I'm pretty sure you need a smartphone in order for a smart watch to be anything approaching worth it.
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-08T09:52:15-05:00
Also, my radiation hump day was yesterday. Yay! I only have 16 more treatments before I'm done with that nonsense!
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-08T09:56:17-05:00
Good Morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-08T09:57:44-05:00
@LZ, thats great news bro! I knew this couldn't keep you down!
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-08T10:03:56-05:00
I have a giant bald spot forming over my left frontal lobe, though. The doctors say it'll only be temporary. It'll be nice to let my hair grow again after this is all done.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-08T10:15:02-05:00
@LZ, so you're saying that your fontal lobe is too sexy for hair? I see what you did there! ;) Seriously man, proud of how you're handling this, proud to call you my friend!
@LZ: That is definitely some good news. Maybe not the bald spot, but the fact there are only 16 treatments remaining.
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-08T10:39:07-05:00
It's okay, though. My head has a good shape, so I don't look bad with a shaved head. I'd just rather have hair, but I don't want to grow it with the bald spot. That would look silly.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-08T11:47:31-05:00
Yeah! Awesome news, LZ! Does this mean you'll be back here regularly?
And don't worry, you're not alone. I have a bald spot showing up over my left frontal lobe too. ;)
Man, aren't genetics great? First my eyes, I'm literally more blind than a bat (all bats can see, and most have fairly good vision), then my teeth in EVERY way cause trouble, now it seems my hair may be going the way of the dinos, dodos, and my dad's.
Haha, my dad has better than perfect vision and great teeth, and what do I get? His hair. ;)
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-09T09:39:08-05:00
Morning kittens
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-09T09:42:17-05:00
Last morning for me! I mean, still finals, but they're all at 6 pm, so I'll probably wake up a little before noon. Wooo! The only good thing about school! Well, I know that's not true, but you get my point.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-09T10:08:54-05:00
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-09T13:04:48-05:00
No, still got finals next week. My final final is late wednesday, and I'll probably use all thursday to pack up and go back friday.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-10T12:58:25-05:00
Anyone doing anything exciting this weekend? I know I'm not. Today I'm goofing off and tomorrow both goofing off, being productive, and studying for my monday exam. Excitement!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-11T15:11:05-05:00
No, I'm not, thanks for asking. I'll just sit with getting really, really pissed off due to several things perfectly set to frustrate the hell out of me over 2 full days now. I need a punching bag or something.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-12T07:18:40-05:00
Morning kittens. Sorry for the radio silence. Last week was nothing but a nightmare. Starting with my mobile carrier taking away my number because of some "fraud alert" that mysteriously showed up when I changed my mind on getting internet service through them. I was walking around with a completely different number that I didn't want and was calling different departments to try to get it back. I finally got it switched back on Saturday after bringing in a copy of my utility bill and ID.
Then an item that I ordered before Thanksgiving never got to me and after several phone calls (on company time no less) I finally figured out that the reason why I never got the package is because the woman put the wrong last name down. My PO box rejected it. So now I still don't have the package and I'm waiting for this woman to send a replacement.
On the upside, I got visited a book fair and there is another craft fair this weekend that I'm looking forward to.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-12T09:12:11-05:00
Morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-12T09:12:46-05:00
@Zem, just breath man, just breath. Its going to be okay, you got a nice break coming up, just keep it in mind! ;)
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-12T09:14:03-05:00
@Geist, yep phone companies suck! ;) Glad to hear about the book fair and the craft fair coming up! Its way too cold here to think about doing anything outside, well at least for me it is anyways. We are supposed to get a bit of a break this week though. Fingers crossed!
Morning kittens. Another day, another "Where's this? Where's that? Who was that sent to? Who planned that meeting for 9:30am, on a payroll processing day?!(this one was the CFO...so can't REALLY complain)"
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-12T11:50:17-05:00
re: Washington Weather
We are expected to have are first snow fall this Wednesday and Friday. Light dustings but the only means that people will drive like their are crazy and traffic will be at a standstill. I don't think there will be a run on the grocery stores because the weather man didn't use the word "storm". Either way, I'm pretty good on food and booze to last me a few days. Still gotta get the internet thing straight though.
Well...apparently my pledge was dropped(card declined) for the Peble2, which was Successful for the last 5 months...which means I'm not getting a refund(and support has been emailed, and they better come back with a good reply).
This is what I got originally from their support page:
Unfortunately, your $279.00 USD pledge to Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core has been dropped because your credit card was declined and the payment was not fixed in time. At this point, it's no longer possible to pledge through Kickstarter to this project. If you'd like, you can try to work something out with the creator directly. To contact a creator, visit the project page and click on the creator's profile image. This will open up their bio page where you can click the blue "Contact me" link to send them a message. I also recommend keeping your eyes peeled for Project Updates that indicate how to support the project in the future.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-12T14:17:41-05:00
@Geist, well that doesn't sound too bad, except for the straightening out the internet thing, that could be painful... >.>
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-12T14:18:02-05:00
@GM, so it sounds like you were never charged? Did it show up on your statement?
