[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 08 December 2017 - 05:27 PM, said:

https://imgur.com/a/8FWga

Huh, that's Louisiana? With snow? Craziness.

But yeah, you ought to come up to Canada one time in winter. When I was a kid in Ottawa my grandparents front walkway had 4-5foot high banks of snow on either side.

[Andorion]

Wow snow in Louisiana! You guys are just a few degrees of latitude north of me, and you have far cooler weather. I suppose its because of the cold winds coming down from Canada.

[Abyss]

Andorion, on 08 December 2017 - 05:57 PM, said:

Wow snow in Louisiana! You guys are just a few degrees of latitude north of me, and you have far cooler weather. I suppose its because of the cold winds coming down from Canada.

You're welcome, eh.

[amphibian]

Abyss, on 08 December 2017 - 06:45 PM, said:

Andorion, on 08 December 2017 - 05:57 PM, said:

Wow snow in Louisiana! You guys are just a few degrees of latitude north of me, and you have far cooler weather. I suppose its because of the cold winds coming down from Canada.

You're welcome, eh.

Build the Lewis Black wall!

[Andorion]

Abyss, on 08 December 2017 - 06:45 PM, said:

Andorion, on 08 December 2017 - 05:57 PM, said:

Wow snow in Louisiana! You guys are just a few degrees of latitude north of me, and you have far cooler weather. I suppose its because of the cold winds coming down from Canada.

You're welcome, eh.

We all know the cold wind is exhuast from your brain factory Abyss. You can stop pretending.

amphibian, on 08 December 2017 - 07:17 PM, said:

Abyss, on 08 December 2017 - 06:45 PM, said:

Andorion, on 08 December 2017 - 05:57 PM, said:

Wow snow in Louisiana! You guys are just a few degrees of latitude north of me, and you have far cooler weather. I suppose its because of the cold winds coming down from Canada.

You're welcome, eh.

Build the Lewis Black wall!

We have that here. We call it the Himalayas

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Thanks to living in a legal state, I can supplement my pain meds with some good old fashioned herbal relief. It helps.

[Cause]

Okay the following is not why I am happy. Its just the background. My president has been facing criminal charges related to corruption since before he even become president. He was found by a judge to have had an obvious corrupt business arrangement with his business partner when said business partner was sent to jail. He got out a month or two later on compassionate leave since he is terminally ill. That was about ten years ago, I guess golf is a wonder drug because he stills plays and is still alive about ten years later. Since those days he has only gone from the little leagues to the major. He is implicated in what my country calls 'state capture' whereby in exchange for money he basically lets his business partners choose the ministers of government departments or government run state enterprises so that those business men can then funnel state budgets, business or tenders to themselves. He knows no shame and wiped billions of my countries stock echange whem he fired, replaced, then fired and replaced again the finance minister in 3 days in an effort to capture the treasury department. He lives in a 25 million dollar house that belongs to him privately after he had government build it for him, apparently for his security. The security features include a luxury swimming pool that can put out fires, a cattle kraal, an amphitheater, about a dozen guest cottages etc. He is shieled by his political party the ANC which is so scared to get rid of him beacause he controls the patronage network from which they all benefit from state looting and because they recalled the last president. They are scared to admit they have elected a second failed president and how it would damage them at the polls. Keeping him is doing as much damage or worse however.


So why am I happy? In the past week the high court of my country has found that my president is an 'irrational and vexatious litigant' that he has 'failed the high constitutional obligation expected og him'. That his insistence of pursuing a court case he had admitted had no merits meant that a punitive cost order was not sufficient to disincentive such behavior in future (since all costs are paid by the taxpayer) so instead they have ordered he must pay the fees personally. We are talking millions of rands after endless appeals and court interdicts only to repeatedly admit at the last minute that his cases had no merits. They have found he is too conflicted twice over to perform his constitutional duties. He cant appoint the head of national prosecuting (npa) since he himself is facing dozens of corruption charges. So they ordered the VP must act in his place. They also found that he made an irregular payment of an 18 million rand golden handshake to the former npa to get him to vacate office, they fell short of calling it a bribe, but therefore ordered his current choice of npa must vacate his office. Thy also found that he cant choose the judge to preside of the upcoming judicial inquiry into state capture since he is implicated in corruption, along with his son, his friends and his business partners. They also stopped just short of saying he perjured himself when he suggested that it was a typing error when he wrote a letter that basically admitted he had no case. They found such a statement to be highly unlikely but said finding whether he committed perjury was at the moment beyond the scope of the trial. Expect that one soon.

