In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from work at around 4:30pm. Just tired now.
I hope you sleep well tonight, then.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Didn't sleep too bad. But everything from yesterday I am now doing today(Tuesday).
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Out for my walk in a bit. Need to get some grocery shopping done. Was suppose to do that on Monday but was in no mood. Supper yesterday was a can of soup. So need something proper for tonight. Also have to return a DVD set to the library. Not sure about the "Murdoch Mysteries."
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Back from my walk a while ago and had to go look through some paper work for earlier this year for my boss. Found what she wanted now I just have to let her know.
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Heavy dose of fog sitting over my area with the sun trying to break through.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from work at around 4:30pm. Just tired now.
SIGNY:I hope you sleep well tonight, then.
BRENDA: Didn't sleep too bad. But everything from yesterday I am now doing today(Tuesday).
When you posted that your boss had called you in to work, my first thought was that she was getting ready for T-day.
But you've already had your T-day!
Any rhyme or reason to your work schedule?
Nothing irks me as much as random demands on my time. I don't mind doing for others, but I sure would like to know a week ahead of time!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from work at around 4:30pm. Just tired now.
SIGNY:I hope you sleep well tonight, then.
BRENDA: Didn't sleep too bad. But everything from yesterday I am now doing today(Tuesday).
When you posted that your boss had called you in to work, my first thought was that she was getting ready for T-day.
But you've already had your T-day!
Any rhyme or reason to your work schedule?
Nothing irks me as much as random demands on my time. I don't mind doing for others, but I sure would like to know a week ahead of time!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
T-Day in Canada was over a month ago now.
Nope, and it could be 2 days this month as she is starting on her Christmas baking. They are having family come in for the holidays. So anything like Monday was banana bread will go into the freezer and then be pulled out in December.
I don't mind too much as I'm not doing much anymore since I am only playing mah jong once a week now, which is tomorrow morning.
Anything I moved to Tuesday from Monday was no big deal. Like I said just a little grocery shopping and returning something to the library.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Hahaha!! I don't know, but I'm glad it hasn't been driiled into my head, yet!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
HOW HAVE BOTH OF YOU NEVER HEARD THAT SONG!!!!!!
Oh my god. I think I've heard Wonderful Christmas Time more than I've heard Stairway to Heaven.
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When was it aired??
Three months or so after I was born, so it's a thing that's been a thing all of my life.
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I generally DON'T listen to music. I knew people at work, it was their passion. They went to Coachella every year and it was like a competition almost to find the newest most under- appreciated group/singer before anyone else did.
I think the only time I listen is when somebody brings something tomy attention. I heard "some of us" on Bones and "Hallelujah" in Shrek. When I was reviewing data somebody brought me a thumb drive of compiled videogame music, so that started me on PrimeCronus. Or I would hear something that somebody was playing at work that was interesting. One of the posters here (I forget who) put me on to Two Cellos, and that popped up the Pentatonix. And if course there's Favorite Songs that exposes me to music I might not have heard otherwise. I bunny trailed my way to the call to prayer (it's quite beautiful), church bells, and other liturgical music.
I posted a LOT of Pentatonix back during my drinking days. I was never into their Christmas stuff, which came after they got YouTube famous, but just because I'm not into Christmas music at all. I still jam out to Pentatonix on my mp3 player.
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But mostly, I don't listen. Lots of music passes me by. I actually listen to geopolitical podcasts when I'm working in the kitchen, it keeps me from getting bored but it's what I call "bubblegum for the mind"- I chew on it while it's there but when it's gone, it's gone.
You should probably consider yourself lucky you never worked in retail. Though I'll admit there's a lot of great songs I've heard over the years that I still listen to today while working jobs that I never would have heard otherwise, there are ten times as many bad songs that I've heard far more than I ever would have otherwise too. Particularly Christmas songs. With McCartney's being number one on my shit list and Barbra Streisand's rendition of Jingle Bells being a VERY close second. In fact, Streisand's song would probably be my pick for the worst song of any genre ever made, but the only reason I hate McCartney's song more is because I don't hear Streisand's horror that often. It's the metaphorical equivalent to DePape hitting Paul in the head with a hammer.
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I should probably find a more productive use fro my ears. Stock picks, or something.
I often think that myself. But I enjoy music. I couldn't even tell you the amount of songs that I know every single lyric to, because ever since I was a little kid I would memorize songs and it's just natural to me today. I never found a way to turn that skill into money, but it did help make me an excellent karaoke performer and got me a ton of free drinks back in the day.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
HOW HAVE BOTH OF YOU NEVER HEARD THAT SONG!!!!!!
Oh my god. I think I've heard Wonderful Christmas Time more than I've heard Stairway to Heaven.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I love music but Christmas music isn't my thing. I've cassette tapes, CDs and LPs and the only thing remotely Christmassy among all of that is Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV. Oh, and my Doug and the Slugs CD has "White Christmas" on it. I have no idea why they put that on the "Slugology 101" CD but its there.
And a beer.... i-i-in a tree.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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So SIX, how's the weather? Not too bad, I hope?
I can't believe you set your thermostat to 55F!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
53 degrees, actually... It turns on when the thermostat reads 52 and gets up to about 55/56 before it turns off.
Just got back from my bro's for a few days and had it set to only 50. It was as low as I felt comfortable turning it down to with the pipes and everything, but I could have probably gotten away with 40 degrees if I wanted to. That three degrees REALLY made it cold in here when I got back home.
First time I'd seen the bro since around February, so that was nice. I finally got to install that new keyboard shelf I fabricated for him on is desk that I started building to his specs when he was in for Christmas last year. It's freakin' awesome and far too good for the desk it's now a part of.
I also got the new vinyl window film he wanted cut to size and put up and he's thrilled about that.
Got to meet his new cat finally. The first second it saw me it ran in his room and didn't make a sound for a whole day but by the end of the stay it finally let me pet it a little bit. Maybe the next time I'm over I'll be able to pick it up and pet it on my lap, but you got to wait until the cat's ready and not force it.
By the second night you could tell how different it was behaving with me out there because once it got comfortable enough around me to not be silently hiding under the bed while I was in there it would go by the front door and wail and moan for my brother if he left the apartment and it would hang out right by my brother when we were sitting down and watching TV. Those two are inseparable. I'm glad that my brother got the cat because he seems a lot happier now. Although I don't know if he'll be coming back at Christmas time anymore. He wasn't joking about putting EVERYTHING safely away or being overprotective of his own belongings like I thought he was. That cat will DESTROY anything it can get its paws (and teeth) on. Once it was comfortable enough to come around me I noticed it had gotten into my open duffel bag and it was only there about 5 seconds and it put 6 holes in my leather glasses case, and it also shredded the heels of both of my shoes without me knowing until after the fact. There's not a chance I can catproof my house and let that thing have the freedom to roam for a whole week, let alone 5 minutes when it's capable of that level of destruction.
I was actually impressed a little. I lived with 7 cats in my grandma's house for years, and if you discount the amount of pissing they did over everything, all 7 of them couldn't come close to the level of destruction that little cat is capable of. I'm hoping that he mellows out and stops doing that so my brother can come here on Christmas again, but nobody else in the family wants that cat in their house either.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
HOW HAVE BOTH OF YOU NEVER HEARD THAT SONG!!!!!!
Oh my god. I think I've heard Wonderful Christmas Time more than I've heard Stairway to Heaven.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I love music but Christmas music isn't my thing. I've cassette tapes, CDs and LPs and the only thing remotely Christmassy among all of that is Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV. Oh, and my Doug and the Slugs CD has "White Christmas" on it. I have no idea why they put that on the "Slugology 101" CD but its there.
And a beer.... i-i-in a tree.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Yup, that's them.
I may even have an LP of that same CD. Some good music on the Doug and the Slugs too. They were a local group from Vancouver.
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