[20:24] <_stink_> just got power back an hour ago [20:25] <_stink_> we were out since sunday morning [20:26] wow [20:27] _stink_: ouch, glad you're back in action [20:27] my inlaws lost for most of sunday but had it back that night [20:27] _stink_: Ugh. That sucks [20:27] I didn't know it was still going on [20:27] we had some flickering over here. [20:27] so you must be over by the south-end of Royal Oak then [20:28] * cmaloney is blanking on the actual location [20:28] <_stink_> we're right by the high school... wrapped up in the outage that impacted much of clawson [20:28] Oh right [20:28] Yeah, that whole area was goofed up [20:29] Though when we got back from Meijer 34 we came down 14 mile. When we left it wasn't up. When we got back last night it was [20:29] (Yes, I remember Meijer store numbers.) [20:29] How do you even know store numbers? [20:30] <_stink_> haha. [20:30] <_stink_> now.. what to do with the freezer stuff. [20:30] <_stink_> that's mostly rhetorical [20:31] jrwren: Well, I worked at that Meijer in Royal Oak for many a summer [20:31] oh man, the blackout of 2001 was so fun. I got to eat so much ice cream that first night of hte outage! :) [20:31] so.. um... [20:31] They print the store number on the receipt [20:31] <_stink_> hah, we chugged the milk at 5pm on sunday [20:31] the one in Madison Heights is 222 [20:32] * cmaloney dates himself by noting that he worked at Meijer when they had a bottle return staffed by people. [20:32] and a party pantry [20:32] what's a party pantry, grandad? [20:32] and pet and garden when they had hamsters and pets weren't over by grocery [20:33] greg-g: It's like a party store inside Meijer that had an outside door [20:33] so folks could get their 40oz before / after work [20:33] <_stink_> greg-g++ [20:34] I remember when Meijer had an electronics departmet at the front of the store [20:34] and an arcade [20:34] and an Oasis where you could leave your children [20:34] unsupervised [20:34] good old fashioned abductions [20:35] Yeah, none of these new-fangled social media luring [20:35] :) [20:35] just make a selection in the middle of Meijer and off you go [20:35] One Stop Shopping at the M.T.A. [20:35] (Meijer Thrifty Acres) [20:36] wow, that turned dark quick. [20:37] Anywho... um... yeah, that's how I know the store numbers. [20:38] _stink_: Glad you got power back. [20:38] <_stink_> nice try, changing the subject :P [20:38] Was it that obvious? :) [20:38] hah [20:39] "look everyone! puppies!" https://photos.app.goo.gl/kzhY5wPo1w548tyD3 [20:39] I missed where it went dark. [20:39] Abductions? [20:40] I've never heard of an abduction from a child care center at a retail store. I don't think they happen. [20:40] rick_h_: Awwwww!!!! [20:40] damn sometimes I realize how spoiled amz has made things. I'm like "didn't I order something..." and have to go look it up because if it was amz it'd be here but for other places it takes 3 days just to ship [20:40] jrwren: I'm sure the fear was worse than the threat ever was [20:41] rick_h_: yeah, Amazon really does spoil you [20:41] I got a shipped notice on a thing I ordered last week I forgot I ordered [20:41] oh...well that's good I guess [20:42] yea, puppies! going to be a fun summer with the new puppy in the house (in 2months) [20:42] like having a kid again...waking up the middle of the night, can't go places, etc. [20:43] <_stink_> you sell it so well [20:43] I'm trying to prepare my wife [20:43] she's forgotten how much work it was [20:43] "OMG it's going to be amazing!" [20:44] ummm yea...after I spent 8months training it :P [20:44] until then guard your shoes! [20:44] <_stink_> hah [20:49] ugh. [20:50] that is why I don't have a dog. [20:50] but then I see dogs and I really really want one. :) [20:51] I've wanted this dog since I was about 10...only taken 30 years to finally get there [20:51] so I'll take the work to get there. [20:51] Get a cat. They're like a dog that doesn't give a shit about you. :) [20:52] don't, they freaking live forever, puke on the floor, and get hair on everything. biggest regret is getting our cats [20:52] * cmaloney <3s dogs but unfortunately my allergies prevent us from getting a dog. :) [20:52] Aw c'mon. They're love-buckets. [20:53] Pixel managed to get into the turkey during thanksgiving and horked up on the kitchen floor when we had company over [20:54] * rick_h_ can't wait to be a cat-less house one day [20:54] but to each their own :P [20:54] heh [20:55] can't do cats because of alergies. [20:55] You do realize they'll live to be 10 [20:55] 100 [20:55] might not be able to do dogs either, but I might be willing to suffer. [20:55] yeah, cat allergies are common. [20:55] they're 12 now.... [20:55] and show no signs of dying [20:55] #@%$@%$#@'ers [20:55] lol [20:55] My parents' cat lived to 20+ [20:55] oh stfu [20:55] I don't need to hear that [20:55] 12 is middle-age for a cat. :) [20:55] I'm holding out hope that 2020 is a magical year of no cats :P [20:56] hahahahaha [20:56] not unless you have a pillow-case and a bucket of water [20:56] see, the internet is full of crap. You ask it how long cats live and they say "Lifespan: 4 – 5 years" and then you notice... (In the wild) [20:57] you could let your cats roam the neighborhood freely, killing birds and possibly getting picked up by coyotes. [20:57] this is where I went wrong "Cats who spend significant unsupervised time outdoors tend to survive to be about 7 years old, while indoor-only cats can be expected to live to around 14 years of age." [20:57] indoor cats, they should be illegal [20:57] you end up in commitments you can't ever get out of [20:57] lol [20:58] indoor cats are awesome [20:58] someone send help to cmaloney, he's been hit on the head. Maybe fallen on some ice. [20:58] :P [21:00] Nah, I've grown up with cats [21:01] <_stink_> our littermate cats are 14 [21:01] <_stink_> they... appear to be in perfect health [21:01] Honestly you need to have a sense of humor to be a cat person [21:01] <_stink_> enough to drag their anuses all over the floor and have hairballs on my bed. [21:02] because they will drive you mad [21:02] they're hyper-intelligent little assholes [21:02] <_stink_> our female punches my wife inthe face at 5am [21:06] Pixel has her routines [21:06] when she wants to be fed in the morning she becomes a little beast [21:06] there have been more than a few times that I've seen her sleeping on the chair and I want to get out some crash cymbals [21:07] payback is a bitch you sweet little piece of ...