In Which We Brag About Our Petty Accomplishments

[lisarea]

I didn't have a hair clip or elastic or anything on me, so I did a twisting trick to put it up about five hours ago and then forgot about it, and the bun is still intact.

[beyelzu]

Got my my biochem gre score back, 74th percentile. I'm really weak in cell bio which I knew (50th percentile), I don't dig eukaryotes. Now to apply to a masters program after Xmas.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by beyelzu

I don't dig eukaryotes.

fuck you too buddeh

[Ymir's blood]

No, I think he's on to something. Elimination of the eukaryotes would be like the Bestest Christmas Evar!

[Ymir's blood]

It is once again possible to see the couch, though given how tacky it is, that may not be a good thing. Nonetheless, the couch is usable in its intended function once again. Additionally, and in a more unqualified state of desirability, many of the objects which so lately did adorn the awkward piece of furniture have now found their way to the local Goodwill.

[Crumb]

Hung three new sets of blinds in the living room window.

[lisarea]

I saw a big old portable line tester in a thrift store for $10 and did NOT buy it.

I stood in front of it for a solid five minutes trying to think of some use for it, like some way I could repurpose it, because it was very cool looking but I do not operate any telephone networks large enough to use it for its intended purpose. When I couldn't think of anything, I walked away and left it there.

And my stomach only hurts a little bit thinking about it.

[Ensign Steve]

Dude! You should have got like a Bluetooth thing for it and turned it into one of those silly Bluetooth handsets, only instead of a telephone-looking handset, its yer line tester.

Quick! Maybe it's still there!

[lisarea]

It wasn't like a butt set, though. It was more the size of this, except it was portable with a lid thing with a handle on it, like a giant, really really heavy lunchbox. Say about the size of a large shoebox.

[Ensign Steve]

Perfect!

[JoeP]

Did you check with ChuckF before rejecting it?

[JoeP]

Also, how does such a thing end up in a thrift store?

[ChuckF]

Originally Posted by lisarea

I saw a big old portable line tester in a thrift store for $10 and did NOT buy it.

I stood in front of it for a solid five minutes trying to think of some use for it, like some way I could repurpose it, because it was very cool looking but I do not operate any telephone networks large enough to use it for its intended purpose. When I couldn't think of anything, I walked away and left it there.

And my stomach only hurts a little bit thinking about it.

Go. Back. Maybe it's still there.

[ImGod]

I installed heated seats in my daughters car. D-diddley-amn that was more difficult than I thought it would be.

I had to take each seat out, take the seat apart, take the seat upholstery off, add the warmer pad, put it back together, take the dash apart, drill holes in it for controls, run wiring to the heated seat fuse location in the box, and not destroy a functioning car in the process. Plus complete the project in short blocks since the car needed to be used.

Oh, and who puts a spot in the car's fuse box that says, "HEATED SEATS" but doesn't put in the actual seat heaters? Leather seats should not have the option of not being heated. If you don't want heated seats, get cloth.

[Janet]

I had a box of the salad mix that was recalled for listeria. I had already eaten one salad out of it when I heard about the recall and I did not get sick.

[Janet]

To make up for that duplicate, here is an original, and very petty, accomplishment. I have managed to procrastinate over putting my temporary license plate in my car window long enough for the new plate to arrive. Go laziness!

[JoeP]

My parallel parking is getting better, having not even had a car for 3 years (since leaving SA until Nov last year). Slotted into a tiny available space on my narrow road in one manoeuvre - with someone waiting to get past watching me!

[slimshady2357]

On the way home I drove past a dog that was wondering around near the road with no people in site. So I turned around and came back and it was actually wondering around IN the road. I parked nearby and walked over to the dog. As I did a car came along and stopped so as not to hit the dog and gave me a dirty look like "get your fucking dog off the road"

Anyway, he was a lovely boy, very friendly with a nice red harness, but no tags at all. I grabbed the spare lead from the car* and I popped into the store across the street to see if anyone knew the dog but the people there didn't know him. So I left my name and number. Then I called Sou, who looked up the nearest vets for me. He jumped right in my car and off we went to the vets to see if he was chipped.

Super friendly vets, they checked him and YAY! chipped. So they tried to look up the number, but it wasn't registered with them. So they checked that database online and it strangely gave them the number for a chip company instead of the owners (or at least the vets seemed to think that was strange). So they called the number, which turned out to be a number in America They said their England branch was closed for the weekend, but on Monday they could get the number of the company that chipped the dog and that was the best they could do... weird. So I left the little guy with the vets, returned to the store and told them where I left the dog in case anyone was looking for him and went home.

Then about an hour later a lovely Polish lady called me to thank me profusely for finding her dog. Her elderly mother hadn't shut the door properly and they had been looking for an hour. They went to that store to ask and it was all solved from there

*Sou actually keeps a spare lead in the car all the time just for this scenario She started doing that after the last lost doggie we rescued.

[ShottleBop]

Originally Posted by JoeP

My parallel parking is getting better, having not even had a car for 3 years (since leaving SA until Nov last year). Slotted into a tiny available space on my narrow road in one manoeuvre - with someone waiting to get past watching me!

This is far more than a "petty" accomplishment!

[BrotherMan]

Originally Posted by slimshady2357

*Sou actually keeps a spare lead in the car all the time just for this scenario She started doing that after the last lost doggie we rescued.

[livius drusus]

Microchip companies are weird. When my beautiful black queen Velvet turned up out of nowhere, she was chipped and had a tag with her chip number and the company's phone number. I called the company and they said they'd call the number on file but would not give me any information directly. They never got a response and I finally extracted a relevant Humane Society number from them so I could arrange a transfer of ownership. The HS wouldn't let me claim Velvet as mine unless I let them keep her for a week in case the owner turned up, and I wouldn't let a flea spend a week in one of their facilities so I just got her a new microchip and called it a day.

[lisarea]

We have spare leads, and I am going to put one of them in the car today.

[Ymir's blood]

Originally Posted by livius drusus

Microchip companies are weird. When my beautiful black queen Velvet turned up out of nowhere, she was chipped and had a tag with her chip number and the company's phone number. I called the company and they said they'd call the number on file but would not give me any information directly. They never got a response and I finally extracted a relevant Humane Society number from them so I could arrange a transfer of ownership. The HS wouldn't let me claim Velvet as mine unless I let them keep her for a week in case the owner turned up, and I wouldn't let a flea spend a week in one of their facilities so I just got her a new microchip and called it a day.

Black market dognapping!

[Nullifidian]

Originally Posted by JoeP

My parallel parking is getting better, having not even had a car for 3 years (since leaving SA until Nov last year). Slotted into a tiny available space on my narrow road in one manoeuvre - with someone waiting to get past watching me!

I did that once when I was inattentive enough to drive my car on the day of a football home game. I lived in Lawrence, KS at the time and the university's stadium was five blocks from my apartment. People who didn't want to pay the exorbitant fees to park in on-campus lots, which would scarcely have gotten them any closer, parked on the streets around the stadium.

The apartment complex had its own lot, but there weren't enough spaces for all the cars, so some of us had to park in the street from time to time. I left the lot, then when I returned the space I had left was occupied and there was only one tiny space that other drivers had left in front of the apartment, doubtless as too much hassle to try to park in. But I was desperate because I had groceries, so I lined my car up and did a perfectly angled job of parallel parking all in one maneuver. When I was done there were three inches on all sides: three inches from the curb, and three inches from either bumper in front and behind.

Someone was walking to the football game and saw me do it.

[curses]

Parallel parking is the devil. I can do it but I'll walk the extra 50 feet if given a choice.