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[Notorious T.R.E.]

Start new job tomorrow. Drunk. Profit?

Love you. Happy Easter!

 

[Josie Maran]

I Agee that TRE is a horrible person

Who doesn't?

 

[Josie Maran]

Start new job tomorrow. Drunk. Profit?

I can't think of a better time to be hungover.

 

[-fish-]

Start new job tomorrow.

Drunk.

Profit?

I can't think of a better time to be hungover.

sorry

You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Sensitive Canadian is sensitive.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Sensitive Canadian is sensitive.

I miss your old avatar. Change back before I wet the bed with separation anxiety?

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Why are Canadians so sensitive?

They're like the little brother that does everything right but isn't as loved as the older son that's been in and out of rehab.

This really makes a ton of sense.

Alright, look: I'm sick of the belittling psych evals. Judging from the responses to Tre's little analogy, and other fleeting comments, I get that some of you think I'm trying to slobber your collective wangs in the pathetic hope that I might make your varsity squad, mason's club -oh pick the metaphor. You're wrong. I just try to be nice because I like to be a nice guy (they do call me "sunshine"), and I'm overly/oddly nice sometimes because I can be socially awkward. Cocktail parties have always made me nervous. Dinner parties are even worse. I hate large meetings. I'm the type of functioning introvert who's always been more comfortable sitting at the end of the bar with one or two pals, telling stories until we can't see straight. , So do me a favor, Tre, Mr. Spears, and unnamed others: save the armchair psychology for chat. Right. Now to wrap this up on a funny note. I had something for this, I swear. Hey Tinker Bell, you got a Rodney King gif for me? You know, something with him blubbering "can't we all get along!?"

Hello sir, I was not commenting about you. I hardly know you. I was just commenting on TREs Canadian joke. Sorry if you took offense.

No worries. You got caught up in the crossfire. It's kool and the gang.

 

[Gadzooks]

Last call for HR Pool.......... GM, COS, Frosty, Mitch, Sebastian

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Last call for HR Pool.......... GM, COS, Frosty, Mitch, Sebastian

I can submit today, but thought yesterday was the deadline

 

[cosjobs]

Last call for HR Pool.......... GM, COS, Frosty, Mitch, Sebastian

Doh!

 

[Sweet J]

Little things are ticking me off today. Got this email from the manager of my son's soccer team:

This is a reminder that practice on Mondays will be at [Middle School] from now on at 6:30pm until 8pm. We are still dealing with daylight and tomorrow, the sun will go down at 7:32, so please be aware that we might not go until 8pm yet.

This makes no sense. Either practice goes until 8:00 or it doesn't. I don't want to drive 20 minutes across town to pick up my kid at 7:30 and then wait until the coach decides he's done and will have the kids go home (7:45, 7:50, or 8:00, or whenever). Just give me a #######ed time to show up and I'll show up.

So I sent this email:

Hey, Alison,

If practice goes from 6:30 until 8:00, I think the plan is to pick up my group of kids (Will, Sander, Nick) at 8:00. Hope that isn't a problem.

And she wrote back: You'll need to check with Grigor because I don't think practice will go that late without lights.

So why the F### don't they just say "practice ends at 7:30." How effing hard is that?

So I write to my wife: I don't want to be too much of a pain in the ###, but if the coach schedules practice to end at 8:00, I don't want to show up at 7:30 because he "might" get done early. I don't see a problem with showing up at 8:00. And she writes back: It will be dark at 7:30 apparently so I'm not sure why they don't just start practice at 6pm tonight. Just plan to get there at 7:30 and cool your heels if needed.

Has the whole world gone crazy? I just wrote to my wife: That's stupid. They either need to have practice end at 7:30, or [coach] can wait with my kid until I show up at 8:00.

Am I wrong here?

 

[General Malaise]

Last call for HR Pool.......... GM, COS, Frosty, Mitch, Sebastian

I'm treating this contest like you did my fantasy football playoff league, Mister I'm Too Good for GM's Fun Fantasy Leagues.

 

[T Bell]

I don't like the new forums.

2/10 Would not bang.

Oh, that's what makes them intriguing. It's always the quiet forum formats that are the wildest.

