Guten Morgen MMP

[Spiderman]

Blurf!

Thank you Mr. Sunbeam for the early wake up call. I can't wait to get home to safety & QWERTY keyboards (which means out of this hotel). More details to come (probably tomorrow) once I'm home.

Hijacks away....

[swampbear]

First! Back with more immaturity in a few.

[Nava]

Why is Spidey barking? Wouldn't that be Poodleman, terror of unruly curls everywhere?

[VunderBob]

Wie gehts?

Blurf. I got nuthin.

[swampbear]

Good Mornin' Y'all! Up and caffienatin'. *YAWN* Ok, was caffienatin' when I made the first post but this is a real post. 'Tis a chilly 48 degrees Amurrkin out with a predicted high of *only* 67! Tonight's low is predicted to be 38. Of course by midweek highs will be in the 80s and goin' up.

Know what? I has an irk holiday today! I did not even think about it until this mornin'. I forget that I get some of those weird state holidays bein' as I have never had 'em before. Today is, get this, Confederate Memorial Day. So, why don't you go back to bed you may ask. Well, I'm up and I need to get the oil changed in twuck so I'll be there when they open at seven-thirty a.m. so I can get that done. After that Ima throw a beast roast in the slow cooker with veggies to make a pot roast and do some yahd irk. I need to do some weedin' and if'n its gonna be this cool, 'tis a good time to be out doin' it right?

Now I need some more caffiene and brekkie for rumbly tummy. Then I shall purtify a bit so as to be publicly presentable.

Happy Monday Y'all!

[dogbutler]

Blurf.

[Lissla Lissar]

Twins with serious nighttime congestion is twice the fun.

I am low on sleep.


They are cute, though.






Anyone want to come and clean my house for me?

[VunderBob]

Originally Posted by Lissla Lissar

They are cute, though.

So are cats, right up to the time they disembowel you.

[SpazCat]

Originally Posted by Lissla Lissar

Twins with serious nighttime congestion is twice the fun.

I am low on sleep.


They are cute, though.

That's a defense mechanism so you don't box them up and send them to Abu Dhabi with Nermal.

Blurf. I'm planning on another thrilling day of doing nothing. And for all you Agony Aunt Ryl fans, today is a ***gold-star day***. I have cataloged the first official sighting of a Guestzilla in the wild!

[Noone Special]

Originally Posted by IvoryTowerDenizen

My phone interview is today. Hopefully I'll score an on campus interview!

Last night I dreamt I forgot how to use the phone.

There's a App for that....

Originally Posted by SpazCat

That's a defense mechanism so you don't box them up and send them to Abu Dhabi with Nermal.

I'm sure Dotty will take good care of them when they show up on her doorstep. (or is it Dubai?)

Nermal OTOH.... I'm pretty sure he'd ship back to Garfield toot sweet.

[SpazCat]

Originally Posted by Noone Special

I'm sure Dotty will take good care of them when they show up on her doorstep. (or is it Dubai?)

Nermal OTOH.... I'm pretty sure he'd ship back to Garfield toot sweet.

There was an episode of Garfield and Friends where Garfield got shipped to Abu Dhabi by accident and the city was crawling with cute kittens.

It's very blustery and windy and cold today. So I shall go hike up a mountain.

[Noone Special]

Originally Posted by SpazCat

There was an episode of Garfield and Friends where Garfield got shipped to Abu Dhabi by accident and the city was crawling with cute kittens.

It's very blustery and windy and cold today. So I shall go hike up a mountain.

I stopped following Garfield around 1982 or so, when it had just recently jumped the shark (barely cleared the shark, too, with all that weight on him!)

Yeah, I'm old....

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

My phone interview is today. Hopefully I'll score an on campus interview!

Last night I dreamt I forgot how to use the phone.

[anyrose]

Originally Posted by IvoryTowerDenizen

My phone interview is today. Hopefully I'll score an on campus interview!

Last night I dreamt I forgot how to use the phone.

Fingers, toes, and eyes are crossed.

[anyrose]

I will not buy this tobacconist, it is scratched.

[gotpasswords]

Warum ist der springenwerken kaput?

Originally Posted by VunderBob

I concur. You have an apparent electrical problem. Of course, an aero married to a mechanical engineer, this type of situation would go waaaay over your heads.

