[Greyhound]

Good Morning!!!

Moar coffee......hard to get the motivation wagon started this morning. Cranking, but not turning over.

Solved my weed eater dilemma - bought the Kobalt 40-volt electric doo-dad. It charged in a half-hour and I did my whole 3/4 acre - including pump track, with not a problem.

Thumbs up.

 

[Serial Midget]

Hmmm. I almost started a proper Wing Dinged GMT but, since I don't have a yard and wouldn't maintain it if I did, Ima go trail riding in the mountains instead.

Also 12 more work days until the end. Soon I will be counting the minutes.

 

[Nick]

Cool rainy night = first good night sleep in a week.
I need to ride more often and just exhaust myself.

 

[Adventurous]

Cool rainy night = first good night sleep in a week.
I need to ride more often and just exhaust myself.

Thinking I might go for a pedal this afternoon at White Ranch if you aren't doing something stupid like working past 6pm. You know, if the weather holds out and all.

 

[Adventurous]

Hmmm. I almost started a proper Wing.Dinged GMT but, since I don't have a yard and wouldn't maintain it if I did, Ima go trail riding in the mountains instread.

Also 12 more work days until the end. Soon I will be counting the minutes.

Musta missed it. End = retirement?

 

[StiHacka]

FTS is strong this morning. I am tired, thankfully rain later today will likely spare me the embarrassment of skipping a ride on a fine day. Is it Friday yet??

 

[Serial Midget]

Musta missed it. End = retirement?

Yes, my tolerance for pants and shoes declined slowly over time then all at once.

 

[Adventurous]

Mornin!

Bike's in the truck and hopefully the weather will cooperate today. These afternoon storms are killing my plans.

Here's a sunset picture from last week's vacation to start off this Thursday.

IMG_2492 by Tim Souza, on Flickr

 

[Yossarian]

yesterday's Hangover is gone thanks to a couple of sours from Torched Hop. Todays car troubles began with my car not starting and then my daughters car is steaming and smelling like antifreeze, Hoping that my car is just a bad batter, since it is 5-6 years old. Daughters car will go to my trusted mechanic for the obvious issues, an oil change and brake check.

 

[Greyhound]

Yes, my tolerance for pants and shoes declined slowly over time then all at once.

This should be on a bumper sticker.

 

[roflbox]

Friday eve, plan for the weekend is volleyball Friday, bikes Saturday and Sunday

 

[stoney]

Here. Fell asleep at 7pm, woke up at 6am; still tired.

I've found out a LOT more about how I fit into my team's stats and apparently I carry the weight of two people when it comes to most of the important ones. My patience with no promotion or raise last year is getting progressively shorter and shorter. If I wasn't already planning around the month long paternity leave in Dec, I likely would be looking to leave outright at this point. Hopefully I can find something within the company so I can get a raise/promotion sooner than not.

 

[stoney]

Mornin!

Bike's in the truck and hopefully the weather will cooperate today. These afternoon storms are killing my plans.

You've been here how long?

 

[I Are Baboon]

Hey. I averaged 20.3 mph on my road ride last, which was kind of cool. Currently sitting on a software demo webex being led by three guys with thick foreign accents. I understand about every third word. This is brutal.

 

[Nick]

Hey. I averaged 20.3 mph on my road ride last, which was kind of cool

Alone or in a group??
that's fast, you know.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Alone or in a group??
that's fast, you know.

Alone. I did a loop around town. I was at 21.7 halfway through. The wind giveth, the wind taketh away. 21.5 miles.

 

[StiHacka]

Currently sitting on a software demo webex being led by three guys with thick foreign accents. I understand about every third word. This is brutal.

Can you guess their nationalities?

 

[mantispf2000]

PAY DAY!!! Wife's check $999 more than mine! Guess it was due to the day they had during Celebrity Golf......

Also means next week's overnighter to Mammoth won't be such a drain on any remaining finances we'll have after bill paying.

And NASCAR......

 

[rideit]

Frost/vapor coming off of my breath on my ride last night. Summer is SO short here...but it felt great.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Can you guess their nationalities?

Ukrainian? Wait... Belarusian? Croatian?



Gonna need moar coffee!

 

[Pesqueeb]

Asymmetric wingdings are a bad start to my day.

 

[Adventurous]

And the short cube debacle continues!

V1: Short cubes for everyone on the floor.
V2: Frosted glass dividers placed on corner cubes and people near printers. Facilities was surprised to hear that short cubes were distracting, louder, and more people were wearing headphones and chatting.
V3: Additional frosted glass dividers being added to cubes along the main aisles citing distractions and awkward eye contact with passerbys.

 

[roflbox]

And the short cube debacle continues!

