Jumpin' Jehosaphat! It's July! More mini-rants!

[Edward The Head]

Fucking stupid ass work requirements for passwords and login IDs is stupid. Working for the feds they must think someone wants to know how much time off I have. In order to view it I have to change my login ID, of which they so helpfully obscure, and a new password.

So today I go trying to log in and I guess I didn't type in my login correctly, which has to have two capital letters and two numbers in it. Then I have to remember to type in my correct password. If you don't get it right after two times it will not let you in and you have to request a new password. So I did, and it asks for all sorts of information, including your insurance number. WTF, so when I type all of that in I end up typing one number in wrong, so guess what, I'm locked out of the fucking system now. I have to call, get a new login, again, WTF with a new login, and a new password.

All so I can see my time off and pay stub. Dumb fucks make it way too hard, no one wants to see that. I have way too many passwords that I don't use enough, that all have different requirements on length and combinations, some change every fucking month. Really, if someone wants to do my time card, take those stupid fucking tests please do so.

[StarvingButStrong]

Originally Posted by laina_f

My uncle died this past week. A couple of hours after that, his wife (my wonderful aunt) fell and broke a hip and shoulder.
{snip}
Also, yesterday morning the hospital said that my aunt would be there for a few days. I ordered a gift basket to be sent to her room. Mid-afternoon the hospital decided to release her, and booted her out within a hour. So the gift basket arrived about 15 minutes too late.

Seriously? They're kicking a woman with a BROKEN HIP out of the hospital after a few days?? She surely can't be walking!


Oh, unless they sent her to some sort of rehab care place. I guess that would be okay.

[ioioio]

Originally Posted by StarvingButStrong

Seriously? They're kicking a woman with a BROKEN HIP out of the hospital after a few days?? She surely can't be walking!


Oh, unless they sent her to some sort of rehab care place. I guess that would be okay.

She fell in the nursing home and was taken to hospital #1 in same city. She was then sent to hospital #2, 50 miles away, the one that abruptly packed her up and sent her back to the nursing home. It's all about the insurance.

No, she can't walk. She barely knows where she is or what's going on. And remember that her husband died in front of her less than a week ago.

[anya marie]

I've got a monitor that's a piece of shit and a fuckton of laundry to put away and wash. I fucking hate folding laundry, and I have to empty the dishwasher and my goddamned knee hurts.

I don't even know if there is anything I can do to update an eight year old computer so that it and an LCD monitor play nice together.

[curlcoat]

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo? Seriously?

[purplehorseshoe]

... yeah, I'm gonna need a lil' background on that one, curly.

[Missy2U]

Motherfucking goddamned Olympics. I am ready to leave my husband, leave my dog, and leave the fucking STATE to get away from having to watch this shit! And he has the TV going through the stereo and he has a hearing problem so I'm getting fucking blasted with shit I could not give a holy hell about - I HATE THIS!!! Every two years - winter or summer - I HATE THIS!

[SnakesCatLady]

This morning the cats presented me with a large dead mole on the front steps. Since my cats never go outside I am NOT used to this. Ewwwwwww.

[SurrenderDorothy]

Dog! Get out of my face and shut the hell up! I am trying to watch all this crazy bullshit on my TV!

I thought that was the queen in that parachute. That would have been more interesting.

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by purplehorseshoe

... yeah, I'm gonna need a lil' background on that one, curly.

Sorry! Its a new show on, I think, TLC. Apparently one of the Toddlers in Tiaras is getting her own show and it's, uh, different.

[MissTake]

Originally Posted by curlcoat

Sorry! Its a new show on, I think, TLC. Apparently one of the Toddlers in Tiaras is getting her own show and it's, uh, different.

When one of the quotes is "We ain't rednecks, we got all our teeth"... yeah.

[blondebear]

To the dude who rode my bumper all the way down into Yosemite Valley yesterday: Hey jackass, there's a reason the speed limit is 35.

See those signs with "bear icons" along the road? That's where a car hit and killed a bear. I had one run out in front of me last year and I can't have missed him by more than a foot. Pretty damn scary even if you're doing 35. That's why you don't want to bomb down the road like you're in LA. I would've used use a turnout, but you were following so close I was afraid if I slowed down too fast you'd clip me going by. Besides, why are you in such a hurry on one of the most beautiful drives in the world? You'll be there in less than 15 minutes. Chill the fuck out, man.

