How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
11-17-2012, 01:20 PM
Boost Pope
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Raises hand.
(Note that this presupposes that I wouldn't be of draft age during the Korean War. The European Theater in WWII? Fine- I'll sign up. But **** Korea.)
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11-17-2012, 01:24 PM
On the contrary, I commend the "old folks" for all those things they saved and recycled. Just think what they could've accomplished if they'd spent less time writing down these lectures.
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11-17-2012, 01:38 PM
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Now that I think about it, I'm actually a little weirded out by this "old folks" comparison.
When I was a kid, we returned glass soda bottles to the grocery store.
We kept the paper grocery bags and re-used them for many things, including schoolbook covers. (They were also used in the preparation of fried plantains, wherein you remove the sliced fruit from the fryer halfway through the process and crush it flat on the counter between two paper grocery bags before returning it to the fryer.)
We canned vegetables.
We had one TV, in the living room. It was larger than a handkerchief- perhaps 19"?
Water did not come in bottles.
To be fair, there was an escalator in the shopping mall which was about 30 miles away. A big, ornate thing with lots of brass trim that looked like it was built in the 1950s. And we did have a washer and drier. The drier was gas-powered. I deduce this because even at the age of 6 I understood the difference between two-wire and three-wire electrical circuits, and I knew that the fuse box (yes, with fuses) in our house only had a single incoming main.
And I know that we had cloth diapers, because after my sister and I were done with them, they were pressed into service for things like car-washing and gun-cleaning.
And my father definitely used a razor of the style that took double-edged blades. That, and a shaving mug with a badger-hair brush. (It was a ritual for him.)
I AM ONLY 35 YEARS OLD!
When I was a kid, we returned glass soda bottles to the grocery store.
We kept the paper grocery bags and re-used them for many things, including schoolbook covers. (They were also used in the preparation of fried plantains, wherein you remove the sliced fruit from the fryer halfway through the process and crush it flat on the counter between two paper grocery bags before returning it to the fryer.)
We canned vegetables.
We had one TV, in the living room. It was larger than a handkerchief- perhaps 19"?
Water did not come in bottles.
To be fair, there was an escalator in the shopping mall which was about 30 miles away. A big, ornate thing with lots of brass trim that looked like it was built in the 1950s. And we did have a washer and drier. The drier was gas-powered. I deduce this because even at the age of 6 I understood the difference between two-wire and three-wire electrical circuits, and I knew that the fuse box (yes, with fuses) in our house only had a single incoming main.
And I know that we had cloth diapers, because after my sister and I were done with them, they were pressed into service for things like car-washing and gun-cleaning.
And my father definitely used a razor of the style that took double-edged blades. That, and a shaving mug with a badger-hair brush. (It was a ritual for him.)
I AM ONLY 35 YEARS OLD!
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11-18-2012, 12:31 AM
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I have the sudden urge to become a published author and write about the decadence of society, massive superiority complexes, and mass murder to experience the only true authentic interactions with people instead of facade of bullshit and expected emotions...
Mass Murdering spree, insane explosions, lots of sex, and alcohol.
Of course I know nothing on how to get published, and I know I'll get over this in like a week.
But I think it would be tight to get a book published and get paid for my thoughts.
Mass Murdering spree, insane explosions, lots of sex, and alcohol.
Of course I know nothing on how to get published, and I know I'll get over this in like a week.
But I think it would be tight to get a book published and get paid for my thoughts.
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11-18-2012, 02:04 PM
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I feel like there is a knife in my back.
I feel like there is a knife in my back.
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11-18-2012, 06:47 PM
they got it for the price of 500 with my gawd damn pallet AND straps. But they have yet to give me my friggin money. Probably because I have not gone down there. Way to start the thanksgiving holiday.
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11-18-2012, 06:54 PM
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Wait- your folks have been giving you space in their garage, they helped you get rid of that ratty old hard top that you never used, and you're going to charge them $500 for this?
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11-18-2012, 07:00 PM
i ALWAYS used the hardtop, infact the soft top is in factory condition FROM the factory, as for the garage; i'd happily work somewhere else and NOT fix their electronics and cars.
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11-19-2012, 05:41 PM
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I just got my toy Stirling cycle engine that I bought from eBay. It's small, silly and lacks any real power. But it sounds cool, lights up a couple of LEDs, and makes me happy.
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11-20-2012, 11:07 AM
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slight cure for boredom:
Clients From Hell
random smapling:
Clients From Hell
random smapling:
Client: I want this to have minimal quality.
Me: Do you mean minimalist?
Client: I’ll tell you what I mean.
Me: Do you mean minimalist?
Client: I’ll tell you what I mean.
A client came to pick up his business cards, created in grayscale and printed accordingly.
Client: Yes, but, if you print it with the color printer, you get more shades of gray, not just black and white
We printed a sample on the color printer as requested. Obviously, they were identical.
Client: Yes, but, if you print it with the color printer, you get more shades of gray, not just black and white
We printed a sample on the color printer as requested. Obviously, they were identical.
I sent a credit card design template to a client, she requested three categories: Gold, Silver, Platinum. So I used the same template for all three categories, changing nothing but the corresponding colours.
Client: I like the silver template the best. Please scrap the other two templates and use this one. To save time and money, just repeat the template but change the colour to be gold and platinum accordingly.
Client: I like the silver template the best. Please scrap the other two templates and use this one. To save time and money, just repeat the template but change the colour to be gold and platinum accordingly.
Client: The finished product seems to be exactly the same as the concept!
Me: I don’t understand the problem.
Client: I had many more ideas that needed to be addressed. I assumed that after my approval of the concept, the real work would begin on a sort of mock up that we would refine into the final product.
Me: I don’t understand the problem.
Client: I had many more ideas that needed to be addressed. I assumed that after my approval of the concept, the real work would begin on a sort of mock up that we would refine into the final product.
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11-20-2012, 11:56 AM
2 Props,3 Dildos,& 1 Cat
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optima tells me it needs desulfation but my desulfation function on my charger is automatic and doesn't kick in.
I have heard rumors that you can drop the battery from waist height onto grass a few times and it fixes it. sure you can.
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