The "Excuses" Thread
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Max » Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:53 am
Fell asleep on couch at 2030. Went to bed at 2100. Woken up by text message (I'm on call, the phone has to be on) at 2130. Automated message from CSC "reminding" me about a job that I'd already finished at 0600 the day before! Went back to sleep. 2200, another reminder from CSC. Woke up enough to figure out a way to shut up the text tones without shutting up the ring tone. 2230, finally back to sleep. 2300, woken by missus tossing and turning. Midnight, finally asleep again. 0230, the power goes out, so the overhead fan stops turning. The noise of the fan slowing down wakes me up. Fall back asleep. 0300, power back on, the noise of the fan starting wakes me up. Wake up enough to set the time on the clock radio and set the alarm. Fall back asleep. 0450 wake up just before the alarm. And here I am. I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open.
Whinge, bitch, moan.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Missy24 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:45 am
I'm Exhausted
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Comedian » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:50 am
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Max » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:40 am
LOL after my over-the-top reply to you in the Commute thread yesterday, I'm not surprised you added those emoticons!Oxford wrote:Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.
Missy, I hope your mum gets better soon.
Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Missy24 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:45 am
Thanks Max, I've also been given a massive dose of HTFU from some good friends of mine since about 8:30am.Max wrote:LOL after my over-the-top reply to you in the Commute thread yesterday, I'm not surprised you added those emoticons!Oxford wrote:Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.
Missy, I hope your mum gets better soon.
Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??
Max
So I'm gonna suck it up
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Comedian » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:56 am
Not only did I not ride but I'm still at home procrastinating about going to work... LOLMax wrote:
Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??
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The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Comedian » Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:39 am
Well I'm here but the wife had drive me in to get me here. It's been like take a number though with all my coworkers lining up to say "what?..you were too soft to ride in today...very dissapointing "Oxford wrote:Its all good Max.Max wrote:LOL after my over-the-top reply to you in the Commute thread yesterday, I'm not surprised you added those emoticons!Oxford wrote:Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.
Missy, I hope your mum gets better soon.
Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??
Max
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Max » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:17 am
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Comedian » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:25 am
Oh Puhleeese! The good guy bad guy routine hey?Max wrote:I showed MaxBabe some photos of flooding of KBB last night. Then I told her about how the roads near my work get flooded after heavy rain. That was enough for her to lay down the law. No riding to work in my immediate future. Although I know it's sensible, I'm still kind of disappointed about it. She waffled on about "safety... blah blah.. loves me... blah blah.. wants me alive for a long time.. blah blah...", all I heard was "You're not riding to work".
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Max » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:47 am
Dear rain: I'VE HAD ENOUGH. Just go away, already.
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The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Comedian » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:20 am
Go ahead....beat on me! The missus drove me inMax wrote:Well, driving to work today was a white-knuckled exercise in holding the steering wheel in a death grip. Visibility == close to zero, potholes == heaps, motorway flooding == imminent, flooding near work == only a few millimetres away. I'm going to see if I can work from home the rest of the week.
Dear rain: I'VE HAD ENOUGH. Just go away, already.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Max » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:08 pm
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Max » Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:34 am
I'm sure it's photoshopped, but I don't care. The real question is: why is he bothering with an umbrella?
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby hannos » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:37 am
The ironic thing is I was following a truck fully loaded with bags of cement.
Yep, I should just harden up really...
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Fletcher » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:06 am
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby goneriding » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:21 pm
That's easy. He's trying to protect his head! Bad helmet joke.Max wrote:I'm sure it's photoshopped, but I don't care. The real question is: why is he bothering with an umbrella?
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Rhubarb » Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:11 pm
didn't happen to me, mine only shut down, but I'm sure its happened to a few.
Any one work at Oxley's / Drift restaurant on the river (under the river ???) I feel really sorry for the owner of that business actually. He only bought it 18 months ago or something and its not insured against flood as no one would insure him for that. So he's still got debts, but no longer any income or assets.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Max » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:11 am
I'm infinitely jealous of people who are able to post in the "how was your commute" thread at the moment
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Comedian » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:46 am
I went for a 50k ride to Sandgate this morning though.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:43 pm
Did lots of walking around Melbs with the kids tho'.
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