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I apologize, but I need to make a brief political tirade about DEI, so bear with me. Sometimes you just gotta vent somewhere.
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A little over 5 years since the accident...... did you manage to set rocks on fire?No a hillside collapsed due to excessive rain and I was flipped over the mini bobcat and hit the top of the hydraulic cylinder with my nose.
I very nearly cut off my nose, it required 17 stitches. And I can't watch that episode of King of the Hill anymore.
Edit: my mini bobcat (called an MT 85) was 5 feet from the edge of the hill when it collapsed so it's not like I was on the edge or anything, I was being pretty cautious.
I missed a day of work because of that.
I remember that happening.
Damn glad you didn't lose your nose.
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to drop this picture of Solnes in her bridal dress for the FAWTL Family. She sends greetings and good wishes to those who remember the original days. Have a good one FAWTLies!
We have one of those!
This is the biggest machine we have. It's almost too heavy for our trucks to pull it safely.
Hey everyone! Just wanted to drop this picture of Solnes in her bridal dress for the FAWTL Family. She sends greetings and good wishes to those who remember the original days. Have a good one FAWTLies!
AWRIGHT!
I love the park where i worked
We're in a parking lot. "Hey can i learn to drive the bobcat?" No
In a different parking lot "hey can i learn to drive the bobcat? No
We're on a cliff over a trench with someone working the backhoe attachment
"Well crap he's on the attachment here go learn to drive the bobcat NOW....
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Fantasy Monster: Firebrand Devil
"Would you fight the tyrants and oppressors? Come! Join the ranks of revolutionaries, citizen, you will be welcome!"
Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
I mean... is this a serious question? If not, I can get you some answers...
I meant it as a serious question, but if you want to keep people guessing, just be random and funny. ("Anything" by Foetus, for example)
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It would probably be something that includes smoke signs, semaphores, probably a big poster or two with explicit statement about their purpose, or something along that lines, because I am that type that misses/misreads subtle social clues, at least when they are directed at me.
And even in the rare case where I got the hint I might or might not pretend otherwise when I am not interested.
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Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
It doesn't work that way for guys.
A better question is what song do you put on when you're looking for a success.
Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
It doesn't work that way for guys.
A better question is what song do you put on when you're looking for a success.
Okay, so answer that way. What's your go-to?
Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light
That, or 'Baby Got Back'.
Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
Oh man. Whatever song they like?
Music is so incredibly personal, there's no one song that will work for everyone.
If it were me being seduced, the music that indicated the type of sex one would like to have would work best. There's a world of difference between I Want To F~~# You Like An Animal and Love To Love You Baby and Wild Thing, for example.beat.
Then of course, there's this.
Anyone has a good recommendation which free antivirus should I pick for windows 11, once the free trial of pre-installed mcaffe ends?
Avast? TotalAV? BitDefender?
Are there any other ones that are free, instead of offering a short time free trial?
Apparently Windows Defender now requires a Microsoft Account to run.
Okay, so answer that way. What's your go-to?Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
It doesn't work that way for guys.
A better question is what song do you put on when you're looking for a success.
Laid by James, In The Meantime by Space Hog is surprisingly effective, or for some reason anything by CCR.
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Crookshanks and I finished the kitchen we were working on.
It looks pretty spectacular!
My favorite quote I had when looking over her handiwork "it looks great! I have no notes"
Which, considering she basically built it while I handled all the cutting, and it's her first outdoor kitchen, is pretty impressive!
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Okay, here's a random personality question:
Someone is attempting to put the moves on you. What song (or album) do they put on the stereo to guarantee a crit on their seduction roll?
I know.
I'm weird.
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Anyone has a good recommendation which free antivirus should I pick for windows 11, once the free trial of pre-installed mcaffe ends?
Avast? TotalAV? BitDefender?
Are there any other ones that are free, instead of offering a short time free trial?
AVG has a forever free shareware function that does 95% of the valuable stuff that the pro version has. Unless the company that runs it is bought out or is passed onto a new leadership team who decides to gut it and nuke their years of good will you can't go wrong with it.
We have one of those!This is the biggest machine we have. It's almost too heavy for our trucks to pull it safely.
We have a couple of those, or at least that size, one is a different brand. And then we have another slightly smaller one with tires instead of tracks for loading and unloading at the shop.
We generally have 3 skid loaders and one excavator operator out digging shit out and building boulder walls.
AVG has a forever free shareware function that does 95% of the valuable stuff that the pro version has. Unless the company that runs it is bought out or is passed onto a new leadership team who decides to gut it and nuke their years of good will you can't go wrong with it.Anyone has a good recommendation which free antivirus should I pick for windows 11, once the free trial of pre-installed mcaffe ends?
Avast? TotalAV? BitDefender?
Are there any other ones that are free, instead of offering a short time free trial?
Or you can just go with the built-in Windows Defender. It really isn't bad and isn't a massive resource hog like most AV programs are.
Apparently Windows Defender now requires a Microsoft Account to run.I am able to use the built-in Windows Defender without a Microsoft account. I'm in the US, so I don't know what the EU situation is.
Win 11?
It might be actually working without account, I am not sure - it's just that opening its window when you try to see its functions leads you to <log in into m$ account*> and nothing else.
*logging into account means acceptance of conditions and privacy policy
I have a rain day today so of course Xbox is having major issues with their network so I can't play online.
Which isn't a huge deal but it's still deeply annoying for some reason.
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Miyazaki: How can we make the DLC for Elden Ring scarier?
Design Team: three words: Giant scorpion mosquitoes!
Miyazaki: that'll do!
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So.
Aiymi was scheduled for a procedure on July 17th.
Aiymi was also scheduled as a witness for a court case on the same day.
Aiymi called to reschedule the procedure. It got cancelled and was called within a week and was told July 3rd. She has a formal letter with it as well.
Except nobody told the hospital. She's not on the schedule at all.
All I ask in life is basic competence. Where can I go where basic competence doesn't feel unobtainable?
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So.
Aiymi was scheduled for a procedure on July 17th.
Aiymi was also scheduled as a witness for a court case on the same day.
Aiymi called to reschedule the procedure. It got cancelled and was called within a week and was told July 3rd. She has a formal letter with it as well.
Except nobody told the hospital. She's not on the schedule at all.
All I ask in life is basic competence. Where can I go where basic competence doesn't feel unobtainable?
Damn. I know what that feels like. I'm sorry.
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Good news. Linda from the front desk made a few calls. Aiymi has been added to the schedule and was just taken back to get prepped.
Linda knows how to get things done.
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All I ask in life is basic competence. Where can I go where basic competence doesn't feel unobtainable?
This. A thousand times this.
All I ask in life is basic competence. Where can I go where basic competence doesn't feel unobtainable?This. A thousand times this.
It does "amuse" me that at the moment you posted this, I'm dealing with the same sort of stupidity:
March, 2023: Impus Minor attempted to make a $30 online purchase. It triggered a fraud warning and we got a robocall. We cleared the charge. We got another robocall the next day. We cleared it again. We got a third robocall the third day in a row. We called a human being. She said she'd clear it up. We got a fourth robocall on the fourth day. We cleared it. The robocalls thankfully ended... for the moment.April-December, 2023: Every month the clear reset and the robocalls started up again. I finally gave up and blocked the number.
December, 2023: We got a call from a human being. "Why haven't you been responding to the robocalls?" We explained. In profuse detail. They apologized and said they'd fix it.
March, 2024: The robocalls started up again. Because so many people had blocked their number, they changed the number of the robodialer to get it past call blocking.
April-June, 2024: Three more months of start-of-the-month robocalls.
July, 2024: We blocked the fraud number again.
Heaven forfend they ever have an actual fraud issue.
