Whoa....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ub0GzU56YMA
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 04:59 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0GzU56YMA
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit, actual tears of laughter watching that
― smoove operator, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/400620_10150428305706596_681036595_9107120_159173131_n.jpg
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 08:26 (twelve years ago) link
Why is it specifically a *butter* crisis ("crise")? Is other dairy not affected?
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/12/13/143632326/a-rich-country-runs-out-of-butter
― remy bean in exile, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://gawker.com/5869463/norwegian-butter-crisis-escalates-as-swedes-arrested-in-smuggling-scheme
― remy bean in exile, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
maybe they could reappropriate paintcan shakers to churn, or pay people to put cans in the trunks of their cars and drive down bumpy roads. i mean how hard is it to make some butter, really?
― remy bean in exile, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_versus_butter_model
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
I read a news story about it before, and just read the ones linked above, but I don't really get why it's not a *dairy* crise.
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
because the prohibitive import tariffs are on butter rather than cheese or milk or a.n. other dairy product?
― paid, famous and sad (c sharp major), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
this is a traditional box of norwegian budder
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
i am very nervous
― upper mississippi 2: still shakin, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
Because of the butter problem?
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
I am well-stocked with butter. I am the mogul of butter.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
on Christmas eve.....ning
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 08:03 (twelve years ago) link
Got a very nice haircut +Took a long nap + but am now wide awake - Broke a tooth - Had box of Christmas gifts stolen - Tomorrow last day of work before two weeks off +++++
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
wow that's a rollercoaster, E. That sounds kinda sucky <3
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 22 December 2011 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
erica was it the ppl who got arrested today??
― cad, Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
Ouch, E.
-I have either a very bad cold or a mild case of the flu. I've been sitting in my chair in front of the computer all day with my head feeling like it's floating in the air and filled with concrete, with frequent occurrences of insane coughing and wheezing. Sometimes I get up for a minute or two, which inevitably ends with a bout of coughing my guts up and a few minutes of shortness of breath. My husband is sick, too.
-the pickup's battery is dying and won't hold a charge. Which sucks, because I have a lithium prescription and some wired money waiting for me at Wal-Mart. I'm hoping that it will work tomorrow so that we can pick them up.
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Thursday, 22 December 2011 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
- (minor) ice storm!- freelancer office party (of three!) plus solstice party (of many!)- finished pretty much all my pre-christmas work!- so looking fwd to long wkend in the country!
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 22 December 2011 07:41 (twelve years ago) link
Sean - who got arrested?!
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
hungover at work i'm too old for this shit tbh
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 22 December 2011 12:14 (twelve years ago) link
- Work Christmas lunch/party-thing today at which I will pretend to drink wine while in reality staying sober because...- My boss gave us Friday off and I've got to go back to work after the revelry and get some shit done.- He's one of those War on Christmas types who assumes that we are all religious because he is religious, which bugs me, but he gave us Friday off on the assumption that we all have a lot to do to get ready for Christmas. - Jokes on him! We aren't doing shit for Christmas. FREE DAY OFF!
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
\(^o^)/
― your voice of treason, Thursday, 22 December 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
e: http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/features/x1587714400/Two-arrested-and-several-stolen-holiday-packages-recovered-in-Somerville#axzz1hGoNM6CD
― remy bean in exile, Thursday, 22 December 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
Well it was supposedly delivered yesterday and those yahoos were arrested the day before so probably not but maybe a copycat? It's not the end of the world but it's irritating and is a big bummer.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
I still have a small amount of hope that a neighbor grabbed it by accident and it will be waiting there tonight.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
this really begs to be a poll:
Items stolen
BooksClothing and shoesFive-piece butcher blockComputer equipment like batteries and printer cartridges, Apple softwareFood items like a box of apples and a fruit basketMiscellaneous items like checkbooks, hair growth shampoo
― remy bean in exile, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
hair growth shampoo
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
dude you really have the worst luck
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
Me? I don't think I do generally speaking. :(
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
No remy, not you.
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Those weren't things Remy got stolen though - he was quoting the article about what the people took from others in general.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
O
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
I
C
that probably would have sent me over the edge, tbh.
on the happy side of things, I am getting my car back today – after $1900 of work. damned if i know how i'm gonna pay.
― remy bean in exile, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yay car! Booo having to pay :(
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
I took my car in the other day for a check-up, since the engine light on my dash had been on for a few weeks. I was hoping they'd take a quick look and say there was nothing to worry about, but I guess you can't take a 12-year-old car into the shop and expect there to be nothing whatsoever wrong with it. Mechanic wanted to do approx. $1100 worth of repairs; I agreed to about half of that, since I can't afford to pay much more and the car drives fine for now.
But jeez, every time I take this car in, it makes me want to try living car-free. I hardly ever drive during the week -- it's mostly just to run errands on weekends -- so I think it's doable.
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Today:
*office Glögg party at 3*post-work happy hour at 5*FAP with Z_S at 7
Gonna have to pace myself.
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
i'm in chicago! downtown! just ordered room service like a total fucking jerk, but it's necessary imo because i'm bunkering in my room for the next 2.75 hours to do final preparations for interview.
feeling relatively calm and collected. the cab ride into chicago from o'hare was actually really nice, watching the city draw closer, driving past old neighborhoods, thinking "i'm gonna do this thang"
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
Z, have you been here b4?
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, I lived in Wicker Park from Sept 2006 - Aug 2007, kinda killing time between living in Shanghai and applying/attending grad school.
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
have been trying to get back ever since tbh
John! Get rid of the car! It is super doable. Just get an I-Go membership for the times when you have to drive somewhere.
Also, glad you made it, Z!
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Also good luck in 2.75 hours!
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
gl indeed!
― your voice of treason, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
good luck
i care enough about you ZS that I wrote both words out
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
ood uck
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link