Bless you. My last boss put in 30 and never had more than two weeks off in her life. I have, uh, taken substantially more and longer breaks in my career than that. 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
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Bless you. My last boss put in 30 and never had more than two weeks off in her life. I have, uh, taken substantially more and longer breaks in my career than that. 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Going on 16 days of some plant-induced rash on my leg. It’s fading but still itchy.
I have a somewhat healthier life balance than that, at least in my own mind. But I’ve hit it hard for a long time too and can see the exit ramp on the horizon.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I'm trying to figure out how to steer down that exit ramp. Tax season hours are starting to wear thin. Having two retired sisters in the are doesn't help.
Before grad school I was in manufacturing of continuous filament nonwovens. We spun our own fibers so ran 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Our main customers were hygiene(diapers both babies and adults), medical(masks either surgical or N95), consumer goods(fabric softener sheets), agricultural(landscaping fabrics and crop protection), construction(housewrap), and furniture(wrapping of lumber components before mounting fabric or leather).Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I started off supporting production line directly on a manufacturing team, then designing equipment, then supporting production as a product owner. Used to visit all our other manufacturing plants(Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, all over the US) as well as customers. It was a lot of fun. I loved the international aspect to it.
The teacher schedule is pretty great. We’re not *actually* done at 3pm, and the mornings are pretty darned early. It’s also a harsher grind day by day than I think most people realize. But the holidays and of course summer are divine.
A market that developed after I left was many of the semi-disposable bags for shopping. The ones not coated with a printed film but just a printed logo on the fabric.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
It can't help that they've extended them the last couple of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I find this to be fascinating. I was telling teenagers to do a better job folding t shirts out of college.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Before and during manufacturing, I told teenagers to do proper PMCSs on their trucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I never got the European trips, bosses always took those.
*Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services. I was trained in all the Army's communication systems. That may be an overstatement. I was trained on them so that I could lead that type of unit. The military isn't always the most efficient when it comes to allocating labor.
I envy those summers and the winter breaks also. But I've known too many teachers and what they go through during the school year to be over envious.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I've been on per diem status at my public health job for 5 years. I average about one project a year, so, for 3-4 months every year I work way too hard then not much the rest of the year. In 2019, I had no research projects and I actually made more money from my theater work. I will retire from my public health job when my boss either retires or steps down as division chief. I will probably never retire from theater. If I keep being able to learn lines like I can now, I'll get all the old lady parts. I have told a couple of my younger actor friends to be honest with me when I've lost it. For now, I can still learn lines really quickly. I hope I'll still be able to produce and direct and maybe even write when I can't learn lines anymore.
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Originally Posted by wilson
How was it? I have not dabbled enough in Asian cuisines and should expand my horizons.
Could a person make enough money in the community theater world (if I am using the wrong term here please forgive me) to live on? This subculture is endlessly fascinating to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
That sounds cool. Conceptually, I am very interested in how things work and the origin stories o f all the things in our modern life. I even worked for a big company that was responsible for getting a lot of them there. I'm convinced that for the large majority of Americans 'how stuff is made' is essentially magic to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I could get down with that schedule. I'd really like a job that allowed for a yearly sabbatical.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I know what you mean, I spent 25 years in manufacturing...it can be quite fascinating...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I wouldn't mind getting back to it. Still working some angles.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
You guys should find a job talking about the work other people do or should do. It's glorious. And it comes with an expense account. I really do love what I do, but the younger version of me who still dwells inside of me doesn't think it has enough fishing or manual labor involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Community theater - no. Fringe - not really. Anything above that? Yes, kinda.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Community theater is a specific definition and community theaters pay royalties at a lower rate. They are also the theaters that can have the rights pulled last minute if a professional theater decides to mount the same show. There are rather strict rules about who can be paid for a community theater production (director and sometimes some of the tech designers), but the label community theater means that the community is doing the work - on a volunteer basis.
