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[Suburban Rhythm]

What is the proper greeting to someone who is standing in their front yard while 4 cop cars are pulled up in their driveway/in front of the house?

Simply wanted to take my kids to Target to pick out a couple back to school things earlier...open the garage, walk out...cop car in neighbors driveway, 3 more in the street, one of the blocking our driveway.

The have 3 kids - boys about 19 and 17, daughter about 14. Don't see any of them, or the mom, front door is closed, and dad is pacing in the yard.

I get my kids in the car, the cop car does move for us. As I'm getting in, the dad is walking heading towards my house, and looks up at me,

"How's it goin'?" was my instinct. He didn't answer.

[sterlingice]

Watching Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. I miss MST3K

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[bhlloy]

The US version of the inbetweeners looks epically shit. When none of the moments in the trailer are funny you know you are going to be in trouble. It's like they lifted the characters verbatim from the BBC version but forgot all of the humor

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

What is the proper greeting to someone who is standing in their front yard while 4 cop cars are pulled up in their driveway/in front of the house?

"How's it goin'?" was my instinct. He didn't answer.

Smirk-smile and nod?

[DougW]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

What is the proper greeting to someone who is standing in their front yard while 4 cop cars are pulled up in their driveway/in front of the house?

"How's it goin'?" was my instinct. He didn't answer.

Kinda loud .. What's up Jimmy ? They didn't find your stash did they ?

[MacroGuru]

Ambien and this...Fifty Shades Generator | Terrible erotic fiction at the click of a button

make for me laughing my ass off so loud that the neighbor in my hotel started banging on the wall...or was busy reading 50 shades...

[sterlingice]

We have a parking honor box at work similar to the one linked below and I've often seen people not paying. How do these bad boys work? Can the parking lot owner tell who pays and who doesn't?

Honor Boxes : Parking Lot Supplies and Traffic Supplies Parkingzone.com (TM)

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[Grover]

I got the new ESPN Magazine, the NFL Preview. No AFC North preview. What the hell.

[DataKing]

Originally Posted by Grover

I got the new ESPN Magazine, the NFL Preview. No AFC North preview. What the hell.

That's DLC...only 99 cents more!

[/cynicism]

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Grover

I got the new ESPN Magazine, the NFL Preview. No AFC North preview. What the hell.

They were contracted. You didn't hear about it?

[Matthean]

From the file of crappy music hell, Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger got engaged.

[stevew]

The day the music cried?

[Matthean]

I kind of wonder what it would be like if my parent's generation had Facebook, and if they would complain about work on FB as much as this generation does. It feels like the hip thing to do for some people.

The Garth Brooks song "Unanswered Prayers" also seems appropriate considering who one of the complainers is.

[korme]

The hip thing to do on Facebook is to bitch about some monotonous thing and hope everyone likes it, or post baby pics or post about how great your husband is, basically 3 angles no one else cares about

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Grover

I got the new ESPN Magazine, the NFL Preview. No AFC North preview. What the hell.

Less AFC North = more Tebow!

[gstelmack]

So Progress Energy is running commercials around here about energy savings, including the gem "if you set your thermostat no lower than 78 degrees, you can enjoy your air conditioning and still save money." I don't count my thermostat being at 78 as "enjoying my air conditioning".

[Grover]

Originally Posted by korme

The hip thing to do on Facebook is to bitch about some monotonous thing and hope everyone likes it, or post baby pics or post about how great your husband is, basically 3 angles no one else cares about

I have more of the baby/young children pics than anything that show up in my feed. But it's a small handful that do it.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by korme

The hip thing to do on Facebook is to bitch about some monotonous thing and hope everyone likes it, or post baby pics or post about how great your husband is, basically 3 angles no one else cares about

This is spoken like someone who is young.

I post a ton of baby pics on facebook. Reason being is my closest family is 3000 miles away and they like to see regular pics of my son. This is as good a way as any.

I think a lot of people are similar to me. They are friends with their parents/siblings/ etc...and those people enjoy seeing pics of their grandchildren, nieces, etc...

I know as an uncle I love seeing pics of my niece and nephews, and likewise, I know my SIL and BIL who live in London love seeing pics of my son since they see him maybe once a year.

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

So Progress Energy is running commercials around here about energy savings, including the gem "if you set your thermostat no lower than 78 degrees, you can enjoy your air conditioning and still save money." I don't count my thermostat being at 78 as "enjoying my air conditioning".

