Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 46,489]

6 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Have been to or invited to many Many'th birthday parties

There is no stutter here, no man; it's merely P-Math, si man.

6 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

his is next month, where has the time gone, man?

They grow up so fast, si and sigh DA man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. and we often long for just one retro chance to cuddle Mini-B. as an infant, memories man.

6 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Lost my job last month, sigh, man.

  Sigh, man.

6 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

PRG lost hers again

  Sigh, man.

6 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

she's studying to be a dental assistant now

Someone here can offer any tips necessary, paging Bro G. man.

6 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Which means yet again attempts to meet with mama-PRG and sister-PRG not happening this year.

They will happen, si and have faith DA man.

[TBoneTX 46,489]

Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

We zzz'd far better but were awakened by lawn crews,  man.

Rant, see man:  All lawn crews should operate within the same Many-hour window on the same day, si man.

 

Breakfast/lunch for Mini-B. was nuked rice + onecan tuna, one step short of Tuna Glop ingest wee man.

Breakfast/lunch for us was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man.

 

Took Mini-B. to the dentist, Many-month checkup with Russian rubia man.

He must brush better close to the gumline, evident plaque man.

He must floss more consistently, evident plaque man.

Hygienist identified 2 molars with deep natural grooves, groovy wee man man.

To prevent bacterial decay, dentist put white composite therein, nongroovy wee man man.

Whole experience was slick and professional, impressive man.

 

Went to Dollar-plus-Half-of-Half-a-Dollar Tree to buy birthday cards for ex-Mrs.-T-B., big one* Saturday man.

     *ex-she man will be precisely Many manycades old, milestone man

Got one from us, one from Mini-B., and one from miu, entire family man.

We taped miu-hair inside miu's card as "a gift for your FUR-niture," hee hee man.

Mini-B. wrote quite a sincere message, sweet boy man.

We taped the following inside our card, see man:

https://ifunny.co/picture/will-a-latina-be-the-death-of-you-si-yes-GlSeRN628?s=cl

 

We then had to beat it to the dermatologist, skin in the game man.

All OK, si man.

 

Returned to casa for overdue and successful siesta, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was the other half of the Costco orange mandarin chicken, ingest Two Guys man.

Movie night was the Many (2+1) catch-up Georgie/Mandy shows, watch Two Guys man.

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

This tallies to Many (one Manyzen) bowls for the week, quota achieved during short week man.

 

Friday morn, ex-Mrs.-T-B. retrieves Mini-B. for her birthday vacation, short Two Guys week man.

We must wait till Friday morn to complete our ES itinerary,  re delayed addresses man.

We anticipate at least Many (2+1), anticipate we man.

Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

[Neonred 3,748]

5 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

Someone here can offer any tips necessary, paging Bro G. man.

 

 

Dental hygiene is where the money and job security is.  Does take more education however.

 

4 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

 

 Many-month checkup with Russian rubia man.

 

 

You need to get yourself one of these.

[Neonred 3,748]

So President Trump thinks Canada should be the 51st state.  OK, but would we have to take Quebec too?

 

Reminds me of back when I was a young college geology student way up north.  Our Canadian geology professors told us that when Canada was preparing for a new flag one group wanted the flag to depict 9 beavers peeing on a frog.

 

My apologies in advance to all my Canadian friends here.

 

I did get to make trips back then to Sudbury and Elliot Lake for it's geological riches.  What wonderful places 😆☣️

And my wife loved Quebec City when we visited there.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,097]

13 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

Dang 5 already!

Well, next month, if he manages to make it. 🤣

Our sixth anniversary today; picked up my parents at the airport two days after PRG got here, spent a few minutes at my place, then drove like a madman to get to county clerk's office on time due to crazy traffic.

 

9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. and we often long for just one retro chance to cuddle Mini-B. as an infant, memories man.

Can he keep doing cute little kid stuff and still brush his own teeth?

 

9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

They will happen, si and have faith DA man.

 

Keep hoping, and basically the next time were both employed and can reasonably schedule something, at the very worst PRG and mini-Dave will go visit PRG's family.

But so far we've had plans derailed by

1) covid and new baby

2) Putin invaded Ukraine

3) me out of work

4) PRG out of work and misc stuff in Russia

5) me out of work again

... of which only the new baby was intended (and really didn't expect to get him that quickly).

 

And she'd need to go to DC and do some paperwork at the embassy to go to Russia again (never registered our marriage and name change in Russia).

 

4 hours ago, Neonred said:

 

Dental hygiene is where the money and job security is.  Does take more education however.

PRG wants to see what she thinks of being an assistant before committing to studying to be a hygienist, but yeah.

[Neonred 3,748]

23 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

And she'd need to go to DC and do some paperwork at the embassy to go to Russia again (never registered our marriage and name change in Russia).

 

Don't let her Russian internal passport lapse.  My wife's internal and international passports expired several years ago and we were never able to renew them even after many attempts and several $ through the embassy in DC.  Wife just gave up trying.  They renewed her international passport a few years after she arrived (5 year renewal back then) and 5 years later just after both passports expired they told her they could not determine that she was a Russian citizen.  Also told her she could not enter Russia on her expired passport.  We tried and tried.  By then wife had her US passport and didn't really care abut returning to Russia.  The one concern now is that her mother is getting older and if something happens...

 

My wife's US passport lists her place of birth as Kyrgyzstan (where she was born, as the Soviet Republic), not USSR or Russia.  I told my wife it would be interesting to apply for a visa to Russia and see if it sneaks through.

23 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

 

PRG wants to see what she thinks of being an assistant before committing to studying to be a hygienist, but yeah.

Will never hurt to have the knowledge she will gain from assisting school, and it doesn't take so long.  

[yuna628 9,761]

I said the other week to my husband - "hey I wonder if they'll hit me up for jury duty again this year" (at this point it's nearly yearly which isn't supposed to happen but whatever..) and what arrives in the mail - his very first jury duty. He is weirdly excited lol. I've tried to explain it to him as best I can. I cannot wait for the judge to be confused at the accent. 😄

[TBoneTX 46,489]

3 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

what arrives in the mail - his very first jury duty

There are myriad ways to get out of this, si and Mr. Y ma'am should avail himself, Y ma'am.

2 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Can he keep doing cute little kid stuff and still brush his own teeth?

Si, DA man.  Most definitely si, si man.   

[TBoneTX 46,489]

 

We have itineraried Many (2+1) ESs and a GS but haven't gotten ourself started today, si and no man.

Fortunately, the earliest end at Many (2+1) p.m., slight window there man.

[yuna628 9,761]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

There are myriad ways to get out of this, si and Mr. Y ma'am should avail himself, Y ma'am.

Si, DA man.  Most definitely si, si man.   

Apparently, you actually can't get out of it in this town. You can postpone it or delay it but you have to then show up at a new time and place. Like one time I called up and told them that I was responsible for caring for my parents and that I live out in the middle of nowhere and didn't have transportation. The woman got all snarky and told me to hire a cab or walk. 

 

When I showed up at the courthouse I remember one person that was in a wheelchair, neckbrace, and a leg cast and still couldn't get out of it!

Edited yesterday at 05:38 PM by yuna628

[Ban Hammer 13,776]

11 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Apparently, you actually can't get out of it in this town. You can postpone it or delay it but you have to then show up at a new time and place. Like one time I called up and told them that I was responsible for caring for my parents and that I live out in the middle of nowhere and didn't have transportation. The woman got all snarky and told me to hire a cab or walk. 

 

When I showed up at the courthouse I remember one person that was in a wheelchair, neckbrace, and a leg cast and still couldn't get out of it!

sounds familiar.  i've had similar issues with my local courthouse - they don't even like the fact that i'm supporting us military exercises sometimes.

[Neonred 3,748]

7 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Apparently, you actually can't get out of it in this town. You can postpone it or delay it but you have to then show up at a new time and place. Like one time I called up and told them that I was responsible for caring for my parents and that I live out in the middle of nowhere and didn't have transportation. The woman got all snarky and told me to hire a cab or walk. 

 

When I showed up at the courthouse I remember one person that was in a wheelchair, neckbrace, and a leg cast and still couldn't get out of it!

 

Pretty much the same here.  You get a notice that indicates that you are scheduled for the following week.  Call in each night to see if you need to report the next day.  I told them I had several full weeks worth of patients and how can I wait until the last minute to know if I need to report and what am I going to do about my patients, some of them in pain.  They just said sorry, you have to do it.  After more discussion they allowed me to pick the day to report.  I always pick Fridays since the attorneys and judges want to get out early those days.

[mam521 2,312]

2 hours ago, yuna628 said:

I cannot wait for the judge to be confused at the accent. 😄

I follow a page on Insta called the Englishman in Texas.  Very recently, he did a post about the single thing he is unable to order in Texas due to his accent. That item: water.  A simple glass of water.  I showed it to DH because well, he's a Brit and he just nodded along in agreement. 

 

I don't find too many issues with pronunciation but every once in a while, he'll throw me off with a wobbly.  Pretty rare, though!  

 

Now, hub's former flatmate who is now an Englishman in the NL - he can get rambling along and leave a "what the deuce" look on one's face.  That mix of Manchester accent with the Dutch accent and maybe a few marbles can certainly leave you shaking your head.  I had less issue with a colleague from Glasgow who'd slip off into brogue on occasion! 

 

[Ban Hammer 13,776]

57 minutes ago, mam521 said:

I follow a page on Insta called the Englishman in Texas.  Very recently, he did a post about the single thing he is unable to order in Texas due to his accent. That item: water.  A simple glass of water.  I showed it to DH because well, he's a Brit and he just nodded along in agreement. 

 

I don't find too many issues with pronunciation but every once in a while, he'll throw me off with a wobbly.  Pretty rare, though!  

 

Now, hub's former flatmate who is now an Englishman in the NL - he can get rambling along and leave a "what the deuce" look on one's face.  That mix of Manchester accent with the Dutch accent and maybe a few marbles can certainly leave you shaking your head.  I had less issue with a colleague from Glasgow who'd slip off into brogue on occasion! 

 

way back in the late 80's, i had to have another brit translate what a guy from wales was saying...........

[Ontarkie 14,674]

OMG The Hillbilly leaves me stumped some times and he doesn't have that normal southern accident you hear around here.