1938 Packard

I go to their parties, when invited, go on excursions with them, they have been to my place, some them ask favors of me and the other way around. Some borrow money from me, some sell things to or buy things from me. One is in my FB.

That's not my job. Go talk to that guy who sells home brewed Fentynil out of his shoe shine box - the one out in front of Family Dollar.

Is this why one of them trusts me enough to be his character witness in court?

Your older colleagues are pompous jerks. But you aspire to that.

So, when you were in HS, you didn't resent being addressed as "young man"? That's WAY too passive for somebody claims to be of so much achievement. Might as well call somebody, "little boo" When you don't want to be perceived as a pompous, condescending shitwad, never refer to or address a teenager as "young" ANYTHING. It's every bit as insulting and deeply offensive as referring to or addressing a black man as "Boy".

People who don't mingle or get along with their co-workers around here have a habit of getting fired. Your even questioning that akin to saying none of your own co-workers or clients know anything at all about you or you don't know any of them, which is itself pretty damned creepy.

They are my co-workers over a time frame of decades, for your big, fat information. They know me better than they know the face of the moon.

Is that what you think? I guess you don't hang in groups... like ever. Think of the context, for example. Halloween... people dragged because they can't have costumes this year... somebody shows up with a ridiculous half mask. There one minute, gone the next. Adds a little more life to a dull evening.

Then, what are they? Antics? Faux pas? Shenanigans? It certainly isn't swashbuckling.

So, what's the difference between that and the lampshade?

People who like party pranks... it's like the old lampshade on the head bit. Anyway, we're not going to be allowed to wear Halloween costumes at work this year, due to heightened security alerts after the LA shootings. So, if I show up at role call with one of these on my face, everybody gets a yuk yuk yuk and business resumes as usual. Clip on, snap off. No costume needed. Too bad the gift shop is sold out of them already. There had been other face options available.

They were sold in a set of four, for your big, fat information!

Cardboard cutout. Yes, there's a difference.

That's about right for a pair of kicks. Of course, it's also about how you use them. I have a fifteen year old pair of Bostonians that I only wear to dress events such as weddings and funerals. They still look new.

I tried that once. The shoes lasted about two months because they don't hold up to floor stripping compound.

As long as they meet the company dress code and last longer than a few months, it's good. The bosses would send me home if I showed up in shoes like yours.

The last pair I bought were Sketcher slip resistant work shoes. Discounted at the Sketcher Outlet store for casino employees.

Yup... just like this one.

Munchausen He flew to moon over an hour ago. He might stay there for the next eight weeks if he could find enough money to do his laundry

Because the lips and teeth are a cardboard cutout.

I want ninety nine 99's!

That's about what I pay for glasses. I could get them free through insurance, but there are features I want that insurance doesn't cover. Anyway, it just happens that I have an eye appointment tomorrow.

Always use the more dignified term. "Young" sounds condescending.

What's there not to get? Lady shows up at HS wearing cat ears, older people wear them at the Comic Con.

There's no shortage of that at Comic Con and that crowd is mostly in college.