@Geist, theres a long story with my wife and I. I met her when she was the lead singer for a band I was joining (as bass player). As soon as I saw her, I thought, wowza, she's the one! Things being as they were and us being in the same band etc., I never asked her out. Then one day she told me the story, well part of it, of this dream that she had about her in a competition for me. Intrieged and feeling bold because of this, I asked her out. At the end of that dinner, we talked for hours, but alas, the timing wasn't right, and she turned me down. I was pretty upset about that, because me feelings had been so strong, but I tried to move on. The problem was I couldn't think of anyone but her. Three years passed and I had been on a few dates, but nothing serious came of any of those, and I was still thinking of Misty all time. Then, she called me up out of the blue, and asked me out. And then things started making sense again... ;)
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-25T15:58:57-04:00
I also met my wife when she joined my band... That's it! GM needs to join a garage band!
Jenn Orton 2016-08-25T16:03:54-04:00
Why did the price of the expansion pack go up?
Imploding Kittens: This is the First Expansion of Exploding Kittens has increased from $9.99 to $12.99
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-25T16:11:54-04:00
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People still think to come here to complain?! This campaign ended over a year and a half ago! We're just the weird people who don't leave the party until the host starts cleaning up!
In the immortal words of Ferris Beuller, "You're still here? It's over! Go home... go."
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Wait a minute... that means we should leave. Darn you, Jenn, for making me feel like a creepy party-hanger! I don't want to leave yet! The party's not over! Look, there's some beer still in this can, we're good for another few minutes!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-25T17:10:34-04:00
Whoa, Chameleon uploaded a ton of videos to his Grumpy Geezer Gaming channel over the last couple weeks! I got way behind on my subscriptions on youtube and just now got to the first new one, but nice to see him back in the game (haha, no pun intended) and making videos again!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-25T17:13:58-04:00
@Jenn: A price jump of $3 bucks is nothing. I remember when the original game was on Ebay for $800. Now that is a price jump
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-25T17:19:29-04:00
Gah! Why won't people who don't understand how labs work leave the lab systems alone?!
@LZ: Because they have an opinion. A wrong opinion, but an opinion none the less.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-25T17:30:58-04:00
Wait... is this about the thermostat? Because yes, GM is right. People with the opinion that it needs to be super warm are wrong and should be [kindly allowed] to work on the streets.
Just kidding (disclaimer before the flak hits the fan through a jet turbine directed at my face)
In fact, though it sounds like segregation, why not have two separate areas with separate thermostats to fiddle with? Then everyone could be happy! Or engineers should get on making personal climate controls.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-25T17:45:49-04:00
No, this is about people messing with the test menu. Activating old tests that were inactivated for a reason. Inactivating current tests that need to remain active. Adding tests that already exist. Adding tests that don't exist. And when adding, only putting it in the menu without associating any of the appropriate and necessary codes, then complaining when it doesn't work.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-25T17:46:55-04:00
It's like the Derpy Whale is running amok in the system
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-25T19:07:39-04:00
Aaw, the derp! I miss him. We made a good tagteam.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-25T19:09:03-04:00
Just looked up his profile, and the last comment he made was here on Jan 25! I wish we could track him down, along with the dozens of other regulars we're missing.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:18:08-04:00
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson about 9 hours ago
No intercom? Dang, no announcing a WWE match tagteam with you and Hulk Hogan over the speakers. ;)
I laughed so long at this!!
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:20:30-04:00
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell Superbacker about 9 hours ago
@Trinkets, sounds good! I wish I could get away and just spend some time in nature... my wife is a city girl through and through, even though she's from a small rural town, go figure... ;)
The wifey isn't into fishing either. She's from a town of 600 people and would rather be living in a big city. Not me. I like my 10,000 population city.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:25:25-04:00
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson about 7 hours ago
I love the saying that you can never trust a person whose TV is bigger than their bookshelf, but I only have maybe 1 1/2 shelves worth of books, but i just bought a gigantic like 50 inch TV for my dorm, so... I may need to hit up a bookstore.
OH! That's not even to mention comic books! I love newspaper comic strips, so between stuff my parents, my little brother, and I bought, we have a full small bookshelf of just those, including all of Calvin&Hobbes, Dilbert, The Far Side, Bloom County, Foxtrot... tons of all the good ones! Do those count as books?
For being a little younger than some of us, you certainly have the best of the best when it comes to comic strips. The Farside and Bloom County are some of my favorite reads when I have a few minutes to kill. Have you seen the (I believe) fan made version of Calvin when he is a grandpa with grandkids? I am almost about to bust out crying just typing about it.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:26:53-04:00
You could have told me this about 20 years ago! !!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito Superbacker about 6 hours ago
If you go home with someone and they don't have any books, don't f**k him. - John Waters
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:32:32-04:00
Why do I have to go and "fix" my folks TV or computer or ipad every week?
Lord Zombitten about 3 hours ago
Gah! Why won't people who don't understand how labs work leave the lab systems alone?!
