May the rant be with you (May 2012 rant thread)

[living_in_hell]

Originally Posted by Dr. Girlfriend

Update: finger not broken, just swollen and badly bruised. Still hurts like a bitch.

Glad you got it looked at.

[Ferret Herder]

Originally Posted by Cheez_Whia

http://www.carbona.com/stain-devils-...lubricant.html

I've found it it at Wal-Mart (shudder), and Jo-Ann Fabrics in the past.

Thanks - my local grocery and hardware stores tend to have a lot of cleaning/laundry supplies like that. I got a bar of Fels-Naphtha soap at one of those not long ago. (Maybe it'll get the remaining spot of tar-stuff off my foot, too. )

[living_in_hell]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

Thanks - my local grocery and hardware stores tend to have a lot of cleaning/laundry supplies like that. I got a bar of Fels-Naphtha soap at one of those not long ago. (Maybe it'll get the remaining spot of tar-stuff off my foot, too. )

You aren't sposta put that stuff (Fels) on your skin!!! What about nail polish remover?

[Ferret Herder]

Originally Posted by living_in_hell

You aren't sposta put that stuff (Fels) on your skin!!! What about nail polish remover?

Nah, I used the soap as a stain remover in the past, but I'm saying anywhere that carries Fels-Naphtha ought to carry Carbona.

I'll try the nail polish remover, too. Pretty soon I'll have to resort to removing some skin if I can't find an option. Soap and scrubbing sure isn't working.

[Lacunae Matata]

Conversation with husband, as we were discussing whether to fix truck bumper:

Me: "Wow, the deer really have it in for you. That's three in one year."
Him: "No, I hit one and you hit one. That's only two."
Me: "I know I hit one, but you hit two with the patrol car - just before we moved last June, and right after you went to day shift in March, plus one in the truck."
Him: "Yeah, but I only hit one with the truck."
Me: "But you've had a total of three collisions involving deer and vehicles in the past year. One in the truck and two in the car."
Him: "Yeah, I guess... if you're counting like that."
Me: ?????!!!!!

[SnakesCatLady]

I'm not really sure if this is a rant or not, but here goes...

I just saw a post (on Facebook, of course) from a woman who gave up her child for adoption in 1984 when she was 18. It was a closed adoption. Now "birth mothers have no rights" and her life won't be complete until she finds her baby girl.

Lady, people like you are the reason adoption records are sealed. If your daughter wants to get in touch with you, there are ways she can do that. No, you don't have the right to interrupt her life; you gave that up when you gave her up for adoption. Leave it at that. You did a good thing for her when you gave her up, you said yourself you could not provide for her. Now, do another good thing and let her go.

[flatlined]

Originally Posted by Lynn Bodoni

Is Bill's cat a thumbcat? Because if he is, you have reason to worry. Even if he isn't a thumbcat, he has urine and feces to make his views known.

The mystery is solved. Kinda. I used long stick pins to mount a piece of needlepoint in a cheap frame and one of them fell out. How it happened to fall out and land point down in my book is not known. I don't think that Bill's cat has thumbs, but he hides his paws from me. I'm the one with the claw clippers and my cats have warned him about this.

Maybe he does have thumbs, because Bill says that he hides his feet at home as well.

Originally Posted by FatBaldGuy

Flatlined, if your swamp cooler is set up properly, it should be able to run for a while even with no water coming in. In all of the swamp coolers I've seen, the bottom pan is filled with water as a reservoir, with a float to shut off the water when it reaches the top. The drain plug should look like this with the vertical tube to allow the reservoir to fill up, but drain out if it gets too full.

With 3-4 inches of water in the bottom of the pan, the pump should be able to run for at least a couple of hours without water coming in.

Wow, someone else who knows how a swamp cooler works Very cool. Thank you for the link. My swamp does work like that, but I'm gone 11-12 hours a day.

I guess I should pit myself for leaving it running when I know the water might be cut off for hours and that when it is restored, that all the dirt and stuff will clog up the filters. I won't. I'll just keep blaming the people who are causing the problems instead of being proactive and shutting the swamp off and turning the AC on.

Thank goodness I am gone 11-12 hours a day, because I'd really be pitching a fit if I couldn't flush my toilet all day.

Originally Posted by Dr. Girlfriend

Update: finger not broken, just swollen and badly bruised. Still hurts like a bitch.

I'm glad you had it looked at. I used to think that I was bullet-proof until I broke my foot.

