https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/ Douglas E. Berry - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:50:28 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios gridlore personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/1155735/421696 https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2011517.html Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:50:28 GMT https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2011517.html 15:37! That's how long I kept "Pete" from Cardmember Services on the phone!<br /><br />What was best was when he started threatening to come kill me.<br /><br />"OK, where do I live?"<br /><br />"United States."<br /><br />"That's about 330 million people and roughly a third of North America. I'll give you a hint, I'm in California."<br /><br />"Sacramento?"<br /><br />"Nope, another hint: It's where the 49ers play."<br /><br />*silence*<br /><br />"We're tracing the call right now and I'm going to come and kill you."<br /><br />"I'm on my cell phone, dipshit. The closest that will get you is one of three cell towers."<br /><br />"Fuck you."<br /><br />~fin~<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=gridlore&ditemid=2011517" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2011517.html life high weirdness offhand manor Pete from Cardmember Services crying in distant India. predatory public 2 https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2010137.html Mon, 14 Sep 2020 01:13:20 GMT https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2010137.html Coming home from our weekly shopping, we encountered this van at the Corner of El Camino Real and Main St. I'm fascinated by this kind of car, and stopped to take a few pictures. The owner clearly needs some sort of mental health help.<br /><br />Click the image for a few others.<br /><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24212799@N03/albums/72157715961326343" title="Crazy Cars"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50339704836_ff352ccbcd_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Crazy Cars"></img></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=gridlore&ditemid=2010137" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://gridlore.dreamwidth.org/2010137.html high weirdness life santa clara moody public 4