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M GO BLUE!!! · 04-10-2013, 10:59 AM

Chex works much better as a snack food than a breakfast food.

Lathum · 04-10-2013, 11:37 AM

I just lost 45 minutes of my life on the phone I will never get back.

I hate stupid people

Matthean · 04-10-2013, 12:35 PM

I might have lost my external hard drive that has everything from the past 3-4 years on it. Hopefully somebody was nice enough to see it and keep it in the classroom so it is still there.

TCY Junkie · 04-10-2013, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum

I just lost 45 minutes of my life on the phone I will never get back.

I hate stupid people

But in a way didn't it make you appreciate life more when not dealing with them, I may be wrong.

Honolulu_Blue · 04-10-2013, 01:50 PM

I just got an offer for a new job, that's clearly better than the one I have, and they are offering more monies, more vacation time and a company car.

H_B is movin' on!

M GO BLUE!!! · 04-10-2013, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I just got an offer for a new job, that's clearly better than the one I have, and they are offering more monies, more vacation time and a company car.

H_B is movin' on!

Woo hoo!

(What is money, vacation and a company what?)

sterlingice · 04-10-2013, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

Woo hoo!

(What is money, vacation and a company what?)

See, in states other than Michigan...

(actually, I have no room to talk. I did have a "company car" when I was a field engineer but I got to pay a fee each month to have it for "personal miles" and was really the way around paying FEs mileage costs)

SI

Kodos · 04-10-2013, 02:42 PM

When viewed at an angle on an iPod, the man on the cover for In Through The Out Door appears to be a clown.

Honolulu_Blue · 04-10-2013, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

See, in states other than Michigan...

(actually, I have no room to talk. I did have a "company car" when I was a field engineer but I got to pay a fee each month to have it for "personal miles" and was really the way around paying FEs mileage costs)

SI

H_B's new job is in Michigan! Though the company car deal isn't terribly surprising since his new employer makes quite a few of them.

sterlingice · 04-10-2013, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

H_B's new job is in Michigan! Though the company car deal isn't terribly surprising since his new employer makes quite a few of them.

Welcome to Toyot... oh, wait

SI

Matthean · 04-10-2013, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthean

I might have lost my external hard drive that has everything from the past 3-4 years on it. Hopefully somebody was nice enough to see it and keep it in the classroom so it is still there.

And it was still in the classroom two days later.

M GO BLUE!!! · 04-11-2013, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthean

And it was still in the classroom two days later.

Finding lost things feels great.

Lost a leather cap a few years back. Traced to where I last remembered it & called the Toledo, OH Amtrack station. They had it in the lost & found. They then put it in a box & on the next train to NYC. I picked it up at Penn Station a day later. It came back to me!

JonInMiddleGA · 04-11-2013, 11:06 AM

Ah-choo

Quote:

Thursday’s pollen count soared to 8,024 particles of pollen per cubic meter of air – Atlanta’s third-highest number ever, eclipsed only by the 8,163 recorded on March 19, 2012 and the record count of 9,367 on March 20, 2012.

Kodos · 04-11-2013, 12:07 PM

That brings a tear to your eye.

Suicane75 · 04-11-2013, 04:05 PM

It's certainly nothing to sneeze at.

M GO BLUE!!! · 04-11-2013, 06:10 PM

My condo will be on the market on Monday. Holy shit...

RendeR · 04-12-2013, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

My condo will be on the market on Monday. Holy shit...

Well that saves you the time of driving there, and you won't have to carry your bags far!

albionmoonlight · 04-12-2013, 12:02 PM

Mrs. A had a meeting yesterday, so I came home from work early to watch the kids. The little one was napping. I made Snoopy sno-cones with the almost-five-year old. We were sitting out on the steps with the warm Spring sun on our shoulders, listening to the birds and eating our sno-cones.

And I felt a great feeling of peace. And I said, "You know, whatever else happens today, I can tell you that this is going to be the best thing that happens to me today. Sitting here with you, in the sun, eating sno-cones."

He thought for a second and said, "I'd rather be playing the Wii."

I'll leave as an exercise for the reader whether his comment made the moment more or less precious.

