u/hettuklaeddi

About 8 months ago they moved in to the 2br next to me, a single mom with 2 kids. slamming, screaming, the usual. the seven year old is even learning the trumpet.

i figured, fine, it can’t last forever, and I’m a parent too. no point in saying anything, because it never lands well. Until it does.

Last week, I was on a call, heard some loud kids, so i went to close the patio when i smelled weed smoke. I poked my nose out and the neighbor’s 17yo kid and a friend were ripping bongs on the patio.

so it took a lil video, then i put the lens down and asked them if they had permission to smoke marijuana on the balcony. He said yes, his mom said it was ok. I asked about the management, since it’s a violation of the lease, and then about the police, since it is illegal. I got the dumbest most predicable responses to all of that, and finally asked to talk to the mom.

They said their mom wasn’t there, and so i told him I’d make him a deal. Introduced myself very nicely, and explained the situation I’m in – that it sucks living next to them – slamming doors, screaming thru the common areas, and daily trash heap on their front door. So the deal is clean up your act, and I won’t tell your mom what you’re doing – OR show her the video I’ve been recording.

Those eyes snapped open when he saw the phone, and i got a big thumbs up.

Pretty quiet so far, I’ll keep ya posted.

just wait til you see the pan

Don’t worry folks, I’ve got a day job. I have recently inherited ~200 cut, sorted and weighed gemstones. Most of these I went thru as a kid. i come from a family of geologists, and feel like I’d be well-suited to begin pursuing a hobby in gemology.

I have most of the cruft (scale, loupe, tweezers, lw/sw). I’m trying to put together an equipment budget and begin exploring brands.

here’s my current rough breakdown:

Gem Microscope (Darkfield)$400

Refractometer + RI Liquid$250

Polariscope + Conoscope$100

**Spectroscope $**70

Calcite Dichroscope$50

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If anyone has any suggestions or advice, you’re welcome to share, but fool’s errand or not, i will not be discouraged.

I run a horse riding ranch.

I just got a call asking if we are “queer friendly”

I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but you don’t want to go there. if you’re absolutely hell-bent try a pony first.

namaste

Can't tell you how many people I saw walking their dogs at high noon today at the Cheesman Art Festival, all running around barefoot. It's really sad to see dog owners who don't understand the basic concept of proper hygiene. Take them to a brew pub or a walmart for god sake

For relevancy, anyone else notice an abnormally large population of unintelligent and entitled boomers in Denver relative to other cities? Are their brains just fried from following the dead or phish around the country before they settle here? Or are they like that everywhere?

I run a retail tent downtown and I just got done sitting in I-25 traffic 8 minutes ago, have barely had my coffee, and the second I clock in I've got some ancient boomer fuck walking in and barking questions at me.

My job is fairly involved information-wise, and 90% of customers NEED to ask us questions to figure out what they want. You knew that before you walked in and you STILL did it right at open. I may not be able to \*tell\* you to fuck off but I sure as hell will do my best to make you feel like you should, and I'll be damned if im going to actually recommend the best product for you. Find it yourself.

Why are you walking into ANY butt stuff tent within 10 minutes of it opening apart from the DMV? Are butt stuff tents simply kiosks in your brain, and not almalgamtions of cooperative human beings?

I am certain your cushy boomer office or blue collar union bullshit job you skated your way into retirement with didnt start barking orders the second you walked in the door. Where do you get off doing this shit to us?

It’s always a boomer or some unbearable stay at home pilates mom coming in to piss me off the second I open the tent. They watch me unlock it and then just push their way in! Go fuck yourselves. Genuinely I fucking hate you people. Have some fucking self awareness, asshats. Hopefully they use reddit.

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