Kevin: freelance mailman
― Jordan, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
mailman 4 hire
― Jordan, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, later during the same conversation, they were putting the housing market into different buying brackets, and the bottom number they through out for the po' folks was $500,000. i must be in the extremely impoverished developing world group, then. sheesh.
hey as far as halloween goes i prefer a saturday night. if you have the party on a friday night i will not be able to make it and that would make me SAD. i was planning on attending this party.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
oops that was mega xp
Tee hee
― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
hey, it's not like i've got anything better to do. i need to get out of the house during daylight hours.
xposts.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Kevin, I would love to take you up on that but the mailbox has a lock on it. I'm going to finish this thing that I'm doing and see if I can't go home because omg.
― Jenny, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
NO PUNY LOCK CAN STOP KEVIN
― n/a, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
if you can't get out let me know. i think i might go to panera because the talk of gift cards reminded me that i have one from there and whoo hoo! i'll have coffee for the first time in FOREVAH!!!!
xpost- that goes without saying nick.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
NO PUNY CAPS LOCK CAN STOP KEVIN.
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor flimsy lock stays chicago kevin from the swift completion of his appointed rounds
― dan m, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
you guys wtf is going on in that compliment thread
people are not able/willing to accept a compliment? what is the world coming to?!?!
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Jenny, If I were you, I would suddenly come down with something and go home and check the mail NOW. (or maybe, like you said, you'll get sick with not knowing anyway) xposts - oh, ok :-)
I took a hammer to my old secret locked box the other day when we were cleaning out a closet because I had lost the key. GUESS WHAT?! It was just a bunch of crap. I threw almost every last bit of it away. (A dead butterfly? ewwww)
I'm not stressin' about my coworker's comments. I just needed to laugh it off with yous guys. Also, I just found out a few minutes ago that my boss will be out starting now and won't be back until the 15th. YAY!
― KitCat, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
People are negative nancies.
― n/a, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Katie!
Do you desire *glamour* and *intrigue*? *Espionage* and *romance*?Well, we can’t promise all that, but we can offer you the chance to sit on a jury for a mock trial and receive $50 and a FREE LUNCH♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦Lawyers Ltd. is looking for 6 volunteers to listen to the facts of a lawsuit, soon to go to trial. As mock jurors you will listen to witnesses, then analyze, discuss, and give your honest opinions about the facts and evidence.DATE: October 95th, 2007. PLACE: Melon Shakers under the Dan Ryan viaduct TIME: 9:00 am until approximately 3 pm. Lunch break included, lunch provided by Melon Shakers. Each individual will receive $50 as a stipend for their time and active participation.
Well, we can’t promise all that, but we can offer you the chance to sit on a jury for a mock trial and receive
$50 and a FREE LUNCH
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
Lawyers Ltd. is looking for 6 volunteers to listen to the facts of a lawsuit, soon to go to trial. As mock jurors you will listen to witnesses, then analyze, discuss, and give your honest opinions about the facts and evidence.
DATE: October 95th, 2007. PLACE: Melon Shakers under the Dan Ryan viaduct TIME: 9:00 am until approximately 3 pm. Lunch break included, lunch provided by Melon Shakers. Each individual will receive $50 as a stipend for their time and active participation.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Amanda, I think I was fairly clear: my whole convo on thread is about comments from STRANGERS, not from anyone I know and like already. With that in mind, yes, that is how I feel.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Melon Shakers?
― Eazy, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
sounds like a gentlemans club on mannheim out in stone park or something.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
But Laurel, I could be a stranger.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Dr. C is great in that thread.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely one only gets like 0.05% of their lifetime compliments from strangers? Why would a stranger compliment you?
― n/a, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually we should probably keep that discussion to that thread.
― n/a, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Ginuwine's real name is Elgin Baylor Lumpkin.
― Eazy, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
NUH UH
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Lumpkin? What a great name.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I complemented a stranger on his lowrider BMW 2002 the other night. Normally it's not the kind of thing I go out of my way to do but I was passing him on my bike and it was a really cool car, so what the hell.
― dan m, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Elgin Baylor was a basketball player, ne c'est pas?
― jaymc, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you ever do that thing where you see a stranger who, for example, is wearing the same shirt as you so you say "Hey nice shirt uh huh huh"? That's pretty dumb but kind of unavoidable.
― n/a, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd never heard of him, but according to Wikipedia "Elgin Baylor was born in 1934 in Washington, D.C., and was named for his father's favorite watch."
― Eazy, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I am so classy I never see anyone wearing what I wear.
At least that's what I tell myself, when in reality I wear what I can tolerate and fit over my ridic shoulders.
― dan m, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Swatch Lumpkin
― n/a, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
oh sorry, Swatch Baylor
Genuwine should have changed his last name to PUMPKIN.
― KitCat, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate it when sales people in clothing stores compliment me because it's so insincere.
― KitCat, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's see how many ways Sarah can misspell Ginuwine.
― n/a, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Djinnyouwhine
― dan m, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I read this week in the New Yorker that Herb Caen in the SF Chronicle coined the term "beatnik" when On The Road was released the same month that Sputnik was launched. (Lumpkin somehow reminded me of this.)
I think I've taken the few times I've been complimented in a clothing store as genuine (ginuwine).
― Eazy, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
A stranger complimented me on my Powell's t-shirt recently. He must have been from Portland or something.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
elgin baylor was a badass front court player, terrible gm. elgin watches were made in elgin, il. for a while i used to buy them off ebay, then the price got prohibitive but there are some SWANK '30s - 50s model elgins.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
1940's deco elgin:
http://www.gathergate.com/images/items/lrg/111__1?2005-03-22%2007:53:25
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i ginuwinely do not want to finish writing these midterms
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
wwgd
― Jordan, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
he would ride that pony duh
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
These watch may just need batteries not sure because i did not tested so there for there not tested watches.
that gives me a headache.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
That looks like 80% of my students' writing.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
...before they take my class, that is!
yuk yuk yuk
Who am I kidding. After my class it looks more like
This watch may just need batteries but not sure because i did not tested. so there not tested watches.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
See but that's charming in an ESL way, not mind-boggling and twisty.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
It's like the cute Japanese girl T-shirt of incorrect English.
hey guys, i just read this whole thread from being away all weekend. we had a great time in NY although chicago wasn't so welcoming on the way back-- i lost my chicago plus card somewhere between getting on the el at o'hare and getting the bus at addison, the internet was disconnected at home, etc.
things i would have posted along the way-- comcast does indeed suck. they limit torrents like crazy PLUS when our upstairs neighbors had their cable installed while we were gone, they decided it would make sense to disconnect our internet! and i'll bet they try to charge us to fix it when they come out tomorrow. grr.
i had that horrible bowl haircut when i was a sophomore in high school. i should scan the photo from my first ever prom, i was such a dork.
halloween party, yay!
― colette, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link