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Had to go Up North for job training this week which basically involved lots of drinking 

Our home office is closed because of snowmageddon but instead we get to drive home in this ####

normallly a 4 hour drive, should be fun today 

:hangover:

 
expecting some heavy rain this weekend, and i've been ignoring the gutters because i didn't wanna go buy a new ladder - the bottom two rungs are wonky on the one we have ...

gf prods me into taking action, so we don't leak rain into the laundry room -

"but please buy a new ladder!"

"why??!? all i gotta do is step up to the third rung, and, WA-LA!"

"no, you really shouldn't climb up on that thing - please borrow Phil's (neighbor), or go get a new one - please!"

"LOOK, I KNOW THE ####### THING IS DODGY, BUT I KNOW WHAT THE #### I'M DOING!"

gives me the look o'death for 10 seconds - "ok, see ya inside"

so i clean them well enough, takes me 'bout 5 minutes ... i begin my descent ... but, uhhhh, guess who forgot the two bottom rungs were shot?

take a ridiculous header on my right side ... crack at the elbow/wrist/hand, and then SMACK on the hip ... thankfully my noggin landed in the grass ..

"####!!!!! MUTHA ####### #### ####!!!!"

gf comes out 

"oh, did you drop something? what ya lookin' for down there?"

:wall:

 
otb_lifer said:
expecting some heavy rain this weekend, and i've been ignoring the gutters because i didn't wanna go buy a new ladder - the bottom two rungs are wonky on the one we have ...
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I assume this is a stepladder? Because if not, couldn't just flip the damn thing end-for end? I mean you may not have the "feet", but if it's in the grass it should still work.

 
heckmanm said:
I assume this is a stepladder? Because if not, couldn't just flip the damn thing end-for end? I mean you may not have the "feet", but if it's in the grass it should still work.
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nah, regular ol' fashioned, run o'the mill alooooomininum ladder - not "flippable", as it were. 

had it leaning into our laundry room extension, and set it on the concrete, where the brunt of my fall took place ... my head missed by inches  :unsure:

 
I try not to post too much "churchy" stuff in here but I can't resist this one.

I'm super pumped about an event my church is participating in tonight called Night To Shine. We're one of 535 churches around the world partnering with the Tim Tebow Foundation to host proms for people with special needs.

We're hosting ours at a large events venue that usually hosts ritzy weddings. We have a red carpet they all get to walk in the way in with a paparazzi style posing area, we have boutonnieres and corsages for every guest, we have an excellent DJ, hair and makeup people from a local high end salon, a full dinner catered some of the best event photographers and videographers in the Philly area to provide free photos for each guest, limos to give the guests rides around the area, and we have crowns to crown every single one of them Kings and Queens at the end of the night. And it is 100% free for every one of them right down to close to 200 dresses that were donated. 

So excited to get to share that night with them and show each and every one of them that they are incredibly valuable and that they are loved.

Here's a link to the highlight video from last year's Night to Shine events (this is our first year doing it): https://youtu.be/kfSLyfFwDks

 
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Dan Lambskin said:
Had to go Up North
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Is this just something people in Michigan say?  Or is this a midwest thing?  When I drive up to Seattle, I never in a million years would think to say "I'm heading up north".  I just say "I'm going to Seattle".  I've lived in other parts of the country where it was possible to drive north and I never heard another person in any other place utter this phrase, yet that's what everybody says when they drive north in Michigan.  Odd business, that. 

 
GroveDiesel said:
I try not to post too much "churchy" stuff in here but I can't resist this one.

I'm super pumped about an event my church is participating in tonight called Night To Shine. We're one of 535 churches around the world partnering with the Tim Tebow Foundation to host proms for people with special needs.

We're hosting ours at a large events venue that usually hosts ritzy weddings. We have a red carpet they all get to walk in the way in with a paparazzi style posing area, we have boutonnieres and corsages for every guest, we have an excellent DJ, hair and makeup people from a local high end salon, a full dinner catered some of the best event photographers and videographers in the Philly area to provide free photos for each guest, limos to give the guests rides around the area, and we have crowns to crown every single one of them Kings and Queens at the end of the night. And it is 100% free for every one of them right down to close to 200 dresses that were donated. 

So excited to get to share that night with them and show each and every one of them that they are incredibly valuable and that they are loved.

Here's a link to the highlight video from last year's Night to Shine events (this is our first year doing it): https://youtu.be/kfSLyfFwDks
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Dude, that's awesome.  Is there a way to donate to this cause? 

