# Happy Thoughts

**URL:** <https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** reactions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337 "2021-03-12T01:16:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 51

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**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1008 "2022-07-02T16:57:35Z")

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I signed up for the two-day class, in August. It’s only $50 and seems like a good thing to do regardless. 2 hours of virtual classroom stuff and then 12 hours over 2 days of driving stuff.

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**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1009 "2022-07-02T20:00:16Z")

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Is it a Motorcycle Safety Foundation class?

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**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1010 "2022-07-02T20:04:23Z")

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Not sure? It’s this: [Basic Riding Skills (BRS)](https://motorcycle.ohio.gov/information-for-riders/rider-courses/basic-rider-skills)

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**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1011 "2022-07-02T20:38:31Z")

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Looks like it’s more of a local thing. Should be fun!!!

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**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1012 "2022-07-03T22:14:46Z")

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I’ve grilled a lot this summer. I don’t think I’ve ever gone through an entire Costco sized bag of charcoal on my own (usually bring it up to the august family camping trip for the rest of the family to use) and I’ve already finished off one bag this year.

🔥

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**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1013 "2022-07-04T14:17:25Z")

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We SLAMMED it on Saturday, booked a couple boats for a charter fishing expedition on Lake Erie. 6 UWaterloo students (me, plus 1 guy I knew, plus four I didn’t know).

 ![IMG_20220702_124824](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/e/ce8f1920f5d467ea0952e6e1477872d1d7120340.jpeg)  
A selection of walleye and rainbow trout. Around 25-30 fish total.  
The kids had a great time, most of them it was their first time fishing, nevermind on a charter.

I don’t think the charter captain had ever seen a non-white person on the boat (and us mayo’s were in the minority). He called us his ‘big bang theory’ charter. Unclear if that was due to the diversity, or the fact that everyone was a stem major.

Also, I’m obtuse sometimes. One of the students was reeling in a walley and the captain says "it’s a female!'. I asked how he could tell, he tells me because it’s got it’s mouth open. My response, “really? when you reel in a female walleye they come in with their mouth’s open?”. And that my friends, was when the captain looked at me like I’m an idiot.

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**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1014 "2022-07-04T14:27:10Z")

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> [@SpaceLobster](#):
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> Also, I’m obtuse sometimes.

Me too, ‘cuz I’m afraid I don’t get it. Who is the female? The fish or the fisher or something else? Who has their mouth open? Why is it important that we identify subject as female?

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**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1015 "2022-07-04T15:05:22Z")

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It’s a lame joke. Because women are always talking.

🙄

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**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1016 "2022-07-04T15:08:23Z")

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> [@1695814](#):
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> Me too, ‘cuz I’m afraid I don’t get it.

You need to think more sexist.

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**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1017 "2022-07-04T15:48:16Z")

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glad I needed the joke explained too.

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**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1018 "2022-07-04T15:50:25Z")

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Oh, fantastic. 😐

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**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1019 "2022-07-11T22:50:25Z")

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Just went to the best wedding ever. Outside at a farm. The grounds were spectacular, out of a magazine. Landscaping, antique tractors, etc. Pretty good considering that two weeks ago there was a collection of ‘parts cars’ and a mountain of scrap metal and other assorted items that could come in handy sometime. Also pretty good considering the groom doesn’t have any front teeth and never wears a shirt, so you get the idea of the environment.  
Meal was outside, bbq prepared by an [indigeneous chef](https://www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under-40/2019/bill-alexander/). Centerpiece was chicken, plus pork loin from the ornery pig they’d just raised, so it was, uh, fresh…  
I cooked fries at 10:30pm for everyone as an evening snack, they were a big hit (I do make the best fries you’ve ever tasted, no exaggeration). Excessive drinking and loud music in the barnyard until 2:30. Fireworks. Everyone in our group of 6 (and everyone else there) was way drunk. I stayed sober because I didn’t want to be lit while working over hot oil, and after that I figured I’d just be the dd and save a cab. Sober or not, spouse and I had a freaking great time, lots of dancing and general shenanigans.  
My uncle played the bagpipes. I got to try them which was pretty interesting. harder to keep the bag pumped up than you might think. Got some videos of that I guess, that won’t be posted online :).

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**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1020 "2022-07-12T04:08:44Z")

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The B1G Ten network just played compressed versions of the 1/1/95 orange bowl (Nebraks vs Miami) and the 1/1/96 fiesta bowl (nebraska vs Florida).

I felt very involved and happy to see them.

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**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1021 "2022-07-12T09:30:50Z")

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I just found €20 at the airport. Woo.

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**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1022 "2022-07-12T16:33:38Z")

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I found $10 on my run today!

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**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1023 "2022-07-12T19:55:53Z")

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❤ you got a run today!!! ❤

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**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1024 "2022-07-12T20:57:37Z")

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Darn, I lost $30 on my run toward the airport.

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**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1025 "2022-07-12T21:28:57Z")

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> [@DeepPurple](#):
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> $30

I was going to say “That’s one crazy exchange rate” but then I looked it up and realized that the Euro & Dollar are currently at a one to one ratio. I recall hearing grumblings about that, but never actually saw visual proof that it happened.

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**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1026 "2022-07-12T23:38:08Z")

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![Screen Shot 2022-07-12 at 7.30.55 PM](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/d/7d1a3db41056f5fc97f2382f60a86ccc519076cd.png)

This is Eclipse. Every day she leaves home alone and takes the bus downtown to the dog park where she gets a few hours of exercise and makes friends, and then she takes the bus home again. She even has her own bus pass attached to her collar.

It started when her owner, Jeff Young, was taking too long when the bus came, so she impatiently ran ahead and got on the bus herself. The bus driver recognized her and dropped her off at the dog park, and later Jeff picked her up. After a few more rides on her own, Jeff started letting her ride by herself, and she always comes home a few hours later.

All the bus riders know her and she makes them smile, and many of the regular passengers are happy to see her every day and often sit next to her. Even the police have given their approval, as long as the bus drivers are okay with the arrangement. “She makes everyone happy.”

Google seems to agree this story is true, and that the dog is in Seattle. I guess I should have posted this in the thread for things DTNF should see in Seattle.

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**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1027 "2022-07-15T14:49:38Z")

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I just logged into netflix on my phone and I see that they now have games. I like games.

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