The early snow storm a few weeks ago notwithstanding...
Whenever my mom decides to visit us for the weekend, the weather turns bad. It's been a little while, but the last time she was here it was warm and sunny and pleasant for at least a week before she arrived. Then, bam, cooler weather! She doesn't like cold weather. Why she lives in Canada, then, is beyond us, but she does.
So, on behalf of BossMom... sorry for the bad/windy/rainy/cold weather this weekend.
She's supposed to be busy for a while and may not be able to visit before the xmas holidays... so we might be safe for a while!
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10/29/2006 08:38 #25688
It's All Her Fault10/25/2006 16:29 #25687
What Theme Next?Thanks (e:Uncutsaniflush) for the help and eye. Thanks, too, of course, to (e:Paul) for all of your help -- adding the bats, your touches here and there... and liking it enough to not change much at all! I almost gave up on it a few times, the non-computer geek that i am!
Should i start on Hanukkah and Christmas themes now?
Should i start on Hanukkah and Christmas themes now?
10/23/2006 09:51 #25686
Bumpy BeginningAs i mentioned in (e:LeeTee,232) the end of the era of me having to walk to get a morning paper is over. Sad thing is the beginning of the new era of me just going to the front porch to get the paper is off to a bit of a bumpy start. No paper at 9:15am. So i called. Was on hold for about 5 minutes. Was told a manager would deliver one.
And as i type this, (e:Uncutsaniflush) says the paper has arrived...
I hope i don't have to call the Buffalo News every morning!
And as i type this, (e:Uncutsaniflush) says the paper has arrived...
I hope i don't have to call the Buffalo News every morning!
leetee - 10/24/06 09:31
Lucily for us, the paper arrived and was waiting for us this morning. Yay! :)
Sorry to hear about the issues you guys have had trying to get a paper delivery, (e:chico) !
Never having been a paperboy/girl, i guess i don't understand the job all that well. I feel for anyone having to go door to door to deliver or sell anything, though...
Lucily for us, the paper arrived and was waiting for us this morning. Yay! :)
Sorry to hear about the issues you guys have had trying to get a paper delivery, (e:chico) !
Never having been a paperboy/girl, i guess i don't understand the job all that well. I feel for anyone having to go door to door to deliver or sell anything, though...
chico - 10/23/06 19:09
Ah yes, Buffalo News home delivery (sigh).
When we moved to B-lo I had already been reading the paper online and figured it'd be good to get the newspaper delivered every morning. I was happy then when the Buffalo News called me to solicit me for a subscription -- I was all over the promotion they offered and signed on...
But then no paper for like 10 days after they promised. I called, they promised again, and again nothing. This is now going on 3 weeks. Finally, it arrives! No, not the paper -- the bill. Hello, straw? Meet the camel's back. I called and canceled my subscription, having never received a single copy of the paper.
Two days later, the Buffalo News showed up in my driveway. :::WTF?:::
Like Paul I feel bad for "paper boys" but the truth is that a lot of routes are really "paper adults" -- and apparently not always responsible ones, even in good weather (in this case, late August).
Ah yes, Buffalo News home delivery (sigh).
When we moved to B-lo I had already been reading the paper online and figured it'd be good to get the newspaper delivered every morning. I was happy then when the Buffalo News called me to solicit me for a subscription -- I was all over the promotion they offered and signed on...
But then no paper for like 10 days after they promised. I called, they promised again, and again nothing. This is now going on 3 weeks. Finally, it arrives! No, not the paper -- the bill. Hello, straw? Meet the camel's back. I called and canceled my subscription, having never received a single copy of the paper.
Two days later, the Buffalo News showed up in my driveway. :::WTF?:::
Like Paul I feel bad for "paper boys" but the truth is that a lot of routes are really "paper adults" -- and apparently not always responsible ones, even in good weather (in this case, late August).
paul - 10/23/06 13:02
I feel bad for paper boys. I mean I realize that people pay for a service at a certain time but having been a paper boy - I give them leeway - kind of how people that were waiters or waitresses deal better with food service problems.
Funny story: One time I remember it being so cold that I got into my paperbox and shivered with my handwarmers :::link::: . I love those thing. After about a half hour, the woman who's house I was in front of came out and opened the box. I was so embarassed. She asked if I needed help. I just got out and started delviering papers like nothing was out of the ordinary.
