Happy New Year, everyone!
Happy New Year, everyone!
.. New Year Resolutions date back to the Babylonians.
.. New Year Resolutions date back to the Babylonians.
And STILL haven't been kept!!
Happy New Year, y'all!!
Hi Ky!
> .. New Year Resolutions date back to the Babylonians.
KM> And STILL haven't been kept!!
How about "my resolution is not to keep my resolutions"?
> .. New Year Resolutions date back to the Babylonians.
KM> And STILL haven't been kept!!
How about "my resolution is not to keep my resolutions"?
That's been mine since forever. <g>
Hi Ky!
> > .. New Year Resolutions date back to the Babylonians.
> KM> And STILL haven't been kept!!
> How about "my resolution is not to keep my resolutions"?
KM> That's been mine since forever. <g>
Methuselah - that you?! <g>
.. He's so old he farts dust!
Happy New Year, everyone!
.. New Year Resolutions date back to the Babylonians.
And STILL haven't been kept!!
Happy New Year, everyone!
BAH!! HUMBUG!!
I wanted to get an early start on the Christmas shopping in
July. <G>
... Never stand between a dog and a fire hydrant.
DARYL STOUT wrote to KY MOFFET <=-
.. New Year Resolutions date back to the Babylonians.
And STILL haven't been kept!!
The best way to not break a New Years Resolution is not to make
one. <G>
KM> That's been mine since forever. <g>
Methuselah - that you?! <g>
.. He's so old he farts dust!
Apparently! <g>
BAH!! HUMBUG!!
An insect that doesn't know the words to the song?!
I wanted to get an early start on the Christmas shopping in
July. <G>
Some people do! I don't get into the mood for Christmas shopping until November -- and that's putting it a little tight as for years we have
had a "Family Christmas" a week or two before the 25th as we were in retail and combination of easier all around not to have it during the last-minute shopping rush and could have the holiday off and not
prepare a big dinner, host a gift exchange, etc.
... Never stand between a dog and a fire hydrant.
Oh I do it all the time: the dog and the hydrant aren't at all close!
I wanted to get an early start on the Christmas shopping in
July. <G>
Some people do! I don't get into the mood for Christmas shopping until November -- and that's putting it a little tight as for years we have
had a "Family Christmas" a week or two before the 25th as we were in retail and combination of easier all around not to have it during the last-minute shopping rush and could have the holiday off and not
prepare a big dinner, host a gift exchange, etc.
Start your Christmas shopping for next year on Dec. 26. <G>
... Never stand between a dog and a fire hydrant.
Oh I do it all the time: the dog and the hydrant aren't at all close!
Details, details. <G>
Some people probably do! If the gift recipient isn't one needing the 'latest and greatest' last year's Dec. 26th specials could be bargain gifts for the following Dec. 25th. I was generally working (retail) so couldn't participate, just want to go home after my shift, and don't
plan ahead that far.
Some people probably do! If the gift recipient isn't one needing the 'latest and greatest' last year's Dec. 26th specials could be bargain gifts for the following Dec. 25th. I was generally working (retail) so couldn't participate, just want to go home after my shift, and don't
plan ahead that far.
I'm a frugal cheapskate...it has to be a real special occasion
for me to splurge on a purchase.
Read "Seasonal' as the subject -- it's currently 0 here -- that's seasonal!
The world is dizzying enough as it is. :P
You'd make a lousy figure skater: no spins for you! ...By not
splurging I have the money for splurges. If I don't buy something now
I can buy something later because I still have the original money.
As a side note, I texted the Uber driver the other day that "I had a
red walker with me". He asked "Is that a dog??" -- he thought I had an
Irish Setter with me. <G>
Sally was just thinking outside the box. :) As for the profanity, IMO there are times and places. "Oh poo! That big truck is coming directly towards me and I shall perish" isn't quite what I expect the main character on the show to say.
Curiosity killed the cat...or this one has 9 lives. <G>
That's another experession which has -- if you pardon the pun -- died.
Now just about everyone has a car, horses a rarity. Maybe someone
should come up with a 'deci-car' scale: the horse does a tenth of the
work a car does!
