Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 48 Amurrkin out and foggy, with a predicted high of 64 with fog this mornin’ then possibly mostly N.O.S. this afternoon with rain comin’ in tonight. We have a dense fog advisory in effect until nine a.m. We shall deheathenate and then probably grab a burger from somewhere (maybe Hardee’s) for N.O.L. Today is officially known as Christ The King Sunday for those keepin’ score. Not much in store beyond that.
As to makin’ honest men out of each other, well, we are gettin’ some flack about that. I suppose we should at some point. Honestly at our age we are more inclined to just do it, then get the marriage blessed at church with a cake and champagne reception afterwards. Though, like CupCakes said we should have cheese straws at the reception to ensure the weddin’ is legal since we are in the southern U.S. of A.
Sari hmmm… perhaps assign him a small part to get done but also prepare that part as well in case he flakes out, which, judgin’ by his actions so far, he will. At least then it gets done and if the professor questions why he did not participate it can be shown he was asked several times but didn’t come through with what he said he would do.
Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy is hongry. Then purtification for deheathenization must commence.
Sari, the tardy jerk knew what he was doing I’m sure. He hopes to ride on the coattails of the other team members. I’d follow swampie’s advice if I were the leader.
Sari, I feel his pain. My favourite way to do a group project is to form a group of 1. The teachers always claim that group work is to teach students to work together, but really, it always just seems to teach at least one group member that parasitism is a more effective strategy than they’d thought, and teach those that actually do the work that people who appear nice are often untrustworthy ratbags.
Today I’m mostly attempting to thoroughly de-filthify casa Filbert. It’s not too bad, but the cobwebs in hard-to-reach corners are building up, and as getting at them means moving plants that really need re-potting and whatnot, it gets complicated.
sari, when editing, does your son have theoption of putting a by line with each section? That would show who did the work, and while the slacker may get the same grade on the project, the prof would know to shift him to another group the next go around.
Bon voyage Mooooom!
Will you be throwing a gold lame thong instead of a garter swampy?
It felt good to sleep in my own bed last night. Like Mooooom, I slept in a much smaller bed (queen at home, twin at Dad’s) over the holiday. The bed at Dad’s was the same height as mine at home, but instead of carpet on the floor, it was wood. Nelson couldn’t get enough traction to get in and out of bed on his own, so if he got up in the middle of the night, I would hear him cry right beside me when he wanted back in. With all of that, I slept until 8:30 this morning, later than I usually sleep on the weekends.
I need to shower and dress, go pick up a few groceries and a new pair of jeans (I tore a pair of the jeans I wear to irk when helping Dad out in the shop). I may go to Goodwill to see what they have just to avoid the Xmas madness in retail stores.
Not a bad day outside.
The sun is shining and it’s not so cold.
We got the groceries picked up, ate an early lunch, and I sat outside with Ripple for a bit.
He is full of energy today and I prefer he burn it off outside.
I still have to put all the canned goods away.
He did do that Swampy, although my son really finished that section already. However, more can be added.
My son is much nicer than I am, because I would have told him, ‘We already sent several emails and you never responded. We thought you found another group to work with and so we have finished the project. You need to talk with the professor about what he wants you to do’. I would take his name off the paper and let him deal with it.
At first I thought because he is an immigrant, that maybe in his culture he expects somebody in charge to be specific in what he needs to do. But then I thought like you CupCakes, he is just lazy and wants a free ride. This is a 300 level class, he isn’t a freshman, and surely he has had enough experience to know what to do. Obviousy as Nut says, he has experience in being a parasite. Red, I think a bylines may be a good idea.
I wonder if the professor ever reads the emails between students.
Editting is going to be … fun? The woman on the team put her stuff out there yesterday and my son said she started no less than 7 sentences with ‘unfortunately’. I wonder if she will be offended when he changes that. She also has a paragraph that is almost word for word as one of my son’s paragraphs. Being that they used some of the same sources, and it is relevant to the topic, it is no surprise, But it probably doesn’t need to appear twice in the same paper. Or maybe it does, because it is relevant.