[flatlined]

Originally Posted by SnakesCatLady

This morning the cats presented me with a large dead mole on the front steps. Since my cats never go outside I am NOT used to this. Ewwwwwww.

My ferals just love to leave tokens of their appreciation on my doorstep. I used to have a little, tiny female who would headless rodents for me. It first, I wondered why she was just eating the heads and then suddenly I realized that she was treating me like a kitten.

(Eat food in front of kitten to show that its food. Give kitten torn up food. Give kitten untorn up food. Start bringing live but damaged food home for kittens...and all the rest...)

She was bringing me food, but removing the head because she knew that I was so stupid that I'd manage to get bitten by a dead jackrabbit.

[SnakesCatLady]

flatlined, I think that was partly the deal. Ants had invaded both of the food bowls for the outside cats, so maybe it was a trade. The poor dead mole had the most beautiful fur....

The tenants renting the mother in law house on this property should thank whatever deity they worship I do not have my shotgun with me. I have caught their dogs - twice - chasing cats on this property. If your dogs chase cats I am responsible for, I will give them a small dose of birdshot to take home to you. Please don't make me do it.

Next time, I'm bringing Mr. Shotgun.

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by MissTake

When one of the quotes is "We ain't rednecks, we got all our teeth"... yeah.

The bellyflopping into the mud puddle was unique as well.

[flatlined]

Lost my connection again, missed the edit window. SCL at least the cats you are watching think that you are smarter than my ferals think I am. They are probably right.

I'm not going to rant about my server here. That is rant of its own. Competition has finally arrive and my server has chosen to raise the rates for those of us who use more than their share of bandwidth...ok, that's fair, so I opted for the high plan. Now they have cut back services, I crash constantly and can't get to the "here is what is happening with your area" recording, and I'm so going to sign up for the competition as soon as I can.

OK, so I did rant about it. Sorry.

Anyhow, I was going to do an anti-rant. Steve, the feral cat who lives in a cage is now living on his cage. When I go into that room, he always jumps into the cage and hisses at me. When I get home, Steve is on his cage, looking out of the window. My house cats might or might not be there, but Steve has nothing to do with them choosing that room to hang out in.

Tonight, when I got home, Steve was NOT on his cage, so I looked in the window and saw that he wasn't in the room. It didn't look like a struggle had happened, but I was still worried. Instead of stopping to greet my ferals, I ran to the door, unlocked it, threw it open to find Steve leaping off the couch and running to his cage.

It looks like I have a house feral, and I couldn't be happier

[SnakesCatLady]

I love ferals who know they were born to be housecats! One of my babies, Sugar Magnolia, was "supposedly" a feral kitten. Bullshit, she was a kitten abandoned at a feral colony - you very seldom see feral kittens. Whatever or however she got there, she let me pick her up and has been a sucker for the soft life for 10 years. Little beer-drinking fuzzbutt.

[galen ubal]

Originally Posted by JohnT

I'm on the phone with Dell's customer support as I type this. My problem, one that requires (so far), 46:14 and 6 people is the apparently vexation-inducing task of mailing me backup Windows disks for this computer I bought 4-5 years ago. This does not include the 7 minutes I was on the phone with Microsoft (who directed me to Dell).

Of the 46:14, I likely spent 10-15 minutes of it in complete silence, which is where I am now.

ETA: 51:06 now... this is beginning to PISS ME OFF!

JohnT, if you've got a working internets, you can download the ISO of just about all versions of Windows 7 - I'm assuming you have the activation code for your computer stuck on it somewhere.
All perfectly legal, by the way - it's just the ISO, no cracks or wares there. I've downloaded and used them myself.

ETA...well, darn, hadn't noticed I wasn't on the last page - you posted a good 15 hours ago! Still a useful link, though.

[SnakesCatLady]

I understand and (mostly) respect those who are opposed to abortion. However, don't show me a photoshopped picture of a full term baby in the palm of someone's hand and tell me that is what a 12-week fetus looks like. If you are not sure enough of your argument that you have to result to lies, then just stay out of the debate.

