Is anybody besides me prejudiced against long threads where the OP doesn’t come back to participate?
Moooommmmmm Public Works is going to go fix the compressor but depending if it needs parts or not it may not get fixed today. I’m sure they will work something out. It is a military airport fer god’s sake. Surely they have a way to inflate tires. But, one never knows.
When I first started to work here I was so naive. I inherited a bus. The air conditioner broke so I asked my boss who to call on base to fix it. She said you gotta find someone off base. I was perplexed that they can change jet engines but not work on a bus A/C??? Still can’t believe how illogical some things are. Tax dollars at work.
Working on A/C requires a license. I think being an A&P (Airframe & Powerplant) tech just takes a certification.
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gotti, so you’re saying you look a little like this?
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More teeth, shorter hair, longer beard… Braidable, but being a gentlemen, I refrain from doing such odd things.
**Butters **- I’m always amazed at how much the military contracts out - certainly more these days than when I was in. In those days, we’d do what we had to do and someone was always able to finagle something. Not so much any more.
Heck, we were responsible for cleaning our own barracks rooms and common areas, but I hear tell they’ve got housekeeping now - unless someone was pulling my leg. Kids these days…
I guess I’m getting old. I just got money from the ATM, and I am annoyed the bills weren’t facing the same way.
Then again, it doesn’t take much to annoy me anymore. I used to be pretty laid back, now I’m grumpy all the time.
R.A. - that is one thing that doesn’t bother me. Half the time I have no idea who is posting anyway. I’m looking for entertainment. If I want to debate or argue I have a family for that.
sticky, glad RT is getting the diabetes thing straightened out. I’ll pop into the other thread to offer advice and/or commiserate.
We had a departmental lunch catered today. BBQ from Jim ‘N’ Nick’s. Pretty good, but they needed to order a green veggie and something to drink without sugar.
I’m wondering if the AC guy has been to my apartment yet. The landlord hasn’t emailed me, but she doesn’t always.
Happy hump day!
Howdy Y’all! Hump Day has been survived. YAY! Tomorrow is my Firday cause I’m takin’ the real Firday off. YAY! I haven’t decided about dindin yet bein’ as ‘tis just me tonight. Perhaps I shall go up to the Subway sto’ and get a sammich.
Sari here’s hopin’ all goes well with the settlement.
I think I might be dying… or at least dealing with a really, really bad cold. I thought at first it was allergies, but I’m pretty sure it’s a cold. I want Nyquil!!! But I need to hold off till closer to bedtime. And I need to stay back from my sweetie - he doesn’t need to deal with my germs.
Gotta decide what to have for supper - I wish some soup would magically appear. I don’t feel like going out to get any. What to do, what to do… <whine whine whine>
I decided to make myself a chef sallit for dindin. 'Twas good and I’s stuffded. I shall also put together a ham pot pie for tomorrow’s dindin in a little while. This is mainly because there is some leftover baked ham that needs to be used up soon. Plus we like ham pot pie.
{{{{{{MOOOOOOM}}}}}} feel better soonest. Here’s Soft Kitty just for you.
Settlement is done YAY!
Also got him to notarize some other stuff for me, so that is done too!
Two things crossed off the TO DO LIST.
I think that leaves me about 60 more things to do.
Now I have to call the mortgage company tomorrow and make sure they don’t take the June payment and get set up for the July payment.
Then I need to call the college, because I got an email about the Pell Grant, but it says it’s for the 2015-2016 school year and it should be the 2016-2017 school year. I think it’s probably a typo, but who knows?
See what I mean about everything gets screwed up?
I hope you feel better FCM and you have AC Red
I’ve never had ham pot pie Swampy. Do you use the same veggies as for other meats? What kind of gravy?
I’m making Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup in my crockpot, I’ll email you some, when it’s done.
I also went and wandered around the art museum. And the hockey arena.
Sari I use the same veggies as in any pot pie. The “gravy” I use in pot pies is just a basic white sauce. Brown gravy is good for a beef pot pie so that’s the one exception. The one for tomorrow has been made up except for the bizkit toppin’ which I shall make and add before bakin’. I make it from BisQuick[sup]TM[/sup]. Also YAY! on the settlement.
When people ask how long it takes to blow up a balloon, we say only about 30 seconds longer than to properly inflate it.
As you said, “It is a military airport fer god’s sake.” They know how to blow things up, not necessarily inflate them.
Mooommm, be sure to get the drawing right, otherwise, you’re liable to not have all the holes line up, which means you’ll have a screw loose.
Is the main ingredient dog? :eek:
Really? With all the time you spend there, you got lost on the way to the hockey arena? 
