It's My Party and I'll Complain If I Want To Complaint Thread

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,464
    edited August 2018

    I've got a smart phone.  A cheap smart phone, an old tech smart phone.  It will take pictures, but getting it to do so and then looking at the pictures is too much trouble.  Uploading them to wherever is technically possible but I haven't figured it out yet.  It can play games, It can do texting and voice mail, but I haven't figured it out yet and have lost interest in doing so.  The only time it rings is when a new advertisement is directed at me or I need to add money to my call time contract.  However, I do admit that it is a step above my previous portable phone which had very limited range, and always gave me trouble trying to figure out how to keep the string tight. surprise

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    complainnt - omgm the drug to inj into my eyes, monthly, 2k per eye. 
    that's just the drug, doesn't include the dr services to inj it.
     

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,457
    ebergerly said:

    So is this actually a thread for complaining about stuff?

    If so, I'll get something off my chest. 

    Smartphones. I hate 'em. When you use them for internet you can never see the website, only a tiny fraction. And finding stuff is impossible. And you can never select anything since the letters are so small. Compared to my desktop with 3 x 27inch monitors, smartphones are a joke. And you always have to worry about charging them. You go on youtube and can barely see the video, and you can't see the comments or descriptions. And unless your cell signal is great everything loads so damn slow. At least compared to my 100Mb fiber at home. 

    How can the entire planet love them so much? I hate them. 

    So there. 

    Oh, and Apple just announced they're the first $1 TRILLION company ever in the US. Unbelievable. 

    Abuse of cell phones is very complaint-worthy.  I hate people who carry on very personal cell phone conversations in crowded places. Had to go to the social security office the other day, which of course means waiting in line for hours.  A man talked very loudly on his cell phone about all his personal health issues, his political views, etc, etc, etc.  

     

    Ugh.

     

    Non-complaint  Amtrak has a "silent car" for the trains in the northeast corridor.  smiley

     

  • diogenese19348diogenese19348 Posts: 938
    edited August 2018

    You probably need an update ;)  The downside of course is that they cost one heck of a lot of money.  The newer ones integrate everything better.  I'm in my 60's, so I'm not a kid saying pop's get with it, I took a long time getting the hang of what to use the phone for myself, I used a flip phone up until 2010 or so.  There are things you can do on phones and tablets these days you either cannot do on a desktop, or are just a whole lot more convenient to have in your pocket.  For instance if you are travelling, you can instantly find out not only where you are, but everything around you like gas stations, restaurants, stores, etc.  You can take pictures and instantly transmit them to family and friends.  You can check on your stocks from anywhere, get weather updates instantly, get traffic conditions instantly, and yes, while you can do that on your desktop also it generally is not travelling around with you in your car.

    I also have it hooked up so any time any charge goes to a credit card or my bank account it alerts me. 

    Website viewing they are lousy at, and I'll generally use my ipad for viewing websites, movies or instructional videos.  The intersting thing about the ipad is people are writing applications for it that are pretty darned exciting and cost a small fraction of what equivallent desktop software costs.  There's some amazing paint and photo editing software out there.  Plus I can use it all while my workstation is grinding out renders and is pretty much unusable for anything else.

    Anyway it's a whole new world out there.  Don't get stuck on what you're used to just because you're used to it.  You'll miss out on a whole lot that way.

     

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,410

    I'm stressed out, and I want to buy something to make myself feel better. I would winge that I don't have money for retail therapy, but the $100 rebate for my new laptop came today and it's burning a hole in my pocket. What to do, what to do.

    Take your pants off before you get burned.   Duh! wink

    Must be bitcoins on one of those smartphones that ignite in your pocket!  He's right, take your pants off...quick!   laugh 

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,410
    Mistara said:
    atticanne said:
    carrie58 said:

    oh and  yup eat whole grains ,you will bloat and gas up but your body will adjust and it won;t be so bad ......don't give up I increased my fiber and for about a month my butt played a trumpet to greet the dawn ......

    and if one escapes in public just smile and say "Rocket power!!"

     

    laugh As a dear friend once told me:  Cholesterol is just farts waiting to be let out.