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:35:08-04:00
One of these days, my dad wants to get a smartphone. I may have to take 2 weeks off starting the day he does..
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:36:37-04:00
Does Jenn's comment mean that it is on Amazon again?
*heads over to Amazon*
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-25T20:37:55-04:00
*runs back in*
IT'S ON AMAZON AGAIN!!!!!!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-25T23:30:08-04:00
Good, maybe I'll get the one I preordered then. How have I not gotten it?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T00:02:19-04:00
Trinkets: Wow, that's alot. Trying to make up for a full day? Don't get used to it; I miss them all the time, and it's rarely worth catching up in full.
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Regarding comics, I know, right?! Calvin&Hobbes is the most classic, and some of Bloom County is the funniest I've ever read! In fact, Bloom County is the major reason I know virtually anything about the culture and politics of the 80s! He started writing it again last year, too! Though I haven't actually kept reading it, so I'll have to pick up a new collection of the new strips somewhere sometime. Barnes & Noble's has alot of stuff like that.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T00:05:10-04:00
Ah, regarding Imploding Kittens: "Release date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016"
That's an important bit of info. Good thing I saved $3 by ordering it earlier. Whoopee.
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"Arrives Oct. 24-Oct. 25"
Even more important; should it be in Canada when we get there? Or will I be lucky enough to have it before going up? Will I go up even? Find out next time, same zem time, same zem channel.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-26T00:15:57-04:00
Yep, making up for another busy day. I can't wait for my weekend to start tomorrow. This guy needs a couple of days away from the circus.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-26T00:18:07-04:00
I used to live in a house where the upstairs lady had an orange tabby that was beat up and sick looking like Bill the cat. Always making hacking sounds too. He was healthy.and happy, just looked rough.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T01:07:48-04:00
You should have put him up for president. He could have gone far!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-26T03:26:04-04:00
Friday. Finally. I need to get through the next 12 hours and then I will be home free. Will probably spend the whole weekend catching up on sleep.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T09:20:06-04:00
Good morning kittens! Its FRIDAY!!! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T10:17:34-04:00
@Trinkets, lol about your dad and his potential new smart phone! My branch manager came to me yesterday, complaining about his new company iPhone dying too quickly. I checked and he had over 30 apps open! Including safari, and some other huge data/battery pigs. He felt that they should just have turned off automatically, I had to explain, its like a computer, and then he understood... ;)
@BaKhan: Every few days I have to re-iterate to my mom about closing apps.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-26T11:01:50-04:00
@GM & BaKhan: I found out the hard way that not shutting down apps is one of the ways my internet data would drain so quickly. Now I make sure to shut everything down when I finish using it.
Now if only I could shut off the lights in the rooms the same way.
I should have a chat with my parents about this again...my dad said he wanted to speak to me because they got a message saying they are getting close to the data limit...I'm on my own plan.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T11:16:10-04:00
@Geist, a long time ago I gave up on having reasonable data usage and just went with the biggest data package that my carrier offered. I pay way too much, but I don't have to worry about running out either, so... I don't call it a win, but maybe a break even? ;)
@BaKhan: I have 2.5GB limit, and looking back through the last few cycles...I came across one where I used so little data, it almost wasn't worth having a plan(used only 2.13MB of data), that was in April. Just last month however, I used 2.12GB.
Oh, and this cycle(Aug 4 - Sept 3) I've used 626MB so far.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T11:57:16-04:00
@GM, I've got the 15GB plan and so far I've used 2856 MB, but I had monday off, and a half day yesterday off, so I'm down a few hundred MB from where I would normally be. I had the 5GB plan, but I kept going over, so I just went to the top end and thought, better to pay extra every month than get hammered a few times a year. It does work out to be less this way, for me.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-26T12:13:04-04:00
That's why I'm glad my carrier does unlimited everything. I get 2.5 GB of high speed, but if I go over, it doesn't cost anything. I just have to deal with slower Internet. They also don't count Pandora or Pokémon Go against the high speed limit.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T12:15:22-04:00
@LZ, I wish we could get the plans that you guys have down there. Just this year they started letting some US carriers into the Canadian market. I imagine that in a year or two, we'll start seeing some much better plans as competition heats up.
The maximum, apparently, that they can charge you for going over your limit, is $50(not sure as to how accurate that is, but that's what I've heard from a few people). So best to go big if you do go over your limit.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T12:18:36-04:00
@GM, that would have been great, but sadly there is no limit. You do have to keep accepting the fact that you are over the limit, and they're bending you over for it though. Maybe thats the $50 thing, the first warning? I've had bills over $350, especially when I go to the states. When we were on our honeymoon cruising through the bahamas, I made sure to have both of our phones off! I'm not paying those prices, no way!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-26T12:34:58-04:00
I remember a time when the internet was new to consumers and AOL was the biggest carrier. Back then you paid by the hour instead of monthly. Man, I remember some $800 bills that came my way and that was pretty tame considering that some people were paying double per month for being online so much.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T12:37:33-04:00
@Geist, I remember using dial up, before the internet was user friendly, the worst you'd get hit there was long distance charges. I still remember (and loath) my 2400 baud (2.4k for those that don't know) modem.... ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-26T12:41:39-04:00
@BaKhan: That was what everyone had back when AOL was king. I even remember the sound the motem made when it was dialing up. Heck, there were NO computers with terabyte sized hard drives. I think the most was 2 gig? If you went with 5 gig, you had to pay something like $2,000.
