I will not let the bastards grind me down
 

That is all.

Be a thorn in their foot.

Bastards: 1 Sheldon:0 for the last few weeks.

Fight goes on.

But we are better than the bastards, monster and sheldon.

A wise woman once said 'fuck'em in the arse with a toilet brush.' Indeed.

Imma think about that as i sit here on a 3 day unpaid suspension. Why? Because the fight goes on.

I always have and always will get back up.

Bastards: 4 Me: 3, with a very shaky 4th making its way.

But ultimately, it really sux. Working on the line in a factory is really testing my just-get-along limits and its all because of two bitchy (threatened) women.

Been there, pico. I know exactly what you mean. Hang in there: they are the ones with the problem.

Thanks infi!

First of all, I don't think monster and sheldon are bastards. Secondly, I don't think I am better than them.
;)

Well-intentioned-but-nevertheless-bastards 1 - Cherry 0

Still on Management Leave, so still being paid.
Bloody lucky in that respect.
Chances of losing the job I adore - high.

Love and luck to all facing troubles in the job market.

Foot, you made me laugh.

preach it. :lol:

I think, today, bastards 0 monster 1 thor 1, but it was a helluva fucking fight..... so proud of me and my baby boy :)

tomorrow we reply to asshole bully hockey coach email attempting to kick Thor off team just before play-offs.

a toilet brush is too good for him

Re: asshole bully hockey coach

Joke him if he can't take a fuck.

"I get knocked down,
but I get up again!
They ain't never going to keep me down!
I get knocked down..." ;)

Rope-A-Dope. ;)

I get knocked up,
but I lay down again......

;)

*snort*

With your sense of humor, those bastards will NEVER grind you down!

Todays potential for bastard win is high. :(

Fuckers screwed us up so much yesterday, instead of picking hebe up super-early after training and racing off to the Shedd aquarium for the afternoon, we were an hour late by the time we finished sending all the necessary emails to protest the cioach kicking Thor from the hockey team without due process and just before the season league quarter-finals he helped them qualify for (he is a weaker player though.....)

We were determined and went anywy, but the line was huge by the time we got there and so froze to death before getting less than 2 hours for our $150 bucks. :(

plus it looks like we may have failed anyway. He missed practices this weekend because we were away, and asshole coach has told the team Thor is gone, removed us from mailing list..... so even if the authorities decide in our favor (which they should) it's such a done deal it'll be almost impossible for him to get back :(

Wireless router is up-fucked so no interwebs for last few hours, just when i needed it most. Thor is suspended but not kicked off. Hollow victory, season ends at same time as suspension but the bastard bully coach didn't get to kick him off. Vision is most up-fucked today, just don't even know how to score this shit...

Does stress make the vision worse?

Sorry about Thor. That really sucks.

why yes, yes it does :(.

trying to get my arse to the pool to see if I can still swim. Part of my victory on Friday was managing that, but the pool was closed for maintenance when I got there..... :lol: :rolleyes:

It's been another one of those days today. :( fuckers.

Yeah, but you're handling it, aren't you. They don't have a clue what they're up against, poor bastards. :haha:

Diamond gives carborundum a run for its money:


I shook the hand of the president and the pope in Rome
I've been to parties where I've had to be flown
They said everything was sacred, nothing was profane
And money was something that you throw off the back of trains

Oh always keep a diamond in your mind
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Steam of the gravy with little fried pearls
Floating like a necklace on a beautiful girl
Jonah says thanks to the food and land
And oh so ever grateful for God's on my hands

Oh always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

She's got the milk of human kindness and the fat of the lamb
Scared like a baby, well she drives like a man
She lives outside of Natchez where she operates a crane
She's like a wrecking ball no longer connected to the chain

Oh Zererella Samuel said she almost never prayed
Said she lost her right arm, blown off in a Pinkerton raid
Then they lashed her to a windmill with old 3-fingered Dave
Now she's 102 drinking mint juleps in the shade

Everybody, always keep a diamond in your mind
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind

OMG first morning practice drive since my stroke. freeway at 5:30am. I have never been so scared. i don't like being scared I'm not used to being scared. i don't know how to deal with it except cry. It scares peple when I'm scared :cry: I just drove 500 miles to Cleveland and back through snowstorm and Friday rushhour, i thought it would be OK. Maybe I'll take the big car on Thursday

I'll get easier.

Sorry! I think Bruce is right though, it will get easier.

will Bruce still get easier, though? is that possible?

Hell no... but I won't be challenging you on the highway.
Think back to when you first started driving on the right side of the road. It can't be worse than that, and you succeeded.

So Thursday didn't happen -morning practice was cancelled because of the game that night. So yesterday was the second attempt. I took the Fit again. I made it, but I was shitting bricks the whole time, literally shaking with fear again. but not quite as much. i wasn't crying when i got home, but I didn't exactly feel awesome.

Last night, I had to drive on the freeway in the dark in semi rush-hour to get Hebe from Lifeguard glass 15 miles away. HATED IT I was still scared even though I was in the tank (Dodge Grand Caravan) and i'd just driven that route a few hours earlier in the rush hour and it was fine. But it was better.

So this morning (morning practice again, i took the tank. Much better. I think the problem is that when I drive stick, i rely on my left hand to steer, especially in heavy traffic when changing gear is more frequent. My left hand is currently unreliable -or at least I feel it is, especially when I am concentrating my attention elsewhere. And right now, I feel the need to pay extra attention to my surroundings, especially in the dark, while i get used to my new vision. So why make it so hard? It will get better with time. just because I'm driving the tank in the mornings now doesn't mean I'm doomed to never driving the Fit again.

Plus people like to fuck with little cars -i have enough to be dealing with right now without inviting fuckery. they say you should do something that scares you every day. I'm pretty sure they don't mean the same thing every day. unless they get their income from the loony bin industry

Tank again this morning. It was ok. Even overtook some things on he way home. :eek: :lol:

:driving:

No see that's the problem. I don't want my hand to move the steering wheel likw that. This is America. Built by Romans. Straight Roads. (Can't be having any of that gay road nonsense)

That's the way you move your steering wheel when you're aiming for squirrels. A little roadkill for dinner, you know.

Not enough English drunkards, that's your problem.

Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road

(Chesterton aka Fiddler's Green in Gaiman's Sandman)
used to know that by heart. Lost it through being a rolling English drunkard

the bastards nearly ground me down today. from all the volunteer shit I still do and some which I stopped doing a while back but my replacement proved ...well you know..... Suddenly the world of real paid work with set hours and expectations seems a whole shitload more attractive

Especially if that paid work gets left at the office when youleave for the night.

egg zackly

Sadly, never have I experienced this.

I've seen repeatedly, volunteer work like monster gets into is the most difficult, thankless, thing imaginable. When you're trying to get it done everyone is like, that's your thing I'm not involved, and/or you have no authority to ask for anything. When you struggle to finish it everyone is like, well you finished and it looks OK, but I would have... or, that's nice, no wonder it took you so long.

The ability of these people to walk away is testimonial to monster's powers of restraint over the urge to eviscerate. :haha:

Reminds me. I'm struggling with whether or not to accept a request to take on a volunteer job. I want to say yes, because I'm a helpful kind of guy, but it's a horrible job for me. Goes against all my avoiding people instincts. I might do OK at it, but it would be really stressful for me.

I've been asked to run a crew that does volunteer construction work for a habitat for humanity type charity. About two months of planning and coordinating and purchasing materials and working with homeowners and getting volunteers lined up and then a day of running the entire show and making sure it all goes smoothly.

I like and respect the guy who is currently doing it and who asked my to step up and take over, but damn, it fills me with anxiety to read the job description.

The problem is that I'm smart and a hard worker, and so people think that I can also be a leader. But that's a job for extroverts.

Not necessarily. I think you'd be awesome. But I think you're right, you would also be stressed.

do it.


because DO IT!

do it.



you'll get used to the role quickly, and it will be very rewarding when it's through. You'll make friends you'll have forever, and learn a shit ton about things you are interested in. rub some dirt on your supposed anxiety and get in the game, Mary!

Thanks guys. :blush:

I suppose it's time for me to act like a grown up.

Make sure you take pictures on the work day. Documentation is important (for us.) :)

glatt - Listen to them & DOOO IT! My family extended has been involved for a long time. My Uncle has the job you are describing. He recently completed his 100th house or something like that. Mucho respect. You'll meet people in fields that you'd never meet otherwise. And as Jim said, you'll learn skillzzzzz.
I have helped on homes before Dan's accident. I hope to do so again with him. All in all, it turns out to be a TON of fun.

I've helped on 3 houses, so I know the job. That's part of what makes me nervous.

Ahhhh.

Sounds like there are a lot of benefits, but listen to you anxiety. Only you know what it is telling you.

yeah. be ruled by your trepidation and anxiety. that's not completely chicken shit.

you know you're not a risk taker. you know you can do this. You wouldn't be considering it if you didn't think you could. You'll just be uncomfortable at first. This is like public speaking. scary. eek! and then after 5 minutes of speaking, you're all good, and you get a rush.

ask that comedian.... what's her name? she does open mic night

So if he decides that it's not a good fit for him, he's a chicken shit?

no, actually I was saying that your advice was chicken shit.

If he decides that it's not a good fit is different than 'listening to your anxiety' ... that's retarded

do it

yeah. I've been thinking about it and I'm going to do it. It's the perfect opportunity to work on a weakness I have. Especially because he'd take me under his wing this year, and I'd take over next year. I've been a worker bee on these things for 3 years, and being the boss would be good for me.

I don't get challenged much at work and I've gotten really comfortable hiding in my office. It will be good for me, even though bossing 40 people around on a job site kinda freaks me out. I'll have time to get ready.

:cheerldr:

There is a reason people like you were put on this earth. When you get really stressed out (which I don't think you will) come and vent here!

Yay!

listening to his anxiety is different than being ruled by his trepidation and anxiety. you put those words in her mouth. that's not chicken shit, it's just reading what you want to read.

being aware of one's limitations, weaknesses, areas that require improvement, etc, that's not being chicken shit. it's being self aware, something glatt's got in spades. I sincerely doubt he's capable of making such a move without considering his anxieties. only you suggested that listening to them was the same as being ruled by them.

It's funny. I opened this thread with the intent of apologizing to Pico. I'm sure she just meant to comfort or reassure glatt if he didn't want to take on this challenge. Or whatever.

And I do apologize. I was rude. I meant what my point stated, but I didn't have to be a prick about it.

It irks me that big Vaj got all judgy before I could do it though.

I actually came back to thank Pico and Me myself. She was supporting me and I appreciate it. I should have said so sooner.

And thanks to you guys who offered encouragement . It was just the pep talk I needed.