How do you feel today?

[stonemaybe]

WE HAVE WATER!!! (still can't drink it tho)

I've had 2 showers in 12 hours

[Menolly]

The simple pleasures, huh Stoney?

[Cameraman Jenn]

I feel good, still tired but good emotionally. I think this weekend is going to be a very relaxed do nothing kinda weekend. Sarge, hope all is well. Yay Stonemaybe, lucky you. Bloodguard Bob took all the showercurtains etc out of the bathroom because he has decided to paint it. I had to take a sort of lame bath and I still feel like I haven't quite got all the soap off me. ugh.

[Cagliostro]

So now I hear that the girl I have feelings for and my good friend (the boyfriend) are having troubles.

So.

How does one date the ex of your close friend without breaking the man-code?

I don't know if you can, to be honest. I dunno...everyone is different, but if you want to keep the friend, then don't go out with the ex, unless it didn't work out right away and they are still friendly. Still, it will be awkward, and they might have nasty things to say about each other. Some people are cooler about it than others though. It did kill off a long friendship for me once when one of my close friends hooked up with my ex-wife after I broke things off. Turns out they got married, and have at least two kids. But I haven't spoken to either of them since then. And that is probably fine.

[Prebe]

I take it that it's not a ZIDER sea you have been wallowing in for the past couple of weeks Stonemaybe

You live in one of the flooded areas?

[Cameraman Jenn]

urgh. I now feel very put upon. My Boss's family seems to think that now that I work here it's my job to take care of all their personal stuff too. His wife always makes me do things for her like straighten out her bill questions about her cell phone and spend the hours on the freaking phone with her health insurance provider trying to get her daughter taken off her insurance etc etc. His daughter is always in need of money so I have to take petty cash and physically go to the bank and deposit it in her bank account etc etc. It's very annoying. Today his daughter has asked me to pick up contact lenses for her boyfriend from a local optometry place here in SF and mail them to her in Georgia. It's very annoying because I am on foot today and I have the dog and the place is about ten blocks out of my way, past my apartment. Ten LONG city blocks. GRRRRR. PLUS, I have to hurry there because walking is gonna put me there just barely in time before they close and I walked Moose today so if I take Muni I will have to pay for him as well since he's on a leash and I don't have his puppy purse, and I really hate taking Moose on Muni without his purse especially if I have to stand which is normal for rush hour because it's very awkward. I feel obligated to hold him because he's so small he will get trampled by people not paying attention. What's even worse is that there is no straight muni shot there. I would have to take one bus and then switch to another bus.....ugh. Go get your damn stupid boyfriend's stupid contact lenses your freaking self you spoiled little rotten princess. SHEESH. AND this is on my OWN time.

[sgt.null]

thanks all for the thoughts.

prebe: i like some scientists. I see the doctor tomorrow for an answer. I have the cd with the scan on it here.

[Damelon]

Jenn, tell em to wait till tomorrow.

[drew]

Courier Rant.
Blue collar vs white collar

My holiday has been planned for two months.(Booked a cottage way out in the country for a week)

My vacation at work had been booked for two months.

Where I work, drivers are not allowed any time off (including sick days) unless they have trained someone to cover for them.
I asked one of the warehouse workers when I booked my vacation if he wanted to learn my run.
I've been training him off and on for about a month.

Now HIS supervisor (the warehouse supervisor) decided that he doesn't want to lose this guy in the warehouse for a week, and told him that he can't miss any shifts. My vacation is planned for NEXT WEEK...the supervisor dropped this on us TODAY.

The Driver supervisor says his hands are tied, because he's not actually warehouse workers boss.

-This was this first actual vacation I was going to take since I started driving there; six years ago.
-The warehouse supervisor and I have known eachother for about fifteen years....in fact; I got him his first job there about ten years ago....AND two of my kids are ring bearers in his wedding in three weeks (or at least they were!!! I may let them participate...but I won't be attending)

The guy I actually work for, (the indepentant who actualy owns my truck and pays me), told me just to call in sick that week (he was the one who was going to pay the warehouse guy)...and since the guy from the warehouse is the only person in the building who can do my run, they'll have to call him in to do it.---well it'll all work out in the end...it just pisses me off that my FRIEND decided to f- me over like that...just to prove that he has some semblance of superiority.

Rant over.

[Cameraman Jenn]

Oh Drew, you should go to the "friend/supervisor" and talk to him about it. Tell him that you have already booked the cabin etc. etc. Make him see reason. If he doesn't see reason, then pull out of his wedding and tell him to piss off!

[drew]

MY wife was pretty pissed off.

And she's the Maid of Honour for the wedding.-the stagette is two days before our trip...I'm sure the bride will be getting an earfull

Spoiler

'cause my ol'lady can be a BITCH

[balon!]

Didn't they do a "Man Law" about that on the Lite ad?

The Man Laws

[lucimay]

i love that sh!t

you poke it, you own it!!!

[Avatar]

Damn Drew...agree with Jenn. Talk to him...and maybe ask them if they'll reimburse your deposit. If that fails, do what the guy you work for suggested.

Me, I feel poorer than yesterday but happy. Getting our new harnesses today.

--A

[balon!]

Or toss one of these in the warehouse.

[Loredoctor]

Good luck, Balon. Maybe when/if it works out for you, you can tell me how to date a woman, because I have no clue.

[Avatar]

Hahaha, got'em.

Mine:


GF's:



--A

[Damelon]

Good job, Av.

Some type of climbing harnesses? If you just got them what did you use before?

[Avatar]

Yeah, climbing harnesses. Used old ones before, belonging to our climbing partner. (Gear is expensive, so the first (most important) thing we got when we started out was shoes. Now new harnesses. Next - New rope. (Most expensive of all...be a little while probably. ) )

Can't wait to get out and try them.

--A

[Damelon]

Good for you!

I was always afraid of heights myself. It's kind of funny, sitting in the window seat of an airplane doesn't bother be but standing next to a glass window in a tall building does.