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At 7/20/11 03:29 PM, Proteas wrote: ... am I the only person on the planet who doesn't own a cell phone?

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Your one of the few holdouts I guess Proteas !

I got rid of my landline.
I now have 2 cel phones one for business & everyday anyone.Which I do turn off & or ignore.
The other is a private cell, only immediate family & my 2 friends have it. & when the number gets into the wrong hands (like when my mum gave it out to someone looking for me) I'll get rid of it & get another number...& torture my mother by not giving it to her for a couple of months... which I believe I can say it worked, because she's never done it again.

I'd never guess that More would only use burn phones. /sarcasm :p

Although I am slightly surprised you have 2 cell phones for a guy who doesn't watch TV.

I have 3 numbers but they all go to the same phone - google voice is pretty nifty like that - If family/friends with landlines don't want to pay long distance charges I can give them a number in their area code. I also got the cheapest text message plan so free texts from google voice are nice too but I don't really text much anyway - I just hate paying more money to my provider.

Also, for a shameless plug because I keep geeking out in here I made a thread in C&C about mobile phones.

*shrug*

I'm usually either at home or at work, I don't go out much so people usually know where they can find me. The only reason I'd need a cell phone would be for emergency purposes, like if my car breaks down and I need to call a wrecker... which given what happened to me last year, wouldn't be a bad idea.

I was stranded about 30 miles from home when all that shit happened, with no cell phone. The only reason I didn't get one shortly after was because of how fucked my expenses were for the months following. And speaking of how fucked they were...

One Sunday morning back in late April/early May, this guy drives up on our property. My dad goes out to greet him, and after a few minutes of discussion, comes back in and just smirks at me. The guy was a meter-reader for the city, and wanted to know how much my dad would take for the car (i.e.; my car) since it had been seemingly parked for several months now. During all that shit last September, I never got my tags renewed. I never got a renew notification from the state, and I had never so much as bothered to look at my license plate to see when they due. I had been driving on expired tags for about 6 months and didn't know it, and this meter reader thought we had just parked the car there for whatever reason, and was wondering what we wanted for it since it had always been parked there whenever he drove up to read our meter.

How I didn't get pulled over is anyone's guess. God watches out for idiots and small children, I guess.

At 7/24/11 01:26 PM, Proteas wrote: How I didn't get pulled over is anyone's guess. God watches out for idiots and small children, I guess.

You're lucky dude, sometimes the fuzz isn't too kind about driving with expired tags. My dad has had a 51 Ford sitting by our house since the 80s and every little while somebody will knock on the door wondering what he would take for the old Ford. He never sells it, but he hasn't worked on it in years.

I've noticed some states will have your tags expire on your birth month regardless of when you register it.

Tennessee just has you renew them in the month you register them.

assuming they send you the damn renewal notice.

*opens mail*

Oh, yay. My credit score is back UP to 655. It's almost to what it was before all that shit happened with my car. Yippee.

At 7/23/11 05:40 PM, Malachy wrote: Although I am slightly surprised you have 2 cell phones for a guy who doesn't watch TV.

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Still not watching TV...& when others were talking at work about it this week,(how much Shit is on thses days) I found 2 other people who don't watch TV either
One of them, doesn't even own one. (My lover & I are at over 2000 movies in our collection now.)
He does have a computer & high speed, but he thinks like I do.
Why should I pay for a TV signal, when the provider has already been paid by those who advertise etc. to be on their 'channel' ?!?!?!?

After all if EVERYONE started saying NO F'in Way. I'm paying for that, I guarantee they would be providing it for free. Because THEY NEED A VIEWER BASE & THE BIGGER THE NUMBER THE MORE THEY CAN CHARGE ADVERTISERS ETC.
Because there is no way they would give up all that other dough...they're just raking it in from all the sheeple who just don't get it.

As for the phone, I own a rental company, I work freelance in the Entertainment Industry. I have to be accessable & Cel phones provide that.

After all , when I'm done on a project I don't know when or where my next job(s) is coming from. I know people who have left this business because they can't handle that uncertainty.
I've been doin git for so damn long, I know another job's coming, usually 2 or 3 at the same bloody time ! That's the REAL PROBLEM IMO !!

I'm moving tomorrow - I am not at all ready. I feel like none of my stuff is boxed up yet. I have a moving van arriving at 2pm and the rest of my utilities are being connected in the afternoon. Except Comcast. They took my "afternoon please" as "8am-10am" I can't even get into my new apartment until after 12 because they're still installing carpets! Hope the cable guy has fun with that. On top of the the wife requested tomorrow off but they still put her on the schedule so hopefully she gets done before the moving guys show up.

At 7/29/11 11:02 PM, Malachy wrote: I'm moving tomorrow -

I'm going canoeing, & beer drinking ~:)

sucks to be you ....hopefully, it goes as smoothly as that ordeal can.

Rydia... my place has about 6000 sq ft of space.
I'm running out of room & either need to get rid of some stuff (but its all great stuff !) Luckily my lover is an understanding sort & great organizer.

But its getting to the point where I may have to build another building.

so I had this severely messed up dream last night that I was going to eat with some of my coworkers. I get there, I decide to use the restroom real quick and when I came back, they were all seated at a table with no room left for me and they were already eating.

So I decide to walk over to the buffet and I see the restaurant workers grabbing double handfuls of food and stuffing it into their own mouths. well, I decided that was rather disgusting so I go to walk out. this big 300 pound wall of muscle was standing between me and the door and told me I haven't paid yet. I tell him I didn't even order yet and that the place was disgusting and that I'm leaving. he steps aside and I walk out.

I go to the McDonalds next door, walk through the door and I'm back in the restaurant I walked out of. at that point I wake up and I am exhausted. 8 hours of sleep and I felt like I've been awake the entire time.

You know the "Conceal Carry 'Deadly Weapon?'" topic? One of the cops I was asking legal questions to came back in the other day to shop, and told me that he wasn't able to find an answer for me on the legal difference between conceal carry deadly weapon/firearms permit. I told him that was okay, and proceeded to cite him the body of law I found.

He offered me a part time job. XD

Today I figured out what I want to do in life. I want to start a nonprofit. question is.... what KIND of nonprofit do I wanna do? There's a lot of things that could be done locally or even on a state level.

decisions decisions..... of course, I could give a shit about the local adults, but some sort of youth program might be a noble enough cause.

OR perhaps the fact that I'm not sure exactly what I want to do is a clear sign I shouldn't be considering it.... *shrug*

Or perhaps I shouldn't focus on anything big and work towards small goals, like trying to generate funding to build a proper local park. We have a park, but ehh,, it sucks. big time. not to mention it's in a bad part of town and its very small and has little room to add in anything new. The problem with the town I live in is there is nothing interesting here at all.

I'd love to build a nice big park with swings and merry go rounds, stuff kids love!

Only problem I'd have with building a park is it might attract the wrong crowd to hang out there all the time which would cause its own host of problems.

the easy solution would be to become super rich so i could just shell out the money personally. Problem with that is, well, I'm not super rich, or rich at all, or even moderately well off. I live in a freaking storage room! (which is fine for me, I kinda like it)

Maybe I should start smaller and look into the local park, maybe there's something there I could do to fix it up some... I might wanna look into who/what is in charge of the park and make sure I don't get myself thrown in jail for "stealing" a swing chain by replacing it with a fresher, stronger chain.

I am without a sense of purpose in life. It's slowly devouring me. I work to make a greedy person money and I need something to at least feel like my life has a meaning other than "make other people rich, while getting nowhere myself"

When I'm not at work I sit around, playing video games in order to escape my life, even if just for a short time. Problem is, I accomplish nothing by doing that and only feeds the beast that has been gnawing on my soul for years.

I think when I get a chance I'm going to talk to some of the town council members. Maybe they can give me some ideas on what could be done to help out around town... but not the mayor. to hell with that scumbag.

A nonprofit is a good idea dude. If you aren't sure what to work towards, why don't you volunteer at a few local nonprofits to see what they're all about and how they're run. Hell, you could probably join a board or something if you want a leadership role. It won't be fulltime work but it gets your foot in the door.