Fringe theaters pay people but they mostly aren't Equity houses (Actors' Equity Association, the union, which sets payment rates/working conditions). Actors/directors/stage managers/tech designers get a small stipend, usually enough to cover gas and parking for the full run. Some fringe theaters are hybrids in that they will hire a certain percentage Equity actors during the season (the exact number of Equity roles is often worked out ahead of time with AEA) but those are usually the more established fringe theaters. Almost no brand new fringe companies have the resources to mount Equity shows. Equity houses are the theater companies who cast majority Equity actors in all their productions. Actors who perform in these productions who are not Equity automatically become Equity eligible. I'm not Equity so I don't know the exact rules, but, once you've done enough work as Equity eligible you have to join the union or declare that you are not going that route (but then you stop getting Equity eligible roles.)
I don't think I know anybody in theater that doesn't have a day job.
Gross generalization:
Community theater workers are mostly college theater majors who have day jobs that have nothing to do with theater. There are very talented people working at all levels of community theater but at the end of the day, it's their hobby.
Fringe theater workers are mostly college theater majors who have day jobs in theater. They act/direct/produce at night and teach theater or work for an Equity house as house managers or lit managers or in the box office or the costume department or doing community outreach or marketing.
I don't know about other staff (directors etc) who work in Equity houses, but the actors often have day jobs. They teach theater too - more often in college theater departments than the fringe types who teach to kids. There are multiple costumed tour companies around Boston and lots of Equity actors work as their tour guides. For a good many of them, the day job is secondary income. In Boston, acting is never steady work. We don't have Broadway - shows don't run for years, except for Shear Madness. Alas, the pandemic shut down Shear Madness.
So, it is entirely possible in Boston to make a living only working in theater but not only as an actor.
I do not fit into any of these groups but I got started in theater as a playwright. Playwrights do not make enough money to support themselves purely from playwriting. I am a member of the Dramatist's Guild of America. I have made, lifetime, close to $2000 from my writing. That puts me ahead of more than 90% of the members of the Dramatist's Guild of America. The number of members of the Dramatist's Guild of America who support themselves solely from playwriting is 4. (Screenwriting does not count in this number. Selling your play to Hollywood is where the real money is.)
I say so many things that I guess it was bound to happen eventually, I asked a good question and received a brilliant response. Thanks Bostondevil. This is fantastic information.
And I must spread comments, but this is double spork worthy.
It does require having an employed spouse who makes decent money. I took per diem status in the beginning because I had a kid starting his 4th round of chemo. Then a second kid was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. For the first year that I "wasn't working", I was taking children to medical appointments 6 times a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Now I have more time but my youngest just had surgery for his scoliosis and is now doing weekly, in person, physical therapy.
There are times when I don't have much to do though. Although right now I'm procrastinating getting started for the day on my latest project because it's difficult work that I don't really want to do. 5 more minutes then I gotta go make something out of an enormous pile of not that useful data.
Can you just send it back with a single GIGO in your reply?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I wish. No. A paper must come out of this. But, just to tell you what I'm dealing with - claims data, millions of observations, they did not collect race as a demographic variable. (Was this data collected by a private company? You betcha. Government claims data is the worst until you try to work with stuff that the government didn't collect.) There are times when I'm in the thick of figuring (*&#% out that I wonder why are we even bothering. But, it's not my call.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
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Originally Posted by wilson
It was good...easy recipe; about 30 min from start to finish, only 6-8 ingredients, all fresh and healthy stuff. Just a couple of tablespoons of oil and otherwise very lean. It lends itself well to customization with all manner of spice (as y'all know, I love spicy food), and I also added a little rice vinegar for depth and flavor. I think next time I will add a little extra liquid (probably a little chicken broth), as the ground turkey got a little dry. I had wanted to grind my own chicken using thigh meat, but there wasn't a single package of thighs at the grocery yesterday afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Let's play a game! Change the bolded word, and only the bolded word, to describe your profession.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I'll go first.
