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

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,335
    DanaTA said:
    Mistara said:
    carrie58 said:

    Today is my 60th birthday ,yes I think this is a complaint .........

    sugar free salt free cholesterol free birthday cake!

     

    Ambivantly Happy 60th

    Is it made of tofu?   cheeky  Or maybe it's like that Irish soda bread...very bland.

    Dana

    Maybe it is made out of polygons?

    Maybe add flavor-free to that list!  laugh 

    It seems that if something tastes good, generally, it's not good for you.  The better it tastes, the worse it is.  If one bite makes you go, "Oh my God, that's good!"  It's probably almost deadly!  cheeky

    Dana

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,092
    kyoto kid said:
    ...cornhole is a Midwest game which involves tossing beanbags at an angled board with a hole in it. Scoring a cornhole (having the beanbag go through the hole) is 3 points. Landing a bag on the board is worth 1 point. A match usually goes to 21 points. It is usually set up with two boards opposte each other a specific distance apart. I'd google it and provide a link, but am away from home and entering this from my phone. (hence any typos)

    POP!  there goes my preconceived mental image of a corn hole game. sad

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,857
    ...apologies, has nothing to do with Beavis and Butthead.
  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,261
    DanaTA said:
    DanaTA said:
    Mistara said:
    carrie58 said:

    Today is my 60th birthday ,yes I think this is a complaint .........

    sugar free salt free cholesterol free birthday cake!

     

    Ambivantly Happy 60th

    Is it made of tofu?   cheeky  Or maybe it's like that Irish soda bread...very bland.

    Dana

    Maybe it is made out of polygons?

    Maybe add flavor-free to that list!  laugh 

    It seems that if something tastes good, generally, it's not good for you.  The better it tastes, the worse it is.  If one bite makes you go, "Oh my God, that's good!"  It's probably almost deadly!  cheeky

    Dana

    It is also hollow as it is made for Daz Studio or Poser.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,251
    kyoto kid said:
    ...cornhole is a Midwest game which involves tossing beanbags at an angled board with a hole in it. Scoring a cornhole (having the beanbag go through the hole) is 3 points. Landing a bag on the board is worth 1 point. A match usually goes to 21 points. It is usually set up with two boards opposte each other a specific distance apart. I'd google it and provide a link, but am away from home and entering this from my phone. (hence any typos)

    It seems somewhat akin to the game of horseshoes.

     And it's not just in the midwest. It is very popular here in the east too.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,857

    ...catching on out here in the Northwest as well.

    Though most of the tournaments are still in the Midwest.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,857
    DanaTA said:
    DanaTA said:
    Mistara said:
    carrie58 said:

    Today is my 60th birthday ,yes I think this is a complaint .........

    sugar free salt free cholesterol free birthday cake!

     

    Ambivantly Happy 60th

    Is it made of tofu?   cheeky  Or maybe it's like that Irish soda bread...very bland.

    Dana

    Maybe it is made out of polygons?

    Maybe add flavor-free to that list!  laugh 

    It seems that if something tastes good, generally, it's not good for you.  The better it tastes, the worse it is.  If one bite makes you go, "Oh my God, that's good!"  It's probably almost deadly!  cheeky

    Dana

    It is also hollow as it is made for Daz Studio or Poser.

    ...chocolate easter bunnies are usually hollow.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,335
    kyoto kid said:
    ...cornhole is a Midwest game which involves tossing beanbags at an angled board with a hole in it. Scoring a cornhole (having the beanbag go through the hole) is 3 points. Landing a bag on the board is worth 1 point. A match usually goes to 21 points. It is usually set up with two boards opposte each other a specific distance apart. I'd google it and provide a link, but am away from home and entering this from my phone. (hence any typos)

    It seems somewhat akin to the game of horseshoes.

     And it's not just in the midwest. It is very popular here in the east too.

    Indeed.  I've played it here up in Massachusetts.  I didn't know that was the name of it.

    Dana

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    kyoto kid said:
    ...who knows? With the way band names go today it probably could be the name of some local group. Hmmm, Lenny and the Liverspots, sounds like it has potential for the cheap motel lounge circuit.

    With all the ones I have in my back, I could call my band the Kinks. Oh, wait...

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    edited July 2018

    Complaint:  I wanna do something interesting, go somewhere far, today but my funds are short for two and a half more weeks. sad  Guess I'll just have to satisfy myself with a lunch at a "Texas Hot" joint.  I haven't been to a movie in months and months.  There's nothing worth shelling out over $11.00 to see, and I get ansy having to sit for two hours -- which is just a bit longer than my MTBBB (Maximum Time Between Bathroom Breaks).  Much more convenient to find a movie on YouTube or NetFlix and sit in my comfy chair and use my pause button as necessary.