My rant is about the lady who lives down the street. Her kids love kittens. She gets them kittens. When the kittens are about 6 months old, they are no longer cute and have started running from people because they have learned that they are playtoys to be tossed around and have tails pulled, so she puts them outside. Intact and clueless about how to survive.

I have talked to her about how cruel it is to do that to housecats. She doesn't care, her kids like kittens. I have had the teenager cats fixed for her, but they aren't allowed in her house because they might scratch her precious children. Now I just trap them, have them fixed and take them to adoptions.

I'm moving in November. I won't be able to help those poor cats anymore. I'm moving my ferals to a ranch so now all of my hard work will go right down the drain because my idiot neighbor will populate the area with intact cats.

[Lynn Bodoni]

I have talked to her about how cruel it is to do that to housecats. She doesn't care, her kids like kittens. I have had the teenager cats fixed for her, but they aren't allowed in her house because they might scratch her precious children. Now I just trap them, have them fixed and take them to adoptions.

One of my husband's nieces or nephews or grandnieces or grandnephews is exactly like this, only with dogs and birds as well as cats. In one case, the family took off for over a week on a cruise, leaving a teenage kitty outside to look after herself. That's how we got one of our cats. This cat is a 100% indoor kitty now. She likes to look out the window, but she has absolutely no interest in going outside. She's been outside, and she thinks that being an inside kitty is marvelous.

And the last I heard, that family has gone through 3 or 4 more kittens and puppies. I want to beat my head against the wall. Or possibly beat someone else's head against a wall.

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by Sicks Ate

Look, this kind of shocked me...I'm not sure it should, because at this point it's a stretch to consider it any of my business. But is it common for women to skip those for that long? It doesn't seem like a good idea.

I haven't had a GYN exam since I had my tubal in 1988. Probably not a good idea but OTOH if it's ain't broke...

Originally Posted by SpazCat

I may be single soon. This is entirely his fault and I'm sick of dealing with his shit.

I'm sorry to hear this, and also not sorry. Divorce is a not-fun thing to have to go thru, but I was so much happier after dumping old whatshisface. Just keep thinking about how nice it will be to not have to deal with his shit, and come back to vent when needed!

Originally Posted by flatlined

I'm moving in November. I won't be able to help those poor cats anymore. I'm moving my ferals to a ranch so now all of my hard work will go right down the drain because my idiot neighbor will populate the area with intact cats.

Can you put her together with a group that raises kittens until they are ready to go to their permanent homes? Wouldn't that put a parade of kittens thru her house, but she could give them back when they get "boring"?

[Lynn Bodoni]

Can you put her together with a group that raises kittens until they are ready to go to their permanent homes? Wouldn't that put a parade of kittens thru her house, but she could give them back when they get "boring"?

The kittens are improperly socialized, and by the time they are "boring" they have learned to avoid humans.

[SpazCat]

Originally Posted by curlcoat

I'm sorry to hear this, and also not sorry. Divorce is a not-fun thing to have to go thru, but I was so much happier after dumping old whatshisface. Just keep thinking about how nice it will be to not have to deal with his shit, and come back to vent when needed!

Not a divorce, just a break-up. This has been a long time coming. I just don't like feeling guilty when I'm the one in the right.

[Cicero]

By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach!

[Jackmannii]

A pair of language mini-rants:

A new favorite among right-wingers is "gin up" (a term meaning to create/increase). Columnists and editorialists (for instance at the Wall St. Journal) love to talk about how Obama and Democrats are "ginning up" new regulations or support for a project ("ginning up" has negative connotations (it just sounds sleazy) as opposed to "creating" something). It's getting tiresome. They need to gin up a different phrase.

Also there is the redundant idiocy of "going forward". You don't need to ask what the Romney campaign will do going forward. It's even more stupid than "on the ground", as in "We need to have more troops on the ground". We should take the people who spout these phrases, and throw them under the bus to impact them on the ground until they learn to speak and write.

[Sicks Ate]

Going to top my one-month rant record count with this one:

Fucking poison ivy!! For years, I was completely unaffected by it. Then about 5 years ago, I would just get a little annoying rash; nothing I couldn't ignore and it went away pretty quickly.

Then last week, I got hit with real goddamn poison ivy reaction. It's just around my left ankle, and a little bit on top of my right ankle, so that's good anyway.

But dammit...it's red, swollen, itchy, blistery. I have never conditioned myself to really watch out for the stuff, so now I guess I have to. It sucks. I went on a Roundup spree over the weekend because its all over my yard, and I guess that'll be a weekly routine now.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by curlcoat

I haven't had a GYN exam since I had my tubal in 1988. Probably not a good idea but OTOH if it's ain't broke...<snip>

On the other other hand, if it is broke, you won't know about it until it's probably too late for an easy, high rate of success method to fix it.

[purplehorseshoe]

... and if it ISN'T broke, you have the peace of mind of knowing that for sure.

[kaylasdad99]

Originally Posted by Cicero

By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach!

Hand to God; I will not WAIT until I have an upset stomach to not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil!

[Sicks Ate]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

On the other other hand, if it is broke, you won't know about it until it's probably too late for an easy, high rate of success method to fix it.

When I was informed that the procedure is uncomfortable, I said 'So is cervical cancer.'

Maybe I was out of line, but I think it's a valid point.

[Dunkelheit]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

I'll try the nail polish remover, too. Pretty soon I'll have to resort to removing some skin if I can't find an option. Soap and scrubbing sure isn't working.

If the substance is greasy or tarry, try rubbing it with vegetable shortening or other solid fat. That should dissolve it and mix with it so it can be washed off. eta: That will work well for skin, not so well for fabrics.

[saje]

Well balls. I think the dryer belt broke. It hums when I turn it on, but she no spin no more. And of course I now have a load and a half of wet to damp clothes, plus another overflowing basket waiting to be done.

Sigh...off to try and find make and model # and then perhaps an online manual, and then to Lowes for parts, and then home again, when the Big Girl Words will *really* start to fly.

[kaylasdad99]

Good luck.

Might want to think about cutting your losses and looking on Craigslist for a secondhand dryer to replace it (if it's more than a belt).

[2square4u]

Customer satisfaction polls suck rancid donkey balls!

Jee-zusss, how I hate customer satisfaction polls. Is it possible to buy anything more expensive or advanced that a sixpack of beer, a loaf of bread and a liter of milk without being called up to answer a fucking five-minute customer. satisfaction. poll.?

Dammit, if I'm happy with your service, you've got yourself a returning customer. If not, I'm voting with my wallet and you won't see me again. But if you hire a fucking telemarketing company to call me in the evening to answer five fucking minutes of lame-ass questions (where about 50% of the answers are "none of the above", but you don't have a fucking "none of the above" entry on your fucking form, so you harass me another three fucking minutes to try to have me give you an answer, which I fucking won't), you sure as hell won't see one fucking cent of my money again.

Just sayin'.

[kaylasdad99]

VERY mini (in fact, it quite probably crosses the line into sneak-brag territory):

Dear radio show hosts: Thank you ever so much for running the contest in which, by winning, I and my family were permitted to stay the night in the completely non-purchasable Dream Suite in Disneyland Park. Thank you also for your invitation to call into your show and describe the experience for the rest of your listeners.

A decidedly firm UN-"thank you" for not letting me get a word in edgewise, while YOU (I'm looking at you, Mark Thompson) described the history of the suite, the decor, and the amenities. I guess since you've been there yourself, and you get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to gab about nothing consequential for four hours a day, you're more qualified than I am to actually describe the experience my family and I had.






To all my Doper pals: It was fabulous, magical, and brilliant in every way! SQUEEEEE!!!

[Cheez_Whia]

I'm still jealous!

[madrabbitwoman]

1 month to the day since getting raped. I was really hoping things would be getting easier. Not happening. Happy fucking birthday to me

[Kimballkid]

Originally Posted by Chimera

Look you stupid bitch. I just got this car, I'm on my way home from the dealership, I haven't even had a chance to call and switch the insurance yet. Stop tailgating me, back the fuck off, pay attention when lights change (hell yes, I'm stopping) and generally GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME YOU STUPID COW.

The worst part of it? The place where she very nearly rear ended me because I dared to stop for a red light is right in front of the Civic Center / POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

I'd...kinda like to use a different C word in describing her...

Here they won't even let you off the lot without proving you have insurance.

Originally Posted by Cicero

By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach!

Considering I won't even be eating them on a non-upset stomach, I think I'm safe.

[SnakesCatLady]

{{{madrabbitwoman}}}

I have been where you are now. It does get better. It won't happen fast, but it will get better. Have you considered seeing a therapist? Sometimes it will ease the pressure to talk it out. I don't recommend venting about it here because, while the regulars here are pretty understanding, there are some assholes on the board who will do their deal-level best to make you feel worse. If you want to vent in private, you can always send me a PM.

Sardines in oil? Ew. Hork. Yuck. I don't like any kind of little fishes, and that especially includes anchovies. I also don't like smoked oysters - my roommate in high school could run me out of the room by opening a can of the nasty little buggers.

[saje]

Mmmmm... Sardines are delicious, especially on really good bread, toasted of course. A touch of lemon juice is nice, but not required.

[Sicks Ate]

Originally Posted by SnakesCatLady

I also don't like smoked oysters - my roommate in high school could run me out of the room by opening a can of the nasty little buggers.

Looooove these! But I'm going to go ahead and rant/pit them, because when I open the tin I inevitably spray smoky-fishy-smelling oil all over the place.

So grrrrr, you delicious little devils!

[purplehorseshoe]

Open the next can outside and/or near cats.

Happy birthday, madrabbitwoman. *cheers* Random strangers care, for whatever that's worth. Oh, wait - didn't you get a kitten? If so - your kitty wuvs you. Go give scritches and make it purr, and cry into its fur if you have to. Things really will get better for you.

[SpazCat]

The water got turned off today. The bill has been paid. The guys said they'd turn it back on around 5 or shortly after.

It is now 5:38 EDT. No water. I need to take a shower and I'm getting a major headache because all I've eaten today is an egg on an english muffin and two small bags of chips. Everything in the house to make for dinner requires water.

I guess I'll gnaw on a dry granola bar and hopefully there will be water soon.

[madrabbitwoman]

Originally Posted by purplehorseshoe

Open the next can outside and/or near cats.

Happy birthday, madrabbitwoman. *cheers* Random strangers care, for whatever that's worth. Oh, wait - didn't you get a kitten? If so - your kitty wuvs you. Go give scritches and make it purr, and cry into its fur if you have to. Things really will get better for you.

Yep have been crying into her fur all morning. Just wish I could stop.

[purplehorseshoe]

I'm so sorry, sweetie. You'll get through today. You'll get through tomorrow as well.

<Hank Hill>
Just take it one day at a time. You know ... the way the drunks do.
</Hank Hill>

[Anne Neville]

{{{{{madrabbitwoman}}}}} and {{{{{SpazCat}}}}}}

[slumtrimpet]

Good thoughts to you madrabbitwoman. I've not ever been where you are, but for other difficult times it did help to remember "and this too shall pass". Hang in there.

In the meantime I pit myself for insisting that putting the microwave over the stove was a perfect spot and even though I have to stand on my tippy toes to take things in and out it would "not be a problem. I'll be careful". Famous last words. I now have a two by two inch whatever degree burn that blistered and oozes on the inside of my wrist. Worst of all, when the bowl of hot chilli up-ended on my arm it hurt so much that I grabbed a dishcloth to wipe it off and removed most of the skin. That hurt! Now it's just oozing and annoying. Doesn't hurt anymore fortunately.

And if I could remember not to get hot coffee at the drive-thru, that would be good too. Once again it leaped out of the cup and all over my lap and the car that I just spent five hours detailing.

[SpazCat]

The water's back on. So that's done now.

[living_in_hell]

I am ranting at myself. I have spent way too much time and energy over the years pointing out stuff that eventually reveals itself and/or gets pounced on by the masses anyway. Damn me.

[Morgyn]

Originally Posted by slumtrimpet

Good thoughts to you madrabbitwoman. I've not ever been where you are, but for other difficult times it did help to remember "and this too shall pass". Hang in there.

In the meantime I pit myself for insisting that putting the microwave over the stove was a perfect spot and even though I have to stand on my tippy toes to take things in and out it would "not be a problem. I'll be careful". Famous last words. I now have a two by two inch whatever degree burn that blistered and oozes on the inside of my wrist. Worst of all, when the bowl of hot chilli up-ended on my arm it hurt so much that I grabbed a dishcloth to wipe it off and removed most of the skin. That hurt! Now it's just oozing and annoying. Doesn't hurt anymore fortunately.

And if I could remember not to get hot coffee at the drive-thru, that would be good too. Once again it leaped out of the cup and all over my lap and the car that I just spent five hours detailing.

I'm no medical expert, but that sounds like a burn that needs medical attention, and soon. Get thee to an emergency room or an urgent care, and do it now!

[Soylent Juicy]

As much as I love CSI:Las Vegas and proudly boast that I've seen every single episode, I HATE the new character. Finn is pretentious and I CAN'T STAND Elizabeth Shue's smirky face. Watch her - she always has a smirk. ALWAYS. Fuck it's annoying.

[Chimera]

Originally Posted by Kimballkid

Here they won't even let you off the lot without proving you have insurance.

Oh I did have to show that I currently have insurance.

Originally Posted by SpazCat

The water got turned off today. The bill has been paid.
<snip>
Everything in the house to make for dinner requires water.

For a while there, my complex was turning off the water so frequently that I got in the habit of leaving a one quart water bottle filled on the kitchen counter, in addition to the Brita pitcher in the fridge. I cycled it by using it to water plants and then making sure it was filled again when I was done.

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by Lynn Bodoni

The kittens are improperly socialized, and by the time they are "boring" they have learned to avoid humans.

Oh! That would not be good - forget I suggested it.

Originally Posted by SpazCat

Not a divorce, just a break-up. This has been a long time coming. I just don't like feeling guilty when I'm the one in the right.

Try to view it as setting him free to find a woman who will be happy to put up with his shit.

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

On the other other hand, if it is broke, you won't know about it until it's probably too late for an easy, high rate of success method to fix it.

I guess so. It's just that I end up going to one sort of health provider or the other at least once a week - and sometimes three times when I'm having PT - so routine never gets done.

Kaylasdad, I am jealous!

{{{madrabbitwoman}}} It will get better, it just takes time.

[flatlined]

Originally Posted by curlcoat

Can you put her together with a group that raises kittens until they are ready to go to their permanent homes? Wouldn't that put a parade of kittens thru her house, but she could give them back when they get "boring"?

Originally Posted by Lynn Bodoni

The kittens are improperly socialized, and by the time they are "boring" they have learned to avoid humans.

Lynn was right, the reasons the kittens start running from humans is because the kids kick them and pull their tails and do other mean things. I have to trap them and then resocialize them so they know that all people aren't mean.

Originally Posted by kaylasdad99

VERY mini (in fact, it quite probably crosses the line into sneak-brag territory):

To all my Doper pals: It was fabulous, magical, and brilliant in every way! SQUEEEEE!!!

Hurray for you and your family!!!

Originally Posted by SpazCat

The water got turned off today. The bill has been paid. The guys said they'd turn it back on around 5 or shortly after.

I guess I'll gnaw on a dry granola bar and hopefully there will be water soon.

Originally Posted by Chimera

Oh I did have to show that I currently have insurance.

For a while there, my complex was turning off the water so frequently that I got in the habit of leaving a one quart water bottle filled on the kitchen counter, in addition to the Brita pitcher in the fridge. I cycled it by using it to water plants and then making sure it was filled again when I was done.

I'm flabbergasted that people don't have big bottles of drinking water handy. I'm down to 30 gallons and will need to stop at the water store soon. Is this a regoinal thing?

I'm not being snarky, just confused. (I'm also the sort of person who has food to last for a month, 60 lbs of catfood and 90 lbs of kitty litter handy.)

OK, maybe I should stop typing lest I scare people about the amounts of ammo and guns I have.

[MissTake]

Originally Posted by flatlined

OK, maybe I should stop typing lest I scare people about the amounts of ammo and guns I have.

Makes note to not piss off flatlined

[living_in_hell]

You're a whiny baby and you need to shush. I'm talking to you, JE.

When someone asks "when is the new girl showing up?" that person really doesn't need to hear a 10 minute lecture about calling a coworker "a girl." Seriously--bigger things to worry about. Really.

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by flatlined

Lynn was right, the reasons the kittens start running from humans is because the kids kick them and pull their tails and do other mean things. I have to trap them and then resocialize them so they know that all people aren't mean.

Jaw. Floor. Did I miss this earlier? She lets her kids kick kittens? What kind of mother lets her kids abuse baby animals?

I'm flabbergasted that people don't have big bottles of drinking water handy. I'm down to 30 gallons and will need to stop at the water store soon. Is this a regoinal thing?

Probably a regional thing - not everyone lives in the desert.

[sandra_nz]

Dear new colleague who deliberately mispronounces my name. Today is the day. I will be polite and give you a chance, and then I will be a bitch. You have been warned. Okay, you haven't, but I just liked the way that sounded.

[Nava]

Originally Posted by Cicero

By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach!

I'm reasonably sure the issue wasn't the sardines' native language...

[living_in_hell]

Pitting myself again...less forum more focus.

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by Nava

I'm reasonably sure the issue wasn't the sardines' native language...

I'm pretty sure they didn't say much to me on the way in or the way out. I normally love those things!