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drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#34826: Mar 13th 2014 at 10:25:20 PM

@Tuefel:You just nailed the problem my job has right on the head. Everybody wants the quality but nobody wants to pay for it. We're going nuts trying to satisfy that difference.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#34827: Mar 13th 2014 at 11:21:10 PM

Sadly I even heard the same thing from the cleaning staff supervisor today. No Joke.

Who watches the watchmen?
MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#34828: Mar 14th 2014 at 11:25:52 AM

In a rare moment of not-being-fucked, one of my sergeants got me off the detail today because I was on CQ last night.

Whew, feels good to not be fucked over.

Finished Mass Effect 2, with 0 casualties on the "suicide mission". Fuck suicide mission, that was a homicide mission.

edited 15th Mar '14 3:20:29 PM by MarkVonLewis

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#34829: Mar 16th 2014 at 2:31:02 PM

We hereby decrees that henceforth all vessels of the air shall be named Serenity. Therefore go ye and make it so.

edited 16th Mar '14 2:34:04 PM by FastEddie

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
Frishman Sinful Saint from Baton Rouge, LA Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Sinful Saint
#34830: Mar 17th 2014 at 5:37:06 AM

Only one name can be submitted, sadly. It's not a vote.

If you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy, have some taste. Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste.
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#34831: Mar 17th 2014 at 6:02:01 AM

*insert obligatory Your Mom joke here*

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#34832: Mar 17th 2014 at 6:55:59 AM

Yeah, that was a bummer. I thought it was going to be one of those name-with-most-votes things. I noticed I was completely out of ideas once I'd exhausted all the science fiction ship names I could recall. Limited reference pool.

edited 17th Mar '14 6:56:14 AM by FastEddie

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#34833: Mar 17th 2014 at 7:11:50 AM

[up]Here: have a list of some from The Culture. None of which, I believe, Goodyear would find worthy. [lol]

Frishman Sinful Saint from Baton Rouge, LA Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Sinful Saint
#34834: Mar 17th 2014 at 7:13:49 AM

We were really close with the ISS module, until Stephen Colbert started campaigning to have it named after him.

It was one of the only times I've ever been angry at the man.

If you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy, have some taste. Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste.
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#34835: Mar 18th 2014 at 3:45:24 AM

Brilliant. My boots were cracking, so I had to buy new ones. Now I have one week to break them in - either that, or they break me first, if the blisters are any indication. *grumbles*

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#34836: Mar 18th 2014 at 5:20:52 AM

It's when the dead skin goes all hard and starts cutting into the new that it gets fun... unless you attack it with scissors before it goes too hard.

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#34837: Mar 18th 2014 at 5:24:50 AM

Wish I had time for that.tongue

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#34838: Mar 18th 2014 at 10:18:27 AM

Hey you want those callouses. They protect your foot. Its your socks and overly stiff foot wear that are largely responsible for blisters. Use a little saddle soap on the leather to improve the foot wears pliability and help break it in faster. Until then wear thicker then usual socks.

Who watches the watchmen?
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#34839: Mar 18th 2014 at 4:58:29 PM

Thanks for the tip. Double-socked today, so the pain's bearable, but I still need to wait for the existing blisters to heal. Wish I could develop calluses in a week, though. Don't exactly have the luxury of time.

edited 18th Mar '14 4:59:08 PM by Pyrite

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#34840: Mar 18th 2014 at 5:34:44 PM

Make sure you pad the blisters with mole skin if you can. If you have to, use a broken in pair of boots until the blisters heal. Once they heal the areas should be tougher and less prone to problems from the blisters. Work the leather by hand flexing what parts you need and squeezing the leather and pushing out from the inside for about 15 minutes. It might help you out. It worked on some of my foot wear.

Who watches the watchmen?
blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#34841: Mar 18th 2014 at 5:42:41 PM

There is a handy product called Shoe Stretch that works with your body heat to stretch the shoes. If you can find out what the active ingredient is, it may be cheaper to use that.

Why oh why do all the loud women in class find each other? #myearshurt.

TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#34842: Mar 18th 2014 at 5:57:12 PM

There are insoles that conform to your foot. There is one that molds to you as you walk. Gel inserts don't work in boots as I found out when my gels turned to gel bits after marching for just one day.

I tried to walk like an Egyptian and now I need to see a Cairo practor....
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#34843: Mar 18th 2014 at 6:28:11 PM

I suspect they find each other because they can easily hear each other over everyone else.

Fresh-eyed movie blog
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#34844: Mar 18th 2014 at 8:50:42 PM

...Sonar isn't supposed to work precisely like that. <_<

Gabrael from My musings Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
#34845: Mar 19th 2014 at 6:11:30 AM

I have had my puppy for less than a week and already she listens and behaves better than my son...

I named her Vasquez. She knocked down the puppy gate the first day. So I reinforced it. She figured out how to make the gate lean on the tension rods I put in front of it to pop a corner out and free herself. I am impressed.

Housebreaking is coming along well. She's getting there. Mostly it's just trying to accommodate her still developing system. But that's not bad either. Teething is not too bad of an issue now but I am watching her like a hawk lest she tire of her toys and teething sticks and go for cables and fruiniture. She's quiet, comes on command, and is learning her name well.

I got pretty lucky. We're getting a good foundation laid.

edited 19th Mar '14 6:11:51 AM by Gabrael

"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur
Frishman Sinful Saint from Baton Rouge, LA Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Sinful Saint
#34846: Mar 19th 2014 at 6:18:10 AM

That's actually really good.

Though I wouldn't have given her that name.

edited 19th Mar '14 7:30:02 AM by Frishman

If you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy, have some taste. Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste.
Gabrael from My musings Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
#34847: Mar 19th 2014 at 9:33:25 AM

As a child I had two female heroes growing up, Sarah Conner and Vasquez. Vasquez makes a more interesting name for a female dog.

"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur
Frishman Sinful Saint from Baton Rouge, LA Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Sinful Saint
#34848: Mar 19th 2014 at 10:07:35 AM

As far as choices of female heroes go, though, those two are pretty good.

If you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy, have some taste. Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste.
MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#34849: Mar 19th 2014 at 2:48:42 PM

Vasquez was always my favorite character in Aliens. I'd say she's probably my favorite female action movie character, tied only by Diz.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#34850: Mar 19th 2014 at 3:38:18 PM

Diz doesn't really compare to other two though. Her screen time is largely for looks and as a love interest and then dying. Ripley is a bad ass and Vasquez is one of the doomed Space Marines who at least kicks some Xenomorph ass before she finally bites it.

Who watches the watchmen?

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