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

kyoto kid

Tjohn said:

Mistara said:

the election ads have started all ready.

with the scat bus, i could actually get there to vote this year.

dunno if generic voting talk counts under tos, guess shouldnt go there

Scat bus: I keep picturing a bus full of peole doing this:

...I've been on buses where it pretty much sounded like that (particularly during the school year).

kyoto kid

Mistara said:

plainnt  tried 3 different radio stations, playing the same election ads, no escape ... ahhhh

...at least it's not Yule music....yet.

Xyetzt

kyoto kid said:

Mistara said:

plainnt  tried 3 different radio stations, playing the same election ads, no escape ... ahhhh

...at least it's not Yule music....yet.

Run around screaming, "It is not Christmas yet.  Please wait until Thanksgiving before mentioning Yule." 

on serious note,a PSA if you are going to use an external keyboard for an iPad, remember to turn the keyboard off before putting it in your bag.  otherwise random keys will be pressed and your iPad will think someone is trying to put the wrong password in too many times and lock your iPad.  Well I got 4 minutes left until I can use my iPad again.

Charlie Judge

Complaint: Just talked to the technician and the motherboard in my secondary computer is failing. I probably will need a new computer soon and I can't really afford it.

Xyetzt

Two complaints

complaint 1: I restarted computer to find DIM no longer exist according to its shortcut.  Now I have to reinstall it so I can use it.  I have to check on laundry first.

complaint 2; my fish refuse to check on my laundry for me.  No one else is in my room.  If I go to the nearest person to ask I might as well check on it myself.

yet another complaint,  my eeyore pajamas have unwanted holes in it,

kyoto kid

....non-complaint: Finally the heat wave has broken and looks to stay that way for a while. Upper 60s to low 70s depending on location. compared to the low - mid 90s the last couple days. So far low to upper 70s forecast for the next tend days (fingers crossed).

Smoke has for the most part seems to have cleared out though air still deemed "unhealthful" (157 rating).

Mistara

Miss Bad Wolf said:

Two complaints

complaint 1: I restarted computer to find DIM no longer exist according to its shortcut.  Now I have to reinstall it so I can use it.  I have to check on laundry first.

complaint 2; my fish refuse to check on my laundry for me.  No one else is in my room.  If I go to the nearest person to ask I might as well check on it myself.

yet another complaint,  my eeyore pajamas have unwanted holes in it,

 

eeyore 

Xyetzt

Notebook is complaining computer is out of date.  I mean the OS is out of date.  I do not want to update it until it is time to go to bed.  So it will update while I snore.  or I do not snore but dream of Prince Charming instead then it will still update.

kyoto kid

...out sitting at a coffee shop before heading to the market and wow, the sky really is bright blue in colour.

kyoto kid

...hmm, my dreams are odd, mostly about travelling somewhere by train lately.

kyoto kid

...music for my day yesterday.

(warning: trippy)

Mistara

my xbox been trying for 3 days to d/l 3,6gb update.  keeps failing.

try again?

Xyetzt

My ride to YMCA should be here soon.

Xyetzt

On my way to YMCA now.  Glad my phone has hot spot data.

Xyetzt

I am at YMCA on treadmill.  Where is everyone else?

Mistara

picked my 1st lovely tomato from my tomato plant.

coworker brought in fresh picked tomatoes and basil from his garden.  smells aromatic around here

listening to 98.1.  when did the music i grew up with become 'oldies'?

Xyetzt

I wonder when mum will come pick me up to have lunch?  I also wondered what happened to the smart thread?

Xyetzt

I do not remember trying to open this web browser, but it is netherless open anyway.

Chohole

Miss Bad Wolf said:

  I also wondered what happened to the smart thread?

I think it sunk under the weight of the not so smart comments it was attracting.

TJohn

kyoto kid said:

...hmm, my dreams are odd, mostly about travelling somewhere by train lately.

