Shut up, Merry Christmas, and Other Random Thoughts

by **Bucky** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 15:28:27

Marion wrote:
Bucky wrote:will they ship to your work address??

This is what I would have done from the start at my old job. However, getting a package delivered to the Naval Academy is not that easy. Packages go missing here all the time.

now isn't that ironic. dontcha think.

by **phatj** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 15:33:54

Marion wrote:
Bucky wrote:will they ship to your work address??

This is what I would have done from the start at my old job. However, getting a package delivered to the Naval Academy is not that easy. Packages go missing here all the time.

If you call Dell again, you might be able to get them to instruct FedEx to hold it at a depot instead of sending it out for delivery, then you would go to pick it up.

by **Marion** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 15:56:12

phatj wrote:
Marion wrote:
Bucky wrote:will they ship to your work address??

This is what I would have done from the start at my old job. However, getting a package delivered to the Naval Academy is not that easy. Packages go missing here all the time.

If you call Dell again, you might be able to get them to instruct FedEx to hold it at a depot instead of sending it out for delivery, then you would go to pick it up.

I suppose I could try this. And while it'll suck driving over an hour to the FedEx facility, it might be better than ending up in the POD because I questioned them on taking my second laptop.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 15:58:45

kruker wrote:I'm sure in that scenario, FedEx is going to end up paying Dell and the delivery guy is going to catch hell. I rhymed.

...and after the inevitable arrests of said neighbors, the child porn found on that misdelivered laptop will be essential to securing convictions.

by **TenuredVulture** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 16:15:48

Marion wrote:I called Dell and they said that FedEx is not authorized to leave it with a neighbor. They're sending me out a new one. Let's just hope FedEx doesn't give it to the neighbor again.

On a related note, after telling the situation to some people at work here's the scenario I've put together...

When we moved in in August, an old lady came from that house and introduced herself. She said she owned the house with her sister who just died 3 weeks prior. She told us she lived there with her son and her sisters son(s). They were trying to decide if they should sell the house or not.

We never see anyone from that house, except at night. The sons (late 20's I'd guess), are always out at night with friends. About a month ago, a POD was delivered to their driveway. We hear them throw things in it...again, only at night.

I haven't seen the lady since August. I'm now convinced that the guys have killed her and thrown her in the POD. And to top it off, stole my laptop.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLjwSpZ6Cs[/youtube]

by **WheelsFellOff** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 16:16:42

by **PrattRules** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 16:20:08

jerseyhoya wrote:Why is hitting snooze so appealing

Because the Snooze Bar sounds awesome, like a place somebody would do an acoustic set at. If it was called the loser button, people would be more ashamed to use it. Bottom line is it's a device that lets you sleep attached to the top of a device whose soul purpose is waking you up.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 16:23:36

A rabbi, a lawyer, and a priest are on the Titanic. They rush to the lifeboat and as they get in, the rabbi says, "What about the children?"
The lawyer says, "Screw the children!"
The priest says, "Yes, but is there time?"

by **WheelsFellOff** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 16:32:37

While we're back on the subject of snooze buttons, this relatively cheap clock radio I grabbed from Walmart is easily the best alarm clock I've ever had. It has an internal Li-Ion battery to keep time in power outages, comes preset from the factory, automatically adjusts for daylight savings time and the snooze time is customizable. So much better than the one I used to have which was almost identical to the one in Groundhog Day.

Technology: It's Pretty Neat ™

by **Trent Steele** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 20:58:27

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zFi18ioqYk&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube]

For 52, she doesnt look too bad

by **FTN** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 21:52:59

we have a really cool coffee machine at work.

i dont drink coffee.

but i found out it makes hot chocolate. and it has a caramel flavor option as well.

i had 4 cups today.

it was fucking frigid today.

i love the new coffee machine.

by **td11** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 22:08:56

i looked at the politics thread but i clicked on the hotties thread.

by **FTN** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 00:17:28

not sure what made me think of this. but it always makes me laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G3DXZshNVI

by **FTN** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 00:23:59

you give me $25 and a good smack in the mouth and we're even.

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 00:39:26

All I can think about with Elizabeth Edwards dying is her being a raging bitch in Game Change

This is why I'm an awful person/partisan hack

Saint Elizabeth and the Ego Monster

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 03:00:56

Prediction for tomorrow morning. I set my alarm for 9:30. It goes off. I reset it for 10:15. I hit snooze three times. I wake up and shower. I dick around online until 11:15. I read one article for my Pol Psych paper before I decide I deserve to go to Chipotle. All of a sudden it's 1:30 and I've done a half hour's worth of work on my day off. Then I'll post on here about how unproductive I've been.

by **TenuredVulture** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:30:22

Sammy Davis Jr. is underrated as a singer and as an actor.

by **Bucky** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:31:59

TenuredVulture wrote:Sammy Davis Jr. is underrated as a singer and as an actor.

as mayor of philadelphia too

by **drsmooth** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:33:53

Judge Will Allow Jurors to See Video of 8-Year-Old Being Killed by Uzi at Gun Show

....The authorities say that Christopher shot himself in the head while firing a 9-millimeter Micro Uzi at the October 2008 Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo in Westfield, Mass. He was accompanied by his father, an emergency room doctor.

William M. Bennett, the Hampden County district attorney, said the father had chosen the gun for his son to fire because it was smaller — something that actually made it more dangerous and harder to control.

on trial is the sponsor of the event - a moonlighting local police chief.

inexplicably, this region of Massachusetts encompassing Westfield is not located in the deep South

by **laf837** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:34:32

Bucky wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:Sammy Davis Jr. is underrated as a singer and as an actor.

as mayor of philadelphia too

ouch, babe

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