Slache Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I do power point for a living. :crying: I don't know the secret handshake. :crying: :crying: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Rusty bunny does not like red bell peppers. He sniffed it. He tried a nibble. He flopped down and went to sleep. This is the first thing he's turned down. But he might change his mind after a nap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I do power point for a living. :crying: I don't know the secret handshake. :crying: :crying: If you do all of my power points, I will teach you the secret handshake. When I applied for a professor in practice position some years back, I had to do a long presentation in front of the full faculty involving power point. Dh had to do the power point for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I do power point for a living. :crying: I don't know the secret handshake. :crying: :crying: I'll give you a hint. It involves the hokey pokey. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 This all sounds exhausting (not existing!) I'm so tired. I slept in until 10:30. Now I'm taking a nap. My sinuses and throat hurt. I guess I'm ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Don't want to start a whole other thread, so let me just say I just told some employee of a scam company in India that he should be ashamed of himself for being such a fool, or for being such a jerk because if he doesn't know that he doesn't work for Microsoft, he ought to. He was extremely rude and kept interrupting me. "Viruses are interrupting Windows services, ma'am." "Windows doesn't have services!" "Just tell me a little bit about your computer." "No, and just in case you don't know what you are doing, let me explain. You are scamming poor people out of their money." He's probably heard it before. I know people in India are poor and I do feel sorry for anyone who takes that job but he was rude so I just laid into him. If he had been polite like some previous scammers I would not have read him the riot act. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 So random. Hi Binip. Welcome back. ;) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Random is good. Binip, what was he trying to sell you? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Rusty bunny does not like red bell peppers. He sniffed it. He tried a nibble. He flopped down and went to sleep. This is the first thing he's turned down. But he might change his mind after a nap. Rusty is super cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 They call and try to sell you anti-virus products. They take your credit card information and tell you stuff that will screw up your computer. Evil. I don't necessarily blame the telemarketers. It's a known scam, though. This kid was just a snot. "No ma'am, you don't understand." "I do understand, you're using nonsense language. It doesn't even mean anything." I stayed on the line mainly to get an idea of the scam. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 They call and try to sell you anti-virus products. They take your credit card information and tell you stuff that will screw up your computer. Evil. I don't necessarily blame the telemarketers. It's a known scam, though. This kid was just a snot. "No ma'am, you don't understand." "I do understand, you're using nonsense language. It doesn't even mean anything." I stayed on the line mainly to get an idea of the scam. Ds17 loves those calls. He uses nonsense language back. Eventually they give up and hang up. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Hah! I should try that next time I get a rude one. I just like to waste their time. "Oh, but the Windows services have been timing quite well recently, thank you, and everywhere I go on the Google I am having lots of good interfaces." 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I just realized some of my family is under a tornado watch in TX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Rocky just led us on a glorious chase through the neighborhood. We chased him past four houses before I got a clue and started to run back toward my house and our open car. He thought that it was even more fun to chase me and hopped into the car. Then I had to drive him around the neighborhood so that the lure of the open car door will still work next time. Stupid dog. Fortunately we still have about five minutes before we have to leave for the wedding. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Jean, I got lost on the way to I-90 from picking up my daughter and I was in your neighborhood and I thought... someday, I'm going to have to find Jean in Newcastle and bring her a cake or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Hah! I should try that next time I get a rude one. I just like to waste their time. "Oh, but the Windows services have been timing quite well recently, thank you, and everywhere I go on the Google I am having lots of good interfaces." You could tell them "All your base are belong to us". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Rocky just led us on a glorious chase through the neighborhood. We chased him past four houses before I got a clue and started to run back toward my house and our open car. He thought that it was even more fun to chase me and hopped into the car. Then I had to drive him around the neighborhood so that the lure of the open car door will still work next time. Stupid dog. Fortunately we still have about five minutes before we have to leave for the wedding. I read all the way until "stupid dog" before I realized it was NOT Rusty the rabbit you were chasing! I didn't know why you would let Rusty out in the neighborhood. I also couldn't figure out why he would want to chase you! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Jean, I got lost on the way to I-90 from picking up my daughter and I was in your neighborhood and I thought... someday, I'm going to have to find Jean in Newcastle and bring her a cake or something. When you said that, what I heard in my head was the voice of Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite saying, "I'll probably build her a cake or something". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I read all the way until "stupid dog" before I realized it was NOT Rusty the rabbit you were chasing! I didn't know why you would let Rusty out in the neighborhood. I also couldn't figure out why he would want to chase you! Me too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 true dat. I do amuse myself by tormenting my ds when he's sitting on his duff doing nothing before dinner. I approach obsequiously "Oh sir, dinner is just about to be served on the promenade deck. Shall I make a setting for you, sir? We'd be delighted if you'd grace us with your presence." then he gets all snippy & I'm all "this ends when you get off your *ss while dinner is being made & actually help with stuff. Keep acting like a passenger, & I'll keep treating you like a passenger. Also there's a bill for this cruise...." Several months of this & he's mostly cured... #1 Points for the use of the word obsequiously. #2 Points for the use of sarcasm, in addition to a curse. I fear I have trained my minions poorly. I have also trained poorly. Mine would think they were utterly deserving of such royal treatment and would assume we really would be delighted if they would condescend to join us and would think nothing at all amiss. <sigh> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 She is overweight. But I am SO not going there. We have awesome conversations like, "Do you like my haircut?" My reply, "Yeah, but I like it longer. You should grow it." "Mom says I am fat and ugly and will be single forever!!!" "Yep, that is what I said." Sigh. She wears me out. I have also birthed a reared a prat faller. (Ds12) That is how his middle child syndrome is expressing itself lately. That, and smarminess. When little dd sat on the large container of dog food and knocked it over while I was reading aloud last week, I told her, "I wonder if you could pick that up and stop bothering it." I know that is what I said because ds12 wrote it down with the date, time and my full name. He cut it out from a piece of paper and put it on my pile of books. So now I have it always to remember that moment. I don't remember her looking overweight in the picture you posted. I'm with Hornblower; she was lovely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I don't remember her looking overweight in the picture you posted. I'm with Hornblower; she was lovely! She is beautiful, but she is a bit heavy. It has been a lifelong (thus far) struggle for her. She lost about 50 pounds in mid high school on her own volition by counting calories (no eating disorders or unhealthy behavior involved). She knows what to do to lose weight if she chooses to. She has gained back a lot of the weight she lost. I don't personally mind if she does not lose weight, though in a moment of honesty I will say that her weight gain and her fixation on it pushes my own buttons in this area. But she is an adult, and she gets to make her own choices in this (and most other) areas. I love and support her no matter what, and I will not say a thing about her weight one way or the other. She is almost six feet tall so she can carry weight like short folks (such as Renai) could not. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 You could tell them "All your base are belong to us". If he's in Pakistan all of his base are belong to us, for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 She is almost six feet tall so she can carry weight like short folks (such as Renai) could not. :D You might be surprised. I was trained to take down people much bigger than me. They were guys though. I would not do the same job if they'd been female. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 You might be surprised. I was trained to take down people much bigger than me. They were guys though. I would not do the same job if they'd been female. :DI only said you can't carry as much weight, not that you are not a BA. I know you are a BA. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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texasmama Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Oh good grief. On my phone and look what I did! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Oh good grief. On my phone and look what I did! lol! I thought you were just post padding. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I'll give you a hint. It involves the hokey pokey. But do you have to turn yourself around? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Found this guy in our yard after the rain. Red eared slider. Big one! I think it might be a mama looking to lay eggs. ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/cshelton/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05/15475472-AE02-4C4B-B6D3-C4E059BC94F5_zpsqgluiyt5.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 We are back from camping. We took a 2 hour historical guided tour through 2 miles of Mammoth cave - very interesting 200+ years of history in that place. Weather was good, though it rained all morning while we packed up. I am glad to again have a sink and soap next to the toilet. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 We are back from camping. We took a 2 hour historical guided tour through 2 miles of Mammoth cave - very interesting 200+ years of history in that place. Weather was good, though it rained all morning while we packed up. I am glad to again have a sink and soap next to the toilet. Yes. I love camping, but I love my shower and bed more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Don't want to start a whole other thread, so let me just say I just told some employee of a scam company in India that he should be ashamed of himself for being such a fool, or for being such a jerk because if he doesn't know that he doesn't work for Microsoft, he ought to. He was extremely rude and kept interrupting me. "Viruses are interrupting Windows services, ma'am." "Windows doesn't have services!" "Just tell me a little bit about your computer." "No, and just in case you don't know what you are doing, let me explain. You are scamming poor people out of their money." He's probably heard it before. I know people in India are poor and I do feel sorry for anyone who takes that job but he was rude so I just laid into him. If he had been polite like some previous scammers I would not have read him the riot act. I had a call from him, or someone just like him. I asked his name. "I am John. I am from California." Imagine that in a nice Bombay accent, complete with that little head bobble they do. Maybe next time I will keep "John" on the line longer, so he will have less time to scam little old ladies. I feel sorry for the poor people there, too, but they should not be scamming people. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I am just posting again so that I can make the jump to 2600 posts. Only a few more to go... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 You could tell them "All your base are belong to us". And then you could work in something about "doing the necessary" and you'd get major points. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I am just posting again so that I can make the jump to 2600 posts. Only a few more to go... I feel so used. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Based on Faith Academy Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I like actual books that I can hold in my hand. :D Me too!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I feel so used. You should be used to it by now. :001_tt2: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Not that any of us would use our peeps to pad posts or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Especially not when we're *this close* to starting a new page and we want to be FIRST FIRST FIRST 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 wait...this makes25, 230 posts! Yay me! :party: :party: :party: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 So I'll let someone else be FIRST FIRST FIRST 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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