What's your question, -t?
Consuela's job saga belongs in the Catch-22 hall of fame.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Ginger - Mar 27, 2012 5:10:09 pm PDT #28357 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
SuziQ - Mar 27, 2012 5:11:52 pm PDT #28358 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
K-Bug turned 22 today. I am all aboggle.
Lee - Mar 27, 2012 5:16:02 pm PDT #28359 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Happy Birthday Noah and Grace and K-bug!
So tomorrow, I am finally getting my port removed. Assuming I don't die, that will be a good thing!
Consuela - Mar 27, 2012 5:17:39 pm PDT #28360 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So maybe I'm glad I never did pursue a federal job when I was in DC?
Heh. To be fair, things have only gotten utterly ridiculous in the last few years, because of the new rules about veterans' hiring. So far as I can tell.
bon, I had no idea it was so nuts there. Argh.
-t - Mar 27, 2012 5:28:26 pm PDT #28361 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, Ginger. If my fluorescent lighting only intermittently actually turns on when I flip the switch, or takes hours to light up, is that just something tubes do when they are old and need replacing, or do I need to worry about my wiring?
Ginger - Mar 27, 2012 5:33:11 pm PDT #28362 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
-t, it doesn't sound like wiring. Old fluorescents get dimmer and slower to light, but not so much intermittent. It might be the ballast. Do you know how old the fixtures are?
-t - Mar 27, 2012 5:42:12 pm PDT #28363 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't, they're at least 4 years old, probably less than 30 but where in that range I couldn't say. The kitchen was redone in the 80s, I think, but I'm basing that off when the microwave model was available, so it's hardly precise. And who knows if the lights were done at the same time.
It's possible they are not so much intermittently refusing to light entirely as I get impatient and turn them off before they come on. But if it's not likely a wiring issue I'll try replacing the tubes and see if that fixes it.
Kat - Mar 27, 2012 6:09:06 pm PDT #28364 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Suzi, did K-Bug locate her gift after your scavenger hunt? What a great idea! Happy birthday to her!
Burrell - Mar 27, 2012 6:16:40 pm PDT #28365 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
O wow, Dead Can Dance tickets are available. I am tempted, very tempted. But they are expensive, VERY expensive. Sigh.
Liese S. - Mar 27, 2012 6:49:31 pm PDT #28366 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Happy birthday twins!
My brain is so gone I cannot remember what else I was going to respond to. And I already scrolled back and then got distracted once, so you will all have to survive without whatever pivotal thing I was going to say.
In I'm sure it's completely unrelated news, someone gave me a free coffee today. Okay, well, I had a decaf on the way to work, and then I was early so I stopped by Mojo, the little local coffee shop near work, so I had decaf mocha. And then after I got home, I swung by our local coffee shop in our town, and my friends were there so I sat down. And then they were emptying out the brewed coffee urns, so gave me a free cup.
So, although two of those were lessened caffeine, that's still a damn lot of caffeine for me lately, and I am all jittery.