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SandyTech · Thursday at 3:23 PM

Papageno said:
Ha, that's totally my experience when walking with my 87 year-old mom (she lives with me due to memory/executive functioning issues). Not only does she walk very slowly when she does walk, but she's constantly wanting to stop and look at some plant or other or comment on some feature of a tree or house or whatever. I want to get from one place to the other.

We have an elderly relation who lives with us for the same reason and we stopped trying to take her to the grocery store a long time ago for much the same reason. She also loves to buy stuff nobody (including her) eats like chicken livers and the like and then proceedes to get upset when we ask her why she bought them if they're just going to sit in the fridge and go bad?

Fortunately Aldi is a lot less dangerous for this crap than Publix. Never mind Walmart. Both of which she'll quite happily spend literal hours wandering around in.

Happysin · Thursday at 3:31 PM

SandyTech said:
We have an elderly relation who lives with us for the same reason and we stopped trying to take her to the grocery store a long time ago for much the same reason. She also loves to buy stuff nobody (including her) eats like chicken livers and the like and then proceedes to get upset when we ask her why she bought them if they're just going to sit in the fridge and go bad?

Fortunately Aldi is a lot less dangerous for this crap than Publix. Never mind Walmart. Both of which she'll quite happily spend literal hours wandering around in.

My old neighborhood had one elderly person who was well along on dementia. But for whatever reason, he always remembered to stay in the neighborhood whenever he wandered off. Got to the point where the family and all us neighbors just treated it like normal walks, and they'd just come get him after he'd had a couple hours out. The conversations tended to be a bit random, but he definitely seemed much happier being left to his own devices.

Papageno · Thursday at 4:47 PM

@SandyTech and @Happysin When I get her out for a walk to do some exercise we just walk around my rather long block (I live in an older neighborhood close in to Portland which actually has gasp sidewalks) and she walks one way around and I walk (much faster) the other way, and we run into each other. That way she can stop and look at things and chat with people etc. (she's quite charming and everyone loves her) all she wants and I can keep tabs on her, get some exercise and listen to my podcasts (which currently include the second season of "Rachel Maddow presents ULTRA"--really good stuff).

Oh, and re: the grocery store thing, with my mom she asks me to get yogurt, then she never eats it unless I remind her.

Happysin · Thursday at 4:58 PM

Papageno said:
Oh, and re: the grocery store thing, with my mom she asks me to get yogurt, then she never eats it unless I remind her.

Hell, I do that now. "Oh yah, I wanted to eat that..."

SandyTech · Thursday at 8:23 PM

Working at a client's office with their IT department, and they've got this playlist on that is nothing but Christian rock and 'worship music' I think they called it. I have never been so glad to drop a circuit in my life.

JasterMereel · Thursday at 8:33 PM

I've been distancing myself from my colleague a bit. It has been good for me because he tends to steamroll people. I've been managing this project on my own without him and it has been fantastic for me. I had a meeting with my colleague today and it just was a great reminder why I am distancing myself from him.

Telwar · Thursday at 8:38 PM

From the Wawa in Gaithersburg MD to Hurricane, WV is 3/4 of a tank.

Because I am, for Reasons, now driving out for Funeral. Not bad reasons either, but it's mildly amusing.

And leaving the DC area at 1 pm actually worked out, there isn't a real rush hour until like Lexington.

whoisit · Thursday at 9:03 PM

SandyTech said:
Working at a client's office with their IT department, and they've got this playlist on that is nothing but Christian rock and 'worship music' I think they called it. I have never been so glad to drop a circuit in my life.

I had an Uber ride like that in Boston. But, Massholes being Massholes, I was praying like I was the pilot had come on the intercom saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are landing in three minutes whether we want to or not. Smoke 'em if you got 'em."

DaveJ · Thursday at 10:34 PM

SandyTech said:
Working at a client's office with their IT department, and they've got this playlist on that is nothing but Christian rock and 'worship music' I think they called it. I have never been so glad to drop a circuit in my life.

My current barbershop plays that stuff. I can stand it while I'm there, it's just generic crap. What bothers me more is the last time I was in for a haircut, the owner carried on about the abortion ruling and how June should be "Life Month" instead of "Pride Month".

I need a new barber.

MichaelC · Thursday at 11:47 PM

SandyTech said:
Working at a client's office with their IT department, and they've got this playlist on that is nothing but Christian rock and 'worship music' I think they called it. I have never been so glad to drop a circuit in my life.

payback for all that devil music you listen to. was your former employee working at this place and smirking in the shadows at you?

MichaelC · Friday at 12:11 AM

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SuperDave · Friday at 12:38 AM

Just (well, it ended a few hours ago) spent an entire shift on register for many (theoretically) justifiable reasons which have little to do with retailing as I learned it some decades ago, but that's a far deeper topic than I'm gonna explore in this thread. The salient point is that I'm still sore after spending 8 hours standing in 9 square feet of space with no chance to move more broadly, my back is still telling me in no uncertain terms that that wasn't what it wanted me to do, and even more importantly I received a long-forgotten but hard-earned lesson about what the people who work for us go through to give us what we ask of them.

That wasn't why I got this assignment today; the people I work for aren't that subtle. But I had time to think about the bigger picture, and face some things in the mirror, and understand what it takes do do what we ask.

I'm humbled and thankful.

Wheels Of Confusion · Friday at 5:48 AM

SandyTech said:
Working at a client's office with their IT department, and they've got this playlist on that is nothing but Christian rock and 'worship music' I think they called it. I have never been so glad to drop a circuit in my life.

SO. BORING.

SandyTech · Friday at 5:58 AM

Wheels Of Confusion said:
SO. BORING.

There must only be 3 songwriters in the entire genre and they must all be working together because all the songs sound the same.

Justin Credible · Friday at 7:34 AM

SandyTech said:
There must only be 3 songwriters in the entire genre and they must all be working together because all the songs sound the same.

Careful what you say, gawd may smite you with a bolt of lightening from the heavens or an electrified panel you may be working on.

Hound of Cullen · Friday at 8:46 AM

Telwar said:
Wawa in Gaithersburg MD

There's a Wawa in Gaithersburg?

Man, I remember when the only shopping center in G'burg was "Gaithersburg Square." With an A&P and a two-screen movie theater.

crombie · Friday at 9:12 AM

I unignored the Bad Place because I wanted to see the thread on the event from last evening. Already to 11 pages? Like DAAAMN!

Telwar · Friday at 9:51 AM

Hound of Cullen said:
There's a Wawa in Gaithersburg?

Man, I remember when the only shopping center in G'burg was "Gaithersburg Square." With an A&P and a two-screen movie theater.

Yup, on 355 across from the high school! There's a Sheetz up by Middlebrook Road and a Royal Farms on Watkins Mill, too!

MichaelC · Friday at 11:10 AM

Realized I did not have imposter syndrome. Turns out I sucked at my job and was accurately appraising my performance.

whoisit · Friday at 11:11 AM

Justin Credible said:
Careful what you say, gawd may smite you with a bolt of lightening from the heavens or an electrified panel you may be working on.

That is a sign of holy approval from Thor.

whoisit · Friday at 11:20 AM

https://arstechnica.com/science/202...ling-robot-face-from-living-human-skin-cells/

Science has made Dickhead the Robot.

Hound of Cullen · Friday at 11:51 AM

Telwar said:
Yup, on 355 across from the high school! There's a Sheetz up by Middlebrook Road and a Royal Farms on Watkins Mill, too!

The development in Gaithersburg is insane. Now that my parents have passed, I doubt I'll be back there, I don't have a reason to visit any longer. And I've been away a long time, aside from occasional visits.

The Gaithersburg I grew up in:
Longdraft road wasn't paved until '74 or '75.
I remember when the dammed Seneca Creek to make the lake in the state park
The only high schools were Gaithersburg and Seneca Valley.
The Shady Grove Metro stop didn't open until I was a sophomore in high school
Great Seneca Highway didn't exist.

Defenestrar · Friday at 11:54 AM

In a weird moment of synchronicity, this morning my soap, shampoo, and deodorant ran empty (I have more in the cupboard). I wonder if this is an omen. Then I check my email and have a bajillion warnings from the space weather prediction center… the day is young.

Defenestrar · Friday at 11:55 AM

Hound of Cullen said:
The development in Gaithersburg is insane. Now that my parents have passed, I doubt I'll be back there, I don't have a reason to visit any longer. And I've been away a long time, aside from occasional visits.

The Gaithersburg I grew up in:
Longdraft road wasn't paved until '74 or '75.
I remember when the dammed Seneca Creek to make the lake in the state park
The only high schools were Gaithersburg and Seneca Valley.
The Shady Grove Metro stop didn't open until I was a sophomore in high school
Great Seneca Highway didn't exist.

And NIST was surrounded by farm fields, right? (But Roy's sandwich shop was probably in it's heyday).

Happysin · Friday at 11:57 AM

Defenestrar said:
In a weird moment of synchronicity, this morning my soap, shampoo, and deodorant ran empty (I have more in the cupboard). I wonder if this is an omen. Then I check my email and have a bajillion warnings from the space weather prediction center… the day is young.

Apocalyptic roll of ~~CSV~~ CVS coupons incoming...

[EDIT] Silly typo.

Thorvard · Friday at 11:57 AM

Hound of Cullen said:
The development in Gaithersburg is insane. Now that my parents have passed, I doubt I'll be back there, I don't have a reason to visit any longer. And I've been away a long time, aside from occasional visits.

The whole area is crazy.

I've seen DC go from shitty, to getting nice and now it's getting shitty again. In the past year at least 10-15 of my old friends/co-workers have gotten robbed or assaulted. It's just awful. My brother won't even take his late night walks anymore, and he's probably up there with people who don't really care about crime.

I used to take Route1 to my in-laws house in Laurel and that whole area has really changed a lot as well. Lots of new buildings up around UMD.

I probably won't go to DC as much once my Dad passes, I'm close enough that I don't mind going down for a weekend or so. But once he's not around there isn't a real reason to go other than going to the cemetary. Most of the places i used to eat at are all gone anyway

whoisit · Friday at 12:04 PM

Defenestrar said:
In a weird moment of synchronicity, this morning my soap, shampoo, and deodorant ran empty (I have more in the cupboard). I wonder if this is an omen. Then I check my email and have a bajillion warnings from the space weather prediction center… the day is young.

Chito · Friday at 2:30 PM

crombie said:
I unignored the Bad Place because I wanted to see the thread on the event from last evening. Already to 11 pages? Like DAAAMN!

Me too, and I even posted. It's all back on ignore now. What a waste of emotional energy lol.

Tom Foolery · Friday at 2:35 PM

MichaelC said:
Realized I did not have imposter syndrome. Turns out I sucked at my job and was accurately appraising my performance.

Speaking of which, I am doing my self-assessment for work at the moment. Should I just come right out and say that I am a superman, or should I just allude to it by mentioning that I am faster than a speeding bullet and/or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?

Yagisama · Friday at 2:40 PM

Tom Foolery said:
Speaking of which, I am doing my self-assessment for work at the moment. Should I just come right out and say that I am a superman, or should I just allude to it by mentioning that I am faster than a speeding bullet and/or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?

Casually mention your allergies regarding kryptonite and let them connect the dots. :eng101:

Diabolical · Friday at 2:43 PM

Tom Foolery said:
Speaking of which, I am doing my self-assessment for work at the moment. Should I just come right out and say that I am a superman, or should I just allude to it by mentioning that I am faster than a speeding bullet and/or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?

I allude through the cunning use of numbers. So I’d have velocities of those bullets and heights of those buildings and force measurements needed for the jump and why those are good_(TM). And better than before!
But I also write for government evaluations processes. So, large grain of bullshit salt and all that.

whoisit · Friday at 2:47 PM

Yagisama said:
Casually mention your allergies regarding kryptonite and let them connect the dots.

But then Weyland-Yutani will have Tom go manage a kryptonite mine.

Justin Credible · Friday at 2:49 PM

Tom Foolery said:
Speaking of which, I am doing my self-assessment for work at the moment. Should I just come right out and say that I am a superman, or should I just allude to it by mentioning that I am faster than a speeding bullet and/or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?

Tell them you're the Batman of the company and you keep all the Jokers in line.

Defenestrar · Friday at 2:50 PM

Justin Credible said:
Tell them you're the Batman of the company and you keep all the Jokers in line.

HR will not like that.

Hound of Cullen · Friday at 2:54 PM

Defenestrar said:
And NIST was surrounded by farm fields, right? (But Roy's sandwich shop was probably in it's heyday).

Yes and yes.

Drizzt321 · Friday at 3:10 PM

Diabolical said:
I allude through the cunning use of numbers. So I’d have velocities of those bullets and heights of those buildings and force measurements needed for the jump and why those are good_(TM). And better than before!
But I also write for government evaluations processes. So, large grain of bullshit salt and all that.

LOL, yeah, the art of writing government evaluations is raises the level of bullshit to even stinkier levels than anywhere else.

EDIT: Huh. Apparently Netflix is filming a bit of Forever S1 right nearby me in early/mid July at a old (redone) hotel/motel type place.

Diabolical · Friday at 3:13 PM

Drizzt321 said:
LOL, yeah, the art of writing government evaluations is raises the level of bullshit to even stinkier levels than anywhere else.

Hey, I managed to keep the clothes pin on my nose for long enough to net a time off award 4x longer than my previous year, and a cash award that was 3x larger that just paid for all of the stuff going on with my house.

I am well trained, I guess.

SandyTech · Friday at 3:56 PM

Brother is in town and there are shenanigans afoot. Especially as he's trying to teach his daughter how to drive, and decided that a ~350 horsepower John Deere tractor is the best way because she can't really hurt it all that much. My yard on the other hand? Yeah. I'm gonna need to buy a couple yards of topsoil next weekend because youngling has discovered the joy of giving things with big engines lots of throttle. She also hasn't quite mastered the idea of throttle modulation yet and while the actual driver's seat has air suspension, the buddy seat is just bolted to the frame of the tractor via the cab and has neither suspension nor padding. I suspect he will regret this decision. And I am going to be extremely sympathetic about it too I'm sure.

Defenestrar · Friday at 4:08 PM

Be sure she learns that figure eights are important for being to hit the corner of the fields and should be practiced often.

jhodge · Friday at 4:10 PM

SandyTech said:
Brother is in town and there are shenanigans afoot. Especially as he's trying to teach his daughter how to drive, and decided that a ~350 horsepower John Deere tractor is the best way because she can't really hurt it all that much. My yard on the other hand? Yeah. I'm gonna need to buy a couple yards of topsoil next weekend because youngling has discovered the joy of giving things with big engines lots of throttle. She also hasn't quite mastered the idea of throttle modulation yet and while the actual driver's seat has air suspension, the buddy seat is just bolted to the frame of the tractor via the cab and has neither suspension nor padding. I suspect he will regret this decision. And I am going to be extremely sympathetic about it too I'm sure.

Does said tractor have a backhoe attachment? Maybe she can locate some fiber for you while she's at it.

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