Put On Your Big-Boy Rants

[SAT 9,609]

We went apple picking...

 

[janet3 1,170]

20 hours ago, mrmvkjts said:

I‘m having a little crisis over here.....my interview is on wednesday and I AM FREAKING OUT! 

Deep breath....it’s all good.....you will be okay.

But on a personal note.....my husband’s AOS interview is the 18th.....I completely understand the freak out.....

[Ontarkie 14,303]

3 hours ago, SAT said:

 

A streak has to be thick to cook properly...

Well Alabama likes hers over cooked. I just wasn't in the mood for steak. Good thing too as the Jedi ate all of mine. 

 

He kept calling it ribs so he started to eat it like that.

[Ontarkie 14,303]

20 hours ago, mrmvkjts said:

I‘m having a little crisis over here.....my interview is on wednesday and I AM FREAKING OUT! 

 

39 minutes ago, janet3 said:

Deep breath....it’s all good.....you will be okay.

But on a personal note.....my husband’s AOS interview is the 18th.....I completely understand the freak out.....

I'd say not to worry and stress out about it but I know that is easier said than done. 

Good luck to both

Edited October 7, 2018 by Ontarkie

[mrmvkjts 459]

2 hours ago, janet3 said:

Deep breath....it’s all good.....you will be okay.

But on a personal note.....my husband’s AOS interview is the 18th.....I completely understand the freak out.....

 

2 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

 

I'd say not to worry and stress out about it but I know that is easier said than done. 

Good luck to both

Thanks you guys...it is quite the rollercoaster 

[TBoneTX 45,575]

7 hours ago, SAT said:

A streak has to be thick

LPoP and unread, good because your grammar is on a winning steak man.

8 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

I do not want a 2 inch thick steak [...] I keep telling him we don't want a thick steak [...]

You behave like a good Mrs. Hillbilly and defer to your husband, si D ma'am!

Insouciant Ontarklar!  Insouciant, INSOUCIANT Ontarklar!

7 hours ago, SAT said:

We went apple picking...

Who's her boyfriend, huh man?

[TBoneTX 45,575]

4 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

worry and stress out about it

Now what kind of advice is THIS to give to incipient interviewees, huh D ma'am?

Unsupportive Ontarklar!  Unsupportive, UNSUPPORTIVE Ontarklar!

2 hours ago, mrmvkjts said:

it is quite the rollercoaster

And why are YOU up riding rollercoasters after midnight, huh huh huh QA ma'am?

[TBoneTX 45,575]

Saturday GS/ES report, si and ow ow ow ow man:

 

We intrepidly dragged our crippled self to several GSs & ESs, ow ow ow ow man.

The take, see man:

-- nearly full box Cascade powder; Many (2x2x2x2 + 2+2+1) Solo cups; Many (2+2) Progresso soups; 

     Many (2+1) large boxes Kleenex; Many-oz. ([2+2+2]-oz.) canister black pepper; new can Foamy 

     shaving-cream; seemingly full bottle Pantene "2+1"; Many (2+1) pairs brown socks; Many (2+2+1) 

     softback books & Many (2+2+2) hardback books for Mini-B. = $Many ($2x2x2+1), steal man

 

At this point, we had to re-gas the Mrs.-T-B.-mobile on the most emergency crisis basis, so we returned casa-ward; upon our return, WCG (World's Cheapest Gringo) showed up, and we revisited the GS/ES trail with him, accompanied we man.  The take, we man:

-- 2 Jos. A. Bank ties = $2, steal man

-- nearly full ream copier paper; 2 handkerchiefs = $1, steal man

 

Total = $Many ($2x2x2 + 2+2)

Edited October 7, 2018 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,575]

Sadly-Still-a-Vertebrate Saturday report, see and ow and sigh man:

 

Awoke unable to roll out of bed, ow man.

Did a half-hour's worth of exercises atop heating-pad, flexible we man.

Yelled only once or twice while exiting bed, ow man.

 

Managed to make it downstairs, ow man.

Sat quite still in straight-back chair for about an hour, newspapers to read man.

Was then able to walk while wincing vs. yelling, improvement man.

 

Set upon GS/ES trail, intrepid we man.

Recruited Cuban dude to carry box of purchases from first ES to trunk of T-B.-mobile, helpful he man.

 

Navigated most of GS/ES trail until midafternoon, resume ow man.

WCG rather impressed with our pain level & tolerance, rather impressed WCG he man.

 

Picked up emergency vittles at Costco at behest of Mrs. T-B., dinner party in eve man.

Arrived exhaustedly to deliver same, compliant we man.

Discovered that Mrs. T-B. had swept all our papers/possessions into plastic bags, including bills man.

We had told her not to do any unauthorized cleaning, pre-inform we she man.

Went intensely and lengthily aysheep, justifiably man.

Dragged self upstairs for shower, sweaty aysheep we man.

 

Massive "guest list" turned out to be just WCG + neighbor chica, much hat no cattle man.

At dinner's end, offered in gentlemanly fashion to limp neighbor chica to the door, gallant we man.

