snow. sigh. it's been flurring here for 'most the morn. can't stick cuz twas eighty the other day. i'm sure it's like it everywhere else, but people b!tching about the weather is so f*ckin' lame. i don't mean you lawd stanley, i understand why you don't want to under two feet of snow in the middle of april. i mean i would or at least i imagine i would as i've threatened to retire in wisconsin's north woods numerous times. i at least want a f*cking winter cabin i can resort to. it's the day to day bitching i talk about. they're all, oh my goddd. there's too much weather out there. to which someone will reply, well, that's sissanatuh for ya

Snow...to think that we in El Paso complain about a little dust that COMES from Arizona. It's not even OUR dirt. Keep it in Arizona...and why in tar nation (two words) can Arizona lose so much dirt with it's Haboobs every year and not be two feet deeper. Where's it coming from, how is it being replenished. No, think about it. If you did a hole with a shovel you have to place the dirt somewhere else and every year the wind does just that, and the hole should be getting deeper. Right?

But, it'll be 87 today and sunny. Ugh, I hate sunny. J/K. Don't come here L.S. we have enough Liberals already. Stay in Liberal Chicago, they need all of you. LOL

My sincerest apologies. I called you a Liberal. I would be insulted I'm sure you were. Peace brother.

New grievances to release!

Deer. They eat everything. EVERYTHING! Good news is that we have so much forest out by us that the house greenery generally recovers but this winter the deer decimated my fall planters. Bastards.

Bear with me on this one - old weather records. You ever notice old weather records are always super extreme? Like on this date in 1895 it was -40, when all the recent normal weather falls within a regular range of 30-50? I don't believe old weather records anymore, I don't think they A) measured correctly, or B) exaggerated the records for whatever reason.

I'm looking at you old man in a cabin in 1850 who measure 15 inches of rain on one day and then it was 90 degrees followed by snow at midnight before a tornado landed and caused a solar eclipse. BS.

(04-25-2018 07:10 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  New grievances to release!

Deer. They eat everything. EVERYTHING! Good news is that we have so much forest out by us that the house greenery generally recovers but this winter the deer decimated my fall planters. Bastards.

Bear with me on this one - old weather records. You ever notice old weather records are always super extreme? Like on this date in 1895 it was -40, when all the recent normal weather falls within a regular range of 30-50? I don't believe old weather records anymore, I don't think they A) measured correctly, or B) exaggerated the records for whatever reason.

I'm looking at you old man in a cabin in 1850 who measure 15 inches of rain on one day and then it was 90 degrees followed by snow at midnight before a tornado landed and caused a solar eclipse. BS.

Nice!

A buddy of mine refers to deer hunting as "killing crop damage". They're a pest and a nuisance and should be treated accordingly.

You're dead on about the weather. Country Bob's thermometer he bought at the general store back in 18 ought 9 said it was -40 so that MUST mean it was -40.

What bugs me about that is when they break a record and CLAIM it's the warmest/coldest/wettest/driest in HISTORY!

No, it isn't HISTORY, it's in the last 150 years, BIG difference.

Surveys.

Seems like everyone solicits you to complete a survey after you make a purchase or make an inquiry on any utility you have, go to the grocery store, purchase a vehicle, eat at a restaurant, go to the hospital/see a physicians, etc. Who has time to fill out all these damn surveys.

The other side of the coin, their are drastic consequences to the employee if you don't give the company a "totally satisfied" score. Often the reason for your complaint has nothing to do with the guy wearing a name badge, its a decision that is made at corporate or by his manager. Give poor Dave only a three out of five and it could cost him a merit increase or even worse lead to termination.

Its a freaking joke.

I'm certainly onboard with survey overload.

Here at my work we refer to survey overload as "Valvoline." As in you get a survey from Valvoline asking about your "oil change experience" when all I wanted them to do was change my oil.

Did you change my oil? Then success!

(04-25-2018 07:10 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  New grievances to release!

Deer. They eat everything. EVERYTHING! Good news is that we have so much forest out by us that the house greenery generally recovers but this winter the deer decimated my fall planters. Bastards.

But they are so tasty!


Look into using a deer repellent like milorganite or this:

https://www.plotsaver.com/

We've used Plotsaver before on some of our smaller food plots to keep deer from wiping them out before they get established and it's worked pretty well.

AM sports radio grinds my gears. Gawd it is awful.

And some brightlight at ESPN in CT thought it would be good business to put the nationally syndicated Garlic and Window show on morning drive time in Minneapolis because of course we all want to hear about New York teams and Notre Dame all day every day non-stop.

Then, the jamokes in local radio turned their station's morning sports show into a stupid Morning Zoo Hurf Durf sports radio show, at which point I am left with old people WCCO radio, two political shows, and NPR.

I H8T local AM radio overall.

This is what my old mailbox kind of looked like. The important part is the name plate sticking up. Mine did not have my last name, but the address numbers.



Last summer I put in a new mailbox.



Since installing the new one, the local bird population likes to poop all over it. The old one was perfect to land on!

(04-26-2018 04:12 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  This is what my old mailbox kind of looked like. The important part is the name plate sticking up. Mine did not have my last name, but the address numbers.



Last summer I put in a new mailbox.



Since installing the new one, the local bird population likes to poop all over it. The old one was perfect to land on!

Maybe they don't like the Aggies either. Paint it orange and blue and the problem will end. Believe me.

(04-26-2018 05:26 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  

(04-26-2018 04:12 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  This is what my old mailbox kind of looked like. The important part is the name plate sticking up. Mine did not have my last name, but the address numbers.



Last summer I put in a new mailbox.



Since installing the new one, the local bird population likes to poop all over it. The old one was perfect to land on!

Maybe they don't like the Aggies either. Paint it orange and blue and the problem will end. Believe me.

Funny. I'm a Denver Broncos fan, so I cant paint it orange and blue. But I think I will paint it Cherry Red and Silver, UNM colors.

Where's your Aggie loyalty?

(04-26-2018 05:50 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Where's your Aggie loyalty?

Hanging out front

(04-26-2018 03:47 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  AM sports radio grinds my gears. Gawd it is awful.

And some brightlight at ESPN in CT thought it would be good business to put the nationally syndicated Garlic and Window show on morning drive time in Minneapolis because of course we all want to hear about New York teams and Notre Dame all day every day non-stop.

Then, the jamokes in local radio turned their station's morning sports show into a stupid Morning Zoo Hurf Durf sports radio show, at which point I am left with old people WCCO radio, two political shows, and NPR.

I H8T local AM radio overall.

I used to be a "bell to bell" WSCR guy. They had a really good balance of the reality v fandom arguments that made for interesting radio.

Then it all changed.

They seemed to go in two different directions. One was the "intellectual" who thumbed their nose at "meathead" fans and looked down on them not knowing that they were alienating more than half their audience and most of their callers. The other path was the "if you don't like...... or if you disagree with..... you're RACIST". Nothing like berating people who (like myself) can't stand the NBA by insinuating we're 'racist". I haven't listened in several years now.

Gave WMVP a try. You're right on about the ESPN morning show. Guess they don't call it the East Coast Programming Network for no reason. The guy after is pretty good, but they it turns into goober radio.

How "management" decided to kill a good thing is beyond me.

i used to romanticize and wax nostalgic airports. now they are a necessary evil. got back last night around midnight after leaving for the airport three am tangier time. you do the math. five hour layover in lisbon before philly should have been ample time to make our connecting flight to the nati. a "security breach" delayed us an hour. i was initially concerned i was the cause of the breach. something to do with hash in the rif mountains.

customs really drags down your spirits. it's humanity at it's most pathetic. everyone is pissed off. i'm certainly guilty of it. but what can you expect? you know it's gonna suck and there is nothing you can do about it. makes sense the workers hate you just as much as you hate them. i'm thinking about cutting them some slack even if i think it's lame they chose a career with the tsa. of all the airport jobs that has got to be the worst. at least you can show empathy to the guy cleaning up that dump of yours that couldn't go down completely. what choice he's got?

traveling with a mother in law went about as expected. the shittalking behind her back diverted the wife and i's attention from getting pissed off at each other. that was an unexpected plus. we were bound to fight since we brought our toddler along. a good chuckle can go a long ways

we missed our flight to cincinnati by four minutes. had to connect in charlotte. had to run to make that flight

i told wife it's going to be domestic for the next few years. no further than colorado or newfoundland

(04-29-2018 01:52 PM)Lush Wrote:  i used to romanticize and wax nostalgic airports. now they are a necessary evil. got back last night around midnight after leaving for the airport three am tangier time. you do the math. five hour layover in lisbon before philly should have been ample time to make our connecting flight to the nati. a "security breach" delayed us an hour. i was initially concerned i was the cause of the breach. something to do with hash in the rif mountains.

