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Post by E on May 15, 2009 15:44:14 GMT -5
Go tell a fat person at McDonald's that they shouldn't be eating that Big Mac and see what happens. ;D Now THAT is funny. Just as an aside, first I am an ex smoker. That in mind, I am NOT stabbing, bitching, harping or in any other way attacking smokers. But when I walk into an establishment and there is a smoker less than 3 feet from the entrance puffing away, blowing that shit all over me when I have made the choice NOT to smoke, I get a little angry. I'm not going to walk over and tell the person, "Hey, smoking is bad for you" so please, Don't make me huff you.
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Post by blackrose on May 15, 2009 17:41:31 GMT -5
I wrote a poem earlier, yay. Cool I wrote one the other day I'm still tweaking. It's always nice to write something - anything - after a bit of a slump (in my case).
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Post by Denethor on May 15, 2009 20:16:04 GMT -5
Actually, people do that, ask a fat person, especially a fat woman. "You don't need that" is no more helpful than "smoking is bad for you"; people these days are way to in each others' faces about health decisions. And no, my taxes/insurance premiums do not make it my business!
I'll agree though, about people who blow smoke, smoke upwind of the group, smoke in enclosed spaces (bus shelters count!), or stand too close to the entrance when smoking. Smart places provide those little "pagodas" to give smokers shelter in bad weather, that is away from the building. But then it's not about one person's health as much as about another's allergies or asthma.
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Post by bear on May 19, 2009 13:12:22 GMT -5
Kali,
I hate to tell you, but people can smell you smoking from further away than you think. I can smell when my neighbor is smoking even when he’s 150 - 200 feet away from me.
I’m an ex-smoker too. Still have the occasional nic-fit.
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Post by blackrose on May 20, 2009 9:47:36 GMT -5
RANT: Aside from the tedium, this job wouldn't actually be so bad if it wasn't for the people... Half of them are either stupid, entitled, or both! Urgh!
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Post by bear on May 21, 2009 17:40:31 GMT -5
RAVE: I have actually emptied my inbox, cleared off my desk, and wiped everything down.
Not even any coffee stains left.
Although I am working on a new ring around my tea cup. I need a littl help not falling asleep while I try to read three reports.
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Post by bear on May 26, 2009 17:08:44 GMT -5
Apparently our new energy savings plan at work is turning off the AC and all the building lights. Its got to be creeping up on 85F - 90F at my desk and 60%-70% humidity.
Okay, so they are allegedly "fixing" the building AC this week. Thankfully Monday was a holiday and I have stuff keeping me out of the office for most of the next two days. But may leave an hour early tonight because of it.
I hope it is only this week. It took them 3 weeks to do the other half of the building.
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Post by Denethor on May 26, 2009 20:05:11 GMT -5
RANT: So, we get all done with the heavy-duty part of our work project. Great. Now all we have is the two month air sampling period. Also great. But then... ...Biblical-level deluge hits the area last night and this morning, I get in to work and the people that are going out to the site are there, so what do I have to go and say? Flash flood warning covering the site area, says I. Might be a danger to our installed equipment, says I. Bring a camera just in case you have to take pictures, says I. Fortunately, I neglected to say be careful yourselves, because of the following. Damn my Bard's Tongue! (Refer to White Wolf Games if you're not sure what I'm talking about there). Sure enough, when they get back the word is that three of our devices are "in danger of washing away" (they weigh over a hundred pounds apiece), two are nearly submerged, one is halfway down in the quicksand mud, one they're not sure they will be able to get to again if it rains any more. Word to the wise...if you see an aerial photograph of Northern Virginia and spot an area without a house on it, might it occur to you that there's probably a reason??? (It didn't occur to the client, evidently...) I'm trying not to bad-mouth Realtors as much these days , however, the fact is that the Realtor Tribe (what's their "totem"? I'll have to ask) has taken over the entire region and there's no way they'll leave a parcel unclaimed/undeveloped unless there's something seriously wrong with it. As in, the site's a bog! One homeowner once came out to tell us that she doesn't even let her kids play back there, because "they've found Lyme Disease, West Nile, encephalitis, malaria..." Malaria? Freakin' malaria??? People who venture back there, even with their pants tucked into their socks and duct-taped down, and DEET bug spray, come back out with double-digits of ticks on their anatomies. Most people get more ticks in a day back there than they've had in their whole lives. The other reason to wear good boots that come up over the ankles is the copperhead snake. They like water, woods, rocks, and mud, all of which are in hearty supply at this site. That's not to mention the sampling sites I placed...in poison ivy patches; I don't react to the stuff and didn't notice. That one was my fault, since I'm usually pretty careful to identify it so I don't bring any back home and affect other people. But the whole set-up had to be done in such a rush, I didn't see it. Also how all this rain has caused the vegetation to grow up and over the sampling equipment. Overnight. And the yellow-jackets people have spotted; vicious little creatures who nest in the ground, kinda like Hobbits, but meaner, and they fly and swarm and sting. I have a relative who ran afoul of these (yellow-jackets, not Hobbits) as a child and had to go to the hospital. Team leader is saying if the stuff gets washed all the way into the river and to the sea, she no longer especially cares. (Your tax dollars at work...) I can relate. I know that "wetlands" are fashionable these days, but I prefer to limit actually meeting them to Call of Cthulhu roleplaying games. AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