I tried looking for the charge in my statement using the TD app...but it doesn't go back that far. So I'm going to look at home(I know I still have that statement)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-12T14:46:18-05:00
@GM: if your pledge was declined, you wouldn't be getting a refund, yes?
@Geist: Correct, but it was set as successful for 5 months, with no emails from KS saying that I needed to update it before.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-12T14:53:13-05:00
@BaKhan: January is when we start to get the bad weather. The first big snow fall will probably be around mid January. I should have my cabinets full of booze and food by then.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-12T14:55:03-05:00
it was set as successful for 5 months, with no emails from KS saying that I needed to update it before.
GM: That sounds fishy. They charged your card and want to keep the money by saying that your card was declined.
The response I got said it will be applied to the new card, because the bank will see the connection...from a VISA with TD, to a MasterCard with BMO...yup, that's going to happen.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-12T15:19:36-05:00
Whoa, guess I should have checked in earlier today!
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So, my Finals are actually really nice this year! Mon, tues, wed all at 6 pm, which makes it super easy to remember and predict. And they go from hardest to easiest, so I don't even have to worry about the super difficult one that comes last this time! Only problem is that means I have to worry about the super difficult one today, the only one I'm worried about, but I also from it had 2 days (today and yesterday) to study! So yeah, it's actually pretty nice!
Eric 'Drinkets' Baumgarten 2016-12-12T21:00:48-05:00
Hey gang. Still around. Seems like every time I try to hop on in here, something pops up.
Hope everyone is doing good.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-13T03:41:49-05:00
Hey, Trinkets! How're you?
Wow, I guess it was empty in here today, huh? I obviously had quite a bit on my mind until a few hours ago, and then other stuff came up, so I never got around to checking back in, kind of like you I guess.
Hope you will have had a great day by the time this was relevant!
@Trinkets: Always. Late paperwork, missing paperwork, paperwork no one bothered creating(giving a guy a flat day rate in addition to his regular hourly rate). That, and people taking forever to get stuff to us(granted, the new spreadsheet they submit the hours on does require a fair bit more work since they break it down by day, with the job codes on there).
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-13T12:37:08-05:00
Ah, good news finally! Just got my refund for the Pebble that I'm not getting.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-13T14:28:31-05:00
@GM, sweet! Congrats!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-13T14:28:38-05:00
That's good at least, GM! That could have been a pretty bad suckerpunch to a wallet, though it probably would be better to get the watch instead. Any possibility of working that out with Pebble to get a watch still?
@Zem: No chance. They stopped ALL production of anything and everything, sold the majority of their assets, and company, to Fitbit. They are literally out of business. Oh, and they didn't even get enough money from Fitbit to handle all their debt(they only got $40m).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-13T15:55:24-05:00
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that, I heard about it! Absolute BS, but there you have it. Another great company dies and is absorbed into a somehow more successful almost-somewhat-similar-in-some-ways company.
Kinch Santha 2016-12-14T00:01:19-05:00
I backed the campaign with $40 dollars back when it started and never received anything for it. Was I supposed to do something to claim it?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T04:18:10-05:00
@BaKhan: I just mailed out your Christmas card and a little something for Misty and Pumpkin. You'll probably get it a bit after the holidays. Sorry about that.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T04:18:43-05:00
Morning kittens. Happy hump day.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T04:28:39-05:00
@Kinch: you are a year late and $40 dollars short. At this point you would have to contact them directly to see if they can refund you or send out another box.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-14T04:38:46-05:00
The contact email for these issues is still support@explodingkittens.com isn't it? Almost certain that's the email you want to use for information.
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Also, good morning/night!
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T09:15:13-05:00
Good morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T09:16:42-05:00
@Geist, thats awesome! Although, I'm not sure Pumpkin deserves anything... >.> as she is the worst! ;) Also, what do you think about maple bacon popcorn? ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T09:24:02-05:00
@BaKhan: should be just as tasty and easier to ship. Plus, a little spread over popcorn should help the bottom line.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T10:21:10-05:00
@Geist, that's kinda what I was thinking. The raw costs of making one batch of MBB is close to $20. Then add the cost of the production, etc., it brings the cost of each batch up to $28. Meaning that after shipping and some kind of profit (low - very low depending on contingencies) it would mean that I would need to charge about $40 per package (which is about half of a large ziplock bag). If I was to use it more like a caramel on pop corn, I think I could strech each batch out to 4 - 6 batches of popcorn. Which would mean I could drop each bag of popcorn down to $18 - $20 (shipping is a bitch) and still make some profit. Do you think that people would be interested at that price? I might be able to strech the MBB onto more batches as well, I have yet to actually try making it. Oh, don't forget those would be Canadian prices.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T10:51:37-05:00
@BaKhan: so what you are saying is that to get my own personal batch of MBB, I'd have to send you $50 bucks.
And today started out as a decent morning....then work happened.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T11:01:22-05:00
$18 to $20 sounds reasonable to me. Especially since you are combining meat and booze. Plus it is easier to ship popcorn than hard sugar which could arrive at their destination all broken to crumbs.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T11:01:50-05:00
@GM: isn't that most days?
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T11:10:28-05:00
@Geist, right on! Also, the next time I make up a batch of MBB, I'll let you know, I definitely wouldn't need $50, I'll just charge what it costs me, we are friends after all! ;) The thing with the popcorn, is that if I did launch a ks for the MBB, I'm sure some people would balk at the price, so the popcorn would be a lower dollar offering. I guess I could do smaller packages as well, I just can't imagine someone not wanting a full batch, it goes so quick!
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T11:10:56-05:00
I think I'm going to try the MBB popcorn for christmas time, I'll report back when I do!
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T11:19:41-05:00
@GM, hey, did you have New Year's plans yet? If not I'm having some people over for games and good times, and would love to have you join us, if you're interested!
@BaKhan: As of right now, I really don't know. My mind is so scrambled with people promising stuff(that I'm supposed to do) without talking to me first to see if it's feasible.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T11:30:43-05:00
@GM, hey man, no pressure! If you do, you do. I just think that it would be fun, thats all. Also, personally, I don't let people decide what I'm doing, or tell me what to do, unless there is a large amount of cash involved, or they are my wife... ;)
It was my manager, promising the site I would get an off-cycle processed, today, for payment Friday. As of this moment, I have no idea what I will be able to do as I have about an inch worth of paper all over my desk that I'm wading through, people coming to me for information, requests that I don't even know about, late paperwork, wrong paperwork, incomplete paperwork, and all manner of things that are priority level -5,000,000.
I am so glad I'm going out tonight for a drink with Phil.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T11:42:18-05:00
@GM: and risk the chance to play Zombieside? Move heaven and earth if you have to. I'm going to be so jelly.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T11:55:15-05:00
@GM, oh I get it, you mean today, and your boss. Well yes, then there is large amounts of cash involved. Good luck with that, I personally hate, hate, hate, when my boss over promises on something I'm expected to deliver. I normally go the Scotty route, under promise and over deliver, sucks when you just have to try and pull a miracle out of your butt! When you get done with this stuff though, think about it, cool?
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T11:56:09-05:00
@Geist, I have even more painted now, than I showed you when you were up here! I have all of the baddies finish and 14 heros painted now, only 36 left to go!
@BaKhan: I definitely will think about it. And when I see Phil tonight, I'll also mention it to him incase he doesn't have to work it(though, he likely will, but you never know)
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T12:03:03-05:00
@GM, that sounds good, and absolutely, if Phil wants to come, he's more than welcome!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T12:33:03-05:00
@BaKhan: if you are throwing another Halloween bash next (and I get invited again) I would love to play that game.
And another championship round of EK.
;-)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-14T12:34:25-05:00
Speaking of KS campaigns, are you going to do a video with yours?
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-14T14:45:43-05:00
@Geist, we are absolutely planning on another Halloween bash, pretty much every year, until we can't... ;) And obviously, we would be super excited to have you back! (even if you do kick our butts in EK!).
I haven't gotten to that stage of planning yet with my potential campaign. I'm still getting quotes on commercial kitchen space, the ins and outs of shipping food products to other countries, supplies, etc. If I do a video, I don't know that I would want to be in it, I'm not very photogenic, and wouldn't want to scare any potential backers away... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-14T16:32:28-05:00
Whoa, that's alot of... wait, no, it's 3:30! Dagnabbit, this is what I get for shifting to New Zealand time now! ;)
At least that's the closest time zone to me I can think of. Whenever 4am central is about 10pm or whenever *normal* people go to sleep. And I wake up at about 2-3, also 6 hours ahead of 8 or so am, whenever a normal person wakes up. I need to study these "normal" people. Their sleeping habits amuse me.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-14T20:56:56-05:00
Uuuuugh. Someone left chocolate milk in our fridge a month and a half past expiration, and so we dumped it out today, and even after leaving (immediately after dumping) to get burgers and coming back, the whole place still smells like both very, very bad milk... AND freaking excrement out of one end or the other, I don't want to really think too hard on it. Wonderful. Thank god for hamburgers to act as air fresheners!
