Octopus Overlords

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:52 am**

My family always had bacon grease in a jar too. I dont remember if they fridged it or not..i dont think so.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:54 am**

We collect bacon grease in a jar and keep it under the sink. It's not for eating/cooking - I'm just being a homeowner who wants to protect his plumbing.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:21 am**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:01 am I was so calm and centered and felt so great for a few weeks. then i found out my $1200 well pump install is not helping because now the lines are clogged and need a $600 cleaning.

I am now made all day at the world. I cant enjoy my games because I get mad, alt f4 them and yell and punch stuff and storm through the house. Like the old days of the last few years. I miss being calm and happy.

Considering that you're subsisting in reclusive loneliness with no potable water, no teeth due to dental decay, and diminishing wherewithal for adequate sustenance, perhaps PC gaming may not necessarily be the most prudent use of your time and scant resources. Have you thought about discussing your troubles with your doctor? Because there is treatment available to you. If you're suffering from mental distress, seek medical help. Suffering from depression, anxiety, or any other mental health issue, is nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about. Your sanity is paramount for your wellbeing, and if your state of mind and soundness of judgement are compromised, consider how that may exacerbate the struggles you are having and your ability to cope with them.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:34 am**

I have some water...Like I can wash dishes or laundry or take a shower..just have to push the breaker in before then remove after...pump cant get to pressure so wont shut off. I think it ran all night before I caught that..maybe longer. Plumber says its ok to do it the way I mentioned though.....unltil I can get the pipes cleared out. They are not fully blocked but partial.

mental bah....Ive been prescribed brain meds before. I refuse to take them. Thats all Id need is suicidal thoughts for a month of more while the meds build up.

Ill get by as I always do and handle what i can handle myself. My bp has been pretty good sans medicine for over a week now. Gonna post it in getting old or medical copmplaints thread.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:02 am**

Life of a salesman, Scene 1:

FLASHBACK: Skinypupy sits at his desk back in June, communicating with a client who always plans their training events years in advance.

Client: I want to schedule a training on October 1, 2023
Me: We can do that. Are you sure you want 2023 and not 2022?
Client: Yes, I want October 1, 2023.
Me: Got it, I'll get it scheduled

PRESENT DAY: Skinypupy's office, this morning

Client: Hey, can you send me the info for our session on October 1, 2022?
Me: Do you mean 2023? (attaches the e-mail where she confirmed) I don't have anyone available on Oct 1, 2022.
Client: Well, you should have known I meant 2022. I can't believe what terrible customer service you're providing right now!
Me: (sigh) All right, let me see what I can do

(cut to montage of Skinypupy spending 3 hours rearranging multiple people's schedules to make someone available for Client)

Me: OK, I now have someone available on October 1, 2022.
Client: Oh, never mind. I changed my mind, we don't need them any more.

(Skinypupy flips table, walks out, fade to black)

FIN

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:10 am**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:34 am
mental bah....Ive been prescribed brain meds before. I refuse to take them. Thats all Id need is suicidal thoughts for a month of more while the meds build up.

Ill get by as I always do and handle what i can handle myself. My bp has been pretty good sans medicine for over a week now. Gonna post it in getting old or medical copmplaints thread.

I would just avoid posting anything about your medical situation if you're refusing to listen to your doctors. You're just going to get the same advice from everyone: that's not smart.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:11 am**

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:10 am I would just avoid posting anything about your medical situation if you're refusing to listen to your doctors. You're just going to get the same advice from everyone: that's not smart.

"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:27 am**

Client: Well, you should have known I meant 2022. I can't believe what terrible customer service you're providing right now!

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This is one of my disabilities...cause no matter how much i know i should be nice Ill tell the piece of shit to go fuck off ya stupid dumbass. And then Id quit or be fired and onto the next job. I have done it. people wont run over me like that. But id do it even if it was my livelyhood and money.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:33 am**

There are jobs where that is not a problem, Daehawk... I'm not sure you have the other necessary qualifications for mob/cartel boss or Tech CEO though.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:53 am**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:27 am This is one of my disabilities...cause no matter how much i know i should be nice Ill tell the piece of shit to go fuck off ya stupid dumbass. And then Id quit or be fired and onto the next job. I have done it. people wont run over me like that. But id do it even if it was my livelyhood and money.

