I have an extremely minor rant that is just really deeply annoying today.
Yesterday, I was putting my child into the car to take her to daycare. As I leaned over to buckle her seat belt, I rammed my head right into the door frame of the car. I was confident I would miss it, obviously, so I did not hold back at all. And now I have a bruise on my forehead because I am stupid. And, like any time you bruise something, I keep finding that bruise regularly as I go about my day, apparently touching my forehead every five minutes. Gah, I’m such a doof.
I checked this seller’s feedback; turns out that the last time one of these sold, transit took ~10 weeks longer than estimated. So I should expect mine in early April.
That buyer also noted the seller’s lack of communication.
Until somebody invents time travel and goes back in time to arrange for the aspect ratio on screens (silver and television) to default to a vertical orientation, landscape will always be the correct way to hold a portable screen.
Sorry, Zuckerberg, you’re going to have to fix Facebook and make it display in the correct orientation on my phone.
(Or you could get a move on with that time travel thing.)
Dag_Otto, portrait mode is for things you’re going to hang on the wall.
The argument about portrait/landscape reminds me of complaints about computer monitors - that the monitor always cut off part of a page from a standard size paper. (Like filling out a federal tax form…) Finally there were computer monitors made with a standard page aspect ratio. As I recall, they had a pivot and could be turned either way. Now I’ll have to see about getting a TV mount with a pivot.
No big rant, but since it is a new year with a new calendar: Why are prescriptions dispensed with a maximum of 90 pills? Hasn’t the pharmaceutical industry figured out how to count pills so they align with quarterly doctor visits?
So I emailed my council member about the dog and got a call from the shelter. The lady basically said that if she destroyed every dog that attacked another dog, she’d have to destroy most of the ones in the shelter. I said, yes, but this one killed two pets, not just attacked. She said she didn’t really believe the story about the cat. And gave me the impression she thinks my dog got killed because I missed the signs and didn’t carry pepper spray.
I hope it all works out. But if it doesn’t, I hope she finds out, I hope the animal comes back to the same shelter and she sees it.
Thanks for trying to help. I hope things work out. I’m sorry so many people involved in this seem to think you don’t know what you saw with your own eyes. Maddening. You did your best to get their attention.
My husband is eligible to get the Covid vax. So far it’s been a game of whack-a-mole to actually get an appointment for one. County says “Don’t call us, we’ll call you.” No appointments available through our health care provider. Neighbors told us there’s a clinic about 35 minutes north of us that has available appointments, but as of now they say “call again next week since we’re out of vax”. So - no luck yet.
What the ever-living fuck? You shouldn’t have to carry pepper spray to protect your dog! It was the owner’s responsibility to keep the dog under control! Who thinks that way?
Well, sure, and hopefully the owner will pay my bills (trying to get that done)
What’s relevant here is what happens to the dog. The city shelter adopted her out to a new family. I think they should have destroyed her. They are the ones making the argument that killing pets isn’t a deal breaker on placing an abandoned dog.
Oh, I agree. That’s why I asked, because she tried to make it your fault instead of the owner’s (and dog’s) fault. And implied you were lying. And I can’t believe they’re that … stupid.
Someone didn’t want to do the unfun part of their job, I guess. Personally, I’d alert the local newspaper.
