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Those plates are hilarious Jack.

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I don't know if you ever watched Arrested Development or not, but that's where the ANUSTART plate came from. Tobias (played insanely hilariously by David Cross) was married to the protagonist's flakey sister. Everybody pretty much assumes the guy is a closeted homosexual, and if I remember right it's unclear if they've ever "made love" in the history of their marriage.

She pretty much married him to piss her rich parents off. He's pretty much a failed therapist and author. Fairly early on in the show, he made business cards joining the words "Analyst" and "Therapist" that said he was an "Analrapist". lol

A few seasons later when he and his wife took some time off from each other, he got the "A New Start" license plates "ANUSTART".

The running gag with him, that surprisingly never got old, is that pretty much everything he says or does implies that he's gay, and even though he's a therapist he's the only one who never figured it out.

I think my favorite example besides the two above was when he was inspired by watching Mrs. Doubtfire and he dressed up as a female nanny with a British accent (everybody knew it was him, including his daughter, but didn't say anything). He was making breakfast for everyone and was calling the sausages "Bangers" and said in a Marry Poppins sing-songy kind of way "Who wants a banger in the mouth?... Oh, I forgot! Here in the states you call it a sausage in the mouth."


But yeah, I thought it was funny to see those other plates were actually made in the google image search when I looked it up.

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lol

It's A NU START!

I think I was posting that about me. It might have been Wishy though. Depends on what my mood was that day.

I don't even know man. I'll post it again here if all you were looking for is the image.

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Found a few others that I can't believe were actually printed in the same image search...

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Nice Jesus sticker.


I was just wondering if the Anus Tart of Nilbog had relocated to North Carolina, or if BungBetty had some competition for Anus Tart in NC.


So was this show set in North Carolina?

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I've heard of Arrested Development but never watched it. Think I knew the lead character was a therapist but that is all.

Seen Mrs. Doubtfire years ago. Robin Williams was pretty funny in it and the kids were great actors in. The little girl was good especially when she repeated his line, "We're his damn kids too."

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Slang?

I mean, it's a cuss word... but it wasn't originally. Even used derogatorily, it has a few meanings. For example, "Bottom bitch" has a much different connotation than "She's a real bitch".

Curious word, "bitch".

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1,000 Quakes In 3 Weeks In Key SoCal Seismic Zone: "We're Watching This Actvity Closely"

In a key seismic zone approximately 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, there have been more than 1,000 earthquakes since May 25th.

Needless to say, it would be quite alarming for the entire state of California to experience more than 1,000 significant earthquakes in just 3 weeks, but in this case we are talking about an area that is “less than a square mile” in size.

And what makes this even more concerning is that all of these earthquakes are happening in a location that is very close to the San Andreas Fault. Could it be possible that the San Andreas Fault is about to wake up in a major way? I don’t know about you, but if I was living in southern California right now I would find this sort of news to be extremely unsettling…

A flurry of more than 1,000 small earthquakes has rattled Southern California over the past three weeks.

The quakes have occurred in an area covering less than a square mile in San Bernardino and Riverside counties roughly 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

The United States Geological Survey map depicting the uptick in seismic activity shows a thick collection of dots, a rather unsettling sight.



Of course it is perfectly normal for California to experience earthquakes. They happen on a daily basis, and normally they aren’t anything to be too concerned about.

But to have this many earthquakes concentrated in an extremely limited area is definitely unusual. According to USGS science advisor Ken Hudnut, this current earthquake swarm is “a little different than what we’ve seen before”…

“In detail, if you zoom in on it and look at the pattern and how it’s evolving in time, it’s a little different than what we’ve seen before,” he says. “We get these swarms, but we don’t see exact repeats. Obviously, it’s very disruptive to the people who are feeling these earthquakes. We’re watching this activity closely.”

Normally, earthquake swarms subside after a certain period of time. But so far there are no signs that this swarm is going to end. Instead, we just keep seeing quake after quake.

That doesn’t mean that a major event is imminent, but without a doubt there are good reasons to be concerned about what is happening. As geophysicist Andrea Llenos recently explained, every small earthquake increases the likelihood that there will be more seismic activity, and she stressed that we “do know a big earthquake is going to happen” someday…

But “any time you have an increase in the number of small earthquakes,” according to Andrea Llenos, a research geophysicist with the US Geological Survey, “you’re likely to increase the likelihood of a slightly larger earthquake happening.”

