92 people is still the count? Horrific.
Quick note to let everyone know that I'm joining the masses at the unemployment lines. Hope everyone had a better day than I had.Oh no!! I'm sorry Moff, what happened man?The official answer is that the credit union isn't busy enough. Mortgage rates at 4.5% with a 30 year fixed rate isn't all that great if you don't have a job.
From my point of view -- they really needed to save money and I was one of the higher paid employees there.
Of course, if they think that they are really saving all that much money by getting rid of one of the people who makes everything right...
Well, good luck to them...
Damn! That sucks man!
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Get the mashed potatoes.OK. If I could have Popeye's chicken and Bojangles biscuits and fries, I'd be really happy. As it is, I'll go to Popeye's because their chicken is that much better.
I will try that next time I go. Thanks!
How's your trip going?
It's going well! We really loved Santa Fe.
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
Get the mashed potatoes.OK. If I could have Popeye's chicken and Bojangles biscuits and fries, I'd be really happy. As it is, I'll go to Popeye's because their chicken is that much better.
I will try that next time I go. Thanks!
How's your trip going?
It's going well! We really loved Santa Fe.
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
If they were really good friends, they would have stayed in the skeevy hotel and let you stay at their place. :P
Maybe once they get to know you better...
I hate having to flip from nights to days. My sleep schedule is always jacked up. XP
At least you're getting experience points from it.
Sadly, those aren't accepted by the Army promotion system.
I lament the lack of gamers in the Army.
3 down, 3 more to go. I picked the wrong time to give up caffeine.
Good night, everyone.
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Get the mashed potatoes.OK. If I could have Popeye's chicken and Bojangles biscuits and fries, I'd be really happy. As it is, I'll go to Popeye's because their chicken is that much better.
I will try that next time I go. Thanks!
How's your trip going?
It's going well! We really loved Santa Fe.
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
You stayed just outside of Kinloch. That's the crack capital of St. Louis. Yes, it was skeevy. :)
St. Louis is a weird place. North County is the drug capital, but south country is the murder capital. That's how we beat detroit for murders.
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Get the mashed potatoes.OK. If I could have Popeye's chicken and Bojangles biscuits and fries, I'd be really happy. As it is, I'll go to Popeye's because their chicken is that much better.
I will try that next time I go. Thanks!
How's your trip going?
It's going well! We really loved Santa Fe.
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
If they were really good friends, they would have stayed in the skeevy hotel and let you stay at their place. :P
Maybe once they get to know you better...
Our place is pretty skeevy.
Sorry to hear that, Aberzombie.
I managed to get my laundry done, and I do have to vacuum the apartment today.
Also, I figure I must be pregnant, because I've been craving Cracker Barrel for the past couple of days.
I think my wife and I disagree on this point more than she'll admit. When we talk she's on board with my POV, but won't enforce our agreements. Leaving that to me, or expecting me to not speak up. And not pointing out that she agrees with me when the time comes when I do. She internalizes things and hates confrontation, and the kids exploit that.
I did revert to 'There's the door. Good luck on finding that Eutopia.' That seemed to change the tone to 'I'm trying and I appreciate everything' from the older one. Though words are cheap. The college one was too pissy to admit it was his match that got to close to my gas tank. He's the one that helped himself to his uncle's guns.
I'm sorry you're going through this.
On one hand I have a tough time identifying with this issue with the kids. I joined the Army when I was 17, and I have never asked my parents for a penny since. My daughter went to college at 17; now she's 22, married and has 2 great kids. They have never asked me for money, and I'm very very proud of them both.
On the other hand we have been raising two of Diane's grand daughters for years. They are good kids in spite of their mother, and it's not their fault that their mother is an addict and sociopath. We've made serious sacrifices to keep the girls with us and out of the system, but it seems like we are enabling the addicted daughter in some degree. Diane is a much softer touch than me, and the daughter and grand daughters take advantage of it.
