OT - What are you doing right now?

kl8ton

Just received this as a Christmas gift.  It was lost in the mail until now!

This is not me in the pic.

blasting

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

pgprescott

blasting said:

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

I think your advice is spot on. BTW, I would expect the same in reverse. Just common decency. 20 years here.

Battleborn

blasting said:

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

Solid advice. Whoever remembers to usually makes it.  We both forgot last night when we went to bed. I decided to be nice and get up early and this is the thanks I get (sarcastic font)!

pgprescott said:

blasting said:

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

I think your advice is spot on. BTW, I would expect the same in reverse. Just common decency. 20 years here.

We are getting close to 10 here, we may not make it to 20 if she keeps this up!

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

blasting said:

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

Solid advice. Whoever remembers to usually makes it.  We both forgot last night when we went to bed. I decided to be nice and get up early and this is the thanks I get (sarcastic font)!

pgprescott said:

blasting said:

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

I think your advice is spot on. BTW, I would expect the same in reverse. Just common decency. 20 years here.

We are getting close to 10 here, we may not make it to 20 if she keeps this up!

You are stuck with bar you set.  I started off with an incredibly low bar.  If I manage to just stay out of the way she is happy.  Zero expectations of me helping.

To achieve my husband level of "winning" you need to start off during the dating phase.

pgprescott

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

blasting said:

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

Solid advice. Whoever remembers to usually makes it.  We both forgot last night when we went to bed. I decided to be nice and get up early and this is the thanks I get (sarcastic font)!

pgprescott said:

blasting said:

Battleborn said:

SWMBO got mad that I didn't set the coffee maker last night before I went to bed. Got up at 4:30 so it would be made at 5:00 when she got up. She just woke up and complained that it was weak (made it how we always make it). 

I have a feeling that today is not going to be a good day. 

Sounds like you making the coffee is problematic, maybe your other half should be making it herself?

(says the single guy who no married guy should ever listen to)

I think your advice is spot on. BTW, I would expect the same in reverse. Just common decency. 20 years here.

We are getting close to 10 here, we may not make it to 20 if she keeps this up!

You are stuck with bar you set.  I started off with an incredibly low bar.  If I manage to just stay out of the way she is happy.  Zero expectations of me helping.

To achieve my husband level of "winning" you need to start off during the dating phase.

It helps to intentionally screw up some clothes or load the dishwasher wrong. The price of a few new outfits is the price of admission to Shangri-La. 

Acn

There ought to be a specific level of hell for people who microwave leftover fish in the office breakroom.

pgprescott

Acn said:

There ought to be a specific level of hell for people who microwave leftover fish in the office breakroom.

Coworker gave me this sheet of dried seaweed snack to try. He was eating them up. OMG! Might as well have licked a half rotten fish laying on the banks of a cesspool! Putrid! Took me a half hour of concerted effort to get the taste out of my mouth. 

Sea2Ski

Acn said:

There ought to be a specific level of hell for people who microwave leftover fish in the office breakroom.

SO TRUE!!

My office is right across from a break room.  One day someone did that, and I was too slow to see who it was. Same the next day.  Same the day after that.  Then the timing was right.  I caught them red-handed.  I heard the timer go off, I walked over and smelled it. I said "which one of you are heating up fish?"  The non-guilty one subtly pointed to her friend with no hesitation. Totally thrown under the bus....

I ripped into this poor 22 year old woman right out of college that was working in our call center. I totally went off on a rant. Not yelling, but in a tone she clearly understood that under no circumstance is reheating fish acceptable. She looked terrified.

I ended up feeling bad. I preemptively went up the the director of HR and explained what happened.  Her first comment was "Who reheats fish in a microwave at work?!?! You did the right thing."  Then we joked about it.

I still see that woman occasionally. I know she thinks I am psycho...
she is probably correct.

..but I have not smelled any fish since.

Jeremiah

I used to work for a body shop owner that had the idea to hire homeless off the street to wash cars. One day the new guy brought in a dead rabbit that he found in the street. Microwaved it whole, guts and all. You talk about stink!

Botch

Jeremiah said:

I used to work for a body shop owner that had the idea to hire homeless off the street to wash cars. One day the new guy brought in a dead rabbit that he found in the street. Microwaved it whole, guts and all. You talk about stink!

Oh.
My.
  

Acn

Jeremiah said:

I used to work for a body shop owner that had the idea to hire homeless off the street to wash cars. One day the new guy brought in a dead rabbit that he found in the street. Microwaved it whole, guts and all. You talk about stink!

You win.

jeffwit

Suddenly microwaved fish doesn't sound so bad after all. 

Hans61

About to egg some take and bakes!!

Sea2Ski

Jeremiah said:

I used to work for a body shop owner that had the idea to hire homeless off the street to wash cars. One day the new guy brought in a dead rabbit that he found in the street. Microwaved it whole, guts and all. You talk about stink!

I would take fish over that any day........

Hans61

GATraveller

Jeremiah said:

I used to work for a body shop owner that had the idea to hire homeless off the street to wash cars. One day the new guy brought in a dead rabbit that he found in the street. Microwaved it whole, guts and all. You talk about stink!

Jeepster47

If you're thinking about adopting a homeless person, might I suggest one of our locals?

https://www.facebook.com/Willie-York-Peorias-Most-Famous-Homeless-Person-124984484261248/photos/

Check out his photo display.  Then if you still want to adapt ...

Hans61

Hans61

Last one. 

Hans61

Sorry to interrupt the microwaved road kill :-)

Dyal_SC

@Jeremiah, please tell me you unplugged the microwave and chunked the entire thing in the dumpster. 

Jeremiah

Yup. Whole thing. I've got a pretty high tolerance for stink, but it ranked. Last I heard that guy hit the scratch off lottery and left for the west coast. True story. 

Dyal_SC

Jeremiah said:

Yup. Whole thing. I've got a pretty high tolerance for stink, but it ranked. Last I heard that guy hit the scratch off lottery and left for the west coast. True story. 

Wow, that makes the story that much better!!  LOL

lousubcap

Better to be lucky than good any day comes to mind.  

Hans61

Watching The Green Mile - guess this is what grilling used to be.

nolaegghead

salsa

nolaegghead

nolaegghead

skirt

nolaegghead