 

[General Malaise]

Little things are ticking me off today. Got this email from the manager of my son's soccer team:

This is a reminder that practice on Mondays will be at [Middle School] from now on at 6:30pm until 8pm. We are still dealing with daylight and tomorrow, the sun will go down at 7:32, so please be aware that we might not go until 8pm yet.

This makes no sense. Either practice goes until 8:00 or it doesn't. I don't want to drive 20 minutes across town to pick up my kid at 7:30 and then wait until the coach decides he's done and will have the kids go home (7:45, 7:50, or 8:00, or whenever). Just give me a #######ed time to show up and I'll show up.

So I sent this email:

>Hey, Alison,

If practice goes from 6:30 until 8:00, I think the plan is to pick up my group of kids (Will, Sander, Nick) at 8:00. Hope that isn't a problem.

And she wrote back: You'll need to check with Grigor because I don't think practice will go that late without lights.

So why the F### don't they just say "practice ends at 7:30." How effing hard is that?

So I write to my wife: I don't want to be too much of a pain in the ###, but if the coach schedules practice to end at 8:00, I don't want to show up at 7:30 because he "might" get done early. I don't see a problem with showing up at 8:00. And she writes back: It will be dark at 7:30 apparently so I'm not sure why they don't just start practice at 6pm tonight. Just plan to get there at 7:30 and cool your heels if needed.

Has the whole world gone crazy? I just wrote to my wife: That's stupid. They either need to have practice end at 7:30, or [coach] can wait with my kid until I show up at 8:00.

Am I wrong here?

You could coach the team.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Am I wrong here?

Pretty much. Sorry your volunteer coach who is spending hours and hours per week with your kid is inconveniencing you for 20 minutes one time.

 

[Frostillicus]

Last call for HR Pool.......... GM, COS, Frosty, Mitch, Sebastian

Re-mail me?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

you do seem like the ##### in that scenario, Sweet J. Sorry.

 

[Sweet J]

Am I wrong here?

Pretty much. Sorry your volunteer coach who is spending hours and hours per week with your kid is inconveniencing you for 20 minutes one time.

Well, to be fair, because this is a "travel" team, this coach gets paid to do this. I think he makes a living coaching two teams. We spend a crap load of money on this soccer team.

I don't ask for much. Just tell me what time practice ends, and I will go pick up my kid from practice.

That being said, it sounds like the masses have spoken.

 

[Sweet J]

You could coach the team.

Ok, I concede.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Am I wrong here?

Pretty much. Sorry your volunteer coach who is spending hours and hours per week with your kid is inconveniencing you for 20 minutes one time.

Well, to be fair, because this is a "travel" team, this coach gets paid to do this. I think he makes a living coaching two teams. We spend a crap load of money on this soccer team.

I don't ask for much. Just tell me what time practice ends, and I will go pick up my kid from practice.

That being said, it sounds like the masses have spoken.

Can your kid get home on his own? Who drops him off?

 

[heckmanm]

MoP gets fished by Google

 

[Disco Stu]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

Sounds like a carpool situation. Sweet J isn't doing the dropoff.

 

[Joe T]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

going to need a ruling here.

 

[Sweet J]

Am I wrong here?

Pretty much. Sorry your volunteer coach who is spending hours and hours per week with your kid is inconveniencing you for 20 minutes one time.

Well, to be fair, because this is a "travel" team, this coach gets paid to do this. I think he makes a living coaching two teams. We spend a crap load of money on this soccer team.

I don't ask for much. Just tell me what time practice ends, and I will go pick up my kid from practice.

That being said, it sounds like the masses have spoken.

Can your kid get home on his own? Who drops him off?

We have a complicated deal worked out with a couple other families. Three practices a week, each family covers a day for all three kids (plus a couple "scholorship" kids whose parents don't have cars). Practice is at the middle school about 5 miles away (so no walking). On Mondays, wife drops the kids off, and I pick them up.

It's not really a huge deal. It's just that I planned to do a couple of things based on the 8:00 time that was sent around a couple of weeks ago, and I'm a little grumpy. But the coach is only doing this because he wants to maximize his time working with the kids, which means it is coming from a good place, not a selfish place. So I should really not complain.

 

[General Malaise]

You could coach the team.

Ok, I concede.

Eh, grab a book and get there at 7:30. If it runs past 7:30, read for a few minutes.

