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Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Mon October 13, 2025 8:28 pm
by bart
Always weirds me out to think that Quebec City is significantly farther south than Paris
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Mon October 13, 2025 8:32 pm
by doug rr
bart wrote:Always weirds me out to think that Quebec City is significantly farther south than Paris
and that Toronto is basically equal to Milwaukee
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Mon October 13, 2025 11:59 pm
by spike
Peeps wrote:Everyone knows that Lennys chosen profession is for protection of the company and not "for" the employees
but every now and then you run into so good people in HR who do look out for you.
I wouldnt say i have been depressed but my upcoming surgery has been weighing pretty heavy on my mind as well as always worrying about my heart. Well Friday I was walking past our HR office and she called my name and asked me to step in. We started off with a little banter (thats another post) and she asked how I was doing. I replied well aside from the limp because of my arthritis I am doing ok. Just want the surgery to be done with. She shot back not physically, mentally. I've noticed a little change in your demeanor and wanted to make sure you were ok.
I told I am just stressed with the surgey and stuff and thanked her for taking the time to check in on me. There are very few HR departments that do that.
Sly long game play, it’ll make a disappointing salary increase sting a bit less.
But seriously, that’s really nice. It’s rare to find a beam of (seemingly) genuine humanity amidst the cold and calculating professional world of 2025.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Tue October 14, 2025 12:23 am
by spike
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Great weekend in Illinois. Perfect weather, hanging out with people I love, great food. Went to a haunted house that was a little disappointing but still tons of fun (can't help but smile ear-to-ear the whole time I'm in any haunted house regardless of how good it is). I hated living in Illinois and would never want to set foot there again during summer, but autumn in the midwest can be really wonderful.
Did you see what’s going into the old Trib warehouse downtown?
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2025 12:25 am
by 96583UP
I'm a Metamucil man now
Dr. suggestion
always figured this day would come
watched enough commercials during Price is Right to know
it was inevitable
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2025 1:13 am
by spike
How old are you?
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2025 1:20 am
by 96583UP
over 18
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Sat October 18, 2025 10:25 pm
by bodysnatcher
Big storm coming in tonight. So stoked.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 3:52 am
by spike
Went to talk to our neighbor, who I’ve never met, about his half dead tree that has a large portion hanging over our yard. I had an arborist look at it this week and he agreed it needs to be taken down before it comes down itself.
Anyway, I’ve had glimpses of the guy and was preparing myself for a crusty old dude to tell me to get off his lawn, but turns out he’s a lovely guy and a fellow ex pat from Cincy. He said he totally understands my concerns and he’d like to have his gardener look at it. Fine by me, as perhaps this means he’ll cover the cost - though we didn’t discuss any of that yet.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 12:51 pm
by wease
Oh, that’s on its way. Have no fears about that.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 4:31 pm
by The Argonaut
I have been trying marihuana gummies for the last year or so. I am finding that how "high" I feel is highly affected by how much I lean into it. I can take a gummy one day and sit down and stare at the leaves in the trees or at the clouds and have literal visual hallucinations, like cartoons appear in the clouds. Or I can take the same gummy and more or less go about my evening. Or I can lean into it for a while and then decide to snap out and feel more or less normal.
The effects of alcohol are way more unavoidable. If I've been drinking, I can't just turn off the drunkenness.
Is this normal? Am I a freak?
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 4:44 pm
by Jorge
Would you be able to, for example, get through a full work shift while under the influence of an edible?
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 6:24 pm
by Self
I find it situational. I can take 5 to 10mg and sit at home with the family feeling relaxed. The same dose at the grocery store can be a little unnerving and makes shopping way harder than it needs to be.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 6:26 pm
by Self
I've started responding to "happy Friday" greetings with "yup, almost Monday" and seeing the wind come out people's sails is making my day.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 6:47 pm
by wease
Self wrote:I've started responding to "happy Friday" greetings with "yup, almost Monday" and seeing the wind come out people's sails is making my day.
AL
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 6:58 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Self wrote:I've started responding to "happy Friday" greetings with "yup, almost Monday" and seeing the wind come out people's sails is making my day.
maybe the most Gen X post I've ever seen on RM
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 8:35 pm
by Bammer
Self wrote:I've started responding to "happy Friday" greetings with "yup, almost Monday" and seeing the wind come out people's sails is making my day.
This very much has a Bodysnatcher ring to it. Well done.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 8:54 pm
by The Argonaut
Jorge wrote:Would you be able to, for example, get through a full work shift while under the influence of an edible?
Only one way to find out!
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Fri October 24, 2025 11:54 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Self wrote:I've started responding to "happy Friday" greetings with "yup, almost Monday" and seeing the wind come out people's sails is making my day.
Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Sat October 25, 2025 12:08 am
by oasisfan35
Self wrote:I've started responding to "happy Friday" greetings with "yup, almost Monday" and seeing the wind come out people's sails is making my day.
I'm a "that much closer to Monday" kinda guy.
I often get "living the dream" in response to some cordiality and am forever working on my "someday you'll wake up" deadpan, I don't think it is particularly funny but I detest that saying.