Nowadays, you can get a good deal on a 1T computer for $799.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T12:55:50-04:00
@Geist, there weren't even 1 gig computers back when I was using that old modem. 40 MB was big, 100 MB was huge, and typically advertized as way bigger than you would ever need! ;) Ah the good old days... ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-26T13:01:45-04:00
You are probably right BaKhan. I only remember that the hard drive was ridiculously small compared to today's computers.
I get to process a wire transfer for a guy because when his hours were submitted it sounded(both to me and my manager) that is was an example, not actual hours to pay out.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T14:19:14-04:00
Less than 4 hours to go, I can do this! (I'll just keep telling myself that anyways...)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T14:36:08-04:00
Wow, recently you guys have been very chatty very early in the morning. Like my first and second classes kind of early. You guys found my schedule again and are talking mostly when I'm not here again! Dang it, I thought I'd kept it top secret!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T14:37:52-04:00
Did you know there are actually alot of people still using dial-up? AOL is still a thing, too, and over 2 million people still use them!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T14:38:51-04:00
Which makes me wonder if in the new Austin Powers movie whether AOL will still be the internet provider... ;)
I think it'd be a really funny joke to have them still using AOL, and he gets the good 'ol "You've got mail!" message.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T14:43:06-04:00
Yeah, while my dad was very technically adept, so in my memory even though Dial-up was still very prevalent in my early internet years, we weren't using it, I do remember 1 gig memories being a huge thing. Now, 1 terrabyte is even fillable! Back then people mostly worked with scant kilobyte interchanges, now you can expend gigabytes on just simple things like videos or even just game updates. I have a measly 465 GB in my laptop, but I filled that right the heck up recently and now will have to cull my files and export a few games that don't need to function online.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T14:45:33-04:00
If you need a pick-up after a long day, here's one of my favorite videos I found again yesterday going through youtube videos with friends. There's a guy who does an IMPECCABLE Ian McKellen impression, and this video makes me giggle every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch… There's also one where "Ian McKellen" reads 90s songs, and it's so great! There's a few songs you had NO idea were so pervy!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T14:46:12-04:00
And no, I didn't Rick-Roll you this time. (this time...) That would only give ME giggles every time! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-26T15:21:03-04:00
IT'S HERE!!!
The assignment is officially over. I am not proud of the fact that I didn't perform at my best & they will probably not ask me back but this new assignment coming up next week is more in line with what I have been doing for the last dozen years.
So for now, I am heading to the bar for a couple of drinks and then home for some much needed sleep
@Geist: Lucky you. I'm trying to motivate myself to finish what I need to do today. =/
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T15:26:41-04:00
@Geist, congrats, a win is a win, don't over analyze it! ;) Have a couple for those of us still slaving away! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T15:34:32-04:00
Woo, weekend! A true weekend for Geist, even! Hope the next one is pretty enjoyable work!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-26T16:45:38-04:00
@BaKhan: after the week I've had, I am going to have 3.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-26T16:57:39-04:00
@Geist, you've fought the good fight, now play as hard as you worked! ;) I hope you have a great and relaxing weekend!
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-26T17:29:37-04:00
Ok, ok, ok...
Wouldn't you think that if you put someone on probation for never coming to work on time, then they would be on their best behavior?! NOPE!
Then she has the nerve to get angry with me for trying to help her come in on time, telling me that I don't understand the job. No, I only worked it for four and a half years before hiring her.
Then... Then, this is great, guys, THEN I come in today to discover that an entire day's worth of printouts for one of our analyzers is missing! It was here yesterday, but not today. The bag it was in had its label erased, and the bag itself was nicely placed in a pile of empty bags. The person who is on probation has been known to hide things in the past as a petty means of retaliation for perceived slights.
It's like, honestly! How long do you expect to keep a job if you don't come in on time, yell at your boss for getting in trouble for not coming in on time, and then destroying test results!?!?
I would say give her a warning, but that might cause more problems in the long run.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T18:04:02-04:00
LZ, this is what you get for being promoted! Nothing good comes of management!
Petty pissantry and passive-aggressiveness everywhere.
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Also, a full days' worth of printouts? Shouldn't you be able to just like lift each bag? Or even just touch them? Or see which one is bulging slightly (depending on material)? I mean, I don't know what material and whether we're talking 20 empty bags or a full warehouse of them, but it seems to me her petty pissanthropic passive-aggressive retaliation could have been worse. Still, on probation and still does all that? I'd say her leash is now not only super short, but set on fire.
Could do what we did to a guy who dialed to follow safety procedures. Sent on suspension for two weeks, came back to a wage cut until his three reviews are all done(30 day, 60 day, 90 day).
But on that note, I'm jumping ship and making a mad dash for home.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T18:09:12-04:00
I know pissanthropic isn't a word, but I like to use it. What's the right word there, for pissant-like? pissantic, like pedantic? I know there's no such thing as a pissanthrope, but pissanty or any other option I've thought of sounds even weirder.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T18:12:30-04:00
GM, that's a really serious punishment, which goes really well for safety-shirking. But for just assholery? I'd say you don't need to put up with that crap. Especially if they're hiding necessary documents just to get back at you in a really childish way. This is one of those times I'm actually wanting to say just fire her ass and be done with it, though I know it's probably not that easy and may not work out well. Though if I'm wrong and you can do that, LZ, just do it already. I wouldn't blame you at all if I were the employee being fired for acting like this themself.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-26T18:13:57-04:00
Of course, there's certainly no evidence tying the hiding of documents directly to her, but usually if someone has a history of behavior like that, that's enough of a reason, and people have been fired for much less.
Maybe some kind of suspension, though probation should do that trick well enough already. I don't know, can you tell I hate people who act like this?
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-26T18:18:18-04:00
I've talked to HR, and they want to talk about it more on Monday. At the very least, we'll be issuing a reprimand for the insubordination. They're not sure if I can fire her just yet.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-26T18:18:38-04:00
A reprimand, by the way, is a final warning.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-26T22:57:09-04:00
Oh, and I like pissantry. Pissanthrope is also good. Pissantry describing the actions of a pissant. Pissanthrope is a human made of piss or pissants. I like them.
Anywho, we have reason to believe the printouts were discarded, not hidden.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-27T00:03:19-04:00
You're such a terrible person you're made of pissants, in turn made of piss!
Ooh, that'll give them a fireable offense... really, though?! Hiding them is one thing, and you can play it off (and look stupid) as an accident, but actually discarding documents, at least semi-important by the fact that they were printed off? Still... why? I don't understand that. It doesn't even get a point across other than that you're immature. I kind of hope the documents turn up so the person isn't *that* childish, just irresponsible.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-27T13:56:44-04:00
Just found out my birthday is national wine day. It was fated.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-28T13:58:20-04:00
@BaKhan: I have a question regarding when you paint your miniatures. After you've given them their bath, and they are all dried, do you apply a base coat at all?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-29T10:35:14-04:00
@GM, I always use primer, either white or black depending on what overall tone I'm going for. Primer, not paint. Primer sticks to pretty much anything, and paint sticks to primer. If you don't use primer, theres a good chance the paint will pull away from your miniature. So, yes, I always use primer as my basecoat. When you're using primer, you're not looking to have a solid colour, patchy is fine, if the primer doesn't get all the way into the deep crevases, thats not the end of the world either, when you're painting it will cover it up. The primer is just to help the paint stick, the raised surfaces are the most important to prime, as they are the most likely to be handled, bumped, etc. Also, make sure that you thin your primer and paints, they are too thick out of the bottle and will likely obscure detail if applied too thickly. I would rather cover something twice and see the detail, than once and lose it.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-29T10:37:50-04:00
On another painting note, I finally got around to using the wet pallet yesterday. Where has this thing been all my life?! It is the most awesome tool, I wish I had know about years ago! Even a small dab of colour stays useable for hours! It really helped out for mixing and colour blending. 10/10 I would use again! ;)
@BaKhan: Good to know. My dad and I are working on getting the room he uses to paint his French cavalrymen miniatures set up so that we can both work in there. Unfortunately, we need to move so much junk(a lot of it belonging to my sister) so that we can fit the two tables in there(both are about 8.5 feet by 2.6 feet). My idea, is to have them forming an L, with the "dead space" in the corner used to store all the paints/brushes/misc tools.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-29T11:00:52-04:00
@GM, that L shape, sounds like a good use of space, you might want to take a look at some of these pieces to help out with organization and space saving. http://brokentablehobbies.com/ I just placed an order yesterday. I've got some ideas for downstairs. I've got this weird long narrow room that was originally used for developing photography, I think. I'm going to take the wall down and open it up (assuming its not structural of course) and then add a new top to the counter so I can pull a stool up to it and use that as my painting area. It will be a lot better use of the space than it is now... ;)
For now, my dad has all his paints sitting in an old box lid in a drawer, which once we reorganize the room we won't be able to have in there. The entire desk it's part of needs to be pulled out of there(it's really just three pieces, but it's a matter of finding where to put them...if my sister moved out there would be a whole lot more room...all of my stuff in condensed down to my bedroom, and maybe 4 boxes outside of there). When I move out...I will need to get a whole lot of furniture.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-29T11:14:27-04:00
For now I'm just painting at the table in my kitchen, and everything is just in bags or cases. Once I have a dedicated room, I will be using the new stands I bought yesterday. I think they're going to clean it up and make it a lot easier to find and use my stuff! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-29T11:25:12-04:00
Bubble bath? How cute!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-29T11:34:58-04:00
@Geist, funny enough, it would have been a bubble bath! ;) Got to get that oil they put on them off before you paint! ;)
@Geist, theres a long story with my wife and I. I met her when she was the lead singer for a band I was joining (as bass player). As soon as I saw her, I thought, wowza, she's the one! Things being as they were and us being in the same band etc., I never asked her out. Then one day she told me the story, well part of it, of this dream that she had about her in a competition for me. Intrieged and feeling bold because of this, I asked her out. At the end of that dinner, we talked for hours, but alas, the timing wasn't right, and she turned me down. I was pretty upset about that, because me feelings had been so strong, but I tried to move on. The problem was I couldn't think of anyone but her. Three years passed and I had been on a few dates, but nothing serious came of any of those, and I was still thinking of Misty all time. Then, she called me up out of the blue, and asked me out. And then things started making sense again... ;)
I also met my wife when she joined my band... That's it! GM needs to join a garage band!
