Holy Cow, post: 429033, member: 50 wrote: I just hope the nice people in Texas and Oklahoma wear out those tornadoes tonight because we don't need them up here.
A correspondent from Good Morning America was in Norman this morning. Hope PC is OK.
Being 18 in the fourth grade might help a bit in winning the largest pecker competition out behind the coal shed.
Hanging out in a courthouse yesterday I overheard a lady complaining about being somewhat forced to be in the same place as her ex-husband. I was very clear that his beatings and verbal and mental abuse had driven her to leave him about 30 years ago. But, they had kids together. So the inevitable things take place where they should end up at the same place. Anyway, she was explaining that he had a severe case of "shortmanitis" which she then said she usually called "teenyweinie syndrome". The people two blocks away probably wondered what was so funny down at the courthouse.
FL/GA PLS., post: 429057, member: 379 wrote: You were, what, around 18 in the 4th grade right? 😉
"around" 18....like 7, 18, and 19?
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You confused me above. You referred to Paden as PC. Being PC is not one of his strong points. That's why I like him just the way he is.
Holy Cow, post: 429135, member: 50 wrote: That's why I like him just the way he is.
Me too, I was just wondering if he is OK.
Normally, we would have had at least one 100 degree day by mid-May. Had a couple days in the low 90s and several in the mid 70s to mid 80s. I wish it would stay that way for a few more months. I'd rather deal with snow than 100+ degree days.
Andy Bruner, post: 429015, member: 1123 wrote: My not quite 2 year old air conditioner decided to die.
What brand was that, per chance?
Lennox. I have to replace the coil.
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Andy. You are in Georgia. Do you ever shut off the air-conditioning unit? Three years of use in Wisconsin might equate to a month of use in Georgia. Forty years ago I worked with a fellow in Michigan who had spent his entire life in Michigan. He very proudly declared that he had never had any kind of air conditioner in his home or his car. He had ordered a new car but only after insisting that it come without an air conditioner. He didn't want the extra fuel expense caused by it cycling on.
FL/GA PLS., post: 429140, member: 379 wrote: Me too, I was just wondering if he is OK.
He's ok, between power outages and a sick dog or two I've been busy.
As for "PC"....I'm about as politically correct as a turd in punch bowl. And although my wife accuses me of attempting to be outlandish, I am merely trying to be honest.
I remember getting sent to the principal's office from a sixth grade English class for being "honest". As the class started the teacher told me to "take my seat". I asked her, "Take it where?" She accused me of "twisting" her words. I told her that she was the English teacher and ought to have a better grasp on the language.
The principal didn't think it was funny either....
Oh, yeah. The old phrase: That'll go over like a turd in a punch bowl. Another favorite was: That'll go over like a pregnant pole vaulter.
It was Seventh Grade when the substitute teacher asked me to use the word "facetious" correctly in a sentence. My correct response was, "I do not know how to spell the word facetious." The rest of the class thought it was hilarious. The substitute teacher, not so much.
Andy Bruner, post: 429015, member: 1123 wrote: It was 88 here today. My not quite 2 year old air conditioner decided to die. Recharged the Freon and found a leaking coil. Now $700 labor to replace it. ARRRRGGGG!!
My wife is the service manager at an HVAC company...we we're texting Thursday AM after it had got up into the 90's for the first time the previous day 😉
Holy Cow, post: 429304, member: 50 wrote: [USER=1123]@Andy Bruner[/USER]
Andy. You are in Georgia. Do you ever shut off the air-conditioning unit? Three years of use in Wisconsin might equate to a month of use in Georgia. Forty years ago I worked with a fellow in Michigan who had spent his entire life in Michigan. He very proudly declared that he had never had any kind of air conditioner in his home or his car. He had ordered a new car but only after insisting that it come without an air conditioner. He didn't want the extra fuel expense caused by it cycling on.
This year has been unusual. First we had no winter as such. Normally I can make it until June before I turn on the AC, but my mother-in-law lives with us so I don't have control of HVAC. A few years ago I worked a job in Des Moines. While I was there Atlanta hit its all time high of 105. In Des Moines we had three days in a row of 106. I told the fellows there that I was going to head back south to cool off. Of course in the winter they have -20 degree weather too. I'll take Georgia thank you.
Andy
It is so humid here that it is not uncommon for the heater and ac to be on at the same time, especially to give the inside of the vehicle a defogging and to clear my sinus and bronchial tubes.
BTW, since this post started, two more window units have gone out, compressor quit on two and the third has been out one year and 9 months.
They lasted 10yrs and I am sure that regular power outages and then kicking on and off rapidly in recent times have taken its toll for them to have gone out in such short time of one another.
The folks at the local co-op really don't care about anything except overtime.
I just got back from Home Depot with replacements.
paden cash, post: 429313, member: 20 wrote: I remember getting sent to the principal's office from a sixth grade English class for being "honest"
"The principal didn't think it was funny either...."
After being booted out of Parochial school for questioning how an ??Immaculate Conception? could occur, among other silly accusations, I attended a public high school.
My new Principal in the 10th grade (1966) suspected I was smoking in my car in the parking lot (which I had been), approached during his daily wanderings looking for potential renegade criminals so I quickly ??flicked? the smoke into the grass. As he came closer I exited the car with a big smile and explained I had come to my car to retrieve a textbook. His reply was ??OK just go back to class after lunch period?. I thought halleluiah I??d weaseled my out of another conflict with authorities.
As I was headed back the Principal (A forerunner of Colombo) asked if I smoked and I replied ??No Sir? he then reached into my shirt pocket and retrieved a pack of Marlboros. Well three smacks later on the bare ass with something that resembled a large oar with holes in it administered by something that looked like a hairless King Kong. I behaved myself after that, what I really mean is I never got caught again.
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My dad would have pronounced that as Home da Pot. I inherited some of his weird sense of humor. He also used to warn us at pedestrian crossings to watch out for that group of odd religious people who needed special assistance with crossing the road. That was the Pee-dess-tarians.
FL/GA PLS., post: 429334, member: 379 wrote: "The principal didn't think it was funny either...."
After being booted out of Parochial school for questioning how an ??Immaculate Conception? could occur, among other silly accusations, I attended a public high school.
My new Principal in the 10th grade (1966) suspected I was smoking in my car in the parking lot (which I had been), approached during his daily wanderings looking for potential renegade criminals so I quickly ??flicked? the smoke into the grass. As he came closer I exited the car with a big smile and explained I had come to my car to retrieve a textbook. His reply was ??OK just go back to class after lunch period?. I thought halleluiah I??d weaseled my out of another conflict with authorities.
As I was headed back the Principal (A forerunner of Colombo) asked if I smoked and I replied ??No Sir? he then reached into my shirt pocket and retrieved a pack of Marlboros. Well three smacks later on the bare ass with something that resembled a large oar with holes in it administered by something that looked like a hairless King Kong. I behaved myself after that, what I really mean is I never got caught again.
😉
I remember sitting in the HS principal's office awaiting some heavy corporal punishment that involved a slab of hickory. The principal was going on and on about the need for young people to follow examples set by teachers and elders in general. I think his point was that I was one that seemed to shed correction like water off a duck's back. That was a really astute observation for such a mindless creature.
He delved into how anti-social behavior could easily warp into criminal behavior. After some time I asked if I would get in trouble for hitting another student with a baseball bat if I saw fit to do so. He agreed that would indicate some real deep problems and probably be a criminal offense.
Then I asked him how he got to be a principal. He told me he went to college. So then I reasoned out loud that if I went to college would it then be ok to hit people with sticks of woods?
The man stared at me for a good two or three minutes...a long time for a kid.
He told me to get out of his office and I obliged. 😉
MightyMoe, post: 428984, member: 700 wrote: I was to take off tomorrow morning for a Saturday wedding, decided to fly part way, this is what is on my original path right now:
I'm going to try and circle to the town I'm going to, the direct way is going to get hit with 18-35" of snow today and tomorrow.........
Enough is enough this winter........
Wyoming, where winter can be any day of the year! It does tend to keep the people away though, LOL!
FL/GA PLS., post: 429334, member: 379 wrote: After being booted out of Parochial school for questioning how an ??Immaculate Conception? could occur, among other silly accusations, I attended a public high school.
When I was in high school my mother taught at a Catholic school that seemed to specialize in "reeducation" of girls who's parents though that the public schools had "loosened" their morals a tad too much. For me the place was like one of those private game reserves where rich guys pay top dollar to shoot captive gazelles....young taut gazelles in plaid skirts. 😉
James Fleming, post: 429617, member: 136 wrote: When I was in high school my mother taught at a Catholic school that seemed to specialize in "reeducation" of girls who's parents though that the public schools had "loosened" their morals a tad too much. For me the place was like one of those private game reserves where rich guys pay top dollar to shoot captive gazelles....young taut gazelles in plaid skirts. 😉
Good place to insert an old joke in need of perpetuation:
Two young lads walking the streets in South Boston (Southie) with nothing on their mind except young girls. As they passed the old St. Augustine church one told the other to "hang on a minute and he'd be back". He then raced up the steps and into the church.
He found the confessional and entered quietly. When the little door slip open he confessed. "Forgive me Father as I have sinned. I took carnal liberties with a couple of the young neighborhood girls."
The Padre's voice from behind the screen asked "Was it Debbie O'Maley?" The young man said, "No Father."
The Father pressed on, "Was it Kelly McCleary?" The young man said, "No Father, and I'd rather not say their names."
The Padre gave him his penance and told him to go and sin no more.
When he made it back out to the steps of the church his buddy was still waiting for him. "C'mon, let's go!" he told his friend, "I've got a couple of hot names!"