“I would redefine normal as: You should still be prepared for a large earthquake,” Llenos told the paper. “We do know a big earthquake is going to happen.”

Californians have been hearing that the “Big One” is going to hit the San Andreas Fault for a very long time.

We even had a major Hollywood movie starring the Rock made about such a quake, but it still hasn’t happened yet.

But one day it will. In fact, the chair of UCLA’s Civil and Environmental Engineering department insists that such a quake is “an existential threat to our economy, our ability to live here”…

“There is no fault that is more likely to break [in California] than the San Andreas Fault,” says Jonathan P. Stewart, professor and chair of UCLA’s Civil and Environmental Engineering department and an expert in earthquakes. “Small local earthquakes—the Northridge earthquake, the San Fernando earthquake—they can kill people in the dozens, they can have freeways coming down, they can affect dams, and all of that is bad,” he says.

“But it doesn’t really pose an existential threat to our economy, our ability to live here.” A large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault, on the other hand, he says, could create a devastating threat to humanity, infrastructure, and the economy, with implications that extend nationally and even globally

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Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Hey KIKI, in case you missed it

1,000 Quakes In 3 Weeks In Key SoCal Seismic Zone: "We're Watching This Activity Closely"

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The quakes have occurred in an area covering less than a square mile in San Bernardino and Riverside counties roughly 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

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“I would redefine normal as: You should still be prepared for a large earthquake,” Llenos told the paper. “We do know a big earthquake is going to happen.”

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Slang?

I mean, it's a cuss word... but it wasn't originally. Even used derogatorily, it has a few meanings. For example, "Bottom bitch" has a much different connotation than "She's a real bitch".

Curious word, "bitch".

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I meant BI-sexual CHannel. BI is/was slang, or abbreviation, for BIsexual. Plates with sexual connotations are not supposed to be allowed. In WI, applying for personal plates requires you to provide explanation for what your requested plate means, what it refers to. I've had several.
I still cannot imagine what they used to explain BI CH. Unless the couple are Billy Ignoramus and Candy Hump.

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I got a small kitchen table and chairs today. Yipee!! My boss's husband took me down to a local thrift store and I picked them up. It is all nicely settled in the spot I picked out.

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I got a small kitchen table and chairs today. Yipee!! My boss's husband took me down to a local thrift store and I picked them up. It is all nicely settled in the spot I picked out.

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Sweet! They're probably nicer than what I had anyways. It was a small table for two with high bar-style chairs. I got it at Target. It was actually pretty great considering where I got it from. If you don't have an IKEA close and want some decent furniture, skip Walmart and go to Target. Their quality is quite a bit higher.

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I am PISSED right now...

My manager is great. She's the one I strongly advised to take the team lead position offered to her and because of being in the right place at the right time they fast tracked her to management only several months later. She's been killing it, IMO.

Yesterday, well after I left for the day, the new Head Jagoff In Charge had a meeting with all the Team Leads and told her to stick around. All of the Team Leads are getting a $3/hr bump in pay. Great, right? No.

The plan going forward for the company is to eliminate ALL MANAGEMENT except for the Store Managers. They'll pay the Team Leads a few extra bucks per hour to take on all of the responsibilities that the MUCH HIGHER PAID Managers used to have to do.

FUCKERS.

Head Jagoff In Charge told my manager after the meeting, rather unceremoniously and with the soullessness of the robot I already knew he was, that she "had better polish up her resume because the last one in is the first one out".


So please. Let me hear again from somebody how great the freakin' economy is doing right now.


I had to leave earlier than I normally would today and I will be doing the same tomorrow, my last day there. It's best for both of us if I never see HJIC again.

I could tell she was almost crying when she told me this. If it were five years ago I would have given her a hug, but yanno, it's gotten to the point that you can't even give a fucking hug to somebody to console them without worrying about somebody #MeToo'ing you in 2019.

When is that apocalypse coming again? I'm going to have to double my hamburger intake so more cows fart.

This world is fucked and the rich people are squarely to blame.

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Slang?

I mean, it's a cuss word... but it wasn't originally. Even used derogatorily, it has a few meanings. For example, "Bottom bitch" has a much different connotation than "She's a real bitch".

Curious word, "bitch".

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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I meant BI-sexual CHannel. BI is/was slang, or abbreviation, for BIsexual. Plates with sexual connotations are not supposed to be allowed. In WI, applying for personal plates requires you to provide explanation for what your requested plate means, what it refers to. I've had several.
I still cannot imagine what they used to explain BI CH. Unless the couple are Billy Ignoramus and Candy Hump.

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Oh. I didn't even know BI CH was a thing.

The only sexual/homosexual connotations I would have made with the word Bitch itself would be the aforementioned "Bottom Bitch", or Elton John's "The Bitch is Back".

Although, does The Bitch is Back count since nobody knew he was gay back then?

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I am PISSED right now...

My manager is great. She's the one I strongly advised to take the team lead position offered to her and because of being in the right place at the right time they fast tracked her to management only several months later. She's been killing it, IMO.

Yesterday, well after I left for the day, the new Head Jagoff In Charge had a meeting with all the Team Leads and told her to stick around. All of the Team Leads are getting a $3/hr bump in pay. Great, right? No.

The plan going forward for the company is to eliminate ALL MANAGEMENT except for the Store Managers. They'll pay the Team Leads a few extra bucks per hour to take on all of the responsibilities that the MUCH HIGHER PAID Managers used to have to do.

FUCKERS.

Head Jagoff In Charge told my manager after the meeting, rather unceremoniously and with the soullessness of the robot I already knew he was, that she "had better polish up her resume because the last one in is the first one out".


So please. Let me hear again from somebody how great the freakin' economy is doing right now.


I had to leave earlier than I normally would today and I will be doing the same tomorrow, my last day there. It's best for both of us if I never see HJIC again.

I could tell she was almost crying when she told me this. If it were five years ago I would have given her a hug, but yanno, it's gotten to the point that you can't even give a fucking hug to somebody to console them without worrying about somebody #MeToo'ing you in 2019.

When is that apocalypse coming again? I'm going to have to double my hamburger intake so more cows fart.

This world is fucked and the rich people are squarely to blame.

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And yet, they keep telling us American is a meritocracy. Damn those fucking shit heads!

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Slang?

I mean, it's a cuss word... but it wasn't originally. Even used derogatorily, it has a few meanings. For example, "Bottom bitch" has a much different connotation than "She's a real bitch".

Curious word, "bitch".

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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I meant BI-sexual CHannel. BI is/was slang, or abbreviation, for BIsexual. Plates with sexual connotations are not supposed to be allowed. In WI, applying for personal plates requires you to provide explanation for what your requested plate means, what it refers to. I've had several.
I still cannot imagine what they used to explain BI CH. Unless the couple are Billy Ignoramus and Candy Hump.

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Oh. I didn't even know BI CH was a thing.

The only sexual/homosexual connotations I would have made with the word Bitch itself would be the aforementioned "Bottom Bitch", or Elton John's "The Bitch is Back".

Although, does The Bitch is Back count since nobody knew he was gay back then?

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Since when did somebody not know that Elton John was gay?

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I got a small kitchen table and chairs today. Yipee!! My boss's husband took me down to a local thrift store and I picked them up. It is all nicely settled in the spot I picked out.

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Sweet! They're probably nicer than what I had anyways. It was a small table for two with high bar-style chairs. I got it at Target. It was actually pretty great considering where I got it from. If you don't have an IKEA close and want some decent furniture, skip Walmart and go to Target. Their quality is quite a bit higher.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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This round table has regular chairs with it which is better for me and anyone I have over.

We don't have Target in Canada anymore. They tried that experiment over a year ago and it failed. So they all closed down. I like Ikea as now I need a couch. But I would need another ride and help to get there and back with any boxes I found.

Going to pick up a table cloth and a couple of cushions for one chair today when I am out.

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I got a small kitchen table and chairs today. Yipee!! My boss's husband took me down to a local thrift store and I picked them up. It is all nicely settled in the spot I picked out.

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Sweet! They're probably nicer than what I had anyways. It was a small table for two with high bar-style chairs. I got it at Target. It was actually pretty great considering where I got it from. If you don't have an IKEA close and want some decent furniture, skip Walmart and go to Target. Their quality is quite a bit higher.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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This round table has regular chairs with it which is better for me and anyone I have over.

We don't have Target in Canada anymore. They tried that experiment over a year ago and it failed. So they all closed down. I like Ikea as now I need a couch. But I would need another ride and help to get there and back with any boxes I found.

Going to pick up a table cloth and a couple of cushions for one chair today when I am out.

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Yeah. IKEA has some pretty great stuff if you're in the market for cheaper put-it-together-yourself furniture compared to the big box stores. I've never been to one before though. They always seem to be so damn far away no matter where I've lived in my life.

As big of a household name they are, I was quite surprised to find out that there are less than 60 of them in the US.

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Well... I had one hell of a heartwarming sendoff today.

As I was wrapping up the sweeping for the night, my manager was headed my way and said "I don't care if you don't like hugs, you're getting one!". As I hugged her back I told her that she's going to make one hell of a manger and she's already better than half of them we've got right now.

The team lead came down a minute or two later and looked like she was about to tear up a bit and said "I'm not good at this." I opened my arms and said "come here!" we hugged and I told her not to let them give her any shit because she's way too good for that.

A lot of "Everything's gonna be alright"'s and "I'll figure out what I'm going to do when I get there"'s were said while saying goodbye to my work family. Some numbers were exchanged. Who knows? Maybe I'll actually keep in touch with them this time. That would be a first for me.


I think I'm going to take a nice break for a few days while it's raining. Decompress. Get a to-do list together. Then get to kicking some ass and starting the next chapter of my life off the right way.

I've doubled my bank account and got the body of a 20 year old back again in the last year and a half there. I'm sober for over 2 1/2 years now.

Whoever gets my services next is going to be lucky to have me.

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I am PISSED right now...

My manager is great. She's the one I strongly advised to take the team lead position offered to her and because of being in the right place at the right time they fast tracked her to management only several months later. She's been killing it, IMO.

Yesterday, well after I left for the day, the new Head Jagoff In Charge had a meeting with all the Team Leads and told her to stick around. All of the Team Leads are getting a $3/hr bump in pay. Great, right? No.

The plan going forward for the company is to eliminate ALL MANAGEMENT except for the Store Managers. They'll pay the Team Leads a few extra bucks per hour to take on all of the responsibilities that the MUCH HIGHER PAID Managers used to have to do.

FUCKERS.

Head Jagoff In Charge told my manager after the meeting, rather unceremoniously and with the soullessness of the robot I already knew he was, that she "had better polish up her resume because the last one in is the first one out".


So please. Let me hear again from somebody how great the freakin' economy is doing right now.


I had to leave earlier than I normally would today and I will be doing the same tomorrow, my last day there. It's best for both of us if I never see HJIC again.

I could tell she was almost crying when she told me this. If it were five years ago I would have given her a hug, but yanno, it's gotten to the point that you can't even give a fucking hug to somebody to console them without worrying about somebody #MeToo'ing you in 2019.

When is that apocalypse coming again? I'm going to have to double my hamburger intake so more cows fart.

This world is fucked and the rich people are squarely to blame

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Well... I had one hell of a heartwarming sendoff today.

As I was wrapping up the sweeping for the night, my manager was headed my way and said "I don't care if you don't like hugs, you're getting one!". As I hugged her back I told her that she's going to make one hell of a manger and she's already better than half of them we've got right now.

The team lead came down a minute or two later and looked like she was about to tear up a bit and said "I'm not good at this." I opened my arms and said "come here!" we hugged and I told her not to let them give her any shit because she's way too good for that.

A lot of "Everything's gonna be alright"'s and "I'll figure out what I'm going to do when I get there"'s were said while saying goodbye to my work family. Some numbers were exchanged. Who knows? Maybe I'll actually keep in touch with them this time. That would be a first for me.


I think I'm going to take a nice break for a few days while it's raining. Decompress. Get a to-do list together. Then get to kicking some ass and starting the next chapter of my life off the right way.

I've doubled my bank account and got the body of a 20 year old back again in the last year and a half there. I'm sober for over 2 1/2 years now.

Whoever gets my services next is going to be lucky to have me.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Man, I don't know what to say. The HJIC was brought in just to fire people. He's called the "hatchet man" or the "hit man" or "the terminator" or any number of other names, but that's his job. They don't want the regular managment team to do the firing because there would be too much bad blood and the store would never function properly afterwards, and I'll bet you dollars to donuts he'll be gone is six months, and at another store firing more people someplace else. They have this down to a science.

I feel sorry for your manager. It's hard to find a job when everyone else from the same store is looking for the same kind of job. I hope she lands on her feet. At lest she'll get unemployment.

I hope you keep in touch too, SIX. People spend such a large part of their lives at work and oftentimes it's the only place where you have time to make friends.

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That's good Kiki.

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Dang!!!! on your behalf. I hope you get better soon.

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