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Nope, just the rain. (Heavy and driving it was!)
Could not get back to sleep. Gave up at 05oo and had coffee. Noticed that the weekly Tuna post was non-existent. Activated the TUESDAY EMERGENCY POST. (It's in the Dash-One, I had no choice, it's a bold-faced item. FWIW, I heard from Tuna, he's fine, just busier than a one-armed paper hanger. How many people even know what that is?)
Finished coffee, then went to shave, thereby confusing our felines who wondered why I was not feeding them. Now they think I'm an asshole. (Seriously breakfast is at 0630, not when I get up...)
Stopped on the way to work to get fuel. The new kid inside activated the pump before I paid, or presented plastic. Filled the tank. Wondered why I had to go inside to pay.
New kid.
Driving onto The Island got passed by three assholes in pickup trucks shaking their fists at me. Was I going under the speed limit?
Nope. Five mph over.
Got to work, stopped to chat with the cute blonde receptionist at the front desk. A very pleasant young lady, she's worked here for about a month. I want to be welcoming and friendly to the new kids.
Get to my office, note that my fly is unzipped.
Welcoming and friendly transitions to "creepy and weird."
I stopped by the front desk to offer apologies...
"No, I didn't even notice..."
Old fart apologizes to young lady for walking around with his pants unzipped.
Nah, not creepy at all.
Finally get to my lab. My computer system manages to crash twice before locking me out totally.
After three hours at work, I am up and running, my computer is up and running. Why does it feel like a Monday?
So how goes your day?
Mine?
Don't ask...
Welcoming and friendly transitions to "creepy and weird."
ReplyDeleteVery funny!
Been there.
Probably most of we "experienced" (i.e.old) guys have!
Delete"...breakfast is at 0630, not when I get up..."
ReplyDeleteHow do you explain that to a cat ...any cat?
Mine thinks he's supposed to wake me up when he's hungry.
He thinks I'm an @$$#o|e.
I don't care.
Mine seem to understand the concept of time. They just don't like it.
DeleteLazarus, the Norwegian Forest cat I had for 20 years, believed with all his heart, that cats got fed brekkers at 4:00 AM. he would come and get you, if breakfast was late.
DeleteWhat a cat wants, they usually get around here.
Delete0400? Dang but that's early!
I had to face off with the County commissioners and their budget nazi. Other than that, not so bad.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I've been in that bar. It's in Willhelmshaven, just south of Bismarckstrasse on that little jog K-291 makes back to the west. A little dodgy but the beer's fantastic. Those guys have been tusslin' every time I've been in there. Don't know why Marhilda puts up with them, but she does.
Heh. Budget Nazi. Heh.
DeleteThose guys are Dutch, it's no surprise they have to drink in a German Bierstube.
Dang! Wrong country! Sometimes I have a little issue with attention to detail...
DeleteNiederländisch oder Deutsch es ist alles das gleiche mit mir!
DeleteWatch out for the failure to pay attention to detail......F-15s have been lost for less.
DeleteI would have linked in German, but somethings get lost in translation.
DeleteTrue that on the F-15. Applies to other things as well. Remember the old "for want of a nail" story?
DeleteBe interesting to get your take on that mishap Juvat.
DeleteHe has shared that take with me, perhaps he has a post in the offing?
DeleteJuvat?
Sheesh. I thought it was bad last night when the courier I relieve wrecked the Prius. Had to drive a Corolla with 330,000 on the odo.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd take the old Corolla over the Prius.
DeleteCorollas are very hard to kill. DAMHIK.
A merger with a flat bed truck??
DeleteHit the curb while on the cell phone. It was the dispatchers fault for calling her while she was driving (yeah, makes no sense to me either). I don't like the Prius but folding my corpulent body into the Corolla is "challenging".
DeleteDamn dispatchers, they've been known to "force" people to answer the phone.
DeleteI hate trying to talk on the phone while driving.
Second Monday in a row... sigh
ReplyDeleteRoger that!
DeleteI think we were up at the same time. I woke to an odd thumping noise but by the time I was fully awake, it was gone. As I started to go
ReplyDeleteback to sleep, it started again so I began to wonder what my lovely better half was doing in our closet, but when I rolled over to look, she
was still in bed asleep and the noise had stopped. By this time I was beginning to believe that I was having some strange dreams only
to hear the sound start again. As I sat up in bed, I finally realized it was the sound of something pulling at the siding on the house and
figured out that is was probably our year old German Shepard munching on the siding.
At this point I jumped out of bed, ran through the house, slipped on my rubber boots at the back door (we had just received about 3
inches of rain so it was quite muddy out), and headed around the house to find that Lady was indeed trying to remove the siding
from the house. I explained to her quite firmly that it was verboten.
I noticed at this point that I could see my breath in the air and I was about to freeze my dingleberries off. Since I don't sleep with
anything on, the only thing I was wearing was my rubber boots and so my the tender parts were definitely getting a tad chilled!
After going back in, I figured I might as well stay up and go to work early. But I did feed the cats as they know their demands
should be met at all times. Yes, they are spoiled!! ;-)
Hahaha. Gerat story Russ!
Delete(Now I have to try and rid myself of the image of you running around in nothing but a pair of rubber boots.)
OK, I was starting to feel a LITTLE bit sorry for Sarge, But that sympathy has been redirected to you.
DeleteOh, and Sarge? Pass the eye bleach!
Yeah, I'm sure it was probably NOT a pretty picture. One of the advantages of living in the great outback is there's no one
Deleteto call the cops over the crazy old coot flashing the countryside!!! DON'T LOOK, ETHYL!!!!!
Ah yes, the wonders (and sights!) of the country.
DeleteOh BTW for "gerat" above, substitute "great" - I do actually know how to spell. However, typing is not my strong suit.
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