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Mornin’. Thursday. Coffee. Phone’s already going nuts, and it’s not even 9 yet. I think they need to invent Extra Strength caffeine. Or maybe I just need a quatro espresso.

Now Windows has installed the updates from Patch Tuesday and is insisting that I reboot. Why couldn’t it do that when I first turned on the machine this morning? Is it too much to let me know that it’s going to install a bunch of crap and then need to reboot my computer before I’ve loaded my daily apps and logged into my terminal sessions? Christ on a crumpet.

VBob - I’m not religious, but that would be a damn cool church.

“…and now, please rise and join us in a hymn to praise to our Lord, Jesus Christ, through the holy power of Creedence Clearwater Revival.”

And you give those guys hell. It might help to let them know that, as an EMT, you are trained to save lives, but also, as a black belt, you’re equally trained to take them away, and under the appropriate circumstances, there may be times when the twain need to meet. :slight_smile:

Rigs - Some parents didn’t get the “functional, independent adult” memo and seem to fall into one of two remaining parental categories: The “functional, obeisant tool” category, or the “second chance at reliving my life the way I never got a chance to” category. Those parents are idiots and need attitude adjustments, sometimes with blunt objects.

Ali - It’s a shame that your father treats you that way. Do you owe him anything? (Money, favours, whatever) I mean other than for the upbringing that most parents use against you as collateral later on when they need something from you. If not, I’d really consider telling him to get bent. If so … well, I’d work on repayment as quickly as possible. Then I’d tell him to get bent and stuffed. I have no use for parents with a stubborn sense of ownership over their children.

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Cello, I know what it’s like to have an overbearing father that you are also beholden to. :mad: You’d think they would be happy they’ve raised independent adults who can think for themselves, but noooooooooo. Hang in there.

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I keep sort of skimming these posts and get half way through and wonder what the heck you’re doing to your cat’s or dog’s ears, noses, and tails. The last one that mentioned trimming was even more confusing. You’re trimming your cat’s tail?? :eek: I’ve reread the posts more carefully now and I get it… but there have definitely been a couple moments of :dubious:

Oh and good job on the parallel parking! I was pretty good at it a couple years ago when I needed to park on the street regularly, but I’ve gotten out of the habit and it usually takes a couple tries now.

{{{Jah}}} and {{{SCL}}}

Sorry for the problems with dad, CelloDude. Hope he can make peace with it eventually. I really don’t see how living with someone is The End of the World. In the greater scheme, what difference does it make? You’re a well-adjusted adult who (presumably) is becoming a contributing member of society. Isn’t that the important stuff? Bah.

That Country Captain recipe isn’t that different from Rachel Ray’s. I’d give RR’s 30-minute version a try, swampy. I’m sure the meat isn’t as tender because it’s not cooked as long or slow. But putting it on the table in less than 1/2 the time is worth it. And it’s chicken so it’s not like it’s that tough when it’s cooked fast anyway.

Good luck staying patient with Grandma, snowbunny. That’s about how I always felt about my grandma too. But now she’s in a home and doesn’t know what’s going on or even who people are half the time. So try to enjoy the time you have, even if it involves lots of biting your tongue.

Yay on the daughter being on tv, rigs! Very cool.

I should get Stumbling on Happiness from the library again. They had a ton of requests for it when I took it out last time so I had to return it at the end of 3 weeks instead of being able to renew it. So I never got to finish it. Thanks for mentioning it, pugs. I’ll have to try The Happiness Hypothesis too. I hadn’t heard of that before. Thanks for the suggestion, roo.

Manager is in Vegas. Boss and all of management are at an off-site. Teammate is on vacation. Across-the-aisle coworker is out sick. It’s really quiet here today! But that probably means I should get some work done since there’s no one else here to do it!

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Morning, all. {{{hugs}}} to all who need them. Sounds like a whole bunch of Mumpers are going through Stuff. Maybe we should all repeat to ourselves: This, too, shall pass. And then add a rousing chorus of Be Nice, Dammit! Sounds like that would fix a lot of the world’s problems.

