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[Good Posting Judge]

I was buying underwear for my kid yesterday, who wears a 4T. She's an average-sized 3.5 year old. She insisted she wore a size 10. I told her no, she wears a size 4 and she says to me in the middle of our dispute, and I quote verbatim: "C'mon, you gotta be kidding me!"

Take it easy, McEnroe.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Pretty sure I live in the epicenter for doochbagesque t-shirts.

 

[T Bell]

Remember my ongoing legal issues regarding that contract breach?

Spoiler

They just made an offer. A very low approximately 15% of the value we were asking for. The lawyer representing them though told my lawyer they will go higher at least twice as high. I don't know if he's playing good cop/bad cop or he is really pissed at the acquiring company like he says he is. He told my lawyer he is mad at how many good people they fired with this acquisition without fair compensation. So, what do I counter with? #### you I want it all? Give me 80% and we'll go away? That's pretty far off where we are now. I guess it's good they are coming to the table with something.

You're not going to be "happy" with any negotiated settlement, but what amount can you live with and not feel like you should have brought a lawsuit? 40%? 80%?

When you can answer that question, then you can formulate a response.

In the meantime, it's nice that he's paying lip service to the idea that you deserve something and is putting money on it (however meager at this point). I'd go to 90% for starters as a response. Don't completely blow him off by reasserting your full demand. It's good that he's now talking settlement, so keep it going.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

My Entry

 

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Potentially TMI so spoiler tagging it, but likely a scenario every cohabiting man has encountered at least once... this was my first....

Spoiler

So this AM I wake up and brush my teeth. Half awake I flop onto the john to do my thing. Get up to flush and notice the bowl is blood red. I am now convinced I am dying. I jump in the shower thinking desperately what it could be... I drink way too damn much but I dont FEEL anything... My God I need to change my lifestyle.. I'm too old for this... what am I doing to myself...etc etc etc...

The GF comes into the bathroom and it hits me...

> "Honey, did you by chance throw a tampon in the toilet and forget to flush..."
> OH ####..maybe! I woke up in the middle of the night, and may have forgot! Sorry!"

I'm not dying

 

[General Malaise]

My Entry

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

My Christmas painting

 

[T Bell]

My Entry

I'm mesmerized by the drawing replay.

 

[Guster]

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but Happy Birthday HomerJ

http://thechive.com/2012/10/12/cute-girl-with-light-up-hula-hoop-will-light-up-your-heart-video/?obref=obinsite

I was disappointed that the video time was in m:ss not h:mm

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Potentially TMI so spoiler tagging it, but likely a scenario every cohabiting man has encountered at least once... this was my first....

Spoiler

So this AM I wake up and brush my teeth. Half awake I flop onto the john to do my thing. Get up to flush and notice the bowl is blood red. I am now convinced I am dying. I jump in the shower thinking desperately what it could be... I drink way too damn much but I dont FEEL anything... My God I need to change my lifestyle.. I'm too old for this... what am I doing to myself...etc etc etc...

The GF comes into the bathroom and it hits me...

> "Honey, did you by chance throw a tampon in the toilet and forget to flush..."

> OH ####..maybe! I woke up in the middle of the night, and may have forgot! Sorry!"

I'm not dying

Gross

 

[Frostillicus]

I'm off to go buy the boy's teachers gift cards since tomorrow's the last day of school and Mrs. SLB was too buys (lol) to buy them. WTF is the deal this year with getting a wish list for teachers? I saw it in another thread but can't remember where. I always take care of them, particularly considering the circumstances, but to send a school wide list by teacher requesting stuff? That's beyond tacky IMO. "Hey Susie, thanks for making me the cookies but I really wanted a gift card to Bed Bath & Beyond, Target or Panera Bread."

That's ridiculous. Just the fact that these teachers assume they're getting a gift period is terrible.