I hope it gets better soon for everyone's sake.
hi everyone
Awfully hot in OKC but we took CrimJ's advice and saw the memorial. Very nicely done and a good way to remember what happened.What time do you hit Big D? ;)Way too far out of the way :) We're just getting into Amarillo.
I've noticed our route more or less shadows the old route 66. Cool stuff.
This part of Texas is very flat.
Yes it is. Be safe!
hi everyone
Morning!
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
I think I was in Flagstaff on my Western USA Bus trip in 98
So...
everybody heading to Build-a-Bear to make their own smurf?
Wait... what? Build-a-Smurf???
Holy smurf!
Two wild children playing Lego Star Wars is hilarious to listen to. They're both only children so have no idea how to interact at all...
LOL!
I'm sorry, man. That really blows. Stupid courts.It is official I absolutely loathe the legal system. It seems designed to keep people not only ignorant but penniless.Socialism...
SOCIALISM!
OoooooOOOOOOOooooooOOOOO!!!
*wiggles feather-fingers at CJ*
Oh please....
Went to court for my wife today. We were sent a letter of garnishment. This letter included a chance to respond and deny that they should be doing so. Since they were trying to garnish her from a check that was stolen years before from a storage unit, we said yes please and showed up to court. Yet the judge would not hear it. The order was passed two years ago and since we never showed up then, did not know about it, it was found in favor of the law office attempting to collect. He informs us that we need to file a motion to over turn the last court case from two years ago, the one we did not know of. But refuses to tell us how to do so, since he can't provide legal advice. Ok fine so we go upstairs to where we have to file. They say yes we need to file there but refuse to tell us how or even what form to use, since that would be legal advice. I left rather than going to jail for tearing the heads off of ignorant clerks while my wife finds the correct form. We proceed to file another form on another floor just to be able to tell them once again that these checks were stolen and that the person that wrote them is already in jail!
let us just say I found it tough to be a Christian in the courthouse today.
+1
Feeling bummed and watching Norwegian press conference right now.
Seems as if the shooter on Utøya (tall and blond, Norwegian) might have been the same person that planted the bomb in Oslo.
I was very shocked yesterday and even more right now after reading the death toll.
Last Friday I have been walking one street away from the place of the bombing, makes you feel very vulnerable.Do we have Norwegians on the Paizo board?
So horrible.
Greetings and salutations everyone. Had a great time over at my buddy Andrew's house today, despite the heat. Beer, water, and soda all around. Plenty of good BBQ. Charlie had a blast and was charming all the ladies.
When exactly do we guys lose that talent? :D
And f##@ wyverns too. Useless mob, who the f@+$ would ever wanna fight one? It's like the Urkel of genus DraconiaFifth-level characters who want to feel like big, bad dragonslayers, that's who.That's what [shameless plug]Book of Drakes[/shameless plug] is for!
:)
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Killing monsters is usually sticky business. Truth is, wizards should be coming up with magical ways to clean off in the dungeon, because in real life, we would soon not be able to stand each other.Prestidigitation, my good man.
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I think Diane once said, "They haven't invented toilette paper yet? My sorceress is taking prestidigitation!"
How is everyone doing what did I miss? I have been away for a bit. Kidney stones, not much fun I would not recommend accepting to take a kidney stone as a gift. Nope not much fun at all.Sympathies on the passing of your stones. Ouch.
+1
Taig is, to borrow one of his masters' phrase, the King Nerd of Drakes.Hm..I did not know this of him. Interesting. When I get up to the drake part of my campaign setting, I will have to inform him of what I have in mind.Oops, I guess my Facebook-only marketing scheme backfired. :S
If you want to see how drake-nerdy I am, just go
here,
here,
here,
here,
here,
or here.I do have some non-drake stuff too, but that's enough for now. :D
That is awesome!
I just physically hit my limit, I think. All I can think about is sleeping. I don't even know how I can get home from work.
I am just a big ball of tired wrapped up in a splitting headache that a double daily dose of naproxen sodium in 2 hours hasn't dented...
:(
I'd fax you a teleportation scroll if I had one.
Sorry you're not feeling well.
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Howdy folks. Hope everyone is having a good day. Finally finished up with my training class. It was interesting. Learned a lot, and even got the chance to share a little knowledge with some of the younger folks.
The guys who taught the class are both ASME* Committee members for the B31.1 Code which covers Power Piping (like in a steam plant). And, both gentlemen encouraged me to join ASME and join the committee, so I could start helping. I'm going to do it.
*ASME = American Society of Mechanical Engineers
You're not a boiler maker are you?
Caught up
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I think my wife and I disagree on this point more than she'll admit. When we talk she's on board with my POV, but won't enforce our agreements. Leaving that to me, or expecting me to not speak up. And not pointing out that she agrees with me when the time comes when I do. She internalizes things and hates confrontation, and the kids exploit that.
I did revert to 'There's the door. Good luck on finding that Utopia.' That seemed to change the tone to 'I'm trying and I appreciate everything' from the older one. Though words are cheap. The college one was too pissy to admit it was his match that got to close to my gas tank. He's the one that helped himself to his uncle's guns.
I'm sorry you're going through this.
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I hope it gets better soon for everyone's sake.
Wait, what the f&*$ is going on? Spoilered, please.
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I think I was in Flagstaff on my Western USA Bus trip in 98
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
Probably. It's relatively close to the Grand Canyon, so if you went there, you might have stopped in Flagstaff.
This reminds me of a running... observation... my partner and I have about German tourists. (It's more complimentary than disparaging, trust me.) It started when we were in Italy last summer. One of the professors traveling with us was taking our little group to some Hellenic ruins in a remote corner of southern Italy. He said they were some of the best-preserved Greek structures in existence, but their remoteness keeps tourists away. Except Germans. Wherever there is an amazing site to see, Germans will find a way to see it. (The implication being most other tourists wouldn't make the effort.) It was confirmed when we were in the California desert last year watching a sunset on a remote high precipice. There was no one there - except Germans. Now we know that, no matter how remote it is, if there is an amazing site to see, German tourists will always find a way. It's getting to the point where we are going to start following them around.
Morning, all. What did I miss?
My hiking trip was freaking awesome!!!!!
How are your travels?
I think I was in Flagstaff on my Western USA Bus trip in 98
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
Probably. It's relatively close to the Grand Canyon, so if you went there, you might have stopped in Flagstaff.
This reminds me of a running... observation... my partner and I have about German tourists. (It's more complimentary than disparaging, trust me.) It started when we were in Italy last summer. One of the professors traveling with us was taking our little group to some Hellenic ruins in a remote corner of southern Italy. He said they were some of the best-preserved Greek structures in existence, but their remoteness keeps tourists away. Except Germans. Wherever there is an amazing site to see, Germans will find a way to see it. (The implication being most other tourists wouldn't make the effort.) It was confirmed when we were in the California desert last year watching a sunset on a remote high precipice. There was no one there - except Germans. Now we know that, no matter how remote it is, if there is an amazing site to see, German tourists will always find a way. It's getting to the point where we are going to start following them around.
I find that in tourist group situations, I often end up falling in with the Brits and the Germans.
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I think I was in Flagstaff on my Western USA Bus trip in 98
We just checked into our motel in Flagstaff and it's not worth what we're paying for it :(
Cleaner than the one in St. Louis, though. (Seeing SP and Treppa made up for the skeevy hotel.)
Probably. It's relatively close to the Grand Canyon, so if you went there, you might have stopped in Flagstaff.
This reminds me of a running... observation... my partner and I have about German tourists. (It's more complimentary than disparaging, trust me.) It started when we were in Italy last summer. One of the professors traveling with us was taking our little group to some Hellenic ruins in a remote corner of southern Italy. He said they were some of the best-preserved Greek structures in existence, but their remoteness keeps tourists away. Except Germans. Wherever there is an amazing site to see, Germans will find a way to see it. (The implication being most other tourists wouldn't make the effort.) It was confirmed when we were in the California desert last year watching a sunset on a remote high precipice. There was no one there - except Germans. Now we know that, no matter how remote it is, if there is an amazing site to see, German tourists will always find a way. It's getting to the point where we are going to start following them around.
we like to be well-prepared and efficent on our vacations, they are not for fun aren't they ;-)
we like to be well-prepared and efficent on our vacations, they are not for fun aren't they ;-)
Buy why do buy moose-poo? I mean... why?
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I agree. At 23, I bought my own car and wasn't too far from buying my own condo.I'm interested in knowing WHEN you lived at 23.
FIFY
I mean, I'm 24, and can barely afford my crappy apartment. And I got lucky--I found a $500 used car that runs great on 160,000 miles, have at least a couple relatives that are lending me money for school, and I don't have a family to support. Recently, medical bills have been getting a little scary, but aside from that, I've got it a lot easier than a lot of guys my age. And it's still a b%$@%.
And just for the record, being forced to go in and out of school and a bunch of different jobs due to failing mental/physical health in one's mid-twenties is also a f*!&ing b$$$$.
we like to be well-prepared and efficent on our vacations, they are not for fun aren't they ;-)Buy why do buy moose-poo? I mean... why?
I know about the german tourist obsession with moose (and the scandinavian puzzlement about that)
but that we actually buy moose-poo is new to me. is there a clever marketing behind it or are we just that stupid ? :-D| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Sorry to keep posting about the attacks in Norway, but they take up a fairly large majority of my thoughts right now.
Here's British journalist Andrew J Boyle's translation of the (in my opinion very good) speech made by prime minister Jens Stoltenberg at the memorial service today:
It will soon be two days since we suffered the worst crime committed in our land since the war. On Utøya and in Oslo. It feels like an eternity. They have been hours, days, nights filled with shock , despair, anger, and tears.
Today the time has come for mourning. Today we must allow ourselves to take account. To remember the dead. To mourn those who are no longer with us. Ninety-two lives have been lost, several people are still missing. Each and every life that has been lost is a tragedy. And together the number of people killed amounts to a national tragedy.
We are still struggling to get to grips with the dimension of what has happened. Many of us know people that have been killed. And many more have second hand acquaintance with someone that was killed.
I knew several of them. One of them was Monica. She worked at the Utøya camp for more than 20 years. For many of us Monica was Utøya. Now she is dead, shot and killed while creating safe and pleasant acitivities for young people from all over the country. Her husband Jon, and daughters Viktoria and Helene, are attending a service in Drammen Church today. It is so unjust! It is important that you know that we are weeping with you.
Another who is gone is Tore Eikeland, leader of the Labour youth league (AUF) Hordaland and one of our most talented young politicians. I remember when he managed to get the whole Party Congress to break out in applause when he held an impassioned speech about postal policy in Europe. Now he has gone. Gone for always. It is quite simply impossible to grasp.
These are just two of those we have lost. Many more lost their lives on Utøya and in the government buildings. Soon we will have the names of all those who died and see images of them. Then the full extent of the evil that has been perpetrated will become clear, in all its horror. It will be a new ordeal. But we will get through that also.
In the middle of all these tragic events, I am proud to live in a country that has stood firm at a critical time. I am deeply impressed by how much dignity and compassion I have seen. We are a small nation, but a proud people. We will never abandon our values. Our reply is: more democracy, more openness, and more humanity. But never naïvity.
No one has said it better than the AUF girl who was interviewed by CNN: "If one man can show so much hate, think how much love we could show, standing together."
I'll try to get Hiking pics up soon.