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Janitorial service sent over some docusign agreement that required my signature agreeing to their rate raise of $20 per month.  I was required to give a 'title' before it would accept my signature.  Went with "Chief Petty Officer".  Sounded good at the time, but I think I could have done better and now I'm going to think about it all day long.

 
El Floppo said:
it was either 6yo floppinha or my drunk friend the other night that told this one

-why did the chicken cross the road?

-to get to the moron's house.

-knock knock

-who's there?

-the chicken.
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I've told this joke quite a few times. The best is when the person says "I don't get it" with a dumb look on their face. And I say "I figured"

 
El Floppo said:
every damned day.

eta: sorry to hear about the suicides... I forget- you have kids? does anybody know if there are connections to what's going on?
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I assume this was meant for me.

I do have kids, but live far away from where I grew up. So she's not at all impacted by this.

There aren't any connections that I know of. I'm a bit out of the loop on local goings on, but as far as I know, the students haven't been related or friends. It's hit everywhere from I think 7th grade to 12th. An additional class of 2017 graduate committed suicide within the last 6 months as well. It's totally crazy.

I think sometimes things like these gain some sort of weird mental traction with kids that age and start spiraling. One of the nearby high schools made national headlines about 15 years ago when it started to become "fashionable" to get pregnant. Something ridiculous like 30% of the high school girls there were pregnant.

I do know that the district has really started to go from solid blue collar/middle class to low blue collar/lower class. Tons of kids coming from messed up backgrounds and tough situations now. I'm not sure if those circumstances are a contributing factor or what the heck is going on.

My mom taught in the district for about 20 years. Maybe it's just selfish of me for my mom, but I keep hoping that none of them end up being one of her former students.

 
GroveDiesel said:
I assume this was meant for me.

I do have kids, but live far away from where I grew up. So she's not at all impacted by this.

There aren't any connections that I know of. I'm a bit out of the loop on local goings on, but as far as I know, the students haven't been related or friends. It's hit everywhere from I think 7th grade to 12th. An additional class of 2017 graduate committed suicide within the last 6 months as well. It's totally crazy.

I think sometimes things like these gain some sort of weird mental traction with kids that age and start spiraling. One of the nearby high schools made national headlines about 15 years ago when it started to become "fashionable" to get pregnant. Something ridiculous like 30% of the high school girls there were pregnant.

I do know that the district has really started to go from solid blue collar/middle class to low blue collar/lower class. Tons of kids coming from messed up backgrounds and tough situations now. I'm not sure if those circumstances are a contributing factor or what the heck is going on.

My mom taught in the district for about 20 years. Maybe it's just selfish of me for my mom, but I keep hoping that none of them end up being one of her former students.
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Sounds like 15 years ago @Homer J Simpson and @General Malaise figure out how to combine their super powers into one person.

 
mr. furley said:
anyone else watch the Hubble program on PBS last night?

left me with way more questions than answers... and questions i'm not sure i could fathom the answers to anyways. 

seeing the Hubble photos online over the last few years has been cool but without context, ultimately, kind of meaningless. this program really adds the missing pieces. 

my mind  =  blown
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It was a very cool program. 

 
Mr.Pack said:
It was a very cool program. 
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my wife, who is as near to anti-intellectual as anyone i've ever met (despite being incredibly smart & a 4.0 student) sat rapt the entire time. she hates programs like this. hates them. i mean... hates them.

my 7 year old was mostly enthralled, too. not sure what she made of it all but she sat through damn near the whole thing.

seeing those giant columns of color on the internet, or in the paper was cool.. then to realize how many trillions of stars, billions of planets and galaxies they contain & that those columns are just a small sliver of the currently known universe.

i was flabbergasted

 
mr. furley said:
my wife, who is as near to anti-intellectual as anyone i've ever met (despite being incredibly smart & a 4.0 student) sat rapt the entire time. she hates programs like this. hates them. i mean... hates them.

my 7 year old was mostly enthralled, too. not sure what she made of it all but she sat through damn near the whole thing.

seeing those giant columns of color on the internet, or in the paper was cool.. then to realize how many trillions of stars, billions of planets and galaxies they contain & that those columns are just a small sliver of the currently known universe.

i was flabbergasted
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and, of course, some will adamantly profess that we're all alone in this great big shebang, amirite?

 
mr. furley said:
my wife, who is as near to anti-intellectual as anyone i've ever met (despite being incredibly smart & a 4.0 student) sat rapt the entire time. she hates programs like this. hates them. i mean... hates them.

my 7 year old was mostly enthralled, too. not sure what she made of it all but she sat through damn near the whole thing.

seeing those giant columns of color on the internet, or in the paper was cool.. then to realize how many trillions of stars, billions of planets and galaxies they contain & that those columns are just a small sliver of the currently known universe.

i was flabbergasted
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It was pretty amazing. I was and still am amazed at how they pieced together pictures to find out the ages of different galaxies. Crazy stuff.

All that talk of black holes kind of..... ummm, was a but exciting :oldunsure:

 
Mr.Pack said:
It was pretty amazing. I was and still am amazed at how they pieced together pictures to find out the ages of different galaxies. Crazy stuff.

All that talk of black holes kind of..... ummm, was a but exciting :oldunsure:
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the construction of the mirror, the installation of the mirror, fixing it. the way they calculated distance. how they can tell if an "object" is moving towards or away and how they calculate distance/time based on that.

everything

unendingly interesting to me

 
mr. furley said:
after watching that ####, i've pretty much given up any conviction i ever had about anything.
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i did not catch the show you referenced, but Mobdro/Kodi both have channels and subs that feature tons of like minded ilk - including Hubbel - they serve as a slam dunk game changer in regard to pondering the universe, and it's eternal possibilities - it is eternity. 

 
Leaving work soon to meet up with @Guster and another buddy an then heading to see Umphrey's McGee tonight.  Has been raining all day and temps just dropped below freezing.  Supposed to get like 47 feet of snow between now and midnight. Wish us luck.

 
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GroveDiesel said:
I assume this was meant for me.

I do have kids, but live far away from where I grew up. So she's not at all impacted by this.

There aren't any connections that I know of. I'm a bit out of the loop on local goings on, but as far as I know, the students haven't been related or friends. It's hit everywhere from I think 7th grade to 12th. An additional class of 2017 graduate committed suicide within the last 6 months as well. It's totally crazy.

I think sometimes things like these gain some sort of weird mental traction with kids that age and start spiraling. One of the nearby high schools made national headlines about 15 years ago when it started to become "fashionable" to get pregnant. Something ridiculous like 30% of the high school girls there were pregnant.

I do know that the district has really started to go from solid blue collar/middle class to low blue collar/lower class. Tons of kids coming from messed up backgrounds and tough situations now. I'm not sure if those circumstances are a contributing factor or what the heck is going on.

My mom taught in the district for about 20 years. Maybe it's just selfish of me for my mom, but I keep hoping that none of them end up being one of her former students.
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sounds like a ####hole

 
shuke said:
Leaving work soon to meet up with @Guster and another buddy an then heading to see Umphrey's McGee tonight.  Has been raining all day and temps just dropped below freezing.  Supposed to get like 47 feet of snow between now and midnight. Wish us luck.
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Don't forget a scraper

 
mr. furley said:
my wife, who is as near to anti-intellectual as anyone i've ever met (despite being incredibly smart & a 4.0 student) sat rapt the entire time. she hates programs like this. hates them. i mean... hates them.

my 7 year old was mostly enthralled, too. not sure what she made of it all but she sat through damn near the whole thing.

seeing those giant columns of color on the internet, or in the paper was cool.. then to realize how many trillions of stars, billions of planets and galaxies they contain & that those columns are just a small sliver of the currently known universe.

i was flabbergasted
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please relink the show because i'm lazy..

 
shuke said:
Leaving work soon to meet up with @Guster and another buddy an then heading to see Umphrey's McGee tonight.  Has been raining all day and temps just dropped below freezing.  Supposed to get like 47 feet of snow between now and midnight. Wish us luck.
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How's he enjoying married life?

 
mr. furley said:
my wife, who is as near to anti-intellectual as anyone i've ever met (despite being incredibly smart & a 4.0 student) sat rapt the entire time. she hates programs like this. hates them. i mean... hates them.

my 7 year old was mostly enthralled, too. not sure what she made of it all but she sat through damn near the whole thing.

seeing those giant columns of color on the internet, or in the paper was cool.. then to realize how many trillions of stars, billions of planets and galaxies they contain & that those columns are just a small sliver of the currently known universe.

i was flabbergasted
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My cat The Squib watched with me and was utterly transfixed, too.  Actually actually true.

He's kind of an intellectual, though.

 
I gave the puppy a bowl full of ice cubes since he’s still part alligator/part piranha and ice is one of the few mutually acceptable things he can chew on.

He is taking them one at a time from his bowl, then bringing them into the living room and standing directly in front of a space heater while he eats them.

 
whoa.  Entering into day 7 of flu-like symptoms.  Tested negative for "the flu" on Monday after feeling dizzy and achy Sunday.

Things just got progressively worse through the week - fever, chills, headaches, stuffed up but running nose, sinus pain ...probably the worse since I had a horrible sinus infection several years ago.  Been sleeping 18-20 hours a day and living on water, aspirin and Nyquil.  

Some pretty delirious dreams but don't remember them.  

 
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