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05-05-15, 09:48 AM
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Local Sheriff's detective on leave after shooting his mom at wedding
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05-05-15, 09:55 AM
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They're not meaningless to the people involved.
Local Sheriff's detective on leave after shooting his mom at wedding
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Local Sheriff's detective on leave after shooting his mom at wedding
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"Meaningless" in that there is no life lesson to be had from them, nothing that I need to do differently from what I already do. Maybe "senseless" would be a better word.
Seriously, I need to know whats going on in Syria, that's important, affects big things like who I vote for in the next presidential election. I need to know what to expect weather-wise Friday, because we're off sailing. I need to know what's going on in the economy, that affects my livelihood.
I do not need to hear that **** happens. Kids are reckless and crash their bikes. Yep, I already know that. Men with guns shoot women in their family. Yep, I already know that. Car chase. Happens. House fire. Happens. Banks get robbed. Happens. There's just no use in hearing more and more volume of the senseless **** that happens. That's all I'm saying.
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05-05-15, 10:37 AM
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Ugh, why are all small business' QuickBooks files always such a disaster? Why would you continue reconciling your bank every month without doing anything about the $20,000 in uncleared transactions spanning half a decade? Is there a single bookkeeper out there that understands loan principal and interest? Why would you create a loan both to and from the same shareholder and then drive one negative? Then there are payroll entries and asset sales both of which never seem to be correct...
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I seem to have lost my Garmin Edge 500. I have not used it yet this season, but intend to embark on a jaunt tomorrow that made need documentation (for posterity and such). I found the charger and the cord, but no sign of the unit.
My fear is that one of my ferrets absconded with it. The thought of a GPS equipped carpet predator loose in my house fills me with dread.
My fear is that one of my ferrets absconded with it. The thought of a GPS equipped carpet predator loose in my house fills me with dread.
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The deceased kid story is sad but I find ones such as the one above a therapeutic reminder than other people do more idiotic things than I do.
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I bet they complain about the number of hours you spent untangling their knotted ball of string too.
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You never know, with bass players.
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05-05-15, 10:56 AM
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05-05-15, 10:56 AM
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05-05-15, 11:28 AM
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Same here. Just got back from a 36 mile ride and BF life moves past me. What really ticks me off is when a thread gets locked before I get my 2¢ in.
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Being unplugged is so awesome. When I used to go on annual camping trips, we were miles and miles away from any kind of cell reception (sadly, that's probably changed now, but I don't know for sure). The first day was always a little weird, but the normal concerns with camping would quickly push that to the side (finding a site, setting up, making a fire, cooking, etc). It was always interesting to get back to civilization and see what happened. Against all odds, the world never came to an end when I was out of the loop.
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05-05-15, 11:59 AM
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They do. It seems to be related, too. The more messy the books the more they call to bug me about how long it is taking. Maybe that's what happens... the bookkeeper just puts together something to shut them up.
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It's not like Texas has cornered the market on nuttiness.
05-05-15, 12:02 PM
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Being unplugged is so awesome. When I used to go on annual camping trips, we were miles and miles away from any kind of cell reception (sadly, that's probably changed now, but I don't know for sure). The first day was always a little weird, but the normal concerns with camping would quickly push that to the side (finding a site, setting up, making a fire, cooking, etc). It was always interesting to get back to civilization and see what happened. Against all odds, the world never came to an end when I was out of the loop.
Speaking of camping, my scheming began in earnest this morning -
Speaking of camping, my scheming began in earnest this morning -
05-05-15, 12:03 PM
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05-05-15, 12:05 PM
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Being unplugged is so awesome. When I used to go on annual camping trips, we were miles and miles away from any kind of cell reception (sadly, that's probably changed now, but I don't know for sure). The first day was always a little weird, but the normal concerns with camping would quickly push that to the side (finding a site, setting up, making a fire, cooking, etc). It was always interesting to get back to civilization and see what happened. Against all odds, the world never came to an end when I was out of the loop.
Speaking of camping, my scheming began in earnest this morning -
Speaking of camping, my scheming began in earnest this morning -
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The first audio shop that I worked at in NYC still used those green ledgers. And this was like 2010, not 1992. Sales in the hundreds of thousands of dollars... and the receipts were hand-written, carbon copies that were entered in to the ledger at the end of the day and then added up/confirmed with a printout from a clackity calculator.
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The first audio shop that I worked at in NYC still used those green ledgers. And this was like 2010, not 1992. Sales in the hundreds of thousands of dollars... and the receipts were hand-written, carbon copies that were entered in to the ledger at the end of the day and then added up/confirmed with a printout from a clackity calculator.
05-05-15, 12:09 PM
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Does anyone ever get depressed by local news?
Tazewell boy, 9, dies after hitting car while riding bike | WATE-TV
Tazewell boy, 9, dies after hitting car while riding bike | WATE-TV
Littleton Tazewell was the governor of Virginia, IIRC.
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