he also authoritatively stated way back that if I needed to rent a u-haul truck to move, I owned too many things.
Is he a monk who just owns a begging bowl and a blanket?
I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Calli - Jul 01, 2009 11:51:18 am PDT #26893 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Juliebird - Jul 01, 2009 11:54:34 am PDT #26894 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I went and cheered myself up by making a belated "welcome" bouquet for our seasonal gardener.
Bossman makes me fume, but he also looks the other way when I'm late, and I'm surprised he doesn't have a kink in his neck by now. Yes, dumb. Even if he was my dad, it'd still be dumb and outside his realm of beeswax.
Juliebird - Jul 01, 2009 12:02:06 pm PDT #26895 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
re: the owning of "too many things", I don't even know how to begin comprehending where he was coming from with that statement.
Maybe he sees me as parent-dependent highschool kid, and not someone furnishing houses and apartments for the past decade.
He actually told me that I should get rid of my camping gear because I hadn't used it in the past year. Um, hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars of gear (accumulated over the past two decades) that you simply don't purge because of the one year rule and say "I'll just buy new stuff".
He's... he's the biggest bullshitter in Bullshit Town, USA. He has to have an authoritative opinion on everything. And if you counter with information from a respected book or college education, he'll simply shake his head and dis book-knowledge. He's got the life experience, yo.
He makes me so mad, but he also has a very laid back work ethic (comp time exists, even if it's a no-no in the employee handbook) and he keeps the upper ranks out of my face and business. But I also have to research everything he tells me to make sure it's true.
tommyrot - Jul 01, 2009 12:07:14 pm PDT #26896 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
He's... he's the biggest bullshitter in Bullshit Town, USA. He has to have an authoritative opinion on everything. And if you counter with information from a respected book or college education, he'll simply shake his head and dis book-knowledge. He's got the life experience, yo.
I hate people like that.
Um... that's all I have.
tommyrot - Jul 01, 2009 12:08:12 pm PDT #26897 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I mean, what's wrong with admitting that you are not an expert at everything? Or even admitting that you are not an expert at most things?
Gudanov - Jul 01, 2009 12:09:58 pm PDT #26898 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I mean, what's wrong with admitting that you are not an expert at everything?
That's a good point, we can't all be John Hodgman.
-t - Jul 01, 2009 12:10:33 pm PDT #26899 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hodgman. No e.
msbelle - Jul 01, 2009 12:11:10 pm PDT #26900 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
If I haven't killed or maimed someone before the day ends, I will be shocked.
Gudanov - Jul 01, 2009 12:11:15 pm PDT #26901 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Hodgman. No e.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
tommyrot - Jul 01, 2009 12:12:50 pm PDT #26902 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Are you dissing book knowledge, and instead basing your assertion on life experience?