     

    another mystery is where does the lost weight go?  does it come out in gaseous form?

    Many people who've lost weight, find it again.  Ask them where they found it.  laugh 

    Dana

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 15,101

    When you lose weight, where does the lost body fat go? To understand the answer, it helps to remember that fat is basically stored energy. Your body converts fat to usable energy for your muscles and other tissues through a series of complex metabolic processes. This causes your fat cells to shrink.

     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546

    Why am I so fat?  I do not want to be fat.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Well I guess I am old fashioned.   If I want to make a phone call I use a phone,  if I want to take a picture I use a camera and if I want to browse the internet I use a computer. 

    When I retired I handed back my mobile phone very happily, a bit more reluctantly gave back the lap top and did try and buy the remainder on my Company Vehicle, but the hire company wanted too much, so very reluctantly handed back car keys and we went back to being a one car family with a couple of desk top computers and a landline for the phone.

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,346

     

    Why am I so fat?  I do not want to be fat.

    Maybe it's fat that wants to be you.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Orlando Florida is lower humidity then it is on Long Island right now
    https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USFL0372:1:US

    and only 5 extra fahrenheits.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2018

    When I think of the name Dwayne I think of a hot guy who could be a football player.  I like thinking of hot men.  0.o i keep it rated PG.

    I know a guy named Dwayne, and you couldn't be more wrong when it comes to him. laugh

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  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,346
    DanaTA said:
    Mistara said:
    atticanne said:
    carrie58 said:

    oh and  yup eat whole grains ,you will bloat and gas up but your body will adjust and it won;t be so bad ......don't give up I increased my fiber and for about a month my butt played a trumpet to greet the dawn ......

    and if one escapes in public just smile and say "Rocket power!!"

     

    laugh As a dear friend once told me:  Cholesterol is just farts waiting to be let out.

     

    another mystery is where does the lost weight go?  does it come out in gaseous form?

    Many people who've lost weight, find it again.  Ask them where they found it.  laugh 

    Dana

    Hidden calories?

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,346

    It's usually considered offensive to tell someone they're too fat, but telling someone they're too thin (which I've often been told (and it's never bothered me)) seems to be totally acceptable. Kind of funny.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546

    It is wet outside.  Very wet.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407

    Complaint:  Is it just me or does the WeatherChannel website suck royal swamp water lately?  Confusing, slow, loaded with animated advertisements. sad  I've taken to using one of the Buffalo TV station weather web pages instead. indecision

    ...gave up on them a while back for the same reasons.  I use one called Weather Underground which also ties into local neighbourhood stations so you can see what the conditions are where you are or going to rather than miles away at an airport that is often out in the sticks. I always regard the temperature and conditions in the city as the "official" ones as that is where most people live and/or work.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546

    My computer can see my Blu-Ray player but will not play anything that is in it.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407
    ebergerly said:

    So is this actually a thread for complaining about stuff?

    If so, I'll get something off my chest. 

    Smartphones. I hate 'em. When you use them for internet you can never see the website, only a tiny fraction. And finding stuff is impossible. And you can never select anything since the letters are so small. Compared to my desktop with 3 x 27inch monitors, smartphones are a joke. And you always have to worry about charging them. You go on youtube and can barely see the video, and you can't see the comments or descriptions. And unless your cell signal is great everything loads so damn slow. At least compared to my 100Mb fiber at home. 

    How can the entire planet love them so much? I hate them. 

    So there. 

    Oh, and Apple just announced they're the first $1 TRILLION company ever in the US. Unbelievable. 

    Well, they were never meant to replace your desktop.  What they were meant to do is replace your MP3 Player, Camera, Beeper, GPS device,  Instant messenger, etc.  Anybody remember the 1990's?  Anybody want to?  For me the first three are the big ones.  And I do have an ipad but I can't stick that in my pocked, the phone I can.  Not only can I take pictures with it, I can take movies (oh yeah, did I mention it replaces a camcorder yet?)  And yes I do realize there are still professional versions of the camcorder and camera running around, but I'm not a professional and the phone does just fine.

