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Trivial things that please the ever living shit out of you

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Actually making some progress on a project for a change.

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  • Walden Ponderer
    Walden Ponderer

    Not really trivial, but this is as good a place to drop it as any:   My son has a SATB2 gene mutation which has left him with a severe speech delay.  He didn't say "Mama" until he was 7 (he'

  • Gonna post some pics of my 2 daughters’ first fishing outing.   Nothing cooler than the eyes of a child so thrilled about one of the oldest human traditions out there….   Pappy bought them f

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    When your wife tells you to sit down we need to talk, right after you get home from a work trip and you're thinking, "great what the hell did I do wrong", and then she pulls out a positive pregnancy t

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Laying back in my leather recliner at 1 a.m. with my ten month old grandchild sleeping on my chest, listening to the sweet little cooing snoring sounds she makes.

Where in the hell did 10 year old come from?... fixed.

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When your grandson,who just turned 2 in December, begs to go outside and hit baseballs at 9pm and it's 45 degrees  

(Beats the hell out of going on the other thread and whining about Daylight savings time.)

On 3/16/2019 at 5:48 PM, Underdog said:

How many envelopes a day do you have to lick in order to make some decent scratch?

You laugh but I actually just started working from home about a month ago, and I'll never go back. This is awesome. I have direct reports from Oregon to Maine, and I don't have to smell a single one of them (though, admittedly, now that none of them are aggy, that wouldn't be as bad as it's been for the last 15 years...)

We've had a cold, miserable winter.  This morning when I went to work the air was warm and the robins were singing.  

3 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

We've had a cold, miserable winter.  This morning when I went to work the air was warm and the robins were singing.  

Birds in the morning are a welcome sound for sure.

Busting a Snapple bottle on someone’s car who had the nerve to blow their horn at me while I was crossing the street. He jumped out of his car, but I flexed on him and he hauled ass!

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When your wife tells you to sit down we need to talk, right after you get home from a work trip and you're thinking, "great what the hell did I do wrong", and then she pulls out a positive pregnancy test. This in turn makes you lose all control and start ugly crying like I didn't think I had in me because you had been trying for YEARS. 

This happened 2 months ago. 14 weeks tomorrow.

Not Trivial, don't care. Got dusty just typing that.

36 minutes ago, EE2B said:

Busting a Snapple bottle on someone’s car who had the nerve to blow their horn at me while I was crossing the street. He jumped out of his car, but I flexed on him and he hauled ass!

Snapple bottles are plastic now

35 minutes ago, BayouBill said:

When your wife tells you to sit down we need to talk, right after you get home from a work trip and you're thinking, "great what the hell did I do wrong", and then she pulls out a positive pregnancy test.

How long were you gone on your trip?

when you do a google search for the house you are buying and it is no longer available on the real estate sites...

 

Now we just need to sell the one we're living in, LOL.  

When your wife tells you to sit down we need to talk, right after you get home from a work trip and you're thinking, "great what the hell did I do wrong", and then she pulls out a positive pregnancy test. This in turn makes you lose all control and start ugly crying like I didn't think I had in me because you had been trying for YEARS. 
This happened 2 months ago. 14 weeks tomorrow.
Not Trivial, don't care. Got dusty just typing that.
Congrats.

Having both of my kids get into UT on their own as true freshman.

And yes, I know that's not trivial. :)

17 hours ago, Asithappens said:

Having both of my kids get into UT on their own as true freshman.

And yes, I know that's not trivial. :)

Congratulations on not redshirting...

The smell of the tires when shopping for new tires, and the smell of cedar in the hardware store.

44 minutes ago, mycox said:

The smell of the tires when shopping for new tires, and the smell of cedar in the hardware store.

Yes sir. Intoxicating. 

On 3/19/2019 at 7:07 AM, Shoxthemonkey said:

Greens and fairways are starting to show a little green growth.

18th-Green.jpg

 

Yup.

 

CHIEF

My dryer quit heating yesterday, so I spent today looking on the internet about how to test the heating element and the thermostat and how to replace them.  Then I read this on some repair site:

An electric dryer may run with a partial voltage of 110 volts, but it will not heat unless it has 208/240V, 30 amps. The circuit breaker could have partially tripped, even if it does not look as though it has. Turn off the breaker to the dryer and turn it back on to restore full power. Check the circuit breaker/fuses.

Bingo, that was my problem.  This pleased me greatly, at least until some underlying problem comes up.

My local grocery store has started selling large canisters of red pepper flakes.  Has replaced Louisiana Hot Sauce on the majority of my meals.  

22 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

My local grocery store has started selling large canisters of red pepper flakes.  Has replaced Louisiana Hot Sauce on the majority of my meals.  

We buy in bulk. Red pepper flakes go on anything and everything. Hell, I'd probably put 'em in my oatmeal, if I ever ate oatmeal.

When a coworker who was trying to throw you and everyone else under the bus constantly ends up getting fired.

Well shit, now I want a Luanne platter of liver & onions, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, pecan pie, tea and a roll from Luby’s. 

On 3/22/2019 at 2:40 PM, Walden Ponderer said:

Fava beans are blooming.

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i assume you have a nice chianti.  and a human liver.

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damnit i'm way behind the conversation

12 hours ago, Underdog said:

Well shit, now I want a Luanne platter of liver & onions, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, pecan pie, tea and a roll from Luby’s. 

My mom would occasionally make liver & onions when I was a kid.  Never understood how something so good could stink up the house for three days.

11 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

My mom would occasionally make liver & onions when I was a kid.  Never understood how something so good could stink up the house for three days.

That's no way to talk about your mother... 

On 3/23/2019 at 3:19 PM, Walden Ponderer said:

We buy in bulk. Red pepper flakes go on anything and everything. Hell, I'd probably put 'em in my oatmeal, if I ever ate oatmeal.

Zesta crackers, vegetable oil, red pepper flakes. Let it sit in a large, sealed bowl for several hours, stirring every hour or so. Fucking money. 

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On 3/21/2019 at 1:03 PM, mycox said:

The smell of the tires when shopping for new tires, and the smell of cedar in the hardware store.

Had a red cedar fall on my property a couple of years go. When I cut it the smell was fantastic.

17 hours ago, You don't know me said:

When I tell a stupid dad joke and my 5 yo son belly laughs like it's the funniest thing he has ever heard.

When I tell a stupid dad joke and my 8 yr old rolls her eyes and groans. Warms my ice cold heart.

Every time I want to eat crumbled blood that tastes like the smell of singed hair I eat liver.

That shit is fucking awful.

45 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Maybe if you worship satan

It's mutual admiration.

I like to work the lyrics of older songs into conversations with my 12 year old daughter. I'll say the line, let the radio repeat what I just said, and get the eye roll.

After trying on every fucking prom dress in Houston, finally finding one that looks good, fits well, and my daughter actually likes.

Now off in search of shoes.

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2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

After trying on every fucking prom dress in Houston, finally finding one that looks good, fits well, and my daughter actually likes.

Now off in search of shoes.

You let your daughter watch you try on dresses?

On 3/16/2019 at 5:28 PM, mdmost said:

Working from home all the time so that MM can always be on. 

I think she spells it O-P-R-A-H. 

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