02 AM Author: pale locale tattoo I know. Wife is 7 years older than I am and not much interested any more the past year or two. I have always been a horny guy. My doc says that's a good sign. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501789) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:06 AM Author: peach offensive church 7 years older? I think you deserve a pass here (not marital advice), but you probably know that sentiment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501812) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:10 AM Author: charcoal mexican What's wrong with floppity 79 year old gash? he just needs to use some crisco (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501834) |
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Date: January 1st, 2019 7:40 PM Author: Slate liquid oxygen Jfc man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37509282) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:13 AM Author: at-the-ready naked piazza gay wizard cr very troubling indeed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501847) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:35 PM Author: Trip house coffee pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37503773) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:53 AM Author: shimmering kitchen hey, sup NYCfan. how's ur dotter? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501735) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:55 AM Author: pale locale tattoo If this is addressed to me, not NYCfan. No alts. I was too slow. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501742) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:01 AM Author: shimmering kitchen well no shit, OP. the fuck else would this be addressed to?
i guess the rumors were true, HLS really did have open-admissions fifty some years ago |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:04 AM Author: pale locale tattoo No. Pretty based on LSAT/GPA. 3.6/4.0 STEM major hard school, 800 LSAT (that was the scale back then). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501798) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:07 AM Author: shimmering kitchen HELLO MICHAEL THIS IS YOUR FATHER I'M ABOUT TO OPEN FIRE ON THIS CROWD (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501821) |
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Date: January 1st, 2019 7:42 PM Author: Flesh Mind-boggling Area Karate You’re a fat faggot PN (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37509294) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:56 AM Author: charcoal mexican What is the most cr life advice you would give to someone younger?
Also happy birthday, if it's today. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:12 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Thanks for BD wishes. It was a little while ago. I don't like giving life advice, as I don't feel that I have had an exemplary life. I guess the main points would be to realize how important health is, be selective in marriage, try to find a career you like, and try to keep a spiritual component going. I will not say to ignore money, because I have found that having some cash to spend really lubricates everything. My career has pretty much been a random walk, and it's turned out OK. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501843) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:43 AM Author: maniacal mischievous stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502020) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:56 AM Author: charcoal mexican Also how did a 72 year old like you figure out this place and how it works? My dad is 67 and can't attach a file to an email. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501746) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:57 AM Author: sick library Harvard brah. Obviously OP is a smart guy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501749) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:58 AM Author: charcoal mexican Eh, plenty of dumbs go to Harvard. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501756) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:59 AM Author: sick library Remember, he is old. This is before there was AA (other than one for Jews). Only the cream got in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501761) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:59 AM Author: charcoal mexican Most legacy admits are legitimately dumb. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501765) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 2:04 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Wish I had been a legacy. Am first generation middle school graduate. First one to enter high school, let alone graduate from it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502895) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:08 AM Author: passionate cocky rehab LOOOOOOOOOOOOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501828) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:37 PM Author: Trip house coffee pot Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37503784) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:59 AM Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Carmine Station Your dad is retarded. My maternal grandparents are 89 and they correspobs, send holiday cards, participate in forums and play games on their computer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501763) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:00 AM Author: charcoal mexican Your grandma isn't smart bc she plays Snood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501768) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:04 AM Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Carmine Station I didn't say my grandma was smart, i just said your dad is retarded, and apparently so are you since you lack basic reasoning skills. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501802) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:37 PM Author: Trip house coffee pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37503789) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:06 AM Author: dun school son of senegal PS your grand mother is Doobs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501814) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:03 PM Author: Greedy jew some olds are great on technical things, some aren't also happy new year retard |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:22 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Found it years ago while trying to find the origin of a comment on Barack Obama's LSAT score. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501895) |
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Date: January 1st, 2019 7:41 PM Author: Slate liquid oxygen Not flame? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37509292) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:03 PM Author: Alcoholic Shaky Church Building Athletic Conference He went to MIT UG (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502156) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:50 PM Author: vivacious hospital There are exceptions. I know of a 72-year-old who is a Twitter virtuoso (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502809) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 2:03 PM Author: pale locale tattoo I used to help invent this stuff. I was there when ARPANET was born. Started programming on a Boolean logic board, then did DEC's mnemonic quasi-assembly language, FORTRAN, 360 assembler, had one of the first IBM PCs, etc. However, haven't programmed anything since about 1981 when I wrote a game for an Atari graphics co-processor. The pace of development is such that it's very hard to stay current unless you do it for a living, so now I am mostly just a consumer, but I do my own tech support and help others. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502889) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:37 PM Author: Odious den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505050) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:57 AM Author: excitant main people cruise ship 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501750) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:57 AM Author: Hairraiser scarlet double fault partner Which poasters are your favorites?
Why don’t you poast more often?
How do I get rich? |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:24 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Have to admit I can't keep track of all the alts, pumos, and quotemo folks. I really liked HAHAURFUCKED and I AM A REFRIGERATOR. Guess I am stuck on classic vinyl. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501905) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:26 AM Author: pale locale tattoo I am pretty busy, and don't have a lot of time. However, this place is fun, though sometimes it's like looking at road kill. As for getting rich, I have no idea. Buy low, sell high? I think luck is a lot of it. Also, "rich" is a moving target. Some people think I am rich, but to me rich is $100M in liquid net worth. If I had $100M it would be $1B. Eye of camel, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501919) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:46 AM Author: Hairraiser scarlet double fault partner (rich, out-of-touch boomer) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502042) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 10:58 AM Author: charcoal mexican Describe the frequency and firmness of your erections. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501758) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:28 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Daily. Can get very hard on occasion, but a little sildenafil makes it more reliable. Not like being 16, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501932) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:51 AM Author: charcoal mexican nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502081) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:57 AM Author: peach offensive church 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502125) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:03 AM Author: Metal Scourge Upon The Earth Old Irish Cottage What do you wish you’d done more in middle age? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501797) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:29 AM Author: pale locale tattoo I don't think so, but what is middle age? At 45 I was doing an IPO of a company I founded. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501939) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:12 PM Author: Metal Scourge Upon The Earth Old Irish Cottage Sorry, guess I was unclear. Basically I’m asking what you wish you’d done more of before getting older, but focused on middle age (however you define it) rather than youthful stuff from your 20s. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502194) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:20 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Ah, now I get it. Sometimes I wish I had married later and traveled more as a young single person. It would have been hard, as I was from a poor family and had to pay my own way. Maybe I could have been more adventurous? I find it very hard to find retrospective regrets. For every choice I made that I might have made differently there would have been different outcomes. Can't say I feel like I particularly missed anything.
One thing I lived with that is now gone was military conscription. The draft really limited young healthy males' options. You either were in school, working in a deferred category job (though that went away, too), or in some branch of the service. So between 21 and 25 or so options were reduced. Also, the economy went totally to shit in the early 1970's.
Sorry to be so boring. I really have trouble finding regrets. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:04 AM Author: coral potus at what age did you start to feel "old"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501800) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:39 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Not sure. It is a gradual process. I would say that at around 70 I started feeling a little more elderly. I had a lot of aches and pains, but those went away when I stopped taking a statin. I had a coronary artery calcium scan and had zero calcified plaque, so I stopped the drug. Feel much better. My sister is 88, and she has really tanked since age 85. The slide is non linear.
I still bike and play golf, but don't run any more. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:15 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Will be taking a short break - washing machine repairman is here.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:20 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Have returned. Will have a few interruptions.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:33 AM Author: pale locale tattoo See above.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:25 AM Author: Thirsty arousing antidepressant drug build the wall? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501910) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:34 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Am in favor of strong border security and enforcing immigration laws. Not sure that translates into a San Diego-Brownsville wall. I think Trump's wall is a metaphor, and I am in favor of the metaphor. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501965) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:38 AM Author: mildly autistic talented alpha field how often do u lurk brother? also, why did u marry someone much older than u? wishing ur family good health for next yr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37501991) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:41 AM Author: pale locale tattoo When we started dating I didn't know she was older, and it wasn't a big deal. She is physically fit and does not look her age. If you met her you probably would think she was 65. The proximate cause of the marriage was pregnancy, btw (Catholic). Thank you for the good wishes, and to you, too! Just had my annual physical and all seems well, though at 70 I felt my warranty had expired (three score and ten). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502010) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:44 AM Author: pale locale tattoo I lurk pretty much daily, but only look at top of the list to see if anything interesting is going on. I have learned quite a bit on the the bort. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502032) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:47 AM Author: peach offensive church any highlights of things the bort has imparted on you? what do you think of the level of civic discourse here? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502043) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:02 PM Author: pale locale tattoo The best thing about the bort is that people speak honestly and bluntly. Of course there are schticks being run, but it has the feel of a late night college bull session. I am surprised at what seems to be a predominance of conservative political views.
