Random Thoughts....

Hello from Blind Io's house! I'm in Salt Lake City right now, and I've determined: Wyoming is the crappiest state to drive through, period.

Sorry, Nabster.

My friend drove across the country a few years ago, and her only speeding ticket was in Wyoming?a state that didn't even have a speeding ticket a few years ago. "Better watch out," she called me. "Don't get pulled over like me!"

I hung up. 5 minutes later, a cop pulled me over.

81 in a 65. I was coming around a downhill, where the speed limit dropped from 75 to 65, and RIGHT at that corner was a cop waiting for me. He wrote me up for 79 in a 65, saving me some points, and was actually a pretty nice guy.

And then, the next 250 or so miles were all construction. For 10, 15 miles at a time. At 65 miles per hour, one lane, with trucks and contraflow traffic. And 8 hours across Wyoming, watching out for more cops, while there's no food or gas for 50 miles at a time, and even when there's food it's all KFC and McDonald's and closed-down diners...

Yeah, screw Wyoming. Man, I used to think you were cool. But Colorado has more breweries and more scenery and more...stuff. Like, actual cities. And a state capitol that doesn't look like a trailer park. So take that, Nabster!
 
And this is what happens when three forum members get together on a weeknight...

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I would like to be clear that the wine is not from my collection. I blame BlaRo for that one.

But it is tasty.
 
BlaRo said:
Hello from Blind Io's house! I'm in Salt Lake City right now, and I've determined: Wyoming is the crappiest state to drive through, period.

Sorry, Nabster.

My friend drove across the country a few years ago, and her only speeding ticket was in Wyoming?a state that didn't even have a speeding ticket a few years ago. "Better watch out," she called me. "Don't get pulled over like me!"

I hung up. 5 minutes later, a cop pulled me over.

81 in a 65. I was coming around a downhill, where the speed limit dropped from 75 to 65, and RIGHT at that corner was a cop waiting for me. He wrote me up for 79 in a 65, saving me some points, and was actually a pretty nice guy.
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Sounds like someone forgot his V1. :p
 
To me that sounded like an offer to purchase you one. Anyone else get that vibe?

Spectre, you're so generous.
 
BlaRo said:
Sounds like someone doesn't have $500.
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Well, I have one. You could have borrowed it if you'd asked. :p

Blind_Io said:
To me that sounded like an offer to purchase you one. Anyone else get that vibe?

Spectre, you're so generous.
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No, actually it was an offer to loan one out. :p Along with my BearTracker - I'm not going to be heading to Houston for at least a month or so and therefore they're just gathering dust in my closet right now.
 
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If you'll be in Carson City, Nevada, by 8pm tomorrow, have your people talk to my people.
 
BlaRo said:
If you'll be in Carson City, Nevada, by 8pm tomorrow, have your people talk to my people.
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Sadly, no, and you've missed the cutoff time for overnighting from Dallas in any case. Next time, ask if anyone has one you can borrow. :mrgreen:
 
I got it covered, I'm lending him my Escort 8500.
 
BlaRo said:
Hello from Blind Io's house! I'm in Salt Lake City right now, and I've determined: Wyoming is the crappiest state to drive through, period.
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Ouch. Sorry to hear about that, BlaRo. I will be making that same trip in two months - only in the opposite direction - and I was preparing myself for the hell that was Nebraska. I will have to be especially careful crossing Wyoming.

But your journey is almost at an end; so relax and enjoy your Ding-Dong with Blind_Io and Kiki. Wait a minute... :confused:


And Shawn, sorry to hear about the trouble with your eyes. Is there any chance of you getting a corneal transplant, seeing as the OEM equipment is defective?
 
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Why is it the bastards with the most annoying ringtones who leave their phones on their desks while they are elsewhere in the building? And have their voicemail set to call them rather than send text alerts so you get the same fucking tune over and over and over and start to wonder if the iPhone was designed to be fitted anally?

:mad:
 
Google it, someone has probably tested that already. :lol:
 
My ringtone is beeps so I can feel like I'm in 24.


My phone is always either in my pocket or on my desk at home though. I've never quite gotten why people take their phones out and set them down places while they aren't using them.
 
Labcoatguy said:
By an amazing coincidence, I'm flying out to Texas first thing Saturday morning. Worked out just fine :D.
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Unless you come back to your home being blown down. :eek:


katwalk said:
Mother is being very panicy over it and put the snowblower on the sofa.
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Wait,.... what? On the sofa? Really? Pics or it didn't happen. :p


MWF said:
Why is it the bastards with the most annoying ringtones who leave their phones on their desks while they are elsewhere in the building? And have their voicemail set to call them rather than send text alerts so you get the same fucking tune over and over and over and start to wonder if the iPhone was designed to be fitted anally?

:mad:
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RaptorJesus said:
Nice, I don't think I could stand living that far from the lake though. I love to jog on LSD in the mornings. I'm at the border of Old Town and Lincoln Park, a bit too far north from campus for an easy commute but it's worth it to not live in Hyde Park.
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Yeah I hear you, I'll definitely miss being right on the lake for jogging and biking but I'm not terribly worried about it. Due to how I've sublet my lease I still have my parking space at my old place until January so I could always drive there and get my runs along the lake in if I really needed to. I would've loved to find a place near Old Town but everything within our price range was quite small so skipped out on it, I'm sure we could've found something if we had more time but due to the situation we had to find something and find it quick.
 
MWF said:
Why is it the bastards with the most annoying ringtones who leave their phones on their desks while they are elsewhere in the building? And have their voicemail set to call them rather than send text alerts so you get the same fucking tune over and over and over and start to wonder if the iPhone was designed to be fitted anally?

:mad:
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I have heard that some people have their sim card removed and hidden :shifty:

Or phones just turned off and left on their desk with a polite note to 1) remind them to turn it back on and 2) turn the volume down, put it on vibrate or 3) have an office friendly ring tone.

No joke, there is now a policy at work where ringtones need to be suitable for the work environment. So that it doesn't offend co-workers due to content or volume, and also so that when someone is on the phone to a client, the ring tones in the background are also non-intrusive and non-offensive.
 
Pah. Woke up at 5:something because I couldn't stay asleep, but at least I went to sleep at 1ish.

- insomniac coco
 
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