WCG then departed, bye WCG man.

Napped for an hour like an illegitimate male child, exhausted we man.

Again could not lie on left side, ow we man.

 

Awoke and again couldn't walk, managed not to yell more than once or twice we man.

Warshered/baked/folded kitchen rags, staggeringly voluminous number man.

Dished the warsher, mandatory Saturdays man.

Warshered/baked/must fold bath towels, How Dry They Are man.

Must deduce how to get laundry basket upstairs, need all hands to drag self man.

Then de-dish cat prep zzz man.

 

Dilemma is which HSM (Heap Strong Medicine) for tonight, only chance all week to sleep in man.

Mornin', absent Commie- and interview-frettin' babes with appallingly underallocated reputation-point inventories!

[SAT 9,609]

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

Who's her boyfriend, huh man?

 

 

 

 

My girls have 3 big brothers dontcha know...

Edited October 7, 2018 by SAT

[SAT 9,609]

 

 

We also went to Stretch's house...

 

[Scottish Mernymph 514]

Ah the joys of living in rented accomodation......so whilst I'm here crossing off the days awaiting our NOA2 etc the local government that own the housing round these parts have decided they need to replace all the wiring in the premises, the whole goddamn kit & caboodle of it, every last wire, fuse, socket & switch...the buildings are quite old & in need of upgrading.....why, only a year or so ago they replaced the entire heating system, which required them to have access to the crawl space under the floor....that meant I had to lift up all the laminate boards I'd had installed.....so I very carefully lifted them, numbered/coded em all on the reverse so's I could lay them all back down again afters....great.....go me.....guess what(chicken butt!) they need back down under the floor again for the rewiring....there's no way that ruddy laminate will come apart & go back together a third time(the tongue/groove parts aint built for messing around with numerous times) & the winter is on its way so bare floorboards are not an option.
After explaining the situation to the electrician that came out to survey the place we have managed to come up with a 'solution'.....it's the best we can hope for at this point in the proceedings really....at each wall socket the workmen will cut the laminate & through that immediate area of floorboard & once work is complete replace the sections of floorboards then patch over the laminate with tape. There's nothing else for it & I'll just have to put up with it until it's time to go, which will hopefully be sooner rather than later.
Attorney says to expect NOA2 any day now.

[TBoneTX 45,575]

Can't someone burn the place down and collect the insurance, huh man?

[TBoneTX 45,575]

Theoretically perfect Sunday, didn't* leave the casa man.

 

*probably couldn't've even if we'd wanted to, ow ow ow ow ow man

 

Mrs. T-B.'s stuff blessedly fit into one laundry load, minimum of Many (2+1) on "light weekend" man.

Back hasn't acted correctly all day, no and sigh and ow man.

Backupuncture on Tues. morn, then see doc Tues. afternoon man.

 

We need, want, and shall take a nap**, zzz we man.

 

**after which it's hoped that we can walk, ow man

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

3 hours ago, Scottish Mernymph said:

Ah the joys of living in rented accomodation......so whilst I'm here crossing off the days awaiting our NOA2 etc the local government that own the housing round these parts have decided they need to replace all the wiring in the premises, the whole goddamn kit & caboodle of it, every last wire, fuse, socket & switch...the buildings are quite old & in need of upgrading.....why, only a year or so ago they replaced the entire heating system, which required them to have access to the crawl space under the floor....that meant I had to lift up all the laminate boards I'd had installed.....so I very carefully lifted them, numbered/coded em all on the reverse so's I could lay them all back down again afters....great.....go me.....guess what(chicken butt!) they need back down under the floor again for the rewiring....there's no way that ruddy laminate will come apart & go back together a third time(the tongue/groove parts aint built for messing around with numerous times) & the winter is on its way so bare floorboards are not an option.
After explaining the situation to the electrician that came out to survey the place we have managed to come up with a 'solution'.....it's the best we can hope for at this point in the proceedings really....at each wall socket the workmen will cut the laminate & through that immediate area of floorboard & once work is complete replace the sections of floorboards then patch over the laminate with tape. There's nothing else for it & I'll just have to put up with it until it's time to go, which will hopefully be sooner rather than later.
Attorney says to expect NOA2 any day now.

 

What's under the laminate?

 

We still have a 10 foot section of knob and tube left in our house that they forgot to replace when they upgraded our wiring a few years ago.

 

I really should call about that.  Nothing like 100 year old wiring to make one feel safe.  Oooo it is my house's 100 year old birthday this year.  Also, the 100 year anniversary of the 1918 flu outbreak and there have been some obituaries posted today, like this one

 

Quote

Private Warren Arthur Parker 

July 9, 1889 - Oct. 14, 1918 

Grand Forks, North Dakota - Private Warren Arthur Parker, 29, Grand Forks, North Dakota, died Monday, Oct. 14, in University of North Dakota from Spanish Influenza followed by pneumonia.

 

https://grandforksherald.com/obituaries/4510161-private-warren-arthur-parker