Update XVIII: 15 Miles From Lunch

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He didn't mean to order the chocolate cake, but he accidentally did without thinking! Whoops! He was always taught not to waste food, so he didn't send it back.

Remember the Dr. Pepper incident at Burger King (I think?) when he pushed the wrong button. Great episode!

One of my favorites.  Our Dear Friend is in the midst of dieting, and one fine day at McDonalds (just lol already) he goes to get his fill of drink and oopsy daisy! we accidentally press the REGULAR Dr. Pepper.  Laughing to himself and asking WWJDWHDP? he doesn't dump out the fountain drink and instead takes a break from the diet to gorge on hamburgers, fries, and carbonated sugar water. 

Such a character.

His first Update diet dinner of 4 sloppy joes will always be the best one.

"Clean up the meat..." is the best Update meme by far. 

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No good morning post? That's usually an ominous sign.

He made it on the Facebooks.  Already about some driving conundrum that he had to deal with.  A simple commute can't even evade some wacky situation that throws a wrench into his day.  The day-to-day is truly like a sitcom.  There's nothing wrong with referring to Update as a TV show, honestly.

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I'm nearing the end of the lunch hour.  Today is going well.  I'm starting to do actual work today.  I'm prepping drawings for the onslaught of changes they will need that the government will send to us over the coming weeks.  I'll start more training material first thing tomorrow.  I still have a headache, though not as bad, but I'm debating on whether to go to church tonight or go straight home.  Either way, I may go to bed a little earlier tonight.

Rest up.  CAD(D) needs you awake and spry.   

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Bushie, why do you identify as a Democrat if you even consider voting for an Oklahoma GOP like Lankford, much less actually going through with it?  Are there even candidates in the US more conservative than a Republican from Oklahoma? 

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Bushie and Lankford are BFFs, otherwise he would have voted for the Democrat.

Are we talking lunch at Braum's BFF-level? 

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I think he shook his hand at a campaign stop or something. Either way, they're basically best friends.

This is why a Bushie wedding would be so great.  Atlas meetup + shots with a sitting Senator + Braum's catering + Russ Powers rides in on his snowmobile = DOES IT GET BETTER!?

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Good morning, guys.  I went to bed at 2030 last night as I was just so tired.  I'll do some training this morning for an hour or two, then likely draw the rest of the day.  Tonight, the second set of company arrives so I'll go to Grandma's for dinner at 1800.

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I'm willing to give Jeff a lot of dietary latitude for Turkey Day. It's one of the few times his "It was a special ocassion... and Amurika!!!" is a totally valid excuse. I'm predicting lots of Cream of Mushroom calories for Bushie.

I would be thrilled to find out Bushie ate the Green Bean Casserole. More likely, he gorges himself on mashed potatoes and gravy. I doubt he likes turkey very much.

The dark meat resembles beef moreso than the white so I'd imagine he goes apesh*t on that stuff. 

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I love turkey.  It's my favorite part about the meal outside the pumpkin pie.  I'll talk more about the menu tonight.

If you love turkey, have you given thought to using lean ground turkey as a substitute for beef in your taco salad, burgers, enchilada casserole, etc.?

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bushie have you surpassed 300 pounds?

295 and rising, Mitty.

I miss when he was 270 and was getting serious about walking : (

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Now that Allison is gone and Bushie seems to have decided to become celibate, it appears weight gain is our friend's only outlet for happiness. 400 lbs by next year.

I'm not sure it's all that.  A lot of it is that Bushie has now accepted his parents and Granny as his social circle and they make bi-daily trips to Cracker Barrel and On The Border. 

Cracker Barrel doesn't make the caloric count available (but they do call the general info page "Wholesome Fixins"...my god the Clan Bushie can't resist such fake corporate pandering, can they?) but On The Border is about as loaded with calories as you can expect a faux-Mexican restaurant to be. 

Couple that with 2-3 trips to Braum's a week...

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bushie have you surpassed 300 pounds?

295 and rising, Mitty.

I am actually 285.

Is there a lunch spot near your new place of work that you can walk to? 

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bushie have you surpassed 300 pounds?

295 and rising, Mitty.

I am actually 285.

Is there a lunch spot near your new place of work that you can walk to? 

Unfortunately, the closest places are 2 1/2 miles away.

So, yes.

Nah.  That would take an hour both ways, probably.  I can't imagine Bushie is very fleet of foot. 

When is your priest going to get back to you about resuming walking?  I suppose with the job search out of the way that this is as good a time as ever.

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It really ought to be a good thing that eating out for lunch is apparently too difficult (and in fairness it looks to me like it really is).  Think how much money he'll be saving by bringing a packed lunch each day... oh who am I kidding it'll be six packets of ramen noodles.

