Terry
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Waiting to hear if I have a new grandchild. My son called and they were heading to the hospital about an hour ago.
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severine
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severine
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Sucks, doesn't it? I remember when I used to actually sleep that extra hour. :roll:
About to hop in the shower... kids are fed and happily playing. Daughter even peed in the potty this morning!
That's an improvement.
Paul
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Congrats!
Warp Daddy
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Hey GRAMPA !!!!!!!!!!!!!! welcome to theclub it's a GREAT role . Grandkids are a GIFT and You get to spoil the hell outta them then send 'em home -- kinda reverse Karma -- payback whatever
Some wag once said that "grankids are the REWARD you get for NOT killing Your own "
Terry
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I know! I already have 1 granddaughter. She is two and a half. Lots of fun! She is excited to have a baby sister. She is hoping that the baby will have purple hair!Hey GRAMPA !!!!!!!!!!!!!! welcome to theclub it's a GREAT role . Grandkids are a GIFT and You get to spoil the hell outta them then send 'em home -- kinda reverse Karma -- payback whatever
Some wag once said that "grankids are the REWARD you get for NOT killing Your own "
WJenness
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Sitting here waiting for a fencing competition to get ready to go so I can referee.
I'm kind of regretting deciding to referee as I could be at K or SR right now... but oh well, now I'll have another $100 to blow at the hill.
Life seems to be a back and forth turning time into money and then money into time...
-w
I'm kind of regretting deciding to referee as I could be at K or SR right now... but oh well, now I'll have another $100 to blow at the hill.
Life seems to be a back and forth turning time into money and then money into time...
-w
drjeff
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Right now I'm just counting down the minutes until my kids playing with playdough likely becomes fighting with playdough the way things are sounding now
Getting ready to head outside and do leaf battle 2008 Round 4
Getting ready to head outside and do leaf battle 2008 Round 4
Moe Ghoul
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Reading some news, getting ready to tidy up for dad's arrival, got a pile of branches I have to chainsaw and toss in the woods.
severine
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Waiting for the kid to fall asleep so I can work on homework.
Warp Daddy
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Just finished a 3 mile walk beautiful crisp sunny day -- catching up on the news -- getting increasingly irritated by damn anal retentive politicians and their ROBO - CALLS
BTW Saw the Robo Call skit last nite on SNL - hilarious
Tidying up we are having a dinner party here to nite with several friends
BTW Saw the Robo Call skit last nite on SNL - hilarious
Tidying up we are having a dinner party here to nite with several friends
RootDKJ
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enjoying my coffee and the view of my almost leaf-less front lawn. I'm sure that won't last as most of the trees around here still have about 50% of their leaves remaining
Hey that's awesome! Congrats!
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Looking for my passport... And watching Politics...
Terry
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Just got another call. She is dilated 9 cm. It won't be long now. We are about to get another AZer!
drjeff
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Congrats!
Right now I'm doing some channel surfing between the various NFL games, NASCAR and mens world cup GS from Soelden, Austria.
I figure I have maybe 15 more minutes before the kids wake up from their naps
severine
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Wow! Long day for her! She has my sympathies!!!!
Right now... I'm at Panera and should be working on my paper. Don't tell Brian.
Went to the ski shop... I'll let Brian tell that story. I gotta get going on my paper.
o3jeff
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Can't wait for the story, hopefully there was some good violence:uzi:
severine
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Taking a break from my brainstorm for my paper...
Went to the shop this afternoon (Sporthouse/Fatty's in Canton). I brought Brian for support and was a little afraid to speak up at first, but found myself just charging in once the owner came out and started talking with us. I explained that a couple things bothered me after we left. The first being that the bindings weren't tested (he claims that he tested with a boot in shop and that he already told me how to test the forward pressure at home but that he also told me he could do it for me if I needed). I told him my concern about that is that it was not explained to me when I dropped the skis off that he needed my boots; he said I didn't need to leave them if I didn't want to. Misunderstanding communicated; no real resolution for that other than he said he would test them right then and there. Then I said the other thing was that he didn't fix the dimple. He didn't have a real good explanation for that; basically said that it happens sometimes and he didn't know why he didn't fix it, but that he would do it right then. So he took my skis in the back, checked the bindings. Then he said he fixed the dimple and had another guy in the shop do a base grind and wax on my skis. We watched most of the process. Not sure what he did to fix the dimple (or if he did anything other than the base grind) but there's no discernible bump now.
While the skis were worked on, he explained to me that they've had a lot of kids ask to have bindings flat mounted lately (which I assumed would be the case since they seem to cater to newschoolers, hence why I chose this shop... well that and the fact that Brian had a gift card there). He talked about the difficulties in grinding down the screws to the right length. I asked why they don't just use new screws and he said that there would be too much difficulty in keeping track of which screws were for which brands/types of bindings. I guess that could be a legitimate reason.
In any case, the skis appear to be fixed and now they're tuned to boot. No violence, Jeff. And I did very well not getting emotional or snotty, I think anyway. Brian said my tone was fine (sometimes I get a snotty tone that I don't necessarily mean to... but it happens all the same). Even though they did right in the end, the fact that the shop wasn't forthcoming with fixing it in the first place, and the lack of customer service overall, leads me to the conclusion to not go there again. I know of a few other places that I've had much better luck with the way I and my ski equipment have been treated. Gotta stick with what works, right?
Back to the paper... came up with an awesome idea for it I'm just trying to organize all my thoughts first. I hope I have enough time to do this right because this paper will be something very special for me. I can't wait to see how it develops!
Went to the shop this afternoon (Sporthouse/Fatty's in Canton). I brought Brian for support and was a little afraid to speak up at first, but found myself just charging in once the owner came out and started talking with us. I explained that a couple things bothered me after we left. The first being that the bindings weren't tested (he claims that he tested with a boot in shop and that he already told me how to test the forward pressure at home but that he also told me he could do it for me if I needed). I told him my concern about that is that it was not explained to me when I dropped the skis off that he needed my boots; he said I didn't need to leave them if I didn't want to. Misunderstanding communicated; no real resolution for that other than he said he would test them right then and there. Then I said the other thing was that he didn't fix the dimple. He didn't have a real good explanation for that; basically said that it happens sometimes and he didn't know why he didn't fix it, but that he would do it right then. So he took my skis in the back, checked the bindings. Then he said he fixed the dimple and had another guy in the shop do a base grind and wax on my skis. We watched most of the process. Not sure what he did to fix the dimple (or if he did anything other than the base grind) but there's no discernible bump now.
While the skis were worked on, he explained to me that they've had a lot of kids ask to have bindings flat mounted lately (which I assumed would be the case since they seem to cater to newschoolers, hence why I chose this shop... well that and the fact that Brian had a gift card there). He talked about the difficulties in grinding down the screws to the right length. I asked why they don't just use new screws and he said that there would be too much difficulty in keeping track of which screws were for which brands/types of bindings. I guess that could be a legitimate reason.
In any case, the skis appear to be fixed and now they're tuned to boot. No violence, Jeff.
And I did very well not getting emotional or snotty, I think anyway. Brian said my tone was fine (sometimes I get a snotty tone that I don't necessarily mean to... but it happens all the same). Even though they did right in the end, the fact that the shop wasn't forthcoming with fixing it in the first place, and the lack of customer service overall, leads me to the conclusion to not go there again. I know of a few other places that I've had much better luck with the way I and my ski equipment have been treated. Gotta stick with what works, right? Back to the paper... came up with an awesome idea for it I'm just trying to organize all my thoughts first. I hope I have enough time to do this right because this paper will be something very special for me. I can't wait to see how it develops!
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