I feel bad for paper boys. I mean I realize that people pay for a service at a certain time but having been a paper boy - I give them leeway - kind of how people that were waiters or waitresses deal better with food service problems.
Funny story: One time I remember it being so cold that I got into my paperbox and shivered with my handwarmers :::link::: . I love those thing. After about a half hour, the woman who's house I was in front of came out and opened the box. I was so embarassed. She asked if I needed help. I just got out and started delviering papers like nothing was out of the ordinary.
10/22/2006 15:57 #25685
Second Second PlaceI won second second place ("no third place awards here!") at Gay Bingo last night for wearing this..
... and got a bag full of candy and some other fun Halloween toys. Didn't win anything at bingo, though.
... and got a bag full of candy and some other fun Halloween toys. Didn't win anything at bingo, though.
vincent - 10/23/06 01:20
I can't win anything at Bingo. Once in a while I try my "luck" @ Uncle Sams's in Fort Erie....
I can't win anything at Bingo. Once in a while I try my "luck" @ Uncle Sams's in Fort Erie....
libertad - 10/22/06 22:15
that is too cute. I just wanna hug you!
that is too cute. I just wanna hug you!
10/21/2006 10:47 #25684
End Of An EraMy lovely husband, (e:Uncutsaniflush) likes reading the morning newspaper while he drinks his morning coffee.
Back before we were married, he came to visit me in Hamilton from Knoxville and i ordered the morning paper to come while he was there so he could have a paper in the morning.
It was delivered to his, then our, home in Knoxville in the mornings and i would sometimes grab a section take my own coffee and have a cig on the deck and read the funnies.
When we moved to Buffalo, we were bummed out to find that we could not have a morning paper delivered. An afternoon paper, maybe. Back then we were living in the Mayflower on Summer and Linwood, so we thought it might be apartment building related, since a key is needed to operate the elevator there.
Since i smoked, going to the corner of Summer and Main to get a paper every morning was an excuse to have a cigarette.
Back in May of 2005 when we bought this house, we enquired if we could receive a morning paper delivery. Nope. Still no daily morning delivery in our area. For the 'burbs, yes.
We could, however, get a weekly Sunday paper delivery. So, we signed up for that.
I quit smoking since the days when going out in all kinds of weather to get a paper was a thinly veiled excuse for a fag.
Most mornings, i get out there and walk to a store to get a paper. Sometimes, i tell (e:Uncutsaniflush) i just don't feel like doing it, but most often, it was me. Just my way of being sweet to a husband that deserves all kinds of sweetness.
Today was the last day i would go to fetch the morning paper. We hope. Morning deliveries start Monday (yes, we called them to order... i did it a couple of weeks ago!) and we already have Sundays all lined up.
I wonder if i will miss it? Nah... not for a couple of years, at least.
Back before we were married, he came to visit me in Hamilton from Knoxville and i ordered the morning paper to come while he was there so he could have a paper in the morning.
It was delivered to his, then our, home in Knoxville in the mornings and i would sometimes grab a section take my own coffee and have a cig on the deck and read the funnies.
When we moved to Buffalo, we were bummed out to find that we could not have a morning paper delivered. An afternoon paper, maybe. Back then we were living in the Mayflower on Summer and Linwood, so we thought it might be apartment building related, since a key is needed to operate the elevator there.
Since i smoked, going to the corner of Summer and Main to get a paper every morning was an excuse to have a cigarette.
Back in May of 2005 when we bought this house, we enquired if we could receive a morning paper delivery. Nope. Still no daily morning delivery in our area. For the 'burbs, yes.
We could, however, get a weekly Sunday paper delivery. So, we signed up for that.
I quit smoking since the days when going out in all kinds of weather to get a paper was a thinly veiled excuse for a fag.
Most mornings, i get out there and walk to a store to get a paper. Sometimes, i tell (e:Uncutsaniflush) i just don't feel like doing it, but most often, it was me. Just my way of being sweet to a husband that deserves all kinds of sweetness.
Today was the last day i would go to fetch the morning paper. We hope. Morning deliveries start Monday (yes, we called them to order... i did it a couple of weeks ago!) and we already have Sundays all lined up.
I wonder if i will miss it? Nah... not for a couple of years, at least.
lol... a green on green theme, (e:Mrmike) ? Thanks!
and don't forget St. Patty's Day -- Nice job