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19 Jul 2019 07:31 AM
#8251
Oliphaunt
By and large,yes.
TNP prefers cocktails to either.
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19 Jul 2019 09:44 AM
#8252
Oliphaunt
No. I find it difficult to slowly sip any liquid, except maybe a really delicious big red wine. At least I can drink beer all day and not end up hammered.
But I do prefer cocktails to ether, AFAIK.
TNP has had an actual hangover in the past decade.
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19 Jul 2019 09:02 PM
#8253
Member
Nope, not since college.
TNP prefers mornings to evenings.
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20 Jul 2019 01:00 AM
#8254
Oliphaunt
Pretty much, usually. Most days it's just waiting until bedtime until the Benadryl/diphenhydramine is consumed and sleep ensues about 1.5 hours after. It may seem sick to some hippie types, but I really approve of having a pill to go to sleep. I care too much about my dental hygiene to get into anything stronger than about twelve cups of coffee in the morniing, but, whatever.
TNP has been publicly shamed about something her or she does or did recently. No examples given, just use your imagination.
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20 Jul 2019 10:56 AM
#8255
Member
Hmm. No, I don't think so.
TNP prefers books to audiobooks.
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21 Jul 2019 03:55 PM
#8256
Oliphaunt
Sure do. In fact, I rarely listen to any kind of music (never audiobooks or radio!) except in the car, or when watching movies/TV. Or if I've been drinking I'll play some choice tunes at home via the computer or fire up the CD player/turntable.
TNP is still glad to have quite a nice collection of cassette tapes and, shockingly, listens to them sometimes.
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21 Jul 2019 09:38 PM
#8257
Member
Yes, I still have a few dozen, although it's been a year or three since I last listened to one.
TNP prefers summer to winter.
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22 Jul 2019 06:25 PM
#8258
Oliphaunt
Yep. I guess you could be tied to an anthill in the middle of a desert and die from that sun stuff, and dying of hypothermia sounds like more fun, but there are some options in the summer. Like not being out in the sun, and migrating towards drinking water.
TNP thinks a good lesson to be learned from dealing with a large company's HR is: don't get involved unless. That is, unless you understand just how much paperwork you want to be involved in, and unless you're able to formulate direct, even prescient questions about what are all the possible continuations of each document. In advance, in writing. And since it is unlikely that the company's private, internal strategies will be revealed to an outsider, it's not unlike getting involved with similarly unpredictable, but powerful figures, which you might find in the movies or in real life or in your imagination.
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22 Jul 2019 11:50 PM
#8259
Member
Probably good advice, yes.
TNP would rather deal with HR than the CEO.
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23 Jul 2019 07:10 AM
#8260
Oliphaunt
I've spent most of my career in the public service, so don't know much about CEOs, but I do know about dealing with HR, and there's no way a CEO could be worse.
TNP has stayed in a hotel in the past month.
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23 Jul 2019 10:39 PM
#8261
Member
Yes, just a few weeks ago, during a history-geek visit to Philadelphia.
TNP prefers Philadelphia to New York City.
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24 Jul 2019 05:57 PM
#8262
Oliphaunt
Well, I'm going to say no. I've spent a lot of time in the Philly area, but I never lived there or nothing, and I don't really know the heart of the city itself that much. I do know PA has super fucked-up liquor laws. Really bizarre system. So, just by what I know, I'll take Manhattan. I do think Philly has the obvious advantage in terms of the surrounding towns running that ring around the city, like near Bryn Mawr and all those little places. But, no, I'll just stick with what I know and like, despite some obvious flaws.
TNP can choose between Vancouver and Toronto as which is funner to visit and bum around in, and will state which one wins the golden hockey puck.
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25 Jul 2019 04:35 PM
#8263
Member
I like both cities, but would give the edge to Vancouver, which I think is more beautiful.
TNP prefers the toilet paper over the roll to under it.
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25 Jul 2019 08:56 PM
#8264
Oliphaunt
Yeah. Obviously.
TNP can come up with a better explanation of why my little anecdote in "Funny RL Anecdotes" (or whatever that thread is called) can be explained to someone else. The gist of it is that when you find the difference between two numbers positive integers, if you want to count the integers inclusive of the lesser number (the subtrahend) index reference given by the subtrahend, you have to add one to the difference.
Last edited by Jizzelbin; 25 Jul 2019 at 09:01 PM.
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25 Jul 2019 09:45 PM
#8265
Member
Having absolutely no math skills whatsoever (my family once gave me this T-shirt: https://img1.etsystatic.com/018/0/81...21123_3zlc.jpg), no, I really can't. Sorry.
TNP, although skilled in math, likes that T-shirt.
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26 Jul 2019 12:09 AM
#8266
Oliphaunt
I think it's hilarious. I'm no mathemagician either, but I suppose "skilled" is a good enough term, for some values of "skill." I still think it's a super cool T-shirt.
TNP carries one of those car battery charging devices and thinks they're super rad for doing stuff.
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26 Jul 2019 12:52 PM
#8267
Member
False.