I gotta go make something out of an enormous pile of not that useful adolescents.
I gotta go make something out of an enormous pile of not that useful neonatologists.
*officially I do NOT find any of them useless. I do find the Neos who won't speak with me because "We are already soooooo good at what we do" to be silly. Yes silly is the right word. But I also assume they are merely un or misinformed and they are friends I haven't met yet. I collect people.
In my industry, race will never be collected and we are super careful about location data(it's collected, care is around how much weight to give it.) One of our better predictors is being challenged in several state legislature as I type. But that has been happening since implementation 25 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
That is a full, full slate for anyone, let alone anyone with any sort of professional pursuit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Hope everyone is well.
I gotta go make something out of an enormous pile of clusterf*** research files. (this has been a rough couple of weeks and looks to only get rougher)Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
BTW - I retire in <9 years!!! Unless some politicians decide to screw with our early retirement plans . . .
Lol, throwing shade at the rest of us!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I gotta go make something out of an enormous pile of not that useful tax law?
Maybe numbers is a better word?
Medical claims data, used to do public health research. We are going to have to put in the paper that race was not collected by the data source and I predict that every single reviewer will still ask why we didn't look at race. When we explain that we used a data source that didn't collect race, they will probably ask why we used the data.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
We are in PPB territory, but this is what happens for private entities given the world we live in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I experience only a few hours every year with the tax laws. It can be confusing to say the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Fair enough. But you have kinda confirmed that private entities will never be able to collect good data for public health research use purposes. There are some things that only the government can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Fire drills are much easier now that we are on floor 3 of a 3 story building. When we were on the 12th floor of a 15 story building, most of the building had meetings away from the office starting about 30 minutes before the appointed drill time.
Specifying the day and time of the drill should be outlawed. People should really practice the drill and, if you know the time, you can skip it. When we had to evacuate the 15 story building due to a fire*, it wasn't pretty. A person being helped down the stairs was holding their helper's arm so they were side by side. People a flight back were yelling for people to hurry up - I kept waiting for a stampede. They never came around to debrief anyone on this. I thought someone should have come around to discuss what went well and what didn't. I determined that, if I were ever helping someone down the stairs in a fire, I would have them be on the step behind me and lean on my shoulders so that we were single file and others could go around us. It didn't help that the other stairwell was acting like a chimney and was smokey so we were all trying to go down one stairwell. It made me think about people exiting the World Trade Towers. I'm still amazed that so many were able to get out.
* Someone** tossed a cigarette butt in the dumpster in the loading dock area and it started a fire. The smoke then came in the building and the closest stairwell acted like a chimney.
** An idiot!
Did the Someone also leave the fire door propped open, smoker style?Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
-jk
The thing I didn't enjoy with working in a tower were all the awkward elevator rides.
Not sure about that but probably. Since the smoke was entering the building, one of the doors nearby had to be open - it might have even been the loading dock door and not the person entry door next to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Oh no. You guys always ask good questions. I finally did as well!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
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Originally Posted by wilson
Sorry I didn't play along.
Would your answer have been "...ClemmonsDevil posts"?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Hot tip: if the person selling you a house says "hey, do you want us to toss these forty broken two foot squares of marble - they might be useful for an art project" say YES PLEASE. You will be cranky eleven years later when you finally get around to getting rid of them and they are heavy as sin.
Yes, definitely make the seller get rid of their junk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Add that to the list of things learned from first time buying a house. Along with "never use a dual agent."Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Post it on Nextdoor and let the taker do the lifting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Ha. Too late. It's been hefted into a dumpster.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
If someone came to take it for free, they would take three and be like "nah, I'm good."
Confirmed. The lawsuits would be never ending.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Also on the list: don't buy a house from a friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Maybe I should start a blog.
