Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? - Page 32

classicman · 02-15-2012, 03:44 PM

Figured this was a good place for it.
I couldn't find anything with a squirrel and a tree

footfootfoot · 02-15-2012, 04:29 PM

Well, the thing is I have to find some full time work asap, as we are headed into foreclosure right now and are about 2 or 3 months behind on all our utilities. That is the big mental nut I need to be cracking right now.

Things are grim, but not yet dire. Plus I am still living in crazy town, I'm gonna leave out some of the latest stories in order to protect what little remains of my so called sanity.

I'd be willing to scan the entire book and email the file to anyone who'd like to take this over.

Sundae · 02-15-2012, 04:43 PM

Shit, Foot.

I always feel I win in the pity stakes because I only work part-time and not by choice.
And I'm nearly 40 and live with the 'rents and not by choice.
And I have no partner to share things with... ah, who knows there.

But I am supported.
I have no further to fall.
And I have no dependents; it would distress me enormously, but Diz could be adopted or even put down if I reached the end of my resources. I'd fight it of course. Still, you could never even reach that possibility about a child.

I feel for the desperation you have.

classicman · 02-15-2012, 09:46 PM

Damn fff... so sorry to hear that.
Is there any help for you in this latest bank/mortgage settlement?

glatt · 02-16-2012, 08:07 AM

Foot! I'm sorry to hear this. Please ignore my earlier coughing fit.

Clodfobble · 02-16-2012, 03:40 PM

I'm sorry, foot. I wish I had work to send you. If you don't have anything else to do all day anyway, maybe you could go to small businesses and convince them to get a website done by UT, and then be his remote photographer for these places? Sales commission plus photo pay, eh?

footfootfoot · 02-16-2012, 04:14 PM

Thanks folks. That would be sweet, Clod. I actually spent a lot of time last year with SCORE researching a business plan like that. For various reasons (I think my surgery) I dropped it.

At some point I realized I am completely burnt out on photography, and want to do almost anything but that.

I may work up a whine thread. I have emailed my new resume to 3 places I'd like to work (so far) and had a f/u call with one and was very warmly received. I need to keep my positive mental attitude and keep calling.

infinite monkey · 02-16-2012, 04:19 PM

Let's write a sitcom. I have ideas!

I'm burnt out too.

footfootfoot · 02-16-2012, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Let's write a sitcom. I have ideas!

I'm burnt out too.

That would be cool. We must know someone who could sell it for us.

infinite monkey · 06-26-2012, 10:45 AM

A nut to crack:

A man is sitting in a bar feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of 100 dollar bills out of his wallet.
He turns to the rich man and says to him,
"I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed."
The rich man laughs.
The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it."
The rich man laughs again and says, "OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?"
The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich.

What song did he sing?

BigV · 06-26-2012, 11:06 AM

Happy Birthday, dear

Quote:

Joanna Armstrong-Miller

Happy Birthday to youUUUUUUUUU!

infinite monkey · 06-26-2012, 11:11 AM

Had you already heard that, or did it just come to you? Thought it might be an oldie, but I'm easily stumped on things like that.

BigV · 06-26-2012, 11:26 AM

I am familiar with that song, yes.

*chuckle*

To answer your question, I did just "figure it out"; I had never heard that mental nut before. I like it, thanks!

infinite monkey · 06-26-2012, 11:33 AM

Why you, you...

(who you calling a you you?)

BigV · 06-26-2012, 11:37 AM

By the way, hanging out with me is to suffer these kinds of attempts at humor on a regular basis; to deliberately respond to an unintended alternate meaning (some would say deliberate misinterpretation, but not in a hostile way) as a way of displaying my cleverness.

You've been warned.

02-15-2012, 03:44 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Figured this was a good place for it. I couldn't find anything with a squirrel and a tree __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-15-2012, 04:29 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Well, the thing is I have to find some full time work asap, as we are headed into foreclosure right now and are about 2 or 3 months behind on all our utilities. That is the big mental nut I need to be cracking right now. Things are grim, but not yet dire. Plus I am still living in crazy town, I'm gonna leave out some of the latest stories in order to protect what little remains of my so called sanity. I'd be willing to scan the entire book and email the file to anyone who'd like to take this over. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-15-2012, 09:46 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Damn fff... so sorry to hear that. Is there any help for you in this latest bank/mortgage settlement? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-16-2012, 03:40 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm sorry, foot. I wish I had work to send you. If you don't have anything else to do all day anyway, maybe you could go to small businesses and convince them to get a website done by UT, and then be his remote photographer for these places? Sales commission plus photo pay, eh? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-16-2012, 04:14 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Thanks folks. That would be sweet, Clod. I actually spent a lot of time last year with SCORE researching a business plan like that. For various reasons (I think my surgery) I dropped it. At some point I realized I am completely burnt out on photography, and want to do almost anything but that. I may work up a whine thread. I have emailed my new resume to 3 places I'd like to work (so far) and had a f/u call with one and was very warmly received. I need to keep my positive mental attitude and keep calling. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-15-2012, 04:43 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Shit, Foot. I always feel I win in the pity stakes because I only work part-time and not by choice. And I'm nearly 40 and live with the 'rents and not by choice. And I have no partner to share things with... ah, who knows there. But I am supported. I have no further to fall. And I have no dependents; it would distress me enormously, but Diz could be adopted or even put down if I reached the end of my resources. I'd fight it of course. Still, you could never even reach that possibility about a child. I feel for the desperation you have.

02-16-2012, 08:07 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Foot! I'm sorry to hear this. Please ignore my earlier coughing fit.

02-16-2012, 04:19 PM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Let's write a sitcom. I have ideas! I'm burnt out too.

06-26-2012, 10:45 AM	#10
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	A nut to crack: A man is sitting in a bar feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of 100 dollar bills out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed." The rich man laughs. The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it." The rich man laughs again and says, "OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?" The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing?

06-26-2012, 11:11 AM	#12
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Had you already heard that, or did it just come to you? Thought it might be an oldie, but I'm easily stumped on things like that.

06-26-2012, 11:26 AM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I am familiar with that song, yes. chuckle To answer your question, I did just "figure it out"; I had never heard that mental nut before. I like it, thanks! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-26-2012, 11:33 AM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Why you, you... (who you calling a you you?)

06-26-2012, 11:37 AM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	By the way, hanging out with me is to suffer these kinds of attempts at humor on a regular basis; to deliberately respond to an unintended alternate meaning (some would say deliberate misinterpretation, but not in a hostile way) as a way of displaying my cleverness. You've been warned. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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