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Series: What are your ADHD Tools of Thumb? by KittenBiscuits in c/adhd@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago

They already have our email addresses and our mobile numbers. They should be sending us calendar invites, not some scrap of cardstock I'm gonna lose. My therapist has a system that sends text reminders. Why is my doctor not up to speed.

Whoopsiedoodle! by KittenBiscuits in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 4 points 10 hours ago

The tightest end dump pile is still a fat line.

This is an amusing sentence out of context.

It's Saturday, what have you watched this week? by KittenBiscuits in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

Scavengers Reign. So so good.

What was the last time you were lucky? Could be a winning lottery ticket, nice coincidence, be at the right time at the right place, etc. by KittenBiscuits in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 16 points 12 hours ago

Car started doing weird things at a red light last week. I got the turn arrow as power steering was failing, but managed to get out of the main road and into a service road before the remaining battery completely expired. My alternator had died. I was glad not to have to manually push the car out of the road. It was raining.

Called a friend to see if they could come help us get it the rest of the way into a parking lot. Their parents had the kids and they were pondering what to do for their date night. They came to our rescue. Heart them the most.

We turned it into a double date and treated them to dinner. They called AAA for us and gave us a tow to the repair shop.

Whoopsiedoodle! by KittenBiscuits in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago

Maybe it wanted to turn around. Busch Gardens is just 40 miles back.

Whoopsiedoodle! by KittenBiscuits in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

A very excellent point. I should have realized.

Whoopsiedoodle! by KittenBiscuits in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

He might not have been fully up to speed yet. This sign is just past a weigh station (I've driven this stretch many, many times), and VDOT said he had just gone through the station. Though that doesn't answer why the bed was up. Could have bumped the switch?

:::Edit to strike through this nonsense:::I am leaning toward the other explanation of drive shaft breaking and pole vaulting the trailer into the sign.

Whoopsiedoodle! by KittenBiscuits in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 10 points 20 hours ago

If that's the case, why did they arrest the driver on reckless driving? Sounds like pure accident. Even if it was negligent maintenance, that's not the driver's fault, that's on the trailer owner. Right? (IANACDL 😄)

Besides money or valuables, what items or info would you be pleasantly surprised to find? by KittenBiscuits in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

To someone with ADHD, this is like telling them to just pull ya'self up by yer bootstraps. 🙃

Whoopsiedoodle! by KittenBiscuits in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 12 points 21 hours ago

On a scale from 1 to 10, that trailer was at a Snoop Dogg.

You can translate the wookies in lego star wars if you're willing to solve a substitution cypher. by KittenBiscuits in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

You did it all for the wookie, the wookie, the wookie...

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Whoopsiedoodle! (www.wtvr.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

42 comments fedilink

...The semi was headed west when its raised bed slammed into the overhead sign near mile marker 200 as it approached the I-64/I-295 split.

Virginia State Police said the crash happened shortly after 9:30 a.m.

"The cab continued on and then stopped, obviously, because it had separated from the bed of the tractor-trailer," Matt Demlein, a spokesperson for Virginia State Police, said. "We're still investigating as to what led up to it actually hitting the sign. It was empty at the time."

Troopers do not know why the bed was raised or how long it was up before the crash. But officials said the truck had stopped at a weigh station about a mile earlier, which is equipped with cameras...

Can anyone name some mysteries in stories where the answer ended up delivering and was better than the mystery itself? by KittenBiscuits in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago

When it was first released, The Sixth Sense ending blew everyones' minds.

Usual Suspects and Se7en as well.

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How do I know when it's time to call the "honey wagon"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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This might fit better in the DIY group but here goes.

How do I know when it's time to have the septic system pumped out?

We had a new one installed 3 years ago. It was an upgrade in size. I'm not sure the capacity. It was negotiated to be done as part of our purchase contract, and the old owners didn't give us a copy of their contract with the installer. Just the inspector's report that plans were adequate for the number of bathrooms we have.

There are only 2 of us. We don't put that much water into the system. But we've been having a LOT of rain. Over 5" in the last week and a half, and over 9" since Jul 1. Our elevation is between 1 and 4 ft (not a typo), so the water table is very close to the surface here.

I'm getting periods of methane smell in the house off & on for about a month now. I've run water to make sure all the traps aren't empty. It's possible it could be coming from the vent stack for the washing machine, but it's not all the time.

So with not a lot of use put into the system, is 3 years too early to have it pumped out? How can we tell?