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[Anton Dubinchuk]

At 7:30am yesterday morning I got a call from my wife saying her and my daughter got into a crash on their way to work (they are both ok). I drove down to pick them up, help handle things with the cops, and take them both to work. She works around 40 min away, so after a long Uber ride back home (taking work calls in the car) I finally get home around 10am and sit down to my laptop to start the day.

About 15 min later my next door neighbor (same building of townhomes) rings the doorbell and says "hey, wanted to check after the bad storm last night if you have water in your basement". I go downstairs, and yes! I have lots of water in my basement! (Finished, soaking the carpet.)

So I got to try out both ends of my new home/auto bundle on the same day. The claim handler told me to hang in there. Since it's a foundation issue of a block of homes rather than just mine individually, I'm expecting a long headache of negotiations between my insurance company and the HOA policy.

Then yesterday afternoon I found out I'm probably losing a 7-figure project from one of my accounts at work.


So yesterday was fun.

 

[MinJaBen]

At 7:30am yesterday morning I got a call from my wife saying her and my daughter got into a crash on their way to work (they are both ok). I drove down to pick them up, help handle things with the cops, and take them both to work. She works around 40 min away, so after a long Uber ride back home (taking work calls in the car) I finally get home around 10am and sit down to my laptop to start the day.

About 15 min later my next door neighbor (same building of townhomes) rings the doorbell and says "hey, wanted to check after the bad storm last night if you have water in your basement". I go downstairs, and yes! I have lots of water in my basement! (Finished, soaking the carpet.)

So I got to try out both ends of my new home/auto bundle on the same day. The claim handler told me to hang in there. Since it's a foundation issue of a block of homes rather than just mine individually, I'm expecting a long headache of negotiations between my insurance company and the HOA policy.

Then yesterday afternoon I found out I'm probably losing a 7-figure project from one of my accounts at work.


So yesterday was fun.

Ooof! Sorry for the shit sandwich life just dealt you. Hope you have something to wash that down with.

 

[Lempo]

Then yesterday afternoon I found out I'm probably losing a 7-figure project from one of my accounts at work.

Out of curiosity, how and why this (probably) happens and does it mean losing money, prospects, prestige...?

 

[hblueridgegal]

Thanks y'all for all the kind messages. Waking up still feels so strange without her there to greet me and the house is so quiet. I feel so lucky to have known her.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Out of curiosity, how and why this (probably) happens and does it mean losing money, prospects, prestige...?

It is an ongoing service we do for them that they have made the decision to shop around to other companies.

It won’t materially affect my family’s income, but the account falls under my responsibility so it’s a bad thing that I wish didn’t happen.

 

[LakeLivin]

Thanks y'all for all the kind messages. Waking up still feels so strange without her there to greet me and the house is so quiet. I feel so lucky to have known her.

For me the biggest thing was coming home to an empty house. There was an energy with my dog in the house and when he was gone the difference was palpable, it was almost like stepping into a vacuum. I suspect it's hard to appreciate that contrast until you've actually experienced it.

 

[Tryamw]

I mostly like it here but I feel like I'm arguing occasionally with walls.. I don't like arguing with walls..

Thank you all for having me.. even if occasionally I piss you all off

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

I mostly like it here but I feel like I'm arguing occasionally with walls.. I don't like arguing with walls..

Thank you all for having me.. even if occasionally I piss you all off

 

[hockeynjune]

I mostly like it here but I feel like I'm arguing occasionally with walls.. I don't like arguing with walls..

Thank you all for having me.. even if occasionally I piss you all off

I can't believe you would insinuate that we are an
opinionated bunch of well, jerks.

 

[tarheelhockey]

At 7:30am yesterday morning I got a call from my wife saying her and my daughter got into a crash on their way to work (they are both ok). I drove down to pick them up, help handle things with the cops, and take them both to work. She works around 40 min away, so after a long Uber ride back home (taking work calls in the car) I finally get home around 10am and sit down to my laptop to start the day.

About 15 min later my next door neighbor (same building of townhomes) rings the doorbell and says "hey, wanted to check after the bad storm last night if you have water in your basement". I go downstairs, and yes! I have lots of water in my basement! (Finished, soaking the carpet.)

So I got to try out both ends of my new home/auto bundle on the same day. The claim handler told me to hang in there. Since it's a foundation issue of a block of homes rather than just mine individually, I'm expecting a long headache of negotiations between my insurance company and the HOA policy.

Then yesterday afternoon I found out I'm probably losing a 7-figure project from one of my accounts at work.

So yesterday was fun.

I hate to add to your run of bad luck, but you should know... while all that was going down, your favorite hockey team also had scorn and derision directed toward it from the fans of a different hockey team.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I hate to add to your run of bad luck, but you should know... while all that was going down, your favorite hockey team also had scorn and derision directed toward it from the fans of a different hockey team.

Dammit. That’s another insurance claim… for my hurt feelings.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Dammit. That’s another insurance claim… for my hurt feelings.

Pretty sure there's a $20 deductible on that one.

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

Dammit. That’s another insurance claim… for my hurt feelings.

Rates going through the roof.

 

[hockeynjune]

Dammit. That’s another insurance claim… for my hurt feelings.

lawyer up man. take em down!

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

We're putting our cat down today too. It's never fun, but this time the hardest part is explaining to a three-year-old why the cat isn't going to be here when she gets home from preschool.

The thing is, she doesn't even like the cat. She keeps her door closed because she doesn't want her to go into her room, and she likes hissing at her more than petting her. The cat has always been pretty withdrawn, so they just never bonded. But the moment we told her the cat has to go away, she became affectionate and started trying to figure out how to stop it. But she also flipped out when we got rid of a ceiling fan, so I think she just doesn't like change.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Rates going through the roof.

Lots of claims lately!

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

lawyer up man. take em down!

Should I re-brand as "overly litigious" guy on the main boards??

 

[hockeynjune]

Should I re-brand as "overly litigious" guy on the main boards??

Yes by all means!

 

[tarheelhockey]

Should I re-brand as "overly litigious" guy on the main boards??

If you get an infraction, threaten to sue the mods for violating the 1st Amendment. That one always goes over well behind the scenes.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

If you get an infraction, threaten to sue the mods for violating the 1st Amendment. That one always goes over well behind the scenes.

If I get infracted, mods will also be sued for hurting my feelings.

 

[WreckingCrew]

For me the biggest thing was coming home to an empty house. There was an energy with my dog in the house and when he was gone the difference was palpable, it was almost like stepping into a vacuum. I suspect it's hard to appreciate that contrast until you've actually experienced it.

There are occasions where I leave my pupper with my parents in Charlotte for a few days and just coming home those days and not having her there throws me off

 

[AD Skinner]

 

[Lempo]

If I get infracted, mods will also be sued for hurting my feelings.

I hope robo sues them.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

It's rare that I take as good of a picture as this one, so I'm sharing it.

 

[Lempo]

I need a new laptop.

Good price/performance would be nice. In practice I won't need much performance but I don't want it immediately obsolete.

Windows 10, but hopefully with good Linux compatibility because I'm gonna make her a dual-booter soon enough. Though I don't completely want to write of getting a Macbook.

Preferably more ports than less. I don't mind it being thick, I don't want the needless overheating issues and there is lots of dust in my life.

I could live with it being plastic, but would aluminium body be more worthwhile?


edit: And rather 14" than 15" because I like the tall enter key on the Swedish (Finnish) ISO laptop keyboard and quite often it seems to not be there in the full keyboard with numpad that comes there starting from the 15" models.