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

Faust_Motel said:
Spiders are cool and we leave them top themselves to the point hat I hate vacuuming them up with their cobwebs in the basement.

But House Centipedes can die in a fire.
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Agreed 100%.

For the most part, spiders don't bother me but centipedes are another story!

They are scary and disgusting and I hate them. Every once in a while I'll see one in the house and I then go on a mission to eliminate it... unfortunately I don't really care to even pick them up after I smoosh them. If I kill one early in the morning and I'm the only one awake I'll leave it under the shoe I used when I leave for work and let my wife worry about it. I usually use the excuse that I was on my way out the door when I killed it and didn't have time to clean it up before I had to leave for work. I don't think she really buys that, but the centipedes don't bother her as much as they do me.
 
I go buy ladybugs periodically to eat the aphids. They are cute, but they are voracious predators and eat things three times their size. Luckily, they are harmless to humans.
 
The Terminator said:
I don't think I will ever get tired of Jaguars, but I have watched every single nature doc available on YouTube about Jags and it's now getting boring watching the same thing over and over again.

Jaguars will always be #1, but I am taking recommendations for something new to obsess over and consume content about before bed......
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Just for you, my daughter went to a zoo and saw a jaguar yesterday. More important she saw a monkey that started um...handling itself when she pulled out the camera.

Reply all is standard practice at the office for us to keep everyone informed. Although I can't imagine how many of these email threads the managers just ignore.

I'm not sure about house centipedes. Around here the centipedes eat the spiders.

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Driving home from yet another fun, frolicking, and completely fulfilling Planning Commission meeting late last night, I was listening to the BBC Sport on my local NPR station, with a recap of the Danmark - Scotland WC qualifying match. Not the outcome I personally was hoping for, but - my heavens! - the description of the match was unlike anything I've ever heard in the US. Not of the same caliber, but this write-up shows the exuberance of sport "in the old country". BTW, the kits of these teams on this night was superb, and yes, that matters!
 
Gedunker said:
Driving home from yet another fun, frolicking, and completely fulfilling Planning Commission meeting late last night, I was listening to the BBC Sport on my local NPR station, with a recap of the Danmark - Scotland WC qualifying match. Not the outcome I personally was hoping for, but - my heavens! - the description of the match was unlike anything I've ever heard in the US. Not of the same caliber, but this write-up shows the exuberance of sport "in the old country". BTW, the kits of these teams on this night was superb, and yes, that matters!
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I know now the meaning of "kit" thanks to Ted Lasso.
 
Scenario: Super famous regional hamburger joint that is known for their burgers wants to donate lunch to a program. The program coordinator says great! But what does she request, 3 grilled cheese sandwiches (with fries) for those who don't eat meat, and the rest get chicken sandwiches with fries or onion rings. No burgers.

Granted the coordinator is a vegetarian but this move made no sense to me.
 
michaelskis said:
Scenario: Super famous regional hamburger joint that is known for their burgers wants to donate lunch to a program. The program coordinator says great! But what does she request, 3 grilled cheese sandwiches (with fries) for those who don't eat meat, and the rest get chicken sandwiches with fries or onion rings. No burgers.

Granted the coordinator is a vegetarian but this move made no sense to me.
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Like going to an Italian restaurant and ordering sushi.
I'd look at you funny & bring you calamari.
 
I haven't heard if we are off tomorrow for the Cheney funeral, and, since it hasn't been declared a holiday by the current President, and mail is running normally, I will go ahead and assume we are working.

JIm
 
WSU MUP Student said:
I was 4 when WKRP in Cincinnati went off the air, I don't recall it ever being on syndication on over-the-air channels and we never had cable growing up. Yet I can somehow still sing the entire WKRP in Cincinnati theme song at the drop of a hat.

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"Got kinda tired of packing and un-packing, town to town, up and down the line...."

It's one of the great TV songs. My first ever purchased 45 was the theme from the Greatest American Hero - believe it or not....
 
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ursus said:
"Got kinda tired of packing and un-packing, town to town, up and down the line...."

It's one of the great TV songs. My first ever purchased 45 was the theme from the Greatest American Hero - believe it or not....
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Fun fact: the ending credits song's lyrics are gibberish. This is intentional, for two reasons:

1. It was a commentary on the lyrics found on a lot of songs played on corporate radio stations--indistinguishable garbage.
2. Back at the time, there was a continuity announcer who would talk over the end of a show to tell you what was coming up next. Why bother making lyrics for something that wouldn't be heard?
 
ursus said:
"Got kinda tired of packing and un-packing, town to town, up and down the line...."

It's one of the great TV songs. My first ever purchased 45 was the theme from the Greatest American Hero - believe it or not....
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"Believe it or Not" is the best damn TV theme song ever. And, I wonder if watching that show as a kid is the reason I love instruction manuals so much?
 
jumbach said:
Fun fact: the ending credits song's lyrics are gibberish. This is intentional, for two reasons:

1. It was a commentary on the lyrics found on a lot of songs played on corporate radio stations--indistinguishable garbage.
2. Back at the time, there was a continuity announcer who would talk over the end of a show to tell you what was coming up next. Why bother making lyrics for something that wouldn't be heard?
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I still think that the voice in the ending theme sounds like Elton John.
 
Yesterday's Cloudflare issue(s) seems to have hit us in an unexpected way.

Outlook wasn't originally affected, but then this morning we found out all our signatures (if we had a specialized one) were missing. Not good when the person who discovers the problem is the City Attorney!

Seems to be back up now, but that was weird. We had a couple other issues too, but those seem to be resolved with the Cloudflare resolution.
 
Planit said:
Like going to an Italian restaurant and ordering sushi.
I'd look at you funny & bring you calamari.
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I had one of the best steaks that I every ate at a seafood restaurant in the NC mountains. There was no fresh trout listed on the menu and the nearest ocean is 5-6 hours away so how fresh was their "fresh" fish.
 
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Big Owl said:
I had one of the best steaks that I every ate at a seafood restaurant in the NC mountains. There was no fresh trout listed on the menu and the nearest ocean is 5-6 hours away so how fresh was their "fresh" fish.
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Once in high school I worked (for two weeks) waiting tables at a international breakfast chain that is famous for its pancakes. 2 in the morning a pretty sweet land rover pulled up and this swagged-out Nigerian man came in and sat down. He wanted 6 cokes no ice, a steak, and scrambled eggs. It felt like the scene from the Blues Brothers. Obviously, we did not have steak, but I ran out to a grocery store in the same shopping center and got him a steak. He tipped well and disappeared into the night.
 
We have our Holiday luncheon in a few weeks. I can wear either an Ugly Christmas Sweater or my favorite Holiday T-Shirt.

I think I'll go with the sweater, but the weird weather patterns we've been having may change that. If it's still in the 70s at that point in time, I'll go with the shirt.
 
Old town I worked in got overruled by the courts. The local burger joint painted a mural of a bunch of burgers on the wall. Sadly, the words saying "The fun is inside" with a big arrow makes it a sign to me. Something about the city did not distinguish well enough between mural and sign by saying a sign is anything that displays goods or services. They went after the burgers. They should have gone after the words with an arrow.

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I'll either go with the Griswolds/Little Debbie t-shirt if its warm or the cat sweatshirt that plays cats meowing to Christmas songs for our party.
 
DVD said:
Old town I worked in got overruled by the courts. The local burger joint painted a mural of a bunch of burgers on the wall. Sadly, the words saying "The fun is inside" with a big arrow makes it a sign to me. Something about the city did not distinguish well enough between mural and sign by saying a sign is anything that displays goods or services. They went after the burgers. They should have gone after the words with an arrow.

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I hope they didn't pay a lot for that mural.
 
Every time I bring leftover pizza to work for lunch, I always want to eat it early. Its 8:14 PST and I am already hankering.

This is rare, because there's usually not any leftover pizza to take.


Edited/Update: Its 9:30 and I have had one slice... and I am about to eat the rest.
 
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dw914er said:
I hope they didn't pay a lot for that mural.
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A Dallas craft brewer opened up a Fort Worth tap room. They painted a mural on the wall but the mural included the brewery's name very prominently. The city called it an unpermitted sign and told them it had to be removed. They complained public (on Facebook) about how much the city government sucked and basically got booed out of town. There's a healthy rivalry between Dallas and Fort Worth and probably the worst thing a Dallas business can do is open a Fort Worth location and then complain about the city. That don't fly here.
 
zman said:
Just got a reviewed document where it looks like "track changes" was used, but the reviewer merely changed the sentences to red or blue and underlined them manually... :cursing:
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omg that's like people using the space bar instead of setting up their tabs wtf

office rage!!!!
 
zman said:
Just got a reviewed document where it looks like "track changes" was used, but the reviewer merely changed the sentences to red or blue and underlined them manually... :cursing:
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luckless pedestrian said:
omg that's like people using the space bar instead of setting up their tabs wtf

office rage!!!!
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Or when people print a word document and then scan it as a PDF instead of just saving it as a PDF.

I once received a spreadsheet where they did all the calculations on a calculator instead of letting the program do it. I wanted to puke.

Another is when I received several shape files from a community and noticed they did not use point snapping.
 
Or when people use Excel spreadsheets for things that are better suited for Access. Every office I've ever worked in has had this situation.
 
Watching Ken Burn's American Revolution reminded me that back when I was in the Scouts I had earned these Historic Trail medals

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Nothing says good morning like finding out that there is a boxing match scheduled for next month, in building that is not approved for that use, and with a shady looking ownership record.

Not here Rocky... not here.
 
Doohickie said:
A Dallas craft brewer opened up a Fort Worth tap room. They painted a mural on the wall but the mural included the brewery's name very prominently. The city called it an unpermitted sign and told them it had to be removed. They complained public (on Facebook) about how much the city government sucked and basically got booed out of town. There's a healthy rivalry between Dallas and Fort Worth and probably the worst thing a Dallas business can do is open a Fort Worth location and then complain about the city. That don't fly here.
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Ever thought about retiring p/t to Cheektowaga in the warm months? (You can stay in Ft. Worth for the cold ones, and keep Texas as your residency)
 
As I begin to wrap my career here, I succeeded in moving PC and BZA meeting start times to 5:30PM, from the previous 7:00PM start. I would have preferred holding them during work hours, but I'd lose about all of my non-retired appointees if I did, so that wasn't an option. Now after some of those l-o-o-o-o-n-g meetings there still may be some time to wind down at home ....
 
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zman said:
Just got a reviewed document where it looks like "track changes" was used, but the reviewer merely changed the sentences to red or blue and underlined them manually... :cursing:
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I used to work with someone who would do this. It made creating an "accepted changes" document absolutely infuriating...
 
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