Dad, husband, and mechanical engineer based in beautiful New Jersey. On Reddit I’m u/engibineer.
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Dad, husband, and mechanical engineer based in beautiful New Jersey. On Reddit I’m u/engibineer.
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
Celebrating our 14th anniversary with Robert Smith (lemmy.one)
They wouldn't let me in with my pocket knife so I had to hide it outside lol....
How was your Father's Day?
Mine was mostly pretty low-key, which is how I like it. I got some small gifts from my wife and daughter, including a 7oz hammer with a colorfully painted handle. I actually really liked that. For dinner my mother-in-law took us out to an expensive steakhouse, where I had a wonderful ribeye, but I don't think it was worth the...
Dealing with Father's day as a co-parent
Just thought I'd throw this out there to see how single father's are dealing with Father's day as a co-parent....
Can we get a three day weekend ffs?
If we really cared about mothers and fathers then their respective Days would be paid holidays; three-day weekends. Enough with this commemorative Sunday bs.
Its quiet around here dads
What has your kid(s) done today to you?
"WHYYYYY!?"
My kid just ran into the corner of the bed and gave herself a charlie horse. She started screaming and shouting "why!?" like Nancy Kerrigan and my wife and I just had to laugh. Anyone else ever think it's kind of funny when your kid does something like that?...
Whenever there's a problem 'round Adventure Bay
Ryder and his team of thugs will come and break your legs...
Great Moments in Dad History (twitter.com)
God I would love to mess with a celebrity in front of my kid when she's old enough to be embarrassed.
Complaining
How do you all deal with complaining? Usually, I try to fix the problem, if there really is one, or deflect with humor. However, sometimes the complaining comes from all directions—my kid, my wife, my parents, my bosses, customers—and it wears me down. I find that pushing back can sometimes be counterproductive with some...
First time on a proper two-wheeler with pedals and without training wheels! (lemmy.one)
No injuries and we even had a couple of good runs where I wasn't holding on. A few more weekends and I think we've got this.
Finding an instance that blocks least and is least blocked
Is there a way to shop around for a Lemmy instance based on how many instances are blocking it and how many instances it’s blocking? For example, I noticed that the lemmygrad.ml instance is relatively popular, but it seems like a lot of other instances block it. It also blocks a bunch of other instances. So, if there are any...