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freshstart
9-11-16, 3:59pm
that's a great idea, thx
ToomuchStuff
9-13-16, 1:10am
Kids, cell phones (ignoring what they are supposed to be doing) and "cell talk" (not sure if it is due to texting or what).
How the heck and I supposed to know if the thing your righting, is supposed to be a B, a R, or a K, since your using the same symbol for it, and your spelling is already atrocious.
ApatheticNoMore
9-14-16, 5:38pm
I had that experience realizing that by giving my kids money for downpayments on houses, I will be working a year or two more. I am still glad I did it, but it's a sobering thought.
since I don't want to reply to the YMOL thread I'm quoting as this has minimal to do with YMOL. My rant today is I am a martyr but such would be my own darn fault.
I am kind of contemplating saving up some money to help my mom with house repairs. If I saved $500 a month, I could put 5k to help her in a year or so. Why am I taking this on? Even in contemplation now. >8) Eh because the pipes barely even pump water in many rooms ... I'll inherit part of the estate some day (hopefully not soon) but even then only part of it (not a house for myself - it's split - somehow - by selling probably though I suppose there are other ways).
I'm contemplating joining my bf in trying to start a business in our free time. I don't have an entrepreneurial bone in my body I don't think. It's not even how I'd choose to spend my life. (Yea everyone who can't even hold down a @#$# job *EVER* in their life is contemplating "starting a business" these days. But we know how to work at any rate, even if not easily how to find jobs, so that's part doesn't apply - but the horribleness of jobs out there these days might - him more than me.). Not what I would do if single ...
APN, I think you are awesome to be thinking of helping your mom with the house repairs.
ToomuchStuff
9-15-16, 12:22pm
ANM
Are you an only child? A couple of my friends did something similar with their mom, after their dad died. (only one relative was close)
Unfortunately, they didn't have much she needed, because in the late 80's there was a house fire, and the house was replaced.
iris lilies
9-15-16, 1:39pm
ANM, I would urge you to very carefully consider throwing that much money at a piece of real estate you don't own as a possible investment, If and when that times comes, come here and throw out the facts and we can help you analyze the cost /benefit.
If you are doing it purely to help your mother, that is another issue, but still it is has lots of problems.
freshstart
9-15-16, 3:17pm
I'm annoyed that the sore throat I've had for close to 4 weeks is getting worse and I probably have to stop ignoring it and dismissing it as a virus. Money on the doctor's co-pay, time wasted at the doctor and money on an antibiotic.
Had a horrible depressing day, and just when I start to feel better, two people have to get all snarly with me here. Now I am back to feeling like mental poo!
iris lilies
9-23-16, 11:32am
I dreamed I was going back to work. Ugh. It was in a nebulous library, unclear what I would be doing, but
I knew I wouldnt be good at it. Ugh.
I was glad to wake up.
Crazy weather is making me feel like poo - cold at night in the 40s then zipping to over 90 the next afternoon! My body can't take it!
iris lilies
9-25-16, 9:59pm
This is not a big peeve but is was somewhat annoying, although culturally interesting.
This sfternoon I attended a dramatic production by our town's Black Repertory theater company. It was a serious play about a woman who goes after her former slave for a sexual relationship.
The audience hooped and hollered throughout the play, and even laughed at the struggles of the (evil) white woman as she lay on the floor dying. Granted, there were little ironic bits of humor in the play as there should be in a good drama. But felt like I was attending a big cartoon production. All of the laughter throughout was disconcerting. I dont mind a bit of audience participation especially in films, but this was too much.
I cant help but wonder how the actress felt as she played the dying woman. Maybe she played up the comic aspects a bit?
This was a Sumday afternoon crowd and I really think they were far more kid-like than other audiences I have been part of at the Black Rep. There were large groups of college kids, and I wonder if they were the loud, laughing ones? I hate to say that because I was seated in the midst of one such college group and while they might have talked to each other during the production, just a little, talked about the play, they were NOT the hoopers and hollerers.
It was just--odd.
I think I will avoid matinee performances at the Black Rep. Evening audiences are more serious.
So, I apparently being hot wasn't just from the weather, looks like I have the flu or a virus. Feeling horrible today and did last night. Managed to watch Poldark while lying in bed in a stupor. My brain is feeling fuzzy and I feel woozy and dizzy. Hope this thing passes fast because the weather is now lovely.
freshstart
9-27-16, 6:49pm
This annoyed me today. I was at my primary to get my physical. She has all new front desk staff who have both been there 8 mos now yet still can't seem to get shit done. As I waited to check in, the receptionist said this to a patient on the phone, "He wrote declined. THat's all, I don't know why. No, I do not know why it is declined, it just is," with a tone like "don't bother me". Before she checks me in, she swivels around and says to the other receptionist, "do you believe the shit we have to put up with?" The other woman said, "I know, it's ridiculous what people want." WHAT??? You say all this in front of a line of actual patients, plus you did nothing to help the patient dealing with the denial issue.
I think being a receptionist is incredibly hard and annoying, I would not want that job. But can you try to put on your game face and not swear about patients in front of patients? Jeebus. My doctor would've fired those two on the spot if she knew but because she tolerates no BS she has trouble keeping front desk staff and I didn't want to ruin her day.
Yeah, that is pretty poor customer service...yikes! It reminded me of last summer when I fell down the stairs and broke my foot. I somehow got myself to the urgent care, tear-stained face, wobbly as hell on crutches, and the receptionist is trying to jam a clipboard into my hands while I am desperately trying not to fall over. The whole front desk was so rude and unhelpful (even to the doctor that saw me) I decided it warranted a call to the office manager the next day to discuss how the front line treats their patients in their fancy new office.
freshstart
9-28-16, 7:11pm
maybe I should do that, but one of them might have been the office manager for all I know
Back and forth weather, I put away my summer clothes and now it is hot again.
However, at night it is cold!
So, the biggest black widow spider in the world migrated from the mailbox to my dining room and into the kitchen.
Sorry, but it had to go to never never land.
New rule: no one is allowed to say "right?" at the end of most of their sentences. Please. It's like the speaker keeps asking for validation. Very annoying and distracting.
traffic grid lock (have I said this before) If you are in a city and the light is green you STILL need to make sure there is room to get through and leave the intersection clear. It doesn't help my attitude when the license plate of the offender is from a mid-western state either.
frugalone
10-9-16, 11:59am
I work in a college library. And I swear, I don't know how some of these kids get into college. The one working on my shift right now doesn't know how to tell how a newspaper's sections work. A guy came up to the counter and asked for the Times. We get two papers: the Times and the Clarion. The papers are not delivered all in one piece: they are sometimes in three or four sections each. She hands him the "top section" of the Times. He asks, Is this it? It seems awfully small for a Sunday paper.
As he walked away, I knew that couldn't be all of the paper. I go over to the counter, next to where she is sitting, and lo and behold, there's the other sections of the Times.
Do these kids not know to look at the top of the paper for the name of it? Maybe they've never seen a newspaper. This particular one seems like a real dim bulb.
I know I sound like a b*tch.
Addendum: I just asked said student to take the shelving cart and go upstairs and put some of the books away. I am working on a cart full of books, scanning stuff to go on display. There are two empty carts, in addition to the one I want her to take upstairs. She puts her hand on the one to go up and says, "This one?"
No, the empty ones. :help:
Addendum: I just asked said student to take the shelving cart and go upstairs and put some of the books away. I am working on a cart full of books, scanning stuff to go on display. There are two empty carts, in addition to the one I want her to take upstairs. She puts her hand on the one to go up and says, "This one?"
No, the empty ones. :help:
You should have told her to do the empty ones first.
Certain things about my living situation can be very trying here in New Mexico - the track lighting just went out in my main room. I think there is a short in the wiring that happened this morning when I plugged in the electric heater to take the chill off the room (which I will HAVE to use when it gets really cold so the pipes don't freeze). It's always something in this really old adobe miner's shack...sometimes I miss my easy (but boring) life back in Michigan....
Halloween once again, ugg
ToomuchStuff
10-11-16, 12:01pm
The one kid who used a letter for three, is up to using it for five. Pretty stupid to make your handwriting so illegible that you use the same symbol for approx, 1/5 the alphabet.
I hate it when I get the grumpies and can't figure out why. Well, sort of I do. Trying to fill out job apps and the things will NOT cooperate. I hate doing those at the library because it is so noisy there and sometimes there are tests involved. Sigh!
freshstart
10-12-16, 3:44am
I had a horrible day dealing with ex suing me and found out the court can make you use retirement money to pay for college so I was not a happy camper and saw little way out of my situation. Came home to find a letter from Medicare, I can start using it on 2/1. I wasn't expecting to get it until 3/18. What a relief. My COBRA runs out 1/1 and because of all my medical needs I had decided to pay for an expensive NYS Marketplace plan that takes all my doctors. I couldn't imagine how I was going to pay those high premiums and then the Medicare letter came in the mail.
I hate that saying "when God closes a door, he opens a window" but it's sure applicable today.
greenclaire
10-12-16, 2:01pm
My Dad spelled my name wrong on my birthday card. You'd think the one who actually came up with the name would get it right!
However, at least he bothered acknowledging the day!
freshstart
10-12-16, 4:22pm
I had a horrible day dealing with ex suing me and found out the court can make you use retirement money to pay for college so I was not a happy camper and saw little way out of my situation. Came home to find a letter from Medicare, I can start using it on 2/1. I wasn't expecting to get it until 3/18. What a relief. My COBRA runs out 1/1 and because of all my medical needs I had decided to pay for an expensive NYS Marketplace plan that takes all my doctors. I couldn't imagine how I was going to pay those high premiums and then the Medicare letter came in the mail.
I hate that saying "when God closes a door, he opens a window" but it's sure applicable today.
oops, this belonged under the Daily Rave
oops, this belonged under the Daily Rave
I think it is very nice to get some good news, freshstart!
freshstart
10-12-16, 4:29pm
I went for my mammo today and yet another front desk staff was rude to a patient. A patient showed up for her appt (a quite frail, elderly woman) who had a script in her hand and had an appt. The desk staff said it was the wrong prescription and she'd have to get the right one and re-schedule her appt and she said it rudely, the poor woman looked like she was going to cry and said it is hard for her to get out for appts, couldn't they just call her doctor? The same exact scenario was happening to me on the other side of the desk, the woman helping me said, "oh this script is incomplete, let me call your doctor and get the right one faxed over." The old lady leaves and the other receptionist goes, "she has the wrong script and thinks she's gonna just waltz in here and get her mammogram." My receptionist agreed with her even though she had just helped me out of the same situation. WTH? And the old lady was the only other person in the place, they weren't busy. I should've spoken up.
sweetana3
10-12-16, 5:59pm
My Dad spelled my name wrong on my birthday card. You'd think the one who actually came up with the name would get it right!
However, at least he bothered acknowledging the day!
The last gift check I got from Mom was sent in my maiden name. I have been married for 43 years. Had to send it back and ask her to send it in my "new" name. We thought it was pretty funny at the time.
I went for my mammo today and yet another front desk staff was rude to a patient. A patient showed up for her appt (a quite frail, elderly woman) who had a script in her hand and had an appt. The desk staff said it was the wrong prescription and she'd have to get the right one and re-schedule her appt and she said it rudely, the poor woman looked like she was going to cry and said it is hard for her to get out for appts, couldn't they just call her doctor? The same exact scenario was happening to me on the other side of the desk, the woman helping me said, "oh this script is incomplete, let me call your doctor and get the right one faxed over." The old lady leaves and the other receptionist goes, "she has the wrong script and thinks she's gonna just waltz in here and get her mammogram." My receptionist agreed with her even though she had just helped me out of the same situation. WTH? And the old lady was the only other person in the place, they weren't busy. I should've spoken up.
No compassion for the elderly anymore at all. And, you were treated one way and she was treated another way. I wonder if they will double bill her for two appointments to make extra money and she won't understand how or why they did that.
A few past hopes and dreams that now seem so unrealistic.
Zoe Girl
10-15-16, 11:10am
I got up and took my son to work at 5 am, (he got a promotion so he should be able to get a car soon). The apartment was a little stuffy so I opened the window and there is a car outside playing music with the window open. I am on the 3rd floor so it wasn't right next to my window however I could hear it clearly. At least it was nice music, but who sits outside at 5 am and plays music with their car window open!
ToomuchStuff
10-15-16, 11:40am
I got up and took my son to work at 5 am, (he got a promotion so he should be able to get a car soon). The apartment was a little stuffy so I opened the window and there is a car outside playing music with the window open. I am on the 3rd floor so it wasn't right next to my window however I could hear it clearly. At least it was nice music, but who sits outside at 5 am and plays music with their car window open!
Someone who works nights and gets home in the mornings. Smokers, as well, etc.
sweetana3
10-15-16, 12:05pm
Idiots who don't care about the feelings, health, or welfare of anyone else. They can be of any age. May be nice music to you but what of others who might not like it or who had a rough night and could not get to sleep. What about those on the first floor? Rant over.
May be nice music to you but what of others who might not like it or who had a rough night and could not get to sleep. What about those on the first floor
My neighbor is a good 500 yards down the street, and I can hear his electronic dance music (at least the bass) from here.
I got up and took my son to work at 5 am, (he got a promotion so he should be able to get a car soon). The apartment was a little stuffy so I opened the window and there is a car outside playing music with the window open. I am on the 3rd floor so it wasn't right next to my window however I could hear it clearly. At least it was nice music, but who sits outside at 5 am and plays music with their car window open!
This is what I go through 24/7 and including no muffler and pumping out carbon monixide that fills up my entire apartment.
People also don't want their kids screaming at their house and let them run the neighborhood.
Then the sweet smoke from up the street, making my whole apartment smell like a hippie's den and it seeps into all the fabrics.
ToomuchStuff
10-15-16, 4:27pm
This is always a problem with having neighbors, especially when you work opposite them. I remember a job where I would have to occasionally work nights, and they didn't give your body time to adjust from day to night. Let alone the neighbors starting up their mowers at 7 to 8am, after I got home at 6am.
Makes me feel worse for the LEO's I know, who won't sleep well and are armed.
iris lilies
10-16-16, 7:13pm
It is October 16 and the air conditining just kicked in. Really??!! Minday it was too chilly but that is preferable to this.
Dark and gloomy and rainy day, and I have a blister on the back of my heel from walking at the park.
Got sick again Friday night and had to cancel my Saturday plans!
Autumn is my favorite time of year - and I hope I can get out tomorrow to enjoy it!
freshstart
10-23-16, 11:32am
my father is insisting on keeping the second treadmill in the unfinished basement area and setting it up on a rug remnant that we bought that looked very ugly in our home. It is time to sell or ditch both those things. We have 3 sick people in the house and we will continue to have two treadmills. How stupid is that? They want to meet in the basement in a little while and "discuss" how the massive clean out will go. No need, I already see how it's going to go. I swear if they keep the two nasty recliners, I am pulling out of this clean up. One is as bad as the other.
Why is it every article that has a numbered list that I want to read on the web formatted with one paragraph each, and I have to hit 30 or more pages to read the entire article? (that's rhetorical, yes I know its click bait) Just give me the damn list on one freakin' page.
Herbgeek, hate it as well!
Full moon on its way and change of seasons - snarly snarly snarly bullying and negative people!
Getting dark earlier - I like my evening walks in daylight.
When walking at night - wearing a winter coat.
It is supposed to get very warm this weekend - got to get to the park for sure!
broke a record in Phoenix today - 100 degrees. Also the latest in the year for which we've had a 100 degree temperature. Enough summer heat already!
Zoe Girl
10-27-16, 10:41pm
My stupid apartment building has decided to do sealing on the streets and parking lots. They left a note on the door at 3 pm that I have to move my car by 8 am. I DIDN"T HAVE TO GET UP TOMORROW! Also I arranged to have a couch delivered, that is the real problem. I didn't even get 24 hours notice and already confirmed the delivery, which means if there is any reason they cannot deliver then I lose the fee. My apartment building management is not exactly the type to be helpful about this, but I will be there when the office opens.
frugal-one
10-29-16, 2:29pm
Stupid political robo calls starting already.... Republican party.
ToomuchStuff
10-31-16, 12:31am
Having a song repeat in your head for hours on end. I kept hearing Mama Cass sing Dream a little Dream of me, and I know I have heard others sing it. My first thought was Bing Crosby, but the one of his that popped in my head Have you ever seen a dream walking. So on to the next song in my head and it comes full circle back to Mama Cass and that repeats in my head until the cycle starts all over.
I went so far as to try to sing other songs, but in my head I am still hearing it, even now.
A little girl committing suicide because her classmates bullied her after she managed to survive brain cancer, but had nerve damage in her face that led to a crooked smile.
Student workers who can't be bothered to do their jobs. Someone just put a book through the book drop, and it's more important for her to punch holes in her school assignments and check her internet than check the frigging book in.
I think when I get back from lunch I will send her upstairs to shelve. I'm so sick of babysitting these entitled brats.
I won a gift card from CVS - a store that I never go to. I could NOT believe the high prices! Walgreens is cheaper and the local dollar store or grocery store is way cheaper. I didn't even use the whole gift card because I just got sick looking at something basic that was 5 times higher than somewhere else. Of course these stores are in poor neighborhoods where some people can only shop because they don't have transportation. The ambience of the store is creepy to me too. Eventally, I will have to go back and use that gift card on something. I know it was free money - but it just annoys me.
freshstart
11-2-16, 8:41pm
I'm going to Burlington for the weekend, my first vaca in at least 3 yrs but I can't do the 3.5 hour drive myself. My host is coming to get me and I feel terrible, she says she really doesn't mind so I am happy but I'm peeved I can't do the things I used to do with no hesitation. I feel old and like a burden.
iris lilies
11-2-16, 9:33pm
I'm going to Burlington for the weekend, my first vaca in at least 3 yrs but I can't do the 3.5 hour drive myself. My host is coming to get me and I feel terrible, she says she really doesn't mind so I am happy but I'm peeved I can't do the things I used to do with no hesitation. I feel old and like a burden.
Oh sweetie, your friend wouldnt do it if she didnt want your company. Please enjoy your vacation you deserve one.
freshstart
11-2-16, 9:53pm
thanks, iris lilies
Those good long nights of uninterupted sleep that I had enjoyed for a while...well now it seems to be a fleeting thing. I've been waking up way too early again, like 4:30-5am-ish for NO reason. At least my job doesn't suck me dry anymore and I can do it on less sleep. I should really look at my caffeine intake again, but I don't wanna! It's chilly here now in the high desert and coffee is so good in the morning!
She gets into detail here: http://www.drdeborahmd.com/do-your-adrenal-glands-wake-you-3-am
But I would guess that your blood sugar bottoms out about that time and adrenaline wakes you up. Try a protein snack before bed. Interrupted sleep is a common side effect of menopause.
frugal-one
11-5-16, 1:04pm
Those good long nights of uninterupted sleep that I had enjoyed for a while...well now it seems to be a fleeting thing. I've been waking up way too early again, like 4:30-5am-ish for NO reason. At least my job doesn't suck me dry anymore and I can do it on less sleep. I should really look at my caffeine intake again, but I don't wanna! It's chilly here now in the high desert and coffee is so good in the morning!
Peppermint tea is also good for many things... wake up is one!
http://thebeautybean.com/skin-2/peppermint-benefits-8-reasons-to-add-peppermint-to-your-life
There's nothing like that wave of BO as that Certain CoWorker walks past your desk...
So we really need a product called VIP Poo?
While the commercials are rather funny and disgusting at the same time, I can't image paying money for this product that someone might see in a handbag or backpack.
When I saw the commercial the first time, I thought it was a joke of some kind, but it is a real product.
It is just some essential oil or perfume in a bottle - not rocket science.
Are people gullible enough to spend big bucks on this?
I got rejected by Mechanical Turk.
I find this strangely hilarious yet depressing.
frugalone
11-15-16, 4:34pm
My boss, who is salaried, leaves early when he has to stay an hour extra to cover for another employee.
Um...am I wrong, or is he technically required to work as many hours as he has to?
My boss, who is salaried, leaves early when he has to stay an hour extra to cover for another employee.
Um...am I wrong, or is he technically required to work as many hours as he has to?Well, if you want to get technical, an exempt employee is not bound to the concept of hours. I would say he is required to complete his responsibilities whether that takes 10 hours a day or 5 hours a day.
SAD combined with the holiday blues and why is my email account acting so stupid?! No I am not giving anyone's telephone numbers and such to them to post online!
What planet are people living on that they think that people in ancient times got government-issued birth certficates?
Honestly, if it was that easy then no one would spend years on genealogy research.
frugal-one
11-16-16, 4:22pm
Sick of Trump.... hearing about, watching and discussing! Maybe if I thought he was worthy of anything I would feel differently.
iris lilies
11-16-16, 4:28pm
Sick of Trump.... hearing about, watching and discussing! Maybe if I thought he was worthy of anything I would feel differently.
Agreed, the media needs to just, ah, be more quiet for a while.
frugalone
11-16-16, 4:43pm
I made a photo book in InDesign and tried to upload it last night at the 11th hour. Unfortunately, the software wouldn't cooperate, so I lost out on the 40% off deal. :(
I just spent an hour with Humana's telephone tree, hold (advertising non-stop) to change my address and get off their call list. I always talk to, and swear at phone trees, so maybe it was cathartic. During one particularly long hold I chanted "single payer single payer single payer." It accomplished nothing, but I feel a little better. Have I mentioned how much I hate insurance companies? Probably.
iris lilies
11-16-16, 5:42pm
I just spent an hour with Humana's telephone tree, hold (advertising non-stop) to change my address and get off their call list. I always talk to, and swear at phone trees, so maybe it was cathartic. During one particularly long hold I chanted "single payer single payer single payer." It accomplished nothing, but I feel a little better. Have I mentioned how much I hate insurance companies? Probably.
I am retaining a land line anymore for the sole purpose of deadling with insurance companies and other bureaucratic organizations.
I'm retaining a land line to get a clear connection. One of the (three? four?) clerks I talked to today was on a cell and was barely intelligible. And of course there can be no overlap in conversation, or you lose the whole thing. Every time I talk to a sibling they forget they have no battery and I'm talking along to nothing. Then they have to fiddle around, plug in, call back. I'm not a fan of cell phones in general--for talking, anyway.
iris lilies
11-23-16, 12:33pm
We are new to Obamacare. I wondered aloud to DH "where is our insurance card, why havent they mailed it." And the next day, on cue, the insurance company mailed a letter saying they wont be mailing an insurance card because it is the end of the year. If I want one, I can go to their site and print it.
hahahaha this is ridiculous, they could have just as easily mailied that damn card as the letter.
I haven't searched back too far to see if this has already been b*tched about, but I am really peeved about seeing Christmas displays and even trees up in the neighborhood and all over town. We can't even get to Thanksgiving. It all starts consecutively with Halloween, as if the holiday in between doesn't even exist.
I want simplicity---one holiday at a time! I'm so tired of stuff being crammed down my throat. But I seem to be in the minority. Everything just gets milked for all it's worth these days---even Veterans Day is more like Veterans Week.
It's no wonder by the time they're over we are just SO DONE with the holidaze.
We are new to Obamacare. I wondered aloud to DH "where is our insurance card, why havent they mailed it." And the next day, on cue, the insurance company mailed a letter saying they wont be mailing an insurance card because it is the end of the year. If I want one, I can go to their site and print it.
hahahaha this is ridiculous, they could have just as easily mailied that damn card as the letter.
Good grief!
already sick of holiday crap, my mom has been asking for a month what all my kids want for Christmas. I don't know! they are grownups. And there seems to be no way out of this. I would love to celebrate something more in line with my religion/non-religion so I just keep it simple and include that they have Jewish grandparents (I have been doing Hannukah with someone my whole life one way or another). Still the frenzy does not help the simple, family-focus celebration.
iris lilies
11-24-16, 12:20pm
I'm retaining a land line to get a clear connection. One of the (three? four?) clerks I talked to today was on a cell and was barely intelligible. And of course there can be no overlap in conversation, or you lose the whole thing. Every time I talk to a sibling they forget they have no battery and I'm talking along to nothing. Then they have to fiddle around, plug in, call back. I'm not a fan of cell phones in general--for talking, anyway.
I believe that the apotheosis of human communication through telephone was during dominance of Bell landline systems. Clear audible sounds. Sure sometimes there was static, downed lines, but when those systems were fully functioning, they worked incredibly well!
The fact that my aging hearing loss coincides with degradation of phone service suggests a relationship. But no, one DOES NOT in any way influence the other. No! I refuse to accept that! Hahaha.
I believe that the apotheosis of human communication through telephone was during dominance of Bell landline systems. Clear audible sounds. Sure sometimes there was static, downed lines, but when those systems were fully functioning, they worked incredibly well!
The fact that my aging hearing loss coincides with degradation of phone service suggests a relationship. But no, one DOES NOT in any way influence one another. No! I refuse to accept that! Hahaha.
Full disclosure--I used to maintain those lines. So thank you! In my dotage, I've developed a case of whooshy tinnitus--it doesn't really affect my hearing, but it's annoying at times. Oh, how I love old age..:sick: (Where is that ambulance emoji when you need it?)
on topic posted above:
that those younger than me ole self, won't ever know what clear crisp telephone talking used to sound like.
frugal-one
11-25-16, 3:59pm
Disgusting that washing machines are now made so shabbily. We just bought a Speed Queen (made in the USA... Ripon, WI to be exact) that has manual dials, does not have a locking lid and lets you adjust the amount of water needed. We were told that this will not be the case in the near future. The warranty is for 3 years but says to expect over 20 years of use. It was a bit spendy but if it lasts and does what we want it to .... well worth the price. Can't believe many washing machines no longer have agitators and have flimsy computer panels for settings. Supposedly, the government is deciding how much water washing clothes should take and are making manufacturers comply. We were told that soon Speed Queen will not be allowed to make this simple and well made model. Sigh....
iris lilies
11-25-16, 4:09pm
Disgusting that washing machines are now made so shabbily. We just bought a Speed Queen (made in the USA... Ripon, WI to be exact) that has manual dials, does not have a locking lid and lets you adjust the amount of water needed. We were told that this will not be the case in the near future. The warranty is for 3 years but says to expect over 20 years of use. It was a bit spendy but if it lasts and does what we want it to .... well worth the price. Can't believe many washing machines no longer have agitators and have flimsy computer panels for settings. Supposedly, the government is deciding how much water washing clothes should take and are making manufacturers comply. We were told that soon Speed Queen will not be allowed to make this simple and well made model. Sigh....
We should have bought that Speed Queen last summer when our washer went kaput. We had about 3 days to buy a washer before some sort of deadline which I can no longer recall, so we just bought a floor model from the appliance store down the street. I do not love it. The groaning and moaning and long cycles are annoyng.
I hate the fact that I cant adjust the water level. I tend to set everything to "full load" and "extra heavy wash" and other settings to make upl for it.
In the digital age there is only a margin the separates things that make life better and easier and what prevents us from enjoying non digital reality. I was a guest at a friend's house house for dinner and the host always makes a special effort to prepare a fine meal. One of those events where you wear a nice shirt and might take a $15 bottle of wine. When everyone seated themselves, three pulled out their smart phone and placed them to the right of the soup spoon as if it was right out of Miss Mannerly's book. The only one without was me. Most of the dinner went by without anyone checking emails or getting calls. Then someone brings up a recent event of a little importance that no one can remember the details of. So off goes everyone's google excursions and suddenly things go from a good conversation to people looking at their smart phone and reading. Of course, then other things come up and the phone binging goes on for a long time. Sometimes I'd rather not know than googling.
frugal-one
11-25-16, 5:39pm
I hear you Rogar! Not too long ago we went out to lunch and a father was there with his 2 daughters. He sat looking at his phone the entire time while the girls sat across and looked at him. Quality time.... NOT!
I suspect there will be a market for refurbished old washing machines. I certainly hope so. Mine is 30 years old. Maybe I can get it repaired. I've noticed some squeaking lately.
Frugal- one I agree with you.
I researched and searched for the best for me and Speed Queen was it. I too got the manual one. I had to special order and wait gosh almost two months last year for it. I dated mine with a sharpie so I know how long it lasts. I was told the same as you that it is suppose to last. I love mine, best machine ever and I seem to have been through too many.
frugalone
11-28-16, 6:56pm
When students come over to the desk to tell you that the stapler is empty at the reference desk, and your dumbass coworker just sits there. Um...go fill it, you lazy sack of you-know-what!
ToomuchStuff
11-29-16, 2:10am
When students come over to the desk to tell you that the stapler is empty at the reference desk, and your dumbass coworker just sits there. Um...go fill it, you lazy sack of you-know-what!
http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1657&stc=1
When students come over to the desk to tell you that the stapler is empty at the reference desk, and your dumbass coworker just sits there. Um...go fill it, you lazy sack of you-know-what!
Maybe your coworker is thinking the same thing about you>8)
frugalone
11-29-16, 3:14pm
Ha ha! Yeah, quite possibly. But at least I got up and filled it.
So, I can't pay a bill online but I can call and pay but charge a fee?
Nope, I found a payment center to pay it in person!
Now, I am filing a compliant against the company for locking me out.
Won't let me log in and won't send me new passwords for the account but charging extra for paying on the phone?
I can't even verify that the bill was paid by going online if I mail the bill!
What a scam for A T and T! Nope the bill was not late or overdue!
People who call the library and insist they have been in here using our computers before, so they can't understand what's going on when I say they are for faculty, staff and students only. "But the manager lets me use them whenever there's a free one." "What manager?" "That heavy-set girl."
Well, we do have someone who could be described that way, but she's not the manager and I seriously doubt she would let a total stranger use the computers. We don't even let alumni use them.
She keeps insisting though. "NO, not the public library. I know I've been in there, but not for like two years."
Sigh...
My rant today--people who lie about what size they wear. I don't really care about such things, but when someone does say what they wear, and I'm looking at them and see she is much larger than I, and she is saying she wears a size 2 or 3 sizes down from me--who the hell is she trying to kid and how dumb does she think I am?
And no, she is not shopping at a store with vanity sizing.
My rant today--people who lie about what size they wear. I don't really care about such things, but when someone does say what they wear, and I'm looking at them and see she is much larger than I, and she is saying she wears a size 2 or 3 sizes down from me--who the hell is she trying to kid and how dumb does she think I am?
And no, she is not shopping at a store with vanity sizing.
Or how about people (MIL) who insist on buying the wrong size. I've said "I generally buy XL in in shirts and sweaters because of my bust line" for 27 years (I can take in the sides)! She insists on buying M and then asks why I never wear!
It's the last week of classes, and next week is exam week. A couple of our student workers quit mid-semester. He has new people starting tomorrow and next week. That's just grand. All the books are due back Dec. 12 (because it is the official end of the semester) so not only will I be swamped with book returns, the poor kid will be completely overwhelmed with the insanity that is the end of the semester.
We have to watch them like hawks when they're new. Heck, we have to watch them like hawks sometimes when they've been here three years. This morning, I caught one of our "old" students trying to check out books to someone without an ID card.
To put the icing on the cake, these kids will not remember anything they learned on the job when they return in mid-January.
Here I thought, all I have to do is get through this week and next. Thanks for the early Christmas gift, Boss.
freshstart
12-7-16, 3:45pm
my mother has been doing really bad for two weeks and she's confused now sometimes yet refuses to let me (a former nurse for 23 yrs) help her call the doctors. She waits til she is really, really bad and then tries to call. SHe's probably going to end up in the hospital this time because she let it go so long. Ugh!
Honestly, I dealt with a store clerk today who was all 3 of the idiot 3 stooges wrapped up into one person. Very hostile and playing stupid mind games. All I wanted was the product unlocked from the counter and to pay for it - what a dumb dumb he was!!!!
Retail is very dicey this time of year.
Simply Divine
12-11-16, 5:20pm
I'm too dependent on the Internet. *sigh*
Friend to Lainey: "I haven't seen you in so long, let's get together."
Lainey: "Okay I'm available next week on this day."
Friend to Lainey: "Where do you want to meet up, I'm open"
Lainey: "how about this [convenient and inexpensive] place?"
Friend: "oh, I've really been wanting to go back to [inconvenient and expensive] place"
sheesh. don't ask me to decide details on where and when, and then nitpick.
sweetana3
12-13-16, 7:30am
I understand the peeve and probably have been the friend too many times. :-(
But, she might have gone to the inexpensive place and for one reason or another did not like it. You did ask a question not a statement. Wonder what would have been the answer if you said "I really want to go to XX. It is a convenient and well priced place".
I had that issue at work. A group ALWAYS wanted to go to the closest eating place. I hated it due to poor meals and cost. So I would suggest and be turned down. My choice to go or not go.
Best probably to be honest and just say, Oh that one is just to expensive for my budget and too far away. Can we compromise and find something in the middle? With YELP online, it should have a lot of suggestions with reviews.
Chicken lady
12-13-16, 8:01am
If you're going to dissect semantics, the friend's response was a non-sequitur. A younger me had a lot of difficulty with that sort of thing, because I would have said "then you should. Pause. So do you want to meet at (convenient and inexpensive place)?" Because she didn't actually answer the question, she made a new statement that was connected in her mind but not my mind. She might as well have said "oh. I want to get my nails done."
now I'm very evolved and I say "does that mean you don't want to go to (convenient and inexpensive place)?" Also I don't have very many friends. :)
Polar vortex - Go Away!!!!
frugal-one
12-14-16, 5:14pm
Polar vortex - Go Away!!!!
I HEAR ya!
Actually my peeve was more along the lines of getting asked "do you want to meet up?" me: Yes Friend: paraphrasing "oh good, then you decide all the details on when and where and what time..." And then getting responses back like "oh I can't meet that day, or I don't like that food, or etc..."
My preference when I ask someone to meet up is to also give some options so the social burden is not on them to come up with all the ideas, dates and times. Just a simple social nicety in my mind. It should Not be up to your friends to come up with ideas to fill your social calendar, there has to be some reciprocity in setting these things up.
The Polar Vortex makes me exhausted.
frugal-one
12-16-16, 12:16pm
The Polar Vortex makes me exhausted.
Took the dog for a walk this morning.. 11 degrees. The wind wasn't blowing too hard so it was not bad. Thankful to be able to get out of the house! Guess this is a rave rather than a rant.... hehe!
Just heard of another huge development in what used to be a small, rural neighboring town. They built this huge sports complex, then people had to have shopping, hotels, restaurants close, so they're building those. Now they're trying to get permission to build a huge food/gaming development.......whatever the hell that is. The guy on the news promoting it was saying crap like "everyone wants new foods and this is a place to start". Who's everyone??? Absolutely NOT ME!! The developers are just like politicians........lie, lie, lie.
sweetana3
12-16-16, 1:59pm
Bet the neighborhood is gentrifying.
frugal-one
12-16-16, 2:09pm
Article in the small community where I live, population around 7,000, saying they cannot understand why people of the community are not on board with spending $150 million on schools.... saying they are now putting through to get $39 Million which is not enough!!!!! Who is going to pay for this???? Totally nuts. Talking about NEEDING an olympic sized swimming pool and convention center. WTH!
What is with my ancestors NOT listing their mother's name on documents? You get to be 90 years old and never tell anyone who your mother was? But the father's name is there and he was married multiple times and no one can figure out who your mother was because you have so many different birth dates listed - Sigh!
Shooting and killing a 3 year old because his grandmother wasn't driving fast enough! Sick!
So many destroyed lives over this!
Just getting over another cold.
Not as epic as the cold with the cough that lingered for weeks back in September, but darn it, this is my vacation and I've had my flu shot and couldn't it be someone else's turn now..!
frugal-one
12-27-16, 9:20pm
Went grocery shopping tonight and just before I was to check out I parked my cart out of the way and went half an aisle down to get something. I came back and my cart was gone!!!! There was a cart there with a few items. Geez.. they must have taken my cart. Yes, the gal comes back and wants to take her cart and says my cart is "that way." No, I said, you take me where my cart is.... It was about 5 aisles from where I left it. I was TICKED. She said "I didn't take your cart on purpose." I said, "but you left my cart far away and didn't plan on putting it where I could find it." What a moron!
ToomuchStuff
12-28-16, 3:11am
Went grocery shopping tonight and just before I was to check out I parked my cart out of the way and went half an aisle down to get something. I came back and my cart was gone!!!! There was a cart there with a few items. Geez.. they must have taken my cart. Yes, the gal comes back and wants to take her cart and says my cart is "that way." No, I said, you take me where my cart is.... It was about 5 aisles from where I left it. I was TICKED. She said "I didn't take your cart on purpose." I said, "but you left my cart far away and didn't plan on putting it where I could find it." What a moron!
Hopefully you learned your cart should remain in site, and I hope you hadn't left your purse in it. I don't think you need to call yourself that name though.:laff:
sweetana3
12-28-16, 6:31am
My motherinlaw is still peeved at me when I chastised her about leaving her purse in the cart out of her sight. It has a shoulder strap for just that purpose. Argggggg.
frugal-one
12-29-16, 3:38am
Hopefully you learned your cart should remain in site, and I hope you hadn't left your purse in it. I don't think you need to call yourself that name though.:laff:
Obviously, my cart was in sight. I turned away to get an item. I NEVER put my purse in the cart. Can't believe people that do that! Also, cannot fathom people who leave their small children in the cart and go a few aisles away! Just asking for trouble!
ETA Will not comment on your inane remark.
catherine
12-31-16, 9:42am
So BIL came over last night--as you guys know, we're selling the house, but he's broke. He has 7k to his name. A minimum wage seasonal job. After having EVERYTHING provided to him by his mother for 47 years of his life, reality is kicking him in the gut. He's 53 and he definitely should be as freaked out as he is right now.
I've given him my copy of Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover, because even though I told him being able to get by is a simple mathematical equation--your outgo cannot exceed your income--I truly don't think he gets it. But he hasn't read the book and continues to complain and cry.
His "poor me" stuff is starting to grate on me, because he comes over and will say to us "Ahh! it's nice and warm in here!" (64)--he says his heat is now set at 58. Or he will sit down and say "Must be nice to have TV" (he cut his cable, which was wise, but we gave him an Amazon fire stick months ago and he still hasn't plugged it in. I don't think he knows how). Or, he will wander over to our refrigerator and open the door. He won't ask if I have anything specific. He'll just stand there and look, and when I'm not looking he'll take food or a soda or beer. Just weird stuff.
But last night when he was over, he sat and talked for 15 minutes about a friend of his, a beautiful girl half his age, whose mother is in advanced stages of colon cancer. They're in Costa Rica in hopes of an alternative medical cure, and she has a GoFundMe campaign. He was fishing and fishing for me to contribute (which I will not), saying, "I can't believe some people won't give her SOMETHING! Anything! If everyone just gave $30....I'd feel guilty if I didn't do that."
Then after he stared like a puppy dog for a half hour at an opened bottle of red wine I had sitting on my counter , I asked him if he wanted a glass and he says, "You read my mind. I like to have a couple of glasses of wine so I don't have to take Tylenol PM to make me sleep."
But here's the kicker: Out of curiosity, I went on his friend's GoFundMe page, and.... HE DONATED $300 TO HER YESTERDAY!!!! The same day that I went to pay HIS property taxes because he can no longer afford them. (The house is half ours, so obviously I have a vested interest in paying them.)
$300 is at least 25% of his current living expenses for one month. So he whines about food and heat and he gives away $300???
I'm venting here because I won't tell DH. He'll go nuts. Maybe I will later, but I'm keeping my mouth shut for now. Thanks for listening.
"God bless the child that's got his own."
Arghh...
iris lilies
12-31-16, 11:51am
Ah, catherine. Your BIL's money is his money, and also YOUR money is his money. You are the great and givIng mom, In his mind, anyway.
I was wondering about you taking the action, or inaction, of simply not paying the real estate taxes. How would that affect your bil's attitude? I don't know what will keep you from being exactly in this same place a year from now on December 31,2017.
While it sounds risky, it takes years for a property to get to the stage of a tax sale, here in my city anyway. At any point you can swoop in and pay the taxes, and penalties (which are minimal here) and get your property back. Sure, in the real world it is not something I would do because it is just too scary, but I know several people who pay their taxes a year after they are due. I look up property on on our city assessor's database and see these things.
catherine
12-31-16, 12:09pm
Ah, catherine. Your BIL's money is his money, and also YOUR money is his money. You are the great and givIng mom, In his mind, anyway.
I know. I'm 11 years older, so he probably does see me as an extension of his mother. And she was such an enabler. I used to ask her, "why don't you make I.. pay SOMETHING toward food or heat?" (He would spend tons of money on food at high-end supermarkets and put it on her credit card). And she would say, "But I'd be spending the money anyway, if he weren't here." They had a symbiotic relationship--they each needed each other in their own way, so I think she "paid" him to be her companion in a way. But I knew her treating him as a perennial child would end badly, and it has.
However, I have enough children to care for, and they take FAR less caring for than this man-child.
To your point, IL, I will probably drag my feet on the next two quarters of property taxes. HOPEFULLY by then the house will be sold.
If I'm in the same place December 31, 2017, shoot me.
I was wondering about those taxes. I think that is a problem, that you are supposed to pay them, since it is not really your house. It just seems like you have become the one keeping everyone afloat.
