Is June bugging you yet? (June mini-rants)

My nextdoor neighbor is replacing his deck. He and I don’t get along, but who cares.
His contractor was cutting boards in his driveway all yesterday.

Today, to beat the heat, I got up early to cut the lawn and the most unusual thing happened when I got to that side of the yard.

< WHOOSH!!! > I was suddenly in white-out conditions while in 80 degree heat!
“What the hell is this? A sand storm…?”

It was then that I realized that it was sawdust and that the contractor had blown it all from the driveway onto my lawn!

I waited until after 9 when the contractor showed up and started to set up before going outside to speak to him.
“Look, if you’re being paid to clean up after, then use a shop-vac to clean up. Don’t blow your sawdust onto my lawn. And if you’re not being paid to clean up, then blow it on his lawn, not mine.”

#AssholeNeighbors

Is it Fake News or did someone named Jayapal laugh about an immigrant who raped a 13 yr old girl?
Both sides like to yell Fake News.

Not in my experience. One side likes to yell Fake News and then ignore any evidence to the contrary. The other side likes to shout ‘That is false- and here is evidence proving it to be false’

She complained about how it was being reported by Fox News and other such outlets (“IMMIGRANT Rapes Girl”), so all the Fox outlets are claiming she laughed about the immigrant committing the rape. (Anytime a girl is raped and it’s not by an immigrant, do they include that information? If not, why not? They’re fearmongering, which is what she was saying.)

Thats why I asked the Dope. Thanks. I should not believe anything on X. Except maybe the weatherpeople.

It’s kind of like asking if maybe this time the story about Bat Boy in Weekly World News might be true. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Thing is, the possibility of Biden winning has them scared now. They’re going to coming up with more and more lies leading up to the election.

Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter today included:

My birthday is in the third week of May, and my SS gets deposited on the 3rd of the month.

I don’t know if this is a sign of aging or not but I swear to fucking God the “ambient” music today at my son’s swim place was… Bananaphone.

For those unfamiliar, this was wildly popular about twenty years ago.

I might be the only person in the world who doesn’t hate Bananaphone. I would make it my ringtone, but then everyone would hate me. It’s better than Baby Shark!

I do kinda like it, myself.

It was just unexpected.

I tried to log in to facebook. It said my account was suspended and had me film my face front and sides. Then it said updating. After an hour it was still buffering so I guess I am out of facebook.

I’m approaching that age. I think that I read that you can retire for partial SS at 62.
I can’t be sure that America will last until I’m old enough for full benefits.

So I’m listening to MSNBC on Sirius XM, and here comes the voice of… Sean Hannity!
WTF?!
Oh, it’s a commercial. He’s doing voice-over for a Kars For Kids commercial.
Well, Fuck You, Kars For Kids. I’ll sink my car in a pond before I’ll donate it to you.

Official Support Response:

We’re sorry, but some people just don’t have the face for FaceBook. But our sister site, ButtBook, should be available. Just take some pics of…

Seems like a strange system. I can understand birthdays being a factor in order to even the load, but that’s not the case here. My Canada Pension and social security payments by direct deposit are regular as clockwork; I believe the rule for each monthly payment is two business days before the end of the previous month.

Unfortunately different government departments don’t share information so my income tax refunds and other benefits arrive as cheques in the mail. There is apparently some way in the online tax account to request direct deposit which I’ve been meaning to look into.

WTF is “Kars for Kids”? If you’re a Kid, why would you need a Kar? But I do think there should be a charity called “Guy’d 4 Kidz on how 2 Spel Gud”.

I believe you are Canadian? Kars For Kids is an american charity of some sort that accepts your old car, and profits somehow, for the supposed benefit of kids. They are known for their silly radio jingle, but now for having Hannity as a spokesperson.

wolfpup, now to get the full effect, replay that commercial about eight times an hour on a long road trip. You’ll soon understand the hatred for it.