Small Talk: Ughngnggh! Ugghhnnn!

[AngelaHunter]

3 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:

Errrr....... I didn’t think my point was that subtle lol

OH! Hahaha! nachomama helped your point sink into my dull brain. Duh.

Yes, I've never used that particular herb in my life, but I think it's high time I start. Booze isn't working anymore to help me get through these eps.XD

[OoohMaggie]

6 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

Yes, I've never used that particular herb in my life, but I think it's high time I start. Booze isn't working anymore to help me get through these eps.XD

I don’t partake either, it’s just nice to see a modern country addressing the problem in a sensible way, you better stock up for the 5th episode Lol

On 13/10/2018 at 1:53 AM, WalkerTalker said:

What a deal I missed out on today. An Exclusive Carol Tote for only 5,000 points

You snooze you lose Lol

Edited October 18, 2018 by OoohMaggie

[AngelaHunter]

22 minutes ago, OoohMaggie said:

I don’t partake either, it’s just nice to see a modern country addressing the problem in a sensible way,

Even though I never toked up, I've always thought it was ridiculous to criminalize it. I never understood why that was illegal, yet booze wasn't only not illegal but glamorized in ads, as though only sophisticated people in evening gowns and tuxes imbibe. Yeah, right.  People do horrible things while drunk, yet to my knowledge grass has never made anyone murderous/violent.

[WalkerTalker]

On 10/18/2018 at 5:26 PM, AngelaHunter said:

Even though I never toked up, I've always thought it was ridiculous to criminalize it. I never understood why that was illegal, yet booze wasn't only not illegal but glamorized in ads, as though only sophisticated people in evening gowns and tuxes imbibe. Yeah, right.  People do horrible things while drunk, yet to my knowledge grass has never made anyone murderous/violent.

I have seen many a food product murdered by peeps after toking, lol........................................................ . 

[Ohwell]

I don't partake, but my only issue with pot smokers is how it affects them as drivers.  We have breathalyzers for drunk drivers but I haven't heard of anything about how to determine if a pot smoker is  under the influence.

[WalkerTalker]

22 minutes ago, Ohwell said:

I don't partake, but my only issue with pot smokers is how it affects them as drivers.  We have breathalyzers for drunk drivers but I haven't heard of anything about how to determine if a pot smoker is  under the influence.

Red Eye Express,lol

Slow on the draw, comeback wise, lol

On their way to purchase food, lol

I'm sure they will come up with some quick breathalyzer test, or finger stick test they can take on the road. All kidding aside under the influence is similar to booze. I don't partake but have seen many a folk who have. 

[OoohMaggie]

59 minutes ago, Ohwell said:

 

I don't partake, but my only issue with pot smokers is how it affects them as drivers.  We have breathalyzers for drunk drivers but I haven't heard of anything about how to determine if a pot smoker is  under the influence.

 

In the U.K., the cops carry a swab type thing that you wipe on your tongue then put into a machine that gives an indication as to what drugs you’ve taken, I’ve always been amazed that you guys still make people walk in a straight line and balance on one leg for drink driving instead of using a breathalyser, I’m hoping things have improved in that respect! 

[Ohwell]

2 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:

In the U.K., the cops carry a swab type thing that you wipe on your tongue then put into a machine that gives an indication as to what drugs you’ve taken, I’ve always been amazed that you guys still make people walk in a straight line and balance on one leg for drink driving instead of using a breathalyser, I’m hoping things have improved in that respect! 

I don't understand what you're saying because we do have breathalysers for drunk drivers.

Edited October 21, 2018 by Ohwell

[walnutqueen]

Look, I'd rather not share the road with ANY impaired drivers - and by that I'm including those distracted by phone calls, texting, and misbehaving children - but I guess I'd take a stoned driver over a drunk one, if you held a gun to my head.  Most of the stoners I've known are exceedingly cautious and focused while driving, and their slight paranoia does little more than make them drive just a leetle too slowly.  Of course, they do get distracted by the drive thrus; especially Taco Bell.  :-)

[OoohMaggie]

1 hour ago, Ohwell said:

I don't understand what you're saying because we do have breathalysers for drunk drivers.