Why did the price of the expansion pack go up?
Imploding Kittens: This is the First Expansion of Exploding Kittens has increased from $9.99 to $12.99
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People still think to come here to complain?! This campaign ended over a year and a half ago! We're just the weird people who don't leave the party until the host starts cleaning up!
In the immortal words of Ferris Beuller, "You're still here? It's over! Go home... go."
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Wait a minute... that means we should leave. Darn you, Jenn, for making me feel like a creepy party-hanger! I don't want to leave yet! The party's not over! Look, there's some beer still in this can, we're good for another few minutes!
Whoa, Chameleon uploaded a ton of videos to his Grumpy Geezer Gaming channel over the last couple weeks! I got way behind on my subscriptions on youtube and just now got to the first new one, but nice to see him back in the game (haha, no pun intended) and making videos again!
@Jenn: A price jump of $3 bucks is nothing. I remember when the original game was on Ebay for $800. Now that is a price jump
Gah! Why won't people who don't understand how labs work leave the lab systems alone?!
@LZ: Because they have an opinion. A wrong opinion, but an opinion none the less.
Wait... is this about the thermostat? Because yes, GM is right. People with the opinion that it needs to be super warm are wrong and should be [kindly allowed] to work on the streets.
Just kidding (disclaimer before the flak hits the fan through a jet turbine directed at my face)
In fact, though it sounds like segregation, why not have two separate areas with separate thermostats to fiddle with? Then everyone could be happy! Or engineers should get on making personal climate controls.
No, this is about people messing with the test menu. Activating old tests that were inactivated for a reason. Inactivating current tests that need to remain active. Adding tests that already exist. Adding tests that don't exist. And when adding, only putting it in the menu without associating any of the appropriate and necessary codes, then complaining when it doesn't work.
It's like the Derpy Whale is running amok in the system
Aaw, the derp! I miss him. We made a good tagteam.
Just looked up his profile, and the last comment he made was here on Jan 25! I wish we could track him down, along with the dozens of other regulars we're missing.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson about 9 hours ago
No intercom? Dang, no announcing a WWE match tagteam with you and Hulk Hogan over the speakers. ;)
I laughed so long at this!!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell Superbacker about 9 hours ago
@Trinkets, sounds good! I wish I could get away and just spend some time in nature... my wife is a city girl through and through, even though she's from a small rural town, go figure... ;)
The wifey isn't into fishing either. She's from a town of 600 people and would rather be living in a big city. Not me. I like my 10,000 population city.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson about 7 hours ago
I love the saying that you can never trust a person whose TV is bigger than their bookshelf, but I only have maybe 1 1/2 shelves worth of books, but i just bought a gigantic like 50 inch TV for my dorm, so... I may need to hit up a bookstore.
OH! That's not even to mention comic books! I love newspaper comic strips, so between stuff my parents, my little brother, and I bought, we have a full small bookshelf of just those, including all of Calvin&Hobbes, Dilbert, The Far Side, Bloom County, Foxtrot... tons of all the good ones! Do those count as books?
For being a little younger than some of us, you certainly have the best of the best when it comes to comic strips. The Farside and Bloom County are some of my favorite reads when I have a few minutes to kill. Have you seen the (I believe) fan made version of Calvin when he is a grandpa with grandkids? I am almost about to bust out crying just typing about it.
You could have told me this about 20 years ago! !!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito Superbacker about 6 hours ago
If you go home with someone and they don't have any books, don't f**k him. - John Waters
Why do I have to go and "fix" my folks TV or computer or ipad every week?
Lord Zombitten about 3 hours ago
Gah! Why won't people who don't understand how labs work leave the lab systems alone?!
One of these days, my dad wants to get a smartphone. I may have to take 2 weeks off starting the day he does..
Does Jenn's comment mean that it is on Amazon again?
