GM's thread about nothing (18 Viewers)

[krista4]

Not that the game is going to sell out or anythingWhat do you guys think?

I would probably just roll the dice at the box office. If they are at even 20% capacity I'd be surprised. I really don't care which seats, but the $28 ones don't seem too bad. I spoke briefly with guru, and he might be in as well.

Are we talking Astros?what date? Seems like k4s employers should have tickets available. Or I can make a few calls. Sadly my inbev connection moved to Dallas.

Took myself out of that placement today. Seems they wanted someone through 12/31. I just couldn't make that kind of commitment to Houston, compared to going to Granada in August instead. Also would interfere with my new plans to do two epic US roadtrips before moving.

 

[Ignoramus]

Not that the game is going to sell out or anythingWhat do you guys think?

I would probably just roll the dice at the box office. If they are at even 20% capacity I'd be surprised. I really don't care which seats, but the $28 ones don't seem too bad. I spoke briefly with guru, and he might be in as well.

Are we talking Astros?what date? Seems like k4s employers should have tickets available. Or I can make a few calls. Sadly my inbev connection moved to Dallas.

Astros v Mariners on April 23rd. So far it seems like the consensus is walk up to the box office.

 

[Ignoramus]

Not that the game is going to sell out or anythingWhat do you guys think?

I would probably just roll the dice at the box office. If they are at even 20% capacity I'd be surprised. I really don't care which seats, but the $28 ones don't seem too bad. I spoke briefly with guru, and he might be in as well.

Are we talking Astros?what date? Seems like k4s employers should have tickets available. Or I can make a few calls. Sadly my inbev connection moved to Dallas.

Took myself out of that placement today. Seems they wanted someone through 12/31. I just couldn't make that kind of commitment to Houston, compared to going to Granada in August instead. Also would interfere with my new plans to do two epic US roadtrips before moving.

I think you made the right choice.

 

[General Malaise]

Not that the game is going to sell out or anythingWhat do you guys think?

I would probably just roll the dice at the box office. If they are at even 20% capacity I'd be surprised. I really don't care which seats, but the $28 ones don't seem too bad. I spoke briefly with guru, and he might be in as well.

Are we talking Astros?what date? Seems like k4s employers should have tickets available. Or I can make a few calls. Sadly my inbev connection moved to Dallas.

Astros v Mariners on April 23rd. So far it seems like the consensus is walk up to the box office.

Do the Astros even have ticket scalpers?

 

[Mr.Pack]

Since nobody bothered to reply, I think I'm just going to go for it. Just mixed made a whiskey.

Had some crazy weather here last night. A wind sheer actually snapped my flag pole off with crazy precision. My link

A tornado touched down right on the steet where my cousin's Mom and a GB live. Another GB lives in the subdivision right behind the pics of the damaged apartments.My Link

They're fine.

Happy your OK GB.

Thanks GB. Shoot, we're all fine.

 

[Ignoramus]

Not that the game is going to sell out or anythingWhat do you guys think?

I would probably just roll the dice at the box office. If they are at even 20% capacity I'd be surprised. I really don't care which seats, but the $28 ones don't seem too bad. I spoke briefly with guru, and he might be in as well.

Are we talking Astros?what date? Seems like k4s employers should have tickets available. Or I can make a few calls. Sadly my inbev connection moved to Dallas.

Astros v Mariners on April 23rd. So far it seems like the consensus is walk up to the box office.

Do the Astros even have ticket scalpers?

At times. But I think our choices are 1) box office, 2) freebies, 3) stubhub (at a discount vs box office).

 

[Mr.Pack]

Not that the game is going to sell out or anythingWhat do you guys think?

I would probably just roll the dice at the box office. If they are at even 20% capacity I'd be surprised. I really don't care which seats, but the $28 ones don't seem too bad. I spoke briefly with guru, and he might be in as well.

Are we talking Astros?what date? Seems like k4s employers should have tickets available. Or I can make a few calls. Sadly my inbev connection moved to Dallas.

Astros v Mariners on April 23rd. So far it seems like the consensus is walk up to the box office.

Do the Astros even have ticket scalpers?

I heard they pay you to take the tickets.

