BigFatCoward Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Spockydog said: My sister bought me some lovely new K-Swiss trainers. I had them on for two hours yesterday and now the backs of my heels each have a large, painful blister. That's why I have been wearing the same style of trainer (Adidas Forest Hills) for about 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenaExMachina Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Spockydog said: My sister bought me some lovely new K-Swiss trainers. I had them on for two hours yesterday and now the backs of my heels each have a large, painful blister. Regardless of style, size, or precautionary measures taken, the one inevitable for any new shoes I've ever bought are blisters. Such is the natural order of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Favorite thing, i.e. the thing that has entirely tickled my funny bone, so to speak: I called mi amigo who is a high end designer and fabricator -- she breathlessly answers her fone, to say, "Hi, can't talk, I'm making Rhianna's money suit and I have to keep overseeing my printer printing thousand dollar bills." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I have never listened to the band Muse before, or at least not deliberately. I’m sure I’ve heard their music over the years on rock stations. But a review of their new album Will of the People popped up and I just listened to it on You Tube. Damn good. What really struck a chord with me was their final song, “We are Fucking Fucked”. Yup. Spockydog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fragile Bird said: I have never listened to the band Muse before My old band shared a stage in a Camden toilet with them back in the day, just before they blew up. Their early stuff is spectacularly good. And Matt Bellamy is a bone fide Rock God. Amazingly talented frontman. Edited August 29, 2022 by Spockydog Fragile Bird and HelenaExMachina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) I was in line at the Popeye's drive-thru when my Beyond Burger addiction grabbed me by the throat. Rendered helpless, I had to explain that I didn't actually want anything but it was still nice to chat a bit via the tinny speaker. Also... I am listening to NPR, as I eat my Beyond Burgers, interview Brian May. I can't remember ever hearing May's voice before and he sounds startlingly young*. *The interview is from 2010 so more than a decade ago...still, the guy has a great voice. Edited August 30, 2022 by Inkdaub Interview year. Also can we stop talking about Bohemian Rhapsody already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Inkdaub said: Interview year. Also can we stop talking about Bohemian Rhapsody already I watched the Muppets sing that on YouTube yesterday after hearing that interview. Hilarious! I will always love Bohemian Rhapsody . Spoiler Inkdaub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Pink had done a very decent cover of Bohemian Rhapsody for one of her tours some years ago. A lot of Queen covers are rather meh, because a lot of singers are not Freddie Mercury. As for Bohemian Rhapsody, not my favorite Queen song. Somebody to love or My Melancholy Blues for me. Inkdaub and LongRider 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 21 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Pink had done a very decent cover of Bohemian Rhapsody for one of her tours some years ago. I believe it. Pink is pretty great I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think, oh by the way, which one's Pink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 How come it's always the 2nd last meeting of the day that is cancelled, and not the last one? Fragile Bird and Wade1865 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Would you expect you 2nd line manager to come visit you if you were hospitalised? I left it to their direct line manager who is also a friend thinking 'why the fuck would they want me to visit'. I got chewed out for not being caring enough. If my 2nd LM tried to visit me in hospital I'd tell them to fuck off and stop being so intrusive. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Depends, was one of your minions injured in the line of duty? In that case, I suppose, you're supposed to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 16 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Depends, was one of your minions injured in the line of duty? In that case, I suppose, you're supposed to show up. Nope. Long term illness not work related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Nope. Long term illness not work related. If it's cancer (?) or something, I guess you could show up, colleagues are missing him, hope comes back soon ask him if he needs anything etc. that kinda message. Deliver a card the colleagues signed or something like that. Just showing you (pretend to?) care. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 50 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Would you expect you 2nd line manager to come visit you if you were hospitalised? I left it to their direct line manager who is also a friend thinking 'why the fuck would they want me to visit'. I got chewed out for not being caring enough. If my 2nd LM tried to visit me in hospital I'd tell them to fuck off and stop being so intrusive. BigFatCoward -- not just intrusive, but also undermining the leadership and responsibility of the first line supervisor. That’s what intermediate leaders are for. Unless it’s an issue of life, limb, or eyesight, I wouldn’t get directly involved. Instead, I’d trust and expect reports from the first line supervisor, and would actively pass them on to my higher supervisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 34 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: If it's cancer (?) or something, I guess you could show up, colleagues are missing him, hope comes back soon ask him if he needs anything etc. that kinda message. Deliver a card the colleagues signed or something like that. Just showing you (pretend to?) care. aHNS -- no, insincere sympathy would be noticed, and have a negative impact. Fragile Bird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Knowing our big fat copper, I assume he kinda genuinely cares for his minions, to varying degrees. So the precautionary pretend to was probably unnecessary, but I just like to have all bases covered. Wade1865 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 A bunch of low level Atlanta rappers were arrested for robbing the cars and homes of far more famous artists. They were caught because they put explicit details of their crimes in their lyrics. Smart! LongRider and Fragile Bird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 The grocery store I just went to has the best piped in music. Talking Heads singing And She Was is a great song to buy cheese to, and the loose carrots bin has just the right carrots for the air drum rolls for another song. Yup, good times. Tywin et al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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