[Tsundoku]

Shit mate, are you and the family OK for somewhere to stay in the meantime? Your insurance all good?

[QuickTidal]

Holy crap Tanner. Glad you’re safe, but that sounds awful.

[Tsundoku]

Well at least there's that, not that it's much consolation.

You OK?

[Tiste Simeon]

Dang, Chadwick Boseman died of cancer! So young!

[Mentalist]

Briar King, on 29 August 2020 - 02:44 AM, said:

Insurance will cover everything they said yesterday. Gonna take months or years I’m sure to rebuild. Imagine we will be in hotels if it does collapse. If not we can likely still stay on the other side of house. Large portion is just gonna have to be completely gutted. I’d say about 60% is fucked

Damn, BK, sorry to hear. Hopefully they get onto repairs quickly, and you'll get a newer place out of it.
All the best in the meantime, living in the middle of prolonged renos is not fun, I know, my parents have been through that a few times (while I was too young to notice/care)
Always remember, we're here for you.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 30 August 2020 - 03:06 PM

[Cause]

So I’m supposed to get ten qualified meetings a month to get my bonus.

Last month was half training so they told me I only needed five. Set 8 and got five qualified.

This month I set seven. Problem is only 3 qualified, 2 meetings were for September and the remaining 2 asked to reschedule and ghosted me. So I only got 3 out of 10. Now never mind I didn’t get my bonus but now I’m feeling the pressure. I don’t think I put in a worse job performance compared to July or anything but now I feel like a need a good September to keep my job. They haven’t said anything but I feel like I just don’t enjoy the kind of job security I had in South Africa. It’s definitely giving me a blue weekend.

[Malankazooie]

Recently I rolled up behind a car with this bumper sticker, and yeah, it made me do a second take. What an asshole way to promote your business.



Thing is, I never knew about the ok thing being a racist gesture until recently. I always knew it as something that maybe old timers would do to provide positive feedback. I used to see it all the time when I worked at a golf course. It was done quite frequently by people from diverse backgrounds (when hitting that key putt for a birdie or to save par, as an example). Korean golfers who were not especially good with the English language did it all the time. Why did we let it be hijacked by white supremacist jackholes to become a racist symbol? Why do we give assholes that power? Lets take it back. I'm going to make a concerted effort to use it when an appropriate situation arises.

[amphibian]

The problem with taking it back is that until your version of the story comes across as the majority, you just look like a racist asshole doing the gesture. It's why those people who wear the red hats that sorta look like MAGA hats, yet have different slogans on them look from 40 feet away like MAGA hat wearing people.

[Aptorian]

Malankazooie, on 01 September 2020 - 02:10 AM, said:

Recently I rolled up behind a car with this bumper sticker, and yeah, it made me do a second take. What an asshole way to promote your business.



Thing is, I never knew about the ok thing being a racist gesture until recently. I always knew it as something that maybe old timers would do to provide positive feedback. I used to see it all the time when I worked at a golf course. It was done quite frequently by people from diverse backgrounds (when hitting that key putt for a birdie or to save par, as an example). Korean golfers who were not especially good with the English language did it all the time. Why did we let it be hijacked by white supremacist jackholes to become a racist symbol? Why do we give assholes that power? Lets take it back. I'm going to make a concerted effort to use it when an appropriate situation arises.

Two things.

1. That's not the racist version.

That's the circle game. You get a digital punch for looking.

https://en.m.wikiped...The_circle_game

2. I'm fairly sure the racist/white supremacist use of the ok sign is one of 4chans better "pranks". It's a viral thing that went about as wrong as you could expect.

[amphibian]

It is meant to signal the circle game. But it now also means the white power thing because that's who is doing this in pictures and on TV and so on these days.

The symbol can have both meanings at once and one can overpower the other.

[Aptorian]

What ever, man. You just lost THE GAME.

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 01 September 2020 - 04:57 PM, said:

I just wanna go home dammit. I couldn't get the trees off house by myself on that unstable roof and I was hurting big time by sunset that 2nd day after all the clearing/cutting I could do alone safely without having a heat stroke. Need a crew with safety gear or machines to get the things off house so a tarp can go up. House is just open to the elements taking in further damage. My dad, brother and his woman came to see for themselves with supplies to tarp ourselves but it was 10:30 pm before they made it there and I was soaking wet covered with grime and sawdust. They demanded I drive back with them.

That sucks, BK.
So sorry you have to deal w this.

[paran falcon]

Briar King, on 01 September 2020 - 04:57 PM, said:

I just wanna go home dammit. I couldn't get the trees off house by myself on that unstable roof and I was hurting big time by sunset that 2nd day after all the clearing/cutting I could do alone safely without having a heat stroke. Need a crew with safety gear or machines to get the things off house so a tarp can go up. House is just open to the elements taking in further damage. My dad, brother and his woman came to see for themselves with supplies to tarp ourselves but it was 10:30 pm before they made it there and I was soaking wet covered with grime and sawdust. They demanded I drive back with them.

I wish I was closer to you; I would absolutely throw my chainsaw in my truck and give you what help I could. Neighbor helping neighbor in the aftermath of hurricanes is one of the few ways to get somewhat quick results. I've seen it firsthand, though fortunately, I've been the one chipping in with my own house undamaged. I feel for you BK.

Also, be careful about that heat stroke thing. I ran my chainsaw at my mother's last Saturday to cut back brazilian pepper trees (HATE 'EM!) that were invading her yard. Had to cut, then pull what I cut free from the other vines running rampant through it and then drag and dispose of what I'd cut. In an hour and a half I had absolutely destroyed myself and felt close to passing out. Heat exhaustion/stroke is no joke in the middle of Gulf coast summer.

This post has been edited by paran falcon: 01 September 2020 - 08:30 PM

[Malankazooie]

Holy crap! Hurricane Katrina was 15 years ago? I don't remember much about it, except it was so much misery. Was this place (aka Malazan Empire Forum) even around back then? Also, didn't Kanye West gain some notoriety during the aftermath at a celebrity event or something? Was that when he interrupted and took the mic away from someone or something?

[Tiste Simeon]

Malazan Empire was here in 2004 when I joined so yeah it would have been. I think Kanye was doing a bit too try and persuade people to donate to help with Katrina with Mike Myers and he went on a rant. Myers tried to bring it back but Kanye just came up with "George Bush doesn't care about black people" which left Myers a bit speechless.
Watch it, it's quite something:
https://youtu.be/zIUzLpO1kxI

[Maark Abbott]

Nowhere near as bad as Tanner's issues but had problems with our roof, had someone fix the base issue but it's still leaking in certain conditions. Might be a torn roof lining. Five grand odd if it is.

[Malankazooie]

Watched that vid. I sorta remember that now, but this Hurricane Katrina thing is obviously different. I thought he grabbed a mic from someone or something. I have a foggy memory of that for some reason. Was it Lady Ga Ga?

[Cyphon]

Taylor Swift and the best video ever...

[QuickTidal]

Cripes man, that looks awful. Sorry you're going through this.

[amphibian]

There's no basement, right? All one floor?

I wouldn't be surprised if the adjuster calls the place a total write-off with the flooding damage and the need for a whole new roof.

That really stinks. I'm sorry and hope you get seen faster than the 23rd.