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A quicky post for this evening.
I don't normally post this late. Usually I'm too tired after a 10 hour day, and just want to veg in front of the TV with a cocktail. But a customer told me a story today, that was just so unbelievable, I had to share it.
She works for a division of community health. She consults pregnant unwed mothers. She was working with a young unmarried lady, ( a teenager of course) to get support from the supposed father. They had to do a DNA test to be sure. They found out he wasn't the father, she was shocked, as she hadn't had sex with any one else. Upon further questioning, the young lady, and her boyfriend were in a parked car with another couple. Apparently love was in the air, and they soon discovered the two couples only had one condom between them. So the first couple used the condom and did their thing in the front seat, and when they were done, handed it to the second couple. He turned it inside out because of the disgusting stuff in it, and then used it on his girlfriend. Do you see where this is going? And some how........she gets pregnant! And to make matters worst! The first guy who never even had sex with her is now the legal father to be! What were they thinking? Don't these kids get enough info from friends and the Internet to know better than to share condoms? And the thought of even sharing a condom.....EWWWWWWWW! And doing it in a car with someone else there? wtf!
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And then she tells me another story. This one girl not wanting to lose her boyfriend, after sex, while he was asleep, got the used condom, and went to the kitchen, got a turkey baster, and shot the sperm as far up into you know where, so she would get pregnant so he wouldn't leave her. And it worked! Baby wise anyway. When he found out, he left town and hasn't been seen since. What are these kids thinking?
Okay, I just wanted to share this. We hear so many interesting stories in the Salon.
Good night....

compaq tear down

The tear down of my laptop.
Okay, I've exhausted every other fix for this lap top, and the last one seems very odd. The forums suggest the video card has become separated from the gpu causing failure. So I did what they recommended, got some copper shims to seal the gap. This involved taking the lap top completely apart. I was a little nervous about this, but since the lap top is worthless the way it is, why not?
It is a lot more involved than the you tube videos show. But here I am tearing apart the lap top.

Boy, there is a lot of stuff in here!

Here's the graphics card that needs the copper shim, so they say....
Craig got cute and took this pic during a potty break.
And here's the puter all back together. But why do I have 5 little screws left?

And I let it set over night to 'rest' and turned it on this morning and YAAA! it started right up!

But of course, it was not fixed. When I went to restart it .....nothing again. So back to square 1. I'm not sure it's fixable. It sometimes starts, and most times not. I hate puters!
Well, after spending the entire day with this, I at least was able to look forward to a tasty dinner of pork cutlets over stuffing and veggies, with a barbacue glaze. Yummy!

So I'm thinking of geting a new lap top.

food and fun

Reason number 763 why I hate winter. Salt! No, not the kind you put on your fries, the kind you put on the sidewalk. And then it gets tracked into my Salon. Leaves nasty white stains all over the floor as you can see in these before and after pics.

So that means going in extra early and moping the floors before we open, every day it snows. And it's always a long winter.
Now there is a non tracking ice remover. We use it at home. But our cheap landlord at the strip mall I'm in certainly won't. Oh well.

On Saturday, after work, Craig made his tasty home made pizza. Yesterday, was kinda low key. I did some cleaning, touched up some painting, and mostly played on the puter. Craig did laundry, book work, and made a turkey rice casserole. Enough so we'll have leftovers during the work week. And we finished the evening with cocktails, and movies.

Ya, we have a real exciting life, don't we?

Christmas time

Just a quick post this morning.
I took a few pics on the way to and from the cocktail party we went to last night at Harem. It was fun. Food drinks and conversation. The main shopping district is one block from the capitol. They put a stupid round-a-bout in the intersection. But they decorate it nicely during the year. And for Christmas, they put these ginormous ornaments there. Looked nice. And they've got white lights lining the tops of all the buildings. Very festive.
And on the way home, I took a pic of the state Christmas tree.

You can see it in front of the capitol, and just past the ginormous ornaments.

Here's a closer pic. I don't care for led Christmas lights. The yellows don't show up as much as the blue. They just don't look right.

And now it's time to get ready for work. I've got to be there by 7am. Have a good day!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

Hello from a bitter cold Lansing. Currently 12 out. That's right a bone chilling 12 degrees. Although we've managed to miss all the snow that almost everyone else in the region got. We have maybe 2-3 inches on the ground.
Work has been steady, nothing too exciting going on.
I got a call from the doctor on the results of the 'spot' he removed. It was a polyp. It's called a HyperPlastic polyp. Is that some odd name or what? Anyway, he said it's a non-cancerous type of polyp that is increasingly found in 'older' men. Thanks doc for adding that last bit of info there. So I'm good for another 5 years.
And this evening after work, we are going to a little cocktail party down town at Harem. It's called an urban lounge. Click on the link to see pics. Craig has a customer he's done for years that is also our lawyer when we need one. It's a barter relationship. He cuts his hair for free, and he gives us legal advice when we need it. A few year ago, he joined a new law firm, and they throw this Christmas party for all their clients. Free food and drink! But we won't be there too late, I'm back to work tomorrow at 7:30am.
So that's all I got for now.

Have a great weekend!