A Fill In MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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[QUOTE=swampbear]

Ok, tonight was great. There were twelve of us which is a purty good crowd for my little church. What felt real good was bein’ thanked for offering to host at da cave. Great buncha guys. Even if they are pigs. I made three dozen rolls figuring on havin’ some left over and they all got et! Also, I made eight dozen cheese crisps and they got all et too. That’s no big deal cause they’re tiny and eatin’ eight or nine of 'em is easy to do. Plus, they do taste so dang good with beer! It’s a combo of the tanginess of extra sharp cheddar cheese and a healthy dose of cayenne pepper that makes 'em such good beer food, IMO. Anywho, ‘twas a good time had by all. Everything’s cleaned up and Mr. Dishwasher is runnin’. It was a good evening.

Nite Y’all!
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Yeah, Noonelunchspecial1solunchables just reminded me that I wanted to comment on this. (His comment about back-sliding.)

Sorry, but this totally does not compute. A church-related get together with beer. Or just a church related get together where people actually have fun? Wow. Where can I join? (Sadly, I am being half-serious.)

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[QUOTE=Always Brings Pie]
Don’t get me started on the joy that is spending the holidays with my family next Monday.
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Sorry to hear that :frowning:

Ah! Thanks for explaining… I get it know.

Programmer/Project Leader for a Software Company.

I tend to have time to browse because our build cycle runs at least 5 minutes…
Write some code. Compile (this takes the aforementioned 5 minutes – hellllllo SDMB :D). Test. Find a new bug. Write some code…

Rinse, lather, repeat :slight_smile:

ETA: You’re first on the page and you’re not even gloating? You’re too far gone… :eek: :smiley:

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[QUOTE=Noone Special]

Programmer/Project Leader for a Software Company.

I tend to have time to browse because our build cycle runs at least 5 minutes…
Write some code. Compile (this takes the aforementioned 5 minutes – hellllllo SDMB :D). Test. Find a new bug. Write some code…
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I see.

[QUOTE=blah blah blah]

ETA: You’re first on the page and you’re not even gloating? You’re too far gone… :eek: :smiley:
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I was trying to be humble. Maybe if I am I can join swampy’s church. :smiley:

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[QUOTE=Always Brings Pie]
I was trying to be humble. Maybe if I am I can join swampy’s church. :smiley:
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So, if you’re humble, and I’m wrong (nah, never happens…), does that mean I should eat Humble Pie? (:wink: :D)

sorry… :eek:

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[QUOTE=Noone Special]
So, if you’re humble, and I’m wrong (nah, never happens…), does that mean I should eat Humble Pie? (:wink: :D)

sorry… :eek:
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[sarcasm] :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: On that note. I should be RUNNING, VERY QUICKLY AWAY FROM HERE AND OFF TO WORK. [/sarcasm]

:smiley:

Have a great afternoon. :slight_smile:

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You should be, but you won’t be… right!? :smiley:

You have a great morning. My afternoon … well, it’s been pretty good, so far. Now you’re going away… maybe not quite as good :frowning:

:slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=Always Brings Pie]
Sorry, but this totally does not compute. A church-related get together with beer. Or just a church related get together where people actually have fun? Wow. Where can I join? (Sadly, I am being half-serious.)
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Swampy is a Whiskeypalian, after all. They aren’t called that out of spite, ya know.

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[QUOTE=Noone Special]
Programmer/Project Leader for a Software Company.

I tend to have time to browse because our build cycle runs at least 5 minutes…
Write some code. Compile (this takes the aforementioned 5 minutes – hellllllo SDMB :D). Test. Find a new bug. Write some code…

Rinse, lather, repeat :slight_smile:

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Plus he’s also one of those dangerous people your momma didn’t dare tell you about… I still haven’t seen a pic of you in uniform, btw.

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[QUOTE=Nava]
Plus he’s also one of those dangerous people your momma didn’t dare tell you about… I still haven’t seen a pic of you in uniform, btw.
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Wouldn’t you rather see a picture of me out of uniform?

(Hey, I had to prove you right on the first part of your post, didn’t I?)

Where did all the smilies go? :confused: Oh, there’s one…

110

Attention Heff-A-Roo, Achod, and CutiePie: What are you three on, and may I have some?
Also, all that flirtig will do much to disspell the rumor that we’re all sweetness and light in here.

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[QUOTE=anyrose]
Attention Heff-A-Roo, Achod, and CutiePie: What are you three on, and may I have some?
Also, all that flirtig will do much to disspell the rumor that we’re all sweetness and light in here.
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Dunno about the rest… I’m on too much coffee, and natural friskiness :slight_smile:

And you forgot to mention Nava… :smiley:

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[QUOTE=Always Brings Pie]

I’m OK this morning, thanks. I’ve got to go tackle two lunches (only about 20 people total) and 4 dozen gingerbread cookies on my own today in a little bit.
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I have a mental image of little gingerbread men all lined up and CutiePie runnin’ headdown at ‘em and knockin’ 'em over. :smiley: It’s fun up in my haid, it is!

Oh and like BBBobbio said, I’m Whiskypalian. We drink and admit it. Thus, a group whose purpose, mainly, is to socialize, would have beer involved. Although, last night, ol’ y’all know who and me drank red wine. A very nice Merlot. I was in the mood for some wine last night and since we had steak, the Merlot was a nice choice. I do have some class and couth after all.

