Team Random - Helloooooo Nurse! by RelFexive

Bleah bleary blather cold rainy snow Snow SNOW. And Coffee. The coffee part is good.

Can't get to the videos from work, blocking software hates video and audio downloads except from certain "official" sources. Bleah again.

I might actually finally get this portrayal catalogue database finished today, which is good 'cause I thought I had it done last Friday. Mis-communication regarding the schema design and had to re-do about half of it, including re-working piles of affected data. Bleargh. That's my geek speak for the day; bother me no more.

We had dinner by candle light again last night, as another storm took down yet another set of power lines. This time the outage went on until well into the night. We jinxed ourselves: we've been discussing going with all-in-one digital service including phone line, which would mean phones down in a power outage (we all have our mobiles, so not a huge issue), and we noted we hadn't had such an outage in years. Heh. We really should know better than to allow such things in hearing of the Brownies and other assorted mischief-makers.

What else? Hmm. It's Friday for my wife, as tomorrow's Veteran's Day and the bank she works at will be closed. I, on the other hand, will be at work as usual as I'm still allowing my vacation time to rebuild after the Florida trip. It's ironic, being as how I'm a veteran and all. Fortunately such things don't bother me any.

I don't have a sore throat, nor sniffles nor a cough, but I did burn the roof of my mouth with hot pizza.

There, I think I've caught things up. How's everyone else doing?

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:31 AM

RELFEXIVE

The roof of mouth burning thing is pretty much the only problem with pizza I can think of. Otherwise, they are food heaven in a mighty disk-like form.

I hate employer-installed net limitation things. They always block the most interesting stuff.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:46 AM

Spinland, I would've liked to go to CFB Trenton on Friday to put a poppy on my Granddads marker, but alas work interferes. But I will at least observe the moment of silence, work be damned.

We didn't have the power outage, but I did have the fireplace crackling and my wife had candles on just in case. She LOVES Party-Lite and I'm a little embarassed to say, some of the candles are actually quite nice, they smell good too.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to go watch an hour of football then arrange the flowers for the table setting tonight...arggg!!! Make it stop!!

Damn these shoes just don't go with this outfit, what was I thinking...

..help me..

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:53 AM

*hands Safe a beer and the TV Remote*

There, that should help.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:54 AM

RELFEXIVE

It's time for the usual long Thursday drive.

Catch y'all later!

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:11 AM

Bye!! Drive safe! Feel better!

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:12 AM

Safe trip, Rel!

LOL @ CMS! Just the fixative for those gender identity issues, eh?

My dad's still with us; he did a couple of tours in the Navy, as did his dad before him, but grand-dad's marker is in California so visiting it's not on the menu. My job's with a big-time defense contractor, and about 90% of our customers are military or military-related, so I'm somewhat surprised at things not grinding to a halt tomorrow. I'm never averse to a long weekend, if I don't have to burn vacation time to get it.

I do have two "floating" holidays left for the year, but I'm saving those for 4-day weekends over Thanksgiving and Xmas. I'm going to settle for quaffing a brew or two tomorrow evening in toast to all poor blighters past, present and future (myself included).

Fireplaces. I want. When we buy/build our permanent digs (towards which we're mightily saving while renting), a fireplace is a must-include feature. I'm so jealous of people who currently have one.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:28 AM

We have a fireplace. My grandfather nearly burnt the house down last year when he lit a fire with the flue closed. The house smelled so bad for months, even though I dusted and vacuumed and scrubbed and rinsed and repeated many times.

Both my parents surved during the Vietnam War, my living grandfather was in Korea and the other surved during WWII. Lots of vets in my family. I always say I served my country for 8 years, because I was a Navy Brat and was dragged all over the globe until my dad retired when I was 8. I'll have to make sure to say something to my grandfather. He's very active in his Korean War Veterans group. We went to the unveiling of a Korean War monument in Augusta GA last year.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:30 AM

Thanks Serenity!! BELCH... I feel much better now... I should use a coaster though..

Drive safe Rel!

Granddad was an airman. RCAF wireless gunner in the Lancaster bombers. Got to see one of those that they recovered. The incrediblely small space each crewman had...I never could've done it.

I've never been to one of these "Con" things. I'm thinking I'd like to go, but Ontario seldom gets them. If they do, unless one lives in Toronto...

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:36 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

Whew, you guys have been busy. Well, let's see -- thanks serenitypunk for putting up my initiation!

I feel so special! It's Friday for me too, on account of tomorrow being Remembrance Day. I really like long weekends, and this has been a loooong week. Yeah, I think that's all my relevant news. What's Wonderfalls?

Edit: Both my grandpas were in WW II. Canadian forces, naturally. And my folks are building a new place in which they will have two fireplaces.

I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:44 AM

Grand-dad was a cook on a Destroyer during WWII, and Dad worked on aviation electronics on an aicraft carrier during Viet Nam. I was the first of the family not to go Navy or Marine Corps, but the Air Force made me a better deal in the long run: I got them to pay for almost 100% of my undergrad and graduate degrees. I was the first of my family to go to college in a major way. I had to spend 800-odd hours flying on combat crew in the process, but I consider it a fair trade. I came away marketable, and the retirement check (while not enough to live on) is a nice bit of extra in the bank every month.

It could've been more than that, I suppose, but my first wife successfully laid claim to a 50% cut and there you have it. My half adds up nicely in the bank, so it's all good. While she and her ne'er-do-well new husband enjoy the rural trailer lifestyle, I and mine have our sights on a nice little log cabin far enough out of the city to be quiet and peaceful-like.

Crikey, how I do ramble today.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:53 AM

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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Thanks Serenity!! BELCH... I feel much better now... I should use a coaster though..

You need a coaster?!?!? This is worse than I thought!

(from the peanut gallery: It usually is, sir!)

Quick-someone bring him a steak and a toolbox!

OOC: Our gorram BRAND NEW copy machine (less than 2 weeks old!) keeps jamming and I cut my finger on something when I was trying to remove the jams. I had to call the company to come deal with it. Grr.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:59 AM

Your copier channels Bob Marley!?!?!

WOW!! Where can I get one of those??

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:00 AM

Oh, ouch! So, is that nurse outfit just decorative, or did it come with some ointment and band-aids?

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:16 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

You could always destroy the copier with a bat. That would be fun.

Here ya go Safe, steak, tools, and some hockey on the TV. Feel better?

I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:26 AM

"Ooh, yeah! all right!
We're jammin':
I wanna jam it wid you.
We're jammin', jammin',
And I hope you like jammin', too."

I've got a lot of softball bats of various weights you could use to beat the Bob Marley possessed copier..

Thanks Queenofthenorth!

Wait-a-minute...if you are Queen of the North, does that make me Court Jester of the North?

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:32 AM

http://www.justdohit.co.uk/music/sj.mp3

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:39 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

Well, if you wanna be the Court Jester, sure. They're always fun.

Lol. Thanks for that, Cos. That was beautiful.

I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:39 AM

PSYCHICRIVER

OMG the school panto is going to be soo much fun! I LOVE my part.

Of course, any and all randomites are invited to come down and watch me, if ya like. I gaurantee a great night. And, not to blow my own horn, but I am rather high-larious in it!

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:09 AM

PR-I would come if only I could!

Safe-How I WISH the copier was channelling Bob Marley. Then we'd get along better. As it is, it's being VERY bad. I said to it "If you jam one more time, I'm going to have to call the repair guy. Is that what you want?" And then immediately it jammed up and made a bunch of R2 beeping noises and wouldn't work anymore. So I put it in time out. I hope it's thinking about what it did wrong!

Spinny-Yes, my nurse's outfit DOES come with band-aids. Oddly enough, Winnie-the-Pooh bandaids.

If Queenie's Queen of the North and Safe is Court Jester of the North, can I Ambassador to the North?

I bring greetings from your allies in the South. Ya'll.

Hungry now.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:18 AM

Oh, and what's a school panto?

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:19 AM

Eating lunch now. The menu includes left-over pizza; yum!

I'll be Grumpy Guard of the Semi-North.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:23 AM

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OMG the school panto is going to be soo much fun! I LOVE my part.

Of course, any and all randomites are invited to come down and watch me, if ya like. I gaurantee a great night. And, not to blow my own horn, but I am rather high-larious in it!

Nice! What pantomime play is it?

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:23 AM

Gah! Double post.

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BAKAW! (Subtle Conan O'Brien reference.)

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:03 AM

PIFFLE101

Subtle Conan O'Brian reference: Catcus playing We didnt start the fire on Flute

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Because Dancers are tough,mean...Chicas!! -Summer Glau

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:24 AM

SIMONWHO

How does Bob Marley like his sandwiches?
With jam in.