This is in addition to finding he had breached his constitutional duties about a year back. How is this man still my president I cant answer. However hopefully this is another sign that perhaps SA can beat the forces that would make us just another failed African state.

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 09 December 2017 - 01:53 AM, said:

Har the pics are rolling in on my FB. Such magic happened today!! Over 2 inches fell! Insanity for us. I can't even grasp what it would be like if we had a repeat of 1895 with 22 inches. Most is melted but I have some patches that will stay till tomorrow.

22 inches... meh. Here we call that early winter. Also, good skiing.

[Gust Hubb]

Enjoying a new relationship with an awesome nerdy girl who is getting me out there (Portugal the Man concert tonight, road trips, events around town, etc), loves a lot of the things I do and is just pure awesome (whipped out a memorized quote by Henry David Thoreau on FB yesterday).

[Tsundoku]

Last day of work for the year. 1 month off.

The Mrs and boy will be away for 2 weeks of it, so it's me, the cricket, Netflix and a few books.

Ahhhhh ... peace and quiet.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 15 December 2017 - 11:51 AM

[Mezla PigDog]

I always hated you Sombra. Two weeks?!?! Enjoy it.

[worry]

What's the diagnosis?

[Tsundoku]

Mezla PigDog, on 15 December 2017 - 12:55 PM, said:

I always hated you Sombra. Two weeks?!?! Enjoy it.

I wub joo too Mez.

The last time I had a break like this was 3-4 years ago, so I'm thinking it's due. Plus I'll miss them and appreciate them more when they get back.
I reckon I've done pretty well for someone with the world's worst case of Only Child Syndrome.

Briar King, on 15 December 2017 - 06:42 PM, said:

Phew! Big sigh of relief after that appointment.

The high-pressure colonic worked?

[Andorion]

Briar King, on 15 December 2017 - 08:36 PM, said:

Slight touch of reflux with a script of nexxum or Prilosec. No infection/cancer/bad news I was dreading and worrying over for over a week.

I've been exp unBKlike behavior so I'm quite happy to get back centered asap.

Celebrate by stargazing and then lighting a tree stump on fire!

[Tiste Simeon]

I'm in Munich! Lovely city.

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 15 December 2017 - 08:36 PM, said:

Slight touch of reflux with a script of nexxum or Prilosec. No infection/cancer/bad news I was dreading and worrying over for over a week.

I’ve been exp unBKlike behavior so I’m quite happy to get back centered asap.

Good news!

BTW I was on those meds last year for stomach issues. They helped.

[Tsundoku]

My 5 year old attention-span-of-a-goldfish boy just sat through the entirety of Episode IV tonight, without getting (too) distracted.

I'm so proud. I think I have something in my eye ...

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 16 December 2017 - 12:26 PM

[Puck]

Very good gym session today. I'm probably going to be sore as hell tomorrow, but happy Puck is happy

[Egwene]

Happy to see our very own Puck getting such a massive thumbs-up on reddit for her work.

(Potential Spoilers for Midnight Tides)

https://www.reddit.c...the_stone_bowl/

Puck, you rock!

[Puck]

Gosh, Egwene, please...


That being said, I am unfittingly happy that I have managed to repurpose a useless present from work as a Christmas present for my mom. She is going to get a fancy and modern-looking cube-shaped decorative vase. Good quality. Real wood. Yadda yadda.