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[Brittomart]

Is Phil telling me to stop whining?

[ms.petra]

were you whining, Britt? My daughter was a horrible procrastinator through high school until she had to complete a semester long senior project. For the first time, she made a plan and worked on a schedule and was rewarded with an award for the best project in her senior class. She has carried that over to college and is very serious about her studies. In her words, " We are not paying all this money for me to party, Mom!" She is definitely more organized and says that it is less stressful. But Britt, believe me, sometimes she calls and says she just has to get through a few more episodes of American Pickers or Pawn Stars. It is her way to relax. :)

[Phil]

That is not the point of my story, grasshopper. I'll try another.

At my last job, there were times when we needed to take care of things that were dull or repetitive. Department heads would get together and discuss what needed to be done, then push back and forth with each other about which group should take it on.

One manager would say he couldn't spare any people just now because something else of importance was going on. Another would say that two of her people were out of town at a conference, so she was already strapped. A third would tell us that his group was not responsible for that area and, besides, the new headcount they needed had not yet been approved.

During these meetings, I was generally seated at a table with my laptop in front of me. By the time they decided to break off the meeting and continue the discussion via e-mail, I had outlined the parameters of the task. By the time the second or third e-mail came around, I hit "reply all" and told them their argument was moot, as someone on my team had already completed the work (or had written automation to do it for us).

It didn't matter who had more to do or whose team was technically responsible. Why were hours wasted discussing those things? I think if I knew the answer I'd make millions on the lecture circuit.

And now, grasshopper, the pebble in my hand...

[Brittomart]

So you're telling me that I need to leave TC and stop being lazy? (Just kidding)

I didn't think I was whining, and I know Phil wouldn't have written all of that just as a way to tell me to shut up. But it's just so much easier to read things like that as people telling me all of the bad qualities about myself, so I can get angry with them, and that'll give me an excuse to push people away, and so then I won't have to deal...you know? It's something I do. so when I eventually push them to the edge, and they really do tell me to fuck off, I can just get angry with them ,and say fuck them, I don't need them, and it won't be my fault why I have no one to talk to.

Can't wait to start therapy!

[ms.petra]

everyone has to find their own path, Britt. Phil's nugget of wisdom is valuable in that the time you spend worrying or putting something off, you could be doing the job. I think sometimes overthinking things really hurts us. Just roll up your sleeves and get to work. Before you know it, the job is done. I work with guys that spend a lot of time complaining about how overworked they are, all the while doing very little actual work, so this hits home for me. :)

[Phil]

ms.petra wrote: "Just roll up your sleeves and get to work. Before you know it, the job is done. I work with guys that spend a lot of time complaining about how overworked they are, all the while doing very little actual work, so this hits home for me."

Is there an echo in here? :->

[[deleted user]]

Cynthia wrote: "I'm 50 years old and wrong at least once a day. It is easier to find error in myself than when I was Britt's age."


I was wrong once. Turns out I thought I was wrong, but I was actually right.

[Cynthia]

Phil is a wise man.

[[deleted user]]

Britt-Britt wrote: "Is Phil telling me to stop whining?"


No, but I am. Wake up, kid! You're 19 (I think), in college, with no worries about things like mortgages, how you're going to preserve your daughters' chastity at least until they're out of high school, putting food on the table and a roof over your head, or wondering just how in the hell you're going to put three kids through college without brokering some sort of deal with Lucifer down at the crossroads.

You've got the world by the short hairs and don't even know it.

[Félix]

Cynthia wrote: "Phil is a wise man."

Does that equate to smart ass?

[Jim]

Cynthia wrote: "Phil is a wise man."

Who are the other two?

[Jonathan]

Let's see, there was Balthasar and the one who brought the myrrh. You can never have too much myrrh.

[Félix]

Nobody brought any fruit salad, though.

[Jonathan]

I think it was in the days before health-conscious eating trends caught on. I don't think they went to the gym either.

[Brittomart]

So basically no more talking about how much school work I have?