Oooo, plays. Fun things plays, oh yes. I used to get loads of parts in school plays because I had good diction and wasn't afraid to shout. Okay, so crappy actor but at least I didn't mumble.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:24 AM

I'm sleepy.

There are trolls in the BSR. Stay away.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:47 AM

Taking walks is fun this time of year. I went tromping through piles of leaves.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:57 AM

Leaf-tromping can be lots fun.

I think Haken should obtain and publish all the personal info on the trolls, so that crowds of irate browncoats can visit physical harm upon their persons. That's what I think, but I'm a grump.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:04 AM

Can a person ever be barred from a website? Surely they'll just come back with a new login name? I don't understand how the internet works and such!

I too like kicking up leaves but it's only fun if they are crispy, not if they are soggy with rain! Yuck! I had to de-ice my car last night on my way home from work! That's never fun.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:08 AM

I can't remember the last time we had rain here, so the leaves are all nice and crisp and have that lovely dead leaf fall smell.

Plus, I found this absolutely perfect red maple leaf. Just gorgeous.

And I'm not entirely sure what Haken can do. He can remove the content they posted. He can get rid of those accounts.

But I wouldn't worry too much. Haken can handle them. He's a semi-god or a lesser deity or something. He's got POWERS. Have faith in Haken.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:12 AM

We had a few wondrous rain-free days in which to frolic in the yuck-free leaves; alas, the rain has returned in spades. I still haven't had to scrape car windows, but there's only been one sub-freezing night as yet. Some of this evening's leaf-yucking is supposed to become mixed with the season's first snow flurries. Fall's going to become winter all too fast this year. We normally take at least one foliage hike in the Adirondacks but this year the rain persisted until the leaves were mostly down.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:13 AM

I love maple leaves! I was on holiday in Canada during autumn about 6 years ago visiting some relatives and the walks we went on were the best walks I've ever had! Apart from maybe our annual Christmas eve walk when the the whole of the Earth seems to be frosted over! It's gonna be xmas pretty soon!

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:15 AM

I've got about a dozen bushels of maple leaves piled up on the curbside, you can take your pick!

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:19 AM

I like the ones that are made up of all the different colours in one leaf. Can you pick those out for me?

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:24 AM

Ok, better late than never, here is my randomite initiation test. Not exactly what was requested, but I hope it will suffice.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=5805&nid=8571

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:27 AM

Sure thing; most of 'em came out yellow this year but there are a few technicolor ones in the mix.

Great lyrics, Safe; bravo!

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:30 AM

There were Trolls in the chat for a while. Lots of fun was had.. They didn't last long..

I was gonna get me an ear too.

*Gets all misty eyed*

Ahem... *Shakes himself out of the day dream*

Although, it's the middle of silly season. Should have seen it coming..

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Taking walks is fun this time of year. I went tromping through piles of leaves.

Kicking leaves? Nice! It's been a while since I've done that. *Has the urge to go looking for a large pile of leaves to kick now.*

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:32 AM

A bright spot in a dreary day: methinks I've completed the database project I whined about earlier today! Testing it now, and things are looking good. That means it didn't take a whole week to recover from my mistake of last Friday; the distinction is a psychologically important one.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:33 AM

What were you supposed to do, Safe? I know I set your initiation for you, but I forgot what it was now.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:33 AM

Ahh trolls! When will they ever learn? They do occasionaly provide unexpected amusement though.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:34 AM

CITIZEN

Can you guys stop talking so much please?
I mean, I'm having trouble keeping up

...

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you Beeeer Milkshakes!

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:36 AM

CITIZEN

Cosmic:
I am Ella Dee!
No, I am Ella Dee!
No, I'm Ella Dee!

ok ok, I'll get my coat...

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you Beeeer Milkshakes!

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:37 AM

I'm sorry Citizen but once I get going it has been known to become quite an effort to get me to stop at all. Perhaps the lesson here would be for me to not get going in the first place.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:38 AM

CITIZEN

You mean stifle the random!
nooo!
I didn't think this through...

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:40 AM

You can't. Stifle. The. Random.

It's simply not possible.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:41 AM

It was supposed to be a madlib, but I misunderstood how it works. So, with a little help from Spinland and a friend of mine, I made my own version.

Lots o' multi-coloured maple leaves here too.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:45 AM

Perhaps I like the leaves because I like the Syrup so much. Mmmm. I am hungry. Anyone got any maple syrup they can email me? I fancy maple syrup on toast.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:50 AM