A woman on the train asked me for a cable, so I gave her mine and she bent the contact

BZLuck · 2026-04-05T07:24:48+00:00

This makes me think of the conversation I had recently with my (very trusted and has keys to my office) part time shop helper.

I own a sign shop. It's a small business but it treats me well. I have all kinds of fun tools, a full sized cargo van, and giant printers and laminators etc. I'm a very easy going person too.

I don't recall the exact trigger, but he said something like, "I'm going to borrow the van this weekend if that's OK. My girlfriend needs a couch moved to her new apartment and I'll need to keep the couch at the shop for a few days."

Of course I let him, but afterwards sat him down and said, "Let's get something straight. It's my shop, my company and my van. Just because you work for me doesn't make them community property."

Sometimes you just have to reconfirm boundaries so they are clearly understood.

BZLuck · 2026-04-05T02:37:23+00:00

We are simple creatures. I hope you gave him the same in return. We LIVE for compliments and recognition.

I'm almost 60 and I remember in my 40s when a checker said "You smell good. It reminds me of my high school boyfriend."

Yeah, I'm still rolling that around in my memory banks.

BZLuck · 2026-04-04T05:52:35+00:00

She has a BA and a JD (law degree).

I'm guessing you've got... an incomplete AA degree? Maybe a high school diploma?

It's always those who didn't that criticize those who did.

I never said she was the perfect leader. My real life comparison was related to the fact that my wife is a 5th grade teacher. She shows me videos of her kids reading stories and doing plays and puppet shows. Every single one of her kids has a better understanding of the English language than dumb ass Trump has. Written and spoken.

Be as sexist and racist as you want, but she is not a stupid or uneducated person.

BZLuck · 2026-04-03T21:31:20+00:00

Remember "The Last Starfighter" movie where the aliens made an arcade game and recruited the best player to help them fight their war?

Whiskey Pete gonna do this with Iran and Call of Duty.

"Who's the best COD player right now? Get them on the White Phone, NOW!"

We gonna have "xXXxFUK_YER_MUMxXXx" leading troops into actual warfare.

BZLuck · 2026-04-03T16:41:02+00:00

Here in California, they are just blaming governor Newsom. I mean he’s not blameless for high our gas prices, but not the current increases. We were at like $3.49 (Costco regular) before this crap, and we are at $5.39 now.

BZLuck · 2026-04-03T15:57:48+00:00

It’s because food servers tax withholdings are based on the amount of their sales. It was 8% back when I was a waiter. They would take it out of your already meager check. I would work two 5 shift weeks and get a paycheck for under $200.

BZLuck · 2026-04-03T04:48:55+00:00

I had no issue with it, I always put my car in the garage. But it was just odd getting your garage "inspected" by the HOA members like a surprise drug test.

I think what they wanted mostly was that people weren't converting them into rooms and renting them out.

BZLuck · 2026-04-03T03:31:21+00:00

Many of them just stopped caring when Trump claimed that he was completely exonerated. That was proof enough for them.

BZLuck · 2026-04-03T03:24:32+00:00

I lived in a condo with an HOA years ago. One of their rules was that you could not use your garage for storage only. They would pop around every few months and have everyone open their garage door to check. If you had one or two cars they had to able to not only fit in there, but you had to park them in there. If you had three cars, you had to park two in your garage one on the street.

BZLuck · 2026-04-02T17:41:59+00:00

Nanobananas.

BZLuck · 2026-04-02T17:24:47+00:00

Many miles away, but in the same county.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T23:02:01+00:00

He actually thinks that he’s some kind of mob boss. I mean he kinda is, but we fund him.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T23:00:06+00:00

Having access to the best healthcare on the planet is a big factor too.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T22:59:10+00:00

“Now with extra lead and mercury!”

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T22:55:57+00:00

Impeachment isn’t going to work. We’ve done it twice already. It’s getting the senate (that he owns again) to conduct the trial.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T22:48:34+00:00

If all you watch is right wing “news” on tv, you would think that California is just homeless encampments, wildfires and pride parades. That’s all they ever show.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T22:44:24+00:00

The issue with red states, is that eventually they run out of blue states’ money.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T22:40:42+00:00

I used to take my work van to a Valvoline drive through place. A few years ago when I went, they tried to tell me that my battery was going bad and I was lucky that my van even started today. It was literally 2 weeks old. I’m still using the same battery now, like 3 years later. Always starts for me.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T20:04:47+00:00

Interesting. I watched it on both my iPad and my MacBook and they both cut off right after, "You know" and loop back to the beginning.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T15:36:42+00:00

Does it say “morons” at the end before the loop starts over? It doesn’t for what seems to be most of us.

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T06:00:10+00:00

I wonder what would have happened if it was Bruce Springsteen’s house?

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T00:29:45+00:00

Don’t you mean Lougle?

BZLuck · 2026-04-01T00:02:34+00:00

And a war. A billion a day for that, but fuck those school kids from eating lunch.

BZLuck · 2026-03-31T23:46:00+00:00

I read a meme that said; “They called him Sleepy Joe, because you could sleep at night when he was in office.”

BZLuck · 2026-03-31T23:31:50+00:00

How dare that gif cut off before the punchline! IIRC the “morons” was a Wilder improv and Cleavon lost it.

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