Up and caffienatin’ here. In a bit I need to get serious. I’ve been asked to submit some samples of professional writing to a couple of places for who (whom?) I may do some consulting work. Yes, I can write all professional when I want to. So There! :stuck_out_tongue:

Later Y’all!

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It looks like I should have been up earlier to get in on all the flirting going on here. :smack:

Rosie, I’m with you, I want what they are on!!!

I’m working an odd shift today 10:30-4. I only work through Thursday and then I get a nice little stretch of days off. I’m looking forward to it.

CutiePie, I wish I could come in and help you out today. I think it would be fun! Mom used to run a catering business out of her home when I was younger. I ended up getting to help her out when I was a teenager. It was a lot of fun. :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=Pie]
Sorry, but this totally does not compute. A church-related get together with beer. Or just a church related get together where people actually have fun? Wow. Where can I join? (Sadly, I am being half-serious.)
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It helps to be Episcopalian, Lutheran, or Catholic, if you want drinks at church things. My last big church thing was after Easter Vigil. I got drunk off my ass. My godmum (and best friend) told me (while clutching her fifth drink) that it was the most appropriate initiation into being Catholic.

Everything was all slanty.

rosie, hope the head is better.

meli, how are your teeth doing?
I don’t think I’m going to be sick today. Yesterday was a wash in terms of getting things done, because of feeling yucky. In the next few days, I’ve got a huge list of Christmas and baby related things to do. Let’s see if I can get most of 'em done today. After breakfast.

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[QUOTE=Noone Special]
Wouldn’t you rather see a picture of me out of uniform?

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Hmmm… Dare I answer that question??? How about your token picture likethis.

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Welcome to Monday: The Sequel. Or at least that’s what I expect today will bring in my corner of the universe. Coffee is being consumed in preparation for the return of the flood. Great Og, I already can’t wait for Friday. Then we only work 'til noon, and afterwards it’s off to the company luncheon. It’s Applebee’s, but it’s not work, and that’s the important thing. :slight_smile:

I saw the strangest thing in my work-local supermarket’s produce section this morning. It was a $5 clamshell pack of 4 apples. Or what I thought were apples. The label on the clamshell stated, however, that these were absolutely not apples, and how dare you suggest such a thing. These were Grapples. How silly of me! By the name alone I could only imagine that these cleverly disguised pieces of fruit were intended to be attached to ropes and thrown over ledges, where they would eject a trio of hidden pitons to let you scale buildings or very tall people. But then I thought that, being that they look exactly like apples, this could pose a health and safety risk should anyone gravely mistake them. That would never have made it past CSA approval. So, reading more closely, the gimmick was revealed:

“Grape-flavoured apples.”

:dubious:

“Looks like an apple! Tastes like a grape!”

:dubious: :smack: :rolleyes:

I can’t imagine who they’re targeting here. Are there a lot of people who hate the flavour of apples but fervently wish they could still eat them? Is there a large faction of vocal anti-grapists[sup]*[/sup] who secretly indulge when no one is looking and would dearly love it if they could do so in public without revealing their hypocrisy? Because in either case, their fondest wishes have come true.

Otherwise: :dubious:

Oh, what a tangled web we weave with genes we’ve learned to splice and cleave.

Swampus - When comes the Brainstorm technology, I suspect your reels will be a grand mixture of Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Abrahams/Zucker, and Crispin Glover. :slight_smile:

Busdude - Glad ya liked it!

Back to the trenches before this turns into another afternoon post.

[sub]* Not that Grapist[/sub]

117

I hate propane companies.

I had a literal midnight fire page, for a propane leak. We found a tank at a residence that was leaking through the popoff valve. The tank got to 15% volume, and with the low 20s temperature last night, there was not enough vapor pressure to hold the valve shut. FWIW, there was nothing we could do about it except watch. There was no ignition hazard present.

The homeowner called the propane company to fix the tank since it was leaking and therefore an emergency, and they refused to do anything until daylight. :mad: I was mad, and I’d be doubly so if I was the homeowner seeing what I paid good money for piss away into the atmosphere.

When I lived in Indiana, there was another propane dealer that filled your tank up on their own sweet time, and they didn’t give a damn if you went empty or not in the meantime. That was for the people WITH a delivery contract; if you were pay as you go, you might as well make sure the tank was filled before the winter, because you’d never see them during…

I told VWife after I got home that as much as I like gas heat and cooking, we won’t be converting the VunderLair until the natural gas pipeline came to us.

118

Fuck fuck fuckity fuck. I just checked my final grades and I got a C–my second–in Applied Linguistics. And I can’t check the breakdown on Blackboard to see how I did on my book review because they’re upgrading the software until next week. And that professor is a well-known flake whose grading has already been challenged once before by an entire class. And I have her for TESOL Methods and Practice next semester. And that’s an online class too, a class forum that I hate and don’t do well in (obviously). Now I’m worried that they’re going to kick me out of grad school for getting two C’s. They call you before they do that, right? Even over breaks?

Great, now I’m going to spend the next three weeks fretting. I do not need this right now.

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{{{Spaz}}} That sucks. :frowning:

Not having made it through grad school, I wouldn’t know, but I don’t think they’ll kick you out that fast. Try and relax over the break, even if it’s stressful.

OTOH, isn’t there any recourse for a student against a flakey professor? This just doesn’t sound right! If you think you’ve been wronged by this grade, there must be a way to fight it. Or at least so I hope…

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Good morning! Just driving by, sadly…

:: waves ::