Browncoat Bar and Grill- Awaiting Developments

POSTED BY: MsA
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 13:46
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MSA

Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:02 AM

Can we poke you while you sleep?? Or draw on you? I'd find that entertaining...


Wow long night.. had a false alarm and spent several hours in hospital... on the upside I filled out all their stupid paperwork for when the real thing happens:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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STINKINGROSE

Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:06 PM

Fire Drill!!!

Just consider it the dress rehearsal.

Yay for almost newness! (Can we call him "Newness"?)

I'm failing to get through my first cuppa java whilst awaiting the now almost an hour late electrician.

Why, oh why, cannot people who you are trying to hire to do work you do not have skills/time for CALL BACK AND SHOW UP AS ARRANGED?

I actually managed to get one guy out here in the beginning of summer, then he never returned our calls. I just want a functioning front porch light and safely wired outlets. Is that too much to ask? Were it not for the "safely wired" part I could have just done it my damned self by now. I want someone with proper domestic wiring training, not what I can remember from Lighting 101-2 in Stagecraft.

Mingya!


(Phonetic and very rude Sicilian, sorry if anyone's ears are singed.)

Don't even get me started on the driveway thing. NO I do NOT know how to pave. I've dropped run-a-crush down and spread it before, but not making a nice bed for concrete.. and I really don't like the stink of asphalt and am leery of hot gooey things that burn and make me wheeze.

Coffee. Must stop typing and finish coffee. Hour and five late. I'm picking up the phone. This is the second time he's done this this week. He lost his muffler on 81 Wednesday and was about to call when I did. I can't blame him for the car trouble, but he could have called to say he'd be late today... neh?

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MSA

Saturday, October 24, 2009 4:47 PM

LOl Rosie..

Actually I think there is a secret union of all handymen which involves never showing up on time, never finishing when you say you will, always charging more than the estimate, and leaving a mess when you're done

( "cept I had an awesome contractor who was on time, less than estimate, and finished faster than he said with flawless work... but I think he works in secret)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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STINKINGROSE

Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:31 PM

He came, he saw, he wired up a light and got an idea of what was in store for him.

When I said I had to go finish brushing oil on eggplant his eyes lit up "Did you say eggplant?" and I knew we'd reached an understanding.

He'd been late because they've got a 10 month old son and he just hadn't been able to get out earlier. (Probably trapped under a sleeping baby, if I remember those days correctly.)

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MSA

Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:46 PM

ok well that is a good excuse so he's forgiven..plus you can trade electrical work for produce:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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DANCINGNEKO

Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:14 PM

[ /lurk ]

*hugs MsA* Sorry to hear about the false alarm followed by the 2.5 hour wait at the hospital. (And I'd better get some stuff mailed over sooner than later...*blush* Bad, lazy, 'neko....*hangs head*)

SR: *hee* I've always thought that food/drink (non-alcoholic, of course) was a proper treat/bribe for good contractors/garbagemen/furniture delivery folk (in addition to a tip for the furniture delivery). (Back when the garbage men would pick up the bags of garbage by hand and toss it into the truck, folks in the city I live in would leave a case of beer/soda for them as a "thank you" 'round Christmas time....so the guys would have an off-duty friend follow the them with a pickup to load up on all the drinks. ....and I still love that memory.)

*makes sure that shadow-y corner has the properly shined and chilled can-o-dew, some ice cream sammiches, and vines*

[ lurk ]

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STINKINGROSE

Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:47 PM

Cookies in the mailbox at holiday time is my favorite. It takes determination to face those snowbanks and unroll that window in February....

I realized I've been married almost 15 years and I haven't made eggplant parmigiana in that entire time! I kind of changed it a little today. I didn't bread and fry the eggplant, and I added some ricotta and mushrooms to the pan before baking.

(Do not tell my grandmother I used "jar" sauce or I will have to reveal my secret super-uber-hidden ninja mamma skills. It's far far scarier than it sounds..)

(I'm watching you.)

0.-


So why do almost all the shows I Hulu come out on Friday? Nothing all week, then glutting myself on Saturday and Sunday is not good for me. (Don't try to explain about pacing myself throughout the week, it will not happen.)

On the up side we're going to be a Nielsen family for a week soonish. I asked the survey lady if the fact that we didn't actually watch TV would skew her results, she checked with her manager and said it should be fine. MWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! I will be watching Dollhouse during sweeps weeks just to fuck with them, and lots and lots of Firefly! We have to keep a written diary, there is no telly box. I could totally make shit up. Or just watch whatever I find on YouTube. Or just not watch anything at all out of spite. Or..

Giddy with Power!

*edit*

Boychild has announced that he cannot get to sleep for the smell of baked apples.

Peoples loses sleeps over mah cookin'!

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DANCINGNEKO

Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:38 AM

Here, it's not that cold and snowy so...

Eggplant parmigiana? Yum...
As for telling your grandma about the "jar" sauce, I won't. Honest.

SR's GRAND-MA!!! Could you tell me how you make your onolicious eggplant parigiana? SR says it's delicious....

What?! Did you really think I'm going to tell her anything? I mean, seriously, I think she'd kill you if I told her you used store-bought-straight-from-the-can sauce...which is worse than telling her anything about jars.

'Sides...secret super-uber-hidden ninja mamma skills don't scare me...Your grandma's super-sneaky-uber-dead-before-you-know-it assassin guild skills are what scares me...and that's what she'll do if I were to say such blasphemy in front of her...

I don't know why all your shows are on Hulu on Friday. Naruto Shippouden comes out on Thursdays (good subtitled anime is always a good way to learn a new language and have fun), Eastwick comes out Wednesdays (though Hulu's only doing the first 6 eps....now I have to see if ABC will let me watch it), Sanctuary comes out on Saturday (I think), and um...Yeah...I got nothing for you. (Unless there's a way to persuade hulu to stagger your shows through the week...) But cheer up. If the rumor of hulu is true, you might not want to watch stuff on there anymore.

Random question: I'm listening to the ad for Army's Best Ranger Competition...but does anyone read the link "bestranger" as "be stranger" (other than me)?