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Not knowing how to defriend or get off FB. They put endless posts I have not asked for and some are against what I believe. And they have put two people as friends, one of whom is someone I've hated for years. Apparently they do it because we have common friends, I don't know but I hate it.
I have an account there just to play bubble games. I allowed a colleague to friend me and had to remove him and all of his friends that ended up on my page, although I think it is called something else.
I just checked, and you can hover over the name of the person and choose to undo the check marks for liking and friending. You can also use the down thing in the upper, right-hand corner of that person's post, but the hovering over the name is easier.
I don't mind FB, and I think it's been a positive experience for the most part. I had one friend (who I love, but who is very strident in her policitical beliefs) that I just got tired of, because of her constant negative, nasty, sarcastic posts. I chose the "block posts" option without defriending her and it's the best of both worlds.
ToomuchStuff
7-6-14, 11:47am
Arf?
In some cases, dogs might be the reason. Other reasons (at least for me), include, ability to sleep (fireworks until 4am), have to worry about fires (put out one, that started a dead tree over a house on fire), accidents (some, not all directly involving fireworks), noise.
ApatheticNoMore
7-6-14, 12:15pm
Not knowing how to defriend or get off FB. They put endless posts I have not asked for and some are against what I believe. And they have put two people as friends, one of whom is someone I've hated for years. Apparently they do it because we have common friends, I don't know but I hate it.
if you want to do more than just de-friend and actually want to get off FB it IS possible. Ok they may keep the data but it is possible to permanently delete a FB account for all intents and purposes, so that you can never log in again, amen. It would probably be best for you to search for this on the web as I can't tell you exactly what instruction is accurate as I think their interface changes a lot. Here are some but it is possible they are obsolete.
http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-Delete-a-Facebook-Account
https://news.yahoo.com/delete-facebook-account-014550197.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-Delete-a-Facebook-Account
But keep trying. You do have to not login for two weeks after you requested the account be permanently deleted for the deletion to be permanent.
I figure with everyone blocking posts and defriending on facebook it's probably just a giant exercise is solipsism at some point anyway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism) :laff:. But maybe that's everywhere. Truthfully I almost never posted when I had an account
I am 52 years old and it still rankles me when my mom makes a comment about my appearance; she really doesn't like my dread locks and I should get rid of them, and why don't I wear some lipstick? Number one, I hate wearing lipstick, I feel like my lips stick out a mile with it on, and two, I am not the kind of female who likes being girly-girly, period! I tried on and off for years to conform and it is just not me! I have never been more happy with my appearance, for the most part, until the last few years ~ I am tall, fit, tan, and have crazy hair that I don't want to deal with anymore, hence the dreads. I don't have the time or desire to please others, I'm too busy living my life and being comfortable about who I am and how I look. This is what I should have said to my mom this morning, instead of shutting down and her accusing me of being defensive. My entire life I think she has found fault with both me (for not being girly enough?) and my sister (for being overweight). I have long struggled with a negative self image and when she says stuff like that it can still raise my hackles!
SiouzQ - I had the same issues with my Mom (probably most of us do to some level). We had some rows in our time. Not so much over how I looked or dressed, but more over the (in her opinion) wrong choices I made in life career-wise and lifestyle-wise. I didn't fit her old world image of what a female should be and aspire to in life. She's passed on now but never really ever accepted or respected or understood my choices, although she came to a somewhat begrudging peaceful decision to let most of it go once she realized I probably would never change. That's not much but it's better then nothing and it can make life together much easier. But being true to yourself, no matter who it upsets, is the only way to find happiness IMHO. So rock those Dreads SiouzQ - no matter what Mom thinks!
Tennessee is my peeve.
Ha Ha - elaborate please :-)!
I am, Spartana! On Friday I am going in for a dread refresher ~ they unraveled a bit when I was on my road trip out to New Mexico and Utah earlier this summer (more on that sometime.! The perfect hairstyle for living out of one's car and in a tent for sixteen days! :)
I am, Spartana! On Friday I am going in for a dread refresher ~ they unraveled a bit when I was on my road trip out to New Mexico and Utah earlier this summer (more on that sometime.! The perfect hairstyle for living out of one's car and in a tent for sixteen days! :)I always wondered how they "do" dreads. There is a woman on my new current favorite website http://www.skalatitude.com/p/wow-women-on-wheels.html who is biking round the world solo (as are all the women on the website) and she has very long beautiful dreads. I always admired them but thought they would require too much up keep but I guess not. Up until recently I had long (butt length) hair and it is super easy to deal with - pony tail, braid, bun when camping or hiking or whatever for days on end. But since I cut it shorter (below shoulders) it's even easier!http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2SwlQU8dQEM/UgWShzIf8-I/AAAAAAAACa0/JaacoOGvRn8/s640/photo+(2).jpg
Ha Ha - elaborate please :-)!
I am stuck in Clarksville, land of 7 lane black top, 100,000 plus people, 4 Walmarts. The country songs lied to me about Tennessee !
shadowmoss
7-13-14, 6:44am
Wow, Clarksville has 4 Walmarts now? I only knew of 2, maybe 3 now that I think about it, when I worked there. I used to live just down I-24 at exit 30.
shadowmoss
7-13-14, 6:48am
Hmmmm. I'm 59 and I have butt-length hair. Ever since I started wearing it long (back in middle school) my Mom has been after me to cut it. I did a couple of times, mostly during times I was unhappy with other parts of my life, and hated it short. She mostly leaves me alone about it, but she definitely knows how I feel about her comments.
ToomuchStuff
7-13-14, 9:52am
I love this thread.
OK, Today I am peeved that there are loves instead of peeves in this thread.:laff:
Couldn't resist
OK, Today I am peeved that there are loves instead of peeves in this thread.:laff:
Couldn't resist
:laff:
Wow, Clarksville has 4 Walmarts now? I only knew of 2, maybe 3 now that I think about it, when I worked there. I used to live just down I-24 at exit 30.
we are in clarksville temporarily for another year. The city is I believe the third worst in the country for urban sprawl. I honestly can tell you, I had no idea the USA was like this. I realized after being there, that I had lived in a very small bubble my entire life. I miss my bubble! The population is around 150,000 now the master plan is 250,000 in 10 years.
OK, Today I am peeved that there are loves instead of peeves in this thread.:laff:
Couldn't resist
I cannot help myself.
It seems that I do have a peeve.
The man who cuts the grass for my landlord has completely shredded my ground fabric (to reduce weeds) on my vegetable garden. I am having a late start because I neglected the plants and had to purchase new plant. He surely must be doing it intentionally, as there are no weeds there, or any weeds creeping at the edge along the sidewalk.
I am going to patch as best I can and plant milkweed.
Peeved that I am still sick (day six by now) and it is a beautiful day here. Maybe my voice will come back today, as I lost it on Thursday. I am trying for a two day vow of silence until I have to work on Tuesday. I sure hate being sick because I am derailed from my usual routines and activities, but I am trying real hard to do everything I am supposed to do to break up this horrid congestion and stop the coughing. I want my normal life back!
Me too, SiouzQ. Who would have thought you could get a cold/cough in 110 degree weather?? ugh. I'm going into week two with this so I'm hoping this clears up for both of us soon.
Week Two? Sheesh, I don't have time for this! I am on Day Five of laryngitis; I think by tomorrow I will be able to do a pretty good Tom Waits impression. This better get better SOON because I have a gig on August 15th and I have A LOT of rehearsing to do.
I have never had laryngitis for more than three days at the most; part of the problem is that I have to talk a lot at work (customer service) and I had to work for two days while it was coming on and I struggled and strained myself to be heard. I have just had two days off in a row and haven't talked to anyone very much at all so hopefully that helped matters.
ApatheticNoMore
7-30-14, 2:32am
Hmm very few apts in the building with an energy use less than mine - and some so low I think they are the vacant ones really. But my neighbors is somewhat lower. I think that's because I'm subsidizing his energy use. So he'll have the radio on at 1am at night (news, not that music would be any better at that time of night - 1am - either go to sleep or do something quiet like internet or read - ok old enough and broke enough to probably not even have the net but then read - or do something quiet! it's fricken 1 fricken am for heavens sake!!). So how does this get to my subsidizing his electricity bill. Well I run a stand up fan in the other room all night for white noise, in addition to earplugs!, to block out his radio!!! Without his radio, earplugs would be more than sufficient. And then today I saw he is leaving his windows open. Ok so the guy is running his radio at 1 fricken am or later (sometimes 2 or 3) and leaving the window open right by my bedroom!!! Such an ahole he is. Maybe he leaves it open because "it's hot" and as he said when contesting his bill "he never runs A/C". Oh no dude, instead of running A/C you leave the window open while playing the radio loud at 1am at night. Because "you don't run A/C", isn't that nice (you really should run A/C if your hot and close the window if you are going to insist on blaring radio all night and not do something sensible like read a book). Meanwhile my fan runs all night purely to generate white noise. And I don't open my window or the noise would really be bad. Maybe it is why they probably aren't eager to raise rent, I really think very few people would put up with some of these neighbors for long.
iris lilies
8-10-14, 1:48pm
My small, ancient French Bulldog who cannot hear and can only see a bit, starts yapping for dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon. I am sorry, but even if dinner is the highlight of your day, I'm not going to give it to you that early. Dinner is served here no earlier than 5:30 pm.
Today she let out some preliminary yaps at 12:30 in the afternoon. Winding up for a 5 hour marathon of yaps? oh god no, please.
This dog also eats in the morning, and may start yapping for breakfast as early as 2 hour before breakfast is served. She is well fed and well hydrated, no yapping is necessary.
Well, I have found that I am not entitled to any Peeves. They are just a sign of my tense impatience, lack of maturity, and bad attitude. Or so I'm told. Hope that answers your question.
Slackers at work who take advantage of my willingness to bust my a** and get things done. I finally went to store leadership to apprise them of the situation. We'll see if anything actually changes. As far as I am concerned, the best thing would be if this person went to a different department.
Netiquette: Please change the subject line of your emails. Do not be lazy and just pull up the last email to the same group of people and type in a different topic.
Confusion this week came from a meeting that was originally scheduled for 9/15 and we, the presenters, were moved from the agenda to next month. Got a followup email from the organizer about the October meeting forwarding the original email still titled "meeting on 15th".
I reply to confirm, do you mean October's meeting is on the 15th? No, she replies, it's the 22nd. uh, okay, so how hard is it to let us know that, and to also change the date in the subject line??
Gardenarian
10-6-14, 3:46pm
AAARRRRGH!!! House is turned over from getting ready to move, I can't find the disclosure forms for the cabin, dh is being paranoid and thinks all real estate agents are out to get him, my paypal stopped working, my dogs are peeing all over the place, and dd got her first cavity >:(
Gardenarian, Just breathe! All will be well.
Gardenarian
10-14-14, 8:04pm
Thanks nswef :)
Peeve for today: if you are sick, stay home - or at least don't come to my library! It's like a fracking flu clinic in here with all the coughing and sneezing and sniffling. Ick!
Contractors who Say they will come out and quote...then never show. Or one shows but does not want the job, so no call back with estimate.
frugal-one
10-18-14, 1:57pm
Lately this has been happening and it is really ANNOYING!!!! Today I was on a blog by Shalom Mama and she had a recipe for how to make your own natural coffee creamer. As I was about to write the recipe... a pop up asking if you wanted to sign up for her blog. HOWEVER, there was no way to get out of it... you had to sign up or not continue reading. Anyone find a way around this? pffftttttttttttttt
ToomuchStuff
10-18-14, 2:08pm
Lately this has been happening and it is really ANNOYING!!!! Today I was on a blog by Shalom Mama and she had a recipe for how to make your own natural coffee creamer. As I was about to write the recipe... a pop up asking if you wanted to sign up for her blog. HOWEVER, there was no way to get out of it... you had to sign up or not continue reading. Anyone find a way around this? pffftttttttttttttt
That would depend on what your using for a browser. Not all plugin's are compatable with all browsers, and even then, some of those type of pop ups, must be manually shut off (dealt with one today that the x didn't close it).
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2692560/six-browser-plug-ins-that-protect-your-privacy.html
The cost of everything, lately!
frugal-one
10-19-14, 10:23am
That would depend on what your using for a browser. Not all plugin's are compatable with all browsers, and even then, some of those type of pop ups, must be manually shut off (dealt with one today that the x didn't close it).
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2692560/six-browser-plug-ins-that-protect-your-privacy.html
Use safari for our Apple.....
SteveinMN
10-19-14, 4:09pm
Use safari for our Apple.....
I actually use two browsers. Safari is one of them and I leave it wide open: no anti-ad software, no cookie monitors, nothing. It's the browser I use when I encounter a Web site that insists on how I should use it. >8) The other browser is Firefox, and it's pretty well bolted down. It has the ad-blocking software and cookie monitors, and I have not installed Flash on it (Flash is evil; another thread). Nothing happens on that browser unless I want it to.
For sites like Shalom Mama, that insist on information like an email address before doing anything useful, I have a couple of choices. One is giving it a not-my-real-email address; a free one from Yahoo that is only given out to non-critical sites. Nothing important is sent to that account. The other choice I have is to just walk away. In this case, maybe copy the name of the recipe and see if I can find it on a site that behaves a little better. And, if not, decide that my privacy is worth more than they're offering in return.
ApatheticNoMore
10-19-14, 4:56pm
I have several browsers too, mostly a well bolted down Firefox, also a fairly well (not as many add-ons available) bolted down other Mozilla browser (Firefox occasionally but rarely releases editions that don't seem to work period - yea they fix them eventually but that's why another Mozilla browser). And then I have IE. Why IE? Because it's the browser that work VPN is designed for and I need to enable stuff for that to happen as well, so it's wide open. In theory work VPN should work with any browser, but in reality I've never had any success with that, bolted down or not, just easier to use IE as is most recommended. I've played with Chrome but I don't need another browser so it's not installed now.
ApatheticNoMore
10-19-14, 5:05pm
daily peeve: rolls of quarters from the bank. EVERY SINGLE TIME there's at least one foreign coin in there that may look a little like a quarter but is not, Can I use them to do my laundry? No of course not, they are completely useless. It's a rip off.
Lately this has been happening and it is really ANNOYING!!!! Today I was on a blog by Shalom Mama and she had a recipe for how to make your own natural coffee creamer. As I was about to write the recipe... a pop up asking if you wanted to sign up for her blog. HOWEVER, there was no way to get out of it... you had to sign up or not continue reading. Anyone find a way around this? pffftttttttttttttt
One thing I've found. Hit ctrl and then the - sign. it reduces the size of the image onscreen, and sometimes there is an "x" button for these stupid popups lurking where you couldn't see it. Of course, sometimes not! (ctrl + will enlarge your image again.)
ToomuchStuff
10-19-14, 10:10pm
Use safari for our Apple.....
PM Allen and point him to this thread. I haven't played with a Mac since the first Bondi Blue in the KC area, they were never my thing, so he would be much better help with it.
No desire? energy? to Run lately.
Gardenarian
10-21-14, 2:37pm
Time to get stronger reading glasses. Again.
the wind, really windy today
My peeve du jour: Looking for a specific one sentence piece of online info and being forced to view the video or the slide show instead. I don't want to watch bad home movies while someone blathers on like an eight year old on coke for fifteen minutes, unless the how-to info truly can't be described without it. Similarly, a site that is so slow it basically won't load at all because it's so bogged down with ads, links and "join now" inserts. Links that appear to be useful (you know, they're underlined in blue) and turn out to be a simple definition having nothing to do with the topic at hand. [topic at hand: what is being discussed.] Finally, the fact that I have to sign up to do just about anything. Simply must have my email address, and make me go there and verify that I have indeed unwillingly signed up, and then go back and find the page all over again, simply in order to do a one-off view of a website, take a quiz, leave a comment. I know, too much time on my hands, but it's like junk mail: is anything other than a gigantic increase in wasted time and irritation actually accomplished?
SteveinMN
11-16-14, 11:32pm
My peeve du jour: Looking for a specific one sentence piece of online info and being forced to view the video or the slide show instead. I don't want to watch bad home movies while someone blathers on like an eight year old on coke for fifteen minutes, unless the how-to info truly can't be described without it.
Absolutely with you there! I can read far faster than most people talk, and most written text contains visual clues that break up the information so I can jump to the next paragraph or chapter. With a video or podcast, that indexing is rare, wasting even more time to get to the info I want.
Similarly, a site that is so slow it basically won't load at all because it's so bogged down with ads, links and "join now" inserts.
And, even worse, a site that keeps pushing the content around because elements up the page are resizing. Impossible to read when the text keeps jumping up and down (and, sometimes, behind) the page.
And, even worse, a site that keeps pushing the content around because elements up the page are resizing. Impossible to read when the text keeps jumping up and down (and, sometimes, behind) the page.
Oh, preach on, brother! That has got to be the worst, when you simply can't manipulate the page for all the jumping around, sometimes in slow motion; you wait and wait and think it's ok to click, it must be ready by now but no, now you've managed to get to the Hair Club For Men instead.
iris lilies
11-16-14, 11:43pm
Granny, stop barking! Stop it!
edited to add: I see that I already posted this peeve back in August. Well, she is still yapping for dinner hours before dinner time. ack!
Granny, stop barking! Stop it!
I SECOND THIS - Different Granny. She talks to you when you're in the room. She talks to you when you're not in the room. When you're on the phone, when you're watching tv, when you're on the toilet, when you're lying in bed. While you're texting, while you're dressing, while you're trying to gather ten minutes of meditation time to keep from strangling her. About people you've never met and details that don't matter. Every time you begin a sentence or even just try to have a conversation by validating what she's saying. It's The Granny Channel, 16 hours a day each and every day until she goes home. She's right and you're wrong and never mind that she didn't hear a word you said. Lady! It's bad enough that you need to micro manage me and I'm a control freak and barely tolerate this but OH. PLEASE. PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE!!! SHUT. UP.
Oh mother of god it's three hours later and she hasn't stopped yet. Now it's a running commentary as she online shops for Christmas gifts for people i don't know, narrating online shopping as if no one else in the room has ever done it, oh, she forgot to take off the capitals lock! ... oh ... whimper ... please ...
iris lilies
11-27-14, 12:36am
I SECOND THIS - Different Granny. She talks to you when you're in the room. She talks to you when you're not in the room. When you're on the phone, when you're watching tv, when you're on the toilet, when you're lying in bed. While you're texting, while you're dressing, while you're trying to gather ten minutes of meditation time to keep from strangling her. About people you've never met and details that don't matter. Every time you begin a sentence or even just try to have a conversation by validating what she's saying. It's The Granny Channel, 16 hours a day each and every day until she goes home. She's right and you're wrong and never mind that she didn't hear a word you said. Lady! It's bad enough that you need to micro manage me and I'm a control freak and barely tolerate this but OH. PLEASE. PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE!!! SHUT. UP.
Oh mother of god it's three hours later and she hasn't stopped yet. Now it's a running commentary as she online shops for Christmas gifts for people i don't know, narrating online shopping as if no one else in the room has ever done it, oh, she forgot to take off the capitals lock! ... oh ... whimper ... please ...
oh honey, you win by a mile. There are few things worse than yapping humans.
With my little Granny dog I can pick her up and put her in the basement if her noise goes beyond what I can tolerate.
My father-in-law has a live-in girlfriend who is of the busy-body talker ilk. She talks talks talks about mind numbingly dull stuff and is always bustling around buying crap for people and inserting herself into their lives and talking about each step along the way. She took care of her elderly father until he died at the age of 103. Now she's "taking care" of my FIL and while some of it is good, some of it isn't so good. He is feeling a little crowded. and she interferes with things he wants to do.
Today I was skimming a book by philosopher John Lachs called Meddling: on the virtures of leaving others alone where he talks about the ethical considerations of humans' need to boss others around and tell them how to live. He is a proponent of Stoic pragmatism, which is a philosophy that encourages us to be satisfied with what is "good enough." He sounds right up my alley, and I'm going to read more of his works.
Stoic Pragmatism, that has a lovely ring to it. I just googled John Lachs and came up with a youtube lecture entitled "why good enough is not good enough for us" - don't have time to watch but he sounds interesting.
... It just feels like under it all, an arrogance, to demand someones attention for hours on end, busy busy busy and always talking, always in the center of the busy making this self congratulatory standard for others to buzz or fail ... or maybe some psychological disorder, narcissism, autism? Why are you talking about this? Have you considered at all whether your chosen topic of "conversation" that you monopolize is of interest to anyone else? Is this a competition you are winning by getting in more words per minute by a factor of 10 than anyone else?
Yes, your FIL's live-in sounds very much like her ... she has invited herself here for 10 days. She IS helpful so I'll be honest, there's a trade off here, she's generous with her time but sucks the life out of me in exchange.
... it's probably a good thing we don't have a basement.
I got run off the road while running��. I am so tired of the share the road not being followed.
My mother was a constant talker. She came from a large Catholic family and said that the only time their house was quiet was when someone was sick. My SO, also from a large family, is similar. I'm practically a mute. I feel your pain.
iris lilies
12-6-14, 1:39pm
I am writing about a peeve caused by me. Perhaps if I write it out, I'll stop this bad behavior.
There is one street corner on my way to work where I, when driving, fail to use my left turn signal. It is a bad habit in my brain. Today I was day dreaming, that turn signal was not on, and person opposite me had to sit and wait to see what I intended to do.
Slap me. I am annoyed when this happens to me and I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS BAD HABAIT!!!
ToomuchStuff
12-6-14, 1:48pm
Tired of sdrawkcab sginht gniod elpoep. I read English, which reads left to right, and they haphazardly post things jumbled up and expect that customer orders will be fulfilled correctly when they may need x before y.
In case your wondering what the heck the words are above, people doing things backwards.
Tennessee, oh wait I have already posted that as my peeve>:(
Gardenarian
12-6-14, 4:20pm
I am writing about a peeve caused by me. Perhaps if I write it out, I'll stop this bad behavior.
There is one street corner on my way to work where I, when driving, fail to use my left turn signal. It is a bad habit in my brain. Today I was day dreaming, that turn signal was not on, and person opposite me had to sit and wait to see what I intended to do.
Slap me. I am annoyed when this happens to me and I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS BAD HABAIT!!!
I can relate. It's taken me years to finally slow down my driving - I was always speeding everywhere. And complaining about other people speeding. Doh!
i have a terror of hitting a pedestrian and yet consistently fail to check the right hand sidewalk before turning right out of a parking lot. My bad, may it never catch up with me.
The high price of good dog beds for orthopedically impaired old dogs.
In need of a total attitude adjustment the last few days. I don't WANT to be THAT person at work who is always bitchun about something... HALP!
Dear fashion designers,
I see why you can't put large pockets on skirts, but could we at least get proper pockets on ladies' trousers? Just big enough for a phone, some money and a handkerchief would be fine.
Or is it a conspiracy to make us buy handbags?
ToomuchStuff
12-11-14, 3:24pm
In need of a total attitude adjustment the last few days. I don't WANT to be THAT person at work who is always bitchun about something... HALP!
I hate dealing with that person at work. However, I have to or find another job, because it is one of the two bosses at work, and it is brought one mostly by diabetic craziness (and refusal to visit a doctor/take medicine and give up alcohol). The other brother asked me to read his medical report and it doesn't look good. I think I am going to be taking over running the place before long, if the choice is made to stay open.
ApatheticNoMore
12-11-14, 3:37pm
Yesterday someone started quacking (like a duck) at me while we passed on the sidewalk. Very very annoying. Tired of the insane asylum - figuratively speaking. It's not helping my sanity any either. And it's not always some obviously homeless person or something either, it's just you'll be walking down the street just wanting to be left alone, and quack quack or something equally bizarre. I don't know why. Only occasionally is the insanity enjoyable, only occasionally is it a glorious crazy, as when someone with a good (not great, no go-pro or anything, but quite respectable) voice breaks out into Folsom prison echoing against the walls walking to the car ("just to watch him die ..."), the person singing obviously also in motion, echoing down on all below from a changing location.
Dear fashion designers,
I see why you can't put large pockets on skirts, but could we at least get proper pockets on ladies' trousers? Just big enough for a phone, some money and a handkerchief would be fine.
Or is it a conspiracy to make us buy handbags?
Exactly! Those useless pockets on my jeans drive me crazy. They don't even hold one handkerchief.
My mini-rant for today:
Replacement parts for my electric stove (circa 1985) are no longer available. It's too good to throw away. I've heard from friends who bought new stoves lately that they are disappointed with the quality, and getting only a one-year warranty.
I guess we will limp along with 2.5 burners* for now, til we figure out a solution. The old stove has solid iron elements... so nice to cook on, but they don't make solid iron elements any more. *One only cooks on one side of the element.
You are middle-aged - please don't turn to me in the restaurant and ask me how much to tip on your check. It's 3rd grade math.
(Many years ago I had a blind date at a restaurant turn to me and hand me the check and ask the same thing, saying he "wasn't good at math." - sheesh. Dealbreaker, No second date.)
You are middle-aged - please don't turn to me in the restaurant and ask me how much to tip on your check. It's 3rd grade math.
(Many years ago I had a blind date at a restaurant turn to me and hand me the check and ask the same thing, saying he "wasn't good at math." - sheesh. Dealbreaker, No second date.)
For some reason, disliking evem basic math seems to be "cool". As in "math is for nerds".
I tech at a university, and I had students who could not even give a raw estimate on how much 10% of something is.
Double batch of brownies, plugging mixer in and not checking that it was off first...let alone on high speed
iris lilies
12-16-14, 11:30am
I've become my mother, that's my peeve for the day.
I put things "carefully away" and forget where I put them. That used to drive me crazy about my mother.
I can't see the teeny tiny print on certain things and I refuse to believe that anyone can see print that small! I've always been nearsighted and can see tiny print, it's my talent in life! Don't take that away from me!!!! haha.
JaneV2.0
12-16-14, 12:00pm
My neighbor, in the festive spirit of the season, has installed Christmas lights along his drive. His long, long drive. They are very bright and in fact look like the Northern approach to SeaTac. That would be fine if they weren't visible from my bed...Ho ho ho. :thankyou:
Teacher Terry
12-18-14, 3:55pm
IL: I have the same probs. Too funny!
Gawd I know. Did you know that what looks like just a gray border on my checks actually says checkfreecheckfreecheckfree over and over, in what must be .1 font? I used to be able to SEE that. Never could see two feet past my face, but my eyes were like a microscope. Sigh.
Santa brought me a whalloping case of upper respiratory crud and the ensuing laryngitis...I tried my best to work yesterday in customer service where my voice got weaker and squeakier through out the day. Now I have NO voice at all and I called in sick at work this morning, which is a major milestone for me. Why do I still feel slightly guilty when I call in sick?????
mtnlaurel
12-27-14, 8:48am
Santa brought me a whalloping case of upper respiratory crud and the ensuing laryngitis...I tried my best to work yesterday in customer service where my voice got weaker and squeakier through out the day. Now I have NO voice at all and I called in sick at work this morning, which is a major milestone for me. Why do I still feel slightly guilty when I call in sick?????
Please please please do not feel 1 ounce of guilt!
I thank you for keeping germs at home!!!!!
Feel more guilt for getting co-workers/public sick with crud.
sweetana3
12-27-14, 9:01am
Our employers can make us feel guilty. They once gave me a hard time about not having a doctor's statement when I was off 3 days for the flu. The next time, I came in on the second day and coughed, hacked and felt awful with a high fever. They were so afraid of me that the boss sent me home. This was preflu shot when I got the flu or other respiratory illness once or twice a year. There was never a reason to go to the doctor as I could fight it off and they had no drugs for a virus. I already knew how to treat the symptoms. I never abused my sick leave and had over 500 hours of sick leave when I retired.
frugal-one
12-27-14, 3:14pm
SO NEVER wants to have people over. He is an introvert but his desire for no friends drives me nuts. I go out to meet with other people without him. I don't consider myself an extrovert but do require some contact with people and would like a few friends. Occasionally, he will say ok to having people over but ALWAYS finds something wrong with them. I don't think I am asking for too much. Just to go out eat once in a while with another couple and come back, and perhaps, play cards or a game. He is always personable to people but shows no desire to continue a friendship with anyone. He seems annoyed with me for trying to find compatible people. We are now retired and have time to get together with others. When we both were in the rat race it did not bother me as much. There was so much to do then and little time....
I go out to meet with other people without him. I don't consider myself an extrovert but do require some contact with people and would like a few friends.
...and that is perfectly okay. You do not need to share all friends and hobbies - having something that you do without him isn't a bad thing.
I see how not being able to invite people over annoys you. But I think it would be feasible to meet the friends elsewhere, and your SO has some time for himself.
Day six of the cursed crud. Funny, even throughout all this, I've had nary a fever (one of the ways you don't accrue absence points at work is getting a doctor's note stating you have a fever, diarrhea, or vomiting). I happen to be going to the doctor on Monday anyway for my yearly physical but I doubt I can get a note for the CRUDDY upper-respiratory illness. In theory I *know* there has to be an attendance policy in a corporation as large as the one I work for, but it seems very punitive to me in some ways when you are trying to do the right thing by not spreading your germs. I really can't call off again today right before I take five days off next week to go to a wedding in St. Louis, in which I am the driver for my 83 year old mom. That's a 500 mile drive each way over a long weekend.
I can't wait for things to get back to "normal", the holidays over, getting back to the gym, etc, etc....
Part of my job is working in the back room marking items that are going clearance so that they can go out onto the floor. Stuff that needs to be marked has a blue clip. We change the prices and switch to an orange clip so if we don't have time to push them out, someone else will.
On Friday there was a tub in the backroom with about 10 lg. boxes of juice pouches, a bunch of toys and assorted other things. I scanned them all and more than half of the items were NOT clearance. Including the juice. I marked the clearance but didn't have time to push. I left an orange clip on and told one of the managers that it was ready to be pushed. That there was a combination of clearance and non-clearance. The juice is not clearance, etc.
I get to work on Monday and there is a blue clip back on the tub and even more stuff in it! So once again I mark the clearance items. I pushed those out onto the floor. But most of the items, including the juice and all the other things from Friday were NOT clearance. So I talked to another manager who said to put a GREEN clip on the tub. Green means this is supposed to be pushed out and put on the shelves.
I got into work today and the BLUE clip was back on the tub (the juice is still there) and there was even MORE stuff in it!!! Marked and pushed the actual clearance and talked to the manager from yesterday. He said he'd look into it and put the GREEN clip back on! This is so crazy!
Anybody want to bet that theblue clip is back on it tomorrow? LOL
I checked the backroom first thing this morning. The tub was GONE! Woo Hoo!! lol
I hate when people write "Viola" instead of "Voila".
The word for a surprise is "Voila", because "Voi la"= "Look at this!".
A viola is a musical instrument.
I hate when people write "Viola" instead of "Voila".
I hate it even more when I see people write wa la! (and I've seen this repeatedly) :~)
I hate when I'm finally getting out, even though it's -4 and I never know when my 14 year old car's failing transmission is going to finally die, and I don't know anyone in our little town to ask for a ride home if it did die, and I need a new car.............and then, on my way to town, my car begins roaring soooo loud I can hardly stand it. It won't go past 2nd gear, so I'm thinking it's the transmission, so I turn around and make it several miles home (out in the boonies), and when I get home, I see that my one back tires has exploded. :( Time to take the car to the hospice I guess......and be stuck at home for awhile. I hate when that happens.
I hate when I'm finally getting out, even though it's -4 and I never know when my 14 year old car's failing transmission is going to finally die, and I don't know anyone in our little town to ask for a ride home if it did die, and I need a new car.............and then, on my way to town, my car begins roaring soooo loud I can hardly stand it. It won't go past 2nd gear, so I'm thinking it's the transmission, so I turn around and make it several miles home (out in the boonies), and when I get home, I see that my one back tires has exploded. :( Time to take the car to the hospice I guess......and be stuck at home for awhile. I hate when that happens.
But on the upside, you got home safely...And you get a new car! (I feel your pain; I drove an unpredictable disaster of a car for years.)
When shopping on the internet, I want to know what shipping/handling charges will be fairly quickly. But way too many sites make you take the time to fill in a long form with your name/address/phone/email before they will let you know how much they will charge to get your purchase to you. I just hate that! So they make me waste valuable time filling in fast jibberish to find out what I want to know... And, yes, sometimes S/H is too expensive to place the order. I guess they think if I've gone that far, I'll click 'buy' anyway. Not so. If I have a choice, I will not buy from someone who makes me jump through those hoops. But sometimes it's necessary. Grr rrr rr
Yes. And it would be helpful if they listed PayPal (or not) right up front. I'm not entering my personal information and CC# if I can help it.
Cold weather with no snow. What good is cold without snow. See I still am having a hard time with TN.
The general blahs. I spent the last eight weeks sick on and off, and desperately wishing for time without a parade of other people in it. Well now I'm fine and it's here and whoopdie doodle, I am completely uninspired to do a single thing.>:(
Cold weather with no snow. What good is cold without snow. See I still am having a hard time with TN.
35 degrees and rainy... it just seeps into your bones cold
rodeosweetheart
1-9-15, 5:03pm
Cathy, I am sorry that happened to your car! My husband's truck broke down on the 19th of December and we just got it back--first place said they didn't find anything wrong with it after keeping it for 2 weeks--and it literally had to be towed there.
It's so awful to wait and wait to go out here, until it's finally driveable, not snowing, not 4 below, and then have the car break down. We got out yesterday for first time in about a week and were out 2 hours when heavy snow started up again, so driving home quite the adventure.
I would love a snowless winter, or a horsedrawn winter. Either of those sounds great right now.
Okay--here it is; I been saving this one for awhile, but here goes. I've been stopping to observe--yes stare--at "people" doing this very annoying thing. I say "people" instead of "old woman", for basically the same reason that The Media frequently does not include the race of crime suspects if they are non-caucasian. The Media doesn't want to be accused of being "racist" and I am trying to avoid being "sexist" or "misogynist". Calling a critic one of those "-ist" terms is a favorite attack strategy of formerly-oppressed minorities. Where was I? Anyway, back to the Peeve: What happens is this typical "person", (and I've watched this play out dozens of times) will be in a grocery mart, and take a thinly wrapped perishable item or even something fragile, like noodles or tortilla chips, pick it up and fondle it and squeeze it and turn it over and over and roll it in their hands. They really like rattling that cellophane, I think. And here is the scientific finding as a result of my research: The longer they handle it and roll it around, the less likely they are to buy it! See? For clarification, if they pick it up and fondle it and rattle the sack so it gets my attention, there is but a 1 in 10 chance it will go in their cart. If they continue to rattle the wrapper and squeeze it and molest it, while mindlessly staring into space for another 30 seconds, there is a Zero (.000000)percent chance they will buy it. They will put it back on the shelf, smelling of that flowery perfume they dump on their body, to compensate for being a faded flower, themselves. See? Hope that helps you some. Thankk ZMNee. Next time: Same people, who take carts down narrow isles and block them while they molest bagged items, even though there is only one item and their purse in the cart. Later.
I just do not understand this. After Christmas all the Christmas stuff goes on clearance. This is my 3rd Christmas at Target and the first time I've ever seen this. We were salvaging out what was left of the stuff and there were 40 rolls of wrapping paper and it was just about shredded. Apparently people were breaking open 3 and 4 roll packs and picking out the ones that they wanted! Nothing had a scan bar on it. The woman I was working with has been there 20 years and she said she's never seen that before either. It's just paper, people! It is not going to improve your life one little bit to get that one particular roll of paper in a 4 pack!
Are you saying that they stole single rolls of wrapping paper?
Cathy, I am sorry that happened to your car! My husband's truck broke down on the 19th of December and we just got it back--first place said they didn't find anything wrong with it after keeping it for 2 weeks--and it literally had to be towed there.
It's so awful to wait and wait to go out here, until it's finally driveable, not snowing, not 4 below, and then have the car break down. We got out yesterday for first time in about a week and were out 2 hours when heavy snow started up again, so driving home quite the adventure.
I would love a snowless winter, or a horsedrawn winter. Either of those sounds great right now.
Thanks rodeosweetheart! And you have my sympathies too! I hate having to depend on a car. At least I had DH's car last night to finally get out and get some groceries and dog food......But on the way the wind was blowing the snow so hard at times I couldn't even see. I was so afraid I would wreck his car, then no one could get out! Fortunately, I got home safe and sound. I am getting cabin fever early this year though. And I'm tired of having to leave water running in the faucets, since it's -15 at night. I have 3 heat lamps going in the chicken coop.
rodeosweetheart
1-9-15, 7:15pm
Yeah, cabin fever--I have it, too. You have had it much worse there than here--much, much colder. I have gotten positively phobic about driving in this junk--the roads are SO slippery, and they don't seem to salt up here. I do think that attitude is definitely don't go out unless you have to, and then when there's a little break, absolutely everybody is out at Meijer, and it looks like Christmas Eve! We have learned to stock up, but gee, I do not do well with this shut in stuff. Yet just saw footage of that terrible accident in Kalamazoo--so it is wise not be out on the roads when visibility is so poor and the roads so slick.
Are you saying that they stole single rolls of wrapping paper?
No they didn't steal them. But those rolls were meant to be sold as a pack of 3 or 4. And who thinks it is ok to open a package and buy only the part of the set that want? It's None of those rolls had bar codes on them individually. The manager finally said to charge $.30 per roll. It messed up our inventory counts big time.
Went to an office-supply store to buy refills for my nice ballpoint pen. Took the pen out to show a staff member which model I needed, bought refills. When we got home, my pen was not in my purse... probably on counter in store where I recall setting it while I waited. Totally my fault. Now have four refills but No Pen. :doh:
It annoys me when people believe everything because the ad has science-y words like "ionized" or "oxygenated".
My peeve for the day is those little labels stuck on each piece of fruit. The worst are the ones that won't come off in one piece and you have to scrape them off. Aaarrrggghhh!!!
iris lilies
1-19-15, 10:55pm
My peeve for the day is this: I cannot get open some commercial products. For instance, the soap in a plastic pump-top bottle. How do I open this??!!!!!! I have to call on DH to get it open.
seedycharacter
1-20-15, 12:17am
I get so frustrated with myself for letting food spoil. Even though I work a more-than-full-time job and come home too weary to cook up the veggies sometimes, I still hate the waste. The only thing that takes the edge off is that I compost most of the bad items, so they're dinner for the worms and will eventually end up being fertilizer for my garden. But still . . . grrrr . . .
I'll tell you kids what---MSN "News" on my 'puter is very, very annoying. What it is, is the internet version of supermarket checkout counter tabloid gossip, teen magazines, and the Hollyweird Social scene. Just "stuff". If a Martian crew landed on earth, and the first thing they saw was MSN news, they would conclude that at least 1/2 of humanity was African-American, and 50% gay, and employed as Entertainers or Politicians, because of the unending concern for those segments of the population on there. Also, all articles seem as if they are written at the level of a very naïve and idealistic female highschooler, who has been assigned to write an essay about relevant current events. See? I admit, I get caught up in following through on an eye-catching leader for a story, all-too-often. Then, you get stuck in a slow download, and then slide shows and lengthy ads. That, and the bad journalism makes me steer clear--usually. That said, maybe I should see if they need another contributor-for-hire. I just know my writing skills are deficient enough to qualify.
I get so frustrated with myself for letting food spoil.
I'm with you on that one to the point where this time I got a smaller fridge and I only shop with 1-2 reusable grocery totes. I quit getting a cart unless I'm picking up household items and pet food. So I'm only shopping for maybe 3 days at a time but we are better at eating everything in the fridge and I have a lot less salad fixings and fruit going to the compost.
My peeve is being asked to tell my honest and true feelings on a decision and then being chastised for not being 110% behind the decision.
Went to a website today and half of it was grayed out so I was unable to do anything. When I sent feedback, the site would not accept "very dissatisfied", I couldn't send it until I changed my answer to "slightly dissatisfied"! Way to bump up your customer satisfaction, Safeway.
Mmm, also, being told one day after I paid for a year of insurance that in fact they were not giving me the 9 months stated verbally to fix the problem that might cause a cancellation (from which they could keep at least 1/4 of the new premium I just paid). Stillwater Insurance, bunch of thieves.
Gardenarian
1-21-15, 9:00pm
Yark! I forgot my wallet on the counter at the post office! I was all busy stamping and mailing letters and worrying about getting back home to my sick pooch and went off without it.
Thank goodness, someone turned it in - minus $200. I had just been to the bank.
Another little life lesson.
:|(
It's a good thing I don't have a job, so I can spend a lot of my time calling our medical insurance company and trying to figure out all the mistakes that are made. Seems like there's 1 a week. I'm always sooooooo happy when I only have to hold less than 20 minutes, and have a person I can understand.
I'm still getting bills from an appy I had in July. My insurance company paid everything (since I met the deductible), but then my former ins co. forgot to take us off their list of members.......so our newer company took back all the bills they'd paid. Now I'm dealing with that. Don't you wonder how the world even turns, with so many incompetent people out there?
Gardenarian........so sorry! I wish everyone could be honest. :(
People should learn how to be helpful when making an appt. Client calls the salon and wants a haircut with Deb. I ask when, she asks when is she available. I said at 2 today; no, she can't come at today. Tomorrow afternoon; no, she'll be out of state tomorrow and Sat. Wouldn't it have been easier if she just said "sometime next week" right off the bat?
Or they say "I'd like to make an appointment". OK, I assumed that, but give me a clue for when, what and with who. I have to ask them to find out---it's like pulling teeth with some of them.
Or, they call and when I ask when they'd like to come in, "Oh, now let me see...today is no good, tomorrow my daughter has ballet, the next day I'm working late, son has soccer practice on the weekend, I have a dental appointment on Thursday, etc." Don't they have some idea before they call?
ApatheticNoMore
1-25-15, 1:31am
left salad spinner too near the oven and it melted. Ended up having to buy a brand new salad spinner (nah they never have them at thrifts, last I got at a garage sale but that was pure luck) as I've become addicted to it.
left salad spinner too near the oven and it melted. Ended up having to buy a brand new salad spinner (nah they never have them at thrifts, last I got at a garage sale but that was pure luck) as I've become addicted to it.
Oh no! If I lost my salad spinner, life wouldn't be worth living! :D I hope they're still making them as good as they used to! Mine needs new brakes.
People should learn how to be helpful when making an appt. Client calls the salon and wants a haircut with Deb. I ask when, she asks when is she available. I said at 2 today; no, she can't come at today. Tomorrow afternoon; no, she'll be out of state tomorrow and Sat. Wouldn't it have been easier if she just said "sometime next week" right off the bat?
Or they say "I'd like to make an appointment". OK, I assumed that, but give me a clue for when, what and with who. I have to ask them to find out---it's like pulling teeth with some of them.
Or, they call and when I ask when they'd like to come in, "Oh, now let me see...today is no good, tomorrow my daughter has ballet, the next day I'm working late, son has soccer practice on the weekend, I have a dental appointment on Thursday, etc." Don't they have some idea before they call?
So true. I don't get that either. I'm the over-prepared one.
On Friday at work someone wanted a pre-auth to know if their sick cat would be covered by insurance. I asked the phone rep who spoke to the client twice what was wrong with the cat, I asked the clinic receptionist twice what was wrong, I asked for medical records twice. I went home still with not a single bit of info about what the problem was so couldn't complete the pre-auth. It's probably covered but nobody could give me one word. Not vomiting or seizuring or not eating. Nothing.
Thanks people. Hard to do an urgent request with no info.
rosarugosa
1-25-15, 10:50am
Apatheticnomore: I suspect a lot of people wouldn't understand what a tragedy it is to lose one's salad spinner. Fortunately, you've come to the right place!
mtnlaurel
1-25-15, 11:12am
Apatheticnomore: I suspect a lot of people wouldn't understand what a tragedy it is to lose one's salad spinner. Fortunately, you've come to the right place!
+1
I thought that might have been the Simple Living Fates striking down a superfluous (as deemed by some) kitchen gadget
ApatheticNoMore
1-25-15, 1:49pm
Yes a tragedy. I'm eating a green salad (with lots of stuff sometimes avocadoes, sometimes cheese, sometimes marinated 3 bean salad) pretty much every weekday for lunch so there is that. It wasn't the cheapest salad spinner (did check thrifts and online just for the heck of it) so maybe the Simple Living Fates will strike it down condemning me to a life of soggy lettuce.
Yes a tragedy. I'm eating a green salad (with lots of stuff sometimes avocadoes, sometimes cheese, sometimes marinated 3 bean salad) pretty much every weekday for lunch so there is that. It wasn't the cheapest salad spinner (did check thrifts and online just for the heck of it) so maybe the Simple Living Fates will strike it down condemning me to a life of soggy lettuce.
They do show up. Every salad spinner I have is second hand but they are sporadic, showing up just here or there. I still use my however old it is, vintage tupper ware spinner.
What's simpler than centrifugal force? :)
(Or should we start calling it centrifrugal force?)
I love my salad spinner too. I laughed at my mother for buying it for me ... 30 years ago? And have since apologized several times. It has a crack but still works, I will not release it to the universe! No!
peeve: um, come waltzing into the kitchen like I haven't spent literally 800 hours a year listing, shopping, cooking and cleaning up the food, with $$$ worth of not-on-sale, budget screwing, unnecessary, snacky and/or perishable items we already have or that will cause other things to go bad while we eat these, and act like it's a favor. WTF WTF WTF this is a dumb domestic job I never asked for but This Job Is Taken. It is a business, a work in progress, a magnificently efficient symphony of lists and scheduling that requires communication if it's going to be revamped. I'm so angry right now, it's like the sacrifice of my life is invisible.
The monetizing of everything has reached ridiculous new heights. Within my company it used to take a single email to get a service dept. to get something you needed. The employees of this dept work on-site but are actually a vendor to which that work was outsourced.
But lo, they now need a "charge number" from the Finance dept. and a very lengthy "task review form" to be filled out. They sent me the handy instructions on how to fill out this form, and the Powerpoint of instructions is 18 pages long. I have complained mightily up my chain of command, and our top leader has agreed to discuss this with their leadership to see if we can get some sanity back in this. But if nothing is changed, my productivity just dropped an easy 10% because of the time I will have to devote to this absolute nonsense.
Shoes with noisy heels. Clip-clop-clip-clop like a horse...
I've been completely ignoring you kidses' peeve rants, due to the fact that they are sooo very trivial, in comparison to MY littlebitty prollems. Ha. See, one of Murphy's many laws, in the subset of Murphy's Laws, is this: "Any Time You Make A Special Trip To Wally World To Get Something In Particular That You Really Need, They Will Be Plumb Out Of It." See? So, I went in there to get cheap coffee; Gloss White Spray Paint in the 97-cent house brand; Cardboard; and Special Kitty Cat Litter. Well Guess What? You Guessed it---they were out of litter in the large, economy size, so I got 3 itty-bitty bags of special kitty; Gotta keep kitty happy, See? They were out of Gloss white--they had tons of Flat white; So,I bought a quart of krylon gloss-white, that I will need to use a spray gun to apply; Okay--NO cheap coffee. Wally world sees no reason to be cheap any more; they are well on their way to eliminating the competition in this town, so why try harder to be the lowest price-always. Not. So, I bought my favorite, a brand that is packed in OKC. Or so it says on the label. What else? Some aerosol self-etching primer. Okay--one can left, missing the lid. Product seemed okay, and I have a project going tomorrow, so I took a chance. Wish mee Luckk. Cardboard--they had plenty, but if they didn't have any cardboard to give away, I could live with that, as I have some at home. But, they did, so I stocked up. Will need that c-board, tomorrow. How do you like that? Thankk Mee.
Shoes with noisy heels. Clip-clop-clip-clop like a horse...
The sound of flip flops on bare feet; and the sound of someone dragging their feet.
Close talkers. I can't back up far enough away from them.
The idiots messing with the west coast ports right now.
The idiots messing with the west coast ports right now.
Tradd - I saw the headlines and was wondering what was going on. Do you see a resolution soon?
Tradd - I saw the headlines and was wondering what was going on. Do you see a resolution soon?
Nope. It's only going to get worse before it gets better. Either the employers are going to lock the union out of the port or the union will go on strike. Not sure which.
I'm having a very grouchy day. My pet peeve today is the tone of the reality tv my husband has fallen in love with, which seems to consist of ordinary people doing ordinary jobs and then making 10x as much money by having a tv show about them. Some of the endless drek might just barely be interesting, but do we really need the overblown soundtrack and DRAMA! about questions like, "how will this fish tank ever fit through this doorway?!" "The known universe will probably collapse if we don't get this shipment of miniature alpacas to Nowhere Interesting by 5 pm tonight!" "Stay tuned to find out whether we sold more duck calls than last year!" "Up next: Was There Something In The Plastic Tote Other Than Christmas Decorations?? BAMP-BAMP-BAMP :0!.... (no.)" Even when I'm intentionally ignoring the tv, I feel like I'm drowning in stupidity dressed up as information I might actually be able to use for something.
Yesterday we were inundated with "Winter Storm Warnings", forecasting snowfall beginning at 6am this morning continuing for 24 hours with high temps in the single digits. I spent the day chopping firewood just in case we lost power during such a cold snap. After a long day of physical activity, my wife stepped into the shower last night and discovered that we had no hot water. I went into Mr Fixit mode and finally surmised that the water heater's thermo couple had gone bad. I pulled out the burner, removed the bad thermo couple and only then began to wonder where I could find a replacement at 9pm on a Sunday night. The answer was 'no-where'. Dammit!!
On the bright side, I completed the repair as soon as I returned home today and water is heating as I type. I'll really appreciate a long, hot shower tonight.
Gardenarian
2-17-15, 4:01pm
Fiberglass splinter in my finger that is getting kind of nasty. Tried duct tape, soaking in Epsom salts, soaking in vinegar. Now I've got this creeping blue bump, like a marble under my finger. yuck.
I'll tell you what--today, some creepy old dude with long greasy gray hair was in the groc store--doing the bread-squeezing thing. It was loaves of bread--all the same kind, same brand, and he took three of them out, one at a time, and gave them a squeezing with both hands, put them back, then took a 4th loaf and put it in his cart. These kind of people need to be smacked & verbally abused for that kind of stuff. Well, don't they? Filthy bread squeezers!
I'll tell you what--today, some creepy old dude with long greasy gray hair was in the groc store--doing the bread-squeezing thing. It was loaves of bread--all the same kind, same brand, and he took three of them out, one at a time, and gave them a squeezing with both hands, put them back, then took a 4th loaf and put it in his cart. These kind of people need to be smacked & verbally abused for that kind of stuff. Well, don't they? Filthy bread squeezers!Gross. yes they do.
iris lilies
2-25-15, 12:11am
our landline is crackling and producing bad audio. It's been that way off and on since early January. Several times AT & T has been here to "fix" it. It's tied to U-verse that we installed last summer.
Today the technician was here from 8:15 AM until 2:30 PM. I have a landline because I like the clear, reliable signal. Time to re-think that one.
Seriously, who has time to sit at home all of these hours for a technician to "fix" the damned technology? DH was around today, so I stuck him with that job.
ToomuchStuff
2-25-15, 1:39am
All the censored going on in an area around here, that on top of it, has a "docudrama" about the area going on, that will just agrevate other situations. Or knowing too many people involved.
Took four visits for us from AT&T to get reliable computer access. The first three could not find or fix the problem outside the house on the pole.
One (maybe more) of my neighbors is, by the sounds of it, tearing their house down and rebuilding it from the ground up, with lots of grinding, banging, trucks going in and out...Winter is over, let the noise resume!
One (maybe more) of my neighbors is, by the sounds of it, tearing their house down and rebuilding it from the ground up, with lots of grinding, banging, trucks going in and out...Winter is over, let the noise resume!Just wait till they shingle it, using a pneumatic nailer.
Just wait till they shingle it, using a pneumatic nailer.
Something to look forward to. They'll be taking me out in a wraparound jacket. :doh:
frugal-one
2-25-15, 3:56pm
Set up eye doc and physical appointments on the same day (at same location) so I could use one co-pay, save gas and time. Did this months ago and now they called to say doc is not available on that day and need to reschedule. URGH!!!!!!!!
Verizon, with whom I am chained at the neck for four more months, finally offered a rewards program to compensate for the millions they've taken in inappropriate fees. How nice. So! Attempt one: I checked my printer printed a test page, then printed off a discount certificate. For some reason the cert disappeared into the ozone and never printed, but Verizon said I'd used the cert and couldn't reprint it. Attempt 2: they actually had a nice restaurant coupon at a place we were staying!! ... except the restaurant decided the coupon was void for the entire holiday weekend - the valentines holiday weekend. Attempt three: actually worked: we saved $7 at a horrible restaurant where everything we tried to order was exempt from the discount. And tonight: drove 10 miles to one of those places that makes you wonder if you ought to get out of the car, only to discover they were closed when they were supposed to be open. Done, done, so very very DONE.
Smashed my left index finger with a hammer whilst cutting discs for my jewelry fabrication. Garrrrrr! Hammer slipped and my hand was in the wrong place. Instant icing, but I got a doozy of a blood blister!
Gardenarian
3-28-15, 10:57pm
The moving sale from hell. I don't even want to talk about it.
>:(
time off work = awesome veggie, vegan healthy food,
first day back = 12 hours and whatever i can grab
Please lord no more surveys. I visited 3 dept. stores last week and at each one the cashier had to point out a survey on the receipt, along with practically begging me to score them high. Then my son got his taxes done at H&R Block and the tax preparer said the same thing, along with following him out to the sidewalk to ask him what he would put for her score.
I understand companies need feedback but where does this end? The only safe "survey-less" place right now is the self-serve gas pump, but I'm anticipating that any day I'll have to respond to a digital survey to get my gas.
I visited 3 dept. stores last week and at each one the cashier had to point out a survey on the receipt, along with practically begging me to score them high. [snip] I understand companies need feedback but where does this end?.
It ended with me the first time I was told that "5 out of 5 is the only passing grade". The inference that there was absolutely nothing about the business transaction that could be improved is, in a polite word, nonsense. And I chose not to be party to it. It's like voting for the only candidate in an election. Of course they'll win -- and take it as a validation.
Please lord no more surveys. I visited 3 dept. stores last week and at each one the cashier had to point out a survey on the receipt, along with practically begging me to score them high. .
oh dear, survey season for me in my work. i have no less than 5 surveys for various populations i serve, this is the world of grant funding of course. and i just agreed to do a survey on incoming parents of preschool 4 year old children in order to provide some after school classes next year, and in my world i must have a high return rate, teacher surveys need to be 100% response. First survey starts next week with only 30 participants at least
i have no less than 5 surveys for various populations i serve
I don't mind surveys much, but so many of them are so poorly designed: those surveyed are given no idea of the layout of the survey ("Will I be able to leave comments later?" "But that question is too specific.") and the questions sometimes are just rigid (Them: "Did one of our associates greet you?" Me: "No [that's perfectly fine since I just ran in for one item but all they see is 'no']").
I just finished a survey a couple of days ago in which I was asked which potential food products I might buy. Half of the offerings contained bell peppers, which I don't care for. So I downgraded those. Quite popular dishes, but not for me. But there was no place to make that comment. It just looks like I hate half of what they are thinking of offering.
So far no one has offered to pay me enough to take a survery. Well, except for an exceptional Road Scholar trip where we all loved!! the instructor. He deserved 5 out of 5 and no payment was needed to fill out the survey.
Last time our Honda dealer called about a service quality survey I was able to complain about having to return twice each time my hubby has the tires changed. Seems they did not learn anything since he just had to go back the second time for the spring change over. If I get a written survey, they are NOT getting 5 out of 5.
Work equipment that does not work makes me CRAZY! Today I actually did not get to do my job at all because the fabulous new MyDevices (ipod touches made for our company) would not work at all. I spent 4 hours schlepping clothes back to where they belong and then got sent home early. We actually had a pretty good sized work load today. So tomorrow we have 2 busy days of work to do. aaarrggh
Friends and Family: am very happy to look at your vacation photos but really there is no need to have me scroll through all 175 of them on your phone. Really.
I got home from work today to find an official letter from the District Court in Detroit that I am summoned for jury duty on June 25, right when I plan on being on the road in Utah. I HOPE AND PRAY that they will accept my plea for postponement. I was (and still am) very, very upset, sobbed for 30 minutes in a total state of panic! I have been planning my road trip for SIX months and cannot fathom having to cut it short so I can drive for four days to be in court for jury selection. I am happy to do it a few weeks later. Please cross your fingers and pray that my request is honored...
I got home from work today to find an official letter from the District Court in Detroit that I am summoned for jury duty on June 25, right when I plan on being on the road in Utah. I HOPE AND PRAY that they will accept my plea for postponement. I was (and still am) very, very upset, sobbed for 30 minutes in a total state of panic! I have been planning my road trip for SIX months and cannot fathom having to cut it short so I can drive for four days to be in court for jury selection. I am happy to do it a few weeks later. Please cross your fingers and pray that my request is honored...
SiouzQ - I believe here in AZ you can get at least one postponement requested granted fairly easily and it doesn't have to be an elaborate reason. They just rotate your name to a later date. Hope this is the same for you.
early morning
5-13-15, 10:22pm
SiouzQ, you may find this interesting: not sure if this is the court that called you, but I was surprised by the "sending a reminder" to first time avoiders:
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/04/guide_to_jury_duty_in_wayne_co.html
Gardenarian
5-14-15, 2:57am
Trivial, but I booked a hotel through an online site (trip advisor) and instead of giving me the special low price, 2 queen beds, and free parking, it gave me a more expensive room - no parking - one king bed - and NO CHANCE FOR REFUND. I spent so much time looking for the best deal, too.
Grrr. I called the site and the credit card company, and am making a backup reservation at the hotel. We're going to Portland for my dd's 16th birthday (for just one night) and I wanted everything to be just right. I guess we'll see.
Trivial, but I booked a hotel through an online site (trip advisor) and instead of giving me the special low price, 2 queen beds, and free parking, it gave me a more expensive room - no parking - one king bed - and NO CHANCE FOR REFUND. I spent so much time looking for the best deal, too.
Grrr. I called the site and the credit card company, and am making a backup reservation at the hotel. We're going to Portland for my dd's 16th birthday (for just one night) and I wanted everything to be just right. I guess we'll see.
I would complain loudly about bait and switch and if it's a chain contact their headquarters and let them know what trip advisor did to you. Did it have a place for you to enter 3 travelers? Most of those sites ask how many people are traveling in the first screen. If you entered 2 I can understand why it gave you a king over 2 queens. The 2 bed rooms are more popular. But the taking away free parking would have me hot!
I use to book hotels for 36-42 weekends a year. Everytime they bumped me up in "perks" like the king instead of 2 queens, if our kids were traveling with us I had no problem trading the king room in for 2 queens when I got there. I think only 1 time they couldn't and it ended up that room had a nice (rare) sleeper sofa.
frugal-one
5-14-15, 4:32pm
Trivial, but I booked a hotel through an online site (trip advisor) and instead of giving me the special low price, 2 queen beds, and free parking, it gave me a more expensive room - no parking - one king bed - and NO CHANCE FOR REFUND. I spent so much time looking for the best deal, too.
Grrr. I called the site and the credit card company, and am making a backup reservation at the hotel. We're going to Portland for my dd's 16th birthday (for just one night) and I wanted everything to be just right. I guess we'll see.
I look things up on trip advisor too. However, I have always booked directly with the hotel. Your experience reiterates to me NOT to use 2nd party sites. If there is a problem it is easier to deal directly with the hotel. Thanks for sharing.
Another aggravation to add to the earlier one I posted regarding jury duty. I work with a bunch of bozos and they are really driving me crazy. I have 16 more work days until vacation. I must detach, I must detach, I must detach....Thank you, I just had to vent a bit about work and I can't do it on Facebook or call my mom because she doesn't want to hear it anymore!
Gardenarian
5-15-15, 2:01pm
Well, Trip Advisor emailed me the next day that my reservation was not accepted! What a waste of time. I'll be checking my credit card bill very carefully this month.
iris lilies
5-17-15, 12:04am
An organization to which I belong, always complaining and whining about loss of members, no new members are joining, etc etc did this:awarded a posthumous award to someone who died 32 years ago. There was discussion in the business meeting about it.
Why? why why why? Apparently, it is not unusual for this organization to make awards to people long dead. I did not know this because I don't go to the meetings because they are a waste of my time because of actions like this.
Dear god, who CARES at this point that the long dead woman did a lot for this particular plant society? Why would anyone new be interested in an action about someone they never met, will never meet, and only NOW is being honored in this way. WHAT IS THE FREAKING POINT.
An organization to which I belong, always complaining and whining about loss of members, no new members are joining, etc etc did this:awarded a posthumous award to someone who died 32 years ago. There was discussion in the business meeting about it.
Why? why why why? Apparently, it is not unusual for this organization to award awards to people long dead. I did not know this because I don't go to the meetings because they are a waste of my time because of actions like this.
Dear god, who CARES at this point that the long dead woman did a lot for this particular plant society? Why would anyone new be interested in an action about someone they never met, will never meet, and only NOW is being honored in this way. WHAT IS THE FREAKING POINT.Yeah, But: It is likely that you are wrong-O on this matter. Did it ever occur to you that if you show up for every meeting, be nice to everyone, serve refreshments (and even Pizza), that someday---30 years after you are gone--YOU might be remembered for your contribution to the organization? For gads sake--try and be positive. Hope that helpps you some. Thankk Mee.
iris lilies
5-17-15, 8:35am
I won't be honored in this way, main reason being that this organization is dying. It will be dead before I'm dead.
Gardenarian
5-17-15, 2:53pm
I feel like a complete failure today. Just really down in the dumps.
Guess I'll go pull some weeds.
Sorry Gardenarian. I'm down in the dumps because we HAVE so many weeds! We really need to cut back somehow. I don't want to live the rest of my years working this hard!
Edited to add: And you're NOT a failure! (((hugs))))
I got home from work today to find an official letter from the District Court in Detroit that I am summoned for jury duty on June 25, right when I plan on being on the road in Utah. I HOPE AND PRAY that they will accept my plea for postponement. I was (and still am) very, very upset, sobbed for 30 minutes in a total state of panic! I have been planning my road trip for SIX months and cannot fathom having to cut it short so I can drive for four days to be in court for jury selection. I am happy to do it a few weeks later. Please cross your fingers and pray that my request is honored... From the musical Avenue Q: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrn_mQt48Wk
I won't be honored in this way, main reason being that this organization is dying. It will be dead before I'm dead. And you can give it a posthumous award for being Most Illogical Iris Society In Western Illinois. Give It A MIIS! :)
frugal-one
5-17-15, 4:25pm
Yeah, But: It is likely that you are wrong-O on this matter. Did it ever occur to you that if you show up for every meeting, be nice to everyone, serve refreshments (and even Pizza), that someday---30 years after you are gone--YOU might be remembered for your contribution to the organization? For gads sake--try and be positive. Hope that helpps you some. Thankk Mee.
Just buried my MIL last month. She was involved in many things... President on down the line of organizations ..... very few people attended her funeral. Goes to show that people really don't care. I'm with IL... who cares years from now what others who don't know you think of you. Not to mention that you are dead.... so what does it matter?
frugal-one
5-17-15, 4:31pm
I feel like a complete failure today. Just really down in the dumps.
Guess I'll go pull some weeds.
We all feel like this sometimes. We all know this is not true of you. You have had a lot on your plate lately with the move and all. Do something fun for yourself! Hope tomorrow is better!
We all feel like this sometimes. We all know this is not true of you. You have had a lot on your plate lately with the move and all. Do something fun for yourself! Hope tomorrow is better!
I second that, Gardenarian!
iris lilies
5-17-15, 6:58pm
Sorry Gardenarian. I'm down in the dumps because we HAVE so many weeds! We really need to cut back somehow. I don't want to live the rest of my years working this hard!
Edited to add: And you're NOT a failure! (((hugs))))oh yeah, another peeve: for only 6 days I ignored weeding, and now it's back to being a jungle. Ugh.
iris lilies
5-26-15, 11:40am
well I see that I am posting ANOTHER rant/peeve, haha. But here goes:
To folks in flower societies: You cannot ignore websites, blogs, email communication, and the promotion of your organization through electronic means. Really.
When you've got a great volunteer who professionally produces websites and voluntarily produces your website at no cost, you MUST WORK WITH HER and give her information to place on the website. Truly, she cannot make up stuff, you have to give her content.
When you don't update your website with even basic information (place/time/dates of shows and sales and meetings) and will not even send this information via email it is no wonder no one attends.
If you yourself do not "do" the web, please understand that 90% of the world does do it. We can give you your information in paper form, but it is a pain. I am not always going to mail you stuff. Look it up on the website. Please.
oh yeah, another peeve: for only 6 days I ignored weeding, and now it's back to being a jungle. Ugh. See? Ha!--that's Zackly what you get for living in Zurra--Instant Jungle! The only one's who appreciate being here are those Fanatical Osessive mow-O-holics who mow and mow and mow and mow and mow some mo', like there's no tomorrow! But the soil and climate ain't no good for corn n' beans n' beans n' corn. Ha. See? Hope that helps you some.
Are they oblivious, or deliberately rude? I encountered yet another person in a public space who either doesn't see, or pretends not to see, that there are others waiting.
This time it was in the local coffee shop where, like most of these places, the creamer/sugar area is all in one tiny counter area. Middle aged female customer in front of me pours the creamer in her coffee, but there's really no room for anyone else to move up til she leaves. Instead, she finishes and then decides to take out her cell phone and stand there and read her email or Facebook or god knows what. Her head is down and I finally get her attention by moving up as close to her as I could and not be accused of accosting her. Then she lets out a sigh and moves out of the way. Oy.
Are they oblivious, or deliberately rude?
Hard to tell sometimes. Personal experience tells me it is often societal: people who believe their existence is marginal in real life are, I think, out of the habit of thinking about others. A longer explanation of that is suited for another thread. Here in the Upper Midwest, people who've been born and raised here seem to be trained from birth to keep at least half an eye out for the presence of others. That absolutely was not my experience living on the East Coast.
I also have a theory about how people divide their attention and that the vast majority are capable of jumping from task/distraction to task/distraction, but not of true multitasking.
Lainey, I've often wondered the same thing. A few years ago I was at a place that gave out numbers and you were called by your number to assure they serve people in the order they arrive. I walked into the business and started to pull out a number, only to be told by the person at the counter that she was just finishing and I didn't need to take a number. Less than a minute later a man walked in and grabbed a number. I immediately felt uneasy, as he seemed quite rushed and irritated. The person at the counter finished up and waved to me to come up to the counter. The man angrily protested, since he obviously had the next number (although couldn't have failed to notice that I was there first). The employee assured him that it was my turn, to which he replied by saying, "If she's too dumb to get a number, she shouldn't get a turn!" So in this case I didn't have to wonder---definitely deliberately rude!
Oh, and now I take a number even when they tell me not to.
Yesterday it was really windy here. We got home and had the house all open to air out. Mid afternoon the stench was revolting. The neighbor behind us had a weed spraying company do their lawn and the air was permeated with the weed killing poison stench! THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW against spraying these toxins. That is the side of the house my herbs are growing. Don't think I want to even eat them now. How disgusting. Wish people would realize the poisons they are promoting!
I feel your pain. When I had a condo, my next door neighbors sprayed for (non-existent) termites. As you pointed out, the stench is unbearable. I had to sleep in the farthest corner of my place, and try not to breathe much. I understand they subsequently banned that particular poison. And I think those pointless and toxic yard chemicals should be outlawed. So you have an anally tidy yard, and your crappy (pun intended) chemicals go right into the watershed. Is it worth it?
My rant -
Grass lawns in places with not-lush water supply, like California and many other states.
Why not plant ground cover?
There are lots of variaties which need less water and are hardy enough for repeat walking/playing on.
And you don't have to mow ground cover!
speeding up to pass on the right! i am ready to take license plate numbers and start complaining (except that would really be unsafe driving). it happens on the highway i take almost daily when i am going with the speed of traffic, then the person on the right gets caught in the merging on and off (which is why you go faster on the left, duh). A few times it has been really dangerous when they are going much faster.
this morning it was just an irritation. My new route to work includes a lovely boulevard that is divided with grassy areas and mature trees in the middle, there are historic homes on either side (and typical killer potholes in the road). i am going about 5-8 mph above the speed limit and someone just blows by me on the right, merges left and turns the same place i do. they got one stupid car length ahead. And it is such a pretty drive, take the stupid freeway if you want to speed.
speeding up to pass on the right!
I've noticed that a lot more lately and about 4 out of 5 times it's a motorcycle passing on the shoulder of the road and not bothering to use turn signals either. All this talk about how we need to watch out for motorcycles and some of them seem to push the envelope.
ApatheticNoMore
7-28-15, 2:33am
Have you ever noticed super market lettuce smelling perfumy? I don't mean at a high end store, but just the ordinary supermarket. Ugh don't think I'm going to eat this lettuce. Luckily I have some heads from elsewhere that smell normal for my lunch tomorrow (they look less pretty but smell like lettuce at least). And now I become some paranoid sniffing lettuce all the time.
I could rant about the problems of getting a human at the IRS (even when you go there in person!), but that's too much like a real rant and too close to the real difficulties of living in this insane asylum (I mean being that we more or less have to pay taxes, it should be possible to talk to the IRS about them - a half decent country would and probably IS run that way. But I don't live there unfortunately. Ha even a less decent country you could at least maybe bribe someone to talk to a human! :)). Among existing problems with taxes, my company almost certainly misreported my income last year as now social security has that I'm earning, hmm a really pretty sum that I'm most certainly not earning (yes of course it's what they should pay me but they don't), and the social security administration gets the data from the IRS. Going to try another IRS location next time. Then the IRS drones complain they have no money as way of explanation for the horrible service, yes well your problem is with congress then, and as a non-rich non-corporate person I must pay my pound of flesh to you guys, but have close to zero say in what congress actually does. Taxation yea, but representation not so much so. Maybe they should get a checkbox on the taxes to fund them like the presidential campaigns do ...
The lettuce, I think it probably wants to go into the trash can.
this is a really stupid rant, actually i want to work on my judgment here but meanwhile i am going to let it out.
People who do not use the technology work provides for them. So we have 3-4 different systems of student data which is kinda crazy. However 2 of them will print sign in/out sheets, rosters, etc. i am going to our large meeting today so it has me thinking of my colleagues who have giant bags they carry everywhere. why? because they have to make lists of things like classes and kids and carry them around. one person still makes them handwritten! She is in her 20's not her 60's. i guess if i was her supervisor i would be encouraging her to learn the systems better and not spend all the time i am paying her to hand write lists of kids and then tell me how busy she is
like i said, probably none of my business
I could rant about the problems of getting a human at the IRS (even when you go there in person!), but that's too much like a real rant and too close to the real difficulties of living in this insane asylum (I mean being that we more or less have to pay taxes, it should be possible to talk to the IRS about them - a half decent country would and probably IS run that way. But I don't live there unfortunately..
yes, and my student loan program. i am losing valuable time because i can only sit on hold and try to navigate this so long. i am kicking myself for not doing more of what i need, and then i start trying again and just can only have everything together and ready to sit on the phone or try to get a person for so long
Wasn't sure where to file this one at all, and perhaps I have been watching too many episodes of Portlandia, but I think I can safely say that hipster chic has become a total caricature of itself, as evidenced by my attendance at our local indie DIY Fair....I kind of wanted to tell these 20 to 40 somethings the boat has done gone by, and the excessive tats and facial hair look kinda, umm dated...I wonder what is next on the horizon? It just seems like everyone I saw was so self-involved with their perceived "coolness." Maybe I am just an aging hippie-punk...
Wasn't sure where to file this one at all, and perhaps I have been watching too many episodes of Portlandia, but I think I can safely say that hipster chic has become a total caricature of itself, as evidenced by my attendance at our local indie DIY Fair....I kind of wanted to tell these 20 to 40 somethings the boat has done gone by, and the excessive tats and facial hair look kinda, umm dated...I wonder what is next on the horizon? It just seems like every I saw was so self-involved with their perceived "coolness." Maybe I am just an aging hippie-punk...
Oh, I know it. They think they have completely invented everything hipster. And the money wasted on bad tattoos (Never get one in Omaha by the way).
Thanks for the Omaha tip! I never even got one back in my punk days (early "80's) when it was considered really radical. I never found a design or motif that I felt I could live with the rest of my life, plus I was too cheap to spend the money. Now I am sure glad I didn't. I did have extra piercings when it was considered pretty radical, but this whole ear plug thing and multiple facial piercing by now has outlived its shock value. Somehow I have gotten old to be thinking like this....it's sure hard to look really different and rebellious anymore ;P
Thanks for the Omaha tip! ;P
We saw a lot of skin at art shows over 19 years. Omaha always had the worst ink - blury and blotchy - just nasty.
I have too much free time on my hands (I can't believe I am saying this). It's getting old and my brain is getting squirrely. I need to get back to some kind of work-imposed schedule. I STILL can't believe I am saying this!
iris lilies
9-4-15, 1:43am
Are we still allowed only one peeve a day? haha.
Today I discovered that when I Google my email address, there is a page of data that lists my full name, address, and birth date. It's on the crummy abandoned web site that has a page for community garden members. I just emailed the man who ran this thing to take down the page, but I wonder how long this will appear in Google? And I know that it will show, forever, in caches. But really, it's too much information in a nice neat package to have readily available out there in Google land.
I'm not normally squeamish about security, but OTOH it's stupid to put it all out there, ESPECIALLY now that that site was abandoned.
You do see the irony of this coming from the queen of "how to edit and delete postings", right? :~)
That does suck, though. Could you or the site owner possibly go in and edit / delete your info before killing the page?
iris lilies
9-5-15, 7:04pm
You do see the irony of this coming from the queen of "how to edit and delete postings", right? :~)
That does suck, though. Could you or the site owner possibly go in and edit / delete your info before killing the page?
haha.
if he edits out data about me, and THEN deletes the page, would the deleted page only be the one contained in caches?
Now that I think about it, I am royally pizzed that I gave my birth date to this eejit. I believe that the umbrella gardening organization asked for demographic data on all garden members. they also asked for my race, but I don't consider that information that can be used against me. Haha, I can now see how limited THAT thinking is, too!
They can ask my age ,but they do not need my exact birthdate. most web people databases display an approximate age for people, I've just never seen that birthdate display with email. I sure as hell didn't give it to Mark Zuckerbirs for his little eFacebook operation.
Indecision in little everyday stuff. Like, Q: what time do you want to leave? A: I don't know, whatever time you want to leave. Q: where do you want to sit in the movie theater? A: Up to you. Q: should we take this route or that route to the arts fest? A: You decide. and on and on. Oy.
Wasn't sure where to file this one at all, and perhaps I have been watching too many episodes of Portlandia, but I think I can safely say that hipster chic has become a total caricature of itself, .
ITA, I would take DD and visit my brother in Boston to go the the Bizarre Bazaar every year, the ultimate hipster craft fair. We started when she was maybe 7, by 11, she looked at me and said, "this isn't bizarre anymore". She was right, lol. The interesting outfits and odd hair dos, those huge ear lobe rings, seemed stale even to a kid, lol. Although, I got my WWTWD (Tom Waits) tee there and I cannot find it anywhere, that was my fav shirt.
So my peeve is I think I gave my WWTWD tee away when I gained wt, but I would never have done that, so where is it??? I am so behind on Portlandia, thanks for the reminder.
My roommate/friend's been talking to me about breaking up with her boyfriend for like 5 months now. Ugh. I don't mind discussing such things, but how long does it take to figure out that he'll never be what you want, he's manipulating you, you could easily get someone better, and you should end things already? After a certain number of years people make their priorities pretty clear based on their actions. We talked for like an hour today about not seeing him today (3 days ago she said they were broken up) and then she's, "well, going to see him."
Thanks for letting me vent here.
freshstart
9-6-15, 11:35pm
kestra, it's stuff like that that makes me never want a roommate again, not even in the nursing home!
I just love this: It's the second week of class, and I've got students coming into the library looking for books the faculty members have put on reserve. They are filed by the professor's name. I ask, "Who is your professor?"
"I don't know his/her name."
Jeezum Crow. And these people are going to be in charge someday.
at least they are not your spawn. Last year, my son worked his first job, it was a crappy job but he stuck it out. He has a debit card linked to ex's card or something like that. He would spend $15 or so at Chipotle nearly every day. And then he complained that a summer job is useless, you don't earn enough to buy a car, etc. I sat him down and went over his debit statement. I showed this is what he earned in a day, and $15 was going to Chipotle daily, plus the gas to get there. I told him as an adult, I only rarely (like every few months) ate lunch with co-workers with a bill of $15, we went to cheaper places and spent under $10 every few weeks. I think he finally got it, he is saving money like crazy this year so here's hoping.
I'm glad you sat down and went over things with him. My folks never told me a thing about what stuff in the real world costs. I never even saw a receipt from the grocery store.
at least they are not your spawn. Last year, my son worked his first job, it was a crappy job but he stuck it out. He has a debit card linked to ex's card or something like that. He would spend $15 or so at Chipotle nearly every day. And then he complained that a summer job is useless, you don't earn enough to buy a car, etc. I sat him down and went over his debit statement. I showed this is what he earned in a day, and $15 was going to Chipotle daily, plus the gas to get there. I told him as an adult, I only rarely (like every few months) ate lunch with co-workers with a bill of $15, we went to cheaper places and spent under $10 every few weeks. I think he finally got it, he is saving money like crazy this year so here's hoping.
They're getting worse. I just checked out a laptop to a student and filled out the form. There's a section that says: Cord? Yes___ No___. He did not opt for the cord.
He points to the form and says, "Shouldn't that say 'yes' for the cord?"
I just looked at him and said, "But I haven't given you a cord."
"Oh."
facepalmheaddesk
And now one wanted to know if we have Avery stickers to hand out to students to print on.
We are not a stationary store! Go to the freaking bookstore!
And now one wanted to know if we have Avery stickers to hand out to students to print on.
We are not a stationary store! Go to the freaking bookstore!
At least that one knows that Avery stickers are expensive and worth asking around to see if there is any way to score a free sheet.
I'm glad you sat down and went over things with him. My folks never told me a thing about what stuff in the real world costs. I never even saw a receipt from the grocery store.
he is very stubborn, yes, he's learning about money, he even has a 403B at the nursing home (will not take any advice in how to invest it), but I thought he'd be 40 before he ever did anything like that. But the bad part is he abandoned his plan to go to community college this fall, he was going to do 2 yrs of that, 2 at a State School and be a music teacher (no jobs). But that was better than taking a year off, then taking a 1 yr program to learn to be a luthier, no degree and even fewer jobs. Yet since starting to work full time, he's pulled himself together, exercises daily, became a vegetarian and is learning to cook. And he is nice to be around again. 15-18 were tough years. He's his father's kid, at that age, you sit back and let life happen. Not how I plan but I have to accept his choices. And I will not pay for a non-college program.
Teacher Terry
9-8-15, 4:38pm
Some people are late bloomers. I did not start my BA until I was 31 & had 3 kids. I then got 3 grad degrees including a Ph.D. My oldest son just got his BA at age 42. Never too late.
Some people are late bloomers. I did not start my BA until I was 31 & had 3 kids. I then got 3 grad degrees including a Ph.D. My oldest son just got his BA at age 42. Never too late.
wow! how the heck did you do that with 3 kids?
They're getting worse. I just checked out a laptop to a student and filled out the form. There's a section that says: Cord? Yes___ No___. He did not opt for the cord.
He points to the form and says, "Shouldn't that say 'yes' for the cord?"
I just looked at him and said, "But I haven't given you a cord."
"Oh."facepalmheaddesk
Maybe a dumb question, but why wouldn't the cord automatically be supplied? Seems easier.
Peeve du jour: a collection of observations about my recent slightly overdue spate of cresting-the-hill screening exams.
1. If one is not obviously, clinically obese or underweight, why is it necessary for every office to pull out a scale? Why does the dermatologist need that information?
2. If you want me to believe you're a cutting edge facility, why are you handing me a stack of badly photocopied paper forms, half of which ask for the exact same info? How many times do you need me to tell you who my contact person is? Three? Really? What do you do with all this paper?
Today is the second time in a week I've been told on a form that I would be given specific counseling or recommendations due to family history, with no follow up. Really, why highlight the fact that you're being neglectful by mentioning this in the first place?
3. Along the same lines as #1, why is in necessary to strip naked to have a colonoscopy consultation? I don't mean a rectal exam, I mean talking about the nasty goop I'll have to drink and what I can't eat the day before. I need to be naked and freezing to optimally absorb this information?
4. Do you really think decorating the walls with reminders not to do this and that, no cell phones, please don't discuss your medical issues with other patients, there will be a $3 fee for using Visa, there will be a $50 charge for missed appointments, lends a professional air to an office? I sure don't.
5. When I call the insurance company to find out if a procedure will be covered by my policy, I don't want a friendly guess about it. I also don't want to be told to read the policy guidelines, only to find myself wading through clinical trial information. Is it covered or not?
I don't know why my medical experience always seems so poor, it's probably my own personality, but I will be glad when things are found and fixed, or not found at all.
freshstart
9-14-15, 7:03pm
1. If one is not obviously, clinically obese or underweight, why is it necessary for every office to pull out a scale? Why does the dermatologist need that information?
Today is the second time in a week I've been told on a form that I would be given specific counseling or recommendations due to family history, with no follow up. Really, why highlight the fact that you're being neglectful by mentioning this in the first place?
I don't know why my medical experience always seems so poor, it's probably my own personality, but I will be glad when things are found and fixed, or not found at all.
since doctor visits have replaced my career, I'm getting annoyed by similar things. Like when I am walking like a drunken sailor, bumping into walls, why do I have to wobbily balance on the scale when I was just there YESTERDAY! And the reading is meaningless because I cannot balance on it at all. How much can your wt have changed in 24 hrs unless you have congestive heart failure, which I don't? One time, the nurse was getting frustrated because I would not let go of the wall during my all important daily wt check. I tell the nurse, "I really think I am going to fall if I let go, could you just write down FAT and maybe only do this once a month or so?" Of course not, she says, "I'll catch you, you'll be fine." Let go of wall, wobble for a few seconds and then fall and she did not catch me, grrr. My doc comes out, SHE gets me off the floor and says to the nurse, "she was just here yesterday, I don't need her weight and she doesn't need a head injury." My primary is very blunt and I love that.
I cannot believe they asked for that health info and documented that they were not planning to follow up? WTH? Wouldn't that be kind of evidenciary should you sue them for not taking care of your health problems?
I finally saw neuro again today. She read the results of my IQ and memory tests and said, "not good, happening too quickly, I don't know for sure what is causing this, but now it is time to really amp up the testing." I don't want to hear that but I at least know I am in good hands.
This is how I feel, too: I will be glad when things are found and fixed, or not found at all.
It's been a year, figure it out, good news or bad, I just want definitive answers and a plan, even if the plan is, "we can't fix this." At least, I will finally know.
I do not believe that it is your personality causing poor exams, even though they may not remember this often, our medical professionals work for us, not the other way around.
I meant that I can be very picky so I walk away feeling like things aren't up to par, not that I'm so unpleasant that I get bad treatment - ok maybe I am, but I'm hoping not :~).
I feel for you. Right or wrong, when I ask why and I'm told "that's just how we do it", what I hear is "Who Knows. Because We Can." Hope you get some answers soon, hopefully the fixing kind.
freshstart
9-14-15, 8:17pm
and you, too.
