My day - a snippet of life.

[Rain Man]

I got up and put some laundry in because today is laundry day, and then I went to the dry cleaner to drop some shirts off. It's always awkward to go to the dry cleaner because I've been going there for 18 years and I never asked the guy's name, and after the first few years it seemed inappropriate to ask.

Then I went for a run. In Mile 1 I found a smart phone, which oddly is the second smart phone I've found this week. I ran 11 miles, which meant that I had to carry the phone for ten miles. I had my sunglasses on, and they're really dark glasses with a sporty frame. Age is all about the eyes, and when you can't see my eyes I look younger. I know this because women runners smile and say hi when I'm running in my sunglasses, and they ignore me when I'm wearing my regular glasses. Women like a young guy, apparently.

I thought the phone was locked and didn't bother checking until I finished my run. I swiped it and it opened, which was good. There was a text from somebody offering a $25 reward for returning it. I pondered looking for naked pictures on it, but it was a guy's phone so I didn't. I dropped it off when I went out for lunch, and got a phone message where the guy said thank you twelve times in sixty seconds. He said he owes me a favor so I'm going to see if he'll kill someone for me. That would be really cool.

My wife took me to lunch and she decided that we're going to start trying new places. She took me to a place that had rusty light fixtures and odd tables, but that's part of the upscale trendiness. I only saw one thing on the menu that I liked, and it turned out that I didn't like it so I only ate half. I got a kale salad on the side and it was good, but the water glasses were only about six ounces and I'd just run 11 miles, so that was no good. You had to refill your water glass yourself, so it was up and down, up and down. I didn't get any of the good-looking desserts and when we left I told my wife that I was never going back unless it was just for dessert. She seemed disappointed that I didn't like it.

We decided to go to a movie, so we ran downtown and saw the one where Michael Oher's mom goes into outer space and gets blindsided. It was in 3-D, which I don't really get. I usually don't notice the 3-D part, and I'm always worried that the 3-D lenses will scratch the lenses on my regular glasses. Interestingly, if I watch a 2-D movie without my regular glasses, it looks just like a 3-D movie with my regular glasses and without the 3-D glasses. I like the continuity of that.

It was a massive movie theater, and the movie with Michael Oher's mom was in the second-to-last theater, which meant going in, going left, going upstairs, going left again, turning right, walking down a long aisle, turning left again, and then one final right turn. As the previews were ending we realized that everyone else was putting on their 3-D glasses and we had none. The woman in the row ahead of us said that the ticket taker was supposed to give them to us, and he was at the main entrance. I had to run out, turn left, turn right, run down the aisle, turn left, turn right, go downstairs, go right, get our glasses, and then do it all in reverse. I got there right as the movie started, and hoped that no one would throw popcorn at me because I was breathing too loud. It's not worth dying for 3-D.

We watched the movie and it was really good. I had junior mints and an enormous Pibb Extra. I felt bad about all the oxygen I was using when Michael Oher's mom really needed it. The movie made me not want to be an astronaut, and then want to be an astronaut. But I wear both regular glasses and 3-D glasses, and I don't think you can wear those if you want to be an astronaut.

We drove home and on the way I pretended my car was a spacecraft. I docked successfully with the garage. Pretty good day all in all.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by cdcox

I ate it in my chase lounge chair while watching a documentary about the USS Indiana during WWII. Tragic story. I dozed through probably half of it but caught the gist of it.

Cdcox is my father.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Douche Baggins

Cdcox is my father.

Chaise lounges are awesome. We bought it at the hippest furniture store in town a couple of years ago. My wife picked the WWII documentary. The sleeping part is an old man thing.

[big nasty kcnut]

Rain man give me that smartphone I can use it and dump this old phone.
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[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

It was a massive movie theater, and the movie with Michael Oher's mom was in the second-to-last theater, which meant going in, going left, going upstairs, going left again, turning right, walking down a long aisle, turning left again, and then one final right turn.

There's very few people who could have posted that full account of their day and I would have taken the time to read the whole thing. I can't really say it was worth my time investment, but I don't regret it either. So, you should feel good about that overall.

I found the "Michael Oher's mom" comment funny. I generally refer to her as "That woman who is completely annoying in every movie I've ever seen her in." That can led to confusion with Drew Barrymore (except E.T.), but I'm sticking with it.

[ShortRoundChief]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Ir's good to know I provide a useful service. But, had my daughter been feeling well we would have gone to a movie and had dinner out. So you should take that into account.

Noted. That takes care of the time you devoted to napping, now what about the time you spent warming up Wednesday's soup?

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Noted. That takes care of the time you devoted to napping, now what about the time you spent warming up Wednesday's soup?

It's a damn good scratch-made potato soup. Took all of 15 minutes to make dinner since I only had to reheat it; thereby freeing time for... uh... more napping.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I got up and put some laundry in because today is laundry day, and then I went to the dry cleaner to drop some shirts off. It's always awkward to go to the dry cleaner because I've been going there for 18 years and I never asked the guy's name, and after the first few years it seemed inappropriate to ask.

In 18 years, have you ever seen a listed price for any service? Dry cleaners and the doctor are the only ones who get away with that.

And have you ever been charged the same price twice for the same service? I don't go all that often, but I swear I bring in the same thing and it is a different price every time.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Dayze

Friday night
went to bed.
woke up at 3am; couldn't sleep
slept on the couch watching Ancient Aliens
woke up by the wife at 0730 and told to get in bed.
slept for 1 hour.
text by brother to ask about time to meet up for bike show
texted by brother asking if we should ride or drive
long debate in my mind
Mind said "**** it", let's ride
Rode
Saw wool and bikes.
froze.
I can haz cheese burger
froze
had beer with brother at his house
froze
locked out of house / garage code didn't work
garage code worked.
let dogs out
dogs shat
fed dogs
wife returned.
procured beer and tobacco for my lip cancer
log on to Chiefs Planet for knowledge and wisdom.


......you know, a normal Saturday

That's a long time without going to the bathroom. Like on a TV show. They never go to the bathroom. Even on 24 where they show a whole day, Jack Bauer never went to the bathroom.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

In 18 years, have you ever seen a listed price for any service? Dry cleaners and the doctor are the only ones who get away with that.

And have you ever been charged the price twice for the same service? I don't go all that often, but I swear I bring in the same thing and it is a different price every time.

Our dry cleaners closed one of their stores a couple of years ago. To encourage us to use one of their stores in a different location, they gave us a $75 coupon for free dry cleaning. I was really impressed by that and have kept my business with them.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

In 18 years, have you ever seen a listed price for any service? Dry cleaners and the doctor are the only ones who get away with that.

And have you ever been charged the same price twice for the same service? I don't go all that often, but I swear I bring in the same thing and it is a different price every time.

I have no idea how they do business. I supposedly get the fifth item free on dry cleaning, but I have no idea if that happens. I don't know what they charge or how consistent their prices are. He just says a number and I give him the credit card.

One time I only had two pairs of pants, and that let me do the math. I was aghast at the price, but I have no choice.

We pay the dry cleaner about $75 a month and we pay $220 a month for a maid service at home, and we pay another company to do our yard work that runs another $100 per month. We also average about $400 per month on restaurants. I've kind of pondered if I could combine all of those at some point and hire a live-in maid, but I don't think that's enough.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I have no idea how they do business. I supposedly get the fifth item free on dry cleaning, but I have no idea if that happens. I don't know what they charge or how consistent their prices are. He just says a number and I give him the credit card.

One time I only had two pairs of pants, and that let me do the math. I was aghast at the price, but I have no choice.

We pay the dry cleaner about $75 a month and we pay $220 a month for a maid service at home, and we pay another company to do our yard work that runs another $100 per month. We also average about $400 per month on restaurants. I've kind of pondered if I could combine all of those at some point and hire a live-in maid, but I don't think that's enough.

Yep, that's how they get ya. Now that Obamacare has solved the nation's medical issues, they need to do something about the deceptive collusion and mystery pricing by the nation's dry cleaners.

Also, just admit to what you're REALLY thinking about regarding the live-in maid.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Also, just admit to what you're REALLY thinking about regarding the live-in maid.

Is it that obvious?

I'd make her wear one of those French maid dresses. A proper maid must wear a French maid dress.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Is it that obvious?

I'd make her wear one of those French maid dresses. A proper maid must wear a French maid dress.

Yeah, pretty obvious. Although the only live-in maids I'm familiar with are Alice from The Brady Bunch and Florence from The Jeffersons. I can't remember if that lady Schwarzenegger knocked up was live-in.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Yeah, pretty obvious. Although the only live-in maids I'm familiar with are Alice from The Brady Bunch and Florence from The Jeffersons. I can't remember if that lady Schwarzenegger knocked up was live-in.

I'm pretty sure the Schwarzendiddler was a live-in. I think he visited her room a lot.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

That's a long time without going to the bathroom. Like on a TV show. They never go to the bathroom. Even on 24 where they show a whole day, Jack Bauer never went to the bathroom.

It's a gift. in this case, so cold there was no room for pee pee.