I finally got to feeling semi-decent for a while last night, long enough, anyway, to get in the zone and finally plough my way through the rest of that godawful job. I’m rewarding myself with a day away from working today. Goofing off on the computer, yes; working, not hardly.

Mostly, though, I just want to go crawl back into bed. The cool front moved through with a vengeance last night – it was 74° Amurrikan at suppertime last night, and it’s now a lovely 58°. I got up early this morning and threw another blanket on the bed, and then the cat and I snuggled and enjoyed the lovely cool fresh air.

Off to caffeinate some more. Everyone have a good day, okay?

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rigs, is that in the am, or pm?

:: runs to figure out how to program DVR… ::

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Oh, I forgot about this because of it’s mundanity. Whoever was discussing flu shots, I got one too on Tuesday. I was raised to avoid them, but I figured if I have to deal with sick people on the ambulance, I need to reconsider my stubborn nature on this point.

Boring, ain’t i?

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58? That’s been as warm as it’s been getting at home lately! I’m caffeinating and will be hitting the road after a while. Otherwise, I got nothin’.

If I hadn’t had my computer here I’d have lost my mind. Yay for saved sanity!

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Well, you do live in a ski resort, you know, snowbunny. Cold is kind of a prerequisite.

Speaking of snow, I saw on the news yesterday a lovely snow-covered scene from Thief River Falls, which is the “big” town up the road from where Papa Tigs grew up. It certainly helped me understand why he left northern Minnesota and would never, ever, ever contemplate living there again. :smiley:

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I can dig it, tigs - winter weather is the one thing keeping me from considering a retirement in the Metro Boston area (to be near Bro and the neph’s)

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I forgot to notify all of you of The Horror of the Publishing Industry- someone has just written a prequel to Anne of Green Gables, and someone else has just written another sequel to Gone with the Wind. From Rhett’s perspective.

Last year or so someone put out Darcy’s Story (P&P) and the authorized sequel to Peter Pan. Stop, already! For the love of everything good, STOP!

I particularly resent the Anne prequel because I love those books. And there are seven of them. Prequels are unecessary. Besides, her life is completely wretched before she gets to Green Gables. She’s basically a bond-slave to a few different families. I remember that at least one had an alcoholic, abusive father. She didn’t have any friends at all. She was miserable. So there’s no need to write about it, and probably make it all kitten-and-puppies-and-rainbows.

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I’m freezing. I need to warm up, and it’s not helping that with the construction going on the construction workers cut some wire/line/pipe and we have no heat. Grrrr.

This weekend is was in the upper 80’s. Today’s high a whopping 50. At least it’s really fall now. :slight_smile:

Hugs to all those who need them.

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I’m going to get a flu shot this year too. They’re free at work, but we don’t get them until late this month. Not really exciting but everyone else is talking about them so I might as well too.

Truffle-making class last night was good… when I finally got there. I got stuck at work until 5:30 and then wanted to grab food quick before going because the class was 6-9 and I knew I’d be miserable without real food (i.e. not just chocolate) for that long. So by the time I headed for the school where it was being held, I was already late.

Then I had bad directions. I’d looked up the school on google maps, and it was really easy and I knew how to get there. No problem. Except when I pulled in and parked, all the doors were locked and said “Please use main entrance.” Great… that’s helpful. Where’s the main entrance?? I finally walked all the way around the school to the other side and there’s a huge parking lot and a big main door. D’oh. Apparently, if I’d read the school’s website, there were directions telling me to come in this other road. Because the road I drove in on and the one to the main entrance don’t connect AT ALL. You have to drive about a mile out of the way in a BIIIIIG loop to get from the back where I parked to the main entrance. Who comes up with this? This town really is insane. There are a ton of roads like that, where you’re this close --><-- to where you want to be, but all the roads dead end so you have to drive WAAAAAAAAY around to get to the road you’re supposed to be on. Great “planned” city.

Anyway, lots of good candy made and my coworkers are enjoying the fruits of my labors now.

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LiLi, I’m not a fan of prequels either, but Sampiro mentioned one in a Pit thread that I am dying to read once he writes it: Scarlett falls into a time machine and is transported to 2007 Atlanta, where there is a gay bar on the site of Kennedy’s Store…

Got the newsletter for the Booster Club finished and my black ink cartridge ran out while I was printing the last page. So it’s off to Office Depot for ink, back home to print, then back to Office Depot to have the damn thing printed, then home to fold and seal, then to the post office for stamps. I hate doing the newsletter. And I’m smoking my last cigarette until I get to the store - that will get me moving!

MaternalStripedFeline, I’m glad you are feeling better.

Hurrah for daughters on TV!

Ali, I’m hoping your father will still come around. I don’t understand how parents can act like that.

A friend of mine is going through a really hard time - her 16 year old daughter has decided to go off the rails. She took the cell phone and car her parents bought her and “ran away” last weekend. She’s back home now and has been diagnosed with depression, but I don’t think that is the end of the story. I had dinner with my friend and the daughter about two weeks ago, and there was not a cloud in this girl’s sky. Her mom and dad were out of town for a week - and she decides they are horrible parents and she must “cut the rope”. Huh? This kid has a addiction to shopping - I don’t think she would have lasted long without Daddy’s paycheck. I don’t really feel sorry for her - I think she is a little drama queen - but her mother is beating herself up with the “what did I do wrong” deal. Since the drama queen has both an older and a younger sister who are perfectly fine, I don’t think the parents did anything wrong.

Off to the store…

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Some kids just want more attention than they’re getting, apparently. Sounds like your friend’s daughter is being a little pain in the rear. Unless, of course, there really is something medically wrong with her – she could be cyclical, for example. My sister can be very, very up or very, very down, and it can change from one minute to the next. Medication is a godsend.

I was feeling better yesterday, but today apparently it decided to leave again. At least my foot isn’t hurting quite so much, but I still just want to go crawl back in bed. Thus far today, I have done absolutely nothing. Except throw some clothes on and walk out to the mailbox to fetch the mail. And the way my head is feeling, that may end up being the highlight of my day, too. At least it’s still lovely and cool, and the sun has finally come out.

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A prequel to Anne of Green Gables?!?! Why? WHY?!

Stupid record player is not working again. And house is freezing cold. Maybe cinnamon rolls will help.

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I despise GWtW, but dayum, I’d pay money to read that. I’d pay a lot of money if Sampiro wrote it.

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what is this “record player” of which you speak? :dubious: :smiley:

I’d pay to read that GWtW sequel, too. Do you remember the title?

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Evenin’ all. Just a quick drive-by to announce that tomorrow is Eid. Woohoo!!! No more crappy iftar meals, and tomorrow is cash-collection day!

That’s all I got. Off to finish watching Dirty Jobs on Discovery!

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Sorry. I forgot to add:

Eid Mubarak and كل عام و أنتم بخير (kinda like “best wishes for the coming year”).

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SCL, drama queen and bipolar can be nearly indistinguishable, especially to parents, at that age. If she’s actually been diagnosed with depression, that, in addition to the running away and the shopping addiction and the other sisters being fine, I’d be exploring the possibility of a bipolar Dx. It’s important to catch young, before kindling takes place, and/or their life is completely out of control. On the other hand, she could just be a spoiled brat.

Just what the world needs, an *Anne of Green Gables * prequel. :rolleyes: How about people write original works, instead of derivative ones? But Sampiro’s GWTW sequel sounded awesome. I’d totally donate to the cause. Pauses to think. Actually, a Sampiro *Anne of Green Gables * prequel would be great, too. Therefore, all prequels and sequels should be written by Sampiro. There, that takes care of that. :smiley: