Michael Sweetser Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 And boom. Just Like That (TM) - a new job with a better company, actual benefits, and a nice pay rise to go with it. I'll have to actually commute to work again, but a small price to pay. Sometimes things DO happen for a reason. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 On your first day, demand they give you paid limo service to and from work! This will end well, Tabe guarantees it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 17 hours ago, Ryan said: On your first day, demand they give you paid limo service to and from work! This will end well, Tabe guarantees it. Hey, that's what it took my current company to recruit me. Does Sweetser deserve any less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I never cared for limos. I already have a Ford Mustang, I like my wheels. If they want to be nice, cover the HOV fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Demand a driver anyway, they can live in a closet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So after months of wanting to a non-wrestling related podcast with my buddy Peapos Chris Daher, we finally have realsed our first episode of our podcast Chick Flick Picks with James & Peapod We are trying really hard not to ape How Did This Get Made? but man its hard not to... First movie we tackle is the Hank/Ryan lovefesr of You've Got Mail Anyway, give us a listen. We just got listed on iTunes or you can direct downlaod the episode from sad,sad website! http://chickflickpicks.podbean.com/ James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 On 10/02/2017 at 11:04 AM, Red is Dead said: blah blah dates etc Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand she's done. Things I've learned: 1) Driving with mum is funny. She has a fear of going (over 40) on a motorway. I'm ragging it at 80 on the m1 and m25. She thought it was a rollercoaster ride, and had to have a calming cup of tea once we arrived. 2) We, as a family, are glad to not come back. Having to have a late apt and go past the part of the hospital where her sister was brought in to die was harrowing. It hasn't changed in years. 3) There are some very sick people here who have that much hope taken out of them. For some, it's treated almost as a last cause. How the volunteers can remain upbeat and happy is beyond me; hats off to them, they are stronger than I. 4) I'm sorry I havent a clue has come out in audiobook form. Makes the journeys to and from the clinic that much better. Jack Dee is a beautiful replacement for Humph. This concludes your parochial british section of the post. 5) For people who go through this sort of treatment in the future. She started feeling side effects from day 13 of 15. So if the first couple of weeks are fine and dandy for you or them, the last week plus the aftermath will look to be the kicker. Forewarned is forearmed, and all that. Missing out on the holiday was the best choice. So, with her end of therapy, mothers day and birthday coming up, we stumped up the cash to get her a cineworld free years pass for any movie. Ideal for her retirement. Love to all for putting up with me vomiting up incoherence on this page. appreciate it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I was looking at ordering a pair of Jordans from Nike's website, and I had a question about the TrueFit sizing system. I talked with someone on the live support chat, figured out that I need a 15 since the 14 would be too snug in the toe area and the width wouldn't be big enough... and I asked how long it would take to get here, mentioned I order on Amazon primarily because One or Two day shipping isn't usually that expensive. Next thing I know, I'm getting a coupon code for Free Next Day shipping. So, that's pretty cool I guess. I know what to do next time I order from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I know exactly what you mean about the harrowing going to a hospital part. When I had surgery a few years ago, and again last year when my grandma and her husband were in a car crash, it all ended up at the same hospital where my grandpa spent most of the last year of his life (he died at home in hospice) Neither time did I go anywhere near the cancer ward, but just the act of driving to the Midland hospital brought back some of the worst memories of my life all over again. I know some people are freaked out by hospitals in general, but mostly I'm okay with them, but that place... (It's not my local hospital, but I live in a rural enough area that for a lot of bigger things, or more specialist care, Midland is the closest place equipped for it. When I had to have a kidney stone surgically removed, that was the nearest hospital with a urologist, for instance. The car crash just happened to occur close by.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 One of the requirements of my job is random drug/alcohol screenings. Today was my turn to take a "whiz quiz". I went to the clinic and the tech handed me the cup to fill and drew a line on it with a Sharpie and said to needed to at/above that line. I stepped into the bathroom and filled the cup and my body decided it needed to do an additional evacuation so I dropped trou and took a seat. I finished what needed to be done and I opened the door and handed the specimen cup to the pissed off tech who handed me a can of air freshener and said "SPRAY THIS, FLUSH, AND CLOSE THE DOOR!" I did as instructed and had to keep myself from busting out laughing. I kept the laughs in so hard my chest started hurting. I looked at the tech and she would not make eye contact with me. She gave me the paperwork I needed, told me to have a nice day and I high tailed it out the door to my car and as soon as I was in it I started laughing like a demented hyena. I bet the door to that "exam room" is still closed. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 That lab tech is so going to slash your tires. I can't even be mad at her about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 56 minutes ago, driver said: One of the requirements of my job is random drug/alcohol screenings. Today was my turn to take a "whiz quiz". I went to the clinic and the tech handed me the cup to fill and drew a line on it with a Sharpie and said to needed to at/above that line. I stepped into the bathroom and filled the cup and my body decided it needed to do an additional evacuation so I dropped trou and took a seat. I finished what needed to be done and I opened the door and handed the specimen cup to the pissed off tech who handed me a can of air freshener and said "SPRAY THIS, FLUSH, AND CLOSE THE DOOR!" I did as instructed and had to keep myself from busting out laughing. I kept the laughs in so hard my chest started hurting. I looked at the tech and she would not make eye contact with me. She gave me the paperwork I needed, told me to have a nice day and I high tailed it out the door to my car and as soon as I was in it I started laughing like a demented hyena. I bet the door to that "exam room" is still closed. This made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 On 3/20/2017 at 0:58 AM, Casey said: I was looking at ordering a pair of Jordans from Nike's website, and I had a question about the TrueFit sizing system. I talked with someone on the live support chat, figured out that I need a 15 since the 14 would be too snug in the toe area and the width wouldn't be big enough... and I asked how long it would take to get here, mentioned I order on Amazon primarily because One or Two day shipping isn't usually that expensive. Next thing I know, I'm getting a coupon code for Free Next Day shipping. So, that's pretty cool I guess. I know what to do next time I order from them A FIFTEEN? Holy shit! Are you a fucking giant? I used to wear a 13 until I actually got my feet sized, and now it's a wide 12. By the way, finding wide width shoes that are remotely fashionable is way too difficult. I also fully acknowledge that women have it way worse when it comes to wide width or bigger shoes. Somehow though, a regular size 11.5 pair of Chucks (low rise and high tops) fits comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Oh, so a year ago or so, I got into woodworking. After I bought my home, I slowly became a kinda-sorta handyman, fixing all sorts of things and doing stuff I never thought of doing before I owned a home. YouTube has been the best for this and once you fix one thing, you get more adventurous when fixing other things, like when the transformer for your doorbell shorts out and caused 6 wires by your circuit breaker to literally fuse together. Anyway, over the course of looking at DIY things, I started watching a ton of This Old House, New Yankee Workshop, The Wood Whisperer, and other shows on YouTube. I only had a crappy circular saw, a miter saw, a power drill and a hammer drill, and a bunch of other hand tools (ratcher and socket sets, wrench sets, screwdrivers, etc.) So I was lacking in the power tools department, but I set forth and built a really nice workbench. Lacking a table saw, I took a strip of wood and fashioned that into a straight edge for my circular saw for longer rips and cross-cuts. After that, I built a desk for my gaming computer and mounted my two monitors to it. The whole process of cutting, sanding, staining, sanding, staining, sanding, staining, applying poly, sanding, more poly, sanding, and more poly was rather pleasing for how tedious that all sounds. That was the last thing I built though, and I've been dying to start making cutting boards, cabinets, a new dining room table, and some other stuff. So in pursuit of that, and with the help of getting my tax refund and bonus from work at the same time, I'm getting a new toy: a table saw. I'm excited. I'm either going to cut up a bunch of shit or I'm going to lose some fingers. Next up is, hopefully, a wood router and a planer. At the very least, I'd like to find some old fashioned hand planers on Craigslist. Woodworking is awesome. It's fun to tap into my inner Nick Offerman/Ron Swanson. So much so that for our next house, I really want a space for a workshop. This is shit I never thought of getting into years ago. I went from wanting the next new video game system and dropping $300 to $400 on that to not really caring about getting an Xbone and using the $400 on a table saw. So I guess this is growing up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 19 hours ago, driver said: One of the requirements of my job is random drug/alcohol screenings. Today was my turn to take a "whiz quiz". I went to the clinic and the tech handed me the cup to fill and drew a line on it with a Sharpie and said to needed to at/above that line. I stepped into the bathroom and filled the cup and my body decided it needed to do an additional evacuation so I dropped trou and took a seat. I finished what needed to be done and I opened the door and handed the specimen cup to the pissed off tech who handed me a can of air freshener and said "SPRAY THIS, FLUSH, AND CLOSE THE