Mike Campbell Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 The problem with being old and set in your ways is when technology comes along and forces you to change. I've used Cored Wordperfect 11 for my writing pretty much since I started in 2003. Well, I got a new computer last week and installed the program on the disc. I wrote my review up, when to publish it, and got an error. It turns out that WP11 isn't compatible with Windows 7. So, I have to upgrade to a newer version, which I can get Best Buy for $60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome Miller Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Huh. Before the DNC, I had genuinely never heard the phrase "Gold Star Family" used for the families of KIA servicemen, so I was very confused this past weekend when the phrase was being tossed around and thought that it was some sort of reference to GoldStar Electronics, the cheap-o Korean electronics company that eventually became LG and who Joel Hodgson seemed to have a vendetta against on MST3K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome Miller Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I'm visiting family in Little Rock, Arkansas this week and yesterday as we drove through Memphis, they actually had a radio show where two women sat there and read the entire Memphis newspaper front-to-back. Apparently, it was for the benefit of blind people. I guess the Memphis Commercial Appeal doesn't have a brail edition or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome Miller Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Dear CNN, The removal of the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 is not "breaking news" worthy. You should be focusing on massacres in Syria or the Brexit, not a fucking headphone jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome Miller Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Is there a way to set Google so that the "doodle" doesn't change every day? I'd like to just keep it at the Pac-Man anniversary doodle. I mean, happy birthday to Yma Sumac and what an amazing life you've led, but I don't give a flying fuck about your musical career or had ever even heard of you prior to this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I wore a pair of ill fitting dress shoes to a wedding on Saturday. I very rarely wear dress shoes as I work in an environment where sneakers are acceptable, so every few months when I wear these shoes I say to myself "buy a new pair and toss these" and of course each time I forget. So I was stuck in these shoes Saturday for about 12 hours and they created a blister the size of a walnut on the side of my left foot. I've had blisters before but never something this size. It's enormous and makes wearing shoes of any kind almost impossible. I'm probably going to have to drain it before work today. So short version fuck this blister fuck my shoes and fuck me for not getting new shoes in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 knife tip meet blister... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I used to do that. But then one time I didn't pop one, and it healed up much faster. Drained itself somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I don't wear shoes, never have that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 So the flip side of working on a college campus Getting text alerts saying two men were spotted on campus carrying "assault style weapons" (It was two guys from ROTC who were participating in training drills) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Probably just fucked up either my sternum or my collarbone taking a stiff avalanche at my ten year anniversary in Keizer, OR last Friday. SOMETHING ain't lined up right in there... I've got an appointment on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Someone sends a company-wide email asking if anyone wants to buy her Florida Georgia Line tickets. I get three jokes in shitting on the band before my boss says he almost went to that concert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southofheavy Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Popping in to say that I had a fucking awful, awful day today. But, I got a bunch of laughs out of this thread when I really fucking needed it. Thanks, y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 And the result is... a closed fracture of a rib. Ten years without injury ended literally on my ten year anniversary. 4-6 weeks to heal. What a rib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Stay safe everyone and WTF FOX.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 On 9/19/2016 at 10:09 AM, OSJ said: I don't wear shoes, never have that problem. OMG OSJ is actually Kevin Von Erich!!! In other stuff why is Wendys pushing taco salad like a 90's nostolgia item? Am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Teenage Fanclub is in Philly tonight, and I'm not going. I just don't feel like going by myself. They never come to the States, which sucks. I only saw them once, down in DC at the 9:30 in '05. Which was awesome because I got to meet them too, since I got there WAY early (after over-judging the drive time from South Jersey) and was sitting outside the doorway on the sidewalk when their bus pulled up, nobody else was there except for myself and my girlfriend at the time. For whatever reason we were allowed inside to watch their soundcheck. These days I really don't give a shit about anything anymore, but I'm actually bummed about this, more than I guess I should be for some reason. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 On 10/16/2016 at 3:05 AM, sabremike said: OMG OSJ is actually Kevin Von Erich!!! In other stuff why is Wendys pushing taco salad like a 90's nostolgia item? Am I missing something here? I don't think I've ever been so deeply insulted. ;-) I should have said that I rarely wear shoes, as I rarely leave the house and have many pairs of comfortable flip-flops and slippers. It doesn't surprise me that Wendy's had/has a taco salad, but I , for one will not be investigating same. I've managed to avoid dining at Wendy's for something like thirty years and don't feel I missed a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I came back from the Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest in Las Vegas with a serious case of con crud. I think this is the big one. If I don't make it, clear my Internet history. *koff* *sniffle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I am in an interesting situation at work that is bad but not bad enough to really stress about. When I was hired, they intentionally mis-categorized me into a different department than I worked and put me as exempt, even though all my other co-workers were non-exempt (we are all PC techs, so we should be non-exempt). That lasted for a year until I finally complained enough I was switched to the correct department and status, but since I missed out on my job's shift differential since I was labeled exempt, it cost me about $5,000. I know that having employees under the wrong status is a big no-no to the law and can get companies in a lot of trouble. It is always dicey to file claims against your job while you still work there so I have done nothing about it, but it still annoys me. I don't even know if HR knows about it, or if HR just thinks I was working in the department my title said I did. So I have to decide if I care enough to first go to HR, and if they don't care, ask a lawyer if I have a case or how much of a case. But I think I'd have to do that after I left, company policy says they can't fire me for that but I think it would prevent any future promotions. Tough adult decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 So, for the entry-level position I hire for, we send out a skills assessment to prospective candidates. This morning I had an email from one of our candidates: "<My Name>, Here is my completed assessment. This was completed while watching Monday Night Football." I was curious why he thought sharing that last bit would be helpful. I sent back: "<His name>, Thanks. You'll be hearing from us shortly. What did you think of the Bears' passing game?" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 You know how for dating apps, there are straight versions and gay versions? Is there like a gay version of Tripadvisor? Because it seems like every week or so, on Wednesday or Thursday a gay couple* from way out of town come into the garage, and they always ask for directions to a Bed and Breakfast that's just around the corner. Are midweek mini-breaks in the countryside a big thing in the gay community now? * As in a different couple every week. Not the same couple who repeatedly ask for directions to somewhere they've already been, that would be weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 8 minutes ago, AxB said: You know how for dating apps, there are straight versions and gay versions? Is there like a gay version of Tripadvisor? Because it seems like every week or so, on Wednesday or Thursday a gay couple* from way out of town come into the garage, and they always ask for directions to a Bed and Breakfast that's just around the corner. Are midweek mini-breaks in the countryside a big thing in the gay community now? * As in a different couple every week. Not the same couple who repeatedly ask for directions to somewhere they've already been, that would be weird. Or an amazing Monty Python sketch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Mr. D has a point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 How you know you're middle aged in 2016. You hear a song on the radio for the first time in your life, decide you like it, find the video on youtube... and the see the youtube comments for the song all say things like "Nostalgia time" and "This brings back so many memories" and "This was the soundtrack to my entire childhood". And it was uploaded three years ago. Also, you look on youtube for a song from your own childhood, and the comments are all talking about some TV show you've never watched. Often a TV show you'd swear started last year, but they're all saying Season Five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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