RainMaker · 04-12-2013, 04:08 PM

I feel like all I do is pay taxes.

lighthousekeeper · 04-12-2013, 04:13 PM

I fell like all I do is pay for insurance. Car, home, life, workers comp, general liability, medical, dental.

finketr · 04-13-2013, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I feel like all I do is pay taxes.

Stop the automatic withholding by employers and they will probably be a tax revolution in this country.

M GO BLUE!!! · 04-13-2013, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Mrs. A had a meeting yesterday, so I came home from work early to watch the kids. The little one was napping. I made Snoopy sno-cones with the almost-five-year old. We were sitting out on the steps with the warm Spring sun on our shoulders, listening to the birds and eating our sno-cones.

And I felt a great feeling of peace. And I said, "You know, whatever else happens today, I can tell you that this is going to be the best thing that happens to me today. Sitting here with you, in the sun, eating sno-cones."

He thought for a second and said, "I'd rather be playing the Wii."

I'll leave as an exercise for the reader whether his comment made the moment more or less precious.

Did you use this?

cuervo72 · 04-13-2013, 10:34 PM

That was one of the kids' Christmas gifts this year. It is work getting shaved ice out of that thing, at least with the ice cubes we have (the long, thin kind from an icemaker).

M GO BLUE!!! · 04-14-2013, 09:17 AM

I didn't know they still made it... or that kids today know who Snoopy is.

JonInMiddleGA · 04-15-2013, 10:12 AM

So help me, Ima go all R.Lee Ermey on some (work-related) dumbass before today is through.

Suburban Rhythm · 04-15-2013, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

So help me, Ima go all R.Lee Ermey on some (work-related) dumbass before today is through.

Sadly, this isn't random thought for me anymore, more of a daily thing.

JonInMiddleGA · 04-15-2013, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Sadly, this isn't random thought for me anymore, more of a daily thing.

My work has been slow for a while now, else it'd be more routine here as well.

terpkristin · 04-15-2013, 06:54 PM

This. is. awesome.
How an accountant created an entire RPG inside an Excel spreadsheet | Ars Technica

/tk

JonInMiddleGA · 04-15-2013, 11:40 PM

Her name was Ms Rudolph ... they named her after that deer

cartman · 04-17-2013, 09:14 PM

Two of the biggest monsters of the 20th Century lived within a couple of miles of each other. Stuff like this fascinates me.

BBC News - 1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place

Lathum · 04-17-2013, 09:24 PM

It was my birthday today and my parents didn't call me. They sent me a check earlier in the week so I know they didn't forget. I'm 38 years old and don't think this should bother me but it does.

Autumn · 04-18-2013, 08:43 AM

That bothers me too, Lathum, especially since I used to go out of hte way to never miss calling them on their birthday. Not exactly so much the birthday, but if I have to always be the one reaching out, that's lame.

Breeze · 04-18-2013, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum

It was my birthday today and my parents didn't call me. They sent me a check earlier in the week so I know they didn't forget. I'm 38 years old and don't think this should bother me but it does.

Lathum, I'm sorry...that would be depressing...

JonInMiddleGA · 04-18-2013, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum

It was my birthday today and my parents didn't call me. They sent me a check earlier in the week so I know they didn't forget. I'm 38 years old and don't think this should bother me but it does.

FWIW, mine rarely call on stuff like that anymore but my mother has explained that they feel like they might be bothering/interrupting me, etc. when they call. It's become a standing thing now that I try to make a call on my b-day & such, sometimes even joking that I just wanted to give them the honor of wishing me a happy whatever.

Chief Rum · 04-18-2013, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum

It was my birthday today and my parents didn't call me. They sent me a check earlier in the week so I know they didn't forget. I'm 38 years old and don't think this should bother me but it does.

Happy birthday, Lathum!

sterlingice · 04-18-2013, 02:10 PM

I'm a little bummed that the Houston Aeros will be moving to Des Moines after this year

SI

albionmoonlight · 04-18-2013, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

Did you use this?

