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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 27, 2012, 09:21:31 PM
Quote from: Velma on October 27, 2012, 05:49:53 PM
Oh, great Asmo, I am not evil enough to implement such a plan.  I am pathologically nice.   :-[

Just post her email address. We'll take care of the rest.   :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 28, 2012, 01:46:34 AM
Yes! If one prayeth to His Grayness hard enough and provideth Him with the e-mail and some offerings of baby burgers and pottery wheels, then the evil deeds will surely magically do themselves. So sayeth The Book™.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 28, 2012, 01:43:47 AM
Thanks folks.  I feel much better.  She's declared a truce for the moment.  I'll see what happens.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 28, 2012, 02:16:14 AM
Quote from: Velma on October 27, 2012, 02:34:15 AM
Apparently a former friend of mine has been making some nasty comments about me on a facebook page - bad enough to make folks who only know me tangentially unfriend her.  I've not read most of it yet, but I don't think I'm going to try to argue with her directly.  At this point, it would do no good.  I think I'm going to start by apologizing to the page for my personal drama cluttering up the place and remind my former friend that bringing up past actions of mine that she now sees as 'bad' is not addressing why my difference of opinion with her is worth this much drama.

I agree with everyone who said that you shouldn't get too caught up in it, at the end of the day people like that aren't worth the hassle, you could spend months trying to explain why the person pulling all kinds of rumours out of herass is wrong and is doing it for malicious or suspect reasons, but it's actually much easier for them to keep at it and spread lies behind your back than for you to find out about everything they're doing and start a tiresome and potentially endless campaign to correct them and expose it as slander.

True friends are worth it, and in the end they matter more.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 28, 2012, 02:46:18 AM
Eh, she'd already blown her credibility on that page with her own actions.  Besides, anyone I already know who has seen it knows the truth and there is nothing I can do about those who accept her version of the events.  At this point I'm more sad than angry.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 28, 2012, 01:48:41 PM
Quote from: Velma on October 28, 2012, 01:43:47 AM
Thanks folks.  I feel much better.  She's declared a truce for the moment.  I'll see what happens.
Do not accept it. Truce is the best time for a massive counterattack.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 10, 2012, 06:46:09 AM
Grumble, mutter, cuss...I should be asleep.  However even after pain medication, my back still hurts.  This hotel bed is not helping - it is as comfortable as a piece of plywood.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Sweetdeath on March 08, 2013, 10:51:54 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 07, 2013, 08:45:18 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on March 07, 2013, 08:43:40 AM
have 3-5 hours to make part of a costume and i just dont feel like sewing shit. meeeh
How the hell do you sew shit!
It comes and goes XD I just make stuff up for the most part.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 08, 2013, 06:28:01 PM
I'm going to quit reading articles that the Arthritis Foundation sends me.  I've just found out that people of all ages with RA have a greater chance of falling than people over the age of 65.  As if we didn't have enough to worry about.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 10, 2013, 03:23:30 AM
Quote from: Crow on October 10, 2013, 01:53:33 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on October 10, 2013, 01:42:24 AM
Nah... Threats with antiquated warrior societies will most likely fail. Getting someone arrested and tossed in a cell by the real law, THAT would send a message to most people.

Now that's payback, how long would Ali have to wait to get payback, the kid is 5 or 6 and guessing that the legal age for prison is 16 or 18 then that's 10 to 12 years Ali has to concoct her plan, Edmond Dantès would be impressed.
Yes. Cold vengeance on the rocks.  :D And as for cause... Well, if there is no real dirt, there is always fictional dirt easily achieved with some strategic planting of evidence.  :D

If hot vengeance is desired, however... Get the kid in foster care or some such. More collateral damage, but hey, it's quicker.  :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on February 03, 2014, 10:04:36 AM
Quote from: Amicale on January 30, 2014, 08:45:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 30, 2014, 08:36:08 PM
Quote from: Amicale on January 30, 2014, 08:15:51 PM
...
This is mainly why I haven't been posting much. I'm grumpy and down and keeping my mouth shut is hard but I do it so I don't come across as a cynical, judgmental jaded asshole.
Pfft. Why should you be any different from the rest of us?  :D

A lot of people here seem to be under the odd delusion that I'm the "nice one". I'm sure eventually they'll drop that idea and realize I can be as much of a cynical grump as the rest of everyone else. ;)
Ooh! Ooh! The Gray One will grumpily accept that challenge, should it be posed.  :D Been some time since any one tried to out-Asmo The Asmo.  :D

oO(Tank and those hearts in His Divine Eye Sockets...  >:( )

*mutter /*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 03, 2014, 03:27:09 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on February 03, 2014, 10:04:36 AM
Quote from: Amicale on January 30, 2014, 08:45:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 30, 2014, 08:36:08 PM
Quote from: Amicale on January 30, 2014, 08:15:51 PM
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This is mainly why I haven't been posting much. I'm grumpy and down and keeping my mouth shut is hard but I do it so I don't come across as a cynical, judgmental jaded asshole.
Pfft. Why should you be any different from the rest of us?  :D

A lot of people here seem to be under the odd delusion that I'm the "nice one". I'm sure eventually they'll drop that idea and realize I can be as much of a cynical grump as the rest of everyone else. ;)
Ooh! Ooh! The Gray One will grumpily accept that challenge, should it be posed.  :D Been some time since any one tried to out-Asmo The Asmo.  :D

oO(Tank and those hearts in His Divine Eye Sockets...  >:( )

*mutter /*
I've changed my avatar a couple of times since then. Has it not changed for you?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on February 03, 2014, 04:19:16 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 02, 2014, 08:17:33 PMSomebody at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles fucked up with the insurance company and now my license is suspended until further notice. I spent all morning on phone with them and they are just as rude and unhelpful as ever. I swear, if there is a hell, it's the BMV.
A few years ago, I had a similar experience with my MVD (Motor Vehicle Department). I switched insurance companies, and the one I switched from waited a whole month to actually cancel... when they finally did, they told the MVD that I was no longer covered, the MVD then suspended my registration due to no insurance coverage. I found out by getting pulled over and having my license plate taken. I was able to avoid the fines by bringing in all my insurance paper work to the judge on my court date, but I still had to pay a bit to get my license plate back and spend 8 hours at the only MVD that is open on Saturday. It's amazing how much work it takes to clear up someone's simple mistake.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Kody on February 03, 2014, 04:23:53 PM
Quote from: Davin on February 03, 2014, 04:19:16 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 02, 2014, 08:17:33 PMSomebody at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles fucked up with the insurance company and now my license is suspended until further notice. I spent all morning on phone with them and they are just as rude and unhelpful as ever. I swear, if there is a hell, it's the BMV.
A few years ago, I had a similar experience with my MVD (Motor Vehicle Department). I switched insurance companies, and the one I switched from waited a whole month to actually cancel... when they finally did, they told the MVD that I was no longer covered, the MVD then suspended my registration due to no insurance coverage. I found out by getting pulled over and having my license plate taken. I was able to avoid the fines by bringing in all my insurance paper work to the judge on my court date, but I still had to pay a bit to get my license plate back and spend 8 hours at the only MVD that is open on Saturday. It's amazing how much work it takes to clear up someone's simple mistake.

A similar thing happened to me. I received a letter in the mail saying my registration was no longer valid after swapping insurance companies due to lack of insurance coverage. I sent in proof of insurance to the DMV via mail. A few weeks later they sent a letter saying my registration was valid and I could start driving my car again.

I didn't suffer as much as you and Bud, but apparently I was supposed to stop driving my insured car due to an insurance paperwork glitch. Glad I didn't get pulled over during the period it was getting cleared up.

It seems like this may not be a rare occurrence.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ali on August 08, 2014, 04:11:56 PM
Quote from: Bruno on August 08, 2014, 03:34:19 PM
Fresh lemonade is da bomb, and if you haven't already try it with fresh mint, and if you need it a little sweeter try covering the rim of the glass with natural cane sugar. (We need a yummy smiley)

Dear Bruno,
Do you ever just lay on your couch and eat pizza rolls (not organic goat cheese and spinach whole wheat pizza rolls, like, Totino's).  Inquiring minds want to know.

Sincerely,
Drinking 64oz of Diet Coke for Breakfast in Denver
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 19, 2014, 01:19:39 AM
I just wish winter would come here already. I'm ready for it and I'm sick and tired of the gray autumn weather.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 14, 2014, 06:12:18 AM
I'm sitting here with strep throat, an ear infection, and pink eye, I'm contagious, and I have finals starting Monday.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 14, 2014, 10:16:41 AM
OMFSM! good luck, NHA.

I'm grumpy because the dog chewed up the map book in the car.  Not all of it, only the pages we use most. :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 14, 2014, 11:53:28 AM
I recommend GPS.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 14, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 14, 2014, 11:53:28 AM
I recommend GPS.
I second this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2014, 01:07:58 PM
Quote from: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 14, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 14, 2014, 11:53:28 AM
I recommend GPS.
I second this.

Thirded.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on December 14, 2014, 01:40:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2014, 01:07:58 PM
Quote from: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 14, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 14, 2014, 11:53:28 AM
I recommend GPS.
I second this.

Thirded.

Fourthed
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 14, 2014, 06:22:48 PM
Quote from: Bruno on December 14, 2014, 01:40:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2014, 01:07:58 PM
Quote from: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 14, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 14, 2014, 11:53:28 AM
I recommend GPS.
I second this.

Thirded.

Fourthed

As long as it's not Apple Maps, fifth'd
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 14, 2014, 06:32:45 PM
I don't have a car GPS, only a trekking one.   In this case we knew exactly where we were but needed to know the number of a certain road.  We knew the area well but I can't remember all the road-numbers.  In the end Mrs Git solved the problem by finding the slobbery ripped-out fragment which held the answer. :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 14, 2014, 08:21:33 PM
I have a hangover. Totally deserved, but still sucks... :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 15, 2014, 01:57:59 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 14, 2014, 08:21:33 PM
I have a hangover. Totally deserved, but still sucks... :(

I will have a hangover but, what do you expect when a guy hasn't had a drink in almost two years! Now, if I can only manage to not piss in the sink.....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 15, 2014, 02:06:22 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 14, 2014, 08:21:33 PM
I have a hangover. Totally deserved, but still sucks... :(

Was it worth it though? ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 15, 2014, 02:21:55 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 15, 2014, 02:06:22 AM
Was it worth it though? ;)
Some people think it is. Personally, I don't get it. First, alcohol messes with the unfortunate drinker's balance, which, in my opinion, is a thoroughly unpleasant sensation. Then, if the unfortunate drinker is The Asmo, it worsens His depressions and on top of that, the head aches after. What do people see in booze?!  ???
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 15, 2014, 02:27:47 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 15, 2014, 02:21:55 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 15, 2014, 02:06:22 AM
Was it worth it though? ;)
Some people think it is. Personally, I don't get it. First, alcohol messes with the unfortunate drinker's balance, which, in my opinion, is a thoroughly unpleasant sensation. Then, if the unfortunate drinker is The Asmo, it worsens His depressions and on top of that, the head aches after. What do people see in booze?!  ???

It makes you feel good, if only for a little while. I do sometimes encounter the balance issue but have learned to let go and enjoy the sensation. Not worrying you'll have to run out and do something is helpful in that regard.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 15, 2014, 02:40:09 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 15, 2014, 02:21:55 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 15, 2014, 02:06:22 AM
Was it worth it though? ;)
Some people think it is. Personally, I don't get it. First, alcohol messes with the unfortunate drinker's balance, which, in my opinion, is a thoroughly unpleasant sensation. Then, if the unfortunate drinker is The Asmo, it worsens His depressions and on top of that, the head aches after. What do people see in booze?!  ???

Me neither. I don't consider myself to even be a social drinker (only sometimes at parties). The faltering balance issue and posterior depression can be an off putter. Add to that that a person might do or say something they'll later regret and I'd rather stick with soda, thank you very much. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 15, 2014, 03:37:23 AM
Very sensible. I consider myself a non-drinker, even though I can have an occasional drink in the right company and for the right reasons, but I tend to see drinking as a chore, so if anything, it spoils the pleasantness of the occasion. Drunk people, they spoil it too. At least when they start having problems with speech or have their personalities turned over by alcohol.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 15, 2014, 05:49:10 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 15, 2014, 03:37:23 AM
Very sensible. I consider myself a non-drinker, even though I can have an occasional drink in the right company and for the right reasons, but I tend to see drinking as a chore, so if anything, it spoils the pleasantness of the occasion. Drunk people, they spoil it too. At least when they start having problems with speech or have their personalities turned over by alcohol.
I think some drunks make the parties more enjoyable, especially when they start having problems with speech, and have their personalities turned over by alcohol.   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on December 15, 2014, 06:01:38 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 15, 2014, 05:49:10 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 15, 2014, 03:37:23 AM
Very sensible. I consider myself a non-drinker, even though I can have an occasional drink in the right company and for the right reasons, but I tend to see drinking as a chore, so if anything, it spoils the pleasantness of the occasion. Drunk people, they spoil it too. At least when they start having problems with speech or have their personalities turned over by alcohol.
I think some drunks make the parties more enjoyable, especially when they start having problems with speech, and have their personalities turned over by alcohol.   

Oh I agree. Though if you insist on maintaining your sobriety then they are awful to be around, i'd probably prefer to have my ear talked off by a cokehead rather than talk to a pisshead when sober, unless that persons personality is far more enjoyable than their sober self.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 16, 2014, 07:03:42 AM
Booze works in mysterious ways, some drunks are mean and combative, some are happy as a pig in a mud hole, some become quiet and reclusive while others become insufferable loud mouths.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 16, 2014, 08:37:40 AM
Booze has a funny effect on my younger daughter. She goes through a grumpy phase before entering a happy phase! So she doesn't drink at a restaurant but she will at a party.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Eric V Arachnid on December 16, 2014, 12:00:39 PM
I looked around for feathers to signify the death of my young tawny frogmouth friend and didn't find any.
I foolishly took comfort in that but my wife pointed out some feathers behind wheely bin 3 (organic matter not recyclables or general rubbish).
I suspect minion involvement, I should never have posted here.
Still there are many more out there and they will continue to fight the good fight.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faustralianmuseum.net.au%2FUploads%2FImages%2F12346%2Ftawny%2520frogmouth%2520with%2520prey_b.jpg&hash=e567cefd254254d5958e9b986acbe382bdae45a0)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on December 16, 2014, 05:48:53 PM
It's also possible he flew off.  Many fledglings leave the nest early and do just fine.

I'm grumpy because my cramping seems to be getting worse.  The pain level always varies, but I've been getting more nauseated and nearly threw up this time.  Plus the whole passing out in a cold sweat thing is really unnerving.  I'm still getting jerked around by health insurance, so I can't do anything about it. 

Even when I can see a proper doctor, most likely he'll brush me off and tell me to go in the pill (which doesn't work for me) so I'm worried about getting a proper job when I may or may not hit the ground puking for two hours every 6 weeks.  I want to have bloodwork and an ultrasound while it's happening, but it only happens for 2 hours so I'd never make it through triage in time to catch anything.

This was the only time I had to go biking this week, too.  I'm always shakey after and I'm afraid I'll hurt myself if I try. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 16, 2014, 07:19:37 PM
Poor old PC, that sounds horrible.  You know what Dr Git prescribes for such ailments. ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on December 16, 2014, 07:57:40 PM
If whisky and lemon weren't one of the worst possible things I could imagine puking, I'd be all there.

Half a glass of red wine helps.  But I don't really drink much wine and I never know what to do with the rest of the bottle.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2014, 08:23:20 PM
That sucks PC. I also get bad cramps bad enough to make me want to curl up into a ball, cold sweats and low blood pressure every time. You should probably get ultrasound and bloodwork done even when it isn't happening, could be that you detect something. Antispasmodics such as Buscopan (butylbromide scopolamine) really work for me, have you tried it?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on December 16, 2014, 09:15:02 PM
An anti spasmodic sounds amazing!  I'm pretty certain I get full blown contractions.  I can feel them.  I also get back labor. 

Every gyno I've ever been to has just blown me off.  The most I've been offered is birth control and 800mg of ibprofin (which does nothing for the pain and knocks me out even harder since its a blood thinner).  One even got all judgey on me for asking about my fertility, since I know this isn't normal and I know I have ovarian cysts to some extent.  Apparently young single women shouldn't be concerned about such things  ::)

This has been happening since I was 15.  It did stop when I was on the pill, but the pill makes me feel horrible the rest of the time.  So I get to choose between feeling vaguely shitty 24/7, or 2 hours of crippling pain every 6 weeks.  I've had a couple ultrasounds but they always just show some random cysts.  I had a friend who had a cyst that was causing her entire ovary to twist with cramps, which is why I'd like an ultrasound when it happens.  Blood pressure is low/low normal all the time.  Bloodwork always looks ok but I'd love to have my hormone levels checked.  Hopefully my health insurance gets sorted out soon. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 17, 2014, 12:08:30 AM
QuoteOne even got all judgey on me for asking about my fertility, since I know this isn't normal and I know I have ovarian cysts to some extent.  Apparently young single women shouldn't be concerned about such things

Sounds like a real a-hole!

I hope you find a product that works for you, and best of luck with your health insurance. :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 18, 2014, 05:47:23 AM
I just had a panic attack and threw up. Again.
This shit isn't fun, and I don't know why it's happening.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 18, 2014, 06:37:59 AM
They have pills for that, you know.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 18, 2014, 06:44:53 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 18, 2014, 06:37:59 AM
They have pills for that, you know.
I'll see about getting some happy pills. My therapist is telling me I shouldn't go on any medication, but I'm swinging back and forth between miserable and okay, and I don't thing I should be doing that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dobermonster on December 18, 2014, 09:50:23 AM
Panic attacks fucking suck. I'd get a second opinion on the medication strategy, at least to look at prn like lorazepam you can take when you feel one coming on.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on December 18, 2014, 11:29:41 AM
Yeah, I'll second that.  You should have at least been offered something to take as needed. 

Have you been for a general physical too?  GI problems can trigger panic attacks.  It's not common but it happens. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Eric V Arachnid on December 18, 2014, 01:26:13 PM
Moving about a lot mostly works for me.
Philosoraptor once did a post leaving those suggesting exercise for the seriously down in bloody globs congealing to or slowly dripping down the walls.
She hasn't been around for a while so I'm promoting movement.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Eric V Arachnid on December 18, 2014, 02:33:39 PM
I'm having trouble finding the new potter short stories.
I'm HollyMugwump297.., yes my parents are OK with my walk on the wild side, where are my new stories?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 18, 2014, 09:21:23 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on December 18, 2014, 11:29:41 AM
Yeah, I'll second that.  You should have at least been offered something to take as needed. 

Have you been for a general physical too?  GI problems can trigger panic attacks.  It's not common but it happens. 
No, I've never had a physical.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 19, 2014, 01:03:01 AM
More like a reason to be sad and worried: I just left my dog at a hotel for the next few days and as I drove away she started to cry loudly while trying to jump over and dig under the fence. I hope she didn't hurt herself. :(  I hope she's calm enough and eats. I can't stop thinking about my poor pet. :(  
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 19, 2014, 03:43:03 AM
She's not just a pet xSP. She loves you and depends on you. Separation anxiety is a real problem for some pets. Sometimes humans have to do what they have to do even if it causes anxiety to their loving pet.

A whole other subject: Dober you have on several occasions mentioned one sort of medication or other. Are you a Pharmacist, Nurse, Physician, or just an uncommonly well informed individual?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on December 19, 2014, 04:05:04 AM
Quote from: NoHandlebarsAttached on December 18, 2014, 09:21:23 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on December 18, 2014, 11:29:41 AM
Yeah, I'll second that.  You should have at least been offered something to take as needed. 

Have you been for a general physical too?  GI problems can trigger panic attacks.  It's not common but it happens. 
No, I've never had a physical.

I would look into it. 

For me, I'm prone to anxiety to start with.  So when my stomach went off, causing elevated heart rate, sweating, and pain, my brain was just like, "oh, we're freaking out now? Yeah. Definitely freaking out."  And I'd spend the next several hours between bed and the bathroom.  Not knowing wtf made it worse.  Several doctors told me the connection wasn't possible, but I've found a lot of evidence that it is.

There are other issues that can trigger panic attacks as well.  Hormone imbalances and such.  I just thought of GI because your post seemed to imply that throwing up was unusual.  That was the only distinct, not "just" stress symptom I had, until the pain got so bad I couldn't eat (which took months, because my dumb ass still tried to write it off as stress regardless). 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 19, 2014, 05:54:34 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 19, 2014, 03:43:03 AM
She's not just a pet xSP. She loves you and depends on you. Separation anxiety is a real problem for some pets. Sometimes humans have to do what they have to do even if it causes anxiety to their loving pet.

That big bumbling German Shepard is my baby! :D My dog has separation anxiety, because when she was still very young I had to leave her for three months in a hotel so that I could move and it unfortunately had some effect on her. She always likes to position herself where she can see as many people as possible when she's at home. I nicknamed her 'Shadow' because of it. :D

The dogs in the hotel she's in are well looked after though, so I think she'll be fine. They have a vet, just in case.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 20, 2014, 12:10:50 AM
^ Positioning herself to see as many people as possible may be her unabtrusive protective instinct at work. I suspect that you will be safe from any potential abusers when she is nearby. Here is a Salud to Shadow.  (I hope I have that positive Spanish expression spelled correctly)

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 24, 2014, 09:18:24 AM
Well, home for Christmas, shopping done, fireplace is sparking up nicely.....

would have been perfect if not for the flu and an ear infection. >:(

(And yes, Git. Hot whisky and lemon will commence soon. Maybe a little brandy....)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Eric V Arachnid on December 25, 2014, 10:24:05 AM
Americans are allowed to own a sugar glider and I'm not.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on December 29, 2014, 12:08:01 AM
Quote from: Eric V Arachnid on December 25, 2014, 10:24:05 AM
Americans are allowed to own a sugar glider and I'm not.  >:(
What's a sugar glider?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 29, 2014, 02:10:41 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on December 29, 2014, 12:08:01 AM
Quote from: Eric V Arachnid on December 25, 2014, 10:24:05 AM
Americans are allowed to own a sugar glider and I'm not.  >:(
What's a sugar glider?

It's a flying rattie.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 29, 2014, 02:15:20 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 29, 2014, 02:10:41 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on December 29, 2014, 12:08:01 AM
Quote from: Eric V Arachnid on December 25, 2014, 10:24:05 AM
Americans are allowed to own a sugar glider and I'm not.  >:(
What's a sugar glider?

It's a flying rattie.

..! The what now?

Oh! Sugar gliders? Yes, The Asmo approves of those.

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 29, 2014, 05:54:01 PM
You'd need several even for a modest snack.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 29, 2014, 05:56:48 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 29, 2014, 05:54:01 PM
You'd need several even for a modest snack.

But they're so sweet! 😢
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 29, 2014, 05:58:24 PM
So, no added sugar needed! ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 29, 2014, 06:11:23 PM
😮

ETA:  :-X

Weird, what happened to my emoticon?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Eric V Arachnid on December 31, 2014, 12:26:00 PM
Unless I'm making noise I can here my second closest neighbour.
They're at least 100m away doof doof and occasional moronic yelling.
I think it reasonable if I use a bit of my billion to buy a few attack drones.
Sure, mothers will weep but they should have raised them better.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on October 10, 2015, 01:52:18 PM
Neighbors are getting the ducts in their house cleaned this morning, fucking compressor has been running constantly for an hour now, and it's not even 0830am on a Saturday.

So much for sleeping in....

Sons of bitches!


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 10, 2015, 05:11:08 PM
Quote from: Ali on August 08, 2014, 04:11:56 PM
Quote from: Bruno on August 08, 2014, 03:34:19 PM
Fresh lemonade is da bomb, and if you haven't already try it with fresh mint, and if you need it a little sweeter try covering the rim of the glass with natural cane sugar. (We need a yummy smiley)

Dear Bruno,
Do you ever just lay on your couch and eat pizza rolls (not organic goat cheese and spinach whole wheat pizza rolls, like, Totino's).  Inquiring minds want to know.

Sincerely,
Drinking 64oz of Diet Coke for Breakfast in Denver

I keep forgetting that we are not on Facebook because I tried to like this post.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 10, 2015, 09:20:19 PM
Last night my brother had a party to celebrate the release of his first book. I was not there, nor were my parents, because our relationship with him has disintegrated. He's accused us of homophobia and being an emotionally abusive family, among other ridiculous things, and it got to the point where we just couldn't be there. He's been telling all of his friends the same things, and I couldn't imagine being there and having everyone stare at us thinking what horrible people we supposedly were. Don't get me wrong, we're not perfect and we've had drama like anyone else, but this is the family whom he came out to at 14 with no issues and drove him to gay youth groups when he was a kid, among other things. My family and I have been nothing but supportive of him, his life, and his career. Clearly there's something going on that will require some family therapy, but it hurts nonetheless. We were close once and I'm hoping it's not irretrievable broken.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 10, 2015, 09:25:30 PM
When families go wrong they go wrong big time. Sorry to hear you and your family are going through this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 11, 2015, 09:57:44 AM
That's sad, Firebird.

Pip the dog has a nasty cut in her rear left paw.  It's been there for a week, but the vet says still no long walks or chasing balls for another week.  Next checkup on Thursday.  The poor dog is nearly bursting with pent-up energy.  :'(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 11, 2015, 02:27:24 PM
Awful for you Firebird, especially as you don't seem to really know the reason and you have been so accommodating in the past. Very hurtful.

Sorry your dog is incapacitated OG, hope you're both out there walking very soon now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: DeterminedJuliet on October 11, 2015, 07:09:47 PM
Quote from: Firebird on October 10, 2015, 09:20:19 PM
Last night my brother had a party to celebrate the release of his first book. I was not there, nor were my parents, because our relationship with him has disintegrated. He's accused us of homophobia and being an emotionally abusive family, among other ridiculous things, and it got to the point where we just couldn't be there. He's been telling all of his friends the same things, and I couldn't imagine being there and having everyone stare at us thinking what horrible people we supposedly were. Don't get me wrong, we're not perfect and we've had drama like anyone else, but this is the family whom he came out to at 14 with no issues and drove him to gay youth groups when he was a kid, among other things. My family and I have been nothing but supportive of him, his life, and his career. Clearly there's something going on that will require some family therapy, but it hurts nonetheless. We were close once and I'm hoping it's not irretrievable broken.

Sorry to hear that, Firebird. It is no fun when people who don't really know the details of your situation/relationship are brought into drama as spectators and assume the worst.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on October 12, 2015, 03:58:38 PM
Family stuff like this can be so frustrating, I think at times it's easier to make amends with strangers than it is family...so much fucking baggage.

Anyway sorry to hear about your problems Firebird... :(


And sorry to hear about your poor pup OlderGit, but I'm sure he's being spoilt while under the weather...here's to a fast recovery.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 12, 2015, 04:35:16 PM
Thank you all. Situation's been at a slow boil for a couple of years, but it all burst out in the last month. But we're doing our best to resolve it, even with all the anger. Ahh family  :P

Quote from: OldGit on October 11, 2015, 09:57:44 AM
Pip the dog has a nasty cut in her rear left paw.  It's been there for a week, but the vet says still no long walks or chasing balls for another week.  Next checkup on Thursday.  The poor dog is nearly bursting with pent-up energy.  :'(

Good luck to Pip. Any idea how the cut got there?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2015, 04:38:49 PM
Sad to hear you're going through some family issues, Firebird. I hope it all gets sorted out eventually.

As for Pip, poor thing!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: DeterminedJuliet on October 12, 2015, 11:11:38 PM
I burned mah tongue  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2015, 11:14:48 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on October 12, 2015, 11:11:38 PM
I burned mah tongue  :(

Ouch. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv111%2FGemaki%2FMocons%2Fthsmiley_consoling.gif&hash=019865cec065d9c3d153ffac328b92492fbc1af7)

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 12, 2015, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on October 12, 2015, 11:11:38 PM
I burned mah tongue  :(

Must've been quite a flame to burn stone
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 13, 2015, 01:36:47 AM
Today was a national holiday Brazil, so we were basically granted an extended weekend, which is great. One good thing about religions here (in this case, Catholicism) is that it's the reason for a plenty of official holidays...in that aspect I see nothing to complain about. ;D

What isn't so great is that I spent it almost entirely studying cramming and silently questioning the purpose of having to memorize a bunch of stuff I just know I'm going to forget in a couple of weeks. Add that to the constant downpour we've been having and it makes for a soggy weekend, cooped up indoors.   [/venting mode]

The week proper starts in a few hours and my weekend is flashing before my eyes. I've got the Sunday night blues...on Monday :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 13, 2015, 08:18:55 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on October 12, 2015, 11:11:38 PM
I burned mah tongue  :(

Ice coob
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 13, 2015, 08:32:48 AM
The Asmo does not require a reason to be grumpy. He is grumpiness.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 15, 2015, 01:24:39 AM
Stupid people and their stupid germs, making me sick.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on October 15, 2015, 06:28:42 PM
ive had a new job for about 3 months now and I could
never
balance
the money in the cashier.
It's always less or more than it should be and I don't want to get in trouble. I have no idea what I;m doing wrong!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 15, 2015, 06:59:26 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on October 15, 2015, 06:28:42 PM
ive had a new job for about 3 months now and I could
never
balance
the money in the cashier.
It's always less or more than it should be and I don't want to get in trouble. I have no idea what I;m doing wrong!
How far are you out?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: DeterminedJuliet on October 16, 2015, 12:48:28 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 13, 2015, 08:18:55 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on October 12, 2015, 11:11:38 PM
I burned mah tongue  :(

Ice coob

Tanks

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 16, 2015, 07:14:00 AM
Long, long, long, day at work. Worked nearly nonstop, but got next to nothing done. Spent half the shift looking for a dozen orders that had incorrect paperwork. I am exhausted.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 16, 2015, 09:48:57 AM
Maria, be careful!  Is anyone else also using the same till?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on October 17, 2015, 01:14:20 PM
Spending a long weekend in northern Michigan visiting my daughter and son-in-law, both my sisters and their families are with us and we are staying together in house my daughter usually rents out on Airbn.

I'm having a great time so far, woke up early and took a shower, made a huge pot of coffee, and then woke the rest of the house guests up by jamming the song "Low Rider (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTGrfs5TXM)" by War. (Brought my wifi speakers with me)

They all appear to be a bit grumpy as they stumble out of their bedrooms....

It's good to be the little brother!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 18, 2015, 12:32:52 PM
Had a stressful week behind me. I'm working on three different projects at the time; had to provide operations- and QA- support and went to one f#%king meeting to another. Temperatures dropped dramatically, so I had make an appointment to change my summer tires. Getting an appointment at my local garage was very hard, because they were fully booked till the end of this month. Luckily another garage managed to squeeze me in for Thursday, next week.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on October 18, 2015, 03:07:58 PM
So apparently the incompetence of management at the office truly knows no bounds. After the decision was made to let me go apparently the manager got sick and didn't file the paperwork until this week. So it took nearly a month to process my dismissal and I have to stay in this mess for another month until the contract runs out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 18, 2015, 05:24:50 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on October 18, 2015, 03:07:58 PM
So apparently the incompetence of management at the office truly knows no bounds. After the decision was made to let me go apparently the manager got sick and didn't file the paperwork until this week. So it took nearly a month to process my dismissal and I have to stay in this mess for another month until the contract runs out.

Holy shit that sucks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 19, 2015, 12:05:27 PM
How wonderful for you, G85! (Not)

I've just heard at our dog-training class that somebody is leaving cocktail sausages lying in the park at Abergavenny, laced with rat-poison and nails.  There are some sick people around.  I just hope it doesn't spread here.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 19, 2015, 10:56:54 PM
OG, that is horrible! Some people certainly deserve a beating with a spiked stick!

I'm grumpy because I ordered a cover my my tablet and it does not fit. The description matched, but it is far too narrow. Now I have to return the one that come today and find another one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 20, 2015, 02:02:31 AM
Quote from: OldGit on October 19, 2015, 12:05:27 PM
How wonderful for you, G85! (Not)

I've just heard at our dog-training class that somebody is leaving cocktail sausages lying in the park at Abergavenny, laced with rat-poison and nails.  There are some sick people around.  I just hope it doesn't spread here.

What kind of sick fuck does that?? Wow.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 20, 2015, 09:19:08 AM
I've googled the story, and found that it's essentially true, though the sausages contained only nails and not poison.  It seems this has been done in other places, too, and at one place antifreeze was used.

There was an attempt to blame it on Muslims, which seems bloody silly to me - but then why is it happening?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on October 20, 2015, 12:54:01 PM
Quote from: OldGit on October 20, 2015, 09:19:08 AM
I've googled the story, and found that it's essentially true, though the sausages contained only nails and not poison.  It seems this has been done in other places, too, and at one place antifreeze was used.

There was an attempt to blame it on Muslims, which seems bloody silly to me - but then why is it happening?

It sounds harsh but I've heard they have a problem with dogs running free in Abergavenny, particularly red ones.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 20, 2015, 05:21:38 PM
Ond mae Pip yn ddu.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on October 20, 2015, 08:07:56 PM
QuoteHow far are you out?
there are actually 100 euro MORE than it should be,
You;ll say at least it's not less but it's still logistics trouble. I have absolutely 0 idea how that happened
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on October 20, 2015, 08:08:33 PM
QuoteSo apparently the incompetence of management at the office truly knows no bounds. After the decision was made to let me go apparently the manager got sick and didn't file the paperwork until this week. So it took nearly a month to process my dismissal and I have to stay in this mess for another month until the contract runs out.
that sucks. That means one month without unemployment benefit
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 20, 2015, 08:20:20 PM
I fell at work last night and broke my knee.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 20, 2015, 08:25:18 PM
I went about 30 years without having a cold, but I have one now, and had one in January, both caught on long-haul flights back home from Australia. As these flights are going to be a regular event if I want to see the family regularly, (spending the kid's inheritance in order to see the kid), I'd be pleased for any tips on how to keep other people's germs away.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 20, 2015, 08:26:40 PM
Quote from: Velma on October 20, 2015, 08:20:20 PM
I fell at work last night and broke my knee.

Really sorry to hear that Velma; it sounds painful and I guess you will beoff work for a while.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 20, 2015, 08:42:02 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 20, 2015, 08:26:40 PM
Quote from: Velma on October 20, 2015, 08:20:20 PM
I fell at work last night and broke my knee.

Really sorry to hear that Velma; it sounds painful and I guess you will beoff work for a while.
Hurt horribly. My pain level has gotten up to 8 or 9 quite a few times.

Pain medication kicking in again. Nap time.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 20, 2015, 09:32:13 PM
Quote from: Velma on October 20, 2015, 08:20:20 PM
I fell at work last night and broke my knee.
Oh Asmo! How bad? Is it bones and/or ligaments?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on October 20, 2015, 09:57:43 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on October 20, 2015, 08:08:33 PM

that sucks. That means one month without unemployment benefit
Well, I will still get paid during that month so it's not all bad.



Quote from: Velma on October 20, 2015, 08:20:20 PM
I fell at work last night and broke my knee.
Oh, that sucks. I hope at least they put you on the good pain killers?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 20, 2015, 10:08:43 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 20, 2015, 09:32:13 PM
Quote from: Velma on October 20, 2015, 08:20:20 PM
I fell at work last night and broke my knee.
Oh Asmo! How bad? Is it bones and/or ligaments?
Not sure of the extent of the damage  yet. Still havent seen the doctor.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 20, 2015, 11:16:59 PM
Doctor just left. No break after all. However, there is a lot of swelling and "a significant amount of arthritis" in my right knee. Like I needed a doctor to tell me that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 21, 2015, 12:50:34 AM
Velma and I should get matching walkers. I sprained my ankle tonight chasing cows. Work. Will. Suck. Tomorrow.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 21, 2015, 02:21:02 AM
Hope you guys feel better. Sounds awful
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 21, 2015, 05:11:42 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 21, 2015, 12:50:34 AM
Velma and I should get matching walkers. I sprained my ankle tonight chasing cows. Work. Will. Suck. Tomorrow.
Actually, the doctor did say they were going to try to get me up and moving around with a walker. I think they are going to have to take the IV line out of the back of my hand.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 21, 2015, 06:25:47 AM
Quote from: Velma on October 20, 2015, 11:16:59 PM
Doctor just left. No break after all. However, there is a lot of swelling and "a significant amount of arthritis" in my right knee. Like I needed a doctor to tell me that.
Well that's relatively good news. Hope things clear up soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 21, 2015, 10:39:25 AM
That's nasty, Velma.  Hot whisky and lemon will help, if you add enough whisky.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 22, 2015, 12:28:40 AM
Quote from: OldGit on October 21, 2015, 10:39:25 AM
That's nasty, Velma.  Hot whisky and lemon will help, if you add enough whisky.
Doubt the hospital would allow that while I am here.

Still haven't seen anyone ftom physical therapy. Also supposed to have an ultrasound tomorrow, but I  will  not be holding my breath.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on October 22, 2015, 03:46:08 AM
I hope you feel better soon Velma.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on October 22, 2015, 01:40:13 PM
I was doing my usual walk and:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatsnakeisthat.com.au%2Fimages%2Fstories%2FElapids%2Fpseudonaja%2520textiles%2520adult%2520copy.jpg&hash=46814a3f6608e531ba1ddd6cb5c9a7be499d13b5)

I didn't think they were about.
Slipped away before I got a photo.

Fuck http://www.whatsnakeisthat.com.au/nsw/mid-north-coast.html
We have death adders now.
I knew there was the odd tiger.
Blackies, there's always blackies.
I hate the internet.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on October 22, 2015, 01:56:43 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 20, 2015, 08:25:18 PMI'd be pleased for any tips on how to keep other people's germs away.

Engulf peoples in flame as soon as you see them.
Of course the leftist conspiracy has arranged it so an honest citizen can't get his flame thrower on a plane these days.
You'll probably just have to take your chances.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 22, 2015, 05:00:05 PM
Pretty sure I'm becoming lactose intolerant. I was in denial for a while but I did an experiment where I cut out all dairy for a week then last night I went out for ice cream last night and I am seriously regretting that today. Plus I just bought a whole tub of delicious chocolate ice cream.   ;-;
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 26, 2015, 11:51:22 PM
I just burnt my frozen mozzarella pizza diner. Seriously why aren't smart ovens widespread here already? :headshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on October 27, 2015, 12:48:39 AM
Quote from: Insoluble on October 22, 2015, 01:40:13 PM
I was doing my usual walk and:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatsnakeisthat.com.au%2Fimages%2Fstories%2FElapids%2Fpseudonaja%2520textiles%2520adult%2520copy.jpg&hash=46814a3f6608e531ba1ddd6cb5c9a7be499d13b5)

I didn't think they were about.
Slipped away before I got a photo.

Fuck http://www.whatsnakeisthat.com.au/nsw/mid-north-coast.html
We have death adders now.
I knew there was the odd tiger.
Blackies, there's always blackies.
I hate the internet.

The Eastern Brown snake is listed as the 2nd most poisonous terrestrial snake in the world. With armament like that, they may be able to harm even Insoluble Puddings?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: philosoraptor on October 27, 2015, 02:36:48 AM
Grumpy isn't quite the word.  Heartbroken is more like it.

We had to put our favorite cat to sleep today.  He was diagnosed with renal failure just two weeks ago, and he went downhill really fast before we even had a chance to try and treat him.  In the last two weeks alone, he lost 3 pounds on top of the 5 pounds he had already lost leading up to his diagnosis, which is a very significant weight loss for a cat.  It got worse over the last three days.  He wasn't eating or drinking, he couldn't use the litter box, he could barely walk, he smelled like death and he was meowing like he was distressed and in pain.  We could've spent thousands trying to stabilize/treat him, but the vet (who put him to sleep) told us it was a crap shoot and that it likely wouldn't help at such an advanced stage of his illness.  We might've been able to prolong his life, but it would've been selfish to do so.  I'm just furious, because the emergency vet who diagnosed him made it seem like he wasn't as sick as he was, mainly because they wanted 2k to do "intensive treatment" that apparently wouldn't have made a difference anyway.  I was prepared to do treatment with him at home, because I'm more than capable of administering the subcutaneous fluids and medications he would've needed, but I didn't know what to do because I saw two different vets and they each told me completely contradictory things in regards to treating for KD at home.  I was still researching our best options for treating him without emptying our bank account, and he just took a sudden turn for the worst.  I thought we would have more time.  I was not ready for this, and I feel like I'm not emotionally equipped to deal with this right now.

I know that the right thing and the easiest thing are rarely the same thing, but fuck, doing the right thing shouldn't hurt this bad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 27, 2015, 06:50:54 AM
So sorry to hear your furry friend has gone to the rainbow bridge. I have three waiting there. ((((philo))))
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 27, 2015, 09:46:44 AM
I'm sorry to hear that, philo.  I've been through that a few times myself.  One never knows what's for the best; one just takes a deep breath and makes a decision.  Will you get another kittie in a while?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on October 27, 2015, 12:43:42 PM
Sympathy
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on October 27, 2015, 12:58:16 PM
Quote from: Recusant on October 27, 2015, 12:48:39 AM
Quote from: Insoluble on October 22, 2015, 01:40:13 PM
I was doing my usual walk and:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatsnakeisthat.com.au%2Fimages%2Fstories%2FElapids%2Fpseudonaja%2520textiles%2520adult%2520copy.jpg&hash=46814a3f6608e531ba1ddd6cb5c9a7be499d13b5)

I didn't think they were about.
Slipped away before I got a photo.

Fuck http://www.whatsnakeisthat.com.au/nsw/mid-north-coast.html
We have death adders now.
I knew there was the odd tiger.
Blackies, there's always blackies.
I hate the internet.

The Eastern Brown snake is listed as the 2nd most poisonous terrestrial snake in the world. With armament like that, they may be able to harm even Insoluble Puddings?

Doubtful

The Brown family have an an aggressive reputation, I suggested a move towards niceness, they didn't go for it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 27, 2015, 02:01:23 PM
Hugs and sympathy, philosoraptor.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2015, 03:14:41 PM
Quote from: philosoraptor on October 27, 2015, 02:36:48 AM
Grumpy isn't quite the word.  Heartbroken is more like it.

We had to put our favorite cat to sleep today.  He was diagnosed with renal failure just two weeks ago, and he went downhill really fast before we even had a chance to try and treat him.  In the last two weeks alone, he lost 3 pounds on top of the 5 pounds he had already lost leading up to his diagnosis, which is a very significant weight loss for a cat.  It got worse over the last three days.  He wasn't eating or drinking, he couldn't use the litter box, he could barely walk, he smelled like death and he was meowing like he was distressed and in pain.  We could've spent thousands trying to stabilize/treat him, but the vet (who put him to sleep) told us it was a crap shoot and that it likely wouldn't help at such an advanced stage of his illness.  We might've been able to prolong his life, but it would've been selfish to do so.  I'm just furious, because the emergency vet who diagnosed him made it seem like he wasn't as sick as he was, mainly because they wanted 2k to do "intensive treatment" that apparently wouldn't have made a difference anyway.  I was prepared to do treatment with him at home, because I'm more than capable of administering the subcutaneous fluids and medications he would've needed, but I didn't know what to do because I saw two different vets and they each told me completely contradictory things in regards to treating for KD at home.  I was still researching our best options for treating him without emptying our bank account, and he just took a sudden turn for the worst.  I thought we would have more time.  I was not ready for this, and I feel like I'm not emotionally equipped to deal with this right now.

I know that the right thing and the easiest thing are rarely the same thing, but fuck, doing the right thing shouldn't hurt this bad.

Sorry that you're going through this Philosoraptor, pets are family and when they're gone it hurts a lot. :sadnod: I would certainly classify deciding to let a pet go as one of the hardest decisions there is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 27, 2015, 06:53:55 PM
I just chipped my fucking tooth and it hurts so bad. 200% done with today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 27, 2015, 06:59:18 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on October 27, 2015, 06:53:55 PM
I just chipped my fucking tooth and it hurts so bad. 200% done with today.
Ouch!!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 27, 2015, 08:00:19 PM
Sorry to hear Philo. But it sounds like you did the right thing, all things considered
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on October 29, 2015, 11:49:49 AM
Quote from: Velma on October 27, 2015, 02:01:23 PM
Hugs and sympathy, philosoraptor.

I see what you're doing, don't you think I don't.
Hugs/air hugs, sympathy and chocolate philo.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on October 30, 2015, 01:24:00 PM
Yeah, so I went to selection day for the Corrections Academy today.
Aced just about everything, but struck out on the endurance run.
So that sucked.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 30, 2015, 04:59:25 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on October 30, 2015, 01:24:00 PM
Yeah, so I went to selection day for the Corrections Academy today.
Aced just about everything, but struck out on the endurance run.
So that sucked.  :(
Oh dear! That must have been rather humiliating for a ninja!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: philosoraptor on October 30, 2015, 05:12:05 PM
Quote from: OldGit on October 27, 2015, 09:46:44 AM
I'm sorry to hear that, philo.  I've been through that a few times myself.  One never knows what's for the best; one just takes a deep breath and makes a decision.  Will you get another kittie in a while?

Maybe somewhere down the line.  We do have another cat (we adopted them together), but she seems to be doing okay without him.  If we did get another cat, we would likely go to a shelter or humane society like we did last time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 31, 2015, 05:58:27 AM
Today I went to the supermarket. They have a book section that you must pass by on the way to the bakery section. There are a lot of religious titles. One of them struck my eye. It claimed to be a book for children.  Its' title was The Bible And Dinosaurs.  I grabbed it up and scanned a few pages. The book explained that the reason dinosaurs could be housed on Noahs Ark is that dinosaur eggs are only the size of a football. God arranged for Noah to bring dinosaur eggs aboard the boat but not the flesh and bone big animals. Therefore there was ample room for the various species. The book cunningly validated itself by including drawings and dimensions of several kinds of dinos.

I am grumpy about that shameless display of child abuse.  If my kid misbehaves very badly I can paddle his ass. If I do that I may be put in jail.  I am not allowed to physically abuse him with a paddle but it is entirely alright to fuck up his mind. The sting of the paddle will subside in an hour but the criminally evil seed planted in his brain can last a lifetime.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on October 31, 2015, 12:39:12 PM
So god told Noah take this female dino egg and this male.
Or god gave Noah special egg gender discerning abilities.
Or He told him keep this one a bit warmer than that one.
They shoulda put this kinda interesting detail in the book,
I mighta possibly got through a bit more of it if they had.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 31, 2015, 04:47:14 PM
Thursday was a good day. We got out of the house. I got to practice driving the wheelchair. I did pretty good. Friday, however, was not a good day. Knee hurt all day and neither of us felt like going anywhere. Maybe we can get out today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: DeterminedJuliet on November 01, 2015, 11:37:26 AM
Quote from: philosoraptor on October 27, 2015, 02:36:48 AM
Grumpy isn't quite the word.  Heartbroken is more like it.

We had to put our favorite cat to sleep today.  He was diagnosed with renal failure just two weeks ago, and he went downhill really fast before we even had a chance to try and treat him.  In the last two weeks alone, he lost 3 pounds on top of the 5 pounds he had already lost leading up to his diagnosis, which is a very significant weight loss for a cat.  It got worse over the last three days.  He wasn't eating or drinking, he couldn't use the litter box, he could barely walk, he smelled like death and he was meowing like he was distressed and in pain.  We could've spent thousands trying to stabilize/treat him, but the vet (who put him to sleep) told us it was a crap shoot and that it likely wouldn't help at such an advanced stage of his illness.  We might've been able to prolong his life, but it would've been selfish to do so.  I'm just furious, because the emergency vet who diagnosed him made it seem like he wasn't as sick as he was, mainly because they wanted 2k to do "intensive treatment" that apparently wouldn't have made a difference anyway.  I was prepared to do treatment with him at home, because I'm more than capable of administering the subcutaneous fluids and medications he would've needed, but I didn't know what to do because I saw two different vets and they each told me completely contradictory things in regards to treating for KD at home.  I was still researching our best options for treating him without emptying our bank account, and he just took a sudden turn for the worst.  I thought we would have more time.  I was not ready for this, and I feel like I'm not emotionally equipped to deal with this right now.

I know that the right thing and the easiest thing are rarely the same thing, but fuck, doing the right thing shouldn't hurt this bad.

*hugs* You did the best you could for your little guy. It's never easy to lose a pet. <3
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 01, 2015, 07:21:36 PM
I burnt a perfectly good pizza.  :rant1:

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 01, 2015, 10:43:15 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 01, 2015, 07:21:36 PM
I burnt a perfectly good pizza.  :rant1:
Ooops!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 02, 2015, 07:19:39 AM
Either I dreamed that the door-bell rang or someone decided it would be a good idea to ding-dong ditch at 07:00.  :???:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2015, 01:38:36 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 01, 2015, 10:43:15 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 01, 2015, 07:21:36 PM
I burnt a perfectly good pizza.  :rant1:
Ooops!

Yeah, one more added to a long history of 'ooops' in the kitchen.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 04, 2015, 12:08:21 AM
We should all be thankful that HAF isn't on the Invision forum software. The Great HAF Crash of 2015 may have been epic, but at least posts don't dissapear as they're being posted. My favorite aspect of Invision is when you attempt to reply and the only option you haver is to attach a file. Members at my other forum have taken to posting screenshots of what they wanted to say or attaching text files that need to be downloaded and opened to read. Lots to read there but EXTREMELY difficult to ask questions.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2015, 02:17:17 AM
That looks messy, Jumbojak.

My reason for being grumpy today is due to my internet connection being so slow. :rant1: Pages are taking forever to load!

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on November 09, 2015, 04:19:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2015, 02:17:17 AM
That looks messy, Jumbojak.

My reason for being grumpy today is due to my internet connection being so slow. :rant1: Pages are taking forever to load!

that's enough to make me wanna throw the pc out of the window
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 09, 2015, 04:31:21 PM
Nearly asleep last night when around mignight one of the cats jumped on my chest looking for attention. Something spooked him and he jumped off my chest right onto my injured knee. There was much pain and screaming. Took me forever to get to sleep, even after taking something for pain. Fortunately, there don't seem to be any ill effects this morning other than being a bit tired from lack of sleep.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 01:18:33 AM
Quote from: Velma on November 09, 2015, 04:31:21 PM
Nearly asleep last night when around mignight one of the cats jumped on my chest looking for attention. Something spooked him and he jumped off my chest right onto my injured knee. There was much pain and screaming. Took me forever to get to sleep, even after taking something for pain. Fortunately, there don't seem to be any ill effects this morning other than being a bit tired from lack of sleep.

Ouch, Velma!  :o  Reading that sent a shiver down my spine!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 01:20:01 AM
Quote from: MariaEvri on November 09, 2015, 04:19:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2015, 02:17:17 AM
That looks messy, Jumbojak.

My reason for being grumpy today is due to my internet connection being so slow. :rant1: Pages are taking forever to load!

that's enough to make me wanna throw the pc out of the window

Yeah, me too.  :grrr:

I feel like I need one of those squishy anti-stress ball thingies. Preferably one that squeaks.   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 10, 2015, 06:47:47 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 01:20:01 AM
Quote from: MariaEvri on November 09, 2015, 04:19:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2015, 02:17:17 AM
That looks messy, Jumbojak.

My reason for being grumpy today is due to my internet connection being so slow. :rant1: Pages are taking forever to load!

that's enough to make me wanna throw the pc out of the window

Yeah, me too.  :grrr:

I feel like I need one of those squishy anti-stress ball thingies. Preferably one that squeaks.
Hamster?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 10, 2015, 06:49:34 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 01:18:33 AM
Quote from: Velma on November 09, 2015, 04:31:21 PM
Nearly asleep last night when around mignight one of the cats jumped on my chest looking for attention. Something spooked him and he jumped off my chest right onto my injured knee. There was much pain and screaming. Took me forever to get to sleep, even after taking something for pain. Fortunately, there don't seem to be any ill effects this morning other than being a bit tired from lack of sleep.

Ouch, Velma!  :o  Reading that sent a shiver down my spine!
Seems I spoke too soon about lack of effects. My knee has been throbbing all day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 10, 2015, 09:44:00 AM
Yesterday we finally sold our house and bought another, if all the endless paperwork goes OK.  In the end I had to agree to move before Christmas in order to get the last £2,500 of the price I wanted.  That's far too short a time and I wish we could have got started quicker.

I expected this and that's why we simply can't spare a weekend to see Buddy.  We'll need all our time and energy sorting out the endless details.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 10, 2015, 01:39:51 PM
Congratulations anyway (pending the paperwork, as you say).   ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on November 10, 2015, 04:58:00 PM
Quote from: OldGit on November 10, 2015, 09:44:00 AM
Yesterday we finally sold our house and bought another, if all the endless paperwork goes OK.  In the end I had to agree to move before Christmas in order to get the last £2,500 of the price I wanted.  That's far too short a time and I wish we could have got started quicker.

I expected this and that's why we simply can't spare a weekend to see Buddy.  We'll need all our time and energy sorting out the endless details.

(https://skinnurse.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/2907986-snowwhite_grumpy_4.gif)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on November 10, 2015, 08:52:15 PM
I suppose you're leaving the backwater that is Herefordshire and returning to civilisation.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 09:16:06 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 10, 2015, 06:47:47 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 01:20:01 AM
Quote from: MariaEvri on November 09, 2015, 04:19:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2015, 02:17:17 AM
That looks messy, Jumbojak.

My reason for being grumpy today is due to my internet connection being so slow. :rant1: Pages are taking forever to load!

that's enough to make me wanna throw the pc out of the window

Yeah, me too.  :grrr:

I feel like I need one of those squishy anti-stress ball thingies. Preferably one that squeaks.
Hamster?

LOL. I was thinking something that requires less maintenance.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 09:31:59 PM
Quote from: Velma on November 10, 2015, 06:49:34 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 01:18:33 AM
Quote from: Velma on November 09, 2015, 04:31:21 PM
Nearly asleep last night when around mignight one of the cats jumped on my chest looking for attention. Something spooked him and he jumped off my chest right onto my injured knee. There was much pain and screaming. Took me forever to get to sleep, even after taking something for pain. Fortunately, there don't seem to be any ill effects this morning other than being a bit tired from lack of sleep.

Ouch, Velma!  :o  Reading that sent a shiver down my spine!
Seems I spoke too soon about lack of effects. My knee has been throbbing all day.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fivf.ca%2Fforums%2F%2Fpublic%2Fstyle_emoticons%2Fdefault%2Foouchh.gif&hash=ecee8da14e0b1703cce80723b6e4aadf0ff6ac21)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on November 12, 2015, 06:11:07 PM
I took the pocket door off my ensuite because the rail had warped. I was initially going to scrap it but the damned thing is so heavy there is no way I'm going to attempt taking that down 6 flights of stairs and it is way too big to fit in the lift. I have kind of sorted the rail so it becomes functional again but I cant get it back on.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 13, 2015, 09:56:19 AM
Quote from: Essie MaeI suppose you're leaving the backwater that is Herefordshire and returning to civilisation.

True, but I'll be in Shropshire.  In the good old days before the Norman Conquest, I'd still be in the same area of Anglo-Saxon England - the land of the Magonsæte.  Shropshire is nearly as good, and still far preferable to Herts.  (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.venganza.org%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Ffsm_mooning.gif&hash=544eeee819b8b8e38fd020022e8a089d167f5f46)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 13, 2015, 03:50:46 PM
Quote from: Crow on November 12, 2015, 06:11:07 PM
I took the pocket door off my ensuite because the rail had warped. I was initially going to scrap it but the damned thing is so heavy there is no way I'm going to attempt taking that down 6 flights of stairs and it is way too big to fit in the lift. I have kind of sorted the rail so it becomes functional again but I cant get it back on.

If it's wood, and I'm guessing it is due to the warpage, cut some off and haul it that way. More than one way to skin a cat.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on November 13, 2015, 06:05:47 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 13, 2015, 03:50:46 PM
Quote from: Crow on November 12, 2015, 06:11:07 PM
I took the pocket door off my ensuite because the rail had warped. I was initially going to scrap it but the damned thing is so heavy there is no way I'm going to attempt taking that down 6 flights of stairs and it is way too big to fit in the lift. I have kind of sorted the rail so it becomes functional again but I cant get it back on.

If it's wood, and I'm guessing it is due to the warpage, cut some off and haul it that way. More than one way to skin a cat.

In the end I had to make an egyptian inspired roller system so I could get the lift and finesse to slot the door back into the mechanism. The repair to the track worked though it squeaks like crazy now and I know it will go again. I'm still going to do what I wanted but I'm just going to hide the door instead. It won't look as clean but ah well.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on November 13, 2015, 06:36:18 PM
Quote from: OldGit on November 13, 2015, 09:56:19 AM
Quote from: Essie MaeI suppose you're leaving the backwater that is Herefordshire and returning to civilisation.

True, but I'll be in Shropshire.  In the good old days before the Norman Conquest, I'd still be in the same area of Anglo-Saxon England - the land of the Magonsæte.  Shropshire is nearly as good, and still far preferable to Herts.  (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.venganza.org%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Ffsm_mooning.gif&hash=544eeee819b8b8e38fd020022e8a089d167f5f46)

That's getting closer to me!  Whereabouts are you heading?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on November 13, 2015, 06:43:42 PM
Quote from: Velma on November 10, 2015, 06:49:34 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2015, 01:18:33 AM
Quote from: Velma on November 09, 2015, 04:31:21 PM
Nearly asleep last night when around mignight one of the cats jumped on my chest looking for attention. Something spooked him and he jumped off my chest right onto my injured knee. There was much pain and screaming. Took me forever to get to sleep, even after taking something for pain. Fortunately, there don't seem to be any ill effects this morning other than being a bit tired from lack of sleep.

Ouch, Velma!  :o  Reading that sent a shiver down my spine!
Seems I spoke too soon about lack of effects. My knee has been throbbing all day.

oh no I know the pain. Have you tried one of those heating creams? I often use biofreeze and it gives me some relief for a while
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 13, 2015, 06:56:24 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on November 13, 2015, 06:43:42 PMoh no I know the pain. Have you tried one of those heating creams? I often use biofreeze and it gives me some relief for a while

I've had good results from trolamine salicylate (http://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-18450/trolamine-salicylate-topical/details#) creams, personally. They're fairly innocuous, though people with aspirin allergy shouldn't use them.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 13, 2015, 07:00:21 PM
Quote from: Recusant on November 13, 2015, 06:56:24 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on November 13, 2015, 06:43:42 PMoh no I know the pain. Have you tried one of those heating creams? I often use biofreeze and it gives me some relief for a while

I've had good results from trolamine salicylate (http://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-18450/trolamine-salicylate-topical/details#) creams, personally. They're fairly innocuous, though people with aspirin allergy shouldn't use them.
Creams help a little bit. I usually use one with trolamine salicylate.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 14, 2015, 01:50:05 AM
Quote from: Crow on November 13, 2015, 06:05:47 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 13, 2015, 03:50:46 PM
Quote from: Crow on November 12, 2015, 06:11:07 PM
I took the pocket door off my ensuite because the rail had warped. I was initially going to scrap it but the damned thing is so heavy there is no way I'm going to attempt taking that down 6 flights of stairs and it is way too big to fit in the lift. I have kind of sorted the rail so it becomes functional again but I cant get it back on.

If it's wood, and I'm guessing it is due to the warpage, cut some off and haul it that way. More than one way to skin a cat.

In the end I had to make an egyptian inspired roller system so I could get the lift and finesse to slot the door back into the mechanism. The repair to the track worked though it squeaks like crazy now and I know it will go again. I'm still going to do what I wanted but I'm just going to hide the door instead. It won't look as clean but ah well.

Is the rail wood or metal? Not sure if you're talking about the door to your bathroom or the sliding door on a shower. If the former, the squeak could probably be fixed by shaving the part of the warped rail that's rubbing on the door and causing the squeak. A sharp chisel will do the job nicely, provided the warp is close enough to the doorway to reach. In a pinch, a short sharp knife will work too.

You would need something to mark the contact as the door moves though. Prussian blue comes to mind but that might stain wood. Works well for fitting metal together. I'm thinking that chalk might do it, but there may be another product that carpenters use to accomplish the same task. Then again, most carpentry I've seen involves more eyeballing rather than measuring thousandths of an inch. I never was much of a carpenter, but I can work magic with a file.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 14, 2015, 10:50:20 AM
Quote from: ClaireThat's getting closer to me!  Whereabouts are you heading?

Not a lot nearer - call it 50 miles.  We'll be in Telford, a short distance from the No.1 daughter and the grand-monkey.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 17, 2015, 01:44:33 AM
I took a rather extended nap in the afternoon and now I don't feel like I'll fall asleep easily, even though I'm tired.  :sad sigh:

I'm out of monotonous audiobooks to listen to. I've got to find another one.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on November 17, 2015, 11:50:22 AM
Quote from: OldGit on November 13, 2015, 09:56:19 AM
Quote from: Essie MaeI suppose you're leaving the backwater that is Herefordshire and returning to civilisation.

True, but I'll be in Shropshire.  In the good old days before the Norman Conquest, I'd still be in the same area of Anglo-Saxon England - the land of the Magonsæte.  Shropshire is nearly as good, and still far preferable to Herts.  (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.venganza.org%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Ffsm_mooning.gif&hash=544eeee819b8b8e38fd020022e8a089d167f5f46)

There's no hope for some people, (although I don'tmuch like Herts either; I'd rather be in London). Hope you're very happy in your new place. Are you all straight yet?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PM
Thank you, Essie May.  No, we haven't moved yet, the lawyers are still messing about.  The people I'm buying from and the lady who's buying ours both want to move by Christmas, so fingers crossed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 18, 2015, 01:30:46 AM
Quote from: OldGit on November 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PM
Thank you, Essie May.  No, we haven't moved yet, the lawyers are still messing about.  The people I'm buying from and the lady who's buying ours both want to move by Christmas, so fingers crossed.

I've been around for a move in the UK. Much different (and more stressful) than the usual move in the US. In the UK, it's like hermit crabs. That is, my experience has been that everybody has to move on the same day, so you have people leaving and people coming in to places all on the same day. I'm told that's considered normal. Amazing. In the US, people are generally fully moved out days, sometimes weeks before the new owners move in.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 18, 2015, 09:49:46 AM
All true.  It can be extremely inconvenient, especially if the person ahead of you is late "completing", as it is called.  This may not be too bad, there are only three of us in the chain.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on November 18, 2015, 10:41:58 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 18, 2015, 01:30:46 AM
Quote from: OldGit on November 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PM
Thank you, Essie May.  No, we haven't moved yet, the lawyers are still messing about.  The people I'm buying from and the lady who's buying ours both want to move by Christmas, so fingers crossed.

I've been around for a move in the UK. Much different (and more stressful) than the usual move in the US. In the UK, it's like hermit crabs. That is, my experience has been that everybody has to move on the same day, so you have people leaving and and people coming in to places all on the same day. I'm told that's considered normal. Amazing. In the US, people are generally fully moved out days, sometimes weeks before the new owners move in.

hmmm
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 19, 2015, 01:16:45 AM
Saw the orthopedist today. I will using the wheelchair for three more weeks.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 19, 2015, 09:33:01 AM
Let's hope it's no longer than that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 19, 2015, 11:03:10 AM
So Murphy's law is alive and well.
Just got a 6000,- NOK auto repair bill. Apparently the mufflers on my recently purchased van were so badly rusted that they came loose.  >:(
All fixed and shiny now, but I had planned much more fun with those monies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 19, 2015, 11:11:31 AM
Stone me, that's over £450 in our money.  Hard luck, Guardian! :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 19, 2015, 12:54:09 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 19, 2015, 11:03:10 AM
So Murphy's law is alive and well.
Just got a 6000,- NOK auto repair bill. Apparently the mufflers on my recently purchased van were so badly rusted that they came loose.  >:(
All fixed and shiny now, but I had planned much more fun with those monies.
Looks like you'll be on bread and water over here  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 19, 2015, 04:04:37 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 19, 2015, 11:03:10 AM
So Murphy's law is alive and well.
Just got a 6000,- NOK auto repair bill. Apparently the mufflers on my recently purchased van were so badly rusted that they came loose.  >:(
All fixed and shiny now, but I had planned much more fun with those monies.
That is truly a reason to be grumpy!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 20, 2015, 01:37:19 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 19, 2015, 11:03:10 AM
So Murphy's law is alive and well.
Just got a 6000,- NOK auto repair bill. Apparently the mufflers on my recently purchased van were so badly rusted that they came loose.  >:(
All fixed and shiny now, but I had planned much more fun with those monies.

That sucks!  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 20, 2015, 07:49:41 PM
He's sitting here knocking back a brandy  :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 20, 2015, 08:43:36 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 20, 2015, 07:49:41 PM
He's sitting here knocking back a brandy  :D

So jealous.  :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 23, 2015, 12:05:15 AM
My dog has severe hip dysplasia and can barely walk. Today people were setting off fireworks almost nonstop, and the noise really stresses her out. She pooped in the kitchen...twice.  ::)

:foottap:

I can't stay angry at her though. She's mastered the puppy dog look.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 23, 2015, 01:46:08 AM
xSP I am so sorry that your canine friend is dysplastic. That is a bummer. I had an Irish Setter girl that was my best friend in the whole world. She was cursed with displaysia.  The vet said that we could try an operation on the hip joint that might work. I said lets try it, it is better than the last resort of having to put her down. The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Molly, Lived for ten more years and was my best friend and she could run with the best of them. There was a lot of physical therapy in the interim. She also became an obedience credentialed dog with a fine reputation for superior performances in the ring. Irish setters are not famous for that sort of thing but molly was. That was many years ago and I still have some tears for having lost such a dedicated friend.

I do hope that there are some possibilities for your dog. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 23, 2015, 09:57:26 AM
Icarus, looks like a fine friend you had. Irish Setters are also such beautiful dogs.

As for mine, the vet was rather fatalistic about the progression and said there wasn't much I could do, and that it's too late. Thing is, my dog went to walking fine to having an incredibly unstable gait in a matter of days. She swerves her hind legs when she walks, and falls often. It wasn't something that was progressing slowly that I could catch it early and do something about it. She'll eventually not be able to walk again, the vet said. To add to that, she has also developed arthritis, which is what I've been giving her medications for.

I'm going to have to get a second opinion on what to do because my two main concerns are that she is in pain and that that she'll eventually never walk again. She's a German Shepard weighing slightly more than 30 kilos, so it's not like I'm going to be able to carry her here and there. I have seen small dogs using a sort of wheelchair for their hind legs, maybe I could get one for her.

My mother mentioned trying acupuncture (yes, believe it or not, there is acupuncture for canines). I'm extremely skeptical it would have some long term effect but at this point I'll try anything.

I really, really hope I don't have to make a certain decision in the near future. And now I'm fighting back tears again...     

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 24, 2015, 02:15:28 AM
xSP, German Shepherds have a high incidence of dysplastic problems as I am sure that you are aware. They are magnificent creatures that do not deserve that fate. 

You may have to do what you have to do.  I promise you that I will feel your pain and shed some honest tears on your and your dogs behalf. That will not be much comfort to you, but do know that there are those of us who care.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 24, 2015, 11:11:00 AM
Commiserations!  I've had to do it very recently, as you may recall.  It always hurts. :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 24, 2015, 03:21:16 PM
Thank you for your empathy and words, Icarus. They are comforting as I mentally prepare for the dreaded possibility.

I remember, OldGit. And yes it does. When I was a teenager we had our dog put down and it wasn't easy. :(   

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on November 24, 2015, 07:05:51 PM
Feeling truly rotten today - cold, sore throat, shivers. Guess I can't handle the pace! Luckily after today I'm office-bound until after xmas, so it's tea, internet and music all day... and maybe draw some lines on my screen.

Note to self: Don't stay up past the hour you'd normally be waking up. Duh!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on December 01, 2015, 12:13:49 AM
Get well soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 01, 2015, 02:19:54 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 24, 2015, 07:05:51 PM
Feeling truly rotten today - cold, sore throat, shivers. Guess I can't handle the pace! Luckily after today I'm office-bound until after xmas, so it's tea, internet and music all day... and maybe draw some lines on my screen.

Note to self: Don't stay up past the hour you'd normally be waking up. Duh!

Aww hope you feel better soon.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on December 01, 2015, 06:27:12 AM
after 2 good rainy seasons, looks like this year cyprus will have a drought. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 01, 2015, 09:41:57 AM
The relevant deity is Jupiter Pluvius if yo want to get in touch.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 01, 2015, 07:22:57 PM
My current university is trying to charge me 500 dollars to move out at the end of the semester. What the fuck is wrong with these people.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 01, 2015, 08:33:54 PM
I don't know what's wrong with then other then that they are assholes.



I, on the other hand, am sitting in a mostly empty apartment. All the furniture has been sold or given to charity, and most of my stuff is loaded into the back of the van. Got to finish loading and cleaning the apartment tomorrow morning, and then drive to Bergen to catch a boat north.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 01, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.
What a bunch of f***ing bastards!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 01, 2015, 09:52:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.
What a bunch of f***ing bastards!

Their reasoning for denying me was because "Ivy Tech students live here too because it is so close so you can too." Which completely ignores the fact that there is no way for me to get there because I don't have a car and I can't afford to live here any more. I am already paying 3 grand more than what the advertised price is.

Seriously so upset right now and I don't know what to do. I can't meet with anybody until Friday so I just have to wait until then
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 01, 2015, 10:07:58 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 09:52:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.
What a bunch of f***ing bastards!

Their reasoning for denying me was because "Ivy Tech students live here too because it is so close so you can too." Which completely ignores the fact that there is no way for me to get there because I don't have a car and I can't afford to live here any more. I am already paying 3 grand more than what the advertised price is.

Seriously so upset right now and I don't know what to do. I can't meet with anybody until Friday so I just have to wait until then
Threaten them with a mad Viking with an axe  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 01, 2015, 10:14:30 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2015, 10:07:58 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 09:52:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.
What a bunch of f***ing bastards!

Their reasoning for denying me was because "Ivy Tech students live here too because it is so close so you can too." Which completely ignores the fact that there is no way for me to get there because I don't have a car and I can't afford to live here any more. I am already paying 3 grand more than what the advertised price is.

Seriously so upset right now and I don't know what to do. I can't meet with anybody until Friday so I just have to wait until then
Threaten them with a mad Viking with an axe  ;D

Tempting...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 01, 2015, 10:25:38 PM
:therethere: Budhorse4, I hope you can 'fix' this, soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 01, 2015, 11:28:39 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2015, 10:07:58 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 09:52:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.
What a bunch of f***ing bastards!

Their reasoning for denying me was because "Ivy Tech students live here too because it is so close so you can too." Which completely ignores the fact that there is no way for me to get there because I don't have a car and I can't afford to live here any more. I am already paying 3 grand more than what the advertised price is.

Seriously so upset right now and I don't know what to do. I can't meet with anybody until Friday so I just have to wait until then
Threaten them with a mad Viking with an axe  ;D
Beat me to it...  :cartoonviking:


When you meet them tell them your cousin is a lawyer. Might work. Wait, don't we have a lawyer on HAF?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 02, 2015, 09:16:06 AM
Good luck with it, Buddy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 12:06:09 PM
Many bus lines aren't circulating today because lowlifes have set fire to 6 early this morning in different areas of the city.  :rant1:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 02, 2015, 01:06:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 12:06:09 PM
Many bus lines aren't circulating today because lowlifes have set fire to 6 early this morning in different areas of the city.  :rant1:
Why did they set fire to them?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 02:25:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2015, 01:06:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 12:06:09 PM
Many bus lines aren't circulating today because lowlifes have set fire to 6 early this morning in different areas of the city.  :rant1:
Why did they set fire to them?

Retribution for the death of one of their own by the police yesterday afternoon, apparently. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 02, 2015, 08:57:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 02:25:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2015, 01:06:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 12:06:09 PM
Many bus lines aren't circulating today because lowlifes have set fire to 6 early this morning in different areas of the city.  :rant1:
Why did they set fire to them?

Retribution for the death of one of their own by the police yesterday afternoon, apparently.
wouldn't it have made more sense to torch a cop car then? :???:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 09:31:07 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 02, 2015, 08:57:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 02:25:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2015, 01:06:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2015, 12:06:09 PM
Many bus lines aren't circulating today because lowlifes have set fire to 6 early this morning in different areas of the city.  :rant1:
Why did they set fire to them?

Retribution for the death of one of their own by the police yesterday afternoon, apparently.
wouldn't it have made more sense to torch a cop car then? :???:

They're cowards. I guess it would be more difficult to torch a cop car since cops carry guns and can fight back. 

I'm just hoping the buses circulate normally tomorrow since I have places I have to be.   ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 03, 2015, 03:37:24 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.

So they require you to live on campus or something? I'm a little confused
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 03, 2015, 03:46:09 AM
Quote from: Firebird on December 03, 2015, 03:37:24 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.

So they require you to live on campus or something? I'm a little confused

It's not required, but living on campus was a better option than driving to school every day at the time. The problem is that I am transferring to a different school and will no longer be living on campus but the school is still trying to charge me for next semester.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 03, 2015, 03:58:09 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 03, 2015, 03:46:09 AM
Quote from: Firebird on December 03, 2015, 03:37:24 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2015, 08:50:47 PM
Well, my application for cancelling my housing was denied and they are making me pay 6 thousand dollars on an apartment that I will not be living in.

So they require you to live on campus or something? I'm a little confused

It's not required, but living on campus was a better option than driving to school every day at the time. The problem is that I am transferring to a different school and will no longer be living on campus but the school is still trying to charge me for next semester.

What if you found someone else to take over your spot in the apartment, i/e take over your lease? I became a landlord recently, and some of the laws I read to prepare for it mentioned that if a tenant is trying to break a lease, the landlord needs to make a reasonable effort to find someone to take over the lease before holding the lessee in contempt. I'm not sure if the same laws apply in your state, but it's probably worth looking into.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 07, 2015, 05:30:07 AM
Not a good weekend. I could hardly get out of bed. My injured knee is swollen again and hurts nonstop. Just walking the 10 or 12 steps to the bathroom was enough to bring me to tears.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 07, 2015, 09:28:01 AM
We still haven't got a date to move house.  The person buying ours wants to go by Christmas, and the guy we're buying off is happy with that.  We're ready, but the lawyers are still piddling around.  Looks like mid-January now, as nothing will be done over Christmas.

Quote from: ShakespeareThe first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 07, 2015, 01:04:13 PM
OG did you see that poor sod who had sold his house (but not exchanged) which got flooded over the weekend?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 07, 2015, 05:38:02 PM
No, I missed that.  Poor bugger.  He may not lose any money directly, but he'll have a job to sell it again now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 07, 2015, 07:27:10 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 07, 2015, 05:38:02 PM
No, I missed that.  Poor bugger.  He may not lose any money directly, but he'll have a job to sell it again now.
Exactly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on December 08, 2015, 08:14:47 PM
My wife is moving in with me again. There goes my freedom :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 08, 2015, 09:05:40 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on December 08, 2015, 08:14:47 PM
My wife is moving in with me again. There goes my freedom :(
:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 09, 2015, 01:34:44 PM
Quote from: Tom62My wife is moving in with me again. There goes my freedom :(
Quote from: GoetheDas Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan.

;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 10, 2015, 01:45:12 AM
Four more weeks of using the wheelchair at work.  >:( Apparently, my various forms of arthritis are impeding the healing process somewhat.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 10, 2015, 08:06:45 AM
Quote from: Velma on December 10, 2015, 01:45:12 AM
Four more weeks of using the wheelchair at work.  >:( Apparently, my various forms of arthritis are impeding the healing process somewhat.
Cheer up. Put some tinsel on it and spread good cheer!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on December 10, 2015, 09:12:18 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 10, 2015, 08:06:45 AM
Quote from: Velma on December 10, 2015, 01:45:12 AM
Four more weeks of using the wheelchair at work.  >:( Apparently, my various forms of arthritis are impeding the healing process somewhat.
Cheer up. Put some tinsel on it and spread good cheer!

And battery powered LED rope.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 10, 2015, 12:53:22 PM
Quote from: Crow on December 10, 2015, 09:12:18 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 10, 2015, 08:06:45 AM
Quote from: Velma on December 10, 2015, 01:45:12 AM
Four more weeks of using the wheelchair at work.  >:( Apparently, my various forms of arthritis are impeding the healing process somewhat.
Cheer up. Put some tinsel on it and spread good cheer!

And battery powered LED rope.

Absolutely! And a flashing blue light. For safety that is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 10, 2015, 12:55:26 PM
Rockets. Definetly needs to put rockets on it.  8)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on December 10, 2015, 01:09:07 PM
So sorry to hear of you troubles Velma, but I like the idea of the decorations and led lights. I do hope your knee heals soon. Budhorse4, it sounds as though your landlords are really trying it on, or al least being very legalistic; I do hope you can get some help with it; it's a horrendous amount. As for you Tom62, you never know, you might get to like it!
At least the FSM and its followers don't make promises to make everything all right. We've only got each other.  :hug2:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 10, 2015, 05:34:51 PM
Maybe I should go out this weekend and look for some decorations for the wheelchair. It could be fun!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 10, 2015, 05:48:10 PM
If you do take some pictures!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 10, 2015, 06:52:56 PM
I certainly will.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 10, 2015, 07:44:25 PM
Quote from: Velma on December 10, 2015, 05:34:51 PM
Maybe I should go out this weekend and look for some decorations for the wheelchair. It could be fun!
And rockets! Nothing says fun like rockets. Propulsion or armaments, doesn't matter.  8)

And yes. Pictures, please.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on December 13, 2015, 01:48:06 PM
The last three days I've been packing one carton after the other. Amazing how much stuff women need. Worst of all, my wife loves scrapbooking and card making. Her whole appartment is full of stamps, dies, colours, cutters, paper and other crafting material. Since her appartmetn doesn't have an elevator, I can carry all the heavy cartons three floors down.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 13, 2015, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on December 13, 2015, 01:48:06 PM
The last three days I've been packing one carton after the other. Amazing how much stuff women need. Worst of all, my wife loves scrapbooking and card making. Her whole appartment is full of stamps, dies, colours, cutters, paper and other crafting material. Since her appartmetn doesn't have an elevator, I can carry all the heavy cartons three floors down.
Down is bad.
Up is worse!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 14, 2015, 03:31:15 AM
So I'm going to see Bruce Springsteen in February. First time ever, and though I'm a little young for when he was at his peak, I've always loved his music. I'm grumpy because I'm going by myself.  In the past few years I've had to go to more and more shows on my own because too many friends are either having kids and hardly ever make it out or just don't share the same musical interests as me (this is one is a combination of the two). My wife goes to some shows with me, but she's not into rock or jam band stuff, which is fine. But no one was willing to come out to see Soundgarden with me, or Dream Theater or Buddy Guy or Joe Satriani. Getting a little tired of this, and feeling a bit lame too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 14, 2015, 09:30:47 AM
Tom, I deeply sympathise about carring loads of stuff out.  I've had a lot of that myself lately. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 14, 2015, 11:37:59 AM
Quote from: OldGit on December 14, 2015, 09:30:47 AM
Tom, I deeply sympathise about carring loads of stuff out.  I've had a lot of that myself lately. :(
I second this sentiment. Moving is quite a bother.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on December 14, 2015, 12:25:42 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 14, 2015, 11:37:59 AM
Quote from: OldGit on December 14, 2015, 09:30:47 AM
Tom, I deeply sympathise about carring loads of stuff out.  I've had a lot of that myself lately. :(
I second this sentiment. Moving is quite a bother.

Thank you guys. Hopefully it will be the last one. But, I somehow doubt that it will be the case. My wife is rather restless, so I assume that we'll move again before we both retire.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on December 14, 2015, 01:15:02 PM
Quote from: Firebird on December 14, 2015, 03:31:15 AM
So I'm going to see Bruce Springsteen in February. First time ever, and though I'm a little young for when he was at his peak, I've always loved his music. I'm grumpy because I'm going by myself.  In the past few years I've had to go to more and more shows on my own because too many friends are either having kids and hardly ever make it out or just don't share the same musical interests as me (this is one is a combination of the two). My wife goes to some shows with me, but she's not into rock or jam band stuff, which is fine. But no one was willing to come out to see Soundgarden with me, or Dream Theater or Buddy Guy or Joe Satriani. Getting a little tired of this, and feeling a bit lame too.

It's a pain isn't it Firebird? Things will probably improve again as your friends' childcaring responsibilities  start to diminish. I am lucky enough to have a friend who enjoys the theatre as much as I do. I was very happy though that my husband came to see 'Bridge of Spies' with me. I thought it would be too slow for him, but he enjoyed it. We both rate Tom Hanks very highly. I have a friend who goes to Indie (don't know what that sounds like), concerts on her own, but she always seems to meet people there. Anyway, enjoy. :jumps:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 14, 2015, 03:47:14 PM
Quote from: Firebird on December 14, 2015, 03:31:15 AM
So I'm going to see Bruce Springsteen in February. First time ever, and though I'm a little young for when he was at his peak, I've always loved his music. I'm grumpy because I'm going by myself.  In the past few years I've had to go to more and more shows on my own because too many friends are either having kids and hardly ever make it out or just don't share the same musical interests as me (this is one is a combination of the two). My wife goes to some shows with me, but she's not into rock or jam band stuff, which is fine. But no one was willing to come out to see Soundgarden with me, or Dream Theater or Buddy Guy or Joe Satriani. Getting a little tired of this, and feeling a bit lame too.

Too bad you're so far north. I'd love to have seen Soundgarden. Springsteen too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2015, 03:57:45 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on December 14, 2015, 12:25:42 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 14, 2015, 11:37:59 AM
Quote from: OldGit on December 14, 2015, 09:30:47 AM
Tom, I deeply sympathise about carring loads of stuff out.  I've had a lot of that myself lately. :(
I second this sentiment. Moving is quite a bother.

Thank you guys. Hopefully it will be the last one. But, I somehow doubt that it will be the case. My wife is rather restless, so I assume that we'll move again before we both retire.

I think moving is great! It's exciting. Of course it's much easier when you get a moving company to do all that arduous work for you.  :badger: 

I love the smell of new cartons filled with old stuff!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 14, 2015, 04:42:35 PM
Quote from: FernandaI think moving is great! It's exciting. Of course it's much easier when you get a moving company to do all that arduous work for you.

OK, but it's the endless niggling about silly legal details that drives you mad in the UK.  My buyer's lawyer has spent four weeks asking for guarantee certificates for some new windows, though we told him at the start that we can't find them.  And so on.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 14, 2015, 09:14:23 PM
Went out today and lit the forge. The weather was nearly perfect; nicely overcast if a bit warm. I got everything hot, cleaned up, and ready to go. Then the piece of leaf spring I was working on started to crack. So, back into the fire it went, followed by the ash bucket to anneal again. Moved onto a file I planned to use for a few chisels... and the rain started. One of those annoying, light rains that's just enough to stop you from doing what you were doing.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 14, 2015, 11:51:38 PM
JJ are you familiar with the cutting tool called; Slick?  It is a giant chisel, 3 to 4 inches wide, with a long handle, usually made from a truck leaf spring. It is a deliberately heavy tool revered by old time boat builders. It is capable of taking a paper thin shave, rabbeting, or removing a heavy chunk. The weight gives it sufficient control to do delicate wood work. 

I have the leaf spring, all milled, to shape, drilled and tapped for the handle, but have not gotten around to heat treating and annealing yet. Alas I have no forge, only the gas fired burners that make me less than confident. I do have Temple strips to reveal the temperatures, It is said that the correct heat treat temp can be ascertained with the use of a magnet. The magnet is not attracted to the metal when the temp is elevated to the quenching temp..  Is this something that you know about? I am trying to do this right, but I am suspicious of the gas fired flame and its affect on the hot metal part. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 15, 2015, 06:54:10 AM
Heat treating generally involves heating the piece to a non-magnetic temperature - you are converting the perlite structure to austenite - and then rapidly cooling the piece to convert the austenite to martensite. Tempering produces tempered martensite, which relieves stress and is an operation that can safely be performed in a standard oven. I say generally because some steels are VERY finicky about treatment procedures. Stainless steels are a prime example of this, requiring precise heating and accurate soaks above the curie point to avoid decarburizing or excessive scaling.

Annealing softens the steel, converting whatever martensitic structure may be present back into perlite by allowing the steel to cool slowly enough to allow a full phase change to take place. You probably won't need to perform that particular operation but I might recommend thermally cycling to refine the grain structure and remove any stresses that may be present. If the spring was straightened cold it is highly likely that stress in the structure is present which would likely manifest itself in warpage as the piece is quenched. Cycling is done by normalizing - heating and air cooling the piece - and three cycles are usually recommended by knife makers. A chisel isn't that far removed from a knife in the end.

As to lacking a forge, they are quite simple to build. You will probably have some trouble getting the piece heated sufficiently with only a propane burner, though an oxy-propane torch would work nicely. A simple gas forge can be built using soft insulating firebricks, but be warned that they don't stand up well to thermal shock. Cracking is inevitable, eventually at least.

With a bit of Kaowool you could make a very nice gas forge. Almost any nongalvanized steel container holds the wool and it's just a matter of tuning the burners. There is a design called The Frosty T-Burner, developed by an Alaskan smith named Jerry Frost which comes highly recommended. Anyone I've seen build a T-Burner that didn't work didn't follow his directions. Never actually built one myself though, I'm an anthracite kinda guy.

A solid fuel forge can be as simple as a hole in the ground with an air source. Dig a hole, buy a bag of charcoal (lump works best, but briquettes will do in a pinch) and play around with getting the temperature right using a hairdryer. Adding more fuel doesn't make a fire hot. Adding more air, within reason, does. A wooden box packed with clay or cob works as well, if you don't want to work stooped over. If you go with charcoal though, make sure your airflow is from the SIDE, not the bottom. Side blasts work much more smoothly with charcoal.

One more suggestion. Before you attempt to heat treat your finished slick, test a small piece of the same material. That spring may be water hardening, but if it's oil hardening it's likely to crack if cooled too rapidly. Use oil heated to 150F first and see if a file bites into the material after it has cooled. If not, try again with water. You may even need to use brine. And when you treat your finished slick, make sure the final bevel isn't ground all the way to the tip. Otherwise you'll probably burn the tip off in the fire and waste all of your work.

So yeah, I think I covered everything... THATLAZYMACHINIST on YouTube has an excellent video on heat treating if you're interested. Steve Sells also has a few good articles over at iforgeiron.com. It's not a terribly difficult process, but you can trip yourself up easily.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 15, 2015, 12:09:05 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 14, 2015, 04:42:35 PM
Quote from: FernandaI think moving is great! It's exciting. Of course it's much easier when you get a moving company to do all that arduous work for you.

OK, but it's the endless niggling about silly legal details that drives you mad in the UK.  My buyer's lawyer has spent four weeks asking for guarantee certificates for some new windows, though we told him at the start that we can't find them.  And so on.

:eh: OG, I believe you have found someone who could possibly be more annoying than JWs.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 15, 2015, 12:36:42 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 15, 2015, 12:09:05 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 14, 2015, 04:42:35 PM
Quote from: FernandaI think moving is great! It's exciting. Of course it's much easier when you get a moving company to do all that arduous work for you.

OK, but it's the endless niggling about silly legal details that drives you mad in the UK.  My buyer's lawyer has spent four weeks asking for guarantee certificates for some new windows, though we told him at the start that we can't find them.  And so on.

:eh: OG, I believe you have found someone who could possibly be more annoying than JWs.
And what is worse is that lawyers are paid to be a pain in the arse!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 15, 2015, 06:20:17 PM
Quote from: FernandaOG, I believe you have found someone who could possibly be more annoying than JWs.

You're not kidding.  He's noticed on the plan that there's a 3-foot strip between the road and my garden wall.  We keep telling him that it's the pavement - what else?  But for some reason he has legal worries.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on December 19, 2015, 08:33:48 AM
Feeling hot and grumpy. Today was 42 deg C. It's forecast to be the hottest December overnight temperature on record at 29 deg C. Aready had a couple of fires in the surrounding area, expecting high temperature and high winds tomorrow. Total fire ban throughout the state (that's an area the size of the UK.) As I said, feeling grumpy!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 19, 2015, 03:12:01 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 15, 2015, 06:20:17 PM
Quote from: FernandaOG, I believe you have found someone who could possibly be more annoying than JWs.

You're not kidding.  He's noticed on the plan that there's a 3-foot strip between the road and my garden wall.  We keep telling him that it's the pavement - what else?  But for some reason he has legal worries.  >:(

Tell him it's a landing strip for Lilliputian aviators and see what he says.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 19, 2015, 05:02:45 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on December 19, 2015, 08:33:48 AM
Feeling hot and grumpy. Today was 42 deg C. It's forecast to be the hottest December overnight temperature on record at 29 deg C. Aready had a couple of fires in the surrounding area, expecting high temperature and high winds tomorrow. Total fire ban throughout the state (that's an area the size of the UK.) As I said, feeling grumpy!

I forget, which state are you in?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on December 19, 2015, 07:45:04 PM
Quote from: Firebird on December 19, 2015, 05:02:45 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on December 19, 2015, 08:33:48 AM
Feeling hot and grumpy. Today was 42 deg C. It's forecast to be the hottest December overnight temperature on record at 29 deg C. Aready had a couple of fires in the surrounding area, expecting high temperature and high winds tomorrow. Total fire ban throughout the state (that's an area the size of the UK.) As I said, feeling grumpy!

I forget, which state are you in?

Victoria,  in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on December 21, 2015, 02:14:38 PM
Ooh, the weather's making me grumpy, too! Like, I thought the past several winters were lame? This one really takes the cake.

It's the day of the Winter Solstice, and the trees are trying to grow their leaves back. Seriously.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 21, 2015, 02:50:57 PM
Over here, too, temperatures have been ridiculously warm: 56 to 60 F.  All sorts of stuff is growing - flowers, grass, even strawberries are forming.  I've already cut our lawn once this month and need to cut it again if it gets even moderately dry.

ETA By the way, I'm at 52 10 North.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 21, 2015, 06:57:21 PM
Here in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the predicted high is 63 F. It is already 64 F at about 1 PM. Not that I am complaining, I hate winter.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 22, 2015, 07:59:31 AM
Wow, even in the UK? It's been in the 50s F in Boston too, probably in the 60s on Christmas.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 22, 2015, 09:13:58 AM
Quote from: jjTell him it's a landing strip for Lilliputian aviators and see what he says.

OMFSM, no!  He'd spend another week querying that with my solicitors. ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 22, 2015, 12:54:04 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 22, 2015, 09:13:58 AM
Quote from: jjTell him it's a landing strip for Lilliputian aviators and see what he says.

OMFSM, no!  He'd spend another week querying that with my solicitors. ::)
When you've moved tell him that then  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 22, 2015, 06:04:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 22, 2015, 12:54:04 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 22, 2015, 09:13:58 AM
Quote from: jjTell him it's a landing strip for Lilliputian aviators and see what he says.

OMFSM, no!  He'd spend another week querying that with my solicitors. ::)
When you've moved tell him that then  ;)

Good idea!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 23, 2015, 06:49:59 PM
So...at the insistence of my mother I'm now at her parent's house. They're very religious seventh day Adventists. The first thing you see when you enter through their door is piles of DVDs on creationism, the Bible and "How to be saved", just so you get some context. That doesn't bother me, the praying before meals doesn't bother me and praying practically every time we walk out the door also isn't a reason to be grumpy.

What really irks me are the conversations. Yesterday my grandfather started rambling on about how the Grand Canyon was carved into the earth because of the biblical flood, and that mankind's actions causes natural disasters. My grandmother thinks that natural disasters herald the end of the world. My university-educated uncle got inspired and started talking about how evolution is false and creationism is true.  :blahblah:

I would glance every so often to my mother who was sitting opposite of me but she would give me a "don't you dare" look. She's the only one who knows I'm a godless heathen.

Halp! 

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 23, 2015, 06:55:10 PM
^^^ Oh dear!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on December 23, 2015, 08:32:40 PM
Is there a good reason why your mother doesn't want you to respond to your other relatives, other than avoiding a scene? Perhaps she doesn't trust them to handle it like the mature adults that they are. If that's the case, she does know them well, and she's probably right.

Do you think you would get any satisfaction from engaging with their beliefs? If so, would that be worth the possible response of unreasoning ire? Is there a chance that a permanent rift might be created if you discussed these topics with them?

I don't doubt that these are fine folks, and in the case of relatives, often the best course is to smile and shake your head, rather than stir them up. If they question you, no reason to lie, but maybe a diplomatic response like "I don't really feel like getting into it" is best, followed by a change of subject. :geezersay:

ETA: To be clear, the questions above aren't meant to be answered here, unless you want to. They're merely thoughts that crossed my mind when thinking about your post, xSilverPhinx.   :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on December 23, 2015, 09:34:29 PM
Just grin and bear it.  From the sound of it, contesting them will only lead to friction, conflict and regret.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 23, 2015, 09:44:28 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on December 23, 2015, 09:34:29 PM
Just grin and bear it.  From the sound of it, contesting them will only lead to friction, conflict and regret.
Imagine what would have happened if the early Christians had taken that attitude  ;) :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 23, 2015, 09:45:16 PM
Recusant gives good advice xSP.   It is not easy to endure absurdity but we'll just have to do it to preserve the family peace. I/we feel for you. If it is any comfort ( probably not), quite a few of us have family members who are annoyingly religious.

I join you in angst, I have to endure some of that too.  My daughter is a very intelligent and accomplished woman. In spite of her university education, and early exposure to my scientific tendencies and dedication to logic, she is an active Southern Baptist.  I will have to excuse her because she lives in a small southern town that has a church on every street corner. That kind of environment contaminates ones brain. I try not to think about that unfortunate state of affairs. Sometimes I think that I have not been a sufficiently responsible parent. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 23, 2015, 10:14:29 PM
xSilverPhinx, I admire your patience.
You probably feel like this inside:
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 24, 2015, 03:47:54 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 23, 2015, 06:49:59 PM

I would glance every so often to my mother who was sitting opposite of me but she would give me a "don't you dare" look. She's the only one who knows I'm a godless heathen.


Very familiar with this look.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 24, 2015, 10:58:35 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 24, 2015, 03:47:54 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 23, 2015, 06:49:59 PM

I would glance every so often to my mother who was sitting opposite of me but she would give me a "don't you dare" look. She's the only one who knows I'm a godless heathen.


Very familiar with this look.
Cannot claim similar circumstances, but you have my sympathies.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2015, 11:57:31 AM
We have to pick our battles. I think there would be no point engaging with their beliefs, it won't change their mind and might cause a permanent rift, especially with my grandfather, who is the type who preaches that "fire and brimstone" is the fate that awaits those who do not believe in his particular brand of religion. My grandother and uncle are more easy-going. I just don't feel like testing those waters and having people look at me like I need to undergo exorcism or something, so I just sat there quietly and tried not to give too much away nonverbally.  :-X

:sad sigh:

Yesterday we talked about politics, which was...interesting.  :slapfight:

What will it be today, I wonder?  :tellmemore:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on December 24, 2015, 12:33:37 PM
Sounds like fun to me. All you need is one word and everything will go crazy. You don't even need to be explicit, during a rant you just say the Portuguese equivalent of "nonsense!". Though you do come across as a pleasant person who wouldn't stir the pot.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on December 24, 2015, 01:25:10 PM
I don't know how you keep your mouth shut, I'm sure i couldn't. The more nonsensical the BS the harder i would find it to stay quiet. I think you're a better man than me. I'm just lucky that my family all know I'm an unbeliever, but it is easier because all my kids' generation have turned out atheist, even though both my neice and nephew and i are all products of the Catholic education system. My kids seemed to survive the best efforts of their maternal grandmother to convert them.  She even tried Pascal's wager on me about that - when she finally cement down to "why not get then baptized anyway" I said "for the same reason they're not going to have a bar mitzva". She didn't have a reply to that, lol. I have no good advice how to handle your grandparents, it's an ugly situation. I hope you're able to navigate the treacherous wagers safely without running aground on the reef of unreason. Either way, always remember you can come here for some moral support.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on December 24, 2015, 01:29:03 PM
I admire you for keeping schtumm.  I could never do it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on December 24, 2015, 01:46:14 PM
I feel lucky, even though I really can't (well, shouldn't) tell any of my family members that I don't believe anymore, they are all very laid-back. My parents even stopped going to church years and years ago, putting zero pressure on me to go.

My grandpa was a very strong Christian, and held some beliefs that were a little extreme, but looking back at it - aside from pulling me to church the Sunday of the week I'd go see them during the summer - he never even began to push these beliefs on me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2015, 02:57:11 PM
Well, not having to look for a hotel room in the middle of the night after all hell is unleashed is a powerful incentive to bite one's tongue.  :shhh:

If you channel enough tension this way you won't be able to speak properly for a few hours anyways.  ;)


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 24, 2015, 05:16:03 PM
I'd also have a very hard time holding back. Even if I managed to keep my mouth shut,  my eyes would roll so much they'd end up in the back of my head. Just have a good pillow handy so you can smack your head into it repeatedly afterward.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on December 24, 2015, 05:38:14 PM
When I visited my oldest brother and parents (who were staying with his family), I held back at first. Then the quips started to get more frequent and crazy, from how our socialist government is ruining everything, trying to say that Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is more than a piece of shit, and climate change denial ridiculousness. So I stopped holding back and directly talked about what they said. I kept making jokes, but making sure not to let the BS go. It only lasted about 2.5 hours, but it felt much longer. Some things my parents and brother said include, "the Mexicans," "good for Shkreli to raise the price of the AIDS drug," "if you're not 100% conservative, then you're a liberal destroying the country," and "Scalia is the last hope this country has."

But it was fun showing them how their supposed conservative heroes are doing the very things they try to blame on "the liberals," from taking freedoms to hurting the economy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 25, 2015, 01:52:49 AM
Davin I do hope that you were able to make a dent in the ultra conservative armor of your relatives.   

I have been unable to figure out why the word "socialism" has been anathema to some of our citizens.  They also misinterpret words like "theory" in its scientific context, and persist in believing in conspiracy "theories" while denying iron clad evidence of climate change. 

Dwight Eisenhower was one of our more highly respected presidents but in retrospect, he must have been the embodiment of socialist endeavor because under his administration we built an interstate highway system using federal money which was clearly a socialist plot.  Under FDR we were assailed by another socialist plot which became known as Social Security. Congress also funnels loads of money to universities to be used for the purpose of research and development into such things as cancer studies, agricultural developement, animal husbandry, potable water supply enlightenments, and a few other hateful socialist exercises.  Then there is the FAA that keeps the aviation industry intact and operable, Then there is NOAA the corrupt government outfit who monitors hurricanes and tornadoes and manages to give early warnings to affected areas and save countless lives.  Damned socialists! The US Geodetic survey makes it possible to keep commercial shipping and pleasure boating reasonably safe, TVA let a whole bunch of people have electricity, perish the socialistic thought.  The US coast Guard maintains  aids to navigation, interdict drug smugglers, and conduct frequent and dangerous air/sea and sea/sea rescues. Then there is the US forestry service, the national Park system, the FBI, CIA, the.... need we continue our indictment of all those other nefarious socialist outfits? 

Of course Obama is a communist, Muslim, Kenyan ( I hesitate to use the N word)  who is totally unqualified to be our POTUS. Yeah right! He ain't doing too badly when compared to his predecessor. Meanwhile an individual with a Gargantuan ego, who has no use for fact, is our leading...by far.........potential nominee for president. Did I mention that he is a shit for brains bully with funny hair?  Pray tell why so much of our citizenry is so far out in right field that they will have to get a second ticket to even get into the ball park?  That is the big question.

Help, I'm waiting to exhale.     
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 25, 2015, 07:21:45 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 25, 2015, 01:52:49 AM

Dwight Eisenhower was one of our more highly respected presidents but in retrospect, he must have been the embodiment of socialist endeavor because under his administration we built an interstate highway system using federal money which was clearly a socialist plot. 

By their definition he was. Eisenhower also was very aware of the dangers of the military industrial complex and tried to warn the country about it, which would probably qualify as capitulation today. Hell, they fetishize Ronald Reagan so much, yet he would never be elected today.
The Republicans have spent the last 30 years catering to angry racist white men with guns and evangelical Christians. This is the end result. Trump is the embodiment of the base they catered to but didn't expect to actually vote for. My hope is that it breaks the party and we end up with a legit opposition formed from the ashes.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 26, 2015, 04:42:53 AM
xSilverPhinx, things like that are part of the reason I am glad I live so far from all of my relatives. I'm able to bit my tongue, but my husband isn't.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on December 26, 2015, 09:53:37 AM
Quote from: Firebird on December 25, 2015, 07:21:45 AMMy hope is that it breaks the party and we end up with a legit opposition formed from the ashes.

That is a worthy hope. The problem is that though the Republican establishment has pretty much lost control of the more extremist elements of their party, the party as a whole has been very successful in statewide and local elections. This is at least partly due to the creation of safe seats through gerrymandering. While plenty of those safe seats have been lost by the establishment to Tea Party challengers, they're still nominally Republican. To me, it seems like the Tea Party wing is more inclined to continue taking over the party, rather than actually splitting it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on December 26, 2015, 09:55:44 AM
When I mentioned that I don't really have any problems with my family and religion, I kind of forgot that my brother-in-law wants to send my nephew to a private Christian school. Oh, I've had to bite my tongue on that one!

Thankfully, the only thing religious that got brought up yesterday was my sister's disdain for Jehovah's Witnesses. She called them a cult, but the conversation never really went further than that.

But if anyone's going to start anything it's those two. >.<
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 26, 2015, 12:51:58 PM
Quote from: Velma on December 26, 2015, 04:42:53 AM
xSilverPhinx, things like that are part of the reason I am glad I live so far from all of my relatives. I'm able to bit my tongue, but my husband isn't.

Me too. Luckily I'm only here until Monday. Home is 1100 kms away. I'll only be here for a week total and I don't think I could take more than that. ::)

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on January 01, 2016, 08:08:22 PM
Physical therapy is killing me. I've only been twice, but my knee is as swollen and painful as it was three weeks after my injury. It has been over 11 weeks now since I hurt my knee.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 01, 2016, 08:25:46 PM
Physiotherapy always seems worse than the injury.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on January 01, 2016, 09:03:54 PM
I've been through it before, but it never set me back like this. I was able to stand for a few minutes, keeping most of my weight on my left leg and using my right one for balance. Now I no longer can. I also back to debating with myself whether or not I need to go to the toilet badly enough to put up with the pain of standing and inching myself to the bathroom while putting as much weight on my arms as they can stand. Even with pain medication, I'm hardly able to sleep. I am very, very grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 02, 2016, 12:18:51 AM
Well I seem to be starting the new year off right this time. The car broke down coming off the ferry last night and I had to load the beast on my brother's trailer in between boats using a come-a-long, tearing my hands to pieces in the process. Without wheels I missed a day of work trying to get it running again, and have improved from not running at all to what GM apparently calls the "phantom stall" meaning the car isn't driveable on the highway.

If I'm lucky it's the MAF sensor that I just replaced and still under warranty. A little unlucky would mean an O2 sensor which is fairly cheap and not tooooo bad to install. Unlucky could mean either the cam position sensor, meaning I'd have to partially dissasemble the engine. Royally screwed would be the crank position sensor. To replace that the harmonic balancer needs to be removed THROUGH the passenger side wheel well.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 02, 2016, 09:37:05 AM
What did you do to get it part-running?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on January 02, 2016, 11:29:28 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 02, 2016, 12:18:51 AM
Well I seem to be starting the new year off right this time. The car broke down coming off the ferry last night and I had to load the beast on my brother's trailer in between boats using a come-a-long, tearing my hands to pieces in the process. Without wheels I missed a day of work trying to get it running again, and have improved from not running at all to what GM apparently calls the "phantom stall" meaning the car isn't driveable on the highway.

If I'm lucky it's the MAF sensor that I just replaced and still under warranty. A little unlucky would mean an O2 sensor which is fairly cheap and not tooooo bad to install. Unlucky could mean either the cam position sensor, meaning I'd have to partially dissasemble the engine. Royally screwed would be the crank position sensor. To replace that the harmonic balancer needs to be removed THROUGH the passenger side wheel well.  >:(

Was going to say this to you yesterday but forgot, I'll probably forget again so before I do....do you think it has anything to do with hitting the deer?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 02, 2016, 11:37:28 AM
He hit a deer? Did you eat it?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 02, 2016, 01:09:14 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 02, 2016, 09:37:05 AM
What did you do to get it part-running?

Replaced the plugs and tried a large dose of fuel treatment. It was acting like there was water in the fuel system and getting it started and running the piss out of it cleared that up but the stall came back.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 02, 2016, 01:11:19 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on January 02, 2016, 11:29:28 AMWas going to say this to you yesterday but forgot, I'll probably forget again so before I do....do you think it has anything to do with hitting the deer?

I seriously doubt it. The issue seems to be related to a combination of the rain we had and a faulty sensor. The deer just wrecked a headlight and bent a fender and the hood.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 02, 2016, 01:12:44 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 02, 2016, 11:37:28 AM
He hit a deer? Did you eat it?

No. She hit and ran.... my brother's first question was "where is the deer?!" His freezer is running low....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 02, 2016, 10:17:04 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 02, 2016, 01:12:44 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 02, 2016, 11:37:28 AM
He hit a deer? Did you eat it?

No. She hit and ran.... my brother's first question was "where is the deer?!" His freezer is running low....

Nothing like a good piece of road kill. Here in Michigan a couple blokes got into a fist fight over a deer that was laying dead on the roadside. One guy had hit the deer and gone home to get his truck, when he came back another guy was loading the deer onto his vehicle.

Can't beat venison...worth a good fist fight (As long as you win)

Good luck with the car JJ.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 03, 2016, 03:33:07 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 02, 2016, 10:17:04 PM
Nothing like a good piece of road kill.

Bruno's new theme song.... https://youtu.be/qdI4kmvVqfc (https://youtu.be/qdI4kmvVqfc)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 03, 2016, 04:01:50 AM
JJ those damned new fangled cars are actually the product of a conspiracy. What with all the electronic goodies, owner servicing is almost impossible unless you have serious diagnostic instrumentation.  ECM, NO2 sensor, MAF sensor, crank trigger sensor, and PITA (pain in the ass) sensor, the whole deal is a can of worms foisted on us by an evil syndicate in the east.

My Honda Element had an air bag recall. The dealer did it at no cost but the friggin dashboard light came on soon after the replacement. The light is a warning that the air bags are inoperable. Honda dealer would diagnose the problem for $85. Then maybe $1500 to make the airbags light go off depending on whatever the problem might be. I have a car tech friend with the appropriate diagnostic instrument. In less than 60 seconds he and the magic box determined that the driver side seat belt buckle was faulty. A new buckle from the Honda dealer is $208.  I opened the buckle with a tool that most sane people do not have. The damned buckle was laden with dirt and cookie crumbs or whatever. I cleaned it and the micro switch within the buckle works just fine. I have saved $208 but most people do not have the tools or mechanical knowledge and skills to do such a thing. I say again........ A conspiracy. 

While I was in the Honda dealers "Service advisor" area a customer was settling the bill for routine maintenance for his Honda Pilot. It was a routine maintenance deal. The customer was a little taken aback by the 900 plus dollar bill. The service advisor read him the itemized bill.........A new set of spark plugs, $360 dollars. No shit batman $360 dollars for six spark plugs and the removal and replacement labor charge. Oh Joy. Yep, my tech guy tells me that flat rate R&R to change that vehicles spark plugs is two and a half hours.  You have to release two of the motor mounts to tilt the engine so that you can get at the three plugs in the rear. Some of the GM front drive cars have the same ill conceived design characteristic.

Way back in the day I bought a new 1964 Dodge Dart with the slant six engine. That car got much better fuel mileage than my late model Honda, my wife's Subaru Outback, or her Nissan Altima, or her Mitsubishi Diamonte, or my Mazda MPV.  The little Dodge had no electronic doo dads, it could be repaired with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver, it did not need a diagnostic magic box to tell me that it would like me to replace the plugs or the distributor cap. The little Dart never gave me a minutes trouble in 80,000 miles. I could replace the spark plugs, all six of them, in ten minutes.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 03, 2016, 04:38:24 AM
Dealerships are a ripoff no matter where you go or what you do. The plugs on a transverse V6 can be a pain - if you don't know the trick. It's as simple as putting the transmission in neutral and using a prybar to tilt the engine forward. Those hydraulic motor mounts in modern cars come in handy for more than just reducing engine vibration. A helper is a plus but one person can do the job if they pin things in the right places.

Fuel filters are similarly tricky. Whereas most older vehicles had a pair of nuts holding the filter in the lines late model cars often have a plastic clip which "requires" a special tool sold by the Snappy man to remove. Two pieces of stiff, bent metal will accomplish the same. Just remember to pull the fuel pump relay and start the engine with what little fuel is left in the lines to depressurize the system. Gas spraying everywhere is no fun at all.

Some auto parts places even have a scanner capable of pulling stored codes along with employees skilled enough to use them. With that and a bit of patience and capacity for understanding it's possible to diagnose just about any sensor related issue. With minimal hand tools and rudimentary skills using them your diagnosis can be used to fix the problem. Just don't expect the idiot light to go off immediately. It can take a day or so for the ECU to come to terms with a new sensor.

That might seem like a pain but it's considerably better than the good old' days when a valve job was considered routine maintainance. Pulling a head and servicing the valvetrain is a job that requires special tooling and experience. I've done it before but lack the tools to do it for myself. Heck, I don't even have a torque wrench, so I would be apprehensive about changing a head gasket myself, though I've done that too. Sure, you can do without one - the proper tightening order is actually more important than the torque spec - but it's still something I'd rather borrow than do without.

All in all I'd take a modern vehicle over a classic. They have their charms but they also have serious issues. One of those grass looks greener from the other side sort of things. Good codes, analytical skills, and internet access can seriously reduce your repair bill. Think about the problem from the simplest to the most complex, get some codes, and do your research. Then shop around for parts. It's usually cheaper and faster than getting a vehicle into a shop and waiting for them to get around to fixing it. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 03, 2016, 11:40:05 AM
Yes, maintainance of the older cars was cheaper and simpler in some ways - grinding in the valves was hard work, but not rocket science compared with chasing down elusive computer-based faults.

For me, the main point was that they were constantly needing maintainance.  My first Mini actually had six grease nipples to be done every 6,000 miles with an oil and filter change.  The points were always closing up and the mixture didn't stay right for long, nor did the finicky adjustment of the drum brakes.  Etc etc.  Modern cars may cost a bomb fo fix, but it isn't needed nearly so often.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on January 03, 2016, 01:40:32 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 03, 2016, 11:40:05 AM
Yes, maintainance of the older cars was cheaper and simpler in some ways - grinding in the valves was hard work, but not rocket science compared with chasing down elusive computer-based faults.

For me, the main point was that they were constantly needing maintainance.  My first Mini actually had six grease nipples to be done every 6,000 miles with an oil and filter change.  The points were always closing up and the mixture didn't stay right for long, nor did the finicky adjustment of the drum brakes.  Etc etc.  Modern cars may cost a bomb fo fix, but it isn't needed nearly so often.

Also with many new cars you are covered by their guarantees, especially if you lease rather than buy. Which is the only sensible option if you want to have new models of cars though may not sit well with people who like to own things.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 03, 2016, 03:18:59 PM
Good point.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 03, 2016, 04:47:39 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 03, 2016, 03:33:07 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 02, 2016, 10:17:04 PM
Nothing like a good piece of road kill.

Bruno's new theme song.... https://youtu.be/qdI4kmvVqfc (https://youtu.be/qdI4kmvVqfc)

I like that, "Five Pounds of Possum in My Headlight Tonight"!

Yeehaw!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 04, 2016, 12:51:49 AM
My background in automotive performance adventure is extensive. I have been an acknowledged authority for induction and exhaust systems for many years. I have built hundreds of race engines and thousands of heads modified by me. Only two years ago I sold my flow bench, cam analyzers, and dynamometers. I'm getting too old to mess with  all that stuff. It was a great 50 year ride and I enjoyed it immensely. Just today I was cleaning out my garage and came across some certificates of completion for OMC (mostly outboards) schools that I attended. I am also a master machinist, graduate mechanical engineer, and certified gearhead. Not only that but I am a curmudgeonly old bastard who is not happy with the state of automotive affairs.

Cylinder heads have improved by a large margin. We do not need to do valve jobs every 6000 miles because the metallurgy of valves, seats and guides,has improved so much. OG is right about the old Brit stuff. Minis, Vauxhalls, Hillmans and the rest had valve gear made of cheese. ( I think that is was French cheese OG.) 

OG if you are reading this, I once had  a Hillman Husky that I liked very well. I also had an AJS 18cs race bike that I loved.  I did get some factory help with the AJay as it was a fierce closed circuit road racer that I campaigned for awhile. The bike was better than its rider, I am almost ashamed to admit. The AJS was the first McCandless swinging arm bike to appear in America.

Later I became a BMW-NSU motorcycle dealer. My NSU race bike was a consistent winner at club racing events. Wop bikes...excuse the non PC expression... like Pirellas, and Ducatis, along with German bikes like DKW, or Brit bikes like Triumph or even Vincents were no match for the Kraut scooter for which I also got factory help. If you remember the IOM events and others of the time, you may recall that the NSU Rennmax was  king of the hill in its day.

Back to the Honda dealer, the Toyota dealer and all the rest. JJ is spot on that the dealers are  criminal extortionists as far as the service department goes. My local Toyota service department hourly shop rate is $120. Not to be outdone the BMW dealer service department rate is $150. That is based on the book flat rate manual. A mechanic....we don't call them mechanics anymore,...  are "service technicians". Those who can not beat the flat rate manual is an imposter. Someone tell me why the BMWs and others have a plastic cover over the whole damned engine so that one can not even determine that a combustion engine is under all that pretty black hidey thing.  Of course it must be removed for servicing the engine which takes time at an exorbitant labor rate that does nothing for the customers welfare, budget, or children's college fund.

You can have your modern day miraculous, technologically superior vehicles.  That damned old primitive Dodge Dart did get significantly better fuel mileage than my 2.5 liter, four valve, Vtec, fuel injected, four cylinder, ultra modern, electronically inspired, engine. It also cost far less to maintain given the current state of standardized larceny of the dealerships. My 67 Ford did pretty well too, better than my wifes  Nissan Altima and way better than the Mitsubishi. OK so the Diamonte was a hot rod, the thing would go like a rocket. At lot more thrilling than the lowly little Dart. The Mitsu was also a frequent visitor to the dealers repair shop. Superior valve and seat metallurgy did not seem to mitigate the cost of driving and maintaining the beast.

Thanks to all you HAFers for allowing me to vent so effusively.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 04, 2016, 02:02:04 AM
The cover often functions as part of the cooling system. The sensors on top of the engine last longer when not exposed to the heat rolling off of the exhaust, so usually the radiator fan has a port that forces cool air over the intake and all of the sensors located there. This also helps to cool the intake manifold itself, somewhat, resulting in a slightly denser fuel charge.

You did ask........
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 04, 2016, 03:57:40 PM
Quote from: Icarus on December 25, 2015, 01:52:49 AM
Davin I do hope that you were able to make a dent in the ultra conservative armor of your relatives.
I might never know. For me it was enough to get them to stop trying to defend their ridiculousness.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 04, 2016, 11:39:05 PM
Today was the first Monday of the year after the long holiday, and I think it is trying be worse than the previous year's Mondays. I came into the office early today to get a jump on my work, but didn't get in as early as I wanted because I couldn't find my car keys this morning, so I had to grab the spare set which was in our guest bedroom where we have family staying with us from Honduras...so I had to creep into their room this morning to get the keys out of the desk, and tripped over a small suitcase they had on the floor.

I didn't see it because not wanting to turn on the light at 6:am and wake them I thought I could do it in the dark, needless to say I woke them both up when I crashed into the nightstand. (I think I yelled fuck fairly loud as well)

About mid-afternoon I could barely stand an odd itching on my leg, so I went to the bathroom to check and see if I had a rash or something and discovered a dryer sheet trapped against my thigh inside my pants.

Odd thing is my pants are dry-cleaned, plus I do all my own laundry and don't use dryer sheets, so I'm sure I would have noticed a dryer sheet when I was folding my undies...really?

To top it all off, as I was locking up our server room here at work I snagged my sweater (Practically new) on the corner of a shelf, and tore a hole in it.

I want to start over...fucking year of monkey:(


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 05, 2016, 12:21:24 AM
First day back at work for me too. A real rude awakening too as I had to be in St Albans by 8:30am. This normally means leaving the house at 6am to avoid the traffic which does get me to site at around 7:30am. I consider this a better option than wading through traffic later on - I usually take a leasurely breakfast somewhere near my site. Anyway, because of a power outage caused by a faulty toaster on Sunday the time on my alarm clock was lost. So just before bed I had to set it... except I set it an hour late. The result: I was woken at 4:30am and left the house at 5am. Yes, I'm a tired bunny now!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 05, 2016, 02:35:41 AM
I start school again tomorrow. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on January 05, 2016, 03:53:29 AM
^ You must have angered Hanuman, the hindu monkey god!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 05, 2016, 05:54:17 PM
I just drove 45 minutes to my university only to find out that my classes don't start until next week.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 05, 2016, 07:24:17 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 05, 2016, 05:54:17 PM
I just drove 45 minutes to my university only to find out that my classes don't start until next week.
:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 05, 2016, 07:31:49 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 05, 2016, 05:54:17 PM
I just drove 45 minutes to my university only to find out that my classes don't start until next week.

More like a reason to be cheerful! :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 06, 2016, 02:49:10 AM
Having trouble sleeping. Recurring thing these last few days.

Thought a drink might help.  :-\
It didn't.....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 06, 2016, 03:32:46 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 06, 2016, 02:49:10 AM
Having trouble sleeping. Recurring thing these last few days.

Thought a drink might help.  :-\
It didn't.....

In my experience it never does unfortunately.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 06, 2016, 08:16:08 AM
In my experience, knockout pills don't really help much either.

A drink? On a Wednesday "morning"?  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 06, 2016, 11:23:35 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 06, 2016, 08:16:08 AM
In my experience, knockout pills don't really help much either.

A drink? On a Wednesday "morning"?  :o
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 06, 2016, 02:36:27 PM
Oh! I forgot that you has the ability to do such things for the time being... Or... Have you been successful in acquiring a new gig to call job, by chance?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 06, 2016, 05:58:12 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 06, 2016, 02:36:27 PM
Oh! I forgot that you has the ability to do such things for the time being... Or... Have you been successful in acquiring a new gig to call job, by chance?
No new gig as of yet, no. A few applications spread around, though.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 09, 2016, 12:17:57 AM
Our old TV broke down so we've bought a new one having  been advised that we just had to have a Super duper  HD 4K I think it is and I am so disappointed with it. The picture is uncomfortably vivid and you have to keep changing the colour when you want to watch football, and again when you watch a programme with more indoor scenes.  Why do we have to have all these gimmicks when they could give us somethig really useful like being able to turn the background music down or off? I'm hoping we can take it back and get just an ordinary HD set.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 09, 2016, 01:44:04 AM
Claire is very, very sick. I was waiting for her to improve so she could let you all know herself, but that doesn't appear to be happening anytime soon. From what I can tell it's menengitis and the doctors are having difficulty in getting the swelling to go down. She has had a lumbar puncture and is now on an IV of fluids and caffeine to help regulate her blood pressure and hopefully reduce the swelling. I'm really worried.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on January 09, 2016, 03:53:56 AM
Yikes. Best wishes for things to improve soon. Must be especially scary and confusing for scamp.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 09, 2016, 05:01:17 AM
Yikes from me too. This is a real bummer.  Get well soon Claire.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 09, 2016, 05:01:30 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 09, 2016, 01:44:04 AM
Claire is very, very sick. I was waiting for her to improve so she could let you all know herself, but that doesn't appear to be happening anytime soon. From what I can tell it's menengitis and the doctors are having difficulty in getting the swelling to go down. She has had a lumbar puncture and is now on an IV of fluids and caffeine to help regulate her blood pressure and hopefully reduce the swelling. I'm really worried.
Oh dear. Keep us posted and chin up!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 09, 2016, 05:07:36 AM
I'm sorry to hear Claire is ill JJ, take care of yourself mate.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 09, 2016, 10:20:15 AM
Oh,blimey!  This is not good news, jj.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 09, 2016, 10:49:53 AM
Hoping to hear better news soon JJ.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on January 09, 2016, 12:56:01 PM
The go Awwww thread's owned by Scamp
Claire is simply and complexly wonderful.
I 'dwish things'd go a bit easier for them.
I'd implore the nonexistent,
I'd shake my fist at clouds
But minimal expression's the thing.

So unjollly sad to here of this JJ.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on January 09, 2016, 04:41:41 PM
Get well soon, Claire.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 09, 2016, 04:49:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 09, 2016, 01:44:04 AM
Claire is very, very sick. I was waiting for her to improve so she could let you all know herself, but that doesn't appear to be happening anytime soon. From what I can tell it's menengitis and the doctors are having difficulty in getting the swelling to go down. She has had a lumbar puncture and is now on an IV of fluids and caffeine to help regulate her blood pressure and hopefully reduce the swelling. I'm really worried.

Oh, fuck.... Sorry to hear that, JJ.
Wish there was something we could do.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on January 09, 2016, 05:52:46 PM
Get well soon, Claire!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on January 09, 2016, 06:08:54 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 09, 2016, 04:49:53 PM
Oh, fuck.... Sorry to hear that, JJ.
Wish there was something we could do.

Get JJ a return flight?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 09, 2016, 06:22:18 PM
Quote from: Crow on January 09, 2016, 06:08:54 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 09, 2016, 04:49:53 PM
Oh, fuck.... Sorry to hear that, JJ.
Wish there was something we could do.

Get JJ a return flight?
I'd be willing to chip in a bit if someone sets that up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 09, 2016, 08:04:47 PM
Quote from: G85I'd be willing to chip in a bit if someone sets that up.

Me too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 09, 2016, 08:29:37 PM
What's this now..? A collection? For The Asmo? How nice!

Oh, wait..!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 09, 2016, 08:37:50 PM
I appreciate the thought guys but I'm afraid I lack the proper paperwork to leave the country for any reason as of right now. I've had serious difficulties getting certain documents to even apply for a passport, though I should have what I need now. Fingers crossed I can get through the process sometime soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 09, 2016, 10:23:46 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 09, 2016, 08:37:50 PM
I appreciate the thought guys but I'm afraid I lack the proper paperwork to leave the country for any reason as of right now. I've had serious difficulties getting certain documents to even apply for a passport, though I should have what I need now. Fingers crossed I can get through the process sometime soon.
Well, the offer stands.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on January 09, 2016, 11:42:20 PM
Yeah, if it does come together, I'm in on that too.

Thinking of you guys for now <3
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 10, 2016, 01:33:08 AM
^^^^
Ditto!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 10, 2016, 05:53:53 AM
I paid £104 on the Lottery last night.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on January 11, 2016, 02:26:17 PM
Have only just seen this, you lot are all very very swet. X
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 11, 2016, 05:23:50 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on January 11, 2016, 02:26:17 PM
Have only just seen this, you lot are all very very swet. X
Not The Asmo. He absolutely REFUSES to be any sort of sweet or cute or cuddly or other tongue-curdling adjectives  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 11, 2016, 08:42:27 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 11, 2016, 05:23:50 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on January 11, 2016, 02:26:17 PM
Have only just seen this, you lot are all very very swet. X
Not The Asmo. He absolutely REFUSES to be any sort of sweet or cute or cuddly or other tongue-curdling adjectives  >:(

I don't know about anyone else here, but when I think of the Asmo I picture cute, cuddly kittens wrapped in soft, pink cashmere on a blanket of lavender silk, all in a globe of twinkling star bits glittering in disco lights while Abba gently plays in the background.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 11, 2016, 10:07:30 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 11, 2016, 08:42:27 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 11, 2016, 05:23:50 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on January 11, 2016, 02:26:17 PM
Have only just seen this, you lot are all very very swet. X
Not The Asmo. He absolutely REFUSES to be any sort of sweet or cute or cuddly or other tongue-curdling adjectives  >:(

I don't know about anyone else here, but when I think of the Asmo I picture cute, cuddly kittens wrapped in soft, pink cashmere on a blanket of lavender silk, all in a globe of twinkling star bits glittering in disco lights while Abba gently plays in the background.

:tellmemore:
Yes, I can actually hear the song, Chiquitita, playing in the background.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 11, 2016, 11:35:59 PM
Your being able to write that looks like things are on the up. So pleased for you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 12, 2016, 07:05:33 AM
 >:(.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 12, 2016, 01:37:36 PM
Finally got some snow on the ground which means that everybody has suddenly forgotten how to drive. Got stuck behind a guy doing 20 under the speed limit in the passing lane.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 12, 2016, 01:57:56 PM
Welcome to my life...  :(

Our problem is salt slush. You have to drive more slowly on that, and preferably be an experienced driver, but a lot of people simply cannot admit to themselves and the world that they are just not competent enough on weird road surfaces.

Cannot drive properly on slush, snow or ice? Stay home or take a bus until the conditions are adequate for your skills, is what I say.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 12, 2016, 02:18:06 PM
See the roads weren't even bad. There was a thin coating of powder but that was it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 12, 2016, 02:25:46 PM
Quite amazing how it makes some people be barely out of single digits speed-wise, no? Actually, in Norway, a person can and will be fined for driving way too slowly. 20(km/h) would probably be acceptable on a road with the speed limit of 80+, but doing half the speed limit on bare surface for no apparent reason can cost a person some coinage.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 12, 2016, 02:41:57 PM
That actually makes sense. I cannot wait to get out of this ass backwards area.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 12, 2016, 02:57:16 PM
Most states have a reckless driving provision for driving too slowly, I think. Here it's 25 mph, unless you have a slow moving vehicle tag.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 12, 2016, 03:59:27 PM
First day of classes, probably just going to go through the syllabus in all of them. Spend over 700 dollars on text books and still saved about 300 thanks to Amazon. They are still making us pay 100 dollars for an access code to use the homework program in math. Gross.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on January 12, 2016, 05:54:40 PM
Yeah, you're definitely not supposed to drive that slowly here. It's just that no one with the authority to do anything about this gives a damn. I sincerely wish they did - I shouldn't have to plan to leave 15 min early all the time because some douche wants to drive 20mph down 10 miles of single-lane streets.

At least in CT, you will fail your drivers license test if you drive more than 4mph under the posted limit for no reason.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 12, 2016, 06:21:37 PM
And what's with the local news stations, and acting as if everyone living here in an area of the country that deals with snowfall on a yearly basis doesn't know the back end of a snow shovel from the handle?

On the news this morning it was suggested by the very serious weather lady that everyone leave home 15 minutes early, because, you know, there's 1-3 inches of snow...roads are a bit slippery...gee thanks weather lady, should I wear fucking jacket, perhaps some gloves as well?

In Florida do they suggest everyone put on sunscreen each time the sun is out?

Should I not lick the steel pole in the cold weather with my tongue?






Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 12, 2016, 09:46:43 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 12, 2016, 06:21:37 PMShould I not lick the steel pole in the cold weather with my tongue?

I think that's the recommended procedure Bruno. Lick with the tongue. Not sure what else you would lick it with, but....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 13, 2016, 07:06:54 AM
Lick it. Pant on it. Get tongue back. Declare victory.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on January 13, 2016, 11:57:08 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 12, 2016, 02:41:57 PM
That actually makes sense. I cannot wait to get out of this ass backwards area.

This implies the existence of ass forwards areas and I'm not at all sure that I approve of them. :-\

Disapproving of slow drivers, you might disapprove more if they weren't. Know your limitations.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on January 13, 2016, 12:25:13 PM
John Lou Dave
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 13, 2016, 02:12:12 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 12, 2016, 09:46:43 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 12, 2016, 06:21:37 PMShould I not lick the steel pole in the cold weather with my tongue?

I think that's the recommended procedure Bruno. Lick with the tongue. Not sure what else you would lick it with, but....

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 14, 2016, 12:37:07 PM
So despite new battery and all the loving care I can provide my car remains a dead popsicle.
Finally gave in and had it towed to a shop. They are going to put it inside over the weekend to thaw out and have a look at it on Monday. Just hope it won't be an expensive fix.

In unrelated news the Red Tape League are dragging their feet in regards to my unemployment benefits, which is starting to put a serious echo in my wallet.

And I am still awaiting response to a very important personal letter I sent some time ago, which is causing considerable stress and nervousness.

And I'm still unemployed.

And it's -22c (-7f for you yanks) temperature outside.


2016 sucks!  :felix:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Insoluble on January 14, 2016, 01:02:14 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 14, 2016, 12:37:07 PM

And I am still awaiting response to a very important personal letter I sent some time ago, which is causing considerable stress and nervousness.


I promptly replied, so you didn't receive it?
I just  don't see how we can make it work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 14, 2016, 01:04:59 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 14, 2016, 12:37:07 PM
So despite new battery and all the loving care I can provide my car remains a dead popsicle.
Finally gave in and had it towed to a shop. They are going to put it inside over the weekend to thaw out and have a look at it on Monday. Just hope it won't be an expensive fix.

In unrelated news the Red Tape League are dragging their feet in regards to my unemployment benefits, which is starting to put a serious echo in my wallet.

And I am still awaiting response to a very important personal letter I sent some time ago, which is causing considerable stress and nervousness.

And I'm still unemployed.

And it's -22c (-7f for you yanks) temperature outside.


2016 sucks!  :felix:

Yes, well... Year of The Asmo and all that... Nice is not to be expected.

What's the deal with unemployment benefits? Don't they sort of just have to pay you? Or were you asked to leave the job and did so "of your own accord"? Because then, the rules are slightly different. Basically, they make you wait.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 14, 2016, 01:54:01 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 14, 2016, 12:37:07 PM
So despite new battery and all the loving care I can provide my car remains a dead popsicle.
Finally gave in and had it towed to a shop. They are going to put it inside over the weekend to thaw out and have a look at it on Monday. Just hope it won't be an expensive fix.

In unrelated news the Red Tape League are dragging their feet in regards to my unemployment benefits, which is starting to put a serious echo in my wallet.

And I am still awaiting response to a very important personal letter I sent some time ago, which is causing considerable stress and nervousness.

And I'm still unemployed.

And it's -22c (-7f for you yanks) temperature outside.


2016 sucks!  :felix:

That sucks buddy. Hope the government gets their heads out of their asses soon so you can get some money.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 14, 2016, 03:09:35 PM
What's the car doing Dag? Turning over but not firing? Turning over and firing but not starting? Not turning over at all despite a new battery? Not that I can really offer any advice as I'm pretty sure Europe uses a different emission control system than our OBDII. It's probably similar but quirky in it's own way.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean Prime on January 14, 2016, 06:03:53 PM
My first guess is that something is frozen. A fuel line or some such. Certain makes and models are prone to that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 14, 2016, 06:18:06 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 14, 2016, 03:09:35 PM
What's the car doing Dag? Turning over but not firing? Turning over and firing but not starting? Not turning over at all despite a new battery? Not that I can really offer any advice as I'm pretty sure Europe uses a different emission control system than our OBDII. It's probably similar but quirky in it's own way.
Current best guess is that the diesel filter started the whole thing, but the frost might have gotten to the starter as well. We'll have to see once it has been thawed out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 15, 2016, 01:37:08 AM
A fuel filter would be an easy fix. So long as it's not one of those damn plastic tabbed fuckers like I have on my car... but you did send it to a shop. They likely have the proper tool to remove the old filter.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 16, 2016, 09:47:30 AM
Last week they told us that the paperwork for our house-move was finally done and all we had to do was fix a date.  They now tell me that's not so.  The final issue was my buyer's mortgage, and that was formally agreed last week, and the mortgage company e-mailed confirmation to her lawyer.  However we now find that an e-mail is not enough, and that he won't proceed until he's had the offer on paper.  So we're all hoping the damn thing arrives on Monday.  Extremely annoying.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 16, 2016, 08:01:00 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 16, 2016, 09:47:30 AM
Last week they told us that the paperwork for our house-move was finally done and all we had to do was fix a date.  They now tell me that's not so.  The final issue was my buyer's mortgage, and that was formally agreed last week, and the mortgage company e-mailed confirmation to her lawyer.  However we now find that an e-mail is not enough, and that he won't proceed until he's had the offer on paper.  So we're all hoping the damn thing arrives on Monday.  Extremely annoying.

Sorry for your troubles OlderGit. I Curse those damn lawyers! ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 17, 2016, 03:05:48 AM
We do not curse our resident lawyer Bruce. He's our guy. All the rest of 'em, yes curse them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 17, 2016, 09:44:36 AM
Bruce wouldn't bugger people about like this bloke.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 17, 2016, 12:42:26 PM
Good luck for tomorrow OG. Hope it arrives!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 17, 2016, 06:34:34 PM
The weatherman called for clear skies with some rain in the morning. I woke up to a blanket of snow with more falling by the minute. SNOW!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 17, 2016, 06:54:32 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 16, 2016, 09:47:30 AM
Last week they told us that the paperwork for our house-move was finally done and all we had to do was fix a date.  They now tell me that's not so.  The final issue was my buyer's mortgage, and that was formally agreed last week, and the mortgage company e-mailed confirmation to her lawyer.  However we now find that an e-mail is not enough, and that he won't proceed until he's had the offer on paper.  So we're all hoping the damn thing arrives on Monday.  Extremely annoying.
I've been following your story, sounds very frustrating.  :therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 18, 2016, 12:35:52 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 14, 2016, 12:37:07 PM
So despite new battery and all the loving care I can provide my car remains a dead popsicle.
Finally gave in and had it towed to a shop. They are going to put it inside over the weekend to thaw out and have a look at it on Monday. Just hope it won't be an expensive fix
So that hope was in vain. Blown starter. There goes all my money...  >:(


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 18, 2016, 01:38:56 PM
Quote from: Icarus on January 17, 2016, 03:05:48 AM
We do not curse our resident lawyer Bruce. He's our guy. All the rest of 'em, yes curse them.

To be clear my curse was directed only at lawyers who are not on retainer here at HAF! ;D


Quote from: Guardian85 on January 18, 2016, 12:35:52 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 14, 2016, 12:37:07 PM
So despite new battery and all the loving care I can provide my car remains a dead popsicle.
Finally gave in and had it towed to a shop. They are going to put it inside over the weekend to thaw out and have a look at it on Monday. Just hope it won't be an expensive fix
So that hope was in vain. Blown starter. There goes all my money...  >:(




Bummer GMan, sorry to hear that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 18, 2016, 04:46:23 PM
G85, what's a new starter cost?  And can you save some money by fitting it yourself?  They're often a relatively simple job.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean Prime on January 18, 2016, 05:04:41 PM
I would say "get a proper Opel", but one has to be a little lucky with those too - or know what to look for when buying.

In any case, have you checked scrapyards? They often have parts like starters for cheaper than new and... Well, let's face it, it probably doesn't have to work for another fifteen-or-so years.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 18, 2016, 07:32:26 PM
The shop has sourced a second-hand part from Sweden. Will get here Thursday.
As for fitting it myself, I don't think so. I am not disassembling the front of my van outside, in between -15c to -25c temperatures. Maybe if it had blown in summer.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on January 19, 2016, 01:28:54 AM
There's a raccoon dying next to my shed and the town animal control doesn't give a shit because it hasn't bit anyone.

Which makes me both sad - I fucking love raccoons, they're nature's adorable assholes - and angry, because we're really gonna let a diseased raccoon wander around a neighborhood since it hasn't bitten anyone yet? And he's almost certainly going to be dead next to my barn tomorrow, so now how, exactly, am I supposed to deal with a diseased dead raccoon rotting next to my barn?

Apparently when I'm both sad and angry they mesh into grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 19, 2016, 01:38:54 AM
Pick it up by the tail and toss it into the woods as far as you can. Poke it with a stick first, so you can be sure it won't spring to life and rip your face off. Coons have viscous claws.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on January 19, 2016, 01:59:22 AM
We only have a half acre... No real woods, and nowhere far enough away that we won't smell it decomposing. I just don't want to end up rabies contaminated again. Been down that road. No fun.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 19, 2016, 03:01:52 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on January 19, 2016, 01:28:54 AM
There's a raccoon dying next to my shed and the town animal control doesn't give a shit because it hasn't bit anyone.

Which makes me both sad - I fucking love raccoons, they're nature's adorable assholes - and angry, because we're really gonna let a diseased raccoon wander around a neighborhood since it hasn't bitten anyone yet? And he's almost certainly going to be dead next to my barn tomorrow, so now how, exactly, am I supposed to deal with a diseased dead raccoon rotting next to my barn?

Apparently when I'm both sad and angry they mesh into grumpy.
Don't suppose you have a firearm, do you? Might be a kindness to put it out of its misery.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 19, 2016, 05:53:18 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on January 19, 2016, 01:59:22 AM
We only have a half acre... No real woods, and nowhere far enough away that we won't smell it decomposing. I just don't want to end up rabies contaminated again. Been down that road. No fun.

Put it in a trash bag and drop it off at the animal control headquarters. Several trash bags if you don't have a pickup truck. Leave a note on the bag, just to be snarky and use a pair of sticks to avoid touching the coon...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 19, 2016, 01:37:41 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on January 19, 2016, 01:59:22 AM
We only have a half acre... No real woods, and nowhere far enough away that we won't smell it decomposing. I just don't want to end up rabies contaminated again. Been down that road. No fun.

Oh crap PC, how did you get contaminated with rabies, did you go through prophylaxis treatment?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 19, 2016, 02:11:56 PM
The Asmo's bio warfare flying ratties have long been suspected of contaminating stuff with rabies, but He denies it, so perhaps not...  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 19, 2016, 03:19:44 PM
I'm getting seriously annoyed over this house purchase.  Last week we were told that all can go ahead when the buyer's solicitor gets a certain letter.  This she has now got, but she still won't proceed because of two issues which we thought had been cleared up before Christmas.  It seems she's deliberately stalling, but we can't see why.  Steam is now issuing from my ears and nostrils. >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 19, 2016, 03:20:57 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 19, 2016, 02:11:56 PM
The Asmo's bio warfare flying ratties have long been suspected of contaminating stuff with rabies, but He denies it, so perhaps not...  :o

Here's some interesting information on his Greyships minions and rabies.

Bats (https://batworld.org/rabies-info/)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on January 19, 2016, 06:11:31 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 19, 2016, 01:37:41 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on January 19, 2016, 01:59:22 AM
We only have a half acre... No real woods, and nowhere far enough away that we won't smell it decomposing. I just don't want to end up rabies contaminated again. Been down that road. No fun.

Oh crap PC, how did you get contaminated with rabies, did you go through prophylaxis treatment?

My first dog was a Beagle/Springer mix. She would track and hold anything, for any length of time. A raccoon wandered into our garage around 2PM, which of course she flushed out and fought back into her crate. Because raccoons are nasty motherfuckers who don't run. My dad grabbed a broom and closed the crate while I dragged her back. She had several punctures, scratches and was absolutely covered in saliva. We called animal control, which was still a run around if I remember correctly, and it did test positive for rabies. If we'd had any open skin - even a hangnail - we could have been infected touching her. We all did the full vaccine series. They don't hurt as bad some people say. They aren't in your abdomen anymore. But each one hurts a bit more than the last and it's a pain in the balls to keep going back to the hospital.

Anyway... Present day raccoon is still there. Or was, when I left for work. He looked more alert but hadn't moved at all. I've been calling around to wildlife non-profits but I'm not home today so that's a problem. The town IS supposed to deal with this, so wildlife rescue is trying to pull a "get off your asses, dickbags" for me. I specifically reported labored breathing and lack of reaction.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 23, 2016, 04:19:37 AM
So whatever happened to your friend the raccoon PC?


I did the weirdest thing tonight, in fact it's the second time this week I've done something absentmindedly. Monday driving home from work I completely miss my turnoff from one freeway to the other, something I've never done before, and it takes me a while to even notice I'm on the wrong freeway headed toward downtown Detroit. By the time I do realize that I'm headed the wrong way it's too late for me to turn around, ends up taking me almost 30 minutes longer to get home.

Tonight I get home from the grocery store and after I finish unpacking my groceries I pour my self a half glass of raw juice, which I normally cut with some coconut water because it is too sweet. I open the refrigerator to grab a small carton of the coconut water, but instead grab a container of chicken broth.

Same type of plastic top, but much larger and different shaped container, and not only do I pour the broth in my glass, but return the container to the refrigerator, and then start drinking the juice/broth....I thought the juice had gone bad or something, tasted horrible.

Got to figure out what the hell these cobwebs are doing in my head, or at least how to clean them out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 23, 2016, 04:41:21 AM
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 23, 2016, 07:56:45 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 19, 2016, 03:19:44 PM
I'm getting seriously annoyed over this house purchase.  Last week we were told that all can go ahead when the buyer's solicitor gets a certain letter.  This she has now got, but she still won't proceed because of two issues which we thought had been cleared up before Christmas.  It seems she's deliberately stalling, but we can't see why.  Steam is now issuing from my ears and nostrils. >:(

Feel for you OG - the not knowing what is behind all this stalling is just as bad as the actual problem.  Is there any possibilty that you might lose the house you are moving into?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on January 23, 2016, 08:43:47 PM
The raccoon was removed by Animal Rescue League of Boston on Wednesday afternoon, who brought it to Tufts Wildlife Clinic where it was deemed "neurological" and euthanized. Obviously an animal can present with neurological symptoms for a number of reasons. Since I have dogs on the property, do not keep my eyes on them every second they are outdoors, and do not know when the raccoon arrived (I found it Monday at 4pm) it was sent out for rabies testing. Supposedly this process takes 24 hours and they only call if there is a positive. So I should have heard back on Friday if there was cause for concern. I'm hoping there truly isn't, and the results didn't get bogged down and now everyone is away for the weekend.

Regardless, my gut is that it wasn't rabies. I don't feel like a small animal would survive 2+ days exposed in sub freezing temps with high wind chill, so sick it couldn't move, if it were rabid. And if it were, I'm 99.9% sure my dogs did not make contact. They would have ripped him through the fence if they got that close. They've done it before. They were also running to the closest point at the fence that they could see the raccoon, which those of you familiar with dogs know they will do rather than takin a long way round even if it means ultimately getting closer to their goal. Dog brains don't work that way. If they had connected that going around and under the barn meant getting closer to him, they'd have been rushing to do it, not staring him from 3 feet away through the other side of the fence. But the state doesn't care about any of that so I'm glad it doesn't seem like I'll be involved in a quarantine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 23, 2016, 08:55:05 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on January 23, 2016, 08:43:47 PM
The raccoon was removed by Animal Rescue League of Boston on Wednesday afternoon, who brought it to Tufts Wildlife Clinic where it was deemed "neurological" and euthanized. Obviously an animal can present with neurological symptoms for a number of reasons. Since I have dogs on the property, do not keep my eyes on them every second they are outdoors, and do not know when the raccoon arrived (I found it Monday at 4pm) it was sent out for rabies testing. Supposedly this process takes 24 hours and they only call if there is a positive. So I should have heard back on Friday if there was cause for concern. I'm hoping there truly isn't, and the results didn't get bogged down and now everyone is away for the weekend.

Regardless, my gut is that it wasn't rabies. I don't feel like a small animal would survive 2+ days exposed in sub freezing temps with high wind chill, so sick it couldn't move, if it were rabid. And if it were, I'm 99.9% sure my dogs did not make contact. They would have ripped him through the fence if they got that close. They've done it before. They were also running to the closest point at the fence that they could see the raccoon, which those of you familiar with dogs know they will do rather than takin a long way round even if it means ultimately getting closer to their goal. Dog brains don't work that way. If they had connected that going around and under the barn meant getting closer to him, they'd have been rushing to do it, not staring him from 3 feet away through the other side of the fence. But the state doesn't care about any of that so I'm glad it doesn't seem like I'll be involved in a quarantine.

That's good news at least for you and your dogs, hopefully like you mentioned they aren't sitting on positive results and waiting until Monday to contact you, but that type of crap from a government agency wouldn't surprise me.

Are you getting hit by the blizzard at all were you are?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on January 23, 2016, 10:10:52 PM
So far no, which in fact makes me quite grumpy. I don't want to shut the state down or cause anyone harm, but I'd really like a decent amount of snow. I've been playing this dangerous game of "too much ice and snow to bike, not enough snow to sled" and it's getting really old.

Apparently there's a high pressure polar front pushing down over us which is why the storm is hovering over DC.

You getting anything?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 23, 2016, 11:26:43 PM
Got the car back yesterday. It runs now, but cost a fair bit to fix. And apparently it has some other problems that will eventually need fixing.
Think I'm going to reach out to my old High School. See if their auto mechanic class want to use it for a class project.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on January 24, 2016, 01:33:22 AM
I am officially running a fever.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 24, 2016, 03:01:50 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 23, 2016, 11:26:43 PM
Got the car back yesterday. It runs now, but cost a fair bit to fix. And apparently it has some other problems that will eventually need fixing.
Think I'm going to reach out to my old High School. See if their auto mechanic class want to use it for a class project.

You mean would just donate it to the school?


Quote from: Pasta Chick on January 23, 2016, 10:10:52 PM
So far no, which in fact makes me quite grumpy. I don't want to shut the state down or cause anyone harm, but I'd really like a decent amount of snow. I've been playing this dangerous game of "too much ice and snow to bike, not enough snow to sled" and it's getting really old.

Apparently there's a high pressure polar front pushing down over us which is why the storm is hovering over DC.

You getting anything?

No same boat here, in fact we've hardly had any snowfall...only used the snow shovel twice. I've done some biking as well, in fact heading out tomorrow morning for a ride since it's at cold and the trails are hard, but we're getting nothing at all from this storm.

Today it was sunny skies, temperature right around 30F, with only a 15% chance of precipitation between now and Thursday so I took my car in and had it washed.

If I want any snow accumulation I have to head north, which I plan to do in about 3-4 weeks.

It's been a brown winter.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 24, 2016, 03:11:04 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 24, 2016, 03:01:50 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 23, 2016, 11:26:43 PM
Got the car back yesterday. It runs now, but cost a fair bit to fix. And apparently it has some other problems that will eventually need fixing.
Think I'm going to reach out to my old High School. See if their auto mechanic class want to use it for a class project.

You mean would just donate it to the school?
No. They let their senior students take repair jobs as a way to get experience. Kinda like getting your hair cut by an apprentice.
There are quite a few annoying little gremlins residing in my automobile. I wish to convince them to make a project out of driving them out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 24, 2016, 03:30:45 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 24, 2016, 03:11:04 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 24, 2016, 03:01:50 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 23, 2016, 11:26:43 PM
Got the car back yesterday. It runs now, but cost a fair bit to fix. And apparently it has some other problems that will eventually need fixing.
Think I'm going to reach out to my old High School. See if their auto mechanic class want to use it for a class project.

You mean would just donate it to the school?
No. They let their senior students take repair jobs as a way to get experience. Kinda like getting your hair cut by an apprentice.
There are quite a few annoying little gremlins residing in my automobile. I wish to convince them to make a project out of driving them out.

So free labour, you only have to pay for the parts?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 24, 2016, 05:17:49 AM
Quote from: Velma on January 24, 2016, 01:33:22 AM
I am officially running a fever.
What's wrong, Velma?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on January 24, 2016, 05:29:51 AM
Quote from: Velma on January 24, 2016, 01:33:22 AM
I am officially running a fever.

Gute Besserung. Get well soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 24, 2016, 05:35:03 AM
Quote from: Velma on January 24, 2016, 01:33:22 AM
I am officially running a fever.

Sorry Velma, I didn't notice this earlier and posted over it. Hope it's nothing too serious...take care.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on January 24, 2016, 10:50:08 AM
It appears I have some sort of upper respiratory bug - fever, cough, congestion. Shortly after the post about the fever, I went to bed. I've not managed to sleep more than a hour or so at a time. Some nighttime cold medicine helped with the symptoms, but I still feel yucky.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 24, 2016, 12:53:21 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 24, 2016, 03:30:45 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 24, 2016, 03:11:04 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 24, 2016, 03:01:50 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 23, 2016, 11:26:43 PM
Got the car back yesterday. It runs now, but cost a fair bit to fix. And apparently it has some other problems that will eventually need fixing.
Think I'm going to reach out to my old High School. See if their auto mechanic class want to use it for a class project.

You mean would just donate it to the school?
No. They let their senior students take repair jobs as a way to get experience. Kinda like getting your hair cut by an apprentice.
There are quite a few annoying little gremlins residing in my automobile. I wish to convince them to make a project out of driving them out.

So free labour, you only have to pay for the parts?
Not free, but only one fifth of the cost of taking it to a garage.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on January 25, 2016, 04:41:01 PM
Feeling better - just in time to go back to work. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on January 28, 2016, 03:13:57 PM
I tweaked something in my neck or back 2 days ago and am still having trouble turning my head. Not sure how it happened, just started hurting while walking to the bus. Been alternating between hot and cold pads, taking lots of Advil, and resting. It's better but still stiff, and I have to rely on my wife to help pull me to my feet in the morning.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 28, 2016, 03:51:28 PM
Quote from: Firebird on January 28, 2016, 03:13:57 PM
I tweaked something in my neck or back 2 days ago and am still having trouble turning my head. Not sure how it happened, just started hurting while walking to the bus. Been alternating between hot and cold pads, taking lots of Advil, and resting. It's better but still stiff, and I have to rely on my wife to help pull me to my feet in the morning.

That's not good. Could it be a knot?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on January 28, 2016, 04:27:17 PM
Quote from: Firebird on January 28, 2016, 03:13:57 PM
I tweaked something in my neck or back 2 days ago and am still having trouble turning my head. Not sure how it happened, just started hurting while walking to the bus. Been alternating between hot and cold pads, taking lots of Advil, and resting. It's better but still stiff, and I have to rely on my wife to help pull me to my feet in the morning.

Sounds like posture strain. If you have been watching TV, Playing computer games, reading, sleeping, using a computer in an odd position it is the most likely cause and super common, this could either be a knot like Bud suggests or could be torticollis. Stress related ones usually result in headaches that verge on nausea. Knots are easy to get rid of and easy to find, lightly probe your neck to find tender spots also work down that muscle to see if there are any more then light massage them all out. Also do a quick search on neck and back pressure points and apply some pressure to those areas, they wont get rid of the pain but will alleviate it. Take ibuprofen as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on January 29, 2016, 03:20:27 AM
Yeah, likely a knot, I think in my back.  I am feeling better today. I do spend most of my time in front of a computer, so I wouldn't be surprised if that caused it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 29, 2016, 04:42:59 AM
Time for a new thermostat. I really don't feel like draining the coolant so I may try a trick where you blow the coolant into the overflow tank with an air compressor. This could result in an epic mess if it doesn't work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 29, 2016, 11:33:54 AM
Work load. It's picking up again.  >:(

The Asmo is actually pleased with that, but also displeased because nothing but ratties *really* pleases The Asmo.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 29, 2016, 12:20:54 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 29, 2016, 04:42:59 AM
Time for a new thermostat. I really don't feel like draining the coolant so I may try a trick where you blow the coolant into the overflow tank with an air compressor. This could result in an epic mess if it doesn't work.

Good luck, jj!  I hope you've got good waterproof clothing! ;D

And I hope the Grey One will soon be blessed with a multitude of ratties!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 29, 2016, 12:24:33 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on January 23, 2016, 07:56:45 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 19, 2016, 03:19:44 PM
I'm getting seriously annoyed over this house purchase.  Last week we were told that all can go ahead when the buyer's solicitor gets a certain letter.  This she has now got, but she still won't proceed because of two issues which we thought had been cleared up before Christmas.  It seems she's deliberately stalling, but we can't see why.  Steam is now issuing from my ears and nostrils. >:(

Feel for you OG - the not knowing what is behind all this stalling is just as bad as the actual problem.  Is there any possibilty that you might lose the house you are moving into?

Sorry I missed that post, E-M.  The answer is, we were in some danger of that, but not now.  Phew.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on January 29, 2016, 09:42:06 PM
Saw my rheumatologist last Friday. He confirmed that my rheumatoid arthritis is slowing the healing of my fractured/sprained knee, especially the sprained ligament. This is not new information, but somehow having it confirmed by a second doctor makes it more depressing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 30, 2016, 01:13:04 AM
So I was scrolling through the local news station's Facebook page to find a particular article and I come across a post about a new bill that just got passed in Indiana for LGBT rights. I know that reading the comments on anything is always a bad idea but the comments on that article were nothing short of infuriating and depressing. It is honestly scary to see how many people in the city I live in would be happy to see me beaten and ridiculed.

I think I'm going to get off the internet for a while and snuggle with my cats.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 30, 2016, 02:20:58 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 30, 2016, 01:13:04 AM
So I was scrolling through the local news station's Facebook page to find a particular article and I come across a post about a new bill that just got passed in Indiana for LGBT rights. I know that reading the comments on anything is always a bad idea but the comments on that article were nothing short of infuriating and depressing. It is honestly scary to see how many people in the city I live in would be happy to see me beaten and ridiculed.

I think I'm going to get off the internet for a while and snuggle with my cats.

Bummer Bud, well just remember there's an awful lot of people who don't feel that way, so fuck-off I say to those ignorant, sodden toads...anyway here's "Hugs" if you want them, and keep an eye on those "kats". One minute your snuggling, and the next thing you know they've sucked out yer' soul.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 30, 2016, 06:56:38 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 30, 2016, 02:20:58 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 30, 2016, 01:13:04 AM
So I was scrolling through the local news station's Facebook page to find a particular article and I come across a post about a new bill that just got passed in Indiana for LGBT rights. I know that reading the comments on anything is always a bad idea but the comments on that article were nothing short of infuriating and depressing. It is honestly scary to see how many people in the city I live in would be happy to see me beaten and ridiculed.

I think I'm going to get off the internet for a while and snuggle with my cats.

Bummer Bud, well just remember there's an awful lot of people who don't feel that way, so fuck-off I say to those ignorant, sodden toads...anyway here's "Hugs" if you want them, and keep an eye on those "kats". One minute your snuggling, and the next thing you know they've sucked out yer' soul.
Bruno!
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Please!
I can't even...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 30, 2016, 07:18:36 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 30, 2016, 01:13:04 AM
So I was scrolling through the local news station's Facebook page to find a particular article and I come across a post about a new bill that just got passed in Indiana for LGBT rights. I know that reading the comments on anything is always a bad idea but the comments on that article were nothing short of infuriating and depressing. It is honestly scary to see how many people in the city I live in would be happy to see me beaten and ridiculed.

I think I'm going to get off the internet for a while and snuggle with my cats.

There will always be deadheads. We love you  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 30, 2016, 09:22:58 AM
What Tank said.  If you come and live in Europe, you won't get this. ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 30, 2016, 12:53:16 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 29, 2016, 12:24:33 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on January 23, 2016, 07:56:45 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 19, 2016, 03:19:44 PM
I'm getting seriously annoyed over this house purchase.  Last week we were told that all can go ahead when the buyer's solicitor gets a certain letter.  This she has now got, but she still won't proceed because of two issues which we thought had been cleared up before Christmas.  It seems she's deliberately stalling, but we can't see why.  Steam is now issuing from my ears and nostrils. >:(

Feel for you OG - the not knowing what is behind all this stalling is just as bad as the actual problem.  Is there any possibilty that you might lose the house you are moving into?

Well good luck for Wednesday!

Sorry I missed that post, E-M.  The answer is, we were in some danger of that, but not now.  Phew.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 30, 2016, 01:03:18 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 30, 2016, 01:13:04 AM
So I was scrolling through the local news station's Facebook page to find a particular article and I come across a post about a new bill that just got passed in Indiana for LGBT rights. I know that reading the comments on anything is always a bad idea but the comments on that article were nothing short of infuriating and depressing. It is honestly scary to see how many people in the city I live in would be happy to see me beaten and ridiculed.

I think I'm going to get off the internet for a while and snuggle with my cats.

Well please don't include HAF in your reduced internet usage.  :daisies:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on January 30, 2016, 02:29:05 PM
Quote from: OldGit on January 30, 2016, 09:22:58 AM
What Tank said.  If you come and live in Europe, you won't get this. ;D

Hell, just move to one of the coasts, or a city like Chicago if you don't want to go too far. I've heard Bloomington is a pocket of progressive sanity in Indiana too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on January 30, 2016, 09:50:03 PM
OK, but we want Buddy to come and live with us.  After all, she started off life as a European. ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 01, 2016, 10:09:08 PM
Asthma. >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 02, 2016, 06:31:25 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 01, 2016, 10:09:08 PM
Asthma. >:(
I grew out of asthma but I remember it vividly. Horrible. Hope it clears up soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 02, 2016, 06:56:46 AM
Quote from: Tank on February 02, 2016, 06:31:25 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 01, 2016, 10:09:08 PM
Asthma. >:(
I grew out of asthma but I remember it vividly. Horrible. Hope it clears up soon.
Thank you, Tank.  :hug:
It is horrible isn't it?
Mine started when I was 21 years old, I don't think it'll ever go away.  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 01:22:17 PM
Ugh, why is everyone sick? Misery and company and all.

I'm having my third period in 6 weeks. Just waiting for the doctor to open so I can call. I feel like crap and want to go to ER except I know they won't do anything for me unless I say I think I've got ovarian torsion, which is a lie. So here I stand because we're not allowed to sit at work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on February 02, 2016, 01:41:04 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 01:22:17 PM
Ugh, why is everyone sick? Misery and company and all.
Why... The Asmo, He decreed it so. What more reason could there be?  :???:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 02, 2016, 01:54:59 PM
I'll add one more to the sick club. Got zero sleep last night due to a sinus infection.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 02, 2016, 02:02:03 PM
And my left ankle (the one I trashed way back when) is acting up again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 02, 2016, 02:06:32 PM
Sorry to hear so many of you are sick, I do hope you all feel better soon, but I'm glad there is no way to spread viruses over the internet (Yet)...anyway I'll add my name to the sick and disabled list, as I broke a nail this morning, had to file it down lower one I got into the office.

I'm okay now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 02, 2016, 02:22:03 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on February 02, 2016, 02:06:32 PM
Sorry to hear so many of you are sick, I do hope you all feel better soon, but I'm glad there is no way to spread viruses over the internet (Yet)...anyway I'll add my name to the sick and disabled list, as I broke a nail this morning, had to file it down lower one I got into the office.

I'm okay now.

I actually did the same thing yesterday when I slammed a finger in the car door. I ended up putting a fake nail over the stump because it was so sensitive and I kept hitting it on everything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 04:43:08 PM
OMFG I broke a nail too! Usually I just cut them all back to the same length when that happens, but it went way below the quick >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 02, 2016, 04:53:14 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 04:43:08 PM
OMFG I broke a nail too! Usually I just cut them all back to the same length when that happens, but it went way below the quick >:(

I hate it when that happens. It's always painful and ugly until the nail grows out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 05:27:51 PM
My OCD is going bonkers because they aren't all the same length. I'm on the verge of just slicing them all back to nothing.

Going for bloodwork later and waiting on calls from a referral service. Not sure whether to be scared or annoyed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on February 02, 2016, 07:53:33 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 05:27:51 PM
My OCD is going bonkers because they aren't all the same length. I'm on the verge of just slicing them all back to nothing.
What if you put a band aid over that finger tip? Maybe out of sight will help.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 09:44:01 PM
Quote from: Davin on February 02, 2016, 07:53:33 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 05:27:51 PM
My OCD is going bonkers because they aren't all the same length. I'm on the verge of just slicing them all back to nothing.
What if you put a band aid over that finger tip? Maybe out of sight will help.

I totally tried this, but it ended up being in the way of typing  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 02, 2016, 10:43:58 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 09:44:01 PM
Quote from: Davin on February 02, 2016, 07:53:33 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 05:27:51 PM
My OCD is going bonkers because they aren't all the same length. I'm on the verge of just slicing them all back to nothing.
What if you put a band aid over that finger tip? Maybe out of sight will help.

I totally tried this, but it ended up being in the way of typing  :'(
ROTFLMAO 1st world problem of the internet generation!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 10:54:35 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 02, 2016, 10:43:58 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 09:44:01 PM
Quote from: Davin on February 02, 2016, 07:53:33 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 02, 2016, 05:27:51 PM
My OCD is going bonkers because they aren't all the same length. I'm on the verge of just slicing them all back to nothing.
What if you put a band aid over that finger tip? Maybe out of sight will help.

I totally tried this, but it ended up being in the way of typing  :'(
ROTFLMAO 1st world problem of the internet generation!!!

Don't be silly; I type with my thumbs when internetting for fun. This is purely a work-based problem.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2016, 11:49:02 AM
 :popcorn:

I, meanwhile, feel perfectly fine.  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 03, 2016, 04:10:03 PM
Good. Someone needs to.

I'm trying to decide if my current symptoms are anxiety or actual symptoms.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 03, 2016, 05:57:35 PM
My only goals for today are to drink my weight in hot chocolate and try not to overdose on cold medicine.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on February 03, 2016, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 03, 2016, 05:57:35 PM
My only goals for today are to drink my weight in hot chocolate and try not to overdose on cold medicine.

A swig of brandy in there will make you feel better!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 03, 2016, 06:39:41 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 03, 2016, 05:57:35 PM
My only goals for today are to drink my weight in hot chocolate and try not to overdose on cold medicine.
Well, if you are going to have a sick day that is the way to do it.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 03, 2016, 09:50:29 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 03, 2016, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 03, 2016, 05:57:35 PM
My only goals for today are to drink my weight in hot chocolate and try not to overdose on cold medicine.

A swig of obrandy in there will make you feel better!

I wish. I recently switched to a different antidepressant and it makes me really sick if I drink any kind of alcohol
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 03, 2016, 10:02:36 PM
My left ovary is a cyst, and I may or may not have something going on with my kidneys (which would be coincidental most likely). Plus some other vague shit I have to wait and see on. Fun!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 03, 2016, 10:06:18 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 03, 2016, 09:50:29 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 03, 2016, 06:36:19 PM


A swig of obrandy in there will make you feel better!

I wish. I recently switched to a different antidepressant and it makes me really sick if I drink any kind of alcohol
Now that really would make me depressed!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 04, 2016, 12:34:11 AM
I dearly hope that you are alright PC.  Unusually frequent periods are a probable sign that you are not in a family way. Aside from that, please take care and discover the reason or reasons for your odd periodic functions.  (hugs).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 04, 2016, 12:47:07 AM
So far almost everyone has been like "OMG ARE YOU PREGNANT?!?!" And I was starting to dearly hope so as anything surviving in the barren war zone of my uterus would have to be a complete badass.

I'm less worried about that all, maybe because I've been dealing with bullshit since I was 15. Freaking out a bit over the kidneys. I'm reading that eating meat prior to bloodwork can cause a false reading of outright kidney failure, so I'm hoping that's all it is. They told me not to fast, so I ate a plate of pulled pork and beans less than 2 hours before I went to the lab.

In which case I will be really irritated that they told me not to fast and then freaked out and sent me to a goddamn nephrologist.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 04, 2016, 02:18:58 AM
I am not grumpy but I am annoyed by a letter that appeared in my mail box today. The letter was addressed to my mother in law who has been deceased for more than ten years. Not only that but she lived in Kansas City, 1500 miles away, and had never ever visited Florida where I live.  OK so the sender has a mailing list that is not current or even close to accurate.  I understand that part.

MIL was not an active religious person but one of her sons in law is an off the deep end preacher man. Sheesh! The mailer hustler wants her to send money so that god will bless and keep her through all the days of her life. It is too late now of course. The Scammer or delusional lunatic, as the case may be, is running an outfit named: The Jerusalem Prayer Team International. Michael Evans, the head Honcho, is all disturbed that Israel is in danger of being demolished by the Muslim forces of evil. We are to involve ourselves in intercessory prayer for the Israelies, Sign a petition to have John Kerry (secretary of state of the US) intervene on behalf of the jews., and of course send money to Michael Evans. Evans is presumably a Christian pastor who has talked to god about the plight of "the chosen people" . 

Why am I annoyed by such a commonplace hustle? Because more than a few people, really compassionate people, not too bright ones, will actually send money to the bastard in an effort to ensure the favorable destiny of the "chosen people".

Please loosen your wallets and send money to Mike Evans
Jerusalem Prayer Team international
P.O.Box  3000
Phoenix AZ 85046-0009

Absent your generosity, perhaps you might like to correspond with him. Suspiciously, there was no internet address in the elaborate mailer. 

I am merely annoyed. That is nothing like the concern that I have for my virtual friends, Velma, PC and other good and decent people.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 04, 2016, 08:16:45 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 03, 2016, 10:02:36 PM
My left ovary is a cyst, and I may or may not have something going on with my kidneys (which would be coincidental most likely). Plus some other vague shit I have to wait and see on. Fun!
Damn these divinely created and carefully designed bodies. God is a fucking useless bio-mechanic.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on February 09, 2016, 07:35:24 PM
I seem to have lost my glasses >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 09, 2016, 10:20:19 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 09, 2016, 07:35:24 PM
I seem to have lost my glasses >:(
Where did you last see them?  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 09, 2016, 10:41:59 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on February 09, 2016, 10:20:19 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 09, 2016, 07:35:24 PM
I seem to have lost my glasses >:(
Where did you last see them?  ;D
Where did you leave them?   ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 10, 2016, 02:18:38 AM
My nose itched, so I searched it, which apparently was the wrong thing to do and I now have an externally bloody nose. It was annoying me, so I put a band aid on it, which isn't really less annoying but keeps me from being a walking, dripping biohazard. Have you ever tried to put a band aid on the side of your nose? It's pretty ridiculous. I'm actually not really grumpy about this at all. It's pretty goddamn funny. Or maybe I'm just laughing because there's adhesive on my nose. But either way, there's no "I feel like a ridiculous goon" thread, so here I am.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 10, 2016, 10:13:38 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 10, 2016, 02:18:38 AM
My nose itched, so I searched it, which apparently was the wrong thing to do and I now have an externally bloody nose. It was annoying me, so I put a band aid on it, which isn't really less annoying but keeps me from being a walking, dripping biohazard. Have you ever tried to put a band aid on the side of your nose? It's pretty ridiculous. I'm actually not really grumpy about this at all. It's pretty goddamn funny. Or maybe I'm just laughing because there's adhesive on my nose. But either way, there's no "I feel like a ridiculous goon" thread, so here I am.
You need to get those little round band aids. Work much better in weird places. ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 10, 2016, 11:18:02 AM
I'm convinced those no longer exist. Maybe they were a feature of the Berenstein bear universe. There used to be like 4 of them in a box of regular band aids along with the tiny little strips for finger tips and things... Which was still woefully inadequate, BUT AT LEAST WE HAD SOME. Now they come in huge, somewhat smaller, and weird middle size that I keep grabbing thinking it's the somewhat smaller one because there's barely a difference. THAT makes me grumpy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 10, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Since it has been four months and my knee fracture still hasn't healed, I'm going to have to have my knee replaced. That means major surgery, at least two days in the hospital, three to six weeks off work, and extensive physical therapy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 11, 2016, 01:53:00 AM
Quote from: Velma on February 10, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Since it has been four months and my knee fracture still hasn't healed, I'm going to have to have my knee replaced. That means major surgery, at least two days in the hospital, three to six weeks off work, and extensive physical therapy.
Bummer. Hope it works out.



While they're in there ask for a knee with bluetooth.

Everything is better with bluetooth.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 11, 2016, 02:50:44 AM
Quote from: Velma on February 10, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Since it has been four months and my knee fracture still hasn't healed, I'm going to have to have my knee replaced. That means major surgery, at least two days in the hospital, three to six weeks off work, and extensive physical therapy.

That is a bummer Velma, especially after what you've had to endure for the past four month, but I know several folks who have had knee replacement surgery, and they are so happy to have gotten the work done as all the issues and problems they had before have disappeared.
Also the recover period is quite fast, anyways best of luck to you.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
I knew it was a possibility, but it still caught me by surprise. I suppose I had only accepted it on an intellectual level.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 11, 2016, 01:12:17 PM
Quote from: Velma on February 10, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Since it has been four months and my knee fracture still hasn't healed, I'm going to have to have my knee replaced. That means major surgery, at least two days in the hospital, three to six weeks off work, and extensive physical therapy.
Blast and bugger it!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 12, 2016, 08:52:55 AM
Quote from: Tank on February 11, 2016, 01:12:17 PM
Quote from: Velma on February 10, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Since it has been four months and my knee fracture still hasn't healed, I'm going to have to have my knee replaced. That means major surgery, at least two days in the hospital, three to six weeks off work, and extensive physical therapy.
Blast and bugger it!
I think I said something like "Oh, crud" at the news.  :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 12, 2016, 04:46:57 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 11, 2016, 01:12:17 PM
Quote from: Velma on February 10, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Since it has been four months and my knee fracture still hasn't healed, I'm going to have to have my knee replaced. That means major surgery, at least two days in the hospital, three to six weeks off work, and extensive physical therapy.
Blast and bugger it!
In her current condition I don't think engaging in buggery would be a good idea...  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 12, 2016, 04:56:58 PM
Bad ninja, no sex jokes in the grumpy thread!

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 12, 2016, 05:07:28 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 12, 2016, 04:56:58 PM
Bad ninja, no sex jokes in the grumpy thread!

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What about Grumpy Sex? Can we talk or discuss that?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 12, 2016, 05:13:46 PM
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 12, 2016, 06:11:47 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 12, 2016, 05:13:46 PM
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 12, 2016, 06:35:22 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on February 12, 2016, 04:56:58 PM
Bad ninja, no sex jokes in the grumpy thread!

Hah! Make me...  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 12, 2016, 08:45:47 PM
You never realize how much your knee is involved in things like putting on pants or shoes until it is injured. Some days there is a lot of whimpering while I am getting dressed. It is like discovering just how important that muscle in your back is to everyday movement only after you strain it.   ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 12, 2016, 10:35:27 PM
Quote from: Velma on February 12, 2016, 08:45:47 PM
You never realize how much your knee is involved in things like putting on pants or shoes until it is injured. Some days there is a lot of whimpering while I am getting dressed. It is like discovering just how important that muscle in your back is to everyday movement only after you strain it.   ;D
Having spent three months with my left leg literally screwed together I can totally sympathize.  :therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 13, 2016, 02:00:09 AM
Thanks.   :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on February 13, 2016, 01:32:22 PM
I did have a gel bike seat cover
Recently noticed I no longer did
Theft of mine, it's an awful thing
If I'd transmissible bum disease,
I might have drawn some solace.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on February 16, 2016, 11:01:26 AM
There was a bargain going, craft-ish beer, 3.2 litres tap king things for $5, I snapped up twelve.  Tonight's one is absurdly² frothy, that's a bit bothersome.
There's not enough Viking movies, I'm going to have to watch Outlander again, ah Boromir and his mead, I bet he never had a froth problem.  grumpy

Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
"Started by jumbojak"
That's not a grumpy, just strange.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 16, 2016, 11:34:57 AM
Hm... Glad I don't drink beer. Lol.

I am super grumpy right now. No winter ever came this year, and on top of that - we're supposed to hit 83 degrees F next week! That's right... It's going to get hot. I'm going to have to throw all of my covers off my bed, during winter.

:lynch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on February 16, 2016, 11:54:41 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny on February 16, 2016, 11:01:26 AM
There was a bargain going, craft-ish beer, 3.2 litres tap king things for $5, I snapped up twelve.  Tonight's one is absurdly² frothy, that's a bit bothersome.
There's not enough Viking movies, I'm going to have to watch Outlander again, ah Boromir and his mead, I bet he never had a froth problem.  grumpy

Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
"Started by jumbojak"
That's not a grumpy, just strange.

Good froth can be fantastic. I was in the Turks Head in Leeds the other week and the froth on the beer there is amazing it must have an emulsifier added as it is similar to whipped egg whites and held its shape.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on February 16, 2016, 11:55:36 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on February 12, 2016, 05:07:28 PM
What about Grumpy Sex? Can we talk or discuss that?
Ah, yes. The Asmo does that. Grumpily. Both the sex part and the discussing thereof. In fact, He is one of a tiny handful of people He knows with no manner of taboos on the subject of sex.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on February 16, 2016, 12:04:34 PM
Quote from: Radiant on February 16, 2016, 11:34:57 AM
Hm... Glad I don't drink beer. Lol.

I am super grumpy right now. No winter ever came this year, and on top of that - we're supposed to hit 83 degrees F next week! That's right... It's going to get hot. I'm going to have to throw all of my covers off my bed, during winter.

:lynch:
"I am super grumpy right now"
Hm... Glad I don't don't drink beer, guffaw
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 16, 2016, 01:09:33 PM
Maybe I am particularly a grouch as of late, but dabbling in alcohol will not fix that problem.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 16, 2016, 01:51:52 PM
Quote from: Radiant on February 16, 2016, 01:09:33 PM
Maybe I am particularly a grouch as of late, but dabbling in alcohol will not fix that problem.

That's very true, so sayeth the man two years sober 8)


By the way where is JayJay lately? (Aka JJ)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on February 16, 2016, 01:56:09 PM
No dabbling won't suffice, you have to accept alcohol as your one true master, then it's all happy flower lands and baby lambs and annoying alarm clocks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 16, 2016, 05:50:03 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on February 16, 2016, 01:51:52 PM
Quote from: Radiant on February 16, 2016, 01:09:33 PM
Maybe I am particularly a grouch as of late, but dabbling in alcohol will not fix that problem.

That's very true, so sayeth the man two years sober 8)


By the way were is JayJay lately? (Aka JJ)

I'm here Bruno. Lurking and looking more than posting, but I'm here. And I found a song for you. Just been having trouble getting it to paste....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 16, 2016, 05:56:46 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 16, 2016, 05:50:03 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on February 16, 2016, 01:51:52 PM
Quote from: Radiant on February 16, 2016, 01:09:33 PM
Maybe I am particularly a grouch as of late, but dabbling in alcohol will not fix that problem.

That's very true, so sayeth the man two years sober 8)


By the way where is JayJay lately? (Aka JJ)

I'm here Bruno. Lurking and looking more than posting, but I'm here. And I found a song for you. Just been having trouble getting it to paste....

He JJ, good to hear from you...and I'm looking forward to hearing the song (I think?)  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on February 16, 2016, 11:11:51 PM
Quote from: Radiant on February 16, 2016, 11:34:57 AM
Hm... Glad I don't drink beer. Lol.

I am super grumpy right now. No winter ever came this year, and on top of that - we're supposed to hit 83 degrees F next week! That's right... It's going to get hot. I'm going to have to throw all of my covers off my bed, during winter.

:lynch:

Where exactly are you?
Last night we got snow and ice in Boston. It's now 50 degrees F and it's all melting.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 17, 2016, 03:22:08 AM
Quote from: Firebird on February 16, 2016, 11:11:51 PM
Quote from: Radiant on February 16, 2016, 11:34:57 AM
Hm... Glad I don't drink beer. Lol.

I am super grumpy right now. No winter ever came this year, and on top of that - we're supposed to hit 83 degrees F next week! That's right... It's going to get hot. I'm going to have to throw all of my covers off my bed, during winter.

:lynch:

Where exactly are you?
Last night we got snow and ice in Boston. It's now 50 degrees F and it's all melting.

Oklahoma. For the next ten days (at least) it won't even be cold enough during the night for snow. =/
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Steeler on February 17, 2016, 03:41:32 AM
I drove home from work last night in my underwear.
Made me kinda grumpy. Luckily I didn't need tip stop for anything along the way.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 17, 2016, 03:53:03 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on February 16, 2016, 01:51:52 PM
Quote from: Radiant on February 16, 2016, 01:09:33 PM
Maybe I am particularly a grouch as of late, but dabbling in alcohol will not fix that problem.

That's very true, so sayeth the man two years sober 8)

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 17, 2016, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: Steeler on February 17, 2016, 03:41:32 AM
I drove home from work last night in my underwear.
Made me kinda grumpy. Luckily I didn't need tip stop for anything along the way.

Chippendale's?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Steeler on February 17, 2016, 04:12:00 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 17, 2016, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: Steeler on February 17, 2016, 03:41:32 AM
I drove home from work last night in my underwear.
Made me kinda grumpy. Luckily I didn't need tip stop for anything along the way.

Chippendale's?

Sorry Jumbo, not that exciting. I work as a diesel tech and our uniform company shorted me on pants. I didn't want to wear dirtys home so I did what was necessary. Ha.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 17, 2016, 04:43:34 AM
Well, for some reason I find that dissapointing... not sure why.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean Prime on February 17, 2016, 04:57:01 AM
Because it kind of... Is?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 17, 2016, 08:39:10 AM
Came home from work to a letter from my rheumatologist. He is retiring in June. My last appointment with him is in April. Fortunately, it looks like the other two rheumatologists in that practice might have room for more patients.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 22, 2016, 11:10:56 PM
I heard on the news that a bill for vouchers has passed 'further than one ever has' on my state recently. That got me ranting, in front of my parents!

How dare these private schools demand to be private and free from the government, and then clamor for public funding through sneaky ways. You wanted no government, you want to not be held to standards of nondiscrimination, teaching science, etc. so... You do not get my taxed money in any way shape or form.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 25, 2016, 11:52:38 AM
I'm going to work on Saturday. Very long tedious hours.

I'm not looking forward to it at all.  :sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 25, 2016, 02:51:35 PM
I was awake most of the night because we had a pretty hardcore storm come through. The power blinked off at least twice that I remember - didn't have the courtesy to just stay off so I kept waking up when the bedroom tv turned back on by itself. Then it started thundering, loudly, for over an hour. And one of the dogs was freaking out the entire time because there's a thing in the house that beeps when it turns off. Her rendition of "freaking out" is going to the kitchen, which the bedroom is off of, and endlessly circling the island on the hardwood floor. It's like NASCAR but with two of the coconut guy from Monty Python. I want to stab things.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on February 25, 2016, 02:55:47 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 25, 2016, 02:51:35 PM
I was awake most of the night because we had a pretty hardcore storm come through. The power blinked off at least twice that I remember - didn't have the courtesy to just stay off so I kept waking up when the bedroom tv turned back on by itself. Then it started thundering, loudly, for over an hour. And one of the dogs was freaking out the entire time because there's a thing in the house that beeps when it turns off. Her rendition of "freaking out" is going to the kitchen, which the bedroom is off of, and endlessly circling the island on the hardwood floor. It's like NASCAR but with two of the coconut guy from Monty Python. I want to stab things.

Oh yeah, we got that too. Wind was freakishly loud. Luckily didn't lose any power, but my cat was definitely freaked too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 25, 2016, 03:08:41 PM
Yup, and it just went on forever. I think it started around 11PM and finally wound down around 5AM here.

I suppose I could have gotten up and switched the dogs so coconut NASCAR was crated, but I was so out of it I just ended up yelling variations of "fucking lie down you cunt!" While trying not to sound mad and scare her more. She probably would've circled in the crate anyway...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 25, 2016, 03:25:59 PM
We got hit with a huge storm as well, fortunately the areas hit with the most snow accumulation are north of us. Here in my city we only received a few inches, but 30-60 minutes drive north and they have up to a foot.

Anyway the boss closed the office today, and is letting us work from home which is extremely nice,...except I loss a filling in one of my molars, and my tooth/jaw is killing me.
I am leaving now to go see the dentist.
I almost hate dentists as much as I do nuns...and kats. Well not hate, more like dislike, they give me anxiety attacks.

I need spoons for this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on February 26, 2016, 08:31:26 PM
Got fined £100 today. Got a phone call if I could go meet someone on the other side of town, walked to the tram station and one was pulling up so I jumped on. Got my phone out to pay on the app and prior to paying the inspectors jumped on and came to me first. Ah well but that is the most expensive three stop journey I have ever been on.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on February 26, 2016, 09:05:11 PM
Quote from: Crow on February 26, 2016, 08:31:26 PM
Got fined £100 today. Got a phone call if I could go meet someone on the other side of town, walked to the tram station and one was pulling up so I jumped on. Got my phone out to pay on the app and prior to paying the inspectors jumped on and came to me first. Ah well but that is the most expensive three stop journey I have ever been on.

That's ridiculous. I'd appeal it!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on February 27, 2016, 11:51:22 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 26, 2016, 09:05:11 PM
Quote from: Crow on February 26, 2016, 08:31:26 PM
Got fined £100 today. Got a phone call if I could go meet someone on the other side of town, walked to the tram station and one was pulling up so I jumped on. Got my phone out to pay on the app and prior to paying the inspectors jumped on and came to me first. Ah well but that is the most expensive three stop journey I have ever been on.

That's ridiculous. I'd appeal it!

On what grounds?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on February 27, 2016, 01:21:21 PM
Surely if the app is to be of any use, they need to give you enough time to use it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on February 27, 2016, 01:38:53 PM
Quote from: Siz on February 27, 2016, 11:51:22 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 26, 2016, 09:05:11 PM
Quote from: Crow on February 26, 2016, 08:31:26 PM
Got fined £100 today. Got a phone call if I could go meet someone on the other side of town, walked to the tram station and one was pulling up so I jumped on. Got my phone out to pay on the app and prior to paying the inspectors jumped on and came to me first. Ah well but that is the most expensive three stop journey I have ever been on.

That's ridiculous. I'd appeal it!

On what grounds?

Ridiculousness, obviously, you can be so thick some times.
Look at his tee shirt, I know it doesn't look it, but,
you could reupholster the entire conveyance for the cost of it.
When did you inspectors start travelling in pairs anyway?
Oh ye, the deaths, they were rather messy weren't they?
You're not going to bother the foot on seat types then.
Ha, gotcha, you're profiling the safe to pinch people.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on February 27, 2016, 02:13:15 PM
Quote from: OldGit on February 27, 2016, 01:21:21 PM
Surely if the app is to be of any use, they need to give you enough time to use it.

Ye you're right, it fucking ridiculous

bring! bring! Ye? couldn't you get more? OK.
I've been appointed UK Urban Transit Authoritarian. 

If we give a hypothetical old git gent room, the loathsome will crawl through his hole.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on February 27, 2016, 02:13:47 PM
Quote from: Siz on February 27, 2016, 11:51:22 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 26, 2016, 09:05:11 PM
Quote from: Crow on February 26, 2016, 08:31:26 PM
Got fined £100 today. Got a phone call if I could go meet someone on the other side of town, walked to the tram station and one was pulling up so I jumped on. Got my phone out to pay on the app and prior to paying the inspectors jumped on and came to me first. Ah well but that is the most expensive three stop journey I have ever been on.

That's ridiculous. I'd appeal it!

On what grounds?

That he was in the process of paying.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on February 27, 2016, 02:22:05 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 27, 2016, 02:13:47 PM
Quote from: Siz on February 27, 2016, 11:51:22 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on February 26, 2016, 09:05:11 PM
Quote from: Crow on February 26, 2016, 08:31:26 PM
Got fined £100 today. Got a phone call if I could go meet someone on the other side of town, walked to the tram station and one was pulling up so I jumped on. Got my phone out to pay on the app and prior to paying the inspectors jumped on and came to me first. Ah well but that is the most expensive three stop journey I have ever been on.

That's ridiculous. I'd appeal it!

On what grounds?

That he was in the process of paying.

That's what they all say,
That's what I always say.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on February 27, 2016, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: OldGit on February 27, 2016, 01:21:21 PM
Surely if the app is to be of any use, they need to give you enough time to use it.

Usually you pay in advance. It does state on the tram you should have paid before hand I just happened to take the gamble and got unfortunate. The app is really quick once you have the stops and selected the type of ticket, it takes about 2 mins to do but that is longer than the time it takes to get to the next stop from the one I got on. I can't complain I know the rules, you get caught out you deal with the consequences. Just a typical jobsworth the rules are the rules no point in arguing with them.

The council has got really strict on transport payments recently. You could jump on the local trains and pay on the them (that was the norm due to the the queues) now they give you a ridiculous fine. Trams never use to have inspectors, now they are teeming with them. They must make a good amount of money to warrant the new employees.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on February 27, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: Crow on February 27, 2016, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: OldGit on February 27, 2016, 01:21:21 PM
Surely if the app is to be of any use, they need to give you enough time to use it.

It does state on the tram you should have paid before hand.

In that case, I take back my case for appeal.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 27, 2016, 06:18:24 PM


Have you ever found yourself in this situation before?

Your're out late on a Friday night, you drink waaaay too much, and wake up the next morning with no idea about where you are or even whom you went to sleep with the night before?

I imagine that's how this poor dogs gonna feel when it wakes up and realizes it slept with a kat!

Hungover Grumpy

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 12:25:48 AM
I have to wake up early tomorrow. Seriously, who wakes up at 7:30?!  :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 02, 2016, 03:28:31 AM
I just blew a phone interview. Granted, it's not like I"m trying to get out of my current job, this company seeked me out and I decided to talk to them, but they're very well-known and I feel like a moron. I guess I panicked.
Funny enough, they still want to do a follow-up interview with me in three weeks with the understanding that I need to prep for it, but I'll probably pull out of the running. Not worth the stress right now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 02, 2016, 05:06:51 AM
I put a set of rescued sockets in the soak last night and forgot about them. Turns out that CLR will eventually eat through chrome in addition to efficiently removing calcium, lime, and rust. The two ratchets turned out very nicely though. An old SK I think I'm going to really like as well as a Craftsman that will make a handy spare. Two tools that would've cost $50 and $15 respectively that I got for free. Might splurge on a rebuild kit for the SK as the ball is a bit too tight, but I'm happy with it for now.

Still grumpy about the sockets though...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 02, 2016, 06:42:58 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 12:25:48 AM
I have to wake up early tomorrow. Seriously, who wakes up at 7:30?!  :rant1:
6:20 normally.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on March 02, 2016, 08:48:47 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 12:25:48 AM
I have to wake up early tomorrow. Seriously, who wakes up at 7:30?!  :rant1:

I normally leave the house at 7:30!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 11:08:50 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 02, 2016, 06:42:58 AM
6:20 normally.

Quote from: Claireliontamer on March 02, 2016, 08:48:47 AM
I normally leave the house at 7:30!

:shocked: :shocked:

Morning people! How exotic.  :P
Normally I wake up at around 8:30 as I generally don't have anywhere to be in the early morning. Even then it's in full blown zombie mode. :zombie:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on March 02, 2016, 12:18:24 PM
I gut up at 5:00 am.  I go to the gym at 5:30 4-5 times a week.  I Can't sleep past 8:30 even on a weekend.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on March 02, 2016, 04:23:47 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 12:25:48 AM
I have to wake up early tomorrow. Seriously, who wakes up at 7:30?!  :rant1:
Normally at 4:30!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 02, 2016, 04:27:13 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 12:25:48 AM
I have to wake up early tomorrow. Seriously, who wakes up at 7:30?!  :rant1:

*raises hand* ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 10:54:27 PM
What are you guys?!  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on March 03, 2016, 12:36:01 AM
Generally 5-5:30. I've been working 7AM shifts for years. I don't sleep past 8:30 unless I'm sick. Sometimes I get caught up in laying in bed relaxing, but I'll have a headache from it by 9:30.

I actually really miss my morning stock shifts. Up around 3AM, good physical work that was simple enough it was almost meditative, out of work by 10AM with the whole day ahead of me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 03, 2016, 12:52:03 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2016, 10:54:27 PM
What are you guys?!  :P

They must be creepy morning people.

I get up between 8.30 and 10 (I don't have to work until 10.30 and don't have to travel, when I do I live where most businesses in my city reside so it is often a walk down the road). Can't fall asleep before 3am unless I am worn out and I always have a lot of energy so that is rare. Though I have no problem getting up early.

Try the alarm clock "sleep cycle". I have it hooked up to a hue bulb and an audio system, you don't need that I just happened to have them already and decided to give it a try. Haven't found it hard to wake up since using it and that was years ago.

I wish I was more of a morning person. The hours between 5am and 7am are some of the nicest and it's lovely to do exercise outside or go for a walk, but my body actively rejects it whenever I have tried to switch to waking up that early regularly. Except when I'm in a relationship, I am up and out of bed around 5.30am like clockwork.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on March 03, 2016, 01:04:52 AM
If I dont even know what would happen if I had no set schedule. I think I'd end up sleeping like 10AM to 6PM.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 03, 2016, 01:40:17 AM
Oh hell no, I'm not a morning person at all. On a typical weekend we'll sleep in until 10 or even 11.
Technically I could get up later than 7:30 during the week too, but if I abuse that too much, I'd have to come home from work after 7 every night, and I like having time to cook dinner, run, or just watch tv without it getting too late. Also just easier to get up at the same time as my wife.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 03, 2016, 03:05:37 AM
xSP is my kind of person. I am so groggy in the morning that I have to jack off just to get my heart started. Meanwhile my dear wife of thirty years, is one of those happy waker uppers.  My body and mind is just getting up a head of steam by two AM but ahe wants to crash at 10 PM.   Our circadian clocks are out of synch.

I recently read a whole book about the way individuals differ but that all of us have a timing system built into our bodies. The book showed that all sorts of living things have clocks, even grass has a system of waking and sleeping.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 03, 2016, 01:16:02 PM
I generally wake up at around 9 or even 10 if allowed to. I think I have the tendency to switch days for nights. When I finished high school, for the period before I got into university I would stay up all night and sleep all day. After I dropped out and had no fixed schedule I slipped into this pattern again.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 03, 2016, 03:22:44 PM
Quote from: Icarus on March 03, 2016, 03:05:37 AM
I am so groggy in the morning that I have to jack off just to get my heart started.

:o Didn't expect to read that!

Brilliant.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 03, 2016, 03:29:48 PM
The trees are blooming, the grass is turning green, and the forecast is edging very close to hot (it will be hot in the house).  >:(

I'm becoming ever more certain of my location where I want to get my Master's Degree. It will be several states up North. Several.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 03, 2016, 06:55:03 PM
Got a gig working as a substitute dormitory night manager right before the flu knocked out half the regular staff.
I haven't slept since Monday.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 03, 2016, 07:20:25 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 03, 2016, 06:55:03 PM
Got a gig working as a substitute dormitory night manager right before the flu knocked out half the regular staff.
I haven't slept since Monday.  >:(
*stifles giggle* Oh dear, how sad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 05, 2016, 02:57:23 AM
Quote from: Radiant on March 03, 2016, 03:29:48 PM
The trees are blooming, the grass is turning green, and the forecast is edging very close to hot (it will be hot in the house).  >:(

I'm becoming ever more certain of my location where I want to get my Master's Degree. It will be several states up North. Several.

You'll probably need to go more than several states north to get the coolness you want. Here in Michigan we finally got a decent snow fall about a week ago, and after several days most of it melted. The other night we got more snow, and it's already melting as well...by Monday it's supposed to hit a high of fucking 60.

Everyone is happy except me, I want to enjoy the winter a bit longer, plus I'm dog-sitting Kahlua this following week, and love romping in the snow with him, now we'll probably be sloshing around in the mud.

We practically didn't have a winter, sure some cold weather, but no snow...going to take my bike out early tomorrow morning on some trails, hopefully they'll stand hard so I can get a decent ride in.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 03:40:33 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on March 05, 2016, 02:57:23 AM
Quote from: Radiant on March 03, 2016, 03:29:48 PM
The trees are blooming, the grass is turning green, and the forecast is edging very close to hot (it will be hot in the house).  >:(

I'm becoming ever more certain of my location where I want to get my Master's Degree. It will be several states up North. Several.

You'll probably need to go more than several states north to get the coolness you want. Here in Michigan we finally got a decent snow fall about a week ago, and after several days most of it melted. The other night we got more snow, and it's already melting as well...by Monday it's supposed to hit a high of fucking 60.

Everyone is happy except me, I want to enjoy the winter a bit longer, plus I'm dog-sitting Kahlua this following week, and love romping in the snow with him, now we'll probably be sloshing around in the mud.

We practically didn't have a winter, sure some cold weather, but no snow...going to take my bike out early tomorrow morning on some trails, hopefully they'll stand hard so I can get a decent ride in.

The fact that you're shocked about it hitting 60 is exactly why you've had a hundred times more of a winter than I have. Days where it didn't hit 60 were rare this winter. So not only have we not had snow (there was a little sleet storm in late December, and less than an inch of snow. That was it.), but it's been warm the whole way through.

We didn't have a single day where the temperature did not get above freezing. Not even one.

Michigan is actually my aim right now. There are multiple reasons for that... The climate is certainly one of them. Every time I looked at the forecast at least 8 of the days forecasted were near or below freezing for highs and there was snow all over the forecast... And this was predicted to be a warm winter for the North from the very beginning, so a few warm days here and there is no surprise. It still can't compare to down here where the bugs never died and I never saw a pond freeze, ever.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 05, 2016, 06:12:09 AM
Coming from the same area as Bruno, the weather isn't all fun in winter wonderland. Summer here sucks because of the humidity and spring and autumn are basically nonexistent and replaced with strange seasons with nothing but mud. Plus with all the freezing and thawing going on the roads here are littered with huge potholes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 01:30:11 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 05, 2016, 06:12:09 AM
Coming from the same area as Bruno, the weather isn't all fun in winter wonderland. Summer here sucks because of the humidity and spring and autumn are basically nonexistent and replaced with strange seasons with nothing but mud. Plus with all the freezing and thawing going on the roads here are littered with huge potholes.

You can't stop me from wanting to go to Michigan. =P My mind is pretty much set, actually. Although this would be at least a year away.  :(

I know it's not all fun... But it is far from that where I live. Our summers are a long block of heat and humidity that starts in April and ends somewhere in October. I'm sick and tired of it. I want to live somewhere where Winters are cold, and autumn and Spring are more on the cool side than the hot side, so I might actually enjoy them for once.

I'll take mud over tornadoes and heat any day.

We didn't even get a winter this year. Nothing that could have resembled a winter happened, aside from the trees and plants losing their leaves, and the days being shorter. And we're headed straight to heat. I needed my break from summer. I did not get it. I am agitated.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on March 05, 2016, 02:10:08 PM
You should probably adopt a more suitable name, I don't think Chill is taken.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 02:22:23 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny on March 05, 2016, 02:10:08 PM
You should probably adopt a more suitable name, I don't think Chill is taken.

Right, I certainly am not positive enough to warrant this username. =( I wanted to fight it, but it's just not in my nature. lol

I've wanted to change it to 'Harmonie', because that's a term in music history for a wind ensemble (in the past, at least, I don't know if it's still used, I don't live in Europe), and I love brass and woodwind instruments!

However, this forum does not allow for me to go in and change my username, and I saw no topic to request it or any guidelines.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 05, 2016, 02:28:55 PM
The mods can change your username if you ask.  And send them brownies. 1 out of 2 might work
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 05, 2016, 04:11:12 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 02:22:23 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny on March 05, 2016, 02:10:08 PM
You should probably adopt a more suitable name, I don't think Chill is taken.

Right, I certainly am not positive enough to warrant this username. =( I wanted to fight it, but it's just not in my nature. lol

I've wanted to change it to 'Harmonie', because that's a term in music history for a wind ensemble (in the past, at least, I don't know if it's still used, I don't live in Europe), and I love brass and woodwind instruments!

However, this forum does not allow for me to go in and change my username, and I saw no topic to request it or any guidelines.

Harmonie it is. You still log in a Radient.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 05, 2016, 04:11:52 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 05, 2016, 02:28:55 PM
The mods can change your username if you ask.  And send them brownies. 1 out of 2 might work
All you need to do is send a mod a PM.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 05, 2016, 04:29:43 PM
Now I remember why I moved working out to a Monday and Thursday evening rather than at the weekend.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 07:30:05 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 05, 2016, 04:11:12 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 02:22:23 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny on March 05, 2016, 02:10:08 PM
You should probably adopt a more suitable name, I don't think Chill is taken.

Right, I certainly am not positive enough to warrant this username. =( I wanted to fight it, but it's just not in my nature. lol

I've wanted to change it to 'Harmonie', because that's a term in music history for a wind ensemble (in the past, at least, I don't know if it's still used, I don't live in Europe), and I love brass and woodwind instruments!

However, this forum does not allow for me to go in and change my username, and I saw no topic to request it or any guidelines.

Harmonie it is. You still log in a Radient.

Oh, awesome! Thank you very much!   :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 05, 2016, 10:33:02 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 07:30:05 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 05, 2016, 04:11:12 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 02:22:23 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny on March 05, 2016, 02:10:08 PM
You should probably adopt a more suitable name, I don't think Chill is taken.

Right, I certainly am not positive enough to warrant this username. =( I wanted to fight it, but it's just not in my nature. lol

I've wanted to change it to 'Harmonie', because that's a term in music history for a wind ensemble (in the past, at least, I don't know if it's still used, I don't live in Europe), and I love brass and woodwind instruments!

However, this forum does not allow for me to go in and change my username, and I saw no topic to request it or any guidelines.

Harmonie it is. You still log in a Radient.

Oh, awesome! Thank you very much!   :D

You're welcome :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on March 06, 2016, 12:51:49 AM
Ha! That's cool. I've wanted to change my name before but I'm too lazy.

...it's been really nice here, but it's either really damp or my hormones are still off because I am freezing! And it's 35F and sunny!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 06, 2016, 09:52:28 AM
Argh, I woke up at 6:15 on a Sunday morning, and full of energy too!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 06, 2016, 11:37:30 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 06, 2016, 09:52:28 AM
Argh, I woke up at 6:15 on a Sunday morning, and full of energy too!

Waking up with energy is a good thing. Jump out of bed have a light warm up, make a good breakfast and a pot of coffee, go for a walk and it will only be 9 by the time you get back. If you want to fall back to sleep do strenuous exercise to failure, eat something afterwards and you will want to go to sleep again.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 06, 2016, 12:10:24 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 06, 2016, 11:37:30 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 06, 2016, 09:52:28 AM
Argh, I woke up at 6:15 on a Sunday morning, and full of energy too!

Waking up with energy is a good thing. Jump out of bed have a light warm up, make a good breakfast and a pot of coffee, go for a walk and it will only be 9 by the time you get back. If you want to fall back to sleep do strenuous exercise to failure, eat something afterwards and you will want to go to sleep again.

Yep, that's what I did. I walked more or less 33% more than I usually do, and will probably take a nap this afternoon, though for now I definitely don't feel sleepy.  :badger:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 06, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
I'm getting pretty sick of people stating I have lost weight yet I have gained a stone in the last 5 months.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 06, 2016, 04:17:08 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 06, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
I'm getting pretty sick of people stating I have lost weight yet I have gained a stone in the last 5 months.
Fat to muscle?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 06, 2016, 04:29:51 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2016, 04:17:08 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 06, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
I'm getting pretty sick of people stating I have lost weight yet I have gained a stone in the last 5 months.
Fat to muscle?

No idea. I hadn't been making measurements. The last time I measured myself was in October of last year, people for the last three months have been constantly saying I have been losing weight. I had the opportunity to weigh myself earlier today on the same scales and have gained a stone, it is something I have been wanting to do as I have been getting it a lot recently then only shortly afterwards to have my brother say it looks like I had lost weight. I eat about 3k to 5k calories a day depending on my routine.

As you can only gain about 2 pounds of muscle a month some of that must either be fat or water.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 06, 2016, 06:03:24 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 06, 2016, 04:29:51 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2016, 04:17:08 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 06, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
I'm getting pretty sick of people stating I have lost weight yet I have gained a stone in the last 5 months.
Fat to muscle?

No idea. I hadn't been making measurements. The last time I measured myself was in October of last year, people for the last three months have been constantly saying I have been losing weight. I had the opportunity to weigh myself earlier today on the same scales and have gained a stone, it is something I have been wanting to do as I have been getting it a lot recently then only shortly afterwards to have my brother say it looks like I had lost weight. I eat about 3k to 5k calories a day depending on my routine.

As you can only gain about 2 pounds of muscle a month some of that must either be fat or water.
Or tumour.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 06, 2016, 06:07:15 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2016, 06:03:24 PM
Or tumour.

That is what I originally thought. As I was getting it a lot from people that know me well and I was eating a lot but seeing as I am gaining weight which is very hard for me to do anyway I'm not going to bother with the doctor. If I had actually lost weight then I would have needed to go.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 06, 2016, 06:26:22 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 05, 2016, 01:30:11 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 05, 2016, 06:12:09 AM
Coming from the same area as Bruno, the weather isn't all fun in winter wonderland. Summer here sucks because of the humidity and spring and autumn are basically nonexistent and replaced with strange seasons with nothing but mud. Plus with all the freezing and thawing going on the roads here are littered with huge potholes.

You can't stop me from wanting to go to Michigan. =P My mind is pretty much set, actually. Although this would be at least a year away.  :(

I know it's not all fun... But it is far from that where I live. Our summers are a long block of heat and humidity that starts in April and ends somewhere in October. I'm sick and tired of it. I want to live somewhere where Winters are cold, and autumn and Spring are more on the cool side than the hot side, so I might actually enjoy them for once.

I'll take mud over tornadoes and heat any day.

We didn't even get a winter this year. Nothing that could have resembled a winter happened, aside from the trees and plants losing their leaves, and the days being shorter. And we're headed straight to heat. I needed my break from summer. I did not get it. I am agitated.

Like the new name Harmonie...

Discussing the weather and Michigan with you and Bud on this thread must have unloosed some karma with Mother Nature because we got hit by a nice snowstorm Friday night, and woke up yesterday morning to several inches of snow, and for the remainder of the day it lightly snowed, just a gentle dropping of flakes that drifted slowly to the ground.

It was nice to be outside, the air was crisp, but not too cold, probably the last decent snowfall will see this season :(

Here's a picture of the fir tree from the backyard, along with some bunny tracks in the snow.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fe0bW086.jpg&hash=c9a34f6e88564afeea6cb9ed6dee99fb759ad1a6)

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FJ9kXULb.jpg&hash=172396fae24bf2ff56bbc2c0be8d00dec8dfa032)

Anyway, as a long time Michigander I extend an invitation from the beautiful state of Michigan to join us in our winter wonderland (It's not Indiana after all), and in your honour I made a punk-snowman in the snow yesterday, I call him Joey Strummer.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F1F6ErPG.jpg&hash=d563b3e1760b724aeaef688b59ca174de22b2075)

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 06, 2016, 07:51:18 PM
Lol. Aw thanks! I don't think I've made as snowman since I was a kid!

(In terms of the username, I discovered it while reading a history book on the bassoon, and I was ecstatic! Perhaps it's usually referred to as Harmonie Musik... but I saw it referred to as 'Harmonie' alone, too, so I took that)

Hm... The picture of that tree makes me think of how excited I was this time last year when we got some Norway Spruces put in our backyard. I was thinking "I can't wait to see them with snow!"

A whole year later, I still haven't seen them with snow... Well, a tiny bit. I took a picture of the extent of snow I saw on it all winter.

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Totally stepped on dog poop taking that picture, too!

Speaking of dogs, funny story that might slightly fit into this topic? Probably not, but it happened while I was making this post so I'm posting it! One of our dogs loves to stick his face and back up under curtains, sheets, etc. Anyway, recently he's started coming in my room... While I was posting this he comes up to me sitting at my chair and decides he wants to do that to my dress! :blush:

Not too grumpy about it, just laughed and told him to stop. Now he's relaxing... Finally! That dog was restless for about 30 minutes!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 08, 2016, 10:40:34 PM
In the process of re-modeling my house, we are having hardwood flooring installed.  The person who is doing the work turned out to be a part time preacher.  Today he found it necessary to play loud music. The all day music was of the Christian variety that all sounds like the same strained music but with different words for each song (torture).  What else would a preacher play?  That made me unusually grumpy. He is coming back tomorrow, hopefully to finish the job. I'm not looking forward to another day of that noise.

I just noticed that I have written eight sentences and have not used the words; asshole, Fuckin' dipshit, or any other profane utterance.  Little does he know that he is working on the home of a thinking person who would be pleased to strangle him after I explain that his Jesus fantasy is (here I quote Hitchins) "bullshit". In his defense, he is doing a good job on the flooring so I am obliged to have the job finished before I further contemplate his demise.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 09, 2016, 04:02:45 AM
It would be really nice if my fucking backup could actually back me up, rather than bitching about how hard something is, forcing me to log into work late and point out his problem in 1 minute. I just took over and told him to sign off, even though it was after 10:00.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 09, 2016, 08:35:43 AM
I was having a very pleasant dream about a girl I like. All well and good, and not the start of the sort of story you would hear in the "grumpy thread". But it gets better.
In my dream I found myself laying next to her. As one does in such pleasant situations, I rolled over for a cuddle. As the dreaming version of me performed this motion it was mimicked by my real life self. The unenviable result of this motion was to cause me to roll clean out of bed. Banged my head on the nightstand on the way down.
Pine on skull while in free fall. Officially my least favorite way to wake up.  :d'oh!:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 09, 2016, 04:31:21 PM
Ouch.

I had a dream that I wrecked Charlie. It was awful.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 09, 2016, 08:56:22 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 09, 2016, 04:31:21 PM
Ouch.

I had a dream that I wrecked Charlie. It was awful.
Probably some sort of prophetic dream.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 09, 2016, 11:19:19 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 09, 2016, 08:56:22 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 09, 2016, 04:31:21 PM
Ouch.

I had a dream that I wrecked Charlie. It was awful.
Probably some sort of prophetic dream.  :P

Don't say that! I had dreams of wrecking the Mazda for months before it happened.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 10, 2016, 11:45:01 AM
I feel like rambling on about something - anything -  but nobody's here.  :blahblah:

I guess the question of the day is: if I ramble on and there's no one to hear it, did it happen? :tellmemore:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 10, 2016, 03:39:04 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 10, 2016, 11:45:01 AM
I feel like rambling on about something - anything -  but nobody's here.  :blahblah:

I guess the question of the day is: if I ramble on and there's no one to hear it, did it happen? :tellmemore:

We heed a Rambling Thread for just that thing...a place you can just write some shit, any-shit...and no one is allowed to directly reply to it.
Unless of course someone posts something personal and derogatory about another Haffer...for example if JJ were to post something along the lines of, "You know, that Sir Bruno is a total fucking dickhead..." that would probably warrant a response. (Sure there would probably be quite a chorus of those in agreement, but...)

Anyway, that's that.

The world is gray, and cold, and dying.

I have memories of sitting in a large den of tall ferns, surround by cedar trees, with a warm mist filtering out the sun light, and for the brief moment I was there it was as if no one else had ever before sat in this wonderful, peaceful spot.

Reminds me of this passage in the "Red Badge of Courage", after Henry runs away from the horrors of the battlefield and finds himself in a particularly tranquil spot in the woods:

At length he reached a place where the high, arching boughs made a chapel. He softly pushed the green doors aside and entered. Pine needles were a gentle brown carpet. There was a religious half light

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on March 12, 2016, 06:45:35 PM
Did the "PC is rip shit fucking pissed" thread ever actually happen?

Because PC is rip shit fucking pissed. (http://www.adn.com/article/20160312/one-dog-dead-several-injured-after-snowmachine-attack-iditarod-trail)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 12, 2016, 09:34:42 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 12, 2016, 06:45:35 PM
Did the "PC is rip shit fucking pissed" thread ever actually happen?

Because PC is rip shit fucking pissed. (http://www.adn.com/article/20160312/one-dog-dead-several-injured-after-snowmachine-attack-iditarod-trail)

That's really sad PC, and I hope they throw the book at this guy. People drinking and operating boats, and snow machines is fucking messed up.
Here in Michigan they are finally starting to treat this the same as if they are in an automobile.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 13, 2016, 02:26:09 AM
Me too PC. I am rip fucking pissed right along with you and a million other dog lovers and compassionate people. I am teary eyed right now.

Mr. King was certainly a stoic that I envy for his composure. Had it been me, and my team, I'd have certainly, seriously, maliciously,  contemplated killing the miserable drunken bastard.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on March 13, 2016, 05:48:13 PM
The person has turned himself in, which some people are applauding, but I'm pretty sure it's because he's safer in jail.

Many people are asking why no one shot him. He was trying to kill. Maybe moving too fast and erratically from what I've heard.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 13, 2016, 07:18:52 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 13, 2016, 05:48:13 PM
The person has turned himself in, which some people are applauding, but I'm pretty sure it's because he's safer in jail.

Many people are asking why no one shot him. He was trying to kill. Maybe moving too fast and erratically from what I've heard.

Yes I read that he had turned himself in, and was taking full responsibility for being drunk, which some folks are complimenting him for, but it doesn't erase the fact that his actions seem to have targeted the dogs and sled intentionally, the liquor only embolden him.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 14, 2016, 07:13:41 AM
Grumpy insomniac coming through.

:sigh:

Holy crap, PC! :shocked: 
I get the feeling that he wanted his 15 mins of fame, even if this made him infamous. Either way, that guy belongs in jail if he acts on murderous feelings while under the influence of alcohol. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 15, 2016, 01:17:03 PM
Drove all the way up to school to find that my 9:30am class was cancelled last minute and my next class isn't until 1pm.

I could be home sleeping.  >:( >:( >:(


Edit- the back of the Mini Cooper is a surprisingly comfortable napping spot
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 08:09:39 AM
It's 4 am and I'm too wired to sleep. Our smoke/carbon monoxide alarm went off three hours ago. We got out, called the fire department hoping it was a false alarm. Nope, CO detected in our basement. They shut off our hvac and hot water heater since they weren't sure which one was the culprit, and it took a while to air out the place. Fortunately everyone's ok and we have great neighbors who gave us their couches to sleep on, but I'm too awake. And tomorrow I get to find out how much money I have to throw at whatever broke. Fun times. Still could have been worse.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on March 16, 2016, 09:31:30 AM
We ordered a Chinese takeaway and drove the short distance to the place - they had never heard of our order.  Mrs Git noticed that the menu leaflet didn't look like the one we had ordered from; back home we went and found we had used a leaflet from a different takeaway, which had come with the local newspaper.  Off we went to this other place, using the satnav as we'd never been near that part of town.  Towards the end we found the traffic system had recently been changed and the satnav was trying to send us the wrong way down a one-way street.  We parked and phoned the takeaway, which it turned out was just round the corner.

However they were very pleasant and the food was still hot.  It was a good meal at a fair price, but we won't be going there again because it is four miles.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 16, 2016, 12:42:46 PM
Four miles? That's considered really close here haha. The nearest Chinese place is about ten miles from my house.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 16, 2016, 01:29:23 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 08:09:39 AM
It's 4 am and I'm too wired to sleep. Our smoke/carbon monoxide alarm went off three hours ago. We got out, called the fire department hoping it was a false alarm. Nope, CO detected in our basement. They shut off our hvac and hot water heater since they weren't sure which one was the culprit, and it took a while to air out the place. Fortunately everyone's ok and we have great neighbors who gave us their couches to sleep on, but I'm too awake. And tomorrow I get to find out how much money I have to throw at whatever broke. Fun times. Still could have been worse.
Scary.  :(
That is true, it could've been worse. It's good to know you and your family are fine and that you have good neighbors who gave you a place to sleep.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 02:54:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 16, 2016, 01:29:23 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 08:09:39 AM
It's 4 am and I'm too wired to sleep. Our smoke/carbon monoxide alarm went off three hours ago. We got out, called the fire department hoping it was a false alarm. Nope, CO detected in our basement. They shut off our hvac and hot water heater since they weren't sure which one was the culprit, and it took a while to air out the place. Fortunately everyone's ok and we have great neighbors who gave us their couches to sleep on, but I'm too awake. And tomorrow I get to find out how much money I have to throw at whatever broke. Fun times. Still could have been worse.
Scary.  :(
That is true, it could've been worse. It's good to know you and your family are fine and that you have good neighbors who gave you a place to sleep.

Have someone checking it now, and we're getting no CO readings from the furnace or hot water heater now, which is scary. Really want to know what's at fault here
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on March 16, 2016, 03:02:51 PM
Good grief Firebird! Thank technology that you're still here.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 03:48:25 PM
Guy just left...no CO detected while the furnace and hot water heater were both running at full blast. So now we have to figure out what to do, since clearly there's still a problem that isn't showing up automatically. Might  have to just replace both since one of them is the culprit and we don't want to fuck around. They're both 8 years old, so they're not too far off from expected lifetime, but that's still some serious dough.
Oh, and in the meantime, gas is turned off to both. And temperatures are going below freezing in a couple of days.  Can I get multiple grumpiness points here?  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on March 16, 2016, 04:03:47 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 02:54:16 PMHave someone checking it now, and we're getting no CO readings from the furnace or hot water heater now, which is scary. Really want to know what's at fault here

QuoteFor example, simply closing the door to a boiler room where gas fired equipment is operating can cause sudden production of CO gas if there is insufficient combustion air when the door is closed. Yet when someone opens the door to inspect the area, more combustion air is provided. CO production may stop.

[source] (http://inspectapedia.com/hazmat/Carbon_Monoxide_Alarms.php)

I hope this gets sorted out soon, and that it doesn't cost you too much!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on March 16, 2016, 04:44:53 PM
Nasty, Firebird - you can't ignore a CO alarm, so it sounds expensive all right.  Is it not possible to find out which which one is doing it?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 16, 2016, 05:40:19 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 03:48:25 PM
Guy just left...no CO detected while the furnace and hot water heater were both running at full blast. So now we have to figure out what to do, since clearly there's still a problem that isn't showing up automatically. Might  have to just replace both since one of them is the culprit and we don't want to fuck around. They're both 8 years old, so they're not too far off from expected lifetime, but that's still some serious dough.
Oh, and in the meantime, gas is turned off to both. And temperatures are going below freezing in a couple of days.  Can I get multiple grumpiness points here?  >:(

Thats scary stuff Firebird, I'm glad you had the detector. I would suggest buying one for each bedroom you have people sleeping in to play it safe.

I'm no expert, but it could be a ventilation issue if your furnace and water heater are sharing the same flue. At the base of the flue in your furnace is a draft inducer. It's a little fan that pulls air up through the heat exchanger, and next to that fan is a pressure sensor that will cut off the furnace if it detects that the pressure in the flue is too high.
So if a squirrel or a bird builds a nest at the top of the flue, and the combustion gases can't escape, this sensor will shut off the furnace.

At the top of your water heater is where your flue is connected, and there is a small gap between the water heater and the bottom of the flue, this is designed to draw air in to aid with the natural draft of the water heater.
Warm air rises, so as a water heater runs and the warm combustion gases rise in the flue, the opening helps allowing more warm air from the room to rise.

When your water heater flue is connected to the furnace flue, however. The squirrel nest at the top of the flue still keeps the combustion gases from going out, but the sensor may not detect a high enough pressure to shut off the furnace. The reason is that the combustion gases now have another escape path at the top of the water heater.

The problem is this opening at the top of the water heater can also allow air to come down the flue, and if the air pressure in the room is low enough relative to the air pressure where the flue terminates outside, air will come down the flue. If air is coming down the flue while the water heater is firing, combustion gases may not go up the flue, they could come into the room.

So it could be that when your guy came and checked both units they are working fine, which in all reality they are, but I would definitely make sure that everything is vented well, and the flue has no obstructions in it or at the top.

Like I said I'm no expert...when I was younger I helped my brother in-law out with his heating and cooling business, mostly installing new furnaces/central air units.   

Hope this helps, and good luck.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 09:55:22 PM
Quote from: OldGit on March 16, 2016, 04:44:53 PM
Nasty, Firebird - you can't ignore a CO alarm, so it sounds expensive all right.  Is it not possible to find out which which one is doing it?
There's no question it was either the hot water heater or furnace, as the highest readings from last night (72 ppm) were coming from the back room in the basement where those two are located. Unfortunately, now they're both acting like everything is peachy and neither is generating CO when we turn them on temporarily.

Quote from: Recusant on March 16, 2016, 04:03:47 PM
For example, simply closing the door to a boiler room where gas fired equipment is operating can cause sudden production of CO gas if there is insufficient combustion air when the door is closed. Yet when someone opens the door to inspect the area, more combustion air is provided. CO production may stop.

[source] (http://inspectapedia.com/hazmat/Carbon_Monoxide_Alarms.php)

I had someone else mention this too. Unfortunately the system pulls air from the outside, so I don't think it would apply in this case, though thank you for sending it on.

Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on March 16, 2016, 05:40:19 PM
I'm no expert, but it could be a ventilation issue if your furnace and water heater are sharing the same flue.

I did check this too and they're on separate flues, and neither one is blocked. Though the vents for both are not far away from each other outside the house, so the contractor was wondering if exhaust from one could get into the intake on the other. But even then it might not explain this.

Quote from: Recusant on March 16, 2016, 04:03:47 PM
I hope this gets sorted out soon, and that it doesn't cost you too much!

Unfortunately it will, as we're just going to replace both the furnace and hot water header. Pity my poor wallet. Initial suspicion is the furnace because the heat exchanger has rust, which could indicate some microfractures or other weaknesses that could lead to this. But they're both due to be replaced soon anyway, and we're not going to fuck around with CO.
Thank you all for the ideas, suggestions, and pity, it helps  :) Just need to make it through the next couple of days without hot water and heat. Luckily it's in the 50s Fahrenheit (10-20 Celsius) for the next couple of days, so we should be ok.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 16, 2016, 10:08:23 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on March 16, 2016, 05:40:19 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 03:48:25 PM
Guy just left...no CO detected while the furnace and hot water heater were both running at full blast. So now we have to figure out what to do, since clearly there's still a problem that isn't showing up automatically. Might  have to just replace both since one of them is the culprit and we don't want to fuck around. They're both 8 years old, so they're not too far off from expected lifetime, but that's still some serious dough.
Oh, and in the meantime, gas is turned off to both. And temperatures are going below freezing in a couple of days.  Can I get multiple grumpiness points here?  >:(

Thats scary stuff Firebird, I'm glad you had the detector. I would suggest buying one for each bedroom you have people sleeping in to play it safe.

I'm no expert, but it could be a ventilation issue if your furnace and water heater are sharing the same flue. At the base of the flue in your furnace is a draft inducer. It's a little fan that pulls air up through the heat exchanger, and next to that fan is a pressure sensor that will cut off the furnace if it detects that the pressure in the flue is too high.
So if a squirrel or a bird builds a nest at the top of the flue, and the combustion gases can't escape, this sensor will shut off the furnace.

At the top of your water heater is where your flue is connected, and there is a small gap between the water heater and the bottom of the flue, this is designed to draw air in to aid with the natural draft of the water heater.
Warm air rises, so as a water heater runs and the warm combustion gases rise in the flue, the opening helps allowing more warm air from the room to rise.

When your water heater flue is connected to the furnace flue, however. The squirrel nest at the top of the flue still keeps the combustion gases from going out, but the sensor may not detect a high enough pressure to shut off the furnace. The reason is that the combustion gases now have another escape path at the top of the water heater.

The problem is this opening at the top of the water heater can also allow air to come down the flue, and if the air pressure in the room is low enough relative to the air pressure where the flue terminates outside, air will come down the flue. If air is coming down the flue while the water heater is firing, combustion gases may not go up the flue, they could come into the room.

So it could be that when your guy came and checked both units they are working fine, which in all reality they are, but I would definitely make sure that everything is vented well, and the flue has no obstructions in it or at the top.

Like I said I'm no expert...when I was younger I helped my brother in-law out with his heating and cooling business, mostly installing new furnaces/central air units.   

Hope this helps, and good luck.

You may not be an expert, but that sounds like very good advice. I never knew a monkey could be so smart...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 17, 2016, 02:16:10 AM
Ditto, what JJ said.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 17, 2016, 01:29:25 PM
So what I believe JJ is acknowledging is that he kind of thinks, just maybe, that I'm a little bit, you know sorta/kinda smart...so now if I could get him to say that he thinks I'm kinda cute I'd be the happiest guy in the world.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2016, 01:42:59 PM
Would you also like him to search for ticks? :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 17, 2016, 01:57:44 PM
Sure Bruno, you're cute. At least when you're not flinging feces at passerby. Happy?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 17, 2016, 02:40:22 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 16, 2016, 08:09:39 AM
It's 4 am and I'm too wired to sleep. Our smoke/carbon monoxide alarm went off three hours ago. We got out, called the fire department hoping it was a false alarm. Nope, CO detected in our basement. They shut off our hvac and hot water heater since they weren't sure which one was the culprit, and it took a while to air out the place. Fortunately everyone's ok and we have great neighbors who gave us their couches to sleep on, but I'm too awake. And tomorrow I get to find out how much money I have to throw at whatever broke. Fun times. Still could have been worse.
Glad you're not dead. Goes to show the value of good detectors.

I am glad we use electricity for that sort of thing here in the civilized world. What possessed the people who came up with the idea to pump flammable (and potentially explosive) gas into their homes that produces poison when burned, and then burn it is beyond me.  :P




Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 16, 2016, 12:42:46 PM
Four miles? That's considered really close here haha. The nearest Chinese place is about ten miles from my house.
Nearest chinese place to me is 48km (30miles) away.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 17, 2016, 02:48:05 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 17, 2016, 02:40:22 PM

Nearest chinese place to me is 48km (30miles) away.

Yikes. That's how far I have to drive to school/work. Already put 700 miles on the Mini
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 17, 2016, 03:16:42 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2016, 02:48:05 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 17, 2016, 02:40:22 PM

Nearest chinese place to me is 48km (30miles) away.

Yikes. That's how far I have to drive to school/work. Already put 700 miles on the Mini

Wow. Nearest one to me is 0.2 miles :) But we've always lived in more urban places. My car is 11 years old and still hasn't reached 60,000 miles.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 17, 2016, 04:00:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2016, 01:42:59 PM
Would you also like him to search for ticks? :P

Probably not a bad idea...


Quote from: jumbojak on March 17, 2016, 01:57:44 PM
Sure Bruno, you're cute. At least when you're not flinging feces at passerby. Happy?

:notworthy:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 17, 2016, 04:13:44 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 17, 2016, 03:16:42 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2016, 02:48:05 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 17, 2016, 02:40:22 PM

Nearest chinese place to me is 48km (30miles) away.

Yikes. That's how far I have to drive to school/work. Already put 700 miles on the Mini

Wow. Nearest one to me is 0.2 miles :) But we've always lived in more urban places. My car is 11 years old and still hasn't reached 60,000 miles.

Nearest one to me is about 10 steps.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on March 17, 2016, 05:41:44 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 17, 2016, 03:16:42 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2016, 02:48:05 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 17, 2016, 02:40:22 PM

Nearest chinese place to me is 48km (30miles) away.

Yikes. That's how far I have to drive to school/work. Already put 700 miles on the Mini

Wow. Nearest one to me is 0.2 miles :) But we've always lived in more urban places. My car is 11 years old and still hasn't reached 60,000 miles.

Same, except you really wouldn't want to actually eat there...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 17, 2016, 07:52:55 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 17, 2016, 04:13:44 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 17, 2016, 03:16:42 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2016, 02:48:05 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 17, 2016, 02:40:22 PM

Nearest chinese place to me is 48km (30miles) away.

Yikes. That's how far I have to drive to school/work. Already put 700 miles on the Mini

Wow. Nearest one to me is 0.2 miles :) But we've always lived in more urban places. My car is 11 years old and still hasn't reached 60,000 miles.

Nearest one to me is about 10 steps.

Correction it is 29 steps.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2016, 09:42:10 PM
Nearest one to me is about a block away, though I haven't eaten Chinese food for around 6 years.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2016, 01:00:08 PM
Going to work tomorrow morning. :sad sigh:

At least Friday's a holiday and there will be chocolate. Lots of chocolate.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 19, 2016, 01:27:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2016, 01:00:08 PM
Going to work tomorrow morning. :sad sigh:

At least Friday's a holiday and there will be chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

What is the del with labeling of chocolate in Brazil? Is it like spain where it has to be over 70% to be considered chocolate otherwise it is called confectionary or is it like most places where you have milk and sugar with a bit of cacao that is considered chocolate?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2016, 01:35:03 PM
Quote from: Crow on March 19, 2016, 01:27:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2016, 01:00:08 PM
Going to work tomorrow morning. :sad sigh:

At least Friday's a holiday and there will be chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

What is the del with labeling of chocolate in Brazil? Is it like spain where it has to be over 70% to be considered chocolate otherwise it is called confectionary or is it like most places where you have milk and sugar with a bit of cacao that is considered chocolate?

It's like most other places. Even a slab of hydrogenated fat with some cacao, milk and sugar is considered chocolate.  ::) Bars with 70% cacao are called bittersweet chocolate and are the best of options, in my opinion.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on March 20, 2016, 04:19:23 AM
Haven't been here (or anywhere else) much lately because I generally don't have much energy left at the end of the day. I will be so glad when I finally get my knee fixed. But, in the meantime, I've caught the crud going around at work.  :bleh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 20, 2016, 08:00:50 AM
Quote from: Velma on March 20, 2016, 04:19:23 AM
Haven't been here (or anywhere else) much lately because I generally don't have much energy left at the end of the day. I will be so glad when I finally get my knee fixed. But, in the meantime, I've caught the crud going around at work.  :bleh:
Sympathies. It's a lovely sunny day outside. I have a new camera. The dogs need a walk. I have a nice cigar. Can't be arsed to move. Must be flu.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on March 20, 2016, 08:14:05 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 20, 2016, 08:00:50 AM
Quote from: Velma on March 20, 2016, 04:19:23 AM
Haven't been here (or anywhere else) much lately because I generally don't have much energy left at the end of the day. I will be so glad when I finally get my knee fixed. But, in the meantime, I've caught the crud going around at work.  :bleh:
Sympathies. It's a lovely sunny day outside. I have a new camera. The dogs need a walk. I have a nice cigar. Can't be arsed to move. Must be flu.
I hope you feel better soon.   :hug:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2016, 09:31:55 PM
I woke up this morning with an aching neck. I can't turn my head right without feeling pain, which is a real pain in the neck which is a reason to be really grumpy. :(

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 21, 2016, 11:16:37 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2016, 09:31:55 PM
I woke up this morning with an aching neck. I can't turn my head right without feeling pain, which is a real pain in the neck which is a reason to be really grumpy. :(
:jaded rimshot:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 22, 2016, 12:45:24 AM
Tank, Velma and xSP it sounds like you all got a case of the Monday flu...actually there are a couple of my co-workers not feeling well either today.

Hope you feel better...

Make sure you cover your mouth when coughing here on the forum, I don't want to catch it ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 22, 2016, 01:15:33 AM
Anyone ever dealt with tinnitus? I've been hearing a high-pitched ring for a couple of days now. It's happened off and on before, but feels worse today. I'm getting old  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 22, 2016, 01:48:08 AM
Quote from: Firebird on March 22, 2016, 01:15:33 AM
Anyone ever dealt with tinnitus? I've been hearing a high-pitched ring for a couple of days now. It's happened off and on before, but feels worse today. I'm getting old  :P
I'm sorry, but I have no experience with tinnitus, however. I have dealt with a lot of old people. Are you feeling grumpy, stubborn, and impatient all of the time?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 22, 2016, 02:05:29 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on March 22, 2016, 01:48:08 AM
Quote from: Firebird on March 22, 2016, 01:15:33 AM
Anyone ever dealt with tinnitus? I've been hearing a high-pitched ring for a couple of days now. It's happened off and on before, but feels worse today. I'm getting old  :P
I'm sorry, but I have no experience with tinnitus, however. I have dealt with a lot of old people. Are you feeling grumpy, stubborn, and impatient all of the time?

Not since I threw water balloons at the kids so they would get off my lawn.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny on March 22, 2016, 02:04:17 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 22, 2016, 01:15:33 AM
Anyone ever dealt with tinnitus? I've been hearing a high-pitched ring for a couple of days now. It's happened off and on before, but feels worse today. I'm getting old  :P

I don't think it can be dealt with, it's a thing better not thought about.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on March 22, 2016, 04:49:12 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 22, 2016, 01:15:33 AM
Anyone ever dealt with tinnitus? I've been hearing a high-pitched ring for a couple of days now. It's happened off and on before, but feels worse today. I'm getting old  :P

My dad has it. I suspect I do too, to a small degree. There isn't much you can do. Low level noise can act as a buffer, in that basically it gives you something to focus on that isn't the ringing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on March 22, 2016, 08:19:03 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on March 22, 2016, 04:49:12 PM
Quote from: Firebird on March 22, 2016, 01:15:33 AM
Anyone ever dealt with tinnitus? I've been hearing a high-pitched ring for a couple of days now. It's happened off and on before, but feels worse today. I'm getting old  :P

My dad has it. I suspect I do too, to a small degree. There isn't much you can do. Low level noise can act as a buffer, in that basically it gives you something to focus on that isn't the ringing.
That's about it. At home, background noise from the television is usually enough to keep me from noticing it too much. At night, I keep a fan running. At work, since it is a bit industrial, that noise works to keep it at bay. However, since you just started noticing it, I would go to a doctor. It might not be tinnitus. Inner ear infections can have odd symptoms and don't always hurt right away. If you start feeling dizzy or off-balance, I would certainly see a doctor.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on March 22, 2016, 08:20:30 PM
Monday, I went to work. I left work with a fever after about four and a half hours. Stayed home today. Don't feel that awful, but I think another day at home is probably for the best.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 23, 2016, 05:14:17 PM
Fucking horses.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 23, 2016, 06:06:27 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 23, 2016, 05:14:17 PM
Fucking horses.
Details of perversion please.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 23, 2016, 06:07:08 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 23, 2016, 05:14:17 PM
Fucking horses.

What happened?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 23, 2016, 06:23:40 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 23, 2016, 06:07:08 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 23, 2016, 05:14:17 PM
Fucking horses.