[Flutterby]

Originally Posted by SnakesCatLady

I understand and (mostly) respect those who are opposed to abortion. However, don't show me a photoshopped picture of a full term baby in the palm of someone's hand and tell me that is what a 12-week fetus looks like. If you are not sure enough of your argument that you have to result to lies, then just stay out of the debate.

Apparently it's not a photoshopped picture, the 'baby' is a doll of some kind that someone made.

No less rant worthy though, it's popped up on my feed also.

[Cinnamon Imp]

Originally Posted by Missy2U

Motherfucking goddamned Olympics. I am ready to leave my husband, leave my dog, and leave the fucking STATE to get away from having to watch this shit! And he has the TV going through the stereo and he has a hearing problem so I'm getting fucking blasted with shit I could not give a holy hell about - I HATE THIS!!! Every two years - winter or summer - I HATE THIS!

It could be worse. He could be British and watch the Commonwealth Games every other 4 years too.

(pity me - it's coming to my city in 2014)

[purplehorseshoe]

Mornings that start with *yawn* *stretching * "Oh Gawd what's that SMELL?!?!" are not the start of good days.

Answer : kitteh diarrhea ...



I'll be doing a lot of laundry and floor-mopping today. As if my day off didn't have a long enough to-do list. There goes MY nap.

[Ferret Herder]

I'm going to sound like the biggest bitch ever, but I don't care right now.

I get my hair dyed and cut every 6 weeks, on a Saturday. There is a grandfather who brings in his 3 grandkids on some Saturdays as well. I come in early because it's convenient and because I'm usually done before the kids come in.

One of the grandchildren has some kind of developmental disorder, to the point of being non-verbal, and will shriek loudly at times, which I know can't be helped. Plus the granddad never brings in stuff for these grade-school-age kids to amuse themselves with, so the other kids end up winding themselves up with boredom and eventually start spinning on the shop chairs, and his response is always to just let them get out of hand and then suddenly yell for them to knock it off. Plus his speaking voice is just loud as-is.

Not exactly a relaxing experience.

Today, he shows up super-early (without calling to notify, judging by the owner's reaction) because he has to work in the afternoon. I'm going to have to start booking even earlier, I think.

[olivesmarch4th]

I gotta admit, I expected something far more outrageous than ''out of control kids are annoying.'' If you want to be a bitch, you're going to have to work a lot harder than that.

[Ferret Herder]

Originally Posted by olivesmarch4th

I gotta admit, I expected something far more outrageous than ''out of control kids are annoying.'' If you want to be a bitch, you're going to have to work a lot harder than that.

I figured the mere mention of a shrieking developmentally-disabled kid might get me some shit. And I do deeply sympathize with the bored kids, but still, they needed to STFU already.

I mean, I get it's tough for this guy (maybe mid-50s) to deal with the challenges of being a grandpa/weekend helper for his daughter's kids, but for fuck's sake, bring something along for the two boys who go into "OMG bored!!1" mode every goddamned time I've seen them there between waiting for haircuts. Today they dropped a timer used for keeping track of hair dye, etc., sessions.

And call first to see if there's an opening? Another woman and I were both getting our hair done at the time, and the owner fit the kids in when he could, but I just wanted to get the hell out ASAP.

[Ludovic]

Someone knocked at my door with a pamphlet about how to "improve the health of my heart". I could sort of guess where this was going so I asked how. She said "you know, in the religious way." I asked what that had to do with the health of my heart. She said, getting right with God and improving my life or something like that. I said "oh, you mean a special diet or something". She gamely smiled and said no and so I just said I wasn't interested.

It's pretty ballsy to try to get your foot in the door offering what sounds like genuine health advice on first listen. I geniunely didn't know if she was an evangelist or a snake oil salesperson for a couple seconds.

[flatlined]

Originally Posted by SnakesCatLady

I love ferals who know they were born to be housecats! One of my babies, Sugar Magnolia, was "supposedly" a feral kitten. Bullshit, she was a kitten abandoned at a feral colony - you very seldom see feral kittens. Whatever or however she got there, she let me pick her up and has been a sucker for the soft life for 10 years. Little beer-drinking fuzzbutt.