TNP prefers two-doors to sedans.
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26 Jul 2019 05:41 PM
#8268
Oliphaunt
No. If passers-by looked in my car they'd think I lived in it. I need the doors to get to the stuff inside.
TNP's car has plenty of pick-up and the cigarette lighter works, but lacks cop shocks and cop struts.
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26 Jul 2019 11:08 PM
#8269
Member
Plenty of pick-up, yes, and lacks cop shocks and cop struts, but no cigarette lighter. So three out of four.
TNP prefers Cheetos to Doritos.
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27 Jul 2019 06:20 PM
#8270
Oliphaunt
Yeah. I do. There's no need for a public shaming. But, maybe a small handful of days per month, when I buy a bag of Cheetos or a potato chips, that's pretty much my one meal of the day (not counting the absurd amounts of beer or whiskey which invariably accompanies such a day).
TNP prefers to fill out forms, whether online/digital records or hard-copy, in all-Caps (the "C" stands for clarity!), but sometimes just scrawls things out in pen on documents in his or her usual handwriting.
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27 Jul 2019 10:07 PM
#8271
Member
No, I prefer a regular mix of caps and lower-case. I would rather do most forms online than handwriting them.
TNP prefers printing to writing in cursive.
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28 Jul 2019 10:39 AM
#8272
Oliphaunt
No. Well, I'm not sure what I write is properly called by-the-book cursive, but the the letters are somewhat connected. It's more of a scrawl, but it's fast, extremely regular, and legible (to me, at least).
TNP always writes the crossbar to the numeral "7," the letter "z," always writes "l" in script, and usually puts the top serif and the bottom "foot" to the numeral "1" and a slash through a "0," and, more generally, doesn't have any sympathy for people who claim to be confused by this practice. Alternatively, TNP can supply some supposed oddities to his or her formation of letters and numerals.
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28 Jul 2019 09:47 PM
#8273
Member
No, I usually don't do any of that, although my eights too often look like sixes, so I usually have to go over the top circle again to make it clear what number it is.
TNP prefers ice water to a cold beer on a hot day.
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29 Jul 2019 06:54 AM
#8274
Oliphaunt
Depends on how dehydrated I feel, but usually I "prefer" the beer. These days, I'm more likely to skip the beer.
TNP prefers a gin and tonic to either.
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29 Jul 2019 11:04 AM
#8275
Member
No, not my favorite beverage.
TNP prefers watching a DVD at home to going out to the movies.
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29 Jul 2019 05:55 PM
#8276
Oliphaunt
Yep. The only Tarantino movie I saw in the theater is Pulp Fiction, and I'm not going to change my practice for the new one, which is probably the only thing in theatrical release I could be convinced to go out to see.
TNP is so bad at saving money he or she has to have his bank automatically transfer funds from checking to savings on a regular basis, because he or she doesn't trust himself or herself to do it manually.
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29 Jul 2019 11:26 PM
#8277
Member
Not that bad, but I could certainly be more frugal and money-minded than I tend to be.
TNP has been in a casino in the past month,
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30 Jul 2019 06:47 AM
#8278
Oliphaunt
Not exactly, but was at the local race track, which has a casino.
TNP has bet on the ponies once or twice.
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31 Jul 2019 11:22 PM
#8279
Member
No, never, although a friend has bragged to me about his mad skillz at doing so.
TNP can name five famous racehorses of the past decade off the top of his or her head.
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01 Aug 2019 06:29 PM
#8280
Oliphaunt
Sure. Secretariat, War Admiral, Khartoum (: )), Cita... . Wait a minute. Last decade? No, I couldn't name even one.
TNP puts his or her automatic-drive car in neutral somewhat often. For unknown reasons, but mostly just for fun. Bonus points if TNP uses engine braking pretty often in his or her automatic-drive car, also for various reasons, but sometimes just to fuck with deviant drivers behind him or her.
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02 Aug 2019 06:57 AM
#8281
Oliphaunt
Nope, wouldn't think of doing any of those.
TNP has misplaced their driver's licence at some point, and had to get a replacement one.
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02 Aug 2019 10:13 AM
#8282
Member
No, I did that once with an employee ID card, but never with a driver license.
TNP is due to renew his or her DL in the next three months.
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02 Aug 2019 11:45 AM
#8283
Oliphaunt
Nope. I've learned my lesson about making sure to renew the license regularly, lest one have to take the driving test again as an adult. Which sucks, let me tell you.
TNP has seen an incongruous combination recently, and will give an example. For example, a seemingly-regular, quasi-Boston Brahmin person using Copenhagen snuff out of a tin.
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02 Aug 2019 12:26 PM
#8284
Member
Hmm, no, I don't think so.
TNP has used Copenhagen snuff out of a tin.
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02 Aug 2019 10:35 PM
#8285
Oliphaunt
No. I don't think it's a good use of my maxillary tissues. Could be wrong, but pretty sure am right.
TNP has never used tobacco products ever, just like those white virgin angels.
