I think I'm going to have to tank a build schedule in a meeting in 10. I'm sorry, if you cannot configure the test system so that I can acceptance test, I'm not letting you configure ops.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Sep 04, 2014 9:51:12 am PDT #5548 of 30000
-t - Sep 04, 2014 9:51:59 am PDT #5549 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know what you mean. ETA: that was to Tep. I do not really know what sarameg means, although it sounds reasonable.
There is a page in the back announcing that Derek Landry will be starting a new series in 2015. So there's that.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2014 10:08:46 am PDT #5550 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I really do need to write Derek Landy and tell him we used dialogue from Dark Days in our wedding vows.
shrift - Sep 04, 2014 10:13:18 am PDT #5551 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
our next-door neighbors get a UPS delivery almost every week day
Sketchy 'business' aside, I'm just marveling that people can get UPS to deliver a package at all, let alone one every weekday.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2014 10:28:07 am PDT #5552 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
UPS is, for some reason, the reliable delivery service in our neck of the woods. USPS is from hell.
Zenkitty - Sep 04, 2014 10:32:40 am PDT #5553 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I get a UPS delivery every couple days. Because I shop online a lot. Now I wonder what my neighbors think. Nah, I don't care what they think.
Not reading Buffistas will be especially hard. But if I open up the computer to do anything, I will soon be all over FB and Tumblr and it will be five hours later when I surface. Cold turkey is the only way.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2014 10:33:56 am PDT #5554 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Now I wonder what my neighbors think.
I am that neighbor. But I'm home all day! I notice things! (There's nothing else TO notice, really, other than delivery vehicles.)
Not reading Buffistas will be especially hard. But if I open up the computer to do anything, I will soon be all over FB and Tumblr and it will be five hours later when I surface. Cold turkey is the only way.
Are you off work next week?
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2014 10:38:02 am PDT #5555 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
When I was a UPS helper, I found out the drivers know their routes and customers, down to who gets packages inside the screen door, or around the back out of sight of the street or whatever. And some people got multiple packages nearly every day. (Note: it WAS in December, in a very expensive neighborhood in Boston, but still.)
Zenkitty - Sep 04, 2014 10:41:08 am PDT #5556 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Are you off work next week?
Yes.
I wish my UPS drivers understood that the fence blocking their way onto my porch is in fact a gate, as can be seen from the prominent latch. Mainly I wish they wouldn't fling packages over it.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2014 10:41:31 am PDT #5557 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We had a new (or -- I hope -- just a substitute) mail carrier today. I know because he left a package balanced on the front porch railing instead of putting it inside the screen door. (1) Dude, it could fall off and the zombie gnome will get it, or (2) this neighborhood is no stranger to packages disappearing from porches; if you put it up on the railing for everyone to see, that's just asking for it to be stolen.