GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (28 Viewers)

[Mr.Pack]

Okay, I'll ask this here first, and if anyone wants to direct me to some sort of ***OFFICIAL*** CommGuys thread, the existence of which I am unaware, that would be great.

My mom likes to text, which is cute. Her situation is a little unusual in that her & my dad's neighborhood (due to NIMBY syndrome) does not have cell reception. So she texts through her iPad using some sort of Apple program built-in enabling SMS and MMS access through Wifi. This enables her to keep in close contact with my sister, who has an iPhone. However, my SO and I are Android users all the way (although SO has an iPad as well). Also, our tablets (my two Samsung Androids and her iPad) are not hooked up to a mobile network, just our in-home Wifi, as we never take them out of the house.

My mom has often lamented that she can't text us. (I realize there are probably solutions on her end, but this is about looking for something we can do on ours.)

Is there some way for us to get an app or something that would allow mom, on her iPad, to text us (including sending pictures) on our tablets (including 'Droids) when we're at home? TIA.

Not unless she's willing to send it from multiple sources. She's using iMessage, to do that you want (and there are apps that will do this) she'll have to use that app plus iMessage since I doubt she would change how she texts her daughter.

Ah, thanks muchly. I have never heard of iMessage as my only contact with Apple is iTunes. So there is no way to get iMessage texts to and from Android phones?

If not, what are some apps that will solve the problem as you suggested? I don't think she'll have an issue with one texting app for us and one for my sister.

Textra

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

This is probably the next shirt I'm going to order.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

25% pop in aya can't hurt.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

2 guys, 1 ticket

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

This is me 5 days a week.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

If I could replay this day everyday for the rest of my life I would and would die so happy.

Out with it already, Ashleigh.

25% pop in aya can't hurt.

An error occurredYou have reached your quota of positive votes for the day

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I was pretty happy until I got an e-mail this morning Cal threw a pencil at a teacher's head. I've picked a bad time to quit drinking.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I got drunk and redrunk yesterday. Thought that made for a pretty good day.

Thanks for picking up my slack because, with no intentions of doing so, I'm wrapping up my first sober weekend in months.

Went to see my niece sing at her recital. Inlaws a plenty there turned into 3 Guinness in 45 minutes. Now back home and this bottle of Cab doesn't stand a chance. So much for sober weekend

sober February! You're all good

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I was pretty happy until I got an e-mail this morning Cal threw a pencil at a teacher's head. I've picked a bad time to quit drinking.

Sounds like you need to spend more time helping him practice.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I bought Mrs. SLB a hot tub for Christmas. So far, really happy with the investment.

An outdoor one? My wife bugs me to get one of these every few months. Seems like a LOT of work, especially the installation.

 

[El Floppo]

I bought Mrs. SLB a hot tub for Christmas. So far, really happy with the investment.

An outdoor one? My wife bugs me to get one of these every few months. Seems like a LOT of work, especially the installation.

oh. fancy. I figured Bob just filled up the tub with some hot water. really hot, if you catch my drift.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I hope Peeper put up the 'NO DIVING' signs right away.

 

[mr roboto]

I hope Peeper put up the 'NO DIVING' signs up right away.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I was pretty happy until I got an e-mail this morning Cal threw a pencil at a teacher's head. I've picked a bad time to quit drinking.

Sounds like you need to spend more time helping him practice.

I have to laugh to keep from crying.

 

[General Malaise]

If I could replay this day everyday for the rest of my life I would and would die so happy.

Out with it already, Ashleigh.

25% pop in aya can't hurt.

An error occurredYou have reached your quota of positive votes for the day

Thanks for the text. That was a nice wake up. However, the pop in the stock price is a bit of contention. The CEO announced he was going to seek permission from the board to buy back all shares at $21 and take Amaya private. Good if you have a cost basis of $3; horrible if you have a cost basis above $21. And really, I think this thing should be trading at CDN $40, so I'm not ALL that enthused about his intent, which is all it is right now. The board and the stockholders aren't going to vote for this, IMO.

But either way, great way to start the day, hopefully the week and hell, maybe even the month. That's about as much optimism as you'll ring out of me today. I'm right certain the last 12 months punched a hole in my pie-eyed optimism for good.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I bought Mrs. SLB a hot tub for Christmas. So far, really happy with the investment.

An outdoor one? My wife bugs me to get one of these every few months. Seems like a LOT of work, especially the installation.

Yes, an outdoor one. I had to rent a crane to lift it over the house and put it on the deck. My GB owns a HVAC company so he installed it for me. I thought it would be a bigger pain in the #### taking care of it but it's not bad.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I hope Peeper put up the 'NO DIVING' signs right away.

I got out Friday night to use the bathroom, slipped on the deck and sprained my wrist.

I may have had half a beer or so.

I have 2 rolls of this showing up tomorrow.

 

[Chemical X]

love my Vita hot tub.......

 

[Rustoleum]

Anyone back east familiar with an ice cream store called Bruster's? They only have a couple of locations in California and I was approached by a franchisee to find more.