Greetings from Zuiderdam! The port has free Wi-Fi, so I can get one last message in. I95 in so Fl sucks mightily, but we got here, got checked in, and we had a light snack to tide us over till dinner. Our room is nice and the bed is big and comfy. And then there’s the bathtub!!! It’s going to be a great trip!
Howdy all. Got back to the home in N. Ali-bama about 3:45pm, now just waiting for the house to warm up (I turn the heat way down when I go away). Youngest Nephew and SIL were driving to his location to the West (he has tooth pullin’ scheduled), niece is heading back to college, and brother is nervous because they’re heading into the teeth of a winter storm. I had no problem except heavy traffic, drove 4 hours to the outskirts of Nashville, had A Whopper and fries, and the 2.5 hours to get home.
Mail that I stopped wasn’t, so I got a bunch, but no new bills (yet).
Too late, but hope you have a good cruise, FCM/FCD. Even if the weather is foul, you can relax for a while…and you’ve earned it.
Think we should change ruble’s name to “double-shift”.
Sari, I concur that if there is someway to show who contributed what to the project it should be done, but as I recall, your son sometimes has trouble getting things done (albeit he does do it at the last minute and does it well). Maybe this person is like that, but without the last-minute button.
Or maybe he’s just a jerk.
Sunny, hope you are feeling better. Falls can start hurting several days later.
Too all the rest, I’ll catch you on the next MMP, so take care/stay dry/don’t do anything spidey would do…
My neighbors are stupid.
The got a new giant screen TV.
How do I know this?
They have the box out on their balcony.
At first it was against the side railing, I could see it but probably not many others. Then they turned it towards the other railing, on proud display for all out back to see.
I hope they cut up the box before they put it out front because they always put their trash in front of my house.
Maybe I lived in Baltimore for too long, but one does not display what one has to the neighborhood. May as well hang a sign over you house saying break in here, we have the good stuff.
MetalMouse, he has done well with getting stuff done early this year. He is done with three of his four classes except for any quizzes or exams that aren’t open yet. It could be that this guy is a wait until the last minute type, but it can’t be done with a group project, and he should have said something, anything, sooner in the process. He never even selected what section he was going to do, he has been totally silent.
I found a pair of jeans (1/2 price tag), a pair of khakis, a purse (1/2 price tag) and three lampshades (didn’t fit the fixture ) and got out of there for $16 and change. I picked up a few groceries and came home. Nelson got his run at the dog park (he played with a little girl pup named Winnie ). All of the Sunday chores are done and now I’m wiping down some building blocks I got from Dad for a coworker who helps me out with some tech stuff, both at work and home. He won’t take money for it, but I’m pretty sure he won’t refuse a gift for his children.
Sahirrnee, that may have been true in the past, but the price of TV’s has dropped to “would-you-like-fries-with-that?” zone.
10 years ago I got my dear departed mother a 42" TV when she moved into the over 55 community. It cost a grand. Today, without trying too hard, I could get 5 bigger sets for under a grand, and the bathroom DOES NOT NEED a TV.
I’m still using the original set, and the only thing it does not do for me is have a USB port for a bias light.
Hardly. (says the guy who was driving in NYC earlier today)
Home, unpacked the car…mostly; think I took out everything but the kitchen sink.
ended up very muddy just standing there but got some good shots out of it.
:mad::mad::mad: I just spent an hour and change on what UPS optimistically calls their website trying to reschedule a package delivery from next Saturday to the following Monday. After being forced to sign in about 12 times and receiving 3 or 4 confirmation emails, I finally landed on a page that didn’t go anywhere. I guess I’ll just have to hope nobody drives by next Saturday who wants a surprise package. :mad::mad::mad:
) and got out of there for $16 and change. I picked up a few groceries and came home. Nelson got his run at the dog park (he played with a little girl pup named Winnie 
). All of the Sunday chores are done and now I’m wiping down some building blocks I got from Dad for a coworker who helps me out with some tech stuff, both at work and home. He won’t take money for it, but I’m pretty sure he won’t refuse a gift for his children. 