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[evile]

Jan. 12, 2005

 

 

evile: hi!
SkyeDS: howdo :)
evile: hangin in there. How is everything with you?
SkyeDS: well nuff considerin
SkyeDS: made some headway with the truck yesterday anyway
evile: that's good to hear.
SkyeDS: got tired of them fucking Sineater over so I called and went over
some heads, and they decided after seeing me play nice and seeing me
play dirty that nice was better.
SkyeDS: took playing dirty to actually get anywhere but once we made
progress I was very nice again and everyone was happy all around. So
why that's not what happened in the first place is beyond me.
evile: glad it got worked out.
SkyeDS: I do not understand not one whit my mother's method of just
let people do whatever they want to you, as long as you don't rock
the boat.
evile: happy mediums are good.
SkyeDS: medical misdiagnosis, dont' rock the boat. mechanics
screwing you over your primary work vehicle (necessary to haul horses
in medical emergencies), don't rock the boat. Employer trying to
screw you over, don't rock the boat.
evile: then again, if you go into every transaction with the blood-
madness upon you, people learn to ignore you and just do whatever
they were planning on doing in the first place. Time & place,
appropriate escalation with the correct person, are all pretty key.
SkyeDS: of course
SkyeDS: my intention is to treat people as friends until they prove
otherwise, in general
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: what she doesn't approve of is my going over Customer No
Service's head when I know I'm being done wrong.
evile: Oh well.
evile: her life is hers to do with what she will, and so is yours.
SkyeDS: my due lire is, Sineater plays nice. I know, I watch him.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: do him wrong and you will answer to me, and you won't like it
SkyeDS: we've bought two vehicles from these people, each one more
expensive than the last.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: by about twice. As will the next investment be.
evile: wow
SkyeDS: but methinks I might take my money elsewhere.
evile: Yeah...
SkyeDS: well, first we bought Sineater's Red Ranger (that we sold to his
Uncle Chris), then the Dodge (2x as much as the Ranger).
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: and a full ton truck appropriately equipped will be about 2x
the Ram.
evile: yeeps!
SkyeDS: used.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: brb
evile: ok
SkyeDS: [Auto Response] I am currently away from the computer.
SkyeDS: took Hugh to lunch
SkyeDS: he's always such a cheapskate
evile: oh well..
SkyeDS: next time I will choose ahead of time where to go and get
reservations if I have to.
evile: thought that counts.
SkyeDS: I wouldn't offer to take him out if I couldn't afford to do
nice
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I will get something from Amazon since I have the $ I didn't
spend today
SkyeDS: birthday was in August, Boss Day was in October, and his wife
got more out of his Xmas present than he did
SkyeDS: and my year anniversary is tomorrow
SkyeDS: so I will get him a gift cert from Amazon as a combined
birthday/boss day/xmas present
evile: that's a nice idea :)
SkyeDS: I can't remember the last time I worked somewhere for an
entire year. Milestone. (sad but true)
evile: that's cool. It's nice that you seem to have found a niche :)
SkyeDS: I haven't even looked at anything else in the past year. I
have too much freedom now to give it up.
evile: *nod*
evile: yeah, I ponder the whole money/time thing from time to time.
One can always earn more money, but once time is gone, it's gone.
SkyeDS: that's why I decided to go to an event in t he Valley
SkyeDS: our usual travel limit is 200 miles one way
SkyeDS: and that was 370
SkyeDS: but I haven't seen Cali and Sandy in a decade now
SkyeDS: and time is fleeting
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: I'm going to look into that 90 acre city park and see if they
normally allow camping or whatever, no reason I couldn't then go
anytime before it gets hot again
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: lol booty call contract lol love it
evile: would have saved so much hassles back in my single days.
evile: then again, boys *are* stupid. The ones I just wanted for FB,
wanted to be "capital L" Lovers, and the ones I wanted forever with
just wanted to be FB's.
SkyeDS: and a lot of women can't manage FB for a long time
SkyeDS: end up in love
evile: *nod*
evile: I had to explain that to Patrick more than once.
evile: he would do things like buy jewelry for his fuckbuddies and
they'd get the wrong idea and he'd get all confused. ridiculous.
SkyeDS: lol
SkyeDS: I am proud of sonar0m
SkyeDS: he hasa job now, 6 hours a week, 10.25 an hour
evile: cool.
SkyeDS: that ought to shut his parentals up
evile: hope so.
SkyeDS: of his own free will, he only wants a small cash allowance
and to put the rest in savings
evile: good plan.
SkyeDS: my acct because it wouldn't stay in his.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: it also speaks well of him t hat he wants to give what little
he makes to our Family financial troubles
evile: *nod*
evile: WELL! Guess who answered a coworker's question without even
the slightest bit of 'tone'? Would it be Little Miss "I'm not
answering questions, talk to our boss?" Hm. Imagine that. *growl*

SkyeDS: :(
evile: ex lax brownies are too good for her! She needs a seat full of
thumbtacks for that shit.
evile: I'm going to make a dry run tonight & make sure I know where
I'm supposed to get Sineater from tomorrow.
SkyeDS: good idea
SkyeDS: truck out tonight
SkyeDS: they want me to haul this weekend
SkyeDS: so I'll take the horses to waco for Jubilee's birthday
evile: who's a 'they'?
SkyeDS: the shop
SkyeDS: only way to know if it's fixed is to pull (since that's
wherein the problem lie)
evile: *nod* I hope it's an uneventful trip, in that case ;)
SkyeDS: also dog/housesitting in South Austin for Hugh this weekend
SkyeDS: lots of driving (sigh)
evile: sounds like!
SkyeDS: I told Sineater he didn't have to go to Waco, he could housesit
and enjoy the lap of luxury but he wants to go
evile: I rather think he ought to wait and decide until after he's
had his hand cut on...
evile: but that would make too much sense. what am I thinking?
SkyeDS: lol too easy. men don't like easy.
SkyeDS: mine dont' anyway
evile: well, if you were in a mood to be sweet, you wouldn't hold him
to his determination to go, if he ends up feeling as bad as I suspect
he will after surgery.
SkyeDS: why would I do that
evile: be sweet? no idea :P
SkyeDS: no
SkyeDS: hold him to his determination to go
evile: hopefull he'll feel up to it.
evile: I wouldn't expect much out of him fro the next while, if it
was me.
SkyeDS: if he doesn't feel good I'm going to strongly suggest that he
enjoy Hugh's home and keep Hugh's dogs and cat good company
evile: *nod* put it right and he might feel good about it--save you
the trip, take care of the house, etc etc.
SkyeDS: we're getting paid for it
SkyeDS: so it would be a good thing
evile: nice
SkyeDS: on days where there's nothing wrong with him he never wants
to do anything
evile: I'm a lazyass too, so I can't go pointing at pots/kettles.
SkyeDS: I just find it amusing that he wants to go right after surgery
SkyeDS: maybe that's like me putting more effort into cooking when we
camp then at home
evile: could be some bizare macho thing that us XX types just don't
get.
evile: anyhoo, time for me to scoot. see y'all tomorrow.