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Walmart and I assume places like best buy have this little devise or at least used to that would let you play your music device on your car radio. You just set it to the station. It can be a bit static-y.
It's also possible they don't make them anymore because That's some retro tech by now I think.
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So we leave on Friday.
Today is member day at the zoo (the train and carousel are free, and we get to go in an hour early).
Tomorrow is WW's last day off with the kids before we go.
Wednesday I have my last responsibility at work until August.
Thursday is Val's appointment (finally), and the last Thursday night dinner at Grandma's.
And Friday, very early, we drive.
Technically, I made the entire drive last August, with the kids (or at least one of them at a time) while WW drove the Uhaul, but at least he was there in case anything went wrong. To be making the trip entirely solo feels very disconcerting. But we can't afford to fly, and after this, I'm probably not going to see my family again until next summer, so... time to be adventurous.
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I told Hermione to just tell the monsters in her dreams, "You'd better run away now, because my mama is scarier than any monster and she's gonna come after you if you don't leave me alone."Look up Good night demon slayer by Aurelio Voltaire. Its the perfect get your kids over the monster under the bed song.
That's excellent. I need to play it for them.
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That's excellent. I need to play it for them.I told Hermione to just tell the monsters in her dreams, "You'd better run away now, because my mama is scarier than any monster and she's gonna come after you if you don't leave me alone."Look up Good night demon slayer by Aurelio Voltaire. Its the perfect get your kids over the monster under the bed song.
Just a heads up everything on that kids album is fine but anything on other albums you will definitely want to vet first and just avoid the the star wars/trek album all together.
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So we leave on Friday.
Today is member day at the zoo (the train and carousel are free, and we get to go in an hour early).
Tomorrow is WW's last day off with the kids before we go.
Wednesday I have my last responsibility at work until August.
Thursday is Val's appointment (finally), and the last Thursday night dinner at Grandma's.
And Friday, very early, we drive.Technically, I made the entire drive last August, with the kids (or at least one of them at a time) while WW drove the Uhaul, but at least he was there in case anything went wrong. To be making the trip entirely solo feels very disconcerting. But we can't afford to fly, and after this, I'm probably not going to see my family again until next summer, so... time to be adventurous.
Good luck
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So this is weird.
Getting ready for the big road trip to Oregon with the kids, I bought them a massive set of audiobooks on cd for the car on ebay for a ridiculously cheap price, because it's the one thing guaranteed to keep them mostly calm and happy.
But WW is having me switch cars with him because he thinks taking my old Honda there and back again is just asking for trouble, and at least his Kia is under full warranty.
The snag I didn't expect: the Kia doesn't have a cd player.
But I have the little boom box from their room that plays cds, and WW dug through the garage to find the box of random things he kept in his old van and found a 150 watt AC power inverter. So I'm going to plug the inverter into the cigarette lighter, plug the cord from the boom box into that, and hopefully it will all work out. I'm doing a test run today on our way to the zoo. Hopefully nothing catches fire.
We did the inverter thing all the time taking the kids down to Disneyland over the years to power the laptop.
Worked in a 2003 Echo and a 2006 Prius; hopefully it'll be fine in a 20xx Kia.
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So we leave on Friday.
Today is member day at the zoo (the train and carousel are free, and we get to go in an hour early).
Tomorrow is WW's last day off with the kids before we go.
Wednesday I have my last responsibility at work until August.
Thursday is Val's appointment (finally), and the last Thursday night dinner at Grandma's.
And Friday, very early, we drive.Technically, I made the entire drive last August, with the kids (or at least one of them at a time) while WW drove the Uhaul, but at least he was there in case anything went wrong. To be making the trip entirely solo feels very disconcerting. But we can't afford to fly, and after this, I'm probably not going to see my family again until next summer, so... time to be adventurous.
ADVENTURE!
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So this is weird.
Getting ready for the big road trip to Oregon with the kids, I bought them a massive set of audiobooks on cd for the car on ebay for a ridiculously cheap price, because it's the one thing guaranteed to keep them mostly calm and happy.
But WW is having me switch cars with him because he thinks taking my old Honda there and back again is just asking for trouble, and at least his Kia is under full warranty.
The snag I didn't expect: the Kia doesn't have a cd player.
But I have the little boom box from their room that plays cds, and WW dug through the garage to find the box of random things he kept in his old van and found a 150 watt AC power inverter. So I'm going to plug the inverter into the cigarette lighter, plug the cord from the boom box into that, and hopefully it will all work out. I'm doing a test run today on our way to the zoo. Hopefully nothing catches fire.We did the inverter thing all the time taking the kids down to Disneyland over the years to power the laptop.
Worked in a 2003 Echo and a 2006 Prius; hopefully it'll be fine in a 20xx Kia.
I had one in my 1979 Ford Granada and my 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88. If those to absolute pinnacles of craftsmanship and quality can handle it, the Kia will be fine.
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We wrapped up the first story arc of Dirk Gently last night, and I have to say, it grows on you.
After the first couple of episodes (that Shiro made us watch), we were wondering why he was making us watch it.
By the time we got through episode 4 or so we were hooked, and binge-watched the rest of the story arc last night.
Wonderfully low-key, quirky, and with a bunch of characters you start off despising, but somehow grow to like in spite of themselves.
I recommend giving it 3 episodes to see whether you can tolerate it. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but we're finding it rather delightful.
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We wrapped up the first story arc of Dirk Gently last night, and I have to say, it grows on you.
After the first couple of episodes (that Shiro made us watch), we were wondering why he was making us watch it.
By the time we got through episode 4 or so we were hooked, and binge-watched the rest of the story arc last night.
Wonderfully low-key, quirky, and with a bunch of characters you start off despising, but somehow grow to like in spite of themselves.
I recommend giving it 3 episodes to see whether you can tolerate it. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but we're finding it rather delightful.
it ended up being a delight, yes.
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We wrapped up the first story arc of Dirk Gently last night, and I have to say, it grows on you.
After the first couple of episodes (that Shiro made us watch), we were wondering why he was making us watch it.
By the time we got through episode 4 or so we were hooked, and binge-watched the rest of the story arc last night.
Wonderfully low-key, quirky, and with a bunch of characters you start off despising, but somehow grow to like in spite of themselves.
I recommend giving it 3 episodes to see whether you can tolerate it. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but we're finding it rather delightful.
I read the books a while back. Had the same general experience.
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Grr... It's hard to describe just how frustrating it is to actually encounter an "old age" thing.
So on Wednesday I cleared the storage facility and closed it out, and when I woke up Thursday morning the right side of my back was sore. It didn't matter; there was work to do, so I ibuprofened my way through it on Thursday and Friday.
Well, I didn't do *anything* physical on Saturday or Sunday (other than fairly typical walking and stretching) and the right side of my back is still sore.
So yep, pulled/strained a muscle and it'll probably take weeks to heal, putting me as "annoyingly sore" going into the Europe trip.
Impus Major will never learn of this. He would be insufferably smug.
EDIT: According to Google, I've strained my Latissimus dorsi m., which helps my understanding not at all.
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So...
This might be a secret, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I hate incompetence.
I know. It's a flaw of mine. I need to learn to be more accepting.
Water is coming into our 1st floor suite from the HVAC units on the 3rd floor. Ceiling tiles falling in, people running around, punching themselves in the head, etc, etc, etc.
Again.
Yes. Again.
This is the second time in five years that we've been in this location that this has happened.
I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office. My other on-site guys were scheduled off, and everybody else works at our other offices.
I'm ready to work from home full time now. Please. Now. Thank you.
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I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office.
I read this, and thought of you at your place of work surrounded by undead - animated bones wearing ironic t-shirts and portly ghosts in ectoplasmic cargo shorts.
"What do you mean, you'll only speak to a living, corporeal technician?! Bigot! Yes, I don't care. He's busy. You'll have to wait"
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Impus Major will never learn of this. He would be insufferably smug.
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So...
This might be a secret, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I hate incompetence.
I know. It's a flaw of mine. I need to learn to be more accepting.
Water is coming into our 1st floor suite from the HVAC units on the 3rd floor. Ceiling tiles falling in, people running around, punching themselves in the head, etc, etc, etc.
Again.
Yes. Again.
This is the second time in five years that we've been in this location that this has happened.
I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office. My other on-site guys were scheduled off, and everybody else works at our other offices.
I'm ready to work from home full time now. Please. Now. Thank you.
...what?
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...what?So...
This might be a secret, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I hate incompetence.
I know. It's a flaw of mine. I need to learn to be more accepting.
Water is coming into our 1st floor suite from the HVAC units on the 3rd floor. Ceiling tiles falling in, people running around, punching themselves in the head, etc, etc, etc.
Again.
Yes. Again.
This is the second time in five years that we've been in this location that this has happened.
