Tell us what's happened to you recently (that's interesting)

[AndrewMyers]

Oh, and flood insurance doesn’t cover “ground water” flooding… unless you have a sump pump that failed. I don’t.

Yep. I feel your pain – got to deal with that sort of fun last year. I hate insurance companies.

[RyanMichael]

BEST. EASTER BASKET. EVAR. I love my wife so much.

[Hans_Lauring]

When I went to university my mother showed up at my apartment with an easter basket containing food, money, chocolate and beers one of the first years. I had visitors. They were envious.

[Rward]

Aren’t there any black people in South Africa?

5 of them are South Africans, the rest are from all over the world (mostly Canada).

Maybe black people never applied?
I dunno…

[Bill_Dungsroman]

I had some free time today and I decided to spend it showing my Medical Assistants how much I appreciate them:

Easter Baskets for them all!

[Lorini]

Lots of sports related stuff going on today. The opening day of baseball, the Tiger Woods news conference, the finals of the men’s college basketball tournament and the usual ‘wtf is wrong with the Lakers’ handwringing in the the LA sports blogs. Gotta love it!

[Mightynute]

Heard on the radio this morning “Does rain on opening day predict a lackluster season for the Kansas City Royals?”

The obvious response: “Being the Kansas City Royals predicts a lackluster season for the Kansas City Royals.”

I still have yet to figure out why midwesterners don’t know how to drive effectively in the rain.

[JonRowe]

Damn! This is the one you JUST got? The one you told us about interviewing for and were all excited about? That really sucks. What kind of school was it? Do you teach high school? What subject? I’m sure you’ve said all this elsewhere, so I’m sorry for having to ask.

No, this was just some contract IT job, it was supposed to be short term, but I didn’t think it would be this short term.

[Alistair]

Easter Baskets for them all!

Is Sam a man? His basket is taller, and a darker pink. And he’s not called Sammy.

[Balasarius]

Well, my finished basement was flooded this week–where my PC was located, among lots of other stuff. You may have seen some of the pics and video coming out of RI & Mass this week.
Now that the water is out and has finally stopped seeping in, I’ve ripped out the carpeting and started cutting out saturated drywall and insulation.

Oh, and flood insurance doesn’t cover “ground water” flooding… unless you have a sump pump that failed. I don’t.

I’m a fish out of water w/out my basement as I practically lived down there: PC, home theater, gym…my passions.

Other than that, nothing interesting going on here…

I’ve been there… Mother’s Day flood of ‘06, I believe it was. 1" of water in our finished basement, where all of our computer equipment was. “Once in a hundred year rainfall” they said. Next year, some random nor’ easter comes through and the exact same thing happens again. JFC.

We gave up on the basement. Replaced the rug with one of those rust-o-leum acryllic floorings and some cheapo area rugs. Put the furniture on blocks, and moved the computers to the loft.

As luck would have it, it never flooded again. But we moved out in August '09. I’m sure it flooded again with the two storms in March.

I seriously used to have nightmares about it. Fucking sucked. I’ve probably even posted about it here, now that I think about it.

[Demon_G_Sides]

Is Sam a man? His basket is taller, and a darker pink. And he’s not called Sammy.

Sam can be a girl’s name too. My ex-gf hated being called Sam, but that was what a lot of people called her.

[robsam]

My friend has a daughter named Samantha, sometimes he calls her “Manth”. I don’t get it either.

[Brendan]

Since Eugene Terre’blance was brutally slaughtered by black farm labourers idiots have started emerging from the woodwork en mass from both sides of the racial divide. Interesting times.

[Rward]

Since Eugene Terre’blance was brutally slaughtered by black farm labourers idiots have started emerging from the woodwork en mass from both sides of the racial divide. Interesting times.

I don’t reckon much will happen. The AWB initially said they will retaliate violently but have retracted that and said there will not be any violence from their part.

I think the first ‘announcement’ was an emotional knee jerk reaction by a close friend of Terre’blance. The AWB spokesman then came and said they will not react violently.

What is worrying is at the same time Julius Malema (president of the ANC Youth League) is in Zimbabwe being hosted by the ZANU-PF youth league and is getting more and more vocal of his (Julius) support for the land grabbing methods used by Mugabe.

[jpinard]

Today I went to a viewing for a friend from college who died last week at age 43. He was a larger than life character – known as the social director of our floor at the dorm – and I’ll admit I was kind of proud when this really popular college sophomore pulled out his Dungeons & Dragons books & invited me, the typical high school nerd & college freshman, to play with his group Sunday nights.

I went to his wedding about 10 years ago, & although we were in the same geographical area, we just lost contact. Strangely, a lot of his high school friends – who I only recognized vaguely – had also been out of contact with him for a while. I guess he suffered a traumatic brain injury from an accident a few years ago, and died fairly suddenly from some complication related to that. They still aren’t sure what happened.

