GM's thread about nothing (43 Viewers)

[Mr. Pickles]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

 

[General Malaise]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

 

[Drifter]

Travelling today. Quick PSA. All the hot in air slaves now work for Virgin America

 

[Mr. Pickles]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

 

[Tiger Fan]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I've sold stuff on CL before, but I've always vetted the hell out of the people as much as anyone can on CL (google the email address, FB, etc)...but I get really nervous with telling people to come to the house and especially inside of my house to take something big away. Any tips on handling this?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Which is really what you want when there's a parade of strangers at your front door.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Along the same lines as k4's experience...

Large companies are, as GM would put it, neat. Like most, we have salary ranges identified for most positions. I have an employee who is exceptional at what she does. She has no real interest in doing anything else, she doesn't want to manage people (which means I'd have a tough time promoting her), and she knows everything better than everybody else in this organization. Because she has been in the same position for so long, she's now at the top end of her pay grade, which means I won't be able to give her a raise unless they decide to change the paybands. So, she could decide to leave if another opportunity presented itself, I'd have to hire somebody new to replace her, it would take them years to get anywhere near where she is, and I'd lose a ton of productivity and knowledge in the process.

So we're willing to gamble a couple hundred grand worth of lost productivity to keep from having to shell out a couple thousand dollars right now. Makes perfect sense.

Have you worked out the math on this, though? Most people don't. They just assume they'll take some massive loss due to bringing in someone new.

In education, principal investigators have known turnover every 2 to 5 years with good researchers (once they graduate). Everyone laments losing that one person who is nearly indispensable, but then a weird thing happens. They leave, and someone comes in to replace them. Sure there's some loss in productivity, but usually the group is "self-healing" to some extent and people find ways to make up the difference.

No one is irreplaceable.

There's a hard cost to replacing somebody that would outweigh the raises I could give her for the next 5 years. And that's just getting to a breakeven point in terms of real dollars. At some point, you have to trust your managers to make exceptions where necessary or you might as well just save yourself a ton of money and let HR manage everybody directly.

There is a value to offering retention or doing things to save the status quo, but admit to me that you know of no one that actually works out the math on this.

The soft cost with regard to lost productivity? No. Though if I need to put together a business case to try to get her more money at the end of the year, I'll have to. We have something like that in the form of a backfill cost when people get pulled away from their day jobs to work on projects. It's more generic, though. It's not position/person-specific.

Even flysack could figure out the hard cost in his head, though. Recruiter costs are known.

I have no idea what you're talking about right now. Something soft and something hard that I think has nothing to so with porn.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Finals week. I just have papers to grade. To facilitate this, the world's greatest wife is stopping on her way back from town to get my growler filled (no euphemism). World's. Greatest. Wife.

 

[General Malaise]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I've sold stuff on CL before, but I've always vetted the hell out of the people as much as anyone can on CL (google the email address, FB, etc)...but I get really nervous with telling people to come to the house and especially inside of my house to take something big away. Any tips on handling this?

Move out of New Orleans?

Once people come into my house and realize I have nothing cool to steal, I feel safe and secure. The upside of not having cool tech gadgets.

 

[General Malaise]

Finals week. I just have papers to grade. To facilitate this, the world's greatest wife is stopping on her way back from town to get my growler filled (no euphemism). World's. Greatest. Wife.

Growler?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I've sold stuff on CL before, but I've always vetted the hell out of the people as much as anyone can on CL (google the email address, FB, etc)...but I get really nervous with telling people to come to the house and especially inside of my house to take something big away. Any tips on handling this?

Move out of New Orleans?

Once people come into my house and realize I have nothing cool to steal, I feel safe and secure. The upside of not having cool tech gadgets.

"How much for the women?"

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Our washing machine burnt out a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure I could have sold it for $50 or so to someone who wanted the parts. I didn't even want the hassle of putting it on CL. I just called a number for a guy that said he hauled stuff off. He was there in an hour and it was gone.

 

[General Malaise]

K4 - Finished Season 2 last night.