I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office. My other on-site guys were scheduled off, and everybody else works at our other offices.
I'm ready to work from home full time now. Please. Now. Thank you.
People doing things that are specifically not helpful to the situation. People coming in to "help", but not actually being helpful, or the woman who refused to even turn off her computer and remove it from the affected area "because that's IT's job".
I had some employees who jumped in and helped out admirably. They did great.
There were other employees more concerned that their box of tissues might get wet than removing either the important papers or the electronic equipment from the area.
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Yeah, good luck with that.
I have spent a lifetime telling the kids, "If you aren't helping, you're in the way. So either help or get the heck out of there. Nothing in between is acceptable." (Yes, I can't stand gawkers.)
And yet the kids are always still constantly in the way because something happens and they want to watch. And watching is always in the way.
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So...
This might be a secret, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I hate incompetence.
I know. It's a flaw of mine. I need to learn to be more accepting.
Water is coming into our 1st floor suite from the HVAC units on the 3rd floor. Ceiling tiles falling in, people running around, punching themselves in the head, etc, etc, etc.
Again.
Yes. Again.
This is the second time in five years that we've been in this location that this has happened.
I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office. My other on-site guys were scheduled off, and everybody else works at our other offices.
I'm ready to work from home full time now. Please. Now. Thank you.
This won't happen after the zombie apocalypse, zombies are much more focused and less likely to leave to do battle with Sinbad.
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...what?So...
This might be a secret, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I hate incompetence.
I know. It's a flaw of mine. I need to learn to be more accepting.
Water is coming into our 1st floor suite from the HVAC units on the 3rd floor. Ceiling tiles falling in, people running around, punching themselves in the head, etc, etc, etc.
Again.
Yes. Again.
This is the second time in five years that we've been in this location that this has happened.
I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office. My other on-site guys were scheduled off, and everybody else works at our other offices.
I'm ready to work from home full time now. Please. Now. Thank you.
People doing things that are specifically not helpful to the situation. People coming in to "help", but not actually being helpful, or the woman who refused to even turn off her computer and remove it from the affected area "because that's IT's job".
I had some employees who jumped in and helped out admirably. They did great.
There were other employees more concerned that their box of tissues might get wet than removing either the important papers or the electronic equipment from the area.
aaaahh...I see.
At the second job, were something like this to happen, it would be an easy choice to move the electronics.
At the main job, as I am legally responsible for all physical charts that come into my possession and are not in the central storage area. There has been a (not so) funny running joke about a person's chart vs. one's own life as to which you should save in an emergency. We are VERY VERY SLOWLY moving towards an electonic format, but even when we do fully switch, the question of what to do with the physical charts that remain. Our roof is meh currently and we have had some offices get damaged due to leaks. There remains a good question as to what to do if the chart room floods or is irreparably damaged if the roof should fail.
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...what?So...
This might be a secret, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I hate incompetence.
I know. It's a flaw of mine. I need to learn to be more accepting.
Water is coming into our 1st floor suite from the HVAC units on the 3rd floor. Ceiling tiles falling in, people running around, punching themselves in the head, etc, etc, etc.
Again.
Yes. Again.
This is the second time in five years that we've been in this location that this has happened.
I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office. My other on-site guys were scheduled off, and everybody else works at our other offices.
I'm ready to work from home full time now. Please. Now. Thank you.
People doing things that are specifically not helpful to the situation. People coming in to "help", but not actually being helpful, or the woman who refused to even turn off her computer and remove it from the affected area "because that's IT's job".
I had some employees who jumped in and helped out admirably. They did great.
There were other employees more concerned that their box of tissues might get wet than removing either the important papers or the electronic equipment from the area.
aaaahh...I see.
At the second job, were something like this to happen, it would be an easy choice to move the electronics.
At the main job, as I am legally responsible for all physical charts that come into my possession and are not in the central storage area. There has been a (not so) funny running joke about a person's chart vs. one's own life as to which you should save in an emergency. We are VERY VERY SLOWLY moving towards an electonic format, but even when we do fully switch, the question of what to do with the physical charts that remain. Our roof is meh currently and we have had some offices get damaged due to leaks. There remains a good question as to what to...
Yeah, those need to get scanned into digital format as soon as possible.
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......what?So...
This might be a secret, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I hate incompetence.
I know. It's a flaw of mine. I need to learn to be more accepting.
Water is coming into our 1st floor suite from the HVAC units on the 3rd floor. Ceiling tiles falling in, people running around, punching themselves in the head, etc, etc, etc.