I have enjoyed Calishitlawguru's descriptions of his PI practice. The humor is good, and I enjoy the camaraderie of all the insults. The most interesting thing is how the hopes and fears of the people on this board are so much like the hopes and fears of my generation. Some of these discussions are like an instant replay of 1975.
It's an interesting on line community. The fact that it is relatively unmoderated is a huge plus. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:15 PM Author: peach offensive church Yeah great combo of anonymity and neglect...err moderation. It seems the conservative bent is largely reactionary for the cohort that grew up with SJW bs shoved in their face (especially when it didn't match reality).
For hopes and fears you don't sense a difference with the millennial fear of never owning a home, traditional family, your-future-wife, etc.? The boomer hate here is also very strong (e.g. bootstrap bs). |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:40 AM Author: claret bawdyhouse Just reread your Dec 2017 thread, so I was wondering, how did you walk away from law? Did people just do that kind of thing more regularly then? I feel like now with all the debt andwhat it takes to get in, people find it hard to walk from biglaw without an escape into in house or something else.
Also, do you think there's a point in which someone's too old to change careers to get the best out of it? I'm thinking of either law school or CS as a career change at 32. I've dicked around for 10+ years (making no money, doing not much, am in academia now in a useless social science field). |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:56 AM Author: pale locale tattoo I just really hated practicing law in a large firm setting. I discovered that after working at a firm after 2L. 3L I started a business with a friend and didn't go to class much. Worked in law one year after graduating while getting the business off the ground. I didn't have much debt. LS was much cheaper then. I had a scholarship at H and GI bill, plus I worked part time, so debt was minimal. I had about $5K ($30K in current money) in undergrad debt, but it wasn't bad. Also, I made more in the business than in a law firm. However, law pay has gone up a lot, at least in the top tier.
I would not recommend law school unless you really think you would like practicing law and can get into a top program. CS is academically much more challenging. Law school is ridiculously easy. I think the computer tech world is a young person's game, but that's just my impression.
What did I hate about law? Mind numbingly boring work and the apprentice structure. Had I gone to LS straight out of college I might not have minded, but I had a grad degree and 3 years in a pretty responsible job under my belt, so it was shock to be treated like a grunt. I was intellectually able to be a lawyer, but my personality was not a good fit.
Since you are in academia, have you thought about moving into university administration? Salaries are sky high in the larger/more prominent places. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:05 PM Author: claret bawdyhouse I'm sort of tempted by the salaries being offered. I've considered university admin as I'm a lecturer now with a PhD. However, it strikes sort of a dead-end position where I'd cynically push papers to collect a decent paycheck. To me, it'd be akin to joining the municipal government for the stable paycheck, hours, and retirement.
It seems as if you had a pretty good sense of yourself then. You never were that tempted with regards to the rewards of striving for partnership or anything like that in law? (It seems like the scuttlebutt here implies that when you were in law in the 60s/70s/etc, those were the golden years when you could just keep your head down, grind, and then make millions as a partner - would this be accurate to assume?) Also you never considered starting your own firm if you didn't like the big firm structure?
I know the cynics on this board would eviscerate me probably for wishful thinking but the idea of making six figures and then hitting larger rewards down the line in law is pretty tempting to me right now. I earn like $30k a year now.
You're probably right about CS. It seems like by the time I'd finish with re-training in my mid 30s, I'd be an old fogey in the field. Credentials like a PhD or prestige seem like they matter far less. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:25 PM Author: pale locale tattoo If you're not tenure track that is a problem. Law might be an option, but only if you like it. Law school is very easy intellectually, but bears little relation to practicing law. When I got out of law school in the mid 70's, NYC starting salaries at the big firms were around $26K. I guess that is about $90K in current money. Secondary markets were considerably less. I think progression to partner was more predictable, but I just hated it so much I didn't want to go to work in the morning. I have to take a break, but will return in a bit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502291) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:09 PM Author: pale locale tattoo I found law school interesting, and don't regret going, but then I didn't have to pay a lot to go, but I did have the opportunity cost of sitting out three years of other career progression while doing it. Very hard to say what to do. Law school does give you access to a credential that can let you earn money. However, if you want to do it as an employee of a big firm, you probably need to go to a top tier law school and that probably means substantial debt. You'll be older than most of your class, and that is weird, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502602) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 6:16 PM Author: claret bawdyhouse Do you think that there would be age discrimination in law school/big law firm against someone in their mid to late 30s?