Spoiler

While I really enjoyed some of the story lines and characters that Season 2 brought us, I didn't really think the final episodes were as tense or dramatic as Season 1. It also felt a little....rushed? And since I'm a little dense, who did they pin all the murders of the girls on? I mean, if Sergi et al ratted out Spiros and The Greek, they escaped prosecution, so who took the fall? Not sure how that was a win for Rawls & Co. Also felt like Frank's character deserved a better end, but I felt the same way about D'Anthony (sp?) and especially about Wallace. :RIPWallace:. And I like it when Stringer's intelligence is an asset to business, not a disruptive force. I liked the way he tried to manipulate Omar into his game, but I always really liked Omar's higher street sense and felt like he would have sniffed-out Stringer's deception. And man, did I love it when Prez decked his FIL.

Favorite new characters from Season 2:

1. Frank - Really nails the 'evil lurks inside' face.

2. Spiros - Terrific bad guy with a heart.

3. The Greek - Loved his scene with the boat captain.

4. Beadie - Was a great addition to the team.

5. Proposition Joe - Soooo cool. Loved it when he was talking drugs while repairing a toaster.

Least favorite character from Season 2:

1. Ziggy - I'm sure that's by design that I hated him, but I wanted to punch him every time he was on screen.

 

[General Malaise]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Our washing machine burnt out a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure I could have sold it for $50 or so to someone who wanted the parts. I didn't even want the hassle of putting it on CL. I just called a number for a guy that said he hauled stuff off. He was there in an hour and it was gone.

I like CL and I like getting cash for stuff I no longer want/need. Not really that much of a hassle to post an ad and field some texts. Just think how many growlers you could have bought with $50.

 

[cosjobs]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I've sold stuff on CL before, but I've always vetted the hell out of the people as much as anyone can on CL (google the email address, FB, etc)...but I get really nervous with telling people to come to the house and especially inside of my house to take something big away. Any tips on handling this?

man up down?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Our washing machine burnt out a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure I could have sold it for $50 or so to someone who wanted the parts. I didn't even want the hassle of putting it on CL. I just called a number for a guy that said he hauled stuff off. He was there in an hour and it was gone.

I like CL and I like getting cash for stuff I no longer want/need. Not really that much of a hassle to post an ad and field some texts. Just think how many growlers you could have bought with $50.

That would mean me having to talk people...not just people in general but people that drive around and pick up dead appliances.

 

[Abraham]

She has moved on from telling me to stay away from the house to telling me she "doesn't care" if I come home. I'm sure to be in the guest room again tonight, but that beats sleeping on my office floor. I keep scrolling back to see that GM had some perspective for me last night ("It could be worse, really") and those of you who have tried to encourage me saying it will get better. Thanks, I hope you are right. It can't get much worse.

 

[Abraham]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Our washing machine burnt out a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure I could have sold it for $50 or so to someone who wanted the parts. I didn't even want the hassle of putting it on CL. I just called a number for a guy that said he hauled stuff off. He was there in an hour and it was gone.

I like CL and I like getting cash for stuff I no longer want/need. Not really that much of a hassle to post an ad and field some texts. Just think how many growlers you could have bought with $50.

That would mean me having to talk people...not just people in general but people that drive around and pick up dead appliances.

Craigslist has been letting me down lately. Couldn't sell my Killers tickets Thursday or Friday. My metal storage shed (asking $100) has received a single inquiry. My golf cart ($1500) hasn't fetched a single offer.

 

[Guster]

zooks/guster/homer/stu: I got hammered yesterday and a friend and I pulled a couple of ladies out of a bar. I ended up getting cockblocked, but she's been texting me all day hoping to meet up without her friend. I don't remember her name. Advise?

If you can find an excuse to get her to switch to email then you would be $$ - easy to google someone with that info. First thing that came to my mind was texting her "my phone has been giving me issues recently and sometimes texts don't come through for days. connect via email? -fish-@ihopeyourecrazy.net"

 

[Abraham]

SHe just suggested by text that I sell a kidney and told me I needed to have my ### whipped. The ice may be thawing yet....

 

[Bob Sacamano]

SHe just suggested by text that I sell a kidney and told me I needed to have my ### whipped. The ice may be thawing yet....

"I normally pay someone else to do that, but since we're cutting back on expenses..."

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Our washing machine burnt out a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure I could have sold it for $50 or so to someone who wanted the parts. I didn't even want the hassle of putting it on CL. I just called a number for a guy that said he hauled stuff off. He was there in an hour and it was gone.

I like CL and I like getting cash for stuff I no longer want/need. Not really that much of a hassle to post an ad and field some texts. Just think how many growlers you could have bought with $50.

That would mean me having to talk people...not just people in general but people that drive around and pick up dead appliances.

Craigslist has been letting me down lately. Couldn't sell my Killers tickets Thursday or Friday. My metal storage shed (asking $100) has received a single inquiry. My golf cart ($1500) hasn't fetched a single offer.

wtf

 

[Abraham]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Our washing machine burnt out a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure I could have sold it for $50 or so to someone who wanted the parts. I didn't even want the hassle of putting it on CL. I just called a number for a guy that said he hauled stuff off. He was there in an hour and it was gone.

I like CL and I like getting cash for stuff I no longer want/need. Not really that much of a hassle to post an ad and field some texts. Just think how many growlers you could have bought with $50.

That would mean me having to talk people...not just people in general but people that drive around and pick up dead appliances.

Craigslist has been letting me down lately. Couldn't sell my Killers tickets Thursday or Friday. My metal storage shed (asking $100) has received a single inquiry. My golf cart ($1500) hasn't fetched a single offer.

wtf

I own a golf cart. We used to use it to cruise around then neighborhood to go to the pool or get the mail or whatever. We need to sell it. Interested?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

maybe sell the car and just go with the golf cart?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Craigslist has been letting me down lately. Couldn't sell my Killers tickets Thursday or Friday. My metal storage shed (asking $100) has received a single inquiry. My golf cart ($1500) hasn't fetched a single offer.

Yeah, I think I see the problem.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Craigslist has been letting me down lately. Couldn't sell my Killers tickets Thursday or Friday. My metal storage shed (asking $100) has received a single inquiry. My golf cart ($1500) hasn't fetched a single offer.

wtf

I own a golf cart. We used to use it to cruise around then neighborhood to go to the pool or get the mail or whatever. We need to sell it. Interested?

F-ing S, dude.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

This is a pretty common thing around here, but more for retirees, really. Rather than having a 2nd (or 3rd) car, they'll get a golf cart. Of course, most of them live on golf courses and wouldn't drive their car any faster than a golf cart goes anyway.

 

[Abraham]

Craigslist has been letting me down lately. Couldn't sell my Killers tickets Thursday or Friday. My metal storage shed (asking $100) has received a single inquiry. My golf cart ($1500) hasn't fetched a single offer.

wtf

I own a golf cart. We used to use it to cruise around then neighborhood to go to the pool or get the mail or whatever. We need to sell it. Interested?

F-ing S, dude.

What, you don't have one?

 

[krista4]

Big congrats to cos on the retooling of AO. It sounds like a great program, and I wish I could test it out. Totally different topic, but I'm going through most of our house today, including scary attic items, to determine keep, give away or sell. I'm just reminded it's ridiculous how much #### people accumulate.

I'll take the wine that doesn't make the cut. And any Darko jerseys you find.TIA

I set aside my 1st through 6th grade report cards and my Certificate of Excellence from drill-team camp for you. Hope that will do.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

This is a pretty common thing around here, but more for retirees, really. Rather than having a 2nd (or 3rd) car, they'll get a golf cart. Of course, most of them live on golf courses and wouldn't drive their car any faster than a golf cart goes anyway.

I used to date this girl in grad school who had rich grandparents. When they weren't in Florida, they spent most of their time in North Carolina on the golf course and of course had his and hers golf carts. The only thing I even remotely miss about her was trips that mega cabin in the mountains.

 

[krista4]

K4 - Finished Season 2 last night.

Spoiler

While I really enjoyed some of the story lines and characters that Season 2 brought us, I didn't really think the final episodes were as tense or dramatic as Season 1. It also felt a little....rushed? And since I'm a little dense, who did they pin all the murders of the girls on? I mean, if Sergi et al ratted out Spiros and The Greek, they escaped prosecution, so who took the fall? Not sure how that was a win for Rawls & Co. Also felt like Frank's character deserved a better end, but I felt the same way about D'Anthony (sp?) and especially about Wallace. :RIPWallace:. And I like it when Stringer's intelligence is an asset to business, not a disruptive force. I liked the way he tried to manipulate Omar into his game, but I always really liked Omar's higher street sense and felt like he would have sniffed-out Stringer's deception. And man, did I love it when Prez decked his FIL.

