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Oh man, have I got a juicy second-person fire tale to tell y’all that happened to one of the 911 dispatchers, but it’ll have to wait until tomorrow 'cuz I needs my ugly sleep.
I wonder if Cottonfield County has an acid dealer…
Happy Birthday Kalhoun!!!
I survived work, tomorrow I have a meeting like FCM’s in Smithfield, then the Booster Club meeting.
Congrats on the girlfriend, Walls!
Spaz, I’ll see who I can beseech for you on the job hunt.
mems, I’d kill for a view like that. Sorry the rest of the day went bad, though.
Hmmmm, read stuff earlier then…planted stuff…and now I’m winding down and hoping to be able to sleep.
Do you suppose insomnia is catching? I was WIDE awake (like this ----> :eek: ) until after 2 a.m., then awake again around 5:30. Came home early and napped before going to get my hair cut.
Welcome back Walls, and yay on the girlfriend! Glad you enjoyed the pics.
Wow, that sounds like some first day, mnem. What kind of job is it? Hope tomorrow goes better.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kalhoun!!!
Sounds like a really fun weekend, taxi.
Sounds like you’re getting into a great living situation, Marley. Congrats!
Interesting fire story, Muppet.
Tired. Hoping for lack of insomnia. Hugs to all I may have forgotten…
GT
Lovely pics, rigs. Looks like an awesome trip!
Happy belated bday, Kalhoun!
Still just counting the days til my vacation. Work is pretty quiet now that the swine flu scare has died down. I reeeeeeeeeeally want to buy the Canon IXUS 95 but my old camera still works so I can’t really justify it to myself, boo. Plus I really should be saving money for Thailand. We want to go scuba diving and take a cooking course, so all that will be money, eek.
Morning all.
Currently furious at Mr ems. I am in Paris he lives in California
We have a standing date to talk at 6.30am my time/9.30pm his time.
I didn’t get out of work til 10.23pm last night - didn’t get home til after 11 and then bed around midnight. Which the hubby knew as I texted him when I left work and when i got home.
I am a “needs 8 hours sleep to function” kinda gal. I drag my tired butt out of bed at 6, shower, grab juice and coffee and sit down. Hubby aint on line. Wait 5 mins…not on line…so I call the land line at the house…poor baby was tired and feel asleep on the couch and he is too sleepy to talk so he was going to bed. Grrrrrrrr
Silent seething fury. :mad:
At work, decaffeinated and hot. Our office has no a/c, we’re in England, dammit! Today is the deadline for project marking so I am expecting a load of stuff to arrive on my desk today but the postie hasn’t arrived yet so I am still waiting…
Belated happies, Kalhoun - hope the celebrations were good!
I am off to Hungary in 57 days, just thought you’d like to know.
Up and caffeinating, ready to head in to work - EARLY! Happy belated birthday, Kalhoun. Happy Tuesday all … hmm, wonder where that Swampy is?!
Blurf. Off to write my new tale…
Morning Mumpers, it’s raining, there’s a flood watch, and I have to drive 60 miles to a meeting. Blurf, indeed.
Sorry about that, mmmmmm
Herbs, da bear is probably out crushing iPhones with new truck.
Good morning!
I’m at home, and I’m going to accompany my Dad to the skin doctor and attempt to get a diagnosis for his itchies. It’s not just dry skin, dammit!
I’ll go in this afternoon.
Looking forward to your tale, VBob!
Morning all!
haze and boofae, who needs to travel when we have mumpers going to exciting places? Take butt loads of pics.
bobbio, I am on tenter hooks to hear the new tale.
{{{ems}}} It must be so hard when you are not only thousands of miles away but also several time zones.
I got nuthin.
Tupug
Bear with me while I do the background development for a secondhand tale.
Last night, VWife and I went to the county Emergency Management planning meeting, where the various emergency departments and other interested parties meet to do disaster response planning. This was the first one for this year, and the topic for the night was hurricanes, naturally.
As a sidebar before I move on to the entertainment portion of this tale, I volunteered for a multi-agency swift water rescue team that’s being formed. VWife, of course, was not amused, but she never is. “I think you’re developing an adrenaline addiction.”
No shit, Sherlock?
Cottonfield County has just installed a state of the art 911 system, with recorded calls, a GIS database to map call locations, and once we get the grant for the transponders, the ability to map in real time the location of fire, rescue, and law enforcement vehicles within the county. Our first payoff with the new equipment happened last night.
It was the end of the meeting. Billy, the Emergency Management director said, “I apologize for the bad audio from my computer, but y’all have to hear this.” It started playing, and Lynette, one of the 911 dispatchers at the meeting, started oozing down in her chair.
Lynette: “Cottonfield County 911. What is your emergency?”
