TIL: Today I Learned
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Today I learned there is a small fixer-upper home (structure is good but the inside is down to the studs, new roof) for the asking price of $50,000. The place would be perfect for us since we could split it for her pottery business and as a home as it is residential and commercially zoned.
I think we could get it for $35,000, the problem is the down payment isn't something we have at the moment and we were informed an investor is looking at it to tear down and rebuild. To top it off, I'm not employed by the company I am working at (been working through a temp agency since June), which is a shame as I think having that job security would make me more bold and make an offer. I love the idea of designing the inside of the home and getting everything just perfect.
Ah well, maybe I'm just dreaming.
I think we could get it for $35,000, the problem is the down payment isn't something we have at the moment and we were informed an investor is looking at it to tear down and rebuild. To top it off, I'm not employed by the company I am working at (been working through a temp agency since June), which is a shame as I think having that job security would make me more bold and make an offer. I love the idea of designing the inside of the home and getting everything just perfect.
Ah well, maybe I'm just dreaming.
Thanks man. I'm really considering it, and may have to give it some serious thought for the next couple days before we make a decision. I'd really like to be officially employed where I work before making the leap, though.
If it doesn't work out, I'm not going to be too disappointed. Okay, maybe a little disappointed.
TIL about Black Day. April 14, where single people get together, eat jjajangmeyon, or black bean noodles, and bitch moan and complain about their singularity.
I also learned that on White Day, March 14, the guys are expected to spend about 3x on the girls that got them stuff on Valentines Day.
I fully support... Black Day.
I also learned that on White Day, March 14, the guys are expected to spend about 3x on the girls that got them stuff on Valentines Day.
I fully support... Black Day.
TIL: the reason NORAD tracks Santa.
In 1955 a Sears store placed an ad telling children that they could use their home phone to call Santa any time of the day or night and he would talk to them. There was a typo in the ad and the number listed was incorrect. Instead of calling Santa, hundreds of children called the Continental Air Defense Command (the predecessor of NORAD) on a red phone only ever intended to be used by the Pentagon. The base commander decided to play along and had airmen staff the phone and talk to the children. It was the beginning of an annual tradition. (via NPR, Snopes)
In 1955 a Sears store placed an ad telling children that they could use their home phone to call Santa any time of the day or night and he would talk to them. There was a typo in the ad and the number listed was incorrect. Instead of calling Santa, hundreds of children called the Continental Air Defense Command (the predecessor of NORAD) on a red phone only ever intended to be used by the Pentagon. The base commander decided to play along and had airmen staff the phone and talk to the children. It was the beginning of an annual tradition. (via NPR, Snopes)
TIL: while my workplace blocks http://www.halforums.com, it doesn't block https://www.halforums.com . A-heh. Silly sysadmins. I expect this will eventually be dealt with, but for now....Eh.
At my old job, they switched to a VoIP system, so all 22 locations had their phone calls routed to 4 operators at our head office. It was awful. Anyway, part of my job, even when I was promoted to executive admin, was to help out on the phones. That included coming in on Saturday mornings from 7-11 am to answer the damn phones. I was also the only person in the entire building. For the first two years of doing that, I noticed they never blocked Hulu and I spent the 4 hours in my jammies watching tv and redirecting the occasional phone call.
After they finally got around to blocking Hulu, those mornings got really boring.
TIL you can find out who stuck that gum under your desk by using the DNA to make a 3D print of the perpetrator's face.
--Patrick
--Patrick
TIL that the best headline of the year has already been printed:
Guy Trashes "Spiritual" Girlfriend's Car After Granny Dildo Sex Prophecy
http://gawker.com/guy-trashes-spiritual-girlfriends-car-after-granny-di-1677076809
Guy Trashes "Spiritual" Girlfriend's Car After Granny Dildo Sex Prophecy
http://gawker.com/guy-trashes-spiritual-girlfriends-car-after-granny-di-1677076809
Of course he's a Florida Man... why wouldn't he be.
It's definitely got a kind of nu-metal thing going on.
I don't think Andy could say the name without turning red and giggling.
EDIT: Maybe season 1 Andy, not after that when they softened him a bit.
And it still has fewer calories than a Whopper... well I guess.
Oh my poor, sweet summer child... if you only knew...
That scares meTIL this is a thing. The Zinger Double Down King:
That's a bacon cheeseburger wrapped in two fried chicken patties. Courtesy of KFC South Korea.
Doesn't work if your fetish is femnazis.
Did South Korea just out-'Merica us?TIL this is a thing. The Zinger Double Down King:
That's a bacon cheeseburger wrapped in two fried chicken patties. Courtesy of KFC South Korea.
I was always under the impression that piranha are not as dangerous to humans as are usually depicted, and will not attack humans unless they are severely starving.