    I was afraid of this,... last weekend I drove 465 miles round trip to the Renaissance Faire and I've rekindled my wanderlust.  I can't afford a wanderlust anymore. frown

    Non-complaint:  I did have a micro-adventure yesterday though.  I drove 5 miles to the best local fruit stand and bought a half of a watermelon and a half of a cantaloupe.  Both were perfectly ripe.  Mmmm, so ripe, so sweet.  Mmmm. smileyyes

     

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    where the reset button 

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,092
    edited July 2018

    Non-complaint:  Finally a movie that should be worth spending $11 to go see.  The new "Mission Impossible" movie "Fallout" is here. yes And it's in 3D with apparently lots of vertigo inducing 3D moments.  I'm pretty good at hanging on to my lunch, and Mission Impossible movies are like James Bond movies, one has to go see them regardless of what the critics will say. indecision 

    That, and a cheap lunch at the local Texas Hots place, and a little shopping browsing takes care of this afternoon.  Cool! smiley

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  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

     

    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

    I now worry about that too.  The wash repairman was here Friday.  I was right; timer needs to be replaced.  I can't afford the $300 for that.  Most upsetting is that he discovered the wall plug is arcing.  This house has aluminum wiring and it really needs a complete rewiring.  Now to find a reputable electrician and sell everything in the house so I can pay him.

     

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,335
    edited July 2018
    atticanne said:
    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

     

    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

    I now worry about that too.  The wash repairman was here Friday.  I was right; timer needs to be replaced.  I can't afford the $300 for that.  Most upsetting is that he discovered the wall plug is arcing.  This house has aluminum wiring and it really needs a complete rewiring.  Now to find a reputable electrician and sell everything in the house so I can pay him.

     

    So sorry to hear about that!  I hope it doesn't really cost you that much.  Maybe keep everything in the house and sell the house?

    Dana

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    >.<

    workin on a list of what i can eat with minimalized consequences.
    threw out everything. kept 1 box warer cracker as a non-erihable emergency food
    those 'eat whole grains' webpages should give warnings. bloat & gas
    reading up on rice options. dont consider brown rice safe.for now gonna stick to
    jasmine and basmati rice.
    pedialyte, kaeopectate
    melon fruit family
    skin milk, green tea, organic eggs
    chobani plain no fat yogurt, bananas, can mix as a reat
    unbleached flour for the occasional pancakes.
    multi vitamine / d3 / iron supplements,
    walnuts, almonds, lettuce, cucumber, fresh tomato

    mebbe wont be t lightheaded exercising pool noodles, afraid to go in without holding on to something.

     


     

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,088

    You feeling okay Mistara?

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,088

    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!!"

     

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

     

    Mistara said:

    >.<

    workin on a list of what i can eat with minimalized consequences.
    threw out everything. kept 1 box warer cracker as a non-erihable emergency food
    those 'eat whole grains' webpages should give warnings. bloat & gas
    reading up on rice options. dont consider brown rice safe.for now gonna stick to
    jasmine and basmati rice.
    pedialyte, kaeopectate
    melon fruit family
    skin milk, green tea, organic eggs
    chobani plain no fat yogurt, bananas, can mix as a reat
    unbleached flour for the occasional pancakes.
    multi vitamine / d3 / iron supplements,
    walnuts, almonds, lettuce, cucumber, fresh tomato

    mebbe wont be t lightheaded exercising pool noodles, afraid to go in without holding on to something.

     


     

    Any diet that needs supplements isn't going to be a healthy diet. You need to eat foods that supply your vitamins naturally.    Where are you getting your list from?   Why pedialyte,  plain old fashioned tap water, plus other nromal drinks far better and more natural.  Why do you need to take a remedy like that as part of a normal diet?.  Similarly is your doctor prescribing kaopectate, because that again is certainly not something that should need to be a regular part of your diet.   Are you getting advice on what is going on your diet sheet?   Why only melon group fruit and bananas. Bananas are often not reccommended as a regular item for diabetics.   You seem to be really lacking anything I would call real food in that list.  hardly anything to supply proteins unless you are going to live on eggs.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,388
    edited July 2018

    Tap water?  Yuk.

    And this is just one of the times they actually warned us in public.  surprise

     

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,092
    edited July 2018
    atticanne said:
    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

     

    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

    I now worry about that too.  The wash repairman was here Friday.  I was right; timer needs to be replaced.  I can't afford the $300 for that.  Most upsetting is that he discovered the wall plug is arcing.  This house has aluminum wiring and it really needs a complete rewiring.  Now to find a reputable electrician and sell everything in the house so I can pay him.

     

    Aluminum wiring. surprisenoangry   Complete rewiring would be best but at the very least, your electrician should clean each connection in the whole system and make sure the proper aluminum-compatible switches and outlets are being used (if the proper type are even still available)  frown

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Diomede said:

    Tap water?  Yuk.

