Sick of Trump.... hearing about, watching and discussing! Maybe if I thought he was worthy of anything I would feel differently.
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
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.
I am retaining a land line anymore for the sole purpose of deadling with insurance companies and other bureaucratic organizations.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
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.
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.
Good grief!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
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.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
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.
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?)Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
on topic posted above:
that those younger than me ole self, won't ever know what clear crisp telephone talking used to sound like.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
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.
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.
black friday, my rant
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/att...tid=1657&stc=1Quote:
Originally Posted by frugalone
Maybe your coworker is thinking the same thing about you>8)Quote:
Originally Posted by frugalone
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.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!!
I HEAR ya!Quote:
Originally Posted by 19Sandy
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.