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That’s pretty much what I told my therapist, that it felt the next day like something in my elbow that was dead, had come alive. Weirdest thing ever. I never did have any pain with the needling tho’.
Me, in a period when I’m smoking weed: “Damn, it smells like weed out here in the hall. I hope my neighbors aren’t complaining about me.”
Also me, in a period when I haven’t smoked in more than a month: “Damn, my neighbors smoke a lot of weed. It smells like it in the hall every day.”
I do not give a rat’s ass about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. I could not give two shits about anyone in the Royal Family. Or any Royal family.
We (the human race) should do away with the concept of Royalty altogether, as it counterproductive to our evolution as a species, but that is a rant for another day. Today, we are on the daily news stories about the English Royals and how I am tired of seeing them. 3 or 4 per day, about rich and privileged people who are rich and privileged by ‘right’ of birth. Parasites, all.
To be clear, I do not wish any of them ill. I hope they all lead healthy, happy lives. But they should all get regular jobs and reporters should STOP TRYING TO TELL ME ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THEIR EXISTENCE!!!
Please do not tell me I did something wrong when I did it perfectly correctly.
Telling lies about me makes me want to scratch your eyeballs out.
IME, using Shift-Enter fairly reliably goes to a new line rather than sending messages. I haven’t been on OKC for years though so YMMV.
My mini-rant.
Well fuck, there goes my perfect record of not having a credit card compromised.
$5000 since Apr 28 with 4000 going to an online casino. And apparently they really like Jack-in-the-Box because there are 3 transactions at different stores over $100 each. It’s fairly obvious that it happened while I was in Los Angeles but I haven’t used that card anywhere in over a year and my wallet was never out of my possession while I was in LA that I can recall. It’s my backup card when I’m traveling so having it cancelled/replaced won’t be an issue and the bank is going to credit all the charges so my only harm is being pissed off. It’s just the principle of the matter.
It’s just going to keep bugging me how they got the card info. It’s not RFID enabled and my wallet is RF shielded anyways. The only time my wallet was not on my person was when I was in my hotel room. Alone.
Grumble.
It’s not worth the aggravation of worrying, and it’s probably nothing you did and not the fault of anyone you used it with. I had a brand-new card compromised before I had even used it once. Thieves is thieves.
Almost got this taken care of. Got roofing estimates today - 3 companies, 2 of which gave lowball rates for roof, didn’t look at the adjusters statement, and didn’t ask me about the mortgage/insurance relationship. The 3rd person reviewed the paperwork, explained how there was an extra $1,600 to be claimed in recoverable depreciation, saying that this total would allow his team to do a roof and a new fence, while still fulfilling the mortgage company’s requirements for full repair and replacement. I called my people @ Wells Fargo and while they wouldn’t vouch for his work (nor did I expect them to), they did say that they’ve had a long working relationship with company 3, and not so much with the other two.
So while company 3 is $2.5k higher than the lowest bid, I am more than confident that this guy knows his stuff from a roofing, banking, and insurance perspective, making it worth the extra cost. And since it’s the insurance company picking up the entire $10.4k tab ($8.8k for first check, $1.6k for rec depr), my goal is to make sure I can maximize the value of the repairs made out of the money they are giving me.
Damn, I feel exactly the same way. Everyone’s ooh-ing and aw-ing and slobbering over the royal rugrat, and he’s only seventh in line for the throne. Seventh! He’ll never become king, what’s the fucking big deal?
Oh, so they had a kid?
I might have guessed that… I caught a glimpse of Harry’s face on TV, and saw Megan Whatever’s name on a newspaper. I’m kind of proud of myself for being analog enough this month that i’m not being kept up on Stuff That’s Not That Important.
Is it their first? Oh, never mind, I really don’t care.
But it’s harmless… anyhow, I’m happy for them. (in case the Queen Mum asks what my reaction was)
If we do away with royalty how can I be the ‘Princess Frets-a-lot’ that I’ve been called by CERTAIN people? You know who you are! Yeah, you.
When it comes to contractors, there’s always someone willing to rip you off. That person is usually the low bidder–as if they know some big secret that lets them do quality work for a lower price, and that they’ve accounted for the more predictable hidden bugaboos in the job. I’ve found that the fellow you want is the one who isn’t afraid to drop a big number on you, apprise you of why even that may not be sufficient if problems X, Y, and Z come up, and is perfectly happy to walk away if you look like you think he’s overcharging. The one who has been in business long enough to not need your job or your drama is the one who will be around to correct any mistakes.
Almost got me going about how I learned that one.
Unless someone takes out 1 through 6. And THEN we got us a news story!
I think the British royals are rather over-hyped, but that’s about as far as I’d go. I never thought I’d be inclined to defend them, but this has driven me to it. The Queen serves an actual political function, and all of them collectively serve a not insignificant symbolic societal function by reminding people that there are aspects of their national heritage that transcend politics, and by – most of the time – acting as far better role models than politicians, actors, or overpaid baseball players.
As for getting “regular jobs”, the royal family has considerable private wealth and are easily independently wealthy. But those with royal duties still work a lot harder than many spoiled rich kids with similar levels of family wealth, and AFAIK all the boys have served in the military, which is also a lot more than you can say for many spoiled rich kids. In fact IIRC the then Princess Elizabeth contributed directly and significantly to the war effort.
About ten years ago, I noticed that I was starting to get motion sickness on the DC Metro. I don’t have problems in cars or buses or planes or even other subway systems, just the Metro. Something about the way it sways back and forth, and the flashing lights in the tunnels. It’s been getting slowly but steadily worse over the years (I ride as rarely as I can manage) until today, when I actually had to run out of a Red Line train only 3 stops after getting on because I was retching. Thankfully I hadn’t eaten much lunch so I was able to “hold it,” but it was absolutely miserable.
And then, to top it off, they’ve taken all the trash cans out of the stations, probably for security reasons, but with no bathrooms or trash cans, what are you supposed to do? I was this close to just throwing up all over the floor of the car, or on the platform. I guess if I am ever forced to take Metro again, I will have to be sure to have an empty plastic bag with me. Lovely.
Even if Shift-Enter works I’m likely to forget about it by the next time I send someone a message.
And it’s just a badly designed interface. If someone presses Enter because they want to send their message, but all it does is insert a line break, that’s no big deal; they edit the message to remove the break and click on the Send button. But if you want a line break and accidentally send the message, you’re out of luck. There’s no chance to confirm it, no way to undo it, and they only let you send one message to a person.
If it takes me two key presses to send a message, I’m sure I’ll find some way to cope with the hardship. I know we’re all supposed to have the attention span of a fruit fly hopped up on Red Bull, but our tools shouldn’t enforce the notion.
I’ve found that a large Mcdonald’s cup (or similar) is a perfect vomit receptical. It’s the right size, has a good lid and has rigid sides. I know this because, while I was pregnant, I had morning sickness. And would often been nauseated on my way to work. You can see where this is going.
I scheduled my daughter’s doctor’s appointment during school. I feel like a dummy because she’s missed a bunch of school recently and I shouldn’t be pulling her out yet again. But, this appointment was scheduled a full 2 months ago and was the first available. I can’t reschedule. I hope I’m not screwing her up too much, schedule wise.
I do not find myself inclined to reply to Ankita Singh from Infoholic Research, despite his/her cheery email opening salutation of “Hello Default Value , Hope you are doing good!”
Call me old fashioned, but I think you need some time to establish a connection before addressing me so intimately as “Default Value”.
Can someone help me understand why kids are recruited so early for select teams? A coach from a local league is trying really hard to recruit my kid into his soccer team. She’s 9. The league involves three practices/week, plus games, plus travel four travel tournaments per year. These are goddamn nine year olds. The problem is that my daughter really wants to do it. She’s willing to give up softball, rec soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter and anything else she has to in order to play for this league. Or at least she thinks she is; the reality may well be much, much different. Still. She’s 9. I work full time. So does my husband. We also happen to have another child, who also has activities he wants to do. I don’t want to take away an opportunity, but holy motherfucking shit. Nine.
Maybe it just happened to be at that stop. I use a trashcan in the Metro almost every day.
(not to vomit in :))