DOOR!" I did as instructed and had to keep myself from busting out laughing. I kept the laughs in so hard my chest started hurting. I looked at the tech and she would not make eye contact with me. She gave me the paperwork I needed, told me to have a nice day and I high tailed it out the door to my car and as soon as I was in it I started laughing like a demented hyena. I bet the door to that "exam room" is still closed. I legit LOL'd at this. Thanks so much. You haven't lived until you've given a semen sample. It's just a weird feeling knowing that everybody in the place knows you're there to rub one out. A nice girl leads you into the room, hands you a specimen cup and you sign a form and you're like, "man, this girl right here absolutely know's I'm about the jerk off in this room." It just really does your head in. Then you really take your time because you absolutely don't want people to think you're a two pump chump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Craig H said: A FIFTEEN? Holy shit! Are you a fucking giant? I used to wear a 13 until I actually got my feet sized, and now it's a wide 12. By the way, finding wide width shoes that are remotely fashionable is way too difficult. I also fully acknowledge that women have it way worse when it comes to wide width or bigger shoes. Somehow though, a regular size 11.5 pair of Chucks (low rise and high tops) fits comfortably. I used to wear 11 wide boots until, like you I got my feet measured and now I wear 9.5 6E shoes. Keeps me from buying $20 shoes at Target Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Could be worse, my mother needs to take tramadol for her neck and they made her sign all kinds of legal things and they can test her at any time and all this for alcohol since she's not supposed to drink(you can die), etc. Her insurance was so terrible, they tried to charge them for the lab costs that were previously paid by probably another company. (They're medicare/retirement age coming off company plans, so it's all new and convoluted to them) I found it hilarious and cruel. $1200 or so bill to pee in a cup to be able to not be in horrible pain. I'm rather sure they got it mega reduced before they paid anything though. So stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 On 3/24/2017 at 0:57 PM, Mike Zeidler said: I used to wear 11 wide boots until, like you I got my feet measured and now I wear 9.5 6E shoes. Keeps me from buying $20 shoes at Target 6E? Damn brother. I wear a 16 4E and I thought my feet were abnormally wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 On 3/24/2017 at 9:54 AM, Craig H said: A FIFTEEN? Holy shit! Are you a fucking giant? I used to wear a 13 until I actually got my feet sized, and now it's a wide 12. By the way, finding wide width shoes that are remotely fashionable is way too difficult. I also fully acknowledge that women have it way worse when it comes to wide width or bigger shoes. Somehow though, a regular size 11.5 pair of Chucks (low rise and high tops) fits comfortably. size 15 of these Air Jordan 1 Low OG are comfortable as fuck. The only complaint I have is on the left shoe, it rubs against my achilles tendon. The Pumas I have also fit comfortably, but like I said, they're 14 and a little snug when it comes to width. My Brahma boots I wear to work are 12W and are super comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 After leaving behind the condo that I owned, which is underwater, I've been patiently waiting for the mortgage holder (private seller, not a bank) to figure out what we were going to do about it. Since I live in VA, if it was short saled and there was a deficiency between the sale price and what I owe, they could legally go after me for the difference (oddly, that isn't true of all states). So I was hoping we could work out an agreement where they would "buy me out" so to speak. Anyway, yesterday they made an offer of 15K, by my math (based on what they sell for, not what the value is) I am about 40K to 60K underwater, so I happily agreed to it. It still isn't great news, but it isn't bad news either as this way it won't impact my credit if they did take me to court and I can wash my hands of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 23 hours ago, offspring515 said: 6E? Damn brother. I wear a 16 4E and I thought my feet were abnormally wide. I've since lost weight and am down to a 4E. My wife loves my bear paws :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 If you don't have a double-insulated stainless steel cup, I heartily recommend it. My mother just got me one in the 30-ounce size, and I'm loving it. Don't worry about getting the name-brand version. The $10 cuppy I have works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 10 hours ago, Mike Zeidler said: I've since lost weight and am down to a 4E. My wife loves my bear paws :/ Hey as long as Mama Bear is into it you work it. My Hobbit feet get me no loving at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Hearing my father talked to as though he is a child by my stepsister really pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Got an e-mail at work today stating that the $150 Bluetooth-enabled coffee cup that Starbucks sells is not allowed in our workplace due to the fact that it's a secure building. (We can't even bring our cell phones in here.) I want to know who these assholes are that can afford to spend $150 on a coffee cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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