So he says. Granted, I’m the suspicious type, but what you’ve said in this thread really doesn’t speak well to his character, so without being personally acquainted with him, I question how trustworthy he may be.
I’m glad you’re leaving.
Thank you. 
It’s after dark in the pouring rain 300 miles from home I roll down the car window. It refuses to roll back up. Lovely just fucking lovely. Get soaking wet driving down the highway, yeah it’s fucking cold too freezing my ass off. Where’s my coat? In the hatch it doesn’t matter I just needed to get under a roof a carport a heated garage?
I find a spot dry off myself and the cars window area. Two dudes and myself manage to capture the 3 inches of available glass before it reverses back down again. Manhandle it up up up. It closes. Stays shut. I ain’t ever opening it up again.
& since they are a migratory species, federal law says you can’t do shit about 'em shitting
DON’T go to Firestone (or Tire’s Plus); their tires will never adorn another car I own (even if they’re OEM on a future new car). lying, theiving, bait-&-switch bastiods!
Weather has been shitty for a week, foggy for three straight days (all day), rainy for two, & cloudy for the past two. For a couple of days the forecast was sunny for today; even as late as 10:30 last night it was still the same. Got up early to go shoot sunrise & walk out to mostly cloudy. Look at updated forecast, it’s now stating partly cloudy. Ummm, that actually meant totally cloudy until about 45 mins after sunrise. It was already kinda late to get that shot & now I won’t have another opportunity for about 350 days. 
Can I haz job where I’m wrong 50% of the time & not get fired?
Not necessarily. I took my car in to get the same problem fixed. They said that they’re not allowed to use plugs any longer to repair a tire, but they could put one in temporarily if I ordered a new replacement tire, so I wouldn’t be without wheels.
That’s Tires Plus overselling. They couldn’t put a plug in in my tire so I drove a little out of my way; that place put in a plug that lasted a year, until I replaced all four tires
So my kid’s pre-approval is held up and they can’t look at the house today. Sigh. And my son’s non-spay female cat was yodeling in my bedroom this morning when I wanted to get a bit more sleep. If I had the money I would move.
That’s how I felt about the Goodyear tires on my previous car – more problems than could be accounted for by coincidence, including a dangerous blowout on the highway. I’m happy with these Firestone all-weathers. I’ll take the car to the same place I got them. It’s a reputable independent dealer that repaired a tire before, and if it does need to be replaced they likely have it in stock. It might even still be under warranty.
No, it’s an independent body shop near where I live. They did the fender replacement after I got clipped in a garage. For all I know, it may be state law or something about the tires.
It’s amusing to check out Google’s opinion of the crowd level at my local liquor store 45 minutes before closing time on New Year’s Eve. I think “busier than usual” is just boilerplate that in this case is a severe understatement! I did the last of my liquor shopping early Friday afternoon, which was still fairly last-minute by my standards.
It never ceases to amaze me how so many people simply cannot plan ahead. It would be interesting to ask some of these folks how their retirement funds are doing – especially some of the younger ones!
I take care of two neighborhood cats. I feed them and have shelters on my porch for them to sleep in. But when there are fireworks, they freak out and hide. So I was planning on putting them in the spare room for tonight. I knew I had to get them in well before dark because the fireworks start early. But all afternoon, there have been three big dogs running wild through the neighborhood. So of course they haven’t been around for me to catch them.
My next door neighbor has a covered motorcycle in his driveway. The male cat, Buddy, likes to get up inside there to hang out during the day. I went out a bit ago and found that the dogs had the motorcycle surrounded and were jumping up on it. They must be able to smell him. I ran them off but they are still running up and down the street. Buddy must be so frightened. He definitely won’t come out now. I have no idea where his sister B.J. is.
And now the damn fireworks have started. Goddammit. It breaks my heart that they will spend the night hungry and terrified. Fuck people who let their dogs run loose, fuck people who abandon their cats and fuck people who think making a neighborhood sound like a warzone is a fun way to celebrate.
Another quiet New Year’s Eve here at Stately Jackmannii Manor (as an inspired Doper once called my humble abode).
Earlier tonight I was planning to go down to the supermarket on an emergency coffee run (we were almost out) and was about to exit the driveway when I saw a man in a black sweatshirt and black shorts walking down the road in front of the house (it was 37F out). He stopped when he saw my headlights and walked up next to the car, babbling something vague about living in the area and wanting to get to the Interstate (which is at least 7 miles away). He didn’t actually ask for a ride, but was insistent in a vague way about wanting something and would not leave. I pulled out of the driveway, turned around and managed to get back into the garage and then the house without the weird guy pursuing, and called the sheriff’s department. While I was talking to the operator I noticed the guy was sitting on a table on the porch next to my front door, sobbing.
It turns out that he is suspected of having gotten into a wreck earlier some distance away that sent two people to the hospital and apparently fled the scene (drunk?). A search failed to turn him up on the property, though there are plenty of places to hide and as I type this, I hear a neighbor dog sounding off loudly.
Happy New Year! 
Yep. Never worked in a liquor store, but I did work at Ontario’s Beer Stores back in the day, and we faced the same challenges. Lots of last-minute sales just before closing, especially for things like Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and pretty much any long weekend in the spring and summer.
I worked there throughout the year, like I said, but I was especially in demand as cashier at such times. A few different stores would want me; I seemed to be very good at being fast and efficient and accurate, which is what you want at busy times.
But I agree: plan ahead, people. Maybe put “get booze for the holiday” higher on your to-do list than you actually do.
We tried to watch the Live Countdown stuff but it all sucked. I don’t remember New Year’s Eve being this boring when I was a kid.
Happy New Year.
This brings me to my rant. I’m LIVID. This is the second time that I’ve tried to watch something that is supposed to be on X channel at X time. The interwebs and the streamers website assure me that I can see it there. Nope, the first time was an Xmas special with Kelly Clarkson and Cher was on. Hubster watched it at the rehab hospital and I was going to watch it at home. That was on Hulu who we ditched to save money. They had a gods damned shark tank marathon. Tonight it was Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve. The wanted to see Green Day. NooooOOO. They had New Years Around The World. OK, the fireworks in London were pretty cool. But the musical acts were second string. It was at Rockafeller Square? Center? Whatever. And as said above it was ABC and supposed to be Dick Clark’s etc. etc. according to both Sling and the internet. I’m so pissed! I freakin’ hope this year is better than last. 'Cause. I. am. So. OVER. 2023.
Fireworks ( the back yard kind ) have just started. It must be m80s or blockbusters and from a mile away because they have an echo.
I tried a new mini rants thread. Hope this year starts without me fucking that up.
For me, the most annoying thing about the countdown shows is that the broadcast network feeds are delayed something like 15 seconds from the time on my cell phone, which I assume is pretty accurate.
Never mind the 75/25 commercial/program ratio in the last half hour, the bands and “entertainers” I’ve never heard of, and the insanity of a million people packed together cheek by jowl in Times Square (shudder).
The big event they’re counting down to has passed by the time they got to 10!
Bastards !
I hope the cats are ok ?