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02 Aug 2019 11:15 PM
#8286
Member
I've smoked maybe three cigars in my life on special occasions, but that's it. Never remotely tempted by cigarettes or snuff.
TNP knows someone who might fairly be described as a "white virgin angel."
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03 Aug 2019 01:25 PM
#8287
Oliphaunt
No. Maybe some passing acquaintances, but everyone I know on a deeper level, to a man or woman, has either a filthy mouth, an inappropriate sense of humor, nasty habits, or things on that relatively minor level. No thieves or liars, or inattentive drivers. Nothing that bad.
TNP is displeased by how much time-distortion people in general tend to incorporate into their lives, whether projection forward (yeah! it's almost football season! let's talk about nothing else!) or an excessive interest in past events of one's own life or the lives of others.
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03 Aug 2019 11:05 PM
#8288
Member
No, I don't think I've ever really noticed that.
TNP has seen, or wants to see, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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03 Aug 2019 11:34 PM
#8289
Oliphaunt
No, I'm afraid not really so much. I respect both of the principals' abilities, but do I want to sit and stare at their mugs for a long time? No, not really. Yes, I'm a Tarantino fanboy, for sure, but I have my limits. I'll see it, for sure, but it's not a priority.
TNP thinks asking a woman out to do a charity walk with his or her nephews to raise money for Congenital Heart Defects is a pretty good idea. No stakes involved in the answer, because I already did it just now. Just TNP's opinion if that's a pretty sweet idea, or what.
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04 Aug 2019 12:32 PM
#8290
Member
Sure, why not? Hope you like her, that you both have a good time, and that you raise lots of bucks for a worthy cause.
The movie's pretty good, by the way. I recommend it.
TNP knows someone with a congenital heart defect.
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04 Aug 2019 05:05 PM
#8291
Oliphaunt
Sure. In spades. The tetralogy of Fallot by itself isn't as bad as it used to be, but combined with pulmonary atresia, it's more or less about the worst. Unless you like having your chest split open for valve transplants every several years. Pretty sure nobody likes that, but on the other hand, since you're not likely to live very long, you only have to keep doing it until you expire.
"Hope I like her?" Of course! I'm not that picky about my women, just so long as they're chilled out and are into cool things. And, you know, not so much resembling a Picasso portrait with like three eyeballs or whatever. This is a good one: cool, smart, not too young or too old, easy on the eyes. I don't think she's going to text me back, but it never hurts to ask. And we already had a very good first date, just talking for hours about neat artistic stuff over some beers.
And, yes, it's a walkathon through the local zoo, which I think is a great way to combine a fun place to talk and maybe get a little fresh in the penguin exhibit (it smells like fish in there already, so it's perfect....uhhh, OK, well, forget I said that). And it is a damned good cause, as well, of course.
TNP actually really likes a good fish taco, but can't help but think just calling it that is a little...suggestive. A little too on-the-nose. Ripe for parody, even if unintentional.
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05 Aug 2019 08:46 AM
#8292
Member
I do like fish tacos, very much, but the suggestive nature of them - if any - doesn't bother me at all.
TNP has been swimming in the past week.
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05 Aug 2019 08:56 PM
#8293
Oliphaunt
Nah. In converation with a bartender, she said, "you guys have a pool up there, right," but I had to say, "yeah, but I'm not so into the swimming."
[ETA: http://www.nataliedee.com/100512/ about those fish tacos.]
TNP doesn't think there's anything wrong about sending the occasional text to a lady friend, just for fun, even when one is sure she's not going to reply. Within reason. My possible answer would be, "hey, fuck it, there's nobody demanding anything, and, anyway, you wanted to be friends with me? well, welcome to the show, girl." IOW, not a big deal.
Last edited by Jizzelbin; 05 Aug 2019 at 08:59 PM.
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05 Aug 2019 11:21 PM
#8294
Member
Makes sense to me, until she asks you to stop.
TNP has had someone ask him or her to stop texting that person.
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06 Aug 2019 06:57 AM
#8295
Oliphaunt
No, hasn't come up.
TNP has done a road trip, as in "Road Trip!", recently.
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06 Aug 2019 01:06 PM
#8296
Member
Kind of - long weekend trips to Philadelphia, Pa. and Columbus, Ohio.
TNP has been in either of those cities in the past six months.
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07 Aug 2019 01:50 PM
#8297
Oliphaunt
No, can't say as I have.
TNP knows what city chicken is.
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07 Aug 2019 05:59 PM
#8298
Oliphaunt
Sounds like a pigeon to me, but it's probably something far nastier. I know I've heard the term, but I don't recall.
TNP has had a cellular/mobile/smartphone die on him or her, and finds it's a real, real big hassle to shop for replacements.
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07 Aug 2019 11:20 PM
#8299
Member
No, not yet, fortunately.
TNP has seen either Super Troopers movie.
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08 Aug 2019 07:44 AM
#8300
Oliphaunt
No, still haven't done that.
TNP has had to go to a medical lab for blood work, etc, recently.
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