I seem to bruise easier as I age so I'm going to look into this Arnica Montana - thanks for the info!Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
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I seem to bruise easier as I age so I'm going to look into this Arnica Montana - thanks for the info!Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
So sorry Happy. Ugh! In the past 7 years I have fallen 3xs. Broke my finger, broke my wrist and had a concussion. That time I had a headache for 2 weeks. The 3rd fall was very uneven sidewalk. Now I walk looking down.
So sorry, Terry! I can't imagine breaking anything, and feel grateful and lucky that I haven't (yet! LOL). Am really sore this morning, but expected that. I am definitely going to concentrate more on looking down!
We have a lot of crappy uneven sidewalks so I have learned to be careful.
Around 0015 last night, cat decided to jump onto our fireplace mantel. Normally that isn't a big deal because there is usually nothing on it. But I had decorated for Fall so it was full of decor. Made a big crash so I had to get up and make sure she was ok and then put it all back up onto the mantel.
The ignoramauses that walk amongst us leave me wondering what next. Within the past week someone told me the worldwide shipping meltdown was caused by the extra $600/week unemployment benefits we got here in the US last year. I told her to just keep on thinking that because the complicated explanation would be too much for her wee brain to handle.
hahaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
What is the damn secret to making CAPTCHA Entries on web forms work? I can NEVER make then work. Even when the letters are very clear I cannot make them work. I use uppercase when it shows an upper case is that a problem? I just tried seven times in a row to make a CAPTCHA Entry work on a web form. Letters were in simple to read block letters. Some were bold and some lower case, some greyed out. I tried representing the grayed out letters and not including the grayed out letters. It didn’t work. I tried using uppercase and lowercase to represent letters in uppercase. It didn’t work.
This seem to be a fairly straightforward CAPTCHA box to replicate.I don’t even try any more when they’re in cursive form because I know those will fail. But honestly I don’t think I get them right ever.
About a quarter of the time I don’t get the ones right about “mark all of the stop signs “or “mark all of the busses”
The push to get most kids to go to college, with the result that I cannot find an electrician to come out to my house.
How is it beneficial to society to encourage people to wrack up huge student loan debts they can't pay, then develop student loan forgiveness programs to have the taxpayers pick up the tab for these degrees, some of them completely useless, when we could be directing promising talent towards trades where your training actually translates into a job that provides concrete benefits to society?
From what I hear, trades are in high demand this year due to homeowners who have an opportunity to get renos done on their property because they cannot spend their money in other recreational activities. Materials needed for all these home reno expenses are in limited supply due to the demand.
That said, I agree that trades are a good choice for a career. One young neighbour who completed his tradesman in-class sessions was having a hard time finding a business to give him the apprenticeship needed to complete his training with the covid impacting the business activities. Strange times!
DH is cute. He came home from Hermann all happy because our contractor “offered him a job” ( I dont take it as a firm job offer.) Apparently the two of them worked very well together over the last two days putting wiring in the house.
It is “cute “because it makes me wonder where his head is since we both know he could go out and get five jobs today if he wanted to.I guess he just likes being recognized for his construction skills. He and the contractor get along well.
LOL, IL, I'm not sure how this is a "rant". At least from your dh's perspective, I would guess it to be a "rave". But glad he got some apparently well-deserved validation!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Oh I was just keying into the talk about trades, tradesman, and trade education. It doesn’t take much for me to contribute blather as I’m sure you’re well aware.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
:+1:Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Coin shortages, especially quarter shortages. Tell me it's not some sign of societal collapse that you can't get legal tender (at least not of the quarter type) for the country you live in, in that country. But I go to the bank and they say "nationwide quarter shortage" and give me one roll at most.
So laundries get rationed as they must, can't be doing them just because you have some stuff you want to clean, do you actually need to clean it or can it sit dirty for awhile ... Will you give up clean sheets and towels in order to have clean clothes? I will, if I have to make that trade. Because quarters are running out, they are this year's TP.
Our laundry room has a app you can download to pay for laundry which is what I do. So much easier.
