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Not taking his side, but he's probably hard of hearing.Medinaquirin wrote:Good to see you're still around, AK.
Minor rant:
So, Strider's house is directly above another currently inhabited by a rather old man. Said old man LOVES to blare his telly. Very often. Like this morning at about nine straight through until eleven. And again now. I am so fucking sick of hearing it that I am seriously considering putting a brick through the goddamn thing.
Talk to him. Nothing will change until you do.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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Medinaquirin
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It's been tried. It doesn't work. According to Strider, the old guy likes the sauce a bit. If I had to guess, I'd say he gets a bit soused, puts the telly all the way up, then falls asleep in his chair.
He also seems to put the telly in the living room AND the one in the bedroom on simultaneously.
This, I do not get.
He also seems to put the telly in the living room AND the one in the bedroom on simultaneously.
This, I do not get.
~Time is a spiral, space is a curve
I know you get dizzy but try not to lose your nerve~
I know you get dizzy but try not to lose your nerve~
If I were renting the house, I'd be all over the landlord like a cheap suit.Medinaquirin wrote:It's been tried. It doesn't work. According to Strider, the old guy likes the sauce a bit. If I had to guess, I'd say he gets a bit soused, puts the telly all the way up, then falls asleep in his chair.
He also seems to put the telly in the living room AND the one in the bedroom on simultaneously.
This, I do not get.
If I owned it, I'd find his cable and cut the bloody bastard.
I gotta be honest though, if I'm in my truck and I play Rush really loud
at a traffic signal, people roll their car windows up.
They have no class. If it was shitty rap it would be okay though.
Maybe if you crank some Rush up...then again....
...there's always the loud sex tactic... hey - you have options!
Don't start none...won't be none.
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Big Blue Owl
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Medinaquirin
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Not my rant, a friend's rant, but I liked it so much I thought I would share.
"Bureaucracy Makes Us All Safe
I suspect the USPS is envious of the level of bureaucracy of the IRS and is trying to affirm their own superiority in this realm. I had the Office Center at my company take a graphics design book to the post office for mailing to my father, who is overseas, last week. Note, the new postal changes make it very difficult for the average schmuck to send anything other than a normal letter and get it right with the new standards for envelope size, thickness, etc. Our Office Center is sort of an expert on these matters since they mail weird shapes and sizes everyday.
However, I found the book had been returned to me over the weekend and there was an ambiguous sticker about the weight. So on Monday I had my Office Center ask our postal delivery woman what we need to do. She said they need to physically hand the package to the postal agent at the counter since it's a (1) military package and (2) weighs over 1 pound and (3) is a Priority Mail package.
Attempt #2. So Office Center took the package to the post office at 5:15 yesterday. However, when they got there, they were turned down for delivery again. It turns out this package must have a customs form also.
Attempt #3. Today I filled out the customs form. This sort of asinine bureaucracy is one of my pet peeves - yes, I'm saying that making people throw away shampoo at the airport, being on a constant state of orange and yellow alert, and filling out an extra form that says I'm not sending anthrax is a joke for homeland security. So instead of just filling in "book" for the line that asks for the package's contents, I really went all out:
"Computer design book.
Contains moving foreward by the author.
Useful to novices or intermediate designers.
Illustrations to aid designers with step-by-step procedures.
Softcover, Approx. 100 pages.
Discusses controversial techniques in design considered too edgy by some, such as how to intermix human and animal body parts."
Fight the power! Or at least spend a substantial amount of your own time filling out meaningless information telling yourself that's what you're doing..."
"Bureaucracy Makes Us All Safe
I suspect the USPS is envious of the level of bureaucracy of the IRS and is trying to affirm their own superiority in this realm. I had the Office Center at my company take a graphics design book to the post office for mailing to my father, who is overseas, last week. Note, the new postal changes make it very difficult for the average schmuck to send anything other than a normal letter and get it right with the new standards for envelope size, thickness, etc. Our Office Center is sort of an expert on these matters since they mail weird shapes and sizes everyday.
However, I found the book had been returned to me over the weekend and there was an ambiguous sticker about the weight. So on Monday I had my Office Center ask our postal delivery woman what we need to do. She said they need to physically hand the package to the postal agent at the counter since it's a (1) military package and (2) weighs over 1 pound and (3) is a Priority Mail package.
Attempt #2. So Office Center took the package to the post office at 5:15 yesterday. However, when they got there, they were turned down for delivery again. It turns out this package must have a customs form also.
Attempt #3. Today I filled out the customs form. This sort of asinine bureaucracy is one of my pet peeves - yes, I'm saying that making people throw away shampoo at the airport, being on a constant state of orange and yellow alert, and filling out an extra form that says I'm not sending anthrax is a joke for homeland security. So instead of just filling in "book" for the line that asks for the package's contents, I really went all out:
"Computer design book.
Contains moving foreward by the author.
Useful to novices or intermediate designers.
Illustrations to aid designers with step-by-step procedures.
Softcover, Approx. 100 pages.
Discusses controversial techniques in design considered too edgy by some, such as how to intermix human and animal body parts."
Fight the power! Or at least spend a substantial amount of your own time filling out meaningless information telling yourself that's what you're doing..."
Onward and Upward!
Once upon a time I knew a toolbag named Hairball
His wisdom he wished to impart
On the world by dressing like a fart
and creating a place for people to feel smart
And so a mod came to be known
as a place retards call home
from ElfDude to Zep and Soup to Cyg
just another 4 clan clone that gets stoned
But it's not enough to make a home
it has to be full of idiots who fight
so moderation was thrown
the way graves are sown
"But it's just another chat room,
calm down" you may say
I shall because it's
METHODS ARE SO GAY!
But John is not around
to see my truth be put down
he's toiling with work holding his balls
if any sense he'd nail By-Tor to the fence
A shame of shames I do declear
for By-Tors whores are sore
by such trite and worthless bits like that nonsense fight
instead of write I'd rather be fucked by a donkey all night
Alas, all the limericks should say
exactly why I came here today
not to view your comments of the day
but to say; I'm better than you in each and everyway!
THAT'S HOW YOU HIJACK A THREAD PROPERLY!
FAGGOTS
His wisdom he wished to impart
On the world by dressing like a fart
and creating a place for people to feel smart
And so a mod came to be known
as a place retards call home
from ElfDude to Zep and Soup to Cyg
just another 4 clan clone that gets stoned
But it's not enough to make a home
it has to be full of idiots who fight
so moderation was thrown
the way graves are sown
"But it's just another chat room,
calm down" you may say
I shall because it's
METHODS ARE SO GAY!
But John is not around
to see my truth be put down
he's toiling with work holding his balls
if any sense he'd nail By-Tor to the fence
A shame of shames I do declear
for By-Tors whores are sore
by such trite and worthless bits like that nonsense fight
instead of write I'd rather be fucked by a donkey all night
Alas, all the limericks should say
exactly why I came here today
not to view your comments of the day
but to say; I'm better than you in each and everyway!
THAT'S HOW YOU HIJACK A THREAD PROPERLY!
FAGGOTS
When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men & women stand as a vanguard against abuse.
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Walkinghairball
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More like what I didn't buy 
I was attempting to purchase some promotional materials from racing.
Someone walked in with minutes left, outbid me, and walked away with the swag.
And verizon email sucks! Slow from the servers- I got the outbid notice AFTER the fact.
Yeah I know, crying and spilled milk- just pisses me off.
I was attempting to purchase some promotional materials from racing.
Someone walked in with minutes left, outbid me, and walked away with the swag.
And verizon email sucks! Slow from the servers- I got the outbid notice AFTER the fact.
Yeah I know, crying and spilled milk- just pisses me off.
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Walkinghairball
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