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[quote=over the mountain;1073725]finally got an eye exam but the doctor felt that it was socially acceptable for him to press his boys up against my knee while he was doing an exam.

wtf.

there had to be some way of him achieving his goal of conducting the exam that did not require his boys to be pressed forcefully up against my effing knee cap.[/quote]

OK this post made me laugh hysterically. That is unfortunate but it's also hilarious as F with the way you described it.

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[quote=over the mountain;1073725]finally got an eye exam but the doctor felt that it was socially acceptable for him to press his boys up against my knee while he was doing an exam.

wtf.

there had to be some way of him achieving his goal of conducting the exam that did not require his boys to be pressed forcefully up against my effing knee cap.[/quote]

Got take the good with the bad.

I have had plenty of tits forced into me by hair stylist and dental hygienist.

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yeah, I also thought about all the times as a kid the dental hygienist would smoother me with her breasts. there is a good side to having braces as a young boy.

i am not making this up - the eye doctor gave him his business card with his cell phone scribbled on it "in case I have an emergency and need to reach him at his home". i am not an attractive dude so i was flattered and uncomfortable at the same time.

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[quote=over the mountain;1073736]yeah, I also thought about all the times as a kid the dental hygienist would smoother me with her breasts. there is a good side to having braces as a young boy.

i am not making this up - the eye doctor gave him his business card with his cell phone scribbled on it "in case I have an emergency and need to reach him at his home". i am not an attractive dude so i was flattered and uncomfortable at the same time.[/quote]

For some reason this reminds me of the time my sister was hit on by a NASCAR driver, asked her for her number and she gave him her gay
Friends number. Driver and this dude traded texts into the night until a pic was sent

[QUOTE=over the mountain;1073736]yeah, I also thought about all the times as a kid the dental hygienist would smoother me with her breasts. there is a good side to having braces as a young boy.



i am not making this up - the eye doctor gave him his business card with his cell phone scribbled on it "in case I have an emergency and need to reach him at his home". i am not an attractive dude so i was flattered and uncomfortable at the same time.[/QUOTE]


Nothing this funny should be posted on the bad news theread. I think this deserves a "somewhere between good n bad news thread". Im imagining with his junk pressed up against you the torn thought between leaving your leg still and moving it so slightly away. If u leave it he might think u enjoy it, but if u move it are u being rude in a strange assuming way? Glad this was your situation n not mine.

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ohh i def moved my knee as far back as i could.

[IMG]http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/attachments/63-gm-diesel-engines/20-6-2l-diesel-engine/201954d1395705403-fitting-med-duty-tach-george.jpg[/IMG]

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Smart attorneys who purposely do stupid things that make more work for me REALLY piss me off.

[QUOTE=over the mountain;1073816]ohh i def moved my knee as far back as i could.



[IMG]http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/attachments/63-gm-diesel-engines/20-6-2l-diesel-engine/201954d1395705403-fitting-med-duty-tach-george.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]


Just saw this. Lmao.

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dropped about $160 last night for date night.

$120 for a mediterranian dinner that had absolutely zero flavor. (rennatos)

I cleaned my plate bc thats what good fat boys do but my lady couldnt eat her entree.

$40 for wings and roasted brussel sprouts at the bar next door to the restaurant.



I absolutely HATE dropping good money on a disappointing dinner. We were supposed to go this soul food take out on U street but with the T storms decided to stay close in the potomac village.

Now i have to go by the soul food place after work anyways and spend even more money trying to rehab last night's debacle.

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[quote=over the mountain;1074430]dropped about $160 last night for date night.

$120 for a mediterranian dinner that had absolutely zero flavor. (rennatos)

I cleaned my plate bc thats what good fat boys do but my lady couldnt eat her entree.

$40 for wings and roasted brussel sprouts at the bar next door to the restaurant.



I absolutely HATE dropping good money on a disappointing dinner. We were supposed to go this soul food take out on U street but with the T storms decided to stay close in the potomac village.

Now i have to go by the soul food place after work anyways and spend even more money trying to rehab last night's debacle.[/quote]

There's a bar next to Renatos?

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its called "the tavern". i guess it opened up a few years ago. it has good food and beer.

renatos has gone down hill imo. i guess they are catering to the older crowd who complain of flavor.

i got the chicken parm and the chicken wasnt even breaded. just a naked piece of chicken with moz and sauce. zero seasoning. my parents love it.

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The Bad News: This new colleague seems to have a bit of a flatulence problem

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[quote=SmootSmack;1075296]The Bad News: This new colleague seems to have a bit of a flatulence problem[/quote]

Shit that stinks SS

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[quote=SmootSmack;1075296]The Bad News: This new colleague seems to have a bit of a flatulence problem[/quote]

my first job after college was an associate accounting position with a nice firm in bethesda.

i was not a coffee drinker but started when i began working there.

for the first week or so it felt like every time a boss came into my cubicle to introduce him or herself, i had just let go one of the stinkiest farts i have birthed.

so maybe your new colleague is nervous, changed up their bodily fluid schedule or just started drinking coffee ...

