What tickles your pickle

Got two refunds from the hospital a few weeks after my surgery. Basically making my net out of pocket zero.

Burren said:

Got two refunds from the hospital a few weeks after my surgery. Basically making my net out of pocket zero.

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They harvested a few of your organs and sold them to the highest bidder.

Fucker said:

They harvested a few of your organs and sold them to the highest bidder.

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Well, I’m still ticking so I guess it’s ok

I just spent a bunch of time in the mountains with my youngest kid. Just him and me. We camped, hiked, fished, saw amazing things, watched bears, climbed 14K+ feet peaks, and saw some good friends. In the entire time we were there, and we drove there so it was a wicked long drive, never once a complaint about the drive. Never a question about when he would get cell service back. Never once when it was not clear he was delighted to be there with me. He and I talked about things we've never talked about. I have never laughed so hard with him. He's turning in to a man, and the past week has been a crash course in me accepting that and treating him as such.

I just spent 8 days alone with my youngest son, and we came out of it with big smiles, no fights, and awesome stories. I'm going to count that as a win.

Koushirou said:

Had my 6mo hematologist appointment and as the assistants were putting in my stats they had to confirm that I had planned weight loss since it was throwing a warning that I was over 10% of my body weight lower than the previous visit. Felt pretty good.

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That’s fantastic progress.

New wheels arrived. Mini Christmas!

Nice dent she's got there behind the rear wheel.

One of the hockey teams I coach has a couple girls on it. High school age. They're small and light. To some assholes this paints a target on their back. Last night a player on the opposing team decided he was going to try to make them not want to play hockey any more. He lit up the girls on every shift. After they played the puck, behind the refs, every single opportunity. I tried to put the girls out when he wasn't on the ice, but he always managed to get out there when the girls were out. Our team captain, who is captain for a reason, asked for a time out, got everyone together, told them this guy was targeting the girls, and said "if you're on the ice, take care of it."

Well, every single one of my players took that to heart. Any time this guy took a shift on the ice he got absolutely lit up. All legal, but any time he touched the puck he got instantly nailed. Hard. Over and over. By the end of the second period the coach just kept him on the bench. He didn't play third period at all.

And here's the best part. The opposing coach found me after the game. He said this kid has been a problem for a long time, I asked him why he continued to play the kid, he said the kid's parents paid the hockey fees of the whole team. That's nearly 100,000$. Totally bought their son's participation. The kid is a good player, but a spoiled brat asshole. I asked the coach if I could do anything, but he said no. This little shit was going to dress for every game, but sit on the bench 100% of the time. He also said he's going to share all of this with all the coaches. This kid will never see another minute of play time in high school.

So, let's recap. Asshole kid picking on smaller players with a habit of doing that. The players rally around the girls, beat the crap out of the guy in a way that is acceptable in this sport. The coach acknowledged what was going on, and is benching the player.

This is the way it should happen to spoiled little fucking brats.