Also have you seen age discrimination in any of the other fields you've worked in? |
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Date: January 19th, 2020 11:42 PM Author: costumed burgundy pozpig Definitely, but not in the way you think. The people who rise to the top organizationally are typically extremely well regarded among their peers, and they are close friends with those peers, such that when they are at the appropriate age they lead. You aren't likely to be going to the happy hours, weddings, etc., that will make you a peer to the majority of your class, even if you are at the same level at work.
This happens everywhere, by the way. Irony that law firms cannot change reality notwithstanding the best intentioned drafting of discrimination laws. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:42 AM Author: Hairraiser scarlet double fault partner What kind of goals do you set for yourself at this point in life? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502014) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:09 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Guess I want to stay healthily alive for as long as possible and not go broke. I also want to stay professionally active. I do some consulting and also spend a lot of time on the board of a social services non profit. The latter has been really rewarding. I feel like I have made a positive difference and really enjoy it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502181) |
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Date: January 19th, 2020 11:43 PM Author: costumed burgundy pozpig Give a range for your net worth. I am an old but not within a couple decades of you.
I also have a child with a mental illness who I fund -- hospital, apartment, etc. I usually look forward to the police call, I just hope that nothing terrible has happened. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:53 AM Author: Disturbing Heady Electric Furnace Great thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502095) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:05 PM Author: Greedy jew Other than the weed, what else do you think you could have done better as a father? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502166) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:12 PM Author: pale locale tattoo We moved too many times, and I wish I hadn't spent so much time working - had periods of massive international travel during which I would be gone for 3 weeks at a whack. Looking back, I would have sent the kids to private school They both graduated from famous public high schools, but think they might have done better in Catholic school. However, my kids, crazy as they are, say they had great childhoods. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502195) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:23 PM Author: Greedy jew Do you think the private schools might have had a future positive impact on their mental health? Did your wife work? If so, who had primary childcare duties, particularly while you were on the road so much? |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:15 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Private school might have spotted the problems earlier while involuntary intervention is possible. More structured environment might have helped. It's hard to say. My wife has never worked, so she had primary child care duties.
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:16 PM Author: sickened mediation mental disorder "We moved too many times" cr this seems to be a huge factor in how kids turn out mental health wise (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502637) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:49 PM Author: pale locale tattoo I regret so many relos. Each was for a good reason, but I underestimated the price family were paying. Probably I should have stayed put in Boston. In the mid 70's there was no indication it would become the tech hub it is today. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502803) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:26 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Lunch break. Back in a bit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502293) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:59 PM Author: Lascivious useless brakes indian lodge Describe your lunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502544) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:38 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Ham sandwich with left over macaroni and cheese and baked beans from big party yesterday. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502741) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:38 PM Author: alcoholic boltzmann How should a man in his early 30s with young kids and a mortgage balance the desire to stay in biglaw to stack cash and take care of family financially against the desire to leave for a job that would allow more time for family?
Anything you wish you'd done differently when your kids were young? Could it have prevented the mental issues.
tyia. You're a 180 dude. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:44 PM Author: pale locale tattoo It's a hard call. I guess it depends on the specifics of your circumstances. All high earning jobs are time sinks. Owning your own business is the most time intensive of all. I had the least time when I was doing tech start ups, but the work wasn't soul crushing - at least not as much. The time demands weren't what made me not like law - it was the nature of the work and the people I dealt with - including clients. Nobody comes to see a lawyer because they are happy about something.
Wish I could have spotted the impending mental illnesses sooner when there was the possiblity of intervention; however, the awful truth about treatments is that they are not terribly good and many of the meds come with horrible side effects. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:50 PM Author: claret bawdyhouse A non career related question: when did you decide to cheat? Did you go out of your way to seek opportunities to do it or did they just arise - did your attractiveness to women go up as you got older? Or is that xo flame
Have you ever used escorts/prostitutes? Any thoughts/advice on this generally?