Have you been feeling in a travelin' mood lately? Pack a handkerchief sack, tie it to a stick and ride the rails?

atticanne

DanaTA said:

atticanne said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Complaint:  Arghhh... Choosing yearly Medicare plans.  Medicare sends you a book as big as a phone book, and draws you a flowchart of the basic schemes.  But it's all just an insurance shell game hoping you'll pick the wrong shell so they won't have to give you the total pea.  I've been using Medicare for 5 years and every year I have to re-learn the terminology and what covers what and try to guess how I'll get sick in the coming year.  It's a bureaucrat's fun faire, "wheee lights & bells & whistles, step right up ancient folks and takes your chances".   And to top it off, not only does the government send you a big book of details, also all the major insurance companies want to send you THEIR big book of details and toot their own horn trying to get you to pick them for different or additional service instead of the government or other insurance companies.  "Part A", "Part B", "Part C", "Part D", "Medi-Gap", "Supplemental", "Exclusions", "Limits", and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!  My aching head.   Poor pensioner gets so confused that he has to call somebody to explain it all to him and one quickly finds out that they don't really know all the ins & outs of all the current plans either because they only get training on their provider's services.  And each provider's services change subtly differently each year.   So, they refer you back to the book.  Arghhhh....   The only thing you can be sure of is the "Basic" and when you examine that you find out that you don't get diddly squat. 

However, it's better than nothing.  I tried "Basic" for the first year but since then I've used "United Healthcare" as my Advantage plan provider and have gradually increased my "Advantage" coverage with them each year in the hopes that when I finally do need them I won't kick the bucket from shock when the bills start rolling in.

Yes, the deduction from your Social Security check hurts, but it's a lot better than paying for health insurance directly.

I have United Health  AARP MedicareComplete.  Do you have the transportation to and from the dr included in yours?  I do, only none of the plan's drs here in Cap City provide this feature.  I haven't been to the dr in over a year.  I don't have a car and can't afford a cab.  Our city bus takes 3 hrs one way, with quite a bit of walking for the necessary transfers.

Maybe it's time to consider moving.  Stinks paying for coverage that you can't even use!

Dana

Oh, I am definitely thinking of moving.  Will try to wait until after November 6.  

Mistara

ordered a Berberine  hoping works for moi's 'grande problemo'

 

This egg glitters oddly in the light.   oh what kind of dragon could it be?

LeatherGryphon

kyoto kid said:

...music for my day yesterday.

(warning: trippy)

Hmmm... ELO.  Haven't heard them it a long time.  Very Beatle-ish.

LeatherGryphon

Complaint:  Tailgaters.   What is it that makes people think that it's smart or productive to ride up my tailpipe.  I hope their car is not sniffing to see if my car is in estrus.

I live out here in the far west of NY State out in the middle of nowhere between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.  Even the 4 lane Interstate road that passes through here is considered busy if there are 5 cars in a 1 mile stretch, yet this jackaxe comes up quickly behind me as I'm doing exactly the speed limit in the correct lane and sits not 15 feet behind me.  He could pass me at any time but doesn't.  So, I click the cruise control down 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he finally realizes he's going way slower than he wants to so he finally decides to pass and zooms ahead of me even after I've resumed the speed limit.  I watch him come up behind the car that was ahead of me (also doing the speed limit because I'd been a quarter mile behind him for 15 minutes.) and the tailgater does the same thing to him.  Why doesn't the tailgater just continue to pass other cars when he obviously wants to go faster than the speed limit?  Bonkers!  Why are people so bonkers?

kyoto kid

LeatherGryphon said:

Complaint:  Tailgaters.   What is it that makes people think that it's smart or productive to ride up my tailpipe.  I hope their car is not sniffing to see if my car is in estrus.

I live out here in the far west of NY State out in the middle of nowhere between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.  Even the 4 lane Interstate road that passes through here is considered busy if there are 5 cars in a 1 mile stretch, yet this jackaxe comes up quickly behind me as I'm doing exactly the speed limit in the correct lane and sits not 15 feet behind me.  He could pass me at any time but doesn't.  So, I click the cruise control down 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he finally realizes he's going way slower than he wants to so he finally decides to pass and zooms ahead of me even after I've resumed the speed limit.  I watch him come up behind the car that was ahead of me (also doing the speed limit because I'd been a quarter mile behind him for 15 minutes.) and the tailgater does the same thing to him.  Why doesn't the tailgater just continue to pass other cars when he obviously wants to go faster than the speed limit?  Bonkers!  Why are people so bonkers?

