Bugs Galore
Apr. 25th, 2007 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisMy queue of work items is stuffed to the gills but most of them are 'whenever' bugs so I thought I'd take a break and eat a sandwich and LJ a bit.
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A water main blew (or was blown) on the other end of town and now our toilet water looks pre-peed. I went downstairs to take a load of recycling and Scott, the building manager, said he had just gotten a call that the water on the 3rd floor was brown. He asked me to check mine (4th floor) and call him. I did. Not brown but definitely yellow. Then I read in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
seattle that all of downtown was affected. By the time I got Scott on the phone he already had the 411 and said that the City told him it would be fixed by tonight and was not unsafe.
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I sent my friend, Susan, an email just checking in cause we hadn't swapped info in a while. I asked her what's new. She sent an email back saying that she won a verdict against the assholes who were suing her, she got a new kitten and she's getting married. Holy crap. One of those items would have made a good email!
She got fired in December and the asshats she was working for sued her saying she had access secret shit on their computer systems. I love Susan dearly and I think she is smart as a whip except when it comes to computers. She's lucky if she can read her own email even after you show her how. These people were just nuts. And, apparently, the judge thought so, too.
She has two cats already. BUT, since she lives with Bill, she can have a third without being labeled an Old Cat Lady. It's a loophole. But, she did send the email without a photo - points off. The kitten's name is Lulu. I have severe kitten envy.
But... I do not have any husband envy. I cannot fathom why they are getting married. She's six months younger than I am so I know she's not knocked up. I just have no capacity for understanding co-habitation. I see it. I see it working. I see people loving it. I see people moving mountains to get it and being crushed beyond belief when they don't. But, I don't understand the appeal.
I shared a room with my sister from the time we were born until I was 6. I hated that. I had roommates in school when necessary and got a single room when at all possible. I lived with my husband for 2 years and 3 months. That's about 50 years of living on my own - selecting the channel I want to watch - the noise level and the dust level - and having the entire closet to myself. I cannot imagine living with another human being. Much less marrying one. I think I'm alergic.
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We just had a giant rain squall - the kind you get in the Southeast - they are rare here... we get day long drizzle, not 10 minute gully washers. Weird.
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Ok, time to get back to work.
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A water main blew (or was blown) on the other end of town and now our toilet water looks pre-peed. I went downstairs to take a load of recycling and Scott, the building manager, said he had just gotten a call that the water on the 3rd floor was brown. He asked me to check mine (4th floor) and call him. I did. Not brown but definitely yellow. Then I read in
seattle that all of downtown was affected. By the time I got Scott on the phone he already had the 411 and said that the City told him it would be fixed by tonight and was not unsafe. --
I sent my friend, Susan, an email just checking in cause we hadn't swapped info in a while. I asked her what's new. She sent an email back saying that she won a verdict against the assholes who were suing her, she got a new kitten and she's getting married. Holy crap. One of those items would have made a good email!
She got fired in December and the asshats she was working for sued her saying she had access secret shit on their computer systems. I love Susan dearly and I think she is smart as a whip except when it comes to computers. She's lucky if she can read her own email even after you show her how. These people were just nuts. And, apparently, the judge thought so, too.
She has two cats already. BUT, since she lives with Bill, she can have a third without being labeled an Old Cat Lady. It's a loophole. But, she did send the email without a photo - points off. The kitten's name is Lulu. I have severe kitten envy.
But... I do not have any husband envy. I cannot fathom why they are getting married. She's six months younger than I am so I know she's not knocked up. I just have no capacity for understanding co-habitation. I see it. I see it working. I see people loving it. I see people moving mountains to get it and being crushed beyond belief when they don't. But, I don't understand the appeal.
I shared a room with my sister from the time we were born until I was 6. I hated that. I had roommates in school when necessary and got a single room when at all possible. I lived with my husband for 2 years and 3 months. That's about 50 years of living on my own - selecting the channel I want to watch - the noise level and the dust level - and having the entire closet to myself. I cannot imagine living with another human being. Much less marrying one. I think I'm alergic.
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We just had a giant rain squall - the kind you get in the Southeast - they are rare here... we get day long drizzle, not 10 minute gully washers. Weird.
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Ok, time to get back to work.