What do you set your thermostat to? When we lived in Delaware we set it to 74 and it felt good. Moved to Florida and we leave it on 78 - and I don't notice a difference. The only thing I can think is that our air conditioner down here (newly purchased) also actively regulates our humidity and keeps it at 45%. I'm also one of those guys that can't stand heat, so it surprised me I was this tolerant of a higher temp on my AC.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

What do you set your thermostat to? When we lived in Delaware we set it to 74 and it felt good. Moved to Florida and we leave it on 78 - and I don't notice a difference. The only thing I can think is that our air conditioner down here (newly purchased) also actively regulates our humidity and keeps it at 45%. I'm also one of those guys that can't stand heat, so it surprised me I was this tolerant of a higher temp on my AC.

I'm a 72 man, although I do fiddle with it a bit at any particular house to make sure it's comfortable.

In Florida it's probably running all the time, and the moving air helps it feel coolor, plus you adjust to warmer temps in general.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Lathum

This is spoken like someone who is young.
I post a ton of baby pics on facebook. Reason being is my closest family is 3000 miles away and they like to see regular pics of my son. This is as good a way as any. I think a lot of people are similar to me. They are friends with their parents/siblings/ etc...and those people enjoy seeing pics of their grandchildren, nieces, etc... I know as an uncle I love seeing pics of my niece and nephews, and likewise, I know my SIL and BIL who live in London love seeing pics of my son since they see him maybe once a year.

Pretty much this.

I'm at the age where my friends are starting to have grandchildren, I'm consistently pleased (occasionally amused) to see them, since pics on FB are pretty much the only way that's likely to happen.

Same goes for my friends with children - from toddlers to teens. Those kids are a big part of their lives (or at least should be) and if they're friend enough to be on my FB in the first place then I'm interested in what's happening with them.

[Ksyrup]

We set ours at 77 with fans running. Occasionally we'll drop it to 76. And I love being cold, but I can't afford it and the girls would get too cold anyway. If I set mine at 72 I'd probably be paying $500+ a month in electric.

[JediKooter]

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[sabotai]

Shelley Long (Diane from Cheers) is 63 years old today.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

We set ours at 77 with fans running. Occasionally we'll drop it to 76. And I love being cold, but I can't afford it and the girls would get too cold anyway. If I set mine at 72 I'd probably be paying $500+ a month in electric.

That's funny. Being from ND I still prefer the cold to the hot. It's cheap to cool my house compared to heating it, so I have a tendency to keep it cooler in the summer or else I can't function, and keep it on the chillier side in the winder. A heating bill could easily be twice what my cooling bill is in a cold month.

[StLee]

Originally Posted by Lathum

This is spoken like someone who is young.

I post a ton of baby pics on facebook. Reason being is my closest family is 3000 miles away and they like to see regular pics of my son. This is as good a way as any.

I think a lot of people are similar to me. They are friends with their parents/siblings/ etc...and those people enjoy seeing pics of their grandchildren, nieces, etc...

I know as an uncle I love seeing pics of my niece and nephews, and likewise, I know my SIL and BIL who live in London love seeing pics of my son since they see him maybe once a year.

That's exactly it for me. I live in Korea, but my family lives in Louisiana. Facebook is a convenient medium to share the development of my son. Also, I warned my friends that I would be posting lots of pictures and videos. If they don't like them, it is quite easy to unsubscribe from my feed.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by korme

The hip thing to do on Facebook is to bitch about some monotonous thing and hope everyone likes it, or post baby pics or post about how great your husband is, basically 3 angles no one else cares about

Agreed with the husband thing.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by stevew

Agreed with the husband thing.

I agree Steve, your husband is great.

[stevew]

I get the whole baby thing to some degree. Some people are obnoxious, nobody from here though. I also give 30+ year old's with babies free reign to post whatever though. Obnoxious 20 somethings who shit out 4+ welfare babies should probably keep their beautiful mistakes to themselves.

And I think we've totally overestimated the whole thing worth how many 5 year olds we can take in a fight. FOFC has some hoss babies growing.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by stevew

Agreed with the husband thing.

My wife had so much good to say about me that she quit Facebook altogether.

[Galaxy]

Work/Business related:

Stop sending me e-mail invites/confirmations to "schedule" our meeting that we just scheduled in the previous e-mail. I know what time we are meeting-since we just discussed it in the e-mail; is it too hard for you to remember? Stop wasting my time and spamming me with more e-mails.

My rant for the day.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Work/Business related:

Stop sending me e-mail invites/confirmations to "schedule" our meeting that we just scheduled in the previous e-mail. I know what time we are meeting-since we just discussed it in the e-mail; is it too hard for you to remember? Stop wasting my time and spamming me with more e-mails.

My rant for the day.

You work with Pumpy?

[sabotai]

Playing a random battleground in WoW tonight. We're losing Alterac Valley badly. I say "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?"

I get a flood of variations of "LOL, that was the Japanese!"

*sigh* Kids these days....

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by sabotai

Playing a random battleground in WoW tonight. We're losing Alterac Valley badly. I say "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?"

I get a flood of variations of "LOL, that was the Japanese!"

*sigh* Kids these days....

I had one of those moments a couple semesters ago when I referenced some '90s singer, I forget which one.. and they all stared at me blankly.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Izulde

I had one of those moments a couple semesters ago when I referenced some '90s singer, I forget which one.. and they all stared at me blankly.

Had one the other day at work.

Me and a lady a little older than me were talking about multimedia giants and Ted Turner's name came up. No one else in the room knew who he was.

I guess it has been 10-15 years since he gave up control of his networks and such. People don't recognize the "WTBS" or "TNT" as anything related to him nowadays.

[stevew]

Got the dreaded MLM pitch from a guy at work. Probably going to avoid his calls for the near future. Some fuel additive bullshit.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by stevew

Got the dreaded MLM pitch from a guy at work. Probably going to avoid his calls for the near future. Some fuel additive bullshit.

Get rich quick people are always that "one great idea" away from getting rich. And they never understand why they never have any money when they keep sinking it into crap like that.

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[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Work/Business related:

Stop sending me e-mail invites/confirmations to "schedule" our meeting that we just scheduled in the previous e-mail. I know what time we are meeting-since we just discussed it in the e-mail; is it too hard for you to remember? Stop wasting my time and spamming me with more e-mails.

My rant for the day.

See I find this interesting. Given that we have a shared calendar system here, when I'm setting up a meeting I send out the invite as the "confirmation" of the meeting and as a courtesy as those attending the meeting can place it on their calendar easily.

[Ksyrup]

Installing an update to my phone for the FB app, I learned that the plural for emoticon is apparently emoji. Alrighty then.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

See I find this interesting. Given that we have a shared calendar system here, when I'm setting up a meeting I send out the invite as the "confirmation" of the meeting and as a courtesy as those attending the meeting can place it on their calendar easily.

I use them to schedule the meeting in the first place. Find a time (in Outlook) the meeting room and all the attendees are available, send the invite out with information on the meeting, and deal with the folks who can't be bothered to keep their calendar up-to-date to finalize scheduling.

[korme]

Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive

i've probably never used "apostrophe s" correctly in 35 years on this planet.

if it's a possession or contraction it gets an apostrophe. simple!!!!!

[Suicane75]

Ijustspilledteamomykeyoardadowmostofmyottomtworowsofkeysdotwork.fuck.

[molson]

Great random website if you need a little break and like dogs:

Dogshaming

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by korme

if it's a possession or contraction it gets an apostrophe. simple!!!!!

Except, you see, a possessive "its" doesn't get an apostrophe.

[Matthean]

Don't try to steal from LL Cool J.

'Mama said knock you out': LL Cool J broke burglary suspect's nose, jaw, ribs - CNN.com

[MacroGuru]

Well...My girlfriend gave me her old car because she wanted a new one and I needed a newer car (My POS I bought last July failed the state inspection and needs $1300 worth of work)

Que me getting home and excited to have a newer car and placing the Hyundai key somewhere....now I can't find the thing, I have someone willing to give me what the scrap yard will for it and no key to be found.....SMH..

[Izulde]

Natalie Portman is like, one of the top 5 most beautiful girls I've seen in person.

Alas, I didn't get a chance to meet her, nor boobhonk her like one of our other FOFC regs did.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Izulde

I didn't get a chance to boobhonk her like one of our other FOFC regs did.

I missed this story!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Sometimes people (and entities) have to be careful what they wish for. For example: "You are hearby summoned and commanded to lay all business aside & personally appear in the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse on Sept 24, 2012 to serve as a trial juror for the Superior Court"

I suppose that's a generally okay idea if you're a prosecutor, if you're a criminal defense attorney I have to think I'm among your worst nightmares. My luck? I'll end up on some utter b.s. civil case where I'll be wishing a pox upon both parties.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

My luck? I'll end up on some utter b.s. civil case where I'll be wishing a pox upon both parties.

And hopefully it'll drag on forever.