Have you ever seen Road House? You need to live more like Dalton.

Ask him to walk, be nice. If he won't walk, walk him, but be nice. If you can't walk him, one of the others will help you and you will both be nice. I want you to remember that it's the job, it's nothing personal.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:57 pm**

Being Dalton is cool....with the usual caveat though.

Spoiler:

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:22 pm**

This morning as I am pulling out of my alley (suburban alley, not what you Chicago folks are thinking of), a middle schooler on an electric scooter bike/thingie and my car had a bit of an impact. I know he was a middle schooler because he was on his way to the same school I was driving my lazy kid to. I was shocked and really didn't know what do. He was on his feet by the time I got out of the car. I helped him pick up the things he dropped in the fall (water bottle). He said at least a dozen times that he was ok, not to worry, forget about it. All I could think as to point at my house and say "I live in that house, you parents can come find me if they need anything." We live on the corner and we were standing next to y fence, so it was easy to point out. A bit later, I texted my wife and she said, "Did you get his name?" Huh, yeah exchanging names might have been useful. Oops.

Anyway, follow up items, I really need to talk to my neighbor across the alley about getting rid of the damn shrub he has at the corner of the alley and the road that makes it impossible for both cars (he dives a huge pickup and his wife an SUV so they can see over it mostly) and pedestrians to see anything before it is too late.

My bumper got a bit of a scrape, but I don't really care. It's hard to notice through all the dirt.

Anyway, yeah that happened today. How's your day going?

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:01 pm**

coopasonic wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:22 pm Anyway, yeah that happened today. How's your day going?

My wife always continues to surprise me. Today is the first day of September and although my birthday is on the 28th, about a decade ago I started mentioning about how we should be celebrating the entire month, sort of like Advent all in one calendar month

. For the first few years all I got was some eye-rolling but she started to get into the spirit of things. In the past couple of years I got a little gift on the first of the month, but today she outdid herself. Those who may follow this thread know I am a collector of flamingos, be they statues, stuffed animals and the like, but this is something special:

Spoiler:

As you can see, this is a flamingo, about a foot tall and has a special neck band with the words "Flamingo Hilton". For those who don't know their Las Vegas history, The Flamingo Hotel & Casino was opened in 1946 by no less of a luminary (or desperado) than Bugsy Siegel. It became The Fabulous Flamingo a year later and operated under that name for many years. In 1972 the property was bought by the Hilton Corporation and was renamed the Flamingo Hilton. In 1998 the property was resold and is now known as the Flamingo Las Vegas.

The significance of my new flamingo is that is was manufactured in 1992 and according to our researches, was sold at the Flamingo Hilton gift shop. So not only is it a very nice gift, but a bit of history as well

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:30 pm**

I bet you are waiting on LEGO to introduce some kind of flamingo themes set right?

EDIT: NM

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:43 pm**

Spoiler:

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:59 pm**

I see nothing Is...musta made a link a quote.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:05 pm**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:59 pm I see nothing Is...musta made a link a quote.

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Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:22 pm**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:59 pm I see nothing Is...musta made a link a quote.

You’ve shut off the modern functionality of your browser.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:33 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:43 pm

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Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:43 pm

Theres only a single quote tag at the beginning with no ending one so thats probably it....do you guys see it like that? Ill repost it as it is without my own quotes below and see if you see it..btw I added the .... at the start and end above

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:43 pm

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:43 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:05 pm
Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:59 pm I see nothing Is...musta made a link a quote.
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This for me. If I turn ad blocker off, it shows. When I turn it back on it disappears. I'm OK with not seeing. Ads and tracking have become too intrusive. I'll turn off for news sites that request it, if I want to read news from that site. Aside from that stuff remains the land of <plonk>.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:46 pm**

Yeah, I can't see it either, it only shows up if the link is inside URL tags (and I don't remember why it sometimes does an Amazon product blurb/image and sometimes it's just a link).
https://www.amazon.com/Venicor-Flamingo-Parking-Only-Sign/dp/B097CQNDWJ

