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Well, that's an interesting way to start a page.
Reminded me of the lyrics to "Chicken Bone" performed by The Seatbelts.
My guess is your lost socks stole the ink cartridge.
Sounds like you got lucky. That could have been a mess.
Yeah, it could have been quite bad.
I just saw a headline that said, in big bold letters, that US soccer team ALMOST scored a goal. I just thought that was funny.
If I want to watch a bunch of guys try to score for 90 minutes I'll just hang out at a local bar.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
You sound like a Browns fan.
It's snowing on me. I wasn't expecting that. I was expecting rain.
When you live along the Great Lakes the weather is never what you expected. Even when it is. Or something like that.
It was back in the mid-80s here. A pleasant surprise considering that it was in the 40s last week.
The main contractor who's fixing my home from Ida is from Honduras suggested I should live there if I don't like the cold, then he half jokingly said that I'd probably get killed because I'm white.
I thought it was funny anyways.
I learned Spanish in school from Kindergarten up until 10th grade (or maybe 11th), so I understand it very well but struggle to speak it.
So one of the workers who spoke almost no English was very surprised when I spoke to him in Spanish.
I even bought them Baleadas from New Orleans to thank them for all their hard work.
I told it them that it was the best baleadas in Louisiana, which isn't necessarily a high bar to meet.
But they're really good nonetheless.
Who else remembers when the fast lane was called the Monfort Lane? Traveling the US in the 70's and 80's...I'm dating myself here, lol!
Well, I certainly won't be raising my hand...mostly because I'm using both hands to type, but partly because I have no idea what you are talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by szlamany
Tomorrow could prove interesting.
That last statement was so generally true that I didn't feel I needed to elaborate in that post, but I will here: I get to drive most of the length of Idaho with a winter storm warning in effect. It would only get worse if I were to wait another day, so I'm going.
Pretty much the same here. I grew up in a largely Puertorriqueño y Dominicano neighborhood and lived there until 2008, but I avoid it because now the crime there is off the charts I'd probably get killed because I'm white.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Yes. I distinctly remember that Eagles' song "Life In The Monfort Lane"Quote:
Originally Posted by szlamany
Still wondering about the origin of that word. I might look it up...if I remember....later.
Y'aint wrong
Found the origin of the name:
https://www.tenfourmagazine.com/2015...circus-wagons/
And that just raises a new question: How the heck did szlamany know this? It doesn't seem like it was in common usage, but more of a sub-culture thing.
Driving from CT to St. Charles Missouri, and back, for example. In my bosses Cadillac, 1984 model of some sort, with the required CB radio (to talk to the truckers) and of course an 8-track...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
...listening to exactly that song, well not exactly, lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
"My Maserati does 185! I lost my license, now I don't drive"...that was an 8-track hit for us!
I can't tell you the number of times I've left southern CT on a weekend to be in Toronto for a meeting Monday AM - at least I drove a Trans-Am!
Ah, so you heard about the Monfort Lane from the CB?
I knew about CBs, and occasionally encountered one, but never had one. They were a natural fascination of youth. They were essentially the Twitter of their day: Short messages, often sub-culture lingo.
Mostly, I knew about the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss
Not the movie, though.
That last statement - that was true. If you got on the CB and did not follow protocols you were nearly banned. Even switching channels had a protocol...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
With the CB, you always knew about cops, traffic and girls in cars, lol! And every idiot driver!
Awww, don't worry... you'll find someone.Quote:
I'm dating myself here, lol!
I was going to make a quip like that, as well, but was more curious about the lane.
Meanwhile, my decision to work from home is being reinforced as the rain is turning to snow. Nothing like an icy commute home in the dark.
I was driving home in the dark one time when I saw something glowing red come from the car ahead of me. At first, I thought that perhaps it was a lit cigar, but it did appear too large. As it bounced past me on the interstate, I realized that it was a lump of metal a bit smaller than a baseball, glowing bright orange/yellow.
It had come from the bottom of the car, not out the window. I got off at the next exit. Hope they didn't get hauled off on a tow truck, but when lumps of glowing metal are falling off the bottom of your car, it just isn't your day.
That's still nothing like an icy commute home in the dark, though. Quite the opposite, actually.
As the snow falls clunkily outside the window, I notice that we're currently over 150% of normal for the year, so far. That's a great start. I see more storms should arrive towards the end of the week. We need all we can get.
Some places don't care so much about winter snow, but it's pretty vital to this region.
Vital for the fish, too, not just the people.
One fish, two fish, snow fish, shmoo fish.
There's a shmoo fish?
Ever had a bizarre shipping error?
I had found a set of 4 different Thai pepper-paste condiments in jars for an amazing price from an online retailer running Black Friday sales on food and related items. Asked for gift wrapping to save time. Perfect for a relative really into such things.
Order got delayed, but out of the blue arrived today. Glad I got curious. Box didn't feel right.
Opened it up, and inside were 50 very tightly rolled and individually wrapped pairs of purply-brown size XXXL disposable unisex underwear with bright red crotch pieces.
Now trying to decide whether it is worth trying to straighten this out or just bite the bullet and have gag stocking stuffers for the next umpteen years.
So far the California snow pack if off to a real good start. We really need a good year.
My sister-in-law is in Colorado and she said that the snowfall has been really good this year.
I'm actually visiting her the week before Christmas.
If anyone is in the Colorado Springs area during that time, hit me up and we can meet up.
Not in a creepy dateline way, but in a "two programmers grabbing coffee" kind of way.
Some of those 'bizarre shipping errors' are actually part of a credit card scam. You wouldn't be the target, though. In those scams, you get what you ordered plus something else, so it doesn't quite fit your situation, as you didn't get what you ordered.Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
I forget the details of those scams, but they are about using a stolen credit card for...something or other.
The only thing somewhat bizarre that happened to me in the shipping department, aside from a package that managed to pretty much do a grand tour of the continental US, was a shirt that I ordered for a gal this last spring. She didn't mention it, and I kind of forgot about it until a couple months later when I got a notification that it had shipped. At that point, I asked her whether or not she had received the shirt, and she confirmed that she hadn't. It had simply been delayed for a few months, with no notice. It got there, though, and she loved it, so all was well.
The snow pack last year started out really well up through December...then stopped completely (cold?...or not cold?) for several months. So far, this winter is exceeding expectations. It has to keep going, though.
This is the second consecutive La Nina year. Normally, that means above average precipitation in this area, but a water forecaster (we don't just forecast weather, around here) mentioned that the precipitation of second La Nina years typically goes north of our area, leaving us dry. So far, that hasn't been the case.
I didn't even know that disposable drawers were a thing.
Put in a claim with the retailer on the orders page, but I'm sure getting any response will take a while.
Useless without pictures.Quote:
inside were 50 very tightly rolled and individually wrapped pairs of purply-brown size XXXL disposable unisex underwear with bright red crotch pieces.
Size XXXL? You'll need the fisheye lens for those.
And I'm really not so sure that we want to see them.
Disposable drawers means never needing to do laundry.
The way Boris Johnson managed his cabinet, it must have had disposable drawers.
bazinga!
When I opened the box it looked like a shrink-wrapped brick of tight gauze bandage rolls sort of purply-brown with red flecks here and there. Without the paper sheet underneath I'd have had to break open the brick to have any idea what I was looking at.
I can't imagine these are typical or fashionable even where they were made and packed. Hard to imagine they were made for hospitals or rest homes or ambulances, but that's the feeling I get from them.
For swinging seniors.