Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.

Connor ,'Not Fade Away'


Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.  

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.


shrift - Feb 14, 2007 9:44:32 am PST #858 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

But then I tried to dig through the 4 feet of snow-slush-ick between my rear tires and the path the plow cleared.

When I was still in college, we had a massive snowstorm a day before winter break. After the plows were done, I had a pile of hardened ice chunks about the size of my four-door Dodge behind my car, about eight feet high.

I remember standing on top of that snowbank with a shovel, staring down at the roof of my car, thinking, "You have got to be fucking kidding me."


tommyrot - Feb 14, 2007 9:44:36 am PST #859 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Do you absolutely *have* to pay rent on the 1st? I'd try to work the landlord instead if you're on good terms

Yeah, I suppose it's worth asking them.


Zenkitty - Feb 14, 2007 9:45:57 am PST #860 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Timesheets at the end of the pay period, paid the following Friday.

Yep, me too. I think we were doing this even before we started direct deposit, so there was no traumatic switch of pay dates. My rent is due the first but not counted late until after the fifth; if yours is the same, you could inform your landlord, and then mail your check on the fourth (if it'll get there in time). Unless you have fear that the paycheck won't clear, you should be fine.


tommyrot - Feb 14, 2007 9:47:36 am PST #861 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

My rent is due the first but not counted late until after the fifth; if yours is the same, you could inform your landlord, and then mail your check on the fourth

Yeah, they count it late on the fourth or fifth (I forget the exact amount late I can be).


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 14, 2007 9:49:00 am PST #862 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I was all in a good mood today until my lunch break, when:

1) The owner of the comic shop bitched at me in pointless fashion as if I were one of his slacking gamer friends who hang around all day to play halo. Dude, I'm not your buddy, I'm a paying customer. And only that because a friend of mine works behind the counter.

2) The cashier at the supermarket's only express checkout lane snotted at me that it was for valentines only, forcing me to

3) take my cooling roasted chicken and warming yogurt to one of the full cart lines, where I ended up behind the Crazy Cat Lady. Who bought $74 worth of cat food, ONE. CAN. AT. A. TIME.


sarameg - Feb 14, 2007 9:50:48 am PST #863 of 10001

I remember standing on top of that snowbank with a shovel, staring down at the roof of my car, thinking, "You have got to be fucking kidding me."

If that happened to me, I'd just stay put until summer, I swear. The Presidents' Day storm a few years back had me losing my mind. Snow as tall as my car!

Timesheets at the end of the pay period, paid the following Friday.

Let me tell you, it really sucks to start a new job and get no paycheck for three weeks. Everything had to go on the credit card, since I'd been mostly cleaned out by rent and deposits. And I had no bed! Didn't wait for that paycheck to get Devi, though. Priorities, heh.


sumi - Feb 14, 2007 9:51:55 am PST #864 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

We get paid about two weeks after the end of the pay period. For example: this payperiod ends tomorrow - we'll get paid for it on the 28th. And we'll get paid for the next payperiod on March 15th.


tommyrot - Feb 14, 2007 9:52:04 am PST #865 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The cashier at the supermarket's only express checkout lane snotted at me that it was for valentines only

WTF is this bullcrap?


DawnK - Feb 14, 2007 9:52:35 am PST #866 of 10001
giraffe mode

express checkout lane snotted at me that it was for valentines only

You have GOT to be kidding! That's just...just... I have no words for how INSANE that is!


shrift - Feb 14, 2007 9:53:15 am PST #867 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

The cashier at the supermarket's only express checkout lane snotted at me that it was for valentines only, forcing me to

A valentine's ONLY lane?

What? What the -- WHAT? AUGH.