• Moving slow today thanks to the whole "up at 4:45" thing
• Lots of work stuff going on today...
• ... and tomorrow thanks to it being some kind of a makeup day for a weekday shutdown that didn't end up affecting our site
• Weather forecast here in CHS had a little snowflake on it so I'm sure mom will be calling as soon as she sees it
• It's Friday, so no company logo stuff required
• Hooray getting to look normal!

Don't do anything I wouldn't do!

Foundation guy coming this morning, likely to tell me to spend a lot of money. Yay.

They don't make any money telling you "hey everything's good, it's only cosmetic."

Slept like a dead person

Good busy day yesterday

Busy day ahead

Dinner with the employees tonight

Need to hydrate

Light meeting schedule today at least

People are buying everything in the stores. They think this will be 2021 again with the cold weather

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

National Pie Day

TGIF!
slept good
Coffee now
Knock out things at work
Home by 3:30
Finish getting ready for winter weather
Last weekend of duck season so we will be out hunting in the cold and ice

Do you guys remember Mountain Dew's puppy monkey baby Super Bowl commercial? wtf was that

Gotta get our other car fueled up and ready. We are anticipating losing power from ice buildup on power lines, but we'll see. In the meantime, other preps are done if the roads are impassable here in west Georgia/east Alabama.
A good day starts with good coffee.

Make it a good one in spite of what the rest of humankind is up to.

713nervy said:

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Do you guys remember Mountain Dew's puppy monkey baby Super Bowl commercial? wtf was that

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WAT

"you guys" means y'all in yankee speak. The rest is nonsense words added by a childhood game called "telephone". Purple monkey dishwasher.

maroon barchetta said:

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713nervy said:

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Do you guys remember Mountain Dew's puppy monkey baby Super Bowl commercial? wtf was that

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You don't remember this?! It haunts my dreams!

That would require me watching the Super Bowl, so no.

It's 10 years old this year! Here's the commercial that aired.

Last bit of Super Bowl I watched was the Katy Perry halftime with the dancing sharks

A lot of people could be without power for a significant amount of time due to ice. This is going to really suck.

When the water pumping stations fail to push water to residences, that's when things start to REALLY suck. If you don't have a pool, fill your tub for toilet-flushing water!

I don't even know what's going on in this thread today

Tatem said:

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I don't even know what's going on in this thread today

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Early-riser Nervy is best posting Nervy.

• I really need sleep. Got about 4 hours last night, which is double the night before. Have no idea why I'm not sleeping . Cannot turn brain off.
• Busy day today. Need to write mid-year reviews . Quite a few meetings. Coffee with a rep after lunch at Sweet Eugene's (but no caffeine).
• Travel work tonight even though I like to take Friday's off. I am full blown swamped (which is a good thing). Did get those Alaskan Railroad trips booked last night - woohoo.
• I did get some steak cube things that I'll try to figure out how to cook tonight.

Do the day! Now I'm off to get busy.

Doing cold prep on the citrus tomorrow am. Got stuff to make chili tomorrow and stew on Sunday. Some Guinness Draft to go in my cold frosty mugs, some bourbon, and lots of firewood ready to burn.

Will prep the old house this afternoon (basically just turning the water off and draining the pipes so they don't freeze). Had a showing yesterday, realtor thinks we'll get an offer today. Fingers crossed but not holding my breath.

Right now I'm chained to my desk and a slave to my paycheck.

• It is cold. Currently 9 degrees outside.
• I have an interview every hour on the hour starting at 9am until 3pm
• Had to go to the grocery store before work and it wasn't too bad
• One cat came by the heated cat box last night but did not go inside. Maybe I should put some food or cat nip near it?
• Be safe and stay warm out there folks!

Currently cloudy and 6F with a north wind at 20 mph. That makes for a wind chill of -14F. Going to top out at 11F today. Made Benny wear his coat to school this morning.

I can tell the weather has changed because of my old man pains. My right knee and the left side of my lower back are both absolutely killing me this morning. This happens most winters are some point.

• Did my storm prep this morning at HEB. It was pretty picked over but that's fine. I only need milk for my hot chocolate. Only thing that matters
• Already have the rain bands coming through
• Got all my plans ready in case of extended power outage. Day one is ramen. Day two is condiment packets. Day three I join the packs of other feral cannibalistic humans roaming the city.
• Chores
• Stuff
• A thing, maybe two things

What's for lunch?

Do the day, yall!

dabo man said:

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Currently cloudy and 6F with a north wind at 20 mph. That makes for a wind chill of -14F. Going to top out at 11F today. Made Benny wear his coat to school this morning.

I can tell the weather has changed because of my old man pains. My right knee and the left side of my lower back are both absolutely killing me this morning. This happens most winters are some point.

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It's bad. Not even 40 yet and it's giving me actual concerns at this point. Lots of old injuries I never took care of properly mostly. I don't even want to think what it will be like in another decade, much less two if I make it that long.

JM said:

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Do the day!

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Hey! That's my morning line I stole fair and square from an old safety supervisor from his morning briefings years and years ago.

Eliminatus said:

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JM said:

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Do the day!

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Hey! That's my morning line I stole fair and square from an old safety supervisor from his morning briefings years and years ago.

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Umm I've been saying that or a version of it for quite some time.

The Fife said:

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They don't make any money telling you "hey everything's good, it's only cosmetic."

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The man has now been under my house for more than two hours. My house is only 1400 sqft. Pray for my pocketbook.

I do know the man is alive, as he texted me once.

Claude! said:

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The Fife said:

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They don't make any money telling you "hey everything's good, it's only cosmetic."

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The man has now been under my house for more than two hours. My house is only 1400 sqft. Pray for my pocketbook.

I do know the man is alive, as he texted me once.

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Correction: You know he was alive at one point.

You basically have a Schrodinger's Foundation Guy situation going on right now.

JMac03 said:

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Eliminatus said:

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JM said:

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Do the day!

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Hey! That's my morning line I stole fair and square from an old safety supervisor from his morning briefings years and years ago.

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Umm I've been saying that or a version of it for quite some time.

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Ah, that's fair. Quite so, in fact.

So the people downstairs from us have an outdoor cat, white with a few black spots. It's (never checked for gender) very social, and I always pet it when I come across it outside. This morning, someone had set it inside our shared hallway so it could get out of the cold (single digits with windchills well below zero), I presume. I don't know how someone could leave their pet out in that weather. It was sitting at it's owner's door meowing. When I got back from dropping Benny off, it was no longer in the hallway. I hope it's owner let it in.

The people across the hall from us have set out a towel and a bowl of water for the cat, so it can be comfortable indoors when it's like this outside. I've seen the cat in our hallway about a half-dozen times this winter.

EDIT - I feel like the rest of the building cares more about the animal than it's owners.

The man survived my crawlspace. He then offered to fix things for $15,000.

Morning all.

Finishing up work.
Ankles hurting, so I know the fun stuff is coming.
Maybe go eat some supper with fam, if it's still above freezing.
Something else here

Have a good day, all.