 

[Disco Stu]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

going to need a ruling here.

Not a fan... just reiterating what Mrs Sweet J told him to do.

That time sounds like a good chance to catch up on the internet. Especially since he can't look at porn at home.

 

[General Malaise]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

going to need a ruling here.

I like it. Sounds a lot better than "belly up to the bar", which is what I'd do.

 

[Sweet J]

Message I just wrote back to my wife (in reply to my own email): my message board community tells me that I'm over-reacting. Well, poo.

 

[Disco Stu]

Message I just wrote back to my wife (in reply to my own email): my message board community tells me that I'm over-reacting. Well, poo.

Also, they think you should put out more...

 

[Joe T]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

going to need a ruling here.

I like it. Sounds a lot better than "belly up to the bar", which is what I'd do.

Good point. Sounds better than "sit in my car drinking from scotch from a bottle disquised by a paper sack" too.

 

[General Malaise]

Message I just wrote back to my wife (in reply to my own email): my message board community tells me that I'm over-reacting. Well, poo.

Also, they think you should put out more...

And stop being such a termagant vis a vis poker and porn.

 

[General Malaise]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

going to need a ruling here.

I like it. Sounds a lot better than "belly up to the bar", which is what I'd do.

Good point. Sounds better than "sit in my car drinking from scotch from a bottle disquised by a paper sack" too.

Only ####### use a disguise.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Little things are ticking me off today. Got this email from the manager of my son's soccer team:

This is a reminder that practice on Mondays will be at [Middle School] from now on at 6:30pm until 8pm. We are still dealing with daylight and tomorrow, the sun will go down at 7:32, so please be aware that we might not go until 8pm yet.

This makes no sense. Either practice goes until 8:00 or it doesn't. I don't want to drive 20 minutes across town to pick up my kid at 7:30 and then wait until the coach decides he's done and will have the kids go home (7:45, 7:50, or 8:00, or whenever). Just give me a #######ed time to show up and I'll show up. So I sent this email:

Hey, Alison,If practice goes from 6:30 until 8:00, I think the plan is to pick up my group of kids (Will, Sander, Nick) at 8:00. Hope that isn't a problem.

And she wrote back: You'll need to check with Grigor because I don't think practice will go that late without lights. So why the F### don't they just say "practice ends at 7:30." How effing hard is that? So I write to my wife: I don't want to be too much of a pain in the ###, but if the coach schedules practice to end at 8:00, I don't want to show up at 7:30 because he "might" get done early. I don't see a problem with showing up at 8:00. And she writes back: It will be dark at 7:30 apparently so I'm not sure why they don't just start practice at 6pm tonight. Just plan to get there at 7:30 and cool your heels if needed. Has the whole world gone crazy? I just wrote to my wife: That's stupid. They either need to have practice end at 7:30, or [coach] can wait with my kid until I show up at 8:00. Am I wrong here?

You're getting a bit too sensitive. Suck it up with a book, like GM said. Reading is fun!

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

It's not really a huge deal. It's just that I planned to do a couple of things based on the 8:00 time that was sent around a couple of weeks ago, and I'm a little grumpy.

Yeah, I hate it when my scheduled jerk-off time gets ruined. You're just gonna have to do it in the car.

 

[Disco Stu]

So I guess our bracket contest is already over. Worst group ever.

Congrats Bogart! Looks like I won't have to worry about shipping bottles... I'll just hand them over at some point. Ranger game?

 

[Disco Stu]

It's not really a huge deal. It's just that I planned to do a couple of things based on the 8:00 time that was sent around a couple of weeks ago, and I'm a little grumpy.

Yeah, I hate it when my scheduled jerk-off time gets ruined. You're just gonna have to do it in the car.

At the middle school. With any luck this will get him permanently removed from the carpool rotation.

 

[Sweet J]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

going to need a ruling here.

Not a fan... just reiterating what Mrs Sweet J told him to do.

That time sounds like a good chance to catch up on the internet. Especially since he can't look at porn at home.

That reminds me: they just delivered an I-pad to me for work. I haven't the foggiest idea of what I am supposed to do with this machine that my blackberry and laptop can't accomplish. But I'm pretty sure I shouldn't look at porn. Right?

 

[Sweet J]

Message I just wrote back to my wife (in reply to my own email): my message board community tells me that I'm over-reacting. Well, poo.

Also, they think you should put out more...

And stop being such a termagant vis a vis poker and porn.

 

[Gadzooks]

Last call for HR Pool.......... GM, COS, Frosty, Mitch, Sebastian

I'm treating this contest like you did my fantasy football playoff league, Mister I'm Too Good for GM's Fun Fantasy Leagues.

I hope you get stuck in the sun with no shirt and no visor.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Am I wrong here?

Pretty much. Sorry your volunteer coach who is spending hours and hours per week with your kid is inconveniencing you for 20 minutes one time.

We spend a crap load of money on this soccer team.

I've detected the problem.

 

[Sweet J]

Am I wrong here?

Pretty much. Sorry your volunteer coach who is spending hours and hours per week with your kid is inconveniencing you for 20 minutes one time.

We spend a crap load of money on this soccer team.

I've detected the problem.

You ain't kidding, sister. I really go back and forth with the whole soccer thing. On the one hand, it seems to be what every kid in this part of the country seems to do, and he's pretty good at it. On the other hand, it's . . . . . soccer.

 

[Frostillicus]

and no visor.

Pretty sure this isn't happening

 

[strykerpks]

So I guess our bracket contest is already over. Worst group ever.

Congrats Bogart! Looks like I won't have to worry about shipping bottles... I'll just hand them over at some point. Ranger game?

Stupid Florida

Do you like any Wisconsin beer that you can't get down there?

 

[phishphan]

http://imgur.com/7F8ESO4 Cats are a-holes.

 

[charvik]

So I guess our bracket contest is already over. Worst group ever. Congrats Bogart! Looks like I won't have to worry about shipping bottles... I'll just hand them over at some point. Ranger game?

Stupid Florida Do you like any Wisconsin beer that you can't get down there?

who won, and where do I send beer?

 

[General Malaise]

and no visor.

Pretty sure this isn't happening

Waiting to see what the new coach wears.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Little things are ticking me off today. Got this email from the manager of my son's soccer team:

This is a reminder that practice on Mondays will be at [Middle School] from now on at 6:30pm until 8pm. We are still dealing with daylight and tomorrow, the sun will go down at 7:32, so please be aware that we might not go until 8pm yet.

This makes no sense. Either practice goes until 8:00 or it doesn't. I don't want to drive 20 minutes across town to pick up my kid at 7:30 and then wait until the coach decides he's done and will have the kids go home (7:45, 7:50, or 8:00, or whenever). Just give me a #######ed time to show up and I'll show up.

So I sent this email:

>Hey, Alison,

If practice goes from 6:30 until 8:00, I think the plan is to pick up my group of kids (Will, Sander, Nick) at 8:00. Hope that isn't a problem.

And she wrote back: You'll need to check with Grigor because I don't think practice will go that late without lights.

So why the F### don't they just say "practice ends at 7:30." How effing hard is that?

So I write to my wife: I don't want to be too much of a pain in the ###, but if the coach schedules practice to end at 8:00, I don't want to show up at 7:30 because he "might" get done early. I don't see a problem with showing up at 8:00. And she writes back: It will be dark at 7:30 apparently so I'm not sure why they don't just start practice at 6pm tonight. Just plan to get there at 7:30 and cool your heels if needed.

Has the whole world gone crazy? I just wrote to my wife: That's stupid. They either need to have practice end at 7:30, or [coach] can wait with my kid until I show up at 8:00.

Am I wrong here?

I don't see a problem.

 

[Disco Stu]

So I guess our bracket contest is already over. Worst group ever.

Congrats Bogart! Looks like I won't have to worry about shipping bottles... I'll just hand them over at some point. Ranger game?

Stupid Florida

Do you like any Wisconsin beer that you can't get down there?

New Glarus sampler imo. Good stuff and only available in WI.

 

[Mr.Pack]

If it's a 20 minute drive each way, and practice is only an hour I'm going to "cool my heels" the whole time.

going to need a ruling here.

Not a fan... just reiterating what Mrs Sweet J told him to do.

That time sounds like a good chance to catch up on the internet. Especially since he can't look at porn at home.

Maybe that's why he's so irritable