Try having birds. They love to start squawking at inopportune times. Chirp chirp mother f***!
Like the line from the movie Crazy Rich Asians: “Bok Bok Bitch”. 
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
I am watching a training video for work titled “Responding to an Armed Attack.”
I work from home.
??
Can’t be too careful! I have to watch videos like that too. I work from home and the workplace harassment one makes me laugh. My kids harass me in the workplace, but HR (my wife) blames me for it. Seems legit.
Ha, you beat me to the harassment joke. The only “Armed Attack” I worry about in my home office was when my cat sat on my keyboard. Or maybe THAT’S harassment? The little :censored: did have a smug look on their face.
Mine seemingly know every time I have a video meeting and make their presence known :lol:.
I remember that before the pandemic, we would have regular conference calls (no video) and a dog barking in the background was a cardinal sin (happened to me once and got shit for years) and now when a dog comes into the frame or kids are in the background, everyone seems excited to have a break from the norm.
Cardinal sin for a dog to bark before? Yikes what a weird company
I enjoy the pet visits to video meetings, I draw the line at screaming children or the folks having renovations done in the background.
Cardinal sin for a dog to bark before? Yikes what a weird company
Not so weird. Before Covid companies acted like conferences from home were exactly like being at work. You’d never have an animal or kid in evidence, people dressed as if still in the office, etc. Now Zoom is boring and routine, a dog or a kid interruption is the equivalent of the coffee break
My friend has a fish tank behind him, people go nuts and want him to let them see closer. He jokes it’s the same damn tank he USED to have in his office and nobody payed any attention.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Agreed that it is different now. Before on the extremely rare occasion I worked from home people would roll their eyes at a dog or child interrupting. Now they're all about it. "Oooooh who's that?! Lemme seee!"
Best thing I ever did for my video calls was take them in my shop with my wall of antique tools behind me. It’s a topic of conversation on calls that I am not regularly on. People get a kick out of it.
I did an interview this past summer and my boss (who used to get upset about dogs barking) told me I needed to be have a more professional background that wasn’t the focus of the call. The HR manager told me as soon as I got on it that it just didn’t feel right because the boring background wasn’t me.
While I love the technology and less seriousness COVID has brought us, the folks that demand cameras be on are tough for me to swallow.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
We have had nothing but trouble with Sonju Ford in Two Harbors. They are by far the worst business to ever deal with. They don't stand behind their warranties and belittle you. They even blocked my wife's phone number while they had our car in their possession for eight months!! It was ridiculous. I have no idea how the service manager there has a job. Zero people skills and just a complete lack of anything. We ended up having to get it towed from their service center to a ford dealership in Duluth to finally get the needed repairs done, which were under warranty. It took a total of 10 months, all the while we were paying on a vehicle we did not have in our possession. What a mess. Never again.
Sorry to hear about your ghastly service problem with Sonju. As far as purchasing used cars from Sonju, my Dad bought a 2004 Cadillac Deville North Star edition from Sonju back in 2005, and albeit my parents didn’t drive it that much for many years, but it still runs just fine TODAY. Cars are like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re going to get.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
A fantastic question I'd love to ask.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
A fantastic question I'd love to ask.
This made me laugh.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
A fantastic question I'd love to ask.
"Dude! Did you see me drifting the Waste Management beast??!!??"
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
A fantastic question I'd love to ask.
I hope you got some videos/pictures but I imagine if they did it in the first place they aren’t going to care about fixing it.
Probably a disgruntled employee. We once had an Amazon deliverer climb on top the hood of our truck sitting in front of our house so they could take the picture of the package they threw in front of the garage. Thankfully it was an old beat up pickup, Amazon didn’t seem too concerned.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
A fantastic question I'd love to ask.
I hope you got some videos/pictures but I imagine if they did it in the first place they aren’t going to care about fixing it.
Probably a disgruntled employee. We once had an Amazon deliverer climb on top the hood of our truck sitting in front of our house so they could take the picture of the package they threw in front of the garage. Thankfully it was an old beat up pickup, Amazon didn’t seem too concerned.
They'll care more if it is posted online for people to see.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
A fantastic question I'd love to ask.
I hope you got some videos/pictures but I imagine if they did it in the first place they aren’t going to care about fixing it.
Probably a disgruntled employee. We once had an Amazon deliverer climb on top the hood of our truck sitting in front of our house so they could take the picture of the package they threw in front of the garage. Thankfully it was an old beat up pickup, Amazon didn’t seem too concerned.
They'll care more if it is posted online for people to see.
That would require having social media accounts. GPL is it for me.
Garbage truck driving over a decent section of our waterlogged yard, ripping it to shreds.
Why were they on the yard and not the street/driveway?
A fantastic question I'd love to ask.
I hope you got some videos/pictures but I imagine if they did it in the first place they aren’t going to care about fixing it.
Probably a disgruntled employee. We once had an Amazon deliverer climb on top the hood of our truck sitting in front of our house so they could take the picture of the package they threw in front of the garage. Thankfully it was an old beat up pickup, Amazon didn’t seem too concerned.
They'll care more if it is posted online for people to see.
That would require having social media accounts. GPL is it for me.
Leaving a review online doesn't require social media and definitely gets a company's attention.
With Amazon though, your issue may get drowned out by volume of reviews.
That would require having social media accounts. GPL is it for me.
You're saying GPL is social? 
That would require having social media accounts. GPL is it for me.
You're saying GPL is social?
We have what we need
Best thing I ever did for my video calls was take them in my shop with my wall of antique tools behind me. It’s a topic of conversation on calls that I am not regularly on. People get a kick out of it.
90% of my Zoom virtual backgrounds are of photos I’ve taken in my travels over the years. It makes a great conversation starter for any meeting.
My new one is of some colorful jellyfish (Sea Nettles to be specific) that I took at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha over the weekend
Best thing I ever did for my video calls was take them in my shop with my wall of antique tools behind me. It’s a topic of conversation on calls that I am not regularly on. People get a kick out of it.
90% of my Zoom virtual backgrounds are of photos I’ve taken in my travels over the years. It makes a great conversation starter for any meeting.
My new one is of some colorful jellyfish (Sea Nettles to be specific) that I took at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha over the weekend
We were vacationing on Roatan, off Honduras on a beautiful snorkeling bay. It was popular with cruise ship day trippers so we were sitting on our deck having lunch. Suddenly this woman starts screaming “JELLYFISH! JELLYFISH!” and thrashing around like a nutcase. A local guy standing there slowly picks up the “jellyfish” and says “Calm down lady, it’s a plastic bag”. My husband started laughing so hard he almost choked on his sandwich. She got all pissy and embarrassed, stormed out the water and stomped off to the bar.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
We were vacationing on Roatan, off Honduras on a beautiful snorkeling bay. It was popular with cruise ship day trippers so we were sitting on our deck having lunch. Suddenly this woman starts screaming “JELLYFISH! JELLYFISH!” and thrashing around like a nutcase. A local guy standing there slowly picks up the “jellyfish” and says “Calm down lady, it’s a plastic bag”. My husband started laughing so hard he almost choked on his sandwich. She got all pissy and embarrassed, stormed out the water and stomped off to the bar.
When [mention]YoungEagle[/mention] was around 5-6 we were on Hilton Head for an extended family vacation.
We were playing catch with a tennis ball in the shallow surf when YE drops down for a nice Kent Tekulve pitch and starts screaming in pain right after he throws the ball.
What the hell is wrong with you says his ever-so-sensitive dad?
Turns out he skimmed his hand across about some Jellyfish and his hand blew up with some significant swelling.
Luckily one of our extended family (at the time) was a physician so he was able to treat right away and get YE a prescription to help with the pain and swelling. He still has some faint scars on his hand.
One of my many 'dad of the year' moments!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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I'll ask.....Did you pee on it?
Rub some dirt on it?
Grandpa bought him an ice cream cone.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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I can confirm that nobody micturated on my hand… or on the rug that tied the room together.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
Grandpa bought him an ice cream cone.
I think that is just Grandpa code since WD-40 wouldn’t solve it.
Grandpa bought him an ice cream cone.
I think that is just Grandpa code since WD-40 wouldn’t solve it.
But WD-40 plus duct tape would have certainly fixed it.
Robitussin.
Vicks vapo rub.
A buddy of mine fell hard rollerblading, just had moved out at 19, knew he was hurt bad and called the family landline to let them know he wouldn’t make a dinner. His dad replied, “ Sounds like a break, I’d have that looked at” and ends the call. Ah, the old school ways. ?
A buddy of mine fell hard rollerblading, just had moved out at 19, knew he was hurt bad and called the family landline to let them know he wouldn’t make a dinner. His dad replied, “ Sounds like a break, I’d have that looked at” and ends the call. Ah, the old school ways. ?
Props to someone who still rollerblades! You gotta be tough!
I wiped out once on blades a few summers ago. Got something stuck in my skate as I went down a hill. Had a nice strawberry on my thigh and still have a playboy bunny logo shaped scar on my elbow.
Had to duct tape a washcloth to my upper thigh for a week the wound was oozing so bad.
Vicks vapo rub.
Jo Koy has now been angered.
Vicks vapo rub.
Jo Koy has now been angered.
I don’t know who that is. ?
Now Jobu on the other hand, I don’t want to piss him off…cause there’s this whole f***in’ thing going on right now…..
Grandpa bought him an ice cream cone.
I think that is just Grandpa code since WD-40 wouldn’t solve it.
But WD-40 plus duct tape would have certainly fixed it.
Wait... Those two tools work opposite to each other. They're the only two tools one really needs..WD-40 to make things go and Duct Tape to make them stop.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Vicks vapo rub.
Jo Koy has now been angered.
I don’t know who that is. ?
Now Jobu on the other hand, I don’t want to piss him off…cause there’s this whole f***in’ thing going on right now…..
Oh, NSFW 
[mention]YoungEagle[/mention] yelps and holds his jellyfish stung hand up.
[mention]Greyeagle[/mention] with an all time injury quote, " It's a long ways from the heart."
This full fledge clown show between Chris Rock and Will Smith. Staged or not, why do Americans get all caught up in this nonsense.
Keep your stick on the ice...
This full fledge clown show between Chris Rock and Will Smith. Staged or not, why do Americans get all caught up in this nonsense.
Drama.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
This nonsense isn't just an American phenomena. Trust me.
More of a dumb question... I've had a Hotmail account since 1999 and in the last 6 months all of a sudden, I've had major problems with almost all my important emails going to the junk file. I go the junk file and mark the same emails over and over as not junk and they still go to junk. I've even checked my filters and nothing stands out.
The simple answer is to get a new email account with another provider... but I hate change.
Keep your stick on the ice...
More of a dumb question... I've had a Hotmail account since 1999 and in the last 6 months all of a sudden, I've had major problems with almost all my important emails going to the junk file. I go the junk file and mark the same emails over and over as not junk and they still go to junk. I've even checked my filters and nothing stands out.
The simple answer is to get a new email account with another provider... but I hate change.
Check your settings on Netscape.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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More of a dumb question... I've had a Hotmail account since 1999 and in the last 6 months all of a sudden, I've had major problems with almost all my important emails going to the junk file. I go the junk file and mark the same emails over and over as not junk and they still go to junk. I've even checked my filters and nothing stands out.
The simple answer is to get a new email account with another provider... but I hate change.
Check your settings on Netscape.
Compuserve is available ?
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
More of a dumb question... I've had a Hotmail account since 1999 and in the last 6 months all of a sudden, I've had major problems with almost all my important emails going to the junk file. I go the junk file and mark the same emails over and over as not junk and they still go to junk. I've even checked my filters and nothing stands out.
The simple answer is to get a new email account with another provider... but I hate change.
Check your settings on Netscape.
Compuserve is available ?
I hear AOL is still accepting new requests for e-mail addresses...
I found a new scam in my work gmail spam folder today.
Someone claims to have accessed my computer and if I don’t send $1450 in bitcoin (which they so kindly tell you to google how to do if you don’t know) within 48 hours, or they’ll release a video of me “wanking” as well as the porn I was watching at the time. I don’t have a camera on my computer. Nor do I watch porn on my work computer (or any device for that matter!)
I should have taken a screenshot before I deleted it. It was hilarious.
Scammers are getting more and more creative I guess.
More of a dumb question... I've had a Hotmail account since 1999 and in the last 6 months all of a sudden, I've had major problems with almost all my important emails going to the junk file. I go the junk file and mark the same emails over and over as not junk and they still go to junk. I've even checked my filters and nothing stands out.
The simple answer is to get a new email account with another provider... but I hate change.
Check your settings on Netscape.
Compuserve is available ?
I may still have a Mindspring account
More of a dumb question... I've had a Hotmail account since 1999 and in the last 6 months all of a sudden, I've had major problems with almost all my important emails going to the junk file. I go the junk file and mark the same emails over and over as not junk and they still go to junk. I've even checked my filters and nothing stands out.
The simple answer is to get a new email account with another provider... but I hate change.
Check your settings on Netscape.
Compuserve is available ?
I hear AOL is still accepting new requests for e-mail addresses...
Hey, don’t you crap on AOL. I’ve had the same AOL email for almost 40 years! I don’t even have a number in my addy. The last time I had to give it to a tech person they said, and I quote “that’s so old school it’s back…did you work for them?”.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
I have yahoo for junk, gmail for the semi-important. That's about it.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
More of a dumb question... I've had a Hotmail account since 1999 and in the last 6 months all of a sudden, I've had major problems with almost all my important emails going to the junk file. I go the junk file and mark the same emails over and over as not junk and they still go to junk. I've even checked my filters and nothing stands out.
The simple answer is to get a new email account with another provider... but I hate change.
Check your settings on Netscape.
Compuserve is available ?
I hear AOL is still accepting new requests for e-mail addresses...
Hey, don’t you crap on AOL. I’ve had the same AOL email for almost 40 years! I don’t even have a number in my addy. The last time I had to give it to a tech person they said, and I quote “that’s so old school it’s back…did you work for them?”.
I was one of the early people into Gmail and I really wish I had tried to see if dave@gmail.com was available. The two accounts we do have (one a personal one for me and the other a joint one for my wife and I) probably would get the same reaction.
I found a new scam in my work gmail spam folder today.
Someone claims to have accessed my computer and if I don’t send $1450 in bitcoin (which they so kindly tell you to google how to do if you don’t know) within 48 hours, or they’ll release a video of me “wanking” as well as the porn I was watching at the time. I don’t have a camera on my computer. Nor do I watch porn on my work computer (or any device for that matter!)
I should have taken a screenshot before I deleted it. It was hilarious.
Scammers are getting more and more creative I guess.
I got that email too. Like I could use Bitcoin.