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Meh. I was going to anyway. Read the article. Didn't change my mind either, buuuuu~uuut...
(I apologize in advance to you guys, as I heart you both. A lot!)
LOL. I just spent 15 minutes responding to your post, pointing out that you WEREN'T disagreeing with me, but Chris went and locked the thread while I was typing.
Ah, well.
(And yes, I promised I'd go away, but I'm like lice. You think you've rid yourself of me, but then...)
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(And yes, I promised I'd go away, but I'm like lice. You think you've rid yourself of me, but then...)
Me too, good sir. Me too... :D
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Gentlemen, discussing other threads and other posters, while not officially against any rules to my knowledge, is something that it is wiser to take to PMs.
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(And yes, I promised I'd go away, but I'm like lice. You think you've rid yourself of me, but then...)Me too, good sir. Me too... :D
Darn it! Have you two seen how much hair I have! Egads the Lice shampoo is going to bankrupt me!
Gentlemen, discussing other threads and other posters, while not officially against any rules to my knowledge, is something that it is wiser to take to PMs.
not to worry I'm pretty sure it's run its course :-)
I personally would like to hear more of this Vegas place:-)
Edit: also sorry I'll keep it more smurfy
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New Operation Hennessey test presses came in today. That means that in a couple weeks, Freehold can get that record he wanted that wasn't out a month ago.
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I personally would like to hear more of this Vegas place:-)
Well my niece and her husband have a 2 year old so this was their first getaway. My wife and I surprised them by renting a cabana for the day...Of course It turned out to be 70 degrees overcast and windy. I blame FH shakes fist.
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New Operation Hennessey test presses came in today. That means that in a couple weeks, Freehold can get that record he wanted that wasn't out a month ago.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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New Operation Hennessey test presses came in today. That means that in a couple weeks, Freehold can get that record he wanted that wasn't out a month ago.WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
You may appreciate this: it's a split 7" record with a band called The Nudes, whose tracks (the B side) are titled "Hey Girl, You Got A Nice Body" and "Trunk Full Of Zima."
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I personally would like to hear more of this Vegas place:-)
Well my niece and her husband have a 2 year old so this was their first getaway. My wife and I surprised them by renting a cabana for the day...Of course It turned out to be 70 degrees overcast and windy. I blame FH shakes fist.
a nice grey sky and a strong wind...sounds like great weather!
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In other news, my upcoming EP is up for pre-order on CD from LRS Records. Release day should some time in June.
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Dude this is FAWESOME!
Dare I dream?
CH and TEMS putting out a FAWTL ALBUM?!
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New Operation Hennessey test presses came in today. That means that in a couple weeks, Freehold can get that record he wanted that wasn't out a month ago.
W000000000t +1!
You may appreciate this: it's a split 7" record with a band called The Nudes, whose tracks (the B side) are titled "Hey Girl, You Got A Nice Body" and "Trunk Full Of Zima."
Is that "trunk" a trunk as in booty, trunk as in tree, trunk as in car, or trunk as in elephant?
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Extra Swedish football news to report that after yesterday's match against Helsingborgs IF (coached by Celtic legebd Henrik Larsson), which IFK Göteborg won 3-1, they're top of the Swedish Premiership with 25 games to go. WOOOOOO! WEEEEE!
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Going to work. Grocery run after work. Then perhaps sushi.
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Recent S-Storm in Polish RPG fandom... One of the presidential candidates (elections are in two weeks) with very mixed political views came to Pyrkon (Polish biggest convention, 30-31 thousand people this year) and people started complaining that the organizers of the convention let him in. Well, he bought the ticket and entered like a normal participant. The organizers informed him about the rules.
Of course you can always blame Gorbacz, who is involved with the organization of Pyrkon.
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In other news, my upcoming EP is up for pre-order on CD from LRS Records. Release day should some time in June.
you'll let us know when it's out right, I can use some new music and that sounds awesome :-)
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So, Impus Minor's science project was originally going to be, "How does light pollution affect the number of stars you can see in the sky?"
I thought this was an AWESOME idea, so I got a digital camera just in time for my (amateur) astronomer friend to say, "That won't work. Light pollution doesn't affect cameras."
We tried again with, "How does altitude affect the number of stars you can see in the sky?", and my friend once again said, "It won't."
