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*sigh*
Fine, fine.
You knew this was coming!!
:)
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Now for the perks of the job.
Hitting flagstone with a twenty pound hammer.
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Broom or teenager?Don't tell me that. I just inherited one. :PI've been using old s+*&ty brooms for so long, now that I have a new one, I'm not sure how to use it.After nearly 15 years of unbelievably-crappy brooms, I bought a full new set.
So the Impii just broke one of them playing around last night. They're also climbing all over the new furniture, even though they'd outgrown climbing all over the old furniture.
Teenagers. They ruin everything.
I don't think he minds inheriting the broom. A teenager is a whole different ball game though.
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The ONLY way to see a concert at Concord is to take the free shuttle from the BART.
You bypass ALL of the clog and you get to feel very smug.(That's what we did when we saw Chicago last month.)
They *DID*, which is why it "only* took them an hour to get back to the car.
I got the whole brutal story now that GothBard is up, but work calls. The short version: On the way in they had to abandon their Uber and walk the last mile and a half (uphill in 90° weather, of course), only to get in just after 8:00 pm in the middle of Imagine Dragon's first song (totally missing the opening band, and marking a 4-hour trip for Shiro from Santa Clara to Concord, which is only 54 miles). On the way out, it was an hour to get the shuttle back to BART, then half an hour trying to find anywhere open in Concord for food, gas, and a bathroom (Concord shuts down at 11), then a 1-hour circle to Fremont and Albany. Yes, GothBard might have slightly exceeded the speed limit...
I do not lick it from the back of the spoon. And I don’t hide in the pantry. I walk in there openly.Nutella is marketed as a spread for toast and waffles, when really any self-respecting adult eats it the way nature intended: licking it from the back of a spoon while hiding in the pantry.
Possibly while nekkid.
(Except for me. I don't like it. Hazelnut, blergh.)
>_>
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*Sneaks into the pantry while nekkid, with a bucket full of Nutella and a mason trowel*
*Slick!, spread!, pan!, re-spread. level!*
Oh Mort! someone left a treat for you in the pantry!
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I don't think he minds inheriting the broom. A teenager is a whole different ball game though.Broom or teenager?Don't tell me that. I just inherited one. :PI've been using old s+*&ty brooms for so long, now that I have a new one, I'm not sure how to use it.After nearly 15 years of unbelievably-crappy brooms, I bought a full new set.
So the Impii just broke one of them playing around last night. They're also climbing all over the new furniture, even though they'd outgrown climbing all over the old furniture.
Teenagers. They ruin everything.
Indeed. I could actually use a new set of brooms. The teenager could use them to earn some pocket money. :P
So.
Was out sick on Monday. Auditors showed up while I was gone. They finished their review yesterday. The review wasnt good. Although they said it was mostly minor stuff, in the aggregate it could be problematic(and my boss' paranoid views didn't help there). So I stayed until well past closing working on the problem. Resolved some issues. Didnt get home till almost 10. Have more work today, but not nearly as much since I did so much the night before. Naturally, the sky was red this morning(sailors take warning) and is now turning silver. I don't think it would be wise to take the bike. Did I mention I have a training and offsite visit today? And the second job? Yeah, today is going to be rough...
*Pats Freehold on the shoulder*
Sorry about your difficulties.
Heretic! There's nothing called too much chocolate!I'm meh on Nutella, myself. Too much chocolate.MMM Nutella and banana crepes. Nutella and banana in general.Nutella is marketed as a spread for toast and waffles, when really any self-respecting adult eats it the way nature intended: licking it from the back of a spoon while hiding in the pantry.
Possibly while nekkid.
(Except for me. I don't like it. Hazelnut, blergh.)
*Huggles Mort*
Spoken like a true Om-nom-nom-nivore
:P
Day 400! Woooooooo!
Grats NH!