IME, that's not really a whoosh, based on rear-world experiences I've had with engineers. In their field, they're so smart they glow in the dark, but send them to the store for garden fertilizer or if they attempt automotive repairs, stand back and take cover.

Any relay where I can see the contacts is automatically suspicious for having crud or dead bugs mashed in there. Hopefully,it's just a bad relay or pressure switch,or even just the wiring, rather than the expensive thing down at the bottom of the well pipe.

Meanwhile, waking up with normal coffee that I made. The weather is broken - they were giving wind chill temperatures on the morning local news.

[VunderBob]

Originally Posted by gotpasswords

Any relay where I can see the contacts is automatically suspicious for having crud or dead bugs mashed in there. Hopefully,it's just a bad relay or pressure switch,or even just the wiring, rather than the expensive thing down at the bottom of the well pipe.

Not counting the poke to Moooooom's ribs, in any electrical system ever devised, the weakest link is always any device that relies on contact to complete a circuit. Relay and switch contacts get dirty, corrode, and erode, and cable connectors get dirty. The close second weakest link is the cabling, especially when it has to flex.

The snark directed at Moooooooom was a reaction to her lament on having to dig a new well. I really, really doubt that will be necessary, but she may have to cough up high end $$$ depending on where the problem really is (bottom of the well?). If it's at the pressure tank, that's a DIY job.

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by VunderBob

(bottom of the well?).

A submersible pump hanging on a pipe, chain or plastic rope or a failed foot valve.
My money is still on the pressure switch.

[VunderBob]

Originally Posted by carnivorousplant

A submersible pump hanging on a pipe, chain or plastic rope or a failed foot valve.
My money is still on the pressure switch.

The Property Formerly Known As The VunderLair had a surface pump. It was also about 8 feet over the water table. I know where Mooooooom lives, and given the geology, 40 feet is a conservative depth guesstimate, so yeah, she'd have a submersible pump.

I've seen FCD's aquarium system in person, and it is rather impressive. My comment was he needed to add a Jacob's Ladder to the setup so it would fit in a mad scientist's lab.

[FairyChatMom]

Originally Posted by VunderBob

I've seen FCD's aquarium system in person, and it is rather impressive.

I don't believe you've seen it since he took over the basement bathroom for all the works - it is way cool!

I've got a serious hankerin' for brownies, but I don't feel like making any, and I don't feel like driving to the store to get some. Where's the damned Brownie Fairy? Out goofing off, no doubt. Bitch.

[Lissla Lissar]

(Looks over at sleeping baby, checks for razor-sharp claws)

They haven't grown in yet. That's a relief.




I note a lack of housecleaning volunteers. If we still had the cats I'd tie dusters to them and get Gnat to chase them around, but since they vamoosed last spring I may have to do it myself. Sigh.

[anyrose]

Blurf. Yeah, whatever. Assorted Monday noises.

My iPod is blaring Ravell's Bolero at me, so I should be awake by the final crescendo.
Carry on.

[FairyChatMom]

Ich bin sehr müde!! And it's my own dumb fault. Years ago, I realized that if I have caffeine any time after noon-ish, I'd have trouble falling asleep. Naturally, last night at dinner, I was cold, so I had 2 - count 'em: TWO - cups of hot tea. Round about midnight when I was still tossing and turning, I figured out why, so I left my poor sweetie to try to get uninterrupted rest and planted myself in front of the TV.

I had a movie in my instant queue on Netflix that I decided to watch - Drowning Mona. How could a movie with Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Bette Midler suck so bad?? The funniest part was that virtually everyone in the movie drove a Yugo! But it did kinda help me unwind, altho I still lay awake in bed till almost 2:30. And with FCD getting up at 5, well, you do the math.

I slept a couple more hours after he went to work, but if I hadn't gotten up, I risked getting stuck with my days and nights reversed. So I'm up.

Regarding the stupid water issue, I think we're more or less agreed that the problem is the pressure sensor part of the relay/pressure switch. We can make the relay connect/disconnect and the pump will run, but it won't always do these things on its own. That tells me the pressure switch is hanging up.

And I know you're just giving me crap about my mechanical engineering spousal unit trying to deal with an electrical device, but like me, he was trained in electronics in the Navy, and in his career in industry as well as at NASA and his current gig, he does a lot of electro-mechanical design. He knows how relays work - he figures out a lot of stuff by just looking at how a system is put together. I think you'd be impressed if you saw the filtration set-up he designed, built, and programmed for our aquarium - he may have his brain farts, but he's quite sharp, and unlike some engineers, when presented with an opposing view, he actually listens and considers it.

