GM's thread about nothing (32 Viewers)

[Uruk-Hai]

Yes, we're here. Julio loved the hat; I'm sure he'll be emailing you sometime when we're not working him too much.

Thanks, K & OH. Say hi to my wee lass neighbor too if you get a chance.

 

[T Bell]

whew

Related. Trippin cat.

Not to Hipple, but maybe that second cat is a WWI vet.

 

[T Bell]

I'm thinking a Scrabble tournament might be fun for coshole. And Risk. I love Risk. Evh if it does often lead to fisticuffs.There's also been lots of vollyeball talk. THat's a bit more effort to set up, so I will gauge the actual interest before bringing in the sand or reserving a court.

... Let's play chess.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I was feeling pretty invincible as everyone around me succumbed to the flu the last couple weeks, but the virus finally broke through my alcohol barrier.I'm freaking miserable.On top of that, my house manager bought a bedframe off of craigslist a couple of weeks ago. Last couple of nights she has been complaining of getting bitten at night.We found out its bedbugs. Holy crap, I had read about them, mainly in the NE, being huge problem. I happened to be talking to my director friend in Philly and she told me Heat Treatment was the only thing that worked. So within three hours I had the place evacuated and their room and adjoining rooms heat treated and te rest of the house treated chemically. Huge pita getting eveything out of the rooms that might be ruined if "Cooked", covering all the sprinkler systems, shutting down all the fire alarms, relocating my parents and Lucy to the movies and out to eat while the treatments are going on. FOur thousand dollars and six hours later we get everyone settled back in. Ridiculous, but the completely seal the rooms and bring in huges heaters and maintain a temp of at least 135 degrees for several hours to completely eradicate the bugs and their eggs. Then this morning she comes over and tells me they were biting her again last night. . The treatment comes with a nine month warranty, so I know they will come back if needed. I am unsure if the treatment failed or it takes a few day before they are gone. The company is closed and does not answer the phone on the weekends, I guess I wait til Monday and see. At least it won't cost any more money if we need to be re-treated, just the general upheaval we'll have to go thru again while they treat. And did I mention I'm sick as a dog?

Man, get some rest. You sounded like #### on the phone. Order placed, by the way.

 

[T Bell]

Oh, and for anybody that thinks I'm a grad A ####### for my posts about the PWD (any other reason is totally legit) there were about a 150 adults excluding those in Scouting uniforms when it started. At the end, there were maybe 30. Watching little wooden cars go down a track for 5.5 hours is torture. Hell, most of the kids weren't even paying attention. SO glad it's over.

You need to mix it up a little. Maybe issue pellet guns to the fathers to take shots at the cars while they're racing.

 

[T Bell]

I managed to get what I suspect is a stress fracture in my foot the other day. It was super duper painful and my wife has an old friend who is a foot doctor specialist, and she was able to get me in due to a cancellation on Friday. But I woke up Friday morning and the foot felt pretty close to normal so I told her to forget it. This morning, however, was a different story and I'm in a tremendous amount of pain again, and limping around the house like Shuke's gout. Of course, when I'm in the same wife with my room I'm gutting it out and not limping, just to avoid that, "You're such a #######" look she has perfected. But man this hurts. I hope it goes away on it's own, because I can't go see a doctor now.

Had a stress fracture in my left foot, it sucked. Took about 4 weeks in a walking boot and surgical shoe. That was fun If it is a stress fracture and you don't stay off it and keep the foot from flexing it won't heal well.

That's what happened to ####a Kinte.EDIT - LMAO at the language filter.

 

[T Bell]

Time frame and money requires a one color official teeshirt, Gusher is busy on a re-design.

Go with a white shirt so you can still have GM's face on it.

You mean like this?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

God help any stray bed bug that may bite into my contaminated cells. I'd have said that 20 years ago too.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Hmm.....Forgot I had Absenthe in the freezer.See y'all on the other side

 

[krista4]

Yes, we're here. Julio loved the hat; I'm sure he'll be emailing you sometime when we're not working him too much.

Thanks, K & OH. Say hi to my wee lass neighbor too if you get a chance.

You'll appreciate this. I saw Julio paying Carmen and Pancho today and asked him if he had put through the raise for Carmen that I had asked him to start Jan. 1. I didn't think it had shown up on the weekly reports, and Julio confirmed he hadn't done it yet as he wanted to double-check with me when we were visiting. He's super-careful about spending our money, which is nice. Anyway, I told Julio to go ahead and pay her the larger amount and make it retroactive for the past couple of weeks. You know, I'm sure, how little I'm talking about, but she then told us how grateful and happy she was to work for us. All very nice.A couple of hours later she brought me three ceramic thingies and pointed to the wall. With awful Spanish I thought I gleaned she was giving me a gift, but when Julio came back to the house he talked with her and confirmed that yes, she wanted to give these to me to show her appreciation. I feel touched and awful all at the same time. It really is such a beautiful thing that a woman with so very little wants to give me something to honor the fact that basically I treated her as a human being. Nicaraguans are really amazing people.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I managed to get what I suspect is a stress fracture in my foot the other day. It was super duper painful and my wife has an old friend who is a foot doctor specialist, and she was able to get me in due to a cancellation on Friday. But I woke up Friday morning and the foot felt pretty close to normal so I told her to forget it. This morning, however, was a different story and I'm in a tremendous amount of pain again, and limping around the house like Shuke's gout. Of course, when I'm in the same wife with my room I'm gutting it out and not limping, just to avoid that, "You're such a #######" look she has perfected. But man this hurts. I hope it goes away on it's own, because I can't go see a doctor now.

Sorry about your gout Frosty

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Oh, and for anybody that thinks I'm a grad A ####### for my posts about the PWD (any other reason is totally legit) there were about a 150 adults excluding those in Scouting uniforms when it started. At the end, there were maybe 30. Watching little wooden cars go down a track for 5.5 hours is torture. Hell, most of the kids weren't even paying attention. SO glad it's over.

You need to mix it up a little. Maybe issue pellet guns to the fathers to take shots at the cars while they're racing.

There were a couple of guys there from the camping trip. I would have settled for gambling on the races. They were as annoyed as I was. Pretty sure I just made life long friends. I like the pellets though.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

If an inveterate baseball hater like Rude says Wrigley is worth going to, well, I think that says it all

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Yes, we're here. Julio loved the hat; I'm sure he'll be emailing you sometime when we're not working him too much.

Thanks, K & OH. Say hi to my wee lass neighbor too if you get a chance.

You'll appreciate this. I saw Julio paying Carmen and Pancho today and asked him if he had put through the raise for Carmen that I had asked him to start Jan. 1. I didn't think it had shown up on the weekly reports, and Julio confirmed he hadn't done it yet as he wanted to double-check with me when we were visiting. He's super-careful about spending our money, which is nice. Anyway, I told Julio to go ahead and pay her the larger amount and make it retroactive for the past couple of weeks. You know, I'm sure, how little I'm talking about, but she then told us how grateful and happy she was to work for us. All very nice.A couple of hours later she brought me three ceramic thingies and pointed to the wall. With awful Spanish I thought I gleaned she was giving me a gift, but when Julio came back to the house he talked with her and confirmed that yes, she wanted to give these to me to show her appreciation. I feel touched and awful all at the same time. It really is such a beautiful thing that a woman with so very little wants to give me something to honor the fact that basically I treated her as a human being. Nicaraguans are really amazing people.

That's cool.

 

[Tiger Fan]

I just ate Taco Bell for the first time in a couple of years.

I used to love that place, then I started making my own tacos. Now I don't much care for their food.

Did you fire up Tigerfan's "Taco Recipes: Whatcha got?" thread to assist you?

Nachos about to go in the oven a-holes

 

[-fish-]

daughter had a slight fever so stayed home from school yesterday. by 5 she hit 104.4, so I took her to the child version of urgent care. swab confirmed she had the flu. ex-wife then spent the rest of the night trying to locate tamiflu, which was only available at one pharmacy within 25 miles of here, and charged $125 even with insurance.She's feeling better today, but missed her first basketball games.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Volleyball would be great, but not if you have to truck in sand. You guys ever play Boccie Ball?

Love me some Bocce. A friend used to have 5 acres outside of Madison. Roll a joint, fill the cooler, toss the boccino, and play free-range / lawn bowling style.

I've heard of this but can't recall. What's it take to setup? How big of field/court is needed?

Oh gosh, you don't need ANYTHING other than space. Well, and a bocce ball set that you can get at target.My link

They don't have them at rite aid?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Volleyball would be great, but not if you have to truck in sand. You guys ever play Boccie Ball?

Love me some Bocce. A friend used to have 5 acres outside of Madison. Roll a joint, fill the cooler, toss the boccino, and play free-range / lawn bowling style.

I've heard of this but can't recall. What's it take to setup? How big of field/court is needed?

Oh gosh, you don't need ANYTHING other than space. Well, and a bocce ball set that you can get at target.My link

They don't have them at rite aid?

 

[Ignoramus]

horse kennel

 

[bentley]

Watching BloodRayne: The Third Reich on The Movie Channel. 72 minutes of needless gore and nudity. Good times, although I'm fairly certain that I'm getting stupider by the minute from watching it.Clint Howard as a terribly over-the-top Nazi doctor with a ridiculous German accent is certainly a highlight.

Another way to paraphrase the film would be to say fight scene, fight scene, lesbian sex scene, fight scene, fight scene, fight scene, sex scene, fight scene, end credits.