V1: Short cubes for everyone on the floor.
V2: Frosted glass dividers placed on corner cubes and people near printers. Facilities was surprised to hear that short cubes were distracting, louder, and more people were wearing headphones and chatting.
V3: Additional frosted glass dividers being added to cubes along the main aisles citing distractions and awkward eye contact with passerbys.

haha, beautiful

 

[Greyhound]

Asymmetric wingdings are a bad start to my day.

It's a new phase in my life...asymmetry.

Noticed that on the little island of lettuce that tries to grow on my dome, the left side(which I'm assuming is the most southeast-facing portion of my head) tends to grow a bit stronger than the right. So, it hit me...nature isn't always symmetrical and maybe this is a sign (...other than one of male-pattern baldness), so why should I try and conform to societal norms and make my wingdings the same on each side?

...but now that I know what really sets you guys off..

~~Assymetrical Wing-Ding ALL the things!!~~~~

 

[SkaredShtles]

This asymmetrical nonsense is UNACCEPTABLE!!

 

[StiHacka]

And the short cube debacle continues!

V1: Short cubes for everyone on the floor.
V2: Frosted glass dividers placed on corner cubes and people near printers. Facilities was surprised to hear that short cubes were distracting, louder, and more people were wearing headphones and chatting.
V3: Additional frosted glass dividers being added to cubes along the main aisles citing distractions and awkward eye contact with passerbys.

You got cubes? Lucky! We have one of the modern stupid open spaces with rows of desks, no dividers whatsoever. I can hear when someone 50ft away farts a juicy one. They are sending eleventy billionty decibels of white noise from the ceiling in order to prevent people from completely losing their minds.

 

[rockofullr]

Anyone been to Zacatecas Mexico? I'm gonna be stuck there for a few days next week.

Also, behold this ridiculous berm gap

 

[Adventurous]

You got cubes? Lucky! We have one of the modern stupid open spaces with rows of desks, no dividers whatsoever. I can hear when someone 50ft away farts a juicy one. They are sending eleventy billionty decibels of white noise from the ceiling in order to prevent people from completely losing their minds.

You guys probably have so much collaboration and synergy and ideation. Totally drilling down and thinking outside the box to impact your core competency so you can amplify bandwidth to move the needle on low-hanging fruit.

 

[Nick]

You guys probably have so much collaboration and synergy and ideation. Totally drilling down and thinking outside the box to impact your core competency so you can amplify bandwidth to move the needle on low-hanging fruit.

I need to make amplifying my bandwidth a new action item...

 

[SkaredShtles]

You guys probably have so much collaboration and synergy and ideation. Totally drilling down and thinking outside the box to impact your core competency so you can amplify bandwidth to move the needle on low-hanging fruit.

I want to find out what sort of University of Retard these mgmt types are going to where they teach this same bullshit to all of them.

'Cause you know what IT-type folks love? Lots of interaction with other humans... esp humans they don't really want to be friends or hang out with, much less make small-talk.

Bring back the actual office. With a door. Fuck.

 

[Adventurous]

I need to make amplifying my bandwidth a new action item...

Better yet, make it one of your yearly performance goals.

 

[Nick]

Better yet, make it one of your yearly performance goals.

brilliant, I will log that as a KPI.

 

[canadmos]

In the office, hung over. But hey, at least I have a door on my office.

 

[stoney]

Debating selling the M and getting a 3 y/o A4 Avant and a Stasis tune and suspension... I need a better hobby.

 

[Adventurous]

In the office, hung over. But hey, at least I have a door on my office.

Most of the work I get done on a daily basis takes place behind closed doors too.

 

[StiHacka]

You guys probably have so much collaboration and synergy and ideation. Totally drilling down and thinking outside the box to impact your core competency so you can amplify bandwidth to move the needle on low-hanging fruit.

Wow, slam dunk, right out of the left field! Thanks for heads up, I think it's huddle time now. The finish line is in sight!

 

[SkaredShtles]

Debating selling the M and getting a 3 y/o A4 Avant and a Stasis tune and suspension... I need a better hobby.

You mean like riding your fucking BIKE?

 

[stoney]

You mean like riding your fucking BIKE?

I ain't got time for that!

 

[Westy]

Going through a vendor proposal .ppt. last page had a url that was an inserted image. Not a hotlink, not text, a fuggin graphic. I would like to nominate them for jonkranked's kill list.

 

[6thElement]

Thinking I might go for a pedal this afternoon at White Ranch if you aren't doing something stupid like working past 6pm. You know, if the weather holds out and all.

What time are you planning to be at the trailhead? Wife and I will drive across and meet. @Nick you should join.

Hopefully the t-storm didn't eff up Belcher too much