Re: In Which We Brag About Our Petty Accomplishments
I have a fancy newish toilet that does not use a ballcock assembly. Flapper was actually the techincal term for the bit I replaced.
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Re: In Which We Brag About Our Petty Accomplishments
I got a jury duty summons for August 31, which was supposed to be the last day of my vacation, so I un-requested the day off work and cancelled the last night's hotel reservation.
But then my mom is coming out in middle-September, and I was like, we better hope they don't put me on a jury that goes that long, because it would fuck her trip. Having jury duty during her visit wouldn't be the end of the world, and might actually even been cool cuz it's closer to home and shorter hours, but she is coming out specifically for "take your parents to work day" (don't laugh, she is thrilled, and of course so am I). I was thinking if I could coerce a friend into babysitting her for me, or if we would just shine it and have a good trip anyway. But then she says "you can always ask for a postponement."
I was like, Seriously?
So I went to the website and it was easy as shit, I just had to pick another date so I now have jury duty on September 14. So then I re-requested the day off work and un-cancelled the hotel.
Then I booked us tickets for the Hearst Castle tour.
What of that shit is the petty accomplishment is left as an exercise for the reader.
Re: In Which We Brag About Our Petty Accomplishments
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But then my mom is coming out in middle-September, and I was like, we better hope they don't put me on a jury that goes that long, because it would fuck her trip.
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I just had to pick another date so I now have jury duty on September 14.
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What of that shit is the petty accomplishment is left as an exercise for the reader.
Re: In Which We Brag About Our Petty Accomplishments
I was walking around outside near my office and this random dudebro says to me, "I saw some people eating ice cream. Where can we get ice cream?" Without hesitation and with complete confidence, I said the name of the closest place with ice cream (which was very close) and pointed him in the right direction.
A successful impromptu interaction with another person!
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Forget equilibrium! I spent the rest of the afternoon on a high that came from repeatedly replaying the interaction in my head and affirming that there is absolutely nothing I should have done or said differently. That shit's better than heroin.
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My thermostat stopped working, and flashed a "Low Batt" message. So I figured, okay, I'll just replace the batteries. Damned thing didn't come back on, and kept telling me the batteries were low even though I knew they were fresh. So Mrs. Puppet calls for yet another home warranty service call, since the thermostat was obviously fuXX0red.
I didn't want to wait 4-5 days for some technician bozo to come out before we had A/C again, so from work I did some simple googling. I found a couple different sites claiming that you could just turn the batteries backward to force the thermostat to shut down completely, wait 5-15 seconds (instructions were inconsistent here), then reinsert the batteries properly.
Worked like a goddamned charm. In the space of about 5 minutes of intarweb searching and maybe 30 seconds of battery fiddling, I took our A/C system from uselessness to full function. Damn but I'm smrt.
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I had successful impromptu interactions with two of the kids who live on my block within one week. And they both said they like my rusted out old car, which I still can't quite figure.
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"freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."
- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
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We had a large tree in our back yard taken back to about 12 feet.
Sou and I cut, split and stacked all the wood over the last few days. This involved using the chainsaw, table saw and wood splitter - three fairly dangerous machines. All the work was done without any major injuries
Now we have a shitload of wood drying for next year.
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My dad loves Lagerfeld cologne. A very specific vintage that is no longer widely available. (I don't count finding a few bottles left on Amazon widely available.) Please can you get your cousin to make a bunch just for my dad.
Re: In Which We Brag About Our Petty Accomplishments
Seriously?
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