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[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Logan

Come on DT, the stalls thread exists...this is clearly not an "undeserving of its own thread".

LMAO...I suppose so. But I knew this thread was on the main page and GAK...I feel like I'm going to be sick now.

[Suburban Rhythm]

I like that there is an in studio analyst who is a former competitor for the National Spelling Bee.

[Ironhead]

Our neighbor was having a fence installed today and they busted our inground sprinkler system. Bastards!

[Scoobz0202]

Read at your own risk:

Print - The Survivor - Esquire

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Read at your own risk:

Print - The Survivor - Esquire

I followed this from the start and it's maybe one of the most depressing things I've ever encountered. I don't know how any human being is capable of moving on. I don't know how any human beings could be capable of such evil.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I followed this from the start and it's maybe one of the most depressing things I've ever encountered. I don't know how any human being is capable of moving on. I don't know how any human beings could be capable of such evil.

I saw this guy on the talk show circuit somewhere in the past year, Oprah maybe. I skimmed enough of the article to know it was the same guy, my take is about what it was that day (when I didn't make it through the entire show): I can't comprehend how he still functions at any level, it's simply beyond my ability to understand.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Read at your own risk:

Print - The Survivor - Esquire

I haven't read the article yet but I'm followed the story, and this guy's plight and how he's handling it is very moving. I do hope that he has friends/family around him that can make him laugh/have some beers/watch the game, etc. 24/7 condolensences, while thoughtful and probably helpful in the beginning must be themselves a lot to bear after a while, as far as them keeping you away from trying to have a life. Somebody gave me this advice once that what people who have lost something, or are terminally ill, etc - lifting their spirits and bringing back into normalcy is just as important/helpful than saying how sorry you are for what they're going through.

[MJ4H]

why the hell doesn't sally go somewhere besides the sea shore to sell her sea shells? i mean that's probably the worst place to sell them.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I love Doug English...

On the twitter campaign to name the Lions' D-Line:

“It’s a great honor to be named,” English said. “But if it’s up to me, I’d like to see these guys in Detroit get a name the old-fashioned way, and that’s by just pounding some people into the dirt and just waiting to hear what they have to say about it, and something will stick.”

“The bottom line is these guys, if they’re going to play as well as I anticipate they’re going to -- and, obviously, they’re getting some really good coaching as well -- so if that all equates to a great defensive line then the name’s going to come naturally,” English said. “Some guy’s going to make a comment after a game, or an opposing player’s going to say, ‘Gosh, it was like a blank,’ and suddenly, they’re going to have a name.

“I think for some has-been like me to show up and say, ‘Oh, let’s call them this or that,’ I don’t think it would do them justice. I know it’s going to happen. They’re going to play great, and an opposing player or an opposing coach, somebody is going to just say something one day that’s just going to stick, and then it will emerge.”

[SplitPersonality1]

diabetes = stupid

[JonInMiddleGA]

Pretty cool to spend the evening playing with a baby for the first time in about a decade or so ... especially a baby that you have no diaper responsibilities for

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Pretty cool to spend the evening playing with a baby for the first time in about a decade or so ... especially a baby that you have no diaper responsibilities for

Wanna come over?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Wanna come over?

Location: Seattle

Nope

[molson]

Talked to my grandmother on her 91st birthday today - she says that the last 3 years, since she moved to Savannah, Georgia, are the best of her life (after living in suburban CT her whole life). She can't say enough about the people, the culture, the respect for old people (she's involved with a church down there that looks out for her). So thanks Savannah, I kind of wish I could retire down there right now, it sounds nice.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by molson

Talked to my grandmother on her 91st birthday today - she says that the last 3 years, since she moved to Savannah, Georgia, are the best of her life (after living in suburban CT her whole life). She can't say enough about the people, the culture, the respect for old people (she's involved with a church down there that looks out for her). So thanks Savannah, I kind of wish I could retire down there right now, it sounds nice.

My impression of Savannah over numerous visits is that as long as you avoid a few questionable areas after dark it's an above average place. A little more traditionally Southern in some of the ways she talks about that some other similar sized cities I think, a little slower pace than what I find now. More genteel if you will.

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by molson

Talked to my grandmother on her 91st birthday today - she says that the last 3 years are the best of her life

I expect my wife to say the same thing 3 years after I die.

[terpkristin]

Taking a percocet on an empty stomach was a bad idea.
Taking a second one after eating brunch was also a bad idea...when there was no more food forthcoming until just now with dinner.

Ugh I feel icky.
/tk

[MacroGuru]

So, conference call last night.

We are going to do a reduction in force starting July 1st. We don't know who or how many yet. We are reducing the markets we are going to by 20% due to economic issues. Because of that, those who are not riffed will have July and August off, unless you choose to work at the office, inside sales. (Office is in Utah, I am in Buffalo)

Oh, and they expect us all to do our best for the rest of June...

Fuck.....

[Logan]

A friend got me to drunkenly sign up to audition for Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and we have them tonight. Apparently it starts with an hour long test, and if you pass it (10% do), you then have an interview with producers to see if you'd be good on TV. If you get through that, you get put in a pool where you could be called to be on the show at any point in the next two years.

If anyone in the NYC area is interested, I filled out the application late Thursday night and had my appointment confirmed by noon Friday. So I don't exactly think they're turning people away in droves.

[stevew]

200 bucks for the power company to cut the power off at the pole so i can change a gutter downspout and switch out a main breaker. I understand that the utilities need to make as much money as humanly possible, but that is a crazy sum of cash for about 20 minutes worth of their work. Total monopoly they got going on.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by stevew

200 bucks for the power company to cut the power off at the pole so i can change a gutter downspout and switch out a main breaker. I understand that the utilities need to make as much money as humanly possible, but that is a crazy sum of cash for about 20 minutes worth of their work. Total monopoly they got going on.

You should go out there and do it yourself then...

[Logan]

If anyone was following Congressman Anthony Weiner's Twitter scandal...he just admitted to everything in a press conference.

[jeff061]

The chick who does the Delta safety video is hot.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

So, conference call last night.

We are going to do a reduction in force starting July 1st. We don't know who or how many yet. We are reducing the markets we are going to by 20% due to economic issues. Because of that, those who are not riffed will have July and August off, unless you choose to work at the office, inside sales. (Office is in Utah, I am in Buffalo)

Oh, and they expect us all to do our best for the rest of June...

Fuck.....

Fuck man. You've had a lot of bad luck job-wise over the past couple years - hope this works out okay for you!

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Logan

If anyone was following Congressman Anthony Weiner's Twitter scandal...he just admitted to everything in a press conference.

And the chick they had on Nightline who "sexted" with him is pretty hot. Good job Congressman Weiner!

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Fuck man. You've had a lot of bad luck job-wise over the past couple years - hope this works out okay for you!

Besides the cross country move and having business partners essentially shit on my chest, I have been with the same company for 4 years. It's caused grief with everything in my life, including my failed marriage....so I am hoping for the RIF.....I get unemployment and my 401K from them....I won't bitch..

[bhlloy]

It always strikes me as wierd that the guy who starred as the QB in playmakers is now doing crappy commercials for bug spray. Guess he has the NFL and ESPN's lack of backbone for that particular career downturn

[Draft Dodger]

the eSurance commercials are consistently the worst commercials on TV. just all around, flat out, bad.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

the eSurance commercials are consistently the worst commercials on TV. just all around, flat out, bad.

i dont understand how everything you say makes no sense

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Besides the cross country move and having business partners essentially shit on my chest, I have been with the same company for 4 years. It's caused grief with everything in my life, including my failed marriage....so I am hoping for the RIF.....I get unemployment and my 401K from them....I won't bitch..

Well that'd be the definition of working out well then.

Is there a way you could ask for it??

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

It always strikes me as wierd that the guy who starred as the QB in playmakers is now doing crappy commercials for bug spray. Guess he has the NFL and ESPN's lack of backbone for that particular career downturn

Driving home last night, I heard what sounded like some sort of male enhancement commercial on satellite radio being voiced by Peter Scolari.

But he doesn't care what we say anymore, this is his life.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

the eSurance commercials are consistently the worst commercials on TV. just all around, flat out, bad.

The chick with the ponytails bothers me to almost an irrational level. I don't get that look at all - is she supposed to look 12? Very unsettling. I don't expect my insurance company to be represented by pre-pubescent girls.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Driving home last night, I heard what sounded like some sort of male enhancement commercial on satellite radio being voiced by Peter Scolari.