 

[Abraham]

Job

Spoiler

getting offered a job by dell soon. Two managers want me (had two interviews Friday). So, yea. But the comp is depressingly low and it would basically reset my résumé since I had the same job 7 years ago.

Wife (crying) "that isn't you and I hate that ####### place from the last time you worked there. But I also don't want to starve to death."

Oh, and business is picking up in a way that if we hasn't burnt our runway the last six months I actually wouldn't be in this spot.

Getting drunk. ####### life.

 

[Abraham]

Also, for those of you tiring of "thrift shop" I can tell you that help is on the way. The new Robin Thicke song "blurred lines" is going to be on the radio 24 hours a day this summer.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Community is brutally unfunny this season...Where have you gone Dan Harmon?

 

[shuke]

Drifter > pretty sure I'm good to go for Keeneland on Friday

Sweet. I've confirmed for two tickets.

I was informed that there's a small dress code in our "area" (box?). Slacks/shirt, no denim. PITA for me as I wasn't planning on travelling with anything but jeans, tshirts and sneakers since I'm going to be in warehouses for pretty much the entire trip.

So when and where do i need to be?

Still up for poker after if we can make it up in time?

Shuke, how about you? If Drifter and I make it back, want to join the poker game?

Probably 50/50. Will depend on how my wife is feeling. I had to take her to the ER tonight for migraine.

Have you guys tried the Tens Unit yet?

I keep forgetting to talk to her about it.

 

[shuke]

Found my turtle. Being organized is

 

[shuke]

That sucks GB, my sump pump is running every 30 secs. If we lose power I'm sunk.

No backup?

 

[shuke]

Shuke does a nice job in that Roundup commercial

Link?

 

[shuke]

Dang, I lived through that WAY to many times growing up. It's not too bad I hope? :(

That sucks GB, my sump pump is running every 30 secs. If we lose power I'm sunk.

I started designing an ark today at work, let me know if you want in.

Thanks. It's not terrible but I'm a bit on edge about it. There's like 10 small areas/streams but once I mop up one area and move to another, the previous area is wet again. It just isn't stopping and I don't have $50-75K laying around to get it looked at.

Different areas? Is this a backup or coming through your walls/floor?

 

[shuke]

Job

Spoiler

getting offered a job by dell soon. Two managers want me (had two interviews Friday). So, yea. But the comp is depressingly low and it would basically reset my résumé since I had the same job 7 years ago.Wife (crying) "that isn't you and I hate that ####### place from the last time you worked there. But I also don't want to starve to death."Oh, and business is picking up in a way that if we hasn't burnt our runway the last six months I actually wouldn't be in this spot.Getting drunk. ####### life.

Burnt your runway?

Why do you keep putting these in spoilers? Harder to skim.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

She's got a resume pretty similar to one of our resident attorneys

See, this :unsure smilie is totally off. Why is this not fixed yet? I asked Charv to fix it at LABS and it was done within seconds. Can we put Charv in charge of everything?

What is this LABS that I see mentioned from time to time?

Fantasy football league for the sexually ambiguous.

Or so I've heard.

 

[Abraham]

Job

Spoiler

getting offered a job by dell soon. Two managers want me (had two interviews Friday). So, yea. But the comp is depressingly low and it would basically reset my résumé since I had the same job 7 years ago.Wife (crying) "that isn't you and I hate that ####### place from the last time you worked there. But I also don't want to starve to death."Oh, and business is picking up in a way that if we hasn't burnt our runway the last six months I actually wouldn't be in this spot.Getting drunk. ####### life.

Burnt your runway? Why do you keep putting these in spoilers? Harder to skim.Spoilers - I know some people probably aren't Interested so I'm trying to be considerate. Burnt runway - sucked up our working capital funding operations during a slow period. So we are having to tighten the belt considerably to survive, which includes getting me off the payroll of the company I founded five years ago.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Job

Spoiler

suck it, shuke

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Will Dell let you keep working for yourself while you're employed there?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Though, I guess if you're not getting paid for it, they really can't legislate too heavily what you do in your spare time.

 

[charvik]

Not that the game is going to sell out or anythingWhat do you guys think?

