The Swamp

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2025 7:22 pm**

A_B wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:06 pm It's not a terrible idea if you've got a lot of land sitting. I have thoughts, many of which a lot of you will agree with! I sha'n't get into it here, but ask me about it next time you see me. Goes for all of you!

…now, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking. Mr. Peabody‘s Solar truck has hauled it away…

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:42 am**

Brushed my teeth with ear buds in. That was weird.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:59 pm**

rass wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:42 am Brushed my teeth with ear buds in. That was weird.

I forgot I still had mine in when I stepped into the shower at the gym the other day. Luckily, I realized it pretty quickly, before they got wet.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2025 4:35 pm**

I could hear my teeth

Posted: **Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:03 pm**

Seen in my neighborhood a couple of days ago...on a F-150.

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Not sure about the message the guy is trying to get across...

Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:25 am**

Well, I think it's a suggestion, but I suppose it could be an offer.

Posted: **Mon Feb 10, 2025 5:25 pm**

For any of you who ever read Scotusblog, this story is wild.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:36 pm**

Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut so I can paste a saved phrase into emails, notes, etc. so I don't have to type out the whole phrase. Because it looks really bad when I misspell the name of the org I work for because I type too quickly and don't proof before sending. I want to hit Ctrl-Z and have it put that in whenever I hit it. I would think this would be useful.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:50 pm**

bfj wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:36 pm Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut so I can paste a saved phrase into emails, notes, etc. so I don't have to type out the whole phrase. Because it looks really bad when I misspell the name of the org I work for because I type too quickly and don't proof before sending. I want to hit Ctrl-Z and have it put that in whenever I hit it. I would think this would be useful.

For emails, you can create it as a signature and add it that way.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:01 pm**

The Sybian wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:50 pm
bfj wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:36 pm Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut so I can paste a saved phrase into emails, notes, etc. so I don't have to type out the whole phrase. Because it looks really bad when I misspell the name of the org I work for because I type too quickly and don't proof before sending. I want to hit Ctrl-Z and have it put that in whenever I hit it. I would think this would be useful.
For emails, you can create it as a signature and add it that way.

Done did that already. I want it for free form text. I've actually started using PFA instead of typing the whole thing out. I just don't think it looks that professional that way.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:08 pm**

There used to be a feature in Outlook for this. I cannot for the life of me get the right google search terms to find it though. I think it was called quick insert or something. I don't see it in my menus for Outlook now, though, so it may be a discontinued feature, or I may be completely off base.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:14 pm**

It's called quick steps in outlook. It doesn't show up unless you are in a new e-mail or responding to one, it would appear. But you don't have to send the one you are looking at, you use it for the copying of text.

I clicked "New Mail" and then a button with a lightning bolt shows up on my menu bar I can access quick steps from.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:41 pm**

bfj wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:36 pm Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut so I can paste a saved phrase into emails, notes, etc. so I don't have to type out the whole phrase. Because it looks really bad when I misspell the name of the org I work for because I type too quickly and don't proof before sending. I want to hit Ctrl-Z and have it put that in whenever I hit it. I would think this would be useful.

I use a program called "AutoHotKey" (https://www.autohotkey.com/) that lets you create macros that insert defined text strings. I started to use it during triage meetings when I got tired of typing out "Deferring from Release 1.3.2 -- AtoMx/CosMx Triage Team" repeatedly. Its free, and pretty easy to use.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm**

Thanks! Not sure that does exactly what I need, but I can definitely use that going forward for a lot of different things.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:49 pm**

I don’t use any of the AI assistant bs in anything but it seems like if it was a worthwhile feature it could be helpful for something like that.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:50 pm**

DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:41 pm
bfj wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:36 pm Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut so I can paste a saved phrase into emails, notes, etc. so I don't have to type out the whole phrase. Because it looks really bad when I misspell the name of the org I work for because I type too quickly and don't proof before sending. I want to hit Ctrl-Z and have it put that in whenever I hit it. I would think this would be useful.
I use a program called "AutoHotKey" (https://www.autohotkey.com/) that lets you create macros that insert defined text strings. I started to use it during triage meetings when I got tired of typing out "Deferring from Release 1.3.2 -- AtoMx/CosMx Triage Team" repeatedly. Its free, and pretty easy to use.

I will check this out. Thanks.

Posted: **Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:22 pm**

Are you talking about doing it on a computer or phone?

If it's a computer, you can come up with a shorthand abbreviation and set up an Autocorrect entry in Word to change that to the full - and hopefully correctly spelled - name.

I do this in Word when I'm writing a brief where I have to restate the client's name multiple times.

I think you might have to set it up separately in Outlook and in Word (?).

To do it in Outlook, select File, then Options, then Mail, then Spelling and Autocorrect, then AutoCorrect Options.

In Word, it's File, Options, Proofing, AutoCorrect Options.

Posted: **Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:44 pm**

Ok, time to fess up. Who wrecked the aircraft carrier

Posted: **Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:14 pm**

HaulCitgo wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:44 pm Ok, time to fess up. Who wrecked the aircraft carrier

DEI, obviously. With the hard “R”.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:43 pm**

Does anyone else find it infinitely harder to name female pets than male pets?

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:47 pm**

frequent turnover?

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 2:08 pm**

P.D.X. wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:47 pm frequent turnover?

I got her in 2019 and still haven't decided on a name. If I need to call her I just make a kissing sound and she comes.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 2:10 pm**

OK Dewey Bunnell.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 2:15 pm**

Jerloma wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 2:08 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:47 pm frequent turnover?
I got her in 2019 and still haven't decided on a name. If I need to call her I just make a kissing sound and she comes.

