[20:24] <_stink_> just got power back an hour ago
[20:25] <_stink_> we were out since sunday morning
[20:26] <greg-g> wow
[20:27] <rick_h_> _stink_: ouch, glad you're back in action
[20:27] <rick_h_> my inlaws lost for most of sunday but had it back that night
[20:27] <cmaloney> _stink_: Ugh. That sucks
[20:27] <rick_h_> I didn't know it was still going on
[20:27] <cmaloney> we had some flickering over here.
[20:27] <cmaloney> 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] <cmaloney> Oh right
[20:28] <cmaloney> Yeah, that whole area was goofed up
[20:29] <cmaloney> 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] <cmaloney> (Yes, I remember Meijer store numbers.)
[20:29] <jrwren> 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] <cmaloney> jrwren: Well, I worked at that Meijer in Royal Oak for many a summer
[20:31] <jrwren> 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] <cmaloney> so.. um...
[20:31] <cmaloney> They print the store number on the receipt
[20:31] <_stink_> hah, we chugged the milk at 5pm on sunday
[20:31] <cmaloney> 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] <cmaloney> and a party pantry
[20:32] <greg-g> what's a party pantry, grandad?
[20:32] <cmaloney> and pet and garden when they had hamsters and pets weren't over by grocery
[20:33] <cmaloney> greg-g: It's like a party store inside Meijer that had an outside door
[20:33] <cmaloney> so folks could get their 40oz before / after work
[20:33] <_stink_> greg-g++
[20:34] <cmaloney> I remember when Meijer had an electronics departmet at the front of the store
[20:34] <cmaloney> and an arcade
[20:34] <cmaloney> and an Oasis where you could leave your children
[20:34] <cmaloney> unsupervised
[20:34] <greg-g> good old fashioned abductions
[20:35] <cmaloney> Yeah, none of these new-fangled social media luring
[20:35] <greg-g> :)
[20:35] <cmaloney> just make a selection in the middle of Meijer and off you go
[20:35] <cmaloney> One Stop Shopping at the M.T.A.
[20:35] <cmaloney> (Meijer Thrifty Acres)
[20:36] <cmaloney> wow, that turned dark quick.
[20:37] <cmaloney> Anywho... um... yeah, that's how I know the store numbers.
[20:38] <cmaloney> _stink_: Glad you got power back.
[20:38] <_stink_> nice try, changing the subject :P
[20:38] <cmaloney> Was it that obvious? :)
[20:38] <rick_h_> hah
[20:39] <rick_h_> "look everyone! puppies!" https://photos.app.goo.gl/kzhY5wPo1w548tyD3
[20:39] <jrwren> I missed where it went dark.
[20:39] <jrwren> Abductions?
[20:40] <jrwren> I've never heard of an abduction from a child care center at a retail store. I don't think they happen.
[20:40] <cmaloney> rick_h_: Awwwww!!!!
[20:40] <rick_h_> 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] <cmaloney> jrwren: I'm sure the fear was worse than the threat ever was
[20:41] <cmaloney> rick_h_: yeah, Amazon really does spoil you
[20:41] <rick_h_> I got a shipped notice on a thing I ordered last week I forgot I ordered
[20:41] <rick_h_> oh...well that's good I guess
[20:42] <rick_h_> yea, puppies! going to be a fun summer with the new puppy in the house (in 2months)
[20:42] <rick_h_> 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] <rick_h_> I'm trying to prepare my wife
[20:43] <rick_h_> she's forgotten how much work it was
[20:43] <rick_h_> "OMG it's going to be amazing!"
[20:44] <rick_h_> ummm yea...after I spent 8months training it :P
[20:44] <rick_h_> until then guard your shoes!
[20:44] <_stink_> hah
[20:49] <jrwren> ugh.
[20:50] <jrwren> that is why I don't have a dog.
[20:50] <jrwren> but then I see dogs and I really really want one. :)
[20:51] <rick_h_> I've wanted this dog since I was about 10...only taken 30 years to finally get there
[20:51] <rick_h_> so I'll take the work to get there.
[20:51] <cmaloney> Get a cat. They're like a dog that doesn't give a shit about you. :)
[20:52] <rick_h_> 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] <cmaloney> Aw c'mon. They're love-buckets.
[20:53] <cmaloney> 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] <rick_h_> but to each their own :P
[20:54] <cmaloney> heh
[20:55] <jrwren> can't do cats because of alergies.
[20:55] <cmaloney> You do realize they'll live to be 10
[20:55] <cmaloney> 100
[20:55] <jrwren> might not be able to do dogs either, but I might be willing to suffer.
[20:55] <cmaloney> yeah, cat allergies are common.
[20:55] <rick_h_> they're 12 now....
[20:55] <rick_h_> and show no signs of dying
[20:55] <rick_h_> #@%$@%$#@'ers
[20:55] <jrwren> lol
[20:55] <cmaloney> My parents' cat lived to 20+
[20:55] <rick_h_> oh stfu
[20:55] <rick_h_> I don't need to hear that
[20:55] <cmaloney> 12 is middle-age for a cat. :)
[20:55] <rick_h_> I'm holding out hope that 2020 is a magical year of no cats :P
[20:56] <cmaloney> hahahahaha
[20:56] <cmaloney> not unless you have a pillow-case and a bucket of water
[20:56] <rick_h_> 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] <jrwren> you could let your cats roam the neighborhood freely, killing birds and possibly getting picked up by coyotes.
[20:57] <rick_h_> 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] <rick_h_> indoor cats, they should be illegal
[20:57] <rick_h_> you end up in commitments you can't ever get out of
[20:57] <jrwren> lol
[20:58] <cmaloney> indoor cats are awesome
[20:58] <rick_h_> someone send help to cmaloney, he's been hit on the head. Maybe fallen on some ice.
[20:58] <rick_h_> :P
[21:00] <cmaloney> 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] <cmaloney> 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] <cmaloney> because they will drive you mad
[21:02] <cmaloney> they're hyper-intelligent little assholes
[21:02] <_stink_> our female punches my wife inthe face at 5am
[21:06] <cmaloney> Pixel has her routines
[21:06] <cmaloney> when she wants to be fed in the morning she becomes a little beast
[21:06] <cmaloney> 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] <cmaloney> payback is a bitch you sweet little piece of ...