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That sounds miserable, Greg! HOpe it cools down for you guys (more than 99) quickly!
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Speaking of such things, I see the tags were a short-lived phenomenon.
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Join Date: May 2009
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Ah. Didn't notice the tags had disappeared (again). Hmm.
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
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And you wonder why I forget you've been given large cosmic powers.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: At the portal to the Pacific
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word-slinger
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I think everyone was abusing them. Certainly they were being abused in the Catina. Poor tags were traumatized and would probably need years of therapy.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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*starts tag shelter for all the abused and abandoned tags*
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word-slinger
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I wonder if we can manage to find them homes on forums that will properly care for them?
Be tragic if the poor things had to be put down.
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Tags? We don't need no stinkin' tags... We're awesome enough without them.
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word-slinger
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As I recall from the movie, things did not go well for the heroes after that.
Poor, poor tags.
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Grand Pooba Unto Thyself
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Greg, I had a car like that. It was an old Festiva and if I forgot the cable, the battery would die and I'd have to shove the thing up a hill, jump in and ride it down to get enough speed to pop the clutch. yeah...good times.
Ok, so I'm working up the courage to tell my landlord I ain't gonna have rent when it is due and I'll have to pay half up front and half a week later. I really, really don't want to have this conversation.
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word-slinger
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Your landlord going to give you grief about it, Ted?
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Put on your Chippendale costume?
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
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That will only work if the landlord is a straight female or a gay man. Beyond that... it would probably get him kicked out.
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Well, if his landlord had a heart attack from the shock of having a nearly naked man suddenly dancing for him, I suppose that would buy Ted some time.
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Grand Pooba Unto Thyself
Join Date: Mar 2009
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He's a grumpy 80 year-old, it's hot and his health isn't the best. His insane, bi-polar wife has her methadone-maintenance daughter living with them. Her son is the one who fired a shotgun into the air and caused a huge ruckus with the SWAT Team a few months back. He's pretty much in need of being institutionalized because of years of crack addiction. So, yeah, he might give me a hard time just because of all the crap he has to deal with already.
Every time I talk to him, he tells me all the drama going on in his life and it is very clear he can't take much more. I can only hope remembers that I've told him how bad things are and how they are supposed to improve next month. We had the meeting at work today. They made the promise. They put it on paper. I'm supposed to get a big pay-raise starting July 1st, which means 1 more crappy paycheck and the rest should be good. We'll see. You know, kissing him might not be a bad idea. Lemme think about this one...
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word-slinger
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![]() And glad to hear things will be looking up, finally, even if you have to endure a little more to get it.
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Grand Pooba Unto Thyself
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I've endured a great deal because there is no place else for me to go. There are no jobs around here.
But, according to the numbers they are giving us, this change will increase my pay by 40-75% depending on how well sales go. This is a huge increase. I'll be able to afford rent AND food.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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He'll understand, he knows hard times.
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Grand Pooba Unto Thyself
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Still, I'd rather show my mom my web browsing history than have this conversation.
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