Well I guess things have changed then, I’ve watched many clips of cops asking drivers to do a roadside sobriety test, balance and coordination being tested, and this wasn’t that long ago but I’m glad you’ve done away with that nonsense now.

[Ohwell]

1 hour ago, OoohMaggie said:

Well I guess things have changed then, I’ve watched many clips of cops asking drivers to do a roadside sobriety test, balance and coordination being tested, and this wasn’t that long ago but I’m glad you’ve done away with that nonsense now.

I don't know if every jurisdiction has done away with sobriety tests, etc., but I wouldn't call then "nonsense" at any rate.  

 

1 hour ago, walnutqueen said:

but I guess I'd take a stoned driver over a drunk one, if you held a gun to my head.

Yeah I guess I would, too, but there is more discussion (at least in DC where having a certain amount of pot is legal), about its effects on drivers.   In my own personal experience, I just found potheads to be boring.  But yeah, I'd take them over an obnoxious drunk.

[WalkerTalker]

6 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:

In the U.K., the cops carry a swab type thing that you wipe on your tongue then put into a machine that gives an indication as to what drugs you’ve taken, I’ve always been amazed that you guys still make people walk in a straight line and balance on one leg for drink driving instead of using a breathalyser, I’m hoping things have improved in that respect! 

NOPE

[WalkerTalker]

Hey, 

Does anyone know how many items we can vote  on the Fan Art contest, and how many times we can vote? Is it only one item, one time? I can't find the rules for voting, only for entering. 

Thank You 

Edited October 22, 2018 by WalkerTalker
removed a, for

[Nashville]

OMG - stumbled across one of the Flix channels this afternoon running Reefer Madness.

Dying up in here.  :D :D :D

[Mr. Sparkle]

Yeah, you WILL die, or go permanently crazy if you take even one pot. 

[AngelaHunter]

1 hour ago, Superclam said:

Yeah, you WILL die, or go permanently crazy if you take even one pot. 

Yep. It made these two play the piano maniacally and become violent and paranoid, even though neither of them were inhaling at all.

Go to 56:46

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhQlcMHhF3w

[Nashville]

DYHIW: It becomes increasingly, undeniably, frustratingly clear you understand the technical ramifications of how your ISP’s networking equipment works SOOOOO much more than the Technical Support staff you have to go through to resolve the situation?

Background: I’ve been doing IT hardware / software / networking R&D and support for 30+ years, and I work from home - therefore, functional network access is a critical necessity for me to work.

With that in mind, this was my Monday afternoon:

• 3:15pm: Internet access drops out.
• 3:25pm: Identified the problem - cable modem had fried itself.  Wouldn’t go through its normal power-up sequence, even with all cables and wires disconnected.
• 3:30pm: On the phone with Xfinity Customer Support.  Tell the tech (“Steve” with an extremely heavy Indian accent) the cable modem is dead; Steve says, “Well, let’s just go through a few checks first.”
• 4:30pm: Steve concludes his “few checks”, says he can’t figure out what is wrong, and wants to schedule a service call for the following day.  I ask if I can simply swap out the cable modem; Steve initially resists, but finally gives me an address to a Comcast location where I can swap out the cable modem - but insists on also scheduling a tech service call for the following day.
• 4:35pm: In my truck and headed to the Comcast location.
• 4:55pm: Arrive and turn in dead cable modem.  The rep attempts to just give me a replacement, but their system won’t let him do it unless/until I’ve gone through their check-in process.  Tech checks me in, gives me a ticket and tells me to wait for them to call - I’m 2nd in the queue.
• 5:30pm: My name gets called; 25 minutes and two different techs later, get my replacement cable modem.
• 6:00pm: Back in the truck.  Rush hour traffic.  Feh.
• 6:45pm: Back home and installing the cable modem.  Turns out Xfinity’s idiot-proof installation sequence won’t work with my home network configuration; it wants to configure itself as a WiFi hotspot, when I need it to work as a hardwire bridge.  Start figuring out how to hack their equipment.
• 7:45pm: Bridge reconfiguration complete; home network back up and operational.  Get on Comcast web site to cancel service call.
• 8:30pm: Give up trying to cancel appointment online (spoiler alert: you can’t).  Call Xfinity Customer Support line.
• 8:35pm: Service call appointment cancelled.

...and if “Steve” had his way I’d still be waiting another 15+ hours minimum before even a chance of getting back online.  

How the monkeyrubbing fuck do folks with no tech support chops get ANYTHING done in a reasonable amount of time?

Oh, for a LART big enough to reach from Nashville to New Delhi....

[AngelaHunter]

6 hours ago, Nashville said:

It becomes increasingly, undeniably, frustratingly clear you understand the technical ramifications of how your ISP’s networking equipment works SOOOOO much more than the Technical Support staff you have to go through to resolve the situation?

Technical support? I don't even want to talk about the ordeal I was forced to endure lately with my ISP OR the 1 1/2 HRS I spent on the phone with them before that, when I was wishing for a bullet to my brain to end the misery.

[Mu Shu]

On 10/30/2018 at 4:05 AM, Nashville said:

DYHIW: It becomes increasingly, undeniably, frustratingly clear you understand the technical ramifications of how your ISP’s networking equipment works SOOOOO much more than the Technical Support staff you have to go through to resolve the situation?

Background: I’ve been doing IT hardware / software / networking R&D and support for 30+ years, and I work from home - therefore, functional network access is a critical necessity for me to work.

With that in mind, this was my Monday afternoon:

• 3:15pm: Internet access drops out.
• 3:25pm: Identified the problem - cable modem had fried itself.  Wouldn’t go through its normal power-up sequence, even with all cables and wires disconnected.
• 3:30pm: On the phone with Xfinity Customer Support.  Tell the tech (“Steve” with an extremely heavy Indian accent) the cable modem is dead; Steve says, “Well, let’s just go through a few checks first.”
• 4:30pm: Steve concludes his “few checks”, says he can’t figure out what is wrong, and wants to schedule a service call for the following day.  I ask if I can simply swap out the cable modem; Steve initially resists, but finally gives me an address to a Comcast location where I can swap out the cable modem - but insists on also scheduling a tech service call for the following day.
• 4:35pm: In my truck and headed to the Comcast location.
• 4:55pm: Arrive and turn in dead cable modem.  The rep attempts to just give me a replacement, but their system won’t let him do it unless/until I’ve gone through their check-in process.  Tech checks me in, gives me a ticket and tells me to wait for them to call - I’m 2nd in the queue.
• 5:30pm: My name gets called; 25 minutes and two different techs later, get my replacement cable modem.
• 6:00pm: Back in the truck.  Rush hour traffic.  Feh.
• 6:45pm: Back home and installing the cable modem.  Turns out Xfinity’s idiot-proof installation sequence won’t work with my home network configuration; it wants to configure itself as a WiFi hotspot, when I need it to work as a hardwire bridge.  Start figuring out how to hack their equipment.
• 7:45pm: Bridge reconfiguration complete; home network back up and operational.  Get on Comcast web site to cancel service call.
• 8:30pm: Give up trying to cancel appointment online (spoiler alert: you can’t).  Call Xfinity Customer Support line.
• 8:35pm: Service call appointment cancelled.

...and if “Steve” had his way I’d still be waiting another 15+ hours minimum before even a chance of getting back online.  

How the monkeyrubbing fuck do folks with no tech support chops get ANYTHING done in a reasonable amount of time?

Oh, for a LART big enough to reach from Nashville to New Delhi....

Steve is reading off a script.

Comcast doesn’t hire people with IT backgrounds.  The starting pay is shockingly low, stateside and overseas.  Stateside has metrics you have to meet, including truck rolls and transfer rates.  Smart people want to advance and become experts in trouble shooting, therefore reducing the need to send a tech or transfer the call. 

Yes I worked at Comcast.  

[Nashville]

3 hours ago, Mu Shu said:

Steve is reading off a script.