SteveinMN
9-14-15, 10:20pm
I don't know why my medical experience always seems so poor, it's probably my own personality
No, kib, it's not you. It's that state-of-the-art best-in-class American medical system. There is no room for improvement. >8)
When my second-to-last GP quit to teach, I took the opportunity to ditch that clinic because I hated their front office. Calling for information resulted in a query about "which team" your provider was on. Not like anything in the office was color-coded red, yellow, or blue. I refused to guess. The receptionists sit behind high partitions that really limit what they can see in the check-in line, so you frequently stood there for minutes on end before they noticed you. Every last clerk behaved like they'd rather be in Hades that day getting their fingernails peeled back with sharp bamboo sticks than checking you in. And the intake staff barely does its job, with measurements like the bouncing scale and the blood-pressure machine they never audited manually in my presence. The actual doctors and nurse-practitioners were fine (if a little insistent on the almighty "we-do-that-for-every-illness-like-yours" protocol). But you had to get past the front desk first and, in the end, it just wasn't worth it. At my new place, they actually remember my name and there's none of that "oh, another expense just walked in" feeling I got before. Too bad the GP I had there quit to move to another clinic (in which I cannot participate). *sigh*
freshstart
9-14-15, 11:19pm
No, kib, it's not you. It's that state-of-the-art best-in-class American medical system. There is no room for improvement. >8)
When my second-to-last GP quit to teach, I took the opportunity to ditch that clinic because I hated their front office. At my new place, they actually remember my name and there's none of that "oh, another expense just walked in" feeling I got before. Too bad the GP I had there quit to move to another clinic (in which I cannot participate). *sigh*
Did the docs have any say in who was hired or fired from the front desk? To me, they are important, the first impression when you call or come in. And if it's a bad experience every time, you would think some patients will just switch docs. And for them not to remember your name? Ok, how can you possibly triage phone calls if you don't have the working knowledge of the freaking names of the people you work for? That sounds like hell, pure hell.
How is it now with the GP gone?
I am very lucky, I think I have a good team now and they are actually sometimes communicating with each other. And all have good nurses (the one with the wt thing, I have found her to be a nurse who isn't quite taking in the whole picture, so she just has a checklist of what needs to be done to everybody, she's very nice just not intuitive at all). And even good desk staff.
Did the docs have any say in who was hired or fired from the front desk? To me, they are important, the first impression when you call or come in. [...]
How is it now with the GP gone?
This clinic is one of maybe two or three dozen across the metro, all belonging to the same medical group, which also owns hospitals, medical-equipment firms, a few opticians, etc. What I understand from people who are in the know is that things are very centralized and the process-improvement bug has bitten this place hard. A doctor friend of mine at another clinic in the same group complains of constantly being dinged for spending "too much" time with patients -- a concern echoed by the GP at my new clinic. I have heard that hiring and firing is done at the pleasure of corporate. The atmosphere really reminds me of a franchised fast-food joint: the product and policies are delivered from corporate and merely distributed by the practitioners.
I've only had to be back to my "new" clinic once since my GP left. This clinic is part of a much smaller "chain" and they use that lack of size as a selling point. It works, though the doctor I had to see on my post-knee-surgery visit just borders on being a jerk.
It may sound like I'm coming down really hard on medical staff, especially the front-office people. But I actually was a front-office person, years ago. I was a receptionist at a doctor's office and an orderly at a local hospital. I know it's possible to do the job without being an automaton. I get that the world of work is different than it was those many years ago. But it doesn't cost a dime extra for someone dealing with sick/fearful/irritated people to be nice rather than robotic. And I'm a firm believer that empathy and sympathy and care definitely can be as much a part of the treatment mix as the latest statin or pacemaker.
freshstart
9-15-15, 3:13pm
It may sound like I'm coming down really hard on medical staff, especially the front-office people. But I actually was a front-office person, years ago. I was a receptionist at a doctor's office and an orderly at a local hospital. I know it's possible to do the job without being an automaton. I get that the world of work is different than it was those many years ago. But it doesn't cost a dime extra for someone dealing with sick/fearful/irritated people to be nice rather than robotic. And I'm a firm believer that empathy and sympathy and care definitely can be as much a part of the treatment mix as the latest statin or pacemaker.
ITA, I was a waitress in a nursing home and an aide in the hospital and other jobs not considered exactly glamorous. Sure it was hard work, but it didn't take much longer to be pleasant and chat if someone needed to or do an extra task.
I will never forget my interview for hospice, as I approached the desk, the receptionist goes "who the heck are you and what the Fword do you want?" I was speechless and thought, I will never ever work somewhere where the receptionist has no clue who a person is and uses the Fword to find out. Families come there. It doesn't matter who it is, you cannot act like that no matter how cute and funny you think you are in of all places, Hospice.
But I liked the sound of the job, went back a second time for a team interview and was won over. I eventually became close with that receptionist, they did take her off the desk and promoted her big time and she eventually got to be good with families. She would have these loud, ranting breakdowns over "stupid people making her life Fing harder!" She would get spoken to but it sounds crazy, she turned about to be great at her new job, she could fix any laptop problem, when you asked her for something, she did it, unlikely many who did not. She's really sarcastic and funny when you get to know her and underneath a rough exterior, she is very kind, she turned out to be a good friend to have.
when my dad started volunteering, he called me to ask if I knew a crazy girl there named Kim. Yup, bracing for him to go into a tirade that she called him a foul name. Instead, he says, "I love her, she is so funny. She said she loves you." No way in hell would she say "love" and I called her on it and she said, "I love you, you love me, we're the only sane people here, now get the F out of my office!"
it's a strange world! everyday she sends me a picture of her dog, no words, just a daily picture of Jackie. So I send one back, of my dog pooping in the yard. And has done ever since I left, she never misses a day.
rambling, sorry
ToomuchStuff
9-15-15, 4:06pm
5. When I call the insurance company to find out if a procedure will be covered by my policy, I don't want a friendly guess about it. I also don't want to be told to read the policy guidelines, only to find myself wading through clinical trial information. Is it covered or not?
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Part of that issue, is there are normally different ways to bill something and one way can be covered, while one isn't. Also one can make the doctors more money (which is why they pick it), verses another. etc. Profit motive is one issue, just someone having a bad day, or you knowing the doctor, etc. could be another.
I always like how doctors wanted me to sign the form that I have seen the HIPA book, when they don't even know where it is. (I make the change to have not)
Healthcare has really changed. I haven't worked in the ICU for many years. But when I was about to quit to have children, they were having the people who usually deliver the food trays, learn to draw the blood! Nurses were no longer to draw the blood.
I'm finding it everywhere........it's the less skilled people who are filling the front office jobs and answering all the phones at the various insurance companies. Many times, I can't even understand what they're saying..........plus at times, they don't seem to know what they're talking about.
Freshstart..........if a receptionist had ever said that to me, I would have immediately asked for the manager. That's totally unacceptable.
I think health care can be really varied from place to place. I learned long ago (as an R.N.) to never go to small town hospitals.
I'm wondering for those of you who are unhappy with the care you're getting, does your insurance allow you to change clinics/doctors?
The world is changing and it makes me sad. Doctors are mostly businessmen now, and people who shouldn't be their representatives are in the front now.
Too many people.......too much everything........
I have had a lot of doctors, and am very happy with my present one. But he is the exception rather than the rule.
DH is a physician and he feels the same way. So many doctors don't know much, and aren't really interested in doing a good job. Around here, a lot of the physician's groups have been bought out by the big hospitals, and they also get pushed around by upper management. It's like a huge machine that is just running over everyone...........
Williamsmith
9-15-15, 8:57pm
My old school general practitioner retired. To show what kind of guy he was...he opened up a free clinic for uninsured people.
Anyway, another less talented but very well intentioned doctor took over his practice.... I wasn't overwhelmed by her expertise but I was satisfied with her effort. Well, the healthcare act seemed to inspire her to give up her practice and so she became a hospitalist.
I moved on to another doctor who was taking new patients. Well, I never saw the doctor.....all physicians assistants. Billing was all screwed up, insurance denials were more frequent.....outside labs were billing me for covered expenses......prescriptions were being called in wrong. I got sick of it and fired her. Told her that her services weren't needed anymore.
Off to to another doctor. Sometimes you just have to shake your head.
I'm just starting to be doubtful because my list of experiences happened at four different places, within the last month. The one place that has an awesome, just awesome receptionist, a competent staff, extremely reasonable rates and hasn't done one thing to make me wonder what I'm doing in their office? My Mexican Dentist. Three Cheers for Dr. Martinez and $45 for perfect pearly whites.
I was going to ask about/suggest Mexico, KIB. I see you're way ahead of me.
I haven't considered Mexico for other doctors. Perhaps I should.
Crazy driver tactic du jour: drivers who want to take the exit but also want to drive in the fast lane until the last second. Then, no attempt to signal or merge, just drive up next to the car that's in line to exit and start honking their horn, like "let me in right now"!
I've had this happen 3 times in the last year. Am I missing something - was there an announcement that it's okay for drivers to bully others off the road?
It just happened again this morning during rush hour. Were only 2-3 cars behind me, so it would have been easy for this driver to ease up and merge. But apparently, because I didn't jump out of their way, it made them mad enough to get on the on-ramp behind me and then gun their engines and swerve around and pass me, just missing my car by inches. I laid on the horn for several miles until they finally moved to another lane. This car came from my neighborhood so I'm really hoping it was a one-off, but if I see it anywhere near me again I'm getting a photo of their license plate and reporting them.
Sheesh, I know rush hour is crazy but now it's becoming life threatening...
freshstart
9-17-15, 11:26pm
where I worked was near a very busy 4 way intersection, the one light was absurdly long but it did always turn eventually. People would start honking at the first driver to take a Left on Red and a couple of times, I was in the next lane and the second driver would "tap" the bumper of the first car to really drive home that they needed to break the law and go left on red. Sometimes I didn't see damage, the light turned and the poor first guy got the hell outta there without even checking for damage. Once it was an Escalade vs an ancient Neon. Escalade taps Neon, bumper falls off, Neon driver tries to pull over and the Escalade took off, with a constant honking! So this young guy is trying to get his bumper out of the intersection, everyone is beeping and swearing at him, I offered to stay to be a witness and he said, "don't bother, I can't afford my insurance to go up anymore, I'll duct tape it." That kind of crap is just so unnecessary and maybe you save 45 secs on your commute? Is it better to have that 45 seconds everyday by kind of being a douche or to stay calm at a notoriously slow intersection and get to work seconds later?
Williamsmith
9-18-15, 6:21am
Try driving in Houston, TX , it will make you appreciate anywhere else on earth except maybe New York City or also LA. The sign in Texas reads, " Buckle up your kids. 2214 killed this year on Texas highways." That was before the school bus got ran off the overpass and killed two school age kids.
When I read that I assumed that it was children killed. That figure was all fatatlities for a particular year in any age.
They just do so much driving. I prefer cities that are more walkable or just simply do not require so much driving.
iris lilies
9-18-15, 7:58am
...Am I missing something - was there an announcement that it's okay for drivers to bully others off the road?...
It's the same announcement that declares it's fine for everyone to do a U-turn anywhere at any time, while the rest of us slow to a halt until the intersection is clear of the circling fool.
No seriously Lainey, that's bad stuff. I haven't run into that.
ApatheticNoMore
9-20-15, 1:45am
Do I exist in space at all, or just cyberspace? Ok I guess I could take a rant like this in many directions. But one begins to think they don't exist anywhere particular anymore. I go on dates with guys that live on one side of town 20 miles from me, I go to job interviews 30 miles in the *other* direction from me. This is insane!
Although commuting for work (and full time work as I used to work part-time) has put such a psychic strain on me, that at this point, I want to avoid the commuting at all costs in the future. I dream of living 2 miles from work or something. Then I'll just commute 100 miles to my social life or something at the rate things are going. I am blown apart, my commuting is expanding with the universe at this point.
For the last 6 years of my career, I lived 5 blocks from my office. Actually had people ask if they could drive me home. I made it to work in blizzards, rainstorms, etc. and never complained. Hubby could round trip in his car in less than 10 minutes from his workplace if he forgot something and walk the 1.5 miles if it was good weather.
Commuting can be soul sucking.
My condolences. For 12 years my commute involved a car, two trains, a subway and a three block walk, and could take close to 2 hours each way. I started looking at it as the equivalent of a second job during which I could do more or less whatever I wanted, as long as it involved sitting still. I decided that was preferable to working 2 jobs closer to home for half the pay. It still sucked.
Commuting does, truly, suck. I spent hours on buses and hours in my car over the years. I had three different jobs with easy commutes (think ten minutes or less) and that made all the difference in how I felt when I got to work. With the advent of telecommuting, I really don't get why so much of it is still necessary.
freshstart
9-20-15, 1:26pm
drove in spurts all day for work, audiobooks saved the day. I could not deal with an extra 4 hrs commute everyday, much credit to you guys, maybe if I was on the train and could read. But that is a grueling amount
Cheap Kroger facial tissue that leaves a fine white residue under your nose that you don't notice for awhile...
ToomuchStuff
9-22-15, 1:02pm
Cheap Kroger facial tissue that leaves a fine white residue under your nose that you don't notice for awhile...
Sounds like a cop/drug test story.:confused:
Saw an Amazon Prime commercial on TV, some goofy images of a guy walking with his dog in a backpack or something similar. What attracted my attention was the background music, Lee Marvin singing/growling "I Was Born Under A Wandering Star". Developed an overpowering urge to watch "Paint Your Wagon".
Told my wife, "We have Amazon Prime. We have Amazon's Fire Stick on the TV. Let's watch Paint Your Wagon tonight, haven't seen it in years". Turns out Paint Your Wagon is not available for free streaming for Prime members.
I feel violated. Tempt me then deny me. Not cool Amazon. Not!!! Cool!!!
iris lilies
9-23-15, 9:14pm
Good lord, just how stupid CAN these non profits be?
Tonight I picked up a newsletter of a local do-good gardening organization to see that they have selected a kind of lily for their bulb sales that will not grow in Missouri. Yes! I don't buy these lilies because THEY DO NOT GROW HERE. And the do-good org is pushing these lilies to citizens of the region. This organization promotes gardens in our community.
A Google map would show you that these idiots are 2.5 blocks from the Missouri Botanical Gardens where the world's foremost experts on bulbs for St. Louis work. And if they were unable to find Sylvia and Jason The Bulb Boy they could have used that new modern thing called the Internet to find the website of the local Lily society where there is a blog article by yours truly on -- wait for it--the best lilies for St. Louis.
tl;dr. Oriental lilies do not grow in the St. Louis region and anyone who tries to sell you bags of them is a scam artist.
My commute hasn't been too bad at all the past 7 years or so once I moved out to the suburbs, closer to work. For 4 years I drove 7.5 miles each way. 20 minutes. Then the office moved and my commute exactly doubled, but it's nearly all freeway and not that bad. There is a ton of road construction around the office and it seems to be getting worse, removing route options.
My rant for the day-- cheating in Graduate school!! I don't get it. 95% of my classes are spent in group learning. There is a LOT of discussion and the professors encourage us to work with each other on any problems we might have, as long as we are not copying word for word. Example: When I work with my partner(s), they read their answer and I read mine. I add anything to mine I pick up from them in pen. The one professor loves this on my work. So why cheat? One gal has all the answers from someone who took the class previous semester and got mad when the homework assignment was changed. HAHAHA- karma much?!? There is another group of 3 who sit smugly in the back of the class. Found out they were basically copying each other's homework and assignments. Free thinkers not happening there? It just irks me to no end, especially since this is a Masters degree in TEACHING. HELLO???? You are the one who influences the children. Ok..rant over. Thank you..enjoy your cocoa.
SteveinMN
9-24-15, 11:37am
Good lord, just how stupid CAN these non profits be?
Tonight I picked up a newsletter of a local do-good gardening organization to see that they have selected a kind of lily for their bulb sales that will not grow in Missouri. [snip]
A Google map would show you that these idiots are 2.5 blocks from the Missouri Botanical Gardens where the world's foremost experts on bulbs for St. Louis work. And if they were unable to find Sylvia and Jason The Bulb Boy they could have used that new modern thing called the Internet
It's hard to find good free help these days...
!Splat!
freshstart
9-24-15, 12:44pm
My rant for the day-- cheating in Graduate school!! It just irks me to no end, especially since this is a Masters degree in TEACHING. HELLO???? You are the one who influences the children. Ok..rant over. Thank you..enjoy your cocoa.
they should be treated like children who cheat, suspended- no discussion, happens again- expulsion. Kids are right, grown ups can do whatever they want. I bet they eat ice cream for breakfast.
iris lilies
9-24-15, 1:09pm
It's hard to find good free help these days...
!Splat!
hey smart guy, these people earn salaries. They are paid. And they get U.S. Tax dollars for some of their programs.
I will be kind and assume that this one program I write about here is not gubmnt funded in any way, it is funded by sales.
One dumb act like theirs reverses decades of educational efforts by my Lily club. The public will learn not to waste money on lilies because the ones they buy from this org will all die.
Selling bulbs to the public is not their primary focus, and this is good example of an organization growing beyond their primary mission. They are doing it wrong. Mission creep is a real problem in organizations that do not earn their own money and are dependent on handouts for support.
freshstart
9-24-15, 2:03pm
I went for my repeat brain MRI with/without contrast. Meaning I need an IV and afterward I also had to get blood drawn. I have crappy veins, so I drank 2 24oz glasses of water, plus another 12oz in the car, so 60 ozs! I think we can concede I did my share to get those veins a poppin'. Meet the nurse, she is in an outpatient part of our hospital, the ex has not worked on campus in maybe 8 yrs. She immediately says, "are you so and so's wife?" I said nope, not copping to I am his ex-wife, but I know him (cause the stories are just so fun, let's hear hers). She says, "oh, isn't he great? What a kind man. I loved working with him." Not as bad as some, where I found out they boffed. Well, apparently she focused so much on her social skills, that her IV skills, the one thing she does all day, suck. Policy is 3 sticks in 24 hrs. We're on #4, I am patient about this, I know my veins suck, I've had to put really hard IVs in patients, I do understand but when #4 fails, I say, "are there any options here (as in getting someone else entirely!)? She goes and gets tinier needles, since this is my body being poked and I am about to have IV contrast through one of her crappy IV sites, I say, "huh, when I worked here you couldn't use that gauge because contrast is too thick." "that is true." You KNEW that yet planned to use the too small needle anyway? Clearly the ex-nurse with the 60 point IQ loss has her shit more together than the actual, live, employed IV nurse! Grrr. I'm starting to resent her, I do not want some huge infiltrate of MRI contrast in my arm. She goes to get someone else, he tells her, "use the 24g needles with the holes in them, for contrast dye in children." "I can do that?" "Yes and that would be much safer than using the 24g one in your hand without holes. Where did you find these?" "I got it from the peds floor (from the hospital we are not even in)." He's pissed and tells her to take the next guy. Childs' IV with holes is in in less than 1 minute and I'm pretty sure he hasn't boffed my ex. Get MRI. Whole process took almost 3 hrs because of the first nurse.
Hobble down to get blood drawn. The lab is packed. My turn comes up just to register, the orders from neurology have 27 different tests, I counted while waiting. Since this person has to put all of these into the computer, she's not too thrilled. Then she hits the ones she doesn't know, phlebotomist helps her. Hands it back to me and I go wait. 30 mins later it is my turn, the phlebotomist looks at his printout and says, "some of these are super stat, you have to have them at the hospital lab so they get picked up right away. I will call them, you won't have to re-register." Fine. But you couldn't have mentioned this when you read the orders half an hour ago? As I increasingly wobble over to the hospital, I'm thinking, I've yelled, "STAT" many a time, I have sent labs "stat', ordered tests "stat" but now we have "Super Stat?" WTH? What's the next level up, Super Duper Stat, Run With the Wind Stat, Ah F***, We Were Too Slow, She's Dead Stat?
Get to the lab, another 30 min wait, then no one has called them about Super Stat labs, nothing is in the computer, we start over as the woman enters test 1 of 27, after 20, things are hairy, people are consulted, nobody knows what the doc wants and she only works Mondays in our city. I say the guy in the other lab knew what they are, he just couldn't do them, could you please call him? Totally ignored. They call my doc's office, the nurse will call back with the answer in 5 mins. I sat there another 45 freaking minutes, finally say I cannot physically do this anymore, please call me and I will come back when you have the information. Turn around, fall flat on my face, F word! Trying to get up like it never happened and go on my way because if I don't, I am will be shoved in the ER so fast my head will spin, I'll have to complete mounds of paperwork for falling on property. I AM NOT DOING THIS! But I have been observed by staff and a waiting room filled with people. An old man gives me a hand, and I wobble away, followed by staff, "excuse me, Miss, hello, you can't just leave. Come back please, we need to get you checked and fill out some paperwork." Making that sound like I will not spend the next 11 hours waiting in the ER. Thanks, PASS. I have a head start, the elevator closes before she can get on, but when I get off, she's standing there. I said, "look, I am serious, I am physically 100% done with today, I need to leave, I cannot sit in a chair in the ER for hours. I'll sign whatever you want but it needs to happen in the next 30 seconds or I am leaving. I have been patient, I have not complained about amateur hour at this hospital. Welp, there's my ride, I sign now or not at all." I sign something I do not read and leave.
the whole 'nurse will call back in 5 minutes and we will call you" deal? 5 mins, is 2 1/2 hrs so far, I am so glad I left! I love my hospital, I served it to the best of my ability, but why would anyone come here if it takes 3 hrs to get a 30 mins tops MRI? They've done all this "concierge" stuff, built attractive new wings, but fix the basic every day crap that will make a patient choose the competition next time and maybe every time.
Oh man, that sounds like a perfectly awful day...I am sorry you had to endure this! You do write a very, very compelling story though, I was on pins and needles to the end.
Hmm, the medical-industrial complex...scary stuff. I am in the middle of helping my mom through her knee replacement surgery and her stint in a rehabilitation center. Got to call her momentarily - I'm sure I will get an earful of the little things that weren't coordinated well for her today. The biggest thing I see is that they are short-staffed.
Today's peeve: I wish I had Freshstart's gift for narrative, dang it!
freshstart
9-24-15, 9:00pm
The biggest thing I see is that they are short-staffed.
that is the problem everywhere, you can only get so much from an employee. Hope your mom recovers well. I don't envy you, it's hard when it's a parent and you see things that could be much better.
My mom had hers maybe 8 yrs ago, they did both but she has small bones, they only had 1 pediatric knee and the rest were adults. They put one of each in! And it was a really good surgeon but WTH? You look at her and she leans to one side, the one with the little knee, lol. You couldn't wait for Amazon Prime for the other one? Would you make this mistake with a boob job and ever practice again? You have to laugh. But it's not funny at all.
freshstart
9-24-15, 9:01pm
Today's peeve: I wish I had Freshstart's gift for narrative, dang it!
oh no you don't, people have to read a novella and in the end there is absolutely no point to be found! I would block me, I couldn't take it.
naw. :) Frankly I'm going through my own bout of doctor-itis and it's reassuring to hear someone else is having issues with medical professionals. (Sorry for your troubles, truly, but yeah, it's nice to know it's not just me.) I don't think there's a realm on earth more fraught with legally-instigated curtailing of common sense than the American medical scene. A few years ago I was admitted to the local hospital after hours and after seven tries they finally used a vein in my ankle to insert an IV, simply because the Dr. had routinely ordered a prophylactic intravenous antibiotic before he left. Couldn't wait til 5 am and a trained phlebotomist, oh no. Couldn't start me on oral meds instead, Oh No! In the morning, a new Dr. comes in and says so, I hear *you* got a bit upset last night! Hmm, imagine that. Selfie:
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freshstart
9-25-15, 8:34am
In your ankle??? Surprise, that's not best practice! Unreal. We have policies against that, maybe if you were coding. We had a hematologist I adored, he was Columbo, heart of gold. He could get a line in anybody, just not in approved sites. Our director would flutter around daily, "get the lines out of Rooms blah, blah and blah. I mean it, Frank, NO MORE!" And his patients really did need a line. So he ambles in at 10p (hardest working man I ever met, rounded twice a day and had an office full of patients. He practiced alone, did all his on call because no other hematologist would ever follow his plans. His neighbors called the police because he would mow his lawn with a headlamp on after his late night rounds. He was so sad, he did not get why the neighbors weren't happy he was getting it done.
He had a very hard to find sense of humor. So one night he goes, "am I putting a line in so and so?" I kept looking down at my work and said no worries, it was in. "Really, where?" "left side of nostril, I had to work fast with the tourniquet around his neck. But boy, did those babies pop!" A lot of his patients were young, (hemophiliacs at height of AIDS crisis who were going to die, leukemics and back then, they somedays stayed for weeks in to months) so they were my age. I loved the guy we did the nose IV on, we came up with the idea, I put so much tape over his nose, no one could see it was not an active line at all and I fake hooked it up to an IV bag. He goes in, comes right back out, "good idea but Pat will chase me for weeks about this, take it out, ok? nice try!" He thought I had put an IV on someone's nose??? What? I said, "can you even put an IV on the side of the nose?" "Sure but you cannot put the tourniquet around their neck, don't ever do that again. Seriously, don't!" Who the hell would think I did that??? "Frank, good news/bad news. Good news I did not put a tourniquet around anybody's neck. Bad news, he need a line." Finally, he laughs.
I hate the days of hospitalists and PAs rounding for specialists, it feels like no one has any idea of the big picture, except start planning their discharge right after you register them as patients.
Freshstart, why didn't you start your own IV? I once drew a blood gas on myself(with a little help-but I did the stick). That was 35 years ago...suppose they wouldn't let you do that now!!
I was the medical profession, and now I can hardly stand them. No compassion, little skill and absolutely no people skills. Sad
freshstart
9-25-15, 9:35am
I was close to offering! With my eyesight, I think I could draw my own blood, trickier for IVs. I could not do my own blood gas, that's hard core! I waited weeks for the VNA to take out my PICC line, I was getting annoyed. I took it out and told them if they want to measure it, I kept it and the end was intact, lol.
I'm always surprised at the conversations staff have around you, gossip, problems in their lives, work complaints. My generation did not do that, well we did it out of patient earshot.
A middle-aged friend of a friend just nearly hemorrhaged to death (ICU, low BP seizures) because of doctor error. I know very few people who have escaped some kind of frank malpractice or egregious mistake. I guess that's why "tort reform" is such a rallying cry among the moneyed classes.
freshstart
9-25-15, 1:13pm
When I was in, I had a negative PSA, phew, dodged that bullet even though I don't have a prostate
I will say the ER had extraordinary numbers when I was there, for the first time ever they had patients in heated tents outside in January. I was stashed half in/half out of a janitor's closet I was lucky, there were stretchers everywhere you looked, no one had a speck of privacy. Then two cops showed up, just stood by me, would not answer any questions. A doc comes over with "my tox screen", positive for every drug practically that I know about, they start asking me where my stash is, I was so sick and confused, I thought he meant my stash of hidden money at home, I go, "I have $150 in a drawer at home." My friend is the ER supervisor, thus my luxe accomodations in the closet, she's heading over with a look on her face like WTF? Meanwhile, they thought I was having a stroke so the thing about the money stash at home could not be understood. This cop leans in, "you violated your parole, Roberta, look at this," hands me tox screen. I point to my name band and point to the lab report that says "Roberto Gomez". Wrong race, wrong gender and the lady confused as all get out has to do the police's work, too. lmao. Roberto must've been lying close by because he jumped up and raced out the door. And that was only my first encounter with the boys in blue during my stay.
hey smart guy, these people earn salaries. They are paid. And they get U.S. Tax dollars for some of their programs.
I will be kind and assume that this one program I write about here is not gubmnt funded in any way, it is funded by sales.
Everyone at these non-profits draws a salary? I could see the mucky-mucks getting 'em, but the people who actually know stuff and make decisions? I've been wasting my time working at this non-profit newspaper for free.... :~)
Point taken, by the way. But I think these people would be dingalings whether or not they were paid (by anyone) for their efforts.
rosarugosa
9-25-15, 8:06pm
I live not quite 12 miles from my office, and it takes me about 1.5 hours to get home at night. What The ____?
IshbelRobertson
9-26-15, 4:18am
I am down in sunny Cornwall and have had bad asthma for five days. Still, it's sunny abd the views are grand...
freshstart
9-26-15, 4:52am
feel better! I can hear your accent, 'the views are grand'!
IshbelRobertson
9-26-15, 6:43am
Some people have commented that I sound like Miss Jean Brodie as played by Dame Maggie Smith... I don't think I do!
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