Yup. We still have the one Mrs. A. had when she was a kid.

britrock88 · 04-18-2013, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'm a little bummed that the Houston Aeros will be moving to Des Moines after this year

SI

Getting the Wild's farm team closer to MSP, or... is the NHL coming to Houston???

sterlingice · 04-18-2013, 03:32 PM

The story said they couldn't reach agreement with the Toyota Center. Probably a lot of reasons, tho I don't think the NHL is one. They draw 6-7K a game here so might be able to draw more closer to home. And probably squabbling over how much each party gets.

SI

JonInMiddleGA · 04-18-2013, 04:09 PM

Gwinnett Gladiators are facing issues with their arena as well, unable to secure a date for a home game past the first sequence of the Eastern Conf. semi-finals. Likely to have to play the rest of the series at Cincinnati (unless they can manage a 4 game sweep)

terpkristin · 04-18-2013, 05:05 PM

The three most frustrating words for a patient to hear after an already long recovery are, "Stay the course." Glad my scan showed nothing bad (we were afraid of a disc herniation at another level and/or scar tissue), but at the same time, it sucks still hurting when I should be farther along. It's getting depressing.

/tk

Suicane75 · 04-18-2013, 05:12 PM

Perhaps a Snoopy Sno-Cone maker will brighten your spirits?

terpkristin · 04-18-2013, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Perhaps a Snoopy Sno-Cone maker will brighten your spirits?

Now there's an idea. Mayhaps this weekend.

/tk

cuervo72 · 04-18-2013, 06:52 PM

There is no way tk could operate that without breaking her wrist(s).

terpkristin · 04-18-2013, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuervo72

There is no way tk could operate that without breaking her wrist(s).

Extra funny since I had to see the hand surgeon this past Monday and he gave me the following options for my thumb:
1) physical therapy
2) cast it for a month
3) surgery to clean it out and possibly fix what's wrong

I went with option 1.

/tk

Matthean · 04-19-2013, 07:40 AM

Aunt had a stroke which makes for three from the nine aunts, uncles, and parents I have. The first two left little if any footprint but my aunt is wait and see. Needless to say I already spent part of this morning reading up on what to do diet wise to counter this.

finketr · 04-19-2013, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'm a little bummed that the Houston Aeros will be moving to Des Moines after this year

SI

peoria is losing the rivermen after this season.

finketr · 04-19-2013, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Extra funny since I had to see the hand surgeon this past Monday and he gave me the following options for my thumb:
1) physical therapy
2) cast it for a month
3) surgery to clean it out and possibly fix what's wrong

I went with option 1.

/tk

Should have gone straight to option 3 since you know it's going to happen anyway, TK.

path12 · 04-19-2013, 12:40 PM

I just realized yesterday that my younger brother looks exactly like Jack Zdurencik (Mariners GM) and am wondering just how much shit should be thrown his way about that.

sterlingice · 04-19-2013, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by path12

I just realized yesterday that my younger brother looks exactly like Jack Zdurencik (Mariners GM) and am wondering just how much shit should be thrown his way about that.

Are you going to refuse to never speak to him again until he apologizes for Chone Figgins?

SI

04-10-2013, 12:35 PM	#11303
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	I might have lost my external hard drive that has everything from the past 3-4 years on it. Hopefully somebody was nice enough to see it and keep it in the classroom so it is still there. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

04-10-2013, 01:50 PM	#11305
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	I just got an offer for a new job, that's clearly better than the one I have, and they are offering more monies, more vacation time and a company car. H_B is movin' on! __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

04-12-2013, 04:13 PM	#11320
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	I fell like all I do is pay for insurance. Car, home, life, workers comp, general liability, medical, dental. __________________ ... Last edited by lighthousekeeper : 04-12-2013 at 04:13 PM.

04-13-2013, 10:34 PM	#11323
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	That was one of the kids' Christmas gifts this year. It is work getting shaved ice out of that thing, at least with the ice cubes we have (the long, thin kind from an icemaker). __________________ null Last edited by cuervo72 : 04-13-2013 at 10:35 PM.

04-15-2013, 10:12 AM	#11325
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	So help me, Ima go all R.Lee Ermey on some (work-related) dumbass before today is through. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

04-10-2013, 10:59 AM	#11301
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	Chex works much better as a snack food than a breakfast food.