[Jim]

Jonathan wrote: "Let's see, there was Balthasar and the one who brought the myrrh. You can never have too much myrrh."

Maybe the third one was Curly?

Phil, Balthasar & Curly - The three wise men of TC!

[Jonathan]

I think it was Shemp. Curly came along later.

[Kevin]

clark. that is all.

[[deleted user]]

Jonathan wrote: "I think it was Shemp. Curly came along later."


Shemp, Curly, Shemp, Joe (Besser), Curly Joe (DeRita).

[Kevin]

jim bob, mary ellen and john boy

[Jonathan]

I always liked Shemp. He appeared in a couple of Abbott & Costello movies too.

[[deleted user]]

Jonathan wrote: "I always liked Shemp. He appeared in a couple of Abbott & Costello movies too."

Me, too. Curly purists pooh-pooh him, but he was fantastic I thought. Particularly in "Brideless Groom," where he would inherit a bunch of money from his uncle if he was married by a certain time.

"Join hands you lovebirds..."

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Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "jim bob, mary ellen and john boy"

Good night, Kevin-Bob.

[Brittomart]

What happened to the title?

[Sally, la reina]

I updated it. It is what I do.

[Brittomart]

Hint taken.

[Sally, la reina]

Good lord! There is no hint to be taken, no reason for you to be in a fluff. For heavens sake. The thread changes with the tide, for a while it reflects one conversation and then for a while another. Right now it is about (i think) the Three Stooges, or some 70s television show.

[Brittomart]

Sorry.

[Brittomart]

Really though, I am sorry, 'cause I have no idea why I said that. I would like to think that I'm not that childish.

Tantrum over!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I thought this was supposed to be the non sequitur thread. It has developed all sorts of narrative arcs.

Just apropos underneath nothing.

[Lyzzibug ~Still Breathing~]

My one year old pulled the chair out from under me last night

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm debating whether to buy spinach dip.

[Cynthia]

Oh, MAKE some spinach dip, LG. Lotsa garlic, maybe some water chestnuts chopped up in there. Mmm.

[Jonathan]

I'm tidying up my bathroom. The plumbers were here earlier to fix a leaky shut-off valve. It was located in the exterior (masonry) wall of the building. They used sledgehammers, chisels, and eventually a small jackhammer to excavate it. Big hole in the wall.

[Cynthia]

Maybe you should call up the Hole in the Wall gang.

[Jonathan]

Maybe that's what these plumbers should call themselves.

Actually, they did a good job. It was just a difficult pipe to work on.

[Sally, la reina]

What else goes in spinach dip? cream cheese or sour cream?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm not sure, but the spinach dip at my grocery store is homemade in their deli and is awesome. It does have water chestnuts in it, or at least something moist and crunchy. Hopefully not squirrel fragments!

[Félix]

Fragments.

[Brittomart]

4/5

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

Some also have mayo in them. The one I make has parmesan in it.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I mistakenly bought a big ole jar of Miracle Whip when I meant to get mayo. I wonder if I could substitute the MW for mayo in the recipe, or would it be too sweet. I'm seeing recipes that are 1/2 mayo, 1/2 sour cream. Then you could throw in parmesan or some other cheese to cover some of the sugar taste in the MW.

Or I could make a fruit salad with MW instead of sour cream.

Goodreads thinks I'm misspelling parmesan.

[Cynthia]

LG, in my book Miracle Whip is too sweet, at least for spinach dip. You could add some lemon juice/zest and garlic to cut the sweetness of the MW. Mmm, spinach dip!!

[janine]

mmm, spinach!

[Félix]

[Kevin]

^^^ see, that picture would have been very funny if it were randomly posted in the spirit of this threads origin

[Phil]

[Lyzzibug ~Still Breathing~]

WHAT THE...THIS ISN'T APPLE PIE?

[Sally, la reina]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "^^^ see, that picture would have been very funny if it were randomly posted in the spirit of this threads origin"

like.

[Jim]

I think, therefore I am...