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- mg330
How many of you using desktop computers have them powered by a UPS? It has been so long since I had one, got a new iMac last week and realized, ah... yep, one more thing to buy. I don't want to return to the days of power outages losing anything I'm working on.
- detritus0
Just had a gadgie in picking up some wedding-related cuts for his daughter. We're having a chat and he drops in "..and my daughter has a little cockapoo..", which if - like me - you have no idea what a 'cockapoo' is describes any number of mental images and inappropriate follow-up questions to not ask a proud father.
It's a dog cross-breed. My brain work that out just quick enough.
- "gadgie" - hahah love itrobthelad
- shit - i've just looked up a google image search for 'cockapoo' - turns out it's the mutt my folks have got, though theirs is a pound mongrel. odd wee thing.detritus
- It's not a cock full of poo?set
- gadgie?Gnash
- old bloke (or nutter, depending upon where you're from)detritus
- Hayzilla0
Argggh.
If I hear the name Harvey Weinstein again this week I'm gonna...- Harvey Weinsteinset
- lets hope he can read without saying the wordsFax_Benson
- it's to break the monotony from hearing Trump's name so damn muchmoldero
- https://www.youtube.…Gnash
- All week! Every news bulletin and front page of every website. It's like he was the fucking pope and not a Hollywood Executive.Hayzilla
- he was the pope of beverly hillsGnash
- Even his wife has abandonded him. The only person supporting him is ... Linz Lohan.BustySaintClaire
- I had to google who Harvey Weinstein is. Never heard of Harvey Weinstein until I read this post. Not been reading the news lately so didn't see Harvey Weinsteinset
- ...in the spotlight. Now I who Harvey Weinstein is I concur that Harvey Weinstein is a Harvey Weinsteinset
- If you say his name three times in front of a mirror he magically appears and fucks your mouth.face_melter
- lol facemonospaced
- stoplying0
Serious question for any amateur bakers out there:
What should I add to my oatmeal raisin cookies if they're too dry? More butter?- less cooking time?hans_glib
- turns out you were right: http://www.quakeroat…hans_glib
- bake them at a lower altitude. what's your sea level?Gnash
- sea?Fax_Benson
- ya, most recipes are designed for sea level.Gnash
- so he may have to move to get the cookies rightGnash
- Close to C Level. Maybe put them on the lower rack of the oven? The BROILER?!stoplying
- :)Gnash
- you may have used too much flour (sometimes when you scoop the flour with the measuring cup it compacts it_. better to spoon it into the cupGnash
- Add a bit more sugar and butter -- it's that combo that makes them tenderGnash
- Nice! Thanks Gnash!stoplying
- kona0
just thinking out loud from something i saw earlier in the day.
the kids and i drive past this construction site everyday. but today there was a rat patrol truck out front with 4-5 union workers perhaps... picketing - protesting - the construction site while sitting in lawn chairs.
I thought... should i yell at them to get a job? should i tell them to get up off their asses and stand? should i yell at them that all workers matter?
if i were to post this on facebook with any one of those phrases above i'd be eviscerated. yet, an nfl player can't kneel in protest of oppression.
to that i say ha.
- what is Rat Patrol -- is it a pest management company? i'm confused.Gnash
- When I was a kid, they drove VW bugs with actual ears and tails on them.mg33
- http://media.voiture… LOL I can totally remember seeing these all the time in the 80s.mg33
- fave tv show of mine as a kidGnash
- https://images-na.ss…Gnash
- the 'rat patrol' is a union organization that drives around protesting construction sites that have hired non-union workers. could be a non-union electriciankona
- ^ ah, I get it now. thanks.Gnash
- or concrete service or whatever. but they're generally dilholes who do nothing but piss off the people working the sites and cause havok for traffic.kona
- wow, that's kinda mean - shaming seems so juvenileGnash
- pretty muchkona
- If I were in that union I'd be pissed to see my dues go to buying a vehicle dedicated to this.i_monk
- LOL the rat's name is SCABBYstoplying
- Whenever I read about this kind of union fuckery I am always reminded of the sloppy bastards from Last Exit To Brooklyn.face_melter
- pockets0
if you get hired at a job full time, discuss wages verbally and agree on a hourly wage then find out 3 months later you've been shorted $1.50 per hour can you sue? nothing was in writing.
chances of winning?
- not written will be hard to fight. can you ask what happened first and see if it was an oversight on another department?capn_ron
- came up with excuses and said "im positive we said -$1.50 less then was agreed to" i responded i disagree. waiting for a follow up meetingpockets
- ive been blown off 3 times, #3 being 25min agopockets
- with all due respect, the extra $100 a paycheck (after taxes) may not be worth losing the job or making people upset over.kona
- it sucks for sure. that extra $100 can do a lot, i know it would for me, but don't rock the boat right?!kona
- actually now its over a grand in back paypockets
- damnkona
- definitely rock the boat if it has been rocking the entire time you've been there. you also should have been more vigilant in reviewing your wages.imbecile
- if it was a true mistake, there should be a discussion. if he's holding firm, that's a poor personality trait to have as a superiorimbecile
- mg330
Thought I'd give Tom Petty a try today. Nope. Not my jam at all.
- Hahahadetritus
- oh we got a cool guy heresince1979
- He was the soundtrack to many road trips.monospaced
- Give Tom Petty a try? Have you never heard his stuff before? Even old Heartbreakers shit?stoplying
- I've been indifferent to him for as long as I've known who he was. I've heard his songs plenty but never intentionally.mg33
- listened to some songs in spotify... i'm with you mg, not for meOBBTKN
- don't come around here no morehotroddy
- Nobody should take any offense... he's like a variety of musicians - I respect their career but just don't care for their music.mg33
- Would be fun to see a documentary about him. I like stuff like that. I'm not really a Wilco fan but their doc is one of the best music docs out there.mg33
- Are you in luck.
4 hour doc on Netflix.DRIFTMONKEY - fuck that shit.oey
- Ha @ drift monkey!mg33
- bklyndroobeki0
There needs to be a QBN thread called "Want my art?" so much good stuff. For sale, or trade, whatever. My walls are bare. Halp!
- Totally agreeeryx
- https://media.giphy.…GuyFawkes
- good ideaOBBTKN
- Maaku1
I've only done a 5k once in my life.
Yesterday I signed up for the Spartan Race, totally different but fuck it, I've always liked a good workout. Doing it as an individual.
It's in 3 weeks and I need to train. That should keep me busy from overthinking stuff.
Has anyone done obstacle courses? How was it?
- Al_dizzle6
Went to a concert last night, solo. Met a girl who was also there solo. We danced and flirted and at the end of the show when she suggested we have more drinks... I literally turned and ran. Because I'm married and I shouldn't have been flirting in the first place.
I can still smell her perfume though.
- lol, well, you did good.Maaku
- hehe... bad for flirting, but that means you're still aliveOBBTKN
- i still remember the perfume of a girl... what a girl... but i was married tooOBBTKN
- Dude wash your cloths now and take a shower. You don't want to be answering those questions.eryx
- better burn those clothes and drinks your wife's perfume...OBBTKN
- haha, I met someone gorgeous a couple of weeks ago who was utterly wonderful and with whom i clicked with completely.
I've not felt so bad in years.detritus - Not going to lie, it felt good to know 'i've still got it', whatever i believe 'it' ever was.detritus
- http://www.youtube.c…mg33
- there's nothing wrong with flirting... it's when it goe further the trouble startshans_glib
- burn your clothes and burn this postRamanisky2
- lol great story!sureshot
- burn everythingBennn
- LOL mg33Al_dizzle
- lawyer up + hit the gymernexbcn
- No harm and you did the right thing by leaving. Ladies do it ALL THE TIME! Flirt that is, married or otherwise.ETM
- burn your clothes.
stick lit matches up your nose to burn your nose hairs.
burn your computer.
mg33. burn the qbn server.
*dives out windowkona - lol. eh, great story. sometimes it's nice to know you're still alive.kona
- Call Kim and ask him to nuke the planet, now is a good time. Nuking the Earth is your only way out, otherwise she'll find out.Bennn
- You surely have at least 1 atom of that girl somewhere and your wife will find it.Bennn
- Been their dude.
: )ideaist - been whose dude?sarahfailin
- Lolz sarahfailin...
...Been THERE dude.ideaist - She wasnt into you. Nice imagination thosince1979
- Did you have the ring on or not? She's a mean bitch if you did. You're like a trophy for them.Maaku
- TROPHY! LOLpango
- "Dear Diary, I think hubby is cheating so I set up a honey trap to test him. Failed faster than a starving bear in winabago."monoboy
- You got carried away and came to your senses and you bailed.
Nothing technically happenedmugwart - now going to talk about her in your sleep.notype
- "You surely have at least 1 atom of that girl somewhere" lol at commentscannonball1978
- That's how they turn lesbianzaq
- You are technically in the clear, good job taking off before it went further.eryx
- al-jizzle...oey
- Lol... and homepage! Hope your wife don't check your browser...OBBTKN
- i have literally stopped going out for reason like this... i aint no casanova but i always end up in situations where the best plan is to fuck outta there...necromation
- Keep it for the "wank bank" mate, never cross the line, good lad.mrAtor
- Maybe you missed the biggest wonder in your life. Maybe it was meant to be, you might regret this move in the future, maybe that was you last chance to bliss :pBeeswax
- i_monk2
Making roasted butternut squash, carrot and ginger soup for dinner. Right now. Because I can't get anyone to hire me. So bored.
- BK1
I just found out I produce 447.5% more sperm and 1/3 more volume of semen then the average man.
No big deal.
- Fleshlights come with analyzers now?Gnash
- https://i.imgur.com/…pablo28
- freedom0
Does anyone use Linux?
- bezoar0
I had went to a Reproductive Specialist about a month ago for semen analysis. I was led to down long hallway into a small room. Dark wood furniture, slate colored wallpaper, floral arrangement, vanity sink, dark leather love seat, small stack of magazines in the end table drawer, large flatscreen t.v. with dvd player. While I appreciated the supplied materials, I had already cued up my own vid selection on my phone. It was a good session.
Today I went to the same building, but was brought to a different room a mere 15 ft from the front desk. White walls, white tile floor. "Hospital Art" on the walls, light tan leather love seat, a huge stack of light blue absorbent pads, a jumbled basket of specimen jars and a clipboard carefully placed on top of the magazines. NO fucking signal to visit Krystal Boyd's greatest hits. 'Twas a bit nostalgic jerkin it raw to a penthouse.
Later had blood drawn in the next room over.
- *queuedbezoar
- I've got two of those fun times coming up in the next four months, except post-vasectomy not pre-baby-making.mg33
- I did a fertility test several years ago and told my wife I spent an hour or so in the room because they had such great variety of videos.mg33
- They literally had a TV with probably 15+ on-demand porn libraries and channels.mg33
- ha! you scored the masturbation suitebezoar
- another detail of today: the trashcan was about 75% full and smelled of jizzbezoar
- honestly though, i have the better end of this ordeal. my wife will be going through a lot.bezoar
- no robots? lame!scarabin
- See post on previous page about the massive amount of sperm I produce.BK
- Nutter0
Finding out the problem with sending html mails for job applications is the always present risk of getting sorted as spam.
So trying to learn what causes this and editing the html mail to go through. Always feels weird when you have to call to ask if they actually have recieved the job application.
Anyone have any experience in getting mails through spam filters?
- It's a crapshoot mate.Hayzilla
- Don't send HTML mails, just link to an HTML page instead?detritus
- I've been more lucky with recruiters than sending in mails myself.Maaku
- ^ when you first posted about this I was going to ask how you avoided the spam filtersGnash
- I've had more luck using a service like mailchimp to avoid spam filters. Whatever they do seems to work better for some reasonGnash
- try uploading you design there and try that out as a testGnash
- thanks gnash I try thatNutter
- Hayzilla0
Is this the couple from the head turn meme?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/it…
- detritus0
I've just read somewhere that someone has had great success charging clients $3k to make them SquareSpace sites.
- well done themhans_glib
- I freelance at a place that does them for £5kset
- *reëvaluates everything*detritus
- Big difference between using squarespace as a base... customising, populating and managing it, as opposed to simply handing over a default theme... to be fairset
- I've charged £1k to do sqaurespace sites a few times now. The amount of time spent on creating and managing it, in the end I think I probably undercharged..set
- ^ are you using the developer version ?Gnash
- Yes sirset
- I can see a 3K charge. I don't think it's as easy as it soundsGnash
- I helped a friend set up an SS site a couple of years back and found it fiddly, but once you've got a process flow going..? Not easy cash, but not exactly not.detritus
- well a week of sorting content, preparing images talking to client etc. No matter if you have it developed by someone or use sqs. If you manage, you get the $mekk
- bliznutty-6
i feed my dog her eye boogers - she loves them!