Pretend Chat 2.14

[Tidgy's Dad]

I almost keeled over trying not to laugh at my cheesy pun.

Does this face look familiar when you find a lot of cheese?
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Actually, it looks a bit like wifey.

 

[tortdad]

Once my uncle took a bite of the "fancy red cheese" on a flight, he'd never seen red cheese and figured why not he was hungry... It was one of those babybell wheels... He bit the wax wrapping...

That's hysterical. My mom said I use to do that as a kid. Apparently I liked the wax. I wasn't as dumb as my brother though, he'd eat the Chapstick because "it was cherry"

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

But cheese is so yummy! Yesterday I was craving cheese so bad I told my coworkers that I wanted to eat a Pound of cheese... Yes they judged me!

You are really my kind of person.
Cheese munchers are cool.

 

[smarch]

That's hysterical. My mom said I use to do that as a kid. Apparently I liked the wax. I wasn't as dumb as my brother though, he'd eat the Chapstick because "it was cherry"

He just didn't know it was wax lol. Wax is fun to chew on. I used to make wax "retainers" out of parfin wax I have....
Can't say I ever ate Chapstick on purpose though, even flavored girly lip balm crap tasted gross.

 

[smarch]

You are really my kind of person.
Cheese munchers are cool.

I can decide if being a "cheese muncher" sounds really dirty or really fun. Lol maybe I just have my mind in the gutter though

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I can decide if being a "cheese muncher" sounds really dirty or really fun. Lol maybe I just have my mind in the gutter though

Really dirty and really fun perhaps?
No double entendre was intended.
Or that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

 

[smarch]

Really dirty and really fun perhaps?
No double entendre was intended.
Or that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

Suuuuuuure lol.

 

[smarch]

 

[Yvonne G]

@Jacqui :

You can't just pop in with a "good morning" then leave. Please tell us what happened with the flooding. Did it reach your house? Are your animals ok?

 

[smarch]

Speaking of laptop food incidents I had an interesting one earlier this week... Don't leave stuff in hot cars!!

 

[tortdad]

Not sure that Kevin (like most of us here) lives entirely in the real world.
But this story's true and wonderful.

I live in the real world, I'm just glad I have the pleasure to work for someone who 'gets it' and values me as an employee. I work very hard for him and make him good money. Im the first to show up and the last to leave, all of my customers love me. Last year I needed a minor knee surgery and was putting it off. he asked me why I wasn't getting it done yet and I told him that I couldn't miss work and the project I was working on had stairs and I couldn't use stairs for 4 weeks after surgery. I only needed 8 weeks to wrap that project up so I waited 8 weeks for the surgery. I didn't want to put my boss or my customer in a bind or me have to burn up all my vacation time so I waited for that project to be done. Because I did that my boss paid the $1500 co-pay/deductible that I needed for my insurance company. I didn't ask him for that, he just did it.

A year before that I showed up to find a $500 prepaid American Express card sitting on my desk. Apparently the boss had racked up a bunch of points on his card and couldn't find anything he wanted so he got everyone in the office a $500 gift card.

Last September I went to him and asked for him to consider me for a raise. I told him I wouldn't be upset if he said no but I wanted him to consider it. Not only did he give me a raise but he gave everyone a raise and gave me more than I was asking for and I wasn't asking for a small amount, I was looking for a decent raise and ended up with a huge raise.

I ***** and moan about how much I work and listen to my wife complain about how I'm never home but I get taken care of by my boss and just wanted to give him credit where credit is due. My last place worked me twice as hard as this guy does for half the pay and never got a single perk. I do wish I could spend more time with my family because time is something you can never get back but I'm the sole provider for my family of 6 plus I have to help my mom and my mother in law.

 

[tortdad]

Speaking of laptop food incidents I had an interesting one earlier this week... Don't leave stuff in hot cars!!

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What the heck is that?