Again.
Yes. Again.
This is the second time in five years that we've been in this location that this has happened.
I'm also working with a skeleton crew today of myself as the only physical IT presence in this particular office. My other on-site guys were scheduled off, and everybody else works at our other offices.
I'm ready to work from home full time now. Please. Now. Thank you.
People doing things that are specifically not helpful to the situation. People coming in to "help", but not actually being helpful, or the woman who refused to even turn off her computer and remove it from the affected area "because that's IT's job".
I had some employees who jumped in and helped out admirably. They did great.
There were other employees more concerned that their box of tissues might get wet than removing either the important papers or the electronic equipment from the area.
aaaahh...I see.
At the second job, were something like this to happen, it would be an easy choice to move the electronics.
At the main job, as I am legally responsible for all physical charts that come into my possession and are not in the central storage area. There has been a (not so) funny running joke about a person's chart vs. one's own life as to which you should save in an emergency. We are VERY VERY SLOWLY moving towards an electonic format, but even when we do fully switch, the question of what to do with the physical charts that remain. Our roof is meh currently and we have had some offices get damaged due to leaks. There remains
simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.
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simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.
By federal law, it has to.
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So, I'm *sure* this one is political.
Yes, there's a housing shortage in desirable areas. But that fuels speculators looking to try to turn a quick buck. And that fuels bidding wars. And that fuels an affordable housing shortage.
It's a circle of stupidity that I just consider myself blessed to have avoided.
Thinking back on the whole, "We aren't going to pay $500,000 for a house, no matter HOW nice it is," just sounds naive these days. And that was only 17 years ago...
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So will I get murdered if I mention it's a bit chilly for me today? (65°F in the house with a breeze from all the open windows that's making a bit uncomfy for sitting still.)
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I'm working at the crazy timber lady's house today, I sure hope it rains.
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Other Captain: I'm just not comfortable putting in fence posts
Me: I wish I thought of trying that on my parents all those those years ago.
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Our summer has been all over the place from a temp perspective. We're still getting big, severe storms as if it's March/April.
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simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.By federal law, it has to.
I will be more than happy to take that topic up with my superiors.
In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.
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I had to get spikes for our paver restraint and as I grabbed a handful I noticed they had some sort of grease on them and the lady said "Yeah, I don't know why they're so greasy this time" so I said "That's how you know they're fresh!".
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So will I get murdered if I mention it's a bit chilly for me today? (65°F in the house with a breeze from all the open windows that's making a bit uncomfy for sitting still.)
I would never murder you. That would be uncivilized.
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simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.By federal law, it has to.I will be more than happy to take that topic up with my superiors.
In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.
Zelda has a 15-yr-old who mows her lawn for the continued ability to live at home.
Occasionally he'll mow my yard for some cash. Occasionally he's also refused to do it because he just didn't feel like it. Teenagers. Can't live with them, can't lock them out of the house without the police showing up.
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Speaking of workplace violence and people not being helpful...
While I was evacuating equipment from the flooded areas, someone walked up to me and complained that someone else was having trouble logging into a computer. While I was holding a computer with water splashing down on the desk behind me.
Exact reply:
"Do you honestly believe that's something I'm going to care about right now?"
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simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.By federal law, it has to.I will be more than happy to take that topic up with my superiors.
In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.
Zelda has a 15-yr-old who mows her lawn for the continued ability to live at home.
Occasionally he'll mow my yard for some cash. Occasionally he's also refused to do it because he just didn't feel like it. Teenagers. Can't live with them, can't lock them out of the house without the police showing up.
So... this is the bad part of living in Albany.
Impus Minor asked for (and received) a lockpick set and instructions for Christmas, and put in enough time that he could first pick a clear lock (leading to the delightful quote, "All those people living in houses with clear locks had better watch out!"), then an opaque one. But I'd guess his total practice time at 20-30 hours; nothing life-altering, just a quick hobby.
On Saturday we went to Rivoli for dinner. While we were out, Impus Minor got home. He never carries a key. He wasn't carrying his lockpick set. So he went to Red-Headed Girl Next Door's, got a pair of bobby pins, and set to work. On both the deadbolt *and* the main lock.
He was there for 45 minutes. During which a woman and her young son walked by and the boy asked, "Mommy, what is that boy doing?"
To which she replied, "I don't know, son. I don't recognize him from this neighborhood."
But she didn't call the cops.
