Good Monday Morning, Crew!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
I hope you had a great weekend! :bounce: I had to work, so I stayed busy both days. Saturday afternoon, Greekspeak and I went to Publix to do our grocery shopping and in the end spent $190.00! Everything looked so damned good. Plus, there were a LOT of buy one get one free offers, so we couldn't pass those up either. Our cart looked like we were stocking up for the winter! :rofl:

I did have one incident happen yesterday that made me mad...a guy called the store 10 minutes before we closed and told the associate he was on the way there, that he was about 2 mnutes away and wanted to know if he could still come in to make his purchase. She told him yes, so long as he made it by 6:00, our closing time. 6:00 arrived, I locked the doors, counted my cash tills and was getting ready to close out my last register when, at 6:10, there came a pounding on the door. Mister I'm Special had arrived. Then, the phone rang. Mister I'm Special was standing outside the door demanding to be let in because the girl he talked to told him we would stay open for him so he could buy his dart board and was having a royal fit that the door was locked! Of course, we had to let him in to make his purchase. x( People like that piss me off, you know it! :grr:

And so begins another work week. For once, I am off on a Monday! :bounce: I have a few errands to run today, and it will be good not to be rushed to get them done so I can get my little butt to work. :woohoo:

Are you ready for this Monday? It's here so we don't have any choice I guess, so let's start it out right! :bounce: Grab some coffee or some tea, have a seat and start this day right...with me! :bounce:

Song Of The Day: "Take On Me" by A-Ha

[Clintmax]

1. CURRENT EARLY MORNING CREW MEMBERS

• AirmensMom
• AussieDave
• Bigwillq
• Billyskank
• Bridgit
• Buddhamama
• BuffyTheFundieSlayer
• Bzzzz
• CallMeWesley
• Cannikin
• DanCa
• Entanglement
• FoxMulder
• GalleryGod
• Heidi
• Hissyspit
• Jamastiene
• Joan_Alpern
• Khashka
• KitchenWitch
• LizzieGrace
• Mdmc
• Minnesota Libra
• MissHoneychurch
• MrsGrumpy
• Mutley_r_us
• Newyawker99
• OhioBlues
• Random_Australian
• Redwitch
• Robeson
• Sbj405
• Scooter24
• SeattleGirl
• SimplyFugue
• Southlandshari
• Starbucks Anarchist
• SugarSmack
• Swimboy
• Tjwmason
• Wetzelbill
• Whoa_Nelly
• WildHorses
• WritingIsMyReligion
• XemaSab

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Good morning, Clintmax!

:hi:

[Clintmax]

3. Good Morning, Starbucks!

:hi::bounce:
How are you today? Anything exciting going on in your corner of the world?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Just trying to finish this damn screenplay.

It should be done this weekend... hopefully. :D

[Clintmax]

17. That's great!

I hope the rest of it goes smoothly for you! :bounce: Is it for class or something?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. No, it's for my own self.

I'm going to try to sell it when it's done.

[Clintmax]

35. SWEET!

:bounce:
Those are the best writings! Just for us! Once you get it complete, I hope it sells immediately! :bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

I hope so, too.

:D

[Clintmax]

46. What's the story, if you don't mind me asking?

Just a little synopsis, maybe?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

51. Unfortunately, I can't tell you that.

It's nothing personal at all, believe me. I do that with just about everybody.

But I can tell you that it's a dramatic action comedy (if that makes sense), and it's called "Blue Notes."

[Clintmax]

53. I completely understand!

When I was in school and had to write for English, I wouldn't go into my stuff with others either. It's cool! I was wondering about what kind of story it was anyway..."dramatic action comedy" tells me that. Wouldn't it be cool if one day, I went to the theater and saw a movie called "Blue Notes" and I could say; "Hey! I know the person who wrote the screenplay to this movie!" :woohoo:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

57. That would be cool.

I'd probably see the movie a dozen times to inflate the box office and to gauge everyone's reactions. :D

[Clintmax]

59. LOL! If it were me...I probably would too!

Good luck with it, Starbucks! I hope it works out well for you! :bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

61. Thanks!

[Clintmax]

64. You're welcome!

:bounce:

[sbj405]

5. Good Morning, Clint.

Sorry you had to deal with a difficult customer. So are you cooking up anything special with all those groceries?

