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Title: Graduation Weekend
Post by: fucking on May 14, 2021, 08:40:16 PM
Da'Monte gets a sociology degree.

Zima, TWood, Hutch & Slim Jake matriculate. No word on Trent.

Maybe I'll run into Mamador on the diving circuit. I've already collected a partial bag of Tide Pods and a similar bag of pods for the dishwasher.

It's an exciting time to be alive.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: fucking on May 16, 2021, 11:05:26 PM
55" TCL Roku TV.

Let's see if I can get it up and running without the remote.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: ThePAMan on May 17, 2021, 07:12:38 AM
55" TCL Roku TV.

Let's see if I can get it up and running without the remote.

Download the Roku app to your phone. If you can turn it on and synch it, there is a remote function in the app.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: ILLove1997 on May 17, 2021, 08:47:32 AM
55" TCL Roku TV.

Let's see if I can get it up and running without the remote.

I bought one of those at costco a few years back for like $250

not a bad TV at all for that price

if you find a universal remote that should do the trick as well
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: fucking on May 17, 2021, 04:01:10 PM
I had the regular Roku app on a couple of phones.

Previous dumpsters produced a Streaming Stick in, say, 2016. And you'll recall I found a Roku Express on the afternoon of the highly entertaining Giorgi Zoom/tOSU preview.

So I know a couple of things about using a Roku. The most important thing to know is that it sucks.

Anyway, the TCL Roku TV has its own app. I downloaded that, and also programmed a universal remote to get the thing on.

It has the notorious TCL Roku TV black screen problem. I got the menu up and running so I know the screen is intact, and looks good. But I don't need a big TV right now, so I offered it to a fellow freecycler who enjoys fixing electronics.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: fucking on May 17, 2021, 06:23:31 PM
Heather just baked the salmon fillet I procured, along with another ten to fifteen pounds of frozen meats, from a Campustown dumpster. She says it turned out very well.

I wish CT were here.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: illinicalvin on May 17, 2021, 10:48:41 PM
Member how mad Champaign Transplant used to get at Rob about his dumpster diving? That was weird.

He would yell at Rob, then go cheat on his taxes and blame it on shitty accountants.  Lol, what a dickhead.
Did he ever say what business he was in? I feel like he'd be the first person to run to the media about a labor shortage because no one wants to suck his cock for 3 bucks.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: fucking on May 18, 2021, 12:10:57 AM
Confirmed. The salmon was excellent.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: ThePAMan on May 18, 2021, 07:52:22 AM
I don’t think he ever said, but I might have missed it. All I know is that he’s a great leader of men, hugely successful, and can’t hide money from the IRS without getting caught.

He was also a self-proclaimed lover of rich, white women, but not a fan of the pixelated porn.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Lkdog on May 18, 2021, 08:31:02 AM
Nice. College students discarding salmon. Odd food choice, but hey. Good for you!

Good Salmon is expensive as fck.
Tastes great on grill.

Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: ILLove1997 on May 18, 2021, 09:27:34 AM
Exactly.  No way in hell I was buying salmon in college.

college is a bit different these days
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Lkdog on May 18, 2021, 09:43:26 AM
My kid just finished first year at Iowa.
Was working in food service handing out box lunches.
Ii was carryout shit this year due to Covid.
Still pretty impressive range of food.

I do recall when we did visit year before the food stations they had were crazy.
It was like a fcking cruise ship.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: ILLove1997 on May 18, 2021, 09:56:28 AM
I remember having pasta night at whatever the diner was called in the 6 pack was a big deal... lol
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Chickengeorge on May 18, 2021, 10:01:11 AM
Yeah, I took my daughter on a visit to Augustana when she was college shopping, and holy shit! The food was amazing. 

When they came around and told us lunch was almost over, and it was time for the next tour stuff, I was disappointed.  I wanted to just keep eating, lol

That's an expensive school.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Chickengeorge on May 18, 2021, 10:06:11 AM
Indeed.

She instead went to a different expensive school.  The one my wife works at, with full tuition remission. 

My son is still there.

I don't get the allure.  It's expensive and in kind of a shitty part of town.  It has its nice areas, but overall, ugh. 
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: ILLove1997 on May 18, 2021, 10:18:46 AM
kind of weird the high percentage of Quad Cities residents on this board
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Chickengeorge on May 18, 2021, 10:39:49 AM
kind of weird the high percentage of Quad Cities residents on this board

There's like, two of us.  I guess that could be a high percentage on here considering there's only 10 active posters.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: ILLove1997 on May 18, 2021, 11:03:27 AM
There's like, two of us.  I guess that could be a high percentage on here considering there's only 10 active posters.

exactly
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Lkdog on May 18, 2021, 11:32:05 AM
LOL.
Augie is decent school. I actually used to teach there part time years ago and lived in the west end of RI you speak of.
An interesting pretty rough neighborhood area.

Nobody pays full tuition at Augie or at any of these private schools. They pretty much give everyone a package of some sort.

Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Chickengeorge on May 18, 2021, 11:44:02 AM
LOL.
Augie is decent school. I actually used to teach there part time years ago and lived in the west end of RI you speak of.
An interesting pretty rough neighborhood area.

Nobody pays full tuition at Augie or at any of these private schools. They pretty much give everyone a package of some sort.

True, and I don't want to paint a bad picture of the school.  My wife got her undergrad there, with quite a bit of financial assistance.  As for the area, once you start getting a little bit west of Augie, the neighborhoods get sketchy.  True to the east as well.  It's a diverse area.  I really like the track at Augie, we went there for high school meets once at year, at least.
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Custard on May 18, 2021, 11:48:22 AM
Exactly.  No way in hell I was buying salmon in college.

Probably worked and didn’t graduate with 150k+ in debt either
Title: Re: Graduation Weekend
Post by: Lkdog on May 18, 2021, 12:36:52 PM
True, and I don't want to paint a bad picture of the school.  My wife got her undergrad there, with quite a bit of financial assistance.  As for the area, once you start getting a little bit west of Augie, the neighborhoods get sketchy.  True to the east as well.  It's a diverse area.  I really like the track at Augie, we went there for high school meets once at year, at least.

Yeah- I was right in the west end for years when I was single. I could walk to the bars downtown. It was never a dull moment.

I think they do a decent job at Augie. These private schools have to make themselves competitive in price with the state schools.
I am always amazed at the donors and endowments at these places.