Bill isn't very happy that Steve is loose in the house and will be moving with me. If Steve starts drinking Bill's beer, it will be a total deal breaker!

Steve has no interest in being my friend. He's just a smart cat who likes gooshy food twice a day, enjoys being somewhere that the temp only ranges from 70F to 80F and has a slave to clean his litterbox.

I tried to take the litterbox out of his cage because it would be much easier on me if he would use the big ones that the other cats use. He pooped and peed on the bottom of his cage. Steve is not a tame cat, he's a wild animal who just happens to look like my smooshy housecats. Its on me to remember to take baby steps with him.

(notice that I didn't get up on my soap box to lambast idiots who think that leaving kittens around a colony of feral cats would be a good idea. I have lots of rage for that, and could post a wall of text without repeating bad words. I'm glad you were able to save your Sugar. She's a lucky baby!)

Originally Posted by purplehorseshoe

Mornings that start with *yawn* *stretching * "Oh Gawd what's that SMELL?!?!" are not the start of good days.

Answer : kitteh diarrhea ...



I'll be doing a lot of laundry and floor-mopping today. As if my day off didn't have a long enough to-do list. There goes MY nap.

You have my sympathy. I hope it was just a one time thing, and that kitteh isn't sick.

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

I figured the mere mention of a shrieking developmentally-disabled kid might get me some shit. And I do deeply sympathize with the bored kids, but still, they needed to STFU already...<snipped>

Actually, what I got from your post is that you were annoyed at the caregiver for not controlling his charges. I agree with you that Dad or Grandpa should at least bring crayons and paper for the kids because they are his responsibility.

My rant: FUCK TIME ZONES!!! Yeah, I know they are needed, but it still ticks me off when Bill calls me at 7 my time to tell me goodnight. He's now 3 hours away, I'm not ready to cuddle up in bed and have sleepy talk with him. I hates having to look at the clock, think about where he is, wonder about DSL and mentally figure out what time it is for him and if I can call without waking him up or disturbing him at work.

Yes, Bill will answer my call anytime. That's not the point. I don't like to wake people up and I don't like to call for a chat when the callee is in the middle of a meeting.

I'm flipping mad about the time difference. When I'm Queen of the World, everyone, EVERYONE will be on MY time!!!

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by SnakesCatLady

I understand and (mostly) respect those who are opposed to abortion. However, don't show me a photoshopped picture of a full term baby in the palm of someone's hand and tell me that is what a 12-week fetus looks like. If you are not sure enough of your argument that you have to result to lies, then just stay out of the debate.

I got that too and was going to find a link to an actual 12 week fetus but it sounded like too much work. Unless it keeps showing up...

[Dr. Girlfriend]

False alarm. I woke up the morning after my "I'm late" post to not only my period starting but the beginning of the migraine from hell as well. You know it's going to be a bad day when you can feel the headache before you even open your eyes. I'm finally back to what passes for normal around here.

I swear I barely moved the last few days. How did this place get so messy and who wore all these clothes in the laundry basket?

[Lacunae Matata]

Whoever decided that English ivy would look all pretty a picturesque in the front flower bed and around the two lampposts in the front yard: Fuck. You. I hope you get fleas in your shag carpet. May you develop terminal ass acne. May your next six pack of beer be skunky. May your toddler find the Sharpies. I hope you suffer the Heartbreak of Psoriasis. May you be plagued with a farty dog. I hope your night owl neighbor buys a Harley and cranks it every morning at 2. And 3.

[Jeep's Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

I figured the mere mention of a shrieking developmentally-disabled kid might get me some shit. And I do deeply sympathize with the bored kids, but still, they needed to STFU already.

My mother was attacked by a mentally/developmentally disabled child last year, so I wasn't about to give you any shit. ("She just wants to say 'hi'!" chirped the caretaker. Yeah, is that going to be your excuse when the kid is 30 and still jumping people in department stores?)

[Chimera]

Dude, you're giving me flashbacks.