I slept awful. Finally gave up at 2:30 am and went to a 24 hour grocery to take care of that errand. Good news is the bathroom renovation starts today, so I won't be going into work.

[Clintmax]

10. Morning, Sbj!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you today! Difficult people are just part of the job when you work retail. But they are NEVER any fun, let me tell ya. I'm sorry you had such a bad night of sleep. I've had those as well and they totally suck. x( So you have a Monday off and so do I! :woohoo: I bet you're looking forward getting the bathroom done, huh? :bounce:

[sbj405]

65. You sound like a very patient person

I don't think I could deal with crabby customers day after day.

Yep, pretty excited about the bathroom. Just took the before pictures.

[Clintmax]

67. It can be a VERY taxing job sometimes.

But, the number of good customers FAR outnumber the bad ones, so it's OK. Post a couple of pictures when the bathroom gets finished so we can see what it turns out like, OK?! :bounce:

[tjwmason]

6. Morning Clint.

:hi:

Grumble, grumble.

St. Luke Passion by J.S.B. here - falling asleep, and counting down the second to lunch.

:hug:

[Clintmax]

11. Hail, TJ!

:hi::hug:
It's Monday! :rofl: Hopefully lunchtime will arrive quickly and you'll feel better. :hug:

[tjwmason]

14. Those two things don't go together.

I mean laughter and the phrase "it's Monday".

Half an hour until lunch ... I'm sure that will perk me up.

But you're now the 3rd stunningly gorgeous man to help cheer me today so I'm going to run out of excuses soon. :hug:

[Clintmax]

21. LOL! You smooth talker, you!

"Stunningly Gorgeous Man" isn't a phrase usually associated with me. But, thank you for saying it! It made me smile! :hug:

[tjwmason]

29. Piffle and nonsense.

You've put your picture on your journal so I can see what you're like at the simple click of a mouse... :hug:

Your cheeriness is definitely helping over here - early afternoon and very little's been done as yet.

[Clintmax]

36. I'm glad I could be helpful!

:bounce: And yes, I put it there just for that reason! So people could put a face with the name. I wonder though how many people have actually pulled my journal up. :shrug:

[tjwmason]

44. That's it - lunch-time.

I should feel much better with some food inside me - maybe see you after, if not have a good day and I'll see you tomorrow. :hug: :loveya:

[Clintmax]

48. No, I'll still be here.

HAve a good lunch, TJ...see you in a while. :hug:

[tjwmason]

81. Starting to feel better now.

It's amazing what a dash of food can do for one. :hug:

[billyskank]

84. Hooray!

:bounce:

[tjwmason]

93. I can still be rude to you if you want.

It really doesn't take much effort on my part. :P

[billyskank]

97. My dear tjwmason

I wouldn't expect anything less. :P

[tjwmason]

102. I'll have to do my best not to disappoint then.

:D

[Clintmax]

85. Welcome back, TJ!

And you're right! Just eating something can make one feel EVER so much better! Glad you're starting to feel better now! :hug:

[tjwmason]

96. I doubt that much is going to get done this afternoon.

But I certainly do feel better. :hug:

It's very much to be expected though - we switched to B.S.T. over the week-end, so at least an hour's sleep went walkabout...

[Clintmax]

98. I hate it when we have to change the time like that.

x(
Especially in the spring when the time goes forward an hour. You wouldn't think an hour would make that much difference...but it surely does!

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Hi tj!

:hug:

Getting any closer to lunchtime? I hope the day flies by for you. ;) :hi:

[tjwmason]

26. Just over quarter of an hour now.

:hi:

Things will be much better after lunch - I'm sure of that.