*heads over to Amazon*
*runs back in*
IT'S ON AMAZON AGAIN!!!!!!
Good, maybe I'll get the one I preordered then. How have I not gotten it?
Trinkets: Wow, that's alot. Trying to make up for a full day? Don't get used to it; I miss them all the time, and it's rarely worth catching up in full.
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Regarding comics, I know, right?! Calvin&Hobbes is the most classic, and some of Bloom County is the funniest I've ever read! In fact, Bloom County is the major reason I know virtually anything about the culture and politics of the 80s! He started writing it again last year, too! Though I haven't actually kept reading it, so I'll have to pick up a new collection of the new strips somewhere sometime. Barnes & Noble's has alot of stuff like that.
Ah, regarding Imploding Kittens: "Release date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016"
That's an important bit of info. Good thing I saved $3 by ordering it earlier. Whoopee.
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"Arrives Oct. 24-Oct. 25"
Even more important; should it be in Canada when we get there? Or will I be lucky enough to have it before going up? Will I go up even? Find out next time, same zem time, same zem channel.
Yep, making up for another busy day. I can't wait for my weekend to start tomorrow. This guy needs a couple of days away from the circus.
I used to live in a house where the upstairs lady had an orange tabby that was beat up and sick looking like Bill the cat. Always making hacking sounds too. He was healthy.and happy, just looked rough.
You should have put him up for president. He could have gone far!
Friday. Finally. I need to get through the next 12 hours and then I will be home free. Will probably spend the whole weekend catching up on sleep.
Good morning kittens! Its FRIDAY!!! ;)
@Trinkets, lol about your dad and his potential new smart phone! My branch manager came to me yesterday, complaining about his new company iPhone dying too quickly. I checked and he had over 30 apps open! Including safari, and some other huge data/battery pigs. He felt that they should just have turned off automatically, I had to explain, its like a computer, and then he understood... ;)
@BaKhan: Every few days I have to re-iterate to my mom about closing apps.
@GM & BaKhan: I found out the hard way that not shutting down apps is one of the ways my internet data would drain so quickly. Now I make sure to shut everything down when I finish using it.
Now if only I could shut off the lights in the rooms the same way.
I should have a chat with my parents about this again...my dad said he wanted to speak to me because they got a message saying they are getting close to the data limit...I'm on my own plan.
@Geist, a long time ago I gave up on having reasonable data usage and just went with the biggest data package that my carrier offered. I pay way too much, but I don't have to worry about running out either, so... I don't call it a win, but maybe a break even? ;)
@BaKhan: I have 2.5GB limit, and looking back through the last few cycles...I came across one where I used so little data, it almost wasn't worth having a plan(used only 2.13MB of data), that was in April. Just last month however, I used 2.12GB.
Oh, and this cycle(Aug 4 - Sept 3) I've used 626MB so far.
@GM, I've got the 15GB plan and so far I've used 2856 MB, but I had monday off, and a half day yesterday off, so I'm down a few hundred MB from where I would normally be. I had the 5GB plan, but I kept going over, so I just went to the top end and thought, better to pay extra every month than get hammered a few times a year. It does work out to be less this way, for me.
That's why I'm glad my carrier does unlimited everything. I get 2.5 GB of high speed, but if I go over, it doesn't cost anything. I just have to deal with slower Internet. They also don't count Pandora or Pokémon Go against the high speed limit.
@LZ, I wish we could get the plans that you guys have down there. Just this year they started letting some US carriers into the Canadian market. I imagine that in a year or two, we'll start seeing some much better plans as competition heats up.
The maximum, apparently, that they can charge you for going over your limit, is $50(not sure as to how accurate that is, but that's what I've heard from a few people). So best to go big if you do go over your limit.
@GM, that would have been great, but sadly there is no limit. You do have to keep accepting the fact that you are over the limit, and they're bending you over for it though. Maybe thats the $50 thing, the first warning? I've had bills over $350, especially when I go to the states. When we were on our honeymoon cruising through the bahamas, I made sure to have both of our phones off! I'm not paying those prices, no way!
I remember a time when the internet was new to consumers and AOL was the biggest carrier. Back then you paid by the hour instead of monthly. Man, I remember some $800 bills that came my way and that was pretty tame considering that some people were paying double per month for being online so much.
@Geist, I remember using dial up, before the internet was user friendly, the worst you'd get hit there was long distance charges. I still remember (and loath) my 2400 baud (2.4k for those that don't know) modem.... ;)
@BaKhan: That was what everyone had back when AOL was king. I even remember the sound the motem made when it was dialing up. Heck, there were NO computers with terabyte sized hard drives. I think the most was 2 gig? If you went with 5 gig, you had to pay something like $2,000.
Nowadays, you can get a good deal on a 1T computer for $799.
@Geist, there weren't even 1 gig computers back when I was using that old modem. 40 MB was big, 100 MB was huge, and typically advertized as way bigger than you would ever need! ;) Ah the good old days... ;)
You are probably right BaKhan. I only remember that the hard drive was ridiculously small compared to today's computers.
Can someone bring me a drink? -.-
*sigh*
Me first. Just when I thought I was finished, I find that there is a whole section that I apparently didn't do and wasn't really trained on it.
I'll get the blame, of course.
I get to process a wire transfer for a guy because when his hours were submitted it sounded(both to me and my manager) that is was an example, not actual hours to pay out.
Less than 4 hours to go, I can do this! (I'll just keep telling myself that anyways...)
Wow, recently you guys have been very chatty very early in the morning. Like my first and second classes kind of early. You guys found my schedule again and are talking mostly when I'm not here again! Dang it, I thought I'd kept it top secret!
Did you know there are actually alot of people still using dial-up? AOL is still a thing, too, and over 2 million people still use them!
Which makes me wonder if in the new Austin Powers movie whether AOL will still be the internet provider... ;)
I think it'd be a really funny joke to have them still using AOL, and he gets the good 'ol "You've got mail!" message.
Yeah, while my dad was very technically adept, so in my memory even though Dial-up was still very prevalent in my early internet years, we weren't using it, I do remember 1 gig memories being a huge thing. Now, 1 terrabyte is even fillable! Back then people mostly worked with scant kilobyte interchanges, now you can expend gigabytes on just simple things like videos or even just game updates. I have a measly 465 GB in my laptop, but I filled that right the heck up recently and now will have to cull my files and export a few games that don't need to function online.
If you need a pick-up after a long day, here's one of my favorite videos I found again yesterday going through youtube videos with friends. There's a guy who does an IMPECCABLE Ian McKellen impression, and this video makes me giggle every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch…
There's also one where "Ian McKellen" reads 90s songs, and it's so great! There's a few songs you had NO idea were so pervy!
And no, I didn't Rick-Roll you this time. (this time...) That would only give ME giggles every time! ;)
IT'S HERE!!!
The assignment is officially over. I am not proud of the fact that I didn't perform at my best & they will probably not ask me back but this new assignment coming up next week is more in line with what I have been doing for the last dozen years.
So for now, I am heading to the bar for a couple of drinks and then home for some much needed sleep
@Geist: Lucky you. I'm trying to motivate myself to finish what I need to do today. =/
@Geist, congrats, a win is a win, don't over analyze it! ;) Have a couple for those of us still slaving away! ;)
Woo, weekend! A true weekend for Geist, even! Hope the next one is pretty enjoyable work!
@BaKhan: after the week I've had, I am going to have 3.
@Geist, you've fought the good fight, now play as hard as you worked! ;) I hope you have a great and relaxing weekend!
Ok, ok, ok...
Wouldn't you think that if you put someone on probation for never coming to work on time, then they would be on their best behavior?! NOPE!
Then she has the nerve to get angry with me for trying to help her come in on time, telling me that I don't understand the job. No, I only worked it for four and a half years before hiring her.
Then... Then, this is great, guys, THEN I come in today to discover that an entire day's worth of printouts for one of our analyzers is missing! It was here yesterday, but not today. The bag it was in had its label erased, and the bag itself was nicely placed in a pile of empty bags. The person who is on probation has been known to hide things in the past as a petty means of retaliation for perceived slights.
It's like, honestly! How long do you expect to keep a job if you don't come in on time, yell at your boss for getting in trouble for not coming in on time, and then destroying test results!?!?
GAAAAHHHHH!!!
Geist, can I have one or six of those drinks?
@LZ: Sounds like someone doesn't want her job.
@LZ, yikes! Have a better weekend bro! ;)
I know, right? She swears up and down that she does, but her behavior loudly proclaims otherwise.
I would say give her a warning, but that might cause more problems in the long run.
LZ, this is what you get for being promoted! Nothing good comes of management!
Petty pissantry and passive-aggressiveness everywhere.
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Also, a full days' worth of printouts? Shouldn't you be able to just like lift each bag? Or even just touch them? Or see which one is bulging slightly (depending on material)? I mean, I don't know what material and whether we're talking 20 empty bags or a full warehouse of them, but it seems to me her petty pissanthropic passive-aggressive retaliation could have been worse. Still, on probation and still does all that? I'd say her leash is now not only super short, but set on fire.
Could do what we did to a guy who dialed to follow safety procedures. Sent on suspension for two weeks, came back to a wage cut until his three reviews are all done(30 day, 60 day, 90 day).
But on that note, I'm jumping ship and making a mad dash for home.
I know pissanthropic isn't a word, but I like to use it. What's the right word there, for pissant-like? pissantic, like pedantic? I know there's no such thing as a pissanthrope, but pissanty or any other option I've thought of sounds even weirder.
GM, that's a really serious punishment, which goes really well for safety-shirking. But for just assholery? I'd say you don't need to put up with that crap. Especially if they're hiding necessary documents just to get back at you in a really childish way. This is one of those times I'm actually wanting to say just fire her ass and be done with it, though I know it's probably not that easy and may not work out well. Though if I'm wrong and you can do that, LZ, just do it already. I wouldn't blame you at all if I were the employee being fired for acting like this themself.
Of course, there's certainly no evidence tying the hiding of documents directly to her, but usually if someone has a history of behavior like that, that's enough of a reason, and people have been fired for much less.
Maybe some kind of suspension, though probation should do that trick well enough already. I don't know, can you tell I hate people who act like this?
I've talked to HR, and they want to talk about it more on Monday. At the very least, we'll be issuing a reprimand for the insubordination. They're not sure if I can fire her just yet.
A reprimand, by the way, is a final warning.
Oh, and I like pissantry. Pissanthrope is also good. Pissantry describing the actions of a pissant. Pissanthrope is a human made of piss or pissants. I like them.
Anywho, we have reason to believe the printouts were discarded, not hidden.
You're such a terrible person you're made of pissants, in turn made of piss!
Ooh, that'll give them a fireable offense... really, though?! Hiding them is one thing, and you can play it off (and look stupid) as an accident, but actually discarding documents, at least semi-important by the fact that they were printed off? Still... why? I don't understand that. It doesn't even get a point across other than that you're immature. I kind of hope the documents turn up so the person isn't *that* childish, just irresponsible.
Just found out my birthday is national wine day. It was fated.
Anyone? Anyone? Beuller? Beuller? Beuller? Beuller?
Frye? Frye? Frye?......
Tomorrow I start my new job. I'll try to check in during lunch hour but it will most likely be radio silence from me most of tomorrow.
Wish me luck!
May luck rain from the sky.
I'll certainly wish you luck, Geist. In fact, I'll do you one better and wish you good luck!
Good luck, Geist! You'll do great!
Hey, LZ, what happened to the campaign? Did I miss it or was there another setback?
Good morning kittens!
@Geist, best of luck! I know you're gonna do great!
Morning kittens.
@Geist: Good luck!
@BaKhan: I have a question regarding when you paint your miniatures. After you've given them their bath, and they are all dried, do you apply a base coat at all?
@GM, I always use primer, either white or black depending on what overall tone I'm going for. Primer, not paint. Primer sticks to pretty much anything, and paint sticks to primer. If you don't use primer, theres a good chance the paint will pull away from your miniature. So, yes, I always use primer as my basecoat. When you're using primer, you're not looking to have a solid colour, patchy is fine, if the primer doesn't get all the way into the deep crevases, thats not the end of the world either, when you're painting it will cover it up. The primer is just to help the paint stick, the raised surfaces are the most important to prime, as they are the most likely to be handled, bumped, etc. Also, make sure that you thin your primer and paints, they are too thick out of the bottle and will likely obscure detail if applied too thickly. I would rather cover something twice and see the detail, than once and lose it.
On another painting note, I finally got around to using the wet pallet yesterday. Where has this thing been all my life?! It is the most awesome tool, I wish I had know about years ago! Even a small dab of colour stays useable for hours! It really helped out for mixing and colour blending. 10/10 I would use again! ;)
@BaKhan: Good to know. My dad and I are working on getting the room he uses to paint his French cavalrymen miniatures set up so that we can both work in there. Unfortunately, we need to move so much junk(a lot of it belonging to my sister) so that we can fit the two tables in there(both are about 8.5 feet by 2.6 feet). My idea, is to have them forming an L, with the "dead space" in the corner used to store all the paints/brushes/misc tools.
@GM, that L shape, sounds like a good use of space, you might want to take a look at some of these pieces to help out with organization and space saving. http://brokentablehobbies.com/ I just placed an order yesterday. I've got some ideas for downstairs. I've got this weird long narrow room that was originally used for developing photography, I think. I'm going to take the wall down and open it up (assuming its not structural of course) and then add a new top to the counter so I can pull a stool up to it and use that as my painting area. It will be a lot better use of the space than it is now... ;)
For now, my dad has all his paints sitting in an old box lid in a drawer, which once we reorganize the room we won't be able to have in there. The entire desk it's part of needs to be pulled out of there(it's really just three pieces, but it's a matter of finding where to put them...if my sister moved out there would be a whole lot more room...all of my stuff in condensed down to my bedroom, and maybe 4 boxes outside of there). When I move out...I will need to get a whole lot of furniture.
For now I'm just painting at the table in my kitchen, and everything is just in bags or cases. Once I have a dedicated room, I will be using the new stands I bought yesterday. I think they're going to clean it up and make it a lot easier to find and use my stuff! ;)
Bubble bath? How cute!
@Geist, funny enough, it would have been a bubble bath! ;) Got to get that oil they put on them off before you paint! ;)
I get to write a reprimand today. Yippee!
#sarcasm
@LZ: I can write it for you. "Grow up, or get the hell out!"
Hope the new job is going good, Geist.
Howdy all.
I'll see if I can get a pic of my painting station I made a couple weeks ago.