March 18, 201115 yr Author comment_434700 Good luck and congratulations Jacob and Bryan. Today we drove to Carlisle, PA on our way to NYC. Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434704 YOU WOULD THINK THE CONSENSUS WOULD BE ENOUGH. THE CONSENSUS DOES NOT "INTERVIEW". THE CONSENSUS MERELY ALLOWS YOUR INANE QUESTIONING UNTIL IT IS TIME FOR THE CONSENSUS TO ACT. Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434742 Took our old 2006 15" Macbook Pro to the Apple Store with a flakey keyboard. I couldn't fix it by doing a PRAM reset using a USB keyboard, or by booting from the installer disk. Apple thinks we're looking at $185 to fix it, since the Apple Care ran out a year and 83 days ago. It's fine as long as we don't need to use the A, D, X, C, V, and left CMD keys. One option was to just make the kids keep using it with an external keyboard plugged in, or using the onscreen software keyboard, but I was out voted. Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434747 Took our old 2006 15" Macbook Pro to the Apple Store with a flakey keyboard. I couldn't fix it by doing a PRAM reset using a USB keyboard, or by booting from the installer disk. Apple thinks we're looking at $185 to fix it, since the Apple Care ran out a year and 83 days ago. It's fine as long as we don't need to use the A, D, X, C, V, and left CMD keys. One option was to just make the kids keep using it with an external keyboard plugged in, or using the onscreen software keyboard, but I was out voted. The good thing is they'll fix everything that's wrong with it, not just the keyboard. Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434748 Got up early to work before a landscaper comes for a meeting. Yesterday I got a $7800 quote to take down a tree from a company that had quoted me $5k to take it down last year. We did a $3k crown reduction instead so the tree would stick around. I had figured around $3k to do the rest because I'm sure some cost is to get the guys there etc. I'm looking forward to their explanation of the new price vs the old one, it's with a different arborist but last years price was from the head arborist. Probably not going to do it anyway now. Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434753 thanks guys. yeah, i think that the Outlook problem was perfect timing. How did you manage to get to her computer and mess up her Outlook program, right before the interview, without being detected? Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434769 got some longer term good-ish news about my job, and some shorter-term disconcerting news about my job. Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434779 There is trouble in the forest.... I'd worry less about the splinters and more about the flaying. Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434781 got some longer term good-ish news about my job, and some shorter-term disconcerting news about my job. You've got a job with the firm forever, but you take a small pay cut, and move to... Kalamazoo? Report
March 18, 201115 yr comment_434848 go... bearcats? I had the Bearcats in the first round. Also, Go Buckeyes! Report
March 19, 201115 yr comment_434867 Also, Go Buckeyes! Yay! My alma mater #2. Hated it there. But great sports. Report
March 19, 201115 yr comment_434907 Fucking trees. Yeah you say that now but wait until the summer when you need shade to cool off while you run through all of Al's cocktail recipies then the tree is your drinking best buddy. Report
March 19, 201115 yr comment_434909 got some longer term good-ish news about my job, and some shorter-term disconcerting news about my job. iPodbj and Ray Samuels are your new cubicle mates? Report
March 19, 201115 yr comment_434971 Attending a continuing education conference yesterday and today in Madison, WI. Whole lotta protestin' goin' on around here ... Report
March 19, 201115 yr comment_435062 Had a busy day in the woodshop. One of the projects I accomplished today was replacing the stock handle of one of Reks' knives with a custom handle he purchased... Report
March 19, 201115 yr comment_435078 That does look awesome Steve. I just got back from my first trip to real Texas. [Realized that even though I have now lived in Texas for almost 11 years of my life, this is the first time I have spent time in a non-beach non-city area of Texas.] Spent the last three at a conference in Tyler, TX (in a dry county). I am very happy to be back! Have a lot of HC catchup to do. Report
March 19, 201115 yr comment_435084 Tyler is where I first moved to in 2001. Very pretty there. Shelly I'm already planning on building a handle of my own. My brain is considering all the possibilities. Lord knows I need a use for all the smaller scraps I've accumulated. Report
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