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- sitting versus standing. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 09:14
- Are you reading a CSI report or something to throw this out there to us? -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 27, 09:12 2
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    - Seinfeld missed an opportunity with 'the loud-pee-er' storyline. Any takers? Curb Your Enthusiasm? HIMYM? Frontline? -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 27, 09:14
- Spray patterns are different, just throwing that out there. -- nm - budice Mar 27, 09:07 4
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    - and shape -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 09:10 2
      - direction into the bowl would make a difference too -- nm - zork Mar 27, 09:11 1
        
        sit or stand? -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 09:16
LYC: (rant) If you call and don't get me, *leave* *a* *message*. (/rant) -- nm - TaurusII Mar 27, 09:02 13
- I had an Indian guy call and leave second angry message after a month because I didn't call him back. wrong number and with his accent I couldn't catc - zork Mar 27, 09:15
- yep. If I don't recognize the number, I'm *not* picking up. - Callisto Mar 27, 09:14 1
  - My voicemail soulmate! -- nm - TaurusII Mar 27, 09:15
- hi it's me, call back, ciao -- nm - marcel Mar 27, 09:12 1
  - Good enough if I recognize your voice. -- nm - TaurusII Mar 27, 09:14
- Worse still, I left a message but got called back without them listening to it and now I have to explain all over again. Thank God for text messages -- nm - DreadPR Mar 27, 09:11
- Or they leave a long message with the number at the end and you barely understand what they said. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 09:09 1
  - Yes! my sistah - if someone calls to rant and they start out being rude - and I see the message is 3 min long...I - DELETE - Epiphany Mar 27, 09:11
- I have a friend who has done this twice in the past week. - znufrii Mar 27, 09:04 1
  - I have a cow orker who has called me 5 times. This *morning*. - TaurusII Mar 27, 09:06
- OMG. you're bizarro me. I literally *never* check my voicemail. I loathe voicemail. I'll ring you back when I can. -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 09:03 2
  - But if you don't leave a message to let me know who you are, I can't call you back. -- nm - TaurusII Mar 27, 09:07
  - Estimated time after leaving a voicemail on my cellphone I will bother listening to it: 5-7 days, on average. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 09:05
**paging JaxSean** - Strongbad Mar 27, 08:58
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- Sleeping as much as possible. No plans this weekend. -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 09:18
- Belt testing for Cam tonight. Gem and Mineral show with Scouts tomorrow morning. Gramma's birthday Sunday morning. -- nm - Jim Mar 27, 09:13
- last week was child time - she's good for about another month ( ha!) no drinking either, gambling though - that is a plus - Epiphany Mar 27, 09:10 3
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    - Yes - we can mutually invoke. I see 3 of a kind in your future - 8's or Kings. Work on that. - Epiphany Mar 27, 09:12 1
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- Scattering my gramma's ashes to the sea on Sunday. Work the rest of the weekend -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 27, 09:05 3
  - I -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 09:09 2
    - FEK: I'm sorry for your lose. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 09:09 1
      - Thanks -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 27, 09:11
- No bonuses this weekend. Help wife with quilts, found my first colony, workout. - TaurusII Mar 27, 09:05
- How about if I get drunk, put on a scary wig and go scare some kids at the playground? -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 09:03 1
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- Leah Siegel tonight at Spike Hill in Williamsburg. - znufrii Mar 27, 09:03 1
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- *Goes for Double Bonus*: I'm in Asheville with my son (12 mos) visiting my nephew (1 mo) and we're throwing a kegger tonight. (with foosball and fire - psilotum Mar 27, 09:02 4
  - *invites self* -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 09:09
  - toasting marshmallows in the fire? I would give you an A+ if so. (we'll need a photo of the marshmallows, obvs). -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 09:03 2
    - Sadly, no marshmallows. -- nm - psilotum Mar 28, 22:04
    - We'll see. If so, it will be documented. -- nm - psilotum Mar 27, 09:06
- Day trip to Point Mugu tomorrow. (Must pack some sort of picnic). A date with my twin to watch Kings on Sunday, drink, and - con_carne Mar 27, 09:01
- volunteer tonight, then drink. MB tomorrow night (movie? maybe? sit in the dark from 8:30 - 9:30?). sunday ale house. - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 09:00
- Hope for no serious flooding tonight & tomorrow. Meet an inspector at GF's townhome tomorrow AM in prep to put it up for sale. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 09:00 2
  - Wow, big step. - con_carne Mar 27, 09:07 1
    - Basically - Strongbad Mar 27, 09:09
- the WashPost said there was "nary a giggle" at a screening of Monsters vs Aliens, but I may see it to try out the RealD anyway. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 08:59 1
  - the technology is very impressive -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 09:04
- how many points do I get if I'm planning on giving alcohol to to children? -- nm - zork Mar 27, 08:59
- Poker tomorrow night (drinking), hanging with the kids tonight (Children) - amoxy Mar 27, 08:59
- Going to St. Louis to do wedding planning and meet with Rabbi. -- nm - pmb Mar 27, 08:58 1
  - I guess I should add that since I'll be with my fiance's family, it will involve drinking. - pmb Mar 27, 09:02
Join my pad! Yes, I'm pimping this hard but you can only enter once :) -- (link) - Shaun Mar 27, 08:57 1
- here's mine -- (link) - zork Mar 27, 09:06
B2 Pippy: REI - Strongbad Mar 27, 08:51 6
- Neechay - Zork LIR asked about the Georgia new Super Speeder law - Epiphany Mar 27, 08:53 5
  - Yup. cha-ching! - Strongbad Mar 27, 08:55 4
    - *downshifts* -- nm - TaurusII Mar 27, 08:57
    - Perdue said the legislation would generate about $23 million for trauma care each year. The money would come from increased fines and from - Strongbad Mar 27, 08:56 2
      - in addition to what I detailed on B2 ... -- (link) - zork Mar 27, 09:11 [Backboard] 1
        
