@ircon96 Never do an eBay or Amazon search for “festoon” You will end up very, very bewildered. Apparently one of the keyword-generation futilities used by the Chinese direct-to-US outfits is infatuated with it for anything that’s even remotely decorative. Like interior light bulbs for cars…
@ircon96@werehatrack I think festoon bulbs are an actual thing, like a specific sort of automotive light bulb. Why “festoon” I couldn’t tell you, but I think it’s a legitimate term rather than a keyword stuffing oddity.
@goodjuju I’ve been in (and sometimes out of, but never far from) the automotive parts and service field since the early '70s. I have never encountered the use of that word in any English-language part lists; it pretty much has to be a bad translation error.
@goodjuju@werehatrack You’re right, who knew? Apparently, it’s an actual technical term for a small bulb that has connections at both ends, used in interior automotive light fixtures. Also, it’s the name for those decorative, café-style lights you string up over a deck or patio for outdoor gatherings. TIL
@goodjuju@werehatrack I Googled “festoon bulb” & discovered it’s the term almost every company uses these days, so somewhere along the way, it looks like it became the technical term for that kind of bulb. Like i said, it’s a new one on me, too, but I’m glad to have learned about it, in case i ever need one! Lol
Nothing anymore since they took away our designated desks in favor of nearly all hotel spaces. I used to have random Star Trek stuff and a page a day calendar plus coffee making and consuming devices
@epicadventure
I had a mini Borg cube, a new old stock TNG wall clock, a few Funkos, mouse pad…I think that about covers it. Unfortunately they threw away my rolling cabinet of stuff before warning me that we were losing these spots, so I lost my USB Christmas tree and a few of the magnet toys to that purging.
I still need to see if I have the Tuna therapy sticker I’d liberated long ago from a CRT I was recycling, as that was one of my great prizes
We have work areas at a small building in our storage yard (strategically located to pirate the internet from the B&B next door) but no one uses it, as we’re in the field 90% of the time, and then we just go home to use our home computers.
My work space at home is decorated with piles of paper, charging stations, and cat hair.
assorted junk including things like a heavy engraved glass brick (an award I keep around for self-defense purposes), dried out cigars announcing babies that are now parents, lollipops containing bugs like a scorpion and a grasshopper and of course the meh.com baby, seen here with other items from the fuku|o I received on June 8, 2016:
Last time I dropped by to say hi to the gang, it looked like my old office was being used for storage of random equipment. (I retired 18 months ago. )
So, not that different from when I was using it…
Mom brought a tree inside and it sparkles. So pretty. Also lots of little men with big pointy hats. They don’t talk or play. Just there and I cannot see their eyes!!!
@Kyeh oh no, Im a big boi now and I know better! I sniff it once in a while just in case, Indont trust it, but mom likes it. Inwonder if squirrels are hiding in there!!! Ggrrrrr.
I did chew on one of the strange mens pointy hats, just to taste it, of course. Mom got upset and I got a time out (nap in the comfy bed, oh yea!!!) So I stay away from them
Some Lego and a few pieces of random stuff. I will need to put up my Christmas decorations next week.
Random heaps of shiny things I’ve found at work. Yes, I am a magpie in a polo shirt and khakis
A giant hourglass, a Doctor Strange Funko, and thirty thousand pens.
All the stuff that I had no room for anywhere else.
Confirmed Meh hates dogs.
Work space is decorated with customers dogs.
@loos no one can hate a good doggo. They even made me GOAT!!! I accepted because I think peanut butter treats are the prize!!!
Various papers and stuff from unfinished projects, and a stack of unsorted mail.
A bunch of random shit. And work I’ll probably never do.
Nothing, that’s more to carry out when you get fired.
Flamingos, flamingos, and more flamingos.
@iluvmingos i want pics
Random profanity
@edguyver14 Wouldn’t the technical term for that be “festooning” rather than “decorating”? Asking for a friend.
@ircon96 Never do an eBay or Amazon search for “festoon” You will end up very, very bewildered. Apparently one of the keyword-generation futilities used by the Chinese direct-to-US outfits is infatuated with it for anything that’s even remotely decorative. Like interior light bulbs for cars…
@werehatrack Wow, the Chinese can be so poetic, especially when it comes to selling us crap!
@ircon96 @werehatrack I think festoon bulbs are an actual thing, like a specific sort of automotive light bulb. Why “festoon” I couldn’t tell you, but I think it’s a legitimate term rather than a keyword stuffing oddity.
@goodjuju I’ve been in (and sometimes out of, but never far from) the automotive parts and service field since the early '70s. I have never encountered the use of that word in any English-language part lists; it pretty much has to be a bad translation error.
@goodjuju @werehatrack You’re right, who knew? Apparently, it’s an actual technical term for a small bulb that has connections at both ends, used in interior automotive light fixtures. Also, it’s the name for those decorative, café-style lights you string up over a deck or patio for outdoor gatherings. TIL
@goodjuju @werehatrack I Googled “festoon bulb” & discovered it’s the term almost every company uses these days, so somewhere along the way, it looks like it became the technical term for that kind of bulb. Like i said, it’s a new one on me, too, but I’m glad to have learned about it, in case i ever need one! Lol
Nothing anymore since they took away our designated desks in favor of nearly all hotel spaces. I used to have random Star Trek stuff and a page a day calendar plus coffee making and consuming devices
@guyfromhawthorn Those bastards!
@guyfromhawthorn oooh, what sort of Trek stuff??
@epicadventure
I had a mini Borg cube, a new old stock TNG wall clock, a few Funkos, mouse pad…I think that about covers it. Unfortunately they threw away my rolling cabinet of stuff before warning me that we were losing these spots, so I lost my USB Christmas tree and a few of the magnet toys to that purging.
I still need to see if I have the Tuna therapy sticker I’d liberated long ago from a CRT I was recycling, as that was one of my great prizes
Cobwebs.
We have work areas at a small building in our storage yard (strategically located to pirate the internet from the B&B next door) but no one uses it, as we’re in the field 90% of the time, and then we just go home to use our home computers.
My work space at home is decorated with piles of paper, charging stations, and cat hair.
assorted junk including things like a heavy engraved glass brick (an award I keep around for self-defense purposes), dried out cigars announcing babies that are now parents, lollipops containing bugs like a scorpion and a grasshopper and of course the meh.com baby, seen here with other items from the fuku|o I received on June 8, 2016:
@baqui63 Tell that baby slacker, “If you have time to lean, you have time to clean!”
What is this “work” you speak of?
@ThunderChicken Right? I don’t get it.
Shot glasses
Work
post it notes. post its everywhere…
Photos of my loved ones.
When I had an assigned work space with an employer, I had nothing personal in it. I tried to keep my business and personal lives entirely separate.
@werehatrack Smart. So smart.
Plants. Many plants!
Last time I dropped by to say hi to the gang, it looked like my old office was being used for storage of random equipment. (I retired 18 months ago.
)
So, not that different from when I was using it…
Challenge coins and some bucky ball figures.
@altoidbox
what branch?
Acrid smoke and horses’ breath.
I work outside. Occasionally there’s a rail car with graffiti on it.
Star Trek, Super heroes, misc fandom…
Model trains, of course! Oh, and Lucky always sits behind my desk.
Sick and injured people.
Decor is constantly changing.
@chienfou ER?
Mom brought a tree inside and it sparkles. So pretty. Also lots of little men with big pointy hats. They don’t talk or play. Just there and I cannot see their eyes!!!
@CharlieDoggo Nice! I trust you’re being good and not doing anything to that tree?
@Kyeh oh no, Im a big boi now and I know better! I sniff it once in a while just in case, Indont trust it, but mom likes it. Inwonder if squirrels are hiding in there!!! Ggrrrrr.
I did chew on one of the strange mens pointy hats, just to taste it, of course. Mom got upset and I got a time out (nap in the comfy bed, oh yea!!!) So I stay away from them
@CharlieDoggo I can understand how those mysterious little men would make you suspicious…
@Kyeh I think they are sneaky
