2025-02-21

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Paulie [eatl/ga]

Hope you are all staying warm enough. I leaned into my fake retired lifestyle by never changing out of my insanely warm pajama bottoms yesterday.

Wordle: four, my starter was PLAIN

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33 Responses to 2025-02-21

  1. Steve says:
    February 21, 2025 at 8:22 am

    Wordle in 4 and coulda been 3.

    A pretty quiet day until it wasn’t. I got a call from our tech in Newark. The old switches we swapped out last August were still powered up (so they could be wiped) and he wanted to power them down and move them out of his way. Sure, no problem. An hour later, I get an email saying the security team can get some traffic from NY to ATL. WHAT?? Normally, there are no coincidences, but this really was one. Wow.

    Debbie is still puny, and if I don’t sleep any better tonight, I think my ride tomorrow will get cancelled. $hit.

    -FP

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  2. Barb says:
    February 21, 2025 at 8:37 am

    Atlanta 2300 is tomorrow, ending here at my house. Head Nurse & I are making some chili, not sure what all else she is bringing. Weather looks to be not so cold, so that will be good.
    Come on to the hash! (I will not be doing trail, just herding whatever cats here at the house)

    I know Public Enema will be here (hoping Saddle Sores too) and Dumb BUF said he plans to stop by the end – he can’t make the start time.

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  3. Barb says:
    February 21, 2025 at 8:51 am

    Wordle in 4 – I’ve been on a roll guessing 4 of the 5 letters in the right spots this week.

    Went to The Wing with the parrotheads last night – sat on the patio that has heaters, but not enough for the cold night that it was. We survived – and our waiter but his face on the foam for the Guinness draft – that was hilarious. I never knew you could do that with Guinness (not that I know much about that sort of thing)

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  4. Jenka says:
    February 21, 2025 at 9:29 am

    So apparently someone refurbished a vintage tour bus into a restaurant and parked it behind Muchacho, and apparently it is now the most sought-after reservation in town. My bestie’s partner Elayne scored reservations for tonight so the four of us are going. This is not my thing at all, but they are very excited so I will go in with an open mind.

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  5. Paulie [eatl/ga] says:
    February 21, 2025 at 10:01 am

    I am meeting my buddy Hank for drinks today and am going to try to ride Marta downtown so that I can avoid some traffic and paying for parking (admittedly I realize that I may be paying more to ride Marta). Will probably be cold, and have to purchase yet another Breeze Card, both will make me grumble. If the weather were warmer I’d walk to the Marta station, but I am no longer tough enough to consider such punishment.

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    • Barb says:
      February 21, 2025 at 10:27 am

      Where are you going downtown>? Wild Leap? (I really like that building)
      I think, but not sure, that there is parking there – and it may be free.
      Marta is $2.50 each way – last time we rode it last fall.

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    • Bob says:
      February 21, 2025 at 11:03 am

      Try the MARTA app on your phone, it’s called Breeze Mobile. Nothing to buy, you just add money to the app and you can monitor it. I don’t think it will expire either. You just scan a QR code at the turnstile, pretty easy (until it breaks :-))

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      • Jenka says:
        February 21, 2025 at 11:19 am

        Just downloaded the app! I hate forgetting my Breeze card.

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      • Steve says:
        February 21, 2025 at 11:26 am

        I was a regular rider in the before times. The bank bought the breeze card, so I never had to worry about filling it. If they take us back to daily work in the office, I’ll probably ride again. I might have to look into the app.

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        • David says:
          February 21, 2025 at 12:08 pm

          Absolutely get the app, and go to the trouble to make an account so they store your payment info, it makes the process less excruciating. MARTA could sure use an app developer to clean that shit up. Also turning your screen up to full brightness helps the turnstiles recognize the barcode better. Those cursed Breeze card machines are broken half the time or more. I just want to pay with goddamn ApplePay like I can in Manhattan.

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      • Paulie [eatl/ga] says:
        February 21, 2025 at 12:20 pm

        Will give it a shot, thanks.

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        • Paulie [eatl/ga] says:
          February 21, 2025 at 12:41 pm

          Marta’s app didn’t check that I had entered a valid phone number, and the string of numbers looked right to my eyes (apparently I missed a digit), so I went ahead and created my account validating via email. So, after finding NO WAY to update my phone number in the app, I deleted my account, then the app, redownloaded the app, and started all over creating a new account.
          #shitty_software_development

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          • David says:
            February 21, 2025 at 1:17 pm

            I’m sure I’ve said in this space before that if programmers were strapped to chairs and forced to use their own work for a day, software (including apps) would be so much better. It just doesn’t take that much much extra effort to dramatically improve the user’s experience.

  6. David says:
    February 21, 2025 at 12:13 pm

    Greetings from Spartanburg. Uneventful ride from ATL. Lots of cops in SC, as per usual. I took my daughter to her first stand-up comedy show, Sam Morril was at the Tabernacle. He was fine, his stuff online is tighter and funnier. My daughter wanted a burger so we walked across the street to Ted’s Montana Grill. Lovely bison burger and baked potato. We just beat the rush. TheIr Ted’s IPA on draft was a lager, so clearly Ted doesn’t know shit about beer. I let it go, the harried middle-aged server was doing the beat she could.

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