Blurf.
DogBut, you been to Louie’s Back Yard yet?
No sleepin’ in for me today, so good morning! I just finished breakfasting and I’m continuing caffeination. Today is laundry day and more working in the shed day. Tomorrow is septic tank pumpout day - rah!
I left my computer on all night. I didn’t intend to - apparently right after I clicked “Shut Down” and turned off my monitor, a window came up asking if I wanted to force shutdown because something wasn’t responding. *grrrrrrrrr *- I hate when that happens. On the other hand, I didn’t have to wait as long to start posting this morning, so there’s that.
And the shed - yeah - I’m going to start in the right-hand corner and work my way around. The trailer is parked right outside the shed door for easy flingage (is too a word) of crap for the dump. Considering much of what’s in there hasn’t been touched in at least 4 years, we probably don’t need it, and if we don’t need it and it’s in reasonable condition, it’ll be yardsaled on Saturday. That should make sorting easy. In theory. We shall see. At least it’ll be a hot and sweaty job, so there’s that. 
Happy Tuesday, all!
extreme blurfage due to lack of sleep
I forgot to share this little gem (heh - gem) about a commercial I saw this morning before I dragged myself out of bed. It was for a fake diamond ring - 4 carats of perfect clarity, color, and cut that would cost $30,000 if it was a real diamond, offered for the amazing price of $20 plus shipping and handling. They even included a testimonial from a real jeweler who knows about gems and stuff and he said that all real diamonds had flaws, but this diamonoid (or whatever they called it) was perfect!!! And if you call right now, they’ll throw in a band with 4 more diamonoids for a total of 6.03 carats!!! For reals!!!
:rolleyes:
Yeah, because if I suddenly started flashing around similar finger bling, everyone would wonder how I suddenly got so rich - no one would ever guess it was artificial sparklies.
This reminded me of my adventure in a flea market. In Jacksonville, you used to be able to get a table for $10 and it was easier than running a yard sale, so we did it one Saturday. Among the crap I was trying to unload was a fake diamond ring. I had gotten it for free with something I’d ordered, and since I don’t wear jewelry, I had no reason to keep it. But it was a pretty little thing in its own velvet box, so I priced it at $5.
It caught the eye of the whacko woman. She seemed like a perfectly normal human being, but she was in this crappy $10-a-table flea market with a jeweler’s loupe!! She spent easily 5 minutes looking at the ring with her little magnifier, holding it this way and that, murmuring, then offering me $2 for it. For a normal human being, I’d have taken it, but she just pissed me off, so I refused to come off my exorbitant price. 
So she walked away. And in a little while, she came back and repeated the examination routine for my entertainment. And she finally decided to pony up the full $5. The whole exchange was surreal with a side of redneck. I hope she enjoyed her little bauble. I certainly got my full $5 in entertainment value alone! 
And on the chore front - dishwasher just finished running. First load of laundry is in the washer. Cat box and cat water dish are both clean. I’m still in my robe and flip-flops. Life is good in FairyChatEstates!
Me too, even without the close association. Haven’t had time to watch everything I’ve wanted to due to irk, but will catch up on the weekend.
Your Dad is wonderful, Sticky.
Read, but retained little.
On the bus, ready for another irkday. Yay.
Hugs all.
GT
I remember from my NASA days the attempts to test the parachute in one of the wind tunnels. For some reason, they could only deploy it once, and despite having a supersonic wind tunnel, it couldn’t be used because the Earth atmospheric density would have shredded the chute in about 3 seconds.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t my department doing the testing.
So you’ll be drinking?
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I’m soooooo excited by Curiosity landing. My colleague’s hubby lead the team that developed the parachute, so it’s even cooler by close association!
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I enjoyed watching the NASA scientists jumping around all excited after the landing. The radio guys described that activity as “nerd sex.” Heh.
We laid my friend to rest yesterday but it was a beautiful service, well attended and gave us all a necessary measure of closure. It was very hot so now we need some cooling rains to get the grass and flowers at the memorial park growing again. She’d like that.
