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Okay....
Ya all know how this works....
PurpleSkys is "bored" & complaining about nobody posting on TR this weekend.
I recieved a new laptop from work this week to replace my desktop....very nice little thing...ThinkPad, i5, 4GB, etc, etc.
Well.....Purple doesn't get to play with these things often.....so....seeing how it's wireless & all....and being a Saturday evening....well....I thought she should try it out a bit herself.

I think it comes down to her missing a previous discussion which has been requested to be closed.

Maybe it's time for someone to start a new "off topic" discussion that members can use to relate their day-to-day frustrations, etc. on

Here's wishing everyone a happy weekend & welcome to "Fall" here & wishing an enjoyable "Spring" to our friends "down under"

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by michael jay

I have been thinking the same thing myself, and have heard it through the grapevine that others seem to feel the same way.

Life happens, and it is good to share, but what shall we call this new place, hmmm, my day is beautiful/my day sucks. No No No.

It has to be upbeat.

Yes My Day is Beautiful, but...

Perhaps.

by michael jay

Way better than my ideas, like I have any.

So I go out to the store to get some supplies and notice that I am almost out of gas, no problem, stop by the gas place, stick in my card and the screen comes up blank, still, no problem the next question is your zip code, put it in, select grade start pumping and the dang thing stops at 18 cents.

That is plenty of gas, yea right. Then a voice comes out of the pump saying to continue pumping, so I do, but it resets to 000 Yikes, I try again and it starts pumping from 000, and the voice says to pay inside. So I pay inside and get 2 receipts one for 18 cents and one for 34 bucks, think I will keep that receipt, ya know just in case.

by purpleskys

go figure eh....sounds like something that would happen to me...and yeah, i would keep them receipts too ;)

by michael jay

I get the stuff, put in my card, accept the amount and then the cashier says to swipe the card again, crap, another saved receipt.

Gotta start using cash again.

by darryl~

I took away those "upper case" characters & renamed the discussion to...

The Purple Alert

;)

by nexs

Ya know, just in case I want to claim for fuel at tax time. Which I do.

by av .

You know what? I never want to and I'll pay more not to have to. Its just one benefit of living in NJ and probably the only one. :^0

AV

by michael jay

when Grandma would take us grandkids for a ride in her Chevy, we would pull into the gas station, Esso was her station of choice. 3 guys would jump into action, one pumping the gas, one cleaning the windshield, and one checking the oil, gas was 25 cents a gallon. Grandma would say 2 dollars worth please.

My, how things have changed.

by purpleskys

i always figured that's what they paid the nice young fella for...but it came down to the point of it being my three cents a litre a few years ago when things were a bit tight (that was the differnce in price if you pumped your own gas). Now I still keep the attitude because they don't have pump attendants anymore and i'll be damned if the "oil man" is getting any more than is necessary outta this chick.

by darryl~

Sounds like a plan to me....That was one of Purple's favorite threads.....it needed to be replaced.

by purpleskys

if not something like this, maybe something along the lines of Friday yuk....

And on another note...do you all know how hard it is for a trained typist to type on a laptop keyboard? It's irritating :|

by ansugisalas

Gack, gotta flip the emergency switch...
MANUAL OVERRIDE:ERROR:DIVIDEBYZERO
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH....

by michael jay

Hugs, Hugs for my friends who are traveling over troubled water, may you find the shore.

Odd how as you grow older the more you care about your friends, and the closer you want to be.

by santeewelding

How about, Purple Skies.

Two letters away from Purple, and plural, to mean the rest of us. Also, to mean evening and the end of a day. Happens in the morning, sometimes, too, but all you high-living people are probably not up that early...

by michael jay

Rather than Purple Alert, Purple Skies, or to take it away from an individual, Sunny Skies might work as well, just a thought.

Well, cause I am not up that early.

by santeewelding

Up late in the big city with painted women.

In which case, hugs and sunny skies may not do. More like, hug accompanied by pointed question among friends.

by purpleskys

keep in mind, i've been carrying around the nic PurpleSkys for darn near 8 yrs in some way, shape, or form...when asked what it's supposed to mean or what it's from, the honest answer is > purple skies, pink clouds and sunshine, butterflies, and a steady 22C with a nice light breeze :) and i'm always game for just about any ideas...

....now...i'm back to watching The Event...and for those that have seen it already, shhhhhh....no spoilers please :D !

by purpleskys

Pink would have been better....I'll leave it at "Purple"

****Darryl posting under his wife's account**** :D

by purpleskys

but i do consider my hands a good size for being a woman...they're darn near as big as Darryl's...but i do still find it tricky to type...oh well, i'll make do considering this is such a snazzy lappy ;)

by nicknielsen

But it's not snazzy or new. It's an IBM R51 that has new images for some of the spare customer equipment on my van.

Now I have something to do tomorrow afternoon: watch the bits go by...zzzz

by purpleskys

life entertaining...or at least staves off the boardum on a Saturday night. Not much in the line of sci-fi on right now so this is the filler...so far, it's not too bad, i've certainly seen worse

by santeewelding

You mean, The Rapture is not near?

Maybe I have been misinformed.

Another sip. Yes. Another sip to pass the time.

by santeewelding

Finished a corked gift of Vinho Madeira last night, "PRODUCE OF THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA PORTUGAL".

They've been making the stuff since the fifteenth or sixteenth century. A bottle of 750ml will set you back $25-30.

I make do now with my twist-cap standby -- Sheffield Cellars Cream Sherry. Twice as much for nine bucks.

by purpleskys

so Darryl and I are sitting here watching Teletoone (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is on) and we see a commercial for a show called Robot Chicken. So seriously, has anyone ever heard of this show before?

by purpleskys

interesting...can't say i'm completely surprised to see that Seth Green is involved, he cracks me up!! Although, the rolls he plays now are a far cry from the werewolf he played in Buffy :)

by darryl~

You're good with words and I'm sure you could come up with a clever title. How about something simple? Something like days end or downtime.

Maybe we can make it your word of the week ;)

by ansugisalas

Srsly! I must know! Has anyone sat down and watched that fabled gem of nickleodeon: Ren and Stimpy?!?

I... I... sorry. I thought I could handle it...*tic* *tic*

by purpleskys

i learned a long time ago not to watch ren and stimpy...but then again, that kind of "comedy" is lost on me...kinda like the Simpon's, it's just not funny to me.

Now Ansu, if you hurry, you might be able to catch a good episode of SGA to bring you back ;)

by ansugisalas

Sugar God Arsenal?
Sweet Goodness Abounds?
Suck Good Almonds?

Hm, pulling blanks here...

But Ren and Stimpy I guess is a guy thing, male or female.

by av .

I miss that discussion too. I thought of it as just checking in with friends for a post or two. Sometimes thats all I have time for after a long day down the very windy road of IT.

I vote for bring it back, no matter what its called. Maybe it can be called "The Watercooler" or TR Watercooler. Just bringing people together to share their thoughts, no matter what they are (try to keep it as clean as possible :p ).

AV :^0

by purpleskys

but definitely something to bring us together occasionally to share how our day is going, whether it be good, bad, or ugly...or just indifferent. And catching up with folks is certainly an added delightful bonus :)

by av .

That discussion was different, but I think we all found out that there was something special about staying in touch and sharing thoughts du jour.

AV

by nicknielsen

[i]I vote for bring it back, no matter what its called.[/i]

This sure looks a lot like that series of threads. And it appears to be working the same way, as well.

Without, of course, the difference.

by nexs

Take Palpatine long to convince the young warrior, but Santee's sure to put up more of a fight.
You don't get nothing for free with him.
;)

by santeewelding

That we call it that -- Catching Up -- and vest informal authority over articles of incorporation and dissolution with Leanne.

by purpleskys

it was something different...but I do miss catching up, especially while I have way too much time on my hands these days :)

by purpleskys

I certainly hope so...before I drive Darryl completely insane with my boring rants of whatever daily tv show happens to be the choice of the day...and no, not soaps, I haven't done soaps in a number of years now.

Oh...and yes, I'm a woman, of course it's all about me :D !

by michael jay

Most thankfully not, I do believe we have all seen that road before from various perspectives, not a road I wish to see again, though I am sure I will.

Hugs, yea, do not forget the hugs.

by av .

Hugs, or just a statement. Insights from the day. Whatever stuff someone is feeling.

AV

by purpleskys

don't ya just hate that...I don't use my card a lot, but when I do, it seems to double the amount of receipts in my wallet. It's almost a good enough reason to keep using cash ;) !

by purpleskys

one to be involved with SA's, but I was very involved with a union local sitting on their executive for a number of years; and when I went to school last year, I served as our IAAP Chapter's Treasuer. Kinda strange eh ;)

by av .

I miss GG too. Still, we can have hugs while talking about our daily drothers.

AV

by bergenfx

... 89 cents a gallon can -- 2010. The wine steward recommended it. Said that if I waited ten years it may turn into a really fine Barolo ... either that or a really fine cleaning product.

by purpleskys

i had a thought on a name....The Purple Report...lol...ok ok, i truly have waaayyyy tooooo much time one my hands :D

by nexs

That you will, everyday, lead to a report on one thing, or the other.

by michael jay

The Purple Alert
The Purple Report
Catching Up

Are these the suggested names or have I missed one or two?

by nexs

The coffee spill; There's no point crying over spilled milk, but coffee - that's another story.

by darryl~

I don't remember $2 but $5 is very clear in my mind....then again, I would be remembering "Canadian" :D

by darryl~

I need to strip the finish off my coffee table.....do you think that would do the job?

I could also use it as a refreshment while waiting for it to work :)

by darryl~

this is no place for the faint of heart....

The Bonfire...
The Pit....

Or maybe something as simple as "The Gathering" ;)

Time to give "lappie" back to the boss....

Enjoy your evening everyone.

by nexs

Is yet to come, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it all the same, with all that ironing waiting for me, there's not much else I'd rather be doing!
;)

by nexs

You can't buy anything with $0.02 these days.
Throw 5 bucks on it.

You've got mine.

by bergenfx

Yeah, a twofer ... plus at the end of it all, you get to save on embalming charges. Of course, then it's too late to buy more BRG with the savings [frowny-face]. But hey, there is the combo-wake-and-paint-stripping party [smiley-face].