I was delivering well over $100,000 to a bank in a public building with a ground level open courtyard. I had to take the elevator up a level to one of three banks in the building. Fucking caretaker on the elevator with a kid in a wheelchair, keeping the kid in position to block anyone from getting on. Going up and down, up and down...

After better than 5 minutes of this - me standing in the open in a public place with a hand truck holding over $100k, several other people standing around me also waiting - I forced my way onto the elevator and snarled "I don't have time for this shit". Then when I got into the bank, I told the manager what had happened and he called building security to have them removed.

She called me "rude". I didn't say anything, but if looks could kill, she would have been a fine mist on the inside of the elevator.

Goddamned selfish fucking asshole caretakers in public spaces...

[Sunspace]

Originally Posted by Cinnamon Imp

It could be worse. He could be British and watch the Commonwealth Games every other 4 years too.

(pity me - it's coming to my city in 2014)

Or he could be Canadian, and get the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games, and the Panamerican Games*.

*coming to my city in 2015.

[digs]

Originally Posted by curlcoat

I got that too and was going to find a link to an actual 12 week fetus but it sounded like too much work. Unless it keeps showing up...

Hmm, I could probably get work Photoshopping fetuses (howz bout giving a "thumbs up"!). Bet that'd get used by the Facebook Fetus crowd.

[The Vorlon]

Originally Posted by flatlined

My rant: FUCK TIME ZONES!!! Yeah, I know they are needed, but it still ticks me off when Bill calls me at 7 my time to tell me goodnight. He's now 3 hours away, I'm not ready to cuddle up in bed and have sleepy talk with him. I hates having to look at the clock, think about where he is, wonder about DSL and mentally figure out what time it is for him and if I can call without waking him up or disturbing him at work.

Yes, Bill will answer my call anytime. That's not the point. I don't like to wake people up and I don't like to call for a chat when the callee is in the middle of a meeting.

I'm flipping mad about the time difference. When I'm Queen of the World, everyone, EVERYONE will be on MY time!!!

flatlined, Where the hell is Bill that he is 3 hours away? I know that Az. is it's own special snowflake of a timezone, but that sounds like he is off a coast somewhere...

[SurrenderDorothy]

Does it make me a jerk that I really just don't even like this dog? I can hardly wait til her gets adopted. I'm actually considering trying to switch him with someone else for a better dog.

Last night, he ate my whole loaf of bread and tomatoes. And then he had diarrhea on my couch and all over my floor. The bread was on a high shelf and the tomatoes were on top of my microwave on top of the counter. It's not like I left it on the floor or coffee table or anything.

And today, we didn't go to the adoption event because he was such an asshole yesterday. He barked his head off the entire time and pulled all over the place on his leash. Frays my nerves.

And he's already not allowed to roam the house when I'm not home (even for a minute) because he likes to rip up walls and door and window frames and such. And now, he's not allowed to sleep on the bed anymore on account of he can't seem to resist getting into something the second nobody's watching. And he's not even a puppy, by the way. He's like nine.

And he's also not allowed to go on fun outings with the rest of us for the same reason I kept him home from the adoption event. He pulls and barks and acts like an asshole and I can't handle three dogs when one is so badly-behaved. He gets walks on his own where I work on teaching him to heel, but he's an idiot and doesn't seem to get it.

Oh, and I was stupid and left the dog treats on the counter, pushed back. Most dogs can't get it there. But he ate all his little brother's milk bones and all of the training treats, too. So we're out of treats because Piggy McJerkface thought he'd help himself.

I guess I must have let myself get spoiled by having non-infuriating foster dogs for a minute. Terrible dogs need homes too... right?

And as a disclaimer... I've only had him like a week, so the fact that he's so, so not even close to remotely trained in any way is not my doing.

[Mr. Miskatonic]

Originally Posted by Chimera

Dude, you're giving me flashbacks.

I was delivering well over $100,000 to a bank in a public building with a ground level open courtyard. I had to take the elevator up a level to one of three banks in the building. Fucking caretaker on the elevator with a kid in a wheelchair, keeping the kid in position to block anyone from getting on. Going up and down, up and down...

After better than 5 minutes of this - me standing in the open in a public place with a hand truck holding over $100k, several other people standing around me also waiting - I forced my way onto the elevator and snarled "I don't have time for this shit". Then when I got into the bank, I told the manager what had happened and he called building security to have them removed.

She called me "rude". I didn't say anything, but if looks could kill, she would have been a fine mist on the inside of the elevator.

Goddamned selfish fucking asshole caretakers in public spaces...

What was she doing exactly? Using the elevator as a toy to entertain the kid?

[Chimera]

Originally Posted by Mr. Miskatonic

What was she doing exactly? Using the elevator as a toy to entertain the kid?

Yes. And using the kid to deliberately block the door and not let anyone else on. Standing next to me waiting was a guy with a load of food for skyway level restaurant. Neither of us were going to make it up the escalator.

[Mr. Miskatonic]

Originally Posted by Chimera

Yes. And using the kid to deliberately block the door and not let anyone else on. Standing next to me waiting was a guy with a load of food for skyway level restaurant. Neither of us were going to make it up the escalator.

Oh for...

I'm sorry, that's not just a complaint offense, that one is good for cattleprodding.

[Chimera]

We were not allowed to carry tasers...

[flatlined]

Originally Posted by The Vorlon

flatlined, Where the hell is Bill that he is 3 hours away? I know that Az. is it's own special snowflake of a timezone, but that sounds like he is off a coast somewhere...

He was in Nebraska. Now he's flying back to Texas. Only 2 hours there, right now. I really wish you folks would stop with the DSL. One of the reasons I love living in the "we don't need more fucking sun" state is that we never change our clocks. I'm going to be moving 4 cats who have never had their schedules upset in such a shameful manner in the past. I'm probably going to die in my sleep.

Originally Posted by SurrenderDorothy

Does it make me a jerk that I really just don't even like this dog? I can hardly wait til her gets adopted. I'm actually considering trying to switch him with someone else for a better dog...<snipped>

I guess I must have let myself get spoiled by having non-infuriating foster dogs for a minute. Terrible dogs need homes too... right?

And as a disclaimer... I've only had him like a week, so the fact that he's so, so not even close to remotely trained in any way is not my doing.

Piggy McJerkface...snerts...snerts again, then laughs out loud irl.

And, no, in my opinion, you are not a jerk because you don't get along with one foster dog. In my opinion, you are a wonderful person because you foster. The poor Terrible Dog probably had a horrible life before he managed to get into rescue. There is nothing wrong with trading TD out for one you are more comfortable with. It happens all the time in my area. Not only do we trade critters within our group, we trade critters to other groups.

Originally Posted by Chimera

We were not allowed to carry tasers...

Thinks you should have posted that with lots of

[curlcoat]

Originally Posted by SurrenderDorothy

Does it make me a jerk that I really just don't even like this dog?

No, not at all - I had dogs in that I was being paid to train that I didn't like, and it's a real struggle to stay all positive and helpful in training when you just don't like the pupil in question. Did I miss a post about this? Do you have a support system at all?

Terrible dogs need homes too... right?

Sometimes I wonder. There are so many decent dogs out there that just need a little bit of training and attention to make great pets, that I begin to feel that spending resources on nine!!! year old dogs with such horrible manners is getting to the criminally wasteful state. OTOH, it's not his fault he's such an asshole.

[Cinnamon Imp]

I would just like to say FUCK! Fuck fuck fuck fucking fuckity fuck. You'd think I'd have fucking learned by fucking now, wouldn't you? Apparently fucking not.

(Apologies for crypticness, and any lack of line breaks, posting from the worlds most retarded smartphone, because I *really* had to get that off my chest. Fuck.)

[Soylent Juicy]

Seriously, bitch? You have nothing better to do than watch the restaurant next door to your house and call the city bylaw department when somebody parks out front on the Unistone, where people have been parking for 20+ years, which does not in any way impact the sidewalk, you, or your property?

Seriously, people sitting outside who watched my husband and I pull up in my Jeep and go into the diner, when the bylaw officer asked if it was your vehicle, you couldn't say that the people were just inside, you just said "no" then watched me get a ticket? Nobody could be arsed to get up, open the door and say that the Jeep was being ticketed? Assholes.