We were going to watch Spongebob, but it smells so bad I just went to my room and shut the door. It's so bad I don't even want to watch Spongebob!!! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-14T20:57:31-05:00
Honest Abe's, though.... mmmmmmmmmmmm!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-14T22:10:50-05:00
I realize I probably shouldn't have forced you all to endure that torture. If you read this first, DO NOT READ THE LONG COMMENT BEFORE THE ONE BEFORE THIS! You will regret it. I gagged just hearing my roommate (who poured it out) gagging.
...
Wait, this isn't any better, that's the equivalent of "What happens next will gross you out! (#74 is too funny!!!:P[heart])" and now the gods have deemed you can't NOT read that simply due to curiosity!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-15T05:47:51-05:00
@Zem: Yeah, what BaKhan said. Best to just throw the container whole into the trash and be done with it...something like that is best left unopened.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-15T12:36:51-05:00
@Geist, I'll see your witches boob (lol!) and raise you a whore's heart! ;) Hope that your party makes up for some of the bs they've been putting you through! Have fun!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-15T14:58:31-05:00
@BaKhan: our mid west has been hit with below zero temperatures and snow. Six dead so far. The emergency shelters are full to the brim but there are still tons of people/families that need warmth. Makes one very greatful for the comfort that we have.
It's not a castle but my apartment is snug, full of food and booze. Happy to have those luxuries.
Rod "BaKhan Beard" Mitchell 2016-12-15T15:23:20-05:00
@Geist, thats some scary stuff! Hopefully, those that need help can get access to it! And I agree, it makes a lot of problems seem trivial in comparison. Lots of families out there, one pay check from being homeless!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-15T18:51:30-05:00
BaKhan and GM, it wasn't my idea! If it were up to me (and not starting to leak), it would have been left in the fridge for someone else to deal with! My only problem is that someone else DID deal with it, which is why it was poured out. And the empty container is sitting in the trash, so a very small area still smells faintly of it, and I'm not going to do anything about THAT because I don't feel like feeling sick right now. I'm weird that way.
I don't know why, but spoiled milk is one of the easiest ways to get me to at least come VERY near to throwing up. I actually usually get someone else to smell a jug of milk that might be bad first because I can't even think about this like I am right now I need to stop!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-15T18:53:16-05:00
I see your whore's heart and raise you my roommate's feet when we went out to get burgers yesterday (emergency evacuation of the room) and he wore flip-flops!
To make him feel better, I took off my jacket... and thought it actually felt really nice out (under 15 F, by the way), so I left my jacket off and even got a milkshake from the burger place and drank it on the way back!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-16T09:11:14-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-16T09:12:24-05:00
@Zem, roommate's feet, pashaw! Was he the one that dumped the milk? If so, he deserved every frozen toe! It was minus 6F here this morning.... at least its supposed to be warming up to close to 30F by Monday! Did I even mention how much I hate the cold?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-16T11:25:17-05:00
BaKhan, tomorrow morning it'll be slightly colder than that here because it's finally going to snow 2 days in a row! Quite a bit too, so far as I can tell! Then... back above freezing for most of next week. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. ;)
Also, yes, this is the same roommate who dumped the milk. I thought "You know, I could go for some good fast food to celebrate being done!"
While he was dumping: "In fact, that's a perfect idea seeing as I'm not going to want to be here for another day or so. I'm going. Now."
Hmmm... he might want to join me. Yeah, he definitely just gagged. "Unless you want to come with?" "Yes. **** it, I'm going with you. Now. *******it, let's go!"
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-16T15:59:18-05:00
Howdy kittens. Couldn't post anything because today was a payment run and the usual chaos ensued.
The Christmas party was nice. All the employees got a gift basket of either wine, chocolate or cheese. I picked the chocolate basket, of course. It's shaped like a suitcase and has lots of sweet and savory snacks. I am now up to my ears in chocolaty goodness. There was a bit of controversy when the temps complained about not getting anything but that wasn't true. At the last minute, the company decided to give the temps a much smaller goodie bag that had a $25 gift certificate to Starbucks. I don't think too many of them picked them up though.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-16T16:03:09-05:00
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-17T20:25:01-05:00
Ahoy, I couldn't comment because we lost internet for some time and I was gone. It was the weekend, though, so I knew I wasn't going to miss much.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-19T09:06:47-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-19T09:53:56-05:00
Morning kittens! Why are there still people in the office? Haven't people started their Christmas vacation yet? Why do I still have a pile of work to do? I wanna drink from my flask and goof around while getting paid for it. *huffs*
Nothing like finding something out, that everyone else at the dinner table(this happened last night) knew about for a week or two...and my parents even knew about it)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-19T10:27:25-05:00
@Geist, lol, I know right!?!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-19T10:28:00-05:00
@GM, thats when you pretend that you don't even care, you're like oh, everyone knew before me, couldn't a been that important then... ;)
Well, for one, they wanted to wait until after Christmas to start treatment...she told them no, start it now. Her first chemo treatment is Wednesday, then in ~9 weeks doing the surgery.
The other went the opposite way. Had surgery already, and going to be doing chemo soon.
So, it's somewhat under control...just not something one wants to learn about at an early Christmas dinner.
I'm pretty sure you need a smartphone in order for a smart watch to be anything approaching worth it.
Also, my radiation hump day was yesterday. Yay! I only have 16 more treatments before I'm done with that nonsense!
Good Morning kittens!
@LZ, thats great news bro! I knew this couldn't keep you down!
I have a giant bald spot forming over my left frontal lobe, though. The doctors say it'll only be temporary. It'll be nice to let my hair grow again after this is all done.
@LZ, so you're saying that your fontal lobe is too sexy for hair? I see what you did there! ;) Seriously man, proud of how you're handling this, proud to call you my friend!
Morning kittens.
@LZ: That is definitely some good news. Maybe not the bald spot, but the fact there are only 16 treatments remaining.
It's okay, though. My head has a good shape, so I don't look bad with a shaved head. I'd just rather have hair, but I don't want to grow it with the bald spot. That would look silly.
Yeah! Awesome news, LZ! Does this mean you'll be back here regularly?
And don't worry, you're not alone. I have a bald spot showing up over my left frontal lobe too. ;)
Man, aren't genetics great? First my eyes, I'm literally more blind than a bat (all bats can see, and most have fairly good vision), then my teeth in EVERY way cause trouble, now it seems my hair may be going the way of the dinos, dodos, and my dad's.
Haha, my dad has better than perfect vision and great teeth, and what do I get? His hair. ;)
Morning kittens
Last morning for me! I mean, still finals, but they're all at 6 pm, so I'll probably wake up a little before noon. Wooo! The only good thing about school! Well, I know that's not true, but you get my point.
@Zem, congrats! After today you heading home?
Morning kittens.
No, still got finals next week. My final final is late wednesday, and I'll probably use all thursday to pack up and go back friday.
Anyone doing anything exciting this weekend? I know I'm not. Today I'm goofing off and tomorrow both goofing off, being productive, and studying for my monday exam. Excitement!
No, I'm not, thanks for asking. I'll just sit with getting really, really pissed off due to several things perfectly set to frustrate the hell out of me over 2 full days now. I need a punching bag or something.
Morning kittens. Sorry for the radio silence. Last week was nothing but a nightmare. Starting with my mobile carrier taking away my number because of some "fraud alert" that mysteriously showed up when I changed my mind on getting internet service through them. I was walking around with a completely different number that I didn't want and was calling different departments to try to get it back. I finally got it switched back on Saturday after bringing in a copy of my utility bill and ID.
Then an item that I ordered before Thanksgiving never got to me and after several phone calls (on company time no less) I finally figured out that the reason why I never got the package is because the woman put the wrong last name down. My PO box rejected it. So now I still don't have the package and I'm waiting for this woman to send a replacement.
On the upside, I got visited a book fair and there is another craft fair this weekend that I'm looking forward to.
Morning kittens!
@Zem, just breath man, just breath. Its going to be okay, you got a nice break coming up, just keep it in mind! ;)
@Geist, yep phone companies suck! ;) Glad to hear about the book fair and the craft fair coming up! Its way too cold here to think about doing anything outside, well at least for me it is anyways. We are supposed to get a bit of a break this week though. Fingers crossed!
Morning kittens. Another day, another "Where's this? Where's that? Who was that sent to? Who planned that meeting for 9:30am, on a payroll processing day?!(this one was the CFO...so can't REALLY complain)"
re: Washington Weather
We are expected to have are first snow fall this Wednesday and Friday. Light dustings but the only means that people will drive like their are crazy and traffic will be at a standstill. I don't think there will be a run on the grocery stores because the weather man didn't use the word "storm". Either way, I'm pretty good on food and booze to last me a few days. Still gotta get the internet thing straight though.
Well...apparently my pledge was dropped(card declined) for the Peble2, which was Successful for the last 5 months...which means I'm not getting a refund(and support has been emailed, and they better come back with a good reply).
This is what I got originally from their support page:
Unfortunately, your $279.00 USD pledge to Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core has been dropped because your credit card was declined and the payment was not fixed in time. At this point, it's no longer possible to pledge through Kickstarter to this project. If you'd like, you can try to work something out with the creator directly. To contact a creator, visit the project page and click on the creator's profile image. This will open up their bio page where you can click the blue "Contact me" link to send them a message. I also recommend keeping your eyes peeled for Project Updates that indicate how to support the project in the future.
@Geist, well that doesn't sound too bad, except for the straightening out the internet thing, that could be painful... >.>
@GM, so it sounds like you were never charged? Did it show up on your statement?
I tried looking for the charge in my statement using the TD app...but it doesn't go back that far. So I'm going to look at home(I know I still have that statement)
@GM: if your pledge was declined, you wouldn't be getting a refund, yes?
@Geist: Correct, but it was set as successful for 5 months, with no emails from KS saying that I needed to update it before.
@BaKhan: January is when we start to get the bad weather. The first big snow fall will probably be around mid January. I should have my cabinets full of booze and food by then.
it was set as successful for 5 months, with no emails from KS saying that I needed to update it before.
GM: That sounds fishy. They charged your card and want to keep the money by saying that your card was declined.
The response I got said it will be applied to the new card, because the bank will see the connection...from a VISA with TD, to a MasterCard with BMO...yup, that's going to happen.
Whoa, guess I should have checked in earlier today!
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So, my Finals are actually really nice this year! Mon, tues, wed all at 6 pm, which makes it super easy to remember and predict. And they go from hardest to easiest, so I don't even have to worry about the super difficult one that comes last this time! Only problem is that means I have to worry about the super difficult one today, the only one I'm worried about, but I also from it had 2 days (today and yesterday) to study! So yeah, it's actually pretty nice!
Hey gang. Still around. Seems like every time I try to hop on in here, something pops up.
Hope everyone is doing good.
Hey, Trinkets! How're you?
Wow, I guess it was empty in here today, huh? I obviously had quite a bit on my mind until a few hours ago, and then other stuff came up, so I never got around to checking back in, kind of like you I guess.
Hope you will have had a great day by the time this was relevant!
Morning kittens.
Good thing I didn't wait around work until I received the final timecard file...as it didn't get sent to me until almost 9pm.
Good morning all.
More of the same, eh GM?
@Trinkets: Always. Late paperwork, missing paperwork, paperwork no one bothered creating(giving a guy a flat day rate in addition to his regular hourly rate). That, and people taking forever to get stuff to us(granted, the new spreadsheet they submit the hours on does require a fair bit more work since they break it down by day, with the job codes on there).
Good morning kittens!
Ah, good news finally! Just got my refund for the Pebble that I'm not getting.
@GM, sweet! Congrats!
That's good at least, GM! That could have been a pretty bad suckerpunch to a wallet, though it probably would be better to get the watch instead. Any possibility of working that out with Pebble to get a watch still?
@Zem: No chance. They stopped ALL production of anything and everything, sold the majority of their assets, and company, to Fitbit. They are literally out of business. Oh, and they didn't even get enough money from Fitbit to handle all their debt(they only got $40m).
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that, I heard about it! Absolute BS, but there you have it. Another great company dies and is absorbed into a somehow more successful almost-somewhat-similar-in-some-ways company.
I backed the campaign with $40 dollars back when it started and never received anything for it. Was I supposed to do something to claim it?
@BaKhan: I just mailed out your Christmas card and a little something for Misty and Pumpkin. You'll probably get it a bit after the holidays. Sorry about that.
Morning kittens. Happy hump day.
@Kinch: you are a year late and $40 dollars short. At this point you would have to contact them directly to see if they can refund you or send out another box.
The contact email for these issues is still support@explodingkittens.com isn't it? Almost certain that's the email you want to use for information.
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Also, good morning/night!
Good morning kittens!
@Geist, thats awesome! Although, I'm not sure Pumpkin deserves anything... >.> as she is the worst! ;) Also, what do you think about maple bacon popcorn? ;)
@BaKhan: should be just as tasty and easier to ship. Plus, a little spread over popcorn should help the bottom line.
@Geist, that's kinda what I was thinking. The raw costs of making one batch of MBB is close to $20. Then add the cost of the production, etc., it brings the cost of each batch up to $28. Meaning that after shipping and some kind of profit (low - very low depending on contingencies) it would mean that I would need to charge about $40 per package (which is about half of a large ziplock bag). If I was to use it more like a caramel on pop corn, I think I could strech each batch out to 4 - 6 batches of popcorn. Which would mean I could drop each bag of popcorn down to $18 - $20 (shipping is a bitch) and still make some profit. Do you think that people would be interested at that price? I might be able to strech the MBB onto more batches as well, I have yet to actually try making it. Oh, don't forget those would be Canadian prices.
@BaKhan: so what you are saying is that to get my own personal batch of MBB, I'd have to send you $50 bucks.
*gets out check book and stamps*
And today started out as a decent morning....then work happened.
