Damn. I'm sorry.
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I mean really, really sorry.
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Okay, that funny.
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...and then they all showed GothBard what "playing possum" meant.
Baby Possums "alright on the count of three..1..2..3.."arrr grarrrg. Imma zombie. arrgh grarrrg...."
It's really frustrating when you can't even convince your own family members that convenience isn't everything.
On the one hand, morally we're in the right: The Celica was totaled by mistake and we have the various letters from all the relevant agencies except the DMV that it was a mistake and that the issue needs to be resolved by the DMV.
But according to the DMV, the car is still totaled so any time we're driving it we're driving illegally. This became far worse as of February 1 because now our registration stickers are expired. And any CHP officer who decides they don't like us can slap us with a "fix it" ticket which, if not addressed within 6 months, can lose us the car.
So I've told the whole family, "Do not drive the Celica unless it's your last option."
And of course now that the rain has hit they're all taking it preferentially because it drives so much better in inclement weather.
"What part of *NO* did you not understand?"
I swear, I should confiscate the keys until we get the sticker...
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I swear, I should confiscate the keys until we get the sticker...
Narrator: And that's how Impus Major taught himself how to start cars without keys...
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I swear, I should confiscate the keys until we get the sticker...Narrator: And that's how Impus Major taught himself how to start cars without keys...
Impus Minor. He already broke into the house using bobby pins once. The boy has talent.
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And speaking of, "This is NOT a helpful feature!", Slack now automatically updates your Status to Active whenever you log in.
So of course the inevitable happens:
(1) I take lunch and hang out with GothBard and Impus Major.
(2) One of them asks me a question, so I sign in and Google an answer.
(3) 15 minutes later, one of my co-workers sees me as Active and Slacks me a question.
(4) I don't respond for 45 minutes because I'm not at work, which is what I told Slack to tell people!!!!!
Simple rule: If a user sets a status, you don't get to change it. Period. Full stop.
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On the other hand, the classic "protect your stuff by being nice to people still holds".
There are contractors working on our neighbors' house. I told them if they ever need me to move a car, or if they want to block my driveway, they're welcome to do so; I'm just trying to "keep my rebuilt Celica safe". So of course they asked about it, and now they're being ultra-careful around it.
Because I didn't yell at them. I offered to be as helpful as possible, then mentioned that I really cared about my car's safety.
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And speaking of, "This is NOT a helpful feature!", Slack now automatically updates your Status to Active whenever you log in.
So of course the inevitable happens:
(1) I take lunch and hang out with GothBard and Impus Major.
(2) One of them asks me a question, so I sign in and Google an answer.
(3) 15 minutes later, one of my co-workers sees me as Active and Slacks me a question.
(4) I don't respond for 45 minutes because I'm not at work, which is what I told Slack to tell people!!!!!Simple rule: If a user sets a status, you don't get to change it. Period. Full stop.
Preposterous, that way the peons could hide themselves from managers!
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"What part of *NO* did you not understand?"
The whole concept is completely out of reach.
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And today is GothBard's other "Big Day in Employment Opportunities": Her former manager is meeting with HR to see whether she's allowed to open a req for a specific person and hire them on the spot. She says she's got about an 80% chance of getting it through.
So once again we're thinking that by Friday GothBard may have one or two solid offers to get out of the hellscape that is her current job.
Crossing my toes, since my fingers were already crossed.
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I took my truck in to get an oil change but all the mechanics were in, and being race car mechanics all, they also fixed my door, rotated my tires and did a full inspection.
This is another reason why I love where I work.
And again I am thankful for my prescience. The storms are supposedly "over" around here, but I went outside in the wee hours and promptly told the kids to take the Celica in.
A big front just hit, with howling winds and heavy rainfall. And the Celica is the honey badger of cars: Its center of gravity is under 24" off the road and its tires are extra-wide so traction isn't a problem. You'd think hydroplaning would be, but it's waaaaaay easier to drive on wet pavement than the Prius.
Good call, Nobody.
Added bonus: So far it's hit only 48°F today (9°C), and highs in the 40s are even rarer than 90°F days around here; we might get 3-4 90°F+ days, but only one or two days where the high never breaks 50°F. And the Celica's heater is so OP that it could smelt steel... or at least boil a kettle.
The kids'll be safe and warm on their way home through this mess. Woo hoo!
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Added bonus: So far it's hit only 48°F today (9°C), and highs in the 40s are even rarer than 90°F days around here; we might get 3-4 90°F+ days, but only one or two days where the high never breaks 50°F. And the Celica's heater is so OP that it could smelt steel... or at least boil a kettle.
The kids'll be safe and warm on their way home through this mess. Woo hoo!
Meanwhile, here, we're supposed to hit 48 degrees today and the boss immediately sends me and the excavator operator out to see if we can build something today.
We could not.
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We could not.
Your boss missed specific heat in earth science/chemistry didn't he?
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Your boss missed specific heat in earth science/chemistry didn't he?
We could not.
They all do, to be honest.
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So I've learned, "How an introvert can keep a cell phone handy at all times."
I set it permanently on Do Not Disturb. It doesn't ring. It doesn't buzz. It just sits there... forever...
Then I enabled registered contacts to ignore Do Not Disturb.
At the end of the day, I delete all the missed calls, voice mails, messages, and anything else that came under the radar because of Do Not Disturb.
And my phone and I can now co-exist in the same room without defenestration.
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Wow... speaking of cell phone nonsense...
Whenever a friend calls or texts on my cell phone, I tell them, "Please delete this number. I don't use it, and frequently I won't see any messages or calls for up to 24 hours. Either call my land line or text or call GothBard."
I try really, really hard to be courteous and to explain that because I work from home, it makes no sense for me to have my phone in my pocket for the entire day. It sits on a shelf by my work computer so I can do all the two-factor authentication stuff, meaning that any time I'm not at work I'm not near my phone.
And yet because of the way phone software works it's always,
(1) "Hey! We're going to this event together! Give me your cell number so we can find each other during the event."
"OK, but you need to delete it right afterwards because otherwise your phone will try to use it and I won't answer."
"No problem!"
(2) "I was trying to call you all day yesterday! Why didn't you answer?"
"Please don't use my cell phone. I'm very unlikely to answer it."
"You're a jerk!"
I don't have my keys or my wallet on me when I'm working from home, either. Does that make me an idiot?
(And yeah, this latest cell phone tirade brought to you because I went to a show on Friday night and turned off my ringer and forgot to turn it on again. So last night I got a call on my land line from an old friend who lambasted me because he'd been 'calling all day' and couldn't get a hold of me. And of course, he'd been calling my silent phone all that time in spite of my telling him the LAST time he'd done this that calling my cell phone was a waste of time.)
I don't have my keys or my wallet on me when I'm working from home, either. Does that make me an idiot?
Weirdo.
On the other hand (leg?), I only put my pants on when I intend to leave my house. I might keep them on after returning, but normally I stay in my pajamas so both the key and the wallet are typically a few feet from me.
However, if I am fully clothed, then yes, the wallet and keys should be on me.
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Speaking of putting on pants.
It's Fat Thursday and I should probably go get some pączki... But it's raining.
Speaking of putting on pants.
It's Fat Thursday and I should probably go get some pączki... But it's raining.
The one Polish deli near me closed. Their pączki weren't the best, but better than not having any.
Now I'm going to have to learn how to make them.
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Impus Major got a new mini laptop for his schoolwork, and it's always amazing to watch Microsoft bend over backwards begging you NOT to turn everything off. "Why are you turning off OneDrive? Why are you downloading a new browser?"
Oh, I dunno... a 30+-year history of screwing over the consumer and other businesses for your own ends?
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SNOW! AUUGH, SNOW!! WHAT SHALL WE DO? WE ARE LOST! LOST! LOOOOOOSSSSTTTT!
Well, I left work at my usual time, and got home at my usual time, despite the bus stopping all the way down the bottom of the hill. I was not wearing suitable footwear, though, so got very wet feet which is something I particularly dislike .
SNOW! AUUGH, SNOW!! WHAT SHALL WE DO? WE ARE LOST! LOST! LOOOOOOSSSSTTTT!
Well, I left work at my usual time, and got home at my usual time, despite the bus stopping all the way down the bottom of the hill. I was not wearing suitable footwear, though, so got very wet feet which is something I particularly dislike .
This is one of my brother's favorite videos from living in Seattle.
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Snow at my house too. I wonder if it’s related.
It had been raining, but after lunch today, the temperature dropped a few degrees and the snow started. Barely any accumulation so far…
Hopefully it won’t dump snow tonight.
Snow in the high country is great, but I don’t need it around my house.
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This is one of my brother's favorite videos from living in Seattle.SNOW! AUUGH, SNOW!! WHAT SHALL WE DO? WE ARE LOST! LOST! LOOOOOOSSSSTTTT!
Well, I left work at my usual time, and got home at my usual time, despite the bus stopping all the way down the bottom of the hill. I was not wearing suitable footwear, though, so got very wet feet which is something I particularly dislike .
