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by shellbot

thats a lot of hugs :)

nice..really nice..

if only it was june and could get some real ones....
* sigh *

by boxfiddler

that I'm being nice in this thread per your request, I'm sure I'd have something to say about 'certain hugs' and 'certain people'. ]:)

etu

by michael jay

It is all about the people you like to hug, you only have to hug those you like.

Yes Shell June is for hugs, only 279 days to go. Yikes that is a long time.

((((LONG TIME HUGS))))

by shellbot

why boxy, i've no clue what your talking about

dang..whats the angel emoticon again?????

by nicknielsen

Friday evening (((hugs))). Sam Adams Octoberfest in the glass...and no tickets needing action before Tuesday.

Good thing, that, since I've got Monday off! :D

by nicknielsen

where if I could have been face-to-face with the perpetrator, I would NOT have been polite.

New equipment was installed in one of my pharmacies yesterday. This morning when they opened the pharmacy, the IVR system was locked up and making a high-pitched beeping sound (catch the clue? :) ) I got there and found the keyboard for the IVR PC stuffed into the top of a cabinet with the Enter key on the keypad depressed. (Image: http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n152/nnielsen/Saywhat.jpg)

The project is installing all-new computers, bar code scanners, and image scanners in the pharmacies. This is not the first time something like this has happened to me with this particular project team. They are, to me, notorious for fecking up.

Some of my stores have Nortel BCM PBXs that handle the IVR chores; other stores still have the PC and comm gear for the IVR. I have been called to every one of the stores that has the IVR PC the day after project installation to fix the IVR.

My comment to the pharmacist today? "I wish these guys would at least pretend to be technically competent."

afterthought: I got so upset, I had to walk around the outside of the store twice just to begin to cool off! Then I got permission to make the call billable; I felt [u]much[/u] better then. B-)

by tig2

We are two cycles in and have a minimum of two to go. There is air where there wasn't before and the medicos all seem pleased.

As of today, the mustache is in place and the scalp is as white as snow. This can easily change so don't get too happy with the information.

He's alive and frankly, that is more than I had hoped for a month or so ago.

I'm thinking of taking up Russian. I figure reading Tolstoy in the original might clear up my sleep issues.

Thanks guys. You mean the world.

by shellbot

Hey girl, nice to see you drop in.

((((((((((((BIG HUGS)))))))))))))))

Tolstoy..wow...wow..
Let me know how it goes :)

by nicknielsen

Many prayers also on your behalf.

I've heard that Dostoyevsky in Russian is also a good cure for insomnia. I can certify that Kafka works quite well for me.

by nicknielsen

It would be nice to be able to travel around and join in these little get-togethers.

Oh, well, orangutan-arm (((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))) for both of you! Enjoy the shopping.

by purpleskys

I've been a slacker all week, so here's a bunch of hugs... ((((hugs)))) ((((hugs)))) ((((hugs)))) ((((hugs)))) ((((hugs)))) ((((hugs)))) ((((hugs))))

by nicknielsen

But I'm still on call until then...and just got paged!

(((Sighing hugs)))

edit: Called the store, they can wait until Tuesday to see me. Good deal!

by shellbot

i been a slacker all day..coffee..crossword..shopping...

guess might need to cook some dinner soon.

salmon and green salad anyone?

((((((((healthy hugs))))))))))
:)

by nicknielsen

At my niece's birthday party. She's five years old today. I think it's amazing that five 5-year-old girls can often seems like 15 girls.

Oh, well, cake and punch coming on.

Looking forward to getting back home and peace and quiet (((hugs)))

by shellbot

you have access to cake..and you want to leave it?????

hehehe..ya..i feel for ya..peace and quiet..i hear ya

(((((((hugs))))))

by nicknielsen

[i]Has anyone guessed yet what it will look like around here if I do haunt the place?[/i]

Exercised a few synapses. After the second mental cringe, I gave it up. :p

by shellbot

I gotta get me some of that!!!!
Do they have it in KY??????
If not, i will have to sweet talk someone into bringing me some..a cooler packed with ice , should be fine...

Nick, yer in charge of ice cream..
JD's in charge of cake..

IIJY?

by shellbot

Nick...
throw the shoes away please...

I'm a country girl..i know all about that stuff...

by nicknielsen

I'm a farm boy. I grew up with "inside" and "outside" shoes. (Inside shoes were allowed into the mud room, outside shoes stayed on the porch...)

These are simply another pair of outside shoes. :D

by shellbot

the good ole days..

i still change my clothes to "home" clothes when i get home from work..hard habit to break.. :)
thankfully i don't have to go straight out and feed the dang cows anymore, or in winter go kick the ice in the water trough so they can drink :D

dang i was such a honkey :D

by nicknielsen

How city people can wrinkle their noses as they walk past the pasture after it rains instead of inhaling deeply and savouring the aroma.

There's just something about the smell of a cow pasture after a spring rain...nothing else like it.

by boxfiddler

< sighs >
You got that right. The inside and outside shoes part, too. I still have that habit. Likely due to having to tend the garden in the mud.

Farmpeoples ((((( HUGS )))))!

by santeewelding

They get no hugs.

At a bookstore once when a lady opted to pass between me and the objects of my attention. I stepped back to let her pass, and she halted in mid-step. Made a point of turning, looking at me, and sniffing.

"You're a welder, aren't you?"

"Yes, maam."

"I can tell. My husband is one."

With that, she continued on her way, leaving me dumbstruck.

No hug.

by boxfiddler

BEAR ((((((((((((((( HUGS )))))))))))))))!

:x

etu
(Has anyone guessed yet what it will look like around here if I do haunt the place? :^0 )

by rob mekel

As it is real nice weather (24 C end of sept) I'm going to enjoy some terrace entertainment :) Have a great day all

by shellbot

Cloudy, but a bit of sun off and on, and its warm enough..not quite 24 though ...but it will do

(((((have a nice day hugs)))))

by purpleskys

Sunday night hugs...worked all weekend...sigh...so tired, worn out, sleepy kinda hugs...preparing for the school week ahead :)...((((hugs)))) all

by rob mekel

of what or who is being haunted ... and if it means TR will be ... better watch out for the TR-whip-handlers :^0 ;)

by purpleskys

i suppose so...but if i were in on doing the haunting, it would be fun ]:)...i could take my trunk "supplies" ;)

by shellbot

trying to do some laundry so i have clean clothes to bring..

i don't need to bring anything fancy do i??
jeans (nice ones) will do me??

((((((almost there hugs)))))))

by rob mekel

the both of you know hugs ain't to be given in a hurry ]:)

So this has to be a special case :^0 ;)
Is it ?:|

:x

by shellbot

re:pasture after rain
I agree Nick..

shame, my parents sold the farm a couple years back..so when i do make it home to visit, i'm visiting them in the city. just not the same as waking up i the morning and heading outside to fed the cats, dogs, chickens... and just enjoy the fresh clean air, while walking about with a cup of coffee.

*sigh*

Boxy..ya, i still have outside shoes..and i live in the city with no mud!!! Just can't break the habit..i use em when its really wet out :)

by gadgetgirl

No. nothin' fancy. Jeans will do fine. Don't bring anything you don't need to - hell, a change of clothes and a toothbrush is all you need in my house! Everything else is here and I'm more than willing to share ;) !

I'll pm you during the week.

(mini-bounces have ruled all weekend!)

(((HUGS))) all round!

GG

Edit: got so excited I forgot how to spell :D !

by shellbot

(((((((((HUGS))))))))

Another week starting..but YAY, only a 4 dayer for me..
downside, I've to somehow fit 5 days worth of w*rk into that.. me thinks I might be taking work home with me a couple evenings..
*sigh*

by purpleskys

my Monday morning restarted...there's coffee involved, so i should be good before long...breakfast ((((hugs))))... :)

by jck

I don't think I have a happy place anymore.

((((((((((((((((( trying to be happy hugs )))))))))))))))))

by jessie

I've no idea what started the hug-fest but I'm going to take a few today and I'll leave one of my own.

{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}

Jess

by boxfiddler

Found out today that unless I screw me up, I'll be working at The Center for another three years. < wipes forehead >

This not-for-profit reliant on funding thing can be nerve wracking! :0 :D

by shellbot

we should all have one of those..

lean back, close your eyes and go where things are good..

need to do that once in a while..

AKA daydream...

by jck

there is no good place in my mind.

not even the places i used to daydream of.

it's all now a meadow of melancholy.

doo bee doo be doooooooooooo

by shellbot

..appropriate..as my brain has gone fuzzy :(

some dude in expertsexchange trying to help me..i think i've wrecked his day as well :)

* sigh *

by jck

[i]some dude in expertsexchange trying to help me..i think i've wrecked his day as well[/i]

To those of us with corrupt minds, that did [b]not[/b] read "experts exchange" lol :^0

I finally laughed today. Thanks Shell :)

by nicknielsen

They went from expertsexchange.com to experts-exchange.com just to get themselves off that list! :^0

by shellbot

Glad I could be of assistance :D

yeesh....i forgot the dash..sue me :)

but if ye laughed..it all worked out then..

*its all good in the hood*

by shellbot

well..Nick..of course I know..otherwise how would i be posting on said web site??
:p

:D

i just forgot to add in the dash !! :)

by nicknielsen

Kicked back, watching the game, cold beer (Sam's Octoberfest!) at hand.

And tomorrow night in Myrtle Beach. :D

It don't get much better than this. B-)

Added: (And if it does, I don't want to know about it.)

by jck

i tried thinkin of the happy times when i was over there. doesn't help.

i'm hoping i'm just paranoid, but it seems things where i'm working are now being shifted to line me up for being made obsolete.

found out just yesterday that they are about to do another, unannounced round of reductions.

thanks tho for tryin to keep me positive. i think tho that it's time for me to talk to the attorneys about how i can legally dump the house and get into really cheap living.

by shellbot

i been so busy i hardly been on here at all..

((((((((((busy hugs)))))))))

got my xsl working...dang i was a happy girl today :)

by purpleskys

((((HUGS)))) before i head off to w*rk...sigh...mildly stressed so i'm going to put one or two of them other hugs in my pocket for the evening :\

by shellbot

i've been there man..all too often.

ok..sucks, but do rememeber, redundancies, even the possibility of yours, is is beyond your control.

mail me if ya need ok :)

*thinking good thoughts for you since you can't*

by jck

I might just leave work early. I am at the point where...I am in IDRGAF mode.

Oh yeah. My boss already left...2 hours early.

What's good for the goose...is good for the gosling?

by shellbot

IDRGAF ?
well, if ya can swing it..ya sure, leave a bit early..sometimes ya just need to do it

by shellbot

guess i should find my passport eh? :O

its around somewhere... :)

is it friday yet?? tee hee
< bounce >

by gadgetgirl

1. Yes, I'm counting.

2. No, it's not BoxyMath! :p

I'll pm you from work - gotta go tackle this mop on my head ....... ;)

(((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))

all round!

GG

by purpleskys

I'll keep it in my pocket for today too...i hate waiting and i've had to do a lot of it the last couple weeks :/

by shellbot

Just heading into team meeting..grrrr...
better things to do to be honest :(

(((((((hugs)))))))