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[Thaedolus]

Welp from now until Tuesday we’ve got a winter storm warning, meaning tomorrow I’m gonna tell the wife to take the truck to work and leave early and I’m guessing preschool is cancelled so I’ll have both kids at home while I work…feelin a real case of the fuckits comin on right now…

 

[BadBurger]

I'm glad I got my flu shot early this year - it's raging through my city. About half the people I know are down with the flu and hating life right now. I have a mild cough.

 

[Thaedolus]

Christ almighty the wife has been making cookies and treats like every day this month and decided she has a hankering for fettuccini Alfredo tonight, I’m gonna be 300lbs by January at this rate

 

[haxan7]

I’m thinking of changing my username to Thirsty4Squirt.

What do you guys think?

 

[Thaedolus]

I’m thinking of changing my username to Thirsty4Squirt.

What do you guys think?

 

[Thaedolus]

I got seconds of that home made Alfredo btw oh god here comes the die a beet us

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Welp from now until Tuesday we’ve got a winter storm warning, meaning tomorrow I’m gonna tell the wife to take the truck to work and leave early and I’m guessing preschool is cancelled so I’ll have both kids at home while I work…feelin a real case of the fuckits comin on right now…

I think we're neighbors.

 

[Thaedolus]

I think we're neighbors.

We didn’t end up getting nearly as much snow overnight as was predicted, so the commute wasn’t a nightmare. I almost didn’t bother with the snow blower but I was in a hurry to get it done so the wife wouldn’t pack it down on the driveway backing out.

Looks like preschool is open today, hallelujah!

 

[Maiden Voyage]

We didn’t end up getting nearly as much snow overnight as was predicted, so the commute wasn’t a nightmare. I almost didn’t bother with the snow blower but I was in a hurry to get it done so the wife wouldn’t pack it down on the driveway backing out.

Looks like preschool is open today, hallelujah!

Our bad weather is yet to come. Hopefully I can break out my snowshoes over the weekend.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I’m thinking of changing my username to Thirsty4Squirt.

What do you guys think?

Squirt is pretty delicious. That's the grapefruit soda, right? Goes good with vodka.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[haxan7]

Another one I'm considering is Butthole Pleaser.

 

[Thaedolus]

I’ve explained the difference in line items that look similar but aren’t the same to accounting like 5 times now but am getting lit up for a duplicate invoice from October which best I can tell came from accounting not understanding that two business entities are separate and billed separately even if we’re doing the same sort of work for both….


…just fabulous start to the day when I’m also getting “oh shit we didn’t do our required audits yet this year can you handle 4 of them by the 23rd???”

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Another one I'm considering is Butthole Pleaser.

You gotta be more subtle. Cornhole Connoisseur, for example.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Browneye burrower.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Starfish Noodler

 

[Thaedolus]

I was always fond of Hawkeyed Crawler

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Bunghole burglar

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Sweaty Ham Fister

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Sweaty Ham Fister

RIP p_xavier

 

[Thaedolus]

Man, while I think it a good thing politics are banned, it’s too bad we lost the Twitter thread to the political rage posts because this shit is still comedic gold.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Man, while I think it a good thing politics are banned, it’s too bad we lost the Twitter thread to the political rage posts because this shit is still comedic gold.

The issue for me is that there really isn't a discussion. It's two sides vomiting anecdotes and insults toward one another. I've never actually seen one of them change an opinion mid-argument. It's just batten down the hatches and shit talk like it's a game of Modern Warfare. If it was at least entertaining to read, that would be a whole other story.

If politics come back, I hope they are in their own section. And there's requirements to even be able to post there. Like sharing your political alignment chart from one of those online tests. Make it visible for everyone to see. Lower threshold for bans on that specific forum. Obv site wide ban criteria still in effect, but make it easy to lose access.

That's a lot of work and probably not worth it as politics right now, just attracts the wrong types. Probably best to wait out past 2024.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

And yeah, that Twitter thread should be the funniest thing on Gaf right now.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

On a separate but equally important note:

 

[Thaedolus]

The little one came and crumpled some Graham crackers in my lap while I got my work laptop out of the way just in time and that’s like the least annoying thing someone’s done to me today.

I just got an email asking me where our documentation is for our liability insurance because what they found was expired….when the hell did I become the air traffic control for weird requests that probably need to go to legal? Did I do this to myself because I generally try to be helpful even when someone’s asking me to do something that’s not my job? Will accounting ever figure shit out? Stay tuned!

 

[Thaedolus]

lmfao legal still hasn’t responded and the guy is like “hey (me) we really need to get this sorted out asap…”

No bud YOU need to get it sorted out, also don’t ask me what to do when the toilets are clogged or if the roof starts leaking JFC

 

[Putonahappyface]

I’m thinking of changing my username to Thirsty4Squirt.

What do you guys think?