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

7. Clintmax!!!!!

Darlin, I'm so tired, so I need to go to bed, but I'm glad I ran into you before I fell asleep! :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[billyskank]

8. SeattleGirl!!

:loveya:

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

billy!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Clintmax]

12. Morning, Miss Seattle!

:hi::hug:
I'm glad to see you today as well! :loveya: You go ahead and get some rest and I'll see you again in the morning! :loveya::loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

28. Thanks, darlin'

I am near to drooling on the keyboard, so I need to hit itnow.

[Clintmax]

37. Well you have sweet dreams, my dear!

:loveya::hug:

[SeattleGirl]

41. Thanks, love

:loveya:

[Clintmax]

49. You're welcome, Darlin'!

:loveya:

[swimboy]

Good morning, my captain!

B-)

I've got to get my voice warmed up for the high parts on today's Song! :rofl:

[Clintmax]

15. Hail, Swimboy!

:hi::hug::bounce:
OMG it's good to see you!! :bounce: It hasn't been the same without you, Dude! I can carry a tune...but THAT note is WAAAYYY beyond MY range so I always just lipsync that part. :rofl:

[billyskank]

9. Hi Clint!

:hi:

[Clintmax]

13. Hail, Billy!

:hi::bounce:
You doing OK today? How's work so far?

[billyskank]

16. I am doing OK today

I moved the first slice of this project out to testing; I will take the users through it this afternoon. Things are progressing. :7

[Clintmax]

38. That's good news!

:woohoo:
I'm glad to hear things are proceeding apace!

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Hi Clintmax! "Take on Me" had the best video!

I bet you got a lot of good stuff to eat! I'll be over for lunch. I hate the sense of entitlement that runs through our society today. It's really sad that people don't take into account the lives of others when they decide they need to be taken care of "right this minute". I hope you have a great day!

:hug:

[tjwmason]

23. Good morning Mrs. G.

:hug:

I know exactly what you mean about entitlement - though I have to confess to falling victim to it from time-to-time myself, though I do my very best never to irritate service-industry folk they have a hard enough time of it anyway.

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. I am guilty of it too at times...

I think it is something we all...at least some of us...struggle with. The ones who abuse service industry workers should watch out. This world is fast becoming one of service related jobs. They may find themselves on that end sooner, rather than later. :hug:

[Clintmax]

42. If people had to do our jobs for a week...

their whole demeanor towards us would be totally different. I think everyone should have to, by law, work retail for one week of their lives...during the Christmas shopping season. THAT would put a whole new prospective on the matter.

[Clintmax]

24. Morning, MrsG!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you today, my dear! :bounce: We certainly are loaded up with food around this place. :rofl: I love it too, cause if I'm hungry for *anything*...it's in the kitchen cabinets or refridgerator! :bounce:

The video to "Take On Me" is one of my favorites of ALL time! LOVED IT! :rofl:

See...that's the thing...people don't care about the lives of those of us who work in retail. SO long as they get their way, they think we are FAR beneath them simply BECAUSE we work at a store. x(

[ScreamingMeemie]

32. Let it be known, I hold you in the highest regard.

I even allow a bit of grumpiness on the part of those store workers I run into...because, we the public treat them like crap so often. :hug:

[billyskank]

27. I am so happy you are back with us

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. I am glad to be back!

:loveya:

[Random_Australian]

19. Are you going to scarborough fair? Parsley sage rosemary and

thyme.(The lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel song I was listening to)
Anyway, good morning, had a fairly good day today. My math skills, I've decided, are way awesome. An entire insoluble MATH1901 assignment suddenly was done. Straight from question to answer, time after time. And since this is advanced university level maths, the function solutions made lovely curves and coils. (On an output plane, silly, If they were on a normal xy plane it wouldn't be a function!)