It took him 45 minutes, but Impus Minor picked BOTH our main lock and our deadbolt with a pair of fricking bobby pins. And according to Hi (once a certified locksmith), we'd bought a very good brand. Locks just aren't made the way they used to be, and even a semi-skilled pick can get them open. (No knock on Impus Minor, but the fact that he can pick my front door with a pair of bobby pins with only a couple dozen hours practice is... worrisome.)
So yeah, locking the kids out of the house is no longer an option for us.
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Warning: rather bad language. That said, this is so daggum true about things like PF and SF.I love how this poster was made by an alien, and drew the wrong amount of nipples on the man.
... I thought they were eyes...
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Walmart and I assume places like best buy have this little devise or at least used to that would let you play your music device on your car radio. You just set it to the station. It can be a bit static-y.
It's also possible they don't make them anymore because That's some retro tech by now I think.
Nope, they still make them. I use them regularly.
There's versions that you plug into your phone's headphone jack and there's bluetooth versions.
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Impus Major will never learn of this. He would be insufferably smug.
I wonder if Impii log into their Paizo accounts anymore... Would they read a PM here?
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So will I get murdered if I mention it's a bit chilly for me today? (65°F in the house with a breeze from all the open windows that's making a bit uncomfy for sitting still.)
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Beet. They looked so good at the market, I couldn't resist.When it dropped from upper 90s to upper 80s here yesterday, it felt almost cool. I made borscht.Beetroot one? Or white?
*Makes a blegh-face, and scuttles off*
Marry meBeet. They looked so good at the market, I couldn't resist.When it dropped from upper 90s to upper 80s here yesterday, it felt almost cool. I made borscht.Beetroot one? Or white?
*Sniffles and sheds a tear, due to not being able to marry either Woran or LM*
*…*
*Secretly shoves turtle-adoption forms into both LM and Worans mailboxes*
Heading out at stupid o'clock on Tuesday morning for the drive down to Texas for the funeral. Piling me, mom, sister, BIL, and all four dogs into the parents' RV.
*Gives Orthos a back-pat and wishes him as nice a trip as sone such as this, under these circumstances, can be.*
I have that with asparagus. Just the smell of the stuff cooking makes me nauseous.
*Nods rigorously*
Warning: rather bad language. That said, this is so daggum true about things like PF and SF.
*Gives turtle seal of approval*
Humanity at its finest :P
Grr... It's hard to describe just how frustrating it is to actually encounter an "old age" thing.
So on Wednesday I cleared the storage facility and closed it out, and when I woke up Thursday morning the right side of my back was sore. It didn't matter; there was work to do, so I ibuprofened my way through it on Thursday and Friday.
Well, I didn't do *anything* physical on Saturday or Sunday (other than fairly typical walking and stretching) and the right side of my back is still sore.
So yep, pulled/strained a muscle and it'll probably take weeks to heal, putting me as "annoyingly sore" going into the Europe trip.
Impus Major will never learn of this. He would be insufferably smug.
EDIT: According to Google, I've strained my Latissimus dorsi m., which helps my understanding not at all.
*Waddles by NH's house to gift him a brand new cane, blanket and a rocking chair. Then proceeds to waddle around in one of his flowerbeds, so NH can train his Oldman yelling and cane shaking*
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simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.By federal law, it has to.I will be more than happy to take that topic up with my superiors.
In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.
Zelda has a 15-yr-old who mows her lawn for the continued ability to live at home.
Occasionally he'll mow my yard for some cash. Occasionally he's also refused to do it because he just didn't feel like it. Teenagers. Can't live with them, can't lock them out of the house without the police showing up.
So... this is the bad part of living in Albany.
Impus Minor asked for (and received) a lockpick set and instructions for Christmas, and put in enough time that he could first pick a clear lock (leading to the delightful quote, "All those people living in houses with clear locks had better watch out!"), then an opaque one. But I'd guess his total practice time at 20-30 hours; nothing life-altering, just a quick hobby.
On Saturday we went to Rivoli for dinner. While we were out, Impus Minor got home. He never carries a key. He wasn't carrying his lockpick set. So he went to Red-Headed Girl Next Door's, got a pair of bobby pins, and set to work. On both the deadbolt *and* the main lock.
He was there for 45 minutes. During which a woman and her young son walked by and the boy asked, "Mommy, what is that boy doing?"
To which she replied, "I don't know, son. I don't recognize him from this neighborhood."But she didn't call the cops.
It took him 45 minutes, but Impus Minor picked BOTH our main lock and our deadbolt with a pair of fricking bobby pins. And according to Hi (once a certified locksmith), we'd bought a very good brand. Locks...
Locks work by preventing entrance to people who would jump at occasion of unlocked door and slow down entrance of those who are prepared. They won't really stop someone who is dedicated and prepared to enter, except by giving time for witnesses to react.
Is owning lockpicks legal in Cali? Here it is illegal to own them unless you are a locksmith by trade.
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In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.
I have hit too many unexpected surprises with lawnmowers' blades. I will never wear shorts or sandals (or go nekkid) when mowing, not even on the 95°+F, 80%+ humidity days.
If you persist in nekkid lawnmowing, you aughta at least include some sort of medical expenses rider in the contract.
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Locks work by preventing entrance to people who would jump at occasion of unlocked door and slow down entrance of those who are prepared. They won't really stop someone who is dedicated and prepared to enter, except by giving time for witnesses to react.
Is owning lockpicks legal in Cali? Here it is illegal to own them unless you are a locksmith by trade.
Yeah, I like to point out to people who are uber-paranoid about security that I'm 52 and can kick down any wooden back door you care to show me, which is *ALL* of them around here. A door is a minor 10-second inconvenience for me.
And yeah, you can order lockpick sets from Amazon and have them delivered, along with how-to books.
I thought they were illegal, but Impus Minor proved me wrong.
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In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.I have hit too many unexpected surprises with a mower. I will never wear shorts or sandals (or go nekkid) when mowing, not even on the 95°+F, 80%+ humidity days.
Seconded, even if I wasn't the type to always wear jeans or other kinds of long pants any time I leave the house regardless of weather.
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The owl who hunts in the woods at the back of the house is back.
Hoot hoot!
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simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.By federal law, it has to.I will be more than happy to take that topic up with my superiors.
In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.
Zelda has a 15-yr-old who mows her lawn for the continued ability to live at home.
Occasionally he'll mow my yard for some cash. Occasionally he's also refused to do it because he just didn't feel like it. Teenagers. Can't live with them, can't lock them out of the house without the police showing up.
damn these teenagers putting me put of business before I even start!
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Speaking of workplace violence and people not being helpful...
While I was evacuating equipment from the flooded areas, someone walked up to me and complained that someone else was having trouble logging into a computer. While I was holding a computer with water splashing down on the desk behind me.
Exact reply:
"Do you honestly believe that's something I'm going to care about right now?"
one of these days, Vany, I am going to figure out how to give my friends super powers that they can use only once.
I will give you two. Time travel and force choke.
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simply put, it is not happening. Too many concerns with loss of protected health information in a completely electronic environment. Also, noone wants to pay for it.By federal law, it has to.I will be more than happy to take that topic up with my superiors.
In related news, I am also looking for backers for my nude lawnmowing service, and I think I would like to add you and Zelda as my first two homes. 100 bucks/hr. Cheap.
Zelda has a 15-yr-old who mows her lawn for the continued ability to live at home.
Occasionally he'll mow my yard for some cash. Occasionally he's also refused to do it because he just didn't feel like it. Teenagers. Can't live with them, can't lock them out of the house without the police showing up.
So... this is the bad part of living in Albany.
Impus Minor asked for (and received) a lockpick set and instructions for Christmas, and put in enough time that he could first pick a clear lock (leading to the delightful quote, "All those people living in houses with clear locks had better watch out!"), then an opaque one. But I'd guess his total practice time at 20-30 hours; nothing life-altering, just a quick hobby.
On Saturday we went to Rivoli for dinner. While we were out, Impus Minor got home. He never carries a key. He wasn't carrying his lockpick set. So he went to Red-Headed Girl Next Door's, got a pair of bobby pins, and set to work. On both the deadbolt *and* the main lock.
He was there for 45 minutes. During which a woman and her young son walked by and the boy asked, "Mommy, what is that boy doing?"
To which she replied, "I don't know, son. I don't recognize him from this neighborhood."But she didn't call the cops.
It took him 45 minutes, but Impus Minor picked BOTH our main lock and our deadbolt with a pair of fricking bobby pins. And according to Hi (once a certified locksmith), we'd bought a very good brand. Locks...
You gotta be s##+ting me.
I don't think I have to tell you how differently that would have gone down in my neighborhood. Or outside of my neighborhood. Or if I tried to do it in Vany's neighborhood. Or Captain Yesterday's neighborhood. Clothed for that last one, as it is probably cooler there