    So what I'm saying is if you hate the smart phone, you probably just haven't gotten around to figuring out what to use it for yet.  Oh, and I own stock in Apple.  Ka-ching! :P

    ...were it not for mine I couldn't board the bus without having to carry around a pocket full of "exact change" as our transit system discontinued paper tickets and passes as well as are removing automated ticket machines from LRT platforms and the transit mall (the latter which often broke down). However they've had a smartphone fare app for a couple years and it is wonderful.

    Tri Met also recently introduced a new "smart" fare card which sounds convenient until you find just like with the old paper tickets, you have to go to an authorised outlet to "refill" it (you can't do so from home through your bank) and is more complicated to figure out what you have already used as well as have left for travel.  It is primarily targeted towards regular "day to day" commuters (which I am not) who ride to from work or school.  After a certain period of use, it converts to a monthly pass for the rest of the month.  So basically if you charge it up with 100$ and use it 7 days a week, you get up to 10 days of "free" travel. However that doesn't trigger until you used up that 100$ in fares that month (20 round trips @ 5$ a day) which is also the cost of an unlimited monthly E-Pass.  So the "bonus" is little more than a marketing ploy.  For seniors and the disabled it is a little better as a monthly E-pass costs us only 28$ which would be 12 daily round trips (at 2.50$ each) or 23 single trips (at 1.25$).

    I find the "E-Ticket" on the phone is so much more efficient, simpler, and convenient for a casual rider like myself.  I can purchase "tickets" (even monthly passes of needed) online from the comfort of home and there is no "guesswork" as to how many tickets I have left. 

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407
    Diomede said:
    ebergerly said:

    So is this actually a thread for complaining about stuff?

    If so, I'll get something off my chest. 

    Smartphones. I hate 'em. When you use them for internet you can never see the website, only a tiny fraction. And finding stuff is impossible. And you can never select anything since the letters are so small. Compared to my desktop with 3 x 27inch monitors, smartphones are a joke. And you always have to worry about charging them. You go on youtube and can barely see the video, and you can't see the comments or descriptions. And unless your cell signal is great everything loads so damn slow. At least compared to my 100Mb fiber at home. 

    How can the entire planet love them so much? I hate them. 

    So there. 

    Oh, and Apple just announced they're the first $1 TRILLION company ever in the US. Unbelievable. 

    Abuse of cell phones is very complaint-worthy.  I hate people who carry on very personal cell phone conversations in crowded places. Had to go to the social security office the other day, which of course means waiting in line for hours.  A man talked very loudly on his cell phone about all his personal health issues, his political views, etc, etc, etc.  

     

    Ugh.

     

    Non-complaint  Amtrak has a "silent car" for the trains in the northeast corridor.  smiley

     

    ...yeah,I hate it when I'm on the bus or tram and the person behind me decides it is a good time to have a loud argument with his or her SO or whoever. I tend to use speaker mode on mine so if someone calls while I am on transit or in a public area, I let it ring then do a callback when I can get to a place where it would not disturb others.  We also get people on transit wearing earbuds who blast their music so loud you can't help but hear it.  Surprised they are not totally deaf yet.

    Not sure if the Cascades trains between Portland and Seattle have that feature, would be nice.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546

    Trying to watch a bluray movie connected to a monitor but it is too quiet compared to my aquairum filter next to the monitor.  I am having difficulty trying to set up the volume since it is not a TV but a monitor.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546

    Now it is medicine time.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407
    ...same here happy hour at the neighbourhood pub.
  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    The wireless router rebooted itself.  I wonder what happened to the router.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    i is inked.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,407

    ..cool. Hope it's something with flutterbys.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,546

    This is me.

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    kyoto kid said:

    ..cool. Hope it's something with flutterbys.

    yes!

    (i'se am wearing shorts so TOS dont freak out  lol)

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    new dino in store surprise

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    whats for breakfast?

     

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,629
    edited August 2018
    Mistara said:

    whats for breakfast?

     

     

    Mistara said:

    new dino in store surprise

    Dinoburger ???

    Post edited by Charlie Judge on
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