[Clintmax]

31. Morning, Random!

:hi:
I see you are still FLYING through the posts here! 917 and counting! :woohoo: All this talk of math...*whoosh*! :rofl:

[Random_Australian]

39. Yuk yuk yuk. I was talking about that math to one flatmate of mine,

whilst the non-math guy listened. We got to about the co-efficient on the imaginary output plane in the natural codomain of the non-zero variable when defined as an argument with an exponential modulus........ then the non-math guy went 'AAAAAAAAARRRRGHHHH All this math is frying my brain' and ran away :rofl: . Good times, good times. 917 you say! I only posted 100 in my first month, thus I've posted 800 this month! My goodness! I wonder if I'll make it to 1000 in two months?

[Clintmax]

43. I'm sure you will!

I don't think I've ever seen anyone move through the Milestones like you have!

[Random_Australian]

47. One thing though: Might you one day have a 'song of the day'

that I recognise? There may have been an instance when I thought one was vaguely familiar, but no...
How about: Pink Floyd: Set Your Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.... or perhaps Brain Damage.

[Clintmax]

50. You've never heard "Take On Me"?

I didn't think that was possible! :rofl: See...the songs of the day are songs that are my favorites and if you don't know them, you're supposed to go listen to them to see what YOU think! :rofl: Sounds like you have quite a few to go listen to then! :rofl:

[Random_Australian]

55. Lots. One day (back in school), when asked whether Britney Spears

way a sportswoman, or singer, I couldn't answer...sometimes I :blush: , but you do have to remember the likes of her are mostly famous because they lead a lifestyle that is the envy of people with the brains of a squid (Giant, of course, preferably dragged up by the Bolivian navy on Maneuvres in the south Pacific :rofl:). I know physics, maths, chemistry, philosophy, psychology, I understand the fundamental reasons for the creation of the left and right wings of politics, they can keep their transient celebrities.

So there!

But Take On Me sounds O.K., if you like it. I will try to hear it, but no promises. (I'm running through a proxy server so there is a 4c per meg netsurfing fee)

[Clintmax]

58. Wow!

I didn't know you had to pay per Meg. That sucks. I'm sure that can get damned expensive at times. I couldn't do that...I buy too much music online.

[Random_Australian]

62. Yeh. Worst of all was when this IDIOT at DU had his thread

link open up a 1hr 23 min video in the background when I wasn't watching. To stream, not download. And it was crap! It cost me 11 F*CKING DOLLARS!

God that is annoying, if I could feel annoyed, I certaintly would. But I'm too happy, so who gives a sh*t? Guess the swearword! SH*TSTICK TINfOIL LOONER F*CK... the 9/11 was explosives guy who had that f-ing video in his post. :P :D

[Clintmax]

66. Oooo...that's dirty pool!

I wish people would put some kind of warning in their posts that it's a streaming video! I'm glad to hear you're too happy though to let bother you too much!

[Random_Australian]

76. Very Happy.In the future, I'll be working on the Grand Unified Theory/

String Theory/Unified Field Theory, (I'm going to try and find the final scientific description of the universe), and I can already see and predict so very much, even what humans do. When my two rightwing flatmated talk, I already know what they will say, why it is wrong, why I don't need to argue, what would happen if I did, and if gives me hope I know that we CAN have a good and prosperous society with them, and with every single obnoxious bastard on the planet. If the GUT/ST/UFT thing doesn't work out, I'll fix the world, I think! Seriously, who wouldn't be happy if they were in my position?

Once more to clarify: I'm beginning to understand everything. It is huge. It makes sense. People have free will. Peoples actions can be predicted. There is another theorum that unites GR and QM.

Here's something I'm not sure about: What the final form of government will be... methinks just a tinkered democracy, but I'm not sure.

Any deep thoughts on your behalf, dear Clintmax?

[Clintmax]

88. I wonder the same thing myself...

What the final form of Government will be. I'm not so sure. As for the rest...I'm glad you can fix the world! Someone surely needs to!

[Random_Australian]

89. (see downthread for continued conversation) n/t

[entanglement]

25. Morning, Clintmax!

:hi:

Ten bucks says "Mister I'm Special" was a Repuke.

[Clintmax]

34. Morning, Entangle!

:hi:
And I would say you are absolutely right! :rofl: That was my very first thought as well! Great minds think alike, you know!

[entanglement]

40. LOL yeah

I'm currently listening to 'An der schonen blauen Danube' by Johann Strauss the Younger
hope I got the spelling right :)

[Clintmax]

45. Another classical fan!

I just can't get into classical, myself. I prefer top 40 and Country.

[entanglement]

52. I'm new to classical myself

Funnily enough, I'm an old time hard rock fan as well.
I've found that both require some 'ear training' before one can truly appreciate them.

[Clintmax]

54. Have you ever heard any of the Hooked On Classics songs?

They came out in the early 80's and each song is a medley of classical songs set to sort of a dance beat! :rofl: I LOVE those! :woohoo:

[entanglement]

56. No I haven't. But the name 'Hooked on Classics'

just kills me :rofl:

[Clintmax]

60. If you'd like to hear one of them, let me know.

I'd be happy to send you one of them so you can hear what I'm talking about!

[LaurenG]

63. Good Morning ClintMax!

Happy New Day.

Our weekend was great. A bit busy but OK. I ended up getting the housework done including the laundy and STILL had time to watch a couple of movies and read a little. Good song of the day! Have a happy day off. :bounce: :hi: :hug:

[Clintmax]

68. Good Morning, Miss Ohio!

:hi::hug:
Happy New Day to you too, my dear! :bounce: I'm glad you got everything done and still had time to relax and enjoy yourself! THAT is the best weekend of all! :hug:

[billyskank]

73. Hi OhioBlues!

:hi: :hug:

[LaurenG]

79. Good afternoon BillySkank

I hope you had a restful weekend. Is it still cold in England? It is here, at least this morning. I drive by a very large cemetery and it was dark and foggy this morning. I kept thinking of scary movies and gave myself the creeps! lol:hi: :loveya: :hug:


oops- mispelled cemetery

[billyskank]

83. Haha!

You are silly. :hug:

The temperature has suddenly jumped. A few days ago it was still hovering just above freezing, as it had been for weeks, and then all of a sudden it leapt up to 15C. That is a very marked difference! Today it is very windy.

[riona]

69. FL check-in

Sorry about "Mr. I'm Better than Anyone Else." Hope today is great for you.

[Clintmax]

74. Morning, Flblu!

:hi:
Good to see you today! :bounce: I hope you had a great weekend! FYI: I added you to the Early Morning Crew Roster just now! So, you are officially now part of the Early Morning Crew! :woohoo: Starting tomorrow, your name will be in the Crew listing! Welcome to the Crew! :bounce:

I hope you have a great day too!

[riona]

75. thanks!

[Clintmax]

86. You bet!

I'm glad to have you here! :bounce:

[Minnesota Libra]

70. Good Morning everyone!! The sun is just now making an.......

appearance as I write this and it is a beautiful sight too!!

Clintmax, I'm with you on the late shopping thing.:grr: A person should have the good manners and common sense to either plan their time to do shopping while the store is open or simply wait to the next business day.:spank:

Be good to each other and tell at least one neocon their boy king is a evil pile of ......... :rofl:

[Clintmax]

77. Hail, Minnestoa!

:hi:
Good to see you, Dude! People are only happy when they get their way. The store is closed for the night? Too damned bad! I'm more important so they can just re-open for me! :grr::mad: I hope you have a great day!

[Cannikin]

71. Howdy gang. Is it Monday already? Ugh.

[Clintmax]

78. Hail, Cannikin!

:hi:
Good to see you, Dude! Yeah, it's Monday...ready or not! :rofl: I hope you had a good weekend though!

[tjwmason]

80. Hey there Cannikin

I fear that it is Monday x(

Nonetheless - I hope that you have a splendid day. :hi:

[Callalily]

72. Morning Clint!

Looks like you're stocked up to feed the whole neighborhood! Suspect you won't have to food shop for sometime.

Sad to hear about your rude customer. I worked retail during the holidays one year for some extra cash, and yes, once a person has worked retail, you get whole new prospective on the job. I ALWAYS treat people with respect, no matter what. Had a guy called at the store I worked at and said he wanted some advice about buying lingerie for his gf. Well, needless to say, he just wanted to talk underwear with a girl. I hung up on him and told the manager. Apparently he had called before and it was perfectly acceptable to hang up on the guy. Pretty sick, huh?

[Clintmax]

82. Morning, SimplyF!

:hi::hug:
I'm happy to see you today, my dear! You're right about the food shopping! We won't have to go for a while! See...you KNOW what it's like since you've worked in retail before. And yeah, that IS pretty damned sick. I'm glad you hung up on his ass! :rofl:

[Random_Australian]

87. (Heavy French Accent) Bonjour, Míssoúr!

bwuh ho ha! Béliebúttón! I am a frenchman, and not Random_Australian pretending to be a frenchman! Huh? Pali-what? Oh! Párlez vóus Francé! Do you speak French... uh... of course I (How-you-say) errr... 'do'.
Ciao. No wait f*ck damn Italian had you going though huh?

[Clintmax]

90. LOL!

Ummm...yeah. :rofl:

[Random_Australian]

Would have to get up very early in the morning to

fool you Clint! (But then, I do get up about 18 hours before you, so "?" and nyah nyah na-yah na! to time differences)
Be honest: Were you fooled into not thinking I wasn't unbeleivably tired?

Sorry to end the conversation, but this 929 poster has had enough for today, it's 11 and a half o'clock here, and I've had a long day.
917 to 928 in < an hour, and I posted on three different forums at the same time. Cool.

g'night Clint!
Goodnight Lounge!

[Clintmax]

99. Have a good rest, Random!

I had a feeling you were really tired, yeah. :rofl: Sleep tight and have sweet dreams, Dude!

[Callalily]

91. Bon Matin Random_Australian

A l'air de vous accentue hors un morceau. Doit obtenir quelque repos.

[Random_Australian]

94. Sorry, I don't speak German.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Callalily]

106. Das ist zu schlecht.

Es ist so eine wunderbare Sprache.

[newyawker99]

92. Good morning everyone!

:hi:


:donut:

[Clintmax]

95. Good Morning, Miss NewYawker!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you today! Did you have a good weekend? Seems like I haven't seen you in a few days.

[Clintmax]

100. I must get going now, my crew!

Errands to do and other things, so I'm off! I hope you have a GREAT Monday and I'll see you here in the morning! :bounce: Take care!

Clint

[In_The_Wind]

101. Darn!

:hi:

Sorry I missed you. :(

[billyskank]

103. Awwww

:hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

104. Hey, hey Clintmax!

It's a good Monday and a good day in early spring! Am jazzed to start the day and get things done. (am self-employed and getting ready for a big move across country...)

Hope your day goes well with many happy momnets. :hi:

:woohoo: :D :woohoo:

[AirmensMom]

105. Hey, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug: Good to see you ... well, if I haven't already missed you!

Mister I'm Special sounds like he shouldn't be playing with darts.

[billyskank]

107. Hi AirmensMom!

:loveya:

How are you and harleydad?

[AirmensMom]

108. Hey, billy!

We're doing better, thanks. He finally went to the chiropractor on Saturday and is going back today. And we bought a water bed so he can sleep more comfortably -- it'll be here Saturday. I hope he gets back to posting pretty soon. :bounce:

How are you doing? :loveya:

[billyskank]

109. I am doing okay, thanks!

:hug: