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MongGrel

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Think it's just time to spend a couple grand and rebuild the sewer system from the house to it.

Wife says we have room on several cards, just needs to be done, ad I'm not about to start trenching at my age.

Home ownership I guess, I need to fix the pool pump too, but I can do that myself.
 

CraKaJaX

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The guy on the 'bring the milk for coffee to work' list forgot it this morning. i'm afraid of the 'once you go black you don't go back' phrase.....


oh wait. :hmm:
 

AznAnarchy99

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Dec 6, 2004
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This happened last week. My company gave me a $1000 raise to my annual salary. I really wanted to ask them if it was an April Fool's joke.
 

blankslate

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stay on 4.4.4 and wait to see if anyone has issues or just update to 5.0.1 right nao.

couldn't wait.


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Imp

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I ran out of vitamin D so I had to eat daily vitamins to get my fix of vitamin D:( -- it's small, easy to swallow versus big, my stomach feels like crap unless I wash it down with warm water to help it dissolve quickly.
 

KeithTalent

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Ugh, brought in a nanaimo bar for a post-lunch treat but now someone brought in cupcakes for a birthday celebration. Too many treats.

KT
 

Svnla

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Cold/cough medicine is expensive. Over $10 USD for that little bottle (6 fl. oz.). Oh, and it is getting cloudy and about to rain, AGAIN!!!!
 
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Imp

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Na, I sometimes down 2 1000 IU vitamin D pills at once and do fine because they're relatively small, maybe 0.5cm in diameter each, a few millimeters in height. They're also nice and soft or powder, small enough to swallow without water.

The multi-vitamins kill me on an empty stomach. Those things are rock hard and don't seem to break into a fine powder when crushed. The ones I take are like 2 cm in length, 0.5 cm in height and width, oval -- half a Starburst? And these supposedly only contain 600 IU of vitamin D, IIRC.
 

MongGrel

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$3500 to get the sewer line replaced tomorrow, but screw it I'm getting too old to do it myself.

The guy came in $1500 cheaper than the other guys, and from recommendations and was cool, seemed a lot like me just doing his thing, figured bite the bullet and get it done.

He called his boss after we talked a bit and got it moved from Monday to tomorrow, I told him just go for it.

I was happy with Monday, but he said let me see what I can do and called in.

They are reputable from everyone I had talked to before he came out.

The damned line has been partially clogged up a bit for decades, house was built in 1969 and that clay stuff has at least three roots in it and has just gotten worse over time.
 
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CraKaJaX

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Got delayed in traffic ~20 mins on the way in. I figured there was an accident ahead at some point, but the electronic signs that usually say "accident ahead" just said the same old "delays I-495 to exit 38" or whatever.... however it was worse than normal. I finally get to the incident to find out it's on the other side of the road - looked like a semi flipped and caught fire though everything was put out at the point I went by. Why the fuck must people back up traffic for MILES when the accident isn't even on the same side of the street? I suppose it's a pet peeve of mine... but it's not really a pet peeve when it just pisses me the fuck off. Happy Thursday! :)
 

Sonikku

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Jun 23, 2005
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Picked up the chocolate rabbit out of my Easter basket and was about to bite it's ears off but it looked so cute and adorable and I could swear it's beady eyes were looking right at me. They gazed into my soul with innocence. :'( I put it back.