customs really drags down your spirits. it's humanity at it's most pathetic. everyone is pissed off. i'm certainly guilty of it. but what can you expect? you know it's gonna suck and there is nothing you can do about it. makes sense the workers hate you just as much as you hate them. i'm thinking about cutting them some slack even if i think it's lame they chose a career with the tsa. of all the airport jobs that has got to be the worst. at least you can show empathy to the guy cleaning up that dump of yours that couldn't go down completely. what choice he's got?

traveling with a mother in law went about as expected. the shittalking behind her back diverted the wife and i's attention from getting pissed off at each other. that was an unexpected plus. we were bound to fight since we brought our toddler along. a good chuckle can go a long ways

we missed our flight to cincinnati by four minutes. had to connect in charlotte. had to run to make that flight

i told wife it's going to be domestic for the next few years. no further than colorado or newfoundland

I have to show this to my wife. She was adamant about taking a flight to Phoenix and then renting a car there. I told her driving would probably take us less time than waiting at airports and all that ensues and then again waiting for a car after filling out forms. I finally was able to so we drove the 6 hour trip. She still insisted on stopping halfway because she was afraid I'd fall asleep and she can't help with the driving as we were heading to the Mayo Clinic. Bummer, but at least we didn't have to do all the waiting that I mentioned.

prior to taking on a toddler, if time was a factor i'd only consider flying for trips longer than an eight hour drive. you can get to your destination with plenty of time left in the day and you don't have to leave super early. it's no one's fault but your own if arrive late

i love the pick up and go aspect of a road trip. the road is very close to my heart. the road let's you know you're doing work.


i imagine the drive from el paso to phoenix is lovely

(04-29-2018 06:25 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  

(04-29-2018 01:52 PM)Lush Wrote:  i used to romanticize and wax nostalgic airports. now they are a necessary evil. got back last night around midnight after leaving for the airport three am tangier time. you do the math. five hour layover in lisbon before philly should have been ample time to make our connecting flight to the nati. a "security breach" delayed us an hour. i was initially concerned i was the cause of the breach. something to do with hash in the rif mountains.

customs really drags down your spirits. it's humanity at it's most pathetic. everyone is pissed off. i'm certainly guilty of it. but what can you expect? you know it's gonna suck and there is nothing you can do about it. makes sense the workers hate you just as much as you hate them. i'm thinking about cutting them some slack even if i think it's lame they chose a career with the tsa. of all the airport jobs that has got to be the worst. at least you can show empathy to the guy cleaning up that dump of yours that couldn't go down completely. what choice he's got?

traveling with a mother in law went about as expected. the shittalking behind her back diverted the wife and i's attention from getting pissed off at each other. that was an unexpected plus. we were bound to fight since we brought our toddler along. a good chuckle can go a long ways

we missed our flight to cincinnati by four minutes. had to connect in charlotte. had to run to make that flight

i told wife it's going to be domestic for the next few years. no further than colorado or newfoundland

I have to show this to my wife. She was adamant about taking a flight to Phoenix and then renting a car there. I told her driving would probably take us less time than waiting at airports and all that ensues and then again waiting for a car after filling out forms. I finally was able to so we drove the 6 hour trip. She still insisted on stopping halfway because she was afraid I'd fall asleep and she can't help with the driving as we were heading to the Mayo Clinic. Bummer, but at least we didn't have to do all the waiting that I mentioned.

Definitely worth driving anywhere that's an 8 hour road trip (time permitting of course).

Lush, I don't know if your post was sarcasm but I know the drive isn't like driving through the Shenandoah Valley but it's not anything close to the drive from Savannah to Charleston SC. I didn't get anything from seeing forest on both sides of the highway. Driving through Texas Canyon in Arizona is always a sight. I never get tired of it...for instance.

(04-30-2018 01:28 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Lush, I don't know if your post was sarcasm but I know the drive isn't like driving through the Shenandoah Valley but it's not anything close to the drive from Savannah to Charleston SC. I didn't get anything from seeing forest on both sides of the highway. Driving through Texas Canyon in Arizona is always a sight. I never get tired of it...for instance.

not sarcastic at all. i love the southwest. it's dramatic, timeless, etcetera