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[url=https://www.amazon.com/Venicor-Flamingo-Parking-Only-Sign/dp/B097CQNDWJ]https://www.amazon.com/Venicor-Flamingo-Parking-Only-Sign/dp/B097CQNDWJ[/url]

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:05 pm**

Remember the old days of this forum and all you had to do was post the url link..no tags needed? i wonder why the newer the software the more difficult it is.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:07 pm**

LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:43 pm
Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:05 pm
Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:59 pm I see nothing Is...musta made a link a quote.
AdBlocked

This for me. If I turn ad blocker off, it shows. When I turn it back on it disappears. I'm OK with not seeing. Ads and tracking have become too intrusive. I'll turn off for news sites that request it, if I want to read news from that site. Aside from that stuff remains the land of <plonk>.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:09 pm**

So I bought a can of cherry pie filling at the store a couple weeks back. Theres a round sticker on the lid that says best by July 2022. But they missed covering the printed lid date and it says July 2019.

Anyone think its bad?

I seriously SERIOUSLY dont know how Steve1989 is still alive. Ive wondered how many times he has been food poisoned.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:24 pm**

It's probably fine. If the can isn't bulging, canned stuff can last well beyong the "best by" date. "Best by" is not an expiration date anyway, it's just a manufacturer's estimate of when it might not taste as good.

Obviously, if when you open it, you see mold, or it doesn't smell right, then don't eat it.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:27 pm**

Cherry pie filling is one of those things I seldom buy..like maybe 1990s were the last..so unless its rank I probably cant tell the diff lol.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:13 pm**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:09 pm I seriously SERIOUSLY dont know how Steve1989 is still alive. Ive wondered how many times he has been food poisoned.

Most of us here have the same question about you.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:39 pm**

gilraen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:24 pm Obviously, if when you open it, you see mold, or it doesn't smell right, then don't eat it.

This is absolute nonsense.

If you see mold and/or it smells totally off - - - YOU PUSH FORWARD and EAT IT.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:10 pm**

No, you expose it to radiation and wait for it to gain sentience. After it does, you teach it science, literature, philosophy and ethics. When you’re satisfied it has gone as far as it can, you then ask it to make you a goddamn sandwich. It’s the least that ungrateful punk can do after you spent all that time helping it.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:14 pm**

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:10 pm No, you expose it to radiation and wait for it to gain sentience. After it does, you teach it science, literature, philosophy and ethics. When you’re satisfied it has gone as far as it can, you then ask it to make you a goddamn sandwich. It’s the least that ungrateful punk can do after you spent all that time helping it.

WTF man, that's how we got LordMortis! You want more of that?

I will say I appreciate how he has learned to type in complete sentences!

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:16 pm**

I admit, my first attempt did end in some…unexpected results. But I think this time I can get it right.

Posted: **Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:51 pm**

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:44 am**

coopasonic wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:14 pm I will say I appreciate how he has learned to type in complete sentences!

Meh

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:20 pm**

Paypal is giving out $5 in crypto of your choice if you start a balance account for it I think. I wonder if $5 would grow enough to be worth something lol..the way crypto seems to be on a deathspiral.

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:27 pm**

I HATE what COVID has done to fast food online menus. After hours you cannot get the menu to show stuff unless you go through the "Order and pickup or delivery" crap first. Some you cant get to work no matter what.

Just now i cant get Subways menu to work and its F'n open. Wants me to pick a location and then order online..I t wont work!! F it. If a place has a menu like that I refuse to visit them.

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:23 pm**

My wife successfully defended her doctoral dissertation today, so she's got that going for her.

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:25 pm**

Which is nice.

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:28 pm**

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:46 pm**

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:23 pm My wife successfully defended her doctoral dissertation today, so she's got that going for her.

Congratulations!

I’m guessing this is accompanied with some significant amount of stress-reduction across the family unit as well.

So, Dr. MrsLawGirl then?

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 4:46 pm**

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:23 pm My wife successfully defended her doctoral dissertation today, so she's got that going for her.

Congrats!

Now you just sit back and let the money rollllllll in.

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