But then last night was "proof in the pudding" time. I set the camera to my friend's recommendations and got... black. (He said 3 seconds, ISO 100, 200 mm lens, F-stop 5.6). I doubled the exposure... black. I Googled it. "Use ISO 1600, 10 seconds, 28 mm, F 3.2". A *tiny* bit more light than my friend had suggested.
So I took a very nice starry picture at ISO 6400, 6 seconds, 55 mm, F-stop 5.6. And the background light in the sky is already noticeable as washing out the picture, indicating that the original experiment would have been just fine.
So now the proof is in the pudding. We have a fairly healthy gentlemen's bet going as to whether or not we're going to see more stars in the exposure at 10,000 feet in the wilderness than we did at 60 feet in the city. It should be a loads-o-fun road trip! (He's still banned from the road trip because he's the GM of the Sunday game, but he may sneak into my car anyway, because...)
I'll post the pictures once I have 'em next week!
And for those who are wondering what a "fairly healthy gentlemen's bet" is, he and I work for major tech companies. Player #3 is unemployed and lives with his mother. Player #4 is at a startup that's paying her around 1/3-1/2 of her worth because they can't afford her. So he and I cover all costs for the gaming group. It just means one of us is going to get to tell the other, "Hmmmmm... I think it's YOUR turn to pick up dinner this time..." with annoying frequency.
EDIT: Yes, Captain Yesterday, he *is* the "executive at a Fortune 500 company". But if you go to work in jeans and a T-shirt and still have a mortgage on a 1000-square-foot house and have to make payments on your car, you're not a "real" executive... you're just pretending!
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I get crap for working in a toy store and having no working knowledge of video games to speak of :-)
Like every day I work! I'm like "okay, you take that dresser to the car that's entirely too small, then take it back to the back, while you're at it here's a couple bikes to get down"
That usually works for awhile :-)
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Fallout 3 update: got out of the vault, killed the Overseer, went to Megaton, then went to deal with Silver, who I shot when I accidentally pressed the wrong button, also accepted job to nuke Megaton then shot him down because he was an a!+*$++, I also wanted his fun and shades, obviously not far but it's one of my favorite games right now, thanks Sharoth :-)
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Holy s$!! that's a big f&@+ing spider!
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I get crap for working in a toy store and having no working knowledge of video games to speak of :-)
Like every day I work! I'm like "okay, you take that dresser to the car that's entirely too small, then take it back to the back, while you're at it here's a couple bikes to get down"
That usually works for awhile :-)
My first "real" job (I was a tutor for many, many years) was as a video store clerk.
It taught me that working in retail is Hell.
I am *always* very nice to clerks, cashiers, bag boys, whatever.
Because 8 months in the trenches taught me that I can't handle the truth...
I think the problem was, I figured if you were nice and polite to people, they would respond in kind. This just isn't true. The store owner was perfectly happy to throw people out of his store. When they threatened to never return and tell all their friends he'd reply, "Good! I don't want your friends in here, either!"
But I'd be nice. I once spent 45 minutes convincing a customer that our policy of taking a credit card imprint was NOT to rip her off, but to protect US in case SHE decided to keep the videos. Afterwards, the owner took me aside and said, "NH, I know you're trying to do a good job, and you managed to get us a loyal customer, but we don't need customers like her. The time she takes isn't worth her money. Please don't do that again."
And oh, gods, the number of customers who treated the store as their own private day care, turning their kids loose to ruin our shelves, and who acted like it was a mortal offense when we told them to control their d**ned little brats...
...yeah, retail isn't for me. I have this weird idea that if I'm nice to someone, I expect them to be nice to me in return. Doesn't happen in retail.
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Holy s&$! that's a big f%+$ing spider!
{chuckles} That's not a spider.
{points to steeder at hitching post outside} THAT's a spider.
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Fallout 3 update: got out of the vault, killed the Overseer, went to Megaton, then went to deal with Silver, who I shot when I accidentally pressed the wrong button, also accepted job to nuke Megaton then shot him down because he was an a@%%%$@, I also wanted his fun and shades, obviously not far but it's one of my favorite games right now, thanks Sharoth :-)
I did that too!
FHDM TIMELINE OF PLAYING FALLOUT 3
man, Sharoth loves this game, let me see what it's about...
oh interesting! Let me make a character...
Wow..large roaches- nothing a true brooklynite cant handle...
Hey, this conversation is a bit weird...
*blam*
uh-oh. Did I kill that guy? Uh-oh. Uh..uh...
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I once spent 45 minutes convincing a customer that our policy of taking a credit card imprint was NOT to rip her off, but to protect US in case SHE decided to keep the videos.
An ugly time period in an ugly business. I have been phish3d before, and I would not wish it on anyone. I was that woman for a long, long time afterwards.
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I once spent 45 minutes convincing a customer that our policy of taking a credit card imprint was NOT to rip her off, but to protect US in case SHE decided to keep the videos.An ugly time period in an ugly business. I have been phish3d before, and I would not wish it on anyone. I was that woman for a long, long time afterwards.
LOL. At least that means *YOU* would have appreciated me, unlike my boss.
(I was very touched that every time she returned to the store she asked after me -- apparently I'd made an impression on her as a 'dedicated employee', even though it was just, 'What I did between college and grad school.')
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Between the various horror stories I've heard from retail workers, I can pretty much use that as motivation to keep my current job. As bad as it ever may get here, at least it ain't retail.
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I was more referring to co-workers:p
Customers aren't so bad as long as you don't listen to them, if someone is rude to me, I just walk away, end of encounter
When I worked at Subway back in the days of dinosaurs and pagers this lady got a sub with pickles, ate almost the whole thing, then demanded her money back because as she said "I ordered pickles not Cucumbers" I didn't give her the money back :-)
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Kidlet is playing Portal 2. I find it very amusing to listen to. :)
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Kidlet is playing Portal 2. I find it very amusing to listen to. :)
Might I suggest a second? One of my fondest summers was listening to the kids bicker and argue about how to solve various puzzles...
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It certainly beats the hell of putting together a scrapbook with all the old photos. Blegh. I hate scrapbooks/photo albums/any variation thereof. But apparently random box of photos is not considered a good storage option. :(
Also pre digital cameras I had a very bad habit of keep all the photos regardless of whether they were worth saving or not. So much sorting to do. >.<
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Kidlet is playing Portal 2. I find it very amusing to listen to. :)Might I suggest a second? One of my fondest summers was listening to the kids bicker and argue about how to solve various puzzles...
...wait! No it wasn't!
We may have to gift a copy to his friend that he plays online with. We still have enough store credit left from trading in all the games he doesn't play anymore. Kidlet is an only child so no convenient player two at home. :)
(Usually I'm trying to Get Things Done during his video game time since it one of those rare times when he is not wanting attention....)
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Tiny T-Rex is pulling the couch cushions off the couch, of course the dog is sleeping there and has planted, making Tiny T-Rex work for it:-p
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I was more referring to co-workers:p
Customers aren't so bad as long as you don't listen to them, if someone is rude to me, I just walk away, end of encounter
When I worked at Subway back in the days of dinosaurs and pagers this lady got a sub with pickles, ate almost the whole thing, then demanded her money back because as she said "I ordered pickles not Cucumbers" I didn't give her the money back :-)
See, my problem is that I try to be reasonable with EVERYBODY.
NH: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't give you a refund on a sandwich you've already eaten."Customer: "But I didn't finish it!"
NH: "Well, you've eaten more than half of it. If you noticed something was wrong, you should have notified us right away."
Customer: "But I was hungry!"
NH: "Then the sandwich served its purpose, Ma'am."
Customer: "But I didn't enjoy it!"
NH: "Enjoying your food isn't part of Subway's corporate policy, Ma'am."
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When I worked at Saint Vincent DePaul, this guy 3 times my size threatened to beat the s!!+ out of me when I didn't give him a particular coffee cup for a quarter (it was priced at 35 cents) I just pointed at the back door said I get off at 4:30, he didn't show up, the best part was he owned a coffee shop down the block from where we lived, super funny :-)
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I was more referring to co-workers:p
Customers aren't so bad as long as you don't listen to them, if someone is rude to me, I just walk away, end of encounter
When I worked at Subway back in the days of dinosaurs and pagers this lady got a sub with pickles, ate almost the whole thing, then demanded her money back because as she said "I ordered pickles not Cucumbers" I didn't give her the money back :-)
See, my problem is that I try to be reasonable with EVERYBODY.
NH: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't give you a refund on a sandwich you've already eaten."
Customer: "But I didn't finish it!"
NH: "Well, you've eaten more than half of it. If you noticed something was wrong, you should have notified us right away."
Customer: "But I was hungry!"
