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Ya Ever have one of thos days?

General Discussion
#1

OK yea it was payday, and since the Electric bill is down I’m expecting a little bit leftover from the Paycheck…So I open the Paycheck…WHOO HOOO!!! Not only do I have extra…I managed a littlle more Overtime than I expected…adn got HOLIDAY PAY for Election Day!!!

So I pick up some lumber onthe way home to work on the layout, Feeling good about myself…so the JRVP (Age 11) wants to stop at the local Deptartment store (which is pretty much got nuttin these days…Walmart is puttingthe nails in its coffin) causethey have this one kind of candy she wants (how do they know these things?) an they NEVER have what I’m looking for…So I cut down a toy aisle…an WHAT DO I SEE??? A Titanium BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (not the ultra, but good nuff! Been searching fer one fer months!) Almost was ready to hit Ebay for this guy…So I’m doing the Happy Dance…and the daughter gets concerned cause she thinks I’m having a seizure…I snatch my prize from the shelf…and hanging behind it is the MARK II VIPER!!! ANother jewel I missd when theyfirst came out andI’m playing catchup on…More Happpy Dancing ensues…Specially when they are in the buy one get one half off section!!!

Earlier today I ha decided to treat myself to a copy of Star Trek: Encounters for PS2 …of course the LOCAL Best Buy is the only one that DOESN’T have it in stock…WalMArt, Circuit City, Toys R Us, Babbages…No Go…So on theway out the JRVP wants to point out a game or two she would like Santa to bring…and SUNUVAGUN there it is winking at me!!! Also on sale…My Happy Gland blew an O ring…

And I even have enough change to pick up a 6 packof Red Stripe on the way home…

So here I sit, having a cold one…getting pointers on PS2 gaming from the grandkids…Yep…Zooming the Mark II around after having performed “The Adama Manuver” (If ya gotta ask ya really don’t wanna know) a couple dozen times…and I just had to share my joy with my friends!

And ya thought this was gonna be a “I lost myjob, Dog died and caught my wife in bed with my best friend” thread didn;t ya??? (that was 2002…)

#2

I guess I’m happy for you. If I knew what one thing was that you bought. So, did you get the lumber for the layout?

#3

Yup…Gonna knock together the staging yard tomorrow…

#4

Cool !!!

#5

Easy on that “Red Stripe”; it leaves wide skid marks…!!!

#6
Fred Mills said:
Easy on that "Red Stripe"; it leaves wide skid marks......!!!
Isn't that Brown Stripe?
#7

I love those kinds of days. Congratulations.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors…

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and miss.

SteveF

#8
Steve Featherkile said:
I love those kinds of days. Congratulations.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors…


I was going to say that it wouldn’t take that much …

Steve Featherkile said:
and miss.
And then I got down to the punchline. But truthfully, I'd probably miss anyway; I never was a good shot -- and the last rifle I fired was a Mk. IV .303, which the school CCF had acquired to replace its Mk. I's -- if that doesn't date me ......
#9

i had a great day too went to sears to see if they had a a floor kit for my new shed everyone was out of them. the guy goes into the back and tells me he has one but someones name was on it. he then checks and it was mark june 6th for pickup the guys rips the name off and tells me it will be up front. Ithen go by the dremel section and another sellsman aks if i need help, i want a price on the new dremel workstation which is about 59 to 65 dollars. he scans the box and tells me this is a close out it only 13 dollars and 69 cents. what a day what steal.

#10

Cattlecar Galactica?..Ooooh Keeeee Dooh Keeeeee

Actually … I got all giggly when I found a Ed Roth “RatFink” Bobble for my car, hehehhe

#11
Victor Smith said:
Cattlecar Galactica?......Ooooh Keeeee Dooh Keeeeee

Actually … I got all giggly when I found a Ed Roth “RatFink” Bobble for my car, hehehhe


Boy!! Talk about datin yourself. …:wink:

#12

I won today .
I got the renewals for car and house insurance .
Called the company with a query .
Couldn’t hear the call centre properly .
Couldn’t understand the accent .
Told them to stuff renewals .
Rang another company .
Their call centre is in England .
They got my custom .
I saved £310 .
That’s 560 dollars .
I am smiling .
I won .
Today .

#13

I guess your call centers are the same ones we use over here…strange Indian accent they all have. I wonder how the weather is today in Bombay?..or maybe I should be politically correct…Mumbai.

Warren

#14
Victor Smith said:
Cattlecar Galactica?......Ooooh Keeeee Dooh Keeeeee

Actually … I got all giggly when I found a Ed Roth “RatFink” Bobble for my car, hehehhe


You are aware that they have “reimagained” Galactica right? Edward James Olmos as Adama…hi tech CGI effects…Starbuck is a GIRL! Its in its third season now…Sorta “The West Wing” in space now…

#15

Seen the premier episodes and I couldnt believe it, I saw the impossible!

Edward James Olmost’s acting…over the top acting…way way way over the top acting, that actually made Bill Shatner look like Sir freaking Lawrence freaking Olivier doing freaking Hamlet before the freaking Queen of freaking England!

West Wing is space? more like Desperate Housewives meets General Hospital in space…I was actually laughing at parts of it…

Sorry to say, I didnt like it…and I’m a Sci Fi nut…to soap operaiey, bring back “Firefly”, that was a show I really liked! or at least make another movie!

#16

I saw an episode, too. It looks like Edward James Almost has a bad case of hemorrhoids. Either that or bad dyspepsia. I’ve served under a CO like that. I feel sorry for the crew.

Bring back Firefly!

#17

What I’d like to know is how much of the set do they have to replace after Olmos chews it all up each scene?

#18

Seems to me if we were to do battlestar these days, “Starbuck” would have to be on caffine :smiley:

#19
Victor Smith said:
Seen the premier episodes and I couldnt believe it, I saw the impossible!

Edward James Olmost’s acting…over the top acting…way way way over the top acting, that actually made Bill Shatner look like Sir freaking Lawrence freaking Olivier doing freaking Hamlet before the freaking Queen of freaking England!

West Wing is space? more like Desperate Housewives meets General Hospital in space…I was actually laughing at parts of it…

Sorry to say, I didnt like it…and I’m a Sci Fi nut…to soap operaiey, bring back “Firefly”, that was a show I really liked! or at least make another movie!


Ya know I just really couldn’t get into BSG the First Season either…wasn’t til the end of the 2nd season I got hooked…then I had to go back and play catch up…

Funny, I just never really caught on to Firefly…prolly cause I never got to watch it in order and nothing made sense to me…the Browncoats have made quite an impact though…

#20
Victor Smith said:
Edward James Olmost's acting....over the top acting....way way way over the top acting, that actually made Bill Shatner look like Sir freaking Lawrence freaking Olivier doing freaking Hamlet before the freaking Queen of freaking England!
That made me laugh out loud this morning. Thanks, I needed that.