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Re: As the Bunsen Burns

Post by DukieInKansas » March 4th, 2016, 1:52 pm

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ArkieDukie wrote:A bit of background: Road Runner has been traveling to Sweden A LOT - in fact, she now has a faculty position there. Since January, she will take a sick day or two upon her return from Sweden, stick around for a couple of days, take a 1.5-2 week vacation, and then take 1-2 more sick days. After another week or so, the process will repeat itself. (Added bonus: before leaving town, she will crank up the thermostat in her office. This thermostat also controls the temperature in MacGyver's office.) I've been telling folks that she is burning through her leave in preparation for a permanent departure. We were guessing end of fiscal year. Well, today she announced to her lab that, for the rest of the fiscal year, she will be spending 80% of her time in Sweden. She'll make a decision for the next fiscal year when the time comes. All I can say is, "Bye, Felicia!" :happy-bouncyblue: :happy-bouncyblue: :happy-bouncyblue: :ymparty: :ymparty: :ymparty:

Yesterday, I got a chilly call from her, asking why we had allowed the service contract on her instrument to expire. I answered with a very polite, "I am only responsible for instruments X, Y, and Z. Otherwise the PIs are responsible for their own instruments." (In other words, it's your own fault that your service contract expired. Try again, bitch. You should've thought about this while you were out of the country or on vacation.) Later in the day, I received an email from her, addressed to a couple of admin people in addition to me, instructing us to get a quote for a service agreement on her instrument, with more details on what we needed to do. I would say I cannot believe the chutzpah, but I can believe it. Flaming bitch is going out in a blaze of glory, because the admins don't appreciate her heavy-handed demand to do tasks that they do not perform for other faculty members. And, no, I'm not dropping all my other tasks to get quotes for her, because she has 2 people in her lab who should be handling this very task. Again I say, "Bye, Felicia!"

I assume, giving your choir prowess, that your are practicing for a rousing chorus of "DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD" when she finally makes her exit.

...and yes, I did this once. In an office. Out loud.
Note to self - don't get on Windor's bad side. :D

AD - let us all know when we can join in on the singing.
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Re: As the Bunsen Burns

Post by lawgrad91 » March 4th, 2016, 2:36 pm

windsor wrote:I assume, given your choir prowess, that your are practicing for a rousing chorus of "DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD" when she finally makes her exit.

...and yes, I did this once. In an office. Out loud.
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Re: As the Bunsen Burns

Post by lawgrad91 » March 4th, 2016, 2:37 pm

DukieInKansas wrote:AD - let us all know when we can join in on the singing.
Do we have a soprano in the house?
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Re: As the Bunsen Burns

Post by DukieInKansas » March 4th, 2016, 4:22 pm

lawgrad91 wrote:
DukieInKansas wrote:AD - let us all know when we can join in on the singing.
Do we have a soprano in the house?
Yes, we do. (Although I really want to sing alto on the Lenten Carol we will be singing as it is a very cook part.)

CathyCA sings, too, but I can't remember if she is a soprano or alto.
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Re: As the Bunsen Burns

Post by CathyCA » March 4th, 2016, 4:38 pm

DukieInKansas wrote:
lawgrad91 wrote:
DukieInKansas wrote:AD - let us all know when we can join in on the singing.
Do we have a soprano in the house?
Yes, we do. (Although I really want to sing alto on the Lenten Carol we will be singing as it is a very cook part.)

CathyCA sings, too, but I can't remember if she is a soprano or alto.
I am bi-sectional. :gay-rainbowflag: Currently, I'm singing with the sopranos, but in the past, I've been an alto.

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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by bjornolf » March 4th, 2016, 5:28 pm

DukieInKansas wrote:
bjornolf wrote:I cannot believe my son is now a teenager! Sean turned 13 today! Crazie, huh?
Belated birthday wishes to Sean.

It would be easier to believe he is 13 if you updated your picture every once in a while. ;)
Yeah, well, hairy sweaty teenagers aren't as cute as 6 year olds! :ymsick:
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by DukieInKansas » March 4th, 2016, 7:45 pm

bjornolf wrote:
DukieInKansas wrote:
bjornolf wrote:I cannot believe my son is now a teenager! Sean turned 13 today! Crazie, huh?
Belated birthday wishes to Sean.

It would be easier to believe he is 13 if you updated your picture every once in a while. ;)
Yeah, well, hairy sweaty teenagers aren't as cute as 6 year olds! :ymsick:
But Katie would probably appreciate an updated photo where she has hair. :D
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Re: As the Bunsen Burns

Post by DukieInKansas » March 4th, 2016, 7:46 pm

DukieInKansas wrote:
lawgrad91 wrote:
DukieInKansas wrote:AD - let us all know when we can join in on the singing.
Do we have a soprano in the house?
Yes, we do. (Although I really want to sing alto on the Lenten Carol we will be singing as it is a very cook part.)

CathyCA sings, too, but I can't remember if she is a soprano or alto.
Dang - just saw my typo. It is actually a cool part. I don't think cooking has a thing to do with it.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by bjornolf » March 5th, 2016, 8:05 pm

DukieInKansas wrote:
But Katie would probably appreciate an updated photo where she has hair. :D
There are plenty of pix of her with hair in the pix of kids thread. :D
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by YmoBeThere » March 6th, 2016, 6:17 am

Inching ever closer....
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Re: LTE 2.0

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YmoBeThere wrote:Inching ever closer....
Just a little more to go. You can do it.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by Very Duke Blue » March 6th, 2016, 9:34 am

I still love our team. Waiting for the sun to come out. :9f:
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by YmoBeThere » March 7th, 2016, 7:06 am

I need to start planning for basketball viewing.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by YmoBeThere » March 7th, 2016, 7:08 am

So, this is number 6k. Trouble is I'm not your eloquent best man at wedding speechmaker. I just kinda muddle along. So, carry on!
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by YmoBeThere » March 7th, 2016, 7:09 am

Well that was easy.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by IowaDevil » March 7th, 2016, 8:13 am

Ima suggested I should share this....ID granddaughter not only was confirmed yesterday but appears to have grown her Blue Devil horns! Hey, the archbishop (he's the guy in the hat) picked the site for photos!
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by OZZIE4DUKE » March 7th, 2016, 10:03 am

IowaDevil wrote:Ima suggested I should share this....ID granddaughter not only was confirmed yesterday but appears to have grown her Blue Devil horns! Hey, the archbishop (he's the guy in the hat) picked the site for photos!
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Love it!
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by DukieInKansas » March 7th, 2016, 10:04 am

Great picture, ID.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by lawgrad91 » March 7th, 2016, 10:44 am

YmoBeThere wrote:So, this is number 6k. Trouble is I'm not your eloquent best man at wedding speechmaker. I just kinda muddle along. So, carry on!
Good job, Ymo!
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by lawgrad91 » March 7th, 2016, 10:45 am

IowaDevil wrote:Ima suggested I should share this....ID granddaughter not only was confirmed yesterday but appears to have grown her Blue Devil horns! Hey, the archbishop (he's the guy in the hat) picked the site for photos!
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Thanks for posting! WTG McKinley!
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