The Random Thoughts Thread

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:29 am

So, this happened yesterday. My wife had to work yesterday. She is a sales manager for Dillard's and she was in the store at Desert Sky Pavilion. I had finished up my honey do list and decided to go see Hobbs and Shaw (which I still say Calvin and Hobbs a lot but that's another story). About half way through the movie my phone rings. I decide I wasn't going to be 'that' guy and ignore it. Shortly after I received a series of texts and ignore those as well. After the movie I look at my phone and see these:

Text 1 1:15 PM) "Hey I'm OK. Possible active shooter situation."

Text 2 1:27 PM) "Hi I'm OK. Possible active shooter at mall. We are in lock down."

Text 3 1:39 PM) "It was an armed robbery at jewelry store. Shoots fired no one hurt. Phx PD onsite. Mall evacuated. Waiting to clear."

Text 4 2:20 PM) "We are open again. Some on yelled gun and hysteria followed. No gun even involved. A smashed jewelry caseline only at that jewelry store. Luv you."

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:34 am

azgreg wrote:So, this happened yesterday. My wife had to work yesterday. She is a sales manager for Dillard's and she was in the store at Desert Sky Pavilion. I had finished up my honey do list and decided to go see Hobbs and Shaw (which I still say Calvin and Hobbs a lot but that's another story). About half way through the movie my phone rings. I decide I wasn't going to be 'that' guy and ignore it. Shortly after I received a series of texts and ignore those as well. After the movie I look at my phone and see these:

Text 1 1:15 PM) "Hey I'm OK. Possible active shooter situation."

Text 2 1:27 PM) "Hi I'm OK. Possible active shooter at mall. We are in lock down."

Text 3 1:39 PM) "It was an armed robbery at jewelry store. Shoots fired no one hurt. Phx PD onsite. Mall evacuated. Waiting to clear."

Text 4 2:20 PM) "We are open again. Some on yelled gun and hysteria followed. No gun even involved. A smashed jewelry caseline only at that jewelry store. Luv you."

This is why I don't even open mail anymore. Things take care of themselves.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:24 am

azgreg wrote:So, this happened yesterday. My wife had to work yesterday. She is a sales manager for Dillard's and she was in the store at Desert Sky Pavilion. I had finished up my honey do list and decided to go see Hobbs and Shaw (which I still say Calvin and Hobbs a lot but that's another story). About half way through the movie my phone rings. I decide I wasn't going to be 'that' guy and ignore it. Shortly after I received a series of texts and ignore those as well. After the movie I look at my phone and see these:

Text 1 1:15 PM) "Hey I'm OK. Possible active shooter situation."

Text 2 1:27 PM) "Hi I'm OK. Possible active shooter at mall. We are in lock down."

Text 3 1:39 PM) "It was an armed robbery at jewelry store. Shoots fired no one hurt. Phx PD onsite. Mall evacuated. Waiting to clear."

Text 4 2:20 PM) "We are open again. Some on yelled gun and hysteria followed. No gun even involved. A smashed jewelry caseline only at that jewelry store. Luv you."

Fucking awful. Your poor wife.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:33 am

azgreg wrote:So, this happened yesterday. My wife had to work yesterday. She is a sales manager for Dillard's and she was in the store at Desert Sky Pavilion. I had finished up my honey do list and decided to go see Hobbs and Shaw (which I still say Calvin and Hobbs a lot but that's another story). About half way through the movie my phone rings. I decide I wasn't going to be 'that' guy and ignore it. Shortly after I received a series of texts and ignore those as well. After the movie I look at my phone and see these:

Text 1 1:15 PM) "Hey I'm OK. Possible active shooter situation."

Text 2 1:27 PM) "Hi I'm OK. Possible active shooter at mall. We are in lock down."

Text 3 1:39 PM) "It was an armed robbery at jewelry store. Shoots fired no one hurt. Phx PD onsite. Mall evacuated. Waiting to clear."

Text 4 2:20 PM) "We are open again. Some on yelled gun and hysteria followed. No gun even involved. A smashed jewelry caseline only at that jewelry store. Luv you."

A sad testament to present-day life in America, but also a resolution to go in the good news thread. Glad she's OK.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:43 am

I thought Arizona was a free state and all the good guys with guns would take care of the perp?

Looks like they caught one of the guys.

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/man-a ... t-sky-mall" target="_blank

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:02 pm

Chicat wrote:
azgreg wrote:So, this happened yesterday. My wife had to work yesterday. She is a sales manager for Dillard's and she was in the store at Desert Sky Pavilion. I had finished up my honey do list and decided to go see Hobbs and Shaw (which I still say Calvin and Hobbs a lot but that's another story). About half way through the movie my phone rings. I decide I wasn't going to be 'that' guy and ignore it. Shortly after I received a series of texts and ignore those as well. After the movie I look at my phone and see these:

Text 1 1:15 PM) "Hey I'm OK. Possible active shooter situation."