Dual agent just sounds bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Saves both parties money! What a great idea!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Apropos of this, we've reached the portion of the school year where I find myself increasingly inclined to ask things like, "Are you that f&*%ing stupid, or do you think I am that f&*%ing stupid?Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Nota bene: I of course do not say things like this to my students, but darned if middle schoolers don't perennially make one want to simply ask, "WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU??!"
Anyone who teaches middle school is a strong candidate for sainthood in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I think I responded incorrectly to my favorite person today. I got a call from that wonderful person - Scam Likely. I've been answering them due to signing up for somethings that may result in a call I don't want to miss. They wanted to know if I was interested in selling my house. I'm not really interested but I should have probably asked how much before I said no. For the right price, I could be tempted but it would need to be a really good price.
I always tell them $6 million cash, firm. Then I don't get any of those calls for about 6 months. Then I recommence telling them "$6 million cash, firm" for another week or so, and then I don't get any of those calls for about 6 months. Lather, rinse, repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Dunno what prices are in Kansas, but here in Asheville the housing market is insane.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Here in the Triangle, we are constantly getting calls and mail asking to sell. Houses do not stay on the market long at all. My parents' first house, bought in 1962 for $16,000. 1330 sf, 1/3 acre lot. Recently sold for $216,000. Bostondevil can attest to how crazy this is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Same down here in the Atlanta area...our appraised value is up around 60% since we bought 7 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Our Zillow value is twice what we paid with no improvements to speak of.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
It's going on everywhere, but unless you subsequently plan on living in a refrigerator box, the same price inflation will hit you when you look for your next house, so it's all a mirage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Right! Sometimes people tell me, "Wow! You really bought in your neighborhood at an opportune moment," [which is true], "you should sell!" To which I always respond...and then where am I supposed to go? I wouldn't be able to afford the cost of re-entry, so to speak. I feel lucky to be established where I am, because I wouldn't be able to buy into my area (which I love) at current prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We did make improvements. We increase heated floor space by about 10% a bit less than 10 years ago. Our market value has doubled in that time. It might be a mirage, but I expect that we'll eventually retire into a much smaller house, so some of that will end up as available capital.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
^ yep, we've been in our house for 31 years, made The Year of The Covid into The Year of Home Improvement, got a lot of stuff done, feels good...but the longer we live here (and enjoy it) the more we're apt to be carried out of here feet first...I'm not sure I'm up for moving. Ever.
We've been told ad nauseam that ours is a "starter home," which I can't help but find a little insulting at times. We couldn't afford anything larger (or for that matter, as I've said, the same size) in our current area, and sure as hell aren't moving to the 'burbs, so I'm hoping for a roughly 500 sq ft addition in about 5 years, once I get these infernal student loans paid off.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I can relate; we upgraded from a condo to a house (THE house) the year the student loans went away.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I certainly haven't seen the price appreciation y'all have. I'm not complaining, my house price has increased about 33% over the time I've lived there. Not great but definitely not money losing. I guess there are still too many ranches that can be converted to subdivisions in this area.
We bought our first home (1922 red farmhouse in the sticks) for 89K. We made a combined 19K that year because I started respiratory therapy school. 1200 square feet and best house I have ever or will ever live in. And we could fit multiples of it in this house.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Yep, I could probably sell mine for a 55% increase (after 8.5 years), but I don't want to. I love my neighborhood. It just jacks my taxes up each year.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Yes. There's the rub. One has to live somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
My place is appraised about 2.5 times what I paid. I've done some improvements over the years and still have some I want to do. About 7 years ago, I paid it off. Another reason I don't want to move - I would have to take on a mortgage or cash in investments.
But Wilson has me thinking about the number I will use next time they call. I was going with about $50k above the current county appraisal - maybe I'll double it and see what they say.
I don’t know boo about Zillow’s algorithms buyout house value has increased 15% in the last few months. I’ve taken that to mean the buying frenzy is real.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Is that your walk away number? Why 6?Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
He thinks he's Lee Majors?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I am sitting on my front porch smoking a cigar and drinking an IPA, celebrating my promotion and I feel like a benevolent overlord.