Instant Pot.

Well. I thought that said hissing.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 2:23 pm**

Could name her after a 90s west coast rapper probably most famous for getting name checked on Snoop's "Lil' Ghetto Boy".

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:15 pm**

It's been opposite for us...always easier to name the females than the males. Our most recent, 2 cats in 2020, we had Lily's name right away. Despite Leo being a good complementary name we both didn't like but couldn't think of anything better...took us a month to come back around and just settle on Leo.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:19 pm**

GoodKarma wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:15 pm It's been opposite for us...always easier to name the females than the males. Our most recent, 2 cats in 2020, we had Lily's name right away. Despite Leo being a good complementary name we both didn't like but couldn't think of anything better...took us a month to come back around and just settle on Leo.

Funny, my daughter has a friend named Lily with a brother named Leo. They have two French Bulldogs, which are almost pugs...

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:29 pm**

Only had three to name in my adult life (all yellow labs). We've always gone with female book heroines. Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Lucy (Narnia), and Fuzzy Kat (Katniss - the kids added the "fuzzy" part). Haven't thought about what the next one might be.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:30 pm**

I thought I came across the most unfortunate law firm name today, Goldberg Simpson, until I remembered it was Ron Goldman, not Goldberg.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:35 pm**

Shirley wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:29 pm Only had three to name in my adult life (all yellow labs). We've always gone with female book heroines. Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Lucy (Narnia), and Fuzzy Kat (Katniss - the kids added the "fuzzy" part). Haven't thought about what the next one might be.

Kat the Dog. Nice.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 6:07 pm**

The Sybian wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:35 pm
Shirley wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:29 pm Only had three to name in my adult life (all yellow labs). We've always gone with female book heroines. Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Lucy (Narnia), and Fuzzy Kat (Katniss - the kids added the "fuzzy" part). Haven't thought about what the next one might be.
Kat the Dog. Nice.

It's always fun to tell people her name. Although we mostly just call her Fuzzy.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 6:24 pm**

The only pet I ever named was Spot. (A cat I had for 18 years).

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:09 am**

I have a pretty annoying habit of confusing others regarding the gender of my pets.

Kasey was named after Kasey Keller. Everyone thinks all cats are female anyways, so that didn't help.

Tobi was named after Toblerone chocolate which is a reference to gifts I used to give my girlfriend-->wife back in high school. Tobi was a labradoodle and looked like a dude, so...

And now we have Mickey, which is a reference to Mitch and Mickey from A Mighty Wind, which is one of the movies I used to watch with my toddler daughter when she had trouble sleeping. She is a dark golden lab and is majestic... The name is confusing.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:40 pm**

Just booked a condo in Corpus Christi for a few days over Spring Break. I pulled it up on Google Maps and there's a condo in the same building called The Best Little Shore House in Texas.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:50 pm**

That's fantastic

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:31 pm**

People who steal from old people are pretty low. Why you coming in here with this old lady. Do you know what bond condition means, brother?

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 4:58 pm**

bfj wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:36 pm Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut so I can paste a saved phrase into emails, notes, etc. so I don't have to type out the whole phrase. Because it looks really bad when I misspell the name of the org I work for because I type too quickly and don't proof before sending. I want to hit Ctrl-Z and have it put that in whenever I hit it. I would think this would be useful.

phase express (Phrase Express is the text expander software application for Windows that is used to eliminate repetitive typing operations by automatically filling preset phrases in a document, as well as organize them in different categories. This technology has freeware and commercial versions.)
https://www.phraseexpress.com/

we've used it to do the very thing - rather than rekeying standard notes in either email or various apps - free version works well.

Posted: **Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:51 am**

The water from my filtered fridge dispenser has been weird the last couple of weeks, has a think feel to it, no better way to describe, and the metallic taste of blood. My daughter bugged me to switch the filter out, no difference. Did a search, and see our water company put out a statement that there is a high salt content due to road salt washing into their system and drought conditions preventing the usual dilution of the salt, but it's safe to drink. Somehow I don't find it comforting that enough road salt is washing into my drinking water that it's altering the taste this significantly. They say it's safe to drink, but if you are on a low-sodium diet, you should consult a doctor.

Posted: **Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:16 am**

The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:51 am The water from my filtered fridge dispenser has been weird the last couple of weeks, has a think feel to it, no better way to describe, and the metallic taste of blood. My daughter bugged me to switch the filter out, no difference. Did a search, and see our water company put out a statement that there is a high salt content due to road salt washing into their system and drought conditions preventing the usual dilution of the salt, but it's safe to drink. Somehow I don't find it comforting that enough road salt is washing into my drinking water that it's altering the taste this significantly. They say it's safe to drink, but if you are on a low-sodium diet, you should consult a doctor.

JFC. Can you use bottled water?

Posted: **Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:30 am**

Steve of phpBB wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:16 am
The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:51 am The water from my filtered fridge dispenser has been weird the last couple of weeks, has a think feel to it, no better way to describe, and the metallic taste of blood. My daughter bugged me to switch the filter out, no difference. Did a search, and see our water company put out a statement that there is a high salt content due to road salt washing into their system and drought conditions preventing the usual dilution of the salt, but it's safe to drink. Somehow I don't find it comforting that enough road salt is washing into my drinking water that it's altering the taste this significantly. They say it's safe to drink, but if you are on a low-sodium diet, you should consult a doctor.
JFC. Can you use bottled water?

My daughter has been, I was drinking the fridge water, it’s not bad, just feels denser. My wife didn’t even notice until we told her. My daughter claims she can identify bottled water brand in a blind taste test. May need to test her.

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