"Yes ma'am, it will also prevent him from ever holding a job with more responsibility than asking, "Would you like fries with that?""A parent sent me an email asking if the "C" her son got on ONE MINOR ASSIGNMENT (he still has an A in the class) is going to affect his chances of going to college.
I teach 8th grade English.
Yes.
It will teach him to stay frosty and not coast, thereby improving his chances at getting into college, and also possibly enough to get him a scholarship of some sort.
--Patrick
Maybe she just wanted to style your pelt?
GasBandit
Staff member
I changed my avatar in late November.
I get real tired of people insisting that I don't know what I'm talking about when they ask when Sarah and I are getting married and I tell them we aren't, never will, that both of us are happy with that and each other.
"Oh she's just saying that, every girl wants to get married."
How dare you triviallize our relationship and make assumptions based on us, and on her, someone they rarely even know. I feel like after close to 5 years of being together and discussing these things together, I might have a better handle on what we are than you.
"Oh she's just saying that, every girl wants to get married."
How dare you triviallize our relationship and make assumptions based on us, and on her, someone they rarely even know. I feel like after close to 5 years of being together and discussing these things together, I might have a better handle on what we are than you.
Oh, you're just saying that, every person who doesn't want to get married wants to get married.
A side-note you're probably aware of--people are at their lowest level of stupid when intruding on someone else's personal life, without fail. It's like their brains command them to yap, and if they don't, they feel a stinging electric shock.
Came home to find that my monitor has given up the ghost... semi-literally, as it were, as the one time I managed to get it to cycle on long enough to illuminate the screen, it seemed to have a ghost image smeared across the top half. I shouldn't be terribly surprised that it's dead, since I got it second hand at least 7 years ago, and it was never the highest quality monitor to begin with; it's just really inconvenient for it to go out right now. Stupid monitor.
The monitor for my desktop is now 15 years old, and it is as clear and crisp as most hi-def models today (we did a side by side one time). It has survived 4 moves across 3 different states, weighs 51 lbs. and still works like it's brand new, long after I've had to replace/upgrade every other piece of the computer that came with it. I don't know what Dell put in that thing, but I'm starting to wonder if it can ever die. 
Probably a Trinitron, then.
I still have my 20in Multiscan monitor.
Sixty-seven pounds, people. That's almost as much as my air conditioner. That thing had better last a long time.
--Patrick
I still have my 20in Multiscan monitor.
Sixty-seven pounds, people. That's almost as much as my air conditioner. That thing had better last a long time.
--Patrick
figmentPez
Staff member
My old IBM G96 is listed at 61 lbs. Good grief was it heavy; 19" CRT, could do 1600x1200, though I usually ran lower. Mine bit the dust a decade ago, but it was a great monitor while it lasted. I bought a carrying harness just to be able to move it around without having to ask for help.
It is!
And it's things like this that are the reason you will never get superpowers in a highly unlikely accident.
Do it for her?
As a person who works in the service industry (albeit in Germany where we have a higher minimum wage),
I really get upset when I read discussions about tips. Some peoples opinions just shows how ignorant they are of the world around them.
I really get upset when I read discussions about tips. Some peoples opinions just shows how ignorant they are of the world around them.
Take them with you. There's nothing they can learn in school that they can't learn plummeting down a mountain.Ski resorts that don't have a hard stop on the end of the season still have 100% of runs open and are still getting fresh powder. Still have no time to make the 3 hour drive and go skiing. If only I lived closer to the mountains so I could just go while my kids were at school.
What a beautiful morning ...
4:30 AM: woke up choking due to continuing illness.
5:40 AM: woke up to hear screeching from across the house. We reunited the rats yesterday. GOOD IDEA. The smaller one riled up the big one, and now the little one is missing patches of skin from one arm and leg, and has a bite-puncture above one arm. I've split their cage down the middle. By the time I was done cleaning wounds, applying anti-bacterial cream, and dividing the living space, it was almost 7:00, so yay, getting a good night's rest to overcome this fucking illness.
4:30 AM: woke up choking due to continuing illness.
5:40 AM: woke up to hear screeching from across the house. We reunited the rats yesterday. GOOD IDEA. The smaller one riled up the big one, and now the little one is missing patches of skin from one arm and leg, and has a bite-puncture above one arm. I've split their cage down the middle. By the time I was done cleaning wounds, applying anti-bacterial cream, and dividing the living space, it was almost 7:00, so yay, getting a good night's rest to overcome this fucking illness.
We have to keep the windows open since the ac is out. There is a dog some place to the east of us that is barking and howling, often at the same time so it sounds like it's dying, ALL NIGHT LONG and most of the day. It's hard enough to sleep when it's 80 degrees in the house with 80% humidity, but throw that noise into the mix and I want to beat the dog and the family who owns it with a blunt instrument.
GasBandit
Staff member
Could be a new dog getting crate trained. When I was in high school, we got a german shepherd pup before we had a crate ready for him, so his first night he slept in my bed. Big mistake. Nights 2-20 were him barking desperately and howling because he couldn't understand why he was locked away from me even though he was in the same room as me. He got used to it eventually but until he did... oigh.