Useless Conversation

[Yegolev]

No one could understand them, so it's OK.

Now I want some Tonga Toast.

[Signe]

So you're inbred then, right?  Me, too, on my father's side.  That's why I didn't have children.  I reckon eventually the pin heads, albinos and murderous rage personality will show up.  Just my luck, I would have ended up the mother of one.

[Yegolev]

I do not believe I am inbred.  Cannot prove it, though.

[Yegolev]

One of the contractors just asked me a mathematics word problem.  Why am I working in this place?

[Signe]

For money?  Just a guess.

[Yegolev]

God, that's depressing.  Thanks.

[Rasix]

One of the contractors just asked me a mathematics word problem.  Why am I working in this place?

One of the PMs I work with used to think it was fun putting those up on my whiteboard and checking every hour if I figured it out yet.  Eventually I just stopped even trying, and I think he just figured I was stupid and hasn't put one up in years.

[Brogarn]

One of the PMs I work with used to think it was fun putting those up on my whiteboard and checking every hour if I figured it out yet.  Eventually I just stopped even trying, and I think he just figured I was stupid and hasn't put one up in years.

Did he look like Matt Damon?

[Yegolev]

Enough of that garbage.  Today I had lunch at Gladys' Chicken & Waffles.  I had the Midnight Train, which is four fried chicken wings and a waffle.  I also had a side of macaroni and cheese, which was possibly the best I have ever had.

[Infinitecorn]

God that sounds amazing on so many levels. Today for lunch i had a chicken sammich and a bag of roasted chestnuts. Not too amazing but if you slather enough dijon anything can taste awesome.

[NowhereMan]

I had some emmental cheese and tomato on a slice of bread and shoved under the grill. Tasty enough but the fried chicken, waffle and macaroni sounds pretty heavy for lunch.

I've also made myself a great big batch of tomato sauce which I used to make myself some seafood marinara for dinner.

[Signe]

Actually, roasted chestnuts are pretty amazing. 

What are people giving out for Halloween this year?  I've pretty much decided on a bottle of Glucerna and a travel size packet of facial tissues.  If I turn on the outside lights and open the door for them, that is.  (which is pretty unlikely)

[stray]

Well, since I shaved my head, I'm going to dress like a monk. It'd be a pity if I stayed inside and handed out things. Monks should be the ones begging for food.

edit: No chicken and waffle joints here. :\ There's some in Austin though.

[Samwise]

This is going to be my first Halloween as a homeowner, so I'm all excited about having trick-or-treaters.  I'm sure the novelty will wear off quickly.

[Brogarn]

This is going to be my first Halloween as a homeowner, so I'm all excited about having trick-or-treaters.  I'm sure the novelty will wear off quickly.

Same situation here. We just purchased it on October 8th. Wife already has bags of candy and a big bowl ready. No real decorations yet, other than planning to carve a pumpkin sometime this week.

[JWIV]

This is going to be my first Halloween as a homeowner, so I'm all excited about having trick-or-treaters.  I'm sure the novelty will wear off quickly.

I still enjoy giving candy to the younger kids.   The surly teenagers that don't even bother to dress up however piss me off.

[Nebu]

I still enjoy giving candy to the younger kids.   The surly teenagers that don't even bother to dress up however piss me off.

I have two bowls.  Candy bars for the young kids and little boxes of raisins for the surly teens. 

Yes, I'm a dick. 

[Cyrrex]

I still enjoy giving candy to the younger kids.   The surly teenagers that don't even bother to dress up however piss me off.

I have two bowls.  Candy bars for the young kids and little boxes of raisins for the surly teens. 

Yes, I'm a dick. 

That doesn't make you a dick, that makes you awesome.

[JWIV]

I still enjoy giving candy to the younger kids.   The surly teenagers that don't even bother to dress up however piss me off.

I have two bowls.  Candy bars for the young kids and little boxes of raisins for the surly teens. 

Yes, I'm a dick. 

That doesn't make you a dick, that makes you awesome.

I find your idea intriguing!

[Cheddar]

This is going to be my first Halloween as a homeowner, so I'm all excited about having trick-or-treaters.  I'm sure the novelty will wear off quickly.

It doesn't.  Be careful and stick to 1 or 2 per child.  Seriously, you will think its over and hand out a ton and then waves upon waves will fall onto your door.

Being "That Guy" sucks.

[Salamok]

This is going to be my first Halloween as a homeowner, so I'm all excited about having trick-or-treaters.  I'm sure the novelty will wear off quickly.

I'm guessing about 9pm, can we start a pool?

[Sky]

I still enjoy giving candy to the younger kids.   The surly teenagers that don't even bother to dress up however piss me off.

I have two bowls.  Candy bars for the young kids and little boxes of raisins for the surly teens.  

Yes, I'm a dick.  

I like the concept. But I don't like cleaning my yard. I buy good candy, kids love it and teens don't fuck with the house/cars/decorations. And we end up eating half of it anyway.

Actually, it would be fun to rate the costumes, you get x pieces of candy based on how good your costume is. No costume, no candy. Some cheap shitty costume your parents bought at walmart, one piece. Really make the kids work for it, and give them a reason to try harder next year.

[Signe]

I don't know if it wears off or not.  It would for me.  Luckily, it seems the children around here respect the front porch light turned off.  Not so in New Jersey.  Some kids would go around to the patio door or even try and open the front door. 

Sometimes it never even starts.  Maybe it depends on how much you enjoy children.  I don't so I'm not interested in seeing them dress up to beg for candy.  I love all your virtual children though!   Of course, they don't knock on my monitor and ask me to do stuff. 

[Cyrrex]

I live in a bit of an...upscale...housing community, and there's this funny thing that happens every year.  We have a neighborhood policy that trick-or-treating must end by 8pm, and all the local kids know it.  Every year, after 8 o'clock, it seems that some of the parents from some of the less privileged families in poorer areas take their kids around in our neighborhood.  I can't bring myself to get upset about it, partly because the kids are often adorable, but moreso because I can't help but feel that (even though it's just fucking candy) these people count on this sort of thing.

[Oban]

Yeah, if those poor kids do not get candy from you they may not be able to build up enough body fat to make it through the winter.

[JWIV]

Yeah, if those poor kids do not get candy from you they may not be able to build up enough body fat to make it through the winter.

It's more a matter that they probably wouldn't get candy period.  At least being in a similar situation that's my usual take on it.

[Sky]

I'm torn. On the one hand, I'm excited because I'm getting 5 face cords of wood delivered tonight. Nice toasty house makes for a great winter. Crackling fire while playing LotRO rocks, very soothing. Saving big time on bills while being almost too warm.

On the other hand, I'll be stacking wood tonight instead of playing Borderlands 

Haven't even cleaned out the spot in the garage for it. Going to be a loooong night.

[Samwise]

Yeah, if those poor kids do not get candy from you they may not be able to build up enough body fat to make it through the winter.

It's more a matter that they probably wouldn't get candy period.  At least being in a similar situation that's my usual take on it.

Yeah, I can say from my own childhood that trick-or-treating in an area that's nothing but low-rent apartment buildings doesn't work that well.  

[Cyrrex]

Yeah, if those poor kids do not get candy from you they may not be able to build up enough body fat to make it through the winter.

It's more a matter that they probably wouldn't get candy period.  At least being in a similar situation that's my usual take on it.

Yeah, I can say from my own childhood that trick-or-treating in an area that's nothing but low-rent apartment buildings doesn't work that well.   

Yeah...although the point Oban made certainly crosses my mind, I choose to look at it more as a "these kids don't get too many nice things" sort of thing.  We're fortunate in this country that our poor people often suffer from the problem of consuming too many calories.  I posit that the opposite is far more terrible a thing.

[voodoolily]

Poor kids won't die if they don't get lots of expensive candy. My parents never shuttled me to rich neighborhoods for the good scores because we didn't have a car. I still had plenty of candy. Our costumes may have been handmade by my mom (with mixed results), but they were also always ruined by being forced to wear coats over them, just like everyone else's. We couldn't eat any candy until my mom inspected every piece in case there were razor blades buried inside. Poor kids get the same Halloween as middle and upper class kids, we just appreciate it more.

Last year some teens came to our door and I just commented, "are you kidding me? honey, your tits are bigger than mine." I think that was probably the last year that girl trick-or-treated. This year I'll probably be less nice about it (especially when those little fuckers don't even dress up).

[Draegan]

So my boss, in recognition of hard economic times, is giving everyone an extra paycheck this week.

Huzzah!

 

[Prospero]

It seems like less of a question of expensive candy and more of a question of getting shot. We get a lot of folks from downtown Oakland in my area. I can understand people not wanting to walk their kids through the poorer areas of Oakland. Plus the kids are always adorable; the more the merrier I say. It does make it a pain in the ass to drive anywhere at night though. The bridges off the island get clogged up something fierce.

[Khaldun]

You stack your firewood in your garage? Aren't you afraid of termites?

[Selby]

You stack your firewood in your garage? Aren't you afraid of termites?

Hell I would be afraid of the black widows!  I did ask my aunt about this once as she lives in Buffalo and she says that they don't have to worry about termites due to how cold it gets in the winter.

[Sky]

You stack your firewood in your garage? Aren't you afraid of termites?

I live in a masonry house :) Termites would still be bad, but not devastating. New roof rather than new house. The citronella ants are bad enough, Orkin was completely incompetent and expensive.

But yeah, winter temps is the other half of the equation.

Also, tired now but glad I used to unload trucks. The old saying about using muscles you didn't even know you had doesn't apply, it's the same as chucking freight...twelve years later. Muscles are fatigued but amazingly not sore and I have a ton of energy. And the guy was an hour and a half late so I got in some borderlands, level 11!