Well, crap. It’s looking very much like the eczema issues I’ve been having are the result of an allergy to something in the house. I suspect my housemate’s cats. I’ve had an idea that that’s the case for a while, but after a)it started healing up when I was staying with my parents for a few days, b) starting to flare up within a day of coming back and c) going right down for a few hours after taking some allergy meds I had left over from a brief hayfever episode, I’m pretty well sure, though I’m not signed up for testing for a bit, so I likely won’t find out for sure if it is the cats not something else until April.
This is a bad thing because the only stronger allergy stuff I’ve been able to get makes me drowsy, so I can’t take it when I’m driving anywhere (and I need to drive for work), and I like this place. I only just moved in a few months ago, and I can’t afford to move out with my current dodgy part-time random hours job, even if I did want to- and I like the kitties, dammit.
I feel for you - I have a liking for IH Scouts, and would really love another one. I can either buy a really trashed out project car for a few grand, or I can pop 10-20K for an already renovated one [more or less, the ones that are in reasonable driving condition all seem to be across the country in Arizona or Oregon or somewhere a weeks drive away] There is absolutely no way I could ever get a bank loan to get a good one.
Filbert, the usual cat allergies are to the cat dander; you can find some info about that here. One of my doctors suggested wiping the cat down daily with one of those “wash your cat” cloths they sell in pet stores (one brand here). This kept the dander under control and made it possible for me to co-exist with cats. Over time I seem to have outgrown the skin allergies caused by the cats, and the wheezing has stopped because I quit smoking (duh), so I don’t have to use the wipes any more, but they were a big help at one time. Hope it helps; houses need kitties.
I’m looking at house for sale ads online in preparation to making a change in a few months, and I found a house that I want badly- it has a 1400 square foot atrium attached to it. I didn’t know I wanted a 1400 square foot atrium until I saw one - I don’t even know what I’d do with an atrium, but I still want it.
(If you click on the first picture there, it will bring up a pop-up with larger pictures to view.)
So howzbout you crowdsource your down payment? Everyone you know (online and off) pitches in, and in return they’re all invited to a wild housewarming party… in an atrium!
Thanks, I’ll look into the wipes- one of the cats freaks out majorly when given a bath (it doesn’t help that she looks hilarious when wet, being long haired, so tends to get sniggered at), so I don’t know how she’d take it. It could be worth a shot though!
Take a towel, wet it down, wring out most of the water. Throw it over the cat, grab it and use the towel to wiped down all parts of the cat. The wet towel helps to contain the cat so you don’t get clawed or bitten. Then throw the towel in the laundry.
We had an IH pickup at one time (can’t remember what they called them). That was one tough sombrero.
Now I want an atrium.
Just as an FYI, this is the car I want. Mine was blue-green and a four-door. Mine also had a 283 and a powerglide automatic. It came factory with a 327, but they took that out and put it in a Camaro.
Verizon wireless is the worst fucking company to deal with. My father passed away in October. I am the executor of the estate. His business has 5 cell lines associated with it from Verizon. I’m now the sole proprietor of the business. You think it would be straight forward for me to be able to take control of the wireless account. Going on three months now and I can’t even view the account per their stupidity. I’ve been on the phone with them and in their stores for hours trying to resolve this. They’ll take my money though, so at least they haven’t canceled them.
Seriously, death certificate, power of attorney paperwork, every conceivable form of documentation they could ask for and I’m treated like some bum off the street trying to hijack the account. They’d rather keep contracts with a dead man.
Please! For the Love all that is Holy, please shut that fucking dog up!!
It has been barking non-stop for last 4 hours. It is close enough to hear but far enough away that I don’t know where the house is. I cannot speak with owner, and I cannot even call the cops! (like they would do anything anyways) Seriously, do people not consider how their barking dogs will affect neighbors?
boytyperanma, has the fiscal responsibility been transferred to you or is it still in your dad’s name? If it is still under your dad’s name, call them back and tell them that as the legal representative, you are going to have the numbers ported to another carrier, and they can deal with probate for any cancellation fees. That should get you escalated to retention, who should be able to fix your issues.
IANAL, just someone who has settled her parent’s estates and worked (briefly) for a different wireless company.
Fiscal responsibility is still in my fathers name… I was perfectly willing to take on the fiscal responsibility and take on the remainder of the existing contracts at no cost to them just so I could continue on with business as normal. What should have been a no brainer decision for them is going to turn into a monetary loss. They are going to lose 400 dollars a month in contracts and be left trying to collect on an insolvent estate.
I’d expect since customers do die on occasion they’d have a procedure on transferring liability. I seem to be mistaken since in 3 months none of these incompetent fuckers can manage to find or follow it.
I love the idea of planting it all up and making it into a greenhouse/aviary/sunroom kind of thing.
Yeah, baby!
Nice ride.
Hey, that’s not a bug, that’s a feature!
I do something similar with my cat - I just use a washcloth. My cat is 14 years old now and doesn’t do as good a job at washing herself as she used to, so every week or so I give her a wipe-down with a damp washcloth. She doesn’t like it, but it’s over in seconds and she torks off.
Utility companies really are the worst. I still run into this occasionally - in spite of being the one who looks after all the finances in our house, I still can’t make changes to our utility accounts because I don’t have the penis in our house. :rolleyes:
I wish you all the best dealing with their idiotic bureaucracy, boytyper.
Well Ill be! The WARM towel part really helped! He didnt seem to mind it and he is actually a lot cleaner and fluffier now.