Got stopped by a rando while trying to build up the courage to jump. Told him that my car was broken down and that's why I was stopped in the middle of the bridge in pouring down rain.
He got out and offered to help me, despite the fact that it was 3AM and the rain was coming down hard.
Awkward.
The car of course started just fine and I thanked him and continued my drive home.
I doubt he had any idea the difference he made.
I once said that children who steal can be rehabilitated or taught to be productive members of society.
Downvoted to oblivion while everyone else celebrated the death of 3 kids because "all thieves deserve to die".
I'd play the shit outta that
This was my computer lab at school. Vividly remember the double stacked apple floppy drives and the wood box of floppy discs that you could check out at the school library to use the on the computers.
Didn't have a home PC until the Commodore 64. Still have that one in a box somewhere with way too many accessories.
Working on an 86 RV and hating posi drive. I swear they were designed to strip.
Also no mention of Spider drive that everyone insists is a torx
In my experience, people tend to not want things that don't benefit them directly.
If they don't use the bike lanes they don't want them to take up what could be a car lane they would use.
Dishwater Gnomes
Cover songs of 90s alternative at x2.5 speed and an octave higher.
I subscribed to all sorts of newsletters, and at least one was dinosaur specific. I would also write professors at local colleges with questions and usually get a response.
Also worked at the library and could order just about any book available. At that point most libraries would order books if they didn't have them already.
But mostly newsletters and science journals until BBS became more common and user friendly when we first started having available computers.
Chicken Coup
I worked for a low income apartment complex that started doing AirBnB. It's already a 2-3 year waiting list to get a rent controlled low income apartment but they were taking units off the market because they could make more money renting them by the night.
Anon was Canadian so the milk was a gallon in an awkward plastic bag.