The answer, of course, is "I'm in middle school!" I told all of my sons as they entered the 7th grade that they weren't supposed to enjoy 7th grade, they were just supposed to get through it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I don't remember which street you were on. I want to say Blanchard? I was Emerald Circle. We had a fancy split level that my parents picked up for $17,000 a year later in 1963.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Did your colleagues gnash their teeth and wail at the moon? Sorry, not colleagues, lessers?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Bingo. Nobody likes Middle Schoolers and nobody likes being a Middle Schooler. It is our penance for the fruits of procreation, recreational bump and grinding, and to have an ex say, "S/he really glew up..." some years later and with a hint of regret.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
There has been absolute silence. I don't take this as a good sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Hah. No one congratulated you?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Sounds like a coup a brewing
Walked in on my father in law on the crapper today.
How was your Tuesday?
Stunned silence. I relish the attempt at a coup. I am not concernedQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Did you hang out for a minute and chat? That would be a baller move.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I mean yeah, basically this. It’s my way of saying “eff off” without having to come out and say “eff off.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Phredd3
Plus they may fall for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I tell worried parents basically this all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
There are a handful of us who do like them. Teachers often joke that we end up teaching the age that we are. As I’ve said earlier today, middle schoolers are idiots, but that’s part of what makes them fun and rewarding.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Yep. Asked him if he’d ever heard of the great hobbit massacre at the jaws of invading Jack Russell hordes.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Topical. Timely.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Ballsy!Quote:
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-jk
Think it helped him across the finish line.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Something about violence being done to small, peace loving fantasy creatures helped that old fart unpucker.
oh my, Idiot Neighbor 3's dog just killed another dog in our neighborhood, this is so very ugly (and predictable).
This is not going to go well.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Irresponsible pet owners are bad news.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I love being on call. I know that is weird since people call me all night, but there it is.
That sounds like a bad, bad situation. We're semi-rural (and it sounds like you are, too) and the dogs on leash/in yard standard in the suburbs doesn't apply so conflicts are inevitable.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
It's ugly, complete with crying children, yet it was so predictable because this guy is simply a moron. We have a street with 12 homes, featuring 12 dogs, and none is remotely a threat except for this dog...who, like his Akita predecessor, has attacked numerous dogs. I think/hope his days will be numbered...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
In fact the aggressor WAS on a leash, but it's a 25 foot leash that essentially serves as no lease whatsoever as it can quickly attack anything within 25 feet, and it does...
Was there a person on the other end of the leash or tree?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We put up a fence when we moved in. Our dog can be aggressive so there’s one but there are also several wandering dogs from local farms.
A couple of, no joking from earlier conversations, Jack russels that hunt woodchucks.
yes, dog had someone on the end of the 25 foot leash, on a path in the woods, dogs apparently saw each other before the leash holder did, 25 feet of leash is NOT a way to control one's dog unless you're way out in the open...this was at least the third dog the Akita has attacked in the last two weeks...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Put in that context it sounds criminally irresponsible.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Yes. Unfortunately for the dog, it will likely be put down and the owner may face criminal consequences.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
it was, though my understanding of dog law is that miscreants are generally not subject to meaningful penalties...I trust the local dog ordinance will be invoked, that has various provisions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Most of us just depend upon common sense, i.e. if we happen to have a dog that doesn't play well with others, we keep it away from others...
I would never keep a dog that was even remotely aggressive. I don't like that level of liability in ny life. I've only ever had slobbering, loveable, cuddly mutts.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
However, if an aggressive dog on a 25' "leash" attacked them, I would go completely ballistic.