The Fast & The Furious: Seattle Drift
WHY IS THERE NO SNOW AT MY HOUSE?!?
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WHY IS THERE NO SNOW AT MY HOUSE?!?
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Random atmospheric conditions?
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WHY IS THERE NO SNOW AT MY HOUSE?!?
You lost the right to snow at home when you applied for adoption by NobodysHome.
There is no snow where Impuses, Impii, Imps live, Impus Freehold.
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Speaking of Things that NobodysHome Hates™: Legitimate companies that have started turning off Caller ID.
My life used to be very simple: If a call came in with no Caller ID, or with a Caller ID I didn't recognize, I ignored it. But first my dentist, and then my doctor, and now my GI specialist have all turned off Caller ID for reasons I can't comprehend, so their calls look just like any other random spam calls from random numbers and I ignore them.
At least they leave messages. But gee, with the modern necessity of never answering your phone unless you recognize the caller, you'd think turning off caller ID would be a bad idea, eh?
I assume the phone companies charge them huge fees to have their ID shown and that it isn't worth the cost.
That would be plausible, except as far as I know Caller ID is free and you have to opt out of it. But then I'm not a business. Wouldn't be surprising to learn that within the last year or two phone companies learned that they could start charging businesses for Caller ID and that's why it's drying up. Google isn't showing me anything like that, but Google isn't all-knowing.
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That would be plausible, except as far as I know Caller ID is free and you have to opt out of it.
I know that my parents pay a small fee to make sure the residential landline is Unlisted- and comes up as "withheld" on Caller ID unless you have them added as a contact.
Maybe the businesses are tired of scambot calls just like the rest of us...
That would be plausible, except as far as I know Caller ID is free and you have to opt out of it.I know that my parents pay a small fee to make sure the residential landline is Unlisted- and comes up as "withheld" on Caller ID unless you have them added as a contact.
Maybe the businesses are tired of scambot calls just like the rest of us...
Wow! Hi, Cole! Long time no see!
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you have to opt out of it.My guess is that it's probably easier to hide the whole set of numbers than it is to spoof the main number for all the extensions,.
If you want to show the generic number (555-222-1200) instead of each individual number (555-222-1234, 555-222-1235, etc) it is either too complicated or too expensive, or perhaps not even tecnically possible with the telephone software package they buy.
And they probably want a group of people to be able to answer your call when you call back, not just the individual who place the initial call.
Again, I think that's extremely plausible for large companies. I was honestly surprised when my Progressive rep's direct phone number showed up on Caller ID. But for businesses like the doctor's or dentist's office where there's only one line for the entire office, I'm still perplexed.
I'm sure something has changed, and I like the theorycrafting, but I think at my next dentist appointment I'll ask and find out. The entire office is under 12 people; they should know what's going on.
Now that I think of it, it's funny you mention a dentist in context of caller ID...
Between my new phone (which I got from a friend last month) and several dentists visits at a new Dentist Clinic (that's a part of their official name) soon after getting the new phone, it's the first time I see a landline caller's ID on my cell phone.
My previous cell phone didn't seem to have that functionality. Or maybe I wasn't getting any calls from companies that weren't hiding their caller ID (basically, just a few occasional calls from power and gas companies about late bills).
That would be plausible, except as far as I know Caller ID is free and you have to opt out of it.I know that my parents pay a small fee to make sure the residential landline is Unlisted- and comes up as "withheld" on Caller ID unless you have them added as a contact.
Maybe the businesses are tired of scambot calls just like the rest of us...
Hey!
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Wow! Hi, Cole! Long time no see!
Just wandering by again ;)
We'll see how long I last, some of my breaks take years...
WW and Teensy Valeros are on their way back to Texas this weekend, expecting to arrive late Sunday night.
Hermione is over at my father law and his wife's house tonight and tomorrow morning so I can have a little time just to rest and then clean house.
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WW and Teensy Valeros are on their way back to Texas this weekend, expecting to arrive late Sunday night.
Hermione is over at my father law and his wife's house tonight and tomorrow morning so I can have a little time just to rest and then clean house.
PARTY AT LISAMARLENES PLACE BRING PACSZI
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I don’t mind playing a cleric if no one else wants to.
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I don’t mind playing a cleric if no one else wants to.
Yeah man, it's Saturday night, anything can happen!
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Fantasy Monster: Roaming Sarcophagus.
When a vampire wants to go for a dayride.
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I read that as esophagus and was horrified.