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[Eric Blank]

Wait, harvestmen arent technically arachnids now are they?

Nevermind, they are apparently.

[Egan_BW]

Daddy long legs are harvestmen and only that because that's what I grew up with and everyone else is wrong thanks.

[Akura]

Something is up with my internet service bill. My account statement is saying I owe the normal amount by the normal due date, but when I got to the page for paying it, it says I owe nothing. It's already past the date my bill is usually posted, and I got the paper bill in the mail that same day.

[hector13]

Something is up with my internet service bill. My account statement is saying I owe the normal amount by the normal due date, but when I got to the page for paying it, it says I owe nothing. It's already past the date my bill is usually posted, and I got the paper bill in the mail that same day.

Last time that happened to me - admittedly with a medical fee and forgetfulness after a lost card - I had been taken to collections.

Amusing, since I assume they had either sold the debt for pennies on the dollar, or otherwise had to pay the collection agency a fee, and the debt collector was more than happy to take my money.

Anyway, you should probably get in touch with them, see what the issue is, just in case the problem is on their end.

[LordBaal]

Just "helped" (actually got paid a little something) a neighbour to move 220 cinder blocks inside his house because he is builnding some walls and he's afraid people could steal some of them.

By this point you would think my hands would be pretty used to heavy work but lo and behold, wtf they still want to bleed from time to time when doing moderately hard work.

Its 10pm here and tomorrow is work day, so no time to do much but wash them thoroughly with soap and use alcohol to kill any bug and prevent infections.

Edit: Wtf, running the numbers on my head did I just move almost 3 tons of weight with a sigle (albeit rather large) meal in my stomach? Maybe, like nuclear waste, exposition to socialism makes you develop superpowers...

[WealthyRadish]

I had a similar experience moving a couple tons of flooring up two flights of stairs last summer while helping my mother renovate her house. I expected it to be more difficult than it was for a scrawny person like myself, but I suppose it's really more of a cardio thing than anything else.

[Il Palazzo]

Its 10pm here and tomorrow is work day, so no time to do much but wash them thoroughly with soap and use alcohol to kill any bug and prevent infections.

Protip: alcohol goes into your mouth.

[Rolan7]

Ehh, putting it on open cuts is kinda !!fun!! too.  Plus the peace of mind.

[Castlecliff]

Haha yeah I moved 9 tonnes of wall cladding on my vegan diet and a few joints.
The body is amazing.
I only know the weight cause the waste management company over charges if you load to much in the bins.

[overseer05-15]

Haha yeah I moved 9 tonnes of wall cladding on my vegan diet and a few joints.
The body is amazing.
I only know the weight cause the waste management company over charges if you load to much in the bins.

Meanwhile, as I slowly drag myself from bed like a long-dormant lich, joints creaking and groaning as if they were unoiled hinges, barely capable of supporting my own weight.

[ChairmanPoo]

Haha yeah I moved 9 tonnes of wall cladding on my vegan diet and a few joints.
The body is amazing.
I only know the weight cause the waste management company over charges if you load to much in the bins.

Meanwhile, as I slowly drag myself from bed like a long-dormant lich, joints creaking and groaning as if they were unoiled hinges, barely capable of supporting my own weight.

https://youtu.be/EKzCeQVoal0

[Hanslanda]

Haha yeah I moved 9 tonnes of wall cladding on my vegan diet and a few joints.
The body is amazing.
I only know the weight cause the waste management company over charges if you load to much in the bins.

Meanwhile, as I slowly drag myself from bed like a long-dormant lich, joints creaking and groaning as if they were unoiled hinges, barely capable of supporting my own weight.

I'm this in the morning but once I'm fully up, I'm quite capable.

[Kagus]

Hah, you sleep?

Amateurs.

[McTraveller]

Fun fact: 10 (metric) tons up one flight of stairs is only about 300kJ.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

rounding: 10k kg, times 10 J/kg-m from gravity, times 3 meters

Put in US food terms: about 75 kCal (1kCal is slightly more than 4kJ).  Even accounting for the human body's inefficiency, a single meal is more than enough for that amount of work.

Hauling weight around is strenuous, but it doesn't really use that much energy.

[Dunamisdeos]

More than a foot of snow where I am in VA today.

That is apocalyptic to the people that grew up around here. Skeleton crew at work.

Multiple WTF's lol.