NH: "Then the sandwich served its purpose, Ma'am."
Customer: "But I didn't enjoy it!"
NH: "Enjoying your food isn't part of Subway's corporate policy, Ma'am."
promise me you are calm as can be when you say this.
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I would like to point out that while I don't put up with s~%% I'm super nice to everyone, and especially helpful and patient with old people and anyone that treats me remotely like a person :-)
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<censored> <redacted> <censored> rain. Of course it had to start raining when I went out. Escalated when it was too late to go back because I was midway to shop. Still rained when I finished shopping and went home. Still, it was good decision to return home instead of waiting it out because it is still raining almost an hour later.
At least now I have a hot tea with lemon.
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promise me you are calm as can be when you say this.I was more referring to co-workers:p
Customers aren't so bad as long as you don't listen to them, if someone is rude to me, I just walk away, end of encounter
When I worked at Subway back in the days of dinosaurs and pagers this lady got a sub with pickles, ate almost the whole thing, then demanded her money back because as she said "I ordered pickles not Cucumbers" I didn't give her the money back :-)
See, my problem is that I try to be reasonable with EVERYBODY.
NH: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't give you a refund on a sandwich you've already eaten."
Customer: "But I didn't finish it!"
NH: "Well, you've eaten more than half of it. If you noticed something was wrong, you should have notified us right away."
Customer: "But I was hungry!"
NH: "Then the sandwich served its purpose, Ma'am."
Customer: "But I didn't enjoy it!"
NH: "Enjoying your food isn't part of Subway's corporate policy, Ma'am."
my wife goes the kill them with kindness route, she's like the Pele of killing them with kindness :-)
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Fallout 3 update: got out of the vault, killed the Overseer, went to Megaton, then went to deal with Silver, who I shot when I accidentally pressed the wrong button, also accepted job to nuke Megaton then shot him down because he was an a&!@*&&, I also wanted his fun and shades, obviously not far but it's one of my favorite games right now, thanks Sharoth :-)
~wicked laughter~ Wait until New Vegas. The true horror is all the bugs, game crashes, and game freeze ups. Yet depite that, I STILL play the game. it must be a good game for me to put up with all those troubles.
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Fallout 3 update: got out of the vault, killed the Overseer, went to Megaton, then went to deal with Silver, who I shot when I accidentally pressed the wrong button, also accepted job to nuke Megaton then shot him down because he was an a@%%%$@, I also wanted his fun and shades, obviously not far but it's one of my favorite games right now, thanks Sharoth :-)I did that too!
FHDM TIMELINE OF PLAYING FALLOUT 3
man, Sharoth loves this game, let me see what it's about...
oh interesting! Let me make a character...
Wow..large roaches- nothing a true brooklynite cant handle...
Hey, this conversation is a bit weird...
*blam*
uh-oh. Did I kill that guy? Uh-oh. Uh..uh...
~laughter~
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promise me you are calm as can be when you say this.I was more referring to co-workers:p
Customers aren't so bad as long as you don't listen to them, if someone is rude to me, I just walk away, end of encounter
When I worked at Subway back in the days of dinosaurs and pagers this lady got a sub with pickles, ate almost the whole thing, then demanded her money back because as she said "I ordered pickles not Cucumbers" I didn't give her the money back :-)
See, my problem is that I try to be reasonable with EVERYBODY.
NH: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't give you a refund on a sandwich you've already eaten."
Customer: "But I didn't finish it!"
NH: "Well, you've eaten more than half of it. If you noticed something was wrong, you should have notified us right away."
Customer: "But I was hungry!"
NH: "Then the sandwich served its purpose, Ma'am."
Customer: "But I didn't enjoy it!"
NH: "Enjoying your food isn't part of Subway's corporate policy, Ma'am."
I wish I could have been. My boss *loved* to have me on his shifts so he could be "bad cop".
So she would have been thrown out by him and told never to return before I got to sentence 3.
But yeah, I *LOVE* staying calm and reasonable when saying the outlandish... it just seems to make unreasonable customers explode...
EDIT: Ah, well, duty calls! "Turn this 144-page technical configuration document into a 15-slide PowerPoint. But don't make it too technical!"
"Would you like me to walk on water while I'm at it, sir?"
*SIGH*. See you all tomorrow, FAWTLers!
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Walking on water is my shtick, so I'm told:-p
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It's true. It's quite confusing before you understand how people work.