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leagleaze · 08-18-2003, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by mmm3587
Yeah! And this is another example of how the departments at my firm suck! When I brought a DVD with a nice shot on it to the IT department, they pretended they were offended by the request, then claimed that it was sexual harassment, then told me that they didn't have a DVD drive to get the stuff off the DVD, and then told me that they didn't exist for the purpose of right-sizing "little picture" for some "lawyer discussion board on the internet."

What a bunch of slackers!

Lucky for you, I exist just to right-size a little picture for some lawyer discussion board. So give me a link or email the picture to info@lawtalkers.com, and I'll change it for you.

In the meanwhile, you should tell your IT folks that now a bunch of lawyers who don't know them will mock them on an anonymous chat board. That should sting.

ltl/fb · 08-18-2003, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This process is damn near impossible with a kingsize duvet and arms that belong to a 5'4" body. I have to continually move from edge to edge or enlist the help of another.

You must not be dextrous

. I'm 5'4" (or possibly 5'3 1/2") and have a kingsize comforter -- the biggest one I could find.

greatwhitenorthchick · 08-18-2003, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
What are these "succulents" you mention? I'm a little worried if I google I'll get porn.

Things like aloe plants and rubbery type plants, like jade. They store water in their petals, like cacti. here is a non-porn link
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_soil_wat...384576,00.html

ltl/fb · 08-18-2003, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Am I the only person here with a cleaning service?

No, but I do my own bedding. Even though they would do it. Partly because I feel the need to use the steamer de-wrinkler on the shams so that the look nice, partly they might put the duvet in crooked or something similarly horrifying, and partly because I'm a freak.

And I think my posts on this topic and the plants are boringer than GWNC's post on duvet vs. comforter, but probably not even close to my boringest posts ever.

08-18-2003, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
What are these "succulents" you mention? I'm a little worried if I google I'll get porn.

Kinda like cacti - but no nasty needles. Most plants with thick fleshy leaves - aloe, ice plant, etc. They don't need frequent watering and some flower. I have some outside - they like light - not so good for the office.

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Those flowers look interesting (in a good way ); they'd look unfaker if they were in different holders and didn't have the weird shredded newsprint (or whatever it is) in them.

I'm sure there are better ones - that was just from a quickie search and I have seen some realyl decent fake ones around. Orchids don't grow in "dirt" they grow in rocks and moss and stuff. I have one (not plastic) in my bathroom with no dirt - it is in a jar-like thing and the roots are just hanging free - the things grow up on top of trees in the wild, so they are not used to dirt. Oh - and the real ones don't like too much water - once every 2 weeks is probably fine.

-TL

Replaced_Texan · 08-18-2003, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
You may already do this and still find the process irritating, but I've had an easier time getting the cover on by grabbing both top corners of the comforter in one hand, getting that hand up into one of the top corners of the cover, then sliding the other top corner of the comforter along the top seam to the other top corner (while holding the original corner in the original corner). Then you can hold onto the two corners and just shake it a lot and yank the sides down.

I hate buttoning all the buttons at the bottom.

I usually call them comforter covers, but I'm into hobgoblins.

I get inside the whole thing, have my arms outstretched and do a little hoppy dance thing. Then I get out, shake the whole thing out, and thank god that the Displaced Dog doesn't know how to use the "video" function on my digital camera.

Atticus Grinch · 08-18-2003, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Second.

Nominations don't get seconded, assjack. I bet you're one of those poseurs who makes other gaffes like moving to adopt the treasurer's report, or saying shit like "I'd like to make a motion."

ThrashersFan · 08-18-2003, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This process is damn near impossible with a kingsize duvet and arms that belong to a 5'4" body. I have to continually move from edge to edge or enlist the help of another.

psst..... turn your duvet cover inside out, set the seam of the cover along the edge of the duvet/comforter, grab the two corners and flip the inside out cover over the duvet. TADA! And if short wingspan is an issue you can double over the duvet and cover once you have the inside out seam on the end and then flip. Have a few beers and if anyone touches the bed with the fresh cover on it you should fuck them up royally.

Not Bob · 08-18-2003, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
And Paigs, my T-shirt choice is intended to convey the notion that I'm with-it. I think I'm doing a good job, as in the last month I've gotten "hey, awesome shirt" comments from total strangers while wearing my New Pornographers shirt and my "All your base are belong to us" shirt. To paraphrase Tenacious D, 'I win 2-0.'

Shoot. Does this mean that my Eric Cartman "it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippie crap" T-shirt is now passe?

Speaking of T-shirts, I was at an Urban Outfitters while out of town on a depostion (uh, one of the boring kind of depos, I'm afraid) (plus, it's not as if I'd share the details of my torrid adultery with all of you people if it was really a "depo") (unless it involved eyeball licking or other purity-score lowering activities), and they have quite the selection of T-shirts circa 1979. The "gas, grass, or ass -- nobody rides for free" was tempting, but I settled for a Bad Company shirt (the one with the cannabis-leaf logo, natch).

ltl/fb · 08-18-2003, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
psst..... turn your duvet cover inside out, set the seam of the cover along the edge of the duvet/comforter, grab the two corners and flip the inside out cover over the duvet. TADA! And if short wingspan is an issue you can double over the duvet and cover once you have the inside out seam on the end and then flip. Have a few beers and if anyone touches the bed with the fresh cover on it you should fuck them up royally.

This is how my mother insists on doing it, and she is wrong wrong wrong. As are you. No offense.

leagleaze · 08-18-2003, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I would like to nominate this post as my most boring post ever. FYI, NTTAWWT, YMMV.

I would very much like to know how a discussion on demons having sex with women in anime became a discussion that has to be one of the most boring in the history of the FB, every version there is, was, and ever will be.

Not that I don't appreciate the conversation on the distinction between duvets, duvet covers, and the difficulty in cleaning and putting them back together.

purse junkie · 08-18-2003, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
No, but I do my own bedding. Even though they would do it. Partly because I feel the need to use the steamer de-wrinkler on the shams so that the look nice, partly they might put the duvet in crooked or something similarly horrifying, and partly because I'm a freak.

Dammit, ironing was the only household thing I did better than anyone else (or half-assedly well at all, for that matter), and now you've one-upped me on wrinkle-free anal retentiveness. Dammit!

08-18-2003, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Shoot. Does this mean that my Eric Cartman "it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippie crap" T-shirt is now passe?

Speaking of T-shirts, I was at an Urban Outfitters while out of town on a depostion (uh, one of the boring kind of depos, I'm afraid) (plus, it's not as if I'd share the details of my torrid adultery with all of you people if it was really a "depo") (unless it involved eyeball licking or other purity-score lowering activities), and they have quite the selection of T-shirts circa 1979. The "gas, grass, or ass -- nobody rides for free" was tempting, but I settled for a Bad Company shirt (the one with the cannabis-leaf logo, natch).

I am in the market for a "Nuke Long Island". DId you see that one per chance?

ThrashersFan · 08-18-2003, 05:23 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
This is how my mother insists on doing it, and she is wrong wrong wrong. As are you. No offense.

Never said it was right, just that it works and, at least for me, is easier than any other way I have tried in the past 20 or so years.

And, um, how can there be a "wrong" way to put on a duvet cover so long as the duvet ends up covered and not crooked? Don't tell me that there is a rule book for this shit as well.

No offense taken. Of course, it is funny that my "wrong" way works and everyone else seems to be struggling to cover their duvets while I am already done and watching the game with a few beers under my belt.

ThrashersFan · 08-18-2003, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
Dammit, ironing was the only household thing I did better than anyone else (or half-assedly well at all, for that matter), and now you've one-upped me on wrinkle-free anal retentiveness. Dammit!

You don't iron your sheets?