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Sectoid wrote:
hentzau wrote:But this isn't "grocery store sushi", like the pre-packaged stuff that you get in the clamshell cases. This is a sushi bar inside the grocery store, and they make everything fresh for you right there. So not quite the same. I had some samples and they tasted better and fresher than a lot of regular Japanese restaurants I've been to.
I eat "grocery store sushi" quite often. I also have cancer and live in NJ, so take that with a grain of salt.
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Naughty Penguin wrote:Never use your cell phone as a flashlight...
:pop: I would like to hear more of this story.
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Naughty Penguin wrote:Never use your cell phone as a flashlight...
I use mine that way all the time. Most recently while out disc golfing at "dusk" with redrun.
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I've got an app for that....
wot?

To be fair, adolescent power fantasy tripe is way easier to write than absurd existential horror, and every community has got to start somewhere... right?

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silverjon wrote:I've got an app for that....
I thought thats what we were talking about. Or was he saying the simple glow from having it on? :?
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I really like to go home now, take all of the remaining effort and energy I have left to give for the day to take out the garbage and make tomorrow's lunch, and then retire to playing Torchlight II until it's time to pass out, please.
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Miscellaneous conference room leftovers FTW!!!
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Trent Steel wrote:Miscellaneous conference room leftovers FTW!!!
That always makes my (work) day. I am carrion and I hate that about myself. It makes dieting impossible. I love and hate nothing more than when an open pizza box is left unattended in the kitchen after lunch.
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Saw space junk burning up in the atmosphere the other night.
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First thing that popped into my head after reading that:


Well she was walking all alone
Down the street in the alley
Her name was Sally
I never touched her, she never saw it

When she was hit by space junk
When she was hit by space junk
When she was hit by space junk

"In New York, Miami beach
Heavy metal fell in Cuba
Angola, Saudi Arabia
On Christmas eve", said Norad

A soviet sputnik hit Africa
India, Venezuela, in Texas, Kansas
It's falling fast Peru too
It keeps coming, it keeps coming, it keeps coming

And now I'm mad about space junk
I'm all burned out about space junk
Walk and talk about space junk
It smashed my baby's head, space junk
And now my Sally's dead, space junk
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Reminds me of a song called Skylab that my band wrote back in 1979. I don't remember most of the lyrics; it was a really complicated song about a guy hoping to get hit by Skylab (which you kiddies might not remember was, at that time, the biggest artificial object to ever fall to earth).

Off the top of my head I can only remember the first bar:

I dream in technicolor
I move in black and white
Decked out in sheets of rhythm
I stagger through the night
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Made lasagna for the first time. Kitchen looks like something exploded. Thank god the recipe makes enough to eat off of for days.
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How do you get to be in your 40s and not have learned to cover your mouth when you cough. Especially when it's pretty obvious you are getting some sort of cold? Quite frankly, you should be breathing away from me, much less should you be standing next to me and coughing at me. Just go ahead and get me sick before my long weekend with travel. I'll appreciate it so much. I really need to learn how to talk to people about things I consider odious before I get on the edge of exploding at them.

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Oh and if you're getting sick, stay at home. We have a generous work environment for personal absence for a reason. It's not abusing it to not be here when you are starting to be death. It's being considerate of others. Do your work from home. You almost all have laptops for a reason.
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LordMortis wrote:How do you get to be in your 40s and not have learned to cover your mouth when you cough. Especially when it's pretty obvious you are getting some sort of cold? Quite frankly, you should be breathing away from me, much less should you be standing next to me and coughing at me. Just go ahead and get me sick before my long weekend with travel. I'll appreciate it so much. I really need to learn how to talk to people about things I consider odious before I get on the edge of exploding at them.

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Oh and if you're getting sick, stay at home. We have a generous work environment for personal absence for a reason. It's not abusing it to not be here when you are starting to be death. It's being considerate of others. Do your work from home. You almost all have laptops for a reason.
This is why I buy bulk disinfecting wipes. I wipe down everything my little disease bearing students (which means all of them) touch. I also wash my own hands compulsively during the school year.
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Brian wrote:First thing that popped into my head after reading that:


Well she was walking all alone
Down the street in the alley
Her name was Sally
I never touched her, she never saw it

When she was hit by space junk
When she was hit by space junk
When she was hit by space junk

"In New York, Miami beach
Heavy metal fell in Cuba
Angola, Saudi Arabia
On Christmas eve", said Norad

A soviet sputnik hit Africa
India, Venezuela, in Texas, Kansas
It's falling fast Peru too
It keeps coming, it keeps coming, it keeps coming

And now I'm mad about space junk
I'm all burned out about space junk
Walk and talk about space junk
It smashed my baby's head, space junk
And now my Sally's dead, space junk
Considering that my nick at work is "Spaceman" all this talk about space junk make me uncomfortable. I'm going to H.R. and reporting all of you!
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Got an email this morning from a Charles Schwab agent in Wisconsin.

I don't live in Wisconsin nor do I have an account with Charles Schwab.

Opening the attachment taught me that a man in Wisconsin with the same first name and last initial as I DOES have an account. I know because the attachment is a half-completed IRA application that contains his name, address, DOB, phone number and Social Security Number.

:shock:

I sent a nice email back explaining that I am not Scott Zxxxxx and that he may want to be more careful when giving out his email address. That's assuming it was his mistake and that the lackey at Schwab didn't mis-enter the email address.


I'm also confused about why a 67 year old man would be opening an IRA account. That's some glass half-full thinking right there.
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Brian wrote:First thing that popped into my head after reading that:


Well she was walking all alone
Down the street in the alley
Her name was Sally
I never touched her, she never saw it

When she was hit by space junk
When she was hit by space junk
When she was hit by space junk

"In New York, Miami beach
Heavy metal fell in Cuba
Angola, Saudi Arabia
On Christmas eve", said Norad

A soviet sputnik hit Africa
India, Venezuela, in Texas, Kansas
It's falling fast Peru too
It keeps coming, it keeps coming, it keeps coming

And now I'm mad about space junk
I'm all burned out about space junk
Walk and talk about space junk
It smashed my baby's head, space junk
And now my Sally's dead, space junk
Great. Now I've got Mongoloid stuck in my head, and from past experience it'll take hours for it to totally disappear.
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There's a vendor in the break room trying to repair one of the coffee makers.

Not notable in itself but the guy looks just like Roy Scheider's Joe Gideon from All That Jazz.

Well, if Joe Gideon were about 5 feet tall.
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Turn on some music and see if he dances.
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Also, please tell me you had to look up the name Joe Gideon.
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Exodor wrote:I'm also confused about why a 67 year old man would be opening an IRA account. That's some glass half-full thinking right there.
That is odd. There are mandatory withdrawals that start at 70.5, aren't there?
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Yes. While not a financial services professional, I have coded UI elements in software based on that exact date calculation.
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Exodor wrote:Got an email this morning from a Charles Schwab agent in Wisconsin.

I don't live in Wisconsin nor do I have an account with Charles Schwab.

Opening the attachment taught me that a man in Wisconsin with the same first name and last initial as I DOES have an account. I know because the attachment is a half-completed IRA application that contains his name, address, DOB, phone number and Social Security Number.

:shock:

I sent a nice email back explaining that I am not Scott Zxxxxx and that he may want to be more careful when giving out his email address. That's assuming it was his mistake and that the lackey at Schwab didn't mis-enter the email address.


I'm also confused about why a 67 year old man would be opening an IRA account. That's some glass half-full thinking right there.
I've got a guy who continually has financial documents sent to my email in error with similar details. I have emailed him and his accountants, bankers, etc and he continues to use my email addy. He also shops like mad so I get all of his shopping notifications for the odd things he buys. TMI!
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dbt1949 wrote:Also, please tell me you had to look up the name Joe Gideon.
I remembered the Gideon part but had to look it up to get the first name. :)

For some reason I kept thinking it was Sam and even typed it that way originally but decided to double check before hitting submit.
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I'm doing some maps in Pcmiler to see if there's a bug in the mileage or not...


This is the map in question....

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Vorret wrote:mileage
That suddenly strikes me as odd. That anyone in the metric systems would use the word mileage. I don't know why it strikes me as odd but it does.
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LordMortis wrote:
Vorret wrote:mileage
That suddenly strikes me as odd. That anyone in the metric systems would use the word mileage. I don't know why it strikes me as odd but it does.
We kinda have to since most of our loads deliver in the US, plus we have US drivers. It's easier that way. We also use pounds and not kilos.
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What would the other word be in place of mileage? Kilometerage? I'm actually serious, I want to know.
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Yea but I've never actually heard that word in the transport business, everyone uses mileage.
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Remus West wrote:What would the other word be in place of mileage? Kilometerage? I'm actually serious, I want to know.
kilométrage in France, kilometraje in Spain. The problem appears to stem from the primary english language areas not using the metric system...
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So when is Frito Lay going to make Chili Cheese Bacon Corn Chips? I just wrote them and suggested adding bacon to their Chili Cheese flavor chips. I'd love to have Bacos brand Bacon Bits on them. But I'd settle for bacon flavor or spices. PLZ.

Even a limited release test. Imagine Fritos Chili Cheese with Bacon Corn Chips.
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Remus West wrote:What would the other word be in place of mileage? Kilometerage? I'm actually serious, I want to know.
kilométrage in France, kilometraje in Spain. The problem appears to stem from the primary english language areas not using the metric system...
Uhhhh. Doesn't the UK use the metric system? Shouldn't they be considered THE primary English language area? :P
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Daehawk wrote:So when is Frito Lay going to make Chili Cheese Bacon Corn Chips? I just wrote them and suggested adding bacon to their Chili Cheese flavor chips. I'd love to have Bacos brand Bacon Bits on them. But I'd settle for bacon flavor or spices. PLZ.

Even a limited release test. Imagine Fritos Chili Cheese with Bacon Corn Chips.
If I did that I wouldn't be imagining throwing up in my mouth.
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Daehawk wrote:So when is Frito Lay going to make Chili Cheese Bacon Corn Chips? I just wrote them and suggested adding bacon to their Chili Cheese flavor chips. I'd love to have Bacos brand Bacon Bits on them. But I'd settle for bacon flavor or spices. PLZ.

Even a limited release test. Imagine Fritos Chili Cheese with Bacon Corn Chips.
First, you've helped my pick my afternoon snack. Second, the Chili Cheese Corn Chips flavor is already almost overpowering. It doesn't need more!
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Daehawk wrote:So when is Frito Lay going to make Chili Cheese Bacon Corn Chips? I just wrote them and suggested adding bacon to their Chili Cheese flavor chips. I'd love to have Bacos brand Bacon Bits on them. But I'd settle for bacon flavor or spices. PLZ.

Even a limited release test. Imagine Fritos Chili Cheese with Bacon Corn Chips.
They have make Chili Bacon Cheese (baked potato) Ruffles, I think. I bought them once and they didn't taste like anything special. So not special, I got a bacon sour cream dip to dip them in.

Chili Frito's are yummy though. Especially chili Frito twists. I don't know what it is about Frito Twists that makes them better but they are better. I haven't seem them in a long time. :(

I think Lays have a build your own chip site....

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coopasonic wrote:
Daehawk wrote:So when is Frito Lay going to make Chili Cheese Bacon Corn Chips? I just wrote them and suggested adding bacon to their Chili Cheese flavor chips. I'd love to have Bacos brand Bacon Bits on them. But I'd settle for bacon flavor or spices. PLZ.

Even a limited release test. Imagine Fritos Chili Cheese with Bacon Corn Chips.
First, you've helped my pick my afternoon snack. Second, the Chili Cheese Corn Chips flavor is already almost overpowering. It doesn't need more!
I've only ever been able to finish half a snack bag from the machines.

Personally, I prefer the Sour Cream and Cheddar Ruffles.
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Remus West wrote:
Pyperkub wrote:
Remus West wrote:What would the other word be in place of mileage? Kilometerage? I'm actually serious, I want to know.
kilométrage in France, kilometraje in Spain. The problem appears to stem from the primary english language areas not using the metric system...
Uhhhh. Doesn't the UK use the metric system? Shouldn't they be considered THE primary English language area? :P
So does this mean the UK uses mileage? Now I'm curious.
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Besides the chips I've had Petro on my mind. they left Chattanooga in the 90's. The Petro was deeeeelish. You can make them at home easy but it's not the same.

In a cups from the top it's...

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