    And this is just one of the times they actually warned us in public.  surprise

     

    Ah,   We mostly get pretty good water in the UK.   And I live just over 1½ miles from the reservoir, so get mine really freshh from the processing plant as well.  A lot of the time it is ice cold straight from the tap as well as the Reservoir is further up in the mountains and the pipes run underground down hill. 

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,261

    My computer is taking forever to boot and I do not know why.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,092

    Non-complaint:  The new "Mission Impossible" movie is pretty good.  3D effects of hanging out of helicopters, hanging under helicopters, hanging off of shear cliffs, running from machine gun tracer bullets, running across high glass roofs,  jumping from building to building 200 feet in the air, helicopter duels with damaged helicopters, etc...  The story moves along quickly and just when you think things are winding down and the bad guy's been given his due, another gear in the plot pops loose and you're off on another chase.  Wheee... yes

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,092

    Our tap water in this little country town is pretty good.  I drink it all the time and haven't sprouted more than one extra eye.  We have our own well.  No bad smells, clear, no sediment, no bad taste, not particularly hard water.  No "softening" needed.  As much as I find this corner of the county mentally boring we do have good weather, good water, good air, adequate and usually tolerable roads, good local food produce

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,857
    Diomede said:

    Tap water?  Yuk.

    And this is just one of the times they actually warned us in public.  surprise

     

    ...a non issue here in the Pacific Northwest.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,857

    ...ugh 102° in the city where I was today.  Even standing in the shade while waiting for the bus to head home was unbearable. I'm sure the airport temperature was different, but only planes and coyotes live there. Another two days of 90°+ weather in store before this heat wave finally breaks and we get some relief (even the mid 80s would seem more comfortable). Currently we have experienced 25 days of 90°+ temperatures and August hasn't begun yet.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    DanaTA said:
    atticanne said:
    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

     

    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

    I now worry about that too.  The wash repairman was here Friday.  I was right; timer needs to be replaced.  I can't afford the $300 for that.  Most upsetting is that he discovered the wall plug is arcing.  This house has aluminum wiring and it really needs a complete rewiring.  Now to find a reputable electrician and sell everything in the house so I can pay him.

     

    So sorry to hear about that!  I hope it doesn't really cost you that much.  Maybe keep everything in the house and sell the house?

    Dana

     

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    atticanne said:
    DanaTA said:
    atticanne said:
    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

     

    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

    I now worry about that too.  The wash repairman was here Friday.  I was right; timer needs to be replaced.  I can't afford the $300 for that.  Most upsetting is that he discovered the wall plug is arcing.  This house has aluminum wiring and it really needs a complete rewiring.  Now to find a reputable electrician and sell everything in the house so I can pay him.

     

    So sorry to hear about that!  I hope it doesn't really cost you that much.  Maybe keep everything in the house and sell the house?

    Dana

     

    Sorry about that.  I washed my hands this morning and can't do a thing with them.  lol

    Dana, surely you jest. I inherited the house AND all of its contents from my dad.  He was an aspiring writer and left me over 50 years of assorted newspaper clippings, correspondence, and receipts.  He was a criminal justice professor and left me 100s of books on the subject.  Add to that, I am a packrat myself.  And a procrastinator.  I need someone to light my fire.

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,710
    atticanne said:
    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

     

    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:
    ...without stepping across TOS lines, the "bottom line" is electric heating is just not as efficient as gas, oil, or *gasp* even coal. I grew up in a home that had an old coal fired furnace and we never froze in winter. We later transitioned to gas and it was even cheaper than coal plus was always there when needed. Every place I lived in that was all electric cost a lot more per month to heat and didn't heat the actual volume of air so there were "cold spots" in many areas.

    Electric works just fine to heat the air directly.  But you do have to crank up the voltage, and learn to dodge the bolts of lightning, and not grab onto any water pipes. devil

    ...or hope the curtains or nearby furniture doesn't catch fire and the place burns down.

    Always been my fear with electric in-wall and baseboard heaters, particularly in those cheaply built wood frame and particle board apartment buildings like we have out in the burbs.

    I now worry about that too.  The wash repairman was here Friday.  I was right; timer needs to be replaced.  I can't afford the $300 for that.  Most upsetting is that he discovered the wall plug is arcing.  This house has aluminum wiring and it really needs a complete rewiring.  Now to find a reputable electrician and sell everything in the house so I can pay him.

     

    Aluminum wiring. surprisenoangry   Complete rewiring would be best but at the very least, your electrician should clean each connection in the whole system and make sure the proper aluminum-compatible switches and outlets are being used (if the proper type are even still available)  frown

    It's also going to cost a small fortune to rewire a full house.

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