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@#$%& Didn’t <Tab> enough & pressed <Submit Reply> instead of <Preview Changes> I didn’t think it was possible, but I made Comcast jump today! More on that later…
So the car woes continue. The manager called and said PW is working on the air compressor and my car may be ready by 6pm. My ride leaves at three. I told him I’ll just get it tomorrow. He was really stressed about it but thinking of my friend dying from cancer I told him it was absolutely not a big deal and no problem. He said that made him feel better. So I got my clerk to bring me home early and she will pick me up in the morning. Here’s hoping I get my car back tomorrow.
Our supper will consist of green beans, salad and hamburger helper (don’t judge). Our oven is broke and the parts are on the way. Hubs will fix it himself. I have been drinking Yuenglings for a change. Not bad beer.
Swampy I have been having a sinus headache just on one side of my head. mmmmooommm feel better soonest. Yay for sari closing and Rosie’s sig for everyone else
Back from Kennywood. In spite of that it was a good day. I will type more once I can think of some words to describe this – event – that have more than four letters in them.
No, cat.:p;)
I’ll have you know I am cooth and cultured. and they have a Paupa New Guinea tribal mask that looks like it belonged to The Knights Who Say Ni
OK – did a fast catch-up. So ---------------- the short version is that Kennywood has one of two remaining Noah’s Ark rides in the world. Quite a few years back they sort of screwed it up trying to make it modern and this winter they decided to go back to a more old-school thing. That is fine and good and they did a fairly good job at it. And it opened opening day so people got to enjoy it from the beginning of the season. Nice!
So this (descriptive deleted) PR director they have who will remain nameless (I was going to actually name him but I’m not sure if that would violate any of the rules here) decides today is going to be the day for the big Noah’s Ark Re-dedication Ceremony. OK, I don’t get the relationship and one was never explained but what the heck. And word goes out in the enthusiast community - they want people there to smile and love the Ark and be sure to wear a Kennywood shirt or your club shirt because God Forbid you get filmed wearing something from another park. OK - that’s pretty standard. And remember that things can change and we have no idea what exactly is being planned. OK - PR-guy has been here for a year and I’ve come to expect a clusterflop or three from him now and again.
So I use my one and only paid day off and head for the park. I get there to find out that a couple club officers get into the “special area” and a ton of dignitaries no-one can explain are in the “special area” but the rest of us are just to bake in the sun for an hour or two looking happy. Some of the “special folks” made sense - a couple penguins from the National Aviary here; that sounds right. A couple people who actually designed the changes; good call. Two people from our local zoo dressed as a rhino and a polar bear; nice to see.
Someone walking around in a giant dinosaur suit; wait a damn moment what the frik does this have to do with the Ark??? Two ballet dancers??? Huh??? The Mayor of Pittsburgh. Do a basic frikkin Google and you will see the park isn’t in frikkin Pittsburgh!!! No local mayors or say someone like the County Commish of course, that would have made sense. My favorite was a baseball player from the 70s; OK he’s a nice guy and I’ve met him a few times over the years and all but he (by his own admission) HAD NEVER EVEN BEEN IN THE FRIKKIN THING BEFORE TODAY! And don’t even get me started trying to explain the two zombies from an attraction that has practically nothing to do with the park; this is Pittsburgh and even a bar mitzvah can end up including some zombies. :smack:
And even for the people in the “special area” things were not all that good. A couple friends had the passes and got in but while we were sitting having lunch they found out that there was a special catered luncheon for them to NO ONE BOTHERED TO TELL THEM ABOUT! One of the local news stations was there the whole time and shot lots of film and they used some of it from 5-6:30 -------- to ask the Mayor about the Penguins. To ask someone else about some other unrelated news. NOT ONE FREAKING MENTION OF THE PARK OR ARK FOR THE ENTIRE HOUR AND A FREAKING HALF!!! The way the reports were shot, if you didn’t know where it was done you couldn’t have even guessed where it was done. Basically the park got bent over and used.
I have been at a ton of media days at parks all over the country. I’ve even been a part of several at this park that brought it good attention and a little bit of a bump. Today? I already used the word clusterflop once, didn’t I? I am told that before he was the PR director the gentleman was a good weather-reader for some TV station somewhere. As a PR director for a major amusement park ---- did I mention he was good at reading the weather reports?
On the bright side, I did get to tell several pissed-off General Public about Knoebels and thanks to modern technology they could check it out and be impressed right then and there. So the day wasn’t all bad.
Oh – and someone called Pittsburgh Dad (some internet thing I’m totally unaware of) did a great job as a “Pittsburgh Rendition of Noah”.
But other than that – how was the play, Mrs Lincoln?
Congratulations, but you have lived long enough, as have I, to know that fate or people are going to try to screw you.
Be prepared.
1:30 am - some drunken fuck just tried to come in my front door, then passed out on the front steps. I was still up at the time.
That nearly got very bad; I am fully prepared to defend myself.
Police arrived and took the blind drunk individual home.
God I hate this town.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled.
Tugig ,:eek: