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

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    people working on their toenails at work.  he is behind his desk, but it's 1 open area naos.

  • Apparently the bread flour mix I bought has inulin in it.  It use to be chickory on the lable.  If I remember right ragweed was something I was allergic to.  But inulin is also in many foods I eat and like and that agree with me.  Apparently inulin could be really good for me.  Let's hope I did not buy 25lbs of flour I can not eat because of an allergy.  It seems to do okay in small doses, not too much gas and my hands can't decide whether or not to swell up.  Swelling is down in other areas like my arms and legs.  I do have a warm fuzzy feeling in my tummy like when I am on a fat fast.  I read inulin helps burn fat.  This warm feeling is how I feel when I am burning fats for fuel on a ketogenic diet, perhaps a little stronger.  I ate way too much of this bread flour yesterday.  Perhaps it is not just the effect of my one grilled cheese sandwich today.  I am sad that I didn't learn more about food before I had a major problem.  But when I was younger, I could not have afforded to eat better even if I did know better.  At 31 I started to eat low carb and whole foods and I am 44 now.  With only three years where I was eating some processed foods like wonder bread and ritz crackers, I suppose I could have done worse.  The year my teeth were done and I had to eat soft foods, salads and meat were too hard to eat, was pretty bad.  The rest wasn't so bad.  After two failed attempts, I found out I do have to add eggs in addition to yeast to turn this flour into bread.  My first two loaves looked like something out of the Doctor Who I was watching on Brit Box.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,334
    Mistara said:

    people working on their toenails at work.  he is behind his desk, but it's 1 open area naos.

    Ewwwww!    surprise  no

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    DanaTA said:
    Mistara said:

    people working on their toenails at work.  he is behind his desk, but it's 1 open area naos.

    Ewwwww!    surprise  no

    Dana

     

    was my reaction too.  

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    i have to gather medical records for the diability application.

    dunno if has to be a special format or if the hospital discharge papers are enough.

  • Wow I forgot my complaint.

  • Oy!  Weather has turned nasty. surprise  All of a sudden I hear this roar and look out the window and see rain and wind like I haven't seen since my days in Florida. The rain is coming down so hard it's like a Florida 'gator flusher.  And it's been going on for at least 20 minutes.  The ruts in the driveway are like two little creeks now almost merging into one broad river.   frown

  • I made banana bread out of a whole different type of flour mix.  My stomach is upset.  Could be the monsters I drank, or too much coffee or something.  The banana bread tasted good.  Maybe my body is just confused?  I am actually tired of baking.  We are having fish and shrimp for dinner.  Well two of us are having fish and the other two are getting the shrimp.  I have to make the fish fry for us but the other two get a mix with flour and cornmeal.  I am tired of cooking, not just baking.  I am suppose to get use to cooking everything I eat and it sucks!  I see why people buy $6 loaves of bread that are gluten free. I did loaf bread yesterday, made banana bread cause nobody could eat the bananas and they were just right for the trash or banana bread.  I still don't have a tea cookie, that is tomorrow.  And the meal for tomorrow.  And I have to plan next week's menu and grocery list.  If getting a job would mean I could just feed everyone frozen pizzas and mac and cheese I'd so do it.  

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    kyoto kid said:

    ...well a very productive day.  Not only was I able to get the old flip phone reactivated (and for free), but first of all I found a plan that fits my budget and needs (35$ + 5GB of data which is similar to the flip phone minutes plan that uses a card good for 30 days).  Second, was able to get my old smartphone unlocked so I won't have to buy a new phone.  I went back to the T-Mobile store to see if it could be unlocked and after the person looked into the matter, he discovered that apparently the credits to my final bill were not posted which turned out to be the reason why it could not be unlocked.  After talking with the "home office' he got it resolced and was able to permanently unlock the phone.  What this means is I can use my current phone with the new service so all I have to do is pay 1$ for a new SM card 13$ for a 16 GB memory stick (so I can update to Android 6.0) and the 35$ for the actual monthly access card instead of paying hundreds up front, or getting caught in a long term contract. All totalled, 49$.

    Nice and simple which is what I like.

    Wheeeee!  Either call or send the number so y'all can talk.  

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009

    Non-complaint:  The road department has finally gotten 'round to repaving the road in front of my house. It's been ground down to tire chewing roughness for a week. 

    Complaint:  The road department has finally gotten 'round to repaving the road in front of my house.  Unfortunately the fumes from the asphalt & tar make my eyes water. crying

    Non-complaint:  My collection of optical devices on my kitchen window sill put on a great show this morning.  My 6 inch long triangular prism has been underperforming the last couple of weeks but this morning the sun hit it at just the right angle to send a large brilliant spectrum to my white refrigerator and the beam was so strong that it reflected back across the room to produce a recognizable rainbow on the stove.  Also I have an RGB dichroic X-cube prism (watch this demo video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkvgkrCSIX0  sitting on top of the vertical triangular prism and it rarely does anything except look colorful when I look at it.  But this morning for a few minutes the sun was at just the right angle and it sent three bright spotlight type beams around the room.  the green beam went straight through onto the side wall in the kitchen, the blue beam went 90 degrees onto the back wall in the kitchen and I traced the red beam in the opposite direction out the kitchen door and into the darkness of my living room/office where it lit up as brilliant red spot about 2 inches square on a white box near the floor.  Sehr cool! yes  In addition to the three principle RGB beams produced by the prism, it also produced some secondary beams in other spots.  In one spot the three primary colors were lined up horizontally in a small area on the wall about 2 inches long and 1/2 inch high as three half-inch diameter spots of red, green, and blue.  An unexpected phenomenon. cool  But the light angle had be be just perfect for that phenomenon because a few moments later the sun had shifted enough that those secondary beams from the X-cube prism had disappeared. surprise  The primary beams lasted a few minutes longer but they too were soon gone. indecision

     

    I bought my youngest grandson a prism last Saturday and he was entranced.  I sent the link to his mother to give to him.  Thank you.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    Mistara said:

    people working on their toenails at work.  he is behind his desk, but it's 1 open area naos.

    Does he shave at his desk too?  Where is the supervisor?

  • Oh no it is getting later by the minute.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085
    edited September 2018

    Why does everything have to end up on my work desk?

    Anything that is a broken part of something, needs repair, looks out of place, looks like alien technology, smells funny or isn't of any immediately recognizable origin, it ends up on my computer desk... Right in front of my frickin computer.

    It's like when your cat brings you a dead bird.

    Today I grilled some lime-pepper-rum chicken (don't ask)... So while I was grilling I had a couple of beers and being that I didn't eat lunch or anything until now, the beer had an awesome effect... My daughter came home and asked if I need help, so I plucked all the cooked chicken off the grill, tossed it in a Corning casserole dish and said "here bring this inside"... 

    After cleaning up outside and putting away the rest of the grilling stuff, I realized the chicken disappeared... Being that I was a little cognitively compromised, I didn't think to look in front of the computer for the chicken... Because of course that's where chicken goes... Computer... Chicken... They both start with "C" I guess... 

    Ghaa... Well, I should go eat... I sat down here and picked up my iPad because I'm too tired to get involved in the rest of the dinnering... There is something about the localized gravitational effects of this chair... I don't seem to be able to get out of it...

    Oh well...

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,087
    edited September 2018
    atticanne said:
    Mistara said:

    people working on their toenails at work.  he is behind his desk, but it's 1 open area naos.

    Does he shave at his desk too?  Where is the supervisor?

    Speaking of inappropriate ablution and grooming activities..., Many years ago I was visiting relatives in Florida had made plans to go to lunch with a cousin and her stepfather.  The cousin worked in a big business building in Miami.  I was to pick up her stepfather and then pick her up at the office so we could go to lunch.  He and I both walked into the classy lobby of her office building.   I went to the receptionists desk to make inquiries, and the relative went over and sat down on a beautiful black leather couch, pulled out his electric shaver and proceeded to shave his face.  Now, I'm not a prude, and am not known for dressing to the nines very often, but even I was mortified by this old geezer spraying little-bitty white face hairs all over that couch like stars in the heavens. frown 

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,334

    Again...ewwwwwwww!

    Dana

  • DanaTA said:

    Again...ewwwwwwww!

    Dana

    One wonders where this behavior will end.  Will we someday sit in public groups and pick out and eat fleas and ticks from our buddy's hair?

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,083

    Have you gentlemen never looked at "The People of Walmart"? I'm sorry but if people will go out in public looking like so many of thosse people do ,grooming in public comes as no surprise if you think about it........

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,334
    edited September 2018
    DanaTA said:

    Again...ewwwwwwww!

    Dana

    One wonders where this behavior will end.  Will we someday sit in public groups and pick out and eat fleas and ticks from our buddy's hair?

    Are you saying we're regressing?  laugh  Maybe that would be good, if the Bonobo was the target model!   laugh  Make love, not war!  Wait...isn't that where we were in the 60s?   cheeky

    Dana

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,851
    kyoto kid said:

    ...well a very productive day.  Not only was I able to get the old flip phone reactivated (and for free), but first of all I found a plan that fits my budget and needs (35$ + 5GB of data which is similar to the flip phone minutes plan that uses a card good for 30 days).  Second, was able to get my old smartphone unlocked so I won't have to buy a new phone.  I went back to the T-Mobile store to see if it could be unlocked and after the person looked into the matter, he discovered that apparently the credits to my final bill were not posted which turned out to be the reason why it could not be unlocked.  After talking with the "home office' he got it resolced and was able to permanently unlock the phone.  What this means is I can use my current phone with the new service so all I have to do is pay 1$ for a new SM card 13$ for a 16 GB memory stick (so I can update to Android 6.0) and the 35$ for the actual monthly access card instead of paying hundreds up front, or getting caught in a long term contract. All totalled, 49$.

    Nice and simple which is what I like.

    Congratulations, you're linked to the world again. yes

    ...well not totally yet have to wait until my next benefit deposit as bills this month hammered me and I'm already buying groceries out of pocket as my food card ran out of funds a almost week earlier than normal.   I rarely if ever dine out, it's mainly that prices keep going up and my food benefits keep going the other way. Guess they really expect us oldsters to eat cat food. 

    Instead I got the old flip phone reactivated and picked up a minutes card this afternoon.  No texting (not a big loss) or data (that is another matter) but at least I will be able to make and accept phone calls.

    ...now to figure how the bloody process works again, been a while.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,851

    Wow I forgot my complaint.

    ...that could be a complaint in itself.

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,034
    edited September 2018

    Hmm 6cm of snow possible by Saturday.....

     

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,851
    atticanne said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...well a very productive day.  Not only was I able to get the old flip phone reactivated (and for free), but first of all I found a plan that fits my budget and needs (35$ + 5GB of data which is similar to the flip phone minutes plan that uses a card good for 30 days).  Second, was able to get my old smartphone unlocked so I won't have to buy a new phone.  I went back to the T-Mobile store to see if it could be unlocked and after the person looked into the matter, he discovered that apparently the credits to my final bill were not posted which turned out to be the reason why it could not be unlocked.  After talking with the "home office' he got it resolced and was able to permanently unlock the phone.  What this means is I can use my current phone with the new service so all I have to do is pay 1$ for a new SM card 13$ for a 16 GB memory stick (so I can update to Android 6.0) and the 35$ for the actual monthly access card instead of paying hundreds up front, or getting caught in a long term contract. All totalled, 49$.

    Nice and simple which is what I like.

    Wheeeee!  Either call or send the number so y'all can talk.  

    ...as mentioned above, not quite there yet since it is the end of the month and finances are pretty low until a week from next Wednesday (Oct 3rd).  Not easy when rent is half my income and bills take up a good portion of what is left. Next will look to see if I can get on a less expensive Net plan but one that doesn't totally throttle throughput.  Can't do that with the power bill though.

    Got home late form the errands and just finished dinner so going to try and figure out how to load the flip phone from the card I bought when my brain is not so starved of oxygen and I'm not tired.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,851
    McGyver said:

    Why does everything have to end up on my work desk?

    Anything that is a broken part of something, needs repair, looks out of place, looks like alien technology, smells funny or isn't of any immediately recognizable origin, it ends up on my computer desk... Right in front of my frickin computer.

    It's like when your cat brings you a dead bird.

    Today I grilled some lime-pepper-rum chicken (don't ask)... So while I was grilling I had a couple of beers and being that I didn't eat lunch or anything until now, the beer had an awesome effect... My daughter came home and asked if I need help, so I plucked all the cooked chicken off the grill, tossed it in a Corning casserole dish and said "here bring this inside"... 

    After cleaning up outside and putting away the rest of the grilling stuff, I realized the chicken disappeared... Being that I was a little cognitively compromised, I didn't think to look in front of the computer for the chicken... Because of course that's where chicken goes... Computer... Chicken... They both start with "C" I guess... 

    Ghaa... Well, I should go eat... I sat down here and picked up my iPad because I'm too tired to get involved in the rest of the dinnering... There is something about the localized gravitational effects of this chair... I don't seem to be able to get out of it...

    Oh well...

    ...my desk at my old job was like that. people just plunked stuff down on it while I was elsewhere in the building.  Though I guess it was some from of exchange, kind of like what crows do, because my pens would always vanish form the pen cup or desktop.

    Chicken | Computer.  Beer | Bed.  Hmmm, there may be a correlation to this.

    My bed is often like that chair of yours. I'll wake up in the morning, but it is always seemingly difficult to get out of it. Thinking of calling the local geophysical survey service to take readings around the flat and area where the bed is for any anomalies.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,851
    carrie58 said:

    Have you gentlemen never looked at "The People of Walmart"? I'm sorry but if people will go out in public looking like so many of thosse people do ,grooming in public comes as no surprise if you think about it........

    ...I needed several gallons of brain bleach after seeing that.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,851

    ...ah, FishFryDay and the Solstice all in one convenient package.

    Nice here, mid 70s and partly sunny.  Was a great day for a walk to the market further away to get the phone card and items for my FishFryDay dinner.

    Too much fish and red potatoes, brain....going....into....hibernation....mode.

     

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    carrie58 said:

    Have you gentlemen never looked at "The People of Walmart"? I'm sorry but if people will go out in public looking like so many of thosse people do ,grooming in public comes as no surprise if you think about it........

    I survive trips to Walmart by thinking of it as a giant Costume Ball with groceries, electronics and toiletries. frown  And I definitely avoid trips to Walmart after midnight. surprise  It's the one place where I use the alcohol wipes provided for sanitizing the cart handles. indecision

     

  • RitaCelesteRitaCeleste Posts: 625
    edited September 2018

    I think I might be one of those walmart people.  Don't brush hair, check, throw on a cheap pair of shorts and tshirt bought at Walmart, check.  Put in my dentures, nope!  Are your shoes tied?  Darn cat, kinda tied, barely staying on feet.  Yep, I am one of those Walmart people.

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  • @RitaCeleste : inulin is a kind of dietary fiber.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,087
    edited September 2018

    Complaint:  Only three days into my dire financial "month" and already I'm itching to spend money.  Walks away from Amazon and DAZ, slaps hand, grits teeth, turns on TV again. sad

    Oh, but I just received a 30% off discount for symphony at Severance Hall in Cleveland.  And they're playing "Scheherazade".  yes (The piece I missed in Buffalo last February  because of weather). crying  I got hooked by the Cleveland Symphony email offer, went to their website, reserved my ticket for the Oct 19th Friday morning performance at 11:00 instead of the usual 8:00 PM performances (I don't like to drive 3 hours at night, and especially 6 hours in a day mostly at night) Then I tried to purchase pre-paid parking in the parking garage under the auditorium but spaces were sold out.  (I've been to Severance Hall before, and learned that parking under the auditorium is the place you want to park, for various reasons).  So, I gave up and removed my ticket from my cart. sad I consoled myself with the thought that the whole reason I was so hot to see Scheherazade in Buffalo last February was because of the wonderful acoustics of Kleinhan's Music Hall that I have gushed about, and expounded about, a couple of times previously in this forum.  And Scheherazade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4w4_W30aQ is one of those pieces where you want excellent acoustics to hear the delicate intimate parts (12:50) and you want the dynamic explosive blasts (44:30) to blow your hair out of place. smiley

    Also, I have been to Severance Hall in Cleveland and to tell you the truth, I was sorely disappointed with the acoustics.  So, I will continue to wait for Scheherazade to come back to Buffalo. 

    And in the meantime I saved $56 on ticket, $15 on parking, 6 hours of driving, $35 in gas, $20 for driving snacks & meals, $10 for glass of champagne during intermission.  And heaven forbid that I should decide to stay in a hotel overnight where safe clean hotels in that area of the east Cleveland metropolitan area start at $120/night. frown

    Kleinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo is a much better deal because the parking is only $7, it's a much smaller city, and it's just half the distance away, and they have Sunday afternoon concerts.  Yeah, it's not as fancy as Cleveland's Severance Hall but gold cherubs and crystal chandeliers don't make the music any better. indecision

    Damn, I just listened again to the finale of Scheherazade and again it brought tears to my eyes.  heart

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