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5/8/15 Mothers Day WDT

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by shegirl, May 8, 2015.

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  1. TX.

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    Yeah...I have to agree. Currently I live 10 minutes from an airport...the longest distance I've lived as an adult was about 30. I frequently take flights to go to Austin or Houston...and I don't love flying. But, the flights are so cheap that it's not that much more than gas money, and both of those drives suck.

    Growing up my dad was all about the "great American road trip". So we would make drives from south Texas to Colorado or the Outer Banks. Two solid days of driving one-way so that we could be in the mountains or beach for 2-3 days. That's more driving than time on vacation. I don't understand that. My brother and I wanted to murder each other after the first 10 hours.

    I will agree that it doesn't make much sense if you don't live near an airport. When I was a kid we would drive 2 hours to Houston to fly to Baltimore and then drive 2 more hours to my grandmas. That's obnoxious. Obviously, it was still more efficient to fly, but taking 4 plane tickets into account changes things. And I doubt my parents wanted to drive THAT far. My pops drove from Austin to New England every year when he was in college, and it sounds rough.

    There's something to be said for living hours and hours away from parents. My relationship with mine was at an all-time high when I saw them 1-2 times a year due to distance. My family and the in-laws are all local...and it sucks.
     
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    While you Idiots were arguing about flying or driving, I spent the day helping my neighbour do cement curbing at his place. Old, retired guy across the street was in the trade for years, and has his own mixer, tools, etc., so basically walked my neighbour and I through the process of setting up the forms, laying rebar, and then we mixed about 1000lbs of cement in this small mixer and poured it. Finished cleanup about an hour ago, and I just left a small desert of cement dust in the shower... and have a hellofa buzz from one beer.

    I do believe it's going to be an early night for me... if I even make it off the couch.

    But holy shit was the weather perfect... 28°C and sunny... if anything, it was almost too hot as the concrete was setting up pretty quickly and we had to finish it pretty fast.

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    I said 6 hours for my reference, but then was splitting the difference for your 6-8 hours if you weren't 30 min from an airport like I am. And if you're gonna get to the airport 90 min early, then I got nothing. I also find that hard to believe. I fly out of O'hare which is the busiest (or 2nd to ATL depending on the year) and I only need an hour before 90% of the time.

    But yes, I meant 2 hours total plus an hour and change of flight time. You look at the arrival and departure times on your ticket and that has the taxing and such built in these days. It might not be exactly half the time for a 6 hour flight but if I'm saving 2 hours there and 2 hours back on a short trip, I'll do it all day.

    Some of my point might not have been worded properly, but people who argue, and you're not the only one, that the hassle and time of flying for a 6ish hour trip, while travelling between metro areas, are just people who are stubborn, crazy, or hate airports, aka they had one missed flight or horrible security line wait and thus temper all expectations as a result. I left my buddies place in Cleveland at 6 AM and made it to my office in Chicago shortly after 9 the same morning, even with the time change, I don't get anywhere near that if I drove.
     
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    If we had flying cars, like we were promised, y'all wouldn't be having this argument.

    Because we'd all be dead. I have no doubt the average human being would fly even worse then they drive.
     
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    Hahaha, literally at the time you posted this my daughter and I were in the theater about to watch the Avengers. But in all fairness, she played some damned good defense on the soccer field that morning, so the the beautiful day enjoyment had already been checked off.
     
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    If I need an hour before 90% of the time then I'm showing up an hour and a half early because I'm not missing 10% of my flights. But anyway, my point is it seems to be a lot more expensive for it to be worth it to save a couple hours and then deal with the hassle of not having a car when you get there. Honestly though I don't know why I'm still going on about it. This is probably the most pointless thing I've ever argued about on here. Obviously people should just do whatever they prefer.

    On another note, you know who really sucks? People who abuse the fuck out of medical leave. My company allows for up to a year and some people take months off at a time with bullshit excuses like their mom is sick in Mexico. You learn pretty quickly who actually needs the time and who is full of shit. I have one woman who has been out over 2 months now. First she was anemic. Then she had back problems and had to go to the chiropractor. Then a family member got sick. HR is dealing with it now so I don't even know what she's claiming at the moment.

    It's a huge fuck you to everyone else in the department and a pain in the ass for me since I have no idea when she's coming back and I've had to fill her position and will now be overstaffed when she does get back. I'm thinking I'll just crack down on the minor infractions and eventually get rid of her. If she's going to abuse every privilege to the outer most limits I might as well do the same. There's just no point in keeping someone around when you have no idea how often they're actually going to show up. Whenever they feel like is a pretty shitty work ethic.
     
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    I don't understand this if it's a decent job.

    At the end of last year I lost 3 sick days and 3 personal days because I didn't use them. Everyone told me I was crazy for not taking the week off. Why should I?

    As far as I'm concerned my employer is very good to me, so why should I take advantage of that? Including vacation, holidays, sick & personal days we get 30 days paid off work each year. So far this year I've taken 1 sick day and 1 personal day (And both times I've busted my ass to make sure that I met the metrics required for a full week's work. They paid me for a week of work and I think they deserve a weeks worth of productivity even if I missed a day.)

    Quite a few people in my department have already burned through all their sick and personal days for this year. Unless you're fucking dying there is no reason to miss 10+ days of work in 4 months. (I realize there can be underlying circumstances like sick children or parents, but usually this requires multiple days off in a row. Not one random day every week until you've burned through all your off time and then you show up every day no problem.)

    Maybe it's a big city thing, I don't know. It's pretty damn sad though.
     
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    One of the most interesting things about old baseball cards is the bio on the back. Vic Wertz's 1957 card mentions that he was sidelined most of 1955 because of a bout with Polio.

    Polio.

    Have you ever seen the footage of Willie Mays' incredible catch in the '54 series? Vic Wertz is the one that hit it.

    Another '57 card says that the player's athleticism runs in the family because his father was a star in some minor league in 1911.

    Yep, I'm bored and reading the backs of old baseball cards.
     
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    Indeed. We can't even handle a razor scooter without shearing an Achilles tendon. What the fuck is a dippy 18-year-old going to do in the cockpit of a complex and no doubt powerful aircraft?

    Of course you'll have to pass a test and the poor flyers will be routed via death. Because we're talking about being many feet above the ground here, and pilots haven't been known to exchange insurance information after collisions.
     
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    I miss your bored posts when you were back home on your land with your toys, much more interesting.
     
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    I just stomped on a scorpion in my kitchen with my bare foot.

    God, I hate the fucking desert.
     
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    Isn't it illegal to kill the official State Insect That Waits In Your Shoe And Causes Paralysis?
     
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    It was horrifying.

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    I have a very gentle constitution. Big fucking death bugs do not belong in my world, let alone in my kitchen.
     
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    I was in Florida for the past week with my Mother in Law - whom I like greatly. My mom and I haven't spoken in about 3 years, and every once in a while I think 'maybe I should call' but then I remember the reasons we no longer communicate and I don't bother.

    Florida was a lot of fun, we were in the St. Augustine area. Cool area. You get too far inland, redneck city. Too far South, Douchebag central. Basically, you could carve out the NE coast, and the keys and be done with the rest of it. Give it back to Spain or England, whomever will take it.
     
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    My friend had her baby yesterday. 10 pound 10 ounce bruiser. I'm assuming he displaced every internal organ, ripping out 5 feet of intestines on his way out. But what's killing me are a few of the messages on her facebook. People are just fuckin' kooks. People are writing crap like "Enjoy!", "I am obsessed with him!", "When can I see him!" like he's a toy poodle. Enjoy? He's not a fuckin' steak dinner (though the Big Texan steak eating challenge is comparable in size; you could literally eat a baby sized meal). They're creeping me out. There's even an "I just want to eat him up!" That's shit you say about a puppy. Fuck off, just say something nice.

    I've also eaten two full English breakfasts since yesterday, and a bag of microwaved pizza rolls. One of the pork sausages was undercooked, but I ate it anyway. I'm percolating over here. Things will not end favorably. Tell my girl I love her, that there has been only her. Tell my mother I'm sorry. Have them etch "It was worth it" into my stone.
     
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    I think mothers' day is a bit silly to begin with, and while I use Facebook, it is as a distraction from real life, not a substitute for it. So all these mothers' day messages do seem a bit silly when if you want to wish your mom a happy mothers' day, you should - I don't know - visit, or maybe call. You know, a direct message from one person to another, not published for everyone else to see. I kind of feel like that is the more sincere way of doing things. But then what do I know, I barely even respond to my mom's e-mails.

    And then when people start posting pictures of themselves with their pets saying "happy mothers' day to all the fur mommies", well, fuck. What do you say to that?
     
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    "Kill yourself."

    I had to get rid of my Facebook account. I just couldn't take the stupidity anymore, it was turning me into a misanthrope. I'm just better off being away from a place that constantly reminds me of just how many stupid people there are.

    One thing I'd see a lot of were these women who were shameless, alcoholic cum dumpsters in their early twenties, but as soon as they'd get married and have kids, they'd use Facebook to condescendingly show off how much of a Stepford Wife homemaker they are. Bitch please, you're one degree of separation away from being spit roasted by two complete strangers, don't give me that "live, laugh, love" bullshit.

    These same women are the ones who act like they're the only person in the history of humankind to go through pregnancy and childbirth, and must share every single detail like Facebook is their journal of bodily functions. Look, I'm sure your family members are happy for you, but I don't think they need a play-by-play of how dilated your cervix is. I had to unfriend someone after announcing that her mucous plug popped out, for fear that she might post pictures of it. I didn't even know that was a thing, and of course I made the mistake of Googling it.

    Then there was the blatant racism and homophobia, the religious zealots, and the "It's raining out, thanks a lot Obama!" people. It all started as a place where my real life friends and I could exchange funny shit, and it turned into a place where I'd have to wade through a chest-deep sea of retardation to get to anything funny or interesting.
     
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    Between learning about how common it is for babies to be born with 12 fingers, Sir Charles' friend's gigantic baby, and that my boss' ribs 'never really went back together after giving birth' this week, I am more sure than ever on this Mother's Day that pregnancy is not for me. God bless you, IUD.
     
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    The reason I can't use facebook anymore is my friends and family use it to masturbate all over each other and it just weirds me out. "You're so wonderful." "Great job!" "OMG so beautiful." Plus the couples are constantly posting something really sappy and awkward to each other, which always makes me want to puke. I use it on occasion to get in touch with friends who live over seas, but that's it. It just seems like facebook used to have a purpose and now it's 95% stupid status updates I never care about.
     
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    Remember back when Facebook was only for college students and "Whatever I Can Get" was a relationship status?

    Those were the days.
     
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