Not judging, am a cheatmo myself and am dating a former student of mines.
tyia, again you’re a 180 poster |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 2:12 PM Author: pale locale tattoo First time was when a client took me to a massage parlor in Bangkok (pre-AIDS). That was my only hooker. Second time was with an old girlfriend I was visiting. I did not go there with sex on my mind, but she took me off immediately to a motel. It has always just sort of happened - always with people I already knew. Apparently women (or some women) find me attractive. When I was young I had a lot of trouble getting dates, so maybe the XO hypothesis is right. Have had many more opportunities to cheat than I ever took advantage of. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502924) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:54 PM Author: galvanic walnut university How do you cope with aging?
How would you balance work life? Would you stay in a government job that pays 80k but only works 10 hours a week that has a pension? Or would you go back to a firm to make 200k+ but your work hours would be bad? |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 12:57 PM Author: peach offensive church Have you ever killed a man? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502536) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:05 PM Author: pale locale tattoo No (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502584) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:10 PM Author: charcoal mexican Have you ever had any romantic involvement with or even kissed another man? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502612) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:16 PM Author: pale locale tattoo No, but when I was in the Beavis and Butthead age bracket we did a lot of semi gay things mostly involving jacking off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502638) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:13 PM Author: Silver bbw "Haven't had sex in the past year or two" means that you HAVE had sex with a woman in her late 70s.
Aren't they completely hideous at that point, how can you even work up an erection? Are you attracted to any women in their 70s? |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:17 PM Author: pale locale tattoo It's all the same in the dark. One great lesson I have learned is that attitude trumps anything else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502640) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 1:39 PM Author: Hot Garnet Blood Rage Giraffe R u ready for death? Plans for your last few years? Outlook On afterlife? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502748) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 2:09 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Are you ever ready for death? I never thought I would live even this long, but I hope not to wither away in a nursing home. Am watching my much older sister do that now. Plan just to keep on doing what I'm doing. If there is no afterlife I'll never know. If there is, I hope it's pleasant. I have reasons for believing there is something, and I suspect it will be quite surprising.
I do have an estate plan and a burial plot.... |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 2:20 PM Author: internet-worthy circlehead locus how's your health in general? How active are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502955) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:35 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Health seems good. Just had my annual physical with no alarming results. Prostate is still small and have a low PSA. Have mildly elevated blood pressure controlled with a low dose of meds and take Prilosec. Otherwise all seems well. I do need to lose weight - have let myself get too fat the past few years. I am less active that I would like to be. I hate winter and am delayed getting to our warmer home this year. Normally I bike almost daily, play some golf, and do a fair amount of manual labor. I live in a rural area on acreage and spend a lot of time during the summer months gardening and generally screwing around on sweaty projects. I don't know how many calories it takes to cut down a large dead tree, but a lot, even with a chain saw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37503766) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 2:24 PM Author: peach offensive church 180 and looking forward to the 2019 edition, brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37502985) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:37 PM Author: pale locale tattoo TY.. If you don't hear from me, you'll know what happened! One of the most distressing things about aging is something they don't tell you in health class: your friends start dying off. Have lost many of them, and the next decade will really be a slaughterhouse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37503786) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:37 PM Author: Hairraiser scarlet double fault partner Does your ability to cope with friends' deaths get easier as you get older? What's the most unexpected thing about having lots of people you know pass away? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505048) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:12 PM Author: Pearly Stage Great thread.
Thoughts on the Trump presidency? |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:29 PM Author: pale locale tattoo I have supported Trump and voted for him, but I think he is screwing the pooch. Granted, he is facing a huge amount of media and other organized opposition that amounts to a virtual coup, but I think he likes to manage by fiat. The political world requires a lot of alliances and horse trading - the system is organized that way. Trump is not good at that and it could be his downfall. His policies are agreeable to me, but I am worried he is going to fail because of leadership style. Thank God there is more to the country than DC. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37503741) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 6:58 PM Author: Pearly Stage CR analysis. I feel the same way. Trump is right on most issues, but his lack of intelligence, political savvy, and poor execution, will be his undoing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37504574) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:41 PM Author: Trip house coffee pot Are you still glad you got to be a dad given your child outcomes? I’m considering killself and know that this will fuck up the boy and the girl (in different ways) but are the next 20 years worth it?
The moments when we play are great but the rest is the same. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 4:45 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Yes, I am still glad to be a dad. It pleases me to be of some use to somebody else, even when it pisses me off to do so. Sounds contradictory, but that's the way it is.
Do not killself. That will be very destructive to your kids. My nephew killed himself at age 53 and it devastated his kids, even though they were older. Why are you so unhappy? Sometimes biology itself can make you despair - I have felt that, but know it's just the way the neurotransmitters are running. |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 6:46 PM Author: fighting yarmulke crackhouse Brother, will the Eagles repeat this year, or will 2018 stand alone as the greatest year in our lives? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37504509) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:38 PM Author: Ruddy french sanctuary laser beams Top 1% thread here. Godspeed, oldtimer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505052) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:50 PM Author: brindle federal newt Great thread. Ty for your scholarship sir. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505091) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 8:52 PM Author: Odious den Thank you for this great thread and best wishes for 2019 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505099) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 9:04 PM Author: Chartreuse business firm Good thread. Have you found your happiness (whatever that is) has increased with old age? If so, why? Data would suggest people get less happy in middle age and then happier in old age. I suspect it's from letting go of striving, petty competition, etc., but interested in your thoughts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505161) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:07 PM Author: pale locale tattoo I agree with that. I am happier since retiring 15 years ago. I still do some work for money, but don’t have the pressure of full time striving. I don’t care if I get the next gig or not, and that is freeing. Maybe it’s frontal lobe shrinkage. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505697) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:12 PM Author: pale locale tattoo Going to sign off for 2018. Happy New Year to all xo, and thank you for tolerating my geezerness. Apologies to those whose embedded queries I may have missed responding to. Xoxohth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505712) |
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Date: December 31st, 2018 11:21 PM Author: turquoise blathering site reading party Happy New Year! Love your threads. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37505736) |
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Date: January 1st, 2019 7:53 PM Author: Aquamarine Stirring Point Half-breed what are your intellectual interests? odd/vapid interests? do you collect? |
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Date: January 4th, 2019 11:46 AM Author: pale locale tattoo Odd/vapid interests overwhelm "intellectual" interests. Have been a ham radio operator for nearly 60 years. Hard to be odder and more vapid than that. Accumulate (rather than collect) old electronic equipment, though I do have something like a collection of certain vintage electronic items, all of which are in use. I enjoy diagnosing and fixing vintage electronics when they break. I can understand the schematic diagrams, don't need a logic analyzer, and can see the parts.
I like cars - own 7 of them plus a tractor. 2 vehicles are pickups. Yes, I haul stuff - have acreage.
Do a lot of vegetable gardening. Eat it and give it away. Spent a lot of time perfecting a critter proof fence.
I am still professionally active on a part time/consulting basis. Is that "intellectual?" Hard to say. I am down to one client (a firm), and fill a kind of "of counsel" role in which I can either bring in my own business or help others. Get paid either on fee split basis or hourly, depending on the need. Requires some amount of travel, so that is always entertaining.
Read a fair amount and tend to keep up with various scientific trends, though my math is rather rusty. Also spend quite a bit of time on a volunteer board (addiction services). I have really enjoyed that gig and have learned a lot. I think my business/finance experience has been helpful in that role and like feeling that I am of some use to somebody.
Spend some time managing my own investment portfolio.
I have a lot of friends with whom I talk and correspond frequently. Many hours spent with family. 35 of them were here for a New Year's party.
Fixing broken things in the 4 houses I own sometimes feels like a full time job.
Do not like video gaming - burnt out on Atari asteroids, etc. around 1980. Did write one game myself long ago for which I programmed the Atari graphics co-processor. It was a gravity well spaceflight game.
I spend a surprising amount of time helping other people with their problems. Sometimes I feel like Marlon Brando at the "Godfather" wedding when he is holding audience with all the people who want favors. I guess I should feel proud, but sometimes it gets a little too much. I really don't like dispensing advice, as I am not even sure about telling myself what to do. Sometimes folks just need someone to listen to them. Did not see that particular hobby coming.
Responsive? TMI? |
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Date: January 5th, 2019 4:28 AM Author: Aquamarine Stirring Point Half-breed 180 this is how I want to live (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#37531109) |
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Date: January 19th, 2020 11:43 PM Author: Soggy vibrant temple What is your opinion on the following POTUS (and former POTUS) candidates:
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Biden
Queen Kamala
Castro
Pocahontas |
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Date: January 22nd, 2020 8:27 PM Author: pale locale tattoo None of them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4167351&forum_id=2#39473338) |