Or be like the old geezers at the Friday night races at the
nursing home. Both are using their walkers, and one uses extra "poo-pulsion" (f@r+) to "poo-pel him across the finish line
first". <G>
That 'Depends' on timing for that final thrust!
... I drink too much. My urine sample had an olive in it.
Thought in passing: That must have hurt!
Apparently the old boradcats TV regulations as now.....
You want to stick that nozzel where??!!!!
Apparently the old boradcats TV regulations as now.....
Don't you mean "broadcast"??
Oh wait...that's an all girl chorus line. <G>
I thought all-female fishing.
You want to stick that nozzel where??!!!!
Or the gas pump is holding a gun, and you have to hand over
your wallet and bank cards.
Talk about one-armed bandits!
You just gave the scoundrels who make them ideas. :P
They're reading here??!!
Nowadays, not much surprises me anymore.
So what that's trying to get around to is I won't spend all that extra money on a brand new car, though do want a decent one.
As noted, I just want basic transportation...if it has a bunch
of nice features, then that's "gravy".
Well, I've got some bills coming up that I need cash for, so if
it's even a few thousand dollars (less than what I'd like), I may
take it.
Nowadays, not much surprises me anymore.
Maybe they're still trying to figure out the code. (Little do they know....!)
Right; though I do require a few things like air conditioning, a decent radio.
Hope they're not the ones reading that part!!
Initially true, but I think of it as more of a competition between Microsoft and the hackers. Sort of the 'Knights in Shining Armour' vs. the black-hatted invaders. In some ways the invaders are doing
Microsoft a favour by pointing out weaknesses before other meaner
invaders get to them and really do samage.
That 'display quit' could be a key to the repair....
maintenance around the house. A week or so prior her garage door
opener stopped working -- she didn't know what to do, called Service,
and they also suggested replacing the battery in the remote.
I suppose the 'suspect' is just based on eye pressure (increased),
which probably can be a symptom of other eye issues. No idea:
'increased eye pressure' one immediately thinks 'glaucoma!' as a
layman. Taking a picture of the optic nerve would give something to compare later.
The good news is they determined it wasn't an emergency. I presume
they gave a list of things to monitor.
Hope they're not the ones reading that part!!
They probably don't know what a BBS is.
It only takes one!
Samage?? Is that sabotage and damage?? <G>
Someone has to help create new words!
It seems any time someone (or in this case something) dares something
to be done because they couldn't do it then someone else breaks it/ outdoes it: "challenge accepted".
Out of sight, out of mind! On my thermometer the Low Batt display is
easy to overlook.
Hmm: obviously they're basing the preliminary diagnosis of glaucoma on other signs.
They said to "keep an eye on it" (no pun intended <G>)...and to
notify them if I "see" anything unusual. :P
They're worse than you are!!
Samage?? Is that sabotage and damage?? <G>
Someone has to help create new words!
I thought spoonerisms did that...those are, as the late Archie
Campbell noted "Adult Bedtime Stories". <G>
It seems any time someone (or in this case something) dares something
to be done because they couldn't do it then someone else breaks it/ outdoes it: "challenge accepted".
Yep. I wasn't able to do one of my ham radio traffic nets last
night, due to the failure of the Microsoft .NET framework. So, I uninstalled the program, then reinstalled it. I also downloaded
several drivers for good measure (which required several
reboots), then it worked again. Microsoft did at least 2 updates
last week, and may have done another one while I was asleep
overnight.
A fellow ham radio operator said he got a message with the Edge
browser, "requiring him to pay to upgrade". I don't know if that
was with the browser, the OS, or another program...but if they
are going to start charging for other stuff, or doing things like disabling programs instead of theirs (i.e. LibreOffice or
OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office...or Firefox, Chrome, or
Opera, instead of Edge, etc.)...folks are going to bolt from
there.
I saw a story where the Pentagon was threatening to pull
an extremely lucrative contract with Microsoft, because of major
security issues with one of their products.
Out of sight, out of mind! On my thermometer the Low Batt display is
easy to overlook.
