Good Tuesday Morning, Crew!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of the Early Morning Crew thread! :bounce: I hope you had a good night's sleep and you're ready to get this day started with me! :bounce: It's going to be a beautiful one down here in Florida! Sunny skies and 78 degrees! :woohoo:

Three down, three to go! :woohoo: That's the number of days left until my vacation starts! And to think...I STILL havne't made up my mind whether I'm going to Missouri or Orlando. :rofl:

Let's get this day started so it can get over with all that more quickly, OK? :bounce:

Song Of The Day: "Don't Tread On Me" by 311

[Clintmax]

1. CURRENT EARLY MORNING CREW MEMBERS

• AirmensMom
• AussieDave
• Bigwillq
• Billyskank
• Bridgit
• Buddhamama
• BuffyTheFundieSlayer
• Bzzzz
• CallMeWesley
• Cannikin
• DanCa
• Entanglement
• Flblu2
• 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!

[Clintmax]

3. Morning, Starbucks!

:hi:
Looks like you are number 1 today! :woohoo: How are you today, my friend?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. So very tired.

I've been getting 5-6 hours of sleep the past few days, as opposed to the 9-12 hours I usually get.

Also, I just MIGHT finish my screenplay in the next few hours, but a more reasonable estimate would be Wednesday/Thursday.

[Clintmax]

11. 5 - 6 hours is all I get also.

But I don't need any more than that. I couldn't stay in bed for 9 - 12 hours. That's WAAAAY too long in MY book. :rofl: You just keep plugging away at it and your screen play will be done in no time! You're SO close!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. What can I say? I'm like a bear.

Ironically, I'm a very low-energy person, anyway, so 12 hours of sleep doesn't always charge me up in the first place.

:rofl:

[Clintmax]

22. WOW! We were talking about this very subject yesterday...

at work. One of the guys said he had a friend who would sleep a whole 24 hours straight! Go to sleep on Monday and not wake up until wednesday morning! I can't even imagine that. :wow:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. I could do that easy if I was wasted.

:evilgrin:

[Clintmax]

27. ROFL! No you couldn't!

:rofl:
I can't imagine wasting a whole entire day sleeping. It's incomprehensible, Dude! So much time wasted!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

32. I have a hard enough time getting up after 12 hours of sleep.

24 hours wouldn't be a problem. :D

[Clintmax]

36. Jeebus!

You know...you CAN get too much sleep and you'll feel worse when you get up than when you went to bed. I'd freak out if I woke up and it was two days later. :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

41. My only regret would be that I missed some TV.

:rofl:

[Clintmax]

45. LOL! Oh yes...how can we forget THAT!

:rofl:
There's another reason not to do it!

[Sugar Smack]

4. Good morning, Clintmax!

Lucky you. I'm sure your vacation is well-earned. :bounce: :pals: :donut:

[Clintmax]

6. Good Morning, Miss Sugar!

:hi::hug:
Thank you! Yes, it's been a while since I had a vacation, so I think I deserve it! How's every little thing in your neck of the woods?

[Sugar Smack]

17. O, pretty good, and better once I've had my second

cup of coffee. :hi: I know that work will be pretty easy today.

[Clintmax]

24. I think my day will be easy too.

It's just going to be a LOOONG day. I need a 2nd cup also...be right back. :rofl:

[NMMNG]

5. Good morning Clint!

You'd better hurry up and decide where you're going. Road trips take some planning and stuff, particularly booking hotels, packing and all that. :silly:

[Clintmax]

7. Good Morning, Miss Buffy!

:hi::hug:
I know...I have GOT to decide what I'm doing! I'm going to make some calls this morning to a couple of hotels in Springfield to see what I can get. I'll know after that. How's work going, my dear?

[NMMNG]

12. Same old, same old

I was in the office for my weekend job today talking to my supervisor. I reported again about that obnoxious fundie whackjob with her singing and shouting PRAISE THE LORD to the TV. The supervisor said she's going to talk to the other staff to get their input (e.g., verify that I'm not making the stuff up) and take it from there. Fortunately I know that two of my other co-workers are fed up to here with her BS so hopefully something will finally get done. :thumbsup:

[Clintmax]

18. Well, I'm glad something is going to get done about it...

but I don't know how I would feel about my supervisor not believing me and having to go to others to verify what I was telling him. x( That's nearly offensive. I react to stuff like that though. I hope he tells her to shut her freakin' mouth. :rofl:

[NMMNG]

21. In a way it's good though

It gives more ammo for her (the supervisor) to work with. Like when my co-worker Diane tries to tell the fundie anything, the fundie will start singing right over her while she's talking. :grr: I say let her talk to them--all the better to hang the nasty twit.

[Clintmax]

25. I guess...

I hadn't thought of it that way. Anyway...I hope he hangs her out to dry!

[SeattleGirl]

8. Clintmax, darlin'!

I got to go to Opening Day for the Mariners on Monday. They lost, but it was a great game, and I love being at the ballpark!!!!

So nice to see you! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :loveya:

[Clintmax]

10. Good Morning, Miss Seattle!

:hi::hug:
I knew you'd enjoy yourself! :bounce: I'm glad you got to go! It's SO nice to see you too, my dear! Any big plans for today?

[SeattleGirl]

16. I had a wonderful time

No big plans for today.

[Clintmax]

26. I'm glad you did!

If I lived near a ball park, I'd go all the time too! :bounce: Alas, I'm miles and miles away from a big park like that.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Hi Clintmax!!! I have learned, the hard way, that I cannot be both

a late night and an early morning DUer. :hangover: It was so bad yesterday that I dreamed about this place last night. Now I am catching up on the work I blew off in favor of all of you. I would be so excited to be looking at a vacation in the near future. :hug: :hi:

[Clintmax]

19. Good Morning, MrsG!

:hi::hug:
Yes, I can see how it would be hard to be a nighthawk AND and Early Morning Crew member! I couldn't do it either. So, I'm glad you're here with me! :bounce: Knowing that I'm going to have 11 days off is VERY exciting! But it also means that the days leading up to it are going to DRAAG on! :rofl: I hate that. :rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

56. ...and then, miraculously the days themselves will fly by.

Good thing for us, because we will miss you! :hug:

I'm still trying to think of a suitable nickname for your car. :hi:

[Clintmax]

62. Oh yeah!

I forgot about that! I still haven't gotten a front plate either...let me know if you come up with anything. If I DO decide to go away to Missouri...I will assign an "intern" to do the Early Morning Crew thread for me while I am away so the crew will stay intact!

[Random_Australian]

14. Morning Clint!

Haven't tried out Rhapsody, internet not been working.
And your smilies aren't working. It's disturbing.

[Clintmax]

20. Hail, Random!

:hi:
I found out that Rhapsody has a free membership! You can listen to 25 songs a month, so you can hear some of the songs I list as the song of the day! :woohoo: I'm sorry that your internet isn't working right. Not even the smilies showing up, huh? That IS weird...it almost sounds like your internet preferences in your browser got messed up somehow.

[Random_Australian]

28. they're all working now.

Now I just have to get around that 4c per meg BS.... how big is a song?

[Clintmax]

34. Oh you don't download the songs...

they are streamed to your computer.

[Random_Australian]

43. Hmmmmm..... not like the sound of that so much.... takes a lot

more megs you see. About 120% and it isn't even permanent.

[Clintmax]

46. No, no, no...

It doesn't download a single meg. It's like listening to an internet radio station on Winamp only you get to choose which song is played.

[Random_Australian]

67. I'll try!

How is America today? You certainly gave me a start when you said 78 degrees.... then I realised farenheit. (78 C ~= 170 F)

[Clintmax]

72. ROFL! Yeah, 170 F would be a little warm!

America is as good as it can be having an idiot president and a deficit that's out of this world. We just have to make the best of it we can, Man.

[Random_Australian]

79. Aha! Just apply fundy logic to the deficit...

It's out of this world, so it must be God. Giving money to God and not the Republican Party is only acceptable when you confuse the two (they're so alike!), and the repukes have removed the confusion; therefore the deficit isn't to be paid.

Then you can apply fundy logic to the debt collectors....

[Clintmax]

81. You got it figured out, Mate!

:bounce:
Perfectly stated, man!

[Random_Australian]

88. That's the entreé! Now I'll let all you students of fundy faerie dust

logic apply said logic to the Swarm-Of-Angry-Armies (TM).

Please note: In application, remember that the world is supposed to end.

[Clintmax]

91. ROFL!

:rofl:

[Random_Australian]

97. ...

*takes bow*

I wonder if the U.S'll have been invaded -for reals- by, say, 2100?

[riona]

29. fl check-in

everyone's pretty excited about the gators. what happened with missouri?

[Clintmax]

31. Hail, Flblu!

:hi:
Yes, they are! I hear about the Gators all day at work! I'm just being indecisive again, Man. I get that way sometimes...

[MissHoneychurch]

30. Good morning Clint

My day started crazy with the telephone system and the Internet down here at work. Good thing the problem got solved. Now it is back to normal.

Bought me something new to wear yesterday. A top and a jacket to it. Looks nice.

[Clintmax]

33. Good Morning, Miss Buffy!

:hi::hug::loveya:
Oooo, I hate it when the systems do that! x( But, I'm glad they are back up! I love to go shopping for new clothes too! I bet you look cute in it too! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

37. At least my darling thinks so

when I showed it to him on webcam (with me in it :) ) He told me he wouldn't keep his hands off me if I was wearing it while with him. :D

[Clintmax]

39. Woo Hoo!

:bounce::evilgrin:
You know then that you chose a good one! :woohoo:

[MissHoneychurch]

40. Yep

I would say so ... LOL

[Clintmax]

47. Yes, especially if he wouldn't be able to keep his hands off you!

It must be some sexy stuff! :woohoo: Has it been busy at work today?

[MissHoneychurch]

51. The top

has spaghetti straps. Just saying .... :evilgrin:


So far it was busy enough for me. And even though I couldn't help much with the telephone system I was up in the Server room and watched what they were doing. In my position as substitute for our IT guy.

[Clintmax]

57. Oh, well then you must be pretty good with the system!

To be the substitute for the IT guy! I'm the IT guy at my store. If anything goes wrong with my store systems, people come running for me. That's cool with me though...I like working with stuff like that.

[MissHoneychurch]

60. I am fairly good with the system

I am responsible for the system in the library (we have an extra server here). I enjoy it also. And in case I need to apply for another job it looks good in the resumee :)

[Clintmax]

66. That it does!

I'm good with our system too and that's why everyone comes running to me if something is wrong.

[MissHoneychurch]

68. I was almost glad the phone was dead this morning

otherwise I would have gotten phone calls over and over :rofl:

[Clintmax]

74. I bet you would have too!

I just have people come running and telling me there's something wrong all the time. Luckily they don't have to call me on the phone.

[MissHoneychurch]

78. They are too lazy

to come to the library. They just call.

[Clintmax]

84. Yes...why come to see someone when they can just call on the phone?

x(
Silly. :silly:

[MissHoneychurch]

87. And the building isn't large

we have about 30 to 40 people working here alltogether.

[Clintmax]

92. Oh good gods.

They could just come see you easily. People are lazy...that's all there is to it!

[MissHoneychurch]

99. Who are you saying that

Gosh, I wish I could home already. Not in the mood to work this afternoon. And this morning I didn't do anything either for the library. Oh great, what a useful day :eyes:

[Callalily]

63. Morning MissH

Sounds to me like your and your new buddy are getting quite cozy! Lucky you!

[MissHoneychurch]

64. Morning SimplyF

we are working on it. To tell the truth, it feels fucking good

He sent me ecard this morning but I have to wait till I get home since my computer here at work doesn't let me insatll Macromedia Flash.

[Callalily]

70. Ohhhhh . . .

I'd be sitting on pins and needles, having to wait that long. It's nice that the two of you keep in such close touch.

[MissHoneychurch]

71. Oh believe me

I DO sit on needles ....

We talk/email/chat each day. I will go through withdrawl next week while I am in Prague.

[Callalily]

75. Maybe not . . .

you'll be busy having too much fun. And taking photos to share with us.

Additionally, you could always give him a call!

[MissHoneychurch]

76. I hope he gives me a call

in between :)

And no worries, there will be enough pics to share with you :D

[sbj405]

35. Good morning, Clint.

I'm back to the office after working from home for over a week. Not looking forward to it.

[Clintmax]

38. Good Morning, SBJ!

:hi:
I wish I could work from home sometimes! It would be kinda hard to help customers from home though. :rofl: Do you go back starting today?

[sbj405]

55. Yep, back to the grind this am.

The nice thing about working from home is that you can roll out of bed and pretty much start.

[Clintmax]

69. Yep! That would be great, I think!

I hope today is a good one for ya and not too stressful!

[AussieDave]

42. Heya Clint - how's it going ??

I don't know whether you should go to Missouri - it looks like Tornado Alley up there !!

How long does your vacation last (besides the obvious answer - NOT FUCKING LONG ENOUGH !!!) ??

:hug:

[Clintmax]

44. Hail, Aussie!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you today, Mate! Springfield IS in tornado alley...and this is the time of year, but I grew up there so it doesn't scare me. I have 11 days coming! :bounce: The bad part is those days are going to FLY by! They always do when you're on vacation. x(

How's everything down under today?

[AussieDave]

48. We're having another burst of summer - a hot night this evening

and we had thunderstorms late this afternoon. Same again tomorrow (Wednesday). Coming up to Easter next week - we have a 4-day weekend. :party:

Wherever you go for your vacation, I hope you enjoy it and the time drrraaaagggggssss by - but you're right - it always zips by so fast.:mad:

[Clintmax]

50. Thanks, Man!

It's been a long time between vacations and I'm REALLY looking forward to the time off!

[LaurenG]

49. Good Morning Clintmax!

3 days!!!? Wow, I surely hope the days leading up to that time move quickly. There is nothing like a good vacation to put things in perspective. My hubby's parents just moved from Missouri, last month, now we have to go to Colorado if we want to see them! Fortunately that is where my son lives too! (I have no clue why I thought I should tell you that but, I guess I needed to :shrug: lol) I wish you the best day and I hope that only kind customers come to your store today! :bounce: :loveya:

[Clintmax]

53. Good Morning, Miss Ohio!

:hi::hug:
Thank you so much for the good wishes! :loveya: What part of Missouri did they live in? I was glad to move from there to somewhere that it doesn't snow and ice! I wouldn't want to live someplace where it was worse than that! Colorado gets like feet and feet of snow in October and it stays until something like July! :rofl: Well...maybe that's a LITTLE exaggeration...:rofl:

[LaurenG]

80. They lived in Tuscumbia

population 250. It's located about the center of the state. You are right about Colorado it can snow at any time. When we lived there we couldn't plant until June 1st. What a short growing season and when we lived in the mountains above Denver you could forget trying to grow tomatoes they hardly had time to ripen, that is if the deer didn't eat everything first. It makes Ohio seem warm. I tell you though the sun shines in Colorado most days and here, winter seems like it lasts 6 months. Ok Have a great day! !!:hug: :hug: to you and greekspeak!!:hug: :hug:

[Clintmax]

82. You have a great day too, Miss Ohio!

:hug::hug::loveya:
I'll tell Greekspeak you send your good wishes! :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

52. Happy countdown to vacation!

[Clintmax]

54. Good Morning, Miss Joan!

:hi::hug::loveya:
BEAUTIFUL picture, my dear! Is that where you are right now? Or where you've been in your travels this trip?

[In_The_Wind]

89. Thank you. That snapshot was from yesterday morning.

We had a helluva storm here last night. The picture clearly supports the old adage Red Sky At Morning ~ Sailors Take Warning!

I'm so serious about my sunrise shots that I'm just sipping my first cup of coffee.

I still have two more glorious mornings here.

BTW ~ Sorry for the delay. Posting is a bitch when the signal fades and my puter stops responding. x(

[Clintmax]

93. It's beautiful!

Thank you for sharing it with us! It's ok...you can't help the signal fading like that and computers suck sometimes like that too. :hug::loveya:

[Callalily]

59. Very nice photo

[In_The_Wind]

101. I love your smilie ~ Simply Fugue! Thank you.

[MissHoneychurch]

61. Good morning Joani

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

102. Good Morning MissHoneychurch!

My cyber world is in super_slow_speed. x(



:loveya::pals:

[MissHoneychurch]

103. I know my friend

no rush needed, I am here

:hug: :loveya:

[Callalily]

58. Morning Clint !

I think it's going to prove to be one of those marvelous days. Had a good nights sleep and just finished a great omelet (eggs, scallions, cheese, ham) and coffee is just about ready.

Looks like you've still got soul searching to do vacation wise. It warms my heart that you are close to your family, consider yourself one of the lucky ones.

It's supposed to be sunny here too and temp's going to hit a whopping 48!

[Clintmax]

65. Good Morning, Miss SimplyF!

:hi::hug:
I'm glad you had a good night and it's going to be a great day today for you! :bounce: I just need to find a hotel that's not going to break the bank and that will decide for me if I go.

[Callalily]

73. Oh I'm confident

that you'll find good accommodations, it's just in the cards.

[Clintmax]

77. I hope so...

I'll know in just a while. I'm going to make a couple calls when we are finished here and see what I can find. Since I grew up there, I know where the hotels are that Expedia and Hotels.com DIDN'T show.

[wildhorses]

83. g' morning Clintmax

how much vacation time are you taking?
:hi::hug:

[Clintmax]

86. Good Morning, Miss WildH!

:hi::hug:
I'm taking 11 days! :woohoo: I can't wait, let me tell ya! How are things with you?

[wildhorses]

94. it was a LONG nite in the ER but my weekend was decent

going to bed here shortly...have a good day and maybe I will get home in time to say Hi again tomorrow...

[Clintmax]

96. I hope you do!

I'm off to go have breakfast and get ready for work also! I'll talk to you tomorrow, my dear! :loveya:

[swimboy]

85. Happy Tuesday, Cllint!

I swam this morning! I hadn't done that in *cough* some time after work got crazy and then I got sick. I'm swimboy, dammit! I've got to get in the water once in a while!

If you don't figure out your vacation, you are going to have a very spontaneous one. Nothing wrong with that! :D

[Clintmax]

90. Hail, Swimboy!

:hi::hug:
I'm glad you got to go swimming today! I'm sure that makes you feel better! And yes...if I don't find a hotel and don't make up my mind...my vacation is going to be spontaneous as hells! I don't think I'd mind that too much! Do you have any big plans for today, Man?

[swimboy]

98. No big plans for today.

Tonight's the quiet evening before a big finish. Laundry is caught up and we got groceries in the house last night just before the biblical storm blew through so I'll just do some reading and writing. TJ has challenged me to put my political philosophy into words and that will require a little focus.

Wednesday is haircut and church choir and Thursday is dinner with Joani! I think it is too amazing that she is coming for a visit!!!

[MissHoneychurch]

100. Good morning swimboy

:hi:

[Clintmax]

95. Time to go have breakfast and get ready for work, my crew!

I'm hungry and I have to be to work soon! Hopefully, this day and the two after this will go by quickly! I'll see you in the morning again! :loveya::grouphug:

Take care of each other!

Clint

[newyawker99]

104. Good morning DU!

:donut: :hi:

[zanne]

105. I'm 54 today!

Glad to know that my birthday will be the anniversary of the Bugman's resignation announcement! 54 isn't so bad after all!