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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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beans-on-toast said:
Bonus points for a 25 year old t-shirt still fitting.
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The t-shirt has shrunk a bit from washing and drying, but the unusual (?) thing is I'm 45 lbs lighter now than I was in '95. When the mothership (Motorola) went in the dumpster in the early '00s, I was the first one laid off (long story). I moved full time to Arizona, got a dog and started hiking. My goal was to get back to my Army weight (153) from my living in hotels and eating 3 restaurant meals/day weight (183). But stuff happens. My not-yet-ex went into full joy crusher mode. I wasn't eating or sleeping. When I dropped under 130, I decided to fire her to save my life. I got my weight back up to 135 and have been able to keep it under 140 for the last 10 years. Good thing that t-shirt shrank. Fits great! All my expensive golf and Tommy Bahama shirts went to Goodwill. They made me look like a flying squirrel. :roflmao:
 
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gtmalone said:
"Sticks in my crop" just doesn't sound right. That seems to imply that something is stuck in my corn, beans, rutabagas, or other crop. Is it a tractor that's stuck? If in fact you mean crop as a body part, having a tractor stuck in there would be inconvenient to say the least.

It's apparent you have made no improvements to the English language. As for a raise we will discuss during your performance review. :laugh:
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stick in one's craw, to

To be so offensive or disagreeable that one cannot swallow it. This expression is the modern version of stick in one's gizzard, gullet, or crop, all referring to portions of an animal's digestive system. Their figurative use dates from the late seventeenth century. Jonathan Swift recorded one in Polite Conversation (1738): "Don't let that stick in your gizzard." Dickens used still another in a letter in 1843: "Your dedication to Peel stuck in my throat." More recently Martin Cruz Smith wrote, "Doesn't it stick in your craw that you got absolutely nowhere in the investigation?" (Wolves Eat Dogs, 2004).
 
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notJaco said:
Do you think that the "Adolf Hitler Museum of Everyone Else's Art" would fly today?
To the victor go the spoils...it was part of Germany's history at one point.
Just for the sake of argument.
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Germany has passed laws the govern and ban nazi related issues. What was imposed by a dictator can be undone. But I get your point. I was saying that people have short memories and even the government feels that they can circumvent laws regarding big donations. My example didn't involve a public disgrace, it is related to money and corrupt business practices.

Of course, names in public spaces can be changed. A local park was created in a vacant lot and named after someone in the arts. It then became public that this guy was a sexual predator that had a long history of molesting children. The government quickly renamed the park. It should have been done.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Even more bonus points if you tie dyed it yourself.
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Shameless flaunting of some of my own:

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:D
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Germany has passed laws the govern and ban nazi related issues. What was imposed by a dictator can be undone. But I get your point. I was saying that people have short memories and even the government feels that they can circumvent laws regarding big donations. My example didn't involve a public disgrace, it is related to money and corrupt business practices.

Of course, names in public spaces can be changed. A local park was created in a vacant lot and named after someone in the arts. It then became public that this guy was a sexual predator that had a long history of molesting children. The government quickly renamed the park. It should have been done.
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Harder for that to happen now. Pretty much one's entire life is 'public record'. 'Course someone hasta check.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
How cool is that!
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Thanks! They were apparently cool enough for a genuine Deadhead to take note of them. One of the nicest compliments I ever got was from a former "hippie chick" turned high school art teacher. She learned tie-dyeing in her youth, following the Dead around, making and selling T-shirts at the shows. In her later years as a schoolmarm, she held a "tie-dye festival" for her classes in the closing days of the school year (just in time for summer, of course).

We got to talking about tie-dyeing, and I showed her some pics of mine. She said, "Your spirals are better than mine! I want to know how you do that. Would you like to come help lead the class next week, and show them your technique?"

I happily agreed, and the following week, became a "tie-dye adjunct," helping a few classes full of kids dye everything from shirts and scarves to sneakers (such as one could). What I didn't know until the week was over was that the teacher was retiring, and this was her last tie-dye festival. At the end of the week, she handed me a faded, dog-eared, and colorfully stained notebook and said, "Here. This is my 'recipe book.' I think you should have this."

I was absolutely floored, and asked if she was sure she wanted to give something like that to someone she'd only known for a couple of weeks. She assured me she was, and added to it her list of industrial dye sources, which were more stable and long-lasting than the ones you get at a craft store. Another version of "This is the good stuff!" :laugh:

Generally, I only wear them around the house, so they're never really seen in public. :D
 
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Winslow said:
Thanks! They were apparently cool enough for a genuine Deadhead to take note of them. One of the nicest compliments I ever got was from a former "hippie chick" turned high school art teacher. She learned tie-dyeing in her youth, following the Dead around, making and selling T-shirts at the shows. In her later years as a schoolmarm, she held a "tie-dye festival" for her classes in the closing days of the school year (just in time for summer, of course).

We got to talking about tie-dyeing, and I showed her some pics of mine. She said, "Your spirals are better than mine! I want to know how you do that. Would you like to come help lead the class next week, and show them your technique?"

I happily agreed, and the following week, became a "tie-dye adjunct," helping a few classes full of kids dye everything from shirts and scarves to sneakers (such as one could). What I didn't know until the week was over was that the teacher was retiring, and this was her last tie-dye festival. At the end of the week, she handed me a faded, dog-eared, and colorfully stained notebook and said, "Here. This is my 'recipe book.' I think you should have this."

I was absolutely floored, and asked if she was sure she wanted to give something like that to someone she'd only known for a couple of weeks. She assured me she was, and added to it her list of industrial dye sources, which were more stable and long-lasting than the ones you get at a craft store. Another version of "This is the good stuff!" :laugh:

Generally, I only wear them around the house, so they're never really seen in public. :D
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One of those magical moments in life where everything comes together for the greater good.
 
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Morrighan said:
All money in a capitalist system is dirty.
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... ... as is all money in curent circulation in all systems. Not many people clean their money. Not even banks! AFAIK, they just exchange their filthiest for cleaner from other banks. And, no, laundering it is not the same thing. :laugh:

And, contrary to some common opinions, money is not the root of all evil. It is the love thereof that deserves that title. Just like guitars do not hurt peoples' ears/sensibilities, it's what some people do with them that does. ;)

But, alas, until someone comes up with a better medium for an almost-universally recognized value exchange, we're probably gonna be stuck with the sordid matter of coin for quite a while yet. :whistle:


ETA: I dunno nothing about bitcoin, dogecoin, and such digital currency. Could it be a physically cleaner medium? Maybe. But, the fools and their moneys are ever present.
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Winslow said:
And it's apparent you didn't read the article. :p :D


Assuming you don't get let go for under-performing...? :sleep:

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I didn't and you can't make me! neener, neener, neener! :laugh:

I can't be let go. I've been unemployed for 12 yrs so my performance is already at it's lowest point and the paycheck matches the performance. :laugh:
 
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