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Anesthesiologist: We'll have you hooked up to a lot of monitors, oxygen through your nose, and then I'll put some medication through your IV and I'll watch you go to sleep.
Me: Well, that doesn't sound creepy at all.
Anesthesiologist: Won't even tie you down.
Aiymi: Aww...I thought this was the fun hospital!
Anesthesiologist: That's on the weekends. Keep it up and you might make the guest list.
Good news. Linda from the front desk made a few calls. Aiymi has been added to the schedule and was just taken back to get prepped.
Linda knows how to get things done.
AWRIGHT LINDA
Anesthesiologist: That's on the weekends. Keep it up and you might make the guest list.
Anesthesiologist "What does "Bring enough for the whole class" Mean? "
I've figured out that the doctors already know everything so I have to talk to the nurses. Item one is me waving is NOT me having convulsions, I just want you to know I'm awake and probably need a few more rounds. Item 2 is do NOT offer to hold my hand, fingers are valuable and could be crushed. Item 3, you can tie me down to the table but do not count on the table lasting, the last two did not. *kudos on the silk tape though that stuff was strong...*
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And...she was put under and then the surgeon decided he couldn't do the procedure. So now it's been rescheduled for Monday.
Cluster.
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And...she was put under and then the surgeon decided he couldn't do the procedure. So now it's been rescheduled for Monday.
Cluster.
Well.
F@!%.
That said, the anesthesiologist often makes the call, maybe they saw something. Please give her my best.
Wasn't the anesthesiologist. He put her under. It was decided by the surgeon after that.
That is f$@%ing crazy!
I ended up working longer than Pako yesterday, the 3rd time this year I've done it.
No one works longer than Pako.
Unfortunately, I'll probably rack up a few more days like that in the next couple of weeks. Former Coworker f!@&ed up his job so hard when he quit I literally had to pull it all up and start over.
Also, I suspect my truck is trying to murder me.
I swear, at this point Impus Minor would be perfectly justified in changing credit unions:
(1) After he ignored the latest round of warnings, they locked his card... the afternoon before a bank holiday, ensuring he wouldn't have access to his account for the maximum time possible.
(2) I signed in to his online account to try to help him clear things up and I learned:
- You can't even SEE that your card is locked from your online account.
- I was going to add his cell phone number and set it as the preferred number, but it turns out I'd already added his cell phone number, they don't have a "preferred number" setting, and so, since they had the house number, they never called nor texted the cell... in spite of a week of being unable to reach him on the home number.
So, I am the last person to advocate preferentially using a cell phone number. I appreciate an old-schoool, "Use the original number you were given until the customer asks you to change."
But making it impossible for the customer to request a change is just plain terrible. We may have to delete the home number just to enable cell phone alerts. Even worse is having a secondary number, being unable to reach the customer at the primary number, and not even trying the secondary number before locking the account.
I've been watching mediocre movies, so far I've watched Mortal Engines and The Flash and I'm currently watching Warcraft.
Mortal Engines is pretty good.
The Flash is okay.
Warcraft is boring as f!!&. Like should be used to torture people boring.
Which is pretty f%+#ed up considering it's based on a war game.
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Hope you're all enjoying Windy Pendants Day.
I have finished Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider. It was a good game, if short (five mission total). Dishonored 2 was a little more than twice as long.
Entering this rich setting with complex environment and extensive lore again was a pleasant experience, and at the same time, a sad reminder of later Arkane's fall...
Hope you're all enjoying Windy Pendants Day.
I have also heard it described as Windy Peasants day...
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Hope you're all enjoying Windy Pendants Day.
I hope (without getting overtly into politics and having to dodge flaming bikes) that you are enjoying the results of this week's contest.
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Just how bad were Alaska Airlines' logistical nightmares going to and from Seattle?
They read my comments. They apologized and sent me $100 in coupons. I'd rather lose $100 than fly Alaska again.