 
General Malaise said:
Is this just something people in Michigan say?  Or is this a midwest thing?  When I drive up to Seattle, I never in a million years would think to say "I'm heading up north".  I just say "I'm going to Seattle".  I've lived in other parts of the country where it was possible to drive north and I never heard another person in any other place utter this phrase, yet that's what everybody says when they drive north in Michigan.  Odd business, that. 
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Yeah definitely a Michigan thing and up there they call the lower part Down State

 
General Malaise said:
Is this just something people in Michigan say?  Or is this a midwest thing?  When I drive up to Seattle, I never in a million years would think to say "I'm heading up north".  I just say "I'm going to Seattle".  I've lived in other parts of the country where it was possible to drive north and I never heard another person in any other place utter this phrase, yet that's what everybody says when they drive north in Michigan.  Odd business, that. 
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people here go up north almost every weekend :shrug:

"north" is anything north of about where i live... in the woods/state parks/to their cabins

 
General Malaise said:
Dude, that's awesome.  Is there a way to donate to this cause? 
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You can donate to the Night To Shine event through the Tim Tebow Foundation here.

That funds the administrative overhead, some of the funds for poorer churches putting on the events, etc. Tebow takes a lot of heat and I totally get why, but he really is an awesome dude and his foundation does some really amazing things.

Our church decided to spend about 10% of our annual budget on this event. What's cool is that we only ended up having to spend about 30-40% of that amount because we had such an amazing response from people in the local community that wanted to donate their time and services.

And if this is something that really interests any of you, I'd encourage you to check out the above link where you can find a church near you that is hosting one of these. It's an annual event held the same time each year and many churches will take volunteer help from outside the church as long as you pass the required background check (a safety thing done through some national company).

My church has about 220 people that attend each week, that includes about 50% under 18 years old. We only have about 50 adults from our church able to volunteer. But we have 200(!!!) from outside our church that we're so excited that they signed up to help.

 
GroveDiesel said:
You can donate to the Night To Shine event through the Tim Tebow Foundation here.

That funds the administrative overhead, some of the funds for poorer churches putting on the events, etc. Tebow takes a lot of heat and I totally get why, but he really is an awesome dude and his foundation does some really amazing things.

Our church decided to spend about 10% of our annual budget on this event. What's cool is that we only ended up having to spend about 30-40% of that amount because we had such an amazing response from people in the local community that wanted to donate their time and services.

And if this is something that really interests any of you, I'd encourage you to check out the above link where you can find a church near you that is hosting one of these. It's an annual event held the same time each year and many churches will take volunteer help from outside the church as long as you pass the required background check (a safety thing done through some national company).

My church has about 220 people that attend each week, that includes about 50% under 18 years old. We only have about 50 adults from our church able to volunteer. But we have 200(!!!) from outside our church that we're so excited that they signed up to help.
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Your church is in a much better spot than most with these demos, including the one I attend.  Probably in part because you guys are doing stuff like this.  I think if churches did more real world community action stuff like what you guys are doing tonight they'd impact far more people and have a far better rep.  Pretty cool.  I might have to explore this for our church next year.

 
General Malaise said:
Is this just something people in Michigan say?  Or is this a midwest thing?  When I drive up to Seattle, I never in a million years would think to say "I'm heading up north".  I just say "I'm going to Seattle".  I've lived in other parts of the country where it was possible to drive north and I never heard another person in any other place utter this phrase, yet that's what everybody says when they drive north in Michigan.  Odd business, that. 
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We say "up north" when we're talking about Northern California.  The Bay Area, Sacramento, and all points north.   But we would not say "up north" in reference to somewhere like Fresno even though it is to the north.

"Where did Smitty move to?  San Jose? San Ramon?"

"I dunno, somewhere up north."

 
never hear/say "up north" here in NYC area - if you are traveling north, but staying in the State, its "i'm going Upstate" - even heard that for someone just going to Yonkers  :lol:

 instead of "up north", it will be the destination, proper (Boston, Vermont, Connecticut, Montreal, etc).

now, funny thing is, no matter where you are going below Jersey it's "i'm going DOWN SOUTH!" - not "hey, i'm heading to Atlanta next week" but "i'm heading down south next week" - only if pressed will the destination be revealed -

"down south, huh? where?"

""Atlanta" 

 
In addendum:  If we say "back east" it almost always refers to somewhere on the East Coast.  Chicago, St. Louis, Denver?  Not "back East".  

"Down south" almost always means the greater LA area.  This would include everything from Santa Clarita to anything north of San Diego.

 
It's hit-or-miss where I'm from in the Mid-Atlantic. We don't say "up north" or "down south" much, but will say "I'm heading down to Raleigh this week" or "I'm going out west to Utah". But we'll also just name the destination without the cardinal points.

