Minor victory thread

PatrThom · Sep 2, 2015

GasBandit said:
Just got notified our country station got awarded "Radio Station of the Year 2015" by the Texas Country Music Association. So we got that going for us. Which is nice.

Isn't that like when someone gets the "lifetime achievement award" because they need to be recognized but everyone is worried they could die any day now?

--Patrick

GasBandit · Sep 2, 2015

PatrThom said:
Isn't that like when someone gets the "lifetime achievement award" because they need to be recognized but everyone is worried they could die any day now?

--Patrick

No, it's a bit less prestigious than that.

drifter · Sep 2, 2015

Got a ukulele. Slowly trying to learn "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

GasBandit · Sep 4, 2015

The GM bought 4 gallons of Blue Bell ice cream for us. Free ice cream. BLUE BELL ice cream. Some days this job ain't so bad.

Ravenpoe · Sep 4, 2015

GasBandit said:
The GM bought 4 gallons of Blue Bell ice cream for us. Free ice cream. BLUE BELL ice cream. Some days this job ain't so bad.

Oh god... this means monday everyone's gonna be fired.

Null · Sep 4, 2015

Ravenpoe said:
Oh god... this means monday everyone's gonna be fired.

Or he bought it on sale due to it being "recalled" ice cream.

Dei · Sep 4, 2015

"Oh it's back in stores now, I can poison everyone and no one will know MWAHAHA!"

????

GasBandit · Sep 4, 2015

It's Lister-riffic!

Cheesy1 · Sep 4, 2015

PatrThom · Sep 8, 2015

Cary made his first portmanteau yesterday, just one day before starting kindergarten.
I'm sure that's somehow significant.

--Patrick
(EDIT: spelling)

Bubble181 · Sep 9, 2015

He'll be a great carpenter one day.

HCGLNS · Sep 9, 2015

Free lunch.

Squidleybits · Sep 9, 2015

There may be another box of bears on the way.

I must never visit this website again....

WasabiPoptart · Sep 9, 2015

Bubble181 said:
He'll be a great carpenter one day.

"Some upscale catalogues in Europe markets it as a portmanteau" from Wiki

Gruebeard · Sep 9, 2015

Squidleybits said:
There may be another box of bears on the way.

If not bears, maybe a bobcat?

PatrThom · Sep 9, 2015

Weird. I knew about the double word, and learned about the double-sided chest, but never as a coat/hat/boot rack.

--Patrick

WasabiPoptart · Sep 10, 2015

Yeah I looked at it and kept saying "hall tree" to myself because I couldn't figure out how that's a portmanteau.

Simfers · Sep 10, 2015

*Puts on professor hat* Well in French, it's called a portemanteau, which literally translates to "wearer of coat", because that's where you put your coat when you're not using it. *Takes off professor hat*

Me want sleep no want go work...

Squidleybits · Sep 10, 2015

I had wondered actually the other day. My excelerated French training for work was awesome but there are done strange gaps in what I leaned.

Bubble181 · Sep 10, 2015

It's what I think of first and foremost when someone says "porte-manteau". As Simfers said, it's just the French word for coat rack/tree/whatever. It's a coat carrier.

Gruebeard · Sep 10, 2015

Simfers said:
*Takes off professor hat*

But where do you hang it?

Simfers · Sep 10, 2015

The state I was in at the time of writing that, nowhere. It flops inelegantly to the ground.

Now if I was writing that NOW, when I'm more awake, I would nonchalantly throw it and it would hang flawlessly on an invisible hook, to the bemusement of all.

infamousalix · Sep 10, 2015

First day of school today. Had two major panic attacks, got lost a few times, and had no idea what to do at lunch time.
Then afterwards I went home took and cold bath and cried.
But, I survived.

Ravenpoe · Sep 10, 2015

infamousalix said:
First day of school today. Had two major panic attacks, got lost a few times, and had no idea what to do at lunch time.
Then afterwards I went home took and cold bath and cried.
But, I survived.

Sounds about right for the first day of school.

WasabiPoptart · Sep 10, 2015

infamousalix said:
First day of school today. Had two major panic attacks, got lost a few times, and had no idea what to do at lunch time.
Then afterwards I went home took and cold bath and cried.
But, I survived.

Day one - check! Good for you.

infamousalix · Sep 10, 2015

infamousalix said:
First day of school today. Had two major panic attacks, got lost a few times, and had no idea what to do at lunch time.
Then afterwards I went home took and cold bath and cried.
But, I survived.

Less of a victory; there is hotsauce up my nose and it fucking burns

Dei · Sep 10, 2015

Huzzah, my internet is restored, and 3x faster and $90 a month cheaper. I don't know how that makes sense, but I'll take it!

Denbrought · Sep 12, 2015

My wife's girlfriend came over to (amongst other things) have a pin-up photoshoot to submit to a softcore website she's trying to join.

I'm the one that knows how to do lighting correction in Photoshop, so I'm editing her noodz while sipping on wine.

Felt like I should be bragging somewhere about this.

Frank · Sep 13, 2015

I found a new variety of chips today. Kettle brand Pepperoncini flavour. They basically tasted like slightly spicy pickle. They were delicious.

This is a more minor victory than Denbrought's.

CrimsonSoul · Sep 13, 2015

Just changed electric providers from TXU to StarTexPower (thank you powertochoose.org) I used 839 kwh's this month. with TXU I used 745kwh and my bill was like 135. using 839 kwh with my new provider my bill is 63 bucks.

Tress · Sep 13, 2015

I am not all that handy around the house. It's just not a talent I've ever been able to cultivate. So when I do manage to fix something around the house, it feels amazing.

I HAVE FIXED THE DOWNSTAIRS TOILET, AND IT SHALL RUN NO LONGER. I AM ALL THAT IS MAN.

bhamv3 · Sep 13, 2015

Tress said:
I am not all that handy around the house. It's just not a talent I've ever been able to cultivate. So when I do manage to fix something around the house, it feels amazing.

I HAVE FIXED THE DOWNSTAIRS TOILET, AND IT SHALL RUN NO LONGER. I AM ALL THAT IS MAN.

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I know that feeling. The best (worst?) ones are when you fix something without actually knowing how it happened.

"Yes, I repaired the ceiling fan. No, I do not know how I did it. I got a ladder, went up there, and poked it, and now it works again."

DarkAudit · Sep 14, 2015

Then there's the other end of the spectrum. You do everything according to documentation, you lay out exactly what is wrong and how to fix it and what it will cost...

and they send the stuff out to be repaired at two or three times the cost anyway.

Squidleybits · Sep 15, 2015

My baby is here! At exciting American prices!!

Cheesy1 · Sep 15, 2015

Rokinon Snap!