I just say it the way it is - ‘Oh that is Travis’ shoe’

I added the apostrophe for writing it, but I don’t say the name any different.

My favorite gift is a Steam Gift Card.

Surprised to see Grape so many times! The fake grape flavor of grape candy is my favorite!

Showed it to my wife who is a big classic MM fan and she was like ‘niiice’

Just got back from the vet, no fungal infection but they’re trying some really strong antibiotics. Because of some swelling in the bridge of his nose, they are also thinking polyps or a tumor if the strong antibiotics don’t get it. Guess we’ll see how the next few days go.

Here’s a picture of the little guy. His name is Wheatley.

Just a game and book come to mind for me right now, plus a music album.

Game: Star Control 2

Book: Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter

Album: Floating World by Anathallo

Going to name a few that I would be happy with:

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

Mineral - The Power of Failing

Anathallo - Floating World

The Decemberists - Picaresque

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

There’s usually a 24 hr ATM by/in the entrance of most banks as well, for people on foot.

Gotta watch the 5th season. We loved the first four but it felt like it wrapped up really well, so we’ve been struggling to start the 5th.

Techreport is another one I used to read all the time, but it got bought out and is a shambling corpse of it’s former self.

Gotta second the Miele. We have the C3 and it is fantastic. Our friend who is allergic to cats barely had any trouble when she comes over because of that vacuum, she even ended up buying one too.

They are expensive so hopefully you can find a used one. There are also places that will repair them, so you don’t need to trash them if something breaks.

Awesome! No idea where you live but if you were near me I’d hire you. I always try to do little projects but end up failing at them because I suck at working with my hands lol.

I like having a roof over my head and food on the table, therefore I need to work.

Whoever is recording that really needs to clean the lens.

We adopted a male cat who was a couple years old, he had no teeth and has stomach problems so he needs special food. He had already been adopted once and returned because of the issues and he got bullied out of his foster home by some other cats. Felt so sorry for him, he’s the sweetest boy and our other cat tolerates him ok (they have an older sister/younger brother dynamic), and she doesn’t usually like other cats.

The shelter staff made it sound like he was special needs but it’s literally just a slightly more expensive hard food. I guess after he was returned they wanted to make sure whoever adopted him knew what they were getting into. Love that little guy!

And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”

This is almost exactly the same as my experience as well. My premiums are pretty high (like $500/month out of my paycheck) but when the time comes for the procedures it’s usually not too bad. One caveat, we have not had any large medical expenses except for a relatively minor outpatient surgery that my wife needed last year, bill was over $1000 but the hospital had an interest-free payment plan that let us break it up over the next 12 months with no early payment penalty, so we took advantage of that.

As another poster pointed out, the big issue is the emotional and mental toll of trying to sort things out if the slightest little thing goes wrong. You basically have to do their job for them in that case and can be exhausting.

Edit to add: as you can see in this thread, people’s expenses can vary wildly depending on a lot of factors. For my plan, even if we don’t hit our caps, there is typically still a ‘discount’ and ‘allowed charge’ that the insurance has worked out with the providers, so we still didn’t have to pay the ‘full’ amount of that surgery even though we didn’t hit our deductible or out of pocket. We’ve also been to the ER a couple times for our 7-year old and it’s typically been about $600 a pop for each. It is insanely complicated and I barely understand it all but just thankful the plan my employer offers seems decent.

Thanks, I completely missed that lol 🤦‍♂️

I love this picture! Where did you find it?