OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
If it's a spaniel (or even a Jack Russel) you could name it Springer Bell.
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GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (7 Viewers)
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OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
Speaking dogs...
I was checking out some of our staff web pages. One of my coworkers has a mini-bio up with pics of his family etc.
I was checking out some of our staff web pages. One of my coworkers has a mini-bio up with pics of his family etc.
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
Same here!
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
Got one like this about a month ago.
And yesterday had a call from "Texas". I googled the number and it's some sort of fake AMEX scam.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Yes. Constantly. A few months back it was "Erika" instead of Betsy. Always the local area code and an identical exchange to my cell #.
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RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
That rewards center gal does have a nice spunky voice.
El Floppo
Footballguy
the previous version has a pause in the delivery, like she was clearing her throat- just to make you think it was real. first time I got it, I thought it was and asked 3 times wtf this was before hanging up.
I think it's reliant on hearing you say something before the robo starts talking. when I see a number that looks dubious, I've taken to not saying anything when I pick up and then I hear it click off.
problem is, two of my contractors have similar numbers... so they're always getting on syaing "hello... HELLO?"
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
That's totally how robocalls work. They're voice activated. It's one of the reasons they've went to this new gimmick of making the calls always look local. You're more likely to pick it up and answer as normal.
Had another one for some credit card dreck that was making the rounds for a few months where after you did the "double hello" thing the recording would apologize and say "I was just having little trouble with my headset!" before launching into the canned pitch. Annoying.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I understand they're piggy-backing actual local numbers. if you call the number back, it's some normal person not named Elizabeth and who's never heard of you or the resort center.
not sure why it's bugging me so much today- I've been getting these calls for months now. but wtf. isn't there some way of burning these people down to the ground?
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
kevzilla
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
I'm sorry. I'll stop now.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Was probably a good idea for him to move away from her anyway. Otherwise, she may have wound up pregnant.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Maybe it's somebody from a girl's lacrosse league calling to tell me I won an NFL contest I won't remember entering.
El Floppo
Footballguy
belljr
Footballguy
Possibly, since you're so charitable would you like one for my daughter's softball team?
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I have a buddy that got a bulldog puppy this last year and named it Kyrie. We asked him of he's going to rename it Isaiah, lol.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Exactly. Some of us gotta hustle, yo.
We just started packing up for our move West today(the actual moving containers, that is). We won't actually be starting our drive for another 10 or 11 days....yet my bride has not only already convinced herself that we are somehow going to be hit by the Harvster here in Central FL, but that there are also going to be Katrina-level refugees from Galveston to Galitzin by the time we have to drive and will "NEVER BE ABLE TO GET A ROOM AT A HOTEL UNTIL WE GET TO NEW MEXICO!!!!!!"
10 days of that sort of thing is what I have in store. 10. Days. On top of trying to pack this #### up and wrangle property managers on the West Coast in hopes we can perhaps secure a rental before we land. I want to jump off the roof (or start eating Xanny bars like candy).
(I also realize that I'm totally #####ing about stuff that pertains to something that could legitimately ####er up a ton of people in Texas. Now I feel bad.)
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bentley
Footballguy
AngryWife had to go to 3 HEBs to buy water for a birthday party we are having tomorrow because of how crazy these fools around here are.
cosjobs
Footballguy
There's a chance we could get 20-30" of rain over the weekend. And Austin floods fairly easily. Unsure how bottled water would help much, but this could be a bad weekend.
bentley
Footballguy
There is no chance that we are getting 20" of rain. And northwest Austin/Cedar Park never floods.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Some models show it. No idea what the chances are, but my house has flooded twice in the last four years, and there have been catastrophic floods twice in the downtown area in the last 40 years. I'm not saying its likely, but not saying it couldn't happen,.
It could also NOT stall and veer west and no one get more than 5-10" anywhere in the state and no real catastrophes.
Hurricanes are the menopausal women of the climate world..
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
OK guys and dolls (looking at you @Krista's Poop Joke), I just got back from another trip (and I do mean #TRIP) from my parents. Thus, I've got another Pop's Wisdom Bomb to drop on y'all! Now, this will be a 2 part play....so have some patience with this Pooper!
Now, in my childhood years, my Pops would never utter the phrase, "Be careful." I think it may have had something to do with not coddling me, but the reason is not important. Regardless...whether it be one of the classical sports I played in the 70's and early 80's (football, basketball, baseball, track, dirt motorcycle racing), he NEVER felt the need to say, "Be careful". That was always my Mom's job. He was there to keep me brave, bold and boisterous!
However, once I reached my 20's (his 50's), he began to utter this phrase....BUT...only at certain thresholds.
For example, in my 20's, the threshold was when I decided to take my road motorcycle to the open race track (crashed it), or decided to hike the Red River Gorge at night (fell off a cliff), or tackle some rapids over my head in a canoe (crashed canoe...nearly drowned). #Win goes to Pops!
By my 30's (his 60's), the threshold had progressed to warning me whenever I got on my motorcycle, or decided to hike in extended elevations, or water-ski on a placid lake. In my defense, I had moistly learned from him, and acted per his wishes. #Win goes to me!
Now, in my 40's (his 70's), I got the, "Be careful", whenever I decided to drive at night, walk on the street when a side walk was available, or water his lawn without safety glasses! REALLY? When did Pops become such a paranoid wuss?!?!
The final straw has come now in my near 50's (his 80's), where I have gotten the, "Be careful" when moving his car from the driveway to the garage, when walking across his lawn while barefooted or changing his cat litter without a respirator!
Can it get worse?!?!
So, as some of you may know, I have occasional problems with insomnia. I have had this problem all of my life and have learned to deal with it...mostly.
Well, while I was staying with the Pops this past week, I got a lesson, I tell ya!
Pops: "The problem with insomnia is sleep...thus...deal with the sleep. Ideally....SLEEP! Now, there are multiple ways to handle this, but the best, is finding a way to sleep...because...if you sleep...you have defeated the insomnia! There ya go! Just sleep....problem solved! That simple. Do it son."
Me: "Okay Pops....will do! Thanks for the advice. Anyways, I think I am going to try and get some sleep now...good-night"
Pops: "Good night Son...and........................BE CAREFULLL!"
Me:
"Night, Pops"
No shtick...my Pops actually told me to, "Be careful" while sleeping!
Yes...it can get worse...and to really make it worse....
...since I am unconscious while sleeping, I really don't know how to guarantee I will be safe!
#Love_the_Pops!
Now, in my childhood years, my Pops would never utter the phrase, "Be careful." I think it may have had something to do with not coddling me, but the reason is not important. Regardless...whether it be one of the classical sports I played in the 70's and early 80's (football, basketball, baseball, track, dirt motorcycle racing), he NEVER felt the need to say, "Be careful". That was always my Mom's job. He was there to keep me brave, bold and boisterous!
However, once I reached my 20's (his 50's), he began to utter this phrase....BUT...only at certain thresholds.
For example, in my 20's, the threshold was when I decided to take my road motorcycle to the open race track (crashed it), or decided to hike the Red River Gorge at night (fell off a cliff), or tackle some rapids over my head in a canoe (crashed canoe...nearly drowned). #Win goes to Pops!
By my 30's (his 60's), the threshold had progressed to warning me whenever I got on my motorcycle, or decided to hike in extended elevations, or water-ski on a placid lake. In my defense, I had moistly learned from him, and acted per his wishes. #Win goes to me!
Now, in my 40's (his 70's), I got the, "Be careful", whenever I decided to drive at night, walk on the street when a side walk was available, or water his lawn without safety glasses! REALLY? When did Pops become such a paranoid wuss?!?!
The final straw has come now in my near 50's (his 80's), where I have gotten the, "Be careful" when moving his car from the driveway to the garage, when walking across his lawn while barefooted or changing his cat litter without a respirator!
Can it get worse?!?!
So, as some of you may know, I have occasional problems with insomnia. I have had this problem all of my life and have learned to deal with it...mostly.
Well, while I was staying with the Pops this past week, I got a lesson, I tell ya!
Pops: "The problem with insomnia is sleep...thus...deal with the sleep. Ideally....SLEEP! Now, there are multiple ways to handle this, but the best, is finding a way to sleep...because...if you sleep...you have defeated the insomnia! There ya go! Just sleep....problem solved! That simple. Do it son."
Me: "Okay Pops....will do! Thanks for the advice. Anyways, I think I am going to try and get some sleep now...good-night"
Pops: "Good night Son...and........................BE CAREFULLL!"
Me:
"Night, Pops"No shtick...my Pops actually told me to, "Be careful" while sleeping!
Yes...it can get worse...and to really make it worse....
...since I am unconscious while sleeping, I really don't know how to guarantee I will be safe!
#Love_the_Pops!
General Malaise
Footballguy
Do you people not have potable water that comes out of a thing called a "faucet"?bentley said:
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
You might want to say "spigot". I learned in the American accent thread that there's a lot of weirdos out there.
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
When things get extra flood-y, sometimes the water doesn't work. Or if it does, you wouldn't be advised to drink it.
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Right, but AngryWife wasn't at all the HEBs looking for emergency supply water.
Rustoleum
Footballguy
Is birthday party water different from other bottled water?
So is Evian more on the FEMA side of the spectrum, or closer to Sunday Picnic?
kevzilla
Footballguy
Right, but all the other schmoes were. I was at a Wal-Mart late last night, before it hit. Bottled water gone.
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Man of Constant Sorrow said:OK guys and dolls (looking at you @Krista's Poop Joke), I just got back from another trip (and I do mean #TRIP) from my parents. Thus, I've got another Pop's Wisdom Bomb to drop on y'all! Now, this will be a 2 part play....so have some patience with this Pooper!
Now, in my childhood years, my Pops would never utter the phrase, "Be careful." I think it may have had something to do with not coddling me, but the reason is not important. Regardless...whether it be one of the classical sports I played in the 70's and early 80's (football, basketball, baseball, track, dirt motorcycle racing), he NEVER felt the need to say, "Be careful". That was always my Mom's job. He was there to keep me brave, bold and boisterous!
However, once I reached my 20's (his 50's), he began to utter this phrase....BUT...only at certain thresholds.
For example, in my 20's, the threshold was when I decided to take my road motorcycle to the open race track (crashed it), or decided to hike the Red River Gorge at night (fell off a cliff), or tackle some rapids over my head in a canoe (crashed canoe...nearly drowned). #Win goes to Pops!
By my 30's (his 60's), the threshold had progressed to warning me whenever I got on my motorcycle, or decided to hike in extended elevations, or water-ski on a placid lake. In my defense, I had moistly learned from him, and acted per his wishes. #Win goes to me!
Now, in my 40's (his 70's), I got the, "Be careful", whenever I decided to drive at night, walk on the street when a side walk was available, or water his lawn without safety glasses! REALLY? When did Pops become such a paranoid wuss?!?!
The final straw has come now in my near 50's (his 80's), where I have gotten the, "Be careful" when moving his car from the driveway to the garage, when walking across his lawn while barefooted or changing his cat litter without a respirator!
Can it get worse?!?!
So, as some of you may know, I have occasional problems with insomnia. I have had this problem all of my life and have learned to deal with it...mostly.
Well, while I was staying with the Pops this past week, I got a lesson, I tell ya!
Pops: "The problem with insomnia is sleep...thus...deal with the sleep. Ideally....SLEEP! Now, there are multiple ways to handle this, but the best, is finding a way to sleep...because...if you sleep...you have defeated the insomnia! There ya go! Just sleep....problem solved! That simple. Do it son."
Me: "Okay Pops....will do! Thanks for the advice. Anyways, I think I am going to try and get some sleep now...good-night"
Pops: "Good night Son...and........................BE CAREFULLL!"
Me:
No shtick...my Pops actually told me to, "Be careful" while sleeping!
Yes...it can get worse...and to really make it worse....
...since I am unconscious while sleeping, I really don't know how to guarantee I will be safe!
#Love_the_Pops!
I'm going to heed his advice on the sleep thing. Hadn't thought of sleeping as a cure to my insomnia.
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