        $ 5000? holy freakin crap. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 09:13
fwiw, I don't begrudge a parent having extra excuses to take time off, simply because of the fact that they have more to cope with in their life - znufrii Mar 27, 08:48 35
- I do. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 08:52 6
  - I agree with this. I just don't think it's fair to begrudge them if they happen to use more of their sick days than others. -- nm - pmb Mar 27, 09:04 1
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  - I never said anything about extra days. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:53 1
    - I have no idea what you said, I was responding to znu's post. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 08:56
  - Ditto. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 08:53 1
    - This whole debate would be completely different if you switched child/kid to dog/cat. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 08:59
- but they picked it. they picked having to cope. see? they bought the sacrifice. -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:49 27
  - and what right do I have to begrudge them that choice? -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 08:50 26
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      - Are there companies that actually give people with kids more sick days than people without? - Callisto Mar 27, 08:56 5
        
        No, but it's harder (in my experience) to write peole up and go through disciplinary steps for absencese when people play the kids card. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 08:58 1
        
        meh, I'm not a big fan of using disciplinary action for using sick time. - Callisto Mar 27, 09:06
        
        I have never heard of that either... -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 08:58 1
        
        I do know people who ended up taking unpaid days when they went over because of family sick time. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:59
        
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      - don't they? -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 08:55 1
        
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      - but they do have the same number. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:53 13
        
        but in non-PTO situations, people with kids have more *acceptable* reasons to miss work than do I. -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:55 12
        
        Someone should fix this misguided management culture. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 09:00
        
        The reverse being, in a single PTO system, you could more confidently burn through days than someone with 3 kids, who might have a snow day or illness - TFox Mar 27, 08:57 3
        
        I picked my carefree lifestyle for a reason, man. you think I don't know this? - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:59
        
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        My company gives funeral leave as a separate thing. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 09:00
        
        "She must be hung over." - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 08:56 3
        
        precisely. I should invent a boyfriend so I can take off when he's sick. that would solve the issue. - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:58 2
        
        Two words: Aged Parent. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 09:10 1
        
        "I have to take care of Benjamin Button." -- nm - Max Mar 27, 09:12
        
        I guess, but I just can't get worked up over it since I have the same amount of time allowed. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:56 2
        