This kind of thing terrifies me. My baby (pictured top left) only weighs like 15 pounds, and is sometimes too friendly/bold for her own good. She’d be quick work for a large, aggressive, uncontrolled animal.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We have a dog with fear and leash-specific aggression. No idea why...it could have been something we did wrong or he was hard wired that way. We’ve worked with lots of trainers over the years and essentially come down to controlled coping versus solving. He’s intensely loyal to the people he knows and the dogs, cats, etc he met early in his life he’s great with but about one year old he started to have issues. He’s nuzzle punched one person (a trainer that got in his face) and when off leash dogs come up to him, he lunges and is aggressive. I have little doubt he’d attack an intruder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
We would NEVER get rid of him though. If there was ever an incident, I would move out of the state before giving him up. We like to think we’re responsible and our biggest issue is people yelling “my dog is friendly” when it’s off leash in a park with leash laws and us yelling back “ours is not”. Leash laws are there for both parties. Many owners think if their dog is friendly, everyone and every dog should be okay with it coming up to them.
I figure, like people, dogs are allowed to have their issues and we love him all the same.
yes, for this reason we have settled on 40 years of labrador retrievers...I do know of others like bunda who have dogs with some issues, but like him, they know their dogs and control them responsibly. Our neighbor has been clueless for 20 years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Brentwood, near Euclid. We backed up to the Covils. Moved out in November of 1973 - outgrew it with three kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I loved Junior High. Had a blast. Ran with the smart kids, and we ran the school!Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I was a bad dog owner as a teenager and I made a lot of mistakes with that dog. I haven't owned another one. I think I would be a good dog owner now, but life hasn't encouraged me to be one. I now say that I look at dogs the way lots of people look at babies, I'll cuddle, pet, and play with them, but, when it's time to deal with issues, hand them back to the people responsible for them.
I am an excellent guinea pig owner.
Go Vikings!Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I got the 'B' part right! And the general area - I knew it was over that way. You went over to Hunter's Wood after that, right? (My parents live in Hunter's Wood now.)Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Drew is in "old" Hunter's Wood. I am in Lake Park, off Sedwick and Grandale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
and, yes, Go Vikings! And Falcons! And Parkwood Panthers!
Just realized what you were asking. My parents moved us to Herndon, (then called John Carpenter.) Mom is still there.
My co-worker was telling me recently that she was walking her dog on a leash. An unleashed (much smaller) dog attacked them. Her dog defended her by biting the smaller, attacking dog. Now, her dog has only one more strike before he gets put down, even though he was defending himself and owner from an unleashed, aggressive dog. NC law, apparently.
I did not mean to insinuate that it is irresponsible to own problem breeds or dogs - I hope it didn't read that way, and if it did I apologize. I only meant that to me, the additional burden, stress, and liability are things I do not care to take on. My mutts are loveable idiots. The most aggressive thing they do is put the cat's head in their mouth and hold it there. I swear they laugh while the do it. The cat tolerates it until she doesn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
We've begun taking Violet (who very much fits the description of "loveable idiot") on RV adventures. She came with us to Florida last week, and on our stopover on the way down, briefly decided she wanted to go meet a very large and cantankerous RV lot cat. Some non-subtle messaging from the cat and the subsequent "actually, WTF even is that thing?!" response from Violet helped her to think better of the endeavor. Good thing, because she would've likely gotten her [butt] kicked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Oh, no offense taken. I had pretty amiable dogs growing up and we’ve learned a lot with this one. He’s ours, he’s just complicated and we have to manage accordingly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Lunch time.
Anybody got a good recommendation or two for snoring remedies? Asking for a spouse.
I mean friend.
Murder? Hit submit too soon. I use breathe right strips.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
No dice. She snorts in the face of Breathe Rights.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Breathe right strips - fun Biking Across Kansas (BAK) memory. On BAK, you would either sleep in the gym with several hundred of your closest friends or tent outside the school (my favorite option). On night a friend got to her sleeping bag and found a Breathe right strip on it. She never did find out who put it there and if it was actually intended for her or not. Thanks for bringing this chuckle (chortle?) to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Definitely a chortle.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I can't wear Breathe Rights. My nose is too small. I tried children's-sized, but they stopped making them, I think.
