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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 20 (2025)

Planit said:
MR DUCKS
MR NOT DUCKS
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Having lived in OC I spent many an evening at M.R. Ducks including one that was quite possibly the drunkest I've ever been in my life. But that is a story for another day . . . .

BTW, the correct version is "wangs". Not wings.
 
We would normally be putting up lights and starting on our 76 ft tall tree, but this year the city is having a three day Veterans Day event over the weekend. So the festivities will start next Wednesday.
 
What the hell happened? I go to bed and it’s 0-0 after 2; I wake up this morning and see the final is 5-2 Chicago??
 
Sometimes I think to myself, "I wonder how many leather bound books that person has read".
 
The decision to deny **** a variance when it comes to their potential shop, is not only biased, it shows an absolute lack of community engagement.

Its privileged, gate keepy, and down right disgusting.

**** has nothing but the best intentions and you have played your hand and shown you have absolutely no idea at how integral they are within their community.

I sincerely hope this outrageous decision comes back to royally bite you in the ass.

To deny community members instead of WORKING WITH THEM, is a symptom of the deplorable excuses made by those in charge for "reasons" however hollow those reasons may be.

When you fail to help your community and simply deny access you leave a gross stain instead of bridging a gap.

I hope you have the day you deserve, and I hope karma has some lessons for you.
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I had literally just walked out after sharing a hug with **** at the end of an hour plus long meeting to discuss options and alternatives when I opened this email. There's a Planning Badge for that, right?:r:
 
Picked up part of my deer yesterday, the jerky, and it is good. No gamey taste that usually comes with deer. My steaks and sausage were not there, which has me a little worried. Hopefully that will be in today. Son also was able to get a deer. He hiked up 1600 vertical feet in a mile of mountain switchbacks to find his. I wanted to be there with him but told me that it was too steep for me. His FiL and buddy hiked up to help bring down the 100 pounds of quarters, roast, and backstrap. Edit...just called me; meat at the butcher.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
I've got the Christmas tree up and decorated in the den. Only 4 more trees to go!
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We've got three trees we usually do: one in the living room, one in the family room, and a smaller tree (~5' tall) that we put on the front porch. The house rule is 'every holiday has its own place and time' so Christmas decorations are not displayed until after Thanksgiving (and Thanksgiving not until after Halloween etc)
 
The definition of Not Fun is getting home from a night meeting to discover that something is wrong with the dishwasher that is less than a year old.

Quick attempts last night and again this morning were unsuccessful. Today is swamped, so tomorrow I get to pull it out and and apart to find out what is going on.
 
michaelskis said:
The definition of Not Fun is getting home from a night meeting to discover that something is wrong with the dishwasher that is less than a year old.

Quick attempts last night and again this morning were unsuccessful. Today is swamped, so tomorrow I get to pull it out and and apart to find out what is going on.
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That sucks. I had to repair my washing machine earlier this week. It is 30 years old and parts are harder to find for it. Fortunately, for me it was a easy diagnosis and the part needed was common to a number of brand's washing machine. Ironically a week prior, I repaired my parent's 18 year old washing machine. It was a loose hose connection. I am sure I jinxed myself when I mentioned that my washing machine was 30 years old.

I hope your issue is simple and covered by a warranty.
 
Big Owl said:
I hope your issue is simple and covered by a warranty.
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If it is simple, it won't need the warranty.

I found the instructions and the flashing lights can be one of 4 things. I did the first when I was home for lunch as it was the simplest, and it didn't work. Every other one will require that I pull it out of the cabinet. So I am going to systemically go through the next two. If it is the 4th I am calling in the warranty. I found the receipt and we bought it in May.
 
Interview over. I always screw up the project with a angry or demanding customer. Isn't that every project and once I'm done with it I tend to forget and let it go.
 
DIck Cheney's funeral is Thursday, November 20. No word yet on whether that is a holiday for government workers. Given the relationship between Cheney and our current President, I doubt it.
 
jumbach said:
DIck Cheney's funeral is Thursday, November 20. No word yet on whether that is a holiday for government workers. Given the relationship between Cheney and our current President, I doubt it.
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What have they done in the past? Also need to think when the last VP died.
Guess it was Mondale in 2021. Don't recall if it was holiday or not, well National Day of Mourning.
 