        I can't either. Sure, they have more reasons to call in, theoretically. - Callisto Mar 27, 09:03 1
        
        which is exactly my point. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 09:04
      - maybe he needs a drink to understand us. -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:53
    - how am I begrudging them? -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:51 1
      - that's what the entire argument was about, right? - znufrii Mar 27, 08:53
apple people, I need another ... like, tail of a power cord? not the adapter, but the long pluggy part? does anyone know where these can be bought? -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:45 2
- try bestbuy.com -- nm - zork Mar 27, 09:10
- Don't see anything on the site. You might want to call customer service, they might send you a new one. They sent me a KB for free. I ordered... - lileve Mar 27, 08:52
Will - no answer at the mechanic's. (grrr...) -- nm - kelly Mar 27, 08:45 1
- Crap. Okay, keep trying. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 08:45
At my company, we switched to PTO at the beginning of 08. They calculated our new PTO days as vaca + sick + 2 extra. - TFox Mar 27, 08:43 22
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  - All things being equal with all days counting the same, then yeah, I think my coworkers are friggin nuts on this issue. - TFox Mar 27, 08:47
  - we are so childless. all of the parents now hate us, you know that right? -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:46 2
    - You overestimate us...Right now I am bemused with you -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 09:14
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- We get continual rollover, 20 days a year total + you can buy an extra 5 days at 70% of 'cost'. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 08:44 16
  - I have rollover to a point, then I lose them. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:52
  - this seems to me like very little. you've been there many years, right? is that the max? - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:48 7
    - That seems like a lot to me - or is that in place of statutory holidays - Reagen Mar 27, 08:52 3
      - wow. in my experience, twenty days PTO with many years of service is very thin. - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:56 1
        
        I guess it's the # of sick days - Reagen Mar 27, 09:04
      - I get 20 days a year, which is vacay + sick. Holidays are additional. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:54
    - Wow. To me, that's a ton. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 08:51 2
      - yeah, it was a lot. we accrued sick time and used it for short-term disability (again, self-funded) but still 20 days per year for *everything* when - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:52
      - it's about what I have, and I have nothing to complain about. 4 paid weeks off. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:52
  - I have to use 'em or lose 'em. It sucks. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 08:45 6
    - I would so rather be paid for them - cause when I take off work ( like yesterday) I have to work twice as hard to make up for it - Epiphany Mar 27, 08:49 1
      - I would *love* to be able to cash them in. That would be great. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 08:50
    - Same here, so you bet your ass I use 'em :) -- nm - Shaun Mar 27, 08:48 3
      - *nods* will not lose them - no matter what - Epiphany Mar 27, 08:49 2
        
        I will never lose them. Ever. Even if it means a staycation where I end up doing nothing but making lasagna and going to the movies. - Diva Mar 27, 08:52 1
        
        LOL to the IM - already happened - word, word - so very word. - Epiphany Mar 27, 08:54
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- That is pretty good, as long as some ass clown doesn't abuse the calling you at home while you're sick -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 08:47 3
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    - JackDawson, we need you to be on call for these three emergency cases during your trip to Vegas - your boss SI Mar 27, 08:52 1
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- I used the "work from home" piece earlier this week when SheFox got sick and couldn't handle Jacen. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 08:45
- I very much like this. -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:44
- With technology today, the need to be in an actual office becomes less and less. Conferencing, Remote Access/VPN, etc. -- nm - budice Mar 27, 08:43 1
  - I'm a telecommuter -- nm - Scorpion Mar 27, 08:53
Laughing. Jovian went Jovian. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:41 1
- no I didnt, not even close. -- nm - Jovian Mar 27, 08:43
Far more egregrious than the Sniffle Brigade are the Cigarette Break abusers. - Reagen Mar 27, 08:39 12
- Ah, the sniffle brigade. - Callisto Mar 27, 08:53 2
  - yeah, that's too far the other way. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 08:56
  - That's terrible -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 08:54
- at kidspeace, I used to go outside when the smokers did. I figured it was my right. I was wrong. - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:42
- No kidding. "Hi I smoke, so you'll pay me for 8 hours today, but at least 1 hour of that time, I'll be outside smoking." -- nm - Shaun Mar 27, 08:42
- If you all ever wonder how I justify my loitering time on here throughout the day, wonder no more. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 27, 08:41
- yes. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:41
- Sniffle Brigade - Danedukenuuk Mar 27, 08:41
- C'mon, everyone needs 10-12% of their day for stand-around time at the office. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 08:40 1
  - my wife told me about a place she worked where it was a 15 minute elevator trip to the smoking area - Reagen Mar 27, 08:42
- I'm a smoker, and agree with this message. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 08:40
- Yeah, it's pretty alarming how my management looks the other way in this regard -- nm - con_carne Mar 27, 08:39
*takes a sick day to roll the board* -- nm - zork Mar 27, 08:39

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