The Daily Peeve / Rant

[Tradd]

My socks usually go missing between the washer and dryer. There is just enough space there for stuff to fall in and I forget to look. LOL.

I looked - my missing sock wasn't there! When I did laundry last night, I put my socks in a small zippered lingerie laundry bag. Didn't lose a sock this time!

[happystuff]

I'm so sorry, Tradd! LOL. I hope you find it soon.

[Tradd]

I'm so sorry, Tradd! LOL. I hope you find it soon.

Thanks, so do I! These are $20/pair socks!

[Klunick]

The mystery of why Xmas lights don’t work all of a sudden is right up there with the mystery of missing socks. Where did the missing sock go? No one has solved these mysteries.

that is quite a bad rate of failure, though, seven out of eight.

I never seem to have missing socks. If one doesn't show up, it usually comes through the next time I do laundry. I suspect socks miss the laundry basket and end up on the floor of someone's closet and put into the hamper then. The Christmas lights saga got worse though. Went out and bought 8 more strands of lights. All worked when I was putting them up outside. I unplugged them until it got dark. They all worked when I plugged them back in later that day. Couple hours later, the first strand stopped working. Got another strand to replace it and it went out shortly after putting it up. Electrician son checked the outlet and everything seemed fine. I ended up taking the lights off the garage that wasn't working and all the ones on the house did so only the house/porch are lit up this year.

[iris lilies]

I never seem to have missing socks. If one doesn't show up, it usually comes through the next time I do laundry. I suspect socks miss the laundry basket and end up on the floor of someone's closet and put into the hamper then. The Christmas lights saga got worse though. Went out and bought 8 more strands of lights. All worked when I was putting them up outside. I unplugged them until it got dark. They all worked when I plugged them back in later that day. Couple hours later, the first strand stopped working. Got another strand to replace it and it went out shortly after putting it up. Electrician son checked the outlet and everything seemed fine. I ended up taking the lights off the garage that wasn't working and all the ones on the house did so only the house/porch are lit up this year.

Ugh the light genie really doesn’t like you!

[Tybee]

Is anyone on the other side trying to get your attention? The first year and a half after Dad died, the lights would flicker on and off. A lot.

[Klunick]

Ugh the light genie really doesn’t like you!

The light genie just dropped kick me. Woke up this morning to all the lights out again! I'm done. I am not going to try anymore.

[Klunick]

Is anyone on the other side trying to get your attention? The first year and a half after Dad died, the lights would flicker on and off. A lot.

Only person I know who died last year was my father in law and I doubt he is trying to get my attention as he never acknowledged my existence the 27 years before when he was alive. Every year I have issues with the outside lights but this year is the worst. Normally strands start dying mid-month, not right off the bat except when I first start pulling them out to use them.

[Tybee]

Only person I know who died last year was my father in law and I doubt he is trying to get my attention as he never acknowledged my existence the 27 years before when he was alive. Every year I have issues with the outside lights but this year is the worst. Normally strands start dying mid-month, not right off the bat except when I first start pulling them out to use them.

Yeah, that does sound electrical!

[Klunick]

Yeah, that does sound electrical!

It's not. Oldest is an electrician and he checked and everything is fine.