Archive for June 17th, 2010

Dream Weaver

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Hopefully by the end of this move we’ll have a little money left over and I can blow it all on something frivolous and unnecessary.  The ultimate in unnecessary would be in getting an expensive duplicate item (or a rare stamp, licking it and mailing it but I think that’s been done).  I’ll settle for another laptop like an Acer Aspire or something.

Like I’m really gonna have any money left over.

Welding Advice Interrupted

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

This comment is even better for advice:

“For aluminum welding, operators are required to ensure that the basic material clean and remove any impurities and alumina hydrocarbon cutting oils and….”

I want you to know that I did not add the “…”.  I guess they didn’t want to share all the information at once.  Maybe there will be a follow up comment that completes this one.  Maybe this is a cliffhanger comment and it won’t be completed until next season.  Maybe they don’t care about anyone or anything and want people to start welding something and then not have the info to finish the project.

Oh I’m being mean.  They probably thought they were on twitter and ran out of room.

Labeling Boxes

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

We’re packing like mad right now and I’ve managed to fill a very large box with office supplies.  Of course I’ve labeled it ‘office supplies’ but my labels aren’t always so good.  Sometimes I get a little slap happy and make up weird labels.  I’ll hate myself later when it comes time to look for things.

I’ve got “Rocks/Banks” (that’s really what’s in there) and “Kids/Books” (it’s supposed to be kids’ books).  Next thing you know I’ll have something marked “office furniture supplies” but that would have to be a pretty big box if that was a funny label.

Sexist Spam

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

My spammers offer this sage advice:

“One understands that our life is very expensive, but we need cash for different stuff and not every man earns enough money. Hence to get fast personal loans or just short term loan will be a correct way out.”

Of course the machine sending this doesn’t realize that it is being sexist and saying that men are stupid enough to get a payday loan.  I love how it is descriptive with what you could use it for – “stuff”.  I had a teacher who would freak out if you used that word.  ”STUFF — I’LL STUFF YOU IN A MOMENT!”, she would yell.  She had a thing against the word ‘it’ as well.