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;1075296]The Bad News: This new colleague seems to have a bit of a flatulence problem[/QUOTE]


That is quite the quandary. I suppose you have to weigh the amount of work he/she is absorbing vs the amount of stench you are absorbing. Good luck.

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[quote=SmootSmack;1075296]The Bad News: This new colleague seems to have a bit of a flatulence problem[/quote]

Oh no, this is a great thing! Think of all the possibilities. He (or she) could fart out the National Anthem before each and every workday. Does this colleague try to cough each time a fart sneaks out as to hide the noise? Like Peter Griffin from Family Guy?

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB4Ji20eqRI[/URL]

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SS, if you need a small spray you can use discretely I'd recomend this stuff called Blunt Effects. You can find it usually at any convinence store. It will kill the smell if your having that problem.

I used to sit near an underwriter who would grip and rip all day. Really pissed me the hell off, just get up and fart in the breakroom or bathroom like everyone else.

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Double root canal. Oh joy.

Let's see -

Car engine going up, tenant issues, contractor out of town, covering another attorney's caseload and now this.

Yup. These last few weeks have pretty much defined the phrase "craptacular." Hoping it turns around soon but not counting on it.

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[QUOTE=JoeRedskin;1075605]Double root canal. Oh joy.



Let's see -



Car engine going up, tenant issues, contractor out of town, covering another attorney's caseload and now this.



Yup. These last few weeks have pretty much defined the phrase "craptacular." Hoping it turns around soon but not counting on it.[/QUOTE]


If it makes your root canal feel better here is a picture of my wifes hand yesterday,....
Yes that is a thick ass sewing needle going through her nail and almost coming out the other side
[IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/16/etume5as.jpg[/IMG]

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^^ Ouch! That is just painful to look at.

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[QUOTE=JoeRedskin;1075619]^^ Ouch! That is just painful to look at.[/QUOTE]


Isnt it though. A splinter under the nail is awful. That is strait up torture. Lol. Six shots in the finger to numb it too.

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[quote=punch it in;1075610]If it makes your root canal feel better here is a picture of my wifes hand yesterday,....
Yes that is a thick ass sewing needle going through her nail and almost coming out the other side
[IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/16/etume5as.jpg[/IMG][/quote]


How the hell do you do that?

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Put your finger under a sewing machine's needle would be my guess.

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[QUOTE=JoeRedskin;1075642]Put your finger under a sewing machine's needle would be my guess.[/QUOTE]


Bingo. Lol.
Was teaching a class, when a kid asked a question. Took her eyes off the prize for one second.

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To be honest, that was my wife's guess. She took one look at it and went "How do you get a sewing machine needle through your finger?"

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I wasnt here when it happened, and my wife is an art teacher and extremely crafty. She was not only teaching them how to use the machine, but how to use it safely. Lol. It was a hand feeding machine and she looked away. The worst part was it took six needles to numb her finger and than they pulled it out so easily. There was no need for the shots.

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[quote=punch it in;1075663]I wasnt here when it happened, and my wife is an art teacher and extremely crafty. [B]She was not only teaching them how to use the machine, but how to use it safely[/B]. Lol. It was a hand feeding machine and she looked away. The worst part was it took six needles to numb her finger and than they pulled it out so easily. There was no need for the shots.[/quote]

Can she in good conscience fail any of them now?!

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[quote=punch it in;1075610]If it makes your root canal feel better here is a picture of my wifes hand yesterday,....
Yes that is a thick ass sewing needle going through her nail and almost coming out the other side
[IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/16/etume5as.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

Man that looks painful! I had a huge splinter in my finger a few weeks ago and couldn’t get it out so after a few days and it swelling up I sucked up my pride and went to the Dr.
That feels like nothing now after seeing this. Props to your wife by the look of that pic she must be one tough cookie. :food-smil

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Luckily for her its private summer classes because No she would not be able to!

Tougher than me. Lol

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Malaysian Airlines and the families of their passengers just keep getting bad news, sad

[url=http://mashable.com/2014/07/17/malaysia-airlines-ukraine/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfdWVodDk5ZTZlM2toYXhqdCJ9]Malaysia Airlines Plane Crashes in Ukraine With 295 on Board[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;1075713]Malaysian Airlines and the families of their passengers just keep getting bad news, sad

[url=http://mashable.com/2014/07/17/malaysia-airlines-ukraine/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfdWVodDk5ZTZlM2toYXhqdCJ9]Malaysia Airlines Plane Crashes in Ukraine With 295 on Board[/url][/quote]

The headline is a bit misleading since according to the article it was shot down by ground to air missiles. That's not the same as a crash in my mind, though just as tragic for the families of those on board. Think it's time to change flight plans away from the Russian Ukraine border for a while.

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Just saw this. Not what I want to see before I fly to Ireland, but the fact that it was a missile attack is better than it being a crash.
Probably more tragic for the families that it was shot down. Unreal.

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Keep those in thoughts and prayers in the Malaysian plane crash. Really sad! :(

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the falcon that lives in the tree lined median in the middle of I 95 btw 198 and 32 has passed away. i saw him on the side of the road talons up going from balt to 495 this afternoon.

if you travel this stretch a lot, you have probably seen him.

maryland has some amazing birds.

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Rip falcon

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I thought we had it bad with internet in America. Turns out Turkey is much worse.
[IMG]http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1674040!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg[/IMG]
[url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-turkish-internet-law-to-deepen-censorship-and-increase-surveillance-hrw.aspx?pageID=238&nID=71766&NewsCatID=339]New Turkish Internet law to deepen censorship and increase surveillance: HRW - RIGHTS[/url]

[url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/02/turkish-protesters-control-istanbul-square]Social media and opposition to blame for protests, says Turkish PM | World news | The Guardian[/url]
[QUOTE]"We think that the main opposition party, which is making resistance calls on every street, is provoking these protests," Erdogan said on Turkish television, as an estimated 10,000 demonstrators streamed into the area waving flags and calling on the government to resign.

"There is now a menace which is called Twitter," Erdogan said. "The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society."[/QUOTE]

Guy makes Putin practically look like the Dalai Lama (who lives in Atlanta btw).

The biggest surprise of this is I did a report back in college on the overall business and marketing climate in Turkey where I actually got a chance to speak about the country with actual Turks. What I learned at the time was that it was unfair to compare Turkey to the rest of the Middle East in terms of rights. However it seems like the leaders are dragging the country further and further away from the EU and more towards the rest of the Middle East.

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[QUOTE=Dirtbag59;1083317]I thought we had it bad with internet in America. Turns out Turkey is much worse.

[IMG]http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1674040!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg[/IMG]

[url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-turkish-internet-law-to-deepen-censorship-and-increase-surveillance-hrw.aspx?pageID=238&nID=71766&NewsCatID=339]New Turkish Internet law to deepen censorship and increase surveillance: HRW - RIGHTS[/url]



[url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/02/turkish-protesters-control-istanbul-square]Social media and opposition to blame for protests, says Turkish PM | World news | The Guardian[/url]





Guy makes Putin practically look like the Dalai Lama (who lives in Atlanta btw).



The biggest surprise of this is I did a report back in college on the overall business and marketing climate in Turkey where I actually got a chance to speak about the country with actual Turks. What I learned at the time was that it was unfair to compare Turkey to the rest of the Middle East in terms of rights. However it seems like the leaders are dragging the country further and further away from the EU and more towards the rest of the Middle East.[/QUOTE]


Unreal. This is fantastic bad news .... Wait - nevermind.
I once had dinner with the hare krishnas in Atlanta.
Edit: that is seriously scary shit. This world is effed up.

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bad news for me - my 15 year old car now involuntarily honks its horn on sharp turns (the middle cover of my steering wheel is loose). its nice, 7:43 am, trying to navigate through city traffic and out of nowhere - hooooonk-honk-hoonk-hoooonk ... everyone looks around and i just put both hands up so they know im not intentionally honking my horn.

life is precious.

bad news for PA law enforcement - i find this situation to be terrifying and a real life rambo I. brings back all the DC sniper memories but this time it takes place in the thick deep woods with a marksman survivalist.

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The part about your car. I can see it and hear it. Hysterical. But i can imagine the pain. Almost too funny for the bad news thread. Good stuff. Lol

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[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/10/the-surprisingly-simple-reason-millions-of-bees-are-dying/]A reason millions of bees are dying - The Washington Post[/url]

I had heard of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder"]Colony Collapse Disorder[/URL] before but right now its freaking me out because I'm not sure if I'm witnessing it first hand. The other day outside a super market there was a swarm of bees next to my car. Pretty much all of them seemed like they were dying as there were at least 20 dead bees in the middle of the swarm.

Then today when I get back to my place there's what appears to be a dead queen right next to where I park my car (seriously maybe its my car). And I'm pretty sure its a queen because it looked a lot like the queen in [URL="http://kidsandvegetables.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/castes1.jpg?w=487"]this picture[/URL].

For those who might think this is a good thing keep in mind bees play a vital part in the eco-system:
[quote]Globally there are more honey bees than other types of bee and pollinating insects, so it is the world's most important pollinator of food crops. [B]It is estimated that one third of the food that we consume each day relies on pollination mainly by bees[/B], but also by other insects, birds and bats[/quote]

Basically there are farmers in Asia that are having to pollinate plants manually. A process which is extremely time consuming and ineffective especially compared to the rate bees are able to complete the same task. Of course when you're out of options, well beggars can't be choosers.

Regardless its still way to warm down here for the Bee's to start dying off. Personally I'm not the biggest environmentalist but this issue definitely has my attention.

In other bad news:
[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-sentences-american-matthew-miller-to-6-years-of-hard-labor/2014/09/14/aa91ac40-3c05-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html]North Korea sentences American Matthew Miller to 6 years at hard labor - The Washington Post[/url]

Just a terrible story.
[quote=punch it in;1083326]Unreal. This is fantastic bad news .... Wait - nevermind.
I once had dinner with the hare krishnas in Atlanta.
Edit: that is seriously scary shit. This world is effed up.[/quote]

Funny thing is next to Greece, the Ottoman empire particularly around Istanbul used to be one of the more forward thinking and open civilizations in the ancient world. Sad to see it reduced to this.