When I use “um”, that is exactly why I’m using it. Didn’t know there had been threads about it tho!
This. Plus, I almost hit a car because of one of those things - it was a ways down and apparently when I looked that way, the view of the oncoming car was blocked. Damn near pulled out in front of him (he was speeding, but I prefer to blame the sign :D)
Woke up at 4:38 this morning feeling out of sorts, metallic taste in my mouth. Got up, went to the can and decided to rinse at least the front part of my mouth with mouthwash. Spit, came out pure dark brown like dried blood. Huh. Wasn’t actively bleeding from the tooth hole when I went to bed. Rinse a bit more, go back to bed.
Woke up to my alarm, reached for the cell and called in sick to work.
Went back to sleep for another 2 hours.
Got up, had a banana and a cherry coke, zombied out on the computer. Just after noon, my cat comes to bug me because I haven’t moved in over two hours. Oy, it hurt to get out of the chair. Every piece of me. Dawned on me that I hadn’t taken any pain meds since the previous evening.
I would take another nap, but I know if I do that now, I’ll be up past midnight tonight.
Back to work tomorrow.
[little orphan annie voice]
Because tomorrow is another day!
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I’m not sure who is stupider - the people who block lanes of traffic trying to get into the flow of traffic or the people who let them. {Grumbles about sitting through the entire light waiting to make a right turn that was blocked by a matched pair of idiots.}
What’s up with the tv ads with the insane old people? I think they’re supposed to be quirky and fun, but they come across as, “NOOOO! Please don’t make me visit Grandma - I’m afraid she’s going to kill me while I sleep!”
I wish some clothing manufacturers would have more consistency in their sizing so I could buy stuff online with more confidence. I checked the sizing charts on their website, double-checked my measurements, and ordered a swimsuit for my vacation in 2 weeks. Then tonight I went to the store itself to look for a swimsuit that was out of stock online. I didn’t like how that suit looked on me, but discovered I probably should have bought a size smaller.
The problem is that the swimsuit I ordered online is not sold in their stores, and it’s a different style than what I tried on (2-piece tankini and bottom, vs a 1-piece). And my online order is finalized but not shipped, so I’ll probably end up buying the smaller size online, waiting for the other order to arrive, double-checking the fit, and sending back the one that doesn’t fit. :smack: Otherwise if I wait I may not have a swimsuit.
I bought a pair of hiking shoes online; I normally wear Adidas shoes because they’re one of the few that fit my feet properly, so I thought there wouldn’t be a problem ordering what I have worn multiple times in the past. I’m not sure what size they sent me (it said Women’s 10 US on the shoe, which is what I wear), but it was about a size too big. If they had sent a men’s 10, it would have been even bigger, so I’m just 
Hold still :smack::smack::smack: Better?
And now for me, because I need to be looking for a new job and I’m not doing it: :smack::smack::smack:
Why would you pit yourself for not wanting to be bored, Nava? Is it because the interview process is The Suck? Or because you have great benefits or what?
Hiking shoes generally fit differently than athletic shoes and lasts vary widely between manufacturers. American shoe sizing is highly variable as their are several systems all in use that determine what “size 10” actually means.
Best to get fitted for hiking shoes in person. You really don’t want to get it wrong with a hiking shoe. The consequences of doing so are a total drag.
Uh, no. (Hi, Sattua!) **Cyros **nailed it. The point of the comic was *not *“the 2nd Ammendment doesn’t give you the right to have any weapon more advanced than a musket.” It was pointing out the hypocrisy of denying equal rights to women and gays, who aren’t explicitly mentioned, while extending the constitutional protections for the sorts of weapons present in the 1700s to modern weaponry, which also isn’t explicitly mentioned.
The author is setting them up as equally valid: just as the right to bear arms updates to new types of weapons, so, too, does the right to equal protection extend to groups of people that wouldn’t have been considered relevant at the time (or even have been understood to exist).
I read it as a joke about the size, suggesting that it was not only large for its current gestation, but that it would even be large if it were the same size at full term.
What the fuck is up with prescriptions? Are they afraid I’m going to hand glasses out to all the neighborhood kids so that they can get headaches and bump into stuff a lot?
Hoorah!
No, they totally are.
Who the hell do you know who douches? I know literally nobody. It’s a self-cleaning system. Douching is probably more likely to throw *off *the balance.
Wait, that’s a bad thing?
Actually, that sounds like an *excellent *business strategy. You don’t have to actually solve the customer’s problem, but they’re not mad anymore!
I’ve done so, under doctor’s orders. I don’t do it as a habit. Only if I have a raging yeast infection…a Betadine douche can give some relief until the the anti-yeast vaginal suppository or Diflucan starts killing off the yeast.
For a woman who is not currently plagued with a yeast infection, though, yeah, douching will probably interfere with things.
My best rational guess is contacts are considered a consumable medicine, so it’s no different from being prescribed, I dunno, oxycodone and trying to buy codeine. It’s stupid, but that’s probably how it’s viewed.
Cynically/irrationally, it’s just Big Business trying to keep some form of control over what patients buy. Damn them.
Ridiculous portion sizing on nutrition labels.
Jar of whole kosher dill pickles. Calories? Five. Portion size? Three -quarters of a pickle.
Three-quarters.
Students, for the loving of fucking OG, stop demanding that I justify every single point that you “lost”! I give you detailed feedback along with all of your grades, READ IT! And quit emailing me to bitch about getting 19 out of 20 points - it’s ONE FUCKING POINT out of, like, a billion that are available in this class!
I am literally getting dozens of emails after every single grade I post.
Dickbags.
That kind of idiocy comes in all kinds of flavors.
Reminds me of a story dr. trimpet likes to tell. He had a patient with all sorts of issues; diabetes, high blood pressure, family history etc who would not take any of the meds prescribed to him - for years. Finally, one day he shows up at the surgery and asks for a refill for one of the drugs dr. trimpet had been trying to get him to take. When asked why the change of heart, he replied that his plumber had recommended it. :smack:
Well, I thought I had given myself an out with my qualifier about “certain circumstances.” That said, I couldn’t point to a single woman I know who I can say for certain that she douches (and I wouldn’t if I could, because, I’m too much of a gentleman ;)), largely because I don’t like walking along the beach (AIUI, that’s the appropriate setting for conversations about that “not-so-fresh” feeling).
In other news, welcome back! 
What???
You mean you women don’t regular scrub that thing out?
Fill it with soap, masturbate up a froth and hose it out?
Then fill it with potpouri to keep it fresh smelling?
Shocked. I’m absolutely shocked.
agents are assholes. Plus the immense majority have no idea what the work entails, understand the legalities involved or even have the slightest idea where Switzerland is in relationship to Spain.
my bosses in the current job are generally sane. Not everybody is, but hey, huge company: most of the time I can just ignore the nutters.
it’s a long-term job and then some, if it goes on as long as it looks I’ll be able to decide whether to pay off my mortgage, spend some time and money getting rid of the popcorn walls in my owned home and fixing a problem in a wall or jump into the next job search straightaway (option two is looking mighty tempting, specially if the contract ends around springtme)…
it’s in Spain, so in general I don’t have problems finding the ingredients I want for my meals.
I know there’s many people who’d think my rates are low, but you know what, in April of last year and after a year-long sabbatical, I was pretty much broke. With a mortgage and a rental, I’ve got squirreled away over half of what I made since then. And I’d rather have these “low rates” and relatively-sane bosses than deal again with… well, with quite a few of the previous nightmares.
There isn’t such a thing as benefits, really: I’m self employed, but that doesn’t mean I set my own vacation, it means my team lead does and they can be total assholes about it but that’s a characteristic of the sector, not of them personally (I’ve asked He Who Must Give Days for the next few weeks for three days over Easter - it’s been a week and no answer - this is usual behavior for him); I’m in a country with UHC so that means both that I pay for my medical insurance and that I’d have access to it even if I stopped paying.
Now if I can get over the next few weeks (Dad’s anniversary, Mom coming to visit/invade self-invited, my birthday, a business trip which people are making out to be a nightmare), hopefully April will see me in a better mood.
The whole jar has hardly any calories. They have to give ridiculous portion sizes to make it look as if you’re not killing yourself with the sodium.
Oh, no. No. Not the douching debate again. We’ve done this. whimpers pathetically
Almost forgot: the reason I came in here. My direct manager (“boss” - not to be confused with “grandboss” who I’ve pitted before a time or three) is a lovely woman, and one of the best supervisors I’ve ever had the pleasure to work under. That said, she is either completely incompetent at interviewing, or just plain has the worst luck *evah *with temps. Until now I thought it was the latter, but grilled cheezus, this latest one appears to have never
browsed the Internet with multiple tabs - like, three, not twenty-seven
and also has never
used IM, and appears unable to work either MSN or Trillian successfully
The latter is only key because our above-mentioned supervisor works off-site so IM is the main way she can supervise whether we show up on time and is also an easy way to communicate quick questions. Which this woman has, in spades.