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The Full Dopey
Aug 6, 2001
32,413
9,424
MTB New England
'Morning. The boiler at work shut off last night, so it's frikkin FREEZING in the office this morning. Effing BRRRRRRR! My hands are freezing, making it hard to type.

Not much going on this weekend. Lots of running around tomorrow, then we pick up MBC's new toy in the afternoon. :) I'm going to have come into work Sunday to eliminate some of my backlog. :( Then I have a hockey game Sunday night.
 

rpk1988

90210
Dec 6, 2004
2,789
0
Maryland
Wow I have never posted in one of these posts because I am always in school. But isnt it cool being a teacher aide who has the internet. Haha.
 

Konabumm

Konaboner
Jun 13, 2003
4,384
87
Hollywood, Maryland, United States
My company just tossed out 15 computers, so I have been dumpster diving. Right now I'm rebuilding a 2ghz 1gb ram desktop the was tossed away.
It had everything but harddrives. So I think I'm going to make myself an FTP server for the house.
 

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
MancilG said:
Morning Monkey's

So what are the plans for the weekend?

going to see the NCCA east female volleyball championship........hot & fit college chicks in short shorts :drool:

A couple of my friends are trying to talk me into joining them on a century ride sunday.......hello, brrrr...no thanks!
 

McGRP01

beer and bikes
Feb 6, 2003
7,793
0
Portland, OR
Morning. Back at work today. Leaving early though to head down to Albany for a concert tonight. Can't wait!! :D No plans for the weekend other than working from 8a-6p both days.
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
5,245
0
Brooklyn
Morning everyone...

gonna be a busy day at work today.. but then its off to Happy Hour!!! Its my cousins Birthday so its gonna be a long fun filled night... i better nap before hand!!!!!
Sunday looks like a great day out, so after my football game I am going to head out for a ride... hopefully I can drag some friends with me
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
5,245
0
Brooklyn
Morning everyone...

gonna be a busy day at work today.. but then its off to Happy Hour!!! Its my cousins Birthday so its gonna be a long fun filled night... i better nap before hand!!!!!
Sunday looks like a great day out, so after my football game I am going to head out for a ride... hopefully I can drag some friends with me
I went past my LBS last night.. they built up my new wheel set for me. Hope Hubs with ex729 rims.. nice!!! and light too!!!!!!

have a great day
 

Greyhound

Trail Rat
Jul 8, 2002
5,065
365
Alamance County, NC
Backpedal Backpedal Backpedal........


.....Is the move one of our contractors(and a dear friend of mine to boot) is trying to do to us this morning. I designed a set of roof trusses for this guy, gave him the price, showed him what it's going to look like via our 3D-rendering program, and he was cool with that. Said his foundation was going in and framers would start on it by the end of the week, so we got the plan in motion and started building them. I've got 10 man-hours in on the design work and did a lot of wrangling to make happen what he said he wanted to have happen. I've been calling him for three days trying to get a delivery time set up, when he calls back this morning and says "Please tell me you haven't built those trusses yet..." Of course my reply was "Yes, John....that's how we make money. You give us the plans, we build them, and you pay us. Pretty simple." Well.........now he's trying to give us this spiel that the house has now gone from a spec house to a private homeowner and they're wanting to make many changes---he was beside himself and didn't know what to do. Simple defensive maneuver on his part was to then shift the blame onto us saying he never told us to make them and that he never told me his foundation was going in when he said it was, blah, blah, blah.........happens a lot when contractors make mistakes and have issues with admiting it. We had six meeting to get these details ironed out beforehand and he still insists on pulling this little stunt on us. Really pisses me off because I f*cked up and trusted this guy to do what he said he was going to do. Now we're sitting here with 5000 bucks worth of trusses that may be rendered useless because he never notified us of any changes being made to the plan. Obviously this is more of a he-said/she-said type of thing, and that never gets anyone anywhere, so I calmly told him to just chill, get with the homeowners, find out what needs to be changed, agree on it, and get back to us and we'll drop back and punt, so to speak, and figure it all out. I hate doing buisness with friends and it's a hazard of the building industry sometimes if you're in a small town, but damn.........just had to vent a little.
 

Crazy Sweeper

more COWBELL!
Jun 4, 2004
644
0
In a box
morning all! Didn't get teh car yesterday. Dealer found a few problems, won't get my audi until wednesday before thanksgiving on my way up to VT for turkey with the rents. Doing some dancing and partying this weekend. Gonna try my hand at baking a splenda pumpkin cheesecake as well. Snowboarding at okemo on sunday.
 

Crazy Sweeper

more COWBELL!
Jun 4, 2004
644
0
In a box
Greyhound said:
Make sure you use the Splenda for baking.......I've made that mistake before. :blah:
actually for cheesecake you use splenda granular, because the sugar in cheesecake is for flavor not substance (like in a traditional cake). I did the exact opposite mistake when making cookies a couple weeks ago. I used baking splenda instead of granular splenda to make cookies, man were they sweet.
 

Polandspring88

Superman
Mar 31, 2004
3,066
7
Broomfield, CO
Didn't get the GE job. Oh well, no big deal. I am still guaranteed at Perini, so I am not in too bad of shape.

As far as this weekend, I think I have a date tonight. Then tomorrow its building trails up at Highland Mountain. Sunday is going to be a suck fest as I have to read a book and start writing a 5 page book report due Tuesday as well as study for a Thermodynamics quiz.
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
5,245
0
Brooklyn
Crazy Sweeper said:
morning all! Didn't get teh car yesterday. Dealer found a few problems, won't get my audi until wednesday before thanksgiving on my way up to VT for turkey with the rents. Doing some dancing and partying this weekend. Gonna try my hand at baking a splenda pumpkin cheesecake as well. Snowboarding at okemo on sunday.
well luckily they found the problems before you brought it home...
whats up crazy.. hows the woman sitiuation going.. last I heard u had to let one of them down.. is everything good??
 

Bicyclist

Turbo Monkey
Apr 4, 2004
10,152
2
SB
Hooray! Short periods at school today! Sunday I'm racing DH at Fontana, then heading up to Cambria area for riding and relaxing for a few days.
 

kizzi77

Monkey
Aug 11, 2005
564
0
nashvegas
MancilG said:
Morning Monkey's

So what are the plans for the weekend?

Woa-hoa!!! I just finished my neuro test!!!

Oh, and this weekend...hmm...I will study ortho on the upper extremity, write a paper on "synaptic plasticity and its role of dendritic spines with information processing and behavior modification" and finish a powerpoint presentation on brachial plexus pathologies.

OK...fess up....who wishes they were me this weekend :p
 

Crazy Sweeper

more COWBELL!
Jun 4, 2004
644
0
In a box
hooples3 said:
well luckily they found the problems before you brought it home...
whats up crazy.. hows the woman sitiuation going.. last I heard u had to let one of them down.. is everything good??
The woman situation is great. I am now a one woman man. I wouldn't say we're a couple although we're seeing each other exclusively. Her greatest selling point: (besides being a gymnast, and having large breasts) she mountain bikes. She's a cool chick, I'll have to get a picture up before stosh yells at me with the TTIWWP line.
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
5,245
0
Brooklyn
Crazy Sweeper said:
The woman situation is great. I am now a one woman man. I wouldn't say we're a couple although we're seeing each other exclusively. Her greatest selling point: (besides being a gymnast, and having large breasts) she mountain bikes. She's a cool chick, I'll have to get a picture up before stosh yells at me with the TTIWWP line.
sounds great to me!!!!!!! glad to hear things are working out!!!!
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
5,245
0
Brooklyn
robdamanii said:
Morning monkeys.

Finished my technique exam, finished my classes for the day.

Weekend? Beth's coming up and it's supposed to be very cold up here. You can figure it out from there.
hope shes bringing you a portable heater so you stay warm :rolleyes:
 

Ciaran

Fear my banana
Apr 5, 2004
9,839
15
So Cal
Good morning, yo!

Heading down to San Diego tonight after work to visit the in-laws. Back home saturday night for a good round of Guinness Drinking. Heading to the Fontana race on Sunday to (maaaaayyybe) race and spread AMBP/Mt. Baldy propaganda. And drink Guinness!
 

narlus

Eastcoast Softcore
Staff member
Nov 7, 2001
24,658
63
behind the viewfinder
back from chilly St Louis, the check engine light goes on when i am driving home last night. get it checked out, nothing obvious but i am down $90 for labor. thanks!

wife's out for dinner w/ friends tonight, i am likely gonna see Echo/B-Men tomorrow night.
 

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
17,670
1,855
Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
Crazy Sweeper said:
morning all! Didn't get teh car yesterday. Dealer found a few problems, won't get my audi until wednesday before thanksgiving on my way up to VT for turkey with the rents. Doing some dancing and partying this weekend. Gonna try my hand at baking a splenda pumpkin cheesecake as well. Snowboarding at okemo on sunday.
One of the women I work with swears by Splenda for baking. Good luck...I love pumpkin cheesecake :drool: