Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 05, 2024

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    Concretionist  2 months ago

    For awhile, I had a job where the enthusiasm of the young programmers was such that noise cancelling headphones were a requirement if I wanted to get any work done. And at that, I took to stealing their nerf-ammo if it landed in my work area. Shortly, my manager found me a (shared by another fogey) office where the two of us could quietly go about what we were hired to do. And not all that long later, I was requested to find a more congenial place to fit in. Which I was happy to do.

    PS: That company, a startup, folded within a year or so, having run through all the investor’s money and produced nothing of real value… not even the work I’d been doing. Nice to be paid to get an education, maybe.

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    Tra1nman2 Premium Member 2 months ago

    I’m sure glad I don’t live next door to the Stones!

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    Dkram  2 months ago

    HONK- HONK That’s the way “Tajuana Taxi” begins.

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    jango  2 months ago

    Val is a h0nky tonk woman

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    ajr58(1)  2 months ago

    My mom used to turn off her hearing aids when the grandkids got to be too loud

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    baskate_2000  2 months ago

    Yeah, but what about the rest of the immediate world?

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member 2 months ago

    To use the horn, the key must be in the ignition. So…….

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    kab2rb  2 months ago

    Mom Val taking a quiet break, not the neighbors.

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    daleandkristen  2 months ago

    Ear plugs! Maybe I should use them to stifle the sound of the leaf blowers.

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    paha_siga  2 months ago

    I rememebr when my kids were young and had those kiddy steering wheels with lots of buttons to press. One kid with one wheel = ugh, what an annoying noice. Two kids with two wheels = oh, what a nice peaceful time, no fighting kids to separate.

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