It doesn't have that on the air conditioning/heating
thermostat. I don't recall if it's on the ADT Alarm Panel or not.
Hmm: obviously they're basing the preliminary diagnosis of glaucoma on other signs.
Well, I go back there in June.
They said to "keep an eye on it" (no pun intended <G>)...and to
notify them if I "see" anything unusual. :P
They're worse than you are!!
Your perception for the obvious is astounding. <G>
Nah, I'm not that good.
He finally admits it. <g,d,r>
I can't be superb in everything!
Internet, are we?!)
That's Al Gore. <G>
He and I flipped a coin - he won that one. <g>
LOL!! Or, you have an item for 45 cents each or 2 for $1 --
they want the latter.
My guess is it sounds better to get two for <monetary value> than one
so go for the initially perceived value of the larger quantity.
A guy walks in, and he wants a Whopper Junior With Cheese, with
just ketchup only. I told him "I'll sell you a cheeseburger with
just ketchup only...it's the same thing, but cheaper"...and the
guy replies "No, I want a Whopper Junior With Cheese, with just
ketchup only".
What, no fries?!
They say "the customer is always right", but I say the jury is
still out on that.
With the mountains of evidence they should have come to a definitive conclusion by now!
I'm lucky to set the clock on the microwave oven. Oh, yeah...I
guess you need that clock back now. <G>
It won't be back until next Fall some time.
when power went out just before midnight...it was out for 3
hours. I heard the transformers blow (sounded like gunfire), then
I heard the power arcing.
Hopefully it was just the fuse blowing and not the transformer. Most
of the fuses they use around here are the ones like you heard: sounds
like a shotgun shot. They do have quiet ones which barely make a
noise.
Years ago a feed line to a large apartment complex broke and came down across a four-lane highway. Good news is insulated but I was thinking
"oh <poop>" driving across it. The line was still energized as the
other end was swinging in the breeze and occasionally finding ground: bright flash and BOOM!!
Pay through your deductible and maybe!
A penny for your thoughts?!
Well, then you don't qualify for that song, then. <G>
Which, "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon?!
Of course not! They knew to salt and other ways to preserve. ...Oh,
not the literal - nevermind!
I'll admit to relying a little too much on calculators: when I was
going through school they switched us over to "the New Math" and
somehow that managed to confuse me. I don't know what the differences
are between "Old Math" and "New Math" other than something about the process; certain number combinations no longer 'clicked'. Oddly I do
some math tricks: $1.97 + $1.98 isn't done 'eight plus seven carry the one' but 'two dollars plus two dollars is four dollars, three cents
plus two cents is five cents, subtract that from $4 is $3.95'.
MidAmerican Energy seems to have done a pretty good job of animal- proofing their substations as very rarely are they the cause of a power failure. And not because of less animals, being pushed away from human cities - there has been a bit of a invasion due to us humans staying inside due to COVID-19.
Yup: I remember that. Last summer we had the derecho which broke a probably 40' pine tree in the neighbour's back yard about 12' up from
the base, snagged a power transmission line and broke that, which blew
the fuse down the block somewhere. Good news is didn't damage anything else other than a few good dents in the backyard.
Mine did post Wednesday the 17th.
<chuckle> My signature is bad enough with pen to paper, much less
mouse to pad. Hopefully you have your settlement credited before the bills hit.
Have to be sober to figure out some of those calls! <g>
"It's not easy being green" (with envy!).
Happy birthday anyway!
Oh no!! ...Trying to figure out how a toilet overflows from the tank
-- water should have gone down the overflow tube into the bowl. Maybe
the fill assembly broke and shot water?
I liked the way Introduction To Math was described in Peanuts.
When Charlie Brown asked his sister, Sally, if the course was
hard, she replied "Not at all. You just walk in, and say 'How Do
You Do, Math??'".
That was back in the Use Proper Manners Days.