The only way I could imagine doing something like this would be to tell the kids "Hey, if you were already planning on getting me a gift skip the sweets and coffee mugs and gift cards. Instead buy get me some pencils, post-its, mini-sharpeners etc. And buy them from SLB Business Supplies Inc."

Thank you. I think Shuke's kid's school did the same thing this year. Maybe the union is behind this? Hard to believe it's a coincidence.

Oh and head lice. There's a 50-50 chance your kid(s) is going to come home with head lice. Doesn't matter how clean you keep your kids or your house. When it happens PM me and I'll tell you my sure-fire method of getting rid of them.

Oh great.

Dylan was sick Sunday, threw up twice, I rate this a 5/10.

Cal was sick Tuesday, threw up 5 times, I rate this 7/10.

The last thing I've even until right now, was that Wendy's cheesburger Tuesday afternoon. I always imagine little people living inside me like Osmosis Jones. Tuesday night my stomach started hurting and I could feel the red lights flashing, alarms going off and a bunch of microbes, red/white blood cells and stuff running around my body in a panic. I made it through the night but something just wasn't right. Then somebody made a really tough decision. I could just see them simultaneously turning keys, like the were launching a nuke, and saying "may Bob have mercy on our souls" as they then gently touch the abort button. That's when everything in my body was ejected. Threw up 7 times? Oh sure. Violent diarrhea? Of course. Everything had to go. I slept for 30 hours between episodes and pooped myself twice while vomiting. BTW, it's really, really, painful vomiting when you have pulled muscles in your chest. Last time I help old people ever.

I rate this a 10/10.

Then this morning Mrs. SLB said she doesn't feel good. No other symptoms. I got the boys on the bus and went back to bed. I have often heard women say things like "men are sissies when they are sick". Yeah? Well apparently nurses are even bigger pussies. She rarely gets sick so maybe that's it. Of course she had job interview today so maybe that's what it was.

I rate this a 1/10 for now.

ETA

At least I've lost 8 pounds.

Myself, my daughter, my gf and her two brothers all got this or something very similar the day after Thanksgiving. Daughter blew chunks in the theater trying to see Frozen. Fun times.

I didn't eat for two days; gf didn't eat for about 3-4, which is awesome for a type 1 diabetic.

I feel your pain.

I just got back from the store and Mrs. SLB was up watching some stupid ####### program and it was a cooking segment at that. She has just been downgraded to a .1/10. ####### killing me.

Of course Typhoid Dylan made this for me last night. It did make me feel better.

Dylan's xmas tree looks like every woman I ever tried to draw with a green dress.

Drawing.....I suck at it.

My Entry

Doesn't look anything like a woman in a green dress. 1/10.

 

[Ignoramus]

Spoiler

BLACK CHECK IN THE HOCKEY AISLE. CAN I GET A BLACK CHECK IN THE HOCKEY AISLE PLEASE

Spoiler

One of my favorite wikis is the black NHL player wiki

Just about anybody can edit a wiki page, Reverend Al.That's how you know you're getting the best possible information.

 

[Ignoramus]

Oh and a bunch of my out of town Christmas gifts got all ####ed up. Here I painstakingly put a personalized hand written card on each one of them and staple a ticket with the delivery address on the box. My warehouse guy asks me if they are all the same thing. I reply yes thinking he didn't want to weigh each one individually. So he just pulls all of the pick tickets off and randomly sent them out. So I keep getting e-mails saying I got a box with a gift in it but the card is addressed to somebody else.

Oh and one lucky person got an additional $25 gift card not meant for them.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Remember my ongoing legal issues regarding that contract breach?

Spoiler

They just made an offer. A very low approximately 15% of the value we were asking for. The lawyer representing them though told my lawyer they will go higher at least twice as high. I don't know if he's playing good cop/bad cop or he is really pissed at the acquiring company like he says he is. He told my lawyer he is mad at how many good people they fired with this acquisition without fair compensation. So, what do I counter with? #### you I want it all? Give me 80% and we'll go away? That's pretty far off where we are now. I guess it's good they are coming to the table with something.

Spoiler

You're not going to be "happy" with any negotiated settlement, but what amount can you live with and not feel like you should have brought a lawsuit? 40%? 80%?

When you can answer that question, then you can formulate a response.

In the meantime, it's nice that he's paying lip service to the idea that you deserve something and is putting money on it (however meager at this point). I'd go to 90% for starters as a response. Don't completely blow him off by reasserting your full demand. It's good that he's now talking settlement, so keep it going.

Thanks GB. That's what I was wondering.

My guy told me to sleep on it before countering. I think I'll call him Monday.

My Christmas painting

My Entry

 

[Ignoramus]

Oh and head lice. There's a 50-50 chance your kid(s) is going to come home with head lice. Doesn't matter how clean you keep your kids or your house. When it happens PM me and I'll tell you my sure-fire method of getting rid of them.

####### lice. My daughter's school had a constant battle with these things, and we got an email about twice a week about checks, kids all being sent to the nurse, etc. Finally after about two months my daughter got the damn things. Paid $300 to some place that specializes in getting rid of them.

Makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

When this happens in the Sweet J household, two things happen:

1. The clippers come out for the boys (me and the boy), and the scissors for the girls. You HAVE to hold firm on this. No objections.

2. We nuke the f^ck out of or hair. Whatever I can buy at the CVS that comes closest to Agent Orange, we are using. Multiple applications, and if the label says "wait two weeks between applications" that meens apply once now, once in a week, and again in another week.

The kids' mom talks about using vasoline, or olive oil or whatever, and a nit-picking comb. Bah. Heavy chemicals.

my method gets rid of them without paraquat or whatever.

By all means, don't tell us the method.

I was hoping we could get him to mention it another ten times before someone asked him what it was.

 

[Ignoramus]

My Entry

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I would appreciate all of you smart people's opinion.

 

[T Bell]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Back to chicken talk. Have any of you had Raising Cane's? They opened one here and it has become a running joke on the morning radio show I listen to on how bad it is.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Santa has a message for the kids.

 

[UniAlias]

This fat guy likes Raising Cane's. Sauce is addicting.

 

[Bogart]

This fat guy likes Raising Cane's. Sauce is addicting.

The sauce is very addicting. The food is pretty good, but really on the salty side. I'm always a bit thrown off that there isn't any variety. Chicken strips, fries, cole slaw, toast. That's it. Not sure why I would want anything else, but I would at least like the option. Not that it matters. I dump the sauce on everything.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Oh and head lice. There's a 50-50 chance your kid(s) is going to come home with head lice. Doesn't matter how clean you keep your kids or your house. When it happens PM me and I'll tell you my sure-fire method of getting rid of them.

####### lice. My daughter's school had a constant battle with these things, and we got an email about twice a week about checks, kids all being sent to the nurse, etc. Finally after about two months my daughter got the damn things. Paid $300 to some place that specializes in getting rid of them.

Makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

When this happens in the Sweet J household, two things happen:

1. The clippers come out for the boys (me and the boy), and the scissors for the girls. You HAVE to hold firm on this. No objections.

2. We nuke the f^ck out of or hair. Whatever I can buy at the CVS that comes closest to Agent Orange, we are using. Multiple applications, and if the label says "wait two weeks between applications" that meens apply once now, once in a week, and again in another week.

The kids' mom talks about using vasoline, or olive oil or whatever, and a nit-picking comb. Bah. Heavy chemicals.

my method gets rid of them without paraquat or whatever.

By all means, don't tell us the method.

I was hoping we could get him to mention it another ten times before someone asked him what it was.

It's actually really good.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

This fat guy likes Raising Cane's. Sauce is addicting.

Stop posting about hot sauce and get busy kicking my ### at Scramble...so we can start a new game and you can kick my ### again.

 

[Ignoramus]

Back to chicken talk. Have any of you had Raising Cane's? They opened one here and it has become a running joke on the morning radio show I listen to on how bad it is.

Some people go apespit over it. I don't think it's all that great. Not bad, but nothing spectacular.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

If he wants to settle before the New Year, wait a week to call him.

 

[Ignoramus]

Santa has a message for the kids.

Awesome.

 

[Joe T]

Is Cobie Smulders hot? ... can't decide.

http://www.moviehousememories.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cobie-smulders-3.jpg

 

[Thorn]

Remember my ongoing legal issues regarding that contract breach?

Spoiler

They just made an offer. A very low approximately 15% of the value we were asking for. The lawyer representing them though told my lawyer they will go higher at least twice as high. I don't know if he's playing good cop/bad cop or he is really pissed at the acquiring company like he says he is. He told my lawyer he is mad at how many good people they fired with this acquisition without fair compensation. So, what do I counter with? #### you I want it all? Give me 80% and we'll go away? That's pretty far off where we are now. I guess it's good they are coming to the table with something.

That other lawyer is begging for an ethics complaint.

You counter with something pretty close to what you demanded and say that you may be willing to move more but only if they get more realistic.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

No this is attorney on attorney action and we certainly have made clear how this has affected our business and contracts with our suppliers.

You have a good point with the Holidays. I'll tomorrow. Thanks GB.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

No this is attorney on attorney action and we certainly have made clear how this has affected our business and contracts with our suppliers.

You have a good point with the Holidays. I'll tomorrow. Thanks GB.

wow

so laww

such business

 

[St. Louis Bob]

This fat guy likes Raising Cane's. Sauce is addicting.

The sauce is very addicting. The food is pretty good, but really on the salty side. I'm always a bit thrown off that there isn't any variety. Chicken strips, fries, cole slaw, toast. That's it. Not sure why I would want anything else, but I would at least like the option. Not that it matters. I dump the sauce on everything.

They have because they charge you for .29 for every sauce.

Back to chicken talk. Have any of you had Raising Cane's? They opened one here and it has become a running joke on the morning radio show I listen to on how bad it is.

Some people go apespit over it. I don't think it's all that great. Not bad, but nothing spectacular.

That's what these guys said.

 

[Frostillicus]

Is Cobie Smulders hot? ... can't decide.

http://www.moviehousememories.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cobie-smulders-3.jpg

Yes

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

If he wants to settle before the New Year, wait a week to call him.

Another good point.

Remember my ongoing legal issues regarding that contract breach?

Spoiler

They just made an offer. A very low approximately 15% of the value we were asking for. The lawyer representing them though told my lawyer they will go higher at least twice as high. I don't know if he's playing good cop/bad cop or he is really pissed at the acquiring company like he says he is. He told my lawyer he is mad at how many good people they fired with this acquisition without fair compensation. So, what do I counter with? #### you I want it all? Give me 80% and we'll go away? That's pretty far off where we are now. I guess it's good they are coming to the table with something.

Spoiler

That other lawyer is begging for an ethics complaint.

You counter with something pretty close to what you demanded and say that you may be willing to move more but only if they get more realistic.

I was wondering about this.

I like your suggestion as well.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

No this is attorney on attorney action and we certainly have made clear how this has affected our business and contracts with our suppliers.

You have a good point with the Holidays. I'll tomorrow. Thanks GB.

wow

so laww

such business

#### you, I'm sick. Affidavit.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Is Cobie Smulders hot? ... can't decide.

http://www.moviehousememories.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cobie-smulders-3.jpg

Yes

She makes me blue french horny

 

[General Malaise]

Is Cobie Smulders hot? ... can't decide.

http://www.moviehousememories.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cobie-smulders-3.jpg

Trick question?

 

[UniAlias]

This fat guy likes Raising Cane's. Sauce is addicting.

Stop posting about hot sauce and get busy kicking my ### at Scramble...so we can start a new game and you can kick my ### again.

You're up, gramps!

 

[General Malaise]

Santa has a message for the kids.

Awesome.

So good.

Here's my rendition of Icon's bathroom experience today.

 

[T Bell]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

No this is attorney on attorney action and we certainly have made clear how this has affected our business and contracts with our suppliers.

You have a good point with the Holidays. I'll tomorrow. Thanks GB.

Why are you having to ask about this then? Your attorney should be advising you on this stuff.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

E-mail just received from Cal's teacher"

Hello parents!

I just want to give you a heads up that we've been watching a Lewis and Clark video in class the past few days so that we can follow the Corps of Discovery across the country on their expedition. It has been a great experience, and we have learned so much by watching this video and through classroom discussions and journaling. There are 2 short parts of this video that would be considered inappropriate for the elementary classroom, so I skip over them. However, today, I accidentally misread the time on the video and didn't skip the 30 seconds where 2 inappropriate words are used. The class reacted as I expected them to, and I openly apologized for my mistake. We had a classroom discussion about how to move forward, and how to respond to this situation appropriately. I sincerely apologize for this mistake, and I can assure you that it won't happen again.

I just replied LOL

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Santa has a message for the kids.

Awesome.

So good.

Here's my rendition of Icon's bathroom experience today.

Purple toilet handle was a nice touch.

 

[T Bell]

Ethics complaint? For a low settlement offer?

If that was the case I'd have been disbarred years ago.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Bob, there's a lot more to it than this. If I understand you correctly you're negotiating with the business guy directly, with no attorneys directly involved, right?

If so don't just give him a number. Keep him talking about the fact that this premature cancellation of the contract is going to be a hit for your business too. I would also emphasize to him - gently at this point - that even that 30% number isn't going to make you whole (if indeed that's that case - if that's a great number for you then skip that).

Also, it may be that he wants to settle this before the New Year for tax purposes, so you might want to follow up before Monday, maybe tomorrow? Just a thought. The midweek Christmas and New Years holidays are going to make doing business the last 10 days kinda tough.

No this is attorney on attorney action and we certainly have made clear how this has affected our business and contracts with our suppliers.

You have a good point with the Holidays. I'll tomorrow. Thanks GB.

Why are you having to ask about this then? Your attorney should be advising you on this stuff.

He said we should sleep on it and I should call him tomorrow or Monday. I'm assuming he would give me his opinion then. I was just wondering what you cats thought.

 

[Abraham]

Was just contacted by the Venetian in Vegas. It seems someone with my name left two credit cards from my same bank behind last weekend. I have never been there. Was afraid I had been rudnicki'd until I realized I have no money and anyone trying to pay with cards stolen from me woulld find the joke is on them.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Ethics complaint? For a low settlement offer?

If that was the case I'd have been disbarred years ago.

He probably meant because he openly said he was on our side and upset with the company he is representing.

 

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Santa has a message for the kids.

Awesome.

So good.

Here's my rendition of Icon's bathroom experience today.

Purple toilet handle was a nice touch.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Clark: "Lewis, where is cockforsaken ####-damned ocean?"

Lewis: "I'll be cockblasted if I know, Clark."

 

[General Malaise]

E-mail just received from Cal's teacher"

Hello parents!

I just want to give you a heads up that we've been watching a Lewis and Clark video in class the past few days so that we can follow the Corps of Discovery across the country on their expedition. It has been a great experience, and we have learned so much by watching this video and through classroom discussions and journaling. There are 2 short parts of this video that would be considered inappropriate for the elementary classroom, so I skip over them. However, today, I accidentally misread the time on the video and didn't skip the 30 seconds where 2 inappropriate words are used. The class reacted as I expected them to, and I openly apologized for my mistake. We had a classroom discussion about how to move forward, and how to respond to this situation appropriately. I sincerely apologize for this mistake, and I can assure you that it won't happen again.

I just replied LOL

Was it because the dog's name was Semen?