 

[Jacqui]

@Jacqui :

You can't just pop in with a "good morning" then leave. Please tell us what happened with the flooding. Did it reach your house? Are your animals ok?

lots of fences damaged or gone. I am betting my frig and freezer may be toast to. Lots of small damage. My animal food supply is gone. Of course the gardens are gone. The planters that did not disappear have loss their soil. Like I said lots of small stuff and huge amounts of cleanup.
I am okay, just worn out and very emotional. The water only got the garage and all the porches a which are like enclosed rooms and the storage room. At this point still no electricity, it is on, but not working. Under the house is still flooded. I know some of the cats tried to hide under there and of course have drown. I got all the tortoises in, but not my red eared sliders and snapper are gone

 

[Jacqui]

Nor sure how I managed to get the first part down to be the last.

 

[tortdad]

which are like enclosedrooms and the storage room. At this point still no electricity, it is on, but not working. Under the house is still flooded. I know some of the cats tried to hide under there and of course have drown. I got all the tortoises in, but not my red eared sliders and snapper are gone

lots of fences damaged or ghone. I am betting my frig and freezer may be toast to. Lots of small damage. My animal food supply is gone. Of course the gardens are gone. The planters that did not disappear have loss their soil. Like I said lots of small stuff and huge amounts of cleanup.
I am okay, just worn out and very emotional. The water only got the garage and all the porches a

That sucks that you lost some animals. Are you sure they're gone

 

[Yvonne G]

Nor sure how I managed to get the first part down to be the last.

(fixed it)

 

[Yvonne G]

lots of fences damaged or gone. I am betting my frig and freezer may be toast to. Lots of small damage. My animal food supply is gone. Of course the gardens are gone. The planters that did not disappear have loss their soil. Like I said lots of small stuff and huge amounts of cleanup.
I am okay, just worn out and very emotional. The water only got the garage and all the porches a which are like enclosed rooms and the storage room. At this point still no electricity, it is on, but not working. Under the house is still flooded. I know some of the cats tried to hide under there and of course have drown. I got all the tortoises in, but not my red eared sliders and snapper are gone

Do you have the type of insurance that covers flooding?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I live in the real world, I'm just glad I have the pleasure to work for someone who 'gets it' and values me as an employee. I work very hard for him and make him good money. Im the first to show up and the last to leave, all of my customers love me. Last year I needed a minor knee surgery and was putting it off. he asked me why I wasn't getting it done yet and I told him that I couldn't miss work and the project I was working on had stairs and I couldn't use stairs for 4 weeks after surgery. I only needed 8 weeks to wrap that project up so I waited 8 weeks for the surgery. I didn't want to put my boss or my customer in a bind or me have to burn up all my vacation time so I waited for that project to be done. Because I did that my boss paid the $1500 co-pay/deductible that I needed for my insurance company. I didn't ask him for that, he just did it.

A year before that I showed up to find a $500 prepaid American Express card sitting on my desk. Apparently the boss had racked up a bunch of points on his card and couldn't find anything he wanted so he got everyone in the office a $500 gift card.

Last September I went to him and asked for him to consider me for a raise. I told him I wouldn't be upset if he said no but I wanted him to consider it. Not only did he give me a raise but he gave everyone a raise and gave me more than I was asking for and I wasn't asking for a small amount, I was looking for a decent raise and ended up with a huge raise.

I ***** and moan about how much I work and listen to my wife complain about how I'm never home but I get taken care of by my boss and just wanted to give him credit where credit is due. My last place worked me twice as hard as this guy does for half the pay and never got a single perk. I do wish I could spend more time with my family because time is something you can never get back but I'm the sole provider for my family of 6 plus I have to help my mom and my mother in law.

Bless you.
This is delightful.
Fair play to you and your boss.

 

[smarch]

What the heck is that?

A chocolate bar...

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm so sorry, Jacqui! And you've had to go through it all by yourself. Please know that you're in my thoughts and if I could be there to help you, I would do it in an instant.