death tribble Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Minor cranks. I had an alarm clock which served me well over the years going to work. Come back home an it worked until Monday when it stopped. Change batteries. Nothing. Alarm worked and light worked but no movement of the hands. Someone else went into it and just dead. To lose it after all this time just grates. I brought a lot of glasses home that I had from different events like Great British Beer Festival and a couple of restaurant ones. I lose two. Hard Rock cafe special (you have their house cocktail in it) and one of the GBBF glasses (2010). The first was completely gone whilst the second had a break at the top which rendered it unusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Hot water heater didn't work this morning. No shower. And the gym here at the University is still "scholarship athletes only" supposedly while they expand it to come into compliance with Title IX requirements. I am a radical paranoid cynic and believe that's a BS smokescreen and the gym will be permanently that way until they siphon off enough operating funds from academics to buy the posh facility the athletic honchos really want. gewing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Oh, and the Seattle Mariners, who IMO are the pinnacle of futility in US professional sports (a statement justified below), hired a new general manager, who is probably best characterized as a likable mediocrity. In all of professional sports, only one team has not made it to the playoffs since the Mariners won the AL West in 2001. There's a good chance, should Rex Ryan lead the Buffalo Bills to a playoff berth, every team in the four major American sports will have played a postseason game since the Mariners last did—every single NBA team, NHL team, NFL team and Major League baseball team. All of them. The Sonics have made the playoffs more recently than the Mariners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Ever get the feeling this day was created for the sole purpose of pissing you off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 That was pretty much all of September for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Ever get the feeling this day was created for the sole purpose of pissing you off? I do my best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 There does not seem to be a simple way to search a folder with a bunch of .docx files for the document(s) whose content includes "some specific phrase". That's almost enough to make me start requiring that papers be submitted as plain text only. Hmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Why has my connection been so f***ing slow these last few days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Pages documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Mother had a recurrance of the chest pain and so called the non-emergency number. Paramedics came out and tested her and the tests were negative but she had to go out to the hospital for a blood test anyway which will take a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Best of luck to your mom, tribble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 As usual, I can't download the stuff I need to download for work because the website doesn't recognize my username and password. And some folks won't stop calling after I've told them to stop. They're going to get a really nasty response from me next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Best of luck to your mom, tribble. She got back before Midnight. Panic over. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Glad to hear she's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 She got back before Midnight. Panic over. What happens if she's out past midnight? Gremlin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 What happens if she's out past midnight? Gremlin? [comedy record 'King of the cops' mode] look here Old Man, you drop dead you got a ten gallon hat on a two pint head you can post what you want I'm still King of the forums [/comedy record 'King of the cops' mode] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I'm still King of the forums Ah, but are you President of the NGD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can't even remember the last time we elected one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I'll nominate the Tribble. What could possibly go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Meanwhile, I have been avoiding all discussion of Episode VII for months now because I want to avoid any and all possible spoilers. One of my biggest problems with the prequel trilogy was that the trailers gave all of them away, so I'm trying not to have that happen again. But I think it may be impossible when I can't even go into the Lego aisle of a Target without seeing more Star Wars stuff. Seriously, the movie is getting spoiled by merchandise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Oh and since this is the cranky thread, it's two months to Christmas and the biggest mistake of my life maxed out all her credit cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 A relative is dying, and I had another bout of insomnia last night. Hoping to get at least a few hours of sleep because I'm going out tonight, but my sleeping pill doesn't seem to be working. Looks like my day was ruined before it even started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 My sympathies, Tkduy. I found out recently one of my father's siblings has leukemia and is very likely to die soon. She was already in bad shape. It could be days or weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 If you care about someone, you don't move to a different city without telling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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