Useless Conversation

[MisterNoisy]

I've been in the same apartment for twelve years and now I'm moving.  The amount of useless bullshit that accumulates in twelve years (and will discreetly fit in a single bedroom apartment) is astounding.

[schild]

I've been in the same apartment for twelve years and now I'm moving.  The amount of useless bullshit that accumulates in twelve years (and will discreetly fit in a single bedroom apartment) is astounding.

Wife and I shared a 600 foot 2.5 room apartment. Took movers 4 hours to load and unload a giant colossal fuckload of shit after only 2 years.

It was hellish.

I have lots of neato stuff though.

[Velorath]

I've been in the same apartment for twelve years and now I'm moving.  The amount of useless bullshit that accumulates in twelve years (and will discreetly fit in a single bedroom apartment) is astounding.

Fucking tell me about it. I was just about to move to Portland until a last minute promotion allowed me to continue living this unfeasible dream of staying in the Bay Area for a little while longer.

[Ironwood]

I don't have that much bullshit, but every now and then (actually every day these days) I want to hire one of those big fucking industrial shredder things and put the wife and kids shit through it.

My house is a fucking tip, filled with shite that ain't mine.  I would love to purge it all.

[NowhereMan]

I don't have that much bullshit, but every now and then (actually every day these days) I want to hire one of those big fucking industrial shredder things and put the wife and kids shit through it.

My house is a fucking tip, filled with shite that ain't mine.  I would love to purge it all.

I did a brief double take because I didn't see shit the first read through.

[Ironwood]

Yeah, that's the logical conclusion to my train of thought, which is why I get off at the earliest station.

[Paelos]

I also read shred the wife and kids, which I knew was just silly. He'd only shred the wife.

[HaemishM]

IKEA meatballs are bad even when they're not leftovers. Better to just go play in the ballpit and pretend you're watching someone's kid.

IKEA sells meatballs that require six hours of construction with allen wrenches?

[Merusk]

No, they just taste like it.

[Trippy]

But they are cheap!

[MisterNoisy]

Done moving.  Jesus fuck, I'm sore pretty much everywhere.  Got some help with the really big stuff, but did the rest myself.  Next time, I'm paying someone to do this shit.

[Samwise]

Done moving.  Jesus fuck, I'm sore pretty much everywhere.  Got some help with the really big stuff, but did the rest myself.  Next time, I'm paying someone to do this shit.

Professional movers are IMO some of the best value you will ever get for your money.

[Merusk]

Can confirm.

When I helped my sister move out of her last apartment I swore I would not do it again. Hired movers twice last year when we sold the house and then when we moved out of an apartment into the new one.  3 pros moved all our furniture -with the stuff still in the dressers (they said leave it) AND packed the kitchen in less time than a team of 5 adults and 3 teens did. All for the low price of $375. 

 Watching one guy lift and carry the full dresser that it took my brother in law and myself to move empty 10 years earlier told me this was the way things should be.

[Lantyssa]

Movers are definitely the way to go if you are taking furniture.  Only reason I didn't with my last move is because I was pruning stuff left and right and the river house was already fully furnished.

And I used my roommate for the heavy lifting.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Yep, we ever move from the current house I'm paying someone else to do all the work.  That's only if I haven't decided that all we're taking is the clothes, whatever the current dog is, and some sentimental furniture and leaving everything else for the next owner.

[Abagadro]

Good god damn I hate my job some days.

[Paelos]

Good god damn I hate my job some days.

Me too bro.

[Merusk]

I've had the fortune of loving my jobs with few exceptions.

The people I had to work with, however... Yeah, many of them I could do without.

[Pennilenko]

Yeah, many of them I could do without.

I often feel this way about much of the human race.

[Ironwood]

Good god damn I hate my job some days.

Sounds like you handled it like a boss, however.  I think with some distance and time, you might even be pleased.

Or Drunk again.  Drunk works for me.

[Margalis]

Los Angeles casinos for my old job, Hollywood, downtown Los Angeles for street life, and the recent incident on a culturally and racially diverse liberal arts community college campus with a large international student population in their 20's.

To be fair to Maven he's probably regularly molested by obese Spider-Men.

That's kind of a joke and kind of not. Certain parts of LA, like some of Hollywood, are extremely shitty and the rate of weird incidents there is like a billion times higher than in other places. The chances of some fuckup getting in your face there are fairly high. I imagine the same is true of shitty LA casinos - and casinos in general are pretty goddamn depressing. (Unless you run into a chesty fiance on the night of her bachelorette party and spend the entire evening staring at her chest with her full approval.)

That said, if every time there's some minor incident you make it major because you think otherwise you'll become a perpetual target you're probably doing more harm than good.

[Paelos]

F13's getting some really weird slowdowns today for some reason. Every other page I visit loads fine. Odd.

[Teleku]

So, found out last month that because of my ongoing medical condition, they where breaking my assignment to Freetown.  DC then spent the next 4 weeks trying to find me a new spot that would agree to take somebody with my medical status.

Just learned I'm being sent to Moscow.

 

[Paelos]

Just learned I'm being sent to Moscow.

 

Da svidaniya, don't get any on-ya.

[Khaldun]

Feeling really frustrated by work right now--I helped get a new program started a few years back and did all the leg work and fund-raising for it. I was glad to see other people get involved with it, but the whole point of the thing was to be a bit edgy, to be a sort of R&D group dedicated to doing new things, and the other people just do not want to do that. So I'm watching the whole thing get kind of squandered and drawn back into business as usual. I like everybody involved, so I don't want to get too confrontational about it, but at the same time, I just hate to see all that effort wasted.

[Sky]

Fiancee was admitted to the hospital last Wed with a possible bowel obstruction. Fri the local docs say it's ovarian cancer and off we go to the regional oncology specialist hospital. Doc there says 50/50 of cancer (which we were taking as good news by that point). I've been living in a hotel or hospital for a week now.

Surgery yesterday, ends up being a normal obstruction, didn't even need to mess with the intestine. No cancer. Fucking amazing.

And now back to the hospital (home doing some laundry and stuff). See you nerds in a few more days for the regularly scheduled grumpiness.

[Engels]

Scary shit. Hope she has a quick recovery.

[WayAbvPar]

Good to hear, Sky. Hope she is back on her feet and rolling her eyes at you again as soon as possible 

[Ard]

Yeah, seriously, glad she's okay.  I'm afraid of what sort of axe wielding hermit you'd be without her keeping you in line.

[Hawkbit]

Whew. I can't imagine the relief you're feeling. Here's to a speedy recovery.

[Khaldun]

Scary couple of days for you. Always good when it's a happy ending.

[Reg]

You must both be so relieved! Hope she gets well soon.

[Mazakiel]

Yep, here's hoping for a quick recovery. 

[Merusk]

Crap, Sky, great news. Here's to a speedy recovery to her and your liver.

[HaemishM]

Holy shit. Glad to know it's just a "routine" thing instead of the Big C.

Fuck cancer.