The person below me

[tootled]

I am. My new housemate has a lovely collie/kelpie cross and I'm very happy to have a dog at home again. With my work hours/travelling I'm a while off being able to have one of my own. That said, I do have a soft spot for turtleburp and bumble's cat Syd.

TPBM has never tried Irish set dancing but would like me to show them how.

[tootled]

Sorry Fishy, I obviously didn't check the latest reply. Not sure what loess is though...

My set dancing offer still stands though

[ranger magnum]

I cant dance. The last time I went out dancing, someone asked me how long I had my special problem...

Tpbm is having a hard time focusing on the task at hand

[theCryptofishist]

There is a task?
TPBM wishes Thanksgiving would just get here already...

[MikeGyver]

Not really, My extended family doesn't like us but my mother insists we go every year anyways (to my dads side's) Possibly part of why I don't like holidays.

TPBM needs a drink

[theCryptofishist]

Yeah. But I'm getting up at 6:45 to go on my walk. I hope we see cats.
TPBM also looks for cats when out and about.

[fernley1]

Every morning when I walk the Grandkids to school, we see many cat. Some will come up to us and we pet them. Kids love it.

TPBM wonders what the new BM rules with law enforcement really means.

[lucky420]

Yep I'm curious. But not enough to start believing in all the conspiracy theories that will most surely start to appear on fb

tpbm thinks some of the burner fb pages have jumped the shark

[theCryptofishist]

Maybe. I was non-consensually inducted into one, led by someone annoying, so I left.
TPBM also has very little idea of what goes on in those facebook groups.

[Box Burner]

yup - don't do face book. truly dumb idea that.

TPBM prefers snail mail for important stuff.

[FossaFerox]

//Thread drift

//TPBM wonders what the new BM rules with law enforcement really means.

//I miss something?

TPBM prefers snail mail for important stuff.

If you're sending me physical mail it had better contain a physical object. Words and numbers belong on glowing screens where they can be searched, saved, and referenced.

TPBM hates the term "snail mail".

[Thecatman]

Yeah because my better half works for the USPS....for 22 years.

TPBM hates seeing people in a restaurant playing with their phones as opposed to talking.... without being noesy

[theCryptofishist]

I do. But I hate them even more when they are walking down the street or driving their fucking cars and looking at/playing with their fucking "smart" phones.
tpbm is sure they are on facebook looking at what their friends ate for lunch... and what came out from it the next day.

[tootled]

Hahaha! Agreed, coupled with posting selfies of them eating their own lunch.

TPBM is feeling cautiously optimistic.

[theCryptofishist]

I've decided to up the "extreme" factor in my life by going for "recklessly pessimistic."
TPBM is hoping to one day invent a phrase as annoyingly meaningless as "pre-owned".

[Elorrum]

I've decided to up the "extreme" factor in my life by going for "recklessly pessimistic."
TPBM is hoping to one day invent a phrase as annoyingly meaningless as "pre-owned".

I do like the term "gently pre-owned" while at best I am hoping for a typo that speaks volumes.

tpbm is see-sawing on whether work is going to go well tomorrow

[ranger magnum]

Nope. Work always goes well. I am a manufacturer of bias ply tires for vintage cars, so my passion is my work.

Tpbm is thinking that working a half day is a good idea

[fernley1]

Since I am retired, working a half day would be a long day to me, but would be good for some extra BM cash.

TPBM would like to be retired too.

[lucky420]

Oh hell yes!

Tpbm is going to need a "pick me up" later today

[ygmir]

most every day, really. I'm just trying to figure what that is.

TPBM prefers chips to candy

[H.G.Crosby]

candy does not do so well when you implant it subcutaneously,


TPBM does NOT like the sound of Chip Land being the theme....no,not at all...

[robbidobbs]

California Highway Patrol? Is Eric Estrada coming? I personally ignore the theme.

TPBM is looking for a new craft hobby to learn this winter.

[ranger magnum]

No. My hobby is building vintage cars. Great winter past time. If anything, I need to trim down the quantity of things that distract me.

Tpbm loves cheese

[theCryptofishist]

I have an on-going difficult relationship, but nowhere near as bad as Eric's.
TPBM wants a date with Eric's ipod.

[Box Burner]

Good god no! Anything with a screen that small is truly evil.

TPBM never mastered the technology of flint and steel.

[theCryptofishist]

I can barely keep up with the present. No need to start reaching that far back.
TPBM can build a (dry) stone wall.

[Elorrum]

I did have an interesting bus ride once, a long one, next to a young man who had just learned to do that in the ycc? or some sort of corps of that type. He made it sound quite interesting. He kept repeating that you don't want any continuous vertical seams.

tpbm has another bit of trailcraft to add to the thread.

[ygmir]

indeed I do. not only no verticle, but no seams of any length. and add batter as you build to counteract slope creep. a dry stack wall is arguably the longest lasting type structure in the world.

TPBM wants to come over and split a boulder with plug and feathers.

[MikeGyver]

That does sound like fun.

TPBM think I'm weird for liking physical labor.

[Box Burner]

Nope I don't. Know a few people who think what I do is hard, but can go out move rocks and dig ditches all day. Sometimes I think I didn't choose so wisely. When you finish a job that requires physocal labor it is so much more rewarding.

TPBM knows what movie the line "... at least you would be an educated plumber which would make you better than me." is from