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Considering how many times I personally have mentioned milkmaids.
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I'm pretty sure that's everyone's favorite. I believe it's even the universal sign for peace.
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Nekkid milkmaids. Freehold's favorite.
Good luck to your family! Fortunately they've learned a lot over the last year on how to treat it so at least there's hope. If you need anything at all let us know!
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It wasn't just cookies. Somehow my password got reset during the fiasco.
But the spammers seem to be doing just fine.
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Other than all the obvious inconveniences of COVID, one of the big "hidden" ones is trying to get a diagnosis from a doctor:
"One eye is swollen shut and green ooze is coming out."
"Could be COVID."
"I've developed a limp."
"Could be COVID."
"Fire is shooting out of my backside."
"Could be COVID."
So GothBard has classic symptoms of some kind of sinus infection. Doctor's answer? "Could be COVID."
Looks like she might well have to have her third COVID test in the last 6 weeks just to get to go to the doctor's and get a proper diagnosis.
I know COVID's no joke, but having every symptom be called, "Possible COVID, go get tested," gets tiresome, and contributes to the misconception that this is some mythical, nonexistent media bug.
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Nut bunnies, everything seems to be working now...
Whoops.
Apparently, FaWtL works similar to classic NES cartridges. {makes notes for later server sabotage}
{finally comes up in initiative order... notices non-gremlins in thread}
ACK!
{flees}
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The question - the big one - is, what was Freehold doing in the clouds to make it snow so heavily today?
(Filming a new safety presentation for Global Megacorp?)
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We have a wet, cold snow today as well (well, it is around for a few days now, but recently fresh one fell).
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The question - the big one - is, what was Freehold doing in the clouds to make it snow so heavily today?
(Filming a new safety presentation for Global Megacorp?)
I was watching porn to re-fill my history.
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Nekkid milkmaids. Freehold's favorite.
They're not nekkid. They're wearing milk or cream. Maybe some butter. Or skyr.
I was watching porn to re-fill my history.The question - the big one - is, what was Freehold doing in the clouds to make it snow so heavily today?
(Filming a new safety presentation for Global Megacorp?)
I would watch Freehold's Drunk (Porn) History if it were a show.
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Nekkid milkmaids. Freehold's favorite.They're not nekkid. They're wearing milk or cream. Maybe some butter. Or skyr.
I would watch Freehold's Drunk (Porn) History if it were a show.I was watching porn to re-fill my history.The question - the big one - is, what was Freehold doing in the clouds to make it snow so heavily today?
(Filming a new safety presentation for Global Megacorp?)
interesting fact 1: I am a huge drunk history fan. Love the show. Want it back. Want a time machine to go forward in time to see who does the events of 1/6/21 in the future version of the show.
Interesting fact 2: I know a fair amount of porn history and how it affected real life history.
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Today was just...annoying, odd, disgusting and otherwise not what I signed up for.
1) I headed into the office to assist a tech with a deployment of hardware to a bunch of new users. This did not stop my boss from pulling me into a troubleshooting call that had nothing to do with us - the issue lies with the client's software and our users also not following a process. But ok. Whatever. Annoying, but whatever.
2) Local technician opened a box that was returned from a work-from-home ex-employee. It took a bit, but the smell of horse urine and roaches hit us after a couple minutes and then the dead roaches were found. Absolutely disgusting. Not even trying to salvage that one.
3) A bat found its way into our office suite. In and of itself...eh, a little odd, but bats find their way into buildings. It happens. This one decided to land on my arm. Only stayed a couple seconds, but that was a bit unnerving since I don't have a ton of experience with bats.
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And thus the rise of BatVan begins!!!
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Today was just...annoying, odd, disgusting and otherwise not what I signed up for...
2) Local technician opened a box that was returned from a work-from-home ex-employee. It took a bit, but the smell of horse urine and roaches hit us after a couple minutes and then the dead roaches were found. Absolutely disgusting. Not even trying to salvage that one.
So for me, that's above and beyond and I'd go ahead and call the cops over mailing biohazards. Punitive? Yes. But so is sending that s*** to someone who had nothing to do with the person getting fired (or whatever).
3) A bat found its way into our office suite. In and of itself...eh, a little odd, but bats find their way into buildings. It happens. This one decided to land on my arm. Only stayed a couple seconds, but that was a bit unnerving since I don't have a ton of experience with bats.
You have been blessed. Now go fight crime!
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I'm about to go in to work, though it looks like we only got about an inch of snow so it should be a pretty easy run.
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I'm working by myself today, but not because my guys quit, Skinny Jeans' guys quit and since I'm not lazy and can do my route myself the boss gave Skinny Jeans my guys.
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420!!
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3) A bat found its way into our office suite. In and of itself...eh, a little odd, but bats find their way into buildings. It happens. This one decided to land on my arm. Only stayed a couple seconds, but that was a bit unnerving since I don't have a ton of experience with bats.
Im jealous. Bats are amazing <3
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It flew around the suite for about 15 minutes. I had the encounter with it, and I went to contact the maintenance team to have them remove the little dive bomber. While I went out, the person watching the bat lost visual track of it. And then we never saw it again the rest of the day.
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It flew around the suite for about 15 minutes. I had the encounter with it, and I went to contact the maintenance team to have them remove the little dive bomber. While I went out, the person watching the bat lost visual track of it. And then we never saw it again the rest of the day.So what you're saying is, it's still in there. Waiting. Watching. Biding its time until it strikes!
I really hope so.
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Today was just...annoying, odd, disgusting and otherwise not what I signed up for...
2) Local technician opened a box that was returned from a work-from-home ex-employee. It took a bit, but the smell of horse urine and roaches hit us after a couple minutes and then the dead roaches were found. Absolutely disgusting. Not even trying to salvage that one.
So for me, that's above and beyond and I'd go ahead and call the cops over mailing biohazards. Punitive? Yes. But so is sending that s*** to someone who had nothing to do with the person getting fired (or whatever).
Unfortunately, this isn't uncommon. While that is a more extreme example (note: just more extreme, not most) of what comes back from at-home employees, "disgusting" is the common theme, not the uncommon one. Monitors always come back looking like they've been freshly sneezed upon by an elephant pack. Keyboards are almost always just discarded (electronics recycling) immediately. Open up the computers and we expect to see a large amount of dust/pet hair/etc, but we also find all kinds of other "goodies" on a regular basis.
And the smells...enough to make a dung beetle cringe.
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Today was just...annoying, odd, disgusting and otherwise not what I signed up for...
2) Local technician opened a box that was returned from a work-from-home ex-employee. It took a bit, but the smell of horse urine and roaches hit us after a couple minutes and then the dead roaches were found. Absolutely disgusting. Not even trying to salvage that one.
So for me, that's above and beyond and I'd go ahead and call the cops over mailing biohazards. Punitive? Yes. But so is sending that s*** to someone who had nothing to do with the person getting fired (or whatever).
Unfortunately, this isn't uncommon. While that is a more extreme example (note: just more extreme, not most) of what comes back from at-home employees, "disgusting" is the common theme, not the uncommon one. Monitors always come back looking like they've been freshly sneezed upon by an elephant pack. Keyboards are almost always just discarded (electronics recycling) immediately. Open up the computers and we expect to see a large amount of dust/pet hair/etc, but we also find all kinds of other "goodies" on a regular basis.
And the smells...enough to make a dung beetle cringe.
So... the roaches and the filth I'll believe as "incidental".
But horse urine?
"Hey, honey! Scheherazade got into the den and peed all over the computer again!"
Nope.
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How does one identify horse urine odor as opposed to that of other animals?
Different animal waste = different smells. You grow up in farm country, you learn to identify them. Even if you lived in town, the smells blow in.
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How does one identify horse urine odor as opposed to that of other animals?
