My brother is one of the smartest people I know. He reads a lot, has great taste in music, and is fun to converse with. However he STILL forgets to put the fucking DVDs in the right boxes. WHY THE HELL IS MADDEN 05 IN THE REEFER MADNESS BOX! And now I can't fucking find Reefer Madness. URGH!
DVD... boxes? People actually still keep DVDs in the original packaging? You must have a lot of space in your house.
Yes, but I am also a MASTER of organization. You'd think I'm not because my room is so messy, but its just organized in a way that only I understand.
I always keep the boxes, it helps me keep things organized. Or at least it WOULD if my brother would stop putting the discs in the wrong boxes.
Eh, I can see that. We have a really small apartment (you'd think it wouldn't be so, but it do), so keeping the hundreds of movies and TV shows that we have in their DVD cases would take up way, way too much room, so we just keep them in CD binders and keep the boxes of DVD cases stored in a closet somewhere.
My house has a good amount of room, plenty of places to put stuff.
Update: After confronting the woman who screwed up this morning, she told me it was my fault for not randomly checking in with a woman I normally don't talk to yesterday, even though she was out all day too. Yeah. Basically this woman will not accept that she fucked up and would rather throw me under a bus instead.
I'm just glad no one else saw it that way.
I'm just glad no one else saw it that way.
Yes. I got a call from my boss this morning asking why I was missing at an assignment, to which I replied with "What are you talking about?" When I explained that I had never heard of this assignment before, we determined that a coworker had given it to me without telling me. When I confronted her, she tried to say it was my fault for not checking in with someone else, who wasn't even there to begin with. She just doesn't want to admit she fucked up.
When my boss found out about all this I was no longer in hot water. Unfortunately I don't think this coworker of mine will be punished for her bullshit, though.
When my boss found out about all this I was no longer in hot water. Unfortunately I don't think this coworker of mine will be punished for her bullshit, though.
Somewhere in the world this exact same sentence is being used to describe a porn-star.
I don't normally hand out likes to you... I don't think you need the encouragement. But you earned that one.
It feels good to give out a straight up punch-line, rather than being an unknowing straight man for once.
There's a Charlie Don't Surf and White Knighting joke in there somewhere, but I need coffee before attempting it.
North_Ranger
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An extra like if you can also slap a reference to Jersey Shore in there
I'm not going to bash state troopers and say they're all dicks, but the ones I've met in this particular town certainly are.
Can't you fight it? I'd go to a mechanic and have them document that your headlight switch is broken so you can't shut your lights off.
I'm going to go to court and try to reason with the judge. I could see if I could get a statement from a mechanic, too. It's still a total pain in the ass, though. Finding time off from work at this time of year is near impossible.
I fixed the problem myself, by bypassing the switch and making it so the headlights are on any time the engine is. If I wanted to -pay- for this problem to go away, I could just pay the ticket.
Had the same sort of thing happen to my Contour, also. Seems there was a thing with the plugs not able to handle the amps, so one of the contacts would overheat. In my case, they installed the fused interposer (which was supposed to be installed to prevent fires), but they didn't push it on all the way, so it would arc, which caused the contact to heat up and melt itself anyway.For lack of a contact, heat in the van was lost.
I put in a new fan myself (which was of new design, i.e. no overheat risk) and the problem was solved.
--Patrick
figmentPez
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What is the correct response to being tailgated by a Sheriff's vehicle? I was on the highway tonight, driving home, when one came up behind me and hung less than a car length behind my bumper. I had a car on my right that I was slowly passing, and a car ahead of me that wasn't keeping a consistent speed, and I was in the furthest left lane doing roughly 70 (10mph over the speed limit). The Sheriff wasn't running lights or siren. Eventually I got past the car on my right and I switched lanes, but damn that was nerve-wracking.
You report his car number and/or license? That's about all you can do.
figmentPez
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No, I was too focused on other traffic and couldn't get a look at any numbers on the vehicle.
The person who designed the doors to my parents room did not do a good job on sound-proofing. Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally looking forward to moving out.
My parents are in their late 50's. I still hear them. You have no idea.
Oh I have an idea. And by idea I mean horrifying thoughts that keep me up at night. And my parents are either in their early or late fifties, I forget which. All I know is is that we both here the sounds of horror.
Maybe they intentionally had it done that way in order to get you to move out.
I know your joking, but the doors have been like this since High School. I would have said something, but the whole concept of talking to parents about how loud they are is not the easiest subject to talk about.
North_Ranger
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When I was 12 or 13, I woke up one night feeling thirsty. I walked towards the stairs, and out of habit I peeked into my parents' bedroom. We don't close the doors for the night, and the floor is kinda creaky near the staircase so I wanted to make sure I wasn't waking them up. Mom's a light sleeper, and all that...
The things I saw made me do a 180 and go back to bed, suddenly not thirsty anymore.
The things I saw made me do a 180 and go back to bed, suddenly not thirsty anymore.