Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[Ontarkie 14,214]

I'll look around me and see if there are any. I can pick it up and ship it. I'll test out prices before going that route though. I would hate for the shipping to cost more then getting something new. 

[TBoneTX 45,244]

1 hour ago, Ontarkie said:

So far nothing new listed. Bryan TX is the only one and they don't want to ship. 

 

Can't blame them I never offer shipping either  

LPoP and unread, no see D ma'am.

1 hour ago, Ontarkie said:

I'll look around me and see if there are any. I can pick it up and ship it. I'll test out prices before going that route though. I would hate for the shipping to cost more then getting something new. 

Gracias, D ma'am, but we will write you with another idea first, si ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Saturday GS/ES report, see man:

 

We visited all Many (2+1) and the GS, honorable we man.

The GS, of course, was phantom,  man.

The 2nd and Many'rd ESs yielded the take, see man:

  -- enormous gigantic leaf-rake = $Many-&-a-half ($2x2x2 + half a buck), deal man

  -- burger spatula/knife* = $1, steal man

          *had this been available Friday, we'd have used it, timing is everything man

Total = $Many-&-a-half ($2x2x2 + 1 + half a buck)

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man:

 

No sooner had we entered the T-B.-mobile after the last ES than the skies opened, monsoon man.

It monsooned until half-of-half an hour after we reached the casa, timing is everything man.

 

A siesta was semisuccessfully taken, half-zzz we man.

 

Lunch/din-din for Mini-B. and breakfast/lunch/din-din for us was a gigantic Many-inch ([2x2x2x2 +2]-inch) 'roni 'za, ingest Two Guys man.

We (we & Mini-B.) demolished it in probably one-Many'rd of an hour, ingest Two Guys man.

Siesta #2 was taken thereafter, zzz we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. wants to take Mini-B. to Oklahoma next week to meet the Rojo's parents,  man.

This would involve a Many-hour ([2x2x2]-hour) one-way drive in each direction,  man.

This was on the heels of a failed wish to take Mini-B. to Philadelphia for a week, never-knows-when-to-slow-down ex-she man man.

 

After Many (2x2x2 +1) p.m., Mini-B. asked for a movie night,  wee man man.

The movie was Head of State, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This totals 2 Manyzen for the week, highly respectable tally man.

 

Mama T-B. under the weather, so no Sunday visit, no see senior she man we and wee man man.

Party with the rubias if Mini-B. ever gets embedded, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

We lazed in bed till Many (2x2x2 +2) a.m., laze we man.

Mini-B. lazed in bed till noon, laze wee man.

 

We conquered all Many (2+2*) laundry loads, victorious we man.

     *extra one for our bed blanket, too much miu-hair man

 

We gave ourself and Mini-B. new bed pillows**, switcharoo we man.

     **bought at a recent ES, financially savvy we man

 

Lunch was the remaining half of the Filipino chicken dumplings, ingest Two Guys man.

A siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was not consumed, video-game wee man and laundrying we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. came to retrieve Mini-B., end of Two Guys week man.   

 

We then went to help somebody and to run 2 errands, finally leave casa we man.

Din-din was a small tub of macaroni salad from Walmart, ingest we man.

 

This was the first Two Guys week in perhaps ever that we didn't do outdoor sports, heat rain mosquitoes man.

Nevertheless, Two Guys saw many good movies and consumed 2 Manyzen bowls of popcorn, consolation man.

We conclude that it was a good Two Guys week, concur wee man and we man man.

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Lunch was half a packaged Walmart sub sandwich, ingest we man.

A siesta was taken, zzz we man.

Totally discretionary store trip made, discrete we man.

Din-din was 2 ham sandwiches, indict them and ingest we man.

Garbage curbsided, curbside we man.

Miu highly needy all day, cater to needy miu we man.

 

Rollicking, uninhibited, unrestrained, lascivious party with the rubias later, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

We had several errands, run them we man.

Beforehand, lunch was onecan of Progreso (light) chicken noodle soup*, ingest we man.

     *probably bought at a long-ago ES, financially savvy we man

 

Went first to favorite small thrift shop, visit we man.

Donated an item and donated accumulated plastic bags, always appreciated man.

Found Haggar dress slacks at half-price, under $Many man.   

 

Went second to metal-reclamation place, bring "brass" lamp we man.

"Brass" lamp turned out to be magnetic metal, don't take it there man.

This was bought at the recent online ES auction,  we man.

However, it cost us only $Many, and we can either keep it or (more likely) donate it, si man.

 

Went Many'rd to favorite big thrift shop on discount day, visit we man.

Very disappointed in selection & prices of Mini-B. pants, what's up with that man.

Got Mini-B. 2 pants, 2 shirts, & 2 underwear, can't leave empty-handed man.

Got ourself 2 pants & at least one underwear, at least there was that man.

With discount, we saved $Many ($2x2x2x2), financially savvy we man.

 

Went Many'th to Costco Business Center, visit we man.

Went for 2 items and left with Many (2+2+1), oh well man.

Mam ma'am really needs to visit, si man and mam ma'am man.