Seems like there should be millions of locations.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I hope Peeper put up the 'NO DIVING' signs right away.

I got out Friday night to use the bathroom, slipped on the deck and sprained my wrist.

I may have had half a beer or so.

I have 2 rolls of this showing up tomorrow.

And apologies for calling her Peeper. That role is reserved for Zooks when he finds out you have an outdoor hot tub

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I was pretty happy until I got an e-mail this morning Cal threw a pencil at a teacher's head. I've picked a bad time to quit drinking.

B itch had it coming. I'm sure of it.

 

[urbanhack]

love my Vita hot tub.......

pics?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I think someone in the Great American Draft assumed that when I typed "sure" in that thread that I wanted to participate. Oops.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I was pretty happy until I got an e-mail this morning Cal threw a pencil at a teacher's head. I've picked a bad time to quit drinking.

B itch had it coming. I'm sure of it.

Really wish I could honestly believe that.

 

[kevzilla]

The notion of a Pepper-peeper is making me giggle uncontrollably. Sorry, Bob.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

Yes.

Not yet, but probably will soon.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

1.Yes

2.No

We had an all day meeting last week. My reminder in my phone the night before was "fake a heart attack tomorrow"

 

[Osaurus]

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

All my quarterly meetings are voluntary. I have been to one (my first one and last one). Turrible and I won't go back.

 

[mr roboto]

Our quarterly all-day team meetings are mandatory but I'm pretty sure if I said 'I'm not going' I could get away with it.

 

[cosjobs]

I bought Mrs. SLB a hot tub for Christmas. So far, really happy with the investment.

An outdoor one? My wife bugs me to get one of these every few months. Seems like a LOT of work, especially the installation.

Yes, an outdoor one. I had to rent a crane to lift it over the house and put it on the deck. My GB owns a HVAC company so he installed it for me. I thought it would be a bigger pain in the #### taking care of it but it's not bad.

We got one last month and I'm shocked how little care I have to give it.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

Out of office stuff:

I'm in construction and we do a ton of government work. There are mandatory meetings I have to attend even though they have nothing to do with me. Then there are "soft" mandatory meetings (contract-bound, but not necessary for me) that I get out of. And also meetings that aren't mandatory that I feel I want to attend, mandatory or not.

In-office:

If the big boss is in town and calls it, I'm there. Weekly "mandatory" conference calls - depends on what I have going on.

I'm not anywhere near the bureaucratic quicksand teachers are in. Several people in my family were/are public school teachers and the "have to" is completely different than it is in the private sector

 

[Ignoramus]

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

1. Yes.2. Yes.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

This is me 5 days a week.

every day ...

 

[Dan Lambskin]

There have been some training sessions offered that I've declined

Also our president likes to use com pulsar instead of mandatory

 

[bentley]

We have meetings like that all the time. I usually show up late, drink a cup of coffee, spout off some mumbo jumbo about human behavior that I read in a book or heard on a podcast, and leave early. It's good to be the marketing guru.

If I'm not feeling up for that, I will just straight up steal Don Draper quotes. Never been called on it.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Asking the above because the women I let take over as "department chair" (I did it for years until early they cut the $7 a month stipend..I wish I was kidding) called a "cross curricular" meeting for those who want to attend.

Basically English and History teachers getting together to see if there is some sort of project that both subjects can do together. I've been here for 19 years and this NEVER works.

There aren't enough free donuts to temp me to think about going.

 

[Rustoleum]

Asking the above because the women I let take over as "department chair" (I did it for years until early they cut the $7 a month stipend..I wish I was kidding) called a "cross curricular" meeting for those who want to attend.

Basically English and History teachers getting together to see if there is some sort of project that both subjects can do together. I've been here for 19 years and this NEVER works.

There aren't enough free donuts to temp me to think about going.

I don't know why this has fallen completely out of favor in education. We routinely did a term paper from 8th grade on. English department graded on composition, grammar, etc., History graded on content. Neither department had to interact at all other than to set a due date and to decide who graded what first. Students did the work, because if you didn't, you were screwed in two classes.

Probably been 15 years since I've seen one done here, at least two or three sweeping "reforms" ago.

Sad really, that it's never been easier to research or produce a document, and the vast majority of the students I see are almost completely incapable of organizing their thoughts, gathering real data, and presenting an argument or thesis in any coherent form.

get off my lawn: These kids today would file abuse charges if they had to use an electric typewriter, a card catalog, or gasp, the Periodic Journal.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Asking the above because the women I let take over as "department chair" (I did it for years until early they cut the $7 a month stipend..I wish I was kidding) called a "cross curricular" meeting for those who want to attend.

Basically English and History teachers getting together to see if there is some sort of project that both subjects can do together. I've been here for 19 years and this NEVER works.

There aren't enough free donuts to temp me to think about going.

I don't know why this has fallen completely out of favor in education. We routinely did a term paper from 8th grade on. English department graded on composition, grammar, etc., History graded on content. Neither department had to interact at all other than to set a due date and to decide who graded what first. Students did the work, because if you didn't, you were screwed in two classes.

Probably been 15 years since I've seen one done here, at least two or three sweeping "reforms" ago.

Sad really, that it's never been easier to research or produce a document, and the vast majority of the students I see are almost completely incapable of organizing their thoughts, gathering real data, and presenting an argument or thesis in any coherent form.

get off my lawn: These kids today would file abuse charges if they had to use an electric typewriter, a card catalog, or gasp, the Periodic Journal.

It really comes down to chronology.

We cover the Revolution in Aug-Sep. English reads "My Brother Sam is Dead" like 3 months later.

Oh and the English department hates us because the guy older than I am (F you) had to tell them that Longfellow's "Paul Revere" isn't really about the Revolution.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

It didn't help that I threw in

Riding across the land kicking up sand

Sheriff's posse on my tail 'cause I'm in demand

 

[Abraham]

Asking the above because the women I let take over as "department chair" (I did it for years until early they cut the $7 a month stipend..I wish I was kidding) called a "cross curricular" meeting for those who want to attend.

Basically English and History teachers getting together to see if there is some sort of project that both subjects can do together. I've been here for 19 years and this NEVER works.

There aren't enough free donuts to temp me to think about going.

I don't know why this has fallen completely out of favor in education. We routinely did a term paper from 8th grade on. English department graded on composition, grammar, etc., History graded on content. Neither department had to interact at all other than to set a due date and to decide who graded what first. Students did the work, because if you didn't, you were screwed in two classes.Probably been 15 years since I've seen one done here, at least two or three sweeping "reforms" ago.

Sad really, that it's never been easier to research or produce a document, and the vast majority of the students I see are almost completely incapable of organizing their thoughts, gathering real data, and presenting an argument or thesis in any coherent form.

get off my lawn: These kids today would file abuse charges if they had to use an electric typewriter, a card catalog, or gasp, the Periodic Journal.

It really comes down to chronology. We cover the Revolution in Aug-Sep. English reads "My Brother Sam is Dead" like 3 months later.

Oh and the English department hates us because the guy older than I am (F you) had to tell them that Longfellow's "Paul Revere" isn't really about the Revolution.

The guy would know, considering he was first person with Paul.

 

[bostonfred]

It didn't help that I threw in

Riding across the land kicking up sand

Sheriff's posse on my tail 'cause I'm in demand

We had to lip sync a song for one of my classes in high school. We got to use one prop. I chose Paul revere. I shouldn't have to saywhat my prop was. Parents were called, grades were given, mistakes were made.

 

[Frostillicus]

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

Just a couple of questions for those of you in the private sector:

1. Are there ever meetings in your office/field/job that are not mandatory? ("If anyone is interested we are having a meeting on Tuesday to discuss productivity/safety/team building/whatever. Come by if you're interested")

2. If there are, would you attend/have you ever attended one?

1. Unless they directly affect something I'm working on I assume they're all non-mandatory.

2. I go if there's lunch.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

We have a lunch meeting tomorrow!

 

[General Malaise]

All kids under 1 are terrorist bastards who make a drunk Yani impersonator pretending to be raped with a hot poker sound like Brahms. #### them all to hell, they are the worst.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Nothing wrong with Yanni.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Twins!!

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Asking the above because the women I let take over as "department chair" (I did it for years until early they cut the $7 a month stipend..I wish I was kidding) called a "cross curricular" meeting for those who want to attend.

Basically English and History teachers getting together to see if there is some sort of project that both subjects can do together. I've been here for 19 years and this NEVER works.

There aren't enough free donuts to temp me to think about going.

I don't know why this has fallen completely out of favor in education. We routinely did a term paper from 8th grade on. English department graded on composition, grammar, etc., History graded on content. Neither department had to interact at all other than to set a due date and to decide who graded what first. Students did the work, because if you didn't, you were screwed in two classes.

Probably been 15 years since I've seen one done here, at least two or three sweeping "reforms" ago.

Sad really, that it's never been easier to research or produce a document, and the vast majority of the students I see are almost completely incapable of organizing their thoughts, gathering real data, and presenting an argument or thesis in any coherent form.

get off my lawn: These kids today would file abuse charges if they had to use an electric typewriter, a card catalog, or gasp, the Periodic Journal.

It really comes down to chronology.

We cover the Revolution in Aug-Sep. English reads "My Brother Sam is Dead" like 3 months later.

Oh and the English department hates us because the guy older than I am (F you) had to tell them that Longfellow's "Paul Revere" isn't really about the Revolution.

hehehehe Longfellow

 

[Homer J Simpson]

All kids under 1 are terrorist bastards who make a drunk Yani impersonator pretending to be raped with a hot poker sound like Brahms. #### them all to hell, they are the worst.

And yet you keep having them.

 

[El Floppo]

Sounds like that perfect day isnt so perfect any more. I'm sure the demonspawn are still cute at least.