Memorial service for a co-worker who died sudddenly a few weeks ago is tomorrow. I didn’t know him well as I only saw him once or twice and we only exchanged a couple of pleasantries.

I replied via email that I would not be able to attend because the Commanders game is on, but I do send my regards to the family.

I just don’t feel like I knew him well enough to attend in any event, game or no game.
 
Cyndi Lauper, Avril Lavigne, and Chappell Roan all walk into a bar . . .

Maybe not, but seeing all three of them on stage together was worth the three hours of blah blah before that.
 
I don’t normally care if we have mice in the garage, but don’t want them in the actual house.

Well, something got into a bag of chips I had out there—I found the hole in the bag and other evidence (and threw the bag away).

So I set the trap and waited. The cheese kept disappearing, but the mousetrap didn’t go off. Odd, since this brand I use is usually reliable. Tried it again, same result.

I watched from afar.

Turns out the little sneaks are working in pairs! One will stand on one end of the trap, keeping it from going off, while its friend grabs the cheese! Then when I restock the cheese, they switch!

I finally moved the trap slightly so they couldn’t do that. Went inside, and found one very dead (and fat) mouse in the trap. Sent him to the garbage can, reset it. Got his friend a few minutes later. Set it yet again and for yet another.

Greedy little bastards. They’ll have their afterlife at the county dump, where they will be eaten by scavenger birds when they get picked up with the trash on Friday.
 
Not at all displeased to see a foreclosure notice in the paper for our neighbor three houses down. They’ve been nothing but trouble for years: the only house on our street we have any issues with at all. I won’t get into all the details, but the drama at that house would make a great Lifetime movie.

They haven’t paid their mortgage in years. Surprised it took this long.
 
jumbach said:
Not at all displeased to see a foreclosure notice in the paper for our neighbor three houses down. They’ve been nothing but trouble for years: the only house on our street we have any issues with at all. I won’t get into all the details, but the drama at that house would make a great Lifetime movie.

They haven’t paid their mortgage in years. Surprised it took this long.
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Investment opportunity!

Parks And Rec Tom GIF
 
mendelman said:
Investment opportunity!

Parks And Rec Tom GIF
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No. That house needs way too much work and we just spent the last 13 years fixing ours up and we aren’t done yet.

Our house looks way different inside from how it looked when we bought it. Outside is pretty much the same except for new siding and a cheery new color.
 
mendelman said:
Nah...I prefer living in the wet, temperate Great Lakes region.

Incidentally, we received our first substantive snowfall of the season. Nice.
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I was in shorts and a T-shirt yesterday.

We actually do get snow here—about 30 inches a year. But usually an inch or two at a time.
 
mendelman said:
Nah...I prefer living in the wet, temperate Great Lakes region.

Incidentally, we received our first substantive snowfall of the season. Nice.
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@jumbach

Although, looking at your neighborhood's aerial photo, thats a pretty nice location right on the Truckee River and foothills in the near distance.

Is there an 'easy' pedestrian/cycling access under the highway to the hills? Are there decent currents and/or rapids on the Truckee?

Maybe I'll buy it, rehab it from a distance and turn it into a STR? Sorry. ;)
 
Nature is amazing. I was looking at ducks flying last night. How the hell can that thing fly? It's a bowling pin that can fly.
 
mendelman said:
@jumbach

Although, looking at your neighborhood's aerial photo, thats a pretty nice location right on the Truckee River and foothills in the near distance.

Is there an 'easy' pedestrian/cycling access under the highway to the hills? Are there decent currents and/or rapids on the Truckee?

Maybe I'll buy it, rehab it from a distance and turn it into a STR? Sorry. ;)
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Yes, there is an ATV/jeep trail that runs both north into the hills and south into the canyon and the abandoned mining town of Washington. Even goes all the way up to Virginia City, but it's far easier to take the paved road (Veterans Parkway to NV-341) to get there.

Regarding rapids, yes, there are decent rapids, but mostly up more toward Tahoe. They have rafting trips that launch out of Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City and run north a few miles. By the time the river gets to Lockwood, it's pretty mellow for the most part. Downtown Reno has a nice whitewater rafting/kayaking park that is a happening spot in the summer.
 
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