So a small nose is NOT my problems. I did wear a breathe right strip at the beach 2 years ago after a sun burn AND IT PULLED THE FREAKING SKIN OFF MY NOSE!!!!!! I bled like crazy and had a huge, breathe right-shaped raw sore on my nose for 2 weeks. I don't exactly need to draw more attention to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
The nose knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Did you at least tell people it was a battle axe wound?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Ha! Now you tell me.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
When I had to be in a walking boot for 6 weeks, I always told the truth
Other person: What did you do to your leg?
Me: Stress fracture from running the Boston Marathon.
Well yeah. Of course you did. Because that is cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I also have a scar on my head from getting in an Uber with work colleagues and slicing my head wide open on the DVD player. I am accident prone. I would be ok with that if I were taller.
Had a video conference with the sophomore class advisor to help my youngest pick courses for junior year. He has finished his arts rotation requirements and wants to double up on history classes for next year. He will take Honors US History and his first choice of an elective is something called "Warmongers and Peacemakers". He plans to go for a Certificate of Distinction in history.
Instead of any more arts classes, he is doing something called media intern which involves taking pictures of activities at the school. I don't know if the school has a traditional yearbook, but if they do, I think yearbook photographer sums up what he's doing. Sounds like he plans to continue that as an activity option which is artsy enough for me.
Yeah, I'm going with the crowd that while honesty is the best policy, a Breathe Right nasal strip as the source of an injury is indeed lame. I'm bound by the "honesty is the best policy" principle to say so.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
My concentration was the American Civil Rights Movement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Which seats have a DVD player? Ohhhh...the kiddi...seats.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I support this. I told the truth, but all of my friends expect insanity when I am involved. So no penalty.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I am also a Duke Historian, emphasis on Asian History, ask me any question about sushi, anything.
I know. Believe me. I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I had to memorize the order of the Chinese dynasties in either 7th or 8th grade. I no longer remember this information.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I know. People who have finished the Boston Marathon sometimes try to be humble about it, but really, we like telling everybody all the time that we've done it. It's a failing. I always somehow manage to mention that I've done it 5 times but then I get all humble and confess that I've only finished it 4 times.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Best sushi spot in the mid-Atlantic?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I know I posted about it on FB, did I mention here too about memorizing the poem Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I would put M sushi in Durham up against anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
My roommate for Freshman and Junior year was a history major with an emphasis on Asia. He often talked about the Meiji era. This half-Japanese kid knew nothing on the topic. Other than my grandmother's family came to the US during that era. And that my grandfather's stint at BU for his Masters was a few years after that era.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Most people brag if they finish a footlong sub at Subway so something as cool as a marathon should be discussedQuote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I'm still waiting for the in depth vacuum cleaner review. Or at least the infomercial version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I'm sorry, but this made me more than chortle.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
I'll put the ETA on that review at 2 weeks. Too much going on with that useless data right now. I shouldn't be typing this, I should be coding macros.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I have a virtual Duke reunion event this evening.
I just got reamed in an email by a PI (Primary Investigator for you non-research folks). Luckily, I was taught to fight with words, not fists (not even with hot pink boxing gloves). His response to MY response came down quite a few tones. Even signed off with Cheers. Wanker!
We did that in 5th grade, I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I memorized the whole thing, all 10 stanzas as a Bicentennial project and recited it in the backyard while the neighborhood kids acted out the story behind me on the 200th anniversary of the event (On the 18th of April in '75 . . . ). We invited the parents and some of my classmates to come. We had a small audience of maybe 20 people. Brother Hal played Paul Revere.
I've decided to do it again for the 250th. I can still recite the first 2 stanzas, so, I'm not starting from scratch. I'm sure I'll be able to talk some of my theater friends into acting it out behind me. Or maybe I'll get neighborhood kids.
Ugh, a reminder of time passing. I memorized You're a Grand Old Flag for the Bicentennial. I had no idea what a Cranky Hanky Panky was. I still don't But I'm sure it was something cute for 5 year olds to sing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I can remember multiple times in childhood when I got together with the kids from 3-4 other families who lived on our street and we "put on a show" in somebody's driveway or backyard. All the parents would come and watch us. Did anybody else do this as kids? (My kids have never done this.)
Bermuda?Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
-jk
Pretty sure old sushi’s no good.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Same with convenience store sushi, unless you’re actually in Asia. Holy moly, their 7-11s are amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Isn’t a lot of sushi flash frozen? I seem to recall that from Jiro Dreams of Sushi.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Ok. So I got feedback from the CEO when he approached my coworkers. The feedback was: we know he is successful and does a great job, but he operates differently from us and utilizes more resources than we do. I replied that I am successful BECAUSE I operate differently than they do and utilize my resources. Perhaps I am a case study in Dunning Kruger, but I consciously made the decision to do things differently and utilize resources and I think this makes my numbers the best in the country. Perplexed at their reaction. They all do things rhe exact same way, I do not. But there is no self-examination from them. Only rationalizations for why my numbers are so good. Maybe I'm wrong here?
I haven't been in a convenience store since early 2020.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Nor have I. RV travel has been great in that regard, because I just pack my own snacks and pee in the big box behind me when we stop for gas.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
You're welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
An absolutely fantastic movie! One of my favorites.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Virtual reunion was a bust, for me at least. I signed up for another event Friday night, will give it a try.
Kids in our neighborhood did a Star Wars play for parents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Yes but using quotes around "put on a show" gave it a creepy vibe. It's not your fault, I think quotations marks were just ruined by my generation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Y'all seen these Tushy attachable bidets they're selling?
Yeah - that's on you. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
It really is. Using quotes to denote snark or filth was very big when I was growing up and now I'm programmed to think it is someone's intent when they use them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Like, what kind of people ruin punctuation marks?
Technical issues?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Bahamas?Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
“Them.”Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Come on pretty Maki...?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I did not think quotes were necessary there. Just the capital "T".Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Well, I didn’t mean Them. I meant “Them.”Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Among other things.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
You can't argue with thatQuote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
People issues?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
Sure I can. I’m a lawyer.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Objection!Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Do you strenuously object?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
At my age, I have to stretch well before doing so.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Lack of.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
Only knew 2 people, neither of them well, one was someone I have no desire to talk to, but that didn't matter because once we got past the presentation at the beginning (which was interesting), I couldn't hear anything. I went to the help room, no luck. So, I couldn't hear anybody in the breakout rooms and nobody I knew was around so I left.
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Originally Posted by -jk
Come on, pretty Mama?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Dangit. This caused me to laugh out loud during a call with a doctor at 3:30 in the morning. Good work.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Just warm enough to sit on the front porch with my coffee and listen to the birds.
Really muggy here. High 60s but it isn't a dry morning.
Unusual for your neck of the plain.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
My home office is in the basement. It has a few small ground-level windows but every time I come down to start work the intro song from The Wire plays in my head. "Way down in the hole..."
The Simpsons sushi episode with Homer getting the Fugu is probably my favorite episode ever...Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Edna Krabappel figures prominently.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Homer has taught me SO much about food, e.g. if you can't find anything to eat, look under the radiator or couch for an old piece of pizza...
Homer quotes might rival Mitch Hedberg.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Whoa Whoa whoa, there...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
No beer and no TV make ClemmonsDevil go crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by grad_devil
Beer: the solution to and cause of most of life's problems.
Great one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
That's why there is Serenity now! Serenity now!
I repeat this maxim with striking regularity in the junior high trenches.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Attachment 12969 Attachment 12970Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Wanna feel frustrated?
Send a group of teenagers an email requiring a timely and cogent response.