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Post by adrianmay on Nov 21, 2012 0:54:57 GMT
Yup. Same here. And the problem is that I have zero interest in doing 99% of that stuff. I feel exactly the same. I'm wishing I could go to bed and wake up on Christmas Eve. I've got no interest beyond waking. This is not like me at all  Oh dear, what's up? Too much to do or something else? |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 21, 2012 2:03:22 GMT
Oh, I only meant that I have an inordinate amount of mundane, uninteresting stuff on my schedule, like a dentist's appt, allergy tests, having my tires rotated, and other crap. I am happy to report that I have ALL my Christmas shopping done and wrapped.
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Post by adrianmay on Nov 21, 2012 2:11:24 GMT
Oh, I only meant that I have an inordinate amount of mundane, uninteresting stuff on my schedule, like a dentist's appt, allergy tests, having my tires rotated, and other crap. I am happy to report that I have ALL my Christmas shopping done and wrapped. All your Christmas shopping done?! I hate you  ;D I have yet to buy one thing or even thaw the Thanksgiving turkey. |
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Post by amie8 on Nov 21, 2012 2:19:16 GMT
Don't tyres rotate themselves? I'm putting insomnia into the sinbin, whilst listening to the radio, drinking fizzy orange and watching kittens on Livestream 
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 21, 2012 2:20:23 GMT
You'd better get started on that thawing. Takes forever. And now for a question totally from left field: How old is too old for a woman to buy a yellow convertible?  ETA: I meant the age of the woman, not the car. |
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Post by adrianmay on Nov 21, 2012 2:39:25 GMT
You'd better get started on that thawing. Takes forever. And now for a question totally from left field: How old is too old for a woman to buy a yellow convertible? ETA: I meant the age of the woman, not the car.My vote is NEVER too old. By the time you've worked long enough to afford a good one and the kids are gone and no longer a consideration, you ain't young. Amie8: Sorry 'bout the insomnia but when else would you have time to watch kittens. They can't watch themselves, ya know. |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 21, 2012 2:52:12 GMT
My vote is NEVER too old. OK, then, you're forgiven for the Christmas shopping hate.  |
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Post by jmsquared on Nov 21, 2012 4:45:35 GMT
You'd better get started on that thawing. Takes forever. And now for a question totally from left field: How old is too old for a woman to buy a yellow convertible? ETA: I meant the age of the woman, not the car.Never, ever, never, ever too old. Never. Ever. |
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Post by trustme on Nov 21, 2012 9:26:34 GMT
Fizzy, if you live to be 100 you still won't be too old to have a yellow convertible! Any hints as to which make/model you're considering?
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Post by dit on Nov 21, 2012 11:38:49 GMT
Agree with all the above about having a yellow convertible. Can't remember where you are in the world but in the UK we spend so much time with the roof up that everyone rejoices when you can put the top down, so no-one would think to criticise. If you're in a sunnier country people will be so used to convertibles of any colour that they won't notice the driver('s age).
If you're feeling a bit sensitive though you could always choose a less distinctive colour, though by the sounds of it you have set your sights on a particular motor and have had that gut reaction of "I want that"!
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 21, 2012 15:16:44 GMT
I am eyeing this.  I feel that I am being quite logical about the color choice. I already have a blue car and a red car, black is too hard to keep clean, white and silver are boring, and I don't like brown. Not available in British Racing Green, alas, or I would be all over that. So that leaves yellow. Very logical. I love that you are all so supportive. ;D |
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Post by dit on Nov 21, 2012 18:23:32 GMT
Don't blame you for eyeing that up, FL. It actually looks well in yellow, and bear in mind, that's quite a compliment from me - I have nothing in my life, by choice, that's yellow, with the exception of my upstairs bathroom that has yellow-flecked tiles that I can do nothing about. (I had the yellow bathroon suite replaced by white, but it would have been too much of a job to have all the tiling ripped out!)
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Post by jmsquared on Nov 21, 2012 22:55:13 GMT
I am eyeing this. Yes! Yes, yes, yes!! OH and I keep looking at those. Haven't done it yet but will one day. Just buy it!! |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 21, 2012 23:27:51 GMT
JM 2, thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Post by amie8 on Nov 22, 2012 1:11:50 GMT
Yellow looks good in nature and on a small sports car. That's it.
Women can drive yellow convertibles at any age. However, try to avoid headscarves and big sunglasses - ruins the image
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Post by dit on Nov 22, 2012 1:29:48 GMT
Women can drive yellow convertibles at any age. However, try to avoid headscarves and big sunglasses - ruins the image Unless you're Audrey Hepburn or Sophia Loren, driving through the French Riviera in the 1950s. Then you can get away with it. |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 22, 2012 1:44:02 GMT
Well, I don't own any headscarves (note to self: don't buy any) and I gave up big sunglasses when the 80's ended. I guess I'm good to go. ;D
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Post by trustme on Nov 22, 2012 3:15:10 GMT
Fizzy, that car is exquisite, and driving around in it you will feel like summer's sweetest sunbeam is shining on you in appreciation of your peerless choice of transport ;D Go for it and never regret your decision!
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Post by ladylurker on Nov 26, 2012 16:46:49 GMT
I'm hereby binning all of the changes at work lately: - Nice, caring and extremely competent boss quitting - Lots of uncertainty for a long time about her replacement - Finally getting certainty, the new boss being very promising, and someone we all know, like and respect - Now my favourite coworker ever decides to leave because of too close ties to the new boss. - And I am unable to tell anyone just how sad this makes me, because people would very likely read too much into it. D*mn, bl*st and b***er.  |
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Post by jmsquared on Nov 27, 2012 0:33:12 GMT
It's awful when a happy, balanced workplace changes so much. You never know Ladylurker, things might just turn out OK after all.
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Post by ladylurker on Nov 27, 2012 7:38:10 GMT
Thank you. *hugs*
I am certain we will still be a happy and balanced workplace, but for me it will be like one of the walls are missing. This guy is able to brighten up my day just by coming to work.
Silver lining: He's not leaving the company, but moving to a branch in a different location. So I might still see him from time to time.
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Post by amie8 on Nov 28, 2012 0:11:54 GMT
Tonight I shall be consigning to the bin all miscreants and wrongdoers - at least, those who are responsible for the fact that the Police Helicopter is going round and round and round about fifteen feet above my bedroom ceiling. For the third night in a row.
What ever you're up to - stop it! I can't even hear the radio.
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Post by adrianmay on Nov 28, 2012 1:12:28 GMT
People. Especially the insincere sort. |
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Post by dit on Nov 28, 2012 2:08:38 GMT
Agree with that one.
Can I also add mobile phones? Especially when they die on you for no apparent reason, when you've followed all the instructions? That's going to mean a visit to the nearest Orange store (not in my town) and the potential loss of all my data. I'm really not fond of my life just at the moment.
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Post by jmsquared on Nov 28, 2012 7:07:47 GMT
Government bureaucracy. That is all.
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Post by Wyvern on Nov 28, 2012 12:25:34 GMT
One of my colleagues can go in the bin. I changed my working hours a couple of weeks ago, and I have now realised just how much she has been taking the pee with her hours. She seems to come and go as she pleases and is never less than 15 minutes late. On Monday she excelled herself by turning up 95 MINUTES LATE without a word to anyone.
We now have a rota on our notice board showing all our working patterns and she's in a really foul mood because it means she can no longer come and go as she pleases, and she's being made to make up the time she's dropping. However, she's also been whinging to another trouble-maker colleague (a guy who has handed in his notice before he got pushed, and will be gone soon) about having to account for her movements and she's refusing to talk to me at all now, so I spend my entire work day staring at the wall and not talking to anyone. She's already bullied our line manager into the other office because she doesn't get on with him and there isn't actually room for our whole team in the office (he was desk-sharing in here with our part-timer, but he's now sticking to the desk he uses when she's here), and the heating and lighting are all arranged to her preference because her migraine issues are clearly far more important than mine. She's a real spoilt brat.
Last night, having been spoken to on numerous occasions, it finally reached a point where she had to speak to our senior team manager for a stern talking to.
And this morning? She was 20 minutes late. Cow.
In the bin with her!
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Post by amie8 on Nov 28, 2012 16:12:59 GMT
She's either a) sleeping with someone, b) related to someone, or c) knows where the bodies are buried.
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 28, 2012 18:32:25 GMT
Wy, sorry to hear all that. Having someone like that around makes life unnecessarily stressful for everyone else. Now I have to ask, What the heck does "taking the pee" mean?
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Post by Wyvern on Nov 28, 2012 19:18:51 GMT
Wy, sorry to hear all that. Having someone like that around makes life unnecessarily stressful for everyone else. Now I have to ask, What the heck does "taking the pee" mean? Um... 'extracting the urine'? I'm trying to put it in a way that won't upset the Proboards Profanity Filter of Doom... taking the p*** means to try it on, to take liberties at the expense of other people, that kind of thing. And she's taken quite a lot of liberties lately. However, I think she's going to be reaching the end of the line with that soon as I was called to a meeting with my boss's boss today to discuss what's been happening... (looks like she might not be related to/sleeping with someone, and maybe they've moved the bodies...) |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Nov 28, 2012 20:06:34 GMT
Ah, thanks for the translation from English into American. Hopefully she'll "get the boot" soon.
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