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No thats blasphemy! Now I'm primarily a tea drinker, but I do enjoy an almond coffee now and then, you know...To be fair, you could stop drinking tea as well.
No! Gimme tea or gimme clothes!
To be honest I haven't drunk that much tea recently...
And geez I can't even get clothes around here...
Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.
So, in order to make my house clean enough to invite people past the front door, back in November I picked up all the remaining boxes and baskets and things from the move and just shoved them along the walls in our bedroom, so I could simply shut the door and seem to have a clean house.
The only trouble is, since the rest of the house looks okay, I haven't dealt with it in two months. And the accumulation of dust affects my breathing at night, and the accumulation of junk makes us both feel awful when it's the first thing we see when we wake up.
So last night I dragged all of it back out and stacked it in the breakfast room. Then I vacuumed the room twice.
Now I have to deal with it.
But first, coffee.
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There was a girl I knew in high school and then she went to the UW.
Every time she got super drunk she'd strip naked and clean our friend's apartment.
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My office coffee is exactly as good as my home coffee. Kind of eerie...
Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.
There are soooooooo many male fantasies about women cleaning naked it's kind of scary. A worldwide cross-cultural thing.
Of course, I'm the man who spent the Portuguese Hurricane's bachelorette party barefoot and in the kitchen, cooking up a storm and bartending, so I'm one to talk.
(It was a running gag -- "A man's place is barefoot and in the kitchen."
Because they couldn't figure out how to get me pregnant.)
I resolve to never, ever, buy another Lego set, no matter what.
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Boyd still doesn't get that Crookshanks isn't getting her phone back.
She's not calling you back dickbag, get over it.
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Send it to Impus Major! Send it to Impus Major!
I might.
I resolve to never, ever, buy another Lego set, no matter what.
...?
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I resolve to never, ever, buy another Lego set, no matter what....?
I buy the kids f@#%ing lego sets and they build the figures and let the rest wallow, or I put them together and kids destroy them in two days and never rebuild them.
So, f+&# it, I'm done! They want Legos they can pay for them, I refuse.
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And I say that with the same determination that's kept me from walking in a Starbucks, or shopping at Walmart for 27 years.
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Ah, the vagaries of the law, home ownership, and city nonsense!
So, according to the law, if you are the owner, you can do pretty much any work you want yourself: Framing, drywalling, wiring, etc. You just go to the city, pull a permit, do the work, have it inspected, and you're done. A very intelligent, efficient system wherein your permit fee pays for the inspector's time, the inspector makes sure your work is up to code so you're not going to burn your own house down or cause it to collapse, and everyone is happy.
Except... the city of Albany decided that it would enforce its world view on homeowners by refusing permits it did not approve of. For example, they don't want the cottages in the back turned into rental units, so you're not allowed to make them livable. (The only way we got a permit was to explicitly NOT put in a shower or bathtub.) I just insulated and drywalled my garage, which is another thing they don't want to permit because they don't want you converting your garage into anything other than a garage. So once again, the intent of the law is to prevent sub-par construction. The enforcement of the law is to enforce a moral viewpoint.
So I did a bunch of unpermitted work on my garage, since I couldn't get a permit, and now a plumber is coming by to run the water line to the refrigerator, and I had the joy of hiding the fact that Impus Major is sleeping in there, because Albany wants to regulate what I do with my house, rather than how I build my house.
All very irritating, especially since I warned Impus Major last night that I'd need the garage by 7:30 am, and he forgot and slept in there anyway.
But last I read it's estimated that 80% of all construction in Albany is done off-permit.
Gee, maybe if you actually just did your job and granted the permit and inspected the work for code violations, more people would pull permits.
Y'think?
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And I say that with the same determination that's kept me from walking in a Starbucks, or shopping at Walmart for 27 years.
For being over 50, my list is remarkably short:
- U-Haul- Starbucks
- Wells Fargo
- Home Depot
- AT&T
- Comcast
You'd think I have more hate in me...
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We have almost the same list!
Switch out U-Haul for Best buy and add Walmart to the list and it's pretty exact.
I'm surprised Home Depot still has stores in Wisconsin.
Every contractor I've ever talked to or worked refuses to shop there.
No thats blasphemy! Now I'm primarily a tea drinker, but I do enjoy an almond coffee now and then, you know...To be fair, you could stop drinking tea as well.No! Gimme tea or gimme clothes!
To be honest I haven't drunk that much tea recently...
And geez I can't even get clothes around here...
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I resolve to never, ever, buy another Lego set, no matter what.
not even the Lego y wing set?
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We have almost the same list!
Switch out U-Haul for Best buy and add Walmart to the list and it's pretty exact.
I cant help it they're so delicious!
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Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.
but...but...
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Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.There are soooooooo many male fantasies about women cleaning naked it's kind of scary. A worldwide cross-cultural thing.
Of course, I'm the man who spent the Portuguese Hurricane's bachelorette party barefoot and in the kitchen, cooking up a storm and bartending, so I'm one to talk.
(It was a running gag -- "A man's place is barefoot and in the kitchen."
Because they couldn't figure out how to get me pregnant.)
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Ah, the vagaries of the law, home ownership, and city nonsense!
So, according to the law, if you are the owner, you can do pretty much any work you want yourself: Framing, drywalling, wiring, etc. You just go to the city, pull a permit, do the work, have it inspected, and you're done. A very intelligent, efficient system wherein your permit fee pays for the inspector's time, the inspector makes sure your work is up to code so you're not going to burn your own house down or cause it to collapse, and everyone is happy.
Except... the city of Albany decided that it would enforce its world view on homeowners by refusing permits it did not approve of. For example, they don't want the cottages in the back turned into rental units, so you're not allowed to make them livable. (The only way we got a permit was to explicitly NOT put in a shower or bathtub.) I just insulated and drywalled my garage, which is another thing they don't want to permit because they don't want you converting your garage into anything other than a garage. So once again, the intent of the law is to prevent sub-par construction. The enforcement of the law is to enforce a moral viewpoint.
So I did a bunch of unpermitted work on my garage, since I couldn't get a permit, and now a plumber is coming by to run the water line to the refrigerator, and I had the joy of hiding the fact that Impus Major is sleeping in there, because Albany wants to regulate what I do with my house, rather than how I build my house.
All very irritating, especially since I warned Impus Major last night that I'd need the garage by 7:30 am, and he forgot and slept in there anyway.
But last I read it's estimated that 80% of all construction in Albany is done off-permit.
Gee, maybe if you actually just did your job and granted the permit and inspected the work for code violations, more people would pull permits.
Y'think?
Permits? Wha?
I resolve to never, ever, buy another Lego set, no matter what.not even the Lego y wing set?
Nope.
My resolve is THAT strong.
Is Lowes clear then?
It's another of those, "Not close enough to me to matter" issues.
There's an Ace hardware for when I need crap ("I need some pot metal screws and cheap plastic drywall anchors to hang a plastic shelf") and Truitt & White for when I need actual hardware ("I need a pressure-treated 2"x4" and some galvanized 4" screws to brace my fence").
So I haven't shopped at a Lowes, so can't particularly hate it.
We have almost the same list!
Switch out U-Haul for Best buy and add Walmart to the list and it's pretty exact.
Oh, sorry! Best Buy is on my list!
There are no Wal*Marts near me, so there's no point in hating them...
But of course!
My neighbors are out of town so I cleared their parking space for the plumber at 8:00 am.
By 8:10 am there was a big-a$$ minivan parked in the spot.
Because having parking on this side of the street Isn't Done.
(And yes, there's TONS of parking on the other side of the street, but everyone wants to park on our side, no matter what.)
We have almost the same list!
Switch out U-Haul for Best buy and add Walmart to the list and it's pretty exact.
Oh, sorry! Best Buy is on my list!
There are no Wal*Marts near me, so there's no point in hating them...
The midwest is saturated with them.
Stupid Youtube, keeps showing the same ads I have no interest with... Can't they guess that click skip means that I already seen them or are they completely misguided?Youtube have an agreement with the person who puts the advertisement with them that everyone who wishes to play the video needs to endure X seconds of advertisement. And your agreement with youtube(youtube's terms and conditions), does not give you the right to watch your videos advertisement free.
Also how youtube advertising works. The more they try to focus on specifics, the more the advertisers pay.
I know the ads finance YouTube. I am not complaining there are ads, but that those shown to me are usually usless, sh**y, and misaimed.
Of course this applies to other advertisement venues, but YouTube keeps showing the same. Facebook at least allows me to make the ad as irrelevant to me.
Ah, the vagaries of the law, home ownership, and city nonsense!
So, according to the law, if you are the owner, you can do pretty much any work you want yourself: Framing, drywalling, wiring, etc. You just go to the city, pull a permit, do the work, have it inspected, and you're done. A very intelligent, efficient system wherein your permit fee pays for the inspector's time, the inspector makes sure your work is up to code so you're not going to burn your own house down or cause it to collapse, and everyone is happy.
Except... the city of Albany decided that it would enforce its world view on homeowners by refusing permits it did not approve of. For example, they don't want the cottages in the back turned into rental units, so you're not allowed to make them livable. (The only way we got a permit was to explicitly NOT put in a shower or bathtub.) I just insulated and drywalled my garage, which is another thing they don't want to permit because they don't want you converting your garage into anything other than a garage. So once again, the intent of the law is to prevent sub-par construction. The enforcement of the law is to enforce a moral viewpoint.
So I did a bunch of unpermitted work on my garage, since I couldn't get a permit, and now a plumber is coming by to run the water line to the refrigerator, and I had the joy of hiding the fact that Impus Major is sleeping in there, because Albany wants to regulate what I do with my house, rather than how I build my house.
All very irritating, especially since I warned Impus Major last night that I'd need the garage by 7:30 am, and he forgot and slept in there anyway.
But last I read it's estimated that 80% of all construction in Albany is done off-permit.
Gee, maybe if you actually just did your job and granted the permit and inspected the work for code violations, more people would pull permits.
Y'think?
Permits? Wha?
Can't you ask your lawyer to demand explicit statement for the reasons to refuse permit - and file a complaint against unsubstantiated decision? We can do that here in our Terrible European States Of Socialist Tyranny, against any administrative decision which exceeded the boundaries of law.
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With the lawyer fees that would entail it would be easier to buy a separate house, even in San Francisco.
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I resolve to never, ever, buy another Lego set, no matter what....?I buy the kids f!~%ing lego sets and they build the figures and let the rest wallow, or I put them together and kids destroy them in two days and never rebuild them.
So, f#~@ it, I'm done! They want Legos they can pay for them, I refuse.
As a lifelong Lego enthusiast, I share your outrage. In fact you should take their legos away and send them to me. Er, I mean my kids. Yeah. If they just want dolls to play with, there are better toys for that.
Like Hero Factory heroes, which I'm taking the Homunculi to get tomorrow. They're apparently made by Lego, and they're pretty sweet.
...
Speaking of dolls, there are videos of chimpanzees carrying stones around in their arms and on their backs for apparently no reason. Well, the reason is that they're being used as dolls -- the chimps carry them, sleep with them, and generally treat them as baby chimps.
Proof that we are not alone in having imaginations, I love nature!
My news feed this morning told me Maynard finally laid down the vocals for a new Tool album!
I've been listening to the God is Not One audiobook, and at the risk of Fritzy, a few thoughts:
Religion is weird and diverse.
As a westerner who grew up surrounded by monotheism, it's hard to wrap my head around the fact that not every religion is preoccupied by doctrine and claims of factual truth.
I listened to the Christianity chapter, and I still can't keep the denominations straight in my head.
This audiobook is interesting despite its author and its narrator. The author is a professor, and is clearly writing for an academic audience. This book is just short of a textbook. And they found the most boring narrator ever, and I'm pretty sure he's pronouncing words wrong.
Basic comparative religion should be a primary school subject, because it's important to know what others believe, yet very few people get anything but their parents' religion at home.
With the lawyer fees that would entail it would be easier to buy a separate house, even in San Francisco.
I meant that one lawyer he gets at work. Or would that exceed the capabilities/duties of that one?
I'm going to get Mass Effect Andromeda Deluxe Edition, it's only 20 bucks and I figure if I've never played Mass Effect before it might not suck as bad as the sour grapes reviews on Amazon make it out to be.
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Unfortunately rather unlikely simply due to time and everyone's stated preferences. We must return to Scotland, London, and Paris. And we're likely to putter around a large number of old castle ruins in northern Britain. Once we leave Great Britain, NobodysWife loves Paris, so we'll probably do at least a couple of days there. After that, I'm afraid that since Sabaton is from Sweden, and Battle Beast and Korpiklaani are Finnish, we may "follow the bands". Plus, I've heard nothing but good things about Sweden so it's on my list of "places to see in my lifetime".
I hear they have good chefs, too, so maybe I can score some cool pants!
The other possibility is Iceland to see some of the amazing volcanic/glacial structures, but Impus Major and I are really the only "hardcore outdoors" types, so I somehow think that'll fall off the list.
But I've never been to Denmark, and my only trip to the Netherlands was a train ride to Amsterdam to catch a plane, so they're definite possibilities, especially with resident FaWtLers.
Hi, everyone!
*Waves 'hello' to John*
Stupid Sweden…
Stealing our thunder since the 15-16th century…
Stupid Iceland…
Using WWII as an excuse to escape Danish overlord-ship…
Though I can at least recommend Iceland for its stunning nature. It really is a beautiful and magnificent place due to its volcanic nature.
But yea Denmark isn't really anything special. It's got most of the same things as the rest of the Nordic countries...just much smaller. In fact almost everything about Denmark is just much smaller then every where else...our castles, the distances, the cities, the forests or even the "mountains"...its all just, well, smaller then almost everywhere else.
*Sigh*
But at least we're cozy right?
Castles? You want big castles?
Beautiful castle.
Prime example of late gothic architecture and a magnificent example of a brick castle (as opposed to the more typical (and a bit earlier) stone and mortar castles).
*Looks disappointed, but quickly starts looking thoughtful and strokes his Turtle-beard*
So what you're saying is that I need to develop some sort of echolocation...so I can 'hear' your chest right?!
*Starts coming up with echolocation-related pick-up lines...*
I’m sure you’d like Daredevil’s superpower…so you could see the shapes, with your eyes closed, but no. That was not what I meant =P
Meh…
Always found Daredevil kind of lame, or at least uninteresting.Its most an example of a 'universe' where the villains are so much more interesting then the hero the reader/watcher is stuck with...
Echolocation is interesting though…
Don't let some jerkish players discourage you kitten!
*Gives Mort plenty of nuzzles and scratchies*
I wouldn’t say he’s a jerk, in fact it was done in a more polite and controlled manner then the last AP fall out. We’ll just put it out to different gaming expectations and leave it as that, since its not as if it degenerated to name calling and personal attacks...
Hmmm…
Then read my use of the word 'jerkish' as jerk-lite instead of jerk-like...^^'
*Gives Mort more scratchies*
I think it's funny that I consider myself pretty "lenient" when it comes to movie adaptations:
(1) Do not make fundamental changes to the key characters.
(2) Do not add your own plot threads.
(3) Do not add anachronisms, such as BMX bike stunts in 1930s Great Britain.
Yet pretty much every movie adaptation of a book that's come out since 1970 has failed in at least one (and usually more) of these three basics.
So I hate the movies. Because screenwriters just can't leave the d***ed stories alone. It always galls me that these no-name hack writers have the audacity to think, "I can make this story far more entertaining than the original author! Let me change it this way..."
Thus, I rarely see movies based on books I've read.
*Scratches Turtle beard*
Meh.
When making a book-to-movie adaptation, I generally prefer it in either one of two ways.
Either you cling to the book like a life preserver, and make it an word for word replay.
Or you trash the majority of the story an make it an actual reimagining or re-interpretation of the original material.
Half-measures in either department far to often ends up in making everybody disappointed in the final product.
About to clock out. Good night, everyone.
Nighty Night!
The new job is going well so far. Sadly the quality of the office coffee is pretty bad :( :( :(
*Does his best snapping turtle in order to intimidate Woran employer into buying better coffee*
Yes. Also, free coffee provided by the employer. I'm pretty sure if you dont offer coffee to your employees in the netherlands, you'll end up lynched.
Same up here…
Even your average horse stable likely has a coffee machine (and filter and beans) and a fridge for employee lunches…anything less an the employer might have a (mounted) rebellion on their hands.There are soooooooo many male fantasies about women cleaning naked it's kind of scary. A worldwide cross-cultural thing.
Of course, I'm the man who spent the Portuguese Hurricane's bachelorette party barefoot and in the kitchen, cooking up a storm and bartending, so I'm one to talk.
(It was a running gag -- "A man's place is barefoot and in the kitchen."
Because they couldn't figure out how to get me pregnant.)
*Makes a haughty harumph sound and points his turtle nose skywards*
I blame the ladies lack of imagination!
Surely the fairer sex should be able to come up with a way of 'knocking up' a man!
(CT does however in everyway condone ladies cleaning in the nude, bare-footed men in kitchens, bartending and ladies having fun with their men-related ideas)
I resolve to never, ever, buy another Lego set, no matter what.
NNOOO!!!
Don't single handedly tank the Danish economy!Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.
*A single tear rolls down CT's turtle cheek*
but...but...Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.
*Nods vehemently*
Tarrena Fairhair, the final princess.
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Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.There are soooooooo many male fantasies about women cleaning naked it's kind of scary. A worldwide cross-cultural thing.
Of course, I'm the man who spent the Portuguese Hurricane's bachelorette party barefoot and in the kitchen, cooking up a storm and bartending, so I'm one to talk.
(It was a running gag -- "A man's place is barefoot and in the kitchen."