That must have translated over to her work with
measurements -- "10 grams equals one grampa". To which, her
brother (Charlie Brown) replied "Keep going. I can hardly wait to
see what comes next". <G>
Mixing cousins with cosines? Bill Engval's routine would have been "Here's your Sine"! Anyway, better get off this tangent. <rs!>
And that was just at your place! <rs!> In this region there have been warnings of bear (he went as far as St. Louis), cougar. Several years
ago a hawk snatched up a little dog while the female owner was walking him. Fortunately she scared the hawk which dropped the dog. A few
months ago had five younger deer trot down the street in front of the house.
All kinds of 'fun' stuff going on. I don't know if precursors to end- of-the-world type events or just Mother Nature getting a little
restless and repositioning herself.
Someone has to make up that last half. %)
Good news on the tax date extension plus getting the GEICO money in
time to pay the toilet repair bill. When you replace the rugs be sure
to get non-slip backing. And check periodically as some of the
backings deteriorate as they age; dryer heat also wil kill off the backing. (Things I learned from working at the store!)
It could be worse: think of the geriatric square dance caller and his
wife getting romantic and he gets a little confused and starts calling
out various sex moves!
Because if you aren't totally cleaned out, you have to do the
prep work AGAIN...and THIS TIME...the cost of the entire
procedure is paid by YOU!!
No sh--! <g>
Plenty of it, actually. :P
Yup! Due to my relatively extreme nearsightnedness familiar with the warning signs like curtain and sparks/fireworks, even too many
floaters.
Unfortunately, floaters are like sinus issues and
arthritis...not much can be done about them.
Well good on the overpayment check! No idea if taxable and not going to even attempt to find out if taxable under Arkansas law. As for your brother, yeah, I'd not tell him of the money under those circumstances either. I'd probably would not pay his property taxes -- unless it
meant keeping him from living with you. ...You will have two bathrooms.... NO!!! <bseg>
His clothing reeks of the smell of tobacco and beer. I doubt
he'd want to mess with the property...especially considering my
property taxes are more.
e-mail is just faster -- essentially instantaneous. The other carriers are more-or-less specialists and in some cases are able to give better rates (lower cost). I will admit it was a little funny when UPS
delivered a case of paper to me that weighed around 50 pounds and the
next day a beard trimmer that weighed around a half a pound including
the packaging.
I saw where an Amazon Fulfillment Center in North Little Rock
caught fire. I think it was still being built, or the deals
must've been real hot. <G>
my first COVID-19 shot yesterday, and have to wait 3 weeks for
the second one. Then, I probably have to wait another 3 weeks
before "resuming normal activities", including medical
appointments.
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I should've known Amazon would have some. :P
Yup: good ol' Supply and Demand. Combination of "no one" needing gas because of not driving, seems there was an oil refinery fire, the
freeze in Texas, plus the seasonal change from the winter blend to the summer blend an dof course more people driving again.
Lots of folks are wanting to travel, but I'm staying inside
central Arkansas.
I want to say it's 7 to 10 years.
That sounds right. And LIS, the worst you'd get is a no but could
learn what needs to be done to get a yes or an alternative funding
option.
I don't want to go down that road again.
No sh--! <g>
Plenty of it, actually. :P
We'l take care of that! Here, drink this!
Unfortunately, floaters are like sinus issues and
arthritis...not much can be done about them.
Right, and for those of us who are easily entertained close the eyes
and shake the head slightly. (If hear a rattle that's some other
thing!)
Hmm: a new scent from the dryer cloth people! Cling-Free, available in Fresh Spring, Lavender, and now Tobacco and Beer!
Check for deals on 'gently used' fire extinguishers!
At least the process has started! I plan to keep masking, social distancing with strangers, using hand sanitizer, etc., for a while.
Not paranoid, just cautious, more "erring on the side of caution" but
not going to freak out over a slip-up.
Probably places like Harbor Fright too. Have seen the spools of
twist-tie wire in the Garden Deparment of big box stores: hold plants
up, etc.
At this time I'm not planning on going any place: any real travelling
I'd be doing would require a flight and I don't feel comfortable with being in a flying tube yet, The plane is fine, some of the passengers might be an issue. ...The 'COVID certification' thing might help.
No, but a small controllable debt to keep you from loosing your house, etc. At the time was going to be a very short term loan to get you through until the third stimulus check was received, and paid back with that.
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