...maybe he's a wannabe NASCAR driver.   They use a technique called "drafting" where they get in close behind another car to get into it's slipstream which effectively pulls them along and they can let off a bit on the accelerator (which in turn detracts from the fuel economy of the car ahead of them).  The same effect is used by cyclists in the Tour De France which is why you see them often bunched up for most of the race and teammates taking turns passing each other multiple times.

If your car was bigger than his, he had an advantage by getting into your slipstream to do the same. Not only a dangerous practise should you have to make an emergency stop, but a rude one because it probably did affect your car's economy slightly.

...or he was just a total jerk.

You don't have any bumper stickers on the rear of the vehicle do you?

kyoto kid

...ahh FishFryDay again. 

Had the best night's sleep in weeks last night. No scratchy throat, painful sinuses, or watery eyes this morning for once.  Air quality index back to "good" again (20 instead of 160+).  Actually may have to put a long sleeve shirt on today to go out and get my fish for dinner (the market I went to yesterday didn't have the type I needed).

 

LeatherGryphon

kyoto kid said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Complaint:  Tailgaters.   What is it that makes people think that it's smart or productive to ride up my tailpipe.  I hope their car is not sniffing to see if my car is in estrus.

I live out here in the far west of NY State out in the middle of nowhere between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.  Even the 4 lane Interstate road that passes through here is considered busy if there are 5 cars in a 1 mile stretch, yet this jackaxe comes up quickly behind me as I'm doing exactly the speed limit in the correct lane and sits not 15 feet behind me.  He could pass me at any time but doesn't.  So, I click the cruise control down 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he finally realizes he's going way slower than he wants to so he finally decides to pass and zooms ahead of me even after I've resumed the speed limit.  I watch him come up behind the car that was ahead of me (also doing the speed limit because I'd been a quarter mile behind him for 15 minutes.) and the tailgater does the same thing to him.  Why doesn't the tailgater just continue to pass other cars when he obviously wants to go faster than the speed limit?  Bonkers!  Why are people so bonkers?

...maybe he's a wannabe NASCAR driver.   They use a technique called "drafting" where they get in close behind another car to get into it's slipstream which effectively pulls them along and they can let off a bit on the accelerator (which in turn detracts from the fuel economy of the car ahead of them).  The same effect is used by cyclists in the Tour De France which is why you see them often bunched up for most of the race and teammates taking turns passing each other multiple times.

If your car was bigger than his, he had an advantage by getting into your slipstream to do the same. Not only a dangerous practise should you have to make an emergency stop, but a rude one because it probably did affect your car's economy slightly.

...or he was just a total jerk.

You don't have any bumper stickers on the rear of the vehicle do you?

Only an "AAA" sticker.  To identify my car to the tow truck guy when necessary.

Xyetzt

LeatherGryphon said:

kyoto kid said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Complaint:  Tailgaters.   What is it that makes people think that it's smart or productive to ride up my tailpipe.  I hope their car is not sniffing to see if my car is in estrus.

I live out here in the far west of NY State out in the middle of nowhere between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.  Even the 4 lane Interstate road that passes through here is considered busy if there are 5 cars in a 1 mile stretch, yet this jackaxe comes up quickly behind me as I'm doing exactly the speed limit in the correct lane and sits not 15 feet behind me.  He could pass me at any time but doesn't.  So, I click the cruise control down 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he finally realizes he's going way slower than he wants to so he finally decides to pass and zooms ahead of me even after I've resumed the speed limit.  I watch him come up behind the car that was ahead of me (also doing the speed limit because I'd been a quarter mile behind him for 15 minutes.) and the tailgater does the same thing to him.  Why doesn't the tailgater just continue to pass other cars when he obviously wants to go faster than the speed limit?  Bonkers!  Why are people so bonkers?

...maybe he's a wannabe NASCAR driver.   They use a technique called "drafting" where they get in close behind another car to get into it's slipstream which effectively pulls them along and they can let off a bit on the accelerator (which in turn detracts from the fuel economy of the car ahead of them).  The same effect is used by cyclists in the Tour De France which is why you see them often bunched up for most of the race and teammates taking turns passing each other multiple times.

If your car was bigger than his, he had an advantage by getting into your slipstream to do the same. Not only a dangerous practise should you have to make an emergency stop, but a rude one because it probably did affect your car's economy slightly.

...or he was just a total jerk.

You don't have any bumper stickers on the rear of the vehicle do you?

Only an "AAA" sticker.  To identify my car to the tow truck guy when necessary.

Maybe they are trying to read it?

LeatherGryphon

Miss Bad Wolf said:

LeatherGryphon said:

kyoto kid said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Complaint:  Tailgaters.   What is it that makes people think that it's smart or productive to ride up my tailpipe.  I hope their car is not sniffing to see if my car is in estrus.

I live out here in the far west of NY State out in the middle of nowhere between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.  Even the 4 lane Interstate road that passes through here is considered busy if there are 5 cars in a 1 mile stretch, yet this jackaxe comes up quickly behind me as I'm doing exactly the speed limit in the correct lane and sits not 15 feet behind me.  He could pass me at any time but doesn't.  So, I click the cruise control down 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he finally realizes he's going way slower than he wants to so he finally decides to pass and zooms ahead of me even after I've resumed the speed limit.  I watch him come up behind the car that was ahead of me (also doing the speed limit because I'd been a quarter mile behind him for 15 minutes.) and the tailgater does the same thing to him.  Why doesn't the tailgater just continue to pass other cars when he obviously wants to go faster than the speed limit?  Bonkers!  Why are people so bonkers?

...maybe he's a wannabe NASCAR driver.   They use a technique called "drafting" where they get in close behind another car to get into it's slipstream which effectively pulls them along and they can let off a bit on the accelerator (which in turn detracts from the fuel economy of the car ahead of them).  The same effect is used by cyclists in the Tour De France which is why you see them often bunched up for most of the race and teammates taking turns passing each other multiple times.

If your car was bigger than his, he had an advantage by getting into your slipstream to do the same. Not only a dangerous practise should you have to make an emergency stop, but a rude one because it probably did affect your car's economy slightly.

...or he was just a total jerk.

You don't have any bumper stickers on the rear of the vehicle do you?

Only an "AAA" sticker.  To identify my car to the tow truck guy when necessary.

Maybe they are trying to read it?

It says just "AAA" in three inch high red letters.  If he can't read it without getting 15 feet from my back bumper he shouldn't be driving.

Xyetzt

LeatherGryphon said:

Miss Bad Wolf said:

LeatherGryphon said:

kyoto kid said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Complaint:  Tailgaters.   What is it that makes people think that it's smart or productive to ride up my tailpipe.  I hope their car is not sniffing to see if my car is in estrus.

I live out here in the far west of NY State out in the middle of nowhere between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.  Even the 4 lane Interstate road that passes through here is considered busy if there are 5 cars in a 1 mile stretch, yet this jackaxe comes up quickly behind me as I'm doing exactly the speed limit in the correct lane and sits not 15 feet behind me.  He could pass me at any time but doesn't.  So, I click the cruise control down 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he doesn't pass.  I go down another 2 MPH and he finally realizes he's going way slower than he wants to so he finally decides to pass and zooms ahead of me even after I've resumed the speed limit.  I watch him come up behind the car that was ahead of me (also doing the speed limit because I'd been a quarter mile behind him for 15 minutes.) and the tailgater does the same thing to him.  Why doesn't the tailgater just continue to pass other cars when he obviously wants to go faster than the speed limit?  Bonkers!  Why are people so bonkers?

...maybe he's a wannabe NASCAR driver.   They use a technique called "drafting" where they get in close behind another car to get into it's slipstream which effectively pulls them along and they can let off a bit on the accelerator (which in turn detracts from the fuel economy of the car ahead of them).  The same effect is used by cyclists in the Tour De France which is why you see them often bunched up for most of the race and teammates taking turns passing each other multiple times.

If your car was bigger than his, he had an advantage by getting into your slipstream to do the same. Not only a dangerous practise should you have to make an emergency stop, but a rude one because it probably did affect your car's economy slightly.

...or he was just a total jerk.

You don't have any bumper stickers on the rear of the vehicle do you?

Only an "AAA" sticker.  To identify my car to the tow truck guy when necessary.

Maybe they are trying to read it?

It says just "AAA" in three inch high red letters.  If he can't read it without getting 15 feet from my back bumper he shouldn't be driving.

Stupid?