I would probably just roll the dice at the box office. If they are at even 20% capacity I'd be surprised. I really don't care which seats, but the $28 ones don't seem too bad. I spoke briefly with guru, and he might be in as well.

Are we talking Astros?what date? Seems like k4s employers should have tickets available. Or I can make a few calls. Sadly my inbev connection moved to Dallas.

Took myself out of that placement today. Seems they wanted someone through 12/31. I just couldn't make that kind of commitment to Houston, compared to going to Granada in August instead. Also would interfere with my new plans to do two epic US roadtrips before moving.

I think you made the right choice.

I agree... sorry I never responded on the PM (stupid work), but from what I know of them you could've been faced with a similar situation that you left...

 

[Abraham]

Will Dell let you keep working for yourself while you're employed there?

I can run the business outside of normal work hours and the two are not in conflict/competition.

 

[T Bell]

Funny, I got my own job update too.

shuke>hai

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Dang, I lived through that WAY to many times growing up. It's not too bad I hope? :(

That sucks GB, my sump pump is running every 30 secs. If we lose power I'm sunk.

I started designing an ark today at work, let me know if you wa

nt in.

Thanks. It's not terrible but I'm a bit on edge about it. There's like 10 small areas/streams but once I mop up one area and move to another, the previous area is wet again. It just isn't stopping and I don't have $50-75K laying around to get it looked at.

Different areas? Is this a backup or coming through your walls/floor?

Good questions. Somtimes these things can fixed relatively inexpensively.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Funny, I got my own job update too.

shuke>hai

:Lmao:

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Is "Curly Night" a stray from the curly board?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Is "Curly Night" a stray from the curly board?

Not sure, but he or she is REALLY invested in the Jodi Arias trial

 

[T Bell]

Is "Curly Night" a stray from the curly board?

I don't know, but if Jodi Arias started a cult Curly Night would be the first member.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

When I moved, Directv installed a dish at my new place for free. And they give free stuff anytime I call.

Can they rry you you're identity and credit rating back?

If they could, I bet they would.

 

[strykerpks]

Different areas? Is this a backup or coming through your walls/floor?

No, it's not a backup. It's coming through the walls/floor/bottom of the door jamb.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Different areas? Is this a backup or coming through your walls/floor?

No, it's not a backup. It's coming through the walls/floor/bottom of the door jamb.

You should probably have that looked at.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I'm watching a thing on India and the Taj Mahal on PBS and the narrator said "in today's dollars, it would cost 200 million to build". He's smoking crack and meant "billion" right?

 

[strykerpks]

Different areas? Is this a backup or coming through your walls/floor?

No, it's not a backup. It's coming through the walls/floor/bottom of the door jamb.

You should probably have that looked at.

Yeah.

I've emailed a few places already tonight. We've had a flood warning all this week through tomorrow. There's more rain and snow in the forecast til next Friday. 2 of the places sent an auto reply that they are "extremely busy do to the recent weather blah blah blah." Haven't heard from the other one obviously.

 

[charvik]

I'm watching a thing on India and the Taj Mahal on PBS and the narrator said "in today's dollars, it would cost 200 million to build". He's smoking crack and meant "billion" right?

Actually, the Indian government and the Taj Mahal "foundation" or whatever it is claims it's 200 million, but independent researchers looking at the cost of gold, the rupee and inflation is estimating the cost to be slightly above 1 billion.

 

[shuke]

Dang, I lived through that WAY to many times growing up. It's not too bad I hope? :(

That sucks GB, my sump pump is running every 30 secs. If we lose power I'm sunk.

I started designing an ark today at work, let me know if you wa

nt in.

Thanks. It's not terrible but I'm a bit on edge about it. There's like 10 small areas/streams but once I mop up one area and move to another, the previous area is wet again. It just isn't stopping and I don't have $50-75K laying around to get it looked at.

Different areas? Is this a backup or coming through your walls/floor?

Good questions. Somtimes these things can fixed relatively inexpensively.

I've got some water coming in one wall. How do I fix it?

 

[shuke]

Different areas? Is this a backup or coming through your walls/floor?

No, it's not a backup. It's coming through the walls/floor/bottom of the door jamb.