I, on the other hand, have all the answers, so don't cross me!!

LiLi - I know young mothers get far too much unsolicited and unwelcome advice, but I saw this with love - your sons are in danger of becoming hard-core slackers if you don't put their little asses to work! If they're old enough to drag a blankie around the living room, they're old enough to dust. If you don't set up and enforce the rules early on, they're liable to hang around till they're teenagers, eating you out of house and home. Believe me, you don't want that. So for your own sanity, sit them down and lay down the law! After all, you know the only reason we have kids is so we have someone to support us in our dotage!!!



OK, that's out of my system. And a bowl of cheerios is in my system. It's chilly (41°) and dreary and wet and icky outside. I do need to run the vacuum, and it might be a good idea to mop the kitchen floor. I need to run into Leonardtown later and get FCD some of his favorite wine, but other than that, I have neither motivation nor plans. I foresee a day of suck.

Happy Monday. blergh

[Man With a Cat]

Kommst du mit in der bibliotek?

That's the extent of the high school German I've retained.

Ok, by a show of hands, everyone who isn't at work today because they "just don't feel like it"

Looking at you CatWife.......

[Sticks and Scones]

I feel like a semi full of blurf backed up at my house and unloaded its cargo all over me. Ugh.

[VunderBob]

Originally Posted by Sticks and Scones

I feel like a semi full of blurf backed up at my house and unloaded its cargo all over me. Ugh.

I am so stealing that line, and you can't stop me.

[carnivorousplant]

German 1300.
A dog is a "growlin-scratchin-pantn-sniffer".
Dogcatcher: "Growlin-scratchin-patntn-sniffer-snatcher"

[swampbear]

Back from gettin' twuck's oil change. I had enough credits for a free one. YAY!!! Also went by the sto' to get a few things. Why is it that I always need a "few things" from the sto'? Now I'm at da cave and have a pot roast goin'. In a bit I shall head out to do yahd irk.

LiLi I agree with mooooooom. Hand the little kneebiters a dust rag and tell 'em to have at it.

[gotpasswords]

Originally Posted by swampbear

Now I'm at da cave and have a pot roast goin'.

You too? Of all the things to cook, it's always amusing when two people independently decide to cook the same thing.

Now, if you says yours is in a Le Creuset dutch oven with Vidalia onions, I'm going to get worried.

[peedin]

I'm going on vacay tomorrow so today is Firday and I cleaned up my desk last week so I'm spending the majority of the day goofing while earning pay (well, I'll work if someone asks for something but I'm not volunteering anything).

Elebentyone!1!!!!!!!

[limegreen]

Well, there's brownies on the kitchen table if you need them. And if you've got some time, that friendship bread starter needs baking.
I had a kid this morning get mad and punch a wall. Now he can't move the two last fingers, and his mom is taking him to get x-rays. Teenage boys. Testosterone poisoning on two feet.

[Silver Tyger]

Blurf.

My mom and I went to an antiques show and Ikea on Sunday. I found a quilt, teal salt and pepper shakers (they're huge!), and a chest of drawers to use as a tiny dresser at the antique show. Then we got a bunch of stuff at Ikea. And my parents brought over the corner bookcase my dad had been refinishing for me.

I'm panicking a little because most of my extended family is going to be down next weekend and they're expecting to come over. Except the only usable piece of furniture right now is my bed. I can't put away my clothes yet, because where we were going to hang clothes rod has no studs. So dad is building a freestanding thing, but that won't be done until next weekend at least.

I know I'm going to get some packages by Wednesday. But my mail box key doesn't work so I have to go to the Post Office to get the mailbox rekeyed tonight. So annoying.

I've been taking pictures, but I want to put them on my website and not just my livejournal, except I have to redo my website first. And there's no internet at home to work on it. And I'm distracted by another fun personal project.

So, yeah, panic, procrastination, and annoyance. Moving is fun!

[kopek]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Blurf!

Thank you Mr. Sunbeam for the early wake up call. I can't wait to get home to safety & QWERTY keyboards (which means out of this hotel). More details to come (probably tomorrow) once I'm home.