Because they couldn't figure out how to get me pregnant.)
I know how to get you pregnant. Surviving it is another matter.
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I'm going to get Mass Effect Andromeda Deluxe Edition, it's only 20 bucks and I figure if I've never played Mass Effect before it might not suck as bad as the sour grapes reviews on Amazon make it out to be.
its not the best game. But mass effect fans are almost as hopelessly insane as star wars fans and nothing will EVER match their halcyon memories of the game they love. It was clearly rushed and designed by committee.
Random thoughts as I get back to work:
(1) It is *so* nice having a reliable plumber you can call! The guy came in, did the job exactly the way I wanted, and wrapped up, all in under 2 hours, even cleaning up after himself in the process. What a concept! :-O
(2) After many, many hours of listening to Jojo as the kids binge watch it over break while I work, I can at least conclude that the voice actors and actresses must have had all kinds of fun doing the recordings. Everything about that series is utterly over the top, and the voice acting is no exception.
(3) I was commenting to GothBard and Shiro about how surprised I was that they were still playing Fallout 76 in spite of its "bug of the hour", including at least a couple of server crashes a night. GothBard's response? "It's more like every 20 minutes. There's no way you could get in an hour without hitting a bug."
What's particularly amazing is that the patches seem to be making the game worse, not better.
Anyway, work work work!
I'm going to get Mass Effect Andromeda Deluxe Edition, it's only 20 bucks and I figure if I've never played Mass Effect before it might not suck as bad as the sour grapes reviews on Amazon make it out to be.its not the best game. But mass effect fans are almost as hopelessly insane as star wars fans and nothing will EVER match their halcyon memories of the game they love. It was clearly rushed and designed by committee.
So, it's like pretty much every other game the last few years.
I know how to get you pregnant. Surviving it is another matter.Thanks for saving me from the top of the thread, Mort.
I don't like to clean naked.There are soooooooo many male fantasies about women cleaning naked it's kind of scary. A worldwide cross-cultural thing.
Of course, I'm the man who spent the Portuguese Hurricane's bachelorette party barefoot and in the kitchen, cooking up a storm and bartending, so I'm one to talk.
(It was a running gag -- "A man's place is barefoot and in the kitchen."
Because they couldn't figure out how to get me pregnant.)
Woran, are you a Slaad?
Tell the truth, mind.
And I say that with the same determination that's kept me from walking in a Starbucks, or shopping at Walmart for 27 years.For being over 50, my list is remarkably short:
- U-Haul
- Starbucks
- Wells Fargo
- Home Depot
- AT&T
- ComcastYou'd think I have more hate in me...
My parents have a boycott list. Home Depot is actually on theirs too, but I imagine for the opposite reason it's on yours.
I admittedly have an extremely small list. Comcast, Apple, and ... no, that's it.
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My parents have a boycott list. Home Depot is actually on theirs too, but I imagine for the opposite reason it's on yours...
They got excellent service and a manager didn't threaten them?
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...Ah, the vagaries of the law, home ownership, and city nonsense!
So, according to the law, if you are the owner, you can do pretty much any work you want yourself: Framing, drywalling, wiring, etc. You just go to the city, pull a permit, do the work, have it inspected, and you're done. A very intelligent, efficient system wherein your permit fee pays for the inspector's time, the inspector makes sure your work is up to code so you're not going to burn your own house down or cause it to collapse, and everyone is happy.
Except... the city of Albany decided that it would enforce its world view on homeowners by refusing permits it did not approve of. For example, they don't want the cottages in the back turned into rental units, so you're not allowed to make them livable. (The only way we got a permit was to explicitly NOT put in a shower or bathtub.) I just insulated and drywalled my garage, which is another thing they don't want to permit because they don't want you converting your garage into anything other than a garage. So once again, the intent of the law is to prevent sub-par construction. The enforcement of the law is to enforce a moral viewpoint.
So I did a bunch of unpermitted work on my garage, since I couldn't get a permit, and now a plumber is coming by to run the water line to the refrigerator, and I had the joy of hiding the fact that Impus Major is sleeping in there, because Albany wants to regulate what I do with my house, rather than how I build my house.
All very irritating, especially since I warned Impus Major last night that I'd need the garage by 7:30 am, and he forgot and slept in there anyway.
But last I read it's estimated that 80% of all construction in Albany is done off-permit.
Gee, maybe if you actually just did your job and granted the permit and inspected the work for code violations, more people would pull permits.
Y'think?
In theory? You probably could.
In practice? It's likely not going to go anywhere and will accomplish nothing but costing you more money.