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  1. Gravel

    Congressional Shutdown

    Selfishly, yes, I could care less if it continues. But that's because I've got an emergency fund I can dip into to last without a paycheck for several months. Most of my coworkers, however, are pretty fucked right now. Especially the ones with kids.
  2. Gravel

    Congressional Shutdown

    So it sounds like they've agreed we'll get paid after this. So fuck it, it can go on all month for all I care. Paid vacation!
  3. Gravel

    Weight Loss Thread

    That's some bullshit that came out of the 80's and 90's. Dietary fat doesn't make you fat. Even saturated fats are fine for you. Basically, just avoid trans fats. And unless you're on some kind of low-carb diet, you should probably avoid going over .5g per pound of bodyweight for fats.
  4. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    God damnit. Like 12 years ago I got hit with 2 red light tickets in Howard County. I'm convinced they were on a short timer still.
  5. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    Ok, this can't be real, can it? Jaguars have reportedly used ball boys, equipment assistants as scout team WRs
  6. Gravel

    Congressional Shutdown

    I feel like lots of people marginalize the number anyway. Like, oh, it's only 800k. Yeah, unless you're one of them. Personally, I've got a good 6+ months of savings, so I don't care. This is a vacation for me. But all of my coworkers that I talked to who are also furloughed basically live...
  7. Gravel

    How many sneakers you got?

    Doesn't really matter how you define it. I'm still in that 1-10 bracket. Have 2 pairs of running shoes (newer and the old pair) and also a pair of flat bottomed Adidas ones I use for weight lifting. Then I also have 2 pairs of work shoes (brown, black) and a pair of old Army boots that are...
  8. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    I haven't really found Sunday Ticket to be worth it this year either. Mostly because I don't want to pay extra for Red Zone. If I could just pay for Red Zone, I'd totally do that though!
  9. Gravel

    Girlfriend wants to move in, how much should she pay?

    My wife and I share all of our accounts. She works at a bank though, so it kind of fell on her to manage our finances (despite my having a finance degree, go figure). I don't understand why a financial advisor would recommend you separate things. If you're married, having separate accounts...
  10. Gravel

    Weight Loss Thread

    Haha. Yeah, those little fuckers are delicious. I'm not even a fat guy and I've eaten a whole thing of those before.
  11. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    I saw an article today about it. Basically a bunch of players said they'd either refuse to play for that team (like Eli and San Diego) or would only go if they were paid significantly more. And the guys who said that were ones already making like $70M+.
  12. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    That doesn't sound right. Even if it took 20 minutes for a speed run, that's still 240 tomes an hour versus the 200 for CM.
  13. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Prae runs fucking suck. I don't recommend anyone do them. CM may not be THAT much faster (I think it is faster), but it FEELS much faster. Prae is boring as fuck and awful.
  14. Gravel

    Recommend a dating site

    My wife has a pretty high pitched voice. I definitely noticed it when we first started dating. It didn't bother me, but it was definitely...unique? I've been married for almost a decade though, and I honestly don't even notice it being weird anymore.
  15. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Well fuck, that's a pretty big derp on my part. I guess I just assumed it was like the other songs. I'll keep that in mind.
  16. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    In dungeons I don't use songs, I just DPS. There's a rare occassion where we've got a lot of shit going on (Krassus pulling the entire front part of CM to the boss) where I use the TP/Mana songs. Otherwise, the only place I use them is BC or HM Titan.
  17. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Except in the case of the items I have left to upgrade, they're not. I'm a bard, and I've got pants, earring, and neck to upgrade still. The stuff I've got on all has +crit/dex whereas the DL pieces are pretty shit. Really the only thing they offer is a tiny bit more vitality (and I think that...
  18. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I'm getting there. I've got like 3 pieces of darklight to go, but I kind of don't care. They're not really upgrades over the AK pieces. So it's kind of like, why bother logging in? I do enjoy the crafting, but the problem is it's basically a quick way to bankrupt myself.
  19. Gravel

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    And then the married people are like, "Good luck with that, retard!"
  20. Gravel

    Your best raid or mass pvp experience across the genre?

    I can't remember exactly when it was, but it must have been pretty early into Everquest. I had an account with a char on Rallos Zek, and we did a Plane of Fear raid. Another guild decided to crash the party. It was absolute chaos between "breaking" into the zone and PVPing in the zone. People...
  21. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    NFL is putting out a pretty shit product this season.
  22. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    I take back what I said about RG3's deep ball. God damn...
  23. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    Sounds to me like we can pencil them in for a Super Bowl this year then?
  24. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    RG3 still isn't right though. He keeps having these random downfield passes where there's no one within 15 yards of the ball.
  25. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    Looks like several of the games on NFL.com are not updating.
  26. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    Jesus, Packers down 14 already?
  27. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    Same with Donte Stallworth. Got 30 days for killing a guy (served 24).
  28. Gravel

    Veterans Small Business

    So you say I'm very, very wrong...and then tell him to set up an LLC. Talk about being argumentative for no reason. I didn't say "LOL, just go set up an LLC willy nilly! Shit's easy bro!"
  29. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    So much talent, so little common sense.
  30. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I still log in and enjoy the shit out of it. Even doing AK runs which are awful. But I complain because there's a LOT of room for improvement in this game. And a lot of it is easy stuff that they really should have planned before alpha stages.
  31. Gravel

    D.C. Naval Yard Shooting

    Conspiracy to distract us from Syria confirmed. What will distract us from this though?
  32. Gravel

    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    This move to FXX pisses me off. At first, I was like, ok cool. I just needed to change my DVR settings to a new channel. It recorded the first 2 weeks of this and The League no problem. I go to watch this week's episode, and I get a "You don't have this channel" bullshit. What the fuck? So I get...
  33. Gravel

    Obstacle Course Racing (Spartan, Tough Mudder, etc)

    Bunch of people from my work are going to the Tough Mudder in Tahoe. I thought it sounded like a good time, but that was before they said it was like $130 per person. That's retarded.
  34. Gravel

    Weight Loss Thread

    Ugh, I went to an InShape here for a month trial. They don't provide towels either (think it was like an extra $5 a month or some shit). Absolutely ridiculous. Plus, it was like a 3 year minimum contract. Get fucked with that. I go to the base on gym for free. It's tiny, but it's got the same...
  35. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    You've gotta imagine the fans who bought a Richardson jersey are pretty pissed. You figure he'll be on the team at least 4 years, and then they pull this shit. Not like you can go get a Weeden jersey or anything.
  36. Gravel

    Weight Loss Thread

    Planet Fitness is for people who don't actually want to work out, just make it appear that they are. Seriously. They're awful. The auto withdrawal thing isn't anything crazy. Just make sure you know the cancellation policy and all that and make sure you document it. I worked at a gym for a...
  37. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    Luck actually got hit significantly more than RG3 last year. I want to say it was like 130 or 140 times, versus like 95 or something for RG3. I don't know if it's cause he's white or what, but people forget that Luck can move. Ran the same 40 as Cam. I did see a good one today. RG3-and-out.
  38. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yes, but what about the legacy casual who's been playing for 4 years and has shit to do right now? Like I said, there's a whole segment playing the game from 1.0 that was already at max level in beta.
  39. Gravel

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I've only been through turn 1, but yeah, the end game is pathetically bad. When you consider that they had legacy players who were already starting at level 50 and fully geared (since apparently darklight was in 1.0), having what they have in game is just...confusing? I mean, I rushed to...
  40. Gravel

    2013 NFL Season

    I thought I drew it out pretty clearly that it's because of his actions off the field. But the ORPOY to bust is definitely possible. I mean, the majority of players don't come back after an ACL injury. Yeah, Peterson is a fucking miracle. That's cool for him. But for most other people, it's...