Return of the Mighty Observations Thread

[Dr. Medulla]

The Boss and I have survived the most grueling ordeal of any marriage: assembling an Ikea wardrobe. And it ain't right. The one door is noticeably higher than the other, but we can't figure out what happened. All the pieces are flush, everything is level (I checked with an actual level), and we've played with the hinge fine-tuning, but it's still way off. We've assembled one of these things before and it went fine, but this is behaving like there's a skew somewhere, even tho the level says it's fine. Baffling.

Undoubtedly most—all?—of you have been losing sleep at night wondering whether we ever fixed that Ikea wardrobe. Sleep well, sweet princes and princesses, we got it taken care of today. The long delay was because the Boss went to Sask for the rest of the month and only today did we find the time/inclination to fix it. She was convinced we'd have to take it all apart and start over, but I thought we'd just have to take off the back panel, then loosen and retighten the side screws, while using the inside crossbars to brace and align the whole thing. Actually having the doors on helped a great deal for visually aligning things. Getting the back panel off was tough—all those nails—but, yup, it's good now. Slow process but never in doubt in my own mind. At worst, we'd hire a handyman to figure it out, but I didn't think it'd come to that.

Operation Great Job!

As a recent assembler of an Ikea king bed w/ built-in drawers you have my heartfelt sympathy/congratulations.

Support group hug!

[101Walterton]

A couple of pigeons have been roosting in our building's garage the past few months and I'd grown accustomed to mentally saying hello every morning on the way out. This evening I went by and someone had run over one of the birds -- the other two were sitting sadly beside it. I feel terrible. :(

I feel for you Inder, you don’t think of animals as having feelings like us but they do.
Every year when duck shooting season starts a pair of Paradise Ducks come and hang out in our park ( smart ducks). But every year I worry that one will turn up alone as they mate for life.

[revbob]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

[Dr. Medulla]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Maybe she was being ironic, mocking middle-aged sportswriters?

[revbob]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Maybe she was being ironic, mocking middle-aged sportswriters?

I figure that must be some parental influence.

[Dr. Medulla]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Maybe she was being ironic, mocking middle-aged sportswriters?

I figure that must be some parental influence.

Goddammit, parents, you're letting your kids down!

[BitterTom]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

[tepista]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

Speaking only for myself, BJ is the worst ever born and I'd listen to an hour of PC before I'd listen to 5 minutes of BJ.

[BitterTom]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

Speaking only for myself, BJ is the worst ever born and I'd listen to an hour of PC before I'd listen to 5 minutes of BJ.

Genuinely shocked here. Didn't think of Joel as a disliked artist like good ol' Phil.

[Wolter]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

Speaking only for myself, BJ is the worst ever born and I'd listen to an hour of PC before I'd listen to 5 minutes of BJ.

Genuinely shocked here. Didn't think of Joel as a disliked artist like good ol' Phil.

He’s fairly despised, especially in punk circles. I don’t have huge opinions about him, but I like to drag him because my wife is a huge fan.

[tepista]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

Speaking only for myself, BJ is the worst ever born and I'd listen to an hour of PC before I'd listen to 5 minutes of BJ.

Genuinely shocked here. Didn't think of Joel as a disliked artist like good ol' Phil.

He even said himself that only the good die young, and here he is still hangin' around at 70.

[Wolter]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

Speaking only for myself, BJ is the worst ever born and I'd listen to an hour of PC before I'd listen to 5 minutes of BJ.

I would flip it. I can tolerate some Joel. Far more than I can Collins.

[BitterTom]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

Speaking only for myself, BJ is the worst ever born and I'd listen to an hour of PC before I'd listen to 5 minutes of BJ.

Genuinely shocked here. Didn't think of Joel as a disliked artist like good ol' Phil.

He’s fairly despised, especially in punk circles. I don’t have huge opinions about him, but I like to drag him because my wife is a huge fan.

Still surprised but chortled.

[tepista]

My kid went on a date the other day and the girl showed up wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt. I haven't discussed this with my son yet. Thankfully it wasn't Phil Collins or Billy Joel I dont think I would have been able to hold my tongue

Wait wait wait. Ok, so I'm aware of PC hate extensively. Forget that, what's wrong with Joel? He's written some classics.

Speaking only for myself, BJ is the worst ever born and I'd listen to an hour of PC before I'd listen to 5 minutes of BJ.

I would flip it. I can tolerate some Joel. Far more than I can Collins.

Actually, I gave myself the creeps thinking about an hour of PC. Change the ratio to 10-5, but I loathe them both. And for bands the worst is Steely Dan.

[Heston]

I've got your back, Tom. BJ has some absolutely cracking tunes. It's Still RnR To Me, My Life, WDStF, River of Dreams, Tell Her About It, The Longest Time and more. He's released a lot of shit as well but there you go.