All my wife’s family is still here so we continue to host a houseful. That does though give everyone an excuse to pull out their favorite receipes and try and outcook each other. We’re now in the semifinals of the kitchen olympics and Mexico holds a slight edge over the US, Italy and France.
ETA: For the record, VunderBob, I’m sure when you jumped around after successful missions it appeared very manly.
It would have been very manly, but I haven’t worked for NASA going on 7 years now, and I was sound asleep when it happened. Defense contractors have real jobs to go to… 
So much for 20% chance of rain - the towels on the line are getting an extra rinse courtesy of Mother Nature. :mad: Which means the jeans in the washer have to go into the dryer. grrrrrrrrrr
Never trust the weather forecaster…
Not yet, we’ve mainly been hitting Duval Street, since it’s easier to stagger to the condo freom there.
Well, I’ll have internet in two weeks. Cable even (only because AT&T seems to be the only DSL in my area. I didn’t want to pay more, but I guess it evens out).
Went to the website and ordered. Then called them to make an appointment to get it installed (I have no idea what that involves. If it’s just plugging it into the wall, I’ll be annoyed). Sat on hold for half an hour to talk to the first person. Got passed to sales. Got passed to the local section, getting more and more worried.
Apparently the idiot who lived here before me also had an account with them and also didn’t disconnect. BUT! Because he wasn’t paying anything they could just turn it off and set mine up. Yay!
So, a happy end to your Pit thread, Shiny?
FCM, regarding the jeweler-loupe lady, wouldn’t it be fun to go back in time, ask to borrow it from her, look at the ring, and suddenly declare you could see a picture of Jesus or Mary or something in there? Or ‘notice’ that it’s a REAL DIAMOND and tell her you can’t possibly sell it now?
{hugs and coffees and cookies to all sad Dopers}
On a FB-type note, I am going to share something I learned this morning that is new to me, though perhaps not to everyone. Don’t know if it’s worth it’s own thread, so here we go!
Quick paragraph, the way IO9 does it, on the first, so far, verified use of the abbreviation ‘OMG’. I am laughing at the idea of that guy, who looks so serious and grumpy, saying that in an Alicia Silverstone voice!
Woohoo! I’m fabulously rich! Well, I will be!
Paypal just sent me a money! That’s right! They’re going to send me a money! :rolleyes:
How big is a money anyway? Can I fit one into a shoebox? I just hope it’s a blue money. It would go nicely on the fireplace mantel with the yellow moneys that eBay sent me last week.
More or less.
all I have to say to that article is :dubious:
After all, wasn’t it Lincoln who said “The trouble with referencing the internet is you cannot verify its veracity”
Cite?
Supposedly OED backs up the claim at various websites, so…dunno. Maybe someone hacked it? 
Whoops, linky - OMG, int. (and n.) and adj. : Oxford English Dictionary
In real-world news, little orange cat went for a ride in mama’s arms around the yard. She of course REALLY wants to get down and explore, but until she and creamsicle cat are up to date on their shots, I’d rather they didn’t play in the dust and dirt that is so prevelant at ALL times here. Plus the storm a week ago really kicked up a bunch of crap; the human allergies are running rampant in the valley. I can only imagine how that might affect the indoor kitties. Also, two baby kitties adopted the neighbors, and I see them running through sometimes, which is cute, but yeah. Shots for our kitties first, THEN exploration. I don’t think they believe me when I tell them “This is harder on me than it is on you” These are my first indoor-only kitties; previously I’ve had indoor-outdoor, so it’s been really hard not to let them roam around.
you’re better off keeping them 100% indoor. too many unpleasant things can happen to kittehs outdoors. Except - you’ve yet to provide photos of their squee-worthiness
Back from erranding, and lunch with my sweetie. Since the icky weather ruined my shed-cleaning plans, I regrouped. Not sure how I’ll pass the afternoon.
We’ve only had indoor kittehs - partly because we signed such agreements with the rescues from which we adopted them, but mostly because indoor-only kittehs are less likely to have fleas and ticks, plus we don’t have to worry about unpleasant encounters with the assorted cats and dogs that wander freely about the neighborhood or the idiot drivers who seem to delight in laying rubber in front of our house.