# Things to do today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163 "2007-04-22T07:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/21 "2007-04-22T14:32:06Z")
Ho Hum. Well I’m back from the boozer having enjoyed a very pleasurable sfternoon of boozing and scoffing, I had the roast beef instead of the lamb, fancied it somehow. God I’m absolutely knackered, I think I’ll have that kip I promised myself. **jjimm** : Forget it, get to the pub, have a few pints of Guinness and then try again…on second thoughts, don’t, get a plumber, you know it makes sense ---
**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/22 "2007-04-22T14:34:51Z")
Still early on a grey, dismal, rainy Sunday morning. Will spend the next couple of hours poking around here, then lie down on the sofa and do my best imitation of a couch potato. On the DVD line up today: _One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_, a couple of John Wayne/John Ford classic westerns, and we’ll round it all out with _Casablanca_. Beats the hell outta what I’d be doing\* if it wasn’t a grey, dismal, rainy Sunday morning … Lucy _Yard Work_ ---
**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/23 "2007-04-22T15:22:12Z")
I slept in late, had breakfast, downloaded some more photos to my iPod, cleaned up the kitchen and vacuumed my car. Later on Fearless Husband and I will go to the gym and possibly to the Metroparks to grill some dinner and watch the sunset. I also have some library books I’d like to get into today. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/24 "2007-04-22T15:30:12Z")
Tackling Mount Laundry…any minute now, any minute. Just one more post, I swear! Then we’re off for Earth Day things - trip to the recycling center, getting more CFL’s, planting seeds and trees and such stuff. There’s a big neopagan ritual/celebration happening up in Evanston later we’ll be joining. It’s SO beautiful out today. Sunny and warm and it smells like spring. I can’t wait to get outside! I’m less looking forward to putting sunscreen on a wiggly 2 year old. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/25 "2007-04-22T15:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Ho Hum. Well I’m back from the boozer having enjoyed a very pleasurable sfternoon of boozing and scoffing, I had the roast beef instead of the lamb, fancied it somehow. [/QUOTE] _Lazy day, Sunday afternoon Like to put your feet up watch TV Sunday roast is something good to eat Must be lamb today 'Cause beef was last week_ ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/26 "2007-04-22T15:59:23Z")
Work on my book, wash dishes, and either start a new computer game or continue playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance on the Wii. We need to shave the cat, but my husband is going to visit a friend’s house for most of the evening, and it’s an hour-long, two-person job. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/27 "2007-04-22T16:04:01Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] Work on my book, wash dishes, and either start a new computer game or continue playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance on the Wii. We need to shave the cat, but my husband is going to visit a friend’s house for most of the evening, and it’s an hour-long, two-person job. [/QUOTE] You’re going to shave your pussy? sorry, I just couldn’t resist ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/28 "2007-04-22T16:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] …on second thoughts, don’t, get a plumber, you know it makes sense [/QUOTE] But he can still quaff some Guinness, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/29 "2007-04-22T16:12:12Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Now I’m vacuuming the garden. [/QUOTE] I can’t even imagine what this means… Do you take a vacuum cleaner to the weeds? If so, that’s brilliant! Today’s weather in LA is horrendous; cold and gloomy, with the prospect of rain later on. I’m going to haul in more wood for the fireplace, so that if it rains I’ll still have dry wood for a fire tonight. Then laundry, change a light fixture, clean the car, and maybe do some work. I also need to head to the grocery store to pick up the makings for soup. I can’t believe it’s nearly May, and I’m planning soup and a fire for tonight. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/30 "2007-04-22T16:21:09Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] I can’t even imagine what this means… Do you take a vacuum cleaner to the weeds? If so, that’s brilliant! [/QUOTE] I’ve got a brick patio that was all overgrown with weeds, and under the weeds is gravel - no idea why; something to do with the last owners. So I treated the weeds last week, raked and picked them this week, then swept the gravel up with a yard brush. Unfortunately, I can’t get the last of the gravel up, which is when I hit on the great idea of using the Dyson. It’s worked pretty well so far. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/31 "2007-04-22T16:22:38Z")
Today’s the day for the annual haircut. For the next month I’ll be known locally as ‘Cueball’. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/32 "2007-04-22T16:47:17Z")
Plan had been to replace the lights on mom’s front porch. But since I’m hearing thunder and the beginning of some rain, it looks like I’ll be going with plan B. A book and coffee on the back deck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/33 "2007-04-22T17:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] But he can still quaff some Guinness, yes? [/QUOTE] Oh c’mon, that goes without saying…lots of Guinness 😃 I mean he’d more than likely chop his arm off if he tried DIY after Guinness ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/34 "2007-04-22T19:34:34Z")
Well, we were supposed to go out to breakfast with my mom, aunt and sister, then shop a little, but instead they manged to completely offend me this morning, and they just left instead (because it was somehow MY fault that THEY hurt me in order to make my sister feel better about HER mistakes). So I’m just sitting around, listening to music and not accomplishing much at all. It isn’t all that great, but really, it’s better than spending the day with them pretending everything is OK when I really just feel like I’ve been treated like dirt. Besides, I have spent quite a bit of money lately… this is better for my wallet! I’ll get around to doing some dishes and laundry later, and there is enough left over food from last night to have a good supper tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/35 "2007-04-22T19:40:29Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] I’ve got a brick patio that was all overgrown with weeds, and under the weeds is gravel - no idea why; something to do with the last owners. So I treated the weeds last week, raked and picked them this week, then swept the gravel up with a yard brush. Unfortunately, I can’t get the last of the gravel up, which is when I hit on the great idea of using the Dyson. It’s worked pretty well so far. [/QUOTE] That makes sense. I was trying to figure out if there’s some English custom of vacuuming out the backyard that I didn’t learn about in my childhood. So far, all I’ve accomplished today is a nap. But it was a good nap. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/36 "2007-04-22T19:45:14Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] It’s Sunday, best day of the week IMO. First off it’s a big fuck off English breakfast and 2 cups of coffee. Then go get the papers, nice relaxing read before a long soak in a hot bath followed by a shave. It’s a warm sunny day so… Off to the local park to watch the Amateur football games, of which there are about 6-10 scheduled, there are umpteen pitches so you have a choice of who to cheer for. It’s now about 12:30 and the pub is open 😃 Meet pals in pub, chew the fat, have a few games of 9 card Don for small stakes. After quaffing a few pints, grab pub menu and decide what to scoff, think I’ll have the lamb. Sits back fully gorged, has another couple of pints, calls a cab and returns to Chateau Chowder for a kip before watching Match of the Day 2. I love Sundays, so what are your plans for today? [/QUOTE] God, I hate you. As it happens I got up early and left for work just after 5am. YOU STOLE MY SUNDAY!!! It’s probably going to be a couple of days before I can bring myself to like you again. ---
**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/37 "2007-04-22T19:51:04Z")
It’s finally stopped raining, it’s a beautiful day, and I can’t enjoy it. I managed to drag my ass out of bed long enough to throw in a load of laundry and do the dishes. I also had to check on the progress of Family Feud. All I have left on my to do list is to throw the clean clothes in the dryer and go back to bed. I hate being sick. My luck, I’ll be feeling better tomorrow, just in time to begin a new work week. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/38 "2007-04-22T20:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] Work on my book, wash dishes, and either start a new computer game or continue playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance on the Wii. We need to shave the cat, but my husband is going to visit a friend’s house for most of the evening, and it’s an hour-long, two-person job. [/QUOTE] Making great strides in my to do list: I’ve played The Sims 2, surfed the Internet, and opened my Word document and found where I left off in my editing. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/39 "2007-04-22T20:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] You realize Sunday is a working day in some parts of the world, do you not? I think I hate you! :mad: :mad: :mad: 😉 Remind me to have a good laugh at you expense some lazy Friday, when you’re busting your chops at work and I’m browsing the Dope for fun 😛 [/QUOTE] And this is different to why you browse the Dope during the week, how? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163/40 "2007-04-22T21:42:31Z")
Plan is to take advantage of the nice day and go shoot some photos of the fields of camas in the park. However, by the time I’d recharged the camera battery and downloaded and archived all the photos, it was noon and the sun was too high and bright. It’s still bright out, but I should be able to get better photos now since the flowers are on slopes. So I’m finishing my tea and heading out shortly. I’m delighted it’s nice out - it was supposed to rain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-today/401163.md?page=3)