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Broom or teenager?Don't tell me that. I just inherited one. :PI've been using old s+*&ty brooms for so long, now that I have a new one, I'm not sure how to use it.After nearly 15 years of unbelievably-crappy brooms, I bought a full new set.
So the Impii just broke one of them playing around last night. They're also climbing all over the new furniture, even though they'd outgrown climbing all over the old furniture.
Teenagers. They ruin everything.
And I sincerely hope she doesn't, in fact, ruin everything. :P She's been lovely, so far, all things considered.
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I do not lick it from the back of the spoon. And I don’t hide in the pantry. I walk in there openly.Nutella is marketed as a spread for toast and waffles, when really any self-respecting adult eats it the way nature intended: licking it from the back of a spoon while hiding in the pantry.
Possibly while nekkid.
(Except for me. I don't like it. Hazelnut, blergh.)
>_>
<_<
*Sneaks into the pantry while nekkid, with a bucket full of Nutella and a mason trowel*
*Slick!, spread!, pan!, re-spread. level!*
Oh Mort! someone left a treat for you in the pantry!
*paddypaws into the pantry to lap up the Nutella, paying the nekkid red-headed viking no heed*
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** spoiler omitted **Broom or teenager?Don't tell me that. I just inherited one. :PI've been using old s+*&ty brooms for so long, now that I have a new one, I'm not sure how to use it.After nearly 15 years of unbelievably-crappy brooms, I bought a full new set.
So the Impii just broke one of them playing around last night. They're also climbing all over the new furniture, even though they'd outgrown climbing all over the old furniture.
Teenagers. They ruin everything.
That sounds like some serious troubles your "daughter" have faced back home for her to leave like that, I hope it wasn't anything life-threatening or equally horrible that made her leave Brazil.
That you let her into your house, though speaks highly of you and your wife. I hope she takes to your family, and home Synos.Tell her that a complete stranger wishes her good fortune and happiness in her new home.
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*paddypaws into the pantry to lap up the Nutella, paying the nekkid red-headed viking no heed*I do not lick it from the back of the spoon. And I don’t hide in the pantry. I walk in there openly.Nutella is marketed as a spread for toast and waffles, when really any self-respecting adult eats it the way nature intended: licking it from the back of a spoon while hiding in the pantry.
Possibly while nekkid.
(Except for me. I don't like it. Hazelnut, blergh.)
>_>
<_<
*Sneaks into the pantry while nekkid, with a bucket full of Nutella and a mason trowel*
*Slick!, spread!, pan!, re-spread. level!*
Oh Mort! someone left a treat for you in the pantry!
*Giggles uncontrollably as Mort licks off all the Nutella he'd smeared all over his nekkid form*
Hit me baby one more timeNow for the perks of the job.
Hitting flagstone with a twenty pound hammer.
I'm just looking for one divine hammer
And nice one, NH! :)
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I've been using old s+*&ty brooms for so long, now that I have a new one, I'm not sure how to use it.After nearly 15 years of unbelievably-crappy brooms, I bought a full new set.
So the Impii just broke one of them playing around last night. They're also climbing all over the new furniture, even though they'd outgrown climbing all over the old furniture.
Teenagers. They ruin everything.
you..buy sets of...brooms?
I just buy a new one every new years day, in accordance with tradition.
Corn whisk only. Wooden handle if possible.
Perhaps by "broom set" he means a broom with dustpan, and possibly a smaller broom for nooks and crannies? Or maybe he means that he buys multiple brooms to be spread throughout the house (i.e. one in the kitchen, one in the garage, one for the porch/patio, etc)?
Or it's some kind of rich-person west coast thing.
It's a, "I buy my stuff at Costco" thing. But it was 2 brooms and a dustpan, all plastic and bundled together, and concrete proof that you should NEVER buy plastic brooms.
I'm taking up Freehold's tradition. A new broom at New Year's is easy to remember, and it's gotta be wood.
do not clean on new years eve. You must use the new broom to get rid of last years dust/debris. Sweep it directly out of the front door, close and lock the door behind you, then turn around(180) and walk away from the door. After some time has passed(at least 1 minute) open the front door again, and let fresh air in.
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Duckface is Kylo Ren.
Nutella used to be amazing. Then they changed the formula and screwed it up.
I KNEW I wasn't crazy! They DID change it!
Well, this is my life.
We finally got an environment yesterday, so 3 team members (myself included) started testing. Late this morning I noticed that the server's e-mail configuration was all wonky, and we could have just ignored that, except...
...it didn't match any of the other cloned servers.
In short, we've been testing for nearly a full day on a bad clone, invalidating ALL tests, not just the e-mail ones.
So yep, sitting around for 2 hours, waiting for a new clone to come up, then starting over from scratch.
Whee?
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If you find yourself needing to take small people to the movies, Paddington 2 is everything that the first film should have been... funny, charming, faithful to the spirit of the books, and completely devoid of scary Nicole Kidman with a scalpel.
OK. Amusement of the afternoon: With the servers down and my house evaluating at $1.2 million, I put in the numbers and I finally became a "millionaire", at $1,016,000.
Now, subtract $1.28 million for the house we live in and $133,000 for the house we rent out, and all of a sudden we don't sound nearly so rich...
EDIT: Very much like most "millionaires", if you subtract out the insane real estate values we're actually rather massively in debt. So raw numbers don't mean a heck of a lot when you're at the grocery store and you can't give 'em a piece of stucco from the side wall to pay for that loaf of bread...
...I mean, we're not poor. We're definitely upper-middle class. But calling us "millionaires" is quite a stretch of the imagination. Especially when I'm sitting here wondering whether I can afford the $600 to buy the kids new backpacks for next month's trip, or whether I'll have to rent again. Rich enough to afford the trip, not rich enough to just mindlessly buy what I need. That's a pretty dead-on description of us.
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Well, this is my life.
We finally got an environment yesterday, so 3 team members (myself included) started testing. Late this morning I noticed that the server's e-mail configuration was all wonky, and we could have just ignored that, except...
...it didn't match any of the other cloned servers.In short, we've been testing for nearly a full day on a bad clone, invalidating ALL tests, not just the e-mail ones.
So yep, sitting around for 2 hours, waiting for a new clone to come up, then starting over from scratch.
Whee?
sounds like fun.
Getting sent to all these towns with s@%*ty cell coverage is starting to get a bit annoying.
Unfortunately, with a return to Arena next and then Lake Geneva after that it's only going to get worse.
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Coworker would rather put down erosion control blanket then clean the job trailer.
What a coincidence, I'd rather do anything then put down erosion control blanket.
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When life hands you a boulder, you take it home.
G~~*@*n it, I am a dwarf.
Curse my elvish good looks!
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Coworker would rather put down erosion control blanket then clean the job trailer.
What a coincidence, I'd rather do anything then put down erosion control blanket.
I LOVE co-workers like that!
When life hands you a boulder, you take it home.
G#!*&$n it, I am a dwarf.
Curse my elvish good looks!
Now you have me wanting to visit Madison to see your rock garden. Tell me, when is it, "Non-moquito, non-hellish weather" season?
Now you have me wanting to visit Madison to see your rock garden. Tell me, when is it, "Non-moquito, non-hellish weather" season?When life hands you a boulder, you take it home.
G#!*&$n it, I am a dwarf.
Curse my elvish good looks!
For you?
Probably two weeks, one in early spring right before all the mosquitoes come out, and the week right before it snows
October. Plus then you get the fall colors AND it's good bratwurst weather.
I like my answer better.
But you have to go up north to see the lakes and trees and crap like that, not just the big city.
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I like my answer better.
Early spring is slush-and-mud season. It's my least favorite season in Wisconsin.
I like my answer better.Early spring is slush-and-mud season. It's my least favorite season in Wisconsin.
It IS mosquito free and not overly hot and humid though.
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Ah, nothing more fun than updating our technical check document to include the bug they introduced this time, then having meetings to discuss what we're going to do after we finally get an image that works.
Beats working?
Not really.
Much like CY, I'm much happier just doing my job, doing it well, and having people say, "Wow! You're really good at that!"
Sitting around being stupid pays well, but isn't nearly as fun.
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October. Plus then you get the fall colors AND it's good bratwurst weather.
But..are there milkmaids?
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Here, LM, this should help with the move!
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OK. Amusement of the afternoon: With the servers down and my house evaluating at $1.2 million, I put in the numbers and I finally became a "millionaire", at $1,016,000.
Now, subtract $1.28 million for the house we live in and $133,000 for the house we rent out, and all of a sudden we don't sound nearly so rich...
EDIT: Very much like most "millionaires", if you subtract out the insane real estate values we're actually rather massively in debt. So raw numbers don't mean a heck of a lot when you're at the grocery store and you can't give 'em a piece of stucco from the side wall to pay for that loaf of bread...
...I mean, we're not poor. We're definitely upper-middle class. But calling us "millionaires" is quite a stretch of the imagination. Especially when I'm sitting here wondering whether I can afford the $600 to buy the kids new backpacks for next month's trip, or whether I'll have to rent again. Rich enough to afford the trip, not rich enough to just mindlessly buy what I need. That's a pretty dead-on description of us.
sounds pretty rich to me.
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When life hands you a boulder, you take it home.
G#!*&$n it, I am a dwarf.
Curse my elvish good looks!
Now you have me wanting to visit Madison to see your rock garden. Tell me, when is it, "Non-moquito, non-hellish weather" season?
As luck would have it Madison is relatively light on mosquitoes as far as the Midwest goes, as long as you avoid the marshy lakes, or Cherokee Marsh.
Also we're pretty active when it comes to eliminating standing water so our yard is especially mosquito free.
But yes, it's a pretty sweet rock garden, just wait until I build the sun dial made of slivers, I'll take pictures of whatever parts aren't covered in pumpkins or sunflowers.
We're apparently pumpkin and sunflower farmers this year.
At least until Crookshanks saves up for her crossbow.
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sounds pretty rich to me....I mean, we're not poor. We're definitely upper-middle class. But calling us "millionaires" is quite a stretch of the imagination. Especially when I'm sitting here wondering whether I can afford the $600 to buy the kids new backpacks for next month's trip, or whether I'll have to rent again. Rich enough to afford the trip, not rich enough to just mindlessly buy what I need. That's a pretty dead-on description of us.
Yep. We're definitely well-off. NobodysWife had a good scale:
(1) Cannot afford even the basics such as food, shelter, and clothing(2) Can afford the basics, but nothing else, even medical care
(3) Have basics and medical care, but as things wear out can't afford to replace them
(4) Have basics and medical care, can afford to replace things with cheap/used alternatives, may be able to afford an occasional trip
(5) Can afford to replace things with new, equivalent items, can go on one big trip a year
(6) Can afford upgrades, plus one big trip and several small trips a year
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(10) Can travel whenever you want to wherever you want, buy whatever you feel like, and otherwise completely disregard money as a concern
In grad school we were at at (3), which is as little money as we've ever had. We're up to a (6), which is as rich as we've ever been. But watching Hi's brother just decide on a whim, "Oh, we're going to do 4 weeks in Bali! Hi! Watch our house for us!" and just go, multiple times a year, we know we're not nearly that rich. We still have to plan our purchases, save up for them, and budget for our trips. It's a much bigger budget than it used to be, but I always think of "rich" as, "Doesn't have to worry about money at all" instead of, "Still worries about money, but in larger denominations."
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When life hands you a boulder, you take it home.
G#!*&$n it, I am a dwarf.