You must be from the city. Horse urine is amazingly distinct.
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Today was just...annoying, odd, disgusting and otherwise not what I signed up for...
2) Local technician opened a box that was returned from a work-from-home ex-employee. It took a bit, but the smell of horse urine and roaches hit us after a couple minutes and then the dead roaches were found. Absolutely disgusting. Not even trying to salvage that one.
So for me, that's above and beyond and I'd go ahead and call the cops over mailing biohazards. Punitive? Yes. But so is sending that s*** to someone who had nothing to do with the person getting fired (or whatever).
Unfortunately, this isn't uncommon. While that is a more extreme example (note: just more extreme, not most) of what comes back from at-home employees, "disgusting" is the common theme, not the uncommon one. Monitors always come back looking like they've been freshly sneezed upon by an elephant pack. Keyboards are almost always just discarded (electronics recycling) immediately. Open up the computers and we expect to see a large amount of dust/pet hair/etc, but we also find all kinds of other "goodies" on a regular basis.
And the smells...enough to make a dung beetle cringe.
So... the roaches and the filth I'll believe as "incidental".
But horse urine?
"Hey, honey! Scheherazade got into the den and peed all over the computer again!"
Nope.
No, I don't think that's what happened either, but smells have a way of permeating. Some of these people send pictures of their equipment to us for troubleshooting and we see that their "home office" is the computer sitting on the kitchen counter. Or in a laundry room. Or in a small cubby of an entry-way. Who knows. Did they do it maliciously? Very possibly. Any way that could realistically be proven? No chance.
Endgame-style crossovers have gotten a little ridiculous.
EDIT: for better wording
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Today was just...annoying, odd, disgusting and otherwise not what I signed up for...
2) Local technician opened a box that was returned from a work-from-home ex-employee. It took a bit, but the smell of horse urine and roaches hit us after a couple minutes and then the dead roaches were found. Absolutely disgusting. Not even trying to salvage that one.
So for me, that's above and beyond and I'd go ahead and call the cops over mailing biohazards. Punitive? Yes. But so is sending that s*** to someone who had nothing to do with the person getting fired (or whatever).
Unfortunately, this isn't uncommon. While that is a more extreme example (note: just more extreme, not most) of what comes back from at-home employees, "disgusting" is the common theme, not the uncommon one. Monitors always come back looking like they've been freshly sneezed upon by an elephant pack. Keyboards are almost always just discarded (electronics recycling) immediately. Open up the computers and we expect to see a large amount of dust/pet hair/etc, but we also find all kinds of other "goodies" on a regular basis.
And the smells...enough to make a dung beetle cringe.
...what the hell? What conditions are people living in that your stuff comes back with horse pee and dead roaches all over it?!?
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How does one identify horse urine odor as opposed to that of other animals?
I can smell horse pee a mile off. It is distinctive.
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If you can smell horse pee from a mile away... what are you doing on these forums? Your unearthly olfactory skills make you a borderline super hero! Put on a cape and some long underwear and go start fighting crime already!How does one identify horse urine odor as opposed to that of other animals?I can smell horse pee a mile off. It is distinctive.
No, he needs to be a demon slayer!
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How does one identify horse urine odor as opposed to that of other animals?You must be from the city. Horse urine is amazingly distinct.
Huh. I spent a fair amount of time around a stable when I was a kid, but I guess the horse urine smell never made much of an impression on me.
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I'm not an expert in smell, so no comment.
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I've started to reach that point in Ghost of Tsushima where you start to feel like a super bad ass samurai.
I just rampaged through and then burned down two logging camps, and then sat on a stump amidst the carnage and had a drink of water.
F!#! yes, that's how you start a weekend.
In the next installment of, "Tacticslion is a good parent, don't @me." we are playing through the original FF7, and we just got out of Midgar! That's where we're calling it for the night.
The trauma isn't going to happen soon.
... or maybe it will. We shall see how quickly we burn through the rest of this.