We can coordinate a mutual visit, party time man.

They're open Mon-Sat from Many (2+2+2+1) a.m. till Many (2+2+2) p.m., si man.

They're open Sun from Many (2x2x2) a.m. till Many (2+2) p.m., si man.

Bring Mr. mam ma'am man, see Mr. Mam ma'am man we man, si mam ma'am**.

     **we have a headache after this sentence, ouch man

 

Returned quite sweatily to casa to demanding miu, Treat and Lunch me now Daddy man.

Serviced demanding miu, got stuff refrigerated just in time, and showered, Texas weather Many man.

 

Din-din was 2 ham sandwiches, indict them and ingest we man.

A nice siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man.

 

Thanks to Ontarklar, we are zeroing in on a new and working miu-box, road trip man.

Meanwhile, our current one is sitting there as though it were a scoop box, manual we man.

 

Mini-B. just called, wee man call we man man.

He and 2 amigos were supposed to go to the mall today, Many Wee Men man.

However, they got confused as to the date, see man:

Mini-B. told them on Saturday, "Next Tuesday, we go to the mall, see man,"  man.

Amigos thought that this meant Tuesday next week,  man.

Furthermore, Mini-B. thinks that he & they will be dropped at the mall unsupervised, dream on man.

We will come to a firm agreement with ex-Mrs.-T-B. about this, no way in Hades man.

We hope that ex-she man will handle all this, like herding cats man.

We would have several major coronary events if we were in charge,  man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B., the Rojo, daughters-of-Rojo, and Mini-B. drive to Oklahoma on Thursday, road trip man.

They're going to visit the Rojo's parents, how come man.

Mini-B. is utterly thrilled about this, prefer to vegetate playing video games wee man man.

Therefore, Wednesday will be Two Guys Eve, Two Guys man.

 

Party with the rubias later, cavort we man.

And this was/is our Tuesday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Sad addenda, see man:

 

Tuesday was the Many'th (2+2th) anniversary of the euthanization of Miu T-B. #2, sigh and bye to miu #2 man.

 

We learned today that WCG's wife miscarried, sigh man.

[yuna628 9,671]

A small rant.

 

We'd like to go visit the UK. In-laws not in best health, need to check on them as best we can. Unfortunately due to work it can only be a week, so a week is better than nothing. He told me to check into this earlier this year, and I said unless we become suddenly made of money the prices were not doable, it would be better to go late in the year. He stewed. I said, well, I don't want to get everyone's hopes up, so please don't say it's anything definite. (Guess what, they thought it was definite). Now into spring, he told me he had signed on to some event in the UK, at a specific date and time in the summer, and that he was sure we could definitely make it and cram that into that week timeframe, even better we'd come in a day early and knock on their door and surprise them all. I told him he was nuts (visions of his mom in her bathrobe and rollers totally unprepared going "what the bloody hell is this?!"), and once again he'd need to check out the prices because I wasn't going to make such a hefty purchase without his approval and that by committing to something in that timeframe meant too many things could go wrong and the price was increasing.

 

Whelp, I was quite right, and by the time he looked into it not only are the prices ridiculous, but there is a) a lack of hotels which would then require more expensive hotels and rental cars b) a lack of seats on the plane to sit on and a c) a 6hr Heathrow layover. Keep in mind I hate plane travel and have a great deal of anxiety, but was willing to work with him until he compounded the problem and delayed so long. Eventually I just broke down crying. We've spreadsheeted and budgeted, but there's just no getting around the cost, lack of hotels, lack of seating on the plane. I even went and looked at other flights and various convoluted ways of getting there within his wanted dates and it was a no go. I am crushed, and his parents will be crushed. He said everything was so much more simple in 2015, I laughed and said we're a long way from that time. But he is right in a way, a long time even before 2015 we were both very accustomed to flying, the prices were not that inflated, and they weren't nickel and diming you, there wasn't a pandemic.

 

Today he tells me it's okay, he'll have to skip his event, perhaps we can just try in the fall.... the very time I said it would likely be more doable and affordable when I first looked into it and I could have booked it long ago..... Bless him, my husband is a man of big ideas and ambition, but not this time. My anxiety has been through the roof, and now we're still going to disappoint his parents when I clarify no we really aren't coming at the date you thought we were that was not definite at all. Hopefully I can smooth it over with later this year, provided he gets no crazy ideas.

 

 

[Ontarkie 14,214]

12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Sad addenda, see man:

 

Tuesday was the Many'th (2+2th) anniversary of the euthanization of Miu T-B. #2, sigh and bye to miu #2 man.

 

We learned today that WCG's wife miscarried, sigh man.

Big hugs

 

Sorry for the ECG and his wife

 

1 hour ago, yuna628 said:

A small rant.

 

We'd like to go visit the UK. In-laws not in best health, need to check on them as best we can. Unfortunately due to work it can only be a week, so a week is better than nothing. He told me to check into this earlier this year, and I said unless we become suddenly made of money the prices were not doable, it would be better to go late in the year. He stewed. I said, well, I don't want to get everyone's hopes up, so please don't say it's anything definite. (Guess what, they thought it was definite). Now into spring, he told me he had signed on to some event in the UK, at a specific date and time in the summer, and that he was sure we could definitely make it and cram that into that week timeframe, even better we'd come in a day early and knock on their door and surprise them all. I told him he was nuts (visions of his mom in her bathrobe and rollers totally unprepared going "what the bloody hell is this?!"), and once again he'd need to check out the prices because I wasn't going to make such a hefty purchase without his approval and that by committing to something in that timeframe meant too many things could go wrong and the price was increasing.

 

Whelp, I was quite right, and by the time he looked into it not only are the prices ridiculous, but there is a) a lack of hotels which would then require more expensive hotels and rental cars b) a lack of seats on the plane to sit on and a c) a 6hr Heathrow layover. Keep in mind I hate plane travel and have a great deal of anxiety, but was willing to work with him until he compounded the problem and delayed so long. Eventually I just broke down crying. We've spreadsheeted and budgeted, but there's just no getting around the cost, lack of hotels, lack of seating on the plane. I even went and looked at other flights and various convoluted ways of getting there within his wanted dates and it was a no go. I am crushed, and his parents will be crushed. He said everything was so much more simple in 2015, I laughed and said we're a long way from that time. But he is right in a way, a long time even before 2015 we were both very accustomed to flying, the prices were not that inflated, and they weren't nickel and diming you, there wasn't a pandemic.

 

Today he tells me it's okay, he'll have to skip his event, perhaps we can just try in the fall.... the very time I said it would likely be more doable and affordable when I first looked into it and I could have booked it long ago..... Bless him, my husband is a man of big ideas and ambition, but not this time. My anxiety has been through the roof, and now we're still going to disappoint his parents when I clarify no we really aren't coming at the date you thought we were that was not definite at all. Hopefully I can smooth it over with later this year, provided he gets no crazy ideas.

 

 

I can't even imagine the prices of tickets. We drive up to Canada and that is expensive enough. No way could we afford the cost for 5 on a plane. Plus where we need to go there is no direct flight and the layovers make it take close the to the same time it takes to drive. 

[TBoneTX 45,244]

10 hours ago, yuna628 said:

there's just no getting around the cost, lack of hotels, lack of seating on the plane.

A Manyple-killer, si and sigh Y ma'am.

We simply do not fly if tickets are too expensive, no and si man.

8 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

the ECG

ECG = electrocardiogram, si D ma'am, but the E is next to the W on the keyboard, excused D ma'am.

And gracias for the thoughts, si ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Bad weather was forecast for mid- or late morning, girlw man.

It struck mid-morning, wind and monsoon man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. had already set out for her office, empresaria ex-she man man.

Ex-she man called/texted us Many00 times to ask if we would take Mini-B. to our casa, si man.

Ex-she man was quite aysheep with worry about the weather, si man.

We therefore agreed, si man.

Mini-B. hadn't showered yet, no man.

We waited, then went into the monsoon in the T-B.-mobile, si man.

We were sitting in ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s driveway when ex-she man called/texted again, si man.

"I'm turning around and coming back, si man," said ex-she man to we man man.

 

We used this seemingly fruitless trip to continue to BK, si man.

Lunch was BK drive-through WUOC, ingest financially savvy we man.

After this (at noon), a siesta was taken, zzz we man.

 

When we awoke, the sun was out, bye monsoon man.

We ran a couple of errands, si man.

 

Soon thereafter, we retrieved Mini-B. for Two Guys eve, Two Guys man.

We went to Subway, sick of BK already we man.

Mini-B. stayed in the T-B.-mobile while I went in to order, si man.

We saw the young Cubana workerette in there, si man.

We decided to practice our Spanish with her, si man.

We did rather well but for forgetting the word for "pickles,"    man.

The other workerette (bilingual) had been eavesdropping and said, "You're getting there, si man," si man.

We said, "Our head hurts from all this Spanish, ouch man," si and ouch man.

 

Din-din was obviously Subway*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

Movie night included Many episodes of Everyone Hates Chris, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Miu, who has been beastly bored all week, zzz'd through Mini-B.'s visit,  miu man.

Of course, when we returned alone, miu re-demanded attention,  man.

 

Party with the rubias later, cavort we man.

Have begun compiling this weekend's GS/ES itinerary, prepared we man.

And this was/is our Wednesday, report we man.

[Ontarkie 14,214]

24 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

 

ECG = electrocardiogram, si D ma'am, but the E is next to the W on the keyboard, excused D ma'am.

And gracias for the thoughts, si ma'am.

Oh man how did I mess that one up. Well I'm glad you knew what I meant. 

[Lil bear 4,181]

@yuna628  oh I hear you. Airfare prices are through the roof for me too. Over double what they were 4 years ago.. And with my parents declining health and increasing age 95 and counting) I need to be there more often .. 😵‍💫😓

 

 Hope you get there soon. 

[TBoneTX 45,244]

The P-Math transgressions aside, welcome back, LB ma'am!