We also have to account for Bawlmorese: "I'm goan downey ayshin, hon, and drink some Natty Boze by the far pit"

 
Reg Lllama of Brixton said:
We say "up north" when we're talking about Northern California.  The Bay Area, Sacramento, and all points north.   But we would not say "up north" in reference to somewhere like Fresno even though it is to the north.

"Where did Smitty move to?  San Jose? San Ramon?"

"I dunno, somewhere up north."
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Born and raised in SoCal. Never used this phrase

 
heckmanm said:
I assume this is a stepladder? Because if not, couldn't just flip the damn thing end-for end? I mean you may not have the "feet", but if it's in the grass it should still work.
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God, I hope so.  It would be really embarrassing if that was his real ladder.

 
 Took the wife's car to the shop today. I checked the glove box to see if there was anything valuable. There was a bank envelope with 10 hundred dollar bills that I had left a couple weeks ago. I stick it in my pocket a go inside for a coffee while they write up the ticket. Walking into the store, my glasses fell out of my pocket because I'm wearing sweats with tine pockets.

I stop for lunch and when I am paying my bill, I notice the envelope is no longer in my pocket. I inform the staff and call the auto place and leave my number, in case some rube turns the money in. No one had. I was not surprised.

I get home and see I have an incoming text. Some guy found it in the parking lot. It had a deposit slip with my info on it, so he took it to the bank and deposited into my account and sent me a text telling me he did so.

HFS

 
cosjobs said:
 Took the wife's car to the shop today. I checked the glove box to see if there was anything valuable. There was a bank envelope with 10 hundred dollar bills that I had left a couple weeks ago. I stick it in my pocket a go inside for a coffee while they write up the ticket. Walking into the store, my glasses fell out of my pocket because I'm wearing sweats with tine pockets.

I stop for lunch and when I am paying my bill, I notice the envelope is no longer in my pocket. I inform the staff and call the auto place and leave my number, in case some rube turns the money in. No one had. I was not surprised.

I get home and see I have an incoming text. Some guy found it in the parking lot. It had a deposit slip with my info on it, so he took it to the bank and deposited into my account and sent me a text telling me he did so.

HFS
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Forgot the obligatory:  LOOK AT ME,  my wife doesn't spend money!!!  

I liked that hat better than 'I don't even know a grand is missing'

 
Let me share a few of my personal favorite moments from Night To Shine last night:

Most of you have probably never seen me dance. That's because I'm not a great dancer. Like there's probably a video of me next to "White Boy Dancing" in the UrbanDictionary. So as I was flailing my body around totally off beat, it we as so awesome to do so next to one of our Kings who was busting some crazy sweet moves in his motorized wheelchair. This guy tore it up! And the incredible smile on his face as we danced together broke my heart open in joy and made my smile grow wider and wide as we had a blast.

I noticed one of our other Kings in a sweet blue shirt who was having a great time dancing and loved to jump with the music. So when Jump Around from House of Pain came on, you know I had to get in on that with him! And man, did we jump around. It. Was. Awesome. 

And later, having an 8 year old daughter totally paid off (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). I got to dance alongside a young Queen and we belted out Carly Rae Jepson's Call Me, Maybe and some Justin Timberlake and the smile on her face when she knew that I was singing WITH her and SEEING her rather than looking past her humbled me and filled my heart to overflowing. 

Two more awesome stories:

My wife was in the sensory room for the night. It was an awesome room that played quiet music, had dimmed lights, crafts to do, fidget toys, soft things to cuddle, therapy dogs, etc for anyone getting overwhelmed. On of the Kings was in there and he hadn't put his crown on yet because he was worried it would bother him. Eventually my wife suggested he put it on and he decided to try it. He was ok with it, but when my wife had him look in their full length mirror at himself with the crown, he smiled and his face lit up and he became excited at seeing himself as a King!

Our pastor had a similar experience. One of the girls after the crowning ceremony grabbed him by the front of the shirt and excitedly yelled "I'm the Queen! And do you want to know WHY I'm the Queen? Because I was nominated and I was made the Queen and I realized tonight that I'm the Queen because I'm important, and I'm valuable and that people love me!"

And that right there is the whole reason that 250+ people gave their time, donations, and why we spent $10,000+. So that 75 people with disabilities and their families would know that they're valuable, that they're not forgotten and that they are loved.

When Jesus was asked what was the most important commandment out of the thousands given, his answer was simple:

1) Love God with all of your heart

2) Love others as you love yourself.

It was awesome getting to love like Jesus last night. The world would be a different, and better, world if more of us that called ourselves Christians lived more of our lives like that.

 
Some of you guys are always so put together.  Haven’t you ever gotten a mustard stain on your shirt or hooker’s vomit on your pants?

 
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