So far, I have gone out to eat twice and taken my lunch twice.  When I take my lunch, I have two ham or turkey sandwiches with a slice of cheese on both, a bag of chips, 5 cookies, and a Diet Dr. Pepper.  I have eaten once at Chick-fil-a and once at McDonald's.  i am going to Whataburger tomorrow for lunch.

Whataburger to precede Mexican for dinner?  So bread, beef, and loads of cheese for both lunch and dinner tomorrow? 

RIP 200s : (

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It really ought to be a good thing that eating out for lunch is apparently too difficult (and in fairness it looks to me like it really is).  Think how much money he'll be saving by bringing a packed lunch each day... oh who am I kidding it'll be six packets of ramen noodles.

So far, I have gone out to eat twice and taken my lunch twice.  When I take my lunch, I have two ham or turkey sandwiches with a slice of cheese on both, a bag of chips, 5 cookies, and a Diet Dr. Pepper.  I have eaten once at Chick-fil-a and once at McDonald's.  i am going to Whataburger tomorrow for lunch.

Dear lord.

If they are just Chips-A-Hoy or whatever it's not that bad. 

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So you're just loading files and saving them as a different file type? Tell your manager you wish to stay in this position. It sounds perfect.

Nah, wait a couple weeks before you even say anything to Mr. Boss Man.  Just "yes sir" and "no sir" and "done sir" for now.

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I'm home a little early due to a slow day.  I finished my project at 1430 and basically twiddled my thumbs and lurked on here.  This is the calm before the avalanche.  All of our work will start coming in before Thanksgiving, then we'll be screaming for these slow days.  I'm getting paid til 1700, but got off at 1545.  Another new guy starts on Monday.  Like I said, we're slow today, but that won't last long.  We'll have enough work to last through March, maybe into April.

Get plenty of sleep... but I don't need to tell you that!

How was Whataburger?

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By far the most depressing thing about the Update saga continues to be Bushie's choice in food. A plain ham and cheese sandwich (like on Wonder Bread) for lunch? Ugh. RIP taste buds.

It's truly deplorable.  Apocalyptic, even. 

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Good Saturday Morning!  I'm getting my oil changed right now and will get my haircut after this is done.  After that, I'll relax and work on some AutoCAD until time to go to dinner.  I should have a good 4-5 hours at home, so I might be able to get a short nap and still have a couple hours for AutoCAD.

Lose that mustache, too, and make your life at least 3x better. 

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bushie being asked to leave early has happened many times at other jobs.

not a good sign.

It's that friggin pedo-stache.  I'm telling you. 

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Would you just give it a chance and not take one little bity thing and blow it totally out of proportion?  You cannot accurately predict failure based on this.  If it becomes a trend, then maybe, but not off one incident.  You have to trust me here.  I know more about this job than you do and I know my boss better than you do.  So, just shut up and let me work.

This is why people accuse you of understating.  Originally posted, this was just "oh, we were done early so off I go!".  Now you are phrasing it as "an incident". 

Tell us, Bushie.  Was anyone else let go early on Friday? 

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I don't even understand why Bushie is having incidents already?! He's barely done any work?! How can they already be souring on him?

Does anyone take seriously my theories about the mustache and possibly having some very irritating mannerisms?

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I don't even understand why Bushie is having incidents already?! He's barely done any work?! How can they already be souring on him?

Does anyone take seriously my theories about the mustache and possibly having some very irritating mannerisms?

Wasn't there an issue at his last job with listening to the radio at his desk or something?

Lol, no.  We were just comparing him to Milton from Office Space.

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Would you just give it a chance and not take one little bity thing and blow it totally out of proportion?  You cannot accurately predict failure based on this.  If it becomes a trend, then maybe, but not off one incident.  You have to trust me here.  I know more about this job than you do and I know my boss better than you do.  So, just shut up and let me work.

This is why people accuse you of understating.  Originally posted, this was just "oh, we were done early so off I go!".  Now you are phrasing it as "an incident". 

Tell us, Bushie.  Was anyone else let go early on Friday? 

Yes

Okay.  Nothing to worry about then.  The commentary was not about people purposely guiding you towards failure as it was your tendency to sugarcoat things that might be negative.  Getting a big head (aka being prideful), as you've admitted, is one of your weaknesses.  You've shown in the past that having too optimistic an outlook in the face of potential pitfalls has hurt you.  Failing to study with your AutoCAD, for example.  That surely is not something you want to happen again? 

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What sort of food did granny cook for you today?

I haven't moved over there, yet, because of all the company.  I won't be over there for another week.  I've been over at my parents' since I got down here two weeks ago.  I had Braum's for lunch and a couple ham sandwiches for supper.

What kind of burger did you have at Braum's.  I see their website is currently featuring a caesar burger of all things.  Yum!