What happened?
I too am intrigued.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 23, 2016, 07:08:28 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 23, 2016, 05:14:17 PM
Fucking horses.
Do I detect the introduction to an amusing story here, or is it more of a general rant?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 23, 2016, 07:25:54 PM
Horses that are procreating?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 23, 2016, 07:38:32 PM
Damn horses broke through the fence and managed to travel three miles into town. Got a call from the local police and humane society to please remove said horses from the McDonald's parking lot. When we got there there was a large crowd of people all around them. Luckily none of the ponies are hurt but damn that was frustrating.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 12:43:01 PM
Geez, I thought I had a dirty mind. In no way did I think that could have been sexual until I saw the rest of y'all's posts! (Or maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.)

Glad your horses are fine, Budhorse4.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 24, 2016, 01:14:26 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 12:43:01 PM
Geez, I thought I had a dirty mind. In no way did I think that could have been sexual until I saw the rest of y'all's posts! (Or maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.)

Glad your horses are fine, Budhorse4.

If you think that's bad, you should try staying in the same house as Tank and G85. They're awful.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on March 24, 2016, 01:38:21 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 12:43:01 PM
Geez, I thought I had a dirty mind. In no way did I think that could have been sexual until I saw the rest of y'all's posts! (Or maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.)

Glad your horses are fine, Budhorse4.

Fuck | fək | vulgar slang
verb [ with obj. ]

1 have sexual intercourse with (someone).
    • [ no obj. ] (of two people) have sexual intercourse.
2 ruin or damage (something).

noun
an act of sexual intercourse
• [ with adj. ] a sexual partner.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 02:42:35 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 24, 2016, 01:14:26 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 12:43:01 PM
Geez, I thought I had a dirty mind. In no way did I think that could have been sexual until I saw the rest of y'all's posts! (Or maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.)

Glad your horses are fine, Budhorse4.

If you think that's bad, you should try staying in the same house as Tank and G85. They're awful.  :P

I can imagine. o.o

Quote from: Crow on March 24, 2016, 01:38:21 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 12:43:01 PM
Geez, I thought I had a dirty mind. In no way did I think that could have been sexual until I saw the rest of y'all's posts! (Or maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.)

Glad your horses are fine, Budhorse4.

Fuck | fək | vulgar slang
verb [ with obj. ]

1 have sexual intercourse with (someone).
    • [ no obj. ] (of two people) have sexual intercourse.
2 ruin or damage (something).

noun
an act of sexual intercourse
• [ with adj. ] a sexual partner.

I know the definition of the word 'fuck'... It's just always been used as a slang term in my lifetime, and I do not associate it with that meaning unless it is obvious.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 24, 2016, 05:59:42 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 24, 2016, 01:14:26 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 12:43:01 PM
Geez, I thought I had a dirty mind. In no way did I think that could have been sexual until I saw the rest of y'all's posts! (Or maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.)

Glad your horses are fine, Budhorse4.

If you think that's bad, you should try staying in the same house as Tank and G85. They're awful.  :P
Thank you!  8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 24, 2016, 08:00:39 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 24, 2016, 01:14:26 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 24, 2016, 12:43:01 PM
Geez, I thought I had a dirty mind. In no way did I think that could have been sexual until I saw the rest of y'all's posts! (Or maybe I just don't have a sense of humor.)

Glad your horses are fine, Budhorse4.

If you think that's bad, you should try staying in the same house as Tank and G85. They're awful.  :P
:grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 25, 2016, 02:05:01 PM
It's raining. :headshake: The weather forecasters have gotten it right this time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on March 25, 2016, 02:12:07 PM
It is raining here as well. The weather forecasters however got it wrong, because they predicted sunny weather with temperatures around 18-20 degrees Celsius.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 25, 2016, 02:56:21 PM
It's not raining here. I kind of wish it were, because it's sunny and I hate it when it's sunny.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on March 25, 2016, 04:24:28 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 25, 2016, 02:56:21 PM
It's not raining here. I kind of wish it were, because it's sunny and I hate it when it's sunny.  >:(

same here. I literally hiss at the sun
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 25, 2016, 04:26:02 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on March 25, 2016, 04:24:28 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 25, 2016, 02:56:21 PM
It's not raining here. I kind of wish it were, because it's sunny and I hate it when it's sunny.  >:(

same here. I literally hiss at the sun


Because....?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 25, 2016, 05:25:14 PM
Well for me, that would be because it's bright and brings about heat. Too much heat.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 25, 2016, 07:36:31 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 25, 2016, 05:25:14 PM
Well for me, that would be because it's bright and brings about heat. Too much heat.
Your constant displeasure with nice weather doesn't suggest such a Harmonious name, nor such a cute, pink pony avatar.

8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on March 26, 2016, 02:29:05 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on March 25, 2016, 07:36:31 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on March 25, 2016, 05:25:14 PM
Well for me, that would be because it's bright and brings about heat. Too much heat.
Your constant displeasure with nice weather doesn't suggest such a Harmonious name, nor such a cute, pink pony avatar.

8)

Geez, I already changed my username once because the last one just didn't fit me anymore! But I will stand up for this one, because as I just explained in the username topic, 'Harmonie' is a different term from 'Harmony'.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 26, 2016, 12:31:52 PM
4 days off from data wrangling. What do I end up doing for my wife? Fucking data wrangling!  :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2016, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2016, 12:31:52 PM
4 days off from data wrangling. What do I end up doing for my wife? Fucking data wrangling!  :rant1:

:therethere:

I suggest you buy a Data doll and wrangle with that. Playing some really loud rock music is optional, but recommended. :smilenod:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 26, 2016, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2016, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2016, 12:31:52 PM
4 days off from data wrangling. What do I end up doing for my wife? Fucking data wrangling!  :rant1:

:therethere:

I suggest you buy a Data doll and wrangle with that. Playing some really loud rock music is optional, but recommended. :smilenod:
Well I turned 72 questionnaires, 720 responses into an 18 page spread sheet containing about 30 charts. I'll have to admit the data was interesting it's a piece of preliminary research my wife is doing on the way 11 to 15 year olds interact with cyber space. It turned up some really interesting trends. Unfortunately I can't discuss them here as they will go onto form the basis of future funded research.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2016, 04:53:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2016, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2016, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2016, 12:31:52 PM
4 days off from data wrangling. What do I end up doing for my wife? Fucking data wrangling!  :rant1:

:therethere:

I suggest you buy a Data doll and wrangle with that. Playing some really loud rock music is optional, but recommended. :smilenod:
Well I turned 72 questionnaires, 720 responses into an 18 page spread sheet containing about 30 charts. I'll have to admit the data was interesting it's a piece of preliminary research my wife is doing on the way 11 to 15 year olds interact with cyber space. It turned up some really interesting trends. Unfortunately I can't discuss them here as they will go onto form the basis of future funded research.

That does sound interesting. For now I can only wonder what does trends are then.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on March 26, 2016, 04:57:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2016, 12:31:52 PM
4 days off from data wrangling. What do I end up doing for my wife? Fucking data wrangling!  :rant1:
Are there spreadsheets and charts and graphs?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on March 26, 2016, 05:03:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2016, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2016, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2016, 12:31:52 PM
4 days off from data wrangling. What do I end up doing for my wife? Fucking data wrangling!  :rant1:

:therethere:

I suggest you buy a Data doll and wrangle with that. Playing some really loud rock music is optional, but recommended. :smilenod:
Well I turned 72 questionnaires, 720 responses into an 18 page spread sheet containing about 30 charts. I'll have to admit the data was interesting it's a piece of preliminary research my wife is doing on the way 11 to 15 year olds interact with cyber space. It turned up some really interesting trends. Unfortunately I can't discuss them here as they will go onto form the basis of future funded research.

I'll save her the trouble.....it ends in tears. On a daily fucking basis where I work!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 26, 2016, 10:53:17 PM
Indiana's governor fucking sucks. He just made it illegal to have any abortion unless the fetus has a fatal illness. Not if the mother is in danger just the fetus. The woman is also required to notify the state if an abortion happens.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 26, 2016, 11:26:07 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 26, 2016, 10:53:17 PM
Indiana's governor fucking sucks. He just made it illegal to have any abortion unless the fetus has a fatal illness. Not if the mother is in danger just the fetus. The woman is also required to notify the state if an abortion happens.
Wouldn't that fly in the face of the supreme court decisions on the matter?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 26, 2016, 11:53:07 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 26, 2016, 11:26:07 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 26, 2016, 10:53:17 PM
Indiana's governor fucking sucks. He just made it illegal to have any abortion unless the fetus has a fatal illness. Not if the mother is in danger just the fetus. The woman is also required to notify the state if an abortion happens.
Wouldn't that fly in the face of the supreme court decisions on the matter?


The Supreme Court ruling in favor of abortions? Haha that's hilarious.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 27, 2016, 06:22:27 AM
The Supremes neither permit nor prohibit abortions.

My dumb assed state legislature just made law that is roughly equivalent to the anti abortion rules in Texas. That will cause some serious problems for poorer women who use Planned Parenthood for things like cancer screening and a lot of other health care issues that have nothing whatever to do with abortion. The dumb bastards have not
figured out that the services provided by PP saves Medicaid more  money that the cost of subsidizing PP. Matter of fact, PP does only 3% of their total service for purposes of abortion.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 27, 2016, 01:01:24 PM
It's Easter, which means that church bells will be ringing practically all day today.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 30, 2016, 04:29:13 AM
I spent all day doing someone else's work because they're too slow/incompetent to do it. I think I'm about to quit my third therapist in a row because she isn't helping at all. And I spent a weekend with my family, which just stresses me out by virtue of being around them. Also, now that the initial giddiness of impending fatherhood has come down a bit, I'm freaking out because, well, how the fuck am I going to handle taking care of a baby?
First world problems indeed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 30, 2016, 04:44:47 AM
Quote from: Firebird on March 30, 2016, 04:29:13 AM
I spent all day doing someone else's work because they're too slow/incompetent to do it. I think I'm about to quit my third therapist in a row because she isn't helping at all. And I spent a weekend with my family, which just stresses me out by virtue of being around them. Also, now that the initial giddiness of impending fatherhood has come down a bit, I'm freaking out because, well, how the fuck am I going to handle taking care of a baby?
First world problems indeed.
:console:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 30, 2016, 10:26:43 PM
Last ever episode of Mythbusters  :weepy:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 31, 2016, 03:48:36 AM
I'm sick. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faladdin.st%2Fbilder%2F305-1.gif&hash=dbeac6eb77153d42964ee3effa2bc27bfa6559a3)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 31, 2016, 03:58:47 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 31, 2016, 03:48:36 AM
I'm sick. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faladdin.st%2Fbilder%2F305-1.gif&hash=dbeac6eb77153d42964ee3effa2bc27bfa6559a3)
What sort of sick?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on March 31, 2016, 04:38:05 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 30, 2016, 10:26:43 PM
Last ever episode of Mythbusters  :weepy:

Guess you guys got it later than us. We had it about a month ago. Sad too, but I also wasn't thrilled with them after Grant, Kari and Torrie left.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on March 31, 2016, 05:05:35 PM
Today it would be easier to list reasons not to be grumpy......

1.

Nope not that easy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 31, 2016, 06:03:29 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 31, 2016, 03:58:47 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 31, 2016, 03:48:36 AM
I'm sick. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faladdin.st%2Fbilder%2F305-1.gif&hash=dbeac6eb77153d42964ee3effa2bc27bfa6559a3)
What sort of sick?
Just a cold. I feel much better today.
Thank you for asking, Guardian85
  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 31, 2016, 07:25:08 PM
No problem, Mags!  ;D


The reason I am grumpy is that one of my students is getting deported next week.
Suppose I should mention that my Mother roped me back into the local marching band (she is the conductor) by making me the drum instructor for the new kids.
One of them has been a young man named Behram, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, whom I was teaching to play the bass drum in preparation for the May 17th parade.
The government, in their infinite wisdom  ::), have concluded that he is probably not 17 years old like it says in his papers, and therefore he is not eligible to remain in the country. They will probably deport him over the weekend or sometime next week.
So in summary: One young man who has thought himself Norwegian and integrated himself into the local community, and is quite possibly still a minor, is apparently not the sort of person we can let stay in the country.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 31, 2016, 09:52:49 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 31, 2016, 03:48:36 AM
I'm sick. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faladdin.st%2Fbilder%2F305-1.gif&hash=dbeac6eb77153d42964ee3effa2bc27bfa6559a3)

I am sick, and I am tired.


Glad you are feeling better Magdalita...didn't think butterflies got sick though?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 01, 2016, 06:30:35 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on March 31, 2016, 09:52:49 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 31, 2016, 03:48:36 AM
I'm sick. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faladdin.st%2Fbilder%2F305-1.gif&hash=dbeac6eb77153d42964ee3effa2bc27bfa6559a3)

I am sick, and I am tired.


Glad you are feeling better Magdalita...didn't think butterflies got sick though?
That's true.  :headscratch:

Hmm!?...So...
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/3e/a0/00/3ea000d93037292af7ed502a9f546ab9.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 01, 2016, 05:47:01 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 01, 2016, 06:30:35 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on March 31, 2016, 09:52:49 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 31, 2016, 03:48:36 AM
I'm sick. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faladdin.st%2Fbilder%2F305-1.gif&hash=dbeac6eb77153d42964ee3effa2bc27bfa6559a3)

I am sick, and I am tired.


Glad you are feeling better Magdalita...didn't think butterflies got sick though?
That's true.  :headscratch:

Hmm!?...So...
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/3e/a0/00/3ea000d93037292af7ed502a9f546ab9.jpg)

I don't think butterflies have an actual stomach.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 01, 2016, 06:11:08 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 31, 2016, 07:25:08 PM
No problem, Mags!  ;D


The reason I am grumpy is that one of my students is getting deported next week.
Suppose I should mention that my Mother roped me back into the local marching band (she is the conductor) by making me the drum instructor for the new kids.
One of them has been a young man named Behram, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, whom I was teaching to play the bass drum in preparation for the May 17th parade.
The government, in their infinite wisdom  ::), have concluded that he is probably not 17 years old like it says in his papers, and therefore he is not eligible to remain in the country. They will probably deport him over the weekend or sometime next week.
So in summary: One young man who has thought himself Norwegian and integrated himself into the local community, and is quite possibly still a minor, is apparently not the sort of person we can let stay in the country.

Is he all alone, or does he have family here/there? Terrible situation either way
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on April 01, 2016, 08:40:40 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 01, 2016, 06:11:08 PM
Is he all alone, or does he have family here/there? Terrible situation either way
He has no family left. One of the reasons he started in the marching band was to make friends here.
It looks like he'll be sent to Italy first. From there we don't know what happens. He might be able to apply again there, or he might be sent back to Afghanistan.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 02, 2016, 04:12:40 PM
That is so sad. I wish there was something we could do to help.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 02, 2016, 07:21:29 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, asthma is a bitch. :headshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 02, 2016, 08:11:01 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 02, 2016, 07:21:29 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, asthma is a bitch. :headshake:

Sorry Sister Magdalena, asthma is a bitch. Hope you feel better soon. :therethere: :therethere:

To quote from one of my favorite books, 'Sucks to your assmar!' (Meaning, the heck with it)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 03, 2016, 12:37:35 PM
Getting bronchitis with chest pain and unrelated cramps so bad I can hardly stand but the old bat I work for is still making me cone in because heaven forbid she feed her own horses.

Edit- apparently the reason she is making me come in is so she doesn't miss church.

(https://m.popkey.co/5b9093/De0br.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 03, 2016, 03:25:00 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 03, 2016, 12:37:35 PM
Getting bronchitis with chest pain and unrelated cramps so bad I can hardly stand but the old bat I work for is still making me cone in because heaven forbid she feed her own horses.

Edit- apparently the reason she is making me come in is so she doesn't miss church.

Bronchitis? Screw that, you need to rest.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on April 03, 2016, 06:40:47 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 03, 2016, 12:37:35 PM
Getting bronchitis with chest pain and unrelated cramps so bad I can hardly stand but the old bat I work for is still making me cone in because heaven forbid she feed her own horses.

Edit- apparently the reason she is making me come in is so she doesn't miss church.
As he is not here to tell you himself, I will pass on the ancient wisdom of the Old Git:
Hot whisky and lemon.... and then a nap.  ;D


Hope you feel better soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 04, 2016, 04:51:09 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 02, 2016, 08:11:01 PM
Sorry Sister Magdalena, asthma is a bitch. Hope you feel better soon. :therethere: :therethere:
You're so sweet, Sir Bruno de la Pole.  :hug:
I don't care what they say... :snooty:
...you've earned the, Sir.  :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 04, 2016, 07:20:58 PM
So today, the first post on my RA support group forum started with, "Today I start my homeopathic treatment..." One of the first comments was from a woman who is stopping her conventional treatment and "starting Tumeric, Magnesium, B Complex" as her only treatments.  :picard facepalm:  I would say something, but then I'd get kicked off the forum for not showing support for their treatment decisions.  :eyeroll:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on April 04, 2016, 09:31:44 PM
What sort of forum is it that has its members under such control that they can only say things which are in agreement with those who run it? It doesn't sound too healthy to me.  Do you get a lot of support from it in other ways Velma?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 05, 2016, 08:59:58 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 04, 2016, 09:31:44 PM
What sort of forum is it that has its members under such control that they can only say things which are in agreement with those who run it? It doesn't sound too healthy to me.  Do you get a lot of support from it in other ways Velma?
It's not that you have to agree with those who run it, you just can't judge the treatment choices others have made. I can understand that. RA is an terrible illness and the medications can have some awful side effects. However, when you have people forsaking proven medical treatments for quack remedies, it is difficult not to point that out. The forum staff is great about keeping those who promote and sell such treatments off the forum, but if someone decides to go that route you aren't supposed to criticize since it is their decision to make.

I do get support from it. Most people think RA is just a slightly worse form of the osteoarthritis (wear-and-tear arthritis) that most people get as they age. It helps to talk to others who understand and also struggle, not just with the pain, but with the fatigue, the brain fog, the affects on other systems in your body, the drug side effects, etc... I suppose putting up with those who choose woo over sound medicine are part of price of admission.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 05:40:37 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago
Insomnia sucks. I have insomnia every single night.  :(

But you know what/who makes me grumpy?
Trump.

Please excuse my language, but what the fuck is wrong with this motherfucker!?  :lynch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 07:51:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 05:40:37 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago
Insomnia sucks. I have insomnia every single night.  :(

But you know what/who makes me grumpy?
Trump.

Please excuse my language, but what the fuck is wrong with this motherfucker!?  :lynch:

Possibly insomnia. Some journalists have noted that his behavior looks similar to people suffering from sleep deprivation, especially since he boasts about only getting a few hours of sleep a night.
Or he's just a huge asshole.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on April 05, 2016, 07:59:52 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 07:51:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 05:40:37 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago
Insomnia sucks. I have insomnia every single night.  :(

But you know what/who makes me grumpy?
Trump.

Please excuse my language, but what the fuck is wrong with this motherfucker!?  :lynch:

Possibly insomnia. Some journalists have noted that his behavior looks similar to people suffering from sleep deprivation, especially since he boasts about only getting a few hours of sleep a night.
Or he's just a huge asshole.
Probably both. He also claims to have the best memory, while forgetting simple things, which is also a symptom of insomnia.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 08:24:56 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago

Tossed and turned in bed until around 3 am, then fell asleep until 6h30. After that I couldn't fall asleep again. I felt/feel like crap today. 

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Femoticoner.com%2Ffiles%2Femoticons%2Fsmileys%2Finsomnia-smiley.gif&hash=9a58648824db8e6939362a17f996d262de7937ee)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 09:21:23 PM
Quote from: Davin on April 05, 2016, 07:59:52 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 07:51:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 05:40:37 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago
Insomnia sucks. I have insomnia every single night.  :(

But you know what/who makes me grumpy?
Trump.

Please excuse my language, but what the fuck is wrong with this motherfucker!?  :lynch:

Possibly insomnia. Some journalists have noted that his behavior looks similar to people suffering from sleep deprivation, especially since he boasts about only getting a few hours of sleep a night.
Or he's just a huge asshole.
Probably both. He also claims to have the best memory, while forgetting simple things, which is also a symptom of insomnia.
You know what? I think it's time I did something about it.  :chin:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.4smileys.com%2Fsmileys%2Fhalloween-smileys%2Fwitch29.gif&hash=0b084d4b29ae5819b4426ce9f870078e646fac0d) :incense: :palpatine:  :cauldron:  :devil2:  :spaghetti:  :abduct:

There must be fifty ways
To ban a motherfucker
Fifty ways to ban a motherfucker...


:smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on April 05, 2016, 10:04:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 09:21:23 PM
Quote from: Davin on April 05, 2016, 07:59:52 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 07:51:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 05:40:37 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago
Insomnia sucks. I have insomnia every single night.  :(

But you know what/who makes me grumpy?
Trump.

Please excuse my language, but what the fuck is wrong with this motherfucker!?  :lynch:

Possibly insomnia. Some journalists have noted that his behavior looks similar to people suffering from sleep deprivation, especially since he boasts about only getting a few hours of sleep a night.
Or he's just a huge asshole.
Probably both. He also claims to have the best memory, while forgetting simple things, which is also a symptom of insomnia.
You know what? I think it's time I did something about it.  :chin:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.4smileys.com%2Fsmileys%2Fhalloween-smileys%2Fwitch29.gif&hash=0b084d4b29ae5819b4426ce9f870078e646fac0d) :incense: :palpatine:  :cauldron:  :devil2:  :spaghetti:  :abduct:

There must be fifty ways
To ban a motherfucker
Fifty ways to ban a motherfucker...


:smilenod:
(https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr02/8/12/anigif_enhanced-buzz-31443-1381250318-0.gif)

We should send him to his room until he gets enough sleep.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 11:02:19 PM
Quote from: Davin on April 05, 2016, 10:04:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 09:21:23 PM
Quote from: Davin on April 05, 2016, 07:59:52 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 07:51:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2016, 05:40:37 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 05, 2016, 05:03:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2016, 10:22:50 AM
Insomnia.  :(

How bad? I was up till 4 am a few nights ago
Insomnia sucks. I have insomnia every single night.  :(

But you know what/who makes me grumpy?
Trump.

Please excuse my language, but what the fuck is wrong with this motherfucker!?  :lynch:

Possibly insomnia. Some journalists have noted that his behavior looks similar to people suffering from sleep deprivation, especially since he boasts about only getting a few hours of sleep a night.
Or he's just a huge asshole.
Probably both. He also claims to have the best memory, while forgetting simple things, which is also a symptom of insomnia.
You know what? I think it's time I did something about it.  :chin:

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There must be fifty ways
To ban a motherfucker
Fifty ways to ban a motherfucker...


:smilenod:
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We should send him to his room until he gets enough sleep.

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Davin, you is so evil! I love it!  :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 05, 2016, 11:37:39 PM
XSP surely there is a Brazilian remedy for insomnia. Rum toddies, gin and tonic, or  several margaritas come to mind.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2016, 01:43:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 05, 2016, 11:37:39 PM
XSP surely there is a Brazilian remedy for insomnia. Rum toddies, gin and tonic, or  several margaritas come to mind.

Heheh I would rather to wake up without a major headache. :P

Usually what I do is listen to audiobooks - I just can't seem to stay awake when listening to one - but yesterday just didn't feel like doing that either. I was in a truly grumpy mood.  :headshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 04:02:57 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2016, 01:43:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 05, 2016, 11:37:39 PM
XSP surely there is a Brazilian remedy for insomnia. Rum toddies, gin and tonic, or  several margaritas come to mind.

Heheh I would rather to wake up without a major headache. :P

Usually what I do is listen to audiobooks - I just can't seem to stay awake when listening to one - but yesterday just didn't feel like doing that either. I was in a truly grumpy mood.  :headshake:
I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allsmileys.com%2Ffiles%2Fkolobok%2Fmisc%2F78.gif&hash=b44d69f924a62b0a459bb4e1f6305423ec08a86c)
The "Clown Posse" got together and...well, you know.  :shifty:

Anyways, insomnia...Mornings are horrible when you have insomnia.  :zombie:
I've had it ever since I was a child. I've learned to live with it, tried just about everything, nothing works. If it works, it has bad side effects. I don't think I can give you any advice. I can't even help myself with this problem.
I'm sorry.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2016, 01:03:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 04:02:57 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2016, 01:43:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 05, 2016, 11:37:39 PM
XSP surely there is a Brazilian remedy for insomnia. Rum toddies, gin and tonic, or  several margaritas come to mind.

Heheh I would rather to wake up without a major headache. :P

Usually what I do is listen to audiobooks - I just can't seem to stay awake when listening to one - but yesterday just didn't feel like doing that either. I was in a truly grumpy mood.  :headshake:
I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allsmileys.com%2Ffiles%2Fkolobok%2Fmisc%2F78.gif&hash=b44d69f924a62b0a459bb4e1f6305423ec08a86c)
The "Clown Posse" got together and...well, you know.  :shifty:

I like the "Clown Posse"! :popcorn:

QuoteAnyways, insomnia...Mornings are horrible when you have insomnia.  :zombie:
I've had it ever since I was a child. I've learned to live with it, tried just about everything, nothing works. If it works, it has bad side effects. I don't think I can give you any advice. I can't even help myself with this problem.
I'm sorry.  :(

...

Thanks Mags. :P

:therethere:

Have you tried melatonin supplements?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on April 06, 2016, 02:13:16 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2016, 01:03:43 PM
I like the "Clown Posse"! :popcorn:

Oh no... we got ourself a juggalette.

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on April 06, 2016, 04:22:50 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 04:02:57 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2016, 01:43:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 05, 2016, 11:37:39 PM
XSP surely there is a Brazilian remedy for insomnia. Rum toddies, gin and tonic, or  several margaritas come to mind.

Heheh I would rather to wake up without a major headache. :P

Usually what I do is listen to audiobooks - I just can't seem to stay awake when listening to one - but yesterday just didn't feel like doing that either. I was in a truly grumpy mood.  :headshake:
I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allsmileys.com%2Ffiles%2Fkolobok%2Fmisc%2F78.gif&hash=b44d69f924a62b0a459bb4e1f6305423ec08a86c)
The "Clown Posse" got together and...well, you know.  :shifty:

Anyways, insomnia...Mornings are horrible when you have insomnia.  :zombie:
I've had it ever since I was a child. I've learned to live with it, tried just about everything, nothing works. If it works, it has bad side effects. I don't think I can give you any advice. I can't even help myself with this problem.
I'm sorry.  :(
I've also had insomnia since I was a kid (there must be a correlation between childhood insomnia and liking animated gifs), I've worked on it, tracked it, and have made some improvement. I used to sleep between 3-5 hours a night, now I sleep 4.5-6 hours a night. What's my secret? Well, it only took me a lifetime of trying. What worked for me, was to get up at the same time every day no matter when I went to sleep, which is currently 5:30am and I usually go to bed between 11pm and 12:30am. Also, I can't go to bed when I don't have the sleep tired feeling which is much different than a body tired. If I feel the sleep tired between 11pm and 12:30am, I go to bed immediately, which means that I take care of everything I need to take care of before 11pm. That way I can just go right to bed because if I miss that sleep tired feeling, I will have to wait for the next one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 07:17:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2016, 01:03:43 PM
...
Have you tried melatonin supplements?
No, I haven't. I guess I haven't really tried "just about everything."  :scratch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 07:26:02 PM
Quote from: Davin on April 06, 2016, 04:22:50 PM
I've also had insomnia since I was a kid (there must be a correlation between childhood insomnia and liking animated gifs)
:snicker:

Quote from: Davin on April 06, 2016, 04:22:50 PM
I've worked on it, tracked it, and have made some improvement. I used to sleep between 3-5 hours a night, now I sleep 4.5-6 hours a night. What's my secret? Well, it only took me a lifetime of trying. What worked for me, was to get up at the same time every day no matter when I went to sleep, which is currently 5:30am and I usually go to bed between 11pm and 12:30am. Also, I can't go to bed when I don't have the sleep tired feeling which is much different than a body tired. If I feel the sleep tired between 11pm and 12:30am, I go to bed immediately, which means that I take care of everything I need to take care of before 11pm. That way I can just go right to bed because if I miss that sleep tired feeling, I will have to wait for the next one.
I'm glad you found a solution to your problem. I also go to bed when I feel tired, between 11:30 and 12:30. I've noticed it's 1:45 or  2:00 AM and I'm still awake.  :o Doctors will give me pills, but they make me feel horrible in the morning, so I don't take them--anymore. I've noticed that a glass of cold milk makes me sleepy.  :smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 06, 2016, 07:44:20 PM
Mags, I heard from the nuns who taught at my school that not casting spells, or practicing any form of witchcraft after 8pm is a good cure for insomnia.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 08:05:54 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 06, 2016, 07:44:20 PM
Mags, I heard from the nuns who taught at my school that not casting spells, or practicing any form of witchcraft after 8pm is a good cure for insomnia.
Yes, I've heard that soooooo many times!  ::)
But that's not gonna happen--as long as Trump is running for president, I'll be up until 3:00 AM doing my thing, for as long as it takes.
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on April 06, 2016, 08:47:57 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 07:26:02 PM
I'm glad you found a solution to your problem. I also go to bed when I feel tired, between 11:30 and 12:30. I've noticed it's 1:45 or  2:00 AM and I'm still awake.  :o Doctors will give me pills, but they make me feel horrible in the morning, so I don't take them--anymore. I've noticed that a glass of cold milk makes me sleepy.  :smilenod:
Yeah, there's no solution that works on everyone. I stopped trying pills, they either didn't work, kept me awake, or made me feel worse in the morning and throughout the day than not sleeping at all.

I have a few distinct tired feelings. Body tired is when my body is tired, like if I've been doing something all day, but that doesn't help me to sleep. I have brain tired where it's like my body tired, but my mind becomes slow and foggy and needs a rest, but that also doesn't help me sleep. Then I have a different feeling that I call sleep tired, because that is the feeling that lets me know when I am ready to go to sleep. That last one comes at random times throughout the night, but I ignore it when it's far too early. If I lay down when I'm not feeling the sleep tired, it rarely happens. I try to explain this to other people, but it seems like I'm the only one who seems to have that last one and most people can sleep when either their body or mind is tired.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 09:24:54 PM
I've come to the conclusion that maybe I don't need that many hours of sleep, just a few is fine.  :shrug:
I understand about being "body tired" and "brain tired." There are times when my body is tired, but my mind is going like 90 mph., at midnight! That's the worst type of insomnia.  :yawn:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 07, 2016, 01:08:14 PM
If I was religious I would think that I've really pissed off some deity. I cannot seem to shake whatever illness that I caught and it's only been getting worse.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on April 07, 2016, 02:32:14 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 09:24:54 PM
I've come to the conclusion that maybe I don't need that many hours of sleep, just a few is fine.  :shrug:
I understand about being "body tired" and "brain tired." There are times when my body is tired, but my mind is going like 90 mph., at midnight! That's the worst type of insomnia.  :yawn:

Want immediate results do highly strenuous exercise an hour and a half before you intend to go to sleep (for about 30 mins (you should be failing to finish all exercise and it should challenge you), take a low dose of melatonin and an ice bath afterwards throw ice into a bath until almost all melted and get in, only do your lower half at first then submerge your torso, do for about 10 mins total. Once finished eat two tea spoons of almond butter on something like carrots or celery (this is for the morning). Now go get in bed in the half military crawl position. If you don't hall asleep after that then something must be wrong with you.

Want a long term solution do meditation but it isn't an overnight thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 07, 2016, 05:14:22 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 06, 2016, 07:44:20 PM
Mags, I heard from the nuns who taught at my school that not casting spells, or practicing any form of witchcraft after 8pm is a good cure for insomnia.
Pffft! Nuns know nothing about casting spells or practicing witchcraft. Spells work so much better when cast in the darkest hours of the day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 07:02:35 PM
Quote from: Crow on April 07, 2016, 02:32:14 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 06, 2016, 09:24:54 PM
I've come to the conclusion that maybe I don't need that many hours of sleep, just a few is fine.  :shrug:
I understand about being "body tired" and "brain tired." There are times when my body is tired, but my mind is going like 90 mph., at midnight! That's the worst type of insomnia.  :yawn:

Want immediate results do highly strenuous exercise an hour and a half before you intend to go to sleep (for about 30 mins (you should be failing to finish all exercise and it should challenge you), take a low dose of melatonin and an ice bath afterwards throw ice into a bath until almost all melted and get in, only do your lower half at first then submerge your torso, do for about 10 mins total. Once finished eat two tea spoons of almond butter on something like carrots or celery (this is for the morning). Now go get in bed in the half military crawl position. If you don't hall asleep after that then something must be wrong with you.

Want a long term solution do meditation but it isn't an overnight thing.
Crow!  >:(
I'm an insomniac, not insane!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 07:04:24 PM
Quote from: Velma on April 07, 2016, 05:14:22 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 06, 2016, 07:44:20 PM
Mags, I heard from the nuns who taught at my school that not casting spells, or practicing any form of witchcraft after 8pm is a good cure for insomnia.
Pffft! Nuns know nothing about casting spells or practicing witchcraft. Spells work so much better when cast in the darkest hours of the day.
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on April 07, 2016, 07:05:59 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 07:02:35 PM
Crow!  >:(
I'm an insomniac, not insane!

It works, you wont wake up in the night and you will arise feeling boss.

Though if you aren't use to proper exercise be prepared not to be able to move for a few days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 07:23:22 PM
Quote from: Crow on April 07, 2016, 07:05:59 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 07:02:35 PM
Crow!  >:(
I'm an insomniac, not insane!

It works, you wont wake up in the night and you will arise feeling boss.

Though if you aren't use to proper exercise be prepared not to be able to move for a few days.
Is this what you do in the privacy of your room to control your wiggles?  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on April 07, 2016, 07:51:05 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 07:23:22 PM
Is this what you do in the privacy of your room to control your wiggles?  :grin:

What's a "wiggles"?

I meditate every day so have no problems falling asleep, it helps me not engage with thoughts when my brain is in overdrive.

I actually do a lot of that any way but not every day, plyometric cardio circuit from the insanity workout once a week and strength twice a week, ice bath if I have muscle niggle. Almond butter before sleep every night so I wake up with energy. Don't need the melatonin, never even tried it myself.

Workout and ice bath will knock you out better than any drugs will. Workout will usually just make me tiered until I have properly refuelled ice bath regardless of exercise will make you sleep. With exercise you are going to drop like a log.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 08:17:40 PM
Quote from: Crow on April 07, 2016, 07:51:05 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 07:23:22 PM
Is this what you do in the privacy of your room to control your wiggles?  :grin:

What's a "wiggles"?

I meditate every day so have no problems falling asleep, it helps me not engage with thoughts when my brain is in overdrive.

I actually do a lot of that any way but not every day, plyometric cardio circuit from the insanity workout once a week and strength twice a week, ice bath if I have muscle niggle. Almond butter before sleep every night so I wake up with energy. Don't need the melatonin, never even tried it myself.

Workout and ice bath will knock you out better than any drugs will. Workout will usually just make me tiered until I have properly refuelled ice bath regardless of exercise will make you sleep. With exercise you are going to drop like a log.
I call being restless, "wiggles."
I'm glad you've found something that works for you. Like Davin said, "there's no solution that works on everyone." I'll find something that will work for me, but I don't think ice baths is something I would try, specially on days I have an asthma attack.  :sshocked:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on April 07, 2016, 10:30:58 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 08:17:40 PM
I call being restless, "wiggles."
I'm glad you've found something that works for you. Like Davin said, "there's no solution that works on everyone." I'll find something that will work for me, but I don't think ice baths is something I would try, specially on days I have an asthma attack.  :sshocked:

I do know of another method but I'm not got going to share it. It does work quite well but it is seriously unhealthy even though many people would jump on it immediately rather than push them selves physically.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on April 07, 2016, 10:48:42 PM
Quote from: Velma on April 05, 2016, 08:59:58 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 04, 2016, 09:31:44 PM
What sort of forum is it that has its members under such control that they can only say things which are in agreement with those who run it? It doesn't sound too healthy to me.  Do you get a lot of support from it in other ways Velma?
It's not that you have to agree with those who run it, you just can't judge the treatment choices others have made. I can understand that. RA is an terrible illness and the medications can have some awful side effects. However, when you have people forsaking proven medical treatments for quack remedies, it is difficult not to point that out. The forum staff is great about keeping those who promote and sell such treatments off the forum, but if someone decides to go that route you aren't supposed to criticize since it is their decision to make.

I do get support from it. Most people think RA is just a slightly worse form of the osteoarthritis (wear-and-tear arthritis) that most people get as they age. It helps to talk to others who understand and also struggle, not just with the pain, but with the fatigue, the brain fog, the affects on other systems in your body, the drug side effects, etc... I suppose putting up with those who choose woo over sound medicine are part of price of admission.

Yes,I can understand that as my mum was a a lifelong sufferer.  I count myself very lucky in the life I lead and I can well understand people wanting to try anything in their frustration that doctors are limited in the help thay can offer. I'm glad you get support from the site, because you're right, other people don't really have an accurate concept of the condition.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 11:02:14 PM
Quote from: Crow on April 07, 2016, 10:30:58 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 08:17:40 PM
I call being restless, "wiggles."
I'm glad you've found something that works for you. Like Davin said, "there's no solution that works on everyone." I'll find something that will work for me, but I don't think ice baths is something I would try, specially on days I have an asthma attack.  :sshocked:

I do know of another method but I'm not got going to share it. It does work quite well but it is seriously unhealthy even though many people would jump on it immediately rather than push them selves physically.
Please share it.  :tellmemore:
I find your unhealthy ways to fight insomnia fascinating.  ;D

I've been thinking about your ice bath suggestion--all afternoon-- :felix:
...If a witch won't burn or drown...
...Are you just trying to find out if I, I mean, a witch would freeze?  :???:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on April 07, 2016, 11:24:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 11:02:14 PM
Please share it.  :tellmemore:
I find your unhealthy ways to fight insomnia fascinating.  ;D

I've been thinking about your ice bath suggestion--all afternoon-- :felix:
...If a witch won't burn or drown...
...Are you just trying to find out if I, I mean, a witch would freeze?  :???:

Essentially it is making your body focus on trying to do one thing (similar to how the exercise for sleep works). You eat a very large meal that is very high in protein and saturated fats which are hard to digest and a moderate amount of carbohydrates. This will help contribute to heart disease, certain types of cancers, diabetes, strokes and other things so I wouldn't touch it however you do this approaching bed time you body goes into postprandial somnolence and down you drop.

I don't think it would be enough to freeze a witch it is way off 0c. You could do a warm bath as well but cold is far more efficient and if you are doing exercise it will help with repair and inflammation. Add a small artificial dose of melatonin and you should be gone like Flynn even with a warm bath.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on April 08, 2016, 02:39:17 PM
Quote from: Crow on April 07, 2016, 11:24:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2016, 11:02:14 PM
Please share it.  :tellmemore:
I find your unhealthy ways to fight insomnia fascinating.  ;D

I've been thinking about your ice bath suggestion--all afternoon-- :felix:
...If a witch won't burn or drown...
...Are you just trying to find out if I, I mean, a witch would freeze?  :???:

Essentially it is making your body focus on trying to do one thing (similar to how the exercise for sleep works). You eat a very large meal that is very high in protein and saturated fats which are hard to digest and a moderate amount of carbohydrates. This will help contribute to heart disease, certain types of cancers, diabetes, strokes and other things so I wouldn't touch it however you do this approaching bed time you body goes into postprandial somnolence and down you drop.
I can't sleep after eating a huge meal. I have to stop eating by a few hours before I go to bed. Eating was something I did to keep myself awake when I got less than four hours of sleep in two days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 08, 2016, 06:12:57 PM
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 08, 2016, 08:23:20 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 07, 2016, 10:48:42 PM
Quote from: Velma on April 05, 2016, 08:59:58 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 04, 2016, 09:31:44 PM
What sort of forum is it that has its members under such control that they can only say things which are in agreement with those who run it? It doesn't sound too healthy to me.  Do you get a lot of support from it in other ways Velma?
It's not that you have to agree with those who run it, you just can't judge the treatment choices others have made. I can understand that. RA is an terrible illness and the medications can have some awful side effects. However, when you have people forsaking proven medical treatments for quack remedies, it is difficult not to point that out. The forum staff is great about keeping those who promote and sell such treatments off the forum, but if someone decides to go that route you aren't supposed to criticize since it is their decision to make.

I do get support from it. Most people think RA is just a slightly worse form of the osteoarthritis (wear-and-tear arthritis) that most people get as they age. It helps to talk to others who understand and also struggle, not just with the pain, but with the fatigue, the brain fog, the affects on other systems in your body, the drug side effects, etc... I suppose putting up with those who choose woo over sound medicine are part of price of admission.

Yes,I can understand that as my mum was a a lifelong sufferer.  I count myself very lucky in the life I lead and I can well understand people wanting to try anything in their frustration that doctors are limited in the help thay can offer. I'm glad you get support from the site, because you're right, other people don't really have an accurate concept of the condition.
When people ask where they can go for more information, I do try to direct them to reliable sources. No source of information is perfect, but you can be fairly certain that the Arthritis Foundation or Mayo Clinic websites are going to have better info than Natural News or Dr. Oz.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

:o

That happened to me last year, turns out it was some sort of malware.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 09, 2016, 03:24:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

:o

That happened to me last year, turns out it was some sort of malware.

You two need to stay away from those online porno sites.
:D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 09, 2016, 04:36:34 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

I'm sorry to hear that. Let us know when you resolve it so I can make fun of you for still having an AOL account  ;D In all seriousness, I'd probably dump it for real now that you posted it online, as there are bots that scoop up every email address they can find online to spam them.

And insomnia...yup,had it again last night. It's still much better than it used to be once I discovered Unisom, but last night I was up until 4 am. Probably a combination of stress and getting home really late from seeing Batman vs Superman (which was definitely not worth it).
This was the stupid trigger of stress: I have some former high school friends who I pushed away a while ago for good reasons, and one guy's wife tagged me in a pic of us from high school on Facebook. I'm not Facebook friends with either of them, she tried to add me once and I ignored it. Supposed to be one of those looking back fondly moments, but it triggered bad memories and anger that this person's wife, who I barely know, is seemingly reaching out on his behalf. Every so often there are attempts made to reach out to me, and while I wouldn't mind seeing one or two of them, this felt pushy and fake. So I removed the tag and then my mind raced all night. Feels lame to think this still affects me considering all the awesome things that have happened in my life since.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2016, 10:56:04 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 09, 2016, 03:24:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

:o

That happened to me last year, turns out it was some sort of malware.

You two need to stay away from those online porno sites.
:D

:nu-uh: I assure you that there's no way my computer could have gotten a PTV (pornally transmitted virus) from those those sites.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on April 10, 2016, 02:36:39 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2016, 10:56:04 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 09, 2016, 03:24:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

:o

That happened to me last year, turns out it was some sort of malware.

You two need to stay away from those online porno sites.
:D

:nu-uh: I assure you that there's no way my computer could have gotten a PTV (pornally transmitted virus) from those those sites.

Use good protection ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2016, 03:31:40 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on April 10, 2016, 02:36:39 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2016, 10:56:04 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 09, 2016, 03:24:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

:o

That happened to me last year, turns out it was some sort of malware.

You two need to stay away from those online porno sites.
:D

:nu-uh: I assure you that there's no way my computer could have gotten a PTV (pornally transmitted virus) from those those sites.

Use good protection ;)

Heheh, only the best. Abstinence.  :P

I used to share a family computer and some of my family members were into those sites. Every now and then a pornographic pic would pop up (no Adblock back then). We were frequently embarrassed whenever we had friends or classmates over.  :twitch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on April 10, 2016, 03:46:21 PM
What's super fun are all the tracking cookies for targeted advertising now... So when you have a joint account somewhere that remembers your unrelated, individual account, and you log into said individual account after the other party on your joint account has been searching for "hot ass yoga pants" it's suuuuuuper fun...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 11, 2016, 12:33:02 PM
Monday!  :waah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 11, 2016, 12:48:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 11, 2016, 12:33:02 PM
Monday!  :waah:

:therethere: it'll soon be Friday.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 13, 2016, 01:41:29 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 09, 2016, 03:24:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

:o

That happened to me last year, turns out it was some sort of malware.

You two need to stay away from those online porno sites.
:D

I saw this item, and immediately thought of you two. Might be a wise choice to sign up for this service. ;D

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFlYTA98.jpg&hash=1b284d04d80948d88a25827d6469b24bed412057)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 13, 2016, 04:27:30 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 13, 2016, 01:41:29 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 09, 2016, 03:24:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 08, 2016, 09:01:12 PM
I am grumpy because some jackass hacked my AOL E Mail function. He/she/it used every address that I have written to within the last five years.  I am getting WTF letters from a lot of my contacts. If any of you get a letter from RSTinstruments@AOL.com ignore it . I do not know the content of the phony messages, likely some sort of scam.  >:(

:o

That happened to me last year, turns out it was some sort of malware.

You two need to stay away from those online porno sites.
:D

I saw this item, and immediately thought of you two. Might be a wise choice to sign up for this service. ;D

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFlYTA98.jpg&hash=1b284d04d80948d88a25827d6469b24bed412057)

:snooty:

That looks cheap. It would probably give me an allergic reaction.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on April 15, 2016, 03:32:06 PM
Picked up two shifts at the dorm this week, and of course I get the two most drama-filled days so far this year.

Long story short version: Teacher calls from the school because he's worried about a girl living in the dorm. Girl admits to thinking about hurting herself. And we spend the next two days watching her like a hawk. Finally, yesterday a decision was made to send her to an in-patient facility.
I do hope she gets over whatever it is, but I will admit it is a load off all our backs that she is someone else's responsibility now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 15, 2016, 09:12:23 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on April 15, 2016, 03:32:06 PM
Picked up two shifts at the dorm this week, and of course I get the two most drama-filled days so far this year.

Long story short version: Teacher calls from the school because he's worried about a girl living in the dorm. Girl admits to thinking about hurting herself. And we spend the next two days watching her like a hawk. Finally, yesterday a decision was made to send her to an in-patient facility.
I do hope she gets over whatever it is, but I will admit it is a load off all our backs that she is someone else's responsibility now.

That's rough. I'm glad she's getting some help, and I understand how you feel. We had to deal with a similar situation like that when I was a camp counselor so many years ago
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on April 16, 2016, 01:15:56 AM
When a migraine comes out of nowhere and you realise there are no drugs in the house and the only shop open nerby at this hour means walking through town on a Saturday night and having to deal with all the piss heads.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 17, 2016, 01:39:33 AM
^ that's why I always keep a few pills on hand, some at home, others in my bag - you never know when you're going to need them.

As for my reason to be grumpy: so much to do, so little time and way too much procrastination.  :haironfire:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on April 17, 2016, 01:06:20 PM
Stupid passport photo machine has made me grumpy.

I'm taking scampus to Disneyland Paris as a surprise in August so she obviously needs a passport. Was hoping to keep it all secret but the stupid machine kept asking questions like "is this for a passport", " these photos are for a passport " etc etc. Now she knows she's getting a passport!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 17, 2016, 07:31:03 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on April 17, 2016, 01:06:20 PM
Stupid passport photo machine has made me grumpy.

I'm taking scampus to Disneyland Paris as a surprise in August so she obviously needs a passport. Was hoping to keep it all secret but the stupid machine kept asking questions like "is this for a passport", " these photos are for a passport " etc etc. Now she knows she's getting a passport!

Tell her it's for a really boring meeting that you have to go to and that you had no choice but to bring her too.

Or if she's like I was at that age, she'll forget in a few weeks anyway.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 17, 2016, 09:46:48 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on April 17, 2016, 01:06:20 PM
Stupid passport photo machine has made me grumpy.

I'm taking scampus to Disneyland Paris as a surprise in August so she obviously needs a passport. Was hoping to keep it all secret but the stupid machine kept asking questions like "is this for a passport", " these photos are for a passport " etc etc. Now she knows she's getting a passport!
I'll keep my opinion of Disneyland Paris to myself. I will offer one piece of advice. If you intend to dress Scamp up as a princess sort the costume out BEFORE you go and take it with you! What they have their are shite priced like diamond! If you're going to stay for the firework display take something to sit on as there are no seats.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 18, 2016, 02:34:37 AM
So as part of the battery of tests we took for our unborn child, I got tested for Tay Sachs disease. If you've never heard of it, it's a horrible condition that basically destroys the neurons in the brain and leads to early death. It's common mostly in Ashkenazi jews (like me) and really rare otherwise. If someone inherits it from only one parent, they're not affected but can be a carrier. Two carrier parents have to pass it on to affect the child. And my wife is not Ashkenazi. But my test came back inconclusive, so they tested her out of an abundance of caution.
Yup, positive.
Before you freak out (like we did), there's a lot of reasons this doesn't mean anything yet. Her test has a higher possibility of false positives in non-Ashkenazis, mine came back negative for carrying the DNA mutations most readily associated with the disease, and if by some bizarreness we're both carriers, it doesn't necessarily mean we'll pass it on. That being said...fuck. We're seeing a genetic counselor on Tuesday to figure out next steps.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on April 18, 2016, 05:52:25 AM
Quote from: Tank on April 17, 2016, 09:46:48 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on April 17, 2016, 01:06:20 PM
Stupid passport photo machine has made me grumpy.

I'm taking scampus to Disneyland Paris as a surprise in August so she obviously needs a passport. Was hoping to keep it all secret but the stupid machine kept asking questions like "is this for a passport", " these photos are for a passport " etc etc. Now she knows she's getting a passport!
I'll keep my opinion of Disneyland Paris to myself. I will offer one piece of advice. If you intend to dress Scamp up as a princess sort the costume out BEFORE you go and take it with you! What they have their are shite priced like diamond! If you're going to stay for the firework display take something to sit on as there are no seats.

Oh I've been before so I fully expect it to be capitalist hell for me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on April 18, 2016, 05:55:36 AM
Quote from: Firebird on April 18, 2016, 02:34:37 AM
So as part of the battery of tests we took for our unborn child, I got tested for Tay Sachs disease. If you've never heard of it, it's a horrible condition that basically destroys the neurons in the brain and leads to early death. It's common mostly in Ashkenazi jews (like me) and really rare otherwise. If someone inherits it from only one parent, they're not affected but can be a carrier. Two carrier parents have to pass it on to affect the child. And my wife is not Ashkenazi. But my test came back inconclusive, so they tested her out of an abundance of caution.
Yup, positive.
Before you freak out (like we did), there's a lot of reasons this doesn't mean anything yet. Her test has a higher possibility of false positives in non-Ashkenazis, mine came back negative for carrying the DNA mutations most readily associated with the disease, and if by some bizarreness we're both carriers, it doesn't necessarily mean we'll pass it on. That being said...fuck. We're seeing a genetic counselor on Tuesday to figure out next steps.



This must be very worrying for you both. I hope it goes well with the counsellor.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 18, 2016, 06:48:52 AM
Quote from: Firebird on April 18, 2016, 02:34:37 AM
So as part of the battery of tests we took for our unborn child, I got tested for Tay Sachs disease. If you've never heard of it, it's a horrible condition that basically destroys the neurons in the brain and leads to early death. It's common mostly in Ashkenazi jews (like me) and really rare otherwise. If someone inherits it from only one parent, they're not affected but can be a carrier. Two carrier parents have to pass it on to affect the child. And my wife is not Ashkenazi. But my test came back inconclusive, so they tested her out of an abundance of caution.
Yup, positive.
Before you freak out (like we did), there's a lot of reasons this doesn't mean anything yet. Her test has a higher possibility of false positives in non-Ashkenazis, mine came back negative for carrying the DNA mutations most readily associated with the disease, and if by some bizarreness we're both carriers, it doesn't necessarily mean we'll pass it on. That being said...fuck. We're seeing a genetic counselor on Tuesday to figure out next steps.
What horrid news to get. I hope the counsellor has more positive news.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 18, 2016, 03:05:58 PM
Quote from: Firebird on April 18, 2016, 02:34:37 AM
So as part of the battery of tests we took for our unborn child, I got tested for Tay Sachs disease. If you've never heard of it, it's a horrible condition that basically destroys the neurons in the brain and leads to early death. It's common mostly in Ashkenazi jews (like me) and really rare otherwise. If someone inherits it from only one parent, they're not affected but can be a carrier. Two carrier parents have to pass it on to affect the child. And my wife is not Ashkenazi. But my test came back inconclusive, so they tested her out of an abundance of caution.
Yup, positive.
Before you freak out (like we did), there's a lot of reasons this doesn't mean anything yet. Her test has a higher possibility of false positives in non-Ashkenazis, mine came back negative for carrying the DNA mutations most readily associated with the disease, and if by some bizarreness we're both carriers, it doesn't necessarily mean we'll pass it on. That being said...fuck. We're seeing a genetic counselor on Tuesday to figure out next steps.

Sorry Firebird, I was in a somewhat similar situation when my wife was pregnant with our son, so I have an idea how horrible this is right now for you and your wife.

I'll be hoping along with the others here that your counselor has better news for you.

Take care.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 18, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
Central heating boiler stopped working  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 18, 2016, 09:13:25 PM
Smack it with a hammer Tank...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 18, 2016, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 18, 2016, 09:13:25 PM
Smack it with a hammer Tank...

That's what she said....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 18, 2016, 10:23:49 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 18, 2016, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 18, 2016, 09:13:25 PM
Smack it with a hammer Tank...

That's what she said....

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 18, 2016, 11:26:36 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 18, 2016, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 18, 2016, 09:13:25 PM
Smack it with a hammer Tank...

That's what she said....

:picard facepalm:

:mb lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 19, 2016, 03:41:29 AM
Today I worked 5 hours at barn A and 8 hours at barn B. To say I'm sore is an understatement.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on April 19, 2016, 01:41:20 PM
I was hoping to come up with something for Icarus...
If a Budhorse works 5 hours at barn A and 8 hours at barn B
How many hours of remedial massage will the Budhorse require, na, i'm bored with the thing.
I'm sure I would of come up something before by brain started turning to mush.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on April 19, 2016, 02:47:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 18, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
Central heating boiler stopped working  >:(

I'd usually sacrifice a cat, wait 24 hours.
If symptoms persist call a boiler person.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Hardvark on April 19, 2016, 02:58:29 PM
Beautiful sunny weather here today and I've got to go to work all evening >:(, wishing I could win the lottery.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 19, 2016, 05:39:02 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 19, 2016, 03:41:29 AM
Today I worked 5 hours at barn A and 8 hours at barn B. To say I'm sore is an understatement.

I feel sorry for the horseys in barn B, they're probably all like, " I'm just good as those stuck-up, prima donna fuckers in barn A"!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 19, 2016, 06:57:11 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 19, 2016, 05:39:02 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 19, 2016, 03:41:29 AM
Today I worked 5 hours at barn A and 8 hours at barn B. To say I'm sore is an understatement.

I feel sorry for the horseys in barn B, they're probably all like, " I'm just good as those stuck-up, prima donna fuckers in barn A"!

Actually barn B is a multi million dollar operation so they probably couldn't give two shits about any other horses haha.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 20, 2016, 01:23:29 PM
I need this shirt.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtD0TbC0.jpg&hash=03e775f4af6780e89d2fba5b9c3883b335a8c78a)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 21, 2016, 03:58:27 AM
^ I need one of those tee shirts. I am not a morning person. My circadean clock has put me hours behind the world of all those people who are happy waker uppers. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 21, 2016, 04:10:44 AM
I'm not a morning person. My daughter gave me a coffee mug it says on it: "I drink coffee for your protection."  ::)
My man is a very happy morning person. I take as much as I can, but eventually I do this:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emotiyou.com%2Fgalerie%2Ffilms%2Fhorreur%2Fexorciste%2F201002211910EVY.gif&hash=9bfe4bdda7b47773bf0faf6cdcfe86b904392775)
And he says, "Too early, my love?"
:grin:

That's how bad I am in the mornings.  :(
But then, it all goes away.  :frolic:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 21, 2016, 02:32:56 PM
I accidentally took two of my adderal and now I feel like I'm going to die.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 22, 2016, 01:38:55 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 21, 2016, 02:32:56 PM
I accidentally took two of my adderal and now I feel like I'm going to die.

Did you die Bud? Are you still here with us? Here in the house of Happy Atheists, full of mirth and laughter, cheer and goodwill.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 22, 2016, 03:50:50 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 22, 2016, 01:38:55 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 21, 2016, 02:32:56 PM
I accidentally took two of my adderal and now I feel like I'm going to die.

Did you die Bud? Are you still here with us? Here in the house of Happy Atheists, full of mirth and laughter, cheer and goodwill.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/MIlx72MOfloYg/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 23, 2016, 03:52:02 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 22, 2016, 03:50:50 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 22, 2016, 01:38:55 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on April 21, 2016, 02:32:56 PM
I accidentally took two of my adderal and now I feel like I'm going to die.

Did you die Bud? Are you still here with us? Here in the house of Happy Atheists, full of mirth and laughter, cheer and goodwill.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/MIlx72MOfloYg/giphy.gif)

That's good Bud; although the House of Happy Atheists seems less full of mirth, laughter, cheer and goodwill these days.

I detect an under-current running in the shallows, like a riptide, waiting to pull some unfortunate souls out into the deep, deep waters. Shudder.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 23, 2016, 04:14:14 AM
So my sister-in-law just posted a transphobic/homophobic rant. I'd unfriend her or respond (leading her to unfriend me), but if I did, I would never get to see pictures of my niece again. Wonder if I could get away with pointing out that christians seem very obsessed with other people's genitalia for followers of a man who never mentioned such?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 23, 2016, 07:21:45 AM
Quote from: Velma on April 23, 2016, 04:14:14 AM
So my sister-in-law just posted a transphobic/homophobic rant. I'd unfriend her or respond (leading her to unfriend me), but if I did, I would never get to see pictures of my niece again. Wonder if I could get away with pointing out that christians seem very obsessed with other people's genitalia for followers of a man who never mentioned such?
You remember all too well what it was like to be under the thrall of the Christian meme. Let her rant she's not in a place to listen. Maybe one day she will be. She could be a lost cause but your niece may very well need her rational aunty in future.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 23, 2016, 07:39:26 AM
Quote from: Tank on April 23, 2016, 07:21:45 AM
Quote from: Velma on April 23, 2016, 04:14:14 AM
So my sister-in-law just posted a transphobic/homophobic rant. I'd unfriend her or respond (leading her to unfriend me), but if I did, I would never get to see pictures of my niece again. Wonder if I could get away with pointing out that christians seem very obsessed with other people's genitalia for followers of a man who never mentioned such?
You remember all too well what it was like to be under the thrall of the Christian meme. Let her rant she's not in a place to listen. Maybe one day she will be. She could be a lost cause but your niece may very well need her rational aunty in future.
You, once again, are very right!.  :hug:

Now something that makes me grumpy: Apparently, the reason Prince's plane had to make an emergency landing a few days before his death was because he had overdosed on Percocet, a prescription pain medication containing oxycodone and Tylenol. Thank you very NOT for perpetuating the myth that all people who take prescription pain medications become addicts, Prince! It is already to the point here in the US that my primary care doctor was afraid to prescribe 15 Vicodin to me to carry me over when my orthopedist was out of the office recently and couldn't renew my prescription - and I'm walking around with a broken knee and have x-rays, an MRI, and a CT scan to prove it! Chronic pain patients were already being subjected to contracts, on-demand pill counts, piss tests, and pharmacists deciding out of the blue not to fill their prescriptions. This F***ing War On Drugs has now become a war on people suffering with pain!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on April 23, 2016, 09:17:34 AM
I told them in the hospital: the more pills they give me, the worse I get.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on April 23, 2016, 09:44:49 AM
Quote from: Velma on April 23, 2016, 07:39:26 AM

Now something that makes me grumpy: Apparently, the reason Prince's plane had to make an emergency landing a few days before his death was because he had overdosed on Percocet, a prescription pain medication containing oxycodone and Tylenol. Thank you very NOT for perpetuating the myth that all people who take prescription pain medications become addicts, Prince!

I understand your reason for being grumpy but I think it's a little harsh to blame Prince (and others) for this.  Addiction is as much of an illness as a physical pain causing one, sure the type of pain is different but mental illnesses can be devastating to life too. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 23, 2016, 02:43:34 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on April 23, 2016, 09:44:49 AM
Quote from: Velma on April 23, 2016, 07:39:26 AM

Now something that makes me grumpy: Apparently, the reason Prince's plane had to make an emergency landing a few days before his death was because he had overdosed on Percocet, a prescription pain medication containing oxycodone and Tylenol. Thank you very NOT for perpetuating the myth that all people who take prescription pain medications become addicts, Prince!

I understand your reason for being grumpy but I think it's a little harsh to blame Prince (and others) for this.  Addiction is as much of an illness as a physical pain causing one, sure the type of pain is different but mental illnesses can be devastating to life too.

As an recovering alcoholic I have to be very careful taking any type of possible addicting medications. I have heard too many stories of alcoholics who never abused any type of drug other than alcohol before, getting addicted to pain medications.
So I need to ensure that a my doctor(s) are aware of my past history of abuse with alcohol, that if possible the doctor gives me the least potent and addictive prescription possible, or prescribes a non-opiate alternative instead if available, and that I only take as prescribed,  that if my pain increases I call my doctor rather than just taking more medicine, etc...

I do feel and understand your discomfort and anger Velma which comes from the stigmatism people ascribe to those who are on pain meds, or even using alternative drugs (Such as marijuana) to treat chronic pain.
Some people assume that because I was an alcoholic that I must have done some rather horrible things, or drank on the job, and drove drunk all the time which I never did.

I have used potent pain meds before in the past, and I understand how vital it is to leading some semblance of a normal life when you are under pain management, so keep your chin up and take care Velma.

Edited 1x fro grammer


Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 23, 2016, 03:08:50 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 23, 2016, 02:43:34 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on April 23, 2016, 09:44:49 AM
Quote from: Velma on April 23, 2016, 07:39:26 AM

Now something that makes me grumpy: Apparently, the reason Prince's plane had to make an emergency landing a few days before his death was because he had overdosed on Percocet, a prescription pain medication containing oxycodone and Tylenol. Thank you very NOT for perpetuating the myth that all people who take prescription pain medications become addicts, Prince!

I understand your reason for being grumpy but I think it's a little harsh to blame Prince (and others) for this.  Addiction is as much of an illness as a physical pain causing one, sure the type of pain is different but mental illnesses can be devastating to life too.

As an recovering alcoholic I have to be very careful taking any type of possible addicting medications. I have heard too many stories of alcoholics who never abused any time of drug other than alcohol before getting addictive to pain medications.
So I need to ensure that a my doctor(s) are aware of my past history of abuse with alcohol, that if possible the doctor gives me the least potent and addictive prescription possible, or prescribes a non-opiate alternative instead if available, and that I only take as prescribed,  that if my pain increases I call my doctor rather than just taking more medicine, etc...

I do feel and understand your discomfort and anger Velma which comes from the stigmatism people ascribe to those who are on pain meds, or even using alternative drugs (Such as marijuana) to treat chronic pain.
Some people assume that because I was an alcoholic that I must have done some rather horrible things, or drank on the job, and drove drunk all the time which I never did.

I have used potent pain meds before in the past, and I understand how vital it is to leading some semblance of a normal life when you are under pain management, so keep your chin up and take care Velma.
Thanks. I know that addiction is a terrible disease. I also know that, all too often, prescription pain medications were far too readily available. However, few chronic pain patients become addicted. They are just another tool in our arsenal that allows us to lead some semblance of a normal life. Few medical personnel would think of denigrating someone who used anti-anxiety medication to function or telling them to just "suck it up and live with it." Yet, quite a few feel free to negatively comment on those who need pain medication to function. It is easy to start feeling like a pariah.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 24, 2016, 04:41:02 PM
I have to go to my niece's Catholic Confirmation today...

I love my niece, and it will be nice to be with the familia, and after the ceremony we are going out to eat at a nice restaurant, butt...

I have to go to my niece's Catholic Confirmation today, and sit through the mass, and keep my tongue in check, so I will need to be on my best behavior.

Wish me luck.

Plus it's a beautiful day outside today, and to have to spend it inside a church is intolerable, especially when I could be biking with friends.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 24, 2016, 08:26:12 PM
I'm in the church right now listening to the Bishop speak.

He's really boring, butt he has this really cool staff.

Like Gandalf....Shhhh got to go.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 24, 2016, 08:40:30 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on April 24, 2016, 08:26:12 PM
I'm in the church right now listening to the Bishop speak.

He's really boring, butt he has this really cool staff.

Like Gandalf....Shhhh got to go.

Bruno, stop inhaling the incense!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on April 25, 2016, 10:45:35 AM
Quote from: BrunoHe's really boring, butt he has this really cool staff.

"The staff in the hand of a wizard may be more than a prop for age."  Tolkien
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 25, 2016, 01:41:53 PM


    O, the wizard's staff had a knob on the end.
    It does! It does!
    O, the wizard's staff has a knob on the end.
    It does!
    O, the wizard's staff has a knob on the end
    And the wizard's staff is the wizard's friend.
    It is! It is!

    O, the wizard's staff is long and hard.
    It is! It is!
    O, the wizard's staff is long and hard.
    It is!
    O, the wizard's staff is long and hard;
    And the wizard plays with it in his yard.
    He does! He does!

    O, the wizard's staff proves he's a man.
    It does! it does!
    O, the wizard's staff proves he's a man.
    It does!
    O, the wizard's staff proves he's a man.
    he gripes it firmly in his hand.
    he does! He does!

    wizard staff magic is all hand play.
    I see! I see!
    Wizard staff magic is all hand play.
    I see!
    Wizard staff magic is all hand play.
    he works it first this; and then thataway.
    I see!

    Wizard staff magic works up a sweat.
    It does! it does!
    Wizard staff magic works up a sweat.
    It does!
    Wizard staff magic works up a sweat.
    It's potent magic, you can bet.
    It is! It is!

    The staff goes in and then goes out!
    In! Out! In! Out!
    The staff goes in and then goes out!
    In! Out!
    The staff goes in and then goes out.
    Tighten the hand and start to shout!
    In! Out! In! Out!

    O, the wizard's staff has a knob on the end.
    I know! I know!
    O, the wizard's staff has a know on the end.
    I know!
    O, the wizard's staff has a knob on the end.
    It's long, and wooden and tends to bend.
    I know! I know!

    O, the Archchancellor's staff is longest of all.
    He claims! He claims!
    O, the Archchancellor's staff is longest of all.
    He claims!
    O, the Archchancellor's staff is longest of all.
    When he takes a shower, his staff's in the hall!
    he claims! He claims!

    The Archchancellor's staff goes 'round and 'round.
    Around! Around!
    The Archchancellor's staff goes 'round and 'round.
    Around!
    The Archchancellor's staff goes 'round and 'round.
    That's why wizards don't teach while sitting down.
    Sci down! Sit Down!

    The wizard's staff! Long may it wave!
    Back 'n' forth! Back 'n' forth!
    The wizard's staff! Long may it wave!
    Back 'n' forth!
    The wizard's staff! Long may it wave!
    he'll carry it proudly to his grave!
    He will! He Will!

    O, the wizard's staff has enormous reach. - 1
    Yards long! Yards long!
    O, the wizard's staff has enormous reach.
    Yards long!
    O, the wizard's staff has enormous reach
    It searches for a bottom like a peach.
    A peach! A peach!

    O, the wizard's staff is fond of nuts.
    In trees! In trees!
    o, the wizard's staff is fond of nuts.
    In trees!
    The wizard's staff is fond of nuts;
    Hard and prickly and nice soft butts.
    In the trees? In the trees?

    But the wizard's staff is a maid's delight. - 2
    Oh, no! Oh, no!
    But the wizard's staff is a maid's delight.
    Oh, no!
    But the wizard's staff is a maid's delight.
    For maidens and wizards come out at night.
    Oh, yes! Oh, yes!

    O, the wizard's staff staff rises to the call.
    It does! it does!
    O, the wizard's staff rises to the call it does.
    O, the wizard's staff rises to the call,
    When the maiden, she wear nothing at all.
    It does! It does!

    When a naked maiden takes a stand,
    And she will! She will!
    When a naked maiden takes a stand,
    And she will!
    When a naked maiden takes a stand.
    The staff says: "To hell your your right hand."
    It will! it will!

    O, the staff goes in and then goes out. - 3
    In! Out! In! Out!
    O, the staff goes in and then goes out.
    In! Out!
    O, the staff goes in and then goes out
    Spread things up and start to shout!
    In! Out!

    Well, the maiden's child has a wizard's staff.
    I saw! I saw!
    Well, the maiden's child has a wizard's staff,
    I saw!
    Well, the maiden's child has a wizard's staff
    After all he's a real son-of-a-staff.
    Poor thing! Poor thing!

    O, the wizard's staff has a knob on the end. - 4
    It does! It does!
    O, the wizard's staff has a knob on the end.
    It does!
    O, the wizard's staff has a knob on the end.
    And the wizard's staff is the wizard's friend.
    It is! It is!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2016, 12:29:56 PM
Sigh.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEduXKKfBX6PPLiGQ/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 27, 2016, 02:30:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2016, 12:29:56 PM
Sigh.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEduXKKfBX6PPLiGQ/giphy.gif)

:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 28, 2016, 04:18:53 PM
They were discussing the probability of Mr Dick-Head, I mean Trump being the Republican nominee on the radio this morning, and the thought of having to live through an election process for months on end with him as the nominee is literally depressing as hell...guess I'm not really grumpy, but I don't think I will be able to handle that very well, basically we're fucked.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 28, 2016, 11:51:08 PM
Not to worry Bruno. If the Trumpster is nominated as the candidate, he will have his ass handed to him in the general election. That is a reality even if Mortimer Snerd happened to be the opposition. The American public is none too bright but they are not comatose.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on April 29, 2016, 02:40:13 PM
I think that's the way it will go down, but there is still reason to worry. While the last two times Republicans fought for the nominee weren't as insane as this time, the pattern is about the same. The successful strategy is to act like an angry, drunk, racist, sexist, loser uncle, until they get the nomination. Then they tone it down from 11 to 4, and the average American forgets or maybe just doesn't care how insane the nominee sounded while running for the nomination. Even most of those in the same party forget or no longer care about all the crazy shit the nominee promised, they forget or are apathetic to all the back pedaling, inconsistency, and wishy-washy 180° about faces... while they accuse their opponent of doing it.

Then there are idiots that will vote for the moron just because he is the Republican nominee, I've lost all hope that there are many in the Republican party that aren't complete dipshits, based on how well Trump is doing.

And then there are a bunch of people that just don't pay all that much attention at all.

So, there are a lot of reasons to worry. And everyone should be worried because Trump's no longer a joke.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 29, 2016, 03:14:56 PM
I'm cautiously optimistic because even the Republican party itself thinks it's fucked if he's the nominee, to the point that they're telling their donors that their money will go only to re-elect Senate candidates, because they want nothing to do with Trump's run. And even if he tones down the rhetoric now, he's gone way too far in the age of YouTube to escape all the crap he said up until this moment.
But yes, it's going to be a rough few months. If it ends with the Democrats in both the White House and taking over the Senate again, I'll say it's worth it. Hillary may have her flaws, but at the very least it's vital that she be the one picking the next Supreme Court justice.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on April 29, 2016, 06:19:15 PM
I'll still take a Trump nomination over Cruz. Same ideology, Cruz being more extreme on some points - with a sneaky front.

We're reaching a turning point either way. The Republican Party can not continue on like this. It's just a question of how far things will go, and whether or not we end up in civil war.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on April 29, 2016, 07:25:16 PM
It will be Hillary v. Trump in the general, and Hillary will win.  The Republic is safe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on April 29, 2016, 07:50:54 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on April 29, 2016, 07:25:16 PM
It will be Hillary v. Trump in the general, and Hillary will win.  The Republic is safe.

Hillary, yes, despite the bellyaching of a bunch of Bernie supporters who refuse the accept it. I honestly think Bernie himself is somewhat embarrassed by things like this:

Superdelegates facing venom from Sanders supporters (http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/04/28/superdelegates-facing-venom-from-sanders-supporters/nks4ggwazdbdwrjqkQdBRP/story.html)

Trump probably,  but the party is doing its hardest to find a way to block him. There's going to be lots of fireworks regardless. I'll get the popcorn ready.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 01, 2016, 06:36:13 PM
I was working on tha lawnmower when it started to rain. Now I have a disassembled mower sitting with parts waiting to go on. And I'm WET!  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on May 01, 2016, 11:13:24 PM
Sorry to hear that Jumbojak. Perhaps Monday won't seem so bad now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2016, 03:02:52 AM
Thank you Ess. The rain broke later this afternoon and I was able to get new cable on and the mower back together. It's a good thing I picked up a set of Torx drivers last week on a whim. The dash panel was loaded with them and if I had gone through the trouble of getting the panel off only to find I needed to drive forty-five minutes to get a tool I wouldn't have been grumpy. I would've been pissed!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 02, 2016, 03:37:32 AM
JJ your lawnmower story reminded me I need to get my mowers blade sharpen, going to take it in tomorrow.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 04, 2016, 05:39:07 AM
Late breaking news, Tuesday. Trump wins Indiana decisively. Cruz withdraws from the race. That leaves only Kasich to oppose the big guy.

WTF were the Hoosiers thinking? 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 04, 2016, 02:46:42 PM
Quote from: Icarus on May 04, 2016, 05:39:07 AM
Late breaking news, Tuesday. Trump wins Indiana decisively. Cruz withdraws from the race. That leaves only Kasich to oppose the big guy.

WTF were the Hoosiers thinking?

Indiana is one really fucked up state, might as well move it south and stick it in-between Alabama and Georgia ;D

What this means is we have to deal with Trump as the GOP candidate for the next 6 months...don't think he can win, whether he goes against Hillary or the Bern, but I simply can't fathom having to listen, see, read about him everyday between now and the election (More so than even now, especially in the fall).

This depresses me to no end, seriously... :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on May 04, 2016, 02:50:40 PM
Quote from: Icarus on May 04, 2016, 05:39:07 AM
Late breaking news, Tuesday. Trump wins Indiana decisively. Cruz withdraws from the race. That leaves only Kasich to oppose the big guy.

WTF were the Hoosiers thinking?

You talk as if Cruz was really all of that much better.

I don't know whether to be more happy that Cruz was defeated, or more mortified that someone like Trump actually just became the Republican candidate.

But then I remember it's the Republican party, and ever since I've had the ability to vote (and before) I have never known a Republican candidate I've considered likable.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on May 04, 2016, 04:45:54 PM
It's possible this will end up being the greatest thing that could happen to the Democrats. There are Republicans jumping ship left and right and even saying they'll vote for Hillary. At least, that's what's I'm telling myself to stave off the fact that I'm fucking terrified. But seriously, Cruz would have been far, far worse, as he would have ultimately held the party together, barely. Trump has exposed the rotten, racist, misogynist core of the party and ripped it wide open to see, replacing the dog whistles with air horns.
Yes, Hillary's got issues, but at least I don't have to worry about her trying to ban my in-laws from the country.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 05, 2016, 12:32:46 AM
Now it is Wednesday evening and the news is that Kasich is also packing it in. That leaves The Donald as the only GOP candidate. This whole scenario is getting "curiouser and curiouser".   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 05, 2016, 03:21:38 AM
Future historians will look back and refer to this period as the beginning of the "Dark Years"...

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 05, 2016, 11:38:41 AM
Dark ages indeed. Possibly going global.

A creatard is probably going to be the new minster of science and technology in Brazil. More like a reason to fear for the future.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 05, 2016, 04:45:07 PM
Why the fuck is there gospel karaoke going on while people are taking their finals? Seriously I'm trying to study and it's loud as fuck.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on May 05, 2016, 08:09:00 PM
They don't want educated people, because the ignorant are easier to trick.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 06, 2016, 03:13:40 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on May 05, 2016, 04:45:07 PM
Why the fuck is there gospel karaoke going on while people are taking their finals? Seriously I'm trying to study and it's loud as fuck.

I've never heard (Thankfully) of "Gospel Karaoke" Budd, pray tell what is it? (Indiana is strange)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on May 06, 2016, 10:54:34 PM
Today I had my annual eye exam. Thought I would save money by just getting new lenses for the frames I already have. The lenses alone were over $400.

After the eye exam and price gouging for my lenses, we went to Half-Price Books. It is a bookstore chain here in the US where you can both buy books and sell your old books - although "sell your books" is a phrase I do not comprehend. Apparently someone had some books to sell. The books had been tossed willy-nilly into a large basket, smashing covers and crumbling pages. Why would you do that to books at any time, much less books you are hoping someone will give you money for? After the first brief glance, I had to look away.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 06, 2016, 11:00:11 PM
Quote from: Velma on May 06, 2016, 10:54:34 PM
Today I had my annual eye exam. Thought I would save money by just getting new lenses for the frames I already have. The lenses alone were over $400.
...
Wow! I thought the $80.00 I payed for my reading glasses was too much!  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on May 06, 2016, 11:19:12 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 06, 2016, 11:00:11 PM
Quote from: Velma on May 06, 2016, 10:54:34 PM
Today I had my annual eye exam. Thought I would save money by just getting new lenses for the frames I already have. The lenses alone were over $400.
...
Wow! I thought the $80.00 I payed for my reading glasses was too much!  :o
Lightweight, progressive lenses with antiglare coating are not cheap. The progressive lenses are what really got me. That alone was $187. However, it was that or traditional bifocals. You do pay a premium for vanity.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on May 06, 2016, 11:22:25 PM
Quote from: Velma on May 06, 2016, 10:54:34 PM
Today I had my annual eye exam. Thought I would save money by just getting new lenses for the frames I already have. The lenses alone were over $400.

After the eye exam and price gouging for my lenses, we went to Half-Price Books. It is a bookstore chain here in the US where you can both buy books and sell your old books - although "sell your books" is a phrase I do not comprehend. Apparently someone had some books to sell. The books had been tossed willy-nilly into a large basket, smashing covers and crumbling pages. Why would you do that to books at any time, much less books you are hoping someone will give you money for? After the first brief glance, I had to look away.
Anti-intellectuals who don't like that fancy book-learnin'.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on May 06, 2016, 11:28:10 PM
That reminds me about a tutor at uni who was shocked to see some of us annotating our text books, and highlighting passages. He seemed to think books were sacred and not to be defaced in any way. I can understand that, but in that case, the books had to be functional.  Was I a total Philistine?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on May 07, 2016, 12:08:26 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on May 06, 2016, 11:28:10 PM
That reminds me about a tutor at uni who was shocked to see some of us annotating our text books, and highlighting passages. He seemed to think books were sacred and not to be defaced in any way. I can understand that, but in that case, the books had to be functional.  Was I a total Philistine?
No. That is completely different. Highlighting and annotating are part of the learning process. It serves a purpose.

Philistines are those who think so litte of books that they causally damage or destroy them for no reason at all.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 07, 2016, 03:03:48 AM
Velma find another source for your lenses.  The lens people are uniformly greedy but $400 is off the deep end.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 08, 2016, 09:50:56 PM
I only had a one day weekend this week, and it'll be the same next week too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 09, 2016, 10:49:24 PM
I've decided to say screw keeping the peace and rip my cousin a new one for continuously making stupid sexis posts on Facebook.

Pray for me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 10, 2016, 01:08:11 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 09, 2016, 10:49:24 PM
I've decided to say screw keeping the peace and rip my cousin a new one for continuously making stupid sexis posts on Facebook.

Pray for me.
Is your cousin a he or a she?

And can I help?

:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on May 10, 2016, 01:37:38 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 09, 2016, 10:49:24 PM
I've decided to say screw keeping the peace and rip my cousin a new one for continuously making stupid sexis posts on Facebook.

Pray for me.
Have fun!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 10, 2016, 02:36:52 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on May 10, 2016, 01:37:38 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 09, 2016, 10:49:24 PM
I've decided to say screw keeping the peace and rip my cousin a new one for continuously making stupid sexis posts on Facebook.

Pray for me.
Have fun!  ;D

If only the resources of HAF could be drawn upon in a timely manner to assist in the ripping of the cousin.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 10, 2016, 03:09:26 PM
Wrangling, that's a thing guys that favour a particular leg, probably lacking a tooth or two do with cattle.
Surfing, that involves busy water, or maybe a starship and a fricken super nova.
Lardy assed fuckers shouldn't be allowed to pilfer metaphors from the world of action.
I won't appologise for my candour, if Anchovyists are given free reign society is doomed!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 10, 2016, 03:41:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 10, 2016, 01:08:11 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 09, 2016, 10:49:24 PM
I've decided to say screw keeping the peace and rip my cousin a new one for continuously making stupid sexis posts on Facebook.

Pray for me.
Is your cousin a he or a she?

And can I help?

:grin:


Ended up not being as fun as I had hoped. He only replied, "Sorry you're offended."

Oh well, at least he didn't call Charlie a "fag car" like my other cousin.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 10, 2016, 03:49:39 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 10, 2016, 03:41:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 10, 2016, 01:08:11 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 09, 2016, 10:49:24 PM
I've decided to say screw keeping the peace and rip my cousin a new one for continuously making stupid sexis posts on Facebook.

Pray for me.
Is your cousin a he or a she?

And can I help?

:grin:


Ended up not being as fun as I had hoped. He only replied, "Sorry you're offended."

Oh well, at least he didn't call Charlie a "fag car" like my other cousin.

Your other cousin appears to need an ass-whooping. :grrr:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on May 10, 2016, 03:58:55 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on May 10, 2016, 03:49:39 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 10, 2016, 03:41:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 10, 2016, 01:08:11 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 09, 2016, 10:49:24 PM
I've decided to say screw keeping the peace and rip my cousin a new one for continuously making stupid sexis posts on Facebook.

Pray for me.
Is your cousin a he or a she?

And can I help?

:grin:


Ended up not being as fun as I had hoped. He only replied, "Sorry you're offended."

Oh well, at least he didn't call Charlie a "fag car" like my other cousin.

Your other cousin appears to need an ass-whooping. :grrr:
:lynch:
I was looking for a good excuse to use that emoticon!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 10, 2016, 04:17:29 PM
I didn't even know what to say to that but on the inside I was like

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fawesomegifs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fmiddle-finger-rage-face.gif&hash=345f96094d8bed80c9c13f5d095b646bdd955df4)

Now you guys see why I don't talk to most of my family.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on May 10, 2016, 05:10:35 PM
Go for it, Buddy!

It's raining.  Joking aside, of my 69 birthdays maybe ten have had good weather. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 10, 2016, 09:23:16 PM
On Mother's Day I got beautiful flowers, a nice bottle of wine,
and my period.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_me9jnyzU1T1rfkogxo1_500.gif&hash=138892c9d29715e84eb8a0462b7ce9e580c63995)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 10, 2016, 11:06:58 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 10, 2016, 03:41:18 PM
Oh well, at least he didn't call Charlie a "fag car" like my other cousin.

Jealousy, perhaps?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on May 11, 2016, 02:38:30 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 10, 2016, 09:23:16 PM
On Mother's Day I got beautiful flowers, a nice bottle of wine,
and my period.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_me9jnyzU1T1rfkogxo1_500.gif&hash=138892c9d29715e84eb8a0462b7ce9e580c63995)
Did you celebrate both mother's days on Sunday and yesterday?

(https://memecrunch.com/meme/455X/mexican-mother-s-day/image.jpg?w=554&c=1)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 11, 2016, 06:09:33 PM
Quote from: Davin on May 11, 2016, 02:38:30 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 10, 2016, 09:23:16 PM
On Mother's Day I got beautiful flowers, a nice bottle of wine,
and my period.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_me9jnyzU1T1rfkogxo1_500.gif&hash=138892c9d29715e84eb8a0462b7ce9e580c63995)
Did you celebrate both mother's days on Sunday and yesterday?

(https://memecrunch.com/meme/455X/mexican-mother-s-day/image.jpg?w=554&c=1)
Sunday was my day. The 10th was mother's day again, but it was mainly for my mother-in-law.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on May 11, 2016, 06:24:48 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 11, 2016, 06:09:33 PM
Quote from: Davin on May 11, 2016, 02:38:30 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 10, 2016, 09:23:16 PM
On Mother's Day I got beautiful flowers, a nice bottle of wine,
and my period.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_me9jnyzU1T1rfkogxo1_500.gif&hash=138892c9d29715e84eb8a0462b7ce9e580c63995)
Did you celebrate both mother's days on Sunday and yesterday?

(https://memecrunch.com/meme/455X/mexican-mother-s-day/image.jpg?w=554&c=1)
Sunday was my day. The 10th was mother's day again, but it was mainly for my mother-in-law.
I didn't even know about it until my GF told me about it last year.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 11, 2016, 06:37:09 PM
Some women "abuse" the system and want their kids to celebrate it twice, I don't.  :nu-uh:
:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 11, 2016, 06:43:53 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 10, 2016, 09:23:16 PM
On Mother's Day I got beautiful flowers, a nice bottle of wine,
and my period.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_me9jnyzU1T1rfkogxo1_500.gif&hash=138892c9d29715e84eb8a0462b7ce9e580c63995)

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYehaE3A.gif&hash=b3a0e0f129b344e0b1e42131fcab5fe61b0bf912)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 11, 2016, 07:29:14 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 11, 2016, 06:43:53 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 10, 2016, 09:23:16 PM
On Mother's Day I got beautiful flowers, a nice bottle of wine,
and my period.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_me9jnyzU1T1rfkogxo1_500.gif&hash=138892c9d29715e84eb8a0462b7ce9e580c63995)

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYehaE3A.gif&hash=b3a0e0f129b344e0b1e42131fcab5fe61b0bf912)
:frolic:

:lol: :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Hardvark on May 14, 2016, 11:58:40 PM
My wife has gone out tonight with an old friend from school, I really don't like her old school friend, to be quite honest she is a slapper and I have never liked her, my wife likes her and says I should like her for who she is.. waiting for them to get in @ could this be the night you ditch your friend. com.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 15, 2016, 10:00:38 AM
Quote from: Hardvark on May 14, 2016, 11:58:40 PM
My wife has gone out tonight with an old friend from school, I really don't like her old school friend, to be quite honest she is a slapper and I have never liked her, my wife likes her and says I should like her for who she is.. waiting for them to get in @ could this be the night you ditch your friend. com.
Well what happened then?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 15, 2016, 05:43:38 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 15, 2016, 10:00:38 AM
Quote from: Hardvark on May 14, 2016, 11:58:40 PM
My wife has gone out tonight with an old friend from school, I really don't like her old school friend, to be quite honest she is a slapper and I have never liked her, my wife likes her and says I should like her for who she is.. waiting for them to get in @ could this be the night you ditch your friend. com.
Well what happened then?

What's a slapper?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 15, 2016, 06:21:40 PM
I was minding my own damned business, actually reading posts on HAF when Wham Bam Thank You Maam, Microsoft seized my computer. It gleefully announced that it was installing Windows10. I had repeatedly told MS I did not want Win10. I am having enough trouble with 8.1. I tried to stop the enforced download. I even shut the machine off. Soon as I turned it back on the download picked up where it left off.

The download took hours, I went to bed. Next day the freakin' machine would not let me access the internet. It demanded to know the system password. I gave the nosey bastard the correct password and it told me...."sorry Charlie not a valid password". After trying several passwords used elsewhere it told me to go to accountlive.com/password/reset. How in hell could I do that if internet access is denied.  ........I am not making this up.  This morning 48 hours later, I turned the miserable box on. Well WTF, it let me have access to the internet. I used to use Internet Explorer but now it is called Edge and it does not look or perform as before. It is painfully slower than my previous IE which itself was none to quick.

Now I am going to have to spend a hundred dollars or so to have some computer geek fix or remove all the useless detritus that 10 brought with it. More than that I will have to buy a damned book that tells me how to navigate through the infernal new operating system. Probably another $30 . I am not a happy camper. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on May 15, 2016, 10:48:33 PM
Quote from: Icarus on May 15, 2016, 06:21:40 PM
I was minding my own damned business, actually reading posts on HAF when Wham Bam Thank You Maam, Microsoft seized my computer. It gleefully announced that it was installing Windows10. I had repeatedly told MS I did not want Win10. I am having enough trouble with 8.1. I tried to stop the enforced download. I even shut the machine off. Soon as I turned it back on the download picked up where it left off.

The download took hours, I went to bed. Next day the freakin' machine would not let me access the internet. It demanded to know the system password. I gave the nosey bastard the correct password and it told me...."sorry Charlie not a valid password". After trying several passwords used elsewhere it told me to go to accountlive.com/password/reset. How in hell could I do that if internet access is denied.  ........I am not making this up.  This morning 48 hours later, I turned the miserable box on. Well WTF, it let me have access to the internet. I used to use Internet Explorer but now it is called Edge and it does not look or perform as before. It is painfully slower than my previous IE which itself was none to quick.

Now I am going to have to spend a hundred dollars or so to have some computer geek fix or remove all the useless detritus that 10 brought with it. More than that I will have to buy a damned book that tells me how to navigate through the infernal new operating system. Probably another $30 . I am not a happy camper.

Huh, that just happened on my wife's computer too. Worst part was that she was in the middle of writing the final exam for her class and hadn't saved recently when it suddenly came to life and started installing, so it cost her a few hours of work. Real pisser.
Anyway, I've been using it for a few months as an upgrade for 7 and it's not too different, but some of the native apps that get added are still broken for me. I haven't bothered trying to fix them yet. I would definitely look over this article to see how to turn off their cloud stuff (http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/windows-10-doesnt-offer-much-privacy-by-default-heres-how-to-fix-it/) if you're privacy-minded like me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on May 16, 2016, 03:21:06 AM
One of my favorite bookstores was having a tent sale this weekend. We've been looking forward to it for a couple of weeks. We get there and I can't get in the tent because I have to use a walker and the aisles are far too narrow. :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on May 17, 2016, 04:17:25 AM
Stupid, stupid, stupid. D**n Workers' Compensation case manager is insisting that I have my knee surgery done by the doctor I saw for less than five minutes to get my second opinion. I don't want him to do the surgery. I have build up a very good relationship with the first doctor and would be far more comfortable and happier with him doing the surgery.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 17, 2016, 06:52:45 PM
Last Thursday, I slipped and fell down the stairs. Nothing broken, but a couple of blood vessels (my left buttock is dark purple) and my pride.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on May 17, 2016, 08:03:29 PM
Ouch, Tom62! Hope that is all it is. Feel better soon.

So, after an extended exchange of emails with the Workers' Comp case manager, I had to give in and agree to surgery with the doctor I went to see for a second opinion (Dr. C). However, when I called them today to set up surgery, they were surprised that the insurance had chosen them to do the surgery. The assumption was always that the first doctor I saw (Dr. H) about my knee was going to do the surgery. Dr. C's office is going to call the insurance company. I got the impression that Dr. C didn't want to do it since he only saw me for a few minutes to give a thumbs up or down to Dr. H's opinion. Hopefully, I will get my wish and Dr. H will be doing the surgery.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2016, 09:05:06 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on May 15, 2016, 05:43:38 PM
What's a slapper?

A whore who doesn't get paid.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on May 18, 2016, 03:08:28 AM
Quote from: Crow on May 17, 2016, 09:05:06 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on May 15, 2016, 05:43:38 PM
What's a slapper?

A whore who doesn't get paid.

Good answer.  :sidesmile:

I looked into the etymology of "slapper" and found a very interesting (though inconclusive) discussion on the English Language & Usage Stack Exchange (http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/143996/why-are-promiscuous-women-known-as-slappers).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 19, 2016, 10:50:04 AM
Charlie wouldn't start this morning.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 19, 2016, 12:40:20 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 19, 2016, 10:50:04 AM
Charlie wouldn't start this morning.  :'(
If we didn't know you had a car called Charlie that would be more upsetting than it is!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on May 19, 2016, 01:33:34 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 19, 2016, 10:50:04 AM
Charlie wouldn't start this morning.  :'(
Flat battery?  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 19, 2016, 01:46:44 PM
Steering wheel was locked. My stepdad fixed it thank goodness. Had to drive the Jeep to work and now I finally understand why Europeans think Americans have huge cars.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.
 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on May 21, 2016, 09:31:27 PM
This is not good news, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 21, 2016, 10:57:18 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.

That is a very bad week. Is your brother-in-laws wife ill or is this an accident injury?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on May 22, 2016, 12:39:09 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.

That's dreadful Tom. A shitty week indeed. Why have you got an invoice for road repairs?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 22, 2016, 12:46:35 AM
My grumpy does not rise to anything near Toms plight.  Hang in there the best you can Tom.

Actually I am not grumpy, merely nostalgic.  I miss Ali, Niya, and Dober and a few other regulars.  Wherever you are, ladies, I wish you the very best.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 22, 2016, 01:23:49 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.

I'm sorry to hear you're going through all these things, Tom62.  :therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on May 22, 2016, 02:21:03 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.


That's awful Tom, I'm really sorry to hear that, especially the last one. Was it unexpected?

Quote from: Icarus on May 22, 2016, 12:46:35 AM
Actually I am not grumpy, merely nostalgic.  I miss Ali, Niya, and Dober and a few other regulars.  Wherever you are, ladies, I wish you the very best.

Ali just got engaged according to her facebook, so it looks like she's doing well. But yes, I do miss her and the others. Amicale, DJ, and the late En Route come to mind too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 22, 2016, 03:56:27 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.


Sorry for all your troubles Tom, hang in there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 22, 2016, 01:40:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 21, 2016, 10:57:18 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.

That is a very bad week. Is your brother-in-laws wife ill or is this an accident injury?

She had a lap band surgery that went completely wrong. First she got a couple of infections. Then she had a vitamin B deficit and immune system problems. In the hospital she then caught a very nasty antibiotic-resident virus. Now she is in a coma and her organs are failing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 22, 2016, 01:50:12 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on May 22, 2016, 12:39:09 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 21, 2016, 08:57:19 PM
Had a pretty shitty week.
I received a huge invoice from the city of Neu-Anspach for road repairs.
Business is pretty bad, so my company will fire 400-500 people.
The wife of my brother in law is intensive care. Most likely, she will not survive this weekend.

That's dreadful Tom. A shitty week indeed. Why have you got an invoice for road repairs?

When the city repaired the road, they had to renew all sewage connections from our house to the road. The city itself is nearly bankrupt, so they charged us for these sewage connections. According to German law, they could have charged us for the road repair as well, so basically I should be happy that they didn't.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on May 22, 2016, 04:47:37 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 22, 2016, 01:40:23 PM
She had a lap band surgery that went completely wrong. First she got a couple of infections. Then she had a vitamin B deficit and immune system problems. In the hospital she then caught a very nasty antibiotic-resident virus. Now she is in a coma and her organs are failing.

Wow, that's awful. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 23, 2016, 08:13:13 AM
F***ing Halifax hole in the wall ate my card last night. Had to cancel it. Rang Barclays from my mobile standing next to said hole in the wall. I explained the situation to the operator. What was their first question? Yep you got it. "What is you account number Sir?"  :picard facepalm:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 23, 2016, 10:25:11 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 22, 2016, 01:50:12 PM
When the city repaired the road, they had to renew all sewage connections from our house to the road. The city itself is nearly bankrupt, so they charged us for these sewage connections. According to German law, they could have charged us for the road repair as well, so basically I should be happy that they didn't.

That sounds odd, though it does have some appeal.  If you pay for the road you must get to tell people to keep orf it, or charge them for wear and tear.  I think I'd enjoy shaking my walking stick at people and yelling "keep orf my bloody road" themed abuse at passers by.  I don't have a walking stick but I do have a seven iron and this sounds more fun that golf.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(

Thanks!

Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 24, 2016, 07:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(

Thanks!

Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.
So sorry to read this.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on May 24, 2016, 08:09:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 24, 2016, 07:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(

Thanks!

Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.
So sorry to read this.

:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on May 24, 2016, 08:29:52 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(

Thanks!

Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.

I'm so sorry to hear, Tom.
I know it may be too soon to ask this, but do you consider the hospital at fault? It sounds like a major fuck up based on what you said.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 24, 2016, 11:01:58 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.
That's so sad, I'm sorry to hear this, Tom62.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 25, 2016, 11:35:42 PM
I went to have the air conditioner in my car looked at today. I figured that all it needed was a recharge and that I would be good to go. Nope. Turns out I am missing half of my air compressor and that it needs to be completely replaced. The garage was estimating over 1000 dollars for parts and labor.

I don't even know how half of my compressor came to be missing in the first place.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on May 26, 2016, 12:49:31 AM
Quote from: Buddy on May 25, 2016, 11:35:42 PM
I went to have the air conditioner in my car looked at today. I figured that all it needed was a recharge and that I would be good to go. Nope. Turns out I am missing half of my air compressor and that it needs to be completely replaced. The garage was estimating over 1000 dollars for parts and labor.

I don't even know how half of my compressor came to be missing in the first place.
How does one misplace half of a compressor?  :???:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 26, 2016, 01:18:39 AM
That is a great question.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on May 26, 2016, 02:17:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on May 26, 2016, 01:18:39 AM
That is a great question.
You should call the previous owner. Ask him what he did with the other half. Just to satisfy my/our/everybody's curiosity.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 26, 2016, 04:08:05 AM
I got Charlie from a dealership so I guess we will never know.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 26, 2016, 08:10:20 AM
Quote from: Firebird on May 24, 2016, 08:29:52 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(

Thanks!

Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.

I'm so sorry to hear, Tom.
I know it may be too soon to ask this, but do you consider the hospital at fault? It sounds like a major fuck up based on what you said.

My brother in law will try to sue the clinic, that performed the operation. If they would have done a proper job, his wife would still be alive (she passed away yesterday). 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 26, 2016, 08:18:09 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 26, 2016, 08:10:20 AM
Quote from: Firebird on May 24, 2016, 08:29:52 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(

Thanks!

Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.

I'm so sorry to hear, Tom.
I know it may be too soon to ask this, but do you consider the hospital at fault? It sounds like a major fuck up based on what you said.

My brother in law will try to sue the clinic, that performed the operation. If they would have done a proper job, his wife would still be alive (she passed away yesterday).
What a waste, what a tragedy. I hope lessons are learned. Condolences to your whole family.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on May 26, 2016, 02:17:19 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 26, 2016, 08:10:20 AM
Quote from: Firebird on May 24, 2016, 08:29:52 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 24, 2016, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 22, 2016, 09:27:08 PM
That's awful news, Tom. Sorry to hear it. :(

Thanks!

Latest news is that tomorrow they will turn off all the machines that keeps her alive  :'(. Last Friday her heart stopped beating and they only managed to revive her after 20 minutes. There is probably nothing much left in the brain that is worthwhile saving.

I'm so sorry to hear, Tom.
I know it may be too soon to ask this, but do you consider the hospital at fault? It sounds like a major fuck up based on what you said.

My brother in law will try to sue the clinic, that performed the operation. If they would have done a proper job, his wife would still be alive (she passed away yesterday).

My condolences. At the very least, you should get the word out about what happened to prevent another tragedy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on May 26, 2016, 03:48:51 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 26, 2016, 08:10:20 AMIf they would have done a proper job, his wife would still be alive (she passed away yesterday).

I'm very sorry to hear about your family's loss, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 27, 2016, 01:46:16 AM
My sincerest condolences Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 27, 2016, 03:23:57 AM
My deepest sympathies, Tom62.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 27, 2016, 05:55:43 AM
Thank you all for your condolences and support!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 27, 2016, 12:55:31 PM
I'm sorry to read of your loss Tom, take care.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 03, 2016, 06:23:45 PM
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 03, 2016, 07:17:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 03, 2016, 06:23:45 PM
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Not The Asmo. He enjoys his job.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on June 03, 2016, 09:25:53 PM
Yep. What are these weekends and holidays? Never had those before.

I'm having a bad time because I had gained a bunch of weight when I went to college and I thought I had lost most of it since I started working again but now one of my favorite shirts doesn't fit anymore and I'm pretty frustrated about that. Basically:

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/50/89/f1/5089f1ec64427b19b2604672eb3adc5d.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 03, 2016, 09:59:58 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on June 03, 2016, 07:17:49 PM
Not The Asmo. He enjoys his job.

That's good  ;D

Thing is, there are loads of other things I have piling up that need to be done, and weekends are usually when I'm able to catch up. Take that away and chaos abounds! :rant: :panic: :rant: :panic: :rant: :panic:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on June 07, 2016, 07:52:53 PM
A headhunter (recruiter) contacted me for an interesting job. He promised to phone me this evening, but didn't >:(.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on June 07, 2016, 08:42:52 PM
That's just rude.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on June 08, 2016, 09:38:03 AM
Wait a day or two before you stick pins in his effigy.  It may happen yet.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 05:02:03 PM
I think I may have frostbite.

I'm exaggerating, but I'm sure that if I could feel my extremities it would feel like it. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 06:17:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.

What a -censored-!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on June 12, 2016, 09:39:54 PM
Little grey kitten passed away.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on June 12, 2016, 09:43:39 PM
Quote from: Buddy on June 12, 2016, 09:39:54 PM
Little grey kitten passed away.  :'(
Damn! Sorry, Bud.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 12, 2016, 09:53:55 PM
Quote from: Buddy on June 12, 2016, 09:39:54 PM
Little grey kitten passed away.  :'(

So sorry
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 13, 2016, 03:13:50 AM
Quote from: Buddy on June 12, 2016, 09:39:54 PM
Little grey kitten passed away.  :'(
I am so sorry, Bud.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on June 13, 2016, 09:48:51 AM
QuoteLittle grey kitten passed away.  :'(

That's so sad about the kitten, Buddy.  What happened?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 13, 2016, 09:54:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 06:17:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.

What a -censored-!
Is the word you are looking for behind that censored tag "cunt"? Or are you speaking in less ad-hominem terms, in which case, "fuck"? The Asmo is feeling prone to misunderstandings today, so He demands clarification.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on June 13, 2016, 06:40:25 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on June 13, 2016, 09:54:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 06:17:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.

What a -censored-!
Is the word you are looking for behind that censored tag "cunt"? Or are you speaking in less ad-hominem terms, in which case, "fuck"? The Asmo is feeling prone to misunderstandings today, so He demands clarification.

B'Stard comes from the UK comedy series The New Statesman in which Rick Mayall plays the role of Alan B'Stard, the egocentric MP who stops at nothing to further his career. I'm a great admirer of him  ;). Here is one of his speeches about NHS waitinglists.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on June 13, 2016, 08:19:17 PM
Quote from: Buddy on June 12, 2016, 09:39:54 PM
Little grey kitten passed away.  :'(

I'm really sorry Bud....poor little thing. :'(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 14, 2016, 01:12:26 AM
My Dad keeps taking control of my life and causing problems. Really need to get away from him but can't because I have so many problems.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 14, 2016, 05:45:05 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on June 13, 2016, 09:54:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 06:17:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.

What a -censored-!
Is the word you are looking for behind that censored tag "cunt"? Or are you speaking in less ad-hominem terms, in which case, "fuck"? The Asmo is feeling prone to misunderstandings today, so He demands clarification.

I didn't mean anything especific, I used that tag more as a blank card, which could be anything.  ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 14, 2016, 07:47:31 AM
Quote from: Apathy on June 14, 2016, 01:12:26 AM
My Dad keeps taking control of my life and causing problems. Really need to get away from him but can't because I have so many problems.
Hmm... Are you sure about that? Everyone has problems, and some people have big ones. There usually are ways of dealing with them that do not involve parents though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on June 14, 2016, 02:55:22 PM
We lost both kittens. I'm sad but not very surprised. Babies that are orphaned that young don't have a very good chance of survival. Doesn't make it any less sad though.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 14, 2016, 03:33:20 PM
Quote from: Buddy on June 14, 2016, 02:55:22 PM
We lost both kittens. I'm sad but not very surprised. Babies that are orphaned that young don't have a very good chance of survival. Doesn't make it any less sad though.

Sorry to hear that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 14, 2016, 09:44:51 PM
Quote from: Buddy on June 14, 2016, 02:55:22 PM
We lost both kittens. I'm sad but not very surprised. Babies that are orphaned that young don't have a very good chance of survival. Doesn't make it any less sad though.
That's an awful shame.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on June 14, 2016, 10:38:03 PM
Quote from: Buddy on June 14, 2016, 02:55:22 PM
We lost both kittens. I'm sad but not very surprised. Babies that are orphaned that young don't have a very good chance of survival. Doesn't make it any less sad though.

Damn! Sorry , Buddy.
The world could have used more cuteness.


In other news, there has been a mix up with my tickets. It seems I have tickets for one day later then I thought. So I am stuck in Copenhagen until tomorrow.

Well, at least I got to spend the evening at the Hard Rock Cafe watching the Portugal-Iceland match. Pretty excting game, and I don't even follow football.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on June 15, 2016, 06:11:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 06:17:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.

What a -censored-!

He phoned me yesterday. The idiot could not reach me before, because he dialed my number without the international access code for Germany. He had two jobs on offer. A software development and a consultancy job. Both pay much better than my current job. I must say that I'm more interested in the software development job even if the consultancy job pays better. A bit scary though to change jobs at 54.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 15, 2016, 07:28:58 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on June 14, 2016, 07:47:31 AM
Quote from: Apathy on June 14, 2016, 01:12:26 AM
My Dad keeps taking control of my life and causing problems. Really need to get away from him but can't because I have so many problems.
Hmm... Are you sure about that? Everyone has problems, and some people have big ones. There usually are ways of dealing with them that do not involve parents though.

Yeah, I've mentioned this somewhere else. He stuck me with a car bill I did not want and thought he was going to pay for because I have no job because I'm disabled (not because I'm lazy, I was actually taking the advice of the insurance company when I decided to take it easy). It's just stuff like that where he makes decisions on my behalf all while making me miserable.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 16, 2016, 02:07:16 PM
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I love the feeling of getting something finished, but that feeling seems to always be so short lived these days; there's always more and more piling up.  :(

Add that to the fact that I can't seem to stop procrastinating and it rarely ends as I wish it would.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 16, 2016, 03:12:18 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 15, 2016, 06:11:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 06:17:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.

What a -censored-!

He phoned me yesterday. The idiot could not reach me before, because he dialed my number without the international access code for Germany. He had two jobs on offer. A software development and a consultancy job. Both pay much better than my current job. I must say that I'm more interested in the software development job even if the consultancy job pays better. A bit scary though to change jobs at 54.

Why is that scary?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on June 17, 2016, 04:00:55 PM
My boss's family just got a new kitty (They already have one kat and a dogg), and she insists on showing my pictures of it when she's in the office, and now she's texting my pictures of it.

She's the boss right so for the time being I have to act like the stupid kat is soooooooo cute and pretty, and ooh and ahhh over her pictures and reply back to her text pictures.

Here's the latest text she sent me:
QuoteHere she is. Heart stealer. Bruce, the office will be shut down in case you don't come back so no worries there.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYVUgcef.jpg&hash=cb08af72ff57fcc71978e93d6e94477c45552519)
Not sure how long I can keep this facade up,...I feel like Elian in Seinfeld when her boss took her to the movies to see "The English Patient" which she had already seen and hated, but was to scared to tell her boss so she took her to see it because he thought it was such a great movie. Classic scene.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 17, 2016, 04:09:03 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on June 17, 2016, 04:00:55 PM
My boss's family just got a new kitty (They already have one kat and a dogg), and she insists on showing my pictures of it when she's in the office, and now she's texting my pictures of it.
QuoteHere she is. Heart stealer. Bruce, the office will be shut down in case you don't come back so no worries there.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYVUgcef.jpg&hash=cb08af72ff57fcc71978e93d6e94477c45552519)

How can you not love that kitty?? She's smiling for fuck's sake!! That's it, you're banned!! I'm going to call you Ice from now on because clearly that's what runs through your veins! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

But seriously, she's adorable.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 17, 2016, 06:50:41 PM
These guys made me grumpy.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on June 20, 2016, 05:49:41 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 16, 2016, 03:12:18 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 15, 2016, 06:11:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 06:17:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 12, 2016, 06:15:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 12, 2016, 03:26:06 PM
Any news, Tom?
Despite several promises, the b'stard didn't phone back.

What a -censored-!

He phoned me yesterday. The idiot could not reach me before, because he dialed my number without the international access code for Germany. He had two jobs on offer. A software development and a consultancy job. Both pay much better than my current job. I must say that I'm more interested in the software development job even if the consultancy job pays better. A bit scary though to change jobs at 54.

Why is that scary?

If I don't pass the probation time it will be very hard to find another job. Since I'm paying off the mortgage of my house, I need some job security. Here in Germany most companies don't hire people, who are older than 40-45. They like to hire students with 20 years of experience  ;),
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on June 21, 2016, 12:11:36 AM
I suspect that I've got heat stroke and I'm here alone at work, I can't get a signal on my phone to call someone, there is no landlines anywhere in the barn, and nobody is texting me back. I'm just sitting here covered in ice packs because I can't leave until I get the okay.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 21, 2016, 01:00:13 AM
^ Do you have access to water? Better drink plenty.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on June 21, 2016, 01:25:35 AM
I'm relatively okay now. I ended up going to the health center and had them call my boss. Took 30 minutes to get ahold of somebody. I'm home now with many ice packs.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 21, 2016, 06:43:20 AM
Quote from: Buddy on June 21, 2016, 01:25:35 AM
I'm relatively okay now. I ended up going to the health center and had them call my boss. Took 30 minutes to get ahold of somebody. I'm home now with many ice packs.
Shakes my head. Numpty!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on June 21, 2016, 05:44:13 PM
what makes me grumpy
no
what pisses me off is that since sunday afternoon cyprus is in flames. Two firefighters lost their lives, villages are threatened and one very beautiful forest is being turned to ashes
We know how the fire started but NO ONE will be punished because the person who started it was underage
NO ONE will be pubished
two people died!!
homes are threatened
no one is punished
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 21, 2016, 06:19:36 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 21, 2016, 05:44:13 PM
what makes me grumpy
no
what pisses me off is that since sunday afternoon cyprus is in flames. Two firefighters lost their lives, villages are threatened and one very beautiful forest is being turned to ashes
We know how the fire started but NO ONE will be punished because the person who started it was underage
NO ONE will be pubished
two people died!!
homes are threatened
no one is punished
...So the pyromaniac kid is getting off the hook with only a talking to?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on June 21, 2016, 06:23:40 PM
Quote from: Buddy on June 21, 2016, 01:25:35 AM
I'm relatively okay now. I ended up going to the health center and had them call my boss. Took 30 minutes to get ahold of somebody. I'm home now with many ice packs.
I'd recommend a long cold shower or bath.
Though usually I prescribe that treatment for a rather different affliction.  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on June 21, 2016, 07:39:53 PM
Quote...So the pyromaniac kid is getting off the hook with only a talking to?
so far it seems so.
Some say since underage kids dont get punished in this hell hole, the parents or guardians should be responsible. But from the interviews of the police I didnt see that intention
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 21, 2016, 11:30:59 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 21, 2016, 07:39:53 PM
Quote...So the pyromaniac kid is getting off the hook with only a talking to?
so far it seems so.
Some say since underage kids dont get punished in this hell hole, the parents or guardians should be responsible. But from the interviews of the police I didnt see that intention

That kind of stuff makes me so angry. For certain crimes underaged kids should be tried as an adult.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on June 22, 2016, 09:58:25 AM
specially for this
fourth day in a row and the fire is still raging. We've called for help from greece, france and israel. The occupied cyprus part has also offered help but the president decline which is another bitchy point in this tragedy
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on June 22, 2016, 10:44:54 AM
QuoteThe occupied cyprus part has also offered help but the president decline

What a shame.  This scale of disaster should be outside politics.  Still, I'm glad the TRNC made the offer.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 22, 2016, 12:10:08 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 22, 2016, 09:58:25 AM
specially for this
fourth day in a row and the fire is still raging. We've called for help from greece, france and israel. The occupied cyprus part has also offered help but the president decline which is another bitchy point in this tragedy
Hm. Toss the little motherfucker in jail, give him/her/other a sexually frustrated ex-biker bunkie who calls his penis The Big Ben and watch the evolution by natural selection do its wonders.

...Or some serious therapy. But that's a poor substitute for vengeance.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on June 24, 2016, 12:26:48 AM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 21, 2016, 05:44:13 PM
what makes me grumpy
no
what pisses me off is that since sunday afternoon cyprus is in flames. Two firefighters lost their lives, villages are threatened and one very beautiful forest is being turned to ashes
We know how the fire started but NO ONE will be punished because the person who started it was underage
NO ONE will be pubished
two people died!!
homes are threatened
no one is punished

That's so sad Maria. I had many great holidays in Cyprus and loved the people there. Where a abouts is the fire?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on June 24, 2016, 07:30:57 PM
solea valley if you know it. At the villages spilia, kourdali and kannavia. The fire finally stopped yesterday
The police are actually investigating now because people say the fire actually started from grandfather and not from the kid

here's a satellite image, you can se eon the right the village was barely saved http://www.philenews.com/el-gr/syzitountai-sto-diadiktyo/1330/319632/doryforiki-fotografia-apo-ti-megali-pyrkagia-stin-kypro-eikona

15square kms of pine forest
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 26, 2016, 12:51:59 AM
While I no longer have pain from a broken knee. I now have a different sort of pain that flares up at random moments just to make life interesting - in addition to times when my knee just hurts. I finally had to break down and take a pain pill today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on June 26, 2016, 11:12:10 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 24, 2016, 07:30:57 PM
solea valley if you know it. At the villages spilia, kourdali and kannavia. The fire finally stopped yesterday
The police are actually investigating now because people say the fire actually started from grandfather and not from the kid

here's a satellite image, you can se eon the right the village was barely saved http://www.philenews.com/el-gr/syzitountai-sto-diadiktyo/1330/319632/doryforiki-fotografia-apo-ti-megali-pyrkagia-stin-kypro-eikona

15square kms of pine forest

That's very sad; we spent a couple of days driving around the Troodos Mountains and visited on several occasions although I don't remember the names of all the villages we visited. I just know we loved the place. I hope the arsonist gets his just desserts.

Quote from: Velma on June 26, 2016, 12:51:59 AM
While I no longer have pain from a broken knee. I now have a different sort of pain that flares up at random moments just to make life interesting - in addition to times when my knee just hurts. I finally had to break down and take a pain pill today.

Sorry to hear that Velma. I hope you are feeling better now.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 27, 2016, 04:23:49 AM
Thanks, Essie Mae. It is just one of those things that goes along with total knee replacement surgery. From reading the experience of others, this isn't that uncommon. Other than the random flares during the day, most of my pain is at night. Also, not uncommon. I'll have to see how it goes once I return to work tomorrow.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 27, 2016, 07:21:07 AM
I sympathise with you, Velma.

About a month ago the inferior patella bursa in my right leg decided to get a case of "-itis" - "Clergyman's knee", I have obviously been doing too much praying  ;) That led to out-of-balance walking that upset the tendons back of the knee. Leg no longer able to support weight without agony I resorted to crutches.

That did not stop the right foot getting tendonitis as well - left foot and leg now doing almost all work. Left foot decided to come out in sympathy, tendonitis in almost every part. Virtually immobile for three days.

Went to see GP - had blood test, got gout in left foot as well!

Anti-gout diet boring in the extreme, most of the nice foods good for my ailing ticker (whole grain bread, oily fish, seeds etc.) not good for gout, but had to get the uric acid levels down. Low fat milk positively beneficial for gout, but effect on my gut also excellent cure for the constipation caused by pain killers! About to try lactose free.

Left foot still not right ( :D) but only a minor limp left now, hurts a little more at night,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on June 28, 2016, 12:05:18 PM
Quotetendonitis

one of the few words that make me go hisss
i too suffered from that ad even after therapy i still have to be extremely careful X(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 04, 2016, 01:17:33 AM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 28, 2016, 12:05:18 PM
Quotetendonitis

one of the few words that make me go hisss
i too suffered from that ad even after therapy i still have to be extremely careful X(
About three years ago I developed tendinitis. At the time, I was working in the Controlled Substances Room at work, filling 500 + vials in a 10 hours shift. Opening all those manufacturer bottles caused tendinitis. It was weeks before I could work in that area again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 05, 2016, 02:54:32 PM
Browsing the guide

QuoteArnie's Greatest Ever Stunts
Tuesday 5th July at 9:30 pm (120 minutes)
Original action man Arnold Schwarzenegger counts down the world's most daring, jaw-dropping stunts, with clips and behind-the-scenes access with stunt professionals. Cons. Advice: Dangerous Behaviour

The world is fucked
Ye abandon all hope

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 05, 2016, 03:48:16 PM
QuoteGeorge Osborne has pledged to cut corporation tax to encourage businesses to continue investing in the UK following the EU referendum vote.

In an interview with the Financial Times, the chancellor said he would reduce the rate to below 15% - some 5% lower than its current 20% rate.

That would give the UK the lowest corporation tax of any major economy.

We'n all 'll lower our rates to match.
Soon we'll be paying 'em to fuck us.

There's a long list of us paying them
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on July 05, 2016, 05:00:21 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 05, 2016, 03:48:16 PM
QuoteGeorge Osborne has pledged to cut corporation tax to encourage businesses to continue investing in the UK following the EU referendum vote.

In an interview with the Financial Times, the chancellor said he would reduce the rate to below 15% - some 5% lower than its current 20% rate.

That would give the UK the lowest corporation tax of any major economy.

We'n all 'll lower our rates to match.
Soon we'll be paying 'em to fuck us.

There's a long list of us paying them

No complaints about that here. That's £000s more in my pocket... if, indeed my company can survive the reduction in workflow that we've already noticed. Yes, as surveyors (or Architects Bitches as we're affectionately known) we are always the litmus paper for the economy in general. The first to feel the pinch, yet the first to recover. I'm certainly more than a little worried right now... Application papers for French citizenship on tomorrows to-do list!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 05, 2016, 10:22:10 PM
Quote from: Velma on July 04, 2016, 01:17:33 AM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 28, 2016, 12:05:18 PM
Quotetendonitis

one of the few words that make me go hisss
i too suffered from that ad even after therapy i still have to be extremely careful X(
About three years ago I developed tendinitis. At the time, I was working in the Controlled Substances Room at work, filling 500 + vials in a 10 hours shift. Opening all those manufacturer bottles caused tendinitis. It was weeks before I could work in that area again.
If twas in the wrist from a twisting action might have been De Quervain's Tenosynovitis, inflamation of the wrist tendons. I got it unscrewing and rescrewing 200 screws in the roof linings of twenty ambulances, 8000 actions  in 10 hours, had to do them fast. This was before the days of electric screwdrivers.

Problems recurred for a year, despite therapy, until a new GP injected a steroid into the tendon. Hurt a bit but fixed problem!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 06, 2016, 06:12:06 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 05, 2016, 10:22:10 PM
Quote from: Velma on July 04, 2016, 01:17:33 AM
Quote from: MariaEvri on June 28, 2016, 12:05:18 PM
Quotetendonitis

one of the few words that make me go hisss
i too suffered from that ad even after therapy i still have to be extremely careful X(
About three years ago I developed tendinitis. At the time, I was working in the Controlled Substances Room at work, filling 500 + vials in a 10 hours shift. Opening all those manufacturer bottles caused tendinitis. It was weeks before I could work in that area again.
If twas in the wrist from a twisting action might have been De Quervain's Tenosynovitis, inflamation of the wrist tendons. I got it unscrewing and rescrewing 200 screws in the roof linings of twenty ambulances, 8000 actions  in 10 hours, had to do them fast. This was before the days of electric screwdrivers.

Problems recurred for a year, despite therapy, until a new GP injected a steroid into the tendon. Hurt a bit but fixed problem!
That's good. After a few weeks of wearing a brace and a bit of physical therapy, I managed not to have a recurrence by monitoring how I opened the bottles so that I wasn't making the exact same movement every time. After a bit, that got to be a habit.

Repetitive motion injuries are fairly common in a lot of work places. Few of us realize how often we are repeating the same motions during the day. Although for most, the damage takes months to show.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 06, 2016, 09:53:55 PM
Got something like that in the leg during boot camp. Probably from marching everywhere in new boots.
It passed in time, but in the meantime I had written permission from the camp medical officer to wear my running shoes with my day uniform.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 07, 2016, 05:25:06 AM
I have no reason to be grumpy. I'm just glad to see you all. I know that doesn't fit the thread. Are you going to ban me now? That would make me grumpy. If it makes me grumpy, I can post in this thread. If I'm banned, I cannot post in this thread. Your choice.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 07, 2016, 06:37:20 AM
Quote from: Apathy on July 07, 2016, 05:25:06 AM
I have no reason to be grumpy. I'm just glad to see you all. I know that doesn't fit the thread. Are you going to ban me now? That would make me grumpy. If it makes me grumpy, I can post in this thread. If I'm banned, I cannot post in this thread. Your choice.
Eye's ban hammer.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 07, 2016, 04:11:29 PM
Quote from: Apathy on July 07, 2016, 05:25:06 AM
I have no reason to be grumpy. I'm just glad to see you all. I know that doesn't fit the thread. Are you going to ban me now? That would make me grumpy. If it makes me grumpy, I can post in this thread. If I'm banned, I cannot post in this thread. Your choice.

I'd call on Dvorak, our drug detecting beagle to check you out, but he is a partaker and I don't know where the fuck he is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 07, 2016, 04:45:10 PM
Quote from: Siz on July 05, 2016, 05:00:21 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 05, 2016, 03:48:16 PM
QuoteGeorge Osborne has pledged to cut corporation tax to encourage businesses to continue investing in the UK following the EU referendum vote.

In an interview with the Financial Times, the chancellor said he would reduce the rate to below 15% - some 5% lower than its current 20% rate.

That would give the UK the lowest corporation tax of any major economy.

We'n all 'll lower our rates to match.
Soon we'll be paying 'em to fuck us.

There's a long list of us paying them

No complaints about that here. That's £000s more in my pocket... if, indeed my company can survive the reduction in workflow that we've already noticed. Yes, as surveyors (or Architects Bitches as we're affectionately known) we are always the litmus paper for the economy in general. The first to feel the pinch, yet the first to recover. I'm certainly more than a little worried right now... Application papers for French citizenship on tomorrows to-do list!

Really?
Around here that sort of thing wouldn't favour a local human.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 10, 2016, 11:55:58 PM
Suddenly, out of the blue: blue screen of death.

Good thing I just got paid. Going to have to take my computer in to get serviced.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 11, 2016, 12:58:45 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 10, 2016, 11:55:58 PM
Suddenly, out of the blue: blue screen of death.

Good thing I just got paid. Going to have to take my computer in to get serviced.
God saw you had too much money  :snicker:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 11, 2016, 01:30:30 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 11, 2016, 12:58:45 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 10, 2016, 11:55:58 PM
Suddenly, out of the blue: blue screen of death.

Good thing I just got paid. Going to have to take my computer in to get serviced.
God saw you had too much money  :snicker:
What a cunt!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 11, 2016, 01:32:51 PM
Can you not service it yourself? What's the error code?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 11, 2016, 01:39:18 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 11, 2016, 01:32:51 PM
Can you not service it yourself? What's the error code?
Wouldn't know where to begin (not an IT guy) and don't really have time for that right now.



Just got word back from the computer fixing dude. Apparently the entire OS collapsed and will need to be reset. They will throw in a file recovery for me which is nice.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 11, 2016, 02:32:59 PM
Well, I AM an IT guy and that there is something you could probably have fixed free of charge with relative ease by booting the PC from recovery partition and letting it walk the talk.

Windows would give you some recovery options too. The files are normally not damaged. Software-generated bluescreen-crashes are usually due to a critical failure in a specific file. The operating system's internal mechanisms for dealing with such are usually good enough.

If the problem persists, send me the make/model of your computer and the OS it runs and I can walk you through troubleshooting and recovery. In most cases, it really doesn't take much.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:01:57 AM
Hooray for Asmo to the rescue.  G85 is the beneficiary of informed council.

I am the least IT savvy guy in the free world. It is painfully apparent that I can not find my ass with either hand when the computer is involved. That is definitely not a brag, it is a shame that I have as little facility with the magic box as a six year old. When I grow up I will get a better handle on it......maybe.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 12, 2016, 08:23:35 AM
Quote from: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:01:57 AM
Hooray for Asmo to the rescue.  G85 is the beneficiary of informed council.

I am the least IT savvy guy in the free world. It is painfully apparent that I can not find my ass with either hand when the computer is involved. That is definitely not a brag, it is a shame that I have as little facility with the magic box as a six year old. When I grow up I will get a better handle on it......maybe.
Make that a two year old. Six year olds are totally computer literate nowadays.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 12, 2016, 09:22:22 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 12, 2016, 08:23:35 AM
Quote from: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:01:57 AM
Hooray for Asmo to the rescue.  G85 is the beneficiary of informed council.

I am the least IT savvy guy in the free world. It is painfully apparent that I can not find my ass with either hand when the computer is involved. That is definitely not a brag, it is a shame that I have as little facility with the magic box as a six year old. When I grow up I will get a better handle on it......maybe.
Make that a two year old. Six year olds are totally computer literate nowadays.  ;D
Saw a sub-2yo concentrating on and making purposeful looking dabs at a smartphone in Tescos. Modern "pacifier"?

Future advert:

"Baby's own tablet! Drool, pee and sick proof, fully sealed and fully washable. With cordless charger base for mains or car. Ruggedised, will withstand being thrown out of the pram onto a concrete pavement. Only £200!"

Later: might have known I was behind the wave! As here (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9087749.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156%7Ccid:189942085%7Cagid:18091973005%7Ctid:aud-180466976725:pla-96720111805%7Ccrid:77627773405%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:8055423994789982864%7Cdvc:t%7Cadp:1o3&gclid=CM64pbPB7c0CFeop0wod_lwDmg)

But mine would have life access to "Babynet". (Yup, there's a "Kidnet" for slightly older rugrats!)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 13, 2016, 02:32:35 AM
^ No shit????? We actually have baby touch tablets? What is this world coming to?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on July 13, 2016, 07:24:02 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 12, 2016, 09:22:22 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 12, 2016, 08:23:35 AM
Quote from: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:01:57 AM
Hooray for Asmo to the rescue.  G85 is the beneficiary of informed council.

I am the least IT savvy guy in the free world. It is painfully apparent that I can not find my ass with either hand when the computer is involved. That is definitely not a brag, it is a shame that I have as little facility with the magic box as a six year old. When I grow up I will get a better handle on it......maybe.
Make that a two year old. Six year olds are totally computer literate nowadays.  ;D
Saw a sub-2yo concentrating on and making purposeful looking dabs at a smartphone in Tescos. Modern "pacifier"?

Future advert:

"Baby's own tablet! Drool, pee and sick proof, fully sealed and fully washable. With cordless charger base for mains or car. Ruggedised, will withstand being thrown out of the pram onto a concrete pavement. Only £200!"

Later: might have known I was behind the wave! As here (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9087749.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156%7Ccid:189942085%7Cagid:18091973005%7Ctid:aud-180466976725:pla-96720111805%7Ccrid:77627773405%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:8055423994789982864%7Cdvc:t%7Cadp:1o3&gclid=CM64pbPB7c0CFeop0wod_lwDmg)

But mine would have life access to "Babynet". (Yup, there's a "Kidnet" for slightly older rugrats!)


oh geez. Back in my day Ihad to wait to go to college to get a friggin mobile and now every kindergarden drooler has tablets.
And now I used the b-i-m-d phrase which makes me feel ancient
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: gentle_dissident on July 13, 2016, 08:36:32 PM
bullies
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 13, 2016, 08:53:15 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on July 13, 2016, 07:24:02 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 12, 2016, 09:22:22 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 12, 2016, 08:23:35 AM
Quote from: Icarus on July 12, 2016, 12:01:57 AM
Hooray for Asmo to the rescue.  G85 is the beneficiary of informed council.

I am the least IT savvy guy in the free world. It is painfully apparent that I can not find my ass with either hand when the computer is involved. That is definitely not a brag, it is a shame that I have as little facility with the magic box as a six year old. When I grow up I will get a better handle on it......maybe.
Make that a two year old. Six year olds are totally computer literate nowadays.  ;D
Saw a sub-2yo concentrating on and making purposeful looking dabs at a smartphone in Tescos. Modern "pacifier"?

Future advert:

"Baby's own tablet! Drool, pee and sick proof, fully sealed and fully washable. With cordless charger base for mains or car. Ruggedised, will withstand being thrown out of the pram onto a concrete pavement. Only £200!"

Later: might have known I was behind the wave! As here (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9087749.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156%7Ccid:189942085%7Cagid:18091973005%7Ctid:aud-180466976725:pla-96720111805%7Ccrid:77627773405%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:8055423994789982864%7Cdvc:t%7Cadp:1o3&gclid=CM64pbPB7c0CFeop0wod_lwDmg)

But mine would have life access to "Babynet". (Yup, there's a "Kidnet" for slightly older rugrats!)


oh geez. Back in my day Ihad to wait to go to college to get a friggin mobile and now every kindergarden drooler has tablets.
And now I used the b-i-m-d phrase which makes me feel ancient
B-I-M-D, and I am not kidding, the competition in my first year of college (1972 at age 28) was who could slide the rule the fastest! The first shop-available, very basic, calculators were banned from exams, "Until everyone could afford one and had one."

My first one could manage square roots. Now I just read the complex sum into my smartphone, or "phablet" as it seems they are called now, and it speaks the answer back to me (so long as it has a connection to the super-duper computer in Google-land.) May it won't need that one day.

Pure bloody sci-fi not so long ago . . .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 13, 2016, 10:10:11 PM
I have confirmed once again what is my kryptonite: grass/hay being cut in my general vicinity.  >:(

Couldn't go to work today because my eyes were practically swollen shut from allergies from the day before.
The day before I went around measuring buildings in an area with a lot of farms. Apparently they had a good year for growing hay because they were harvesting already.
Do you all have any idea the amount of pollen a large farm harvester can kick up?!?!

:sneezy:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 13, 2016, 10:24:46 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 13, 2016, 10:10:11 PM
Do you all have any idea the amount of pollen a large farm harvester can kick up?!?!

:sneezy:

Yep. Benadryl is my Bff during hay season.


I wish it would stop storming so much. They are nice to listen to but I just want to be outside.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 13, 2016, 11:43:08 PM
I took a hayfever tablet yesterday and they are not supposed to make you drowsy, but it did. It was almost as bad as having the swollen eyes etc. I feel sorry for those hayfever sufferers among you who have to work in the countryside.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 14, 2016, 06:45:02 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 13, 2016, 10:10:11 PM
I have confirmed once again what is my kryptonite: grass/hay being cut in my general vicinity.  >:(

Couldn't go to work today because my eyes were practically swollen shut from allergies from the day before.
The day before I went around measuring buildings in an area with a lot of farms. Apparently they had a good year for growing hay because they were harvesting already.
Do you all have any idea the amount of pollen a large farm harvester can kick up?!?!

:sneezy:
My wife was incredibly unsympathetic to this rant. Her comment "Tell the big wally to take his meds before he goes out!"
So consider yourself told!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 14, 2016, 07:44:04 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 13, 2016, 10:10:11 PM
Do you all have any idea the amount of pollen a large farm harvester can kick up?!?!
Yep.  :(

Quote from: Tank on July 14, 2016, 06:45:02 AM
My wife was incredibly unsympathetic to this rant. Her comment "Tell the big wally to take his meds before he goes out!"
So consider yourself told!
'Roids. And plenty of 'em.  8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 14, 2016, 02:46:47 PM
I also suffer from hayfever. 
Could this be an atheist thing?  :eyebrow:
Anyone else suffers from this? Davin, do you?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 14, 2016, 02:59:59 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 14, 2016, 02:46:47 PM
I also suffer from hayfever. 
Could this be an atheist thing?  :eyebrow:
Anyone else suffers from this? Davin, do you?
It could be the wrath of a Grumpy Asmo... Who's to say..?  :???: Mysterious things are... Mysterious.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 14, 2016, 04:38:56 PM
I suffer very rarely from HF and I blame it on a neice  ;)

When she got married she splashed out on orchid buttonholes. I could not work out why my left eye itched and my nose kept running.

If I get an attack it usually involes me wanting to close my eyes, as if very tired. This got dodgy when I did a lot of motorway driving and the grasses and wild flowers were in full pollen mode - the suction from the passing cars pulled it from the verges onto the carriageway in visible vortices early in tbe morning.

Not sure if my persistent rhinitus started then but I go through two boxes of tissues, at least, a week (and loads of pocket ones) in any season now.

Sniff...

I fully symlathise with chronic sufferers!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 14, 2016, 05:56:16 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 14, 2016, 06:45:02 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 13, 2016, 10:10:11 PM
I have confirmed once again what is my kryptonite: grass/hay being cut in my general vicinity.  >:(

Couldn't go to work today because my eyes were practically swollen shut from allergies from the day before.
The day before I went around measuring buildings in an area with a lot of farms. Apparently they had a good year for growing hay because they were harvesting already.
Do you all have any idea the amount of pollen a large farm harvester can kick up?!?!

:sneezy:
My wife was incredibly unsympathetic to this rant. Her comment "Tell the big wally to take his meds before he goes out!"
So consider yourself told!

Lmao! I like your wife.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 14, 2016, 09:43:23 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 14, 2016, 02:59:59 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 14, 2016, 02:46:47 PM
I also suffer from hayfever. 
Could this be an atheist thing?  :eyebrow:
Anyone else suffers from this? Davin, do you?
It could be the wrath of a Grumpy Asmo... Who's to say..?  :???: Mysterious things are... Mysterious.
Yes.  :chin:   Mysterious things are...mysterious...Like Pahu.  :eyebrow:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 15, 2016, 10:37:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 14, 2016, 06:45:02 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 13, 2016, 10:10:11 PM
I have confirmed once again what is my kryptonite: grass/hay being cut in my general vicinity.  >:(

Couldn't go to work today because my eyes were practically swollen shut from allergies from the day before.
The day before I went around measuring buildings in an area with a lot of farms. Apparently they had a good year for growing hay because they were harvesting already.
Do you all have any idea the amount of pollen a large farm harvester can kick up?!?!

:sneezy:
My wife was incredibly unsympathetic to this rant. Her comment "Tell the big wally to take his meds before he goes out!"
So consider yourself told!
Tell her I'm already on double dosages, and that at her earliest convenience she is cordially invited to kiss my ass.  8)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 16, 2016, 07:22:07 AM
Was very happy to have gotten a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader for $30 off on Amazon Prime day. It arrived early Friday afternoon. I got it all set up, plugged it in to charge, and my husband and went out to run errands. Once we got home and  I finally had a chance to look at it closely, it had two sets of dead pixels on the screen. I've already got the return set up and will drop it off at UPS Saturday.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 16, 2016, 08:14:09 AM
Quote from: Velma on July 16, 2016, 07:22:07 AM
Was very happy to have gotten a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader for $30 off on Amazon Prime day. It arrived early Friday afternoon. I got it all set up, plugged it in to charge, and my husband and went out to run errands. Once we got home and  I finally had a chance to look at it closely, it had two sets of dead pixels on the screen. I've already got the return set up and will drop it off at UPS Saturday.
Bugger!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 16, 2016, 07:51:31 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 16, 2016, 08:14:09 AM
Quote from: Velma on July 16, 2016, 07:22:07 AM
Was very happy to have gotten a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader for $30 off on Amazon Prime day. It arrived early Friday afternoon. I got it all set up, plugged it in to charge, and my husband and went out to run errands. Once we got home and  I finally had a chance to look at it closely, it had two sets of dead pixels on the screen. I've already got the return set up and will drop it off at UPS Saturday.
Bugger!
I was quite disappointed. However, I have decided to get a refund instead of a replacement. The old Paperwhite I have still works well, although it is the older model without the 300 ppi screen.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 19, 2016, 08:51:06 PM
Going to work on Saturday again.   :weepy:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 19, 2016, 08:59:21 PM
The Asmo is not.  :(

...But maybe He is.  ;D

...But probably not.  :(

...But possibly is.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 19, 2016, 09:17:33 PM
If only some of your  ;D could rub off on me.

I generally don't mind, but on Saturdays I spend more time on the bus than I do at work. :sigh:

(I hate buses and don't have the money to buy a car)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 19, 2016, 09:20:35 PM
Buses are smelly, nasty and an affront to His Omnicardriveness.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 19, 2016, 09:25:02 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 19, 2016, 09:20:35 PM
Buses are smelly, nasty and an affront to His Omnicardriveness.  >:(

:this:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 19, 2016, 09:32:16 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 19, 2016, 09:20:35 PM
Buses are smelly, nasty and an affront to His Omnicardriveness.  >:(

Our new ones are comfortable and run every ten minutes both ways to town.  No hassle waiting in traffic queues or trying to park at exhorbitant hourly rates either.

Have to use the car to the hospital though, worst service in town there but they make a fortune from patients and visitors parking. If you can find a bloody parking space!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 19, 2016, 09:35:42 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 19, 2016, 09:32:16 PM
Have to use the car to the hospital though, worst service in town there but they make a fortune from patients and visitors parking. If you can find a bloody parking space!

It's the same here in Brazil. When my mother broke her leg I had to take her to the hospital every 2 weeks for a while and we paid quite a penny. Detail: it was a Catholic hospital.

They like money.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on July 20, 2016, 08:44:49 AM
Quote from: Gloucester(Hospitals) make a fortune from patients and visitors parking. If you can find a bloody parking space!

That's true everywhere!  Also, you queue for the bloody machine to pay your ticket.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 20, 2016, 12:07:26 PM
The Asmo payest with His Divine Cellphone App.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 20, 2016, 02:38:54 PM
Quote from: OldGit on July 20, 2016, 08:44:49 AM
Quote from: Gloucester(Hospitals) make a fortune from patients and visitors parking. If you can find a bloody parking space!

That's true everywhere!  Also, you queue for the bloody machine to pay your ticket.

At our hospital you get the first 15 minutes free.

Went for a blood test and the clinic was empty, no waiters, and the phlebotobist was fast and not chatty and I got back to the machine with one minute to go of my 15.

And there were two old ladies rummaging around in the depths of their handbags for the last 50p needed to pay their fee at the one machine that was working. I stuck 50p of my own in the slot, handed them their ticket, got mine sorted and was off before they caught up with events! Left them standing, open mouthed with hands still in bags.

Saved me £1.30.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 20, 2016, 03:55:02 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 20, 2016, 02:38:54 PM
At our hospital you get the first 15 minutes free.
Enough for a quick appendectomy, yes?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on July 20, 2016, 10:32:03 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 20, 2016, 02:38:54 PMAt our hospital you get the first 15 minutes free.

Went for a blood test and the clinic was empty, no waiters, and the phlebotobist was fast and not chatty and I got back to the machine with one minute to go of my 15.

And there were two old ladies rummaging around in the depths of their handbags for the last 50p needed to pay their fee at the one machine that was working. I stuck 50p of my own in the slot, handed them their ticket, got mine sorted and was off before they caught up with events! Left them standing, open mouthed with hands still in bags.

Saved me £1.30.

Quick thinking, and you must be relatively fast on your feet. Well done.  :)

The parking for the English hospital I've visited several times is not so forgiving, I think. Unless you're moving very quickly, it can take a good five minutes or more to get from the parking spot to the hospital itself. I'm not sure, but I doubt they even offer 15 minutes' free parking. There's been talk in the community and in the local paper about the truly dreadful parking there for many years.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 21, 2016, 05:21:28 AM
So far, in my experience here in Missouri, I've run into a few different arrangements. My husband gets most of his medical care at a Veterans' Administration hospital. It has free valet parking. My rheumatologist has her office in a medical tower attached to a very large hospital, it has free valet parking service or you can park yourself for free. The hospital proper has paid valet parking or a pay-by-the-hour parking garage. The latter two seem to be the most common at the larger hospitals. The smaller ones have no valet parking, but do have a free parking lot in front of the hospital.

If you have to pay for parking, visiting someone in the hospital can get very expensive very quickly.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 30, 2016, 12:23:19 AM
It's Friday today ( :jumps:), but everything goes back to normal on Monday. :(

Holidays (sort of) are over!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 30, 2016, 07:57:58 AM
It is currently 2:54am. I have to get up for work at 4:45. I can't sleep and I haven't been able to fall asleep easily for a few weeks now. This just started up for no particular reason. I'm so tired and at the end of my rope. Like, my mother even have me one of her Ativan pills which usually knocks me the hell out but nope, still awake.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 30, 2016, 08:19:22 AM
Quote from: Buddy on July 30, 2016, 07:57:58 AM
It is currently 2:54am. I have to get up for work at 4:45. I can't sleep and I haven't been able to fall asleep easily for a few weeks now. This just started up for no particular reason. I'm so tired and at the end of my rope. Like, my mother even have me one of her Ativan pills which usually knocks me the hell out but nope, still awake.

Been there, Buddy, and I fear never found the solution then.

Years, and real threats to my life, have informed me that getting wound up about things you cannot immediately effect beneficial change on is a waste on physical, mental and emotional energy.

Sorry, seems like a hard lesdon but, if it is something like this change of job, all you can do is orepare your case and your mind. The person making the decision will have his or her motivations that you cannot affect.

"Luck favours the prepared mind", does not fully apply here but the anxious mind does not perform well. Meditation helps some, a pair of boxing mitts and a punch bag helps others. Though of sort of religious origin the old saw about being able to tell the difference between the mutable and the immutable and acting on the first whilst accepting the second also applies.

Still rooting for you, Buddy, keep your chin uo and look the problem in the eye!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 30, 2016, 08:36:39 AM
Thanks Gloucester. That was very comforting to read.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 30, 2016, 07:06:18 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 30, 2016, 07:57:58 AM
It is currently 2:54am. I have to get up for work at 4:45. I can't sleep and I haven't been able to fall asleep easily for a few weeks now. This just started up for no particular reason. I'm so tired and at the end of my rope. Like, my mother even have me one of her Ativan pills which usually knocks me the hell out but nope, still awake.
I hate when that happens. Usually hits me when there is something significant on my mind. Spent most of last winter like that.  :-\
The good news is that it does eventually tend to pass.
Beyond that, Glouchester speaks words of wisdom. 
I'd recommend a nightcap, but that might not be the best idea in this case.  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 31, 2016, 03:24:20 AM
The thing is that when this whole nonsense started, I didn't even have anything important enough to keep me awake. My stupid ADD won't let me stop thinking long enough to fall asleep. Or at least that's what I'm blaming it on this time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 31, 2016, 02:26:46 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2016, 03:24:20 AM
The thing is that when this whole nonsense started, I didn't even have anything important enough to keep me awake. My stupid ADD won't let me stop thinking long enough to fall asleep. Or at least that's what I'm blaming it on this time.
Must be nice to have something to blame. ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 31, 2016, 04:00:35 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on July 31, 2016, 02:26:46 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2016, 03:24:20 AM
The thing is that when this whole nonsense started, I didn't even have anything important enough to keep me awake. My stupid ADD won't let me stop thinking long enough to fall asleep. Or at least that's what I'm blaming it on this time.
Must be nice to have something to blame. ;)
Blame the pharmacist. Always works for me.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 01, 2016, 03:47:38 AM
I have no reason to be grumpy today. So let's try to spread some good joy.

Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2016, 03:24:20 AM
The thing is that when this whole nonsense started, I didn't even have anything important enough to keep me awake. My stupid ADD won't let me stop thinking long enough to fall asleep. Or at least that's what I'm blaming it on this time.

Well sounds like you are pretty angry. Do you take something for your ADD that can make you word out by the time you want to sleep? Maybe you need your meds adjusted if this is the case. I'm sorry this is happening to you. ADD is a problem, I can tell.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 01, 2016, 01:14:14 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
What The Fuck!!!!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 01, 2016, 01:22:06 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
Is your super male or female, Buddy?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 01:34:52 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2016, 01:22:06 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
Is your super male or female, Buddy?

Older male.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 01, 2016, 01:46:31 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 01:34:52 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2016, 01:22:06 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
Is your super male or female, Buddy?

Older male.

In that case I am ashamed that such dinosaurs still exist in my gender!

Any manager who does not judge on merit alone is not qualified to be in that position,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on August 01, 2016, 02:11:30 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2016, 01:46:31 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 01:34:52 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2016, 01:22:06 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
Is your super male or female, Buddy?

Older male.

In that case I am ashamed that such dinosaurs still exist in my gender!

Any manager who does not judge on merit alone is not qualified to be in that position,

What if the manager has acknowledged that pandering to customer prejudice is more profitable?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 01, 2016, 02:12:20 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
That's not right, Buddy.  :( It doesn't even make sense.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 01, 2016, 02:18:55 PM
Quote from: Siz on August 01, 2016, 02:11:30 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2016, 01:46:31 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 01:34:52 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2016, 01:22:06 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.
Is your super male or female, Buddy?

Older male.

In that case I am ashamed that such dinosaurs still exist in my gender!

Any manager who does not judge on merit alone is not qualified to be in that position,

What if the manager has acknowledged that pandering to customer prejudice is more profitable?
I see where you are going there, Siz, difficult to say that one has the wrong kind of customers! Though such exist in my experience! But, in my book, a competent manager should be able to make a case for better customer service sith the right staff in the right positions. But very, very few will stick to that if they have a lousy, prejuduced, manager above them.

There will, unfortunately, always be prejudice.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 02:27:52 PM
We don't even have customers. It's a horse barn ffs. The only prejudiced one is my shitty supervisor
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on August 01, 2016, 02:46:22 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 02:27:52 PM
We don't even have customers. It's a horse barn ffs. The only prejudiced one is my shitty supervisor

Then he's a cunt.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 01, 2016, 03:11:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on August 01, 2016, 02:46:22 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 02:27:52 PM
We don't even have customers. It's a horse barn ffs. The only prejudiced one is my shitty supervisor

Then he's a cunt.

You're wrong there, Siz, cunts are useful and valuable!

Even turds are better rhan this guy, easy to flush off.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 01, 2016, 03:34:34 PM
You know, I'm on both sides of the table on this issue, and for one simple reason.

In Norway, many larger businesses are required to have a certain percentage of women on the board of directors, in management positions and so on. Fuck that. You let me hire whoever I find most qualified for the job and most capable of tolerating me, regardless of the shape of their genitals, or I might just not hire any one at all.

When actual discrimination is taking place, yes, something ought to be done. The way our government seems to "solve" the problem, however... I'm surprised we are not mandated to hire a certain percentage of ex cons and heroin addicts, because they are people too.

Well, I would not hire anybody for any position because he/she/other was "a person too." Among the applicants, are you the candidate with the best combination of qualifications, experience, personality and motivation for the job? Yes? Welcome! No? Another time, perhaps. /end of consideration.

/end of rant
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 01, 2016, 03:59:46 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 01, 2016, 03:34:34 PM
You know, I'm on both sides of the table on this issue, and for one simple reason.

In Norway, many larger businesses are required to have a certain percentage of women on the board of directors, in management positions and so on. Fuck that. You let me hire whoever I find most qualified for the job and most capable of tolerating me, regardless of the shape of their genitals, or I might just not hire any one at all.

When actual discrimination is taking place, yes, something ought to be done. The way our government seems to "solve" the problem, however... I'm surprised we are not mandated to hire a certain percentage of ex cons and heroin addicts, because they are people too.

Well, I would not hire anybody for any position because he/she/other was "a person too." Among the applicants, are you the candidate with the best combination of qualifications, experience, personality and motivation for the job? Yes? Welcome! No? Another time, perhaps. /end of consideration.

/end of rant

I think that is a vote for "Personal qualities and qualifications trump gender, culture,, ethnicity, social origin . . ." ?

If so I agree, not a fan of "positive discrimination", it can produce negative results, for all concerned, in the final outcome.

Very much in favour if "blind" judgement of CVs/resumés, for new posts, with written assesments before candidate is even named or seen. In tbe case of promotions, not so easy I fear.

This is another sickness that afflicts most political parties.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 01, 2016, 04:09:33 PM
Exactly. I don't want to see a picture of you before the interview, I don't care about your facial tattoos or perkiness of your boobs. When hiring, I am ethically obligated to act as a fiduciary of sorts for the company, and that's all there is.

I must admit though, that people making MY decisions for me... Well, it just rubs me the wrong way.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 01, 2016, 04:23:02 PM
That sucks, Buddy.  :(

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 01, 2016, 04:35:12 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 01, 2016, 04:09:33 PM
Exactly. I don't want to see a picture of you before the interview, I don't care about your facial tattoos or perkiness of your boobs. When hiring, I am ethically obligated to act as a fiduciary of sorts for the company, and that's all there is.

I must admit though, that people making MY decisions for me... Well, it just rubs me the wrong way.

How did you know my boobs are perky!?

It's that damn Spironolactone/Aldactone, causes gynaecomastia in men.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 01, 2016, 04:41:37 PM
Your boss is old and prejudice.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on August 01, 2016, 04:58:03 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 12:51:08 PM
Well I got passed over for a promotion at work because my supervisor didn't want another woman on day shift. I'm so close to quitting.

Guess some people don't recognize a good thing when it's right in front of them.  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 01, 2016, 05:04:11 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 01, 2016, 04:35:12 PM
How did you know my boobs are perky!?
Wait, they are?! You hired!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 10:01:11 PM
I just want to say that I love you guys so much. Having some support makes a shitty situation sting a bit less.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on August 02, 2016, 03:33:02 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 10:01:11 PM
I just want to say that I love you guys so much. Having some support makes a shitty situation sting a bit less.
;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 02, 2016, 05:11:06 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 10:01:11 PM
I just want to say that I love you guys so much. Having some support makes a shitty situation sting a bit less.
And The Asmo. Let us not forget Him, shall we? He just selflessly hired Gloucester for the perkiness of his boobs, after all. ;D

LOVE HIM FOR THAT!!!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 02, 2016, 05:20:08 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 01, 2016, 10:01:11 PM
I just want to say that I love you guys so much. Having some support makes a shitty situation sting a bit less.

Well, you're our Buddy so we have to look out for you!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on August 02, 2016, 08:38:08 PM
Sorry to hear that, Buddy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 03, 2016, 02:47:11 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=164;type=avatar)
OldGit, my friend, you look a little different.  :notsure:
You shaved, didn't you?
Got a haircut?
Used moisturizer?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2016, 03:01:13 AM
The police are going on strike tomorrow and, as a consequence, there will be no buses circulating, supposedly all day long, because they're afraid of getting robbed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on August 04, 2016, 08:12:37 PM
I thought police went on strike only in robocop :/
Im sorry but I believe there are certain jobs that just SHOULDN'T go on strike
police
firefighter
doctor/emergency
those are jobs needed for safety and saving peoples lives
How can you strike?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 04, 2016, 08:15:55 PM
Unions. A blight on The Asmo's tranquility.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2016, 08:29:53 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on August 04, 2016, 08:12:37 PM
I thought police went on strike only in robocop :/
Im sorry but I believe there are certain jobs that just SHOULDN'T go on strike
police
firefighter
doctor/emergency
those are jobs needed for safety and saving peoples lives
How can you strike?

People pay loads of taxes but corrupt politicians scoop up all the money and deposit it in offshore bank accounts. The police (and many others) don't get paid on time and so go on strike every now and then.

I agree with you though, it's one of those jobs that shouldn't ever go on strike.   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 06, 2016, 06:12:52 AM
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics was pulled of admirably well insofar as our TV coverage could reveal.  I think that the Brazilian people deserve a giant shout out. If the cops were on strike or were not doing their job then it was not evident at the ceremony.

I can only hope that the next two weeks will see the good organization and happy athletes like I saw tonight.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 06, 2016, 06:40:24 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 06, 2016, 06:12:52 AM
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics was pulled of admirably well insofar as our TV coverage could reveal.  I think that the Brazilian people deserve a giant shout out. If the cops were on strike or were not doing their job then it was not evident at the ceremony.

I can only hope that the next two weeks will see the good organization and happy athletes like I saw tonight.

Way to go, Brazil!  :clapping:   :party:

...But when I saw Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen walk across the stage to the iconic samba "The Girl from Ipanema...." I was thinking about what you said, xSilverPhinx.  :chin:

Remember this?  :grin:

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2016, 07:09:39 PM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on February 03, 2016, 02:14:28 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2016, 11:44:48 AM
Quote from: Bruno de la Pole on January 25, 2016, 09:12:29 PM
How about we start this week of with some Samba?

Samba De Viola – Sangue Brasileiro | Live (https://playingforchange.com/videos/samba-de-viola-sangue-brasileiro-live-outside/?utm_content=buffer18628&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

Argh, I vehemently loathe that genre. :headshake: Bossa Nova (such as Garota de Ipanema), which basically started off as samba for the middle class, as well.

:couchhide:

Sad to hear of your loathing xSP, as I guess this means we can no longer be friends :slapfight:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2016, 11:22:47 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 06, 2016, 06:12:52 AM
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics was pulled of admirably well insofar as our TV coverage could reveal.  I think that the Brazilian people deserve a giant shout out. If the cops were on strike or were not doing their job then it was not evident at the ceremony.

I can only hope that the next two weeks will see the good organization and happy athletes like I saw tonight.

The government probably paid the crime lords to stay out of the ceremony.  ;D

I don't know about Rio, as far as I know the cops were on strike locally here as they do every now and then.

I haven't watched the ceremonies yet, too busy watching Suicide Squad at the movies.  8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2016, 11:35:35 AM
:lol: Yes, I remember Mags!

It's no use, Bossa Nova will always be annoying noise to me. :headshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 07, 2016, 05:57:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2016, 11:22:47 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 06, 2016, 06:12:52 AM
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics was pulled of admirably well insofar as our TV coverage could reveal.  I think that the Brazilian people deserve a giant shout out. If the cops were on strike or were not doing their job then it was not evident at the ceremony.

I can only hope that the next two weeks will see the good organization and happy athletes like I saw tonight.

The government probably paid the crime lords to stay out of the ceremony.  ;D

I don't know about Rio, as far as I know the cops were on strike locally here as they do every now and then.

I haven't watched the ceremonies yet, too busy watching Suicide Squad at the movies.  8)

Was that movie any good? I heard it was terrible.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 07, 2016, 06:50:11 AM
Quote from: Apathy on August 07, 2016, 05:57:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2016, 11:22:47 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 06, 2016, 06:12:52 AM
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics was pulled of admirably well insofar as our TV coverage could reveal.  I think that the Brazilian people deserve a giant shout out. If the cops were on strike or were not doing their job then it was not evident at the ceremony.

I can only hope that the next two weeks will see the good organization and happy athletes like I saw tonight.

The government probably paid the crime lords to stay out of the ceremony.  ;D

I don't know about Rio, as far as I know the cops were on strike locally here as they do every now and then.

I haven't watched the ceremonies yet, too busy watching Suicide Squad at the movies.  8)

Was that movie any good? I heard it was terrible.

It as ok, not a movie I would watch a second time but not terrible either. It didn't turn out as I expected but then again I don't read the comics - which is probably why I didn't think it was a terrible movie.

Depends on what sort of prior expectations you have I guess. :shrug: 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on August 07, 2016, 07:36:17 PM
We've been having to do a lot of overtime at work - not because we have so much work at the moment, but because there MIGHT be a large amount of work out there somewhere. I work in a pharmacy. We can't work ahead. It is rather like trying to pick fruit from trees that haven't been planted. If that huge bubble of work actually exists, but the time it gets to us, everyone is going to be too tired, burned-out, and sick to care or show up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 07, 2016, 07:50:03 PM
Quote from: Velma on August 07, 2016, 07:36:17 PM
We've been having to do a lot of overtime at work - not because we have so much work at the moment, but because there MIGHT be a large amount of work out there somewhere. I work in a pharmacy. We can't work ahead. It is rather like trying to pick fruit from trees that haven't been planted. If that huge bubble of work actually exists, but the time it gets to us, everyone is going to be too tired, burned-out, and sick to care or show up.

Sorry, Velma, my reply was liable tp make you feel worse - hope you did not see it.

Not sure what to say now . . .
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on August 07, 2016, 08:04:28 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 07, 2016, 07:50:03 PM
Quote from: Velma on August 07, 2016, 07:36:17 PM
We've been having to do a lot of overtime at work - not because we have so much work at the moment, but because there MIGHT be a large amount of work out there somewhere. I work in a pharmacy. We can't work ahead. It is rather like trying to pick fruit from trees that haven't been planted. If that huge bubble of work actually exists, but the time it gets to us, everyone is going to be too tired, burned-out, and sick to care or show up.

Sorry, Velma, my reply was liable tp make you feel worse - hope you did not see it.

Not sure what to say now . . .
No I didn't see it. There is really no need to say anything. I'm just grumbling.  :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 07, 2016, 08:09:47 PM
Quote from: Velma on August 07, 2016, 08:04:28 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 07, 2016, 07:50:03 PM
Quote from: Velma on August 07, 2016, 07:36:17 PM
We've been having to do a lot of overtime at work - not because we have so much work at the moment, but because there MIGHT be a large amount of work out there somewhere. I work in a pharmacy. We can't work ahead. It is rather like trying to pick fruit from trees that haven't been planted. If that huge bubble of work actually exists, but the time it gets to us, everyone is going to be too tired, burned-out, and sick to care or show up.

Sorry, Velma, my reply was liable tp make you feel worse - hope you did not see it.

Not sure what to say now . . .
No I didn't see it. There is really no need to say anything. I'm just grumbling.  :)
Maybe, but I feel "sorry" that you are in that state - though I suppose we all get fed up with work at times.

Hoping it gets better,

Dave

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2016, 04:52:42 PM
It's going to be a long week, and a short weekend.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on August 08, 2016, 10:58:33 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2016, 04:52:42 PM
It's going to be a long week, and a short weekend.
The worrying thing is, I entirely get it xSP. (But more details please).
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2016, 11:53:33 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on August 08, 2016, 10:58:33 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2016, 04:52:42 PM
It's going to be a long week, and a short weekend.
The worrying thing is, I entirely get it xSP. (But more details please).

Classes and work during the week, work on Saturday. I usually don't mind but I worked during the midyear holidays so I'm a little tired. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 05:26:43 AM
My boss asked me whether I could clone myself ;). I'm working on 3 mayor projects at the time and 4 project leaders are waiting in line for my services. At the same time I'm doing the 2nd level support of 15 software applications.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 09, 2016, 05:41:42 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 05:26:43 AM
My boss asked me whether I could clone myself ;). I'm working on 3 mayor projects at the time and 4 project leaders are waiting in line for my services. At the same time I'm doing the 2nd level support of 15 software applications.

...And you still have time for us.  :love: :hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on August 09, 2016, 10:52:10 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 05:26:43 AM
My boss asked me whether I could clone myself ;). I'm working on 3 mayor projects at the time and 4 project leaders are waiting in line for my services. At the same time I'm doing the 2nd level support of 15 software applications.
Makes me tired just reading about xSP and Tom62. Feel just a bit envious though.

I think the reason they can still make time for us is the advice to ask a busy person if you want something done Magdalena.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 09, 2016, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 05:26:43 AM
My boss asked me whether I could clone myself ;). I'm working on 3 mayor projects at the time and 4 project leaders are waiting in line for my services. At the same time I'm doing the 2nd level support of 15 software applications.

Sounds like fun, Tom!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 09, 2016, 01:12:47 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 05:26:43 AM
My boss asked me whether I could clone myself ;). I'm working on 3 mayor projects at the time and 4 project leaders are waiting in line for my services. At the same time I'm doing the 2nd level support of 15 software applications.
Nice to be needed!

:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 07:52:35 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 09, 2016, 01:12:47 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 05:26:43 AM
My boss asked me whether I could clone myself ;). I'm working on 3 mayor projects at the time and 4 project leaders are waiting in line for my services. At the same time I'm doing the 2nd level support of 15 software applications.
Nice to be needed!

:grin:


Thanks! You've got a good point.The chances of me getting fired are extremely low. Any way, I still manage to keep a good work-life-balance.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 09, 2016, 08:10:01 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 09, 2016, 07:52:35 PM
. . . I still manage to keep a good work-life-balance.

Very, very, very important, more so than even more money!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on August 11, 2016, 07:09:11 PM
Trying to turn the car around at the end of a country road I managed to back it into a branch protruding from a tree.
Of course the back window promptly exploded in a lovely cascade of glass shrapnel.  >:(
Won't get it in the shop until the 18th either.

Just hope my insurance will cover it....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on August 11, 2016, 07:30:38 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on August 11, 2016, 07:09:11 PM
Trying to turn the car around at the end of a country road I managed to back it into a branch protruding from a tree.
Of course the back window promptly exploded in a lovely cascade of glass shrapnel.  >:(
Won't get it in the shop until the 18th either.

Just hope my insurance will cover it....

I hope so too, but it's also the hassle one split second event - seems never-ending.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 11, 2016, 07:42:21 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on August 11, 2016, 07:09:11 PM
Just hope my insurance will cover it....
Check to see if it's not cheaper to just get a new window installed rather than paying your insurance deductible. I came up at a loss once, not having done that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 12, 2016, 02:19:11 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 11, 2016, 07:42:21 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on August 11, 2016, 07:09:11 PM
Just hope my insurance will cover it....
Check to see if it's not cheaper to just get a new window installed rather than paying your insurance deductible. I came up at a loss once, not having done that.

Agreed. When I stupidly put a wooden pole through my windshield the shop that I took it to discounted a replacement by around 200 dollars because I paid in cash instead of going through insurance.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 12, 2016, 02:34:30 AM
 :sigh: I really hurt my lower back, and don't really know how.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 12, 2016, 02:36:50 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 12, 2016, 02:34:30 AM
:sigh: I really hurt my lower back, and don't really know how.

That's awful. Hope it heals quickly. :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 12, 2016, 02:43:38 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 12, 2016, 02:36:50 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 12, 2016, 02:34:30 AM
:sigh: I really hurt my lower back, and don't really know how.

That's awful. Hope it heals quickly. :(

Me too.  :( And I don't like taking pain meds because they make me feel sleepy.

I would classify lower back pain third on my list of most annoying pains:

1) toothache;
2) ear ache;
3) how-the-hell-did-I-get-this?! lower back pain.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 12, 2016, 05:18:03 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 12, 2016, 02:34:30 AM
:sigh: I really hurt my lower back, and don't really know how.
:therethere:
Just take the pain meds that you don't like to take...and go to sleep.  :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 12, 2016, 06:05:51 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 12, 2016, 05:18:03 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 12, 2016, 02:34:30 AM
:sigh: I really hurt my lower back, and don't really know how.
:therethere:
Just take the pain meds that you don't like to take...and go to sleep.  :P

:lol:

Now I sort of wish I had. It's 2 in the morning and I'm wide awake. I should get someone to buy some for me. :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 12, 2016, 07:44:29 AM
{{{xSP}}}

Been there!

Oodles of sympathy.

:therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2016, 11:23:50 AM
Thanks Gloucester. I took a pain med and it's not as bad today. I didn't even feel half as drowsy as I thought I would, there could be something psychosomatic going on there...

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 13, 2016, 11:40:21 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2016, 11:23:50 AM
Thanks Gloucester. I took a pain med and it's not as bad today. I didn't even feel half as drowsy as I thought I would, there could be something psychosomatic going on there...
I seem to be a bit sedative and pre-med resistant. Probably psychosomatic in that I hate not seeing what the technology does and how they use it and not knowing shat the procedure entails.

Needed relief surgery on my carpal tunnel nerve, both hands years apart in two different places. First time it was a general, second a local. I wanted to watch the actual op but the surgeon would not let me! Strange thing was with the difference in place and time it was the same surgeon! I was heavily sedated for my first ICD implant. When that went wrong and had to be replaced my favourite cardiologist did the job. I told him I had watched the op on Youtube already so he did not sedate me and described the whole procedure. Still would not let me watch though . . .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on August 13, 2016, 12:42:17 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 12, 2016, 02:19:11 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 11, 2016, 07:42:21 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on August 11, 2016, 07:09:11 PM
Just hope my insurance will cover it....
Check to see if it's not cheaper to just get a new window installed rather than paying your insurance deductible. I came up at a loss once, not having done that.

Agreed. When I stupidly put a wooden pole through my windshield the shop that I took it to discounted a replacement by around 200 dollars because I paid in cash instead of going through insurance.
Having talked both with the garage and the insurance guys it looks like using the insurance is going to be cheaper this time. Being a huge rear window with integrated heating and break lights it is a bit of an expensive fix.
The bigger issue right now is that they won't get the new window until the 26th. Has to be shipped from Germany.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 13, 2016, 01:11:42 PM
Thick transparent greenhouse plastic and duct tape. Can be a reasonable interim fix.

You aren't losing your bonus percentages by using insurance, by the way? Because that does count towards the total cost.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2016, 10:03:42 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 13, 2016, 11:40:21 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2016, 11:23:50 AM
Thanks Gloucester. I took a pain med and it's not as bad today. I didn't even feel half as drowsy as I thought I would, there could be something psychosomatic going on there...
I seem to be a bit sedative and pre-med resistant. Probably psychosomatic in that I hate not seeing what the technology does and how they use it and not knowing shat the procedure entails.

Needed relief surgery on my carpal tunnel nerve, both hands years apart in two different places. First time it was a general, second a local. I wanted to watch the actual op but the surgeon would not let me! Strange thing was with the difference in place and time it was the same surgeon! I was heavily sedated for my first ICD implant. When that went wrong and had to be replaced my favourite cardiologist did the job. I told him I had watched the op on Youtube already so he did not sedate me and described the whole procedure. Still would not let me watch though . . .

Carpal tunnel nerve...  :ouch: Sounds painful!

Maybe they think everyone freaks out at the sight of their own blood and skin being sliced?
:notsure: I haven't thought much about it, but I would probably watch a surgery, just out of curiosity. Every time I go to the dentist I think it's a pity I can't see what they're doing!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 13, 2016, 10:31:10 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2016, 10:03:42 PM
Carpal tunnel nerve...  :ouch: Sounds painful!
Try to imagine pins-and-needles in your fingers, especially at night, of such an intensity that you would kiss the person who took an axe to your wrist!

Caused by thickening of the transverese carpal ligament putting pressure on the nerves, running below the crease at the bottom  of the "life" line, that feed some of the fingers. They just make a skin cut along that line then cut the ligament and then sew up the skin. The ligament regrows in a more relaxed state and the scar is lost in the crease line.

Can come back though. Women, and pneumatic drill operator and scramble motorcycle riders,  suffer this most.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2016, 10:48:21 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 13, 2016, 10:31:10 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 13, 2016, 10:03:42 PM
Carpal tunnel nerve...  :ouch: Sounds painful!
Try to imagine pins-and-needles in your fingers, especially at night, of such an intensity that you would kiss the person who took an axe to your wrist!

Caused by thickening of the transverese carpal ligament putting pressure on the nerves, running below the crease at the bottom  of the "life" line, that feed some of the fingers. They just make a skin cut along that line then cut the ligament and then sew up the skin. The ligament regrows in a more relaxed state and the scar is lost in the crease line.

Can come back though. Women, and pneumatic drill operator and scramble motorcycle riders,  suffer this most.

:la la la la: Nope, don't want to imagine it!

:P

I hope I never get it. Like most people (I assume), I'm not a fan of pain.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 14, 2016, 05:19:59 AM
I haven't seen my brother since he and his girlfriend moved to Indianapolis over a month ago and I really really miss them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 14, 2016, 05:57:09 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 14, 2016, 05:19:59 AM
I haven't seen my brother since he and his girlfriend moved to Indianapolis over a month ago and I really really miss them.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on August 14, 2016, 04:09:49 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 14, 2016, 05:19:59 AM
I haven't seen my brother since he and his girlfriend moved to Indianapolis over a month ago and I really really miss them.

:-\

I remember you guys didn't always get along. At least that's changed, I guess?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 14, 2016, 06:04:23 PM
Oh yeah, we get along much better when we don't live together. Plus he's a been bit less of a douche these last couple of years.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 15, 2016, 07:45:28 AM
I have no reason to be grumpy.  :dance:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 15, 2016, 08:25:18 AM
Quote from: Apathy on August 15, 2016, 07:45:28 AM
I have no reason to be grumpy.  :dance:

Goody!
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 15, 2016, 08:19:46 PM
I just got knocked down be an over friendly American Bull Dog. Not so much the pain but the humiliation!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on August 15, 2016, 08:28:04 PM
They're like a huge walking bricks--not surprising that an enthusiastic one overbalanced you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 15, 2016, 09:18:09 PM
Quote from: Recusant on August 15, 2016, 08:28:04 PM
They're like a huge walking bricks--not surprising that an enthusiastic one overbalanced you.
I knew the dog and the owner which is probably why it ran at me  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 15, 2016, 09:41:36 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 15, 2016, 09:18:09 PM
Quote from: Recusant on August 15, 2016, 08:28:04 PM
They're like a huge walking bricks--not surprising that an enthusiastic one overbalanced you.
I knew the dog and the owner which is probably why it ran at me  ;D
All I get is tripped up by my friend's Yorkie when it hurtles to greet me. Learned to stand still now.

Did get knocked over by a peacock once, those things have a vicious kick for their size, got me in the knees.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on August 17, 2016, 07:04:47 PM
The day my in-laws came to visit, my mother-in-law had caught a cold. It's been slowly spreading amongst all of us, to my father-in-law, my wife, and then my parents. Luckily my sister-in-law and I have avoided it.
Until last night. Feeling kinda crappy  :'( Basically been sitting home way more than we expected thanks to this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on August 18, 2016, 12:05:17 AM
Just watched Batman vs. Superman last night. I would very much like to have that time I wasted back. On the brighter side, as I was writing this comment a little humming bird just flew up and sniffed around close enough to me that I could have reached out and caught it. So, that was kind of cool.

I'll call it even...this time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 18, 2016, 01:51:43 AM
Ugh. I'm pet sitting my friend's farm while she's on vacation. One of her five cats got diarrhea and crapped all over the house. Worse is that it looks like said cat has worms. I'm usually proud of my strong stomach but I almost puked. So gross.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 18, 2016, 03:04:52 AM
Quote from: Mr. B on August 18, 2016, 12:05:17 AM
Just watched Batman vs. Superman last night. I would very much like to have that time I wasted back....
:lol:
Excellent review!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 18, 2016, 03:06:23 AM
Quote from: Firebird on August 17, 2016, 07:04:47 PM
The day my in-laws came to visit, my mother-in-law had caught a cold. It's been slowly spreading amongst all of us, to my father-in-law, my wife, and then my parents. Luckily my sister-in-law and I have avoided it.
Until last night. Feeling kinda crappy  :'( Basically been sitting home way more than we expected thanks to this.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 18, 2016, 03:07:49 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 18, 2016, 01:51:43 AM
Ugh. I'm pet sitting my friend's farm while she's on vacation. One of her five cats got diarrhea and crapped all over the house. Worse is that it looks like said cat has worms. I'm usually proud of my strong stomach but I almost puked. So gross.
Ewww!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on August 18, 2016, 04:39:46 AM
Quote from: Mr. B on August 18, 2016, 12:05:17 AM
Just watched Batman vs. Superman last night. I would very much like to have that time I wasted back.

I hear ya. We liked Man of Steel, so we gave it a shot. As bad as I'd feared.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on August 19, 2016, 09:40:03 PM
I feel like someone shoved the tube to a helium balloon canister down my throat and inflated. This cold sucks!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 19, 2016, 09:54:02 PM
Today was going great until............... people!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on August 19, 2016, 10:09:04 PM
Quote from: Mr. B on August 18, 2016, 12:05:17 AM. . .a little humming bird just flew up and sniffed around close enough to me that I could have reached out and caught it. So, that was kind of cool.

Hummingbirds have a remarkable lack of fear of people. I'm not sure what's the matter with them.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 19, 2016, 10:24:35 PM
Quote from: No one on August 19, 2016, 09:54:02 PM
Today was going great until............... people!

(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13925093_1137217733011333_6403483159731937459_n.jpg?oh=403da0de63c77a65196e2f712157f2ff&oe=5812389A)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 21, 2016, 03:30:29 AM
Buddy, you have to adopt a philosophic stance in cases such as that one. That is not easy to do but it works rather well when sufficiently practiced. It works like this: 1; asshole person screams at you or belittles you for something over which you have no control. (in this case, the kitchen) 2; You respond by smiling and saying something like; "Why yes sir, your message is understood".  Inside your head you are thinking: " What a pity, you have demonstrated that you are an ignorant hillbilly pigs ass who is thoroughly incapable of causing me any mental discomfort, and therefore; Fuck you and the horse you rode in on". These profound thoughts are your private property.  If you practice these mental defenses, you will find that they are near bulletproof.  I learned about this mechanism long ago when I was in the military. There were times when some shavetail officer gave me a ration of shit that I definitely did not deserve, over a subject in which I was expert, and he did not have a clue. ( the hydraulic drive system that controls the shipboard big guns for example. ) As a subordinate one has to use whatever weapons or defenses are at his/her disposal.  You must develop a modicum of closely held arrogance to make this work best.

Meanwhile, Hang in there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 21, 2016, 04:37:35 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
Oh, Buddy, that's a horrible thing to have to go through.  :therethere: This dumb person  probably thinks that a waitress takes all the orders, cook the food, and serves it.  :eyeroll:

I hope the manager did something about it.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 04:49:02 AM
Yeah it was awful. It was like an hour before close so there was only one grill cook, one server (me), and there were five other tables that I had. I try not to take it personally, but it was a very long day of working at the stable then going to the restaurant and I was tired and hungry so everything felt ten times worse. At least my manager was cool and reassured me that it wasn't my fault.


I also put my two weeks in at the stable this morning because I can't take working there with the way I'm treated anymore.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 21, 2016, 04:57:18 AM
 :therethere: Oh, Buddy, I'm sorry to hear you're going through a tough time, right now.  :( But it's good to hear that you don't stay long in places where people treat you bad.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 05:00:38 AM
Thanks Mags. I'm feeling better now that I'm home and winding down for the night. At least I have off both jobs tomorrow so I have a full day of doing nothing planned out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on August 21, 2016, 05:22:11 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
While a part of me wishes to strangle the aforementioned guy...
Sadly all I can recommend is adopting the attitude that all the customers you interact with will be some manner of idiot. This is a lesson I learned quickly while being a bouncer.
If you start with the assumption that the majority of people will be dumbasses you will only be positively surprised when they are not. Cynical, I know, but it works (at least in drinking establishments).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 05:28:44 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on August 21, 2016, 05:22:11 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
While a part of me wishes to strangle the aforementioned guy...
Sadly all I can recommend is adopting the attitude that all the customers you interact with will be some manner of idiot. This is a lesson I learned quickly while being a bouncer.
If you start with the assumption that the majority of people will be dumbasses you will only be positively surprised when they are not. Cynical, I know, but it works (at least in drinking establishments).

Good advice. I've noticed that most of the general population is pretty dumb sometimes. I just spent the rest of my shift imagining gouging his eyes out with a fork.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 21, 2016, 06:48:46 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 05:28:44 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on August 21, 2016, 05:22:11 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
While a part of me wishes to strangle the aforementioned guy...
Sadly all I can recommend is adopting the attitude that all the customers you interact with will be some manner of idiot. This is a lesson I learned quickly while being a bouncer.
If you start with the assumption that the majority of people will be dumbasses you will only be positively surprised when they are not. Cynical, I know, but it works (at least in drinking establishments).

Good advice. I've noticed that most of the general population is pretty dumb sometimes. I just spent the rest of my shift imagining gouging his eyes out with a fork.

This sort of counters what I said in the "happy" thread, but it seems thst the place you work has few parallels in the UK! In all my years of eating out in places ranging from truckers' cafes to 3 star resturants I have only witnessed one case that even came near what you described. And thst involved no swearing.

And the manager, sent the waitress into the back and, very politely but extremely firmly, made sure the bloke knew he was not wanted. Then offered to ask the police to "arbitrate" the situation if he did not leave. He then apologised to the rest of us.

This was just a small pizza place in a touristy town.

I am still assuming you are American, what is it about Ameruca that seems to envourage this sirt of behaviour? I always assumed that this sort of incident onky happened in films etc to add "colour" to the fiction. Could those fictions be fact? Swearing certsinly seems to have different "use values" on each side of the pond.

Listening yo the likes of the NRA and watching the mobs at election time I can understand if it is close to the norm. Of course, I also understand this is probably not a 100% thing, there are nice guys and neighbourhoods.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 21, 2016, 07:49:21 AM
Girlfriend is buying a car. She's torn between a nasty-electrical Nissan Leaf and a horrificable Honda Civic, which is a shitty-ass Casio wrist watch with a built-in calculator only on four wheels. She likes it because it's "cool." Well... The plastics are from the cheapest part of Bangladesh, I suspect, the seat backs are too short, the seat cushions are too uncomfortable, the dashboard is a nasty mess, the apps on the computer (which doesn't really fit in its own hole, by the way) are in no way built to be operated at speed... It's terrible.

As for the Leaf... It has a fat, ugly ass full of batteries and can't even get from here to Kristiansand (Only about what... 300-ish km) on one charge. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 21, 2016, 09:19:45 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
I could never be a waiter. I'd have spat in his food and thrown it in his face.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on August 21, 2016, 09:30:23 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 21, 2016, 09:19:45 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
I could never be a waiter. I'd have spat in his food and thrown it in his face.

Same here, I would have added a kick in the balls as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 21, 2016, 09:43:46 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 21, 2016, 09:30:23 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 21, 2016, 09:19:45 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
I could never be a waiter. I'd have spat in his food and thrown it in his face.

Same here, I would have added a kick in the balls as well.
Truth be told he has no balls. I doubt he'd have said anything to a waiter that might have fought back. He just saw a little girl he could get away with bullying.

Buddy. If he comes in again refuse to serve him.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 21, 2016, 12:44:42 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 21, 2016, 09:43:46 AM
Buddy. If he comes in again refuse to serve him.

:this:

What a disgusting individual.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 21, 2016, 12:45:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 21, 2016, 09:19:45 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 02:13:41 AM
I hate being someone who cries easily. I had a guy scream at me while I was working because apparently 15 minutes is too long to wait for food. He called me a fucking useless whore in front of the whole restaurant. Thankfully I held it together until I got to the walk in freezer then I had a mini meltdown. I'm so ready to go home
I could never be a waiter. I'd have spat in his food and thrown it in his face.

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on August 21, 2016, 06:56:38 PM
O Grey One, you'll have to dispense some grumpy wisdom upon the girl friend.  Tell her to get a Skoda like mine.  ;)

Buddy, just think of the tips.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 21, 2016, 07:16:54 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 05:28:44 AM
.... I just spent the rest of my shift imagining gouging his eyes out with a fork.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi6.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy207%2Fmlrosier%2FArtwork%2FEyeProp4.jpg&hash=95a2f870106686bff98455d032db7b89334e69d6)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 07:42:41 PM
That is... oddly specific.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 21, 2016, 07:52:56 PM
Don't take it personally Buddy. This guy had a medical condition, Maximus douche  bagus. It affects roughly 106% of the population.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 21, 2016, 08:34:40 PM
Quote from: No one on August 21, 2016, 07:52:56 PM
Don't take it personally Buddy. This guy had a medical condition, Maximus douche  bagus. It affects roughly 106% of the population.

I'm in the 107th percentile then.

:grin:

As the saying goes, "Shit happens"; even to waitresses, phlebotomists, other drivers, cashout operatives and - me!

All part of life's rich pageant, why get all uppity - oh, unless obvious incompetence, aggression etc are very evidently displayed by the other side. Even then losing it rarely helps.

OK, 71.85 years and a dickey ticker do tend to modify one's outlook   ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 21, 2016, 08:58:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 21, 2016, 07:16:54 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 05:28:44 AM
.... I just spent the rest of my shift imagining gouging his eyes out with a fork.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi6.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy207%2Fmlrosier%2FArtwork%2FEyeProp4.jpg&hash=95a2f870106686bff98455d032db7b89334e69d6)

The blue ones are sweet. I find the brown ones bitter, maybe the finest example of this tastes like shit. Now the green ones, they are exquisite.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2016, 12:29:57 AM
Quote from: No one on August 21, 2016, 08:58:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 21, 2016, 07:16:54 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 21, 2016, 05:28:44 AM
.... I just spent the rest of my shift imagining gouging his eyes out with a fork.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi6.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy207%2Fmlrosier%2FArtwork%2FEyeProp4.jpg&hash=95a2f870106686bff98455d032db7b89334e69d6)

The blue ones are sweet. I find the brown ones bitter, maybe the finest example of this tastes like shit. Now the green ones, they are exquisite.

Blue ones give me a brainfreeze, brown ones taste like chocolate I find and green ones are low calorie...something like cabbage leaves.

Now those speckled with gold, those are expensive. I'd bet they're divine. Gray I've never tried. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2016, 02:51:13 AM
I have to get up at 6 tomorrow. *grumble*
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on August 24, 2016, 02:28:04 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2016, 02:51:13 AM
I have to get up at 6 tomorrow. *grumble*
...and I'm on nights for the rest of the work week.  :nanana:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 24, 2016, 05:24:57 PM
The Asmo, on the other hand, has really good free lunch every day.  :let'seat:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 24, 2016, 09:50:12 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 24, 2016, 05:24:57 PM
The Asmo, on the other hand, has really good free lunch every day.  :let'seat:
Ah, but remember Heinlein's novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and Tanstaafl, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".

There is always a price to pay.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Kekerusey on August 25, 2016, 10:39:58 AM
Being made redundant.

Actually, I'm not convinced it's a reason to really be grumpy 😁

Keke
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 25, 2016, 10:42:57 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 24, 2016, 09:50:12 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 24, 2016, 05:24:57 PM
The Asmo, on the other hand, has really good free lunch every day.  :let'seat:
Ah, but remember Heinlein's novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and Tanstaafl, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".

There is always a price to pay.
30NOK a day in deductibles, actually, with another 30 sponsored. It's more than enough.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 26, 2016, 02:17:21 AM
My Dad wants me to get off welfare so I can take over the house and he can move in with his wife. They don't get along or see each other and my Dad has been served divorce papers. That part doesn't bother me, the part that bothers me is that considering the pervious I might get stuck with a job I don't want and live with a person I don't like because he couldn't handle his crumbling marriage instead of going to school and doing something productive.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 27, 2016, 09:01:09 PM
I'm working 5:30-1:30 and 2-10 today. Yuck

And now I'm grumpy because Fall Out Boy is in Leeds and I'm not.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on August 28, 2016, 03:22:02 AM
Brand new iPod Nano won't connect to iTunes. I've spent three days trying various fixes. I'm taking it back tomorrow.

Tonight, we went out to eat. We sat in a booth. When we were getting up to leave, I missed the table's post with my left knee, but slammed my right knee into it - the knee I had surgery on three months ago. Yes, in that split second, I forgot the post was there.  :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 28, 2016, 06:51:30 AM
Quote from: Velma on August 28, 2016, 03:22:02 AM
Brand new iPod Nano won't connect to iTunes. I've spent three days trying various fixes. I'm taking it back tomorrow.

Tonight, we went out to eat. We sat in a booth. When we were getting up to leave, I missed the table's post with my left knee, but slammed my right knee into it - the knee I had surgery on three months ago. Yes, in that split second, I forgot the post was there.  :P
Was there a lot of cursing?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 28, 2016, 06:52:22 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 27, 2016, 09:01:09 PM
I'm working 5:30-1:30 and 2-10 today. Yuck

And now I'm grumpy because Fall Out Boy is in Leeds and I'm not.  >:(
There's always a holiday bed here if you want it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 28, 2016, 10:15:38 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 27, 2016, 09:01:09 PM
And now I'm grumpy because Fall Out Boy is in Leeds and I'm not.  >:(
The Asmo too approves of Fall Out Boy.  :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on August 28, 2016, 04:50:03 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 28, 2016, 06:51:30 AM
Quote from: Velma on August 28, 2016, 03:22:02 AM
Brand new iPod Nano won't connect to iTunes. I've spent three days trying various fixes. I'm taking it back tomorrow.

Tonight, we went out to eat. We sat in a booth. When we were getting up to leave, I missed the table's post with my left knee, but slammed my right knee into it - the knee I had surgery on three months ago. Yes, in that split second, I forgot the post was there.  :P
Was there a lot of cursing?
No, there wasn't. For several moments, I almost couldn't breath for the pain. Fortunately, the worst of it passed fairly quickly. This morning I was rather surprised to see that there is no bruise.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 28, 2016, 05:41:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 28, 2016, 06:52:22 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 27, 2016, 09:01:09 PM
I'm working 5:30-1:30 and 2-10 today. Yuck

And now I'm grumpy because Fall Out Boy is in Leeds and I'm not.  >:(
There's always a holiday bed here if you want it.

I'm already putting away some spare change for another trip.  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 28, 2016, 06:37:43 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 28, 2016, 05:41:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 28, 2016, 06:52:22 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 27, 2016, 09:01:09 PM
I'm working 5:30-1:30 and 2-10 today. Yuck

And now I'm grumpy because Fall Out Boy is in Leeds and I'm not.  >:(
There's always a holiday bed here if you want it.

I'm already putting away some spare change for another trip.  :)

:frolic: :cheerful dance 2: :frolic:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 30, 2016, 12:12:36 AM
Now I wish I hadn't procrastinated on Saturday.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 30, 2016, 04:08:48 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 30, 2016, 12:12:36 AM
Now I wish I hadn't procrastinated on Saturday.
:smileshake:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on September 04, 2016, 05:17:08 AM
Pissed. Pissed. Just pissed! Not enough toilets in the world to hold my piss!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 04, 2016, 03:29:50 PM
I feel sick, but not sick enough to justify calling off work. But just sick enough that I can tell it's going to be miserable.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 06, 2016, 10:19:04 AM
Yesterday I killed my iPhone when it slipped out of my bank pocket into the loo. Have the ignorant-of-electronic-communications distrust of The Cloud, so contacts not backed up. Hoping that the SIM card will fit an old iPhone 4 once it has been charged, but most contacts were on phone, not card. Also don't know if I have to start all over again with WhatsApp. 😱
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on September 06, 2016, 11:05:58 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 06, 2016, 10:19:04 AM
Yesterday I killed my iPhone when it slipped out of my bank pocket into the loo. Have the ignorant-of-electronic-communications distrust of The Cloud, so contacts not backed up. Hoping that the SIM card will fit an old iPhone 4 once it has been charged, but most contacts were on phone, not card. Also don't know if I have to start all over again with WhatsApp. 😱

I hope that you turned it off immediately. The usual procedure is to dry the exterior off as much as possible, then put it in a sealed (ziploc) bag filled with uncooked rice. "Dropped an iPhone in Water? Here's How to Save It from Water Damage" (http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/11/dropped-iphone-into-water-save-damage/)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 06, 2016, 11:32:25 AM
Quote from: Recusant on September 06, 2016, 11:05:58 AM
Dropped an iPhone in Water? Here's How to Save It from Water Damage
Step one: call your insurance company.
Step two: get a replacement phone.

No reason not to get something back for the premiums you pay.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on September 07, 2016, 01:03:42 AM
Quote from: Apathy on September 04, 2016, 05:17:08 AM
Pissed. Pissed. Just pissed! Not enough toilets in the world to hold my piss!

That seems like a rather counter intuitive comment, considering your user name.   :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 07, 2016, 09:25:16 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 06, 2016, 11:32:25 AM
Quote from: Recusant on September 06, 2016, 11:05:58 AM
Dropped an iPhone in Water? Here's How to Save It from Water Damage
Step one: call your insurance company.
Step two: get a replacement phone.

No reason not to get something back for the premiums you pay.
Quote from: Recusant on September 06, 2016, 11:05:58 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 06, 2016, 10:19:04 AM
Yesterday I killed my iPhone when it slipped out of my bank pocket into the loo. Have the ignorant-of-electronic-communications distrust of The Cloud, so contacts not backed up. Hoping that the SIM card will fit an old iPhone 4 once it has been charged, but most contacts were on phone, not card. Also don't know if I have to start all over again with WhatsApp. 😱

I hope that you turned it off immediately. The usual procedure is to dry the exterior off as much as possible, then put it in a sealed (ziploc) bag filled with uncooked rice. "Dropped an iPhone in Water? Here's How to Save It from Water Damage" (http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/11/dropped-iphone-into-water-save-damage/)

Yes, I turned it off at once although it seemed to be already off, and leaned it against the side of the airing cupboard quite near a hot pipe. I didn't know I about the rice trick. I did read that it should be left for 72 hours to dry out completely, so we're going to try out tomorrow. Meanwhile we have set up my old phone, but many of the contacts are missing and WhatsApp is partly working. Oh, and I was not insured. I always get a hand-me-down phones when my husband or daughter gets a new one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on September 07, 2016, 09:53:51 PM
Hmm, I'd still go with the rice for a couple of days, to be on the safe side.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 08, 2016, 01:37:59 AM
Holiday's over, everything goes back to normal tomorrow.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 08, 2016, 01:45:35 AM
The rice trick is interesting, it's for the same reason we put rice in salt containers (it "captures" humidity). I wouldn't have thought of putting wet cellphones in a sealed bag with rice...  :thoughtful:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on September 08, 2016, 04:15:33 AM
herm herm herm herm herm
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 08, 2016, 08:07:21 AM
Sadly phone is co.mpletely dead. The Apple logo comes up briefly and then keeps going on and off. Then nothing.  :( :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on September 08, 2016, 02:45:35 PM
My favorite baseball team just signed Tim Tebow  >:(

Mets sign Tim Tebow to minor league deal (http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17492336)

For those of you who don't remember or are not US-based, he's a former (US) football player who kept wearing religious bible verses on his eye shadow, loudly proclaimed his virginity, and prayed on the field so much that "Tebow-ing" became a verb. But he was a crappy quarterback and burned out quickly. Well, suddenly he decided he wanted to play baseball even though he hadn't since high school, and for some reason the Mets picked him up. Granted it's for their lowest Instructional League team, not the major league squad, but still...hate him.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on September 08, 2016, 05:49:44 PM
Why do you hate him?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on September 08, 2016, 11:41:19 PM
Because he is propagating false truths.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 09, 2016, 12:43:52 AM
Quote from: Firebird on September 08, 2016, 02:45:35 PM
My favorite baseball team just signed Tim Tebow  >:(

Mets sign Tim Tebow to minor league deal (http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17492336)

For those of you who don't remember or are not US-based, he's a former (US) football player who kept wearing religious bible verses on his eye shadow, loudly proclaimed his virginity, and prayed on the field so much that "Tebow-ing" became a verb. But he was a crappy quarterback and burned out quickly. Well, suddenly he decided he wanted to play baseball even though he hadn't since high school, and for some reason the Mets picked him up. Granted it's for their lowest Instructional League team, not the major league squad, but still...hate him.

Sounds like a class-A idiot.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on September 09, 2016, 04:34:52 AM
Quote from: Mr. B on September 08, 2016, 05:49:44 PM
Why do you hate him?

I don't hate him personally, I don't think he's a bad guy. It's more the media circus and how they fawned over him for being such a "good Christian role model". And this seems like a cheap ploy for media attention on the Mets side.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 09, 2016, 05:04:22 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 08, 2016, 08:07:21 AM
Sadly phone is co.mpletely dead. The Apple logo comes up briefly and then keeps going on and off. Then nothing.  :( :(

Speak not with forked tongue of the devices of the divine, lest the Jobinators come to do away with thee.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 10, 2016, 10:59:06 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2016, 05:04:22 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 08, 2016, 08:07:21 AM
Sadly phone is co.mpletely dead. The Apple logo comes up briefly and then keeps going on and off. Then nothing.  :( :(

Speak not with forked tongue of the devices of the divine, lest the Jobinators come to do away with thee.

OK, OK. It's gradually improving - managing to get contact info a bit at a time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 10, 2016, 11:06:48 PM
Well here's a cheek; you Murrikins are nicking our salmon! We went into Morrisons to order a whole salmon for a family gathering and to borrow their fish kettle and they told us that Murrikin salmon farming has failed this year because of disease, so they've offered the Norwegians more money for theirs than we pay for it, so it's all gone across The Pond!!!! That's their story anyway; we will be trying elsewhere. Has anyone else heard this? We are still getting smoked salmon slices at reasonable prices. 😬
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 11, 2016, 12:47:22 AM
My dog pooped in the kitchen. The kitchen, of all places!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 11, 2016, 04:22:39 AM
That sounds like hogwash Essie Mae. We have a plentiful supply of salmon of several different varieties. None of it originates in the Baltic areas.   Wild salmon is a bit more expensive than farmed salmon and yes you can taste the difference.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on September 11, 2016, 08:08:15 AM
Insomnia...
I've been fine for months, but this is the second time within the past week I've barely been able to sleep. Hoping this isn't another trend.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 11, 2016, 08:14:00 AM
Quote from: Firebird on September 11, 2016, 08:08:15 AM
Insomnia...
I've been fine for months, but this is the second time within the past week I've barely been able to sleep. Hoping this isn't another trend.
Well at least you know what it's like to go without sleep. A useful skill with your sprog on the way. Babies = insomnia + poo
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 24, 2016, 06:26:09 AM
I've gained six pounds in two months. This despite walking more and trying to eat better. All the months I was in a wheelchair, using a walker, then using a cane, and barely moving, I didn't gain any weight. Now I'm depressed.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 24, 2016, 06:33:14 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 24, 2016, 06:26:09 AM
I've gained six pounds in two months. This despite walking more and trying to eat better. All the months I was in a wheelchair, using a walker, then using a cane, and barely moving, I didn't gain any weight. Now I'm depressed.
That's odd.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 24, 2016, 06:39:01 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 24, 2016, 06:26:09 AM
I've gained six pounds in two months. This despite walking more and trying to eat better. All the months I was in a wheelchair, using a walker, then using a cane, and barely moving, I didn't gain any weight. Now I'm depressed.
:console:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 24, 2016, 06:56:40 AM
Quote from: Tank on September 24, 2016, 06:33:14 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 24, 2016, 06:26:09 AM
I've gained six pounds in two months. This despite walking more and trying to eat better. All the months I was in a wheelchair, using a walker, then using a cane, and barely moving, I didn't gain any weight. Now I'm depressed.
That's odd.
Yes it is. I saw my regular doctor Friday. He ordered blood work. I should know the results of that by early next week. At this point, I'm not sure which would be worse - finding out I have yet another condition or finding out I don't.  :query:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on October 04, 2016, 07:08:10 AM
I ordered something off Amazon and it had to be apart of an order of so much amount, so I bought more items to be of so much amount. And then I found out I didn't have the money for the items and had to cancel one. I forgot that it had to be the so much amount and tried to cancel the other items as well but Amazon said it was unable to do so. So I figured it's ok, I'm still getting the things I want and saving money. But when I check back later Amazon is saying it's attempting to cancel my order now.  >:( So now I might get NOTHING and won't know until tomorrow when they come back to check their orders.

Edit: so I just checked Amazon and my orders are coming in as scheduled  :frolic:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on October 06, 2016, 07:06:27 PM
As is per usual with me, the weather is making me very grumpy.

It's 90 degrees today. It'll drop to the low 70s for a high tomorrow and that will be pretty nice, but then it shoots straight back up to the mid 80s in no time.

I've had it with this weather! Every year fall gets pushed back further, winter slips even closer to non-existence, and summer comes earlier. Pft. Might as well just live in Florida. At least there I'd never be disappointed, because it's supposed to be like that there.

Quote from: Velma on September 24, 2016, 06:26:09 AM
I've gained six pounds in two months. This despite walking more and trying to eat better. All the months I was in a wheelchair, using a walker, then using a cane, and barely moving, I didn't gain any weight. Now I'm depressed.

Weight can be a very frustrating thing. I can't really compare my situation to yours, but I will say that I was drinking tons of Coke/Pepsi/etc. and dropped it instantly and switched to only water/sparkling water, and I lost 10-15 pounds in a very short amount of time... but then it bottomed out and goes back up sometimes even five pounds on some days, despite still only drinking water.  :sadcheer:

Please don't beat yourself up over it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 06, 2016, 09:29:16 PM
I find I love the hot weather when I'm on holiday, as now, but it's no fun if you have to work in it. Is it humid where you are? That is very uncomfortable.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on October 06, 2016, 09:53:05 PM
It just recently started cooling down here, today it was only 67° at 6am on my way in to work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on October 07, 2016, 02:53:56 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 06, 2016, 09:29:16 PM
I find I love the hot weather when I'm on holiday, as now, but it's no fun if you have to work in it. Is it humid where you are? That is very uncomfortable.

I don't know whether it's really humid or not. I dislike heat whether it's humid or not. Of course, if it is humid it is worse, but it is October, and 90s should be long gone by now.

Quote from: Davin on October 06, 2016, 09:53:05 PM
It just recently started cooling down here, today it was only 67° at 6am on my way in to work.

Where do you live that 67 degrees early in the morning is 'cool'? o.o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on October 07, 2016, 03:04:39 AM
Well, it was about 75 early morning with 80% or higher humidity for like 2 months straight, so 67 has been a nice reprieve. Except we mostly skipped that part, where it just dries off and is warm but not overwhelmingly warm. We went from daytime near triple digit highs with near 100% humidity to daytime highs of low 60's almost overnight. Yet haven't really lost the humidity. It's kinda gross.

Also it's somehow been wet for like 2 weeks straight, but we're still in a horrendous drought. So it's not really raining, everything is just wet all the time. It's weird. I didn't believe it until I took the dogs out biking and all of the swampy beaver ponds and such we passed were almost completely dry.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on October 07, 2016, 04:01:48 AM
I'd take that. We haven't had a single daytime high below like 85 since autumn hit.

Oddly enough there were (rare) days in July and August where it didn't make it out of the 70s.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on October 07, 2016, 02:42:06 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on October 07, 2016, 02:53:56 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 06, 2016, 09:29:16 PM
I find I love the hot weather when I'm on holiday, as now, but it's no fun if you have to work in it. Is it humid where you are? That is very uncomfortable.

I don't know whether it's really humid or not. I dislike heat whether it's humid or not. Of course, if it is humid it is worse, but it is October, and 90s should be long gone by now.

Quote from: Davin on October 06, 2016, 09:53:05 PM
It just recently started cooling down here, today it was only 67° at 6am on my way in to work.

Where do you live that 67 degrees early in the morning is 'cool'? o.o
Down in AZ, it's fairly dry and warm here. Was a bit cooler this morning, just 65°.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on October 07, 2016, 07:19:57 PM
Well, the cool front came through and now it's in the mid 50s with overcast skies and a breeze, and here in the afternoon. Now that's a nice autumn day.

Yet people around here are dressed like it's 20 degrees. So silly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 07, 2016, 07:20:42 PM
It did cool down quite a bit here for a while, but now the temps are right back up to the mid 80s. It sucks because I want to wear sweaters but I can't.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 07, 2016, 07:35:15 PM
I went to one of those "As seen on TV" stores, they did not have the hot red head from the Wendy's commercials.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 08, 2016, 06:24:59 AM
I swear I try not to discriminate but I groan every time I get a table with an old man. Nine times out of ten they make nasty comments and stare at my chest the entire time I serve them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 18, 2016, 01:47:30 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 08, 2016, 06:24:59 AM
I swear I try not to discriminate but I groan every time I get a table with an old man. Nine times out of ten they make nasty comments and stare at my chest the entire time I serve them.

You should get a shirt with writing that says something like "this is not my face", or something.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 18, 2016, 01:49:29 PM
Everyone except me is in Argentina for a congress, which means I have to work this Saturday and Sunday to cover for them. :sad sigh: 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 18, 2016, 02:02:58 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 18, 2016, 01:47:30 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 08, 2016, 06:24:59 AM
I swear I try not to discriminate but I groan every time I get a table with an old man. Nine times out of ten they make nasty comments and stare at my chest the entire time I serve them.

You should get a shirt with writing that says something like "this is not my face", or something.
Other ideas may include a picture of a hairy ball sack, a diseased prostate or the more politically correct "This bitch bites" in pink. That will give them something to mutter nastiness about!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 18, 2016, 02:09:00 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on October 18, 2016, 02:02:58 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 18, 2016, 01:47:30 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 08, 2016, 06:24:59 AM
I swear I try not to discriminate but I groan every time I get a table with an old man. Nine times out of ten they make nasty comments and stare at my chest the entire time I serve them.

You should get a shirt with writing that says something like "this is not my face", or something.
Other ideas may include a picture of a hairy ball sack, a diseased prostate or the more politically correct "This bitch bites" in pink. That will give them something to mutter nastiness about!  ;D

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on October 23, 2016, 09:13:10 AM
A girl I liked is sending me pictures of herself "in the act" and I'm just not down with it. I knew she was in a relationship but I'm not into that high school social wars. Not that she is in high school, it's just the way she acts. And I can see it becoming way too competitive and I'm not willing to sacrifice the energy or the little bit of my soul every girl seems to take. I'm not a bad guy, I just avoid telling someone I don't like them from fear of rejection of myself.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 24, 2016, 12:05:46 AM
Quote from: Apathy on October 23, 2016, 09:13:10 AM
A girl I liked is sending me pictures of herself "in the act" and I'm just not down with it. I knew she was in a relationship but I'm not into that high school social wars. Not that she is in high school, it's just the way she acts. And I can see it becoming way too competitive and I'm not willing to sacrifice the energy or the little bit of my soul every girl seems to take. I'm not a bad guy, I just avoid telling someone I don't like them from fear of rejection of myself.

I'm almost speechless. Sometimes I'm glad I'm getting on a bit; we never had to worry about those things and now never will. It really worries me for my granddaughters though. Life must be pretty tough for the people who don't want any part of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on October 24, 2016, 12:12:57 AM
Is her SO into it? I've had that problem several times.

I'm glad people can do their thing with more social acceptance but I'm really not outgoing enough to get involved in open relationships. And maybe I'm just dealing with jerks but I get a lot of "hey we thought you cool" type peer pressure from it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 24, 2016, 12:16:28 AM
Grrrrr. Mr Mae may be the love of my life, but he's pushing his luck. He helped his brother to clear out a garage he was renting and no longer wanted. They put loads of stuff in a skip, and my BiL was going to chuck his old railway magazines in with it. Mr M thought this was a shame; he thought he could sell/give them away, so he brought them home and moved some things into the loft to make room in the garage for these magazines, going back over 40 years. THERE ARE ABOUT 5000 OF THEM. And no-one wants them it seems; there are loads of them on EBAY. Well we are trying to find if anyone wants them; we found a railway appreciation society, but they didn't want them. I am not happy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 24, 2016, 07:30:45 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 24, 2016, 12:16:28 AM
Grrrrr. Mr Mae may be the love of my life, but he's pushing his luck. He helped his brother to clear out a garage he was renting and no longer wanted. They put loads of stuff in a skip, and my BiL was going to chuck his old railway magazines in with it. Mr M thought this was a shame; he thought he could sell/give them away, so he brought them home and moved some things into the loft to make room in the garage for these magazines, going back over 40 years. THERE ARE ABOUT 5000 OF THEM. And no-one wants them it seems; there are loads of them on EBAY. Well we are trying to find if anyone wants them; we found a railway appreciation society, but they didn't want them. I am not happy.

The other way around could be much worse. A former colleague of mine moved from South Africa to the Netherlands. While packing, his wife threw away loads of old magazines, including the complete collection of  Mad magazines from 1955 to 1988. Let's just say that my colleague wasn't really happy when he found out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 24, 2016, 08:52:20 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on October 24, 2016, 07:30:45 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 24, 2016, 12:16:28 AM
Grrrrr. Mr Mae may be the love of my life, but he's pushing his luck. He helped his brother to clear out a garage he was renting and no longer wanted. They put loads of stuff in a skip, and my BiL was going to chuck his old railway magazines in with it. Mr M thought this was a shame; he thought he could sell/give them away, so he brought them home and moved some things into the loft to make room in the garage for these magazines, going back over 40 years. THERE ARE ABOUT 5000 OF THEM. And no-one wants them it seems; there are loads of them on EBAY. Well we are trying to find if anyone wants them; we found a railway appreciation society, but they didn't want them. I am not happy.


The other way around could be much worse. A former colleague of mine moved from South Africa to the Netherlands. While packing, his wife threw away loads of old magazines, including the complete collection of  Mad magazines from 1955 to 1988. Let's just say that my colleague wasn't really happy when he found out.

That I get. No, actually I don't. Why do people keep old magazines that they never look at? We have about 20 issues of 'Roy of the Rovers' from the 50s in our loft. Why?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on October 24, 2016, 10:19:13 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on October 24, 2016, 12:12:57 AM
Is her SO into it? I've had that problem several times.

I'm glad people can do their thing with more social acceptance but I'm really not outgoing enough to get involved in open relationships. And maybe I'm just dealing with jerks but I get a lot of "hey we thought you cool" type peer pressure from it.

No, her SO doesn't even know me and her are a thing as far as I know.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2016, 06:37:46 PM
I feel sick.  :sneezy:

No lemons and no hot whiskey in stock.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 24, 2016, 07:09:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2016, 06:37:46 PM
I feel sick.  :sneezy:

No lemons and no hot whiskey in stock.

:console:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2016, 07:29:48 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on October 24, 2016, 07:09:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2016, 06:37:46 PM
I feel sick.  :sneezy:

No lemons and no hot whiskey in stock.

:console:

Thank you.  :) On the plus side I stayed home and slept almost all through today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on October 24, 2016, 10:26:25 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2016, 06:37:46 PM
I feel sick.  :sneezy:

No lemons and no hot whiskey in stock.
Sounds like an expedition must be sent to the drug store (liquor  store).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2016, 10:51:03 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on October 24, 2016, 10:26:25 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2016, 06:37:46 PM
I feel sick.  :sneezy:

No lemons and no hot whiskey in stock.
Sounds like an expedition must be sent to the drug store (liquor  store).

Yes.  :chin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on October 25, 2016, 10:34:19 AM
 :beer:

(I dont drink)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 25, 2016, 10:43:13 AM
The Asmo is not much of a drinker either. He dislikes the taste of alcohol.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 26, 2016, 12:19:59 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on October 25, 2016, 10:43:13 AM
The Asmo is not much of a drinker either. He dislikes the taste of alcohol.

Hot whiskey doesn't count as alcohol. I believe the heat kill it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 27, 2016, 06:30:17 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 26, 2016, 12:19:59 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on October 25, 2016, 10:43:13 AM
The Asmo is not much of a drinker either. He dislikes the taste of alcohol.

Hot whiskey doesn't count as alcohol. I believe the heat kill it.
You just keep on thinking that  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 28, 2016, 09:36:03 AM
No, Essie May is quite right - Hot Whisky and lemon is a sovereign remedy for all man's ills.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 29, 2016, 12:21:13 AM
Almost makes me want to get a cold. What am I saying? Half a lemon in the kitchen, whisky in the cabinet: time to put the kettle on ....... Just in case any of life's ills decide to strike. 😉
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on October 31, 2016, 09:03:49 PM
I don't want to do it - rant about the weather, again. But there's just no avoiding it this time.

Tomorrow it's November, and it is STILL hot! I mean, it's not like one random day is hot, and the rest are nice. Every single flipping day has been hot. Summer literally has not ended.

I spend a lot more time outside than I did previously, and my tolerance level for this never-ending summer, going into November, is gone. Most of the trees are still green... Geez, when I was a kid, the peak of colors happened in October.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 01, 2016, 12:26:44 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on October 31, 2016, 09:03:49 PM
I don't want to do it - rant about the weather, again. But there's just no avoiding it this time.

Tomorrow it's November, and it is STILL hot! I mean, it's not like one random day is hot, and the rest are nice. Every single flipping day has been hot. Summer literally has not ended.

I spend a lot more time outside than I did previously, and my tolerance level for this never-ending summer, going into November, is gone. Most of the trees are still green... Geez, when I was a kid, the peak of colors happened in October.

Unpleasant weather is always a valid reason to feel grumpy.

It's starting to heat up here, possibly rising to 32C tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to summer.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 01, 2016, 01:08:24 AM
Poor kids...it makes me sad and angry.

Another kindergartner asked my son, "Are you going Trick-or-treating tonight?" My son said, "Yes!" Weird kid: "They're celebrating the Devil's birthday today, those who celebrate his birthday  want to kill god."

:puke:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 01, 2016, 01:12:38 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 01, 2016, 01:08:24 AM
Poor kids...it makes me sad and angry.

Another kindergartner asked my son, "Are you going Trick-or-treating tonight?" My son said, "Yes!" Weird kid: "They're celebrating the Devil's birthday today, those who celebrate his birthday  want to kill god."

:puke:

That coming from a kindergartner?! That is so messed up!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 01, 2016, 03:43:51 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 01, 2016, 01:12:38 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 01, 2016, 01:08:24 AM
Poor kids...it makes me sad and angry.

Another kindergartner asked my son, "Are you going Trick-or-treating tonight?" My son said, "Yes!" Weird kid: "They're celebrating the Devil's birthday today, those who celebrate his birthday  want to kill god."

:puke:

That coming from a kindergartner?! That is so messed up!

:sad sigh:
Yes, it is.

My son asked me what the kid meant, so I said to him, "There is no god and there is no devil, so I don't want you to ever feel afraid of those two." He said, "OK."
:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 01, 2016, 09:27:34 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 01, 2016, 01:08:24 AM
those who celebrate his birthday want to kill god."
Disregarding A and B being unrelated, one has to ask; yes. And?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 01, 2016, 07:55:38 PM
I have been seriously craving one of those meat pies that I had in England and there is nothing like them on this side of the Atlantic and I'm mad.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 02, 2016, 07:31:46 PM
Is there any practical way of getting some to you?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 02, 2016, 10:42:56 PM
Buddy, hie thyself down to the supermarket and visit the frozen foods section. There you will find all sorts of exotic....maybe not so exotic,.... meat pies offered by brands such as Stouffers, Marie Callander, Amy,  and other labels. Admittedly they may not have the exact same ingredient or particular taste as our Brit counterparts would proscribe, but about as close all you can get here in the colonies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 03, 2016, 12:41:06 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 02, 2016, 10:42:56 PM
Buddy, hie thyself down to the supermarket and visit the frozen foods section. There you will find all sorts of exotic....maybe not so exotic,.... meat pies offered by brands such as Stouffers, Marie Callander, Amy,  and other labels. Admittedly they may not have the exact same ingredient or particular taste as our Brit counterparts would proscribe, but about as close all you can get here in the colonies.
Or get a cook-book and make one yourself.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 03, 2016, 02:58:21 AM
Quote from: OldGit on November 02, 2016, 07:31:46 PM
Is there any practical way of getting some to you?

I ended up looking up a recipe for a pork based pie. It wasn't exactly what I had overseas but it was close enough and now I have a new recipe saved for future dinners.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 03, 2016, 03:08:20 AM
I'm curious what the specific glorious pie was. Steak and kidney? Steak and ale? Cornish pasty? A Melton Mowbray pork pie?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 03, 2016, 06:23:04 AM
Quote from: Buddy on November 03, 2016, 02:58:21 AM
Quote from: OldGit on November 02, 2016, 07:31:46 PM
Is there any practical way of getting some to you?

I ended up looking up a recipe for a pork based pie. It wasn't exactly what I had overseas but it was close enough and now I have a new recipe saved for future dinners.
You could also look for a market that specializes in imported foods. They are great places to explore, even if they don't carry meat pies.  :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 03, 2016, 10:34:33 AM
I've been sick starting every night when I go to bed. Now I'm sick all the time and with a had ache that is only relieved when I'm asleep. Can't take anything for it because I will puke it right up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 03, 2016, 11:42:48 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 03, 2016, 10:34:33 AM
I've been sick starting every night when I go to bed. Now I'm sick all the time and with a had ache that is only relieved when I'm asleep. Can't take anything for it because I will puke it right up.

What did you eat today?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 04, 2016, 05:18:44 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 03, 2016, 11:42:48 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 03, 2016, 10:34:33 AM
I've been sick starting every night when I go to bed. Now I'm sick all the time and with a had ache that is only relieved when I'm asleep. Can't take anything for it because I will puke it right up.

What did you eat today?

I had some cereal and then this pizza thing called a boat.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 04, 2016, 09:52:10 PM
One of my computers froze up solid with a big blue screen that said I must telephone 1- 877 *&^%$# To resolve the issue. The Indian sounding person on the other end of the line claimed to be under contract from Microsoft for the purpose of solving big troubles.  The big blue screen warned that I must not shut down my computer, or else the claimed virus would eat all my apps. The alleged name of the outfit that MicroSoft hired is : Criticalreports83.com.

I shut my computer down any way. Surprise! The obvious scam was no longer in command of my screen.  A friend who is IT wise told me that if an intruder insists that I call a phone number, just pretend to tell them to fuck off and carry on from there, without making the call.

That ain't all that causes me to be grumpy.  Three days ago I am playing with my other computer. Actually I was listening, on a you tube vid, to an orchestral arrangement of a Leroy Anderson piece of music. It was the typewriter song.  Somewhere in the middle of the piece the computer went blank and a godawful screeching sound like a runaway grist mill came out of my speakers. I hurriedly shut off the main power supply switch.It sounded like the whole thing was going to erupt in flame or worse.  After a few minutes I attempted to turn the computer back on. It would not respond. Awwww Sheeeit!! I have smoked off my magic box.

Off to the computer repair guy. In that shop (Office Depot actually) the machine fired right up but it had some nasty viruses or pneumonia, syphilis,  or maybe bubonic plague. One hundred dollars later it works fine and I am typing this bitch session on the computer that made all that expensive sounding noise.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on November 05, 2016, 03:15:10 PM
oh man I hate it when our pcs get the bubonic plaque. Last summer I had to empty my savings account because my old pc decided to die

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 04:16:32 PM
My car caught fire this morning.
While trying to start it after a night shift at the dorm I think something shorted out in the engine compartment. After refusing to start smoke started coming out from under the bonnet. Opened it, and saw a merry little flame dancing around down there, right around the starter. Being well versed in this sort of emergency I got the fire extinguisher and killed it before it could escalate, but the car is dead for now. Waiting for tomorrow to hear what the people at the garage need to do to resurrect it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on November 07, 2016, 05:02:05 PM
Ugh, car trouble-- a definite reason to be grumpy. Maybe they can just replace your started real quick and she'll be good as new!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 07, 2016, 05:04:07 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 04:16:32 PM
My car caught fire this morning.
While trying to start it after a night shift at the dorm I think something shorted out in the engine compartment. After refusing to start smoke started coming out from under the bonnet. Opened it, and saw a merry little flame dancing around down there, right around the starter. Being well versed in this sort of emergency I got the fire extinguisher and killed it before it could escalate, but the car is dead for now. Waiting for tomorrow to hear what the people at the garage need to do to resurrect it.
:therethere:
This is the black van?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 07, 2016, 07:18:06 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 04:16:32 PM
My car caught fire this morning.
While trying to start it after a night shift at the dorm I think something shorted out in the engine compartment. After refusing to start smoke started coming out from under the bonnet. Opened it, and saw a merry little flame dancing around down there, right around the starter. Being well versed in this sort of emergency I got the fire extinguisher and killed it before it could escalate, but the car is dead for now. Waiting for tomorrow to hear what the people at the garage need to do to resurrect it.
That thing's an Fing money pit!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 08:58:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 07, 2016, 07:18:06 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 04:16:32 PM
My car caught fire this morning.
While trying to start it after a night shift at the dorm I think something shorted out in the engine compartment. After refusing to start smoke started coming out from under the bonnet. Opened it, and saw a merry little flame dancing around down there, right around the starter. Being well versed in this sort of emergency I got the fire extinguisher and killed it before it could escalate, but the car is dead for now. Waiting for tomorrow to hear what the people at the garage need to do to resurrect it.
That thing's an Fing money pit!
Oh yeah! There is an oil leak to be sorted and a busted hand brake as well. Seriously considering acquiring alternate transportation and either parting it out or scrapping it. Three major blow-ups in three weeks is my limit. Particularly when one of those blow-ups is of the fire and smoke variety!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 08, 2016, 03:33:51 PM
Damn, that really sucks G85. :/
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on November 08, 2016, 06:22:10 PM
im grumpy cause it's novembr, we're still wearing t-shirts and not a cloud in the sky
Some say, well Cyprus is supposed to be hot but I say no. NO *slap
it is hot in the spring and in the summer, not not!
Now I was supposed to be wearing a long sleeve, maybe a sweater!!
Our dams are already dry from last year';s drought, if the weather doesn't change we're screwed
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2016, 10:52:17 PM
Universities are gradually being occupied again, including mine (since today), which means that it's bound to go on strike. We're so close to the holidays!  :weepy: If school activities stop now it'll stretch the semester well into December and possibly January. 

They're protesting against a new law that is being discussed in the Senate that will impact areas such as education, health services and public safety. I find it admirable, but I don't think that students occupying public schools on its own is strategically significant. Unlike ordinary strikes as it has minimal economic impact, its momentum is a little slow and it's hardly a unified movement. Instead of shutting down the university, they're just blocking access to classrooms. Just making a little noise contained within school walls.

The government is washing their hands of this "problem", saying that federal universities have their autonomy so they should solve it.  :wtf:

So, the tl;dr is I'm probably going to have to put my academic life on hold for nothing if this movement doesn't inspire - or force - other sectors to follow.     
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 09, 2016, 03:11:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2016, 10:52:17 PM
Universities are gradually being occupied again, including mine (since today), which means that it's bound to go on strike. We're so close to the holidays!  :weepy: If school activities stop now it'll stretch the semester well into December and possibly January. 

They're protesting against a new law that is being discussed in the Senate that will impact areas such as education, health services and public safety. I find it admirable, but I don't think that students occupying public schools on its own is strategically significant. Unlike ordinary strikes as it has minimal economic impact, its momentum is a little slow and it's hardly a unified movement. Instead of shutting down the university, they're just blocking access to classrooms. Just making a little noise contained within school walls.

The government is washing their hands of this "problem", saying that federal universities have their autonomy so they should solve it.  :wtf:

So, the tl;dr is I'm probably going to have to put my academic life on hold for nothing if this movement doesn't inspire - or force - other sectors to follow.     

:therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2016, 03:46:50 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 09, 2016, 03:11:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2016, 10:52:17 PM
Universities are gradually being occupied again, including mine (since today), which means that it's bound to go on strike. We're so close to the holidays!  :weepy: If school activities stop now it'll stretch the semester well into December and possibly January. 

They're protesting against a new law that is being discussed in the Senate that will impact areas such as education, health services and public safety. I find it admirable, but I don't think that students occupying public schools on its own is strategically significant. Unlike ordinary strikes as it has minimal economic impact, its momentum is a little slow and it's hardly a unified movement. Instead of shutting down the university, they're just blocking access to classrooms. Just making a little noise contained within school walls.

The government is washing their hands of this "problem", saying that federal universities have their autonomy so they should solve it.  :wtf:

So, the tl;dr is I'm probably going to have to put my academic life on hold for nothing if this movement doesn't inspire - or force - other sectors to follow.     

:therethere:

Thanks.

Damn these conservatives in power. :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 09, 2016, 11:02:45 AM
Trump in the White House.

And it's not just a fart it's the man!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 09, 2016, 12:50:03 PM
The spokesperson for Bærumsberter everywhere. What could go wrong?

(A Bærumsberte is a young woman, usually from a somewhat wealthy family in Bærum district south of Oslo, recognisable by the distinctive bright orange skin colour and hair tint)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 09, 2016, 12:52:05 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 09, 2016, 12:50:03 PM
The spokesperson for Bærumsberter everywhere. What could go wrong?

(A Bærumsberte is a young woman, usually from a somewhat wealthy family in Bærum district south of Oslo, recognisable by the distinctive bright orange skin colour and hair tint)
I'm glad you explained that  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 09, 2016, 01:02:06 PM
They also ALL think they are hot, brilliant and fantastic in every respect. All of them. They are Donald Trump, only with she-boobs.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 09, 2016, 04:35:07 PM
I feel sick to my stomach. As bad as trump is, I actually fear Pence more.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on November 09, 2016, 06:45:14 PM
Quote from: Buddy on November 09, 2016, 04:35:07 PM
I feel sick to my stomach. As bad as trump is, I actually fear Pence more.

I fear both, I fear everything, now, in fact.

On the forefront you have Trump who is unapologetically sexist, racist, bigoted in pretty much every way. And America voted for him to be president. You know, as opposed to a candidate like Cruz who believed in very toxic policies against women, LGBT people, etc. BUT knew he had to wrap it all in a loving package, because someone who comes as blatantly hateful in this day and age couldn't possibly win the presidency... Right?

...Now we know that's wrong. And it's the scariest thing ever. I could forgive people for voting for other Republican candidates no matter how toxic I saw them as, because I knew that candidates like Cruz could fool people with their "nice" facade, but with Trump there is nothing. There is nothing to comfort me.

Last night I learned just how deep sexism, racism, bigotry runs in the USA. I'm more terrified and devastated than I am currently "grumpy", I suppose if I'm grumpy about anything, it's the people spouting out any variation of these statements:

1. "Don't worry, it's all in God's hands." No, no, no. This is in OUR hands. There is no God to help us.
2. "People are always so happy for Democracy, until their candidate doesn't win" (I've never spoken for Democracy either way, and... Hello, Clinton won the popular vote last time I checked. This is NOT a democracy, so that argument is completely bunk)
3. "Lets all join together and sing kumbaya, everything will be okay!" I will not sing kumbaya (forgive me I spelled it wrong). I will not accept Trump as the POTUS. I do not believe that everything is okay. This was not a respectable election. Trump is the antithesis of the America I was raised to believe in. I will not silence myself.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 09, 2016, 09:09:41 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 09, 2016, 12:50:03 PM
The spokesperson for Bærumsberter everywhere. What could go wrong?

(A Bærumsberte is a young woman, usually from a somewhat wealthy family in Bærum district south of Oslo, recognisable by the distinctive bright orange skin colour and hair tint)
For English language reference see "bimbo" and "valley girl".
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 09, 2016, 09:33:31 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 09, 2016, 09:09:41 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 09, 2016, 12:50:03 PM
The spokesperson for Bærumsberter everywhere. What could go wrong?

(A Bærumsberte is a young woman, usually from a somewhat wealthy family in Bærum district south of Oslo, recognisable by the distinctive bright orange skin colour and hair tint)
For English language reference see "bimbo" and "valley girl".
Essex Girl.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 11, 2016, 05:38:22 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 08:58:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 07, 2016, 07:18:06 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 04:16:32 PM
My car caught fire this morning.
While trying to start it after a night shift at the dorm I think something shorted out in the engine compartment. After refusing to start smoke started coming out from under the bonnet. Opened it, and saw a merry little flame dancing around down there, right around the starter. Being well versed in this sort of emergency I got the fire extinguisher and killed it before it could escalate, but the car is dead for now. Waiting for tomorrow to hear what the people at the garage need to do to resurrect it.
That thing's an Fing money pit!
Oh yeah! There is an oil leak to be sorted and a busted hand brake as well. Seriously considering acquiring alternate transportation and either parting it out or scrapping it. Three major blow-ups in three weeks is my limit. Particularly when one of those blow-ups is of the fire and smoke variety!

This post might not belong in this thread, but I put it here for context.
I sold the flaming mess! Managed to sell it, very quickly to a fellow who thought he could fix it up on his own time. Eastern European migrant worker by the look and sound of him. Gave me 8500NOK for it. Minus a bit to get the paperwork sorted and it is still decent money for a car that doesn't run and sometimes explodes a little. And Monday I'm going to go look at a new one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on November 11, 2016, 06:40:46 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 11, 2016, 05:38:22 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 08:58:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 07, 2016, 07:18:06 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 07, 2016, 04:16:32 PM
My car caught fire this morning.
While trying to start it after a night shift at the dorm I think something shorted out in the engine compartment. After refusing to start smoke started coming out from under the bonnet. Opened it, and saw a merry little flame dancing around down there, right around the starter. Being well versed in this sort of emergency I got the fire extinguisher and killed it before it could escalate, but the car is dead for now. Waiting for tomorrow to hear what the people at the garage need to do to resurrect it.
That thing's an Fing money pit!
Oh yeah! There is an oil leak to be sorted and a busted hand brake as well. Seriously considering acquiring alternate transportation and either parting it out or scrapping it. Three major blow-ups in three weeks is my limit. Particularly when one of those blow-ups is of the fire and smoke variety!

This post might not belong in this thread, but I put it here for context.
I sold the flaming mess! Managed to sell it, very quickly to a fellow who thought he could fix it up on his own time. Eastern European migrant worker by the look and sound of him. Gave me 8500NOK for it. Minus a bit to get the paperwork sorted and it is still decent money for a car that doesn't run and sometimes explodes a little. And Monday I'm going to go look at a new one.
I hope you have better luck with your next one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 11, 2016, 09:20:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 09, 2016, 09:33:31 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 09, 2016, 09:09:41 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 09, 2016, 12:50:03 PM
The spokesperson for Bærumsberter everywhere. What could go wrong?

(A Bærumsberte is a young woman, usually from a somewhat wealthy family in Bærum district south of Oslo, recognisable by the distinctive bright orange skin colour and hair tint)
For English language reference see "bimbo" and "valley girl".
Essex Girl.
Yes, more that. A bimbo in Norwegian is... Bimbo.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
My main computer just shut down, just like that. 

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 12, 2016, 09:53:06 PM
Had an argument with some people who had a position on Hillary, and those who voted for her. "Those who voted for Hillary are ignorant" And I took the position that I don't see any reason to dislike Hillary but I see many reasons to dislike Trump.

I asked them to defend their position with evidence, which they did not. So I told them: how can they not have evidence for their claims yet speak that other people are ignorant? Some more things were said and it degraded to insulting how I spend my free time to say I don't know how to use science. As if how I spend my time has anything to do with how well I use the scientific method, or how well I research mine or anyone else's claims.

tl;dr So all in all, I'm just mad because my personal traits were insulted because I wanted to make an argument.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 12, 2016, 09:56:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
My main computer just shut down, just like that. 

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oh no :sadshake: do you know what needs to be repaired?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 13, 2016, 01:05:45 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 12, 2016, 09:56:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
My main computer just shut down, just like that. 

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oh no :sadshake: do you know what needs to be repaired?
Depends on whether or not that one is a ground floor window, no..?  ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 13, 2016, 02:21:45 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 13, 2016, 01:05:45 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 12, 2016, 09:56:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
My main computer just shut down, just like that. 

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oh no :sadshake: do you know what needs to be repaired?
Depends on whether or not that one is a ground floor window, no..?  ;)
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 13, 2016, 10:10:40 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 12, 2016, 09:53:06 PM
Had an argument with some people who had a position on Hillary, and those who voted for her. "Those who voted for Hillary are ignorant" And I took the position that I don't see any reason to dislike Hillary but I see many reasons to dislike Trump.

I asked them to defend their position with evidence, which they did not. So I told them: how can they not have evidence for their claims yet speak that other people are ignorant? Some more things were said and it degraded to insulting how I spend my free time to say I don't know how to use science. As if how I spend my time has anything to do with how well I use the scientific method, or how well I research mine or anyone else's claims.

tl;dr So all in all, I'm just mad because my personal traits were insulted because I wanted to make an argument.

Personally attacking people in an argument, and other fallacies, is what weak people resort to when they can't defend their points, or when their points can't stand up to scrutiny. It's annoying as hell. It's just so much easier to spew ad hominems.   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 13, 2016, 10:13:08 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 12, 2016, 09:56:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
My main computer just shut down, just like that. 

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oh no :sadshake: do you know what needs to be repaired?

I have no idea, I don't know if it's a hard or software problem.

When I bought my computer it was pretty high end, but that was back in 2012 so now it's likely a piece of crap. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 13, 2016, 10:14:01 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 13, 2016, 01:05:45 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 12, 2016, 09:56:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
My main computer just shut down, just like that. 

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oh no :sadshake: do you know what needs to be repaired?
Depends on whether or not that one is a ground floor window, no..?  ;)

:lol:

:P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 13, 2016, 05:04:25 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 13, 2016, 10:10:40 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 12, 2016, 09:53:06 PM
Had an argument with some people who had a position on Hillary, and those who voted for her. "Those who voted for Hillary are ignorant" And I took the position that I don't see any reason to dislike Hillary but I see many reasons to dislike Trump.

I asked them to defend their position with evidence, which they did not. So I told them: how can they not have evidence for their claims yet speak that other people are ignorant? Some more things were said and it degraded to insulting how I spend my free time to say I don't know how to use science. As if how I spend my time has anything to do with how well I use the scientific method, or how well I research mine or anyone else's claims.

tl;dr So all in all, I'm just mad because my personal traits were insulted because I wanted to make an argument.

Personally attacking people in an argument, and other fallacies, is what weak people resort to when they can't defend their points, or when their points can't stand up to scrutiny. It's annoying as hell. It's just so much easier to spew ad hominems.

Yes I admit I did so as well, but it was only after they showed me that I was correct repeated times. I was just asking for their sources on the claims about Hillary Clinton and that's when they resorted to ad hominems.

The fact that brings me joy is I made them so mad that they started making insults that were completely contradicting to what they knew I was doing. But they were so backed into a corner they didn't know what else to do.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 13, 2016, 06:32:54 PM
Quote from: Apathy on November 13, 2016, 05:04:25 PM
Yes I admit I did so as well, but it was only after they showed me that I was correct repeated times. I was just asking for their sources on the claims about Hillary Clinton and that's when they resorted to ad hominems.

The fact that brings me joy is I made them so mad that they started making insults that were completely contradicting to what they knew I was doing. But they were so backed into a corner they didn't know what else to do.

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:P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 13, 2016, 06:41:29 PM
I have also had some exchanges about the extent of Hillarys' "criminal activity".  No doubt she has made some boo-boos but the people who want to lock her up can not cite even one verifiable instance of criminal activity. Those people tend to stammer when demanded to produce evidence that can withstand scrutiny.  I do not see any sense in pressing the matter with them.  The reason for just letting it go lies in this old mini bite of wisdom: A man (or woman)  convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 13, 2016, 07:02:31 PM
Quote from: Icarus on November 13, 2016, 06:41:29 PM
I have also had some exchanges about the extent of Hillarys' "criminal activity".  No doubt she has made some boo-boos but the people who want to lock her up can not cite even one verifiable instance of criminal activity. Those people tend to stammer when demanded to produce evidence that can withstand scrutiny.  I do not see any sense in pressing the matter with them.  The reason for just letting it go lies in this old mini bite of wisdom: A man (or woman)  convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.
I kept running into the same thing. A myriad of assertions that she's a criminal, but nothing to back it up with. Politifact rates her as more truthful than Bernie Sanders; while in the Senate she and Bernie voted identically over 95% of the time; people who have worked with her for years say she is a kind, caring, and genuinely warm person; people who have read the emails say there is nothing there. Facts meant little because where there was smoke, there just had to be fire. That wasn't smoke, it was steam coming off the heads of those who had been trying for years to find her guilty of something, but unable to do so.

If people had used any portion of their brains, the fact that Comey couldn't come up with anything to charge her with, especially after showing his true colors, should have proved that there was nothing to any of it. It seems fairly obvious that if he'd had anything, anything at all, that he could have charged her with, he would have been crowing to the heavens and been notifying every news organization on the planet.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 13, 2016, 07:32:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 13, 2016, 10:13:08 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 12, 2016, 09:56:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2016, 12:32:17 PM
My main computer just shut down, just like that. 

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oh no :sadshake: do you know what needs to be repaired?

I have no idea, I don't know if it's a hard or software problem.

When I bought my computer it was pretty high end, but that was back in 2012 so now it's likely a piece of crap.

My computer is 2008 and it used to tell me what parts needed replacement. They haven't been replaced yet but your problem is similar to mine so I think your computer just needs a piece of hardware that needs replacement.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 15, 2016, 01:32:20 AM
Velma, is it possible that both of us....along with millions of others have been snookered by that clever and diabolical woman?  I don't think so. The most puzzling part of the whole deal is why so many people dislike her so vehemently. Hillary might not have been my number one candidate but I definitely want to see a female president before I go to meet Jesus.



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on November 15, 2016, 08:19:12 PM
Quote from: Icarus on November 15, 2016, 01:32:20 AM
Velma, is it possible that both of us....along with millions of others have been snookered by that clever and diabolical woman?  I don't think so. The most puzzling part of the whole deal is why so many people dislike her so vehemently. Hillary might not have been my number one candidate but I definitely want to see a female president before I go to meet Jesus.

One theory I read was that some people thought she should not have alllowed Bill to get away with his indiscretions so easily. If she'd booted him out, I don't think she'd have had a look-in for the nomination. Others said she spoke only to her peer group but I don't think that's quite accurate either.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on November 17, 2016, 03:52:55 AM
And then others claimed she is a Satanist.

I kid you not, I just saw Trump supporters claiming this.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 17, 2016, 04:26:03 AM
I see people saying that she is corrupt because she takes money from ISIS, she has the Benghazi scandal, the emails, and she once fired someone so I guess she is bad for that too. Oh and people are saying Obama might pardon her so that proves she is guilty if he does. I tried to reason with him that correlation does not imply cause, but he refused to listen to logic, so I had to stop talking to him before I got fired up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 17, 2016, 05:09:47 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 17, 2016, 04:26:03 AM
I see people saying that she is corrupt because she takes money from ISIS, she has the Benghazi scandal, the emails, and she once fired someone so I guess she is bad for that too. Oh and people are saying Obama might pardon her so that proves she is guilty if he does. I tried to reason with him that correlation does not imply cause, but he refused to listen to logic, so I had to stop talking to him before I got fired up.

It even worse ;). She took 5 million Euro from the German government  >:(.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 17, 2016, 06:31:14 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 17, 2016, 05:09:47 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 17, 2016, 04:26:03 AM
I see people saying that she is corrupt because she takes money from ISIS, she has the Benghazi scandal, the emails, and she once fired someone so I guess she is bad for that too. Oh and people are saying Obama might pardon her so that proves she is guilty if he does. I tried to reason with him that correlation does not imply cause, but he refused to listen to logic, so I had to stop talking to him before I got fired up.

It even worse ;). She took 5 million Euro from the German government  >:(.

Most of her campaign was funded by individual contributors.

http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?candidateCommitteeId=P00003392&tabIndex=1
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on November 17, 2016, 02:25:14 PM
Quote from: Apathy on November 17, 2016, 06:31:14 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 17, 2016, 05:09:47 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 17, 2016, 04:26:03 AM
I see people saying that she is corrupt because she takes money from ISIS, she has the Benghazi scandal, the emails, and she once fired someone so I guess she is bad for that too. Oh and people are saying Obama might pardon her so that proves she is guilty if he does. I tried to reason with him that correlation does not imply cause, but he refused to listen to logic, so I had to stop talking to him before I got fired up.

It even worse ;). She took 5 million Euro from the German government  >:(.

Most of her campaign was funded by individual contributors.

http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?candidateCommitteeId=P00003392&tabIndex=1
Facts? Are people still using those?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 17, 2016, 04:26:39 PM
Quote from: Davin on November 17, 2016, 02:25:14 PM
Quote from: Apathy on November 17, 2016, 06:31:14 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 17, 2016, 05:09:47 AM
Quote from: Apathy on November 17, 2016, 04:26:03 AM
I see people saying that she is corrupt because she takes money from ISIS, she has the Benghazi scandal, the emails, and she once fired someone so I guess she is bad for that too. Oh and people are saying Obama might pardon her so that proves she is guilty if he does. I tried to reason with him that correlation does not imply cause, but he refused to listen to logic, so I had to stop talking to him before I got fired up.

It even worse ;). She took 5 million Euro from the German government  >:(.

Most of her campaign was funded by individual contributors.

http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?candidateCommitteeId=P00003392&tabIndex=1
Facts? Are people still using those?

Of course not. Who needs facts,  if you have post-truth (https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/press/news/2016/11/15/WOTY-16)!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 17, 2016, 04:55:05 PM
Of course it is a fact that Germany (and many other countries) spent loads of money to Clinton. Not directly to her, but to the Clinton Foundation.
According to the Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung (a quality news paper in Germany,) Germany spent 100-500.000 Dollar. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),a German state company, spent 1-5 Million Dollar as well. Many people in Germany are furious that the government covered these donations up. Hopefully it will lead to the fall of Angela Merkel in the next elections.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 17, 2016, 08:33:04 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 17, 2016, 04:26:39 PMpost-truth (https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/press/news/2016/11/15/WOTY-16)!
That's interesting.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
Picasso.
Sun melted wings.
Dinosaurs.
Lightening.
Sudoku.
Lumps of gray.
Ponies.
Hitchhikers
Ludovico Technique.
Butterflies.


Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 17, 2016, 09:48:47 PM
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
Lumps of gray.
You do always know what to say to please The Asmo.  :tellmemore:

...Please, continue.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 02:52:10 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 17, 2016, 09:48:47 PM
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
Lumps of gray.
You do always know what to say to please The Asmo.  :tellmemore:

...Please, continue.
:lol:
Ha-ha!

The Asmo...No one worships him.  :lol:

...Get it? No one...no one...No...

....No?

OK.

:(

:sad sigh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on November 18, 2016, 08:05:57 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 02:52:10 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 17, 2016, 09:48:47 PM
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
Lumps of gray.
You do always know what to say to please The Asmo.  :tellmemore:

...Please, continue.
:lol:
Ha-ha!

The Asmo...No one worships him.  :lol:

...Get it? No one...no one...No...

....No?

OK.

:(

:sad sigh:

No one gets it


See what I did there?  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 18, 2016, 11:33:47 AM
No-one is getting into The Gray Realm ahead of the queue.  >:(

See? You see?! The Asmo is in on it too!  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 18, 2016, 01:30:32 PM
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
...
Sudoku.
....

>:(

You have disgraced our puzzled overlords, you must now commit suduko!

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 18, 2016, 03:16:54 PM
Overlords, shmoverlords, spread the grumpy around.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 04:25:44 PM
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
Butterflies.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FQJ1nPXx.gif&hash=8d02347ccb32c80b45e7451f623dc8ae5a80b855)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on November 18, 2016, 04:44:50 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 04:25:44 PM
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
Butterflies.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FQJ1nPXx.gif&hash=8d02347ccb32c80b45e7451f623dc8ae5a80b855)
That is one of the most hilarious gifs I've seen in a long time. Should I even feel sad for the frightened kid?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 04:52:31 PM
Quote from: Davin on November 18, 2016, 04:44:50 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 04:25:44 PM
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2016, 09:33:15 PM
Butterflies.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FQJ1nPXx.gif&hash=8d02347ccb32c80b45e7451f623dc8ae5a80b855)
That is one of the most hilarious gifs I've seen in a long time. Should I even feel sad for the frightened kid?
:lol:
No, you shouldn't feel frightened for the kid.

No one should...
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFkH_tWDz12GZRBS8wSPWIje-i9nEzVeEhWPV0DqhYi2oXrvgC)

...Get it? No one!
Oh! My Asmo! That never gets old.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 19, 2016, 05:23:29 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 04:52:31 PM

:lol:
No, you shouldn't feel frightened for the kid.

No one should...
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFkH_tWDz12GZRBS8wSPWIje-i9nEzVeEhWPV0DqhYi2oXrvgC)

...Get it? No one!
Oh! My Asmo! That never gets old.  :lol:
Oh yes it does....  ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 19, 2016, 09:37:36 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on November 19, 2016, 05:23:29 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 18, 2016, 04:52:31 PM

:lol:
No, you shouldn't feel frightened for the kid.

No one should...
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFkH_tWDz12GZRBS8wSPWIje-i9nEzVeEhWPV0DqhYi2oXrvgC)

...Get it? No one!
Oh! My Asmo! That never gets old.  :lol:
Oh yes it does....  ;)
Oh...I don't know, maybe No one agrees with you.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on November 28, 2016, 09:54:40 AM
Laying here with raging sore throats and cough. What a waste of time☹️
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 28, 2016, 04:16:31 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on November 28, 2016, 09:54:40 AM
Laying here with raging sore throats and cough. What a waste of time☹️
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 28, 2016, 04:47:18 PM
You already know the answer. You don't even need to click the spoiler.

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.



Edited for spelling.  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on November 28, 2016, 06:11:33 PM
 Mr M will be in soon, and he'll bring me a whisky and hot water with dash of lemon. Almost worth being ill for. Feeling better at just the thought of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on November 28, 2016, 07:26:22 PM
Get well soon, Essie May!  Hot whisky and lemon are sure to fix it. :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on November 30, 2016, 11:25:49 PM
Well at least it gave me some comfort in my misery. Today is the first day of feeling like me again thanks.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 01, 2016, 01:42:24 AM
I rent my house from my Dad, and he moved out so he could be with his ex wife. Now he wants to make me pay for the bills as well when he knows I don't have the income to do that. And meanwhile there isn't an apartment that I can afford that I haven't already applied to and doesn't have a waiting list.

On top of that he wants to rent the house out to another person and have us split the bills. I know that makes it sound easier but I would still be paying more than I have. I can barely afford to eat as it is without him occasionally buying me food.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 01, 2016, 03:22:28 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 01:42:24 AM
I rent my house from my Dad, and he moved out so he could be with his ex wife. Now he wants to make me pay for the bills as well when he knows I don't have the income to do that. And meanwhile there isn't an apartment that I can afford that I haven't already applied to and doesn't have a waiting list.

On top of that he wants to rent the house out to another person and have us split the bills. I know that makes it sound easier but I would still be paying more than I have. I can barely afford to eat as it is without him occasionally buying me food.
How about getting one more person so that you split the rent in three? That could be a temporary solution while you get your own place.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 01, 2016, 04:12:44 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 01, 2016, 03:22:28 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 01:42:24 AM
I rent my house from my Dad, and he moved out so he could be with his ex wife. Now he wants to make me pay for the bills as well when he knows I don't have the income to do that. And meanwhile there isn't an apartment that I can afford that I haven't already applied to and doesn't have a waiting list.

On top of that he wants to rent the house out to another person and have us split the bills. I know that makes it sound easier but I would still be paying more than I have. I can barely afford to eat as it is without him occasionally buying me food.
How about getting one more person so that you split the rent in three? That could be a temporary solution while you get your own place.  :shrug:

I guess that would make it more affordable but there is only 2 bedrooms and the rent is so cheap ($300/mo) that it wouldn't attract anyone of taste. Especially in my area. That was my primary concern with renting this place out in the beginning.

I could afford it and more rent if he just waited a year for me to go through school and get my welding license but he is as hard headed as they come and wants to live with his ex wife so there is no stopping him.

All I can do is hope that he doesn't find anyone because nobody in my family that I get a long with is willing to rent this place with me because they can't afford it either.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 01, 2016, 05:10:52 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 04:12:44 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 01, 2016, 03:22:28 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 01:42:24 AM
I rent my house from my Dad, and he moved out so he could be with his ex wife. Now he wants to make me pay for the bills as well when he knows I don't have the income to do that. And meanwhile there isn't an apartment that I can afford that I haven't already applied to and doesn't have a waiting list.

On top of that he wants to rent the house out to another person and have us split the bills. I know that makes it sound easier but I would still be paying more than I have. I can barely afford to eat as it is without him occasionally buying me food.
How about getting one more person so that you split the rent in three? That could be a temporary solution while you get your own place.  :shrug:

I guess that would make it more affordable but there is only 2 bedrooms and the rent is so cheap ($300/mo) that it wouldn't attract anyone of taste. Especially in my area. That was my primary concern with renting this place out in the beginning.
So you would have to rent one bedroom to a couple, you take the other bedroom, split it three ways?  :shrug:

Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 04:12:44 AM
I could afford it and more rent if he just waited a year for me to go through school and get my welding license but he is as hard headed as they come and wants to live with his ex wife so there is no stopping him.
That's not gonna happen, is it? :sadshake:

Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 04:12:44 AM
All I can do is hope that he doesn't find anyone because nobody in my family that I get a long with is willing to rent this place with me because they can't afford it either.
All you can do is hope that he doesn't find anyone or let's hope that when he does, it's someone you are able to get along with. OR...let's hope that you can find someone that you can get along with--family or strangers.  :shifty:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 01, 2016, 06:22:59 AM
That made me feel better Mags. Thank you.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 01, 2016, 06:43:52 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 06:22:59 AM
That made me feel better Mags. Thank you.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.  :notsure:
The reason I gave you such, raw, advice is because I've been in your situation. When I was young, I had to share apartments with family members or strangers. At times because they couldn't find a place to live, or because I needed help paying the rent...sometimes it's not easy if you don't get along with them. That's why I said what I said. --Either you take action and decide who will live with you, or your dad will...as some say, "whether you like it or not."  :(
--Right?

Does he have anyone in mind? Do you?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 01, 2016, 06:50:27 PM
I was being serious. He had my cousin in mind, as did I, but I expected him to say no. And he did. But he has a girlfriend and they both have jobs so maybe if they both moved in? It's a long shot but if they agree to split their rent down the middle and make up for it in bills it might work out. After all they would be paying $150 in rent which is unheard of around here, even for low income apartments.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 03, 2016, 03:09:29 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 01, 2016, 06:50:27 PM
I was being serious...
OK.
:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 05, 2016, 06:33:16 AM
FUCKIN' MONDAY.  >:(
To those of you who love a 'glorious' super-sunny Monday morning:  :P

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 05, 2016, 11:11:16 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 05, 2016, 06:33:16 AM
FUCKIN' MONDAY.  >:(
To those of you who love a 'glorious' super-sunny Monday morning:  :P



:this: I'm with Mags.  >:(

We should abolish Mondays altogether, every third day should be a Friday!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 05, 2016, 03:49:01 PM
The Asmo is evil and, as such, He approves of Mondays. In fact, that alone should tell you just how evil He is. Very, is how.  :smilenod:

Why is His Evil Self displeased then, you ask? Today, He disapproves of how His own (as in; voted for by Him) spineless minority government gives way too much to microparties just to get the majority necessary in the Storting. I think they would be better off resigning with dignity. They would get something back for it in the next elections.

This is one part I despise about democracy; <10%-parties in position to secure the majority vote for one block or the other can have way, WAY too much power. They should get according to their voter base, not several times that.

Fuck them. Especially those environmentalist shitheads trying to run Oslo. Luckily for us, it seems like they are made of more wind than substance, but... It's annoying.

#trumpformayor>:-(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2016, 12:23:53 AM
I think I've been infected with Asmo's season gloom. All this end-of-year cheeriness is getting me down. :sad sigh:

Christmas songs....no one deserves to be put through such musical torture.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 12, 2016, 09:44:51 AM
I've been feeling down as well SPx but I think it's because of eating fried food all the time and a bad sleep cycle.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 12, 2016, 10:47:05 AM
No wonder. His Divine Influence is the strongest around them Assmas-times.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 12, 2016, 06:52:52 PM
My portable air conditioner (used to dry laundry in the bathroom in the winter since I have no outdoor facilities)  (also helps keep down the black mold problem) has gone kaput, and it's only 10 years old!

Then my dashcam also kaputted.

The old saw about things coming in threes is just superstitious baloney.

Isn't it . . . .?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2016, 10:46:38 PM
Quote from: Apathy on December 12, 2016, 09:44:51 AM
I've been feeling down as well SPx but I think it's because of eating fried food all the time and a bad sleep cycle.

Probably is. Been going on for a long time?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2016, 10:51:59 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2016, 10:47:05 AM
No wonder. His Divine Influence is the strongest around them Assmas-times.

Yes, I do not look forward to the coming holiday hiatus.  :sadshake:   

Must be something to do with your Orangeness.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 13, 2016, 12:54:20 AM
Overgrown babies and their boo hoo I'm not happy attitudes.
Rain, and the idiots that come packaged with it.
Fred Durst.
Festivus.
Assmass celebrations.
Malingerers.
Laziness.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 13, 2016, 03:55:04 AM
MONDAYS.  >:(

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 13, 2016, 03:59:24 AM
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 13, 2016, 05:26:52 AM
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2016, 10:52:05 PM
I'll take first world problems any day over what this shit hole of a country will become for the next 20 years.

The Senate just approved a Proposed amendment to the constitution that effectively freezes public spending for the next 20 years, which means that advancements in the social sphere will be undone. The middle class which had grown tremendously in the past 16 years, who effectively support this country, will shrink.

I'm not an economist but what these shithead politicians are doing makes no sense to me.   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 13, 2016, 11:39:30 PM
I'm no historical linguist but I think politician is a Latin word that roughly  translates to: Didn't think we could fuck it up even more did you, guess again.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2016, 11:44:09 PM
Quote from: No one on December 13, 2016, 11:39:30 PM
I'm no historical linguist but I think politician is a Latin word that roughly  translates to: Didn't think we could fuck it up even more did you, guess again.

If it isn't then it should be. :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 15, 2016, 11:35:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2016, 10:52:05 PM
I'll take first world problems any day over what this shit hole of a country will become for the next 20 years.

The Senate just approved a Proposed amendment to the constitution that effectively freezes public spending for the next 20 years, which means that advancements in the social sphere will be undone. The middle class which had grown tremendously in the past 16 years, who effectively support this country, will shrink.

I'm not an economist but what these shithead politicians are doing makes no sense to me.   

Does there have to be a plebiscite, referendum or what ever where the people are polled on the particular issue?
It's not easy very difficult to get a change to the constitution here.
If it's not difficult the next government might just change it back.

I imagine Brazil benefited greatly from the high resource prices that resulted from China's industrialisation.  It was a long boom, good times.  Why is it when you're in a boom you think it's the new norm, good numbers are due to your efforts.  Spend and commit because things are good.

I don't know what your politicians are doing.
When money was rolling in they were no doubt buying voter favour and hopefully doing some good.
If there's less money coming in what expenditure should they cut?


Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 15, 2016, 11:35:20 AM
Does there have to be a plebiscite, referendum or what ever where the people are polled on the particular issue?

A referendum? But then that would mean that democracy matters, which is not the case with the current illegitimate government with the corrupt Michel Temer at its head. If it did then he wouldn't be there now.

They're clearly there to leach off public resources and protect their own interests, not the interests of the country or its people. The whole system is corrupt, not just most politicians, it's a structural thing going way back.

I don't believe that people should be polled on socioeconomic measures and packages, especially when such measures are truly necessary and go against the inclinations of most, but I think they have to make sense. This amendment just doesn't to me.

QuoteIt's not easy very difficult to get a change to the constitution here.
If it's not difficult the next government might just change it back.

They might, though I don't know just how easy that would be. They would need a majority in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies and those don't change - same faces, same career politician shit.

QuoteI imagine Brazil benefited greatly from the high resource prices that resulted from China's industrialisation.  It was a long boom, good times.  Why is it when you're in a boom you think it's the new norm, good numbers are due to your efforts.  Spend and commit because things are good.

Yes, it makes sense that people would behave that way. Freakin' bubbles.

QuoteI don't know what your politicians are doing.
When money was rolling in they were no doubt buying voter favour and hopefully doing some good.

They're stealing loads, that's what they're doing. Selling favours, sending money to offshore accounts, and just generally wading in it.

QuoteIf there's less money coming in what expenditure should they cut?

That's a good question. :notsure: In my uneducated opinion they could start by lowering employment taxes, for one. That might stop unemployment rates from constantly going up. Small and large businesses alike are laying off a lot of people because they simple buckle under the weight of employment taxes and extra-salary financial obligations, which are normally as high as an extra 100%. It's crippling.

Second, public servants shouldn't be allowed to retire with full benefits, such as continuing to receive their full salaries at the time of retirement. When the current illegitimate government overthrew the previous one, they increased public servant salaries.  :wtf:

While an unpopular opinion, privatization of public companies does seem to be a viable short-term option to make some money, maybe at least then such companies would be more competently run. The public sphere would lose value in the long run, however. 

Freakin' create some value. Invest in something that works. It's like creativity and government are antagonistic concepts. I don't know, offer more support to start-ups and businesses, not more taxes that effectively strangle them.     

Speaking of creating value, they should invest in education, not consider it the first thing that needs to have spending cut. The Brazilian population are not as productive as they could be also because they lack the education. Maybe when people are considered to be the potential resources that they are, things will get better.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 16, 2016, 12:56:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 15, 2016, 11:35:20 AM
Does there have to be a plebiscite, referendum or what ever where the people are polled on the particular issue?

A referendum? But then that would mean that democracy matters, which is not the case with the current illegitimate government with the corrupt Michel Temer at its head. If it did then he wouldn't be there now.

They're clearly there to leach off public resources and protect their own interests, not the interests of the country or its people. The whole system is corrupt, not just most politicians, it's a structural thing going way back.

That  saddens me, really. [trite platitude 1], I've always thought [trite platitude 2] you just need to [trite platitude 3].

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
I don't believe that people should be polled on socioeconomic measures and packages, especially when such measures are truly necessary and go against the inclinations of most, but I think they have to make sense. This amendment just doesn't to me.
That's the problem with democracy, people don't know what's good for them.
To change a constitution approval by all levels of government and approval by the people via a poll is the way some do it.

Quote from: puddingIt's not easy very difficult to get a change to the constitution here.
If it's not difficult the next government might just change it back.
Quote from: phinx

They might, though I don't know just how easy that would be. They would need a majority in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies and those don't change - same faces, same career politician shit.
Um errr, what's the use of voting then? I didn't ask that. [trite platitude EXTRA]
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
They're stealing loads, that's what they're doing. Selling favours, sending money to offshore accounts, and just generally wading in it.
Is it possible you could get in with the pillagers and grab a bit for yourself?

Quote from: omniLIKEABLEpuddingIf there's less money coming in what expenditure should they cut?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
That's a good question. :notsure: In my uneducated opinion they could start by lowering employment taxes, for one. That might stop unemployment rates from constantly going up. Small and large businesses alike are laying off a lot of people because they simple buckle under the weight of employment taxes and extra-salary financial obligations, which are normally as high as an extra 100%. It's crippling.

Second, public servants shouldn't be allowed to retire with full benefits, such as continuing to receive their full salaries at the time of retirement. When the current illegitimate government overthrew the previous one, they increased public servant salaries.  :wtf:
I admire that one, to legitamise the illegitamite you pay the legitamisers.

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
While an unpopular opinion, privatization of public companies does seem to be a viable short-term option to make some money, maybe at least then such companies would be more competently run. The public sphere would lose value in the long run, however. 
There'll be buyers for the what makes money, a desperate sale so you won't get what it's worth  and you loose the income stream.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Freakin' create some value. Invest in something that works. It's like creativity and government are antagonistic concepts. I don't know, offer more support to start-ups and businesses, not more taxes that effectively strangle them.     

That's an increase spending reduce collection paragraph, if only I had faith...


Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Speaking of creating value, they should invest in education, not consider it the first thing that needs to have spending cut. The Brazilian population are not as productive as they could be also because they lack the education. Maybe when people are considered to be the potential resources that they are, things will get better
Ye maybe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 16, 2016, 02:05:48 PM
The portrayal of artifical sentience.
they seek humaness,  it's the tops
I don't think they will and it isn't.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 02:16:38 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 16, 2016, 12:56:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 15, 2016, 11:35:20 AM
Does there have to be a plebiscite, referendum or what ever where the people are polled on the particular issue?

A referendum? But then that would mean that democracy matters, which is not the case with the current illegitimate government with the corrupt Michel Temer at its head. If it did then he wouldn't be there now.

They're clearly there to leach off public resources and protect their own interests, not the interests of the country or its people. The whole system is corrupt, not just most politicians, it's a structural thing going way back.

That  saddens me, really. [trite platitude 1], I've always thought [trite platitude 2] you just need to [trite platitude 3].

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
I don't believe that people should be polled on socioeconomic measures and packages, especially when such measures are truly necessary and go against the inclinations of most, but I think they have to make sense. This amendment just doesn't to me.
That's the problem with democracy, people don't know what's good for them.
To change a constitution approval by all levels of government and approval by the people via a poll is the way some do it.

Quote from: puddingIt's not easy very difficult to get a change to the constitution here.
If it's not difficult the next government might just change it back.
Quote from: phinx

They might, though I don't know just how easy that would be. They would need a majority in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies and those don't change - same faces, same career politician shit.
Um errr, what's the use of voting then? I didn't ask that. [trite platitude EXTRA]
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
They're stealing loads, that's what they're doing. Selling favours, sending money to offshore accounts, and just generally wading in it.
Is it possible you could get in with the pillagers and grab a bit for yourself?

Quote from: omniLIKEABLEpuddingIf there's less money coming in what expenditure should they cut?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
That's a good question. :notsure: In my uneducated opinion they could start by lowering employment taxes, for one. That might stop unemployment rates from constantly going up. Small and large businesses alike are laying off a lot of people because they simple buckle under the weight of employment taxes and extra-salary financial obligations, which are normally as high as an extra 100%. It's crippling.

Second, public servants shouldn't be allowed to retire with full benefits, such as continuing to receive their full salaries at the time of retirement. When the current illegitimate government overthrew the previous one, they increased public servant salaries.  :wtf:
I admire that one, to legitamise the illegitamite you pay the legitamisers.

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
While an unpopular opinion, privatization of public companies does seem to be a viable short-term option to make some money, maybe at least then such companies would be more competently run. The public sphere would lose value in the long run, however. 
There'll be buyers for the what makes money, a desperate sale so you won't get what it's worth  and you loose the income stream.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Freakin' create some value. Invest in something that works. It's like creativity and government are antagonistic concepts. I don't know, offer more support to start-ups and businesses, not more taxes that effectively strangle them.     

That's an increase spending reduce collection paragraph, if only I had faith...


Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Speaking of creating value, they should invest in education, not consider it the first thing that needs to have spending cut. The Brazilian population are not as productive as they could be also because they lack the education. Maybe when people are considered to be the potential resources that they are, things will get better
Ye maybe.

Sorry for long rant :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 16, 2016, 03:13:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 02:16:38 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 16, 2016, 12:56:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 15, 2016, 11:35:20 AM
Does there have to be a plebiscite, referendum or what ever where the people are polled on the particular issue?

A referendum? But then that would mean that democracy matters, which is not the case with the current illegitimate government with the corrupt Michel Temer at its head. If it did then he wouldn't be there now.

They're clearly there to leach off public resources and protect their own interests, not the interests of the country or its people. The whole system is corrupt, not just most politicians, it's a structural thing going way back.

That  saddens me, really. [trite platitude 1], I've always thought [trite platitude 2] you just need to [trite platitude 3].

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
I don't believe that people should be polled on socioeconomic measures and packages, especially when such measures are truly necessary and go against the inclinations of most, but I think they have to make sense. This amendment just doesn't to me.
That's the problem with democracy, people don't know what's good for them.
To change a constitution approval by all levels of government and approval by the people via a poll is the way some do it.

Quote from: puddingIt's not easy very difficult to get a change to the constitution here.
If it's not difficult the next government might just change it back.
Quote from: phinx

They might, though I don't know just how easy that would be. They would need a majority in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies and those don't change - same faces, same career politician shit.
Um errr, what's the use of voting then? I didn't ask that. [trite platitude EXTRA]
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
They're stealing loads, that's what they're doing. Selling favours, sending money to offshore accounts, and just generally wading in it.
Is it possible you could get in with the pillagers and grab a bit for yourself?

Quote from: omniLIKEABLEpuddingIf there's less money coming in what expenditure should they cut?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
That's a good question. :notsure: In my uneducated opinion they could start by lowering employment taxes, for one. That might stop unemployment rates from constantly going up. Small and large businesses alike are laying off a lot of people because they simple buckle under the weight of employment taxes and extra-salary financial obligations, which are normally as high as an extra 100%. It's crippling.

Second, public servants shouldn't be allowed to retire with full benefits, such as continuing to receive their full salaries at the time of retirement. When the current illegitimate government overthrew the previous one, they increased public servant salaries.  :wtf:
I admire that one, to legitamise the illegitamite you pay the legitamisers.

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
While an unpopular opinion, privatization of public companies does seem to be a viable short-term option to make some money, maybe at least then such companies would be more competently run. The public sphere would lose value in the long run, however. 
There'll be buyers for the what makes money, a desperate sale so you won't get what it's worth  and you loose the income stream.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Freakin' create some value. Invest in something that works. It's like creativity and government are antagonistic concepts. I don't know, offer more support to start-ups and businesses, not more taxes that effectively strangle them.     

That's an increase spending reduce collection paragraph, if only I had faith...


Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 16, 2016, 01:10:39 AM
Speaking of creating value, they should invest in education, not consider it the first thing that needs to have spending cut. The Brazilian population are not as productive as they could be also because they lack the education. Maybe when people are considered to be the potential resources that they are, things will get better
Ye maybe.

Sorry for long rant :P

Thanks for long rant
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 17, 2016, 02:14:34 AM
xSP not too long ago Brazil was an emerging nation ready to challenge the other well developed nations of the world.  You were productive, inventive, and economically on the road to a substantial position on the world scene. Brazil was much more than a famous rain forest, you had front runners like your Embraer (sp)  airplane factory, substantial manufacturing in the automotive field, world agricultural presence, You managed to pull off the Olympic games rather well. and much more.

Wha Happen?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 17, 2016, 10:28:57 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 17, 2016, 02:14:34 AM
xSP not too long ago Brazil was an emerging nation ready to challenge the other well developed nations of the world.  You were productive, inventive, and economically on the road to a substantial position on the world scene. Brazil was much more than a famous rain forest, you had front runners like your Embraer (sp)  airplane factory, substantial manufacturing in the automotive field, world agricultural presence, You managed to pull off the Olympic games rather well. and much more.

Wha Happen?

I have no idea :(

Brazil, like most other countries, isn't an isolated system. When a lot of your economy is focused on exportation and the rest of the world is in crisis it makes things all that more difficult.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 19, 2016, 04:48:19 AM
Damn gubmint is messing me up. For one, it hasn't paid a doctor I go to because they will not take me off medicare and just let me stick with medicaid. (I live poor). They keep saying the state is paying for everything, but really they're not. And that my payee has to be the one to make changes.

And two, the IRS office hasn't sent me my form I asked for, for my community college so they can give me the money I need to pay them. I only have until the end of the year to get this ready and they're all fucking me up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 19, 2016, 11:41:15 PM
Quote from: Apathy on December 19, 2016, 04:48:19 AM
Damn gubmint is messing me up. For one, it hasn't paid a doctor I go to because they will not take me off medicare and just let me stick with medicaid. (I live poor). They keep saying the state is paying for everything, but really they're not. And that my payee has to be the one to make changes.

And two, the IRS office hasn't sent me my form I asked for, for my community college so they can give me the money I need to pay them. I only have until the end of the year to get this ready and they're all fucking me up.

Bureaucracy.  ::) I'm convinced that such a thing exists to make things less efficient.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 19, 2016, 11:47:05 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 19, 2016, 11:41:15 PM
Quote from: Apathy on December 19, 2016, 04:48:19 AM
Damn gubmint is messing me up. For one, it hasn't paid a doctor I go to because they will not take me off medicare and just let me stick with medicaid. (I live poor). They keep saying the state is paying for everything, but really they're not. And that my payee has to be the one to make changes.

And two, the IRS office hasn't sent me my form I asked for, for my community college so they can give me the money I need to pay them. I only have until the end of the year to get this ready and they're all fucking me up.

Bureaucracy.  ::) I'm convinced that such a thing exists to make things less efficient.

The IRS is horribly underfunded. I may have sent the request form to the wrong office because they have so many different forms that go to so many different offices. So I got confused and sent it to the wrong office, and that office never called me to tell me that. I also can't call them because they don't list the phone number for the office I sent it to.

Just as well, I could do it online if their website service didn't have a problem every time I try to get the information.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 24, 2016, 09:16:10 AM
I know I am just an old cumudgeon about xmas but . . . it got it's own back!

A gout attack started yesterday and I should avoid certain foods. Amongst these prawns and oily fish, like trout, figure highly. Chicken - only in small measures, avoid alcohol, mushrooms . . .

Guess what my main xmas nenu consists of?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on December 24, 2016, 10:43:45 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on December 24, 2016, 09:16:10 AM
Guess what my main xmas nenu consists of?
Um... Nothing, is what it sounds like.  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 24, 2016, 12:25:50 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 24, 2016, 10:43:45 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on December 24, 2016, 09:16:10 AM
Guess what my main xmas nenu consists of?
Um... Nothing, is what it sounds like.  ;)

Yup, correction needed, ". . . consisted of?"

Bugger it, I am still going for the garlic laced chicken and some vino at least.

Then I will be a good boy..

Until NYE.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 25, 2016, 11:22:11 PM
2016 has claimed another one. RIP George Michael.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2016, 11:48:35 PM
The grim reaper's been really busy this year.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 26, 2016, 05:48:03 AM
So I have this friend, he lives far away but I see him a couple of times a year. He keeps posting cryptic, scary stuff on Facebook like "So alone", "I wish I could just disappear", and then deleting it. He's dealt with some bad depression in the past, so naturally I would get worried and try emailing him, calling him, asking if he's OK.  And he would refuse to respond. Once or twice I got him to eventually apologize for worrying me, weeks later. I've had some scary stuff happen with my family when it comes to depression, so I don't take these things lightly.
Last night he posted something about being alone and wondering why everyone hates him, and I responded telling him to stop being ridiculous, that no one hates him, and why does he post this stuff and then refuse to respond when I reach out of him. He snapped back at me saying how dare I call him "ridiculous" and how it wasn't helping. Then he deleted the post, of course.
I care about the guy and I'm legitimately worried about him, but I'm considering not following his feed because at this point it feels like he's just being emotionally manipulative. But then I worry he might actually hurt himself and then I'll wonder if I could have done more. But seriously, wtf. He refuses to go to therapy or listen to anyone, so it seems like he's doing this just to get sympathy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 26, 2016, 06:56:09 AM
Quote from: Firebird on December 26, 2016, 05:48:03 AM
So I have this friend, he lives far away but I see him a couple of times a year. He keeps posting cryptic, scary stuff on Facebook like "So alone", "I wish I could just disappear", and then deleting it. He's dealt with some bad depression in the past, so naturally I would get worried and try emailing him, calling him, asking if he's OK.  And he would refuse to respond. Once or twice I got him to eventually apologize for worrying me, weeks later. I've had some scary stuff happen with my family when it comes to depression, so I don't take these things lightly.
Last night he posted something about being alone and wondering why everyone hates him, and I responded telling him to stop being ridiculous, that no one hates him, and why does he post this stuff and then refuse to respond when I reach out of him. He snapped back at me saying how dare I call him "ridiculous" and how it wasn't helping. Then he deleted the post, of course.
I care about the guy and I'm legitimately worried about him, but I'm considering not following his feed because at this point it feels like he's just being emotionally manipulative. But then I worry he might actually hurt himself and then I'll wonder if I could have done more. But seriously, wtf. He refuses to go to therapy or listen to anyone, so it seems like he's doing this just to get sympathy.

Yes, he may just be using his problems to get attention. If which is the case then he needs more help than what he's getting and if he is seeing someone for mental problems, they need to know that he is doing this to people.

Or it could be that he legitimately wants help but he's so depressed that he sees one thing (like the word ridiculous) as a total failure and sweeps the whole thing away but gets upset and tries again. I've been there and I've seen people do that.

There are active listening classes on 7cupsoftea.com that are really helpful for situations like these. Or if you think they need professional help, you can always call a doctor?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 26, 2016, 07:08:14 AM
Quote from: Firebird on December 26, 2016, 05:48:03 AM
So I have this friend, he lives far away but I see him a couple of times a year. He keeps posting cryptic, scary stuff on Facebook like "So alone", "I wish I could just disappear", and then deleting it. He's dealt with some bad depression in the past, so naturally I would get worried and try emailing him, calling him, asking if he's OK.  And he would refuse to respond. Once or twice I got him to eventually apologize for worrying me, weeks later. I've had some scary stuff happen with my family when it comes to depression, so I don't take these things lightly.
Last night he posted something about being alone and wondering why everyone hates him, and I responded telling him to stop being ridiculous, that no one hates him, and why does he post this stuff and then refuse to respond when I reach out of him. He snapped back at me saying how dare I call him "ridiculous" and how it wasn't helping. Then he deleted the post, of course.
I care about the guy and I'm legitimately worried about him, but I'm considering not following his feed because at this point it feels like he's just being emotionally manipulative. But then I worry he might actually hurt himself and then I'll wonder if I could have done more. But seriously, wtf. He refuses to go to therapy or listen to anyone, so it seems like he's doing this just to get sympathy.

This sounds like a difficult situation.  :console:

You're legitimately worried about him--that he might actually hurt himself. You want to help, but you don't know how, and the few things you've tried haven't worked because he has even said, "It's not helping."

You said, "I would get worried..."
What did you do? "...and try emailing him, calling him, asking if he's OK."
What did he do? "... And he would refuse to respond."

Another time:
You said, "I responded telling him to stop being ridiculous, that no one hates him..."
What did you do, or ask? "...and why does he post this stuff and then refuse to respond when I reach out of him."
What did he do? "He snapped back at me saying how dare I call him "ridiculous" and how it wasn't helping."

If you see him a couple of times a year, try emailing him, calling him, he refuses to respond, says you're not helping...and refuses to go to therapy or listen to anyone, what more can you do?
Have you ever asked him directly, "What can I do to help you?"
Are you ready for the answer you're gonna get?
Would you leave him alone if his answer is, 'Nothing'?

To tell you the truth, I don't know what I would do in your situation, either. I don't think I'm strong enough to help anyone who's "drowning" I would probably end up drowning with them.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 26, 2016, 07:39:21 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 26, 2016, 06:56:09 AM
There are active listening classes on 7cupsoftea.com that are really helpful for situations like these. Or if you think they need professional help, you can always call a doctor?
Not really in a position to call a doctor since I don't know any in his area. But I'll look into that website.

Quote from: Magdalena on December 26, 2016, 07:08:14 AM
Have you ever asked him directly, "What can I do to help you?"
Are you ready for the answer you're gonna get?
Would you leave him alone if his answer is, 'Nothing'?
Three of us did talk to him directly about our concerns one night and why we thought he should go back to therapy, since he's refused to do so for years. But I'm not sure we asked him directly what we can do to help. It's a good idea, actually.
If he said "nothing", then I think I can live with that as long as I leave the door open for him to talk later. There's only so much one can do if the other person doesn't want help. But then I'd have to do something about his damn facebook posts. I guess unfollow at that point.
Blargh, it's 2:30 am and my mind is racing in general. I just changed firechicklet and she's still half awake. Looks like this will be a long night.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 27, 2016, 03:00:47 AM
Quote from: Firebird on December 26, 2016, 07:39:21 AM
Quote from: Apathy on December 26, 2016, 06:56:09 AM
There are active listening classes on 7cupsoftea.com that are really helpful for situations like these. Or if you think they need professional help, you can always call a doctor?
Not really in a position to call a doctor since I don't know any in his area. But I'll look into that website.

Quote from: Magdalena on December 26, 2016, 07:08:14 AM
Have you ever asked him directly, "What can I do to help you?"
Are you ready for the answer you're gonna get?
Would you leave him alone if his answer is, 'Nothing'?
Three of us did talk to him directly about our concerns one night and why we thought he should go back to therapy, since he's refused to do so for years. But I'm not sure we asked him directly what we can do to help. It's a good idea, actually.
If he said "nothing", then I think I can live with that as long as I leave the door open for him to talk later. There's only so much one can do if the other person doesn't want help. But then I'd have to do something about his damn facebook posts. I guess unfollow at that point.
Blargh, it's 2:30 am and my mind is racing in general. I just changed firechicklet and she's still half awake. Looks like this will be a long night.
I hope you got a chance to rest.  I've had three kids, I know what the nights are like. :)

I've been thinking about this all day long. I've been depressed before, and you said something that made me want to share this. I hope it helps you.

You said, "There's only so much one can do if the other person doesn't want help." When we are depressed we want help, maybe not your help, but we do want help.  I'm not talking about you, personally, I'm talking in general.  ;D

People who had more problems than I did wanted to help me. People were "offended" by my depression, it sort of "annoyed" them, it "inconvenienced" them, and it made them angry that I simply "couldn't snap out of it." I paid for therapy, but I stopped going the day the therapist told me that my stories were giving her nightmares. I thought, "If she can't help herself, how can she help me! And I'm barely telling her stories of when I was 10 years old!?"  :???:

There are some people who just seem to approach us in a way that makes us want to take action. In my case, I listened to the advice of people who in one way or another, let me know that were strong enough to handle "my hurricane." I'm sorry to say this to you, but if I were depressed, I wouldn't want the help from someone who once or twice has gotten me to eventually apologize for worrying him/her.  :-\ Maybe some people would appreciate that, I personally, wouldn't. Think about it, you call someone crying one day, and the next day they want you to apologize for having to go through your pain with you and making them worry! :o

I can tell that deep down you want to help your friend, but you don't seem to know how. You've tried many things and nothing has worked, and that can be frustrating. I had people insist on helping me, and I just had to tell them directly, "I want help, and I know I need help, I just don't want your help--Thank you, but no thank you." :shifty:

I'm not saying this is your friend's case, I'm just saying, listen to what he's telling you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 27, 2016, 04:38:45 AM
QuoteThink about it, you call someone crying one day, and the next day they want you to apologize for having to go through your pain with you and making them worry!
In my defense, I would have been fine with him calling me crying. It was the silence immediately after that worried me. But I get what you're saying. However, if that's the case then why post on Facebook over and over about how much your life sucks if you're not looking for help from someone?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 27, 2016, 05:49:49 AM
Quote from: Firebird on December 27, 2016, 04:38:45 AM
QuoteThink about it, you call someone crying one day, and the next day they want you to apologize for having to go through your pain with you and making them worry!
In my defense, I would have been fine with him calling me crying. It was the silence immediately after that worried me. But I get what you're saying. However, if that's the case then why post on Facebook over and over about how much your life sucks if you're not looking for help from someone?
I don't know why people do that. But something deep inside of you is telling you to consider:
1. "not following his feed because at this point it feels like he's just being emotionally manipulative."
2. "it seems like he's doing this just to get sympathy."
3. "[You] have to do something about his damn facebook posts."
4. "I guess unfollow."

If he really wants your help, when he's ready, he knows where to find you. You've made it very clear to him. You're even willing to, "leave the door open for him to talk later." You're a good friend to him, we just need to find out what that means to him.
Yes?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on December 27, 2016, 02:03:59 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 27, 2016, 05:49:49 AM
If he really wants your help, when he's ready, he knows where to find you. You've made it very clear to him. You're even willing to, "leave the door open for him to talk later." You're a good friend to him, we just need to find out what that means to him.
Yes?
Yes. But probably means I'll have to unfollow him so I don't respond or get stressed out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 27, 2016, 07:33:20 PM
First time we celebrated Christmas at my grandparents place since my grandfather died. Weird feeling, him not being there.  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 27, 2016, 09:24:08 PM
Quote from: Firebird on December 27, 2016, 02:03:59 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 27, 2016, 05:49:49 AM
If he really wants your help, when he's ready, he knows where to find you. You've made it very clear to him. You're even willing to, "leave the door open for him to talk later." You're a good friend to him, we just need to find out what that means to him.
Yes?
Yes. But probably means I'll have to unfollow him so I don't respond or get stressed out.
Yes, and your beautiful firechicklet will be thrilled to have a happy, not stressed out father.  :smilenod: --which is what really matters, right now. Your friend will find the help he needs, you'll see.  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 27, 2016, 09:54:59 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 27, 2016, 07:33:20 PM
First time we celebrated Christmas at my grandparents place since my grandfather died. Weird feeling, him not being there.  :-\
:therethere:
This sounds more like a reason to be sad, not grumpy.  :(

...For some reason, no one wants to start a: Reasons To Be Sad--thread. Who wants to be looking for that everyday?  :sadshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 28, 2016, 06:49:21 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 27, 2016, 09:54:59 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 27, 2016, 07:33:20 PM
First time we celebrated Christmas at my grandparents place since my grandfather died. Weird feeling, him not being there.  :-\
:therethere:
This sounds more like a reason to be sad, not grumpy.  :(

...For some reason, no one wants to start a: Reasons To Be Sad--thread. Who wants to be looking for that everyday?  :sadshake:

I bet some people would sit in there all day and we'd all just have a pity party. Not anyone HERE on the forum, I mean just in general people would do that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 28, 2016, 11:58:42 AM
Well over a frigging hour ago, whilst writing a document needed for an appointment I told Windows 10 to cancel an upgrade it wanted yo do.

It freaking did it anyway, just as I was about to print! It is still only 70% way through the set-up!

Only took this long to install W10 in the first place.

Ferkin Micro-fornicating-shite. Every upgrade a step backwards.

And I have missed my appointment.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: philosoraptor on December 28, 2016, 02:19:01 PM
So the mother of one of my mother-in-law's friends died, and neither the mother or the friend apparently have much family.  So my MIL volunteered my husband to be a pall bearer at the funeral (for this person he's never even met) without even talking to him first. Seriously, who the fuck does that?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 28, 2016, 02:40:31 PM
Quote from: philosoraptor on December 28, 2016, 02:19:01 PM
So the mother of one of my mother-in-law's friends died, and neither the mother or the friend apparently have much family.  So my MIL volunteered my husband to be a pall bearer at the funeral (for this person he's never even met) without even talking to him first. Seriously, who the fuck does that?
Your mother evidently.  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 28, 2016, 03:43:10 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 28, 2016, 02:40:31 PM
Quote from: philosoraptor on December 28, 2016, 02:19:01 PM
So the mother of one of my mother-in-law's friends died, and neither the mother or the friend apparently have much family.  So my MIL volunteered my husband to be a pall bearer at the funeral (for this person he's never even met) without even talking to him first. Seriously, who the fuck does that?
Your mother evidently.  :grin:

Mother in law, the mother of the manly shoulders she volunteered.
You could at least try to pay attention.

Hello Philo

I can't comment on the appropriateness of the volunteering of your husband by his mother, you've provided insufficient detail.  Has she slyly maintained the indebtedness some males feel for the one that birthed them? Has there been any knitted apparel or cakes?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on December 28, 2016, 05:00:39 PM
Mothers like to volunteer their male counterparts. I know this first hand, even though they weren't my real mother. Parents still try to parent their offspring even though they are grown up and married and stuff. Luckily for my sister she lives in another state than our parents.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 01, 2017, 11:42:55 AM
Now I have to go through the process of of learning to write '2017' instead of '2016' in forms and records.  >:(

I'll find other reasons to be grumpy in a minute...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 08, 2017, 11:23:35 PM
Father's visiting...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 09, 2017, 06:09:27 AM
Father's can be the worst...SPx
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2017, 11:33:36 AM
Yeah, mine isn't the worst of the bunch but I'm not living the life he always wanted me to live. I'm not a filthy rich diplomat or lawyer, or some other profession he sees as high status.

I gave up trying to please him long ago.   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 09, 2017, 01:16:33 PM
As a Dad I feel like grounding you two...tsk tsk.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 09, 2017, 02:30:31 PM
Dads who try to mould their kids are a problem.

OK, so the brilliant academic kid wants to lay bricks for a living - guide him, or her, to lay the best bricks they can acheive.

A happy kid can make a happy dad! A miserable kid makes a grumpy dad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2017, 02:45:00 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on January 09, 2017, 01:16:33 PM
As a Dad I feel like grounding you two...tsk tsk.

:lol:

If that means I can stay at home, that's fine with me.  :P

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2017, 02:49:16 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 09, 2017, 02:30:31 PM
Dads who try to mould their kids are a problem.

OK, so the brilliant academic kid wants to lay bricks for a living - guide him, or her, to lay the best bricks they can acheive.

A happy kid can make a happy dad! A miserable kid makes a grumpy dad.

When parents project their own ambitions onto their children  it can be a problem, especially when those kids grow up and have their own ideas of what they want in life.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2017, 10:34:28 PM
On another note, I ordered this book from a local bookstore:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.wiley.com%2Fproduct_data%2FcoverImage300%2F98%2F11181619%2F1118161998.jpg&hash=beaa96f9a3381f3c815efd4b7516d7a2f2ac63b2)

It arrived today but there was no one home to receive it so it went back.  :sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MariaEvri on January 10, 2017, 04:58:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2017, 10:34:28 PM
On another note, I ordered this book from a local bookstore:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.wiley.com%2Fproduct_data%2FcoverImage300%2F98%2F11181619%2F1118161998.jpg&hash=beaa96f9a3381f3c815efd4b7516d7a2f2ac63b2)

It arrived today but there was no one home to receive it so it went back.  :sigh:

doesn't it stay x days in the post office before it's returned?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 10, 2017, 05:12:46 PM
Quote from: MariaEvri on January 10, 2017, 04:58:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2017, 10:34:28 PM
On another note, I ordered this book from a local bookstore:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.wiley.com%2Fproduct_data%2FcoverImage300%2F98%2F11181619%2F1118161998.jpg&hash=beaa96f9a3381f3c815efd4b7516d7a2f2ac63b2)

It arrived today but there was no one home to receive it so it went back.  :sigh:

doesn't it stay x days in the post office before it's returned?

I think they try to deliver it twice before returning, but I'm not sure. So far I've been planted at home all day waiting for the package to arrive a second time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 10, 2017, 08:30:23 PM
People at the gym that stand right in front of the weight rack. no consideration for those around them. Apparently, they are the sole possessor of this workout equipment.

People at the gym who "use" a bench, without actually using it.



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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 10, 2017, 09:03:38 PM
Quote from: No one on January 10, 2017, 08:30:23 PM
People at the gym that stand right in front of the weight rack. no consideration for those around them. Apparently, they are the sole possessor of this workout equipment.

People at the gym who "use" a bench, without actually using it.



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(https://i.imgur.com/EvQcSck.gif)

;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 10, 2017, 09:26:55 PM
Yes, all of those types, and their offspring too. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 10, 2017, 09:28:00 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 10, 2017, 09:03:38 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/EvQcSck.gif)

What the?

:lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 11, 2017, 01:08:16 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 10, 2017, 09:28:00 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 10, 2017, 09:03:38 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/EvQcSck.gif)

What the?

:lol:

Is she stuck? How did she even get there? It looks painful. Your arms do not rotate past back any further than that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 11, 2017, 01:13:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 10, 2017, 09:28:00 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 10, 2017, 09:03:38 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/EvQcSck.gif)

What the?

:lol:

My thought exactly, I was like what the...when did Mags cut her hair so short, and why?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 11, 2017, 03:44:27 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on January 11, 2017, 01:13:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 10, 2017, 09:28:00 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 10, 2017, 09:03:38 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/EvQcSck.gif)

What the?

:lol:

My thought exactly, I was like what the...when did Mags cut her hair so short, and why?

Oh, come on, Father Bruno!  >:(
Like you know what you're doing!   >:(
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.fod4.com%2Fmisc%2FWeightlifting%2520Footwork.gif&hash=00a1998a9fafe5cd4e5d80e1e95306764c2f3d5c)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 11, 2017, 04:40:56 PM
More than anything else, I dislike the people that do not wipe down the equipment after they're done using it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 11, 2017, 04:46:33 PM
Quote from: Davin on January 11, 2017, 04:40:56 PM
More than anything else, I dislike the people that do not wipe down the equipment after they're done using it.

Oops, read "their" in there for "the". Was wondering where you bin peeking.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 11, 2017, 05:50:27 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Davin:
More than anything else, I dislike the people that do not wipe down the equipment after they're done using it.

Yeah, they are raunchy. I get though that sometimes people do forget. But, there is this couple at the gym I go to that never wipe down anything they use. Must be nice not to have to mingle with the peasants, and subject yourself to their inferior ways.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 15, 2017, 03:41:30 PM
Feeling grumpy because I didn't sleep well last night due to elusive mosquitoes in my room.

I always "cleanse" my room of mosquitoes just before going to bed...any bug I see dies. But last night just as I would almost doze off one would come really close to my ear, with that annoying mosquito buzz, and I would turn on the lights but couldn't find it.  :rant1:

It's too hot to sleep with the covers on so I would just lie there thinking I am going to wake up full of mosquito bites. And I did.  :grrr: 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 15, 2017, 06:06:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 15, 2017, 03:41:30 PM
Feeling grumpy because I didn't sleep well last night due to elusive mosquitoes in my room.

I always "cleanse" my room of mosquitoes just before going to bed...any bug I see dies. But last night just as I would almost doze off one would come really close to my ear, with that annoying mosquito buzz, and I would turn on the lights but couldn't find it.  :rant1:

It's too hot to sleep with the covers on so I would just lie there thinking I am going to wake up full of mosquito bites. And I did.  :grrr:

I've spent many a night in the same situation, not pleasant at all...a saving grace for me was mosquito netting, large swaths of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 15, 2017, 11:54:16 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on January 15, 2017, 06:06:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 15, 2017, 03:41:30 PM
Feeling grumpy because I didn't sleep well last night due to elusive mosquitoes in my room.

I always "cleanse" my room of mosquitoes just before going to bed...any bug I see dies. But last night just as I would almost doze off one would come really close to my ear, with that annoying mosquito buzz, and I would turn on the lights but couldn't find it.  :rant1:

It's too hot to sleep with the covers on so I would just lie there thinking I am going to wake up full of mosquito bites. And I did.  :grrr:

I've spent many a night in the same situation, not pleasant at all...a saving grace for me was mosquito netting, large swaths of it.

I used to have a net attached to the window frame but it fell one day...about a couple of years ago.  ::) I should really get a new one.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 16, 2017, 02:31:15 AM
My Dad ruined my chance to get any kind of medical service, like psychiatry or dental, by putting me on his insurance a few years ago AFTER I TOLD HIM NO. Now I still have medicaid, but they put me on medicare, and nobody takes that. They took me off the MHP, which is the only thing doctors around here use.  I don't even want meds to be honest because I am so unmotivated. I want to go to the gym but I just don't.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 16, 2017, 03:56:03 AM
What's on my mind!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 17, 2017, 01:24:35 PM
I picked up a new tube of lip balm on my way home from the office yesterday, and this morning I left it at home in a different jacket pocket. My lips are screaming at me for some moisturizer, but not having any means I'll have to go down and by some cheap brand to get me by until I can get more of the good stuff. Life sucks.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 18, 2017, 12:01:36 AM
I worked out pretty hard last night and now my right testicle is sore and so is my right hip.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 18, 2017, 01:31:34 AM
^ So you worked out last night......If you did that in a gym, then it is a bummer. If you did it in some lovely ladies bedroom then.....be pleased.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 18, 2017, 03:58:13 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 18, 2017, 01:31:34 AM
^ So you worked out last night......If you did that in a gym, then it is a bummer. If you did it in some lovely ladies bedroom then.....be pleased.

Haha! If only! I have my mind set on one person and that's not happening any time soon. Even if I didn't want to bazoing said person, I'm kind of isolated as it is. But I've made my peace with that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 19, 2017, 09:21:45 PM
Mutter, mutter, bloody computers, mutter, bloody Windows, mutter bloody McAfree, mutter, mutter . . .

Guess who just bought a new laptop and has spent all day trying to sort out which passeord belongs to which account, wondering why Windows locks up after ten minutes and why it takes five hours to do a system recovery . . . Then another two hours doing upgrades.

Only good buts both HP and MacAfee have telephone tech lines that actually work. Be nice if their ststems actually worked though, even the techs needed several attempts!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 19, 2017, 10:58:19 PM
Scumbags who it your car and then take off like the cowards that they are!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2017, 11:27:48 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 19, 2017, 09:21:45 PM
Mutter, mutter, bloody computers, mutter, bloody Windows, mutter bloody McAfree, mutter, mutter . . .

Guess who just bought a new laptop and has spent all day trying to sort out which passeord belongs to which account, wondering why Windows locks up after ten minutes and why it takes five hours to do a system recovery . . . Then another two hours doing upgrades.

Only good buts both HP and MacAfee have telephone tech lines that actually work. Be nice if their ststems actually worked though, even the techs needed several attempts!

:notsure: Uninstall McAfee and install Avast!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2017, 11:28:42 PM
Quote from: No one on January 19, 2017, 10:58:19 PM
Scumbags who it your car and then take off like the cowards that they are!

That sucks! How damaged?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 20, 2017, 01:56:52 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5)No one:
Scumbags who it your car and then take off like the cowards that they are!


(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5)xSilverPhinx:
That sucks! How damaged?

Not extensive, but it's enough. Driver's side front quarter panel is dented. Passenger door on driver's side has some scratches. Rear bumper is dented and scratched.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 04:30:54 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2017, 11:27:48 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 19, 2017, 09:21:45 PM
Mutter, mutter, bloody computers, mutter, bloody Windows, mutter bloody McAfree, mutter, mutter . . .

Guess who just bought a new laptop and has spent all day trying to sort out which passeord belongs to which account, wondering why Windows locks up after ten minutes and why it takes five hours to do a system recovery . . . Then another two hours doing upgrades.

Only good buts both HP and MacAfee have telephone tech lines that actually work. Be nice if their ststems actually worked though, even the techs needed several attempts!

:notsure: Uninstall McAfee and install Avast!
On a PC, I actually recommend Windows Defender. It works, and does so in blissful silence, unless there is something you need to know.

If you do have it installed, but want to use something else though, remember to switch it off.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2017, 11:37:48 AM
Quote from: No one on January 20, 2017, 01:56:52 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5)No one:
Scumbags who it your car and then take off like the cowards that they are!


(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5)xSilverPhinx:
That sucks! How damaged?

Not extensive, but it's enough. Driver's side front quarter panel is dented. Passenger door on driver's side has some scratches. Rear bumper is dented and scratched.

Jeez, looks like the driver doesn't know how to drive!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2017, 11:44:56 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 04:30:54 AM
On a PC, I actually recommend Windows Defender. It works, and does so in blissful silence, unless there is something you need to know.

If you do have it installed, but want to use something else though, remember to switch it off.
What do you mean by "unless there is something you need to know." I like to know everything I can about my things, but I don't know whether I need to know that kind of thing.

Mod cockup: Pushed wrong button. Post restored -Asmo

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 20, 2017, 12:59:10 PM
Quote from: No one on January 20, 2017, 01:56:52 AM
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Scumbags who it your car and then take off like the cowards that they are!


(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5)xSilverPhinx:
That sucks! How damaged?

Not extensive, but it's enough. Driver's side front quarter panel is dented. Passenger door on driver's side has some scratches. Rear bumper is dented and scratched.

Bastards!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 01:49:38 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2017, 11:44:56 AM
What do you mean by "unless there is something you need to know." I like to know everything I can about my things, but I don't know whether I need to know that kind of thing.

An example of useless free antivirus bullshit:

Your firewall has discovered and blocked

Porn virus 1
Porn virus 2
Malware 1
Porn virus 3
Malware 2
Adware 1
Adware 2
Adware 3
Porn virus 4


...Oh! And you've been hackz0rd from the IP 8.8.8.8!
...Nevermind that it's Google DNS! Hackz0rd, we tell you!

Buy the Pro version of our product for a fantastic one-day offer price of USD 4,99 per month to keep your shit safe!


...Windows firewall will just quietly block it. The end.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 20, 2017, 01:52:02 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2017, 11:27:48 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 19, 2017, 09:21:45 PM
Mutter, mutter, bloody computers, mutter, bloody Windows, mutter bloody McAfree, mutter, mutter . . .

Guess who just bought a new laptop and has spent all day trying to sort out which passeord belongs to which account, wondering why Windows locks up after ten minutes and why it takes five hours to do a system recovery . . . Then another two hours doing upgrades.

Only good buts both HP and MacAfee have telephone tech lines that actually work. Be nice if their ststems actually worked though, even the techs needed several attempts!

:notsure: Uninstall McAfee and install Avast!
Thinking that!

It was in trying to do that that caused Windows to keep locking up, I ended up with two security systems competing.  All ok at the moment, after yet another serious Windows upgrade overnight, so may leave McA in for the 30 ttial until I have backed up all my stuff onto a new archive drive. My old 250Gb one is just about stuffed, and slow with it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 20, 2017, 01:59:07 PM
Quote from: No one on January 19, 2017, 10:58:19 PM
Scumbags who it your car and then take off like the cowards that they are!

Know the feeling, some scumbag dented my nearside rear door in a car park. From the shape and position guessing it was some git with an SUV. No other door shape could have hit that high and missed the "bulge" lower down in the door.

Not worth the excess to get the door changed, crease too tight for bashing out and the metallic paint finish not good for respraying.

I loved simple black cars, so easy to fill in and blow over!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 06:16:51 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 01:49:38 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2017, 11:44:56 AM
What do you mean by "unless there is something you need to know." I like to know everything I can about my things, but I don't know whether I need to know that kind of thing.

An example of useless free antivirus bullshit:

Your firewall has discovered and blocked

Porn virus 1
Porn virus 2
Malware 1
Porn virus 3
Malware 2
Adware 1
Adware 2
Adware 3
Porn virus 4


...Oh! And you've been hackz0rd from the IP 8.8.8.8!
...Nevermind that it's Google DNS! Hackz0rd, we tell you!

Buy the Pro version of our product for a fantastic one-day offer price of USD 4,99 per month to keep your shit safe!


...Windows firewall will just quietly block it. The end.

If you know that, can you tell me why Windows Defender won't run or even open on Windows 10? I looked up the error code before and got nothing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 06:21:26 PM
Do you happen to have the error code?

With just the symptom to go by, the reasons are numerous.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 06:27:13 PM
Yes let me just try to open Windows Defender again...Ok it's:

0x00706ba
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 06:36:28 PM
I suspect the error code to be one symbol short. Does it start with a zero after 0x? That would be unusual for Microsoft error logging.

(I use the following list, but it does not have 0x000... codes, as they are in hexadecimal: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms681382(v=vs.85).aspx)



Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 06:40:20 PM
No it doesn't. I forgot the 8. It's actually

0x800706ba
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 06:58:21 PM
Them's some remote procedure calls failing, is what it looks like.  :headscratch:

Do you have another firewall already installed, perchance?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 07:04:05 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 06:58:21 PM
Them's some remote procedure calls failing, is what it looks like.  :headscratch:

Do you have another firewall already installed, perchance?

I may have. It might have been installed years back with another anti-virus that came with the computer, or it may be from one of the tons of anti-viruses my dad paid for in the past.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 07:07:59 PM
Those are my first suspects. You could try running Microsoft Windows Update troubleshooter (link below) It will not always find the errors, but it may generate another code which would be... helpful.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/instantanswers/512a5183-ffab-40c5-8a68-021e32467565/windows-update-troubleshooter
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 07:09:45 PM
Working on it. Be back when it finishes.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 07:13:32 PM
OK so another error occurred, this is what I got.

Package ID: Unknown
Path: Unknown
Error Code: 0x800706BA
Source: Engine
User: Art-PC\Arturo
Context: Restricted
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 07:15:32 PM
Yes, the error is in some remote procedure call, so the thinness of the information is not really surprising. Do you remember which antivirus/security suites you had installed before?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 07:27:23 PM
Malware Bytes, which is currently still installed now that I look

McAfee Internet Security, which I'm not sure if it's still installed or not, but doesn't show up in the start menu

Kaspersky, also not sure if still on my computer and not showing up in Start Menu

And the first one, I don't remember. But it's definitely not on my computer.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 07:41:02 PM
MIS, at least, does come with a firewall. I don't remember if they bundle it in a common package, such that when you uninstall one part, it kills all, but worth checking.

In any case, look at your programs folder and see if you can spot any security program related folders. Then open them and see if there is "enough stuff" there to run something or other (Typically 10+ files and folders)

I don't think Malware Bytes can cause the update to fail, but it IS possible that Windows Defender will not let itself be installed/updater/ran with it running.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 07:59:42 PM
Ok these are the folders I see and there contents:

iYogi
1 folder

iYogi Support Dock
3 folders and 1 application

Malwarebytes Anti Malware
5 folders and 10+ files

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Empty


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 20, 2017, 09:05:09 PM
iYogi should not be a problem (Said a guy who barely knows what iYogi is. Some sort of remote support system, no?)

MalwareBytes can be. You could try to disable it, then running Microsoft Windows Defender again. Keep in mnind though, if you disable your firewall, then... Well, you have no firewall. Usually, it's harmless, but lay off the porn sites and torrents and such until you re-enable it or install another.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 10:51:41 PM
Alright I'll do that. But I just found a Kaspersky folder that's not in the Program Folder, it's on the C Drive. It has 5 folders and 2 text documents.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 20, 2017, 11:03:02 PM
So I've tried to open malware byes to which I get the administrator prompt asking if it's ok to get the program, then nothing. I'm not sure if there is another way to disable it?

And iYogi, your guess is as good as mine. My Dad put so much shit on here.

EDIT: Would it be ok if I uninstalled Malware Bytes? I don't really much like the programs my Dad gets, which is why I kept uninstalling them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 21, 2017, 07:28:12 AM
Oh, certainly! Kill it with fire :-)

As long as you are conscious about what email attachments you open and what you download, you'll be ok.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 22, 2017, 01:26:09 AM
That also didn't work. Malwarebytes won't uninstall, and also gives me an error code.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 22, 2017, 06:39:49 AM
Do you have admin rights on your PC?

Because your PC does seem to need some light servicing. I could do a TeamViewer session with you when we both have time, if you are interested, towards that goal.

(TeamViewer is a tool that allows a person to see the screen of and control a PC remotely. Being a serious operator, I will, of course, provide you with my standard privacy protection declaration)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 22, 2017, 07:57:29 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 22, 2017, 06:39:49 AM
Do you have admin rights on your PC?

Because your PC does seem to need some light servicing. I could do a TeamViewer session with you when we both have time, if you are interested, towards that goal.

(TeamViewer is a tool that allows a person to see the screen of and control a PC remotely. Being a serious operator, I will, of course, provide you with my standard privacy protection declaration)

Yes I do and I have time sometime Monday if that works for you. I know we live in different time zones and all.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 22, 2017, 09:20:37 AM
I'm in UTC+1

What time works for you?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 22, 2017, 10:46:55 PM
I'll be home tomorrow so anytime between 19:00 UTC and 05:00 UTC. So 18:00 and 06:00 for you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 22, 2017, 11:56:34 PM
It's Sunday night! :sigh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 23, 2017, 01:18:44 AM
Quote from: Apathy on January 22, 2017, 10:46:55 PM
I'll be home tomorrow so anytime between 19:00 UTC and 05:00 UTC. So 18:00 and 06:00 for you.
20:00 and 06:00, actually  ;) I get off work at 19:00, so 20:00 works for me. I'll log onto HAF and PM you when ready. Should be pretty on-time.  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 23, 2017, 05:59:24 PM
Stoopido!

I tried to sign into my Samsung account. Password did not work (not sure if same account applies to every device). Tap "forgotten password".

Email sent with link. Go to site, told to change something in settings before changing password. Requires password to do the change.

I HAVE FORGOTTEN MY FRIGGIN PASSWORD, THAT IS WHY I WANT TO FRIGGIN CHANGE IT.

Do the twats that write this stuff actually think?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 23, 2017, 06:00:44 PM
Bummer Gloucester...

Ha, I remember my first phone.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 23, 2017, 06:35:37 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 23, 2017, 05:59:24 PM
Stoopido!

I tried to sign into my Samsung account. Password did not work (not sure if same account applies to every device). Tap "forgotten password".

Email sent with link. Go to site, told to change something in settings before changing password. Requires password to do the change.

I HAVE FORGOTTEN MY FRIGGIN PASSWORD, THAT IS WHY I WANT TO FRIGGIN CHANGE IT.

Do the twats that write this stuff actually think?
Then I get two emails from Samsung.

The first confirmed that my password has been changed.

The second asks me to change my password.

:picard facepalm:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 25, 2017, 01:09:11 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 23, 2017, 06:35:37 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 23, 2017, 05:59:24 PM
Stoopido!

I tried to sign into my Samsung account. Password did not work (not sure if same account applies to every device). Tap "forgotten password".

Email sent with link. Go to site, told to change something in settings before changing password. Requires password to do the change.

I HAVE FORGOTTEN MY FRIGGIN PASSWORD, THAT IS WHY I WANT TO FRIGGIN CHANGE IT.

Do the twats that write this stuff actually think?
Then I get two emails from Samsung.

The first confirmed that my password has been changed.

The second asks me to change my password.

:picard facepalm:

What the? :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 26, 2017, 02:19:45 AM
Dash mounted shifters.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 27, 2017, 08:43:44 PM
Virgin media - grump, grump!

All of a sudden my main tablet would not work on Internet or mail,  WiFi signal solid and backup tablet and cell phone working OK.

Then cell phone lost Internet. 

Windows 10 laptop working perfectly on line, but Windows 10 tablet no go.

Then backup tablet lost it. Laptop still OK.

Then router reset itself, presumably from online instruction, and everything came back.

First time I have had some devices working and others not when it is a server problem,  but I am not sure if the server sees only the router or devices as individual items, maybe they do not all connect to the same server?

Was concerned it might be a virus, Android devices seem to sync everything!

Do we have a "tech help" thread as such?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on January 27, 2017, 09:35:00 PM
If there is one, it's no longer on the first page of the "Ask HAF" board. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?board=39.0) You're welcome to start one, and it could be made a sticky.  :computerwave:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 27, 2017, 10:37:08 PM
Quote from: Recusant on January 27, 2017, 09:35:00 PM
If there is one, it's no longer on the first page of the "Ask HAF" board. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?board=39.0) You're welcome to start one, and it could be made a sticky.  :computerwave:

Thanks, Casey,  so created in  "Ask HAF".

Now I have reset my tablet I seem to have yet another version of Android that does not do things the last one did!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on January 30, 2017, 04:54:31 PM
A really shitty  weekend....
Spent all day Friday, baking for a bake sale, making signs, etc... spent hours on Saturday working the bake sale, freezing my ass off outside, and not many people came. (The girls whose idea this was did end up making over $100 for the American Heart Association, thanks to some very generous neighbors).
And then found lice on my daughters head, who has hair down to her waist.  :eeew: So all Sunday was spent in combat mode, waging war against an almost invisible enemy.  I do think I have the victory though..... the school nurse said I did the best job she's ever seen of combing everything out of my girl's hair.
And as if all of this needed a cherry on top, my dad got admitted to the hospital last night with sepsis and ventricular tachycardia,  on the verge of death.
I need a nap now. Thanks for letting me vent.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 30, 2017, 05:41:16 PM
Hugs, {{{Dragonia}}}

Hope your dad pulls through ok, know whst VT is like from personal experience!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 30, 2017, 05:49:34 PM
I'm sorry to hear about your Father Dragonia, hope he pulls through.

Like Gloucester said, 'Hugs" if you want them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on January 30, 2017, 06:01:16 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on January 30, 2017, 05:41:16 PM
Hugs, {{{Dragonia}}}

Hope your dad pulls through ok, know whst VT is like from personal experience!
Thank you, hugs are nice right now. Yeah, that VT sounds really scary.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on January 30, 2017, 06:02:50 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on January 30, 2017, 05:49:34 PM
I'm sorry to hear about your Father Dragonia, hope he pulls through.

Like Gloucester said, 'Hugs" if you want them.
Yes, I will always take hugs  ;) thanks
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2017, 06:43:59 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on January 30, 2017, 04:54:31 PM
A really shitty  weekend....
Spent all day Friday, baking for a bake sale, making signs, etc... spent hours on Saturday working the bake sale, freezing my ass off outside, and not many people came. (The girls whose idea this was did end up making over $100 for the American Heart Association, thanks to some very generous neighbors).
And then found lice on my daughters head, who has hair down to her waist.  :eeew: So all Sunday was spent in combat mode, waging war against an almost invisible enemy.  I do think I have the victory though..... the school nurse said I did the best job she's ever seen of combing everything out of my girl's hair.
And as if all of this needed a cherry on top, my dad got admitted to the hospital last night with sepsis and ventricular tachycardia,  on the verge of death.
I need a nap now. Thanks for letting me vent.

:console: Sorry to hear about your dad, Dragonia. :( My thoughts are with you and your family. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on January 30, 2017, 07:02:49 PM
I too am sorry to hear about your father Dragonia. I hope he gets well soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on January 30, 2017, 09:31:42 PM
Well, my dad is intubated, so can't talk, but the doctors let him wake up today and when he started writing to get his thoughts across, he wrote "When is this fucking tube coming out". Ha ha, he's such a bad patient, but I think he'll be fine. So maybe that should go in the Reasons to be Cheerful thread.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2017, 11:00:26 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on January 30, 2017, 09:31:42 PM
Well, my dad is intubated, so can't talk, but the doctors let him wake up today and when he started writing to get his thoughts across, he wrote "When is this fucking tube coming out". Ha ha, he's such a bad patient, but I think he'll be fine. So maybe that should go in the Reasons to be Cheerful thread.  ;D

:dance:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on January 31, 2017, 12:31:42 AM
Wow, you had an epic weekend, Dragonia! I'm very glad to hear that your father is recovering. Well done, him!  :bravo:

. . . and a  :brava: for you.  :sidesmile:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 31, 2017, 08:22:17 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on January 30, 2017, 09:31:42 PM
Well, my dad is intubated, so can't talk, but the doctors let him wake up today and when he started writing to get his thoughts across, he wrote "When is this fucking tube coming out". Ha ha, he's such a bad patient, but I think he'll be fine. So maybe that should go in the Reasons to be Cheerful thread.  ;D

Good, your dad's a fight, Dragonia.

But don't let him skip any meds they give him!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 02, 2017, 01:34:47 AM
Tonight's pizza night so we ordered some, it took an hour and a half for the delivery boy to finally show up. We grumble but pay and the delivery boy leaves. We open the box and there's way less cheese than usual!

(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRhxFtWTN2mrhvTHgzXC7rFwD_3buSQvr7Y49ZNd4vCEAhazeU2dA)

I know we're in the middle of a political and economic crisis and some people just want to see the world burn but when you're an hour late you had better have put the appropriate amount of cheese!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on February 02, 2017, 04:14:18 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 02, 2017, 01:34:47 AM
Tonight's pizza night so we ordered some, it took an hour and a half for the delivery boy to finally show up. We grumble but pay and the delivery boy leaves. We open the box and there's way less cheese than usual!

...

I know we're in the middle of a political and economic crisis and some people just want to see the world burn but when you're an hour late you had better have put the appropriate amount of cheese!

"I know we're in the middle of a political and economic crisis and some people just want to see the world burn but" you let the world fall apart when you don't put the right amount of cheese!  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 02, 2017, 04:53:12 PM
Quote from: Apathy on February 02, 2017, 04:14:18 AM
"I know we're in the middle of a political and economic crisis and some people just want to see the world burn but" you let the world fall apart when you don't put the right amount of cheese!  >:(

Yeah!  :rant1: I don't think I'll be buying more pizzas from that place any time soon. 

...

Well, maybe I will, it is the cheapest pizza joint around. :notsure:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on February 02, 2017, 06:51:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 02, 2017, 04:53:12 PM
Well, maybe I will, it is the cheapest pizza joint around. :notsure:

And now you know why ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 02, 2017, 10:56:29 PM
Quote from: Firebird on February 02, 2017, 06:51:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 02, 2017, 04:53:12 PM
Well, maybe I will, it is the cheapest pizza joint around. :notsure:

And now you know why ;)

:lol: Yes, I found out why the hard way. All because people don't want to pay 10 bucks more for a respectable layer of cheese.

:notsure: I'm quite sure that wasn't even real cheese, but that's a story for another day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on February 03, 2017, 03:47:46 AM
Good to hear! Hope he's out soon. Can't blame him for asking that either  :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 09, 2017, 11:57:47 PM
Carnaval officially starts on the 25th, which means that there's going to be a lot of samba polluting the airwaves.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on February 10, 2017, 12:12:18 AM
I wonder if your aversion to samba is similar to the reaction I have to country music. Where I grew up, I was surrounded by it day after day and began loathing it very early on.  :???:

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 10, 2017, 12:23:27 AM
My aversion to bossa nova can be explained along those lines, which is basically samba for the middle class. Almost every social gathering I can remember had BN playing.



::)

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 10, 2017, 01:42:58 AM
A country song i wrote:

My girl, she left me. My dog, he up and died.
My 18 wheeler broke down, in this itty, bitty, little town.
My pick up truck got stolen, along with everything.
I'm only left with my guitar, and its only got 1 string.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 10, 2017, 03:00:44 AM
^ Thank you for that vid xSP. I am pleased with a lot of the BN music.  There were some  notable BN  musical  stars back in the day in the US. One of my favorites was Brasil 66. The superstar for me was Caterina Valente, a pretty young woman who was skillful with guitar and she had a marvelous voice.  Another was Astrud Gilberto, a vocalist that was good at what she did which was mostly BN and similar.  Brazil has blessed us with more than orange juice and granite kitchen counter tops.( I have some of both those in my kitchen) You have talent down there.

I am with Recusant in my general dislike of country and western, otherwise known as shit kickin' music. Sometimes referred to as goat ropen' music.  Truth to tell there is some of it that is quite good in terms of technical content. Some of the most spectacular guitarists are C&W mainstays. Chet Atkins, Roy Clark and several others are spectacularly capable musicians. I remember a Boston Pops presentation that had Roy Clark as guest artist. He may be a hill- billy but he was demonstratably excellent and tremendously entertaining with that kind of orchestra as backing. ........but rap, no thanks.  I am way out of the loop of course. Tickets to the Broadway show Hamilton are from $400 up. Mostly up. They do loosely interpreted history lessons with rap music. Go figure.

I hope that Mags is not reading this. She will rip me for dissing rap.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 AM
Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 10, 2017, 04:43:02 AM
Hey, samba is kind of cool from what I heard of it in my World Music class.

(meaning I don't know much about it. I'll let you, actually being from the area?, have your opinion =P)

Country music is terrible. That music has no redeeming features whatsoever. Too bad because country related genres and artists like John Denver and Bluegrass are actually likable. IMO.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 10, 2017, 05:49:14 AM
Quote from: No one on February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 AM
Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!

I approve this message!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 10, 2017, 06:17:13 AM
Quote from: No one on February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 AM
Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!
"Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!" Said, No one.

...And who is No one? Someone who excludes himself/herself, always, from the human race. Yes?  :eyebrow:

...So...
Yeah.
Sure, I'll take your comment into consideration.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 10, 2017, 07:14:01 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 10, 2017, 03:00:44 AM
I hope that Mags is not reading this. She will rip me for dissing rap.
:lol:
I'm not gonna do that.
~Haven't you heard? I'm on vacation from my problems lately... ;D
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi306.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fnn263%2Fmotorpurrr%2Fcats%2Ftumblr_m0khz2J3wq1rol0kro1_500.gif&hash=9213348635767a2dea793638354cdfd1d4f99140)
I'm beginning to feel better.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 10, 2017, 11:09:51 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 10, 2017, 03:00:44 AM
^ Thank you for that vid xSP. I am pleased with a lot of the BN music.  There were some  notable BN  musical  stars back in the day in the US. One of my favorites was Brasil 66. The superstar for me was Caterina Valente, a pretty young woman who was skillful with guitar and she had a marvelous voice.  Another was Astrud Gilberto, a vocalist that was good at what she did which was mostly BN and similar.  Brazil has blessed us with more than orange juice and granite kitchen counter tops.( I have some of both those in my kitchen) You have talent down there.

Granite kitchen counter tops? :lol: Is there any other way to make kitchen counters?:P

Some of them are really talented songwriters and composers, some are even notable poets, but BN music just doesn't tickle my fancy. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 10, 2017, 11:48:21 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on February 10, 2017, 04:43:02 AM
Hey, samba is kind of cool from what I heard of it in my World Music class.

(meaning I don't know much about it. I'll let you, actually being from the area?, have your opinion =P)

:P Well, millions seem to like it so maybe they're on to something.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 10, 2017, 05:10:37 PM
What a week, and the fact that it is Friday is no consolation either as I'll be working from home tomorrow, and the headaches Monday is going to bring are only 2 days away as next week has the potential to be even more hectic and demandng than this week.

Not really grumpy though, more like frazzled, worn-out,... tired of winter too (Where the fuck's the snow I want to know?)

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 10, 2017, 05:15:51 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 10, 2017, 05:49:14 AM
Quote from: No one on February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 AM
Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!

I approve this message!
Motion seconded!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frs279.pbsrc.com%2Falbums%2Fkk143%2Ffaeini1%2FSmiley01-1.gif%7Ec200&hash=80c7db33d65a81f8a4b754089fbbc7d26995682e)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 10, 2017, 08:19:07 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on February 10, 2017, 05:15:51 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 10, 2017, 05:49:14 AM
Quote from: No one on February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 AM
Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!

I approve this message!
Motion seconded!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frs279.pbsrc.com%2Falbums%2Fkk143%2Ffaeini1%2FSmiley01-1.gif%7Ec200&hash=80c7db33d65a81f8a4b754089fbbc7d26995682e)
Oh, you guys!
I just want to let the rest of the world know that not everyone here agrees with you.
I'm one of them.
~That's all.
Thank you.
Happy Friday.

:dance1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 10, 2017, 10:07:23 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Mags:
Oh, you guys!
I just want to let the rest of the world know that not everyone here agrees with you.
I'm one of them.
~That's all.
Thank you.


Well, you know what I say: You can either agree with me, or you can be wrong. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 10, 2017, 10:30:12 PM
Quote from: No one on February 10, 2017, 10:07:23 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Mags:
Oh, you guys!
I just want to let the rest of the world know that not everyone here agrees with you.
I'm one of them.
~That's all.
Thank you.


Well, you know what I say: You can either agree with me, or you can be wrong. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)
You want me to agree with no one?
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fp.fod4.com%2Fp%2Fmedia%2F5c597eb60b%2FdVJNUJlVS6yeyEYhtJIL_Confused%2520Mark%2520Wahlberg.gif&hash=6f17d4d741f7925aa8d8df685d80d57fbdd4440c)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2017, 12:37:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 10, 2017, 08:19:07 PM
:dance1:


:daddance:


I like that song. :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2017, 12:42:33 AM
So I took my dog, who is paralysed from the hip to the tail, outside so she could relieve herself. After that was done (or at least I thought she was) I took her to her mat and as soon as she plopped down she relieved herself a second time, all over herself, her mat (which is easy to clean, thankfully) and the floor, which was just scrubbed this morning. ::) 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 11, 2017, 01:34:56 AM
Quote from: No one on February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 AM
Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!

Oh lord. Don't go down that road. I've even gotten into arguments with my dad over this.

If I could so easily define genres I don't like as not music I'd gladly say that metal with screaming and dubstep are not music. But we don't get to do that. Music is not defined that way.

Rap has melody, it has rhythm. It is music. We don't get to define it any other way.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 11, 2017, 01:57:06 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Harmonie:
Oh lord. Don't go down that road. I've even gotten into arguments with my dad over this.

If I could so easily define genres I don't like as not music I'd gladly say that metal with screaming and dubstep are not music. But we don't get to do that. Music is not defined that way.

Rap has melody, it has rhythm. It is music. We don't get to define it any other way.


See above, please (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FGagged.png&hash=9b545d9c6babbe58bf3eb16c42e338f7edf55876)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 11, 2017, 02:19:42 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on February 11, 2017, 01:34:56 AM
Quote from: No one on February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 AM
Rap is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, music!

Oh lord. Don't go down that road. I've even gotten into arguments with my dad over this.

If I could so easily define genres I don't like as not music I'd gladly say that metal with screaming and dubstep are not music. But we don't get to do that. Music is not defined that way.

Rap has melody, it has rhythm. It is music. We don't get to define it any other way.
My dear, Harmonie, was the argument with your dad this extensive?
Please see:
Miscellaneous
I Hate Rap

:sad sigh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 11, 2017, 05:16:58 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2017, 12:37:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 10, 2017, 08:19:07 PM
:dance1:


:daddance:


I like that song. :grin:

Of course, you do.  :hug: This is The Happy Atheist Forum.
Oh, wait, I just realized this is the Reasons To Be Grumpy thread   :notsure:

Sorry.  :shifty:

Just change the word, Happy to Grumpy.  :shrug:

Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like Grumpiness is the truth
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you know what Grumpiness is to you
Because I'm Grumpy...
  :dance1:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on February 11, 2017, 06:19:34 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 11, 2017, 05:16:58 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2017, 12:37:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 10, 2017, 08:19:07 PM
:dance1:


:daddance:


I like that song. :grin:

Of course, you do.  :hug: This is The Happy Atheist Forum.
Oh, wait, I just realized this is the Reasons To Be Grumpy thread   :notsure:

Sorry.  :shifty:

Just change the word, Happy to Grumpy.  :shrug:

Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like Grumpiness is the truth
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you know what Grumpiness is to you
Because I'm Grumpy...
  :dance1:

:lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 11, 2017, 07:49:16 AM
Hey Mags, I am almost embarrassed to say that I liked the Pharrel Williams bit.   That is a lot different from the noise I hear o n the street.

I must be  weird or something because I can get down with the spirited black church choir music. Them cats can flat out get it on.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on February 11, 2017, 10:50:01 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 11, 2017, 05:16:58 AM
Just change the word, Happy to Grumpy.  :shrug:

Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like Grumpiness is the truth
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you know what Grumpiness is to you
Because I'm Grumpy...
  :dance1:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-enzi6ohgME8%2FTyqTPAiD73I%2FAAAAAAAAAKU%2FKwRvLqo7l8E%2Fs1600%2Fhappy-roll-happy-animation-animated-smiley-emoticon-000359-large.gif&hash=d0eb9b0c0f873b5e37ad07b1b4d354ad21b69a26)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 11, 2017, 04:19:13 PM
When I was younger, especially when I was still single and you know "Still Out There" on the dating scene I would immediately cringe when meeting someone new and they would say something like, "So ah, what kinda music do you like, do ya like country or rock"?

As if that was the only two genres of music available. I could never hang out with, let alone date someone who only listened to one style of music.


My answer has always been that I like, no I love music, all of it. Music is the one thing we can choose that is completely reflective of our current mood, or maybe what we happen to be doing at the time. If I'm in my office working I tend to listen to instrumental music, switching from jazz to classical to electronic to native american flute music.
Driving in my car in the summer with the windows rolled down, cruising through the smokies maybe some Allman Brothers, or Johnny Cash...dancing in the backyard patio on a summer night with friends and family, probably some pop music, old and new.
Sitting in my living room curled up with a book and a pot of tea perhaps I cycle through some blues or early bluegrass, heck even some gospel music. I even have a small collection of Gregorian monks chanting.
One cycle class I sometimes participate at the gym plays an excellent collection of fuck and rap music (I quit going to one teacher specifically who thought the best motivating music was the soundtrack to the first fucking Rocky music, I mean really, WTF?)

Just as I can't see only listening to one specific genre of music, I can't understand hating a specific genre of music either, but hey to each their own I guess.

I'll leave this, thought it was funny.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fm69hPJL.jpg&hash=438781fb48fd99b28aba407bfe7f9075864ffd81)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on February 11, 2017, 04:24:29 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 11, 2017, 04:19:13 PMMy answer has always been that I like, no I love music, all of it. Music is the one thing we can choose that is completely reflective of our current mood, or maybe what we happen to be doing at the time.

Just as I can't see only listening to one specific genre of music, I can't understand hating a specific genre of music either, but hey to each their own
I completely agree! :headbang:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2017, 04:27:24 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 11, 2017, 04:19:13 PM

One cycle class I sometimes participate at the gym plays an excellent collection of fuck and rap music...

Is this a typo? If so it's the best typo ever! :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 11, 2017, 04:49:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2017, 04:27:24 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 11, 2017, 04:19:13 PM

One cycle class I sometimes participate at the gym plays an excellent collection of fuck and rap music...

Is this a typo? If so it's the best typo ever! :grin:

That was supposed to say "Funk and Rap" music,...that is a pretty funny typo, ever had sex to 'Doin' It'
by LL Cool J? 8)

Remember the movie "10", starring Bo Derek and Dudley Moore? This is a very excellent and relative scene. Fuck Music with Ravel.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 12, 2017, 02:19:28 AM
^ Aaaaahhh!  I was not always this old.  ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 12, 2017, 05:04:29 AM
Quote from: Apathy on February 11, 2017, 06:19:34 AM
:lol:
:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 12, 2017, 05:08:58 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 11, 2017, 07:49:16 AM
Hey Mags, I am almost embarrassed to say that I liked the Pharrel Williams bit.   
Don't be.  ;D

Quote from: Icarus on February 11, 2017, 07:49:16 AM
That is a lot different from the noise I hear o n the street.
I'm sure it is.  ;D

Quote from: Icarus on February 11, 2017, 07:49:16 AM
I must be  weird or something because I can get down with the spirited black church choir music. Them cats can flat out get it on.
We're all weird or something.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 12, 2017, 05:12:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2017, 04:27:24 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 11, 2017, 04:19:13 PM

One cycle class I sometimes participate at the gym plays an excellent collection of fuck and rap music...

Is this a typo? If so it's the best typo ever! :grin:

:snicker:

Condenado Father Bruno.  :smileshake:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 12, 2017, 05:14:13 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on February 11, 2017, 10:50:01 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 11, 2017, 05:16:58 AM
Just change the word, Happy to Grumpy.  :shrug:

Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you feel like Grumpiness is the truth
Because I'm Grumpy
Clap along if you know what Grumpiness is to you
Because I'm Grumpy...
  :dance1:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-enzi6ohgME8%2FTyqTPAiD73I%2FAAAAAAAAAKU%2FKwRvLqo7l8E%2Fs1600%2Fhappy-roll-happy-animation-animated-smiley-emoticon-000359-large.gif&hash=d0eb9b0c0f873b5e37ad07b1b4d354ad21b69a26)
I knew you were gonna like it! I knew it!  :lol:
You came to mind while I was changing the words.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 12, 2017, 11:59:18 PM
I  frequent another forum that is: Boatdesign.net. It is an international forum in which some of the worlds top marine engineers, architects, and sailors are contributors. Many newbies come to the site for advice or counsel from the professionals who are generous to a fault. ......Today some dip shit troll said he wanted advice about a certain boat type. He gave a reference website that turned out to be the entrance portal to numerous porn sites....... like bondage, Asian fuck scenes, and other kinky stuff. 

I am grumpy about that. Not that I am a prude, not likely, but I resent that someone can so easily defile a serious place with trashy stunts.  I'd be resentful if someone polluted our HAF site too.

 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 13, 2017, 12:54:45 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 12, 2017, 11:59:18 PM
I  frequent another forum that is: Boatdesign.net. It is an international forum in which some of the worlds top marine engineers, architects, and sailors are contributors. Many newbies come to the site for advice or counsel from the professionals who are generous to a fault. ......Today some dip shit troll said he wanted advice about a certain boat type. He gave a reference website that turned out to be the entrance portal to numerous porn sites....... like bondage, Asian fuck scenes, and other kinky stuff. 

I am grumpy about that. Not that I am a prude, not likely, but I resent that someone can so easily defile a serious place with trashy stunts.  I'd be resentful if someone polluted our HAF site too.



Did your wife really buy that story Icarus?  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on February 13, 2017, 05:11:07 PM
Quote from: Icarus on February 12, 2017, 11:59:18 PM
I  frequent another forum that is: Boatdesign.net. It is an international forum in which some of the worlds top marine engineers, architects, and sailors are contributors. Many newbies come to the site for advice or counsel from the professionals who are generous to a fault. ......Today some dip shit troll said he wanted advice about a certain boat type. He gave a reference website that turned out to be the entrance portal to numerous porn sites....... like bondage, Asian fuck scenes, and other kinky stuff. 

I am grumpy about that. Not that I am a prude, not likely, but I resent that someone can so easily defile a serious place with trashy stunts.  I'd be resentful if someone polluted our HAF site too.

We used to get visits from porn spammers on occasion, mostly from Russia. We've tightened up security a bit and as you see, we haven't had much of a problem with that lately. However, the troll you describe sounds like he would probably be able to get past our security measures, not being a spammer so much as a capering shit-clown.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 13, 2017, 06:27:10 PM
Subscription boxes are stupid and I'm annoyed they're so popular.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 13, 2017, 06:38:37 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on February 13, 2017, 06:27:10 PM
Subscription boxes are stupid and I'm annoyed they're so popular.

They really are, but man Sephora's subscription box look so nice.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on February 14, 2017, 03:39:42 AM
I just had to Google what a Subscription Box is.
Grumpy that I can't afford a makeup box, a workout clothing one, and a snack one. They look kind of fun!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 14, 2017, 07:27:11 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on February 14, 2017, 03:39:42 AM
I just had to Google what a Subscription Box is.
Grumpy that I can't afford a makeup box, a workout clothing one, and a snack one. They look kind of fun!

Ah, another ploy to separate you from your money and charge you a fee to do so! For decades there has been something like this in the wine industry, for a fixed monthly subscription charge you received 6 or 12 bottles (depending on the account) of wine of the seller's choosing. These could vary from superb to paint stripper, from known label to obscure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on February 14, 2017, 11:12:02 AM
Pretty much... $10 worth of crap for $35 a month. The odd thing that's actually nice is a "variable reward" to reinforce that you're actually getting something good and fun.

I can see it if you have a ton of money to burn and don't want to ever shop, I guess.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 20, 2017, 10:25:32 PM
It's gonna be a long day tomorrow. Still, probably better than staying at home with nothing to do.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on February 22, 2017, 09:21:28 PM
I sent the wage and income transcripts that my school requested, at which the time allowed was not reasonable to get and return to them before getting deregistered from classes. Then when I did turn them in, they took 2 months to go over them, which also took me calling and pestering them to do so. Now they are telling me the transcripts are incomplete when I know that they aren't because I sent for two copies, one of which I have.

So I've called to tell someone in the office this is all they gave me and he responded by saying to "send for it again and try to get the full report".

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


So now I'm going to get ahold of the fanancial aide counselor who looked over this and tell her this is all they gave me because that's all there is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 23, 2017, 12:10:58 AM
Repeated pop ups wanted me to get/buy a fixer app for my computer. It would cure all my woes and all that stuff. Somehow, senility and all, I ended up inadvertently buying into the scam or not scam as the case may be. $29.95 for the year.  Clever bastards they are.

I was to call a toll free telephone number to activate the program. My money is gone so I called. A very pleasant and immensely helpful woman with an accent that I placed somewhere in southeast Asia was my contact person.  No shit an actual human being,( well I think that she was human), was directing my every move.  In a few minutes she had taken control of my  computer and she told me what she was doing. She could move the cursor on my screen, select option buttons, and all kinds of other scary stuff. I am thinking: Oh Shit my poor computer is being fucked up by an evil Russian hacker who sounds every bit like a really nice  Cambodian woman. 

All was going well, the program was installed. Now the upsell pitch began.  She was hustling me to buy additional service that would let me have access to super pro computer technicians for a whole year. They could fix anything that my poor machine needed. I mean what the hell she had demonstrated the ability to take control of my little machine.  WHOA! the price was going to be about $350 US dollars.  I blew a gasket. No way I am going to subscribe to such a scam.  I am thinking that this may cause me to have to shit can my present computer because it will be so severely sabotaged as to be worthless. Five or six hundred dollars to replace the wrecked one was not a happy prospect.

Well I'll be damned and then some. The" Slim Cleaner" thing was a resident on my hard drive. I'll See what happens.  I did the pretty simple scans of the various stuff that the program claimed that it could find and fix.  All kinds of stuff was corrupting my machine. The program fixed some of it. I had it defrag the hard drive and lo and behold the machine runs several times faster than before and it is presently not showing signs of shutting down when it damned well feels like it without my knowledge or consent.

I am annoyed by the considerable upsell scheme but the $29.95 that I spent is a helluva a bargain cause my machine is not making me angry and frustrated like before.

I expect that all knowing IT super wizards like the Asmo will smile at this tale of woe and eventual  satisfaction.

While I am at this, I wish to sincerely thank the Asmo and the several others who manage to keep this forum afloat.  Thank you Tank, Recusant, xSp, Tom, and the rest of you who do what you do.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 23, 2017, 12:18:01 AM
Melting wings.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on February 23, 2017, 02:41:14 AM
Quote from: No one on February 23, 2017, 12:18:01 AM
Melting wings.

Chicken wings?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on February 23, 2017, 01:58:03 PM
Quote from: Icarus on February 23, 2017, 12:10:58 AM
Repeated pop ups wanted me to get/buy a fixer app for my computer. It would cure all my woes and all that stuff. Somehow, senility and all, I ended up inadvertently buying into the scam or not scam as the case may be. $29.95 for the year.  Clever bastards they are.

I was to call a toll free telephone number to activate the program. My money is gone so I called. A very pleasant and immensely helpful woman with an accent that I placed somewhere in southeast Asia was my contact person.  No shit an actual human being,( well I think that she was human), was directing my every move.  In a few minutes she had taken control of my  computer and she told me what she was doing. She could move the cursor on my screen, select option buttons, and all kinds of other scary stuff. I am thinking: Oh Shit my poor computer is being fucked up by an evil Russian hacker who sounds every bit like a really nice  Cambodian woman. 

All was going well, the program was installed. Now the upsell pitch began.  She was hustling me to buy additional service that would let me have access to super pro computer technicians for a whole year. They could fix anything that my poor machine needed. I mean what the hell she had demonstrated the ability to take control of my little machine.  WHOA! the price was going to be about $350 US dollars.  I blew a gasket. No way I am going to subscribe to such a scam.  I am thinking that this may cause me to have to shit can my present computer because it will be so severely sabotaged as to be worthless. Five or six hundred dollars to replace the wrecked one was not a happy prospect.

Well I'll be damned and then some. The" Slim Cleaner" thing was a resident on my hard drive. I'll See what happens.  I did the pretty simple scans of the various stuff that the program claimed that it could find and fix.  All kinds of stuff was corrupting my machine. The program fixed some of it. I had it defrag the hard drive and lo and behold the machine runs several times faster than before and it is presently not showing signs of shutting down when it damned well feels like it without my knowledge or consent.

I am annoyed by the considerable upsell scheme but the $29.95 that I spent is a helluva a bargain cause my machine is not making me angry and frustrated like before.

I expect that all knowing IT super wizards like the Asmo will smile at this tale of woe and eventual  satisfaction.

While I am at this, I wish to sincerely thank the Asmo and the several others who manage to keep this forum afloat.  Thank you Tank, Recusant, xSp, Tom, and the rest of you who do what you do.

I find that disturbing.
You shouldn't have to pay for anything.
Hard drives can and should be formatted,
Installation of operating systems isn't hard.
Mate, before you pay just ask us.

I did have words with a phone/computer scammer.
I called it all kinda scum, preying on the vulnerable.
I think non sociopathic sales people are vulnerable.
They have to maintain positivity, be creatively cruel.
Don't think of their rag picking children or you're lost.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 23, 2017, 08:00:58 PM
It's 81 degrees outside, and I'm going to have to take my dog out in that, and then later walk to classes.

I used to love winter because even though it wasn't particularly cold most of the time, it was at least nice and cool. Now that ain't even true. Summer is sneaking into winter. *cries*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 24, 2017, 01:47:44 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on February 23, 2017, 08:00:58 PM
It's 81 degrees outside, and I'm going to have to take my dog out in that, and then later walk to classes.

I used to love winter because even though it wasn't particularly cold most of the time, it was at least nice and cool. Now that ain't even true. Summer is sneaking into winter. *cries*

Here in Michigan it's spring sneaking into Winter...no snow at all, last weekend it was almost 70 degrees out! Can't ski or snowboard, can't ride the dirt trails on my bike, cuz they're all soft and gooey (I love riding my bicycle in the winter on the trails, the ground is hard, visibility is awesome, the air is fresh and cold)

Last weekend one of my neighbors was out raking his fucking lawn,...in February :'(

We should be shoveling snow right now, building snow forts, having snowball fights and sledding, bitching about how long it takes to get into work because traffic is back up due to snow storms.

It's Trumps fault, dick-head.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 24, 2017, 02:13:30 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 01:47:44 PM
It' Trumps fault . . ..
Not yet, next year maybe.

Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 01:47:44 PM
. . . dick-head.
In the begining, in the present and for ever after, amen.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 24, 2017, 03:00:51 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on February 24, 2017, 02:13:30 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 01:47:44 PM
It' Trumps fault . . ..
Not yet, next year maybe.

If he can take credit for job growth after a couple weeks in office he can blamed for the weather,.. and my stubbed toe from earlier this morning.


Quote from: Gloucester on February 24, 2017, 02:13:30 PM

Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 01:47:44 PM
. . . dick-head.
In the begining, in the present and for ever after, amen.

Amen brother, amen.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 24, 2017, 05:05:28 PM
Fuck Jeremy Corbyn!!!

That is all!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 24, 2017, 07:35:35 PM
...AND FUCK CARROTS TOO!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 24, 2017, 07:53:03 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 07:35:35 PM
...AND FUCK CARROTS TOO!

Somewhat ambiguous.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 24, 2017, 09:08:18 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Father Bruno:
...AND FUCK CARROTS TOO!

Mental Note:
Never eat anything from Bruno's garden! (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FPuke.png&hash=d187923ae6c3039ba890793b687446cb638c2794)

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 24, 2017, 09:48:59 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 24, 2017, 07:53:03 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 07:35:35 PM
...AND FUCK CARROTS TOO!

Somewhat ambiguous.

Quote from: No one on February 24, 2017, 09:08:18 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Father Bruno:
...AND FUCK CARROTS TOO!

Mental Note:
Never eat anything from Bruno's garden! (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FPuke.png&hash=d187923ae6c3039ba890793b687446cb638c2794)


My garden produce is killer dude, kale, beets, swiss chard, carrots,...but "Fuck Carrots" come from the following Dave Chapelle routine: NSFW

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 24, 2017, 10:52:38 PM
^^^
:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 25, 2017, 05:28:03 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 01:47:44 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on February 23, 2017, 08:00:58 PM
It's 81 degrees outside, and I'm going to have to take my dog out in that, and then later walk to classes.

I used to love winter because even though it wasn't particularly cold most of the time, it was at least nice and cool. Now that ain't even true. Summer is sneaking into winter. *cries*

Here in Michigan it's spring sneaking into Winter...no snow at all, last weekend it was almost 70 degrees out! Can't ski or snowboard, can't ride the dirt trails on my bike, cuz they're all soft and gooey (I love riding my bicycle in the winter on the trails, the ground is hard, visibility is awesome, the air is fresh and cold)

Last weekend one of my neighbors was out raking his fucking lawn,...in February :'(

We should be shoveling snow right now, building snow forts, having snowball fights and sledding, bitching about how long it takes to get into work because traffic is back up due to snow storms.

It's Trumps fault, dick-head.

Well, you see there is the fact that he is a climate change denier.

The winter he gets sworn into office, the warmth spreads up far enough North to actually be noticed by his out-of-touch rich butt.

Of course, they'll just scoff at it as "Sometimes the weather gets wonky, there have been records going back since the beginning of recorded weather". Well, I can tell you from down where I live, this isn't an anomaly. The winters have been getting warmer for years, and the amount of 60s/70s for highs in winter has dramatically increased since 2001. Before that, 70 degrees in winter was completely unheard of, but now it's so common that it would be hard for me to recall a week where we haven't hit that temperature this "winter".

If it hit 70 degrees once every five years, that would be an anomaly. This isn't an anomaly. Winters are disappearing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on February 25, 2017, 06:22:02 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on February 25, 2017, 05:28:03 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 01:47:44 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on February 23, 2017, 08:00:58 PM
It's 81 degrees outside, and I'm going to have to take my dog out in that, and then later walk to classes.

I used to love winter because even though it wasn't particularly cold most of the time, it was at least nice and cool. Now that ain't even true. Summer is sneaking into winter. *cries*

Here in Michigan it's spring sneaking into Winter...no snow at all, last weekend it was almost 70 degrees out! Can't ski or snowboard, can't ride the dirt trails on my bike, cuz they're all soft and gooey (I love riding my bicycle in the winter on the trails, the ground is hard, visibility is awesome, the air is fresh and cold)

Last weekend one of my neighbors was out raking his fucking lawn,...in February :'(

We should be shoveling snow right now, building snow forts, having snowball fights and sledding, bitching about how long it takes to get into work because traffic is back up due to snow storms.

It's Trumps fault, dick-head.

Well, you see there is the fact that he is a climate change denier.

The winter he gets sworn into office, the warmth spreads up far enough North to actually be noticed by his out-of-touch rich butt.

Of course, they'll just scoff at it as "Sometimes the weather gets wonky, there have been records going back since the beginning of recorded weather". Well, I can tell you from down where I live, this isn't an anomaly. The winters have been getting warmer for years, and the amount of 60s/70s for highs in winter has dramatically increased since 2001. Before that, 70 degrees in winter was completely unheard of, but now it's so common that it would be hard for me to recall a week where we haven't hit that temperature this "winter".

If it hit 70 degrees once every five years, that would be an anomaly. This isn't an anomaly. Winters are disappearing.

Pretty much describes Michigan as well. Although one person told me west MI has normal weather.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 25, 2017, 06:32:24 PM
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 25, 2017, 11:17:57 PM
The new drug my doctor prescribed to help get my autoimmune disease back under control made me sick. Extreme fatigue and some muscle weakness which fortunately cleared up less that a day after my last dose. Now I cannot get a call back from her office. I don't really blame her, however. The doctors in that office are great, but the office staff is a bit flaky. I will try again Monday.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 26, 2017, 08:11:40 AM
I just went to facebook...
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...and I'm sorry I did.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 26, 2017, 06:10:00 PM
Fuck malls.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on February 27, 2017, 05:33:41 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 26, 2017, 06:10:00 PM
Fuck malls.
Oh, they aren't that bad. While shopping isn't a favorite activity of mine, I do enjoy walking around and people watching.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on February 27, 2017, 05:43:53 AM
Quote from: Velma on February 27, 2017, 05:33:41 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 26, 2017, 06:10:00 PM
Fuck malls.
Oh, they aren't that bad. While shopping isn't a favorite activity of mine, I do enjoy walking around and people watching.

I, as well, do enjoy watching people walking.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on February 27, 2017, 11:47:09 AM

Quote from: Velma on February 27, 2017, 05:33:41 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 26, 2017, 06:10:00 PM
Fuck malls.
Oh, they aren't that bad. While shopping isn't a favorite activity of mine, I do enjoy walking around and people watching.

Not as much fun when you used to do it for a living.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on February 27, 2017, 02:10:12 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 09:48:59 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 24, 2017, 07:53:03 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 24, 2017, 07:35:35 PM
...AND FUCK CARROTS TOO!

Somewhat ambiguous.

Quote from: No one on February 24, 2017, 09:08:18 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Father Bruno:
...AND FUCK CARROTS TOO!

Mental Note:
Never eat anything from Bruno's garden! (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FPuke.png&hash=d187923ae6c3039ba890793b687446cb638c2794)


My garden produce is killer dude, kale, beets, swiss chard, carrots,...but "Fuck Carrots" come from the following Dave Chapelle routine: NSFW

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 27, 2017, 06:26:12 PM
^^  ;D The cries of the carrots, very sad, so sad. :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 28, 2017, 12:39:08 PM
Our refrigerator has been acting up recently. The control panel would start beeping as it cycled untouched through all of it's settings. I tried numerous times to reset, or reprogram it, even unplugging the entire unit multiple times and restarting it. It would stop for maybe several hours, or even longer, and then all of the sudden it would start all over again.
Sometimes in the middle of the night,...finally the other day it starting cycling through the settings and ended up in the off position. I had left early for work and hadn't noticed, because the lights on the inside were still working and for all I could tell the fridge was running fine, but later my wife called and said all of the ice in the maker was melting and leaking inside the fridge. She cleaned it up and my son was able to shut the water supply off to the unit.

I should state the fridge is a Samsung French Door type, just in the off-case there is an expert reading this who can jump in heroically like and instruct me how to fix it, they would be my friend forever, no?
Of course I've been on line looking for hints or DIY suggestions, but no avail. The unit is about 6-7 years old and no longer under warranty.

So I've been trying to get someone to come out and take a look at it since last Thursday, and today, Tuesday is the soonest I could get a service tech out here to look at it.

They are supposed to arrive sometime this morning between 0700-1100. So I sit here and wait.

Oh, the best part is ever since my son cut the water supply off, and we turned the control panel back on the refrigerator has been operating flawlessly. It no longer beeps...or cycles through the control settings...or shuts off on it's own.

My fear is they'll come out, and not be able to find anything wrong with it, and I'll have wasted an entire morning, plus spent $150.00 for nothing, and burned up half a vacation day in the process.

Most likely we'll turn the water back on, they'll check it and say everything is working fine, and then sometime later in the week it will start malfunctioning again.

I'll probably just leave the water off, we does use it anyway as we have a better filtration system hooked to our kitchen sink for drinking water (Fridge has water/ice dispenser), and none of us ever uses ice.

I blame Trump for all of this.

Anyway, I'm using this opportunity to clean out my closet and drawers, yeah loads of fun being had here.  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 28, 2017, 03:12:39 PM
Well the service guy is here right now, and I explained the situation to him, describing how the control panel would cycle through the settings on it's own, as if someone was standing there pushing the buttons, and how one day it was in the off position, and so with the fridge not cooling the ice melted.
I told him we emptied the ice bucket, cleaned up the water inside and shut off the water supply to the refrigetor, and since that time we shut the water off to the fridge the control panel has operated as it should, and hasn't beeped or cycled on it's own.

He said, well the water supply to the fridge wouldn't affect the power or control settings, and I said I agreed with him, but it's either entirely coincendental or maybe worth checking since he's telling me he's never seen or heard of the situation as I described it.

i offered to turn the water on, and I clarified to him that we don't use either the water or ice maker so maybe lack of use was the cause of the problem, and he got short with me saying very gruffly, "Sir, I hear what you are saying, and you need to understand that the water supply to the fridge wouldn't have nothing to do with the settings or control panel".

I gave him a look and said, maybe the water or ice maker is causing it to experience cooling problems? Anyway he worked on it a while and finally after speaking with his home office said, "Yeah I'm going to need you to turn the water back on, going to check the water and ice dispenser."


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on February 28, 2017, 08:51:41 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 28, 2017, 03:12:39 PM
Well the service guy is here right now, and I explained the situation to him, describing how the control panel would cycle through the settings on it's own, as if someone was standing there pushing the buttons, and how one day it was in the off position, and so with the fridge not cooling the ice melted.
I told him we emptied the ice bucket, cleaned up the water inside and shut off the water supply to the refrigetor, and since that time we shut the water off to the fridge the control panel has operated as it should, and hasn't beeped or cycled on it's own.

He said, well the water supply to the fridge wouldn't affect the power or control settings, and I said I agreed with him, but it's either entirely coincendental or maybe worth checking since he's telling me he's never seen or heard of the situation as I described it.

i offered to turn the water on, and I clarified to him that we don't use either the water or ice maker so maybe lack of use was the cause of the problem, and he got short with me saying very gruffly, "Sir, I hear what you are saying, and you need to understand that the water supply to the fridge wouldn't have nothing to do with the settings or control panel".

I gave him a look and said, maybe the water or ice maker is causing it to experience cooling problems? Anyway he worked on it a while and finally after speaking with his home office said, "Yeah I'm going to need you to turn the water back on, going to check the water and ice dispenser."

What a potato.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 01, 2017, 01:45:54 PM
Quote from: Arturo on February 28, 2017, 08:51:41 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on February 28, 2017, 03:12:39 PM
Well the service guy is here right now, and I explained the situation to him, describing how the control panel would cycle through the settings on it's own, as if someone was standing there pushing the buttons, and how one day it was in the off position, and so with the fridge not cooling the ice melted.
I told him we emptied the ice bucket, cleaned up the water inside and shut off the water supply to the refrigetor, and since that time we shut the water off to the fridge the control panel has operated as it should, and hasn't beeped or cycled on it's own.

He said, well the water supply to the fridge wouldn't affect the power or control settings, and I said I agreed with him, but it's either entirely coincendental or maybe worth checking since he's telling me he's never seen or heard of the situation as I described it.

i offered to turn the water on, and I clarified to him that we don't use either the water or ice maker so maybe lack of use was the cause of the problem, and he got short with me saying very gruffly, "Sir, I hear what you are saying, and you need to understand that the water supply to the fridge wouldn't have nothing to do with the settings or control panel".

I gave him a look and said, maybe the water or ice maker is causing it to experience cooling problems? Anyway he worked on it a while and finally after speaking with his home office said, "Yeah I'm going to need you to turn the water back on, going to check the water and ice dispenser."

What a potato.

Yeah, a real spud!

So this guy checked out the entire fridge, ran diagnostics, check operating temperatures, the wiring, motherboard, the outlet to see if properly grounded, etc...in fact he said the unit is operating at 100 percent, and was even complimentary to me because the back of unit was free of dust and lint (I vac about 4 months)

He discussed it with his main office, and the manufacture and they said to replace the interface board at a cost of $450.00.

However, the thing has been working good for 5-6 days, and checked out fine yesterday so I passed on the "repair". Then they tried to get me to buy into a yearly maintenance program which would cover all appliances in my house for only $49 per month.
I declined that, and when asked why I said $49 per month is $600 per year, and I haven't had $600 dollars worth of appliance repairs in twenty years. I'd be better off to put $30 dollars away on my own each month rather than just give the money to them.

So it ended up costing me $100 yesterday to have this guy come out and tell me everything is "A-Okay".

That's one of the draw backs with having so much electronics tied to our appliances these days. Sure they make our lives easier, and provide better control and feedback of the appliances, but repairs aren't so simple anymore.
We had our old washer and dryer for twenty years, they worked fine, and I had to perform a few simple repairs over the years myself, but the newer machines are getting so complicated beyond the simple connections.

We've become a disposable society, in the old days things were built not only to last, but also designed to be easily repaired so as to extend their working life even longer, but so many things now are getting to costly to repair, so the easier and more economical choice often is simply discard and replace.

Or maybe I'm just getting old... :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 01, 2017, 04:45:33 PM
QuoteOr maybe I'm just getting old... :'(

Gracefully or disgracefully, Father B?

The latter is much more fun of course .  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on March 01, 2017, 07:06:27 PM
When our dish washer broke, we opened it up and found a computer chip was burnt. I was of the mind it was broke forever but my Dad was like, lets look it up on the internet. And low and behold we found the part, paid for it, and installed it.

And guess what? Works fine now with the only drawback being that the power on the dish washer goes out sometimes and I have to press start to continue the wash.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on March 05, 2017, 06:13:08 PM
I get grumpy sometimes when I can't find references on the internet to things I remember from my childhood. Makes me question my sanity.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 12, 2017, 01:05:26 PM
My microwave just went kaput!

Had just heated a frozen baked potato OK and was trying to heat the tomato sauce to go on it (with cheese) and the sauce was still froz two minutes later. Tried some water, not warming. It was only a cheapy five years ago so can't complain.

Maybe I can recover the magnets off the magnetron.

Later: Checked the internal fuse and the overheat sensor, both OK. I am now the proud possessor of two really, really strong ring magnets! (And a heap of microwave bits.) What will I do with them? Go fishing in the canal maybe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on March 12, 2017, 04:42:11 PM
They make excellent fridge magnets.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 12, 2017, 04:49:58 PM
Quote from: OldGit on March 12, 2017, 04:42:11 PM
They make excellent fridge magnets.

What, screw them to the wall and hang the fridge on 'em?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on March 12, 2017, 08:22:04 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on March 12, 2017, 04:49:58 PM
Quote from: OldGit on March 12, 2017, 04:42:11 PM
They make excellent fridge magnets.

What, screw them to the wall and hang the fridge on 'em?

:lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy threadges
Post by: Essie Mae on March 13, 2017, 01:14:44 PM
My son asked me to press his trousers because they'd fallen off the hanger and he was making final preparations for a work presentation. I made the finest set of tramlines seen outside Blackpool on one leg. It was rather hot and humid here in Perth and it took me ages to press them out.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2017, 11:19:17 AM
Just some random ramblings.

I have no idea what's going on and that leaves me feeling frustrated and tired. I feel something is wrong, but don't know what it is. People have their gossip channels but I don't have access to them.

How I miss good information.  :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 17, 2017, 11:29:35 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2017, 11:19:17 AM
Just some random ramblings.

I have no idea what's going on and that leaves me feeling frustrated and tired. I feel something is wrong, but don't know what it is. People have their gossip channels but I don't have access to them.

How I miss good information.  :sad sigh:

Ah, that is the advantage of being a selective, if not downright reclusive at times, old git - I don't give a monkey's what others are up to. (Providing they don't bother me or do damage to those unable to defend themselves.)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2017, 11:34:33 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on March 17, 2017, 11:29:35 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2017, 11:19:17 AM
Just some random ramblings.

I have no idea what's going on and that leaves me feeling frustrated and tired. I feel something is wrong, but don't know what it is. People have their gossip channels but I don't have access to them.

How I miss good information.  :sad sigh:

Ah, that is the advantage of being a selective, if not downright reclusive at times, old git - I don't give a monkey's what others are up to. (Providing they don't bother me or do damage to those unable to defend themselves.)

I just can't bring myself to do that.  :-\ My past is full of cases of people trying to harm me and my family, so I've become truly hypersensitive to whatever information on what people surrounding me are doing.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 17, 2017, 12:00:46 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2017, 11:34:33 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on March 17, 2017, 11:29:35 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 17, 2017, 11:19:17 AM
Just some random ramblings.

I have no idea what's going on and that leaves me feeling frustrated and tired. I feel something is wrong, but don't know what it is. People have their gossip channels but I don't have access to them.

How I miss good information.  :sad sigh:

Ah, that is the advantage of being a selective, if not downright reclusive at times, old git - I don't give a monkey's what others are up to. (Providing they don't bother me or do damage to those unable to defend themselves.)

I just can't bring myself to do that.  :-\ My past is full of cases of people trying to harm me and my family, so I've become truly hypersensitive to whatever information on what people surrounding me are doing.
Have to admit I feel that way in crowds, can't build that bubble in public. Lijewuse I slways ensure that I am out of the way of others if I stop to check my shopping list, talk to someone or consult my phone. Hate it when people block doorways, pavements or aisles to natter!  >:(  Under those circumstances  my grumpy-old-gittitude can rise to the surface!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 02:33:16 PM
Due to some medicine that I've been taking for a month now, I have lost about 95% of my sense of taste. No salty, no sweet, no flavor. I will eat, because I know I need to, but the pleasure is gone and it's deeply disturbing. Everything is like mush in my mouth. I just never realized how much I would miss TASTE. So now I'm focusing on texture and crunch. Almonds are good, celery is great. Everything else is shit. And I have probably 3 more months of this.  :-[
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 17, 2017, 03:04:20 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 02:33:16 PM
Due to some medicine that I've been taking for a month now, I have lost about 95% of my sense of taste. No salty, no sweet, no flavor. I will eat, because I know I need to, but the pleasure is gone and it's deeply disturbing. Everything is like mush in my mouth. I just never realized how much I would miss TASTE. So now I'm focusing on texture and crunch. Almonds are good, celery is great. Everything else is shit. And I have probably 3 more months of this.  :-[

Old age has dulled my senses, including taste. I love celery and carrots but am not sure whether it is the factory farming or my lack of taste that makes them so bland these days. Should have gone to the farmers' market today to get some real veg.

But my heart goes out to you, Dragonia, at least I can still taste apples and citrus.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 17, 2017, 04:32:37 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on March 17, 2017, 03:04:20 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 02:33:16 PM
Due to some medicine that I've been taking for a month now, I have lost about 95% of my sense of taste. No salty, no sweet, no flavor. I will eat, because I know I need to, but the pleasure is gone and it's deeply disturbing. Everything is like mush in my mouth. I just never realized how much I would miss TASTE. So now I'm focusing on texture and crunch. Almonds are good, celery is great. Everything else is shit. And I have probably 3 more months of this.  :-[

Old age has dulled my senses, including taste. I love celery and carrots but am not sure whether it is the factory farming or my lack of taste that makes them so bland these days. Should have gone to the farmers' market today to get some real veg.

But my heart goes out to you, Dragonia, at least I can still taste apples and citrus.

That's beyond getting grumpy about Dragonia,.. I hope it comes back sooner than 3 months.

Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode when Kramer looses his sense of taste after being poisoned going inside Jerry's apartment while it's being bombed for fleas...he can no longer taste the Mackinaw Peaches which only come out for two weeks a year.

I would post it, but could find it :(


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 06:03:00 PM
HA! I remember that episode! (I love me some Seinfeld) And yes, I just cancelled my spot at a really cool looking mushroom seminar because I just know it'll be frustrating.  There will be more seminars, where I can actually taste the samples.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 22, 2017, 11:53:02 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 02:33:16 PM
Due to some medicine that I've been taking for a month now, I have lost about 95% of my sense of taste. No salty, no sweet, no flavor. I will eat, because I know I need to, but the pleasure is gone and it's deeply disturbing. Everything is like mush in my mouth. I just never realized how much I would miss TASTE. So now I'm focusing on texture and crunch. Almonds are good, celery is great. Everything else is shit. And I have probably 3 more months of this.  :-[
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61XgS3ZqubL.jpg)
Try one of these.
If you can't taste them, check your pulse. You might be dead!  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 23, 2017, 10:12:02 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 22, 2017, 11:53:02 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 02:33:16 PM
Due to some medicine that I've been taking for a month now, I have lost about 95% of my sense of taste. No salty, no sweet, no flavor. I will eat, because I know I need to, but the pleasure is gone and it's deeply disturbing. Everything is like mush in my mouth. I just never realized how much I would miss TASTE. So now I'm focusing on texture and crunch. Almonds are good, celery is great. Everything else is shit. And I have probably 3 more months of this.  :-[
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61XgS3ZqubL.jpg)
Try one of these.
If you can't taste them, check your pulse. You might be dead!  ;)

Hey, where do I get a set?

Ah, they are available on Amazon, but the prices are insane!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on March 23, 2017, 11:48:47 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on March 23, 2017, 10:12:02 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 22, 2017, 11:53:02 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 02:33:16 PM
Due to some medicine that I've been taking for a month now, I have lost about 95% of my sense of taste. No salty, no sweet, no flavor. I will eat, because I know I need to, but the pleasure is gone and it's deeply disturbing. Everything is like mush in my mouth. I just never realized how much I would miss TASTE. So now I'm focusing on texture and crunch. Almonds are good, celery is great. Everything else is shit. And I have probably 3 more months of this.  :-[
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61XgS3ZqubL.jpg)
Try one of these.
If you can't taste them, check your pulse. You might be dead!  ;)

Hey, where do I get a set?

Ah, they are available on Amazon, but the prices are insane!

I have a couple. Dave's Original Insanity Sauce and Dave's Ghost Pepper Sauce. The original is hotter while the latter seemed kind of mild.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy threadges
Post by: Tank on March 25, 2017, 09:08:54 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on March 13, 2017, 01:14:44 PM
My son asked me to press his trousers because they'd fallen off the hanger and he was making final preparations for a work presentation. I made the finest set of tramlines seen outside Blackpool on one leg. It was rather hot and humid here in Perth and it took me ages to press them out.  >:(
:rofl:

Sorry

:rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on March 26, 2017, 04:51:17 PM
My Dad randomly moved back in and now I have to deal with him yelling his arguments. He's one of those people who just yells his beliefs instead of backing it up. I sound like a grumpy teenager but, I hate him.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 27, 2017, 08:02:16 PM
Huh, from cheerful to grumpy in one day!

Had my eyes checked the other day, got a copy of the specialist's letter to my GP.

He says there may be complications because I am on a certain medication. But I last took that medication in September 2015. So he is working on out if date data.

Not the first time this has happened but the first time it may affect shether or not I get the trestment I want. I was asked to bring a list of current meducations to the clinic (I always carry one) but was never actually asked for the list by anyone.

So, another letter of complaint to the liaison service and another letter to the specialist putting the record straight so he can make an accurate decision!

I shudder to think how many people suffer wrong decisions bcause of sloppy record systems like this. People who don't have the ability to cross check things.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on April 01, 2017, 01:59:23 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on March 27, 2017, 08:02:16 PM
Huh, from cheerful to grumpy in one day!

Had my eyes checked the other day, got a copy of the specialist's letter to my GP.

He says there may be complications because I am on a certain medication. But I last took that medication in September 2015. So he is working on out if date data.

Not the first time this has happened but the first time it may affect shether or not I get the trestment I want. I was asked to bring a list of current meducations to the clinic (I always carry one) but was never actually asked for the list by anyone.

So, another letter of complaint to the liaison service and another letter to the specialist putting the record straight so he can make an accurate decision!

I shudder to think how many people suffer wrong decisions bcause of sloppy record systems like this. People who don't have the ability to cross check things.

Worrying indeed, especially knowing how slowly the wheels of the NHS grind. Hope you get the treatment you need.  :-
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on April 01, 2017, 02:50:55 AM
I tell my Dad my update about my financial assistance for school and he says "sounds like you're never going to get to school"

Bastard
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on April 03, 2017, 05:31:29 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 22, 2017, 11:53:02 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on March 17, 2017, 02:33:16 PM
Due to some medicine that I've been taking for a month now, I have lost about 95% of my sense of taste. No salty, no sweet, no flavor. I will eat, because I know I need to, but the pleasure is gone and it's deeply disturbing. Everything is like mush in my mouth. I just never realized how much I would miss TASTE. So now I'm focusing on texture and crunch. Almonds are good, celery is great. Everything else is shit. And I have probably 3 more months of this.  :-[
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61XgS3ZqubL.jpg)
Try one of these.
If you can't taste them, check your pulse. You might be dead!  ;)
OK, so I've been unavailable for a couple weeks, so I just saw this, but it's funny because all the boys in my house love hot spicy food. So as an experiment I had my son put a few drops of some Scorpion Sauce (he actually dumped it) on my tongue. Well, for the first time in my life, I was swishing that around my mouth, feeling pretty tough, feeling nothing.   So I spit it out because my throat can still feel. And then I swallowed. And holy crap, I felt it then. But nope, there was no spicy sensation on my tongue at all. And incidentally, I have quit taking that medicine because I can't bear the idea that this malady could be permanent!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 07, 2017, 04:20:01 PM
I love this poem,...going to memorize it.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFw1tl00.jpg&hash=cb11381176a69d9dc76d5998401c6b25e4dc8f4b)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2017, 10:42:29 PM
^ :snicker:

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 17, 2017, 12:09:38 AM
Just feeling sad that the weekend is coming to an end.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 17, 2017, 08:05:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 17, 2017, 12:09:38 AM
Just feeling sad that the weekend is coming to an end.
But the next one is just around the corner.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 17, 2017, 08:13:26 AM
Quote from: Tank on April 17, 2017, 08:05:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 17, 2017, 12:09:38 AM
Just feeling sad that the weekend is coming to an end.
But the next one is just around the corner.
You seem to be in a strange mood these days, Tank. Converted to a Marvinism?

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 19, 2017, 07:06:30 PM
I was trying order the first refill of my medication from the mail order pharmacy I have to go through.* Because it is considered a speciality medication, I have to "talk to a representative." This is not mentioned until after your transaction fails to process through the website.

I could understand that when I was on medication that had to be shipped on ice. You'd want to make sure someone was home to receive that. However, this medication is a tablet. By the time it gets to me, a bit of time in the mailbox shouldn't be an issue. I work for this company and every time I have to order my prescription, it reminds me of why people hate it.  :P

*Going through the mail order pharmacy, it is only $50 out of pocket. If I filled it through a local pharmacy, it would be nearly $4000.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 19, 2017, 07:39:52 PM
Quote from: Velma on April 19, 2017, 07:06:30 PM
...
*Going through the mail order pharmacy, it is only $50 out of pocket. If I filled it through a local pharmacy, it would be nearly $4000.
Is that a mistake? $4,000?  :whirly:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 19, 2017, 08:10:58 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 19, 2017, 07:39:52 PM
Quote from: Velma on April 19, 2017, 07:06:30 PM
...
*Going through the mail order pharmacy, it is only $50 out of pocket. If I filled it through a local pharmacy, it would be nearly $4000.
Is that a mistake? $4,000?  :whirly:
Nope, not a mistake. My previous medication was $3500 a month before the insurance kicked in. The one before that was nearly $5000 a month. Fortunately I have pretty good prescription coverage through work. These are all fairly new drugs, on the market for a decade or less. They are used to treat various cancers and autoimmune diseases. In terms of costs, they are expensive, but hardly the most expensive drugs out there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on April 19, 2017, 10:51:36 PM
Geez! What a worry; not conducive to staying well Velma. We are so privileged here to have free prescriptions over the age of 60. Even under that age, it is possible to buy a 12-month certificate ' which caps the amount you spend in a year to £104. I wish you all the best. I know it's a horrible disease.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 20, 2017, 09:04:25 AM
Two years ago I had a 34 inch waist, then and now also I had/have short legs, needed 29" legs max (and having to shorten those. In my local men's clothe shops I vould find 30", 32" and 36" in abundance, some in short leg. 34" was quite rare.

Now, 34" seems to be the commonest minimum size in three local shops, loads of them. Trouble is I am now 32" waist, 30" without a belt (still short legs). Yesterday I found one pair of 32"s, in black, with long legs (33").. Fed up with black and grey. Looking for slimmish fit as well - most "regular".

I used to have Lovat green, Burgundy, sand, stone, light blue and silver grey. coloured trousers. Can get denims in more interesting colours but I like "proper" creased trousers.

British mass produced men's "smart casual" clothing has become boring.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 20, 2017, 09:34:23 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 19, 2017, 10:51:36 PM
Geez! What a worry; not conducive to staying well Velma. We are so privileged here to have free prescriptions over the age of 60. Even under that age, it is possible to buy a 12-month certificate ' which caps the amount you spend in a year to £104. I wish you all the best. I know it's a horrible disease.
This is another one of those times when I wish I lived in a true first world country instead of the USA.

Autoimmune diseases are pretty awful. The best treatment so far, including the expensive new drugs, it to try to weaken the immune system in some manner so it is not as aggressive. That's why I laugh at people who say they want an super strong immune system. I tell them they can have my super strong immune system as long as they take the autoimmune disease that goes with it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on April 20, 2017, 09:41:07 PM
There was a weed smoker in a chat last night saying that weed cures cancer and that I was stupid for finding evidence to the contrary. He kept insisting I was dumb and that I outright lie. I told him that marijuana research about cancer is not very far along at all. I also wasn't the grumpy one. 😁
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 20, 2017, 10:01:21 PM
Quote from: Velma on April 20, 2017, 09:34:23 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 19, 2017, 10:51:36 PM
Geez! What a worry; not conducive to staying well Velma. We are so privileged here to have free prescriptions over the age of 60. Even under that age, it is possible to buy a 12-month certificate ' which caps the amount you spend in a year to £104. I wish you all the best. I know it's a horrible disease.
This is another one of those times when I wish I lived in a true first world country instead of the USA.

Autoimmune diseases are pretty awful. The best treatment so far, including the expensive new drugs, it to try to weaken the immune system in some manner so it is not as aggressive. That's why I laugh at people who say they want an super strong immune system. I tell them they can have my super strong immune system as long as they take the autoimmune disease that goes with it.

I cannot really imagine your pain, Velma, the nearest I have to that is a mildish case of bursutis in my hips - annoying describes it best. Though I have suffered prolonged pain, in terms of several months, at a level that makes it difficult to do anything else but hope it goes away. The fact that I knew there was a point at shich it would "heal", after surgery and medication, kept me going. Even if I did spend most of those months lsying on my side.

I also had the knowledge that the treatment was, in effect, already paid for by years of paying a fairly low tax. Our NHS can be slow and a bit inefficient but it works.

(I will admit I had a private consultation, at my own cost, because I could not stand the idea of a six week wait just for a primary diagnosis - I already knew what the problem was but needed the surgeon to know as well! Thus I "trimmed" those six weeks of pain away.)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on April 21, 2017, 09:13:54 AM
Right now, with the prescription pain medication hysteria in the US, the best I can hope for is that we manage to get the autoimmune disease under control again. That will bring my pain level down. However, due to past damage (and other conditions), it will not return to zero. Of course, I'll be happy if it returns to the usual level of four or five (on a scale of 1-10) instead of the five to seven that it has been lately.

I'm by no means looking for sympathy. It is what it is and I have to live with it. I'm just doing what millions of other people do every day and getting up and getting on with my life. There is no point in waiting for it to get better, because it may not. It is not brave or heroic. It is, at least in part, the knowledge that giving up will only make things get worse that much faster. That and my sheer hard headedness - a family trait that is particularly strong in the women on my mother's side.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 21, 2017, 10:19:47 AM
Quote from: Velma on April 21, 2017, 09:13:54 AM
... It is what it is and I have to live with it. I'm just doing what millions of other people do every day and getting up and getting on with my life. ...

I can understand that, Velna. So long as the pain is not totally debilitating life, and all its essential chores, has to go on.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 24, 2017, 01:37:53 PM
First our server when down in the office, a few days later it was the colour printer, and then Friday the refrigerator in our office kitchen sprung a leak.

Now everyone in the office is talking about how things happen in threes, whether it's celebrity deaths or office machines.

I just smile and nod my head....people are weird.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 26, 2017, 10:12:21 PM
Interpersonal conflict IRL.   :rant1:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on April 26, 2017, 11:22:32 PM
Pooping
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 27, 2017, 12:39:58 PM
Who's the silly twat that ended up with car and property insurance coming renewable in the same month then?

Who has just parted with £500+ then?

Me!

:sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on April 27, 2017, 03:11:57 PM
^^^I feel your pain, it's December for me. We put money aside all year for all the money we have to dole out in December. It hurts. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2017, 02:02:44 AM
^ It's every month for me, I'm short every fricken' month.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on April 29, 2017, 03:31:11 AM
I'm a welfare bro. It's like retirement, but with the looming threat the people who are actually retired will vote someone in to kick you off.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 04, 2017, 01:26:09 AM
Ow! Ow! Bloody OW! Grown man who has suffered and conquered much illness is reduced to whingeing wreck!

Gout's flared again, worse case so far! Bit of a twinge couple of days ago then 24 hours of relief - then ZAP yesterday evening. Well, zero to 8 on the pain scale in two hours. 10 on the scale was not the heart attack, that was an 8 as well, but the problem in the nether regions couple of years ago.

1.00am and just taken the first of the Colchicine tabs. Try to avoid them but not this time. The body reacts to gout as it does to a an infection and sends whole armies of white blood cells to the presumed battle site. But the problem does not reduce so it sends more. This causes the local swelling and that causes the pain. Colchicine reduces the total white cell count. Good for the gout pain but leaves you vulnerable to any actual infections going around, so limited to 12 tabs at two per day, with a 3 day gap between courses.

Have to put it down to that makerel I had the other day, that is one of the forbidden fruits - though at other times it has not bothered me. Perhaps the previous twinge was a warning, "Eat not of the Forbidden Fruits or you will have knowledge of Bloody Agony!"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 04, 2017, 03:18:02 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 04, 2017, 01:26:09 AM
Ow! Ow! Bloody OW! Grown man who has suffered and conquered much illness is reduced to whingeing wreck!

Gout's flared again, worse case so far! Bit of a twinge couple of days ago then 24 hours of relief - then ZAP yesterday evening. Well, zero to 8 on the pain scale in two hours. 10 on the scale was not the heart attack, that was an 8 as well, but the problem in the nether regions couple of years ago.

1.00am and just taken the first of the Colchicine tabs. Try to avoid them but not this time. The body reacts to gout as it does to a an infection and sends whole armies of white blood cells to the presumed battle site. But the problem does not reduce so it sends more. This causes the local swelling and that causes the pain. Colchicine reduces the total white cell count. Good for the gout pain but leaves you vulnerable to any actual infections going around, so limited to 12 tabs at two per day, with a 3 day gap between courses.

Have to put it down to that makerel I had the other day, that is one of the forbidden fruits - though at other times it has not bothered me. Perhaps the previous twinge was a warning, "Eat not of the Forbidden Fruits or you will have knowledge of Bloody Agony!"
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 04, 2017, 05:38:41 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 04, 2017, 03:18:02 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 04, 2017, 01:26:09 AM
Ow! Ow! Bloody OW! Grown man who has suffered and conquered much illness is reduced to whingeing wreck!

Gout's flared again, worse case so far! Bit of a twinge couple of days ago then 24 hours of relief - then ZAP yesterday evening. Well, zero to 8 on the pain scale in two hours. 10 on the scale was not the heart attack, that was an 8 as well, but the problem in the nether regions couple of years ago.

1.00am and just taken the first of the Colchicine tabs. Try to avoid them but not this time. The body reacts to gout as it does to a an infection and sends whole armies of white blood cells to the presumed battle site. But the problem does not reduce so it sends more. This causes the local swelling and that causes the pain. Colchicine reduces the total white cell count. Good for the gout pain but leaves you vulnerable to any actual infections going around, so limited to 12 tabs at two per day, with a 3 day gap between courses.

Have to put it down to that makerel I had the other day, that is one of the forbidden fruits - though at other times it has not bothered me. Perhaps the previous twinge was a warning, "Eat not of the Forbidden Fruits or you will have knowledge of Bloody Agony!"
:therethere:

Thanks, Mags, that helps.

So did max dose of tylenol/codeine combo, pain at tolerable level at moment but have not tried walking. Problem is my digestive system does not like even minor opioids, morphine is a definite no-no. But, at the moment I will swap reduced pain for temporary constipation quite happily.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 04, 2017, 07:05:15 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 04, 2017, 05:38:41 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 04, 2017, 03:18:02 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 04, 2017, 01:26:09 AM
Ow! Ow! Bloody OW! Grown man who has suffered and conquered much illness is reduced to whingeing wreck!

Gout's flared again, worse case so far! Bit of a twinge couple of days ago then 24 hours of relief - then ZAP yesterday evening. Well, zero to 8 on the pain scale in two hours. 10 on the scale was not the heart attack, that was an 8 as well, but the problem in the nether regions couple of years ago.

1.00am and just taken the first of the Colchicine tabs. Try to avoid them but not this time. The body reacts to gout as it does to a an infection and sends whole armies of white blood cells to the presumed battle site. But the problem does not reduce so it sends more. This causes the local swelling and that causes the pain. Colchicine reduces the total white cell count. Good for the gout pain but leaves you vulnerable to any actual infections going around, so limited to 12 tabs at two per day, with a 3 day gap between courses.

Have to put it down to that makerel I had the other day, that is one of the forbidden fruits - though at other times it has not bothered me. Perhaps the previous twinge was a warning, "Eat not of the Forbidden Fruits or you will have knowledge of Bloody Agony!"
:therethere:

Thanks, Mags, that helps.

So did max dose of tylenol/codeine combo, pain at tolerable level at moment but have not tried walking. Problem is my digestive system does not like even minor opioids, morphine is a definite no-no. But, at the moment I will swap reduced pain for temporary constipation quite happily.

My dear, G, I'm sure saying "there, there" doesn't help at all, but there's not much I can do to help you get rid of the pain...we're so far away from each other.  :console:

I worry about your health problems, sometimes, but then I see your posts, like the Brünhilde one,  ;D and knowing that you still have a great sense of humor lets me know that you're gonna be alright.  :-*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 04, 2017, 07:57:26 AM
^ Just knowing someone feels for you helps, Mags.

Despite it all I am a fairly robust person. OK, very dickey ticker kept going by strong chemicals and clever electronics - and a certain degree of cussedness! Actuarially I am kicking the statistics out of the window. I am convinced attitude helps in such things, and I got attitude when I need it.

Problems like gout are not life threatening, unless you are of a suicudal nature. I am 72 and have had a rough ride in some ways but still retain a sense of survival, and of humour. If you can't have a giggle might as well pull the hole in! I still feel tomorrow is more important than yesterday.

Thanks for being concerned, Mags but don't worry too much, I am actually doing better in many ways than I was this time last year.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 04, 2017, 01:11:04 PM
Hope your day is better Glowchester...when you're up to it go out and buy yourself a nice scotch on me, just charge it to the HAF account. 8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 04, 2017, 03:49:36 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 04, 2017, 01:11:04 PM
Hope your day is better Glowchester...when you're up to it go out and buy yourself a nice scotch on me, just charge it to the HAF account. 8)

Thanks for your unbounded generosity on behalf of all other HAFfers, FB, I shall enjoy a shot in the name of you all. I'll send you the bill to clear it with everyone.

Got virtually no sleep last night so spent day on bed reading, nibbling, drinking (fruit juice), listening to the radio and dozing - mostly the latter. Constant pain gone, now level 3 when I try to walk, which means I can at least get to the fridge and the loo - the two essential destinations in life - if carefully and slowly, with crutches.

Thanks again!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 05, 2017, 12:50:36 AM
Sounds painful Gloucester. You'll get through it, uh, what did you say you were last time? I'll just say you're a veteran of life.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 05, 2017, 05:02:17 AM
Quote from: Arturo on May 05, 2017, 12:50:36 AM
Sounds painful Gloucester. You'll get through it, uh, what did you say you were last time? I'll just say you're a veteran of life.

Thanks, Arturo, see "Cheerful" thread :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 06, 2017, 10:43:51 PM
I just realised it's Saturday.  :o

And for some reason here I was thinking it was only Friday night!  :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on May 07, 2017, 12:40:49 AM
^^^XSP, i HATE it when that happens!

I'm not sure I'm grumpy about this, but I sure am miserable:
Poison ivy all over my arms. I thought I was being careful with gloves and then washing my arms thoroughly after clearing a strip of weeds to plant some gourds. I hope these stupid gourds are worth it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2017, 01:01:41 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on May 07, 2017, 12:40:49 AM
^^^XSP, i HATE it when that happens!

YES! I think it's because I worked this morning. God what a sinking feeling.   

QuoteI'm not sure I'm grumpy about this, but I sure am miserable:
Poison ivy all over my arms. I thought I was being careful with gloves and then washing my arms thoroughly after clearing a strip of weeds to plant some gourds. I hope these stupid gourds are worth it.

Is there some type of antidote?  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 07, 2017, 02:49:38 AM
Put some mustard on it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 07, 2017, 10:11:18 PM
Calimine lotion might help diminish the misery a little bit.  That is an old time remedy that actually works to relieve the yukky ooze that is often part of the poison oak, poison ivy exposure. It is a cheap over the counter remedy that has been in use for ages.

What will you do with gourds? Are you going to use them to make Martin houses or something. You could use them for maracas when dried sufficiently. That's if you are in a Mariachi band. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on May 08, 2017, 01:09:32 AM
Oh, I'm all over the calamine lotion...... or maybe I should say, the calamine lotion is all over me!
I have never heard of a mustard treatment..... maybe you recommend that for every ailment, JJ? Maybe you just really like mustard?  :o

And yes Icarus, I plan to make a little colony of Martin houses. However, since I don't know how many gourds one plant will actually produce, and since I have planted about 12 plants, I may have MANY extra gourds. But I can paint them and give them as gift birdhouses or just put the word out that I have free gourds for anyone to have. It's kind of my experiment for this growing season.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 08, 2017, 01:27:43 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on May 08, 2017, 01:09:32 AM
Oh, I'm all over the calamine lotion...... or maybe I should say, the calamine lotion is all over me!

Heh :grin:

How long does the allergic(?) reaction last generally?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on May 08, 2017, 02:18:41 AM
The blisters and rash and itching can last for up to 3 weeks. And unfortunately, my skin likes to make the misery last.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 11, 2017, 01:03:50 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on May 08, 2017, 02:18:41 AM
The blisters and rash and itching can last for up to 3 weeks. And unfortunately, my skin likes to make the misery last.


3 weeks?! :o

That sucks, Dragonia. :therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 11, 2017, 01:23:14 AM
It's going to be a long and intense day tomorrow, one of those days you wish was over soon but seems to be infinitely long.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 02:57:18 PM
Basically this entire month I'm not going to have a full weekend when I can stay at home and rest. 'Tis life.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 02:57:18 PM
Basically this entire month I'm not going to have a full weekend when I can stay at home and rest. 'Tis life.
I can't remember the last weekend that my wife didn't have something work related to do  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 03:11:03 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 02:57:18 PM
Basically this entire month I'm not going to have a full weekend when I can stay at home and rest. 'Tis life.
I can't remember the last weekend that my wife didn't have something work related to do  :(

It sucks but sometimes there's just no choosing schedules. :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:21:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 03:11:03 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 02:57:18 PM
Basically this entire month I'm not going to have a full weekend when I can stay at home and rest. 'Tis life.
I can't remember the last weekend that my wife didn't have something work related to do  :(

It sucks but sometimes there's just no choosing schedules. :(
It's just the sheer volume of stuff she has to do. She brings it home with her.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 03:34:22 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:21:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 03:11:03 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 02:57:18 PM
Basically this entire month I'm not going to have a full weekend when I can stay at home and rest. 'Tis life.
I can't remember the last weekend that my wife didn't have something work related to do  :(

It sucks but sometimes there's just no choosing schedules. :(
It's just the sheer volume of stuff she has to do. She brings it home with her.

I say we should move to a planet with longer days.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 13, 2017, 04:28:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 03:34:22 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:21:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 03:11:03 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 13, 2017, 02:57:18 PM
Basically this entire month I'm not going to have a full weekend when I can stay at home and rest. 'Tis life.
I can't remember the last weekend that my wife didn't have something work related to do  :(

It sucks but sometimes there's just no choosing schedules. :(
It's just the sheer volume of stuff she has to do. She brings it home with her.

I say we should move to a planet with longer days.
Or stay here and do less work!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 13, 2017, 08:28:31 PM
Agreed Tank,... if we move to a planet with longer days that will simply mean more time each day to work, and we'll still be bringing it home with us on weeknights, and weekends....I say if we are moving to a new planet it has to be one where work is not allowed. A planet with fresh water oceans, and beaches with sand that stays cool to the touch, a planet without mosquitoes and poison ivy...AND no kats or Abba 8) (I can't let that rest, sorry)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 13, 2017, 09:14:02 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 13, 2017, 08:28:31 PM
..AND no kats or Abba 8) (I can't let that rest, sorry)

    Whaaatt?   :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on May 13, 2017, 10:02:30 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Father Bruno:
..AND no kats or Abba 8) (I can't let that rest, sorry)

A planet without rap too, that would be divine.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 14, 2017, 02:49:13 AM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 04:28:06 PM

Or stay here and do less work!

:notsure:

I think that for some people moving to another planet is the easier option.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 14, 2017, 07:06:07 AM
Quote from: No one on May 13, 2017, 10:02:30 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.motortrend.com%2F_siteconfigs%2F_global%2Fimages%2Fcommunity%2Fbbcode%2Ficon_quote.gif&hash=7e397439145e530551380cd19bacaedf98bb1cd5) Father Bruno:
..AND no kats or Abba 8) (I can't let that rest, sorry)

A planet without rap too, that would be divine.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 14, 2017, 09:27:22 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 14, 2017, 02:49:13 AM
Quote from: Tank on May 13, 2017, 04:28:06 PM

Or stay here and do less work!

:notsure:

I think that for some people moving to another planet is the easier option.  :P
:rofl: I suspect you are right!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 15, 2017, 12:24:49 PM
I wasn't going to say this yesterday cuz I was busy but now it's morning and I'm pissed about it. My ex-step-mom, aka dad's broken and tired relationship that he holds into like a life jacket, is one of those people who just have to be in charge of everything. She doesn't even live here and is telling us to take out the trash.

Why does that bother me? She flips out about not getting her way. So when I hear her to tell me to take out the trash, I remember how fucking pissy she gets at me. And it's not like I don't try to disconnect, but when she's not telling me what to do, she's trying to develop an emotional connection with me. She's making me "codependent" by having to constantly be one step ahead of her.

When she lived here, I used to have to tell her to not come in my room while I'm changing and she did it anyway. She was always crossing lines I set for her. She doesn't know how to mind her own business and I just get mad. My Dad is no help either because he just rolls over whenever she runs to him about "Arturo is challenging me"  and does literally nothing. If she has a problem she should come to me instead of playing these mind games to put pressure on me.

But luckily I may have a solution. My friend told me about a book that helped her with her codependency and I've been looking up information about the issue. I'm also going to ask for therapy from my community health center so I can get to the point where I can set boundaries again and be more assertive when my Dad does get involved when that happens. I think that is my biggest issue is that my Dad gets involved when I try to stick up for myself, or even do things I want to do, and gets mad as if it's not working or something I don't know. Anyways now that I've written it out I get a better grasp of the situation so I'll be telling my Dad to back off.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 15, 2017, 06:22:57 PM
Quote from: Arturo on May 15, 2017, 12:24:49 PM
...I'm also going to ask for therapy from my community health center so I can get to the point where I can set boundaries again and be more assertive...
This is good, Arturo.  :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 15, 2017, 06:25:01 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 15, 2017, 06:22:57 PM
Quote from: Arturo on May 15, 2017, 12:24:49 PM
...I'm also going to ask for therapy from my community health center so I can get to the point where I can set boundaries again and be more assertive...
This is good, Arturo.  :smilenod:
Yup, go for it, Arturo!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 16, 2017, 01:50:57 AM
This is not an angry post but a post-post to the last post I made post-yesterday.

Instead of trying for the community health center, I went to my old counselor and made an appointment for the 27th. The community health center usually takes forever to get anyone anywhere and when you finally get into counseling, it only lasts for 3 months.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 05:31:46 AM
I dug around in a public trash compactor for thirty minutes looking for the keys I thought I'd thrown in there. Just as I called a locksmith once it became clear the keys weren't turning up they were found. They had somehow found their way from my hand to the roof of the car and had presumably been there the entire time.

Then, I had picked up a bottle of Roundup for some stubborn weeds along with a bottle of Febreeze to deodorize my shoes. Guess which one I used to initially spray my shoes? Needless to say, the combination of herbicide and air freshener removed to garbage odor. Not sure it's an improvement though.

Then, I had piced up some bolts while out to mount a vise I purchased last week in the shed. I drilled all the mounting holes and had it positioned more or less as I wanted it. There was only one small problem. The bolts were too short and would clear eit her the vise or the bench but not the two together.

Next, I fired up the Webber to grill some hotdogs. Everything went well until I noticed that the hotdogs were skinless. They went on the grill, heated for about fifteen seconds and burst into flames as there was nothing on the outside of the dog to keep the fat from reaching the flames. Burned hotdogs were enjoyed by all. Especially the dog...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 16, 2017, 06:00:27 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 05:31:46 AM
I dug around in a public trash compactor for thirty minutes looking for the keys I thought I'd thrown in there. Just as I called a locksmith once it became clear the keys weren't turning up they were found. They had somehow found their way from my hand to the roof of the car and had presumably been there the entire time.

Then, I had picked up a bottle of Roundup for some stubborn weeds along with a bottle of Febreeze to deodorize my shoes. Guess which one I used to initially spray my shoes? Needless to say, the combination of herbicide and air freshener removed to garbage odor. Not sure it's an improvement though.

Then, I had piced up some bolts while out to mount a vise I purchased last week in the shed. I drilled all the mounting holes and had it positioned more or less as I wanted it. There was only one small problem. The bolts were too short and would clear eit her the vise or the bench but not the two together.

Next, I fired up the Webber to grill some hotdogs. Everything went well until I noticed that the hotdogs were skinless. They went on the grill, heated for about fifteen seconds and burst into flames as there was nothing on the outside of the dog to keep the fat from reaching the flames. Burned hotdogs were enjoyed by all. Especially the dog...

At least this sad string of events will give you some amusing stories to tell at your next dinner party.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 16, 2017, 06:48:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 05:31:46 AM
I dug around in a public trash compactor for thirty minutes looking for the keys I thought I'd thrown in there. Just as I called a locksmith once it became clear the keys weren't turning up they were found. They had somehow found their way from my hand to the roof of the car and had presumably been there the entire time.

Then, I had picked up a bottle of Roundup for some stubborn weeds along with a bottle of Febreeze to deodorize my shoes. Guess which one I used to initially spray my shoes? Needless to say, the combination of herbicide and air freshener removed to garbage odor. Not sure it's an improvement though.

Then, I had piced up some bolts while out to mount a vise I purchased last week in the shed. I drilled all the mounting holes and had it positioned more or less as I wanted it. There was only one small problem. The bolts were too short and would clear eit her the vise or the bench but not the two together.

Next, I fired up the Webber to grill some hotdogs. Everything went well until I noticed that the hotdogs were skinless. They went on the grill, heated for about fifteen seconds and burst into flames as there was nothing on the outside of the dog to keep the fat from reaching the flames. Burned hotdogs were enjoyed by all. Especially the dog...
Did you manage this all in one day?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 16, 2017, 06:51:39 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 16, 2017, 06:00:27 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 05:31:46 AM
I dug around in a public trash compactor for thirty minutes looking for the keys I thought I'd thrown in there. Just as I called a locksmith once it became clear the keys weren't turning up they were found. They had somehow found their way from my hand to the roof of the car and had presumably been there the entire time.

Then, I had picked up a bottle of Roundup for some stubborn weeds along with a bottle of Febreeze to deodorize my shoes. Guess which one I used to initially spray my shoes? Needless to say, the combination of herbicide and air freshener removed to garbage odor. Not sure it's an improvement though.

Then, I had piced up some bolts while out to mount a vise I purchased last week in the shed. I drilled all the mounting holes and had it positioned more or less as I wanted it. There was only one small problem. The bolts were too short and would clear eit her the vise or the bench but not the two together.

Next, I fired up the Webber to grill some hotdogs. Everything went well until I noticed that the hotdogs were skinless. They went on the grill, heated for about fifteen seconds and burst into flames as there was nothing on the outside of the dog to keep the fat from reaching the flames. Burned hotdogs were enjoyed by all. Especially the dog...

At least this sad string of events will give you some amusing stories to tell at your next dinner party.

After that who would dare have a dinner party!!!
It would end up like a cheap horror movie.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 07:15:23 AM
One day, yes. I ain't having no stinkin' parties either!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 16, 2017, 11:21:23 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 05:31:46 AM
I dug around in a public trash compactor for thirty minutes looking for the keys I thought I'd thrown in there. Just as I called a locksmith once it became clear the keys weren't turning up they were found. They had somehow found their way from my hand to the roof of the car and had presumably been there the entire time.

Then, I had picked up a bottle of Roundup for some stubborn weeds along with a bottle of Febreeze to deodorize my shoes. Guess which one I used to initially spray my shoes? Needless to say, the combination of herbicide and air freshener removed to garbage odor. Not sure it's an improvement though.

Then, I had piced up some bolts while out to mount a vise I purchased last week in the shed. I drilled all the mounting holes and had it positioned more or less as I wanted it. There was only one small problem. The bolts were too short and would clear eit her the vise or the bench but not the two together.

Next, I fired up the Webber to grill some hotdogs. Everything went well until I noticed that the hotdogs were skinless. They went on the grill, heated for about fifteen seconds and burst into flames as there was nothing on the outside of the dog to keep the fat from reaching the flames. Burned hotdogs were enjoyed by all. Especially the dog...

Jesus fuck...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 16, 2017, 02:01:06 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 05:31:46 AM
I dug around in a public trash compactor for thirty minutes looking for the keys I thought I'd thrown in there. Just as I called a locksmith once it became clear the keys weren't turning up they were found. They had somehow found their way from my hand to the roof of the car and had presumably been there the entire time.

Then, I had picked up a bottle of Roundup for some stubborn weeds along with a bottle of Febreeze to deodorize my shoes. Guess which one I used to initially spray my shoes? Needless to say, the combination of herbicide and air freshener removed to garbage odor. Not sure it's an improvement though.

Then, I had piced up some bolts while out to mount a vise I purchased last week in the shed. I drilled all the mounting holes and had it positioned more or less as I wanted it. There was only one small problem. The bolts were too short and would clear eit her the vise or the bench but not the two together.

Next, I fired up the Webber to grill some hotdogs. Everything went well until I noticed that the hotdogs were skinless. They went on the grill, heated for about fifteen seconds and burst into flames as there was nothing on the outside of the dog to keep the fat from reaching the flames. Burned hotdogs were enjoyed by all. Especially the dog...

The description of your day could go under the definition of "Meh'day" in the dictionary, especially the key thing. Nothing worse than spending an inordinate amount of time looking for some lost item only to realize after some time of futile searching that they were practically right under your nose the entire time.

I was grilling some sausages this past winter with a natural type casing on them, and I forgot to turn down the burners once I put them on...I was in the kitchen doing something else, and after 10-15 minutes or so I noticed the large clouds of smoke billowing up past the window from the grill. Ran outside and opened the top to the grill and one of the sausages was spewing out a thin stream of grease and fat which had caught on fire, looked like a miniature flame thrower. I must have pierced the skin when I open the package. Needless to say we enjoyed some burnt sausage the evening as well.



Quote from: Arturo on May 16, 2017, 11:21:23 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 05:31:46 AM
I dug around in a public trash compactor for thirty minutes looking for the keys I thought I'd thrown in there. Just as I called a locksmith once it became clear the keys weren't turning up they were found. They had somehow found their way from my hand to the roof of the car and had presumably been there the entire time.

Then, I had picked up a bottle of Roundup for some stubborn weeds along with a bottle of Febreeze to deodorize my shoes. Guess which one I used to initially spray my shoes? Needless to say, the combination of herbicide and air freshener removed to garbage odor. Not sure it's an improvement though.

Then, I had piced up some bolts while out to mount a vise I purchased last week in the shed. I drilled all the mounting holes and had it positioned more or less as I wanted it. There was only one small problem. The bolts were too short and would clear eit her the vise or the bench but not the two together.

Next, I fired up the Webber to grill some hotdogs. Everything went well until I noticed that the hotdogs were skinless. They went on the grill, heated for about fifteen seconds and burst into flames as there was nothing on the outside of the dog to keep the fat from reaching the flames. Burned hotdogs were enjoyed by all. Especially the dog...

Jesus fuck...


Who?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on May 16, 2017, 04:50:07 PM
I knew it was going to be bad when JJ told me just to read the grumpy thread instead of being able to tell me about his bad day!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 16, 2017, 07:42:14 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 16, 2017, 07:15:23 AM
One day, yes. I ain't having no stinkin' parties either!
Shit!!! You should have stayed in bed!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 17, 2017, 12:55:55 AM
Wow, JJ! What a horrible day. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 18, 2017, 02:56:21 AM
Translating a review full of ambiguous phrasing. I'm not a fricken' mind reader!  :grrr:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 05:42:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 18, 2017, 02:56:21 AM
Translating a review full of ambiguous phrasing. I'm not a fricken' mind reader!  :grrr:
:lol:

Sorry.  :(
I know, it's not funny.

...But it is.  :lol:
The part about, "I'm not a fricken' mind reader!"
Some things you can't translate, you can't interpret, you can only guess what they're saying by reading their minds.  ;D

Sorry.  :(


;D


Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 18, 2017, 06:32:25 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 05:42:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 18, 2017, 02:56:21 AM
Translating a review full of ambiguous phrasing. I'm not a fricken' mind reader!  :grrr:
:lol:

Sorry.  :(
I know, it's not funny.

...But it is.  :lol:
The part about, "I'm not a fricken' mind reader!"
Some things you can't translate, you can't interpret, you can only guess what they're saying by reading their minds.  ;D

Sorry.  :(


;D

And thus the Bible was created.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 06:46:42 AM
Quote from: Tank on May 18, 2017, 06:32:25 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 05:42:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 18, 2017, 02:56:21 AM
Translating a review full of ambiguous phrasing. I'm not a fricken' mind reader!  :grrr:
:lol:

Sorry.  :(
I know, it's not funny.

...But it is.  :lol:
The part about, "I'm not a fricken' mind reader!"
Some things you can't translate, you can't interpret, you can only guess what they're saying by reading their minds.  ;D

Sorry.  :(


;D

And thus the Bible was created.

Ha-ha! Good one.  ;D

You know what's even better? They guessed what an invisible being was saying by reading his invisible mind.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on May 18, 2017, 09:42:23 AM
I feel for you, JJ!  I do that sort of stuff all the time!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 18, 2017, 03:23:44 PM
Check this out shit out, Mag's "Madam Butterfly..." thread has twice as many views, and twice as many replies as the "Father Bruno, 4004 posts!!! thread. WTF??!!

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbmuebyE.png&hash=6807f57527170ebd305b19158bbe600049da7c83)


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 04:58:44 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 18, 2017, 03:23:44 PM
Check this out shit out, Mag's "Madam Butterfly..." thread has twice as many views, and twice as many replies as the "Father Bruno, 4004 posts!!! thread. WTF??!!

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbmuebyE.png&hash=6807f57527170ebd305b19158bbe600049da7c83)

Well, Father, if you want to go there.
Davin's birthday celebration has had more views.
Feliz cumpleaños, Davin!
64 Replies
502 Views

>:(

AND...AND....and (This is what hurts the most)
That nasty picture you posted:  :foottap: 1267 Views!
Profile Avatar
Started by Father Bruno « 1 2 3 »
30 Replies
1267 Views

Not too many people are commenting there, but they sure are looking!  :lol:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 18, 2017, 09:20:26 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 04:58:44 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 18, 2017, 03:23:44 PM
Check this out shit out, Mag's "Madam Butterfly..." thread has twice as many views, and twice as many replies as the "Father Bruno, 4004 posts!!! thread. WTF??!!

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbmuebyE.png&hash=6807f57527170ebd305b19158bbe600049da7c83)

Well, Father, if you want to go there.
Davin's birthday celebration has had more views.
Feliz cumpleaños, Davin!
64 Replies
502 Views

>:(

AND...AND....and (This is what hurts the most)
That nasty picture you posted:  :foottap: 1267 Views!
Profile Avatar
Started by Father Bruno « 1 2 3 »
30 Replies
1267 Views

Not too many people are commenting there, but they sure are looking at your lovely, lovely balls!  :lol:

Dios mío!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 18, 2017, 11:36:11 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 05:42:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 18, 2017, 02:56:21 AM
Translating a review full of ambiguous phrasing. I'm not a fricken' mind reader!  :grrr:
:lol:

Sorry.  :(
I know, it's not funny.

...But it is.  :lol:
The part about, "I'm not a fricken' mind reader!"
Some things you can't translate, you can't interpret, you can only guess what they're saying by reading their minds.  ;D

Sorry.  :(


;D

I wish I was a mind reader. :tellmemore: It would make my life so much easier.


Quote from: Tank on May 18, 2017, 06:32:25 AM
And thus the Bible was created.

Yes! :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 11:56:46 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 18, 2017, 09:20:26 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 04:58:44 PM
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Dios mío!
(https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7qE0gOGwzPbH81Qk/giphy.gif)
Don't be messing with my quotes, padre!  >:(
~I can go from being a happy hippie atheist to a mean nun in 1.5 seconds!  >:(
I'm telling you...it's not pretty!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 19, 2017, 02:14:27 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 11:56:46 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 18, 2017, 09:20:26 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2017, 04:58:44 PM
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Dios mío!
(https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7qE0gOGwzPbH81Qk/giphy.gif)
Don't be messing with my quotes, padre!  >:(
~I can go from being a happy hippie atheist to a mean nun in 1.5 seconds!  >:(
I'm telling you...it's not pretty!  >:(

I'll be honest with you Mags' as I was typing up my reply the thought did enter my mind whether or not to mess with your quote, and I did consider what reaction this might elicit from you, and I contemplated all of the possible outcomes and even ran some worse case scenarios through my little mind, butt at some point I decided it was simply too good of a chance to miss, and I would hate myself for allowing it to pass, so I went for it, and I have to say I thought it was pretty funny... ;D (So worth your Nunly Wrath)

You know I can't help myself in situations like this, and it's not me fault either. I was the youngest of three, with two older sisters and as not only the "baby' of the family, but the only "boy" it is incumbent on me to follow the "Baby Brother Code of Insolence and Bothering" (BBCIB)

One of my two sisters is what I would call the "Martha Stewart" type, her house is alway's impeccable in it's decorations, order and cleanliness. You could visit her any day of the week, day or night and her house is always in perfect order as if she's thinking one day 'Home and Gardens" is going to just "Pop In" and want to take pictures. 8)

She wears special clothing depending on what she's doing at the time. (Gardening, cooking, house cleaning, lounging casual, serious casual, business casual, sibling casual, dressy cooking, dressy casual, party casual, party dressy, party dressy cutesy, etc...)

For example, let's say you and I were going to work in your garden, maybe plant some vegetables, do some weeding (Get that new row of Jamaican gold in). We may put on some old clothes so as not to get our better clothes dirty or ruined, but she has special gardening outfits that she'll wear.

These aren't old or worn out clothes, these are specific outfits which have specific rules when to be worn. Spring garden light, spring garden heavy, spring garden when visiting a fancy "Herb Garden" clothes, which are meant to look like she's gardening, but cannot, and will not get dirty.

You probably get the picture right...with a sister like this who I love and cherish dearly, it is impossible for me not to mess with her over-accomplished Betty Crocker lifestyle...I try not to, I'll visit her and try not to do little things to bug her, but I've learned not to fight the urge any longer and simply accept my role in life as her "Bratty Little Brother".

So I may walk around the house and turn all of her toilet paper rolls the opposite way (Roll under rather than top) she hates that, or turn some of the hangers around in her closet so the hook part faces out rather than toward the back of the closet, or same with her towels or wash clothes. I'll sneak into her linen closet and turn them around so the open part of the fold is facing the front. (I know horrible isn't it)
This past Christmas we were at her home celebrating, and in one bathroom she had this small decorated can with a lid on it sitting on the floor, it was hand painted and really cute, and a decoration only. So I filled it with empty bottles and cans, they were rinsed out and clean of course, I mean I'm bratty, but not totally reckless...she called me one day about two weeks later while I was at work and she was putting her christmas decorations away, of course by that time I had forgotten about it, but she let me know she had discovered my handiwork,

Anyway so that's it, that's why I messed with your quote, and I'm sorry for doing it and I wish truly I could honestly say that I won't ever do it again, butt we both know that would be a lie, and I don't want to lie to you Mags because I value our friendship too much.

Peace and love,

Your little HAF Brother Bruno 8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 19, 2017, 03:19:29 PM
Little brother? I'm pretty sure you're a good deal older than she is Bruno.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 04:10:37 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 19, 2017, 03:19:29 PM
Little brother? I'm pretty sure you're a good deal older than she is Bruno.

He is centuries older.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 04:18:13 PM
Father Bruno...
Fine.  :snooty:
I'll let it go this time.
I know now why you remind me of  Loki, the Norse god of mischief.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 19, 2017, 04:25:07 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 19, 2017, 03:19:29 PM
Little brother? I'm pretty sure you're a good deal older than she is Bruno.

It was meant more figuratively than literally, but what the hell do you mean by "good deal older"? I'm not that old... ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 04:18:13 PM
Father Bruno...
Fine.  :snooty:
I'll let it go this time.
I know now why you remind me of  Loki, the Norse god of mischief.  ;D

Thank you for accepting my apology "Itzpapalotl"

QuoteIn Aztec mythology, Ītzpāpālōtl [iːt͡spaːˈpaːlot͡ɬ] ("Obsidian Butterfly") was a fearsome skeletal warrior goddess who ruled over the paradise world of Tamoanchan,  the place identified as where humans were created.[1] She is the mother of Mixcoatl and is particularly associated with the moth Rothschildia orizaba from the family Saturniidae. Some of her associations are birds and fire.[2] Her nagual was a deer. She is fond of Polish Gringos
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 19, 2017, 06:10:32 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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I am really close on this one... really, really close.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 06:33:38 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 06:10:32 PM
I am really close on this one... really, really close.
(https://hashtagrelatablelisticlesforcollegestudents.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/amused-chuckle-funny-haha-ha-ha-hahaha-laugh-lol-robert-de-niro-gif.gif?w=373&h=351)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 06:51:56 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.

I don't think he's famous, I just found him on the internet. I tell people my man looks a lot like him.  :tellmemore:
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...By the way...
Thank you for finally removing that "retired" sign.  :hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:58:02 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 06:51:56 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.

I don't think he's famous, I just found him on the internet. I tell people my man looks a lot like him.  :tellmemore:
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.



...By the way...
Thank you for finally removing that "retired" sign.  :hug:

Maybe I've just seem him on here before. Unless....I'm stalking you and your beau ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 07:01:31 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:58:02 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 06:51:56 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.

I don't think he's famous, I just found him on the internet. I tell people my man looks a lot like him.  :tellmemore:
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...By the way...
Thank you for finally removing that "retired" sign.  :hug:

Maybe I've just seem him on here before. Unless....I'm stalking you and your beau ;)

Maybe.  ;D
I don't blame you, those Polish Gringos are handsome.  :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 19, 2017, 07:01:46 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.

Almost but, somehow, not quite . . .

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSXgOGNn.jpg&hash=ac273d89bf9cf74bc7f70ec2ba54007c32ded8c2)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 07:09:24 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 19, 2017, 07:01:46 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
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Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.

Almost but, somehow, not quite . . .

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSXgOGNn.jpg&hash=ac273d89bf9cf74bc7f70ec2ba54007c32ded8c2)

Yes.
:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 07:16:34 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 19, 2017, 07:01:46 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.

Almost but, somehow, not quite . . .

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSXgOGNn.jpg&hash=ac273d89bf9cf74bc7f70ec2ba54007c32ded8c2)

Haha...similar yet so so different!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 19, 2017, 09:18:34 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:58:02 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 06:51:56 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on May 19, 2017, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 04:38:47 PM
She is fond of Polish Gringos
Only if the Polish Gringos look like this:   :P
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Who is that guy? He looks familiar but can't place a name on him.

I don't think he's famous, I just found him on the internet. I tell people my man looks a lot like him.  :tellmemore:
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.



...By the way...
Thank you for finally removing that "retired" sign.  :hug:

Maybe I've just seem him on here before. Unless....I'm stalking you and your beau ;)


Maybe.  ;D
I don't blame you, those Polish Gringos are handsome.  :grin:



Ha Ha, you're finally coming around Mags! ;D

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHVhOrN4.gif&hash=9dc9f2826da2812c971e81a05b2bf50c9527133d)

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvQEER5Q.gif&hash=06a82f0044f206a605e9b08f17378ac3f862c10a)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 19, 2017, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on May 19, 2017, 09:18:34 PM
Ha Ha, you're finally coming around Mags! ;D

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHVhOrN4.gif&hash=9dc9f2826da2812c971e81a05b2bf50c9527133d)

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvQEER5Q.gif&hash=06a82f0044f206a605e9b08f17378ac3f862c10a)

(https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-04/23/17/enhanced/webdr03/anigif_enhanced-buzz-2676-1429825649-9.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 20, 2017, 03:49:15 PM
New camera.
New lens.
Raining!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 20, 2017, 04:16:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 20, 2017, 03:49:15 PM
New camera.
New lens.
Raining!!!

And this English weather is a surprise?  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 20, 2017, 04:35:56 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 20, 2017, 04:16:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 20, 2017, 03:49:15 PM
New camera.
New lens.
Raining!!!

And this English weather is a surprise?  :P
F O!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 20, 2017, 05:55:46 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 20, 2017, 04:16:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 20, 2017, 03:49:15 PM
New camera.
New lens.
Raining!!!

And this English weather is a surprise?  :P

It is NOT  "English weather". Most of our weather systems come from the West. Which countries are West of England? Bluddy Ireland and America!

It's second hand Irish-American weather!!!

And what isn't the above is Icelandic (cold and wet), Scandinavian (bloody cold and often snowy or frosty), Continental (dry and hot or cold) or Spanish (warm and humid) weather. Britain is just the place it all dumps on in passing!

:foottap:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on May 20, 2017, 07:19:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 20, 2017, 03:49:15 PM
New camera.
New lens.
Raining!!!

Why not get out there anyway, put on your parka, rubbers and let's see some misty, damp, wet photos....C'mon man!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 25, 2017, 12:19:24 AM
Day off is coming to an end. Argh. I will most probably be working both days this weekend again doing menial, repetitive and incredibly boring tasks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on May 25, 2017, 09:23:45 AM
Poor old Fernanda!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 25, 2017, 12:23:50 PM
Quote from: OldGit on May 25, 2017, 09:23:45 AM
Poor old Fernanda!

:sad sigh:

'Tis life.

While my primary motivation is not to make money, it would be better if the student grant was more than what is basically a symbolic value.  I go to the lab practically everyday and am given a little over the equivalent of 120 US dollars or 90 British pounds a month to do so. That leaves little time and energy for other projects and endeavors that pay better. [/rant] 

I like your new avatar, OG.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 25, 2017, 07:20:26 PM
It's warm, it's a bit sticky, I have the window open to get a breeze.

But the Brainless Bozo with the Big Beer Belly who lives across the road has a visitor with all his car doors open playing rap at full bore!!!

:geezer!:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on May 25, 2017, 08:03:05 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 20, 2017, 05:55:46 PM

It is NOT  "English weather". Most of our weather systems come from the West. Which countries are West of England? Bluddy Ireland and America!

It's second hand Irish-American weather!!!


So if I fart in your general direction it could drift over and cause a shit storm over there?  Expect more farting.  Consider it to be Americans sharing intelligence with you.  Hell, we share it with everyone else.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 25, 2017, 08:08:16 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on May 25, 2017, 08:03:05 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on May 20, 2017, 05:55:46 PM

It is NOT  "English weather". Most of our weather systems come from the West. Which countries are West of England? Bluddy Ireland and America!

It's second hand Irish-American weather!!!


So if I fart in your general direction it could drift over and cause a shit storm over there?  Expect more farting.  Consider it to be Americans sharing intelligence with you.  Hell, we share it with everyone else.

Well, you must have heard of the chaos theory thing about the butterfly flapping its wings half a world away . . .

Hey, that means my farts might hit the French! I like that!

Where's that big tin of beans . . .

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: NoHandlebarsAttached on May 28, 2017, 05:19:33 AM
My fucking school is trying to keep me from going back because "WAAAH, YOU ALREADY HAVE A TWO YEAR DEGREE, WHY WOULD YOU NEED A FOUR YEAR!"
Fucking assholes. Maybe it's because I don't want to wind up working as an advisor my whole life. This town pisses me off.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 28, 2017, 06:23:00 AM
Quote from: NoHandlebarsAttached on May 28, 2017, 05:19:33 AM
My fucking school is trying to keep me from going back because "WAAAH, YOU ALREADY HAVE A TWO YEAR DEGREE, WHY WOULD YOU NEED A FOUR YEAR!"
Fucking assholes. Maybe it's because I don't want to wind up working as an advisor my whole life. This town pisses me off.

Find them. And end them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: NoHandlebarsAttached on May 28, 2017, 06:34:33 AM
Quote from: Arturo on May 28, 2017, 06:23:00 AM
Quote from: NoHandlebarsAttached on May 28, 2017, 05:19:33 AM
My fucking school is trying to keep me from going back because "WAAAH, YOU ALREADY HAVE A TWO YEAR DEGREE, WHY WOULD YOU NEED A FOUR YEAR!"
Fucking assholes. Maybe it's because I don't want to wind up working as an advisor my whole life. This town pisses me off.

Find them. And end them.
Eeeeh... That sounds like word. I'm a tad too smashed for work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 01, 2017, 05:20:14 PM
I sent an email to dte to put the electricity in my name yesterday mornjng and apparently I typed the email wrong and Google didn't tell me until today!  :grrr:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 01, 2017, 10:35:53 PM
That's shocking Jeffery.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 05, 2017, 10:22:18 PM
I'm way behind schedule. With each passing deadline I die a little inside.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 06, 2017, 04:12:54 PM
That sucks. I remember when I was behind on school assignments... but I'm sure mine were easier took less work.

I'm grumpy because I'm working on an application and near the end, one group of people wants something stupid and our group wants to do it the right way.

The application is designed to send out an email when a product comes through that has not been configured. That way, one of the people that gets that email can go in to a screen and configure it.

But because these guys don't want to fill out a lot of values (and it is a lot of values), they wanted me to program in default values that will be used when a value isn't filled out.

Well that just destroys the whole point of making sure products are configured. And down the line, when we get a new product where the default value doesn't work and they forget to configure it... well they'll ask why.

Thankfully, my BA and I agree so we're doing it a different way. A compromise that involves inserting just more than 14k records into the db.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 07, 2017, 02:18:33 AM
I got my keys for my new apartment today and the electronic pass to get in the building. I went back later to put some stuff in my apartment and the pass didn't work. It was after hours at the office and I didn't feel like calling maintenance to let me in because it's the office's fault for giving me a bad pass. So I called and left a message.

I'm not actually angry about this. It's a minor inconvenience. I just don't have a name for a thread that would suit this right now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 07, 2017, 10:55:42 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 06, 2017, 04:12:54 PM
That sucks. I remember when I was behind on school assignments... but I'm sure mine were easier took less work.

I'm grumpy because I'm working on an application and near the end, one group of people wants something stupid and our group wants to do it the right way.

The application is designed to send out an email when a product comes through that has not been configured. That way, one of the people that gets that email can go in to a screen and configure it.

But because these guys don't want to fill out a lot of values (and it is a lot of values), they wanted me to program in default values that will be used when a value isn't filled out.

Well that just destroys the whole point of making sure products are configured. And down the line, when we get a new product where the default value doesn't work and they forget to configure it... well they'll ask why.

Thankfully, my BA and I agree so we're doing it a different way. A compromise that involves inserting just more than 14k records into the db.

This happens to me at work whenever something breaks. They come to me to fix it and when I tell them what's required - usually something we don't have on hand - they then ask me to just "make it work."

Sometimes I do exactly that but if it's something I'll have to deal with on a regular basis I bring what I need from home to do it right. Our new director seems to be of a similar mind to me so I've been getting more of what I need to do the things that are asked of me. It's grudgingly given though.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 08, 2017, 02:24:25 AM
Again, I'm not exactly angry about this, but this is the best thread that fits.

Every year, someone has to try and be a bad ass in my neighborhood that isn't from here. This time a guy yelled at me to move so he could speed down my street while I'm crossing. I tell him "FUCK YOU" and he speeds up and stops in front of my house. Only after I've crossed of course because fuck him, this is MY street and i'm going to cross slow. He tries to provoke a fight with me by saying "what's up?" from his car. I tell him to fuck off and his friend tells him to drive. He drives.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 09, 2017, 12:06:32 PM
I should not be so pedantic, I make enough mistakes (even excluding typos) myself, but I still feel annoyed when authors get technical things wrong. Lots of scope for it in the kind of stuff I read!

Latest is using "ligature" rather than "ligament". Self-published, even via Amazon etc, never seem to get proof read and often contain the wrong words or sloppy grammar. Since I find it impossible to just read without "proofreading" and editing as I go this is like hitting a wall. Some look like there were ductsted to a not very good speech-to-text engine.

There are other less-than-accurate technical things in the book but one has to allow a little lee-way. I suppose...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on June 09, 2017, 02:33:15 PM
The city is in the process of redoing the streets in the small neighborhood I live in. Not only the streets, but new sewers, water and gas lines.
They installed the gas-lines last fall, which included new meters for our homes which are now located on the exterior rather than in our basements. This included tearing up portions of our sidewalks, and even parts of our lawns, and a portion of my in-ground sprinkler system. All of which will be fixed when the project is completed.
I'm in favor of all of this, in fact we are the very last neighborhood on this side of the city to have this work done, and our street is in desperate need of repaving, so I will be extremely happy when the work is completed.

Of course it is going to cause some inconveniences for us in the neighborhood while the work is being done, currently there are large cement pipes, joints piled up along the front of our homes, and yesterday they began the process of removing the asphalt in order to exposed the original cement on the street.

The city sent out notices informing us that they would be working on this yesterday, and subsequently cars would not be allowed to be park in the road and the streets themselves would be closed to through traffic.
There are now huge piles of broken asphalt pile along the street waiting to be picked up by crews, and it was difficult to maneuver around yesterday.

What has made me grumpy over this matter isn't the work being done, or the fact that a portion of my in-ground sprinkler isn't working, or that portions of my sidewalk and driveway have been broken and pulled up, or the portions spray painted with strange, cryptic engineering terms, or even that parts of my lawn have been destroyed. Nor the fact that it will certainly be a strain for us to maneuver around what with jostling our three cars in/out the driveway, etc...

No what has me grumpy about this situation is when I came home Wednesday evening after my yoga class, I was met by a gathering of my neighbors both young and old who seem to think that I am the spokesperson and go-to man for the entire block. I couldn't even get down my street to my house when an older gent came out and waved my over to complain and question. (He was at the time conversing with my son, who was on his way out for a bike ride. My son apparently is now the number 2 man in the block, a position he seems to enjoy)

Anyway, I had about 8-10 people on my lawn asking me questions and looking to me for answers. Now I'm the point of contact for these folks, they all have my cell number, and I spent yesterday afternoon on the phone with the city engineer getting answers for everyone.

I told them to stop by my house Saturday afternoon and I would fill them in on what's going on...one old bloke just called and left me a five minute message on my phone.

This is not good.

I feel like the character "Ove" from the book we are reading in the book club here.

Grumpy indeed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 10, 2017, 03:05:11 AM
Bruno, as much as it pains me to say this, I have a feeling you're probably the right guy to be the point man for your neighborhood. Fairly level headed, reasonably intelligent, and a people person - even if you aren't really a people person you put on a good show. My neighbors are a bunch of nutwads who can't figure out that a notice saying that the power will be cut off for new overhead line installation means (gasp!) that the power will be cut off during the hours listed.  I don't have the patience to be the go between but I can tell you the linesmen working on the lines that day were very frustrated by the number of people driving over to see why their TV and ac stopped working...

They were a nice bunch of guys. I talked to them when they were posting the notices and when the trucks were leaving that day. Apparently they get a lot of people asking the same questions over and over again. If only I was nicer and actually talked to my neighbors.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 10, 2017, 05:52:31 AM
You come over here as an extrovert with an opinion, FB, ideal material for a representative.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 10, 2017, 03:54:45 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on June 09, 2017, 02:33:15 PM
I told them to stop by my house Saturday afternoon and I would fill them in on what's going on...

Please don't forget to bake some lovely scones with strawberry jam and cream to serve with the tea you will be offering your guests.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 10, 2017, 04:30:48 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 10, 2017, 03:54:45 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on June 09, 2017, 02:33:15 PM
I told them to stop by my house Saturday afternoon and I would fill them in on what's going on...

Please don't forget to bake some lovely scones with strawberry jam and cream to serve with the tea you will be offering your guests.

Do Americans indulge in cream teas? Though it was all milk and cookies!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 10, 2017, 05:06:29 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 10, 2017, 04:30:48 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 10, 2017, 03:54:45 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on June 09, 2017, 02:33:15 PM
I told them to stop by my house Saturday afternoon and I would fill them in on what's going on...

Please don't forget to bake some lovely scones with strawberry jam and cream to serve with the tea you will be offering your guests.

Do Americans indulge in cream teas? Though it was all milk and cookies!

Yes, and "biscuits" for breakfast.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on June 11, 2017, 02:33:03 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 10, 2017, 04:30:48 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 10, 2017, 03:54:45 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on June 09, 2017, 02:33:15 PM
I told them to stop by my house Saturday afternoon and I would fill them in on what's going on...

Please don't forget to bake some lovely scones with strawberry jam and cream to serve with the tea you will be offering your guests.

Do Americans indulge in cream teas? Though it was all milk and cookies!

Yes, I grew up eating scones, and drinking lots of tea...and tea is still a favorite and regular beverage in our home. I had a lovely Chai Latte yesterday with my son, though we now prefer macaroons over scones ;D


Quote from: jumbojak on June 10, 2017, 03:05:11 AM
Bruno, as much as it pains me to say this, I have a feeling you're probably the right guy to be the point man for your neighborhood. Fairly level headed, reasonably intelligent, and a people person - even if you aren't really a people person you put on a good show. My neighbors are a bunch of nutwads who can't figure out that a notice saying that the power will be cut off for new overhead line installation means (gasp!) that the power will be cut off during the hours listed.  I don't have the patience to be the go between but I can tell you the linesmen working on the lines that day were very frustrated by the number of people driving over to see why their TV and ac stopped working...

They were a nice bunch of guys. I talked to them when they were posting the notices and when the trucks were leaving that day. Apparently they get a lot of people asking the same questions over and over again. If only I was nicer and actually talked to my neighbors.

I appreciate the compliment, especially coming from you JJ, thanks-

I am less flippant in the real world, my online persona differs slightly in that regard, I've been told I come off as quite affable, though I am still very sarcastic in the real world as well, and I suppose I'm a pretty helpful guy...I do still like to mix in some good swear words when possible.

I spoke to some of the guys early yesterday who were dropping off more concrete piping, and like you said JJ they get asked the same questions over and over. The one guy said when they see someone from the neighborhood coming towards them they usually cringe with dread.

They city did send out a notice about the recent work, but not everyone receive one. In fact the neighbors who didn't receive one live on one side of the street so they were wondering out loud if maybe the street closing only apply to the "other" side of the street? I had to tell them no it applies to the entire street.
So we had our meeting and I think it went well as I was able to give them some reasonable suggestions as to where they could park there cars as well as a decent timeline of events, at least for the next week or so.

Now I'm getting grumpy because I can't get the blade off my lawn mower as I wanted to sharpen it, could really use JJ's impact wrench.
I soaked the nut with some oil, and going to attack it after breakfast with a wrench and hammer, hopefully that does the trick.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 11, 2017, 02:44:35 PM
If you can attatch a steel pipe to the wrench, that would help too.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 11, 2017, 03:28:32 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 11, 2017, 02:44:35 PM
If you can attatch a steel pipe to the wrench, that would help too.
Providing you don't end up rotating the mower as well!  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 11, 2017, 04:33:08 PM
But the box end of the wrench on the arbor nut and wail the piss out of the open end with a hammer. If the blades haven't been changed it usually takes impact to knock em loose. I think every lawnmower factory employs a giant to install blades. A 50/50 mix of acetone and automatic transmission fluid helps too. Best penetrating fluid I've come across. Oh, heat too, if the above fails.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on June 12, 2017, 02:34:58 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 11, 2017, 04:33:08 PM
But the box end of the wrench on the arbor nut and wail the piss out of the open end with a hammer. If the blades haven't been changed it usually takes impact to knock em loose. I think every lawnmower factory employs a giant to install blades. A 50/50 mix of acetone and automatic transmission fluid helps too. Best penetrating fluid I've come across. Oh, heat too, if the above fails.

That worked, but I had to hammer the shit out of it, strange this is I've changed the blade on this mower in the past, so not sure why it was froze like that. (Normally take it off in the fall, but I forgot)

Neighbor let me borrow some Kroil Oil..never used it before, but that seemed to help. He swears by it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 12, 2017, 02:55:06 AM
If you removed the blade to sharpen before I might wager there was some corrosion between the arbor nut and the blade. A tiny dab of anti seize on the back of the nut would prevent that issue in the future. Just take care you don't wind up looking like the tin man. That stuff gets everywhere if you aren't careful.

Kroil is good stuff, but very expensive and not as effective in head to head testing as the 50/50 mix. It's also much easier to contain. Kinda like hydrofluoric acid eats through most lab glass the 50/50 mix rapidly dissolves most plastics. I use an old fashioned metal oil can. The Goldenrod.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 12, 2017, 03:40:37 AM
Well since I moved this week, I have only done TWO homework assignments out of 7 that are due tomorrow. Also I think when every teacher tells me not to wait til the last minute to do home work that it subconsciously makes me wait to the last minute because I like a challenge.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 12, 2017, 09:56:09 PM
When a user says, "all of the work orders are popping up an error."

When it turns out to be that only one work order was popping up an error.

And the error that it was popping up, is an error that is supposed to pop up so that they don't try to do something at that work station before they're supposed to.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 12, 2017, 10:03:03 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 12, 2017, 09:56:09 PM
When a user says, "all of the work orders are popping up an error."

When it turns out to be that only one work order was popping up an error.

And the error that it was popping up, is an error that is supposed to pop up so that they don't try to do something at that work station before they're supposed to.

When you mix hyperbole with stupidity do you get hypidity or stuperbole? Whichever, you get a fecking headache!

My unfavourite was the "I must have it by tomorrow!" that started the day before, four layers of management up, as "We need it in three weeks time."
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 12, 2017, 11:51:09 PM
This air conditioner doesn't do shit unless I change thw temperature.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2017, 01:18:19 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 12, 2017, 11:51:09 PM
This air conditioner doesn't do shit unless I change thw temperature.

At least you have an AC.  ;)

During mid summer when temperatures reach near 40 degrees Celsius I'd happily take an AC like that over nothing. 
:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 02:29:19 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2017, 01:18:19 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 12, 2017, 11:51:09 PM
This air conditioner doesn't do shit unless I change thw temperature.

At least you have an AC.  ;)

During mid summer when temperatures reach near 40 degrees Celsius I'd happily take an AC like that over nothing. 
:(

It's nice but it just blows in hot fucking air
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 13, 2017, 03:56:25 AM
House or apartment arturo?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 04:38:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 13, 2017, 03:56:25 AM
House or apartment arturo?

Apartment. I just moved in.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2017, 11:51:56 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 02:29:19 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2017, 01:18:19 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 12, 2017, 11:51:09 PM
This air conditioner doesn't do shit unless I change thw temperature.

At least you have an AC.  ;)

During mid summer when temperatures reach near 40 degrees Celsius I'd happily take an AC like that over nothing. 
:(

It's nice but it just blows in hot fucking air

Well in that case take a baseball bat and proceed to take out all of life's frustrations on it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 13, 2017, 02:37:51 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 04:38:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 13, 2017, 03:56:25 AM
House or apartment arturo?

Apartment. I just moved in.
Tell management about it, it's their responsibility to get it fixed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 02:40:47 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 13, 2017, 02:37:51 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 04:38:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 13, 2017, 03:56:25 AM
House or apartment arturo?

Apartment. I just moved in.
Tell management about it, it's their responsibility to get it fixed.

It's my air conditioner. Everyone here has to provide their own
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 02:41:35 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2017, 11:51:56 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 02:29:19 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2017, 01:18:19 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 12, 2017, 11:51:09 PM
This air conditioner doesn't do shit unless I change thw temperature.

At least you have an AC.  ;)

During mid summer when temperatures reach near 40 degrees Celsius I'd happily take an AC like that over nothing. 
:(

It's nice but it just blows in hot fucking air

Well in that case take a baseball bat and proceed to take out all of life's frustrations on it.
I did want to buy one just in case zombies attacked...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 13, 2017, 02:42:49 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 02:40:47 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 13, 2017, 02:37:51 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 13, 2017, 04:38:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 13, 2017, 03:56:25 AM
House or apartment arturo?

Apartment. I just moved in.
Tell management about it, it's their responsibility to get it fixed.

It's my air conditioner. Everyone here has to provide their own
Oh, that is not something I've heard of.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 13, 2017, 03:07:51 PM
If it's a window unit you'll probably have to buy a new one. They're pretty cheap and not usually servicable.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on June 13, 2017, 04:23:11 PM
^^I agree, you can pick up a new unit for fairly cheap, maybe $125.00 for a 5K...definitely not worth trying to repair.


Here's a couple pictures of just a portion of our street as of this morning. This first one is of just a few of the many piles of ground up asphalt waiting to be picked up by the contractors, they've been there since Friday and circle around the entire block.

The only good thing about them is they have helped reduce significantly the amount of traffic that normally cuts through our neighborhood, however. They have also significantly reduced the amount of available parking.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fa0Pwp7x.jpg&hash=846b87227b883ba1d868d96cbe0c5285d3fd5c41)

This second one shows the cement piping they've been stacking all over. One elderly neighbor asked me the other day why they stacked the pipes in front of her house since between her and her husband along with their daughter who is now living with them they have 3 cars to try and juggle parking in their single driveway.
She doesn't understand this at all because the couple across the street from them have only one car, so why didn't they stack the pipes in front of their house?

She asked me if I could speak to them and have them moved...

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtMNeJhe.jpg&hash=639635c5bf60360d7408a7636509e8f10d91dce3)

It's going to be a long summer.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 01:43:48 AM
I'm pissed off for two -censored- reasons. One, I'm having trouble submitting my abstract for a local university event online and two, -censored- Bing installed itself and now I can't get rid of it! I must've looked up every tutorial...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 18, 2017, 01:59:50 AM
Pissed off is better than pissed on.

Unless, urine to that. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 02:17:46 AM
Quote from: No one on June 18, 2017, 01:59:50 AM
Pissed off is better than pissed on.

Unless, urine to that. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)

Very punny! :grin:

Nope, I'm out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 18, 2017, 05:00:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 01:43:48 AM
I'm pissed off for two -censored- reasons. One, I'm having trouble submitting my abstract for a local university event online and two, -censored- Bing installed itself and now I can't get rid of it! I must've looked up every tutorial...

Trying to remember how I deBinged my laptop. But they might have "fixed" that method by now.

Censored, censored Microshit should be censored!

xSP, this was not my nethod but did any of the tutorials suggest "restoring" to a pre-Bing version of Windows? You can revert most modifications and "updates" to Windows via this method.

Microshit has a fine record of "upgrades" that make things worse.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 10:08:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 01:43:48 AM
I'm pissed off for two -censored- reasons. One, I'm having trouble submitting my abstract for a local university event online and two, -censored- Bing installed itself and now I can't get rid of it! I must've looked up every tutorial...

Is it Windows 8? Which browser are you using?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 10:30:55 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 10:08:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 01:43:48 AM
I'm pissed off for two -censored- reasons. One, I'm having trouble submitting my abstract for a local university event online and two, -censored- Bing installed itself and now I can't get rid of it! I must've looked up every tutorial...

Is it Windows 8? Which browser are you using?

Windows 10, and I'm using Chrome.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 10:48:13 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 18, 2017, 05:00:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2017, 01:43:48 AM
I'm pissed off for two -censored- reasons. One, I'm having trouble submitting my abstract for a local university event online and two, -censored- Bing installed itself and now I can't get rid of it! I must've looked up every tutorial...

Trying to remember how I deBinged my laptop. But they might have "fixed" that method by now.

Censored, censored Microshit should be censored!

xSP, this was not my nethod but did any of the tutorials suggest "restoring" to a pre-Bing version of Windows? You can revert most modifications and "updates" to Windows via this method.

Microshit has a fine record of "upgrades" that make things worse.

I seem to have found a problem, I don't know if it's the problem that's redirecting my browser, but but a google search shows that it's definitely malware:

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2F2r5cc5u.png&hash=8be2e901be25873162b58b2c6a5a54c5ddd6874f)

I think I may have to restore my computer to previous settings if I fail to remove it by other means, as the extension doesn't allow me to delete it like I would any non-malicious extension.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 18, 2017, 11:25:07 AM
^
New one on me, though I have met "non-deletables" before I think. Like Microshit they come under the heading of "bullyware".

Ah, I may have deleted Firefox then re-installed it via Chrome or IE, then deleted the other browser and re-installed that. That means you have to re-install your wanted plug ins and maybe bookmarks and passwords as well. *

Worked well when I had a case of ransomware that took over the browser as its home page and redirected every URL to itself.

Haven't had much such trouble with Chrome I admit.

Also be very careful that the crap ones are not offered as "bonuses" that you have to actively refuse.

* Except on Chrome/Google if you have a tablet running it as well, you can access all your passwords or transfer bookmarks via that if thry do not reload automatically.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 11:40:00 AM
You've obviously done the usual Google search and tried the recommended things, so it probably is malware. Once everything is back to normal, you should create an image of the C: drive onto another hard drive or an external drive. I use Acronis for that and find it only takes a few minutes to restore the image when I pick up infections or Windows gets corrupted. I used to use Norton Ghost, but it is now obsolete.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 18, 2017, 12:30:13 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 11:40:00 AM
You've obviously done the usual Google search and tried the recommended things, so it probably is malware. Once everything is back to normal, you should create an image of the C: drive onto another hard drive or an external drive. I use Acronis for that and find it only takes a few minutes to restore the image when I pick up infections or Windows gets corrupted. I used to use Norton Ghost, but it is now obsolete.

Hmm, never thought of making a C drive image! Got an old 250Gb external drive going sort of spare (needs mains to run it, new ones are USB) that would well serve that purpose.

Thanks, Hermes!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 18, 2017, 03:37:06 PM
If restoring to previous settings doesn't work, maybe this will:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-cookies-on-off-extension-virus/amp/

I don't know zemana, but I know the other two programs (malwarebytes and hitman pro). Also maybe download from the vendor websites rather than the links. But otherwise seems to make sense.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 04:52:37 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 18, 2017, 12:30:13 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 11:40:00 AM
You've obviously done the usual Google search and tried the recommended things, so it probably is malware. Once everything is back to normal, you should create an image of the C: drive onto another hard drive or an external drive. I use Acronis for that and find it only takes a few minutes to restore the image when I pick up infections or Windows gets corrupted. I used to use Norton Ghost, but it is now obsolete.

Hmm, never thought of making a C drive image! Got an old 250Gb external drive going sort of spare (needs mains to run it, new ones are USB) that would well serve that purpose.

Thanks, Hermes!

This has saved my life many times over at least 15 years. One cannot, of course, just copy the whole drive that contains the Windows files; that is why one has to use appropriate software to create an image. I have not looked at any freeware products lately, but will investigate and let you know. I love Acronis, but I am sure there are other, possibly free, programs out there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 04:59:23 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 04:52:37 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 18, 2017, 12:30:13 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 11:40:00 AM
You've obviously done the usual Google search and tried the recommended things, so it probably is malware. Once everything is back to normal, you should create an image of the C: drive onto another hard drive or an external drive. I use Acronis for that and find it only takes a few minutes to restore the image when I pick up infections or Windows gets corrupted. I used to use Norton Ghost, but it is now obsolete.

Hmm, never thought of making a C drive image! Got an old 250Gb external drive going sort of spare (needs mains to run it, new ones are USB) that would well serve that purpose.

Thanks, Hermes!

This has saved my life many times over at least 15 years. One cannot, of course, just copy the whole drive that contains the Windows files; that is why one has to use appropriate software to create an image. I have not looked at any freeware products lately, but will investigate and let you know. I love Acronis, but I am sure there are other, possibly free, programs out there.

Wow, I see there are many on this site:

http://alternativeto.net/software/acronis-true-image/

You could try a few to see which one suits you best.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 18, 2017, 05:07:23 PM
It seems AOMEI Backupper is a good one.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/aomei-backupper.htm

http://www.aomeitech.com/ab/standard.html
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 18, 2017, 05:19:54 PM
Alternative To is a great website for anything
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 18, 2017, 06:06:55 PM
Perhaps they need to be in the "Useful links" thread chaps!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 18, 2017, 09:24:46 PM
All these old ladies who live in my building silently judging me before they get to know me...I'm seething in anger... :rant1: hate them
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 19, 2017, 08:24:07 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 18, 2017, 09:24:46 PM
All these old ladies who live in my building silently judging me before they get to know me...I'm seething in anger... :rant1: hate them
And you probably give off subliminal messages of hate and anger which you are being judged on.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 19, 2017, 08:38:39 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 18, 2017, 09:24:46 PM
All these old ladies who live in my building silently judging me before they get to know me...I'm seething in anger... :rant1: hate them

I tend to agree with Tank. Even if you only think those old ladies are against you you will exhibit small signs, that others will "read" unconsciously, that will cause a kind of feedback system. You, in turn, will have your thoughts reinforced by their, understandable, concerns about having a young man in their "geriatric" community.

Prejudice feeds on itself.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 19, 2017, 08:52:04 AM
Feel like unloading some crap off my chest, nowhere better than here, amirite? I more or less disappeared for a few months, only because life has been busy in a good way. Firechicklet is almost 8 months old and has already started crawling, eating solid food, and generally taking up all of our free time, but it's been a blast. She's a happy, energetic little girl with a huge smile. She was determined to crawl, even when she kept going backward instead (transmission issues?), even when she yelled out in anger, she refused to give up. And now that she can, it's not enough for her; she's trying to climb everything and stand on her own. She's my kid and I'm biased as all hell, but dammit she's going places.
Ok, so all is well, right? Sure, in my immediate sphere. Mrs. Firebird and I are great, we're visiting her folks right now in fact. But I'm finding myself feeling so fucking cynical about the world and society in general. And now that's turning into little bouts of terror as I realize I have to protect this girl from the worst of it without suffocating her and letting her grow up to become her own person. How? I'm trying to contribute however I can. I donate money to non-profits to fight what Drumpf is doing and have gone to more protests in the past 6 months than I had in the previous 15 years. But I'm just one person in this country filled with selfish assholes who think it's fine to let people die from poisonous air, lack of health insurance, or guns because they let rich jackasses brainwash them. How am I supposed to explain this to her? How do I show her how to cope and navigate this world when most people in this world disappoint and annoy me? How do I cope when I'm an atheist living in a place where saying "Jesus forgives me" lets the worst people off the hook in the eyes of so many little sheep, rather than giving them the ass-kicking they deserve? Lately my trend has been to shrink the circle of people I communicate with because I'm just tired of dealing with humanity in general. I've been staying off facebook for that reason too. I have people I was friends with in high school trying to get back in touch with me, and I'm mostly annoyed they're trying and want them to just go away.
I feel like I'm turning into an old man telling people to stay off my virtual lawn so I can encase my little universe into a bubble, and it's not healthy, but it feels safer right now too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 19, 2017, 08:59:59 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 18, 2017, 09:24:46 PM
All these old ladies who live in my building silently judging me before they get to know me...I'm seething in anger... :rant1: hate them

Perhaps you should go and introduce yourself to them with a big smile and even offer to help them if they ever need anything.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on June 19, 2017, 09:04:52 AM
Quote from: Firebird on June 19, 2017, 08:52:04 AM
Feel like unloading some crap off my chest, nowhere better than here, amirite? I more or less disappeared for a few months, only because life has been busy in a good way. Firechicklet is almost 8 months old and has already started crawling, eating solid food, and generally taking up all of our free time, but it's been a blast. She's a happy, energetic little girl with a huge smile. She was determined to crawl, even when she kept going backward instead (transmission issues?), even when she yelled out in anger, she refused to give up. And now that she can, it's not enough for her; she's trying to climb everything and stand on her own. She's my kid and I'm biased as all hell, but dammit she's going places.
Ok, so all is well, right? Sure, in my immediate sphere. Mrs. Firebird and I are great, we're visiting her folks right now in fact. But I'm finding myself feeling so fucking cynical about the world and society in general. And now that's turning into little bouts of terror as I realize I have to protect this girl from the worst of it without suffocating her and letting her grow up to become her own person. How? I'm trying to contribute however I can. I donate money to non-profits to fight what Drumpf is doing and have gone to more protests in the past 6 months than I had in the previous 15 years. But I'm just one person in this country filled with selfish assholes who think it's fine to let people die from poisonous air, lack of health insurance, or guns because they let rich jackasses brainwash them. How am I supposed to explain this to her? How do I show her how to cope and navigate this world when most people in this world disappoint and annoy me? How do I cope when I'm an atheist living in a place where saying "Jesus forgives me" lets the worst people off the hook in the eyes of so many little sheep, rather than giving them the ass-kicking they deserve? Lately my trend has been to shrink the circle of people I communicate with because I'm just tired of dealing with humanity in general. I've been staying off facebook for that reason too. I have people I was friends with in high school trying to get back in touch with me, and I'm mostly annoyed they're trying and want them to just go away.
I feel like I'm turning into an old man telling people to stay off my virtual lawn so I can encase my little universe into a bubble, and it's not healthy, but it feels safer right now too.

I have no advice but you have put into words how I feel a lot of the time.  I hate to tell you this but it gets harder as they get older and start asking questions about world events.  I try not to watch the news channel in front of scamp as it's all full of doom and gloom and I want her to enjoy her childhood but inevitably she picks up somethings which have happened.  It also scares me the social media world she is growing up in and I worry about when she's a teenager and on social media herself.

I think all we can do is try and raise resilient well rounded girls who can face the worlds problems as well as possible. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 19, 2017, 09:36:42 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 19, 2017, 09:04:52 AM
I hate to tell you this but it gets harder as they get older and start asking questions about world events.  I try not to watch the news channel in front of scamp as it's all full of doom and gloom and I want her to enjoy her childhood but inevitably she picks up somethings which have happened. 
No surprise there. How blunt and honest are you with her? Do you tell her the unvarnished truth or do you hold back certain things?

Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 19, 2017, 09:04:52 AM
I think all we can do is try and raise resilient well rounded girls who can face the worlds problems as well as possible.
Indeed. I love being a parent, but I can also understand why it's not for everyone. Some of the challenges are daunting.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on June 19, 2017, 09:55:40 AM
Quote from: Firebird on June 19, 2017, 09:36:42 AM
How blunt and honest are you with her? Do you tell her the unvarnished truth or do you hold back certain things?

It really depends on the situation.  The problem is that she loves gore and is fascinated by medical things so she wants to know details of injuries etc but I do tone it down for her.  I also try and find something positive to tell her in each story, for example with the London fire we talked a lot about the people who had volunteered to help and donated things and how everyone was helping each other.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 19, 2017, 10:05:02 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 19, 2017, 08:59:59 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 18, 2017, 09:24:46 PM
All these old ladies who live in my building silently judging me before they get to know me...I'm seething in anger... :rant1: hate them

Perhaps you should go and introduce yourself to them with a big smile and even offer to help them if they ever need anything.

Make that a gentle smile, and it has to be genuine, reaching the eyes!

You are reacting to their reactions, Arturo, but if you are the only young male around their concerns have a, sort of, justified basis from their point of view. Why is this "strange" (as in "unknown") young man here? One of you needs to modify that to the better.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 19, 2017, 12:24:16 PM
Sorry but no genuine smile is coming from me after their brroadcasting their thoughts about me. I'm not kind to people who won't be kind to me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 19, 2017, 01:22:55 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 19, 2017, 12:24:16 PM
Sorry but no genuine smile is coming from me after their brroadcasting their thoughts about me. I'm not kind to people who won't be kind to me.
Broadcasting how?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 19, 2017, 04:18:20 PM
My treadmill broke. I was going fine, then one day it stopped moving while going 10 MPH and then it started smoking. Might still be under warranty, but they'll probably just send me a new motor that I'll have to install myself. Treadmills and me don't seem to get along very well. They don't last too long. And I'm not going out jogging in this heat, I did that a few years ago and it's hotter now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 19, 2017, 05:02:06 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 19, 2017, 04:18:20 PM
My treadmill broke. I was going fine, then one day it stopped moving while going 10 MPH and then it started smoking. Might still be under warranty, but they'll probably just send me a new motor that I'll have to install myself. Treadmills and me don't seem to get along very well. They don't last too long. And I'm not going out jogging in this heat, I did that a few years ago and it's hotter now.

I'm simply not going out jogging, or even staying in milling treads.

Got a set of friction "sit-on-the-sofa-and-pedal" pedals. Wipe the dust off them once or twice a year...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 19, 2017, 05:12:15 PM
Whenever I feel like going out jogging I lie down until the feeling goes away.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 19, 2017, 07:23:50 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 19, 2017, 04:18:20 PM
My treadmill broke. I was going fine, then one day it stopped moving while going 10 MPH and then it started smoking. Might still be under warranty, but they'll probably just send me a new motor that I'll have to install myself. Treadmills and me don't seem to get along very well. They don't last too long. And I'm not going out jogging in this heat, I did that a few years ago and it's hotter now.

Treadmill motors are usually pretty tough. How many have you burned up?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 19, 2017, 08:24:25 PM
At about 1 am today, I tried to sync my iPod. I was informed by iTunes that neither iTunes or my iPod was authorized to use this computer and that all my audio was in the wrong format. It then removed everything from the iPod - 47 audio books and 25 episodes of various podcasts. After fighting with it for about an hour (uninstalled, reinstalled, reset the iPod, downloaded a couple of things again), I downloaded iTunes on my back-up computer, set up all up again, re-downloaded everything. I then de-authorized iTunes on my primary computer, uninstalled it, and uninstalled anything related to Apple or iTunes. By the time it was all set back up the way I had it and all the audio downloaded to the other computer, it was 4 am. At least it works and I'll have something to listen to at work.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 20, 2017, 01:06:09 AM
I have to get up early tomorrow...in the cold...

Whoever tries to take my blanket from me dies!  :slapfight:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 20, 2017, 01:30:33 AM
A case for justifiable homicide if I've ever heard one.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 20, 2017, 01:42:37 AM
Quote from: No one on June 20, 2017, 01:30:33 AM
A case for justifiable homicide if I've ever heard one.

:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ali on June 20, 2017, 04:39:36 AM
Just got my new glasses. Ugh, you guys. My eyes are terrible. I started wearing glasses when I wan 10, and the sitch has only gotten worse since. But I have been wearing contacts since I was 10, because vain Ali refused to wear the glasses that she needed. At my last eye dr visit, my eye dr noted that I am starting to have a problem with overusing my contacts that's causing blood vessels to grow where they shouldn't. The thing to do? Wear my glasses a lot more. So here they are. Planning on wearing them to work tomorrow instead of my contacts. Sad bespeckled Ali. :(

https://imgur.com/a/bY8Xv
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 20, 2017, 08:56:34 AM
Quote from: Ali on June 20, 2017, 04:39:36 AM
So here they are. Planning on wearing them to work tomorrow instead of my contacts. Sad bespeckled Ali. :(

https://imgur.com/a/bY8Xv
I'm sure you'd look fine in glasses, though those are...how do I say it...not my kind of style  ;D

Ever consider just taking the plunge with Lasik? I'm in the same boat, terrible eyesight and wearing contacts most of the time, but I've been too chickenshit to get them zapped because of the occasional horror story you hear. But I'm strongly considering it more now because I'm tired of dealing with contacts/glasses, especially when traveling.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on June 20, 2017, 09:50:35 AM
Hey, glasses are what all the cool kids wear :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 20, 2017, 01:17:54 PM
Oh yeah? Well I've been wearing glasses since I was 7! And I never had contacts! Meanwhile my cousin's all got contacts and I'm just sitting here with the same pair of glasses for 3 years
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 20, 2017, 03:30:04 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 19, 2017, 07:23:50 PM
Quote from: Davin on June 19, 2017, 04:18:20 PM
My treadmill broke. I was going fine, then one day it stopped moving while going 10 MPH and then it started smoking. Might still be under warranty, but they'll probably just send me a new motor that I'll have to install myself. Treadmills and me don't seem to get along very well. They don't last too long. And I'm not going out jogging in this heat, I did that a few years ago and it's hotter now.

Treadmill motors are usually pretty tough. How many have you burned up?
Well, the first one I got was cheap so I didn't expect it to last long if I used it. I got a cheap one because I didn't want to spend a lot of money on something I might not use. But I eventually got up to using it daily. Then the frame started to bend.

So I got a slightly more expensive treadmill. It was supposed to be great for it's price, but after just over a year, the tread started stopping mid stride. And the repair for that was going to be more than I spent on it.

So then I did more research this time and got a pretty good one. And it was fine for almost a year. Then the motor started to smoke. So only this last one am I having a problem with the motor.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ali on June 20, 2017, 05:27:05 PM
Whatever FB. My glasses are lit! For glasses.  ;D

I've thought about LASIK, but never actually pursued it because of the cost. Is it still thousands of dollars? You'd think eventually some insurance provider would wise up that I'm costing them more than that over a lifetime of contacts and glasses, but then again I guess then I wouldn't necessarily need vision insurance.

Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 20, 2017, 09:50:35 AM
Hey, glasses are what all the cool kids wear :)
Mr Ali says now I'm "nerd hot" which is not "hot for a nerd" but just a different style of "hot." So I guess us cool kids can be "nerd hot" together.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on June 20, 2017, 05:39:52 PM
I can live with "nerd hot".

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 20, 2017, 05:42:57 PM
I already live with "nerd hot"  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on June 20, 2017, 07:02:17 PM
To actually answer your question, yes it's still thousands (I think 2k per eye?). Though you can use an FSA account to deduct part of it off your taxes if your employer offers that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 20, 2017, 07:32:13 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 20, 2017, 06:16:04 PM
Bugger wrong thread!

Are you referring to screw or bolt thread? What are you doing? Not sewing, I assume.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 20, 2017, 07:44:50 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 20, 2017, 07:32:13 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 20, 2017, 06:16:04 PM
Bugger wrong thread!

Are you referring to screw or bolt thread? What are you doing? Not sewing, I assume.
:lol:
No, I was fighting Imgur to get an image posted and had to back-arrow to where I thought I was, but I wasn't . . .er, you know?

Too hot, busy day, tired, another tomorrow, yawn.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 20, 2017, 08:12:55 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 20, 2017, 07:44:50 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 20, 2017, 07:32:13 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 20, 2017, 06:16:04 PM
Bugger wrong thread!

Are you referring to screw or bolt thread? What are you doing? Not sewing, I assume.
:lol:
No, I was fighting Imgur to get an image posted and had to back-arrow to where I thought I was, but I wasn't . . .er, you know?

Oh, that kind of thread. Enjoy summer while it lasts.

Too hot, busy day, tired, another tomorrow, yawn.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 21, 2017, 05:19:20 PM
Ali, Girls with glasses are sexy not nerdy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 21, 2017, 06:07:48 PM
Quote from: Icarus on June 21, 2017, 05:19:20 PM
Ali, Girls with glasses are sexy not nerdy.

Especially when they look at you over the top of them and smile a little!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 21, 2017, 06:22:03 PM
Personally, I think that the glasses look works well for some men and women, is about neutral for most, and not so much for some. Sometimes I think some styles of glasses would make people look worse or better. When I need glasses, I'll try to find some that match my boring fashion sense.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 21, 2017, 06:43:22 PM
Glasses ARE for nerds. SEXY NERDS.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 06:56:07 PM
What's yellow, wears glasses, and sings?

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on June 21, 2017, 07:11:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 06:56:07 PM
What's yellow, wears glasses, and sings?

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Hmmm, I don't get it!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 07:21:32 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 21, 2017, 07:11:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 06:56:07 PM
What's yellow, wears glasses, and sings?

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Hmmm, I don't get it!

There was popular Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, who always wore black-rimmed glasses, even on stage.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on June 21, 2017, 07:30:28 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 07:21:32 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 21, 2017, 07:11:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 06:56:07 PM
What's yellow, wears glasses, and sings?

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Hmmm, I don't get it!

There was popular Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, who always wore black-rimmed glasses, even on stage.

Ah!  That makes sense then.  I have to admit I've never heard of her.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 07:38:03 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 21, 2017, 07:30:28 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 07:21:32 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 21, 2017, 07:11:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 06:56:07 PM
What's yellow, wears glasses, and sings?

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Hmmm, I don't get it!

There was popular Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, who always wore black-rimmed glasses, even on stage.

Ah!  That makes sense then.  I have to admit I've never heard of her.
Oh, you youngsters. Remember, I am 70 years old.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 21, 2017, 07:46:51 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on June 21, 2017, 07:11:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2017, 06:56:07 PM
What's yellow, wears glasses, and sings?

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Hmmm, I don't get it!

I got it.  :headshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ali on June 21, 2017, 10:13:17 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 21, 2017, 06:07:48 PM
Quote from: Icarus on June 21, 2017, 05:19:20 PM
Ali, Girls with glasses are sexy not nerdy.

Especially when they look at you over the top of them and smile a little!

What if they look at you over the top of them and then squint because they can't see you very well anymore? I have terrible eyesight; looking at anyone over the top of my glasses completely invalidates the whole reason I'm wearing them.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 22, 2017, 02:11:41 AM
Quote from: Ali on June 21, 2017, 10:13:17 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 21, 2017, 06:07:48 PM
Quote from: Icarus on June 21, 2017, 05:19:20 PM
Ali, Girls with glasses are sexy not nerdy.

Especially when they look at you over the top of them and smile a little!

What if they look at you over the top of them and then squint because they can't see you very well anymore? I have terrible eyesight; looking at anyone over the top of my glasses completely invalidates the whole reason I'm wearing them.  ;D

But it's sexy!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 28, 2017, 03:22:23 PM
I was inserting about 20,000 records yesterday at work, and because of some constraints I was not able to just do them all at one time. I was half way through when it was time for me to go home. So I put my machine into sleep mode like I always do, then head home. When I get back to work and turn my computer on, it has crashed. For the first time since I've gotten it, it crashed and with the crash, I lost the place I was in with my record inserting.

So I have to dig through the DB logs for a bit, and luckily I use Sublime which has some really nice features like saving text files even without actually saving them. Which was good, because it otherwise it would have taken much longer to get back to the right spot.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 28, 2017, 03:48:02 PM
Is that a grumpy gripe or a sublime sales pitch? (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Worried.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on June 28, 2017, 04:21:11 PM
Grumpy rant, the crash wasted an hour of my time. But it could have been longer.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 02, 2017, 12:14:08 AM
Tired of having to defend my use of "dangerous" medications to control my autoimmune disease. Your refusal to understand my disease, how it is treated, and basic science and probability is not my problem.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 02, 2017, 12:45:37 AM
If they work, that's all the justification you need for relieving this horrible condition.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 02, 2017, 01:01:09 AM
I know. I just get tired of people who's greatest ailment to date is a stubbed toe acting like a medical expert when it comes to a complex, and potentially deadly, chronic illness.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 02, 2017, 01:06:52 AM
You don't need those people around you. Anyway, 1 am now, off to bed. :count sheep:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on July 02, 2017, 02:46:49 AM
Feeling really anxious and irritable. My wife and I had a stupid fight and we're now having one of those days where we have to tread lightly around each other lest we spark something again.
I also found out my department is going to be reorged and split apart sometime in the next couple of weeks (not public knowledge) and I have no idea who exactly I'll be working under or what I'll be doing. My job is likely safe, but I'm wondering if I'll have to start looking around again. Thing is that I'm not sure I even want to do the same job at another place. I've thought about going back to school or doing something different after 15 years in this industry, but my ideas are too vague to make such a seismic change, especially with the kid around.
I need to drink something, BRB.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on July 02, 2017, 09:35:57 AM
Fingers crossed for you, FB.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 02, 2017, 11:40:07 AM
Hope today's a better one Firebird.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 02, 2017, 11:44:02 AM
Thinking of you, Firebird, buddy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 05, 2017, 12:03:23 PM
I haven't had a sore throat in ages, but this morning I woke up feeling like I was swallowing glass shards.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on July 05, 2017, 12:07:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 05, 2017, 12:03:23 PM
I haven't had a sore throat in ages, but this morning I woke up feeling like I was swallowing glass shards.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-H9V4N-DW2mY%2FTiAqQj7jooI%2FAAAAAAAACoE%2Foj-a-yXr_fw%2Fs1600%2Flemon_honey.jpg&hash=775f813fb107242deb113b4600bfdce2bf1ba047)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 05, 2017, 04:39:08 PM
Not really grumpy but I was a bit late for my voluntary job this morning.

Accidetally left the bathroom light on last night, with the window open. Took me over  a quarter of an hour evicting the dozen of so moths (of at least 4 varieties) and several spiders.

My insect catcher has never done so much work in a single day before!

Hmm, got some small disc magnets, some instant adhesive, some curtain netting, hot-melt adhesive and some "iron-on" tape . . . Removable-insect-screens-R-me tonight I think!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on July 05, 2017, 06:19:09 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 05, 2017, 04:39:08 PM
Not really grumpy but I was a bit late for my voluntary job this morning.

Accidetally left the bathroom light on last night, with the window open. Took me over  a quarter of an hour evicting the dozen of so moths (of at least 4 varieties) and several spiders.

My insect catcher has never done so much work in a single day before!

Hmm, got some small disc magnets, some instant adhesive, some curtain netting, hot-melt adhesive and some "iron-on" tape . . . Removable-insect-screens-R-me tonight I think!

May I suggest this: https://www.amazon.com/Zap-Bug-Zapper-Rechargeable-Super-Bright/dp/B01JBU4WE4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499275060&sr=8-1&keywords=zap-it

It makes a very satisying *POP* and spark when you hit a bug. We came home from vacation to a bunch of fruit flies, and I took out at least 50 or so with this thing.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 05, 2017, 06:31:53 PM
Quote from: Firebird on July 05, 2017, 06:19:09 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 05, 2017, 04:39:08 PM
Not really grumpy but I was a bit late for my voluntary job this morning.

Accidetally left the bathroom light on last night, with the window open. Took me over  a quarter of an hour evicting the dozen of so moths (of at least 4 varieties) and several spiders.

My insect catcher has never done so much work in a single day before!

Hmm, got some small disc magnets, some instant adhesive, some curtain netting, hot-melt adhesive and some "iron-on" tape . . . Removable-insect-screens-R-me tonight I think!

May I suggest this: https://www.amazon.com/Zap-Bug-Zapper-Rechargeable-Super-Bright/dp/B01JBU4WE4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499275060&sr=8-1&keywords=zap-it

It makes a very satisying *POP* and spark when you hit a bug. We came home from vacation to a bunch of fruit flies, and I took out at least 50 or so with this thing.

Seen it. Naw, don't want to kill moths, bees, wasps and spiders but rather not have them as visitors. Horse flies, blow flies, bluebottles, mossies and similar are, however, fair game! Many years ago I bought a friend a spring powered fly swat, it shot a "spider web" like disc, on a piece of fishing line for retrival, about 5 feet with enough force to at least give the target considerable grief.

Our rule was silly presents that cost no more than £2. I was told this device bordered on being, "Almost not silly enough," and thus close to breaking the rule. Since we were out on the patio having drinks and bites he soon got a good trophy score.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 06, 2017, 04:22:41 PM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on July 05, 2017, 12:07:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 05, 2017, 12:03:23 PM
I haven't had a sore throat in ages, but this morning I woke up feeling like I was swallowing glass shards.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-H9V4N-DW2mY%2FTiAqQj7jooI%2FAAAAAAAACoE%2Foj-a-yXr_fw%2Fs1600%2Flemon_honey.jpg&hash=775f813fb107242deb113b4600bfdce2bf1ba047)
Missing a key ingredient.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.astorwines.com%2Fimages%2Fitems%2F03734_hr.jpg&hash=df9a4af741a926f17968924248ded71c24a7c405)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on July 06, 2017, 04:38:34 PM
Quite right, G85!  I see you recommend honey as well, which must be a good thing.  Fernanda, get well soon!

Fernanda, get well soon!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 07, 2017, 12:17:18 AM
Whiskey and lemon :yum:

And easy to swallow too, how convenient! :grin:

Thanks OG, I am feeling better. Just that nasty residual ticklish feeling.   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on July 07, 2017, 09:42:42 AM
Good!  Thank G85, not me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 07, 2017, 08:02:16 PM
Removed to "Rants and moans"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 08, 2017, 08:39:54 PM
Beginning to think and feel like everyone is against me again...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 08, 2017, 08:44:10 PM
If it makes you feel cheerful, I'm against everyone.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on July 08, 2017, 09:47:46 PM
It's hot and there are bugs everywhere.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 09, 2017, 01:56:45 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on July 08, 2017, 09:47:46 PM
It's hot and there are bugs everywhere.

The fundies have  put cameras and recording devices in your house????
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 09, 2017, 02:02:46 AM
Quote from: Icarus on July 09, 2017, 01:56:45 AM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on July 08, 2017, 09:47:46 PM
It's hot and there are bugs everywhere.

The fundies have  put cameras and recording devices in your house????

Temperature control is a sign of torture
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 09, 2017, 05:04:13 PM
Another wisdom tooth made a break for it last night.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 10, 2017, 02:05:41 AM
Here is me snoozing peacefully at 5;55 this AM.  Doorbell is going ding-ding, ding-ding.... WTF.?  I get up, grab my useless pistol with no firing pin. Peering thru the peep hole in my door I see nothing. Summoning my bravery, I open the door. Someone was walking down my street which is a cul de sac. He goes to the house across the street  and tries to enter thru the tall fence that was no where near the door of the house. OK I have seen enough. I call 911. this dude could be scoping out the neighborhood or he could be an intruder. I am thinking of my street sweeper 12 gauge shotgun that does have a firing pin. No I will call the fuzz.

911. dispatcher does her job admirably. Response time is under 5 minutes. Red lights, blue lights, cops are there. Soon enough another police vehicle arrives. That one is an SUV K-9 unit. If we got a burglar type his ass is German Shephard meat.  In another minute a supervisor cop unit arrives. My little neighborhood is overrun by cops and still another police  car arrives. Must be a slow night for disturbances. I am glad of that. I observe, cautiously,  from my front porch, that they have a person who appears to be cooperating, but at this distance I cannot be sure. I go back inside, confident that my PD guys will handle whatever is going down. After some 20 minutes or so the street is clear of police vehicles and peace reigns.

Later I learn that the person causing all this was suffering from dementia and that he was lost having wandered from his home about three blocks away.  I am relieved to learn that the person was not an intruder or bad guy of any sort. The person was taken to the Hospital under the Baker Act which seeks to take care of the persons who are deemed to be a danger to themselves or to other people. The whole episode did disturb my normal sleep pattern but I do have some compassion for the poor man who has a mental problem.


Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 10, 2017, 04:03:27 AM
I'm glad you called the police. Hopefully they treated him well since police are not always trained to help the mentally ill. Some are but not all. I don't know a ratio.

I was deemed to be a danger to myself and/or others in a court hearing where I was trying to get out of the psych ward of the hospital. (I asked to be put in 2 days earlier which is a whole nother story). The doctor who examined me for court was the one who gave the testimony about my dangerousness and I was present and heard every word. I didn't understand it, but I heard it. I also felt a resonation with me as he began and started hallucinating.

I tried to get the court documents to see what he said but the lady at the front counter said that was impossible for some reason.

Idk, I'm just glad that guy got help.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 10, 2017, 04:56:54 AM
I bought a camping chair for our trip to view the eclipse. It was described as a bit taller than the usual folding camp chair, so I thought it would be good for someone with arthritis in their hips and back. Well, it certainly was a folding chair. It folded right up when I sat in it. Neither I or my husband could get the thing to lock open. It is going back next week.

I'll be celebrating my wedding anniversary with a bruised and swollen knee, an aching back, a sore shoulder, and two swollen wrists.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 10, 2017, 05:58:33 AM
That's a hillarious visual Velma. Take care tho :therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 10, 2017, 06:43:39 AM
I'm just glad I fell forward. If I'd fallen backwards, I might have cracked my head on the edge of the freezer.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 10, 2017, 07:46:23 AM
Quote from: Velma on July 10, 2017, 06:43:39 AM
I'm just glad I fell forward. If I'd fallen backwards, I might have cracked my head on the edge of the freezer.

You going to sue them if it is bad design, workmanship or quality control, Velma?

Or at least threaten to, you might get compensation.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 10, 2017, 12:32:15 PM
Would POTUS and the Rev Patrick Mahoney be as interested in Charlie Gard if his parents were black and lived in a trailer park?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 10, 2017, 04:04:09 PM
Grumpy at myself!

Git a good piece of thick aluminium as a freebie from tge boss of the company I used to put my engineering jobs out to when at work. It was to be a mounting plate for a jigsaw.

Carefully measured the jigsaw and sketched tge job out up in the (hot) attic. Akso ditto for my small router for future ref.

Sprayed the plate black so the scriber lines would show well and took it downstairs (cooler) to do the marking out. Part way through, after a meal, piss or phone call or something, the sketches got swapped - they both looked very similar and I did not title them. Today I drilled the holes in the saw plate - without just placing the saw on it to check for the third time . .  . Holes at the front and back perfect, side holes, more critical, 4mm too far out!!!

Fixable, if I had access to a mill or lathe to make spacers. If I can't find 8mm outside diameter washers I might end up hand filing flats on 20 larger ones, then gluing them into four lumps of five. Oh, how I miss access to a proper workshop!

And how I miss a fully functioning brain!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 10, 2017, 05:55:53 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 10, 2017, 04:04:09 PM
Grumpy at myself!

Git a good piece of thick aluminium as a freebie from tge boss of the company I used to put my engineering jobs out to when at work. It was to be a mounting plate for a jigsaw.

Carefully measured the jigsaw and sketched tge job out up in the (hot) attic. Akso ditto for my small router for future ref.

Sprayed the plate black so the scriber lines would show well and took it downstairs (cooler) to do the marking out. Part way through, after a meal, piss or phone call or something, the sketches got swapped - they both looked very similar and I did not title them. Today I drilled the holes in the saw plate - without just placing the saw on it to check for the third time . .  . Holes at the front and back perfect, side holes, more critical, 4mm too far out!!!

Fixable, if I had access to a mill or lathe to make spacers. If I can't find 8mm outside diameter washers I might end up hand filing flats on 20 larger ones, then gluing them into four lumps of five. Oh, how I miss access to a proper workshop!

And how I miss a fully functioning brain!

Sorry to hear about that. I am sure it will not cost too much to have it done at a machine shop that has a lathe. It will save you all the effort and frustration.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 10, 2017, 05:58:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 09, 2017, 05:04:13 PM
Another wisdom tooth made a break for it last night.
Bummer!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 06:29:26 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 10, 2017, 04:04:09 PM
Grumpy at myself!

Git a good piece of thick aluminium as a freebie from tge boss of the company I used to put my engineering jobs out to when at work. It was to be a mounting plate for a jigsaw.

Carefully measured the jigsaw and sketched tge job out up in the (hot) attic. Akso ditto for my small router for future ref.

Sprayed the plate black so the scriber lines would show well and took it downstairs (cooler) to do the marking out. Part way through, after a meal, piss or phone call or something, the sketches got swapped - they both looked very similar and I did not title them. Today I drilled the holes in the saw plate - without just placing the saw on it to check for the third time . .  . Holes at the front and back perfect, side holes, more critical, 4mm too far out!!!

Fixable, if I had access to a mill or lathe to make spacers. If I can't find 8mm outside diameter washers I might end up hand filing flats on 20 larger ones, then gluing them into four lumps of five. Oh, how I miss access to a proper workshop!

And how I miss a fully functioning brain!

Could you tap the hole you drilled and install a piece of threaded rod to fill the hole? With a dab of red locktite I doubt it'd go anywhere.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 06:30:46 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 10, 2017, 05:58:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 09, 2017, 05:04:13 PM
Another wisdom tooth made a break for it last night.
Bummer!!!

I thought it was a cavity at first. Then I realized that a cough drop wasn't numbing it. Stuck a finger back there to feel my gum and thought I was going to scream!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 10, 2017, 07:13:09 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 06:29:26 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 10, 2017, 04:04:09 PM
Grumpy at myself!

Git a good piece of thick aluminium as a freebie from tge boss of the company I used to put my engineering jobs out to when at work. It was to be a mounting plate for a jigsaw.

Carefully measured the jigsaw and sketched tge job out up in the (hot) attic. Akso ditto for my small router for future ref.

Sprayed the plate black so the scriber lines would show well and took it downstairs (cooler) to do the marking out. Part way through, after a meal, piss or phone call or something, the sketches got swapped - they both looked very similar and I did not title them. Today I drilled the holes in the saw plate - without just placing the saw on it to check for the third time . .  . Holes at the front and back perfect, side holes, more critical, 4mm too far out!!!

Fixable, if I had access to a mill or lathe to make spacers. If I can't find 8mm outside diameter washers I might end up hand filing flats on 20 larger ones, then gluing them into four lumps of five. Oh, how I miss access to a proper workshop!

And how I miss a fully functioning brain!

Could you tap the hole you drilled and install a piece of threaded rod to fill the hole? With a dab of red locktite I doubt it'd go anywhere.
Nope! The AlAl is only 4mm thick, the hole is 6mm and I had already cut the countersink, so there is less than a mm metal left. Not enough space left to get the 6mm bolt between them and can't slot them because of the countersink. Oh for a mill!

The bolts were intended to both position the base of the saw and hold down the clamping bars that pass between the blade guide and the thing that sets the bevel and at the tail end. 14mm diameter spacers would work fine, except the clamping force will now also be a greater bending force on the bar. Thus the saw would be inverted under the bench top and act like a bandsaw.

Have contacted my usual supplier to see what outside diameter range M5 and M6 washers cover, i can tap or drill out M5 if there is one suitable.

I'll sleep on it. If it does not keep me awake.

Hmm, got some 2mm steel, 3mm hardwood ply and some good epoxy adhesive. Can router the recess1mm deeper no prob. Then temporarily glue it in with double sided tape, mount the saw to be sure where the holes need to go . . .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 09:24:12 PM
If I have a piece of scrap I'd be tempted to mount an endmill in the router to see if I could get "close enough" on a spacer on the router table. It wouldn't be as accurate as a mill but I bet it'd work well enough to get you going. There are lots of guys who finish 80% lowers with a router and cheap endmills. Some even use carbide but the setup doesn't seem nearly rigid enough for that. I'd stick with HSS.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 10, 2017, 09:44:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 06:30:46 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 10, 2017, 05:58:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 09, 2017, 05:04:13 PM
Another wisdom tooth made a break for it last night.
Bummer!!!

I thought it was a cavity at first. Then I realized that a cough drop wasn't numbing it. Stuck a finger back there to feel my gum and thought I was going to scream!

Yikes!

That's I got the buggers out when they started to come. All four. Good riddance!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 10, 2017, 10:08:28 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 09:24:12 PM
If I have a piece of scrap I'd be tempted to mount an endmill in the router to see if I could get "close enough" on a spacer on the router table. It wouldn't be as accurate as a mill but I bet it'd work well enough to get you going. There are lots of guys who finish 80% lowers with a router and cheap endmills. Some even use carbide but the setup doesn't seem nearly rigid enough for that. I'd stick with HSS.

You know, I have actually been thinking if ways to mount my router, with the 6mm slot drill I just happen to have laying around, at 90degeees to the very heavy duty, very square ('cos I machined it up whilst at work) drill vice, on its side, using strips to adjust the cut depth on each sliding pass . . . Just take a thin skim off each time.

Have located and ordered some M5 by 15 by 1.5 washers, those'll be 5.5 to 5.8 ID so easy to open to exactly 6mm for a tight fit on the bolt. Should be easy to take 1mm off as a flat. But dare I try to "turn" them down using a file and the drill in its horizontal stand, with wood either side to limit and level the cut? 0.5mm accuracy is all I really need, providing that gives a little slack rather than stopping the saw base fitting.

Hmm, I can see a mount for a horizontal router being added to the list . . . Hmm, router with cutting disk against washers on bolt, in drill, counter rotating. Couple of sets of carefully mounted drawer slides and  M6 studding with its 1mm thread pitch . . .

I am working in a small attic, working floor space about 6ft by 8ft with roof trusses coming to a peak above the centre. I have learned to duck! No heavy machines, vices or hammering, the bench is a Workmate. Most things have to offer at least two uses. No room for a proper router table, that is why I am making a "clamp on" bench top, with jigsaw and router mountable on it, for the Workmate. Ingenuity is the name of the game!

But those almost three years of near immobility took it out of me both physically and mentally. At 72.8 you repair slowly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 11:25:52 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 10, 2017, 10:08:28 PMShould be easy to take 1mm off as a flat. But dare I try to "turn" them down using a file and the drill in its horizontal stand, with wood either side to limit and level the cut? 0.5mm accuracy is all I really need, providing that gives a little slack rather than stopping the saw base fitting.

That really depends on the type of drill you have. If it's just a Jacobs taper like a drill press I wouldnt try it. The lateral forces on the chuck would knock it out rather quickly. Just about every homemade "milling" machine winds up the same way - with the chuck and endmill lying on the floor and the creator wondering what happened!

If there's a left hand threaded retention screw that acts almost like a drawbar though... might work. Runout would be pretty bad though and you might not wind up with a very round washer at the end.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 11:30:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 10, 2017, 09:44:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 10, 2017, 06:30:46 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 10, 2017, 05:58:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 09, 2017, 05:04:13 PM
Another wisdom tooth made a break for it last night.
Bummer!!!

I thought it was a cavity at first. Then I realized that a cough drop wasn't numbing it. Stuck a finger back there to feel my gum and thought I was going to scream!

Yikes!

That's I got the buggers out when they started to come. All four. Good riddance!

I'm pretty tough. I'm also pretty poor so unless they get considerably worse I have to be tough...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 10, 2017, 11:32:45 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 09, 2017, 05:04:13 PM
Another wisdom tooth made a break for it last night.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 11, 2017, 07:38:28 AM
Reply to jumbojak diverted to "Worshop and fixt" thread in Misc.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 11, 2017, 07:48:06 AM
Sorry to hear about the tooth, jumbojak, dental pain is a real bummer.

Dental care is not free here, unkess you are a kid, a pregnant woman or on benefits, but basic stuff is pretty chesp. Few years ago there was a prog on "medical fairs", travelling groups of voluntary doctors in the US, treating people for free - dental care was the most popular service.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 15, 2017, 10:28:34 PM
I am wearing a medical compression stocking in my right arm, and it itches.

You might wonder why I am wearing a stocking on my arm - no I am not training to do handstands or hand walks 'cos my legs hurt when I walk. They do but...

I was put back on aspirin about a year ago, as well as warfarin. It may not be that but, for the past six months, I have suffered subcutaneous bleeding on my arms, only on the front, just below the elbow - capillary breakdown. I can find no resl reason for it being only those places, if I do bang or abrade those areas it happens, great dark red stains. But I rarely bang those areas; knees, hands, back of elbows all get the occasional hamering with no subcute bleeding.

But, occasionally, something tears the very thin skin over these places - then they bleed "supercutaneously" as well. And take ages to repair. Can't use sticking plaster if there are other bleeds nearby, pulling the plaster off takes the skin with it. I have to use low adhesion dressings and some sort of pressure bandage to hold it on and reduce the bledding. Been wearing an ankle support on my arm all day, that itches horribly. Then I rememvered the compression stockings in my medical kit, still itchy but bearable for the night I hope!

I dare not disturb the dressing, breaks the thin scab and it just starts bleeding again. Off for more dressings from the pharmacy tomorrow. Doctors and nurses have seen the subcute bleeds and made no comment but since it seems to be getting worse I am off to see the doc about it next week. And to get a prescription for the dressings! Will also ask to be taken off aspirin for a few months to see if that is the culprit. I was only put back on them as a "routine" measure, now part of the standard medication package for all AF sufferers.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 16, 2017, 07:24:06 AM
^^^
Gloucester :therethere:
I hope you feel better, soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on July 16, 2017, 08:48:43 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 15, 2017, 10:28:34 PM
I am wearing a medical compression stocking in my right arm, and it itches.

You might wonder why I am wearing a stocking on my arm - no I am not training to do handstands or hand walks 'cos my legs hurt when I walk. They do but...

I was put back on aspirin about a year ago, as well as warfarin. It may not be that but, for the past six months, I have suffered subcutaneous bleeding on my arms, only on the front, just below the elbow - capillary breakdown. I can find no resl reason for it being only those places, if I do bang or abrade those areas it happens, great dark red stains. But I rarely bang those areas; knees, hands, back of elbows all get the occasional hamering with no subcute bleeding.

But, occasionally, something tears the very thin skin over these places - then they bleed "supercutaneously" as well. And take ages to repair. Can't use sticking plaster if there are other bleeds nearby, pulling the plaster off takes the skin with it. I have to use low adhesion dressings and some sort of pressure bandage to hold it on and reduce the bledding. Been wearing an ankle support on my arm all day, that itches horribly. Then I rememvered the compression stockings in my medical kit, still itchy but bearable for the night I hope!

I dare not disturb the dressing, breaks the thin scab and it just starts bleeding again. Off for more dressings from the pharmacy tomorrow. Doctors and nurses have seen the subcute bleeds and made no comment but since it seems to be getting worse I am off to see the doc about it next week. And to get a prescription for the dressings! Will also ask to be taken off aspirin for a few months to see if that is the culprit. I was only put back on them as a "routine" measure, now part of the standard medication package for all AF sufferers.

Do you get your warfarin levels checked regularly?  It could be that your dose is slightly too high.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 16, 2017, 08:57:30 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on July 16, 2017, 08:48:43 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 15, 2017, 10:28:34 PM
I am wearing a medical compression stocking in my right arm, and it itches.

You might wonder why I am wearing a stocking on my arm - no I am not training to do handstands or hand walks 'cos my legs hurt when I walk. They do but...

I was put back on aspirin about a year ago, as well as warfarin. It may not be that but, for the past six months, I have suffered subcutaneous bleeding on my arms, only on the front, just below the elbow - capillary breakdown. I can find no resl reason for it being only those places, if I do bang or abrade those areas it happens, great dark red stains. But I rarely bang those areas; knees, hands, back of elbows all get the occasional hamering with no subcute bleeding.

But, occasionally, something tears the very thin skin over these places - then they bleed "supercutaneously" as well. And take ages to repair. Can't use sticking plaster if there are other bleeds nearby, pulling the plaster off takes the skin with it. I have to use low adhesion dressings and some sort of pressure bandage to hold it on and reduce the bledding. Been wearing an ankle support on my arm all day, that itches horribly. Then I rememvered the compression stockings in my medical kit, still itchy but bearable for the night I hope!

I dare not disturb the dressing, breaks the thin scab and it just starts bleeding again. Off for more dressings from the pharmacy tomorrow. Doctors and nurses have seen the subcute bleeds and made no comment but since it seems to be getting worse I am off to see the doc about it next week. And to get a prescription for the dressings! Will also ask to be taken off aspirin for a few months to see if that is the culprit. I was only put back on them as a "routine" measure, now part of the standard medication package for all AF sufferers.

Do you get your warfarin levels checked regularly?  It could be that your dose is slightly too high.

I was thinking the same. That is what makes warfarin such an effective rat poison.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 16, 2017, 09:15:41 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on July 16, 2017, 08:48:43 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 15, 2017, 10:28:34 PM
I am wearing a medical compression stocking in my right arm, and it itches.

You might wonder why I am wearing a stocking on my arm - no I am not training to do handstands or hand walks 'cos my legs hurt when I walk. They do but...

I was put back on aspirin about a year ago, as well as warfarin. It may not be that but, for the past six months, I have suffered subcutaneous bleeding on my arms, only on the front, just below the elbow - capillary breakdown. I can find no resl reason for it being only those places, if I do bang or abrade those areas it happens, great dark red stains. But I rarely bang those areas; knees, hands, back of elbows all get the occasional hamering with no subcute bleeding.

But, occasionally, something tears the very thin skin over these places - then they bleed "supercutaneously" as well. And take ages to repair. Can't use sticking plaster if there are other bleeds nearby, pulling the plaster off takes the skin with it. I have to use low adhesion dressings and some sort of pressure bandage to hold it on and reduce the bledding. Been wearing an ankle support on my arm all day, that itches horribly. Then I rememvered the compression stockings in my medical kit, still itchy but bearable for the night I hope!

I dare not disturb the dressing, breaks the thin scab and it just starts bleeding again. Off for more dressings from the pharmacy tomorrow. Doctors and nurses have seen the subcute bleeds and made no comment but since it seems to be getting worse I am off to see the doc about it next week. And to get a prescription for the dressings! Will also ask to be taken off aspirin for a few months to see if that is the culprit. I was only put back on them as a "routine" measure, now part of the standard medication package for all AF sufferers.

Do you get your warfarin levels checked regularly?  It could be that your dose is slightly too high.

Yup, INR has been slightly below target for couple of months so dose about right. Difference could be due to diet, more salad stuff (vitamin K is antidote for warfsrin). Despite warfarin I normally scab up quite quickly. This problem has occured since re-starting aspirin. Skin elsewhere showing typical "old" behaviour, loose, wrinkles easily, repairs slowly etc. Skin over these bleeds has less strength than that on custard! Sticking plaster rips it off leaving just an area of blood. No pain though.

Left alone the spots fade from the inside out, as expected,  leaving "normal" skin after a week to ten days of appearing. I have seen other oldies with the dark patches so it could be "normal" - just why only at this one location, nothing on my legs (which come in for more knocks than the front of my arms) or anywhere else externally?

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on July 16, 2017, 07:50:02 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 16, 2017, 09:15:41 AM
Quote from: Claireliontamer on July 16, 2017, 08:48:43 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 15, 2017, 10:28:34 PM
I am wearing a medical compression stocking in my right arm, and it itches.

You might wonder why I am wearing a stocking on my arm - no I am not training to do handstands or hand walks 'cos my legs hurt when I walk. They do but...

I was put back on aspirin about a year ago, as well as warfarin. It may not be that but, for the past six months, I have suffered subcutaneous bleeding on my arms, only on the front, just below the elbow - capillary breakdown. I can find no resl reason for it being only those places, if I do bang or abrade those areas it happens, great dark red stains. But I rarely bang those areas; knees, hands, back of elbows all get the occasional hamering with no subcute bleeding.

But, occasionally, something tears the very thin skin over these places - then they bleed "supercutaneously" as well. And take ages to repair. Can't use sticking plaster if there are other bleeds nearby, pulling the plaster off takes the skin with it. I have to use low adhesion dressings and some sort of pressure bandage to hold it on and reduce the bledding. Been wearing an ankle support on my arm all day, that itches horribly. Then I rememvered the compression stockings in my medical kit, still itchy but bearable for the night I hope!

I dare not disturb the dressing, breaks the thin scab and it just starts bleeding again. Off for more dressings from the pharmacy tomorrow. Doctors and nurses have seen the subcute bleeds and made no comment but since it seems to be getting worse I am off to see the doc about it next week. And to get a prescription for the dressings! Will also ask to be taken off aspirin for a few months to see if that is the culprit. I was only put back on them as a "routine" measure, now part of the standard medication package for all AF sufferers.

Do you get your warfarin levels checked regularly?  It could be that your dose is slightly too high.

Yup, INR has been slightly below target for couple of months so dose about right. Difference could be due to diet, more salad stuff (vitamin K is antidote for warfsrin). Despite warfarin I normally scab up quite quickly. This problem has occured since re-starting aspirin. Skin elsewhere showing typical "old" behaviour, loose, wrinkles easily, repairs slowly etc. Skin over these bleeds has less strength than that on custard! Sticking plaster rips it off leaving just an area of blood. No pain though.

Left alone the spots fade from the inside out, as expected,  leaving "normal" skin after a week to ten days of appearing. I have seen other oldies with the dark patches so it could be "normal" - just why only at this one location, nothing on my legs (which come in for more knocks than the front of my arms) or anywhere else externally?



I did a quick literature search for the use of antithrombitics and an anticoagulant to see what the current research says.  It seems the jury is still very much out on the additional benefit of using them together. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27665101 is from this year and a bigger review here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25234549 concludes

"Available clinical trials and registries provide remarkably little evidence to guide difficult clinical decision making in patients with combined AF and CHD.... a single clinical trial indicates that withdrawal of aspirin may reduce bleeding risk without increasing the risk of coronary thrombosis."

There are other drugs out there which work in similar ways that it could be worth discussing with your doctor, one is dabigatran but there are others too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 16, 2017, 08:23:11 PM
^
That's much what I found, Claire. When I was first put in warfarin I was taken of aspirin and told never to take any medication, patent or prescription containing it. That was 2004.

A year or so ago I was called in by the nurse specialist, whilst on a routine device check, and asked why I was not on aspirin. I told her why, she said that ideas had changed and aspirin was OK with warfarin, even beneficial. My consultant popped in, checked that I was on a PPI and OK'd the change.

I do get on well with my consultant, he has a very high opinion of himself, does not listen to his patients, is lousy at explaining things and considers their emotional problems are absolutely nothing to do with him. Apart from those few minutes abive, where he addressed not one word to me, I have not seen him for two years. All he does is check the last bloods and my ecg, takes my blood pressure and that is about it.

With the exception that my average BP has dropped 10mm over the past couple of years (expected with worsening cardiomyopathy and stopping Losartan potassium, because it was making my quality of life not far above zero).

Giving the medical profession the doubt, we are all unique and gave different reactions to drugs, events and conditions, I have had, so far, 7 missed or mis-diagnoses; two slmost fatal, two serious and three where they failed to diagnose angina because it was abdominal instead of pectoral. Thus I tend to check things out myself. Worked so far, I am suffering a little but am far more able and mobile, and positive, than others I know with less severe cardiac conditions. At almost 73 with a couple of years or so near immobility I should not be annoyed that my stamina is not at its best. But it is improving, very slowly!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 17, 2017, 07:41:12 PM
I really should not have to spend this much of my life trying to get permission from my insurance company to continue taking a drug I've been on for three months.  :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 06:15:11 AM
My oldest brother has just a few more hours to live. He went to the hospital, because he had a severe stomach infection. While making a body scan the doctors found out that he had metastatic lung cancer, that effected most of his organs. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 19, 2017, 06:20:06 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 06:15:11 AM
My oldest brother has just a few more hours to live. He went to the hospital, because he had a severe stomach infection. While making a body scan the doctors found out that he had metastatic lung cancer, that effected most of his organs.

So sorry to hear that, Tom. Nothing anyone says can make you feel better, but just know I feel for you and your family.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 19, 2017, 06:24:49 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 06:15:11 AM
My oldest brother has just a few more hours to live. He went to the hospital, because he had a severe stomach infection. While making a body scan the doctors found out that he had metastatic lung cancer, that effected most of his organs.
I'm sorry to hear your oldest brother has just a few more hours to live. This is so sad, Tom62. :( ...So sad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 19, 2017, 06:26:26 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 06:15:11 AM
My oldest brother has just a few more hours to live. He went to the hospital, because he had a severe stomach infection. While making a body scan the doctors found out that he had metastatic lung cancer, that effected most of his organs.

Issac Fucking Newton...sorry Tom

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 06:27:47 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on July 19, 2017, 06:20:06 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 06:15:11 AM
My oldest brother has just a few more hours to live. He went to the hospital, because he had a severe stomach infection. While making a body scan the doctors found out that he had metastatic lung cancer, that effected most of his organs.

So sorry to hear that, Tom. Nothing anyone says can make you feel better, but just know I feel for you and your family.
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Thanks! I still have to wrap my head around this. Must however say that I was not really surprised, because my brother was a very heavy smoker.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Claireliontamer on July 19, 2017, 09:33:25 AM
That's so sad Tom :(

The same thing happened to my Grandma, she went into hospital with stomach problems and they found lung cancer had spread all over her body.  She had never smoked a cigarette in her life though. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 19, 2017, 09:43:45 AM
Sad to hear your news, Tom. It is so often too easy to ignore your own body's complaints, or sometimes to find a doctor who reads them correctly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on July 19, 2017, 09:47:31 AM
Sorry to hear that, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on July 19, 2017, 02:06:30 PM
I'm sorry to hear this Tom, take care of yourself and family.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 19, 2017, 02:39:46 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 06:15:11 AM
My oldest brother has just a few more hours to live. He went to the hospital, because he had a severe stomach infection. While making a body scan the doctors found out that he had metastatic lung cancer, that effected most of his organs.

Sorry for your very sudden bad news Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 19, 2017, 02:54:22 PM
So sorry to hear that, Tom.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on July 19, 2017, 05:35:17 PM
Damn!

Sorry, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 07:22:33 PM
Thank you guys for your support I really appreciate it. Latest Info, my brother died at 8:00 AM.
I'm likely to be offline from this Saturday till Monday, since the cremation will be in the Netherlands.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 19, 2017, 07:48:16 PM
Dear Tom, my condolences to you and your family. Hermes
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on July 19, 2017, 07:52:51 PM
I'm sorry for your loss, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on July 19, 2017, 07:55:12 PM
Sadden to hear this Tom, my condolences to you and your family, again take care buddy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 19, 2017, 09:50:30 PM
Sorry for your sad loss Tom.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 19, 2017, 10:07:18 PM
Sorry for your loss, Tom. Condolences to you and your family.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 19, 2017, 11:54:46 PM
Take care Tom. <3
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 20, 2017, 03:37:11 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 07:22:33 PM
Thank you guys for your support I really appreciate it. Latest Info, my brother died at 8:00 AM.
I'm likely to be offline from this Saturday till Monday, since the cremation will be in the Netherlands.
Very sad news. My condolences to you and your family, Tom62
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 20, 2017, 06:25:49 PM
My condolences you and your family, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on July 20, 2017, 09:57:32 PM
I'm so sorry Tom
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on July 20, 2017, 11:00:58 PM
Wow, that was sudden. Cancer is a nasty fucker. My sympathies to you and your family, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 20, 2017, 11:20:58 PM
Tom, I join the others with sympathy and caring.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 21, 2017, 02:27:30 AM
Mama's washing machine is broken. Guess who gets to fix it? Thus far I've run into a stuck hot water valve and a machine that appears to be larger than the door in every important dimension... Got a little wet fighting with the valve. If I remember correctly the washer was brought in before the addition was built and we covered the original outside door. This could get interesting.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 21, 2017, 12:41:39 PM
@Tom my condolences.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 21, 2017, 08:22:21 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 19, 2017, 07:22:33 PM
Thank you guys for your support I really appreciate it. Latest Info, my brother died at 8:00 AM.
I'm likely to be offline from this Saturday till Monday, since the cremation will be in the Netherlands.
So sorry to read this. My condolences to you and your family.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 21, 2017, 09:07:42 PM
Damn Tom, I just saw your post about your brother. Sorry to hear that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on July 21, 2017, 09:34:57 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 21, 2017, 02:27:30 AM
Mama's washing machine is broken. Guess who gets to fix it? Thus far I've run into a stuck hot water valve and a machine that appears to be larger than the door in every important dimension... Got a little wet fighting with the valve. If I remember correctly the washer was brought in before the addition was built and we covered the original outside door. This could get interesting.

Washing machines, especially older ones can be a pain in the ass to fix sometimes, good luck if it is an old one.


When we moved into our present house the previous owners had built a laundry room around an old porcelain stove in the basement, and I had the same issue with it being wider than the narrow door they put into the room. (You know those old long white gas porcelain stoves, the ones with the red trim, along with those elbow shaped handles..?)

The stove took too much room and I wanted it out, so I removed the door, doorjamb, and cut away at the wall itself in order to get it out. Ended up putting a wider door in.

Plus, had to remove hand rail on the steps, and remove the back door off the hinges (As well as storm) to get it out. Ended up having to remain the stairway walls afterwards.

Took four of us to get the fucking thing out...if I was faced with the same situation today I would leave it, as I was much younger than. Why they brought that down in the first place is beyond me...however. They were polish, so it kinda figures.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 22, 2017, 03:12:18 AM
Washing machines are the devil's invention.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 22, 2017, 10:36:14 PM
Boots the Chemist, a very old, well known UK company with a store on every high street, is accused of keeping the cost of the 'morning after' pill artificially high, (£28 - $36 appx) and unlike other chemists, has refused to reduce the price at the request of government.  Boots said they didn't want it used irresponsibly. They are backtracking now after huge 'women's right to choose' protests and accusations of moralising and treating women like children.  I just wonder if their original stance has anything to with fact that the company was bought by an American concern, (Walgreens) recently?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 22, 2017, 11:08:28 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on July 22, 2017, 10:36:14 PM
Boots the Chemist, a very old, well known UK company with a store on every high street, is accused of keeping the cost of the 'morning after' pill artificially high, (£28 - $36 appx) and unlike other chemists, has refused to reduce the price at the request of government.  Boots said they didn't want it used irresponsibly. They are backtracking now after huge 'women's right to choose' protests and accusations of moralising and treating women like children.  I just wonder if their original stance has anything to with fact that the company was bought by an American concern, (Walgreens) recently?
Exactly the same thought crossed my mind.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 25, 2017, 07:26:09 PM
My brother's funeral was very impressive. It was an atheist funeral, approx. 100 people attended. There were 4 speeches (from his daughter, his best friend and my two younger brothers), that gave a very decent impression of who my brother was, what he has done in (and with) his life, how he lived and how he'd treated others. Some funny stories, some crazy stories, some good stories but also some stories that makes you feel very sad and even angry. My brother was no saint, he was a man that lived life to the full but who was also very controversial, who had a heart of gold, but who could not always be trusted. A damned good software developer though. I'll miss him, but I do hope that some of the bad memories will fade away over time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 25, 2017, 07:52:46 PM
^^^
This is nice, Tom62.
Funerals are tough--memories, feelings, stories, etc. A ceremony to say goodbye to those we loved, and we must move on.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 25, 2017, 09:14:08 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 25, 2017, 07:52:46 PM
^^^
This is nice, Tom62.
Funerals are tough--memories, feelings, stories, etc. A ceremony to say goodbye to those we loved, and we must move on.  :(

That is true. What I like the most is that there was no the stories showed the good and the darker side of my brother. This is so much unlike many religious based funerals, where everyone who died was a wonderful person and no-one will to Hell.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 25, 2017, 09:58:47 PM
Yes, we all have warts and those are part of who we are.

When my sister died her kids and I spent that first evening relating all the times she had been unjust, unfair, just nasty etc in our lives - mostly jokingly. The youngest did not fully understand that this helped get all the "bile" out our minds so that only love was left.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 25, 2017, 10:02:08 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 25, 2017, 09:14:08 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 25, 2017, 07:52:46 PM
^^^
This is nice, Tom62.
Funerals are tough--memories, feelings, stories, etc. A ceremony to say goodbye to those we loved, and we must move on.  :(

That is true. What I like the most is that there was no the stories showed the good and the darker side of my brother. This is so much unlike many religious based funerals, where everyone who died was a wonderful person and no-one will to Hell.

IMO funerals that aren't realistic do not honour the person's memory. We all have our faults, why sweep some of the things that make us who we are under the carpet?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 26, 2017, 01:10:10 AM
I mean nobody can really define who we are. There is the impression people have of us, but people aren't as smart as they think they are, and we aren't as smart as people think we are. We all have our assumptions about people so I know if it were my funeral, the stories told about me would not do well to resemble me. So I don't try to put out that I know people better than I do, but I do know enough to try to lighten the mood when someone dies. It's still awkward, but at least it's not sad lol
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 26, 2017, 08:48:44 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 22, 2017, 03:12:18 AM
Washing machines are the devil's invention.
Nah... Ancient Asmos had them for tumbling individual weeds into tumbleweeds. They made tumbleweeds. That was before Luxembourg's treachery, you see. In a more civilized age, when men chopped each other to bits with swords, then held doors for the ladies, then raped said ladies every-which-way.

History is fun.

...What was The Asmo talking about..? Ah! Yes. Tumbleweeds. There is this plant living in... southern Africa, I think. It can tumble around the desert for decades, dead as a door nail. Then, if it hits a pool of water, it unfurls its branches and waits for rain to knock its seeds out of their sockets. Thus, the new generation of dead desert plants is born... Through a rare occurrence followed by another rare occurrence. I'm fascinated by it - there must be easier ways for a plant to spread its seeds, but without animals to eat them, and needing to cross a lot of ground to find some... Well, ground... It makes sense at the same time as it does not.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 28, 2017, 03:54:50 AM
I promised a girl from another forum I would train them and help them lose weight. I disclaimed that I am not a professional trainer and I wouldn't know how well I would be at helping her.

But shortly after I got her on a diet I asked to be temporarly banned from that forum because I was getting a little paranoid. I still lurk but I can't post.

Anyways I seen they posted today that it's been 7 days since they haven't lost a pound and I feel horrible because I feel partly responsible and also because I can't talk to them to help out or other things.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on July 29, 2017, 09:37:41 PM
BF asked me to buy a sympathy card because his brother's dog, who was originally his brother's on-again, off-again girlfriend's dog passed away.

So I did.

Come to find out he doesn't fucking know his brother's address, let alone whether the pair is currently on or off.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 29, 2017, 09:43:54 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on July 29, 2017, 09:37:41 PM
BF asked me to buy a sympathy card because his brother's dog, who was originally his brother's on-again, off-again girlfriend's dog passed away.

So I did.

Come to find out he doesn't fucking know his brother's address, let alone whether the pair is currently on or off.

There is this magical thing, I think you'll like it. It's a phone.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 30, 2017, 01:42:09 AM
I don't even know what county my oldest brother lives in. I do know where the other lives but if you put a gun to my head for the address you'd just have to kill me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on July 30, 2017, 01:54:17 AM
I've only even been in the same room as him like 3 times. I definitely don't have his phone number, and even if I did it would be bizarre to call him and regardless of all that I don't see asking about his relationship status as going over very well.

I'm just not sure why he requested I buy a card given all of that.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 02:24:39 AM
Someone got the information about the dog. Make them give you what you need.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 30, 2017, 03:05:53 AM
Quote from: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 02:24:39 AM
Someone got the information about the dog. Make them give you what you need.

Or else... Yoiuse sleep with the fishes... Capiche?!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 03:18:35 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 30, 2017, 03:05:53 AM
Quote from: Arturo on July 30, 2017, 02:24:39 AM
Someone got the information about the dog. Make them give you what you need.

Or else... Yoiuse sleep with the fishes... Capiche?!

Bettar keep ya lips tight or you'll be pushing up dasies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 02, 2017, 01:40:47 PM
My daughter sent me this picture via text last night along with the following..., "We're watching you, everyday, and at night we sneak into your room, sit on your chest and stare, love the Kats"

Didn't really make me grumpy, but sort of freaked me out a bit...don't know where she gets such an odd and horrible sense of humor ::)

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9mdW6Mf.jpg&hash=7a3f49e5e8b6c14fc5f5c04b7a7cc2bccbf9e7f7)

Really is a creepy kat :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 02, 2017, 06:07:28 PM
BIGOTS!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 04, 2017, 03:04:36 PM
That sucks. How long till you're no longer a student?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 04, 2017, 03:28:17 PM
Does this actually mean you cannot continue your studies, Fernanda - or do so on the bread-line?

It is about time more countries took the Cinese attitude to corruption, they have been known to execute offenders. I am not against the death penalty, where warranted. I could almost make a case to my own conscience that the millions who live in misery due to a relatively few corrupt people is adequate justification.

This is why I will not donate to overseas based charities without knowing the local officials get absolutely no say in how the money is hsndled and used.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 04, 2017, 04:31:06 PM
Well Damn Fernanda!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 04:32:51 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 04, 2017, 03:04:36 PM
That sucks. How long till you're no longer a student?

Quote from: Gloucester on August 04, 2017, 03:28:17 PM
Does this actually mean you cannot continue your studies, Fernanda - or do so on the bread-line?

I'm an undergraduate just until January, then I plan to get into a Masters program in the same university (which is, for now at least, tuition-free and one of the best in Brazil).

The money is a little extra the government pays certain students to help them initiate their scientific career, so basically I was getting paid to study and intern at a lab.

Quote from: Gloucester on August 04, 2017, 03:28:17 PM
It is about time more countries took the Cinese attitude to corruption, they have been known to execute offenders. I am not against the death penalty, where warranted. I could almost make a case to my own conscience that the millions who live in misery due to a relatively few corrupt people is adequate justification.

Yes, but I don't know, the death penalty is so final! They would make such good slaves, along with other repeat offenders. Made to work for the good of the community for once...   

QuoteThis is why I will not donate to overseas based charities without knowing the local officials get absolutely no say in how the money is hsndled and used.

Neither would I, if I had money to donate. *nervous laughter*
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 04, 2017, 05:47:32 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.
This is not good.  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 04, 2017, 05:47:32 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.
This is not good.  :(

It could be worse though... at least I don't pay to finish and get a degree.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 04, 2017, 06:08:47 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 04, 2017, 05:47:32 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.
This is not good.  :(

It could be worse though... at least I don't pay to finish and get a degree.

Um, a tad ambiguous there  there, Silver. "Don't pay . . ." Or "Don't have to pay . . ." Does this mean you do not get a degree or funding for it is paid or available?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 06:25:08 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 04, 2017, 06:08:47 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 04, 2017, 05:47:32 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.
This is not good.  :(

It could be worse though... at least I don't pay to finish and get a degree.

Um, a tad ambiguous there  there, Silver. "Don't pay . . ." Or "Don't have to pay . . ." Does this mean you do not get a degree or funding for it is paid or available?

Sorry, meant I don't pay tuition. It's a government funded university.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 04, 2017, 07:01:54 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 06:25:08 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 04, 2017, 06:08:47 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 04, 2017, 05:47:32 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.
This is not good.  :(

It could be worse though... at least I don't pay to finish and get a degree.

Um, a tad ambiguous there  there, Silver. "Don't pay . . ." Or "Don't have to pay . . ." Does this mean you do not get a degree or funding for it is paid or available?

Sorry, meant I don't pay tuition. It's a government funded university.

So, all you have to do is :airquotes: live?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 04, 2017, 07:20:04 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 06:25:08 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 04, 2017, 06:08:47 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 04, 2017, 05:47:32 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.
This is not good.  :(

It could be worse though... at least I don't pay to finish and get a degree.

Um, a tad ambiguous there  there, Silver. "Don't pay . . ." Or "Don't have to pay . . ." Does this mean you do not get a degree or funding for it is paid or available?

Sorry, meant I don't pay tuition. It's a government funded university.


It's godamn' Communism is what it is...got to get Trump to keep an eye out on these here Brazilians along with the N. Korean's and the Chinese!!

8)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 10:42:02 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 04, 2017, 07:01:54 PM
So, all you have to do is :airquotes: live?

No, unfortunately that isn't enough. :P  I need to be enrolled in an accredited university, be nominated (is that the word? I'm not sure...) by a professor and intern in their lab. I'm also required to report my results and present them in a mini congress in third trimester of each year. *shudder* Public speaking is definitely one of my greatest fears.   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 10:44:44 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 04, 2017, 07:20:04 PM
It's godamn' Communism is what it is...got to get Trump to keep an eye out on these here Brazilians along with the N. Korean's and the Chinese!!

8)

:lol:

I doubt Trump can point to Brazil on map, even though it's a big country.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 05, 2017, 04:38:39 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 10:44:44 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 04, 2017, 07:20:04 PM
It's godamn' Communism is what it is...got to get Trump to keep an eye out on these here Brazilians along with the N. Korean's and the Chinese!!

8)

:lol:

I doubt Trump can point to Brazil on map, even though it's a big country.

"Is it that orange thing?"

"Sir you're looking in a mirror"
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 05, 2017, 02:04:02 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.

Truly sorry to hear that. It makes the little problem I am going to complain about pale into insignificance. I am writing this at someone else's house, since my own WiFi died two days ago. It is so frustrating, because I log on to HAF every morning to see what's new, almost like smokers do when they have their first cigarette. Now I just stare at an empty Firefox page. Remote diagnostics did not help, so they promised to send someone on Monday morning.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 05, 2017, 09:08:43 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 05, 2017, 02:04:02 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 04, 2017, 02:57:32 PM
I lost my student scholarship grant, along with all Scientific Initiation students who receive a measly amount from CNPq, the government entity that is responsible for these payments. It's broke, there's no more money with the deep recession Brazil is in and all the money these corrupt politicians keep stealing.

It wasn't much but it was my only stable ( ::) ) income.  I don't depend on that money but I know people who need it to pay rent and bills.

Truly sorry to hear that. It makes the little problem I am going to complain about pale into insignificance. I am writing this at someone else's house, since my own WiFi died two days ago. It is so frustrating, because I log on to HAF every morning to see what's new, almost like smokers do when they have their first cigarette. Now I just stare at an empty Firefox page. Remote diagnostics did not help, so they promised to send someone on Monday morning.

No internet is right up there along with no money.  :twitch: I know I would be desperate if I had to go two days without it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 06, 2017, 02:00:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 05, 2017, 09:08:43 PM

No internet is right up there along with no money.  :twitch: I know I would be desperate if I had to go two days without it.

I find it disconcerning that money to some people is a basic need. And that it takes precedence over all other things and sometimes food.

Money has the value people assign to it to make trade without losing other things of value. It's not a real resource without people. It's not right to consider it a gateway to basic resources like education or housing or food.

People need thise things or else they would die or the world or society would crumble. It's all necessary and to say you need to have a good life to achieve these things is barbaric.

/rant
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 06, 2017, 11:28:57 AM
Money is a basic need in that it can be exchanged for the basic need of your desire, be it food, cigarettes or hookers. Especially the hookers.

In itself though, is money much more than a status symbol? "Tremble before my huge, throbbing purchasing power, mortals!" Bah! Personally, I happen not to want too many things the money I have can't buy, so shit, I give not.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 06, 2017, 02:29:05 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 06, 2017, 11:28:57 AM
Money is a basic need in that it can be exchanged for the basic need of your desire, be it food, cigarettes or hookers. Especially the hookers.

In itself though, is money much more than a status symbol? "Tremble before my huge, throbbing purchasing power, mortals!" Bah! Personally, I happen not to want too many things the money I have can't buy, so shit, I give not.

I feel the same way, only I do not have the money I require for such things...yet (hopefully)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 06, 2017, 03:55:34 PM
Quote from: Arturo on August 06, 2017, 02:00:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 05, 2017, 09:08:43 PM

No internet is right up there along with no money.  :twitch: I know I would be desperate if I had to go two days without it.

I find it disconcerning that money to some people is a basic need. And that it takes precedence over all other things and sometimes food.

Money has the value people assign to it to make trade without losing other things of value. It's not a real resource without people. It's not right to consider it a gateway to basic resources like education or housing or food.

People need thise things or else they would die or the world or society would crumble. It's all necessary and to say you need to have a good life to achieve these things is barbaric.

/rant

Having money for money's sake is absurd, but like Asmo said you use it to buy certain basic needs..or use it as social capital. Unless you grow or breed your own food you have to trade something for it, and most establishments as far as I know only take money or credit.

But yes, money is paper, metal coins or some number associated with your bank account with the promise that it has a certain value (which isn't even stable but fluctuates based on uncontrollable or controllable factors).
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 06, 2017, 05:30:22 PM
I understand, it's stupid but necessary.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 05:40:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 05, 2017, 02:04:02 PM
I am writing this at someone else's house, since my own WiFi died two days ago. It is so frustrating, because I log on to HAF every morning to see what's new, almost like smokers do when they have their first cigarette. Now I just stare at an empty Firefox page. Remote diagnostics did not help, so they promised to send someone on Monday morning.
Monday is almost over and you're not here.  :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 06:42:02 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 05:40:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 05, 2017, 02:04:02 PM
I am writing this at someone else's house, since my own WiFi died two days ago. It is so frustrating, because I log on to HAF every morning to see what's new, almost like smokers do when they have their first cigarette. Now I just stare at an empty Firefox page. Remote diagnostics did not help, so they promised to send someone on Monday morning.
Monday is almost over and you're not here.  :sad sigh:
Dear Diary,
It's Tuesday and it looks as if hermes2015 still doesn't have WiFi. :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2017, 10:54:33 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 06:42:02 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 05:40:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 05, 2017, 02:04:02 PM
I am writing this at someone else's house, since my own WiFi died two days ago. It is so frustrating, because I log on to HAF every morning to see what's new, almost like smokers do when they have their first cigarette. Now I just stare at an empty Firefox page. Remote diagnostics did not help, so they promised to send someone on Monday morning.
Monday is almost over and you're not here.  :sad sigh:
Dear Diary,
It's Tuesday and it looks as if hermes2015 still doesn't have WiFi. :sad sigh:

I hope he has survived the "draught" thus far. :notsure:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2017, 10:57:12 PM
It seems it's going to be one of those months when nothing works and I can't catch a break. I might have to purchase and hoard a bunch of good luck charms in the near future.  :-\

[/rant]
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 05:10:49 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2017, 10:57:12 PM
It seems it's going to be one of those months when nothing works and I can't catch a break. I might have to purchase and hoard a bunch of good luck charms in the near future.  :-\

[/rant]
:therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 01:07:03 PM
I developed a painful and large pimple on the inside of my butt crack!!! :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 01:58:37 PM
Let's call a hemorrhoid a hemorrhoid, shall we?  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 02:03:53 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 01:58:37 PM
Let's call a hemorrhoid a hemorrhoid, shall we?  :grin:

It's not a hemorroid.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 09, 2017, 02:19:21 PM
Quote from: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 02:03:53 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 01:58:37 PM
Let's call a hemorrhoid a hemorrhoid, shall we?  :grin:

It's not a hemorroid.
I've had piles of those!

Definitely hope, for your sake, it is not a fistula or ulcer either - had one each of those, at the same tine . . . Very, very OUCH! for several months.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 02:43:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2017, 10:54:33 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 06:42:02 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 05:40:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 05, 2017, 02:04:02 PM
I am writing this at someone else's house, since my own WiFi died two days ago. It is so frustrating, because I log on to HAF every morning to see what's new, almost like smokers do when they have their first cigarette. Now I just stare at an empty Firefox page. Remote diagnostics did not help, so they promised to send someone on Monday morning.
Monday is almost over and you're not here.  :sad sigh:
Dear Diary,
It's Tuesday and it looks as if hermes2015 still doesn't have WiFi. :sad sigh:

I hope he has survived the "draught" thus far. :notsure:

It gives me a warm glow to see that some of you are concerned about my connectivity. No, things are still very bad -  it seems that there has been some damage to our cable, so it may take a day or two longer to get back to normal. Until then, we live in hope.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:07:17 PM
Quote from: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 02:03:53 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 01:58:37 PM
Let's call a hemorrhoid a hemorrhoid, shall we?  :grin:

It's not a hemorroid.
Hm!  >:( Rain on The Asmo's parade of harmless vicious mockery of another's ass-related issues, why doncha!  >:(

Well, He hereby PROCLAIMS it to be a hemorrhoid. How's about THAT?!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 09, 2017, 03:17:22 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 01:58:37 PM
Let's call a hemorrhoid a hemorrhoid, shall we?  :grin:

I'm thinking pilonidal abscess in which case he'll wish he had inflamed hemorrhoids.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:19:34 PM
NO! The Asmo hath spoketh!  :nu-uh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 03:42:06 PM
It's a weird feeling watching people fight over your ass
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 09, 2017, 04:12:38 PM
Quote from: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 03:42:06 PM
It's a weird feeling watching people fight over your ass

Must be some ass!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:22:28 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 02:43:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 08, 2017, 10:54:33 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 06:42:02 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 08, 2017, 05:40:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 05, 2017, 02:04:02 PM
I am writing this at someone else's house, since my own WiFi died two days ago. It is so frustrating, because I log on to HAF every morning to see what's new, almost like smokers do when they have their first cigarette. Now I just stare at an empty Firefox page. Remote diagnostics did not help, so they promised to send someone on Monday morning.
Monday is almost over and you're not here.  :sad sigh:
Dear Diary,
It's Tuesday and it looks as if hermes2015 still doesn't have WiFi. :sad sigh:

I hope he has survived the "draught" thus far. :notsure:

It gives me a warm glow to see that some of you are concerned about my connectivity. No, things are still very bad -  it seems that there has been some damage to our cable, so it may take a day or two longer to get back to normal. Until then, we live in hope.
Awwwww.....how sweet, a "warm glow."  :tellmemore:
Please keep us posted.  :hug:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:39:05 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:22:28 PM
Awwwww.....how sweet, a "warm glow."  :tellmemore:
Please keep us posted.  :hug:

Rejoice! After much troubleshooting and gnashing of teeth, the fibre optic cable turned out to be undamaged. However, the naughty laser in the box in my apartment was found to be misbehaving (probably my influence) and after they replaced it, everything was back to normal. One good thing is that the new laser has a range of 20 km instead of the old one's 3 km range. That means it is much higher powered and gives a better S/N ratio.

As I said earlier, I really appreciate your concern. Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:42:15 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:39:05 PM
...
As I said earlier, I really appreciate your concern. Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.
I can only imagine!  :worried:

;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:47:31 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:07:17 PM
Hm!  >:( Rain on The Asmo's parade of harmless vicious mockery of another's ass-related issues, why doncha!  >:(
:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:47:46 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:42:15 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:39:05 PM
...
As I said earlier, I really appreciate your concern. Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.
I can only imagine!  :worried:

;D

I guess it qualifies as a first world problem and I should not have whined so much .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 09, 2017, 07:49:04 PM
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Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.

Depending on the family, and the member, more tears may be shed over the loss of the wifi. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Gagged.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 07:51:45 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:47:31 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:07:17 PM
Hm!  >:( Rain on The Asmo's parade of harmless vicious mockery of another's ass-related issues, why doncha!  >:(
:lol:

I was going to respond to the other part he did when I came up with something good. So here it is...

Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:07:17 PM

Well, He hereby PROCLAIMS it to be a hemorrhoid. How's about THAT?!  >:(

Ahem...
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:56:25 PM
Quote from: No one on August 09, 2017, 07:49:04 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)hermes2015:
Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.

Depending on the family, and the member, more tears may be shed over the loss of the wifi. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Gagged.png)

:thumbsup: That is so true.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 09, 2017, 07:56:45 PM
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:58:59 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:47:46 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:42:15 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:39:05 PM
...
As I said earlier, I really appreciate your concern. Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.
I can only imagine!  :worried:

;D

I guess it qualifies as a first world problem and I should not have whined so much .
It's OK. Maybe you are not a fork, a spoon, or a knife, maybe you should get a corkscrew, like Arturo.
QuoteCorkscrews - because we like winers, but not whiners.
:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 08:01:48 PM
Quote from: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 07:51:45 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:47:31 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:07:17 PM
Hm!  >:( Rain on The Asmo's parade of harmless vicious mockery of another's ass-related issues, why doncha!  >:(
:lol:

I was going to respond to the other part he did when I came up with something good. So here it is...

Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:07:17 PM

Well, He hereby PROCLAIMS it to be a hemorrhoid. How's about THAT?!  >:(

Ahem...
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.

(https://media.tenor.com/images/8a05fd7e140f81c8a04a55b498fb1dad/tenor.gif)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:58:59 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:47:46 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:42:15 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:39:05 PM
...
As I said earlier, I really appreciate your concern. Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.
I can only imagine!  :worried:

;D

I guess it qualifies as a first world problem and I should not have whined so much .
It's OK. Maybe you are not a fork, a spoon, or a knife, maybe you should get a corkscrew, like Arturo.
QuoteCorkscrews - because we like winers, but not whiners.
:grin:

No, I am a French Army knife.
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 09, 2017, 08:53:36 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:47:46 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 07:42:15 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2017, 07:39:05 PM
...
As I said earlier, I really appreciate your concern. Loss of wifi is almost as stressful as a death in the family.
I can only imagine!  :worried:

;D

I guess it qualifies as a first world problem and I should not have whined so much .

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 11:41:16 PM
I was going to write a long detailed post but my phone is also being an asshole to me - my mail is fucked and and it's been fucked up since I moved in.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 10, 2017, 03:55:44 AM
The asmo, I mean butt pimple, I think the hemorroid on my crack is about to burst.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 10, 2017, 05:09:58 AM
Quote from: Arturo on August 10, 2017, 03:55:44 AM
The asmo, I mean butt pimple, I think the hemorroid on my crack is about to burst.
.
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/4f2490c326360cf1caf4a7ebcc5f9320/tumblr_inline_nyk5j8I5bF1sm1i1x_500.gif)
Oh, boy.




Why am I here, in this forum, again? Could someone remind me why I came and stayed for 7 long years?
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 10, 2017, 09:12:20 AM
Quote from: Arturo on August 09, 2017, 07:51:45 PM
I was going to respond to the other part he did when I came up with something good. So here it is...

Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2017, 03:07:17 PM

Well, He hereby PROCLAIMS it to be a hemorrhoid. How's about THAT?!  >:(

Ahem...
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.

B... But..! How DARE you! The AUDACITY! *splutter"

He shall let you know, good sir, that it's His LORD hemorrhoid, The God-King of All Hemorrhoids, Abscesses and... Pimples.  >:(

Quote from: Arturo on August 10, 2017, 03:55:44 AM
The asmo, I mean butt pimple, I think the hemorroid on my crack is about to burst.
Yes. Because He commandeth it to as punishment for the INSOLENCE..! *Splutter on... and on and on and on and mutter implications*  :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 10, 2017, 02:11:38 PM
This thread is either making me grumpy or nauseous, I can't tell the difference at this point. :puke:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on August 10, 2017, 03:44:47 PM
Will there be a popping video?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 10, 2017, 04:04:53 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 10, 2017, 03:44:47 PM
Will there be a popping video?


Davin did you mean ...?

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on August 10, 2017, 04:44:15 PM
Pretty close, but closer to these (NSFL):
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 10, 2017, 04:49:21 PM
Thank you, my scrambled egg and chopped tomatoes on toast had a certain, er, extra dimension after watching that. (Note to self, beware of forumming at meal times.)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on August 10, 2017, 04:56:35 PM
That's why I put them in spoilers... added NSFL (Not Safe For Looking) warning.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 10, 2017, 05:07:29 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 10, 2017, 04:44:15 PM
Pretty close, but closer to these (NSFL):
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/MwOuiiTfWfWgM/giphy.gif)
How many days is this conversation about Arturo's hemorrhoid gonna last!? Pop that thing already!  :grrr:

~Are you gonna post it on YouTube?  :fingertap:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 10, 2017, 05:23:36 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 10, 2017, 04:56:35 PM
That's why I put them in spoilers... added NSFL (Not Safe For Looking) warning.

Ah, now I know another set of letters, thanks for that as well.

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 11, 2017, 12:01:40 AM
Well the grey lump on my butt settled down when I used a powerful god to settle it down - soap. Butt now there is another one showing up.

Also the postal service is retarded still. Instead of sending me jusy my mail they sent my Dad's as well. Then we changed both our addresses and now they are sending me his mail and sending my mail to him.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 11, 2017, 10:04:07 AM
Ah, yes! You can't defeat The Gray Minions with mere soap! There are HORDES of them. VAST hordes! BOW BEFORE HIM!!11!1!ONE!1! :cartoonviking:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 11, 2017, 06:16:14 PM
This is not butt related and I want to bitch about this but I can't find the rant and moan thread so here it goes:

I was having a conversation with a few people about animals being "primitive versions of ourselves". Anyways someone said earlier in that animals do not have developed brains like us and you can see this by humans advancing so much and animals have not at all. Then later this person "rejects evolution" because it says only the best get to have babies and that if you have "any morals" you would reject this too.

The conversation broke off before I could get to this and I can't go back because it's against the rules, so I'll just say it here - So what morals say it's okay to say animals are not as smart as us? It seems like it's based on something observable right? And you know science is based on observations right? And science developed the theory and discovered the fact of evolution right? So why do you reject it? It seems like you are just trying to twist the desire to accept facts into some evangelical bullshit about having good morals.

/bitching
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 12, 2017, 09:33:31 PM
A guy driving behind me had road rage so he thought it was a good idea to go around me and slam on his breaks.

Why he did this you might ask? I was trying to let out a person from a parking lot :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 12, 2017, 09:55:25 PM
Sad to say that ordinary courtesies, such as yours, are not always rewarded with respect or consideration.  Sorry that happened to you Arturo.  Keep the faith, there are more decent people out there than there are jack asses. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 12, 2017, 10:41:37 PM
I'm alright. This is the reasons to be grumpy thread. Not the reason I'm grumpy thread.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 13, 2017, 06:16:55 AM
Quote from: Arturo on August 12, 2017, 09:33:31 PM
A guy driving behind me had road rage so he thought it was a good idea to go around me and slam on his breaks.

Why he did this you might ask? I was trying to let out a person from a parking lot :o

Another example of the old saying No good deed goes unpunished.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 13, 2017, 06:20:04 AM
He was a dumb fucking bitch, and I let him know that too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 14, 2017, 01:27:29 PM
Because you don't let motherfuckers out when you have the right of way.  >:(

Actually, I tend to do that myself. The only people who feel my wrath on the road, are those neglecting to properly use their indicators and other light fixtures, those who disrespect the right of way or those trying to bully their way ahead.

Cyclists. Not exclusively, but the above does not fail to conjure up an image in my mind of one of those condom-clad menaces who, apparently, have "the same right to use the road as I do." Fuck them. Well... The good ones can live. There are a handful of those. The rest... I ought to be allowed a massive fender with a meter long steel spikes and... [/Insert epic rant one]

...So yeah. Those with cars who do that, they almost always tend to care more about their fenders than I do mine in the end.

Also, it must be said that the satisfaction of pressing out onto the grass someone who wants to merge onto my lane without indicating their intention to do so (And obviously, where the right of way is with me) is... Palpable. Especially if they are one of those self-righteous eco-car fucks. And we are talking Tesla here, and pretty much only that. Well, also Nissan Leaf, but to a lesser extent. The rest of them are OK - they just want to not pay road tolls and whatnot. [/insert epic rant two]
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 14, 2017, 01:48:09 PM
I saw a cyclist taking up the inside lane on the other side of the road from me. Holding up traffic because the outside lane was short and not available to get around the cyclist yet. So I thought I'd tell this person "get off the road!"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 14, 2017, 02:03:01 PM
You know when they say there ought to be a law, that there usually ought not? Well, I think mowing down cyclists in such situations ought to be an exception. In fact, the car drivers ought to be legally required to.  >:(

I'm SO resisting an epic fucking rant about cyclists, respect and money. Also, a little about nasty do-gooder communists and shitty-ass love-everybody laws that they make.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 15, 2017, 12:07:44 AM
No way in hell that I will be riding my bike in Norway. The wrath of the Asmo is too powerful to ignore.

I do ride my bike nearly every day, but never ever in the roadway. American drivers are even more demanding about their road right of way than the Viking ones.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 15, 2017, 07:03:35 AM
As in, they force their right of way even when they have none?

Actually, we have plenty of those assholes here as well. Those win over the cyclists simply because might (in this case, mass and horsepower) makes right. In a bus or an LGV, they trump passenger cars too, even if unrightfully so.

Personally, I will sit happily stuck behind a cyclist who respects the traffic laws. Stop on red light, indicate your intentions, use some LEDs and maybe even a high visibility jacket so I can see you in the dark and fucking yield when the right of way is not yours to have, especially to pedestrians on a zebra crossing, and a problem with The Gray Wrath, you will not have, no matter how slowly you pedal.

Basically, according to the rule book, when you are on the bicycle, you act as a vehicle. Thus, does it not stand to reason that all the laws that apply to cars, LGVs and motorcycles, be they written or otherwise, also apply to you?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 17, 2017, 10:45:18 PM
I had a shitty workout. >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:39:34 AM
Quote from: Arturo on August 17, 2017, 10:45:18 PM
I had a shitty workout. >:(

Mine have been pretty good.  I'm at the gym every morning about 5:30, and I do strength for about 30 minute before getting ready for work.  I do cardio in the evening after work.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 02:48:15 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:39:34 AM
...morning about 5:30...

:twitch: What on Earth would possess you to wake up at such an ungodly hour?

...

:secrets1: Have you paid a visit to the exorcist to excise that demon yet?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:51:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 02:48:15 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:39:34 AM
...morning about 5:30...

:twitch: What on Earth would possess you to wake up at such an ungodly hour?

...

:secrets1: Have you paid a visit to the exorcist to excise that demon yet?

Oh, I don't wake up at 5:30.  I wake up at 5:00.  You are correct - 5:30 would be an ungodly hour - one would have already wasted 30 minutes.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 03:05:37 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:51:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 02:48:15 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:39:34 AM
...morning about 5:30...

:twitch: What on Earth would possess you to wake up at such an ungodly hour?

...

:secrets1: Have you paid a visit to the exorcist to excise that demon yet?

Oh, I don't wake up at 5:30.  I wake up at 5:00.  You are correct - 5:30 would be an ungodly hour - one would have already wasted 30 minutes.

:folded: Double that number and that's the time I'm waking up on weekends. Whoever invented the 'snooze' function is a genius. 

I regret nothing! :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:48:38 AM
It's 5:48 and I'm awake.  :fingertap:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 18, 2017, 10:44:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:48:38 AM
It's 5:48 and I'm awake.  :fingertap:

a.m. ?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 18, 2017, 02:19:33 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 18, 2017, 10:44:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:48:38 AM
It's 5:48 and I'm awake.  :fingertap:

a.m. ?

Yeah what's the big deal, I'm already showered and have half my face shaved at 5:48,...just about when the tea kettle starts to sing as well.  :o

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 18, 2017, 02:28:28 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 18, 2017, 02:19:33 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 18, 2017, 10:44:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:48:38 AM
It's 5:48 and I'm awake.  :fingertap:

a.m. ?

Yeah what's the big deal, I'm already showered and have half my face shaved at 5:48,...just about when the tea kettle starts to sing as well.  :o

I usually have to go to for a pee about then.

Then I climb back into bed and try to ignore the world for another three hours. In actuality I give up and look on HAF to see what you types across the pond have been wittering on about.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on August 18, 2017, 05:52:52 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:51:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 02:48:15 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 18, 2017, 02:39:34 AM
...morning about 5:30...

:twitch: What on Earth would possess you to wake up at such an ungodly hour?

...

:secrets1: Have you paid a visit to the exorcist to excise that demon yet?

Oh, I don't wake up at 5:30.  I wake up at 5:00.  You are correct - 5:30 would be an ungodly hour - one would have already wasted 30 minutes.
At 5 am I have only been asleep for an hour or so. However, I get off work at 2 am.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 18, 2017, 07:34:33 PM
My voluntary job is not going well, they just need a trained monkey (no disrespect Fr Bruno), no initiative needed. Tried to find work at the library helping others use computers, they are only really interested in social media skills though, I am no fan of the (anti)social media. Looks like nothing there.

In desperation I looked to see what courses, that will challenge my grey matter a bit, are available locally. Found a couple of links . . . that lead no-where, dead pages or further links that just did not work. Those were on college and uni websites.

Even considered going through the GCSE English Language course again, just to keep my brain awake and mingle with others with a similar aim. £343 and no places left anyway.

I really do enjoy teaching, passing on skills, watching that bulb come on in the other's mind. I really do enjoy writing when there is a purpose - have trouble doing things just "for their own sake", always have. Tried to get articles and essays published for a couple of years before I gave up.

So afraid of my brain turning to mush without something creative and purposeful  to occupy it and make it work. I do not miss the managerial(?) structure of work (managed to work 90% on my own initiative anyway) but, oh, how I miss the challenges, the need for creativity, the ability to turn another's scrap material into something useful (the budgets rarely stretched without a lot of luck and ingenuity, like building a water demineralising plant out of stuff others had thrown away but I rescued and squirrelled away knowing "it'll be useful one day"; you can't bin a perfectly good 30gal/min @ 10m head stainless steel water pump!).

The only real challenge left is getting out of bed in the morning.

Oh, and interacting with youse guys!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 18, 2017, 08:16:16 PM
Part of the lesson of the above is this:

You have to plan your financial future for retirement as best you can. But you also need to plan towards your intellectual and avocational or occupational future as well. You may have more time than money (or the reverse, which can be better) but you heed to plan how to use that time. It can be fishing if that is your bag, or voluntary work of some sort - just develop the skills and networks and find the slots before it gets too late! And make sure it is something that will satisfy your needs if you can.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 08:55:31 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 18, 2017, 10:44:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:48:38 AM
It's 5:48 and I'm awake.  :fingertap:

a.m. ?

Of course! :P It's been ages since I woke up near 6 p.m.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 08:58:30 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 18, 2017, 02:19:33 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 18, 2017, 10:44:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:48:38 AM
It's 5:48 and I'm awake.  :fingertap:

a.m. ?

Yeah what's the big deal, I'm already showered and have half my face shaved at 5:48,...just about when the tea kettle starts to sing as well.  :o

:snooty:

People with normal sleep patterns are not normal in my book.

;) :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:10:16 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 18, 2017, 07:34:33 PM
My voluntary job is not going well, they just need a trained monkey (no disrespect Fr Bruno), no initiative needed. Tried to find work at the library helping others use computers, they are only really interested in social media skills though, I am no fan of the (anti)social media. Looks like nothing there.

In desperation I looked to see what courses, that will challenge my grey matter a bit, are available locally. Found a couple of links . . . that lead no-where, dead pages or further links that just did not work. Those were on college and uni websites.

Even considered going through the GCSE English Language course again, just to keep my brain awake and mingle with others with a similar aim. £343 and no places left anyway.

I really do enjoy teaching, passing on skills, watching that bulb come on in the other's mind. I really do enjoy writing when there is a purpose - have trouble doing things just "for their own sake", always have. Tried to get articles and essays published for a couple of years before I gave up.

So afraid of my brain turning to mush without something creative and purposeful  to occupy it and make it work. I do not miss the managerial(?) structure of work (managed to work 90% on my own initiative anyway) but, oh, how I miss the challenges, the need for creativity, the ability to turn another's scrap material into something useful (the budgets rarely stretched without a lot of luck and ingenuity, like building a water demineralising plant out of stuff others had thrown away but I rescued and squirrelled away knowing "it'll be useful one day"; you can't bin a perfectly good 30gal/min @ 10m head stainless steel water pump!).

The only real challenge left is getting out of bed in the morning.

Oh, and interacting with youse guys!

Have you considered learning another language? A lot of my mother's students are retired senior citizens and learn English to keep their minds sharp and busy. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 18, 2017, 09:38:05 PM
^
As I trued to explain, I seem to have to have an "external" reason to do things. If I had a reason to learn another language I would so so, but I have no reason.

Perhsos it is one if the readons I develooed as a, sort of, low level polymath - never found one subject or discipline that really grabbed me. Drop me in a slot and I will pick up enough to function there, but I need that slot first. I have taught adult literacy/numeracy and basic computer use, researched and co-authored an archaeological report that was accepted into the corpus of knowledge, designed and made all kinds of electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical rigs, dabbled in dress design, helped with make-up, built stage scenery and made special effects, written panto songs, even poetry, and many other things. But all because a need was an apparent and I was able to fill it.

No need to learn a language. I can work on my own initiative if given a goal but am not really a self-starter, cannot do things for their own sake.

Oh, and I have drunk twice my normal ration of vino - not a good idea if you are feeling a bit down for starters!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2017, 09:50:21 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 18, 2017, 09:38:05 PM
^
As I trued to explain, I seem to have to have an "external" reason to do things. If I had a reason to learn another language I would so so, but I have no reason.

Perhsos it is one if the readons I develooed as a, sort of, low level polymath - never found one subject or discipline that really grabbed me. Drop me in a slot and I will pick up enough to function there, but I need that slot first. I have taught adult literacy/numeracy and basic computer use, researched and co-authored an archaeological report that was accepted into the corpus of knowledge, designed and made all kinds of electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical rigs, dabbled in dress design, helped with make-up, built stage scenery and made special effects, written panto songs, even poetry, and many other things. But all because a need was an apparent and I was able to fill it.

No need to learn a language. I can work on my own initiative if given a goal but am not really a self-starter, cannot do things for their own sake.

Well, there could be practical reasons for learning a another language, such as travel (which is always great, and better if you don't have to depend on a guide or phrasebook for everything), or simply having access to a whole new world of knowledge. And because it can be a challenge. :smilenod:

And then there are the cognitive benefits, bilingual and polylingual brains function slightly differently from that of a monolingual. One thing that I find particularly interesting is the type of cognitive control that is necessary to speak in one language and not the other, or a mixture of more than one language. :blahblah:   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 19, 2017, 03:45:29 AM
It sounds to me like you need a project. Have you ever considered clock-making? You have everything you need equipment wise and could scrounge up whatever bits and pieces you'd need for the actual construction. Build one and donate it to the library. A modern John Harrison.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 19, 2017, 05:12:07 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 18, 2017, 09:38:05 PM
^
As I trued to explain, I seem to have to have an "external" reason to do things. If I had a reason to learn another language I would so so, but I have no reason.

Perhsos it is one if the readons I develooed as a, sort of, low level polymath - never found one subject or discipline that really grabbed me. Drop me in a slot and I will pick up enough to function there, but I need that slot first. I have taught adult literacy/numeracy and basic computer use, researched and co-authored an archaeological report that was accepted into the corpus of knowledge, designed and made all kinds of electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical rigs, dabbled in dress design, helped with make-up, built stage scenery and made special effects, written panto songs, even poetry, and many other things. But all because a need was an apparent and I was able to fill it.

No need to learn a language. I can work on my own initiative if given a goal but am not really a self-starter, cannot do things for their own sake.

Oh, and I have drunk twice my normal ration of vino - not a good idea if you are feeling a bit down for starters!

What you are saying has struck a chord with me. I feel much the same way as you. I woke up at 4:30 this morning with a strange feeling of dread. This happens from time to time, but once I get up and start pottering about, I feel better. When little Lulu (my parrot) wakes up, it is even better. She demands immediate attention and then sits on my arm and shares a rusk dipped in coffee with me. I love her so much. If you want an intelligent pet, an African Grey is wonderful, but having one in the family is quite a big commitment.

Maintaining my classical music database is a source of much pleasure to me. I have a good music system and enjoy listening every day, my old favourites, as well as works that are new to me.

I have always been a loner, so I don't crave much interaction with other people. My company still needs me a few days every month to do training and to help users with chemistry-related problems, so that keeps me on my toes and brings in some extra money.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 20, 2017, 03:37:15 PM
I found the nail in my mom's driveway last night. Left her house headed home and about five miles out the car started pulling to the left. Hard. So I pulled into a gas station (that's petrol to you Brits) and had tried my luck at putting enough air in the tire to get home.

I did not get lucky. As soon as I pulled the chuck off the valve stem the hiss from the tire was obvious. So I grabbed the spare, got the old tire off, and popped the spare on. It's a good thing I checked the pressure in the spare. It was about forty pounds low and as luck would have it I had wasted just enough time for the compressor to kick off. Dang!

So another dollar in the machine and I was on my way at forty five miler an our and had the pleasure of listening to the noisiest tire I have ever heard. All the tire shops are closed today so I'm going to try my luck with a plug kit. Might get lucky...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 20, 2017, 03:50:43 PM
I carry a can of foam now, dunno if it actually works. Hope I never have to find out!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 20, 2017, 03:55:46 PM
If you use it the next tire shop you go to will hate you. They might just be annoyed if you let them know when you bring it in but the foam and tire slime in nasty messy whenever that tire has to come off the rim. I changed one once and it got everywhere. I was cussing the entire time.

It does work so long as the puncture isn't too large though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on August 20, 2017, 04:23:46 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 20, 2017, 03:55:46 PM
If you use it the next tire shop you go to will hate you. They might just be annoyed if you let them know when you bring it in but the foam and tire slime in nasty messy whenever that tire has to come off the rim. I changed one once and it got everywhere. I was cussing the entire time.

It does work so long as the puncture isn't too large though.
I've had the guy at the tire shop tell me that before. However, if it comes down to ticking off the guy at the tire shop or using that can of foam to keep from being stuck on the side of the road at 2 am, guess which is going to win. I will tell them that I used it, though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 20, 2017, 04:33:11 PM
If a customer came in who had some sort of disability or was otherwise unable to change a tire it wouldn't bother me. The one I got belonged to a cop though and he had a full size spare in his truck. You also have new cars that come with a can of slime instead of a spare. That's bugs the crap out of me.

All in all its just one of those things you have to deal with. I'd rather clean up slime than deal with a car that had a rodent infestation. Or someone who comes back six months later because their brakes squared once on a wet morning. Or someone who only wants you to put five quarts of oil in an eight quart system so they can still get the special price.

Yes, I suppose there are much worse things to deal with.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 21, 2017, 03:33:25 PM
Procrastinating again. I'm mad at myself.

The internet is a wonderful thing but it can also be a major distraction. I want to be able to focus more on the things I need to do, but it seems the older I get the less self-disciplined I am. Maybe it's because things don't seem as intrinsically rewarding as they once were. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 21, 2017, 04:06:40 PM
I know the feeling. Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 21, 2017, 04:56:27 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 21, 2017, 04:06:40 PM
I know the feeling. Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?

Exactly.  :thumbsup:

I've run out of tomorrows so it's going to be a long day today.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on August 22, 2017, 02:37:12 AM
I just found out someone died via social media, again, and late thus time because now social media has shit algorithms. Still one of the crappiest feelings ever.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 22, 2017, 05:16:23 PM
Quote from: Pasta Chick on August 22, 2017, 02:37:12 AM
I just found out someone died via social media, again, and late thus time because now social media has shit algorithms. Still one of the crappiest feelings ever.

I'm sorry for your loss PC...


Recently heard a discussion of this on the radio recently. That is posting someones death on social media as opposed to the more traditional methods such as a "Death Notice or "Announcement" in a newspaper's Obituary section, but to be honest who reads those any more or even looks at them with any regularity?

My mom and others in the family from her generation would look over the obituary section every week, but I don't know anyone anymore who does that. I only hear about someone passing through word of mouth from friends, family or acquaintances, social media or occasionally from my when my wife goes to church and they make an announcement or my sister who also attends church regularly.

Problem for me is I'm not on Facebook, so I've actually had a couple instances of not hearing of someone I knew who died until much later...so I miss funeral, etc...

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on August 23, 2017, 06:12:15 AM
Thanks. I'm ok, more just stunned. It's a friend's husband, so I'm certainly not upset I wasn't told personally. More upset that for some reason the algorithms informed me via a notification about another friend's comment on her memorial post, rather than noticing a good friend of mine had created a massive memorial post and hey maybe everyone should be seeing it.

I'm always super sensitive to it because my first experience with social media death notice was finding out a good friend killes himself via MySpace when I was 19 or so. Of course MySpace was no Facebook and I ended up calling a mutual friend who was the son of the funeral director for confirmation. Shitty story.

ANYWAY.

We're organizing a group gift to his memorial fundraiser rather than all donating little bits individually. I feel shitty because I'm going to be on vacation during the memorial itself, which is also out if state, but a very large number of people are going.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on August 28, 2017, 11:31:30 PM
I'm mad. So mad.

I go to a forum for people with psychotic disorders to recover. There is one guy who wants to split up the forum and have another website for "high functioning only". This prompted a lot of backlash between people. The forum was already split once between ill and family/care givers.

I was on the side to keep the forum together and seemed the only voice for it. Eventually I gave in to apathy considering that human nature dictates children need to leave the nest at some point. But it kust irked me that the same guy who started this said their are only two genders. So I also gave into this because if there can be a million genders why can't there be a million psychotic identities?

But what made me mad is the same people who were offended by this made a "club for low functioning". I'm really pissed at the hypocrisy of this whole community that I went back to. I left because I was offending them with jokes and that my censorship was apart to "share the internet". And now that I've come back because I was concerned about their safety, they went and flipped onto the other side that I was just on.

I'm pissed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on August 30, 2017, 04:40:41 PM
I think I have another kidney stone  :-\ I've had them a couple of times before, and while this one is not as painful as the first, all the classic symptoms are there, and it hurts regardless. I'm sitting in the ER waiting for the ultrasound results. I just hope the little fucker passes quickly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 30, 2017, 04:42:18 PM
Quote from: Firebird on August 30, 2017, 04:40:41 PM
I think I have another kidney stone  :-\ I've had them a couple of times before, and while this one is not as painful as the first, all the classic symptoms are there, and it hurts regardless. I'm sitting in the ER waiting for the ultrasound results. I just hope the little fucker passes quickly.
And not too painfully!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 31, 2017, 06:38:21 PM
So last weekend I stepped out on our front porch, was standing there waiting for my wife when I noticed the two large hanging ferns we had hanging on our porch had been stolen.

Yes, someone stole our ferns...nothing else was missing off the porch, just the two ferns.

Every year we get two hanging ferns for our front porch, as it's a west facing home they always do really well in that location. Probably we've been doing this for 15-18 years, always get compliments from our neighbors...this year we bought two really small ones in early spring, and we're hoping they would do well and we were actually quite surprised how big they had gotten.

It's not so much the monetary loss that bothers me either, but the fact that someone not only invaded our private space like that, but this person is probably now showcasing them at their own home. I actually pissed off a lady at one of my yoga classes, as I was telling everyone the story before class and told them I suspect it's probably some nice, white christian lady with a pretty home and the money available to buy her own, but she saw ours, liked them and decided they should be hanging from her home or patio.

The woman from my club was upset that I was portraying the thief as a "White Christian" lady, she said that was wrong...and I said who the hell do you think took them? Some drug addict trying to raise money for a score? ("Hey, check it out I got two nice ferns here, who'll give me $5 a piece for them, c'mon man these are nice buy em' from me, need a fix bad"! ::))

I told her only someone who appreciates something like that would take them, and a christian hypocrite fits the bill...anyway she's pissed off at me. (Evangelical)


So if the "Fern Theft" didn't make me grumpy enough, yesterday on my way home from work I got in a car accident. Traveling on the freeway, woman in front of me stopped suddenly due to traffic in front of her, so I came to a complete stop directly behind her, and then the guy behind me slid hard into me as he tried to stop, but couldn't because he was too damn close.

Front of my car.
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Back of my car.
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Back of the woman's car I hit after getting rear-ended.
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Front of the car who rear-ended me (Can't believe neither of their cars are damaged, especially this Toyota that hit me)
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Plus the guy apparently didn't get a ticket...I'm stuck with $2,500 at least of damage, and having to rent a car for at least 7-10 days. Fortunately as I'm not at fault my $500 deductible has been waived, but I'll still end up having to pay for the rental.(Mostly body damaged, except the radiator was cracked, not sure if any other engine damage as I couldn't open the hood, but it was drivable and there doesn't seem to be any damage to the frame)

At least it isn't totaled which would really bum me out, because I took really good care of this car, and it's in excellent shape even though it's 8 years old...practically mint condition, and I'm planning to put at least another 100,000 miles on it before I think of getting a new one.

Fuck. :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 31, 2017, 07:23:52 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 31, 2017, 06:38:21 PM
...

So if the "Fern Theft" didn't make me grumpy enough, yesterday on my way home from work I got in a car accident.
...

Fuck. :'(

"Fuck."  >:(
This sucks, Father Bruno!
Double whammy in one day.   :sadshake:
:therethere:

You know what else sucks? It's 11:25 AM in LA and it's  94 °F,
34 °C.

QuoteExcessive Heat Warning
the Los Angeles area
1 hour ago – National Weather Service
Locations a few miles inland from the coast in Los Angeles County will likely have high temperatures between 95 and 105 degrees, with the warmest day being Friday ...

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I blame Orange 45 for all this horrible weather in the USA.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 31, 2017, 07:52:41 PM
Real bummer FrB, but how come your wheels got all the grief? Toyotas aren't all that tough.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 31, 2017, 07:54:11 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 31, 2017, 07:23:52 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 31, 2017, 06:38:21 PM
...

So if the "Fern Theft" didn't make me grumpy enough, yesterday on my way home from work I got in a car accident.
...

Fuck. :'(

"Fuck."  >:(
This sucks, Father Bruno!
Double whammy in one day.   :sadshake:
:therethere:

You know what else sucks? It's 11:25 AM in LA and it's  94 °F,
34 °C.

QuoteExcessive Heat Warning
the Los Angeles area
1 hour ago – National Weather Service
Locations a few miles inland from the coast in Los Angeles County will likely have high temperatures between 95 and 105 degrees, with the warmest day being Friday ...

(https://media.giphy.com/media/UZ3XvKxX5ee4g/giphy.gif)
I blame Orange 45 for all this horrible weather in the USA.

It's not Trump's fault, it's the Lesbian Mayor of Houston's (According to Christians, Anne Coulter and Rush Limbaugh) ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 31, 2017, 08:00:21 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on August 31, 2017, 07:52:41 PM
Real bummer FrB, but how come your wheels got all the grief? Toyotas aren't all that tough.

I think part of it was due possibly to the angles of our vehicles. When I stopped behind the car in front of me I was pulled toward the right some just in case my car went into a slide, and the car behind me who rear-ended me was pulling left toward the inner median. Plus the car in front of me was at a dead stop, so my car was caught like in a vice.

I'm actually lucky and received I wasn't injured as he hit me pretty hard and traffic in the lane next to us was moving pretty fast, probably 60-70mph, so if I had gotten pushed into the middle lane I could have gotten hit even harder.

So I'm not that grumpy about the accident as you may think, after all cars can be replaced, butt the theft of my ferns really burns a hole in my yawl damnit!

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 31, 2017, 08:58:48 PM
That sucks, Father Bruno, but good to hear you didn't suffer any injuries.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 31, 2017, 10:08:44 PM
Just before I left for America my wife took a phone call from my youngest daughter and after a few words including 'died' she burst into floods of tears. It turned out that one of my daughters best friend had just died. She was 38 weeks pregnant. The baby was born by section but died 8 hours later. They were both buried a couple of days ago.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 31, 2017, 11:09:17 PM
^^
This is so sad. I felt sad as I was reading it, and then it got sadder.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 31, 2017, 11:14:40 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 31, 2017, 11:09:17 PM
^^
This is so sad. I felt sad as I was reading it, and then it got sadder.  :(

Agreed. :(  That's terrible.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on September 01, 2017, 01:40:21 AM
Man that's terrible news Bruno and Tank :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on September 01, 2017, 02:37:35 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 31, 2017, 10:08:44 PM
Just before I left for America my wife took a phone call from my youngest daughter and after a few words including 'died' she burst into floods of tears. It turned out that one of my daughters best friend had just died. She was 38 weeks pregnant. The baby was born by section but died 8 hours later. They were both buried a couple of days ago.

OH man, I'm so sorry. That's awful.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on September 01, 2017, 03:32:26 AM
Oh Tank, that's so sad! What pain must be in her circle of people, and I'm so sorry.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 01, 2017, 06:51:32 AM
It was awful. Makes you think about how transient life is. It was to have been the couples first child too. The husband is pretty zombiefied as you can imagine. So sad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on September 01, 2017, 12:12:36 PM
He might be feeling like the walking dead for a long time. I hope he has good support around him.

You know, I talk to my kids about the fact that death is part of life and that it happens to everyone, and it's not supposed to be a scary thing, only maybe sad. I'm trying to get them philosophical about super sad things so hopefully they can process their grief in a healthy way.
I feel like it's an important life skill that the majority of people are lacking, especially in our society where death is sterilized to a large extent......
Ugh, potential tangent stopping now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 01, 2017, 07:04:21 PM
^ Dragonia, that is a commendably intelligent manner of thinking about and ultimately dealing with the inevitable.  Salud.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 02, 2017, 03:25:57 PM
I gad fried tomatoes, finely chopped olives and onion, basil and garlic on toast for a light lunch.

Too much garlic, three hours later everything seems to taste of it, even my mint infusion drink.

Still supposed to be good for one - just maybe not for anyone I talk to!

Makes me burp as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 02, 2017, 04:52:07 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Gloucester:
Too much garlic

Well, at least we know your not a vampire. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Thumbs%20Up.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 02, 2017, 05:02:06 PM
Quote from: No one on September 02, 2017, 04:52:07 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Gloucester:
Too much garlic

Well, at least we know your not a vampire. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Thumbs%20Up.png)

Ah, but it is the flowers that are vampiricidal, not the corms. Walk through enough wild garlic and no one wants to know you. Er, I mean, er...

Do you like garlic?

(Damn! Can't claim "vampiricidal" as a neologism because "vampiricide" has already be coined!)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on September 03, 2017, 06:18:14 PM
Since my grandmother is in a nursing home now, we have spent the weekend getting to grips with the attic in her house.
Holy S**t! The amount of stuff two people can accumulate over 60 years and two kids....

At least I found some good shit in amongst all the old calendars and telephones and curtains and what-have-you.

And we've barely scratched the surface...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 03, 2017, 06:20:12 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on September 03, 2017, 06:18:14 PM
Since my grandmother is in a nursing home now, we have spent the weekend getting to grips with the attic in her house.
Holy S**t! The amount of stuff two people can accumulate over 60 years and two kids....

At least I found some good shit in amongst all the old calendars and telephones and curtains and what-have-you.

And we've barely scratched the surface...
Tease! What was the good stuff?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on September 03, 2017, 06:26:42 PM
Well, first I found three sets of gold cufflinks in a drawer.
Then a book about submarines.
Then, my departed grandfather and I have the same size feet, so his nice winter shoes came with me. And his best gloves for good measure.

The real find, however, was an old but very good and sturdy hiking backpack with a metal frame that really would be perfect for big game hunting expeditions.
Shame I can't get in on the moose hunt this year....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 04, 2017, 02:56:30 PM
Sounds like a nice little haul. :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 04, 2017, 05:46:43 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on September 03, 2017, 06:26:42 PM
Well, first I found three sets of gold cufflinks in a drawer.
Then a book about submarines.
Then, my departed grandfather and I have the same size feet, so his nice winter shoes came with me. And his best gloves for good measure.

The real find, however, was an old but very good and sturdy hiking backpack with a metal frame that really would be perfect for big game hunting expeditions.
Shame I can't get in on the moose hunt this year....

It's nice to have things that remind you of someone you care about but always a little sad whenever you see or use that reminder.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on September 05, 2017, 12:16:09 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on September 03, 2017, 06:26:42 PM
Well, first I found three sets of gold cufflinks in a drawer.
Then a book about submarines.
Then, my departed grandfather and I have the same size feet, so his nice winter shoes came with me. And his best gloves for good measure.

The real find, however, was an old but very good and sturdy hiking backpack with a metal frame that really would be perfect for big game hunting expeditions.
Shame I can't get in on the moose hunt this year....
I've done this with my grandparents entire house over the course of a week. We had to make it pretty quick, but we would find ourselves just sitting there smelling old coats, tears streaming down our faces, laughing at ourselves, wondering over weird things that we found, remembering with pictures and family "artifacts". It was a wonderful last memory of my grandparents.
I hope you enjoy your cleaning job as much as we did!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 06:14:31 AM
My sister-in-law asked me to check the six 4TB external hard discs of my dead brother for useful data, like insurance information, etc. What I found instead was 18TB of hardcore porn. One hard disc I took to the police, because it contained child pornography. I only played one video for just a few seconds and it made me feel sick. Hopefully they catch those bastards, who made these videos (most of them seem to originate from eastern Europe). My opinion about my brother has changed dramatically for the worse.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 05, 2017, 08:20:29 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 06:14:31 AM
My sister-in-law asked me to check the six 4TB external hard discs of my dead brother for useful data, like insurance information, etc. What I found instead was 18TB of hardcore porn. One hard disc I took to the police, because it contained child pornography. I only played one video for just a few seconds and it made me feel sick. Hopefully they catch those bastards, who made these videos (most of them seem to originate from eastern Europe). My opinion about my brother has changed dramatically for the worse.

Oh wow...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 05, 2017, 08:24:40 AM
Those that would intentionally harm children, are the lowest form of scum there is!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 05, 2017, 09:13:31 AM
Quote from: No one on September 05, 2017, 08:24:40 AM
Those that would intentionally harm children, are the lowest form of scum there is!

Seconded.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 05, 2017, 09:41:07 AM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.

Seconded.

And I hope the scan found nothing untoward?
.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 12:01:48 PM
Don't know yet!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 05, 2017, 12:48:13 PM
Keeping 'em crossed, OG

(It took six attempts to post this, summat up!)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on September 05, 2017, 12:55:14 PM
Quote from: No one on September 05, 2017, 08:24:40 AM
Those that would intentionally harm children, are the lowest form of scum there is!
Yes, they make me fairly grumpy. Actually I think they ought to be castrated. Maybe it would make the money not quite as worth it.
The problem is that in many countries where this is big business, the government doesn't seem to be as effective or as vigilant as they could be. And our world is so small these days, so they might as well be next door. I hate these people and this practice.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 05, 2017, 01:07:31 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on September 05, 2017, 12:55:14 PM
Quote from: No one on September 05, 2017, 08:24:40 AM
Those that would intentionally harm children, are the lowest form of scum there is!
Yes, they make me fairly grumpy. Actually I think they ought to be castrated. Maybe it would make the money not quite as worth it.
The problem is that in many countries where this is big business, the government doesn't seem to be as effective or as vigilant as they could be. And our world is so small these days, so they might as well be next door. I hate these people and this practice.

Even in Britain, in very recent times, gangs of child abusers have been effectively ignored because they involved Asians and other immigrant men. The police and local authorities were playing the PC card, afraid of bring accused of breng racist if they pushed too hard. Even girls well under the sge if consent were recorded as being willing victims, effectively as prostitutes, turned away seversl times.

I would sack the officers and council staff as well, they are evidently incapable of serving a civic function.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on September 05, 2017, 01:56:11 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 06:14:31 AM
One hard disc I took to the police, because it contained child pornography. I only played one video for just a few seconds and it made me feel sick. Hopefully they catch those bastards, who made these videos (most of them seem to originate from eastern Europe). My opinion about my brother has changed dramatically for the worse.
Oh man. Did you have to tell your sister-in-law about it? Can only imagine how hard that must be. Either way, that's so disturbing, and you did the right thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 05, 2017, 04:22:57 PM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.
:therethere:
I know what you mean.
I hope everything turns out fine.  :love:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 04:36:42 PM
Quote from: Firebird on September 05, 2017, 01:56:11 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 06:14:31 AM
One hard disc I took to the police, because it contained child pornography. I only played one video for just a few seconds and it made me feel sick. Hopefully they catch those bastards, who made these videos (most of them seem to originate from eastern Europe). My opinion about my brother has changed dramatically for the worse.
Oh man. Did you have to tell your sister-in-law about it? Can only imagine how hard that must be. Either way, that's so disturbing, and you did the right thing.

I discussed it with my brothers, my wife and the friend, who got the hard discs. We decided not to inform my sister-in-law, because she hasn't overcome the death of my brother and we didn't want to hurt her even more. This story should (of course) also never leave HAF. My wife would probably "kill" me ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 05, 2017, 06:43:57 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 04:36:42 PM
This story should (of course) also never leave HAF. My wife would probably "kill" me ::)

From my interactions with other members of HAF it seems that we are a pretty ethical, close-knit community. If anyone shares anything and requests that it remain within HAF, I am confident that the request will be respected.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 05, 2017, 06:56:56 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 05, 2017, 06:43:57 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 04:36:42 PM
This story should (of course) also never leave HAF. My wife would probably "kill" me ::)

From my interactions with other members of HAF it seems that we are a pretty ethical, close-knit community. If anyone shares anything and requests that it remain within HAF, I am confident that the request will be respected.
Me too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 05, 2017, 07:27:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 05, 2017, 04:22:57 PM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.
:therethere:
I know what you mean.
I hope everything turns out fine.  :love:

Hey Old Git, what Mags says, like Ditto....seriously hope all is well with you. Take care of yourself sir! :daisies:



Quote from: Dave on September 05, 2017, 06:56:56 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 05, 2017, 06:43:57 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 04:36:42 PM
This story should (of course) also never leave HAF. My wife would probably "kill" me ::)

From my interactions with other members of HAF it seems that we are a pretty ethical, close-knit community. If anyone shares anything and requests that it remain within HAF, I am confident that the request will be respected.
Me too.


Sorry to hear about this Tom, as I can't imagine the struggle you'll go through in order to come to terms with this if that's actually possible. Especially when dealing with a personal revelation on this scale about someone who was close to you your entire life. Even more difficult I imagine once they have departed, and you can't confront them about it.

Also, I agree with the others, we are a somewhat close-knit bunch here, especially those of us who are active on the forum, can't see anyone not respecting your request to keep this "news" here, but we do seem to have a lot of visitors who don't sign in, so maybe the prudent thing to do would be to delete the original post and all other references to it?

May not be necessary, but would be a quick and simple fix to do so. Relieve any anxiety you may have over disclosing in the first place, I mean it is a public forum. Just a thought.

Good luck.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on September 05, 2017, 10:43:20 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 05, 2017, 09:41:07 AM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.

Seconded.

And I hope the scan found nothing untoward?
.

Thirded. Somehow missed this earlier.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on September 05, 2017, 10:54:13 PM
Kidney stone still not out. Actually haven't been in too much pain, but we had to cancel our trip to see family in NY because I didn't want to get stuck down there if it did get worse. Though it turns out that may have been fortuitous.

Yesterday, Firechicklet (who's now ten months old) wasn't eating or drinking much and spit her milk up a couple of times, but otherwise seemed happy and energetic. Being a nice day out, we decided to take her to the nearby zoo to distract her for an hour or two. Worked well, she got sleepy, and we began the fifteen minute drive home. Right around minute 12, she had explosive diarrhea. Like EXPLOSIVE. She was literally sitting in a pool of her own crap in the car seat. We rushed home and spent the next couple of hours cleaning her off and getting her to sleep while also hosing off the infant seat cushion. Amazingly, none of it got onto the actual back seat of the car.
Imagine that had happened halfway between Boston and New York?
For good measure, she puked on me later that night. None of this grosses me out, and I now get to check off this parental milestone. Mostly sucks to see how miserable she's feeling.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 05, 2017, 11:45:17 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 05, 2017, 06:56:56 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 05, 2017, 06:43:57 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 04:36:42 PM
This story should (of course) also never leave HAF. My wife would probably "kill" me ::)

From my interactions with other members of HAF it seems that we are a pretty ethical, close-knit community. If anyone shares anything and requests that it remain within HAF, I am confident that the request will be respected.
Me too.

Agreed.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 05, 2017, 11:52:24 PM
I've never been to HAF. I don't even know that that is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 06, 2017, 12:25:04 AM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.

That seems like a lousy experience. I've never been in an MRI myself, but I hear it can be quite anxiogenic. It must be so cool to see images of your own brain though!  :sidesmile:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 06, 2017, 12:52:05 AM
Tom, your judgement about telling the sister in law is sound and the decent thing to Not do.  What is past is past.... You cannot un-ring a bell.   To be sure I join the rest of us to take your revelations as a matter of strict confidence.........In fact I have completely forgotten what you posted.  Whatever it was, put that unpleasantry behind you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 06, 2017, 10:34:45 PM
I have a rotten tooth. The pain has been there for a week but it felt like pressure from another wisdom tooth coming in. This morning I finally shined a light in my mouth and there was a big Brown spot on one of my molars. No swelling or particular pain while chewing so far.

I couldn't get any pliers back there and still be able to see so I made an appointment with a dentist. First time in my life.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 06, 2017, 10:48:34 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 06, 2017, 10:34:45 PM
I have a rotten tooth. The pain has been there for a week but it felt like pressure from another wisdom tooth coming in. This morning I finally shined a light in my mouth and there was a big Brown spot on one of my molars. No swelling or particular pain while chewing so far.

I couldn't get any pliers back there and still be able to see so I made an appointment with a dentist. First time in my life.
Ouch!

Lost a thirty year old ceramic cap, on a root drilled premolar stump, to a crunchy chocolate cornflake cake.the day before my last routine 6 monthly checkup. They smoothed and patched the stump for free. Well, did not charge sny extra on the £18 the visit cost anyway.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on September 08, 2017, 01:36:02 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 06, 2017, 10:34:45 PM
I have a rotten tooth. The pain has been there for a week but it felt like pressure from another wisdom tooth coming in. This morning I finally shined a light in my mouth and there was a big Brown spot on one of my molars. No swelling or particular pain while chewing so far.

I couldn't get any pliers back there and still be able to see so I made an appointment with a dentist. First time in my life.
Ummmm.... you couldn't get pliers back there? Were you going to... *choke*.... remove your own tooth???
I am so glad you have made your first dental appointment. I know it can be scary, but you can do it. Maybe if you're brave, they'll give you a prize!  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 08, 2017, 03:08:07 PM
I'm not afraid. Just want it out. And I can't even be sure they'll do anything for me. They want $100 just to walk in the door. Then, we get to see how much I'll have to fork out. You never know, I might end up looking for some slimmer pliers anyway.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 08, 2017, 03:40:41 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 08, 2017, 03:08:07 PM
I'm not afraid. Just want it out. And I can't even be sure they'll do anything for me. They want $100 just to walk in the door. Then, we get to see how much I'll have to fork out. You never know, I might end up looking for some slimmer pliers anyway.

Get a pair of medium duty wiring pliers with 45 degree bent tips!

One warning, bad teeth can break up and then you will be in real trouble!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on September 08, 2017, 06:06:51 PM
You guys are killing me! *faints dead away*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 08, 2017, 06:26:45 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 05, 2017, 06:14:31 AM
My sister-in-law asked me to check the six 4TB external hard discs of my dead brother for useful data, like insurance information, etc. What I found instead was 18TB of hardcore porn. One hard disc I took to the police, because it contained child pornography. I only played one video for just a few seconds and it made me feel sick. Hopefully they catch those bastards, who made these videos (most of them seem to originate from eastern Europe). My opinion about my brother has changed dramatically for the worse.
That must have been one hell of a shock!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 08, 2017, 06:32:46 PM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 12:01:48 PM
Don't know yet!

Well let's hope they don't find any thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 08, 2017, 07:23:16 PM
Quote from: Firebird on September 05, 2017, 10:54:13 PM
Kidney stone still not out. Actually haven't been in too much pain, but we had to cancel our trip to see family in NY because I didn't want to get stuck down there if it did get worse. Though it turns out that may have been fortuitous.

Yesterday, Firechicklet (who's now ten months old) wasn't eating or drinking much and spit her milk up a couple of times, but otherwise seemed happy and energetic. Being a nice day out, we decided to take her to the nearby zoo to distract her for an hour or two. Worked well, she got sleepy, and we began the fifteen minute drive home. Right around minute 12, she had explosive diarrhea. Like EXPLOSIVE. She was literally sitting in a pool of her own crap in the car seat. We rushed home and spent the next couple of hours cleaning her off and getting her to sleep while also hosing off the infant seat cushion. Amazingly, none of it got onto the actual back seat of the car.
Imagine that had happened halfway between Boston and New York?
For good measure, she puked on me later that night. None of this grosses me out, and I now get to check off this parental milestone. Mostly sucks to see how miserable she's feeling.
Poor Firechicklet. Poor Firebird. I hope everyone is feeling at least a bit better now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on September 10, 2017, 05:43:42 AM
Just so angry of people talking shit to me.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 11, 2017, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: Arturo on September 10, 2017, 05:43:42 AM
Just so angry of people talking shit to me.  >:(

Keep calm and do the following...

(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21462475_525120781213391_3163958822628350003_n.jpg?oh=2d3adea791f2a3452934ab4889156f97&oe=5A581BB4)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on September 11, 2017, 11:40:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 11, 2017, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: Arturo on September 10, 2017, 05:43:42 AM
Just so angry of people talking shit to me.  >:(

Keep calm and do the following...

(https://scontent.fpoa4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21462475_525120781213391_3163958822628350003_n.jpg?oh=2d3adea791f2a3452934ab4889156f97&oe=5A581BB4)

Hahaha
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 11, 2017, 02:54:19 PM
Two wisdom teeth are sheared off at the gum line. And the bastages have hooked roots so I'll have to set up an appointment with an oral surgeon to drill them out. I wonder if my right angle drill attachment is small enough to fit back there? Better than pliers....
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 11, 2017, 03:07:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2017, 02:54:19 PM
Two wisdom teeth are sheared off at the gum line. And the bastages have hooked roots so I'll have to set up an appointment with an oral surgeon to drill them out. I wonder if my right angle drill attachment is small enough to fit back there? Better than pliers....

OUCH!

The stump of my premolar that the cap broke off is only just enough above the gum line, now it is tidied up, for it to be left in. You have my sympathy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 11, 2017, 03:14:20 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2017, 02:54:19 PM
Two wisdom teeth are sheared off at the gum line. And the bastages have hooked roots so I'll have to set up an appointment with an oral surgeon to drill them out. I wonder if my right angle drill attachment is small enough to fit back there? Better than pliers....

:twitch:

IMO setting up an appointment with a good oral surgeon is the best thing to do. When I got four of mine removed there was hardly any pain, bleeding and no post-removal infection.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on September 11, 2017, 07:52:38 PM
I tried setting up an appointment with a Dentist once. They never went to work that day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 13, 2017, 02:28:51 PM
So an update on my car. Insurance company decided to total the vehicle as the damages were estimated at $4,700. So I've spent the last week looking for a new car, finally found one a decent one, 2014 Chevy Cruz (No relation to Ted Cruz) with only 30,000 miles on it. It's in excellent condition, engine is spotless, and it looks brand new.

Bad news is I was using a rental car the past week or so and the day before I turned it in someone backed into while it was parked in the street and damaged the rear quarter panel. So now I have to deal with this second claim, and all the accompanying bullshit that goes along with it.

Part that burns me is it must have been one of my neighbors who hit it,  as they are still in the process of repaving our street so the road is closed. Only those of us who reside there can currently drive or park there, which means a neighbor backed into my car and didn't have the decency to leave a note on the window...probably the same christian who stole my ferns.

I also found out that a neighbor of ours who lives down the street also had two hanging ferns stolen from their front porch recently just like we did, so we have someone going through the neighborhood stealing fucking potted plants. WTF?

I'm not really grumpy, more annoyed and dismayed I think. Plus, when I spoke to the insurance company about my settlement I asked them to send the check for my car to their local office because my neighborhood is under construction at the moment and so not accessible to delivery trucks, and so I would simply pick the check up from them once they received it.

So of course they sent the check to my home, and UPS has spent the last three days trying to deliver it, but since they can't get to my house they keep rescheduling delivery. This was an overnight package that was sent last Thursday and I still don't have it.
Now I have to drive down to Detroit tomorrow and pick it up. Once I got the check I was supposed to send the insurance company back the title of the car, and spare keys, but I'm going to tell my agent to come to my house and pick them up.

See how long that takes him... 8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 13, 2017, 04:38:15 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.

Oops, hope this gets fixed.

Take care Tom
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 13, 2017, 04:43:17 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.
:console:
I hope you feel better soon, Tom62.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 13, 2017, 04:44:50 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:28:51 PM
...
See how long that takes him... 8)
:snicker:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 13, 2017, 06:17:06 PM
People!

Have I ever mentioned that I hate them?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 13, 2017, 07:35:10 PM
Quote from: No one on September 13, 2017, 06:17:06 PM
People!

Have I ever mentioned that I hate them?

No, never! What the hell happened?  8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 07:51:38 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 13, 2017, 04:38:15 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.

Oops, hope this gets fixed.

Take care Tom

Thanks Dave! I suspect that the doctors here are vampires, they love to extract blood from my fingers and hand ;). My stay in the hospital should be rather short. I'm probably back home before Sunday.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 13, 2017, 08:16:38 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.

Didn't see this earlier Tom, hope you can resolve this soon without much fuss...take care.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 08:46:55 PM
Thanks for the moral support! I'm highly motivated to resolve it, but I expect that it can only be done with some major lifestyle changes, like doing more sport and eating healthier food.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 13, 2017, 09:05:32 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 08:46:55 PM
Thanks for the moral support! I'm highly motivated to resolve it, but I expect that it can only be done with some major lifestyle changes, like doing more sport and eating healthier food.
Definitely the food bit!

I am borderline diabetic, diet controlled, but will admit to not bring terribly disciplined. But I am trying to lose a little weight so sweet stuff is mostly out - apart from fruit.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:15:33 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.

I hope you feel better soon Tom. :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:20:18 PM
A very minor problem compared to some here. I have to fill out some paperwork and am trying to motivate myself to get started.  :nu-uh:

Edited to add update: I've started by downloading the papers, now I'm taking an extended break. :grin: :sidesmile:

Post-break edit: I've started filling out the form, now it's time for another break.  :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 02:43:21 AM
There are some odd questions in this form, like  "Activities to be performed during internship (complete and detailed)".

Like I don't have a freaking crystal ball! I don't know enough on what I'll be doing to give a complete and detailed answer! I talked to the supervisor over there about it and she said that I'll basically be there to assist others with their experiments and learn something new here and there. What exactly those experiments are I don't know yet, depends on whether people want me to help them or not.   

:tapemouth:

Filling out forms is an art form I am not accustomed to.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 14, 2017, 03:03:07 AM
Bad as in high or bad as in low Tom?

Also, Bruno... Find something not made by GM... Can I interest you in the new Honda Ridgeline?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 14, 2017, 03:10:02 AM
The Ridgeline? Now there's a winner of a vehicle.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 14, 2017, 09:14:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:15:33 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.

I hope you feel better soon Tom. :(

Thanks! As a matter of fact, I feel great. I only slept bad last night, because the guy, I'm sharing the room with, snores like hell. The nurse gave me earplugs, so I should sleep better this evening.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 14, 2017, 09:28:07 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 14, 2017, 03:03:07 AM
Bad as in high or bad as in low Tom?

Also, Bruno... Find something not made by GM... Can I interest you in the new Honda Ridgeline?

Bad as in high. My longtime blood glucose level was 2 times above the normal range.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 14, 2017, 09:39:25 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 14, 2017, 09:14:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:15:33 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.

I hope you feel better soon Tom. :(

Thanks! As a matter of fact, I feel great. I only slept bad last night, because the guy, I'm sharing the room with, snores like hell. The nurse gave me earplugs, so I should sleep better this evening.
There are always ear plugs, industrial strength, in my hospital bag!

It is acknowledged that sleep is an important part of healing, so why are hospitals (particularly in cardiac wards with their constantly bleeoing monitors) so bloody noisy!  :grrr: I have had to complain about junior doctors wearing hard heeled shoes, on stone floors, on night duty etc.

When I suffered from pauses in my pulse, up to 10 seconds every couple of minutes, the monitor would bleep loudly. Since it was expected the nurses took absolutely no notice of it - but it kept me and half the bay awake most of the night.

With digital technology there is no need for monitors with audible alarms at the bedside, other than for flat lining. I am waiting for some one to make a bolt-on goodie that sends the alarm to a phone-like unit the nurse carries, informing her/him of the bed location and the alarm type and urgency. They already send all data, inc alarms, to a computer workstation for nurse station monitoring. But the station is not always manned.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 14, 2017, 06:33:07 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 14, 2017, 09:14:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:15:33 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 13, 2017, 04:31:54 PM
My doctor sent me to a hospital this afternoon. Reason for this is that my blood sugar values are ver bad. Hopefully the values get better in the next couple of days.

I hope you feel better soon Tom. :(

Thanks! As a matter of fact, I feel great. I only slept bad last night, because the guy, I'm sharing the room with, snores like hell. The nurse gave me earplugs, so I should sleep better this evening.
Hope they manage to get things under control soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 14, 2017, 06:51:41 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 14, 2017, 03:03:07 AM
Bad as in high or bad as in low Tom?

Also, Bruno... Find something not made by GM... Can I interest you in the new Honda Ridgeline?

You could certainly interest me, the car I was renting for the week was a Nissan Versa and I really liked it, small and compact, but with a roomy interior, plus it very responsive, quick acceleration and got good gas mileage. I wanted to keep it.
However, my main customer is GM, and they don't appreciate you pulling up to their technical center in anything but a GM vehicle. You could get away with a Ford or Chrysler maybe, but they wouldn't let me in the parking lot with a Honda or Nissan.

Chevy's not bad, parts are cheap if needed, and quick and easy to find, especially used.

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:20:18 PM
A very minor problem compared to some here. I have to fill out some paperwork and am trying to motivate myself to get started.  :nu-uh:

Edited to add update: I've started by downloading the papers, now I'm taking an extended break. :grin: :sidesmile:

Post-break edit: I've started filling out the form, now it's time for another break.  :P

This is simply horrible xSP, not sure how you are dealing with this? In fact if you want, PM me and I'll give you my number, you can call collect and we can talk you through this...difficult and trying problem. 8)


Quote from: Tom62 on September 14, 2017, 09:28:07 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 14, 2017, 03:03:07 AM
Bad as in high or bad as in low Tom?

Also, Bruno... Find something not made by GM... Can I interest you in the new Honda Ridgeline?

Bad as in high. My longtime blood glucose level was 2 times above the normal range.

Listen to your doctors Tom!...not saying you won't, but I've been around enough folks in the hospital, especially men who seem to thing they know better.

Anyway wishing for a speedy recovery.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 08:30:00 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 14, 2017, 06:51:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:20:18 PM
A very minor problem compared to some here. I have to fill out some paperwork and am trying to motivate myself to get started.  :nu-uh:

Edited to add update: I've started by downloading the papers, now I'm taking an extended break. :grin: :sidesmile:

Post-break edit: I've started filling out the form, now it's time for another break.  :P

This is simply horrible xSP, not sure how you are dealing with this? In fact if you want, PM me and I'll give you my number, you can call collect and we can talk you through this...difficult and trying problem. 8)

Yes, it can be quite debilitating.  :sad sigh: 

And how many Hail monkeys would I have to say over the phone in order for this...this...sickness to subside? Would I have to fidget with one of those atrocious looking bead necklaces as I pray them? 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 14, 2017, 08:33:33 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 08:30:00 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 14, 2017, 06:51:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:20:18 PM
A very minor problem compared to some here. I have to fill out some paperwork and am trying to motivate myself to get started.  :nu-uh:

Edited to add update: I've started by downloading the papers, now I'm taking an extended break. :grin: :sidesmile:

Post-break edit: I've started filling out the form, now it's time for another break.  :P

This is simply horrible xSP, not sure how you are dealing with this? In fact if you want, PM me and I'll give you my number, you can call collect and we can talk you through this...difficult and trying problem. 8)

Yes, it can be quite debilitating.  :sad sigh: 

And how many Hail monkeys would I have to say over the phone in order for this...this...sickness to subside? Would I have to fidget with one of those atrocious looking bead necklaces as I pray them?

Naw, just get another bottle of wine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 14, 2017, 09:17:59 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 14, 2017, 09:28:07 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 14, 2017, 03:03:07 AM
Bad as in high or bad as in low Tom?

Also, Bruno... Find something not made by GM... Can I interest you in the new Honda Ridgeline?

Bad as in high. My longtime blood glucose level was 2 times above the normal range.
I hope everything goes well.

When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2005 my Hba1c (long term glucose level) was 25, normal is 4 +- 1! My thyroid had pretty much given up functioning too. Well sorting out the glucose got my thyroid back on track and I've just started using insulin 12 years after I was first diagnosed and it's bloody marvellous! 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 09:27:52 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 14, 2017, 08:33:33 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 08:30:00 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 14, 2017, 06:51:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:20:18 PM
A very minor problem compared to some here. I have to fill out some paperwork and am trying to motivate myself to get started.  :nu-uh:

Edited to add update: I've started by downloading the papers, now I'm taking an extended break. :grin: :sidesmile:

Post-break edit: I've started filling out the form, now it's time for another break.  :P

This is simply horrible xSP, not sure how you are dealing with this? In fact if you want, PM me and I'll give you my number, you can call collect and we can talk you through this...difficult and trying problem. 8)

Yes, it can be quite debilitating.  :sad sigh: 

And how many Hail monkeys would I have to say over the phone in order for this...this...sickness to subside? Would I have to fidget with one of those atrocious looking bead necklaces as I pray them?

Naw, just get another bottle of wine.

Sounds good!  :cheers:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on September 16, 2017, 07:58:56 PM
It is taking every single fiber of my being to not start fights with Pro-Trump Republicans on my Facebook.

This morning one posted a GIF or video (I didn't actually click on it, I was on my phone) with the text of "If a statue can control your emotions to the point where you think it must be removed, I'd hate to see what real problems to do to you", and then it had text below saying "Share if you're sick of offended liberals"

... I say, it took everything to keep from pointing out the hypocrisy here. Not only am I certain that this individual would be completely "offended" by even the idea of Satanic statues (and would most definitely be very vocal about how one that gets put up should be removed), I could probably even go back in their feed and find an instance of them demonstrating just that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 16, 2017, 08:25:47 PM
So, would they have felt the same way about those of central Europe who demolished or moved all the Soviet statuary? After all, that was also part of their history.

PS, was it not the case, in Lee's time, that the Republicans were actually anti-slavery and the Democrats pro-?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on September 16, 2017, 08:45:06 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 16, 2017, 08:25:47 PM
So, would they have felt the same way about those of central Europe who demolished or moved all the Soviet statuary? After all, that was also part of their history.

Another even clearer example would be statues related to Hitler and his reign. And they can't laugh at you for bringing up Hitler because the GIF (or whatever) did not specify any kinds of statues, it said if any statue at all bothers you and you want it to be removed than you have a problem and are just an "offended" liberal.

However, the Satanism statues came to mind immediately because that has been an issue in my state and area.

QuotePS, was it not the case, in Lee's time, that the Republicans were actually anti-slavery and the Democrats pro-?

Yes, but... Oh I'll just link to an article by one of my top favorite bloggers if you're interested in an explanation of what happened. Here (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2017/08/how-southern-democrats-became-republicans-a-case-study-of-carroll-county-mississippi.html).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 16, 2017, 09:23:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 08:30:00 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 14, 2017, 06:51:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2017, 11:20:18 PM
A very minor problem compared to some here. I have to fill out some paperwork and am trying to motivate myself to get started.  :nu-uh:

Edited to add update: I've started by downloading the papers, now I'm taking an extended break. :grin: :sidesmile:

Post-break edit: I've started filling out the form, now it's time for another break.  :P

This is simply horrible xSP, not sure how you are dealing with this? In fact if you want, PM me and I'll give you my number, you can call collect and we can talk you through this...difficult and trying problem. 8)

Yes, it can be quite debilitating.  :sad sigh: 

And how many Hail monkeys would I have to say over the phone in order for this...this...sickness to subside? Would I have to fidget with one of those atrocious looking bead necklaces as I pray them? 

No nothing like that, probably we could just Skype and show our asses to each other like good monkeys do! ;) ;)

Quote from: Harmonie on September 16, 2017, 07:58:56 PM
It is taking every single fiber of my being to not start fights with Pro-Trump Republicans on my Facebook.

This morning one posted a GIF or video (I didn't actually click on it, I was on my phone) with the text of "If a statue can control your emotions to the point where you think it must be removed, I'd hate to see what real problems to do to you", and then it had text below saying "Share if you're sick of offended liberals"

... I say, it took everything to keep from pointing out the hypocrisy here. Not only am I certain that this individual would be completely "offended" by even the idea of Satanic statues (and would most definitely be very vocal about how one that gets put up should be removed), I could probably even go back in their feed and find an instance of them demonstrating just that.

The one thing I admire (Sic) about conservatives, especially the neo-ultra right, christian, fuck-wad types is the level of hypocrisy they can attain with their ridiculous arguments.

To suggest we are "snowflakes" for demanding the removal of a statue(s) which idolize racists, murderers and traitors. Idols which demoralize a huge segment of our population while they on the other hand get bent out of shape because a Starbucks coffee cup doesn't say Merry Christmas clearly demonstrates that they care only for the things that impact their lives and have absolutely zero empathy for the suffering of others.

(Christmas is just around the corner, so wait for the renewed "War on Christmas Campaign" to be reignited to a whole new level of ridiculousness with Trump supporters feeling more emboldened than they have in previous years.

I can hardly wait...   ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 16, 2017, 09:28:31 PM
@ Harmonie

Er, when my head has stopped spinning maybe I will read it again . . . And maybe understand ehat happened!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on September 16, 2017, 10:15:22 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 16, 2017, 09:23:43 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on September 16, 2017, 07:58:56 PM
It is taking every single fiber of my being to not start fights with Pro-Trump Republicans on my Facebook.

This morning one posted a GIF or video (I didn't actually click on it, I was on my phone) with the text of "If a statue can control your emotions to the point where you think it must be removed, I'd hate to see what real problems to do to you", and then it had text below saying "Share if you're sick of offended liberals"

... I say, it took everything to keep from pointing out the hypocrisy here. Not only am I certain that this individual would be completely "offended" by even the idea of Satanic statues (and would most definitely be very vocal about how one that gets put up should be removed), I could probably even go back in their feed and find an instance of them demonstrating just that.

The one thing I admire (Sic) about conservatives, especially the neo-ultra right, christian, fuck-wad types is the level of hypocrisy they can attain with their ridiculous arguments.

To suggest we are "snowflakes" for demanding the removal of a statue(s) which idolize racists, murderers and traitors. Idols which demoralize a huge segment of our population while they on the other hand get bent out of shape because a Starbucks coffee cup doesn't say Merry Christmas clearly demonstrates that they care only for the things that impact their lives and have absolutely zero empathy for the suffering of others.

(Christmas is just around the corner, so wait for the renewed "War on Christmas Campaign" to be reignited to a whole new level of ridiculousness with Trump supporters feeling more emboldened than they have in previous years.

I can hardly wait...   ::)

Oh, I know. The amount of hypocrisy that can be held in one place is astounding. Donald Trump is like the manifestation of Republican/Religious Right/etc. hypocrisy. Pretty much any kind of hypocrisy you can find in Republicans as a whole you can find in Trump just by looking at what he says now and what he said before.

It's even funnier with Trump because you can actually catch these hypocrisies in what he, alone, said, and it's all cemented on Twitter.

If only people were paying attention... But his supporters are already too far gone to understand.

They whine and whine about liberal "snowflakes" being "triggered". They make fun of people who have actually been traumatized and act like being "triggered" is just a joke. And then they turn around and their reactions to things like the Starbucks holiday cups are the very definition of how they define being "triggered". In this case I think it goes beyond hypocrisy - not only is it as you said that they lack any form of empathy, but it's also projection. Projection is incredibly strong in the Religious Right and Trump supporters.

Now, I'm not saying that I or other Democrats are incapable of hypocrisy. I'm sure I am in places... But I don't know. Stuff like protesting? I believe that we have the right to protest. I also believe that protesting can be morally right or morally wrong, and it is to be taken on a case-by-case basis. However, when I see Republicans (the one mentioned above is an example of this) speak of protesting, their views are not nuanced in any such way. It is hypocrisy through and through - When a Republican is president, the act of protesting is wrong to them. Not only wrong, but universally wrong. The act of protesting, universally, during a Republican presidency is "unpatriotic", "Un-American", and "Disrespectful", and the people who are protesting are crybaby liberals who need to get over it. However, when a Democrat is in office, all of the sudden that is all brushed under the rug, because now protesting is American, it is now patriotic, it is now your duty as an American standing up for American values.

You know, if they just said "Protesting in this case is off-base", that would be one thing... But they don't frame it in that way. They frame protesting itself as a horrible concept when their party is in power, but turn around say the opposite when a Democrat is in office.

Oops, sorry for this long rant. This is where I can rant because I most certainly am not starting fights on FB.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 17, 2017, 03:15:41 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on September 16, 2017, 10:15:22 PM
Oh, I know. The amount of hypocrisy that can be held in one place is astounding. Donald Trump is like the manifestation of Republican/Religious Right/etc. hypocrisy. Pretty much any kind of hypocrisy you can find in Republicans as a whole you can find in Trump just by looking at what he says now and what he said before.

It's even funnier with Trump because you can actually catch these hypocrisies in what he, alone, said, and it's all cemented on Twitter.

If only people were paying attention... But his supporters are already too far gone to understand.

They whine and whine about liberal "snowflakes" being "triggered". They make fun of people who have actually been traumatized and act like being "triggered" is just a joke. And then they turn around and their reactions to things like the Starbucks holiday cups are the very definition of how they define being "triggered". In this case I think it goes beyond hypocrisy - not only is it as you said that they lack any form of empathy, but it's also projection. Projection is incredibly strong in the Religious Right and Trump supporters.

Now, I'm not saying that I or other Democrats are incapable of hypocrisy. I'm sure I am in places... But I don't know. Stuff like protesting? I believe that we have the right to protest. I also believe that protesting can be morally right or morally wrong, and it is to be taken on a case-by-case basis. However, when I see Republicans (the one mentioned above is an example of this) speak of protesting, their views are not nuanced in any such way. It is hypocrisy through and through - When a Republican is president, the act of protesting is wrong to them. Not only wrong, but universally wrong. The act of protesting, universally, during a Republican presidency is "unpatriotic", "Un-American", and "Disrespectful", and the people who are protesting are crybaby liberals who need to get over it. However, when a Democrat is in office, all of the sudden that is all brushed under the rug, because now protesting is American, it is now patriotic, it is now your duty as an American standing up for American values.

You know, if they just said "Protesting in this case is off-base", that would be one thing... But they don't frame it in that way. They frame protesting itself as a horrible concept when their party is in power, but turn around say the opposite when a Democrat is in office.

Oops, sorry for this long rant. This is where I can rant because I most certainly am not starting fights on FB.
:postoday:
Some rants are just beautiful, aren't they? 
:tellmemore:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 19, 2017, 06:04:40 PM
After spending about five minutes picking bits of apple, and especially apple skin, from between my teeth (might as well have not been lazy and gone for the tooth brush in the first place) I decided that the old saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" should really read, "An apple a day keeps the dentist in pay"!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 21, 2017, 10:17:03 PM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.
OldGit, do you have the results, yet?
I hope everything is fine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 27, 2017, 05:15:14 AM
Sour milk. Few things leave me feeling more grumpy than a brand new gallon of milk that has begun to turn before I even open it. I like milk and I want it really, really fresh. Is that too much to ask?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 27, 2017, 05:26:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 27, 2017, 05:15:14 AM
Sour milk. Few things leave me feeling more grumpy than a brand new gallon of milk that has begun to turn before I even open it. I like milk and I want it really, really fresh. Is that too much to ask?

I don't think it is too much.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 27, 2017, 07:08:38 PM
Spoiled milk might mean demon possession nearby.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 27, 2017, 08:00:16 PM
Quote from: No one on September 27, 2017, 07:08:38 PM
Spoiled milk might mean demon possession nearby.
I though spoiled milk meant that witches are out to get you.  :headscratch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 27, 2017, 10:53:46 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 21, 2017, 10:17:03 PM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.
OldGit, do you have the results, yet?
I hope everything is fine.

Me too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 28, 2017, 12:15:47 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 27, 2017, 10:53:46 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 21, 2017, 10:17:03 PM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.
OldGit, do you have the results, yet?
I hope everything is fine.

Me too.

I also hope everything is fine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 28, 2017, 04:23:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 28, 2017, 12:15:47 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 27, 2017, 10:53:46 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 21, 2017, 10:17:03 PM
Quote from: OldGit on September 05, 2017, 09:29:14 AM
I had an MRI scan yesterday.  Four and a half hours at the hospital, including 1¼ in the actual machine.  Still, I mustn't moan - I got the necessary scan free and the staff were lovely, so the legendary delays of our health service are a small price to pay.
OldGit, do you have the results, yet?
I hope everything is fine.

Me too.

I also hope everything is fine.

Count me in on thst.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 28, 2017, 05:04:59 AM
OG  you have far more courage than I have. Seventy five minutes in that damned MRI tube would have been the end of my sanity....I am aware that my sanity is already limited but.......claustrophobia is worse than death.

I do hope that your reports are that you will be fine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 28, 2017, 07:48:02 AM
Quote from: Icarus on September 28, 2017, 05:04:59 AM
OG  you have far more courage than I have. Seventy five minutes in that damned MRI tube would have been the end of my sanity....I am aware that my sanity is already limited but.......claustrophobia is worse than death.

I do hope that your reports are that you will be fine.

Glad I am not claustrophobic! I helped with some research that involved exercising one leg for an hour whilst totally enclosed in an MRI machine. Got too interested in the technicalities and methodoligy to worry about anything.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 28, 2017, 11:46:48 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 28, 2017, 07:48:02 AM
Quote from: Icarus on September 28, 2017, 05:04:59 AM
OG  you have far more courage than I have. Seventy five minutes in that damned MRI tube would have been the end of my sanity....I am aware that my sanity is already limited but.......claustrophobia is worse than death.

I do hope that your reports are that you will be fine.

Glad I am not claustrophobic! I helped with some research that involved exercising one leg for an hour whilst totally enclosed in an MRI machine. Got too interested in the technicalities and methodoligy to worry about anything.

An hour in one of those sounds extreme Dave, especially with folks watching you, but 75 minutes, that's crazy OG! Hope it all works out well.

I once spent about 2.5 hours in the trunk bed of a buddies pickup truck, it had one of those liner covers on it so there wasn't much head room at all, and it was dark, smelly and dirty under there. 
(There was absolutely no room in the front of the truck, I think he had five people including him sitting up there, so I had no choice, but to spend the trip prone in the back of his truck)

Worse part was we were traveling on the highway most of the time headed out to the lake, and I bounced around more than you would think...figured I would nap the whole way there, but I was bouncing up and down damn near the entire ride...felt almost sea-sick by the time we got there.

Plus I needed to take a piss, but they couldn't hear me yelling or banging on the floor. I tried to hold it, but couldn't and the assholes never thought to stop and check on me.

So I pissed between the where the tailgate hinges and the floor meet as there was a slight gap there, but the fucking wind draft sort of sprayed it back in on myself.

Not the smartest thing I ever did, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

I don't recommend you try it... :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 29, 2017, 02:49:04 AM
Father B, you have some wild stories to tell. Please continue.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 02, 2017, 11:57:35 PM
Family problems involving 'freeloader', 'bitch' and 'junkie', all in one!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 03, 2017, 01:39:15 AM
Silver, would you care to elucidate? Or would you rather just stew about it.....

In either case we are collectively on your side. whatever the event.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 03, 2017, 01:55:03 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 03, 2017, 01:39:15 AM
Silver, would you care to elucidate? Or would you rather just stew about it.....

In either case we are collectively on your side. whatever the event.

Someone in my immediate family is addicted to prescription drugs and whenever she's going through withdrawal she becomes a bitch. Worst part is, she's drains everyone who comes into contact with her and has made a parasitic host out of another family member, who is in denial that there's something seriously wrong about the parasite.

*deep breath*

Basically that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 03, 2017, 09:48:25 PM
^ Bummer !     

I have known people who were trying to kick the cigarette habit.  Nicotine withdrawal is a frequent maker of bitchy behavior. I would expect drug withdrawal to be the same deal......nicotine is a drug too. 

I confess I am talking about myself. I was a smoker for 60 years and one day I ran out of cigs. Too late in the day to go to the store for another pack of poison. The next day I began to think of the cost in dollars as well as my ability to breathe.  I did not buy cigarettes that day, or the next day or the one after that. I have not had a cancer stick in 18 months but I still want a nicotine fix.  I am pleased to say that it is no longer a freak out, as it once was.

It is possible to kick debilitating habits if the motivation is sufficient and the moon and stars are in the right phase..  Example: Our Father Bruno, to his credit,  has been off  the booze for a long time now. 

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 03, 2017, 10:02:56 PM
Quote from: Icarus on October 03, 2017, 09:48:25 PM
^ Bummer !     

I have known people who were trying to kick the cigarette habit.  Nicotine withdrawal is a frequent maker of bitchy behavior. I would expect drug withdrawal to be the same deal......nicotine is a drug too. 

I confess I am talking about myself. I was a smoker for 60 years and one day I ran out of cigs. Too late in the day to go to the store for another pack of poison. The next day I began to think of the cost in dollars as well as my ability to breathe.  I did not buy cigarettes that day, or the next day or the one after that. I have not had a cancer stick in 18 months but I still want a nicotine fix.  I am pleased to say that it is no longer a freak out, as it once was.

It is possible to kick debilitating habits if the motivation is sufficient and the moon and stars are in the right phase..  Example: Our Father Bruno, to his credit,  has been off  the booze for a long time now.

Took a near fstal heart attack to stop me smoking, I was too busy staying alive to think about withdrawal symtoms. Oh, and being dtuffed with morhine (that caused its own problems!) posdibky helped.

But, having known an alcoholic, Silver, (even if not family) I know of the mood swings, "promisses", pleading etc, etc. that addiction can bring.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 04, 2017, 12:24:35 AM
Yes, addiction is a terrible thing. A substance basically hijacks the brain's reward system and rewires circuits to make the person crave and need that substance.

The person I'm talking about is also addicted to nicotine and alcohol, so there's definitely a tendency there. She also self-medicates and got hooked on Ritalin.

(nicotine and alcohol intake can maybe be seen as a form of self-medication? :notsure:)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 04, 2017, 05:16:29 AM
Some people drink to drown their sorrows. Unbeknownst to most though, sorrow is a world class swimmer.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 04, 2017, 12:02:40 PM
Quote from: No one on October 04, 2017, 05:16:29 AM
Some people drink to drown their sorrows. Unbeknownst to most though, sorrow is a world class swimmer.

The higher the alcohol the lower the density,
the harder for that sorrowful fucker to float.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on October 04, 2017, 01:07:27 PM
You can just drink to alter your mental state a bit, to make things more palatable.  The key is being able to stop at the right place.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on October 07, 2017, 10:34:26 PM
Couple weeks ago I drove down to Tennessee and Georgia from Michigan for a vacation, and yesterday when I got home I found an envelope addressed to me from the Toledo, Ohio Police Department.

At first I figured my son had driven his car down to Toledo some weekend evening and got himself a parking ticket...car is still in my name, and he has a habit of parking in spots that he's not supposed to, or ignoring the parking meters. (Toledo is less than an hour from the Detroit area, anyway he's promised to pay me back for all his previous tickets  ::))

However. He didn't get a parking ticket, I ended up with a $120.00 speeding ticket. I was never pulled over, they simply took a couple pictures of the rear end of my car to include my license plate, and said I was speeding through a construction zone.

I kinda feel like this is bullshit, I mean...I don't know if I was speeding at that point, sure I went over the speed limit plenty of times, but how do we know at that very point I was actually speeding?

I can fight it, but I'd have to drive down to fucking Toledo (Sorry for the bad language Sister Snowflake >:() in order to do so, obviously it's much easier to just mail them the $120.00, plus I don't know how I would fight it...just seems like they could start taking random pictures of cars, run the plates and mail off tickets whether people are speeding or not.

It's kind of Orwellian. We were promised flying cars in the future, and sex robots. Not mail order speeding tickets. :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 08, 2017, 03:42:25 AM
Fight it. Show up in your finest overcoat, scarf, and fedora (I don't care how hot it is) and give em what for.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 08, 2017, 05:12:16 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 07, 2017, 10:34:26 PM
Couple weeks ago I drove down to Tennessee and Georgia from Michigan for a vacation, and yesterday when I got home I found an envelope addressed to me from the Toledo, Ohio Police Department.

At first I figured my son had driven his car down to Toledo some weekend evening and got himself a parking ticket...car is still in my name, and he has a habit of parking in spots that he's not supposed to, or ignoring the parking meters. (Toledo is less than an hour from the Detroit area, anyway he's promised to pay me back for all his previous tickets  ::))

However. He didn't get a parking ticket, I ended up with a $120.00 speeding ticket. I was never pulled over, they simply took a couple pictures of the rear end of my car to include my license plate, and said I was speeding through a construction zone.

I kinda feel like this is bullshit, I mean...I don't know if I was speeding at that point, sure I went over the speed limit plenty of times, but how do we know at that very point I was actually speeding?

I can fight it, but I'd have to drive down to fucking Toledo (Sorry for the bad language Sister Snowflake >:() in order to do so, obviously it's much easier to just mail them the $120.00, plus I don't know how I would fight it...just seems like they could start taking random pictures of cars, run the plates and mail off tickets whether people are speeding or not.

It's kind of Orwellian. We were promised flying cars in the future, and sex robots. Not mail order speeding tickets. :P

That sucks.

That's how they do it here, a photo of your licence plate along with a location you were photographed speeding arrives by mail about a month after the fact. Who on earth even remembers how fast they were going at that point so far back in time?

They could be lying and randomly taking pictures of plates, pulling some number over the speed limit out of their asses and in the end it'll be your word against theirs...and yours is worth much, much less than theirs. Not only that, but in Brazil you're guilty until you prove your innocence so you would have to somehow prove that you weren't doing 65km/h on a 60km/hr lane.  ::)

:Gaah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 08, 2017, 05:48:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 08, 2017, 05:12:16 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 07, 2017, 10:34:26 PM
Couple weeks ago I drove down to Tennessee and Georgia from Michigan for a vacation, and yesterday when I got home I found an envelope addressed to me from the Toledo, Ohio Police Department.

At first I figured my son had driven his car down to Toledo some weekend evening and got himself a parking ticket...car is still in my name, and he has a habit of parking in spots that he's not supposed to, or ignoring the parking meters. (Toledo is less than an hour from the Detroit area, anyway he's promised to pay me back for all his previous tickets  ::))

However. He didn't get a parking ticket, I ended up with a $120.00 speeding ticket. I was never pulled over, they simply took a couple pictures of the rear end of my car to include my license plate, and said I was speeding through a construction zone.

I kinda feel like this is bullshit, I mean...I don't know if I was speeding at that point, sure I went over the speed limit plenty of times, but how do we know at that very point I was actually speeding?

I can fight it, but I'd have to drive down to fucking Toledo (Sorry for the bad language Sister Snowflake >:() in order to do so, obviously it's much easier to just mail them the $120.00, plus I don't know how I would fight it...just seems like they could start taking random pictures of cars, run the plates and mail off tickets whether people are speeding or not.

It's kind of Orwellian. We were promised flying cars in the future, and sex robots. Not mail order speeding tickets. :P

That sucks.

That's how they do it here, a photo of your licence plate along with a location you were photographed speeding arrives by mail about a month after the fact. Who on earth even remembers how fast they were going at that point so far back in time?

They could be lying and randomly taking pictures of plates, pulling some number over the speed limit out of their asses and in the end it'll be your word against theirs...and yours is worth much, much less than theirs. Not only that, but in Brazil you're guilty until you prove your innocence so you would have to somehow prove that you weren't doing 65km/h on a 60km/hr lane.  ::)

:Gaah:

I was once told, by an American, that since local sherrifs have to compete for both votes and funds they sre in a quandry. The fines go into their funding pot but they don't want to antagonise the locals. Any vehicle with an out of state plate is fair game though!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 08, 2017, 07:34:11 PM
Dave we have an occasional renegade sheriff or police chief who orders his cops to issue traffic tickets. Those guys do not last long because of the hue and cry of the general public.  Many many moons ago I was busted by such a backwoods scam. My congressman and local newspaper were contacted by irate an motorist; Me.  That episode and some others like it gained some attention.  The practice ceased soon after.

Our latest controversy is about red light cameras. If a motorist runs a red light the camera will record the offense and a fine is issued against the offender.  That is not a scheme to raise money on the face of it. BUT.....the cameras are installed and owned by a big company. The company gets a big chunk of the revenue that is generated. Clearly a profit making proposition.  On the other hand it does discourage red light offenders and just might help avoid some collisions. Another BUT.  Now that the public is aware of the cameras, there are more rear end collisions than before.  Drivers will slam on the brakes as soon as they see the yellow light come on. Cars behind the panic braking driver smash into the back of the paranoid drivers car.  The red light cameras may cause more collisions that they prevent.

We have privately owned toll roads. There are toll booths at various intervals.  There are lanes where the toll is paid in cash and also lanes where you can drive through without stopping. You may pass through if your car is equipped with an electronic device that records your trip through the toll booth. You, as a subscriber, are billed on a monthly basis for the times that you use the electronic "pass".

The toll roads are often convenient and will save time enough to be worth using the road.  On the other hand there are what I think of as felony toll roads.  For example: If I want to go to the Orlando International airport, one of the busiest airports in the country, I have to use toll roads to get there. and toll roads to leave there.  I live about 45 miles from that airport and a round trip by car will cost about nine dollars in tolls.  It is possible to get to the airport "the hard way" which involves going around the toll roads. That trip would force us to travel perhaps 90 miles, around the horn so to speak.  I pay the nine dollars and grumble about it.

When Father Bruno drove from the Detroit area to the Fort Benning Georgia area it will have been about 800 miles as the crow flies. He had to drive through some remote rural areas where the hillbilly cops are likely to hold forth. Fortunately, Interstate highway 75  and then then 85 will get him to where he is going. The interstate system is patrolled by the state police for the most part.  They are generally held to a higher standard than the small town constabulary.  The potential for an encounter from local cops is when you get off the interstate highway, in some town or other,  to get food, gasoline (petrol), or to go potty.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 08, 2017, 07:58:37 PM
^
Yes, should have used a whistling emoji! We were watching a road movie where the guy from the big city was getting hassled by the coos in a dmall town - they ran up about six offences I think. Then 50 miles down the road he got hit by another town's cops for the same offences - the implication being force one phoned ahead, "Hey, Fred, there's an out of state sucker heading your way, we hit him with . . ."

OK, it was a movie and I thought exagerated but my friend seemed adamant that it could happen.

Thank goodness we don't have that sort of local law enforcement structure over here. If anything the county constabularies are amalgamating to cut costs and most of the procedural rules and protocols are national. Even if a London cop has no "normal" authority in, say, Yorkshire; only those the regional force agree to allow and the standard citizen's right to make an arreet.

Also reduces the chance of turf wars, as in Spain where, it seems, the local and national police may have different agendas.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 09, 2017, 04:43:10 AM
Year ago, I was traveling out of state and got a speeding ticket. The cop had to "cut" me out of a group of cars traveling together at the same speed. He then tried to tell me that I was going 95 miles an hour - in an eight year old Kia Rio. He at least had the decency to blush when I pointed out that fact to him. I got a ticket for going 75 MPH in a 60 MPH zone. The only difference between me and the other cars in the group was my out-of-state license plate.

Even further back in time, my brother's then girlfriend got a ticket railroad crossing. We had been stopped for a few minutes. Her foot slipped off the clutch and the car rolled forward a bit. The cop behind up turned on his lights and jumped out of the car. He was originally going to write her a ticket for not stopping at a railroad crossing - until the three other people in the car pointed out the large, loud, fast-moving training flying past us on the other side of the crossing barrier. He gave her a ticket for not having her seat belt on - the same seat belt he watched her remove so she could grab her purse from the floorboard behind her.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on October 09, 2017, 07:11:36 PM
In Phoenix, AZ, they tried doing photo enforcement. Sadly, they had to stop because people weren't paying the fines because they could get out of paying fines if they just "didn't receive the ticket." There was also a law suit that a lawyer cheating on his wife one because his wife saw the photo of the her husband speeding with someone who wasn't her in the passenger seat.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on October 11, 2017, 01:05:27 PM
Feeling really ..... just frustrated I guess, with some people back home. There was a terrible car accident, and in one vehicle, there were 3 kids from all different families. One died, one ended up in the hospital, and nothing is said about the 3rd child.
So a lot of "thoughts and prayers" (when will people get tired of this phrase?) have gone out to the family of the deceased kid. But everyone is having a Glory, Hallelujah time over the child who just came home from the hospital after a week of care. But because he's coming home with no surgeries or casts or anything, everyone is just praising Jesus for his mighty healing hand and his tender mercies that are new each day... it makes me want to throw up. What about that child who was killed???? Where were the Tender Mercies when he was gasping his last breath? Where was the Mighty Healing Hand? Oh, THAT'S right, God has a reason and a plan for everything. So we will just praise Jesus through the storm!
I just feel like if I was his family, I would be losing my mind, reading all the shit posted about how great God is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 11, 2017, 01:07:40 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 11, 2017, 01:05:27 PM
Feeling really ..... just frustrated I guess, with some people back home. There was a terrible car accident, and in one vehicle, there were 3 kids from all different families. One died, one ended up in the hospital, and nothing is said about the 3rd child.
So a lot of "thoughts and prayers" (when will people get tired of this phrase?) have gone out to the family of the deceased kid. But everyone is having a Glory, Hallelujah time over the child who just came home from the hospital after a week of care. But because he's coming home with no surgeries or casts or anything, everyone is just praising Jesus for his mighty healing hand and his tender mercies that are new each day... it makes me want to throw up. What about that child who was killed???? Where were the Tender Mercies when he was gasping his last breath? Where was the Mighty Healing Hand? Oh, THAT'S right, God has a reason and a plan for everything. So we will just praise Jesus through the storm!
I just feel like if I was his family, I would be losing my mind, reading all the shit posted about how great God is.

With you there, Dragonia.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 11, 2017, 02:21:29 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 11, 2017, 01:05:27 PM
Feeling really ..... just frustrated I guess, with some people back home. There was a terrible car accident, and in one vehicle, there were 3 kids from all different families. One died, one ended up in the hospital, and nothing is said about the 3rd child.
So a lot of "thoughts and prayers" (when will people get tired of this phrase?) have gone out to the family of the deceased kid. But everyone is having a Glory, Hallelujah time over the child who just came home from the hospital after a week of care. But because he's coming home with no surgeries or casts or anything, everyone is just praising Jesus for his mighty healing hand and his tender mercies that are new each day... it makes me want to throw up. What about that child who was killed???? Where were the Tender Mercies when he was gasping his last breath? Where was the Mighty Healing Hand? Oh, THAT'S right, God has a reason and a plan for everything. So we will just praise Jesus through the storm!
I just feel like if I was his family, I would be losing my mind, reading all the shit posted about how great God is.

ye
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 11, 2017, 06:31:42 PM
god, helping pro athletes in the big game, while turning a blind eye to breast cancer. PRAISE BE to jesus!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2017, 01:00:39 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 11, 2017, 01:05:27 PM
Feeling really ..... just frustrated I guess, with some people back home. There was a terrible car accident, and in one vehicle, there were 3 kids from all different families. One died, one ended up in the hospital, and nothing is said about the 3rd child.
So a lot of "thoughts and prayers" (when will people get tired of this phrase?) have gone out to the family of the deceased kid. But everyone is having a Glory, Hallelujah time over the child who just came home from the hospital after a week of care. But because he's coming home with no surgeries or casts or anything, everyone is just praising Jesus for his mighty healing hand and his tender mercies that are new each day... it makes me want to throw up. What about that child who was killed???? Where were the Tender Mercies when he was gasping his last breath? Where was the Mighty Healing Hand? Oh, THAT'S right, God has a reason and a plan for everything. So we will just praise Jesus through the storm!
I just feel like if I was his family, I would be losing my mind, reading all the shit posted about how great God is.

I just don't get it...nor will I try to get it. It's all craziness to me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 20, 2017, 09:57:39 AM
Why can no one in my family remember that I work nights and can only access my phone during breaks, despite the fact that I have told them this numerous times?!  >:(  I've only worked nights for 25+ years. Why should any of them remember?

At lunch time, I turned on my phone and notifications started pouring in. Apparently, my aunt (who is dealing with my father's estate), was trying to get me to send her my address and phone number yet again so she can send me more papers to sign. Four family members had gotten in on the act. Some of them were downright rude. If I'm not answering texts from one person, what did they think having more people text me was going to do? I spent half of my lunch break telling everyone yet again that I was at work and can only get to my phone during breaks. (If you need to reach me at work, you have to call Security. Security will then track me down and give me the message. There is a reason that only my husband has been given that number.)

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on October 21, 2017, 07:06:35 PM
^Worked nights for 25+ years?!  :o I already felt dead inside after 4 years and was all too happy to quit.

Anyway, yeah, that can be annoying. I don't have that problem, thankfully. But I do have this issue with scammers having my cell number and calling me all of the time. >.>

Anyway, what's made me grumpy today? I get ready to go do my laundry and the whole entire laundry room is marked as out of order for some reason. I have no idea how the whole entire laundry room is out of order. I'm pretty sure I saw people using it not too long ago in the week. >.>

Thankfully I have enough public casual wear to wear for the next week, but pretty much nothing else. *sigh* And my towels, they're going to get really gross now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 22, 2017, 03:14:09 AM
One of my snakes, spatzel, passed away today. Vet thinks it was some kind of neurological problem. This whole month has been a total shit show and I'm ready for it to be over
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on October 22, 2017, 04:33:02 AM
Sorry to hear that, Buddy. It's one of the few negative aspects of sharing our lives with animals of other species--practically none of them live as long as we do.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 22, 2017, 08:27:33 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 22, 2017, 03:14:09 AM
One of my snakes, spatzel, passed away today. Vet thinks it was some kind of neurological problem. This whole month has been a total shit show and I'm ready for it to be over
That's a shame.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on October 22, 2017, 03:28:50 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 22, 2017, 03:14:09 AM
One of my snakes, spatzel, passed away today. Vet thinks it was some kind of neurological problem. This whole month has been a total shit show and I'm ready for it to be over
Bummer.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2017, 04:50:48 PM
That sucks, Buddy. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 22, 2017, 04:54:50 PM
Sad news, Buddy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on October 23, 2017, 02:30:32 PM
Buddy, what kinds of snakes do you have? I am a fellow herp lover, but with only one 7 year old ball python. I'm sorry you lost one of your slither babies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 23, 2017, 04:13:06 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 23, 2017, 02:30:32 PM
Buddy, what kinds of snakes do you have? I am a fellow herp lover, but with only one 7 year old ball python. I'm sorry you lost one of your slither babies.

Buddy and Dragonia, I have always wondered whether snakes are affectionate towards humans. I have an African Grey parrot and she goes nuts when I get home and can't wait to sit on my shoulder. Do snakes acknowledge their owners, or are they usually aloof?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2017, 12:57:38 AM
How would you tell if a snake is affectionate towards you (if in fact they're capable of affection) without projecting or humanising them in the first place?

Biochemical markers? :notsure: 

I'm don't know much about snake behaviour, so I wouldn't be able to differentiate affection from aloofness.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 24, 2017, 01:02:00 AM
Not grumpy so much as sad or maybe just bewildered........

Today was my annual routine exam by a dermatologist. I had a Quiet episode in the waiting room before being seen by the doc.

Well dressed sophisticated appearing older woman absorbed in her book....Title of book was:  Healthful recipes from the holy bible. She noticed me looking at the the title on the cover and hastened to engage me in conversation about the subject matter.  I said that I was unaware that there are food recipes in the bible. She assured me that indeed there are useful references to healthy foods and combinations of foods.

The nice lady explained that Jesus talked to her every day. I asked if she actually saw Jesus. No she said but she can feel his presence and his glory.  She assured me that every word in her bible was true and that it is the revealed word of god.

Hmmmmm! I asked her if she had studied the history of the KJV. She said No but that she would be interested...................That was an invitation for me to recount some of the history of her beloved book. I told her about the inheritance of the throne by James after his catholic sister died and left him as the monarch. 1601 Ce =/-.   Old Jimmy leaning more toward the christian faith than to the catholic way of his sister, formed a committee of 54 scholars to write the bible,  after four years or so they came up with what is now known as the KJV.  Previously only priests and clergymen were allowed to read the scriptures. James wanted a book that could be read by ordinary people if the were sufficiently literate.

I mentioned that part of the origin, but only a part, was influenced by the Mazerite scribes from around 600 to 800 CE.  They were translating mostly from the Aramaic, A language that has few if any vowels. Then there was Constantine, then the Latin Vulgate editions that out of necessity were duplicated by hand with quill pens from porcupines or geese. Hand made copies of copies of copies were made, and later Gutenberg rigged his press so to duplicate whatever his take might have been..... then Luther.....and by that time the poor woman had heard more than she could process.  She said that she did not care about all that. She knew in her heart that every word of the KJV was Gods word.  I asked if she knew the connotation of the word; Version.  That did not register with her.

I sent her on her way with my best and kindest wishes.  Her beliefs, as uninformed as they are, are a genuine comfort to her. Who am I to deny her that comfort by insisting on facts?.... On the other hand it bothered me a just a bit that an otherwise perfectly functional human is not interested in learning about anything that questions their preconceived beliefs.




Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2017, 01:17:07 AM
When comfort derived from fantasy takes precedence over evidence-based knowledge that's what you get. Someone who simply does not want to see, hear or speak of anything that contradicts their beliefs. What saddens me is when people spend so much of energy believing in fantasy and trying to spread their version of the god virus to others who don't share their belief system, instead of otherwise engaging in more productive endeavours.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 24, 2017, 02:39:09 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2017, 12:57:38 AM
How would you tell if a snake is affectionate towards you (if in fact they're capable of affection) without projecting or humanising them in the first place?

Biochemical markers? :notsure: 

I'm don't know much about snake behaviour, so I wouldn't be able to differentiate affection from aloofness.  :shrug:

I knew one snake who loved having his throat stroked but, generslly they do not pair bond like parrots (or dogs, or cats) and pair bonding is the basis of affection. Lot's of birds pair bond very strongly for life. My mother's budgie, unfortunately, bonded with me, instantly, instead of her.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 25, 2017, 12:43:11 PM
Quote from: Icarus on October 24, 2017, 01:02:00 AM
Not grumpy so much as sad or maybe just bewildered........

Today was my annual routine exam by a dermatologist. I had a Quiet episode in the waiting room before being seen by the doc.

Well dressed sophisticated appearing older woman absorbed in her book....Title of book was:  Healthful recipes from the holy bible. She noticed me looking at the the title on the cover and hastened to engage me in conversation about the subject matter.  I said that I was unaware that there are food recipes in the bible. She assured me that indeed there are useful references to healthy foods and combinations of foods.

The nice lady explained that Jesus talked to her every day. I asked if she actually saw Jesus. No she said but she can feel his presence and his glory.  She assured me that every word in her bible was true and that it is the revealed word of god.

Hmmmmm! I asked her if she had studied the history of the KJV. She said No but that she would be interested...................That was an invitation for me to recount some of the history of her beloved book. I told her about the inheritance of the throne by James after his catholic sister died and left him as the monarch. 1601 Ce =/-.   Old Jimmy leaning more toward the christian faith than to the catholic way of his sister, formed a committee of 54 scholars to write the bible,  after four years or so they came up with what is now known as the KJV.  Previously only priests and clergymen were allowed to read the scriptures. James wanted a book that could be read by ordinary people if the were sufficiently literate.

I mentioned that part of the origin, but only a part, was influenced by the Mazerite scribes from around 600 to 800 CE.  They were translating mostly from the Aramaic, A language that has few if any vowels. Then there was Constantine, then the Latin Vulgate editions that out of necessity were duplicated by hand with quill pens from porcupines or geese. Hand made copies of copies of copies were made, and later Gutenberg rigged his press so to duplicate whatever his take might have been..... then Luther.....and by that time the poor woman had heard more than she could process.  She said that she did not care about all that. She knew in her heart that every word of the KJV was Gods word.  I asked if she knew the connotation of the word; Version.  That did not register with her.

I sent her on her way with my best and kindest wishes.  Her beliefs, as uninformed as they are, are a genuine comfort to her. Who am I to deny her that comfort by insisting on facts?.... On the other hand it bothered me a just a bit that an otherwise perfectly functional human is not interested in learning about anything that questions their preconceived beliefs.

You're a dog guy Ic, do you think you might have some vulnerable bubbles?
Do they really like you for you?
Would they like someone else if they feed them for a week?

Sorry, I'm forgetting myself, I'm playing the fool again.
I used to like to play HAF fool but Dave explained it was actually a job for a smart person.

let he without bubbles
or she also now days
pierce the first bubble
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 25, 2017, 12:59:13 PM
Quote from: Dave on October 24, 2017, 02:39:09 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 24, 2017, 12:57:38 AM
How would you tell if a snake is affectionate towards you (if in fact they're capable of affection) without projecting or humanising them in the first place?

Biochemical markers? :notsure: 

I'm don't know much about snake behaviour, so I wouldn't be able to differentiate affection from aloofness.  :shrug:

I knew one snake who loved having his throat stroked but, generslly they do not pair bond like parrots (or dogs, or cats) and pair bonding is the basis of affection. Lot's of birds pair bond very strongly for life. My mother's budgie, unfortunately, bonded with me, instantly, instead of her.

Despite the anti intellectualism of the age I'm not afraid to reference the classics.
I and others saw lots of snakes sharing a small space in the Indiana Jones movies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on October 25, 2017, 01:14:44 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 23, 2017, 04:13:06 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 23, 2017, 02:30:32 PM
Buddy, what kinds of snakes do you have? I am a fellow herp lover, but with only one 7 year old ball python. I'm sorry you lost one of your slither babies.

Buddy and Dragonia, I have always wondered whether snakes are affectionate towards humans. I have an African Grey parrot and she goes nuts when I get home and can't wait to sit on my shoulder. Do snakes acknowledge their owners, or are they usually aloof?
I don't think my girl is all that attached to me. She remains quite aloof to my movements and any other activities happening around her.   When I take her out and hold her, she seems happy enough and will wind around my waist or my arms and stretch herself out, "sniffing" the air with her tongue, and sometimes she settles happily around my neck (not wrapped!) and just hangs out. But I'm not sure I would call any of this affection. I'm probably just a big play toy with new smells.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on October 29, 2017, 04:55:52 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 25, 2017, 01:14:44 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 23, 2017, 04:13:06 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 23, 2017, 02:30:32 PM
Buddy, what kinds of snakes do you have? I am a fellow herp lover, but with only one 7 year old ball python. I'm sorry you lost one of your slither babies.

Buddy and Dragonia, I have always wondered whether snakes are affectionate towards humans. I have an African Grey parrot and she goes nuts when I get home and can't wait to sit on my shoulder. Do snakes acknowledge their owners, or are they usually aloof?
I don't think my girl is all that attached to me. She remains quite aloof to my movements and any other activities happening around her.   When I take her out and hold her, she seems happy enough and will wind around my waist or my arms and stretch herself out, "sniffing" the air with her tongue, and sometimes she settles happily around my neck (not wrapped!) and just hangs out. But I'm not sure I would call any of this affection. I'm probably just a big play toy with new smells.
And ,to a cold-blooded creature, you have all that lovely body heat for her to leech off.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 29, 2017, 10:40:05 AM
I believe there are some tasty recipes for snakes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 03, 2017, 03:27:43 PM
Although I have passed the sight test (  :heyhey: ) after my cataract op it seems that I cannot do the fast online application for a new licence, got to do the full snail mail thing.

The forms will not be posted until Mondsy and may take up to two weeks to get to me. Then it can be at least another couple of weeks to process . . .

:pensive:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 03, 2017, 10:14:01 PM
^Ah, the ever efficient bureaucratic machine...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 03, 2017, 10:29:26 PM
I've come down with something, and haven't felt this miserable in a long time. Weakness, , headache, fever, aching joints and a whole night of tossing and turning has taken a toll on me today. I spent the entire day sleeping, and not doing anything else.

:sneezy:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 04, 2017, 12:31:35 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 03, 2017, 10:29:26 PM
I've come down with something, and haven't felt this miserable in a long time. Weakness, , headache, fever, aching joints and a whole night of tossing and turning has taken a toll on me today. I spent the entire day sleeping, and not doing anything else.

:sneezy:
:therethere:
I hope you feel better soon.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 04, 2017, 04:01:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 03, 2017, 10:29:26 PM
I've come down with something, and haven't felt this miserable in a long time. Weakness, , headache, fever, aching joints and a whole night of tossing and turning has taken a toll on me today. I spent the entire day sleeping, and not doing anything else.

:sneezy:

Something you picked up in the hospital, perhaps?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 04, 2017, 04:05:39 AM
Quote from: Dave on November 03, 2017, 03:27:43 PM
Although I have passed the sight test (  :heyhey: ) after my cataract op it seems that I cannot do the fast online application for a new licence, got to do the full snail mail thing.

The forms will not be posted until Mondsy and may take up to two weeks to get to me. Then it can be at least another couple of weeks to process . . .

:pensive:

What was the problem? I helped my friend do an online application recently, and once we'd got the "Government Gateway" ID number (which is straight-forward) the application itself wasn't a problem. Is it that you're required to send a hard copy of your test results to the DVLA?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 04, 2017, 05:39:47 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 04, 2017, 04:05:39 AM
Quote from: Dave on November 03, 2017, 03:27:43 PM
Although I have passed the sight test (  :heyhey: ) after my cataract op it seems that I cannot do the fast online application for a new licence, got to do the full snail mail thing.

The forms will not be posted until Mondsy and may take up to two weeks to get to me. Then it can be at least another couple of weeks to process . . .

:pensive:

What was the problem? I helped my friend do an online application recently, and once we'd got the "Government Gateway" ID number (which is straight-forward) the application itself wasn't a problem. Is it that you're required to send a hard copy of your test results to the DVLA?

The problem is thst my eyesight got so bad, at the crtical point of needing to renew my licence due to age, that I could not happily consider driving and voluntarily surrendered my licence. I was concerned that questions may have been asked had I merely allowed my licence to expire on my birthday then re-applied at a later date. Was I driving during that period? Why did I not inform them (as is legally required) of any medical condition that made driving a problem? . . . Due to my heart problems I am already on the "medical register" at the DVLA.

And I am too fucking honest for my own good! No good intention goes without its appropriate punishmrnt... I did try, very hard, to grt the whole procedure over with before my birthday, starting it in October last year, but missed by a good four weeks. Medically I was a low priority.

Once you are on the "medicsl" list re-application depends on a decision by a real human, had this experience when my ICD gave me shocks. This takes it out of the automatic path if you simply tick the "I can pass the eyesight test" box. I can afford the automatic £1000 fine for getting caught telling the lie but would rather not risk the wellbeing of other people (or the potential prison sentence that comes along with any accident involving injury to another after such a lie.)

Though it may not have ripples that extend this far the news that Japan is apparently subjecting older drivers to a dementia test is a little worrying as well! There was also a case of a death due to an older man driving with defective eyesight not so long ago. Though, in his case, it was not a case of bring totally unable to read direction signs (until so close one is actually passing them) but that he needed a magnifying glass to read his mobile telephone!

I also could not tell the gender of people, similarly dressed, standing still less than 50m away or read the large illuminated number on the front of the bus at a similar distance. Now, with correction, I can read two lines below that required for the test at the distance of the chart in an optician's surgery, indicating 6/6 (20/20) visual acuity at that distance. Whether I can now read a licence plate at 20m, or a direction board at a sufficient distances to "glance-read" it, is still to be determined.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Pasta Chick on November 04, 2017, 11:42:10 AM
I didn't sleep for about 22 hours... Just wasn't tired. Which is cool, I guess, as long as I'm functional and comfortable, why not? Stayed out way late with my dog.

But then BF didn't bother coercing his old ass dog in to eating before bed, which means instead of actually getting to sleep now that I am tired, I got to listen to her have acid reflux burps and compulsively lick herself all night until she got up at 5AM and started pacing.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2017, 12:22:15 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 04, 2017, 12:31:35 AM
:therethere:
I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks, today I feel better.

Quote from: Recusant on November 04, 2017, 04:01:53 AM
Something you picked up in the hospital, perhaps?

Could be, who knows? :shrug:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 04, 2017, 12:30:17 PM
Sorry, Siover, missed that - hope it is not spoiling your Saturday.

:daisies:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2017, 12:43:13 PM
Thanks, Dave.  :)

It's not spoiling my Saturday, which is so far going as planned -- a day for doing nothing. :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 04, 2017, 07:55:54 PM
Thursday I was talking to one of the IT guys at work. Last week one of the guys who works days in IT had removed email access on one of the computers in my department. Come to find out, when the computers were replaced last year no one took into account that my department needs email access. The new computers have little RAM and a tiny hard drive - which is fine for most areas where they only have to access one application, but not really enough for the vast amount of email we deal with every day and all the applications we need to have running to do our work. We only use email directly or indirectly for 90% of our job.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 05, 2017, 07:49:26 AM
^ In all the years that I work in the IT, I realized that your PC can never have too much RAM,  too much hard-disk space or a too fast processor.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 05, 2017, 09:09:09 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 05, 2017, 07:49:26 AM
^ In all the years that I work in the IT, I realized that your PC can never have too much RAM,  too much hard-disk space or a too fast processor.

Except in the case where an acquaintance got suckered into spending twice whst she needed for a high end machine for something she, basically, uses as a typewriter. My first 128kb RAM 20MB 60MHz with Word 2 would have done the work she needs.

Too often you need a bigger machine just to run the over inflated and lazily coded applications around today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 05, 2017, 11:00:33 AM
Quote from: Dave on November 05, 2017, 09:09:09 AM

...
Too often you need a bigger machine just to run the over inflated and lazily coded applications around today.
Quite so. There are nothing like the constraints of limited memory, storage and processing power to produce razor sharp, compact and thus fast executing code.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 05, 2017, 11:12:57 AM
The best bit of code I ever wrote was for a force bridge weighing machine. It comprised a Z80 processor, A/D converter, 256 bytes of RAM, 1K of EPROM and a 4 digit 8segment display. All done in machine code.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 05, 2017, 01:19:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 05, 2017, 11:12:57 AM
The best bit of code I ever wrote was for a force bridge weighing machine. It comprised a Z80 processor, A/D converter, 256 bytes of RAM, 1K of EPROM and a 4 digit 8segment display. All done in machine code.

That's pretty impressive. It certainly puts my little Excel VBA self-filtering music database to shame.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 05, 2017, 01:36:51 PM
If I remember correctly the "Hobbit" game on the Spectrum 48, text based with very basic graphics but quite complex, was about 16k on a bit of cassette tape.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 05, 2017, 01:39:36 PM
Quote from: Dave on November 05, 2017, 01:36:51 PM
If I remember correctly the "Hobbit" game on the Spectrum 48, text based with very basic graphics but quite complex, was about 16k on a bit of cassette tape.

Also IIRC a letter written in Word 2 took up about 20k or less. Now it about 100k min for a blank page I think.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 05, 2017, 06:51:53 PM
Quote from: Dave on November 04, 2017, 05:39:47 AMThe problem is . . .

Thank you for the detailed description, Dave. There were medical issues involved in the application that I helped with as well but they had been addressed in a previous application, and I was interested in how these decisions are made. You did a very good job of explaining that as it applied in your case.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 05, 2017, 07:12:03 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 05, 2017, 07:49:26 AM
^ In all the years that I work in the IT, I realized that your PC can never have too much RAM,  too much hard-disk space or a too fast processor.
Most days, I will have my email open, a browser window open with at least 10 tabs going for various company intranet and web-based applications (these can gather info from all the sites), an Excel spreadsheet running (sometimes two), and another couple of applications that run off the servers dedicated just to the site I work from (these gather info only from the site I work at). Add to that, our entire system is cobbled together from bits and pieces gathered as the company I work for has acquired other companies. I think the whole thing is held together with bubblegum, baling wire, and hope. There have been times we've practically shut down because Program A wasn't talking to Application B because Program Z, developed specifically to allow them to communicate, had developed a glitch. I'm amazed the system works at all.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 05, 2017, 07:34:32 PM
Quote from: Velma on November 05, 2017, 07:12:03 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 05, 2017, 07:49:26 AM
^ In all the years that I work in the IT, I realized that your PC can never have too much RAM,  too much hard-disk space or a too fast processor.
Most days, I will have my email open, a browser window open with at least 10 tabs going for various company intranet and web-based applications (these can gather info from all the sites), an Excel spreadsheet running (sometimes two), and another couple of applications that run off the servers dedicated just to the site I work from (these gather info only from the site I work at). Add to that, our entire system is cobbled together from bits and pieces gathered as the company I work for has acquired other companies. I think the whole thing is held together with bubblegum, baling wire, and hope. There have been times we've practically shut down because Program A wasn't talking to Application B because Program Z, developed specifically to allow them to communicate, had developed a glitch. I'm amazed the system works at all.

There's your problem, you forgot the duct tape! No lash-up survives long without that essential construction material!

In this country a wire coat hanger substitutes for bailing wire. An old BMW was still going a year after I used a wire coat hanger and a bed spring to stop its huge dual downdraft carb falling off the inlet manifold.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 05, 2017, 07:36:35 PM
^I will mention the duct tape to IT.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 05, 2017, 07:44:41 PM
It is "fireworks night" and the antisocial shit-head in the next road is on form. As the evrning hoes on the bangs get ever bigger, louder. He likes big bangs. If he follows his usual practice they will seem to stop about 10pm, it is illegal to let fireworks off after off after 11pm (except on New Year's Eve.)

But, he usually sets one off at random intervals right up to the deadline during that hour, no point in getting your head down, or settling the baby, there might be another one. Sociopath is too kind a description.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 16, 2017, 08:21:00 AM
I feel sick.

Sick about the $400 000 000 paid for one painting. Thinking what $400 000 000 could do in terms ot medical or environmental research towards lasting solutions for this world's problems.

Sick about the fact that $200 000 000 is about the value of one man, who kicks a ball about.

OK, da Vinci was a genius and deserves his place in history, but . . .

OK, a footballer is a skilled perdon who gives many pleasure, but . . .

Perhaps the latter is the more reasonable price since divided by all the enthralled fans it will only be a few dollars each.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 16, 2017, 12:54:09 PM
Quote from: Dave on November 16, 2017, 08:21:00 AM
I feel sick.

Sick about the $400 000 000 paid for one painting.

Small beer, and/or potatoes too for that matter.
Trillions are spent on better ways to kill people.
No I'm not channelling, I'm channelling No one.
I'm sick of all the stiffs, I'm sick of all the dips
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 19, 2017, 02:40:14 PM
I'm trying to learn how to use the program MATLAB. Not doing so well...

Youtube tutorials help but when I try to run a script given to me I get error messages. :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 19, 2017, 05:33:56 PM
Whats the script? It's been a while but I might be able to point you in the right direction. Error messages would be helpful too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 19, 2017, 06:03:56 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 19, 2017, 05:33:56 PM
Whats the script? It's been a while but I might be able to point you in the right direction. Error messages would be helpful too.

Well right now I'm struggling to fix the following:

Error using audiowrite
The value of 'y' is invalid. Expected input to be one of these types:

uint8, int16, int32, single, double

Instead its type was audiorecorder.

Error in audiowrite>parseInputs (line 226)
parse(p,filename, y, Fs, pvpairs{:});

Error in audiowrite (line 103)
props = parseInputs(filename, y, Fs, varargin);

Error in practicaCaras (line 117)
            audiowrite(strAuxiliar,recObj,4000,8);


I've installed the 2017b version of Matlab, I don't know if the script that was given to me is a bit outdated for this version. I've had to change a few commands that this version suggested in order to run the multimedia program using psychtoolbox, but it only goes about halfway through before shutting down.

:Gaah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 20, 2017, 01:03:43 AM
I don't recall an 'audiorecorder' type... but that's your problem! Go through the script and see where y is in the program. That seems like an error in the script, after looking up the audiorecorder object. Either y was never supposed to be an audiorecorder object or y wasn't supposed to be treated like a number. Or... Maybe a previous version allowed you to treat an audiorecorder as a number in some way I can't imagine right now.

Davin, Asmo, help!!!! I'm in over my head!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 20, 2017, 01:16:25 AM
Thanks, JJ! I'll do just that, tomorrow. I've had my quota of MATLAB frustration today. :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on November 20, 2017, 01:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 20, 2017, 01:16:25 AM
Thanks, JJ! I'll do just that, tomorrow. I've had my quota of MATLAB frustration today. :P

Have you tried yelling and cursing at it?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 20, 2017, 07:58:46 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 20, 2017, 01:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 20, 2017, 01:16:25 AM
Thanks, JJ! I'll do just that, tomorrow. I've had my quota of MATLAB frustration today. :P

Have you tried yelling and cursing at it?

Incessantly.  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 27, 2017, 08:20:06 PM
We are at the emergency room. My husband has the flu. I have not had my flu shot yet since I had a cold when the shots were being given at work.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 27, 2017, 08:30:14 PM
Quote from: Velma on November 27, 2017, 08:20:06 PM
We are at the emergency room. My husband has the flu. I have not had my flu shot yet since I had a cold when the shots were being given at work.
I hope all goes well.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 27, 2017, 09:06:37 PM
Thank you. He will be admitted as soon as they have an empty bed.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 28, 2017, 12:31:46 AM
I hope it he gets better soon, Velma!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on November 28, 2017, 12:52:08 AM
Thanks. He finally got into a room about an hour and a half ago. I helped him get settled then came home. The only good thing about having the flu is that he gets a private room.

I've put some clothes in the washer, fed the cats, and am preheating the oven. I was too tired to stop to pick up anything to eat, so I'm about to put a frozen pizza in the oven. I'll have to take off work tomorrow. My doctor's appointment has been rescheduled for the second time. Now I have to decide if I want to take off work for part of Wednesday for my doctor's appointment.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on November 28, 2017, 09:24:32 AM
Hope his recovery is swift - and that you remain flu free.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 03, 2017, 01:25:47 PM
So...there's a Catholic church on the same block as my house and today's Sunday which means lots of bells and singing. Someone was speaking on a loudspeaker and fireworks were being blasted too. :grrr:

Thing is, I really like to sleep in on Sunday mornings, up to 10 am if allowed, but today around the unholy hour of 8 they started their ...erm, production, with some idiot testing a loudspeaker for a good 10 minutes. IT'S WORKING DAMMIT! THE WHOLE BLOCK CAN HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!  :Gaah: There should be a freakin' law against noise pollution by churches on Sundays, they don't allow loud music after certain hours at night, why on Earth should they allow loud bells to chime, churchgoers to sing off-key at full capacity and fireworks (don't get me started on the fireworks).

*deep breath*

I'm thinking if there is a god, maybe he or she is embarrassed by these displays. And if there was an intelligent designer who requires worship like we need air, then why couldn't he or she have designed better singers?! 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 04, 2017, 02:20:41 AM
^ :hulk:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:45:46 AM
FuckinexahustfuckinBANGfukityfuckityfuckity!!!Timeandmoneyfuckityfuckityfuckity!!!Cars!!!FUCKITYFUCKITYFUCKITY!!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 04, 2017, 07:38:43 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:45:46 AM
FuckinexahustfuckinBANGfukityfuckityfuckity!!!Timeandmoneyfuckityfuckityfuckity!!!Cars!!!FUCKITYFUCKITYFUCKITY!!!!
I know, I know!

Mine is dying, too.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 04, 2017, 07:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:45:46 AM
FuckinexahustfuckinBANGfukityfuckityfuckity!!!Timeandmoneyfuckityfuckityfuckity!!!Cars!!!FUCKITYFUCKITYFUCKITY!!!!

Quote from: Guardian85 on December 04, 2017, 07:38:43 PM
I know, I know!

Mine is dying, too.  >:(

That's why I don't have one. :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on December 05, 2017, 04:58:10 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 04, 2017, 07:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:45:46 AM
FuckinexahustfuckinBANGfukityfuckityfuckity!!!Timeandmoneyfuckityfuckityfuckity!!!Cars!!!FUCKITYFUCKITYFUCKITY!!!!

Quote from: Guardian85 on December 04, 2017, 07:38:43 PM
I know, I know!

Mine is dying, too.  >:(

That's why I don't have one. :grin:

That's my dream...to live in a place where I don't need a car. A place where one can rely on public transportation, or walking and biking to where you need to go.

Hell I would be happy if I could just forgo the car on the weekend. Back when I was drinking there was a pub I used to frequent on the weekends, and one guy who was a regular there lived in a townhouse nearby, and he told me that normally when he came home from work on Friday he didn't touch his car again until Monday morning. As everything was in walking distance, the bars and pubs, coffee shops, restaurants, grocery and market stores.

I envied the hell out of him.




Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 05, 2017, 05:51:12 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 05, 2017, 04:58:10 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 04, 2017, 07:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:45:46 AM
FuckinexahustfuckinBANGfukityfuckityfuckity!!!Timeandmoneyfuckityfuckityfuckity!!!Cars!!!FUCKITYFUCKITYFUCKITY!!!!

Quote from: Guardian85 on December 04, 2017, 07:38:43 PM
I know, I know!

Mine is dying, too.  >:(

That's why I don't have one. :grin:

That's my dream...to live in a place where I don't need a car. A place where one can rely on public transportation, or walking and biking to where you need to go.

Hell I would be happy if I could just forgo the car on the weekend. Back when I was drinking there was a pub I used to frequent on the weekends, and one guy who was a regular there lived in a townhouse nearby, and he told me that normally when he came home from work on Friday he didn't touch his car again until Monday morning. As everything was in walking distance, the bars and pubs, coffee shops, restaurants, grocery and market stores.

I envied the hell out of him.

Yeah, cars are one of those dual value things, both positive and negative. I was bothered about getting my licence back but I have a bus every 12 minutes to the main store, resturants, pubs and town. On a good day I can even walk to the store, the pharmacy, the pub, a couple or three restaurants . . .

Yet, sigh, I still want the option of collecting heavy stuff despite the fact that, in a year, paying for delivery would probably be cheaper than running a car. Then I have a few carless friends, livinh further ftom the bus route, who, being aged like me, can't walk far and I visit or go for neals out with them.

Dammit, keep the car for as long as possible, being older and with restricted mobility is a bummer! Maybe I will buy one of these one day:

(https://imgur.com/B8xiva2.jpg)

(When I have somewhere to keep it safe and undercover - that's over four grand's worth of wheels!)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 05, 2017, 09:16:57 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 05, 2017, 04:58:10 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 04, 2017, 07:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 04, 2017, 06:45:46 AM
FuckinexahustfuckinBANGfukityfuckityfuckity!!!Timeandmoneyfuckityfuckityfuckity!!!Cars!!!FUCKITYFUCKITYFUCKITY!!!!

Quote from: Guardian85 on December 04, 2017, 07:38:43 PM
I know, I know!

Mine is dying, too.  >:(

That's why I don't have one. :grin:

That's my dream...to live in a place where I don't need a car. A place where one can rely on public transportation, or walking and biking to where you need to go.

Hell I would be happy if I could just forgo the car on the weekend. Back when I was drinking there was a pub I used to frequent on the weekends, and one guy who was a regular there lived in a townhouse nearby, and he told me that normally when he came home from work on Friday he didn't touch his car again until Monday morning. As everything was in walking distance, the bars and pubs, coffee shops, restaurants, grocery and market stores.

I envied the hell out of him.

Yeah, living in a neighbourhood with almost everything located nearby has its perks. When I do need a car I borrow. :grin: Perfect!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 06, 2017, 06:05:22 AM
There is something going around about the need or desire for cars.  Many generation Z types are surprisingly indifferent about owning a car. My 19 year old grandson does not even have a drivers license despite the fact that he was obliged to take drivers ed in high school. He has no desire to own a car and many of his peers are equally indifferent.

Back in the day, high schoolers highest ambition was to get a drivers license and then get a car of some sort.

I have gotten so old that my insurance premiums have become prohibitively expensive.   After 70 years of driving with never even a fender bender, never a DUi ticket or any other reason for my insurance company to punish me. I still have 20/20 corrected vision, no cataracts, my reaction time to situations is not bad, and above all my extensive driving experience is an asset that younger drivers can not yet enjoy. 

The miserable actuarial tables make me a high risk despite my stellar record.  I would dispose of my car and my license and my damned insurance except that my little sail boat is on a trailer.  I know how to skillfully  back into a launching site and my wife, who is younger is not so skilled at trailer work. Besides I like to go to the grocery store or the library whenever I damned well please and that involves driving.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 06, 2017, 03:08:15 PM
Just wait until self driving trucks hit the road Icarus. It can take you to the ramp, drop the boat off and pick you up ten miles down the road at the appointed time. Now that's a scary thought, isn't it? Trucks towing trailers with nobody in the driver's seat. Or at least nobody who's paying attention.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 06, 2017, 03:16:57 PM
Snow is in the forecast.  :-[
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 06, 2017, 05:44:52 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 06, 2017, 03:16:57 PM
Snow is in the forecast.  :-[

Send some of it over! :desert:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on December 06, 2017, 06:39:34 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 06, 2017, 03:16:57 PM
Snow is in the forecast.  :-[

The same has been predicted here for the weekend  :(.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 06, 2017, 07:42:48 PM
Well boo-fucking-hoo for you!
:P

It's been snowing like crazy here. Was out with the snow blower twice yesterday.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 08, 2017, 12:34:49 PM
It's been fucking smokey here.
I assume it's escaped hazard reduction burns.
There's been rain, things aren't dry.
There's claustrophobia, so called phobia
I hate tasting the air that I breathe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 08, 2017, 10:37:17 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 08, 2017, 12:34:49 PM
I hate tasting the air that I breathe.

Even when it's the smell of good food? :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 08, 2017, 10:38:00 PM
My washing machine is semi-broken.  :Gaah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 08, 2017, 10:54:06 PM
I"m about 50 to 70 miles from the fires but I can smell the smoke now.  :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 11, 2017, 11:49:53 AM
Having received the letter telling me that I have a tax refund I am trying to open a "Gateway" account to expedite it, takes 60 days otherwise.

So, I fill in all the details, some twice - as requested - to be told that I have tried too identify myself many times and try again in 24hrs. But sent me an email to say that my account had been created.

Five days later I started again, it accepted my User ID number, rejected my password, happily issued a new passeord, which it then rejected again and told me I did not have an account. So I went through the same procedure with exactly the same result, plus same welcoming email, but still no account.

It seems this is a beta version of a new system, I used the feedback link to, politely but very firmly, let them know my feelings about it.

:sad sigh:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 14, 2017, 03:14:41 PM
Some %@*&!! has pinched our food waste bin!

We have four bins: rubbish rubbish for landfill, food waste wheelie bin for the digester, wheelie bin for tins, glass and plastic and a box for paper and card. Nowhere inside to keep these so they sit outside and my neighbour and I share them.  Green wheelie went missing a month ago, despite there was a "spare" standing on the kerb 20 feet away - so I just grabbed that one (cleaner than ours was anyway).

Sometime last night someone pinched the food waste bin. Council do not normally replace (too many have gone missing) but my neighbour played on their sympathy (he is registered disabled) andcwe nsy get a new obe. Don't really want to landfill my food waste. We have no room inside to keep these items.

I have a long wire security loop, if I can find the padlock I may link the lids together (and fit a hasp to the concrete if necessary.) Until tied down they will have to swipe both bins at the same time! The new food bin can be locked inside the rubbish bin until we bring out black bags down.

The wheelie bins make ideal water butts, just fit a tap or hose "stop" connector at the bottom...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 15, 2017, 12:58:08 PM
Not exactly a grump...

I keep a daily check of my weight as advised for sufferers of cardiomyopathy. I also keep running 4 weekly averages. Last Sunday it was 63.35kg.

Wednesday was 63,1, yesterday 63.8 and today 64.2. That is at the reporting limit. Rang surgery, instructions back to double diuretic dose for two days.

See what Monday brings...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on December 15, 2017, 02:13:59 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 14, 2017, 03:14:41 PM
Some %@*&!! has pinched our food waste bin!

We have four bins: rubbish rubbish for landfill, food waste wheelie bin for the digester, wheelie bin for tins, glass and plastic and a box for paper and card. Nowhere inside to keep these so they sit outside and my neighbour and I share them.  Green wheelie went missing a month ago, despite there was a "spare" standing on the kerb 20 feet away - so I just grabbed that one (cleaner than ours was anyway).

Sometime last night someone pinched the food waste bin. Council do not normally replace (too many have gone missing) but my neighbour played on their sympathy (he is registered disabled) andcwe nsy get a new obe. Don't really want to landfill my food waste. We have no room inside to keep these items.

I have a long wire security loop, if I can find the padlock I may link the lids together (and fit a hasp to the concrete if necessary.) Until tied down they will have to swipe both bins at the same time! The new food bin can be locked inside the rubbish bin until we bring out black bags down.

The wheelie bins make ideal water butts, just fit a tap or hose "stop" connector at the bottom...

I almost need this translated..."water butts", "digester", "rubbish rubbish"?  ;D


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 15, 2017, 02:40:39 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 15, 2017, 02:13:59 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 14, 2017, 03:14:41 PM
Some %@*&!! has pinched our food waste bin!

We have four bins: rubbish rubbish for landfill, food waste wheelie bin for the digester, wheelie bin for tins, glass and plastic and a box for paper and card. Nowhere inside to keep these so they sit outside and my neighbour and I share them.  Green wheelie went missing a month ago, despite there was a "spare" standing on the kerb 20 feet away - so I just grabbed that one (cleaner than ours was anyway).

Sometime last night someone pinched the food waste bin. Council do not normally replace (too many have gone missing) but my neighbour played on their sympathy (he is registered disabled) andcwe nsy get a new obe. Don't really want to landfill my food waste. We have no room inside to keep these items.

I have a long wire security loop, if I can find the padlock I may link the lids together (and fit a hasp to the concrete if necessary.) Until tied down they will have to swipe both bins at the same time! The new food bin can be locked inside the rubbish bin until we bring out black bags down.

The wheelie bins make ideal water butts, just fit a tap or hose "stop" connector at the bottom...

I almost need this translated..."water butts", "digester", "rubbish rubbish"?  ;D

:grin:

Forgot youse guys doan speek English!

Surely you have barrels - aka butts - in your gardens to catch rain, or even bath/shower, water for watering the plants?

A digester is a large, sealed tank that anerobicaly digests waste orgsnic matter, food waste in this case, to produce methane gas. This is often used to run large generator sets/and or heating plants in sewage processing and waste disposal plants. I got (far too intimately) involved with one at a sewage works near here, fitting an experimental gas analyser inside it during an idle period, the smell was not idle though... I had to take a shower and change, sealing my clothes in a poly bag, before they would let me in the car. It's good stuff, grows fantastic tomatoes.

The rubbish rubbish, as opposed to the recyclable and digestible rubbish, goes into landfill. The gulls are a bit pissed off now no food waste is spread around - good! Buggers keep crapping on my car.

They keep threatening to build a huge waste burner site just down the road. We don't want it in our back yard, the smoke stack will be the tallest structure in the county I think. It is being fought against.

BTW, latest on locked up bins, they were not in the same positions that I left them yesterday,  the card recycling boxes had been moved.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on December 16, 2017, 09:12:50 AM
Quote from: Dave on December 15, 2017, 12:58:08 PM
Not exactly a grump...

I keep a daily check of my weight as advised for sufferers of cardiomyopathy. I also keep running 4 weekly averages. Last Sunday it was 63.35kg.

Wednesday was 63,1, yesterday 63.8 and today 64.2. That is at the reporting limit. Rang surgery, instructions back to double diuretic dose for two days.

See what Monday brings...

My weight dropped from 120kg to 97kg within 3-4 months time. I don't want to loose much more weight, because I'm 198cm tall.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 16, 2017, 09:26:46 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on December 16, 2017, 09:12:50 AM
Quote from: Dave on December 15, 2017, 12:58:08 PM
Not exactly a grump...

I keep a daily check of my weight as advised for sufferers of cardiomyopathy. I also keep running 4 weekly averages. Last Sunday it was 63.35kg.

Wednesday was 63,1, yesterday 63.8 and today 64.2. That is at the reporting limit. Rang surgery, instructions back to double diuretic dose for two days.

See what Monday brings...

My weight dropped from 120kg to 97kg within 3-4 months time. I don't want to loose much more weight, because I'm 198cm tall.

Yes, I lost weight quickly a couple of years ago. In the present case sudden weight gain, over a couple of days, can be indicative of a sudden change, a deterioration, in my heart condition. Not necessarily fatal but potentially disabling and life shortening if not attended to rapidly.

I have been instructed to increase my diuretic dose, keep monitoring my weight and report the results on Monday.

Cstchup: 63.9kg today, half a kilo over my average, not a lot but still higher than "high" days of kadt two months. And sudden, with no change of diet.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 16, 2017, 11:14:13 PM
So, got the flu round about Tuesday. Fair enough,I thought. That, too, shall pass.
Cut to today when the perceived pressure in my head was so hard it made my teeth ache. Not to mention I haven't slept a full night since wednesday. Time to go to the medicine man.
Confirmed severe sinus infection. Now munching on the big penicillin pills.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 17, 2017, 08:24:31 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 16, 2017, 11:14:13 PM
So, got the flu round about Tuesday. Fair enough,I thought. That, too, shall pass.
Cut to today when the perceived pressure in my head was so hard it made my teeth ache. Not to mention I haven't slept a full night since wednesday. Time to go to the medicine man.
Confirmed severe sinus infection. Now munching on the big penicillin pills.
Oh, no, not those big, slime making penicilin pills?

Yeuk x 106
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 17, 2017, 08:58:28 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on December 16, 2017, 09:12:50 AM
...because I'm 198cm tall.

Lots of height genes there!  8)

Plenty of them in my family as well. My brother's height is 189 cm, well above the national average. He sometimes feels a little self conscious about it even though there are plenty of tall people in the south. I'm 177 cm. I like my height.   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 10:37:33 PM
A friend who went to a touristy beach in Rio de Janeiro sent me pics of the beach, along with "Merry Christmas". I'm stuck here in the city and tomorrow and going to the lab to help out clean it.   :Gaah:

I may have to review this friendship. :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 25, 2017, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 10:37:33 PM
A friend who went to a touristy beach in Rio de Janeiro sent me pics of the beach, along with "Merry Christmas". I'm stuck here in the city and tomorrow and going to the lab to help out clean it.   :Gaah:

I may have to review this friendship. :lol:

Oh, what a cruelty!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 11:10:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 25, 2017, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 10:37:33 PM
A friend who went to a touristy beach in Rio de Janeiro sent me pics of the beach, along with "Merry Christmas". I'm stuck here in the city and tomorrow and going to the lab to help out clean it.   :Gaah:

I may have to review this friendship. :lol:

Oh, what a cruelty!

Indeed. I wished her plenty annoying sand in her hair.  :devil:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on December 26, 2017, 03:27:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 11:10:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 25, 2017, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 10:37:33 PM
A friend who went to a touristy beach in Rio de Janeiro sent me pics of the beach, along with "Merry Christmas". I'm stuck here in the city and tomorrow and going to the lab to help out clean it.   :Gaah:

I may have to review this friendship. :lol:

Oh, what a cruelty!

Indeed. I wished her plenty annoying sand in her hair.  :devil:

How unchristian of you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 26, 2017, 09:38:16 PM
I'm sick.  :sneezy: :offtobed:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 26, 2017, 09:40:03 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 26, 2017, 09:38:16 PM
I'm sick.  :sneezy: :offtobed:

:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 26, 2017, 11:33:06 PM
Routine exam by Urologist, this morning.  DRE ruins the day for anyone.  :Gaah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 27, 2017, 12:38:31 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 26, 2017, 11:33:06 PM
Routine exam by Urologist, this morning.  DRE ruins the day for anyone.  :Gaah:

There are some who pay for such . . .
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 27, 2017, 11:31:57 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 26, 2017, 03:27:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 11:10:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 25, 2017, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2017, 10:37:33 PM
A friend who went to a touristy beach in Rio de Janeiro sent me pics of the beach, along with "Merry Christmas". I'm stuck here in the city and tomorrow and going to the lab to help out clean it.   :Gaah:

I may have to review this friendship. :lol:

Oh, what a cruelty!

Indeed. I wished her plenty annoying sand in her hair.  :devil:

How unchristian of you.

I must stay true to myself. :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 27, 2017, 11:36:45 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 26, 2017, 09:38:16 PM
I'm sick.  :sneezy: :offtobed:

:console:

:levitate: I'm going to channel OldGit...Hot whisky and lemons...Hot whisky and lemons...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 27, 2017, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

What? They haven't done a Microshit and "improved" it have they?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 03:40:43 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 27, 2017, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

What? They haven't done a Microshit and "improved" it have they?

I think they really have improved it. I quite like it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:45:18 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 27, 2017, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

What? They haven't done a Microshit and "improved" it have they?

They've done some fundamental change of their shit.
They're going to be twice as fast as they were last year.
I've no fnorken idea what that means.
DownThemAll still doesen't work
NoScript might I'm not  liking the how of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 04:00:58 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 03:40:43 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 27, 2017, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

What? They haven't done a Microshit and "improved" it have they?

I think they really have improved it. I quite like it.

I think you are wrong.
I challenge you
God will decide who is right.
It's your choice, pillows or pool noodles.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 05:39:13 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 04:00:58 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 03:40:43 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 27, 2017, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

What? They haven't done a Microshit and "improved" it have they?

I think they really have improved it. I quite like it.

I think you are wrong.
I challenge you
God will decide who is right.
It's your choice, pillows or pool noodles.

I prefer wet macaroni. Plus, I have the Evil Eye.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on December 27, 2017, 08:53:54 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 05:39:13 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 04:00:58 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 03:40:43 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 27, 2017, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

What? They haven't done a Microshit and "improved" it have they?

I think they really have improved it. I quite like it.

I think you are wrong.
I challenge you
God will decide who is right.
It's your choice, pillows or pool noodles.

I prefer wet macaroni. Plus, I have the Evil Eye.

Hey, isn't that another euphemism for penis?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on December 27, 2017, 09:08:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 26, 2017, 09:38:16 PM
I'm sick.  :sneezy: :offtobed:

I'm sorry Mags. Hope you feel better soon... :dominidomini: I'll say a novena for you!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on December 28, 2017, 05:47:27 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 27, 2017, 08:53:54 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 05:39:13 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 04:00:58 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 27, 2017, 03:40:43 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 27, 2017, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 27, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
The new Firefox Quantum

What? They haven't done a Microshit and "improved" it have they?

I think they really have improved it. I quite like it.

I think you are wrong.
I challenge you
God will decide who is right.
It's your choice, pillows or pool noodles.

I prefer wet macaroni. Plus, I have the Evil Eye.

Hey, isn't that another euphemism for penis?

Maybe, but not mine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 28, 2017, 09:42:58 AM
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/ (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/)
That page is "Download Firefox Extended Support Release in your language," for those who don't want the Satan inspired  Quantum Firefox Hermes is so fond of.  I think it's going to be supported until May. 

A link to fix NoScript can be found here:
https://secure.informaction.com/download/releases/noscript-5.1.8.3.xpi (https://secure.informaction.com/download/releases/noscript-5.1.8.3.xpi)                                                             
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on December 28, 2017, 10:59:47 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 28, 2017, 09:42:58 AM
... the Satan inspired  Quantum Firefox Hermes is so fond of. ...

:evilgrin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 28, 2017, 07:13:27 PM
Quote from: Dave on December 26, 2017, 09:40:03 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 26, 2017, 09:38:16 PM
I'm sick.  :sneezy: :offtobed:

:therethere:

Thank you, Dave.  :hug2: :love:
I feel better.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 30, 2017, 07:59:32 PM
My Kindle Paperwhite has stopped responding to my strokes! I think the touch screen is ignoring me... and it's not three years old yet.

Boo hoo

:sadshake:

:violin:

Edit: see "Reasons to be cheerful"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 30, 2017, 09:31:43 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Raps247:
I'm sick

Well, one would have to be to be so fond of that "music" you're always raving about. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FTongue%2520Wink.png&hash=aabb14574049673ad2605325d39b74f42cd1a972)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 31, 2017, 02:19:14 AM
Quote from: No one on December 30, 2017, 09:31:43 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Raps247:
I'm sick

Well, one would have to be to be so fond of that "music" you're always raving about. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FTongue%2520Wink.png&hash=aabb14574049673ad2605325d39b74f42cd1a972)

Yes.  :grin:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F_MO2_WWx50Cs%2FTTfDhoHkF1I%2FAAAAAAAAAQM%2Fm1z_NxdP45w%2Fs1600%2Fi%252Blisten.png&hash=fcffd03b1d3c8b4f0f3a13e4424bb45e23947dde)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 31, 2017, 04:48:50 AM
Snow. Snow and cold. I hate snow. I hate cold weather. The 10-day forecast shows no temperatures above freezing here in the St. Louis, Missouri area until January 7th.  :sulk:  :Gaah: :faints:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 31, 2017, 12:04:56 PM
F***ing snot tap has attached itself to my face!  :Gaah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 31, 2017, 12:22:38 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 12:04:56 PM
F***ing snot tap has attached itself to my face!  :Gaah:

Well you are living at a latitude people really shouldn't, not on full time basis anyway.
No, you've got yourself to blame, you get no sympathy from me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 31, 2017, 08:14:47 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 31, 2017, 12:22:38 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 12:04:56 PM
F***ing snot tap has attached itself to my face!  :Gaah:

Well you are living at a latitude people really shouldn't, not on full time basis anyway.
No, you've got yourself to blame, you get no sympathy from me.
Having only recently recovered from a cold myself, you get plenty of sympathy from me. I hope you feel better soon. Now, get someone to make you a cup of tea; bring you your slippers, and pillows and blankets; and dose you with some cold medicine; so you can get comfy in the recliner and hog the television.  :hug:

Pay extra for the extra soft tissues - your nose will thank you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 31, 2017, 08:32:26 PM
Quote from: Velma on December 31, 2017, 08:14:47 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 31, 2017, 12:22:38 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 12:04:56 PM
F***ing snot tap has attached itself to my face!  :Gaah:

Well you are living at a latitude people really shouldn't, not on full time basis anyway.
No, you've got yourself to blame, you get no sympathy from me.
Having only recently recovered from a cold myself, you get plenty of sympathy from me. I hope you feel better soon. Now, get someone to make you a cup of tea; bring you your slippers, and pillows and blankets; and dose you with some cold medicine; so you can get comfy in the recliner and hog the television.  :hug:

Pay extra for the extra soft tissues - your nose will thank you.
Still feel like shite  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 31, 2017, 08:37:59 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 08:32:26 PM
Quote from: Velma on December 31, 2017, 08:14:47 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 31, 2017, 12:22:38 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 12:04:56 PM
F***ing snot tap has attached itself to my face!  :Gaah:

Well you are living at a latitude people really shouldn't, not on full time basis anyway.
No, you've got yourself to blame, you get no sympathy from me.
Having only recently recovered from a cold myself, you get plenty of sympathy from me. I hope you feel better soon. Now, get someone to make you a cup of tea; bring you your slippers, and pillows and blankets; and dose you with some cold medicine; so you can get comfy in the recliner and hog the television.  :hug:

Pay extra for the extra soft tissues - your nose will thank you.
Still feel like shite  :(

:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on December 31, 2017, 09:03:02 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 08:32:26 PM
Quote from: Velma on December 31, 2017, 08:14:47 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 31, 2017, 12:22:38 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 12:04:56 PM
F***ing snot tap has attached itself to my face!  :Gaah:

Well you are living at a latitude people really shouldn't, not on full time basis anyway.
No, you've got yourself to blame, you get no sympathy from me.
Having only recently recovered from a cold myself, you get plenty of sympathy from me. I hope you feel better soon. Now, get someone to make you a cup of tea; bring you your slippers, and pillows and blankets; and dose you with some cold medicine; so you can get comfy in the recliner and hog the television.  :hug:

Pay extra for the extra soft tissues - your nose will thank you.
Still feel like shite  :(
:therethere: You will feel that way for a few days, I'm sure. Eventually, you will feel better.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on December 31, 2017, 10:10:53 PM
Welcone to Curmudgeon's Corner:

It is 10pm, the rain has stopped and the bloke in the next road, who thinks the best fireworks are the loudest ones, has started his display.

If he does his usual thing it will be a "second shoe" pattern. By 11pm the main display will be over - then he will let off a loud banger every 10 or 20 minutes. You never know which is the last one, so there is no point trying to sleep, until it reaches the legal time limit at 1am tomorrow.

I was hoping, very much, that the torrential rain of earlier would return.

This is sociopathic behaviour I think.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 01, 2018, 01:28:41 AM
I was sleep at 11:59 then our local firework psychopath lets of hundreds of explosions. Don't mind normally!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 01, 2018, 03:36:41 AM
I concur with you esteemed gentlemen of substance and style.

The dipshits that feel the need to make explosive sounds with some sort ignited powder driven device are of questionable intelligence. Certainly of questionable social responsibility. 

When my long ago dog Callie, and more recent one, Freckles, had to endure the senseless extreme percussive noise that terrified them, I became less and less tolerant of foolish exhibitionist revelry.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 01, 2018, 03:49:40 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 08:32:26 PM
Quote from: Velma on December 31, 2017, 08:14:47 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 31, 2017, 12:22:38 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2017, 12:04:56 PM
F***ing snot tap has attached itself to my face!  :Gaah:

Well you are living at a latitude people really shouldn't, not on full time basis anyway.
No, you've got yourself to blame, you get no sympathy from me.
Having only recently recovered from a cold myself, you get plenty of sympathy from me. I hope you feel better soon. Now, get someone to make you a cup of tea; bring you your slippers, and pillows and blankets; and dose you with some cold medicine; so you can get comfy in the recliner and hog the television.  :hug:

Pay extra for the extra soft tissues - your nose will thank you.
Still feel like shite  :(
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 01, 2018, 01:04:03 PM
Just taken me half an hour to change my windshield wiper, normally a three minute job. Just could not get the thing to unlock at first. Nothing on it in the owner's manual and none of the Youtube videos had my kind of wiper.  In the end I just inserted a screwdriver between the arm and the lock and bruted it off.

New one went on easily, it has a much simpler, but adequate, lock.

Thankfully there was a sunny bit between the wet bits.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 01, 2018, 01:15:00 PM
It's so infuriating when those simple jobs you've done for years go tits up!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 01, 2018, 05:36:46 PM
Is not sagging tits worse?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 01, 2018, 05:54:54 PM
Quote from: No one on January 01, 2018, 05:36:46 PM
Is not sagging tits worse?
'Tits up' to fall over backwards. Used to generally indicate things going wrong.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on January 03, 2018, 11:02:12 AM
Started dialysis a couple of weeks ago.  All going fine until Tuesday when the needles kept clotting.  Now I'm sitting in hospital waiting to get on a list with the vascular team to perform an angioplasty.  Boring!  I'm not sick, I'm here because I need the procedure and they're not doing it for outpatients at the moment so I'm an inpatient.  Thank the FSM I brought my notebook in! 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 03, 2018, 01:49:09 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on January 03, 2018, 11:02:12 AM
Started dialysis a couple of weeks ago.  All going fine until Tuesday when the needles kept clotting.  Now I'm sitting in hospital waiting to get on a list with the vascular team to perform an angioplasty.  Boring!  I'm not sick, I'm here because I need the procedure and they're not doing it for outpatients at the moment so I'm an inpatient.  Thank the FSM I brought my notebook in!

Greetings from sunny Oman! My best wishes to you during your stay in hospital. Keep us informed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 03, 2018, 02:57:04 PM
Yep! Hope they get you sorted out soonest, BN.

Our NHS is in winter mode, more sick people than beds or hands, so there will be some postponed or even cancelled elective ops here. Just hope they are looking after those who need treatment well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 03, 2018, 07:00:34 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on January 03, 2018, 11:02:12 AM
Started dialysis a couple of weeks ago.  All going fine until Tuesday when the needles kept clotting.  Now I'm sitting in hospital waiting to get on a list with the vascular team to perform an angioplasty.  Boring!  I'm not sick, I'm here because I need the procedure and they're not doing it for outpatients at the moment so I'm an inpatient.  Thank the FSM I brought my notebook in!
I hope everything goes well, Bluenose.  :console:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on January 03, 2018, 08:25:04 PM
Thanks peoples, hopefully they get a slot on the list today.  Meanwhile I'm fasting...   :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 04, 2018, 01:04:08 AM
Hang in there Bluenose.  You are our favorite Aussie and we HAFers need you to be up and running so that you can properly instruct us about all those wondrous things antipodean.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on January 04, 2018, 11:47:54 AM
Ha, Ha!  Thanks Icarus, I'll do my best.  I'm on the list for tomorrow, then I get to go home, since it's not that major a procedure, it's just necessary... LOL
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 04, 2018, 08:29:07 PM
Grrr, bloody Microshit does it again!

It was insistent that I download a major so-called upgrade. I did so, started about 7 last night, took two hourse to "prepare" my machine. This morning it wanted to do actual indtallation job, started that at about 11am, when I had to leave for an appointment, 2pm, it was still at 92% done - had to leave the laptop on unattended. Don't like doing that.

Switched it back on when I got home, entered my PIN . . .

"Personal Profile Service has failed . . ."

Tried my password - same result and the ever useful hint to go to the password change site (on a computer that you cannot even get started?) But I went there on my tablet and changed the password anyway - which proved the first password was still valid until then.

Then asked for help from my Linux using IT technician neighbour (he has to use Microsoft at work). Took us half an hour to find the appropriate page (where someone had figured the solution) and fix the problem.

The blurb for the upgrade said that my settings would not be changed and that reversing the upgrade was easy. Yeah, more Microshit shit...

Now I have to look for that path all over again and get familiar with it in case it crops up in my "Computer Buddy" mode!

PS

Here is a link to the site with the fix - just in case . . .

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/windows-10-user-profile-service-failed-sign-solved

Link placed in "Tech help" thread as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on January 05, 2018, 12:54:04 AM
Since I left the house, my dad has gotten into the annoying habit of leaving the toilet seat up. I've been home for a few weeks. I should be used to it by now. But just now it slipped my mind. And... I fell in.

:lynch:

Venting about this here because I don't want to get into it with my dad. It would get me nowhere.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 05, 2018, 01:05:54 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on January 05, 2018, 12:54:04 AM
Since I left the house, my dad has gotten into the annoying habit of leaving the toilet seat up. I've been home for a few weeks. I should be used to it by now. But just now it slipped my mind. And... I fell in.

:lynch:

Venting about this here because I don't want to get into it with my dad. It would get me nowhere.

Some might say you are luvky he lifts the seat at all . . .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 05, 2018, 07:37:11 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on January 05, 2018, 12:54:04 AM
Since I left the house, my dad has gotten into the annoying habit of leaving the toilet seat up. I've been home for a few weeks. I should be used to it by now. But just now it slipped my mind. And... I fell in.

:lynch:

Venting about this here because I don't want to get into it with my dad. It would get me nowhere.

Sorry. I shouldn't laugh. Should I?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 06, 2018, 04:08:24 AM
Quote from: Dave on January 04, 2018, 08:29:07 PM
Grrr, bloody Microshit does it again!

It was insistent that I download a major so-called upgrade. I did so, started about 7 last night, took two hourse to "prepare" my machine. This morning it wanted to do actual indtallation job, started that at about 11am, when I had to leave for an appointment, 2pm, it was still at 92% done - had to leave the laptop on unattended. Don't like doing that.

Switched it back on when I got home, entered my PIN . . .

"Personal Profile Service has failed . . ."

Tried my password - same result and the ever useful hint to go to the password change site (on a computer that you cannot even get started?) But I went there on my tablet and changed the password anyway - which proved the first password was still valid until then.

Then asked for help from my Linux using IT technician neighbour (he has to use Microsoft at work). Took us half an hour to find the appropriate page (where someone had figured the solution) and fix the problem.

The blurb for the upgrade said that my settings would not be changed and that reversing the upgrade was easy. Yeah, more Microshit shit...

Now I have to look for that path all over again and get familiar with it in case it crops up in my "Computer Buddy" mode!

PS

Here is a link to the site with the fix - just in case . . .

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/windows-10-user-profile-service-failed-sign-solved

Link placed in "Tech help" thread as well.

Messing with the registry can have disastrous consequences. I am still on Win7 and have followed the Agilent guidelines to disable automatic updates, which can probably be done in 10 as well. It's also useful to have a boot CD in these cases. I use the Acronis boot CD, as well as their backup tool to create an image of my C: drive. That way you can revert to previously-working state within less that 15 minutes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 06, 2018, 07:12:11 AM
^
I have dibbled in the registry in the past, but not in W10 and only with explicit instruction.

Whilst the thing was "updating" it would not accept anything from the DVD drive past simple files, now it is sorted I managed to effdct a "repair" using  the onstallation disc for the app in question - that now works OK.

Re blocking updates: used to do that on earlier versions but W10  had serious issues (not to mention a whole library of nag screens) with trying to do thst. I would go back to XP if I could. The old "industrial" NT (the core of all later versions) was the best - you could suffer a power failure half way through typing a letter and maybe only lose one word on power-back!

There is a restore function to undo last changes and, being a laptop, there is a back-up syxtem on the disc, not sure if you cab mske a rescue disc anymore.

Seems to be working now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 06, 2018, 07:32:47 AM
Quote from: Dave on January 06, 2018, 07:12:11 AM
^
I have dibbled in the registry in the past, but not in W10 and only with explicit instruction.

Whilst the thing was "updating" it would not accept anything from the DVD drive past simple files, now it is sorted I managed to effdct a "repair" using  the onstallation disc for the app in question - that now works OK.

Re blocking updates: used to do that on earlier versions but W10  had serious issues (not to mention a whole library of nag screens) with trying to do thst. I would go back to XP if I could. The old "industrial" NT (the core of all later versions) was the best - you could suffer a power failure half way through typing a letter and maybe only lose one word on power-back!

There is a restore function to undo last changes and, being a laptop, there is a back-up syxtem on the disc, not sure if you cab mske a rescue disc anymore.

Seems to be working now.

Try to get hold of a copy of Acronis True Image, which is practically foolproof (even I can use it).
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 08, 2018, 10:21:26 PM
I've procrastinated and now I can't find the time to finish what I need to finish. Why do I keep sabotaging myself? ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 09, 2018, 08:41:31 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 05, 2018, 07:37:11 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on January 05, 2018, 12:54:04 AM
Since I left the house, my dad has gotten into the annoying habit of leaving the toilet seat up. I've been home for a few weeks. I should be used to it by now. But just now it slipped my mind. And... I fell in.

:lynch:

Venting about this here because I don't want to get into it with my dad. It would get me nowhere.

Sorry. I shouldn't laugh. Should I?
:rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 09, 2018, 03:08:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 08, 2018, 10:21:26 PM
I've procrastinated and now I can't find the time to finish what I need to finish. Why do I keep sabotaging myself? ::)
(https://media.giphy.com/media/l2SpKeEMhbQtrmbsI/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2018, 07:40:48 PM
Quote from: Davin on January 09, 2018, 03:08:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 08, 2018, 10:21:26 PM
I've procrastinated and now I can't find the time to finish what I need to finish. Why do I keep sabotaging myself? ::)
(https://media.giphy.com/media/l2SpKeEMhbQtrmbsI/giphy.gif)

Yeah. :sad sigh: It just seems simple. It never is. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 09, 2018, 08:01:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2018, 07:40:48 PM
Quote from: Davin on January 09, 2018, 03:08:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 08, 2018, 10:21:26 PM
I've procrastinated and now I can't find the time to finish what I need to finish. Why do I keep sabotaging myself? ::)
(https://media.giphy.com/media/l2SpKeEMhbQtrmbsI/giphy.gif)

Yeah. :sad sigh: It just seems simple. It never is.
The problem I have with procrastination, isn't simply putting things off until later. That's part of it, but I have never put things off just to put things off or because I was lazy. Everything I put off until later were things I honestly thought I had the time to still get done. So all the common "helpful" advice doesn't help at all because it comes from people that do not understand what the problem is.

And then there are all the times when I had a huge project due in the morning and I could get it done just barely in time and still come out better than most students. That doesn't help me when I'm deciding my priorities.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2018, 08:46:40 PM
Quote from: Davin on January 09, 2018, 08:01:03 PM
The problem I have with procrastination, isn't simply putting things off until later. That's part of it, but I have never put things off just to put things off or because I was lazy. Everything I put off until later were things I honestly thought I had the time to still get done. So all the common "helpful" advice doesn't help at all because it comes from people that do not understand what the problem is.

And then there are all the times when I had a huge project due in the morning and I could get it done just barely in time and still come out better than most students. That doesn't help me when I'm deciding my priorities.

I focus better when time is running out but stress myself out, perhaps unnecessarily, which is why I don't like it when I procrastinate, though I keep doing it. Priorities change on a daily or even hourly basis. :grin:   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 10, 2018, 04:37:24 PM
"A little procrastination never hurt anyone", I often tell myself. I just never get around to doing it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 10, 2018, 05:17:24 PM
Oh, hush you lot, I just have no time to procrastinate, I've put it off until I have a few minutes to spare! Manhā . . . Maybe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 11, 2018, 12:16:10 PM
Quote from: Dave on January 10, 2018, 05:17:24 PM
Oh, hush you lot, I just have no time to procrastinate, I've put it off until I have a few minutes to spare! Manhā . . . Maybe.

Amanhã :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 11, 2018, 12:57:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 11, 2018, 12:16:10 PM
Quote from: Dave on January 10, 2018, 05:17:24 PM
Oh, hush you lot, I just have no time to procrastinate, I've put it off until I have a few minutes to spare! Manhā . . . Maybe.

Amanhã :grin:

OK, so google got translating "maňana" wrong!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 11, 2018, 12:59:30 PM
Quote from: Dave on January 11, 2018, 12:57:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 11, 2018, 12:16:10 PM
Quote from: Dave on January 10, 2018, 05:17:24 PM
Oh, hush you lot, I just have no time to procrastinate, I've put it off until I have a few minutes to spare! Manhā . . . Maybe.

Amanhã :grin:

OK, so google got translating "maňana" wrong!

Google Translate helps, but it's still a lousy program for translating. Probably the best one free programs out there though.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 11, 2018, 03:54:17 PM
Syntax, is Google translate's biggest obstacle.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 11, 2018, 06:45:21 PM
Quote from: No one on January 11, 2018, 03:54:17 PM
Syntax, is Google translate's biggest obstacle.

To be fair, it used to be much worse. They still sometimes come up with funny word choices though and you can forget about translating language-specific expressions. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 11, 2018, 08:08:48 PM
I turned on the AC an hour ago, now I'm cold.

Cold... :headshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 12, 2018, 06:31:38 PM
I was in the middle of typing an email to a potential employer when the cat walked across my keyboard and sent it.


Free cat, will ship if anyone wants him
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 12, 2018, 07:10:36 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 12, 2018, 06:31:38 PM
I was in the middle of typing an email to a potential employer when the cat walked across my keyboard and sent it.


Free cat, will ship if anyone wants him

I'll take it! :point&giggle:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 12, 2018, 07:22:07 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 12, 2018, 06:31:38 PM
I was in the middle of typing an email to a potential employer when the cat walked across my keyboard and sent it.


Free cat, will ship if anyone wants him

I can do a nice line in keyboard fences: traditional white pailings, wrought iron spears, razor wire . . .

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 13, 2018, 09:54:20 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 12, 2018, 06:31:38 PM
I was in the middle of typing an email to a potential employer when the cat walked across my keyboard and sent it.


Free cat, will ship if anyone wants him

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 13, 2018, 04:09:41 PM
I'm not only an atheist, but also skeptic right? I don't believe in gods, anything spiritual or supernatural like ghosts or demons. I don't believe in astrology or karma or any of that reiki, holistic bullshit!
Lately however. I can't help but believe that some evil, mother-fuckking force of major fuckery is messing with my life!

Late August I get in a car accident, fortunately I'm not injured, but my car is totaled. About a week or two after I get a new car I'm rear-ended again and sustain some minor fender damage (Not injured).

A week before Christmas we had our office Christmas luncheon...while on my way there during a minor snow storm, and while driving on the freeway a semi-truck pulling a 53' trailer dumps all of the snow and ice from the top off his trailer onto the top of my hood and windshield. I have to slam on my brake as I am completely blinded. Luckily as I slid to a stop no one else ran into me. I have to get out of my car and wipe the snow off my windshield just so I can see enough to pull over to the side. It sounded like a load of bricks had landed on my car, and I was sure my windshield was cracked, and my hood was dented. Fortunately no cracks or dents, but I lost my passenger side windshield wiper (Both had been knocked off the car by the impact, but I only found one, which meant as I drove I had to endure the scratching sound of the metal hook on the glass)
Front of the car was covered with blue de-icing fluid that they must have sprayed all over the top of the truck's trailer, some of which got on my clothes as I was wiping all of the snow and ice off my car.

Last Saturday I'm driving my wife's newer car on the freeway with her and my son in the car with me. We are on our way to my sister's house for a belated Christmas party when another car suddenly just sideswipes us!
I am in the left lane and can only move over slightly as there is snow piled up against the retaining wall, and I can't stop suddenly as there is a line of cars behind me.

I move over and slow down as much as I can while frantically beeping my horn, but not before she collides with our sideview mirror and scrapes the passenger door and front corner panel.
We were doing about 65MPH when this happened, and it scared the hell out of all of us. To top it off, after this women nearly kills us she just continues driving as if nothing happened. I pull up along side her and try to get her attention, beeping my horn, waving and cussing at her, but she doesn't even look over at us!
So my son takes some pictures of her car as we drive along side and behind her, to include one with her license plate and then we pull over and call the police.
Our side-view mirror is completely gone, and there are nice long scrapes along the side of the car!
State Police come out, take my statement along with information on the other car.
The reporting office called me later that day to tell me he was able to track down the other driver and her car. She tried to claim that I merged into her, but fortunately I had two witnesses in my car, plus she never called the police herself to report an accident.
I got a copy of the police report the other day and it completely backs up my version of events.
Wife's car got fixed yesterday, the damages were about $500.00 USD. They had to replace the mirror obviously, but fortunately the car only had to be polished to remove the paint scrapes, and didn't need to be repainted.
How much you want to bet that my insurance rates go up? (Even though none of the accidents were my fault)

To top all of this crap off, I recently had to switch jobs. I was with my previous employer for 13 years, but they ended up canceling their contract with our biggest client a year early.  The one client I did 90 percent of my work with at the firm.
Fortunately our former client was still in need of my services, so another company who took over our firms responsibilities hired me to continue doing the same work I was doing.
Tough part was having to transition everything to switch over at the beginning of the new year, which is why I have been absent so much from HAF in the last few weeks, as I've been putting in a lot of hours, especially during the holiday break to direct this transition.
Plus, I'm now assuming two new customers (Ford and FCA) at the end of the first quarter of this year, so I've had to start training to assume those responsibilities.

On December 22nd I celebrated four years of sobriety, and I have to tell you that in those four years I haven't once considered drinking, except for last Saturday evening. I had just gotten off the phone filing the claim with the insurance company, and I was thinking of how lucky I was that none of the accidents I've had lately have resulted in any injuries, especially the latest one with both my son and wife in the car with me.
I opened our refrigerator and noticed a couple bottles of beer my son had in the fridge, and came really close to just grabbing one, but didn't want to throw away four years of sobriety.
So I just stood there with the door open staring, when my son walked in the kitchen. I don't know if he sensed something, but he put his arm around me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and said, "I love you dad", you okay?

I looked at him and said, "Yes I was fine, just thirsty and that I loved him too".

He said, "C'mon, let's go get a coffee, I'm buying".

So we left and went to get coffee at a local shop...I have tears in my eyes as I compose this, just thinking of him, his support and love.

I'm a really lucky man I suppose, despite all of the bad luck I've had recently.

Something to think about isn't it?

P.S. I'm writing this as I sit in the waiting room at the car dealership. My car has no heat, been freezing my ass off the last two weeks as this is the first chance I've had to bring the car in to get fixed.

Fucking grumpy indeed!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 13, 2018, 06:10:22 PM
Damn Bruno, it's almost like something does not want you to have a working vehicle.

Your son seems like a very kind and intuitive person, I think you should keep him.  ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 13, 2018, 06:25:30 PM
Yup, Bru, shit job on the car front (and rear, and side) but staying on the wagon and a luvin' son is gold stuff!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 14, 2018, 04:19:55 AM
Thank you for sharing, Bruno. You have a wonderful son.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 14, 2018, 06:45:41 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno link=topic=b10438.msg367380#msg367380 date=1515859781I can't help but believe that some evil, mother-fuckking force of major fuckery is messing with my life!
Right now this is Trump in my life.

Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 13, 2018, 04:09:41 PM
I opened our refrigerator and noticed a couple bottles of beer my son had in the fridge, and came really close to just grabbing one, but didn't want to throw away four years of sobriety.
So I just stood there with the door open staring, when my son walked in the kitchen. I don't know if he sensed something, but he put his arm around me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and said, "I love you dad", you okay?

I looked at him and said, "Yes I was fine, just thirsty and that I loved him too".

He said, "C'mon, let's go get a coffee, I'm buying".

So we left and went to get coffee at a local shop...I have tears in my eyes as I compose this, just thinking of him, his support and love.
...
:cryandrun:
That's so beautiful...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 14, 2018, 09:54:13 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 14, 2018, 06:45:41 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 13, 2018, 04:09:41 PM
I opened our refrigerator and noticed a couple bottles of beer my son had in the fridge, and came really close to just grabbing one, but didn't want to throw away four years of sobriety.
So I just stood there with the door open staring, when my son walked in the kitchen. I don't know if he sensed something, but he put his arm around me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and said, "I love you dad", you okay?

I looked at him and said, "Yes I was fine, just thirsty and that I loved him too".

He said, "C'mon, let's go get a coffee, I'm buying".

So we left and went to get coffee at a local shop...I have tears in my eyes as I compose this, just thinking of him, his support and love.
...
:cryandrun:
That's so beautiful...

It is :cryandrun:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on January 14, 2018, 08:13:11 PM
Got a dentist appointment tomorrow morning at 07:30. I'm definitively not looking forward to it, because it includes pulling a couple of teeth and some root canal work :(.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 14, 2018, 08:24:55 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on January 14, 2018, 08:13:11 PM
Got a dentist appointment tomorrow morning at 07:30. I'm definitively not looking forward to it, because it includes pulling a couple of teeth and some root canal work :(.
You'll just have to grin and bear it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 14, 2018, 08:48:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 14, 2018, 08:24:55 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on January 14, 2018, 08:13:11 PM
Got a dentist appointment tomorrow morning at 07:30. I'm definitively not looking forward to it, because it includes pulling a couple of teeth and some root canal work :(.
You'll just have to grin and bear it.
And afterwards ask'em for the good drugs!   :whirly:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on January 14, 2018, 09:58:48 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 13, 2018, 06:10:22 PM
Damn Bruno, it's almost like something does not want you to have a working vehicle.

Your son seems like a very kind and intuitive person, I think you should keep him.  ;)

Thanks Buddy, and yeah we'll keep em' ;D

Also, he is single and available if anyone is interested...22 years old, and quite handsome (We call him Papasito-ito  8))

Thanks to everyone else here for your kind remarks...you're a grand bunch! (Nice to have a place like this where one can open up so completely with our thoughts and feelings,...helps at times to process emotions and all that other gunk)


Quote from: Tom62 on January 14, 2018, 08:13:11 PM
Got a dentist appointment tomorrow morning at 07:30. I'm definitively not looking forward to it, because it includes pulling a couple of teeth and some root canal work :(.

I like to eat a mixture of raw garlic and beets prior to going to the dentist...might as well make them suffer as well!

Good luck Tom!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 15, 2018, 12:51:27 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvignette1.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fcharacters%2Fimages%2F9%2F92%2FEe0192479265fc463ab9292ddff77916.jpg%2Frevision%2Flatest%3Fcb%3D20151210200351&hash=fc087c046dded254987f9ef701d20e6a7e6273ab)

Is this your littlin' Bruno?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 15, 2018, 04:42:33 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 14, 2018, 09:58:48 PM
Also, he is single and available if anyone is interested...22 years old, and quite handsome (We call him Papasito-ito  8))
Papacito-ito.
:picard facepalm:

Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 14, 2018, 09:58:48 PM
Thanks to everyone else here for your kind remarks...you're a grand bunch! (Nice to have a place like this where one can open up so completely with our thoughts and feelings,...helps at times to process emotions and all that other gunk)

Totally agree with you.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 15, 2018, 05:37:47 AM
This is the only forum I am active in, so I can't compare, but I feel the warmth of a very caring community at HAF.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on January 16, 2018, 01:46:45 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 15, 2018, 04:42:33 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 14, 2018, 09:58:48 PM
Also, he is single and available if anyone is interested...22 years old, and quite handsome (We call him Papasito-ito  8))
Papacito-ito.
:picard facepalm:

:rofl:

Papasito, I agree, your boy sounds enchantingly wonderful. Ahh, to be 20 years younger and single again, I might have to make me a trip North.  ;)
But he sounds a little like a chip off the ole block.
You, too, have a lot of heart. It's so great to see our offspring show the qualities we always hoped they would pick up. And what an encouragement in rough times.
High five for great kids!  :thumbsup2:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 16, 2018, 10:07:38 PM
Moved ftom Quotes thread:

Quote from: Icarus on January 16, 2018, 08:02:03 PM
Among events which may occur, those which should be feared are human portents. When careless ploughing causes crops to suffer and those who weed leave weeds behind, when government is reckless and loses the support of the people- the fields unkempt, the crops meager, grain sold dear, and people starving, corpses lying in the road: These are what I mean by human portents.

Xun Quing, Treatise on heaven, Third century BC

To the above one could add a current event in the UK (just as the current example of incomptence in private and public governance):

"... when governments continue to give huge contracts to a vast private organisation, employing 20 000 people and thousands more in sub contractors, working in the public field, after that organisation had posted profit warnings and changed its rules so that the sharehooders still got their cadh and the directors their bonuses, and the CEO continues to draw his salary as a goodrn handshake as the organisation crashes into bankrupcy..."

I am so sick of these people and the fucking politicians and toothless civil servants who continue to pour public money into the sewers they are!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on January 26, 2018, 09:22:18 PM
Dropped my phone, which is my LIFE.  I access the internet, my bank, this forum, all my texting and phone calls.... everything is my phone.  Now it doesn't work and I have to use this little dinosaur of a laptop for anything online.  And I have to either pay for a new phone or for mine to be fixed. 
How did I get so dependent upon that stupid little device that I PANIC if it breaks???
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on January 26, 2018, 10:08:10 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on January 26, 2018, 09:22:18 PM
Dropped my phone, which is my LIFE.  I access the internet, my bank, this forum, all my texting and phone calls.... everything is my phone.  Now it doesn't work and I have to use this little dinosaur of a laptop for anything online.  And I have to either pay for a new phone or for mine to be fixed. 
How did I get so dependent upon that stupid little device that I PANIC if it breaks???

Back in the Dark Ages, before the smartphone, even of mobiles smaller than a briefcase, a friend went into a category 5 frenzy when she lost her (genuine) Filofax. Her social life was terminated until her friends called her and she could get their numbers again, her work life became a string of calls to confirm appointment dates etc. . . I am told she burst into tears (of relief?) when she found it under the car seat.

I have found all manner of "lost" things under car seats.

Appart from a few contact details, which are in a paper address book anyway, my calendar and diary auto sync to my tablet in case I lose the phone.

Hope you can get it fixed, Dragonia.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 27, 2018, 02:12:49 AM
Dragonia,  I believe that you are a smart and insightful woman.  Because you are really sharp, you already  know that Steve Jobs and others like Bill Gates are and have been conspirators.   They, along with a latter day conspiracy participant , Barrack Obama the Kenyan , are all secretly plotting to take over the world, and reduce us all to slaves of the digital machine.  Their aim is to implement the New World Order.   Kinda Orwellian ain't it?

I am one of the last hold outs.  I do not have an I phone.  I do have a cheap ass flip phone that is capable of calling the men in the white coats but it can not tell me how to find the nearest Starbucks like yours can do so well.  I'd have one of the evil I phones too if only I was not so cheap.  The magic phone subscription cost is more than my monthly booze bill. No way I'm going to succumb to that sort of misplaced priority.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 27, 2018, 04:17:59 AM
I am so over serving. I hate having to bend over backwards with a smile on my face for assholes while only making 2.13 an hour. People have just been so nasty lately. Been searching for months now for something else but unfortunately in my area the only places hiring are retail shops and factories.

I need to get something permanent soon because I'm pretty sure my poor car isn't going to make it into next year. I would like to trade it in before anything catastrophic goes wrong. Damn thing probably needs suspension work if that's what the grindey noise I'm hearing is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 27, 2018, 11:07:02 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 27, 2018, 04:17:59 AM
I am so over serving. I hate having to bend over backwards with a smile on my face for assholes while only making 2.13 an hour. People have just been so nasty lately. Been searching for months now for something else but unfortunately in my area the only places hiring are retail shops and factories.

I need to get something permanent soon because I'm pretty sure my poor car isn't going to make it into next year. I would like to trade it in before anything catastrophic goes wrong. Damn thing probably needs suspension work if that's what the grindey noise I'm hearing is.
Get the grindy noise checked now. The last time my wife's car had that a suspension spring had broken and was mm from cutting a hole in the tyre!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 27, 2018, 11:46:56 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on January 26, 2018, 09:22:18 PM
Dropped my phone, which is my LIFE.  I access the internet, my bank, this forum, all my texting and phone calls.... everything is my phone.  Now it doesn't work and I have to use this little dinosaur of a laptop for anything online.  And I have to either pay for a new phone or for mine to be fixed. 
How did I get so dependent upon that stupid little device that I PANIC if it breaks???

:sshocked: I know the feeling!

In my case it's probably a dumb thing to do though -- rely so heavily on the phone -- as the odds of getting it stolen in a mugging are quite high. I have a old decoy phone that I carry with me but while muggers aren't the sharpest tools in the box they aren't the bluntest either.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on January 28, 2018, 12:42:32 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 27, 2018, 02:12:49 AM
Dragonia,  I believe that you are a smart and insightful woman.  Because you are really sharp, you already  know that Steve Jobs and others like Bill Gates are and have been conspirators.   They, along with a latter day conspiracy participant , Barrack Obama the Kenyan , are all secretly plotting to take over the world, and reduce us all to slaves of the digital machine.  Their aim is to implement the New World Order.   Kinda Orwellian ain't it?

Indeed, because I am so sharp, I do know that the control of the masses is being implemented by the tech geniuses and world powers, in collusion with the illuminati. And because I like convenience, I have allowed myself to be lured into these traps of ease and speed and consolidation.
And I will simply DIE if the store doesn't fix it by Tuesday, as promised! Apparently all I need is some little thing called a Digitizer.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 28, 2018, 04:17:12 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 27, 2018, 11:07:02 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 27, 2018, 04:17:59 AM
I am so over serving. I hate having to bend over backwards with a smile on my face for assholes while only making 2.13 an hour. People have just been so nasty lately. Been searching for months now for something else but unfortunately in my area the only places hiring are retail shops and factories.

I need to get something permanent soon because I'm pretty sure my poor car isn't going to make it into next year. I would like to trade it in before anything catastrophic goes wrong. Damn thing probably needs suspension work if that's what the grindey noise I'm hearing is.
Get the grindy noise checked now. The last time my wife's car had that a suspension spring had broken and was mm from cutting a hole in the tyre!

Getting it looked at on Monday. Thankfully I don't live far from work or else I'd be SOL. Whatever is wrong with it I will probably have to figure out how to fix it myself.

I can't  get my bottle of Jim Beam open and I'm mad about it  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 28, 2018, 05:58:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 28, 2018, 04:17:12 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 27, 2018, 11:07:02 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 27, 2018, 04:17:59 AM
I am so over serving. I hate having to bend over backwards with a smile on my face for assholes while only making 2.13 an hour. People have just been so nasty lately. Been searching for months now for something else but unfortunately in my area the only places hiring are retail shops and factories.

I need to get something permanent soon because I'm pretty sure my poor car isn't going to make it into next year. I would like to trade it in before anything catastrophic goes wrong. Damn thing probably needs suspension work if that's what the grindey noise I'm hearing is.
Get the grindy noise checked now. The last time my wife's car had that a suspension spring had broken and was mm from cutting a hole in the tyre!

Getting it looked at on Monday. Thankfully I don't live far from work or else I'd be SOL. Whatever is wrong with it I will probably have to figure out how to fix it myself.

I can't  get my bottle of Jim Beam open and I'm mad about it  >:(

Check the inside of your tyres.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 28, 2018, 01:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 28, 2018, 05:58:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 28, 2018, 04:17:12 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 27, 2018, 11:07:02 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 27, 2018, 04:17:59 AM
I am so over serving. I hate having to bend over backwards with a smile on my face for assholes while only making 2.13 an hour. People have just been so nasty lately. Been searching for months now for something else but unfortunately in my area the only places hiring are retail shops and factories.

I need to get something permanent soon because I'm pretty sure my poor car isn't going to make it into next year. I would like to trade it in before anything catastrophic goes wrong. Damn thing probably needs suspension work if that's what the grindey noise I'm hearing is.
Get the grindy noise checked now. The last time my wife's car had that a suspension spring had broken and was mm from cutting a hole in the tyre!

Getting it looked at on Monday. Thankfully I don't live far from work or else I'd be SOL. Whatever is wrong with it I will probably have to figure out how to fix it myself.

I can't  get my bottle of Jim Beam open and I'm mad about it  >:(

Check the inside of your tyres.
How will that help with the bottle of inferior american whisky?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 28, 2018, 02:15:03 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 28, 2018, 01:44:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 28, 2018, 05:58:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 28, 2018, 04:17:12 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 27, 2018, 11:07:02 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 27, 2018, 04:17:59 AM
I am so over serving. I hate having to bend over backwards with a smile on my face for assholes while only making 2.13 an hour. People have just been so nasty lately. Been searching for months now for something else but unfortunately in my area the only places hiring are retail shops and factories.

I need to get something permanent soon because I'm pretty sure my poor car isn't going to make it into next year. I would like to trade it in before anything catastrophic goes wrong. Damn thing probably needs suspension work if that's what the grindey noise I'm hearing is.
Get the grindy noise checked now. The last time my wife's car had that a suspension spring had broken and was mm from cutting a hole in the tyre!

Getting it looked at on Monday. Thankfully I don't live far from work or else I'd be SOL. Whatever is wrong with it I will probably have to figure out how to fix it myself.

I can't  get my bottle of Jim Beam open and I'm mad about it  >:(

Check the inside of your tyres.
How will that help with the bottle of inferior american whisky?
It'll take her mind off how crap the whisky is and might also save her life.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 29, 2018, 01:53:42 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 28, 2018, 05:58:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 28, 2018, 04:17:12 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 27, 2018, 11:07:02 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 27, 2018, 04:17:59 AM
I am so over serving. I hate having to bend over backwards with a smile on my face for assholes while only making 2.13 an hour. People have just been so nasty lately. Been searching for months now for something else but unfortunately in my area the only places hiring are retail shops and factories.

I need to get something permanent soon because I'm pretty sure my poor car isn't going to make it into next year. I would like to trade it in before anything catastrophic goes wrong. Damn thing probably needs suspension work if that's what the grindey noise I'm hearing is.
Get the grindy noise checked now. The last time my wife's car had that a suspension spring had broken and was mm from cutting a hole in the tyre!

Getting it looked at on Monday. Thankfully I don't live far from work or else I'd be SOL. Whatever is wrong with it I will probably have to figure out how to fix it myself.

I can't  get my bottle of Jim Beam open and I'm mad about it  >:(

Check the inside of your tyres.

Also check for any movement of the wheel with the wheel in the air. If it grinds and howls while moving I'd bet on a wheel bearing. If while turning, I'd bet on a bad ball joint or tie rod. Either way Bud, you might have to pay a shop to do it. If you were closer I'd take care of it for you but it'd be a bit of a job with a shop press in my Honda. FWD wheel bearings aren't the most diy friendly job.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 29, 2018, 03:25:19 AM
Don't worry guys, if it ends up being too hard to do myself I have a guy that works on my car. Oddly enough there isn't any grinding when I turn, just when going straight and only sometimes. Who knows, my car is weird. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 29, 2018, 06:40:46 PM
On my car, I had a grinding noise that happened when I hit some bumps, went up driveways, and sometimes when I turned.

It ended up being a little plastic thing on the wheel well that got loose and rubbed against the tire when the tire went up a bit.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 31, 2018, 07:30:20 PM
Blood blisters. I have two of them right between my thumb and index finger on my right hand. You try to be careful with a hammer but that tiny little bit of skin finds its way in.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 31, 2018, 07:34:24 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 31, 2018, 07:30:20 PM
Blood blisters. I have two of them right between my thumb and index finger on my right hand. You try to be careful with a hammer but that tiny little bit of skin finds its way in.