Caller: “Yeah, Hi. A UFO just landed in my yard.”
Lynette: “A UFO landed in your yard?”
Caller: “Yes ma’am. Landed right there in my front yard, and 3 little green men got out.”
Lynette: “What were they doing?”
Caller: “They were acting kinda hostile.”
Lynette: “Did you shoot at them, or something?”
Caller: “No, but I sicced my dog after them.”
Lynette: “What happened?”
Caller: “The dog bit one of them, and all three started fighting my dog. I had to help my dog out, so I started fighting them, too.”
Lynette: “Are you alright? Did you get hurt? Were there any weapons?”
Caller: “I’m OK, and so is my dog. I used kah-RAH-tay.”
Lynette: “Then what happened?”
Caller: “They all got back in their UFO and took off.”
Lynette: “Do you need the Sheriff or Rescue?”
Caller: “No. I just wanted to tell you a UFO landed in my front yard.”
Lynette: “I’ll let the proper people know.”
Caller: “Thank you.” <hang up>
Lynette got a standing ovation for keeping a straight face and refusing to laugh during the entire call. The dude must have gotten ahold of some reallllllly good weed that night.
But wait, there’s a kicker. After Lynette got home from that shift, she turned on the morning news. One of the stories reported by WVEC in Norfolk was that a UFO was spotted over King’s Mill in Williamsburg, VA, about 20 minutes after the call ended. That’s about 80 miles north of Cottonfield County. [cue Twilight Zone theme music]
I haven’t yet discussed making a flying saucer cake for the next EM meeting with VWife…
Can I use “blue lagoon 2”? Not commercially etc etc, just to add to my “pics of cool places I haven’t been yet.”
Welcome back, Mars, we thought you’d forgotten us.
Happy yesterbirthday, Kalhoun!
I may be selling my car to a friend whose car was stolen. The stolen one was recovered, but badly damaged; mine has a side that looks like I had an argument like a tiger but it’s mechanically sound; the scratches are from the too-narrow garage, as I’m always bad calculating distances but even worse when tired and it’s not a narrow car (it’s short, but not narrow). I’ve been getting the shakes again (too much time with Mom plus the combo of high heat and A/C doesn’t like me), so I think that I really should be behind the wheel of a car as little as possible 
Hugs, boos etc as appropriate, got dishes to do, haven’t caught up…
Where are Muppet and LiLi this week?
Frustrated at work… my job depends on input from another team, and they never seem to think it’s important until after 5 pm. Like yesterday when I sent them stuff in the early afternoon and didn’t get an answer until 5:30. So now I’ve sent them info this morning on stuff that we have to get done today and they’re off to another meeting. Just so damn frustrating sitting and waiting for them. But this is how the job works, it’s not like I can take over their job and just make their decisions and go on without them. So here I sit. And wait. Again.
Could I switch to being a contractor and only show up at work when there’s actual work to do? I don’t think our finances could take that since I’d only do about 20 hous of work a week, but it’d be a lot less frustrating than waiting around all the time.
I was wrong! The other team didn’t run off to a meeting, they’re diligently working on my stuff! Woo! Maybe we won’t be here hours late tonight!
badbackblurf
Am I the only one sitting at my desk bored today?
My mom emailed me today that one of Dad’s cousins called yesterday. They (the cousin and husband) were in the area and were wondering if Mom and Dad were free for a quick visit. They were and had a great time catching up. This amuses me greatly because one of Dad’s brothers does that all the time and it drives Mom bonkers that he does that - doesn’t call ahead of time and then wants to get together for lunch spur of the moment. So it’s ok if it’s a cousin or anyone further removed, but when it’s the brother, it’s not ok. Families are fun.
Howdy Y’all! I’m here! I have not run over any iPhones with my truck. Yet. Actually, the only discussion I had re iPhones today was with a rep who was relaying a tale of an irate customer who could not understand why she is not eligible for discount pricing. Ummmmmm… the account is suspended for nonpayment. Pay the dang bill and you’ll be eligible. Says so right there in her eligibility status which she can see plainly from the website. :rolleyes:
Hee BBBobbio good tale! Lynette gets major points for being able to keep a straight face and maintain a professional manner. Plus, she’s got a good tale! You should definitely go for the UFO cake.
One down and four to go for me. Friday is when the new iPhone is released. Somebody wanna send me a not too terribly debilitating but just enough to make me sick for about eighteen hours bug around ten pm Thursday? I’ll leave my cd drive open just in case. 
Hah, there he is! Two down, three to go … or two to go if you’ve gotten Friday off like me. 
Nanny nanny boo boo!
It has been a bit quiet around the MMP lately. Maybe we need a few more streakers running thru …? Where is Carrot when you need him, eh? 