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  • detritus1

    the piece of kitchen roll i just pulled out of my pocket to blow my nose into was not virgin. It hadn't been used for snot before, thankfully, but it was used earlier to wipe a load of very finely-sanded wood dust off a piece I was rescuing.

    Now my work area, keyboard and eyes are filled with bastardust and my nose is itching.

    • I must confess, I initially thought "kitchen roll" was some sort of Scottish breakfast sandwich slang.garbage
    • at least it wasn't full of jizzfadein11
  • VectorMasked8

    Yay! I'm back home from the emergency room.

    Had an accident last night while cycling.

    Entire left side hurts. The pain was so massive I could not move for 5 mins while laying down on the pavement. Everything from my ankle, knee, hip, arm, shoulder, head, and chest hurt.

    Docs were concerned about internal damage but was cleared for that. Do have a couple of rib fractures.

    Can't stand up, can't sit down, can't lay down, can't breathe, can't really move much.

    Thank god for Netflix. Will watch the hell out of it the next few days.

    • Grew up thinking helmets were for pussies, but goddamn do they work.VectorMasked
    • damn man!GuyFawkes
    • yes they do, i wouldn’t be here without helmets (mc crashes) neither would omg (retard)GuyFawkes
    • yeah... you look like a fucking idiot w/your head wrapped in plastic but admittedly I probably wouldn't be around if not for one (mtn. biking in my early 20's)PonyBoy
    • glad you're okay btw ;)PonyBoy
    • glad you're okay Vector. did you get hit, or just go down on your own?capn_ron
    • No contact with the car. Before impact with the car, the moment I applied both brakes, the inertia and me trying to turn into an armadillo mid-air helped me...VectorMasked
    • avoid the car. Thing was that I was approaching an intersection and some stupid rock or something made me lose a little control but not enough to make fallVectorMasked
    • Could have easily recovered in a second, but my immediate insinct with the intersection, the vehicle, the darkness... was to try to come to a full stopVectorMasked
    • Had I tried to recover after running over that rock or whatever, it could have been a real mess. Didn't really have the luxury to react a second later.VectorMasked
    • Feel better man! Never trust the hussle of the city for cycling, please stick to the woods next time if you can, safer and cleaner air.helloeatbreathedrive
    • sounds like a perfect storm. Glad you are not worse than you are though. Don't laugh at any jokes, or sneeze with those ribs the way they are!capn_ron
    • Cracked ribs are the worst, my condolences. Glad you're alright.garbage
    • ugh, glad you're ok vm, cuidate!sea_sea
  • meffid0

    Back to this webhosting shopping annoyance.
    There's 1,473 threads about it... I know.
    Please recommend a "reseller" account, cheap, West Coast, and has cPanel or easy to use.

    No other updates, really.

  • autoflavour0

    spontaneously decided to go to Honolulu today. I leave on Sunday for a week.

    Wifey aint happy.. which is strange as we literally discussed it this afternoon and I wouldn't have booked it if I didn't think she was cool with it.

  • i_monk1

    Wondering how many qbners have completely changed careers since joining this site.

    • Trying to....ArmandoEstrada
    • Sort of thrice although I am trying to get back into web part time, so full circle if that happens.detritus
    • working on trying to be a commercial director. ive worked in commercials for 18 years in other capacities. working on reel, sending out...ArmandoEstrada
    • I changed careers BECAUSE of this siteautoflavour
    • eryx became a pipeline radiologist, i believeGnash
    • Changed soon after officially joining.bezoar
    • You bet Gnash, Living the Dream!eryx
    • BTW we are always hiring but you have to move to the middle of nowhere.eryx
    • ^ You should do a blog post about this.garbage
    • I went from working in video editing to writing.garbage
    • eryx do you mind if I shoot you a message about that? where could I contact you? Cheerspamacado
    • went through one change. Thinking aboout doing it againmugwart
    • Pamacado - message me though facebook, my URL is in my profileeryx
  • pockets0

    so they hired a "shopify expert" for the sister company i work for....

    SHE LASTED 2 FUCKING DAYS

    hilarious.

    now they have me doing double the work to make up for her..

    i wonder if she was cute atleast. I bet she applied thinking she could bs her way in and apparently she couldnt hang.

    • "I'd be perfect for the role sir. I love to shop."kona
    • Shopify is easy, she couldn't fake it for more than 2 days?BabySnakes
    • We hired a Shopify 'expert' for a site - he cost a fortune, ignored all brand guidelines, gummed the code up with loads of unused libraries, was a total fadcuntdetritus
    • ..tried to convince us that a hamburger menu was a good default option for an online shop.. on desktop. Absolutely useless, trend-copying arse.detritus
  • pinkfloyd1

    Seems like freelance life is usually slow around January? Things are finally picking up, but January was meh

    • I think your accountants are slow on your side while distributing the new year work... prob. they're still with hungover after nye ;)OBBTKN
    • Mad year start on my side, but i've got "solid" clients/partners, worked for them year by year... now like freelancerOBBTKN
    • January has always been slow. Freelance or working for/at a studio.set
    • In my experienceset
    • January and August are shit.detritus
    • the holidays aftermathpinkfloyd
    • Actually, August can be ok for work itself - just don't expect any fucker to pay for it.detritus
  • Bennn21

    So we adopted a 7 years old cat from a shelter last weekend

  • BusterBoy0

    Another fucken wisdom tooth yanked out. When you look at them afterwards, it's gross thinking that thing has been in your mouth for decades.

    • Pull 'em all out!detritus
    • that's what she saidGnash
    • Ha...but it is so nice to be relieved of pain that has been going on for a few months!BusterBoy
  • PonyBoy2

    I've noticed my patience has grown as I've been placing in the money in about 7 in 10 sit-and-go c♠sh games... I tend to not do as well in real life games... wish the States would legalize more online poker sites so I don't have to deposit my money through some Chinese bank and then wait up to a month+ to receive a check... because that requires patience.

    • lol@Chinese bank
      ever heard about skrill?
      sted
    • Cory Feldman doppelgänger? Spins terrible music?PonyBoy
    • i slow play dudes like a mother fucker, but i gotta switch tables since good players figure my shit out, but by then i already have a decent amount of their chimoldero
    • I play all types of hands and 3-bet with air ... sometimes I'm the windshield and sometimes I'm the bug. I play mostly 2/5 cash games.Ramanisky2
    • always tough to put me on any specific hand.Ramanisky2
    • I'm impossible to read cuz I forget my own cards very often...pango
    • Qbn poker night?pango
    • if someone knows where to set up a room for qbners to play... I'd be therePonyBoy
    • OH snapRamanisky2
  • face_melter0

    Today I discovered that Archicad (the architecture application our office uses for drawing) can output 2D raster images at 4000dpi. Which is some mad fucking bullshit.

    Aaaaand I have just been asked to book time for three or four images for that competition project I mentioned earlier. *boke*

    • What happened to you, man? Your blog posts on ntc used to be a thing of monumental wonder. Where's the magic gone?set
    • I genuinely used to save some of your posts in my notes app simply because I enjoyed the way you wrote so muchset
    • Gobsmacked that you've been posting here and I didn't recognise you. What happened maaaannnnset
    • You're shit now. That's what you are. SHIT!set
  • HijoDMaite0

    Everything I’ve ever heard from N.E.R.D since back in the day is total garbage.

    • I feel you, had the same thought a month or so ago.oey
    • Signs your getting old threadimbecile
    • Yep. Shite.
      Love Phar though.
      Hayzilla
  • pockets2

    So I have received a complaint against me for my IP camera set up. I put cameras throughout my apartment complex due to lack of security, theft of cars and neighbors being broke into. All cameras were approved by neighboring tenants accept for one.

    The complaint is coming from a 70 year old tenant below me. A tenant ive been trying to get removed from the complex for 2 years. My Cameras are infront of my door as well as my next door neighbors door (with permission and he was given full access as well) + My bedroom window facing our parking area.