Hijacks away....

Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale

I just thought it had to be said.

Originally Posted by Nava

Why is Spidey barking? Wouldn't that be Poodleman, terror of unruly curls everywhere?

Unless Spidey is from Canada?
(Not totally work safe everywhere)
http://ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkgc9WX-Dg

[VunderBob]

Originally Posted by kopek

Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale

Your hovercraft is full of ale?

[carnivorousplant]

Dogcatcher's truck: "Growlin-scratchin-patntn-sniffer-snatcher wagen"
His mechanic: "Growlin-scratchin-patntn-sniffer-snatcher wagen mechaniker werker."
The mechanic's union: "Growlin-scratchin-patntn-sniffer-snatcher wagen mechaniker werker feather beddin gruupe."

[Clockwork Jackal]

Morning all! I am up, cafinatin' and watching the toddler watch Yo Gabba Gabba. That show is tippy man. Made me wish I still smoked the indo. I made a honey oat whole wheat loaf this morning in the bread machine. Yummy in my tummy!

[velvetjones]

Try as I might, I cannot read this thread title as anything other than Gluten Morgen. What's that all about?

I have a hangover today because hubby and I decided that two bottles of wine yesterday was a good idea.

And I had to take my 90 year old mother in law to her doctor's appointment. She understood that she had to pee in the cup but missed the part where she was supposed to write her name on the cup and put in in the window. She exited the bathroom and handed the cup to me. Ewwww! But I bravely wrote her name on it and put it in the window. I'm still kinda grossed out.

But she's healthy as a horse and will likely live another 10-15 years. Her brain, on the other hand, is slowly turning to jello. That's a bit sad.

The workers finished laying our new patio this weekend and now it's supposed to rain all week so we can't even enjoy it. Maybe by this weekend.

[gotpasswords]

Originally Posted by velvetjones

Try as I might, I cannot read this thread title as anything other than Gluten Morgen. What's that all about?

A bad way for celiac folks to wake up, I suppose.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

T-30 minutes.

And I used to like Garfield too. Old? No way!

[kopek]

Originally Posted by IvoryTowerDenizen

T-30 minutes.

And I used to like Garfield too. Old? No way!

Garfield was after my time. I was more Krazy Kat. What can I say? Officer Pup made me laugh.




Say no more - Purley, say no more. Purley, eh? Know what I mean, know what I mean. Say no more.

[DMark]

Immer noch kein Baby!
I just checked and she is at work again today.
It is only a matter of time.
I have a large plastic tarp in my car trunk to throw on the floor, my Swiss Army knife to cut the cord and some wet naps on my desk next to the Post-It notes. I also wrote down the number 911 in German next to the phone.
I am ready in case she goes into labor.
The size she is, I am betting this baby will be 28 pounds 6 ounces upon birth.

[VunderBob]

Originally Posted by DMark

Immer noch kein Baby!
I just checked and she is at work again today.
It is only a matter of time.
I have a large plastic tarp in my car trunk to throw on the floor, my Swiss Army knife to cut the cord and some wet naps on my desk next to the Post-It notes. I also wrote down the number 911 in German next to the phone.
I am ready in case she goes into labor.
The size she is, I am betting this baby will be 28 pounds 6 ounces upon birth.

You need something to clamp the cord on each side of where you will cut, and I suggest a bale or three of beach towels. Birthin' babies is messy, so I've been told. I've only ever done it in rehearsal.

Playing catcher for a healthy, full term tricycle motor as downloaded by a healthy mom is something on my EMT bucket list.

[kopek]

Originally Posted by DMark

Immer noch kein Baby!
I just checked and she is at work again today.
It is only a matter of time.
I have a large plastic tarp in my car trunk to throw on the floor, my Swiss Army knife to cut the cord and some wet naps on my desk next to the Post-It notes. I also wrote down the number 911 in German next to the phone.
I am ready in case she goes into labor.
The size she is, I am betting this baby will be 28 pounds 6 ounces upon birth.

I rely on my trunk monkey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di6hZ0U5Av0




{{{tarra}}} and {{{Filbert}}}

Originally Posted by dogbutler

It's humpday, but there will be no humping only blurf. Is it Sunday yet?

No Stanley Cup excitement???????

[Filbert]

Morning!

Slightly tedious day- I had to phone my car insurance people to say my card number's changed, and I'm no longer in the job they have on record before it gets renewed in a few days; picked up the phone to find it didn't work.

Had to contact my phone company, via the most annoying website known to man, and call out a repair person- it literally took longer to get the call out booked on the website than it did for the guy to show up at the house afterwards. It turned out several different cables needed replacing all the way round the block, and some of the replacement ones were faulty too, so I've just had to sit there all day. Finally got it sorted, and discovered the insurance people want to charge an extra £20 because I'm not working any more. Very annoying. I'm using the car less since I lost my job, 'cos I can't afford the petrol, but I have to pay more!

My housemate's gone away for the week, and cheerfully told me to help myself to whatever she's left in the fridge- I just had a look, and she's just left a whole load of mouldy vegetables in there, and half a bowl of some nasty looking rice stuff. Bah. At least I get to walk around in my pants for a few days.

Guten tag, alles!

[Lissla Lissar]

I do make them help put laundry away, and TomKitten just helped clean the fridge. He will never ever drink Tabasco ever again. (kidding, although he did take the cap off). For the girls, I think I should wait to make them do chores. Until they can sit up on their own, at least. Another three months.

[Sticks and Scones]

So. If you called a doctor's office and left a message in order to make an appointment at 9 a.m. on Friday and their machine said that they would return all calls within 24 hours at what point would you attempt to call them again?

No, I didn't expect them to call me over the weekend but do you think they should have called me by now? (3 p.m. my time)

[phouka]

Guten tag, alles! Meine Hundin (kleine UND hubschen) is sehr muede und sie moechtet vielen Liebe. Mein arbeit macht es nicht frei. Mein Vater hat aus dem tochter gehen, und ich finde ein sehr wichtiges Papier von mein Vater's tagen in der Marine.

And I really need to learn how to do an umlaut on an English keyboard.

The good news is that I found my dad's last DD-214 - his official discharge/retirement paper. This means Mom can now get the appointment at VA, I can finish the online application for his benefits, and things can move forward once more. Considering Mom broke down and cried yesterday day because she's so sick of Dad accusing her of stealing his freedom and threatening divorce, this is a good thing.

Phoukabro Major has his new law office website up and running, though I have permission to go in and tweak things to make it look better. I will also be finding out how Google Ads work so he can get his name out there.

I got the puppy a new piece of antler. She'd gnawed the last one down until it started splintering into very sharp bits. This new one is from the base of the antler, and I didn't notice until I got it home and gave it to the puppy, but . . . it looks extremely phallic. Like circumcised glans phallic. My mom thinks I did it on purpose, but it made her laugh, so that's okay.

And I wrote more last night. Yay!

[swampbear]

I got a buncha yahd irk done. What doesn't ache now will ache later I'm sure. Ibuprofen is my friend right now.

Spaz can't wait to check out AgonyAuntRyl! Guestzilla sounds like fun.

gotti no fancy French named slow cooker here. Mine's a Rival. Rival of what I don't know though. Also, I did not use Vidalia onions. I do have baby carrots, N.O.T. and non-Vidalia onions in there. Also it's made a nice gravy. Gonna be good eats! Viadalia onions are grown about thirty-five miles from here which is nowhere near Vidalia, Jawja but it's sump'n to do with the type of soil that makes an onion a Vidalia onion. I like to bake 'em and grill 'em.

kanga yay on findin' your dad's DD-214.

Soapy appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed.

StickyBuns I am also a Summer baby. The idea of havin' to irk on my birthday is still appallin'.

I should go move around a bit to work out some kinks. Methinks a good soak in the whirlpool tub will be on the agenda tonight.

Laterz!

[kopek]

Originally Posted by phouka

Guten tag, alles! Meine Hundin (kleine UND hubschen) is sehr muede und sie moechtet vielen Liebe. Mein arbeit macht es nicht frei. Mein Vater hat aus dem tochter gehen, und ich finde ein sehr wichtiges Papier von mein Vater's tagen in der Marine.

Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!


"Insbesondere keiner mehr in Deutschland leben wird..."
(My dog has no nose)

[dogbutler]

Originally Posted by kopek

Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!


"Insbesondere keiner mehr in Deutschland leben wird..."
(My dog has no nose)

How does he smell?

House sitting for my "just friend" while she's on a trip.

{{{{Herbs}}}}

{{{{Nut}}}}