This particular friday SUCKS.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - May 06, 2005 10:40:19 am PDT #1931 of 10001
flea - May 06, 2005 10:41:54 am PDT #1932 of 10001
information libertarian
I am holding the hands (metaphorically) of various members of my department while they clean out their files from the distant past. Currently my boss is working on 1992-1993, files she brought with her when she moved to this department in 1993 and literally hasn't looked at since.
Naturally, she is reading every page.
Sue - May 06, 2005 10:45:35 am PDT #1933 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Hit her for me, flea.
Then grab it all and throw it in the shredder.
Katerina Bee - May 06, 2005 10:51:42 am PDT #1934 of 10001
Herding cats for fun
I used to sneak old paperwork out of my boss's office and hide it in the shredder bin down the hall. If I let her check it over, she would spend all day re-reading it before deciding to keep it. I figured I was helping by keeping her focused on papers less than five years old.
§ ita § - May 06, 2005 10:58:22 am PDT #1935 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have got to remember not to talk about dismembered fingers at work, especially during lunch.
sarameg - May 06, 2005 10:58:54 am PDT #1936 of 10001
OK, how I really wanted my dad to email me back?
I think I really didn't. Upsetting. Grrr.
flea - May 06, 2005 11:07:21 am PDT #1937 of 10001
information libertarian
My boss found a box of floppy disks that are about 8 inches square. I have never seen a floppy that big, and my memory of computers goes back to about 1982 (5th grade, we played lemonade stand and programmed a turtle in school with an Apple). We are now pondering a display case of the weirdest/oldest shit found in our file drawers.
DXMachina - May 06, 2005 11:11:35 am PDT #1938 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Ooh! 8" floppies. Those *are* old. Late seventies or so.
Sue - May 06, 2005 11:11:37 am PDT #1939 of 10001
hip deep in pie
We once found a dirty turkey baster, that was used for a science experiment then thrown in a box.
And a bag of Teddy Grahams from 1995...that was in 2001.
sarameg - May 06, 2005 11:13:31 am PDT #1940 of 10001
My parents have a huge stack of boxes of punch cards (they make excellent flash cards, flip books and such so dad hoards them for mom.)