Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong:
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@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
had to go the whole trip with no cell phone.
Fucking hell, you had to talk to your wife to whole trip !!!
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
And all that time, I kept my lighter in my jeans pocket.
Under DOT rules (49 CFR 175.10), when traveling on a commercial airline, you can bring one (1) lighter that uses a flammable gas (butane) or that uses a flammable liquid that is absorbed in a lining (Zippo-type).
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
had to go the whole trip with no cell phone.
Fucking hell, you had to talk to your wife to whole trip !!!
At the time she was just my girlfriend, so it was more enjoyable back then.
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@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
At the time she was just my girlfriend, so
iteverything was more enjoyable back then.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
But if even ONE terrorist can get on a plane, we must have as
much securitymany snakes as possible, no matter the cost or efficiency.
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@flabdablet said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Polygeekery
Jim Jefferies -- Gun Control (Part 2) from BARE -- Netflix Special – [06:28..07:00] 07:52
— Jim Jefferies
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@Luhmann said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Lorne-Kates
Tobias Fairy: I was surprised that number 43 was just the sameInfinite recursion at its finest.
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@antiquarian said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
And all that time, I kept my lighter in my jeans pocket.
Under DOT rules (49 CFR 175.10), when traveling on a commercial airline, you can bring one (1) lighter that uses a flammable gas (butane) or that uses a flammable liquid that is absorbed in a lining (Zippo-type).
TIL
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@boomzilla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@flabdablet said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Polygeekery
Jim Jefferies -- Gun Control (Part 2) from BARE -- Netflix Special – [06:28..07:00] 07:52
— Jim JefferiesHis enthusiasm really will brighten your day.
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@Polygeekery I'll bet he knows what proper gun control is!
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@boomzilla I would have also awarded points for: "If there is a gun around, I want to be in control of it"
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
had to go the whole trip with no cell phone.
Fucking hell, you had to talk to your wife to whole trip !!!
No one in my family appreciates "no talking time" like I do.
My husband has learned to recognize (at least a small percentage of the time) my expression that means, "please stop talking." My kids, not so much.
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@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
My husband has learned to recognize (at least a small percentage of the time) my expression that means, "please stop talking." My kids, not so much.
When I get up in the morning, and my girlfriend starts talking to me, I just point to the coffee mug.
She knows what it means
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
My husband has learned to recognize (at least a small percentage of the time) my expression that means, "please stop talking." My kids, not so much.
When I get up in the morning, and my girlfriend starts talking to me, I just point to the coffee mug.
She knows what it means
Yes.
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@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
No one in my family appreciates "no talking time" like I do.
My husband has learned to recognize (at least a small percentage of the time) my expression that means, "please stop talking." My kids, not so much.My wife studied t-comm and journalism in college. She tends to put waaaaaay too much detail in stories for my tastes. Backstory, inner monologues, potential consequences, etc. But...she has a monopoly on vaginas in this marriage so I tend to just deal with it.
But on occasion, after a long day, I just can't. So my way to convey that the level of detail is higher than my attention span or patience is to just say, "Cliff's Notes, honey. Cliff's Notes."
She says it is rude. But it is less rude than, "For fuck's sake. Can I get a moment of peace and quiet? I just got home."
Marriage is all about compromise.
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
When I get up in the morning, and my girlfriend starts talking to me, I just point to the coffee mug.
She knows what it means"Get him coffee or he'll start talking about Linux again "
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@loopback0 said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
When I get up in the morning, and my girlfriend starts talking to me, I just point to the coffee mug.
She knows what it means"Get him coffee or he'll start talking about Linux again "
That's a big backfire in my house. She'll listen and ask questions despite knowing nothing about what I'm talking about.
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@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
She tends to put waaaaaay too much detail in stories for my tastes. Backstory, inner monologues, potential consequences, etc
The worst kind is when someone is telling you a story, and he/she stop because he/she can't remember a detail, like the name of one person in the story that you don't even know,.
"Is that detail really important to the story ?"
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@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
No one in my family appreciates "no talking time" like I do.
My husband has learned to recognize (at least a small percentage of the time) my expression that means, "please stop talking." My kids, not so much.My wife studied t-comm and journalism in college. She tends to put waaaaaay too much detail in stories for my tastes. Backstory, inner monologues, potential consequences, etc.
My husband too (save for the tcomm and journalism).
But...she has a monopoly on vaginas in this marriage so I tend to just deal with it.
Damn, I wish I could think of something funny to say here.
But on occasion, after a long day, I just can't. So my way to convey that the level of detail is higher than my attention span or patience is to just say, "Cliff's Notes, honey. Cliff's Notes."
I often say, "too much detail."
She says it is rude. But it is less rude than, "For fuck's sake. Can I get a moment of peace and quiet? I just got home."
I don't think it rude.
I think people who have never had anyone say that to them are initially hurt by it and take it personally.
Telling your spouse what you need is probably important to staying married.
Marriage is all about compromise.
Yes.
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
She tends to put waaaaaay too much detail in stories for my tastes. Backstory, inner monologues, potential consequences, etc
The worst kind is when someone is telling you a story, and he/she stop because he/she can't remember a detail, like the name of one person in the story that you don't even know,.
"Is that detail really important to the story ?"
I often answer a question before he even finishes the question in order to shorten the conversation. He almost always asks, "do you even know what I was going to ask?"
Usually, yes.
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@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Damn, I wish I could think of something funny to say here.
That's how Mrs @Polygeekery feels too.
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@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
So my way to convey that the level of detail is higher than my attention span or patience is to just say, "Cliff's Notes, honey. Cliff's Notes."
My ex-wife and I once took a communication seminar together in which a psychologist took the DISC personality profile, related that to communication styles, and attached cute, memorable "bear" names to them. "Grizzly" is the high-dominance personality who prefers (according to the seminar) to get to the point quickly with a concise summary and will ask for details when necessary. She would often tell me to give her the "grizzly" version of whatever I was trying to tell her. (As much as she wanted me to get to the point, she also tended to go into far too much irrelevant detail when telling me something.)
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@HardwareGeek said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
So my way to convey that the level of detail is higher than my attention span or patience is to just say, "Cliff's Notes, honey. Cliff's Notes."
My ex-wife and I once took a communication seminar together in which a psychologist took the DISC personality profile, related that to communication styles, and attached cute, memorable "bear" names to them. "Grizzly" is the high-dominance personality who prefers (according to the seminar) to get to the point quickly with a concise summary and will ask for details when necessary. She would often tell me to give her the "grizzly" version of whatever I was trying to tell her. (As much as she wanted me to get to the point, she also tended to go into far too much irrelevant detail when telling me something.)
My BA at work is orders of magnitude worse than my husband, lacks any real self awareness, and pretty much ignores obvious social cues.
One time someone put together a little exercise thing at lunchtime. I am pretty uncoordinated so I don't really like doing choreographed moves.
She started talking about all the dances she knows from the 60s and 70s. I repeatedly explicitly said I wasn't interested. She kept going, of course.
The next morning she comes over to my cube...like she might have work for me...with a list of all the dances she and her sister could come up with.
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@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
She started talking about all the dances she knows from the 60s and 70s. I repeatedly explicitly said I wasn't interested. She kept going, of course.
The next morning she comes over to my cube...like she might have work for me...with a list of all the dances she and her sister could come up with.There
isare those moments in life where you desperately wish it was socially acceptable to punch people in the face.edit: thanks @anotherusername
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
She started talking about all the dances she knows from the 60s and 70s. I repeatedly explicitly said I wasn't interested. She kept going, of course.
The next morning she comes over to my cube...like she might have work for me...with a list of all the dances she and her sister could come up with.There is those moments in life where you desperately wish it was socially acceptable to punch people in the face.
I one time asked my husband, "how do I get her to stop talking?"
Then, I thought, "I can't even get you to stop talking, and I like you more!"
I instinctively ducked because I would have wanted to hit me.
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
There is those moments
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
When I get up in the morning, and my girlfriend starts talking to me, I just point to the coffee mug.
She knows what it meansWhen I get up in the morning, and @TimeBandit's girlfriend starts talking to me, I just point to my co--
{record scratch, hook-cane drags Lorne off stage}
Filed under: She knows what it means
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@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
But on occasion, after a long day, I just can't. So my way to convey that the level of detail is higher than my attention span or patience is to just say, "Cliff's Notes, honey. Cliff's Notes."
My wife is a good detailed story teller too. For me, I'll sometimes say along the lines of "I want to hear this, but hold that thought. Brain tired, can't concentrate."
Then she usually make a judgement call: quick summary if there's anything important, wait till later, or it wasn't important and just drops it.
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@loopback0 said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Damn, I wish I could think of something funny to say here.
That's how Mrs @Polygeekery feels too.
Wait a second …
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@RaceProUK said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Looks like they're getting the kids involved too, based on the use of Cookie Monster:
Um.... screwdriver?
Wow...
Claiming a screwdriver is a weapon to be turned in, is far more scary than our crime. But then again, maybe they aren't so harsh on prison sentences.
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Wait.... so just labeling lighters as having no fuel speeds up security checks?
I wonder how that's possible.
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@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
I one time asked my husband, "how do I get her to stop talking?"
To which he responded, "I don't know. But I have an awesome repertoire of coping strategies."
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@xaade said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Wait.... so just labeling lighters as having no fuel speeds up security theater checks?
I wonder how that's possible.See above.
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@abarker said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@loopback0 said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Damn, I wish I could think of something funny to say here.
That's how Mrs @Polygeekery feels too.
Wait a second …
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@xaade said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
I one time asked my husband, "how do I get her to stop talking?"
To which he responded, "I don't know. But I have an awesome repertoire of coping strategies."
Yes, he provided a few strategies. Most would likely lead to my arrest.
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@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@xaade said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
I one time asked my husband, "how do I get her to stop talking?"
To which he responded, "I don't know. But I have an awesome repertoire of coping strategies."
Yes, he provided a few strategies. Most would likely lead to my arrest.
Apparently, Obama says killing cops is OK, so just kill the police who come to arrest you. Problem solved.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@xaade said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
I one time asked my husband, "how do I get her to stop talking?"
To which he responded, "I don't know. But I have an awesome repertoire of coping strategies."
Yes, he provided a few strategies. Most would likely lead to my arrest.
Apparently, Obama says killing cops is OK, so just kill the police who come to arrest you. Problem solved.
I'd still probably be fired or since I work for government...reassigned.
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Polygeekery said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
had to go the whole trip with no cell phone.
Fucking hell, you had to talk to your wife to whole trip !!!
worse, his
wifegirlfriend had to talk to him.
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@TimeBandit said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
There
isare those moments in life where you desperately wish it was socially acceptable to punch people in the face.edit: thanks @anotherusername
Oh good... now I don't have to punch you in the face.
(I don't think that edited-in mention actually notified me, though... )
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@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@abarker said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@loopback0 said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Damn, I wish I could think of something funny to say here.
That's how Mrs @Polygeekery feels too.
Wait a second …
Hmm... it appears some of our forum members know each other in ways I'm not aware of.
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@antiquarian said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@xaade said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Wait.... so just labeling lighters as having no fuel speeds up security theater checks?
I wonder how that's possible.See above.
Right, but, this is laughable though.
At that point, would writing "nothing to see here" on my luggage forego its check?
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@xaade said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@abarker said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@loopback0 said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
@Karla said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Damn, I wish I could think of something funny to say here.
That's how Mrs @Polygeekery feels too.
Wait a second …
Hmm... it appears some of our forum members know each other in ways I'm not aware of.
Nah, I just thought the implication was funny.
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@xaade said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
At that point, would writing "nothing to see here" on my luggage forego its check?
Not now, but you may want to try it in a couple of years.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Bringing a knife to a gun fight. :doingitwrong::
Apparently, Obama says killing cops is OK, so just kill the police who come to arrest you. Problem solved.
You know, for a guy who quit the Garage you sure seem to want to take a lot of topics there.