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Post by blackrose on May 28, 2009 12:34:24 GMT -5
RANT: I am so tired of every YA series that has any magic or anything in it being compared to Harry Potter. I'm tired of the "move over Harry Potter" or the "this is much darker than Harry Potter". Well, this series is touted as being a HORROR series, so I would freaking hope it's darker than Harry Potter! (IT's not actually that scary, though, unless you're, like, 10... )
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Post by Denethor on May 28, 2009 18:16:35 GMT -5
I suppose one would expect that of horror written for 10 year olds... Though in point of fact, horror hasn't scared me in a long time. Still like watching it, it's entertaining and anthropological, just doesn't scare me. I have trouble with suspension of disbelief. Real life on the other hand...news...stuff in real life... I guess since watching that brain tumor eat my Mom, there isn't a whole lot of fiction that can give me a real "horror" feeling. Pity - I kinda miss the heebie-jeebies.
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Post by simplykali on May 30, 2009 10:38:19 GMT -5
CONTINUING RANT: (guess what happened again today!) I understand that people can smell the smoke from a long ways away, but if I'm in my designated smoking area I expect to not be bothered. I'm keeping my distance from the door, I don't throw my butts on the ground, and I am 100 feet away from the building entrance just like I'm supposed to be. It's more the principle of the thing that bothers me. In my mind, it is not okay to be rude in such a manner. And if a person has to go out of their way to walk to the smoking gazebo just to tell me that it's bad for me? It pisses me off. No offense to non smokers, smoker, or former smokers here, but we live in a country called America, where we (supposedly) have personal freedoms. This country was built on tobacco, rum, slavery, and cotton. I feel that I have a right to smoke a cigarette and it is my choice. They aren't illegal. I understand that many people do not want to be around cigarette smoke. That's fine. There is no smoking in public buildings in Maine and you have to be 100 feet away from a public building. I follow the rules. If I have to, I'll go smoke in my car. But I've done my part of the deal.
Den, it's sad about your project and obviously frustrating that everything was flooded. Maybe it's my architecture mind at work but I guess I thought that pretty much everyone understands that building anything in a wetlands is a BAD idea, not just because it is bad for the natural environment but also because it is WAY expensive to build anything in such an unstable area. Water plus soil equals not good place to build anything and if you're going to you better be willing to shell out the dough!
More RANT (no raves today) - stress is getting in the way of my sleeping. I have to finish an incomplete since I had a sinus infection that kept me out of school for 3 weeks. I have to turn it in on Saturday the 6th, and I ALSO have a fundraiser being run that morning, so I really have to be finished with my project on Friday the 5th and I am running out of time and I just want everything to be OVER. I have been so tired. I was already pretty burned out but I think I'm drowning now. Just have to find the strength for another week and then I can collapse.
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Post by hydra on May 30, 2009 21:18:25 GMT -5
RAVE: I just love being a grandparent. I spent some much needed time today with my son and granddaughter and it was awesome. I have been really stressed out lately and today it all went away after spending the afternoon with them.
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Post by Denethor on Jun 1, 2009 18:16:28 GMT -5
Well three of those things I have no moral problem with...sorry to hear about your woes from some others. Nope, not everyone. In fact, I can name some rocket scientists...literally rocket scientists...who don't know any better. Rocket scientists who are dumber than real estate agents. What is this world coming to.
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Post by bear on Jun 2, 2009 11:44:12 GMT -5
Still no news on if the Scion will be totaled or not. These bastards had better hurry up. I'm daytripping tomorrow and will have little cell service and I'll be on the road most of next week without any cell service during business hours.
That only gives them 4 of the next 8 work days they will actually be able to talk to me.
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Post by E on Jun 2, 2009 12:41:10 GMT -5
Rocket scientists who are dumber than real estate agents. What is this world coming to. Den, you make me happy. ;D
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