My move has been a giant pain in the ass. We didn't pack nearly enough before the movers came so we've been doing trips with the car and there is still stuff at our old apartment. Good thing I overlapped the leases by a few days. Utilities have been the worst though. Comcast showed up at 8am instead of 12 like I told them to and they can't come back until Monday (got it down from Tuesday after a few more phone calls). Dish Networked we missed by 10min yesterday and today he couldn't install because there is a big ugly tree growing next to our porch that is messing up his line and the complex is anal retentive about messing with trees so I have to hope they cut it back tomorrow so I can give the Dish guy a call... and to think I told the leasing lady about our need of a clear view of the southern sky back in May when we started this clusterfuck of a process.

At 8/1/11 01:17 AM, Malachy wrote: A nonprofit is a good idea dude. If you aren't sure what to work towards, why don't you volunteer at a few local nonprofits to see what they're all about and how they're run. Hell, you could probably join a board or something if you want a leadership role. It won't be fulltime work but it gets your foot in the door.

Maybe I can find something nearby that's not a religious based nonprofit... I don't get along with these "christian" zealot types who want to pray over you every 10 minutes, and yell "thank you Jesus!" every 5 words. Those kinds of people grate on my nerves like you wouldn't believe. Not to mention my lack of religious zeal gets on their nerves too.

I had to deal with one of those this weekend when my big mouth volunteered me to help a stranger move...(more or less she got into a big argument with her own son in the parking lot and he took off and she couldn't drive the moving truck she rented from us so I volunteered to drive it for her and basically got roped into doing more and more) UGH. She used more religious phrases than a rapper uses profanities... and she spouted profanities as often as a rapper too, not to mention she was a petty materialistic old codger... She was going through a divorce and even fought her husband over the doormat.

the fucking DOORMAT! you can get those at a dollar store for like $10. I hate petty people.

At 8/1/11 08:58 AM, Korriken wrote: the fucking DOORMAT! you can get those at a dollar store for like $10. I hate petty people.

One of my coworkers was about that petty when she went through her divorce. She went into the house with a list of things she bought and was going to take out, even going so far as a to grab a trashcan she bought. A $200 trashcan, just to see the stupid look on his face when she took it.

Granted, he was abusive and was regularly late on house payments on a house they bought in her name, so I can't say I blame her.

At 8/1/11 10:09 PM, Proteas wrote:

One of my coworkers was about that petty when she went through her divorce. She went into the house with a list of things she bought and was going to take out, even going so far as a to grab a trashcan she bought. A $200 trashcan, just to see the stupid look on his face when she took it.

a $200 trash can? for $200 it better take itself out without me having to touch it.

Granted, he was abusive and was regularly late on house payments on a house they bought in her name, so I can't say I blame her.

To a point, I just have a natural aversion to people with bad attitudes. this woman was being loud, obnoxious, kept repeating herself, on one thing a dozen times or more, not to mention being pushy and commanding. I guess the thing that really got under my skin is she was calling EVERYONE she knew to tell them the play by play about what's going on. I take that back, the thing that got the deepest under my skin, and it REALLY rubbed me the wrong way was how she kept calling her son and telling her how great a helper I was.

Now, some would ask, "what's wrong with someone bragging on you?" problem is, she was using me to get to him, and I don't like being used like that at all. not to mention it almost got me into a 2 on 1 fight. He showed up eventually, of course he brought his cousin with him and both of them were being rude and all around annoying. I eventually had enough and said, "if you're not gonna help, get the hell out." and of course, Mr. big tough punk gets aggressive and begins walking towards me in a hostile fashion. I looked him straight in the eye and gave him a big evil grin, as to say, "yeah, I'm gonna enjoy this..." apparently it eroded his confidence pretty quickly, because he did the usual punk backing out, "you're lucky we're at my parents' place!"

riiight. I'd love to leave this godforsaken area and move somewhere with more like minded people... problem is, where?

At 8/2/11 12:04 AM, Korriken wrote: a $200 trash can? for $200 it better take itself out without me having to touch it.

I think you'd have to get one of those from the "beyond" section at Bed Bath and Beyond.

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riiight. I'd love to leave this godforsaken area and move somewhere with more like minded people... problem is, where?