Comcast doesn’t hire people with IT backgrounds.  The starting pay is shockingly low, stateside and overseas.  Stateside has metrics you have to meet, including truck rolls and transfer rates.  Smart people want to advance and become experts in trouble shooting, therefore reducing the need to send a tech or transfer the call. 

Yes I worked at Comcast.  

Oh, I know; “Steve” is just looking at a screen and going down the checklist.  It just gets frustrating when (for the umpteenth time) I’ve already identified the problem before I called, and have to maintain some semblance of patience while “Steve” starts with Step 1 - then Step 2 - then Step 3 - etc., etc., when I’m already at Step 36 and waiting for him to catch up.  

Since the call support talking heads’ job ratings are based on how short they can keep their call times (by either quickly resolving the problem or escalating it higher up the food chain), I usually have better luck convincing them to kick me up the tier - but no joy this go-around.  “Steve” was intractable.

[nachomama]

Shhhh...I'm soon to be "Steve" although not really but I start a new job Thursday at a call center where I schedule stuff. Not IT so thank goodness I hope to be more competent than Steve. I imagine I will get yelled at quite a bit. It's only 2 days a week.

[nachomama]

I was 4th in line to vote this morning, I have zero confidence, ZERO, that our shit aint all fucked up. I'm in Georgia and the guy who oversees election bullshirt is running for governor. suuuuuuuuuuure he's gonna make sure it's honest. I feel like we need to go back to dropping a rock in a bucket and counting them at the end of the day.

[Nashville]

I early-voted last week - as did a record number of young voters, apparently - so now I’m simply praying the machines containing all those early votes don’t just up and “disappear”.  :/

[OoohMaggie]

11 / 11 / 11

 

[OoohMaggie]

I’ve just this second watched Mile 22, was it without faults, hell no, was it a good  evenings entertainment, hell yes, I think Lauren does ‘bad ass’ pretty damn  well, it was great seeing her in something different, although not the most qualified to judge, her accent seemed ok to me. With a sequel all set up I look forward to the next instalment. If she can keep getting gigs like this, I fear for her future involvement with ‘The Dead’ though.

[nachomama]

Have we done worst Thanksgiving stories? thanksgiving on the whole, I do not care for. I don't care about the food, I have no relatives so the whole thing is just a day off for me. I'm sensing a theme in my last couple thanksgivings. Last year I was house sitting for a friend and the girl who was with me, we had plans to go visit Canadian friends, our thanksgiving is not their thanksgiving but they were cooking and they do the orphan thing. So at the last minute she ditches me, decides her roommate needed her to go home and cook because he likes "traditional" thanksgiving. I thought it was abrupt but since I don't care, I didn't care. So this year we had plans to go to somebody's house, the old roommate has moved out so we know she can't possibly ditch us this year...but yes she can. Now she's going to the movies. I understand she knows we don't officially "care" about thanksgiving but I've decided now that I do care that you're wishy washy with your plans. I'm disposable but everybody else can pop in last minute. but I do have far worse Thanksgivings to recount if necessary.

[Nashville]

Just wanted to say I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving.

[OoohMaggie]

Hold the door!

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by OoohMaggie

[Nashville]

Was at the Titans-Jaguars game last night.

Froze my ass off.

Have no voice today.

Worth it.

:D

[AngelaHunter]

Okay, if you people have anyone on your list for whom you haven't yet gotten that special gift, don't worry! Bobby Kirkman has just the thing!

https://store.skybound.com/products/the-walking-dead-the-quotable-negan?refSrc=10231432774&nosto=productpage-nosto-2

[Nashville]

55 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

As a former San Diego Charger fan for more years than I care to count, I have no one to root for.  I don't like the Patriots and the Steelers are a soap opera.

That simply shows your good taste.

And IMHO Los Angeles is entirely too team-greedy - especially since they have consistently shown problems with hanging on to every NFL team they’ve had in the past.

[Mr. Sparkle]

6 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

I don't know what happened to "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol".  Given all of the redundant holiday programming, I would have thought for sure Magoo would have been on somewhere.  What would the holidays be without razzleberry dressing?

OMG, that is one of my favorites! I hardly see it anymore. The last ghost kind of scared me a little.

"We're rep-pre-hensible! We'll steal your pen and penci-ble!!" 

[Nashville]

2 hours ago, Superclam said:

OMG, that is one of my favorites! I hardly see it anymore. The last ghost kind of scared me a little.

"We're rep-pre-hensible! We'll steal your pen and penci-ble!!" 

https://youtu.be/nFTD9o7dB0w

[Mr. Sparkle]

LA! LA! LA LA LA LA LA!! 

[AngelaHunter]

22 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

I don't know what happened to "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol". 

Last I heard, Magoo was deemed politically incorrect for the offensive portrayal of the visually impaired.

Yep.

[Nashville]

5 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

Last I heard, Magoo was deemed politically incorrect for the offensive portrayal of the visually impaired.

Yep.

How so?  I mean - if you are a member of the population subset who would consider Mr. Magoo representative of themselves, it’s not like you’re going to see the cartoon anyway....  ;>

[nachomama]

speaking of the ocularly impaired...Have ya'll seen the commercials for "Non-24"? This is a condition that blind persons suffer from because their days and nights get mixed up without having the ability to perceive day and night. Ok, I get it, it's a real thing...are there really enough sufferers that we need repetitive commercials for it? I think it's a classic example of how much wasteful spending big pharma has that I see this commercial enough to wonder...hmmm how many (blind) people are "watching" enough tv to stumble across this commercial. I know it's stupid to say that blind people cannot or do not "watch" television because I'm sure they do, there's enough story to follow without the visuals but if I see this commercial as often as I see the one for heartburn or cialis or...um the one that squicks me out about skin stuff (again, I know if you have psoriasis it's a big deal and I'm not judging psoriais-isers the commercial where everyone is feeling everyone up just makes me cringe)

Yes the answer to the question is I watch toooo much television but I think the non 24 sufferers get this info from their doctors don't they? they're not just wandering around all depressed going "why oh why can't i tell day from night?" There are many things I don't think need a commercial and I'm sure there are much more important questions in the universe but my brain isn't hooked up right.
 

[Nashville]

I gather the issue is for some of the totally blind, their circadian rhythm sleep patterns get far enough out of whack from the mainstream for them to have conflicts between getting sufficient sleep AND functioning through normal workday hours - in which case, it’s the totally-blind’s equivalent to insomnia.

Instead of spending $15K a month for whatever Wonder Drug of the Week is currently being featured, though, I suspect most would rather opt to fork out $25-$30 for a louder alarm clock.

[nachomama]

Yes, I get that, again, are there so many that we must advertise rather than just get them the alarm clock? I know there's folks in Alaska who get the Sads, aka Seasonal Affective Disorder, where there's not enough sun in the winter and people get them sunlamps and I guess that don't work for the blind but it just seems the frequency with which I see this commercial makes me think there's a real big flare up of blindness. I started paying attention to the prescription drug commercials when they started listing all the bad side effects which to me far outway whatever it is the drug is supposed to solve. anywho I realize I'm just cuckoo nutto

[Nashville]

I suspect with (a) the current opioid crackdown and (b) all the bad press Bug Pharma is getting for unilateral 5000% price jack-ups on certain life-necessary meds, BPh is simply scrambling to find its next big cash cow - but hey, maybe that’s just me.  ;>

P.S.: When I was in Anchorage, they alternated between SAD and “sun fever”.  :)

They came up with a unique way to cut the winter suicide rate by about 1/3, though.

The Anchorage merchants all leave their Christmas lights up throughout the winter.  :)

[Nashville]

30 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

Another quiz.  Three cheers and a tiger for me  (Bugs Bunny reference). 

"How well do you actually remember Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?"

https://www.metv.com/quiz/how-well-do-you-actually-remember-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer

I could have sworn that this cartoon used to have a scene in it with Hermie at elf choir practice. 

11/11.  And Hermie skipping elf practice (preferring instead to give the dolls teeth) is how he got in trouble with his boss and quit in the first place.

Hermie was a tenor, btw.  ;)

[OoohMaggie]

To one and all, wishing you a very

Edited December 22, 2018 by OoohMaggie

[Mr. Sparkle]

10/11. I made a dumb mistake. 

[1 who Knocks-Nuihc]

13 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:

Hey,

The way she was shuffled off stage without so much as a wave goodbye, didn’t exactly put me in the best of moods, but I’m one of the fools that will keep watching to the very end. 

Speaking of the very end, all the refugees seem to have quit, it’s just me and thee!

Im hoping that as Daryl is now ‘the star’, even The Gimp won’t risk messing with Dog.

have a great Christmas

You have a great Christmas too.

Btw, do you have a facebook account? There are quite a few ex amc people on a couple of groups there. The groups are what is known as closed groups so only people in the group can see anything that you might post there.  I learned how to use all that and that's where I've been mostly. I also leaned how to lock down the overall security settings so that I am fairly private on there even if I am not posting to a specific group. Anyhow, if you'd like to check it out I'd be glad to help.

Later.....

[OoohMaggie]

23 hours ago, 1 who Knocks-Nuihc said:

Btw, do you have a facebook account? There are quite a few ex amc people on a couple of groups there. The groups are what is known as closed groups so only people in the group can see anything that you might post there.  I learned how to use all that and that's where I've been mostly. I also leaned how to lock down the overall security settings so that I am fairly private on there even if I am not posting to a specific group. Anyhow, if you'd like to check it out I'd be glad to help.

I did have a FB account using a false ID, it lasted until they wanted a copy of my driving licence, yeah right! 

I know the old ‘RadioShack’ crowd went to........ Sammy’s group was it?  I was never one of the RS people, we had our own little gang, alas no more. I just can’t bring myself to put any faith in that NSA stooge.

[OoohMaggie]

42 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

One of the things I like to do around the Christmas season, is walk around the neighborhood and look at all of the Christmas lights and decorations.  I don't know what the heck happened this year.  Most of the Christmas lights I see are white.  If I wanted to see white lights I could have stayed home and stared at my lamp.

Lol,

Ice white or the mellow warm white lights have been all the rage here in the U.K for the past few years, long gone are the multi coloured ones, but as with everything I’m sure they’ll be popular again in a year or two. Now that vinyl LPs are back in vogue I think I’ll get them out of the loft and hopefully make a nice profit out of some wannabe trend setter.

[Nashville]

17 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

Do a lot of Titans' fans show up to the games?

Almost always, yes.  About the only modifying factor is extreme weather - ours is an open-air stadium, no roof.

 

17 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

Do they sellout, often?

Used to - and still do, when it’s one of the big rivalries.  When we played the Patriots at home, for example, the crowd was simply unbelievable.  Great turnouts on the AFC South division matchups, too.  And every Titans fan loves to watch our team stomp the Jags - it’s a tradition.    :)

 

P. S.:  I was at this evening’s game against Washington, and I think I left my voice there.  

Hey - if you want them to hear you from the 300s, you gotta WORK for it.  ;>

[OoohMaggie]

17 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

It is just a personal preference thing, but I have always preferred the sound from vinyl more so than any other medium.  A few drawbacks.  The albums can scratch and they can easily warp.  I don't have a record player, and I haven't listened to vinyl in years.

I’ve never been able to hear the difference to be honest, I always thought you had to have a $50,000 sound system but it’s probably my cheap ears. I used to like the album covers and reading the bumpf, but as for the records all I remember is chasing a line of dust around the disc with one of those black felt things, it would move it around but wouldn’t pick it up.

As with most things, we copy what you guys do after a time and the old National Lampoon house decoration did take

off but not so much now though.

Edited December 23, 2018 by OoohMaggie

[AngelaHunter]

Best wishes, boys and girls, and may Santa be good to all of you and not eat your faces off!!

 

 

[OoohMaggie]

10 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

Best wishes, boys and girls, and may Santa be good to all of you and not eat your faces off!!

It’s about time we had a festive episode, maybe on Fear if they don’t have to worry about snow, I wouldn’t put it past them to have Negan dressed as Santa dishing out gifts to the kids, seeing as he’s Mr Nice Guy now.