The Coffee House

limr · Feb 20, 2015

Yuk, Charlie. Hope you get that good and dry so you don't have to deal with mold.

Poor kitties. Both of mine despise the vacuum cleaner. And Zelda loves to hang out with me in the bathroom whenever I'm getting ready to go somewhere, but if I pull out the hair dryer, she'll shoot me a dirty look and run to the hallway, then sit there just outside the bathroom and glare at me while I'm using the hair dryer. Sometimes if she's wandering into the bathroom just as I'm about to start, she sees the hair dryer in my hand and just backs up slowly, keeping her eye on the thing the whole time.

Silly little creatures :586:

bribrius · Feb 20, 2015

I never ran over a cat. I accidentally ran over a porcupine once. I put him in the trunk to show my friends. we never saw one close up.

sm4him · Feb 20, 2015

Well…I might just be looking for work soon. :lol:

Probably fueled by a lack of sleep (snow events generally mean I start work at 4:30 a.m. and have to stay at it in some capacity until the last buses finish their runs, generally around midnight, unless we have to stop service sooner because of road conditions), I just sent a long email to my boss about some things going on around here that I am just completely DONE putting up with, ONE of which is the stupid "open door" thing. I am really, really sick and tired of being required to keep my door open just because ONE person who happens to be in charge likes to be able to look in on people and speak to them as she passes in the hallway. It's been pointed out that we are lucky to even HAVE doors. Well…NO, we're not, not if we're not allowed to actually USE that to shut out distractions.

Anyway…I just discovered that she's leaving for a conference and then vacation, so she won't be back until March 9, and I didn't want to wait that long to get this stuff out in the open. Plus, at least I should have until March 9 to find a new career. :biglaugh:

snerd · Feb 20, 2015

Heehee............... the airing of grievances. I have a bone to pick with you!!! Festivus!!

limr · Feb 20, 2015

Good for you, Sharon!

sm4him · Feb 20, 2015

limr said:
Good for you, Sharon!

We'll see if I think it was a good plan later on in the day.

Oh, I did also tell her that if she wants to try to understand where I'm coming from, to read the "Quiet" book.

minicoop1985 · Feb 20, 2015

Morning, fellow hosers. Sharon, I look forward to reading your bosses' response... This should be interesting. Hopefully you don't get fired.

It's supposed to reach a high of 16 today. This is a 30 degree swing from last night.

sm4him · Feb 20, 2015

minicoop1985 said:
Morning, fellow hosers. Sharon, I look forward to reading your bosses' response... This should be interesting. Hopefully you don't get fired.

It's supposed to reach a high of 16 today. This is a 30 degree swing from last night.

Yeah, I'm hoping she HAS a response, and that it's not a Donald Trump reply…"You're Fired!!"
Seriously, I don't think I said anything in terms that would get me fired…at least, not immediately. But it could put me on an even faster track to forced retirement… :lol:

We're nearly at your projected high already…15 here and it's not even noon yet!! Record low for this date this morning though, 3 degrees.
Another nasty system headed our way--calling right now for sleet to begin around 1 a.m. Saturday, turning to snow with possible 2-4" accumulation, then back to some more sleet, before changing to all rain sometime Saturday afternoon. Could mean another 4:30 a.m. wake-up call for me and a Saturday work day. On the other hand, it's so cold I'm not interested in doing anything ELSE with my Saturday, might as well get paid. Oh, wait. I'm salaried, and already over 40 hours for the week. Oh joy.

limr · Feb 20, 2015

So last night I went for a teeth cleaning. Since I have never gone in the evening before, I had a hygienist who had never worked with me before. And if I have my way, she will never touch my teeth again. She was so rough and my gums are still a little sore today. I should have said something, or at least asked to floss myself when she got to that stage, but I will definitely say something to the dentist when I am there on Wednesday for the extractions. I don't know if she's new or I just never was there when she was working.

It made me appreciate just how good my normal hygienist is. It was really just a matter of scheduling that almost always paired me with him, but having dealt now with a couple of the others - and now with the worst one - I realize now that he's probably the best one in the office. And from now on, I will be making my appointments specifically to work with him only.

This is just what I needed - a bad experience at the dentist for a routine procedure less than a week before a more major procedure! Way to help my mental state on this one :boggled:

snowbear · Feb 20, 2015

Sharon - is that Bat$hit? Maybe she'll get lost coming back from the conference.
Lenny - sorry to hear about your painful visit. Let's try to link your dental sadist up with Sharon's bat$hit boss.

The living room rug seems top be nice and dry, and the noise box is gone. I've been working from home, today, while my lovely recovering wife returned to work (partial duties) for the first time in a few weeks. I'm working on two maps, one of which will be placed into a competition next month.

snerd · Feb 20, 2015

limr said:
So last night I went for a teeth cleaning. Since I have never gone in the evening before, I had a hygienist who had never worked with me before. And if I have my way, she will never touch my teeth again. She was so rough and my gums are still a little sore today. I should have said something, or at least asked to floss myself when she got to that stage, but I will definitely say something to the dentist when I am there on Wednesday for the extractions. I don't know if she's new or I just never was there when she was working.

It made me appreciate just how good my normal hygienist is. It was really just a matter of scheduling that almost always paired me with him, but having dealt now with a couple of the others - and now with the worst one - I realize now that he's probably the best one in the office. And from now on, I will be making my appointments specifically to work with him only.

This is just what I needed - a bad experience at the dentist for a routine procedure less than a week before a more major procedure! Way to help my mental state on this one

I hate cleanings! Yes, some do get way too rough. I'm a sensitive guy, ya know!!

snowbear · Feb 20, 2015

Nat. Weather Svc:

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...
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337 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 3 AM
EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 3 AM EST SUNDAY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A
TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW STARTING EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING
HOURS...THEN MIXING WITH SLEET AND THEN CHANGING TO FREEZING
RAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S EARLY SATURDAY...
INCREASING TO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S DURING EVENING HOURS.
TEMPERATURES STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...WINDS SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
WEST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVELLING
CONDITIONS SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

limr · Feb 20, 2015

Mmmm, Friday evening, at home with a beer already down the gullet. Good times.

Derrel · Feb 20, 2015

Still 3 in the afternoon here...I envy you easterners, at home, drinking beer when it's still afternoon out here on the left coast. No fair! No fair!

Tomorrow and Sunday it's supposed to be sunny and warm at the coast, at a predicted high temperature of 57 on both days this weekend, then 59 on Monday. It's an early spring here...already bulbs are popping up, and yesterday I saw a business with six blooming trees with beauuuuutiful pink blossoms.