04-10-2013, 11:37 AM	#11302
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I just lost 45 minutes of my life on the phone I will never get back. I hate stupid people

04-10-2013, 02:42 PM	#11308
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	When viewed at an angle on an iPod, the man on the cover for In Through The Out Door appears to be a clown.

04-11-2013, 12:07 PM	#11314
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	That brings a tear to your eye.

04-11-2013, 04:05 PM	#11315
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	It's certainly nothing to sneeze at.

04-11-2013, 06:10 PM	#11316
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	My condo will be on the market on Monday. Holy shit...

04-12-2013, 12:02 PM	#11318
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Mrs. A had a meeting yesterday, so I came home from work early to watch the kids. The little one was napping. I made Snoopy sno-cones with the almost-five-year old. We were sitting out on the steps with the warm Spring sun on our shoulders, listening to the birds and eating our sno-cones. And I felt a great feeling of peace. And I said, "You know, whatever else happens today, I can tell you that this is going to be the best thing that happens to me today. Sitting here with you, in the sun, eating sno-cones." He thought for a second and said, "I'd rather be playing the Wii." I'll leave as an exercise for the reader whether his comment made the moment more or less precious.

04-12-2013, 04:08 PM	#11319
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I feel like all I do is pay taxes.

04-14-2013, 09:17 AM	#11324
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	I didn't know they still made it... or that kids today know who Snoopy is.

04-15-2013, 06:54 PM	#11328
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	This. is. awesome. How an accountant created an entire RPG inside an Excel spreadsheet \| Ars Technica /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

04-15-2013, 11:40 PM	#11329
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Her name was Ms Rudolph ... they named her after that deer __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

04-17-2013, 09:14 PM	#11330
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Two of the biggest monsters of the 20th Century lived within a couple of miles of each other. Stuff like this fascinates me. BBC News - 1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

04-17-2013, 09:24 PM	#11331
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	It was my birthday today and my parents didn't call me. They sent me a check earlier in the week so I know they didn't forget. I'm 38 years old and don't think this should bother me but it does.

04-18-2013, 08:43 AM	#11332
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	That bothers me too, Lathum, especially since I used to go out of hte way to never miss calling them on their birthday. Not exactly so much the birthday, but if I have to always be the one reaching out, that's lame.

04-18-2013, 02:10 PM	#11336
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'm a little bummed that the Houston Aeros will be moving to Des Moines after this year SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-18-2013, 03:32 PM	#11339
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	The story said they couldn't reach agreement with the Toyota Center. Probably a lot of reasons, tho I don't think the NHL is one. They draw 6-7K a game here so might be able to draw more closer to home. And probably squabbling over how much each party gets. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-18-2013, 04:09 PM	#11340
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Gwinnett Gladiators are facing issues with their arena as well, unable to secure a date for a home game past the first sequence of the Eastern Conf. semi-finals. Likely to have to play the rest of the series at Cincinnati (unless they can manage a 4 game sweep) __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

04-18-2013, 05:05 PM	#11341
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	The three most frustrating words for a patient to hear after an already long recovery are, "Stay the course." Glad my scan showed nothing bad (we were afraid of a disc herniation at another level and/or scar tissue), but at the same time, it sucks still hurting when I should be farther along. It's getting depressing. /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

04-18-2013, 05:12 PM	#11342
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Perhaps a Snoopy Sno-Cone maker will brighten your spirits?

04-18-2013, 06:52 PM	#11344
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	There is no way tk could operate that without breaking her wrist(s). __________________ null

04-19-2013, 07:40 AM	#11346
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	Aunt had a stroke which makes for three from the nine aunts, uncles, and parents I have. The first two left little if any footprint but my aunt is wait and see. Needless to say I already spent part of this morning reading up on what to do diet wise to counter this. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

04-19-2013, 12:40 PM	#11349
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	I just realized yesterday that my younger brother looks exactly like Jack Zdurencik (Mariners GM) and am wondering just how much shit should be thrown his way about that. __________________ We have always been at war with Eastasia.

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