 

[Thaedolus]

Well someone in legal was finally like here’s the new policy you dork of course it’s been renewed. So glad I got dragged into that

 

[Thaedolus]

I was gonna freak the wife and kids out driving up to the house in the snow but instead of disabling the traction control I hit the steering wheel heater button.

That was a dud of a donut…

 

[Rentahamster]

And yeah, that Twitter thread should be the funniest thing on Gaf right now.

Yes, it is regrettable lol. The news is very compelling.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

My wife keeps playing Stardew Valley again and it is making me want to pick it back up. She's got 420+ hours in according to Steam. I'm at 77.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

On a separate but equally important note:

Lol.

 

[Thaedolus]

Oh, the real snow finally arrived.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Oh, the real snow finally arrived.

Everything here is coated in a thick sheet of ice. It's vacillating between rain and snow still. I think we're supposed to have about a foot of snow by the weekend.

This tree branch is not normally accessible without a ladder. The weight of the ice is making all the trees just a little shorter.

 

[Thaedolus]

Everything here is coated in a thick sheet of ice. It's vacillating between rain and snow still. I think we're supposed to have about a foot of snow by the weekend.

This tree branch is not normally accessible without a ladder. The weight of the ice is making all the trees just a little shorter.

Many a power line have fallen to such a situation...luckily ours are all underground. After I get off this call I'm gonna bust out the snow blower and hope most of the snow is done so I don't have to go out twice. Most the neighbors seem to have the fuckits like I do right now tbh hah

 

[Thaedolus]

IT: hey are you still good with us cutting off your email forwarding at the end of the year?

Me: bro you cut that off in June without warning even though you said it would go to the end of the year

IT: ...so yes?

 

[Putonahappyface]

Boiler has packed up. We're fully covered for every eventuality but the engineer is taking his time. Seven days at -4°C and it's going to get colder! Thank fuck this is a new build with decent insulation.

 

[Thaedolus]

Boiler has packed up. We're fully covered for every eventuality but the engineer is taking his time. Seven days at -4°C and it's going to get colder! Thank fuck this is a new build with decent insulation.

I keep having to relight the pilot for our water heater for some reason. 29F/-2C here, still hasn’t stopped snowing and it’s so cold that it’s all sticking I’m gonna have to go out for round two clearing the driveway and sidewalks. I can’t remember it ever snowing this consistently all day, plows barely keeping up with it.

But as long as we have gas and power I can light our fireplace or run some games on max settings and let the 4080 warm the house.

 

[Putonahappyface]

I keep having to relight the pilot for our water heater for some reason. 29F/-2C here, still hasn’t stopped snowing and it’s so cold that it’s all sticking I’m gonna have to go out for round two clearing the driveway and sidewalks. I can’t remember it ever snowing this consistently all day, plows barely keeping up with it.

But as long as we have gas and power I can light our fireplace or run some games on max settings and let the 4080 warm the house.

I miss having a 60 inch plasma, that TV would heat the lounge lol.

 

[Thaedolus]

I miss having a 60 inch plasma, that TV would heat the lounge lol.

We put our old plasma in our bedroom when we got an OLED last year, it definitely keeps it noticeably warmer when someone’s watching something in there

 

[badblue]

Seven days at -4°C and it's going to get colder!

I'd love for it to warm up to -4°C.

-38° forecasted for Monday.

 

[Putonahappyface]

I'd love for it to warm up to -4°C.

-38° forecasted for Monday.

 

[badblue]

 

[nush]

14c - 11c for me today with rain. It's not cold by most standards but these aprtments were not built with heating as it's so rarely needed. You sure feel it when they are impossible to heat up.

 

[Thaedolus]

It *still* hasn’t stopped snowing, I really can’t think of another time it’s just kept coming down like this and when it’s been so cold where it all sticks. But the intermountain west in the US has had such an insane drought for so long I can’t complain. It’s just rather treacherous getting up and down the road to our house when even with 4WD it feels like you’re about to slide off into a tree.

 

[ThatGamingDude]

IT: hey are you still good with us cutting off your email forwarding at the end of the year?

Me: bro you cut that off in June without warning even though you said it would go to the end of the year

IT: ...so yes?

Totally me
Also me: You'd need to submit another ticket to request to have a new forwarding rule enabled

 

[Thaedolus]

Got even more snow overnight, I’m guessing it’s well over a foot here and my parents down in the valley got just as much. Thankfully they’ve got nice neighbors that know my dad is undergoing cancer treatment and clear it for them.

Think I’ll clean up the driveway and sidewalks again and head into the office, then take the kiddos sledding after nap time

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I'd love for it to warm up to -4°C.

-38° forecasted for Monday.

Everything here is iced over. Another day with the temp hovering right around freezing so more rain and snow mixing. I am so glad I get to work from home and do not need to worry about driving in this.

 

[Thaedolus]

The wife wanted to run some errands so I told her to take the truck and I’ll do the WFH thing again. Which means…probably have enough time for a Vampire Survivors run….

 

[Maiden Voyage]

More work drama today.

I'm done Friday at noon.