Random randomness

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:39 pm

I did not like the 70s. I was in the army and then the air force.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:00 pm

My weird ear allergy is back. I know it's an allergy because it happens at this time every year.

One of my ear canals is swelling up (and thus closing down). The symptoms are a weird sense that my ear is clogged along with actual loss of hearing (which is what makes me think it's outside the eardrum rather in the eustachian tube). It mostly affects my right ear, although there's a slight effect in the left as well.

If I hold my nose and blow, the ear will open up for a second but then close down again. Use of a Q-tip feels a little tender in the affected ear. I don't believe it's ear wax buildup because it does eventually clear up by itself: history tells me that this will go away in a few weeks when we get past whatever is blooming right now.

Anyone else have this?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:28 pm

Why not have a professional cleaning just once?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:00 pm

Sounds like an allergy to some nasty plant life. Move to the desert.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:10 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:00 pm Sounds like an allergy to some nasty plant life. Move to the desert.

Everybody in the desert took their favorite plants with them.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:03 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:10 pm
dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:00 pm Sounds like an allergy to some nasty plant life. Move to the desert.
Everybody in the desert took their favorite plants with them.

Valley Fever

We saw a few instances while we lived in Arizona.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:37 pm

11 Year Old Stabbed at a Dollar Tree After Calling Man 'NPC'

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:39 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:37 pm 11 Year Old Stabbed at a Dollar Tree After Calling Man 'NPC'

Bad scripting.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 1:24 am

Both of them need better raising.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:34 am

A good spanking, and off to bed with them! Without supper!

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:17 am

Stupid ass kid.

Guess he learned about drawing agro

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 12:13 pm

So you're saying that he shouldn't have used Taunt...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 12:28 pm

Not unless you can tank it. Doing it as a DPS without support is asking for trouble.

Hrdina · Post by **Hrdina** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 12:29 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:35 pm

Not bad not bad. Really sweet. Lingers too. Stays around. Sweet. 8/10

I like the zero sugar version of it, although I think I like their cream soda version better.

It's not something I can have a lot of, but it's good once in a while in the same way I might drink a Scotch with extra fruit notes.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 12:50 pm

Yes just every now and then. Definitely not a all the time drink.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Apr 16, 2023 10:58 pm

Opened the dog door this morning. Got up just now to close it. Heard the dog door slamming shut. Yep, my little buddy again. I guess I need to close it before dark.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:42 am

Our VP of Sales has started a new sales initiative focused on "customer intimacy". Ew. Every time they say it, my skin just kinda crawls.

I get the intent (connecting better with our clients, being less transactional, etc.), but they really need a new name.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:44 am

Because apparently "customer connection" offends someone that doesn't like alliteration.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:11 pm

Split the difference with "consensual customer intimacy."

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:33 pm

Or go with the traditional: "Fuck the customer."

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:05 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:42 am Our VP of Sales has started a new sales initiative focused on "customer intimacy". Ew. Every time they say it, my skin just kinda crawls.

I get the intent (connecting better with our clients, being less transactional, etc.), but they really need a new name.

“What's Management up to?" I whispered to Bennett.
"My guess is a new acronym," he whispered. "Departmental Unification Management Business." He wrote down the ltters on his legal pad. "D.U.M.B.”
― Connie Willis, Bellwether

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:27 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:33 pm Or go with the traditional: "Fuck the customer."

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:44 am

Holman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:00 pm My weird ear allergy is back. I know it's an allergy because it happens at this time every year.

One of my ear canals is swelling up (and thus closing down). The symptoms are a weird sense that my ear is clogged along with actual loss of hearing (which is what makes me think it's outside the eardrum rather in the eustachian tube). It mostly affects my right ear, although there's a slight effect in the left as well.

If I hold my nose and blow, the ear will open up for a second but then close down again. Use of a Q-tip feels a little tender in the affected ear. I don't believe it's ear wax buildup because it does eventually clear up by itself: history tells me that this will go away in a few weeks when we get past whatever is blooming right now.

Anyone else have this?

Strangely enough, I know exactly what you mean. I have a history of having my right ear blocked by earwax. Doctor once told me my ear canal is small enough that it doesn't always drain properly. But other times I've had it feel exactly the way you describe, and no earwax as far as I could tell, with symptoms going away on their own. I never realized that it could be related to allergies though.

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:51 pm

I went searching for that book in my shelves yesterday, and realized I have given away or loaned out every copy. No, I am not a library. This particular book I deliberatly had extra copies, so I could loan them out or give them away, but I went a little overboard. Now I have zero copies.

Oh, this is about Bellwether, by Connie Willis.

If you have worked in an office in the past 10 or 15 years, than this book is quite likely to strike your fancy. Its a comedic send up of office life. A scientist type has been hired to find the specific cause and reasoning behind fads, so the company she works for can trigger one and make profit from it. Along the way she suffers from meetings, re-orgs, smoking policies, office admins, and learning that sheep need round pens so they don't get stuck in corners.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:01 pm

Jaymon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:51 pm I went searching for that book in my shelves yesterday, and realized I have given away or loaned out every copy. No, I am not a library. This particular book I deliberatly had extra copies, so I could loan them out or give them away, but I went a little overboard. Now I have zero copies.

Oh, this is about Bellwether, by Connie Willis.

If you have worked in an office in the past 10 or 15 years, than this book is quite likely to strike your fancy. Its a comedic send up of office life. A scientist type has been hired to find the specific cause and reasoning behind fads, so the company she works for can trigger one and make profit from it. Along the way she suffers from meetings, re-orgs, smoking policies, office admins, and learning that sheep need round pens so they don't get stuck in corners.

Having come from an office where the boss thought black pens were evil I am definitely in.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:40 pm

Is there a core fee on lawnmower batteries like there is on car batteries? Do I need to take my old one in so I dont get charged or would I look stupid carrying a lawnmower battery into the store for exchange? Last time we bought one was my dad and me in like the early 80s so I have no recall of it.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:50 pm

I'd need to look into your state laws, but typically you're able to return a battery like that to a point of sale retailer and the manufacturer completely pays for collection and recycling. Sometimes they'll offer a small discount on a replacement purchase. In your state? No idea.

EDIT: Yeah, here you go. Basically, don't throw in trash. Maybe consider contacting manufacturer directly or see if a local retailer is collecting them.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:53 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:40 pm Is there a core fee on lawnmower batteries like there is on car batteries? Do I need to take my old one in so I dont get charged or would I look stupid carrying a lawnmower battery into the store for exchange? Last time we bought one was my dad and me in like the early 80s so I have no recall of it.

Probably.

The simplest way to confirm and find out for certain would be to use yer phone to call and ask a hardware/auto parts store in your locale about the particular model of battery you need to replace.

Fardaza · Post by **Fardaza** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:06 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:40 pm Is there a core fee on lawnmower batteries like there is on car batteries? Do I need to take my old one in so I dont get charged or would I look stupid carrying a lawnmower battery into the store for exchange? Last time we bought one was my dad and me in like the early 80s so I have no recall of it.

I live in Tennessee too. I recently took my dead lawnmower battery to the local county recycling/trash center. They took it with no charge.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:15 am

Fardaza wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:06 am I live in Tennessee too. I recently took my dead lawnmower battery to the local county recycling/trash center. They took it with no charge.

Right, that's why you wanted to get rid of it, but was there a cost?

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:43 am

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 11:27 am

He'll be here all week.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 11:31 am

I mean, that was pretty good.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:19 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:01 pm
Having come from an office where the boss thought black pens were evil I am definitely in.

i want to hear more about this

(also wondered how Microsoft came to recognize blue as it's 'official' ink color)

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:32 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:19 pm
Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:01 pm
Having come from an office where the boss thought black pens were evil I am definitely in.

i want to hear more about this

(also wondered how Microsoft came to recognize blue as it's 'official' ink color)

It actually had its roots in a valid concept, which he took to paranoid, bat-shit crazy extremes. If you sign a contract it is preferable to use blue ink so you know it is an original and not a copy. But he forbade the use of black pens and made us do a purge of all black ink pens in the office. One time we had a subsidiary office that failed and he made a comment to me, "I knew we had a problem when I saw all the black pens."

Maybe Microsoft is on to something, or maybe they just have paranoid leaders.

Fardaza · Post by **Fardaza** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:08 pm

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:15 am
Fardaza wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:06 am I live in Tennessee too. I recently took my dead lawnmower battery to the local county recycling/trash center. They took it with no charge.
Right, that's why you wanted to get rid of it, but was there a cost?

THAT is good!

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:04 pm

I was shocked that he would say that.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:08 pm

A real zinger.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:22 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:08 pm A real zinger.

Kraken wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:04 pm I was shocked that he would say that.

Let's resist the urge to turn this into an 'electricity pun' competition. Given the subject, it could be seen as an abuse of power.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:25 pm

Fardaza wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:08 pm
Smoove_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:15 am
Fardaza wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:06 am I live in Tennessee too. I recently took my dead lawnmower battery to the local county recycling/trash center. They took it with no charge.
Right, that's why you wanted to get rid of it, but was there a cost?
THAT is good!

I mean, who says: "Took it with no charge", unless Smoove paid you maybe $5 to make him look super clever ???

I will give you $10 to admit it.