This is the thread where I say things and maybe other people say things too

[Drachen596]

Maybe try knowing your job before telling me I am doing things wrong...

oh and dont try throwing me under the bus later because you cant stand getting called out on your fuck ups.

[Sad, little man]

I wonder what public transportation maintenance mechanics call it... Because, you know, they're kind of under the bus a lot of the time anyway.

[Alan P]

God DAMN she looks good today. I say Godd DAMN I say!

[Sad, little man]

I admit it, I've become a performance car elitist.

I look down on hot hatch owners with the same contempt that native Hawaiians look at visitors with.

You are merely a tourist in this republic of performance. I own a beach house here and am a member of this island's most prestigious country club.

My engine is in the back... Because it belongs there goddammit! My ingress and egress is greatly obstructed, because that curve ahead of you doesn't care if it was easy to get into your car. Practicality is for wimps. Compromises are for legislatures and marriages. This machine is purpose built, and the only thing it's made for hauling is ass. :mad:

(And a nominal amount of cargo weighing less than 50kg.) :random:

[Kchrpm]

Yeah, screw people who find happiness in other ways, THEY ARE INFERIOR TO YOUR WAY OF FINDING HAPPINESS. THEY SHOULD BE LOOKED DOWN UPON.

So when are you getting an Ariel Atom? Gotta get rid of those pesky body panels, they're just a compromise!

[Kchrpm]

God DAMN she looks good today. I say Godd DAMN I say!

Wrong thread, or intentionally no context?

[Sad, little man]

Yeah, screw people who find happiness in other ways, THEY ARE INFERIOR TO YOUR WAY OF FINDING HAPPINESS. THEY SHOULD BE LOOKED DOWN UPON.

So when are you getting an Ariel Atom? Gotta get rid of those pesky body panels, they're just a compromise!

Heh, I recognize the error of my ways. Not everyone has the resources to own a car that is essentially useless for the purpose of transportation.

[Kchrpm]

Acknowledging and accepting your bias is the first step :) Even if you can't/won't "correct" it, it will at least limit the insanity of your internal and external dialogues.

[Sad, little man]

Don't take most things I say here seriously... Most often I treat this board like the drop ceiling tile that you fling pencils at when you're bored.

[Kchrpm]

...So you're not getting an Ariel Atom? :(

[21Kid]

He's not a true enthusiast... he just plays one on the internet.

[21Kid]

random though: Why do people say excuse me so much now-a-days. I understand it's polite if you are truely in someone's way. But, if you are just passing in the hallway, entrance to bathroom, etc... It's expected that you will have to share the space to pass thru. You are not impeding someone's movement.

Maybe it's just because my office is in a very old building with awkward hallways/corners. But, it seems like people say it just in passing sometimes. It's just something I've noticed lately around the office.

[Kchrpm]

I say it a lot because I'm a big fat guy that takes up a lot of space and makes people feel uncomfortable :(

[Freude am Fahren]

I look down on hot hatch owners with the same contempt that native Hawaiians look at visitors with.

You are merely a tourist in this republic of performance. I own a beach house here and am a member of this island's most prestigious country club.

That still makes you a haole. If you were a true native, you'd be living in a small house off the grid, catching your own pork dinner... and driving an Elan or MGB or a 911 that's at least 35 years old.

[speedpimp]

Nothing is worse to me than trying to push a cart full of produce into a customer and finding they haven't taken their trash out for the day and its right where I need to squeeze through. Cracker Barrel's are famous for that. Another one that gets me is Jimmy John's. When you go from the front area back to the cooler area most JJ's tend to have some very tight corners which makes navigating kind of a challenge if they have things sitting in the way.

[Godson]

Don't take most things I say here seriously... Most often I treat this board like the drop ceiling tile that you fling pencils at when you're bored.

:lol:

[Alan P]

Wrong thread, or intentionally no context?

Intentionally, as I'm talking about someone you don't know. I guess I'm just saying things!

[Kchrpm]

Intentionally, as I'm talking about someone you don't know. I guess I'm just saying things!

Just making sure :) It's a good idea, maybe this is where I'll do my Tex Avery style ah-OOOOOOO-gahs!

[Alan P]

Also, for the record, she looked pretty good today too!

[thesameguy]

Surprised that nobody has brought up the singular truth that this thread is nothing without pictures.

[Alan P]

There will be no pictures. Sadly the revolution will not be televised. She looks great again today too! Black and white pleated skirt just above the knee and bare legs with some modest heels on. If I said she cycled a lot you can probably get an idea of what her calves look like. :)

[Random]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/New_Forest_calf.jpg/640px-New_Forest_calf.jpg

[Sad, little man]

That's hot.

[thesameguy]

Must cycle...

[Sad, little man]

I can't tell if it's just a camera trick, but that seems to be one of the biggest calves I've ever seen.

[Sad, little man]

Anyway, I'm growing this tropical plant in front of my house. It's pretty cool because its main feature is very large foliage that turns a very dark purple or black color a few days after each new leaf sprouts.

If I was a very insensitive person, I'd be really tempted to start the hashtag #blackleavesmatter. :o :lol:










:o

[Alan P]

And now she's off for two whole weeks. :(

[Kchrpm]

You jinxed it :(

[21Kid]

by not providing pics...

[Godson]

...you self centered jerk. Sharing is caring.

[Godson]

My job can be emotionally draining at times. Most of the time it is merely a daily grind kinda job. Yesterday was not. Every so often the realness of my job hits me. The impact I have on people's lives, their families, and the parents that take care of the patient. Sometimes those parents are people I know really well.

I try very hard to not be involved with anyone I know to make the connection with 'the other side' as limited as possible. The case and situation was safe, controlled, and a benefit for the child. I was not supplying any direct care, but I was a member of the transport team from the ICU and the holding area prior to surgery. I know the parents pretty damned well, the dad for 9 years.

Everything went off without a single problem, but yesterday was a wake up call of sorts. Just some random thoughts from my brain is all.

[Alan P]

You're a nurse I believe? Sometimes I wish someone would say to you guys, 'thank you for your service'. Medical staff, especially those at the front line see some very traumatic things. I'm not sure PTSD is quite what I would call it but it must be difficult to remain detached yet caring at the same time. I've had dealings with all manner of medical staff from neurologists through to paediatricians, Speech Therapists to Physiotherapists and several in between and while I can only talk for the UK Health System (socialism and all!) every Doctor, nurse and therapist I've met have been kind, patient and most of all caring. And I've always been grateful, and made sure I've thanked every one of them profusely.

Thank you to all of them, here and abroad. Including you. People moan about their jobs but you guys are special.

[Godson]

I'm bad at accepting compliments, so dont please dont take this the wrong way. I'm a pediatric operating room nurse, and I am not digging for thanks, attention, or anything of the sort. Just some random thoughts I had that I needed to put down to reflect and get them out of my mind. Thanks for the thanks.

[Alan P]

I'm bad at accepting compliments, so dont please dont take this the wrong way. I'm a pediatric operating room nurse, and I am not digging for thanks, attention, or anything of the sort. Just some random thoughts I had that I needed to put down to reflect and get them out of my mind. Thanks for the thanks.

:up:

[overpowered]

I'm in San Diego, but it feels like Florida.

[Freude am Fahren]

Come to Florida, and you won't think that anymore.

[overpowered]

Tropical storm. 85° and raining all day for 2 days so far. Humidity off the charts.

At least we didn't have a bunch of lightning like we did yesterday.

[Random]

We saw thunderstorms south of us at my autocross just north of Monterey today--moisture from the same tropical storm. Got a few drops of rain at the site, but no nearby lightning.

[overpowered]

Fortunately this one hasn't been too windy. Sometimes when we get these we have to deal with a lot of wind too. It's supposed to keep raining until tomorrow morning.

[Drachen596]

13 year old cousin side swiped a big truck on friday with a crf250 2 stroke. No... you read that right he clipped the passenger tire of the truck after making a turn.

Broke tib and fib in one leg. The bigger of the two has a plate and 9 screws in it for the next 6 months or so.

[speedpimp]

Semi, straight truck or just a large PU?

[overpowered]

Still pretty humid today, but not Florida humid. It no longer feels like Florida.

[Drachen596]

truck was from a feed company so i'm guessing it wasn't a small one. pretty sure i heard it was a Mack of some sort.

[Dicknose]

Sorry to hear it, but glad that they are still with us.

and wow - 13 year old is riding on the road, what is the riding/driving age there?

[Drachen596]

16. he was out joyriding his older brothers bike up and down their country roads. without the brothers or parents permission, he was supposed to be watching his little sister and two nephews i guess so not only is he injured but in a huge amount of trouble with his parents and likely older brother though i don't know what damage the bike ended up with.

[Dicknose]

A broken leg makes it a hard lesson to learn.

[Drachen596]

yeah.. they're saying 6 months of down time because of the plate and screws. from what my aunt and grandmother were saying i guess they plan to remove the plate and screws at some point.
interesting that the first major injury he has gotten from riding is this one. they used to race AMA Motocross at the local/regional level and have a home built track on their property.

he'll learn and maybe grow up a bit as a result.

[Dicknose]

Often its best to remove plates + screws down the track.
My sister had them in for 2 years, still having problems and then another doctor said "so when did they take the plates out" and was surprised they hadnt.
She had them out and it was a lot better (but still gives her some trouble 20 years later)

[Freude am Fahren]

The nice thing about humidity is once it does get down towards 80 and below, the A/C effect on the motorcycle is enhanced. On my way home from work last night, it was 82, but as long as I was moving, I was actually starting to get a bit chilly. Of course as soon as I stopped, it'd feel hot as balls though.

[Godson]

Often its best to remove plates + screws down the track.
My sister had them in for 2 years, still having problems and then another doctor said "so when did they take the plates out" and was surprised they hadnt.
She had them out and it was a lot better (but still gives her some trouble 20 years later)

Interesting. Most of the time we don't remove hardware unless it is giving the patient a hard time.

[thesameguy]

That is true IME as well - we deal with a lot of broken parts here, and most doctors we work with recommend leaving the hardware unless there is a specific reason to remove it. I've still got a Ti rod and some screws 10 years later. It's never bothered me, no point in another surgery.

[21Kid]

Geez!!! I wonder how much this costs?


July 20, 2015 Prime Now available in more Chicago and Indianapolis neighborhoods!

SKIP THE TRIP.
ONE-HOUR DELIVERY.
Exclusively for Amazon Prime Members

Ah, $8 for 1-hr delivery. I suppose if it's an emergency...

[MR2 Fan]

I realized something yesterday.

12 AM and 12 PM don't make any sense.

Why is the cutoff between AM and PM happening at the top number of 1-12? Why doesn't it start over at 1?

[Kchrpm]

Because they decided that 12 is also zero. You could just switch to 24 hour time to clarify, though.

[George]

That's why we have the words Noon and Midnight.

[overpowered]

Mutant flowers from Fukushima.

http://www.weather.com/science/nature/news/mutant-flowers-japan-fukushima-famous

[thesameguy]

Not really a surprise after the butterfly research. Makes me sad.

[MR2 Fan]

wow, clickbait from the Weather channel? you don't say!

aaaand, it's wrong

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fukushima-mutant-daisies-what-causing-deformed-flowers-sprout-japans-nuclear-disaster-site-1512099

[Godson]

can you copy and past the text? Every time I click that link, some bullshit internal pop-up hits me.

[Drachen596]

Boss got an email stating i no longer want my current position as well as detailing why.

she thinks im rushing to a decision. Not even close. I dont ever make rush decisions when it comes to money. This move could easily cost me two bucks an hour in pay.

[Alan P]

Does the boss know that? Must really dislike where you are now to take a pay cut! I bet even if they offered you an extra $2 an hour you'd still leave?

[Drachen596]

The position i have now is responsible for ensuring all outbound ordera are picked and loaded on time while minimizing cuts due to short/missing items.

The two with the job on days are trainedand signed off on all SOPs for the job. they keep screwing up and their excuses are to blame me or claim they werent trained. Everyday for the last three months.

The warehouse lead is so nitpicky of everything i do just to try and protect his friend who works days. He sent me an email because of an order i placed in a bay that was slightly wrong.

I am to the point of sudden angry obscenity filled outburst because of this.

[Freude am Fahren]

Having no A/C in South Florida during the summer is fun.

[Godson]

Fuck that. Heat index in kc is 110 ight now and 60% humidity.

[Freude am Fahren]

Oh, let me ammend that. It's not just that I have no A/C, whatever is wrong with it causes the heater to run at full blast constantly, unless you turn off the unit at the breaker.

The thermostat appears to be working, but the unit isn't listening. Happened at 3 a.m. last night. I woke up to three loud pops, thought they were gunshots (though I was half asleep), until I started smelling that acrid burning electrical smell. At which point I thought a transformer blew or something, then I walked under my vent and felt the heat. At first I thought it was actually on fire and the heat from it was just getting blown through. I still wonder about that smell. It seemed worse than just the usual heater on for the first time all year smell.

Landlord said when I talked to her this morning, the repair guy was going to try to get there before I had to get to work at 2 p.m. This was around 9:30 a.m. Since then, no repair guy, no call from anyone, no answer when I call, and my place is inching towards 90 degrees inside. My poor dog has been in it all day while I've been at work. I might try replacing the thermostat with something from Walmart tonight, and if that works, taking it out of my rent check for the month.

[Sad, little man]

Say what you want about U of M, but at least their students are skilled at breaking through the glass ceiling. :lol:

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/07/21-year-old_falls_to_death_thr.html

(I guess I'd be a little more sympathetic if this didn't involve climbing around in places you shouldn't be climbing around, especially at 2am.)

[speedpimp]

Instead of the passive-agressive nature that Joe's coworkers seem to exhibit, I walked into work this morning to find the night crew that loads the trucks running behind(as usual as of late) and two of the guys shouting at each other about the way the other was loading a truck. FFS. It quieted down for a minute and then as I was doing my paperwork I heard them start in on each other again. I was sitting in the office and the windows were closed but we could still hear them out on the dock. I think they are one more argument away from skipping the yelling and punching(which they have done before) and going straight to the make-up sex. You gotta love it when men in their 40's act like fucking toddlers.

[Cam]

SAY THAT TO MY FACE, BITCH!

[JoshInKC]

Fuck that. Heat index in kc is 110 ight now and 60% humidity.

Yeah, it has been ... uncomfortable ... all day and night. It's currently 10 till 11 and I instantly started sweating when I took the dog out a few minutes ago.
I guess this is the price we pay for having such pleasant temps up till now.

[Godson]

Yeah. It was bound to catch up. Normally it happens in August, but I suppose the 23rd of July is close enough.

[speedpimp]

SAY THAT TO MY FACE, BITCH!

Quit bein' so lathey.

[thesameguy]

You gotta love it when men in their 40's act like fucking toddlers.

In all fairness, it's a lot less creepy than when it happens the other way. A 4 year old with a trophy wife and a glass of scotch is seriously off putting.

[speedpimp]

I got nothing.

[MR2 Fan]

people around where I live are morons.

The neighborhood I live in is quite nice and has lots of sidewalks..except NO ONE uses them. I nearly hit 2 people and their dog tonight because its dark out and they're walking in the middle of the road...WTF? Sidewalks are for PEDESTRIANS, ROADS ARE FOR CARS!! This happens a lot and it really bothers me. Why have sidewalks if no one is gong to actually use them.

Also, since I've been working until after dark, on my 20 minute commute home, it will happen without fail that I'll see at least 2-3 cars with their high beams constantly on, and I'll also see 2-3 cars with NO lights on at all...and apparently flashing my high beams at them isn't enough of a message that they're doing something wrong.

[Dicknose]

I find its better to flick your lights off. That gets their attention better than high beams. And it makes them think "wow that guy should have his lights on"
Dont leave them off for more than a fraction of a second!!

[overpowered]

So, a less than scientific test doesn't seem to look good for Pono.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/it-was-one-of-kickstarters-most-successful-109496883039.html

For a proper test, you're going to need some high quality head phones -- not ear buds.

[Random]

The author used both.

Here are the cans he used: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR7506-Professional-Diaphragm-Headphone/dp/B000AJIF4E

[Dicknose]

Well it does seem to be a reasonable scientific test.
Multiple listeners, asked which they prefer, sound source randomised between songs, ability to A-B listen.

What I do find amazing is that there did seem to be a preference and it was for the iphone.
So people must have been hearing something slightly different, or the iphone was simply very lucky.

[Yw-slayer]

There are a lot of variables. I found that low-quality MP3/high-quality MP3/FLAC comparison which anyone could do and which was released on the internet a few weeks back interesting. I don't remember where it was, but it had Tom's Diner as one of the examples. My colleague who has US$30K worth of headphones/amps managed to get all of them right apart from the classical one, but my record was a bit spottier.

[Freude am Fahren]

Another thought is people who listen to iPhones every day may just be used to it and prefer it not because it's better, but because they are used to it.

[thesameguy]

I'd totally buy that. There is a definite difference between MP3 decoding device to device. I really prefer Pioneer's to Kenwood's, by way of example. I could absolutely see people feeling like Apple's is preferable due to familiarity.

[Sad, little man]

Just overheard at work...

"You wanna talk about a beautiful city... Milwaukee....."

:twitch:

[Kchrpm]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljpphotography/7888573022

[Cam]

For a class, I had to give a presentation, as did all of my fellow students. Technical issues with the internet connection in the class computer forced me and another student to go to computer lab to download our presentations on to a USB drive. I emailed it to myself. She used the computer first. She was using a web browser and somehow she got dialog boxes to install something, Flash, I think, but it could have been anything. She didn't even pause to see what she was doing. She was so impatient that she aggressively clicked whatever button was on the screen as quickly as she could. Luckily, she did not have the permissions to install anything.

Now I understand how people get malware so easily and often. :twitch:

[Sad, little man]

Hmmm, I guess Milwaukee is nicer than I thought. I just pictured a sad little hole in the ground that reeks of yeast all the time... Guess I stand corrected. Now if only I could convince people the same about Detroit.

[Godson]

You'd have a better chance trying to do that with Kansas city.

[Random]

If nothing else, the Milwaukee Art Museum building is amazing.

[thesameguy]

For a class, I had to give a presentation, as did all of my fellow students. Technical issues with the internet connection in the class computer forced me and another student to go to computer lab to download our presentations on to a USB drive. I emailed it to myself. She used the computer first. She was using a web browser and somehow she got dialog boxes to install something, Flash, I think, but it could have been anything. She didn't even pause to see what she was doing. She was so impatient that she aggressively clicked whatever button was on the screen as quickly as she could. Luckily, she did not have the permissions to install anything.

Now I understand how people get malware so easily and often. :twitch:

Welcome to my life.

Upside, I get paid for it! :D

[thesameguy]

You'd have a better chance trying to do that with Kansas city.

KC still has paved roads, so it has that going for it. :P

[21Kid]

Just overheard at work...
"You wanna talk about a beautiful city... Milwaukee....."
:twitch:
:erm: They aren't from the area are they?

[Godson]

KC still has paved roads, so it has that going for it. :P

And barbeque. And lots of fountains. :finger:

[thesameguy]

I forgot about the BBQ.

I think Sacramento has a pretty good food scene on the whole, but a total lack of really good BBQ. As a rule I avoid chain restaurants (for a myriad of reasons) but some of the best BBQ in this area is from a chain and it makes me sad. A place called the Tank House opened fairly recently that has good beer and reasonable BBQ I enjoy it, but there is a lot of room for improvement. :sadbanana:

[Random]

but some of the best BBQ in this area is from a chain

Dickie's?

[thesameguy]

Actually it's... um... Lucille's. Couldn't think of it for a minute. I drive to Rocklin for it... about the only bloody thing that gets me to drive there.

I prefer it to Dickie's, but Dickie's is also good. Though, again, how shameful is it that nobody can do much better than a giant chain?

There's the soul food approach like Sandra Dee's which I love, but I get bogged down in gumbo and hush puppies before I even start thinking about anything bbq'd. ;) Man, I could really go for some Sandra Dee's right now.

[Godson]

Hmmm.... I feel the need for a BBQ intervention.

[Sad, little man]

I'm grabbing the yoke of this relationship, pushing it firmly forward, and plowing the whole thing right into the ground. And yet I feel no sense of loss. So I guess it wasn't going to be much of a relationship anyway.

[Sad, little man]

Uh oh... Despite my best armpits, this thing seems to be rising from the ashes... I have to sabotage this thing!

(That was supposed to be "attempts," but autocorrecting to armpits was too funny.)

[Kchrpm]

Tell her you'll only go out with her if she brings a friend and sits at another table. Wacky stuff like that.

[Sad, little man]

I know it's rude to break something off through a text, but a phone call is legit, right?

[GB]

As you're getting dressed right after sex is usually the best time.

[thesameguy]

Ah, toying with human emotions. What could possibly be better?

[Sad, little man]

Nope, I'm actually not. That's the last thing I want to do. I gave this person a shot. After two dates, I don't feel like it has any potential. It seems like they still want to press ahead, so I am breaking it off before it gets serious.

But whatever, I'm your effing boogeyman now, so... Boo!

[Drachen596]

Idiot coworker.

you swore up and down you were done with her after she stole/memorized the passcode to your phone and you caught her going through it.

Next day we get to hear how its all okay cause she slept with you again.

[thesameguy]

Nope, I'm actually not. That's the last thing I want to do. I gave this person a shot. After two dates, I don't feel like it has any potential. It seems like they still want to press ahead, so I am breaking it off before it gets serious.

This has nothing to do with boogeymen, but it does have to do with men. Be a good person, take her to lunch or meet her in a quiet place and tell her there's not a future for you. Don't text or phone break, give the other person some respect. KIDS TODAY!

[Drachen596]

Tsg ftw.

[Sad, little man]

Honestly I don't see what's so noble about dragging someone out to a public place under the pretense of enjoying time together when actually you're just going to disappoint them in a big way. This doesn't even account for all the time between when I decided I was through with it and the point in time that we can actually get together which is effectively just time spent stringing them along. If it were me, I would just want to know ASAP.

[thesameguy]

Because disappointing someone over the phone is pretty cowardly. Give her the time, look her in the eye, and let her down in a sympathetic way. At her house, in a park, where is less important than how. Not giving someone the courtesy of a face to face honesty is low, especially when it's someone who is clearly into you. The only time a remote breakup is okay is if they've done something malicious or you're physically unable to be there.

[Godson]

Tsg is right on this one. I know from all of the horror stories I have heard at work.

[GB]

Yeah, as difficult as it may be, face to face is best. Doesn't have to be under the pretense of "having a good time". Just, "hey, can we meet for a coffee or something? I'd like to talk with you."

[speedpimp]

I have a coworker that has to have shitty luck. Last summer he was working in his yard and tripped over a rock and ended up driving his thigh bone up into his hip socket causing a ton of damage. He finally came back to work in Feb. Last night he was headed home from work and rolled his Jetta TDI. He had to be cut out of the car, as in the entire fucking roof had to be removed to get him out. Apparently he was no worse for wear as he was back into work this afternoon. That is some bad luck.

[thesameguy]

Kinda makes you count your blessings....

[speedpimp]

No shit.

[Alan P]

So I got punched in the face by my angry 14 year old son today. I think I'm concussed because of it too. Sore head, neck and feeling a bit sick too. :(

[Leon]

Ow, that's rough.

I can kind of relate (to the physical pain side of it).

Was helping a friend move house yesterday, bashed my head on the roof of the moving van. Reflexes then caused me to smack my face on the frame of the chair I was carrying.

Scorcher of a headache all afternoon, and I went to bed at 6:30pm just to attempt to sleep off of the pain. Not feeling 100% today.

[Random]

I chipped a tooth doing something similar--stuck my head in the window of a car to talk to someone, flinched away from the top of the window frame as it brushed my head and whacked my mouth on the edge of the window. :(

[Godson]

I've knocked myself clean out working on a car whilebon the lift. Caught the top of my head on the leg of the lift.

[speedpimp]

Smacked my head on the sharp edge of a truck bumper while tucking a liftgate away last fall. Sounded like a tomato being squashed. Not too much blood though.

[Drachen596]

Company picnic went well enough... didn't drink enough to start telling people what i really thought of them.

[speedpimp]

Better luck next time.

[Drachen596]

Probably best not to given the sheer number of rumors ive heard or know..

[speedpimp]

You work for SuperValu or Dilgard?

[Drachen596]

Neither. Third party logistics/warehousing for General Mills

[speedpimp]

I've been to Dilgard a few times. FW seems to have a shit ton of low bridges as well.

[Drachen596]

Oh... we do... cause they just repave under them without removing the pavement

[overpowered]

Never met a wise man, if so it's a woman

[Alan P]

She came back to work today after two weeks off. Well, actually she came back yesterday but I only saw her today. Still looking very good for someone in her 40's.

[MR2 Fan]

Recently at work I had to move from my cubicle of 8 years to one several seats away. Overall it's fine, except I'm sitting much closer to a co-worker I can't stand. We have a history as we were both forced to share a condo in the Philippines when we were training the desk there.

He's an ugly, and sad person but acts like he's special.....that is all not a problem really. The problem is that he has the absolute WORST laugh I've ever heard....period.

It sounds like what i would guess would be a neanderthal learning how to laugh for the first time, very nasally and slow...and he laughs a LOT. Before it was too far and I couldn't hear him, but now I can hear him several times a day, and every time I hear him I want to punch him in the face.

[Sad, little man]

Sorry man, I'll try to keep the laughing to a minimum from here on. :|

[Drachen596]

She put her two week notice in. Quit caring what shes doing or screwing up. Shes gone soon and all youre doing is fueling her very likely hostile work environment claim to the unemployment office.

JUST LISTEN TO ME AND DROP IT!

[speedpimp]

At work we sell a case of fifteen dozen eggs. Back in Feb. they were $22/case. Fast forward to a few months ago when "Chicken Panic" began and they shot up to $38/case. They slowly came back down to $28/case. This past Monday I finally paid attention to the price again and it had skyrocketed to $50/case. I know they had to put a lot of chickens down but damn.

[21Kid]

Save me a case!!!

[Alan P]

Might be an idea to invest in a hundred chickens? 2-3 eggs a day each?

[speedpimp]

Smaller amounts are always better.

[Alan P]

Alison Brie on Lip Sync battle. Oh My!

[Cam]

Lori's in Alaska and there's a Swiss guy staying here for a couple of weeks. He's a new PhD student of one of the wife's colleagues. He seems like a nice guy and we get along well. Tonight, we drank and played Scrabble and Citadels. :lol:

[FaultyMario]

uh-oh... Brealuosy!

[Kchrpm]

Two and a half weeks ago I decided to get two or three backpacks with school supplies to donate to K-5 kids at my hometown school district. They were so cheap at Office Depot, I got 4 and posted about it online.

Fast forward to today and we have more than 100 backpacks donated (including the money that was contributed online).

It's funny how little stuff can snowball like that.

I will have to try this again next year, with a little more time and preparation behind it.

[thesameguy]

You could have put dime bags in each of them and ended up with 100 happy little mules!

[Leon]

Quoting the workmate of a friend, on the subject of women:

If they didn't have vagina's, they'd be stacked ten deep at the rubbish dump.

NB: this isn't quoted here because I have women driving me mad, just quoted because I can't quite believe somebody said that :)

[thesameguy]

I will definitely say that to someone while drunk some upcoming night.

[Leon]

Did you want to be buried, or cremated? Any particular requests for funeral music?

[thesameguy]

I suspect by the time it's over, none of it will matter. The best laid plans of mice & men, as it were.

:lol:

[speedpimp]

Alison Brie on Lip Sync battle. Oh My!

Her and Gillian Jacobs photospread. OH MY!

[Sad, little man]

How is one supposed to navigate a situation where someone they've been friends with for about nine months starts coming on to them? Especially when every time they see each other, it's in the presence of mutual friends. Bah, this is complicated. Good, but complicated.

[Alan P]

Depends on whether you want it or not. Is she hot?

[Godson]

Just let it ride. And no, there is no sexual pretense in that comment.

[Sad, little man]

Yeah, she's not bad. I think most importantly though, it's just there between us. I mean, you just know it when you make eye contact with someone. And it's most definitely there in this case.

Well what the hell does let it ride mean? I'm concerned if I just putz around and don't open the door to anything beyond subtle unspoken gestures back and forth that she will lose interest because it doesn't seem like it's going anywhere.

[Sad, little man]

Not that I really would, but I've considered just slipping her a note that says "Will you go out with me? (Circle one) Yes No Maybe" Because let's be honest, nothing changes after grade school.

[Godson]

Letting it ride means you slowly add more kind gestures. If she really is interested. It will drive her nuts in all the right ways. She will make the move.

[Godson]

To expand. Adding the gestures, then ask for some simple one on one time.

[Leon]

It almost doesn't matter what you do, because she will already have decided if she wants to jump your bones.

Pretty much whatever invitation you supply will make little to no difference :)

I like the idea of the note. But then again, I'm a guy!

[GB]

To expand. Adding the gestures, then ask for some simple one on one time.
A gesture, asking for one-on-one time:

http://image3.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/compositions/111492710/views/1,width=235,height=235,appearanceId=366/Sex-Hands.jpg

[Sad, little man]

Christ, it's like writing Maxim Magazine for advice. I guess it's all I can expect. Forget I asked.

[Alan P]

Christ, it's like writing Maxim Magazine for advice. I guess it's all I can expect. Forget I asked.

Were you expecting anything different?

[Kchrpm]

Serious advice? Get her number, call her, ask her out. Easy.

[Sad, little man]

It would be great if it were that simple.

[Kchrpm]

It is. The fact you think it isn't is the problem. You need the confidence to just think it is, and do it, because that is what women are attracted to.

Why wouldn't it be? Because you have mutual friends? She might just be flirting and not want to date? Who cares? If she says no, she says no, and she probably would have said no in any way that you asked. It shouldn't be embarrassing, humans ask each other out, don't show frailty if someone tries to throw it back at you.

[Random]

Take her off to the side at one of the mutual friend gatherings and ask if she wants to go get coffee. Low stress first "date."

[Sad, little man]

Long story short, we couldn't really go on any sort of "date" without all of our friends knowing. It would be weird.

[Random]

Having had, exclusively, relationships within a larger pool of common friends (a marching band, in fact), it's just something that you'll have to deal with.

edit: it doesn't end up being that weird. And, odds are that everyone has already noticed you two making eyes. ;)

[Godson]

Keith is right. Random has the best angle.

Just fucking do it with purpose and not worry about the consequences. Your friends won't care either way

[Kchrpm]

If you're worried about your friends finding out and teasing you, you need new friends.

[thesameguy]

If you're worried about your friends finding out and teasing you, you need new friends.

xeleventybillion

Ask her out. What's weird is perpetual flirting or thinking someone wants something that they don't. Ask the question, get the answer, know the facts.

http://rainiernew.wpengine.com/yurts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/01/The_more_you_know_banner.jpg

[Sad, little man]

No, it's not that they would tease me. It's not that at all.

I don't know how else to say this... I ride around in a very strange apple cart, and I just don't want to tip it over because I don't know what's going to fall out of it.

[Kchrpm]

Yeah, ok. I guess you're just screwed, then, and will have to wait until she stops just sending signals and completely throws herself at you. Which women are known to do very often.

If you don't want joking advice, but you can't give us enough details to tell us why serious advice doesn't work, then how are we possibly supposed to help you navigate a maze we can't see?

[Sad, little man]

I'm just not comfortable posting this stuff on a board that's publicly accessible.

[Kchrpm]

I understand completely. But understand that you can't expect quality advice on a complex situation when we know none of the complexities, so we will fall back on joking answers. That is not to say that I want you to provide more information, just don't complain when you get jokes.

[thesameguy]

I once rode in an apple cart and did not care for it. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for any reason. Find a new conveyance.

[Leon]

Sometimes it just aint worth the potential drama.

Been there done that, bought the t-shirt (slept with the village bike ... oh, actually, make that two of the village bikes).

Awkward.

[Cam]

SLM, have you considered online dating web sites or Tinder?

[FaultyMario]

Tinder? I think the grindr approach would work better. More gay, more open, more to the point.

[Sad, little man]

Leon, no, this is nothing like what you describe.

Cam, I've tried that for about a year. These are basically the types of people you'll find online:

People who are overweight and unattractive. Go ahead, call me shallow, but I've tried to give people the benefit of the doubt. I've learned that I just can't make it work when there's not even the lowest level of attraction there. It's just not happening.

People who have far too many social and emotional issues to be able to connect with anyone and carry on any healthy relationship. They're searching for a mate when what they're really looking for is a solution to their own issues.

People for whom no one they find will ever be good enough for them. This probably overlaps with the last issue somewhat. Well, really they all sort of overlap. I've seen people who there is seemingly nothing wrong with, but have been trolling around on the same site for months. At a certain point you have to wonder how much they're looking for a relationship, and how much they're just looking to be validated.

Online dating is a hotbed of insecurities and emotional instabilities. And honestly we kind of created the monster, so I guess you can't be angry when it smashes a few buildings. But there's nothing emotionally healthy about distilling people down to a few photos and a few lines of text all while presenting them in a way while all it takes is one click to discard them and move onto the next person. But hey, technology has to push forward, even when it wreaks havoc on our most basic familial instincts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo-ZmeEcSRE

[Kchrpm]

Online dating is the same as real world dating, it's just online. The people are mostly the same, you're just seeing them all at once. You see someone that looks interesting, make a snap judgment based on where they are and whatever context clues you can figure out (their few sentences on dating websites, where they are, who they're with and what they're doing in real world), and then you decide how aggressive to be in your approach and what to say. People act like online dating is so crazy and dangerous because the person can be lying, but people have been lying about themselves in the real world for far longer.

If you don't want to do online dating, that's fine. Probably best not to justify it by shitting on everyone that does, though. Yes, they're all single for a reason, but so are you.

[GB]

:toast:

[Sad, little man]

I'm not hating the people Keith, I'm hating the system. You can pretend that it's no different from normal dating, but it is, it vastly is.

For the sake of efficiency and with the help of technology, we've gutted the whole thing of its most important nuances. We've turned it all into a streamlined transaction. But we never stopped to realize that you just can't do that with this. It's not like paying for an ebay auction or buying from Amazon. I dunno, maybe that works for some, but online dating looks to me like a pretty sad and tragic parody of itself.

And yes, ultimately I think the lure of a simple solution to a complex life problem tends to attract certain people. They're not bad people, but ultimately I've come to realize that the majority of people who have enough self confidence and emotional stability to maintain a relationship are out in the real world actually meeting people.

[TheBenior]

Online dating is the same as real world dating, it's just online. The people are mostly the same, you're just seeing them all at once. You see someone that looks interesting, make a snap judgment based on where they are and whatever context clues you can figure out (their few sentences on dating websites, where they are, who they're with and what they're doing in real world), and then you decide how aggressive to be in your approach and what to say. People act like online dating is so crazy and dangerous because the person can be lying, but people have been lying about themselves in the real world for far longer.

If you don't want to do online dating, that's fine. Probably best not to justify it by shitting on everyone that does, though. Yes, they're all single for a reason, but so are you.

QFT

The tall, good looking guys I know that did well meeting women in person also have done well online.

I didn't clean up in online dating, but it got me dates, which was never easy for short, quiet, not exceptionally handsome me. Eventually, I met my wife, who I probably would've never encountered in traditional social settings or through friends.

[Cam]

Kch and Benior have sage advice.

SLM, it sounds like you are not looking hard enough. Online dating is totally not what you are making it out to be. I would argue that your attitude is making online dating a, "sad and tragic parody of itself." I used online dating for a while and dated nothing but pleasant, smart, attractive, successful, independent ladies--about ten in all. Some I only had one date, multiple dates with others. They were similar to me where they simply wanted to meet members of the opposite sex other than at work or a bar. I just happened to really like the last one, my wife. :)


The tall, good looking guys I know that did well meeting women in person also have done well online.

I'm going to assume you were talking about me there. *flex*

[Sad, little man]

I had a better attitude when I started trying it a year ago, but you can't blame me for having my opinion of it soured by universally bad experiences with it over the course of a year.

[Kchrpm]

What they said.

Unrelated: I think I want an electric-assisted pedal car that looks like this (at the time of writing this sentence, I have not found the image I'm going to use; I'm merely assuming that such an image exists):

Ok, I was wrong, that image does not exist. For now I'll just say I want this. http://store.rhoadescar.com/2-Person-GoBoy-X2-with-PD750-Electric-Motor_p_58.html

And I guess a pickup big enough to take it to some massive park where I can ride it around with a picnic basket in the back and mah sweetheart sitting next to me. There are many steps to this plan.

[thesameguy]

I had good luck dating online back in the day when it was REALLY sketchy, met some cool people. I met The One online, though technically it was a help wanted ad on CL, BUT IT STILL COUNTS. Two of my very good friends met their men online, and while it's a win for me (their men are cool dudes) it's also a win for those men, because they scored some attractive, highly-employed, emotionally stable women. I'd definitely echo what has been said - online dating is no different than real-world dating. You get out what you put in.

As far as electrical-assisted pedal cars, I am onboard with that for sure. I am double onboard if it can be amphibious. That would be so money.

[Random]

I met The One online, though technically it was a help wanted ad on CL, BUT IT STILL COUNTS.

That's how one of my best friends met his now wife; she posted an ad looking for a bass player and he answered it. :)

[thesameguy]

I have a very strong policy of dating in the workplace, but I made one exception. I will never forget the Monday I came to work and the new office admin was sitting there. Never ever.

[Cam]

I had a better attitude when I started trying it a year ago, but you can't blame me for having my opinion of it soured by universally bad experiences with it over the course of a year.
Sorry to hear that. :(

Keep trying and maybe lower your standards for visual appearance? Attractiveness is more than just looks.

I was very judicious in selecting the ladies I chose to date. How they wrote in their early communications with me was important. No proper grammar and spelling? DELETED.

[thesameguy]

Pubes in the urinal. :up:

[Sad, little man]

I had good luck dating online back in the day when it was REALLY sketchy, met some cool people. I met The One online, though technically it was a help wanted ad on CL, BUT IT STILL COUNTS. Two of my very good friends met their men online, and while it's a win for me (their men are cool dudes) it's also a win for those men, because they scored some attractive, highly-employed, emotionally stable women. I'd definitely echo what has been said - online dating is no different than real-world dating. You get out what you put in.

If I got what I put in, I would be married to Amal Clooney right now. I think I've sent messages to around 250 people over the last year. And not some lame copy/paste nonsense. I have dated four people from all that.

Honestly, I think online dating has gotten a lot worse recently. Go look around for comparisons of what the experience of ok cupid is for men compared to women. Women are completely inundated by attention from men on the site, while most men struggle to make any connection. It's become extremely lopsided. There's no way for men to cut through all of the chatter of the throngs of doucebags trolling the site.

Listen, I am not god's gift to women, but the idea that a guy who has a solid job, a degree, owns a house, and is capable of supporting himself just fine has to struggle to find anyone half decent to date is ridiculous.

[Kchrpm]

Then don't use OKCupid, use a site where it isn't a free-for-all.

I'm not saying that your experience isn't valid to you. It is. Just like all the people who have positive experiences with online dating are valid as well. There are plenty of people who will demonize every form of meeting people, from bars to clubs to church to through friends to speed dating, and have personal and anecdotal stories to back it up. There are also plenty of people with positive stories from all of those methods as well.

The reality is that all of them can work, and all of them can fail miserably. There's a lot of work and lot of luck involved, no matter what you do. It does not mean that any of the processes are inherently bad.

In fact, if one of the four people you had a date with had worked out, you'd be one of the many success stories of online dating.

My suggestion to you is the same one I've made to many over the last year or so: Meetup (http://www.meetup.com). It's not a dating site, you're just finding or creating group activities to go to, but you're expanding your circle greatly, most likely meeting people with interest and similar relationship status. It's an online way to create situations for natural, real life courting. And if you don't meet anyone, you at least went out and did something you were interested in doing anyway.

[thesameguy]

YMMV, but IME you will find that none of those things matter to the type of woman you would probably like to meet. Your creditworthiness is what matters to a girl who wants you to get her a Range Rover, not a girl who wants you to fall in love with her. As men we are predisposed to value tangible criteria, but generally speaking women are predisposed to value decidedly more ethereal qualities. Of course there are exceptions in both ways, but when you're out in the wild you're going to want to compete based on attributes associated with good father/good husband, not good credit/good bankroll. Trust me when I say nothing that involves numbers has anything to do with it. You don't want to do it - possibly just because I said it - but get it out of your head that you deserve any better than you're getting with that line of thinking. And I am saying that from very personal experience, not something I read somewhere. The best person I've ever been was the person I was when everything was going wrong.

[Cam]

Admittedly, back when I was dating, every girl I dated had at least one negative experience with a guy.

For my profile, I wrote a silly poem. It got the ladies to at least take a second look. You have to do something different/silly/funny to elevate yourself above the douches. A good recent photo of yourself helps, and not just a selfie from your web cam or phone. Ask a friend to take a photo of you in a natural state with soft lighting. You know, something like this. ;)

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[Kchrpm]

RE:tsg's post
Haha yeah, I remember when my friend thought that I'd be swimming in girls because I had bought a house. He thought that because he didn't have a house. There are plenty of guys living with their moms and doing just fine. I don't know what the secret is to having women be interested in you, but it's not just making them laugh or having your own place. It helps, but it's not what attracts them. I'm still trying to figure out for sure what does, because as much as they tell you, they don't know either. The closest I can figure is confidence, even in the face of obvious and repeated failure.

RE:Cam's post
My current dating profile is a bit of stream-of-consciousness writing. I wouldn't say it "worked" as nothing has really worked for me, but it definitely got more attention than previous, more cookie cutter profiles I've had.

[Cam]

You can't just whip up confidence. Alas, that is the key--having the cajones to chat up that pretty lady ahead of you in the grocery store check-out line or whatever, for example.

Having a dog is surprisingly social... and a babe magnet. :p

[Kchrpm]

Yes, confidence is a very slippery noodle. I had that conversation with some ladies a few weeks ago who just don't understand the struggle of results-based confidence.

I have taken to having humorous confidence. It has some but limited effectiveness.

[Fogelhund]

Long story short, we couldn't really go on any sort of "date" without all of our friends knowing. It would be weird.

It really doesn't matter... just go on a date anyway, and deal with it. It could be fantastic, or it could be, I wish I would have.... It's only weird if you make it weird.

I managed to date a woman for six months, and we had all kinds of mutual friends... nobody found out.

[Leon]

I have only had a few dates via online dating, mostly first dates where there was no interest from one side or the other.

I did date a girl for all of January, but in the end I just wasn't that excited by the idea of taking her clothes off and ravishing her. So backed it off, and now we're reasonably good mates. So they're not all crazy / materialistic / shallow out there, and even if you don't find romance you might end up with new friends.

You do have to put in an insane amount of legwork though, amount of messages sent vs replied to ratio is shockingly bad for me.

[Cam]

Chicks dig poetry, especially if it's about them. :D

[Kchrpm]

Your knockers are quite delightful.
I'd eat them by the bowl-full.

[FaultyMario]

Mark, what you're saying about them is what you think about yourself, in a way. For example, maybe YOU want "a lady who has a solid job, a degree, owns a house, and is capable of supporting herself just fine" *AND* "has struggled to find anyone half decent to date". I know someone just like that, and she's on the same boat as you, as far as dating is concerned. She's spends her time doing exercise and traveling.

[thesameguy]

Wise words, man.

[Sad, little man]

Mark, what you're saying about them is what you think about yourself, in a way. For example, maybe YOU want "a lady who has a solid job, a degree, owns a house, and is capable of supporting herself just fine" *AND* "has struggled to find anyone half decent to date". I know someone just like that, and she's on the same boat as you, as far as dating is concerned. She's spends her time doing exercise and traveling.
Well, yes, of course that's what I'm looking for. How is this any revelation?

[thesameguy]

Does anyone have any pretzels?

[speedpimp]

Watch out because "these pretzels are MAKING ME THIRSTY!"

[George]

I'd just like to say thanks to so many of you for making this a place where I feel welcome, even if I occasionally anger some here with the stupid stuff I post. I've been pretty depressed lately due to a couple seemingly serious problems in my life, but this place is the one online destination that I call home, and I appreciate all who participate here.

A special thanks to X for being a kind and thoughtful human being a couple days ago, to X for apparently forgiving me for past transgressions (or at least being a gentleman about it), for X and X who are practically my life coaches, and my apologies to X for being such a perfectionist that I still haven't gone to the post office to send him a care package in return for a kindness he did me way back in April, because I haven't found the perfect last thing yet. Also thanks to X whose advice has made me seem like a super-genius know-it-all with a certain software program at work. I could, and perhaps should, go on, but let me just say I'm grateful for all the happiness and knowledge that this forum brings me, for everything from bicycles to video games to cars to computers and lots of other interesting stuff.

I didn't name names because, well, I just didn't. Some of you will recognize yourselves, I have no doubt, and for others not mentioned, I sincerely thank you as well for your participation here, your friendship (even if that's just something I imagine), and your unknowing contributions to my sanity.

Edited to add: and book recommendations, too!

[FaultyMario]

Hugs to triple x. Many of us have a crush on you.


You mean Vin Diesel and not Ice Cube, right george?

[JoshInKC]

Depression can be a sonuvabitch, especially when you've got good reasons. Wish I had some sort of decent advice or input, but I just barely manage to keep ahead of the black dog myself. Try not to self-isolate, and if you feel like reaching out to someone (I know I generally don't when going through a bad spell), just do it.

[GB]

Look, we're all different folks with different backgrounds and differing opinions... of course we're gonna piss each other off once in a while. And some fine people have left the various incarnations of this board and, unfortunately, never come back.

But if we can just keep moving forward and maintain a bit of respect, the idea of the community works.

I didn't think TSG and SLM were ever gonna speak to each other again, yet... here they are.

[FaultyMario]

Renault is selling the twizy in mex for around 20k USD.

[thesameguy]

I take very little personally, even being called misogynist lowest scum of the earth. Got good lots of positivity in my life.

[Leon]

Watching the Gracelands (Paul Simon) concert videos.

Seriously rates as one of the most sing-along-able albums / concerts that I've ever encountered.

[Yw-slayer]

It's cool George, I think I was probably slightly overreacting too.

Now, spooning time?

[thesameguy]

I prefer sporking.

[George]

So I finally decided to replace my car's windshield and keep it for another year or two. My shop said the car's in fine shape and should last a good long time, so why not?

But this isn't about my car.

I am generally mistrustful of hiring anyone who doesn't have a brick-and-mortar building and hasn't been in business for several years, because I have been burned so many times by guys who drive around in vans or trucks and claim to do work for others, and then just don't bother to show up. This has happened several times over the last ten years that we've owned our current house with home repair guys. It has gotten to the point that now we have a few things around the house that we should have had done a year or two ago, but I just can't bring myself to roll the dice again and add more stress to my life.

On Monday, I made an appointment for today between 2:00 and 5:00 to have my windshield replaced at my office. I even arrived early today so I could park in a certain part of the parking garage where the guy would have a little extra room to park his truck and so he wouldn't have to work outside in the hot sun. When I made the appointment, I gave the girl both my cell phone number and my office phone that sits on my desk at work.

At 1:26 PM, I was on my office phone on a business call, and I saw my cell phone ringing with a local number. I assume it was the glass guy. About two minutes later, I finished with my call, grabbed my cell phone, and heard his voice mail. He said he would be here in ten to fifteen minutes. I called him back immediately and got his voice mail. I told him I was coming downstairs and would meet him out front, and even mentioned that I'm wearing an orange shirt today so he could spot me immediately. I was downstairs by 1:30, phone literally in hand in case he called again, and ready to show him where my car was parked.

At 2:00, I went back upstairs and called him again. Voice mail. I left a nice (courteous, I mean, even though I was a bit pissed off) voice mail and once again gave both my phone numbers.

At 2:30, an hour after he said he'd be here in ten to fifteen minutes, I called the main number to get customer service. They told me he had gone to a different job way up north and couldn't get back down here today. He never called my office phone. It has caller ID and I clear the memory several times a day so I can see when I have a recent missed call if I've stepped away from my desk.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS?!

On to the next glass company I go. Maybe someone there actually gives a damn about getting paid to do their job. :smh:

[Sad, little man]

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[thesameguy]

At some point this year I believe I officially crossed over from having the time and not the money to having the money and not the time. Of course it's not quite that simple, but it ain't that complicated.

Burning Man 2015 is officially off the calendar.

Feeling pretty bad right now, even Taco Bell isn't helping.

[21Kid]

So I finally decided to replace my car's windshield and keep it for another year or two. My shop said the car's in fine shape and should last a good long time, so why not?

But this isn't about my car.

I am generally mistrustful of hiring anyone who doesn't have a brick-and-mortar building and hasn't been in business for several years, because I have been burned so many times by guys who drive around in vans or trucks and claim to do work for others, and then just don't bother to show up. This has happened several times over the last ten years that we've owned our current house with home repair guys. It has gotten to the point that now we have a few things around the house that we should have had done a year or two ago, but I just can't bring myself to roll the dice again and add more stress to my life.

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[Random]

At some point this year I believe I officially crossed over from having the time and not the money to having the money and not the time. Of course it's not quite that simple, but it ain't that complicated.

Burning Man 2015 is officially off the calendar.

Feeling pretty bad right now, even Taco Bell isn't helping.

Bah. :(

[thesameguy]

Yeah. Now the choice because postpone next year's anticipated plans and pump another $500 in "keeping dollars" into the Southwind and try to make 2016, or just cut bait and never get a chance to enjoy the fruits of my labor. Neither feels good, but I don't *have* to make any decisions til next April, although it does mean more months of compromised driveway. *That* I'm not sure I'm up for.

Now I am feeling kinda miffed I can't parlay my company's big monthly spend for indoor exemplar vehicle storage into a discount for my motorhome.

[mk]

Feeling pretty bad right now, even Taco Bell isn't helping.
Not even Sandra Bullock police Taco Bell?

Helps me.

[thesameguy]

I basically planned my entire year around this one vacation - both time-wise and money-wise. It's a total fucking waste now. I don't have anyone to blame, it's not bad luck - the whole catastrophe originates squarely on my shoulders. It's hardly the worst thing that could happen, I still have my health, I just had a lot of hopes & dreams pinned on this event. :|

[mk]

I lied, it wasn't Taco Bell.

[thesameguy]

Yeah it was... In the future, all restaurants are Taco Bell.

http://media.tumblr.com/3b423270a8f9ec9274c95246184378a8/tumblr_inline_n46k16ySYj1qgp297.png

That movie gave me great hope.

[Drachen596]

Woman at work put in her two week notice. this made everyone quite happy as she is shit at the job and blames everyone including her bff who constantly defends and protects her when she screws up. i go in Wednesday night to work and find she has revoked/recanted her notice and isn't leaving.

I was quite close to putting a desk chair through a window. this woman says she wasnt trained but has done the job for three months and signed off on all our SOPs stating you know the job. i honestly spend at least two hours of my work nights fixing things she has screwed up and then get snarky emails from her and the bff who is a warehouse lead about super minor things i miss or screw up.

at least the boss is finally pissed off as well. things are going to get real and fast. i'm also trying to push my boss to get OUR lead actually trained on what we do so this warehouse lead can fuck off.

[Dicknose]

At some point this year I believe I officially crossed over from having the time and not the money to having the money and not the time. Of course it's not quite that simple, but it ain't that complicated.


And I'm about to do the reverse.
Currently got money, soon to have time and probably spending money with little coming in.

[speedpimp]

How do you lose a customer who buys a shit ton of produce from you? Spit tobacco juice inside of one of their trucks. That's how.

[George]

I basically planned my entire year around this one vacation - both time-wise and money-wise. It's a total fucking waste now. I don't have anyone to blame, it's not bad luck - the whole catastrophe originates squarely on my shoulders. It's hardly the worst thing that could happen, I still have my health, I just had a lot of hopes & dreams pinned on this event. :|

Sorry to hear this. I'm in a similar situation with a weekend trip I was going to take in November to see Some Real True Friends back east. Now I probably won't go, and it's my damn fault. Hope your situation isn't a fucked up as mine, and this with me thinking I have scary health problems, too. Maybe if I moved to India I could keep my job, but that's not on my to-do list.

But hey, Taco Bell is open late, so why not make a run for the border tonight?

P.S. 4:00 AM is not a good time to start The Expendables 3 on Netflix. Trust me.

[George]

How do you lose a customer who buys a shit ton of produce from you? Spit tobacco juice inside of one of their trucks. That's how.

I spent a lot of years stupidly putting tobacco in my mouth. A recent movie I saw had a good line in it. It was about alcohol, but the same could be said for tobacco: "Why would I put a thief in my mouth to steal my brain?"

I also spent a lot of time working in warehouses and loading trucks with forklifts and pallet jacks.

A truck is not the maze with the minotaur in it. Why the hell can't you (and I don't mean YOU speedpimp, just the lower-case you) spit outside the truck, if you've just gotta do that? I can't judge for the motivation of the tobacco addict, but damn, you don't shit where you sleep, so to speak.

[speedpimp]

Because the spitter's mom owns the farm where the truck was and probably feels that if the truck is parked in his dock then he has free reign to act like a fucking cunt. This isn't the first time he's done something like this. He is famous for giving our driver's grief over the smallest thing. I've dealt with him a few times but refuse to let him push my buttons. He has taken blueberries out of bins that I picked up at a another supplier and started eating them. He acts like this because he knows the family that owns the market that I work for, unfortunately that does not give him carte blanche to act like a fucking twat.

[Alan P]

Twice in a row now someone has uploaded the Moto3 practice sessions and Qualifying for Indy and Czech Republic races yet HASN'T also uploaded the races. This annoys me greatly!

[Fogelhund]

I am literally dumbfounded to see people around me stumble along in life, making the same mistakes, and be too oblivious that the way their lives are, are strictly their faults.... Not anyone here.

[Godson]

Damn. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees that shit.

[George]

I see it every time I look in the mirror.

[Kchrpm]

Might be for the best that you couldn't make Burning Man this year, tsg

http://gizmodo.com/burning-man-riddled-with-brutal-pest-infestation-1725105798

[Dicknose]

Had my first tornado warning.
Staying with a friend in Bartlett IL and the TV gives a warning. Ok not a problem yet. Then an update naming our town and then the sirens go off!
We got to his garage. No basement, but the garage at least does gave glass windows.
In the end nothing happened, we even missed the worst of the storm.
But just the right amount of adventure for an Aussie tourist

[TheBenior]

Ah, glamorous Bartlett, a mere 30 miles from me.

[Godson]

Heh. Foreigners to the Midwest and their 'tornado' experiences.



(Glad you are safe)

[Godson]

Quote from my roommate "Women's drama is a snowball of bullshit"

[Sad, little man]

I hesitate to call a geological feature creepy, but this thing is kind of creepy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/19/florida-sinkhole-reopens-two-years-after-it-swallowed-a-sleeping-man-and-killed-him/?tid=pm_pop_b

[Dicknose]

Yeah the tornado warning was not any real danger, didnt even get a decent storm.
I guess we get a lot more serious thunderstorms with hail back in Sydney, just that they are extremely unlikely to become a tornado. We have probably had 1 event in Sydney in that last 40 years that might have been a tornado, but wasn't even officially called that. It did do some serious damage and was a "significant weather event". But no one has ever used the T word.
So this was kind of cool in that I got to hear the sirens, but glad that it didn't end in any real danger. I can tell my tourist story of the siren, not a story of the doors blowing out and the suburb being wrecked.

[21Kid]

Might be for the best that you couldn't make Burning Man this year, tsg

http://gizmodo.com/burning-man-riddled-with-brutal-pest-infestation-1725105798

http://cdn.meme.am/instances/60712967.jpg

[21Kid]

I hesitate to call a geological feature creepy, but this thing is kind of creepy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/19/florida-sinkhole-reopens-two-years-after-it-swallowed-a-sleeping-man-and-killed-him/?tid=pm_pop_b

:o


Florida has more sinkholes than any other state, according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. They occur because the entire state has limestone beneath it, which slowly dissolves from weak natural acids in rain and soil, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

[George]

Gripe o' the day:

I've noticed an annoying trend in business emails: the incorrect usage of question marks. I blame internet forums and emoticons and smilies for this. Yes, I use them on internet forums, but not in business correspondence. Examples:

"I don't understand what you're asking for?"

"It looks like the meeting for today was cancelled?"

Those are statements, not questions. Use a period, please.

And this, an exact quote from this an email I read this morning, written by a new temp worker here, who I was told has an MBA. Attached was an invoice which showed the amount due for that invoice, and at the bottom of the page, an account summary showing totals of other invoices for 0-30 days, 31-60 days, etc.

"The attached invoice is being rejected because not sure what the past due is for?"

I guess it's possible to obtain an MBA without ever taking an English class these days.

Oh, wait, let me fix that:

I guess it's possible to obtain an MBA without ever taking an English class these days? :rolleyes:

[/gripe]

[Kchrpm]

I believe its use is not so much a result of purely the internet age, but a quirk of writing that does not allow you to easily communicate inflection.

Using inflection to turn a statement into a question is not a creation of the internet age, but how does one do that with only typed words on a page or a screen? The longer form would be to replace the "?" in the examples you have with "I guess" or "I presume" or the like. The questioning statement does the same, except shorter.

But just like English majors are not known for their business acumen, I'm sure MBAs learn enough English to pass the class and then mostly forget what is not necessary. That's how most people are with most subjects in the highly specialized world we have created for ourselves.

[George]

I don't disagree, Mr. K. I guess my surprise is due to this being a very recent trend. I don't remember seeing statements ending with questions marks often enough to notice in the past, but now I see it twenty times a day.

[thesameguy]

I believe its use is not so much a result of purely the internet age, but a quirk of writing that does not allow you to easily communicate inflection.

Using inflection to turn a statement into a question is not a creation of the internet age, but how does one do that with only typed words on a page or a screen? The longer form would be to replace the "?" in the examples you have with "I guess" or "I presume" or the like. The questioning statement does the same, except shorter.

I'm sure this is exactly it, but "I don't understand?" is a running joke around here. People who email that are shamed.

[MR2 Fan]

Yeah the tornado warning was not any real danger, didnt even get a decent storm.
I guess we get a lot more serious thunderstorms with hail back in Sydney, just that they are extremely unlikely to become a tornado. We have probably had 1 event in Sydney in that last 40 years that might have been a tornado, but wasn't even officially called that. It did do some serious damage and was a "significant weather event". But no one has ever used the T word.
So this was kind of cool in that I got to hear the sirens, but glad that it didn't end in any real danger. I can tell my tourist story of the siren, not a story of the doors blowing out and the suburb being wrecked.

You might get a hurricane in Florida next week...first Hurricane of the season just formed (though its a bit far away right now)

[sandydandy]

I went to the dentist yesterday for a routine cleaning. I go every four months or so. My hygienist had case of bad breath that was making me want to vomit. She was wearing a surgical mask but it was only covering her mouth, leaving her nose exposed. Since we were face-to-face for about 45 minutes, I had the displeasure of experiencing the foul aroma that exited her nostrils every time she breathed. At one point I tried to gauge the rhythm of her breathing, so I could avoid inhaling as she was exhaling, but had very little luck. I had to resort to taking short breaths the entire time to avoid her stench.

Gotta love the irony...a person working at a dental office having bad breath. Maybe she forgot to floss that day. She was cute and everything, but seriously there's no bigger turn-off than bad breath. It's disgusting! :mad:

[21Kid]

Real-Life FPS
http://time.com/4006572/chatroulette-first-person-shooter/

:lol: That is awesome!!!

[Sad, little man]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/french-officials-responding-incident-aboard-train/story?id=33233626

All in a day's work.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk

[Cam]

Went out in the car to run an errand. Seemed like an inordinate amount of aggressive driving around me today. :twitch:

[overpowered]

It seems to me like there are more aggressive drivers in general than there used to be, even when I'm in my car.

[sandydandy]

I've driven in several states and in my experience Florida drivers are the worst. Of course I haven't been to California yet. New York and Ohio drivers are pretty decent.

In this country Quebec drivers are very douchy.

[Godson]

Illinois wins the retard and crazy driver award