ShadySands Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 It's a turrible mess but I love the smell. I go for smaller trees now because they are easier to manage I also don't take it out until around Valentine's day Free games updated 3/4/21
Hurlshort Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 I plan on quitting the tree business as soon as the kids are out of the house. So about 13 years. If they are in the house after that, they can go get the tree themselves. 1
Guard Dog Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 If you failed to grasp the gunpowder reference on the previous page I demand you hang you head in shame (Amentep). You fail at Star Trek trivia! I'd assumed it to be a reference to Kirk having to use sulfer and other elements to make blackpowder and with diamonds and a bamboo like plant create a makeshift gun in order to shoot the Gorn in ARENA season one, episode 18 of the original series. Did I assume wrong? Correct Sir! My faith in you is restored! 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Woldan Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) I bought a really big tree and I love it. I love overkill. Edited December 18, 2015 by Woldan I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet.
Vaeliorin Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Was eating dinner today at work and talking to my workmates, and the topic of good TV shows came up. Everyone was arguing back and forth between varying shows and when they asked me what my favourite show was, I simply replied; "Firefly." I did'nt expect anyone there to have seen it except my RL friends, no "nerds" were present besides me and the two of my friends that I work with. Everyone at the table agreed. Not one word of dissent! Everyone was equally suprised as me. Amongst a group of 18 people between 20-40 years old and many different backgrounds, everyone was just angered that there was'nt any continuation of the series. Good day. I've got to be honest, I'm kind of glad Firefly didn't continue. There was a gathering several years ago of a bunch of the actors and people who worked on the show, and the stuff they talked about that Whedon had planned for the future sounded pretty terrible, and incredibly dark. Of course, I also hate Serenity because I think it really departed from the show, both in tone and the kind of person Mal was. That, and the killing of characters...even if one of them was the actor's idea.
Gromnir Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 I'm not a huge fan of real x-mas trees. I mean, they're beautiful and they smell good but you have to keep them watered and they drop a bazillion needles. I'm just not down for the maintenance. For my part, the only reason to put up an x-mas tree at all is to have an actual goddamn pine tree in the house for awhile. It's nice to have lights in it (which enhance the experience of lying beneath the branches on one's back and looking upwards), but I could do without all the other decorations. I go buy one every year from the parking lot of the paramedic station around the block. They sell at a ridiculous markup, but I think of it as a donation to a neighborhood nonprofit, and I enjoy the experience of strolling in to buy one and surprising them by carrying it home by hand. haven't had a christmas tree these past few years, which on one level is ironic given that we own a christmas tree farm. the "farm" is on less than five acres, and it is in idaho, so is a bit o' a drive for us to bring home one o' our trees. +80 year old woman works the place for us with minimal help from her kids and grandkids. is one o' the properties we is seriously considering retiring to. mary, our caretaker, is gonna get the house as well as 3 acres whenever she tells us she wants to retire... or when Gromnir retires. haven't told her yet. maybe next christmas? in any event, is a good chance that we will be having a christmas tree farm in our backyard in a couple years. am inexplicably amused by the thought. HA! Good Fun! 2 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Malcador Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Made it to the last round of interviews, so should be ok. Place isn't amazing but pay is pay and I get to play with Java. 5 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Made it to the last round of interviews, so should be ok. Place isn't amazing but pay is pay and I get to play with Java. Well done So what does this new company do and what will you be doing? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 I'm not a huge fan of real x-mas trees. I mean, they're beautiful and they smell good but you have to keep them watered and they drop a bazillion needles. I'm just not down for the maintenance. For my part, the only reason to put up an x-mas tree at all is to have an actual goddamn pine tree in the house for awhile. It's nice to have lights in it (which enhance the experience of lying beneath the branches on one's back and looking upwards), but I could do without all the other decorations. I go buy one every year from the parking lot of the paramedic station around the block. They sell at a ridiculous markup, but I think of it as a donation to a neighborhood nonprofit, and I enjoy the experience of strolling in to buy one and surprising them by carrying it home by hand. haven't had a christmas tree these past few years, which on one level is ironic given that we own a christmas tree farm. the "farm" is on less than five acres, and it is in idaho, so is a bit o' a drive for us to bring home one o' our trees. +80 year old woman works the place for us with minimal help from her kids and grandkids. is one o' the properties we is seriously considering retiring to. mary, our caretaker, is gonna get the house as well as 3 acres whenever she tells us she wants to retire... or when Gromnir retires. haven't told her yet. maybe next christmas? in any event, is a good chance that we will be having a christmas tree farm in our backyard in a couple years. am inexplicably amused by the thought. HA! Good Fun! Holy Smoke Gromnir.....you allow a women that old to work?That would be illegal and criticized in South African but we can sometimes be a little overly concerned with SJ "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
ManifestedISO Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Enhance your calm, BVC, no doubt the caretaker chooses to continue of her own free will until she can no longer walk among the trees. Guaranteed she won't retire until they carry her out, god bless her. All Stop. On Screen.
Gromnir Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 I'm not a huge fan of real x-mas trees. I mean, they're beautiful and they smell good but you have to keep them watered and they drop a bazillion needles. I'm just not down for the maintenance. For my part, the only reason to put up an x-mas tree at all is to have an actual goddamn pine tree in the house for awhile. It's nice to have lights in it (which enhance the experience of lying beneath the branches on one's back and looking upwards), but I could do without all the other decorations. I go buy one every year from the parking lot of the paramedic station around the block. They sell at a ridiculous markup, but I think of it as a donation to a neighborhood nonprofit, and I enjoy the experience of strolling in to buy one and surprising them by carrying it home by hand. haven't had a christmas tree these past few years, which on one level is ironic given that we own a christmas tree farm. the "farm" is on less than five acres, and it is in idaho, so is a bit o' a drive for us to bring home one o' our trees. +80 year old woman works the place for us with minimal help from her kids and grandkids. is one o' the properties we is seriously considering retiring to. mary, our caretaker, is gonna get the house as well as 3 acres whenever she tells us she wants to retire... or when Gromnir retires. haven't told her yet. maybe next christmas? in any event, is a good chance that we will be having a christmas tree farm in our backyard in a couple years. am inexplicably amused by the thought. HA! Good Fun! Holy Smoke Gromnir.....you allow a women that old to work?That would be illegal and criticized in South African but we can sometimes be a little overly concerned with SJ sjw would be beating down our door if we kicked her outta her "home" 'cause she is too old. we bought the land from her some years ago when she were desperate to sell, but she didn't wanna go live with her kids and grandkids. we handed her a big pile o' money and she got to stay in her home. for all intents and purposes, she lives there rent free and makes a bit o' money on the side selling christmas trees and some produce. her family thinks Gromnir is some kinda bonafide saint, which we find a it unsettling. *shrug* HA! Good Fun! 6 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
BruceVC Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Enhance your calm, BVC, no doubt the caretaker chooses to continue of her own free will until she can no longer walk among the trees. Guaranteed she won't retire until they carry her out, god bless her. I'm not a huge fan of real x-mas trees. I mean, they're beautiful and they smell good but you have to keep them watered and they drop a bazillion needles. I'm just not down for the maintenance. For my part, the only reason to put up an x-mas tree at all is to have an actual goddamn pine tree in the house for awhile. It's nice to have lights in it (which enhance the experience of lying beneath the branches on one's back and looking upwards), but I could do without all the other decorations. I go buy one every year from the parking lot of the paramedic station around the block. They sell at a ridiculous markup, but I think of it as a donation to a neighborhood nonprofit, and I enjoy the experience of strolling in to buy one and surprising them by carrying it home by hand. haven't had a christmas tree these past few years, which on one level is ironic given that we own a christmas tree farm. the "farm" is on less than five acres, and it is in idaho, so is a bit o' a drive for us to bring home one o' our trees. +80 year old woman works the place for us with minimal help from her kids and grandkids. is one o' the properties we is seriously considering retiring to. mary, our caretaker, is gonna get the house as well as 3 acres whenever she tells us she wants to retire... or when Gromnir retires. haven't told her yet. maybe next christmas? in any event, is a good chance that we will be having a christmas tree farm in our backyard in a couple years. am inexplicably amused by the thought. HA! Good Fun! Holy Smoke Gromnir.....you allow a women that old to work?That would be illegal and criticized in South African but we can sometimes be a little overly concerned with SJ sjw would be beating down our door if we kicked her outta her "home" 'cause she is too old. we bought the land from her some years ago when she were desperate to sell, but she didn't wanna go live with her kids and grandkids. we handed her a big pile o' money and she got to stay in her home. for all intents and purposes, she lives there rent free and makes a bit o' money on the side selling christmas trees and some produce. her family thinks Gromnir is some kinda bonafide saint, which we find a it unsettling. *shrug* HA! Good Fun! Yeah I knew the story was something like that, its weird but in South Africa if a white person was involved in that type of agreed work contract and a black women was 80 it would still be seen as " abuse " or " a case of white people being unconcerned " ...even if she wanted to work. So we just leave it because its easier to agree and not push a point "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Gfted1 Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 That's pretty awesome of you Gromnir. At 80+ you better not wait too much longer! 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Guard Dog Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 This is awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnBp7x2QAE 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
obyknven Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 Just returned from nightclub owned by Russian Mafia. We has so cool party here, it's feel as hedonistic pagan feasts in Ancient Rome, I'm so impressed really. 1
melkathi Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 From now on, when people ask why I don't have a Christmas tree, I'll say "I have a guy who owns a Christmas Tree Farm. So I get my trees from him. Problem is, the farm is in Idaho and shipping costs to Greece for Christmas Trees are through the roof. And don't get me started on import taxes..." And they'll reply "So why don't you just get a tree from someplace else?" And I'll look at them aghast and say "Are you serious? Get a tree from a stranger when I know a guy?" 8 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
BruceVC Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 From now on, when people ask why I don't have a Christmas tree, I'll say "I have a guy who owns a Christmas Tree Farm. So I get my trees from him. Problem is, the farm is in Idaho and shipping costs to Greece for Christmas Trees are through the roof. And don't get me started on import taxes..." And they'll reply "So why don't you just get a tree from someplace else?" And I'll look at them aghast and say "Are you serious? Get a tree from a stranger when I know a guy?" I dont ever put one up in my place and there are no decorations but I'm leaving for the coast tomorrow morning at 4 am and at the family beach cottage there will be a Xmas tree "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
ShadySands Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I locked myself out last night. I thought I had my keys in my coat pocket when I took the dogs out for their evening stroll but after a long walk in the snow it turned out I was wrong. My wife was at a work thing and the HOA had changed the code on the callbox about a week earlier so I didn't have a lot of options and so just before I started buzzing random neighbors to let me in late at night I thought to see if I could forward my home number to my cell. After a little fiddling I was able to let myself in but I wasn't happy about the whole situation. Free games updated 3/4/21
Hurlshort Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I did that once, ended up hiding out in our complex's laundry room for a few hours until my wife got home. Had no cell phone on me.
Gromnir Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 only time we lock our door is when we go outta town for at least a couple days. am honest not even certain where our keys are. use garage door opener to access our home on extreme rare occasions we lock door during business trips or vacations. when we eventual decide to sell our home, to provide a real estate agent with keys we would likely need have a locksmith come out to our home to re-key the locks. *shrug* "crime" in our neighborhood amounts to kids taking golf carts for a joy ride and leaving 'em stranded out at the back lakes. is frequent suspicion o' drug use by teens, but by the time security arrives, the ne'er do wells is near always gone. heck, even drunk driving is "punished" by no more than an escort home or to the entrance gate, followed by an appropriately (inappropriate) stern warning. HA! Good Fun! 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Guard Dog Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I locked myself out last night. I thought I had my keys in my coat pocket when I took the dogs out for their evening stroll but after a long walk in the snow it turned out I was wrong. My wife was at a work thing and the HOA had changed the code on the callbox about a week earlier so I didn't have a lot of options and so just before I started buzzing random neighbors to let me in late at night I thought to see if I could forward my home number to my cell. After a little fiddling I was able to let myself in but I wasn't happy about the whole situation. And of course this wouldn't happen on a balmy summer night. It happens on a Colorado winter night. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Hurlshort Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 My wife had me watch the end of the Miss Universe pageant last night. Comedy gold. I feel for Steve Harvey. 1
Malcador Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 I don't. Man's an unfunny clown. Looks like I may get that job after all, huzzah. Will miss the freedom of unemployment, was nice to wake up at 7 AM and just do whatever I wanted. Ah well, back to being a slave to The Man. 3 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Blarghagh Posted December 21, 2015 Author Posted December 21, 2015 Hm. I was just linked to an article on Forbes' website and it didn't allow me access because I have an ad blocker. Shots ****ing fired, mate. 3
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