I’m okay. The south usually gets hit worse than us near the lake.
Tomorrow I’m to show up at court along with others, to support our friend, whose ex tried to strangle her.
Her son saved her. I’d warned her but she didn’t listen.
Hoping he gets long sentence.
He has quite a long record.
greeit’ns from hells Lobby aka the CA Desert…we’ve broken a record… most triple digits days in a summer of course this is the year aunt listens to yay’hoos on “patriotic” Facebook feeds and starts farmin’ for the forthcoming apocalypse and well crispy shouldn’t be mentioned in gardening …
Well, I drove the car last Tuesday and didn’t drive it again until yesterday… and I didn’t have an occasion to look in back. Until today.
So I walk into Ancillary Fermentation…
Me: "I’ll Have a #5
Bartender: “Out.”
Me: “#3?”
Bartender: “Out.”
Me: “#6?”
Bartender: “Out.”
Me: “#4”
Bartender: “The handle’s off the tap, but let me check. Out.”
Me: < starts humming A Pub With No Beer >
Bartender: “I have Guinness.”
Me: “That’ll work!”
So the reason they were out was the cooler in the bank vault failed, and the owner and insurance company were fighting over it( < waves at shoe > ). Between that, the fact the owner forgot to write the check for the keg of IPA that was delivered, the weather, and him getting called for jury duty for the 3rd time in 6 months, the bartender was having the Monday-est of Tuesdays. So I had a couple of pints and gave him a 40% tip.(He’s a cool dude anyways). I hit Aldi, it was kinda blown out, but I got what I needed.
Oddly enough, when I cleaned under the appliances a couple weeks ago, the area under the stove was much less disgusting than under the washer and dryer.
{{{{Bella, GG, JtC}}}} Glad you found the cause, though.
Nifty quit start, Hippie.
The new hire actually showed up! Round of applause.
I didn’t interact directly with him much but just kinda overhearing, he seemed to absorb what he was taught and asked a couple of good questions. He also very quickly picked up on the basics of reading a ticket and making a pizza - it’s really all the other shit that can get complicated.
Oh, and a homeless guy came by asking if he could buy any forgotten orders off us. I told him we didn’t have any, but when I walked back to the kitchen to let S.M. know what was up (she wanted to know why someone had walked up to the drive-thru) we both looked at the other warmer and at the same moment remembered a pizza from hours earlier.
I said, “How much do you want me to ask him for it?” and she said, “Oh, just give it to him.”
I hustled out to the parking lot and saw him wandering off. When I called to him, he initially turned his head and then kept shuffling away. I was like, “Bro, c’mere, this is your lucky night!” and he kinda straightened up as he came up to me and gave me a big smile when I told him it was simply his to enjoy.
I love getting to do that kind of stuff. I mean, it was gonna go to waste anyway - might as well fill someone’s belly.
Even better, later on right before close, because mundane practical reasons, one of the last orders of the night asked for - and paid for - a small, but got a medium instead.
I LOVE those. I always play it off for a second like, “Um, I need to tell you something about your pizza” in an ominous voice … the look in their eyes when they realize not only is everything OK but that they’re getting extra for free is so worth it every time.
In a lot of cases, I get the distinct sense - just based on their car and other stuff - that the additional free food goes a long way towards feeding other mouths.
So overall, it was a pretty good night for my mental health!
We were slow as HELL towards the end, though - I can’t tell you how many times New Hire was assured that it wasn’t always this boring - and S.M. pointed out that last week was probably busy because it was the 1st of the month (payday for a lot of local machine shops) but that was then & also, now, lotsa people were hitting back to school expenses.
Anyway, Monkey has the zoomies and needs treats tossed around, and I need to fill my belly with something less disappointing than the off-brand non-Spaghetti-Os I’d had stashed in my locker for mealtime emergencies.
All I can say is, I should’ve sprung the, what, 28 extra cents for the name brand. That stuff was vile.
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 14c/58f with a predicted high of 20c/68f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “It’s mild and cloudy with a slight fucking chance of cussing. Dildo shit fuckface von nasal-twat tosspot.” Well, that’s quite a big chance of cussing, right?
I don’t think he understands that instruction…
Awww…poor Bella! I hope they have given her all the good meds and she’ll soon be back to whatever her kind of normal is. You weren’t to know though, if she had the infection when you picked her up from the rescue, you have nothing to base any behavioural changes on, and thinking it was down to a missed or incomplete spay is quite natural. You got her to the vet, and that’s the important thing. Hope GG is happier now she’s back.
It looks beautiful!
Chiropractors are all well and good if they can fix your problem. I’m glad you’ve got an appointment with a proper doc this time, fingers crossed they can sort you out.
Swampy yay for having twuck back!
flyboy You found a case of wine when you bought another one? You’re not drinking it quick enough!
Yes, it’s always a good feeling to do something good for someone else, especially when it’s food that would go to waste otherwise. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy!
Today there is much excitement in the house! We had a message yesterday asking for people interested in being in the crowd scenes in a film. Sounded fun, and it’s being filmed at one of our fab local music venues. Sounds even better. Then we heard it was a rock/horror/zombie film called “Bjorn of the Dead” and it’s being orchestrated by Bruce Dickinson!! Just got to rearrange my weekend plans slightly, can’t let Iron Maiden’s singer down, can we?
However, he did go to bed before 10 last night - he’s usually up till midnight-ish. I think the pain of the bruising has his attention.
Lousy night for me, tho. I slept for a bit over an hour, woke, then fell back to sleep for maybe 3-ish hours, and that was that. I’ve been up since around 0330 or so. Dammit.
I’m going to ride John Deere around the yard today and FCD is (maybe) going to take trash and recycling. It kinda depends on how he feels. We’re waiting for GEICO’s adjuster to evaluate our vehicle, so we can’t move forward till he (maybe she?) does. FCD is suddenly pining for the pricier vehicle and I’m again the bad guy for mentioning the cost and our lack of a trade-in. But until we go to the dealership and talk to Brad (he sold us the last one) we won’t know what we’re dealing with.
It’s a good thing MIL likes grape tomatoes, because FCD doesn’t and I can’t seem to eat them fast enough - what a prolific couple of plants I have!! The cherry 'maters are pathetic, but the grapes are going crazy! And yesterday I harvested two really big beefsteak 'maters - they’ll be part of supper tonight.
Not sure what else will happen today - we may start seeing the outer bands of Little Debbie creeping into the area tonight and thru Firday night. That’s why mowage is planned - the grass is getting stoopit tall and the rain will make it worse. Maybe we need a resident goat.
So, onward! Happy Wednesday!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 76 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 94 and N.O.S. for the day. We shall procure provisions this mornin’. We shall also get fried chikin N.O.L.s from the Pubic Sto’ for today’s main need to feed. I foresee quality cee-mint pond time, nappage, day drinkin’ and assorted other RDOS inactivities for the rest of the day.
Coppertone glad you are OK. I like tstorms but am not a fan at all of tornados. God on you for bein’ there for your friend!
red Sordid Lives is a hoot! I highly recommend.
Sari glad Misiu is feelin’ better.
doggio it’s always a good thing to be nice to the bartender, but you already know this.
shoe SM and you are good people, but y’all already know this. What would off brand SpaghettiOs be called? SpaghettiOvals? SpaghettiXs?
BooFae you’re goin’ to be a star! We can say we knew you when!
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. I shall do my Teeter run today, so I can avoid Debby. Spot is currently sacked out on the couch.
Because then you’d have to
Great Value Spaghetti Rings or Aldi Spaghetti Hoops.
Good morning everyone… late to the party as usual…
For starters: Best wishes to FCM/FCD and Sticky regarding the unplanned amateur body work on your cars. Been there done that and it really sucks. I hope it goes well and glad to hear no serious injuries.
Probably too late, but still hoping the interviews go well, Coppertone. Maybe belated good thoughts can work somehow.
As to personal stuff:
Just got back from 8 days fishing on the beach. I used a drone to carry my bait/line out past the breakers and it worked OK. Note, I didn’t say “great”, just OK. After several disasters involving a crashed drone and managing to drop everything except my drink into the sand, I finally began catching fish. I’m impressed by the drone though, as it flew through some dangling fishing line, got it all wrapped around its propellers, and crashed upside down in the sand. And still works somehow! I got all the sand off my phone, my pad, my drone controller and my dog and still managed to have a good time.
Speaking of dog… Lucy thought it was greatest thing everr. Beach, birds to chase, weird clawed creatures to attack, and nothing to do but hang out with me while I grilled stuff for dinner. Turns out dogs really like grilled salmon and burgers. Who knew? (snort)
We managed to 4WD far enough that we had almost the whole beach to ourselves. I love being by myself out there.
Sparing everyone my rant about modern automobile controls, I’ll just say I finally had enough of my truck scolding me every time I got in and out with the keyfob in my pocket. I took it to an independent shop yesterday and had a “horn-ectomy” performed. Now it can only honk when I want it to – it’s muted otherwise. It took a long time and they seemed to remove half the dashboard (at one point I was wondering if he could actually get all those wires back where they should be), but it works perfectly now. They even installed a switch under the dash which returns it to “normal” just in case.
Today? Just washing and cleaning up some stuff from the trip, ordering a new remote for the TV (another one lost to Lucy’s keep-away game) and catching up on some netflix stuff.
Hope everyone has a good week.
Mowage is done - it was a challenge. The grass was wet and in the back yard, it was really long - as in one pass and I had to stop and clear the chute. But it’s less long, so that’s a win.
FCD went to the boatyard to take the generator manual to the guys working on it. Not sure when he’ll get back.
Jessica should be here within the hour. MIL got up, made toast, and fell asleep in her chair. She’s sleeping close to 20 of every 24 hours.
I need to sit and chill - I felt a twinge in my back when I was pouring gas from the gas can, dammit. I need to take some tylenol. Then chill a while.
The judge verbally bitch slapped the felon. He told him if the victims son wasn’t there, she would’ve been killed by him.
He only gave him 18 months.
My friend though, spoke and said she still loved him.
I can’t love anyone who assaults me.
Women put up with too much.
Shower time.
Good morning all. Have broken fast with a Big Bowl O’Cereal and an apple and have actually done some cleaning around the house (sinks and toilets). In about a half-hour or so I will follow FCM’s example and mow my yard, just waiting for the dew to disappear. Considering it’s already 81F outside that should provide some sweating and swimming will be later this afternoon, so I will still fit into those 40" waists for at least another day. No rain in sight and none in the 10-day forecast so may have to bite the water bill bullet and add so H2O to the yard in the near future.
Coppertone, glad you and others could stand (or in this case, sit) in support of your friend. Hope said friend can build a life away from him in the next 18 months.
Yanker, never been a ‘back to nature’ type when it comes to vacations, but it sure sounds like you had a great time.
FCM, sounds like the Mater’s are keeping you and yours fed.
Boo fae, looking forward to your breakout role as “third extra from the left”… 
shoe, it’s always a good thing when you can make people smile.
doggio, well, glad you could drink something. And good on ya for tipping the bartender, I doubt many customers were as generous as you.
shady, that’s some serious heat. Take care and hydrate.
OK, need to get a couple of other things done and then perform mowage. Have a good hump day all.
Random stories from last night:
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Absolutely last pizza of the night, sold at 12:03 a.m. (we “close” at midnight, but last week I sold one twenty-five minutes after close, so there’s obvs some flexibility built into the system - shh!) I said something like, “We were hoping you’d show up!” and he said, “I hit the highway and did 80 the whole way here.”
Damn, dude.
I was the one who took his order at around quarter till, and I remember saying in that polite/stern voice, “We close AT MIDNIGHT just make sure you’re here by then, please,” and heard, “Yes, ma’am, I am on my way!”
Still amuses me that I can make grown men “MA’AM!” like they’ve been sent to the principal’s office. Bless their hearts. -
Something came out of the ovens that did. not. smell. good
and I told Sweet Manager later: “I kinda thought at this point in my life I was past thinking, ‘OhthankGAWD I’m not pregnant’ but yet, here we are.”
She sniggered. -
I have a lightweight hoodie hanging on the back of the door with all the other assorted crew stuff. Everyone knows it’s mine; it has a black cat face on it and it’s not like I don’t
incessantly talk aboutmention Monkey. Been there since last winter. I run hot, I definitely don’t need it in the middle of summer but it occasionally is handy if I hafta restock the freezer.
Last coupla days, two of my co-workers - who were working the line/window/lobby register - have asked if they can borrow it. I’m always like, “Sure, it’s not like I’m using it, go ahead!” but inside I’m thinking, “It’s August. We’re in a restaurant kitchen. And you’re COLD?”
I might possibly work with psycopaths.
We did that last year and it sucked. Good luck with the gardening. You should probably start with drought resistant shade trees.
Nooooo!!! Thank goodness you were able to find something acceptable.
Thank you for your understanding words. I’m glad the vet could see her so quickly, she’s feeling much better today, but she’s still all worn out from her terrible day yesterday. GG is helping her snooze.
That was my first thought, LOL!
I’m looking forward to your cameo appearance 
Wow, I’ve never heard of that before, but it makes a lot of sense. I’m glad Lucy is doing so well with you. She sounds like a great puppers.
You hold the midnight munchie power and he knew it, LOL!!!
Mowage is complete (3.5 bags of clippings) and second breakfast ingested, so waiting about an hour or so before heading out to the swimmin’ place for the afternoon.Up to 94F now. And the chance of rain went from 2% to 15% after I mowed the lawn…
Shoe, I guess he really wanted that pizza. And did you figure out what stank on the pizza (presume it was a pizza)? And some people just adjust differently. I can remember my time in the Mideast, some evenings in January got down to, say, 65F and all the Emiraties were wearing jackets and hoodies while I was in my shirtsleeves…
Brought the wine into the house.
I missed something.
People put Free Stuff on the corner across from our house. This drives the guy across the street and three doors down absolutely crazy. He’s put a sign on the stop sign post saying ‘This corner is not Value Village or Goodwill or the Dump! Put your stuff in your own yard!’
This is the guy whose wife died a couple of months ago. Maybe being upset at people is how he copes. Yeah, the Free Stuff pile often gets out of hand and is unsightly. But his porch is stacked with junk his wife collected, and there are rusting vehicles in his driveway. He parks his large utility trailer on the neighbour’s property across the street from him.
Of all the European sausage producing nations, Spain makes the best, and Germany makes the wurst.
I took a nap, then made a couple of smoked knckwutst with spicy brown mustard and onions for lunch.
Reptile people, like the ones at work.
It’s not like he drank it all. Besides, I know what it’s like to try to work when everything is FUBAR.
Howdy Y’all! We procured provisions and then et fried chikin N.O.L.s. Then it was quality cee-mint pond time with nappage and day drinkin’ thrown in. Now we are inside in the a/c and all showered. A good day to be a RDOS!