$18 to $20 sounds reasonable to me. Especially since you are combining meat and booze. Plus it is easier to ship popcorn than hard sugar which could arrive at their destination all broken to crumbs.
@GM: isn't that most days?
@Geist, right on! Also, the next time I make up a batch of MBB, I'll let you know, I definitely wouldn't need $50, I'll just charge what it costs me, we are friends after all! ;) The thing with the popcorn, is that if I did launch a ks for the MBB, I'm sure some people would balk at the price, so the popcorn would be a lower dollar offering. I guess I could do smaller packages as well, I just can't imagine someone not wanting a full batch, it goes so quick!
I think I'm going to try the MBB popcorn for christmas time, I'll report back when I do!
@GM, hey, did you have New Year's plans yet? If not I'm having some people over for games and good times, and would love to have you join us, if you're interested!
@BaKhan: As of right now, I really don't know. My mind is so scrambled with people promising stuff(that I'm supposed to do) without talking to me first to see if it's feasible.
@GM, hey man, no pressure! If you do, you do. I just think that it would be fun, thats all. Also, personally, I don't let people decide what I'm doing, or tell me what to do, unless there is a large amount of cash involved, or they are my wife... ;)
It was my manager, promising the site I would get an off-cycle processed, today, for payment Friday. As of this moment, I have no idea what I will be able to do as I have about an inch worth of paper all over my desk that I'm wading through, people coming to me for information, requests that I don't even know about, late paperwork, wrong paperwork, incomplete paperwork, and all manner of things that are priority level -5,000,000.
I am so glad I'm going out tonight for a drink with Phil.
@GM: and risk the chance to play Zombieside? Move heaven and earth if you have to. I'm going to be so jelly.
@GM, oh I get it, you mean today, and your boss. Well yes, then there is large amounts of cash involved. Good luck with that, I personally hate, hate, hate, when my boss over promises on something I'm expected to deliver. I normally go the Scotty route, under promise and over deliver, sucks when you just have to try and pull a miracle out of your butt! When you get done with this stuff though, think about it, cool?
@Geist, I have even more painted now, than I showed you when you were up here! I have all of the baddies finish and 14 heros painted now, only 36 left to go!
@BaKhan: I definitely will think about it. And when I see Phil tonight, I'll also mention it to him incase he doesn't have to work it(though, he likely will, but you never know)
@GM, that sounds good, and absolutely, if Phil wants to come, he's more than welcome!
@BaKhan: if you are throwing another Halloween bash next (and I get invited again) I would love to play that game.
And another championship round of EK.
;-)
Speaking of KS campaigns, are you going to do a video with yours?
@Geist, we are absolutely planning on another Halloween bash, pretty much every year, until we can't... ;) And obviously, we would be super excited to have you back! (even if you do kick our butts in EK!).
I haven't gotten to that stage of planning yet with my potential campaign. I'm still getting quotes on commercial kitchen space, the ins and outs of shipping food products to other countries, supplies, etc. If I do a video, I don't know that I would want to be in it, I'm not very photogenic, and wouldn't want to scare any potential backers away... ;)
Whoa, that's alot of... wait, no, it's 3:30! Dagnabbit, this is what I get for shifting to New Zealand time now! ;)
At least that's the closest time zone to me I can think of. Whenever 4am central is about 10pm or whenever *normal* people go to sleep. And I wake up at about 2-3, also 6 hours ahead of 8 or so am, whenever a normal person wakes up. I need to study these "normal" people. Their sleeping habits amuse me.
Uuuuugh. Someone left chocolate milk in our fridge a month and a half past expiration, and so we dumped it out today, and even after leaving (immediately after dumping) to get burgers and coming back, the whole place still smells like both very, very bad milk... AND freaking excrement out of one end or the other, I don't want to really think too hard on it. Wonderful. Thank god for hamburgers to act as air fresheners!
We were going to watch Spongebob, but it smells so bad I just went to my room and shut the door. It's so bad I don't even want to watch Spongebob!!! ;)
Honest Abe's, though.... mmmmmmmmmmmm!
I realize I probably shouldn't have forced you all to endure that torture. If you read this first, DO NOT READ THE LONG COMMENT BEFORE THE ONE BEFORE THIS! You will regret it. I gagged just hearing my roommate (who poured it out) gagging.
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Wait, this isn't any better, that's the equivalent of "What happens next will gross you out! (#74 is too funny!!!:P[heart])" and now the gods have deemed you can't NOT read that simply due to curiosity!
Oh hey, I keep forgetting to post this! https://youtu.be/2Oo8QzDHimQ…
Good morning kittens!
@Zem, why didn't you just throw out the chocolate milk, in the container? Some things aren't worth smelling... ;)
Morning kittens.
It's colder than a witch's tit outside with wind gust that puts the temperature into the single digits. Still probably not as cold as Canada. :-P
It's the office Xmas party later today and I will try my best not to get sloppy drunk. No promises.
Morning kittens.
@Geist: Enjoy the party.
@Zem: Yeah, what BaKhan said. Best to just throw the container whole into the trash and be done with it...something like that is best left unopened.
@Geist, I'll see your witches boob (lol!) and raise you a whore's heart! ;) Hope that your party makes up for some of the bs they've been putting you through! Have fun!
@BaKhan: our mid west has been hit with below zero temperatures and snow. Six dead so far. The emergency shelters are full to the brim but there are still tons of people/families that need warmth. Makes one very greatful for the comfort that we have.
It's not a castle but my apartment is snug, full of food and booze. Happy to have those luxuries.
@Geist, thats some scary stuff! Hopefully, those that need help can get access to it! And I agree, it makes a lot of problems seem trivial in comparison. Lots of families out there, one pay check from being homeless!
BaKhan and GM, it wasn't my idea! If it were up to me (and not starting to leak), it would have been left in the fridge for someone else to deal with! My only problem is that someone else DID deal with it, which is why it was poured out. And the empty container is sitting in the trash, so a very small area still smells faintly of it, and I'm not going to do anything about THAT because I don't feel like feeling sick right now. I'm weird that way.
I don't know why, but spoiled milk is one of the easiest ways to get me to at least come VERY near to throwing up. I actually usually get someone else to smell a jug of milk that might be bad first because I can't even think about this like I am right now I need to stop!
I see your whore's heart and raise you my roommate's feet when we went out to get burgers yesterday (emergency evacuation of the room) and he wore flip-flops!
To make him feel better, I took off my jacket... and thought it actually felt really nice out (under 15 F, by the way), so I left my jacket off and even got a milkshake from the burger place and drank it on the way back!
Good Morning Kittens!
@Zem, roommate's feet, pashaw! Was he the one that dumped the milk? If so, he deserved every frozen toe! It was minus 6F here this morning.... at least its supposed to be warming up to close to 30F by Monday! Did I even mention how much I hate the cold?
Morning kittens.
BaKhan, tomorrow morning it'll be slightly colder than that here because it's finally going to snow 2 days in a row! Quite a bit too, so far as I can tell! Then... back above freezing for most of next week. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. ;)
Also, yes, this is the same roommate who dumped the milk. I thought "You know, I could go for some good fast food to celebrate being done!"
While he was dumping: "In fact, that's a perfect idea seeing as I'm not going to want to be here for another day or so. I'm going. Now."
Hmmm... he might want to join me. Yeah, he definitely just gagged. "Unless you want to come with?" "Yes. **** it, I'm going with you. Now. *******it, let's go!"
Howdy kittens. Couldn't post anything because today was a payment run and the usual chaos ensued.
The Christmas party was nice. All the employees got a gift basket of either wine, chocolate or cheese. I picked the chocolate basket, of course. It's shaped like a suitcase and has lots of sweet and savory snacks. I am now up to my ears in chocolaty goodness. There was a bit of controversy when the temps complained about not getting anything but that wasn't true. At the last minute, the company decided to give the temps a much smaller goodie bag that had a $25 gift certificate to Starbucks. I don't think too many of them picked them up though.
I'm not crying. Really I'm not.
https://gma.yahoo.com/train-conductor-saves-stowaway-cat-found-frozen-ice-181548956--abc-news-topstories.html
Ahoy, I couldn't comment because we lost internet for some time and I was gone. It was the weekend, though, so I knew I wasn't going to miss much.
Good Morning Kittens!
Morning kittens! Why are there still people in the office? Haven't people started their Christmas vacation yet? Why do I still have a pile of work to do? I wanna drink from my flask and goof around while getting paid for it. *huffs*
Morning kittens.
Nothing like finding something out, that everyone else at the dinner table(this happened last night) knew about for a week or two...and my parents even knew about it)
@Geist, lol, I know right!?!
@GM, thats when you pretend that you don't even care, you're like oh, everyone knew before me, couldn't a been that important then... ;)
@BaKhan: Normally, I would have, but when it's cancer related news about two of my aunts...that is a different story
@GM, ouch, sorry to hear that man! That sucks bro. Hope that everything that can be done, is being done.
@GM: did they give a reason why they didn't include you in this bit of information?
Well, for one, they wanted to wait until after Christmas to start treatment...she told them no, start it now. Her first chemo treatment is Wednesday, then in ~9 weeks doing the surgery.
The other went the opposite way. Had surgery already, and going to be doing chemo soon.
So, it's somewhat under control...just not something one wants to learn about at an early Christmas dinner.