    Now i need to study California's renters rights for camera surveillance. For the time being i need to remove my cameras. Due to shots fired at me from her according to my on site manager. i will be firing back using other issues that are relevant to her:

    Dear XXX,
    This message is from Jonathan Grant located in Apartment X located at XXX. I write to inform you of the problems I am experiencing in my unit needing urgent attention steming from the unit below me (Unit #2). First, I would like to file a complaint against Karina (Unit #2) for unfit living conditions. Unit #2 has roaches emanating out of her home. In passing I have come to the conclusion Unit #2 is not only lived in but also used for storage of boxes and junk stacked almost to waist level in her home. Roaches can be found coming out of the unit into the courtyard. The owner of this unit has 3 cats and tends to leave both wet and dry food sitting out in the courtyard all night to attract bugs, stray cats, racoons and possums. Not only is this a issue but she has run out of room to store her belongings so she has started piling them behind her parking space and in her car. In passing you can see roaches in her car due to the infestation coming from her lack of cleanliness and most likely transfered the bugs to her car via belongings that have come from inside her unit.

    I have purchased over $300 of sealer for cracks, floorboards and walls. I have sealed my unit based on recommendations from other tenants as well as the on site manager Wesley. I have bought tons of supplies to use in my extermination efforts but I find this removes them from my unit for up to a month. It appears to me to get rid of such infestations you need to get rid of the from which these issues are occuring. Although my efforts have helped stopped the entry of roaches I find they are coming out of my walls and coming from the unit below me. I have talked to both tenants on either side of me and they do not have roach issues and I do. I believe the cleanliness of Unit #2 to be unfit to be lived in and it's actually causing me issues because of her lack of cleanliness. Poor housekeeping provides the place for roaches to thrive and i feel this is stemmed from Unit #2, she is jeopardizing my quality of my life.

    I am looking forward to your response to this email. I will call to ensure you have recieved this and to see what actions will be in response to my complaint.

    Thank you for your urgent action on this.

    Regards,
    XX

    thoughts?

    • Sounds like a nightmare. Might want to check the grammar/spelling, ie "you need to get rid of the from which these issues are occuring".garbage
    • yea its a draft, i wrote it pissed off and venting.. im going to clean it uppockets
    • I think it’s all very fair. Editing wise I would break each complaint out as it’s own paragraph. Don’t start with “first” unless you follow with “second” etc.monospaced
    • I also suggest offering to meet to discuss so that you seem like a nice approachable, reasonable guy which you are. It does seem a bit angry.monospaced
    • Separate your complaints about her from your concerns about her, and your concerns about your own health. Also from your expenses and cameras.monospaced
    • I’ve been in a similar, and you wouldn’t believe it, but worse situation in nyc! Crazy lady had pigeons and chickens in her place, and it was infested with MICEmonospaced
    • Just say "bed bugs" and it will be all over for the owner of the property, major fine.robotron3k
    • Move.imbecile
  • autoflavour0
  • utopian0
    • the Portuguese sounded funny-
      accurate?
      notype
    • Was kind of looking for Tyrone English.notype
    • Yes, it's pretty accuratedmay
    • "You're a fucken idiot mate" by Russell the Australian is about right.BusterBoy
  • notype0

    qoob... what's the chess website that is gray and white
    (super simple UI but nice UI... and you can play on your phone, or desktop)

    I want to play with a few friends or folks here.
    I know a few of you are on there.

    get at me!

  • BusterBoy6

    A woman at my wife’s work has quit because she refuses to work in the same office as an openly gay man. She even had the gall to ask the boss to have the guy reassigned.

    • Great. Her loss and one less cunt at the office.set
    • Is he annoyingly camp though? I don't care about sexuality, but overly mincy fuckers are intolerable. The women too.detritus
    • How do people with these pathetic prejudices actually operate on a daily basis? The logical conclusion is that she never leaves her house for fear of The Gay™.face_melter
    • Isn't The Gay contagious?Gnash
    • It is, Gnash, and I would know!

      And I agree with detritus.
      i_monk
    • Fabulously contagious.face_melter
    • get him to stand up and slow clap as she walks out with a cupboard box!mugwart
    • The Gay should get a raise from her salaryMaaku
    • ^^^ totallysection_014
    • Maybe she cant fucking stand him and it has nothing to do with him being gay. Fucking scandalstokercannonball1978
    • can't stop loling at i_monk :Dimbecile
    • She's a cunt. </thread>shellie
    • This is blog. No end thread here, ever!detritus
    • ooooh check you out Det!
      [said in the campest way possible with words on QBN]
      :)
      fadein11
    • State?
      Type of work?
      notype
    • Won't give any more details...other than to say the woman made her decision due to her religion.BusterBoy
    • She's a Cuntian?detritus
  • Fax_Benson5

    Has Quincy Jones' interview been posted?

    It's amazing.

    http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/q…

    • Be a Pisces. Jam.detritus
    • heard some bits. He dated Ivanka Trump 15 years ago, (70 and 24) and Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor would hook up. O_OHijoDMaite
    • Good interview.section_014
    • thought he came across as both hilarious, and kind of an asshole... there's a fine line between unappologetic and just kinda mean.exador1
    • he's 85. Sharper and funnier badder than most 85 year olds.Fax_Benson
    • Great interview, came across a little blinkered to good stuff happening now but i guess he doesn't hear it in his circles. But fuck that it's Quincy.fadein11
    • arrogant and ungrateful and shows little to no class.chukkaphob
    • not really arrogant, well a little but rightly so. He knows his shit and he's v.old so give him a pass.fadein11
    • I'm separating the person from the art. May I? His art was/is amazing. No doubt about that.chukkaphob
    • Also not impressed by him unnecessarily out-of -context spilling the beans on others. Sounds like a gossip-y douchebag.chukkaphob
    • Dated Ivanka? Uhm. OK. So? And did he "date her?" or just hool up with her once? Who cares anyway, but he mentions it like it means something important. Douche.chukkaphob
    • It's great because he spills the beans and tells outrageous stories and does all the things you'd hope Quincy Jones would do in an interviewFax_Benson
    • you call that "great?" meh. Outrageous? none of it is outrageous. Also, the way he speaks sounds very dumb.chukkaphob
    • nothing in the interview is worth discussing, really. I would expect a lot more insight and inspiration from someone of his stature. Really disappointing.chukkaphob
    • A bit more highbrow? Like chick of the day?Fax_Benson
    • cool.notype
    • @Fax we're talking about Quincy Jones. Yawn. This best you got? dullness.chukkaphob
  • shapesalad0

    How can I setup a twitter account entirely anonymously (I'm presuming also need an anonymous untraceable email address), and post images/message on it without it even in the slightest bit being traceable back to me? non isp traceable, location traceable, country traceable etc.

    It's to help my gf with quite a serious whistle blowing type situation ...

    • too much workpockets
    • oh hi, Jaredmonospaced
    • Is there some reason she can't contact the press on the condition of anonymity, or the police/whoever?i_monk
    • Use Tor to mask all your location and ISP details. Or if this is as serious as you claim, most major newspapers have a secure drop address.face_melter
    • NYT, Guardian etc. all have anonymous, restricted, secure, adresses you can drop files into.face_melter
    • Make sure she's read the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 before going public, because from a quick glance at it, posting something on Twitter/to the publici_monk
    • at large is not protected. She has to approach someone on the prescribed person list:i_monk
    • https://www.gov.uk/g…i_monk
    • yikes. good luck.notype
    • wikileakssofas
    • ^ lolface_melter
    • Well, not sure it's gonna help, but one idea was to spook the very guilty guy via twitter... but probably best to live and forget...shapesalad
    • If it's whistleblower material why settle for spooking?i_monk
    • You married to Stormy Daniels?BusterBoy
    • Don't want to sound like an 90 year old cunt but why not write a letter?Hayzilla
    • She knows who OMG is?Hayzilla
  • shellie6

    Scored last minute list spots to Dead Prez tonight. Fuck yeah!

    • not envious, just jealousoey
    • loved these guys_niko
    • Huh, I always remembered it being slower than this but then I checked my library and it's correct. Still a Grade A track.face_melter
    • Modern trap makes all the old tracks feel like drum and bass.Hayzilla