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Aardwolf · **Reply #27280 on:** April 06, 2014, 03:55:12 pm

First session with a new tutoring client (aka student) was a disaster. Or rather, it didn't happen, because Google maps couldn't find the place and I ended up driving to the wrong town.

What kind of idiot city planner makes a road named "West Street"? And why is there one in both Vienna and Falls Church?

MP-Ryan · **Reply #27281 on:** April 06, 2014, 06:00:06 pm

Quote from: Aardwolf on April 06, 2014, 03:55:12 pm

First session with a new tutoring client (aka student) was a disaster. Or rather, it didn't happen, because Google maps couldn't find the place and I ended up driving to the wrong town.

What kind of idiot city planner makes a road named "West Street"? And why is there one in both Vienna and Falls Church?

I hope you aren't tutoring the client in geography or cartography...

* MP-Ryan runs away, giggling.

Klaustrophobia · **Reply #27282 on:** April 06, 2014, 06:09:43 pm

There is likely a "West Street" in every city and town in America.

Mongoose · **Reply #27283 on:** April 06, 2014, 07:27:50 pm

See this is why I stick to online tutoring as my part-time gig. You never have to leave your chair, and pants are optional!

Black_Yoshi1230 · **Reply #27284 on:** April 07, 2014, 03:27:53 am

Mickey Rooney just died. That makes two actors I cared about on the death list for this year.

. . . . .

Damn it Flip, stop telling Nemo to open doors that should never be opened, oh, and stop smoking the big fat cigars.

perihelion · **Reply #27285 on:** April 07, 2014, 02:56:44 pm

Don't tell me the brain has no pain receptors. It is a pain receptor.

aka, Depression Sucks^tm.

Nothing even going particularly bad. Just the overall pointlessness of my daily grind and the gradual toll it is taking on me and my family.
EDIT: Oh stupid... Nevermind. I know what this is. I was late filling a prescription and had to skip a dose of one pill Saturday morning. I was fine yesterday, so I'd forgotten. Agh. Stupid SSRI's and their long time-constants. Oh well, at least I know why, now.

deathspeed · **Reply #27286 on:** April 07, 2014, 06:07:48 pm

Quote from: Aardwolf on April 06, 2014, 03:55:12 pm

First session with a new tutoring client (aka student) was a disaster. Or rather, it didn't happen, because Google maps couldn't find the place and I ended up driving to the wrong town.

What kind of idiot city planner makes a road named "West Street"? And why is there one in both Vienna and Falls Church?

I used to live on N Southeast Trails Drive, in the Trails West subdivision.

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #27287 on:** April 08, 2014, 02:01:40 am

During the toilet part (deuce) of my morning routine, my two year old collie kelpie cross agility dog decides to TRY to climb onto my lap in an attempt to expedite food distribution as anyone with dogs will understand. Awkward moment when my girlfriend looks in followed by laughing her ass off and quoting all sorts of beastiality / molestation laws. She's a criminal and family law solicitor :/

Edit- instigator after feeding.

Her arm is fine I swear, just a bad angle.

CommanderDJ · **Reply #27288 on:** April 08, 2014, 08:16:21 am

Quote from: CommanderDJ on April 05, 2014, 12:02:32 am

Phone interview with IBM lined up next week. Here's hoping!

Had this today, they pretty much just asked me questions that I'd rehearsed answers to, so I'm onto the next stage! Online test, here we go!

Also, received an itinerary from Microsoft for my interview with them in Sydney. They're paying for mostly everything, which is pretty cool.

FireSpawn · **Reply #27289 on:** April 08, 2014, 10:22:02 am

Quote from: Dekker on April 08, 2014, 02:01:40 am

YAY SQUADS!

One of the greatest dogs since Milo (1994-2009)

deathfun · **Reply #27290 on:** April 08, 2014, 12:15:37 pm

Quote from: perihelion on April 07, 2014, 02:56:44 pm

Don't tell me the brain has no pain receptors. It is a pain receptor.

aka, Depression Sucks^tm.

Nothing even going particularly bad. Just the overall pointlessness of my daily grind and the gradual toll it is taking on me and my family.
EDIT: Oh stupid... Nevermind. I know what this is. I was late filling a prescription and had to skip a dose of one pill Saturday morning. I was fine yesterday, so I'd forgotten. Agh. Stupid SSRI's and their long time-constants. Oh well, at least I know why, now.

I am all too familiar with this crap
I've avoided SSRI's for these reasons on top of others
Terrible fate at any rate. It's a hell no one should have to delve into

Aardwolf · **Reply #27291 on:** April 08, 2014, 12:50:01 pm

But Milo is a cat's name!

I figured out wtf happened with the map thing not finding the right place. It turns out it was because I spelled out "street" instead of abbreviating it as "st", and Google seems to think the "st" in "West St NW" is short for "saint". Because "saint" is a kind of road. Great.

Mongoose · **Reply #27292 on:** April 08, 2014, 03:13:09 pm

Quote from: perihelion on April 07, 2014, 02:56:44 pm

EDIT: Oh stupid... Nevermind. I know what this is. I was late filling a prescription and had to skip a dose of one pill Saturday morning. I was fine yesterday, so I'd forgotten. Agh. Stupid SSRI's and their long time-constants. Oh well, at least I know why, now.

It sounds like what you're on has a shorter half-life than mine, or else it differs by individual metabolisms. I'm always randomly forgetting to take my daily dose, but I've never really noticed any appreciable effects. Glad to hear you figured it out though.

In other news, I'm now officially using an unsupported OS, on a decade-old machine that's showing signs of some unspecified hardware failure. Wheeeee!

Lorric · **Reply #27293 on:** April 08, 2014, 03:26:16 pm

Quote from: Mongoose on April 08, 2014, 03:13:09 pm

Quote from: perihelion on April 07, 2014, 02:56:44 pm
EDIT: Oh stupid... Nevermind. I know what this is. I was late filling a prescription and had to skip a dose of one pill Saturday morning. I was fine yesterday, so I'd forgotten. Agh. Stupid SSRI's and their long time-constants. Oh well, at least I know why, now.
In other news, I'm now officially using an unsupported OS, on a decade-old machine that's showing signs of some unspecified hardware failure. Wheeeee!

Does that worry you at all about XP? Or is this more a case of riding the horse till it dies, not worth upgrading?

Mongoose · **Reply #27294 on:** April 08, 2014, 03:34:10 pm

Well I'd say I'm not thrilled about it, but I'm not exactly in a financial position to throw down $100 on something like a new OS right now. Plus I really don't want to put any more money into this ancient POS if I can help it.

Lorric · **Reply #27295 on:** April 08, 2014, 03:36:37 pm

Right. Well, good luck with it, both XP, and the longevity of that rig.

An4ximandros · **Reply #27296 on:** April 08, 2014, 04:38:08 pm

Haha! My GFX is dying and I am also on XP and not in a position to move on. Heh.

Aardwolf · **Reply #27297 on:** April 08, 2014, 06:09:06 pm

And when I got home from this single-session tutoring thing, mom tells me she took a voicemail message saying I had just lost the other client (the one that wasn't just a single session). Dammit dammit dammit.

deathfun · **Reply #27298 on:** April 09, 2014, 01:46:08 am

My arsenal is the same, but the ways I load it have changed
I should consider investing in an Archangel stock for my Mosin and grab that good ol' 25 round magazine for it

Afterall, it's bolt action. I'm not restricted to how much I can load it up to!

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #27299 on:** April 09, 2014, 02:24:14 am

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