Oof.

Have had issues with it coming through our floor until I got a backup sump. Still have one spot on the wall.

 

[proninja]

Baseball/fantasy nerds: mike zunino (mariners aaa) - 17 RBI in 6 games. Their 2012 first rounder.

Really hope they can keep this guy in AAA until the super 2 deadline

 

[proninja]

I'm watching a thing on India and the Taj Mahal on PBS and the narrator said "in today's dollars, it would cost 200 million to build". He's smoking crack and meant "billion" right?

Actually, the Indian government and the Taj Mahal "foundation" or whatever it is claims it's 200 million, but independent researchers looking at the cost of gold, the rupee and inflation is estimating the cost to be slightly above 1 billion.

How is this something someone knows?

 

[T Bell]

I'm watching a thing on India and the Taj Mahal on PBS and the narrator said "in today's dollars, it would cost 200 million to build". He's smoking crack and meant "billion" right?

Actually, the Indian government and the Taj Mahal "foundation" or whatever it is claims it's 200 million, but independent researchers looking at the cost of gold, the rupee and inflation is estimating the cost to be slightly above 1 billion.

So less than a quarter of the cost of an aircraft carrier. Whatever.

 

[proninja]

Abraham>thanks for the interview advice earlier. I waited until Friday AM, then emailed the guy. Turns out he'd just been busy doing actual work all week, invited me out for a facility tour, introduced me to most everyone then we shot the bull with one of the engineers. Sort of felt like it was a "can this guy get alone with us?" interview.

He's out all this week, and he said he'd get back to me next week. So it's not going quickly, but it's going.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I'm watching a thing on India and the Taj Mahal on PBS and the narrator said "in today's dollars, it would cost 200 million to build". He's smoking crack and meant "billion" right?

Actually, the Indian government and the Taj Mahal "foundation" or whatever it is claims it's 200 million, but independent researchers looking at the cost of gold, the rupee and inflation is estimating the cost to be slightly above 1 billion.

How is this something someone knows?

How is this something somebody doesn't?

 

[charvik]

I'm watching a thing on India and the Taj Mahal on PBS and the narrator said "in today's dollars, it would cost 200 million to build". He's smoking crack and meant "billion" right?

Actually, the Indian government and the Taj Mahal "foundation" or whatever it is claims it's 200 million, but independent researchers looking at the cost of gold, the rupee and inflation is estimating the cost to be slightly above 1 billion.

How is this something someone knows?

It's pretty well documented how much Shah Jahan paid

India has a long and rich history.

 

[proninja]

I'm watching a thing on India and the Taj Mahal on PBS and the narrator said "in today's dollars, it would cost 200 million to build". He's smoking crack and meant "billion" right?

Actually, the Indian government and the Taj Mahal "foundation" or whatever it is claims it's 200 million, but independent researchers looking at the cost of gold, the rupee and inflation is estimating the cost to be slightly above 1 billion.

How is this something someone knows?

How is this something somebody doesn't?

I'm not very smart and my job involves playing with big kid toys all day.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Also, for those of you tiring of "thrift shop" I can tell you that help is on the way. The new Robin Thicke song "blurred lines" is going to be on the radio 24 hours a day this summer.

I want to do some very dirty things to the brunette chick in that music video.

Anyone know who she is?

Emily Ratajkowski

 

[Zow]

Oh I'm home alone with my 2 boys tonight. Just opened another beer. Raising kids is hard

2? Did I miss something?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Oh I'm home alone with my 2 boys tonight. Just opened another beer. Raising kids is hard

2? Did I miss something?

Apparently

 

[Zow]

Oh I'm home alone with my 2 boys tonight. Just opened another beer. Raising kids is hard

2? Did I miss something?

Apparently

Twins or two within a couple years?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Oh I'm home alone with my 2 boys tonight. Just opened another beer. Raising kids is hard

2? Did I miss something?

You seem to miss a lot.

 

[Zow]

Oh I'm home alone with my 2 boys tonight. Just opened another beer. Raising kids is hard

2? Did I miss something?

You seem to miss a lot.

I'm not from the internet.

Obviously I knew he had a child. Didn't know there were two.