dwinn
5381
Yes and sadly yes. We’d been in the hospital since Friday, so I passed a bunch of the downtime listening to the Qt3 games podcasts, so thanks Tom and guests for the entertainment. I’m still waiting to find out more about Gordon Cameron’s DangerCats.
The first message in my inbox today was from my bossman: “Please delete that last message”.
I figured he wanted to wipe our facebook inbox conversation regarding to some work matter for security purposes. But, no, he did send me a message after that. Something meant for his wife. Oh god, I am now traumatized for life.
I deleted it. When I got to the office, I did not give him any shit about it.
Congratulations on your pending raise!
Aleck
5385
I saw two amusing game-related license plates today during my 30 minute commute.
The first, on a cream colored Miata, read “MRIO KRT”
The second was on a dark colored (black or grey) Audi, and was in the front, mounted as a European plate. It looked real, and read “IPWN NüBS.” Sadly, it actually took me a second to get the joke – I just wasn’t expecting it on a really expensive, shiny new car.
At work today, the computer flagged a client for having exceeded his credit limit: They were listed as owing us $40 Quadrillion; that is forty thousand trillion US Dollars. The IT department was having a very bad day.
EDIT: Turns out I forgot three zeroes, so it was actually $40 Quintillion (i.e. forty million trillion)
Hah! We have message recall and it rocks.
Nellie
5388
Just been asked if I want to be a “professional” beekeeper helping out a commercial guy nearby over the summer. Money isn’t great but the opportunity and the experience is too good to pass up so hopefully it’ll come together, will find out more on Sunday.
We sort of have that. Someone used it once and all it did was alert everyone to open that email he sent immediately because it must contain something awesome.
Jojo
5390
Oh come on Roger, you meanie. Now you have to tell us what was in the message!
Yeah it’s not like any of us know who you are.
— Alan
Sign of getting old: yesterday I was playing with the dogs, racing around the yard throwing them sticks. Then, during a particularly devious feint, I forgot about the large piece of timber lying by the driveway, kicked it hard with my left foot, went flying and landed on the dog, twisting said foot yet again.
Needless to say, the dog wasn’t amused. My foot’s swollen up and I can’t walk. This was 10 days after I fractured my right little toe as well. My wife gets back this afternoon after a few days on a work trip, so she’s going to wonder what the hell I’ve been up to.
That thread of Tom’s about whether we wear shoes? I think I’m going to start wearing them more.
Yes, there is some semblance of normality to me you’ll be pleased to hear. We have two dogs, a German Shepherd called Dogmatix, and a Border Collie / Kelpie cross named Kira. Matix is the clown, Kira is the cunning leader. Predictably enough, Matix was the one I landed on.
And yes, they both know we have several large crocodiles on the property, but they’re used to them now.
Rimbo
5395
Hahahaha! Right, I remember Dogmatix and some of the dog discussion from the podcast now.
And that is an awesome dog name.
My GF has a kelpie mix. Awesome dogs.
If I take a trip to B-Rizzle (yes, it’s called that now), can I buy honey from you?
Shit, Rimbo, I have tears in my eyes from laughing at that GIF.