Jpinard, I know you were in Mosher-Jordan 5th floor in the '86-'88 time frame, although I think you lived on that all guy’s wing, which was cool & all, if you were into guys. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Not sure if you knew Tad, but the guy was Qt3 material to the core, & his death makes me reflective & hopefully more appreciative of friends & communities like this. I’m ambivalent if anything carries on after death, but if there is something, I hope there’s an otherworldy D&D group that could use a max/minning thief/mage. Condolences to your family & friends, & here’s a toast to you, Tad.

I was on Mojo 1988 (Fall) -1990 (spring). The floor I was on was co-ed. I’m trying to remember a Tad, but I’m not sure I do.

[frank_austin]

I seem to have finally beaten off a nasty eye infection that was actually threatening to claim the vision in my left eye. I’m thrilled it’s gone, but my vision still isn’t 100%. At least I can drive at night again!

[tiohn]

I found out today that I did in fact meet the requirements of completion for the Mathematics Honors program when I graduated in December, so now I’ve got something else to put on my apparently useless resume!

[GuildBoss]

I’ve been there… Mother’s Day flood of ‘06, I believe it was. 1" of water in our finished basement, where all of our computer equipment was. “Once in a hundred year rainfall” they said. Next year, some random nor’ easter comes through and the exact same thing happens again. JFC.

We gave up on the basement. Replaced the rug with one of those rust-o-leum acryllic floorings and some cheapo area rugs. Put the furniture on blocks, and moved the computers to the loft.

As luck would have it, it never flooded again. But we moved out in August '09. I’m sure it flooded again with the two storms in March.

I seriously used to have nightmares about it. Fucking sucked. I’ve probably even posted about it here, now that I think about it.

Yup, this was New England’s worst in 200 years but I’m not taking any chances. Already had decent tile down that we covered with wall2wall thick cushion and Berber carpet when we moved in but that was for the toddlers when we had toddlers. Going with cheap-o throw rugs this time.

I spend a lot of time down there so I need to rebuild and make it somewhat comfortable though. Home theater and PC will remain but we’re going VERY Spartan and tossing a lot of shit out (mostly toys and other crap we’ve accumulated).

As for rebuilding, we’re going with pressure-treated wood, cheap-o paneling, moisture barriers around the insulation, a sump pump, improved drainage, etc. Honestly, I think if we had a sump pump and better drainage we might not have had any water, or very little, but even so all it takes is an inch and you’re screwed (as you know).

[Mightynute]

Work story from just now. Well, a few minutes ago because I have been laughing so hard I may have cried a little. Manly tears, you understand.

So as I’ve mentioned before, I work for the VFW. To be eligible for membership, you need three things:

1. US citizenship
2. Honorable service in the U.S. Armed Forces (this is important in the story to follow)
3. Service in a foreign conflict as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces (this had to be clarified because we have had a rash of “contractors” trying to claim eligibility)

SO - I get this email, and while I usually have between 20-50 applications or queries a day that I have to say “no” to, usually they’re very simple. “I never served overseas, am I eligible?” “I was in the Merchant Marines, am I eligible?” “I just got back from Iraq but I haven’t finished my naturalization as a citizen, can I join or do I have to wait?” - all procedural stuff. But this guy…

I am write for membership Veterans of Foreign War. I have been told no before and now am asking of you for acceptance. I am serve twenty year colonel Soviet Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence. I serve Berlin at 1961 December until 1970 March. Your website is saying Berlin service makes eligible for membership. This January I make U.S. citizenship and am happy for membership in Veterans of Foreign War. Please send all appropriate paperwork.

Out of curiosity, I google the guy’s name - first thing to pop up is an article from a newspaper in his hometown in Florida talking about his naturalization as a US citizen and the party they had in his nursing home for him.

So yeah, standard boilerplate response of “Service in the military of other countries does not meet our eligibility requirements…” - but what I wish I could say was “Yes, occupation service in West Berlin does qualify a veteran to join, but you have to have been on our side!”

I’m thinking at least 50-50 chance it’s a prank, unless this guy got the Incredible Hulk to transcribe his email for him, but that’s been today’s laugh.

“I am serve twenty year colonel Soviet Armed Forces…”

[Jag]

Just received a series of 20 emails from our office admin assistant who was forwarded prnopgraphic pictures of a young lady (who has had some contact with our company) along with detailed stories of lesbian encounters.

In the interest of professionalism, I had to review the material several times to ascertain that it did not pose a threat to the company. I then dutifully reported this to our CEO who requested the pictures after I responded affirmatively to the query “How’d she look?”