*shudder*

Is there a Murphy's Law of sorts for this kind of situation? Something like: 'the odds of you hammering yourself are proportional to the care you take while hammering', meaning the more careful you are, the more likely you are to hit yourself? 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 31, 2018, 10:51:54 PM
I don't know but I'll have to ask my brother. He once nailed his thumb to a floor joist. Being able to drive a nail in one swing has its disadvantages.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 01, 2018, 01:09:46 AM
I still don't have a never ending lobster tank! (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Angry.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 01, 2018, 02:57:41 AM
Quote from: No one on February 01, 2018, 01:09:46 AM
I still don't have a never ending lobster tank! (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Angry.png)
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on February 01, 2018, 11:29:02 PM
My skin is dry and cracking.

It's not like it's actually been cold outside to cause this or anything. I'm just sitting here getting the negative part of winter while not really having winter.  :twitch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on February 07, 2018, 03:35:38 PM
So I did a youtube stream last night for initial planning of game I'm thinking of developing. It got two whole views. I played music that I made myself.

On to the grumpy part: I got a copyright claim against it. I searched for the song from the claim and it didn't sound anything like any of my music. So that makes me a bit grumpy. I countered it, but it shouldn't have happened in the first place, those copyright claims are getting ridiculous if they are causing trouble for a smaller than small time content creator like me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 07, 2018, 11:55:51 PM
Oh fuckety fuckety fuck fuck. There I was on a health walk on Monday when my knee seized up and was the size of a football by the time I arrived home. Had 650 ml of blood drawn from it at A&E (ER) and an appt for osteo consultant tomorrow. It had filled up again by this evening, so back to A&E but they said as there is no sign of infection, let the bone man see it as it is tomorrow. I can't even bend it, let alone walk any distance on it. Just so hoping this isn't going to be a long term thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 08, 2018, 12:30:59 AM
Damn it all Essie. That you are having an episode of that sort is a serious bummer. How much blood can you afford to lose?  I/we have our fingers crossed on your behalf. Please keep us posted.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 08, 2018, 04:08:25 AM
Everso ouch for you, Essie! Never had that bad a swelling but have had a foot that I could not get a shoe on, that was bad enough.

Was that pure blood or bloody water I wonder - a serious oedema? Whatever, let's hope Bones csn fix it for you! I predict that rest and elevation (and possibly a large bag of frozen peas) is going to figure highly in your life for a while,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2018, 07:51:12 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 07, 2018, 11:55:51 PM
Oh fuckety fuckety fuck fuck. There I was on a health walk on Monday when my knee seized up and was the size of a football by the time I arrived home. Had 650 ml of blood drawn from it at A&E (ER) and an appt for osteo consultant tomorrow. It had filled up again by this evening, so back to A&E but they said as there is no sign of infection, let the bone man see it as it is tomorrow. I can't even bend it, let alone walk any distance on it. Just so hoping this isn't going to be a long term thing.

That's not good. I'll pray for you! Wait.. what?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 08, 2018, 10:01:03 PM
Thank y'all for your kind expressions. So the X-ray today showed that I have virtually no cartilage left in my knee and probably a blood vessel got rubbed by the bone. The end result will be a replacement knee but they may try further draining in three weeks' time and give me a steroid jab. However, as this would be of benefit for a limited amount of time, i'm minded to go straight for the replacement knee for which there is an 18-week wait.  The surgeons won't touch the knee for six months after a steroid jab so it would just delay things and I'm already going stir-crazy. You're right about the raised left and ice packs; I just hope they allow me to walk a little way, even with a stick. My husband's 29-year-old second cousin has terminal cancer so I am keeping this all in perspective.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 09, 2018, 06:31:50 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 08, 2018, 10:01:03 PM
Thank y'all for your kind expressions. So the X-ray today showed that I have virtually no cartilage left in my knee and probably a blood vessel got rubbed by the bone. The end result will be a replacement knee but they may try further draining in three weeks' time and give me a steroid jab. However, as this would be of benefit for a limited amount of time, i'm minded to go straight for the replacement knee for which there is an 18-week wait.  The surgeons won't touch the knee for six months after a steroid jab so it would just delay things and I'm already going stir-crazy. You're right about the raised left and ice packs; I just hope they allow me to walk a little way, even with a stick. My husband's 29-year-old second cousin has terminal cancer so I am keeping this all in perspective.

Ouch, agsin, Essie. Oedema would have been simple by comparison, even if a real pain.

As you say, this is bad enough but not in comparison to your your husband's counsin's fate.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 09, 2018, 07:30:19 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 08, 2018, 10:01:03 PM
Thank y'all for your kind expressions. So the X-ray today showed that I have virtually no cartilage left in my knee and probably a blood vessel got rubbed by the bone. The end result will be a replacement knee but they may try further draining in three weeks' time and give me a steroid jab. However, as this would be of benefit for a limited amount of time, i'm minded to go straight for the replacement knee for which there is an 18-week wait.  The surgeons won't touch the knee for six months after a steroid jab so it would just delay things and I'm already going stir-crazy. You're right about the raised left and ice packs; I just hope they allow me to walk a little way, even with a stick. My husband's 29-year-old second cousin has terminal cancer so I am keeping this all in perspective.
Get the replacement done ASAP. IMHO.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 09, 2018, 07:32:15 AM
Quote from: Tank on February 09, 2018, 07:30:19 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 08, 2018, 10:01:03 PM
Thank y'all for your kind expressions. So the X-ray today showed that I have virtually no cartilage left in my knee and probably a blood vessel got rubbed by the bone. The end result will be a replacement knee but they may try further draining in three weeks' time and give me a steroid jab. However, as this would be of benefit for a limited amount of time, i'm minded to go straight for the replacement knee for which there is an 18-week wait.  The surgeons won't touch the knee for six months after a steroid jab so it would just delay things and I'm already going stir-crazy. You're right about the raised left and ice packs; I just hope they allow me to walk a little way, even with a stick. My husband's 29-year-old second cousin has terminal cancer so I am keeping this all in perspective.
Get the replacement done ASAP. IMHO.

Than you Tank, that's the way I'm thinking.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 09, 2018, 07:35:11 AM
Quote from: Dave on February 09, 2018, 06:31:50 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 08, 2018, 10:01:03 PM
Thank y'all for your kind expressions. So the X-ray today showed that I have virtually no cartilage left in my knee and probably a blood vessel got rubbed by the bone. The end result will be a replacement knee but they may try further draining in three weeks' time and give me a steroid jab. However, as this would be of benefit for a limited amount of time, i'm minded to go straight for the replacement knee for which there is an 18-week wait.  The surgeons won't touch the knee for six months after a steroid jab so it would just delay things and I'm already going stir-crazy. You're right about the raised left and ice packs; I just hope they allow me to walk a little way, even with a stick. My husband's 29-year-old second cousin has terminal cancer so I am keeping this all in perspective.


Ouch, agsin, Essie. Oedema would have been simple by comparison, even if a real pain.

As you say, this is bad enough but not in comparison to your your husband's counsin's fate.

Indeed. Will try not to moan as much in future.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on February 09, 2018, 05:11:44 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 09, 2018, 07:35:11 AM
Quote from: Dave on February 09, 2018, 06:31:50 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 08, 2018, 10:01:03 PM
Thank y'all for your kind expressions. So the X-ray today showed that I have virtually no cartilage left in my knee and probably a blood vessel got rubbed by the bone. The end result will be a replacement knee but they may try further draining in three weeks' time and give me a steroid jab. However, as this would be of benefit for a limited amount of time, i'm minded to go straight for the replacement knee for which there is an 18-week wait.  The surgeons won't touch the knee for six months after a steroid jab so it would just delay things and I'm already going stir-crazy. You're right about the raised left and ice packs; I just hope they allow me to walk a little way, even with a stick. My husband's 29-year-old second cousin has terminal cancer so I am keeping this all in perspective.


Ouch, agsin, Essie. Oedema would have been simple by comparison, even if a real pain.

As you say, this is bad enough but not in comparison to your your husband's counsin's fate.

Indeed. Will try not to moan as much in future.

Don't hold back.  That's what this thread is for.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 12, 2018, 10:42:12 PM
So what's with the demise of the handbrake? A quick poll of friends and family didn't turn up anyone who likes the new arrangement. Isn't there a point in the development of any system when perfection is reached, and there's no point in trying to change it further. I like to feel the car being stationary through my hand and arm. An electronic brake just doesn't do it for me. Our hire car had just a button.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 12, 2018, 11:30:30 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 12, 2018, 10:42:12 PM
So what's with the demise of the handbrake? A quick poll of friends and family didn't turn up anyone who likes the new arrangement. Isn't there a point in the development of any system when perfection is reached, and there's no point in trying to change it further. I like to feel the car being stationary through my hand and arm. An electronic brake just doesn't do it for me. Our hire car had just a button.

I suspect that it's at least partly to lock people into dealer service. There's certainly a proliferation of electronic devices where mechanical or vacuum operation worked for a long, long time but having a simple brake job require a very expensive scan tool that diy people can't afford and independent shops might not be able to justify probably plays a role.

I'm personally a fan of some older Ford's system that automatically released the brake when the throttle opened. Of course, Ford dropped it once they had the system working perfectly. It was simple and ingenious though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 13, 2018, 04:02:03 AM
^
Gadget fan though I am I dislike needless complexity in any system - especially anything that puts fused electronic systems in place of simple mechanical ones. Especially where there is no alternative for power failure in essential systems (Rolls Royce once had a winder available in case the electric window motors failed).

I have grown to recognise the need for electronic engine management systems but miss the day when I knew how to fix all the bits under the hood.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 13, 2018, 07:56:30 AM
I think your somewhat cynical answer is the exact truth jumbojak. As for your final para Dave, what is this 'need' (which I do recognise in many aspects of life), as far as handbrakes are concerned?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 13, 2018, 08:21:02 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 13, 2018, 07:56:30 AM
I think your somewhat cynical answer is the exact truth jumbojak. As for your final para Dave, what is this 'need' (which I do recognise in many aspects of life), as far as handbrakes are concerned?

I was not drawing parallels between hand brakes and engines, Essie.  If we are going to use complicated, environmentally damaging machines to move ourselves around it is better that they are constantly monitored and, hopefully, adjusted for maximum efficiecy and environmental health (unlike VW Diesels which demonstrated the power of greed over need.)

The over-complication of the hand brake beyond simple levers, wires and pivots, other than in those vehicles modified for the use of people of limited or impaired physical ability, is a step too far.

I need to find out how such things work, whether they rely on mainrained hydraulic pressure or are mechanically (servo motor) or electromagnetically operated or what. Systems involving a constant source of energy to maintain them are always fraught with potential dangers, the more "volatile" the energy the greater the danger. Haven't been in a car with this system yet,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 13, 2018, 02:48:27 PM
The electric parking brakes I have a passing familiarity with are operated by a servo motor. Unless I'm mistaken you cannot use hydraulic pressure for the ebrake, at least in the US. The primary brakes and e brake have to be distinct systems.

Here's a weird one for you Dave. A friend recently purchased a 2009 BMW that requires a scan tool to code replacement batteries. If you don't code the car for the new battery, it'll only last a few months!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 13, 2018, 03:37:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 13, 2018, 02:48:27 PM
The electric parking brakes I have a passing familiarity with are operated by a servo motor. Unless I'm mistaken you cannot use hydraulic pressure for the ebrake, at least in the US. The primary brakes and e brake have to be distinct systems.

Here's a weird one for you Dave. A friend recently purchased a 2009 BMW that requires a scan tool to code replacement batteries. If you don't code the car for the new battery, it'll only last a few months!

Yeah, foot and hsnd brakes here have to be separste as well, wire operated cam, lever or spiral actuator usually. What gappens if you get a power problem, do e-brakes fail on or off? Either has its problems, if on probably needs calling out a mechanic to free it (with the special tool of course) for most people. If it failed off - just never park on a slope!

Thst battery thing is a total scam ifvyou have to have an "approved" battery as I have seen in other things. Substitute laptop batteries are "failed" quite rapidly by some makers. I can understand that, a dodgy Chinese backstreet battery might crap your machine. I cannot see a "Blogg's Special" battery breaking a car though (short of going catastrophically dead short).

PS, yes, I can imagine your eyes glinting at that truck, JJ!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 13, 2018, 09:08:30 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 13, 2018, 04:02:03 AM
^
Gadget fan though I am I dislike needless complexity in any system - especially anything that puts fused electronic systems in place of simple mechanical ones. Especially where there is no alternative for power failure in essential systems (Rolls Royce once had a winder available in case the electric window motors failed).

I have grown to recognise the need for electronic engine management systems but miss the day when I knew how to fix all the bits under the hood.

Come the geomagnetic reversal we'll all scrambling to find old Ford Cortinas and he like.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 13, 2018, 10:00:26 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 13, 2018, 09:08:30 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 13, 2018, 04:02:03 AM
^
Gadget fan though I am I dislike needless complexity in any system - especially anything that puts fused electronic systems in place of simple mechanical ones. Especially where there is no alternative for power failure in essential systems (Rolls Royce once had a winder available in case the electric window motors failed).

I have grown to recognise the need for electronic engine management systems but miss the day when I knew how to fix all the bits under the hood.

Come the geomagnetic reversal we'll all scrambling to find old Ford Cortinas and he like.

Nah, just drive backwards everywhere!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 13, 2018, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 13, 2018, 03:37:16 PMThst battery thing is a total scam ifvyou have to have an "approved" battery as I have seen in other things. Substitute laptop batteries are "failed" quite rapidly by some makers. I can understand that, a dodgy Chinese backstreet battery might crap your machine. I cannot see a "Blogg's Special" battery breaking a car though (short of going catastrophically dead short).

The problem isn't so much the type of battery that you use, though a compatible AGM is highly recommended, but that the car's charging system will kill a battery that the vehicle isn't coded for. I'm not sure exactly why this happens or even if there is some reasoning behind it. The amount of electronics on that car is staggering to me.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 14, 2018, 03:49:00 PM
Grump, grump...

Another pair of glasses only 4 months after the last pair (that was one month after the op) - cataracts in left eye getting worse but missed being referred by one point in the assessment. Right eye not perfect but sufficient for driving etc. Since I have epithelium problems under the retina I need another eye scan as well. Possibly another test in 6 months or if I experience sudden change.

I was not due for a free NHS paid-for test this time but the change in prescription is sufficient for me to quslify for a freebie. Not so the scan or new specs! Glad I went for budget frames 4 months ago, and done so again. Don't mind paying for the tests and scans but not for "fashionable" frames - with exactly the same quality lenses as the budget jobs.

Took my camera into town but very cold, gusty wind and rain made wandering about for inspirational pairings an unattractive prospect. Got a touch of trigeminal neuralgia coming on I think, left ear and teeth aching.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 14, 2018, 07:45:11 PM
Tooth broke. On a jelly sweet FFS!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 14, 2018, 08:37:23 PM
How does vision care work with the NHS?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 14, 2018, 09:11:57 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 14, 2018, 08:37:23 PM
How does vision care work with the NHS?
Day-to-day glasses etc are private funded for the most part. Operations for cateracts and the like are free.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 14, 2018, 09:55:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 14, 2018, 09:11:57 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 14, 2018, 08:37:23 PM
How does vision care work with the NHS?
Day-to-day glasses etc are private funded for the most part. Operations for cateracts and the like are free.

And people with certain conditions (diabetes, glaucoma etc) or of oendionable age get at least one free eye test a year. But, as Tank says, you normally have to pay for the specs. Think those on certain social/disabled benefits may get very basic specs paid for.

So this test, plus one pair of bifocals with anti-glare coatings and the scan to come will cost me a total of £182 instead of £217. If I was a fashionista the frames alone could cost twice that!

Likewise my "tuned for me" hearing aid and its batteries are all free. 'Cept I have to pay £70 for a replacement if I lose or break it - but that's covered in my house contents insurance.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 15, 2018, 03:54:17 PM
So tooth is beyond redemption, it's coming out next week. Total cost for examiation, a little filling today in the adjacent tooth and the extraction next week £56. And if I was of a low or no income it would be free.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 15, 2018, 04:09:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 15, 2018, 03:54:17 PM
So tooth is beyond redemption, it's coming out next week. Total cost for examiation, a little filling today in the adjacent tooth and the extraction next week £56. And if I was of a low or no income it would be free.

Tough luck, Tank.

Is your dentist NHS registered or fully private, Tank? Got fed up with my private dentist constantly pushing treatment insurance. Had I taken thst up 25 years ago, at £15/month for starters (and not all treatments fully covered) I reckon it sould have cost me about 30 times what I have actually paid so far. Two inspections a year, a few cleans and one extraction so far in that period. Swapped to NHS registered as soon as one opened near here.

They did not charge me for capping the stump where a 30 year old cap broke off. Got the cap for free 'cos the sproggy dentist wanted the practice, it was his first one out of college!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 15, 2018, 04:33:08 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 15, 2018, 04:09:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 15, 2018, 03:54:17 PM
So tooth is beyond redemption, it's coming out next week. Total cost for examiation, a little filling today in the adjacent tooth and the extraction next week £56. And if I was of a low or no income it would be free.

Tough luck, Tank.

Is your dentist NHS registered or fully private, Tank? Got fed up with my private dentist constantly pushing treatment insurance. Had I taken thst up 25 years ago, at £15/month for starters (and not all treatments fully covered) I reckon it sould have cost me about 30 times what I have actually paid so far. Two inspections a year, a few cleans and one extraction so far in that period. Swapped to NHS registered as soon as one opened near here.

They did not charge me for capping the stump where a 30 year old cap broke off. Got the cap for free 'cos the sproggy dentist wanted the practice, it was his first one out of college!
Combined practice. I started there in 1986 when it was just NHS. The dentists daughter is now my dentist :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 15, 2018, 04:45:47 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 15, 2018, 04:33:08 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 15, 2018, 04:09:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 15, 2018, 03:54:17 PM
So tooth is beyond redemption, it's coming out next week. Total cost for examiation, a little filling today in the adjacent tooth and the extraction next week £56. And if I was of a low or no income it would be free.

Tough luck, Tank.

Is your dentist NHS registered or fully private, Tank? Got fed up with my private dentist constantly pushing treatment insurance. Had I taken thst up 25 years ago, at £15/month for starters (and not all treatments fully covered) I reckon it sould have cost me about 30 times what I have actually paid so far. Two inspections a year, a few cleans and one extraction so far in that period. Swapped to NHS registered as soon as one opened near here.

They did not charge me for capping the stump where a 30 year old cap broke off. Got the cap for free 'cos the sproggy dentist wanted the practice, it was his first one out of college!
Combined practice. I started there in 1986 when it was just NHS. The dentists daughter is now my dentist :)

Blimey, that's a long time as a customer of the same firm! Surprised you don't have shares there. I rarely get the same dentist twice. There was one lovely young Indian woman - very chatty, relaxed and friendly. Two years later she is now a coiffured fashionista with expensive looking glasses and with a very efficient, but quite distant, professional persona. That's where the fees go . . .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 16, 2018, 01:16:28 AM
You gentlemen and ladies are fortunate to have realist costs for dental services.  A few years back our US dentists apparently became organized into a cabal of greedy pirates.  An ordinary extraction now costs on average$200. It seems that almost all extractions are now categorized as surgical extractions and priced at $250 to $350 each.  What the hell is a surgical extraction? Just pull the damned tooth and let me go home.

When I was contemplating the prospect of having my 80 year old teeth removed and having some implants I shopped around for price. One of the leading and prestigious  local practitioners estimated that It would cost $34, 600.  Shopping around, I worked my way down to an estimated $12,750 cost.  Whoopeee what a bargain...

The endodontist that did my root canals a few years ago was only moderately criminal. A root canal cost $940 for a ten minute procedure.  The guy was damn good at what he did but it seems to me that 5600 dollars an hour is pretty much.  OK I agree that because of various delays he could only do about three per hour. Still not bad compensation for using a grinder and a drill. My carpenter also has some skills with the same general type of tools.  Of course after that you must pay for a crown separately. The crown cost ranges from $450 if the crown is made of taffy, up to $2000 if the crown is gold.

On the other hand your eye exams and cost of glasses are more than mine.  I can actually get two pairs of frames and the ground to prescription lens for under $200.  If one is into the vanity thing then you can spend 2, 3, 4 hundred dollars for a single frame that has the name of some famous Italian or French  designer attached.  Then there are the "designers" of  cosmetic items that cost a bloody fortune and have no better affect than some of them that I can buy in the dollar store. 

I think that there had ought to be a palace revolt with pitch forks and flaming torches that reigned in the prices of dental procedures, glasses frames, and cosmetics....and wedding gowns too. In the US the price of medicines are so far out of reason that only a few can afford them unless we have prescription insurance that we can not possibly afford.  Lucky for me that I take no meds at all. But I do know  people who have to restrict their diet because they have to apply the curtailed cost of food to their prescription costs. :headshake:

I do confess that I am living in the long ago past when a first class Hamburger cost 10 cents.  That's what I get for being so damned old....and crotchety.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 16, 2018, 01:20:27 AM
When it comes to teeth I just deal with the pain. Two broken wisdom teeth should not cost what they charge for removal. Maybe if I find a better job I could afford it but for now I'm careful when I eat and use an antiseptic rinse several times a day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 16, 2018, 07:06:35 AM
@ Icarus

A few years ago there was a regular series of progs on BBC radio each about one aspect of American life (gun control, racism, spelling bees, fraternities . . .) and one on the medical situation. One was on a travelling medical fair, voluntary doctors - many not Americans but working, teaching or studying there - setting up mobile clincs in backcountry America. Dentistry was about the most popular service, mainly "first aid" fixing of ongoing problems due to teeth left rotting or broken too long. IIRC they could do no more than fix the immediate pain and broken edges, extractions but no caps or inserts - the local dentists always fought them doing even that, those rich people would rather see poor people suffer than have their "rights" challenged.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 16, 2018, 08:00:33 AM
In a partial defence of dentist's fees: that sproggy dentist I mentioned did explain a few things.

After years of education, mostly funded by himself, he had to find somewhere to live, lease somewhere for a sugery, lease/buy loads of very specilised and expensive equipment, employ a receptionist or assistant . . . His debt load had more digits in it than about five years of my then salary.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 16, 2018, 08:57:00 AM
As a matter os interest one does not pull a tooth out. One pushes it in to break the support structure and then lifts the disconected tooth out of its socket. If one pulled the still attached tooth one would pull the gum off the jaw before the tooth was pulled from its support structure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on February 16, 2018, 12:48:32 PM
^^^....And one hopes that said tooth doesn't break off during the preliminary pushing process!
I was a dental assistant for 10 years, B.C. (Before children) and I've seen many extractions.... it was one of my favorite procedures to assist with  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 16, 2018, 01:01:26 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on February 16, 2018, 12:48:32 PM
^^^....And one hopes that said tooth doesn't break off during the preliminary pushing process!
I was a dental assistant for 10 years, B.C. (Before children) and I've seen many extractions.... it was one of my favorite procedures to assist with  :grin:
I've had one extraction many years ago.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 16, 2018, 11:25:30 PM
I used a dentist from a rural area for several years. He priced his services within reason...until he was forced to fall into line with the pricing structure of the cabal..  He was a seriously committed Presbyterian  who felt it his responsibility to do some pro bono work.  Every year he spent two weeks in the Guatemala back country, doing free dental work, mostly extractions.

Doctor M knew that I had good manual skills and also at least half a brain.   He offered to teach me how to do extractions so that I would accompany him into the Guatemala jungle to extract  teeth.  Obviously no license to practice was needed in the back country.  I did not do the trip even though I wanted to.  The reason  was that he , though a prince of a person, was too religious for me to have to endure for two weeks.   He worked on or extracted a few of my teeth over time.  When there was a difficult one, like a molar, he would get the tooth out or repaired and immediately say aloud, "thank you sweet Jesus". 

Q: Why is it that so many dentists are disproportionately and outspokenly religious?  Does that have anything to do with the statistics about suicide that puts dentists up toward the top of the list?   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 17, 2018, 06:49:14 AM
QuoteQ: Why is it that so many dentists are disproportionately and outspokenly religious?  Does that have anything to do with the statistics about suicide that puts dentists up toward the top of the list?   

Not something that I have noticed iver here, Icarus. But I could ask why so many dentists here are Asian, Chinese, Australian, Polish . . .  The answer to that obviously has very fifferent origins!

But, an interesting thought, the correlation between religiosity, dentistry and suicide. Could be a doctoral thesis in there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 17, 2018, 10:29:01 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 13, 2018, 10:00:26 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 13, 2018, 09:08:30 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 13, 2018, 04:02:03 AM
^
Gadget fan though I am I dislike needless complexity in any system - especially anything that puts fused electronic systems in place of simple mechanical ones. Especially where there is no alternative for power failure in essential systems (Rolls Royce once had a winder available in case the electric window motors failed).

I have grown to recognise the need for electronic engine management systems but miss the day when I knew how to fix all the bits under the hood.

Come the geomagnetic reversal we'll all scrambling to find old Ford Cortinas and he like.

Nah, just drive backwards everywhere!

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 18, 2018, 08:08:20 AM
That wound in my mouth is still being a pain in the ass! Er, hang on, I mean . . .

Been four days now and still hurts to swallow and still a little blood, will seek an appointment for it if it's not improved my tomorrow. But a bit difficult to put a plaster or bandage in there . . .

No obvious swelling, no fever, not gastric upsets do I assume no infection. Age, being on anti-coagulants and aspirin and possibly a bit light on vitamin K does not help. Really cold "Indian" tonic water, with quinone, held in the mouth until it warms, seems to help.

Things like curry and oranges are no extra problem to eat but tomatoes are like a strong acid! Yikes!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 18, 2018, 10:48:32 AM
Quote from: Dave on February 17, 2018, 06:49:14 AM
QuoteQ: Why is it that so many dentists are disproportionately and outspokenly religious?  Does that have anything to do with the statistics about suicide that puts dentists up toward the top of the list?   

Not something that I have noticed iver here, Icarus. But I could ask why so many dentists here are Asian, Chinese, Australian, Polish . . .  The answer to that obviously has very fifferent origins!

But, an interesting thought, the correlation between religiosity, dentistry and suicide. Could be a doctoral thesis in there.

Makes no difference where they're from; tried 3 dentists since our NHS one retired and it seems the moment you step over the threshold it's '£800 for this' or '£1100' for that' even though they advertise for new NHS patients. I haven't seen a dentist for a couple of years now as the other thing they did was to remove two teeth that were not causing any problems because there were abscesses under them!!!!????
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 18, 2018, 12:01:49 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 18, 2018, 10:48:32 AM
Quote from: Dave on February 17, 2018, 06:49:14 AM
QuoteQ: Why is it that so many dentists are disproportionately and outspokenly religious?  Does that have anything to do with the statistics about suicide that puts dentists up toward the top of the list?   

Not something that I have noticed iver here, Icarus. But I could ask why so many dentists here are Asian, Chinese, Australian, Polish . . .  The answer to that obviously has very fifferent origins!

But, an interesting thought, the correlation between religiosity, dentistry and suicide. Could be a doctoral thesis in there.

Makes no difference where they're from; tried 3 dentists since our NHS one retired and it seems the moment you step over the threshold it's '£800 for this' or '£1100' for that' even though they advertise for new NHS patients. I haven't seen a dentist for a couple of years now as the other thing they did was to remove two teeth that were not causing any problems because there were abscesses under them!!!!????

Then I am lucky, the NHS cover and price schedule is up in the wall. The only time I balked was when one particular dentist insisted that I needed a whole course of treatment beyond thatboffered by the NHS. I had needed only routine stuff before that and since insisting thst I wanted another member of the team.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 22, 2018, 02:08:13 AM
My first attempt at making easy mozzarella turned out like this.

(https://s13.postimg.org/4jo9l6u2f/20180221_205538.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 22, 2018, 06:06:59 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 22, 2018, 02:08:13 AM
My first attempt at making easy mozzarella turned out like this.

(https://s13.postimg.org/4jo9l6u2f/20180221_205538.jpg)
I'm curious...Is this good or bad?

Oh...wait. I just realized this is the grumpy thread. Sorry.  :-[
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on February 22, 2018, 08:31:42 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 22, 2018, 02:08:13 AM
My first attempt at making easy mozzarella turned out like this.

(https://s13.postimg.org/4jo9l6u2f/20180221_205538.jpg)

At least you got some cauliflower out of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 22, 2018, 08:37:04 AM
^
Looks a bit like my attempt at "cottage cheese" many years ago.

What does it taste like, JJ? That is the important thing, before colour then texture. Cottage cheese is too bland for my jaded palate these days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 22, 2018, 09:42:51 AM
Quote from: Dave on February 18, 2018, 12:01:49 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 18, 2018, 10:48:32 AM
Quote from: Dave on February 17, 2018, 06:49:14 AM
QuoteQ: Why is it that so many dentists are disproportionately and outspokenly religious?  Does that have anything to do with the statistics about suicide that puts dentists up toward the top of the list?   

Not something that I have noticed iver here, Icarus. But I could ask why so many dentists here are Asian, Chinese, Australian, Polish . . .  The answer to that obviously has very fifferent origins!

But, an interesting thought, the correlation between religiosity, dentistry and suicide. Could be a doctoral thesis in there.

Makes no difference where they're from; tried 3 dentists since our NHS one retired and it seems the moment you step over the threshold it's '£800 for this' or '£1100' for that' even though they advertise for new NHS patients. I haven't seen a dentist for a couple of years now as the other thing they did was to remove two teeth that were not causing any problems because there were abscesses under them!!!!????

Then I am lucky, the NHS cover and price schedule is up in the wall. The only time I balked was when one particular dentist insisted that I needed a whole course of treatment beyond thatboffered by the NHS. I had needed only routine stuff before that and since insisting thst I wanted another member of the team.
Lucky indeed😁
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 22, 2018, 12:44:34 PM
Well, I had my appointment, £20-50. I was on the chair for less than 5 minutes as the dentist said, "Zero, zero, zero, . . . no plaque, you look after your teeth very well."

Still, a year now to the next one instead of six months.

Then they offered me an sppointment with Blake - which I turned down. After three years of just routine checks and the odd scrape Blake recommrnded a course of four treatment sessions. I declined and saw another dentist 6 months later and had just another quick scrape at no extra charge. So I may be seeing Georgia next year, if she has not moved on by then.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 22, 2018, 02:51:43 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 22, 2018, 08:37:04 AM
^
Looks a bit like my attempt at "cottage cheese" many years ago.

What does it taste like, JJ? That is the important thing, before colour then texture. Cottage cheese is too bland for my jaded palate these days.

I wasn't brave enough to try. It wouldn't even take salt so that failed experiment went in the trash. I suspect that I didn't add enough rennet.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 22, 2018, 10:58:01 PM
Page four, at the bottom of my newspaper:  A teeny tiny small 2 column inch bit of news.  My state house of representatives ( shit eating dogs that they are...at least in this case) have sneaked a bill through the house with a vote of 97 to 10.  The bill specifies that a sign must be "prominently" displayed in every school and every school administrative office in the state.  The sign must say "In God we trust".

Those dumb bastards know very well that such a bill will be attacked by the ACLU and other agencies who are actually familiar with our constitutional amendments .  I am really annoyed to learn that my legislators are so narrow minded and unaware of the rules of common sense.  I want them to take care of the states business that actually matters. 

:lynch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 25, 2018, 09:15:18 AM
In July my wife and I are going to move to a small city, closer to my wife's work place (but further away from mine  :() So we thought it might be a good idea to clean up the attic today. We've got hundreds of books stored there, which we no longer intend to keep (mainly business- and project management books). I'm now checking on-line, how much they are still worth. Guess what, on average 30 cts per book. I think it is much more efficient to take all these books and dump them in the old paper container than trying to sell them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 25, 2018, 10:17:16 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 25, 2018, 09:15:18 AM
In July my wife and I are going to move to a small city, closer to my wife's work place (but further away from mine  :() So we thought it might be a good idea to clean up the attic today. We've got hundreds of books stored there, which we no longer intend to keep (mainly business- and project management books). I'm now checking on-line, how much they are still worth. Guess what, on average 30 cts per book. I think it is much more efficient to take all these books and dump them in the old paper container than trying to sell them.

That's the trouble with those sort of books the world moves on.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 25, 2018, 12:11:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 25, 2018, 10:17:16 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 25, 2018, 09:15:18 AM
In July my wife and I are going to move to a small city, closer to my wife's work place (but further away from mine  :() So we thought it might be a good idea to clean up the attic today. We've got hundreds of books stored there, which we no longer intend to keep (mainly business- and project management books). I'm now checking on-line, how much they are still worth. Guess what, on average 30 cts per book. I think it is much more efficient to take all these books and dump them in the old paper container than trying to sell them.

That's the trouble with those sort of books the world moves on.

I agree. Most of these books are 19 years old.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 25, 2018, 04:29:10 PM
Quote from: Icarus on February 22, 2018, 10:58:01 PM
Page four, at the bottom of my newspaper:  A teeny tiny small 2 column inch bit of news.  My state house of representatives ( shit eating dogs that they are...at least in this case) have sneaked a bill through the house with a vote of 97 to 10.  The bill specifies that a sign must be "prominently" displayed in every school and every school administrative office in the state.  The sign must say "In God we trust".

Those dumb bastards know very well that such a bill will be attacked by the ACLU and other agencies who are actually familiar with our constitutional amendments .  I am really annoyed to learn that my legislators are so narrow minded and unaware of the rules of common sense.  I want them to take care of the states business that actually matters. 

:lynch:

This sort of news seems inexplicable and almost unbelievable to us in the UK. These people seem to live in a weird bubble.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on February 25, 2018, 04:53:13 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 25, 2018, 04:29:10 PM
Quote from: Icarus on February 22, 2018, 10:58:01 PM
Page four, at the bottom of my newspaper:  A teeny tiny small 2 column inch bit of news.  My state house of representatives ( shit eating dogs that they are...at least in this case) have sneaked a bill through the house with a vote of 97 to 10.  The bill specifies that a sign must be "prominently" displayed in every school and every school administrative office in the state.  The sign must say "In God we trust".

Those dumb bastards know very well that such a bill will be attacked by the ACLU and other agencies who are actually familiar with our constitutional amendments .  I am really annoyed to learn that my legislators are so narrow minded and unaware of the rules of common sense.  I want them to take care of the states business that actually matters. 

:lynch:

This sort of news seems inexplicable and almost unbelievable to us in the UK. These people seem to live in a weird bubble.

Nah, bubbles, weird or otherwise, are far more substantial than what they believe in. The shitty bit is these twonks are actually in positions of "authotity" - voted there by a whole load of other twonks presumably.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 25, 2018, 07:47:40 PM
Insurance rate increases. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Angry.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 25, 2018, 07:55:47 PM
Quote from: No one on February 25, 2018, 07:47:40 PM
Insurance rate increases. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Angry.png)

A good reason to be grumpy
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 02, 2018, 01:52:57 AM
Cheese failed again. Went a bit better for a while but fell apart into rice sized bits at the end. Not being able to get the 'easy' cheese right is really bothering me. I won't be able to try again until next week.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 02, 2018, 06:34:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 02, 2018, 01:52:57 AM
Cheese failed again. Went a bit better for a while but fell apart into rice sized bits at the end. Not being able to get the 'easy' cheese right is really bothering me. I won't be able to try again until next week.

LOL! Early morning WTF! moment. I read the first word as Chelsea (as in the football club). Things returned reality at the second 'cheese'. :rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 02, 2018, 01:28:52 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 02, 2018, 06:34:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 02, 2018, 01:52:57 AM
Cheese failed again. Went a bit better for a while but fell apart into rice sized bits at the end. Not being able to get the 'easy' cheese right is really bothering me. I won't be able to try again until next week.

LOL! Early morning WTF! moment. I read the first word as Chelsea (as in the football club). Things returned reality at the second 'cheese'. :rofl:

Ha, the day I'm grumpy about a soccer game is the day I'm forced to go and watch one in person. I don't really like sports in general but soccer is only second to baseball on a hot, humid day in terms of keeping me the hell away!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 02, 2018, 02:39:41 PM
Cor, my sink blockage is getting to me a bit of a saga, and a frustrating one!

Put the trap back on - still no flow.

Found my plunger, after a long search (it was in the obvious place, under the sink!). No good 'cos there is a 'T' junction for the washing machine drain between the plug hole and the trap. Could not work out a way to block that adequately. But still convinced it is ice anyway.

Take trap off again, push flexi pipe cleaning thingy down pipe, just in case and to explore, til it feels and sounds like ir is hitting something solid and slightly resonant.

Trap back on, still no flow.

Trap off - insert 3/8" plastic tube into pipe as far as it will go. Turn 90deg bend on pipe upright. Fit funnel to tube.

Fill 3ltr bottle with hot water.and pour into funnel until pipe overflows - leave.

Repeat above 5 minutes later, overflows straight away, pour more in to "reheat" - leave.

Try again after further five minutes, immediate overflow again.

"Reheat" and make a cup of tea. Think.


A few feet away, a little lower but on the same external pipe, is the bathroom basin drain, that works perfectly. But it is used far more often with hand washing. Wondering if a gradual buildup of ice has formed a blockage between the two, sort of "internal circular icicle" (or "icemite") effect. That external pipe is on the North wall and gets no sun.

Or, perhaps, a sewer rat has climbed the inside of the stink pipe and died in the sink drain pipe?

Perhaps if I drain that pipe and inject antifreeze or deicer down the plastic tube . . .

Just praying that the loo does not suffer the same problem!

Washing up being done in bathroom, must remember that I can't use the washing machine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 02, 2018, 02:47:01 PM
Pipe snake Dave. Something with enough rigidity to push a bit when you add the hot water if it's indeed ice blocking the drain. Might even be worth trying a bit of windshield deicer. I doubt a dead rat would feel very solid or that you have a hard blockage from another source.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2018, 03:16:03 PM
Quote from: Dave on March 02, 2018, 02:39:41 PM
Just praying that the loo does not suffer the same problem!

:o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 02, 2018, 03:47:28 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 02, 2018, 02:47:01 PM
Pipe snake Dave. Something with enough rigidity to push a bit when you add the hot water if it's indeed ice blocking the drain. Might even be worth trying a bit of windshield deicer. I doubt a dead rat would feel very solid or that you have a hard blockage from another source.

It's a bit convoluted, JJ.  There is a 90deg bend then a couple of feet to another 90 outside. Haven't yet managed to get my flexible thingie to make that second turn. The flexi thing is a flat steel tape with a cone spring and ball on the end. Think the outside bend is a "short" one, quite "sharp".

Anyway, just had an hour long telecon with my friend (she and her dog are bored and fed up because they can't safely go out, too much snow and still more falling) so now its back to he kitchen!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 02, 2018, 06:39:44 PM
Well, I have had enough for today. Syphoned as much water out as I could then introduced a 1/4" tube down the larger one (for stiffness) to see if I could get it round the bend - even cut the end at 45deg and pushed/twisted. No luck.

So I dug out an old 100ml syringe and filled it with antifreeze, attached to the new tube, and squirted it in. Then the same again. Guessing the volume that should give it protection down to -50C! At least stop freezing in the currently non-frozen bits and may get thtough the blockage.

Now I have a whole heap of sterlising and cleaning to do, good thing I just bought a new bottle of bleach!

If no joy tomorrow its drain and flush again then inject some caustic soda solution. That should dissolve any, er, organic stuff. Not sure what sodium hydroxide and glycol do if mixed . . .  Looks like not-a-lot, even when heated, according to one boring video on Youtube. And American farmers (at least) use the mix, along with phophoric acid, for something it seems.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 02, 2018, 06:43:32 PM
Quote from: Dave on March 02, 2018, 06:39:44 PM
Well, I have had enough for today. Syphoned as much water out as I could then introduced a 1/4" tube down the larger one (for stiffness) to see if I could get it round the bend - even cut the end at 45deg and pushed/twisted. No luck.

So I dug out an old 100ml syringe and filled it with antifreeze, attached to the new tube, and squirted it in. Then the same again. Guessing the volume that should give it protection down to -50C! At least stop freezing in the currently non-frozen bits and may get thtough the blockage.

Now I have a whole heap of sterlising and cleaning to do, good thing I just bought a new bottle of bleach!

If no joy tomorrow its drain and flush again then inject some caustic soda solution. That should dissolve any, er, organic stuff. Not sure what sodium hydroxide and glycol do if mixed . . .  Looks like not-a-lot, even when heated, according to one boring video on Youtube. And American farmers (at least) use the mix, along with phophoric acid, for something it seems.

If we hear about an exploision and/or a chemicalgas attack we'll know who to blame!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 02, 2018, 06:45:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 02, 2018, 03:16:03 PM
Quote from: Dave on March 02, 2018, 02:39:41 PM
Just praying that the loo does not suffer the same problem!

:o

At least I should be able to get a plastic tube round the corners in that area! Even a hose.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 03, 2018, 06:17:45 PM
I've had luck in the past unfreezing pipes by means of a heat gun (the type that blows crazy hot air). Aimed it straight down the pipe and just left it like that for a while.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 03, 2018, 06:27:13 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 03, 2018, 06:17:45 PM
I've had luck in the past unfreezing pipes by means of a heat gun (the type that blows crazy hot air). Aimed it straight down the pipe and just left it like that for a while.

Yeah, but there are two 90o bends betwixt the indoor open end and the outside frozen bit - probably 600mm from the second (outside) bend. Blown in air would stall and blow back long before it got where it was needed I suspect!

But my heat gun has been one of my best DIY purchases - even use it in the kitchen. Makes peeling tomatoes and peppers simple and crisps bacon etc!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 09, 2018, 01:20:13 AM
My cheesmaking seems to be getting progressively worse. This time despite upping the rennet to make a firmer curd the curd was looser. Like bowl of snot through a strainer kinda loose. Yeti diarrhea loose. Wouldn't stick together at all. I'll soldier on but my god is this frustrating.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 09, 2018, 10:04:03 PM
My state senator is in the middle of a food fight in the legislative body.  They are arguing the merits of different little tweaks that can be made to our state's gun laws.  She is convinced that the  only thing that will stop the crazies from shooting up schools or night clubs is Prayer.   "Only a higher power can prevent these events".   This is not even a bible belt state and I have to endure this kind of bullshit in my state government.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on March 09, 2018, 10:41:36 PM
Quote from: Icarus on March 09, 2018, 10:04:03 PM
My state senator is in the middle of a food fight in the legislative body.  They are arguing the merits of different little tweaks that can be made to our state's gun laws.  She is convinced that the  only thing that will stop the crazies from shooting up schools or night clubs is Prayer.   "Only a higher power can prevent these events".   This is not even a bible belt state and I have to endure this kind of bullshit in my state government.

We surely have our troubles inUK at the moment, but i'm pretty certain that no-one in politics here would dare suggest such a thing. One of our ex prime ministers, Tony Blair used to be asked about his faith but he was very cagey in his replies. As soon as he was out of office, he was received into the RC church, I believe under pressure from his wife. He made comments at the time that he would never have said while in office.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 09, 2018, 10:45:29 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on March 09, 2018, 10:41:36 PM
Quote from: Icarus on March 09, 2018, 10:04:03 PM
My state senator is in the middle of a food fight in the legislative body.  They are arguing the merits of different little tweaks that can be made to our state's gun laws.  She is convinced that the  only thing that will stop the crazies from shooting up schools or night clubs is Prayer.   "Only a higher power can prevent these events".   This is not even a bible belt state and I have to endure this kind of bullshit in my state government.

We surely have our troubles inUK at the moment, but i'm pretty certain that no-one in politics here would dare suggest such a thing. One of our ex prime ministers, Tony Blair used to be asked about his faith but he was very cagey in his replies. As soon as he was out of office, he was received into the RC church, I believe under pressure from his wife. He made comments at the time that he would never have said while in office.

Yup, are you heading for a theicracy over there?

Sorry, it's no joke.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 10, 2018, 05:57:21 PM
A lovely little Presbyterian church down the street has a billboard that says: There is power in prayer. ....I have so wanted to  append  their message: There is also potential power in combustible methane gas that arises from deposits of bullshit.........But I am a nice guy and it is a pretty little church and I suspect that the members are good people who do not need me to antagonize them. On the other hand it might be my civic duty to persuade  them to digest a small morsel of reality.   Oh what a dilemma.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 10, 2018, 06:04:18 PM
Quote from: Icarus on March 10, 2018, 05:57:21 PM
A lovely little Presbyterian church down the street has a billboard that says: There is power in prayer. ....I have so wanted to  append  their message: There is also potential power in combustible methane gas that arises from deposits of bullshit.........But I am a nice guy and it is a pretty little church and I suspect that the members are good people who do not need me to antagonize them. On the other hand it might be my civic duty to persuade  them to digest a small morsel of reality.   Oh what a dilemma.

You should add "If so pray for this to be erased!" in indelible marker pen to the billboard :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 10, 2018, 11:55:47 PM
^ :puppysnicker:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 12, 2018, 07:31:26 PM
My newish downstairs neighbour must either have, a) a very dusty job, b) super chronic dandruff, or, c) a compulsive cleaning disorder.

7.25pm and he has just finished his daiky vacuum cleaning. That is an improvement on the daily ritual being carried out at 7.15am on Saturday because his little kid was coming! It can be any time, has been 11pm before now.

Not that the whine of the cleaner is that loud, prefer it to his (not too loud but "thumpity, thump through the floor) hiphop, or whatever, music.

[That reminds me, must check my diary - probably coming close to my six monthly ceremony of emptying the cleaner and going over the carpet and shelves to refill it . . .]
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on March 13, 2018, 02:06:58 AM
This was disgusting but it does not warrant a thread

In fact it should warrant as an example to itself as something to never do, ever

I was in a chatroom where they were playing videos and the video they play was of a man trying 3 times to kill himself...and succeeded the last time by gun shot.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on March 13, 2018, 06:47:23 AM
I am very bothered by the people I meet online sometimes. It feels like emotional abuse. I am currently filled with a lot of negative emotions right now and I want to hurt someone.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on March 13, 2018, 12:32:18 PM
Arturo, does being online feed you in any healthy, positive way?
Or is it mostly draining and creating negative feelings?

If there are places online that don't lift you up, please quit going to those places. They aren't good for you. Let those people in those forums destroy their own happiness and feed their own negativity. But you don't have to be part of that.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 13, 2018, 01:29:07 PM
I was grumpy with the siftware that could not see the oscillosvope.

Now I am grumpy with myself for not taking the message on the screen literally enough! The error message says "Please connect the oscilloscope First."  I had connected the oscilloscope, trying two USB leads and all three USB sockets!

No, it means (and there are no written instructions that I can find) that you have to connect the oscilloscope before starting the software . . . "First" as it were . . .

Next problem is that my laptop insists, despite being told to stay permanently awake on mains power, in going to sleep after ten minutes of not being tickled. On waking it, and signing back in, I have to close the 'scope software down and restart it before it csn see the 'scope again - then recover the settings (or set them all up again them if I did not save that setup to disc.)

Still will not save data to a USB stick though and still has fuzz. In correspondence with the seller.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on March 13, 2018, 03:02:33 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on March 13, 2018, 12:32:18 PM
Arturo, does being online feed you in any healthy, positive way?
Sometimes. And I stick to those places that it feels good to be at.
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Or is it mostly draining and creating negative feelings?
No, if at all I am more happy now than I've been in a long time. The most toxic place to be was with my Dad and his ex wife.
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If there are places online that don't lift you up, please quit going to those places. They aren't good for you. Let those people in those forums destroy their own happiness and feed their own negativity. But you don't have to be part of that.
I don't go to those places once I realize that they are bad for me.

The reason I left here I don't have to explain. I think everyone knows what went wrong without having to explain.

But with this other place, these were people that I had just met that I think were emotionally abusing me. It may be mere coincidence but I was about to post some music for someone to play (as they were the only one who could) and then I had been locked out of every website on the planet. I tested my connection with the windows trouble shooter and it said everything was fine though. When I came back, I explained my situation and was completely silent. The only response I got was "good night art" and then more silence.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2018, 07:54:58 PM
Argh, I'm tired. And hangry.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on March 19, 2018, 08:13:01 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2018, 07:54:58 PM
Argh, I'm tired. And hangry.

Sounds like your blood sugar is low, dear, go eat some chocolate cake or something equally sweet and comforting.

:grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2018, 10:24:13 PM
Quote from: Dave on March 19, 2018, 08:13:01 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2018, 07:54:58 PM
Argh, I'm tired. And hangry.

Sounds like your blood sugar is low, dear, go eat some chocolate cake or something equally sweet and comforting.

:grin:

;D I love chocolate, but will be overdosing on the stuff in a couple of weeks.  (https://emojipedia-us.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/160/whatsapp/116/neutral-face_1f610.png)

I had some green ice-cream. Mint? Not sure. :notsure:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 24, 2018, 01:39:00 AM
I'm stuck working straight through with nothing but a trainee tomorrow. I'm going to be a grumpy sore bastards by 10:00 tomorrow night. I won't even get to eat.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 24, 2018, 03:18:44 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 24, 2018, 01:39:00 AM
I'm stuck working straight through with nothing but a trainee tomorrow. I'm going to be a grumpy sore bastards by 10:00 tomorrow night. I won't even get to eat.  >:(

:twitch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 25, 2018, 03:16:56 AM
Yep. I'm a sore, grumpy bastards right about now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 30, 2018, 06:14:23 PM
I made it all through the winter flu epidemic without getting sick and this week I've been stuffy and gross.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on March 31, 2018, 02:09:53 PM
Quote from: Buddy on March 30, 2018, 06:14:23 PM
I made it all through the winter flu epidemic without getting sick and this week I've been stuffy and gross.  >:(

I detest illness, it keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 31, 2018, 02:44:50 PM
Quote from: Buddy on March 30, 2018, 06:14:23 PM
I made it all through the winter flu epidemic without getting sick and this week I've been stuffy and gross.  >:(

Sniffles suck but missing out on the flu is something to celebrate. A friend of mine would've probably died had he not called his mom in a moment of mental clarity.

And since no one else said it, have some hot whiskey and lemon...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 31, 2018, 08:43:55 PM
I am grumpy when someone does their speed talking display.  Too much of that on radio and TV. Especially advertisers.  They use sentences similar to .........Ihavenoideawhatthehellyouaredoingwiththatnubernineiron....elapsed time 1.05 seconds.  My brain does not work at light speed I fear.  The people who do this are practicing a type of arrogance that puts me off. 

Also when a blabbermouth finishes a thought and promptly uses the word; and while inhaling, you know that he/she will be off on another unstoppable ranting dissertation about something that may or may not be relevant to the conversation that he/she has monopolized for ten minutes. Politicians are particularly adept with this ploy.

Also annoying are sentences that are interminably long like the last one above.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: philosoraptor on April 03, 2018, 01:23:04 AM
I'm grumpy because anymore my cable internet runs like 1998 AOHell on a dial-up modem. Data mining social media loads up just fine, but it took me literally twenty frickin' minutes to load this thread without the page timing out. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that has *nothing* to do with the repeal of net neutrality laws. Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 03, 2018, 03:14:59 PM
Quote from: philosoraptor on April 03, 2018, 01:23:04 AM
I'm grumpy because anymore my cable internet runs like 1998 AOHell on a dial-up modem. Data mining social media loads up just fine, but it took me literally twenty frickin' minutes to load this thread without the page timing out. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that has *nothing* to do with the repeal of net neutrality laws. Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.  ::)
We did have a few server problems over the last couple of days but they should have been ironed out by now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on April 03, 2018, 04:19:39 PM
Should be OK now. A very short drop (Should not be more than seconds) once a day or a couple of times a week may be expected with our host/DB setup.

I'll see if I can get GD on the horn about it. It's kind of been on my mind since I first noticed the pattern shortly after migration, but... Fucking life, man...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: philosoraptor on April 04, 2018, 05:45:28 AM
It didn't even occur to me that you guys were having server issues, because there were multiple websites I was having issues with. The internet has been especially spotty all over the island this week.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on April 06, 2018, 12:24:22 PM
While on the subject, Miscosoft is out cold, it seems... At least, their cloud services are.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 06, 2018, 03:27:17 PM
Wanted to get in contact with Amazon customer service. Typed that in the search line and was offered loads of books, mostly £2.50ish on Kindle, on how to do do!

Shee-fucking-it!

Since when do you need to buy a book to contact customer service!? You don't of course, you just enter that same search line into a browser and up pops a freephone number. Another trick marketing ploy . . .

Begining to wonder if this forum is one of the few sane places left that is not doing its best to trick money out of us. Irony is it is one of the few pkaces I would be happy to contribute to the running costs of! I drop Wiki the ocassional quid or five.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 02:44:46 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 06, 2018, 03:27:17 PM
Wanted to get in contact with Amazon customer service. Typed that in the search line and was offered loads of books, mostly £2.50ish on Kindle, on how to do do!

Shee-fucking-it!

Since when do you need to buy a book to contact customer service!? You don't of course, you just enter that same search line into a browser and up pops a freephone number. Another trick marketing ploy . . .

Begining to wonder if this forum is one of the few sane places left that is not doing its best to trick money out of us. Irony is it is one of the few pkaces I would be happy to contribute to the running costs of! I drop Wiki the ocassional quid or five.

That's absurd! It's not like Amazon doesn't make loads of money already.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 02:45:51 PM
I'm a little grumpy because I woke up early...on a Saturday!  :Gaah:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 07, 2018, 03:05:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 02:45:51 PM
I'm a little grumpy because I woke up early...on a Saturday!  :Gaah:

But, but, that gives you more hours to enjoy the delights of life . . . :frolic:

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 03:17:22 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 07, 2018, 03:05:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 02:45:51 PM
I'm a little grumpy because I woke up early...on a Saturday!  :Gaah:

But, but, that gives you more hours to enjoy the delights of life . . . :frolic:

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Heh. I read that "the daylights of life" first time round. :snicker:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 07, 2018, 03:45:51 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 03:17:22 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 07, 2018, 03:05:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 02:45:51 PM
I'm a little grumpy because I woke up early...on a Saturday!  :Gaah:

But, but, that gives you more hours to enjoy the delights of life . . . :frolic:

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Heh. I read that "the daylights of life" first time round. :snicker:
Hmm, if you "delight" someone do you not put them into the dark?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 03:49:20 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 07, 2018, 03:45:51 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 03:17:22 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 07, 2018, 03:05:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2018, 02:45:51 PM
I'm a little grumpy because I woke up early...on a Saturday!  :Gaah:

But, but, that gives you more hours to enjoy the delights of life . . . :frolic:

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Heh. I read that "the daylights of life" first time round. :snicker:
Hmm, if you "delight" someone do you not put them into the dark?

Night owls would enjoy a more delighted world then, I guess.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 08, 2018, 02:31:27 PM
There is a half km section of road on the bus ride to Gloucester with five, yes, five, bus stops. When one is in a hurry there will be at least two, possibly  lonely, elderly people who have to have a three minute conversation with the driver then search for their bus passes for another two minutes at every friggin stop!

Supplimentary question, why can't people have their passes/debit/credit cards or wallet/purse in their hand ready when they board buses or reach the checkout?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 08, 2018, 02:42:24 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 08, 2018, 02:31:27 PM
There is a half km section of road on the bus ride to Gloucester with five, yes, five, bus stops. When one is in a hurry there will be at least two, possibly  lonely, elderly people who have to have a three minute conversation with the driver then search for their bus passes for another two minutes at every friggin stop!

Supplimentary question, why can't people have their passes/debit/credit cards or wallet/purse in their hand ready when they board buses or reach the checkout?

I know right?! The other day there was a line of people waiting to get on the bus and a woman blocked the line to search for her bus pass for at least two minutes! I mean Come. On! :Gaah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 08, 2018, 02:51:28 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2) Argentium:
I know right?! The other day there was a line of people waiting to get on the bus and a woman blocked the line to search for her bus pass for at least two minutes! I mean Come. On!

You should feel privileged, you were obviously in the presence of the center of the universe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 08, 2018, 02:55:00 PM
Quote from: No one on April 08, 2018, 02:51:28 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2) Argentium:
I know right?! The other day there was a line of people waiting to get on the bus and a woman blocked the line to search for her bus pass for at least two minutes! I mean Come. On!

You should feel privileged, you were obviously in the presence of the center of the universe.

:rofl:

I'm gonna steal that line! :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 08, 2018, 02:56:41 PM
It's cold today and I have to feed coes, test a new tiller and might wind up looking at a tractor too. I really wish the doors were up on the shop. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 15, 2018, 02:18:24 AM
Pollen. I'm doubled up on benadryl just to remain functional.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on April 15, 2018, 12:07:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 15, 2018, 02:18:24 AM
Pollen. I'm doubled up on benadryl just to remain functional.
I know that feeling. I am huddled in the corner awaiting the imminent onslaught of the birch trees.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on April 15, 2018, 12:22:44 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 06, 2018, 03:27:17 PM
Wanted to get in contact with Amazon customer service. Typed that in the search line and was offered loads of books, mostly £2.50ish on Kindle, on how to do do!

Shee-fucking-it!

Since when do you need to buy a book to contact customer service!? You don't of course, you just enter that same search line into a browser and up pops a freephone number. Another trick marketing ploy . . .

Begining to wonder if this forum is one of the few sane places left that is not doing its best to trick money out of us. Irony is it is one of the few pkaces I would be happy to contribute to the running costs of! I drop Wiki the ocassional quid or five.

I feel your pain. I tried to contact Amazon about confusing and conflicting messages over delivery costs (I'm sure it used to be easier to contact them), but couldn't work out how to do it so gave up. Amazingly I then found the same product on eBay for £7 less and free postage so up yours Amazon, you did me a favour.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on April 15, 2018, 12:32:20 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on April 15, 2018, 12:07:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 15, 2018, 02:18:24 AM
Pollen. I'm doubled up on benadryl just to remain functional.
I know that feeling. I am huddled in the corner awaiting the imminent onslaught of the birch trees.

That's burst my bubble; so excited by forecast of first real good weather of the year that I forgot about the hayfever. Good news Guardian and JJ is that for me anyway, it is not as bad as when I was younger so here's hoping things improve for you too.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 15, 2018, 12:49:50 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 15, 2018, 12:32:20 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on April 15, 2018, 12:07:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 15, 2018, 02:18:24 AM
Pollen. I'm doubled up on benadryl just to remain functional.
I know that feeling. I am huddled in the corner awaiting the imminent onslaught of the birch trees.

That's burst my bubble; so excited by forecast of first real good weather of the year that I forgot about the hayfever. Good news Guardian and JJ is that for me anyway, it is not as bad as when I was younger so here's hoping things improve for you too.

I blame a niece for my hayfever  (which is, fortunately, only mild). I had not suffered from it until she got married. I had, for tge first time, to wear a floral button-hole. After several hours of having this thing almost stuffed up my nose it has never been the same since!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on April 15, 2018, 04:24:52 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 15, 2018, 12:49:50 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 15, 2018, 12:32:20 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on April 15, 2018, 12:07:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 15, 2018, 02:18:24 AM
Pollen. I'm doubled up on benadryl just to remain functional.
I know that feeling. I am huddled in the corner awaiting the imminent onslaught of the birch trees.

That's burst my bubble; so excited by forecast of first real good weather of the year that I forgot about the hayfever. Good news Guardian and JJ is that for me anyway, it is not as bad as when I was younger so here's hoping things improve for you too.

I blame a niece for my hayfever  (which is, fortunately, only mild). I had not suffered from it until she got married. I had, for tge first time, to wear a floral button-hole. After several hours of having this thing almost stuffed up my nose it has never been the same since!

Mine came out of nowhere when I was 21. Strangely the allergy I had to hot water, (always had very quick showers ever since) which gave me urticaria, just stopped at the same time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 22, 2018, 09:31:21 PM
I have to present a paper on Tuesday, and I'm trying to finish the damn thing but it's huge and complex...and...and...full of figures.  :cryandrun:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on April 24, 2018, 03:14:10 PM
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2018, 10:55:49 PM
:snicker:

Quest completed!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 25, 2018, 06:12:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.

I used pvc electricians tape when I did that! But there is still a bloody thumbprint on the attic ladder (thinks, put some 1st aid stuff in the attic.)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 25, 2018, 07:36:02 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.
:puke: :watching:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on April 26, 2018, 02:20:49 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.

Go get some gauze from the store and put pressure on it to stop the bleeding then wrap that shit tight.

That's what they told me in first aid anyways.

If it's still bleeding, might have to go to the doctor instead of poisoning your skin with glue.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 26, 2018, 02:39:39 AM
Quote from: Arturo on April 26, 2018, 02:20:49 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.

Go get some gauze from the store and put pressure on it to stop the bleeding then wrap that shit tight.

That's what they told me in first aid anyways.

If it's still bleeding, might have to go to the doctor instead of poisoning your skin with glue.

As Matt Damon said to Jeff Bridges, it will knit. Also, superglue is fantastic for stopping bleeding in a pinch. It burns a little but I cut myself a lot and driving an hour to the nearest hospital for stitches isn't feasible in a lot of cases.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 27, 2018, 03:15:48 PM
Not sure if this should be here, in the chuckle thread or the jokes one.

Two visits in three days to a local clothes/household store - new signs up, "Click and collect for only £1.50 per order!"

All gay colours, pretty patterns and smiling faces. Looked very positive, proactive.  Didn't mention that C&C had been a free service up until then . . .

I suppose there might be a few custoners who are as stupid as the marketing psychologists who think these things up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2018, 09:46:47 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.

*shudder!*

Ice would hurt but it would probably help lessen the bleeding.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2018, 09:48:15 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 27, 2018, 03:15:48 PM
I suppose there might be a few custoners who are as stupid as the marketing psychologists who think these things up.

There always are, that's why they keep using these tactics!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 27, 2018, 11:35:22 PM
The clowns to the left and the jokers to the right.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 28, 2018, 01:24:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2018, 09:46:47 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.

*shudder!*

Ice would hurt but it would probably help lessen the bleeding.

If I'd been at the farm I could've dunked my thumb into a dewer of liquid nitrogen!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 28, 2018, 02:15:31 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 28, 2018, 01:24:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2018, 09:46:47 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 25, 2018, 05:10:58 PM
I just cut the ever loving shit out if my thumb. The cut was clean enough that it doesn't hurt but I'm bleeding through the bandage. Might have to break out the super glue if it doesn't stop soon.

*shudder!*

Ice would hurt but it would probably help lessen the bleeding.

If I'd been at the farm I could've dunked my thumb into a dewer of liquid nitrogen!

You don't have to go to such an extreme!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 28, 2018, 02:31:58 AM
But... but... more is always better, right? In all seriousness,  I'm starting to worry this cut ain't going to heal without some intervention. If it isn't coming together tomorrow I'll break out the sewing kit.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on April 28, 2018, 03:00:02 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 28, 2018, 02:31:58 AM
But... but... more is always better, right? In all seriousness,  I'm starting to worry this cut ain't going to heal without some intervention. If it isn't coming together tomorrow I'll break out the sewing kit.

Would it be easier to drive one hour to the doctor or wait 24 hours to do the same thing they will yourself but with less blood?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 28, 2018, 03:21:44 AM
There's no blood now. Just won't stay closed. Like I said, it will knit. Eventually...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on April 28, 2018, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: No one on April 27, 2018, 11:35:22 PM
The clowns to the left and the jokers to the right.
An pretty accurate summary of my political opinions these days.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on April 28, 2018, 05:40:31 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on April 28, 2018, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: No one on April 27, 2018, 11:35:22 PM
The clowns to the left and the jokers to the right.
An pretty accurate summary of my political opinions these days.


By 'eck, that takes me back.

But still so fucking appropriate!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on April 28, 2018, 05:53:21 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 28, 2018, 05:40:31 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on April 28, 2018, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: No one on April 27, 2018, 11:35:22 PM
The clowns to the left and the jokers to the right.
An pretty accurate summary of my political opinions these days.


By 'eck, that takes me back.

But still so fucking appropriate!

Bullshit, you fucks aren't the middle.
We're the fucking true proper middle.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on April 28, 2018, 05:56:20 PM
So I have a really busy Saturday of practicing to prepare for finals week, but I had to get laundry done first... Except everyone and their dog decided they needed to wash their laundry at the same time. For the past two years, Saturday mornings have 95% of the time never given me trouble. Like for some reason people just haven't been using that day... Except now. =/

I managed to get lucky enough to find two washers, but I knew getting two driers when the time came would be a struggle. I sat in the laundry room for a good thirty minutes (that I could have been practicing) waiting for people to come and get their laundry from the driers. Finally it happened, and I was relieved, I thought the struggle was over. Only to find out that the washer I put the whites in had soaked them MUCH more than it was supposed to and they were dripping wet. Normally I put in all of my clothes in driers at the same time and they all become dry at the same time, and I'm happy. However, when the laundry is that soaking wet, the drier has to be ran two times to get them even remotely dry enough to take out.

So... This delayed me a lot. Had to come get out my first load, and then tell the drier to redry the other, and I had to come back an hour later for that load. My towels did not completely dry even still.  :exhausted:

So much hassle and time wasted that didn't need to happen. *sigh*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on April 28, 2018, 06:09:47 PM
Why can't you practice while you do your laundry?
It is known clothes washed to the accompaniment of an oboe:
*wash 24% more efficiently
*dry at least 42% quicker.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on April 29, 2018, 02:36:41 AM
I posted this on another forum but I'll try to condense it down here.

I was at my Dad's house and his ex wife, and who used to be my step-mom asked me if I was looking for work. And then she compared me to her nephew who "has the same mental illness as me" and works as a dish washer. Which was news to me because the only thing I heard about him was that he had a seizure once while working outside in the summer. And that it was caused by dehydration. And from what I was told, I've never had a seizure. Panic attacks? Maybe. But definitely never a seizure.

I feel like she is always treating me as if I am a different person and that I do not own the qualities that separate me from everyone else. Or that they just don't exist at all and that I should act like everyone else that thinks they are not special or different than anyone else. As if everyone is the same. A carbon copy of a person that is no different than anyone else.

That is my reason to be grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2018, 12:49:33 PM
My new camera is here and u don't have a frickin SD card!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 02, 2018, 01:14:25 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2018, 12:49:33 PM
My new camera is here and u don't have a frickin SD card!

What, you expect an SD card included? Tsk, how naïve  :grin:

I know, I know - it's a bugger when you can't plsy with your new toy straight away but they would only have boosted the price by twice the vist of a card yo invludebit. And you probsbly need a fast SD card as well so those xlow poke ones you have eill not work ptoperly . . .

Getting used to no printed manual, no CD with manual or drivers etc on new stuff - have to download most times. On one printer I even had to stick the control and advisory labels on! Expecting a box of bits and a link to online assembly instructions next.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 02, 2018, 02:44:06 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2018, 12:49:33 PM
My new camera is here and u don't have a frickin SD card!

Mazel tov!
:cheers:

I hope you will get familiar with it soon. Don't forget: some of us here use Nikon cameras, so ask if you need any help.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2018, 02:57:19 PM
I cannibalized a card from my kindle. Took me more than a few minutes to get the thing turned on and an embarrassingly long time to fit the lens...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on May 02, 2018, 04:07:05 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on April 28, 2018, 06:09:47 PM
Why can't you practice while you do your laundry?
It is known clothes washed to the accompaniment of an oboe:
*wash 24% more efficiently
*dry at least 42% quicker.

Well, it was actually piano that was getting the bulk of my practice. And I'm not sure that people in the laundromat would appreciate the oboe. You know kids these days don't even know what an oboe is, they're only into electronic stuff.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 02, 2018, 04:29:53 PM
Quote from: Harmonie on May 02, 2018, 04:07:05 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on April 28, 2018, 06:09:47 PM
Why can't you practice while you do your laundry?
It is known clothes washed to the accompaniment of an oboe:
*wash 24% more efficiently
*dry at least 42% quicker.

Well, it was actually piano that was getting the bulk of my practice. And I'm not sure that people in the laundromat would appreciate the oboe. You know kids these days don't even know what an oboe is, they're only into electronic stuff.

Kids these days, don't get me started on 'em.
Grind their bones to make my bread I say.
'cept the long bones, there's a use for them.

QuoteKangling (Tibetan: རྐང་གླིང།, Wylie: rkang-gling), literally translated as "leg" (kang) "flute" (ling), is the Tibetan name for a trumpet or horn made out of a human femur, used in Tibetan Buddhism for various chöd rituals as well as funerals performed by a chöpa.[1] The femur of a criminal or a person who died a violent death is preferred.[2] Alternatively, the femur of a respected teacher may be used.

Quote[3] The kangling may also be made out of wood.
But why would you?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 02, 2018, 04:38:40 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2018, 02:57:19 PM
I cannibalized a card from my kindle. Took me more than a few minutes to get the thing turned on and an embarrassingly long time to fit the lens...

Yeah, all them bells and whistles and buttons. But I am sure you will get the hsng of it, JJ, and grown to appreciate it.

If you feel you need a book I can recomend David Busch's field guides - if he does on for your model.

Enjoy!

Later: on second thoughts unless you are rich forget that book!

(https://imgur.com/VrVufLH.jpg)

Why do people ask prices like £1243.42 for a little book, no matter how good it is. It might be out of print or rarish but there are "For Dummies" versions somewhat cheaper! Seen similar prices - especially with American sellers - for quite ordinary books before. The one for my D5100 cost about £16 IIRC.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 03, 2018, 02:53:56 AM
I have a few books now. Going through those and a few videos on youtube.

Now, for a reason to be grumpy. Three of our four ferries are out of service. The Pocahontas can carry 75 cars, the Williamsburg and Surry can each carry 50. The only boat left running is the Virginia, which was built in 1936 and can carry 20 cars.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 04, 2018, 10:55:17 PM
I went out of my mind yesterday and began to prune the numerous Lady Palms that occupy a section of my yard.  Those are pretty but ambitious plants/trees that will send roots out away from the tree and part of the root will surface as an outcropping that rises straight up out of the ground. The "risers' may be as much as an inch in diameter and they hide in the grass in such a way as to make toe breaking obstructions an unwelcome reality.   

I was determined to eliminate some of the several hazards to toes.  I used some large lopping shears to reach down into the ground and clip off the risers. In my enthusiasm I forgot that the Telephone, Television, and internet  cable was buried only a few inches underground.  Wouldn't you know it?  Sure as hell, I clipped the cable somewhere along its shallow underground line and all three of my electronic thingies died.  No TV, no land line telephone, no Icarus at HAF.   Friend wife was quite inconvenienced because she is a power E-Bay seller who needs the internet to respond to her orders.  She typically ships ten to fifteen items per day and she is famous for prompt, honest, and courteous shipping. With the internet down she was dead in the water and anxious about her 100% rating.  Fortunately the service provider sent a tech guy to repair the damage within 24 hours.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 05, 2018, 05:28:39 AM
Quote from: Icarus on May 04, 2018, 10:55:17 PM
I went out of my mind yesterday and began to prune the numerous Lady Palms that occupy a section of my yard.  Those are pretty but ambitious plants/trees that will send roots out away from the tree and part of the root will surface as an outcropping that rises straight up out of the ground. The "risers' may be as much as an inch in diameter and they hide in the grass in such a way as to make toe breaking obstructions an unwelcome reality.   

I was determined to eliminate some of the several hazards to toes.  I used some large lopping shears to reach down into the ground and clip off the risers. In my enthusiasm I forgot that the Telephone, Television, and internet  cable was buried only a few inches underground.  Wouldn't you know it?  Sure as hell, I clipped the cable somewhere along its shallow underground line and all three of my electronic thingies died.  No TV, no land line telephone, no Icarus at HAF.   Friend wife was quite inconvenienced because she is a power E-Bay seller who needs the internet to respond to her orders.  She typically ships ten to fifteen items per day and she is famous for prompt, honest, and courteous shipping. With the internet down she was dead in the water and anxious about her 100% rating.  Fortunately the service provider sent a tech guy to repair the damage within 24 hours.

Welcome back! Being incommunicado is a terrible thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 05, 2018, 08:19:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 03, 2018, 02:53:56 AM
I have a few books now. Going through those and a few videos on youtube.

Now, for a reason to be grumpy. Three of our four ferries are out of service. The Pocahontas can carry 75 cars, the Williamsburg and Surry can each carry 50. The only boat left running is the Virginia, which was built in 1936 and can carry 20 cars.  >:(

Oh dear.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 05, 2018, 08:21:30 AM
Quote from: Icarus on May 04, 2018, 10:55:17 PM
I went out of my mind yesterday and began to prune the numerous Lady Palms that occupy a section of my yard.  Those are pretty but ambitious plants/trees that will send roots out away from the tree and part of the root will surface as an outcropping that rises straight up out of the ground. The "risers' may be as much as an inch in diameter and they hide in the grass in such a way as to make toe breaking obstructions an unwelcome reality.   

I was determined to eliminate some of the several hazards to toes.  I used some large lopping shears to reach down into the ground and clip off the risers. In my enthusiasm I forgot that the Telephone, Television, and internet  cable was buried only a few inches underground.  Wouldn't you know it?  Sure as hell, I clipped the cable somewhere along its shallow underground line and all three of my electronic thingies died.  No TV, no land line telephone, no Icarus at HAF.   Friend wife was quite inconvenienced because she is a power E-Bay seller who needs the internet to respond to her orders.  She typically ships ten to fifteen items per day and she is famous for prompt, honest, and courteous shipping. With the internet down she was dead in the water and anxious about her 100% rating.  Fortunately the service provider sent a tech guy to repair the damage within 24 hours.

Oh I bet you felt a right prune!! :rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 05, 2018, 08:27:57 AM
Quote from: Icarus on May 04, 2018, 10:55:17 PM
I went out of my mind yesterday and began to prune the numerous Lady Palms that occupy a section of my yard.  Those are pretty but ambitious plants/trees that will send roots out away from the tree and part of the root will surface as an outcropping that rises straight up out of the ground. The "risers' may be as much as an inch in diameter and they hide in the grass in such a way as to make toe breaking obstructions an unwelcome reality.   

I was determined to eliminate some of the several hazards to toes.  I used some large lopping shears to reach down into the ground and clip off the risers. In my enthusiasm I forgot that the Telephone, Television, and internet  cable was buried only a few inches underground.  Wouldn't you know it?  Sure as hell, I clipped the cable somewhere along its shallow underground line and all three of my electronic thingies died.  No TV, no land line telephone, no Icarus at HAF.   Friend wife was quite inconvenienced because she is a power E-Bay seller who needs the internet to respond to her orders.  She typically ships ten to fifteen items per day and she is famous for prompt, honest, and courteous shipping. With the internet down she was dead in the water and anxious about her 100% rating.  Fortunately the service provider sent a tech guy to repair the damage within 24 hours.

Nice. That is some prompt service.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 07, 2018, 08:51:10 AM
A few years ago I regularly walked to the supermarket, Saturday or Sunday mornings, passing the local church. Regukarly I would find tge pavement outside the church blocked by parked cars. Even the dropped curb, the crossing place for invalid scooters and blind people, was frequently blocked. After several complaints to the diocese and police it took a few months to get the problem fixed.

Then, due to reduced mobility, I used my car for three or four years. Yesterday I walked again and, guess what, found a car parked right across the dropped curb. Photograph taken. Rather pointed email sent to diocesean office suggesting that such thoughtlessness for others was hardly a good example of "Christian" behaviour.

I await a reply with interest.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 07, 2018, 10:03:33 AM
Quote from: Dave on May 07, 2018, 08:51:10 AM
A few years ago I regularly walked to the supermarket, Saturday or Sunday mornings, passing the local church. Regukarly I would find tge pavement outside the church blocked by parked cars. Even the dropped curb, the crossing place for invalid scooters and blind people, was frequently blocked. After several complaints to the diocese and police it took a few months to get the problem fixed.

Then, due to reduced mobility, I used my car for three or four years. Yesterday I walked again and, guess what, found a car parked right across the dropped curb. Photograph taken. Rather pointed email sent to diocesean office suggesting that such thoughtlessness for others was hardly a good example of "Christian" behaviour.

I await a reply with interest.
:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 08, 2018, 12:30:54 AM
Second time in a month I've punched a cow that got out of hand. I think I might've really injured myself this time though. If I don't figure out a way not to have that reaction I might not have use of my hands much longer.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 08, 2018, 01:24:31 AM
JJ pretend to be Irish and always carry a large stick.   Or pretend to be Chinese  and practice with the Bo of the Kung Fu variety.  AIn't no cow gonna mess with you in either of those eventualities.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 08, 2018, 02:13:40 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 08, 2018, 12:30:54 AM
Second time in a month I've punched a cow that got out of hand. I think I might've really injured myself this time though. If I don't figure out a way not to have that reaction I might not have use of my hands much longer.
What do you think a cattle prod is for? :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 08, 2018, 02:36:58 PM
A stick is helpful for managing cows, but we're trying to get these heifers a bit more relaxed around humans. They still have a ways to go but are much better than they were. Now at least they don't kick.

Prods just stress the animal too much. They can make certain tasks easier, like loading into trailers, but regular use wi) result in a neurotic, dangerous animal that doesn't respond to anything but the prod. We had a few that I destroyed so nobody could use them. Funny how clipped wires can render electronics useless...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 08, 2018, 03:31:41 PM
I worked at an snimal centre for a while, we had to out all the critters away evey night because of foxes.

The two problems were the peacocks and the maras. The mara is the second largest in the cavy (guinea pig) family - bit like a cross between a small deer and a large rabbit and filling both environmrntal niches in S America. Neither of these liked to be shut up for the night so would get stroppy.

I found that a pair of five foot canes with rags tied to the ends worked wonders. If a critter looked like it was going to break to the right a right a step in that direction and raising the right cane put them off.  Both held out and slightly forward made them walk straight ahead. Waving them about a bit or tapping the ground, not too  aggressively, also helped.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 08, 2018, 04:17:20 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 08, 2018, 02:36:58 PM
A stick is helpful for managing cows, but we're trying to get these heifers a bit more relaxed around humans. They still have a ways to go but are much better than they were. Now at least they don't kick.

Prods just stress the animal too much. They can make certain tasks easier, like loading into trailers, but regular use wi) result in a neurotic, dangerous animal that doesn't respond to anything but the prod. We had a few that I destroyed so nobody could use them. Funny how clipped wires can render electronics useless...
Good points.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on May 08, 2018, 04:19:00 PM
Fucking idiots with licenses, who should not have licenses!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 09, 2018, 04:56:51 AM
Up at 1 a.m. putting together a presentation for tomorrow. Yesterday and the day before I got less sleep than I'm used to so now there's a debt to pay...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 05:21:11 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 09, 2018, 04:56:51 AM
Up at 1 a.m. putting together a presentation for tomorrow. Yesterday and the day before I got less sleep than I'm used to so now there's a debt to pay...

(https://i.imgur.com/HgCc7en.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 09, 2018, 11:04:33 AM
The forum has declared my new internet provider provided ip address as Chinese.
It doesn't even allow looking at pages, I've had to use my nefarious purposes laptop which has a VPN.  >:(

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 09, 2018, 12:51:18 PM
Boo bloody hoo!

I decided to blow some of the interest accruing in one of my current accounts on a new camera - thinking that I could recoup about a third on the old one.

So my Nikon D5300 arrived today. 24 as opposed to 16Mpix. Only came with 18-55 lens but I have my Sigma 18 - 250 . , .

Shit, the Sigma will not autofocus on the new camera!

D5100 will have to go without the 55 - 200 that came with it, thankfully that works on the new job. What to do with the Sigma, keep it for manual only focus or sell it and put all the money to another wide range lens?

After a few trials decided that I could not cope with it on manual focus without support - hands no longer steady enough and muscles get tired too quickly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?

Yes, a tripod is good, but more convenient is a VR lens, if Dave's new lens is a Vibration Reduction type.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 09, 2018, 01:53:35 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fd0C29xf.jpg&hash=e92e8ba1e1a660af17a2b9cc6c57715d074560cb)

This is a bit inconvenient, I've tried using my phone's internet (and stopped it using the home network.)
And still I'm banned as Chinese. 
What does it mean?
Is the invasion impending?
Should I have used my wife's mother's birthplace to get dual citizenry?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 09, 2018, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?

Yes, a tripod is good, but more convenient is a VR lens, if Dave's new lens is a Vibration Reduction type.

The Sigma has OS, optical stabilisation, but since the autofocus does not work can I be sure that the OS does? Tripods I keep for long exposures or "studio" (dining table) setups etc.

Tank, this was my general purpose lens, always on camera. Great for both pictures of bees from a foot (or closer) to something the other end of the street. Its focussing was quite fast, faster than I can manage manually. Decided to include it in the kit for sale and go for the Nikon AF-S DX 18-140, extra resolution will make up for loss of focal length if necessary. Another bite out of the interest!

Now the weather is warmer I might be tempted out more, like that day at the arboretum that I keep promising myself! Got a 90Mb/s SD card so burst storage may be faster.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 09, 2018, 02:45:24 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?

Yes, a tripod is good, but more convenient is a VR lens, if Dave's new lens is a Vibration Reduction type.

The Signa has OS, optical stabilisation, but since the autofocus does not work can I be sure that the OS does? Tripods I keep for long exposures or "studio" (dining table) setups etc.

Tank, this was my general purpose lens, always on camera. Great for both pictures of bees from a foot (or closer) to something the other end of the street. Its focussing was quite fast, faster than I can manage manually. Decided to include it in the kit for sale and go for the Nikon AF-S DX 18-140, extra resolution will make up for loss of focal length if necessary. Another bite out of the interest!

Now the weather is warmer I might be tempted out more, like that day at the arboretum that I keep promising myself! Got a 90Mb/s SD card so burst storage may be faster.

You might need a software upgrade for the lens. Have a look at the sigma sight and look for lens compatibility. I had the same problem with a Sigma 70-300 that worked on the A290 but not on the A68.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 09, 2018, 03:05:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2018, 02:45:24 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?

Yes, a tripod is good, but more convenient is a VR lens, if Dave's new lens is a Vibration Reduction type.

The Signa has OS, optical stabilisation, but since the autofocus does not work can I be sure that the OS does? Tripods I keep for long exposures or "studio" (dining table) setups etc.

Tank, this was my general purpose lens, always on camera. Great for both pictures of bees from a foot (or closer) to something the other end of the street. Its focussing was quite fast, faster than I can manage manually. Decided to include it in the kit for sale and go for the Nikon AF-S DX 18-140, extra resolution will make up for loss of focal length if necessary. Another bite out of the interest!

Now the weather is warmer I might be tempted out more, like that day at the arboretum that I keep promising myself! Got a 90Mb/s SD card so burst storage may be faster.

You might need a software upgrade for the lens. Have a look at the sigma sight and look for lens compatibility. I had the same problem with a Sigma 70-300 that worked on the A290 but not on the A68.
Sigma do not list the DC 18-250 on their upgrade site . . . 200 & 300 but no 250.

Ho hum. Nikon lens arrives Saturday. Price about that I will be asking for the other stuff.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 09, 2018, 03:08:27 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 03:05:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2018, 02:45:24 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?

Yes, a tripod is good, but more convenient is a VR lens, if Dave's new lens is a Vibration Reduction type.

The Signa has OS, optical stabilisation, but since the autofocus does not work can I be sure that the OS does? Tripods I keep for long exposures or "studio" (dining table) setups etc.

Tank, this was my general purpose lens, always on camera. Great for both pictures of bees from a foot (or closer) to something the other end of the street. Its focussing was quite fast, faster than I can manage manually. Decided to include it in the kit for sale and go for the Nikon AF-S DX 18-140, extra resolution will make up for loss of focal length if necessary. Another bite out of the interest!

Now the weather is warmer I might be tempted out more, like that day at the arboretum that I keep promising myself! Got a 90Mb/s SD card so burst storage may be faster.

You might need a software upgrade for the lens. Have a look at the sigma sight and look for lens compatibility. I had the same problem with a Sigma 70-300 that worked on the A290 but not on the A68.
Sigma do not list the DC 18-250 on their upgrade site . . . 200 & 300 but no 250.

Ho hum. Nikon lens arrives Saturday. Price about that I will be asking for the other stuff.
You actually have used the incompatibility to allow you to buy a new lens haven't you! :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 03:13:44 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2018, 03:08:27 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 03:05:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2018, 02:45:24 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?

Yes, a tripod is good, but more convenient is a VR lens, if Dave's new lens is a Vibration Reduction type.

The Signa has OS, optical stabilisation, but since the autofocus does not work can I be sure that the OS does? Tripods I keep for long exposures or "studio" (dining table) setups etc.

Tank, this was my general purpose lens, always on camera. Great for both pictures of bees from a foot (or closer) to something the other end of the street. Its focussing was quite fast, faster than I can manage manually. Decided to include it in the kit for sale and go for the Nikon AF-S DX 18-140, extra resolution will make up for loss of focal length if necessary. Another bite out of the interest!

Now the weather is warmer I might be tempted out more, like that day at the arboretum that I keep promising myself! Got a 90Mb/s SD card so burst storage may be faster.

You might need a software upgrade for the lens. Have a look at the sigma sight and look for lens compatibility. I had the same problem with a Sigma 70-300 that worked on the A290 but not on the A68.
Sigma do not list the DC 18-250 on their upgrade site . . . 200 & 300 but no 250.

Ho hum. Nikon lens arrives Saturday. Price about that I will be asking for the other stuff.
You actually have used the incompatibility to allow you to buy a new lens haven't you! :D

Be glad you're single!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 09, 2018, 03:57:25 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 03:13:44 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2018, 03:08:27 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 03:05:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2018, 02:45:24 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 09, 2018, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 01:05:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 12:58:15 PM
Tripod then?

Yes, a tripod is good, but more convenient is a VR lens, if Dave's new lens is a Vibration Reduction type.

The Signa has OS, optical stabilisation, but since the autofocus does not work can I be sure that the OS does? Tripods I keep for long exposures or "studio" (dining table) setups etc.

Tank, this was my general purpose lens, always on camera. Great for both pictures of bees from a foot (or closer) to something the other end of the street. Its focussing was quite fast, faster than I can manage manually. Decided to include it in the kit for sale and go for the Nikon AF-S DX 18-140, extra resolution will make up for loss of focal length if necessary. Another bite out of the interest!

Now the weather is warmer I might be tempted out more, like that day at the arboretum that I keep promising myself! Got a 90Mb/s SD card so burst storage may be faster.

You might need a software upgrade for the lens. Have a look at the sigma sight and look for lens compatibility. I had the same problem with a Sigma 70-300 that worked on the A290 but not on the A68.
Sigma do not list the DC 18-250 on their upgrade site . . . 200 & 300 but no 250.

Ho hum. Nikon lens arrives Saturday. Price about that I will be asking for the other stuff.
You actually have used the incompatibility to allow you to buy a new lens haven't you! :D

Be glad you're single!

Single, no dependants, flat paid for, only £20 road tax, no special person to leave money to (the one specialish person did not want to be in my will 'cos I won't be in hers!) and constantly about £50k behind the price of a bungalow round here. . . Local hospital will probably be able to buy some extra kit.

Interest is legitimate mad money!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 07:37:07 PM
Amazon has missed two deliveries in as many weeks. Last week it was a movie so I really didn't care. Yesterday it was a piece of test equipment that I needed TODAY. The latest I've heard is that it'll be here on Friday which means the job will have to wait until sometime next week.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 09, 2018, 07:55:46 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 09, 2018, 07:37:07 PM
Amazon has missed two deliveries in as many weeks. Last week it was a movie so I really didn't care. Yesterday it was a piece of test equipment that I needed TODAY. The latest I've heard is that it'll be here on Friday which means the job will have to wait until sometime next week.
It is as bad iver here sometimes, they are getting to big and maybe not investing enough in paying decent wages or customer service. Their own couriers here change constantly and have been known to report things as signed for that I have never received. Once there cocked it up so much I ended up getting the same thing replaced twice - then was told I could keep the extra items oir free. Since it was books I was buying for the local school they scored well!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 12, 2018, 04:15:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 09, 2018, 05:21:11 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 09, 2018, 04:56:51 AM
Up at 1 a.m. putting together a presentation for tomorrow. Yesterday and the day before I got less sleep than I'm used to so now there's a debt to pay...

(https://i.imgur.com/HgCc7en.png)

Yes, caffeine please. :P

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 12, 2018, 04:26:17 PM
Hey, for me that spells, "N, n, no. NO!"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 12, 2018, 04:27:56 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 12, 2018, 04:26:17 PM
Hey, for me that spells, "N, n, no. NO!"

:lol: To me, it's as if it's saying, "I'm the organic chemistry that haunts your dreams!"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 12, 2018, 04:30:38 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 12, 2018, 04:27:56 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 12, 2018, 04:26:17 PM
Hey, for me that spells, "N, n, no. NO!"

:lol: To me, it's as if that's saying, "I'm the organic chemistry that haunts your dreams!"

:snicker1:
Organic chemistry is your friend in this case: that's caffeine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 17, 2018, 06:00:23 PM
I need to find a nice dry, remote cave to live in until the mass media, and public, madness over the "Royal Wedding" .

Need vehicle access to get all the vino, food and books to. But no electronics except an SAR beacon - just in case.

Impossible to listen to the radio, any of my chosen channels, without some, often repeated, clip about some aspect of the royal ding dong or other aspect of marriage in general!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 18, 2018, 12:25:51 AM
Dave you have herewith met the stringent requirements of my very own Old Curmudgeons Club.  Usually know as OCC,  Sometimes called the MOFC or miserable old farts club.  I join you in unwelcome nausea at all the senseless kerfuffel about the royal wedding.

I am also thinking in terms of a warm and dry cave somewhere until all this madness blows over.   As an added incentive  or cave dwelling, I/we would not have to endure the breathless hourly reports about the narcissistic, misanthropic Trump person.   Can you believe that he has been mentioned for the Nobel Peace prize by many of his acolytes? 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 18, 2018, 01:50:38 AM
Quote from: Icarus on May 18, 2018, 12:25:51 AM
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As an added incentive  or cave dwelling, I/we would not have to endure the breathless hourly reports about the narcissistic, misanthropic Trump person.   Can you believe that he has been mentioned for the Nobel Peace prize by many of his acolytes?
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cb/b6/2e/cbb62e898257efdb34e77e74fb4eb395.jpg)
:rimshot:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 18, 2018, 02:49:19 AM
Yesterday a surgeon who specializes in optical surgeries removed A basil cell carcinoma from one of my eyelids.  I was concerned about how in hell he was going to chop out a piece of my eyelid and then use a needle to close the wound with sutures.  (12 of them) .... How does one do that without spearing the eyeball which is touching the eyelid?  Easy for him, I learned. Push the eyeball back into the head cavity until there is some clearance for the wicked little curved needle.  Who knew?  What I discovered is that it is painful, but not unbearable.

Today I have a big patch bandage  over my right eye and it is making me grumpy.  Hooray I get to remove it tomorrow and then gunk the wound up four times a day with expensive Erythromyacin ointment and wait for the incision to heal sufficiently to have the sutures removed.   I suppose the dude is going to push my eyeball back again while the stitches are removed.  Oh Joy.

I am also grumpy because the eye patch is white .  If it had been black I could have spent the few days talking like a pirate as in ....."Avast me Hearties,  time to"splice the main brace".

Both my eyes are better than average for an octogenarian but with only one eye to use, for now, my depth perception is compromised.  Dammit I cannot, or better to say. dare not, drive to the booze store to get suitable internal medicine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 18, 2018, 03:51:10 AM
Quote from: Icarus on May 18, 2018, 02:49:19 AM
...Dammit I cannot, or better to say. dare not, drive to the booze store to get suitable internal medicine.
Walk, Icarus, walk.  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 18, 2018, 04:25:13 AM
After more than 15 years, I finally got my salary increase. I didn't expect too much, even though the costs of living have more than doubled over time, but the 50 Euro per month increase was much less than what I hoped for >:(.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 18, 2018, 04:56:45 AM
Quote from: Icarus on May 18, 2018, 02:49:19 AM
Yesterday a surgeon who specializes in optical surgeries removed A basil cell carcinoma from one of my eyelids.  I was concerned about how in hell he was going to chop out a piece of my eyelid and then use a needle to close the wound with sutures.  (12 of them) .... How does one do that without spearing the eyeball which is touching the eyelid?  Easy for him, I learned. Push the eyeball back into the head cavity until there is some clearance for the wicked little curved needle.  Who knew?  What I discovered is that it is painful, but not unbearable.

Today I have a big patch bandage  over my right eye and it is making me grumpy.  Hooray I get to remove it tomorrow and then gunk the wound up four times a day with expensive Erythromyacin ointment and wait for the incision to heal sufficiently to have the sutures removed.   I suppose the dude is going to push my eyeball back again while the stitches are removed.  Oh Joy.

I am also grumpy because the eye patch is white .  If it had been black I could have spent the few days talking like a pirate as in ....."Avast me Hearties,  time to"splice the main brace".

Both my eyes are better than average for an octogenarian but with only one eye to use, for now, my depth perception is compromised.  Dammit I cannot, or better to say. dare not, drive to the booze store to get suitable internal medicine.

I wish you a speedy recovery, Icarus. I notice that you still type perfectly, as usual. I hope that your shortage of "medication" can be resolved speedily.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 18, 2018, 05:06:35 AM
Well, Icarus, glad to hear they got the bugger out. Clever guys, these surgrons, but they often do have to cause pain to cure.

Tom, this is a story I have heard before - makes me feel a little guilty at complsining about the 2% we used to get e ery yesr, below inflation but . . . As a pensioner I have got used to price rises exceeding income increase every year, but I think thst's a paltry reward for those years of service. Except for one job, where I near doubled my salary in three years (standard pay increases + promotion + merit awards), I realised the only way to better pay was to change jobs. Too often the only incentive to stay in a job is the fear of not getting another. A poor incentive.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 18, 2018, 05:19:43 AM
Just thought. I have a ID card neckstrap thing with "Old Fart" printed rrpeatedly along it (a gift from friend). Loads of people seen wearing straps in town - sort of badge of merit "I have a job where I need to be identified". So, got a graphics program, got a printer, got a laminator . , .

Think I am about to become the first member of "GOOF"  - "Grumpy Order of Old Farts".
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on May 18, 2018, 06:04:52 AM
Saw some poor clod the other day with a flat on their donut.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 18, 2018, 06:14:04 AM
Quote from: No one on May 18, 2018, 06:04:52 AM
Saw some poor clod the other day with a flat on their donut.

It must have been a big donut, unless it was a tiny apartment.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on May 18, 2018, 05:37:51 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 17, 2018, 06:00:23 PM
I need to find a nice dry, remote cave to live in until the mass media, and public, madness over the "Royal Wedding" .

Need vehicle access to get all the vino, food and books to. But no electronics except an SAR beacon - just in case.

Impossible to listen to the radio, any of my chosen channels, without some, often repeated, clip about some aspect of the royal ding dong or other aspect of marriage in general!
Do what I do. Going to a pistol shooting competition all weekend.
Gonna be a lot of fun if the weather gods are willing, and no one there is likely to be going on about weddings and stuff.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 18, 2018, 07:22:27 PM
Pistol competition might be a bit tricky, or risky, in the UK...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 18, 2018, 08:13:31 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 18, 2018, 07:22:27 PM
Pistol competition might be a bit tricky, or risky, in the UK...

Just about mpossible I think, unless they are antique muzzle loaders or something. Didn't Tank say that even the UK Olympic pistol teams have to practice elsewhere?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_(Amendment)_(No._2)_Act_1997
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 20, 2018, 08:59:08 PM
They do.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 22, 2018, 07:28:42 AM
I've been apprehensive about my hip replacement for the last few weeks. It is scheduled for tomorrow morning, to be done by a very respected surgeon, who has performed thousands of these operations. I know it's not a big deal these days, and it usually is quite successful; nevertheless, I'm still quite grumpy about it. I hope to be back home by the weekend, if all goes well.

Try to behave yourselves while I'm away.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 22, 2018, 07:55:08 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 22, 2018, 07:28:42 AM
I've been apprehensive about my hip replacement for the last few weeks. It is scheduled for tomorrow morning, to be done by a very respected surgeon, who has performed thousands of these operations. I know it's not a big deal these days, and it usually is quite successful; nevertheless, I'm still quite grumpy about it. I hope to be back home by the weekend, if all goes well.

Try to behave yourselves while I'm away.

I can only imagine how you must be feeling right now. Hip Replacement doesn't sound like a small thing, but I'm sure knowing that it's being done by a very respected surgeon, who has performed thousands of them helps to ease some worries.

I hope all goes well. Take care, we'll be here when when you get back.


Try to behave? I'll try...but I don't know, man. :notsure:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on May 22, 2018, 08:25:09 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 22, 2018, 07:28:42 AM
I've been apprehensive about my hip replacement for the last few weeks. It is scheduled for tomorrow morning, to be done by a very respected surgeon, who has performed thousands of these operations. I know it's not a big deal these days, and it usually is quite successful; nevertheless, I'm still quite grumpy about it. I hope to be back home by the weekend, if all goes well.

Try to behave yourselves while I'm away.

You wouldn't be having it done if you didn't need it, which means that life should be better once you've recovered from the operation. Being apprehensive is of course a fairly rational reaction, but I note that you've spared us till now. Looking forward to seeing you back here.  :smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 22, 2018, 09:04:23 AM
I always think I am a bit wierd because ops do not overly bother me - more bothered because only a death threat condition will induce them to give me a general anasthetic now.

But, sounds like you are in good hands, Hermes. As they said back when, "Get hip, man!"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on May 22, 2018, 12:49:30 PM
My 79 year old mum had a knee replacement recently.  Mum was a very naughty girl and did not do everything she was told by the physio so her recovery was a bit slow but she's in fine fettle now.  So I'd say the best thing to do is not worry about it and afterwards, follow the advice of your surgeon and whomsoever you are referred to for your rehabilitation.  You'll be glad you did!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 22, 2018, 01:50:03 PM
Thanks, guys, for all the kind words of encouragement.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 23, 2018, 12:34:14 AM
My daughter, 63,  recently had a hip replacement. She walked (slowly) out of the surgical facility the same day as the surgery.  The surgical site was very small, only about four centimeters. She was back to her energetically active ways within six weeks.

Good luck Hermes, we'll be anxiously waiting for your return......and may the force be with you.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 23, 2018, 06:23:21 PM
My friend was banned from another forum on it after I was banned. They had not even posted that day. But the ban reason was "Persistently lying and manipulating other members, causing harm." But I feel that those mods over there don't care if another member gets hurt as long as it's the mods doing the hurting. They break the rules often and have insulted me and my friends since day 1 and none of them are held accountable. But I bring any issue up with them (even if I want to take a break and say goodbye) and they get mad at me and delete my posts then send me a private message saying that I'm "triggering other members". And I posted some unsavory pictures in a thread to use up the thread because that was offending me how the moderators were acting in that thread. So I get a PM from one and I explain that and she gives me an insincere apology like they all do. But I was lead to believe that everything was okay and then I move to the other page and I'm banned. So I made a dummy account to ask why and there was this huge discussion about the mod I spoke to was away and didn't mention to the other members that they dealt with that, even though they openly say that they talk about everything. So I asked the Admin to anonymize my account (since it can't be deleted) and shortly after my friend was banned. My friend hadn't even done anything that day but posted that they are itchy. They don't deserve to be banned because they had done nothing wrong and I'm just furious over the mods there not caring who they hurt as long as they feel good about what they do. And I feel like they only banned them because they were trying to get to me. And my friend was talking about killing their self and they cut up their arm and that they deserve to be beaten raped and abused because of their being banned for over a year. And I was trying to talk them down all since yesterday up until 2 am and now they won't talk to me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 24, 2018, 12:21:25 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 22, 2018, 07:28:42 AM
I've been apprehensive about my hip replacement for the last few weeks. It is scheduled for tomorrow morning, to be done by a very respected surgeon, who has performed thousands of these operations. I know it's not a big deal these days, and it usually is quite successful; nevertheless, I'm still quite grumpy about it. I hope to be back home by the weekend, if all goes well.

Try to behave yourselves while I'm away.

See you soon! :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 26, 2018, 12:49:44 PM
Truckers have gone on strike nationwide, which has lasted for about a week so far, and now there's a petrol supply crisis. Public transportation has stopped, food supply has stopped and supermarket items aren't being restocked. Classes have been cancelled until further notice. Planes aren't leaving the airport patio due to the lack of kerosene.

What else... :notsure:

Negotiations aren't really going anywhere so now the government is using the military to remove the truckers blocking major highways and petrol refineries. Economic losses are estimated to be about a billion reais, just in the meat sector.

Don't know what's going to happen in the next few days.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 26, 2018, 01:11:20 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 26, 2018, 12:49:44 PM
Truckers have gone on strike nationwide, which has lasted for about a week so far, and now there's a petrol supply crisis. Public transportation has stopped, food supply has stopped and supermarket items aren't being restocked. Classes have been cancelled until further notice. Planes aren't leaving the airport patio due to the lack of kerosene.

What else... :notsure:

Negotiations aren't really going anywhere so now the government is using the military to remove the truckers blocking major highways and petrol refineries. Economic losses are estimated to be about a billion reais, just in the meat sector.

Don't know what's going to happen in the next few days.

Thought I had heard that the truckers' union/association has asked them to stop the blockages with the threat of "military action". But what discipline is there?

Sounds like the slide into anarchy is getting steeper and slipperier. 

Take care, Silver - been thinking about you.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 26, 2018, 02:38:35 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 26, 2018, 12:49:44 PM
Truckers have gone on strike nationwide, which has lasted for about a week so far, and now there's a petrol supply crisis. Public transportation has stopped, food supply has stopped and supermarket items aren't being restocked. Classes have been cancelled until further notice. Planes aren't leaving the airport patio due to the lack of kerosene.

What else... :notsure:

Negotiations aren't really going anywhere so now the government is using the military to remove the truckers blocking major highways and petrol refineries. Economic losses are estimated to be about a billion reais, just in the meat sector.

Don't know what's going to happen in the next few days.

That sounds grim, I hadn't heard anything.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 26, 2018, 09:12:44 PM
I'll bet a lot of Brazilian transport companies contact Tesla about their autonomous trucks in the near future.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on May 26, 2018, 09:20:46 PM
I hope you make it through SPx. I know a lot of shit has been happening there that you've said.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 27, 2018, 01:44:10 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 26, 2018, 12:49:44 PM
Truckers have gone on strike nationwide, which has lasted for about a week so far, and now there's a petrol supply crisis. Public transportation has stopped, food supply has stopped and supermarket items aren't being restocked. Classes have been cancelled until further notice. Planes aren't leaving the airport patio due to the lack of kerosene.

What else... :notsure:

Negotiations aren't really going anywhere so now the government is using the military to remove the truckers blocking major highways and petrol refineries. Economic losses are estimated to be about a billion reais, just in the meat sector.

Don't know what's going to happen in the next few days.
Been watching this on the BBC.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 27, 2018, 12:02:47 PM
It seems there is a glimmer of hope for a resolution to the problem, at least according to the main news station, which is very pro-government, so I don't know. They say that as of yesterday almost half the trucks in blockages have been removed and some transporting petrol have gone to supply stations. Negotiations are apparently still underway.   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 27, 2018, 01:16:51 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 27, 2018, 12:02:47 PM
It seems there is a glimmer of hope for a resolution to the problem, at least according to the main news station, which is very pro-government, so I don't know. They say that as of yesterday almost half the trucks in blockages have been removed and some transporting petrol have gone to supply stations. Negotiations are apparently still underway.   
This has similarities with the fuel depot embargo here by farmers and truckers about 20 years ago and but there was a similar protest before that IIRC. But we did not have the other factors, the policing problems or the violence that Brazil is currently suffering.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 28, 2018, 09:42:23 AM
Hi Everyone. I was discharged from hospital yesterday. I did not have a good night, with hallucinations and very little sleep, but feeling much better today. Luckily there is almost no pain at all. From now on it's literally "small steps" for me, and I'm assured by the experts that I will feel a bit better every day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 28, 2018, 09:54:05 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 28, 2018, 09:42:23 AM
Hi Everyone. I was discharged from hospital yesterday. I did not have a good night, with hallucinations and very little sleep, but feeling much better today. Luckily there is almost no pain at all. From now on it's literally "small steps" for me, and I'm assured by the experts that I will feel a bit better every day.

Great news, Hermes! Not a grumpy announcement at all.

Yes, take is easy, friend, you will wonder why you worried as you jog around in a few months!  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 28, 2018, 09:58:34 AM
Quote from: Dave on May 28, 2018, 09:54:05 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 28, 2018, 09:42:23 AM
Hi Everyone. I was discharged from hospital yesterday. I did not have a good night, with hallucinations and very little sleep, but feeling much better today. Luckily there is almost no pain at all. From now on it's literally "small steps" for me, and I'm assured by the experts that I will feel a bit better every day.

Great news, Hermes! Not a grumpy announcement at all.

Yes, take is easy, friend, you will wonder why you worried as you jog around in a few months!  :grin:

Thanks, Dave. No, I'm not really grumpy. I was just following up on my original post in this thread.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on May 28, 2018, 11:26:37 AM
I am going to rent my attic out, on short term lets, as a laxative!

I am a pretty regular dumper, between 8am and 9am 98%, and very rarely again that day since I adjusted my food type/volume intake. But, even after the early dump if I go up the ladder to do some work I can be pretty sure of needing another crap within 30 minutes! Regardless of time of day.

(Hmm, same thing used to happen to me in book shops, something about processed wood? Lotta ply, chipboard and MDF up there.)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2018, 06:43:20 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 28, 2018, 09:42:23 AM
Hi Everyone. I was discharged from hospital yesterday. I did not have a good night, with hallucinations and very little sleep, but feeling much better today. Luckily there is almost no pain at all. From now on it's literally "small steps" for me, and I'm assured by the experts that I will feel a bit better every day.
Excellent news.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 01, 2018, 06:29:13 PM
I am finally resigned to the fact that I am getting old.

Gentle exercise is not relieving the almost constant achey feeling in my shoulders. Normally it takes only a couple of days to get used to sitting at the computer again - but after a week my arms, shoulders and back. That puts the kibosh on my current voluntary job. Gentle but constant movement, not letting joints get "set" by staying in one position too long seems to be the trick.

Lifting and carrying, even pushing a shopping cart, causes shortness of breath. But, looking on the bright side, I can walk further now before needing a rest than way the case at the start of the year. Just have to do it as a slow stroll.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 01, 2018, 06:52:44 PM
The way I see it Dave,  I may grow old, but I'll never grow up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 01, 2018, 07:19:25 PM
Quote from: No one on June 01, 2018, 06:52:44 PM
The way I see it Dave,  I may grow old, but I'll never grow up.

Know wot yer mean . . .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 02, 2018, 12:39:44 AM
Gone midnight, 2 degrees of fever, sweating, joints aching, ditto head, skin overly senstive, knackered yet nowhere near sleep . . .

Paracetamol (Tylenol) and aspirin not helping much.

Think I might have a bug.

Wish it would bug off (to use an American expression.)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on June 02, 2018, 01:04:12 AM
Hmm, the unofficial HAF panacea seems in order: Some hot whisky and lemon.

Take care, Dave, that sounds like a potentially rather bothersome invader.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 02, 2018, 04:45:02 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 02, 2018, 12:39:44 AM
Gone midnight, 2 degrees of fever, sweating, joints aching, ditto head, skin overly senstive, knackered yet nowhere near sleep . . .

Paracetamol (Tylenol) and aspirin not helping much.

Think I might have a bug.

Wish it would bug off (to use an American expression.)

Hope you get over it soon, Dave. It sounds like one of those fleeting viruses, so it may only last up to two days if you follow Recusant's advice.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 02, 2018, 05:53:26 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 02, 2018, 04:45:02 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 02, 2018, 12:39:44 AM
Gone midnight, 2 degrees of fever, sweating, joints aching, ditto head, skin overly senstive, knackered yet nowhere near sleep . . .

Paracetamol (Tylenol) and aspirin not helping much.

Think I might have a bug.

Wish it would bug off (to use an American expression.)

Hope you get over it soon, Dave. It sounds like one of those fleeting viruses, so it may only last up to two days if you follow Recusant's advice.
Thanks for the concern guts!

Like to follow that medical advice but not up to driving to Tesco to get the requesits!

Actually do feel better (@ 0530), got some sleep and temp normal again.  Though worse this is the second time this has happened in a week. Definitely a "fleeting virus" in effect. Hmm, I have had the 'flu jab but wonder what happens if you subsequently get hit with a flu virus? Does the jab stop it dead during incubation, before any symptoms even show, or will there be a reduced (level and duration) symptomatic period whilst the antibodies do their job? And what happens if you get hit by a close relative of whatever flu variety mix they decided on this time?

The jab gives no protection against cold (rhino-) viruses but, if anything, my chronic rhinitis has reduced during this period

Can't find much on it with a quick sesrch, main mentions are of the delay in immunity activation (whilst the antibodies are made) and side effects soon after having the jab. I have never been bothered by those. Had the jab last October.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 02, 2018, 06:43:23 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 02, 2018, 05:53:26 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 02, 2018, 04:45:02 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 02, 2018, 12:39:44 AM
Gone midnight, 2 degrees of fever, sweating, joints aching, ditto head, skin overly senstive, knackered yet nowhere near sleep . . .

Paracetamol (Tylenol) and aspirin not helping much.

Think I might have a bug.

Wish it would bug off (to use an American expression.)

Hope you get over it soon, Dave. It sounds like one of those fleeting viruses, so it may only last up to two days if you follow Recusant's advice.
Thanks for the concern guts!

Like to follow that medical advice but not up to driving to Tesco to get the requesits!

Actually do feel better (@ 0530), got some sleep and temp normal again.  Though worse this is the second time this has happened in a week. Definitely a "fleeting virus" in effect. Hmm, I have had the 'flu jab but wonder what happens if you subsequently get hit with a flu virus? Does the jab stop it dead during incubation, before any symptoms even show, or will there be a reduced (level and duration) symptomatic period whilst the antibodies do their job? And what happens if you get hit by a close relative of whatever flu variety mix they decided on this time?

The jab gives no protection against cold (rhino-) viruses but, if anything, my chronic rhinitis has reduced during this period

Can't find much on it with a quick sesrch, main mentions are of the delay in immunity activation (whilst the antibodies are made) and side effects soon after having the jab. I have never been bothered by those. Had the jab last October.

Glad you got some sleep. Since my discharge from hospital last Sunday, I discovered how lack of sleep can increase my grumpiness. Last night was the first this week I slept more than 1 hour; I guess I got about 5. It seems to be a common problem after hip replacements.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on June 02, 2018, 03:25:06 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 01, 2018, 06:29:13 PM
I am finally resigned to the fact that I am getting old.

Gentle exercise is not relieving the almost constant achey feeling in my shoulders. Normally it takes only a couple of days to get used to sitting at the computer again - but after a week my arms, shoulders and back. That puts the kibosh on my current voluntary job. Gentle but constant movement, not letting joints get "set" by staying in one position too long seems to be the trick.

Lifting and carrying, even pushing a shopping cart, causes shortness of breath. But, looking on the bright side, I can walk further now before needing a rest than way the case at the start of the year. Just have to do it as a slow stroll.

This shouldn't be happening at your age.
Are you sure you're eating enough babies?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 02, 2018, 03:43:34 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on June 02, 2018, 03:25:06 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 01, 2018, 06:29:13 PM
I am finally resigned to the fact that I am getting old.

Gentle exercise is not relieving the almost constant achey feeling in my shoulders. Normally it takes only a couple of days to get used to sitting at the computer again - but after a week my arms, shoulders and back. That puts the kibosh on my current voluntary job. Gentle but constant movement, not letting joints get "set" by staying in one position too long seems to be the trick.

Lifting and carrying, even pushing a shopping cart, causes shortness of breath. But, looking on the bright side, I can walk further now before needing a rest than way the case at the start of the year. Just have to do it as a slow stroll.

This shouldn't be happening at your age.
Are you sure you're eating enough babies?

At 73 and 20 years after being given a 5% chance of surviving my heart attack(s), nearly dying twice since and being in heart failure I have a right to get breathless!

Naw, gone off babies, too tender, need something to get my teeth into. Spit roast football player sounds good, nice and lean, good for the diet!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 03, 2018, 09:52:26 PM
Tripped over a book on the gloor, got carpet burns down to the red stuff on right knee and elbow. Bloody sore.

That it is entirely my fault does not help. The book is called "Illusions", the pain is no illusion.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 03, 2018, 10:27:21 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 03, 2018, 09:52:26 PM
Tripped over a book on the gloor, got carpet burns down to the red stuff on right knee and elbow. Bloody sore.

That it is entirely my fault does not help. The book is called "Illusions", the pain is no illusion.

The illusion was probably when you didn't see the book.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 04, 2018, 05:21:01 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 03, 2018, 10:27:21 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 03, 2018, 09:52:26 PM
Tripped over a book on the gloor, got carpet burns down to the red stuff on right knee and elbow. Bloody sore.

That it is entirely my fault does not help. The book is called "Illusions", the pain is no illusion.

The illusion was probably when you didn't see the book.

More like being disillusioned.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 04, 2018, 05:57:55 AM
I was promised an apocalypse in 2012. It has yet to manifest. I grow more grumpy by the hour!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 05, 2018, 01:25:20 PM
Csr failed its annual inspection, rear brakes binding in pistons and not applying properly.

Problem is that I am a "light right" driver, easy on the accelerator (mostly) and brakes. Use the gears when slowing for a stop (unless the guy in front brakes) and brake lightly for last car length or two. Don't give the brakes enough exercise or notice loss of efficiency.

Anyway, they say the can fix it this afternoon, will call me when, and there are bus stops, boths ways, right outside.

Had a pub lunch, kid's portion of chicken chaser with chips and salad for less than £4. Tasty.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 05, 2018, 02:31:34 PM
When was your brake fluid last changed? That's often a contributing factor in sticking caliper pistons. Corrosion on the piston catches the square cut seal.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 05, 2018, 02:43:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 05, 2018, 02:31:34 PM
When was your brake fluid last changed? That's often a contributing factor in sticking caliper pistons. Corrosion on the piston catches the square cut seal.
It's the rear cylinder brakes, front discs are OK on the dynamometer.  Fluid changed about 2000 miles ago, at 30k mile service. Thst was about 2.5 years ago.

Still reckon I am too light on the pedal! I well know things get stiff if you don't exercise them (well, most things), and wear out if you exercise them too hard, too much.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 05, 2018, 03:24:07 PM
I am going to make a video on how to deal with anger. There are several methods I've seen today but this is going to be a approach I learned from martial arts and how it still applies to my life today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 05, 2018, 06:13:40 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 05, 2018, 02:43:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 05, 2018, 02:31:34 PM
When was your brake fluid last changed? That's often a contributing factor in sticking caliper pistons. Corrosion on the piston catches the square cut seal.
It's the rear cylinder brakes, front discs are OK on the dynamometer.  Fluid changed about 2000 miles ago, at 30k mile service. Thst was about 2.5 years ago.

Still reckon I am too light on the pedal! I well know things get stiff if you don't exercise them (well, most things), and wear out if you exercise them too hard, too much.

Might have the fluid checked for water and copper contamination. Two years is about the service interval on brake fluid, if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 05, 2018, 06:38:56 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 05, 2018, 06:13:40 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 05, 2018, 02:43:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 05, 2018, 02:31:34 PM
When was your brake fluid last changed? That's often a contributing factor in sticking caliper pistons. Corrosion on the piston catches the square cut seal.
It's the rear cylinder brakes, front discs are OK on the dynamometer.  Fluid changed about 2000 miles ago, at 30k mile service. Thst was about 2.5 years ago.

Still reckon I am too light on the pedal! I well know things get stiff if you don't exercise them (well, most things), and wear out if you exercise them too hard, too much.

Might have the fluid checked for water and copper contamination. Two years is about the service interval on brake fluid, if I remember correctly.

They changed slave cylinders, hoses and fluid it seems - £212 including the test. Trouble is the put the wrong mileage on the cert, seems like I have done minus 600 miles last year. Odometer was in "trip" mode, not total miles, and they missed the decimal point. Never would have happened back in the old days with proper odometers with little numbers that went round and two of them!
:geezer!:

I think this also invalidates the certificate.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 03:21:35 AM
Since they screwed up they should make it right. To me, that means retesting or knocking that cost off the repair bill. Also, I just realized how rare drum brakes are these days. Stuck brake cylinders never crossed my mind!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 06, 2018, 05:30:26 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 03:21:35 AM
Since they screwed up they should make it right. To me, that means retesting or knocking that cost off the repair bill. Also, I just realized how rare drum brakes are these days. Stuck brake cylinders never crossed my mind!

Not sure what you mean about their fsult. The duff cylinders are not their fault and, having had the required work done by them, the retest was free. Getting a replacement or copy of the cert costs £10, well it did when my wallet was stolen some years ago. This time, yes their error, a replacement cert should be free.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 05:41:45 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 06, 2018, 05:30:26 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 03:21:35 AM
Since they screwed up they should make it right. To me, that means retesting or knocking that cost off the repair bill. Also, I just realized how rare drum brakes are these days. Stuck brake cylinders never crossed my mind!

Not sure what you mean about their fsult. The duff cylinders are not their fault and, having had the required work done by them, the retest was free. Getting a replacement or copy of the cert costs £10, well it did when my wallet was stolen some years ago. This time, yes their error, a replacement cert should be free.

That's what I meant. I wasn't sure how much the test cost, use of a dyno had me thinking big money.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 06, 2018, 06:09:59 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 05:41:45 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 06, 2018, 05:30:26 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 03:21:35 AM
Since they screwed up they should make it right. To me, that means retesting or knocking that cost off the repair bill. Also, I just realized how rare drum brakes are these days. Stuck brake cylinders never crossed my mind!

Not sure what you mean about their fsult. The duff cylinders are not their fault and, having had the required work done by them, the retest was free. Getting a replacement or copy of the cert costs £10, well it did when my wallet was stolen some years ago. This time, yes their error, a replacement cert should be free.

That's what I meant. I wasn't sure how much the test cost, use of a dyno had me thinking big money.

The standard test fee is about £54, as a repeat customer I get 50% discount off that. Can't see why using the dyno would be so expensive, just a powered rolling road the brakes fight against, standard part of the annual inspection - and should be used after any serious brake work, from a shoe/pad change up, according to a car mechanic neighbour. Rather pay a well equipped service station with certified techs for work on brake and steering systems rather than a bloke in a shed round the back.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 01:02:15 PM
A dyno is a rare piece of shop equipment over here. The only places I know of that even have one are race shops and aftermarket tuners. One is an old race shop in Richmond and the other is a tuner in North Carolina. Either has a waiting list to get a car on the machine. If you asked mechanics here about dyno testing brakes they'd look at you like you were crazy!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 06, 2018, 01:17:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 06, 2018, 01:02:15 PM
A dyno is a rare piece of shop equipment over here. The only places I know of that even have one are race shops and aftermarket tuners. One is an old race shop in Richmond and the other is a tuner in North Carolina. Either has a waiting list to get a car on the machine. If you asked mechanics here about dyno testing brakes they'd look at you like you were crazy!

Maybe the ones in the testing stations are not full dynos. Doubt the are used to check the horsepower at the wheels, as a full dyno would, but to check the opposite - the braking power.The drive for a full dyno would be a motor/generator with a calibrated e.m.f. brake so you can check the power out of the car as well as its speedo and braking system.

Suppose I should call the cut down version a "rolling road" to differentiate.. But some testing stations offer full performance testing/tuning as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 06, 2018, 08:23:19 PM
Definitely got severe man flu.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 07, 2018, 03:18:59 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 06, 2018, 08:23:19 PM
Definitely got severe man flu.
Yup.

At 10pm last night I was coughing continuously, weak, stinking head ache, felt like thumbs pressing my eyeball in, acheing in every joint . . . Barely got my teeth scraped and collapsed into bed.

At 1am woke up and needed to go to the loo, almost all symptoms gone, just slight, residual cough. 3am same story. What is this bug that hits in two or three hours then disappears just as quickly?

Just hoping it has pissed off for good!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 07, 2018, 04:52:25 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 07, 2018, 03:18:59 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 06, 2018, 08:23:19 PM
Definitely got severe man flu.
Yup.

At 10pm last night I was coughing continuously, weak, stinking head ache, felt like thumbs pressing my eyeball in, acheing in every joint . . . Barely got my teeth scraped and collapsed into bed.

At 1am woke up and needed to go to the loo, almost all symptoms gone, just slight, residual cough. 3am same story. What is this bug that hits in two or three hours then disappears just as quickly?

Just hoping it has pissed off for good!

We should call it "vol de nuit" flu.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 07, 2018, 04:54:19 AM
We'd call that the croup.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 07, 2018, 05:20:02 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 07, 2018, 04:54:19 AM
We'd call that the croup.

That makes sense. In his youth Dave was a dashing croupier in Monte Carlo, the plaything of many a merry widow.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 07, 2018, 05:44:18 AM
@ JJ
Coup is domething jot often mentioned ivee here, I am sure we get it but mainly remember that name from American sources. Hmm, could be, sort off. I did not have all the symptoms listed in Wiki. And it lasted hours rather than days - but that might be because I have had the flu jab and have a degree of immunity. Also a bit old, but sometimes elderliness leaves one vulnerable to kid's diseases. Presumably if one survives a few yesrs of colds and flu croup does not normally get a look-in.

Since I felt short of breath I hit myself with Ventolin and GTN spray, to open up the airways and vascular systems, as well as my usual nightly aspirin and paracetamol.

@Hermes
That must have been a previous life that I have no memory of. If there was dashing involved it was usually the women running away from me!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 07, 2018, 05:48:35 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 07, 2018, 05:44:18 AM
@ JJ
Coup is domething jot often mentioned ivee here, I am sure we get it but mainly remember that name from American sources. Hmm, could be, sort off. I did not have all the symptoms listed in Wiki. And it lasted hours rather than days - but that might be because I have had the flu jab and have a degree of immunity. Also a bit old, but sometimes elderliness leaves one vulnerable to kid's diseases. Presumably if one survives a few yesrs of colds and flu croup does not normally get a look-in.

Since I felt short of breath I hit myself with Ventolin and GTN spray, to open up the airways and vascular systems, as well as my usual nightly aspirin and paracetamol.

@Hermes
That must have been a previous life that I have no memory of. If there was dashing involved it was usually the women running away from me!

You are too modest.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 07, 2018, 03:06:17 PM
Someone has described me as having "compulsive disorder disorder".

Just 'cos I never put anythjng away until the piles get to be a hazard to health . . .

Or I desperately need the thing at the bottom.

Naw, then I just rearrange that pile of top of another

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Bug seems to have gone, temp back down to my normal 36.5 degrees and feeling comfy.

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 09, 2018, 06:17:53 AM
It came back again!

Yesterday morning I felt great, temperature normal, off to Tesco with no more than my normal feeling if despair (wanted eight items, three if them out of stock), topped up car fluids as required, had a bit of a tidy-up (well, put two items back in drawers) . . .

By 9pm I was a steaming, aching, coughing wreck, by 10pm barely able to clean my teeth.  Couple of restless hours sweating in bed and I felt cooler. Next thing I know it's 5.30am. No aches, forehead cool, no sweats . . .

This is the third time round.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 09, 2018, 01:11:53 PM
I need a bed. I am too large to lay flat on my couch and almost too long to fit between arm rests. I'm 5' 9" but I've been working out so well that I just cannot fit on the couch without moving on my side and waking up with a pain in my back.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 09, 2018, 07:48:38 PM
The self-check out register at the store would not take my bridge card. And I put in the proper pin number and I probably went about it 4 or 7 times. Finally after that, I pulled out my debit card which I should not be using for food. Because they look at my finances every year to see how much I spent. And I had plenty of money on my bridge card which makes me even more upset. And the final straw is the possibility that I might be flat broke after I paid for this. And not only flat broke, but in the red at the bank with over draft fees accumulating every single day. And I don't get money until the 1st of every month. I might have to borrow some money but that shouldn't have to happen.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 09, 2018, 09:33:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 09, 2018, 06:17:53 AM
It came back again!

Yesterday morning I felt great, temperature normal, off to Tesco with no more than my normal feeling if despair (wanted eight items, three if them out of stock), topped up car fluids as required, had a bit of a tidy-up (well, put two items back in drawers) . . .

By 9pm I was a steaming, aching, coughing wreck, by 10pm barely able to clean my teeth.  Couple of restless hours sweating in bed and I felt cooler. Next thing I know it's 5.30am. No aches, forehead cool, no sweats . . .

This is the third time round.

Oh dear!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 09, 2018, 09:43:45 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 09, 2018, 09:33:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 09, 2018, 06:17:53 AM
It came back again!

Yesterday morning I felt great, temperature normal, off to Tesco with no more than my normal feeling if despair (wanted eight items, three if them out of stock), topped up car fluids as required, had a bit of a tidy-up (well, put two items back in drawers) . . .

By 9pm I was a steaming, aching, coughing wreck, by 10pm barely able to clean my teeth.  Couple of restless hours sweating in bed and I felt cooler. Next thing I know it's 5.30am. No aches, forehead cool, no sweats . . .

This is the third time round.

Oh dear!

A little bit of research found the following:

QuoteTuberculosis or lower respiratory tract infections are associated with evening rise in temperature. The other set of symptoms include persistent cough for more than three weeks and excessive weight loss.
http://www.tandurust.com/general-health/evening-fever-treatment.html

Don't think it is the first, no colour at all in the sputum. Hope the last does not apply, trying to lose a few kilos but . . . I do record my weight every day.

But, three weeks of this?!

This evening it was 37 at 5.30, 37.4 at 6.30, 37.7 at 7.40  and 37.7 now at 9.40. Not quite as uncomfortable and cough not so constant as this time last night, so there is hope.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 10, 2018, 04:11:30 AM
Well it seems neither grocery stores are accepting my food stamps now. And that is what the screen is telling me. "Card not accepted"
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 10, 2018, 05:08:39 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 10, 2018, 04:11:30 AM
Well it seems neither grocery stores are accepting my food stamps now. And that is what the screen is telling me. "Card not accepted"

We don'-t have a system like that over here, jusr cash benefits that the recipients are supposed to manage for themselves.

Are you "overdrawn" on the cards? Do they give you enough for the protein and calorie intake your gymwork needs?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 10, 2018, 05:34:57 AM
This subject of body temperature and time of day gets fascinating and explains a lot of how my nught goes:

QuoteWhy a Fever Is Higher at Night: Your Heat Cycle
Your temperature usually follows a built-in 24-hour cycle. Its lowest point is between 3 and 6 a.m., followed by a peak between 4 and 11 p.m.

Two major factors regulate this cycle:

Your hypothalamus has its own 24-hour hormone-secretion pattern. We don't know the reason for this so-called circadian rhythm, but to some extent the day/night light cycle helps regulate it.
The things the body does during the day (heartbeat, muscle movements, breathing) involve a release of heat energy, causing your core body temperature to warm up as the day progresses.
This explains why your temperature increases toward the end of the day under normal conditions. However, this cycle still happens when you have a fever. The difference is that now, the temperature elevation is more obvious since you're already starting from a higher temperature than normal.

There are exceptions to this cycle. Outside factors that can dampen the evening temperature-elevation include older age; certain medical conditions, such as diabetes; and the use of some common drugs, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or aspirin—all of which affect the functioning of the hypothalamus.
http://thesurvivaldoctor.com/2012/10/10/causes-of-night-fever-why-its-higher-later/

It also helps explain why rest is recommended for fever causing disease, maybe even why I boil alive 10 - 11pm after having had a calorie filled meal and wine earlyish in the evening.

Hmm, calorie intake seems important. I have been told thst I need an energy input to help fight the fever, replace the "lost heat" and rebuild reserves of protein and blood. Always used it as an excuse to grab the candy - perhaps I'll go for "slow calories" from proteins. Hmm, here I go for the cheese and chicken!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on June 10, 2018, 08:25:15 AM
Please see a doctor, Dave.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 10, 2018, 08:56:03 AM
Quote from: Recusant on June 10, 2018, 08:25:15 AM
Please see a doctor, Dave.

Not so easy at the weekend! But thanks for the concern, Recusant. We have the 111 telephone service who "interview" you, pass you on to a nurse practioner or doctor and recommend a path - they would send an ambulance if necessary. But you rarely get a home visit.

The symptoms so far are actually no worse than I have had before with summer coughs - just the pattern is different. If any nasty colour were to show in my sputum it would be a different matter. So far I have felt OK during the day and been able to fo the usual chores.

Will admit my temp is 37.8 at the moment but not feeling the aches and shakes, just warm. BP OK, pulse held down to 60 at rest by my pace maker. Unless there are obvious symtoms of something worse than an ordinary viral infection - like blood or other colours in the sputum - there is not a lot a doctor can do except offer NSAIDs, cough liquids and pain relief. I am not allowed any more NSAIDs than my nightly 75mg of aspirin and am currently maxing on Tylenol and cough liquid. Should yellow or green show in my sputum it might be a sign that bacteria have taken advantage and antibiotics might be called for. Blood would be a hospital job of course.

Pneumonia is my main concern but the symptoms for that are more constant and definite than those I suffer at the moment. But I have my "eye" on things.

All in all it is really only those 2 or 3 hours of real discomfort in the evening that is the problem, and last night was not as bad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 10, 2018, 09:57:59 AM
I have rediscovered that the thing more boring than watching most sports on TV is listening to them on the radio. Cricket and tennis just do not work. Except for fan(atic)s I suppose.


Grump.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 10, 2018, 04:27:17 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 10, 2018, 05:08:39 AM
Quote from: Arturo on June 10, 2018, 04:11:30 AM
Well it seems neither grocery stores are accepting my food stamps now. And that is what the screen is telling me. "Card not accepted"

We don'-t have a system like that over here, jusr cash benefits that the recipients are supposed to manage for themselves.

Are you "overdrawn" on the cards? Do they give you enough for the protein and calorie intake your gymwork needs?

No and no. I can check how much is on the food stamp card. It has over $28 and they can't be overdrawn. I usually buy protien mix with my debit card since you can't buy vitamins or supplements with food stamps.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 10, 2018, 07:54:22 PM
The bunch in The Noisy House across the road, and their visitors, have decided it's bicycle time. Kids and adults all over the road.

One bike has really squealy brakes and another a horn. And they shout at each other the whole time.

Would not deny them their fun, just wish it was somewhere in the middle of a very large field! A long way away.

Oh, forgot, they were teaching the ten yo girl to ride earlier - that meant almost constant screams from her. But that is only a little different to her normal. Like 95% to 75%.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 11, 2018, 08:13:01 PM
Misleading adverts:

Wanted a pair of cut proof gloves, saw these below, wirds "Stainless sreel mesh" lije a nagnet. Xheap as well . . .

They arrivedvtiday, ifvthere is any stsinless steel in tgem it is too fine to be seen by a 60x hand mucrosco0e, be detected by a sensitive metal detectir, can't be found by a multimeter. And though there are non-magnetic SS alloys I doubt that one would be used for these.

OK, it never actually says there is SS in the gloves (there may be carbon fibre), it may be that that description is part of the company name . . . Since Amazon are selling them I have made my feelings known via the feedback system - not that I expect a change.

Actually the gloves are a good fit, comfy and less clumsy that some work gloves I have. Not going to test them to Level 5 cuts whilst wearing them though!

(https://imgur.com/XufssEQ.jpg)

The 2star review rating is mine for what I feel is a an attempt at deception.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 11, 2018, 08:35:00 PM
My Dad and I watched a program with Bill Nye and he was cutting while wearing gloves and using a saw. My father warned me against that because if the gloves get caught by the saw, your hand is going with it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 11, 2018, 08:42:11 PM
With stationary power tools, yes gloves and long sleeves are dangerous. For handtools or handheld power tools gloves are fine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 11, 2018, 08:59:17 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 11, 2018, 08:42:11 PM
With stationary power tools, yes gloves and long sleeves are dangerous. For handtools or handheld power tools gloves are fine.
Yeah, seen the result of gloves dragging fingers onto a grindstone - gory and gruesome! Might be very careful mixing gloves and a 4" angle grinder as well.

Got gloves for most jobs now - 'cept SS mesh ones, but don't actually do much butchering, just the odd chicken.

What kind of saw was Bill Nye cutting with, hand, circular, chain reciprocating . . .? Makes a difference.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 12, 2018, 01:28:27 AM
Stainless chain mesh gloves are common in the clothing business where the fabric is piled many thicknesses deep and then cut, according to pattern, with a reciprocating knife. The knife is electric, large, heavy and potentially dangerous.  The gloves are pricey but they do what is intended. The knife can not cut through those intricately woven chains.

There are some garments and gloves of that sort used in the Scuba diving profession....or hobby as the case may be.  Supposedly shark and barracuda proof coverings. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 12, 2018, 02:35:17 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 11, 2018, 08:59:17 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 11, 2018, 08:42:11 PM
With stationary power tools, yes gloves and long sleeves are dangerous. For handtools or handheld power tools gloves are fine.
Yeah, seen the result of gloves dragging fingers onto a grindstone - gory and gruesome! Might be very careful mixing gloves and a 4" angle grinder as well.

Got gloves for most jobs now - 'cept SS mesh ones, but don't actually do much butchering, just the odd chicken.

What kind of saw was Bill Nye cutting with, hand, circular, chain reciprocating . . .? Makes a difference.

With an angle grinder I'd be much more worried about a piece of debris causing someone to drop the grinder and potentially be chased by it and maimed that way than getting a glove caught in the wheel. Really, you should never get your hand close enough to come into contact but I've seen it happen plenty of times so... I dunno.

A dropped grinder with a locking switch if frickin scary as hell though. I saw that happen to a guy working in the back of a dump truck. It climbed up his leg and nearly neutered him before he could get over the side of the truck. It kept dancing around until the wheel finally broke. Of course, he had the cord ends tied together.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on June 14, 2018, 02:17:45 PM
The sound level of Youtube videos are too often RIDICULOUSLY LOUD. WTF?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on June 15, 2018, 03:50:06 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on June 14, 2018, 02:17:45 PM
The sound level of Youtube videos are too often RIDICULOUSLY LOUD. WTF?

Turn down the volume on your hearing aid.  :grin:

You're welcome.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 15, 2018, 08:30:29 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on June 15, 2018, 03:50:06 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on June 14, 2018, 02:17:45 PM
The sound level of Youtube videos are too often RIDICULOUSLY LOUD. WTF?

Turn down the volume on your hearing aid.  :grin:

You're welcome.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 16, 2018, 09:10:10 AM
Going to take your advice after all, Recusant!

Though weight loss is seemingly consistent with the "evening flu" and my appetite is a bit suppressed I have lost 100g to 150g per day over the last week. I never have hit the carbs heavily anyway, mainly "interesting" and fibrous breads rather than pastas, spuds etc. Oh, oats, walnuts and mixed dried fruit with soy milk for brekkers. Last few days been consuming more protein; fish, ham, chicken and cheese. Plus yoghurt. Also been eating more fruit and drinking more juice.

Need strong flavours.

Gonna hit an 8" double spicy chicken and pepperoni pizza tonight. Will try not to eat more than half of it today!  Might have a lettuce leaf with it for health.  :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 16, 2018, 06:40:23 PM
It's a bit silly, but finding a Bluetooth headset that lasts for my entire 10 hour shift made me rather cheerful. Even better, the ear buds are quite comfortable. It only cost $80 (US). It is a Jabra Elite 25e. No more fussing about running the wire under my shirt so I don't snag it on things at work. It is a small thing, but it makes my work day a bit easier.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Arturo on June 16, 2018, 06:48:56 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 16, 2018, 06:40:23 PM
It's a bit silly, but finding a Bluetooth headset that lasts for my entire 10 hour shift made me rather cheerful. Even better, the ear buds are quite comfortable. It only cost $80 (US). It is a Jabra Elite 25e. No more fussing about running the wire under my shirt so I don't snag it on things at work. It is a small thing, but it makes my work day a bit easier.

That's good! I don't see any reason to be grumpy! I have the same thing with my bluetooth ear buds for the gym! They run around the back of my neck rather nicely and fit like regular ear buds! Something I looked for when I went to buy those.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 16, 2018, 07:00:26 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 16, 2018, 06:48:56 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 16, 2018, 06:40:23 PM
It's a bit silly, but finding a Bluetooth headset that lasts for my entire 10 hour shift made me rather cheerful. Even better, the ear buds are quite comfortable. It only cost $80 (US). It is a Jabra Elite 25e. No more fussing about running the wire under my shirt so I don't snag it on things at work. It is a small thing, but it makes my work day a bit easier.

That's good! I don't see any reason to be grumpy! I have the same thing with my bluetooth ear buds for the gym! They run around the back of my neck rather nicely and fit like regular ear buds! Something I looked for when I went to buy those.
Dang it! Wrong thread. DOH!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 16, 2018, 07:05:43 PM
:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 16, 2018, 07:11:24 PM
What I have done is post before I had sufficient caffeine in my system.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on June 17, 2018, 05:34:02 AM
Quote from: Velma on June 16, 2018, 07:11:24 PM
What I have done is post before I had sufficient caffeine in my system.  ;D
Now that is real good reason for feeling grumpy ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on June 17, 2018, 05:45:43 AM
Quote from: Velma on June 16, 2018, 07:11:24 PM
What I have done is post before I had sufficient caffeine in my system.  ;D

How did you even manage to start your computer?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 17, 2018, 06:28:14 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on June 17, 2018, 05:45:43 AM
Quote from: Velma on June 16, 2018, 07:11:24 PM
What I have done is post before I had sufficient caffeine in my system.  ;D

How did you even manage to start your computer?

Pavlovian conditioning?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 17, 2018, 06:10:11 PM
I now have an even lower opinion of politicians and politics.

A bill was due to be debated in the Commons to make "upskirting" illegal. Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope  used a rarish procedure to prevent the debate and make it difficult to bring it back, he merely shouted, "Object!" when the bill was prpposed.

Now he says that he is being unfairly demonised, even by members of his own party, and now claims that he is, in fact, in favour of the bill.

Shithead!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44513497
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 17, 2018, 07:43:31 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 17, 2018, 06:28:14 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on June 17, 2018, 05:45:43 AM
Quote from: Velma on June 16, 2018, 07:11:24 PM
What I have done is post before I had sufficient caffeine in my system.  ;D

How did you even manage to start your computer?

Pavlovian conditioning?
The computer was already on. I just had to wake it up.  8)

Now I do have something to be grumpy about. I finally got what most would consider to be a good night's sleep, eight hours straight through. However, I feel worse than I did after a week of not sleeping well.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 17, 2018, 07:48:14 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 17, 2018, 06:10:11 PM
I now have an even lower opinion of politicians and politics.

A bill was due to be debated in the Commons to make "upskirting" illegal. Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope  used a rarish procedure to prevent the debate and make it difficult to bring it back, he merely shouted, "Object!" when the bill was prpposed.

Now he says that he is being unfairly demonised, even by members of his own party, and now claims that he is, in fact, in favour of the bill.

Shithead!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44513497
I read about that. "Shithead" is an appropriate descriptor.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 17, 2018, 07:55:21 PM
Something else to be grumpy about. Last night I went to the grocery store. My husband wanted some strawberry ice cream and some chocolate ice cream. The store had neither in his favorite brand. How does a store run out of two of the most popular flavors of one of the most popular ice cream brands in the country?!  :rant1:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 17, 2018, 08:26:55 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 17, 2018, 07:55:21 PM
Something else to be grumpy about. Last night I went to the grocery store. My husband wanted some strawberry ice cream and some chocolate ice cream. The store had neither in his favorite brand. How does a store run out of two of the most popular flavors of one of the most popular ice cream brands in the country?!  :rant1:

Er, perhaps "favourite" is the clue there - too much demand and big stores get priority restocking. Of, if it is Tesco, standard lousy stock control and planning combined with uneven stock allocation between grades of stores.

Oh, BTW, re Sir Shithead, MP, he now says he did it to sort of protect the Upskirting bill, stop it being just nodded through, get it made stronger by debate. Yeah, could be . . .
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 17, 2018, 08:42:41 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 17, 2018, 08:26:55 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 17, 2018, 07:55:21 PM
Something else to be grumpy about. Last night I went to the grocery store. My husband wanted some strawberry ice cream and some chocolate ice cream. The store had neither in his favorite brand. How does a store run out of two of the most popular flavors of one of the most popular ice cream brands in the country?!  :rant1:

Er, perhaps "favourite" is the clue there - too much demand and big stores get priority restocking. Of, if it is Tesco, standard lousy stock control and planning combined with uneven stock allocation between grades of stores.
That is probably the reason. However, I can still gripe about it.  ;D

Quote from: Dave on June 17, 2018, 08:26:55 PMOh, BTW, re Sir Shithead, MP, he now says he did it to sort of protect the Upskirting bill, stop it being just nodded through, get it made stronger by debate. Yeah, could be . . .
Or he could be trying to cover himself after the backlash started...Bloody politicians with their heads up their asses!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 24, 2018, 12:41:25 PM
All the diodes down the right side of my face are aching.

Got trigeminal neuralgia type thing. Not horrendously painful but if it is capable of aching it is aching - head, eye, ear, teeth, jaw . . .

I forgot nose.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 24, 2018, 01:41:26 PM
And bloody Tesco have moved stuff around again and a member of staff needed a phone app and looks down three aisles to not find what the customer before me wanted then the app and an abortive trip down one aisle to find what I wanted and then it was out of stock and Tesco is about as much use as an empty fire extinguisher in a conflagration. No, hang on, you can throw the extinguisher at a window to get out.

Six items wanted, two out of stock - par for the course.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on June 24, 2018, 06:27:43 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 17, 2018, 07:55:21 PM
Something else to be grumpy about. Last night I went to the grocery store. My husband wanted some strawberry ice cream and some chocolate ice cream. The store had neither in his favorite brand. How does a store run out of two of the most popular flavors of one of the most popular ice cream brands in the country?!  :rant1:

Along the same lines, the tractor supply store near me is the only one within a hundred-mile radius that carries the dog food that my dog eats. There have been a couple of times through the years that they have run out of his kind and I had to switch my dog's food.... because I waited until he was OUT of food before I dragged my butt to the store.
So then I get to deal with a dog with an upset tummy... I guess that's what I get for being a procrastinator....
But how can they let something go out of stock if they're the ONLY ones who carry something????  :rant1:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 24, 2018, 06:58:44 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on June 24, 2018, 06:27:43 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 17, 2018, 07:55:21 PM
Something else to be grumpy about. Last night I went to the grocery store. My husband wanted some strawberry ice cream and some chocolate ice cream. The store had neither in his favorite brand. How does a store run out of two of the most popular flavors of one of the most popular ice cream brands in the country?!  :rant1:

Along the same lines, the tractor supply store near me is the only one within a hundred-mile radius that carries the dog food that my dog eats. There have been a couple of times through the years that they have run out of his kind and I had to switch my dog's food.... because I waited until he was OUT of food before I dragged my butt to the store.
So then I get to deal with a dog with an upset tummy... I guess that's what I get for being a procrastinator....
But how can they let something go out of stock if they're the ONLY ones who carry something????  :rant1:

You only carry a critical stock level 'cos "excess" inventory = idle money that could have been earning interest.

When everyone went barcode crazy we were told that it meant that stocking levels would be automatically replenished when they fell below a certain level.

Ha, ha, flipping, ha, ha!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 24, 2018, 07:25:41 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 24, 2018, 12:41:25 PM
All the diodes down the right side of my face are aching.

Got trigeminal neuralgia type thing. Not horrendously painful but if it is capable of aching it is aching - head, eye, ear, teeth, jaw . . .

I forgot nose.

Diodes? Are you a cyborg Dave?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 24, 2018, 07:33:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 24, 2018, 07:25:41 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 24, 2018, 12:41:25 PM
All the diodes down the right side of my face are aching.

Got trigeminal neuralgia type thing. Not horrendously painful but if it is capable of aching it is aching - head, eye, ear, teeth, jaw . . .

I forgot nose.

Diodes? Are you a cyborg Dave?

Well, my heart is paced and monitored and automatically given a slap if it misbehaves - so I do depend on a bunch of implanted electronics.

Just indicating that I knew a bit of how Marvin the Paranoid Android might have felt.

Seems trigeminal neuralgia is caused by damage to that major nerve's myelin insulation.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 24, 2018, 07:55:49 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 24, 2018, 01:41:26 PM
And bloody Tesco have moved stuff around again and a member of staff needed a phone app and looks down three aisles to not find what the customer before me wanted then the app and an abortive trip down one aisle to find what I wanted and then it was out of stock and Tesco is about as much use as an empty fire extinguisher in a conflagration. No, hang on, you can throw the extinguisher at a window to get out.

Six items wanted, two out of stock - par for the course.
That's how my trips to the store usually go. If I need four things, I'll have to go to three different stores. I swear, if I drank milk, every store in the area would be completely out the next time I needed it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Deidre32 on June 25, 2018, 02:34:34 AM
Monday's coming....but, I'll try to make the best of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 25, 2018, 04:48:22 AM
Quote from: Deidre32 on June 25, 2018, 02:34:34 AM
Monday's coming....but, I'll try to make the best of it.

Hi Deirdre. I also can't remember you. What kind of job are you not looking forward to?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Deidre32 on June 25, 2018, 02:58:12 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 25, 2018, 04:48:22 AM
Quote from: Deidre32 on June 25, 2018, 02:34:34 AM
Monday's coming....but, I'll try to make the best of it.

Hi Deirdre. I also can't remember you. What kind of job are you not looking forward to?

I wasn't on here for long, I post on a few other atheist sites. But I like my job (marketing) but the environment has been toxic lately. So far so good though for a Monday. :)

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 26, 2018, 06:26:09 PM
Monday morning I woke up with a terrible pain in my left shoulder. Nothing really helped. I'm not sure if I slept on it wrong or if I injured it somehow. Today it is no better. I'm grumpy because I'm in pain and falling apart and there doesn't seem to be much I can do about it.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 26, 2018, 06:34:39 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 26, 2018, 06:26:09 PM
Monday morning I woke up with a terrible pain in my left shoulder. Nothing really helped. I'm not sure if I slept on it wrong or if I injured it somehow. Today it is no better. I'm grumpy because I'm in pain and falling apart and there doesn't seem to be much I can do about it.  >:(

{{{Velma}}}

:hug:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 26, 2018, 07:42:28 PM
Quote from: Dave on June 26, 2018, 06:34:39 PM
Quote from: Velma on June 26, 2018, 06:26:09 PM
Monday morning I woke up with a terrible pain in my left shoulder. Nothing really helped. I'm not sure if I slept on it wrong or if I injured it somehow. Today it is no better. I'm grumpy because I'm in pain and falling apart and there doesn't seem to be much I can do about it.  >:(

{{{Velma}}}

:hug:
Thanks. I'm also a bit grumpy because I didn't sleep well due to my shoulder hurting. There's not much point in going to the doctor about my shoulder. All I will be told to do is to rest it, put heat or ice on it (whichever helps more), and take an over-the-counter pain medication. No reason to pay someone to tell me something I already know to do.  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 26, 2018, 09:30:45 PM
I may or may not have had a bug a couple of weeks ago but there seems to be half a chance that I have a dose of hayfever now, the cough, sneexing, fever, runny nose etc just segued from one to the other with hardly a pause.

Still, one snippetette of good news, had my 6 monthly bloods done last week - one result back so far, blood sugar is normal, holding that diabetes off. Only liver, kidneys, electrolytes, chloresterol etc to go. Oh, and the e(c)(k)g.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on June 27, 2018, 09:09:51 AM
Quote from: Dave on June 26, 2018, 09:30:45 PM
I may or may not have had a bug a couple of weeks ago but there seems to be half a chance that I have a dose of hayfever now, the cough, sneexing, fever, runny nose etc just segued from one to the other with hardly a pause.

Still, one snippetette of good news, had my 6 monthly bloods done last week - one result back so far, blood sugar is normal, holding that diabetes off. Only liver, kidneys, electrolytes, chloresterol etc to go. Oh, and the e(c)(k)g.
Isn't falling apart fun?!  :Gaah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 27, 2018, 10:20:24 AM
(https://imgur.com/RDYZRpD.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 27, 2018, 02:46:48 PM
Stairs are a pain in the chest - especially when it's my turn to clean them!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 28, 2018, 03:50:16 AM
Mama's Trailblazer broke down tonight while I was driving them to pick up my nephew. I wasn't in my car so my diagnostic equipment wasn't with me. I did manage to narrow it down to a likely wiring issue but only having an 8x10mm wrench, some mini pliers, and assorted screwdrivers in my pocket means that a proper diagnosis and, hopefully, repair will have to wait for tomorrow.

I do plan on getting a few cheap multimeters to scatter amongst the vehicles. That would've made things much easier.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dragonia on June 29, 2018, 03:15:04 AM
^^^
JJ, you carry diagnostic tools around with you regularly? Like multimeters and code readers and stuff? You really do remind me of my husband.  :grin:  always prepared, can fix anything.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 29, 2018, 12:35:00 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on June 29, 2018, 03:15:04 AM
^^^
JJ, you carry diagnostic tools around with you regularly? Like multimeters and code readers and stuff? You really do remind me of my husband.  :grin:  always prepared, can fix anything.

The basic kit is two scan tools, at least one meter, test light, primary wire in a few different guages, plus a butane soldering iron and a decent pair of crimpers. They have all come in handy over the years.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on June 29, 2018, 01:09:49 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 29, 2018, 12:35:00 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on June 29, 2018, 03:15:04 AM
^^^
JJ, you carry diagnostic tools around with you regularly? Like multimeters and code readers and stuff? You really do remind me of my husband.  :grin:  always prepared, can fix anything.

The basic kit is two scan tools, at least one meter, test light, primary wire in a few different guages, plus a butane soldering iron and a decent pair of crimpers. They have all come in handy over the years.

I carry a hammer, multi-screwdriver, pair of pliers, duct tape and knife. Tool that gets most use is the pair of pliers - to take the aerial off before going into the car wash!

But then, I rarely go further than a bus ride ot two and have recovery cover. Used to carry a full tool box, must have cost a fortune in gas over the years!

Best bodge fix I ever did was on a student owned big VW that had its dual carb hanging on, and flapping about, by one side of the rubber mount. That involved two wire coat hangers and a bed spring. Only the pliers needed. Doubled its mpg and was still going like that a year later!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 29, 2018, 01:14:57 PM
I have a card in my wallet with a phone number on it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 29, 2018, 01:34:01 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 29, 2018, 01:14:57 PM
I have a card in my wallet with a phone number on it.

You lucky devil... but I doubt there's a AAA equivalent for the rusty crap I wind up working on. Big trialers, tractors, light cars, and everything in between.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 01, 2018, 02:39:08 PM
So much stuff to do today.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 01, 2018, 02:55:04 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 01, 2018, 02:39:08 PM
So much stuff to do today.

I hope you haven't been procrastinating?

:foottap:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 01, 2018, 11:18:23 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 01, 2018, 02:55:04 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 01, 2018, 02:39:08 PM
So much stuff to do today.

I hope you haven't been procrastinating?

:foottap:

Sort of.  :couchhide:

I watched both soccer games, Spain vs. Russia and Denmark vs. Croatia. :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 02, 2018, 07:33:40 AM
I've only just finished, it's 3:33 a.m. and I'm tired. I really should not have watched those two games.  :sidesmile:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 02, 2018, 09:44:44 PM
I've got a sore neck and shoulders from watching the soccer match today. It wasn't even a tense game.  :(

Argh.

It's kind of funny though, when someone beside me speaks to me I have to move my whole upper body (keeping my neck stiff) to face them.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 03, 2018, 09:18:03 AM
I am about ready to knock some heads together. Thursday night, we unpacked some orders that were having a problem going through the manifesting stage of the shipping process. We managed to get most of them reshipped and manifested. The few we did not get done we left in a bin with a note attached that said "Problem fixed. Orders ready to ship." You would think that was pretty self explanatory. You would be wrong. Apparently no one on any of the four shifts between Thursday night shift and Monday night shift was able to understand simple English - at least that was the excuse. (There is no night shift on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.) We heard more than once "We didn't know what the note meant."

Really? Really? A dozen people became that stupid for four days?! Just admit you were lazy and didn't want to do it! At least then I wouldn't hurt myself rolling my eyes so hard.  :Gaah: :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 04, 2018, 01:27:51 AM
I can relate to that situation Velma.  I have observed that some of my employees were either not very bright or that they did not give a shit about their jobs or that they were unaware that doing their job actually mattered.  Most of my people would bust their humps to get the job done correctly and on time. The few who were "out to lunch" were not very well regarded by my rational people who cared.   I am a nice guy but the screw offs did not last long on my payroll.  It is a matter of dignity for the good employees to not have to associate with slackers.

To be fair, the National Academy of Science has discovered that one fourth of the population of our nation are not aware that the earth revolves about the sun.  To use a Trumpism: sad.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 05, 2018, 02:47:13 AM
It wouldn't bother so much, except lately it seems to be getting much worse. Very simple tasks left undone - exceedingly simple ones like sorting answered customer emails into the correct folder or putting notes on customer files in the computer, especially if there is a problem. It has reached the point of absurdity.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 09, 2018, 01:43:10 AM
Stupid hot flashes woke me up three times last night!  :grrr:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 10, 2018, 02:11:05 AM
Rent went up roughly 10%. Just tlike that!  :Gaah:

Which means my contribution (out of three) is the equivalent to around 340 dollars per month. Fuck!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 10, 2018, 06:15:40 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 10, 2018, 02:11:05 AM
Rent went up roughly 10%. Just tlike that!  :Gaah:

Which means my contribution (out of three) is the equivalent to around 340 dollars per month. Fuck!

Let's hope you can find somewhere cheaper but still acceptable. One bedroom flats here, out in the provinces, can be up to $900/month. Make that /week in London!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 11, 2018, 01:37:54 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 10, 2018, 06:15:40 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 10, 2018, 02:11:05 AM
Rent went up roughly 10%. Just tlike that!  :Gaah:

Which means my contribution (out of three) is the equivalent to around 340 dollars per month. Fuck!

Let's hope you can find somewhere cheaper but still acceptable. One bedroom flats here, out in the provinces, can be up to $900/month. Make that /week in London!

Yeah, we're going to go house-hunting soon, it doesn't hurt to see if there are more affordable options around. 340 dollars doesn't sound like much, but when you convert it to reais, it's over a thousand bucks, just my part. That's a little over two-thirds of my student scholarship grant. :twitch:

It hurts to see so much money grow wings and fly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 01:48:49 AM
You could BUY a house around here for that kind of money. A nice house at that. For $340 a month you could buy a fixer upper.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 12, 2018, 02:12:30 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 01:48:49 AM
You could BUY a house around here for that kind of money. A nice house at that. For $340 a month you could buy a fixer upper.

But how many years would you have to spend paying? 20? :notsure:

(I wouldn't buy a house anyways, whether I'm going to stay here long enough is uncertain at this point.)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 02:40:01 AM
The typical loan on a house like that would be fifteen years. Insurance can be challenging though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 12, 2018, 08:41:45 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 02:40:01 AM
The typical loan on a house like that would be fifteen years. Insurance can be challenging though.
Why is insurance an issue? Weather?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 12:43:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 12, 2018, 08:41:45 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 02:40:01 AM
The typical loan on a house like that would be fifteen years. Insurance can be challenging though.
Why is insurance an issue? Weather?

There are very few companies who will insure an old house without significant work being done. Knob and tube wiring, total lack of insulation, and substandard foundations are some of the main reasons. The companies that do insure those houses are very particular and schedule regular inspections.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 12, 2018, 01:16:34 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 12:43:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 12, 2018, 08:41:45 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 02:40:01 AM
The typical loan on a house like that would be fifteen years. Insurance can be challenging though.
Why is insurance an issue? Weather?

There are very few companies who will insure an old house without significant work being done. Knob and tube wiring, total lack of insulation, and substandard foundations are some of the main reasons. The companies that do insure those houses are very particular and schedule regular inspections.

Had to look up "knob and tube wiring", never seen this in old buildings, even ones that had not been modenised. Closest was ceramic plates in pairs that clsmped and separated uninsulated wires. Later it was lead and oiled paper tape. Now I think those are enough to get a house declared as not safe to be inhabited, but I know of one near me that still had lead-and-tape about 15 years ago - I wired in new outlets!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 02:38:17 PM
Over here they won't condemn a building for knob and tube or make you replace with insulated wiring, unless you touch it. Once you make a repair to knob and tube you are illegal.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 12, 2018, 03:20:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 12, 2018, 02:12:30 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 01:48:49 AM
You could BUY a house around here for that kind of money. A nice house at that. For $340 a month you could buy a fixer upper.

But how many years would you have to spend paying? 20? :notsure:

(I wouldn't buy a house anyways, whether I'm going to stay here long enough is uncertain at this point.)

It is a bit sad that Brazil invested in you, in your education and now you're thinking of leaving.
I'm not judging, though Brazil definitely shouldn't have mugged you at gun point.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 12, 2018, 05:00:17 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 12, 2018, 03:20:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 12, 2018, 02:12:30 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 12, 2018, 01:48:49 AM
You could BUY a house around here for that kind of money. A nice house at that. For $340 a month you could buy a fixer upper.

But how many years would you have to spend paying? 20? :notsure:

(I wouldn't buy a house anyways, whether I'm going to stay here long enough is uncertain at this point.)

It is a bit sad that Brazil invested in you, in your education and now you're thinking of leaving.
I'm not judging, though Brazil definitely shouldn't have mugged you at gun point.

This is following a reoeat pattern in history. If a government allows social conditions to deteriorate seriously, in any way, the intelligent and skilled ones get out if they can. Britain's big Brain Drain was in the 1950s - 1970s, caused mainly by industrial unrest and increasing taxes - but without compensating factors.

America gained from that, and Australia probably did as well. A lot of skilled craftsmen followed the eggheads. My father got the emigration papers as a welder but never took the plunge. In fact you could say both those countries were built by waves of imported skills and labour!

If a society is going down hill a lot of "non-essential" people get the sack anyway, why wait to find out you have possibly have no job prospects? And students/graduates have always been mobile.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 12, 2018, 05:45:59 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 12, 2018, 05:00:17 PM
This is following a reoeat pattern in history. If a government allows social conditions to deteriorate seriously, in any way, the intelligent and skilled ones get out if they can. Britain's big Brain Drain was in the 1950s - 1970s, caused mainly by industrial unrest and increasing taxes - but without compensating factors.

America gained from that, and Australia probably did as well. A lot of skilled craftsmen followed the eggheads. My father got the emigration papers as a welder but never took the plunge. In fact you could say both those countries were built by waves of imported skills and labour!


Granted.

Phinx pushed the education is good barrow.
Spend on teaching because it's good
There's so many that are so poor
Don't spend on them, pay for my learning
But when I get enough learning I'll be out of here.

It's a sad situation
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 13, 2018, 12:30:04 PM
Well, I didn't say leave the country necessarily, it's a goal of mine but I'll settle for moving to another city if the job prospects are good. I doubt it though, Brazil just recently froze investments in the public education sector for 20 years, so getting a job and continuing to research in a good university seems more and more unlikely.

But it seems to be a tendency though, people are leaving the country in search of postdoc or teaching positions elsewhere. I agree it isn't the best for the country, but what are you gonna do? :shrug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 15, 2018, 01:14:58 PM
The central air conditioning broke down this morning so I'm off to buy a window unit as a stopgap until I can get the big unit fixed. Then I'm off to a funeral. I hate funerals.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 15, 2018, 01:31:38 PM
Moving to a new house isn't fun, when
1. you have too much stuff to pack and carry
2. temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius.
3. you can't afford a professional moving company
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 15, 2018, 02:53:24 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 15, 2018, 01:31:38 PM
Moving to a new house isn't fun, when
1. you have too much stuff to pack and carry
2. temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius.
3. you can't afford a professional moving company

Last time my parents moved (pre WW2) I was told it was three miles with a handcart borrowed from work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 15, 2018, 03:12:16 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 15, 2018, 02:53:24 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on July 15, 2018, 01:31:38 PM
Moving to a new house isn't fun, when
1. you have too much stuff to pack and carry
2. temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius.
3. you can't afford a professional moving company

Last time my parents moved (pre WW2) I was told it was three miles with a handcart borrowed from work.

Times have surely changed. My wife and I are moving 50km away. The moving company estimated that we would need 4 lorries (and more than 7,000 Euros) for the job.  We've decided to hire two people with a van instead and let them transport the "easier" stuff in several goes; plus a professional company to transport our furniture. Some of the bulkier, expensive and more fragile stuff, we've transported ourselves.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 18, 2018, 09:15:35 PM
I think I've come down with the flu or something -- a lovely fever added to a sore throat and aching joints kept me up practically all night, tossing and turning. :(

It's days like these when I feel so alive.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 18, 2018, 09:27:03 PM
Hot whiskey and lemon then.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 18, 2018, 09:39:27 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 18, 2018, 09:27:03 PM
Hot whiskey and lemon then.

:smilenod::grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 18, 2018, 09:46:42 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 18, 2018, 09:39:27 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 18, 2018, 09:27:03 PM
Hot whiskey and lemon then.

:smilenod::grin:

Hot whiskey, lemon and honey for me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 19, 2018, 06:29:06 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 18, 2018, 09:27:03 PM
Hot whiskey and lemon then.
Don't forget the honey!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on July 19, 2018, 12:31:25 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 18, 2018, 09:27:03 PM
Hot whiskey and lemon then.

As much as I like whiskey, I prefer rum for a hot toddy and as others have said, don't forget the honey!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on July 19, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
Please excuse my long absence - I've just had a coronary bypass operation.  I expect I'll feel more like posting soon. 
Hot whisky and lemon cures almost everything, but the buggers won't give you any in hospital.  I had a couple of blood transfusions, but do you thing they'd put any in the bag?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 19, 2018, 06:19:21 PM
Quote from: OldGit on July 19, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
Please excuse my long absence - I've just had a coronary bypass operation.  I expect I'll feel more like posting soon. 
Hot whisky and lemon cures almost everything, but the buggers won't give you any in hospital.  I had a couple of blood transfusions, but do you thing they'd put any in the bag?

Glad to see you back, OG. Here's to a good recovery   :cheers:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 19, 2018, 08:31:35 PM
I know an old farmer who had a bourbon IV put in for heart surgery and recovery. Had to to keep him from shaking.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 19, 2018, 11:54:17 PM
Quote from: OldGit on July 19, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
Please excuse my long absence - I've just had a coronary bypass operation.  I expect I'll feel more like posting soon. 
Hot whisky and lemon cures almost everything, but the buggers won't give you any in hospital.  I had a couple of blood transfusions, but do you thing they'd put any in the bag?

OG!   :cheerful dance 2:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 20, 2018, 04:25:20 AM
Quote from: OldGit on July 19, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
Please excuse my long absence - I've just had a coronary bypass operation.  I expect I'll feel more like posting soon. 
Hot whisky and lemon cures almost everything, but the buggers won't give you any in hospital.  I had a couple of blood transfusions, but do you thing they'd put any in the bag?

Welcome back! It makes my hip replacement sound pretty trivial. Get back to your old self soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 20, 2018, 12:33:12 PM
Quote from: OldGit on July 19, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
Please excuse my long absence - I've just had a coronary bypass operation.  I expect I'll feel more like posting soon. 
Hot whisky and lemon cures almost everything, but the buggers won't give you any in hospital.  I had a couple of blood transfusions, but do you thing they'd put any in the bag?
Bloody hell!!! Good to see you back! [[[[big hug]]]]
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 20, 2018, 01:34:31 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on July 19, 2018, 12:31:25 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 18, 2018, 09:27:03 PM
Hot whiskey and lemon then.

As much as I like whiskey, I prefer rum for a hot toddy and as others have said, don't forget the honey!

So long as it's flammable it'll work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on July 20, 2018, 02:20:12 PM
Quote from: OldGit on July 19, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
Please excuse my long absence - I've just had a coronary bypass operation.  I expect I'll feel more like posting soon. 
Hot whisky and lemon cures almost everything, but the buggers won't give you any in hospital.  I had a couple of blood transfusions, but do you thing they'd put any in the bag?

Very glad to see you back, and your safe exit from the hospital is splendid news. :party:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 20, 2018, 02:40:45 PM
My computer has a 480GB SD, and 8TB & a 3TB HD
The operating system partion gets 60GB, and there's a 60GB MY Docs/installed programs partition.
That's plenty, music, movies, TV and bulky stuff goes elsewhere.
A program called SandBlastBackup created a 30GB folder on the My Docs partition and I was getting out of space warnings, it wanted more.
Of course I can't just delete the folder, I'm a passenger not the driver of my computer.
Apparently this is done in case my computer gets kidnapped but I never asked them to do it.
If something like this happened what is the good of this precaution?  There's no user interface, if there was I would of uninstalled it, how would I invoke a recovery via a mystery program? Google searches provided nothing.  I use Zone Alarm as a fire wall, it's related to that I assume.
Disabling services, starting in safe mode and deleting the folder seems to have tamed it but, WTF.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 20, 2018, 02:45:01 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 20, 2018, 01:34:31 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on July 19, 2018, 12:31:25 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 18, 2018, 09:27:03 PM
Hot whiskey and lemon then.

As much as I like whiskey, I prefer rum for a hot toddy and as others have said, don't forget the honey!

So long as it's flammable it'll work.

So what does hot petrol with lemon and honey taste like?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 20, 2018, 03:01:08 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 20, 2018, 02:45:01 PM
So what does hot petrol with lemon and honey taste like?

Petrol?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 20, 2018, 03:09:29 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 20, 2018, 03:01:08 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 20, 2018, 02:45:01 PM
So what does hot petrol with lemon and honey taste like?

Petrol?

Well, JJ suggested
QuoteSo long as it's flammable ...

Perhaps that is one for those mad guys who blow flames out of their mouths?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 20, 2018, 03:24:30 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 20, 2018, 03:09:29 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 20, 2018, 03:01:08 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 20, 2018, 02:45:01 PM
So what does hot petrol with lemon and honey taste like?

Petrol?

Well, JJ suggested
QuoteSo long as it's flammable ...

Perhaps that is one for those mad guys who blow flames out of their mouths?

I think you've mistook me.
I was suggesting "hot petrol with lemon and honey" would taste like petrol.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 20, 2018, 04:14:21 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 20, 2018, 03:24:30 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 20, 2018, 03:09:29 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 20, 2018, 03:01:08 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 20, 2018, 02:45:01 PM
So what does hot petrol with lemon and honey taste like?

Petrol?

Well, JJ suggested
QuoteSo long as it's flammable ...

Perhaps that is one for those mad guys who blow flames out of their mouths?

I think you've mistook me.
I was suggesting "hot petrol with lemon and honey" would taste like petrol.

Ah! You think the honey and lemon would be too subtle to mofify the flavour?

Hmm, pub measure if oettol plus a tablespoon of honey and half a lemon . . .
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 20, 2018, 04:50:41 PM
Quote from: OldGit on July 19, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
Please excuse my long absence - I've just had a coronary bypass operation.  I expect I'll feel more like posting soon. 
Hot whisky and lemon cures almost everything, but the buggers won't give you any in hospital.  I had a couple of blood transfusions, but do you thing they'd put any in the bag?
Maybe we could smuggle a wee dram in for you. Anyone knows that hot whiskey and lemon is especially good post-bypass op. Delighted that you are progressing after such a huge op. Long may it continue.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on July 20, 2018, 07:28:03 PM
Thanks, E_M, but I'm home now and self-medicating.  Thanks to all for the good wishes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 23, 2018, 08:15:39 AM
I seem to have started snoring again, enough to wake myself up! And maybe also my downstairs neighbour two nights ago, I think he thumped on the ceiling.

Last time this happened was about 21 years ago, before my heart attack.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 26, 2018, 02:52:11 PM
One painful week later my throat is still sore so I went to the doctor yesterday, who prescribed antibiotics, not the hot whiskey and lemon I was hoping for!  :sulk:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 26, 2018, 03:03:08 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 26, 2018, 02:52:11 PM
One painful week later my throat is still sore so I went to the doctor yesterday, who prescribed antibiotics, not the hot whiskey and lemon I was hoping for!  :sulk:

Do you think you're suffering is caused by bacteria?
Bacteria, virus, I don't know how the stethoscopians tell the difference.

I heard placebo has positive effects even if you know it's placebo...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 26, 2018, 03:10:38 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 26, 2018, 03:03:08 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 26, 2018, 02:52:11 PM
One painful week later my throat is still sore so I went to the doctor yesterday, who prescribed antibiotics, not the hot whiskey and lemon I was hoping for!  :sulk:

Do you think you're suffering is caused by bacteria?
Bacteria, virus, I don't know how the stethoscopians tell the difference.

I heard placebo has positive effects even if you know it's placebo...

Usually the colour of the snot and coughed up gunge I underdtand! White for viral, if yellow or green get the anti-bios! I have been given snti-bios if a cold kasted too long, just in case opportunist bacteria got into the act.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 26, 2018, 03:39:10 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 26, 2018, 03:10:38 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 26, 2018, 03:03:08 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 26, 2018, 02:52:11 PM
One painful week later my throat is still sore so I went to the doctor yesterday, who prescribed antibiotics, not the hot whiskey and lemon I was hoping for!  :sulk:

Do you think you're suffering is caused by bacteria?
Bacteria, virus, I don't know how the stethoscopians tell the difference.

I heard placebo has positive effects even if you know it's placebo...

Usually the colour of the snot and coughed up gunge I underdtand! White for viral, if yellow or green get the anti-bios! I have been given snti-bios if a cold kasted too long, just in case opportunist bacteria got into the act.

Thanks for that.
White means viral, that's all I have to remember.
I can extrapolate the green and yellow.

On what do you base that?
Dave on the internet SAID!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 26, 2018, 04:33:19 PM
QuoteDave on the internet SAID!

Rather extrapolated from my doctor asking me and not prescribing anti-bios for the white stuff, only the technicolour!

But, seems it is more complex than that, isn't it always?

https://www.healthline.com/health/green-phlegm
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 26, 2018, 05:07:43 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 26, 2018, 04:33:19 PM
QuoteDave on the internet SAID!

Rather extrapolated from my doctor asking me and not prescribing anti-bios for the white stuff, only the technicolour!

But, seems it is more complex than that, isn't it always?

https://www.healthline.com/health/green-phlegm

That's just stethoscopian propaganda.
White=virus guess the rest.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 26, 2018, 06:52:22 PM
Things are going AWOL around here. It's a tiny place and there are only so many places things can hide, but a mug went seriously missing yesterday.

Today it was the turn of my new lens case. It has lived on the floor for the past five days, since it arrived, from falling off the back of the foot rest. It was perfectly happy there, saw it every day. But, today, some sort of evil influence (not a piece of decaying food under the couch I hasten to add) provoked me into tidying up the pile of paper work and books that formed the lens case's nest.

Now there is no sign at all of said lens case, such is the result of trying to be domesticated, once tidied, always lost . . .

Later: found it! It was hiding in the back of the cupboard where the rest of the camera gear lives! Mug is still on the missing list though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 27, 2018, 08:05:47 PM
An hour to go to the start of the best lunar eclipse for decades, camera set ready on tripod ready and it 8/8ths cloud cover!

Sod's law strikes a-sodding-gain!

:grrr:

(OK, it is a bit cooler.)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 27, 2018, 09:57:06 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 27, 2018, 08:05:47 PM
An hour to go to the start of the best lunar eclipse for decades, camera set ready on tripod ready and it 8/8ths cloud cover!

Sod's law strikes a-sodding-gain!

:grrr:

(OK, it is a bit cooler.)

Typical :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 28, 2018, 02:15:43 AM
Not a major grump, but I had to take the long way to work Thursday. I had completely forgotten that the Orange Idiot was going to be passing through on his way to Granite City from the St. Louis airport. Roads were shut down all over the place. Traffic was at a stand still for miles. Fortunately, my GPS routed me around it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on July 28, 2018, 11:07:25 AM
Quote from: Velma on July 28, 2018, 02:15:43 AM
Not a major grump, but I had to take the long way to work Thursday. I had completely forgotten that the Orange Idiot was going to be passing through on his way to Granite City from the St. Louis airport. Roads were shut down all over the place. Traffic was at a stand still for miles. Fortunately, my GPS routed me around it.
Even having to spend a few cents more for the petrol because of that godawful man must have been annoying to say the least.😡
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 28, 2018, 12:01:15 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on July 28, 2018, 11:07:25 AM
Quote from: Velma on July 28, 2018, 02:15:43 AM
Not a major grump, but I had to take the long way to work Thursday. I had completely forgotten that the Orange Idiot was going to be passing through on his way to Granite City from the St. Louis airport. Roads were shut down all over the place. Traffic was at a stand still for miles. Fortunately, my GPS routed me around it.
Even having to spend a few cents more for the petrol because of that godawful man must have been annoying to say the least.😡

Not so much the petrol, stuck in a queue like that you can always turn off the engine. It also means maybe hundreds of people have to waste time, maybe emergency vehicles can't get through.

Though, if hot and you have AC turning off the engine is a bummer!

A visit by the PM here can cost a lot (flight or train journey, preroute inspection, traffic control, crowd control, peripheral security, lost working time etc, etc) I hate to think what it costs over there!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on July 28, 2018, 02:41:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on July 28, 2018, 12:01:15 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on July 28, 2018, 11:07:25 AM
Quote from: Velma on July 28, 2018, 02:15:43 AM
Not a major grump, but I had to take the long way to work Thursday. I had completely forgotten that the Orange Idiot was going to be passing through on his way to Granite City from the St. Louis airport. Roads were shut down all over the place. Traffic was at a stand still for miles. Fortunately, my GPS routed me around it.
Even having to spend a few cents more for the petrol because of that godawful man must have been annoying to say the least.😡

Not so much the petrol, stuck in a queue like that you can always turn off the engine. It also means maybe hundreds of people have to waste time, maybe emergency vehicles can't get through.

Though, if hot and you have AC turning off the engine is a bummer!

A visit by the PM here can cost a lot (flight or train journey, preroute inspection, traffic control, crowd control, peripheral security, lost working time etc, etc) I hate to think what it costs over there!
I was very glad that I did not wind up sitting in stopped traffic at all. It was more the annoyance of having to change my route at the last second to one that I am far less familiar with. There were, however, several people who were late to work because of the traffic delay.

I've not bothered to even see why he was here. Not that it matters. He shows up, lies a lot, then leaves. I would have to check for myself if the man said water was wet.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:46:11 AM
I'm going to have to teach a few undergraduate classes next semester. 12 hours worth of classes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 29, 2018, 03:46:46 AM
Be the Nutty Professor you were born to be!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 29, 2018, 05:02:07 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:46:11 AM
I'm going to have to teach a few undergraduate classes next semester. 12 hours worth of classes.

First year lectures are the worst.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 29, 2018, 08:23:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:46:11 AM
I'm going to have to teach a few undergraduate classes next semester. 12 hours worth of classes.
Do them to camera and show them a video.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:53:03 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 29, 2018, 03:46:46 AM
Be the Nutty Professor you were born to be!

:lol: Nutty, absent-minded, disorganised and desperate.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:57:35 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on July 29, 2018, 05:02:07 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:46:11 AM
I'm going to have to teach a few undergraduate classes next semester. 12 hours worth of classes.

First year lectures are the worst.

Yeah, and there's a good chance it's going to be first year classes I'm going to have to teach. Basic molecular biophysics and neuroscience.

I'm going to try and see if I can teach pedagogy undergrads. They are notoriously bad when it comes to brain sciences.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:59:28 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 29, 2018, 08:23:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:46:11 AM
I'm going to have to teach a few undergraduate classes next semester. 12 hours worth of classes.
Do them to camera and show them a video.

I don't have that much freedom. Some supervising professors don't even like that we use PowerPoint slides -- as if it's still 1995. :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 30, 2018, 07:41:36 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:59:28 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 29, 2018, 08:23:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 29, 2018, 02:46:11 AM
I'm going to have to teach a few undergraduate classes next semester. 12 hours worth of classes.
Do them to camera and show them a video.

I don't have that much freedom. Some supervising professors don't even like that we use PowerPoint slides -- as if it's still 1995. :(

Well don't 'hate' the experience. Use it as a learning experience.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 31, 2018, 02:02:18 AM
Teaching with complete commitment is the hardest job you will ever do, Silver.  When you have done that you will realize that it is a marvelous exercise that reveals how well you have knowledge of the subject.   If done well it is one of the most rewarding of experiences.

You go girl!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 05:49:57 PM
I think that my workplace is some kind of arctic wasteland. It is so cold here and the coffee machine broke so I don't even have coffee to keep me warm.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 31, 2018, 05:59:56 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 05:49:57 PM
I think that my workplace is some kind of arctic wasteland. It is so cold here and the coffee machine broke so I don't even have coffee to keep me warm.

Turn the air conditioning down!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 06:23:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 31, 2018, 05:59:56 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 05:49:57 PM
I think that my workplace is some kind of arctic wasteland. It is so cold here and the coffee machine broke so I don't even have coffee to keep me warm.

Turn the air conditioning down!

I work in an office with menopausal women. I would probably get shanked if I touched the AC.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on July 31, 2018, 06:35:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 06:23:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 31, 2018, 05:59:56 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 05:49:57 PM
I think that my workplace is some kind of arctic wasteland. It is so cold here and the coffee machine broke so I don't even have coffee to keep me warm.

Turn the air conditioning down!

I work in an office with menopausal women. I would probably get shanked if I touched the AC.

Oh, dear, hot flushes rule then?

Shanked? Not a term I have heard in that context - but, along with another word the starts "sha" and ends "ed" (and was the title of a spoof 1999 film) one can image its euphemistic implications.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 31, 2018, 08:25:19 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 06:23:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 31, 2018, 05:59:56 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 31, 2018, 05:49:57 PM
I think that my workplace is some kind of arctic wasteland. It is so cold here and the coffee machine broke so I don't even have coffee to keep me warm.

Turn the air conditioning down!

I work in an office with menopausal women. I would probably get shanked if I touched the AC.

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 31, 2018, 11:25:34 PM
Dave that term, shanked, is a word that is used mostly by the inmates in prison.  It is a description of  being stabbed with a makeshift knife that some enterprising prisoner has fashioned from a comb, toothbrush handle or other solid object that might be found in a prison cell..  Buddy's office mates might use a mascara brush or other makeshift device................I would expect that those menopausal ladies all have fingernail files and other possible weapons.

There are possible remedies like going Bra less or leaving ones panties at home.  Forgive me Buddy I am being a  crude comedian. 

You do know that we care about you.......... don't you?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 01, 2018, 04:30:27 AM
[vimeo][/vimeo]
Quote from: Icarus on July 31, 2018, 11:25:34 PM
Dave that term, shanked, is a word that is used mostly by the inmates in prison.  It is a description of  being stabbed with a makeshift knife that some enterprising prisoner has fashioned from a comb, toothbrush handle or other solid object that might be found in a prison cell..  Buddy's office mates might use a mascara brush or other makeshift device................I would expect that those menopausal ladies all have fingernail files and other possible weapons.

There are possible remedies like going Bra less or leaving ones panties at home.  Forgive me Buddy I am being a  crude comedian. 

You do know that we care about you.......... don't you?

Ah, yes, that use now rings a tiny tinkle in what remains of my memory. I was thinking more of it being a synomym of "shafted", shank is define as "the shaft or handle of a tool etc" and we know what "shafted" is a euphemism for. Though that hardly applies regarding a bunch of women!

And yes, we do care . . . Just that the use and abuse of language and the linkage between words is so fascinating!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 01, 2018, 10:35:27 PM
Grumpy today because of one incompetent co-worker who is protected by the boss.  Totally useless.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on August 02, 2018, 05:06:16 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 01, 2018, 10:35:27 PM
Grumpy today because of one incompetent co-worker who is protected by the boss.  Totally useless.

Grrrrr. Powerlessness
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 02, 2018, 08:03:15 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 01, 2018, 10:35:27 PM
Grumpy today because of one incompetent co-worker who is protected by the boss.  Totally useless.

Office politics.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 05, 2018, 11:14:44 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 01, 2018, 10:35:27 PM
Grumpy today because of one incompetent co-worker who is protected by the boss.  Totally useless.

Favouritism.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 05, 2018, 11:16:09 PM
I'm grumpy because I have to wake up at 6 a.m. tomorrow (Monday). I know a lot of people make waking up in such ungodly hours a habit, but I'm not one of those people.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 05, 2018, 11:32:47 PM
I wake up at 5:30 every day but it's not because I have to. That's when the nightmares decide I don't need any more sleep.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 08, 2018, 10:08:39 PM
Right, I am dumping Imgur!

After 25 email exchanges, most of them repeating instructions to do things that I have already done, with no gain, or offering menu selections I do not see, I have decided that my correspondent, Martyn, is either a robot or as thick as a plank is long. I even sent screen shots of the options in the menus, but he still tells me to select an option not on that, or any other, menu I can access.

The new version of the Photobucket Android app seems to work and is in some was better than Imgur, but you have to watch how much free space you are using. Selecting and removing several images at a time only works on a PC, not on a tablet it seems.

Later: in fsirness to Martyn, if he is human, I am probably just one of the grumpy people he has to handle all day and can't read all the screeds every time. Which is why I sort of do a summary in my replies, "Tried that before, don't work."
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 08, 2018, 10:25:56 PM
Have you tried postimages.org? I use Facebook for persistent images I want to share but for a quick upload postim age works well. Puddin' turned me on to it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 08, 2018, 10:35:23 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 08, 2018, 10:25:56 PM
Have you tried postimages.org? I use Facebook for persistent images I want to share but for a quick upload postim age works well. Puddin' turned me on to it.

I will take a look at that, JJ, thanks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 09, 2018, 04:08:43 AM
Martyn @ Imgur must be a robot.

First email of the day he reiterated something he has suggested three times before. I have told him four times, including the screen shot, that I have done that with the same result - a link that does not work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2018, 04:36:53 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 09, 2018, 04:08:43 AM
Martyn @ Imgur must be a robot.

First email of the day he reiterated something he has suggested three times before. I have told him four times, including the screen shot, that I have done that with the same result - a link that does not work.

Sorry, I can't suggest any good alternatives to Imgur. I have read other people's complaints about their bad support.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 09, 2018, 07:35:10 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2018, 04:36:53 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 09, 2018, 04:08:43 AM
Martyn @ Imgur must be a robot.

First email of the day he reiterated something he has suggested three times before. I have told him four times, including the screen shot, that I have done that with the same result - a link that does not work.

Sorry, I can't suggest any good alternatives to Imgur. I have read other people's complaints about their bad support.

Yewh, but I found out the "'new" method, "Tap the image then tap it again when it appears in the big window so it fills the screen then tap the share symbol, then select "Clip board".

This was never explicity suggested, all at once, in his emails, in fact I cannot find the second tap on the "window image" at all. He said the system changed 8 months ago but for an image I posted here 9 days ago still works with, "Tap the image then when it appears in the window tap the share symbol, then select "Clip board". Notice the subtle difference.

Nine days ago I could get the correct link by going to "View" then hitting the share symbol immediately after "Upload". No more.

If there was a notification of the change in amongst the "You will love this fluffy puppy" and, "Laugh at this guy making an idiot of himself" stuff it got dumped unread. I do not seem to think in the expected way, I seem to have very different values as to what is funny or lovable than they expect. Am I just too old?

Hermes, Imgur on the PC is different from on a tablet, I am not sure now what the PC sequence is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2018, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 09, 2018, 07:35:10 AM
Hermes, Imgur on the PC is different from on a tablet, I am not sure now what the PC sequence is.

It's quite simple: click once on the photo in one's list of images and it will show in its own window with different types of code next to it:

(https://i.imgur.com/3mP656x.jpg)

Then just click on the blue Copy button next to Linked BBCCode to get the link to use here in HAF messages.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 09, 2018, 09:44:29 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2018, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 09, 2018, 07:35:10 AM
Hermes, Imgur on the PC is different from on a tablet, I am not sure now what the PC sequence is.

It's quite simple: click once on the photo in one's list of images and it will show in its own window with different types of code next to it:

(https://i.imgur.com/3mP656x.jpg)

Then just click on the blue Copy button next to Linked BBCCode to get the link to use here in HAF messages.

Yup, far simpler and more explicit than the Android app. Was going to post the four stages but I now get an error message, with no explanation, when I try to upload to Imgur - can still view my images though.

Try Photobucket:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FScreenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-04.jpg&hash=6b111ae61ea443626df23835ac4b75a45b034b44) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Screenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-04.jpg.html)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FScreenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-15.jpg&hash=43422d6e344cdfb609d659217a4fb65b44d85a93) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Screenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-15.jpg.html)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FScreenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-41.jpg&hash=afd0b97a86952cfc83508d528ed0d78bbff36d82) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Screenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-41.jpg.html)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi778.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy67%2FDaveGlos%2FScreenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-51.jpg&hash=56d9963972c9fa878b0a9215a769bd416e31c247) (http://s778.photobucket.com/user/DaveGlos/media/Screenshot_2018-08-09-09-29-51.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 09, 2018, 10:03:02 AM
Think of it this way: all these little technical challenges keep our brains active and, we hope, agile.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 09, 2018, 11:14:35 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 09, 2018, 10:03:02 AM
Think of it this way: all these little technical challenges keep our brains active and, we hope, agile.

I'd prefer less swollen adrenal glands myself!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 15, 2018, 10:36:15 AM
Grump.

Wanted to go to town yesterday but told parcel would be delivered - it was, at 8pm!

Planned again for today, weather forecast overcast. Started to drizzle as soon as I opened the front door.

Rain forecast tomorrow.

Sunny Friday - but think I will book a scooter 'cos ankle hurting and have been a bit short of breath occasionaly. And I want to try some photography in various bits of town.

Later, @ about 1140: email to say another package arriving today - bit late notice, but makes the day more useful!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 16, 2018, 07:38:20 AM
Just sent a comment to the BBC regarding the accuracy of the facts and figures in their news programmes.

BBC World Service News had an item on the Egyptians using a standard embalming formula "around 3500BC" (should have been "BCE").. The next programme said, "... about 4000 years ago." Since this formula was in use about 1500 years esrlier than previously known the error is critical. The online BBC News Service quotes, ". . . 3700 - 3500BC."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45175764

This is not the first time different figures hsve been quoted on different BBC programmes or channels. One might have thought that a service that prides itself as being the premium provider of accurate news might have a centralised fact checking function.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 16, 2018, 08:46:57 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 16, 2018, 07:38:20 AM
Just sent a comment to the BBC regarding the accuracy of the facts and figures in their news programmes.

BBC World Service News had an item on the Egyptians using a standard embalming formula "around 3500BC" (should have been "BCE").. The next programme said, "... about 4000 years ago." Since this formula was in use about 1500 years esrlier than previously known the error is critical. The online BBC News Service quotes, ". . . 3700 - 3500BC."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45175764

This is not the first time different figures hsve been quoted on different BBC programmes or channels. One might have thought that a service that prides itself as being the premium provider of accurate news might have a centralised fact checking function.

One would expect them to cross-check facts, but I suspect they simply do not have the staff resources nor the budget to do so.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 16, 2018, 09:14:03 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 16, 2018, 08:46:57 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 16, 2018, 07:38:20 AM
Just sent a comment to the BBC regarding the accuracy of the facts and figures in their news programmes.

BBC World Service News had an item on the Egyptians using a standard embalming formula "around 3500BC" (should have been "BCE").. The next programme said, "... about 4000 years ago." Since this formula was in use about 1500 years esrlier than previously known the error is critical. The online BBC News Service quotes, ". . . 3700 - 3500BC."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45175764

This is not the first time different figures hsve been quoted on different BBC programmes or channels. One might have thought that a service that prides itself as being the premium provider of accurate news might have a centralised fact checking function.

One would expect them to cross-check facts, but I suspect they simply do not have the staff resources nor the budget to do so.

I would have thought that a centralised news facts centre, for the entire BBC corporation, would actually need fewer staff as opposed to several teams in different services and programmes. In this case it was on the same service, within minutes and repeated later!

That is amateurish. How can I trust the BBC to get the news facts right anywhere? Radio 4's, "Ninety people were killed . . ." and, the World Service's, "About 100 people were killed . . ," is not good enough.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 17, 2018, 02:14:19 AM
Humid haze denied me a waxing gibbous tonight.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 17, 2018, 02:21:06 AM
Did you try using some dirty pictures?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 18, 2018, 03:49:15 PM
Few weeks ago I scraped a square inch of skin off my right knee - today it was my right elbow's turn. Elbowed a corner of a wall as I was going for a shower. Did not realise I had actually injured myself until I noticed blood going drip, drip, drip off my fingers into the bath.

Not easy showering with a pressure bandage (made from the cut off top half of a sock) covered by a plastic bag (with the closed end cut off) sealed top and bottom with electricians' tape on your elbow . . .

The scrape is too big for the showerproof dressings I have left.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 19, 2018, 02:46:06 AM
I have sympathy for you Dave.  We old bastards often have thin skin that is vulnerable to slightest of abrasions and piercings. 

Last week my riding lawn mower ran over a bit of doggy doo.  It stuck to the rear tire throughout the mowing event. It apparently picked up a small sharp stick that imbedded itself into the doo.  Two days later I walked too closely past the mower and the protruding sharp stick slashed a major boo boo into my leg.  Blood......much blood from a sharp stick contaminated with dried poop.   Happily, several days later I have not lost my leg to gangrene or any such.  My damned skin is much too thin and vulnerable to abrasions and scratchy things.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 19, 2018, 07:19:46 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 19, 2018, 02:46:06 AM
I have sympathy for you Dave.  We old bastards often have thin skin that is vulnerable to slightest of abrasions and piercings. 

Last week my riding lawn mower ran over a bit of doggy doo.  It stuck to the rear tire throughout the mowing event. It apparently picked up a small sharp stick that imbedded itself into the doo.  Two days later I walked too closely past the mower and the protruding sharp stick slashed a major boo boo into my leg.  Blood......much blood from a sharp stick contaminated with dried poop.   Happily, several days later I have not lost my leg to gangrene or any such.  My damned skin is much too thin and vulnerable to abrasions and scratchy things.

Yeah! I suffer (I claim since they put me on aspirin, but they say it's coincidence) capillary failure problems on my arms that cause dark brown patches - subcutaneous bleeding - where the skin gets extra thin. I can't use sticking plaster there, removing it removes the sking as well. Non-adherent dressing pads and tubular pressure bandages (cut off top half of socks) are in order.

Looking at the wound again, especially its colour,  I think I clobbered one of those patches, there is another near it but the damaged one needs a mirror to see.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 23, 2018, 12:53:47 PM
This is my grumpy month, or is it year?

Trying to renew the Avira antivirus on my laptop, tablet and phone. Got a receipt for the fee, but I keep getting a message that my card has expired. Tablet says all three protected, laptop says only it is protected. Phone has no opinion.

The system is not intuitive, unexplained messages, instructions repeat after you carry them out making you think they did not work . . .
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 23, 2018, 04:21:03 PM
Quote from: Dave on August 23, 2018, 12:53:47 PM
This is my grumpy month, or is it year?

Trying to renew the Avira antivirus on my laptop, tablet and phone. Got a receipt for the fee, but I keep getting a message that my card has expired. Tablet says all three protected, laptop says only it is protected. Phone has no opinion.

The system is not intuitive, unexplained messages, instructions repeat after you carry them out making you think they did not work . . .

I've never paid for antivirus and I've never really had a malware issue.
I use the free version of Avast though Windows Defender might do the job
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 24, 2018, 06:30:41 PM
Well, looks like I might be going back to Avast!

After instructions from Michaela at Avira to do exactly as I did before at the end of the exercuse I still get the message, "Your computer is not secure - licence expired".  Oh, an it keeps telling me my card has expired, yet the money has been withdrawn from my account.

Four times I went through the loop.

She did omit to tell me to hit one button but I worked that out on the second try. Turning the licence 'on' seems obvious. System said it was installing the update, with count down even. Only to be given the "licence expired" guff.

Have now told them to telephone me and fix it or refund my money.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 24, 2018, 09:22:59 PM
Oh, dear, definitely Dave's Grumpy Month  :geezer!:

Bought an extension bellows the other week, cheapish, just to try it out. Amazon page said "for Canon/for Nikon" but, should gave been suspicious, no selection to tick. The item that arrived is clearly marked as being for a Canon only.

Asked for a refund claiming incorrect description of goods. Not apparent reply. Looking for the arbitration service found their replies - in Amazon system but never got to me.

Basically they are offering me 30% of the price and suggesting I send it to a friend.

My reply was thus:

QuoteI have not received your emails myself but have tracked them down in the Amazon system.

Your description for this item includes the words "for Nikon" when it is specifically and only intended for use on Canon cameras. Thus the item is not as described and of no use to me.

I require a full refund plus and, if you wish the item returned, a pre-paid postage label.

Failing this I will make a claim against you via the Amazon arbitration service and, regardless of outcome, will  offer the truth regarding your product and service in my review.

I have already written a review saying, "IGNORE THE 'FOR NIKON' PART" in the title.

Anyone with a Canon interested in a cheap bellows for the cost of postage if this pans out that way?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 25, 2018, 07:41:01 AM
Continuing the Avira saga;

I have now been informed that my licence is about to run out.

There is also a three question survey asking why I have not renewed!

There are no big slots for free comments - lucky for them.

A suitable email has been dispatched.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:05:32 PM
There is not enough Bailey's in my coffee to get through today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 25, 2018, 02:32:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:05:32 PM
There is not enough Bailey's in my coffee to get through today.

So what you really need is a little coffee in a mug full of Baileys?

There is a cheaper version over here, O'connor's Irish County Cream, £4 instead of £15, just as strong and tastes better to me. Daren't buy it, just keep drinking it, too, too more-ish!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:49:51 PM
Quote from: Dave on August 25, 2018, 02:32:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:05:32 PM
There is not enough Bailey's in my coffee to get through today.

So what you really need is a little coffee in a mug full of Baileys?

There is a cheap version over here, £4 instead of £15, just as strong and tastes better to me. Daren't buy it, just keep drinking it, too, too more-ish!

I freaking wish. Not only do I have work but I have to rush home and get ready for a wedding of someone in my boyfriend's family. It's on his dad's side and they are, I say this in the nicest way possible, complete white trash. Pus I have a sinus infection.

Pray for me fellow heathens
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 25, 2018, 03:03:33 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:49:51 PM
Quote from: Dave on August 25, 2018, 02:32:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:05:32 PM
There is not enough Bailey's in my coffee to get through today.

So what you really need is a little coffee in a mug full of Baileys?

There is a cheap version over here, £4 instead of £15, just as strong and tastes better to me. Daren't buy it, just keep drinking it, too, too more-ish!

I freaking wish. Not only do I have work but I have to rush home and get ready for a wedding of someone in my boyfriend's family. It's on his dad's side and they are, I say this in the nicest way possible, complete white trash. Pus I have a sinus infection.

Pray for me fellow heathens

:violin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 26, 2018, 02:47:19 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:49:51 PM
Quote from: Dave on August 25, 2018, 02:32:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 25, 2018, 02:05:32 PM
There is not enough Bailey's in my coffee to get through today.

So what you really need is a little coffee in a mug full of Baileys?

There is a cheap version over here, £4 instead of £15, just as strong and tastes better to me. Daren't buy it, just keep drinking it, too, too more-ish!

I freaking wish. Not only do I have work but I have to rush home and get ready for a wedding of someone in my boyfriend's family. It's on his dad's side and they are, I say this in the nicest way possible, complete white trash. Pus I have a sinus infection.

Pray for me fellow heathens

I would if it worked :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 27, 2018, 11:13:03 PM
Well, my first scientific congress is over, I'm back home and happy (home sweet home). That isn't a reason to be grumpy. What really left me feeling irritated and frustrated was, when I was presenting my poster to the evaluator, he just wasn't interested. He didn't even feign interest. Glancing at his watch every now and then, looking down the corridor, saying random things passersby and asking me to hurry up because he had "another 10 posters to see" left me feeling angry and frustrated. When you put so much of your energy and become emotionally invested in your project, only to have some random person dismiss it all in that way, it really sucks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 27, 2018, 11:58:05 PM
I think I might've had words with that fellow. Doing so probably wouldn't have helped my case but I'd have felt better afterwards!

I have a reason to be grumpy too. The battery cables we had made for that POS tractor are too fucking short! They had the old cables to match them with. All's they had to do was use the correct wire and the right lugs and then match them up. Why oh why didn't they match them up! >:( >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 28, 2018, 02:28:36 AM
Siover, you have a right to be gtupmy. If he "marks you down" on your poster can you register an official complsint regarding his behaviour? Or st least talk with your advisor sbout it?

There are, unfortunstely, self-important bastards like that in every profession.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 28, 2018, 03:03:23 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 28, 2018, 02:28:36 AM
Siover, you have a right to be gtupmy. If he "marks you down" on your poster can you register an official complsint regarding his behaviour? Or st least talk with your advisor sbout it?

There are, unfortunstely, self-important bastards like that in every profession.

Thing is, we don't know what are marks are, they don't give us any feedback regarding our presentations or posters. I didn't officially register a complaint, a labmate and I just wrote observations in the official app for the event. I doubt it will amount to anything though. He was there evaluating posters last year, he will be there again in the next as well. I was just really unlucky.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 28, 2018, 08:28:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 27, 2018, 11:13:03 PM
Well, my first scientific congress is over, I'm back home and happy (home sweet home). That isn't a reason to be grumpy. What really left me feeling irritated and frustrated was, when I was presenting my poster to the evaluator, he just wasn't interested. He didn't even feign interest. Glancing at his watch every now and then, looking down the corridor, saying random things passersby and asking me to hurry up because he had "another 10 posters to see" left me feeling angry and frustrated. When you put so much of your energy and become emotionally invested in your project, only to have some random person dismiss it all in that way, it really sucks.

Just remind him how dismissive and grumpy he was to you when you receive your Nobel prize! :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on August 28, 2018, 08:52:19 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 28, 2018, 03:03:23 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 28, 2018, 02:28:36 AM
Siover, you have a right to be gtupmy. If he "marks you down" on your poster can you register an official complsint regarding his behaviour? Or st least talk with your advisor sbout it?

There are, unfortunstely, self-important bastards like that in every profession.

Thing is, we don't know what are marks are, they don't give us any feedback regarding our presentations or posters. I didn't officially register a complaint, a labmate and I just wrote observations in the official app for the event. I doubt it will amount to anything though. He was there evaluating posters last year, he will be there again in the next as well. I was just really unlucky.

It seems to me that having no feedback about any kind of test or evaluation invalidates the very reason for a test - that the testee may learn from any mistakes. Perhaps it is actually a functionless, "make-work" exercise that the evaluator knows is a total waste of time? When I would hope that it was a test of the ability to communicate the purpose-method-result succinctly to those without intimate knowledge of the project - a valuable skill for when you are a famous scientist and media pop-science star!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 28, 2018, 08:52:38 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 28, 2018, 08:28:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 27, 2018, 11:13:03 PM
Well, my first scientific congress is over, I'm back home and happy (home sweet home). That isn't a reason to be grumpy. What really left me feeling irritated and frustrated was, when I was presenting my poster to the evaluator, he just wasn't interested. He didn't even feign interest. Glancing at his watch every now and then, looking down the corridor, saying random things passersby and asking me to hurry up because he had "another 10 posters to see" left me feeling angry and frustrated. When you put so much of your energy and become emotionally invested in your project, only to have some random person dismiss it all in that way, it really sucks.

Just remind him how dismissive and grumpy he was to you when you receive your Nobel prize! :)

You read my mind. I was about to say the same thing.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 28, 2018, 02:57:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 28, 2018, 08:28:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 27, 2018, 11:13:03 PM
Well, my first scientific congress is over, I'm back home and happy (home sweet home). That isn't a reason to be grumpy. What really left me feeling irritated and frustrated was, when I was presenting my poster to the evaluator, he just wasn't interested. He didn't even feign interest. Glancing at his watch every now and then, looking down the corridor, saying random things passersby and asking me to hurry up because he had "another 10 posters to see" left me feeling angry and frustrated. When you put so much of your energy and become emotionally invested in your project, only to have some random person dismiss it all in that way, it really sucks.

Just remind him how dismissive and grumpy he was to you when you receive your Nobel prize! :)

Heh, what I do or earn in my dreams doesn't count! :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on August 28, 2018, 03:00:48 PM
Unless the dream becomes reality.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 28, 2018, 03:01:37 PM
Quote from: Dave on August 28, 2018, 08:52:19 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 28, 2018, 03:03:23 AM
Quote from: Dave on August 28, 2018, 02:28:36 AM
Siover, you have a right to be gtupmy. If he "marks you down" on your poster can you register an official complsint regarding his behaviour? Or st least talk with your advisor sbout it?

There are, unfortunstely, self-important bastards like that in every profession.

Thing is, we don't know what are marks are, they don't give us any feedback regarding our presentations or posters. I didn't officially register a complaint, a labmate and I just wrote observations in the official app for the event. I doubt it will amount to anything though. He was there evaluating posters last year, he will be there again in the next as well. I was just really unlucky.

It seems to me that having no feedback about any kind of test or evaluation invalidates the very reason for a test - that the testee may learn from any mistakes. Perhaps it is actually a functionless, "make-work" exercise that the evaluator knows is a total waste of time? When I would hope that it was a test of the ability to communicate the purpose-method-result succinctly to those without intimate knowledge of the project - a valuable skill for when you are a famous scientist and media pop-science star!

I agree, I want the feedback, especially because I know that I can improve so many aspects of my presentation. My poster was in English, which may have put him off (some people don't want to have to read in English). I don't know what the problem was -- maybe it was just his problem.

I'm not going to let it get to me though, I'm going to present the same poster in October, maybe then I'll get some discussions and suggestions.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 28, 2018, 03:04:15 PM
Quote from: No one on August 28, 2018, 03:00:48 PM
Unless the dream becomes reality.

True, and so many of my dreams have, but I think getting such a prestigious award is going to stay in the dream realm. :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 29, 2018, 02:15:40 AM
For whatever it's worth XSP, none of us here dismisses you as just another student.  You are our research hero.  I would just love to meet you for lunch and have a chance to council you about how to survive jackass superiors. ...................

.For example; imagine, for a moment, that you can see them on the toilet because they have terminal diarhea



Mental images are often useful for ones peace of mind.. It is a method for  keeping your mouth shut while thinking of expressions such as ...Go fuck yourself you rude bastard.   

Try it. I mean you are into the brain game so you can almost surely manipulate your thoughts to serve your own best interests and comfort..

Yours truly,
Grandfather Icarus
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 29, 2018, 02:30:57 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 29, 2018, 02:15:40 AM
For whatever it's worth XSP, none of us here dismisses you as just another student.  You are our research hero.  I would just love to meet you for lunch and have a chance to council you about how to survive jackass superiors. ...................

.For example; imagine, for a moment, that you can see them on the toilet because they have terminal diarhea



Mental images are often useful for ones peace of mind.. It is a method for  keeping your mouth shut while thinking of expressions such as ...Go fuck yourself you rude bastard.   

Try it. I mean you are into the brain game so you can almost surely manipulate your thoughts to serve your own best interests and comfort..

Yours truly,
Grandfather Icarus

Thanks, Icarus. I admit I didn't really know what to think at the time, I was a little shocked as I didn't expect it but at the same time so preoccupied with how I was going to summarise the presentation I had prepared that I didn't think much of his rudeness. I felt really angry about it after he had gone to the next poster.

:notsure: Terminal diarrhea sounds nasty. I like it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 29, 2018, 08:45:10 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 29, 2018, 02:30:57 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 29, 2018, 02:15:40 AM
For whatever it's worth XSP, none of us here dismisses you as just another student.  You are our research hero.  I would just love to meet you for lunch and have a chance to council you about how to survive jackass superiors. ...................

.For example; imagine, for a moment, that you can see them on the toilet because they have terminal diarhea



Mental images are often useful for ones peace of mind.. It is a method for  keeping your mouth shut while thinking of expressions such as ...Go fuck yourself you rude bastard.   

Try it. I mean you are into the brain game so you can almost surely manipulate your thoughts to serve your own best interests and comfort..

Yours truly,
Grandfather Icarus

Thanks, Icarus. I admit I didn't really know what to think at the time, I was a little shocked as I didn't expect it but at the same time so preoccupied with how I was going to summarise the presentation I had prepared that I didn't think much of his rudeness. I felt really angry about it after he had gone to the next poster.

:notsure: Terminal diarrhea sounds nasty. I like it.

It's called cholera :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 29, 2018, 12:13:54 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 29, 2018, 08:45:10 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 29, 2018, 02:30:57 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 29, 2018, 02:15:40 AM
For whatever it's worth XSP, none of us here dismisses you as just another student.  You are our research hero.  I would just love to meet you for lunch and have a chance to council you about how to survive jackass superiors. ...................

.For example; imagine, for a moment, that you can see them on the toilet because they have terminal diarhea



Mental images are often useful for ones peace of mind.. It is a method for  keeping your mouth shut while thinking of expressions such as ...Go fuck yourself you rude bastard.   

Try it. I mean you are into the brain game so you can almost surely manipulate your thoughts to serve your own best interests and comfort..

Yours truly,
Grandfather Icarus

Thanks, Icarus. I admit I didn't really know what to think at the time, I was a little shocked as I didn't expect it but at the same time so preoccupied with how I was going to summarise the presentation I had prepared that I didn't think much of his rudeness. I felt really angry about it after he had gone to the next poster.

:notsure: Terminal diarrhea sounds nasty. I like it.

It's called cholera :D

Don't forget about dysentery. That's a classic.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 02, 2018, 05:55:47 PM
Next week I'll have to go back to the Netherlands.
My stepmother died this morning. I'll miss her dearly  :'(.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 02, 2018, 05:57:42 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 02, 2018, 05:55:47 PM
Next week I'll have to go back to the Netherlands.
My stepmother died this morning. I'll miss her dearly  :'(.

Sad news, Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 02, 2018, 07:10:13 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 02, 2018, 05:55:47 PM
Next week I'll have to go back to the Netherlands.
My stepmother died this morning. I'll miss her dearly  :'(.

Sad news, Tom. That will not be a happy trip.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 02, 2018, 07:51:54 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 02, 2018, 05:55:47 PM
Next week I'll have to go back to the Netherlands.
My stepmother died this morning. I'll miss her dearly  :'(.

Sorry to hear that, Tom.  :( Condolences.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 02, 2018, 07:58:56 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 02, 2018, 05:55:47 PM
Next week I'll have to go back to the Netherlands.
My stepmother died this morning. I'll miss her dearly  :'(.

Sad news Tom. Condolences to you and your family.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 02, 2018, 09:01:35 PM
Thank you, guys.
I'm just glad that she didn't suffer much.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 03, 2018, 09:58:19 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 02, 2018, 09:01:35 PM
Thank you, guys.
I'm just glad that she didn't suffer much.
That is the saving grace of a quick death. My mum had an anurism in her sleep. She probably felt nothing. My dad took five years to die of cancer. I know which way I would rather go.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 01:08:20 AM
Ticks! I'm covered in the little bastards.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 05, 2018, 01:10:52 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 01:08:20 AM
Ticks! I'm covered in the little bastards.

:o

I hate ticks with a passion! >:(

Is there the possibility of getting something like Lyme's Disease there where you are?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 01:49:46 AM
Yes, but I try not to think about that. No bites today. They were busy crawling through my due coat to get to the juicy bits...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 05, 2018, 01:55:00 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 01:49:46 AM
Yes, but I try not to think about that. No bites today. They were busy crawling through my due coat to get to the juicy bits...

Nasty! :eeew:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 02:10:07 AM
I can't help that I'm a hairy dude.  :-[

I also can't seem to stop the autocorrect on my tablet from changing things like "fur" to "due" which I find highly annoying.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 05, 2018, 02:19:39 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 02:10:07 AM
I can't help that I'm a hairy dude.  :-[

Oh, just to clear that up, I don't think hairy dudes are nasty, blood-sucking ticks are!  :haironfire:

QuoteI also can't seem to stop the autocorrect on my tablet from changing things like "fur" to "due" which I find highly annoying.

:lol: I was wondering what a "due coat" was!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 02:36:06 AM
I bet I can convince people that a due coat is old fashioned Southern slang. For all i know it might be, and I'll just be bringing it back.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 05, 2018, 02:47:29 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 05, 2018, 02:36:06 AM
I bet I can convince people that a due coat is old fashioned Southern slang. For all i know it might be, and I'll just be bringing it back.

I'd bet you can! :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 06, 2018, 05:08:42 PM
Gtumpy at myself!

Might need a new blender. Making soup (chicken stock, sweet corn, red pepper, spring onions, chestnut mushrooms, black pepper, a little olive oil - using up stuff in fridge that needs using up.)

As zapping 2/3rds of chopped up and part cooked ingredients I noticed that there was a growing puddle on the counter and a fizzing noise from the blender base.

I had forgotten to put the seal in on the base of the goblet!

Good news bit: the puddle was only liquid, its loss thickened up the soup - less in the bowl but it was delicious.

That model no longer available. Similar one half as expensive again.

Messy job ahead . . .
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 06, 2018, 06:53:02 PM
Get yourself a Vitamix. They are expensive, but worth every penny.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 06, 2018, 07:24:15 PM
Quote from: No one on September 06, 2018, 06:53:02 PM
Get yourself a Vitamix. They are expensive, but worth every penny.

Huh! Starting at about £400 up to £750! Yes, they are expensive!

I don't use it enough to justify that kind of expense.  One tenth of that is more in my line.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 06, 2018, 07:40:24 PM
You could get an immersion blender. Those are good if you don't need a blender often and they usually aren't very expensive. I bought mine for 10 dollars (roughly 8 pounds)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 06, 2018, 08:16:13 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 06, 2018, 07:40:24 PM
You could get an immersion blender. Those are good if you don't need a blender often and they usually aren't very expensive. I bought mine for 10 dollars (roughly 8 pounds)

Had one once but never really got in with it - might try it again if this one turns out kaput.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 03:18:07 AM
Just sent a third email to the university's Extension department regarding certificates for myself and the team who organised an introductory class for a larger programme back in May. For me, the certificate is not that important, but for the undergraduate student who participated in organising the class it's worth extracurricular credit. Since I was the one who insisted we put something together this year I feel responsible, so here I am again, patiently writing a 'hello? Where are the certificates?' letter.

I send out emails and don't get any answers, not even a 'fuck you, you ain't getting no certificate' kind of reply.  ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 07, 2018, 06:06:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 03:18:07 AM
Just sent a third email to the university's Extension department regarding certificates for myself and the team who organised an introductory class for a larger programme back in May. For me, the certificate is not that important, but for the undergraduate student who participated in organising the class it's worth extracurricular credit. Since I was the one who insisted we put something together this year I feel responsible, so here I am again, patiently writing a 'hello? Where are the certificates?' letter.

I send out emails and don't get any answers, not even a 'fuck you, you ain't getting no certificate' kind of reply.  ::)

Bureaucracy, one of the evils spawned by the Devil for the torture of mankind!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 07, 2018, 06:27:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 03:18:07 AM
Just sent a third email to the university's Extension department regarding certificates for myself and the team who organised an introductory class for a larger programme back in May. For me, the certificate is not that important, but for the undergraduate student who participated in organising the class it's worth extracurricular credit. Since I was the one who insisted we put something together this year I feel responsible, so here I am again, patiently writing a 'hello? Where are the certificates?' letter.

I send out emails and don't get any answers, not even a 'fuck you, you ain't getting no certificate' kind of reply.  ::)

Go up the tree with the letters/emails. The person you go to will forward your communication back down the tree. They won't pay attention to you but if you're going over their heads they will pay attention.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 12:57:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 07, 2018, 06:27:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 03:18:07 AM
Just sent a third email to the university's Extension department regarding certificates for myself and the team who organised an introductory class for a larger programme back in May. For me, the certificate is not that important, but for the undergraduate student who participated in organising the class it's worth extracurricular credit. Since I was the one who insisted we put something together this year I feel responsible, so here I am again, patiently writing a 'hello? Where are the certificates?' letter.

I send out emails and don't get any answers, not even a 'fuck you, you ain't getting no certificate' kind of reply.  ::)

Go up the tree with the letters/emails. The person you go to will forward your communication back down the tree. They won't pay attention to you but if you're going over their heads they will pay attention.

If I don't get a reply early next week (today is a major holiday in Brazil, so I don't expect anything) I will do that. The department is on another campus and a bit out of my way, so I'm really hoping they will answer my email.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 07, 2018, 02:41:32 PM
Many years ago, back when I was in college, a friend was having trouble with her advisor. It seems that her advisor didn't grasp the requirements for her degree and had her sign up for a class that didn't meet the prerequisite requirements for the next class she had to take.

Not wanting to ruffle any feathers since the term was underway she had decided to finish the class she was signed up for and then take the class she actually needed during the next semester. I went to the president of the college, walked right into his office, explained the situation, and left with a handwritten prerequisite exception for my friend.

Sometimes it pays off to leave footprints on people's heads as you solve a problem.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 07, 2018, 02:51:55 PM
I learned way back when I was in Navy Office that in a bureaucracy once you have given the system a chance to work, it's no good going to the boss of the person who didn't do their job, they're too close to the action.  Go right to the top of the whole shebang telling him "your boiys have stuffed up" and let the arse kicking work its way back down to the level where you needed action in the first place.  In the case I was in, I went to the First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defence because some minor functionary would not do his job getting a security clearance for a civilian to enter the Ops Room on one of our ships to do some necessary work.  It's a high risk strategy, you have to be VERY sure you are right and have abided by any and all rules about the matter, but if you have your ducks in a row, it is very effective.  It also gives you a reputation as someone who should not be stuffed around with, thus preventing future such issues.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:43:21 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 07, 2018, 02:41:32 PM
Many years ago, back when I was in college, a friend was having trouble with her advisor. It seems that her advisor didn't grasp the requirements for her degree and had her sign up for a class that didn't meet the prerequisite requirements for the next class she had to take.

Not wanting to ruffle any feathers since the term was underway she had decided to finish the class she was signed up for and then take the class she actually needed during the next semester. I went to the president of the college, walked right into his office, explained the situation, and left with a handwritten prerequisite exception for my friend.

Sometimes it pays off to leave footprints on people's heads as you solve a problem.

Quote from: Bluenose on September 07, 2018, 02:51:55 PM
I learned way back when I was in Navy Office that in a bureaucracy once you have given the system a chance to work, it's no good going to the boss of the person who didn't do their job, they're too close to the action.  Go right to the top of the whole shebang telling him "your boiys have stuffed up" and let the arse kicking work its way back down to the level where you needed action in the first place.  In the case I was in, I went to the First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defence because some minor functionary would not do his job getting a security clearance for a civilian to enter the Ops Room on one of our ships to do some necessary work.  It's a high risk strategy, you have to be VERY sure you are right and have abided by any and all rules about the matter, but if you have your ducks in a row, it is very effective.  It also gives you a reputation as someone who should not be stuffed around with, thus preventing future such issues.

Yeah, if I don't get a reply by Tuesday I'm going to make their office my new stomping ground.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:45:15 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

Hmm...as an introvert myself I also don't like such situations, but in my experience it always turns out to be fun in the end.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 08, 2018, 01:26:30 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:43:21 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 07, 2018, 02:41:32 PM
Many years ago, back when I was in college, a friend was having trouble with her advisor. It seems that her advisor didn't grasp the requirements for her degree and had her sign up for a class that didn't meet the prerequisite requirements for the next class she had to take.

Not wanting to ruffle any feathers since the term was underway she had decided to finish the class she was signed up for and then take the class she actually needed during the next semester. I went to the president of the college, walked right into his office, explained the situation, and left with a handwritten prerequisite exception for my friend.

Sometimes it pays off to leave footprints on people's heads as you solve a problem.

Quote from: Bluenose on September 07, 2018, 02:51:55 PM
I learned way back when I was in Navy Office that in a bureaucracy once you have given the system a chance to work, it's no good going to the boss of the person who didn't do their job, they're too close to the action.  Go right to the top of the whole shebang telling him "your boiys have stuffed up" and let the arse kicking work its way back down to the level where you needed action in the first place.  In the case I was in, I went to the First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defence because some minor functionary would not do his job getting a security clearance for a civilian to enter the Ops Room on one of our ships to do some necessary work.  It's a high risk strategy, you have to be VERY sure you are right and have abided by any and all rules about the matter, but if you have your ducks in a row, it is very effective.  It also gives you a reputation as someone who should not be stuffed around with, thus preventing future such issues.

Yeah, if I don't get a reply by Tuesday I'm going to make their office my new stomping ground.  >:(

Good for you
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 08, 2018, 01:27:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:45:15 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

Hmm...as an introvert myself I also don't like such situations, but in my experience it always turns out to be fun in the end.  :thumbsup:

I'm not an introvert, so I can offer no insight into this situation.  But I add my wishes that you go an have some fun!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 08, 2018, 05:46:17 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on September 08, 2018, 01:27:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:45:15 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

Hmm...as an introvert myself I also don't like such situations, but in my experience it always turns out to be fun in the end.  :thumbsup:

I'm not an introvert, so I can offer no insight into this situation.  But I add my wishes that you go an have some fun!
I did go and I did have fun. The science museum had a Harry Potter themed event. Someone gave a talk on the controversies surrounding HP. There were a lot of local vendors selling HP themed arts and crafts and food. It was huge fun.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 08, 2018, 05:58:18 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 08, 2018, 05:46:17 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on September 08, 2018, 01:27:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:45:15 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

Hmm...as an introvert myself I also don't like such situations, but in my experience it always turns out to be fun in the end.  :thumbsup:

I'm not an introvert, so I can offer no insight into this situation.  But I add my wishes that you go an have some fun!
I did go and I did have fun. The science museum had a Harry Potter themed event. Someone gave a talk on the controversies surrounding HP. There were a lot of local vendors selling HP themed arts and crafts and food. It was huge fun.

I'm green with envy!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 08, 2018, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

You never struck me as shy person, in the end! :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 08, 2018, 11:17:44 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on September 08, 2018, 01:27:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:45:15 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

Hmm...as an introvert myself I also don't like such situations, but in my experience it always turns out to be fun in the end.  :thumbsup:

I'm not an introvert, so I can offer no insight into this situation.  But I add my wishes that you go an have some fun!

No shit Sherlock! :rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
There is NOTHING on Netflix, HBO OR Amazon Prime!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 08, 2018, 05:04:09 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
There is NOTHING on Netflix, HBO OR Amazon Prime!  >:(

:notsure: Youtube?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 08, 2018, 05:40:07 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
There is NOTHING on Netflix, HBO OR Amazon Prime!  >:(

Altered Carbon?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 08, 2018, 05:53:52 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
There is NOTHING on Netflix, HBO OR Amazon Prime!  >:(

Lore on Amazon is good too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 07:20:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 08, 2018, 05:04:09 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
There is NOTHING on Netflix, HBO OR Amazon Prime!  >:(

:notsure: Youtube?
Nope. nothing there either :(

Watched Altered Carbon. Was OK.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 08, 2018, 07:43:36 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 07:20:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 08, 2018, 05:04:09 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 04:58:19 PM
There is NOTHING on Netflix, HBO OR Amazon Prime!  >:(

:notsure: Youtube?
Nope. nothing there either :(

Watched Altered Carbon. Was OK.

Get a good book!

(And a bottle of something nice, some tasty nibbles . . .)-
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 08, 2018, 10:24:29 PM
Ah! Yes, indeed, I'm reading Ancient Philosophy by Anthony Kenny. I approve of it so far.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 09, 2018, 01:51:32 AM
Quote from: Tank on September 08, 2018, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

You never struck me as shy person, in the end! :grin:
Once I get to know someone, I'm not quite so shy. :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 09, 2018, 04:18:08 AM
Quote from: Tank on September 08, 2018, 11:17:44 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on September 08, 2018, 01:27:53 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 07, 2018, 11:45:15 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 07, 2018, 08:34:48 PM
This introvert made plans with a friend. That means I have to get dressed, leave the house, and be around a bunch of strangers on my day off!

Hmm...as an introvert myself I also don't like such situations, but in my experience it always turns out to be fun in the end.  :thumbsup:

I'm not an introvert, so I can offer no insight into this situation.  But I add my wishes that you go an have some fun!

No shit Sherlock! :rofl:

What are you hinting at?   ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 09, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
True...as do people who refuse to use their indicator lights. I was nearly hit yesterday by someone who didn't. I needed to switch lanes so I signaled, looked, didn't see anyone in the way or indicating that they were about to move into that lane, so I started moving over - as did the BMW that I had seen, but had not shown any indication that he was thinking of switching lanes. It is a good thing I was was paying attention!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 10, 2018, 12:15:53 AM
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 10, 2018, 03:51:22 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 09, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
True...as do people who refuse to use their indicator lights. I was nearly hit yesterday by someone who didn't. I needed to switch lanes so I signaled, looked, didn't see anyone in the way or indicating that they were about to move into that lane, so I started moving over - as did the BMW that I had seen, but had not shown any indication that he was thinking of switching lanes. It is a good thing I was was paying attention!

He has a BMW. He doesn't have to pay attention to what the common folk are doing. :point&giggle: They have to pay attention to what he is doing. Could have been a woman driving it; they are all equally entitled.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 10, 2018, 04:12:17 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 09, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
True...as do people who refuse to use their indicator lights. I was nearly hit yesterday by someone who didn't. I needed to switch lanes so I signaled, looked, didn't see anyone in the way or indicating that they were about to move into that lane, so I started moving over - as did the BMW that I had seen, but had not shown any indication that he was thinking of switching lanes. It is a good thing I was was paying attention!

I don't know if it's the same around there but around here, car insurance for BMWs can get so expensive that a lot (if not most) BMW owners don't even have it, which can mean they won't pay you a dime if they damage your car.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 10, 2018, 05:22:54 AM
What's the difference between a BMW and a porcupine?


Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 10, 2018, 07:23:51 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 10, 2018, 03:51:22 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 09, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
True...as do people who refuse to use their indicator lights. I was nearly hit yesterday by someone who didn't. I needed to switch lanes so I signaled, looked, didn't see anyone in the way or indicating that they were about to move into that lane, so I started moving over - as did the BMW that I had seen, but had not shown any indication that he was thinking of switching lanes. It is a good thing I was was paying attention!

He has a BMW. He doesn't have to pay attention to what the common folk are doing. :point&giggle: They have to pay attention to what he is doing. Could have been a woman driving it; they are all equally entitled.
It does seem that drivers of luxury cars are less able to politely share the road. Their driving does seem to be a big :f you:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 10, 2018, 07:28:46 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 10, 2018, 07:23:51 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 10, 2018, 03:51:22 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 09, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
True...as do people who refuse to use their indicator lights. I was nearly hit yesterday by someone who didn't. I needed to switch lanes so I signaled, looked, didn't see anyone in the way or indicating that they were about to move into that lane, so I started moving over - as did the BMW that I had seen, but had not shown any indication that he was thinking of switching lanes. It is a good thing I was was paying attention!

He has a BMW. He doesn't have to pay attention to what the common folk are doing. :point&giggle: They have to pay attention to what he is doing. Could have been a woman driving it; they are all equally entitled.
It does seem that drivers of luxury cars are less able to politely share the road. Their driving does seem to be a big :f you:

And the shitheads can't park properly either!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 10, 2018, 02:29:45 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 10, 2018, 07:28:46 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 10, 2018, 07:23:51 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 10, 2018, 03:51:22 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 09, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
True...as do people who refuse to use their indicator lights. I was nearly hit yesterday by someone who didn't. I needed to switch lanes so I signaled, looked, didn't see anyone in the way or indicating that they were about to move into that lane, so I started moving over - as did the BMW that I had seen, but had not shown any indication that he was thinking of switching lanes. It is a good thing I was was paying attention!

He has a BMW. He doesn't have to pay attention to what the common folk are doing. :point&giggle: They have to pay attention to what he is doing. Could have been a woman driving it; they are all equally entitled.
It does seem that drivers of luxury cars are less able to politely share the road. Their driving does seem to be a big :f you:

And the shitheads can't park properly either!

If my car is between the lines, I'd count that as okay parking
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 10, 2018, 02:54:03 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 10, 2018, 02:29:45 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 10, 2018, 07:28:46 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 10, 2018, 07:23:51 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 10, 2018, 03:51:22 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 09, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 09, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: No one on September 09, 2018, 09:56:42 AM
Asshat drivers who are not aware that their neck works both ways!
Maybe it doesn't. Still, I agree. People who insist on ignoring their blind spots cost people who don't their doors and mirrors.
True...as do people who refuse to use their indicator lights. I was nearly hit yesterday by someone who didn't. I needed to switch lanes so I signaled, looked, didn't see anyone in the way or indicating that they were about to move into that lane, so I started moving over - as did the BMW that I had seen, but had not shown any indication that he was thinking of switching lanes. It is a good thing I was was paying attention!

He has a BMW. He doesn't have to pay attention to what the common folk are doing. :point&giggle: They have to pay attention to what he is doing. Could have been a woman driving it; they are all equally entitled.
It does seem that drivers of luxury cars are less able to politely share the road. Their driving does seem to be a big :f you:

And the shitheads can't park properly either!

If my car is between the lines, I'd count that as okay parking
Yip, mostly it is - providing both you and your passengers can get out without the doors hitting adjacent cars! Or risking those adjcent car foors putting dints in your paintwork.

Its the 4x4s withh bull bars that park at an angle, effectively taking up two spaces in a busy store car park. Not quite so bad if they are working vehicles  but most of them do little more than take the kids to school and pick up the groceries. And act as an advert as to the shitheadness of their owners when parked inconsiderately.

The other category is the young up-and-coming business person or senior manager type in their BMW that thinks the "Disabled Only Parking" sign does not apply to them - unless it also includes "Socially Disabled" of course.

We have a few of them on my road.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on September 10, 2018, 04:15:19 PM
That's why I miss my old ambulance. It looked just like a regular van, but was tuned and kitted out to where it could surprise a lot of people.
Loved it when I was out and about and the typical yuppie kids in daddy's BMW were out for fun. Of course they had to overtake the stupid working class van.

Imagine the look in their faces when the lowly van not just kept up with them, but pulled away.  ;D 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 10, 2018, 04:42:31 PM
I feel like I shouldn't rip on BMWs as much as I do because I drive a BMW Lite™, they just make it so easy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 10, 2018, 05:10:19 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on September 10, 2018, 04:15:19 PM
That's why I miss my old ambulance. It looked just like a regular van, but was tuned and kitted out to where it could surprise a lot of people.
Loved it when I was out and about and the typical yuppie kids in daddy's BMW were out for fun. Of course they had to overtake the stupid working class van.

Imagine the look in their faces when the lowly van not just kept up with them, but pulled away.  ;D

Yeah, you have to be wary of some vsns.

Decades ago a friend was coming back from ftom a racing car show in London, he claims doing over 100mph on the motorway in his supertuned 1250 Mini Cooper S (the real thing, not one of these foreign jobs . . .) when this long wheelbase van overtakes him. He gives chase . . .

He lost it but stopping in a service station spotted the van, grabbed a quick coffee and waited for the driver to return. Three people came back to the van and he had a word with them. After they stopped laughing at his complaint about being overtaken they opened the bonnet - to reveal a 7ltr Ford V8 engine instead of the standard 3ltr V6 in that model! In the back was one of the cars from the show. They ran a company making and modifying racing specials.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 10, 2018, 06:57:57 PM
Had a regular checkup today. Developed some spots during the night. Four spider bites!  :-[ I'll have to spray poison on the webs before I sweep the webs off the coach lights on either side of the garage door...or kill them with fire! :lynch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 10, 2018, 08:56:04 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 10, 2018, 06:57:57 PM
Had a regular checkup today. Developed some spots during the night. Four spider bites!  :-[ I'll have to spray poison on the webs before I sweep the webs off the coach lights on either side of the garage door...or kill them with fire! :lynch:

That's horrifying.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 10, 2018, 10:14:19 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 10, 2018, 06:57:57 PM
Had a regular checkup today. Developed some spots during the night. Four spider bites!  :-[ I'll have to spray poison on the webs before I sweep the webs off the coach lights on either side of the garage door...or kill them with fire! :lynch:

In my experience, poison on the webs is innefective. They don't absorb it through their feet. Brake cleaner, chlorinated if you can get it, pretty much means instant death if you score a direct hit. Wasps fall silently from the air without any of the death throes actual wasp spray causes.

The chlorinated cleaner makes an excellent stain remover too. Apparently it's pretty close to what dry cleaners use on garments. Dries quickly without leaving a residue either.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 11, 2018, 12:54:46 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 10, 2018, 10:14:19 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 10, 2018, 06:57:57 PM
Had a regular checkup today. Developed some spots during the night. Four spider bites!  :-[ I'll have to spray poison on the webs before I sweep the webs off the coach lights on either side of the garage door...or kill them with fire! :lynch:

In my experience, poison on the webs is innefective. They don't absorb it through their feet. Brake cleaner, chlorinated if you can get it, pretty much means instant death if you score a direct hit. Wasps fall silently from the air without any of the death throes actual wasp spray causes.

The chlorinated cleaner makes an excellent stain remover too. Apparently it's pretty close to what dry cleaners use on garments. Dries quickly without leaving a residue either.

Good idea! Brake cleaner would work, for sure. I'll try some on an area that won't show on the roll up door or the wall where the webs are. I usually just use whatever color spray paint I have handy, but I don't want weird ass graffiti on there. I used to find spiders all the time when I worked as a mechanic (mostly black widows, :o here in sunny southern California), and always had paint for painting parts during the replacement thereof.  I used to be able to buy some wasp and hornet killer that, when the nest was sprayed, they just dropped straight to the ground and didn't even twitch. Can't get that anymore, it would seem.

Best black widow spider story ever, from when I was about 10. Dad discovered one in a box of nuts and bolts, and broke out the "Flit Gun"- a pump sprayer made by Black Flag. I vaguely recall that the poison was either nicotine or nicotenic acid (Vitamin B-6). He sprayed the thing; it stopped, wiped itself off and began walking away. That's when it got the boot; animal to vegetable right there- it ended up, squash.  :P Ever since, it has been paint or carb cleaner for a quick kill. Since I mostly worked on Chevrolets, they generally became "Orange Widows", after the moly orange that Chevrolet engines were painted, back in the day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 01:37:05 AM
If you're in lovely California then your selection of toxic chemicals is a bit more limited. They stop shipments of the good chlorinated brake cleaner at the border. 3N high power - mostly acetone and benzene - works fairly well but DO NOT use it on bell hornets if you're unlucky enough to have those evil bastards where you live. Hit them and they just get maaaaaaad... On bad one land on my crotch a few weeks ago. My heart stopped for the duration of its visit.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 11, 2018, 02:08:51 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 01:37:05 AM
If you're in lovely California then your selection of toxic chemicals is a bit more limited. They stop shipments of the good chlorinated brake cleaner at the border. 3N high power - mostly acetone and benzene - works fairly well but DO NOT use it on bell hornets if you're unlucky enough to have those evil bastards where you live. Hit them and they just get maaaaaaad... On bad one land on my crotch a few weeks ago. My heart stopped for the duration of its visit.

See? And all you guys think we Aussies have a mortgage on nasty critters! 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 11, 2018, 04:10:13 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 01:37:05 AM
If you're in lovely California then your selection of toxic chemicals is a bit more limited. They stop shipments of the good chlorinated brake cleaner at the border. 3N high power - mostly acetone and benzene - works fairly well but DO NOT use it on bell hornets if you're unlucky enough to have those evil bastards where you live. Hit them and they just get maaaaaaad... On bad one land on my crotch a few weeks ago. My heart stopped for the duration of its visit.

:-\ Can't even buy MEK in this state anymore. You can still buy acetone, since it is not a producer of photochemical smog. In fact, if one wants to buy paint thinner, it's going to be some soup that is mostly comprised of acetone. Go figure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 11, 2018, 04:16:56 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 11, 2018, 04:10:13 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 01:37:05 AM
If you're in lovely California then your selection of toxic chemicals is a bit more limited. They stop shipments of the good chlorinated brake cleaner at the border. 3N high power - mostly acetone and benzene - works fairly well but DO NOT use it on bell hornets if you're unlucky enough to have those evil bastards where you live. Hit them and they just get maaaaaaad... On bad one land on my crotch a few weeks ago. My heart stopped for the duration of its visit.

:-\ Can't even buy MEK in this state anymore. You can still buy acetone, since it is not a producer of photochemical smog. In fact, if one wants to buy paint thinner, it's going to be some soup that is mostly comprised of acetone. Go figure.

I wonder how much ketone is released due to industrial cleaning compared to that produced by the natural process of ketosis in the world's untold billions of organic metabolisms?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 04:22:31 AM
Quote from: Dave on September 11, 2018, 04:16:56 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 11, 2018, 04:10:13 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 01:37:05 AM
If you're in lovely California then your selection of toxic chemicals is a bit more limited. They stop shipments of the good chlorinated brake cleaner at the border. 3N high power - mostly acetone and benzene - works fairly well but DO NOT use it on bell hornets if you're unlucky enough to have those evil bastards where you live. Hit them and they just get maaaaaaad... On bad one land on my crotch a few weeks ago. My heart stopped for the duration of its visit.

:-\ Can't even buy MEK in this state anymore. You can still buy acetone, since it is not a producer of photochemical smog. In fact, if one wants to buy paint thinner, it's going to be some soup that is mostly comprised of acetone. Go figure.

I wonder how much ketone is released due to industrial cleaning compared to that produced by the natural process of ketosis in the world's untold billions of organic metabolisms?

It's probably pretty low in comparison. Trace amounts versus train loads. It'd be interesting to see a comparison.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 11, 2018, 08:31:21 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 04:22:31 AM
Quote from: Dave on September 11, 2018, 04:16:56 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 11, 2018, 04:10:13 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 11, 2018, 01:37:05 AM
If you're in lovely California then your selection of toxic chemicals is a bit more limited. They stop shipments of the good chlorinated brake cleaner at the border. 3N high power - mostly acetone and benzene - works fairly well but DO NOT use it on bell hornets if you're unlucky enough to have those evil bastards where you live. Hit them and they just get maaaaaaad... On bad one land on my crotch a few weeks ago. My heart stopped for the duration of its visit.

:-\ Can't even buy MEK in this state anymore. You can still buy acetone, since it is not a producer of photochemical smog. In fact, if one wants to buy paint thinner, it's going to be some soup that is mostly comprised of acetone. Go figure.

I wonder how much ketone is released due to industrial cleaning compared to that produced by the natural process of ketosis in the world's untold billions of organic metabolisms?

It's probably pretty low in comparison. Trace amounts versus train loads. It'd be interesting to see a comparison.

I fesr you are right.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 12, 2018, 12:51:43 AM
They're knocking away at the wall next door, at almost 9 pm, and have been doing so for the past 3 hours. I hate it that they decide to do that when I'm home and trying to work on my project! :Gaah:

Bang, Bang, Bang...

Edited to add: They're drilling now. ::) Great.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 12, 2018, 01:25:55 AM
So you're saying that you wouldn't like having me as a neighbor?!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 12, 2018, 01:26:23 AM
^ I'll bet that they are Russian conspirators who are drilling and digging secret underground passages  That's why they are doing it at night.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 12, 2018, 01:52:27 AM
Thankfully now at quarter to 10 pm the banging and drilling has stopped.

Quote from: jumbojak on September 12, 2018, 01:25:55 AM
So you're saying that you wouldn't like having me as a neighbor?!  ;D

:lol: I don't know, JJ. How likely are you to soundproof the area you drill and hammer away in?  ;D

Quote from: Icarus on September 12, 2018, 01:26:23 AM
^ I'll bet that they are Russian conspirators who are drilling and digging secret underground passages  That's why they are doing it at night.

Yes, that must be it. They must be after the chocolate granola muffins that are in the oven. They'll have to get past me, first.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 12, 2018, 02:05:45 AM
It really depends on what I'm messing with. I do try to be considerate of others late at night. Sometimes I'll get started on a quiet project or task and get sucked in. What started as a quick cut with a hand saw and a few taps on a chisel escalates to a running air compressor and impact tools. I have also been known to switch from a rubber deadblow hammer to a mini sledge when something refused to move. I don't have an anvil at the house, thankfully.

For what it's worth I really don't notice that things have gotten out of hand and will gladly - well, maybe not gladly - stop what I'm doing when the focus on causing is pointed out. I need a detached shop far, faaaar away from other humans. Then I can have lights and make as much noise as I need to. Sometimes the loud way is the best way.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 12, 2018, 02:21:32 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 12, 2018, 02:05:45 AM
It really depends on what I'm messing with. I do try to be considerate of others late at night. Sometimes I'll get started on a quiet project or task and get sucked in. What started as a quick cut with a hand saw and a few taps on a chisel escalates to a running air compressor and impact tools. I have also been known to switch from a rubber deadblow hammer to a mini sledge when something refused to move. I don't have an anvil at the house, thankfully.

For what it's worth I really don't notice that things have gotten out of hand and will gladly - well, maybe not gladly - stop what I'm doing when the focus on causing is pointed out. I need a detached shop far, faaaar away from other humans. Then I can have lights and make as much noise as I need to. Sometimes the loud way is the best way.

I hear ya (not literally :P). I like working at night, there are fewer distractions and it seems like getting into a 'flow state' where you are completely immersed and focused on what you are doing is easier than during the day. Pity days are so draining...

But in my case, the worse complaint I'll get is that I'm 'typing too loud'.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 12, 2018, 04:51:27 AM
Insomnia is what gets me going at night. And... we've come full circle to grumpiness...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 12, 2018, 05:00:36 AM
Indeed.

It's really late now (or is it really early? I can never tell during these ungodly hours) and here I am:

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 12, 2018, 07:45:12 PM
I took my car to the dealership for its first service. Get all the way there for them to tell me that they did it when I got the recall work done in July. I just drove 100 miles for a car wash.


Actual picture of me sitting in the dealership now
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 12, 2018, 11:27:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 12, 2018, 07:45:12 PM
I took my car to the dealership for its first service. Get all the way there for them to tell me that they did it when I got the recall work done in July. I just drove 100 miles for a car wash.


Actual picture of me sitting in the dealership now
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/728/724/a93.jpg)

Well, I understand the grumpiness about them not telling you, but on the other hand you got to drive a hundred miles in your grouse little car!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 13, 2018, 12:27:15 AM
If the work wasn't listed on your invoice I would be highly suspicious. Are you paying for these services or was it rolled into the sale? The Euro brands do some weird shit.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 13, 2018, 01:59:19 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 13, 2018, 12:27:15 AM
If the work wasn't listed on your invoice I would be highly suspicious. Are you paying for these services or was it rolled into the sale? The Euro brands do some weird shit.

I didn't pay for anything. The original work was a recall and I get free service for the first 36k miles. That includes oil change, oil filter, air filter, fluid top off and brand new wipers all around. Plus they wash, wax, and vacuum my car.

It probably was listed on the invoice, but again, wasn't paying so I didn't look. I'm not super upset about it, just mildly annoyed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 13, 2018, 06:11:10 PM
Two of the bites I got on Sunday may be infected. They hurt like hell. But I can't drive to the doctor because I've a cold and am stoned on Benadryl and can't drive. >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2018, 10:04:29 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 13, 2018, 06:11:10 PM
Two of the bites I got on Sunday may be infected. They hurt like hell. But I can't drive to the doctor because I've a cold and am stoned on Benadryl and can't drive. >:(

Taxi? :notsure:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 13, 2018, 10:20:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2018, 10:04:29 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 13, 2018, 06:11:10 PM
Two of the bites I got on Sunday may be infected. They hurt like hell. But I can't drive to the doctor because I've a cold and am stoned on Benadryl and can't drive. >:(

Taxi? :notsure:

Good suggestion! I'm going to tough it out a couple more days. The doctor is a little over 20 miles away. Certainly doable with a taxi, but I just don't want to drop the bucks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2018, 10:38:19 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 13, 2018, 10:20:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 13, 2018, 10:04:29 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 13, 2018, 06:11:10 PM
Two of the bites I got on Sunday may be infected. They hurt like hell. But I can't drive to the doctor because I've a cold and am stoned on Benadryl and can't drive. >:(

Taxi? :notsure:

Good suggestion! I'm going to tough it out a couple more days. The doctor is a little over 20 miles away. Certainly doable with a taxi, but I just don't want to drop the bucks.

There could be cheaper alternatives, such as Uber or Cabify. You would have to download the app to your phone though, if you haven't already, and if those services are indeed available where you live.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 13, 2018, 10:41:12 PM
If you can lay hands on any try tea tree oil. I thought it was crazy when someone suggested it for a badly infected cut on my finger, but it worked.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 14, 2018, 06:30:44 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 13, 2018, 10:41:12 PM
If you can lay hands on any try tea tree oil. I thought it was crazy when someone suggested it for a badly infected cut on my finger, but it worked.

Or slice an aloe vera leaf and rub the juice on it . . . Or an onion . . . Garlic?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 14, 2018, 12:10:06 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 13, 2018, 10:41:12 PM
If you can lay hands on any try tea tree oil. I thought it was crazy when someone suggested it for a badly infected cut on my finger, but it worked.

Tea tree oil is a recognised anti septic.  Very effective.  It is the oil of Melaleuca alternifolia, native to south-east Queensland and the north-east coast of New South Wales.  Yet another Australian gift to the world!   :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 14, 2018, 02:57:09 PM
I has me a bruised muscle, secondary to a deadly-infectious case of bronchitis, and it SUCKS.  :(

The Asmo, he's practically falling apart these days.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 14, 2018, 03:04:49 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 14, 2018, 02:57:09 PM
I has me a bruised muscle, secondary to a deadly-infectious case of bronchitis, and it SUCKS.  :(

The Asmo, he's practically falling apart these days.  >:(

The Asmo is not alone, broken blood glucose control, broken kidneys, broken hemoglobin levels, broken blood pressure.  Getting old has only one thing going for it -  it's better than the alternative.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 14, 2018, 04:18:17 PM
Yeah, growing old ain't for sissies.  :)

One of my neighbors is a sing maker. I saw this gem one day-

"If you are over 50, and you woke up this morning and nothing hurt, you died in your sleep."
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 14, 2018, 07:42:39 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 14, 2018, 04:18:17 PM
Yeah, growing old ain't for sissies.  :)

One of my neighbors is a sing maker. I saw this gem one day-

"If you are over 50, and you woke up this morning and nothing hurt, you died in your sleep."
At this point, if I woke up and nothing hurt, that would be my first thought. I keep a bottle of lidocaine lotion next to my bed for those times that some hurty part wakes me up. Pain that once upon a time would have had me heading to the doctor, now only wakes me up long enough to apply some topical pain ointment. Yeah, growing old isn't for weenies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 14, 2018, 08:02:02 PM
There have been over 15 counterfeit 100s come in this week and the form we have to fill in is a PITA.  :bleh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 14, 2018, 08:53:46 PM
Crap! Who knew getting a room ready for new furniture was so much work! Apparently I have not been cleaning under the bed as well as I thought. There was enough cat hair under there to make at least two more cats! And some furline puked under the bed!  :grrr:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 14, 2018, 11:20:11 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 14, 2018, 08:53:46 PM
Crap! Who knew getting a room ready for new furniture was so much work! Apparently I have not been cleaning under the bed as well as I thought. There was enough cat hair under there to make at least two more cats! And some furline puked under the bed!  :grrr:

Yuck. My current house, when we went to move in, we discovered bloody hairballs where the previous owner's bed was, in the master bedroom.  :-[
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 15, 2018, 04:42:58 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 14, 2018, 08:53:46 PM
Crap! Who knew getting a room ready for new furniture was so much work! Apparently I have not been cleaning under the bed as well as I thought. There was enough cat hair under there to make at least two more cats! And some furline puked under the bed!  :grrr:

Now you've piqued my interest. Please tell more about your new furniture.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 15, 2018, 07:01:49 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 15, 2018, 04:42:58 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 14, 2018, 08:53:46 PM
Crap! Who knew getting a room ready for new furniture was so much work! Apparently I have not been cleaning under the bed as well as I thought. There was enough cat hair under there to make at least two more cats! And some furline puked under the bed!  :grrr:

Now you've piqued my interest. Please tell more about your new furniture.
Earlier this month, we finally bought a new bedroom suite - bed, dresser, chest-of-drawers, and nightstand. It is going to be delivered Saturday. We had to clear out the room a bit so there would be room for the new furniture. It wasn't too much work until we got under the bed and discovered that one of the cats had thrown up a couple of times under there. Once the bedroom is all set back up with the new furniture in place, I have promised to post photos.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 15, 2018, 07:04:15 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 15, 2018, 07:01:49 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 15, 2018, 04:42:58 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 14, 2018, 08:53:46 PM
Crap! Who knew getting a room ready for new furniture was so much work! Apparently I have not been cleaning under the bed as well as I thought. There was enough cat hair under there to make at least two more cats! And some furline puked under the bed!  :grrr:

Now you've piqued my interest. Please tell more about your new furniture.
Earlier this month, we finally bought a new bedroom suite - bed, dresser, chest-of-drawers, and nightstand. It is going to be delivered Saturday. We had to clear out the room a bit so there would be room for the new furniture. It wasn't too much work until we got under the bed and discovered that one of the cats had thrown up a couple of times under there. Once the bedroom is all set back up with the new furniture in place, I have promised to post photos.

Good luck!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 15, 2018, 08:14:35 AM
Quote from: Buddy on September 14, 2018, 08:02:02 PM
There have been over 15 counterfeit 100s come in this week and the form we have to fill in is a PITA.  :bleh:
What's the average number?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 15, 2018, 08:15:57 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 15, 2018, 07:01:49 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 15, 2018, 04:42:58 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 14, 2018, 08:53:46 PM
Crap! Who knew getting a room ready for new furniture was so much work! Apparently I have not been cleaning under the bed as well as I thought. There was enough cat hair under there to make at least two more cats! And some furline puked under the bed!  :grrr:

Now you've piqued my interest. Please tell more about your new furniture.
Earlier this month, we finally bought a new bedroom suite - bed, dresser, chest-of-drawers, and nightstand. It is going to be delivered Saturday. We had to clear out the room a bit so there would be room for the new furniture. It wasn't too much work until we got under the bed and discovered that one of the cats had thrown up a couple of times under there. Once the bedroom is all set back up with the new furniture in place, I have promised to post photos.

Please don't. Cat puke is not pretty.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 15, 2018, 10:26:33 AM
Quote from: Tank on September 15, 2018, 08:15:57 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 15, 2018, 07:01:49 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 15, 2018, 04:42:58 AM
Quote from: Velma on September 14, 2018, 08:53:46 PM
Crap! Who knew getting a room ready for new furniture was so much work! Apparently I have not been cleaning under the bed as well as I thought. There was enough cat hair under there to make at least two more cats! And some furline puked under the bed!  :grrr:

Now you've piqued my interest. Please tell more about your new furniture.
Earlier this month, we finally bought a new bedroom suite - bed, dresser, chest-of-drawers, and nightstand. It is going to be delivered Saturday. We had to clear out the room a bit so there would be room for the new furniture. It wasn't too much work until we got under the bed and discovered that one of the cats had thrown up a couple of times under there. Once the bedroom is all set back up with the new furniture in place, I have promised to post photos.

Please don't. Cat puke is not pretty.
Not of the cat puke! Pictures of the bedroom with the new furniture! Those may not happen until Sunday since there will be things to move back into the room.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 15, 2018, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 15, 2018, 08:14:35 AM
Quote from: Buddy on September 14, 2018, 08:02:02 PM
There have been over 15 counterfeit 100s come in this week and the form we have to fill in is a PITA.  :bleh:
What's the average number?

It's weird, we will usually go weeks or months without seeing any then a bunch will crop up for a while. Even then it's only four or five.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 15, 2018, 02:44:04 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 15, 2018, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 15, 2018, 08:14:35 AM
Quote from: Buddy on September 14, 2018, 08:02:02 PM
There have been over 15 counterfeit 100s come in this week and the form we have to fill in is a PITA.  :bleh:
What's the average number?

It's weird, we will usually go weeks or months without seeing any then a bunch will crop up for a while. Even then it's only four or five.

One could guess that the naughty fu forgers are doing batches, maybe moving their kit from area to area. I assume the police or FBI have analysis of dates and places to look for patterns.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 15, 2018, 03:46:22 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 15, 2018, 02:44:04 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 15, 2018, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 15, 2018, 08:14:35 AM
Quote from: Buddy on September 14, 2018, 08:02:02 PM
There have been over 15 counterfeit 100s come in this week and the form we have to fill in is a PITA.  :bleh:
What's the average number?

It's weird, we will usually go weeks or months without seeing any then a bunch will crop up for a while. Even then it's only four or five.

One could guess that the naughty fu forgers are doing batches, maybe moving their kit from area to area. I assume the police or FBI have analysis of dates and places to look for patterns.

Yeah we are required to send any suspected counterfeits to the US Secret Service.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 15, 2018, 05:47:37 PM
Secret Service? Not like... Ministry of Finance (which I know you call something different, but brain freeze) or the FBI? What's the SS going to do with it?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 15, 2018, 06:37:51 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 15, 2018, 05:47:37 PM
Secret Service? Not like... Ministry of Finance (which I know you call something different, but brain freeze) or the FBI? What's the SS going to do with it?

I would have thought the FBI as well, but America has so much many security organisations, often overlapping it seems, there must be treadonable toes all over the place.  They are probably fighting one another to find work!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 15, 2018, 06:59:47 PM
The secret service used to be part of the treasury department.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 15, 2018, 07:07:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 15, 2018, 06:59:47 PM
The secret service used to be part of the treasury department.

Ah! And they don't want to lose that little tentacle . . .

It really is a very Byzantine structure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 15, 2018, 07:14:13 PM
Until 2003, the Service was part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as the agency was originally founded to combat the then-widespread counterfeiting of U.S. currency.

Their second function is to protect the pres, vice pres, their families, etc. -wiki
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 15, 2018, 07:54:38 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 15, 2018, 07:14:13 PM
Until 2003, the Service was part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as the agency was originally founded to combat the then-widespread counterfeiting of U.S. currency.

Their second function is to protect the pres, vice pres, their families, etc. -wiki

So it could be a case that they are holding onto the expertise they have built up - seems sort of sensible if that is so.  If one could delve deep enough there are probably historic anomalies in every governmental set-up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 18, 2018, 01:38:14 AM
My proud US Coast Guard was once part of the treasury department.  In fact the USCG was the very first military service of our young nation, under Alexander Hamilton who was secretary of the treasury..  At that time it was called the Revenue Cutter Service. The premise was to enforce the import revenue laws that the Brits and others were so disdainful of.  The Coasties wear a small shield on their sleeve which is the symbol of the treasury department. .............Semper Paratus

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 18, 2018, 02:19:29 AM
Quote from: Dave on September 15, 2018, 07:07:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 15, 2018, 06:59:47 PM
The secret service used to be part of the treasury department.

Ah! And they don't want to lose that little tentacle . . .

It really is a very Byzantine structure.

I'm not sure what the reasoning is. Perhaps it's to maintain continuity for financial institutions that are familiar with the organization but the Secret Service is a part of the DHS now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 19, 2018, 09:15:48 PM
MiL fell yesterday and isn't able to stand by herself.  :( I had to pick her up every time she had to pee, which was about every 20 minutes. She's 91. Got an ambulance ride to the e-room. We'll see what happens. My back hurts like a bitch; I shouldn't be lifting people.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 19, 2018, 09:36:26 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 19, 2018, 09:15:48 PM
MiL fell yesterday and isn't able to stand by herself.  :( I had to pick her up every time she had to pee, which was about every 20 minutes. She's 91. Got an ambulance ride to the e-room. We'll see what happens. My back hurts like a bitch; I shouldn't be lifting people.

Nope, but shame about the MiL as well.

Hope it's a temporarily pinched nerve or something.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 19, 2018, 10:53:26 PM
Quote from: Fireball on September 19, 2018, 09:15:48 PM
MiL fell yesterday and isn't able to stand by herself.  :( I had to pick her up every time she had to pee, which was about every 20 minutes. She's 91. Got an ambulance ride to the e-room. We'll see what happens. My back hurts like a bitch; I shouldn't be lifting people.

Probably not, but if there's no other way try and keep your back as straight as possible when lifting her, and bend the knees. It takes a lot of the load off the lower back.   

My mother suffers from pain in various areas, and this may seem funny but she uses an anti-inflammatory spray that's technically for horses. Works like a charm. It smells really bad, though. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 19, 2018, 11:12:41 PM
I think my days of working on heavy equipment are numbered, if not over completely. Today I was putting a tractor back together and lost feeling in my arm again. You can't work on things that are heavy when you can't lift the parts. At least not in the field. If I was in a shop with a hoist or gantry I could do it but I'd be slow.

That sucks about the MIL Fireball. I hope that both of you are okay.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 19, 2018, 11:17:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 19, 2018, 11:12:41 PM
... Today I was putting a tractor back together and lost feeling in my arm again. ...

That is so odd. Have you gone to a neurologist to run some tests on the nerves in your arm? Is it the same arm as before?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 19, 2018, 11:45:31 PM
Thanks for the kind words, folks. :) She's running a temperature and is dizzy and weak, so they admitted her to the hospital.

JJ, that sounds like a repetitive motion injury. I had carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands, and had release surgeries last year. Neither hand is all the way up to snuff, but they are getting better. There's probably something further up your arm that has an effect like the carpal tunnel, but I'm no doctor. It could also be an artifact of your neck nerve issue. I know that when I get pains in my legs when I am sleeping that I have to roll onto my back- it's sciatica. Laying on my back takes the pinch out of my spinal cord. The pain usually wakes me up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 19, 2018, 11:54:07 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 19, 2018, 11:17:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 19, 2018, 11:12:41 PM
... Today I was putting a tractor back together and lost feeling in my arm again. ...

That is so odd. Have you gone to a neurologist to run some tests on the nerves in your arm? Is it the same arm as before?

I've been to an orthopedist but won't be going back. It's the same problem I had before. It has happened a few times since.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 20, 2018, 04:58:29 AM
Quote from: Fireball on September 19, 2018, 11:45:31 PM
Thanks for the kind words, folks. :) She's running a temperature and is dizzy and weak, so they admitted her to the hospital.

JJ, that sounds like a repetitive motion injury. I had carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands, and had release surgeries last year. Neither hand is all the way up to snuff, but they are getting better. There's probably something further up your arm that has an effect like the carpal tunnel, but I'm no doctor. It could also be an artifact of your neck nerve issue. I know that when I get pains in my legs when I am sleeping that I have to roll onto my back- it's sciatica. Laying on my back takes the pinch out of my spinal cord. The pain usually wakes me up.

Yewh, I've had carpel tunnel as well, still get lins and needles in my left hsnd nearly 30 years later, at first they thought it was pressure in a nerve in my neck. After a touch of sciatica, 20 years ago, there is still some nerve pressure or damage, there is a patch on my left calf that gets erroneous sensations, hot, cold, bruised or numb. But the cause is probably up in my hip area where the big nerve bundle splits up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 20, 2018, 06:09:38 PM
BILLS! No how many times I pay them, they just keep coming back!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 21, 2018, 04:52:06 AM
Quote from: No one on September 20, 2018, 06:09:38 PM
BILLS! No how many times I pay them, they just keep coming back!

I can feel your pain. I wonder why there is only one company, that grant me some money at the beginning of the month and hundreds, that want to "steal" it from me during the month.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 21, 2018, 04:46:43 PM
Drat!

I vacuumed the lounge carpet earlier - it was about its 21st birthday after all, laid the year before my heart attack.   :cleaning:

Then I washed the bed linen, the black stuff.

Remember my place is tiny, a few steps between each area.

What I did not notice was that a Kleenex had got caught up with the bedding. Notice I said Kleenex, specific not the now generic kleenex - it is significant.

The tissue broke up into tiny pieces, little white bits all over the black bedding . . .  >:(  A lot of those shed onto the kitchen floor. Before I could sweep them up a proportion of those stuck to the soles of my slippers.

Can you guess where this is going!

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Kleenex turn to mush almost as easily as toilet tissue - I normally use a brand called Saxon, they do not mush up in the machine but are still fairly gentle on the schnozzle.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 21, 2018, 04:50:04 PM
Kleenex 1  - Dave 0

;D

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 21, 2018, 04:52:37 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 21, 2018, 04:50:04 PM
Kleenex 1  - Dave 0

;D

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Worry not, Silver. It was written to be amusing to cheer me up!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 21, 2018, 05:10:54 PM
All that work, and entropy caught up with you, anyway. My MiL is famous for the tissues up her sleeves. We find them in the washer and dryer all the time.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 21, 2018, 08:13:11 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 21, 2018, 04:46:43 PM
Drat!

I vacuumed the lounge carpet earlier - it was about its 21st birthday after all, laid the year before my heart attack.   :cleaning:

Then I washed the bed linen, the black stuff.

Remember my place is tiny, a few steps between each area.

What I did not notice was that a Kleenex had got caught up with the bedding. Notice I said Kleenex, specific not the now generic kleenex - it is significant.

The tissue broke up into tiny pieces, little white bits all over the black bedding . . .  >:(  A lot of those shed onto the kitchen floor. Before I could sweep them up a proportion of those stuck to the soles of my slippers.

Can you guess where this is going!

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Kleenex turn to mush almost as easily as toilet tissue - I normally use a brand called Saxon, they do not mush up in the machine but are still fairly gentle on the schnozzle.
Oh, that reminds me...I've got to put tissues on my shopping list!  :notes:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 21, 2018, 08:41:11 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 21, 2018, 08:13:11 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 21, 2018, 04:46:43 PM
Drat!

I vacuumed the lounge carpet earlier - it was about its 21st birthday after all, laid the year before my heart attack.   :cleaning:

Then I washed the bed linen, the black stuff.

Remember my place is tiny, a few steps between each area.

What I did not notice was that a Kleenex had got caught up with the bedding. Notice I said Kleenex, specific not the now generic kleenex - it is significant.

The tissue broke up into tiny pieces, little white bits all over the black bedding . . .  >:(  A lot of those shed onto the kitchen floor. Before I could sweep them up a proportion of those stuck to the soles of my slippers.

Can you guess where this is going!

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Kleenex turn to mush almost as easily as toilet tissue - I normally use a brand called Saxon, they do not mush up in the machine but are still fairly gentle on the schnozzle.
Oh, that reminds me...I've got to put tissues on my shopping list!  :notes:

Oh, so glad my misfortune has provided a positive outcome for you, Velma . . .


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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on September 22, 2018, 01:29:42 AM
Quote from: Dave on September 21, 2018, 08:41:11 PM
Quote from: Velma on September 21, 2018, 08:13:11 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 21, 2018, 04:46:43 PM
Drat!

I vacuumed the lounge carpet earlier - it was about its 21st birthday after all, laid the year before my heart attack.   :cleaning:

Then I washed the bed linen, the black stuff.

Remember my place is tiny, a few steps between each area.

What I did not notice was that a Kleenex had got caught up with the bedding. Notice I said Kleenex, specific not the now generic kleenex - it is significant.

The tissue broke up into tiny pieces, little white bits all over the black bedding . . .  >:(  A lot of those shed onto the kitchen floor. Before I could sweep them up a proportion of those stuck to the soles of my slippers.

Can you guess where this is going!

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Kleenex turn to mush almost as easily as toilet tissue - I normally use a brand called Saxon, they do not mush up in the machine but are still fairly gentle on the schnozzle.
Oh, that reminds me...I've got to put tissues on my shopping list!  :notes:

Oh, so glad my misfortune has provided a positive outcome for you, Velma . . .


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At least something good came out of it.  :grin:

I've left tissues in my pocket when I put my clothes in the washer. It really does make a huge mess.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 22, 2018, 09:28:53 AM
I'm trying out a Volvo S90 these days, and... I loathe it.

It's a very pretty (while being a Volvo, and excluding those weird rear lights), big, luxury car with plenty of power and a tiny electric motor in the boot so that you can feel good and environmental-like about burning all that petrol in its other end. Further, it has very comfortable and very adjustable air-conditioned seats with massage, one of them automated sun cutrains over the back window and pretty much enough bells and whistles to almost rival an expensive Mercedes. That's before I get into the absolutely flawless quality feel of it. Doesn't sound too terrible, does it? Well, it IS.

This car has NO genitalia. None. You poke it with a stick, and it goes "OK." You try to be vigorous with it, and it goes "Nah." It's so pandering and boring and relentlessly bland, that I can, hand on heart, say that I liked that Caddy with a big (for a Caddy in Norway) engine I drove some weeks ago a whole lot better - and it was a bloody carpenter's van!

I mean, what the hell is the point of having a sport button, when for all practical purposes, all it does is give you a rev counter in stead of some bullshit envirometer you get in the hybrid mode? Where is the stiff suspension, the unforgiving steering, the brakes (A chapter onto themselves. My, but I do hate them hybrids and their spongy-ass cheese-brakes) that will tear your face off from just breathing on the pedal, the accelerator that greets you with a roar and then makes you long-since gone? Where, I ask?! Also, what's the point of a pilot assist, which is so steer-happy that all it does is make your arms tired from constantly fighting it to keep a smooth line? The damned thing is a luxury barge for slightly-fat middle-aged upper managers who fancy themselves good enough to tame the Horse Power™, but only because all they ever drove were things which would not let them do anything even remotely fun.

Come the fuck on, Volvo! You had a gem in the making and you managed to deliver a turd. A highly-polished one, but as a car enthusiast, I can still smell what's inside.

There. Now I feel all better. Back to driving muh turd.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 22, 2018, 01:39:10 PM
I've never been in a luxury car aside from an Audi or Acura that didn't behave exactly as you describe. They may be fast but handling tends not to be their strong suit. I do miss the seat from my Buick. My god, that was a comfortable car.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 22, 2018, 02:20:27 PM
As much as I side-eye BMW for making the MINI bigger than it used to, it still handles so well while still being so much more comfortable than the early 2000s models. That only applies to the two door though. The four door Cooper sucks.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 22, 2018, 02:23:21 PM
I drive a Volkswagen Fox. I don't know what that is...it isn't fast and it isn't comfortable. One good thing about it is that it's a tall car for tall people.

It's an ugly car though, I really hate the rear and the clumsy shape. 

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vB__QHR3DMw/U_P5xergZKI/AAAAAAABc-k/TH4q_rlg6yI/s1600/Fox_Trendline_(2).jpg)

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.glbimg.com%2F83EpgqQhjdD0NjsHUmqnjUNaHTo%3D%2F0x194%3A1700x895%2F640x264%2Fs.glbimg.com%2Fjo%2Fg1%2Ff%2Foriginal%2F2014%2F08%2F18%2Ffox2.jpg&hash=acefff1f626c8ac1d6edb27099b1e468a562d969)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 22, 2018, 02:29:58 PM
My integra is reasonably fast for a girl her age, and handles superbly for a front wheel drive car but there is a price to be paid for that handling - you feel every bump and dimple in the road. Every single one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 24, 2018, 02:42:17 PM
Don't get me wrong, if you compare the Cathedral of Volvo™ to, say, a regular Golf or some such, it's a very, very good car. However, if you compare to expensive Mercs or BMWs, as you should... Then it's just many, many square meters of utter boredom. Also, its hybrid charging cable does not reach the plug if you reverse park. I told you it was made for useless drivers, did I not? Well, there is more proof that that is indeed the case. I mean, who doesn't reverse park?!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 24, 2018, 03:06:05 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 22, 2018, 02:20:27 PM
As much as I side-eye BMW for making the MINI bigger than it used to, it still handles so well while still being so much more comfortable than the early 2000s models. That only applies to the two door though. The four door Cooper sucks.

Ha ha!  My first car was a cherry red 1964 Morris Mini Minor 850.  You think some modern minis are uncomfortable?   :rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 24, 2018, 03:22:13 PM
The only time I reverse park is when driving a big truck that won't fit going in forward.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 24, 2018, 04:33:27 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 24, 2018, 02:42:17 PM
Don't get me wrong, if you compare the Cathedral of Volvo™ to, say, a regular Golf or some such, it's a very, very good car. However, if you compare to expensive Mercs or BMWs, as you should... Then it's just many, many square meters of utter boredom. Also, its hybrid charging cable does not reach the plug if you reverse park. I told you it was made for useless drivers, did I not? Well, there is more proof that that is indeed the case. I mean, who doesn't reverse park?!

Well, apologues to our Swedish friends but there used to be a ssying, "Blonde and bland." After their safety testing campaign ads of crashing Volvos the joke slogan was, "Volvos, driven by dummies." A friend used to call his old 1980s Volvo estste his "truck".

http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/corporatejokes/volvojokes.html

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 24, 2018, 05:38:35 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on September 24, 2018, 03:06:05 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 22, 2018, 02:20:27 PM
As much as I side-eye BMW for making the MINI bigger than it used to, it still handles so well while still being so much more comfortable than the early 2000s models. That only applies to the two door though. The four door Cooper sucks.

Ha ha!  My first car was a cherry red 1964 Morris Mini Minor 850.  You think some modern minis are uncomfortable?   :rofl:

Our roads suck and the first generation BMW MINIS had a lot of plastic bits that rattle. On short trips it was fine but on longer drives it was miserable.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 24, 2018, 06:09:44 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on September 24, 2018, 03:06:05 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 22, 2018, 02:20:27 PM
As much as I side-eye BMW for making the MINI bigger than it used to, it still handles so well while still being so much more comfortable than the early 2000s models. That only applies to the two door though. The four door Cooper sucks.

Ha ha!  My first car was a cherry red 1964 Morris Mini Minor 850.  You think some modern minis are uncomfortable?   :rofl:

I had a Mini van, in 1973, painted in red oxide, with sliding windows and the steering wheel was not dead in front of the seat in those old ones- you had to sit slightly sideways. It was fun driving that, with a climbing buddy, from London to Bristol, then to Glen Coe and Fort William, back to the Lake District and back home to London. We slept in it most nights. Got to know every bump and rattle in the car very well!

The starter motor went kaput in Glen Coe. Had to start it by jacking up one front wherl, just off the deck, and my mate winding the wheel with the spanner like starting an old airplane! Local farmer had a scrap Mini in his yard and I had the starter out of that. Canny Scot charged me a tenner for it!

I too had an old Morris Minor - bloody good car, only thing that wrong with it in three years was a snapped throttle return spring. 0 - 60 in, oh, 30 seconds before I managed to switch the engine off and re-unlock the steering to be able to manouver and stop! Four elastic bands was the temporary fix.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 25, 2018, 12:16:01 AM
Quote from: Dave on September 24, 2018, 06:09:44 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on September 24, 2018, 03:06:05 PM
Quote from: Buddy on September 22, 2018, 02:20:27 PM
As much as I side-eye BMW for making the MINI bigger than it used to, it still handles so well while still being so much more comfortable than the early 2000s models. That only applies to the two door though. The four door Cooper sucks.

Ha ha!  My first car was a cherry red 1964 Morris Mini Minor 850.  You think some modern minis are uncomfortable?   :rofl:

I had a Mini van, in 1973, painted in red oxide, with sliding windows and the steering wheel was not dead in front of the seat in those old ones- you had to sit slightly sideways. It was fun driving that, with a climbing buddy, from London to Bristol, then to Glen Coe and Fort William, back to the Lake District and back home to London. We slept in it most nights. Got to know every bump and rattle in the car very well!

The starter motor went kaput in Glen Coe. Had to start it by jacking up one front wherl, just off the deck, and my mate winding the wheel with the spanner like starting an old airplane! Local farmer had a scrap Mini in his yard and I had the starter out of that. Canny Scot charged me a tenner for it!

I too had an old Morris Minor - bloody good car, only thing that wrong with it in three years was a snapped throttle return spring. 0 - 60 in, oh, 30 seconds before I managed to switch the engine off and re-unlock the steering to be able to manouver and stop! Four elastic bands was the temporary fix.

In Aus they originally called  the mini the morris mini minor, I think trying to cash in on the then good name of the morris minor (they were nevertheless good cars for the time).  My mini had the same off-set steering wheel, sliding windows, a starter button on the floor, headlight dip switch on the floor, a long gear stick (not so good for fast gear changes), clutch, brake and accelerator pedals all slightly left of rather than in front of the driver.  Seats made of steel tubing around the edges with vinyl covered padding in the middle and no head rests - whip lash heaven in a collision.  But it had a wheel at each corner with independent suspension.  Basically handled really well if not very fast - 850 cc engine, there are motor bikes with bigger donks.  Cost almost nothing to run.  I loved my mini!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 25, 2018, 01:04:47 AM
Hovinds, Comforts, Jubys, Davis', Lane Craigs!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 25, 2018, 01:51:26 AM
Quote from: No one on September 25, 2018, 01:04:47 AM
Hovinds, Comforts, Jubys, Davis', Lane Craigs!

I looked at that list for a few seconds before I got it. In the atheist sphere, these could be some pretty good invective!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 25, 2018, 05:15:16 AM
I once had a Hillman Husky that I liked very well. It was reliable and fun to drive.  My wife hated it like poison after it became, in her mind unreliable.  That was because she was driving in the city one day and the rear axle separated itself from the car. She was not a happy camper with that episode. We soon disposed of the Hillman in favor of a new 1964 Dodge Dart. Marital bliss resumed.

When Volvo cars first became available in the US, I was an auto mechanic, actually a race car tuner.  The Volvos with their 4 cylinder engine were pretty potent racers in their day. I tuned more than a few of them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 25, 2018, 12:24:38 PM
Saw doctor yestdsy and he sent me for a chest xray, but also prescribed a few diazapam to see if that relieved the anxiety type symptoms. Took one last night. Slept 'til 5am, barring a visit to the loo, but not peaceful sleep.

Symptoms started again 6am, but anxious feeling not so bad. Now gone noon and I don't feel like getting off the couch. BP, pulse and blood ox all within my normal range but still feeling "waves" of shortness of breath - readings indicate no probs during these. Some indications I have a stomach bug though.

Record being kept. I may not use my smart phone much as a phone, the odd text, but it gets much use for emails, diary, calendar, making verbal notes, as an alarm clock, shopping lists, notes on car tyre pressures and wheel nut torque, photos of bus time tables etc.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 25, 2018, 01:21:43 PM
Oh, dear, signs of gut problem now, frequent eye of needle situation.

:i'mok:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 25, 2018, 01:34:13 PM
Eye of needle?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 25, 2018, 01:43:39 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 25, 2018, 01:34:13 PM
Eye of needle?

Liquid and under pressure rather than solid, "I could s**t through the eye of a needle at 40 paces!"



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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on September 25, 2018, 01:58:30 PM
This is chuckleworthy but I will post it here since it applies to my last:

(https://i.imgur.com/rmWfHhS.jpg)

Title for a recipe site!?!?

Sometimes these "blind" advertising algos get a bit inappropriate.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 25, 2018, 09:31:49 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 25, 2018, 12:24:38 PM
Saw doctor yestdsy and he sent me for a chest xray, but also prescribed a few diazapam to see if that relieved the anxiety type symptoms. Took one last night. Slept 'til 5am, barring a visit to the loo, but not peaceful sleep.

Symptoms started again 6am, but anxious feeling not so bad. Now gone noon and I don't feel like getting off the couch. BP, pulse and blood ox all within my normal range but still feeling "waves" of shortness of breath - readings indicate no probs during these. Some indications I have a stomach bug though.

Record being kept. I may not use my smart phone much as a phone, the odd text, but it gets much use for emails, diary, calendar, making verbal notes, as an alarm clock, shopping lists, notes on car tyre pressures and wheel nut torque, photos of bus time tables etc.

Quote from: Dave on September 25, 2018, 01:21:43 PM
Oh, dear, signs of gut problem now, frequent eye of needle situation.

:i'mok:

:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on September 26, 2018, 05:11:37 AM
Quote from: Dave on September 25, 2018, 01:43:39 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 25, 2018, 01:34:13 PM
Eye of needle?

Liquid and under pressure rather than solid, "I could s**t through the eye of a needle at 40 paces!"



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It's OK Dave, I got the reference the first time!  ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 28, 2018, 06:38:50 PM
No good film to watch at the movies this weekend. 'Venom' only premieres next Thursday.

(https://ogimg.infoglobo.com.br/in/22621780-78f-039/FT1500A/550/xvenom.PNG.pagespeed.ic.y0HJHo34td.jpg)

Oh yeah.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 01, 2018, 07:34:34 PM
I didn't get the banker position. I'm not surprised but I am a little disappointed. Now I am just waiting for everything to go through so I can take the place of the person who did get the job.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 02, 2018, 01:34:58 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 01, 2018, 07:34:34 PM
I didn't get the banker position. I'm not surprised but I am a little disappointed. Now I am just waiting for everything to go through so I can take the place of the person who did get the job.

:(

Any chance of having a position open up in the near future?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 02, 2018, 10:35:49 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 01, 2018, 07:34:34 PM
I didn't get the banker position. I'm not surprised but I am a little disappointed. Now I am just waiting for everything to go through so I can take the place of the person who did get the job.
Well you're better equipped for the next one that comes up. What did you learn from this.\

Has your boyfriend recovered from his bollocking yet?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 02, 2018, 12:48:35 PM
The other position should come open by the end of the week. It's a split position so I'll be both a teller and a banker to work with people when the actual banker is busy. I am way more qualified for this position than the last one, though my manager did tell me that I actually was seriously considered for the other job. I'm not too worried though. Things will work out in time.

Quote from: Tank on October 02, 2018, 10:35:49 AM


Has your boyfriend recovered from his bollocking yet?

Haha yes. He has finally pulled his head from his ass. I think he realized he messed up when his mom nearly broke down our door to see him when he came home.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 02, 2018, 09:41:14 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 02, 2018, 12:48:35 PM
The other position should come open by the end of the week. It's a split position so I'll be both a teller and a banker to work with people when the actual banker is busy. I am way more qualified for this position than the last one, though my manager did tell me that I actually was seriously considered for the other job. I'm not too worried though. Things will work out in time.

Yes, they will :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 03, 2018, 03:03:07 AM
Bittersweet, good/bad. My MiL comes out of rehab tomorrow, but instead of coming home, she is slated for a board and care facility. Neither my wife or I can even help her to stand up, and she can't do it on her own. Two weeks ago, she was ambulatory, could feed herself and shower on her own. All. Gone.  :( Here in the US, we're obliged to spend quite a bit of money for that care. We'll see what happens when the money runs out. One of my friends said that once people enter a facility like that, they fail rapidly. I'm not sure that he understood how bad that sounded.  :???:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 03, 2018, 07:48:40 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 03, 2018, 03:03:07 AM
Bittersweet, good/bad. My MiL comes out of rehab tomorrow, but instead of coming home, she is slated for a board and care facility. Neither my wife or I can even help her to stand up, and she can't do it on her own. Two weeks ago, she was ambulatory, could feed herself and shower on her own. All. Gone.  :( Here in the US, we're obliged to spend quite a bit of money for that care. We'll see what happens when the money runs out. One of my friends said that once people enter a facility like that, they fail rapidly. I'm not sure that he understood how bad that sounded.  :???:
As you say bitter sweet. Keep us posted.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 03, 2018, 11:03:00 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 03, 2018, 07:48:40 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 03, 2018, 03:03:07 AM
Bittersweet, good/bad. My MiL comes out of rehab tomorrow, but instead of coming home, she is slated for a board and care facility. Neither my wife or I can even help her to stand up, and she can't do it on her own. Two weeks ago, she was ambulatory, could feed herself and shower on her own. All. Gone.  :( Here in the US, we're obliged to spend quite a bit of money for that care. We'll see what happens when the money runs out. One of my friends said that once people enter a facility like that, they fail rapidly. I'm not sure that he understood how bad that sounded.  :???:
As you say bitter sweet. Keep us posted.

Yes, in life we must take the bitter with the sour.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 03, 2018, 12:54:18 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 03, 2018, 03:03:07 AM
Bittersweet, good/bad. My MiL comes out of rehab tomorrow, but instead of coming home, she is slated for a board and care facility. Neither my wife or I can even help her to stand up, and she can't do it on her own. Two weeks ago, she was ambulatory, could feed herself and shower on her own. All. Gone.  :( Here in the US, we're obliged to spend quite a bit of money for that care. We'll see what happens when the money runs out. One of my friends said that once people enter a facility like that, they fail rapidly. I'm not sure that he understood how bad that sounded.  :???:

That's not always true Fireball. Sadly it often is, but there are people who live for years, happily I might add, in a care facility. Make sure that you check on her often and keep an eye on how the staff is treating her.

I have a lot of experience with people in care facilities as my day job is in a city that functions as probably the largest retirement community in Virginia. Many of them have dedicated staff who really do care about their charges.

My advice to you would be to see if they take any of their patients for outings and find out where they go. Visit the places they go and ask how that facility treats the patients. We watch carefully and usually have a good idea how concerned a given facility is with their patients.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 03, 2018, 02:40:26 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 03, 2018, 03:03:07 AM
Bittersweet, good/bad. My MiL comes out of rehab tomorrow, but instead of coming home, she is slated for a board and care facility. Neither my wife or I can even help her to stand up, and she can't do it on her own. Two weeks ago, she was ambulatory, could feed herself and shower on her own. All. Gone.  :( Here in the US, we're obliged to spend quite a bit of money for that care. We'll see what happens when the money runs out. One of my friends said that once people enter a facility like that, they fail rapidly. I'm not sure that he understood how bad that sounded.  :???:

Bittersweet indeed, Dark Lightning. But maybe it isn't as bad as you think it might be, as JJ said.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 03, 2018, 05:04:07 PM
Thanks, all! Yeah, I think that she'll be OK there, since there are people who have been there for something like 7 years.  :)

I'll find out about outings. I don't know what sort of joy she will get from them, though. She's got dementia pretty bad and couldn't tell you what she had for breakfast unless the dishes are still there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 04, 2018, 07:09:35 PM
Someone hit my passenger side mirror and took a huge chunk of paint off.  :grrr: :waah:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 05, 2018, 03:07:11 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 04, 2018, 07:09:35 PM
Someone hit my passenger side mirror and took a huge chunk of paint off.  :grrr: :waah:

...and didn't leave a note, right? So many irresponsible people in the world. I had that happen to my car (on a fender) and it was $1100. Lucky me, I only had to pay $500.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 05, 2018, 01:55:56 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 05, 2018, 03:07:11 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 04, 2018, 07:09:35 PM
Someone hit my passenger side mirror and took a huge chunk of paint off.  :grrr: :waah:

...and didn't leave a note, right? So many irresponsible people in the world. I had that happen to my car (on a fender) and it was $1100. Lucky me, I only had to pay $500.  ::)

They didn't leave anything. Now I need to decide whether or not to go to the dealership when I get it repaired. The car is a special edition paint job with only 250 made in the world. I want the repairs to be perfect.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 05, 2018, 03:30:24 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 05, 2018, 01:55:56 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 05, 2018, 03:07:11 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 04, 2018, 07:09:35 PM
Someone hit my passenger side mirror and took a huge chunk of paint off.  :grrr: :waah:

...and didn't leave a note, right? So many irresponsible people in the world. I had that happen to my car (on a fender) and it was $1100. Lucky me, I only had to pay $500.  ::)

They didn't leave anything. Now I need to decide whether or not to go to the dealership when I get it repaired. The car is a special edition paint job with only 250 made in the world. I want the repairs to be perfect.

To repaint just the mirror will probably only be about $300. Paint is stupid expensive, anymore. I have a big old orange Chevy truck. The paint alone will cost about $1500, because red and yellow to make it are the most expensive colors. That's a 2-stage catalyzed paint, which is about all we allowed to buy and use in California. It's just going to keep getting waxed and developing more patina!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 05, 2018, 04:20:28 PM
I'm going to get a quote from the dealer and if it is stupid expensive, which being BMW I expect it will be, there is a guy that was recommended to me that has a very impressive portfolio.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 06, 2018, 01:29:36 PM
My father is visiting, which means I have to put everything I have to do on hold and become a tourist guide in a city with almost no tourist attractions (I would make a lousy tourist guide -- I have no patience for that sort of thing). Visiting the same things over and over again can be very tiresome.

Let's see...

Public Market. Check. For the thousandth time.
Art museum with weird art. Check. Argh.
Seeing an Imperial coin collection at another museum. Check.
Walking downtown. One does not simply walk downtown carrying their cellphone, plenty of petty thieves roaming that area. I can't live without my cellphone. Check. 
Walking in a deserted park also full of muggers.
Going to bars in the evenings to see him drink bottle after bottle of beer.

::) Fun.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 06, 2018, 02:18:09 PM
9:30 meeting to make for a twelve hour day at work. Yesterday was awful and today we don't even have a good manager.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 06, 2018, 11:19:38 PM
Management, is an old Latin term that roughly translates to, incompetent moronic nitwits, I believe.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 07, 2018, 01:32:23 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 06, 2018, 01:29:36 PM
My father is visiting, which means I have to put everything I have to do on hold and become a tourist guide in a city with almost no tourist attractions (I would make a lousy tourist guide -- I have no patience for that sort of thing). Visiting the same things over and over again can be very tiresome.

Let's see...

Public Market. Check. For the thousandth time.
Art museum with weird art. Check. Argh.
Seeing an Imperial coin collection at another museum. Check.
Walking downtown. One does not simply walk downtown carrying their cellphone, plenty of petty thieves roaming that area. I can't live without my cellphone. Check. 
Walking in a deserted park also full of muggers.
Going to bars in the evenings to see him drink bottle after bottle of beer.

::) Fun.
I hate, hate, hate playing tour guide. Most of the places around here that people want to see are over-crowded and over-priced. Plus, as an introvert, I usually don't have the mental energy required to deal with other people all day long. I do enjoy meeting up with my friends, but it takes me a day or two to recover.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Velma on October 07, 2018, 01:36:35 AM
Quote from: No one on October 06, 2018, 11:19:38 PM
Management, is an old Latin term that roughly translates to, incompetent moronic nitwits, I believe.
I believe you are right. After a decision in May that almost caused us to miss our delivery metric in July, you would think that our site manager would have learned. But no. I found out Thursday that she has made yet another decision that is going to come back to bite us in the ass. Of course, what would those of us who actually do the work every single day know about it?  :eyebrow:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on October 07, 2018, 10:57:55 AM
Quote from: No one on October 06, 2018, 11:19:38 PM
Management, is an old Latin term that roughly translates to, incompetent moronic nitwits, I believe.

Ooh, yeah...  I used to work for a very large IT services company.  My team supported a large number of designers and draftsmen using 3D graphics programs, like Unigraphics and Ideas.  We had our own Unix heads on team, I was one of the PC specialists and we also had DBAs on strength.  We used to take turns manning the help desk and very few problems could not be solved while the customer was on the phone, it might need me poking my head over the partition to ask one of the Unix heads or DBAs to do something but we got the job done.  Our group had the highest customer satisfaction rating and was the most profitable in the entire company.

Then management decided that it would be better to "leverage" the separate silos of expertise directly (instead of only when we had a really difficult problem) so they abolished our entire team.  They transferred the helpdesk function to a call centre in India, so no more talking straight away to someone who knows the system for the customers.  They moved the Unix functions to the main Unix group in the USA and the DBA function to Singapore.  I had lunch with a couple of my previous customers about twelve months later when I accidentally bumped into them in a cafe near their office.  Apparently all those things that they used to get fixed on the spot take a minimum of 48 hours now.  Even password resets.  Management rules!  LOL
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 07, 2018, 11:48:09 PM
I have been in both the management role and the productive employee role.  It is a sure thing that management, who often know little of the actual function of the product or service, makes decisions that are counter productive and often damaging to the whole of the enterprise.   ...........In other parlance: "shit for brains"

Too many of our leaders and supervisors are inadequate chess players.  The chess game is a cause and result game.  The game is one that require the anticipation and analysis of the result of several moves ahead. Why do so many managers and bosses not recognize this simple concept? 

Perhaps those comments remind us of our stable genius  POTUS and others of similar stripe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 08, 2018, 06:21:41 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 07, 2018, 11:48:09 PM
I have been in both the management role and the productive employee role.  It is a sure thing that management, who often know little of the actual function of the product or service, makes decisions that are counter productive and often damaging to the whole of the enterprise.   ...........In other parlance: "shit for brains"

Too many of our leaders and supervisors are inadequate chess players.  The chess game is a cause and result game.  The game is one that require the anticipation and analysis of the result of several moves ahead. Why do so many managers and bosses not recognize this simple concept? 

Perhaps those comments remind us of our stable genius  POTUS and others of similar stripe.

As part of an onlinr link-up the bosses of my old company got together all the "creatives" - including this lowly lab tech.

The headline question was, "What can we do to match the advances our competitors are making?"

The answer was given within five minutes and the meeting folded. "Get senior managers with the same strategic skills and guts as the others!"

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 08, 2018, 07:15:48 PM
Just to be clear, when I talk about "management" I am referring to the higher ups. The generals who have never set foot in the fox hole. I know plenty of line level managers who are without a doubt, worth their weight in gold.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 09, 2018, 09:06:30 AM
Quote from: No one on October 08, 2018, 07:15:48 PM
Just to be clear, when I talk about "management" I am referring to the higher ups. The generals who have never set foot in the fox hole. I know plenty of line level managers who are without a doubt, worth their weight in gold.

Ah, those which in, the ever inventive, US army parlance are classed as, "REMF"s: "Rear Echellon Mother Fuckers".
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 04:40:06 PM
Went into the doctors for a routine medication check up and mentioned some random pain I've been getting. It wasn't bad but they wanted to run some tests including ones that involved needles. I told them that I didn't want to do anything today because I hadn't eaten anything yet have to drive to work immediately after and I don't do needles. Well, I had to do it anyway and everybody was shocked when I went down like a ton of bricks. Now I'm sitting in a room with some coffee and I'll be late to work because I am not driving like this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 10, 2018, 06:47:14 PM
I probably would've walked out. No means no goddammit!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 06:52:13 PM
Yeah I probably should have been more firm, but I am awful at that. I was just surprised that they were running the tests there since it was a nurse practitioner and they usually just send me to the lab at the hospital.

In other news, I still feel brain dead and I'm just watching the clock until 5. It tool me twice as long to type this than it usually takes haha.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 10, 2018, 07:02:20 PM
As jj said. No means no.

Did they get the blood they needed?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 07:12:31 PM
Yes. I mean, I knew that I needed to get these done and I was majorly procrastinating. It's not the end of the world but I just want to curl up with a heating pad and sleep the rest of the day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 10, 2018, 07:20:49 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 07:12:31 PM
Yes. I mean, I knew that I needed to get these done and I was majorly procrastinating. It's not the end of the world but I just want to curl up with a heating pad and sleep the rest of the day.

That's a bit of a shame :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 07:29:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 10, 2018, 07:20:49 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 07:12:31 PM
Yes. I mean, I knew that I needed to get these done and I was majorly procrastinating. It's not the end of the world but I just want to curl up with a heating pad and sleep the rest of the day.

That's a bit of a shame :(

I totally forgot to include this bit in the original post but its kind of funny. The doctor misread the nurse's notes and asked me how my pregnancy was going. I think I almost had a heart attack.

Yep. It's why I try and schedule any tests for days off and make sure I have someone to drag my sorry ass home. For a nurse's daughter, I'm kind of a wimp when it comes to the doctors haha. On the plus side, I weigh less than when I graduated high school.  :dance:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 10, 2018, 07:44:21 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 07:29:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 10, 2018, 07:20:49 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 10, 2018, 07:12:31 PM
Yes. I mean, I knew that I needed to get these done and I was majorly procrastinating. It's not the end of the world but I just want to curl up with a heating pad and sleep the rest of the day.

That's a bit of a shame :(

Yep. It's why I try and schedule any tests for days off and make sure I have someone to drag my sorry ass home. For a nurse's daughter, I'm kind of a wimp when it comes to the doctors haha. On the plus side, I weigh less than when I graduated high school.  :dance:
Excellent!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 11, 2018, 05:01:29 AM
Buddy the needle thing is a psychosomatic hang up.   The damned needle is no more injurious and perhaps less painful than when you cut your finger while peeling carrots........or when you stub your toe or when you have PM cramps. (that is if you are not actually pregnant  :o ) So get over the needle bit.  The needle prick is only a small inconvenience and only a mild pain thsat subsides in minutes or less.

All that said, I do not actually enjoy being stuck with s needle by some phlebotomist that may or may not be good at what  he or she does.



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 11, 2018, 09:37:06 AM
Feel for you, Buddy - bloody doctors getting notes wrong. And their torture instruments!

Had minimum of two needles per day of my recent stay, my arms are a mass of bruises.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 08:25:17 PM
My damn sister! All she brings is problem after problem and I'm sick of it!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 12, 2018, 09:04:23 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 08:25:17 PM
My damn sister! All she brings is problem after problem and I'm sick of it!

Do what I do. Don't talk to her!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 10:33:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 12, 2018, 09:04:23 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 08:25:17 PM
My damn sister! All she brings is problem after problem and I'm sick of it!

Do what I do. Don't talk to her!

I don't talk to her anymore, but my mother does, and I see what the ungrateful parasite does to her. My sister is on the path to self-destruction, and doesn't give a shit about who she affects on the downward spiral towards rock bottom!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 13, 2018, 03:15:18 AM
I waited for seven hours at work for the power to come back on. Then, right after they told me to leave, the power came back on... do I was stuck short staffed with an angry mob waiting to get in. Very frustrating.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 13, 2018, 07:54:20 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 13, 2018, 03:15:18 AM
I waited for seven hours at work for the power to come back on. Then, right after they told me to leave, the power came back on... do I was stuck short staffed with an angry mob waiting to get in. Very frustrating.

Sounds like an episode of The Walking Dead :zombie:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 13, 2018, 07:55:26 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 10:33:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 12, 2018, 09:04:23 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 08:25:17 PM
My damn sister! All she brings is problem after problem and I'm sick of it!

Do what I do. Don't talk to her!

I don't talk to her anymore, but my mother does, and I see what the ungrateful parasite does to her. My sister is on the path to self-destruction, and doesn't give a shit about who she affects on the downward spiral towards rock bottom!

Some people just can't cope with this world.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 13, 2018, 12:49:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 13, 2018, 07:54:20 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 13, 2018, 03:15:18 AM
I waited for seven hours at work for the power to come back on. Then, right after they told me to leave, the power came back on... do I was stuck short staffed with an angry mob waiting to get in. Very frustrating.

Sounds like an episode of The Walking Dead :zombie:

I only watched oNE episode of the show but that's pretty close to what I remember. People stumbling in chanting, "Fooooood.... foooooooooooooooood...."
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 13, 2018, 03:33:16 PM
The ATM at the branch I work at has been down for two days so people are coming in mad about that and I just had some douchebag start screaming at me because I had the audacity to ask for ID for a withdraw. I usually pride myself on having a thick skin when it comes to that but I just can't do that today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on October 13, 2018, 10:40:28 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 13, 2018, 03:33:16 PM
The ATM at the branch I work at has been down for two days so people are coming in mad about that and I just had some douchebag start screaming at me because I had the audacity to ask for ID for a withdraw. I usually pride myself on having a thick skin when it comes to that but I just can't do that today.

I know that you can't do it, but don't you just want to slap some people at times?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 14, 2018, 04:06:17 AM
Buddy let it comfort you in the knowledge that there are almost as many assholes as there are asses.  I do have some sympathy for your plight as arbiter of reason insofar as banking goes.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 14, 2018, 05:07:55 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 13, 2018, 07:55:26 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 10:33:29 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 12, 2018, 09:04:23 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2018, 08:25:17 PM
My damn sister! All she brings is problem after problem and I'm sick of it!

Do what I do. Don't talk to her!

I don't talk to her anymore, but my mother does, and I see what the ungrateful parasite does to her. My sister is on the path to self-destruction, and doesn't give a shit about who she affects on the downward spiral towards rock bottom!

Some people just can't cope with this world.

Yes, and she just can't seem to get her act together no matter how much love and support she gets from the only stable rock in her life -- her family. It's all very sad. I know she has little to no control over her substance abuse issues and irritatingly aggressive behaviour but that doesn't mean that we have to just shut up and accept that shit from her.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 14, 2018, 05:12:14 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 13, 2018, 03:33:16 PM
The ATM at the branch I work at has been down for two days so people are coming in mad about that and I just had some douchebag start screaming at me because I had the audacity to ask for ID for a withdraw. I usually pride myself on having a thick skin when it comes to that but I just can't do that today.

Aren't there laws against that sort of thing in the US? :notsure: Around here if you treat an employee like that you can get fined and up to a couple of years in prison, as far as I know. That jerk definitely deserves a big fat fine to make his wallet a little thinner.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 14, 2018, 08:37:21 PM
Ah young Padawan, it's only against the law if you get caught. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FGagged.png&hash=9b545d9c6babbe58bf3eb16c42e338f7edf55876)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 14, 2018, 10:52:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 14, 2018, 05:12:14 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 13, 2018, 03:33:16 PM
The ATM at the branch I work at has been down for two days so people are coming in mad about that and I just had some douchebag start screaming at me because I had the audacity to ask for ID for a withdraw. I usually pride myself on having a thick skin when it comes to that but I just can't do that today.

Aren't there laws against that sort of thing in the US? :notsure: Around here if you treat an employee like that you can get fined and up to a couple of years in prison, as far as I know. That jerk definitely deserves a big fat fine to make his wallet a little thinner.

That sounds like the best law ever and in the US, where it's the land of the customer is always right, it would never happen. I am thankful that my manager had my back because he stood up for me and when the idiot left he called him a dickhead. Looking back on it, it definitely isn't the end of the world. Douchebags gonna douchebag ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 15, 2018, 12:54:25 AM
If someone ponied up some money for me at the bank without asking for ID, I'd have them sacked. I always thank the person for asking to see my ID when I make a credit card purchase. Having had people burn through my credit when I was close to losing everything when unemployed in the earl '90s, I'm a bit sensitive about credit card fraud.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 15, 2018, 01:19:09 AM
I occasionally get asked for ID when making purchases on my card. The problem is, my personal card doesn't have my name on it. It has my company name and there are still cashiers who insist on seeing ID. More than once I've had to educate a cashier on the terms of their merchant agreement with Visa. If the card is signed they may not refuse a sale because the customer doesn't have identification.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 15, 2018, 01:36:44 AM
People are supposed to ask for ID when customers make a purchase with a credit or debit card, but hardly anyone does. Only one store I shop at consistently asks for some form of valid identification to be presented.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 15, 2018, 02:10:43 AM
I've got a headache that won't go away on its own.  :d'oh!:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 15, 2018, 02:30:22 AM
Have a spoonful of mustard. It'll help.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 15, 2018, 02:44:08 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 15, 2018, 02:30:22 AM
Have a spoonful of mustard. It'll help.

That's new.  :chin: I'll try it!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 15, 2018, 03:41:27 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 15, 2018, 02:44:08 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 15, 2018, 02:30:22 AM
Have a spoonful of mustard. It'll help.

That's new.  :chin: I'll try it!

Make sure it's that hot Chinese mustard. You'll completely forget that headache, if you take a spoonful of that!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 15, 2018, 07:38:35 PM
In the UK your credit and debit cards can be used as ID!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 17, 2018, 12:05:02 AM
Went to dermatologist today. Routine checkup. Had a little skin tag on my arm and a few benign little bumps on my nearly  bald head.

ARNP did the surgery to remove the little skin tag. She would not use the standard liquid nitrogen to remove the little bumps on my noggin.........I asked, why not?  She said that insurance will not allow us to do more than one procedure at a time.  I muttered the words "bullshit"   

I have since learned that the insurance companies follow the Medicare rules if they are advantageous to the company.  It goes like this..............The first procedure will be paid almost fully for the service, If a second procedure is done during the same physician visit it will pay only 50% of the billed amount.  If a third procedure is done at the same time then it will pay only 25% of the billed amount.

The Dermatologist, ophthalmologist, urologist or whomever is a specialist have different rules for their own compensation.  All in accordance with the health insurance companies blessing, I have to pony up $50 copay for any or all visits to the specialist.

If I want the little benign bumps removed from my noggin, then I must book another appointment and pay the 50 dollar "entrance fee"  and the specialist gets paid by the insurance company as if it was an original visit wherein they have the whole billed cost reimbursed.

That is a sleazy way to do business and I AM MORE THAN merely grumpy to learn how the scam works. .... Maybe Bruce will tell me whether I have the correct information about the sliding scale compensation.. I want to be wrong so that I will not have so much of a hard on for health care providers.

(waiting to exhale)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 17, 2018, 01:33:06 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 15, 2018, 03:41:27 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 15, 2018, 02:44:08 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 15, 2018, 02:30:22 AM
Have a spoonful of mustard. It'll help.

That's new.  :chin: I'll try it!

Make sure it's that hot Chinese mustard. You'll completely forget that headache, if you take a spoonful of that!  ;D

Do I feel that adventurous? No, I don't think so! ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 17, 2018, 03:01:12 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 17, 2018, 12:05:02 AM
Went to dermatologist today. Routine checkup. Had a little skin tag on my arm and a few benign little bumps on my nearly  bald head.

ARNP did the surgery to remove the little skin tag. She would not use the standard liquid nitrogen to remove the little bumps on my noggin.........I asked, why not?  She said that insurance will not allow us to do more than one procedure at a time.  I muttered the words "bullshit"   

I have since learned that the insurance companies follow the Medicare rules if they are advantageous to the company.  It goes like this..............The first procedure will be paid almost fully for the service, If a second procedure is done during the same physician visit it will pay only 50% of the billed amount.  If a third procedure is done at the same time then it will pay only 25% of the billed amount.

The Dermatologist, ophthalmologist, urologist or whomever is a specialist have different rules for their own compensation.  All in accordance with the health insurance companies blessing, I have to pony up $50 copay for any or all visits to the specialist.

If I want the little benign bumps removed from my noggin, then I must book another appointment and pay the 50 dollar "entrance fee"  and the specialist gets paid by the insurance company as if it was an original visit wherein they have the whole billed cost reimbursed.

That is a sleazy way to do business and I AM MORE THAN merely grumpy to learn how the scam works. .... Maybe Bruce will tell me whether I have the correct information about the sliding scale compensation.. I want to be wrong so that I will not have so much of a hard on for health care providers.

(waiting to exhale)

Damn, the same thing happens here!  :grrr:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 17, 2018, 03:54:54 AM
That's pretty ate up, but I can sort of see the point. The doctor has already laid eyes on one, taken vital signs, etc. Seems like he's still making money when the extra procedure only takes a few more minutes, at that point. Having to return later and ponying up another copay and spending the extra time just so that the medical organization can make more money is what is driving the cost of medicine so high.

I liken it to when I used to work as a mechanic. If a car came in with high miles on it, I would recommend a timing chain if the customer has never had it done. Since I have most of the parts off by the time I have the water pump removed, it's easy to go the rest of the way. I only charged timing chain replacement labor, and didn't add that labor to the water pump replacement labor. To me, that would have been unconscionable, as would not saying anything and having the customer incur the timing chain replacement labor later. I had a lot of people who would only come to me for their repairs because of this sort of thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dave on October 17, 2018, 09:44:44 AM
These "sneak" charges are getting in everywhere. I suppose that everything has to be paid for but . . .

Reactivated an old online shopping account. I noticed that the card quoted was out of date, so cancelled that and added new card (same type) details.

Final checkout bill showed that I had been charged £5 for a "new card check"!  First time - would go elsewhere for grocery delivery but chances are the habit has spread.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on October 17, 2018, 10:26:17 AM
Fernanda, don't listen to all this stuff about mustard.  You need a large hot whisky and lemon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 17, 2018, 03:15:40 PM
Quote from: OldGit on October 17, 2018, 10:26:17 AM
Fernanda, don't listen to all this stuff about mustard.  You need a large hot whisky and lemon.

Don't forget the honey!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 18, 2018, 12:18:08 AM
Quote from: Dave on October 17, 2018, 09:44:44 AM
These "sneak" charges are getting in everywhere. I suppose that everything has to be paid for but . . .

Reactivated an old online shopping account. I noticed that the card quoted was out of date, so cancelled that and added new card (same type) details.

Final checkout bill showed that I had been charged £5 for a "new card check"!  First time - would go elsewhere for grocery delivery but chances are the habit has spread.

Never heard of that one. Even those well known tax avoiders, named after a South American river don't do that; not yet at least.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 18, 2018, 08:11:23 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 18, 2018, 12:18:08 AM
Quote from: Dave on October 17, 2018, 09:44:44 AM
These "sneak" charges are getting in everywhere. I suppose that everything has to be paid for but . . .

Reactivated an old online shopping account. I noticed that the card quoted was out of date, so cancelled that and added new card (same type) details.

Final checkout bill showed that I had been charged £5 for a "new card check"!  First time - would go elsewhere for grocery delivery but chances are the habit has spread.

Never heard of that one. Even those well known tax avoiders, named after a South American river don't do that; not yet at least.

They spend millions on not paying tax. I suspect the irony is lost on them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 19, 2018, 05:40:55 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 17, 2018, 03:15:40 PM
Quote from: OldGit on October 17, 2018, 10:26:17 AM
Fernanda, don't listen to all this stuff about mustard.  You need a large hot whisky and lemon.

Don't forget the honey!

Better than the "drink water" reply I get from my mother! :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2018, 06:23:35 PM
I'm halfway through a four-hour wait in a building that doesn't seem to have one comfortable chair. I would go into the library but one gets angry glares and frowns if one utters a word.  ::)

:-X
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on October 22, 2018, 11:31:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2018, 06:23:35 PM
I'm halfway through a four-hour wait in a building that doesn't seem to have one comfortable chair. I would go into the library but one gets angry glares and frowns if one utters a word.  ::)

:-X
Are you with someone or do you talk to yourself?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2018, 11:44:45 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on October 22, 2018, 11:31:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2018, 06:23:35 PM
I'm halfway through a four-hour wait in a building that doesn't seem to have one comfortable chair. I would go into the library but one gets angry glares and frowns if one utters a word.  ::)

:-X
Are you with someone or do you talk to yourself?

With someone. If I was alone I have no problem keeping my mouth shut, heheh. :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 27, 2018, 08:25:22 AM
Indeterminate grinding noise when I brake. Car in shop awaiting diagnosis  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 27, 2018, 01:23:19 PM
You'll be really grumpy when they tell you it needs pads, rotors, calipers, and lines all the way around!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2018, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 27, 2018, 01:23:19 PM
You'll be really grumpy when they tell you it needs pads, rotors, calipers, and lines all the way around!

And when they find loads of problems in other parts of the car not even related to the wheel!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2018, 02:46:24 PM
So, the supervising professor for whom I gave two classes has decided to go on holiday for a week in November and has left me with the task of writing half of their exam paper questions and applying the exam to the class -- which has 55 enrolled -- while telling me to 'make sure they don't cheat'!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 27, 2018, 03:07:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2018, 02:46:24 PM
So, the supervising professor for whom I gave two classes has decided to go on holiday for a week in November and has left me with the task of writing half of their exam paper questions and applying the exam to the class -- which has 55 enrolled -- while telling me to 'make sure they don't cheat'!

If cheating is a known problem, put them in a large auditorium with enough separation between the students, and have them check their cell phones at the door.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 27, 2018, 03:21:47 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 27, 2018, 01:23:19 PM
You'll be really grumpy when they tell you it needs pads, rotors, calipers, and lines all the way around!
Pads, calliper and disc 316 all in. Could have been worse.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2018, 03:23:19 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 27, 2018, 03:07:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2018, 02:46:24 PM
So, the supervising professor for whom I gave two classes has decided to go on holiday for a week in November and has left me with the task of writing half of their exam paper questions and applying the exam to the class -- which has 55 enrolled -- while telling me to 'make sure they don't cheat'!

If cheating is a known problem, put them in a large auditorium with enough separation between the students, and have them check their cell phones at the door.

Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to book an auditorium (there are only two in that part of campus and they're used for special events) and I'm a little hesitant to ask them to check their cellphones because if even one gets stolen it'd be my fault. I don't know the students by name so I couldn't tell if the true owner retrieved the phone or not.

What I can do is

a) write an exam where they will need to write a few paragraphs, making it more difficult copy an answer from someone else's paper;
b) write more objective, multiple choice questions but vary their order. I would then give people in rows adjacent to each other different exam papers which contain the same questions but in a different order;
c) mix the two above alternatives.       

As for cellphones, I'll just have to try and keep a vigilant eye on them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 28, 2018, 01:57:33 AM
Every one is to turn off their cellphones and place them, and leave them, on the desk in front of themselves, in clear sight. Violations will be grounds for a grade penalty of 50%.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 28, 2018, 03:16:16 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2018, 03:23:19 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 27, 2018, 03:07:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2018, 02:46:24 PM
So, the supervising professor for whom I gave two classes has decided to go on holiday for a week in November and has left me with the task of writing half of their exam paper questions and applying the exam to the class -- which has 55 enrolled -- while telling me to 'make sure they don't cheat'!

If cheating is a known problem, put them in a large auditorium with enough separation between the students, and have them check their cell phones at the door.

Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to book an auditorium (there are only two in that part of campus and they're used for special events) and I'm a little hesitant to ask them to check their cellphones because if even one gets stolen it'd be my fault. I don't know the students by name so I couldn't tell if the true owner retrieved the phone or not.

What I can do is

a) write an exam where they will need to write a few paragraphs, making it more difficult copy an answer from someone else's paper;
b) write more objective, multiple choice questions but vary their order. I would then give people in rows adjacent to each other different exam papers which contain the same questions but in a different order;
c) mix the two above alternatives.       

As for cellphones, I'll just have to try and keep a vigilant eye on them.

I like your ideas. Those are good solutions, given the circumstances.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 28, 2018, 04:36:28 AM
This reminds me of Psychology 101, where a girl in the class with me decided she was going to copy my answers for an exam. I let her do so from start to finish and as soon as she was done she looked at me with a big smile on her face before handing in her sheet.

Had she waited another minute before bolting out the door she might have seen me rewrite my sheet, moving each answer one space on the scantron to the left before erasing all of my previous answers. I think that was the last day she was in the class.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 28, 2018, 11:51:32 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 28, 2018, 04:36:28 AM
This reminds me of Psychology 101, where a girl in the class with me decided she was going to copy my answers for an exam. I let her do so from start to finish and as soon as she was done she looked at me with a big smile on her face before handing in her sheet.

Had she waited another minute before bolting out the door she might have seen me rewrite my sheet, moving each answer one space on the scantron to the left before erasing all of my previous answers. I think that was the last day she was in the class.

Heh, reminds me of the time something similar happened to me in elementary school. A boy decided he was going to copy my answers. I wasn't too keen on the idea because both of us would get into trouble if the teacher was astute enough to figure out one of us had copied, so I marked all the answers I thought were wrong and waited for him to hand in his sheet before erasing them and writing the answers I thought were right. When we got our marks back he was furious with me because I had gotten a good grade while he had failed.

Some people! ::) He copied my answers while thinking I didn't notice and then got mad at me because he failed an exam he would have failed anyway!

Later that day I got a note that said "I hat you".

Um...Ok...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 28, 2018, 12:37:38 PM
That's pretty funny, you guys! One of my sons, while at the university, had an engineering class in which the professor explained that anyone caught cheating would be denied the final exam. She would leave the room at some point during tests, and then look in the window on the door. Some people immediately began sharing information. She was clearly visible!  My son could see her looking in. Come final time, he said that the look on the faces of the people who weren't given an exam was priceless.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 28, 2018, 08:44:14 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 28, 2018, 12:37:38 PM
That's pretty funny, you guys! One of my sons, while at the university, had an engineering class in which the professor explained that anyone caught cheating would be denied the final exam. She would leave the room at some point during tests, and then look in the window on the door. Some people immediately began sharing information. She was clearly visible!  My son could see her looking in. Come final time, he said that the look on the faces of the people who weren't given an exam was priceless.

Looks like the makings of a Mastercard commercial:

Notebooks and other school material: $40

Textbooks: $250

Annual tuition fee at a private university: $34,740

The look on a cheater's face when they aren't given the final exam: priceless.

There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's Mastercard.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 28, 2018, 08:54:02 PM
They have those commercials in Brazil too? Please tell me you get the Geico Gecko!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 28, 2018, 09:14:52 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 28, 2018, 08:54:02 PM
They have those commercials in Brazil too? Please tell me you get the Geico Gecko!

Yes, Mastercard is everywhere! :lol: No, we don't have the Geico Gecko, unfortunately. :( No caveman either.

(At least, I never saw a local version of it before.)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 02, 2018, 03:52:29 PM
I have been cursed out over the phone three times today, and it's not even noon. Love it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 06, 2018, 10:32:53 AM
Never had such a bad jet lag before, I keep waking up in the middle of the night. I'm currently on vacation in Orlando and feel tired all the day. The hotel, my wife and I are staying in, is pretty decent. What I don't understand is why the complementary breakfast is so much carb- and sugar ridden. Plastic throwaway plates, cups and cutlery everywhere  :(.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 06, 2018, 09:01:05 PM
Asshats who blow red lights and nearly T-Bone you, then veer across 3 lanes and nearly smash another car. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Angry.png)

Sorry I was in your way your highness, how silly of me!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 07, 2018, 02:38:35 AM
Indeed. My middle son and I were on the freeway today, and some asshat went from the car pool lane (solo, over the double yellow to get into it) all the way across 5 lanes of traffic to get to the off ramp. I know that race car drivers have good reflexes, but this idjit nearly caused a many-car pileup. Dumb luck, to say the least.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 07, 2018, 10:48:59 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 07, 2018, 02:38:35 AM
Indeed. My middle son and I were on the freeway today, and some asshat went from the car pool lane (solo, over the double yellow to get into it) all the way across 5 lanes of traffic to get to the off ramp. I know that race car drivers have good reflexes, but this idjit nearly caused a many-car pileup. Dumb luck, to say the least.  >:(

That's a common sight 'round 'ere in southern Brazil. That and many other traffic atrocities. ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 07, 2018, 10:51:31 PM
So I plug in my earphones to listen to some music while I work and what do I get? Sound only on the left side!  :rant1: Added to that, it's too late to buy another pair, stores have closed for the day and the supermarket doesn't have any.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on November 07, 2018, 11:56:45 PM
 Buy two pairs so that you always have a spare. I keep on set upstairs, one see downstairs and one in my handbag, (purse).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2018, 12:27:11 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on November 07, 2018, 11:56:45 PM
Buy two pairs so that you always have a spare. I keep on set upstairs, one see downstairs and one in my handbag, (purse).

That's a good idea.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2018, 06:54:06 PM
Got very little sleep last night. Everyone around me is all so cheery and I've got a dark cloud over my head.

*Grumble*
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 09, 2018, 07:37:13 PM
Shitbags who are unaware of how red lights work.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 09, 2018, 07:43:38 PM
Quote from: No one on November 09, 2018, 07:37:13 PM
Shitbags who are unaware of how red lights work.

Want some of my dark cloud?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on November 09, 2018, 11:56:16 PM
Oh plenty of reasons.

My feet are hurting me really bad and making it hard for me to do anything. I've been putting up with this for so many months now, it's weighing on me not only physically but mentally.

My stupid state elected a Trump suck-up for governor, and by a wide margin. This gem of a governor-elect used 'Crooked Hillary' in his advertisements, and shamed the other Republican candidate in the primaries for not supporting Trump enough. This is what my state has come to. It is trash.

I have to work at 4 in the morning, and my week starts back up tomorrow. Combine that awful schedule with my feet problems and I'm really not a happy person. Although I am happy to have a job, I just am not doing so well right now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 10, 2018, 01:17:16 AM
Hopefully work doesn't have you on your feet for the shift.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on November 11, 2018, 12:50:02 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 10, 2018, 01:17:16 AM
Hopefully work doesn't have you on your feet for the shift.

Unfortunately it very much does. I try to take Advil just to help me survive the shifts, but it only helps so much. I try to work on my knees as much as possible. I'm a stocker, so there are many opportunities... That is if I'm able to grab/'hoard' the boxes of products that are on lower shelves before my coworkers grab them. =/
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 11, 2018, 02:48:11 AM
Would they let you bring a rolling seat in? That might be a partial solution, and you could sell it to the boss as a productivity booster.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2018, 11:16:21 PM
According to the weather forecast, it's going to be hotter tomorrow.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 13, 2018, 11:13:37 PM
My clothes don't seem to be coming clean in the wash. I've tried extra detergent, smaller loads, extra detergent in smaller loads. Nothing seems to do the trick. They smell and feel like they've been worn for a few days as soon as I put them on. It's very frustrating.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 14, 2018, 01:15:34 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 13, 2018, 11:13:37 PM
My clothes don't seem to be coming clean in the wash. I've tried extra detergent, smaller loads, extra detergent in smaller loads. Nothing seems to do the trick. They smell and feel like they've been worn for a few days as soon as I put them on. It's very frustrating.

Do you share that washing equipment? I worked out of state for a few years, and had to use washing machines (top-loaders) that other people used. I went home with some dark blue shirts that were a sort of medium blue-gray. Once they were washed in my front-loader washer using liquid detergent, they completely changed back. I think that the powdered detergent alone was the principal problem.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 14, 2018, 01:46:04 AM
It's a machine that I share with one other person. Liquid detergent and liquid softener. It might be the water, maybe. I'm really scratching my head.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 14, 2018, 03:19:25 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 14, 2018, 01:46:04 AM
It's a machine that I share with one other person. Liquid detergent and liquid softener. It might be the water, maybe. I'm really scratching my head.

Next time add a half cup of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, not baking powder!) to the load before starting the wash cycle. Sodium bicarbonate is a very effective general cleaner for greasy utensils and dirty surfaces as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 14, 2018, 04:42:48 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 14, 2018, 03:19:25 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 14, 2018, 01:46:04 AM
It's a machine that I share with one other person. Liquid detergent and liquid softener. It might be the water, maybe. I'm really scratching my head.

Next time add a half cup of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, not baking powder!) to the load before starting the wash cycle. Sodium bicarbonate is a very effective general cleaner for greasy utensils and dirty surfaces as well.

I found the problem and I'm pretty sure baking soda won't help. It looks like I'm going to be removing and cleaning the tub very soon. I followed my nose and found a nice ring of... goop, for lack of a better word around the top of the tub. I hope I don't have to buy a special tub wrench for the agitator nut. Might be able to cobble something together.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 14, 2018, 08:21:55 AM
 :foottap: :grrr: :rant1: :sulk: :lynch: :doh: :fingertap: :suspicious: :shocked: 45
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 14, 2018, 12:32:16 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 14, 2018, 08:21:55 AM
:foottap: :grrr: :rant1: :sulk: :lynch: :doh: :fingertap: :suspicious: :shocked: 45

What did Dreamsicle do to get you so riled up?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 15, 2018, 06:32:11 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 14, 2018, 12:32:16 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 14, 2018, 08:21:55 AM
:foottap: :grrr: :rant1: :sulk: :lynch: :doh: :fingertap: :suspicious: :shocked: 45

What did Dreamsicle do to get you so riled up?

Existed  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 18, 2018, 01:44:46 AM
Decided to clean out the boot of my car only to find it containing a few inches of water. Had to throw out almost everything and there are a few moldy spots
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 18, 2018, 02:36:56 AM
Quote from: Buddy on November 18, 2018, 01:44:46 AM
Decided to clean out the boot of my car only to find it containing a few inches of water. Had to throw out almost everything and there are a few moldy spots

The back window of an old muscle car I owned leaked in a serious rainstorm, and I ended up with a few inches of water inside the car. I was not pleased. I feel for you! Bleach the moldy spots and neutralize that with baking soda, and clean that up as well. Then, there are products on the market (depending on where you live) that can neutralize any residual corrosion, and further protect the metal from further corrosion.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 18, 2018, 02:48:04 AM
Failing trunk seal?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 18, 2018, 09:35:17 AM
Quote from: Buddy on November 18, 2018, 01:44:46 AM
Decided to clean out the boot of my car only to find it containing a few inches of water. Had to throw out almost everything and there are a few moldy spots

That's a bummer!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on November 18, 2018, 01:57:25 PM
Quote from: Buddy on November 18, 2018, 01:44:46 AM
Decided to clean out the boot of my car only to find it containing a few inches of water. Had to throw out almost everything and there are a few moldy spots
Pretty much what killed that snazzy little convertible I used to have. The stitching around the back window failed and started leaking into the cabin. Eventually it got so bad I had to write it off.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 19, 2018, 12:29:23 AM
I posted a picture of my waterlogged boot to my car club Facebook page, and the person I bought it from is going to call me first thing in the morning to schedule a time to drop it off at the dealership. They are giving me a loaner on them until they fix it. At least it's under warranty and hopefully I caught it before any major mold problems crop up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 30, 2018, 02:22:16 AM
Over the last two weeks I've managed to lose two expensive worklights. I'm reduced to naught but a headlamp and a few pocket lights to hold between my teeth.  :slapfight: :hahaha...no: :grrr:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 30, 2018, 02:00:40 PM
Bummer. I know what it's like to lose tools. I've had to replace quite a few. One I didn't lose was a nice 9/16" Snap-On wrench that I dropped while working on one of my sisters' cars, which fell into a storm drain. I had enough tools with me to pry up the man hole cover and go down to get it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 30, 2018, 02:29:44 PM
Couldn't reach it with a magnet?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 01, 2018, 03:02:38 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 30, 2018, 02:29:44 PM
Couldn't reach it with a magnet?

I probably didn't have a magnet. I had this gigantic screwdriver that I used to pry alternators and such to tighten the belts while tightening the component's restraining bolts, which I would have used. Back in those days I could dead lift ~325 pounds by myself and put it in the back of a truck. A manhole cover only has to be lifted enough to rotate it away from the hole to allow entrance. It can't fall into the hole, since it is round- which is WHY they are round. ;D I suspect that the manhole cover weighs less than the engines I was lifting. That sort of effort is probably why I've undergone treatment for swollen hemorrhoids these days. :( Though at the last visit to the surgeon, I was told I don't need that procedure (banding) any more. That banding beats a hemorrhoidectomy by a great margin, based on what I have seen people go through.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 01, 2018, 12:58:34 PM
The flu.

'nuff said...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 01, 2018, 03:05:39 PM
 Hot whiskey and lemon? Or just the whiskey?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2018, 11:48:30 AM
As if obnoxiously loud bells weren't enough, the church next to me now has its minions singing! :rant1:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2018, 08:31:47 PM
My cell phone doesn't have enough storage space for all the new songs I want to add.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 02, 2018, 10:17:44 PM
I bought a super-duper memory chip for mine. All I have to do is to figure out how to sync it with my car's radio. Is your phone capable of that? My old one was not.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 02, 2018, 11:00:13 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 02, 2018, 10:17:44 PM
I bought a super-duper memory chip for mine. All I have to do is to figure out how to sync it with my car's radio. Is your phone capable of that? My old one was not.

Fortunately yes. All I need is my own car, heh.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 03, 2018, 12:55:20 PM
Cramming for a test this afternoon. The professor also wants us to self-evaluate, which will be part of the final grade, but I don't know, I'm too modest to just blurt out I feel I deserve an A. An A, I think I deserve an A, because...I read all the articles. I participated in class. Um, I skipped a couple of classes but had good reason to. What else...I try to be an exemplary student?  :grin:

Hopefully I'll do well in this test and add that to my list. It has more weight.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 05, 2018, 11:12:57 PM
I had to get up and leave my house at 5:30 to go to some bullshit training all the way in Kalamazoo Michigan. Then I get home 12 hours later to an eviction notice on my door saying I didn't pay rent this month even though I paid it on Friday. I hate my new job and the stupid customers in this white trash city.

I need a fucking break
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 05, 2018, 11:22:00 PM
Damn, that sucks no matter which way you look at it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 05, 2018, 11:39:24 PM
Buddy, it appears that you have endured one of those SHF days. (SHF : shit hits fan)   Hang in there kid.  There will be many more days like that but you just have to take some deep breaths and march onward and upward. It is permissible to rant profanely if it helps relieve some of the angst.  ......we old folk do sympathize with you.  We have had a few of those days ourselves.

Sounds like you might have a hair trigger landlord.  Here's hoping that you won't be forced to sleep in the Mini and that the landlord contracts a severe case of persistent diarrhea.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 06, 2018, 02:07:11 AM
Quote from: Buddy on December 05, 2018, 11:12:57 PM
Then I get home 12 hours later to an eviction notice on my door saying I didn't pay rent this month even though I paid it on Friday.

Give them hell.  :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 06, 2018, 07:53:35 AM
Quote from: Buddy on December 05, 2018, 11:12:57 PM
I had to get up and leave my house at 5:30 to go to some bullshit training all the way in Kalamazoo Michigan. Then I get home 12 hours later to an eviction notice on my door saying I didn't pay rent this month even though I paid it on Friday. I hate my new job and the stupid customers in this white trash city.

I need a fucking break

Save up for that airline ticket!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 06, 2018, 03:28:31 PM
Quote from: Tanksinatra on December 06, 2018, 07:53:35 AM
Quote from: Buddy on December 05, 2018, 11:12:57 PM
I had to get up and leave my house at 5:30 to go to some bullshit training all the way in Kalamazoo Michigan. Then I get home 12 hours later to an eviction notice on my door saying I didn't pay rent this month even though I paid it on Friday. I hate my new job and the stupid customers in this white trash city.

I need a fucking break

Save up for that airline ticket!

We are thinking either 2019 or 2020. It will most likely be 2020 because I already have a vacation planned for the end of 2019.  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 06, 2018, 05:21:20 PM
So my apartment is owned by a bunch if idiots. For the almost two years I have lived there I have always paid rent the same way, a cashier's check with my name on it in an envelope with my name, my boyfriend's name, and my apartment number. Never had an issue.

I go to the office to try and figure out what the hell happened with a copy of the check to prove that I had paid. Apparently they didn't read the envelope and didn't bother to look my name up in the system so they didn't know where the check was going.

I can't even comprehend how stupid these people are. I'm not proud but I did tell them that it is beyond ridiculous that they don't even have the common sense to read a damn envelope. I can not wait until we have enough saved up for a down payment on a house.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 10, 2018, 12:12:53 AM
I'm probably going to pull an all-nighter.  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 10, 2018, 12:20:58 AM
Snow is turning to ice. I can deal with snow but don't like ice one bit.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 10, 2018, 12:20:30 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 10, 2018, 12:20:58 AM
Snow is turning to ice. I can deal with snow but don't like ice one bit.

Slippery stuff ice, you just can't trust it!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 03:40:14 AM
Going to pull another all-nighter. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 04:57:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.

No end of the year break? I'm going to take two weeks off starting December 22nd.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 12, 2018, 08:08:01 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 04:57:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.

No end of the year break? I'm going to take two weeks off starting December 22nd.

Breaking out the new game Coulsdon?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 02:46:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 04:57:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.

No end of the year break? I'm going to take two weeks off starting December 22nd.

I'll be working long hours straight through January. I think I need a new job more than I need a vacation.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 05:29:49 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 08:08:01 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 04:57:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.

No end of the year break? I'm going to take two weeks off starting December 22nd.

Breaking out the new game Coulsdon?

Sorry, what? Is that an autocorrect gem?

Definitely going to unbox the new console. :smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 05:31:00 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 02:46:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 04:57:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.

No end of the year break? I'm going to take two weeks off starting December 22nd.

I'll be working long hours straight through January. I think I need a new job more than I need a vacation.

:o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 05:46:46 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 05:31:00 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 02:46:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 04:57:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.

No end of the year break? I'm going to take two weeks off starting December 22nd.

I'll be working long hours straight through January. I think I need a new job more than I need a vacation.

:o

There's sidework too. I've been taking it easy the last few weeks but there's a hydraulic cylinder I really, really need to get apart and order seals for. That sum bitch has progressed from leaking, to pissing, to squirting fluid out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 05:51:54 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 05:46:46 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 05:31:00 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 02:46:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 04:57:54 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 04:45:34 AM
You need a vacation. So do I but I feel like your chances for getting a break are better than mine.

No end of the year break? I'm going to take two weeks off starting December 22nd.

I'll be working long hours straight through January. I think I need a new job more than I need a vacation.

:o

There's sidework too. I've been taking it easy the last few weeks but there's a hydraulic cylinder I really, really need to get apart and order seals for. That sum bitch has progressed from leaking, to pissing, to squirting fluid out.

Hydraulic cylinders have traumatised me for life. A couple of months ago one of those went straight from leaking to gushing water out and flooded my house while I was away.  :Gaah: Caused quite a bit of damage.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 12, 2018, 09:52:45 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

Not to worry, the language barrier will always be there. What you had was a pipe or flexible tube connecting the supply pipe to sink faucet that leaked. The pipes are cylindrical, so that can be confusing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 10:00:44 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 12, 2018, 09:52:45 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

Not to worry, the language barrier will always be there. What you had was a pipe or flexible tube connecting the supply pipe to sink faucet that leaked. The pipes are cylindrical, so that can be confusing.

Yes. :P

Thanks. :boaterhat:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 13, 2018, 12:57:05 AM
From a purely technical point of view, a kitchen sink water pipe is a hydraulic cylinder. There is some action going on in that pipe such as dynamic loading as a result of water hammer. Some thermal action too.

In our general gear head parlance, a hydraulic cylinder is a device that converts fluid pressures to linear or rotary motions or forces. And then there are pneumatic (air) cylinders that do pretty much the same thing as hydraulics but not as ultimately powerful. 

I will respectfully decline the temptation to describe the behavior of a penis with explanations of human hydraulics. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 13, 2018, 02:25:27 AM
That's simply turgor pressure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 13, 2018, 08:27:45 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.

That's simply turgor pressure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 13, 2018, 03:05:27 PM
^  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.


:lol: Yeah I'm a fish out of water.

Heh, they're probably into you. Otherwise they would probably be talking about a lot about menstruation instead.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 13, 2018, 08:27:45 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.

That's simply turgor pressure.

My brothers called it Tugged pressure, but they might not very meant quite the same thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:08:59 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.


:lol: Yeah I'm a fish out of water.

Heh, they're probably into you. Otherwise they would probably be talking about a lot about menstruation instead.

Oh, they do that too. When women find out I'm not bothered by menstruation they tend to get very chatty about it. Weird...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 04:13:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:08:59 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.


:lol: Yeah I'm a fish out of water.

Heh, they're probably into you. Otherwise they would probably be talking about a lot about menstruation instead.

Oh, they do that too. When women find out I'm not bothered by menstruation they tend to get very chatty about it. Weird...

Ah, but that's after they find out you're not bothered by it. That's a different story. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on December 13, 2018, 04:13:22 PM
So some water got in between the window and the frame in my bedroom and proceeded to freeze it shut.  >:(  I figured the gasket needed some silicone, but as I already mentioned the window was frozen shut.
So I got a little fan heater and put it on the windowsill to try to thaw out the window (bet you've never heard that before!). Worked like a charm. Except the temperature shock caused the glass to crack.   :o

Luckily it is a double pane window, so it's not that bad. Was still planning on replacing that window come spring.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 13, 2018, 04:16:09 PM
Sounds like you need a hair dryer my friend. Works great for all your window thawing needs.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 13, 2018, 05:01:12 PM
I avoid frozen windows by living where it's never winter. Yay sunshine!
Title: .....
Post by: Guardian85 on December 13, 2018, 08:04:07 PM
Quote from: No one on December 13, 2018, 05:01:12 PM
I avoid frozen windows by living where it's never winter. Yay sunshine!
Why.....you!.....  :cartoonviking:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 13, 2018, 08:36:19 PM
(https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Sun.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 08:45:36 PM
Quote from: No one on December 13, 2018, 08:36:19 PM
(https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Sun.png)

:hammock:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 09:50:48 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 04:13:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:08:59 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.


:lol: Yeah I'm a fish out of water.

Heh, they're probably into you. Otherwise they would probably be talking about a lot about menstruation instead.

Oh, they do that too. When women find out I'm not bothered by menstruation they tend to get very chatty about it. Weird...

Ah, but that's after they find out you're not bothered by it. That's a different story.

I'm not sure what that means. Hmm...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2018, 01:28:45 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 09:50:48 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 04:13:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:08:59 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 13, 2018, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 13, 2018, 04:48:13 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: TankYouVeryMuch on December 12, 2018, 06:52:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2018, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 12, 2018, 06:00:48 PM
Just be thankful it was water and not hydraulic oil. That stuff is seriously nasty. I coat my hands in dish soap and then wear nitrile gloves. It'll dissolve any natural rubber and most plastics.

Out of curiosity though, where in your house was a hydraulic cylinder? I've never heard of a home with a hydraulic system.

Yikes! Yeah...I'll stick with water!

:notsure: There is a huge possibility it was not a hydraulic cylinder.  :P A pipe perhaps? It was a cylinder connected to the bathroom sink.

:blush: My ignorance is showing, isn't it?

No. Hydro is water so a cylinder of water is a hydrocylinder.

This is a hydraulic cylinder as used to push an pull things. Oil is used as it does not corrode the metal of the cylinder.

(https://4.imimg.com/data4/TM/JW/MY-3132615/cylinder-hydraulic-500x500.jpg)

Ah, ok. I was way off the mark then! ;D

I thought that's what happened but you never know. Learn something new every day. You should see me when the girls at work chat me up about makeup and underwear.


:lol: Yeah I'm a fish out of water.

Heh, they're probably into you. Otherwise they would probably be talking about a lot about menstruation instead.

Oh, they do that too. When women find out I'm not bothered by menstruation they tend to get very chatty about it. Weird...

Ah, but that's after they find out you're not bothered by it. That's a different story.

I'm not sure what that means. Hmm...

It can mean a number of things, possibly the worst (or best? depending on your perspective) of which is that you've been friend-zoned. Or maybe not, and they just feel comfortable talking to you about a topic that seems to bother a lot of men, and when those men aren't bothered, they make pejorative remarks, dismissing sometimes justified behaviours and moods as "PMS".  But I'm ranting here, never mind me.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 19, 2018, 05:10:09 PM
The pharmacy won't refill my migraine meds and my doctor won't return my calls. It's been a week and I'm miserable
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 20, 2018, 08:32:04 AM
Quote from: Buddy on December 19, 2018, 05:10:09 PM
The pharmacy won't refill my migraine meds and my doctor won't return my calls. It's been a week and I'm miserable

That's not good and it's a very good reason to be grumpy!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 20, 2018, 02:21:40 PM
Yeah I've been about useless all week. The worst part is that the meds are also prescribed as a treatment for depression and stopping those kinds of meds cold turkey is not good.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2018, 08:24:04 PM
I hate "spring" cleaning. I would rather leave old forgotten things in the deepest darkest recesses of my house, collecting dust and being home to spiders.

Why must I "revive" these things? Why? ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 01, 2019, 07:25:35 PM
My lovely daughter has her faults, one of them being that she is a fully paid up member of the food police. After dinner at her place this evening I picked up a crisp while we were clearing away and she to,d me that fridge pickers wear big knickers.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 01, 2019, 09:02:16 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on January 01, 2019, 07:25:35 PM
My lovely daughter has her faults, one of them being that she is a fully paid up member of the food police. After dinner at her place this evening I picked up a crisp while we were clearing away and she to,d me that fridge pickers wear big knickers.

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 02, 2019, 03:48:05 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on January 01, 2019, 07:25:35 PM
My lovely daughter has her faults, one of them being that she is a fully paid up member of the food police. After dinner at her place this evening I picked up a crisp while we were clearing away and she to,d me that fridge pickers wear big knickers.

Sounds like Dorothy Parker.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 03, 2019, 02:19:19 PM
Was up all night with the sick boyfriend and the coffee machine at work broke.  :Gaah:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 03, 2019, 07:32:32 PM
Neighbors.
Rainy weather.
idiot drivers'
The airline industry.
Yellow lights that turn red.
Rap.
An itch you can't reach.
Shitty service.
Rap.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 03, 2019, 08:55:59 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 03, 2019, 02:19:19 PM
Was up all night with the sick boyfriend and the coffee machine at work broke.  :Gaah:

Can't he be sick on his own?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 03, 2019, 09:44:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 03, 2019, 08:55:59 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 03, 2019, 02:19:19 PM
Was up all night with the sick boyfriend and the coffee machine at work broke.  :Gaah:

Can't he be sick on his own?

Well, maybe this guy is different, but I've seen a lot of guys act like a little kid and have their female counterpart do all the work when they are sick.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 03, 2019, 09:45:31 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 03, 2019, 08:55:59 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 03, 2019, 02:19:19 PM
Was up all night with the sick boyfriend and the coffee machine at work broke.  :Gaah:

Can't he be sick on his own?

Not when he has man-flu. The deadliest of all diseases.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 03, 2019, 10:20:02 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 03, 2019, 09:45:31 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 03, 2019, 08:55:59 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 03, 2019, 02:19:19 PM
Was up all night with the sick boyfriend and the coffee machine at work broke.  :Gaah:

Can't he be sick on his own?

Not when he has man-flu. The deadliest of all diseases.

On the few occasions I've been ill, Mr M gets it too. I never have anyone to look after me at those times.😢🤒
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 09, 2019, 11:04:45 PM
I broke one of my big toes this afternoon. Going up a step.... not a flight of stairs... a single step. Bent it over backwards when I slipped. I'll be wearing my boots to bed from now on. If I had been wearing more than socks I would've been fine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 09, 2019, 11:16:51 PM
That sucks! I've had a broken toe, and it throbbed for what seemed like forever.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 09, 2019, 11:18:35 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 09, 2019, 11:04:45 PM
I broke one of my big toes this afternoon. Going up a step.... not a flight of stairs... a single step. Bent it over backwards when I slipped. I'll be wearing my boots to bed from now on. If I had been wearing more than socks I would've been fine.

Ouch! *shudder*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 09, 2019, 11:56:57 PM
Sooo painful. I go barefoot indoors all year round and every now I stub a toe and that's painful enough. Have you had to have it set, or is it just left to heal on its own? Can you get a shoe on? Are you able to work?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 10, 2019, 12:10:58 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on January 09, 2019, 11:56:57 PM
Sooo painful. I go barefoot indoors all year round and every now I stub a toe and that's painful enough. Have you had to have it set, or is it just left to heal on its own? Can you get a shoe on? Are you able to work?

I moved everything back into place earlier. I've set worse broken bones before... I can get my boots on and they help a lot but I'm a little worried about my work shoes. They are very soft soled for slip resistance and won't offer much support. Walking is out of the question. It's a hobbling, shambling shuffle. Work might be challenging.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 10, 2019, 06:10:01 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 09, 2019, 11:04:45 PM
I broke one of my big toes this afternoon. Going up a step.... not a flight of stairs... a single step. Bent it over backwards when I slipped. I'll be wearing my boots to bed from now on. If I had been wearing more than socks I would've been fine.

Ewwwww ouch!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 11, 2019, 01:12:31 AM
My grand daughter Natalie is a single mom. She has a little one year old demonic child who is cute as hell and although he was a preemie he is apparently healthy and happy.  The kids father turned out to be an irresponsible clod who knocked up a different woman while Natalie was pregnant with his child.

The most recent chain of events is that Natalie, who is a gainfully employed registered nurse, has had two strokes.  She is only 25 years old. At present she is still working and mobile. The chances are she might lose her job because of the strokes and possibility for another one while she is at her job at the pediatric ER at a large Hospital.  If she dies, or becomes incapable,  from another episode, then her parents will be responsible for the welfare of the little kid.  Those parents are good and responsible people but they are only middle class earners and they are approaching their sixties.

I am on the periphery here but I would almost surely become involved in the present and future of the little kid.  I am a really nice guy, a caring one, but I am approaching 90 years old and part time caring for a one year old is not on my bucket list.  Forgive me if I am a little bit grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 11, 2019, 10:45:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 11, 2019, 01:12:31 AMForgive me if I am a little bit grumpy.

You are forgiven, you've made me a bit grumpy too.
Shouldn't a medical establishment be a bit more caring?
OK, if she was a surgeon, or a bus driver maybe she'd be a risk.

QuoteThose parents are good and responsible people but they are only middle class earners and they are approaching their sixties

God forbid Natalie suffers any further but those guys sound pretty good to me, fifties is the new forties, so they say.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 11, 2019, 12:57:49 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 11, 2019, 10:45:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 11, 2019, 01:12:31 AMForgive me if I am a little bit grumpy.

You are forgiven, you've made me a bit grumpy too.
Shouldn't a medical establishment be a bit more caring?
OK, if she was a surgeon, or a bus driver maybe she'd be a risk.

QuoteThose parents are good and responsible people but they are only middle class earners and they are approaching their sixties

God forbid Natalie suffers any further but those guys sound pretty good to me, fifties is the new forties, so they say.

Seconded.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 12, 2019, 02:23:31 AM
That's definitely something to be grumpy about. Do they have any idea if an underlying condition is causing the strokes?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 13, 2019, 01:28:57 AM
As yet no idea why the strokes have occurred in such an otherwise healthy young woman. She has had a colossal number of tests, MRIs, and other stuff.  One of her blood tests required 20 vials for that many individual analysis  procedures. Damn that 's a lot of vials of blood and ...who knows....maybe a vampire Phlebotomist.  We will have to wait and see whether the analysts discover something out of the mainstream.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 13, 2019, 11:31:38 PM
Here's hoping it turns out to be something treatable. A horrible set of circumstances.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2019, 12:26:53 AM
That's a pretty bad ailment for anyone, let alone someone that young. As was mentioned, hoping that the medical professionals suss out the cause soon!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on January 14, 2019, 07:00:44 PM
Quote from: Icarus on January 13, 2019, 01:28:57 AM
As yet no idea why the strokes have occurred in such an otherwise healthy young woman. She has had a colossal number of tests, MRIs, and other stuff.  One of her blood tests required 20 vials for that many individual analysis  procedures. Damn that 's a lot of vials of blood and ...who knows....maybe a vampire Phlebotomist.  We will have to wait and see whether the analysts discover something out of the mainstream.
Phlebotomist....would be a dream job for a vampire, to be sure!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 10:32:57 AM
I'm going to spend a few days in my hometown in June and a Venezuelan guy from 'the lab next door' wants to tag along. He's harmless but really clingy since he doesn't speak Portuguese all that well, and asked me to tour the city with him. He also wants to share the apartment I'm going to stay in (no way) and bought tickets for the same flights.

Two things:
1) His clinginess is starting to get to me. I get that he's insecure because of the language issues but still.  :Gaah:
2) Brasilia is not exactly a tourist city. There are some cool-looking buildings and stuff, a few museums and a dwindling nightlife but that's about it. It wasn't made for pedestrians either (it's a planned city) so to get anywhere from somewhere walking is a pain. Also, June is draught season: ugly brown grass and lots of dust in the air.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 10:57:09 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 10:32:57 AM
I'm going to spend a few days in my hometown in June and a Venezuelan guy from 'the lab next door' wants to tag along. He's harmless but really clingy since he doesn't speak Portuguese all that well, and asked me to tour the city with him. He also wants to share the apartment I'm going to stay in (no way) and bought tickets for the same flights.

Two things:
1) His clinginess is starting to get to me. I get that he's insecure because of the language issues but still.  :Gaah:
2) Brasilia is not exactly a tourist city. There are some cool-looking buildings and stuff, a few museums and a dwindling nightlife but that's about it. It wasn't made for pedestrians either (it's a planned city) so to get anywhere from somewhere walking is a pain. Also, June is draught season: ugly brown grass and lots of dust in the air.

Ooh! Sounds romantic.
:love:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 11:08:11 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 10:57:09 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 10:32:57 AM
I'm going to spend a few days in my hometown in June and a Venezuelan guy from 'the lab next door' wants to tag along. He's harmless but really clingy since he doesn't speak Portuguese all that well, and asked me to tour the city with him. He also wants to share the apartment I'm going to stay in (no way) and bought tickets for the same flights.

Two things:
1) His clinginess is starting to get to me. I get that he's insecure because of the language issues but still.  :Gaah:
2) Brasilia is not exactly a tourist city. There are some cool-looking buildings and stuff, a few museums and a dwindling nightlife but that's about it. It wasn't made for pedestrians either (it's a planned city) so to get anywhere from somewhere walking is a pain. Also, June is draught season: ugly brown grass and lots of dust in the air.

Ooh! Sounds romantic.
:love:

:lol: No no no no no...

I don't think that's the idea. He's just really insecure and I'm too nice.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 20, 2019, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 11:08:11 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 10:57:09 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 10:32:57 AM
I'm going to spend a few days in my hometown in June and a Venezuelan guy from 'the lab next door' wants to tag along. He's harmless but really clingy since he doesn't speak Portuguese all that well, and asked me to tour the city with him. He also wants to share the apartment I'm going to stay in (no way) and bought tickets for the same flights.

Two things:
1) His clinginess is starting to get to me. I get that he's insecure because of the language issues but still.  :Gaah:
2) Brasilia is not exactly a tourist city. There are some cool-looking buildings and stuff, a few museums and a dwindling nightlife but that's about it. It wasn't made for pedestrians either (it's a planned city) so to get anywhere from somewhere walking is a pain. Also, June is draught season: ugly brown grass and lots of dust in the air.

Ooh! Sounds romantic.
:love:

:lol: No no no no no...

I don't think that's the idea. He's just really insecure and I'm too nice.

Are you sure about that? Insecure guys can be very, very skilled at hiding feelings for someone else. They can use "practicslity" as an excuse to be near that person and then get it in their head that they are getting what they really want by doing so. When their plans fail or blow up in their faces the change in their demeanor can be astonishing.

Please, be very careful.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 02:07:45 PM
I've told him (very nicely) that I won't be at his disposal because I have my own plans that don't include him, like visiting family. I can give him suggestions on what to see but that's about it. I'm not going there to go sight-seeing or anything, and he's acting like that's the main reason. We arrive on a Tuesday afternoon and that's basically the only free time there will be. Wednesday to Saturday I will be at the conference all day, and Saturday night we return home. There isn't going to be time for sight-seeing.   

I feel bad though, I was the one who was trying to get people hyped to go and he was the first to say he will. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 02:53:26 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 02:07:45 PM
I've told him (very nicely) that I won't be at his disposal because I have my own plans that don't include him, like visiting family. I can give him suggestions on what to see but that's about it. I'm not going there to go sight-seeing or anything, and he's acting like that's the main reason. We arrive on a Tuesday afternoon and that's basically the only free time there will be. Wednesday to Saturday I will be at the conference all day, and Saturday night we return home. There isn't going to be time for sight-seeing.   

I feel bad though, I was the one who was trying to get people hyped to go and he was the first to say he will.

Shallow person that I am, I want to know what he looks like.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 03:28:50 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 02:53:26 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 02:07:45 PM
I've told him (very nicely) that I won't be at his disposal because I have my own plans that don't include him, like visiting family. I can give him suggestions on what to see but that's about it. I'm not going there to go sight-seeing or anything, and he's acting like that's the main reason. We arrive on a Tuesday afternoon and that's basically the only free time there will be. Wednesday to Saturday I will be at the conference all day, and Saturday night we return home. There isn't going to be time for sight-seeing.   

I feel bad though, I was the one who was trying to get people hyped to go and he was the first to say he will.

Shallow person that I am, I want to know what he looks like.

Eh...average. Neither attractive nor unattractive.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 04:10:34 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 03:28:50 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 02:53:26 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 02:07:45 PM
I've told him (very nicely) that I won't be at his disposal because I have my own plans that don't include him, like visiting family. I can give him suggestions on what to see but that's about it. I'm not going there to go sight-seeing or anything, and he's acting like that's the main reason. We arrive on a Tuesday afternoon and that's basically the only free time there will be. Wednesday to Saturday I will be at the conference all day, and Saturday night we return home. There isn't going to be time for sight-seeing.   

I feel bad though, I was the one who was trying to get people hyped to go and he was the first to say he will.

Shallow person that I am, I want to know what he looks like.

Eh...average. Neither attractive nor unattractive.

I wouldn't bother, then.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 04:28:16 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 04:10:34 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 03:28:50 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2019, 02:53:26 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2019, 02:07:45 PM
I've told him (very nicely) that I won't be at his disposal because I have my own plans that don't include him, like visiting family. I can give him suggestions on what to see but that's about it. I'm not going there to go sight-seeing or anything, and he's acting like that's the main reason. We arrive on a Tuesday afternoon and that's basically the only free time there will be. Wednesday to Saturday I will be at the conference all day, and Saturday night we return home. There isn't going to be time for sight-seeing.   

I feel bad though, I was the one who was trying to get people hyped to go and he was the first to say he will.

Shallow person that I am, I want to know what he looks like.

Eh...average. Neither attractive nor unattractive.

I wouldn't bother, then.

:nu-uh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 20, 2019, 06:50:05 PM
Rap.
Bad pizza.
Worse pizza.
Terrible pizza.
Bread in the shape of a bagel.
Rap.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 21, 2019, 01:33:51 AM
Trust the dude only if you are clearly physically superior to him.  He may very well be  be  a nice guy or.............. Silver you have one damned problem after another.  News flash!  Many of the rest of us do too.
Please be careful and cool as well.   The guy may be harmless and simply need some mothering. :unsure:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 24, 2019, 04:36:03 PM
So there is a manager from a branch of the bank I work for in Florida who wants me fired.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 24, 2019, 04:38:30 PM
Just to be clear, that manager isn't at your bank? I'm not clear on where you are geographically, but I don't really need to know.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 24, 2019, 04:52:44 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 24, 2019, 04:38:30 PM
Just to be clear, that manager isn't at your bank? I'm not clear on where you are geographically, but I don't really need to know.

No I am in Indiana. Just to clarify we work for the same bank, just not the same branch or in the same state.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 24, 2019, 06:21:59 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 24, 2019, 04:36:03 PM
So there is a manager from a branch of the bank I work for in Florida who wants me fired.

WTF! Why?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 24, 2019, 08:43:32 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 24, 2019, 06:21:59 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 24, 2019, 04:36:03 PM
So there is a manager from a branch of the bank I work for in Florida who wants me fired.

WTF! Why?

So there was an issue of fraud on a particular customer's account. Unfortunately I was the one dealing with the situation at the time so my name is on the reports. Long story short, the account was compromised and the customer had to close their accounts and open new ones. Our branch was the one who caught it and we alerted the customer who then went to their local branch, in Florida, to do this. The branch manager called us this morning and ripped me a new asshole saying it was my fault that the account was compromised and that she will be getting with my manager "to take disciplinary action up to termination".

Unfortunately, my boss isn't here today so we can't deal with this until tomorrow
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 25, 2019, 02:37:25 AM
Finding the problem and taking action, then getting "in trouble" for it is a "shoot the messenger" kind of mentality on the part of that other person. I hope your manager is a decent human being, and gets that. Is it possible that the person reaming you may have been complicit?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 25, 2019, 06:25:13 AM
Quote from: Buddy on January 24, 2019, 08:43:32 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 24, 2019, 06:21:59 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 24, 2019, 04:36:03 PM
So there is a manager from a branch of the bank I work for in Florida who wants me fired.

WTF! Why?

So there was an issue of fraud on a particular customer's account. Unfortunately I was the one dealing with the situation at the time so my name is on the reports. Long story short, the account was compromised and the customer had to close their accounts and open new ones. Our branch was the one who caught it and we alerted the customer who then went to their local branch, in Florida, to do this. The branch manager called us this morning and ripped me a new asshole saying it was my fault that the account was compromised and that she will be getting with my manager "to take disciplinary action up to termination".

Unfortunately, my boss isn't here today so we can't deal with this until tomorrow

You'll be Ok. Your boss knows you better that the Florida boss.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 25, 2019, 06:26:32 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 25, 2019, 02:37:25 AM
Finding the problem and taking action, then getting "in trouble" for it is a "shoot the messenger" kind of mentality on the part of that other person. I hope your manager is a decent human being, and gets that. Is it possible that the person reaming you may have been complicit?

The Florida boss may have been seen to be doing something, even if what they were doing was wrong.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on January 25, 2019, 10:19:34 AM
On tenterhooks; what happened?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2019, 12:34:49 PM
Surely banks have procedures, if they've been followed no probs.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 25, 2019, 12:50:20 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2019, 12:34:49 PM
Surely banks have procedures, if they've been followed no probs.

One would hope so although my understanding of American employment law is that you can sack anybody at any time?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2019, 12:53:32 PM
Daughter 1 returned home some months ago with her Maltese Polly aka Fluffy/Barker/Bighter of Postmen/Shorn.
She's looking at buying a unit/flat/condo and as Polly is a barker a companion is the obvious answer.
Hence this podgy character has joined the family.

(https://i.imgur.com/BYcHeCC.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2019, 12:58:01 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 25, 2019, 12:50:20 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2019, 12:34:49 PM
Surely banks have procedures, if they've been followed no probs.

One would hope so although my understanding of American employment law is that you can sack anybody at any time?

Ye, well

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There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun;
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one,
But the union makes us strong.
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
For the union makes us strong.
Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite,
Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might?
Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight?
For the union makes us strong.
It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade;
Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid;
Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made;
But the union makes us strong.
All...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 25, 2019, 12:59:11 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2019, 12:53:32 PM
Daughter 1 returned home some months ago with her Maltese Polly aka Fluffy/Barker/Bighter of Postmen/Shorn.
She's looking at buying a unit/flat/condo and as Polly is a barker a companion is the obvious answer.
Hence this podgy character has joined the family.

(https://i.imgur.com/BYcHeCC.jpg)

Too cute!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 26, 2019, 04:42:48 AM
Got a new prescription for glasses, pretty much the same as the previous one.  The ones I am using are five years old and have begun to deteriorate the UV coating so that here are spots that cannot be removed.  That causes eye distress.

I took the new Prescription to Wal Mart optical which had one of the more reasonable prices.  Two hundred thirty seven dollars US.  OK I paid the tab. Two days later I discovered that my insurance carrier, Humana, would pay the first $200 but not at Wal Mart.  They would pay the first $200 at numerous other easily accesible Optical firms that had similar prices.  Bottom line: I shit in my own mess kit by surmising that Wal Mart would provide me with the best price and service.  Live and learn. 

God dammit I am not tired of living but I am tired of learning lessons of that sort.   :headbang:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 26, 2019, 08:09:17 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 26, 2019, 04:42:48 AM
Got a new prescription for glasses, pretty much the same as the previous one.  The ones I am using are five years old and have begun to deteriorate the UV coating so that here are spots that cannot be removed.  That causes eye distress.

I took the new Prescription to Wal Mart optical which had one of the more reasonable prices.  Two hundred thirty seven dollars US.  OK I paid the tab. Two days later I discovered that my insurance carrier, Humana, would pay the first $200 but not at Wal Mart.  They would pay the first $200 at numerous other easily accesible Optical firms that had similar prices.  Bottom line: I shit in my own mess kit by surmising that Wal Mart would provide me with the best price and service.  Live and learn. 

God dammit I am not tired of living but I am tired of learning lessons of that sort.   :headbang:

Life can have such trivial irritations at time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 26, 2019, 03:24:43 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2019, 12:53:32 PM
Daughter 1 returned home some months ago with her Maltese Polly aka Fluffy/Barker/Bighter of Postmen/Shorn.
She's looking at buying a unit/flat/condo and as Polly is a barker a companion is the obvious answer.
Hence this podgy character has joined the family.

(https://i.imgur.com/BYcHeCC.jpg)

Aaawww!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 27, 2019, 02:03:55 AM
I bet that little guy bounces all over the place! They are so fun as puppies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on January 27, 2019, 03:38:44 PM
One of our Main Coonies died this morning. I had to put her to sleep, because she was bleeding internally (with no hope for recovery) :'(.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 27, 2019, 03:53:38 PM
Sorry for you loss Tom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 27, 2019, 03:54:35 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on January 27, 2019, 03:38:44 PM
One of our Main Coonies died this morning. I had to put her to sleep, because she was bleeding internally (with no hope for recovery) :'(.

:'( horrible thing to have to do  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 27, 2019, 04:40:14 PM
That's rough Tom. I'm sorry to hear that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 27, 2019, 08:35:11 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on January 27, 2019, 03:38:44 PM
One of our Main Coonies died this morning. I had to put her to sleep, because she was bleeding internally (with no hope for recovery) :'(.

Sorry to hear that, Tom. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 28, 2019, 12:02:33 AM
Indeed, that's sad. Just think of all the fun you had together over the years. Makes it bittersweet. I have a Maltese that is almost 19, and it's mostly broken- cataracts, she's deaf, and wobbles when she walks. But she still bounces around in the morning and isn't in any pain. This is a pic from a couple of years ago. I was holding a treat in my hand, so had her undivided attention.

(https://i.imgur.com/xguNyKt.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 28, 2019, 07:36:55 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 28, 2019, 12:02:33 AM
Indeed, that's sad. Just think of all the fun you had together over the years. Makes it bittersweet. I have a Maltese that is almost 19, and it's mostly broken- cataracts, she's deaf, and wobbles when she walks. But she still bounces around in the morning and isn't in any pain. This is a pic from a couple of years ago. I was holding a treat in my hand, so had her undivided attention.

(https://i.imgur.com/xguNyKt.jpg)

I'm a total sucker for cute pooches and that is a cute pooch!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 28, 2019, 04:43:05 PM
Thanks! And every bit as sweet as the picture. She's the best dog I've ever had. I should have cloned her!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on January 31, 2019, 02:54:49 PM
I had to go to work  >:( -18F with -33 windchill. I literally have a blanket with me because this old building is freezing.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 31, 2019, 08:38:54 PM
It's like 82 here.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 01, 2019, 01:21:16 AM
60s and raining. I've been hoping for rain for awhile, now. Some of the store parking lots have so much stuff spilled on them that my shoes get sticky when I walk through them.  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 01, 2019, 02:31:40 AM
It was down to 14°F last night, which is nothing compared to other parts of the country, I freely admit that,  but I still got awfully frosty leaving the gym last night. I need to work out a change of clothes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 01, 2019, 06:28:02 AM
It's been between -4°C to +4°C over the last few days. Not too bad compared to what some have been through as it has not snowed here.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on February 01, 2019, 10:01:34 AM
Yeah, well... It has snowed here, and my terrace has needed constant snow removal for days now.  >:(


...Make a lazy-ass Asmo do manual labour like that!  >:( Disrespectful, it is. Wrong.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 01, 2019, 12:59:25 PM
You need a fresh batch of minions.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on February 01, 2019, 01:14:13 PM
Yes.  :sadnod: New, tasty minions to comfort-eat, THEN shovel snow. (https://www.greatmusicalinstruments.net/images/products/cvn-purple-violin-4.jpg)
















...click on the pic to see the comparative difference between the actual Purple Violin and The Asmo's Purple Violin respectively. Say He isn't suffering! He dares you!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 09, 2019, 01:27:08 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on February 01, 2019, 01:14:13 PM
Yes.  :sadnod: New, tasty minions to comfort-eat, THEN shovel snow. (https://www.greatmusicalinstruments.net/images/products/cvn-purple-violin-4.jpg)
















...click on the pic to see the comparative difference between the actual Purple Violin and The Asmo's Purple Violin respectively. Say He isn't suffering! He dares you!  >:(

;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 09, 2019, 01:29:30 AM
Fell asleep this evening and now I don't think I'll sleep so easily tonight. I thought since I'm likely going to stay awake for a while, why not have loads of caffeinated drinks?

I instantly regretted my decision.  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 09, 2019, 01:47:28 AM
Don't you have a three day weekend? Stay up until sunrise and then sleep during the heat of the day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 09, 2019, 01:50:02 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 09, 2019, 01:47:28 AM
Don't you have a three day weekend? Stay up until sunrise and then sleep during the heat of the day.

I think that's what's going to end up happening.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 09, 2019, 03:53:42 AM
I think I hear an ocarina calling your name...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on February 09, 2019, 04:00:12 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 09, 2019, 03:53:42 AM
I think I hear an ocarina calling your name...

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 09, 2019, 01:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 09, 2019, 03:53:42 AM
I think I hear an ocarina calling your name...

:grin:

I've really got to get round to playing that game.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 16, 2019, 02:32:10 PM
I slipped and fell on some ice yesterday and at first I didn't think it was a big deal, but I am so sore today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 16, 2019, 02:34:56 PM
Stretch, stretch, and when you think you're good stretch some more for good measure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 16, 2019, 02:50:00 PM
I've been stretching and alternating hot and cold on the sore spots. I made my mom take a look because I was paranoid I broke my tailbone.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 17, 2019, 03:50:00 PM
The damn furnace went out again. It's an easy fix and I can hand start it for now but the part to get it back in working order won't arrive until Tuesday. Why, oh why, don't I stock capacitors?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 17, 2019, 04:32:41 PM
Starting caps should be fairly robust. I've never changed one in the furnace, and only once on the AC compressor, in 16 years that I've lived here.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 17, 2019, 05:08:20 PM
This furnace is a 1994 model, so it's probably time. I also need to vacuum in there. I've seen much, much worse but it's pretty dusty.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 17, 2019, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 17, 2019, 04:32:41 PM
Starting caps should be fairly robust. I've never changed one in the furnace, and only once on the AC compressor, in 16 years that I've lived here.

Famous last words!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 18, 2019, 01:06:16 AM
IK,R? At least the AC caps won't pop before sometime in April. The heater, maybe. It's running right now, which is unusual here. It's been pretty cold the last couple of weeks. In fact, we had freezing last week. it ain't the coldest winter on record around here, but it's up (down?) there for one of them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 20, 2019, 12:48:11 PM
My nephew has pneumonia.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 20, 2019, 05:35:29 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 20, 2019, 12:48:11 PM
My nephew has pneumonia.

How old is he?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 20, 2019, 06:35:15 PM
Fifteen. He has had breathing problems his entire life.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 20, 2019, 06:43:59 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 20, 2019, 06:35:15 PM
Fifteen. He has had breathing problems his entire life.

Well best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 20, 2019, 11:20:37 PM
He's back home now which is a good sign. He must be recovering faster than he usually does.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on February 21, 2019, 08:45:18 PM
Pleased to hear that JJ; so frightening not to be able to breathe properly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on February 22, 2019, 06:56:03 PM
We might have to start house hunting this year. We were going to start next year but our apartment complex has gotten awful since it was bought out by a company. I looked into renting from a private party, but all of the properties in this area are garbage. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 12:10:01 AM
The wife's car was running badly, so I had it towed to the dealer. Rats ate some of the injection controller and the main ignition harness insulation and cut some of the wires.  >:( $2700 worth of damage. I've not talked to our insurance agent yet. Hopefully it's covered and we can just pay the deductible. The city is also going to get a call about the rat haven in the neighbor's back yard. There is all kinds of trash and rotting plants over there, and we've seen rats.

The newer vehicles use a soy-based insulation that the rats seem to like to eat. We were told to put Irish Spring soap or dryer sheets under the hood, as this will deter them.

As icing on the cake, our Maltese is suffering some sort of nerve issue and has had convulsions. We're putting her down tomorrow. It's a sad time in the Lightning home. We've had her for almost 19 years and she's been the sweetest little dog ever. But she shouldn't suffer, so we'll give her the final mercy at the Vet.  :sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 23, 2019, 01:49:06 AM
That sucks about the harness DL. And the dog is even worse. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 03:49:04 AM
Really sucks about the dog. The car is insured, I think, but it's only money, though not an inconsiderable amount. I have to say that she has been so much fun for the time we've had her that I won't take long to find another dog. It's going to be tough to find one that fun, though. I'm going to have to lower my standards at "interviews", I'm sure. Going to be a hole in my heart for a while.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on February 23, 2019, 04:16:44 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 03:49:04 AM
Really sucks about the dog. The car is insured, I think, but it's only money, though not an inconsiderable amount. I have to say that she has been so much fun for the time we've had her that I won't take long to find another dog. It's going to be tough to find one that fun, though. I'm going to have to lower my standards at "interviews", I'm sure. Going to be a hole in my heart for a while.

My condolences. Many people cannot understand that one can a love a pet as much as one's own human child.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on February 23, 2019, 01:56:54 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 23, 2019, 04:16:44 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 03:49:04 AM
Really sucks about the dog. The car is insured, I think, but it's only money, though not an inconsiderable amount. I have to say that she has been so much fun for the time we've had her that I won't take long to find another dog. It's going to be tough to find one that fun, though. I'm going to have to lower my standards at "interviews", I'm sure. Going to be a hole in my heart for a while.

My condolences. Many people cannot understand that one can a love a pet as much as one's own human child.

Lucretia, please be reasonable, don't.
Oh don't talk reasonable to me, you love "our" budgerigar more than me
I'm off to dance lewdly in the moonlight.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 23, 2019, 03:15:49 PM
Sorry to hear about your dog, DL. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 08:25:37 PM
Just got back from the Vet.  :'(  It's gonna be tough to replace that little sweetheart. Thanks all for the condolences.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 23, 2019, 09:51:46 PM
My deepest sympathies for the loss of your best little friend.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on February 23, 2019, 10:01:20 PM
They bring joy in life and grief in their passing. Sorry to hear of your loss, Dark Lightning.  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 24, 2019, 01:05:42 AM
Well, the deed is done. I know I did the right thing, and like to think that this would be done for me when the time comes. The vet and his assistant were very professional about it. She went quickly.

Thanks for your kind words, folks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 24, 2019, 04:23:43 PM
Sorry to hear about your loss, DL :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 24, 2019, 05:17:22 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 08:25:37 PM
Just got back from the Vet.  :'(  It's gonna be tough to replace that little sweetheart. Thanks all for the condolences.

Oh that's so sad  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 24, 2019, 10:58:10 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 24, 2019, 04:23:43 PM
Sorry to hear about your loss, DL :'(

Thanks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 24, 2019, 11:01:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 24, 2019, 05:17:22 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 08:25:37 PM
Just got back from the Vet.  :'(  It's gonna be tough to replace that little sweetheart. Thanks all for the condolences.

Oh that's so sad  :'(

Thanks.

My wife wanted to go see a movie to take her mind off of it. The movie had a scene where the protagonist cuts loose of his pet, to go live with the rest of the beasts like him. In case anyone goes and sees it, I'm not going to identify that movie and spoil it. So there I was, reliving cutting loose of my little dog all over again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 25, 2019, 07:56:00 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 24, 2019, 11:01:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 24, 2019, 05:17:22 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 23, 2019, 08:25:37 PM
Just got back from the Vet.  :'(  It's gonna be tough to replace that little sweetheart. Thanks all for the condolences.

Oh that's so sad  :'(

Thanks.

My wife wanted to go see a movie to take her mind off of it. The movie had a scene where the protagonist cuts loose of his pet, to go live with the rest of the beasts like him. In case anyone goes and sees it, I'm not going to identify that movie and spoil it. So there I was, reliving cutting loose of my little dog all over again.

Oh no!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 03, 2019, 10:17:16 PM
Well, the oven is broken. Damn heating element decided to put on a little show, apparently. Hopefully Amazon has parts. *sigh* I was going to cook a roast.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on March 03, 2019, 11:58:28 PM
I'm having oven problems too. The thing keeps throwing spurious error codes which shut down the oven. I opened it up and checked connections, after which the error codes stopped. It worked for one cycle (baking a cake), but then halfway through a second (bread) it went back to its troublesome ways. It's looking like I'm going to have to replace the control panel, which will not be cheap.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 04, 2019, 12:43:12 AM
And that's why I like simple appliances!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Guardian85 on March 04, 2019, 07:13:16 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 03, 2019, 10:17:16 PM
Well, the oven is broken. Damn heating element decided to put on a little show, apparently. Hopefully Amazon has parts. *sigh* I was going to cook a roast.
Quote from: Recusant on March 03, 2019, 11:58:28 PM
I'm having oven problems too. The thing keeps throwing spurious error codes which shut down the oven. I opened it up and checked connections, after which the error codes stopped. It worked for one cycle (baking a cake), but then halfway through a second (bread) it went back to its troublesome ways. It's looking like I'm going to have to replace the control panel, which will not be cheap.
Have you gentlemen tried applying Standard Emergency Repair Procedure #1?
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GrimHeavenlyLamprey-size_restricted.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on March 04, 2019, 10:03:43 PM
I'm gonna need a bigger spanner.  :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on March 04, 2019, 10:33:10 PM
I still can't find that magic wallet!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on March 04, 2019, 11:06:47 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 04, 2019, 07:13:16 PM
Have you gentlemen tried applying Standard Emergency Repair Procedure #1?
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GrimHeavenlyLamprey-size_restricted.gif)

Ha, ha!  When I was flying in the Navy, back in the dark ages, our aircraft sometimes had some equipment that had been salvaged from other aircraft that had been involved in a deliberately lit fire in the hangar a few years prior.  Such equipment was identified with a red X painted on a prominent part of the gear.  The maintainers used to get upset when we aircrew asked them if that was where we thumped it when it when it didn't work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 04, 2019, 11:26:53 PM
Quote from: Recusant on March 04, 2019, 10:03:43 PM
I'm gonna need a bigger spanner.  :)

I've got a 36" pipe wrench you can borrow.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 05, 2019, 01:22:42 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on March 04, 2019, 11:06:47 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 04, 2019, 07:13:16 PM
Have you gentlemen tried applying Standard Emergency Repair Procedure #1?
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GrimHeavenlyLamprey-size_restricted.gif)

Ha, ha!  When I was flying in the Navy, back in the dark ages, our aircraft sometimes had some equipment that had been salvaged from other aircraft that had been involved in a deliberately lit fire in the hangar a few years prior.  Such equipment was identified with a red X painted on a prominent part of the gear.  The maintainers used to get upset when we aircrew asked them if that was where we thumped it when it when it didn't work.

:eyebrow: You flew in aircraft with salvaged parts that had been in a fire? Who ever decided that these parts were airworthy!? Or were you flying suicide missions, anyway? It's not reassuring that the US Navy isn't the only service with pyromaniacs in it. I served on the USS Oriskany as my last duty station, and someone set a fire below an expansion joint in the fire main system. Of course, the fire went out, but what a mess. People nearly died, because a hatch to a berthing compartment had to be closed to reduce flooding, with a bunch of sailors in it.v >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on March 05, 2019, 07:21:03 AM
Just for future reference, in case anybody here ends up dealing with a situation similar to what I described above, I've found a place called FixYourBoard (http://fixyourboard.com/about_us.html) that will test and repair control boards for a variety of applications. Less expensive (sometimes significantly so) than replacing, and in some cases the only route, if the manufacturer has stopped selling replacement control boards.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 05, 2019, 08:12:57 AM
Quote from: Recusant on March 05, 2019, 07:21:03 AM
Just for future reference, in case anybody here ends up dealing with a situation similar to what I described above, I've found a place called FixYourBoard (http://fixyourboard.com/about_us.html) that will test and repair control boards for a variety of applications. Less expensive (sometimes significantly so) than replacing, and in some cases the only route, if the manufacturer has stopped selling replacement control boards.
Very interesting.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on March 05, 2019, 09:13:19 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 05, 2019, 01:22:42 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on March 04, 2019, 11:06:47 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 04, 2019, 07:13:16 PM
Have you gentlemen tried applying Standard Emergency Repair Procedure #1?
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GrimHeavenlyLamprey-size_restricted.gif)

Ha, ha!  When I was flying in the Navy, back in the dark ages, our aircraft sometimes had some equipment that had been salvaged from other aircraft that had been involved in a deliberately lit fire in the hangar a few years prior.  Such equipment was identified with a red X painted on a prominent part of the gear.  The maintainers used to get upset when we aircrew asked them if that was where we thumped it when it when it didn't work.

:eyebrow: You flew in aircraft with salvaged parts that had been in a fire? Who ever decided that these parts were airworthy!? Or were you flying suicide missions, anyway? It's not reassuring that the US Navy isn't the only service with pyromaniacs in it. I served on the USS Oriskany as my last duty station, and someone set a fire below an expansion joint in the fire main system. Of course, the fire went out, but what a mess. People nearly died, because a hatch to a berthing compartment had to be closed to reduce flooding, with a bunch of sailors in it.v >:(

Well the equipment was things like radio gear and the computers etc used to monitor sensors.  Only gear that was clearly undamaged and then thoroughly tested was used.  The fire happened when a disaffected sailor opened the hangar door, went around and opened the fuel cocks then went back to the door and made a paper aeroplane, lit it with his lighter and flew it into the pool of AVGAS on the hangar floor.  Most of the aircraft were totally destroyed, but even those not totalled were write-offs.  We replaced the aircraft with some bought from Jimmy Carter's used airplane lot in the Arizona desert.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 05, 2019, 03:13:30 PM
Said "disaffected sailor" got a fair trial and a fine hanging, right?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 05, 2019, 08:33:17 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 05, 2019, 03:13:30 PM
Said "disaffected sailor" got a fair trial and a fine hanging, right?

One would hope so.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on March 05, 2019, 09:33:51 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 05, 2019, 03:13:30 PM
Said "disaffected sailor" got a fair trial and a fine hanging, right?

No, he was deemed mentally unfit and locked away at the Governors pleasure.  Later released and subsequently died in a motor cycle accident.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 06, 2019, 12:29:28 AM
That pyro guy must have been a displaced American.  We have the market cornered for lunatic activity.  Every damned day there is some crazy that believes he, less frequently she, is mysteriously  compelled to do mortal damage to other humans.  (refer to the science section and click the thread about brain activity)

Glad you made it out of there intact Bluenose.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2019, 10:37:18 PM
Feels like a Friday, but still isn't.  :folded:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 22, 2019, 07:16:17 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2019, 10:37:18 PM
Feels like a Friday, but still isn't.  :folded:
Is now.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 23, 2019, 01:10:02 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 22, 2019, 07:16:17 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2019, 10:37:18 PM
Feels like a Friday, but still isn't.  :folded:
Is now.

So it is!  ;D

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 23, 2019, 09:54:42 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 23, 2019, 01:10:02 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 22, 2019, 07:16:17 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2019, 10:37:18 PM
Feels like a Friday, but still isn't.  :folded:
Is now.

So it is!  ;D

:lol:

But not any more.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 23, 2019, 01:44:13 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 23, 2019, 09:54:42 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 23, 2019, 01:10:02 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 22, 2019, 07:16:17 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2019, 10:37:18 PM
Feels like a Friday, but still isn't.  :folded:
Is now.

So it is!  ;D

:lol:

But not any more.

No.  :(

You want me to post Rebecca Black's song 'Friday' here, Tank? :sidesmile:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on March 23, 2019, 03:06:14 PM
It's Sunday 1:02

I took some pictures of Sam a week or so back, I rejoiced but I knew some wouldn't so I didn't share.
Yes, so, Sam was a large spider, I pointed her/him out to wife and daughter, they didn't share my emotions.
I don't like moving them outside, the capture process is tricky, I've set at least one loose less a leg.
I heard rooms away aerosol squirts, felt fear, sought reassurance, it was given: No arachnid killen here.
I saw him/her after that, in a new position, glorious hairy legged jewel of creation waiting the wait.
Saturday morning; I go to open a window and Sam is there, seemingly whole but obviously dead.
Crushed for our petty want for ventilation, did I ever explain her/his magnificence, obviously not, I couldn't.
I broke the news to my wife "I told you to put it outside".  She can be a cold hard person at times.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 23, 2019, 03:30:28 PM
Poor Sam :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 23, 2019, 07:16:09 PM
I totally understand you, Bad Penny II. It's the same thing here..." Just pick up the cricket and take it outside, you don't have to kill it...!" But noooooooo.
:felix:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 25, 2019, 09:54:31 PM
I'm bored and procrastinating.  :Gaah:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 26, 2019, 12:31:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 25, 2019, 09:54:31 PM
I'm bored and procrastinating.  :Gaah:

No, you're bored because you are procrastinating. :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 26, 2019, 02:12:16 PM
 ;D If I procrastinate, I just get all wound up about what I should be doing. Not boring, but stressful, for me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2019, 04:30:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 26, 2019, 12:31:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 25, 2019, 09:54:31 PM
I'm bored and procrastinating.  :Gaah:

No, you're bored because you are procrastinating. :grin:

If I am not bored it means I'm putting off feeling bored, therefore there is a bit of procrastination in everything I do.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 30, 2019, 03:12:09 AM
It looks like Krav will be ending for me soon. The busy season is upon us, we're severely understaffed as usual, and I'm going to have to pick up the slack.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 30, 2019, 11:49:17 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 30, 2019, 03:12:09 AM
It looks like Krav will be ending for me soon. The busy season is upon us, we're severely understaffed as usual, and I'm going to have to pick up the slack.

Well you can pick it up after the busy season.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2019, 11:59:31 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 30, 2019, 11:49:17 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 30, 2019, 03:12:09 AM
It looks like Krav will be ending for me soon. The busy season is upon us, we're severely understaffed as usual, and I'm going to have to pick up the slack.

Well you can pick it up after the busy season.

:this:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 30, 2019, 01:33:02 PM
Yeah, the best I can hope for is a bit of free time in October. Maybe November and then again in March of next year.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 11:34:50 AM
Couldn't sleep last night.  :sneezy: I guess I know exactly what I'm going to do this Sunday...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 08:35:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 11:34:50 AM
Couldn't sleep last night.  :sneezy: I guess I know exactly what I'm going to do this Sunday...

So I took a long afternoon nap and now I feel like I've been run over by a truck. Argh aching joints.  :(

At least it doesn't feel like I'm swallowing glass shards every time I swallow, as usually happens when I have a cold. That's a plus.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 07, 2019, 08:53:10 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 08:35:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 11:34:50 AM
Couldn't sleep last night.  :sneezy: I guess I know exactly what I'm going to do this Sunday...

So I took a long afternoon nap and now I feel like I've been run over by a truck. Argh aching joints.  :(

At least it doesn't feel like I'm swallowing glass shards every time I swallow, as usually happens when I have a cold. That's a plus.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 09:14:11 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 07, 2019, 08:53:10 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 08:35:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 07, 2019, 11:34:50 AM
Couldn't sleep last night.  :sneezy: I guess I know exactly what I'm going to do this Sunday...

So I took a long afternoon nap and now I feel like I've been run over by a truck. Argh aching joints.  :(

At least it doesn't feel like I'm swallowing glass shards every time I swallow, as usually happens when I have a cold. That's a plus.
:therethere:

Thanks Mags *hugs from afar*

:sneezy:

I'm going back to bed for a while. :offtobed:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 07, 2019, 09:38:26 PM
Eat something with mustard on it. It'll help.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 08, 2019, 01:22:44 AM
Came down with a bad runny nose yesterday. Not sure if it is a cold or dust and the remnants of spider butts and such in the garage, which I am doing some heavy duty cleaning and rearranging in. Probably the latter.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2019, 06:55:53 AM
Long nights never seem to end. Eternity after eternity I check to see the time and only an hour has passed each time I do.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 11, 2019, 11:58:07 PM
Still unable to sleep well, and now I'm experiencing vertigo. Worst part is I won't be able to go see a doctor until Monday. I'm hoping this cold doesn't evolve into something more serious. Just what I needed at this point, to get sick. ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on April 12, 2019, 03:33:03 AM
Dr Bluenose prescribes a hot rum, lemon and honey for your cold.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 12, 2019, 03:44:56 AM
We had to put down my wife's chihuahua yesterday. Sad, but the truth is the poor thing should have been put down many months ago. Grumpy because she's pretty upset, but relieved because the thing isn't peeing and pooping everywhere anymore. All impermeable floors, thank you very much- wood, tile and linoleum.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 12, 2019, 11:28:16 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 12, 2019, 03:44:56 AM
We had to put down my wife's chihuahua yesterday. Sad, but the truth is the poor thing should have been put down many months ago. Grumpy because she's pretty upset, but relieved because the thing isn't peeing and pooping everywhere anymore. All impermeable floors, thank you very much- wood, tile and linoleum.
Ohh. That's 2 in as many months is it not?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 12, 2019, 02:25:07 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 12, 2019, 03:44:56 AM
We had to put down my wife's chihuahua yesterday. Sad, but the truth is the poor thing should have been put down many months ago. Grumpy because she's pretty upset, but relieved because the thing isn't peeing and pooping everywhere anymore. All impermeable floors, thank you very much- wood, tile and linoleum.

Sorry to hear that DL  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 12, 2019, 03:22:03 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 12, 2019, 11:28:16 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 12, 2019, 03:44:56 AM
We had to put down my wife's chihuahua yesterday. Sad, but the truth is the poor thing should have been put down many months ago. Grumpy because she's pretty upset, but relieved because the thing isn't peeing and pooping everywhere anymore. All impermeable floors, thank you very much- wood, tile and linoleum.
Ohh. That's 2 in as many months is it not?

Yes.   :( I don't miss the chihuahua much, since any time I tried to pet it it would try to bite me. Even though I fed her. But the Maltese was the best dog I have ever had. Not one of those with the flowing hair that sits on a pillow. She was real fun. Now we get to look for another dog. My wife is thinking something in the 25-30 pound range since the other dog was kind of a bully to the other two, on occasion.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 12, 2019, 05:47:10 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 12, 2019, 02:25:07 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 12, 2019, 03:44:56 AM
We had to put down my wife's chihuahua yesterday. Sad, but the truth is the poor thing should have been put down many months ago. Grumpy because she's pretty upset, but relieved because the thing isn't peeing and pooping everywhere anymore. All impermeable floors, thank you very much- wood, tile and linoleum.

Sorry to hear that DL  :(
:this:  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 12, 2019, 05:53:16 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2019, 06:55:53 AM
Long nights never seem to end. Eternity after eternity I check to see the time and only an hour has passed each time I do.
Do you feel any better?   :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 12, 2019, 07:20:47 PM
Thanks all for your condolences.  :D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 14, 2019, 01:42:38 AM
Sorry to hear that DL. Damn, twice in such a short span!  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 14, 2019, 04:05:37 AM
Indeed. We're still discussing what the next dog will be like. It is a given that we'll be getting another, at least one. Not a puppy, I'm not going to potty train any more dogs.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 15, 2019, 01:34:38 AM
Sincerely sorry for the loss of your little friend DL. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 15, 2019, 01:50:35 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 12, 2019, 05:53:16 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2019, 06:55:53 AM
Long nights never seem to end. Eternity after eternity I check to see the time and only an hour has passed each time I do.
Do you feel any better?   :(

Sorry, didn't see this post...

Yes, I am feeling better. I'm able to sleep through a whole night (and half a day  :blush: ) without waking up now. :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 15, 2019, 02:54:16 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 15, 2019, 01:34:38 AM
Sincerely sorry for the loss of your little friend DL.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 15, 2019, 04:20:04 PM
Setting up online banking for old people is easily the most painful part of my job
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 15, 2019, 04:23:53 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 15, 2019, 04:20:04 PM
Setting up online banking for old people is easily the most painful part of my job

When you're old there won't be online banking. It'll be a post apocalyptic dystopian nightmare where barter is all you can do :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 15, 2019, 04:33:16 PM
I have to explain what email is to someone younger than my mom. I don't get paid enough for this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 15, 2019, 05:38:09 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 15, 2019, 04:33:16 PM
I have to explain what email is to someone younger than my mom. I don't get paid enough for this.

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 16, 2019, 12:59:27 AM
Quote from: Buddy on April 15, 2019, 04:33:16 PM
I have to explain what email is to someone younger than my mom. I don't get paid enough for this.
Wow! I though I was behind!  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2019, 03:44:29 AM
I just finished dinner after returning from the urgent care clinic. I'm making a new stock for my target shooting rifle. The wood kicked out of the table saw and knocked the crap out of my right arm. I've bruises and lots of skin flayed off, about 10 inches long and 1 inch wide.  >:(  Nothing broken though, which is good. This is just a practice piece out of pine before I make the final product out of some sort of hardwood, probably walnut or mahogany.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 16, 2019, 04:42:09 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2019, 03:44:29 AM
I just finished dinner after returning from the urgent care clinic. I'm making a new stock for my target shooting rifle. The wood kicked out of the table saw and knocked the crap out of my right arm. I've bruises and lots of skin flayed off, about 10 inches long and 1 inch wide.  >:(  Nothing broken though, which is good. This is just a practice piece out of pine before I make the final product out of some sort of hardwood, probably walnut or mahogany.

Sorry to hear about your accident, it must hurt like hell.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 16, 2019, 06:19:48 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2019, 03:44:29 AM
I just finished dinner after returning from the urgent care clinic. I'm making a new stock for my target shooting rifle. The wood kicked out of the table saw and knocked the crap out of my right arm. I've bruises and lots of skin flayed off, about 10 inches long and 1 inch wide.  >:(  Nothing broken though, which is good. This is just a practice piece out of pine before I make the final product out of some sort of hardwood, probably walnut or mahogany.

I bet the air turned toxic! Glad it didn't get you in the head.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 16, 2019, 06:35:22 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2019, 03:44:29 AM
...I've bruises and lots of skin flayed off, about 10 inches long and 1 inch wide.
...
This sounds pretty bad.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2019, 02:36:06 PM
Thanks folks! Interestingly, it doesn't hurt. Maybe the ionized air reduced the pain somehow. ::) It's probably because I'm already living on Tylenol until I get my foot surgery at the end of May. I'll finish thinning the stock with my planer to avoid this again. In retrospect, I should have done it that way to begin with. :shrug:

ETA- I didn't get hit in the head because I was taught not to stand in line with the blade, just for this reason.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 16, 2019, 03:19:53 PM
Kickback is no fun at all and it only takes one slip to either teach you where you need to stand or put you out permanently, depending on the machine doing the kicking. Glad you're okay.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2019, 05:51:13 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2019, 03:44:29 AM
I just finished dinner after returning from the urgent care clinic. I'm making a new stock for my target shooting rifle. The wood kicked out of the table saw and knocked the crap out of my right arm. I've bruises and lots of skin flayed off, about 10 inches long and 1 inch wide.  >:(  Nothing broken though, which is good. This is just a practice piece out of pine before I make the final product out of some sort of hardwood, probably walnut or mahogany.

Ouch!  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2019, 08:35:49 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 16, 2019, 03:19:53 PM
Kickback is no fun at all and it only takes one slip to either teach you where you need to stand or put you out permanently, depending on the machine doing the kicking. Glad you're okay.

Indeed. I know where to stand, and it ain't in line with the blade. When I could feel the wood starting to close up and bind (it wasn't even to the riving knife yet), I stepped further to the side and let go, probably .01 seconds too soon. But if I had waited that long, I'd probably gotten broken fingers instead. I'll take the loss of hide. It actually doesn't hurt, which is kind of weird.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 20, 2019, 08:46:12 PM
Might be going to the hospital again. Heart won't stop pounding and I can't catch my breath.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 20, 2019, 09:00:00 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 20, 2019, 08:46:12 PM
Might be going to the hospital again. Heart won't stop pounding and I can't catch my breath.

Stay calm and go!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 21, 2019, 04:45:40 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 20, 2019, 08:46:12 PM
Might be going to the hospital again. Heart won't stop pounding and I can't catch my breath.

Good luck and keep us up to date.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 21, 2019, 05:52:20 AM
You OK, jj?  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 21, 2019, 09:02:46 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 20, 2019, 08:46:12 PM
Might be going to the hospital again. Heart won't stop pounding and I can't catch my breath.
Thyroid problems?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 01:30:59 PM
The pounding stopped but I did manage to get a reading on my mom's pulse oximeter before it did. My heart rate was dropping to 35 bpm and then rocketing to 150 bpm every ten seconds or so. I'm going to the doctor this morning. Last night was a struggle to get my insurance information sorted.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 02:15:27 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 01:30:59 PM
The pounding stopped but I did manage to get a reading on my mom's pulse oximeter before it did. My heart rate was dropping to 35 bpm and then rocketing to 150 bpm every ten seconds or so. I'm going to the doctor this morning. Last night was a struggle to get my insurance information sorted.

Yes, please get it checked out, JJ.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 03:58:25 PM
Well the doctor was a waste of time. Off to the hospital to have some monitoring implant put in.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 04:04:24 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 03:58:25 PM
Well the doctor was a waste of time. Off to the hospital to have some monitoring implant put in.

24 hour Holter monitor?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 04:22:59 PM
I think that's what he called it. I will give the nurse who got the ekg stickers on me without shaving credit. She has mad skills.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 04:31:29 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 04:22:59 PM
...I will give the nurse who got the ekg stickers on me without shaving credit. She has mad skills.

;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 04:55:18 PM
I left the stickers on and the nuff nuffs took them off. And couldn't get the new ones on...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 05:15:36 PM
I got an EMS trainee to draw blood. She looked at the vein in my left arm and said, "This is going to be soooo easy...." then said, "Shit, I blew it!" This was while blood was pouring out of me onto the bed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 21, 2019, 05:23:52 PM
You have some crap going on there, jj. May you be graced with more competent medical help.

In my case, that nice clean piece of wood that gouged my arm had some sort of gack on it, and now the gouges are infected. I can't use any sort of topical antibacterial ointments such as Bacitracin, I'm allergic to all of them. I have to scrub the open wounds with soap and water, then apply new bandages.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 05:29:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 04:55:18 PM
I left the stickers on and the nuff nuffs took them off. And couldn't get the new ones on...

Sorry, nuff nuffs?  :no idea:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 05:29:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 05:15:36 PM
I got an EMS trainee to draw blood. She looked at the vein in my left arm and said, "This is going to be soooo easy...." then said, "Shit, I blew it!" This was while blood was pouring out of me onto the bed.

:picard facepalm:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 05:40:54 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 05:29:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 04:55:18 PM
I left the stickers on and the nuff nuffs took them off. And couldn't get the new ones on...

Sorry, nuff nuffs?  :no idea:

An Aussie frIend taught me that. Essentially it means dummy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 05:42:56 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 05:40:54 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 05:29:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 04:55:18 PM
I left the stickers on and the nuff nuffs took them off. And couldn't get the new ones on...

Sorry, nuff nuffs?  :no idea:

An Aussie frIend taught me that. Essentially it means dummy.

Ah, ok. ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 21, 2019, 07:11:29 PM
Jeeze JJ, are you at a training hospital?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 07:39:29 PM
I don't know. Never actually saw a doctor and didn't know who to ask. An assistant referred me to a cardiologist though. Not sure how that works either. The assistant diagnosing me and providing the referral, I mean.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 11:56:45 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 07:39:29 PM
I don't know. Never actually saw a doctor and didn't know who to ask. An assistant referred me to a cardiologist though. Not sure how that works either. The assistant diagnosing me and providing the referral, I mean.

Might just be standard procedure.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 22, 2019, 12:00:00 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 21, 2019, 05:23:52 PM
You have some crap going on there, jj. May you be graced with more competent medical help.

In my case, that nice clean piece of wood that gouged my arm had some sort of gack on it, and now the gouges are infected. I can't use any sort of topical antibacterial ointments such as Bacitracin, I'm allergic to all of them.

Yikes, can't use Bacitracin either (I'm allergic to sulfa). According to my mother I gave her quite the scare when she discovered that fact!

QuoteI have to scrub the open wounds with soap and water, then apply new bandages.  :(

:o

Iodine?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 22, 2019, 12:02:14 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 05:15:36 PM
I got an EMS trainee to draw blood. She looked at the vein in my left arm and said, "This is going to be soooo easy...." then said, "Shit, I blew it!" This was while blood was pouring out of me onto the bed.

You know, reminds me of the day a nurse told me I had "very slippery veins" as she chased them with the needle in my arm.  :faints:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 22, 2019, 03:04:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 22, 2019, 12:00:00 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 21, 2019, 05:23:52 PM
You have some crap going on there, jj. May you be graced with more competent medical help.

In my case, that nice clean piece of wood that gouged my arm had some sort of gack on it, and now the gouges are infected. I can't use any sort of topical antibacterial ointments such as Bacitracin, I'm allergic to all of them.

Yikes, can't use Bacitracin either (I'm allergic to sulfa). According to my mother I gave her quite the scare when she discovered that fact!

QuoteI have to scrub the open wounds with soap and water, then apply new bandages.  :(

:o

Iodine?

I was told no peroxide or something else that I don't recall at the moment. I had a flap of skin torn off my left arm when I ran into a melamine cabinet (that thin coating is like a razor blade!) years ago, and used peroxide to clean the wound. I have a pronounced scar that never tans, as a result. I'm hoping that this series of wounds won't scar, though to be honest, at the age of 66, what do I care if I ain't pretty!? Maybe iodine won't cause scarring, I dunno. My hands and wrists have been injured so many times in my life, working as a mechanic, in construction and welding that some scars are obliterated by others. I could go to the wound clinic for free, and may ask about that when I go for a blood pressure check tomorrow. Every time I go to "urgent care" or the ER, I have elevated blood pressure. Well, DUH, I'm hurting and/or sick, or I wouldn't be there! I guess I should relax when I'm leaking bodily fluids.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?

Old, tired, crippled. Normal for me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 22, 2019, 07:13:24 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?

Old, tired, crippled. Normal for me.

And looking forward to a cage fight!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 22, 2019, 07:43:34 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?

Old, tired, crippled. Normal for me.

Hopefully it isn't life threatening.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 22, 2019, 08:48:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 07:13:24 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?

Old, tired, crippled. Normal for me.

And looking forward to a cage fight!
:snicker:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 23, 2019, 12:01:20 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 22, 2019, 08:48:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 07:13:24 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?

Old, tired, crippled. Normal for me.

And looking forward to a cage fight!
:snicker:

I suppose it is comical. And probably outside the realm of possibility now. I thought the fatigue was from a rough weekend but I'm way more drained than I should be. I feel like I just went three rounds and I've been sitting for the last hour after a nap in the car. Couldn't make it to class but I did go in and talk with them.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on April 23, 2019, 12:57:11 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 05:40:54 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2019, 05:29:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 21, 2019, 04:55:18 PM
I left the stickers on and the nuff nuffs took them off. And couldn't get the new ones on...

Sorry, nuff nuffs?  :no idea:

An Aussie frIend taught me that. Essentially it means dummy.

Only with extra dumb...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 23, 2019, 03:35:47 PM
Every time I go to the doctor I get gigged for elevated blood pressure. Yesterday I went for a follow up BP check. The nurse checked it twice with the machine, and it was still elevated. So she took it the old-fashioned way with a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. 114/66. She said that my pulse is light (?) and that the machines have trouble detecting it and will squeeze extra tightly to get the pulse. That makes both numbers read high! The same thing happened when I went to the doctor week before last. He also ended up checking it manually and my blood pressure was fine. Anytime I get a high reading, I'm going to have them do it manually before they give me yet another referral.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 04:08:15 PM
ATMs are going to be the death of me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 23, 2019, 08:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 23, 2019, 12:01:20 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 22, 2019, 08:48:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 07:13:24 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?

Old, tired, crippled. Normal for me.

And looking forward to a cage fight!
:snicker:

I suppose it is comical. And probably outside the realm of possibility now. I thought the fatigue was from a rough weekend but I'm way more drained than I should be. I feel like I just went three rounds and I've been sitting for the last hour after a nap in the car. Couldn't make it to class but I did go in and talk with them.

Anemia? :notsure:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 23, 2019, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 04:08:15 PM
ATMs are going to be the death of me.

I don't trust clunky machines. Only the bank app on my phone.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 09:24:12 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 23, 2019, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 04:08:15 PM
ATMs are going to be the death of me.

I don't trust clunky machines. Only the bank app on my phone.  :P

The problem is that they are becoming advanced, which makes them a total pain to service. Our ATM dispenses 20, 10. and, 1 dollar bills as well as taking cash and check deposits. Filling and balancing it is difficult to say the least.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 23, 2019, 09:39:43 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 09:24:12 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 23, 2019, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 04:08:15 PM
ATMs are going to be the death of me.

I don't trust clunky machines. Only the bank app on my phone.  :P

The problem is that they are becoming advanced, which makes them a total pain to service. Our ATM dispenses 20, 10. and, 1 dollar bills as well as taking cash and check deposits. Filling and balancing it is difficult to say the least.

Sure sounds like a pain!

ATMs can be a liability. Banks around here are removing them from agencies because of things like this:



A fake ATM that will record all your card details so that vermin can clone it. These degenerates are creative though, gotta give them that.  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 24, 2019, 01:08:17 AM
Quote from: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 09:24:12 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 23, 2019, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 23, 2019, 04:08:15 PM
ATMs are going to be the death of me.

I don't trust clunky machines. Only the bank app on my phone.  :P

The problem is that they are becoming advanced, which makes them a total pain to service. Our ATM dispenses 20, 10. and, 1 dollar bills as well as taking cash and check deposits. Filling and balancing it is difficult to say the least.

Please, be a doll and stack some hundreds in the ones slot.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 01:36:23 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 23, 2019, 03:35:47 PM
Every time I go to the doctor I get gigged for elevated blood pressure. Yesterday I went for a follow up BP check. The nurse checked it twice with the machine, and it was still elevated. So she took it the old-fashioned way with a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. 114/66. She said that my pulse is light (?) and that the machines have trouble detecting it and will squeeze extra tightly to get the pulse. That makes both numbers read high! The same thing happened when I went to the doctor week before last. He also ended up checking it manually and my blood pressure was fine. Anytime I get a high reading, I'm going to have them do it manually before they give me yet another referral.

That's really good news. You can stay off meds they might try to foist upon you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 01:39:44 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 23, 2019, 08:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 23, 2019, 12:01:20 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 22, 2019, 08:48:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 07:13:24 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 22, 2019, 06:33:05 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 22, 2019, 04:19:40 PM
I'm now scheduled with a cardiologist on the 1st. They said as soon as possible but that's the first appointment available.  ::)

How do you feel now?

Old, tired, crippled. Normal for me.

And looking forward to a cage fight!
:snicker:

I suppose it is comical. And probably outside the realm of possibility now. I thought the fatigue was from a rough weekend but I'm way more drained than I should be. I feel like I just went three rounds and I've been sitting for the last hour after a nap in the car. Couldn't make it to class but I did go in and talk with them.

Anemia? :notsure:

I don't know. I've had plenty to eat and they didn't draw that much blood. I had a nap after getting home and made a few cuts with a hacksaw that have me feeling worn out again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 24, 2019, 05:55:46 AM
Our service department was broken into a week ago. They came through the wall. One of the main items taken was the acetylene gas. Thieves pump it into ATMs and ignite it. If the gas/air mix is correct it blows the ATM open.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 12:58:48 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 05:55:46 AM
Our service department was broken into a week ago. They came through the wall. One of the main items taken was the acetylene gas. Thieves pump it into ATMs and ignite it. If the gas/air mix is correct it blows the ATM open.

That is insanely dangerous. But, you can't feel but so bad for someone trying to rob a bank. I suppose acetylene isn't an off the shelf item in the UK? You can buy small cans here very easily.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 24, 2019, 02:25:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 12:58:48 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 05:55:46 AM
Our service department was broken into a week ago. They came through the wall. One of the main items taken was the acetylene gas. Thieves pump it into ATMs and ignite it. If the gas/air mix is correct it blows the ATM open.

That is insanely dangerous. But, you can't feel but so bad for someone trying to rob a bank. I suppose acetylene isn't an off the shelf item in the UK? You can buy small cans here very easily.

I have never had the need to obtain it in the UK so I don't know what size containers it comes in.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 24, 2019, 02:28:58 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 01:36:23 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 23, 2019, 03:35:47 PM
Every time I go to the doctor I get gigged for elevated blood pressure. Yesterday I went for a follow up BP check. The nurse checked it twice with the machine, and it was still elevated. So she took it the old-fashioned way with a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. 114/66. She said that my pulse is light (?) and that the machines have trouble detecting it and will squeeze extra tightly to get the pulse. That makes both numbers read high! The same thing happened when I went to the doctor week before last. He also ended up checking it manually and my blood pressure was fine. Anytime I get a high reading, I'm going to have them do it manually before they give me yet another referral.

That's really good news. You can stay off meds they might try to foist upon you.


I already take one pill for it. I may look at discontinuing it if my blood pressure can be checked reliably.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 24, 2019, 02:33:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 02:25:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 12:58:48 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 05:55:46 AM
Our service department was broken into a week ago. They came through the wall. One of the main items taken was the acetylene gas. Thieves pump it into ATMs and ignite it. If the gas/air mix is correct it blows the ATM open.

That is insanely dangerous. But, you can't feel but so bad for someone trying to rob a bank. I suppose acetylene isn't an off the shelf item in the UK? You can buy small cans here very easily.

I have never had the need to obtain it in the UK so I don't know what size containers it comes in.

Acetylene comes in a number of tank sizes. I have an oxyacetylene rig of my own. I don't know why the robbers don't use propane. It's far easier to get and would give as big a bang. Acetylene is far more dangerous to mess with. If they get the pressure too high it can self-combust. Not that I would have any sympathy for them if they ate some metal when the ATM blows up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2019, 10:24:50 PM
Feeling a little bored and not very motivated to get things done.  :-\

I...just...want...to...rest... :yawn:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 28, 2019, 02:25:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 24, 2019, 02:33:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 02:25:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 12:58:48 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 05:55:46 AM
Our service department was broken into a week ago. They came through the wall. One of the main items taken was the acetylene gas. Thieves pump it into ATMs and ignite it. If the gas/air mix is correct it blows the ATM open.

That is insanely dangerous. But, you can't feel but so bad for someone trying to rob a bank. I suppose acetylene isn't an off the shelf item in the UK? You can buy small cans here very easily.

I have never had the need to obtain it in the UK so I don't know what size containers it comes in.

Acetylene comes in a number of tank sizes. I have an oxyacetylene rig of my own. I don't know why the robbers don't use propane. It's far easier to get and would give as big a bang. Acetylene is far more dangerous to mess with. If they get the pressure too high it can self-combust. Not that I would have any sympathy for them if they ate some metal when the ATM blows up.

Propane would work but it has a much narrower range of air fuel mixtures where it's combustible. Acetylene goes poof and boom very easily. I remember seeing a photo of a car some idiot was using to carry a baloney filled with acetylene for a science experiment. There wasn't any glass left after a static spark between the baloney and the headliner set off the gas. I wonder what happened to the driver.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 28, 2019, 02:26:02 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2019, 10:24:50 PM
Feeling a little bored and not very motivated to get things done.  :-\

I...just...want...to...rest... :yawn:

You probably should then. It'll be good for you.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 28, 2019, 02:57:15 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 28, 2019, 02:26:02 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 27, 2019, 10:24:50 PM
Feeling a little bored and not very motivated to get things done.  :-\

I...just...want...to...rest... :yawn:

You probably should then. It'll be good for you.

Yeah, today was rather wasted but that's ok.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 28, 2019, 05:04:06 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 28, 2019, 02:25:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 24, 2019, 02:33:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 02:25:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 24, 2019, 12:58:48 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 24, 2019, 05:55:46 AM
Our service department was broken into a week ago. They came through the wall. One of the main items taken was the acetylene gas. Thieves pump it into ATMs and ignite it. If the gas/air mix is correct it blows the ATM open.

That is insanely dangerous. But, you can't feel but so bad for someone trying to rob a bank. I suppose acetylene isn't an off the shelf item in the UK? You can buy small cans here very easily.

I have never had the need to obtain it in the UK so I don't know what size containers it comes in.

Acetylene comes in a number of tank sizes. I have an oxyacetylene rig of my own. I don't know why the robbers don't use propane. It's far easier to get and would give as big a bang. Acetylene is far more dangerous to mess with. If they get the pressure too high it can self-combust. Not that I would have any sympathy for them if they ate some metal when the ATM blows up.

Propane would work but it has a much narrower range of air fuel mixtures where it's combustible. Acetylene goes poof and boom very easily. I remember seeing a photo of a car some idiot was using to carry a baloney filled with acetylene for a science experiment. There wasn't any glass left after a static spark between the baloney and the headliner set off the gas. I wonder what happened to the driver.

Sounds like a lot of baloney to me.  ;D I will agree that acetylene has a larger explosive range. It'll blow up all by itself if not properly contained. The driver of the car quite likely was killed by the blast, especially so if he had his mouth open when it occurred. Blast lung is a real problem.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 28, 2019, 05:19:09 AM
Baloo. Baloo. Baloney. What the ever loving frig! Baloon goddammit. Why doesn't my dictionary recognize BALOON? ??
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 28, 2019, 02:08:56 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 28, 2019, 05:19:09 AM
Baloo. Baloo. Baloney. What the ever loving frig! Baloon goddammit. Why doesn't my dictionary recognize BALOON? ??

:rofl:

It's clear who made it didn't have a happy childhood!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 28, 2019, 03:16:54 PM
Balloon.  :pedant:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 02:36:42 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 28, 2019, 03:16:54 PM
Balloon.  :pedant:

Heh, true!  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 02:37:10 AM
I don't like Sundays.  :headshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 02:42:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 02:37:10 AM
I don't like Sundays.  :headshake:

I do. I don't work Sundays!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 02:44:25 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 02:42:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 02:37:10 AM
I don't like Sundays.  :headshake:

I do. I don't work Sundays!

:snooty:

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 02:45:49 AM
If it's any consolation, this Sunday was pretty rotten.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 02:49:01 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 02:45:49 AM
If it's any consolation, this Sunday was pretty rotten.

Of course it's no consolation, I don't think any of us deserve rotten Sundays -- or any day for that matter. :sad sigh:

Health-related issues?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 02:54:15 AM
In part, yes. I've been in a bad way every morning this week. I think being cooped up and not able to do much is wearing on me. I can stretch, but it's exhausting.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 03:17:08 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 02:54:15 AM
In part, yes. I've been in a bad way every morning this week. I think being cooped up and not able to do much is wearing on me. I can stretch, but it's exhausting.

:(

How about puzzles or books or series you've been putting off watching?  :chin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 03:24:29 AM
I get bored with stuff like that. I really don't like television anymore and my drive to read has really gone down recently. Could have something to do with my declining vision. There's some decent content on YouTube these days but that's about it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 29, 2019, 06:12:06 AM
I don't like Sundays much either.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 29, 2019, 02:33:17 PM
Sundays are my one guaranteed day off a week.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 10:30:54 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 03:24:29 AM
I get bored with stuff like that. I really don't like television anymore and my drive to read has really gone down recently. Could have something to do with my declining vision. There's some decent content on YouTube these days but that's about it.

More HAF time?  :heyhey:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 11:12:19 PM
I'm always around... I'm the only one here a lot of it, but I'm always around...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 11:15:29 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 11:12:19 PM
I'm always around... I'm the only one here a lot of it, but I'm always around...

Yeah, me too. HAF demands sacrifice, mostly of your time...mostly. :grin:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 11:19:03 PM
It's not all that bad, especially when a familiar face... er, avatar shows up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2019, 11:40:31 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on April 29, 2019, 11:19:03 PM
It's not all that bad, especially when a familiar face... er, avatar shows up.

Yes, that's the great thing about small communities. It has its pluses. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 30, 2019, 01:53:14 AM
JJ have you tried any of that CBD stuff?  All sorts of people within my sphere have claimed that it relieves all sorts of maladies.  Friend wife among them.   It is a bit pricey at this time but the dosage is very small in normal circumstances.  It is also being used for dogs that have some physical issues. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 30, 2019, 02:08:42 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 30, 2019, 01:53:14 AM
JJ have you tried any of that CBD stuff?  All sorts of people within my sphere have claimed that it relieves all sorts of maladies.  Friend wife among them.   It is a bit pricey at this time but the dosage is very small in normal circumstances.  It is also being used for dogs that have some physical issues.

Cannabidiol?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on April 30, 2019, 02:20:52 AM
I have not. Pain isn't the issue right now, though I deal with pain on a daily basis. I can handle pain that would cripple most people. At the moment it's extreme fatigue that has me grounded. Lifting, fast movement. All of that is exhausting. Even my walk today might've been a bit much.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 30, 2019, 11:16:05 PM
Yes, Silver. It is all the rage here in the states.  It has become legal to buy and sell.  Not the same part of the canabis plant that can make you high.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 01, 2019, 02:21:24 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 30, 2019, 11:16:05 PM
Yes, Silver. It is all the rage here in the states.  It has become legal to buy and sell.  Not the same part of the canabis plant that can make you high.

That's interesting. I know that it's used to treat disorders such as epilepsy when other medications fail, but never heard of its use for chronic pain. :chin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 01, 2019, 04:25:41 AM
It's a bicyclic derivative of tetrahydrocannabinol (which is tricyclic).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 01, 2019, 10:57:19 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 01, 2019, 04:25:41 AM
It's a bicyclic derivative of tetrahydrocannabinol (which is tricyclic).

Reminds me of a lousy translation I found in a Lehninger's Principals of Biochemistry textbook. They translated 'bicycle' into 'bicicleta' which is...

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 12:13:42 AM
I just got me a nice bottle of wine and I have no one to share it with. I can't remember if that's a reason to be grumpy or a reason to be cheerful.
:sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 01:31:40 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 12:13:42 AM
I just got me a nice bottle of wine and I have no one to share it with. I can't remember if that's a reason to be grumpy or a reason to be cheerful.
:sad sigh:

:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 01:40:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 12:13:42 AM
I just got me a nice bottle of wine and I have no one to share it with. I can't remember if that's a reason to be grumpy or a reason to be cheerful.
:sad sigh:

Depends on how you are drinking alone. Some do so very well but others are taken to a dark, dangerous place. I don't drink at all anymore.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 01:53:08 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 01:40:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 12:13:42 AM
I just got me a nice bottle of wine and I have no one to share it with. I can't remember if that's a reason to be grumpy or a reason to be cheerful.
:sad sigh:

Depends on how you are drinking alone. Some do so very well but others are taken to a dark, dangerous place. I don't drink at all anymore.
If it's a "great" bottle of wine, I rather not share it.
  :secrets1: That's an ugly greedy side of me. I want to enjoy ALL of it.
If it's an "OK" bottle, I'll share it.  :snicker:
Right now, I have a great bottle and would like to share it but there's no one to share it with.  :(
I don't go to a dark dangerous place when I drink with someone or alone. I know some people do. --very sad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:00:40 AM
I don't think it's sad at all. Different people have different limitations, and that's okay. Once we know what we can and can't do, or should and shouldn't do, we can figure a lot of stuff out.

See, I don't drink but I'm not a teetotaler. I don't begrudge or look down on anybody because of their recreational choices, just so long as it's recreation and not a crutch. I could sit down with you and share that bottle of wine while drinking water.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 02:06:10 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:00:40 AM
I don't think it's sad at all. Different people have different limitations, and that's okay. Once we know what we can and can't do, or should and shouldn't do, we can figure a lot of stuff out.

See, I don't drink but I'm not a teetotaler. I don't begrudge or look down on anybody because of their recreational choices, just so long as it's recreation and not a crutch. I could sit down with you and share that bottle of wine while drinking water.
Awwwwww.... :tellmemore:


I could sit down with you while just drinking water as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 02:07:55 AM
 :oooh-me!: I would also sit with you, but drink soda or something. That way you can have people with you but not share the great bottle of wine! :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 02:12:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 02:07:55 AM
:oooh-me!: I would also sit with you, but drink soda or something. That way you can have people with you but not share the great bottle of wine! :grin:
:snicker:
You are soooooo sweet!  :hug2:  :love:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 02:22:59 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 02:12:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 02:07:55 AM
:oooh-me!: I would also sit with you, but drink soda or something. That way you can have people with you but not share the great bottle of wine! :grin:
:snicker:
You are soooooo sweet!  :hug2:  :love:

:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:29:08 AM
I think I'm going to have to change my beverage of choice to unsweetened tea. Water is far too bland for a party.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 02:31:25 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:29:08 AM
I think I'm going to have to change my beverage of choice to unsweetened tea. Water is far too bland for a party.
"unsweetened"  :sadshake:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:32:45 AM
Why does everyone say that about unsweetened tea? Sweet tea just tastes like sugar water.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 02:38:37 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:32:45 AM
Why does everyone say that about unsweetened tea? Sweet tea just tastes like sugar water.
Tea with no sugar tastes like bitter water.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 02:41:45 AM
:watching:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:45:33 AM
It's crisp and refreshing. The light caffeine provides a mellow bump.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 02:57:11 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 02:45:33 AM
It's crisp and refreshing. The light caffeine provides a mellow bump.
True, but a little bit of sugar, no too much, makes it better.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 02:58:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 02:41:45 AM
:watching:
:lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 02, 2019, 03:12:01 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 12:13:42 AM
I just got me a nice bottle of wine and I have no one to share it with. I can't remember if that's a reason to be grumpy or a reason to be cheerful.
:sad sigh:

Well if someone does come along to keep you company they better bring another bottle to keep your bottle company as well, unless it''s a really big bottle.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/ae/b0/feaeb0883a823216e6d5322dc1b6d7f2.jpg)

Not big enough.

(https://thebigthingstour.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/big-wine-bottle.jpg?w=597&h=446)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 03:18:12 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on May 02, 2019, 03:12:01 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 12:13:42 AM
I just got me a nice bottle of wine and I have no one to share it with. I can't remember if that's a reason to be grumpy or a reason to be cheerful.
:sad sigh:

Well if someone does come along to keep you company they better bring another bottle to keep your bottle company as well, unless it''s a really big bottle.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/ae/b0/feaeb0883a823216e6d5322dc1b6d7f2.jpg)

Not big enough.

(https://thebigthingstour.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/big-wine-bottle.jpg?w=597&h=446)
(https://media.giphy.com/media/26BGthna0BWwmekjC/giphy.gif)
Thank you. I really needed that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 02, 2019, 05:03:36 AM
I knocked off a couple of bottles of beer, sigh, so alone.  ;D Nah, I just like beer. I don't go to bars, because there are people who get one drink in 'em and want to fight, or start crying in their drink.  ::) I quit that stuff decades ago. And I won't buy alcohol when I'm out for a meal, 'coz I'm WAY to cheap to pay the price of a six-pack for one drink.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 02, 2019, 03:03:04 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

:hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 02, 2019, 03:06:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

Bummer :(

But wiser :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 03:10:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2019, 03:06:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

Bummer :(

But wiser :)

Yeah. The only thing I am truly upset about at this point is the fact that I let it drag on for as long as I did. That and deluding myself into thinking I was actually romantically attracted to men.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 02, 2019, 03:14:35 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 02, 2019, 05:03:36 AM
I knocked off a couple of bottles of beer, sigh, so alone.  ;D Nah, I just like beer. I don't go to bars, because there are people who get one drink in 'em and want to fight, or start crying in their drink.  ::) I quit that stuff decades ago. And I won't buy alcohol when I'm out for a meal, 'coz I'm WAY to cheap to pay the price of a six-pack for one drink.
My younger daughter (now 32) is odd when she drinks. If she has a couple then a mean/nasty streak comes out. But once she's had 3 or 4 she's a happy drunk! So if she goes out her mates know to get her drunk quick!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 03:36:50 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 03:10:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2019, 03:06:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

Bummer :(

But wiser :)

Yeah. The only thing I am truly upset about at this point is the fact that I let it drag on for as long as I did. That and deluding myself into thinking I was actually romantically attracted to men.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sometimes you have to try things to prove a point to yourself.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 02, 2019, 04:45:19 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.
:console:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 02, 2019, 06:00:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 03:10:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2019, 03:06:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

Bummer :(

But wiser :)

Yeah. The only thing I am truly upset about at this point is the fact that I let it drag on for as long as I did. That and deluding myself into thinking I was actually romantically attracted to men.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You live, you learn  :love:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 06:16:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2019, 06:00:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 03:10:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2019, 03:06:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

Bummer :(

But wiser :)

Yeah. The only thing I am truly upset about at this point is the fact that I let it drag on for as long as I did. That and deluding myself into thinking I was actually romantically attracted to men.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You live, you learn  :love:

On a lighter note, I just put in my vacation days for next year. In October I will be spending a full week in England and a full week in Norway.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 02, 2019, 07:31:46 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 06:16:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2019, 06:00:32 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 03:10:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2019, 03:06:35 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

Bummer :(

But wiser :)

Yeah. The only thing I am truly upset about at this point is the fact that I let it drag on for as long as I did. That and deluding myself into thinking I was actually romantically attracted to men.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You live, you learn  :love:

On a lighter note, I just put in my vacation days for next year. In October I will be spending a full week in England and a full week in Norway.

Excellent!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 11:16:31 PM
Today was a disaster, nothing but bad luck (?) and setbacks. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 11:19:02 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 02, 2019, 02:47:52 PM
I'm single now. Not so much grumpy as I am tired.

:therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 11:21:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 11:16:31 PM
Today was a disaster, nothing but bad luck (?) and setbacks. :(

At least you have your health. At least, I hope you do...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 11:27:56 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 02, 2019, 11:21:49 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2019, 11:16:31 PM
Today was a disaster, nothing but bad luck (?) and setbacks. :(

At least you have your health. At least, I hope you do...

Yes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 03, 2019, 01:21:51 PM
It's going to be a bad day. I can tell already.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 03, 2019, 01:54:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 03, 2019, 01:21:51 PM
It's going to be a bad day. I can tell already.

You need to get your new toaster set up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 03, 2019, 02:24:00 PM
I decided to keep it by the couch in case I want a crispy snack in the middle of the night.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 03, 2019, 08:50:48 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 03, 2019, 01:21:51 PM
It's going to be a bad day. I can tell already.

Jump off the wrong side of the bed?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 04, 2019, 01:12:30 AM
No, I found out last night that I was working with some people who give me heartburn. Soured the day. And they'll be back again tomorrow. *sigh*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 04, 2019, 02:09:26 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 04, 2019, 01:12:30 AM
No, I found out last night that I was working with some people who give me heartburn. Soured the day. And they'll be back again tomorrow. *sigh*

Throw red hot toasts at them if they give you grief. ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 04, 2019, 10:13:21 AM
All Firefox addons aren't working, I have to look at adds!

It's a worldwide catastrophe apparently.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 04, 2019, 12:45:31 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on May 04, 2019, 10:13:21 AM
All Firefox addons aren't working, I have to look at adds!

It's a worldwide catastrophe apparently.

I noticed that as well!  :Gaah: All sorts of advertisements started popping up and when I check my AdBlocker Pro had been disabled. If Firefox doesn't add a good free adblocker extension to their browser soon I'm ditching Firefix.  :sulk:

***COMMERCIAL BREAK***

AdBlock is the world's first free and open source adblocker, and blocks ads that interrupt your browsing experience. Say goodbye to video ads, pop-ups, flashing banners and more. Blocking these annoyances means pages load faster. With Adblock Plus avoiding tracking and malware is easy. Blocking intrusive ads reduces the risk of "malvertising" infections. Blocking tracking stops companies following your online activity.


***END COMMERCIAL BREAK***

OMG. You've become an ad.

Shut up, Purple.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 04, 2019, 03:11:02 PM
I use FF for all browsing except for one site that it chokes on. There, I use Chrome. I'd use Chrome for all browsing, but that stupid setup of having "popular sites" pasted all over the home page annoys the hell out of me. Edge does the same thing. As for ads, I have a yahoo account that I use only for selling stuff on Craigslist. Even with adblock it runs all kinds of shit.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 04, 2019, 03:31:43 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 04, 2019, 03:11:02 PM
I use FF for all browsing except for one site that it chokes on. There, I use Chrome. I'd use Chrome for all browsing, but that stupid setup of having "popular sites" pasted all over the home page annoys the hell out of me. Edge does the same thing. As for ads, I have a yahoo account that I use only for selling stuff on Craigslist. Even with adblock it runs all kinds of shit.

Edge is even an option? :lol:

(https://scontent.fpoa13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45098222_2290282151000807_8491340727207329792_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa13-1.fna&oh=1a12b0d75ca04922e7b816f42120761a&oe=5D6F9DFC)

(https://scontent.fpoa13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/55536455_10218610221957631_6407179689017737216_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa13-1.fna&oh=687656d61703bf3369c3ba1c0b8105d4&oe=5D73EA40)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 04, 2019, 09:58:20 PM
Reminds me of this-

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 06, 2019, 08:20:30 PM
Yesterday one of our cats died. He was a 10 year old Main Coon whom we loved very much. We got him 5 years ago from a lady who bred Main Coons, but had to stop because of her blindness. When we first got him he was a rather grumpy cat, but in just a short time he warmed up completely. It is amazing how much love an older animal can give you. He became our most beloved cat.

Last Saturday, we got a bit worried because Taksy (that was his name) got diarrhea. He also was a bit lethargic. We tried to feed him some food, but he didn't eat anything. The day after he seemed to be in a  much better mood, but since he still didn't eat anything, we took him to the vet. He was a bit hydrated, so he got a subcutaneous fluid treatment. He also had an infection that was treated with some antibiotics. Just to be on the safe side, the vet took some blood, to have it checked later in a lab. I was told to come back on Tuesday for the results.

On my way home Taksy started to cry softly. It got worse when we were home. His crying changed into screaming, like if he was in great pain. My wife and I tried to comfort him. The screaming stopped, but he became weaker and weaker. In the end he no longer reacted; had a couple of spasms; and then died in front of my eyes. We still don't know what caused his death. The vet was also at a complete loss. She assumed that Taksy might have had cancer or another disease. That could have explained his 2kg weight loss in 2-3 months time.

We'll miss him.... :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 06, 2019, 09:12:06 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 06, 2019, 08:20:30 PM
Yesterday one of our cats died. He was a 10 year old Main Coon whom we loved very much. We got him 5 years ago from a lady who bred Main Coons, but had to stop because of her blindness. When we first got him he was a rather grumpy cat, but in just a short time he warmed up completely. It is amazing how much love an older animal can give you. He became our most beloved cat.

Last Saturday, we got a bit worried because Taksy (that was his name) got diarrhea. He also was a bit lethargic. We tried to feed him some food, but he didn't eat anything. The day after he seemed to be in a  much better mood, but since he still didn't eat anything, we took him to the vet. He was a bit hydrated, so he got a subcutaneous fluid treatment. He also had an infection that was treated with some antibiotics. Just to be on the safe side, the vet took some blood, to have it checked later in a lab. I was told to come back on Tuesday for the results.

On my way home Taksy started to cry softly. It got worse when we were home. His crying changed into screaming, like if he was in great pain. My wife and I tried to comfort him. The screaming stopped, but he became weaker and weaker. In the end he no longer reacted; had a couple of spasms; and then died in front of my eyes. We still don't know what caused his death. The vet was also at a complete loss. She assumed that Taksy might have had cancer or another disease. That could have explained his 2kg weight loss in 2-3 months time.

We'll miss him.... :'(

Oh, I am so sorry for your loss. We love our pets as much as human children. I am glad that he had a happy time with you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 06, 2019, 09:13:26 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 06, 2019, 08:20:30 PM
Yesterday one of our cats died. He was a 10 year old Main Coon whom we loved very much. We got him 5 years ago from a lady who bred Main Coons, but had to stop because of her blindness. When we first got him he was a rather grumpy cat, but in just a short time he warmed up completely. It is amazing how much love an older animal can give you. He became our most beloved cat.

Last Saturday, we got a bit worried because Taksy (that was his name) got diarrhea. He also was a bit lethargic. We tried to feed him some food, but he didn't eat anything. The day after he seemed to be in a  much better mood, but since he still didn't eat anything, we took him to the vet. He was a bit hydrated, so he got a subcutaneous fluid treatment. He also had an infection that was treated with some antibiotics. Just to be on the safe side, the vet took some blood, to have it checked later in a lab. I was told to come back on Tuesday for the results.

On my way home Taksy started to cry softly. It got worse when we were home. His crying changed into screaming, like if he was in great pain. My wife and I tried to comfort him. The screaming stopped, but he became weaker and weaker. In the end he no longer reacted; had a couple of spasms; and then died in front of my eyes. We still don't know what caused his death. The vet was also at a complete loss. She assumed that Taksy might have had cancer or another disease. That could have explained his 2kg weight loss in 2-3 months time.

We'll miss him.... :'(

How awful :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 06, 2019, 09:26:57 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 06, 2019, 08:20:30 PM
Yesterday one of our cats died. He was a 10 year old Main Coon whom we loved very much. We got him 5 years ago from a lady who bred Main Coons, but had to stop because of her blindness. When we first got him he was a rather grumpy cat, but in just a short time he warmed up completely. It is amazing how much love an older animal can give you. He became our most beloved cat.

Last Saturday, we got a bit worried because Taksy (that was his name) got diarrhea. He also was a bit lethargic. We tried to feed him some food, but he didn't eat anything. The day after he seemed to be in a  much better mood, but since he still didn't eat anything, we took him to the vet. He was a bit hydrated, so he got a subcutaneous fluid treatment. He also had an infection that was treated with some antibiotics. Just to be on the safe side, the vet took some blood, to have it checked later in a lab. I was told to come back on Tuesday for the results.

On my way home Taksy started to cry softly. It got worse when we were home. His crying changed into screaming, like if he was in great pain. My wife and I tried to comfort him. The screaming stopped, but he became weaker and weaker. In the end he no longer reacted; had a couple of spasms; and then died in front of my eyes. We still don't know what caused his death. The vet was also at a complete loss. She assumed that Taksy might have had cancer or another disease. That could have explained his 2kg weight loss in 2-3 months time.

We'll miss him.... :'(

Sorry to hear that, Tom.  :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 06, 2019, 09:39:21 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 06, 2019, 08:20:30 PM
Yesterday one of our cats died. He was a 10 year old Main Coon whom we loved very much. We got him 5 years ago from a lady who bred Main Coons, but had to stop because of her blindness. When we first got him he was a rather grumpy cat, but in just a short time he warmed up completely. It is amazing how much love an older animal can give you. He became our most beloved cat.

Last Saturday, we got a bit worried because Taksy (that was his name) got diarrhea. He also was a bit lethargic. We tried to feed him some food, but he didn't eat anything. The day after he seemed to be in a  much better mood, but since he still didn't eat anything, we took him to the vet. He was a bit hydrated, so he got a subcutaneous fluid treatment. He also had an infection that was treated with some antibiotics. Just to be on the safe side, the vet took some blood, to have it checked later in a lab. I was told to come back on Tuesday for the results.

On my way home Taksy started to cry softly. It got worse when we were home. His crying changed into screaming, like if he was in great pain. My wife and I tried to comfort him. The screaming stopped, but he became weaker and weaker. In the end he no longer reacted; had a couple of spasms; and then died in front of my eyes. We still don't know what caused his death. The vet was also at a complete loss. She assumed that Taksy might have had cancer or another disease. That could have explained his 2kg weight loss in 2-3 months time.

We'll miss him.... :'(

So sorry to hear that Tom  :love:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 06, 2019, 10:49:11 PM
That's terrible. I like cats despite an odd relationship with them growing up. And I hate to see any animal suffer. Hopefully you get some answers at least.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 07, 2019, 12:30:22 AM
Wow, that had to be painful to watch. So sorry for your loss.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on May 07, 2019, 05:50:01 PM
Thanks guys. I'm slowly handling the loss better. I've shed several tears, but I've got so many wonderful memories of Taksy to cheer me up.
Like I said before it is amazing how much love and joy an older pet can give you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2019, 05:52:46 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on May 07, 2019, 05:50:01 PM
Thanks guys. I'm slowly handling the loss better. I've shed several tears, but I've got so many wonderful memories of Taksy to cheer me up.
Like I said before it is amazing how much love and joy an older pet can give you.

Taksy was just as lucky to have you guys as owners as you guys were to have him as a pet.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 07, 2019, 08:03:05 PM
Yup to both previous posts.  :smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 08, 2019, 02:31:33 AM
I got terribly weak and lightheaded at class tonight. Well, not really weak, more uncoordinated. The power was there but I was very unsteady and had to lean against the wall and heavy bags a few times. The mind-body connection wasn't as secure as it usually is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 09, 2019, 03:27:41 PM
My free to air TV reception has gone to shit.
It's fallen of a digital cliff, could be 'cause of an inversion layer.
Could be 'cause I keep slagging off gods and the godly.
I've got good cabling and a deadly looking antenna.
I've got tall trees between me and a true signal.
I've got an amplifier but maybe I need a mast head one.
If everyone can say a pray for my TV reception at 8:32pm Friday (proper time) so I can record Killing Eve it would be appreciated.



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 02:27:32 AM
The weekend approaches. Mother's Day weekend. That'll be over forty hours at work in three days. *sigh*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 10, 2019, 02:35:24 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 02:27:32 AM
The weekend approaches. Mother's Day weekend. That'll be over forty hours at work in three days. *sigh*

:therethere:

You'll be in my thoughts.  :hammock:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 10, 2019, 05:05:35 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 02:27:32 AM
The weekend approaches. Mother's Day weekend. That'll be over forty hours at work in three days. *sigh*
Awwww...  :(
Thank you for making so many moms happy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 05:08:04 AM
They won't be happy. They'll wonder again why the husbands and sons couldn't just cook a nice meal at home so they didn't have to go through the hell that is eating out on Mother's Day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 10, 2019, 05:28:04 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 05:08:04 AM
They won't be happy. They'll wonder again why the husbands and sons couldn't just cook a nice meal at home so they didn't have to go through the hell that is eating out on Mother's Day.

On Mother's Day we are all gathering at my daughter's house for lunch. Her mother (my ex) and my daughter's boyfriend's mother and grandmother have also been invited. My contribution will be a French pear tart I will bake on Sunday morning.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 10, 2019, 05:31:57 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 05:08:04 AM
They won't be happy. They'll wonder again why the husbands and sons couldn't just cook a nice meal at home so they didn't have to go through the hell that is eating out on Mother's Day.
That's true.  :sad sigh:
We've cooked for our kids many times, when they do it for us, it's priceless and appreciated a lot more than having to go through the hell that is eating out on Mother's Day.

But still, thank you, again for working so hard on that day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 10, 2019, 05:37:33 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 10, 2019, 05:28:04 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 05:08:04 AM
They won't be happy. They'll wonder again why the husbands and sons couldn't just cook a nice meal at home so they didn't have to go through the hell that is eating out on Mother's Day.

On Mother's Day we are all gathering at my daughter's house for lunch. Her mother (my ex) and my daughter's boyfriend's mother and grandmother have also been invited. My contribution will be a French pear tart I will bake on Sunday morning.
That sounds nice.  :tellmemore:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 10, 2019, 05:59:42 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 10, 2019, 05:37:33 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 10, 2019, 05:28:04 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 05:08:04 AM
They won't be happy. They'll wonder again why the husbands and sons couldn't just cook a nice meal at home so they didn't have to go through the hell that is eating out on Mother's Day.

On Mother's Day we are all gathering at my daughter's house for lunch. Her mother (my ex) and my daughter's boyfriend's mother and grandmother have also been invited. My contribution will be a French pear tart I will bake on Sunday morning.
That sounds nice.  :tellmemore:

Yes, I am looking forward to it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 03:30:14 PM
The cardiologist's office cancelled my appointment next week and I now have to wait until the 22nd and go back in as a new patient.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 10, 2019, 04:06:26 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 03:30:14 PM
The cardiologist's office cancelled my appointment next week and I now have to wait until the 22nd and go back in as a new patient.
I'm sorry to hear you're going through all this, jj.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 10, 2019, 06:47:51 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 03:30:14 PM
The cardiologist's office cancelled my appointment next week and I now have to wait until the 22nd and go back in as a new patient.

That's rough JJ  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 10, 2019, 09:47:54 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 03:30:14 PM
The cardiologist's office cancelled my appointment next week and I now have to wait until the 22nd and go back in as a new patient.

:wtf:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 09:53:47 PM
I don't really care at this point. It is what it is.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 10, 2019, 10:06:51 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 10, 2019, 09:53:47 PM
I don't really care at this point. It is what it is.

Yeah that kind of crap can really wear you out. But it's still absurd.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 11, 2019, 03:25:46 AM
I thought that the next stop was back with a GP? Sucks, in any event,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 11, 2019, 04:16:26 AM
I'm supposed to see the cardiologist to discuss the sonogram and he was going to put me in touch with a GP. Seems unlikely at this point.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 11, 2019, 07:03:57 AM
It's unbelievable that they're pushing you around so much. Just take it easy in the meantime.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 14, 2019, 01:49:35 AM
The hospital bill just came in. Two hours in the ER and a misdiagnosis is going to cost me $3,000 before insurance will cover anything. I still haven't received the bill from the cardiologist yet. So much for a Saturday off in June.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 14, 2019, 02:15:59 PM
The state of American healthcare is depressing. I had my appointment this morning to refill my antidepressants and now the hospital I go through is requiring drug tests before every appointment and they are refusing to refill prescriptions for those who fail them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 14, 2019, 04:26:02 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 14, 2019, 02:15:59 PM
The state of American healthcare is depressing.
...
I agree with you. I went to see the doctor and I said, "You gave me vitamin B-12 and folic acid for anemia, I need a refill."
He said, "You don't have anemia."
:picard facepalm:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 15, 2019, 02:00:25 PM
QuoteThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results

A better definition of insanity (well maybe not insanity but being a bit limited maybe) would be thinking you could do the exact same thing twice.  Who knows what variables are in play?  I might of loosened it a bit, if I do it again it might work.  Maybe it's  got a loose connection, plugging in again is worth a try.  I knocked on his door yesterday and nobody answered but hey, maybe he's home today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 15, 2019, 03:03:18 PM
Bureaucracy!  :banging head:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 15, 2019, 04:24:58 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 15, 2019, 03:03:18 PM
Bureaucracy!  :banging head:

100%!!!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on May 15, 2019, 08:20:57 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 14, 2019, 04:26:02 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 14, 2019, 02:15:59 PM
The state of American healthcare is depressing.
...
I agree with you. I went to see the doctor and I said, "You gave me vitamin B-12 and folic acid for anemia, I need a refill."
He said, "You don't have anemia."
:picard facepalm:

Well you shouldn't have if you have faithfully been taking the meds. You'd think he would have have said it shows the medication is working, so here's some more.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 15, 2019, 09:26:18 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on May 15, 2019, 08:20:57 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 14, 2019, 04:26:02 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 14, 2019, 02:15:59 PM
The state of American healthcare is depressing.
...
I agree with you. I went to see the doctor and I said, "You gave me vitamin B-12 and folic acid for anemia, I need a refill."
He said, "You don't have anemia."
:picard facepalm:

Well you shouldn't have if you have faithfully been taking the meds. You'd think he would have have said it shows the medication is working, so here's some more.
I don't know what's going on. First, he tells me I have it, then he tells me I don't after taking vitamins for 4 only months?
He ordered another blood test.
:sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 18, 2019, 03:30:23 PM
I voted today in the federal election.
Labor put up a vacuous guy called Bill.
I voted their way and we went down.
The unlosable  election lost, surprise.
Things did used to be better than this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 22, 2019, 11:22:47 PM
Jury duty. >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 24, 2019, 09:50:44 PM
Wrong thread
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 25, 2019, 01:52:56 AM
Well, they scheduled me next Saturday even though I requested it off. No steam engine show this year.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 25, 2019, 02:03:06 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 25, 2019, 01:52:56 AM
Well, they scheduled me next Saturday even though I requested it off. No steam engine show this year.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 25, 2019, 02:07:41 PM
Our cleaning crew at work keeps leaving the front door open. It's a huge PITA because every time that happens, we have to call security, who dispatches the police, who have to clear the whole building before we can enter.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 25, 2019, 02:26:57 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 25, 2019, 02:07:41 PM
Our cleaning crew at work keeps leaving the front door open. It's a huge PITA because every time that happens, we have to call security, who dispatches the police, who have to clear the whole building before we can enter.

The front door of your bank? Cleaning crew gets fired, end of story. That's crazy lazy, right there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 25, 2019, 02:32:16 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 25, 2019, 02:26:57 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 25, 2019, 02:07:41 PM
Our cleaning crew at work keeps leaving the front door open. It's a huge PITA because every time that happens, we have to call security, who dispatches the police, who have to clear the whole building before we can enter.

The front door of your bank? Cleaning crew gets fired, end of story. That's crazy lazy, right there.

It takes a lot to be fired here. There has been ongoing issues with the cleaning crew not doing their job well.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 08, 2019, 09:28:44 PM
Waiting for 3 hours in the airport to board my first flight. Then it's another 7 hours of of waiting in another airport until I finally get to get on a plane that will take me home.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 08, 2019, 09:30:38 PM
Either wait or start walking...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 08, 2019, 09:52:43 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 08, 2019, 09:30:38 PM
Either wait or start walking...

Thinking if doing a little bit of both. When I get tired of walking, I wait. When I get tired of waiting, I walk.

Thing is I have my backpack, two heavy bags of books (hey, got them at a discount) and my carry on. It's not exactly easy to pace around with them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 08, 2019, 10:13:33 PM
Tie them together and drag them around the terminal. If anyone asks tell them you're working out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 08, 2019, 11:51:04 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 08, 2019, 10:13:33 PM
Tie them together and drag them around the terminal. If anyone asks tell them you're working out.

I think I will be busy exercising my eyelids: open, close, open, close, open, close, close, close, jerk head, open, close...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 09, 2019, 12:55:01 AM
Maybe pretend to give yourself another tattoo.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on June 09, 2019, 06:59:47 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 08, 2019, 09:28:44 PM
Waiting for 3 hours in the airport to board my first flight. Then it's another 7 hours of of waiting in another airport until I finally get to get on a plane that will take me home.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 09, 2019, 07:11:04 AM
Driving is sometimes faster than flying.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 11, 2019, 10:20:47 PM
My main help at work is leaving after this week which means I'll have to work almost every night in addition to every day. Class is over for me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on June 12, 2019, 02:38:01 AM
Man, that stinks. I remember working double shifts for weeks on end and it ain't any kind of fun.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 12, 2019, 02:02:55 PM
This'll be the next three months if nothing changes. *Grump*
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 18, 2019, 05:39:36 PM
That really sucks, JJ. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 19, 2019, 09:27:21 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 12, 2019, 02:02:55 PM
This'll be the next three months if nothing changes. *Grump*

Any extra money as compensation?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on June 19, 2019, 01:02:13 PM
More money, yes. But that's just from the extra hours.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 21, 2019, 08:01:34 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 19, 2019, 01:02:13 PM
More money, yes. But that's just from the extra hours.

Just think of the macro lens you wanted :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 21, 2019, 09:45:23 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 21, 2019, 08:01:34 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 19, 2019, 01:02:13 PM
More money, yes. But that's just from the extra hours.

Just think of the macro lens you wanted :)

You took the words out of my mouth.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 21, 2019, 09:57:34 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2019, 09:45:23 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 21, 2019, 08:01:34 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 19, 2019, 01:02:13 PM
More money, yes. But that's just from the extra hours.

Just think of the macro lens you wanted :)

You took the words out of my mouth.

Great minds thing alike ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 21, 2019, 09:58:29 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 21, 2019, 09:57:34 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2019, 09:45:23 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 21, 2019, 08:01:34 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 19, 2019, 01:02:13 PM
More money, yes. But that's just from the extra hours.

Just think of the macro lens you wanted :)

You took the words out of my mouth.

Great minds thing alike ;)

They even think sometimes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 21, 2019, 09:59:19 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2019, 09:58:29 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 21, 2019, 09:57:34 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 21, 2019, 09:45:23 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 21, 2019, 08:01:34 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on June 19, 2019, 01:02:13 PM
More money, yes. But that's just from the extra hours.

Just think of the macro lens you wanted :)

You took the words out of my mouth.

Great minds thing alike ;)

They even think sometimes.

Allegedly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on June 21, 2019, 10:22:50 PM
Everything makes me grumpy.   I'm old and I'm pissed off.  It's so easy to get irritated with almost anything. This attitude has become prevalent in the past 5 years.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on June 22, 2019, 03:17:37 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 21, 2019, 10:22:50 PM
Everything makes me grumpy.   I'm old and I'm pissed off.  It's so easy to get irritated with almost anything. This attitude has become prevalent in the past 5 years.
:therethere:
Me too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 22, 2019, 04:50:06 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 21, 2019, 10:22:50 PM
Everything makes me grumpy.   I'm old and I'm pissed off.  It's so easy to get irritated with almost anything. This attitude has become prevalent in the past 5 years.

I thought it was just me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 22, 2019, 09:03:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 22, 2019, 04:50:06 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 21, 2019, 10:22:50 PM
Everything makes me grumpy.   I'm old and I'm pissed off.  It's so easy to get irritated with almost anything. This attitude has become prevalent in the past 5 years.

I thought it was just me.

Nope. As you get older your tolerance for stupid erodes to the point where EVERYTHING is fucking irritating!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 22, 2019, 09:19:52 AM
My eldest daughter (bless her) is attempting to organise a family holiday for me and my wife for our joint 60th birthday. I do not take well to being organised!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 22, 2019, 10:23:32 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 22, 2019, 09:03:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 22, 2019, 04:50:06 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 21, 2019, 10:22:50 PM
Everything makes me grumpy.   I'm old and I'm pissed off.  It's so easy to get irritated with almost anything. This attitude has become prevalent in the past 5 years.

I thought it was just me.

Nope. As you get older your tolerance for stupid erodes to the point where EVERYTHING is fucking irritating!

That sounds familiar.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 23, 2019, 05:02:51 AM
My lovely wife has been hounding me to "take a trip"  Her idea of a trip is to book into one of the touristy River boats that ply the Rhine, Seine, or some other European river. To be sure the view of some of the magnificent old castles would be interesting but not if I have to be confined in an inescapable boat with hundreds of other annoying "rubber neck" tourists.

I am perfectly comfortable with strangers but I do not want to be forced to live with them for eight, ten, fifteen days while we on our way to Belgrade or some other destination.

Goddammit I don't want to do that just on general principles.   Not to mention the ten grand or more that even the most modest of tours would cost.  On top of that the citizens of Amsterdam, one of the prime departure cities, are getting damned tired of the influx of tourists who are overcrowding their gentle city.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 23, 2019, 05:29:24 AM
Quote from: Icarus on June 23, 2019, 05:02:51 AM
My lovely wife has been hounding me to "take a trip"  Her idea of a trip is to book into one of the touristy River boats that ply the Rhine, Seine, or some other European river. To be sure the view of some of the magnificent old castles would be interesting but not if I have to be confined in an inescapable boat with hundreds of other annoying "rubber neck" tourists.

I am perfectly comfortable with strangers but I do not want to be forced to live with them for eight, ten, fifteen days while we on our way to Belgrade or some other destination.

Goddammit I don't want to do that just on general principles.   Not to mention the ten grand or more that even the most modest of tours would cost.  On top of that the citizens of Amsterdam, one of the prime departure cities, are getting damned tired of the influx of tourists who are overcrowding their gentle city.

Icarus, you should consider listening to your wife; I think you will have an unforgettable experience. I've done the Rhine river twice (once by river boat and once by train), the Danube once, the Seine a few times. Sartre was right: the other people are hell, but it is still worth putting up with them. I agree with what you say about Amsterdam, and same applies to Paris, but don't forget the other smaller towns in Holland and France that are calmer and worth visiting. Another trip I enjoyed very much, and one that may appeal more to you, was an Eastern Mediterranean cruise on one of the Royal Caribbean liners.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 23, 2019, 11:03:30 PM
Thanks for the encouragement Hermes.  I will be careful to keep my wife from reading your reply.  In fact she has been on some of those river cruises in Europe. She has also been to China for a novel vacation, explored the Maritimes of Canada, also  Japan as well as the Central Americas.  I did not go on any of those junkets. She usually goes with a gaggle of geese called "tour Groups".

Truth to tell I already live in a huge country with so many things to see and do that it would use a lifetime to take it all in. We have at least 60 national parks, some of them are mind bending spectacular.

I have been to a few of them.  Sequoia National Park has the largest tree on earth and has a lot of brothers and sister trees who are also unbelievably large. Walking around in the interior of that place almost makes us want to believe in God.  Awesome is an insufficient word to describe such places.

A few thousand years ago a mountain called Mazuma blew up in some kind of geo-thermal event. Mazuma was 12,000 feet tall. When it separated the top part of itself and blew into the sky. A massive crater some 2000 feet deep was left .  The missing peak returned to land in almost the center of the colossal crater.  Snow melt filled the crater and it became a lake, the deepest lake in the US at 1943 feet.  That site became Crater Lake National Park. The mountain top is sticking up from the water surface. There are 90 miles of hiking trails that surround the lake and its vicinity. Only maniacs hike there because it is cold as a bears ass year round.  Cold but spectacular.  I visited that site in winter, the place was deserted because of the unfriendly weather.  Sure as hell a Japanese couple wandered by and asked me to use their camera to take their picture with the crater as backdrop.  Happy Japanese tourists turn up everywhere it would seem.

Yellowstone National Park is a worrisome place. Beautiful but scary with all the geysers and caldera and cauldrons of bubbling mud pits. Yellowstone lies over an enormous geo thermal fault that could explode at any time.  If that happens the explosion will wipe out earth much like the long ago asteroid event off the Yucatan Peninsula.

Mammoth cave is the longest known cave on earth. It has been explored for 400 miles.  The main caverns are stadium sized. That's a helluva hole under the ground. Not my cup of tea but spectacular in any sense of the word.

Those and our other national parks are natural phenomena and nary a castle or temple is to be found. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on June 24, 2019, 02:34:48 PM
I've camped in the Sequoias, and visited Crater Lake. Beautiful places. We went into the ground at Carlsbad Caverns about 7 YA. I haven't been to Mammoth Cave or Yellowstone, though. Once both of my feet have been surgically altered to allow me to walk well again, the wife and I are going to start burning our children's inheritance. That's their punishment for not spawning some grandchildren for us...as if we needed an excuse.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on June 24, 2019, 05:52:19 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on June 24, 2019, 02:34:48 PM
I've camped in the Sequoias, and visited Crater Lake. Beautiful places. We went into the ground at Carlsbad Caverns about 7 YA. I haven't been to Mammoth Cave or Yellowstone, though. Once both of my feet have been surgically altered to allow me to walk well again, the wife and I are going to start burning our children's inheritance. That's their punishment for not spawning some grandchildren for us...as if we needed an excuse.

Yellowstone is a MUST see.  Weirdest place in the world, and one of the most beautiful.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on June 24, 2019, 08:57:46 PM
I'll have to schedule that. There is a lot of the US that I haven't seen, yet. I'll cover that before I go to any foreign countries.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on June 24, 2019, 09:58:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 22, 2019, 09:19:52 AM
My eldest daughter (bless her) is attempting to organise a family holiday for me and my wife for our joint 60th birthday. I do not take well to being organised!  >:(

I think you'll enjoy it if you just go with the flow Chris. Our kids did the same for just the two of us for our joint 60th nearly 10 years ago; we went to New York for five nights. I must admit we did our own thing there but it was great to visit a place that we probably wouldn't have otherwise and being January and waking up v early because of jet lag, there were no queues and the weather was cold but sunny. As our 70ths approach, they asked us where we'd like to go and we've chosen the west country  as we've never seen much of Devon, or any of Cornwall or Somerset. I hope you go and that you really enjoy it. Happy 60th.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 25, 2019, 02:46:16 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 22, 2019, 09:19:52 AM
My eldest daughter (bless her) is attempting to organise a family holiday for me and my wife for our joint 60th birthday. I do not take well to being organised!  >:(

Ha!  ;D I get ya Tank, I also don't like to be micromanaged. But I'm certain your daughter has the best of intentions, so just sit back and let her organise an awesome trip for you and your wife!

:hammock:



I wish I could organise a much needed holiday for my mother...maybe she'd even take me with her. :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 02, 2019, 04:32:52 PM
I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder last night. This will be a very long day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 02, 2019, 07:22:08 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 02, 2019, 04:32:52 PM
I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder last night. This will be a very long day.

Are you still working long days on top of that? That would stink.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 02, 2019, 09:49:35 PM
Oddly enough I haven seen a spike in hours at work... Yet! We aren't very busy this summer. It's highly irregular.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 03, 2019, 02:49:57 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(

When they handed out the luck you definitely got a short measure! :rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 03, 2019, 02:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(

"It was just a tap with the splash guard"

I'd like to hear it from the skunk's point of view.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 03, 2019, 02:56:39 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 03, 2019, 02:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(

"It was just a tap with the splash guard"

I'd like to hear it from the skunk's point of view.

Damn right! If you hit my arse at 50 mph with a splash guard I'd spray!!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 03, 2019, 04:35:39 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 02, 2019, 04:32:52 PM
I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder last night. This will be a very long day.

I sprained a groin muscle once, but I don't know whether it hurt. It wasn't mine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 09:56:06 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 03, 2019, 02:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(

"It was just a tap with the splash guard"

I'd like to hear it from the skunk's point of view.

His point of view is that of the luckiest catsized animal on Earth. If he had been either a little slower or a little faster he would've been squished I tell you, squished!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 04, 2019, 03:05:42 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on July 03, 2019, 04:35:39 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 02, 2019, 04:32:52 PM
I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder last night. This will be a very long day.

I sprained a groin muscle once, but I don't know whether it hurt. It wasn't mine.


;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 04, 2019, 02:15:17 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 09:56:06 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 03, 2019, 02:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(

"It was just a tap with the splash guard"

I'd like to hear it from the skunk's point of view.

His point of view is that of the luckiest catsized animal on Earth. If he had been either a little slower or a little faster he would've been squished I tell you, squished!

Si you'd be cleaning dead skunk AND skunk stench off your car?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 04, 2019, 02:26:13 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 04, 2019, 02:15:17 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 09:56:06 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 03, 2019, 02:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(

"It was just a tap with the splash guard"

I'd like to hear it from the skunk's point of view.

His point of view is that of the luckiest catsized animal on Earth. If he had been either a little slower or a little faster he would've been squished I tell you, squished!

Si you'd be cleaning dead skunk AND skunk stench off your car?

If he had gotten wedged in somehow I would've just scrapped the car.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 05, 2019, 11:04:06 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 04, 2019, 02:26:13 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 04, 2019, 02:15:17 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 09:56:06 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 03, 2019, 02:54:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 03, 2019, 02:23:37 PM
Hit a skunk last night. It was just a tap with the splash guard, he's fine I'm sure, but the bastard sprayed anyway.  >:(

"It was just a tap with the splash guard"

I'd like to hear it from the skunk's point of view.

His point of view is that of the luckiest catsized animal on Earth. If he had been either a little slower or a little faster he would've been squished I tell you, squished!

Si you'd be cleaning dead skunk AND skunk stench off your car?

If he had gotten wedged in somehow I would've just scrapped the car.

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 07, 2019, 01:20:46 AM
I seem to have screwed up royally again. I think I just need to keep quiet.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 07, 2019, 04:54:42 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 07, 2019, 01:20:46 AM
I seem to have screwed up royally again. I think I just need to keep quiet.

It always helps to talk about things to non-judgmental people, so feel free to share with us.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 07, 2019, 10:00:21 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 07, 2019, 01:20:46 AM
I seem to have screwed up royally again. I think I just need to keep quiet.
Oh, jj,
Maybe it wasn't even that bad and you're just being too hard on yourself.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 06:35:48 AM
Currently waiting in the ER to see if I need my appendix out now or if it can wait till morning. Also tripping balls on dilaudid so typing this is really hard. I can see how people get hooked to this stuff but it made my face feel like it was falling off
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 09, 2019, 08:39:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 06:35:48 AM
Currently waiting in the ER to see if I need my appendix out now or if it can wait till morning. Also tripping balls on dilaudid so typing this is really hard. I can see how people get hooked to this stuff but it made my face feel like it was falling off

Keep us posted!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 09:15:18 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 09, 2019, 08:39:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 06:35:48 AM
Currently waiting in the ER to see if I need my appendix out now or if it can wait till morning. Also tripping balls on dilaudid so typing this is really hard. I can see how people get hooked to this stuff but it made my face feel like it was falling off

Keep us posted!!

Will do. Surgery is 7:45am EST. It sucks because they can give me some pain meds but not enough to help me sleep in case I get worse so I've been up since 6am on Monday.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 09, 2019, 12:01:48 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 09:15:18 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 09, 2019, 08:39:43 AM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 06:35:48 AM
Currently waiting in the ER to see if I need my appendix out now or if it can wait till morning. Also tripping balls on dilaudid so typing this is really hard. I can see how people get hooked to this stuff but it made my face feel like it was falling off

Keep us posted!!

Will do. Surgery is 7:45am EST. It sucks because they can give me some pain meds but not enough to help me sleep in case I get worse so I've been up since 6am on Monday.

I didn't know you'd departed FaceBook. So I had  major panic and contacted your mum!  >:(  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 09, 2019, 01:36:36 PM
I hope that all goes well for you and that you can get some rest soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 09, 2019, 02:01:25 PM
I hope that your appendix gets handled before it causes real trouble. Mine leaked in '74 and I still suffer from the effects of that and the three required surgeries.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 05:10:12 PM
Thanks guys. I'm alive and appendix free. Feel a bit sore but nowhere near the level of pain that I was in this morning.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 09, 2019, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 05:10:12 PM
Thanks guys. I'm alive and appendix free. Feel a bit sore but nowhere near the level of pain that I was in this morning.

Shouldn't this be in the 'Reasons to be cheerful' thread?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on July 09, 2019, 06:09:08 PM
Good news. I hope you recover quickly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 06:17:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 09, 2019, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 05:10:12 PM
Thanks guys. I'm alive and appendix free. Feel a bit sore but nowhere near the level of pain that I was in this morning.

Shouldn't this be in the 'Reasons to be cheerful' thread?

Not quite because I'm still not home yet. Hopefully end of tomorrow
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 09, 2019, 06:55:19 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 06:17:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 09, 2019, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 05:10:12 PM
Thanks guys. I'm alive and appendix free. Feel a bit sore but nowhere near the level of pain that I was in this morning.

Shouldn't this be in the 'Reasons to be cheerful' thread?

Not quite because I'm still not home yet. Hopefully end of tomorrow

Excellent!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 09, 2019, 07:06:25 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 05:10:12 PM
Thanks guys. I'm alive and appendix free. Feel a bit sore but nowhere near the level of pain that I was in this morning.

Good news. Now take it easy and get well soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 09, 2019, 09:16:39 PM
Good to hear you're feeling better, Buddy.
:hug2:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 09, 2019, 10:07:00 PM
Congrats!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 10, 2019, 06:29:51 AM
They're praying for you Buddy. I have managed to remain silent.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 11:57:38 AM
Someone came into my hospital room yesterday while I was in surgery and stole all of my credit cards and my HSA card and charged hundreds of dollars to all of them
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 10, 2019, 12:32:18 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 11:57:38 AM
Someone came into my hospital room yesterday while I was in surgery and stole all of my credit cards and my HSA card and charged hundreds of dollars to all of them

FFS!!!  >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 10, 2019, 12:55:48 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 06:17:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 09, 2019, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 09, 2019, 05:10:12 PM
Thanks guys. I'm alive and appendix free. Feel a bit sore but nowhere near the level of pain that I was in this morning.

Shouldn't this be in the 'Reasons to be cheerful' thread?

Not quite because I'm still not home yet. Hopefully end of tomorrow


Quote from: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 11:57:38 AM
Someone came into my hospital room yesterday while I was in surgery and stole all of my credit cards and my HSA card and charged hundreds of dollars to all of them

You were right to delay the move to the cheerful thread.

I didn't take your cards, how could I?

Villains often say how could I.

I was busy today.
Today at the supermarket self checkout area I had a heap of little salmon cans so i asked the attendant to key in 24 and just after I did I realised I had 48.

Should that be in the reasons to be cheerful thread?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 01:10:16 PM
Yeah it sucks a lot but it could be worse. Thankfully I caught it right away because I have alerts sent to me any time the cards are used. I've helped other people when their cards are stolen so I know the process. Had to have the police come out but I know the officer and she's really nice.

It's irritating but it's not the end of the world and I'm just happy that it was my credit cards and not anything that had actual value
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 01:15:01 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 09, 2019, 12:01:48 PM


I didn't know you'd departed FaceBook. So I had  major panic and contacted your mum!  >:(  ;D

My mom wants you to know that she's having a laugh that all of her friends are commenting about sending prayers on the post you made to her.  :snicker: :snicker:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 10, 2019, 01:40:00 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 01:10:16 PM
Yeah it sucks a lot but it could be worse. Thankfully I caught it right away because I have alerts sent to me any time the cards are used. I've helped other people when their cards are stolen so I know the process. Had to have the police come out but I know the officer and she's really nice.

It's irritating but it's not the end of the world and I'm just happy that it was my credit cards and not anything that had actual value

Some people can be real shits. I hope they get caught and prosecuted. It's good you caught it early.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 03:28:40 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on July 10, 2019, 01:40:00 PM
Quote from: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 01:10:16 PM
Yeah it sucks a lot but it could be worse. Thankfully I caught it right away because I have alerts sent to me any time the cards are used. I've helped other people when their cards are stolen so I know the process. Had to have the police come out but I know the officer and she's really nice.

It's irritating but it's not the end of the world and I'm just happy that it was my credit cards and not anything that had actual value

Some people can be real shits. I hope they get caught and prosecuted. It's good you caught it early.

We have a description of the suspect and he is apparently a regular at the places that he used my cards at. That's good because he'll most likely be caught. I'm lucky that the officer I've been working at is also a customer at the bank so I've given my manager permission to handle a lot of my bank account info with the police so I can relax and focus on getting out of this asmo forsaken hospital
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 10, 2019, 09:37:49 PM
Stupid enough to use stolen cards where people know him!? What, you have like 100 people living in your town!? :lol: Does this nose miner work at the hospital, to boot?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 10:02:34 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on July 10, 2019, 09:37:49 PM
Stupid enough to use stolen cards where people know him!? What, you have like 100 people living in your town!? :lol: Does this nose miner work at the hospital, to boot?

Lol thankfully I do live in a pretty small town but there is a meth problem so theft isn't super rare. All the people that the officer talked to said that the guy looked like he was on drugs so he probably wasn't thinking too hard.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 10, 2019, 10:48:02 PM
Meth. That stuff is the worst. I had foot surgery 6 weeks ago and the doctor and one of my friends were all over me to take as little of it as possible. This surgery hurt a lot less than the more "minor" surgery (1 toe Vs 3 this time) 15 years ago. I took Vicodin for a couple of weeks for that one, and hated it. This one I took Norco for three days and that was it. The first day I took nothing because I was so ripped on whatever they gave me for surgery. So now I have enough for when the right foot gets done, probably in November. Anyway, the friend knows people who took that kind of pain medication and turned to meth for whatever reason after they ran out of the ability to get more. Their lives went to shit in a couple of years, including death. Just look up "The Faces of Meth", if you have a strong stomach. I'll stick to beer, TYVM.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 11, 2019, 06:24:22 AM
Quote from: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 01:15:01 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 09, 2019, 12:01:48 PM


I didn't know you'd departed FaceBook. So I had  major panic and contacted your mum!  >:(  ;D

My mom wants you to know that she's having a laugh that all of her friends are commenting about sending prayers on the post you made to her.  :snicker: :snicker:

Smiles through gritted teeth :D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 13, 2019, 01:26:25 AM
Wow, sorry to hear you had appendix trouble, Buddy. That's one of the worst abdominal pains in the world, for sure (I also had mine removed). Glad to hear you're back home.

Quote from: Buddy on July 10, 2019, 11:57:38 AM
Someone came into my hospital room yesterday while I was in surgery and stole all of my credit cards and my HSA card and charged hundreds of dollars to all of them

WTF?!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 31, 2019, 12:17:55 PM
QuoteQuad bikes are considered vital transport in farms around Australia, but they can also be deadly.

There is pressure on governments around the nation to regulate the bikes and safety experts say rollover bars need to be made mandatory

But putting that key safety measure in place is under threat from an unexpected source; the United States.

The US says making rollover bars compulsory could be a trade barrier and it's referred the matter to the World Trade Organisation

That's ridiculous, do these news people do this just to light a fire under the apathetic masses?  There's a million laws applying to road vehicles, tractors have to have roll over protection.  Quad bikes are killing and maiming people all over the place, as bad as horses they are.
Probably should put rollover protection on horses too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 31, 2019, 02:49:24 PM
From the '60s-

(https://i.imgur.com/VHeBA1R.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 01, 2019, 12:07:35 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on July 31, 2019, 02:49:24 PM
From the '60s-

(https://i.imgur.com/VHeBA1R.jpg)

O.S.H.A. ?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 01, 2019, 12:41:43 PM
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The people you don't want to see on a job site!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 01, 2019, 01:48:34 PM
Sorry, I forgot that a lot of people here aren't in the US and wouldn't know the acronym.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 01, 2019, 02:09:54 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on August 01, 2019, 01:48:34 PM
Sorry, I forgot that a lot of people here aren't in the US and wouldn't know the acronym.

We use it here.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 01, 2019, 02:57:24 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 01, 2019, 02:09:54 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on August 01, 2019, 01:48:34 PM
Sorry, I forgot that a lot of people here aren't in the US and wouldn't know the acronym.

We use it here.

In the UK it would be H&S or HSE for Health and Safety Executive. :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 01, 2019, 05:11:21 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 01, 2019, 12:41:43 PM
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The people you don't want to see on a job site!

My take is, "The people one shouldn't need to see at a job site". But we all know how people cut corners and get lazy with safety.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 02, 2019, 01:36:04 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on August 01, 2019, 05:11:21 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 01, 2019, 12:41:43 PM
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The people you don't want to see on a job site!

My take is, "The people one shouldn't need to see at a job site". But we all know how people cut corners and get lazy with safety.

Here here.
We want everybody to go home safe at the end of the day.
And minimise the burden of workers comp insurance on biz.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:19:29 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on July 31, 2019, 02:49:24 PM
From the '60s-

(https://i.imgur.com/VHeBA1R.jpg)

Ha! ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:23:07 PM
My left eye has been twitching for the last four days or so, and it's not a slight twitch either. My entire lower eyelid moves like it's trying to break free from my face.  ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 02, 2019, 03:31:11 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:23:07 PM
My left eye has been twitching for the last four days or so, and it's not a slight twitch either. My entire lower eyelid moves like it's trying to break free from my face.  ::)

Have you consulted Google?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:32:54 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on August 02, 2019, 03:31:11 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:23:07 PM
My left eye has been twitching for the last four days or so, and it's not a slight twitch either. My entire lower eyelid moves like it's trying to break free from my face.  ::)

Have you consulted Google?

Of course! Apparently it means I'm going to die from it in a few days.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 02, 2019, 03:43:34 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:32:54 PM

Of course! Apparently it means I'm going to die from it in a few days.

Sorry to hear that, can I have your purple text?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 02, 2019, 03:45:59 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:23:07 PM
My left eye has been twitching for the last four days or so, and it's not a slight twitch either. My entire lower eyelid moves like it's trying to break free from my face.  ::)

Have you been exposed to dichloromethane, choloroform, or any other chlorinated compounds?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 02, 2019, 03:47:18 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:23:07 PM
My left eye has been twitching for the last four days or so, and it's not a slight twitch either. My entire lower eyelid moves like it's trying to break free from my face.  ::)

Stress causes that with me. I look like a damn tweaker when it happens.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:50:20 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on August 02, 2019, 03:43:34 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:32:54 PM

Of course! Apparently it means I'm going to die from it in a few days.

Sorry to hear that, can I have your purple text?

Did he say he's going to adopt me? :jumps:

Yes, he did. Bring the paperwork...

:notes:

Done!

:secrets1: I must warn you BP, Purple snores. 


Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:52:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 02, 2019, 03:45:59 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:23:07 PM
My left eye has been twitching for the last four days or so, and it's not a slight twitch either. My entire lower eyelid moves like it's trying to break free from my face.  ::)

Have you been exposed to dichloromethane, choloroform, or any other chlorinated compounds?

:notsure: Not that I know of...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:56:53 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 02, 2019, 03:47:18 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 02, 2019, 03:23:07 PM
My left eye has been twitching for the last four days or so, and it's not a slight twitch either. My entire lower eyelid moves like it's trying to break free from my face.  ::)

Stress causes that with me. I look like a damn tweaker when it happens.

Same with me, but I'm not feeling particularly stressed out these days. I guess the alternate explanation must be true, that my lower eyelid has evolved a mind of its own and is desperately trying to emancipate itself, just like Purple.

:thoughtful: maybe the two are related...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on August 04, 2019, 04:50:00 PM
I made a batch of roasted carrot soup as Mr M bought a kilo of carrots for 9p (11 cents?), poured it into jars and placed in fridge. Didn't screw the inner part of the last lid on, just the outer screw. It landed all over the fridge, the cupboard below and the floor.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 04, 2019, 05:05:07 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on August 04, 2019, 04:50:00 PM
I made a batch of roasted carrot soup as Mr M bought a kilo of carrots for 9p (11 cents?), poured it into jars and placed in fridge. Didn't screw the inner part of the last lid on, just the outer screw. It landed all over the fridge, the cupboard below and the floor.

Serious grumpy mode!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 07, 2019, 12:24:11 PM
TNP is wondering why I need underpants
False, an atheist learns to let the imponderables pass.

That's brilliant and yet no one is going put it in their sig.
Probably not.
It's because they hate us.
Us? they like me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 08, 2019, 12:46:34 AM
It's one goddamned thing after another.  As if we did not have enough to make us unhappy, there is this.......a  bug is messing with our ability to grow grapes so as to make wine............(sigh)  WWJD?

https://www.wired.com/story/this-voracious-unstoppable-bug-is-killing-off-vineyards/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 08, 2019, 02:48:00 AM
When it rains it pours apparently.

My biological grandfather is on life support. I'm at the hospital now with my mom. From what little information we have it's not looking good.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 08, 2019, 03:03:38 AM
I'm sorry to hear that Buddy. I know it doesn't mean much but if there's anything I can do, let me know.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 08, 2019, 03:40:22 AM
Thanks JJ. Honestly, I have an almost nonexistent relationship with him. He all but abandoned my mom to start a new family and made it clear that he liked them more. But my mom still loves him and is going through a difficult time so I'm trying my best to be there in any way.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 08, 2019, 04:05:26 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 08, 2019, 12:46:34 AM
It's one goddamned thing after another.  As if we did not have enough to make us unhappy, there is this.......a  bug is messing with our ability to grow grapes so as to make wine............(sigh)  WWJD?

https://www.wired.com/story/this-voracious-unstoppable-bug-is-killing-off-vineyards/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Need to find its predator,  tout-suite!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 08, 2019, 05:36:51 AM
Well, my partner is in Canada and my ex and my daughter and grandson left last night for a 3 week holiday in Lebanon. So now, apart from a few close friends, I am left to my own devices for the rest of August. You guys will have to keep me in check.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 08, 2019, 06:11:03 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 08, 2019, 03:40:22 AM
Thanks JJ. Honestly, I have an almost nonexistent relationship with him. He all but abandoned my mom to start a new family and made it clear that he liked them more. But my mom still loves him and is going through a difficult time so I'm trying my best to be there in any way.

Families are complex things.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 10, 2019, 12:11:54 AM
Just took him off life support and let him pass. Everyone is sharing stories about him but I don't have anything to add. He was basically a stranger. I'm hurting for my mom.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 10, 2019, 12:18:41 AM
 :console:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 10, 2019, 01:07:50 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 10, 2019, 12:11:54 AM
Just took him off life support and let him pass. Everyone is sharing stories about him but I don't have anything to add. He was basically a stranger. I'm hurting for my mom.

Just listen. Everyone who knew him will have a lot to process and a sympathetic ear goes a long, long way.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 10, 2019, 01:09:56 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 08, 2019, 05:36:51 AM
Well, my partner is in Canada and my ex and my daughter and grandson left last night for a 3 week holiday in Lebanon. So now, apart from a few close friends, I am left to my own devices for the rest of August. You guys will have to keep me in check.

I'll be expecting more street photography in the interim. Seek inspiration from Vivian Maier and show us all Johannesburg.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 10, 2019, 02:24:01 AM
The fucker waited two hours until my dad and I were out getting food for mom to kick the bucket. Now she's all alone with his new family. Asshole even in death.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 04:52:36 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 10, 2019, 01:09:56 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 08, 2019, 05:36:51 AM
Well, my partner is in Canada and my ex and my daughter and grandson left last night for a 3 week holiday in Lebanon. So now, apart from a few close friends, I am left to my own devices for the rest of August. You guys will have to keep me in check.

I'll be expecting more street photography in the interim. Seek inspiration from Vivian Maier and show us all Johannesburg.

Good suggestion, but I was hoping to get to do some naughtier things.

I have been busy with a very tedious task: correcting a few hundred scans of old family photos and 35mm slides; things like removing dust spots and correcting faded colours and contrast. That should keep me out of mischief for a while.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 04:53:14 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 10, 2019, 02:24:01 AM
The fucker waited two hours until my dad and I were out getting food for mom to kick the bucket. Now she's all alone with his new family. Asshole even in death.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 04:55:53 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 04:52:36 AM
Good suggestion, but I was hoping to get to do some naughtier things.
...
What did you have in mind? 
:eyebrow:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 05:30:53 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 04:55:53 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 04:52:36 AM
Good suggestion, but I was hoping to get to do some naughtier things.
...
What did you have in mind? 
:eyebrow:

At my age it is literally just in the mind. When I was younger, though, I was pretty wild. But you are too young and innocent to hear the details.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 07:44:18 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 05:30:53 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 04:55:53 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 04:52:36 AM
Good suggestion, but I was hoping to get to do some naughtier things.
...
What did you have in mind? 
:eyebrow:

At my age it is literally just in the mind. When I was younger, though, I was pretty wild. But you are too young and innocent to hear the details.
No I'm not.  :popcorn:










OK.

:sad sigh:

Maybe I am.

:sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 08:42:57 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 07:44:18 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 05:30:53 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 04:55:53 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 04:52:36 AM
Good suggestion, but I was hoping to get to do some naughtier things.
...
What did you have in mind? 
:eyebrow:

At my age it is literally just in the mind. When I was younger, though, I was pretty wild. But you are too young and innocent to hear the details.
No I'm not.  :popcorn:










OK.

:sad sigh:

Maybe I am.

:sad sigh:

You know the popular perception that gay males are terribly promiscuous? Well, let's just say I didn't disprove the stereotype. But only after my divorce - I was never unfaithful, which, given my reputation, many people find hard to believe. By some miracle I am negative.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 10, 2019, 10:10:27 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 10, 2019, 01:07:50 AM
Quote from: Buddy on August 10, 2019, 12:11:54 AM
Just took him off life support and let him pass. Everyone is sharing stories about him but I don't have anything to add. He was basically a stranger. I'm hurting for my mom.

Just listen. Everyone who knew him will have a lot to process and a sympathetic ear goes a long, long way.

Well said.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 06:34:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 08:42:57 AM
You know the popular perception that gay males are terribly promiscuous? Well, let's just say I didn't disprove the stereotype. But only after my divorce - I was never unfaithful, which, given my reputation, many people find hard to believe. By some miracle I am negative.
You're negative? Good, and we want to keep it that way, don't we? :smilenod:
I believe people can be faithful. Well, I'm just speaking for myself, we can only hope our significant other is faithful as well.
You've been left alone, you have all this freedom now, you remind me of someone who said that some married men or women are like domesticated wolves, eventually, the wild side wants to get out of the cage and run. I guess it just depends on what you're willing to sacrifice for a wild night.
Here is a song for your semi restless mind...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 07:06:36 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 06:34:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 08:42:57 AM
You know the popular perception that gay males are terribly promiscuous? Well, let's just say I didn't disprove the stereotype. But only after my divorce - I was never unfaithful, which, given my reputation, many people find hard to believe. By some miracle I am negative.
You're negative? Good, and we want to keep it that way, don't we? :smilenod:
I believe people can be faithful. Well, I'm just speaking for myself, we can only hope our significant other is faithful as well.
You've been left alone, you have all this freedom now, you remind me of someone who said that some married men or women are like domesticated wolves, eventually, the wild side wants to get out of the cage and run. I guess it just depends on what you're willing to sacrifice for a wild night.
Here is a song for your semi restless mind...


Thank you very much for that. At this stage of my life I am quite happy to spend time with my little Lulu and work on my projects. My philosophy in the wild days was to do as much as I could, because I never wanted regrets later in life over things I wasn't brave enough to do when I was young. Now I have so many memories and I certainly don't feel that I missed out at all.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 07:29:39 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 07:06:36 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2019, 06:34:09 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 10, 2019, 08:42:57 AM
You know the popular perception that gay males are terribly promiscuous? Well, let's just say I didn't disprove the stereotype. But only after my divorce - I was never unfaithful, which, given my reputation, many people find hard to believe. By some miracle I am negative.
You're negative? Good, and we want to keep it that way, don't we? :smilenod:
I believe people can be faithful. Well, I'm just speaking for myself, we can only hope our significant other is faithful as well.
You've been left alone, you have all this freedom now, you remind me of someone who said that some married men or women are like domesticated wolves, eventually, the wild side wants to get out of the cage and run. I guess it just depends on what you're willing to sacrifice for a wild night.
Here is a song for your semi restless mind...


Thank you very much for that. At this stage of my life I am quite happy to spend time with my little Lulu and work on my projects. My philosophy in the wild days was to do as much as I could, because I never wanted regrets later in life over things I wasn't brave enough to do when I was young. Now I have so many memories and I certainly don't feel that I missed out at all.
:hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 17, 2019, 03:25:59 PM
Green sat on my new tablet and broke it.
I did not, it was in the car on the drivers seat when it was sat on.
I'm never allowed control of us when we sit in the drivers seat.
You're banned.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 17, 2019, 08:50:03 PM
Send it to me and I'll fix it for you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 17, 2019, 11:58:26 PM
Don't do it! He just wants to see your upside-down pron!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 18, 2019, 12:18:20 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 17, 2019, 08:50:03 PM
Send it to me and I'll fix it for you.

Are you sure about that JJ? I'm not dissing on you, but you really messed up that car radio in the other thread.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 18, 2019, 04:54:21 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on August 17, 2019, 11:58:26 PM
Don't do it! He just wants to see your upside-down pron!

Nothing wrong with a surfer or two.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Sore throat and my voice is gone, like it suddenly woke up one morning and said, 'fuck it, I'm going on holiday'.  :pensive:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 18, 2019, 08:32:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Sore throat and my voice is gone, like it suddenly woke up one morning and said, 'fuck it, I'm going on holiday'.  :pensive:

Your husband would be pleased.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 20, 2019, 12:58:07 AM
Late yesterday, friend wife, said lets go out to get food.  She is a foodie and I am not at all interested in food or in spending 40 to 50 dollars on something I did not really want.  Nice guy that I am  ;D, I said OK.

Light rain. still plenty of daylight. We approach a huge shopping mall where our intended restaurant resides.  (Fish City Grill it was)  Wife is driving  her Toyota Prius in a reasonable way. A big ass Jeep vehicle made a sudden left turn into our right of way. CRASH.  Toyota crunched pretty badly.  Young man driving the big ass jeep readily agreed that the crash was his fault. Crash was not so severe that either vehicle had its air bag deployed. (Halleleuah!)

Really nice young man was the driver of the offending vehicle. I was most sympathetic for him....he fucked up badly and he was aware of it..............but perhaps not with those words.

Not given over to anger or any such thing, I engaged him in conversation while we waited for the cops to arrive....no one was injured ...except the Toyota and the Jeep, so no need for ambulance.

While we waited for the cop to investigate and report the accident we became conversational.  He was a 20 year old  male who was most polite. Plus one for him..  In our conversation I showed an interest in him, and consoled him about the mistake that he had made.  Like; Shit happens!

Turns out that he was home schooled and ....I did not ask him but I suspect his parents were Jesus people who made the home school decision.  Unfortunately his home schooling did not rate very highly with prospective employers.  He does have a job with a large  grocery chain for which he appears to be loyal.  Not a happy prospect for his prosperity.

I do give his parents credit for raising a young man with good intentions and a sense of decency that is commendable. His formal education, or lack of it, will most likely be an albatross around his neck for too long in his early life.

Meanwhile the Toyota needs about two thousand dollars for repair.......... Insurance will cover the cost but my own insurance company may punish friend wife with a higher premium even though she was not at all at fault.

So that is my grumpy rant for the day.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 20, 2019, 04:31:13 AM
Happy to hear nobody was injured, Icarus.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 20, 2019, 03:46:38 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Sore throat and my voice is gone, like it suddenly woke up one morning and said, 'fuck it, I'm going on holiday'.  :pensive:
:therethere:
Are you feeling better?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 20, 2019, 09:32:17 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 18, 2019, 08:32:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Sore throat and my voice is gone, like it suddenly woke up one morning and said, 'fuck it, I'm going on holiday'.  :pensive:

Your husband would be pleased.

Hmmm.  That sounds like something someone from Mississippi would say, not an enlightened Englishman.  Did you say that with a Southern US accent?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2019, 03:03:45 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 18, 2019, 08:32:00 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Sore throat and my voice is gone, like it suddenly woke up one morning and said, 'fuck it, I'm going on holiday'.  :pensive:

Your husband would be pleased.

(https://media2.giphy.com/media/3oEjHKvjqt5pssL99C/giphy.gif)

Are you insinuating I talk too much?  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2019, 03:04:39 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 20, 2019, 03:46:38 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2019, 01:48:52 PM
Sore throat and my voice is gone, like it suddenly woke up one morning and said, 'fuck it, I'm going on holiday'.  :pensive:
:therethere:
Are you feeling better?

:smilenod:   :hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 28, 2019, 02:25:31 AM
Took a hard elbow to my ribs tonight, liver side... Bruised if not broken. Jiu-Jitsu is going to be rough tomorrow, but I'll get through it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 28, 2019, 05:15:53 PM
Been applying for a part time second job to cover the bills from my surgery. Sucks that even paying a lot for insurance I'm still a couple of thousand dollars in debt for it.  :-\
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on August 28, 2019, 06:23:56 PM
Adulting is hard, isn't it Buddy?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 28, 2019, 07:22:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 28, 2019, 06:23:56 PM
Adulting is hard, isn't it Buddy?

No shit
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on August 28, 2019, 07:44:45 PM
I think that's beyond regular adulting. It's now Adulting on hard mode.

Paying bills, paying for insurances, paying the rent/mortgage, food... etc. are all normal adult things that all adults have had to deal with.

But getting sick or injured has never before, and never should, require people to get a second job to pay for or send people into extreme long term debt. Especially when already paying a lot for health insurance.

This is not regular adult responsibilities, these new levels of medical expenses are insanity.

I ranted a little.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 28, 2019, 08:29:17 PM
Quote from: Buddy on August 28, 2019, 05:15:53 PM
Been applying for a part time second job to cover the bills from my surgery. Sucks that even paying a lot for insurance I'm still a couple of thousand dollars in debt for it.  :-\

Would you accept some small amount of assistance from any of us?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on August 28, 2019, 08:45:06 PM
I really appreciate it Bruce, but I'll be okay.  :) I have a payment plan set up with the hospital so I won't go completely broke. I'm just whinging over the current state of healthcare in the states. The second job is mostly so I can continue to save for my europe trip next year while I pay off the bill.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 28, 2019, 09:27:55 PM
Travel is always good and gives you something to plan/hope for.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 31, 2019, 10:48:35 AM
Quote from: Davin on August 28, 2019, 07:44:45 PM
I think that's beyond regular adulting. It's now Adulting on hard mode.

Paying bills, paying for insurances, paying the rent/mortgage, food... etc. are all normal adult things that all adults have had to deal with.

But getting sick or injured has never before, and never should, require people to get a second job to pay for or send people into extreme long term debt. Especially when already paying a lot for health insurance.

This is not regular adult responsibilities, these new levels of medical expenses are insanity.

I ranted a little.

My wife has just had surgery on her elbow to free up a nerve, all went well. In the UK we pay up front in tax and all costs are covered. Apparently in the US this would have cost $2.5k to $3k. Not to bad in the scheme of things if you have savings and/or insurance but a nightmare if you don't.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 10, 2019, 10:54:38 PM
I think I may be experiencing my first case of mat Bourne illness. The itching started right after we finished rolling yesterday...  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 11, 2019, 12:34:08 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 10, 2019, 10:54:38 PM
I think I may be experiencing my first case of mat Bourne illness. The itching started right after we finished rolling yesterday...  >:(

That's rough. Have you tried ketoconazole shampoo? It's helped me with gym equipment related ick.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 11, 2019, 01:30:21 AM
I've never heard of that before. I'll have to check it out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on September 11, 2019, 03:21:25 AM
You can get it at most pharmacies, name brand Nizoral. It's a bit pricey but it lasts forever.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on September 11, 2019, 10:35:41 AM
Detached retina, it's quite annoying.
Stop whinging, you're always whinging, whinging and moaning.
It's just an eye, the gods saw fit to grace us with a spare.
That's alright for you, your one's still working! >:(

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on September 11, 2019, 02:57:38 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on September 11, 2019, 10:35:41 AM
Detached retina, it's quite annoying.
Stop whinging, you're always whinging, whinging and moaning.
It's just an eye, the gods saw fit to grace us with a spare.
That's alright for you, your one's still working! >:(



I had a relatively minor detached retina, and it caused straight lines to move rapidly.  I considered it a super-power, but like all my other powers, it went away.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on September 11, 2019, 03:15:08 PM
I think mine might be a bit more detached.
My right eye is a dark oil splattered window.
I feel the need to cover it, 'cause the dissonance. :offtobed:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 11, 2019, 04:41:14 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 11, 2019, 02:57:38 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on September 11, 2019, 10:35:41 AM
Detached retina, it's quite annoying.
Stop whinging, you're always whinging, whinging and moaning.
It's just an eye, the gods saw fit to grace us with a spare.
That's alright for you, your one's still working! >:(



I had a relatively minor detached retina, and it caused straight lines to move rapidly.  I considered it a super-power, but like all my other powers, it went away.
:smileshake: You guys are funny.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 22, 2019, 02:05:15 PM
I wonder if I still have a job tomorrow.  (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/22/thomas-cook-in-last-ditch-talks-to-avoid-collapse) :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 22, 2019, 03:05:21 PM
Damn Tom, that sucks. If you do lose you job though it's an opportunity to find something new, something better.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 22, 2019, 03:30:50 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 22, 2019, 03:05:21 PM
Damn Tom, that sucks. If you do lose you job though it's an opportunity to find something new, something better.

Thanks! I've been looking for a new job for a couple of weeks now. Hopefully, I find something closer to my home.
However, most employers here in Germany might find me too old.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 22, 2019, 04:58:11 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 22, 2019, 02:05:15 PM
I wonder if I still have a job tomorrow.  (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/22/thomas-cook-in-last-ditch-talks-to-avoid-collapse) :(

I hope so too!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 23, 2019, 05:38:22 AM
Thomas Cook collapsed last night. Apparently Boris Johnson's government has more on its mind than saving a 178 years old British firm with thousands of employees worldwide. I'm now heading to work to see what happens next.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 23, 2019, 05:50:25 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 23, 2019, 05:38:22 AM
Thomas Cook collapsed last night. Apparently Boris Johnson's government has more on its mind than saving a 178 years old British firm with thousands of employees worldwide. I'm now heading to work to see what happens next.

Absolutely disgusting. I hope things work out well for you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 23, 2019, 07:15:41 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 23, 2019, 05:38:22 AM
Thomas Cook collapsed last night. Apparently Boris Johnson's government has more on its mind than saving a 178 years old British firm with thousands of employees worldwide. I'm now heading to work to see what happens next.

Sorry to hear of your troubles. TC was not a bank and full of BoJo's mates so not worth saving :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 29, 2019, 07:40:13 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.

Details. What happened?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 29, 2019, 08:24:10 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.

Oi, that sounds painful.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 08:33:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 29, 2019, 07:40:13 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.

Details. What happened?

I took a hard elbow from a large Russian - I'm convinced he was a wrestler in the former Soviet Union - a few weeks ago that led to soreness. It went away after about a week but last Wednesday I rolled with a very talented blue belt who roughed me up a bit. He wasn't mean, just on a completely different level from where I am right now. The soreness came back later that evening.

Thursday I did some very light rolling and felt something crack. I tried to take it easy but the damage was done at that point. On Friday I carried some cases of whiskey into work which was just too much. I couldn't leave work but breathing was very difficult. Things didn't get any better on Saturday and I was stuck carrying even heavier boxes because nobody else would bring them up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 29, 2019, 10:47:40 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.

:o

Ouch! That really does suck.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 29, 2019, 11:17:44 PM
I'm sitting here in a Kent hotel in preparation for my brother's funeral tomorrow. It has been five weeks since he died whilst on business in Germany. The bureaucracy was somewhat trying for my SiL. He was 10 yrs younger than me and died of an extremely rare aortic catastrophe. I went over to Germany and he seemed to be recovering well from the original emergency operation but after a week he suddenly collapsed and effectively died although they resuscitated him and further operated. They removed the life support once my nephew arrived from California and had some time with him. The German surgeons were brilliant in spite of the outcome. They told my brother he had nil chance w/o the op and 25-30% with it. 50 mins from ambulance being called to going under the knife.

My SiL asked me if I wanted to do a reading or poem but I know I couldn't do it without breaking down so I declined. It will be a humanist service and my other brother, cousins and I had a poignant time reminiscing anecdotes for the celebrant. I am expecting an interesting and unusual music,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 30, 2019, 12:07:35 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 08:33:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 29, 2019, 07:40:13 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.

Details. What happened?

I took a hard elbow from a large Russian - I'm convinced he was a wrestler in the former Soviet Union - a few weeks ago that led to soreness. It went away after about a week but last Wednesday I rolled with a very talented blue belt who roughed me up a bit. He wasn't mean, just on a completely different level from where I am right now. The soreness came back later that evening.

Thursday I did some very light rolling and felt something crack. I tried to take it easy but the damage was done at that point. On Friday I carried some cases of whiskey into work which was just too much. I couldn't leave work but breathing was very difficult. Things didn't get any better on Saturday and I was stuck carrying even heavier boxes because nobody else would bring them up.
That sucks, alright. Get well soon!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 30, 2019, 12:08:52 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 29, 2019, 11:17:44 PM
I'm sitting here in a Kent hotel in preparation for my brother's funeral tomorrow. It has been five weeks since he died whilst on business in Germany. The bureaucracy was somewhat trying for my SiL. He was 10 yrs younger than me and died of an extremely rare aortic catastrophe. I went over to Germany and he seemed to be recovering well from the original emergency operation but after a week he suddenly collapsed and effectively died although they resuscitated him and further operated. They removed the life support once my nephew arrived from California and had some time with him. The German surgeons were brilliant in spite of the outcome. They told my brother he had nil chance w/o the op and 25-30% with it. 50 mins from ambulance being called to going under the knife.

My SiL asked me if I wanted to do a reading or poem but I know I couldn't do it without breaking down so I declined. It will be a humanist service and my other brother, cousins and I had a poignant time reminiscing anecdotes for the celebrant. I am expecting an interesting and unusual music,


That's horrible. I hope he didn't suffer too much. Internet :hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 30, 2019, 01:45:56 AM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 29, 2019, 11:17:44 PM
I'm sitting here in a Kent hotel in preparation for my brother's funeral tomorrow. It has been five weeks since he died whilst on business in Germany. The bureaucracy was somewhat trying for my SiL. He was 10 yrs younger than me and died of an extremely rare aortic catastrophe. I went over to Germany and he seemed to be recovering well from the original emergency operation but after a week he suddenly collapsed and effectively died although they resuscitated him and further operated. They removed the life support once my nephew arrived from California and had some time with him. The German surgeons were brilliant in spite of the outcome. They told my brother he had nil chance w/o the op and 25-30% with it. 50 mins from ambulance being called to going under the knife.

My SiL asked me if I wanted to do a reading or poem but I know I couldn't do it without breaking down so I declined. It will be a humanist service and my other brother, cousins and I had a poignant time reminiscing anecdotes for the celebrant. I am expecting an interesting and unusual music,


So sorry to hear that, Essie Mae.  :(

:console:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 30, 2019, 02:14:16 AM
Damn Ess. Bad news and worse news all around.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 30, 2019, 06:16:36 AM
My deepest sympathies,  Essie Mae.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 30, 2019, 06:16:36 AM
My deepest sympathies,  Essie Mae.
^^^
This.  :console:
My deepest sympathies from me as well,  Essie Mae.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:45:44 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.
How do you feel? Do you feel better?
I hope you do.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 30, 2019, 01:56:50 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:45:44 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.
How do you feel? Do you feel better?
I hope you do.  :(

How do I feel? Like someone is leaning on my chest. Not getting much better yet.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on September 30, 2019, 03:50:15 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 30, 2019, 06:16:36 AM
My deepest sympathies,  Essie Mae.
^^^
This.  :console:
My deepest sympathies from me as well,  Essie Mae.
I ad in mine as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on September 30, 2019, 03:57:12 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 30, 2019, 01:56:50 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:45:44 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.
How do you feel? Do you feel better?
I hope you do.  :(

How do I feel? Like someone is leaning on my chest. Not getting much better yet.
Have you seen a doctor? They'll heal on their own most of the time (if you let them), but sometimes they need help. A doc will need to put pressure on them at least, but x-rays might be needed. 1 out of 5 times, broken ribs need to be fixed because they won't heal correctly on their own.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on September 30, 2019, 04:12:44 PM
A doctor isn't an option for me right now. I'm still paying on the heart attack this spring and I can't afford another hospital bill on top of that. The entire idea of having health insurance seems increasingly pointless to me. It's more expensive to have it when you need it than to go without...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on September 30, 2019, 04:18:43 PM
Quote from: Davin on September 30, 2019, 03:50:15 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 30, 2019, 06:16:36 AM
My deepest sympathies,  Essie Mae.
^^^
This.  :console:
My deepest sympathies from me as well,  Essie Mae.
I ad in mine as well.

And mine.  Sorry to hear this.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on September 30, 2019, 04:28:21 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 30, 2019, 04:12:44 PM
A doctor isn't an option for me right now. I'm still paying on the heart attack this spring and I can't afford another hospital bill on top of that. The entire idea of having health insurance seems increasingly pointless to me. It's more expensive to have it when you need it than to go without...
Part of the problem with insurance is that whether you buy into it or not, if need medical help, you're paying for insurance. Because a lot of the lower costs from insurance sponsored medical care are fake discounts, which is why we see ridiculous prices like $100 for two Aspirins. That's not because they're trying to gauge people for medicine, at least not entirely. It's because in order to make medical procedures look like "discounts" for the insurance companies, they have to move the cost around. So you pay less for one thing, but the hospital still needs to make up the cost so they make other things more expensive. Which screws people coming in without insurance because they get none of the discounts and all of the price increases.

That makes me grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 30, 2019, 07:28:56 PM
Quote from: Davin on September 30, 2019, 03:50:15 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on September 30, 2019, 06:16:36 AM
My deepest sympathies,  Essie Mae.
^^^
This.  :console:
My deepest sympathies from me as well,  Essie Mae.
I ad in mine as well.

Me too!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 30, 2019, 08:41:02 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on September 29, 2019, 11:17:44 PM
I'm sitting here in a Kent hotel in preparation for my brother's funeral tomorrow. ...

Sorry to hear of your loss. All the more unexpected due to his age and the nature of his illness. Condolences to you and your whole family.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 30, 2019, 11:05:27 PM
Please include my condolences too Essie.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 01, 2019, 02:08:41 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 30, 2019, 01:56:50 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:45:44 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.
How do you feel? Do you feel better?
I hope you do.  :(

How do I feel? Like someone is leaning on my chest. Not getting much better yet.
I'm sorry to hear that, jj.
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 01, 2019, 03:19:41 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on October 01, 2019, 02:08:41 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 30, 2019, 01:56:50 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 30, 2019, 07:45:44 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on September 29, 2019, 05:04:36 PM
I'm pretty sure I have broken some ribs. This just sucks.
How do you feel? Do you feel better?
I hope you do.  :(

How do I feel? Like someone is leaning on my chest. Not getting much better yet.
I'm sorry to hear that, jj.
:therethere:

It's my own fault.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 03, 2019, 06:56:13 PM
My boss's boss is here all day so we have to be on our best behavior :fingertap:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 04, 2019, 10:00:32 AM
QuoteA New Zealand man has been jailed (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-24/man-poisoned-wedge-tailed-eagles-in-gippsland-jailed/10298426) for 14 days and fined $2,500 for poisoning 406 wedge-tailed eagles at three remote properties in Victoria's east.

That's horrendous, apparently eagles travel great distances to find a territory so he's not just killing local birds.  Punishment is totally inadequate, ten years seems more appropriate, or something mediaevally creative.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 06, 2019, 10:51:49 PM
Our house burnt down
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 06, 2019, 10:56:39 PM
Is everyone okay?!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 06, 2019, 11:02:40 PM
Thankfully yes.  the animals were in the other house on the property. The house is a total loss though. I'll bet my car that it was the fucking cigarettes that my stepdads dad smokes and doesn't put out properly, seeing as the fire started on the front porch and he was the only one home at the time
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 06, 2019, 11:16:42 PM
Stuff can be replaced. It's the family that's important. Sucks though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 06, 2019, 11:48:37 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 06, 2019, 10:51:49 PM
Our house burnt down

:o!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 07, 2019, 12:29:25 AM
I'm just so tired. I feel like I've been through an emotional wringer this year and I just want it to stop. I know it's just stuff but a lot of it was my stuff that I had collected for when I could finally move out on my own.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 07, 2019, 12:42:46 AM
Where is everyone staying?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 07, 2019, 02:07:10 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 07, 2019, 12:42:46 AM
Where is everyone staying?

With my Grandmom for now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 07, 2019, 02:18:28 AM
Everyone is alright, that's important. I have "stuff" that I'd be sorry to lose, as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 07, 2019, 05:03:22 AM
That's terrible news. Happy to hear, though, that everyone is OK.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 07, 2019, 05:05:01 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 06, 2019, 10:51:49 PM
Our house burnt down

That's an absolute shitter. Good that nobody was hurt and all the pets are safe.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 05:41:52 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 07, 2019, 12:29:25 AM
I'm just so tired. I feel like I've been through an emotional wringer this year and I just want it to stop. I know it's just stuff but a lot of it was my stuff that I had collected for when I could finally move out on my own.

:therethere: It's totally understandable that you feel that way, you put effort and money into collecting things for your own place. It's as if it's progress towards a goal -- moving out -- and now maybe you feel backtracked. Even so, losing your stuff won't destroy your plans of getting your own place, it might only take a little longer to do so. Or not, who knows? Maybe you'll catch a break soon and life will get easier. Hang in there.  :hug2:

The truly important thing is you, your family and pets are unscathed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 07, 2019, 12:35:07 PM
Woke up at 2 AM and couldn't go back to sleep. Finally got up at 4 AM and went out to the kitchen and had a cup of coffee. Work up early yesterday, too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 07, 2019, 09:05:41 PM
Quote from: Buddy on October 06, 2019, 10:51:49 PM
Our house burnt down
Awww, Buddy. I'm sorry to hear this. Good thing everyone is OK. This is a reason to be grumpy, sad and worried.  :therethere:  I hope things get better and back to "normal" soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on October 08, 2019, 03:56:59 PM
That sucks, Buddy. Sorry to hear about that.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 20, 2019, 02:16:07 AM
No weekend for me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 20, 2019, 02:40:09 AM
Why not?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 20, 2019, 09:46:17 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 20, 2019, 02:40:09 AM
Why not?

I'm helping an undergrad out with some stuff. It took the entire day at the lab yesterday and we're still not finished. The worst thing isn't going to the lab during the weekend, but the fact that Monday starts soon after and I don't get a break.  :(

Next Saturday it's going to be an all-dayer again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 20, 2019, 10:18:35 AM
Thomas Cook Germany's life is hanging on a thread. Before the end of this month we'll know whether the company continues its businesses or not. Chances that Thomas Cook will continue are pretty low. There are some talks with investors, most likely they are not interested in taking over all of our 2,000 employees. If Thomas Cook wants to survive they probably have to fire at least 50-75% of all the people. Even then, it is not likely that they'd survive the next years to come, unless they would come up with a brillant strategy. 

Currently we are in a kind of limbo. No real work is being done and everyone fears for his/her job. In my mind, I've already said goodbye to Thomas Cook. I've applied for several job in the region. Most likely a lot of companies will find me too old, but that doesn't stop me from applying. Going through this whole process of job searching again is however a weird Deja Vu experience.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 20, 2019, 12:45:30 PM
Everyday is an "alldayer", isn't it Argemtium?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 20, 2019, 02:04:01 PM
Why not go into business for yourself Tom? If nobody will hire you hire yourself and make a whole big ol pile of cash in the process.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 20, 2019, 03:07:56 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 20, 2019, 02:04:01 PM
Why not go into business for yourself Tom? If nobody will hire you hire yourself and make a whole big ol pile of cash in the process.

That might indeed be an option. Currently there are four companies interested in me, so I have high hopes that at least one of them would offer me a very decently paid job.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 20, 2019, 09:00:58 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on October 20, 2019, 10:18:35 AM
Thomas Cook Germany's life is hanging on a thread. Before the end of this month we'll know whether the company continues its businesses or not. Chances that Thomas Cook will continue are pretty low. There are some talks with investors, most likely they are not interested in taking over all of our 2,000 employees. If Thomas Cook wants to survive they probably have to fire at least 50-75% of all the people. Even then, it is not likely that they'd survive the next years to come, unless they would come up with a brillant strategy. 

Currently we are in a kind of limbo. No real work is being done and everyone fears for his/her job. In my mind, I've already said goodbye to Thomas Cook. I've applied for several job in the region. Most likely a lot of companies will find me too old, but that doesn't stop me from applying. Going through this whole process of job searching again is however a weird Deja Vu experience.

That really sucks, Tom.  :( I hope everything turns out ok, one way or another. Who knows? Sometimes on door closes and others open. :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 20, 2019, 09:01:47 PM
Quote from: No one on October 20, 2019, 12:45:30 PM
Everyday is an "alldayer", isn't it Argemtium?

Not every day.  :visit morpheus:

;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 21, 2019, 12:15:37 AM
This coming Wednesday I have to report to the Hospital for some out patient surgery.........I hope to hell that it will be outpatient surgery.  I have a squamish cell carcenoma on my lower left eye lid.  (how does one  correctly spell those two mysterious words ?)  It has to be removed by an ophthalmic surgeon who will remove a chunk of my eye lid to get rid of the growth.  The process involves anasthesia which Is  not a most pleasant anticipation. 

Then there is the considerable expense that will be involved. I do have some health care insurance but the Co-pays will likely be more than my meager budget can endure. Anasthesiologists are among the highest paid practitioners in the health care business. The Opthamologist specialist will not be cheap either.  Shit happens!   There goes part of my heirs inheritance.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 21, 2019, 12:30:10 AM
The best thing you can leave your heirs is nothing at all. I hope it goes well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 21, 2019, 04:50:25 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 21, 2019, 12:15:37 AM
This coming Wednesday I have to report to the Hospital for some out patient surgery.........I hope to hell that it will be outpatient surgery.  I have a squamish cell carcenoma on my lower left eye lid.  (how does one  correctly spell those two mysterious words ?)  It has to be removed by an ophthalmic surgeon who will remove a chunk of my eye lid to get rid of the growth.  The process involves anasthesia which Is  not a most pleasant anticipation. 

Then there is the considerable expense that will be involved. I do have some health care insurance but the Co-pays will likely be more than my meager budget can endure. Anasthesiologists are among the highest paid practitioners in the health care business. The Opthamologist specialist will not be cheap either.  Shit happens!   There goes part of my heirs inheritance.

My GP removed one of those from my forehead a month ago. She did it in her consulting room. The local anaesthetic she swabbed on worked very rapidly, and I didn't feel a thing when she was cutting. She put in a few dissolving stitches that left no scar at all, so luckily my beauty has not been compromised. We decided to cut it out after the liquid nitrogen cryo treatment she usually uses on these sun spots was not working fast enough.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 21, 2019, 10:16:51 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 21, 2019, 12:15:37 AM
This coming Wednesday I have to report to the Hospital for some out patient surgery.........I hope to hell that it will be outpatient surgery.  I have a squamish cell carcenoma on my lower left eye lid.  (how does one  correctly spell those two mysterious words ?)  It has to be removed by an ophthalmic surgeon who will remove a chunk of my eye lid to get rid of the growth.  The process involves anasthesia which Is  not a most pleasant anticipation. 

Then there is the considerable expense that will be involved. I do have some health care insurance but the Co-pays will likely be more than my meager budget can endure. Anasthesiologists are among the highest paid practitioners in the health care business. The Opthamologist specialist will not be cheap either.  Shit happens!   There goes part of my heirs inheritance.

I hope everything works out well for you!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2019, 04:15:01 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 21, 2019, 10:16:51 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 21, 2019, 12:15:37 AM
This coming Wednesday I have to report to the Hospital for some out patient surgery.........I hope to hell that it will be outpatient surgery.  I have a squamish cell carcenoma on my lower left eye lid.  (how does one  correctly spell those two mysterious words ?)  It has to be removed by an ophthalmic surgeon who will remove a chunk of my eye lid to get rid of the growth.  The process involves anasthesia which Is  not a most pleasant anticipation. 

Then there is the considerable expense that will be involved. I do have some health care insurance but the Co-pays will likely be more than my meager budget can endure. Anasthesiologists are among the highest paid practitioners in the health care business. The Opthamologist specialist will not be cheap either.  Shit happens!   There goes part of my heirs inheritance.

I hope everything works out well for you!

:this:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 22, 2019, 06:18:29 PM
It's audit day at work  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 23, 2019, 05:28:33 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 22, 2019, 06:18:29 PM
It's audit day at work  >:(

What does that mean?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 23, 2019, 08:28:50 AM
Quote from: Firebird on October 23, 2019, 05:28:33 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 22, 2019, 06:18:29 PM
It's audit day at work  >:(

What does that mean?

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 23, 2019, 09:04:57 AM
Quote from: Firebird on October 23, 2019, 05:28:33 AM
Quote from: Buddy on October 22, 2019, 06:18:29 PM
It's audit day at work  >:(

What does that mean?

The paperwork equivalent of a rectal examination.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 25, 2019, 05:00:25 AM
My cat is dying.
She's 17, though we've only had her for about 6 of those years. We noticed she hadn't been eating much and took her to the vet a few days ago. They were concerned enough to send her to the hospital, which diagnosed her with lymphoma. Not only that, it's a rare and more aggressive form.
We scheduled chemo for next week as it apparently does provide better quality of life and maybe a few more months, and took her home tonight. But as soon as she came out of her carrier, she could barely stand and was wobbling on her back legs. Back to the hospital, which thinks something neurological is going on (stroke? Cancer spread to brain?) They're monitoring her tonight and will see if they can get her on chemo asap, unless it's clear she's suffering.
I know she doesn't have much time left, it's heartbreaking but we can deal. But the thought of having to explain this to my 3 year old is terrifying.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 25, 2019, 05:36:36 AM
Quote from: Firebird on October 25, 2019, 05:00:25 AM
My cat is dying.

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 25, 2019, 05:58:51 AM
Quote from: Firebird on October 25, 2019, 05:00:25 AM
My cat is dying.
She's 17, though we've only had her for about 6 of those years. We noticed she hadn't been eating much and took her to the vet a few days ago. They were concerned enough to send her to the hospital, which diagnosed her with lymphoma. Not only that, it's a rare and more aggressive form.
We scheduled chemo for next week as it apparently does provide better quality of life and maybe a few more months, and took her home tonight. But as soon as she came out of her carrier, she could barely stand and was wobbling on her back legs. Back to the hospital, which thinks something neurological is going on (stroke? Cancer spread to brain?) They're monitoring her tonight and will see if they can get her on chemo asap, unless it's clear she's suffering.
I know she doesn't have much time left, it's heartbreaking but we can deal. But the thought of having to explain this to my 3 year old is terrifying.

With a seventeen years old cat it was bound to happen. Best of luck explaining the situation. I don't envy your position in either respect.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 25, 2019, 11:46:07 AM
i am sorry to hear that.

there is an elm tree south of my barn. under it are buried six dogs, going back 27 years.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 25, 2019, 11:58:33 AM
Quote from: Firebird on October 25, 2019, 05:00:25 AM
My cat is dying.
She's 17, though we've only had her for about 6 of those years. We noticed she hadn't been eating much and took her to the vet a few days ago. They were concerned enough to send her to the hospital, which diagnosed her with lymphoma. Not only that, it's a rare and more aggressive form.
We scheduled chemo for next week as it apparently does provide better quality of life and maybe a few more months, and took her home tonight. But as soon as she came out of her carrier, she could barely stand and was wobbling on her back legs. Back to the hospital, which thinks something neurological is going on (stroke? Cancer spread to brain?) They're monitoring her tonight and will see if they can get her on chemo asap, unless it's clear she's suffering.
I know she doesn't have much time left, it's heartbreaking but we can deal. But the thought of having to explain this to my 3 year old is terrifying.

Such a shame to lose a well loved pet. As far as a 3 year old is concerned I don't think there is any point in going into death as she really doesn't understand what being alive is yet. When we had pet deaths where the child did not witness the death we simply told the kids '(Pet) has gone to live with her mummy.' When the kids were old enough to discuss and understand death we would recall that 'Pet' had left and then explain what had really happened.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 25, 2019, 12:00:11 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on October 25, 2019, 11:46:07 AM
i am sorry to hear that.

there is an elm tree south of my barn. under it are buried six dogs, going back 27 years.

Our back garden has 3 dogs, 2 guinea pigs, 2 gerbils and some gold fish.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 25, 2019, 03:30:23 PM
Quote from: Firebird on October 25, 2019, 05:00:25 AM
My cat is dying.
She's 17, though we've only had her for about 6 of those years. We noticed she hadn't been eating much and took her to the vet a few days ago. They were concerned enough to send her to the hospital, which diagnosed her with lymphoma. Not only that, it's a rare and more aggressive form.
We scheduled chemo for next week as it apparently does provide better quality of life and maybe a few more months, and took her home tonight. But as soon as she came out of her carrier, she could barely stand and was wobbling on her back legs. Back to the hospital, which thinks something neurological is going on (stroke? Cancer spread to brain?) They're monitoring her tonight and will see if they can get her on chemo asap, unless it's clear she's suffering.
I know she doesn't have much time left, it's heartbreaking but we can deal. But the thought of having to explain this to my 3 year old is terrifying.

I am so sorry to hear that Firebird.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 25, 2019, 07:09:58 PM
Sorry to hear that bad news Firebird.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2019, 08:26:54 PM
Sorry to hear that, Firebird. Losing a pet is one of the worst feelings in the world.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 25, 2019, 08:59:20 PM
Always sad to lose a pet. My condolences, Firebird.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Firebird on October 26, 2019, 04:44:34 AM
Thanks everyone.
We made the tough decision to put her down tonight. It was painful, but also the right thing to do. I was there and she was clearly deteriorating. Even if she got better we only would have gotten a couple more months with chemo. It wouldn't have been fair to her to keep trying to prop her up.
We'll tell the 3 year old tomorrow morning and see how it goes. She's resilient but also loved her a lot, so it could go either way.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 26, 2019, 04:50:39 AM
Many condolences Firebird. That must have been very hard to make a choice like that. It's clear that you loved her a lot.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 26, 2019, 08:26:40 AM
Awww.  :therethere:
I'm sorry to hear this, Firebird.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 27, 2019, 12:13:13 AM
Quote from: Firebird on October 26, 2019, 04:44:34 AM
Thanks everyone.
We made the tough decision to put her down tonight. It was painful, but also the right thing to do. I was there and she was clearly deteriorating. Even if she got better we only would have gotten a couple more months with chemo. It wouldn't have been fair to her to keep trying to prop her up.
We'll tell the 3 year old tomorrow morning and see how it goes. She's resilient but also loved her a lot, so it could go either way.

:( :therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on October 28, 2019, 01:28:12 AM
Grumpy? Yeah.
Billy Zedding Rubin is why.

I come home to find this interloper in my house using zeds like they're going out of fashion. And in place of perfectly adequate esses. They're not even inserted where they sound like zeds. It's a disruption to the whole letter economy. Don't come running to me when the esses revolt, and the zeds start demanding equal writes!

Why, Billy? Why?




Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 28, 2019, 11:39:22 AM
i am deeply sorry. i had a traumatic education and the horror i experienced has forever scarred my ability to express myself in methods of communication other than shouts and screams

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on October 29, 2019, 04:29:35 PM
The entire computer system is down for the whole greater Michigan/northern Indiana market. We can't process transactions, open any accounts, or do any account maintenance. Who knows how long it will take for everything to come back up.  :fingertap:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on October 29, 2019, 06:17:15 PM
Condolences, Firebird.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 30, 2019, 04:00:47 PM
New topic for Petrol Heads here Petrol Head Thread (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=16324.0)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 30, 2019, 04:31:39 PM
A reason to be grumpy: time flies so fast, I can never get everything I want done.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 30, 2019, 08:20:22 PM
my foot hurts.

i live in a hundred-year old house with worn-out softwood floors, and my lovely wife has just finished digging a splinter out of the bottom of my foot that i've been trying to ignore for three days.

like this, except foot-like

(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/14/article-2604226-1D1B856B00000578-426_634x324.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 30, 2019, 11:47:42 PM
:lol:

I usually just let the wood turn to poison and then the splinter pops out along with the pus.  ;D

I don't think that that splinter mark in the picture is going to buff out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 31, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 30, 2019, 11:47:42 PM
I don't think that that splinter mark in the picture is going to buff out.

:notsure: No...I don't think it is.

:snicker:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 01, 2019, 07:47:45 PM
Wasted four hours on my valuable spare time to finish a bloody Java programming challenge for the second part of a job interview. The challenge had little to do with programming itself, but more with how to use certain complex frameworks. Although I managed to do the challenge in time, I should have told him to stick it in a place where the sun doesn't shine. I expected a single exercise, the challenge however had twelve. Is that kind of behaviour acceptable nowadays? Maybe I should send them a big bill.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 01, 2019, 09:31:13 PM
lol

when i do a job interview they put me in a 32,000 pound truck with a 50-foot turning radius and then go look for 30-foot corners.

sometimes the truck weighs 83,000 pounds and has a 48-foot trailer, and they tell me to back it up through their congested yard to the gate 500 feet away.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 02, 2019, 08:02:46 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 01, 2019, 09:31:13 PM
lol

when i do a job interview they put me in a 32,000 pound truck with a 50-foot turning radius and then go look for 30-foot corners.

sometimes the truck weighs 83,000 pounds and has a 48-foot trailer, and they tell me to back it up through their congested yard to the gate 500 feet away.

Now that would be a real challenge and far more fun.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 03, 2019, 06:59:55 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 01, 2019, 07:47:45 PM
Wasted four hours on my valuable spare time to finish a bloody Java programming challenge for the second part of a job interview. The challenge had little to do with programming itself, but more with how to use certain complex frameworks. Although I managed to do the challenge in time, I should have told him to stick it in a place where the sun doesn't shine. I expected a single exercise, the challenge however had twelve. Is that kind of behaviour acceptable nowadays? Maybe I should send them a big bill.

Job interviews - Exploiting people before they're employed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 03, 2019, 11:28:53 PM
I'm in the process of replacing clothes after losing fifty pounds over the last three months and NOBODY seems to carry and selection in sizes smaller than large. If you're an XL or a XXL you have a friggin Chinese menu of options but the store I went to today didn't even stock a small t-shirt. Not. One.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 03, 2019, 11:58:33 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 03, 2019, 11:28:53 PM
I'm in the process of replacing clothes after losing fifty pounds over the last three months and NOBODY seems to carry and selection in sizes smaller than large. If you're an XL or a XXL you have a friggin Chinese menu of options but the store I went to today didn't even stock a small t-shirt. Not. One.

That sucks. Clothes shopping is the worst.

I noticed that while shopping for work clothes. I had to go to the boys section because women's dress pants were too big and the button up shirts are a joke.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 04, 2019, 12:44:36 AM
Even their smaller sizes were huuuuge! They had two mediums in the entire store and they were bigger than a large in any other brand I'm familiar with.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 04, 2019, 01:59:24 AM
I don't know why our property is a prime dumping ground for cats, but just had someone drop one off and leave again. We live less than a mile from the humane society...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 04, 2019, 02:14:27 AM
Damn it all JJ.  The demographic in your area must consist largely of overweight people or of a remote strain of giants.

I might wager that the original temporary settlers in that territory, the London Company, were not at all over weight. Starvation makes it that way. To their credit they preceded the famous and better known Plymouth rock pilgrims.  Too bad that they pissed off the local native American tribes.  That whole scenario is one of the more fascinating periods in our history.

You may have to go to Richmond, Norfolk or somewhere to get clothing that fits you.  I am guessing that you are somewhere near that historic area on account of some of the elegant photos that you have posted.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 04, 2019, 08:56:02 AM
Quote from: Buddy on November 04, 2019, 01:59:24 AM
I don't know why our property is a prime dumping ground for cats, but just had someone drop one off and leave again. We live less than a mile from the humane society...

you have my immense sympathy. i hear a car slow down and in the evening well have another cat on the porch. weve got at least ten at the moment, and the barn cats havent yet moved up to the house for the winter.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2019, 09:21:11 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 03, 2019, 11:28:53 PM
I'm in the process of replacing clothes after losing fifty pounds over the last three months and NOBODY seems to carry and selection in sizes smaller than large. If you're an XL or a XXL you have a friggin Chinese menu of options but the store I went to today didn't even stock a small t-shirt. Not. One.

Looks like it's online shopping for you. Or a pair of scissors and a sewing machine?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2019, 09:23:50 AM
Quote from: Buddy on November 04, 2019, 01:59:24 AM
I don't know why our property is a prime dumping ground for cats, but just had someone drop one off and leave again. We live less than a mile from the humane society...

It would make sense if the humane society gets full and won't take any more. The may have been there aleady and been turned away?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 04, 2019, 12:23:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 04, 2019, 09:23:50 AM
Quote from: Buddy on November 04, 2019, 01:59:24 AM
I don't know why our property is a prime dumping ground for cats, but just had someone drop one off and leave again. We live less than a mile from the humane society...

It would make sense if the humane society gets full and won't take any more. The may have been there aleady and been turned away?

Or they could be ashamed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2019, 03:32:19 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 04, 2019, 12:23:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 04, 2019, 09:23:50 AM
Quote from: Buddy on November 04, 2019, 01:59:24 AM
I don't know why our property is a prime dumping ground for cats, but just had someone drop one off and leave again. We live less than a mile from the humane society...

It would make sense if the humane society gets full and won't take any more. The may have been there aleady and been turned away?

Or they could be ashamed.

Yes that could well be part of the equation.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on November 04, 2019, 04:12:15 PM
I took the cat into the shelter this morning and they were definitely not full. Those people were just cowards. I hate when people do that because we live right next to a major highway and most of the time the poor animal ends up getting hit by a car before we can catch them.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2019, 02:48:27 AM
A lot of people abandon dogs on the university campus I work in because there's a volunteer group who take them in and look after them until they are adopted. Some are even trained as service dogs and are taken to hospitals to interact with people who are emotionally vulnerable, or taken to schools, etc. So many dogs are abandoned that there are signs everywhere warning people that the abandonment of a pet on the property is a felony.

I remember a couple of years ago I saw a desperate adolescent Rough Collie running up and down the parking strip. It had been obviously left there by some turd who wanted to get rid of the dog. The animal was severely stressed and I tried to lure it over but it only whimpered and carried on running with its nose to the floor. I never saw it again but I hope it found its way into a loving home.     
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2019, 02:50:53 AM
Movers are coming tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. I've set my alarm to 6:30 in the morning so I can pack the last of my things before they carry it away.

Argh, why do people start the day so early?! Who's even up at 8?! ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 08, 2019, 03:16:50 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2019, 02:48:27 AM
A lot of people abandon dogs on the university campus I work in because there's a volunteer group who take them in and look after them until they are adopted. Some are even trained as service dogs and are taken to hospitals to interact with people who are emotionally vulnerable, or taken to schools, etc. So many dogs are abandoned that there are signs everywhere warning people that the abandonment of a pet on the property is a felony.

I remember a couple of years ago I saw a desperate adolescent Rough Collie running up and down the parking strip. It had been obviously left there by some turd who wanted to get rid of the dog. The animal was severely stressed and I tried to lure it over but it only whimpered and carried on running with its nose to the floor. I never saw it again but I hope it found its way into a loving home.   
I truly hope that that dog found a loving home. We rescued a dog a few months ago, and as the time passes, she's gotten to be a much happier and healthier dog. She has gained weight and stamina in the time we have had her. We used to have to take her outside to go potty by ourselves- she wouldn't use the dog door. She now runs around the back yard like a puppy, and will go outside all by herself (and run, as well) We suspect that she was rigidly controlled in an apartment environment, and taught not to run outside. It's great fun to watch her run around our back yard. We all enjoy it. She leaps up over the retaining wall onto the sloping area beyond, and back down, and reminds me of a leaping deer. So much fun!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 08, 2019, 07:55:58 AM
A cooked mother ring tail possum with a baby's paw visible.  :(

(https://i.imgur.com/qFnzCys.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 08, 2019, 02:12:24 PM
^^^
That's so sad.  :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 08, 2019, 06:08:59 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 08, 2019, 02:12:24 PM
^^^
That's so sad.  :(

It is :cryandrun:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 09, 2019, 01:00:57 AM
^ Sad!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 09, 2019, 02:14:41 AM
Asshats who make lefthand turns from the straight lane and nearly cream you!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 10, 2019, 03:12:46 AM
Agreed No one.  Brain dead, left hand turning, auto drivers kill a lot of motorcycle riders.  Probably brain dead right hand turners in Merry Olde England where they drive on the wrong side of the road.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 10, 2019, 07:40:10 AM
exactly so

back in 1981 the hurt report listed cars turning into motorcycles as the number one cause of motorcycle accidents. next was running too fast into a corner and leaving the road.

that was a long time ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_Report



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 01:39:34 AM
Just found out that my mom might have cancer. They're screening her for lung and colon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 21, 2019, 02:15:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 01:39:34 AM
Just found out that my mom might have cancer. They're screening her for lung and colon.

That's terrible news! I hope everything turns out ok!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 21, 2019, 03:01:00 AM
Yikes. Hire expert doctors!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 21, 2019, 03:34:57 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 01:39:34 AM
Just found out that my mom might have cancer. They're screening her for lung and colon.

I am so sorry to hear about your mom. Please tell her someone 13000 km away sends his good wishes, and keep us up to date.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 21, 2019, 06:45:07 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 21, 2019, 02:15:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 01:39:34 AM
Just found out that my mom might have cancer. They're screening her for lung and colon.

That's terrible news! I hope everything turns out ok!
:this:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 21, 2019, 07:42:47 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 21, 2019, 06:45:07 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 21, 2019, 02:15:50 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 01:39:34 AM
Just found out that my mom might have cancer. They're screening her for lung and colon.

That's terrible news! I hope everything turns out ok!
:this:

That does sound grim, I'll offer up some sausages to Offler.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 21, 2019, 11:24:38 AM
i am very sorry to hear tbat

hang in there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 21, 2019, 04:35:15 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 01:39:34 AM
Just found out that my mom might have cancer. They're screening her for lung and colon.

Let's hope the tests are negative.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 22, 2019, 08:03:27 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 01:39:34 AM
Just found out that my mom might have cancer. They're screening her for lung and colon.

That is bad news. Hope she will recover.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 01:59:10 PM
My car is breaking down. Loss of oil pressure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 30, 2019, 02:06:58 PM
Call a man to fix it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 02:50:37 PM
I'm sure there's no fixing it. At least not for a lot more than a twenty year old car is worth.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 30, 2019, 02:56:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 02:50:37 PM
I'm sure there's no fixing it.

I'll say a pray for you an' it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 30, 2019, 03:01:48 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 30, 2019, 02:56:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 02:50:37 PM
I'm sure there's no fixing it.

I'll say a pray for you an' it.

Who is the patron saint of cars?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 03:07:25 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 30, 2019, 03:01:48 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 30, 2019, 02:56:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 02:50:37 PM
I'm sure there's no fixing it.

I'll say a pray for you an' it.

Who is the patron saint of cars?

St. Francis of Izuzu.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 30, 2019, 03:17:18 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 30, 2019, 03:01:48 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 30, 2019, 02:56:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 02:50:37 PM
I'm sure there's no fixing it.

I'll say a pray for you an' it.

Who is the patron saint of cars?

He asks, as another chunk breaks off Greenland.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 30, 2019, 03:24:28 PM
One of my cars has a flat tire, and I went to put the spare on, only to find out that it was blown out. It's the temporary spare which was only on the ground once. None of us recall it being bad, so I suspect that it got swapped out sometime when the car was out of our hands.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 30, 2019, 04:50:41 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 01:59:10 PM
My car is breaking down. Loss of oil pressure.

sudden onset or gradual decline?

firzt might be something easy, like a prezsure relief valve.

how do you know the prezsure is low?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 08:56:27 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 30, 2019, 04:50:41 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 30, 2019, 01:59:10 PM
My car is breaking down. Loss of oil pressure.

sudden onset or gradual decline?

firzt might be something easy, like a prezsure relief valve.

how do you know the prezsure is low?

Seems to be sudden. I can hear it and the damn light stays on.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 30, 2019, 10:21:57 PM
you can hear the lifters or the rod bearings?

oil level is up there?

ive had lots of bad pressure senders but if tge lifters are also tapping its likeliezt prezsure for sure
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 30, 2019, 10:39:44 PM
Halle Berry still will not return my calls! (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Angry.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 01, 2019, 12:04:31 AM
Quote from: No one on November 30, 2019, 10:39:44 PM
Halle Berry still will not return my calls! (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Angry.png)


Halle can't come to the phone right now, since she's under my desk giving me a blow job.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 01, 2019, 12:19:53 AM
Palmela Handerson doesn't actually count.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 01, 2019, 12:52:26 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 30, 2019, 10:21:57 PM
you can hear the lifters or the rod bearings?

oil level is up there?

ive had lots of bad pressure senders but if tge lifters are also tapping its likeliezt prezsure for sure

I didn't have time to check the oil level. It was a rush to find a way to work. The sound wasn't a bearing clack, yet, but something is definitely wrong. No lifters on the Honda OHV engines, but it could be valve noise from oil starvation and the cams rattling about in the top end.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 01, 2019, 02:52:28 AM
Have to take my kitty to the urgent care vet tomorrow since it's the only one open on sundays
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 01, 2019, 02:57:30 AM
Quote from: Buddy on December 01, 2019, 02:52:28 AM
Have to take my kitty to the urgent care vet tomorrow since it's the only one open on sundays

I hope your cat is alright.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 01, 2019, 03:39:20 AM
Quote from: No one on December 01, 2019, 12:19:53 AM
Palmela Handerson doesn't actually count.(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)

:lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 01, 2019, 04:23:16 AM
Welp, there's a big oil stain on the concrete driveway right where I stopped the car this morning and two streams where I backed up to our driveway and pulled in. Something has a hole in it, and a big one at that. Can't assess the damage until tomorrow morning but it ain't likely to be pretty.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 01, 2019, 11:38:52 AM
ilikely its low oil is making the noize. but the hole is the problem, clearly. it may just be a drain plug. or road damage

fix it quick

where i live exposed steel corrodes after a few years. a month ago my pickup developed a hole in the transmizsion cooler lines. took six quarts of fluid to make ut to the shop safely

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 11, 2019, 12:33:20 AM
Long day today. Toiled from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and tomorrow it's going to be the same. And the day after that. Up until Monday. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 12:37:57 AM
Christmas with the family was going well until the political talk started.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on December 26, 2019, 12:39:16 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 12:37:57 AM
Christmas with the family was going well until the political talk started.

Ugh, that's rough.

I think one of my stepdad's nephews is trying to hit on me and it's so weird and uncomfortable.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 26, 2019, 08:40:05 AM
Quote from: Buddy on December 26, 2019, 12:39:16 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 12:37:57 AM
Christmas with the family was going well until the political talk started.

Ugh, that's rough.

I think one of my stepdad's nephews is trying to hit on me and it's so weird and uncomfortable.

Well just tell hims a story about visiting a gay bar.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 26, 2019, 08:40:40 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 12:37:57 AM
Christmas with the family was going well until the political talk started.

Anybody storm out in a huff?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 26, 2019, 12:23:03 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 12:37:57 AM
Christmas with the family was going well until the political talk started.

That sucks. Why do people bring up sensitive topics during family gatherings? ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 02:35:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 26, 2019, 08:40:40 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 12:37:57 AM
Christmas with the family was going well until the political talk started.

Anybody storm out in a huff?

Just me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 26, 2019, 06:24:01 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 02:35:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 26, 2019, 08:40:40 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 26, 2019, 12:37:57 AM
Christmas with the family was going well until the political talk started.

Anybody storm out in a huff?

Just me.

:therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 21, 2020, 12:31:34 AM
Counting on people who said they will help with something, but then opt out at the last minute.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 21, 2020, 12:43:19 AM
I gave up on them a while ago. Not worth it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 21, 2020, 12:55:51 AM
its cold

house is cold, truck is cold, cold.

i hate cold.

tomorrow will start out at 10 F, then hit 40 by midday
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 21, 2020, 01:54:06 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 21, 2020, 12:43:19 AM
I gave up on them a while ago. Not worth it.

Definitely not.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 21, 2020, 03:38:03 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 21, 2020, 12:55:51 AM
its cold

house is cold, truck is cold, cold.

i hate cold.

tomorrow will start out at 10 F, then hit 40 by midday

I hate cold too.  :-\
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 21, 2020, 04:29:14 AM
Living where it's never winter, is a surefire way to avoid the dreaded cold.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 21, 2020, 01:04:27 PM
i grew up on the equator and spent half my life in the deserts. i wonder every winter what im doing here.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 22, 2020, 01:26:11 AM
I left winter 6505ish days ago. I never want to see it again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 22, 2020, 01:44:38 AM
winter is a nasty thing.

i left california after seventeen years. too expensive for me to live there. so it's a trade off, but every winter i wonder whether whether it was worth it.

the only good thing about winter is that the coyotes thin out the cats
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 22, 2020, 03:26:44 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 22, 2020, 01:44:38 AM
...

the only good thing about winter is that the coyotes thin out the cats
What!?
(https://i.chzbgr.com/full/7075049984/h75CDE39B/gasp)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 22, 2020, 03:35:57 AM
we generally lose at least half our cats in the winter when the coyotes get hungry enough to sneak up to the house.

i like cats, but i d like one or two somewhat more than fifteen or twenty.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 22, 2020, 04:36:38 AM
Last week was warm, sunny, and pleasant. Tonight I'm jackhammering with chills. I need more heavy clothes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 24, 2020, 11:40:27 AM
Smashed my knee up on my boat a couple of weeks ago. Twisted it on a capsize after rounding a mark just ahead of my main club nemesis in a decent wind. Foot got stuck in toe strap and my body carried on without it. Suspected torn miniscus.

I'll find out next week what's the prognosis, but I'm told I won't be back sailing for a couple of months or back at Karate for 3 months.
Couldn't drive for a week. I CAN now walk slowly, in a straight line without crutches, but haven't felt stable or confident enough to ditch them for any general daytime ambulation.

Something like this can never be well-timed, of course, but it's slightly rotten as Minisiz and I are due to swap karate clubs in Feb to a more competitive Taekwondo outfit with well-defined routes to higher-level competition (for him, not me). He'll have to crack on without me.  :-\ I'll miss being around while he's training - I find him beautiful to watch.

Meanwhile, at work I'm happily stuck in the office without being forced out into the cold to do any actual work...

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 24, 2020, 05:49:43 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 24, 2020, 11:40:27 AM
Smashed my knee up on my boat a couple of weeks ago. Twisted it on a capsize after rounding a mark just ahead of my main club nemesis in a decent wind. Foot got stuck in toe strap and my body carried on without it. Suspected torn miniscus.

I'll find out next week what's the prognosis, but I'm told I won't be back sailing for a couple of months or back at Karate for 3 months.
Couldn't drive for a week. I CAN now walk slowly, in a straight line without crutches, but haven't felt stable or confident enough to ditch them for any general daytime ambulation.

Something like this can never be well-timed, of course, but it's slightly rotten as Minisiz and I are due to swap karate clubs in Feb to a more competitive Taekwondo outfit with well-defined routes to higher-level competition (for him, not me). He'll have to crack on without me.  :-\ I'll miss being around while he's training - I find him beautiful to watch.

Meanwhile, at work I'm happily stuck in the office without being forced out into the cold to do any actual work...

And why didn't your posting rate improve over the last week?

Sorry to hear about your knee though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 25, 2020, 01:48:44 AM
That is a definite bummer Siz. Why did you capsize that gorgeous boat?  Activity, not to say panic,  at the mark can sometimes be rather disconcerting, I am well aware. 

Here's hoping that your injury will heal rapidly and painlessly. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 07:43:38 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 25, 2020, 01:48:44 AM
That is a definite bummer Siz. Why did you capsize that gorgeous boat?  Activity, not to say panic,  at the mark can sometimes be rather disconcerting, I am well aware. 

Here's hoping that your injury will heal rapidly and painlessly.
Hehe, it's not an unusual occurrence; as a racing dinghy, it's not built for stability. Though I'm quite adept at rightng it and carrying on quite quickly. Just this time my own personal mechanical failure put me out of the race for good.
it was definitely a panic moment. Second race of the day, having lost the first race to my main rival by the narrowest margin. Found myself ahead at the windward mark and got flustered as he pulled a neater tack and was closing fast. Got in a tangle while baring away and resetting and fell over.
There's a narrow window of wind in which I can be competitive. About 16-25kts. Too low and my boat just isn't as fast against others, too high and I just can't cope. This day was toward the 25kts end and I was in my element. Just lost focus and blew it.
Cheers Icarus.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 10:19:23 AM
fascinating

Got in a tangle while baring away and resetting

what does ^^this mean?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 10:56:03 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 10:19:23 AM
fascinating

Got in a tangle while baring away and resetting

what does ^^this mean?
Got in a tangle = exactly as it sounds - got tangled up in my ropes.
Baring away = turning from an upwind heading to a more downwind heading. Boat is much less stable when travelling in the same direction as the wind. The transition during baring away can be dicey in a blow.
Resetting = adjusting the sail settings to make more efficient use of the new direction of wind incident on the sail. (mainsheet (adjusts angle of bottom of sail relative to wind), kicker (tightens the sail leech, increases mast bend, reduces sail twist at top of sail) cunningham (flattens the sail luff), outhaul (flattens the sail foot) and centreboard (keeps boat in a straight line, but sometimes just causes drag) need to be adjusted).

Sounds impressive, probably, but the reason I'm not a great sailor is that I don't fully understand the interrelationships between all of these settings in relation to wind direction, wind speed, my weight, body position, sail design, draft characteristics, pitch and roll angles etc...). I can follow the fundamentals and that keeps me in the game, at least.

(https://storage.googleapis.com/welovesailing-117.appspot.com/images/sailing-theory/sailing-basics/parts-of-a-sail/parts-of-a-sail.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 11:15:26 AM
changing the shape of the aerofoil is an intriguing skill. in an aeroplane its fixed, all you can do is mess with the flaps, and thats a low speed thing.

but on a boat its all up to you. amazing.

do hi tech yacht racers use wind tunnelz to dezign their boats?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 12:16:33 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 11:15:26 AM
changing the shape of the aerofoil is an intriguing skill. in an aeroplane its fixed, all you can do is mess with the flaps, and thats a low speed thing.

but on a boat its all up to you. amazing.

do hi tech yacht racers use wind tunnelz to dezign their boats?
Mostly done with computer simulation these days. No expense spared though - these things are spacecraft!
Check out the new AC75 design for the 2021 America's Cup. Solid sail, foiling monohull yachts:



However, this below is the pinacle of racing for me - 18ft skiffs:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2020, 12:56:02 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 25, 2020, 12:16:33 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 11:15:26 AM
changing the shape of the aerofoil is an intriguing skill. in an aeroplane its fixed, all you can do is mess with the flaps, and thats a low speed thing.

but on a boat its all up to you. amazing.

do hi tech yacht racers use wind tunnelz to dezign their boats?
Mostly done with computer simulation these days. No expense spared though - these things are spacecraft!
Check out the new AC75 design for the 2021 America's Cup. Solid sail, foiling monohull yachts:



However, this below is the pinacle of racing for me - 18ft skiffs:



Yes well, all this isn't for you now, is it?
Have you considered taking up knitting?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 01:14:14 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 25, 2020, 12:56:02 PM
Yes well, all this isn't for you now, is it?
Have you considered taking up knitting?
Ouch. Truth hurts, Dude!
I always fancied the idea of green bowling when I'm too infirm to do anything fun. Past that, I'd never given thought to a seated activity. P'haps spend more quality time with my tropical fish???
Knitting isn't out of the question...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 01:48:40 PM
that skiff stuff looks fucking dangerous, if you dont mind me saying so.

what doez the hull of your boat look like? these skiffs seem to be cut off square at the rear, although i cant make out the shape at the water. a square back might or might not cause a low pressure zone that would slow the boat, depending on the angle of closure. motorcyclez have a serious problem there.

are the shapes rwquired to be tge same by the rulez?

is there a thread here about your boat? i have queztionz
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 02:54:06 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 01:48:40 PM
that skiff stuff looks fucking dangerous, if you dont mind me saying so.

what doez the hull of your boat look like? these skiffs seem to be cut off square at the rear, although i cant make out the shape at the water. a square back might or might not cause a low pressure zone that would slow the boat, depending on the angle of closure. motorcyclez have a serious problem there.

are the shapes rwquired to be tge same by the rulez?

is there a thread here about your boat? i have queztionz

Nah, not really dangerous. Just difficult to get right without falling over.

Does this answer your question? (not me BTW, just same class of boat) The transom is completely open with no lip. Shape-wise, just a smaller version of the 18ft skiff:

(https://www.royalcorinthian.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/blaze-1200x901.jpg)

This is a one-design boat. There is a single mould from which ALL class-compliant boats must be formed (currently owned by Hartley Boats, but originally owned (and designed) by Topper). Even the sail has to be made by one particular company (North Sails). And there are strict rules about where and how any fixings are made to the hull.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 25, 2020, 03:38:30 PM
Sciz, would you be deeply offended if I told you I read all your posts in a Yorkshire accent?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 03:55:32 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 25, 2020, 03:38:30 PM
Sciz, would you be deeply offended if I told you I read all your posts in a Yorkshire accent?

ROFL. Would that voice also be female, by any chance...???  ;D

Anywhere between Daniel Craig and Ricky Gervais (depending on who I'm talking to) would be nearer the mark.

You're all George Peppard to me...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 06:05:46 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 25, 2020, 02:54:06 PM


Nah, not really dangerous. Just difficult to get right without falling over.

Does this answer your question? (not me BTW, just same class of boat) The transom is completely open with no lip. Shape-wise, just a smaller version of the 18ft skiff:

This is a one-design boat. There is a single mould from which ALL class-compliant boats must be formed (currently owned by Hartley Boats, but originally owned (and designed) by Topper). Even the sail has to be made by one particular company (North Sails). And there are strict rules about where and how any fixings are made to the hull.

so the stern lookslike this?

(https://sailcraftblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/laser-4000.jpg)
so the boat is basically a wedge, but the bottom is rounded so that the waterline around the stern assumes an ellipse? in spite of the square transom. nd the front will be an ellipse as well, because the bow is tapered and maybe even out of the water. your picture shows pretty clear laminar flow slipping out from under the stern, so low drag.

is this a decent cross section?

(https://sailcraftblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/howlett-1.jpg)

what are you allowed to change? can you mess with ballast to change the area and the shape of the contact between the hull and the water?

what's it called? topper has all sorts of hulls on the net.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 07:11:50 PM
Ah, a laser 4000. Nice quick boat, but, like Topper-designed boats (apart from THE Topper) have lost popualrity in recent years to the RS fleet (in the UK at least).

My boat is a Blaze. My son co-owns a Buzz (also originally Topper). I also used to Race the ISO (big brother to the Buzz).

Almost all modern racing dinghy hulls these days look like this.

Ballast is pretty irelevant in dinghys unless for very light people trying to achieve more weight as righting moment (subject to an upper limit set by class). The water contact area is one of the 'settings' that one tunes with one's body. Move forward in light winds to raise the fat stern out of the water (creating the oval-shaped contact area), or move more aft in strong winds to encourage planing on the flat rear portion (not eliptical).
Re laminar flow: I have limited knowledge of the concept. I just know that the boats of this design are the fastest on the dighy circuit.

From your blue image, Ian Howlett co-designed all of the 'modern' Topper boats. John Caig, Howletts design partner, is member of my club's alumni.

WRT what you can change - lots and not much! The one-design concept is used to create an even field so that the rich aren't advantaged.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on January 25, 2020, 09:06:19 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 25, 2020, 03:55:32 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 25, 2020, 03:38:30 PM
Sciz, would you be deeply offended if I told you I read all your posts in a Yorkshire accent?

ROFL. Would that voice also be female, by any chance...???  ;D

Anywhere between Daniel Craig and Ricky Gervais (depending on who I'm talking to) would be nearer the mark.

You're all George Peppard to me...

Female? No, but I can make adjustments.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 10:46:06 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 25, 2020, 07:11:50 PM
Ah, a laser 4000. Nice quick boat, but, like Topper-designed boats (apart from THE Topper) have lost popualrity in recent years to the RS fleet (in the UK at least).

My boat is a Blaze. My son co-owns a Buzz (also originally Topper). I also used to Race the ISO (big brother to the Buzz).

Almost all modern racing dinghy hulls these days look like this.

Ballast is pretty irelevant in dinghys unless for very light people trying to achieve more weight as righting moment (subject to an upper limit set by class). The water contact area is one of the 'settings' that one tunes with one's body. Move forward in light winds to raise the fat stern out of the water (creating the oval-shaped contact area), or move more aft in strong winds to encourage planing on the flat rear portion (not eliptical).
Re laminar flow: I have limited knowledge of the concept. I just know that the boats of this design are the fastest on the dighy circuit.

From your blue image, Ian Howlett co-designed all of the 'modern' Topper boats. John Caig, Howletts design partner, is member of my club's alumni.

WRT what you can change - lots and not much! The one-design concept is used to create an even field so that the rich aren't advantaged.

the water contact thing is something i was unaware of, in that you can switch between a minimal oval shape water contact area to presumeably a smaller, what, parabola? when planing.

glen curtis invented a cutoff to the rear of his floatplane pontoons to reduce hydrodynamic drag. he found that he couldn't get the planes into the air. apparently the pilot tipps the plane back and planes on the rear, while lessening the overall contact to reduce hydrodynamic drag.

(https://www.flyingmag.com/resizer/lQOVsE0y8bkYr4L_FC93boqzTzs=/892x695/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bonnier.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRAS3RJ4YHXPQGXZIDCZWOUZDE.jpg)

it looks like a stepped hull is used in planing on speedboats. are there sailboats in your size class that use these?

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lesliefield.com%2Fimages%2Fmorley_s_smith_figure_9.gif&hash=ac165894849020b6345419b49949517942e847e0)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 25, 2020, 11:16:55 PM
Nope. Never seen or heard of anything like that.

Is there an image missing in your post? I only see 1. Can you edit?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 11:21:17 PM
they both show up for me

(https://i.imgur.com/pH5hbmpl.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/dCIUq31l.png)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 26, 2020, 01:01:00 AM
Yes, I see it now.
Not sure I understand the mechanics of the quoted functionality of the skeg.

I did just read a more detailed explanation of the stepped hull. Makes sense. But probably creates too much turbulence for use in dinghys where the hull needs to be efficient at every speed.

Quote from: bizzyglen curtis invented a cutoff to the rear of his floatplane pontoons to reduce hydrodynamic drag. he found that he couldn't get the planes into the air. apparently the pilot tipps the plane back and planes on the rear, while lessening the overall contact to reduce hydrodynamic drag.
I think you have that backwards. The float lifts at speed to raise the aft section OUT of the water.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 26, 2020, 01:28:38 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 25, 2020, 09:06:19 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 25, 2020, 03:55:32 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 25, 2020, 03:38:30 PM
Sciz, would you be deeply offended if I told you I read all your posts in a Yorkshire accent?

ROFL. Would that voice also be female, by any chance...???  ;D

Anywhere between Daniel Craig and Ricky Gervais (depending on who I'm talking to) would be nearer the mark.

You're all George Peppard to me...

Female? No, but I can make adjustments.
How about we go the whole hog and say I've got a fine bosom, a peachy backside and pouty lips with your name on.
I'm whomever you want me to be, Yorkshire or no...

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 26, 2020, 02:28:03 AM
:backs slowly out of room:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 26, 2020, 02:49:48 AM
^^^
:lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 26, 2020, 03:30:06 AM
Quote from: Siz on January 25, 2020, 07:43:38 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 25, 2020, 01:48:44 AM
That is a definite bummer Siz. Why did you capsize that gorgeous boat?  Activity, not to say panic,  at the mark can sometimes be rather disconcerting, I am well aware. 

Here's hoping that your injury will heal rapidly and painlessly.

Hehe, it's not an unusual occurrence; as a racing dinghy, it's not built for stability. Though I'm quite adept at rightng it and carrying on quite quickly. Just this time my own personal mechanical failure put me out of the race for good.
it was definitely a panic moment. Second race of the day, having lost the first race to my main rival by the narrowest margin. Found myself ahead at the windward mark and got flustered as he pulled a neater tack and was closing fast. Got in a tangle while baring away and resetting and fell over.
There's a narrow window of wind in which I can be competitive. About 16-25kts. Too low and my boat just isn't as fast against others, too high and I just can't cope. This day was toward the 25kts end and I was in my element. Just lost focus and blew it.
Cheers Icarus.

Twenty five knots of breeze is at, or beyond, the upper limit for a fun day of sailing.   Glory be, I might have left my boat on the trailer and retired to the club bar for a few beers.  I have a very long history of competitive sailing and the older I get, I am less and less thrilled with the prospect of a wild planing ride.   Sure enough I can still get my jollies when the boat takes of at a  good speed. 

Your boat is definitely not disqualified from being competitive at lower wind velocities.  It is a beautiful piece of work.   At light to moderate wind strengths, familiarity with the boats ideosyncrasy is a necessity.  Some, actually most, boats need to be sailed heeled to make the best progress.  In fact most of them will have less wetted surface when heeled to some extent.  In  a five or six knot breeze the difference is significant. At low speeds the hull friction is a determineg factor.  Less wet surface = less friction resistence and better speed. .  At those low speeds the dynamic drag from wave making is less a factor.  As speed increases the wave drag becomes the dominant drag factor.   (read the resalt of intensive research of your fellow Brit C.J. Marchaj. His book: Sailing Theory and Practice is invaluable)

In a drifting match it is common practice to crawl onto the forward deck to further decrease the wetted surface.  All that schoolyard physics is useful but it does not compensate for experience.  In light or medium airs the overwhelming need is to be vigilantly aware of where the wind is.  It is not the same on any surface. There are wind streaks and lull streaks.  So learn to find the favored course. Be gentle with sail trim. Ease the vang (kicker), loosen the Cunningham, don't bend the mast with too much downhaul.  If you use woolies or sail ribbons, pay attention to them but not get so fixated that you miss a shift.  Some time back I recommended a book by another of your Brit wizards: Alan Waites.  Get the book, read and absorb his learned wisdom. Finishing second or worse sucks. 

Competitive sailing is the nearest thing to a waterborne chess match. Anticipating your opponents moves and being more aware of the pieces on the board, in this case the locations of better wind strengths,  is the key to superior finishes.

Get well soon and get back out there when the air is not so damned vicious.   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 26, 2020, 11:02:59 AM
Yes, it's tricky close to 25kts, but that's the way I prefer it. I enjoy most of my sports just on the wrong side of control.

With regard to heeling, the current advice is that one must keep the boat flat. The reason is that heeling creates a turning force on the boat which you have to counter using the rudder. That is the biggest brake on the boat.

One of the exercises in the RYA courses for kids is sailing without a rudder. This is quite daunting at first but given a bit of practice you can sail pretty accurately (albeit with slow response times) by using your body weight to steer through tacks, jibes, everything - opposite direction to a skateboard. A great skill to have, not just to understand the hull dynamics, but an essential skill in emergencies.

My Blaze is known for its heavywind capabilities... and its low wind failings. Its Hull weight is quoted at 72kg. I'm regularly racing again RS Areos (modern Laser equivalent) whose hull weight is quoted at 30kg. Add my 85kg to my hull weight and I just can't compete in the light stuff against a decent youth sailor. Crawling on to the foredeck is a well-used tactic. In fact, I had to buy a telescopic tiller extension to be able to move further forward in light wind.

Thanks for your insightful input Iccy. I envy those people that seem to possess an innate sense of wind-on-sail. Telltales are a big part of my sailing and I have to rely on them heavily. That's also another reason I find it tough in the light - I just don't know where the wind is. I'm definitely gonna look out that book.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 01:16:12 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 26, 2020, 01:01:00 AM
I think you have that backwards. The float lifts at speed to raise the aft section OUT of the water.

could be. i dont know how they work. what i have read is that at a certain speed the pilot "sets the plane on the step," which decreases tbe drag enough to build more speed. obviously its time to look up some videos.

interesting stuff about tbe telltalez. on a motorcycle i can t zee what the air is doing. one interesting observation from an old norton roadracer named peter williams was to pay attention to the slipstream over your back. turbulence slows the machine, and when you felt your back suddenly become cold in a certain pozition you had zucceszfully attached a laminar boundary layer to your shape, lowereing drag and increasing speed potential. ive felt the transition myzelf.

are there  friction-reducing coatings you can apply to the hull to make it more slippery? sometimez there iz better living through chemistry.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 26, 2020, 04:26:30 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 01:16:12 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 26, 2020, 01:01:00 AM
I think you have that backwards. The float lifts at speed to raise the aft section OUT of the water.

could be. i dont know how they work. what i have read is that at a certain speed the pilot "sets the plane on the step," which decreases tbe drag enough to build more speed. obviously its time to look up some videos.

interesting stuff about tbe telltalez. on a motorcycle i can t zee what the air is doing. one interesting observation from an old norton roadracer named peter williams was to pay attention to the slipstream over your back. turbulence slows the machine, and when you felt your back suddenly become cold in a certain pozition you had zucceszfully attached a laminar boundary layer to your shape, lowereing drag and increasing speed potential. ive felt the transition myzelf.

are there  friction-reducing coatings you can apply to the hull to make it more slippery? sometimez there iz better living through chemistry.

If you're concerned about a laminar boundary layer, or even wind direction whilst on your bike, that's when I get off, thanks. We all get our thrills somewhere, I suppose, but anything motorised isn't for me. My business partner has a Hayabusa and a ZX10R which he throws around the English countryside every weekend. I'm just waiting for the phone call to tell me I have to start doing the company accounts for myself. I'll be really pissed off...!

The hull coatings are typically gelcoat (epoxy polymers). This is the standard finish on race dinghys - hard, smooth, high-sheen when polished. There're people out there who try to improve on that with products (RipCut for example) but I think that's fractions of fractions of benefit. I don't think even pros bother with that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 05:04:33 PM
i guesz it depends on how consiztent you have to be to win. in a sailboat tbere are so many vastly differeing variablez i dont know how you keep track, because everythi g changez everything elze. youve already mentioned some of them.

but speed throgh a fluid rezpondz the same way, whether its air or water.. all other things being equal, youre faster than otherwise if you can take advantage of it. i cant find i fo on rip cut, but one thi g that might be relevant is that airflow of a column ofgas confined againstt a rough surface is more efficient than against a glazs-zmooth one. engine gas flow specializtz leave the inside of ports rough rather than polizhing them like tbey used to. zometimez they zpecifically roughen the ports to increase flow.

might be a relevant nugget of knowledge in there. what is the surface finish on americas cup racers hulls?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 05:10:00 PM
i just found thiz

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140117153637.htm
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 26, 2020, 05:28:53 PM
 :???:

Good. Won't be polishing my hull anytime soon, then!

It'll be interesting to see any changes in design/materials in the future. In the meantime, I don't think this will be the deciding factor in my progress, or not, up the club rankings...

Don't know about current Americas cup tech. If they thought they could achieve an advantage I'm sure they'd explore and exploit. And wouldn't tell anyone.

The 2021 Americas Cup AC75 class rules were released a couple of years ago. According to this the hull finish is 'open', and surface treatments 'unlimited'. We'll possibly never know what they use/d.

https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AC75_Class_Rule.pdf (https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AC75_Class_Rule.pdf)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 05:39:46 PM
little advantagez like that are swamped by bigger issues. cutting tbrough air on my machine is more a function of body english than horsepower, for example. i climb into weird positions at speed trying to redirect airflow in useful wayz.

why are the dinghiez cut off square in the stern? wouldnt a taper be better? or is a square cut that much better for planing?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 26, 2020, 06:03:03 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 05:39:46 PM
little advantagez like that are swamped by bigger issues. cutting tbrough air on my machine is more a function of body english than horsepower, for example. i climb into weird positions at speed trying to redirect airflow in useful wayz.

why are the dinghiez cut off square in the stern? wouldnt a taper be better? or is a square cut that much better for planing?

Yes, planing (think water skis). A point would just cut in as the bow rises, I assume. I never thought to question the designers. I'm by no stretch an expert - keen club sailor at best.

At the highest levels, all the small percentages add up to a significant advantage. I always consider Dave Brailsford of Team Sky and Team GB in cycling who started from the most basic premise and smallest discrete element of performance and said 'what is that component/mechanical characteristic/biological function/tactic/metric? How can I improve that?'. They turned the standard for cycling excellence on its head and spent years at the top... until everyone else were forced to follow suit and closed the gap. I believe Americas Cup teams, with their inhumanly vast financial resources, have been on that ticket for some time. And can't hope to compete unless they are so fastidious.

Do you wear those little aero humps on your back on the bike? Teardrop helmet? It makes me shudder to think about going so fast as to justify these things.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 11:59:37 PM
five one percent improvements add up to five percent. im trying to think of what you could mess with on your boat while staying legal and not spending a lot. where are the rules printed? you might think that your skill set is the biggest hurdle but everything helps.

for my stuff i cant use an aero hump or helmet because it puts me into the partial streamlining class along with all the people running fairings. im running totally naked, so the only aero aids i have are body positioning and just making the machine small. this is it next to my bicycle

(https://i.imgur.com/Vh8Jrfp.jpg)

whatever minimizes the wind shadow is what i do.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 27, 2020, 01:30:00 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 26, 2020, 11:59:37 PM
five one percent improvements add up to five percent. im trying to think of what you could mess with on your boat while staying legal and not spending a lot. where are the rules printed? you might think that your skill set is the biggest hurdle but everything helps.
It's called a one-design for a reason 😂. I've read the class rules - they're not long or complicated. I've done quite a few tweaks to the control line system (I've now finished my continuous kicker and cunningham set up with bungee take-up), but that's pretty much all you have to tinker with. That's more personal preference than a speed improver. Other than buying a new sail (£900) and tidying up the centreboard slot gasket (requiring missing a day's sailing and a load of faff) there's not much I can do. There're way more effective improvements to be made to the driver before having to find small percentages elsewhere.

Quote from: bizzyfor my stuff i cant use an aero hump or helmet because it puts me into the partial streamlining class along with all the people running fairings. im running totally naked, so the only aero aids i have are body positioning and just making the machine small. this is it next to my bicycle

(https://i.imgur.com/Vh8Jrfp.jpg)

whatever minimizes the wind shadow is what i do.
Damn, that's ugly. I love it!

So you ride that thing, fast? Those drop bars look lethal. And not too much clearance for speed-humps. Would love to see a video of it in all it's active glory.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 27, 2020, 02:54:33 AM
Siz, the interupted surface concept works on high velocity golf balls but not on relatively low speed boats.  There is the matter of Reynolds numbers that play into the turbulent separation of water or other fluids. ( air and other gasses are considered fluids when the physics of the matter are under scrutiny)

Reynolds numbers are functions of velocity and distance along a fixed body.  A boat of 14 feet or so will develop a turbulent boundary layer well before the mid point of the run along the surface.  The low velocity trick is to delay boundary layer separation as far as possible.  That is a function of velocity  and  is also positively influenced by the smoothness of the surface on which the fluid impinges.

The closest part of the boundary layer sticks to the surface and adheres there, The adjacent layers move along the surface in ever increasing equality to the velocity of the moving body.  That can be interpreted, in the practical sense, as the surface friction of the moving body.  This is well proven principals of physics.  Advantage of roughened surfaces of a sailboat is plain bullshit that should be dismissed without delay. Why in hell does the cruising boat sailor pay so much attention to the barnacle or scum accumulation on his bottom?  I repeat! Rough surface advantage is out and out bullshit expounded by sailors or others who do not , or choose  not, to believe in  the irrefutable rules of physics.

Heeling the boat does not necessarily increase or decrease the weather or lee helm of the boat.  The deal is to relocate the center of lateral resistance in such a way as to neutralize helm.  All you have to do is to relocate the center of lateral resistance so as to neutralize the helm. That is a simple operation with a dinghy.  Move your weight  fore or aft so that the rudder input is neutral or nearly so. Tilting the board is often enough to affect the desired result.  If your dagger board is cut straight on the leading edge, the part that is housed in the board trunk,  then cut off a wedge of the leading or trailing edge so as to be able to tilt the board fore or aft.....not the surface below the boat bottom.  That moves the CLR to whatever advantage.  Long, deep boards are particularly effective with this ploy.

Some of the most ferocious competitive sailors, the world around, are Sunfish sailors.  It is common to see them, pre- race , to carefully wash their bottoms with soap or other cleanser to remove even the slighest trace of contaminatiom.  Enough said. 




Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 27, 2020, 09:31:36 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 27, 2020, 02:54:33 AM
Siz, the interupted surface concept works on high velocity golf balls but not on relatively low speed boats.  There is the matter of Reynolds numbers that play into the turbulent separation of water or other fluids. ( air and other gasses are considered fluids when the physics of the matter are under scrutiny)

Reynolds numbers are functions of velocity and distance along a fixed body.  A boat of 14 feet or so will develop a turbulent boundary layer well before the mid point of the run along the surface.  The low velocity trick is to delay boundary layer separation as far as possible.  That is a function of velocity  and  is also positively influenced by the smoothness of the surface on which the fluid impinges.

The closest part of the boundary layer sticks to the surface and adheres there, The adjacent layers move along the surface in ever increasing equality to the velocity of the moving body.  That can be interpreted, in the practical sense, as the surface friction of the moving body.  This is well proven principals of physics.  Advantage of roughened surfaces of a sailboat is plain bullshit that should be dismissed without delay. Why in hell does the cruising boat sailor pay so much attention to the barnacle or scum accumulation on his bottom?  I repeat! Rough surface advantage is out and out bullshit expounded by sailors or others who do not , or choose  not, to believe in  the irrefutable rules of physics. 

The phenomenon that bizzy posted a link to was something named Superhydrophobicity - quite different from what you describe above.
Quote from: UCLAIn theory this means that the surfaces can trap air bubbles, creating a hydrodynamic cushion... [snip]
...The researchers modeled both laminar and turbulent flows, and unexpectedly found that the drag-reduction was larger in turbulent conditions. The irregular fluctuations and swirling vortices in turbulent flows on smooth surfaces generally increase drag, Kim explained. However, the air cushion created by the superhydrophobic ridges altered the turbulent patterns near the surface, reducing their effect.
It's worth a read - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140117153637.htm (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140117153637.htm)

Quote from: Icarus on January 27, 2020, 02:54:33 AMHeeling the boat does not necessarily increase or decrease the weather or lee helm of the boat.
I'm afraid it really does (there are some exceptions). Where the water contact area is asymmetrical (as in a heeled hull) there will be a turning force. That's why rudderless steering works.

Quote from: Icarus on January 27, 2020, 02:54:33 AMThe deal is to relocate the center of lateral resistance in such a way as to neutralize helm.  All you have to do is to relocate the center of lateral resistance so as to neutralize the helm. That is a simple operation with a dinghy.  Move your weight  fore or aft so that the rudder input is neutral or nearly so. Tilting the board is often enough to affect the desired result.  If your dagger board is cut straight on the leading edge, the part that is housed in the board trunk,  then cut off a wedge of the leading or trailing edge so as to be able to tilt the board fore or aft.....not the surface below the boat bottom.  That moves the CLR to whatever advantage.  Long, deep boards are particularly effective with this ploy.
Centreboard shape is set by class rules, as it is in most classes. I can tilt it (it's on a pivot, as you mention), which does change the CLR (fore/aft), and this is certainly one of the settings that need adjusting depending on point of sail, but you're thereby introducing other imbalances. I want the centreboard in a position where it can best fulfil its primary purpose of keeping the boat moving in a straight line. That is typically fully extended on a beat [point of sail] where you're most likely to be heeling.
A more simple solution to lee/weather helm [turning force] is to just keep the boat flat.

Quote from: Icarus on January 27, 2020, 02:54:33 AMSome of the most ferocious competitive sailors, the world around, are Sunfish sailors.  It is common to see them, pre- race , to carefully wash their bottoms with soap or other cleanser to remove even the slighest trace of contaminatiom.  Enough said.
Yes, not confined to that class. I see the 'Topper Dads' (a term I use with complete contempt) doing the same to the bottom of Little Tarquin's brand new Topper before events at our club.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 27, 2020, 12:07:24 PM
all thiz is super interesting

nothing is simple with this stuff

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-shark-skin-riblet-denticle-drag-bioinspired-20160314-story.html%3f_amp=true
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on January 27, 2020, 02:06:52 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 27, 2020, 12:07:24 PM
all thiz is super interesting

nothing is simple with this stuff

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-shark-skin-riblet-denticle-drag-bioinspired-20160314-story.html%3f_amp=true

Yeah, who knows with evolution...???

The Superhydrophobicity mentioned previously requires a hull's access to air which (for all intent and purpose) shark skin does not have (assuming, as I think is correct, that sharks rarely break surface). So I don't see a reason why Superhydrophobicity as a friction reducer mightn't still be applicable for boats.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 27, 2020, 02:13:54 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 27, 2020, 02:06:52 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 27, 2020, 12:07:24 PM
all thiz is super interesting

nothing is simple with this stuff

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-shark-skin-riblet-denticle-drag-bioinspired-20160314-story.html%3f_amp=true

Yeah, who knows with evolution...???

The Superhydrophobicity mentioned previously requires a hull's access to air which (for all intent and purpose) shark skin does not have (assuming, as I think is correct, that sharks rearely break surface). So I don't see a reason why Superhydrophobicity as a friction reducer mightn't still be applicable for boats.

Shark skin, known as shagreen in the design world, was used by people like Jean-Michel Frank in some very beautiful furniture designs. These fetch high auction prices today.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 27, 2020, 03:02:54 PM
I'm sitting here, waiting for a tabletop my mother bought for her school to be delivered. It was supposed to arrive this morning but it's midday and still nothing.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 01:41:19 PM
Looks like I'll be spending the entire weekend in the lab again. :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 30, 2020, 01:52:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 01:41:19 PM
Looks like I'll be spending the entire weekend in the lab again. :sad sigh:

Does that mean you'll talk to us a lot?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 02:02:20 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 30, 2020, 01:52:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 01:41:19 PM
Looks like I'll be spending the entire weekend in the lab again. :sad sigh:

Does that mean you'll talk to us a lot?

Probably when I return home in the evening. :blahblah:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 30, 2020, 02:51:02 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 02:02:20 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 30, 2020, 01:52:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 01:41:19 PM
Looks like I'll be spending the entire weekend in the lab again. :sad sigh:

Does that mean you'll talk to us a lot?

Probably when I return home in the evening. :blahblah:

OK, got it, lab time is time when Phinx doesn't talk to us and hence bad.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 05:57:43 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 30, 2020, 02:51:02 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 02:02:20 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 30, 2020, 01:52:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 30, 2020, 01:41:19 PM
Looks like I'll be spending the entire weekend in the lab again. :sad sigh:

Does that mean you'll talk to us a lot?

Probably when I return home in the evening. :blahblah:

OK, got it, lab time is time when Phinx doesn't talk to us and hence bad.

:blush:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Kusa on January 30, 2020, 11:11:35 PM
Being alive is sufficient reason for being grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 31, 2020, 12:37:13 AM
Quote from: Kusa on January 30, 2020, 11:11:35 PM
Being alive is sufficient reason for being grumpy.

Only some days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 08, 2020, 12:15:42 AM
damn

seven days ago it was 65 F around here, and the ground flora is still showing green.

this morning it was just below freezing, and by midday there was over a foot of snow on my road for me to go home through. i live in the middle of nowhere, so we don't get the road ploughed. we have to use the hit-it-as-hard-as-you-can technique, which works on fresh snow up to about three feet for very short distances, and two feet for most of the bad section between here and the macadam.

two of the three four-wheel-drives are dead at the moment, so the number two daughter gets the three quartr ton to go to school, the wife gets the front wheel drive minivan, and i hit the hills and the drifts as fast as i can in a little two wheel drive pickup
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 08, 2020, 12:27:41 AM
My magical never-ending lobster tank is still on the fritz! 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 17, 2020, 10:42:47 PM
Trying to figure out how to get this new Graphpad program (Prism 8 ) do statistics for me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 18, 2020, 10:16:27 PM
Downloaded another statistics program (IBM SPSS) which ironically does not have an as intuitive interface as Graphpad Prism but it's easier to work with. Nothing like watching 628263 online tutorials. I'm feeling a little burnt out though. And very anxious. I just want this phase to end. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 18, 2020, 11:41:58 PM
yo, spss stil exists?

i used that and bmdp

i recommend SAS

had to code em in FORTRAN JCL

//SYSIN DD * !!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 18, 2020, 11:57:47 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 18, 2020, 11:41:58 PM
yo, spss stil exists?

i used that and bmdp

i recommend SAS

had to code em in FORTRAN JCL

//SYSIN DD * !!!!!!!!!!!

Sure does!

SAS sounds difficult, not too sure about that one :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 19, 2020, 12:04:34 AM
well, i confess that the "recent" PC versions post-date my experience, but the old IBM MVS/CMS mainframe SAS versions were vastly easier to code than either SPSS or BMDP.

as an example, i once was in too much of a hurry to figure out how to use the general linear models program to input a linear regression, and so just used the SAS datasets manipulation application to code a least-squares regression from scratch, complete with residuals.

it was that easy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 19, 2020, 12:25:18 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 19, 2020, 12:04:34 AM
well, i confess that the "recent" PC versions post-date my experience, but the old IBM MVS/CMS mainframe SAS versions were vastly easier to code than either SPSS or BMDP.

as an example, i once was in too much of a hurry to figure out how to use the general linear models program to input a linear regression, and so just used the SAS datasets manipulation application to code a least-squares regression from scratch, complete with residuals.

it was that easy.

:la la la la: Stat speak!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 19, 2020, 12:30:18 AM
lol
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 19, 2020, 12:59:20 AM
I'm just joking. I enjoy analyzing data...when it works out. :grin: I wish I knew more about statistics, though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 19, 2020, 01:07:46 AM
sometimes you can benefit from a discussion with someone in the math department. they might have a multi/univariate person who wishes he had something new to think about.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 19, 2020, 12:23:20 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 19, 2020, 01:07:46 AM
sometimes you can benefit from a discussion with someone in the math department. they might have a multi/univariate person who wishes he had something new to think about.

Well, there is the Statistics department...:chin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Kusa on February 20, 2020, 02:48:15 AM
I'm grumpy because I'm catching a cold. Hopefully it's not corona.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 20, 2020, 04:15:37 AM
Pssh. Looking at the statistics, it's way less lethal than influenza. I don't understand the hype, to be honest. I'd actually hope that it was the corona virus.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Kusa on February 20, 2020, 06:45:56 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 20, 2020, 04:15:37 AM
Pssh. Looking at the statistics, it's way less lethal than influenza. I don't understand the hype, to be honest. I'd actually hope that it was the corona virus.

Really? I thought millions have died from it already.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 20, 2020, 09:11:21 PM
2120 as of today.

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-19-20-intl-hnk/index.html
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dede on February 21, 2020, 02:09:33 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 20, 2020, 09:11:21 PM
2120 as of today.

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-19-20-intl-hnk/index.html

Yes, it would be very helpful and bring perspective if the current season's influenza deaths be posted side by side with the Corona virus mortalities.  It might even influence those who never get flu shots to be persuaded to do so, when they see the annual influenza deaths numbers.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 21, 2020, 02:29:13 AM
I live across the street from a beautiful large Baptist church that went tits up a couple of years ago.  Another church group bought the building and grounds.  It is the Hillsong church...an Aussie invented curse sent here to the US. (Sorry Bluenose and Pudding, no offense intended)

That Hillsong outfit is huge and hundreds of automobiles show up twice on Sundays and once on Wednesdays and often for special events on Saturdays. The congregation consists mainly of 20 or 30 somethings. A younger crowd. 

Cool, let them do their Jesus thing if that makes them happy...................all except for one detail.  Whenever the crowd arrives, the sounds of a powerful Boom Box shatters the atmosphere.  A little bit of that is enough but it is persistent.

After a few weeks of that noise I became a bit annoyed. We do have noise ordinances in my city as do most other cities around the nation. I called my local law enforcement agency to learn about the specifics of noise abatement ordinances.

Here is what I learned. Yes we can and will  cite an individual for excessive noise, but we can not cite a church for excessive noises.  No shit Batman?  Yep ! Churches get a free pass.   OK, so I am an old curmudgeon who does not appreciate that ear shattering noise from Boom boxes.  I have another church a half mile away who has  carillon facilities which they use with some degree of appreciation for neighborhood tranquility.  I rather like the occasional bells......................not the Boom box throbbing. window rattling, peace disturbing, thump thump thump. 

Why the fuck does a church get a free pass?  My city is a long way from being a bible belt place but the rules are still tilted toward the glory of Jesus. ............So that is why I am Grumpy today.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 21, 2020, 02:43:17 AM
Quote from: Dede on February 21, 2020, 02:09:33 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 20, 2020, 09:11:21 PM
2120 as of today.

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-19-20-intl-hnk/index.html

Yes, it would be very helpful and bring perspective if the current season's influenza deaths be posted side by side with the Corona virus mortalities.  It might even influence those who never get flu shots to be persuaded to do so, when they see the annual influenza deaths numbers.

14k people dead from flu and complications, millions infected. Corona virus is a piker and getting inflated air time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 21, 2020, 03:09:06 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 21, 2020, 02:29:13 AM
I live across the street from a beautiful large Baptist church that went tits up a couple of years ago.  Another church group bought the building and grounds.  It is the Hillsong church...an Aussie invented curse sent here to the US. (Sorry Bluenose and Pudding, no offense intended)

That Hillsong outfit is huge and hundreds of automobiles show up twice on Sundays and once on Wednesdays and often for special events on Saturdays. The congregation consists mainly of 20 or 30 somethings. A younger crowd. 

Cool, let them do their Jesus thing if that makes them happy...................all except for one detail.  Whenever the crowd arrives, the sounds of a powerful Boom Box shatters the atmosphere.  A little bit of that is enough but it is persistent.

After a few weeks of that noise I became a bit annoyed. We do have noise ordinances in my city as do most other cities around the nation. I called my local law enforcement agency to learn about the specifics of noise abatement ordinances.

Here is what I learned. Yes we can and will  cite an individual for excessive noise, but we can not cite a church for excessive noises.  No shit Batman?  Yep ! Churches get a free pass.   OK, so I am an old curmudgeon who does not appreciate that ear shattering noise from Boom boxes.  I have another church a half mile away who has  carillon facilities which they use with some degree of appreciation for neighborhood tranquility.  I rather like the occasional bells......................not the Boom box throbbing. window rattling, peace disturbing, thump thump thump. 

Why the fuck does a church get a free pass?  My city is a long way from being a bible belt place but the rules are still tilted toward the glory of Jesus. ............So that is why I am Grumpy today.

:secrets1:  They probably have to play their music loud because deep down they know god can't hear them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 21, 2020, 11:21:56 AM
you zhould complain to the church staff. that may be all it takez.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 21, 2020, 11:52:43 PM
The grumpy point, if any, is that churches are immune from noise abatement  ordinances.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 22, 2020, 12:28:25 AM
That isn't right at all. Churches should be required to follow ordinances just like everyone else. I'd suggest trying again with a different LEO.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 22, 2020, 08:14:17 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 22, 2020, 12:28:25 AM
That isn't right at all. Churches should be required to follow ordinances just like everyone else. I'd suggest trying again with a different LEO.

TLA?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 09:50:02 AM
when i lived in california in the barrio there was a mariachi band next door. ir waz great. they would practice on weekdays which didnt bother me but then go away on weekend gigs when i wanted to sleep in.

great neighborhood except for the gang issues
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 22, 2020, 03:00:34 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 22, 2020, 08:14:17 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 22, 2020, 12:28:25 AM
That isn't right at all. Churches should be required to follow ordinances just like everyone else. I'd suggest trying again with a different LEO.

TLA?

Sorry, got lazy. Law Enforcement Officer
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 22, 2020, 03:43:57 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 22, 2020, 03:00:34 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 22, 2020, 08:14:17 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 22, 2020, 12:28:25 AM
That isn't right at all. Churches should be required to follow ordinances just like everyone else. I'd suggest trying again with a different LEO.

TLA?

Sorry, got lazy. Law Enforcement Officer

:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 06:25:53 PM
allright then, what is TLA?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 22, 2020, 06:44:13 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 09:50:02 AM
when i lived in california in the barrio there was a mariachi band next door. ir waz great. they would practice on weekdays which didnt bother me but then go away on weekend gigs when i wanted to sleep in.

great neighborhood except for the gang issues
I live close to downtown LA.
Which barrio are you talking about?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 22, 2020, 06:45:36 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 06:25:53 PM
allright then, what is TLA?

Three Letter Acronym :lol: Self-referential
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 10:56:27 PM
spring is coming and i'm not in oklahoma
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 11:22:53 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 22, 2020, 06:44:13 PM
I live close to downtown LA.
Which barrio are you talking about?

san jose, farther north

old part of town, south of the nuclear reactor
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 23, 2020, 04:41:13 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 11:22:53 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 22, 2020, 06:44:13 PM
I live close to downtown LA.
Which barrio are you talking about?

san jose, farther north

old part of town, south of the nuclear reactor
You're from where the  The Doobie Brothers are from?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 23, 2020, 08:54:35 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 06:25:53 PM
allright then, what is TLA?

Three Letter Acronym
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 23, 2020, 09:22:45 AM
Quote
You're from where the  The Doobie Brothers are from?

yep

but they didt wait around tbere for me
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on February 24, 2020, 02:20:39 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 22, 2020, 11:22:53 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 22, 2020, 06:44:13 PM
I live close to downtown LA.
Which barrio are you talking about?

san jose, farther north

old part of town, south of the nuclear reactor
I used to live in San Jose, CA. No mariachi band or gang problems for me in those 9 years. San Jose was actually very quiet and nice.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 24, 2020, 11:20:31 PM
The weather. Seriously. I'm done with it. So far this winter we have had three and a half weeks of cold rain every month with some occasional snow here and there but not enough to even make a snowball. It's not supposed to be like this where I live. I have seen the temperature fluctuate between 12F to 50F in one working day.

That just ain't right.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on February 29, 2020, 06:03:51 AM
Awake at 4am.  >:(
Typically a sign that my takeaway last night had MSG in it. Anyone else suffer this symptom?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on February 29, 2020, 01:22:48 PM
Quote from: Siz on February 29, 2020, 06:03:51 AM
Awake at 4am.  >:(
Typically a sign that my takeaway last night had MSG in it. Anyone else suffer this symptom?

I'm not entirely sure that you're being scientific here.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on February 29, 2020, 03:02:52 PM
I had to travel six hours North course my daughter two is moving to her own bought place.
Her former landlord is threatening
My daughter lived in a damp hole I never saw, wouldn't have approved.
My girl should never had to lived in such a damp hole
Amateur home owner wants to keep the rental bond $1,000ish for themselves
they've put the the bond in their own bank and the penalty for such is $5,000ish
Owners unemployed son asked me am I professional?
I'm looking looking like a removalist, ye sure that I am.
They agree to repay $700ish, I wait 'till it clears and then I start a new game.

My beloved wife cleaned and painted the squalid little place for two days
The on site unemployed son told my daughter the reason for the mould was she didn't have all her windows opened when she showered, there was no exhaust fan.

I feel obliged to be vengeful.
The next one might not have a wrathful dad
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Siz on February 29, 2020, 05:34:35 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on February 29, 2020, 01:22:48 PM
Quote from: Siz on February 29, 2020, 06:03:51 AM
Awake at 4am.  >:(
Typically a sign that my takeaway last night had MSG in it. Anyone else suffer this symptom?

I'm not entirely sure that you're being scientific here.
Yeah??! Well, where did these bags under my eyes and my fat belly come from, then, eh??!!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:08:58 PM
I've got a cold. I only hope my family doesn't put me under quarantine.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 11, 2020, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:08:58 PM
I've got a cold. I only hope my family doesn't put me under quarantine.
Awww.  :therethere:
I hope you feel better soon.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:17:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 11, 2020, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:08:58 PM
I've got a cold. I only hope my family doesn't put me under quarantine.
Awww.  :therethere:
I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks  ;D I hope so too *nervous laughter*

*hugs from a distance*  ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 11, 2020, 03:20:13 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:17:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 11, 2020, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:08:58 PM
I've got a cold. I only hope my family doesn't put me under quarantine.
Awww.  :therethere:
I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks  ;D I hope so too *nervous laughter*

*hugs from a distance*  ;)

:snicker:
You'll be fine. :hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 11, 2020, 03:41:15 PM
if you develop an irrational desire for toilet paper go get a test as soon as possible.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 06:16:56 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 11, 2020, 03:20:13 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:17:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 11, 2020, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 11, 2020, 03:08:58 PM
I've got a cold. I only hope my family doesn't put me under quarantine.
Awww.  :therethere:
I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks  ;D I hope so too *nervous laughter*

*hugs from a distance*  ;)

:snicker:
You'll be fine. :hug:

:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 18, 2020, 07:55:00 PM
the beekeeper who is receiving the shipment of packages from georgia has just cashed my check, for four 3-pound packages of crossed  buckfast/ital;ians.

the bees are due to arrive 18 april, for pickup. these in the picture are lttle two-pound packages, which commercial beekeepers favor and also peopl ein the west, where spring starts early:

(https://ofbees.com/files/2016/05/packagepickup.jpg)

bees don't care about human corona virus. they will be ready to shake in georgia 15 april, plague or no plague. they have to be shook or they'll swarm and go to the trees.

at the moment i am not sure of whether i will be able to go get them. they will arrive a few hours north of me.

i need to get two or three hundred pounds of bag sugar. i forgot. i don't have any drawn comb, just bare foundation.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 29, 2020, 10:10:22 PM
There's a young child throwing multiple tantrums on a daily basis in an apartment near me. How can something so small produce so many decibels?!

Also, a couple in an apartment in the building in front of me scream at each other every now and then. Last time I saw them there was a young boy, probably around 12 or 13 years old, in the middle trying to get them to stop. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that domestic violence is going to skyrocket during this period of social isolation.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on March 29, 2020, 10:46:55 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Argentium:
There's a young child throwing multiple tantrums on a daily basis in an apartment near me.

You're near the white house? I thought you were in Brazil.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 29, 2020, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: No one on March 29, 2020, 10:46:55 PM
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There's a young child throwing multiple tantrums on a daily basis in an apartment near me.

You're near the white house? I thought you were in Brazil.

:rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 30, 2020, 12:16:27 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 29, 2020, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: No one on March 29, 2020, 10:46:55 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Argentium:
There's a young child throwing multiple tantrums on a daily basis in an apartment near me.

You're near the white house? I thought you were in Brazil.

:rofl:

Ha! That's a good one.  :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on March 30, 2020, 02:07:57 AM
I have to go back to work tomorrow after a glorious week of being paid to do absolutely nothing.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 30, 2020, 03:01:15 AM
Quote from: No one on March 29, 2020, 10:46:55 PM
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There's a young child throwing multiple tantrums on a daily basis in an apartment near me.

You're near the white house? I thought you were in Brazil.

Hah! So true! I'd really like for that miscreant to serve 10 to life for his high crimes and misdemeanors. Whiny Little Bitch, for sure.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 03:58:25 PM
Someone is burning incense and the smell is coming in through my balcony. I can't stand the smell of incense and I can't shut the balcony doors because it's damn hot today.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on March 30, 2020, 06:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 03:58:25 PM
Someone is burning incense and the smell is coming in through my balcony. I can't stand the smell of incense and I can't shut the balcony doors because it's damn hot today.

You obviously weren't around in the sixties. I bet you hate tie-dyed clothing as well.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 06:37:37 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 30, 2020, 06:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 03:58:25 PM
Someone is burning incense and the smell is coming in through my balcony. I can't stand the smell of incense and I can't shut the balcony doors because it's damn hot today.

You obviously weren't around in the sixties. I bet you hate tie-dyed clothing as well.

:notsure: ...I don't know what tie-dyed clothing is.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on March 30, 2020, 07:14:01 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 06:37:37 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 30, 2020, 06:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 03:58:25 PM
Someone is burning incense and the smell is coming in through my balcony. I can't stand the smell of incense and I can't shut the balcony doors because it's damn hot today.

You obviously weren't around in the sixties. I bet you hate tie-dyed clothing as well.

:notsure: ...I don't know what tie-dyed clothing is.

The innocence of youth.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 09:23:12 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 30, 2020, 07:14:01 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 06:37:37 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 30, 2020, 06:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 03:58:25 PM
Someone is burning incense and the smell is coming in through my balcony. I can't stand the smell of incense and I can't shut the balcony doors because it's damn hot today.

You obviously weren't around in the sixties. I bet you hate tie-dyed clothing as well.

:notsure: ...I don't know what tie-dyed clothing is.

The innocence of youth.

:lol: Not so young anymore, the 80's are quite distant now.  :P

I looked tie-dyed clothing up. I've seen clothes with those kind of patterns before, but only in period piece movies.  ;D The 60's look very...colourful :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 30, 2020, 09:25:23 PM
in point of fact, they were.

so were the 70s, but by then we had to listen to self-satisfied 60's people tell us that nothing important had happened since 1969
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2020, 09:33:12 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 30, 2020, 09:25:23 PM
... we had to listen to self-satisfied 60's people tell us that nothing important had happened since 1969

That of course, is nonsense! When we hit the 90's that's when stuff really started happening. We got Tamagotchis, widespread use of the internet and Backstreet Boys! :grin:

The 90's were great. :tellmemore:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 31, 2020, 01:03:49 AM
I agree with xSP that the 90s were great.  That's because I was 30 years younger then.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 31, 2020, 12:18:55 PM
i was a middle manager in a siliconvalley tech writing company in the 90s. ran away with my best employee, got divorced, andmarried her. she had to get divorced too. the scandal was intense

when she wakes up ill ask whatshewantz for breakfast
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 31, 2020, 11:24:17 PM
I was typing while sitting next to my niece at the table and she turns her head in my direction and sneezed. Right. On. Me.

I was already a bit of a germophobe before this whole coronavirus thing happened, so this shot my anxiety through the roof. I stopped what I was doing and took a long shower, leaving shampoo on my hair for around 15 min and washing my face and neck with soap (which I usually don't do because the soap removes protective oils from my face and causing countless zits to appear the next day ::) ). I did this ritual 4 times.

Then I disinfected my whole computer with isopropyl alcohol and washed my hands again.

Afterwards I threw alcohol on the clothes I was wearing and set fire to them on the balcony.

(I'm exaggerating of course, I didn't actually burn my clothes. :deadpan:)

All this while trying to not make my niece feel too bad, but at the same time letting her know that it's really not cool to sneeze on people so she needs to cover her mouth and nose when she does. She's 10 so she should be old enough to understand this. I'm going to try finding one of those slow motion videos of someone sneezing so she can see what happens...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 01, 2020, 08:41:03 AM
I think you showed immense restraint by not burning her, along with your clothes, on the balcony!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2020, 02:55:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 01, 2020, 08:41:03 AM
I think you showed immense restraint by not burning her, along with your clothes, on the balcony!

:snicker:

Yeah, but can I say? I couldn't burn her along with my clothes because I like the kid. :grin:

About a year back she became fascinated with jokes and joke-telling so she asked everyone to buy her joke books. She got quite a few for her birthday and spent countless hours reading them. She reread them. She studied them down to their finest details.

Then she had a go at telling jokes herself. 'Auntie!', she called me me one day. 'I wanna tell you a joke!'.

Ok, I thought. I like jokes myself, so I want to hear this.

'Knock, knock!', she started.

'Who's there?'

'YOUR MOM!' she yelled and started laughing hysterically at the joke she had crafted in her head.

:deadpan:

I mean, I think it's great that she was creative and put a knock, knock and your mom joke together but, it didn't quite...work. :lol:

I thought the whole thing was very endearing anyway. I felt very proud of her too! She had surpassed her auntie at bad joke-telling. That kid has potential. :tellmemore:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2020, 03:01:05 PM
Now she's into horror stories. Yesterday she told me three. Now that she has plenty of free time I'm going to suggest she write these stories down so she can organise her thoughts while telling them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 01, 2020, 03:46:49 PM
woo, your old, silver.

tht little girl had a much more sophisticated couplet in mind.

the whole joke goes like this:

why did the cow cross the road?

i don't know.

to get to your house . . . knock knock

whoe's ther

YOUR MOM . . .


i know this because my own chioldren have rtrapped me with it, even in the presence of their mother
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2020, 03:53:52 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 01, 2020, 03:46:49 PM
woo, your old, silver.

tht little girl had a much more sophisticated couplet in mind.

the whole joke goes like this:

why did the cow cross the road?

i don't know.

to get to your house . . . knock knock

whoe's ther

YOUR MOM . . .


i know this because my own chioldren have rtrapped me with it, even in the presence of their mother

:lol: Kids these days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 01, 2020, 07:22:52 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2020, 03:53:52 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 01, 2020, 03:46:49 PM
woo, your old, silver.

tht little girl had a much more sophisticated couplet in mind.

the whole joke goes like this:

why did the cow cross the road?

i don't know.

to get to your house . . . knock knock

whoe's ther

YOUR MOM . . .


i know this because my own chioldren have rtrapped me with it, even in the presence of their mother

:lol: Kids these days.

I remember those jokes.  :lol:
I used to do this:
Kid: "Knock, knock..."
Me: "Who the hell is there and what the hell do you want? What ever it is you're selling, I don't want it, get the hell away from my door."
My kids thought it was the most hillarious thing in the world.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 01, 2020, 10:27:53 PM
my favorite went like this

i have a knock knock joke, its great, you start

okay, knock knock . . .

who s there?

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 02, 2020, 12:17:49 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 01, 2020, 07:22:52 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2020, 03:53:52 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 01, 2020, 03:46:49 PM
woo, your old, silver.

tht little girl had a much more sophisticated couplet in mind.

the whole joke goes like this:

why did the cow cross the road?

i don't know.

to get to your house . . . knock knock

whoe's ther

YOUR MOM . . .


i know this because my own chioldren have rtrapped me with it, even in the presence of their mother

:lol: Kids these days.

I remember those jokes.  :lol:
I used to do this:
Kid: "Knock, knock..."
Me: "Who the hell is there and what the hell do you want? What ever it is you're selling, I don't want it, get the hell away from my door."
My kids thought it was the most hillarious thing in the world.  ;D

Heh, that's a good one! :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 02, 2020, 12:18:32 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 01, 2020, 10:27:53 PM
my favorite went like this

i have a knock knock joke, its great, you start

okay, knock knock . . .

who s there?

Sounds like a good joke for No one to tell.  ;D :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 02, 2020, 01:52:34 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 02, 2020, 12:18:32 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 01, 2020, 10:27:53 PM
my favorite went like this

i have a knock knock joke, its great, you start

okay, knock knock . . .

who s there?

Sounds like a good joke for No one to tell.  ;D :P
Ha!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on April 05, 2020, 10:51:07 AM
Our handy little store just up the road has closed.  Now I have to go a mile, though in fact we're doing okay on deliveries from the supermarkets and off the net.

My daughter the doctor says that at my age and with some serious other conditions already, if I catch this bloody cocovirus on top I'm as good as dead.  Cheerful, eh?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 05, 2020, 12:35:35 PM
Quote from: OldGit on April 05, 2020, 10:51:07 AM
Our handy little store just up the road has closed.  Now I have to go a mile, though in fact we're doing okay on deliveries from the supermarkets and off the net.

My daughter the doctor says that at my age and with some serious other conditions already, if I catch this bloody cocovirus on top I'm as good as dead.  Cheerful, eh?

We just lost an 85yo friend of the family. He would have been a great grandfather in September. Stay safe OldGit, or you won't get to see Brexit  :heyhey:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 05, 2020, 01:16:35 PM
Quote from: OldGit on April 05, 2020, 10:51:07 AM
Our handy little store just up the road has closed.  Now I have to go a mile, though in fact we're doing okay on deliveries from the supermarkets and off the net.

My daughter the doctor says that at my age and with some serious other conditions already, if I catch this bloody cocovirus on top I'm as good as dead.  Cheerful, eh?

Stay safe, OG! I'm optimistic that with time we will develop vaccines, effective antiviral medication and other healthcare strategies to combat this virus should people get infected, even people in the high-risk group.

And, if it's anything like some influenza strains, with time the new coronavirus could become less lethal as well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 09, 2020, 10:01:24 PM
I really want to go outside.  :'(

*wails silently*
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 14, 2020, 02:35:58 PM
my life is overcommitted

yezterday (my friday) my machinist called

come get your head its beautiful

so i went to the grocery store to buy greens

(im a vegetarian again. the meat stuff just isnt working out)

and got some cazh for him

went home to plan on digging out the exposed 20 foot culvert . a big job for me with a shovel, especuiallybas my shoulders start aching before i get out of bed anyway

and the wife zays youre cpr trained, right? tomorrow you have to help starbuck put up the 100 foot fence at the socfer field and they need someone with cpr

huh? did i zay i would do that?

you said you were free second and thjrd days.

yez, but not at random . . .

no help for it but just enough time maybe

so i get up this morning go downstairs and theres a note in the kitch sink

sink leaks do notuse

my sink is a collection of junk nailed together with a plastic pipe that runs to a hole in the cellar floor and thence to the road. state of the art in 1914. the plastic pipehad broken and the sink drained to the floor and only then to the cellar

so out to the barn for junk to fix it. old plastic well line, hoze clampz etc

after many zetbackz which made me say bad words the sink iz fixed and now ican go get my head, put up the fence at the soccer field. adminizter any necessary cpr, dig out my culvert and then go to bed before my shoulders render me paralytic.

and then therez tomorrow!



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 14, 2020, 03:12:37 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 14, 2020, 02:35:58 PM
my life is overcommitted

yezterday (my friday) my machinist called

come get your head its beautiful

so i went to the grocery store to buy greens

(im a vegetarian again. the meat stuff just isnt working out)

and got some cazh for him

went home to plan on digging out the exposed 20 foot culvert . a big job for me with a shovel, especuiallybas my shoulders start aching before i get out of bed anyway

and the wife zays youre cpr trained, right? tomorrow you have to help starbuck put up the 100 foot fence at the socfer field and they need someone with cpr

huh? did i zay i would do that?

you said you were free second and thjrd days.

yez, but not at random . . .

no help for it but just enough time maybe

so i get up this morning go downstairs and theres a note in the kitch sink

sink leaks do notuse

my sink is a collection of junk nailed together with a plastic pipe that runs to a hole in the cellar floor and thence to the road. state of the art in 1914. the plastic pipehad broken and the sink drained to the floor and only then to the cellar

so out to the barn for junk to fix it. old plastic well line, hoze clampz etc

after many zetbackz which made me say bad words the sink iz fixed and now ican go get my head, put up the fence at the soccer field. adminizter any necessary cpr, dig out my culvert and then go to bed before my shoulders render me paralytic.

and then therez tomorrow!

Sounds like a full, painful day. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 14, 2020, 07:08:42 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)The Billyz:
yezterday (my friday) my machinist called

come get your head its beautiful


Is this machinist's name Mellisa Daniels?
She was extremely proficient at administering beautiful head.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 14, 2020, 10:41:04 PM
tHats nOt WHat I mEaNt
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 14, 2020, 10:43:34 PM
Is that a yes?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 14, 2020, 11:01:37 PM
It's a "no," unfortunately
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 15, 2020, 12:17:53 AM
Did you mean yes?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 15, 2020, 12:23:41 AM
no?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGjk40A5Dc[/youtube]
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 15, 2020, 12:24:51 AM
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 15, 2020, 12:26:08 AM
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 15, 2020, 12:51:05 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK_0jXPuIr0

Thanks, now I have hearing aids.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 15, 2020, 01:31:14 AM
^ Is that Bustin' Jeeber!?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 15, 2020, 01:34:35 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 15, 2020, 01:31:14 AM
^ Is that Bustin' Jeeber!?

You better beliebe it! :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 15, 2020, 03:27:56 AM
:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 12:20:42 AM
I've been washing my hands so frequently these past few days the skin is dry and cracked near the knuckles on my left hand. It feels like I've got a lot of paper cuts. :(

Guess I should probably be using some moisturizer but I always end up overdoing it and flinging some all over the place with every hand movement. ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 16, 2020, 01:15:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 12:20:42 AM
I've been washing my hands so frequently these past few days the skin is dry and cracked near the knuckles on my left hand. It feels like I've got a lot of paper cuts. :(

Guess I should probably be using some moisturizer but I always end up overdoing it and flinging some all over the place with every hand movement. ::)

The less sophisticated part of my personality cannot help but recall readings from an Asian novelist who wrote sexually explicit stories.  His name was Hu Slung Kum.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 01:36:22 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 16, 2020, 01:15:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 12:20:42 AM
I've been washing my hands so frequently these past few days the skin is dry and cracked near the knuckles on my left hand. It feels like I've got a lot of paper cuts. :(

Guess I should probably be using some moisturizer but I always end up overdoing it and flinging some all over the place with every hand movement. ::)

The less sophisticated part of my personality cannot help but recall readings from an Asian novelist who wrote sexually explicit stories.  His name was Hu Slung Kum.

:eyebrow:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2020, 01:36:59 AM
:lol: You beat me to it, Icarus! Though I've not read (or seen) any Asian porn.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 01:49:10 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2020, 01:36:59 AM
:lol: You beat me to it, Icarus! Though I've not read (or seen) any Asian porn.

:eyebrow:

Me in my innocence didn't see how what I had written would cause those thoughts to surface in the minds of some. Too late to go back and edit it now.  ;D

Heh, maybe I should quit my day job and write up ads for lotions...sex sells!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 16, 2020, 03:08:00 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 01:49:10 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2020, 01:36:59 AM
:lol: You beat me to it, Icarus! Though I've not read (or seen) any Asian porn.

:eyebrow:

Me in my innocence didn't see how what I had written would cause those thoughts to surface in the minds of some. Too late to go back and edit it now.  ;D

Heh, maybe I should quit my day job and write up ads for lotions...sex sells!

:evilgrin:
You guys are funny.

(https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/funny-adult-jokes-in-kids-cartoons-2-5a3237a5ca7c2__700.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 16, 2020, 05:01:06 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2) Raps 247:
You guys are funny

Yeah but looks aren't everything. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FTongue%2520Wink.png&hash=aabb14574049673ad2605325d39b74f42cd1a972)

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 03:00:20 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 16, 2020, 03:08:00 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 01:49:10 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 16, 2020, 01:36:59 AM
:lol: You beat me to it, Icarus! Though I've not read (or seen) any Asian porn.

:eyebrow:

Me in my innocence didn't see how what I had written would cause those thoughts to surface in the minds of some. Too late to go back and edit it now.  ;D

Heh, maybe I should quit my day job and write up ads for lotions...sex sells!

:evilgrin:
You guys are funny.

(https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/funny-adult-jokes-in-kids-cartoons-2-5a3237a5ca7c2__700.gif)

:rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 05:58:21 PM
Off to the supermarket soon. Time to use the awful mask again. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 16, 2020, 06:51:16 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 05:58:21 PM
Off to the supermarket soon. Time to use the awful mask again.

Good luck. I did the same this morning, the first time in 3 weeks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on April 16, 2020, 07:42:04 PM
I just shop at eight in the morning on Saturdays, Very few people about, and those who are have not yet had enough coffee to overcome their hatred of humanity, so that misanthropically-grumpy social distancing is the default state.

Good times.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 11:27:46 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on April 16, 2020, 06:51:16 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 05:58:21 PM
Off to the supermarket soon. Time to use the awful mask again.

Good luck. I did the same this morning, the first time in 3 weeks.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened, I hope. ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 11:30:46 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on April 16, 2020, 07:42:04 PM
I just shop at eight in the morning on Saturdays, Very few people about, and those who are have not yet had enough coffee to overcome their hatred of humanity, so that misanthropically-grumpy social distancing is the default state.

Good times.

Seems like a true Asmo crowd. :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 11:54:23 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 16, 2020, 05:58:21 PM
Off to the supermarket soon. Time to use the awful mask again.

Well, today was better than the last time. I went by car to a supermarket a little farther away, so I wasn't a sweaty loud-breather who couldn't tame her stray hairs. But -- and there's always a but ::) -- in my stupidity I was chewing some strong mint bubblegum and didn't spit it out before putting the mask on.

So, my sister comes along with me and she wants to muffled talk to me through her mask all throughout. I open my mouth to talk to her as well and all that strong mint breath is directed my the mask right into my eyes. For some reason I thought it would go straight through the fabric as if I weren't wearing any mask, but non, it flows upward right into my teary eyes. :doh: OK, hopefully I've used up my stupidity-for-the-day quota.

I look for a trash bin so I can spit the gum out but of course, there are none to be found. I didn't bring any tissue paper or plastic or paper bag along with me either.

So I bear it.

"Do you think we should get some milk?", sister asks.

"What?"

:waah:

"MILK?"

"Sure!"
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 17, 2020, 12:02:17 AM
lol

a fellow i use to know forgot he was wearing a full face motorcycle helmet when he went to spit out his chewing tobacco

your problem was more elegant
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 17, 2020, 11:27:01 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 17, 2020, 12:02:17 AM
lol

a fellow i use to know forgot he was wearing a full face motorcycle helmet when he went to spit out his chewing tobacco

your problem was more elegant

Um...ew. :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 18, 2020, 02:50:07 AM
Way back in the day. I was riding my motorcycle down the road, being most happy to be doing so. I was singing loudly, mouth widely open as if Placido Domingo.  A large beetle of unknown origin or species flew into my open mouth. Ptspptk...etc.  The beetle did not taste good.  Florida has a lot of bugs, including beetles.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 18, 2020, 04:52:25 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 18, 2020, 02:50:07 AM
Way back in the day. I was riding my motorcycle down the road, being most happy to be doing so. I was singing loudly, mouth widely open as if Placido Domingo.  A large beetle of unknown origin or species flew into my open mouth. Ptspptk...etc.  The beetle did not taste good.  Florida has a lot of bugs, including beetles.

I had some sort of bug fly into my mouth and strike the back of my throat when riding my bike once. I was cranking it downhill and making about 35 MPH, and breathing hard. I managed to cough said critter out, thankfully. I also got hit in the side of the head many years ago by one of those metallic green beetles that seem to always come around when I'm using shellac on a wood project. I think that they associate the smell of the alcohol solvent in the shellac for decomposition of fruit, which is their main source of food. I was driving down the street and that crazy shit flew in the window of the car and hit me right in the side of the head.  >:( I stopped the van and opened the door to stomp the offending creature, but it flew off before I could do so. :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 20, 2020, 02:49:00 AM
:lol: You haven't lived if you haven't swallowed a bug while riding a bike! That sort of stuff just comes along with the package. ;)

If only in my case it had been a bug though. ::) Once, many years ago, I was riding my bike and something furry scraped against my cheek. I did know hear it coming and since it was in the dark I thought it could be a small nocturnal bat. Not sure though.

And before you ask, no...I did not swallow it.  :tapemouth:

   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2020, 12:09:35 AM
Feeling really drained. :( It feels like there there's so much going on...I'm overwhelmed.

I can't even write long replies to posts I've been meaning to reply to.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 24, 2020, 08:06:07 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2020, 12:09:35 AM
Feeling really drained. :( It feels like there there's so much going on...I'm overwhelmed.

I can't even write long replies to posts I've been meaning to reply to.

It's all a bit shite at the moment. What would have been a trivial problem before CV-19 is now an issue. The battery in my kitchen scales (CR2023 coin cell) is going flat, so I can't easily bake bread. A silly little problem but now I have to weigh up buying a battery from Amazon (and adding to the load of deliveries) or risking a trip to the supermarket, which may not have the item anyway. And if I get to the supermarket and they don't have the battery do I buy a whole new set of scales?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: OldGit on April 24, 2020, 07:36:13 PM
You can find a lot of sites selling those batteries and some are cheaper than others.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 24, 2020, 08:07:20 PM
i dontdo yeast breads, but for flat and batter breads i dont weigh anything . its all handfuls, double handfuls, so much in the palm, such and such a consistency . . .

how picky are the breads you make? can you tranzlate standard ingredeients from weight to volume and skip the scale?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 25, 2020, 01:33:44 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2020, 12:09:35 AM
Feeling really drained. :( It feels like there there's so much going on...I'm overwhelmed.

I can't even write long replies to posts I've been meaning to reply to.
I feel the same way.
:sad sigh:


:therethere:
~Take a break.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 25, 2020, 07:16:44 AM
Quote from: OldGit on April 24, 2020, 07:36:13 PM
You can find a lot of sites selling those batteries and some are cheaper than others.

I got some and all is well now. I can bake bread with gram level accuracy :D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 25, 2020, 07:25:48 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 24, 2020, 08:07:20 PM
i dontdo yeast breads, but for flat and batter breads i dont weigh anything . its all handfuls, double handfuls, so much in the palm, such and such a consistency . . .

how picky are the breads you make? can you tranzlate standard ingredeients from weight to volume and skip the scale?

I'm relatively new to the baking game so I'm in the stage of following the rules so I can learn which ones I can tweak. As you say though it's the ratio of ingredients not the absolute weights that is important. However I use a bread making machine. So if I overdo the ingredients there can be a mess to clear up. I've tweaked the recipe that I do regularly. 50% sourdough starter, 25% white flour, 25% wholemeal flour and sugar, salt, water and olive oil. Upping the starter:flour ratio makes a loaf with a lighter consistency than the standard recipe. 

Got some spelt flour to play with :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 25, 2020, 10:37:25 AM
breqd machines are great. they hold everything constant so that you can rwally see what is going on.

my bread is all hand grenade style. . . . close is good enough.

but consistency is never there and sometimez everything blows up
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 25, 2020, 01:52:11 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 25, 2020, 01:33:44 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2020, 12:09:35 AM
Feeling really drained. :( It feels like there there's so much going on...I'm overwhelmed.

I can't even write long replies to posts I've been meaning to reply to.
I feel the same way.
:sad sigh:


:therethere:
~Take a break.

:console:

Yeah, so much shit going on. I'm taking a half-break, not posting as much but popping every now and then to check up on you guys. ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 25, 2020, 03:25:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2020, 12:09:35 AM
Feeling really drained. :( It feels like there there's so much going on...I'm overwhelmed.

I can't even write long replies to posts I've been meaning to reply to.

I have found three canvases at different stages I started a long time ago, so now I've been working on them. Oddly, I have the sudden urge to use bright colours like pink and acid green, in contrast to my usual sombre, earthy palette. Could it be a psychological effect of isolation? Anyway, it keeps my mind off things, because painting is good therapy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 25, 2020, 03:37:36 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on April 25, 2020, 03:25:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2020, 12:09:35 AM
Feeling really drained. :( It feels like there there's so much going on...I'm overwhelmed.

I can't even write long replies to posts I've been meaning to reply to.

I have found three canvases at different stages I started a long time ago, so now I've been working on them. Oddly, I have the sudden urge to use bright colours like pink and acid green, in contrast to my usual sombre, earthy palette. Could it be a psychological effect of isolation? Anyway, it keeps my mind off things, because painting is good therapy.

They say boredom is great to get those creative juices flowing. Maybe your brain is starved for something new after weeks of being in the same environment. But I don't know, what do you think?  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 25, 2020, 05:45:43 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 25, 2020, 03:37:36 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on April 25, 2020, 03:25:31 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 24, 2020, 12:09:35 AM
Feeling really drained. :( It feels like there there's so much going on...I'm overwhelmed.

I can't even write long replies to posts I've been meaning to reply to.

I have found three canvases at different stages I started a long time ago, so now I've been working on them. Oddly, I have the sudden urge to use bright colours like pink and acid green, in contrast to my usual sombre, earthy palette. Could it be a psychological effect of isolation? Anyway, it keeps my mind off things, because painting is good therapy.

They say boredom is great to get those creative juices flowing. Maybe your brain is starved for something new after weeks of being in the same environment. But I don't know, what do you think?  ;D

I don't know, but since I am by nature reclusive, I suspect I would have felt the urge to use brighter colours anyway, regardless of present circumstances, after several years of muted earth colours. I think it is probably just a natural progression. I usually don't do figurative work, but I did a quite realistic nude study (half finished) of an ex boyfriend last year. Two days ago I painted some bright red and pink flat areas over the figure, turning a realistic portrait into an abstraction. I felt good about it, so probably shouldn't write about it in the Grumpy thread.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 25, 2020, 06:04:25 PM
You're saying you're a cat?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 25, 2020, 06:08:39 PM
boredom isnt my problem. in my abundant spare time i have to finish a 40-foot culvert, burn about 100 dead-out beehives, blade and gravel the road and turnaround, finish my taxes, do the front brakez on the little pickup, do a starter on the big pickup, fix the tailights on the middle pickup, work on electrics on four motorcyclez, an engine on two, gearbox on another, regear, rejet, andlower the girls racing motorcycle, lose twenty pounds, and work on keeping my marriage.

last one first
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 25, 2020, 06:19:52 PM
Quote from: No one on April 25, 2020, 06:04:25 PM
You're saying you're a cat?

I've been called a cool cat.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 25, 2020, 06:24:25 PM
 Because you know exactly where it's at?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 25, 2020, 06:43:27 PM
Quote from: No one on April 25, 2020, 06:24:25 PM
Because you know exactly where it's at?

:evilgrin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 26, 2020, 04:47:03 PM
stinking daylight savings time. i hate it. as soon as it starts i lose an hour of daylight that i dont get back. i suppose its all right for people who want more light in the afternoon, but for people who have to go to zleep while its still.light out, daylight savings time just keeps us in the dark for an extra hour before sunrise.

in california i lived right in the middle of the time zone, so  i could tell time by the shadowz on the ground to within about 15 minutes. cant do that here in the east, especially with daylight zavingz.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on April 29, 2020, 10:08:28 AM
There was an post I meant to respond to, then I went to the store, then I forgot and now I bloody-well lost it. Oh, the annoyance!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2020, 02:33:15 PM
Reports, reports, reports, reports!  :sulk:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on May 01, 2020, 04:30:05 PM
When the first of the month falls on a Friday

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/0da58dbc2182d09946470c9fdf6461f7/tumblr_pot3zoWMet1swr013_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 01, 2020, 07:09:30 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 01, 2020, 04:30:05 PM
When the first of the month falls on a Friday

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/0da58dbc2182d09946470c9fdf6461f7/tumblr_pot3zoWMet1swr013_500.jpg)
:lol:
Is that water he's drinking?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on May 01, 2020, 07:46:21 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 01, 2020, 07:09:30 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 01, 2020, 04:30:05 PM
When the first of the month falls on a Friday

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/0da58dbc2182d09946470c9fdf6461f7/tumblr_pot3zoWMet1swr013_500.jpg)
:lol:
Is that water he's drinking?
It looks like he doesn't care what he's drinking.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 01, 2020, 10:10:20 PM
Quote from: Davin on May 01, 2020, 07:46:21 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 01, 2020, 07:09:30 PM
Quote from: Buddy on May 01, 2020, 04:30:05 PM
When the first of the month falls on a Friday

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/0da58dbc2182d09946470c9fdf6461f7/tumblr_pot3zoWMet1swr013_500.jpg)
:lol:
Is that water he's drinking?
It looks like he doesn't care what he's drinking.
:grin:
Or smoking.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 05, 2020, 04:47:21 AM
Insomnia. :sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 06, 2020, 07:24:34 AM
Cracked skin from all the hand washing  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2020, 05:40:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 06, 2020, 07:24:34 AM
Cracked skin from all the hand washing  >:(

:o

Ironically, too much washing can leave your skin literally open to infection.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on May 07, 2020, 05:52:17 PM
I've used more alcohol in the last two months than in the preceding 34 years.

Not to consume it, mind you, but still. It's getting ridiculous. And expensive.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 07, 2020, 10:03:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2020, 05:40:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 06, 2020, 07:24:34 AM
Cracked skin from all the hand washing  >:(

:o

Ironically, too much washing can leave your skin literally open to infection.

I know!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2020, 10:15:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 07, 2020, 10:03:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2020, 05:40:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 06, 2020, 07:24:34 AM
Cracked skin from all the hand washing  >:(

:o

Ironically, too much washing can leave your skin literally open to infection.

I know!

What moisturizer do you use? :popcorn:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on May 08, 2020, 05:44:04 AM
Note to the Asmo:  Do not waste alcohol on external parts.  When taken internally it kills the worms and other parasites.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 08, 2020, 05:58:33 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2020, 10:15:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 07, 2020, 10:03:53 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2020, 05:40:18 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 06, 2020, 07:24:34 AM
Cracked skin from all the hand washing  >:(

:o

Ironically, too much washing can leave your skin literally open to infection.

I know!

What moisturizer do you use? :popcorn:

Burts's Bees. :popcorn:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 19, 2020, 08:07:19 PM
dammit

i'm rebuilding the brake on my racing motorcyle to try to keep th epads from dragging on the disc.  bought two new stainless pistons and a seal kit.

i only use the brake once, to stop the machine so i don't overrun the pits. but i don't want anything that drags during the run.

went to the warehouse opened the doors and took th ecaliper apart. scrubbed everything clean and then when i went to put it back together the wind had blown the inter-caliper seal away, right off my bench in front of me. couldn't find it anywhere.

luckily th eold one was almost brand new anyway, so i put it in instead. doesn't seem top leak yet.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 19, 2020, 09:45:13 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on May 19, 2020, 08:07:19 PM
dammit

i'm rebuilding the brake on my racing motorcyle to try to keep th epads from dragging on the disc.  bought two new stainless pistons and a seal kit.

i only use the brake once, to stop the machine so i don't overrun the pits. but i don't want anything that drags during the run.

went to the warehouse opened the doors and took th ecaliper apart. scrubbed everything clean and then when i went to put it back together the wind had blown the inter-caliper seal away, right off my bench in front of me. couldn't find it anywhere.

luckily th eold one was almost brand new anyway, so i put it in instead. doesn't seem top leak yet.

I despise it when something like that happens. Did you install return springs on the caliper? I know (automobile) drag racers who use stronger springs in order to release the friction sooner. You have to be careful with the setup though, since worn pads mean you have to pump the pedal. Not fun in a panic situation.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on May 20, 2020, 12:39:28 AM
I probably have a few reasons to be grumpy. Not being able to eat is one of them.

It's been a while, I'm losing track of time now, but I'd say around five years since I've been able to eat a pizza. On a Friday or maybe Saturday night, I'd pick an old movie on YouTube, order a pizza, and crack open a beer. I'd be in my robe or pajamas and it would be dark. I had a 65" plasma screen television at the time in my entertainment room.

I'd order the pizza the way I wanted it which was almost everything on top, barbecue sauce for the topping, and of course it came with garlic butter sauce which I'd pour on each slice. I'd order it with extra cheese too.

Anyway, I miss those days. I'll never get them back. So that's my reason to be grumpy tonight although I'm not. I'm about to watch another couple of episodes of Runaways on Hulu while I drink a new taste (for me at least) of Starbucks Frappuccino called "Brown Butter Caramel". I usually find a way to keep cheerful. :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 20, 2020, 01:48:30 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 19, 2020, 09:45:13 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on May 19, 2020, 08:07:19 PM
dammit

i'm rebuilding the brake on my racing motorcyle to try to keep th epads from dragging on the disc.  bought two new stainless pistons and a seal kit.

i only use the brake once, to stop the machine so i don't overrun the pits. but i don't want anything that drags during the run.

went to the warehouse opened the doors and took th ecaliper apart. scrubbed everything clean and then when i went to put it back together the wind had blown the inter-caliper seal away, right off my bench in front of me. couldn't find it anywhere.

luckily th eold one was almost brand new anyway, so i put it in instead. doesn't seem top leak yet.

I despise it when something like that happens. Did you install return springs on the caliper? I know (automobile) drag racers who use stronger springs in order to release the friction sooner. You have to be careful with the setup though, since worn pads mean you have to pump the pedal. Not fun in a panic situation.

no, no springs at all.  these old lockheed calipers are too primitive for that, although they're fixed, with opposing pistons. apparently they're the same ones used on the old mini coopers. there's no diaphragm in the actual caliper, just two wiper seals against the pistons, square section. the only return force is the elasticity of the deformed wiper seal that pull the pistons back a fraction when you let the hand lever retract.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 20, 2020, 02:33:32 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on May 20, 2020, 01:48:30 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 19, 2020, 09:45:13 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on May 19, 2020, 08:07:19 PM
dammit

i'm rebuilding the brake on my racing motorcyle to try to keep th epads from dragging on the disc.  bought two new stainless pistons and a seal kit.

i only use the brake once, to stop the machine so i don't overrun the pits. but i don't want anything that drags during the run.

went to the warehouse opened the doors and took th ecaliper apart. scrubbed everything clean and then when i went to put it back together the wind had blown the inter-caliper seal away, right off my bench in front of me. couldn't find it anywhere.

luckily th eold one was almost brand new anyway, so i put it in instead. doesn't seem top leak yet.

I despise it when something like that happens. Did you install return springs on the caliper? I know (automobile) drag racers who use stronger springs in order to release the friction sooner. You have to be careful with the setup though, since worn pads mean you have to pump the pedal. Not fun in a panic situation.

no, no springs at all.  these old lockheed calipers are too primitive for that, although they're fixed, with opposing pistons. apparently they're the same ones used on the old mini coopers. there's no diaphragm in the actual caliper, just two wiper seals against the pistons, square section. the only return force is the elasticity of the deformed wiper seal that pull the pistons back a fraction when you let the hand lever retract.

OK, then. Here was a question posed on the test for National Institute Automotive Service Excellence (NIASE- precursor to ASE- yes, I'm old) certification for brake mechanics. There were 4 answers but I only remember the correct one. I worked at an auto parts store at the time and the manager (not a mechanic) argued with me about my answer. The mechanic who had taken the test agreed that I had the right answer. The question was, "A vehicle was driven along a bumpy road, and when the driver applied the brakes, there was a lot of pedal travel. What was the cause?"

OK, I'm remembering more as I write, so I'll play with the answers a bit-

A. The fluid in the master cylinder was agitated with air after the bouncing around.
B. The brake pedal went higher because the return spring pulled it up more.
C. Loose wheel bearings.

I pretty much made up the two incorrect answers. They were that lame, though. I don't recommend that you leave the wheel bearings loose, but if you did, the small amount of wobble would push the pads away from the rotor, just by steering the bike left to right, maybe a couple of times. Maybe only a little lash would be all that it would take to remove the pad friction from the rotors The gap wouldn't be enough to cause a lot of travel in the brake lever...and you know that the lash would be there when you went into the pits. At 130 MPH during your speed trial, a little friction goes a long way. I'm also thinking about how you might shape the pads to reduce aerodynamic drag. If you only use them going into the pits (slowly?), they don't need a lot of surface area. You could make an aerodynamic shape of the friction material portion exposed to the air. Would it help? This is back of the envelope, so that's hard to say. It's not like you're cornering hard and need lots of brake pad, like in roundy-round racing.

ETA- the aerodynamic drag I'm referring to here is that of the air between the rotor and the pads, not from the forward speed of the bike- just to be clear.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 20, 2020, 03:44:50 AM
That Is Fascinating. wheel bearings.

i never would have thought of that. i never did brakes for ASE, just engine performance and machining while i was a technical writer at an automotive publishing company.

the bearings i'm using front and rear are caged balls, rather than tapered rollers, so there isn't any way to fudge the tightness. but the friction is significant. you'd never notice it pushing the machine around, but if you jack up the rear and spin the wheel by hand it takes a firm push.

id never thought about the aerodynamics of the pads themselves, but they've got that disc spinning between them, and it's pretty large, way more than i need. but its what the wheel was designed for.

(https://i.imgur.com/DL52N4el.jpg)

i tossed the spoked wheels specifically to go to a smaller and less turbulent wheel design. ill have to think about the pads.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 20, 2020, 03:55:12 PM
Looking at that picture, it's probably a moot point. There's a lot of lumpy stuff out in the wind already.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 20, 2020, 06:24:19 PM
absolutely.

the naked class has no way to get through the air clean. everything is out there-- cablez, nutz and bolts, elbowz and knees. theres nothing to hide the parts behind.

there are things you can do by tucking stuff in. my pipes hang out, and for august ill be making new ones that tuck in behind the front wheel and go back underneath. but the biggest obstacle iz the rider. riding position is critical.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 07, 2020, 02:58:03 AM
So...yesterday my phone died. It was so unstable it heated up really quickly in this 13 degree C weather and started rebooting like literally every 30 seconds. I had to reset it to factory settings to keep it from blowing up in my face and keeping it on long enough to try and figure out what the problem was.

It might be the external MicroSD card with all my backups. I was worried I would lose those.

My music playlists are in that external backup. After resetting the phone and installing the apps again I tried to access the music files and was wholly unsuccessful.

Fuck!

Many hours later, when I was finally able to grant the music app permission to read the file I put on my headphones to enjoy some tunes and there was this obnoxiously loud screeching noise where the music should have been.

I have been told before that my musical taste sucks, but that was definitely not my song!.  :banging head:   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 08, 2020, 09:00:04 PM
shit fire the land speed races in july were cancelled. not enough checks came in.

my registration is rolled over to august. but that means the kids will be in school and they may not take the 8 days off it takes to get there and race. so its up in the air.

but ive lost 10 pounds, and im down to where i can put on my leathers by myself. ill keep on losing weight, and ill be around 186- something in 10 more pounds.

ill have time to weld up a better exhauzt system too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 09, 2020, 12:23:15 AM
Well nuts. You can't win for losing Billy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 09, 2020, 01:08:19 AM
well, if they fold up the loring timing association forever, i'll stay in the books forever, with the fastest machine in my class that has ever been.

there are two ways to maintain immortality in the record books. one way is to keep racing, and keep inching ahead of your competitors year by year. right now in my racing class, it takes a whole year of thought and innovation to bump the record by less than one mile per hour.

the other way to do it is to have the venue or the class close, and then nobody can ever go faster. lots of all-time records at the bonneville salt flats are permanent, because the class they ran in was abandoned.

i run in a pretty rarified circle: pushrod british 650 twins, no turbo or supercharger, gasoline, no aero aids. there's less than ten people in the world competing with me, as you have to be interested in going 130 mph on a motorcycle over 50 years old to be in the group. i'm already the fastest non-turbo gasoline 650 with a production frame. if i go four mph faster, i'll be faster than any gasoline non-turbo with a 650 engine.

i'm not telling you anything you don't know when i say that life is short, randy. my father died in bed when he was 69, and i'm 64. if i follow him, i have five years to live. i have no intention of wasting my life in trying to prolong it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 09, 2020, 02:28:58 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 09, 2020, 01:08:19 AM
i'm not telling you anything you don't know when i say that life is short, randy. my father died in bed when he was 69, and i'm 64. if i follow him, i have five years to live. i have no intention of wasting my life in trying to prolong it.

I'm not sure if I told anybody here but here goes: My father was 58 (a year younger than me) when he died of cancer. He worked his whole life, well more than 40 hours per week, saving for a retirement that would never come. There are probably things he wished he did but I'll never know.

Anyway, watching him deteriorate like that made me realize that life is too short and we simply don't know how much time we have left. When it's all said and done, I won't remember any of this the moment the lights go out in my brain. Life can be boring if it weren't for the things we strive for such as your racing.

So keep it up! I want to hear how it all goes down.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 09, 2020, 03:58:09 AM
i have chosen certiain goals.

i dont care about deeper meaning.,
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 20, 2020, 11:39:43 PM
I've just spent almost an hour trying to apply an Uber Eats referral promo code to my mother's account so we could both get discounts (yay free food!) but apparently the site's traffic is currently too high and I was unable to.

I know it's saturday night but come on! ::)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 21, 2020, 12:42:50 AM
Another one of Satan's dastardly deeds. REPENT NOW!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 21, 2020, 01:56:21 AM
Quote from: No one on June 21, 2020, 12:42:50 AM
Another one of Satan's dastardly deeds. REPENT NOW!

NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! :nu-uh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 24, 2020, 09:37:51 PM
ow ow ow i crashed the little ninja

at maybe three mph. i don't have dramatic crashes any more, i just tip em over.

trying to drive down my lane from the warehouse to the gravel road i dodged a puddle with the tiny little 250 an slipped on the grss in the middle. the front wheel went woosh and i fell over

my foot was stuck under th bike as it fell over and i swear in the microsecond it took me to hit the ground i had time to think

no no don't let me crash the little girl's bike and break my leg if i break my leg on this thing i'll never live it down just a sprain please please

and so i got a sprain and didn't break it.

but it still hurts and so im limping around like chester except that i can deinitely remember which leg i messed up
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 24, 2020, 11:14:40 PM
That is a bummer Billy. If it is any consolation, a low side flop is better than a high side one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on June 24, 2020, 11:19:57 PM
That's too bad, Billy. Hope you aren't too hurt. When I laid my motorcycle down, it was off an embankment. I jumped, and as I slid down the hill on my face (I had a face shield), I was wondering if my motorcycle was going to run me over. :lol: Turns out that the left handlebar had dug into the dirt and it just laid down, still running. I managed to pick it up and was struggling up the slope. Some people stopped and helped, which was nice of them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 25, 2020, 09:05:41 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 24, 2020, 09:37:51 PM
no no don't let me crash the little girl's bike and break my leg if i break my leg on this thing i'll never live it down just a sprain please please

and so i got a sprain and didn't break it.
And who did you plead with to grant you this miracle of a sprain?  :bogey:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 25, 2020, 09:19:33 PM
A new reason to be grumpy today:

I went in for my chemo session and talked to the doctor about a minor ache that started happening earlier this week. It's in the left hip where the ball-and-socket joint of the thigh meets. She went out and came back with some paper from a radiologist describing where the (then new) tumor as and it is in the exact same place.

Tomorrow I see another doctor about having radiation zapped in that area. Radiation is no fun. It scars, thickens the skin, is sore for weeks, ... At least with my neck I didn't have anything rubbing it much since my collars are always open and when I came home I'd wear a loose t-shirt.

But this thing is on the inside of my thigh roughly. My trousers and pajamas are going to be rubbing it constantly. And it won't be just there. Here is an example of what I mean:

My first set of radiation treatments were for the base of the tongue where the localized mass was. Essentially we were burning it off with x-rays. But they had to aim the machine at different points along my neck so my whole neck took the abuse and is still taking it. Radiation is the gift that keeps giving.

So now I'm wondering how much of my leg is going to be impacted by this? Oh, I have to get a full bone scan in a couple of weeks because of mentioning this to the doctor to see if it spread to any other areas of my body.

There are other things too but this is enough. I can handle them. I'll have to handle this the same way as I did before, just grin and bear it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 25, 2020, 10:02:25 PM
Quote from: Randy on June 25, 2020, 09:05:41 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 24, 2020, 09:37:51 PM
no no don't let me crash the little girl's bike and break my leg if i break my leg on this thing i'll never live it down just a sprain please please

and so i got a sprain and didn't break it.
And who did you plead with to grant you this miracle of a sprain?  :bogey:

i don't have a god thing these days but i don't mind thinbking that it was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe. or something like that
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on June 25, 2020, 10:25:15 PM
Quote from: Randy on June 25, 2020, 09:19:33 PM
A new reason to be grumpy today:

I went in for my chemo session and talked to the doctor about a minor ache that started happening earlier this week. It's in the left hip where the ball-and-socket joint of the thigh meets. She went out and came back with some paper from a radiologist describing where the (then new) tumor as and it is in the exact same place.

Tomorrow I see another doctor about having radiation zapped in that area. Radiation is no fun. It scars, thickens the skin, is sore for weeks, ... At least with my neck I didn't have anything rubbing it much since my collars are always open and when I came home I'd wear a loose t-shirt.

But this thing is on the inside of my thigh roughly. My trousers and pajamas are going to be rubbing it constantly. And it won't be just there. Here is an example of what I mean:

My first set of radiation treatments were for the base of the tongue where the localized mass was. Essentially we were burning it off with x-rays. But they had to aim the machine at different points along my neck so my whole neck took the abuse and is still taking it. Radiation is the gift that keeps giving.

So now I'm wondering how much of my leg is going to be impacted by this? Oh, I have to get a full bone scan in a couple of weeks because of mentioning this to the doctor to see if it spread to any other areas of my body.

There are other things too but this is enough. I can handle them. I'll have to handle this the same way as I did before, just grin and bear it.

This is daunting stuff. Thank you for keeping us up to date, man.  :bravo:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 25, 2020, 10:49:45 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 25, 2020, 10:02:25 PM
Quote from: Randy on June 25, 2020, 09:05:41 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 24, 2020, 09:37:51 PM
no no don't let me crash the little girl's bike and break my leg if i break my leg on this thing i'll never live it down just a sprain please please

and so i got a sprain and didn't break it.
And who did you plead with to grant you this miracle of a sprain?  :bogey:

i don't have a god thing these days but i don't mind thinbking that it was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe. or something like that
I know, Billy. I'm just yanking your chain! I've pleaded to no one (not No One of the board, he doesn't hear my prayers) many times in fit of hurt, anger, or fear.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on June 26, 2020, 06:55:00 AM
Quote from: Recusant on June 25, 2020, 10:25:15 PM
Quote from: Randy on June 25, 2020, 09:19:33 PM
A new reason to be grumpy today:

I went in for my chemo session and talked to the doctor about a minor ache that started happening earlier this week. It's in the left hip where the ball-and-socket joint of the thigh meets. She went out and came back with some paper from a radiologist describing where the (then new) tumor as and it is in the exact same place.

Tomorrow I see another doctor about having radiation zapped in that area. Radiation is no fun. It scars, thickens the skin, is sore for weeks, ... At least with my neck I didn't have anything rubbing it much since my collars are always open and when I came home I'd wear a loose t-shirt.

But this thing is on the inside of my thigh roughly. My trousers and pajamas are going to be rubbing it constantly. And it won't be just there. Here is an example of what I mean:

My first set of radiation treatments were for the base of the tongue where the localized mass was. Essentially we were burning it off with x-rays. But they had to aim the machine at different points along my neck so my whole neck took the abuse and is still taking it. Radiation is the gift that keeps giving.

So now I'm wondering how much of my leg is going to be impacted by this? Oh, I have to get a full bone scan in a couple of weeks because of mentioning this to the doctor to see if it spread to any other areas of my body.

There are other things too but this is enough. I can handle them. I'll have to handle this the same way as I did before, just grin and bear it.

This is daunting stuff. Thank you for keeping us up to date, man.  :bravo:
:this:

I don't think the good vibes I'm sendin are working... :felix:
...Maybe if I can make them vibrate harder... :notsure:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 26, 2020, 01:32:00 PM
Maybe if you send over a vibrating bed.  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on June 26, 2020, 09:26:13 PM
Quote from: Randy on June 26, 2020, 01:32:00 PM
Maybe if you send over a vibrating bed.  :grin:

:grin:

Sending good vibes, sending good vibes... :levitate:
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/726e92fcbc93770dbd65b18fbb93b155/tumblr_nphms1f4VD1u3bh5ro1_500.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 26, 2020, 09:29:08 PM
yesterday the raccoons were tearing out the sheetrock in the living room, and i asked my wife in minnesota to send them disapproving vibes to make them stop, as they don't listen to me. she had nothing useful to offer.

tuesday we build a giant cage and banish them to the outside.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 26, 2020, 10:59:58 PM
To continue with my rant from yesterday about the doctor's appointment, I just got back from my consultation. I have markers on me that I have to leave there for either Monday or Tuesday. I'm scheduled for radiation treatment. Here's the deal:

The cancer is eating away at the bone. I pushed on where it hurts and he verified that is the exact spot the tumor is. I already knew that because I can feel it. Anyway, if something isn't done soon the bone will snap from being too thin to hold my weight. So we are going to zap the cancer. I don't know if this will get rid of it there or just shrink it.

In two weeks I'll have a full body bone scan to see if any of my other bones are affected. I don't know if I'm grumpy or just disillusioned. The blasted thing is bothering me now and I'm just lying here. Maybe it's from all the walking around I've done and have aggravated it. Somehow I doubt that. This is what it was doing earlier this week, just started aching. On a scale of one to ten I'd give it a two simply because it is bothersome. It shoots to an eight during the day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 30, 2020, 07:53:26 PM
Depression -- I got back from my pulmonologist a couple of hours ago. The x-ray is fine and my lungs are clear. I was doing good until he said something about me being "a tough cookie" because of all I've been through. It gave me time to think about it all and it got depressing especially knowing it won't get better.

I know doctors and nurses are rooting for me as if I'm in some kind of race. What they let slip through their minds is that it is a race I will not win.

I took a nap and am feeling somewhat better.

Oh, Crystal stopped writing to me. I think I made her mad but don't know how so there's that too.

I ran out of feed bags yesterday and tried to do a bolus feed. My stomach didn't like it. Today I haven't eaten and I probably won't tomorrow. I'm just having a grumptastic day.

I'm going to watch a movie.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 30, 2020, 08:02:02 PM
Quote from: Randy on June 30, 2020, 07:53:26 PM
Depression -- I got back from my pulmonologist a couple of hours ago. The x-ray is fine and my lungs are clear. I was doing good until he said something about me being "a tough cookie" because of all I've been through. It gave me time to think about it all and it got depressing especially knowing it won't get better.

I know doctors and nurses are rooting for me as if I'm in some kind of race. What they let slip through their minds is that it is a race I will not win.

I took a nap and am feeling somewhat better.

Oh, Crystal stopped writing to me. I think I made her mad but don't know how so there's that too.

I ran out of feed bags yesterday and tried to do a bolus feed. My stomach didn't like it. Today I haven't eaten and I probably won't tomorrow. I'm just having a grumptastic day.

I'm going to watch a movie.

How do you get more feed bags?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on June 30, 2020, 08:10:12 PM
Quote from: Randy on June 30, 2020, 07:53:26 PM
Depression -- I got back from my pulmonologist a couple of hours ago. The x-ray is fine and my lungs are clear. I was doing good until he said something about me being "a tough cookie" because of all I've been through. It gave me time to think about it all and it got depressing especially knowing it won't get better.

I know doctors and nurses are rooting for me as if I'm in some kind of race. What they let slip through their minds is that it is a race I will not win.

I took a nap and am feeling somewhat better.

Oh, Crystal stopped writing to me. I think I made her mad but don't know how so there's that too.

I ran out of feed bags yesterday and tried to do a bolus feed. My stomach didn't like it. Today I haven't eaten and I probably won't tomorrow. I'm just having a grumptastic day.

I'm going to watch a movie.
Aww, Randy.  :therethere:
I'm sorry to hear you're having a grumptastic day. Some days are better than others, aren't they? One day at a time, my friend.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 30, 2020, 10:26:36 PM
one day at a time is indeed the name of the game.

i'm 64 years old. creaky and stiff in the joints. but i've had a good run.

my father died when he was 69 years old (banging my mama, but that's another story)

i explained that to my teenagers the other day:

yo, kids. i'm 64 years old. my father died when he was 69. if i do the same i'll be dead in five years.

being teenagers, they said, damn . . .

randy, i don't have to live with the burdens you do, and i'm continually astonished that you manage. i don't know what i'd do.

but the name of the game is still One Day at a Time, no matter where on the field you find yourself.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 30, 2020, 10:44:57 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 30, 2020, 08:02:02 PM
How do you get more feed bags?
Get this: I have to order more of the formula first. It's not possible for me to run out of that since I do things like go to chemotherapy and so-forth. I'm not connected to my machine during those times and therefore over time I build up a surplus. But the bags don't care. They are changed every day for thirty days. I guess next time we have to lie. Just five would have sufficed, maybe less but I don't know when the formula plus bags plus syringes will actually arrive. They were shipped out today.

So, order formula and you get bags magically.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on June 30, 2020, 10:51:16 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 30, 2020, 10:26:36 PM
one day at a time is indeed the name of the game.

i'm 64 years old. creaky and stiff in the joints. but i've had a good run.

my father died when he was 69 years old (banging my mama, but that's another story)

i explained that to my teenagers the other day:

yo, kids. i'm 64 years old. my father died when he was 69. if i do the same i'll be dead in five years.

being teenagers, they said, damn . . .

randy, i don't have to live with the burdens you do, and i'm continually astonished that you manage. i don't know what i'd do.

but the name of the game is still One Day at a Time, no matter where on the field you find yourself.
My father died of cancer when he was 58. So far I've out done him but I wondered for a while if I'd make it this far. You and Mags are right, one day at a time. I'll get through this. I'm just having a bad day. There was something else to add to my list but I'll forego it. I have to see another doctor about it and go for a CT scan. I just wonder some days if I'll ever go to a doctor and not have to have anything done.

Life is short and then you make applesauce, or some kind of quote should go there.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 01, 2020, 12:58:06 AM
you pass on what you can of what you ve learned, to make life easier for other people. in the end, there's nothing else.

i took my number two son out on the little 250 ninja this afternoon. he can't get official license-quality traning because of the pandemic, but i want him confident enough to do 100-plus mph on the little bike if and when we get a race date.

he started out too fast and  fell over in the driveway becaue the choke raises the idle, and i explained that the secret of learning to ride a motorcycle is to

GO SLOW.

just go slow, and then whatever happens will be slow enough not to cause difficulties.

so many people think you have to do everything fast. no. just GO SLOW, and when you ve learned the correct habits, then you can go fast.

his sisters have already beat the ton on this machine, so he has them to watch.

so i teach them to ride motorcycles, and to balance bank accounts, and not to lie, and to be skeptical of what people tell them, and to interpret the clouds, and to identify the snakes, and the trees, and the birds, and on and on.

there's so much to life that you just have to pick something and run with it, because every choice you make is an entire lifetime you will never experience.

lol

listen to the philospher
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 01, 2020, 02:34:11 AM
Bad/lazy customer service reps.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 01, 2020, 08:35:37 AM
Quote from: Randy on June 30, 2020, 10:44:57 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 30, 2020, 08:02:02 PM
How do you get more feed bags?
Get this: I have to order more of the formula first. It's not possible for me to run out of that since I do things like go to chemotherapy and so-forth. I'm not connected to my machine during those times and therefore over time I build up a surplus. But the bags don't care. They are changed every day for thirty days. I guess next time we have to lie. Just five would have sufficed, maybe less but I don't know when the formula plus bags plus syringes will actually arrive. They were shipped out today.

So, order formula and you get bags magically.

That's just stupid :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on July 01, 2020, 01:42:28 PM
It is stupid! I still haven't gotten my inner cannulas for the trach and it's been over two months. It isn't the same company but really, I shouldn't have to fight to get what I need. If I run out of bags or whatever, ship me some to tide me over.

For the trach I'm not supposed to be reusing the same inner cannula. I'm supposed to dispose of it and get a sterile one. I risk infection this way but I can't do without one. We'll put in another call today and see what excuse they come up with.

They replaced my nurse yesterday. I don't know why, maybe she got complaints from other patients besides me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 03, 2020, 10:08:30 PM
woke up at 0300 today, made lunch, and walked the 1000 feet to the warehouse to fire up th eold triumph to go to work..

i like that machine because i've been riding it for almost 50 years and it can't surprise me anymore.

but it can still disappoint. no brakes lights. no tail lights even. so i said, what about the buell?

so i pushed the buell out into the dark and pressed the starter button. no start, dead battery.

i said, maybe this is a sign that i sholuld take th etruck . . .


but i said, no, its a sign that i should take the kawasaki. so i rolled the little ninja out, it started right up, and i rode into town .

only one whitetail ran in front of me, a good trip.

so now i have the buell on the charger ( i think i left the ignition key on. again)

and the problem with the triumph was that the tailight bulb had blown apart. i checked all the fuses (good), wiggld the wires (good), and said

surely both filaments havent gone out?

but they had, and the bulb was covered in yellow oxide inside and had a quarter inch hole blown in it.

so i went t my box of old 1157 bulbs, put one ion, and voila, problem solved.

so ill ride that one to work in the morning. i like that bike because my muscle memory is fixed to it. i bought it when i was 21 years old and teddy was still PM, and all my reflexes are cued to it. with th others, i have to remember, left shift, or right? which side is the brake? shift pattern one down, three up, or maybe four up, or five up, or is it one up and three down. . .

don't have to do that with the old triumph. ive been messing with that machine for a long time. as i get slower and slower, we go together faster and faster. fell down on it once at 110, but now it goes 117 and doesn't wobble any more
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on July 03, 2020, 11:59:30 PM
Finally got my inner cannulas in only to find they are the wrong size and make! We've been through this before. One would think they would have written down what the right size and model was but nooooo. So I'm still without. I've got a box of thirty that I can't use to add to the other boxes that I can't use.

I've complained.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on July 09, 2020, 08:08:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:
Damn, sorry, Silver. You're getting lots of bad stuff all at once.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on July 09, 2020, 08:21:08 PM
Quote from: Randy on July 03, 2020, 11:59:30 PM
Finally got my inner cannulas in only to find they are the wrong size and make! We've been through this before. One would think they would have written down what the right size and model was but nooooo. So I'm still without. I've got a box of thirty that I can't use to add to the other boxes that I can't use.

I've complained.

Is it possible to sterilize a used cannula with isopropyl alcohol?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 08:52:43 PM
Quote from: Davin on July 09, 2020, 08:08:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:
Damn, sorry, Silver. You're getting lots of bad stuff all at once.

Thanks, Davin. Yeah...it's been a total shitstorm.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on July 09, 2020, 08:58:02 PM
Damn those hydraulic cylinders...
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on July 09, 2020, 10:58:25 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:
:therethere:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on July 10, 2020, 12:47:02 AM
Quote from: Recusant on July 09, 2020, 08:21:08 PM
Quote from: Randy on July 03, 2020, 11:59:30 PM
Finally got my inner cannulas in only to find they are the wrong size and make! We've been through this before. One would think they would have written down what the right size and model was but nooooo. So I'm still without. I've got a box of thirty that I can't use to add to the other boxes that I can't use.

I've complained.

Is it possible to sterilize a used cannula with isopropyl alcohol?
We are washing them with antibacterial soap and water. The gunk that gets in there clogs it up pretty bad. Anyway, on the side of one it says, "Do Not Wash". These are disposables. I suppose we could use alcohol but then there is the possibility of me breathing some of the liquid in. At least with water my body can absorb it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on July 10, 2020, 12:48:06 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:
I swear, Silver, you can't win for losing some days.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 10, 2020, 04:00:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on July 10, 2020, 06:02:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 10, 2020, 04:00:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on July 10, 2020, 07:04:19 PM
:lol: I was thinking that there is a lot of water between them!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 12, 2020, 12:42:51 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 10, 2020, 04:00:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 24, 2020, 09:30:52 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 12, 2020, 12:42:51 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 10, 2020, 04:00:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 24, 2020, 01:51:54 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 24, 2020, 09:30:52 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 12, 2020, 12:42:51 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 10, 2020, 04:00:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 09, 2020, 06:47:42 PM
A pipe burst in the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom yesterday, I spent all morning mopping up water from the floor.

Wanna know what the worst thing was? I didn't even notice until my room was already flooded! My feet were up on the chair and I had my headphones on. It was raining yesterday so I attributed the faint gushing sound I heard in the background to the rain outside and paid no attention to it at all. It was only when I put my feet down to get up from the chair that I felt the cold water soaking my feet to the bone.

Old house plumbing!  :grrr: This was the second time the exact thing happened within a year!  :sulk:

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 24, 2020, 09:05:26 PM
Asshats that don't know how blinking red light works.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 24, 2020, 09:07:14 PM
Asshats that don't know how a merge lane works.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 26, 2020, 11:43:00 PM
I have had all sorts of annoying difficulty while attempting to post pictures. So much difficulty that my mental capacity is being called into question.  My computer is also being called into question. It uses Win 10 and has some unwelcome quirks

From time to time Microsoft seizes my computer to install "upgrades".  One of the upgrades is the evil, unwanted, Microsoft Edge that insists on trying to displace the Firefox system that I prefer. .  Looking into Google help,I find that  parts of Edge are permanently imbedded in the system. They cannot be removed without disturbing the hard drive...or so I am told. 

One of the glitches is that I cannot minimize a window and bring up another window at the same time. The little symbol in the task bar is not there most of the times but sometimes it is.  The mini Calculator symbol in the task bar  always comes up when I minimize it.  But my Imgur account, and few of the others, does not work that way, insofar as I can ascertain.

This izz the Grumpy thread, Right?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on July 27, 2020, 03:40:18 PM
I think I've been fortunate so far in that I have Windows 10 and Firefox running without any issues. I've heard about others having problems in the past. Maybe the next update my luck will run out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 27, 2020, 05:34:30 PM




// sysin dd *
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 29, 2020, 05:23:04 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on July 27, 2020, 05:34:30 PM
// sysin dd *

Oh, no! That is more than enough to become grumpy. IBM is the source of all evil. Dinosaur mainframes running stuff that is even older than me. Not to mention EBCDIC, which has given software developers nightmares for years.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 29, 2020, 01:41:56 PM
lol

i used to code JCL in my sleep, i think

i was once told about someone who could read an 80 column card by looking at the punch-outs. that takes a level of nuts that i dont ever want to share.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on July 29, 2020, 02:11:53 PM
I used to be able to read some Zilog machine code and translate it into assembly. It wasn't perfect but I could spot a relative jump or a call command in a debugger pretty quickly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 29, 2020, 02:14:20 PM
like egyptian heiroglyphics to people these days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on July 29, 2020, 03:04:14 PM
Back to being grumpy: I did something dumb just now. It will need a little explanation first.

Way back when I used to do something called a "bolus" feeding which was to pour two cups of formula into the back of a syringe and into my stomach. Somewhere along the way the hospital changed it to a pump to gradually inject it into my feeding tube.

Today, we ran out of feeding bags for the pump -- partially our fault. We'll have some in tomorrow. In the meantime, however, I went back to a bolus feed only with one carton which is the equivalent of a cup. I forgot to take something for nausea before I did it. I regret it. I did crush a pill and put it in right after.

I'm going to have to do this bolus feeding thing every two hours to get all six of them in by tonight.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on August 17, 2020, 08:27:49 PM
The latest Windows 10 update screwed up my laptop completely. After the update I got a black screen of death. Couldn't uninstall the update, repair didn't work, nor could I go back to a previous system restore point The only thing that did work was to reset it to the factory settings. After that the painful process of reinstalling the software and user data started.
No data was lost, but I would have wished that a Windows restore would have been just as easy as a Time Machine restore on a Mac.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 17, 2020, 08:41:13 PM
Damn, that sucks, Tom.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on August 17, 2020, 09:10:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 17, 2020, 08:41:13 PM
Damn, that sucks, Tom.

Thanks, Silver .At least I'm glad that I'm on vacation now, so that I had the time to fix it. Having an up-to-date backup set around also eases the mind. Nevertheless you lose a lot of time with this kind of crap.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 17, 2020, 09:43:48 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 17, 2020, 09:10:56 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 17, 2020, 08:41:13 PM
Damn, that sucks, Tom.

Thanks, Silver .At least I'm glad that I'm on vacation now, so that I had the time to fix it. Having an up-to-date backup set around also eases the mind. Nevertheless you lose a lot of time with this kind of crap.

Yes, lose a lot of time and gain lots of white hair strands.  ;D

Mine is due for a clean-up soon. It's slow as hell. I bought this laptop in 2014 and haven't formatted it once. ::)   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 18, 2020, 05:29:11 AM
On startup, I got a blue screen today.  Bummer!  Took me a while to sort it out.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on August 18, 2020, 12:07:53 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 17, 2020, 08:27:49 PM
The latest Windows 10 update screwed up my laptop completely. After the update I got a black screen of death. Couldn't uninstall the update, repair didn't work, nor could I go back to a previous system restore point The only thing that did work was to reset it to the factory settings. After that the painful process of reinstalling the software and user data started.
No data was lost, but I would have wished that a Windows restore would have been just as easy as a Time Machine restore on a Mac.
I haven't had one of those yet but every time there's a Windows 10 update I cringe. I haven't backed up my computer in a while. I've got to find my backup drives but they got lost in the move downstairs to my "hospital room". Not everything made it and my bedroom is still upstairs although I'll never use it again. Anyway, it was cleaned up while I was in the hospital and everything was put into a large box.

I'm tethered to a feeding pump right now and coming soon, this week in fact, an oxygen tank. Getting around is getting difficult so going upstairs to find my backup drives will be a chore.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 18, 2020, 12:36:35 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 17, 2020, 08:27:49 PM
The latest Windows 10 update screwed up my laptop completely. After the update I got a black screen of death. Couldn't uninstall the update, repair didn't work, nor could I go back to a previous system restore point The only thing that did work was to reset it to the factory settings. After that the painful process of reinstalling the software and user data started.
No data was lost, but I would have wished that a Windows restore would have been just as easy as a Time Machine restore on a Mac.

What works well for me is Acronis True Image. I have a physically separate hard drive (C:\) that only has my Windows operating system on it. I install all my programs onto another hard drive, so drive C: is only 500 GB. I create an image of drive C: onto another physical hard drive, that is 2 TB, when everything is working faultlessly. Then, when Windows goes bad, I just boot up from the Acronis boot CD and restore the image of drive C:. The whole operation takes less than 30 minutes to be up and running again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on August 18, 2020, 08:57:53 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 18, 2020, 12:36:35 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 17, 2020, 08:27:49 PM
The latest Windows 10 update screwed up my laptop completely. After the update I got a black screen of death. Couldn't uninstall the update, repair didn't work, nor could I go back to a previous system restore point The only thing that did work was to reset it to the factory settings. After that the painful process of reinstalling the software and user data started.
No data was lost, but I would have wished that a Windows restore would have been just as easy as a Time Machine restore on a Mac.

What works well for me is Acronis True Image. I have a physically separate hard drive (C:\) that only has my Windows operating system on it. I install all my programs onto another hard drive, so drive C: is only 500 GB. I create an image of drive C: onto another physical hard drive, that is 2 TB, when everything is working faultlessly. Then, when Windows goes bad, I just boot up from the Acronis boot CD and restore the image of drive C:. The whole operation takes less than 30 minutes to be up and running again.

I like that setup that you've got. My laptop has only one SSD drive so I've got Windows running together with all my other programs and data  on drive c:\.  I've now made a Win-PE recovery USB stick sothat I still be able to bootup and restore my laptop incase Windows get stuck again after an update.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 19, 2020, 04:44:39 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 18, 2020, 08:57:53 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 18, 2020, 12:36:35 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on August 17, 2020, 08:27:49 PM
The latest Windows 10 update screwed up my laptop completely. After the update I got a black screen of death. Couldn't uninstall the update, repair didn't work, nor could I go back to a previous system restore point The only thing that did work was to reset it to the factory settings. After that the painful process of reinstalling the software and user data started.
No data was lost, but I would have wished that a Windows restore would have been just as easy as a Time Machine restore on a Mac.

What works well for me is Acronis True Image. I have a physically separate hard drive (C:\) that only has my Windows operating system on it. I install all my programs onto another hard drive, so drive C: is only 500 GB. I create an image of drive C: onto another physical hard drive, that is 2 TB, when everything is working faultlessly. Then, when Windows goes bad, I just boot up from the Acronis boot CD and restore the image of drive C:. The whole operation takes less than 30 minutes to be up and running again.

I like that setup that you've got. My laptop has only one SSD drive so I've got Windows running together with all my other programs and data  on drive c:\.  I've now made a Win-PE recovery USB stick sothat I still be able to bootup and restore my laptop incase Windows get stuck again after an update.

Acronis True Image can still work for you if you create the C: image on an external USB hard drive.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2020, 10:21:44 PM
There are bats in the roof again. ::) One decided to come into my room and fly around a bit. It wasn't welcome at all but it just kept on flying around anyway, gleefully ignoring my shrill screams. 

I put an electronic bat repellent in my room, hopefully it works. 

First zombies, then...vampires, maybe? :notsure:

Fun.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 23, 2020, 04:30:37 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2020, 10:21:44 PM
There are bats in the roof again. ::) One decided to come into my room and fly around a bit. It wasn't welcome at all but it just kept on flying around anyway, gleefully ignoring my shrill screams. 

I put an electronic bat repellent in my room, hopefully it works. 

First zombies, then...vampires, maybe? :notsure:

Fun.

I would be careful. Shrill screams are perceived as mating calls by male bats.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 23, 2020, 09:09:54 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 23, 2020, 04:30:37 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2020, 10:21:44 PM
There are bats in the roof again. ::) One decided to come into my room and fly around a bit. It wasn't welcome at all but it just kept on flying around anyway, gleefully ignoring my shrill screams. 

I put an electronic bat repellent in my room, hopefully it works. 

First zombies, then...vampires, maybe? :notsure:

Fun.

I would be careful. Shrill screams are perceived as mating calls by male bats.

You are an evil shit! :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 23, 2020, 09:31:32 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 23, 2020, 09:09:54 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 23, 2020, 04:30:37 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2020, 10:21:44 PM
There are bats in the roof again. ::) One decided to come into my room and fly around a bit. It wasn't welcome at all but it just kept on flying around anyway, gleefully ignoring my shrill screams. 

I put an electronic bat repellent in my room, hopefully it works. 

First zombies, then...vampires, maybe? :notsure:

Fun.

I would be careful. Shrill screams are perceived as mating calls by male bats.

You are an evil shit! :rofl:

Why, thank you, kind sir.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 23, 2020, 11:31:41 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 23, 2020, 04:30:37 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2020, 10:21:44 PM
There are bats in the roof again. ::) One decided to come into my room and fly around a bit. It wasn't welcome at all but it just kept on flying around anyway, gleefully ignoring my shrill screams. 

I put an electronic bat repellent in my room, hopefully it works. 

First zombies, then...vampires, maybe? :notsure:

Fun.

I would be careful. Shrill screams are perceived as mating calls by male bats.

(https://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shocked_joey_friends.gif)

Evil indeed! :lol:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 23, 2020, 06:45:34 PM
:lol: Not grumpy, now! You guys make me laugh.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on August 23, 2020, 07:37:17 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 22, 2020, 10:21:44 PM
There are bats in the roof again. ::) One decided to come into my room and fly around a bit. It wasn't welcome at all but it just kept on flying around anyway, gleefully ignoring my shrill screams. 

I put an electronic bat repellent in my room, hopefully it works. 

First zombies, then...vampires, maybe? :notsure:

Fun.
Maybe the zombie stuff has gotten monotonous and now it's time for vampires again?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 16, 2020, 07:28:03 PM
The bag of shit President of Brazil published a decree yesterday nominating the person of his choice to be the Dean of the university I go to. There is one tiny detail, the community of students, professors and other employees voted about a month before...and Carlos Bulhões, the pro-government candidate came third with only 12% of votes. Now he's been bumped up the list by the presidential tumor.

What will this mean? If he's allowed to take office and is not removed all the pro-social rights that took years for the less privileged and affluent, for the non-whites and for indigenous peoples to secure will be undermined and possibly stripped away. Professors and students will be persecuted for their political leanings. The student class, which was a force to be reckoned with during the military dictatorship, will be smothered.     

The Brazilian constitution of 1988 guarantees that federal universities have autonomy. What the head vermin of State has done is a throwback to the military dictatorship which ended in 1985. This is just another in a chain of events in which the piece of shit interferes with public institutions and is very worrisome.

Third world problems. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 18, 2020, 11:10:12 PM
Many of we Americans are marching to a similar drummer, Silver.  Our vermin president does install his acolyte toafdes to positions of influence.  The Postal service springs to mind, so does the secretary of Education, the secretary of Housing and human resources and.........It is a long list.  :felix:

That you have sympathetic company will not fix your problem.  The best we can do is to feel your pain. Count me in.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on September 19, 2020, 12:12:31 AM
My inner cannulas still haven't arrived and it's been over a week.

I have a trach which is basically a tube in my neck to allow me to breathe. The inner cannula goes inside it and collects the secretions and generally forces them out through a cough or a suction machine.

The inner cannula is supposed to be changed everyday. I've been using the same one for over a week and it's cracked in something like a V shape.

The secretions harden like glue and the tube can sometimes get clogged which means I can't breathe. So I yank it out and tell my caregiver about it. She gets a new one and puts it in. It's something I can do too but she can see my neck easier than I can.

Last night, the one I'm still using, got clogged. I couldn't get it out and I was gasping for air. Panic began to set in and there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't calm down to breathe normally. i awoke my caregiver and pointed to the trach. She had a hard time getting the inner cannula out but she managed.

Oh, sweet air! How I have missed you so. She cleaned it and put it back in. The crack allowed the secretions to go through and glue itself to the trach which is why it was so difficult to pull out.

Anyway, I'm grumpy because my home care people dropped the ball and it seems like no matter how many times we call the nurse about this he is always so busy he forgets.

As soon as we can find out the organization's name and phone number you best believe I'm raising hell! I'm going straight to someone in charge and get the number for their manager just in case I need to go one step above.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 21, 2020, 10:02:09 AM
We need to change the title of this thread from 'Reasons to be grumpy' to 'Reasons to be fucking apoplectic!'
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 21, 2020, 06:36:02 PM
I lost my bankcard. Luckily no-one found and used it to plunder my bank account. Blocked the card and requested a new one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 21, 2020, 07:17:07 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 21, 2020, 06:36:02 PM
I lost my bankcard. Luckily no-one found and used it to plunder my bank account. Blocked the card and requested a new one.

I make a prophecy that 5 minutes after the new card arrives you'll find the old one :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 21, 2020, 11:22:46 PM
I did no such thing!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on September 22, 2020, 12:49:02 AM
Just a few months ago someone hacked my bank account. The transactions looked like ATM withdraws. I called the bank they investigated and refunded me. They also closed my bank card and gave me a new one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 22, 2020, 12:51:35 AM
Phone call today.  Caller ID on my phone made the call appear legitimate.  I answered the phone.  Voice on the phone told me that the social security agency  has discovered that my social security number is being used illegally by someone in Texas.  I replied to the caller: That is a serious matter. I wish to resolve the problem quickly. Give me the address of your office and I will come there almost immediately.  Oh Yes, this is so serious  a matter that I will bring an FBI agent with me to your office. CLICK !!  :thinking:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on September 22, 2020, 12:56:01 AM
I get a couple of phone calls that I don't recognize the number on the screen. I let them go to voicemail. If they don't leave a message I guess it wasn't that urgent.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2020, 01:15:16 AM
Quote from: Randy on September 22, 2020, 12:56:01 AM
I get a couple of phone calls that I don't recognize the number on the screen. I let them go to voicemail. If they don't leave a message I guess it wasn't that urgent.

There was a book out many years ago about how, "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche". There were lots of jokes about "Real Men" then. One of my favorites was, "Why don't Real Men have an answering machine?"- It's because if the call was important, they'll call back. I'm with you on that not answering unknown numbers. I just block numbers I don't know. Backwards lookup is sometimes helpful. If it goes to VM, I will start to listen, and if it's spam, delete and block the number
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on September 22, 2020, 01:29:02 AM
I know that Google, Amazon, and others know that I am an old geezer.  Scammers may also have that information.  The premise is that really old guys and girls are easy prey.  That is probably true to some extent.

I am fully aware that my mental and judgement faculties are not as good as they might have been in a younger time.  Praise the FSM, I have not fallen of the turnip truck just yet.  (any day now I suppose)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2020, 03:43:21 AM
Quote from: Icarus on September 22, 2020, 01:29:02 AM
I know that Google, Amazon, and others know that I am an old geezer.  Scammers may also have that information.  The premise is that really old guys and girls are easy prey.  That is probably true to some extent.

I am fully aware that my mental and judgement faculties are not as good as they might have been in a younger time.  Praise the FSM, I have not fallen of the turnip truck just yet.  (any day now I suppose)

Just keep that atheist skepticism honed and you should be fine. I see a lot of unquestioning behavior around me. One of my wife's friends is as vulnerable as a guppy for some of what she is told. It's truly pathetic. I won't worry until my wife dies, because believe me, she questions EVERYTHING! :lol: It's a good/bad thing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 22, 2020, 04:21:47 AM
Quote from: Randy on September 22, 2020, 12:56:01 AM
I get a couple of phone calls that I don't recognize the number on the screen. I let them go to voicemail. If they don't leave a message I guess it wasn't that urgent.

I do the same thing.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on September 22, 2020, 01:52:30 PM
Quote from: No one on September 21, 2020, 11:22:46 PM
I did no such thing!

Don't worry I blame no-one  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 22, 2020, 03:13:25 PM
the voicemail business is an irritant to me. i can't pick up a telephone call while i'm driving, because with a commercial driver's license i incur some US$14,000 in fines, and there's a camera on my windshield that records everything i do when i'm behind the wheel. and sometimes if i'm busy i just don't answer telephone calls anyway.

people used to leave voicemail messages for me that i wouldn't ever receive, because i never remembered to check for messages. so i had the voicemail feature on my telephone de-activated.

if people have something important to say, they can call back, or i'll have their number on my "recent calls" list and i'll do it for them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on September 23, 2020, 03:04:50 PM
Another reason to be grumpy: It started in August. My home care people called to ask why I was discharging them. I told them I wasn't and to please leave me on as a patient. They discharged me instead and didn't tell me about it.

So we'd call my nurse (who is now someone else's) to order inner cannulas. After three days of calling he replied that he put in a rush order and I should get them one or two days. In the meantime I ordered some. They are at a higher rate than the home care people get.

We call him again after a week, and he's on vacation. He told us they were assigning a new nurse and to contact the office for help. We call them and they tell me I'm discharged and there isn't anything they can do about it without a doctor's approval, namely my oncologist. The nurse could have told us unless he simply didn't know.

We called my oncologist's head nurse and told her that since i've been discharged could she recommend someone who wasn't quite so reckless and neglegent. At the moment I don't know what is going on. At least she ordered some.

An inner cannula goes in the trach and helps us breathe. They do wear out and clog up from time to time. I found that breathing is important.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 23, 2020, 10:39:49 PM
jeez you know sometimes people should just have their head held in a bucket of water for ten or twenty minutes
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 23, 2020, 10:47:29 PM
You mean like 96.856765869% of the human population?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on September 23, 2020, 11:17:19 PM
We had to use the same inner cannula for a little over two weeks. It cracked and the secretions started coming through it and sticking to the trach. We had a hard time getting it out. One night I was coughing and I couldn't breathe. I tried to take it out so that I could get some air. I couldn't! Panic began as I couldn't breathe. I woke up my caregiver and she got it out. Oh, sweet air!

She cleaned it out and we put it back in. Negligence on their part and I'd say reckless endangerment. I'm still grumpy with those people!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 02, 2020, 12:48:05 AM
I lost my voice yesterday and it isn't laryngitis. I've had one paralyzed vocal cord for a while and now I fear the other one is too. I can't use the phone anymore so I have no idea how I'm going to fare.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 02, 2020, 01:14:26 AM
Fuuuuck.  :( Can you get a TTD phone?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 02, 2020, 02:14:12 AM
I don't know. I guess I could. I haven't looked at one yet. I was kind of hoping it would come back but no such luck. My voice is completely silent now.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 02, 2020, 03:11:16 AM
 :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on October 02, 2020, 03:39:04 AM
Thankfully your fingers still work, Randy. I'm glad you've stuck around.  :hug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 02, 2020, 07:23:18 AM
Quote from: Randy on October 02, 2020, 02:14:12 AM
... My voice is completely silent now.
Awww, Randy.
:console:

I/we hear you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 02, 2020, 02:53:55 PM
Day Two: Still no voice. I didn't expect it to come back. There are times when I start to say something, write it on the computer in a large font and turn it around for others to see. It's slow and terrible for coming back snarky about Trump.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 02, 2020, 02:58:49 PM
Quote from: Recusant on October 02, 2020, 03:39:04 AM
Thankfully your fingers still work, Randy. I'm glad you've stuck around.  :hug:
Where else was I going to go? Detroit? :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 02, 2020, 10:10:10 PM
the last time i was in detroit was driving a 48 foot flatbed around at midnight looking for a place to park for th enight. with an ex-army noob in the truck with me who viewed every confrontation with anybody as a reason to reach for the Squad Automatic Weapon

i much preferred working by myself

hope your voice returns, man
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 02, 2020, 11:05:30 PM
Thanks Billy/. However I think this is permanent unless the doctors can do something and in my fragile state they don't want to operate unless it is necessary. I'm inclined to agree.

Oh well, I can sing at the top of my silent voice now without people threatening to call the cops.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2020, 05:56:59 PM
Damn, Randy, that really sucks. :( :( :(

Any improvement?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 09, 2020, 01:33:35 AM
No improvement Silver. I see my ENT tomorrow. I don't know what he might find much less if he can cure it. I doubt it's as simple as. "Take two pills and call me in the morning." Eight days now without being able to utter a word.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 09, 2020, 04:02:40 PM
shoot

got fired.

i was recorded on camera setting a deztination on my gps while the truck was moving. telephones or internet devices are illegal to use but gps devicez are legal.

still, i suspect they needed to cut down on drivers and were looking for excuses. they canned a dispatcher the same day. on day shjft there will be five drivers and 19 empty trucks left at the yard.

i showed up with a resignation letter already written and they took that and just tore up the dismissal paperwork. so i quit rather than was dismissed. it pays to be prepared. in this industry its useful to keep an undated resignation letter in your clioboard.

thirty minutes later i was interviewing at another company thats looking for drivwrs and who contacred me a week ago

we'll see
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 09, 2020, 06:03:04 PM
Good luck with a new gig soon, Billy!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 09, 2020, 07:22:16 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 09, 2020, 06:03:04 PM
Good luck with a new gig soon, Billy!

:this:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 09, 2020, 11:28:23 PM
thank you both

being an essential worker, i'm more or less an interchangeable part, so if someone is hiring i can step right into the gap.

but th eindustry is down right now, demand is slow and the producers have the chokes on the wells set at minimum, and are shutting others in entirely. oil and gas is finally reaching the end of its run, perhaps.

so i'm planting fruit trees an dbuilding up the beehives. so long as i'm willing to survive on peaches and honey i'll be in good shape.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 10, 2020, 12:25:29 AM
Sad to hear that you got fired but you have years of experience. That will count on getting the new gig. You'll be up and running in no time. In the meantime you do have your honey and peaches. :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on October 10, 2020, 01:04:16 AM
Nine days and completely silent. If one wants to talk about frustrating, this will do it. My ENT put me on some antibiotics and steroids. He saw a swelling as well as something developing in my throat. I don't know when I'll be able to speak again if there is a "when". I'll see him again in two weeks.

I've also got a CT scheduled by my oncologist. This is quite early in the routine. I guess she wants to see if the straws we are grasping at are working. I hope they are. As my ENT said today, "All we can do is keep it at bay, There is no cure." I figured that out a long time ago. Still, I'm bracing myself for bad news just in case. I'd rather be relieved than caught off guard.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 10, 2020, 01:22:41 AM
Quote from: Randy on October 10, 2020, 01:04:16 AM
Nine days and completely silent. If one wants to talk about frustrating, this will do it. My ENT put me on some antibiotics and steroids. He saw a swelling as well as something developing in my throat. I don't know when I'll be able to speak again if there is a "when". I'll see him again in two weeks.

I've also got a CT scheduled by my oncologist. This is quite early in the routine. I guess she wants to see if the straws we are grasping at are working. I hope they are. As my ENT said today, "All we can do is keep it at bay, There is no cure." I figured that out a long time ago. Still, I'm bracing myself for bad news just in case. I'd rather be relieved than caught off guard.
Wow, Randy, I can only imagine:
QuoteIf one wants to talk about frustrating, this will do it.
I'm sorry to hear this.
I don't know what to say. What can one say?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 10, 2020, 01:38:09 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on October 09, 2020, 04:02:40 PM
shoot

got fired.
...


thirty minutes later i was interviewing at another company thats looking for drivwrs and who contacred me a week ago

we'll see

:therethere:
billy rubin,
humble azpirant to the throne3 of typos
Not Defeated by the Dark Night of the Soul
****
Gender: Male
Who claims to
actually not know what LætusAtheos means...

You'll be OK.

  :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2020, 02:04:32 PM
My right arm is sunburnt.  ::) Like, really sunburnt up to my sleeve, so there's going to be a mark there.

The other one is fine.

So now I'm going to have a tanned half right arm and a non-tanned left. Good thing I have a sense of humour.  :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 25, 2020, 04:18:37 PM
I get 3 shades darker just opening the fridge.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 26, 2020, 02:51:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2020, 02:04:32 PM
My right arm is sunburnt.  ::) Like, really sunburnt up to my sleeve, so there's going to be a mark there.

The other one is fine.

So now I'm going to have a tanned half right arm and a non-tanned left. Good thing I have a sense of humour.  :P

Did a taxi finally stop for you?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 26, 2020, 02:51:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2020, 02:04:32 PM
My right arm is sunburnt.  ::) Like, really sunburnt up to my sleeve, so there's going to be a mark there.

The other one is fine.

So now I'm going to have a tanned half right arm and a non-tanned left. Good thing I have a sense of humour.  :P

Did a taxi finally stop for you?

Heh, the way it's peeling now no taxi will ever let me hop in.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on November 04, 2020, 02:10:27 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 26, 2020, 02:51:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2020, 02:04:32 PM
My right arm is sunburnt.  ::) Like, really sunburnt up to my sleeve, so there's going to be a mark there.

The other one is fine.

So now I'm going to have a tanned half right arm and a non-tanned left. Good thing I have a sense of humour.  :P

Did a taxi finally stop for you?

Heh, the way it's peeling now no taxi will ever let me hop in.
I'm missing something somewhere. What does a taxi have to do with a sunburned arm?  :foottap:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 02:16:45 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 26, 2020, 02:51:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2020, 02:04:32 PM
My right arm is sunburnt.  ::) Like, really sunburnt up to my sleeve, so there's going to be a mark there.

The other one is fine.

So now I'm going to have a tanned half right arm and a non-tanned left. Good thing I have a sense of humour.  :P

Did a taxi finally stop for you?

Heh, the way it's peeling now no taxi will ever let me hop in.

:lynch: CONTAGION!  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 04, 2020, 03:40:29 AM
Quote from: Randy on November 04, 2020, 02:10:27 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 26, 2020, 02:51:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2020, 02:04:32 PM
My right arm is sunburnt.  ::) Like, really sunburnt up to my sleeve, so there's going to be a mark there.

The other one is fine.

So now I'm going to have a tanned half right arm and a non-tanned left. Good thing I have a sense of humour.  :P

Did a taxi finally stop for you?

Heh, the way it's peeling now no taxi will ever let me hop in.
I'm missing something somewhere. What does a taxi have to do with a sunburned arm?  :foottap:

Well, I imagined xSilverPhinx standing at the roadside, trying to hail a taxi, with her right arm up in the bright sunshine.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 04, 2020, 04:02:58 AM
Hmm, I assumed it was a version of the trucker's tan.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 04:05:52 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 04, 2020, 04:02:58 AM
Hmm, I assumed it was a version of the trucker's tan.

Well, I can't answer for the 'fin, but I bet she had her right arm out the window of her mom's BRAND NEW CAR, waving at the fans.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 04, 2020, 06:31:02 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 04, 2020, 04:02:58 AM
Hmm, I assumed it was a version of the trucker's tan.

Wouldn't that have caused her left arm to be burnt?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 04, 2020, 04:14:37 PM
perhaps she was driving in reverse
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 08:14:42 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 02:16:45 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 26, 2020, 02:51:43 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 25, 2020, 02:04:32 PM
My right arm is sunburnt.  ::) Like, really sunburnt up to my sleeve, so there's going to be a mark there.

The other one is fine.

So now I'm going to have a tanned half right arm and a non-tanned left. Good thing I have a sense of humour.  :P

Did a taxi finally stop for you?

Heh, the way it's peeling now no taxi will ever let me hop in.

:lynch: CONTAGION!  ;D

:lol: I'm a proper zombie now!  :P
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 04, 2020, 11:12:50 PM
We all know you've had a thing for brains for a while now.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 05, 2020, 12:21:05 AM
Quote from: No one on November 04, 2020, 11:12:50 PM
We all know you've had a thing for brains for a while now.

;D Excellent observation!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 05, 2020, 07:15:26 PM
Quote from: No one on November 04, 2020, 11:12:50 PM
We all know you've had a thing for brains for a while now.

:grin: That is true.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 06, 2020, 08:52:50 PM
The Asmo has two days of vacation left. He ought to have more. The pile of work waiting for His return is... Unnerving. It's mostly really cool stuff, which I enjoy, but there just is so. Damned. Much of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 12, 2020, 09:12:02 AM
Very few at the moment.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 12, 2020, 01:51:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2020, 09:12:02 AM
Very few at the moment.

What?
How about all the plastic in the ocean?
What about the inverse ratio of enjoyable stuff and longevity?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 12, 2020, 04:12:04 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 12, 2020, 01:51:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2020, 09:12:02 AM
Very few at the moment.

What?
How about all the plastic in the ocean?
What about the inverse ratio of enjoyable stuff and longevity?

Pfft.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 12, 2020, 06:58:33 PM
lol
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 13, 2020, 01:16:36 PM
There is a very serious health issue in my close family, the fallout of which is barreling my way whatever the immediate outcome. In order to deal with those matters, I regret to announce a new period of relative inactivity from my side.

Such is life, unfortunately.

I currently have a few active conversations going, and shall try to read any responses, but will be unlikely to respond back again.

For any emergency technical issues, let the staff know - they have the ability to contact me by phone or SMS.


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 13, 2020, 01:51:12 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 13, 2020, 01:16:36 PM
There is a very serious health issue in my close family, the fallout of which is barreling my way whatever the immediate outcome. In order to deal with those matters, I regret to announce a new period of relative inactivity from my side.

Such is life, unfortunately.

I currently have a few active conversations going, and shall try to read any responses, but will be unlikely to respond back again.

For any emergency technical issues, let the staff know - they have the ability to contact me by phone or SMS.

Sorry to hear that, Asmo. I hope things will work out well for your relative. You will be missed.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on November 13, 2020, 04:43:42 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 13, 2020, 01:16:36 PM
There is a very serious health issue in my close family, the fallout of which is barreling my way whatever the immediate outcome. In order to deal with those matters, I regret to announce a new period of relative inactivity from my side.

Such is life, unfortunately.

I currently have a few active conversations going, and shall try to read any responses, but will be unlikely to respond back again.

For any emergency technical issues, let the staff know - they have the ability to contact me by phone or SMS.
Wow Asmo, I'm sorry to hear this. You take all the time you need. Trust me, you will not be forgotten.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 13, 2020, 04:45:20 PM
Sorry to hear that, Asmo.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on November 13, 2020, 09:26:08 PM
I'm sorry to hear this, Asmo.
We'll be right here, waiting for you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 15, 2020, 04:37:38 AM
I had some nausea Wednesday, and ended up at the toilet, blowing chunks. After a couple of retches, I was seeing blood. I went to the ER the next day, and got the news that the repeated retching probably ripped the mucous off my esophagus and damaged it, releasing the blood. Well, that's good news, at least I don't (maybe) have an ulcer. I'll get a hose up my nose and into my stomach sometime in the next couple of weeks, to find out. While there, I found out that my blood pressure was horribly high.  :???: I'm taking one extra BP pill to get it down to only "HIGH" until the doctor gets back to me. I have a phone appointment set up, but given the pressure, I suspect that I'll get a call earlier for an in-person appointment. Or else I'll be spraying blood out of my eyes like a Great Horned Toad. Where the hell did this come from?  :o My BP has been pretty much controlled until this (with minimal medication).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 15, 2020, 07:11:33 AM
My wife was so concerned about my bad hearing that she forced me to have my ears examined. I knew that my ears were bad, since my childhood. It runs in the family, but we're all too stubborn to admit it and do something about it. So off I went on Friday, to the see the ear doctor. The results were pretty bad. For both ears, I"d need a hearing aid.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 15, 2020, 08:05:17 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 15, 2020, 04:37:38 AM
I had some nausea Wednesday, and ended up at the toilet, blowing chunks. After a couple of retches, I was seeing blood. I went to the ER the next day, and got the news that the repeated retching probably ripped the mucous off my esophagus and damaged it, releasing the blood. Well, that's good news, at least I don't (maybe) have an ulcer. I'll get a hose up my nose and into my stomach sometime in the next couple of weeks, to find out. While there, I found out that my blood pressure was horribly high.  :???: I'm taking one extra BP pill to get it down to only "HIGH" until the doctor gets back to me. I have a phone appointment set up, but given the pressure, I suspect that I'll get a call earlier for an in-person appointment. Or else I'll be spraying blood out of my eyes like a Great Horned Toad. Where the hell did this come from?  :o My BP has been pretty much controlled until this (with minimal medication).

It's Trumps fault.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 15, 2020, 08:06:01 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 15, 2020, 07:11:33 AM
My wife was so concerned about my bad hearing that she forced me to have my ears examined. I knew that my ears were bad, since my childhood. It runs in the family, but we're all too stubborn to admit it and do something about it. So off I went on Friday, to the see the ear doctor. The results were pretty bad. For both ears, I"d need a hearing aid.

Pardon?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on November 15, 2020, 04:06:30 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 15, 2020, 07:11:33 AM
My wife was so concerned about my bad hearing that she forced me to have my ears examined. I knew that my ears were bad, since my childhood. It runs in the family, but we're all too stubborn to admit it and do something about it. So off I went on Friday, to the see the ear doctor. The results were pretty bad. For both ears, I"d need a hearing aid.
I have hearing aids. My hearing was good until the first set of chemo drugs were done. I was told that hearing loss is a possible side effect. Well, the side effect got me. There are certain pitches that I can't hear such as a desk bell, an elevator (lift) ding, and other things in that range. Everything else sounds muffled without the hearing aids.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 16, 2020, 12:52:52 AM
Hearing aids are not a threat to your manhood Tom62.  The need for them is the result of the natural order of human aging. 

The most immediate problem is that the hearing aid businesses in the U.S. are criminal endeavors.  A little device that has far less capacity than my I- phone, costs about four to eight times as much. 

You guessed it. I have hearing aids.  At 90 YO I am entitled, and I can tell you that my life improved when I finally capitulated and bought some of the little communication helpers.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 16, 2020, 03:17:59 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 15, 2020, 08:05:17 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 15, 2020, 04:37:38 AM
I had some nausea Wednesday, and ended up at the toilet, blowing chunks. After a couple of retches, I was seeing blood. I went to the ER the next day, and got the news that the repeated retching probably ripped the mucous off my esophagus and damaged it, releasing the blood. Well, that's good news, at least I don't (maybe) have an ulcer. I'll get a hose up my nose and into my stomach sometime in the next couple of weeks, to find out. While there, I found out that my blood pressure was horribly high.  :???: I'm taking one extra BP pill to get it down to only "HIGH" until the doctor gets back to me. I have a phone appointment set up, but given the pressure, I suspect that I'll get a call earlier for an in-person appointment. Or else I'll be spraying blood out of my eyes like a Great Horned Toad. Where the hell did this come from?  :o My BP has been pretty much controlled until this (with minimal medication).

It's Trumps fault.

I've really tried to avoid discussions involving "the chump", as I call him. I can't help myself, and sometimes get into those discussions, and, indeed, I can feel where there may well be blood squirting out of my eyes. So much wrong with him. Damn.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 16, 2020, 04:22:41 PM
Quote from: Icarus on November 16, 2020, 12:52:52 AM
Hearing aids are not a threat to your manhood Tom62.  The need for them is the result of the natural order of human aging. 

The most immediate problem is that the hearing aid businesses in the U.S. are criminal endeavors.  A little device that has far less capacity than my I- phone, costs about four to eight times as much. 

You guessed it. I have hearing aids.  At 90 YO I am entitled, and I can tell you that my life improved when I finally capitulated and bought some of the little communication helpers.

Thanks for the reassurance. I think that the hearing aid business is a criminal endeavour everywhere in the world. My doctor and a friend of mine warned me that they'd love to rip people off. I do have a tight budget though, since my private health insurance "only" covers 1,500 Euro per ear.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 17, 2020, 01:25:02 AM
When I began to shop for hearing aids I learned to fight back.  The agencies that sell the devices usually do a dog and pony show as well as having you sit in a  tiny quiet chamber and listen to mysterious random sounds. You push a button when you hear the sound or ....not.  The sounds will have various frequencies for you to acknowledge that you have heard or not. 

Very well, this experiment establishes which part of your hearing is the most affected or in  need of remediation.  All this is most impressively scientific sounding and is a serious diagnostic test.  The victim patients data is being recorded and analyzed and dramatized on a computer whose screen the sales person shows you. Yada Yada Yada, you have a 40 db hearing and or recognition loss at these frequencies and fortunately we can fit you with some instruments that can correct the loss, yada, yada, yada.   You need our ....................fill in the blanks for an impressive product name and model number and they only cost a princes ransom which of course is of no inconvenience to you.

At this point you tell the salesman to go fuck himself or if he/she chooses not to do so, then they are to get serious about the price of your product. They were aiming high. Don't go for that bullshit.  One of the sales outfits whose product is hugely advertised is Audibel.  My excursion into their worlds revealed that the Audibel " audiologist" guy quoted me $7,200 for the instruments that would surely change my world for the better.

Shopping around, I did the same quiet chamber bit at Sams Club. Same sort of  dog and pony show. WHoopee his price was only $3,800.  Aaawright!  I am getting somewhere now. I landed on another seller who is more inclined to go for volume instead of outlandish profit margin.  The salesman was an alright guy who quoted me $4,800.  By this time I am getting used to the high end quotes and I told him that I can not afford to buy at that price or anywhere near that price.  I arose from my chair to leave. He fiddled around on his computer and found some kind of special deal that allowed him to sell me the pair of instruments for $2400.  Deal is done. I am happy, he has made a damned good cash sale, and everyone lives happily ever after.

There are several recognized brands of hearing aids here in the U.S.  They are Siemans, Audibel, Widex, and perhaps a few others that I have not run across. I can confidently announce to all of my dear friends, as you age, your hearing will become less and less workable for ordinary conversational exchange.  Men especially lose their ability to recognize higher frequencies..........like the female voice.  Well that ain't gonna work very well when your wife accuses you of ignoring her or misinterpreting what she so clearly said..

An advantage of having and using hearing aids is that it gives us an excuse for  ignoring the blather of others that annoy us. The little thingies have on/off switches and in my pair they have a remote controller that can increase or decrease the volume.   We can also claim that the batteries in our hearing aids are  dead.   :geezer!:



   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 17, 2020, 02:37:10 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 17, 2020, 01:25:02 AM
When I began to shop for hearing aids I learned to fight back.  The agencies that sell the devices usually do a dog and pony show as well as having you sit in a  tiny quiet chamber and listen to mysterious random sounds. You push a button when you hear the sound or ....not.  The sounds will have various frequencies for you to acknowledge that you have heard or not. 

Very well, this experiment establishes which part of your hearing is the most affected or in  need of remediation.  All this is most impressively scientific sounding and is a serious diagnostic test.  The victim patients data is being recorded and analyzed and dramatized on a computer whose screen the sales person shows you. Yada Yada Yada, you have a 40 db hearing and or recognition loss at these frequencies and fortunately we can fit you with some instruments that can correct the loss, yada, yada, yada.   You need our ....................fill in the blanks for an impressive product name and model number and they only cost a princes ransom which of course is of no inconvenience to you.

At this point you tell the salesman to go fuck himself or if he/she chooses not to do so, then they are to get serious about the price of your product. They were aiming high. Don't go for that bullshit.  One of the sales outfits whose product is hugely advertised is Audibel.  My excursion into their worlds revealed that the Audibel " audiologist" guy quoted me $7,200 for the instruments that would surely change my world for the better.

Shopping around, I did the same quiet chamber bit at Sams Club. Same sort of  dog and pony show. WHoopee his price was only $3,800.  Aaawright!  I am getting somewhere now. I landed on another seller who is more inclined to go for volume instead of outlandish profit margin.  The salesman was an alright guy who quoted me $4,800.  By this time I am getting used to the high end quotes and I told him that I can not afford to buy at that price or anywhere near that price.  I arose from my chair to leave. He fiddled around on his computer and found some kind of special deal that allowed him to sell me the pair of instruments for $2400.  Deal is done. I am happy, he has made a damned good cash sale, and everyone lives happily ever after.

There are several recognized brands of hearing aids here in the U.S.  They are Siemans, Audibel, Widex, and perhaps a few others that I have not run across. I can confidently announce to all of my dear friends, as you age, your hearing will become less and less workable for ordinary conversational exchange.  Men especially lose their ability to recognize higher frequencies..........like the female voice.  Well that ain't gonna work very well when your wife accuses you of ignoring her or misinterpreting what she so clearly said..

An advantage of having and using hearing aids is that it gives us an excuse for  ignoring the blather of others that annoy us. The little thingies have on/off switches and in my pair they have a remote controller that can increase or decrease the volume.   We can also claim that the batteries in our hearing aids are  dead.   :geezer!:



   

Hear, Hear! Pun intended. ;D My MiL's hearing aids were about $4k apiece. At least she got free batteries every 6 months for the first 3 years. ::) I remember a few years ago that my wife took her mother to a mall to have her nails done. There was some (c)rap music playing, and my wife turned her mother's hearing aids off! :lol: I read a sci-fi story many years ago, where each booth had a coin slot for a machine that provided silence, if you wanted it. What a novel concept!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 17, 2020, 02:45:16 AM
piss on th ehearing aids.

what can i buy that will make my pecker work like it did when i was sixteen?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 17, 2020, 03:32:01 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 17, 2020, 02:45:16 AM
piss on th ehearing aids.

what can i buy that will make my pecker work like it did when i was sixteen?

Gonna need to transplant yer brain into a 16-year-old body. Good luck with that.  :reading:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 17, 2020, 03:40:58 AM
i suspect this is not a new problem
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 18, 2020, 02:29:59 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 17, 2020, 02:45:16 AM
piss on th ehearing aids.

what can i buy that will make my pecker work like it did when i was sixteen?

A time machine?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 18, 2020, 10:31:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8cRjPAgMLs
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on November 19, 2020, 02:32:45 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 18, 2020, 10:31:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8cRjPAgMLs
I've seen this movie several times. I've always been interested in time travel.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 19, 2020, 04:49:03 AM
conceptually its full of contradictions.

what interests yiou about it?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 19, 2020, 01:04:20 PM
I love time travel stories as well. However, most of them don't handle the paradoxes and physics well. Some of my favourite stories: "Door into Summer" and "By His Bootstraps" (Robert A. Heinlein), "A Sound of Thunder" (Ray Bradbury), "Up the Line" (Robert Silverberg), "Thrice Upon a Time" (James P. Hogan) and "The Time Traveller's Wife" (Audrey Niffenegger).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 19, 2020, 01:15:37 PM
My wife has written a time travel story and is currently touting it around a selection of agents.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on November 19, 2020, 02:30:31 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 19, 2020, 04:49:03 AM
conceptually its full of contradictions.

what interests yiou about it?
I know it is full of contradictions and there may be some law in physics eventually that explains why it is improbable. Still, as a kid I was fascinated by it. The idea of moving through time, forwards and backwards, simply caught my imagination. The kid in me still is interested in it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 19, 2020, 08:15:52 PM
Oblivious drivers.
When you are driving, and every other vehicle is going around you, when a big rig hauling several tons of earth heading up an incline is going around you, YOU ARE THE FUCKING PROBLEM!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 19, 2020, 10:46:08 PM
Quote from: Randy on November 19, 2020, 02:30:31 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 19, 2020, 04:49:03 AM
conceptually its full of contradictions.

what interests yiou about it?
I know it is full of contradictions and there may be some law in physics eventually that explains why it is improbable. Still, as a kid I was fascinated by it. The idea of moving through time, forwards and backwards, simply caught my imagination. The kid in me still is interested in it.

I feel the same way, time travel stories fascinate me even with all its problems :tellmemore:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 20, 2020, 12:25:59 AM
Presently re-reading Isaac Asimov's book; The Robots of Dawn.  It is a bit much but the story line has us sometime far in the future when we could travel to other inhabitable big round rocks.  Warp speed/time travel and all that good stuff is involved.  Story line is mostly about robots, sex, and interplanetary detective work.  I have plowed through about two thirds of the book and it has made me a tad grumpy.  Grumpy because the story drags on interminably.   
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 20, 2020, 07:18:12 AM
I'm not a big fan of Asimov later works, in which he tried to link his robot stories together with his Foundation stories. The Robots of Dawn therefore didn't leave an everlasting impression.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 20, 2020, 01:08:56 PM
one thing about azimov was that he invented the concept of warp drive/hyperspace in his i robot series.

everybody since in every zpace opera that glossez over interstellar distance owez him that debt.

just like john brunner predicted the internet and computer viruses way back in the mid 70s in the shockwave rider
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 24, 2020, 08:53:22 PM
The weather is starting to get hot down here and when it does my room is like an oven.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 24, 2020, 09:03:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 24, 2020, 08:53:22 PM
The weather is starting to get hot down here and when it does my room is like an oven.

Are you done yet?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 24, 2020, 09:05:24 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 24, 2020, 09:03:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 24, 2020, 08:53:22 PM
The weather is starting to get hot down here and when it does my room is like an oven.

Are you done yet?

Overdone.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 24, 2020, 10:30:37 PM
Did you mean well done?(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 24, 2020, 11:21:40 PM
Quote from: No one on November 24, 2020, 10:30:37 PM
Did you mean well done?(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FThumbs%2520Up.png&hash=e8ea77880ad2978fd09f5791a5436d85008666d2)

Yes  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 25, 2020, 03:31:13 AM
I always see you as a rare treasure.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 25, 2020, 09:15:33 AM
Toilet cistern is leaking. I foresee curse words in my future  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on November 25, 2020, 02:28:51 PM
Coffee - It hasn't tasted like coffee in years due to chemo. I used to drink it all the time. Now I drink it just to feel normal but it doesn't taste right anymore. I'm drinking some now and I don't know why I put myself through this torture. It tastes awful.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on November 29, 2020, 02:48:39 PM
It's open enrollment time for Medicare and I'm looking at all these plans and have gotten real confused. Why can't they make things simpler? I'm trying to find a "medigap" plan to supplement what I have now but am also looking at Medicare Advantage which rolls everything up into one package. But then finding that it's a headache to go through. I'll be looking again this afternoon,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 29, 2020, 07:18:39 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 25, 2020, 03:31:13 AM
I always see you as a rare treasure.

That comment was gold silver. :smug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 29, 2020, 07:20:26 PM
Quote from: Randy on November 29, 2020, 02:48:39 PM
It's open enrollment time for Medicare and I'm looking at all these plans and have gotten real confused. Why can't they make things simpler? I'm trying to find a "medigap" plan to supplement what I have now but am also looking at Medicare Advantage which rolls everything up into one package. But then finding that it's a headache to go through. I'll be looking again this afternoon,

It's almost as if they don't want to keep those kinds of things simple, for whatever reason.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 06, 2020, 08:10:12 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/IlYPALgl.jpg)

you know dayz is going to zlow down when you share tbe construction zone with a zchwRtzentruber
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 07, 2020, 02:42:57 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 06, 2020, 08:10:12 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/IlYPALgl.jpg)

you know dayz is going to zlow down when you share tbe construction zone with a zchwRtzentruber

Reminds me of this meme I saw the other day:

(https://cdn.dopl3r.com//media/memes_files/me-explaining-that-a-pregnant-horse-can-run-faster-cause-it-has-two-horsepower-my-physics-teacher-ertMj.jpg)

Carry on.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 07, 2020, 02:53:28 PM
It seems I can't reconcile Joy's existence with having to wash a pile of dirty dishes...all it took was one moment of distraction for her to leave a smelly present in the living room. ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on December 09, 2020, 03:12:23 PM
I have to pay out $21k to fix the foundation of my house.

:money: :money: :money:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 09, 2020, 03:24:00 PM
On the bright side, at least it's not $50,000.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 09, 2020, 04:23:30 PM
Quote from: Davin on December 09, 2020, 03:12:23 PM
I have to pay out $21k to fix the foundation of my house.

:money: :money: :money:

By the sound of that its not insured? Or is that after the insurance?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 09, 2020, 06:41:15 PM
Quote from: Davin on December 09, 2020, 03:12:23 PM
I have to pay out $21k to fix the foundation of my house.

:money: :money: :money:

Holy -censored-  :shocked:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on December 09, 2020, 08:18:34 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 09, 2020, 04:23:30 PM
Quote from: Davin on December 09, 2020, 03:12:23 PM
I have to pay out $21k to fix the foundation of my house.

:money: :money: :money:

By the sound of that its not insured? Or is that after the insurance?
This is America, insurance doesn't cover shit, but it is mandatory.

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 09, 2020, 06:41:15 PM
Holy -censored-  :shocked:
We are also shocked.

2020 has been the worst year for me by any metric. I hope it ends up being the worst year.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 09, 2020, 09:19:55 PM
You just jinxed it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 10, 2020, 05:24:39 AM
Quote from: Davin on December 09, 2020, 08:18:34 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 09, 2020, 04:23:30 PM
Quote from: Davin on December 09, 2020, 03:12:23 PM
I have to pay out $21k to fix the foundation of my house.

:money: :money: :money:

By the sound of that its not insured? Or is that after the insurance?
This is America, insurance doesn't cover shit, but it is mandatory.

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 09, 2020, 06:41:15 PM
Holy -censored-  :shocked:
We are also shocked.

2020 has been the worst year for me by any metric. I hope it ends up being the worst year.

(https://www.trendingus.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/32cb21487ffbf03fd42a2c6cc5f69765.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 10, 2020, 06:23:54 AM
(https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/16-5edf7e4d2a8f7__700.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 10, 2020, 07:39:52 AM
(https://sr-content-ok2nbdvvyp8jbrhdp.stackpathdns.com/6ce5aba6-9147-46da-887f-71edb04f5ae7.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 10, 2020, 09:52:26 PM
they cn be quite seruius, you know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uozJGTbibJw
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on December 11, 2020, 12:49:59 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 10, 2020, 09:52:26 PM
they cn be quite seruius, you know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uozJGTbibJw
Is that a documentary? :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on December 14, 2020, 07:48:40 AM
Starting from this Wednesday, Germany will go into a complete lockdown. Goods news is that we are still allowed to travel. We just have to make arrangements when and how to meet my wife's family without breaking the law.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 14, 2020, 09:26:21 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on December 14, 2020, 07:48:40 AM
Starting from this Wednesday, Germany will go into a complete lockdown. Goods news is that we are still allowed to travel. We just have to make arrangements when and how to meet my wife's family without breaking the law.

Some good news. I just wonder haw many people will die as a result of the UK governments spinless actions regarding Christmas. :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2020, 11:31:02 AM
No comment on the Brazilian government's spinless and imbecilic non actions. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 02:33:57 PM
Had a run-in with an errant power cord and ended up with a nail torn loose on my right big toe. >:( I need to get the extension cord for my lathe run overhead.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on December 14, 2020, 02:59:46 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 02:33:57 PM
Had a run-in with an errant power cord and ended up with a nail torn loose on my right big toe. >:( I need to get the extension cord for my lathe run overhead.
Ouch DL that sounds painful!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2020, 06:41:20 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 02:33:57 PM
Had a run-in with an errant power cord and ended up with a nail torn loose on my right big toe. >:( I need to get the extension cord for my lathe run overhead.

(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MammothFondAsp-small.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 07:28:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2020, 06:41:20 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 02:33:57 PM
Had a run-in with an errant power cord and ended up with a nail torn loose on my right big toe. >:( I need to get the extension cord for my lathe run overhead.

(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MammothFondAsp-small.gif)

More like  :rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2020, 07:30:55 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 07:28:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 14, 2020, 06:41:20 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 02:33:57 PM
Had a run-in with an errant power cord and ended up with a nail torn loose on my right big toe. >:( I need to get the extension cord for my lathe run overhead.

(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MammothFondAsp-small.gif)

More like  :rant1:

(https://i.imgflip.com/4qc77w.jpg)

:P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 14, 2020, 07:40:35 PM
^^^ :rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 14, 2020, 09:45:36 PM
Agreed! :smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 17, 2020, 08:30:27 PM
i hate winter

(https://i.imgur.com/KpBPkp6l.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7rCRmpDl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yBejd1hl.jpg)

the daughter and her boyfriend arived about noon, and we managed to get the old radiator out and install th enew one, fresh hoses too. no issues with that, but by the time we were were done it had snowed and there was fourinches on the ground. her pickup doesn't have limited slip, and it couldn't get out into the lane so i moved it into the hayfield and chained it to the ancient fourwheel drive dodge and dragged it to the house for the night

this morning the plough didn't come through until noon, so then they tried to get out to the highway and made it about a half mile before they spun out. i went and chained them up agaian and pulled them the three miles to the blacktop so they could get back home before dark. nice little truck but no good in the country. on snow the one wheel with torque just spins it in a circle instead of moving forward

so after we blew a head gasket in the 4WD ranger and the front axle went out in the 3/4-ton chevrolet, we're down to only one four wheel drive truck. hopefully we'll get money ahead and i can get the axle in the chevy fixed.

nice place to live in three seasons, but winter time out here can be problematic.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 17, 2020, 08:54:32 PM
I like winter with a few snowy days.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on December 17, 2020, 09:29:52 PM
I like winter almost as much as I like trumpolini.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 17, 2020, 09:32:33 PM
Send some snow my way! :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on December 17, 2020, 09:50:45 PM
I don't care much for the cold but I love the snow. Georgia rarely gets any though at least in this part. Many years ago we had a blizzard and it dumped 18" of snow. That's something I'll never see again in my lifetime.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 17, 2020, 10:27:36 PM
snow is like volcanoes.

very picturesque on calendars and national geographic articles, not pleasant when gettign to work means miles of bad roads in the dark and months of cold.

i would gladly send every snowfall away to anybody who would like it.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 18, 2020, 12:10:37 AM
The pictures are beautiful Billy.  The reality of living in that kind of environment is much less beautiful.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 18, 2020, 05:59:09 AM
this place is beautiful in spring and summer

but wearing a coat inside the house all winter is too much like england for me
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 18, 2020, 10:44:13 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 18, 2020, 05:59:09 AM
this place is beautiful in spring and summer

but wearing a coat inside the house all winter is too much like england for me

:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 20, 2020, 01:31:23 AM
you know that's true
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on December 20, 2020, 10:38:53 PM
I've never had the displeasure of an English winter. I'm glad I was able to avoid one. :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 01, 2021, 07:14:50 PM
This is a long one. Yesterday (December 31, 2020) I was at the hospital to get an MRI and a CT scan. I was to report at noon (which I did) and proceeded to do all the paperwork when it was found that someone mixed up my information with someone else's and I may be due lower bills. I don't know yet but they've got to straighten it out now.

Then after I guess an hour with the checking in process, I'm wheeled (the tumor in my hip has been bothering me for weeks and I limp) to another department so they can access my port. A port is something embedded into a vein and is visible as a bump underneath the skin. It's for those of us who routinely need intravenous infusions and have run out of veins in the arms to use.

The port is accessed and I'm guessing it's about 1:30 at this point in the afternoon. They want to get an MRI of the brain to rule out a possible (but i doubt it) tumor. They'll hook up a dye of some sort to the port. I don't know what it's for though. The MRI is long and how long I don't know.

We are told that we can leave as long as we are back by 4:00. It's 3:07 now. Well, where the heck are we supposed to go? We end up at the pharmacy so my caregiver can get some things. We get back and it's almost four by the time we reach the door.

Now we are ready for the CT scan of my whole body. The one where I lie flat on a hard thin board, like the MRI I suppose, and am scanned slowly for about forty-five minutes to an hour.

Finally, it's six o'clock give-or-take and my caretaker goes to get the car and pull it around. I show her that they forgot to de-access my port. So we go back in and radiology is getting ready to close for the night when they spot us. De-accessing is very simple but you'd be surprised at the paperwork that is involved.

The whole time I wasn't feeling well and I was limping because of whatever is happening to my hip and leg. Some days it hurts worse than others.

Then we get home and find the internet is down. It turns out that my daughter had auto pay on a card that expired. She had to call them this morning and get it restarted. Last night was pretty boring.

So anyway, the last day of the year was pretty abysmal for me. I'm happy to see 2020 go.

Edit: I just reached 1000 posts. I don't know how I managed that but I don't feel quite so new anymore to the forum.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 01, 2021, 07:42:54 PM
Sorry for all your troubles. Congrats on the 1000 posts. Now you get to figure out some cutlery!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 01, 2021, 07:51:42 PM
You mean like the cutlery you have in your signature? I wouldn't know how to begin.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 12, 2021, 01:54:16 PM
Because of the heat I got very little sleep last night. Nothing like being sleep-deprived to really set the grumpy mood for the next day.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 14, 2021, 03:15:48 PM
I just got released from four days in the hospital. The first time I was brought coffee it was cold. The next day it was lukewarm. The third day they didn't even offer it. The fourth day I had a nutritionist to come up and find out what I'm able t eat. I told her the various things I've discovered recently but at this juncture I'd like some hot coffee.

I got some and of course it was terrible. I think it was old and burned. Three creamers to bring it back to looking somewhat palpable. It wasn't. I've had battery acid that tasted better.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2021, 03:25:21 PM
Wrong place to say it, but I'll say it here, anyway. Not grumpy to see you back!

My back is hurting like hell from being on my hands and knees, bailing the water out of the dishwasher so that I could clean out the drain pump. That didn't work, so I guess the hose is blocked. I made an attempt at pulling the dishwasher out, but couldn't get it to clear the counter and the floor at the same time. We're washing dishes by hand for a few days until my back is better- and my son can help.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 14, 2021, 05:06:33 PM
lol

i haven't had a dishwasher in 37 years? maybe only 36

cant do it now because all our water drains out the floor of the cellar into the bar ditch along the road.

i have never managed to teach my kids how to wash their own dishes as they go, but now that we have year-round running water at least the sink doesn't fill up with their grimy stuff.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 14, 2021, 11:29:52 PM
I ended up divorcing my dishwasher. (Okay, okay, I'll behave!)

DL, people like you and I can throw our backs out too easily. I haven't done it yet but know that I can. Let the young whippersnappers do it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2021, 01:24:18 AM
Yeah, once my one son gets another day off, we'll get it out where it can be got to. As long as we stay on top of the dishes, it won't be too bad. Though I despise doing dishes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 15, 2021, 01:02:17 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2021, 01:24:18 AM
Though I despise doing dishes.

Me too. Listening to music helps.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 15, 2021, 01:49:58 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2021, 03:25:21 PM
Wrong place to say it, but I'll say it here, anyway. Not grumpy to see you back!

My back is hurting like hell from being on my hands and knees, bailing the water out of the dishwasher so that I could clean out the drain pump. That didn't work, so I guess the hose is blocked. I made an attempt at pulling the dishwasher out, but couldn't get it to clear the counter and the floor at the same time. We're washing dishes by hand for a few days until my back is better- and my son can help.
I replaced my dishwasher a few months ago because the old one broke. Those little adjustable feet are a pain in the ass.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2021, 03:52:25 PM
Quote from: Davin on January 15, 2021, 01:49:58 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2021, 03:25:21 PM
Wrong place to say it, but I'll say it here, anyway. Not grumpy to see you back!

My back is hurting like hell from being on my hands and knees, bailing the water out of the dishwasher so that I could clean out the drain pump. That didn't work, so I guess the hose is blocked. I made an attempt at pulling the dishwasher out, but couldn't get it to clear the counter and the floor at the same time. We're washing dishes by hand for a few days until my back is better- and my son can help.
I replaced my dishwasher a few months ago because the old one broke. Those little adjustable feet are a pain in the ass.

Indeed. That is exacerbated by the fact that wood floors replaced a linoleum floor covering, which was a good 1/2" thinner. I managed to stuff it in when it was new, but it was a struggle. I may have to use dynamite. Given the way the wood floor is lasting in the kitchen (25 year warranty means zip point shit, when the company folds-which is what happened), I'll insist on linoleum or the like, next time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 15, 2021, 10:30:27 PM
Our old dishwasher was working well but it was noisy as a freight train.  We bought a new one with quiet features. I was to install it. Piece of cake, right?  Murphy's law was in full effect of course.

A few years back we had tile installed on the kitchen floor. It was so high that the old machine could not be removed.  Woe is me.  I had to rip up several of the tiles to get the old machine out and of course replace tiles after the new machine was in place. Then there was the grout and all that.  One damned thing leads to another.....The new grout was a brighter shade than the existing grout.  So now I had to tear out about 100 lineal feet of grout and replace it with new. Plenty of work and sore knees but the job was done. To be sure I was grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2021, 11:19:45 PM
Indeed. I was suspecting that I was going to have to pull up a bunch of flooring. Not a pleasant prospect. With a little K-Y and some vise-grips we managed to pull it out. There is no blockage evident in the hose, and we know the pump works because it sprays water inside the cabinet. I'm thinking that the solenoid/valve that shuttles between spray the dishes/drain the cabinet is jammed. Looking for the warranty information now. Even if it isn't covered under the warranty, I want that determined by a technician. Even if I have to barf up some coin. I found an inspection sticker from April '18. I didn't think that it was that new. :shrug:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 16, 2021, 01:52:03 AM
Finding out that I'm down to three antiemetic pills (for nausea). I haven't needed them a whole lot but entering the weekend without a supply around is a little scary for me. I had to take one about thirty minutes ago. I don't know why doctors don't put a high number of refills on the bottle. Sure it can be abused but looking at how long it's been between orders should show that I only take them as necessary.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 16, 2021, 02:24:24 AM
Are anti-emetics narcotics? Medication has strange rules. I have to wait 48 hours for my blood pressure medication refills because they need a doctor's approval. If I had plans to ace my life out with blood pressure pills, I'd already be dead. It may have been here that I read where some people were grinding their loved one's medications for easier swallowing and the large initial dose of blood pressure medication resulted in that person's immediate demise.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 17, 2021, 04:01:21 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 16, 2021, 02:24:24 AM
Are anti-emetics narcotics? Medication has strange rules. I have to wait 48 hours for my blood pressure medication refills because they need a doctor's approval. If I had plans to ace my life out with blood pressure pills, I'd already be dead. It may have been here that I read where some people were grinding their loved one's medications for easier swallowing and the large initial dose of blood pressure medication resulted in that person's immediate demise.
This one is called Ativan. It's actually used for anxiety but one of the benefits to chemo patients is that it works well on stopping nausea. I don't think it is a narcotic but I've heard of people taking more than they are supposed to for getting high. For me, it works better than the others I've tried so it's my life saver.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 18, 2021, 07:45:17 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2021, 03:52:25 PM
Quote from: Davin on January 15, 2021, 01:49:58 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2021, 03:25:21 PM
Wrong place to say it, but I'll say it here, anyway. Not grumpy to see you back!

My back is hurting like hell from being on my hands and knees, bailing the water out of the dishwasher so that I could clean out the drain pump. That didn't work, so I guess the hose is blocked. I made an attempt at pulling the dishwasher out, but couldn't get it to clear the counter and the floor at the same time. We're washing dishes by hand for a few days until my back is better- and my son can help.
I replaced my dishwasher a few months ago because the old one broke. Those little adjustable feet are a pain in the ass.

Indeed. That is exacerbated by the fact that wood floors replaced a linoleum floor covering, which was a good 1/2" thinner. I managed to stuff it in when it was new, but it was a struggle. I may have to use dynamite. Given the way the wood floor is lasting in the kitchen (25 year warranty means zip point shit, when the company folds-which is what happened), I'll insist on linoleum or the like, next time.

Quote from: Icarus on January 15, 2021, 10:30:27 PM
Our old dishwasher was working well but it was noisy as a freight train.  We bought a new one with quiet features. I was to install it. Piece of cake, right?  Murphy's law was in full effect of course.

A few years back we had tile installed on the kitchen floor. It was so high that the old machine could not be removed.  Woe is me.  I had to rip up several of the tiles to get the old machine out and of course replace tiles after the new machine was in place. Then there was the grout and all that.  One damned thing leads to another.....The new grout was a brighter shade than the existing grout.  So now I had to tear out about 100 lineal feet of grout and replace it with new. Plenty of work and sore knees but the job was done. To be sure I was grumpy.
Yes, same here on installing tile. Also, when removing the old one, I found that the garbage disposal switch was getting it's power straight from the dishwasher. So I had to fix that too. I prefer using outlets for those instead of right from the wall anyway because it takes one step out of the install and I don't have to flip breakers to install them.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 19, 2021, 11:49:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.
Oh no, any idea as to why?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 12:01:50 AM
Quote from: Randy on January 19, 2021, 11:49:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.
Oh no, any idea as to why?

No idea, but I hope it's not infected. My brother gets an infected lower eyelid all the time, and mine is looking very similar to his at the moment.

Argh!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 20, 2021, 06:20:45 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/1yLEs9XQ7gIsIelY8s/giphy.gif)
...And your birthday is on Sunday!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:52:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.

:panic:

Antibiotic cream is not going to be easy to get without a prescription.  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:56:12 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 20, 2021, 06:20:45 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/1yLEs9XQ7gIsIelY8s/giphy.gif)
...And your birthday is on Sunday!

Yeah.  :'(

Maybe by Sunday it won't be too swollen, it hasn't gotten any worse today ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 20, 2021, 04:16:41 PM
See if you can get some of this. Wet a cotton ball and squeeze it so that it drips in your eye. We use it rather than getting a prescription. Works great!

http://www.healingedge.net/store/more_mey_dag.html#:~:text=DAG%20Solution%20is%20a%20mild,sore%20mouth%2C%20and%20sore%20throat.

typo
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 20, 2021, 06:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:52:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.

:panic:

Antibiotic cream is not going to be easy to get without a prescription.  :(

aloe vera
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 20, 2021, 06:38:07 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 20, 2021, 06:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:52:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.

:panic:

Antibiotic cream is not going to be easy to get without a prescription.  :(

aloe vera

What can Vera do?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 06:38:25 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 20, 2021, 04:16:41 PM
See if you can get some of this. Wet a cotton ball and squeeze it do that it drips in your eye. We use it rather than getting a prescription. Works great!

http://www.healingedge.net/store/more_mey_dag.html#:~:text=DAG%20Solution%20is%20a%20mild,sore%20mouth%2C%20and%20sore%20throat.

I will! :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 06:39:38 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 20, 2021, 06:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:52:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.

:panic:

Antibiotic cream is not going to be easy to get without a prescription.  :(

aloe vera

Does it work? :notsure:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 20, 2021, 10:39:42 PM
can't hurt.

i use it as a topical treatment for most any epidermal or membrane irritation.

buy a plant, cut off a short piece of leaf, split it and rub the gel on whatever is bothering you.

keep the plant in a pot, water sparingly, and you're set for years.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 20, 2021, 11:03:51 PM
You might try the simple and cheap, over the counter; Polysporin. It is a Johnson and Johnson anti infection ointment.  You can use it on all sorts of boo boos. Use it as instructed on the tube and avoid getting it into your eye. Eyelid OK.  The ingredients are Bacitracin zinc and Polymyxin B sulfate.  use one to three times daily.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 11:11:46 PM
Quote from: Icarus on January 20, 2021, 11:03:51 PM
You might try the simple and cheap, over the counter; Polysporin. It is a Johnson and Johnson anti infection ointment.  You can use it on all sorts of boo boos. Use it as instructed on the tube and avoid getting it into your eye. Eyelid OK.  The ingredients are Bacitracin zinc and Polymyxin B sulfate.  use one to three times daily.

Bacitracin is on my no-no list because I have a severe sulfa allergy. It would probably make my eye pop out of my skull! *nervous laughter*

Also, unfortunately you need a prescription for all antibiotics in Brazil, even topical creams containing antibiotics. I would need to consult with a doctor to get a prescription, and doctors don't come cheap.  :money:

But my eyelid is looking better this evening. It's less painful and the swelling has gone down. My prayers to His Noodly Lord have worked. :grin:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 21, 2021, 06:10:08 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 20, 2021, 06:38:07 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 20, 2021, 06:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:52:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.

:panic:

Antibiotic cream is not going to be easy to get without a prescription.  :(

aloe vera

What can Vera do?

She sang a lot during WWII.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 21, 2021, 10:58:41 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 21, 2021, 06:10:08 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 20, 2021, 06:38:07 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 20, 2021, 06:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:52:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.

:panic:

Antibiotic cream is not going to be easy to get without a prescription.  :(

aloe vera

What can Vera do?

She sang a lot during WWII.

Finally somebody bit!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 21, 2021, 11:29:35 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 21, 2021, 10:58:41 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 21, 2021, 06:10:08 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 20, 2021, 06:38:07 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 20, 2021, 06:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 20, 2021, 03:52:22 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 20, 2021, 02:56:14 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2021, 11:29:50 PM
My left googly eye has been compromised.  :(  My lower eyelid is painful and swollen.

Blepharitis — you need antibiotic cream.

:panic:

Antibiotic cream is not going to be easy to get without a prescription.  :(

aloe vera

What can Vera do?

She sang a lot during WWII.

Finally somebody bit!

:scratch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 22, 2021, 01:00:17 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5C4meGkNyc
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 22, 2021, 01:03:43 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 22, 2021, 01:00:17 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5C4meGkNyc

I never would have guessed. :scratch:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 22, 2021, 01:05:07 AM
you had to be there
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 22, 2021, 01:06:14 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 22, 2021, 01:05:07 AM
you had to be there

It was a bit before my time :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 22, 2021, 02:13:31 AM
Silver; your rules about antibiotic ointments seem a bit devious.  I can buy Neosporin, Mupirocin, Hydrocortisone, and such, in the dollar store, grocery store, and the pharmacy counter.  What makes me suspect that your physicians are in on the deal to force you to consult them for ordinary first aid ointments?  Must be that damned Bolsonaro guy at work scheming to shaft his people.

If all else fails try the old wives remedy that often works very well............Boric acid solution dribbled into the eye or eye area. It is a  white granule soluble that is reduced in warm water. Simple, cheap, soothing.

Our physicians often write a prescription to a pharmacy for something you can buy over the counter for a lot less money.  To get a common oral antibiotic..say Cephalexin we do have to have a doctors prescription.  To get something like prednasone (not an antibiotic) one needs a doctors prescription. On the other hand it is often prescribed by veterinarians.  It can be bought in pet supply stores for a lot less money than the vet is likely to charge. I reckon that the system is contrived to extract money from we ordinary slobs.

The US drug business is scandalous. How come we can buy whatever identical drug in Canada or Mexico for far less that we can buy it here in the US? ................ I'd better stop. I can get all worked up about this stuff.  Fortunately for me I do not need any prescription drug at all. I am still upset about the cost of medications for people who do need them and so many who have to choose between their meds and sufficient food because of their limited budget.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 22, 2021, 03:23:17 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 22, 2021, 01:05:07 AM
you had to be there

:) I missed it by just one year.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 22, 2021, 09:08:51 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 22, 2021, 01:05:07 AM
you had to be there

:rofl:

:f you:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on January 22, 2021, 02:25:11 PM
Quote from: Icarus on January 22, 2021, 02:13:31 AM
Silver; your rules about antibiotic ointments seem a bit devious.  I can buy Neosporin, Mupirocin, Hydrocortisone, and such, in the dollar store, grocery store, and the pharmacy counter.  What makes me suspect that your physicians are in on the deal to force you to consult them for ordinary first aid ointments?  Must be that damned Bolsonaro guy at work scheming to shaft his people.

If all else fails try the old wives remedy that often works very well............Boric acid solution dribbled into the eye or eye area. It is a  white granule soluble that is reduced in warm water. Simple, cheap, soothing.

Our physicians often write a prescription to a pharmacy for something you can buy over the counter for a lot less money.  To get a common oral antibiotic..say Cephalexin we do have to have a doctors prescription.  To get something like prednasone (not an antibiotic) one needs a doctors prescription. On the other hand it is often prescribed by veterinarians.  It can be bought in pet supply stores for a lot less money than the vet is likely to charge. I reckon that the system is contrived to extract money from we ordinary slobs.

The US drug business is scandalous. How come we can buy whatever identical drug in Canada or Mexico for far less that we can buy it here in the US? ................ I'd better stop. I can get all worked up about this stuff.  Fortunately for me I do not need any prescription drug at all. I am still upset about the cost of medications for people who do need them and so many who have to choose between their meds and sufficient food because of their limited budget.
I need nine prescription drugs and chemo drugs. It gets very expensive!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 02, 2021, 01:54:20 AM
snow.

didn't work yesterday because the snow was too deep.

normally i show up at work at 0600. today at 0230 my telephone says don't come in until 0800.

then at 0700 it says, don't come in until 1000.

so i come in at 1000and they say go to westhawk, then campbell, then alpha, then lepley, take the water to the frac job at hendershot.


i say westhawk is out. i couldn't get in there even with chains last time. i'll do that last, maybe.

so i go to the campbell, or try to. get to the last township road and i say, doesn't look too bad. so i go in and come over a rise. snow looks pretty bad. but i can't turn around on a road very little wider than my truck, so i gun it and get almost to the top of the hill and the wheels all start to spin.

not cool, because if they break loose i go back down the hill sideways until something bad happens.

so i stopped in the middle of the road and put on the chains. brand new. and then very slowly inch backwards down the hill, six inches at a time, for about 500 feet. get to the bottom. from here it's uphill either way to get out, no matter what. lik ebeing a marble rolling around in teh bottom of a mixing bowl. but i say, well, lets see if i can back up and out now.

so i head backwards up the slope and get  . . . almost to the top so i floor it to redline 2500 rpm and get almost there and  . . . spin out again. by this time there is a farmer at the bottom in his ute, carefully staying out of the way while he sees whether i'm going to seriously hurt myself. i inch forwards to the bottom and say hello, let him by, and try it again.

no go. rev limiter in reverse is only about 10 mph, and i can't get enough momentum to climb the last 30 feet. so i go back down to bottom and consider.

finally i say okay, we'll do it, and flip the gearbox into high range and go for it again, except this time i'm barrelling backwards up the snow covered road at some 20 or 25 mph, which is faster than i usually go on these roads forwards without any snow.

but the chains hold until i crest the hill, when i finally feel them slip away. but by that time i'm on top.

so i back out another quarter mile to the blacktop and take the chains off.

i call in. campbell is impassable. heading for alpha.

alpha wasn't as bad. didn't break traction until he last twenty feet and just spun my way into the pad with the last of the inertia.

the rest of the day was similar.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 03, 2021, 01:41:36 AM
That's a hard way to do your job Billy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on February 03, 2021, 01:52:56 AM
Darn Billy and I thought computer programming was tough!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 06:51:44 AM
Yesterday I was stupid enough to fall in a Facebook phishing trap. One of my trusted ex-colleagues created a new Messenger group for ex-Thomas Cook employees in which a dubious video appeared. That video led to a fake website which tries to steal your Facebook credentials. To my great shame, I must admit that I wasn't suspicious enough and fell in that trap.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on February 03, 2021, 10:45:41 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 06:51:44 AM
Yesterday I was stupid enough to fall in a Facebook phishing trap. One of my trusted ex-colleagues created a new Messenger group for ex-Thomas Cook employees in which a dubious video appeared. That video led to a fake website which tries to steal your Facebook credentials. To my great shame, I must admit that I wasn't suspicious enough and fell in that trap.

Did it try to steal your your Facebook credentials and succeed?
What are the ramifications?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 05:11:14 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on February 03, 2021, 10:45:41 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 06:51:44 AM
Yesterday I was stupid enough to fall in a Facebook phishing trap. One of my trusted ex-colleagues created a new Messenger group for ex-Thomas Cook employees in which a dubious video appeared. That video led to a fake website which tries to steal your Facebook credentials. To my great shame, I must admit that I wasn't suspicious enough and fell in that trap.

Did it try to steal your your Facebook credentials and succeed?
What are the ramifications?

Yes, it succeeded to steal my credentials. It started to send the same video to all of my Facebook friends in my name. So I had to inform my friends, change my password and secure my Facebook account.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on February 03, 2021, 06:09:03 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 05:11:14 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on February 03, 2021, 10:45:41 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 06:51:44 AM
Yesterday I was stupid enough to fall in a Facebook phishing trap. One of my trusted ex-colleagues created a new Messenger group for ex-Thomas Cook employees in which a dubious video appeared. That video led to a fake website which tries to steal your Facebook credentials. To my great shame, I must admit that I wasn't suspicious enough and fell in that trap.

Did it try to steal your your Facebook credentials and succeed?
What are the ramifications?

Yes, it succeeded to steal my credentials. It started to send the same video to all of my Facebook friends in my name. So I had to inform my friends, change my password and secure my Facebook account.
Ouch Tom that is terrible. Have you recovered yet?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 03, 2021, 09:23:37 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 06:51:44 AM
Yesterday I was stupid enough to fall in a Facebook phishing trap. One of my trusted ex-colleagues created a new Messenger group for ex-Thomas Cook employees in which a dubious video appeared. That video led to a fake website which tries to steal your Facebook credentials. To my great shame, I must admit that I wasn't suspicious enough and fell in that trap.

I know!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 04, 2021, 04:31:23 PM
Quote from: Randy on February 03, 2021, 06:09:03 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 05:11:14 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on February 03, 2021, 10:45:41 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 03, 2021, 06:51:44 AM
Yesterday I was stupid enough to fall in a Facebook phishing trap. One of my trusted ex-colleagues created a new Messenger group for ex-Thomas Cook employees in which a dubious video appeared. That video led to a fake website which tries to steal your Facebook credentials. To my great shame, I must admit that I wasn't suspicious enough and fell in that trap.

Did it try to steal your your Facebook credentials and succeed?
What are the ramifications?

Yes, it succeeded to steal my credentials. It started to send the same video to all of my Facebook friends in my name. So I had to inform my friends, change my password and secure my Facebook account.
Ouch Tom that is terrible. Have you recovered yet?

Luckily it didn't install any viruses. So yes, everything is fine again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on February 05, 2021, 06:21:02 PM
Today it's pain and sickness. The pain is from the cancer and I think the sickness is from the chemotherapy. I woke up this morning grumpy and I still am. :geezer!:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 05, 2021, 11:43:17 PM
My gripe is not even in the same league as Randy's.  I apologize for posting this Micky Mouse complaint.

Yesterday I got my second covid shot.  The first one caused very little discomfort.  This one has been most unpleasant. My right arm where the needle was buried, hurts like bloody hell.  I have flu like symptoms that include chills, sore body parts, zero appetite, and the desire to sleep around the clock.

I will probably have improved in a few days. Meanwhile ...... I am miserable. :chairhide:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 06, 2021, 12:27:41 AM
when i was a kid the cholera and typhoid inoculations were the worst ones

icarus, i hage heard that a reaction like yours means 5he immune system is functioning correctly
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 06, 2021, 10:30:51 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 05, 2021, 11:43:17 PM
My gripe is not even in the same league as Randy's.  I apologize for posting this Micky Mouse complaint.

Yesterday I got my second covid shot.  The first one caused very little discomfort.  This one has been most unpleasant. My right arm where the needle was buried, hurts like bloody hell.  I have flu like symptoms that include chills, sore body parts, zero appetite, and the desire to sleep around the clock.

I will probably have improved in a few days. Meanwhile ...... I am miserable. :chairhide:

As billy pointed out this probably means the first one took well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on February 06, 2021, 01:44:16 PM
Quote from: Icarus on February 05, 2021, 11:43:17 PM
My gripe is not even in the same league as Randy's.  I apologize for posting this Micky Mouse complaint.

Yesterday I got my second covid shot.  The first one caused very little discomfort.  This one has been most unpleasant. My right arm where the needle was buried, hurts like bloody hell.  I have flu like symptoms that include chills, sore body parts, zero appetite, and the desire to sleep around the clock.

I will probably have improved in a few days. Meanwhile ...... I am miserable. :chairhide:
I'm glad you wrote about this. My time will be coming sooner or later and I'd like to know what I'd feel like.

Do you do anything for the flu like symptoms to ease it up?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 06, 2021, 11:01:04 PM
Ordinary aspirin helped ease the miseries but did not eliminate them.  Acetaminophen (Tylenol) did not seem to be as effective for me.  I was advised NOT to use Ibuprofin for the next few days.  This is my third day after the injection and symptoms are almost all gone.  Hmmmph....I lost my taste for alcoholic beverages  during these three days.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 07, 2021, 01:08:49 AM
Mine hurt a bit, so I went out and pumped some iron to equalize the pain and work the stuff out of the muscles. If you lost a sense of taste, or it was diminished, I'd expect that it triggered the appropriate immune response? Mine no longer hurts, though I do take 400 mg of Naproxen Sodium in the mornings for foot pain.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 11, 2021, 03:01:31 AM
damn

got fired again.

getting fired from my job seems to be a recurring aspect in my career.

this time it was because of a water spill on pad, a serious issue. before that they obsreved me on camera coding a destination into my GPS. then there was pulling the wrong valve and cutting a wire downhole, and before that i tipped a a porta john over with my trailer.

never got fired anywhere until i started blue collar work in the oil patch. although i got fired in white collar oil field stuff too, but that was a long time ago.

anyway, arranged another job that same afternoon driving sand boxes locally. not so sure what it consists of yet, seems to be two weeks on, one week off, 24/7 on duty during the two, driving sand and freight regionally, within a thousand miles or so.

just turned 65 years old, and i'm getting tired of this rat race. my dad died when he ws 69, so i have four years to go if i follow in his footsteps before i auger in
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 11, 2021, 07:51:28 AM
That is a good reason to be grumpy!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 11, 2021, 12:59:28 PM
yes. the oil industry requires human sacrifices for transgressions.

i was working on a refinery site once and a pipe rolled off a trailer during unloading and fell two feet to the ground. the entire materials crew was fired-- five people-- including the forklift driver who had his back to the whole thing and the supervisor who wasnt even there. i kept my job only because i was in a warehouse a mile awayat the time

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2021, 01:10:33 PM
Sounds tough, Billy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 11, 2021, 01:33:22 PM
well i have so many contacts in the industry here i havent had to lok for a job longer than 30 minutes when it does happen. so it coukd be worse

i keep an undated resignation letter with me so i can hand it in when they want to fire me. keeps my record clear and they dont need to do as much paperwork
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2021, 01:41:42 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 11, 2021, 01:33:22 PM
well i have so many contacts in the industry here i havent had to lok for a job longer than 30 minutes when it does happen. so it coukd be worse

i keep an undated resignation letter with me so i can hand it in when they want to fire me. keeps my record clear and they dont need to do as much paperwork

It makes sense to want to keep your record clear, but do they pay a recision fee if they fire you? Over here, the longer you're employed, the more employers have to pay upon firing an employee.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 11, 2021, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 11, 2021, 01:41:42 PM
It makes sense to want to keep your record clear, but do they pay a recision fee if they fire you? Over here, the longer you're employed, the more employers have to pay upon firing an employee.

nah, up here in the land of the free, we're all under what's called "at will" employment. it means that any employer can let you go at any time for any reason, or for no reason. at the same time, i'm not under any obligation to stay employed.

written employment contracts are sometimes used for white collar work, but most americans work under "at will." in previous generations, blue collar workers were likely to be rpresented by a union. but union membership is the exception now, and only exists in the older traditional trades.

the only union available to me as a truck driver would be the teamsters, who have an illustrious history of corruption, and aren't involved in the oil field work anyway.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 11, 2021, 09:00:08 PM
Billy, I have gotten the impression that oil field work is on the decline because of Bidens' green rulings.  For sure I would not invest in petroleum stocks at this time. 

Hauling sand is likely to be a more secure job.  Sand?  Yep, there is something of a shortage of it.  Seems like we have used up a large part of our silica sand reserve.  All that concrete in interstate highways, urban sidewalks, high rise apartments....and cat boxes....has taken a toll. 


Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 12, 2021, 12:56:25 AM
well, i'm not out of it yet. the sand is used as a proppant in fraccing oil wells, so i'm still joined at the hip. i've been dependant on th eoil industry since the day i was born, off and on

but even though our dependance ion oil is in ultimate decline, we're still not going to get away from it anytime soon. not until wer're willing to do without plastic, fertilizer, lights, heat, transportation, shipping, railways, aviation, and so on.

i'm not preachng, because i'd like to move beyond a fossil fuel economy. but until we all change the way we live, it will not happen, and it will never happen quickly.  it will go away eventually, but not until we have economical substitutes, and we don't have em yet.

here's some USGS stuff on it

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-hydraulic-fracturing
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on February 16, 2021, 07:51:33 PM
A little more than a month ago I was unconscious and rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. One of my family members gave one of the ambulance people my ID and insurance card. I noticed in my wallet yesterday that I didn't have them. My caregiver was told they were sent home with me but we can't find them if that is true.

So, we get a replacement insurance card sent out. That was easy enough. To get my ID? I first have to have my ID number. I don't have that. I don't memorize every card number that I have.

So I'm frustrated with the hospital and the driver's license bureau.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 16, 2021, 08:43:20 PM
how are you supposed to get a replacement ID if you need the lost ID to get the replacement ID?

i'm thinking somebody isn't.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on February 17, 2021, 10:41:14 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 16, 2021, 08:43:20 PM
how are you supposed to get a replacement ID if you need the lost ID to get the replacement ID?

i'm thinking somebody isn't.

But those are the rules Mr K,
we must all follow the rules.
Else the world 'd go to ruin
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 17, 2021, 04:05:21 PM
sometmes the rules can just be ignored, if everybody agrees

years ago before i was married to my now wife, i was married to someone else and we chose a hyphenated last name: hers, a hyphen, then mine. legally changed etc, even changed my name on my government ID card, the social security number thats i use to pay taxes.

ten years go by, we divorce, i marry someone else, go back to using my first name. in america you can do that in some states. your legal name is whatever you are using.very simple.

except after ten years or so i go to change the name on the ID card. they say no.

why?

you have to document a legal name change.

it was a legal name change.

then our office needs to see various forms of currently valid ID with the first namebefore we can change it to what ypoure using now,

i haven't used that name in ten years. nothing is valid, and all my IDs use my current legal name.

sorry, this is very simple. no.

so  now i have two legal names. one i use every day and have used for thirty years, and another one that appears only on federal ID cards and also when i pay my taxes using the other name.

they're happy with it, nobody has complained, and im not to confuse things by bringing it up again..
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on February 20, 2021, 02:06:28 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 17, 2021, 04:05:21 PM
sometmes the rules can just be ignored, if everybody agrees

years ago before i was married to my now wife, i was married to someone else and we chose a hyphenated last name: hers, a hyphen, then mine. legally changed etc, even changed my name on my government ID card, the social security number thats i use to pay taxes.

ten years go by, we divorce, i marry someone else, go back to using my first name. in america you can do that in some states. your legal name is whatever you are using.very simple.

except after ten years or so i go to change the name on the ID card. they say no.

why?

you have to document a legal name change.

it was a legal name change.

then our office needs to see various forms of currently valid ID with the first namebefore we can change it to what ypoure using now,

i haven't used that name in ten years. nothing is valid, and all my IDs use my current legal name.

sorry, this is very simple. no.

so  now i have two legal names. one i use every day and have used for thirty years, and another one that appears only on federal ID cards and also when i pay my taxes using the other name.

they're happy with it, nobody has complained, and im not to confuse things by bringing it up again..
I still haven't gone to the driver's license bureau. I'm fairly certain that I'll have to pay for a renewal. Anyway, I haven't felt good this week. Maybe next week we'll get to it. It doesn't make any sense. Use my social security number, mail it to the address on the card, just something other than going through this again.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 20, 2021, 02:11:17 AM
Rules? We don't need no stinking rules!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 08, 2021, 12:57:00 PM
My headphones uttered their last static-y words yesterday evening. Now I can't isolate the outer world from the music I want to listen to. Rest in peace, headphones. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on March 10, 2021, 04:07:30 AM
I've been on this latest chemotherapy and one of the side-effects is a kind of blistering on the hands and feet. My feet have been doing it a while but today my hands are affected. It stings to open a bottle or use a syringe. Why did it wait all this time before affecting me?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on March 13, 2021, 11:47:04 PM
I've been sick to my stomach for half a day. At first I thought it might be nausea as I can tell if this got worse I'd throw up. I took anti-nausea medicine and I still feel awful. I just now had acid come up my throat. Anyway i've been putting in my tube Pepto-Bismol. It's not working.

i don't know what to do so I'm not exactly happy about it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 18, 2021, 02:15:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on March 13, 2021, 11:47:04 PM
I've been sick to my stomach for half a day. At first I thought it might be nausea as I can tell if this got worse I'd throw up. I took anti-nausea medicine and I still feel awful. I just now had acid come up my throat. Anyway i've been putting in my tube Pepto-Bismol. It's not working.

i don't know what to do so I'm not exactly happy about it.

Damn, that sucks  :( Feeling better today?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on March 18, 2021, 06:59:04 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 18, 2021, 02:15:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on March 13, 2021, 11:47:04 PM
I've been sick to my stomach for half a day. At first I thought it might be nausea as I can tell if this got worse I'd throw up. I took anti-nausea medicine and I still feel awful. I just now had acid come up my throat. Anyway i've been putting in my tube Pepto-Bismol. It's not working.

i don't know what to do so I'm not exactly happy about it.


Damn, that sucks  :( Feeling better today?

Oh yes. Some days are better than others but never good. I live with it though and smile. :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 20, 2021, 01:09:19 AM
Quote from: Randy on March 18, 2021, 06:59:04 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 18, 2021, 02:15:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on March 13, 2021, 11:47:04 PM
I've been sick to my stomach for half a day. At first I thought it might be nausea as I can tell if this got worse I'd throw up. I took anti-nausea medicine and I still feel awful. I just now had acid come up my throat. Anyway i've been putting in my tube Pepto-Bismol. It's not working.

i don't know what to do so I'm not exactly happy about it.


Damn, that sucks  :( Feeling better today?

Oh yes. Some days are better than others but never good. I live with it though and smile. :)

I wish I had your disposition.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 20, 2021, 01:35:38 AM
A testament to my stupidity

I was making some chicken stroganoff. Went through the usual steps on autopilot: put chicken in a pressure pot, make tomato sauce to mix the chicken in and voilà! A few day's worth of chicken stroganoff for easy and practical consumption. Except I went bed and forgot the tomato sauce on the stove, in this 30°C heat, all night long.

Guess what happened.

If you guessed, "she obviously threw it all away", you guessed wrong.

I decided to boil the infected froth for about 10 minutes so as to destroy any and all traces of bacteria and fungi which had made their home there.

Living dangerously I guess. Don't try this at home, folks.

I ate the stroganoff. Yep. About half an hour later, I feel pangs in my abdomen signally something was very wrong. About half an hour after that, I felt extremely lethargic and came down with a fever. I spent all yesterday afternoon and this morning in bed, slipping in and out of feverish sleep.

So yeah, next time I'll throw it all down the sink. :picard facepalm:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 20, 2021, 03:01:19 AM
Food poisoning is a real misery at the very least. Fatal at worst.  Those damned little bacteria beasties are both benign and deadly.  I had food poisoning once a very long time ago. I am still paranoid about such stuff.

Please get better soon Silver. We need you and the world needa you too.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 20, 2021, 03:25:16 AM
My grumpy goes as follows...........Last night we had a moderate thunderstorm.  What was that loud crashing sound in the back yard? ............Oh shit is was the oak tree.  It split in half and deposited tons of wood and foliage in the yard.  What a mess.  That tree has been suspect for several years and it finally gave up its' earthly coils.

Tree guys were consulted to remove the extensive deposit of the former tree.  Some of the damage is several meters above the ground and must be dealt with to eliminate a real danger.  The worst of it is that there  are very high voltage electric lines running close to the top of the remaining parts of the tree.   Bad scene to be sure.

I called several tree people to give me an estimate of the cost to remove the fallen parts and to cut off the top of the remaining trunk.  Tree guys here in FLorida are he worst kinds of opportunists.  One of them quoted $2750 to fix the problem. A second one quoted $1650.  The third one, who was smart enough to know that I did not just fall off the turnip truck, quoted $1050.

That kind of money does not grow on trees but it does for the people who routinely charge exorbitant prices for a routine job. 

Part of the problem is that I live on a cul de sac that has some expensive looking houses.  Mine is not bad but it is certainly not the Taj Mahol.  Sure as hell the tradesman will look at the neighborhood and presume that the residents are wealthy.  Sadly I am not wealthy. not starving but sure as hell not rich.  The tradesmen will assess the neighborhood and make their prices in accordance with  prices in keeping with what they think the area will support.

The tree guys will be here on Monday to run their equipment over my yard and destroy whatever grass is still living.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on March 20, 2021, 11:56:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 20, 2021, 01:35:38 AM
A testament to my stupidity

I was making some chicken stroganoff. Went through the usual steps on autopilot: put chicken in a pressure pot, make tomato sauce to mix the chicken in and voilà! A few day's worth of chicken stroganoff for easy and practical consumption. Except I went bed and forgot the tomato sauce on the stove, in this 30°C heat, all night long.

Guess what happened.

If you guessed, "she obviously threw it all away", you guessed wrong.

I decided to boil the infected froth for about 10 minutes so as to destroy any and all traces of bacteria and fungi which had made their home there.

Living dangerously I guess. Don't try this at home, folks.

I ate the stroganoff. Yep. About half an hour later, I feel pangs in my abdomen signally something was very wrong. About half an hour after that, I felt extremely lethargic and came down with a fever. I spent all yesterday afternoon and this morning in bed, slipping in and out of feverish sleep.

So yeah, next time I'll throw it all down the sink. :picard facepalm:
Food poisoning is no fun. I got poisoned with several others at a restaurant. It was mentioned in the paper the next day. I don't know how many hours I was sick from it though.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2021, 01:27:12 AM
Quote from: Icarus on March 20, 2021, 03:01:19 AM
Food poisoning is a real misery at the very least. Fatal at worst.  Those damned little bacteria beasties are both benign and deadly.  I had food poisoning once a very long time ago. I am still paranoid about such stuff.

Please get better soon Silver. We need you and the world needa you too.

Thanks Icarus! I am feeling better today. :grin:

(The world will do just fine without me, heh :P)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 21, 2021, 01:28:45 AM
Quote from: Randy on March 20, 2021, 11:56:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 20, 2021, 01:35:38 AM
A testament to my stupidity

I was making some chicken stroganoff. Went through the usual steps on autopilot: put chicken in a pressure pot, make tomato sauce to mix the chicken in and voilà! A few day's worth of chicken stroganoff for easy and practical consumption. Except I went bed and forgot the tomato sauce on the stove, in this 30°C heat, all night long.

Guess what happened.

If you guessed, "she obviously threw it all away", you guessed wrong.

I decided to boil the infected froth for about 10 minutes so as to destroy any and all traces of bacteria and fungi which had made their home there.

Living dangerously I guess. Don't try this at home, folks.

I ate the stroganoff. Yep. About half an hour later, I feel pangs in my abdomen signally something was very wrong. About half an hour after that, I felt extremely lethargic and came down with a fever. I spent all yesterday afternoon and this morning in bed, slipping in and out of feverish sleep.

So yeah, next time I'll throw it all down the sink. :picard facepalm:
Food poisoning is no fun. I got poisoned with several others at a restaurant. It was mentioned in the paper the next day. I don't know how many hours I was sick from it though.

:o

It's a risk, eating out. Eating in as well...there's just no beating the bacteria and fungi. ::) 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on March 24, 2021, 01:44:53 PM
About two days ago I somehow got Conjunctivitis (pink eye) in both eyes. There isn't anything I can do about it right now. At least my eyes aren't stinging this morning.

Edit: I blacked out three days ago and went crashing to the floor. My head still hurts and I'm taking the left over Percocet because Tylenol alone isn't working.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 25, 2021, 01:05:49 AM
Quote from: Randy on March 24, 2021, 01:44:53 PM
About two days ago I somehow got Conjunctivitis (pink eye) in both eyes. There isn't anything I can do about it right now. At least my eyes aren't stinging this morning.

Edit: I blacked out three days ago and went crashing to the floor. My head still hurts and I'm taking the left over Percocet because Tylenol alone isn't working.

:sshocked:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 25, 2021, 11:34:16 PM
A whole line of Philodendrons (elephant ear like large plants) were destroyed and made a helluva lot of cleanup work in my back yard.

The recent windstorm wrecked my back yard oak tree, Also smashed the pecan tree near the Oak.  When the tree guys cut down what was left of the oak and the damaged pecan tree, massive chunks of wood fell on the philodendrons and smashed them all to hell. Also put some deep dents in my yard where the heavy pieces of wood fell.  $1200 later I still have to clean up all the smashed foliage.  The tree guys did remove the tree parts, an impessive lot of tree parts.  Four 20 foot trailers worth of parts.

The afternoon shade in the summer is now gone because the trees are gone.  I am grumpy but I will survive..............I hope.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 26, 2021, 01:13:55 AM
My one son who is not a tree man knows how to cut branches and use ropes to lower them safely without damaging the surrounding plants. We had 15 Italian Cypress trees removed along one side of the property because they were over 30 feet tall and encroaching on the block wall. Some grass got scuffed up, which is to be expected, and I wish that they had done a better job of sweeping the street free of the detritus from all the grinding, but I have to admit that they had to have been pretty tired at the end of the day. Your tree guys are assholes. I'd suggest engaging an attorney if the replacement cost of your plants is significant. I'm reminded of the gal who lives next door to our rental house. She had gardeners (taught second grade, retired, doesn't even own a screwdriver!) who used to slam the gates going into and out of her back yard. When she complained, they told her that they knew someone who could make a new gate.  ::) She fired them.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 27, 2021, 04:23:41 AM
My guys did a good job with the branches and limbs. The huge part of the remaining tree was near vertical. They would have needed a crane to lower those things without damage to the plants below. They did have a cherry picker but not a crane.   The guys who had the large equipment wanted $2250 to do the job.  For the difference in money I will live with the damage to the foliage. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 27, 2021, 02:24:49 PM
Well, OK then.  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on March 31, 2021, 10:31:40 PM
I still have my headache from hitting the floor last week. The CT scan shows all is well and yet I take something beyond an over the counter medicine. I'm still on Percocet and I know those won't last forever and I doubt anyone is going to prescribe more. All I can hope for is the underlying cause to simply vanish.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 03, 2021, 09:52:05 PM
Quote from: Randy on March 31, 2021, 10:31:40 PM
I still have my headache from hitting the floor last week. The CT scan shows all is well and yet I take something beyond an over the counter medicine. I'm still on Percocet and I know those won't last forever and I doubt anyone is going to prescribe more. All I can hope for is the underlying cause to simply vanish.
:therethere:
Are you feeling better, Randy?

I don't know how you do it.  :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on April 03, 2021, 11:49:58 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 03, 2021, 09:52:05 PM
Quote from: Randy on March 31, 2021, 10:31:40 PM
I still have my headache from hitting the floor last week. The CT scan shows all is well and yet I take something beyond an over the counter medicine. I'm still on Percocet and I know those won't last forever and I doubt anyone is going to prescribe more. All I can hope for is the underlying cause to simply vanish.
:therethere:
Are you feeling better, Randy?

I don't know how you do it.  :sad sigh:
I sleep a lot for one thing. It's when I feel my best. I've had to start taking Percocet and 800mg of Ibuprofen to manage the pain. I don't know what else to do since no one can find an underlying cause. It should have hurt for no more than a day or two. Right now the painkillers are working. I slept most of today and am getting tired so I should be going to sleep in about three hours.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 04, 2021, 02:30:25 AM
Quote from: Randy on April 03, 2021, 11:49:58 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 03, 2021, 09:52:05 PM
Quote from: Randy on March 31, 2021, 10:31:40 PM
I still have my headache from hitting the floor last week. The CT scan shows all is well and yet I take something beyond an over the counter medicine. I'm still on Percocet and I know those won't last forever and I doubt anyone is going to prescribe more. All I can hope for is the underlying cause to simply vanish.
:therethere:
Are you feeling better, Randy?

I don't know how you do it.  :sad sigh:
I sleep a lot for one thing. It's when I feel my best. I've had to start taking Percocet and 800mg of Ibuprofen to manage the pain. I don't know what else to do since no one can find an underlying cause. It should have hurt for no more than a day or two. Right now the painkillers are working. I slept most of today and am getting tired so I should be going to sleep in about three hours.
Well, I'm glad that when you are awake, you are here with us.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 06, 2021, 01:04:00 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 04, 2021, 02:30:25 AM
Quote from: Randy on April 03, 2021, 11:49:58 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 03, 2021, 09:52:05 PM
Quote from: Randy on March 31, 2021, 10:31:40 PM
I still have my headache from hitting the floor last week. The CT scan shows all is well and yet I take something beyond an over the counter medicine. I'm still on Percocet and I know those won't last forever and I doubt anyone is going to prescribe more. All I can hope for is the underlying cause to simply vanish.
:therethere:
Are you feeling better, Randy?

I don't know how you do it.  :sad sigh:
I sleep a lot for one thing. It's when I feel my best. I've had to start taking Percocet and 800mg of Ibuprofen to manage the pain. I don't know what else to do since no one can find an underlying cause. It should have hurt for no more than a day or two. Right now the painkillers are working. I slept most of today and am getting tired so I should be going to sleep in about three hours.
Well, I'm glad that when you are awake, you are here with us.

:this:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 06, 2021, 04:22:12 AM
I agree.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 06, 2021, 08:42:33 AM
I've been waiting on a clock mechanism from Amazon. They sent a padlock hasp  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on April 09, 2021, 05:36:16 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 06, 2021, 08:42:33 AM
I've been waiting on a clock mechanism from Amazon. They sent a padlock hasp  >:(
:lol: What in the world?!? How can they confuse those two?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 09, 2021, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on April 09, 2021, 05:36:16 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 06, 2021, 08:42:33 AM
I've been waiting on a clock mechanism from Amazon. They sent a padlock hasp  >:(
:lol: What in the world?!? How can they confuse those two?

Amazon pickers will be run off their feet. They undoubtedly just grab what is in the picking location.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 10:14:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 06, 2021, 08:42:33 AM
I've been waiting on a clock mechanism from Amazon. They sent a padlock hasp  >:(

:deadpan:

Wut. :popcorn:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 11, 2021, 11:22:40 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 10:14:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 06, 2021, 08:42:33 AM
I've been waiting on a clock mechanism from Amazon. They sent a padlock hasp  >:(

:deadpan:

Wut. :popcorn:

I know! I have got the clock mechanisms now and I'm going to make them into time pieces.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 11, 2021, 02:08:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 11, 2021, 11:22:40 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 10:14:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 06, 2021, 08:42:33 AM
I've been waiting on a clock mechanism from Amazon. They sent a padlock hasp  >:(

:deadpan:

Wut. :popcorn:

I know! I have got the clock mechanisms now and I'm going to make them into time pieces.

Cool! Show us your finished work.  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on April 11, 2021, 02:50:23 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 11, 2021, 02:08:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 11, 2021, 11:22:40 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 10:14:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 06, 2021, 08:42:33 AM
I've been waiting on a clock mechanism from Amazon. They sent a padlock hasp  >:(

:deadpan:

Wut. :popcorn:

I know! I have got the clock mechanisms now and I'm going to make them into time pieces.

Cool! Show us your finished work.  ;D

I will :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 13, 2021, 04:47:23 AM
It's almost 1 a.m. :deadpan:

(https://scontent.fpoa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/173265943_4038601826178562_6559891665478257872_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=cGFBMMIhmcoAX9vudoB&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa1-1.fna&oh=4f8dced9085433a6609b32bb0a10c3e4&oe=609C9FD6)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 13, 2021, 07:47:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 13, 2021, 04:47:23 AM
It's almost 1 a.m. :deadpan:

(https://scontent.fpoa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/173265943_4038601826178562_6559891665478257872_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=cGFBMMIhmcoAX9vudoB&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa1-1.fna&oh=4f8dced9085433a6609b32bb0a10c3e4&oe=609C9FD6)
:snicker:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2021, 02:12:39 PM
Sitting down in front of the computer for a good portion of the day is really starting to take its toll on my body. I just came back from a 1h30 walk which was fine, but the moment I sat down the pain in my lower back flared up again. I don't know what to do. I try getting up and pacing around a bit every now and then, but it doesn't seem to be working. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 22, 2021, 01:44:45 AM
Have you considered standing while using the computer?   There are desks and computer holders made for that purpose.  Of course a stack of books will elevate your screen as well as those fancy things do.



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 22, 2021, 01:50:48 AM
thomas wolfe used to write standing up, with his stuff on top of the refrigerator.

easier on his back, it was
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 22, 2021, 12:44:25 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 22, 2021, 01:44:45 AM
Have you considered standing while using the computer?   There are desks and computer holders made for that purpose.  Of course a stack of books will elevate your screen as well as those fancy things do.

I think I'll give it a try.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 22, 2021, 02:33:09 PM
Try something like this-

https://www.google.com/search?q=kneeling+computer+chairs+ergonomic&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS822US835&ei=wXqBYKW8Iof3-gS7_p24Bw&oq=kneeling+computer+chair&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATICCAAyAggAMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAgQHjoICAAQCBAHEB46CAgAEAcQBRAeULnAAliPzAJg1OcCaABwAngAgAG2AogBugiSAQc2LjIuMC4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 23, 2021, 11:36:14 PM
My computer is an old hurdy gurdyprick of misery.  It revels in antagonizing me.  Lately it has gotten into the habit of displaying the message that says: Getting Windows ready.  DO not turn off your computer. Sometimes it might take half an hour or more to "get windows ready".  That is a most annoying habit that HP and Win 10 has used to mess with a nice old guy like me.

Another annoyance goes like this............My dear wife Elaine, is the treasurer for the local Tuesday Music Club. She has successfully kept records on a flash drive, to keep it separate from the stuff she has on her own computer......  thumb drive or whatever those little doo dads are called.  Suddenly the evil little thing refuses to spool up to accept new postings or reveal any of the older records which go back three years. 

Big problem!  This music club is an old line group that has a lot of money, ( five zeros) mostly invested in the stock market.  Elaine can not produce the ordinary and usual accounting because of the damned thumb drive revolt.

For those wondering what the Music Club does with their money.......... It is used mainly to award limited scholarships for promising high school or other young musicians. College costs a plenty and the music club tries to help a bit. 





Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on April 30, 2021, 04:23:48 AM
I had my caregiver, who has power of attorney, try to withdraw my funds from my 401k retirement. She has to because my voice has permanently left a couple of months ago. If I could use their website I could do it myself. I keyed in the correct username and password and it takes me to a verification page and wants to know where to send a code to a cell phone. The problem is that the phone number isn't anything I can recognize. I can't put in a correct one either.

So we spent I guess an hour and a half talking with a customer service agent. For the first fifteen to thirty minutes, I guess, we tried explaining that we couldn't log on to the website and why.

Tomorrow we've got a lot of things to do to try get at them. All the red tape that has to be cut doesn't exactly make me happy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 01, 2021, 11:45:24 PM
my old phone was decrepit

so i bought a new one and opened a spotify account so i can listen to drcent music

no problem listening on the little phone but i cannot get the unit to connect to the high tech radio in this truck. im trying to get the app to play through tbe trucks speakers and so far it aint happening

and also ive sat on this well pad in the sun for three hours waiting to deliver my last load of hundred mesh so i can go park this thing and shut down for the night

phooey

i need a teenager
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Randy on May 02, 2021, 09:19:42 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on May 01, 2021, 11:45:24 PM
my old phone was decrepit

so i bought a new one and opened a spotify account so i can listen to drcent music

no problem listening on the little phone but i cannot get the unit to connect to the high tech radio in this truck. im trying to get the app to play through tbe trucks speakers and so far it aint happening

and also ive sat on this well pad in the sun for three hours waiting to deliver my last load of hundred mesh so i can go park this thing and shut down for the night

phooey

i need a teenager
I can't imagine what the problem could be. I've never tried to set anything up like that. Three hours in the sun in a truck must have been boring and uncomfortable. You do need a teenager!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 02, 2021, 03:19:26 PM
this morning the alarm woke me up, but i couldnt turn it off. the touch screen was inactive. cant hard boot the phone because on-off is touch screen.

afterv30 minutes the screen came to life long enough for me to press restart, and now its fine.




trying to set up voice controls as a workaround but the truck is too noisy for the phone to hear me
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on May 12, 2021, 06:33:44 PM
Quote from: Randy on April 30, 2021, 04:23:48 AM
I had my caregiver, who has power of attorney, try to withdraw my funds from my 401k retirement. She has to because my voice has permanently left a couple of months ago. If I could use their website I could do it myself. I keyed in the correct username and password and it takes me to a verification page and wants to know where to send a code to a cell phone. The problem is that the phone number isn't anything I can recognize. I can't put in a correct one either.

So we spent I guess an hour and a half talking with a customer service agent. For the first fifteen to thirty minutes, I guess, we tried explaining that we couldn't log on to the website and why.

Tomorrow we've got a lot of things to do to try get at them. All the red tape that has to be cut doesn't exactly make me happy.

Did this get resolved?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 13, 2021, 03:30:43 PM
There are two deer in the back yard
There are often deer out the back
One of them has serious antlers
I stealthily stealth camera in hand
Antler guy sees me and keeps eating
Inspired by this I prepare to write
A moose on the loose
I'd offer him a truce
He'd put his foot in my noose
An annoying green lizard'd say your noose is too loose
To where has the moose on the loose moose gawn?
A papoose points at the moose drawing away on a caboose

Fuck it, it's already done, there's a moose on the loose on Google Play








Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on May 13, 2021, 06:33:55 PM
That is a great series.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on May 17, 2021, 03:06:18 PM
Yesterday, we went grocery shopping like normal, but when we got back to her car one of the tires was flat. A shop was right around the corner, so I switched to the spare and we went over. Waited while one person in front of us spent almost 45 minutes with all kinds of questions. What are we going to do? Drive around looking for another shop? Whatever, we didn't expect the person to take that long but now it's our turn. Then the lady behind the counter walked away and came back a few minutes later. They were very busy, but I still like to complain.

Took about 10 minutes to get things situated and it would take about 2-3 hours before they could get to fixing the tire. So I had to walk to the public transit and take that home to pick up my car and drive back to get my GF and the groceries.

Not a big deal overall, but I was grumpy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 22, 2021, 10:15:53 PM
the ancient 12volt refridgerator i use in my truck finally died. we emptied the bank account to pay for my sons last year in quaker high school, and i am without cold storage.

i think i have about 8 pounds of hard cheese i now have to eat before it becomes soft cheese. and i am eating all my spinach right now for lunch
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 12, 2021, 03:43:25 AM
Hired a professional painter to paint my house. He has some skill with his brush in that he was able to cut good edges where paint met non painted parts.  Aside from that he was/is a dumb ass with questionable mental capacity.  He thought it perfectly normal to wash his brushes and rollers in my carefully tended lawn.  Tan colored grass is not green but the paint was.  dumb fuck emptied his spray painting hose directly into the grass and I unwittingly drove my car into the back yard to retrieve the boat.  I managed to run my tires over the fresh paint and now the tread and sidewalls of my tires are painted tan.  He did not presume to charge me for painting my tires.

I have a new roof that has new drip rails. Traditionally white.  They are powder coated aluminum and paint will not stick to that surface reliably.  God dammit I wanted the drip rails left as new white. Then the asshole tried to charge me an additional $500 to paint the drip rails which I had previously forbidden.  Failure to prepare surfaces such as sanding or spackling were not on his list of responsible preparation. Paint over it was his apparent motto. He says that he is only a painter, not a carpenter or any other kind of tradesman.

So yes, I have reasons to be grumpy.   I have an excuse though.  My father was an old school master craftsman.  One of the oft repeated messages, when I did a half assed job of raking leaves or whatever, was: "there is no such thing as good enough" Note emphasis.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on June 12, 2021, 05:25:48 AM
That's some bullshit. A painter who does a proper job will have the skills to do it, and the most important part of painting is good prep. Cutting clean lines doesn't make a good painter. My sympathies, Icarus.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 12, 2021, 10:53:57 PM
when i lived in britain some family friends hired painters to do the inside. one morning tbey came by and the painters were all sitting down making tea.

they asked, why are you not painting?

they replied, up on the wall there, see that nail for hanging a picture?

yes

well we cant paint until the carpenter comes to pull it out.

why cant you pull it out yourselves?

we're painters, maam. union rules. only carpenters can pull out nails.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 13, 2021, 03:59:56 AM
Billy, that is not as far fetched as it would seem.  I once ran afoul of a closed union shop. I was an engineer in the design department.  My company made steel  forms (molds) for pre-stressed concrete.  We had a finished form (mold) that was loaded onto a truck improperly.  If the form is twisted or stressed during transport it may be ruined.  All the form needed was some more wooden cribbing placed under the form and on the truck bed..

There was a serious contractural penalty for late delivery.  We were playing it close to the deadline.  It is Friday afternoon and the union guys had left the shop. No carpenter was available to cut a few pieces of cribbing to fix the loading problem,  Me the "fixer" type knew how to operate the giant radial arm saw near the shipping exit.  I did cut the necessary boards.  Took all of three minutes. .................Shit hit the fan.  The company saved thousands for not failing to deliver on time.  The Union people became outrageously militant that a non union guy had used the fucking saw.  I nearly lost my job for such a breach of stupid Union rules.

A few days later during an inspection trip to the shop floor, A union guy tried to kill me with the swinging ball of a gantry crane.  That is a whole 'nother story that again almost got me fired but the gantry guy mysteriously landed in the hospital.

I am in favor of the union concept but am fiercely opposed to some of the recurrent larceny that the union guys use to prey on the victims.  I have more tales about that from when I had exhibit booths at many trade shows across the nation.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 13, 2021, 11:06:50 PM
coal country is a place where people were frequently killed over unionization disputes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 17, 2021, 04:13:57 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/JgUIBo5l.jpg)

no fun anywhere these days
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on June 17, 2021, 04:20:58 PM
How many people were turned to vegetables (squash!) before the company started to care enough to post this sign? :???:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 17, 2021, 10:55:33 PM
i dont know.

the place i work is pretty dangerous all around-- high pressures, overhead loads, moving equipment, heat, flamnable liquids and gases
poisonous chemicals, explosive hazards, and so on

when i was wellhead there would be times when the guns wouldnt go off and they would pull them out of the hole live. when they did that thete were only three people on pad-- the company man, the crane operator, and me. my job was to stand next to the well head while about fifty live and triggered metal-piercing shaped charges were pulled out two feet from my chest, and close the valve after they were out.

these days i drive a truck in and out and dont even have to get out.

but tbe dance floor is verboten. the forklift is big-- it picks up 50,000 pounds-- and if you step behond the wheel you just squish into the timbers like a wet diaper.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 06, 2021, 10:13:40 PM
I started working this morning at 0630, and am just finishing up now...very long day. I did work from home, but still it was a long day,...customer sent me new release data late in the afternoon, and I went ahead and updated all of my files with his data only to realize when I had finished that he sent me corrupted files, so I had to ask him to resend and then start all over again. ugh

Plus, I'm still sore from yesterday as I got beaten up by this woman in one of the elevators in our office building. She was an extremely attractive and endowed woman, and I admit I was staring at her breasts when she asked me, "Could you please press one"?

So I did,...honestly don't remember much after that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 07, 2021, 01:56:59 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on August 06, 2021, 10:13:40 PM
I started working this morning at 0630, and am just finishing up now...very long day. I did work from home, but still it was a long day,...customer sent me new release data late in the afternoon, and I went ahead and updated all of my files with his data only to realize when I had finished that he sent me corrupted files, so I had to ask him to resend and then start all over again. ugh

Plus, I'm still sore from yesterday as I got beaten up by this woman in one of the elevators in our office building. She was an extremely attractive and endowed woman, and I admit I was staring at her breasts when she asked me, "Could you please press one"?

So I did,...honestly don't remember much after that.

Ha!  But, was it going down or up?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 07, 2021, 02:05:17 AM
 ;D "Love in an Elevator!"
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on August 07, 2021, 04:19:25 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on August 06, 2021, 10:13:40 PM
I started working this morning at 0630, and am just finishing up now...very long day. I did work from home, but still it was a long day,...customer sent me new release data late in the afternoon, and I went ahead and updated all of my files with his data only to realize when I had finished that he sent me corrupted files, so I had to ask him to resend and then start all over again. ugh

Plus, I'm still sore from yesterday as I got beaten up by this woman in one of the elevators in our office building. She was an extremely attractive and endowed woman, and I admit I was staring at her breasts when she asked me, "Could you please press one"?

So I did,...honestly don't remember much after that.

:lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 27, 2021, 03:29:25 PM
I was so excited for this upcoming weekend, butt now I don't know what we're going to do...I'm just really bummed out :-[

(https://i.imgur.com/p3WY5Vq.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 27, 2021, 06:52:38 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on August 27, 2021, 03:29:25 PM
I was so excited for this upcoming weekend, butt now I don't know what we're going to do...I'm just really bummed out :-[

(https://i.imgur.com/p3WY5Vq.jpg)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/ac7cbf3a98f6572195b0d06afda4e6e7/3d3ded65f07654f8-bf/s540x810/f4313401546b32a2546858fa507367c0b61dbce7.gifv)
I guess no Rocky Mountain Oysters for you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on August 27, 2021, 07:39:25 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 27, 2021, 06:52:38 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on August 27, 2021, 03:29:25 PM
I was so excited for this upcoming weekend, butt now I don't know what we're going to do...I'm just really bummed out :-[

(https://i.imgur.com/p3WY5Vq.jpg)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/ac7cbf3a98f6572195b0d06afda4e6e7/3d3ded65f07654f8-bf/s540x810/f4313401546b32a2546858fa507367c0b61dbce7.gifv)
I guess no Rocky Mountain Oysters for you.

I'm a vegan anyway, so I don't eat the meats!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 27, 2021, 10:25:36 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on August 27, 2021, 07:39:25 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 27, 2021, 06:52:38 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on August 27, 2021, 03:29:25 PM
I was so excited for this upcoming weekend, butt now I don't know what we're going to do...I'm just really bummed out :-[

(https://i.imgur.com/p3WY5Vq.jpg)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/ac7cbf3a98f6572195b0d06afda4e6e7/3d3ded65f07654f8-bf/s540x810/f4313401546b32a2546858fa507367c0b61dbce7.gifv)
I guess no Rocky Mountain Oysters for you.

I'm a vegan anyway, so I don't eat the meats!!
But you are really bummed out about the testicle festival being on hold.

--I don't get it.
(https://c.tenor.com/Rsa1eg-rEdQAAAAd/kdrama-suspicious.gif)
Those are beefy, no?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on August 28, 2021, 03:29:03 AM
no
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on August 28, 2021, 04:16:11 AM
grumpy long day. got up at 0200 to drive a couple of heavy steel plates from indiana to chicago. got em delivered then picked up and drove sheet metal almost all the way up to the big mac at the top of michigan. 588 miles today. one pickup two deliveries two fuelings. i think i was driving and working some 20 hours which is not legal

now itsxsaturday and im looking for somewhere to park until i get a load home
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on August 28, 2021, 05:56:23 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on August 28, 2021, 03:29:03 AM
no

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/3oFzlXGIx1Tmp9T3SE/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952e35ff8fb4977cd670ae4337dc613c3019f3dcaec&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on September 01, 2021, 02:46:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 28, 2021, 05:56:23 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on August 28, 2021, 03:29:03 AM
no

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/3oFzlXGIx1Tmp9T3SE/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952e35ff8fb4977cd670ae4337dc613c3019f3dcaec&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)

Back to testicles - a little anatomy lesson is in order. No beef in testicles, but since they are animal tissue, I suppose they would qualify as "meat".  https://maleinfertility.org/understanding-male-infertility/anatomy-physiology-male-reproduction/testicular-anatomy

Now, when testicles get really old, they start to shrivel up and atrophy.  At that point, they may become vegetable, but that is the subject of much scientific debate.  Assuming they do acquire vegetable status, I suppose they could be eaten by vegans at that point. But the FDA, Department of Agriculture, and CDC have not recommended this, yet. In an emergency, if a person was starving and needed to eat parts of his own body to survive, atrophied testicles might be a good place to start. They are useless at that point, and they are sort of in the way. So, in starvation situations, here is the order of body parts to eat: 1) atrophied testicles; 2) little toes; 3) ring fingers; 4) appendix (this can be challenging); 5) ear lobes; and 6) that skin that hangs down under your arms.  Hopefully, by the time you get to your arms, you will have been rescued.  Cheers!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 01, 2021, 07:16:21 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 01, 2021, 02:46:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 28, 2021, 05:56:23 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on August 28, 2021, 03:29:03 AM
no

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/3oFzlXGIx1Tmp9T3SE/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952e35ff8fb4977cd670ae4337dc613c3019f3dcaec&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)

Back to testicles - a little anatomy lesson is in order. No beef in testicles, but since they are animal tissue, I suppose they would qualify as "meat".  https://maleinfertility.org/understanding-male-infertility/anatomy-physiology-male-reproduction/testicular-anatomy

Now, when testicles get really old, they start to shrivel up and atrophy.  At that point, they may become vegetables, but that is the subject of much scientific debate.  Assuming they do acquire vegetable status, I suppose they could be eaten by vegans at that point. But the FDA, Department of Agriculture, and CDC have not recommended this, yet. In an emergency, if a person was starving and needed to eat parts of his own body to survive, atrophied testicles might be a good place to start. They are useless at that point, and they are sort of in the way. So, in starvation situations, here is the order of body parts to eat: 1) atrophied testicles; 2) little toes; 3) ring fingers; 4) appendix (this can be challenging); 5) ear lobes; and 6) that skin that hangs down under your arms.  Hopefully, by the time you get to your arms, you will have been rescued.  Cheers!!
Cheers!!
That was very informative, thank you. I had no idea testicles were so versatile--in the kitchen.

This reminds me of all the times people confuse the vagina with the vulva and the vagina with the urethra.
" She has to shave her vagina."
"Where do you pee from?" "Um, the vagina, like everyone else."
:picard facepalm:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 01, 2021, 08:54:10 PM
Stupid, lazy, good for nothing shitbags!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on September 01, 2021, 11:45:17 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 01, 2021, 07:16:21 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 01, 2021, 02:46:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 28, 2021, 05:56:23 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on August 28, 2021, 03:29:03 AM
no

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/3oFzlXGIx1Tmp9T3SE/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952e35ff8fb4977cd670ae4337dc613c3019f3dcaec&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)

Back to testicles - a little anatomy lesson is in order. No beef in testicles, but since they are animal tissue, I suppose they would qualify as "meat".  https://maleinfertility.org/understanding-male-infertility/anatomy-physiology-male-reproduction/testicular-anatomy

Now, when testicles get really old, they start to shrivel up and atrophy.  At that point, they may become vegetables, but that is the subject of much scientific debate.  Assuming they do acquire vegetable status, I suppose they could be eaten by vegans at that point. But the FDA, Department of Agriculture, and CDC have not recommended this, yet. In an emergency, if a person was starving and needed to eat parts of his own body to survive, atrophied testicles might be a good place to start. They are useless at that point, and they are sort of in the way. So, in starvation situations, here is the order of body parts to eat: 1) atrophied testicles; 2) little toes; 3) ring fingers; 4) appendix (this can be challenging); 5) ear lobes; and 6) that skin that hangs down under your arms.  Hopefully, by the time you get to your arms, you will have been rescued.  Cheers!!
Cheers!!
That was very informative, thank you. I had no idea testicles were so versatile--in the kitchen.

This reminds me of all the times people confuse the vagina with the vulva and the vagina with the urethra.
" She has to shave her vagina."
"Where do you pee from?" "Um, the vagina, like everyone else."
:picard facepalm:

Yes, Americans are as stupid about anatomy as they are about geography.  Speaking of versatility, consider the penis. It serves as a urethra, a clitoris, a seed planter, and an inverted vagina all in one.   Who says men can't multi-task!?!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 02, 2021, 12:01:31 AM
when i was in school the university of oklahoma served lamb fries in the cafeteria.

frozen is not as good as fresh.

fresh is not particularly good either
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 02, 2021, 12:05:12 AM
Weren't you classmates with Barney Rubble?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 02, 2021, 12:29:42 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 01, 2021, 11:45:17 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 01, 2021, 07:16:21 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 01, 2021, 02:46:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 28, 2021, 05:56:23 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on August 28, 2021, 03:29:03 AM
no

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/3oFzlXGIx1Tmp9T3SE/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952e35ff8fb4977cd670ae4337dc613c3019f3dcaec&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)

Back to testicles - a little anatomy lesson is in order. No beef in testicles, but since they are animal tissue, I suppose they would qualify as "meat".  https://maleinfertility.org/understanding-male-infertility/anatomy-physiology-male-reproduction/testicular-anatomy

Now, when testicles get really old, they start to shrivel up and atrophy.  At that point, they may become vegetables, but that is the subject of much scientific debate.  Assuming they do acquire vegetable status, I suppose they could be eaten by vegans at that point. But the FDA, Department of Agriculture, and CDC have not recommended this, yet. In an emergency, if a person was starving and needed to eat parts of his own body to survive, atrophied testicles might be a good place to start. They are useless at that point, and they are sort of in the way. So, in starvation situations, here is the order of body parts to eat: 1) atrophied testicles; 2) little toes; 3) ring fingers; 4) appendix (this can be challenging); 5) ear lobes; and 6) that skin that hangs down under your arms.  Hopefully, by the time you get to your arms, you will have been rescued.  Cheers!!
Cheers!!
That was very informative, thank you. I had no idea testicles were so versatile--in the kitchen.

This reminds me of all the times people confuse the vagina with the vulva and the vagina with the urethra.
" She has to shave her vagina."
"Where do you pee from?" "Um, the vagina, like everyone else."
:picard facepalm:

Yes, Americans are as stupid about anatomy as they are about geography.  Speaking of versatility, consider the penis. It serves as a urethra, a clitoris, a seed planter, and an inverted vagina all in one.   Who says men can't multi-task!?!
(https://media2.giphy.com/media/3o7aD4kZn5k0SEvPmo/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b9527c2bb52e9cb891472db72de5629c7350b204059c&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 02, 2021, 12:43:54 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on September 02, 2021, 12:01:31 AM
when i was in school the university of oklahoma served lamb fries in the cafeteria.

frozen is not as good as fresh.

fresh is not particularly good either

Not a fan of consuming sperm, even if it was cooked first...and not human.

I'm reminded of a camping trip where the Department of Fish and Game stocked a lake that we were at. The fishing wasn't particularly god until they dumped in some farm-raised trout. My sons were catching them (I'm not really interested in fishing, just eating the fish). The fish were leaking milt and eggs when caught. I'd say that they should have been planted when they had had a chance to lay all those eggs and fertilize them before getting caught. As the stuff was spilling out of them when the boys were cleaning them, they asked what it all was. :lol: Boy were they grossed out! :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 02, 2021, 01:01:37 PM
what would be the difference to them between fish eggs and chicken eggs, for example?

i brought hard boiled quail eggs to a company potluck once. beautiful tiny things, just like chicken eggs. except maybe the size of a nickel. or a shilling.

nobody would touch them, although they all were intensely curious. then they went and ate the escargot that i also brought, without a qualm
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 02, 2021, 01:03:41 PM
Quote from: No one on September 02, 2021, 12:05:12 AM
Weren't you classmates with Barney Rubble?

no but i used to help castrate the calves and pigs when i was a kid. there were always nuts in the freezer.

along with the bullfrogs id shoot
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 02, 2021, 02:25:36 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on September 02, 2021, 01:01:37 PM
what would be the difference to them between fish eggs and chicken eggs, for example?

i brought hard boiled quail eggs to a company potluck once. beautiful tiny things, just like chicken eggs. except maybe the size of a nickel. or a shilling.

nobody would touch them, although they all were intensely curious. then they went and ate the escargot that i also brought, without a qualm

It's all liquid and running on their hands, in the case of the milt.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 02, 2021, 02:41:50 PM
i used to sell honey at a farmers market. the cheese guy always had super expensive sturgeon caviar.

it didnt seem interesting to me, as food. but whst do i know?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Persian-Osetra-Farmed-Raised-Caviar-Persicus-Caviar-35-2-oz/661539106?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=15120&&adid=22222222228153981338&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=478661984328&wl4=pla-437532145893&wl5=9024759&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=125211182&wl11=online&wl12=661539106&veh=sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhdTCl7Xg8gIVeG1vBB1CZATAEAQYCyABEgJwy_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 03, 2021, 03:24:16 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on September 02, 2021, 01:03:41 PM
Quote from: No one on September 02, 2021, 12:05:12 AM
Weren't you classmates with Barney Rubble?

no but i used to help castrate the calves and pigs when i was a kid. there were always nuts in the freezer.

along with the bullfrogs id shoot
Ha! You had, "stone cold nuts."
:grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 04, 2021, 03:37:06 AM
i had to look that up
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 06, 2021, 11:06:18 PM
here i am getting my genius daughter to dye my beard blue and i'm trying to explain the various definitions of species to her in biological systematics:, morphological, simpson's ancestral/descendant, mayer's biological species based on reproductive compatibility, and so on.

and she doesn't care:

why are people wasting their time on things trhat don't matter?

as an ex paleontologist this irks me but i love her so i tolerate her heresy
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 09, 2021, 12:52:34 AM
Papasito Bruno
(Deranged Psychopathic Twinkle Toes.)
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 09, 2021, 03:20:37 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 09, 2021, 12:52:34 AM
Papasito Bruno
(Deranged Psychopathic Twinkle Toes.)
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/3o6wriWpmymxU7m1Jm/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952367edb516d307f33fd16f3a4f26d86351b2cb6bd&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 09, 2021, 06:23:17 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 09, 2021, 03:20:37 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 09, 2021, 12:52:34 AM
Papasito Bruno
(Deranged Psychopathic Twinkle Toes.)
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/3o6wriWpmymxU7m1Jm/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952367edb516d307f33fd16f3a4f26d86351b2cb6bd&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 09, 2021, 06:48:19 PM
Poor wittle ducky... :-[

Kats are so vile.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 09, 2021, 07:14:10 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 09, 2021, 06:48:19 PM
Poor wittle ducky... :-[

Kats are so vile.

(https://c.tenor.com/OffvCtL9YFcAAAAC/cat-evil.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 09, 2021, 07:24:36 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 09, 2021, 07:14:10 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 09, 2021, 06:48:19 PM
Poor wittle ducky... :-[

Kats are so vile.

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(https://i.imgur.com/6TrP44g.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on September 13, 2021, 02:59:02 PM
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 14, 2021, 07:40:29 PM
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We need a Kat's are Evil Thread.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:25:57 AM
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on September 15, 2021, 11:40:08 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:25:57 AM
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I hope the dog didn't loose an eye.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on September 15, 2021, 11:40:08 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:25:57 AM
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I hope the dog didn't loose an eye.
It makes me wonder what the dog did to the cute little cat that made it so angry.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 15, 2021, 04:32:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on September 15, 2021, 11:40:08 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:25:57 AM
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I hope the dog didn't loose an eye.
It makes me wonder what the dog did to the cute little cat that made it so angry.

Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. Nice :-[

Kats are Evil
https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil (https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil)

QuoteCats are the favoured pets of witches
Everyone knows witch + broomstick + black cat. And if Disney has taught us anything, it's that witches are inherently evil and don't just want to put a spell on you, they want to kill you (Sleeping Beauty wouldn't have been much of story if Maleficent had done her job properly). Enter cats. The perfect heartless sidekick; they don't care whether you live or die, as long as they're getting some tuna at the end of it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:03:09 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 15, 2021, 04:32:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on September 15, 2021, 11:40:08 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:25:57 AM
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I hope the dog didn't loose an eye.
It makes me wonder what the dog did to the cute little cat that made it so angry.

Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. Nice :-[
Well, maybe the mean ugly and useless dog is drinking the cute and sweet cat's water.  >:(
The beautiful black cat has the right to protect it's property.  :P

Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 15, 2021, 04:32:43 PM
Kats are Evil
https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil (https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil)

QuoteCats are the favoured pets of witches
Everyone knows witch + broomstick + black cat. And if Disney has taught us anything, it's that witches are inherently evil and don't just want to put a spell on you, they want to kill you (Sleeping Beauty wouldn't have been much of story if Maleficent had done her job properly). Enter cats. The perfect heartless sidekick; they don't care whether you live or die, as long as they're getting some tuna at the end of it.
:blahblah:
QuoteThey prance around like they own the place, peeing everywhere and expecting you to clean it up for them.
This is totally false.
Dirty dogs, on the other hand, well...you know.
:reading:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 15, 2021, 07:17:37 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:03:09 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 15, 2021, 04:32:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on September 15, 2021, 11:40:08 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:25:57 AM
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I hope the dog didn't loose an eye.
It makes me wonder what the dog did to the cute little cat that made it so angry.

Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. Nice :-[
Well, maybe the mean ugly and useless dog is drinking the cute and sweet cat's water.  >:(
The beautiful black cat has the right to protect it's property.  :P

Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 15, 2021, 04:32:43 PM
Kats are Evil
https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil (https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil)

QuoteCats are the favoured pets of witches
Everyone knows witch + broomstick + black cat. And if Disney has taught us anything, it's that witches are inherently evil and don't just want to put a spell on you, they want to kill you (Sleeping Beauty wouldn't have been much of story if Maleficent had done her job properly). Enter cats. The perfect heartless sidekick; they don't care whether you live or die, as long as they're getting some tuna at the end of it.
:blahblah:
QuoteThey prance around like they own the place, peeing everywhere and expecting you to clean it up for them.
This is totally false.
Dirty dogs, on the other hand, well...you know.
:reading:

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:48:50 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 15, 2021, 07:17:37 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:03:09 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 15, 2021, 04:32:43 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on September 15, 2021, 11:40:08 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 15, 2021, 07:25:57 AM
(https://www.gif-vif.com/media/Cats-are-evil.gif)

I hope the dog didn't loose an eye.
It makes me wonder what the dog did to the cute little cat that made it so angry.

Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. Nice :-[
Well, maybe the mean ugly, and useless dog is drinking the cute and sweet cat's water.  >:(
The beautiful black cat has the right to protect its property.  :P

Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 15, 2021, 04:32:43 PM
Kats are Evil
https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil (https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3071676/13-reasons-why-cats-are-just-plain-evil)

QuoteCats are the favoured pets of witches
Everyone knows witch + broomstick + black cat. And if Disney has taught us anything, it's that witches are inherently evil and don't just want to put a spell on you, they want to kill you (Sleeping Beauty wouldn't have been much of story if Maleficent had done her job properly). Enter cats. The perfect heartless sidekick; they don't care whether you live or die, as long as they're getting some tuna at the end of it.
:blahblah:
QuoteThey prance around like they own the place, peeing everywhere and expecting you to clean it up for them.
This is totally false.
Dirty dogs, on the other hand, well...you know.
:reading:

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We agreed to keep that a secret to avoid embarrassing you.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on September 17, 2021, 03:36:07 PM
This guy Mike has owed me money for some time, but he's so hard to find?
Anyone else seen him around?

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on September 17, 2021, 09:45:45 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 17, 2021, 03:36:07 PM
This guy Mike has owed me money for some time, but he's so hard to find?
Anyone else seen him around?

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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Essie Mae on September 17, 2021, 10:35:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 17, 2021, 09:45:45 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 17, 2021, 03:36:07 PM
This guy Mike has owed me money for some time, but he's so hard to find?
Anyone else seen him around?

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Oops! I laughed! Not in keeping with grumpiness.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 18, 2021, 12:59:39 AM
Mike Litoris is usually hanging with Hugh Jass and Connie Lingis.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 18, 2021, 04:12:00 AM
Quote from: No one on September 18, 2021, 12:59:39 AM
Mike Litoris is usually hanging with Hugh Jass and Connie Lingis.

And with Norma Snockers from time to time.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 18, 2021, 04:45:11 AM
what?

im sorry

im stupid

norma what?

why cant you make it easier for stupid people

dammit thats another stupid question
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 18, 2021, 04:56:19 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on September 18, 2021, 04:45:11 AM
what?

im sorry

im stupid

norma what?

why cant you make it easier for stupid people

dammit thats another stupid question

Hmm. Have your kids explain it, if they have internet. :smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 18, 2021, 05:37:42 AM
i will ask some f them in th morniog

else you wil hae to expllainv
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 18, 2021, 06:38:22 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on September 18, 2021, 04:45:11 AM
what?

im sorry

im stupid

norma what?

why cant you make it easier for stupid people

dammit thats another stupid question

:lol:

Extract from this page:

https://www.suffolkgazette.com/sport/norma-snockers-suffolk-cup-victory/

Who is Norma Snockers?
Norma Snockers is a fictional character, loved by schoolboys and grown-ups with a lewd sense of humour. When you say Norma Snockers out loud it sounds, of course, like Enormous Knockers. Geddit?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 18, 2021, 06:50:44 AM
i guess iam out of touch
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on September 18, 2021, 07:25:37 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on September 18, 2021, 06:50:44 AM
i guess iam out of touch

No, I think it's just better known in British or former British oriented countries.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on September 18, 2021, 11:01:39 AM
Norma Snockers is close with Dixie Normus.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 18, 2021, 02:21:19 PM
nevermind my wife expained it to me
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 26, 2021, 10:11:03 PM
friday i pick up a load of absorbant wood pellets to go to nebraska on monday

sunday at 1700 they call me up, can we get you to go to new york theyre havinbg an emergency we'll pay you extra

i explain that if i leave at 1700 illl get there about n1300 tomorrow, because most of my time tonight will be finding a place to park the truck after its dark. ill get there about 1300 tomoorow\

if i leave at 0600 or so tomorrow ill not need to park anywhere and ill get there abiout 1300 tomorrow

mostly its just that i do not want to be the go-to guy to cut my home time short in an emergency.

phooey on emergenceies.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on October 08, 2021, 03:06:58 PM
I normally really enjoy fall here in Michigan, but this year I've been feeling somewhat depressed about it. Maybe because it's been overcast and raining on and off for the last 7 bloody days, I truly miss seeing the sun.

So I suppose if the suns does comes out, and it might tomorrow, and I can then get outside and take a nice long bike ride so my mood might change. (So I'm not really grumpy, just more like blahhhhh....)

I also just washed a bunch of my fall shirts, and they are now hanging to dry (You never put dress/button shirts in the dryer, just an FYI...), and I put away a bunch of my summer shirts, so that's probably not helping my feelings and thoughts about the fall...I even hung a fall jacket up in the hallway in preparation for colder weather...ugh.

Next month I turn 57, not too old I guess, but not very young anymore either...they say the 50's are the "Teenage Years" of old age, and I can't really disagree with that notion.  We have some older friends in their 60's and they's made comments like, "Oh your are young, and still learning the ropes of aging, wait another 8 years and you'll see what we mean"!

I did just have my annual physical, and my doctor told me I was in excellent health, so I am really grateful for that (This bit of information is really encouraging, as my father, and his father both passed away at the age of 63, and my father's brother was in his 50's...so I continue to eat well and exercise every day)

I do worry sometimes though, like what if something happens to me, and I pass away...I mean who will clean out the dryer vent, or run the garage disposal?



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 09, 2021, 01:25:42 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on October 08, 2021, 03:06:58 PM
I normally really enjoy fall here in Michigan, but this year I've been feeling somewhat depressed about it. Maybe because it's been overcast and raining on and off for the last 7 bloody days, I truly miss seeing the sun.

So I suppose if the suns does comes out, and it might tomorrow, and I can then get outside and take a nice long bike ride so my mood might change. (So I'm not really grumpy, just more like blahhhhh....)

I also just washed a bunch of my fall shirts, and they are now hanging to dry (You never put dress/button shirts in the dryer, just an FYI...), and I put away a bunch of my summer shirts, so that's probably not helping my feelings and thoughts about the fall...I even hung a fall jacket up in the hallway in preparation for colder weather...ugh.

Next month I turn 57, not too old I guess, but not very young anymore either...they say the 50's are the "Teenage Years" of old age, and I can't really disagree with that notion.  We have some older friends in their 60's and they's made comments like, "Oh your are young, and still learning the ropes of aging, wait another 8 years and you'll see what we mean"!

I did just have my annual physical, and my doctor told me I was in excellent health, so I am really grateful for that (This bit of information is really encouraging, as my father, and his father both passed away at the age of 63, and my father's brother was in his 50's...so I continue to eat well and exercise every day)

I do worry sometimes though, like what if something happens to me, and I pass away...I mean who will clean out the dryer vent, or run the garage disposal?
:therethere:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on October 18, 2021, 07:00:51 PM
Wife: Hey Papasito, do you remember Dune?
Bruno: Of course, are you referring to the book or one of the theatrical releases?
Wife: Movie, it came out in nineteen eighty something I think?
Bruno: It was released in 1984. Directed and written by David Lynch, it starred Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides.
Wife:  Wasn't Sting in that movie?
Bruno: Yes he was, he played Feyd-Rautha, who is the nephew, and heir of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen of House Harkonnen.
Wife: Right, thank you. When's my birthday?
Bruno:
Wife: When's my birthday Papasito?
Bruno:
Bruno: Happy b-
Wife: It was yesterday!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 18, 2021, 08:18:48 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on October 18, 2021, 07:00:51 PM
Wife: Hey Papasito, do you remember Dune?
Bruno: Of course, are you referring to the book or one of the theatrical releases?
Wife: Movie, it came out in nineteen eighty something I think?
Bruno: It was released in 1984. Directed and written by David Lynch, it starred Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides.
Wife:  Wasn't Sting in that movie?
Bruno: Yes he was, he played Feyd-Rautha, who is the nephew, and heir of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen of House Harkonnen.
Wife: Right, thank you. When's my birthday?
Bruno:
Wife: When's my birthday Papasito?
Bruno:
Bruno: Happy b-
Wife: It was yesterday!

And you are still alive to post that. What's life like in the dog house? :rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 19, 2021, 02:47:08 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on October 18, 2021, 07:00:51 PM
Wife: Hey Papasito, do you remember Dune?
Bruno: Of course, are you referring to the book or one of the theatrical releases?
Wife: Movie, it came out in nineteen eighty something I think?
Bruno: It was released in 1984. Directed and written by David Lynch, it starred Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides.
Wife:  Wasn't Sting in that movie?
Bruno: Yes he was, he played Feyd-Rautha, who is the nephew, and heir of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen of House Harkonnen.
Wife: Right, thank you. When's my birthday?
Bruno:
Wife: When's my birthday Papasito?
Bruno:
Bruno: Happy b-
Wife: It was yesterday!

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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 19, 2021, 04:44:24 AM
My brother had surgery today. After his accident the brace they put him in wasn't supportive enough and the fracture was beginning to sever his spine. He's not paralyzed but I still don't like the idea. I really love my brother.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 19, 2021, 10:13:38 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 19, 2021, 04:44:24 AM
My brother had surgery today. After his accident the brace they put him in wasn't supportive enough and the fracture was beginning to sever his spine. He's not paralyzed but I still don't like the idea. I really love my brother.

I hope it all goes well.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 19, 2021, 11:15:53 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 19, 2021, 10:13:38 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 19, 2021, 04:44:24 AM
My brother had surgery today. After his accident the brace they put him in wasn't supportive enough and the fracture was beginning to sever his spine. He's not paralyzed but I still don't like the idea. I really love my brother.

I hope it all goes well.

Me too. Let us know how it went.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 19, 2021, 11:41:59 AM
ouch. hope it works better after
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 19, 2021, 01:00:07 PM
damn it

parked at a truckstop in indiana

my fuel card wont work and i cant go anywhere. i do NOT want to run out of fuel in the middle of chicago's multilane rat maze and have to deal with that.

nobody can fix a fuel card at 0400 in tbe morning, so this messes up my schedule
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on October 19, 2021, 01:42:36 PM
And a truck is too expensive to carry enough cash for an emergency fill. That sucks Billy.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 19, 2021, 02:25:41 PM
Sorry about your brother, JJ. I hope he heals well, in the end.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 19, 2021, 03:41:46 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on October 19, 2021, 01:42:36 PM
And a truck is too expensive to carry enough cash for an emergency fill. That sucks Billy.

my tanks hold 300 gallons and the price here is US$4.00 per US gallon.  so its $1200 to fill empty tanks.

i dont have a functioni g fuel gauge so i just top it off every day, maybe 75 gallons. but i skipped a day because i was off, so im low.

ah well. at least im at a truck stop so thereis coffee
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 29, 2021, 02:21:46 AM
Annual checkup with my family doctor yesterday. I am doing well except for some low level OCPD.  The doctor got his education in Columbia.  His name is Velasquez.  He is one of the old school docs that spend enough time with his patients that he is much appreciated.  Alas I learned, after my session with him, that he is leaving the large clinic that I use for medical advice or treatment.

The clinic is huge and well regarded. They have as many as 200 doctors with every specialties one could need. They also have general practitioners who point us in the appropriate directions toward specialists. Fabio Velasquez is one of those. He does referrals when he truly believes that we may need specialist care. 

The deal is that he spends too much time with his patients. In the big world of American medicine the physician is a business person who needs to spend no less time with his patients than critically  necessary.  That translates to seeing at least 30 patients per day. Many of them push the count to 40 per day. That is all a matter of billing and its' economics.  My insurance is billed for $193 per visit.  That is negotiated by the insurance carriers such that the actual pay to the clinic is in the neighborhood of $80.  That translates to a measly $2400 to $3200 per day.

I do not know why Dr. Velasquez is leaving the clinic but I suspect that it might be a corporate decision to let him go.  He is simply not generating enough revenue because he spends time with the patient in such a way that he does not see 30 or 40 patients per day. I am really sad that he is leaving.  He is a damned good guy who has run afoul of the way American Medical business is done.  The clinic with its 200 docs is then generating something like a half million a day in billing.

OK I get it.  They are there when I need them.  But the cost is working against the ordinary person who does not have adequate insurance to keep him or her out of debtors prison.

At the direction of my cardiologist specialist. I had a stress test procedure done a few months ago. That was a big deal that sent me through a whole raft of tests that established that my condition is more than satisfactory. The billing was $5600.  Sheesh! We gotta pay the medical practitioners well but do we have to bankrupt the ordinary citizen to do so? In fairness, I have to agree that I got off well with an out of pocket expense of about $480.  Thanks to my Medicare and Humana insurance benefit.

That is why I am being a grumpy old man.







Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 29, 2021, 04:58:29 PM
my medical issues are less grumpy than yours

they cut open my eyeball yesterday and sucked out the lens. i wanted to be awake to watch but they gave me an anaesthetic that kept me conscious but not rational. so all i can remember is looking into bright light while red shapes came and went in my vision\. i asked if i would be able to play the violin after the procedure and they told me not unless i could play it before. they were on to me there.

but when i got home things were stil cloudy in that eye until i dropped in some steroid eyedrops about four hours later. that cut down the inflammation and my vision almost instantly cleared and became as good as that in the untreated left eye. like hitting a switch almost.

very impressive. before it was cloudy, with double vision in good light and haloes around light sources in bad light. lots of glare from the internal reflections. but thats all gone

so the vision is good but th problem is that the incision is still healing up and i am to refrain from doing anything that might stir dust into it and cause an infection, and i have realized that everything i do in my life is dirty.

i cant work in the shop, because it is dusty there. i cannot sweep the house. i cannot ride a motorcycle. i cannot clean out the basement. i cannot work under a car. i stay out of the henhouse and the goat barn. its raining so theres no dust outside but if there were id have to stay away from it. i never realized that my life consisted primarily of being dirty.

so im stuck in the house just sitting next to the propane heater and reading for a week. and bothering people on the internet.

icarus, is this velasquez maintaining a practice elsewhere? can you follow him, or is that not possible?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on October 29, 2021, 06:12:40 PM
I am happy to hear that the operation went well. Just be patient and don't try to do any dirty work.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 29, 2021, 07:34:11 PM
my whole life is dirty. now that i have a chance to clean it up i cant. so im reading everything there is on the internet about the AMAL T10GP2 carburetter

i was there three hours, of which about 20 minutes were actual procedure and the other was paperwork.

the opthamologist did eight that day. i asked what was typical and they said fourteen.

i dont know whether its a once per week thing for him or more infrequent, but he was running em through for sure. put a drop of ink on my forehead above th eeye in pre op so he wouldnt screw up and do the wrong one

fascinating. its been 24 hours and the worked on eye now has better acuity than the other



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 29, 2021, 08:11:54 PM
Good to hear everything went well. I'm happy for you.

Take hermes2015's advice:
"Just be patient and don't try to do any dirty work."
Don't be a dirty. Old man.

Wait. That didn't come out right.  :notsure:

I have a joke for you:
(https://funnylax.com/media/memes/ab468e2773f1d8bd/dirty-and-hooker-walk-into-bar-wait-thats-inauguration-memes-9cf70fd1053e41c4-f235742315b992fb.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 29, 2021, 09:00:49 PM
lol

i dont want any more presidencies lik ethat one.

but if the democrats here in american cant get their act together, he has a good chance of coming back.

theyre like th epalestinians, always ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 30, 2021, 01:58:17 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on October 29, 2021, 09:00:49 PM
lol

i dont want any more presidencies lik ethat one.

but if the democrats here in american cant get their act together, he has a good chance of coming back.

theyre like th epalestinians, always ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

(https://www.molecularecologist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tyson.gif)

OK. I. Came to make a "Dirty. Old Man."-- joke... and now you want to talk about Trump and the Republicans?


OK. Fine  ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 30, 2021, 11:58:29 AM
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on October 30, 2021, 03:32:50 PM
^^^
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on October 30, 2021, 06:44:42 PM
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on November 29, 2021, 02:26:34 PM
What makes me grumpy is the fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology...I don't know what it is, but it bugs me in ways I simply can't put into words.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 29, 2021, 10:17:36 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 30, 2021, 03:06:54 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 29, 2021, 10:17:36 PM
:lol:

What about every day and everyday. Don't get me started!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on November 30, 2021, 03:15:18 AM
Today was going great...until.........people!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 30, 2021, 07:40:44 AM
Quote from: No one on November 30, 2021, 03:15:18 AM
Today was going great...until.........people!

You go out in the world where people are known to gather.
You go on the internet where disembodied people discriminate against robots.

You could have staid in bed, you've only got yourself to blame.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 30, 2021, 09:37:56 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 29, 2021, 10:17:36 PM
:lol:

>:( No laughing on the Grumpy thread!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on December 01, 2021, 05:57:07 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 30, 2021, 09:37:56 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 29, 2021, 10:17:36 PM
:lol:

>:( No laughing on the Grumpy thread!

Right. Should have said

:geezer!:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 01, 2021, 07:33:29 AM
Quote from: Recusant on December 01, 2021, 05:57:07 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 30, 2021, 09:37:56 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 29, 2021, 10:17:36 PM
:lol:

>:( No laughing on the Grumpy thread!

Right. Should have said

:geezer!:

Better :geezer!:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on December 01, 2021, 12:41:06 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2021, 07:33:29 AM
Quote from: Recusant on December 01, 2021, 05:57:07 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 30, 2021, 09:37:56 AM
Quote from: Recusant on November 29, 2021, 10:17:36 PM
:lol:

>:( No laughing on the Grumpy thread!

Right. Should have said

:geezer!:

Better :geezer!: :puppysnicker:

That's funny.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on December 01, 2021, 02:46:28 PM
People who shoot children at schools make me grumpy.

Conservatives who try to get rid of rights make me grumpy.

People who spread conspiracy theories make me grumpy.

Your turn.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 01, 2021, 05:40:11 PM
People who believe conspiracy theories make me grumpy  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 01, 2021, 11:04:57 PM
i listened a while to the radio coming home yesterday. a christian station talk show guy was intervoewing a man who wascwarning against bill gates and the covid vaccone that contained semi conductor crystals.

the purpose of the adulterated vaccine was threefold

1 to be able to identify you as part of the globalists program of worldwide control

2 to be able to track your movements ditto

3 to be able to use as a form of monetary control after the left wing liberal globalists abolished the banks and the monetary system

all this was because the vaccine was the mark of the beast

i couldnt take it for long
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 01, 2021, 11:28:44 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 01, 2021, 11:04:57 PM
i listened a while to the radio coming home yesterday. a christian station talk show guy was intervoewing a man who wascwarning against bill gates and the covid vaccone that contained semi conductor crystals.

the purpose of the adulterated vaccine was threefold

1 to be able to identify you as part of the globalists program of worldwide control

2 to be able to track your movements ditto

3 to be able to use as a form of monetary control after the left wing liberal globalists abolished the banks and the monetary system

all this was because the vaccine was the mark of the beast

i couldnt take it for long

Where do these kooks come from?   The silly people who subscribe to these absurd conspiracy theories, make my ass want to suck a lemon....oops... I mean that they influence me to become grumpy. .........Well more than grumpy, apprehensive or fearful are more descriptive words.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 01, 2021, 11:58:09 PM
And probably close to every one of these eejits has cell phone by which they can be tracked. smh
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 02, 2021, 12:20:00 AM
Continuing the grumpy condition...... My county commissioners' meetings have become farcical.  It is customary to have an invocation before the formal meeting starts. In an attempt to obey the separation of church and state concept they recently allowed a secularist to give the invocation.   He was respectful but failed to invoke God in his "heathen prayer." Attempting to correct the outrageously unchristian demonstration by the secular guy, one of the commissioners arose, out of order, to give a proper Christian prayer.  Which he did.

The commission, recognizing the plague of locusts that would be cast upon us by God, decided to fix the problem.  They designated six particular pastor/preacher/charlatans to do the preliminary ritual. Holy crow! Two of the six are Pentecostal nut jobs.  No atheists among the chosen six.  Now the Florida association of Secularists have initiated a lawsuit.  The commission vows to fight back.  We will piss away a considerable amount of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to defend the Glory to God position of the commissioners.  Sheeesh!  >:(

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 02, 2021, 01:23:31 AM
Ye, most of those conspiracy theories are ridiculous.
Not the one about the disappearing $19 million of maple syrup though.
Oh no of course not, there's no explaining that without the involvement of interdimensional aliens.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 02, 2021, 06:13:41 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 01, 2021, 11:28:44 PM

Where do these kooks come from?   The silly people who subscribe to these absurd conspiracy theories, make my ass want to suck a lemon....oops.

lol


you said it
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 02, 2021, 08:27:25 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 01, 2021, 11:04:57 PM
i listened a while to the radio coming home yesterday. a christian station talk show guy was intervoewing a man who wascwarning against bill gates and the covid vaccone that contained semi conductor crystals.

the purpose of the adulterated vaccine was threefold

1 to be able to identify you as part of the globalists program of worldwide control

2 to be able to track your movements ditto

3 to be able to use as a form of monetary control after the left wing liberal globalists abolished the banks and the monetary system

all this was because the vaccine was the mark of the beast

i couldnt take it for long

I couldn't listen to that while driving. I'd get road rage of the first order!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 02, 2021, 08:28:33 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 01, 2021, 11:58:09 PM
And probably close to every one of these eejits has cell phone by which they can be tracked. smh

I know. They're brain dead epsilon semi-morons!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 02, 2021, 08:30:52 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 02, 2021, 12:20:00 AM
Continuing the grumpy condition...... My county commissioners' meetings have become farcical.  It is customary to have an invocation before the formal meeting starts. In an attempt to obey the separation of church and state concept they recently allowed a secularist to give the invocation.   He was respectful but failed to invoke God in his "heathen prayer." Attempting to correct the outrageously unchristian demonstration by the secular guy, one of the commissioners arose, out of order, to give a proper Christian prayer.  Which he did.

The commission, recognizing the plague of locusts that would be cast upon us by God, decided to fix the problem.  They designated six particular pastor/preacher/charlatans to do the preliminary ritual. Holy crow! Two of the six are Pentecostal nut jobs.  No atheists among the chosen six.  Now the Florida association of Secularists have initiated a lawsuit.  The commission vows to fight back.  We will piss away a considerable amount of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to defend the Glory to God position of the commissioners.  Sheeesh!  >:(

:rofl:

Ooops sorry :geezer!:

Welcome to La La Land!  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 02, 2021, 08:31:52 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on December 02, 2021, 01:23:31 AM
Ye, most of those conspiracy theories are ridiculous.
Not the one about the disappearing $19 million of maple syrup though.
Oh no of course not, there's no explaining that without the involvement of interdimensional aliens.

Or ants.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 02, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Waking up again  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 02, 2021, 12:44:41 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2021, 08:27:25 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 01, 2021, 11:04:57 PM
i listened a while to the radio coming home yesterday. a christian station talk show guy was intervoewing a man who wascwarning against bill gates and the covid vaccone that contained semi conductor crystals.

the purpose of the adulterated vaccine was threefold

1 to be able to identify you as part of the globalists program of worldwide control

2 to be able to track your movements ditto

3 to be able to use as a form of monetary control after the left wing liberal globalists abolished the banks and the monetary system

all this was because the vaccine was the mark of the beast

i couldnt take it for long

I couldn't listen to that while driving. I'd get road rage of the first order!!!

the american program is called "crosstalk" and is broadcast on a religious station. i belive its the same one i remember that interviewed a nut job on 2000 who explained how satans disciples were all going to come out into the open at Y2K on new years day and usher in some sort of biblical armageddon like calamity.

i dont knowvwhat they have to say as the prophecies fail. i guess there is always a new one.

https://www.vcyamerica.org/prophecy-today/2020/12/18/some-are-asking-is-the-new-corona-virus-vaccine-connected-to-the-mark-of-the-beast/
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on December 02, 2021, 07:21:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Waking up again  >:(

Preferable to the reverse, however (in my opinion).
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 02, 2021, 09:01:51 PM
Quote from: Recusant on December 02, 2021, 07:21:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Waking up again  >:(

Preferable to the reverse, however (in my opinion).

For my friends and family. I wouldn't know would I?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 03, 2021, 04:35:17 AM
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Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on December 04, 2021, 04:06:08 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2021, 09:01:51 PM
Quote from: Recusant on December 02, 2021, 07:21:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 02, 2021, 10:12:44 AM
Waking up again  >:(

Preferable to the reverse, however (in my opinion).

For my friends and family. I wouldn't know would I?

There will be plenty of time for that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 08, 2021, 07:15:21 PM
The sky may be falling in my county.  A recent post complained about my county commissioners and their nuttery.  Today my local newspaper had a full page add that featured a letter to the Governor of Florida; DeSantis. The ad included photos of the proud and happy commissioners who believe that Ivermectin prevents covid infections.  The letter praised the governor for standing up to the leftist, socialist, Democrats who are promoting legitimate vaccinations and  stealing our freedoms and will destroy the nation.  The ad was said to have been paid for by an outfit whose web site is CCDFUSA.com. 

Who the hell is CCFD? I went to that website.  The site is generally about religious goobers who are dedicated to "freedom".  Freedom such as not being told to wear masks or freedom not to take Covid vacs.  They are also in favor of the rules in Mathew 18.....the parable of the lost sheep and such.

The commentators claim affiliation with TurningpointUSA.com.  WHooeee!  That site is for far right students across the land.  That outfit apparently has 2500 chapters in colleges and high schools.  They sell tee shirts  with slogans such as; Big Government Sucks. 

Do not look at either of these sites because it may spoil your, otherwise, perfect day.  I am Grumpy, and to be honest, fearful for my nations sanity.

There are references to
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 12, 2021, 02:42:22 PM
gah

so thursday my travel agent texted me

wanna pick up steel on the river, take it to chicago, reload there and bring it back home?

i looked at the hours-- 19 hours of driving. it was noon, so i would load in the afternoon, drive west all friday, get to chicago saturday mnorning and be home by sunday.

nah, im only 300 miles from the house. lets do something on the way home.

so he sent me to pickup concrete reinforcing mesh. right on the home run. perfect. except . . .

i got there at three on friday. they stop loading at four thirty, which meant that they wouldnt load me until monday. i told them i wouldnt be there, so they said, spend the nght and well load you at 0630.

lies, all lies, in spite of the fact that i was the only gringo there who habla pidgin espanol and so i translated this bad news to all the drivers behnd me.

so the next morning they didnt load me until 1130. i was headed out and then the forklift driver came up and said, i messed up and put too much on your truck. i have to take some off.

so i finally got out at 1230 and went down the road, took an exit and the load shifted left. i hadnt strapped it down super tight because i didnt want to bend it too badly. so i limped into the truck stop and bout four portable winches and tried to pull th eload straight.

no.

driving a heavy load that leans over the side of the trailer is disconcerting. maybe nothing happens, maybe the truck turns over, maybe people die. so leaving out a bunch of telephone calls and side trips i ass-puckered my way back to the shipper at sunset to see if anybody was there on a forklift on saturday night. and there was. more pidgin espanol from the gringo.

habla ingles?

no

esta bien. mi camion no es bueno. mira . . .

por que?

mira. i pointed out the lean. then i explained that i wanted to loosen the straps and have him push it straight. which he did, carefully in about five tries..

muchas gracias, mi amigo. su ingles es sufficiente. me boy ahora, y mas gracias

so i drove away in the dark on unlit pennsylvania roads, heading west, still concerned about the top heavy load. then i looked in the lights of the cars creeping behind me, and noticed that my trailer brakes were smoking. no where to stop, nowhere to pull over, if they got hot enough theyd light the tires on fire and that would be awkward. but i finally found a shoulder wide enough to avoid certain death and went back to feel th ehubs.

warm, cold (id backed that one off already), warm, hot . . .

th ehot one was smoking. so i got out my puny wrench and backed the brakes shoes off until they didnt rub. then i drove off and kept an eagle eye on the rear end for 100 miles. i now had only two functional brakes on the trailer, because my mechanic/owner is behind schedule.

parked at the local truck stop, got my shit and left. ill see about a better place to park the truck tomorrow. the whole week took me to 69.5 hours out of my legal 70 hours of on duty time, although nobody stopped me to count.

if id just gone to chicago in teh first place i could have avoided all the drama.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 12, 2021, 06:10:53 PM
They could make a sitcom out of your life called 'The Fucked Trucker!'
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 13, 2021, 04:50:12 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2021, 06:10:53 PM
They could make a sitcom out of your life called 'The Fucked Trucker!'

(https://c.tenor.com/6HL37ee7HhgAAAAM/steven-hyde-high.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 13, 2021, 04:57:35 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2021, 06:10:53 PM
They could make a sitcom out of your life called 'The Fucked Trucker!'
Also... :secrets1:   There's a show/ soap opera / telenovela already about  'The Fucked Trucker!'
:snicker:
Dos Mujeres, Un Camino.
(https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-05-2016/Apn7C5.gif)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 13, 2021, 11:15:35 AM
erik estrada?
my daughter works night shift at a local hotel and he checked in for the night last month
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on December 13, 2021, 04:28:42 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 13, 2021, 11:15:35 AM
erik estrada?
my daughter works night shift at a local hotel and he checked in for the night last month
Ha! Very cool.  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 13, 2021, 05:28:41 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 13, 2021, 04:57:35 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2021, 06:10:53 PM
They could make a sitcom out of your life called 'The Fucked Trucker!'
Also... :secrets1:   There's a show/ soap opera / telenovela already about  'The Fucked Trucker!'
:snicker:
Dos Mujeres, Un Camino.
(https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-05-2016/Apn7C5.gif)

Damn. I thought I'd created an original!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 17, 2021, 01:49:57 AM
fucked again. this is not a n auspicious week.

i was up in iowa last night when the tornadoes came through at both yesterdays destination and todays . cut all the power everywhere. only one truck on its side. then my headlight dimmer switch fell apart and i lost headlights.

no telephonez working and nobody i could contact had a switch. nearest one was 60 miles south. so then the customer cancelled because i couldnt guarentee arrival time and the next customer wasnt at the feed mill because they didnt have power either and went home.

so i wentto the truck stop and managed to put the dimmer switch back together -- with bailing wire, no shit--  and parked for the night. maybe the customer will get power tomorrow or maybe theyll just take a three day weekend.

in the meantime im 900 miles from the house without a loaD home and its 19 degrees F and i aint getting back by tomorrow for sure
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 17, 2021, 09:40:11 AM
Maybe you should embrace Christianity? At least you'd be able to attribute your situation to 'God works in mysterious ways!'. ;)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 17, 2021, 11:23:59 AM
its cold

maybe ill become a parsee and worship fire
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 17, 2021, 11:53:52 PM
Shit happens Billy.  In your case, with trucks, it seems to be happening with unfair regularity.  Dimmer switch is a bad deal but losing a wheel, like a while ago, and being over the weight load
limit a while ago, is no fair.  I fear that Jesus has it out for you or maybe he does not like trucks.

The worst shit of all is having to endure 19 degrees of dangerous cold when that far from home.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 18, 2021, 08:33:14 PM
i forgot about losing the wheels

ive done that three times now
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 18, 2021, 11:59:50 PM
but look at this tho. the biggest lathe ive ever seen

(https://i.imgur.com/76ja6TXl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/B6Q8ED8l.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/f9Ri1g9l.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7tklegCl.jpg)

this huge thing can turn workpieces that weigh 70 000 pounds, to 0.002-0.003 precision. apparently it turns at 6 to 10 rpm.

i was impressed.

almost as much as the people who were backed up a quarter mile on both sides of the road in down town chicago while i blnd-sided the truck off 47th street into theis shop. which took at least ten minutes.

i want to buy a lathe, but it needs to be small than this one
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 20, 2021, 08:42:27 AM
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on December 20, 2021, 11:58:51 AM
jeez it wasnt as big as that one
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on December 20, 2021, 12:03:16 PM
That is breathtakingly big. Not that I'm a size queen.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on December 20, 2021, 05:26:14 PM
I have a friend who has one of those monster lathes.  It is 90feet between centers.  He is in the hard chrome business and much of his work is to repair propeller shafts for big ships. Also huge rams for hydraulic cylinders and pistons for those huge ship engines. 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on December 20, 2021, 06:11:15 PM
Quote from: Icarus on December 20, 2021, 05:26:14 PM
I have a friend who has one of those monster lathes.  It is 90feet between centers.  He is in the hard chrome business and much of his work is to repair propeller shafts for big ships. Also huge rams for hydraulic cylinders and pistons for those huge ship engines.

Wow!

And tomorrow is the shortest day of the year. And I mean daylight!  :geezer!:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 20, 2021, 10:11:14 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 20, 2021, 06:11:15 PM
Quote from: Icarus on December 20, 2021, 05:26:14 PM
I have a friend who has one of those monster lathes.  It is 90feet between centers.  He is in the hard chrome business and much of his work is to repair propeller shafts for big ships. Also huge rams for hydraulic cylinders and pistons for those huge ship engines.

Wow!

And tomorrow is the shortest day of the year. And I mean daylight!  :geezer!:

YAY! That means we'll be getting more daylight!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 21, 2021, 09:41:22 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 20, 2021, 06:11:15 PM
And tomorrow is the shortest day of the year. And I mean daylight!  :geezer!:

Only in the cluttered hemisphere.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 25, 2021, 03:01:49 PM
So, I played golf as a kid 8-17 maybe, I have a memory of me and young Michael playing it as we thought it should be, running and hitting to get in the hole first.  When I was building my house aged about 27, the guy helping me got me on the course again, for a bit.  He had right lower left leg larger than norm due to previous issues, I didn't ask.  They took his leg off and he died not long after, I let my club membership go and didn't play any more.

So my mind was reminiscing, as a mind does in decline, thought I'd by some soft PU balls, to bash about in the (very large) back yard.

I bought 12 balls from a physical shop, ordered many more from the internet yet to arrive.

A few days ago started with an eight iron, hit some horrible some true.
Working down, six, four, three iron, four wood, three.
I got a blister, found an old glove, got another blister anyway, sore wrist.
For the first time I got to a point where I felt too muscle weary to do this properly.
I split firewood in the winter, that's a manly thing to do, I do it as lazily as I can.
I think I'd accepted the anti golf, "just old guys," no athleticism required stuff.
I find my abs tightening just thinking about it.
The precision required, the power delivered when done right, the flight of properly hit ball...
I might still be able to do it right, one or two out of three.




Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 05, 2022, 10:50:14 PM
Got a leak in my drain pipe that is inside a block wall.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Davin on January 05, 2022, 11:02:59 PM
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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 16, 2022, 10:19:41 PM
dammit

winter.

two weeks ago i got sent 1800 miles to take drill pipe from ohio to utah, then 1400 miles to take bitumin from utah to texas, now 1300 miles to take drill casing from texas to michigan, and tomorrow some 450 mes to take steel from michigan to pennsylvania and then im supposed to go home for five or six days.

except tbat theyre forecasting eight to eleven inches of snow on my route which i will NOT attempt to drive through.

so my travel agents dont know it yet, but my last delivery will likely be late, until they do a number on tbe road.

but even then my house is three miles off the macadam, and so i cant get home until the overworked township guys get a plough through on my road.

my road is pretty bad in tbe winter  the township ploughs have gotten stuck themselvez twice on it since ive lived there
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 17, 2022, 10:02:39 AM
:rofl: We don't know we're born here. A couple of inches of snow and everything stops, figuratively and literally!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 17, 2022, 11:05:41 AM
my road can get three feet
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 17, 2022, 11:09:00 AM
You know how I cope with winter?


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Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 17, 2022, 04:52:51 PM
i moved out onto the deserts 40 years ago to do that.

but i couldnt afford to stay there  too expensive.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Harmonie on January 21, 2022, 01:03:25 AM
Getting COVID. I'm very lucky that it is a mild case (I was vaccinated and was prescribed the pills as well), but it still has been frustrating - the very first day I had to miss out on going to a symphony performance I was really looking forward to, and then I had to delay a job interview. Thank goodness they were willing to reschedule.

As I said, though, very glad it has been a mild case for my household and I.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 21, 2022, 01:11:24 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on January 21, 2022, 01:03:25 AM
Getting COVID. I'm very lucky that it is a mild case (I was vaccinated and was prescribed the pills as well), but it still has been frustrating - the very first day I had to miss out on going to a symphony performance I was really looking forward to, and then I had to delay a job interview. Thank goodness they were willing to reschedule.

As I said, though, very glad it has been a mild case for my household and I.

Good thing you and yours were vaccinated. One of my sons and I came down with it, he about 4 days before I. He works at a hardware store and sees hundreds of customers per day. He's masked at work (I'm retired), but we don't mask at home. We both had it really mild, but he had it worse than I did. Amazingly, it seems to have missed my wife and my youngest son.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 21, 2022, 08:08:06 AM
Quote from: Harmonie on January 21, 2022, 01:03:25 AM
Getting COVID. I'm very lucky that it is a mild case (I was vaccinated and was prescribed the pills as well), but it still has been frustrating - the very first day I had to miss out on going to a symphony performance I was really looking forward to, and then I had to delay a job interview. Thank goodness they were willing to reschedule.

As I said, though, very glad it has been a mild case for my household and I.

Glad to hear you got of relatively lightly.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 22, 2022, 11:24:35 PM
yes. many people still dont. im glad youre okay.

its a 200 hour wait for a hospital bed in houston. big cities in ohio and arizona are at 100 percent capacity. there are more people in hospital in america now than at any previous time, some 1500 to 2000 people a day are dying, i believe.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 23, 2022, 01:13:11 AM
Honest question:  Has the Trump mindset caused so many to resist or completely avoid the Covid Vaccine ?   Or is it merely mass stupidity, or gullibility, that seems to be indigenous within some of our tribes? 



Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on January 23, 2022, 07:45:02 PM
trumpanzees are about as bright as a wet match in a dark room.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 02:43:17 AM
in the meangime it has been chilly in ohio indiana illinois iowa and nebraska.. brake lines froze up twice. -16 C  its been lots worse

669 miles yesterday and 555 today to get to the reciever. now im stuck in nebraska on a friday and may sit here until monday

people with real lives go home on the weekends so flatbed drivers have to wait ungil they come back.

almost had a load of lumber from north dakota tomorrow headed home but it has apparently fallen through
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 29, 2022, 08:16:45 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 02:43:17 AM
in the meangime it has been chilly in ohio indiana illinois iowa and nebraska.. brake lines froze up twice. -16 C  its been lots worse

669 miles yesterday and 555 today to get to the reciever. now im stuck in nebraska on a friday and may sit here until monday

people with real lives go home on the weekends so flatbed drivers have to wait ungil they come back.

almost had a load of lumber from north dakota tomorrow headed home but it has apparently fallen through

You should get a Go Pro or similar and record some of the more scenic routes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 12:09:06 PM
i acyually have a go pro back at the house but it has never occurred to me to do that.

i have a camera in the front of my GPS to record other drivers but i d have to study up on how to get the videos out.

but thats a good idea and i shall go dig it out. nebraska is as flat as the ocean. this was the place people built their houses out of turf because there was no wood.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on January 29, 2022, 01:54:09 PM
I am looking forward to seeing any GoPro movies you shoot.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 29, 2022, 03:33:42 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 12:09:06 PM
i acyually have a go pro back at the house but it has never occurred to me to do that.

i have a camera in the front of my GPS to record other drivers but i d have to study up on how to get the videos out.

but thats a good idea and i shall go dig it out. nebraska is as flat as the ocean. this was the place people built their houses out of turf because there was no wood.

Start a YouTube channel to upload them and then you can post them here :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 03:37:09 PM
id have to learn how to edit them. havent done that yet, but its a skill id like to develop. but even just deletion can be a powerful edit, taking a long video and just cutting out the boring in-between stuff.

even the dash cam on my GPS can save to external storage, so i can do that. it just takes a micro SD card.

ive often found that corny stuff, like someone else's looky-here-at-the-last-five-minutes-of-my-drive-home can be intensely interesting for somebody who doesnt have recent or any experience with far away places.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 03:38:51 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 29, 2022, 03:33:42 PM
Start a YouTube channel to upload them and then you can post them here :)

i think i have one. at least theres a place on youtube where i store miscellaneous videos i take. lots of boring stuff in there. let me see if its possible to link to the library

https://youtu.be/CXTXfW6NiWE

this is a random video but i dont know how to set up a channel with a specific subset of videos on a particular theme. maybe a new account? i dunno
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 29, 2022, 04:35:45 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 03:38:51 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 29, 2022, 03:33:42 PM
Start a YouTube channel to upload them and then you can post them here :)

i think i have one. at least theres a place on youtube where i store miscellaneous videos i take. lots of boring stuff in there. let me see if its possible to link to the library

https://youtu.be/CXTXfW6NiWE

this is a random video but i dont know how to set up a channel with a specific subset of videos on a particular theme. maybe a new account? i dunno

Well I can see those. If you set up a separate account just for road trip stuff you might get a following :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 29, 2022, 05:09:52 PM
i guess doing a separate account is how its done.

i see 600 or 700 miles of america every working day that im on a delivery. im always noticing things, from odd comments on american culture or current events

like that the parking lots for the midwest auto factories are noticeably empty these days, or that every where i go i see help wanted signs, with the amount of money theyre offering a direct readout of how much they were abusing people before they ran out of employees

of fantastic river gorges, or the differences between a wide-open layout of a nebraska farm town compared to the congested insanity of an eastern factory metro

i shall see what i can do
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: TheFightSong on January 29, 2022, 08:51:08 PM
If they stopped dehumanizing working class Americans with increasing wealth inequality, then there would be less "Now Hiring" signs. Because there are working class parents who are being pickier about what jobs they apply for. Because America's increasing wealth inequality is making younger generations have a hard time affording children. Why be a parent working when it makes your children starve because your income is too small? If these American businesses stopped treating working class Americans like disposable garbage, more employees would be happily hired. But until then, the working class parents are being more careful about what jobs they take to keep their children from dying of starvation or living miserably without much affordably helpful resources for self-improvement. It's why the working class children in America are developing mental health illnesses and physical health illnesses. It's why some of those working class children end up being criminals. If America's authorities would stop having its for-profit prisons tyrannically abusing working class Americans, there would be less crime, poverty, mental health illnesses, lower I.Q's, and personality disorders in America. But of course, mainstream media will gaslight working class Americans into thinking they are not working hard enough when they are the ones being dehumanized by the upper class leeches.

https://theweek.com/articles/961199/americas-parents-are-not-okay
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: TheFightSong on January 29, 2022, 09:12:35 PM
Quote from: Icarus on January 23, 2022, 01:13:11 AM
Honest question:  Has the Trump mindset caused so many to resist or completely avoid the Covid Vaccine ?   Or is it merely mass stupidity, or gullibility, that seems to be indigenous within some of our tribes?
I have studied chemistry and did experiments on people. So, I can say for a fact that people's bodies do not work exactly the same. One person is allergic to peanuts. Another person is not allergic to peanuts. People's bodies react to things subjectively. This applies to the COVID vaccine, too. One person can live after taking the COVID vaccine. Another person dies because of the COVID vaccine. So, I am cautious to blind optimists and con artists who dangerously talk about how the COVID vaccine is safe for everyone.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on January 30, 2022, 02:46:49 AM
Quote from: TheFightSong on January 29, 2022, 09:12:35 PM
I have studied chemistry and did experiments on people...
(https://i.gifer.com/Xlme.gif)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on January 30, 2022, 02:57:36 AM
Quote from: TheFightSong on January 29, 2022, 09:12:35 PM
Quote from: Icarus on January 23, 2022, 01:13:11 AM
Honest question:  Has the Trump mindset caused so many to resist or completely avoid the Covid Vaccine ?   Or is it merely mass stupidity, or gullibility, that seems to be indigenous within some of our tribes?
I have studied chemistry and did experiments on people. So, I can say for a fact that people's bodies do not work exactly the same. One person is allergic to peanuts. Another person is not allergic to peanuts. People's bodies react to things subjectively. This applies to the COVID vaccine, too. One person can live after taking the COVID vaccine. Another person dies because of the COVID vaccine. So, I am cautious to blind optimists and con artists who dangerously talk about how the COVID vaccine is safe for everyone.

Ah, well give us the hard science and we can proceed from there.

Meanwhile . . .

QuoteIn a cohort of 6.4 million COVID-19 vaccinees and 4.6 million demographically similar unvaccinated persons, recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Janssen vaccines had lower non–COVID-19 mortality risk than did the unvaccinated comparison groups. There is no increased risk for mortality among COVID-19 vaccine recipients. This finding reinforces the safety profile of currently approved COVID-19 vaccines in the United States. The lower mortality risk after COVID-19 vaccination suggests substantial healthy vaccinee effects (i.e., vaccinated persons tend to be healthier than unvaccinated persons), which will be explored in future analyses. Mortality rates among Janssen vaccine recipients were not as low as those among mRNA vaccine recipients. This finding might be because of differences in risk factors, such as underlying health status and risk behaviors among recipients of mRNA and Janssen vaccines that might also be associated with mortality risk.

[source (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7043e2.htm)]

While there are extremely rare adverse reactions to the currently available vaccinations for COVID, the mortality rate among non-vaccinated people who contract the disease is significantly greater.

Even using the raw numbers from VAERS, the percentage of fatality resulting from vaccination is 0.0022% (source (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html)). As you know, VAERS is a self-reporting system, and its numbers need vetting before they can serve for proper analysis. The CDC explains: "FDA requires healthcare providers to report any death after COVID-19 vaccination to VAERS, even if it's unclear whether the vaccine was the cause" (ibid. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html))

Are the COVID vaccinations absolutely safe? No, and practically nothing is absolutely safe. Nonetheless, the evidence indicates that the vaccinations are relatively safe, particularly in relation to the risk associated with contracting the virus.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 30, 2022, 03:34:16 AM
I am unaware that people die as a result of taking the Covid vaccine.  Two in 12 million? Is that your statistic?   I agree that there are reactions to medications.  Tetracycline gives me nausea, but I am not dead from the negative reaction....not yet....soon maybe not because of tetracycline.

If we are to believe the overwhelming majority of health care workers, epidemiologists, and hospital statistical evidence across the globe, the people who avoid the vaccine are far far more likely to die than those who do take the jabs.  The statistical evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of risking the remotest possibility that the vax causes sterility, autism, and other capricious, unfounded, notions of mysterious maladies. 

Alex Jones, Q-anon, and the governor of Florida, among the numerous other pseudo authoritative dumb fucks, are doing serious harm to the common man.  So are the super Christian and other ignorant religious types who believe that God is not pleased with the introduction of antibodies into the human body. And another display of ignorance is the claim that one's liberties are being violated by mask mandates. 

Those who are so stubbornly resistant to the vax, masks, and social distancing, are not the brightest candles on the cake. Unfortunately, they have not understood the indisputable validity of Geometric progressions.  The fewer of you who are willing to take precautions, the worse the pandemic will become.  That is simple math.

This outburst finished for the moment. Thank you for your kind attention.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on January 30, 2022, 04:18:44 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 30, 2022, 03:34:16 AM
I am unaware that people die as a result of taking the Covid vaccine.  Two in 12 million? Is that your statistic?   I agree that there are reactions to medications.  Tetracycline gives me nausea, but I am not dead from the negative reaction....not yet....soon maybe not because of tetracycline.

If we are to believe the overwhelming majority of health care workers, epidemiologists, and hospital statistical evidence across the globe, the people who avoid the vaccine are far far more likely to die than those who do take the jabs.  The statistical evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of risking the remotest possibility that the vax causes sterility, autism, and other capricious, unfounded, notions of mysterious maladies. 

Alex Jones, Q-anon, and the governor of Florida, among the numerous other pseudo authoritative dumb fucks, are doing serious harm to the common man.  So are the super Christian and other ignorant religious types who believe that God is not pleased with the introduction of antibodies into the human body. And another display of ignorance is the claim that one's liberties are being violated by mask mandates. 

Those who are so stubbornly resistant to the vax, masks, and social distancing, are not the brightest candles on the cake. Unfortunately, they have not understood the indisputable validity of Geometric progressions.  The fewer of you who are willing to take precautions, the worse the pandemic will become.  That is simple math.

This outburst finished for the moment. Thank you for your kind attention.

  :bravo:  Thank you Icarus.

The militant ignorance you refer to is not confined to the US, nor to the present day. It is something to see it in person though.

Probably most have seen the comic below, published by the American Public Health Association in 1930 (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1930s-cartoon-vaccine-warning/), but it serves as a reminder.

(https://i.imgur.com/HbEWxb1.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 30, 2022, 04:30:26 AM
i have found that intravenous injection of excessive amounts of vegetable alkaloids can cause unconsciousness
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: TheFightSong on February 01, 2022, 11:58:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 30, 2022, 02:46:49 AM
Quote from: TheFightSong on January 29, 2022, 09:12:35 PM
I have studied chemistry and did experiments on people...
(https://i.gifer.com/Xlme.gif)
Your replies are interesting including that highly attractive profile picture of yours.

:popcorn:

I sense you are emotional and smart. You are definitely more willing to be tactful and less creepy than I am. That I can assure you. But I will say my experiments on people were done by willing participants and legal methods whether you believe me or not. Though, I would not be surprised if you were cautious about me.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 02, 2022, 02:07:36 AM
Quote from: TheFightSong on February 01, 2022, 11:58:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 30, 2022, 02:46:49 AM
Quote from: TheFightSong on January 29, 2022, 09:12:35 PM
I have studied chemistry and did experiments on people...
(https://i.gifer.com/Xlme.gif)
Your replies are interesting including that highly attractive profile picture of yours.

:popcorn:

I sense you are emotional and smart. You are definitely more willing to be tactful and less creepy than I am. That I can assure you. But I will say my experiments on people were done by willing participants and legal methods whether you believe me or not. Though, I would not be surprised if you were cautious about me.

(https://c.tenor.com/9v8LTDyxiWgAAAAC/the-office-dying-of-laughter.gif)







I find you, interesting.  :grin:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: TheFightSong on February 04, 2022, 01:11:28 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 02, 2022, 02:07:36 AM
(https://c.tenor.com/9v8LTDyxiWgAAAAC/the-office-dying-of-laughter.gif)







I find you, interesting.  :grin:
:popcorn:
:popcorn:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 04, 2022, 03:47:09 PM
If a man states he will fix something, then there is no reason or need to remind him of it every three months...arg. ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 04, 2022, 04:10:49 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on February 04, 2022, 03:47:09 PM
If a man states he will fix something, then there is no reason or need to remind him of it every three months...arg. ::)

:rofl:

You lucky bastard! Three months? You don't know you're born! Three weeks more like!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billyportne on February 08, 2022, 03:54:02 PM
My wife reminds me every three days to not be grumpy, saying, "Cheer up. Things could be worse." So, yesterday I tried it and sure enough, things got worse... :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2022, 04:13:44 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 09, 2022, 06:31:28 PM
i am sitting in a truckstop in quakertown pennsylvania

waiting for my travel agent to get me a load home. today is wednesday and i have a denral appointment friday, and the day is slipping away.

the last time i was in quakertown it was years ago on halloween, and i walked into a shippers warehouse dressed in traditional quaker plain dress, monochrpme clothing, leather suspenders, broad brimmed hat

because i dressed plain back then

and tbe warehouse guy looked at me and burst out

trick or treat!

he lived and worked in quakertown USA and had never seen a real quaker.

no danger of that now, as im wearing blue jeans and save the broadbrimmed hat for funerals and weddings

but i have 5.15 hours left today and need a load headed west.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 09, 2022, 06:47:57 PM
could be worse.

theguy next to me zhowed up at a grocery distribution center at 0730 this morning with some 40 000 pounds of strawberries from florida.

they said, we dont have room. come back and unload at 1930 tonight.

they mis ordered and just want him to destroy his whole week while use his trailer for storage.

so his broker offers him $250 for waiting all day but he loses his next load and the one after that too, and is stuck with four dollar fuel burning on his reefer to keep the refridge unit on.

he has just turned it off. good on him
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 09, 2022, 08:31:01 PM
Last week, Zelda the cat, decided to pay me a visit in my home office. After walking on my HP Omen 17 gaming laptop, she decided that it would be fun to tear off the F7 function key with her ultra sharp claws. Let's just say that I was not amused >:(. The key hinge was broken, but luckily I found a replacement online for less than 5 EUR (shipping included). After a delicate operation, the key is now working again :).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 09, 2022, 08:37:31 PM
 :snicker1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 10, 2022, 08:50:19 PM
Zelda is a good name for a kat. When our kids were little we had a kat named Fiona (Apple), another kat named Goku, a turtle named Gamera, and two hamsters, one who was named Tico-Taco and the other who was called Paella.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on February 10, 2022, 09:26:29 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on February 10, 2022, 08:50:19 PM
Zelda is a good name for a kat. When our kids were little we had a kat named Fiona (Apple), another kat named Goku, a turtle named Gamera, and two hamsters, one who was named Tico-Taco and the other who was called Paella.
My cat's name is Fiona!  :)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 10, 2022, 09:46:24 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 10, 2022, 09:26:29 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on February 10, 2022, 08:50:19 PM
Zelda is a good name for a kat. When our kids were little we had a kat named Fiona (Apple), another kat named Goku, a turtle named Gamera, and two hamsters, one who was named Tico-Taco and the other who was called Paella.
My cat's name is Fiona!  :)

Small world :terrapin:...well not everything ::)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 14, 2022, 08:45:11 PM
We have a cat named "BBQ"

Pronounced /ˈbärbəˌkyo͞o/
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 14, 2022, 10:16:24 PM
Quote from: Mr. B on February 14, 2022, 08:45:11 PM
We have a cat named "BBQ"

Pronounced /ˈbärbəˌkyo͞o/

As an atheist I've had barbecued baby obviously, but I've never tried BBQ'd kat...I imagine since kats are evil, the very offspring of the devil and Catholic nuns they would taste horrible!!

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 14, 2022, 10:29:26 PM
Not bad but a little chewy. The secret is in the sauce.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 15, 2022, 12:57:48 AM
Several years ago, I had a loyal, intelligent, and all around wonderful dog.  His pedigree name was Midwatch Helmsman. Naturally, we called him Sailor. The breeder had temporarily named the pup, Barney.   I thought that to be an unsuitable name for such a fine dog.  We often called him Mister B, never Barney.  He was well worth the honorary title: Mister. He responded equally well to either name. 

Sailor or Mister B has his picture on the wall behind my computer screen.  Samuri Warrior, the most gentle and loving of my canine tribe was misnamed. We simply called him Sam. Sam is up there too.  So are Callie and Freckles, all Australian Shepards, and the big guy Teddy, the Bernese Mountain dog.



 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 15, 2022, 08:56:51 PM
Nice!

:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 15, 2022, 09:38:04 PM
C'mon folks this is the grump thread!

Stop talking about cute puppies, adorable dogs and the evil kats and kittens,...lets get back to complaining about stuff!!

(Good thing I'm not a mod, or I'd ban you all...except Bad Penny II with his wittle pee pee, poor fella ::))
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 15, 2022, 10:12:32 PM
Ah! Okay.

Too many micro managers in this world. Whatever happened to free will? Money money money money money
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 15, 2022, 10:44:34 PM
bad news

driving north to washington i looked over and saw that my little 12 volt refridgerator wasnt working. the power supply was fine but the plug had melted.

i hsve a weeks worth of edible vegetation in there.

thought i was going to have to eat four pounds of lettuce for dinner

approx imately 340 kcals iirc

but the truck stop had a little snap on power ug that solved the problem. so good news

then i broke my knife blade trying to winkle out a taillight to look at the wiring because i have no braje lights again. so bad news

piss on technology
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 16, 2022, 01:16:00 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 15, 2022, 10:44:34 PM
piss on technology

I wouldn't recommend that coarse of action but I feel your pain.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 16, 2022, 11:48:53 PM
It's my pants dammit.  I cannot buy a pair of pants that I consider to be sensible.  Friggin fashion designers decided that skinny legged pants are the thing to have. That is about all you can buy these days, skinny legged pants and lowered waistline.  That is a curse that causes discomfort in the crotch area.  That is true even if you do not have the huge equipment that PB says that he has. 

Digging down into the real reason for these uncomfortable garments, I considered the economics.

Short waists mean that the fly zipper can be shorter.  Zippers are sold by the inch or other means of measurement. Shorter zippers cost less. 

Skinny legs mean that the pants will use less fabric.  A significant cost saving of materials on one pair of pants, multiplied by millions, is not chump change.

As for women's pants, I am almost aghast at the tightness that they seem to prefer...... or are they simply being exhibitionists.  Those "tights" must be difficult to get into and out of. 

 
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on February 16, 2022, 11:51:51 PM
Tight pants cause low birth rates and micropenises.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 17, 2022, 12:44:19 AM
the fabric is stretchy

i buy all my clothes at the farm supply store
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 17, 2022, 01:00:57 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 16, 2022, 11:48:53 PM
Skinny legs mean that the pants will use less fabric.  A significant cost saving of materials on one pair of pants, multiplied by millions, is not chump change.

It's like putting only one cherry tomato in an airflight salad instead of two. Or selling 16oz of cereal instead of 18oz in the same sized box while raising the price at the same time!

It's not fashion or comfort or health...it's economics. Charge more for less but you gotta do it in slow gradual incriments and somehow convince people that what you are selling is what they want. Heard something today about a complaint against the "female" crash test dummies being too small. 4'11 at 108lbs. Not representative of the average female driver.

The crash test people justified their continued use of smaller versions of "male" crash test dummies due to the "fact" that smaller women are at greater risk of injury in a car crash than ...... larger women?

Anything to save a buck I guess.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 17, 2022, 02:49:41 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 16, 2022, 11:48:53 PM
It's my pants dammit.  I cannot buy a pair of pants that I consider to be sensible.  Friggin fashion designers decided that skinny legged pants are the thing to have. That is about all you can buy these days, skinny legged pants and lowered waistline.  That is a curse that causes discomfort in the crotch area.  That is true even if you do not have the huge equipment that PB says that he has. 

Suure.

Digging down into the real reason for these uncomfortable garments, I considered the economics.

Short waists mean that the fly zipper can be shorter.  Zippers are sold by the inch or other means of measurement. Shorter zippers cost less. 

Skinny legs mean that the pants will use less fabric.  A significant cost saving of materials on one pair of pants, multiplied by millions, is not chump change.

As for women's pants, I am almost aghast at the tightness that they seem to prefer...... or are they simply being exhibitionists.  Those "tights" must be difficult to get into and out of. 



My youngest sister bought some jeans one time that she had to squirm into on the floor of the changing room, and then couldn't get out of, thus the purchase. She also admitted to (another time) sitting in a tub of hot water and allowing them to shrink to her shape...and having the devil of a time getting them off. smh I bought some trousers a couple of years ago without checking, and discovered later that they were "slim fit" While I do have "chicken legs" :lol:, the trousers fit really tight, and I don't have a lot of ballroom in them. Maybe I'll go to the Army/Navy surplus store (do they even have those anymore?) and get some bell bottom trousers like I had in the Navy.

I personally enjoy the view of a vulva in tight women's trousers, though, especially when they are aroused.  :P
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on February 17, 2022, 05:37:48 AM
A couple of years ago I bought three pairs of trousers that were definitely too tight. Instead of returning them to the online shop, I decided to lose weight sothat they would fit. So I lost 18kg. Now I own a several trousers that are way too loose ;).
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on February 18, 2022, 02:31:28 AM
We have medium-ish sized holes in our dining room wall and ceiling and in our kitchen wall and ceiling and in our bathroom (second floor) wall. They have been there since this summer when our 1920s-era house's ancient original water pipes failed (slow leak). Plumber came. Was super Zen and calm. No worries. Yes, the pipe was bad and it would cost a bit to repair, but all would be under control and remedied within a couple hours. Six hours later, he's made holes in the basement
ceiling, dining room wall and ceiling, kitchen wall and ceiling, and bathroom wall (incrementally, with my permission) and is a little wild eyed. For some reason, the builder of the house didn't route the pipe straight up from the basement to the first and second floor but had it meander seemingly randomly.

Eight hours later, we have new piping. Unfortunately for the plumber, all at the fixed price he quoted me around hour 2.

Anyway, the holes are still there. I keep thinking someone else will arrange to have them fixed. I called and met with the contractors to fix another house thing we had earlier in the summer. Husband was in charge of calling contractors to fix the holes. We had one guy out in late summer who gave us a quote. Neither Husband or I has taken action since, but life and work have been super busy, and Covid scares have been up and down during this time too. And Husband has handled a bunch of other crap that's happened in the interim as well. At this point, doing the things
necessary to get the holes fixed just feels insurmountable. I look at them every day, and they make me grumpy. But still I take no action : )  Not looking for advice--solely grumping.

Also, I hate "skinny" pants but yet own a couple pair. They flatter no one but Mick Jagger.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on February 18, 2022, 03:10:52 AM
That plumber may still have nightmares about your house.  ;) 

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on February 18, 2022, 04:11:23 AM
Quote from: Recusant on February 18, 2022, 03:10:52 AM
That plumber may still have nightmares about your house.  ;)

LOL
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 18, 2022, 08:42:29 AM
I hate decorating. But I hate paying people to decorate for me even more!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 18, 2022, 09:37:05 AM
I'd be willing to help, you can pay me to not decorate.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 18, 2022, 10:52:57 AM
Quote from: No one on February 18, 2022, 09:37:05 AM
I'd be willing to help, you can pay me to not decorate.

:rofl:

Fuck off!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on February 18, 2022, 05:35:08 PM
Is that how you chaps across the pond signify your willingness to enter an agreement of payment?


I'm a little confused, but ok.

I thought you invented the language.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 18, 2022, 08:56:43 PM
 :this:

I would ask Tank for more money if he's going to pay no one to decorate.  ::)


My neighbor pays a crew to come out and clear her driveway and walkways after a snow storm...in fact they do her house, the house on the other side of her, and then the house on the other side of that. So three homes in a row.

A couple weeks ago after we had a big storm come through they showed up at 1130 at night with their snowblowers to clear the snow!...I was already asleep, and to make matters worse our bedroom is on the side of right next to her driveway. They woke me up, and I was plenty pissed, and was going to send my neighbor a text the next day to complain, but I figured with all the snow we got they were just running late, and so let it go (We do have strict noise ordinances in the city which definitely would have come to play in this situation)

So last night we got hit with another snow storm, up to a foot of snow!

Her crew showed up at 4am in the f-ing morning, 4am!...I was dreaming when I first heard the snowblower coming up the driveway, and the sound actually worked it's way into my dream, but then I woke up anyway to my chagrin.

I couldn't believe this, first off I had an early morning planned with work (Working from home). So I was going to get up early, do some work, and then head outside myself and due my own snow clearing.

And this wasn't just one guy with a snowblower, they had multiple guys with snowblowers plus a big Kat-Machine which they used to clean the sidewalk...sounded like a squad of tanks moving up her driveway. Even the snowplows that clear the street and which came by around 6am weren't that loud.

Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature plow and eight men with snowblowers!


Here's the kicker,....I went out on my front porch, barefoot, in about 4-5 inches of snow and yelled over at the guys who were out in front with shovels and snowblowers, asking if they knew what fucking time it was,  and one of the guys flipped me off!! (I flipped hime off, and then went back inside)

So I sent my neighbor a text, and found out she was equally as pissed from being awokened so early. She told me later that when she contacted the company to complain they said there was nothing they could do about it, as they had a ton of homes to get to and needed to start early.
She cancelled her contract with them on the spot, and told them if they do it again she'll call the police...she's been extremely apologetic, and also told me I wasn't the only neighbor who had complained.

I couldn't fall back a sleep after all of this, and having planned to get up at 0545 anyway I just got up and started to work (So I've been up since 4am)...wife and son were both pissed as well at the events.

At least it is Friday, and I can hopefully sleep in tomorrow...

Still can't believe that guy flipped me off... :geezer!:

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on February 19, 2022, 03:33:44 AM
4 a.m. That's insane.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on February 21, 2022, 03:44:03 PM
I tried to join "Christian Mingle" dating-site, but have been banned...apparently "ComeGetPsalm" isn't an acceptable username. :'(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 21, 2022, 06:07:05 PM
 :snicker1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 22, 2022, 11:23:58 PM
lost four hours this morning

pulled off the four lane to get fuel and the brakes werent w orking-- no air pressure. i was standing on the foot pedal all the way to the bottom of the exit ramp and overshot the stop sign..

nobody there at sunrise but if there had been id have climbed right over them. then i lost air pressure just driving to the fuel island. so i got fuel parked and called the boss.

only 44 miles so i got him to come and change out the air dryer filter in the rain

which he should have done before when it kept freezing up.on me last month in nebraska

but then i was off again  tested the brakes on the next three off ramps and i was good for the 5 and8 percent grades in virginia

which would have NOT been okay without air pressure  i do not need a terminal nantucket sleighride.

so alls well in appalachia
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on February 25, 2022, 12:24:13 AM
Next Friday I have to undergo that most dreaded of all procedures - a colonoscopy.  I have to fast for 24 hours before and drink stuff that will give me a colon blow. Then I have to bare my ass and let some unknown doctor go where no man has gone before. A woman went there once - she was my GI doc 10 years ago when I had my first one, but she is no longer with my hospital. I HATE fasting. It drives me up a wall. Maybe I can use it as the start of a diet, as I need to lose a bit. I am going to be grumpy for about 36 hours, and the thought of it makes me grumpy now..

My first colonoscopy was at age 59, and the Propofol didn't completely knock me out. I remember seeing the images on the screen, and my colon looked pink and purple. I was pretty loopy, so it was like a 60's light show. (Anyone remember those things they did on overhead projectors and colored liquids?)  Like a lava lamp. I was awake, but I didn't care that someone was shoving a scope up my butt. Anyway, I'm not looking forward to it. It is undignified and humiliating. And I HATE FASTING!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 25, 2022, 01:05:58 AM
Just had my first colonoscopy a few weeks ago. The fasting didn't bother me too much but the liquid I had to drink...dear lord. I got the first two bottles down okay but as I was about to finish the last bit of the thrid bottle I projectile vomited. I was scheduled for a "top and bottom". Which means they took a look see down my throat and the other end. They think I might have diverticulosis among a myriad of other digestive issues I've been exeriencing the last few years. Long story short, they couldn't get a good clear look up my bum so I gotta go do it again in a couple months.

And yes, I've seen a band use the bowl and overhead projector effect once. It was pretty cool.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 25, 2022, 01:40:24 AM
I'm up for a colonoscopy. It's never pleasant. This time I'm checking the box that says, "Don't tell the driver", as the person taking you may not be a family member. I'm picking it this time because I don't need for my wife to advertise the condition of my colon all over FB, like last time.  >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on February 25, 2022, 01:44:33 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 25, 2022, 01:40:24 AM
I'm up for a colonoscopy. It's never pleasant. This time I'm checking the box that says, "Don't tell the driver", as the person taking you may not be a family member. I'm picking it this time because I don't need for my wife to advertise the condition of my colon all over FB, like last time.  >:(

Oh no!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 25, 2022, 03:25:12 AM
is this an essential rite of passage?

im not sure i want to participate
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on February 25, 2022, 03:55:36 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 25, 2022, 03:25:12 AM
is this an essential rite of passage?

im not sure i want to participate

You are lucky I guess. In a perfect world it would be mandatory.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 25, 2022, 04:32:26 AM
you wait til they stick the grinder up your urethra.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 27, 2022, 05:01:46 AM
CPAC gathering in Orlando about 40 miles away from me. Marjorie Taylor Greens, D.J. Trump and his
dumbfuck acolytes stating that Putin is a shrewd dude,
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 03, 2022, 11:25:24 AM
i am sitting on the side of tbe road in pennsylvania with a full load of RV axles on tbe trailer. i have just lost another set of wheels off the trailer in the dark, them having rolled off to who knows where.

i am getting tired of wheels breaking off my rig. i think this is the fifth time this has happened, the third at highway speeds.

maybe i should go be a paleontologist again.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on March 03, 2022, 12:09:25 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 03, 2022, 11:25:24 AM
i am sitting on the side of tbe road in pennsylvania with a full load of RV axles on tbe trailer. i have just lost another set of wheels off the trailer in the dark, them having rolled off to who knows where.

i am getting tired of wheels breaking off my rig. i think this is the fifth time this has happened, the third at highway speeds.

maybe i should go be a paleontologist again.

That's ridiculous, why hasn't your rig been impounded and you yourself been incarcerated long before this?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 03, 2022, 01:13:40 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 03, 2022, 11:25:24 AM
i am sitting on the side of tbe road in pennsylvania with a full load of RV axles on tbe trailer. i have just lost another set of wheels off the trailer in the dark, them having rolled off to who knows where.

i am getting tired of wheels breaking off my rig. i think this is the fifth time this has happened, the third at highway speeds.

maybe i should go be a paleontologist again.

You must have left it for a reason?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 03, 2022, 02:07:19 PM
i leveraged a masters degree in theoretical ecology into another masters in paleontology then leveraged that into a job as a petroleum geologist.

no work to speak of as a micropalentologist and i was laid off in 1986 when the price of oil fell to US$8.15 per barrel. since then ive been a technical writer, publications manager, freelance technical editor, commercial beekeeper, cowboy, sales clerk, fraccing tecnician, and now a truck driver.

lots of water under that bridge
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 03, 2022, 02:09:59 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on March 03, 2022, 12:09:25 PM

That's ridiculous, why hasn't your rig been impounded and you yourself been incarcerated long before this?

thats a good question. i appear to be a public menace.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on March 03, 2022, 05:53:37 PM
Fasting today, getting scoped tomorrow, acting like a glutton tomorrow night.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on March 04, 2022, 02:24:41 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on March 03, 2022, 05:53:37 PM
Fasting today, getting scoped tomorrow, acting like a glutton tomorrow night.

Hope the scope goes well, and happy gluttoning tomorrow night.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on March 04, 2022, 03:07:26 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 03, 2022, 11:25:24 AM
i am sitting on the side of tbe road in pennsylvania with a full load of RV axles on tbe trailer. i have just lost another set of wheels off the trailer in the dark, them having rolled off to who knows where.

i am getting tired of wheels breaking off my rig. i think this is the fifth time this has happened, the third at highway speeds.

maybe i should go be a paleontologist again.

China bombs.

Your employer is trying to "save" money by buying the cheapest shit available.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on March 04, 2022, 09:04:43 AM
Laptop has had a meltdown,   >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on March 04, 2022, 09:33:07 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 04, 2022, 09:04:43 AM
Laptop has had a meltdown,   >:( >:( >:(

Oy. Do you perform regular backups? I am so paranoid about losing data, that I do incremental backups onto two different external drives.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 04, 2022, 10:16:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. B on March 04, 2022, 03:07:26 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 03, 2022, 11:25:24 AM
i am sitting on the side of tbe road in pennsylvania with a full load of RV axles on tbe trailer. i have just lost another set of wheels off the trailer in the dark, them having rolled off to who knows where.

i am getting tired of wheels breaking off my rig. i think this is the fifth time this has happened, the third at highway speeds.

maybe i should go be a paleontologist again.

China bombs.

Your employer is trying to "save" money by buying the cheapest shit available.

old stuff. my truck is 25 years old. so is the trailer. owner wants to stay local. the broker wants me OTR. monday its nebraska again.

but the wheel problems have been with different trailers, and to be honest, this is whats the business is like. ive lost wheels  brakes, air, radiators, water pumps and so on for the last million miles, no matter who i drive for. broken driveshafts three times, destroyed transmissions another three. blowouts and rear ends.

l drive maybe 120, 000 miles a year, but my truck only has 712,000 miles on it. still, shit happens
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on March 04, 2022, 08:34:34 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 04, 2022, 09:04:43 AM
Laptop has had a meltdown,   >:( >:( >:(

That is bad news. Happened to me as well a couple of months ago. Hope that you have a backup.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 04, 2022, 08:45:58 PM
As for laptops, mine has keys that are failing. Rather than deal with that, I bought an all-in-one machine a few weeks ago. Is there a way to slave the old hard drive to my new machine? I have some engineering software that I can't find the license for, anymore. I'd like to continue using it rather than horking up several hundred bucks.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 04, 2022, 11:18:45 PM
on the side of the road again
. lug nuts backed off but i saw the wheel wobbli g in the mirror before it came loose and got onto an exit ramp.

not a good week.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bad Penny II on March 04, 2022, 11:45:12 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on March 04, 2022, 08:34:34 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 04, 2022, 09:04:43 AM
Laptop has had a meltdown,   >:( >:( >:(

That is bad news. Happened to me as well a couple of months ago. Hope that you have a backup.

If it isn't the hard drive that is the issue no data is lost.
Hard drives are easily replaced so I'd rather have that die than something that can't economically be fixed.
My wife's laptop went dead one day, we returned it and they replaced the hard drive. 
It didn't act like a dead hard drive, they used to at least load the BIOS.  Maybe these newish NVME SSDs behave like bad memory.
Give me a PC with easily replaceable modular parts.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 05, 2022, 12:50:38 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 04, 2022, 11:18:45 PM
on the side of the road again
. lug nuts backed off but i saw the wheel wobbli g in the mirror before it came loose and got onto an exit ramp.

not a good week.

That's some incompetent "mechanics" right there. When I worked as a mechanic, one fleet of trucks we always serviced on Sunday so that they didn't suffer a lot of downtime. When I worked on the brakes (big trucks like yours) it would take two of us with cheater bars to break the lug nuts loose. At the time, I could deadlift 325 pounds, and I was using a 3-foot cheater. The other guy was too. I called up the tire store that they bought tires from and bitched them out, but their only response was, "Truckers love us because their wheels don't come loose!" They volunteered to bust them loose for us, but that tire store wasn't open on Sunday. Those nuts were so tight that they spot-welded to the wheels.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 05, 2022, 01:01:55 AM
well i was driving on the last two studs when i pulled over. luckily i was 100 feet past an exit ramp so i inched back until i could pull ofc the main highway. the road guy is chaining the axle up so i can limp the 7 miles to his shop and then we ll see what to do in tbe morning.

this is a decent trailer because its short- only 45 feet-- so its more maneuverable than a 48, especially if i drop the rear air bags to make it an effective 35. but its pretty damn old
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 05, 2022, 02:35:02 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 05, 2022, 01:01:55 AM
well i was driving on the last two studs when i pulled over. luckily i was 100 feet past an exit ramp so i inched back until i could pull ofc the main highway. the road guy is chaining the axle up so i can limp the 7 miles to his shop and then we ll see what to do in tbe morning.

this is a decent trailer because its short- only 45 feet-- so its more maneuverable than a 48, especially if i drop the rear air bags to make it an effective 35. but its pretty damn old

You'd probably lose your job, but if you reported these failures to the NHTSB, your employer would be fined. Lives would be potentially saved, like that poor sap who got hit by a loose tire out of turn one at the Indy, many years ago. I think that it was Pedro Guerrero's race car. How they put a lanyard on an escaping tire/wheel is something I should look up.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 05, 2022, 03:31:41 AM
theyre dangerous, no question about it.

i worked for s big company once that sold off tbeir flatbed trailers after seven yeats and bought nrw ones.

dunno about this one. im parked in tbe mechanics yard right now, so we ll see in the morning
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 07, 2022, 02:11:58 PM
QuoteLOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose to $5.247 on Saturday, but some gas stations in the area have even higher prices.

The Shell gas station located at Olympic Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Mid-City was advertising regular unleaded at $6.99 a gallon. The price for premium was listed at $7.29 a gallon.
:rant1:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on March 07, 2022, 02:54:35 PM
Shell is just out of their fucking minds.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 07, 2022, 04:24:15 PM
this is just gouging. the supply chain hasnt been hit just yet. theyre selling oil they bought months ago.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on March 07, 2022, 07:06:19 PM
Prices for petrol will likely go up even further due to the war in Ukraine and the inflation.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on March 07, 2022, 07:18:54 PM
Don't forget get the greed!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on March 08, 2022, 02:35:25 AM
Everyone should commute on MoPeds.  125 + MPG, far less pollution, much more convenient parking, initial cost a tiny fraction of your Chevrolet. E. Musk and the Chinese  will build electric mopeds and you would be wise to dump your BP and Exxon stock. 

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Mr. B on March 08, 2022, 03:25:20 AM
I live 27 miles (43.5 kilometers) from where I work.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on March 08, 2022, 04:30:59 AM
I live 93,000,000 miles/150,000,000 kilometers from the sun.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 08, 2022, 04:58:08 AM
^^^
:lol:
Funny.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 08, 2022, 05:15:55 PM
my 250 ninja gets 90 mpg.

my ancient british twins all get mid-40s.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 09, 2022, 12:11:45 AM
I'd get a motorcycle if the maintenance and insurance didn't make it a wash. At least, it was the last time I ran the numbers. At $5.00 a gallon getting to work is about to get a lot more expensive.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 09, 2022, 12:22:19 AM
maintenance is like nothing on modern machines. dunno about insurance. i just have liability on mine. maybe uninsured/underinsured.

if you live in an american city with carpool lanes you can generally commute in them on a motorcycle, and parking is much easier.

but the weather is always an issue. in arizona and california i could ride year round. here in ohio, no.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 11, 2022, 10:49:34 PM
Insurance is very high here and the roads are terrible . It's hard on four wheels here but two get pounded by the corrugated roads and it isn't terribly safe. Lots of log trucks on my commute and they barely seem to notice my full size truck on a narrow road.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 11, 2022, 10:56:40 PM
motorcycles arent safe anywhere.

you got that right.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 12, 2022, 06:26:46 PM
Two things.

People here in the US who flaunt and parade their patriotism, aren't really patriots. Same as the Christians who flaunt and parade their religious beliefs, they aren't actually very nice people at all. (Some would say not real Christians, but that can go both ways)


Polyamory is wrong!!

It's either Multiamory or Polyphilia, but mixing greek and latin roots? Fucking wrong!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on March 15, 2022, 03:23:30 PM
I'm at the DMV.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on March 15, 2022, 03:31:42 PM
What about asshats who vehemently promote
their asshatism, Bruno?

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 15, 2022, 08:46:49 PM
Quote from: No one on March 15, 2022, 03:31:42 PM
What about asshats who vehemently promote
their asshatism, Bruno?

I think you'll find that once you get to know us, you'll realize that we're decent folk! (Sure we may brag about the size of our bananas on occasion, butt other than that we is pretty cool) 8)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on March 15, 2022, 08:53:30 PM
I'm sure you're all fine folk.

I am not. I'm the asshat.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 16, 2022, 12:04:06 AM
Quote from: No one on March 15, 2022, 08:53:30 PM
I'm sure you're all fine folk.

I am not. I'm the asshat.

NO...I am an Ass!



p.s. i think Keaton's character and performance was the very best part of that movie
p.p.s. of course Emma Thompson was divine.

Anyway I Am The Ass.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on March 16, 2022, 03:15:35 AM
Don't beat yourselves up, guys. I've known some truly fine asses over the years.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on March 16, 2022, 04:57:02 AM
^^^  ;D
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on March 20, 2022, 07:29:56 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/YB1ZsYzl.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on March 21, 2022, 03:46:46 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 20, 2022, 07:29:56 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/YB1ZsYzl.jpg)

:thumbsup2:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 23, 2022, 02:04:31 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 21, 2022, 03:46:46 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 20, 2022, 07:29:56 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/YB1ZsYzl.jpg)

:thumbsup2:

That is a fine looking ass.... :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 08, 2022, 11:40:18 PM
I tested positive for the covid thing today. Took an at home test earlier this afternoon which came back positive, and now I have just returned from Urgent Care with a second positive result.

Don't feel all that awful, just a sore throat along with some pressure in my chest. No temperature and otherwise feel fine...I took the home test as my throat was feeling weird earlier today. Didn't really have a regular cough, but occasionally I would feel the need to clear my throat, and then when I did it felt like I had a string of barbed wire caught  in my throat.  :hanky:

Fortunately I can work at home next week, so that won't be bad, but I'll probably be spending an awful amount of time here at HAF, and for that I truly apologize in advance.

I promise not to say too many penis jokes, or moan about how evil nuns or Kats are, or how god-awful the music of Abba is....I will try to focus on light-hearted banter, maybe share a story or two, and post some musical favorites along with some funny lawyer jokes.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 09, 2022, 12:16:06 AM
I woke up with a seriously runny nose a couple of days ago, and a throat like you describe. Used a home-use rapid test with negative results. Directions are to retest in 48 hours.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on April 09, 2022, 12:30:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 09, 2022, 12:16:06 AM
I woke up with a seriously runny nose a couple of days ago, and a throat like you describe. Used a home-use rapid test with negative results. Directions are to retest in 48 hours.

Quote from: Papasito Bruno on April 08, 2022, 11:40:18 PM
I tested positive for the covid thing today. Took an at home test earlier this afternoon which came back positive, and now I have just returned from Urgent Care with a second positive result.

...

I'm sorry to hear this. :(
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 09, 2022, 01:48:24 AM
Thoughtless response by me above. Condolences for you being sick, Bigguth Dickuth, and I hope you have an easy recovery. :smilenod:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 09, 2022, 02:34:42 AM
ouches all around
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 09, 2022, 04:18:52 AM
Mags, Darkest Lightning, and billie....thanks, I appreciate it. :o



Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on April 09, 2022, 06:15:57 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 09, 2022, 01:48:24 AM
Thoughtless response by me above. Condolences for you being sick, Bigguth Dickuth, and I hope you have an easy recovery. :smilenod:

Yes, me too. Get well soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on April 09, 2022, 06:42:42 AM
May the virus be soon beaten, and its effects minimal.  :maskwink:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 09, 2022, 08:40:57 PM
Thank you Hermes and Recusant :)


I don't feel too bad today. Woke up with a sore throat, but that is almost gone at this point. Been drinking ginger tea with lots of honey, plus quite a bit of coffee...in fact I just made myself another coffee, but I think that will be my last one for the day.

I had thought to take a long walk outside, but it's a bit chilly so I'm not sure if I'm going to take one or not. Wish I was someplace hot right now!

Maybe work on my tan 8)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on April 11, 2022, 02:00:36 AM
Belatedly sending you get well wishes, PB. Hope you are back to 100 percent soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 12, 2022, 03:16:56 AM
Thanks Anne...truthfully I don't feel that bad, though I haven't been sleeping well. Hopefully I get a good rest tonight! :visit morpheus:

Good Night!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on April 16, 2022, 05:18:10 AM
The grumpy stuff..........Peoplewhotalksofastthattheirconversationisalmostunintelligible.  There are some folks who talk so goddamned fast that it is difficult to understand what they are attempting to convey.  Those people seem to have a notion that they must talk so fast that they fear the world is coming to an end.  That may be a form of exhibitionism or simply a failure to understand the basic rules of communication with we less spectacular humans.

I listen to NPR radio frequently. There are some prestigious women who are interviewed.  It seems that women are more prone to this distracting, nay annoying, psuedo skill.  Not that there are men who do not use the same method to piss off we mortals of less than instantaneous understanding.

One more thing that is more common to women.  They use affectation in the form of raising their voice frequency at the end of a sentence. In the southern languages, raising voice frequency at the end of a sentence is a sort of implied interrogative. I can live with that but it is annoying.  Just tell me what you have to say without the intonations.

Assholes are some of the more likely to use the rapid speech method to hopefully impress or influence the listener.  Jim Jordan, the representative from Ohio comes to mind. Not all fast talkers are assholes but they do need some advice.

I can process the meaning, if there is one, of a conversation within reasonable limits of haste.

Please ! all you people who believe that you rapid speech  is an asset, give me and most of our ordinary humans a break.  That skill is not an asset.  It is a damned curse.   

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on April 16, 2022, 11:19:50 AM
I'm still breathing.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 16, 2022, 12:55:29 PM
there is a woman radio journalist in ohio who speaks so rapidly that i cannot follow her speech some of the time. when sheshares a broadcast with somone else she becomes much worse.

its interesting where else this shows up. television advertizing is one. i cant follow it. if you pull out a watch a time a commercial, you sometimes see 50 separate camera cuts in one minute. the images come so fast tbat i cannot process them. ive been without television sets in my life for about thirty years now and the mediumhas left me behind.

fun test: turn on a prime time station and count how long it takes before you are shown someone being killed. not very long.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on April 28, 2022, 07:58:04 AM
Where better to bring The Asmo back than this thread, I wonder?

So let's see... Reasons to be grumpy. Yes. At this point, it would be easier to list them reasons not to, buuut...

Electricity over here is pretty much as expensive as diesel. I blame electric car owners for always charging their electric cars, driving the demand up. Also Putin.

My stock options are not so much in the toilet as all the way at the waste treatment station at this point. I blame the economy. Way too twitchy and scared of rampant inflation and pandemics. I also blame like... Putin.

There be a war in Europe. Objectively speaking, plenty of blame to go around there. Still, who provoked whom and what promises were made, but broken is kinda secondary to a single nation disrespecting its neighbour's right of self-determination to the point of invasion so... Yeah. Putin.

I had to buy a new turbocharger for The Flying Deutschmann. I blame the old turbo for failing on me, leaving me with like 50bhp in a 50 million ton car, although there might be a way to pin that too on good old Putin... Hmm... :headscratch:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on April 28, 2022, 01:20:47 PM
i just wrote an intelligent and cogent post on political science, insightful and of great significance. tben i pressed post, and was told that the last post from my IP address was less than five minutes before.

then the software deleted my submissoon.

this pissed me off so i am afraid all of you are going to have to miss out on my mornings wisdom while i sulk
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on April 29, 2022, 01:42:35 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 28, 2022, 01:20:47 PMi just wrote an intelligent and cogent post on political science, insightful and of great significance. tben i pressed post, and was told that the last post from my IP address was less than five minutes before.

then the software deleted my submissoon.

this pissed me off so i am afraid all of you are going to have to miss out on my mornings wisdom while i sulk

That must definitively be a Trojan Horse installed by Biden's new Disinformation Board
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Buddy on April 29, 2022, 03:43:02 PM
Back to work after putting my cat to sleep yesterday. I have absolutely zero motivation and couldn't care less about actually getting anything done.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 29, 2022, 04:22:44 PM
Ouch. Sorry to see this.  :console: It's always tough to lose our little friends.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on April 29, 2022, 06:39:33 PM
Quote from: Buddy on April 29, 2022, 03:43:02 PMBack to work after putting my cat to sleep yesterday. I have absolutely zero motivation and couldn't care less about actually getting anything done.

My condolences. Have been through that neighborhood before, and no doubt will be again.  :blue tear:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on April 29, 2022, 11:12:36 PM
So sorry, Buddy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 14, 2022, 07:26:09 PM
my next door neighbor just auctioned his 151 acres. went for US$1,011,000.

it was a great auction, barnfuls of junk and tools, bulldozers, trucks, hay equipment,  a trackhoe, three or four tractors and so on.

a pile of about 75 railroad ties went for ten bucks, the only thing i was interested in. but i had made a point of not getting a bidders number, to avoid temptation. i might have bought the railroad jack that went for $4.50, even though i dont have a derailed railroad car to get back on the tracks.

the buyers were some local people who want to run cattle and horses. good deal, as it keeps the settlers out and the land prices low. we had some amish, but they werent after the land. land has gone through the roof out here.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on May 15, 2022, 02:15:27 AM
What would you have used the railroad ties for?
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on May 15, 2022, 04:52:14 AM
Oh, I love those ties. They can be used in many interesting ways.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on May 15, 2022, 05:24:49 PM
we put the railroad ties on the ground to line out vegetable and flower beds, and also to make decks in front of the separate one-room cottages we built as the kids got older (cheaper than adding bedrooms on to the house).

plus, we use them as a foundation under the outhouse to keep it from tipping into the hole. if id bought them i would have layed some on top of the over-large hole i last dug to maintain a more pristine view. as it is, the bathroom is just perched on top of four crossties like a one-holer treehouse.

i really should have bought them, but its too pretty a day to worry about that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on May 15, 2022, 08:10:04 PM
Very cool to hear about all the different uses. I'm not at all handy or particularly creative, so I'm always interested to hear how other people repurpose stuff.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on May 21, 2022, 03:06:51 AM
I'm grumpy because Bad Penny hasn't posted here lately. Where has Bad Penny gone to? I miss him.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on May 24, 2022, 08:09:46 AM
Hurt my shoulder, so doing "everything" one-handed. Hugely inconvenient.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Magdalena on May 25, 2022, 06:40:52 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on May 24, 2022, 08:09:46 AMHurt my shoulder, so doing "everything" one-handed. Hugely inconvenient.
Sounds bad.  :-\
I hope you recover soon.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on May 26, 2022, 07:01:54 PM
Eh... I'll manage. Typing one-handed, though... There's a reason to be grumpy if ever there was one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 26, 2022, 07:13:43 PM
Sorry about your shoulder. We truly realize how much better it is when everything works properly.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on May 28, 2022, 07:12:34 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on May 24, 2022, 08:09:46 AMHurt my shoulder, so doing "everything" one-handed. Hugely inconvenient.

If you can do it, try hanging on a bar. It sounds crazy, but it usually helps. Much better to heal with a full range of motion.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on May 29, 2022, 06:45:56 AM
Quote from: Anne D. on May 21, 2022, 03:06:51 AMI'm grumpy because Bad Penny hasn't posted here lately. Where has Bad Penny gone to? I miss him.

As his name implies, he comes and goes. I miss him too when he's wandering elsewhere.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on May 29, 2022, 06:48:29 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on May 26, 2022, 07:01:54 PMEh... I'll manage. Typing one-handed, though... There's a reason to be grumpy if ever there was one.

Yeah, I injured my left hand a while back and was typing one-handed for a week. I lack hunt & peck skills, so was very slow. Hope your recovery is swift !
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 26, 2022, 11:59:25 AM
Vacation over. Have to learn how the whole job thing works again... And then do a lot of it.  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on July 26, 2022, 01:13:22 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 26, 2022, 11:59:25 AMVacation over. Have to learn how the whole job thing works again... And then do a lot of it.  :(

Working from home or in the office?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 27, 2022, 09:34:45 AM
Office/car. My job necessitates it, which I like. I get remarkably unproductive when working from home. I still do what needs doing, but over the course of 12-14 hours rather than 7-8. It's them convenient distractions...
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 23, 2022, 08:45:17 AM
Everything on the f***ing news. I just can't be bothered to watch it all anymore.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on August 23, 2022, 12:57:09 PM
Speaking of, I used to follow Tim Pool regularly - he did some good work... Back in the day. Hey, perhaps he still does, behind his paywalls, but it seems to me like he sort-of lost it and turned borderline-survivalist-possibly-doomsday-prepper with cult-like tendencies.

Seeing otherwise good people loose their minds "before my eyes" because current year. That makes a The Asmo grumnpy... Er. Grumpier.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 06, 2022, 09:39:49 AM
Liz Truss! FFS Liz Truss!!! We are well and truly fucked!!!  >:(  >:(  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on September 06, 2022, 11:18:32 AM
she does not seem to have a progressive agenda
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on September 06, 2022, 12:17:19 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on September 06, 2022, 11:18:32 AMshe does not seem to have a progressive agenda

I don't think the brainless scum sucker even knows what the word means.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on September 06, 2022, 12:45:39 PM
That's probably for the better though... Progressives these days are... Not what they were or could have been.

Remember the time when "they" considered me another progressive? I do. Now, broadly the same people think I'm all sorts of istophobe. I still prefer progress to tradition - but not any kind of progress at the expense of any tradition. That hasn't changed - the debate, however, has. It's all about victimhood now, and the more you have, the more you should be listened to, for some reason. Like victims can't be as big or bigger idiots as the rest of us..! Bah!

The Asmo is going off on a rant as marvellous as this gentleman's moustache;
(https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article12030036.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/JS102361036.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on September 06, 2022, 05:14:43 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 06, 2022, 09:39:49 AMWe are well and truly fucked!!!  >:(  >:(  >:(

Muse saw it coming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac4E_UsmB1g
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding. on December 03, 2022, 11:00:34 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on September 06, 2022, 12:45:39 PMThe Asmo is going off on a rant as marvellous as this gentleman's moustache;
(https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article12030036.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/JS102361036.jpg)

Excellent hat, I can do without the soup strainer.

QuoteWhy are all movies so dark now?
It is simply a creative decision on color timing used to impose an aesthetic on the visual narrative. Movies are intended primarily to be exhibited in a theatrical setting. The relative darkness sometimes seems excessive when viewed in home exhibition, where you are viewing in less than nearly full dark conditions.

They do it in TV series too internet person, so your explanation does nothing to lessen my grump.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding. on February 24, 2023, 03:49:20 AM
This:
"The relentless message in Russian media is that it's fighting the war to protect Christian values. Last December, a Russia-1 presenter took aim at Australia."
"In the West they continue to trample Christmas traditions into the mud. Parents in Australia are taking their children to transvestite shows for the whole family with allusions to gay sex and where gender transition is promoted for very young children."

That's supposed to be secret, how did they find out?
Probably balloons, I saw a suspicious one at the shop yesterday.
Probley.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 24, 2023, 04:30:29 AM
Oz ain't "in the west", but nods in somewhat of that direction. It's in the back of my mind that "Russia" may actually do something stupid with nukes, given the rest of the stupid they're doing, like in Ukraine.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on February 24, 2023, 07:23:01 AM
I think a suitably out-of-options Putin regime might try. Perhaps even "succeed," as such things go. They are not there yet, but if... Rather, when their Big(tm) Offensive(tm) gets bogged down in corruption, mismanagement and a determined Ukraine again... Nukes are a small, but real possibility in this war, methinks.

Think about it. What is Russia's exit strategy? Victory and the installation of a pro-russian government. Failing that, controlling the territories they recognised as their. What do they do failing that, as seems likely?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on February 25, 2023, 04:24:52 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding. on February 24, 2023, 03:49:20 AMThis:
"The relentless message in Russian media is that it's fighting the war to protect Christian values. Last December, a Russia-1 presenter took aim at Australia."
"In the West they continue to trample Christmas traditions into the mud. Parents in Australia are taking their children to transvestite shows for the whole family with allusions to gay sex and where gender transition is promoted for very young children."

That's supposed to be secret, how did they find out?
Probably balloons, I saw a suspicious one at the shop yesterday.
Probley.


Same horseshit here in the US. In our case the Russians are not making the accusations, the far right Christians are.  All over the land the "righteous" ones are messing their pants about drag shows that they claim are designed for the sole purpose of grooming children to be gay.   
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: jumbojak on February 25, 2023, 03:33:38 PM
Dropped a plate tamper on my bad leg at work. Knee surgery is looking more and more probable every day.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on February 25, 2023, 03:51:37 PM
Ouch!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 25, 2023, 04:45:33 PM
Hitting old injuries is no fun. Neither is getting injured in the first place. I hope you can get proper treatment and relief soon! :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on February 25, 2023, 10:39:08 PM
those fuckers are heavy

my left hip is so bad i dont complain about my right knee anymore. but surgery isnt yet in the cards

what level of insurance coverage do they give you?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 15, 2023, 12:22:19 PM
The Xbox Showcase 2023. I'm kind-of interested in a couple of titles there, though what I've seen of them makes me more worried than hopeful.

I suspect the next couple of years in game releases will, for my part, be largely filled with garbage I won't touch with a ten foot pole.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 15, 2023, 09:19:43 PM
Go that expensive toy, Asmo. You want it, you need it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 16, 2023, 07:34:21 AM
I do have an Xbox. And a gaming PC. It's just the availability of titles to look forward to has decreased of late. Some have ruined franchises with microtransactions, other with wokeness or real world politics in general, other still with releasing an unfinished product to then fix it later, which does nothing to help my first impression since until such time, the title is a buggy, unplayable mess..

I saw more potential for any combination of that in their showcase than for... Just making fun games for people to enjoy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 17, 2023, 02:42:01 AM
So , you're game for a game that's a gain, Asmo.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 17, 2023, 07:50:56 AM
I don't get grumpy. I get even.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 22, 2023, 02:15:46 AM
Bad poetry.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 22, 2023, 02:18:12 AM
Bad ideas.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 22, 2023, 10:52:08 AM
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

That's better.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on June 22, 2023, 11:10:49 AM
There, there, Tank. What seems to be the problem?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 22, 2023, 11:39:05 AM
Mr. Pam was giving all his fucks away.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 22, 2023, 12:32:24 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on June 22, 2023, 11:10:49 AMThere, there, Tank. What seems to be the problem?

Amazon.
Insects.
Nigeria.
Medication.
Heat.
Cold.
Facebook.
HAF.
People.
Taxis
Ubar!!!! Fuck Ubar particularly.
Sun.
Fat balls, or the lack of them.
Starlings.
Grass (it grows)  >:(
Amazon!
etc etc etc
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 22, 2023, 12:34:02 PM
Weeds!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 22, 2023, 12:41:05 PM
...And Amazon though, right?

The Asmo, He too is not best pleased with Amazon over what they did to Tolkien's legacy. Also, their smart homes totes spy on their users.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 22, 2023, 02:43:40 PM
why dont you like starlings?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 22, 2023, 03:04:46 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 22, 2023, 02:43:40 PMwhy dont you like starlings?

I do. But they are decimating my bird feeders at the moment!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 22, 2023, 03:42:11 PM
I'm pissed at all this fuckin' rain that we are having. Okay, it's winter but it could piss off for a week and no-one would miss it.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 22, 2023, 04:09:54 PM
Bad weeds, bad weeds, bad.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 25, 2023, 09:54:35 AM
3cm hale stones could be arriving today!!!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on June 26, 2023, 03:39:55 AM
Hailstones are a bummer even when small. In the state of Texas , some hailstones are 8cm in diameter. They are deadly, they destroy automobiles and gardens and crops.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 26, 2023, 11:03:28 AM
Black clouds on the horizon.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 26, 2023, 12:42:37 PM
its so humid that moisture is condensing on my hand tools inside tbe shop

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 26, 2023, 02:28:32 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 26, 2023, 12:42:37 PMits so humid that moisture is condensing on my hand tools inside tbe shop



Wow. That sounds dangerous and slippery.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 26, 2023, 02:41:08 PM
:sadnod:

Also, The Asmo's favourite RJ45 crimp tool is positively rusting in these thunderstormy conditions, as are The Deutschmann's brake discs.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on June 26, 2023, 03:26:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 26, 2023, 02:28:32 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 26, 2023, 12:42:37 PMits so humid that moisture is condensing on my hand tools inside tbe shop



Wow. That sounds dangerous and slippery.

also on the concrete floor. pretty wet.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 28, 2023, 06:12:22 AM
I'd like to quit smoking but I can't find the will to quit.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 28, 2023, 07:14:30 AM
I took a different approach. Bought me an vape and a bucket of Arabic tobacco flavoured juice and... The need for analogue cigarettes just went away and the need to vape never really materialised. I don't say that I've quit smoking - I have made no such decision, but for all practical purposes, I'm a non-smoker today.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 28, 2023, 08:40:27 AM
Quote from: MarcusA on June 28, 2023, 06:12:22 AMI'd like to quit smoking but I can't find the will to quit.

Have you tried a vape?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on June 28, 2023, 09:57:10 AM
Have a friend follow you around.
Each time you light up, have them smack it out of your mouth, as hard as they can.

You're welcome.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on June 28, 2023, 03:20:01 PM
Quote from: No one on June 28, 2023, 09:57:10 AMHave a friend follow you around.
Each time you light up, have them smack it out of your mouth, as hard as they can.

You're welcome.
That would get expensive in a hurry, even with a friend discount. :sadshake:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on June 29, 2023, 05:24:49 PM
A Christian troll has made me quite angry.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on June 29, 2023, 08:21:28 PM
Quote from: MarcusA on June 29, 2023, 05:24:49 PMA Christian troll has made me quite angry.

Well he just got 60 days off. If somebody abuses you report their post and stand back. If you spit back you just might find yourself also getting a time out.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 01, 2023, 02:29:04 AM
Being chased by a pack of wolves makes me grumpy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 01, 2023, 09:25:33 AM
Just stand still. It will soon be over.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 01, 2023, 01:22:45 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 29, 2023, 08:21:28 PM
Quote from: MarcusA on June 29, 2023, 05:24:49 PMA Christian troll has made me quite angry.

Well he just got 60 days off. If somebody abuses you report their post and stand back. If you spit back you just might find yourself also getting a time out.


why does he do that? if the purpose of his posts is merely to be snarky theres no reason to involve other people.

hes certainly an ambassador for the consequences of his beliefs.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 01, 2023, 01:27:59 PM
Mommy ate a lot of lead paont chips, and didn't love him enough.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 01, 2023, 06:36:26 PM
theres a mispelling in ^^^that
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 01, 2023, 09:58:29 PM
billy, he wasn't satisfied with the answers that I gave him. I can be annoyingly brief.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 02, 2023, 12:08:52 AM
fuck him.

i understand what youre saying.

lol

mostly?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 02, 2023, 03:00:23 AM
Sympathy for the Devil is never easy, billy. He only went off the rails for a little while and they derailed him for sixty days. If you believe you're God, you're nuts but not totally insane.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 02, 2023, 03:13:24 AM
In the Book of Job, God looks like a complete arsehole.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 02, 2023, 09:03:29 AM
god is an incompetent asshat for the entirety of the whole fucking fable.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 02, 2023, 09:09:44 AM
God is both good and evil.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 02, 2023, 09:23:53 AM
god is make believe. Complete and total fabrication.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 02, 2023, 09:36:54 AM
God is a myth that many people believe in. It's not up to me to tell them that they are wrong in their belief.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 02, 2023, 09:45:06 AM
If they keep their ridiculous nonsense to themselves, we won't have any problems.

The instant they start in with their bullshit, I have no issues telling them how fucking stupid they are.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 02, 2023, 11:13:24 AM
I try not to lose my temper on the religious, sometimes not very successfully.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on July 02, 2023, 12:18:37 PM
Quote from: MarcusA on July 02, 2023, 03:00:23 AMSympathy for the Devil is never easy, billy. He only went off the rails for a little while and they derailed him for sixty days. If you believe you're God, you're nuts but not totally insane.

Fuck me! Three whole sentences! I'm impressed.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 02, 2023, 12:31:25 PM
Religious clowns, especially the 'murican christibois certainly do not have any qualms in voicing their reluctance to accept, respect, or even tolerate non-christibois. I do not have any reserves in shoving their words so far up their asses, they can taste them.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 04, 2023, 02:09:52 AM
I'm grumpy because of the shit music and disc jockeys on the radio.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on July 04, 2023, 07:15:41 AM
Do youy have digital radio where you live? Because here, that problem can be easily solved by changing to another one of some 500 stations. :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 04, 2023, 07:42:05 AM
Spotify.

Problem solved.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 10, 2023, 08:29:12 AM
I hate brass bands which includes hip hop.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 10, 2023, 08:36:56 AM
hip hop ruins everything.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 10, 2023, 08:39:55 AM
Brass instruments ruin every-bloody-thing to do with music.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 10, 2023, 08:41:59 AM
Chick music. Don't get me started.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 10, 2023, 08:43:53 AM
Hip hop isn't music.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 10, 2023, 08:46:13 AM
It's music, just bad music.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 10, 2023, 08:54:20 AM
It's not good enough to be bad.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 10, 2023, 08:58:18 AM
Well, it's not evil.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 10, 2023, 08:59:53 AM
Christian poetry is evil.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 10, 2023, 09:19:10 AM
The evils of godly rhyme
Passed off as sublime, quite a crime
They do it all the time.
As they climb to chime
Their prime slime.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 11, 2023, 03:36:03 AM
God is good. It's everybody else that is bad.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: No one on July 11, 2023, 08:25:10 AM
Bad to the bone.
And sky daddy likes the bone. It is extremely fond of its coming kingdom. It loves to show off fresh pearl necklaces at the pearly gates.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 11, 2023, 10:00:29 AM
The idea of God is absurd like a comedy or a tragedy. Your choice is your own.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 14, 2023, 09:07:39 PM
Nonsense is a reason to be a grumpy bum.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 28, 2023, 08:42:06 PM
Bad weather makes me sad, not grumpy. Bad religion makes me grumpy.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 29, 2023, 03:31:24 AM
The rich might not be able to get into heaven but they get into everyone's pockets.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on July 29, 2023, 03:31:35 AM
The only tree on our property, a massive, towering white oak in our backyard was sick and dying, and we had it removed today. When I left this morning, it was still there with its remaining canopy covering our and our neighbor's backyard, and when I came home it was gone :/ It looks so f--g bleak in our backyard now. The stump is over 4 feet across. They had to shut down the block in front of our house and set up a crane to lift limbs up and over the entire house to remove the tree. They set up a wood chipper in the street. Husband said the kids across the street came out to watch the whole thing. It was An Event. Makes me very sad. Apparently white oaks can live to be more than 400 years old. I wish I knew how old ours was. Our house was built in the 1920s, and I'm sure the tree was already there at the time.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on July 29, 2023, 03:38:31 AM
Quote from: Anne D. on July 29, 2023, 03:31:35 AMThe only tree on our property, a massive, towering white oak in our backyard was sick and dying, and we had it removed today. When I left this morning, it was still there with its remaining canopy covering our and our neighbor's backyard, and when I came home it was gone :/ It looks so f--g bleak in our backyard now. The stump is over 4 feet across. They had to shut down the block in front of our house and set up a crane to lift limbs up and over the entire house to remove the tree. They set up a wood chipper in the street. Husband said the kids across the street came out to watch the whole thing. It was An Event. Makes me very sad. Apparently white oaks can live to be more than 400 years old. I wish I knew how old ours was. Our house was built in the 1920s, and I'm sure the tree was already there at the time.

I commiserate with your sentiment. It's a shame to lose a great tree. :-\

You could try counting the rings, if possible.

What happened with the actual tree?  Something of that size could produce a fair amount of decent lumber, and white oak is worthwhile.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on July 29, 2023, 03:45:26 AM
The tree's remains would be wasted on us. Our fireplace isn't functional, and I wouldn't know what else to do with it. I'm sure the tree removal people will find a good use for the wood, and we don't care if they make a profit off it.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on July 29, 2023, 05:40:11 AM
That is a Bummer, Anne.  Joyce Kilmer would be sad and me too.

I have a giant oak in my yard that I am pleased to live with. The species is called Live Oak and they can live for two hundred years. Live oaks live longer in Florida because they can endure hurricane wind velocities. I also have a different oak in my back yard that is of a different specie.  It is called Laurel Oak and it is not nearly as durable as the old grandfather live oak. The last hurricane that we had took out part of the Laurel. The damage cost me about $1100, but part of the tree is still intact.

My front yard had long been graced by five qween palms. They had been there for 20 years and had grown so tall that they were costing a bunch of money to Maintain. Palms need to be trimmed about three times a year. If not trimmed they will produce dead fronds that are unsightly. The taller they became the more it cost to have them trimmed. In a fit of miserly despair, I had them all cut down. I miss them but do not miss having to pay for their maintenance. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on July 29, 2023, 06:39:25 PM
Thanks for the commiseration, Recusant and Icarus. That's too bad about your laurel oak damage and the palms, Icarus. It's insult on top of injury that it's so expensive to lose a tree--the cost to remove a large one is no joke.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on July 30, 2023, 12:13:48 AM
nature removes some if them for us.tyesterday morning i had to back up  the road and go to work a different waty because a tree had fallen across the road. it haens here  i used to carry an axe in the truck.

right at tbe foot of our property is a stump of some hardwood   six feet across. its on the neighbors side and was felled a few years back to make somebodys deck.

i would not do that
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 31, 2023, 02:20:59 AM
The tree
looks like a dog,
barking at heaven
- Jack Kerouac

Barking dogs are like sinners that God is indifferent to: it's a bible reference.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on July 31, 2023, 03:33:18 AM
When you have a first thought, and on second thoughts, you have a second but it doesn't fit.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on July 31, 2023, 09:44:09 AM
Reason to be grumpy:

I log onto HAF and find innumerable trite posts from the same editor.  :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 02, 2023, 02:14:21 AM
The exercise of reading drains me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Bluenose on August 02, 2023, 03:13:20 AM
Quote from: MarcusA on August 02, 2023, 02:14:21 AMThe exercise of reading drains me.

Case in point
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 02, 2023, 10:09:12 PM
I am always running out of tobacco.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 07, 2023, 04:14:10 AM
I am always running out of patience.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 08, 2023, 03:08:44 AM
I am running out of time.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 08, 2023, 03:25:04 PM
Grumpy Bums growl their terrible growls.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 09, 2023, 08:38:27 AM
Typos don't bother me, bad ideas bother me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 09, 2023, 10:21:56 PM
The problem with political correctness is that it blocks legitimate thought.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 10, 2023, 06:50:16 PM
There is no sense of order to the world.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: MarcusA on August 12, 2023, 02:36:01 AM
I have no sense of purpose.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on August 12, 2023, 10:00:47 PM
the woman in my office asked me what i was eating for dinner.

tofu, i said.

tofu, is that any good?

 . . .youve never eaten tofu?

no.

so i made tofu for dinner, deep fried a pound so it would acquire a tough skin. then stir fried som mushrooms, green onions, a pepper, some garlic and ginger in the oil, put it in a bowl with the cooked tofu, some water and some white miso, and heated it. not hungry enough to put noodles in.

voila"

miso soup. sent her pitchers of the whole process.

she'd never heard of miso, either.

so i said, ill make you some for monday and bring it in. went to the grocers in the second biggest town (population 2000) and looked and looked and looked. they dont carry tofu. not at all. the nearest town (my town, population 300) doesnt sell anything except cattle feed.

i forgot where i live.

so now i have to go to the big city nearby (population 3000) and buy some tofu tomorrow. maybe more miso if they have it.

but i can go to the crisps aisle and buy all the pork cracklins i want, were i ever to want any pork cracklins.

ask bruce about pork cracklins. he'll know

and the other driver in the office while i was talking about this, i said, and around here they dont eat tofu, they eat squirrel heads.

and he said, yes, the brains are great . . . put em in sausage
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 12, 2023, 10:58:44 PM
 Billy, yall's neighbors is country.

(translation of hillbilly speak: his nearby associates are somewhat backward)

I hope the office lady will enjoy the tofu. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on August 12, 2023, 11:04:25 PM
you live in florida.

you.have personal experience with all this stuff

my county is 98 percent scotch irish gringo, i percent african american, and the last one percent is asian, amerindian, pacific islander, european, and martian
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 13, 2023, 12:48:39 AM
I have, or had, relatives who lived in the backwoods towns of Georgia. I learned some of their                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         vocabulary. 

Florida has its rural folk as well. In general they are not quite as folksy as Georgia, Alabama, Mississipi, rural denizens.  Our downhome types do invite guests to return again for a visit, with the standard expression; "Yall come". The word Yall is pronounced the same way that certain sailboats with two masts are described....Yawl.

Some of those language characteristics rubbed off on me I suspect.I am familiar with some of the colloquialisms, so I could probably survive a late Saturday night visit to a "jook joint" where city slickers are not welcome. 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 13, 2023, 01:47:00 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 13, 2023, 12:48:39 AMI have, or had, relatives who lived in the backwoods towns of Georgia. I learned some of their                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         vocabulary. 

Florida has its rural folk as well. In general they are not quite as folksy as Georgia, Alabama, Mississipi, rural denizens.  Our downhome types do invite guests to return again for a visit, with the standard expression; "Yall come". The word Yall is pronounced the same way that certain sailboats with two masts are described....Yawl.

Some of those language characteristics rubbed off on me I suspect.I am familiar with some of the colloquialisms, so I could probably survive a late Saturday night visit to a "jook joint" where city slickers are not welcome.

I see all your posts about Florida, and have to admit to a bit of confusion, since your sig says, "Indianopolis, Indiana".
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 13, 2023, 01:48:09 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on August 13, 2023, 01:47:00 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 13, 2023, 12:48:39 AMI have, or had, relatives who lived in the backwoods towns of Georgia. I learned some of their                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         vocabulary. 

Florida has its rural folk as well. In general they are not quite as folksy as Georgia, Alabama, Mississipi, rural denizens.  Our downhome types do invite guests to return again for a visit, with the standard expression; "Yall come". The word Yall is pronounced the same way that certain sailboats with two masts are described....Yawl.

Some of those language characteristics rubbed off on me I suspect.I am familiar with some of the colloquialisms, so I could probably survive a late Saturday night visit to a "jook joint" where city slickers are not welcome.

I see all your posts about Florida, and have to admit to a bit of confusion, since your sig says, "Indianopolis, Indiana". :???:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on August 13, 2023, 02:28:34 AM
i never noticed that.

have we all been betrayed? or just shown to be idiots?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 13, 2023, 02:52:18 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on August 13, 2023, 01:47:00 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 13, 2023, 12:48:39 AMI see all your posts about Florida, and have to admit to a bit of confusion, since your sig says, "Indianopolis, Indiana".

I live in Lakeland Florida. I have lived in Florida for a long time, like 80 years, with time out in the military which was mostly in Connecticut. I was born in Indianapolis Indiana, but that was in 1930. I have been back to Indy only a couple of times since then. I reckon that makes me a Florida Cracker for all practical purposes.

I used to believe that I lived in the best place in the nation. Not so much anymore. My state has grown from a population of about one million to more than 22 million. We are going to run out of water, run out space in our landfills, run out of patience with the infernal traffic jams, endure the incredible inflationary property values, and ............fill in the blanks.

The above is reason enough to believe my state is no longer the best of all. The kicker is that our politics have gone completely apeshit. My governor is out of his god damned mind and his acolytes in the state legislature suck up to him without regard to reality.

Too late for me to move away to a kinder gentler place like some of my younger friends have opted to do.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on August 14, 2023, 12:11:19 AM
Icarus, your post made me look up your city on a map. I had no idea Florida had so many lakes. For some reason, I'm kind of surprised.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 14, 2023, 12:43:00 AM
Anne,my city is called Lakeland because it has many lakes within the city limits, 21 of them. Most of them are small and not very deep. They are all useful for small boats and for fishing...and oh yes.... alligators. Several of the lakes are surrounded by city parks.

This area in central Florida has many hundreds of lakes scattered about. I suspect not nearly as many lakes as Minnesota and the Boundry waters.

Florida also has many rivers. None of them are the source of rivers such as the mighty Mississippi, like the top end at ...where is it....Grand Rapids ?  Not the Michigan Grand Rapids, the Minnesota one.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on August 16, 2023, 02:09:49 AM
Glad we don't have any 'gators up here : ) Sadly, I wasn't even aware of Grand Rapids, MN, until you mentioned it.

City of Grand Rapids - History (https://cityofgrandrapidsmn.com/community/page/history):

Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 10,869 at the 2010 census. "It is the county seat of Itasca County.
The city of Grand Rapids is named for the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long local rapids in the Mississippi River, which was the uppermost limit of practical steamboat travel during the late 19th century. Today, those rapids are hidden underneath the dam of the Blandin Paper Mill. . . ."

Itasca Soil and Water Conservation District - Mississippi River - Grand Rapids (https://www.itascaswcd.org/watersheds/mississippi-river-grand-rapids):

"While the main stem of the Mississippi River flows from the U.S. Army Corp dam just west of Grand Rapids and flows south to where the Willow River flows into the Mississippi River SW of Palisade, the Mississippi River - Grand Rapids watershed also include all the area that collects water into smaller creeks and streams that eventually flow into the Mississippi River in this stretch. This begins at the northern most stretch of the watershed boundry that boarders the Laurentian Divide where a drop of water either flows north towards the Hudson Bay or south toward the Gulf of Mexico. . . ."
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 16, 2023, 03:05:34 AM
I didn't know Grand Rapids was there until I looked at a map. I was thinking International Falls. But that city is almost part of Canada. I figure that it is wicked cold there in winter, either place, Twin Cities too.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on August 16, 2023, 11:37:32 AM
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 17, 2023, 02:01:11 AM
The annoyance that makes me grumpy is the new attack on our forum. We endured the excessive number of useless posts from Marcus with some degree of compassion.

Today we have discovered another ambitious individual who has posted numerous times in the last 24 hours. This one appears to be a preacher type person. He/she has not yet directly urged us to give our hearts and minds to Jesus. We are getting close however.

I suggest that we might spend a tiny bit of our collective intellectual energy to rescue this new person from his/her ignorance. We can do that in a most polite and considerate way. Imagine that we might save this one person from the debilitating grips of an ancient mythology.

Surely the act of proselytizing must be a two edged sword. Plus,we wont even ask him/her to put money into our HAF collection plate. 

If you opt to indulge with me, in such a worthy cause, remember to be gentle and considerate to this individual who has obviously been brain washed.... probably from birth.  :console:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on August 17, 2023, 02:11:28 AM
if hes the kind of person who wil exchange ideas, im interested

if its just talking without listening, i am not so interested
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on August 17, 2023, 02:17:21 AM
My take is that the forum policy on preaching is well-founded. You can counter-proselytize if you want, Icarus, but I'm putting that flaming turd on ignore. The type is (sadly) willfully ineducable.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on August 17, 2023, 03:51:23 AM
He's been given his first shot across the bows. If he engages on topic and does not preech he'll get to stay. If not he'll get the heave ho.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on August 18, 2023, 09:55:50 PM
I had in mind, to simply ask questions. Here is a starter. Questions: Why have these statistics not captured the attention of you and your peers? Do you intend to do something to alleviate these social problems? Will sufficient prayer mitigate these human faults?



https://www.lyingforjesus.org/Evidence-Based-Memes/Bible-Belt-Dysfunction.php

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on August 18, 2023, 11:45:33 PM
I love those fundamentalists in Israel.
They don't work or do military service.
They do such a lot of praying though.
Obviously god listens to his chosen.
Wish we had 'em, such valuable assets.
Israel would be in trouble without 'em.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on October 01, 2023, 12:13:17 PM
Icarus:(paraphrasing) you foreigners wouldn't understand
Oh but we do but I wish I didn't
Just fund your government you fkn hypocritical %$*&^%$&*&#
Just spare me the latest game of chicken of these asswadgets
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 01, 2023, 02:04:11 PM
It only takes a few turds to spoil the punch. They're playing games with people's lives when the budget goes unfunded. Jacks up the economy, too. Closet(?) nihilists, the lot of them.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 01, 2023, 03:45:28 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 01, 2023, 02:04:11 PMIt only takes a few turds to spoil the punch...

A few? What does the first one do? Add flavour!
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 01, 2023, 05:39:33 PM
 :o  Yer right, one turd is enough. But the hard right winger group is full of turds.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 01, 2023, 06:36:53 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 01, 2023, 05:39:33 PM:o  Yer right, one turd is enough. But the hard right winger group is full of turds.

I agree. It's a shame that politics is in such a mess :(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 02, 2023, 07:25:11 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on October 01, 2023, 02:04:11 PMCloset(?)
Nah, nihilists tend to be pretty open about it - whatever their political persuasion. They are plentiful though, or so it seems.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 02, 2023, 11:21:58 AM
this is how its done in the land of the free.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 05, 2023, 02:56:01 PM
shit

went to pick up a 40 yard garbage compactor at a goodwill dropoff.

somebody had undone and stolen the door latch, unhooked the safety chain and left it that way. when i pulled the compactor away the door swung open and 500 pounds of old papers and broken glass fell out in the alley.

managed to clamp the door shut with a ratchet binder but the mechanics have to get creative with a welder to put a new latch on.

so a twenty minute job is nowv3 hours and the mechanics have left to go get something else that they need
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 05, 2023, 03:40:46 PM
Well it gave you a chance to post here. :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 05, 2023, 06:54:31 PM
thats true.

is your PM still plsnnimg on phasing out internal combustion motor cars by 2030?

seemed a bit ambitious to me at tbe time
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 06, 2023, 03:00:41 AM
^ Hydrogen is the new fuel. Toyota is very busy developing their Hydrogen fueled car for general use.

Hydrogen fueled machines, it is claimed, can actually clean up some of the pollution that we are currently spewing. I'll bet that Hermes could 'splain some of that chemistry for us.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 06, 2023, 09:07:13 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on October 05, 2023, 06:54:31 PMthats true.

is your PM still plsnnimg on phasing out internal combustion motor cars by 2030?

seemed a bit ambitious to me at tbe time

New sales of internal combustion engine cars are to stop in 2030 and plug in hybrids by 2035.

On a side note in the UK there are dedicated service areas for petrol etc. on the motorway/freeway network. In the US you just pull off and find what you need. One of the owners of a number of these 'Services' areas has had to introduce marshals to prevent 'charger rage'. At the moment there are no enough high speed charger points and thus people being people there are arguments in the queues for them. On top of this the electricity infrastructure to these service areas was never intended to support these high loads. So now even if they converted more spaces to charging they could not all be used at once. There are 800,000 pure EV's in the UK and only 46,000 fast charger points. It's going to get worse before it gets better. I think our next car will be a plugin hybrid so we get the best of both worlds.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 06, 2023, 11:03:23 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 06, 2023, 03:00:41 AM^ Hydrogen is the new fuel. Toyota is very busy developing their Hydrogen fueled car for general use.

Hydrogen fueled machines, it is claimed, can actually clean up some of the pollution that we are currently spewing. I'll bet that Hermes could 'splain some of that chemistry for us.
Trouble with hydrogen is how boom-happy it is.

Personally, I would like to see hydrogen power cells of some configuration send battery cars the way of the CD. Yes, it costs a bit to split up water to produce the stuff - on a other hand, it makes your energy storage highly portable and somewhat easy to scale. Now, if they manage to come up with a good binding medium for hydrogen, which can contain a lot without quite the explosiveness, then I think Nobel prizes and huge contracts may be in "their" future.

If not...

Hydrogen is a good way of storing energy since much of it by weight is actually in the air, but then gasoline is also an excellent way of storing energy, but it is politically correct to want to get rid of it rather than address the problems already here and those that will arise with continued use. "Everything" tends to become stupid - or at the very least, cater to the lowest common denominator - the moment decision-making in a democratic society is concerned.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on October 06, 2023, 01:13:31 PM
QuoteElectric cars, including Teslas, weigh more than conventional cars because of the high-voltage batteries and electric motors that power them. On average, EV batteries weigh about 1,000 pounds, but most weigh over 2,000 pounds because a larger battery means more power for the car.

Fk
Wouldn't it be more fun if we were driving go cart sized vehicles?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 06, 2023, 01:27:17 PM
Not two tonne Gokarts, I think. Also, a little difficult to stuff them full of toys and gizmos such as big screens and buttons that do... Things. And also stuff. Some buttons do... Stuff.

Gokarts are fun as long as they are very agile, very light and with comparatively strong engines. Remove that while keeping the tiny, and you are left with... Toyota IQ, more or less. Or the much-loathed Smart Fortwo.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on October 06, 2023, 01:31:11 PM
This is a go cart

(https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/03/24/32/26/360_F_324322660_Fd6bj3MSbF14WyLmoeqwbj7JmJJ8TjlZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 06, 2023, 01:34:12 PM
Yes. Now, remove light, agile and well-motorized (all three relatively/comparatively speaking, of course) and it becomes this;

(https://broom.tv2.no/underholdning/broom/media/images/content/4463/car_page_main.jpg)
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on October 06, 2023, 01:56:44 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on October 06, 2023, 01:34:12 PMYes. Now, remove light, agile and well-motorized (all three relatively/comparatively speaking, of course) and it becomes this;

(https://broom.tv2.no/underholdning/broom/media/images/content/4463/car_page_main.jpg)

No, these are the first of the new rules.
A vehicle will not weigh more than 80kg.
Centre lines will be replaced with shigawire strung at neck height.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on October 19, 2023, 10:40:10 PM
I want to remove the base from my 2nd monitor so it'll fit under a shelf, apparently I have to take the whole screen apart.  I don't want to do that, thanks LG.

Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on October 19, 2023, 11:32:07 PM
Perhaps judicious use of a small sharp saw?  ;D

Won't be pretty, and if you want to use the base at a later date it'll be even less aesthetically pleasing (mending braces), but you won't have to scrabble at the frame of the monitor, potentially cracking the screen.

Either that or maybe a thin spudger with a sturdy steel ruler or plate (shielding the screen with cloth or plastic) to protect the screen from cracks and scratches.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on October 20, 2023, 02:15:09 AM
^ I second that notion. Sharp saw will dispatch that plastic in short order.

AS for LG......grrrrrr!  Never buy an LG refrigerator. They have had so many failure with the refrigerant compressor that a national class action suit is now in effect. Yep!  My expensive LG fridge failed.  Receipt of parts and several factory repair sessions took nearly three weeks. Most inconvenient to be sure.

I asked he repair person whether he had to service many LG refrigerators.  He said that he services about 25 refrigerators each week. He said that fifteen of them will most likely be LGs.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 22, 2023, 11:14:42 AM
Three weeks repair time is still OK(ish). My Liebherr freezer broke down last year. It was leaking freezer fluid and it took the repair shop more than three months to repair. Now this thing is acting up again.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 22, 2023, 09:31:23 PM
damn.

you know this nihilistic indifference thing is hard to maintain in the face of national and international stupidity.

my government cannot figure out how to govern.

the middle east is set to blow up into a shitstorm.

the world climate is heating up.

my weather is cooling down.

in better news, otis the twelve year old tomcat who i thought the coyotes had eaten, has returned.

(https://i.imgur.com/EfcNQ2Fl.jpg)

fat and still eccentric. wherever he's been the last two months, its been good to him. nobody but me can touch him still.

so the coyote casualties of the last month was only angel.

(https://i.imgur.com/SpidDsvl.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 22, 2023, 09:51:21 PM
He's found a place that feeds him :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 22, 2023, 10:09:09 PM
apparently better than i do
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 23, 2023, 01:39:25 PM
Had my half year cancer checkup at the hospital this morning. No sign of cancer but they discovered blood clots in my lungs. Now I have to stay in the hospital till Thursday for additional tests and medication.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 23, 2023, 01:51:15 PM
Ouch! Best of luck. There are blood thinners available, which do what blood thinners do, but probably best avoided unless vital. :-/
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 23, 2023, 02:23:53 PM
Yike. Good medicine!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 23, 2023, 05:47:03 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on October 23, 2023, 01:39:25 PMHad my half year cancer checkup at the hospital this morning. No sign of cancer but they discovered blood clots in my lungs. Now I have to stay in the hospital till Thursday for additional tests and medication.

A little mixed news. But good news on the cancer front.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 23, 2023, 06:03:59 PM
break a leg
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 24, 2023, 08:11:46 AM
I'm bored as hell here in the hospital. No treatments so far, other than giving me some blood thinner pills. No idea if or when they'll run some tests. I'm in a standard room without a shower; the food is dreadful and I have to pay extra for watching TV. I rather be in the office or at home.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 24, 2023, 10:56:19 AM
Yeah, I remember that when they took my appendix out, I was probably in more danger of dying from sheer boredom than from any associated complication - and they kicked my ass out of bed the next afternoon plus I have a comparatively high tolerance for boredom.

The food truly was dreadful though. I think that's what they get in relatively crappy (though still first World-) prisons.

Can you get people to deliver you some books or a tablet and a charger?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 24, 2023, 01:27:07 PM
third world hospitals can be great. when i was hospitalized in malaysia with dengue fever, i had a choice every day between indian food, chines, malay, or european. i always ate indian , because the curries were excellent. one time i tried european, and they brought me boiled leeks.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on October 24, 2023, 03:02:50 PM
Oh, certainly! To be clear, my First World reference was in relation to prison food - it's edible and there's kind-of enough of it, but about as bland, tasteless and overall... Well, pink as it can get. That was my experience of an "upscale" public hospital over 'ere. Of course, a private outfit would do better, but not where I happened to end up.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 24, 2023, 03:09:32 PM
prison food locally is rice, carrots, and beans, judging by the kitchen waste i see when i empty the prison garbage compactors
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on October 24, 2023, 05:04:51 PM
Good news. I'm allowed to leave the hospital tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on October 24, 2023, 06:34:28 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on October 24, 2023, 05:04:51 PMGood news. I'm allowed to leave the hospital tomorrow morning.

Excellent.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on October 24, 2023, 10:08:05 PM
exclnt
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 03, 2023, 06:24:42 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/QcwMyz1l.jpg)

poop.

six tons of poop.

i carried poop monday, tuesday, twoce on wednesday, thursday and friday too.

thats too much poop in one week
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 03, 2023, 08:35:47 PM
What sort of poop?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 03, 2023, 10:05:02 PM
waste water municipal sewage sludge.

the stuff you flush, after its been treated

 solids going to the landfill
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2023, 07:45:57 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 03, 2023, 10:05:02 PMwaste water municipal sewage sludge.

the stuff you flush, after its been treated

 solids going to the landfill

Has it been through methane digesters before it gets to the landfill?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 04, 2023, 10:09:49 AM
i confess i dont know poop at all.

there are giant tanks with archimedes screws aereating a thinner liquid in a splashy sort of way. elsewhere there are settling pits where other sorts of things are mixed with soil and turned into ordinary cpompost

but this stuff is still revognizably poop . all churned up and processed in open air.

i seem to recall something similar near battersea on the train into waterloo from clapham junction. maybe not

next time im there ill take pitchers

i did six loads this week and they say theyre emptying the big settling tanks.

i dont have indoor plumbing si all this is mysterious to me
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2023, 11:06:31 AM
The output from settlement tanks is raw sewage lumps so it will not have been through a digestor. As a teenager we got taken to the sewage plant that looked after the south side of London on a school trip. This would have been in '74 ish. The slurry from the settling tanks was mixed in with some waste water and macerated. This then went into huge digestor tanks where it was 'brewed' and the resulting methane was used to power the plant. It produced more electricity than in used. The most impressive part were the huge generators driven by massive engines powered by 10% diesel 90% methane. A similar system was installed at the Leeds sewage plant a decade or so ago. A side effect was that the fly and smell problem caused by the plant was removed and Leeds City council could the lease out the land around the plant which covered the costs of the plant upgrade.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 04, 2023, 05:58:19 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Wpm6oySl.jpg)

not very big. the sludge comes from the two big settling tanks at the bottom. runs through the pipe into the building where the box is. theres already a box outside in this picture waiting to be taken in. thats the aereator tank above the building

apparently theres lots of poop in my future because theyre going to empty a tank and there will be a box every day
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2023, 09:40:13 PM
Well there is that old saying 'Where there's muck there's brass!'
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 01:42:13 AM
you brits are so weird.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 05, 2023, 02:40:17 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 01:42:13 AMyou brits are so weird.
You're making brass (money) from muck (feces).
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 03:05:08 AM
the brits are weird even so.

theyve always been weird.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 03:08:09 AM
look at this shit


theyre weird.

they cant help it. its who they are.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on November 05, 2023, 07:50:42 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 03:08:09 AMlook at this shit


theyre weird.

they cant help it. its who they are.

Ye, saying no to Britt Eckland, inconceivable.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 05, 2023, 09:46:34 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding.. on November 05, 2023, 07:50:42 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 03:08:09 AMlook at this shit


theyre weird.

they cant help it. its who they are.

Ye, saying no to Britt Eckland, inconceivable.


Yes you must watch the original!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 12:23:28 PM
britt eklund was as hot as they come.

thrres more than one wicker man motiin picture? i saw the one with peter otoole

who isi the epitome of weird brit all by himself
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 05, 2023, 02:47:55 PM
Peter O'tool wasn't in the 1973 Wicker Man. Were you thinking of Edward Woodard? Or possibly Christopher Lee?


The wicker Man 1973 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 05, 2023, 08:42:37 PM
apparently im not thinking at all.

why do i remember peter otoole in that film?

he alwayed played half-mad people. like bruce dern
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 06, 2023, 01:21:31 AM
Billy what's up with the genital herpes tag line? That seems like a departure but GH is a indeed a real deal. 

I have never contracted that accursed ailment, the one god has used to punish we errant humans.  I have been marginally exposed to the curse or supposed curse. That occurred when I was a single widower of about 54 years old. Healthy, reasonably secure financially, had an athletes body, and attention from a surprisingly large number of single women. Most, but not all of then were honest with me The one who had genital Herpies did not reveal the problem until after our first intimate encounter.

Well of course I was somewhat taken aback. Then I examined all the research that I could find about the risk of contracting the evil virus. The answer is that there is reasonable opportunity for the woman to satisfy her desires when some degree of caution is in place. In general, but not absolutely, the risk of infection is only when the virus is "shedding". There will probably be blister like lesions in those cases. It comes and goes.

I believe that the virus has been much studied by now, and new and more relevant information has been brought to the fore. 
 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 06, 2023, 01:40:11 AM
its a random phrase i found on the internet. nothing pertaining to me.

i just find stuff on the net memorable enough to post it for a while.

you can disinguish thing i write from things i copy by the lack of typoes and the use of capitaluzation.

i detest capitalization.

herpes is a minor infection. people were all horrified about it intil AIDS came about. then it was mostly forgotten.

ill come up with a new signature when i run acrosscsomething stupid on the net . shouldnt take long
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 06, 2023, 06:35:41 AM
My wife and I have been sick over the weekend. We hope that it is just a common cold. Will do to the doctor later to be sure that it isn't Covid.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 06, 2023, 10:06:14 AM
We have Covid test kits at home. Is that not something you have access to?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 06, 2023, 10:41:53 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 06, 2023, 10:06:14 AMWe have Covid test kits at home. Is that not something you have access to?


We ran the Covid test and it turned out negative.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 06, 2023, 02:56:39 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 06, 2023, 10:41:53 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 06, 2023, 10:06:14 AMWe have Covid test kits at home. Is that not something you have access to?


We ran the Covid test and it turned out negative.

Good
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 07, 2023, 03:24:41 AM
Let us hope that Tom and his wife have never contracted the covid virus. We should be vigilant of course. On the other hand, caution and  paranoia is causing us to be concerned more than we had to be in the past.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 07, 2023, 10:17:35 AM
Apparently the tests that we made turned out to be invalid, although we followed up he instructions to the letter. My wife has another doctor appointment tomorrow so maybe she can sort things out.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 12, 2023, 09:19:10 PM
poop continues. in six-ton increments.

(https://i.imgur.com/M2KRMp1l.jpg)

the cardboard to the right is what i hide behind while i open the door on the box. it will get scooped up and taken to the landfill on the next trailer out.

as for me, poop every day now except yesterday. more poop tomorrow.

the settling tanks are 40 feet by 20. one is still half full and the other two thirds.

i anticipate more poop in my future.

and tom, what was the result of the testing?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 12, 2023, 10:22:42 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 12, 2023, 09:19:10 PMpoop continues. in six-ton increments.

(https://i.imgur.com/M2KRMp1l.jpg)

the cardboard to the right is what i hide behind while i open the door on the box. it will get scooped up and taken to the landfill on the next trailer out.

as for me, poop every day now except yesterday. more poop tomorrow.

the settling tanks are 40 feet by 20. one is still half full and the other two thirds.

i anticipate more poop in my future.

and tom, what was the result of the testing?

 :yeahok: I hope that that cardboard is good and stout! Do you get an scba?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 13, 2023, 12:21:12 AM
you cant see it, but to the right is the recycled cardboard pile, some 18 feet high. i can choose a good piece of cardboard out of tons of possibilities.

and seriously, this stuff is ugly looking, but its been macerated, treated, and settled out. no smell anymore, i think. but i have no sense of smell so it maybe it does.
 
dont want to swim in it tho so i try to plan the procedure
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 13, 2023, 12:49:49 AM
That process removes or kills the bacteria and viruses, I trust?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 13, 2023, 01:50:53 AM
i believe so. its always been thought to be benign.

except these days we have discovered forever chenicals that are NOT benign that remain in it.

spreading it on farm fields used to be okay. now its turning out to have been a mistake
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 13, 2023, 02:33:29 AM
The reason I ask is because California has forbidden the use of even treated sewage for crop fertilization (this may have changed, but I doubt it). Not for bacteria or viruses, but for heavy metal contamination. California provides a large percentage of the nation's food. People in this state don't really understand the issues with waste. Example- One can get free compost from the City of LA simply by asking for it. It comes from recycling bins for yard trimmings that the city provides for that purpose. They take it and compost it and then you can get it. One of my son's friend's parents had some delivered to their house. That load had ground up tooth brushes and other plastic waste in it. A friend of mine works at a water treatment plant. Wet wipes people use for baby's and other asses aren't supposed to be flushed into the waste water, because they clog the digestors. It's a giant problem here in the US, because people do it, anyway. Don't get me started on seeing disposable diapers tossed onto the parking lot at any major department store.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 13, 2023, 03:55:05 AM
I am constantly grumpy because my damned phone rings so often. I get as many as 12 robocalls per day. That is making me more than grumpy.  I am a night person and go to bed in the wee hours. Then I sleep until late morning. I am really pissed when some goober rings my phone at 8 AM while I am sleeping.

That is my land phone, but my cell phone has also begun to ring because of those damned robocalls that want to sell me gold or leaf filters or insurance, or solar panels. I mostly ignore the ringing but the ringing sound itself is annoying.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 13, 2023, 09:01:16 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 13, 2023, 03:55:05 AMI am constantly grumpy because my damned phone rings so often. I get as many as 12 robocalls per day. That is making me more than grumpy.  I am a night person and go to bed in the wee hours. Then I sleep until late morning. I am really pissed when some goober rings my phone at 8 AM while I am sleeping.

That is my land phone, but my cell phone has also begun to ring because of those damned robocalls that want to sell me gold or leaf filters or insurance, or solar panels. I mostly ignore the ringing but the ringing sound itself is annoying.

We have a system in the UK called the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ (https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/) You register your number landline and mobile and if a marketing company calls it they can be fined up to £10,000. We get maybe on call every couple of months. All I say is 'Have you heard of the TPS system?' And they hang up. I can't remember the last time I got an automated call.

When the TPS first started one of the major banks tried to get around it by calling from Ireland. I didn't know this when I picked up the call. I asked if the they had heard of the TPS system. They replied that as the were calling from Ireland it didn't count. Later that day I went to the local branch of the bank and demanded to see the manager and have him explain to me why he thought his company was above British law? He apologised and a week later the bank stopped the practice. By all accounts they had been inundated with complaints :)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 13, 2023, 09:03:40 AM
Do you not have an opt-out service which... Well, opts you out from marketing by the more-serious actors?

Or are you getting spammed with scam calls?

My ISP (also phone provider) actually has an opt-in system that filters probable scam calls. Sometimes, I get a single ring before it hangs up - sometimes not even that.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 13, 2023, 02:45:37 PM
We have a phone that requires the caller to press "one" before putting them through. Robocalls went from many a day to zero. Base station and four handsets cost $120 at CostCo, several years ago. Well worth the expense.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 13, 2023, 02:59:30 PM
i use a spam filter that creates a database of reported spam calls among all its users snd blocks them.

it works pretty well but has glitches occasionally

i also block all international calls so the guys frpm jamacia dont even get a hearing
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 13, 2023, 08:40:52 PM
They might by using voip with a spoofed local number :smilenod: That's how ""Microsoft"" India operates over 'ere these days.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on November 13, 2023, 08:42:30 PM
I will explore. There may be some sort of robocall blocking program similar to TPS. Also looking into the phone system that DL suggested.

Thanks for the clues.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 13, 2023, 09:01:51 PM
look into the "Hiyah" app. it has a member database of spam numbers and can flag or block calls completely, however you set it up.

i just hae it notify me of the nature of the call and then make up my own mind whether to answer. and some numbers i will never see.

my telephone service also has a feature that will block all numbers that i do not have in a list, and will respond to the caller with a message that says i do not accept calls from new numbers, and to please disconnect and send a text that identifies the caller and the purpose. legitimate new callers will text with a message about who they are and i can call them back if i want to.

in general, i mostly do not answer any calls from numbers i dont have in my caller ID, and certainly i never answer calls from private accounts that hide thier number.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 14, 2023, 09:17:33 AM
One thing to be mindful of with spam number databases;

While this mostly applies to scam calls rather than people wanting to sell you crap you don't need for money you don't want to spend, the numbers they use are often spoofed.

What this means is that someone may be calling from one number, but broadcasting another as their caller identity. That number can be random or lifted straight out of the yellow pages. Technically, ""Microsoft"" India could call you from "your wife's" number. If that number happens to have been spoofed before, it may be in one or several such databases, and you will not receive calls from it until and unless it is discovered that the number is in fact legitimate, and the database is updated accordingly. I suspect some more sophisticated services may run number lookups to avoid blacklisting spoofed numbers.

It's mostly a non-issue, but I have seen examples to the contrary.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 14, 2023, 02:29:57 PM
I know a guy who was called from his own cell phone number. Spoofed, obviously.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 14, 2023, 04:20:12 PM
nothing is perfect nor eternal.but i no longer receive spam calls except on very rare occasions. maybe three in the last year.

so its working pretty well for me.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on November 14, 2023, 09:24:54 PM
Wife brought friends laptop home, black screen.
Why no diagnostic beeps these days?
Google says bios key is F2, or F1 maybe, or Function F1 or F2 and you've got to be snappy about it with SSDs.
Didn't work.
Stick a pin in it, (like a phone sim pin) and you get options.
Why can't I get past the Let Windows do stupid crap window?
Why
Why
Why
Mouse set for left handed person, ha.

I did get two blocks of dark nut chocolate, victims of shrink-flation though they were.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 15, 2023, 11:12:20 AM
:rofl:
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 26, 2023, 10:44:00 PM
dammit

i have raised sons who make things. so i have no scrap leather i bought for a motorcycle seat, but one son is walking around in handmade moccasins. the steel parallels i cut for the vise on the drill press table are missing, but my other son is carrying a hand made knife with a mild steel blade the same size.

now i went to find the the 1-inch aluminum angles i cut to make soft jaw inserts for the table vise.

missing,.

who knows what theyve made out of those.

im going to have to mark all my various accessories now with LEAVE YOUR FATHERS  BITS ALONE AND GO CUT A PIECE YOURSELF FROM THE SCRAP PILES
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Anne D. on November 27, 2023, 01:25:14 AM
Sounds more like a reason to be proud of the resourceful, handy kids you raised than a reason to be grumpy : )
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 27, 2023, 02:19:04 AM
yes, anne, theyre great but i would reallly have liked my aluminum vise inserts anyway
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 27, 2023, 01:46:20 PM
The Asmo was out at a company party this weekend. Didn't drink, but yesterday and today, He has the most vicious Divine Hangover.

People. They infected a hapless The Asmo with something, is what they have. :sadnod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 27, 2023, 08:31:37 PM
It snowed very heavily, so I told my wife this morning that she better work from home. Unfortunately her boss forced her to go to the office anyway. She arrived safely at the office, but slipped and made a nasty fall when she got out of the car. They had to take her to the hospital, where they found out that she had broken her leg (tibia). I couldn't visit her today, because all the roads were closed to to the heavy snowfall (+/- 20cm).
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 27, 2023, 09:38:04 PM
stuff like bad weather is why working from home exists. that sucks.

Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 27, 2023, 10:07:27 PM
Sorry about the wife, Tom. Everybody involved now regrets the boss' insistence!
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Recusant on November 28, 2023, 12:04:40 AM
Rotten luck. For the future I suggest something like Yaktrax (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WNLkb9_eozvqjARGTDa8g). I hope her recovery is swift and uncomplicated.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 28, 2023, 06:38:45 AM
My wife was wearing decent boots, but they were probably not good enough in these snowy and icy conditions. Weather situation here hasn't changed much. All roads leading to my wife are closed and public transport (on which I now depend, because my wife took the car to the office) has shutdown. Many school children couldn't get home and had to spend the night in the school. People are advised to stay at home. Most likely I'll have to reschedule my own up and coming CT-Scan and operation.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 28, 2023, 10:13:04 AM
Winter Wonderland

(https://www.sueddeutsche.de/image/dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-231128-99-100317?v=0&format=webp)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 28, 2023, 10:18:54 AM
Ah, yes! Sparsely decorated with hazy street lamps and weirdly-angled cars, with the owners singing soothing songs of creatively-strung curses. Reminds The Asmo of home... Where he is, so one could argue that He need not be reminded. :smilenod:

It's cold here today - a double-digit negative on a Celsius scale - but there is barely any snow. I'd say that's a good thing because daytime temperatures yesterday were into the reds and when water meets sudden and deep plunges in temperature... Well... There is a reason why the above reminds me of home ;)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on November 28, 2023, 12:00:51 PM
fuck winter
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 28, 2023, 02:06:50 PM
With a rusty snow shovel.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 28, 2023, 02:43:58 PM
:sadnod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tom62 on November 29, 2023, 06:36:09 AM
Good news. My wife didn't broke her leg but teared a muscle. She will be home today.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on November 29, 2023, 07:25:41 AM
That's good indeed, though torn muscles do hurt a bit. :smilenod:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: hermes2015 on November 29, 2023, 09:29:06 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 29, 2023, 06:36:09 AMGood news. My wife didn't broke her leg but teared a muscle. She will be home today.

 :clapping:
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 29, 2023, 09:36:15 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 27, 2023, 08:31:37 PMIt snowed very heavily, so I told my wife this morning that she better work from home. Unfortunately her boss forced her to go to the office anyway. She arrived safely at the office, but slipped and made a nasty fall when she got out of the car. They had to take her to the hospital, where they found out that she had broken her leg (tibia). I couldn't visit her today, because all the roads were closed to to the heavy snowfall (+/- 20cm).

I hope the boss is held responsible! She'll be working from home now for a while. Or better still not working at all.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on November 29, 2023, 09:36:51 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 29, 2023, 06:36:09 AMGood news. My wife didn't broke her leg but teared a muscle. She will be home today.

That's better news.
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 29, 2023, 02:36:14 PM
Muscle tears can take a long time to heal, too. Better than a broken bone, I guess.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on January 12, 2024, 10:57:09 AM
QuoteI was sceptical about paying $16.99 for a squeegee, upgrading from the $2.50 IKEA one and I'm glad I pulled the trigger.

I've come to dislike this "I pulled the trigger" expression.
I'm not sure of the user demographic but I'm sure I don't like them.
You don't like anyone anymore.
No, like is an expansive thing and I'm living in a shrinking brain, dislike is tight and scrunched up, I don't have room for that other stuff.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 19, 2024, 11:26:59 AM
Mould. This has taken up residence in my car's windscreen washer bottle and is blocking the water flow to the windscreen. £30 for a clean out and if that does not work £140 for a new washer bottle and £100 to fit that.  >:(
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 19, 2024, 06:16:54 PM
what?????

whats in the local scrap yard?

can you just take it out and poke a wire tjrough the clog?

theyre not sophisticated. my 63 ford had a rubber bag in the footwell tbat you pressed with your foot to squirt anything
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Icarus on January 20, 2024, 12:49:02 AM
Sodium Hypoclorite, ordinary laundry bleach will eradicate most varieties of mould. Fill the windshield windscreen washer bottle and wait for a day or two. Will not damage paint or rubber parts.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 20, 2024, 10:09:55 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 19, 2024, 06:16:54 PMwhat?????

whats in the local scrap yard?

can you just take it out and poke a wire tjrough the clog?

theyre not sophisticated. my 63 ford had a rubber bag in the footwell tbat you pressed with your foot to squirt anything

Tried the pokey things and fishing line. Didn't make much difference.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 20, 2024, 10:10:33 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 20, 2024, 12:49:02 AMSodium Hypoclorite, ordinary laundry bleach will eradicate most varieties of mould. Fill the windshield windscreen washer bottle and wait for a day or two. Will not damage paint or rubber parts.

Will try this.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 20, 2024, 12:33:29 PM
getting rid of the biomass might require blowing with compressed air or a strong water jet
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 20, 2024, 05:33:44 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 20, 2024, 12:33:29 PMgetting rid of the biomass might require blowing with compressed air or a strong water jet

Yes. But I don't have an airline.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 20, 2024, 07:22:03 PM
is it a complex system? the ones i am familar with are just a plastic jug with a little DC electric motor/pump on the bottom with an attached wiring pigtail.

the pump has a little hose barb that connects to the rubber hoses leading to the nozzles.

the constriction through the pump can be poked out or replaced, the rubber lines can be thrown away and replaced, and theres nothing to the jug but a blow-molded tank.

is it difficult to get to?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 21, 2024, 08:43:57 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 20, 2024, 07:22:03 PM...

is it difficult to get to?


Not if you have 8" long double jointed steel fingers with grippers for fingernails. You can't see any of it except the spout, let alone reach it.  >:( 
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 21, 2024, 11:54:33 AM
oh.

one of those.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 21, 2024, 12:37:42 PM
Yes. It's a very small car and everything is squeezed in to the maximum degree.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 21, 2024, 03:23:03 PM
my first car was a 1967 chevrolet pickup, with a straight six.

to work on it, i climbed into the engine compartment, sat down on the inner fender and put my feet on the frame.

a very different design philosophy. it didnt have windshield squirters.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 21, 2024, 08:47:26 PM
My car is on the small-ish side of what Americans would call full-size. Long bonnet and everything, but one still needs double-jointed fingers to access pretty much anything.

I think indeed it is a different philosophy from that of yesteryear. The owner is pretty much expected not to service their car in their own garage or out behind the shed. I like tinkering, so it sort-of displeases me, but then I like toys and... A price (in the literal sense) worth paying?

That said, unclogged my nozzles by back-blowing air through them with a tire inflator at a gas station. Mine were just full of winter and grime though.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 22, 2024, 09:58:30 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 21, 2024, 03:23:03 PMmy first car was a 1967 chevrolet pickup, with a straight six.

to work on it, i climbed into the engine compartment, sat down on the inner fender and put my feet on the frame.

a very different design philosophy. it didnt have windshield squirters.


Do any places in the USA put rock salt grit on frozen roads?
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 22, 2024, 10:10:19 AM
If Rainman Ray's Repairs youTube channel is anything to go by, them's be saltin' "up North," though he's in Florida, so "all" he has is a lot of "up North."
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 22, 2024, 12:41:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 22, 2024, 09:58:30 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 21, 2024, 03:23:03 PMmy first car was a 1967 chevrolet pickup, with a straight six.

to work on it, i climbed into the engine compartment, sat down on the inner fender and put my feet on the frame.

a very different design philosophy. it didnt have windshield squirters.


Do any places in the USA put rock salt grit on frozen roads?

Yup. It's become a real problem with the salinization of fresh water lakes, for example, here in the US.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 22, 2024, 01:09:07 PM
I wonder how they manage here, where the municipality has put more salt on the road just yesterday than the cafeteria at work puts in a average bowl of pea soup, and that's saying something.

I think it might be because our lakes are usually elevated, while the cities trend towards the coast. Also, I may be wrong, but I think they stop salting in water preservation areas and resume when passed said areas. It's just sometimes, you drive on wet asphalt and then suddenly graveled snow and ice for a kilometer or two, then wet asphalt again and from my subjective experience, there tend to be "Water protection area" signs before the surface changes.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 22, 2024, 07:04:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 22, 2024, 09:58:30 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 21, 2024, 03:23:03 PMmy first car was a 1967 chevrolet pickup, with a straight six.

to work on it, i climbed into the engine compartment, sat down on the inner fender and put my feet on the frame.

a very different design philosophy. it didnt have windshield squirters.


Do any places in the USA put rock salt grit on frozen roads?

here in east tbey do. lots of salt mines around. also fused silica clinkers from the old steel mills. they used to just dump tbe red hot stuff on the ground so there are mountains of it from 150 years of smelting

farther north towatds tbe great lakes they use beach sand.

in oklahoma tbey would load sand from the rivers to put on the roads in town. out on tje highways they do nothing.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 22, 2024, 09:56:29 PM
Does not stuff like gravel and sand hurt the vehicles on the high speed, high traffic roads?

At least that's the excuse they use to exclusively salt our roads with the speed limit above around 70kmph and heavy-ish traffic
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 23, 2024, 12:31:50 AM
around here they use crystalline salt and liquid salt solutions on high speed roads.

the sand goes on city streets, secondary, and country roads in places that use it..

clinkers and broken limestone are used on unpaved roads here

in oklahoma and texas, they do nothing to the highways. no salt, no brine, no ploughs.

nada. if its snow, you drive in it
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Asmodean on January 23, 2024, 06:30:37 AM
Sounds similar to here then, well except for TX and OK.

Still, given heavy enough traffic and light enough snow, it will melt from friction eventually. Of course, might have multiple pileups by then.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: billy rubin on January 23, 2024, 07:56:11 PM
some places are just bad. i drove through des moines iowa once on a nice sunny day tbe morning after a blizzard. after a while i said, this is nuts, and started counting.

from that point on i counted 147 cars and trucks off the road, in the median, down the embank.ents, on tbeir sides, roofs, and all abandoned. in about 30 miles. at no point in those 30 miles were there fewer than tbree abandoned vehicles in  sight at one time

the cops were flagging tbem one by one to make sure tbere wss nobody inside.

thats just how iowa is.
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Tank on January 24, 2024, 12:29:30 PM
 :(  :o
Title: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on February 11, 2024, 07:18:51 AM
Why am I getting a lot of adds like this?
I don't click on them, why do they think I have "ED" issues?
I wonder what the easy solution is, maybe it's more tits.

(https://i.imgur.com/fxDjbzj.png)
Title: Re: Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 11, 2024, 03:37:27 PM
Right? I go to a woodworking site and the ads have scantily clad women. My wife sees that and laughs. So I go to a Scrabble game site and show her that the ads are for a woodworking supply! Go figure.