Text 2 1:27 PM) "Hi I'm OK. Possible active shooter at mall. We are in lock down."

Text 3 1:39 PM) "It was an armed robbery at jewelry store. Shoots fired no one hurt. Phx PD onsite. Mall evacuated. Waiting to clear."

Text 4 2:20 PM) "We are open again. Some on yelled gun and hysteria followed. No gun even involved. A smashed jewelry caseline only at that jewelry store. Luv you."
Fucking awful. Your poor wife.

So, you're not going to ask me about the movie?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:16 pm

What’s the best way to wash a car?

Two bucket traditional?
Rinseless?
Waterless?

Help?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:30 pm

Nothin makes me pucker like the CMO of the organization just dropping by my office with friendly update.

Of course as I was about to send a post on this site on another thread.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:40 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:What’s the best way to wash a car?

Two bucket traditional?
Rinseless?
Waterless?

Help?

At a car wash.

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:43 pm

Chicat wrote:
CalStateTempe wrote:What’s the best way to wash a car?

Two bucket traditional?
Rinseless?
Waterless?

Help?
At a car wash.

especially if you own a fancy new BMW like CST

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:07 pm

Thanks guys, I’ll save quick quack for the Jetta sportwagon dad mobile.

Did a test run on waterless wash the other day on the Jetta...need to work on technique. And damn is the rabbit hole of auto detailing you tube’s dark and deep.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:53 pm

Anybody else excited to see somebody else’s name as the latest post in a forum after your name has been on the board index for awhile? Not because you really want to see a response or another interesting post . . .but you’re just happy to see that whatever ill-thought post you’ve made is no longer sitting there exposed like a well-placed dog shit in the middle of the living room. Like somebody at least had the good graces to drag the rug over and cover the steaming turd.

Or is that just me?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:36 pm

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Anybody else excited to see somebody else’s name as the latest post in a forum after your name has been on the board index for awhile? Not because you really want to see a response or another interesting post . . .but you’re just happy to see that whatever ill-thought post you’ve made is no longer sitting there exposed like a well-placed dog shit in the middle of the living room. Like somebody at least had the good graces to drag the rug over and cover the steaming turd.

Or is that just me?

Just you? Or are you talking about me?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:09 pm

Pffft. Whaddaya expect when you mix boredom, dipshittery and testicles?

Senior DOJ official resigns after viewing porn on work computer

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/29/politics ... index.html" target="_blank

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:42 pm

I have a work laptop that I take everywhere. I also have a phone. And a laptop and smart TV at home. How in the hell do you manage to watch porn on your work computer?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:40 pm

In my humble opinion there will be no definitive resolution to any question thrown up by this event until azgreg weighs in.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 5:31 pm

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:04 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:

Hah, good stuff

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:46 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:26 pm

So, there's been this empty lot near my house at the corner of Cactus and 43rd ave. It's been empty for as long as I've lived here (23+ years). Recently they started building these two story houses. I noticed that they were building them right next to each other and they were taking up what must be 90% of the lot. Not long ago a sign went up saying "Rent your new home." They're building these to rent. Seems a bit weird to me. I guess they are trying to appeal to the people who want something bigger than a typical apartment but for some reason they can't or don't want to own.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:31 pm

Looks like the rent is from $1,675 -to $1,750 and they are between 1298-1378 sq ft.

https://www.encantocactuspark.com/" target="_blank

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:37 pm

Selling them to Chinese investors to sit empty and used so they can store their wealth outside of markets. Most likely.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:54 pm

Those are revivals of early 20th century two-story four-square houses, like you see in Chicago. Or in the suburbs, where they'd have lots. That probably means the development has no local foothold, and that they're being placed all around the country. A kind of trans-urban tract housing. There's something disturbing about it.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:02 pm

azgreg wrote:Looks like the rent is from $1,675 -to $1,750 and they are between 1298-1378 sq ft.

https://www.encantocactuspark.com/" target="_blank

Cheaper to buy I imagine than rent.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:06 pm

Townhouses trying to fake you out to make it look like a house.

Not that there's anything wrong with being a townhouse. But if you're a townhouse, be a townhouse. Don't try to be a house.

And that might well be what makes it look weird. Trying to be a house.

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:27 pm

Longhorned wrote:Those are revivals of early 20th century two-story four-square houses, like you see in Chicago. Or in the suburbs, where they'd have lots. That probably means the development has no local foothold, and that they're being placed all around the country. A kind of trans-urban tract housing. There's something disturbing about it.

Isn't is easier to just say those are really fucking ugly?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:36 pm

legallykenny wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Those are revivals of early 20th century two-story four-square houses, like you see in Chicago. Or in the suburbs, where they'd have lots. That probably means the development has no local foothold, and that they're being placed all around the country. A kind of trans-urban tract housing. There's something disturbing about it.
Isn't is easier to just say those are really fucking ugly?

Sure, but where do you stand on Dingbat apartment buildings? I love Dingbat, and have yet to meet anyone else who does.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:22 am

If all the Instagram Influencers were to die immediately would anyone with a pulse that reaches their brain even notice?

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:38 am

Longhorned wrote:
legallykenny wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Those are revivals of early 20th century two-story four-square houses, like you see in Chicago. Or in the suburbs, where they'd have lots. That probably means the development has no local foothold, and that they're being placed all around the country. A kind of trans-urban tract housing. There's something disturbing about it.
Isn't is easier to just say those are really fucking ugly?
Sure, but where do you stand on Dingbat apartment buildings? I love Dingbat, and have yet to meet anyone else who does.

Their continued existence in West LA, Santa Monica, Brentwood, etc. are the ultimate proof that the LA housing market is irreconcilably distorted by government policy.
My building is the absolute low point of late 90's "contemporary" architecture and badly needs to be repainted but at least it won't fall down in an earthquake.

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:03 am

ASUHATER! wrote:Selling them to Chinese investors to sit empty and used so they can store their wealth outside of markets. Most likely.

Yes.

And they have not been "designed" by anyone who has ever lived in Tucson.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:03 am

Somebody yesterday gave me those eyes and that hand on my arm as he lowered his voice in reference to the fact that my wife makes more money than I do.

Is this supposed to be a sore spot for me? A source of shame? Have I abandoned my responsibilities?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:37 am

Longhorned wrote:Somebody yesterday gave me those eyes and that hand on my arm as he lowered his voice in reference to the fact that my wife makes more money than I do.

Is this supposed to be a sore spot for me? A source of shame? Have I abandoned my responsibilities?

I would love it. My wife made about 1/10 of what I make. When she had some health issues, we just had her quit. What's the point when she's being taxed at my rate and effectively taking home almost nothing?

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:56 am

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:57 am

Longhorned wrote:Somebody yesterday gave me those eyes and that hand on my arm as he lowered his voice in reference to the fact that my wife makes more money than I do.

Is this supposed to be a sore spot for me? A source of shame? Have I abandoned my responsibilities?

This, I never get this. My wife and I make almost the same thing, her slightly more. She could make 3 times what I do and I would only be happy with that. I can't understand why that should be something to be worried about as a man.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:47 am

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:01 am

That feels like a scene from a Peter Sellers movie.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:21 am

One of the biggest repeated mistakes in world history overlooking cookies. It's what people at get-togethers actually want to eat. Nobody wants to show up at a potluck, and see how the dessert people brought cake or pie or brownies, which wilt in the heat of Tucson while everyone awkwardly tries to cut and and serve them with the wrong implements, and pretend how those flies on the frosting or fruit filling or melty chocolate don't matter.

Don't bring desserts just because you like them at home. Don't even bake anything yourself. Just stop at a damn bakery pick up some cookies.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:45 pm

The fuck is this?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:59 pm

Lotta male models that apparently aren't healthy enough to stand for more than 5 minutes

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:09 pm

Does this chair make my ass look big?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 9:45 pm

I don’t know what rapist came up with the statute of limitations but just because seven years goes by doesn’t mean a crime just up and fucking disappears.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:45 am

UAEebs86 wrote:The fuck is this?

If they can give that a toilet function, they'll be onto something.

Best place on campus to take a dump? Wherever you are and whatever you're doing right now!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:49 am

They are short little shits too. My knees would be in my face using that.

I don't understand that mirrored cabinet (or fridge) that guy went to. Who would really want a huge mirror like that in your cube?

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:09 am

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:53 pm

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:21 pm

That's because graphic designers in the 70s were just horrible at their jobs.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:37 pm

Saul Bass turned over in his grave just long enough to tell you to piss off.

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Sun Sep 22, 2019 11:01 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:Lotta male models that apparently aren't healthy enough to stand for more than 5 minutes

I am curious to see how he sits down on that bus.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:31 pm

Cracking 1: first Tassie pinot in Melbourne CBD hotel, with some fresh takeout dumplings to wash the taste of Trump-back-home outta my mouth. Press on, knuckleheads, you have my proxy to take the fight to the DoucheBag. Debauchery calls.

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