Favorite new characters from Season 2:

1. Frank - Really nails the 'evil lurks inside' face.

2. Spiros - Terrific bad guy with a heart.

3. The Greek - Loved his scene with the boat captain.

4. Beadie - Was a great addition to the team.

5. Proposition Joe - Soooo cool. Loved it when he was talking drugs while repairing a toaster.

Least favorite character from Season 2:

1. Ziggy - I'm sure that's by design that I hated him, but I wanted to punch him every time he was on screen.

Spoiler

1.No one took the fall, I think. I like those kinds of endings.

2. D'Angelo. I also like when they kill off sympathetic characters. Seems more real that way. Except Wallace. I'm still not over Wallace.

3. Completely the best moment when he decked Valchek. By the way, thought the final episode should have tied back to Valchek and the church window; was disappointed they didn't.

4. With you on Frank and Ziggy. I didn't remember Prop Joe selling drugs while fixing a toaster--that's awesome.

Firing up Season 3 this weekend?

 

[krista4]

This is a pretty common thing around here, but more for retirees, really. Rather than having a 2nd (or 3rd) car, they'll get a golf cart. Of course, most of them live on golf courses and wouldn't drive their car any faster than a golf cart goes anyway.

There are some people who use golf carts instead of cars in my neighborhood, too.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

the next Coshole sounds like it will be very different.

My link

So instead of sneaking in loose women and hard drugs, we'll be forced to sneak in loaves of bread and soda?

PASS

 

[Abraham]

"No no... These are VEGAN cigarettes....it's okay."

 

[St. Louis Bob]

This is a pretty common thing around here, but more for retirees, really. Rather than having a 2nd (or 3rd) car, they'll get a golf cart. Of course, most of them live on golf courses and wouldn't drive their car any faster than a golf cart goes anyway.

There are some people who use golf carts instead of cars in my neighborhood, too.

A couple of kids on our street drive them around. It seems like a good portion of the rest of them have motorizes scooters.

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I did, but only after feeling like I was directly involved in starving his children first.

Craig and his list are the best. You're right: the singular best benefit is that people come and pick stuff up. When I moved last year, I sold a ####-ton of crap on craigslist and had this wonderful symphony of strangers coming and going leaving me with cash. I had a money wad so big I couldn't close my wallet.

Which is really what you want when there's a parade of strangers at your front door.

Big congrats to cos on the retooling of AO. It sounds like a great program, and I wish I could test it out. Totally different topic, but I'm going through most of our house today, including scary attic items, to determine keep, give away or sell. I'm just reminded it's ridiculous how much #### people accumulate.

I'll take the wine that doesn't make the cut. And any Darko jerseys you find.TIA

I'll take any pills just laying around.

 

[krista4]

I'll take any pills just laying around.

 

[bentley]

Abe - if your wife is willing to have any kind of conversation with you then you have a pretty good chance of getting through this. But you need to be honest and sincere about the change. There aren't any more secrets out there are there?

 

[General Malaise]

Big congrats to cos on the retooling of AO. It sounds like a great program, and I wish I could test it out. Totally different topic, but I'm going through most of our house today, including scary attic items, to determine keep, give away or sell. I'm just reminded it's ridiculous how much #### people accumulate.

I'll take the wine that doesn't make the cut. And any Darko jerseys you find.TIA

I set aside my 1st through 6th grade report cards and my Certificate of Excellence from drill-team camp for you. Hope that will do.

Why do you hate Homer?

 

[Abraham]

Abe - if your wife is willing to have any kind of conversation with you then you have a pretty good chance of getting through this. But you need to be honest and sincere about the change. There aren't any more secrets out there are there?

She just told me that I can be a part of this if I am willing to work on her trust and be open with her. Of course I am. So I'm going home shortly and will see what happens.

 

[General Malaise]

K4 - Finished Season 2 last night.

Spoiler

While I really enjoyed some of the story lines and characters that Season 2 brought us, I didn't really think the final episodes were as tense or dramatic as Season 1. It also felt a little....rushed? And since I'm a little dense, who did they pin all the murders of the girls on? I mean, if Sergi et al ratted out Spiros and The Greek, they escaped prosecution, so who took the fall? Not sure how that was a win for Rawls & Co. Also felt like Frank's character deserved a better end, but I felt the same way about D'Anthony (sp?) and especially about Wallace. :RIPWallace:. And I like it when Stringer's intelligence is an asset to business, not a disruptive force. I liked the way he tried to manipulate Omar into his game, but I always really liked Omar's higher street sense and felt like he would have sniffed-out Stringer's deception. And man, did I love it when Prez decked his FIL.

Favorite new characters from Season 2:

1. Frank - Really nails the 'evil lurks inside' face.

2. Spiros - Terrific bad guy with a heart.

3. The Greek - Loved his scene with the boat captain.

4. Beadie - Was a great addition to the team.

5. Proposition Joe - Soooo cool. Loved it when he was talking drugs while repairing a toaster.

Least favorite character from Season 2:

1. Ziggy - I'm sure that's by design that I hated him, but I wanted to punch him every time he was on screen.

Spoiler

1.No one took the fall, I think. I like those kinds of endings.

2. D'Angelo. I also like when they kill off sympathetic characters. Seems more real that way. Except Wallace. I'm still not over Wallace.

3. Completely the best moment when he decked Valchek. By the way, thought the final episode should have tied back to Valchek and the church window; was disappointed they didn't.

4. With you on Frank and Ziggy. I didn't remember Prop Joe selling drugs while fixing a toaster--that's awesome.

Firing up Season 3 this weekend?

Probably fire Season 3 up tonight.

Spoiler

1 I guess I'm just confused then because Rawls and Landsman were relieved when the lady was up on her chair writing next to the Jane Does, as if they murders were now solved. And I guess they were solved and that's good, but then nobody is going to prison for them? Just clarifying, but as you can clearly tell, I like closure. See Under, Six Feet. Would take that ending over the Sopranos ending any day of the week, but again, I'm a simple guy.

2. D'Angelo. Lord, I called him D'Anthony. I didn't hate that they killed him and I really dug the way Stringer had it done behind Avon's back, though I can't wait to see where their relationship is headed. Power play coming. But D'Angelo was such an integral part of Season 1; hard to believe he wasn't going further than halfway through Season 2. Selfishly, I would have enjoyed some more Frank, but understood and liked the way the Greeks altered their plans on the fly.

3. Absolutely on the stain glass windows. Maybe they'll revisit? Was such a key reason why Valchek went after the Poles.

4. Yeah, Prop Joe has a front like the rest of them; I guess its like a pawn shop or thrift shop? He's talking about making deals, hands the toaster to his underling and says "Put a tag on this and sell it for $12.95 (or something)." He turns to the rival player and says "No reason a frayed cord should keep a perfectly good toaster from selling (or something)". Love that character. Smoooth. I hope they bring back Brother Moulzone.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Soooooo my boss and I like to vent to each other about work stuff. This morning I sent him a scathing email about a co-worker, to the point where i stated i would like to choke said co-worker. An hour later he still hasn't responded, which is odd. Probably because I just realized that I sent it to the co-worker by mistake.

Update: after spending the weekend stewing, she came in all fired up and freaked out on my boss. He talked her off the ledge and she eventually said she would be ok in a day or two. She took the day off. He asked me to take tomorrow off and we can all start fresh Wednesday. No official disciplinary action. Yea employment.

 

[Abraham]

Kev, Bentley and cos - I do need a recommendation for a shrink it seems. Let me know if you can recommend anyone.

 

[Abraham]

Soooooo my boss and I like to vent to each other about work stuff. This morning I sent him a scathing email about a co-worker, to the point where i stated i would like to choke said co-worker. An hour later he still hasn't responded, which is odd. Probably because I just realized that I sent it to the co-worker by mistake.

Update: after spending the weekend stewing, she came in all fired up and freaked out on my boss. He talked her off the ledge and she eventually said she would be ok in a day or two. She took the day off. He asked me to take tomorrow off and we can all start fresh Wednesday. No official disciplinary action. Yea employment.

Awesome.

 

[General Malaise]

She has moved on from telling me to stay away from the house to telling me she "doesn't care" if I come home. I'm sure to be in the guest room again tonight, but that beats sleeping on my office floor. I keep scrolling back to see that GM had some perspective for me last night ("It could be worse, really") and those of you who have tried to encourage me saying it will get better. Thanks, I hope you are right. It can't get much worse.

Spoiler

No, it could get a LOT worse. She could divorce you and you could REALLY feel what that pain is all about.

