Please show me where I said something about a law? All I said is "Smoke bothers me." And why don't you take your own advice? If it bothers you, don't read my comments.
I avoid smoky places. I never go to bars, ever. I don't go to restaurauints that have a smoking section. I don't go to peoples' houses who smoke.
But they stand at the entrance to stores I need to go into. They stand around parking lots. They follow me when I take the dog to the park.
When I ask them if please, please they could hold off on the cig while I'm around (and I/do/ ask politely) I get "We're allowed to smoke out here!!!"
Now, if someone smokes in the park, while walking, and I follow in their path 10 minutes later, I STILL GET IT. Especially in the winter when that thing can linger for aaages.
If you light a cigarette near me (and by 'near' I mean, not that near. I can get hit by them from yards away) I start choking and gagging. If I'm in a very smoky place, like a bar or a smoking section in a restauraunt for over a minute, I will be coughing up phlem for a few days (which is why that doens't happen anymore).
It wouldn't take too much of that to kill me. So, yes, you ARE killing some of us.
I'm not trying to get you to quit smoking. Smoke in your own hose. But don't mess up my air, thankyou.
...if anyone tries to use that thing anywhere near me and claim it's not a cigarette so it shouldn't bother me, I will kill them before that thing kills me.
*grins* Mine'll just chase the ball, then catch it and run around with it. Sometimes she brings it back. And sometimes she lets me have it once she's brought it back.
And sometimes she catches a scent and is off.
My real problem right now is that she'll go hop in the pond and likely destroy my GPS receiver. Yeah, it's water resistant, but I don't think that'll cut it...
I want to put a harness on my dog, and attach my GPS to her back. We go to an off-leash park every day, and I end up walking about 2.5 miles in a semi-regular path (loop around the park several times, etc).
I'd love to know what kind of distance she puts on, because she's all over the place, running back and forth, chasing balls, hunting mice, etc.
However, I have to wait until it's too cold for her to want to hop in the pond and destroy my GSP receiver (:
From the if-you-don't-vote-you-have-no-right-to-complain dept.
I resent that.
I've been living in the US, legally, for over six years now.I did my best to be allowed to vote in November. I applied for US Citizenship as soon as I could after being eligable (which was three days later than I was - I was out of town). I followed all the instructions to the letter - which unfortunately meant I did some things wrong because the instructions are incorrect.
I finally had my interview/citizenship test on August 26th. But for some reason, "You will be notified about the result on the same day" turned into "We'll let you know in 3-4 months".
Yes, part of this might be because I didn't supply some documents which I was never requested to supply.
So no, I'm probably not going to vote in November. But not for lack of trying. And if you think I'm not going to complain, you're sorely mistaken.
I don't know if you're joking, but there actually is a MacGyvery episode where he has to break into a high-tech secured army base, in order to test their high-tech defenses... which included some very Dalek-like security robots. Also, a computer with "Artificial Intelligence" that got out of hand and won't stop the "test".
I used to subscribe to WWN. It is THE funniest paper out there, I tell you. And MAN, do I envy those peoples' jobs! Making up complete nonsense for money!
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I'm not really looking for an apology. If I was looking for one form anyone it'd be my dad, but i'mlong past the point of ever expecting THAT miracle.
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I guess we've got several centuries until they apologize for their D&D comments, then (:
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Dude, since when do religious leaders apologize for anything?
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Anyone remember when mainstream thought D&D was evil and was corrupting our young minds? Apparently anyone who played it couldn't tell the difference between Fantasy and Reality and ended up killing themselves.
My father (by chance a paranoid hypocondriac) read or heard one such article. This is when I was 18, and not living with him, which of course made him even MORE worried. He tried to sit me down and discourage me from my Evil Ways, and said that he read an article where someone said that people who play D&D can't tell fantasy from reality.
I told him that that's nonsense, and if I ever see the person who wrote that article I'd cast a fireball at them.
It's a little harder in Minnesota. You have to actually be ordained by an actual church (which is easy and free thanks to ULC). You then have to get some official letterhead thinggie from the church and take it down to the licensing center, and pay $5.50.
They did do a very nice white dress/tux thing. I guess I was the only non-traditional thing there (and even I was in a suit which I surprisingly liked).
They didn't want some priest pushing them around, and she has something of a dislike for judges (for the exact opposite reason people would assume), so they asked some friends... and I was the only one who didn't back down when I realized that (A) They're serious, and (B) I'd have to speak in front of 200 people (:
Sounds like an interesting book... but will it tell me how to get my @$%&@& Powerbook to be able to print to a @()#%& network print server?
When I plug the printer into the USB it just KNOWS the printer, finds it's drivers and everything (once I've installed the Canon driver) but when you tell it to install a network printer, the Canon drivers are nowhere to be found. Gah!
All the Apple people say "Put the printer on the Mac and share it from there." It's a LAPTOP! I'm not putting a network device that needs to be accessed from everywhere else on a laptop!
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Please show me where I said something about a law? All I said is "Smoke bothers me." And why don't you take your own advice? If it bothers you, don't read my comments.
Here's my thing.
/do/ ask politely) I get "We're allowed to smoke out here!!!"
I avoid smoky places. I never go to bars, ever. I don't go to restaurauints that have a smoking section. I don't go to peoples' houses who smoke.
But they stand at the entrance to stores I need to go into. They stand around parking lots. They follow me when I take the dog to the park.
When I ask them if please, please they could hold off on the cig while I'm around (and I
Now, if someone smokes in the park, while walking, and I follow in their path 10 minutes later, I STILL GET IT. Especially in the winter when that thing can linger for aaages.
By the way, patchouli? Ewwwwwww.
Actually, I do have a hard time breathing in airplanes, yeah. But at least they're non-smoking now.
I'm a little better with car exauhst, but that can get overwhelming pretty easily, too.
If you light a cigarette near me (and by 'near' I mean, not that near. I can get hit by them from yards away) I start choking and gagging. If I'm in a very smoky place, like a bar or a smoking section in a restauraunt for over a minute, I will be coughing up phlem for a few days (which is why that doens't happen anymore).
It wouldn't take too much of that to kill me. So, yes, you ARE killing some of us.
I'm not trying to get you to quit smoking. Smoke in your own hose. But don't mess up my air, thankyou.
...if anyone tries to use that thing anywhere near me and claim it's not a cigarette so it shouldn't bother me, I will kill them before that thing kills me.
*grins* Mine'll just chase the ball, then catch it and run around with it. Sometimes she brings it back. And sometimes she lets me have it once she's brought it back.
And sometimes she catches a scent and is off.
My real problem right now is that she'll go hop in the pond and likely destroy my GPS receiver. Yeah, it's water resistant, but I don't think that'll cut it...
*lol* just posted something similar. I want to compare how far my dog and I walk when we both spend the same amount of time walking.
I want to put a harness on my dog, and attach my GPS to her back. We go to an off-leash park every day, and I end up walking about 2.5 miles in a semi-regular path (loop around the park several times, etc).
I'd love to know what kind of distance she puts on, because she's all over the place, running back and forth, chasing balls, hunting mice, etc.
However, I have to wait until it's too cold for her to want to hop in the pond and destroy my GSP receiver (:
Thank you (: And in an ironic twist of events, I actually got my invitation to be sworn in today! So maybe I /will/ get to vote after all! (:
From the if-you-don't-vote-you-have-no-right-to-complain dept.
I resent that.
I've been living in the US, legally, for over six years now.I did my best to be allowed to vote in November. I applied for US Citizenship as soon as I could after being eligable (which was three days later than I was - I was out of town). I followed all the instructions to the letter - which unfortunately meant I did some things wrong because the instructions are incorrect.
I finally had my interview/citizenship test on August 26th. But for some reason, "You will be notified about the result on the same day" turned into "We'll let you know in 3-4 months".
Yes, part of this might be because I didn't supply some documents which I was never requested to supply.
So no, I'm probably not going to vote in November. But not for lack of trying. And if you think I'm not going to complain, you're sorely mistaken.
I don't know if you're joking, but there actually is a MacGyvery episode where he has to break into a high-tech secured army base, in order to test their high-tech defenses... which included some very Dalek-like security robots. Also, a computer with "Artificial Intelligence" that got out of hand and won't stop the "test".
I, however, have tried DVD playback on my 12" Powerbook G4, and it didn't make it all through one.
Seconded!
I used to subscribe to WWN. It is THE funniest paper out there, I tell you. And MAN, do I envy those peoples' jobs! Making up complete nonsense for money!
It's actually "Revenge of the Empire".
I'm not really looking for an apology. If I was looking for one form anyone it'd be my dad, but i'mlong past the point of ever expecting THAT miracle.
I guess we've got several centuries until they apologize for their D&D comments, then (:
Dude, since when do religious leaders apologize for anything?
Anyone remember when mainstream thought D&D was evil and was corrupting our young minds? Apparently anyone who played it couldn't tell the difference between Fantasy and Reality and ended up killing themselves.
My father (by chance a paranoid hypocondriac) read or heard one such article. This is when I was 18, and not living with him, which of course made him even MORE worried. He tried to sit me down and discourage me from my Evil Ways, and said that he read an article where someone said that people who play D&D can't tell fantasy from reality.
I told him that that's nonsense, and if I ever see the person who wrote that article I'd cast a fireball at them.
So he tried to get me into counselling.
Oh, did I mention my dad has NO sense of humour?
It's a little harder in Minnesota. You have to actually be ordained by an actual church (which is easy and free thanks to ULC). You then have to get some official letterhead thinggie from the church and take it down to the licensing center, and pay $5.50.
They did do a very nice white dress/tux thing. I guess I was the only non-traditional thing there (and even I was in a suit which I surprisingly liked).
They didn't want some priest pushing them around, and she has something of a dislike for judges (for the exact opposite reason people would assume), so they asked some friends... and I was the only one who didn't back down when I realized that (A) They're serious, and (B) I'd have to speak in front of 200 people (:
A couple of my friends convinced me to get ordained so that I could marry them.
And since I'm an actual geek, that counts, right?
[Plug] If you need a non-religious 'minister' in Minnesota, Email me! I'm cheap!
You guys were getting overtime?
In my entire career in IT, I have NEVER been paid overtime. 40 hours a week, 60 hours a week, weekends, nights, whatever.
Was I supposed to?
I resent that.
I was in NYC abotu a year and a half ago, and I looked EVERYwhere for a rOllox, or a Rolecks, not even a Molex watch, and I found NONE!
Oh, I found lots of Timax and Kasios. But no fake-Rolexi.
I don't drink.
In fact, I hate alcohol. I hate any mind-altering drug.
And I really hate idiots who think that they can "handle it" and drive under the influence.
And even I think this is law is completely stupid.
Sounds like an interesting book... but will it tell me how to get my @$%&@& Powerbook to be able to print to a @()#%& network print server?
When I plug the printer into the USB it just KNOWS the printer, finds it's drivers and everything (once I've installed the Canon driver) but when you tell it to install a network printer, the Canon drivers are nowhere to be found. Gah!
All the Apple people say "Put the printer on the Mac and share it from there." It's a LAPTOP! I'm not putting a network device that needs to be accessed from everywhere else on a laptop!
*lol* he's such a dork. It's hillarious. I love the Jayne character... it's so... NOT the usual tough guy NOR dumb guy.
I do like how he screws up the lyrics though (: