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1. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   See previous post about a long career as a system administrator. Whenever we had a situation like this, we would have to gather evidence to PROVE that the issue belonged to another team. “It’s not my server, it’s your server, and here’s the evidence which i’m sure you’ll agree with. let me know if I can help”. Often you had to understand someone elses job better than they did.

2. 4 days ago on Non Sequitur

   I was a unix system administrator most of my adult life (meaning, I managed hundreds of servers).

   The problem was usually carbon based (vs silicon based). We used to say “The problem is between the keyboard and the chair”.

3. 4 days ago on WuMo

   Hmmm we do some genetic engineering and give them an alternate use? Like the ability to shoot poisonous darts? laser beams?

4. about 1 month ago on That is Priceless

   “and now one of my only fans subscribers wants me to make a video mopping the floors…”

5. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   Decades ago we were checking out an in-home day care. Nice provider, nice home, but there was a hitch: She only accepted little girls. No exceptions. She said everything just ran smoother. She warned us: if you were planning on another child and got it “wrong”, there were no sibling exceptions. The girls were welcome, the boys were not. (not sure how she pulled this off with licensing and such)

6. 3 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   From elton john “Rocket Man”

   Bringin’ home a ham and provolone

   (Burning out his fuse up here alone)

7. 3 months ago on That is Priceless

   My Mom (born in the USA) moved to Italy for a few years and returned in the mid 1930’s. She distinctly remembers the ship listing to one side as everyone onboard wanted to get a look at the statue of liberty.

8. 4 months ago on That is Priceless

   Ok I’m an engineer, english is way down the list of things I’m good at. Here goes:

   The enemy ships would change their course, none were foolish enough to dare,

   The roar of consitutions’s canons will give them quite a scare

   made of hearty american oak,

   you’ll sink to the bottom once you see all that canon smoke.

   With 50,000 acres of trees, we could easily build a spare.

9. 4 months ago on That is Priceless

   My apologies for not making this rhyme.

   the US Navy employs a forestry manager who maintains a 50,000 acre hardwood (mostly white oak) forest in Indiana. This is just in case they need to repair the still commissioned, 200+ year old war ship, the USS Constitution.

10. 5 months ago on Jeff Stahler

    “A person Is smart. people are dumb panicky dangerous animals”

    Agent Kay from Men in Black (the original).