After a lot of kicking and screaming, I have been going back to Al-anon and it is really helping me with boundaries and this kind of family situation. I didn't really want to go but I am hearing things there that are really helping me to figure out what my part in a situation is/should be--what I want to contribute to a situation and what I don't. Hearing other people say things like "no is a complete sentence" has been really helpful to me lately, not sure why it's sinking in for me now.
early morning
12-31-16, 2:42pm
Catherine, at least he gave money to a person he cares about for a medical reason, even though they are probably being scammed. When we were helping keep DBIL afloat, he bought a young woman who was living in to take care of his daughters a $300 Siamese cat. He could have gotten a free kitten of any sort, but no... had to be a purebred. While they were being evicted, and had little money for food. The young woman moved on with her boyfriend, DBIL and kids ended up in a hotel room, and the cat ended up feral. ARG!! FINALLY, DH has cut DBIL out of our financial picture. TG!
I thought it would be peaceful today since it is New Year's Eve, but people loading up more stuff to move - it must have been wall to wall furniture in that apartment! I should have told them about Marie Kondo! Plus, they said they are moving into a smaller! place! How?
Then other people are getting deliveries of stuff from appliance and furniture places - I feel like I live on a major highway right now!
Been having my weird headaches for a few days that are caused by the constant temperature fluctuations, and I can't seem to get motivated to do much unless it is late and night and quiet.
catherine
12-31-16, 4:39pm
I was wondering about those taxes. I think that is a problem, that you are supposed to pay them, since it is not really your house. It just seems like you have become the one keeping everyone afloat.
After a lot of kicking and screaming, I have been going back to Al-anon and it is really helping me with boundaries and this kind of family situation. I didn't really want to go but I am hearing things there that are really helping me to figure out what my part in a situation is/should be--what I want to contribute to a situation and what I don't. Hearing other people say things like "no is a complete sentence" has been really helpful to me lately, not sure why it's sinking in for me now.
Thank you! I've been thinking about going back to Al-Anon. I think I still have a lot of lessons to learn!
True--I'm spending a lot on a house that's not technically mine, although I trust that DH and I will jointly decide how to use his share when it sells. But in my state, that's not a guarantee. I admit I'm operating on faith.
I think you are a saint, and I wish BIL would stop taking advantage of that.
But then I just want you to sell both houses and get up to Vermont and fulfill my Golden Pond fantasy!
rosarugosa
12-31-16, 6:01pm
Catherine: You have every right to be highly annoyed with your BIL! If the Grinch's heart is two sizes too small, then you (and my sister also comes to mind) have a heart that is two sizes too big. But I think there is no greater virtue than kindness. <3
freshstart
12-31-16, 9:59pm
my dad is in the hospital because he keeps falling and various other ailments that all present the same way as when he got diagnosed with a rare mitochondrial disease. Back then he saw a geneticist, got the meds he needed and he was back to his normal self. Fast forward 10 yrs, there's no adult geneticist in town for what he has so his primary prescribes the meds. I truly think he is having a relapse and needs to have the meds increased. Every other time this has happened, he needed a med adjustment and he would improve in less than 24 hrs, back to his normal self. So his primary prescribes the meds reluctantly because someone has to. No one in the hospital will call the primary to get an order to increase the meds because he does not go to that hospital. I tried calling, he won't even call them and explain the possible situation. He got there Thurs, no PT/OT until Tues, then they plan to ship him to rehab without finding out the reason why he keeps falling, unbelievable. Sooooooooo frustrated.
My sinuses are a mess from the dry air leading to bad headaches, and my little humidifier is making strange noises, so I will need to replace it soon. Hope I find one at a good price that has a quiet motor.
I am freezing from the drafts again! Blech!
Ow! After being away from a commercial kitchen for six months, I apparently forgot how to handle a chef's knife safely and ended up literally slicing off the top of my left thumb. It is ugly and it took forever to stop bleeding. I didn't think stitches would work because there is no flap to close up...antibiotic creme and lots of band aids...
Chicken lady
1-5-17, 9:52pm
Have you recieved any professional medical care? You're right that stitches won't work -fingertips are almost never stitched, but you may need more serious disinfectant and possibly a sterile pressure dressing.
says the niece and granddaughter of surgeons who also sliced the tip off of her left thumb. And cut the index finger to the bone halfway down the first joint.
The "experts" let a guy on a plane with a gun who said he was listening to ISIS? So, it it is time to think about whether people can transport weapons in the baggage hold. Well, it is past time.
Good golly are people so illiterate now that they can't read the numbers on an address?
What a day, landlord is getting stupider and playing more games. My blood was boiling today and the issue is not over yet!
I wish my sinus headache would go away, got a fever, and I am tired but can't relax!
My hourglass is 1 minute, 35 seconds slow. :(
freshstart
1-16-17, 9:57pm
Medicare denied my dad inpatient rehab. I spent the day taking him to the doctor's. He is a shadow of his former self, can barely walk, in a ton of pain. His primary is very good, he was strict with my dad about a couple of things he has slacked off on but said, "I don't want you to be resigned to this. If you follow our plan, you should get better." I think my dad really needed to hear that. I guess this isn't a rant although he really belongs in inpatient rehab. He's been home a while and no home PT/OT yet, grrr.
Elderly father will not go to a doctor.
Today: Got a bill from dentist that is more complicated than an IRS bill. After getting mad and studying it, they did not input the $$ amount of my VISA payment. They made a note but did not input the amount. VISA has the approved payment on my account. Sent email to sort out because, of course, the office is closed for the day.
Then the dishwasher broke. Thankfully no water on floor. So hubby is going to waste a half day and loads of $$ to replace.
Then it started to rain on us on the walk to our dinner restaurant over a mile away. No umbrellas. Had frozen meal at home.
Then I got another robo call about a complimentary service from the local hospital to "help me with my medical bills" regarding an account that was always fully paid. This makes 3 or 4 calls over an erroneous bill. And I HATE robo calls. Another hot email to the hospital that had 3 employees call and assure me the bill was totally erroneous and resolved.
Tomorrow has to be better.
freshstart
1-19-17, 9:02pm
it has to be!
ToomuchStuff
1-21-17, 12:03pm
Coworkers who want to play with their (must be some sort of sex organ) phones, rather then work and want to delay things to try to get overtime, so those of us who want to get the fiery location out of work, get stuck behind them.
Very bad case of the winter gloomies - cold weather, snow and nothing special or different to do. Feel, like I am going nutty or alternatively, want to sleep until spring.
No wonder people are acting nutty, there is both a lunar eclipse and a comet this Friday to Saturday!
passive aggressive people, they suck. You can talk directly to them, but it always feels like you are handing them something and they are not even putting up their hands. Just staring blankly and connecting, participating, showing up.
ToomuchStuff
2-13-17, 12:57am
MORONS............................................ ....
In the last week, I have dealt with too many morons. One of my parents became one, when the other said, hospital, can't breath, and they put them in the car, and asked them what hospital, driving like an old person, obeying every traffic law, and not having sense enough to drive across the street to the fire/paramedic station.>:(
iris lilies
2-13-17, 1:07am
MORONS............................................ ....
In the last week, I have dealt with too many morons. One of my parents became one, when the other said, hospital, can't breath, and they put them in the car, and asked them what hospital, driving like an old person, obeying every traffic law, and not having sense enough to drive across the street to the fire/paramedic station.>:( well that IS silly. Did the elderly parent getnto the hospital ok?
Mom did the same thing with Dad and then told us when we complained that the ambulance would not come if they called. Mom does her best but under any stress falls apart.
I get tired of supporting other people who are having problems, even if just by keeping in touch with them through facebook, and giving them good thoughts and encouragement. But dammit......nobody ever looks out for me. .....feeling sorry for myself today.
I get tired of supporting other people who are having problems, even if just by keeping in touch with them through facebook, and giving them good thoughts and encouragement. But dammit......nobody ever looks out for me. .....feeling sorry for myself today.
yes I hear you, I think when you come across as caring it means that you don't need anything. However I try to build mutually supportive deals I am not very good at, and I think people in general want to put us in a caretaker role or a needy person role instead of a real human role.
I really am mad at one of our parents, I am going to lose my mind. She is so sure her child is being bullied all the time, so she complained about him being in a group with another kid who has serious issues during the day. We do not have the same issues after school so I do not respond to things not happening. Today she came in and wondered if the groups had been changed and wondered why not and told my staff "I don't blame you that was Ms. Zoe Girl's job", yeah, I knew the other kid was not attending today and it was my staff's last day so I didn't change the groupings because it didn't matter. And now she says another kid is telling him mean things that none of us have ever heard, so he shouldn't be with her. He is going to be a 2nd grader with preschool and kindergarten kids all based on imaginary bullying.
I have a bad case of spring fever along with life disatisfication. There is not much to do at most times of the year in my area. So very bored!
Blech and pooey - lots of noise and bother on my day at home and it is too cold to go to the park!
CathyA, I love your nature photos!! They are so beautiful. Just wanted to let you know that!
Oh, that's really nice of you to say that Tybee. Thank you!
Gangs of kids age 14 and younger roaming the area drinking beer and vandalizing- Grr- and they did it last year too but police do nothing!
iris lilies
2-20-17, 8:25pm
Gangs of kids age 14 and younger roaming the area drinking beer and vandalizing- Grr- and they did it last year too but police do nothing!
We have been plagued with groups of young teens robbIng, pointing guns, actually shooting someone with a small pellet gun, and etc.
When our neighborhood cracked down and really became active to combat it with citizen patrols and special meetings with cops and juvenile justice personnel, we learned how difficult it is to "do" something about badly behaved juveniles. The arrest process is cumbersome and it takes much time, and cops are off the street while they attend to the young perps. And then, when (if) they get into the system there are more hoops to jump through and all kinds of protections for them.
The juvenile justice system is just different from the other.
Our neighborhood's strongest tool has been to boot these kids' families out of public housing. We have to put pressure on the often useless public hous Ng management system to boot them, but it does happen. Their own rules call for that to happen. It is always a joy to make gubmnt institutions follow their own damn rules.
Indy is having a similiar problem. The latest story in the paper was about a teenage girl who was one actually shot with nonlethal rounds to get them to stop fighting. She admits she did not listen to the officers. At one point a shot was fired by one of the teenagers. We are having fights downtown on an almost nightly basis.
The teenager was arrested but even she said if they are released to their parents, nothing happens.
The saddest happening was when a 14 year old was killed by the security guard he tried to rob while holding a gun. The 29 year old with the 14 year old apparently gave him the gun due to lower chances of juvenile punishment by the courts.
ToomuchStuff
2-21-17, 11:33am
Indy is having a similiar problem. The latest story in the paper was about a teenage girl who was one actually shot with nonlethal rounds to get them to stop fighting. She admits she did not listen to the officers. At one point a shot was fired by one of the teenagers. We are having fights downtown on an almost nightly basis.
The teenager was arrested but even she said if they are released to their parents, nothing happens.
The saddest happening was when a 14 year old was killed by the security guard he tried to rob while holding a gun. The 29 year old with the 14 year old apparently gave him the gun due to lower chances of juvenile punishment by the courts.
Around here, that would make the 29 year old, chargable for second degree murder, I expect.
ToomuchStuff
2-21-17, 12:00pm
My peeve for the day. So they advertise all these hands free devices as being good for the driver. Not so much if those you call can't hear you, and you having to repeatedly scream at the microphone, instead of pulling over and speaking into the phone, also distracts you and those on the other end can't hear to get your needs correct.
I agree, ToomuchStuff. I have a friend who would sometimes call me on her car phone if she was stuck somewhere on the roadway and just wanted to chat to pass the time. Not a good idea - too much road noise, static, or 'hold on a second I have to change lanes' etc. To me those devices are only good for a quick "I'm on my way" type call, not anything that's going to take longer than a minute or so.
frugal-one
2-23-17, 7:03pm
On the flight coming home from vacation I sat next to a woman reading a book. I commented on the pretty bookmark she had and asked if she made it. She said yes and gave it to me!! She said she was addicted to crocheting and had many more. I, in turn, after talking awhile gave her a packet of Truvia since she had never tried it. We talked the entire flight and had a great time! A nice way to end the trip.
Staying at DD/SIL's for 2 weeks while they dawdle and play in St. Maarten. The kids are a dream, responsibly doing chores, homework, not fighting. But the DOGS--OMG! I just want to throttle one of them. They (the adult humans in the home) do not train them at all. They are constantly milling around underfoot while you are trying to make dinner. They try to lick the plates in the dishwasher while you are loading it (so apparently that's ok with adult children) AND I clean up at least 2 messes a day from the teenage dog! He can have just come in from outdoors and he'll pee a bucket-ful on the kitchen floor!!!!!! Aaaaaghhhhh!
There, that feels better.
Adding: She had better bring me something good from St. Maarten, not just a coffee mug from the airport like she did one other time. >:(
I suppose you could train the dogs - but great that the kids are well-behaved!
I suppose you could train the dogs - but great that the kids are well-behaved!
No time for that--I work fulltime and it's only 2 weeks. I try to get him to heal, sit, stay, but to no avail. He just lunges at me and nips at my wrists and hands.
Want to sleep at 9 pm due to temperature dropping rapidly from very warm to very cold. If I go to bed too early, I will wake-up at 3 am!
people need to get more mature, like can I send the world to therapy!
My new staff is struggling but we had a long team meeting that helped a lot. However we have a kid with a challenging past of abuse and trauma. I was told his behavior concerns on day one since I talk to the psychologist all the time. So we have concerns, plans, supports. So staff freaks out and calls her coworker last night saying she thinks this 8 year old is going to bring a gun to school and kill her. OMG, In our meeting she didn't tell me this but she did say she was concerned because she didn't think we were doing anything. Doh! My staff caught the first signs of him appearing stressed, called me over, I took him with me and gave him space to play math dice games and he was fine. My primary staff and I have been doing this a long time, one kid we worked with over 4 years through a lot of ups and downs. Another I expelled after a lot of work. Don't play this middle school girl drama of calling all your coworkers instead of talking to your boss because you get nervous.
ToomuchStuff
2-25-17, 1:24am
Don't play this middle school girl drama of calling all your coworkers instead of talking to your boss because you get nervous.
Don't tell us, tell her.
Don't tell us, tell her.
Exactly why I called a mandatory meeting to address everything and kept on going until she kept sharing and getting to the bottom of her concerns. I did not tell her the part about being the 13 year old girl drama in that way however. I could post in the work or happy that I faced conflict and called the meeting and pushed through awkwardness which I am very proud of for, and my long time staff for telling me what was going on and pushing to do this. Still had to vent this out a bit
Mother Nature - please make up your mind! Is it winter or spring? Warm enough to go to the park one day and snow on the ground the next day! Craziness!
iris lilies
3-4-17, 3:51pm
My peeve is really a sort of WTF observation: the cost of sea scallops!!! Oh me!
I never ever EVER buy scallops, let alone fresh seas scallops. But pursuing a lower calorie diet, I thought they would make a nice change from the usual. I paid $27 per pound!!!e Bought a half pound. And they were largely tasteless.
I am gobsmacked that average people actually buy these things.
A second rant, breaking the rules I am. I am utterly sick and tired of the new look in home decor which is reclaimed grey wood/subway tile/everythng else white or a greyish blue. As for home decor accent junk, I will report from the suburban box stores to say that this year elephants are in. And we still have the trend of giant letters from last year, but elephants are where it is at.
I was tired of Moorish tiles/lattice as soon as I saw them, and all I think of when I see subway tiles is grout. And urinals. Gray is fine if everyone and their cousin isn't decorating with it, which they are. I like puce and chartreuse. And taupe and watermelon. And if I ever have a Home, I'm planning to use that combination. Let's hope it doesn't become the decorating fad du jour.
freshstart
3-4-17, 10:08pm
Our common areas are light grey and a darker shade. It was that or beige which I've had enough of. So we compromised. I like the darker grey but don't care for the light. I like real color like you, Jane. My house had a ton of color.
my peeve is I lost my notebook I kept for taxes with all my 72 MD appts co-pays, drugs, 2 surgeries, medical mileage, etc. I looked everywhere, I might have left it at an MD appt. I'm taking the standard deduction and trying to put this huge mistake behind me. I have got to tame the paper tiger. No more excuses.
One day without sunshine and I feel so! lethargic!
I wonder whatever happened to Jemima, who started this thread?
ToomuchStuff
3-7-17, 12:00am
I am not going to do much posting tonight, or I might get myself banned for language. I am barely able to censor myself now, due to my rant/anger/blood pressure, due to THIEVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've dealt with rapists, murderers, at least a couple pedophiles, and some other stuff, but the above is what gets my blood BOILING!
So, the underage neighborhood sociopaths get away with it again! Good golly - as soon as they are 18 it will get worse and everyone will wonder why they have to go to prison.
Lost my only decent pair of gloves. My life will be a lot simpler when spring fully arrives and I don't have so many layers to add and shed during the day. But there is a nor'easter predicted for next week. I am tired of winter.
Back to winter - sigh, but at least it was sunny today!
iris lilies
3-14-17, 2:05pm
Two rants today, again ndt the rule of ranting but so what:
1) I hate the fussy details and hours it is taking for us to put financial imstikents into our trust. Each financial institutin requires somethng different. One of them refuses to accept contingent beneficiaries without their corresponding social security numbers. No, I am not asking for SSNs and tax IDS for the dozen or so contingient beneficiaries
2) new foster dog, cute as a bug, has balls, very humpy. Hump, hump, hump all day long. We all want to bite him, but Lily Bean who is on the receiving end of most of the humping is the one who should be exerting discipline.
Hubby got reamed at work yesterday by a dock worker (female) who got right in his face, telling him (loudly) that he was too early, get out of the warehouse, he's banned, never come back. There were other vendors standing around waiting in the rain, too.
They've figured out that the store had not moved their clocks up (her responsibility) and he was there at the normal time he always was. She has not apologized (probably won't), and his employer is not being supportive, but telling him to just forget about it.
The poor guy didn't sleep all night.
That is terrible. The customer is not always right.
ToomuchStuff
3-15-17, 1:12am
Hubby got reamed at work yesterday by a dock worker (female) who got right in his face, telling him (loudly) that he was too early, get out of the warehouse, he's banned, never come back. There were other vendors standing around waiting in the rain, too.
They've figured out that the store had not moved their clocks up (her responsibility) and he was there at the normal time he always was. She has not apologized (probably won't), and his employer is not being supportive, but telling him to just forget about it.
The poor guy didn't sleep all night.
Simple thing, when his employer tells him to go back, remind them that he is on the banned list.
That is terrible. The customer is not always right.
Huh?
Hubs actually got written up for it---said the woman told them she didn't like his attitude. Well, he had been waiting for about 40 minutes in the rain, only to be yelled at in his face. It was only at that point that he said anything.
Employer did not ask for any feedback from the witness/coworker. Just told DH to suck it up and forget about it. Just do your job.
Toomuchstuff if they are vendors then the woman is a customer.
The same sort of thing happened to me, only in my case it was a coworker who the boss let unleash a reign of terror and error. Life is not fair.
ToomuchStuff
3-16-17, 10:36pm
Toomuchstuff if they are vendors then the woman is a customer.
The same sort of thing happened to me, only in my case it was a coworker who the boss let unleash a reign of terror and error. Life is not fair.
They are vendors, and the woman is their SUPPLIER. (not a customer, they are the customers)
Also happens on internet forums;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobbing
Today my rant is bait and switch. Advertise a position as full time, call applicants for a working interview, once they arrive tell them it will only be full time for 3 weeks until your backlog is caught up, then it will be 8 hours a week, but maybe we will have more work down the road so while you are here we want to assess your phone skills. Please spend the next 4 hours making reminder calls to all the customers on this list. I passed.
frugal-one
3-29-17, 8:02pm
Sounds like you should call your state labor department. You should (at least) be paid 4 hours at minimum wage. They had you working for free.
Today my rant is bait and switch. Advertise a position as full time, call applicants for a working interview, once they arrive tell them it will only be full time for 3 weeks until your backlog is caught up, then it will be 8 hours a week, but maybe we will have more work down the road so while you are here we want to assess your phone skills. Please spend the next 4 hours making reminder calls to all the customers on this list. I passed.
Been there and done that - wait until you spend a day and a tank of gas to find out they are selling a franchise or worse, they want you to volunteer and work for free!
Frugal-one, I walked out and didn't provide free labor, but if I had I certainly would have taken your advice. They sounded iffy on the phone but a woman in my networking group was recruiting for them so I thought they had some legitimacy. Next time I should trust my instincts.
Ouch 19Sandy! I thought a third of a tank of gas was bad enough.
It is has been a long while since I was on unemployment, but they loved sending us to weird job listings just to see if we would put up with some of the nonsense. If you didn't follow the guidelines, then you got into trouble. You also had to prove that it was nonsense by tape recording or collecting documents. A lot people would get fed up with the whole process and just give up the money from unemployment. This was when the economy was bad everywhere and there were hundreds of people in meetings that used to be for one person only.
It never fails that I drive around doing Friday errand and forget to mail a time-sensitive letter. Got to back out in the cold and drizzle!
I don't think I'll ever get used to having to dispose of dead pack rats. The body count in little Chez SzQ is rising as of late. Spring mating season is upon us here in the high desert.
Can I have a pet peeve for myself and others? Just being honest. I get really upset about bad drivers, the ones that cause grid lock really piss me off. You are in the city! That means you need to wait for space even if the light is green.
And yesterday I cut someone off in traffic. I am usually so good about it, I have not excuses. So now I am the driver to be yelled at, I mean who actually is a good driver all the time, and you have to learn from it.
Wishy washy organizations. I cancelled a free seminar I really wanted to attend because I was called to a third interview, which I was told was for the lone finalist, and could only be held at a particular time due to the schedule of the chief executive. Got an email at 6:30 AM he can't make it but come in anyways. So I met instead with someone I already met before, who apologized for a wasted trip, and passed me off to another person who I had also already met with. That person said now they don't know what they want to do with the position. You couldn't have told me this over the phone?
I don't think I'll ever get used to having to dispose of dead pack rats. The body count in little Chez SzQ is rising as of late. Spring mating season is upon us here in the high desert.
All I can think of is Sammy, Frank, and Dean!
Probably said this a time or two before: Cashier's that could give a rat's a** that I spent my hard earned money in their store. Isn't that why they have a job???
ToomuchStuff
4-7-17, 3:36am
Probably said this a time or two before: Cashier's that could give a rat's a** that I spent my hard earned money in their store. Isn't that why they have a job???
To give a rat's ...?
Or to take your money.
Really depends on the job description.
I wish I could remember who it was (thinking Sean Lock or Jimmy Carr) that said, people shouldn't have to be chipper when doing menial jobs. We know they hate the job, the same way they know they hate it.
The library lost a book that I returned to their bookdrop. I am waiting to hear if I have to pay for it since there is no record of it coming back to them.
HOA rant. Got a letter stating my house needs to be repainted and I have 90 days to do it. Apparently they've missed the fact that we've already started: whole house has been pressure washed, and one side (prominent and entirely visible to the street) has been hand-scraped and primed and caulked. 11 labor hours to date. Painting to commence this weekend. But now I have to take precious minutes of my life to formally respond to their notice. Sheesh.
The library cannot find the book and says I have to call the library they think they sent it to.
Lainey, I would just ignore them and take a picture when finished. Sure is irritating. Our Historic Preservation Dept. is about as irritating and oblivious.
If you have 90 days can't you simply ignore the letter and proceed as planned?
If you have 90 days can't you simply ignore the letter and proceed as planned?
I had also forgotten that you need prior permission - Yes, even if you are painting it the same color! but the latest news is "all's well that ends well" because my SO went into the HOA office today and got them to agree that our current color is the equivalent of a color scheme that's already approved, so we are good to go once we turn in the form on Monday.
and yes, I am wary of getting into a fight with my HOA because a) they do have the regulations on their side and b) they will fine you and put a lien on your house which will have to be paid if you ever want to sell it. So, exterior paint is not the hill I'm choosing to die on at this point, although it is definitely an irritating business.
my car was hit, while parked in our parking lot at our apartment. I parked it one night and came back in the morning to a scrape on the rear driver's side. The car parked next to it was not the car that hit it. Of course I am going through the 'am I crazy' phase where I am analyzing the scrape, thinking about where I drove, imagining that I can figure out what happened, and occassionally thinking that somehow I didn't notice that I hit something. The car had perfect body with 200,000 miles on it.
Too bad Zoe Girl, and with everything else you are dealing with.
In the grand scheme of things this is not a big deal but it is annoying.
My plant society that is dying has a person, no make that two or three people, who seem to be obsessed with physical objects. One of them rounded up the old "library" of books about our plants. The library was in the hands of someone who quit our group years ago and she had been trying to get someone to come and take it. So, the savior of the library is so pleased with herself and is now presenting it as a problem I have to solve, what do we do with the library? I told her you – –you! -- May do whatever you like with it. We brainstormed a couple of ideas but her desire that it be preserved and handed off to an entity in entirety is utterly unrealistic. The " library" is just a bunch of society quarterlies and a handful of books, it is not an important collection.
Then there are the carvings. Someone, long dead, liked to carve and gave away several carvings of our flower. Now those carvings are ending up in my house. There is another one
I am expected to drive across town to fetch. At least these may have a chance of disappearing at the auction of our convention.
There are other mundane things we spend ridiculous amounts of time talking about. Ugh. Our organization will be disbanded by December 1, I keep telling me self only 7 more months.
sweetana3
4-15-17, 10:39am
You have become the "somebody" or "someone" that needs to do this thing, or fix the problem and on and one. I am seeing it more and more all around me.
iris lilies
4-15-17, 11:55am
You have become the "somebody" or "someone" that needs to do this thing, or fix the problem and on and one. I am seeing it more and more all around me.
It is annoying for sure. But then it dawns on me--these people are actually incapable of dealing with the "stuff " which is why we have so much of it. So I guess I am happy that I am whole, hardy, and capable of making things happen.
We have not lately been graced with the presence of the person who vaguely promises to present ideas of saving our plant society. I told her last summer that we would need to have a concrete plan from her for the Board to consider by November 2016. Didn't happen. I am quite certain that should she reappear she will share with us all of her sadz about disbanding our organization and plead "can't something be done???!!!" Meanwhile some of us have actually been doing some things.
ToomuchStuff
4-15-17, 12:20pm
One of them rounded up the old "library" of books about our plants. The library was in the hands of someone who quit our group years ago and she had been trying to get someone to come and take it. So, the savior of the library is so pleased with herself and is now presenting it as a problem I have to solve, what do we do with the library? I told her you – –you! -- May do whatever you like with it.
Did you add the word librarian at the end of that sentence?
Every few months this same man, young enough to be my son, tries to hit on me and any other woman he sees in the grocery store. He is not there on a regular basis. His line is always, "I like your hair." He has struck me as somewhat developmentally disabled so I have just tried to ignore him but today he snuck up behind me when I was in the checkout line and when I did not respond mumbled, "Bitch" at me then quickly walked away. This creeped me out.
My pet peeve lately: My office is probably 80% Millennials. I do like them..very much for the most part. But they have a very annoying habit---every one of them---of starting all their conversations with, "So... blah, blah, blah." It's almost as annoying as the ubiquitous "like." It seems like a prelude to every sentence or thought, as if they need that crutch to begin to articulate their thought. Or they're just being cool. I dunno.
Do people do that in your worlds?
No, but the younger workers say "balls" whenever they are frustrated.
Ticks, ugg they are bad and it is so early.
iris lilies
5-2-17, 9:55am
There is a deer in our city park one block away from my house.
I swear, if this creature eats my lilies, this year of the national lily conventin here, I will--I dont know. might as well get a place in the country then, or in suburbia on the edge and have 1plus acres on one parcel. The ONE thing I am safe from here is deer. I put up with gunshots and car cloutings and other crime from the two legged variety of criminal in order to be free of the big 4 legged variety.
BikingLady
5-2-17, 11:23am
Deer, I hear you. Few neighbors feed them here, I tell these kind hearted people that they are feeding someones dinner come fall. And this keeps the herd in our neighborhood to graze on my gardens!
Chicken lady
5-3-17, 6:16am
Aaarg!
dh hit a cut in the road last night and split both front tires. He is fine, so I am trying to just be grateful for that, but now we have a huge bill for tow, new tires, and rental car. In the quarter when he has a temporary pay cut, my job is ending for the summer (which we planned on, but it means no chance of picks up extra for subbing for a while) and our dd is coming home to live so added food and electric.
Also, the brakes went out on my car (the plan is that this car is supposed to last me at least another year until we get dd2 out if school) so I am driving the bad gas milage farm truck until dh can fix them.
this is probably going to delay the dry walling of the addition significantly.
There should be a better tire. Years ago one was advertised driving over spikes and resealing itself but somehow that never seemed to come to fruition in real life.
Had to contact Verizon 4 times and spend over 2 hours to get a simple replacement remote control. The people in their offshored call centers are in way over their heads, so I resorted to social media, which got me Americans in departments that refused to talk to each other. And this is supposedly a communications company! This is a good case of the things I own owning me.
Run Flats is what they are called, they do come on high end cars:( That's all hubby will run with his many miles of driving.
iris lilies
6-20-17, 11:04pm
Time for a rant. I have two today.
shopping: ugh, I dont want to answer a shit ton of questions at time of purchase. Just take my money and shut up. No I dont want a rewards card. No, I do not want to give you my freekin email address. Stop asking me how
I want my receipt, give it to me in paper because how can you email it to me, I didnt give you my email address???
stuff more stuff the stuff rolls in associated with garden clubs: As a "thank you" for a judging assignment i received a gift bag with the ubiquitous candle plus some lotion plus some lavender cream. More little thingamajigs to use up. Then another thank you bag came, with another set of small thinamajigs. Then I learned that each of us will receive a mixed tape (actually, a CD) from a flower show, an audio track of music played at the show. Ummm. I dont want this.No one asked if I wanted one. Someoneis burning these, someone is using precious life energy to make this crap. No, just cut it out. If I want music I will buy it, and why does anyone think their compilation is a set I would want?
ugh. I love my flower show peeps and I love the creative work we do in having shows and setting up designs for critique. But I do not want the attendant CRAP!
And then we had a meeting about another flower event and we had quite a long discussion, during which I got crabbier and crabbier, about keeping people hydrated while they toured the Botanical gardens. The person in charge of the tour planned to buy water in Plastic bottles and keep them in a cooler on the bus. Ok, whatever, Eye roll. But then a person who is the ultimate consumer said that we should buy permenant water bottles with our logo, would be great because then "you can recycle it and use it again..." and on and on. Yes, buying more cheap crap from China is exactly what we should be doing to litter the earth and force attendees to take home yet another stupid thing they dont want. At our meeting I made her take the three tote bags We had received at the previous flower show event. She wants bags! Well, she will get them from me,
I hate them.
tl;dr Iris hates useless objects foisted on her!
freshstart
6-21-17, 1:50pm
I gained a lot of wt when I got sick. well, first I lost 70 lbs in 2 mos but quickly gained that and more back. I am limited in exercising to 5 min spurts on a reclining bike. 5 mins seems so little, I don't bother, but if I did it 6 times that would be 30 mins of exercise. I eat way too many carbs, I hate to cook. I've tried to cut back and keep failing. So today I had it, I have to change. I'm going to do slim fast because I have 3 cans of it in the house. But I also got an email from Good Rx that talked about drugs that work for more than one thing. There was a drug listed for wt loss. I saw my doctor and we're going to try it. I'm also now diabetic with an A1c of 6.1. My dad is a brittle diabetic, I don't want to go down that path. I'm angry at myself for wanting a wt loss drug but I'm going to try it.
iris lilies
6-21-17, 2:53pm
I gained a lot of wt when I got sick. well, first I lost 70 lbs in 2 mos but quickly gained that and more back. I am limited in exercising to 5 min spurts on a reclining bike. 5 mins seems so little, I don't bother, but if I did it 6 times that would be 30 mins of exercise. I eat way too many carbs, I hate to cook. I've tried to cut back and keep failing. So today I had it, I have to change. I'm going to do slim fast because I have 3 cans of it in the house. But I also got an email from Good Rx that talked about drugs that work for more than one thing. There was a drug listed for wt loss. I saw my doctor and we're going to try it. I'm also now diabetic with an A1c of 6.1. My dad is a brittle diabetic, I don't want to go down that path. I'm angry at myself for wanting a wt loss drug but I'm going to try it.
With all your healthh problems and the limitations of your lifestyle (elderly parents) I applaud you getting whatever help you need in the form of a pill.
Your limitation in exercise is pretty tough for a weight loss regime. So, I hope this works!
i know that I cant lose weight without stepping up exercise.
freshstart
6-21-17, 3:30pm
thanks, IL
I've seen it reported that exercise is only 20% of weight loss. Gary Taubes thinks it only makes one hungry. It's good for muscle-building and/or cardiovascular health, but not really necessary to lose weight. As far as diabetes goes, Dr. Richard K Bernstein wrote the book on that. Good luck!
iris lilies
6-21-17, 6:07pm
I've seen it reported that exercise is only 20% of weight loss. Gary Taubes thinks it only makes one hungry. It's good for muscle-building and/or cardiovascular health, but not really necessary to lose weight. As far as diabetes goes, Dr. Richard K Bernstein wrote the book on that. Good luck!
Oh, I know one doesn't burn that many calories just from a bit of daily exercise, but I think it probably pushes my metabolism to work a little harder overall. Plus, I feel much better which leads to eating the right things. It's more of a psychological boost than a physiological boost for me.
Oh, I know one doesn't burn that many calories just from a bit of daily exercise, but I think it probably pushes my metabolism to work a little harder overall. Plus, I feel much better which leads to eating the right things. It's more of a psychological boost than a physiological boost for me.
Yeah--I'm all for exercise, even though I don't do any. It's always nice to get some fresh air and make some vitamin D.
I'm not sure if I've already expressed this peeve or not, but today it's truly peeving me again. It seems more and more I'm hearing people (mostly the young-uns, but also OPB [local public radio affiliate] interview-types) beginning each and every sentence with "So..." when did this start, and how and why? It's another crutch like "like" or "um." Annoys me. Is it just a Pac NW thing or is it everywhere?
I'm not sure if I've already expressed this peeve or not, but today it's truly peeving me again. It seems more and more I'm hearing people (mostly the young-uns, but also OPB [local public radio affiliate] interview-types) beginning each and every sentence with "So..." when did this start, and how and why? It's another crutch like "like" or "um." Annoys me. Is it just a Pac NW thing or is it everywhere?
It's everywhere, unfortunately.
ToomuchStuff
6-27-17, 12:05pm
I'm not sure if I've already expressed this peeve or not, but today it's truly peeving me again. It seems more and more I'm hearing people (mostly the young-uns, but also OPB [local public radio affiliate] interview-types) beginning each and every sentence with "So..." when did this start, and how and why? It's another crutch like "like" or "um." Annoys me. Is it just a Pac NW thing or is it everywhere?
Seems to be it started in the eighty's with the whole valley girl thing.
So there, LOL.
iris lilies
7-21-17, 12:59pm
Here it is, another rant about my hobby group. This is a rant, no need to respond, it is just a rant. And it is a first world problem, ha ha.
My plant society is closing down, we have properties that I need to dispose of responsibly. Included in that stuff are 12 tubs of equipment used in shows. The group who is giving next year's national show said they wanted our extra equipment. That is fine they are in a neighboring state. We are very fortunate that DH drives to that state a few times a year AND he has a truck. Winner! The key person to accept the stuff lives only 40 minutes out of his way.
Only guess what, she will not take the stuff, she does not have room for 12 tubs of equipment. So she wants to send him off to a storage place that is three hours from where she lives. Once again, we are incredibly fortunate because that happens to be the direction that he will turn to and this new place is only about 40 minutes off his route. Winner!
but--the guy who is in charge of the storage wont return phone calls and he will not return emails. DH is in that other state driving around with all of this plant society equipment in his truck.
This is a prime example of why these volunteer organizations that disrespect the time of their volunteers need to die.
Darn, I would be so tempted to go to the"volunteer organization designated dump."
iris lilies
7-21-17, 1:11pm
P.s. Dont tell Chicken Lady, but I have plans to burn 2-4 tubs of solid oak sign holders and bases. Oak is great firewood.No one uses these things anymore, they weigh a ton. Everyone uses table tent signage, easy to transport.when 80% of people in your garden club or plant society are unable to bend and lift 40 lbs, it is timeto become realistic about your equipment.
iris lilies
7-21-17, 1:19pm
Darn, I would be so tempted to go to the"volunteer organization designated dump."
There is a positive to everything. My garden club ladies want some of this equipment, and I aim to give it to them.
Since the sister plant society is crapping out, anything that comes back here to St. Louis will be disbursed to gardening people but not nevessarily to those who grow our plant.
My fellow club officer and the only person on our board who is a capable person, says she suspected this debacle could happen, and she is fully supportive of giving equipment to other garden clubs.
Speaking of annoying elocutions, there's another one I've heard--mainly from younger people--where words are extended and emphasized thus: "Anduh nowww itsuh time forrr anotheruh song.." It's hard to characterize, but you'd know it if you heard it. It's even showing up in commercials, much to my dismay.
Starting stand-alone thoughts with "so" is common now and becoming more so, along with "different to," which I first thought was a regionalism, and "how" for "the way." Language changes, not always for the better.
"At the end of the day." I hear at least once an hour when watching news.
How the heck are you supposed to dress yourself when your waist/hip area is a size 12 but your butt and thighs are more like a size 6? I just decided to see what I look like from behind while wearing what I though was a decent-looking and comfortable pair of cut-off shorts...ugh....skinny stick legs floating around inside a column of denim and a saggy seat area, yet tight around my waistband.
I honestly have no idea how to dress my aging, menopausal figure...dang, and I used to look pretty hot!
How the heck are you supposed to dress yourself when your waist/hip area is a size 12 but your butt and thighs are more like a size 6? I just decided to see what I look like from behind while wearing what I though was a decent-looking and comfortable pair of cut-off shorts...ugh....skinny stick legs floating around inside a column of denim and a saggy seat area, yet tight around my waistband.
I honestly have no idea how to dress my aging, menopausal figure...dang, and I used to look pretty hot!
That's why my daily outfit is yoga pants. If I were in the Southwest, I'd probably switch to simple cotton dresses. One year there was a sale at Bass and I bought 3 of the exact same dress: like a polo shirt with a collar and short sleeves, only a dress. It was a great comfortable, casual look. Wore a different color every day.
As you can see, I tend to go for "uniforms." I don't like making decisions about what I'm going to wear every day. No wonder I wanted to be a nun when I was young--the kind with the habits.
I was just at Duluth Trading Company here and they had a number of cotton dresses (looked like very long shirts and a coupld of short sleeved stretchy dresses. I also liked their pants and skorts.
Being out here in a hippy desert town my uniform IS denim cut-offs. I just had no idea that this particular pair (originally Ralph Lauren jeans that I got at the thrift store for a couple of bucks and cut off myself) looked so lousy. The thrift store doesn't have three way mirrors so I never really looked at myself from behind! I just wish some of the new fat around my waist and hips would migrate downward and fill out the seat of my pants.
I might break down this week and get some new shorts on sale at Kohl's or something. I have some coupons to use. My body has really changed this year being away from the Wholefoods job and drinking way more booze than I used to. I've packed on a few extra pounds and it doesn't look that bad, it's more like I am just not used to it. I think it is going to be my new normal, unfortunately, unless I get the same kind of job that had me running around all day long like a crazy person.
BikingLady
9-21-17, 7:44am
The painter. http://www.simplelivingforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1942&stc=1 yes this is my skylight, freshly painted.
Equifax, which closed my help ticket without doing anything to help me. I will be drafting a complaint to my state attorney general this weekend.
BikingLady
9-22-17, 5:54pm
That I was put in the situation of firing the painter, well that leads to probably the young men who have roofs to put over their heads being fired. I feel terrible for something that I did not cause but caused me to react.
ToomuchStuff
9-23-17, 8:54am
That I was put in the situation of firing the painter, well that leads to probably the young men who have roofs to put over their heads being fired. I feel terrible for something that I did not cause but caused me to react.
How did they paint it? Did they say anything (for example) about putting substance on it, that you paint over and it scrapes off?
Biking, another way to look at it is the young men who work for the painter --did they do the bad paint job? Did he tell them to do it that way?
If he did, they are better off getting another employer and learning not to do things wrong.
If they did it, then they can learn from what they did and get another job.
I would certainly not take on that kind of guilt.
I am seeing why Trump voters dislike offshoring and immigration. For an upcoming trip my son and I tried to find out if the motel includes HBO. We have spoken with 5 different people and still don't know. These folks - at the hotel and apparently fresh off the boat, and at call centers in the Philippines - either have never heard of HBO or don't know and refer me to someone else who doesn't know. Surely there must be some unemployed Americans we could train to do these jobs?
These folks - at the hotel and apparently fresh off the boat, and at call centers in the Philippines - either have never heard of HBO or don't know and refer me to someone else who doesn't know. Surely there must be some unemployed Americans we could train to do these jobs?
I would not expect much better from unemployed Americans in these jobs. Someones (likely employed Americans) have either hired incurious people with no ability to find answers to their (your) questions (the failure of the hirer, not the hired) or failed to provide adequate information so these people can do their jobs (not in their knowledgebase or computer) or has scoped the job of call-takers so tightly that there is no room for that kind of exploration ("Close the call!"). None of these issues goes away by hiring unemployed Americans.
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