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xSauronx

Lifer
Jul 14, 2000
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i had to go to another office for work today and intended to get back about 4 and just go home early...but got back in town at 5 :-/
 

Harrod

Golden Member
Apr 3, 2010
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Had a drunk person plow into the telephone pole outside of my neighborhood last night, the crews finally got everything put back together, but now my Cable and Internet are down. I end up calling Comcast and telling them about the accident, and they insist on making go through the spiel to tshoot the modem and cable box. Then they tell me it will be the 11th before they can send someone out and at the end of the conversation the jackass asks me if I want their phone service as well. I felt like saying, "Yes, please port my number over to your switch, so my home phone can be out of service until the 11th also."
 

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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Went to Little Caesar, and got a pizza. Total came to $5.30. I gave the girl two $5s, and got 70¢ back. Told her I gave her $10, and should get another $4. Blank look for a second, and she didn't seem to realize the issue. A wild clue enters, and she calls the manager over to open the drawer. I explain I gave her two $5s, one old, one new(I happened to notice, and it would reinforce my claim if she cared to check), but she says "so you get $5 back?" while pulling out a $5. Me: "No, $4.70, but you already gave me 70¢. Blank look... Me: "I need $4 back". She pulls the singles out, and says "I'm not good at math". Holy shit! If that isn't the understatement of the century, I don't know what is. At that point, if she told me she wasn't good at wiping her ass, I wouldn't have been a bit surprised. If I were less honest, I probably could have gotten a free pizza, and the deed to the store :^D She needs to find a less demanding job. Human paperweight? Can you get paid for that? :^D

Give her $15 an hour and she'll unify the forces for Einstein.
 

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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I clicked on a link to a legit site -- with a legit address I checked afterwards -- but still hit one of those "your computer is infected" POS sites.
 

balloonshark

Diamond Member
Jun 5, 2008
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Had a drunk person plow into the telephone pole outside of my neighborhood last night, the crews finally got everything put back together, but now my Cable and Internet are down. I end up calling Comcast and telling them about the accident, and they insist on making go through the spiel to tshoot the modem and cable box. Then they tell me it will be the 11th before they can send someone out and at the end of the conversation the jackass asks me if I want their phone service as well. I felt like saying, "Yes, please port my number over to your switch, so my home phone can be out of service until the 11th also."
No cable or internet until the 11th D:

Have you tried rebooting your cable modem and router? :awe:
 

woodman1999

Golden Member
Sep 19, 2003
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Had to deal with this shit this morning:

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/06/lie-overturned-tractor-trailer/

Anyone have whiskey for my coffee??

At least you didn't have to deal with that truck accident southbound on the turnpike a couple days ago (yesterday perhaps). I didn't either, but it seemed like a friggin nightmare with the whole road closed from exit 13-12.

As for today, all the Dunkin Donut options for my morning coffee were packed out the door this morning so i had to wait until 9:30 to go back down and try again. Sadly, same result so I had to wait in line for 6 minutes to get my coffee and muffin. Could I have gone elsewhere? Sure, but I'm an addict.
 

CraKaJaX

Lifer
Dec 26, 2004
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At least you didn't have to deal with that truck accident southbound on the turnpike a couple days ago (yesterday perhaps). I didn't either, but it seemed like a friggin nightmare with the whole road closed from exit 13-12.

As for today, all the Dunkin Donut options for my morning coffee were packed out the door this morning so i had to wait until 9:30 to go back down and try again. Sadly, same result so I had to wait in line for 6 minutes to get my coffee and muffin. Could I have gone elsewhere? Sure, but I'm an addict.

Funny you mention that. One of the guys I work with mentioned this.... he was on the southern state and the signs were mentioning the turnpike closed (I think he said 14-18?) saying how much worse it could have been - LOL. That must have been a disaster. I was delayed about 30 mins getting to work. I'm still leaving at 3. ():)
 

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
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Darn hot weather. This week will be close to 100 and next week will be over 100 for the whole week. AC machine will be running hard for sure.
 

highland145

Lifer
Oct 12, 2009
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Haven't had rain for a month. Was going to put down fert tonight but it started raining. Should have planned on putting it down in July.
 

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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Think I just decided to change out the CR2032 battery out of mobo finally. Can't find them for sale individually except at Wal-Mart, but I'm not heading that way.

Hoping it's true mobos store some charge in a capacitor so I won't have to redo all my settings if I swap it quick enough.
 

Hugo Drax

Diamond Member
Nov 20, 2011
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I bought a 1 kilogram Pamp Suisse Lady Fortuna paperweight and my wife saw it and wants one also. Unfortunately all the dealers are out of stock on that.
 

highland145

Lifer
Oct 12, 2009
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We've had a metric butt ton of rain in Virginia.

Dont know whats going on with you.
I've blamed my wife. She refused to do the naked rain dance. She's selfish like that.

I'm guessing but we probably got 2" in an hour. Most of it went down the storm drain and I'll have to water again Monday.



Rude says, "Hi."

Not really but he's an ass.
 

Charmonium

Lifer
May 15, 2015
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I bought a 1 kilogram Pamp Suisse Lady Fortuna paperweight and my wife saw it and wants one also. Unfortunately all the dealers are out of stock on that.
So, about $500 at spot prices?

Isn't 2.2lbs a little heavy for a paper weight.
 

xSauronx

Lifer
Jul 14, 2000
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So, about $500 at spot prices?

Isn't 2.2lbs a little heavy for a paper weight.

well, people dont really use that much paper now. it has to be heavy enough to hold down an ipad.

my kids were with me for the summer, but i sent them back to their mom for the school year, so now i have to clean the kitchen, dishes, and take out the trash again. so dumb. no wonder they hate this shit.
 

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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Think I just decided to change out the CR2032 battery out of mobo finally. Can't find them for sale individually except at Wal-Mart, but I'm not heading that way.



Hoping it's true mobos store some charge in a capacitor so I won't have to redo all my settings if I swap it quick enough.


Do it while the power is on to be sure.
 
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My SSD died a few weeks back and wiped out most of my single-player game saves. I restarted Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (because PIRATES), and I'm having a lot of fun playing through a new game, even though I lost all the fancy stuff I had accumulated before. And then I unlock the "Kenway's Fleet" minigame, and it turns out that's all tied to the Cloud, and I've got my entire fleet of Level 60 Man O' Wars returning from missions; my bank account jumped from 700 to 42,000 in an instant. Now I want to upgrade my ship, but I don't have any resources outside of cash.

CURSE YOU CLOUD. WHY MUST YOU MOCK ME SO?
 

iCyborg

Golden Member
Aug 8, 2008
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Think I just decided to change out the CR2032 battery out of mobo finally. Can't find them for sale individually except at Wal-Mart, but I'm not heading that way.
I bought a pack of 3 for like $2 at Dollarama. I use it for the bathroom scale, so I don't need fancy brands...
 

Sonikku

Lifer
Jun 23, 2005
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The Fuzz stripped me of my appointed Lifer status. It helped with validating my meager existence. :'(