Aw, Gus 'tis full of rants

[Kimballkid]

@Sicks_Ate

Ooh, been there. Turned a burner on to heat some water, stepped out for a smoke…came back in, and the plastic spoon rest was flaming and dripping down into the stovetop and the place was filled with nasty, black smoke. Lessons to me 1) don’t leave plastic stuff on the cooktop and 2) turn on the right burner.

Not real good for stoneware plates either, but they don’t melt, they explode. Another case of turning on the wrong burner.

[Seanette]

I am SO sick of dealing with car repairs! Hopefully, today pretty much finishes that set of problems.

[zoid]

@the_Lady

I melted my colander last night. One of these days I will learn not to set things on the stove…
Or maybe not have so much crap on the counter that the only place to set something IS the stove…
Or to take just a little bit more time while cooking supper…

That’s why I have two colanders.

[Anaamika]

Well, I have a set of * three wire * colanders, plus a solid * metal* colander, AND a plastic sieve!

(Does anyone remember the old thread where the girl was rattling off how her family was well-off, and one of the reasons she listed was her family had two colanders? I have never forgotten that thread, and have not been able to find a link.)

[Sicks_Ate]

If you ain’t got a collapsible colander , you ain’t shit.

[LavenderBlue]

@Dr.Girlfriend

((Ferret Herder))

Thanks for the offer, flatlined, but I think I figured out what I’m gonna write about. It came to me when I was blowing off steam at work today, but that rant goes in the other thread. Not sure what the connection was between the two, but I’ll take it.

I’m going to write about why kids should be vaccinated and what not vaccinating is doing to the herd immunity. LavenderBlue will be proud of me!

Lots of help with any cites here:

Anti-vaccine Myths Exposed

My sincerest condolences Ferret Herder.

[Missy2U]

Ferret Herder, my deepest condolences to you and your husband - you’re in my thoughts.

[Chimera]

[QUOTE=flatlined;16566786Chimera, how’s it going with your new feline overlord?[/QUOTE]

So far so good, but she needs additional training before I let her in my room at night. Tried it briefly last night. Laying face down on the bed with my foot hanging off. Next thing I knew I had kitty hanging from my foot with her claw buried in the tender meat of my toes. Nope, out of the room now.

@Kimballkid

Good god, don’t do this. Spray it in your hands and rub it on your face. Don’t spray directly on your face.

I close my eyes, hold my hand straight up blocking the center of my face, and then spray around it. That way no spray hits my eyes, lips or underneath my nose.

[purplehorseshoe]

@keturah

Are you developmentally delayed? As in, are you clinically diagnosed as retarded? Because good Christ, you are tiresome!

dafuq? + :mad:

EmilyG, there’s a spray-on product to make regular clothing bug-repellent. It even is supposed to last through several launderings. They sell it at Whole Earth & probably a bunch of other places. Will post back with details …

[purplehorseshoe]

Bah! I can’t find a link to the spray, but I’m pretty sure it’s made by ExOfficio, who also makes bug-repellent clothing that’s pre-treated with Permethrin:

Hat
Shirts etc.
Women’s Pants

[Kimballkid]

I don’t know if they still even make it, but when I was a kid we used Avon Skin So Soft. No nasty chemicals and it helps your skin!!

[EmilyG]

Thanks.
I don’t know if bug repellent would repel these flies, though, or if it just repels mosquitoes and blackflies and things that can actually bite you. I also don’t know if I’m annoyed enough to really try solving that problem.

[purplehorseshoe]

Sounds like you’ve got an “ID this flying bug?” thread in the making …

[Munch]

@Spice_Weasel

Dear program coordinators and all other non-profit staff not in development:

Do you REALIZE how important program evaluations are to keeping an organization running? It’s not like foundations just hand out money no strings attached. We have to prove that the programs were effective. We do that with reports. The reports contain DATA. I can’t report properly missing an entire semester of data and a ridiculous number of incomplete post-tests. AND the data is delivered to me in raw form in multiple formats? AND the completed survey forms that were supposed to be waiting for me on my desk today are nowhere to be found, because you apparently didn’t get them finished and rather than calling and explaining that on Friday, you’re just leaving me a nice surprise for Monday morning.

Are you fucking kidding me??!!

Walton grant proposal, I’m guessing? Program staff is, when it comes to reporting, completely clueless. And that’s generous.

[Guinastasia]

Jesus, Ferret Herder, I’m so sorry.

[Cat_Whisperer]

@the_Lady

I melted my colander last night. One of these days I will learn not to set things on the stove…
Or maybe not have so much crap on the counter that the only place to set something IS the stove…
Or to take just a little bit more time while cooking supper…

Well, we’ll have to put you on probation here until you get a replacement colander. Can’t let just any riffraff hang around, you know.

[DummyGladHands]

Dear Everyone,

Please stop asking me for something.

Sincerely

P.S. This means you too, cats

[deltasigma]

@DummyGladHands

Dear Everyone,

Please stop asking me for something.

Sincerely

P.S. This means you too, cats

From: The Cats

Do we look like we’re asking?

[the_Lady]

@Cat_Whisperer

Well, we’ll have to put you on probation here until you get a replacement colander. Can’t let just any riffraff hang around, you know.

Replacement colander has already been purchased

[Anaamika]

@Anaamika

Well, I have a set of * three wire * colanders, plus a solid * metal* colander, AND a plastic sieve!

(Does anyone remember the old thread where the girl was rattling off how her family was well-off, and one of the reasons she listed was her family had two colanders? I have never forgotten that thread, and have not been able to find a link.)

Ok, I just tried to search for this old thread. And I put in “colander”…454 results. What?! Oh yeah. Fuckin Colander!

I’ll try again and search for colanders, as in multiple.