These laundry machines look like they are 50 years old, and they break periodically, but they keep fixing them and have been fairly prompt in that. No credit cards and no apps, just slots for quarters. They have even had the nerve to raise the price in the pandemic, never mind we can hardly even get quarters, now they expect us to be able to find even more of them. >8)
Quarters (for laundry room in her building) are the #1 birthday gift request on her list. I'm going to wrap my change and see what I can come up with for her.
There are both manual and electric washing machines--lots of them--available. Most manageable sized. I'd go that route.
Perhaps, for the average cubicle dwelling American.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jane v2.0
But for clothes that get truly dirty, I don’t think so.
There is one cowowker who is still working from home. I don’t care why as long as she gets her stuff done and doesn’t shove stuff off on me. She had been off a day here or there. All I asked is that she lets me know which days she’s going to br done and when she’s back. She had not been doing that. Yesterday was the last straw. She was gone. Didn’t let me know. I didn’t know she was gone until the customer I back her up on for customs stuff was screaming for a ton of stuff to be done in the afternoon. It was something I’ve been barely trained on and haven’t done for months. I told the customer X is back tomorrow and we’ll both get these done for you. Then I went to our manager and briefed her on the situation. The coworker is in hot water, but that’s not my problem.
Rant from this morning’s commute. Most of the 20 miles to work are on one lane each way roads through far out suburbs. Windy roads. No passing lanes. Speed limit is 55. There was a guy in front of me going 25 virtually all the way to work. 25 in a 55! People who can’t go the speed limit at a MINIMUM need to be off the roads. The line of card behind me I could see in rear view mirror was very long.
Yucky days in these high temperatures are not fun. Wishing you a better day tomorrow.
In fairness, maybe he was trying to get his car someplace to have it fixed. But even then, he should have had the courtesy to pull over a few times to let traffic pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
Kind of like the people in the grocery store who stop in the middle of the aisle oblivious to the fact that they're not the only shopper in the store.
Nope on the car having issues. He was doing it again this morning. When the road finally widened to two lanes a few miles from the office, I passed him and got to see the driver. Old guy. If it happens again, I’m calling the cops. Affluent suburban area, not much for the cops to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveinMN
And someone here was calling me Karen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got in my life was "Never drive behind an old guy wearing a hat." It has proved itself again and again. But sometimes it cannot be helped; at those times I just put that driver in the same category as those drivers with "Baby on Board" signs: thanks for the warning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
Tradd's experience with the slow driver reminded me of this old commercial:
https://youtu.be/mHv_-q2YNFE
That was funny, herbgeek.
LOL, cute!
Woken up by what I assume is the mosquito spraying truck going round and round. They don't post their schedule and I can hear it but I can't see it. It is a different sound than the midnight street sweeper.
Days later I’m still horrified by how much I paid for a motel room in Springfield Illinois to attend the state fair. You people would not believe it. No one here could guess how much. It’s only slightly below the horrific amount I paid in Boston a few years ago and another ugly cheap motel that was near the airport with last-minute reservations.
Do you want to know the amount? It was $490.
Next week we’re going to the Missouri state fair and staying at the old historic hotel and yes I’m sure that’s going to be $300 plus, but that’s a different experience. I called weeks ago for that reservation and managed to snag one night because everything else was booked up.
Wow! Was that for one night? Was it for ultra-cool accommodations?
It was one night. It was a cheap motel. It was your typical cheap motel. Granite is it a newly decorated but that’s about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Wow! That IS a lot to pay for one night!
Well next time it's in the Boston area, let me know. I could have at least steered you towards something more to your liking:Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
https://www.fairmont.com/copley-plaz...RlX292ZXJyaWRl
https://www.hawthornehotel.com/
I thought granite was expensive, at least in countertops, compared to say laminate. What in the room was granite?Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I never paid that much in Boston or San Francisco. I have had good luck using hotels.com and booking.com.
Were you trying to say - granted it is newly decorated? Do you use your microphone to answer posts, perhaps? I find that I have had to say some of your posts to the drift ofyour intent but that is good practice for when I start answering using audio.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I paid half that for a fairly decent motel last fall and swore high rate that would never happen to me again - $100 to 150 is my usual.
Travel is expensive these days. People are biting at the bit to travel and are paying the price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry