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Post by Mrs David Tennant on May 5, 2016 10:26:16 GMT -5
I just remembered our phone number from our old house where we haven't lived for 6 years. I still remember my childhood phone number from both PA and Indiana. They were both kind of rhythmic, though - lots of repeating numbers. I don't remember my phone number but I still remember my best friend's phone number from 6th grade. The last four are 2212 which is fairly easy to remember. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on May 5, 2016 10:31:33 GMT -5
I still remember my childhood phone number from both PA and Indiana. They were both kind of rhythmic, though - lots of repeating numbers. I don't remember my phone number but I still remember my best friend's phone number from 6th grade. The last four are 2212 which is fairly easy to remember. Yeah, mine were x27-x277 and x23-3393, same idea. |
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on May 5, 2016 12:22:56 GMT -5
I just remembered our phone number from our old house where we haven't lived for 6 years. I still remember my childhood phone number from both PA and Indiana. They were both kind of rhythmic, though - lots of repeating numbers. I remember my early-childhood phone number, where I lived from ages 6-11, because my dad had us recite our address and phone number every night with grace at dinner. He also had us recite every bit of high school Latin he remembered, which, when I started taking Latin, I discovered he'd mostly misremembered. But anyway. That phone number was not very rhythmic, and I can't remember it outright. But if I start chanting "We live at 351 Birch Hill Rd..." I can keep it going all the way through the phone number. So my dad failed on the Latin front but nailed it with making sure his children would never be irretrievably lost. |
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Post by Lt. Broccoli on May 5, 2016 12:49:42 GMT -5
I still remember my childhood phone number from both PA and Indiana. They were both kind of rhythmic, though - lots of repeating numbers. Okay, well not to be creepy, but I still remember the last phone number I got from a girl before I started dating Wifemate. It was before I had a cell phone, and we were at a party with drinking involved, so I had to burn it into my brain. Her name was Jenny and the number fit right into the Tommy Tutone song, --seven ---niiiieeiiiiine. Ha, I also had a crush on a girl named Jen whose number fit into that song. |
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on May 13, 2016 12:54:05 GMT -5
I finally got my new glasses as prescribed by my quack eye doctor and as constructed by the weirdo in her practice's optical shop. And I hated them. He'd made computer glasses with progressive bifocals, which seemed like a good idea until I put them on at work and realized that I don't need bifocals here because literally all my work is on the computer screen. And the progressive part made me seasick while sitting still. So I went back to the Quack Store today and asked if they could change the lenses for me, so there'd be a line at the bifocal and so they're just my regular distance glasses instead of this "computer" bullshit (I couldn't use them to do needlepoint while watching TV unless the TV was computer-screen distance away from me). The woman at the shop dug in for a bit, insisting I'd eventually get used to them, but I stood fast. And eventually, got what I wanted! Yay! I'm not a pushover!
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Post by Smacks on May 16, 2016 8:10:05 GMT -5
I can play the bass line to the Misfits' "London Dungeon". It's really really easy.  |
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Post by Generic Poster on May 16, 2016 8:47:54 GMT -5
I can play the bass line to the Misfits' "London Dungeon". It's really really easy. Nice. The only thing I can play is the original Mario Bros. theme: doodoodoodoodoo . . . doo-doo. |
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Post by moimoi on May 19, 2016 15:04:15 GMT -5
In a packed hospital parking lot I found an open spot and attempted to pull in. Finding it awkward to maneuver halfway in, in two quick motions, I simply pulled out at an angle and then backed perfectly into the spot. It was a thing of beauty.
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Post by Generic Poster on May 19, 2016 15:31:43 GMT -5
In a packed hospital parking lot I found an open spot and attempted to pull in. Finding it awkward to maneuver halfway in, in two quick motions, I simply pulled out at an angle and then backed perfectly into the spot. It was a thing of beauty. Don't tell the people in the irrational anger thread you backed into a parking place! |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on May 19, 2016 21:02:20 GMT -5
The cat who lives down the street, who I befriended in the fall but hadn't seen during the winter months, remembered me when we saw each other today!
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on May 19, 2016 21:17:59 GMT -5
Made a new friend on my walk around the neighborhood this evening!  |
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Post by Generic Poster on May 19, 2016 22:19:34 GMT -5
Made a new friend on my walk around the neighborhood this evening! |
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Post by SLOW on May 20, 2016 2:24:05 GMT -5
Hi, Minor Accomplishments Thread!
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Post by Generic Poster on May 20, 2016 8:36:52 GMT -5
Hi, Minor Accomplishments Thread! Hey everybody, Slow's back! |
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Post by Dellarigg on May 25, 2016 9:58:51 GMT -5
Changed the cartridge on my turntable all by myself! It wasn't nearly as fiddly as I thought, and I didn't really swear very much at all.
True, the first record I played had the cartridge scraping along the surface of the vinyl, but it hasn't happened on any of the others and it only lasts for the first few seconds anyway. So I'll live with that.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on May 25, 2016 21:49:13 GMT -5
Our cafeteria at work is being renovated and is closed, and I managed to properly plan ahead for lunches this week!
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on May 26, 2016 22:18:45 GMT -5
I still remember my childhood phone number from both PA and Indiana. They were both kind of rhythmic, though - lots of repeating numbers. I don't remember my phone number but I still remember my best friend's phone number from 6th grade. The last four are 2212 which is fairly easy to remember. Our local gas station had (and still has, in fact) a phone number that ended in 5512, and the local number for information was 555-1212. When I was a kid and hung out there a lot, they would fairly often get misdialed directory assistance calls. When this happened, and business was slow, they would take turns being the operator, and looking up phone numbers, if it was local. They usually played it straight, but once in a while would mess with people, if it obviously was a low-stakes call, or they knew the person calling to be a local asshole. The real fun was getting to play supervisor if the caller got aggravated enough that they asked to speak to the operator's boss. My favorite line I heard someone say was "Oh yeah, well what are you gonna do? We're the only phone company in town." It was like having incoming prank calling. Note: I am not, actually, inordinately proud of this. |
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Post by Dellarigg on May 27, 2016 7:48:05 GMT -5
Changed the cartridge on my turntable all by myself! It wasn't nearly as fiddly as I thought, and I didn't really swear very much at all. True, the first record I played had the cartridge scraping along the surface of the vinyl, but it hasn't happened on any of the others and it only lasts for the first few seconds anyway. So I'll live with that. I've now sorted out the 'scraping along the surface' problem. For future reference, if anyone encounters this, try dialling back the counterweight a few turns. |
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Post by moimoi on May 29, 2016 16:19:24 GMT -5
My dad was being crotchety with the nurses at the nursing home about how they were shaving him, so like a bunch of Ray Pattersons, they stopped. My first attempt to shave him took about 2.5 hours, even with my brother helping wrangle what had grown into a mighty 'buddha' beard. After springing for an electric trimmer, I managed it in 45 minutes last week, and today I did it in 30 with only one nick each time! Special thanks, I should mention, to Lord Lucan for instructing me in how men shave. |
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Post by Trurl on May 29, 2016 21:03:44 GMT -5
Changed the cartridge on my turntable all by myself! It wasn't nearly as fiddly as I thought, and I didn't really swear very much at all. True, the first record I played had the cartridge scraping along the surface of the vinyl, but it hasn't happened on any of the others and it only lasts for the first few seconds anyway. So I'll live with that. I've now sorted out the 'scraping along the surface' problem. For future reference, if anyone encounters this, try dialling back the counterweight a few turns. I'm more a tape-a-nickel-to-the-tonearm guy |
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Post by ganews on May 30, 2016 9:52:43 GMT -5
We brought coolers and ice to the wedding reception we attended on Saturday, two styrofoam and one plastic. I successfully gave away the two foam coolers that had been filling basement space and returned home with the plastic cooler full of unwanted beer which I was instructed to take.
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Post by Dellarigg on May 30, 2016 11:08:28 GMT -5
I've now sorted out the 'scraping along the surface' problem. For future reference, if anyone encounters this, try dialling back the counterweight a few turns. I'm more a tape-a-nickel-to-the-tonearm guy *shudders at the very thought* |
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Post by Generic Poster on May 30, 2016 12:59:56 GMT -5
I got a new router and networked everything in the house into it without having a gigantic fit.
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Post by WKRP Jimmy Drop on May 30, 2016 13:20:04 GMT -5
Despite finding out only yesterday evening that my "city" has finally instituted a Big Trash Day (twice a year) that "starts" May 30th, I managed to get a huge pile of the peskiest overgrown saplings pulled out to the curb, did not actually fall off the ladder, and now one side of the backyard looks pretty darn acceptable.
(yes I doubt that they'll really do it today, since it's a holiday, but it's the principle of the thing)
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Post by SLOW on May 30, 2016 17:09:44 GMT -5
I've broken my habit of reading Shoutbox when I'm not going to chat, and can practically feel my mental health improving by the hour.
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Post by Trurl on May 30, 2016 17:15:19 GMT -5
I've broken my habit of reading Shoutbox when I'm not going to chat, and can practically feel my mental health improving. I've been only drive-by shouting for the past couple weeks |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on May 30, 2016 18:48:31 GMT -5
Despite finding out only yesterday evening that my "city" has finally instituted a Big Trash Day (twice a year) that "starts" May 30th, I managed to get a huge pile of the peskiest overgrown saplings pulled out to the curb, did not actually fall off the ladder, and now one side of the backyard looks pretty darn acceptable. (yes I doubt that they'll really do it today, since it's a holiday, but it's the principle of the thing) You might want to check and make sure they accept yard waste. I hope they do. I've seen some places that do, and some that don't. If they don't, weenie roast maybe? |
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Post by WKRP Jimmy Drop on May 30, 2016 19:08:35 GMT -5
Despite finding out only yesterday evening that my "city" has finally instituted a Big Trash Day (twice a year) that "starts" May 30th, I managed to get a huge pile of the peskiest overgrown saplings pulled out to the curb, did not actually fall off the ladder, and now one side of the backyard looks pretty darn acceptable. (yes I doubt that they'll really do it today, since it's a holiday, but it's the principle of the thing) You might want to check and make sure they accept yard waste. I hope they do. I've seen some places that do, and some that don't. If they don't, weenie roast maybe? Yes, they do; it said so on the bill - once I read someone else's bill, I never open mine, I just pay it- and like every other house on my street has branches out on the curb as well. |
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Post by SLOW on May 31, 2016 17:44:06 GMT -5
I FIXED THE FUCKING TOILET! *sparkly queen emoji*
Since we moved in, the stupid thing would run forever unless you lifted up on of the thingies inside the tank. My plumber uncle has spent hours in that bathroom fixing the shower and installing sinks, but the toilet kept running.
Until today. When I finally took a good look at the insides and realized that it was just one stupid screw that needed to be adjusted. I can't believe I didn't notice it sooner.
I am awesome.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 20:56:47 GMT -5
I FIXED THE FUCKING TOILET! *sparkly queen emoji* Since we moved in, the stupid thing would run forever unless you lifted up on of the thingies inside the tank. My plumber uncle has spent hours in that bathroom fixing the shower and installing sinks, but the toilet kept running. Until today. When I finally took a good look at the insides and realized that it was just one stupid screw that needed to be adjusted. I can't believe I didn't notice it sooner. I am awesome.  congrats!
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