Seriously, bylaw officer? It was blatantly obvious that the owner of the vehicle, which was parked where people have been parking for 20+ years, was inside the small, family-run diner and all you had to do was poke your head in the door and tell the owner of the Jeep to move it. But no, you slapped a $20 ticket on my windshield. I guess being human doesn't fill ticket quotas.

It's sad when this formerly small town where everybody used to watch out for each other has gone straight down the shitter.

[Chimera]

Originally Posted by Soylent Juicy

It's sad when this formerly small town where everybody used to watch out for each other has gone straight down the shitter.

Goddamned SOCIALISTS!!! looking out for each other and shit.

[purplehorseshoe]

Originally Posted by flatlined

...You have my sympathy. I hope it was just a one time thing, and that kitteh isn't sick...

Thank you, sincerely. I was worried, too - our last Maine Coon male died of megacolon** so I'm extra-nervous whenever this one gets even the slightest hint of plumbing problems. However, he (and the house!) are all cleaned up and he's back to his usual purring, meal-demanding self, so I guess it was a one-time thing.

Sure would like to know what caused it, though - he didn't get any treats or table scraps and he's not much of a bug-eater. Actually, he won't eat anything that isn't *presented* to him by a human slave. We can safely leave leftover chicken or other meat on the coffee table overnight and he won't touch it. Gawd, we're spoiled - gonna have to break that habit before we get a dog.



** I miss ol' Clint so much. He touched my heart in a way no other pet has before, not even my beloved childhood doggy Tina. I do not, however, miss the 3x daily pilling and 2x daily squirting-into-mouth of all the laxatives he was on. What a patient kitteh - he knew exactly why I was walking up to him each time, and he took his meds like a Good Boy.

[Lynn Bodoni]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

Wasps are the minions of Satan, I'm pretty sure. We have a big wasp-deterrent thingy in the back yard, and it seems to be working pretty good.

I do not believe in God or Satan. If I believed in Satan, though, I would believe that wasps are his minions. Wasps (and chiggers) are evidence that there is no kind and loving God who watches over his children.

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

I had a tooth like that - I got it pulled last January, and my life got better almost immediately. The empty socket barely hurt at all, even right after the extraction. The dentist wanted to try more stuff to save it, but after fillings, crown, and root canal, we're done. This is not a successful tooth.

The tooth started acting up on Tuesday evening. The dentist looked at the X ray, told me that while he COULD try to save it, he wouldn't advise it, and sent me to an oral surgeon. The oral surgeon looked at the X ray and said that I'd be much, much happier with it out. So I had it pulled on Friday. I must say, the oral surgeon was very good. After he was sure that I was numbed, he was able to pull it out in one good yank, despite the fact that the roots were diagonal. I felt a little pain, but not very much. I've been taking hydrocodone from Tuesday evening until this morning. And I look like I've been punched in the jaw, I have some pretty bad swelling and bruising, but I feel a lot better today. I think that the infection has subsided.

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

No. No, they don't. You've probably noticed - people are kind of stupid.

Yes, yes they are. Stupidity should hurt.

Originally Posted by Edward The Head

Fucking stupid ass work requirements for passwords and login IDs is stupid. Working for the feds they must think someone wants to know how much time off I have. In order to view it I have to change my login ID, of which they so helpfully obscure, and a new password.

So today I go trying to log in and I guess I didn't type in my login correctly, which has to have two capital letters and two numbers in it. Then I have to remember to type in my correct password. If you don't get it right after two times it will not let you in and you have to request a new password. So I did, and it asks for all sorts of information, including your insurance number. WTF, so when I type all of that in I end up typing one number in wrong, so guess what, I'm locked out of the fucking system now. I have to call, get a new login, again, WTF with a new login, and a new password.

All so I can see my time off and pay stub. Dumb fucks make it way too hard, no one wants to see that. I have way too many passwords that I don't use enough, that all have different requirements on length and combinations, some change every fucking month. Really, if someone wants to do my time card, take those stupid fucking tests please do so.

I've found that it's sometimes helpful to open a notepad field, type in the frigging password, and check it to make sure that the stupid caps lock isn't on or something. Copy and paste if you must. I'm also tired of having to think up a new password that is sufficiently strong for a given site.

