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Today I spoke to a business colleague who expressed his trials to due Covid thusly, "all the shows got cancelled, we finally got a nice, lucrative job and then the riots broke out." 

What I wish I had said, "Rephrase that:  you got a nice, lucrative job and then the police executed a man for a misdemeanor in broad daylight on a public street."

14 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Bought a nice pair of slippers for under $7 this morning. Their price before discounts was $65.

There ya go.  Presuming that they are not actually selling them at a loss, that's the markup on those slippers.

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My new headphones arrived and tonight I opened the box and plugged them in.  No sound at all.  Nothing.  The little speaker icon has a red X...won't acknowledge the headphones existence in any way.  I contacted Sony and Microsoft and they both told me  to update drivers or helped me update drivers.  After that...Microsoft advised me to contact Dell or Sony and Sony felt it was more Microsoft or Dell.  So I try Dell and download some more drivers.  Headphones are still completely dead.  They work on my phone...which is where I couldn't care less if they worked...but will not connect to the pc at all. 

So writing this tear soaked post I thought of trying the headset with my laptop and they worked fine.  I watched three dog rescue videos.  So this pc is  the problem. 

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On 9/19/2020 at 10:09 PM, DireWolfSpirit said:

I myself await with great anticipation, for a day soon in November, when some of my dirtbag workmates all have these very longfaced, dejected looks over their hero being crushed and as they quake in fear and outrage over a certain Kamala being a heartbeat away.

Fingers crossed, man. I’m not underestimating the stupidity of this country again though.

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1 hour ago, Tywin et al. said:

At least she had the dignity to suggest you fling what goes in on the front end instead of the other available option..... 

That sort of behavior is exactly the reason, why the Huntsmans won't invite you for dinner anymore. Heidi Cruz can be forgiven, afterall her husband think he is a Christian mime trapped inside the body of a US senator from Texas, but you don't have that sort of excuse.

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8 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said:

That sort of behavior is exactly the reason, why the Huntsmans won't invite you for dinner anymore. Heidi Cruz can be forgiven, afterall her husband think he is a Christian mime trapped inside the body of a US senator from Texas, but you don't have that sort of excuse.

Damn, I always did have a mad crush on the former's daughter too.....

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7 hours ago, Triskele said:

When they forget to bring you silverware at a restaurant it's not that big of a deal but is so irritating just the same.  Kind of a key function of a restaurant is it not?  

Or condiments. Bring me my utensils and sauces before my food so it doesn't go cold while I wait. Drives me insane. 

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On 7/2/2020 at 3:53 AM, HelenaExMachina said:

My least favourite DIY/household maintenance was always when the gloss needed touching up. Noxious fumes and headaches for days, that stuff lingers

When I had my floors sanded and polished, they told me it (polyurethane I think) had dangerous fumes and I should stay somewhere else overnight. I said yes yes but had no intention. I had worked out that I could go in and out by bedroom window (bedroom floors had been done years ago)  and if I came in the back door which was a laundry, I could then carefully step from the laundry doorway into the toilet, so wouldn't ruin the floor. It worked fine. However, I began with putting towels or rugs on the floor to block the crack under the bedroom door. Escalated to taping all around the door (retrieved tape from laundry!). Can't see why this didn't work but it didn't. Ended up creating an oxygen tent by putting my bedhead against the window and putting the heavy curtains over my chest so my head was breathing mostly air from outside. 

It's hard to understand in retrospect but that was a long time ago, I had little money and no car otherwise I suppose once I had realised the situation I might have tried a motel, late as it was, and I had never smelled fresh gloss before making my plan.

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On 9/2/2020 at 12:01 AM, Fragile Bird said:

The secret to sock order is spreading out your socks after the laundry, matching them up and then keeping them together by turning down the the top of one sock over the other so they stay together.  You’ll never make that mistake again. Orphans can be tossed in the drawer to wait for the other one to show up from under the bed or the couch or wherever you managed to lose it, unless somehow it manages to stay orphaned. Toss it out or toss it in a rag bag, so if the partner shows up you still have it.

This doesn't work! Not for me anyway. The orphans are never matched. I have been told by someone that his wife conducts a militaristic "Bring out your socks or die" campaign before putting the laundry on. No sock can be washed unless it has a mate. I think this would work.

I have been obsessed with socks for years. I tried the solution of just buying so many pairs of socks I would always be able to find a pair. This just means my floor and cupboards are awash with single socks (I am a slob, is the real key to all my sock troubles). 

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23 hours ago, BigFatCoward said:

I live in a pretty rural area, all pubs have huge and well spaced beer gardens so I've risked it a few times. 

Yeah, that is totally fair. Tbh, for me it is mostly because I've been working a lot.

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20 hours ago, v_a_l_i_sxoxo said:

Okay, I prayed for my guardian angel to make pornos of us right where I can perceive them as I close my eyes and go to sleep at night. I've been getting some. This is the first in answered wishes. 

Wtf? 

 

On socks, they should come with a male and female press stud, so you can stick them together when you take them off and stick in washing basket. Though as I would then buy half as many socks it would be self defeating. 

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I also deal with my sock situation by throwing product at any perceived problems.  I probably average a new pack every couple months.

My new water bottle showed up today.  Green Hydro Flask with a straw lid.  Believe it.

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