Stop the office AC overload: Study shows women are more productive when it’s warmer

[Steeleballz 7,550]

7 minutes ago, laylalex said:

That's just mean. I used to have a Nest and I always thought I was putting it on Cool but somehow it ended up on Eco mode all the time. It was really frustrating. I'd even try to adjust it on the Nest device itself but somehow it just reverted to Eco.

Well, I like small. For right now.  Check in with me after I've decided to buy another big house when I can't take having to deal with living in close proximity to someone who still thinks at the age of 34 that maybe, just maybe, he can be in a successful band. I need a soundproof room for his terrible bass playing!

 

   If you think husbands are bad, just wait till you have kids. Stepping on lego blocks 10 times a day probably did more than anything else to convince me to have my own "off limits" den/man cave. Once you do that, it's hard to go back.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Are we denigrating the use of the "editorial 'we'" here, huh man?

 

  We are not. Out of pity, we have decided to grant you a 'haha' for your attempts at humor.

[laylalex 7,300]

17 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   If you think husbands are bad, just wait till you have kids. Stepping on lego blocks 10 times a day probably did more than anything else to convince me to have my own "off limits" den/man cave. Once you do that, it's hard to go back.

Yeah, if we have a kid, I will NOT be living in a 500 sq ft studio! If that happens, I will probably want us to move back to Burbank/Pasadena so I can be closer to my parents. Even though my dad is being seduced into Fox News watching and MAGA by my insufferable ex-husband (who is still buddies with my dad because... reasons?), I still want both my parents to have active roles as grandparents.

[Boiler 45,993]

5 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Yeah, if we have a kid, I will NOT be living in a 500 sq ft studio! If that happens, I will probably want us to move back to Burbank/Pasadena so I can be closer to my parents. Even though my dad is being seduced into Fox News watching and MAGA by my insufferable ex-husband (who is still buddies with my dad because... reasons?), I still want both my parents to have active roles as grandparents.

Presumably in CA there are services to help those who are tempted to the MAGA side.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

2 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  We are not. Out of pity, we have decided to grant you a 'haha' for your attempts at humor.

attempts lol 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

45 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

attempts lol 

 

  endeavors?

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

2 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  endeavors?

Repeatedly increasing failures?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Repeatedly increasing failures?

It bombed last year, too. 

[laylalex 7,300]

I feel seen-- I was scrolling through Facebook tonight (briefly reactivated my profile to do some sleuthing) and this was an ad I saw in my feed: 

https://embrlabs.com/

 

Now we can all be comfortable!

[TBoneTX 46,010]

11 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

attempts lol 

 

11 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  endeavors?

 

8 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Repeatedly increasing failures?

 

6 hours ago, ALFKAD said:

It bombed last year, too. 

And if I want a second opinion, I'm ugly, too.*

 

*do not agree, or the TOS provision regarding "discrimination against chimpanzees" kicks in

[TBoneTX 46,010]

17 hours ago, laylalex said:

1.  Alex has nearly 50 shirts which is excessive.

2.  There's no need to accumulate so much stuff.

1.  When one gets a good deal (meaning at thrift stores or even more so at estate or garage sales), nothing is excessive.

2.  Accumulation enables constant upgrading.  You should see our closetful of plush bath towels and my collection of top-name business suits (only about 1 of approx. 22 was bought retail, and none of the 21 cost more than $20).

[TBoneTX 46,010]

17 hours ago, laylalex said:

1.  My weakness is bags, I'm afraid.

2.  it does make me feel like a hypocrite lecturing Al about retail therapy.

1.  Those of us who have married Ecuatorianas concur, without argument, that every Ecuatoriana must own a minimum of 57 purses.

2.  Guilt is removable by directing one's purchasing impulses toward resale sources (thrift shops, estate/garage sales).  VERY high-quality stuff can be found, accompanied by "the thrill of the hunt."

[Dashinka 24,751]

18 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  Tactical defense pen works better. Breaks windshield glass. Cuts seat belts. Disables attackers. Laser pointer if you need one.

 

  Oh yeah, and you can sign the check for dinner with it. 

Windshield glass?  Maybe the side glass, but windshields have to be sawed to get access in an emergency.

[Neonred 3,634]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

1.  When one gets a good deal (meaning at thrift stores or even more so at estate or garage sales), nothing is excessive.

2.  Accumulation enables constant upgrading.  You should see our closetful of plush bath towels and my collection of top-name business suits (only about 1 of approx. 22 was bought retail, and none of the 21 cost more than $20).

I'll bet you look superb in a 20 year old previously worn suit. 

How many leisure suits in your collection?

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

1.  Those of us who have married Ecuatorianas concur, without argument, that every Ecuatoriana must own a minimum of 57 purses.

2.  Guilt is removable by directing one's purchasing impulses toward resale sources (thrift shops, estate/garage sales).  VERY high-quality stuff can be found, accompanied by "the thrill of the hunt."

Russian women must own a minimum of 57 pairs of shoes...all of them high heels.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

3 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Windshield glass?  Maybe the side glass, but windshields have to be sawed to get access in an emergency.

 

     Yeah I meant side window. I have kicked a windshield in from the outside, but I have heard it can’t be done from inside. It had some kind of stuff holding it together. Took a lot of effort. It cracked into tiny pieces but still stayed in place. That was many years ago. I’m sure it’s harder to do now, or maybe impossible. Car safety wasn’t really much of a deal back then.