 

[mr. furley]

how i picture frosty and guster

I think he thinks you are Tre and you are black

i can't separate guster and frosty.

 

[mr. furley]

how i picture frosty and guster

Pretty much how I feel about 87% of mr. furley posts.

i believe this is an uptick from previous reporting

 

[Kal El]

How I am spending my day.Daughter was born yesterday with no complications. She went to the NICU for a few hours, but that was more a normal precaution for preme babies. At 37 weeks she was still a healthy 8lb1oz. Our other daughters were 9-14 and 9-10 at birth, so my wife makes big babies.I had forgotten how small a baby of that size is, can't imagine what a 6 or 7 pound baby would be like.

Both of my daughters clocked in at 6lbs, 13oz, but congratulations are in order!

 

[Frostillicus]

how i picture frosty and guster

I think he thinks you are Tre and you are black

i can't separate guster and frosty.

That's pretty weird.

 

[Frostillicus]

Oh yeah, congrats Illini guy. Our two kids were 5 lbs. 6 oz and 6 lb. 5 oz, so I can't really relate.

 

[-fish-]

How I am spending my day.Daughter was born yesterday with no complications. She went to the NICU for a few hours, but that was more a normal precaution for preme babies. At 37 weeks she was still a healthy 8lb1oz. Our other daughters were 9-14 and 9-10 at birth, so my wife makes big babies.I had forgotten how small a baby of that size is, can't imagine what a 6 or 7 pound baby would be like.

congratulations on your wife's enormous hooha.and your daughter.

 

[mr. furley]

how i picture frosty and guster

I think he thinks you are Tre and you are black

i can't separate guster and frosty.

That's pretty weird.

new here?

 

[Kal El]

How I am spending my day.Daughter was born yesterday with no complications. She went to the NICU for a few hours, but that was more a normal precaution for preme babies. At 37 weeks she was still a healthy 8lb1oz. Our other daughters were 9-14 and 9-10 at birth, so my wife makes big babies.I had forgotten how small a baby of that size is, can't imagine what a 6 or 7 pound baby would be like.

congratulations on your wife's enormous hooha.and your daughter.

I don't think a nearly 10-pound baby is being delivered naturally. At least my wife's doc said anything over 4000 grams (8.8 lbs) was getting delivered via c-section.

 

[kevzilla]

The Batmobile--the original Batmobile--is being auctioned off on Speed Network right now. If you're a CarGuy...respect.

 

[Kal El]

The Batmobile--the original Batmobile--is being auctioned off on Speed Network right now. If you're a CarGuy...respect.

That would be a fun car to have.

 

[Abraham]

I used to dream of being rich and happy. Now I dream of when I was 12 and lived in Huntsville and none of this complicated #### was real.

 

[bentley]

I used to dream of being rich and happy. Now I dream of when I was 12 and lived in Huntsville and none of this complicated #### was real.

What's troubling you, sport?

 

[Abraham]

I used to dream of being rich and happy. Now I dream of when I was 12 and lived in Huntsville and none of this complicated #### was real.

What's troubling you, sport?

It appears I'm not cut out for the professional life I've chosen and the risks I have taken for a decade may not pay off. I've put my family through hell and the payoff I promised may never happen. Ill he fine, but it's a tough pill to swallow for the people that have supported me for so long.

 

[Britney Spears]

Bed bugs are a real insect?

:spittake:

Never experienced them, maybe they don't happen up here? Just read the Wikipedia article and am pretty grossed out.

 

[proninja]

Bed bugs are a real insect?

:spittake:

Never experienced them, maybe they don't happen up here? Just read the Wikipedia article and am pretty grossed out.

If being ignorant of bed bugs is one of the consequences of living in Seattle, I can totally deal with a little bit of rain

 

[-fish-]

Bed bugs are a real insect?

:spittake:

Never experienced them, maybe they don't happen up here? Just read the Wikipedia article and am pretty grossed out.

If being ignorant of bed bugs is one of the consequences of living in Seattle, I can totally deal with a little bit of rain

I've never dealt with bed bugs, but had a house infested with scorpions once. I'd take the bed bugs, I think.

 

[Frostillicus]

Bed bugs are a real insect?

:spittake:

Never experienced them, maybe they don't happen up here? Just read the Wikipedia article and am pretty grossed out.

If being ignorant of bed bugs is one of the consequences of living in Seattle, I can totally deal with a little bit of rain

I've never dealt with bed bugs, but had a house infested with scorpions once. I'd take the bed bugs, I think.

My house has been infested with children before.:shudder:

 

[-fish-]

Bed bugs are a real insect?

:spittake:

Never experienced them, maybe they don't happen up here? Just read the Wikipedia article and am pretty grossed out.

If being ignorant of bed bugs is one of the consequences of living in Seattle, I can totally deal with a little bit of rain

seattle/tacoma now #13 in the nation for bed bugs. have a nice night.

 

[bentley]

I used to dream of being rich and happy. Now I dream of when I was 12 and lived in Huntsville and none of this complicated #### was real.

What's troubling you, sport?

It appears I'm not cut out for the professional life I've chosen and the risks I have taken for a decade may not pay off. I've put my family through hell and the payoff I promised may never happen. Ill he fine, but it's a tough pill to swallow for the people that have supported me for so long.

Hmmm...that's not particularly explanatory.If it makes you feel better, I don't dislike you and all the #### I've given you for the last few months is my passive-aggressive response to you not coming to cosjobs' house the time that Dodds came down to play poker and bailing on us when we met Shuke for the first time.Other than that, I think booze is probably the solution to your current problem.

 

[bentley]

Bed bugs are a real insect?

:spittake:

Never experienced them, maybe they don't happen up here? Just read the Wikipedia article and am pretty grossed out.

If being ignorant of bed bugs is one of the consequences of living in Seattle, I can totally deal with a little bit of rain

seattle/tacoma now #13 in the nation for bed bugs. have a nice night.

I'm so happy that Austin isn't on that list.

 

[cosjobs]

I have been reading horror stories about the problem in the NE. I say we have an infestation, but there were just a few on the house managers bed. But from everything I read, it scared the bejesus out of me. The way they move about on hard surfaces makes me scared of staying in hotels in NY, Phil., etc. Evidently they'll just hitch a ride on the outside of your luggage and come home with you.

 

[Abraham]

Awesome. There is some stupid ####### hillbilly telethon on instead of snl. I'm going to go dive in to traffic now.

 

[-fish-]

Awesome. There is some stupid ####### hillbilly telethon on instead of snl. I'm going to go dive in to traffic now.

I'm drinking vodka and fruit punch gatorade. pour a drink with me and buck up, little camper.

 

[Abraham]

I used to dream of being rich and happy. Now I dream of when I was 12 and lived in Huntsville and none of this complicated #### was real.

What's troubling you, sport?

It appears I'm not cut out for the professional life I've chosen and the risks I have taken for a decade may not pay off. I've put my family through hell and the payoff I promised may never happen. Ill he fine, but it's a tough pill to swallow for the people that have supported me for so long.

Hmmm...that's not particularly explanatory.If it makes you feel better, I don't dislike you and all the #### I've given you for the last few months is my passive-aggressive response to you not coming to cosjobs' house the time that Dodds came down to play poker and bailing on us when we met Shuke for the first time.Other than that, I think booze is probably the solution to your current problem.

My five year old business is failing. That's the story. As it happens, I got the "speech" last night from my wife about how I drink too much. So I have that going for me.No hard feelings. I'm painfully antisocial. I just don't make it a priority to meet up with people and I flake often. I think I'm the only staffer that has never gone on the staff trip to Vegas (joe pays). Just know that I'm aware of it.

 

[bentley]

I have been reading horror stories about the problem in the NE. I say we have an infestation, but there were just a few on the house managers bed. But from everything I read, it scared the bejesus out of me. The way they move about on hard surfaces makes me scared of staying in hotels in NY, Phil., etc. Evidently they'll just hitch a ride on the outside of your luggage and come home with you.

I went to a conference two years at at the Mirage in Vegas and found out a couple days after I got back that the hotel had a huge breakout. Luckily it never made it to my room. Freaked me out though.

 

[Frostillicus]

Vodka + cranberry/pomegranate juice here.

 

[-fish-]

Vodka + cranberry/pomegranate juice here.

hmm...sounds decent. with my daughter having the flu, I'm fully stocked with gatorade and 7up, so I'm trying to put those to good use. So far:Sailor Jerry + 7up=awesomeSailor Jerry + fruit punch gatorade=pukealiciousVodka+fruit punch gatorade=surprisingly good

 

[Abraham]

Vodka goes well with everything fruity.

 

[proninja]

Vodka + cranberry/pomegranate juice here.

hmm...sounds decent. with my daughter having the flu, I'm fully stocked with gatorade and 7up, so I'm trying to put those to good use. So far:Sailor Jerry + 7up=awesomeSailor Jerry + fruit punch gatorade=pukealiciousVodka+fruit punch gatorade=surprisingly good

The first time I ever got drunk as a teenager, I wasn't getting drunk fast enough and we ran out of coke to go with our spiced rum. So my friend, desperately wanting to see me wasted, started pouring fruit punch gatorade and captain morgan. Not something I'd recommend, though it is an interesting color when you're puking out of an open car door later in the night

 

[proninja]

I'm drinking red wine out of a box because supposedly red wine is the best kind of booze for you and I'm a complete raging nerd with a low paying job.