evidently telemarketers don't like when you play the Arnold Schwarzenegger soundboard at them.
Ah, an oldie but a goodie.
Ah, an oldie but a goodie.
Minor victory thread
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It kind of sounded like that.
I got all my camping stuff in one pack including half our food, our little camp stove and my air mattress!!
I have room to spare for my running shoes and books which will join the rest tomorrow
I have room to spare for my running shoes and books which will join the rest tomorrow
Dave
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Only 2 weeks of softball left and we went into tonight in 5th place, playing the 4th place team. I was set as the designated hitter (but not in the playing field, which kind of rubbed me the wrong way considering we had three subs that did get to play, but whatever) and I got up to bat 3 times. Two singles, a double, three runs, and four RBIs later and I'm tired but pumped up. The first inning the guys we were playing scored 10 runs, but we got one so they couldn't mercy rule us, then we chipped away at it while holding them. Finally in the last inning we tied it up and took it into extra. In extra the other team scored 3 runs, but in the bottom of that inning we scored 4 for the win. It was an exciting game all around and we move up into 4th place with one week left.
And this was a minor victory because hey, it's only a softball game.
And this was a minor victory because hey, it's only a softball game.
Well, on the positive side of this week, I've decided to refocus my career and have applied for a shit load of courses (something I should have been doing more of before) in order to breeze my corporal exam. My mentor becoming a sergeant already (he was a senior constable when I was first assigned to the detachment) recently has shown me that I've been languishing as a lowly special constable for too bloody long.
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No it just feels like it sometimes.
My parents had friends who would evaluate their marriage every year. They said if they ever felt it wasn't working they would just go their separate ways. Last I knew they had been married for over 25 years.
I guess you work harder when you know your quarterly report is coming up.
Congrats! That's 12 more than me. Any advice for us newbie-weds?
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Cajungal
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So, my husband's uncle offered to do our taxes for free. He told us he'd gotten an extension and he'd contact us when he was finished. Problem is, he never did, and he and his wife are in Florida for 1 more month and aren't answering their phones. We've been trying to contact them since late May. His secretary couldn't tell us anything. Our mistake was trusting that everything was all right. I'd tried to drop off a thank you card with a gift certificate to a restaurant they liked earlier this year, and they were already gone.
Long story short, we went to someone else for help and will be receiving a much-needed refund soon. Finally. Every year I learn a little more about why the fella isn't crazy about his family. He wasn't so sure about trusting his uncle; I was the one who said we should. Now I know. But at least that money we need is finally coming.
Long story short, we went to someone else for help and will be receiving a much-needed refund soon. Finally. Every year I learn a little more about why the fella isn't crazy about his family. He wasn't so sure about trusting his uncle; I was the one who said we should. Now I know. But at least that money we need is finally coming.
Business with family always seems to end in bitterness and resentment. We had a car deal that still causes waves 7 yrs later. I wish I could just give them money to shut up about what a great "deal" they gave us, and how they could have gotten more from a trade-in.
That sucks @Cajungal - pissing off the IRS on top of all that wouldn't be fun either.
That sucks @Cajungal - pissing off the IRS on top of all that wouldn't be fun either.
Yep. My stories like this usually involve friends of my dad's though. The best example was when I needed to buy a car. I was about 20. Dad had a guy he used to work with who was now with a local dealership. "Oh sure, Denny will get you a good deal. He's a great guy!" so on and so forth. I traded in my old car which I still owed money on. I ended up with a reasonable payment. Great.
Three months later I get a call from a collection agency. I'm delinquent on my car payments...on the old car I traded in! Of course they don't want to hear that I traded it in. My dad calls me a few days later. Since he was co-signer on my loan they had called him too. He berates me during the call about screwing up his credit, how horrible I was with money and irresponsible and self-centered, etc. I called the dealership. Denny insisted he sent my lender a check to pay off the old car. He was so sure that he looked in my file and it was sitting right there. So he sold off my old car some how without clearing the title, (I assume) made money on it, and because of his mistake I had my dad and a collection agency up my ass.
It took one more incident before I refused to deal with my dad's friends anymore.
Three months later I get a call from a collection agency. I'm delinquent on my car payments...on the old car I traded in! Of course they don't want to hear that I traded it in. My dad calls me a few days later. Since he was co-signer on my loan they had called him too. He berates me during the call about screwing up his credit, how horrible I was with money and irresponsible and self-centered, etc. I called the dealership. Denny insisted he sent my lender a check to pay off the old car. He was so sure that he looked in my file and it was sitting right there. So he sold off my old car some how without clearing the title, (I assume) made money on it, and because of his mistake I had my dad and a collection agency up my ass.
It took one more incident before I refused to deal with my dad's friends anymore.
My dad had a friend he'd get cars for me and my sister from. They would inevitably have a fatal breakdown within six months.
I look forward to playing real board games with the kids one day. I just hope that I don't have dementia by then.
We took Li'l Z to Sesame Place today, which was his first experience at a theme park, and he loved it. He wasn't scared of the characters in costume, he liked the rides and had a great time. It was also a victory because Mr. Z and I got in for free, since Sesame Place is running their "We're 35 years old, so anyone born in 1980 gets in free" special this week.
Dave
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Tonight I made my wife pissed at me. By making dinner. See, she loves breakfast pretty much any time of day and I can't make her eggs the way she likes them so whenever we have breakfast she cooks. Tonight I cooked and she said she'd just make her own eggs. No problem. I made scrambled for me with hashbrowns and sausage. Why is she pissed? Because she's never been able to do hashbrowns right and mine were fucking perfect. Crispy, uniformly brown, tasty spuds. After she ate she (jokingly) bitched at me because I've let her make squishy hashbrowns for 22 years when I could make them the whole time.
Maybe you should switch to pancakes before you end up in the doghouse.
Now that the household server is working again, reenabled local DNS resolution in our household. Take that, crappy boonies-level networking!
--Patrick
--Patrick
That's nice. Recognition is nice, but $$ is better.
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Just got back from a 3 day trip to Galveston with my wife. Had a great time, even if the temps were hovering around 98-101f for highs. Did a harbor boat tour, toured the Tall Ship Elissa , spent some time shopping and goofing off and just really enjoyed a relaxing time hanging out with my wife and no real plans whatsoever.
Here are a few of my pictures...
Here are a few of my pictures...
Finally caught a fish in Virginia...decent sized sunfish/perch. Not worth keeping if it's just the one, so I put him back.
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That reminds me. I finally figured out something that has been bothering me about my PC since I built it. It would never soft reboot (eg using the restart command or allowing software installations to restart it) and I finally figured out why. It shuts down but then just goes to a black screen. No one online seemed to be having the same problem. Well some were, but it was usually a BIOS that was outdated or buggy.
So my first windows 10 update failed horribly because of it. I had to hard reboot and it automatically rolled back to seven and spent hours in chkdsk. Anyway I found an obscure post on Toms that hinted at the right answer. It was the keyboard. The computer tries to boot the keyboard for some reason. So unplugging it works. I guess I need to find some way to make the BIOS always ignore it. Probably easy but I haven't tried yet.
So my first windows 10 update failed horribly because of it. I had to hard reboot and it automatically rolled back to seven and spent hours in chkdsk. Anyway I found an obscure post on Toms that hinted at the right answer. It was the keyboard. The computer tries to boot the keyboard for some reason. So unplugging it works. I guess I need to find some way to make the BIOS always ignore it. Probably easy but I haven't tried yet.