But he doesn't care what we say anymore, this is his life.

You ever think Tom Hanks gets calls from Peter Scolari that sound like "Can you get me a role? Any role? I'll play Hooker #3 if you need me to. I don't care. Help me!"?

[Noop]

Haaaaaaaaaarvard

[Pumpy Tudors]

Random thought: Last Friday, three co-workers asked me to make over-the-top orgasm noises in the cafeteria. I initially declined, but they talked me into it. I don't regret it at all.

[JediKooter]

I'm naming my first kid Pumpy Tudors.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Noop

Haaaaaaaaaarvard

Hmm? Is that where you're coming to law school?

[Noop]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Hmm? Is that where you're coming to law school?

Nah although the school I am attending has a great reputation. If I end up in the top 10% I will definitely see if I can transfer into Haaaaaaaarvard or Yale.

Edit: I just realized what you wrote. It would be nice to live in the Northeast but I will settle for the Mid-Atlantic/South for now. You know what school is awesome but was just to cold for me? Minnesota.

[Lathum]

I hate my doctors office. A few weeks ago I realized I had an infected ingrown big toe. I went to their office that does special visits on Saturdays for emergency type stuff. Doctor prescribed my anti biotics and told me to soak it. Infection went away but is now back. Call my doctor to get another prescription and she wont call it in until she sees me. Problem is I can't get in to see her until next week, my schedule makes it impossible. Now what gets really annoying is they have another office in the practice with evening hours I could go to. Problem is that office won't see me because my they aren't my primary care doctor, even though they are in the same practice.

So I am going to have to either go to urgent care or hobble around with a toe that continues to have an infection grow, because my own practice won't let me go to another office within their practice.

[JediKooter]

Get in there with some toe nail clippers, needle nose pliers and some rubbing alcohol and fix that bad boy yourself.

[spleen1015]

I am looking forward to 4pm. Get to go home, download Terraria and fire it up.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

Get in there with some toe nail clippers, needle nose pliers and some rubbing alcohol and fix that bad boy yourself.

How do you think it got infected in the first place?

[Lathum]

dola- I could deal with it except I am in a wedding this weekend and really don't want to be hobbling down the aisle

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Lathum

dola- I could deal with it except I am in a wedding this weekend and really don't want to be hobbling down the aisle

just have them reschedule the wedding boom problem solved duh

[JAG]

Originally Posted by Noop

You know what school is awesome but was just to cold for me? Minnesota.

I found this comment humorous after I overheard a co-worker saying the current temperature is 101 here in Minneapolis (and oddly a heat index of 99).

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Lathum

How do you think it got infected in the first place?

Doh!! Vicodin and some beer should help.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I hate my doctors office. A few weeks ago I realized I had an infected ingrown big toe. I went to their office that does special visits on Saturdays for emergency type stuff. Doctor prescribed my anti biotics and told me to soak it. Infection went away but is now back. Call my doctor to get another prescription and she wont call it in until she sees me. Problem is I can't get in to see her until next week, my schedule makes it impossible. Now what gets really annoying is they have another office in the practice with evening hours I could go to. Problem is that office won't see me because my they aren't my primary care doctor, even though they are in the same practice.

So I am going to have to either go to urgent care or hobble around with a toe that continues to have an infection grow, because my own practice won't let me go to another office within their practice.

In grown toenails suck. I have had my nail removed twice due to them...

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Random thought: Last Friday, three co-workers asked me to make over-the-top orgasm noises in the cafeteria. I initially declined, but they talked me into it. I don't regret it at all.

Adding to this, one of the three co-workers just came over and had an extended non-work conversation with me. During that time, I've discovered that she's just as strange as I am. I find that pretty much amazing, and I'll be sending her a Facebook friend request as soon as I get home. This should end well.

Edit to add: I may also schedule a meeting using Outlook.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Adding to this, one of the three co-workers just came over and had an extended non-work conversation with me. During that time, I've discovered that she's just as strange as I am.

Examples, please.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Examples, please.

She claims that she has the ability to turn off traffic lights without touching them. I was pretty much all in once she told me that.

So to speak.