What did you learn this past weekend?

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  • madtowndave
    madtowndave Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,013
    The Purple Pig in Chicago has AMAZING food. Possibly the best charcuterie board I've ever had!
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  • supersonicyears
    supersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    catefrances wrote:
    norm wrote:
    i hate when those fence poles just jump out at you like that :P


    rorting(and i use that term loosely) insurance companies is a victimless crime. ;)8-)
    No, food stamp fraud is a victimless crime.

    Lets get it straight.[/quote]

    nah thats not right speedy cause clearly you feel aggrieved when people buy steak and crab claws with food stamps. :P[/quote]
    It's not victimless. The victims are the people that are paying their bills but can't afford to pay their bills and eat so they go without food for a day or two at a time because they get turned down for food stamps while some people on food stamps are buying wedding cakes and I'm not kidding about it, I know someone that witnesses these people using their food stamp debit card to buy wedding cakes every month. :fp: The government needs to start having food stamp recipients bring in their shopping receipts every once in a while so they can monitor this kind of fraud.

    And damn I know what you mean about those fence poles jumping out. I once had a do not enter sign jump out at me. ;)
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • supersonicyears
    supersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    This weekend I learned that I will download anything onto my computer if you tell me Pearl Jam will be aired. My windows popup messages ended up in spanish by the time I was through, and all I really needed to do in the first place was maximize the screen. :roll: :lol:
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    *they are watching more than you think

    *nothing comes with a plug anymore-that's how they get you with 'low prices'..."oh, by the way, you'll need a new plug too" "can't I just use the old one?" "nope, gotta get a new one, if it catches fire, we are liable"

    *special ordering takes so much longer that it used to...a 'few days' is really '2-3 weeks' :fp:
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    those slider things for furniture rock! I slide a huge heavy wooden table that seats 10
    with one hand across the room... ta da!
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,692
    That my dad is not only a climate change denier, but a pollution denier as well.... He seems to think that pollution, even major oil spills, are no big deal - not a problem, the filth goes away soon enough by itself. :fp: :fp: And the thinks that anyone who is concerned about such things are simply falling prey to fear mongering. The Gulf spill caused no damage btw. Everyone got upset for no reason. :fp: He is an educated, smart man, so wtf - maybe he is going senile. :(
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    That my dad is not only a climate change denier, but a pollution denier as well.... He seems to think that pollution, even major oil spills, are no big deal - not a problem, the filth goes away soon enough by itself. :fp: :fp: And the thinks that anyone who is concerned about such things are simply falling prey to fear mongering. The Gulf spill caused no damage btw. Everyone got upset for no reason. :fp: He is an educated, smart man, so wtf - maybe he is going senile. :(

    Sounds like my mom
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    That my dad is not only a climate change denier, but a pollution denier as well.... He seems to think that pollution, even major oil spills, are no big deal - not a problem, the filth goes away soon enough by itself. :fp: :fp: And the thinks that anyone who is concerned about such things are simply falling prey to fear mongering. The Gulf spill caused no damage btw. Everyone got upset for no reason. :fp: He is an educated, smart man, so wtf - maybe he is going senile. :(
    While my dad wouldn't think THAT, he's definitely set in his ways. It takes something monumental to change his mind on anything.
  • STAYSEA
    STAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    I learned that I have a very special relationship with every single floor tile at my job. They appear to all be the same. Each square of tile is special.

    After mopping them for two days for hours (with a burned hand... bandaged) , I hate the mop. My co-workers suck at mopping. This is why I am the chosen one to mop. I worked today and the floor is still cleaner than it has ever been, and I didn't have to mop :D

    I learned that if it takes me 3 hours to mop and I do a really great job, it makes a difference.

    But, they won't ask me to do it as much because it takes me 3 hours. Takes most people only 30 minutes.

    the devils in the details.

    Why do people walk across a newly mopped wet floor and always say "Oh, I'm sorry", they walk across it anyway?

    I just reply, it's going to be dirty and need another mopping tomorrow. :lol:

    I love the people that say , "Oh, am I in your way?"

    I tell them, "please stay! the longer you stay, means I don't need to mop that area."
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  • cubBEE_girl
    cubBEE_girl Waiting for next year... Posts: 3,367
    I have way too many socks.
    I lost a bet...
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    cubBEE_girl wrote:
    I have way too many socks.

    did you name them?
  • cubBEE_girl
    cubBEE_girl Waiting for next year... Posts: 3,367
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    cubBEE_girl wrote:
    I have way too many socks.

    did you name them?

    I started to, but ran out of names. Maybe I should start a thread...help me name my socks. :think: :lol::lol:
    I lost a bet...
  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    One of my cats will simply sleep during a nearly 15 hour drive. The other one will put on a marathon meowing session the entire time. :crazy:
    "Where's KW?"
    "Let's check Idaho."
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    kw18 wrote:
    One of my cats will simply sleep during a nearly 15 hour drive. The other one will put on a marathon meowing session the entire time. :crazy:

    was is a helpless meow or more of an angry 'get me the fuck outta here' meow? Maybe a desperate meow?
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    RKCNDY wrote:
    kw18 wrote:
    One of my cats will simply sleep during a nearly 15 hour drive. The other one will put on a marathon meowing session the entire time. :crazy:

    was is a helpless meow or more of an angry 'get me the fuck outta here' meow? Maybe a desperate meow?

    It was a sad "I want out of here so I can lay on your lap" meow. 15 hours ... heartbreaking. :(
    "Where's KW?"
    "Let's check Idaho."
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    kw18 wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    kw18 wrote:
    One of my cats will simply sleep during a nearly 15 hour drive. The other one will put on a marathon meowing session the entire time. :crazy:

    was is a helpless meow or more of an angry 'get me the fuck outta here' meow? Maybe a desperate meow?

    It was a sad "I want out of here so I can lay on your lap" meow. 15 hours ... heartbreaking. :(

    did you meow back? I tried doing that once...apparently it pisses off one of my cats. :lol:
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    i would have put them in the car.
    81 is now off the air

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  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    That I make a decent lasagna, but then I can get easily distracted when drinking DFH 120 min and talking...which in turn means I forget to put the lasagna back in the fridge.... :( :fp:
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    RKCNDY wrote:
    did you meow back? I tried doing that once...apparently it pisses off one of my cats. :lol:

    :lol: No ... I didn't try that. Maybe I should have? His cage was right next to me, and he would calm down a bit when I petted him briefly.
    81 wrote:
    i would have put them in the car.

    :nono:
    "Where's KW?"
    "Let's check Idaho."
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    kw18 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    i would have put them in the car.

    :nono:

    nothing wrong with that. little more bouncy back there i assume, but it's not like you put them in the bed of a truck.
    81 is now off the air

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