ChickenLadyLovesLife

Tree of Heaven is pretty weak sauce. I had a large one fall over in a storm and land on my skoolie (school bus converted to a motorhome). The bus was completely unhurt, not even a scratch.

Supposably that was a form of execution in ancient china. They would stake the victim over a bamboo sprout which would eventually grow through their chest.

This one doesn't take too long: Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight on Netflix. Very true in spirit to the original comics but with modernized puns (e.g. one Roman general is named "Fastandfurius"). I would call it "a fun romp" if that phrase hadn't already been ruined by industry shills. Not to be confused with the recent live-action Asterix & Obelix series, which I couldn't even get ten minutes into. Live-action versions of animated movies/series generally suck, even when they don't have Gal Gadot in them.

Klingon don't cling on.

I had the rim of my rear wheel crack last week, first time I've ever had a wheel problem in 20 years/100K miles of riding.

I have a 20-year-old Trek 4200 with about 70K miles on it. The thing is fucking immortal and it wasn't even close to being a top-end bike in 2006 (I think it cost around $500 new). Drivetrain, tires and brakes are the only things I've ever replaced, obviously many times over.

My grandfather told me that grits were ground-up pig's knuckles. I was in my late 20s before I learned otherwise. Pop just didn't want to share his fucking grits, which is at least understandable.

Abusers with unearned redemption arcs

This reminds me of when alleged democratic senator John Fetterman castigated his fellow democrats for even mentioning that trump had 34 felony convictions, saying that we were "supposed to be the party of forgiveness". Bitch, you can't go around forgiving people who don't even attempt to apologize, let alone people who keep doing the thing they're not even apologizing for.

In my world, an apology is just a promise to keep doing whatever it is they're apologizing for. I don't want apologies, I want the shit to stop.

I grew basil in a pot outside a few years ago. One day I was picking a few leaves and the plant bit me. I was like WTF? I was reasonably certain herbs do not bite. This happened a couple more times until I noticed it was actually a praying mantis living in the plant, perfectly camouflaged.

I went to a Hooter's once a couple of years after 9/11. I noticed that their hottest wing sauce was called "911" and as a joke I called the waitress over and showed her the menu and said I was pretty offended that Hooter's would name a wing sauce after our "sacred tragedy". She got all wide-eyed and insisted they were named after the emergency phone number, and then ran off and got her manager to come over. The dude apologized left and right and comped our whole table and gave me $200 in Hooter's gift certificates. At that point I didn't think I could safely admit it was a joke without getting my ass kicked, so we thanked him and left.

I still have the gift certificates somewhere. I didn't not use them because I was ashamed of myself -- Hooter's food just sucks so bad I never happened to go back.

Yeah, I got laid off when I was 52 and became a school bus driver (I now make about 1/6 of what I made as a mobile apps programmer). I'm not exactly "retired" but that is what I tell people.