[Anne Neville]

Goddammit, Marshalls! WHY do all baby clothes have to come with approximately 6.02 * 10²³ tags on them? And be connected to the hangers in about twenty different ways with those fucking plastic ties?

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Soylent Juicy

Seriously, bitch? You have nothing better to do than watch the restaurant next door to your house and call the city bylaw department when somebody parks out front on the Unistone, where people have been parking for 20+ years, which does not in any way impact the sidewalk, you, or your property?

Seriously, people sitting outside who watched my husband and I pull up in my Jeep and go into the diner, when the bylaw officer asked if it was your vehicle, you couldn't say that the people were just inside, you just said "no" then watched me get a ticket? Nobody could be arsed to get up, open the door and say that the Jeep was being ticketed? Assholes.

Seriously, bylaw officer? It was blatantly obvious that the owner of the vehicle, which was parked where people have been parking for 20+ years, was inside the small, family-run diner and all you had to do was poke your head in the door and tell the owner of the Jeep to move it. But no, you slapped a $20 ticket on my windshield. I guess being human doesn't fill ticket quotas.

It's sad when this formerly small town where everybody used to watch out for each other has gone straight down the shitter.

So, you did something wrong, got caught and ticketed for doing it, and it's everyone else's fault? Just want to make sure I'm reading that right.

[SurrenderDorothy]

Originally Posted by curlcoat

No, not at all - I had dogs in that I was being paid to train that I didn't like, and it's a real struggle to stay all positive and helpful in training when you just don't like the pupil in question. Did I miss a post about this? Do you have a support system at all?



Sometimes I wonder. There are so many decent dogs out there that just need a little bit of training and attention to make great pets, that I begin to feel that spending resources on nine!!! year old dogs with such horrible manners is getting to the criminally wasteful state. OTOH, it's not his fault he's such an asshole.

A support system as in for the dog? Yes, I'm with a rescue. It's the reason I don't usually mention the names of the dogs or share a ton of pictures- they're listed on Petfinder and it would be trivially easy to physically find me by looking up the names of certain dogs (not like Luna or Annie, but some have more unusual names). So I could, if I had to, switch him with someone else and take a different dog instead.

And he hasn't had a great life. It really isn't his fault. He was a stray from animal control, so all we know is what we can tell from the dog himself. But his ears are grotesquely gnarled from years of scratching at untreated infection (the infection is better now). He's also a big old lab who is still working on being fully housebroken, which is pretty unusual for a large dog who has lived in a house. He wasn't fixed and was wormy and had fleas. So at least physically, he didn't have a whole life of someone who loved him enough to take him to the vet. He may have been a yard dog who just doesn't know how to behave in a house.

I do agree that it's a bit of a waste to take in dogs who are so difficult. I have one I've had over a year and it was very clear a year ago that she wasn't going to be adoptable without a lot of work and time. We virtually never put a dog down and they told me when they handed her over that it was her last chance. My sentimental, soft-hearted side was like, "No, I'll fix her!" ... and I did. But it took a year and, given that I've had around thirty other dogs in the house since I've had her and I keep three at a time, I might have been able to save fifteen others if not for this one taking up a spot. And she's still not adopted. It would be great if there were enough resources in the world to give every dog the chance they deserve, but there aren't. And I hate that it has to be a choice and that it's life-or-death. But it is and, at a certain point, being sentimental is detrimental to the whole cause.

On the other hand, though, this goofball will eventually be someone's best buddy and, to that person, it won't have been a waste. And somebody will eventually love my little one the way I do and it will make a difference in their life that she was given the chance to be theirs.

And now that I've calmed down a bit... it's not his fault. I'm the human and should keep my things where he can't reach them. And I'll keep working on training him. And he'll find a home where they have a proper pantry and not just non-latching cupboards and shelves. It's just SO frustrating when he does something that makes me really angry and he has no idea why, so it does no good to yell at him or punish him.

I guess he'll have to wait for the next paycheck for new training treats, but when that comes in, we'll start walking with the gentle leader and he may get the idea. He's dumb for a lab, but he's still a lab, so there must be a brain in there somewhere.