Seattle? If I learned anything from Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations," it seems chock full of weird/slightly deranged people.

At 8/2/11 08:01 PM, Proteas wrote: Seattle? If I learned anything from Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations," it seems chock full of weird/slightly deranged people.

NOT that there's anything wrong with being weird or slightly deranged, I think we've all demonstrated how weird we are at one point or another.

true. difference is, I'm openly deranged and it's gonna make me rich... just as soon as I finish the script to an idea I had about a 1920's gangster style flick made in the present day.

basically it goes like this. some guy ends up bringing organized crime to a small town and more or less takes it over. his syndicate runs everything in the town, from the schools to the stores. those who use their positions of power are allowed to keep their positions on power. those who do not are forced out of power, either through resignation, or they simply "take ill and die". Those who own stores in the town are allowed to run them so long as the syndicate gets their cut of the profits. those who refuse to pay up get shut down.

anyone who tries to unmask the syndicate dies, along with their entire extended family.

and of course the town is VERY peaceful, practically no crime rate to speak of.. its that way for a reason.

It begins with a night scene in a welding shop (owned by the syndicate) with a man strapped to a chair, that looks a lot like a makeshift electric chair (because it is). a man in a neat suit approaches the guy and says something to the effect of, "We don't put up with piece of shit child molesters like you in our town. what, you thought you could get away with molesting that little girl? huh? Well, its time you see what happens to lowlifes like you around here!" with that he flips a switch on a welding machine and the guy is barbecued.

it's gonna be a fun story, several executions take place, usually using makeshift devices.

and the best part? in the end, the bad guy will win! it's gonna be MARVELOUS!

Am I the last guy on the planet that thinks that tie clasps* are cool?

:* Different than a tie bar, tie clasp wraps around the entire tie, resulting in a much firmer hold on your tie.

At 8/3/11 11:56 PM, BrianEtrius wrote: Am I the last guy on the planet that thinks that tie clasps* are cool?

* Different than a tie bar, tie clasp wraps around the entire tie, resulting in a much firmer hold on your tie.

I don't even own a tie...

At 8/3/11 11:56 PM, BrianEtrius wrote: Am I the last guy on the planet that thinks that tie clasps* are cool?

Nah. I've got a few of 'em from when I used to wear ties on a regular basis, like to Church and other events. At least I think they're clasps, not sure... got any pictures you'd like to show us?

At 8/5/11 12:32 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: He's not violent or anything but I guess I'm just not sure how to handle it. I really don't know much about the disorder other than I can see the correlation between good moods and loud music with him. Not knowing much, I think I'm intimidated.

Then study up on it. The fear of the unknown is the greatest fear, afterall.

I'm not going to venture a guess and say "yeah, he's all right, bi-polar people are all right as long as they're medicated" because I don't know this particular individual. If he seems like a pretty nice and reasonable person, I would be more cautious about it than I would be worried until I got to know him better.

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On a funnier note; my boss at work had to sell off his truck due to financial issues, and is now driving a white panel-van until he can get something better. I told him he needed to take a can of spray paint and spray "free candy" on the side, and he just laughed... even he thinks it looks like a pedophile van. XD

time for another edition of Korriken's Fucked Up Life.

On todays episode of Korriken's Fucked Up Life...

One of my coworkers' daughter is really starting to weird me out. I'm not sure if she's just screwing with my head, or there is something else going on, but, it seems like every time she is in the store she asks me when I am coming over to their house.

Yesterday, we all went out to eat and I took a ride with them to the place to get some chow.

She asks if I can come over to their house.

Now, don't get me wrong, I have no intentions of doing anything, I'm not that kind of guy. However, given the frequency of her asking about me coming to visit is really beginning to make me wonder, "WTF is up with that?"

In case you're wondering, yes she is jailbait, and no I'm not gonna take the bait.

You know what the lounge needs right now? A good ole' fashioned argument "I'm right and you're wrong" argument with a very vague premise that no one is quite sure about.

I'll start.

You're all wrong! Wrong wrong wrong wrong WRONG!!! Wrongedy wrong wrong! I am the supreme being and you are all nothing but mental midgets who left home without their football helmets you don't know how wrong you are it's so pathetic!!!

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