Then again NB people who were assigned female at birth, socialized to female presentation and presented as female before discovering their NB identities would have faced the same expectations and difficulties. Especially for those of us who are a little bit older the neurodivergence just like non-binary identities didn’t really “exist” back in the day (where I’ve lived at least), we were expected to present as neurotypicals as well as cis, wearing two masks at the same time.

As it should be!

Just add some sausage relish and onion and it’s perfect!

What a shame that the cheese and red wine flood didn’t happen at the same time. It would’ve been a feast!

Soon it’ll be a nonsai

We had a Dymo Label Writer at work and one day when I was bored I wanted to see if I could print images with it and yes, it is possible. I did a strip of stickers with my friend’s face on them. It’s also possible to print pictures with a thermal receipt printer, although it sounded like the printer didn’t like that very much.

Apeshit is out of control angry or excited

Jam the man

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I don’t think the player supports the disc’s format, regular cd players spin at 200-500 rpms and this disc says 12250rpm! You’d need a super fast device for that!

My first bike and the one I still ride is Suzuki GS500 - and it’s been a perfect choice. I had similar requirements as you do and I haven’t been disappointed, it’s a really fun and agile bike to ride and you’ll learn a lot while working on it. I’ve heard that people who used to own one but got rid of it and rode other bikes ended up getting another GS as secondary bike because it’s just genuinely a nice bike.

This is my 5th season and I’ve covered about 21k on it (we have about 4-5 riding months a year) and serviced it myself almost as completely as possible (electricity and lower engine haven’t been touched). I got it at 58k and in pretty bad condition for 1500e. Even though I’ve been looking for bigger bikes I don’t want to get rid of my GS, so until I have money for both I’m sticking to this. I don’t commute but rather ride it for fun and do touring, smaller roads and dirt roads too, but I’m sure there’s a reason why half of the world uses it as a commuter bike. It’s not the most comfortable ride for touring but it builds character and I’m quite proud of myself for going on all those adventures on my little GS.

As GS is a small bike you’ll find yourself shifting gears a lot and reading the rpms, but once you get used to it you will leave the cars behind on a green light – for a few moments at least (be inspired by this fella). Gusts of wind will shake you and higher speeds really feel like you are riding a bike and not an air conditioned comfort unit. But that’s the enjoyment of it and also that’ll definitely teach you how to ride. A reasonable amount of discomfort feels like you are actually doing something.

Another great thing is that GS being such a popular and universal bike the spare parts are widely available and cheap and servicing it yourself is possible & quite easy; there’s plenty of information available online, videos on Youtube and the GStwin forum that covers about everything you need to know about service and tweaking - better save it to the bookmarks right away because you’ll be looking for it after the bike has yet again stalled on a motorway (it’s the fucking fuel petcock). 💀

Edit: Also: GS is quite easy and fast to disassemble and rebuild, eg you’ll need to do the carbs every so often and it’s nice that you can access them within minutes and fitting them back on isn’t a trouble once you get the hang of it.

Did you tip it over on the parking lot? No worries, so did the previous owner and the one before that. Just fix the mirrors and if it won’t start check the plugs. It’ll be fine. You’ll be able to push it up yourself too.

I think the 90’s UJM bikes hit the sweet spot: design is classy yet technology is updated, but not yet too modernizised or limited by restrictions. You’ll be able to tinker with things but don’t necessarily have to (except with that fricken petcock, again!).

I fricken love my GS! 😂

Showing off them new long johns

Maybe they didn’t replace the rolls in your school with clean ones and just put the dirty one back in? At least the modern towel machines don’t rotate the same roll.

They are probably the most hygienic option for public bathrooms (until the towel runs out).

That’s where the sedatives come in! If I sleep bad two nights in a row I’ll be exhausted and then start stressing over sleeping so much it’s really difficult to get proper sleep. Being able to break that cycle before it escalates is really important.

With their network speed it would take a lifetime for updates to complete!

That’s a bummer! Do you have a favorite tea mug? I’m still looking for the perfect one, needs to be big and wide but those are usually a little bit too thick at the same time.

Congrats on the anniversary!

I was catsitting for a friend for a couple days, me and the cat are good friends now - today I was blessed with a lap-nap by the cat!