Curse my elvish good looks!
Now you have me wanting to visit Madison to see your rock garden. Tell me, when is it, "Non-moquito, non-hellish weather" season?
As luck would have it Madison is relatively light on mosquitoes as far as the Midwest goes, as long as you avoid the marshy lakes, or Cherokee Marsh.
Also we're pretty active when it comes to eliminating standing water so our yard is especially mosquito free.
But yes, it's a pretty sweet rock garden, just wait until I build the sun dial made of slivers, I'll take pictures of whatever parts aren't covered in pumpkins or sunflowers.
We're apparently pumpkin and sunflower farmers this year.
At least until Crookshanks saves up for her crossbow.
Let me know what Crookshanks gets. Impus Minor bought himself a composite bow at Big 5 Sporting Goods, and I figured $80 for a kid's bow meant it would be pretty good, but within a year it had lost its pull, and Impus Minor told me that no, the bow had never been all that good. Knowing nothing whatsoever about bows, once he's got money again I want to help him choose a decent one.
Hey, NH. Crossman has some composite bows that are highly rated.
Awesome! Thanks! But he has to pay for them himself, and even with the whole, "You now earn your allowance" and his amazing willingness to do everything around the house these days, his purchase of Windows 10 and Sea of Thieves put him pretty deep in the hole. It'll be a couple of months before he buys anything.
We also did the whole do your chores to get paid thing this summer.
Unfortunately, they were all too eager to earn money.
It IS mosquito free and not overly hot and humid though.I like my answer better.Early spring is slush-and-mud season. It's my least favorite season in Wisconsin.
Nope, spring is f@$@ed up in Wisconsin, everything is possible.
October. Plus then you get the fall colors AND it's good bratwurst weather.
But..are there milkmaids?
Fall is prime milkmaid season.
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*Giggles uncontrollably as Mort licks off all the Nutella he'd smeared all over his nekkid form**paddypaws into the pantry to lap up the Nutella, paying the nekkid red-headed viking no heed*I do not lick it from the back of the spoon. And I don’t hide in the pantry. I walk in there openly.Nutella is marketed as a spread for toast and waffles, when really any self-respecting adult eats it the way nature intended: licking it from the back of a spoon while hiding in the pantry.
Possibly while nekkid.
(Except for me. I don't like it. Hazelnut, blergh.)
>_>
<_<
*Sneaks into the pantry while nekkid, with a bucket full of Nutella and a mason trowel*
*Slick!, spread!, pan!, re-spread. level!*
Oh Mort! someone left a treat for you in the pantry!
*ignores the nekkid Viking in her bliss of having a Nutella treat*
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I always wanted to try to learn archery, for bragging rights, but the last time there were bows available to pull, I couldn't draw them ><
Str check epic fail?
Its like you have to keep your left inside elbow parallel to the bow string while holding the bow with your left paw, kinda weird positioning.
*ignores the nekkid Viking in her bliss of having a Nutella treat**Giggles uncontrollably as Mort licks off all the Nutella he'd smeared all over his nekkid form**paddypaws into the pantry to lap up the Nutella, paying the nekkid red-headed viking no heed*I do not lick it from the back of the spoon. And I don’t hide in the pantry. I walk in there openly.Nutella is marketed as a spread for toast and waffles, when really any self-respecting adult eats it the way nature intended: licking it from the back of a spoon while hiding in the pantry.
Possibly while nekkid.
(Except for me. I don't like it. Hazelnut, blergh.)
>_>
<_<
*Sneaks into the pantry while nekkid, with a bucket full of Nutella and a mason trowel*
*Slick!, spread!, pan!, re-spread. level!*
Oh Mort! someone left a treat for you in the pantry!
*Once she's done "cleaning" off the Nutella, he picks Mort up and gives her a long drawn-out hug and a mighty nuzzle too, as a 'thank you'*
What? Evil people can be thankful and loving too you know :P