Or you could have a few too many Keystones, head up to the drive-thru strip club and get a DUI, which unless Texas has opted not to join the rest of the states and make these things incredibly punitive and expensive, will make things much worse for all of you.

Or you could wake up and find your kid has something a trip to the Urgent Care won't fix.

It can get much much worse, so you need to find your bottom and dig, man. You found a job? That's great. Go find a second job. Something on weekends. Can't sell your golf cart for $1,500? Hustle and find a way to get SOMETHING for it. $900 is better than 0.

And if you want my advice, I would find a marriage counselor yesterday. You could use some of that help too as I think you might be dealing with some depression, but I think you might at least present the option to your wife so she can see a real effort above and beyond financial transparency. She needs to heal, man. You've hurt her pretty bad.

Might also be worth finding a financial advisor who can help you and your family out. I'd consider finding a bankruptcy attorney to discuss your options with your business. Your credit is the least of your worries. The stress of being in a hole this deep will kill you. There's paths out there to get you out, but you need to talk to a professional and you need to find a concrete plan. And stick to it.

And for christ sake, stop buying food at restaurants, stop buying beer at bars, stop eating anywhere but home or your desk. If it's a work lunch, get it paid for. You need to live like a college sophomore. College sophomores do not have golf carts. Well, Pickles Ex-GF did, but that's different.

Keep a journal. Are you working out? You need to run or bike a few days a week to clear your head. Will help with depression. Blah blah blah. Good luck. Damon loves you and i love home, so that means I love you. I don't want you self destructing. Neither does your wife, your parents, your kid or your friends here. But you gotta get some help and start pulling yourself up from the bootstraps. The job was awesome, you got a long way to go. Get going.

 

[General Malaise]

Kev, Bentley and cos - I do need a recommendation for a shrink it seems. Let me know if you can recommend anyone.

Your health insurance will have a number you can call for this too. Good luck Abe.

 

[General Malaise]

Soooooo my boss and I like to vent to each other about work stuff. This morning I sent him a scathing email about a co-worker, to the point where i stated i would like to choke said co-worker. An hour later he still hasn't responded, which is odd. Probably because I just realized that I sent it to the co-worker by mistake.

Update: after spending the weekend stewing, she came in all fired up and freaked out on my boss. He talked her off the ledge and she eventually said she would be ok in a day or two. She took the day off. He asked me to take tomorrow off and we can all start fresh Wednesday. No official disciplinary action. Yea employment.

Maybe bring her some flowers or donuts or something as a peace offering. Glad you didn't get fired.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

What else is for sale? I like stuff.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Soooooo my boss and I like to vent to each other about work stuff. This morning I sent him a scathing email about a co-worker, to the point where i stated i would like to choke said co-worker. An hour later he still hasn't responded, which is odd. Probably because I just realized that I sent it to the co-worker by mistake.

Update: after spending the weekend stewing, she came in all fired up and freaked out on my boss. He talked her off the ledge and she eventually said she would be ok in a day or two. She took the day off. He asked me to take tomorrow off and we can all start fresh Wednesday. No official disciplinary action. Yea employment.

Maybe bring her some flowers or donuts or something as a peace offering. Glad you didn't get fired.

Nothing that's a choking hazard.

hth

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I sold my 7 year old lawn mower that got clogged up with insanely tall grass. I got tired of trying to keep that POS thing alive year after year. My asking price was $50 on craigslist offered as a project to some nerd who likes to take stuff apart. A guy showed up today to get it and mulled this decision over like he was buying beachfront property in Ibiza. Seriously, I've seen people struggle less over pet euthanization.

Did you get the full $50? Craigslist really does evoke some of the crazies into your life, but damned if it's not the best medium around for selling your crap. We sold my son's bunk bed set - a MASSIVE piece that took up a ton of space in his room - in less than a few hours after posting the ad. I was relieved to get it out of the house. Hell, the guy that bought it disassembled the whole set with his dad and moved it out. All I had to do was hold open the door.

Just wish they'd bring back the hoooors.

I've sold stuff on CL before, but I've always vetted the hell out of the people as much as anyone can on CL (google the email address, FB, etc)...but I get really nervous with telling people to come to the house and especially inside of my house to take something big away. Any tips on handling this?

I usually meet them somewhere.

Then I kill them.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I was thinking of getting one of those yardsports for tooling around Madeline Island. Something with cupholders.