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By StackyMcRacky (Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:09:17 PM EST) (all tags)
Really.  It ran across my path on my way into the building this morning.

clock got me a Mother's Day gift.  It's a cute/cheezy necklace that says "mommy" in a heart, purchased at my favorite jewelry store.  He told me he and the lil' dude discussed it, and decided I needed one.  He's such a thoughful husband.

My sister and nephew have been in town since Thursday.  We've had fun spending time with the kiddo (11 months old now).  He's one busy guy!  He's also all about hanigng with the guys - when his mother isn't around, he'll only calm down in the arms of either Granddad or Uncle clock.

I'm already sick of my sister and mother.  Wow, I'll be happy to not deal with either of them for quite a while.

Last week, we joined a biodiesel co-op that's close to the house.  They're selling for $2.70/gal, which is cheaper than most gas stations, and on par with the truck stop down the street.

We're still trying to get things figured out from the freezer fiasco.  Lowes said we can just take the freezer back for a simple exchange.  We're still working on getting the receipt re-printed so we can fight the warranty and perhaps be re-imbursed for some of the cost of the beef.  I don't have high hopes, but we have to try.

It's bad enough that I have to walk around like a gimp, but now my co-workers enjoy laughing at me about it.  Peas-ants!

Austin: meeting blixco and the Dr. ruled.  Also, we're trying to put together a plan to move there in the next year or so (post-baby, of course).  We'll see what we can work out.

clock's ex is finally cashing her checks.  Wanna know why?  She and/or her cronies found this site and have read all of my stuff, and noticed my complaints that she wasn't cashing the checks.  Beware the truly crazy people, my friends.  They do love to stalk, because they don't have the capacity to do anything worthwhile with their lives.

Of course, finding this site was all my own fault.  I admit it.  I just find it sick sick sick that she feels the need to read all of this.  Hasn't she done enough damage to his life?  Considering that she was the liar who gets to legally steal all of his money I don't see why she can't just grin and let it all go.  Whatever.  On a good note - she's cashing the checks, so when we write the last one it's OVER.  Dec 2009 can't come soon enough.

Time to post-and-run.

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Mr. Clock's ex by muchagecko (2.00 / 0) #1 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:14:22 PM EST
needs an account here.

The only people to get even with are those that have helped you.


For the purpose of? by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #4 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:16:45 PM EST

~
There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou
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exactly what i was thinking by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 1) #5 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:21:44 PM EST
cuz i see no good coming from that.

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we'd *love* ... by BlueOregon (4.00 / 2) #10 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:27:19 PM EST

... to hear her side of the story.

You know, how she's an unrepentant waste of oxygen and f**king over other people makes her feel good.

Oh, sorry, it's not my place to complain about such a leech. I should leave that to those with firsthand knowledge. I wouldn't want to publish libel against her by writing inaccurate statements. I would never do that.

_
"The german quoting guy is a little bit out there." (fleece)
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heh by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 2) #11 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:32:37 PM EST
that *could* be fun, in the whole "but this is what you wrote in the affidavidt to the cout" sense.

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if ... by BlueOregon (4.00 / 2) #13 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:36:55 PM EST

... there were little enough clock-content, *and* some of the docs were public record (see, lots of ifs here), then posting would be ... entertaining and interesting. And who said that *she* had to register an account in her own name or about her ...

Of course, I guess *we* got the good parts a few months back (it's been that long?) -- perhaps another reason why all of us here are so happy for you two -- once 'it' was over, there seemed to be no hell to report, just the stupidity of 'bitch hasn't cashed her checks yet ... again.' How quickly it faded once over.

_
"The german quoting guy is a little bit out there." (fleece)
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heh by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 2) #14 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:44:39 PM EST
sadly, i'm in such a poor mental state these days that even reading through that paperwork again would probably put me in a worse place than I already am.

there was a little bit of hell to report a few months after....and some stuff surfaced again a few weeks ago (related to how I know she's reading my stuff on the site).  we're just not posting any of it because we have bigger fish to fry (like the fact that i'm having trouble walking, and sitting for more than 20 minutes at a time).

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Think of the evil fun by muchagecko (2.00 / 0) #16 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:58:04 PM EST
we could have. We could all find little ways to mess with her.

The only people to get even with are those that have helped you.
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it seems by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 2) #17 Mon May 14, 2007 at 04:02:43 PM EST
we already have found tasty evil ways to mess with her.  :)

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Banning. by mrgoat (2.00 / 0) #12 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:33:08 PM EST

Years pass, things change, you end up living in Kansas. But the bag of dicks never leaves your side... - blixco
--top hat--
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Damnit! by ucblockhead (4.00 / 2) #20 Mon May 14, 2007 at 04:42:49 PM EST
Stop preposting my replies!
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ウセーバラケダ
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Sorry. by mrgoat (4.00 / 2) #23 Mon May 14, 2007 at 06:29:58 PM EST
My only superpower is postcognition.

Years pass, things change, you end up living in Kansas. But the bag of dicks never leaves your side... - blixco
--top hat--
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Lucky bastard by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #24 Mon May 14, 2007 at 06:34:15 PM EST
I used to have that power, but it seems to be rapidly fading.
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ウセーバラケダ
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banning (nt) by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #19 Mon May 14, 2007 at 04:41:15 PM EST

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ウセーバラケダ
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Maybe that's who Egill Skallagrimson is by jayhawk88 (4.00 / 1) #26 Mon May 14, 2007 at 10:17:55 PM EST


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Opossum? Le sigh. Like, nobody got excited about by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #2 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:16:10 PM EST
the three deer that stampeded in front of me on the way to work last fall. What's the big deal about an American marsupial?

#HUG# and sorry for the financial loss.

I'm waiting for May of 2017. So there.

~
There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou


it's a setup for a redneck recipe joke by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #6 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:22:13 PM EST
too bad we don't have more west virginny posters.


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Heh. I was thinking Terry Pratchett: by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #9 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:26:16 PM EST
"There's good eatin' on them things."

Which I use all the time -- like when I'm driving the kids past the baby bison at Grant's Farm. Mmmmmm... Veal...
~
There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou
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possums are fun by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 2) #7 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:22:15 PM EST
because you can quote from Teen Girl Squad.

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I have to say by cam (2.00 / 0) #18 Mon May 14, 2007 at 04:31:51 PM EST
North American possums are the ugliest animals on the planet. We put out cat food for the strays that live on the farm behind us, and one day this ugly yellow thing that was half bald came waddling up to the dish. I saw it and yelled to my wife, "WTF is this ugly thing?" She said a possum. When Noah was letting the animals off two by two he gave that one a good beating with the ugly stick.

cam
Freedom, liberty, equity and an Australian Republic
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No they aren't! by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #33 Tue May 15, 2007 at 08:03:26 AM EST
Armadillos are the ugliest. Armored rats.

Earth First!
(We can strip mine the rest later.)
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yay, clock passed! by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #3 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:16:24 PM EST
I forgot the first Mother's Day, eleven years ago.




he couldn't have failed by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 1) #8 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:24:12 PM EST
becuase i'm not mentally in the "mother" space yet.

doing nothing wouldn't have angered me one bit.

for fun, i said i wanted to go see the ATFH movie...but it isn't playing in Houston anymore  :( :( :(  we'll have to wait until August for the DVD

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the nephew... by clock (2.00 / 0) #15 Mon May 14, 2007 at 03:54:17 PM EST
...rocks!  he's way fun.  and remember, when it's all over, he's what you get.  not our baby.  our nephew.  because that's what your mom said.

they crack me up.

now if only they had some sides with dinner.


Clock is right. [nt] --vorheesleatherface



biodiesel by garlic (2.00 / 0) #21 Mon May 14, 2007 at 05:13:39 PM EST
this is the car fuel from old corn oil, right, not the car fuel from ethanol produced from corn? I have questions that would probably be best answered by a link -- Is it more fuel efficient than gas in your engine? Is it less polluting than gas in your engine? What's it take to be able to handle biodiesal?



not just corn oil by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #22 Mon May 14, 2007 at 06:09:31 PM EST
but one can brew it from a variety of plant oils, as well as recycled fryer oil.  not ethanol in any way.

i find it to be more fuel efficient than the regular diesel (2mpg on up).

it's less polluting.

it also runs cleaner in your engine.  lots of people say "biodiesel screwed up my engine!" but that's because it cleaned out the sludge and they never checked their filters (you need to stay on top of your filters the first couple of times you run it in your vehicle).

any vehicle that runs regular diesel can run biodiesel - it doesn't take any kind of convserion kit (contrary to what the lovely City of Houston told its taxpayers).

here is a good link to start.  you can also call or email these dudes, and they'll gladly answer any questions you might have (they'll talk your ear off while you're fueling up).

there have been some studies saying if all restaurant fryer oil was brewed into biodiesel, and if all diesel sold in the US was some kind of biodiesel blens, it would make a tremendous impact on the amount of petroleum the US consumed as well as a positive environmental impact.  maybe i'll take the time to find the link and post it.  or, you could talk to the Houston Biodiesel dudes, and they can tell you.

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It shouldn't be more efficient. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #25 Mon May 14, 2007 at 06:41:15 PM EST
Or rather, it is more efficient, but it's slightly less energy dense than petro-diesel (circa 5%?), so it should go a bit less. I don't really measure, but find it easy to get 600 miles on a tank if it's been filled with petro-diesel, but I'm starting to worry a bit before that on the biodiesel.

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it has a higher cetane rating by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #34 Tue May 15, 2007 at 09:24:00 AM EST
so yeah, i get far better milage with it.

also, you're in UKia, right?  The petro-diesel they sell here (which is changing this year) is complete crap compared to what you get over there - 500ppm sulphur.  we'll have to see how the 15ppm petro-diesel changes things, but there aren't enough stations selling it right now for me to make any comparisons.

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Yeah, by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #37 Tue May 15, 2007 at 01:10:01 PM EST
This trustworthy looking UKian page reckons (among much other stuff, saying the UK's unused agricultural land could produce 4% of its diesel):
Similar to bioethanol, biodiesel has a lower energy content than its equivalent traditional fuel, however in the case of biodiesel and diesel the difference is not as great. Diesel has an energy content by volume of around 37.9 MJ/L. Biodiesel has an energy content by volume of around 35.6 MJ/L.
So it's only 2 or 3% different for European blends. Although I've no idea what difference the sulphur levels would make to energy content.

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The argument I've heard by ShadowNode (2.00 / 0) #29 Tue May 15, 2007 at 05:33:35 AM EST
Is that biofuels are carbon neutral because whatever was used to produce it pulled it's carbon out of the atmosphere to start with. I don't know if this is true or not.

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Only if grown by Amish by wumpus (2.00 / 0) #32 Tue May 15, 2007 at 07:27:55 AM EST
Things like fertilizer and tractors change the equations, often to the point of making things worse. In theory all the carbon in the oil got yanked out of the atmosphere. If all you are woried about is the carbon, I'd first check to see if growing something like grass/bamboo and then plowing it into the earth and burning oil for fuel would emit less net carbon.

A back of the envelope calculation I made figured that the US would need something like 60 Kansases to produce enough biofuel to replace dino oil.

Wumpus

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right by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #35 Tue May 15, 2007 at 09:27:33 AM EST
but that's why i like to push for recycling used oils - you're re-using what you've already got.  blending the dino + recycled-bio would make a significant difference.

there's NO way we could survive on bio-fuels alone.

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As I said, I'm just repeating the argument by ShadowNode (2.00 / 0) #38 Tue May 15, 2007 at 10:23:51 PM EST
In theory at least, the tractors could burn some of the fuel they're producing. I don't think fertilizer is a carbon source, but I could be wrong.

Biofuel wouldn't necessarily need to replace all dino fuel. Large scale uses, such as power plants, could be made carbon neutral through sequestering, which isn't practical on the small scale. (ie, cars)

Oh, and plowing grass/bamboo into the earth isn't going to help, as it will release much of it's carbon when it rots.

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One thing stacky and I didn't mention. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #31 Tue May 15, 2007 at 07:18:28 AM EST
You need a compression ignition (diesel) engine.

It's less polluting than petro-diesel, but unless you've got a urea injection system, and you haven't, because the only production car that features it is banned in the USA due to being French, or something, it does produce more nitrous oxide pollution. It is low sulphur, and if it's produced from leguminous plants (e.g. soya oil), pretty much carbon neutral.

http://www.biodiesel.org is pretty good, IIRC.

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My possum story by jayhawk88 (4.00 / 1) #27 Mon May 14, 2007 at 10:35:45 PM EST
You're all probably going to call the FBI serial killer squad on me for this one, but here goes anyway:

We were in junior high I think, would have been 7th or 8th grade. One of the kids we knew around the neighborhood had a big tree in his back yard, which at certain times of the year attracted a lot of starlings/sparrows. So one night this guys dad tells a bunch of us to get our pellet guns and come on over.

He has this million candle power flood light, shines it up in the tree and there are literally starlings shoulder to shoulder on every branch. We start plunking away at them. Probably two hours later we're still at it, and we have two garbage bags full of dead starlings. This lead to us spelling out "CGHS" (Canton-Galva High School) on the steps of our high school (which pissed off our janitor no end) as well as rolling down various streets in the town throwing dead sparrows out the back of someones truck, which we then had to step around during marching band practice the next morning, but that's another story.

At some point during the night someone goes over to another friends house across the street, to get more pellets or something I guess, when all of the sudden he comes running back over: "Guys guys, there's a possum trapped in the garage!" We all bolt over there and sure enough, there sits a possum in the corner hissing at us.

Well we're in full Lord of the Flies mode by now of course, and we just start wailing on the poor beast with our pellet/bb guns. Of course we can't kill it just by doing this, and no one is brave enough to approach it or to go get a real gun. Eventually someone's parent comes out and tells us to quit being heathens, and the possum finds it's way outside.

The story as I heard it later is that the possum was wounded enough that it didn't make it much farther than the garden out back of the garage we found it in, and the matriarch of the place finds it there the next afternoon, grabs a hammer and kills it.



Cheers to 12/09 by notafurry (2.00 / 0) #28 Mon May 14, 2007 at 10:59:50 PM EST
That's also the date of my last check.



One wonders by anonimouse (2.00 / 0) #30 Tue May 15, 2007 at 05:51:14 AM EST
Whether you consider putting her name on this site was worth $1000/month till the end of 2009?
Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL


we'd still have to pay if i didn't put her name by StackyMcRacky (2.00 / 0) #36 Tue May 15, 2007 at 09:47:23 AM EST
on the site.

the difference now is that we won't have to spend more in legal fees in the future.  and i won't have to keep all kinds of crazy records at home to track this sort of thing.  in short, it makes life much easier.

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Oh, I know the feeling... by Corky Sherwood (4.00 / 1) #39 Wed May 23, 2007 at 05:08:21 PM EST
"Beware the truly crazy people, my friends.  They do love to stalk, because they don't have the capacity to do anything worthwhile with their lives."

I have words:  Rizzo and his Amazon girlfriend.  That's exactly what they do: stalk me.  They really need to get thier own lives.

This is the main reason I don't post much anymore.  I just can't be bothered knowing that they read it.  It annoys me, but whatever.  if they have that sucky of a relationship that they really care that much about my life, then let them. 

Kudos on the kiddo thing.  I'm so happy for you (minus the feeling like a house thing).

I'm catching up on your diaries, so you may see more comments in the future.



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