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Looks like go time!

In other words a poor man's Deal's Gap trip. I'm in!

Ive seen the outcome of this go both ways over the years where i work. From what i have seen the rate of success of this tactic is proportionate to the level of "disgruntledness" (if thats a word) of the emplyee wanting the raise. Seems the more vocal and entitled they think they are the odds of them getting offered a raise to stay gets closer to nill. A guy has to take a real objective look at himself before trying to pulling this off. I would say this should be a last resort and have something lined up for plan B.

For him to wear? I didnt know he got down like that. Or better yet, maybe i shouldnt.

Maybe not new but could stand to lighten up a bit.

Internet cafe outside the pearly gates while you wait.

Mission accomplished! After she read the card she was like "awww babe that's so sweet". Then when she opened the bag and pulled out the sponges the look on her face was priceless. The next words out of her mouth were "O you motherfucker". Hahaha! We had a laugh and I still had a gift card for her to a book store. Seems that she has changed my name to asshole for the time being. I'm going to be on my toes come Christmas and my birthday though.

Past christmas's her and her dad used to give back and forth this fugly ass purple felt box that looked like someone Be-Dazzled it. In it they would try to find the most horrendous bottle of liquor they could find and give as a gift to each other. So every other year we have that box laying around the house along with some off the wall bottle of booze waiting on Christmas to get rid of it. It's all in good fun fellas.

Meh....luckly she isnt in to jewlery. Im sure she will find the humour.

If i got video i would feel obligated to post it here for the lulz. If i posted it here she would not find the humour in that and im sure would be for real pissed. Audio on the other hand.......

Well i was inspired by a pic in the "Funny pic" thread to pull one over on the wife. So i ran to the Dollar Store on lunch and grabbed a few things. Today is her 30th bday. No im not a total ass this isnt the only thing i did for her. A couple weeks ago for her brthday we went to the Mellow Mushroom in Columbus for luinch and met some friends of hers from Cleveland and spent the rest of the day at the Zoo. So she isnt expecting anything today when i get home from work. Here's the final product. I did write a really sweet note in the card that plays into whats in the bag. If i never sign in to OR after today you know what happened to me. I also stapled the bag shut so she has to read the card first.

I have powdercoated small aluminum parts for a few people on here and have been asked to do wheels also. I haved turned down doing wheels mainly because i havent done them before. Steel spoked wheels i have done but PCing steel to me is way easier. Its just not as dirty. I would have hated to charge someone, have their wheels for a few days, in the end have them not like the finished product and have to get it done again someplace else. So here is my offer, I would do them for you for the price of powder (which i cant see taking more than a pound). Being a second set of wheels your bike isnt out of commision i could take my time and possibly learn a few things. In the end you could get your wheels PC'ed on the cheap and could look fantastic or they will get done on the cheap with a couple minor inperfections. If you wanted to get them re-done heck i would even give you your money back for the powder. Let me know if your up for it.

I was going to check them out.

Just a couple months ago i was dreading doing 8min run or whatever it was and praying for the walk interval. Now i can do 5k without being totally out of gas at the end. I will definatley look into proper shoes once that time comes. Thanks for the tips!

1. Im sure your right about the shoes. I didnt want to drop a $100+ on some shoes right away and then not stay with it like previous attempts. 2. Tonight i cut it a little short due to the rain. Sprinkles are fine but it started turning in rain. So i only ran for 30mins. 3.Honestly i usually breathe out of my mouth and will switch to in nose-out mouth if i catch my self huffing and puffing. It seems to calm me back down without having to slow down. I will have to keep that in mind next time. 4. So slow and steady is they way to go. I guess everything will just come naturally. Here is the race i signed up for. 5K of course. http://www.speedy-feet.com/pdfs/info_page.pdf

You should let me experiment with some powder on it.

Well im done with the podrunner/C25K course and am now just running 5k's every other day. Also i have bested my 40min goal by chugging it out in an avg. 36mins. So now i just need some pointers on a couple things from people that run all the time. 1. At about the first mile my calfs and muscle in the front along my shins are on fire. I jog thru it and by the 2nd mile it mostly goes away or i have blocked it out. Is that par for the course or is it me needing more strength in my lower legs. 2. I try to keep a steady pace thru out the run basically using my breathing to dictate my pace. I read somewhere you should still be able to carry a conversation. I try to keep it around there. Right, wrong dont know but seems to work. 3. About the last half mile i start picking it up faster and faster till the end. Toward the end im pushing it pretty hard. Not an all out sprint but a pace i couldnt keep very long. My theory being eventually that last half mile will get longer and longer. Basically wanting an idea to help with cutting the time down or if everything is par for the average guy basically starting out running. Also i signed up for the race so i cant back out now!

My wife's birthday is this wednsday and this has inspired me. I going to hit the dollar store and get her a grab bag of cleaning/cooking supplies and put it in a bag with tissue paper to make it look like an official b-day present. Also make sure im out of arms reach when she opens it!

He may have not known that it was cut off the air at that time. Looks like he was watching a monitor. As far as him getting "pissed", it might have been just him trying not to show anymore of some turd offing himself on live TV.

Seen that on an episode of Taboo on Nat.Geo. Probally On Demand by now if you want to watch the episode.

I havent been able to go around a track like that since i got my drivers liscense. I wish i still had my bikes I had back then. I think they are worth more now then they were back then. It was always fun finding your name in the ABA rankings in that newspaper-like magazine.

Also with endomondo go to Setting--> Workout settings--->Auto pause and turn it off. I had it on once and it will stop and start all the time even if your still moving. I dont know if its a lag problem with the GPS or what but i have let it off and havent had a problem. As far as accuracy goes everytime it chimes in with mile stats im always in the same spot within reason.

She acted like a hardass and got delt with.