Ohhhhhh KVB, why do you have to have such dodgy customer service that I won’t order from you? Or given that you have such dodgy service and tiny sickly plantlings you send out, WHY do you have to be the sole domestic carrier of so many exciting new varieties of things I want?
Am I seriously supposed to wait another year for reputable sellers to carry echinacea “Irresistible” and coreopsis “Tahitian Sunset”? Cuz goddamn. Those daylilies are getting pitched this year, and those would totally fill the gap.
This is pretty damned mini, but it’s been a thorn in my side for over 40 years now. There’s an ‘e’ in my name - I can understand people who have only heard it not knowing that, but when you’re responding to an email from me, and there it is, my name spelled correctly one inch away from you spelling it incorrectly, now you’re getting on my nerves. I don’t want to be the person who is so petty that they correct people on such a silly little thing, but for the love of God, people, open your eyes! Look at how people spell their names! Yes, Tracy without an ‘e’ is a common spelling, but Tracy without an ‘e’ is not my name! I have government documents to prove it!
My bp was sky high this morning at the OB’s. I’m 34 weeks pregnant. Just please let me get through the next three or four weeks without an episode of severe throwing up or a hint of pre-eclampsia. Please let me avoid the ER and the neo-natal unit. Please let this baby be full term and healthy.
I have my fingers crossed for you. Are you spilling protein in your urine? Any retained fluid?
Check the circumference of your upper arm. Most standard blood pressure cuffs only go to 34 cm, and some nurses are very cavalier about not bothering to grab the large cuff when needed. (The size range is not standardized - if your arm is bigger than about 13 inches, it’s a good idea to know its circumference in both inches and centimeters so you can check the cuff used on you. It should have a range printed right on it.) Using a too-small cuff can give you an artificially high reading.
The moment I finished sweeping the walkway up to my door, the gentlest of gentle breezes floated by and sent a shower of dried micro-leaves down around me from the tree that isn’t ON my property but hangs OVER it. Growl.
Very cool & descriptive and very different from my perspective. I’m sorry I got it so wrong.
If turnabout is fair play, I’d have imagined your neighborhood was a lot like mine: 20-30 4-br colonials of slightly different design and color, all lined up on each side of any given street, with 1-2 elms or maples between the sidewalks and the curb in front of each house. Each would have a 35 foot driveway (either asphalt or two cement strips with lawn between them) and a garage, with fences existing only in the backyards and once a week garbage cans would be in the street by the driveway aprons.
Two of the houses on every block on average seem to have portable basketball hoops at the end of the driveways. The streets all have curbs, which no one but kids between basketball games sit on. And while it looks completely and totally deserted during the day, you can’t drive down the street without 10 people watching you from behind venetian blinds, window shades and curtains. Some of it is just plain old nosey-ness…and some of it is the shame of unemployment (there’s a lot fewer cars pulling out of driveways in the morning). Once in a while someone will say a car was ‘stolen’, but car thieves don’t flat-bed cars at 2AM.
You know if I was a bright person, I’d probably start a thread about ‘Hey, What Do the Front Yards in Your Neighborhood Look Like?’ but somehow I doubt it would catch on.
PS- I’m glad you don’t get freaked out; no reason to let them in your head w/o rent. Its not like they got past your front door or anything.
People keep spelling my name Lynne ever since I started going by Lynn. From now on, I’m forwarding all those es to YOU. Also, I am going to forward all excessive heat to you.
What fucking good is technology sometimes? When do i get a self-cleaning bathroom?
Fuck losing stuff. I’m still missing a candle, a necklace and spool of thread!!
How mini are these rants supposed to be? Because this article really pisses me off - if the revolution comes this could be our “let them eat cake” moment…
My hands seem to change size throughout the day: sometimes I’ll put a ring on and not notice it’s still there until I place my hand between my head and my pillow as I lay me down to sleep; other times they start falling off or get too tight.
Sadly the changes are not important enough to qualify for the X-Men.
Big layoff if it fell under WARN? And I assume “conflicted out” means that you’re seen as having a conflict of interests that would prevent you from taking the position, or maybe some old noncompete you’re still under?
Good luck. If competence and intelligence were any metrics for how fast you’ll find a new job, you’d be there already–unfortunately, I’ll just take this opportunity to hope that your network can turn something up.
The difference is that **Cat Whisperer **is funny and well-adjusted and made the comment tongue-in-cheek, while you’re a self-entitled bitch who thinks she’s the exception to every rule who would have said it with an absolutely straight face.
Or, you know, because everyone here hates you for no reason at all. You poor little martyr, you.
With any luck, it will prove to be a self-correcting problem.
Think you could make a case for temporary insanity if you killed all of your nasty coworkers?
“Oh, I’m so sorry, Asshole Family! I checked repeatedly to see if you were coming but you never replied. Unfortunately there won’t be room for you at our table. If you check with the host, they may be able to find you somewhere to sit soon.”
I firmly approve of this rant. My first name is the most-common spelling of a common name for my cohort–so people usually get that right–but my last name is a rare variation on a much more common version. It makes a nice “telemarketer check,” though.
My aunt Joan once received a letter address to Juan.
Maybe you and Sattua can organize a week-swap? She seems to be hanging onto a few extras I’m sure she’d be happy to send your way. :\
Get a cleaning person. You’d be surprised how inexpensive it can be. I’d recommend checking your local BBB for reputable local companies. That’s how I found the woman who cleans my place–she owns her own company and does a great job for only $25/hour. (She comes every other week for ~2 hours at a time.)
Firm voted to dissolve itself. 100% layoffs. And I worked a month on a case about 6 months ago that is still active, and that case conflicts me out of a possible move. Such is life.
Fortunately, lawyers aren’t allowed to sign non-competes, so I don’t have that facing me.
That’s one of the nicest things someone has said to me - I appreciate it.
Mine swell half a ring size when I’m hot. I have a lovely ring that I purchased on vacation last summer; it was a perfect fit when I was out every day walking around, but I have to keep a bit of tape or yarn on in now to keep it secure enough for daily wear.
And I assume “conflicted out” means that you’re seen as having a conflict of interests that would prevent you from taking the position, or maybe some old noncompete you’re still under?