The Things Which Could Be Worse Need Cats To Make Them Better Complaint Thread

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,209

    Non-complaint:  I've been trying to think of some music I hadn't gushed about here previously and finally remembered the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto.  I suspect that many would recognize at least the opening of his 1st piano concerto primarily because of the repeated wide chord triples at the beginning.  I'm sure it must have been in a cartoon somewhere.  (Nope... guess not.)  But regardless, you probably recognize the series of "Bong, bang, bing.  Bong, bang, bing. ..." double handed chords at the beginning.  Showman pianist Liberace (yes, the candelabra guy) played it the movies, on TV and on tour.  example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVuxReEE1Ic 

    But back to the topic, Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto is not so well known (and there-in lies a tale for another time) but it has fascinations of its own.  In particular the 3rd movement is the very definition of frantic and I've heard, difficult to play.  Despite its frenetic energy it has two captivating melodies (themes)  and is just so much fun to listen to if you can get to the end without forgetting to breathe. (the 2nd melody of the 3rd movement first shows up at 34:48)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAZW148gHc

    1st movement: 0:25 Energetically yet sometimes delicately melodic.

    2nd movement 20:27  Lazy slow.

    3rd movement 33:58  Eight minutes of instantly and consistently paniced frenzy! 

    ...Liberace (Władziu Valentino Liberace) is a Wisconsin native who was born on the west side of Milwaukee in West Allis.

    Yeah quite the flashy showman.

  • WinterMoonWinterMoon Posts: 2,016
    Mystarra said:

    on my 3rd toe infection this year.

    Oh gosh! I hope by "this year" you mean between February 2018 and now, and not since New Year. sad *~*~*~*HealingVibes*~*~*~*

    I know what the matter is with mine, though. It collided head on with hallway furniture. Back to its normal colour now, apart from where the skin is missing.

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    TigerAnne said:
    Mystarra said:

    on my 3rd toe infection this year.

    Oh gosh! I hope by "this year" you mean between February 2018 and now, and not since New Year. sad *~*~*~*HealingVibes*~*~*~*

    I know what the matter is with mine, though. It collided head on with hallway furniture. Back to its normal colour now, apart from where the skin is missing.

     

    Since last April actually. Dr is like did you know you mashed your toe

     

    i have no feeling in toe. I laughed. Doh. But he managed to save em so far. 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited February 2019

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    Post edited by Mistara on
  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,291
    edited February 2019
    kyoto kid said:

    Non-complaint:  I've been trying to think of some music I hadn't gushed about here previously and finally remembered the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto.  I suspect that many would recognize at least the opening of his 1st piano concerto primarily because of the repeated wide chord triples at the beginning.  I'm sure it must have been in a cartoon somewhere.  (Nope... guess not.)  But regardless, you probably recognize the series of "Bong, bang, bing.  Bong, bang, bing. ..." double handed chords at the beginning.  Showman pianist Liberace (yes, the candelabra guy) played it the movies, on TV and on tour.  example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVuxReEE1Ic 

    But back to the topic, Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto is not so well known (and there-in lies a tale for another time) but it has fascinations of its own.  In particular the 3rd movement is the very definition of frantic and I've heard, difficult to play.  Despite its frenetic energy it has two captivating melodies (themes)  and is just so much fun to listen to if you can get to the end without forgetting to breathe. (the 2nd melody of the 3rd movement first shows up at 34:48)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAZW148gHc

    1st movement: 0:25 Energetically yet sometimes delicately melodic.

    2nd movement 20:27  Lazy slow.

    3rd movement 33:58  Eight minutes of instantly and consistently paniced frenzy! 

    ...Liberace (Władziu Valentino Liberace) is a Wisconsin native who was born on the west side of Milwaukee in West Allis.

    Yeah quite the flashy showman.

    I saw him on tour once.  In Daytona Beach, Florida.  I rode my Honda 350 motorcycle 90 miles from Melbourne.  My seat was in the nosebleed section of the auditorium. frown  I could barely see the piano from so high but there was no missing the glare of the spotlights bouncing from his costume.   A bright sparkling purple star gliding across the stage. yes  Good music but TV had a better view. indecision

    He was the swoon target and darling of gaggles of blue haired old women.  Had they only known he was a dedicated old queen.  laugh 

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355
    kyoto kid said:

    Non-complaint:  I've been trying to think of some music I hadn't gushed about here previously and finally remembered the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto.  I suspect that many would recognize at least the opening of his 1st piano concerto primarily because of the repeated wide chord triples at the beginning.  I'm sure it must have been in a cartoon somewhere.  (Nope... guess not.)  But regardless, you probably recognize the series of "Bong, bang, bing.  Bong, bang, bing. ..." double handed chords at the beginning.  Showman pianist Liberace (yes, the candelabra guy) played it the movies, on TV and on tour.  example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVuxReEE1Ic 

    But back to the topic, Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto is not so well known (and there-in lies a tale for another time) but it has fascinations of its own.  In particular the 3rd movement is the very definition of frantic and I've heard, difficult to play.  Despite its frenetic energy it has two captivating melodies (themes)  and is just so much fun to listen to if you can get to the end without forgetting to breathe. (the 2nd melody of the 3rd movement first shows up at 34:48)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAZW148gHc

    1st movement: 0:25 Energetically yet sometimes delicately melodic.

    2nd movement 20:27  Lazy slow.

    3rd movement 33:58  Eight minutes of instantly and consistently paniced frenzy! 

    ...Liberace (Władziu Valentino Liberace) is a Wisconsin native who was born on the west side of Milwaukee in West Allis.

    Yeah quite the flashy showman.

    I saw him on tour once.  In Daytona Beach, Florida.  I rode my Honda 350 motorcycle 90 miles from Melbourne.  My seat was in the nosebleed section of the auditorium. frown  I could barely see the piano from so high but there was no missing the glare of the spotlights bouncing from his costume.   A bright sparkling purple star gliding across the stage. yes  Good music but TV had a better view. indecision

    He was the swoon target and darling of gaggles of blue haired old women.  Had they only known he was a dedicated old queen.  laugh 

    Although anyone with eyes, ears, and even the most rudimentary gaydar could tell, Liberace went to his grave without coming out.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    the cabbages guy in omashu is a lil too fond of his cabbages.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355
    Mystarra said:

    the cabbages guy in omashu is a lil too fond of his cabbages.

    My cabbages!

  • Non-complaint: My taxes are done for this year.

    Compalint: I'm only getting a much smaller refund than usual

    Non-complaint: At least I don't owe more.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    Non-complaint: My taxes are done for this year.

    Compalint: I'm only getting a much smaller refund than usual

    Non-complaint: At least I don't owe more.

    1. not yet here
    2. same here
    3. true that!
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,209
    kyoto kid said:

    Non-complaint:  I've been trying to think of some music I hadn't gushed about here previously and finally remembered the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto.  I suspect that many would recognize at least the opening of his 1st piano concerto primarily because of the repeated wide chord triples at the beginning.  I'm sure it must have been in a cartoon somewhere.  (Nope... guess not.)  But regardless, you probably recognize the series of "Bong, bang, bing.  Bong, bang, bing. ..." double handed chords at the beginning.  Showman pianist Liberace (yes, the candelabra guy) played it the movies, on TV and on tour.  example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVuxReEE1Ic 

    But back to the topic, Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto is not so well known (and there-in lies a tale for another time) but it has fascinations of its own.  In particular the 3rd movement is the very definition of frantic and I've heard, difficult to play.  Despite its frenetic energy it has two captivating melodies (themes)  and is just so much fun to listen to if you can get to the end without forgetting to breathe. (the 2nd melody of the 3rd movement first shows up at 34:48)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAZW148gHc

    1st movement: 0:25 Energetically yet sometimes delicately melodic.

    2nd movement 20:27  Lazy slow.

    3rd movement 33:58  Eight minutes of instantly and consistently paniced frenzy! 

    ...Liberace (Władziu Valentino Liberace) is a Wisconsin native who was born on the west side of Milwaukee in West Allis.

    Yeah quite the flashy showman.

    I saw him on tour once.  In Daytona Beach, Florida.  I rode my Honda 350 motorcycle 90 miles from Melbourne.  My seat was in the nosebleed section of the auditorium. frown  I could barely see the piano from so high but there was no missing the glare of the spotlights bouncing from his costume.   A bright sparkling purple star gliding across the stage. yes  Good music but TV had a better view. indecision

    He was the swoon target and darling of gaggles of blue haired old women.  Had they only known he was a dedicated old queen.  laugh 

    ...exactly.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,209
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    ....Non 'plaint:  the Snowpocalypse went north of us and hit Seattle instead 

    We had less than an inch here in town which melted by midday and a little more in the hills (a couple bus routes in those areas were on detours).  Warming up here (well if you can call the low to mid 40s "warm") and just heavy rain and showers for the next week.  We were originally supposed to get up to 14" of the white stuff tomorrow (the forecast in the Columbia Gorge is still calling for heavy snow) but the winds have shifted to the South- Southwest instead of the coming out of the east where all the cold air is so no more below freezing temps in the western valleys for now. 

    Yeah it was crazy at the Safeway on Friday, many shelves and coolers were almost empty as people were total panic mode, it was almost like Black Friday with checkout lines (even for the self scan stations) going up into the aisles.  One of the local television news crews was even there covering the mayhem as well.  I went over ot the pub that was off to the side of the main shopping area for a little (sipping a couple 3$ pints of good craft brew ale) until the worst of the frenzy died down (only in Portland OR will you find a pub in a Supermart).

    Yeah I did purchase bit more than I usually do (a little annoyed because even the organic chicken breast I needed to make another batch of curry was all sold out) but after two slips and falls in the spans of as many months, I had perfect reason for doing so.  Pouring rain and low 40s is still not weather I enjoy being out in particularly as I have no real reason, like a job, to go anywhere.

     

     

  • frankrblowfrankrblow Posts: 2,052
    edited February 2019

    Snowpocalypse? Spare a thought for the people who live in Toyama, Japan.

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    Have you tried the Thomas' Light English Muffins?  Multi-grain, less fat, and 5Grams of fiber!  5 or more grams helps fight sugar, nutralizes it somehow...not all of it, of course, but it greatly helps in the battle!

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378

    Complaint: After I watched the news and weather last night, I went back to my computer...which was asleep.  I pressed a key...nothing.  Again, more frantically...nothing.  I pressed the restart button...nothing.  I pressed the main boot button...nothing.  I unplugged the power cable, the plugged back in.  Nothing.  The UPS is working, other devices powered by it are working.  No computer.  I suspect the power supply gave up.  It wasn't that long ago that I put that in.  Well, the shop put it in.  I'm on the laptop now.  Nothing I can do but read forums.  All my development tools are on the desktop computer.  Can't seem to get a break.

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,209

    ...yeah but that's in the mountains where snow is a normal occur rance.  Down here in the Willamette Valley, the local news media sees a few snowflakes in the air and it's exclusive  WinterBlast 20XX coverage for hours   

    I originally come from Wisconsin, have been in the mountains here in the states and in Europe.  Yet even though I've lived in Portland for 30 years, I am still amused at how everyone here runs around like chicken little when the word "snow" appears in a forecast. What we would call a "dusting" back in the upper midwest/Great Lakes area has the transit system here scrambling around to chain up all the buses, city street crews out with de-icer and sand trucks, schools potentially closing (crikey, it had to be coming down at the rate of 1" - 2" an hour for the good part of a day or night to close the schools when I grew up in Milwaukee), events canceled, warnings of flight cancellations, and the local news media whipping everyone into panic mode as I witnessed here this past Friday.

    Most often whne it does occur, we barely get enough snow to build a snowman, and the streets are usually just wet at worst.  About once every four years or so we get a major snow event (6" - 9") that may hang around for a few days to a week, however, studded tyres are legal here in the city from mid November to early April.  That's five and a half months during which heavy SUVs, Vans, and Pickups are grinding the road surfaces down each year, resulting in street repairs and resurfacing the following spring and summer (and then people complain about all the road work fouling their commutes up).  Meanwhile, in Wisconsin and Minnesota, where they actually get serious winter, studded tyres are banned because of the damage they do to the roads. 

    People and the news media here need to simply chill and stop overreacting so much..

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    DanaTA said:
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    Have you tried the Thomas' Light English Muffins?  Multi-grain, less fat, and 5Grams of fiber!  5 or more grams helps fight sugar, nutralizes it somehow...not all of it, of course, but it greatly helps in the battle!

    Dana

    Another tip  that not everybody knows is that bread (and bread products) frozen and then toasted has a lower GI  than it did when fresh, and thus is better for you.   It can also make you feel fuller for longer.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355
    edited February 2019
    kyoto kid said:
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    ....Non 'plaint:  the Snowpocalypse went north of us and hit Seattle instead 

    We had less than an inch here in town which melted by midday and a little more in the hills (a couple bus routes in those areas were on detours).  Warming up here (well if you can call the low to mid 40s "warm") and just heavy rain and showers for the next week.  We were originally supposed to get up to 14" of the white stuff tomorrow (the forecast in the Columbia Gorge is still calling for heavy snow) but the winds have shifted to the South- Southwest instead of the coming out of the east where all the cold air is so no more below freezing temps in the western valleys for now. 

    Yeah it was crazy at the Safeway on Friday, many shelves and coolers were almost empty as people were total panic mode, it was almost like Black Friday with checkout lines (even for the self scan stations) going up into the aisles.  One of the local television news crews was even there covering the mayhem as well.  I went over ot the pub that was off to the side of the main shopping area for a little (sipping a couple 3$ pints of good craft brew ale) until the worst of the frenzy died down (only in Portland OR will you find a pub in a Supermart).

    Yeah I did purchase bit more than I usually do (a little annoyed because even the organic chicken breast I needed to make another batch of curry was all sold out) but after two slips and falls in the spans of as many months, I had perfect reason for doing so.  Pouring rain and low 40s is still not weather I enjoy being out in particularly as I have no real reason, like a job, to go anywhere.

     

     

    I believe that since most snow shoppers buy bread, eggs and milk, that they are planning to fix French toast.

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Tjohn said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    ....Non 'plaint:  the Snowpocalypse went north of us and hit Seattle instead 

    We had less than an inch here in town which melted by midday and a little more in the hills (a couple bus routes in those areas were on detours).  Warming up here (well if you can call the low to mid 40s "warm") and just heavy rain and showers for the next week.  We were originally supposed to get up to 14" of the white stuff tomorrow (the forecast in the Columbia Gorge is still calling for heavy snow) but the winds have shifted to the South- Southwest instead of the coming out of the east where all the cold air is so no more below freezing temps in the western valleys for now. 

    Yeah it was crazy at the Safeway on Friday, many shelves and coolers were almost empty as people were total panic mode, it was almost like Black Friday with checkout lines (even for the self scan stations) going up into the aisles.  One of the local television news crews was even there covering the mayhem as well.  I went over ot the pub that was off to the side of the main shopping area for a little (sipping a couple 3$ pints of good craft brew ale) until the worst of the frenzy died down (only in Portland OR will you find a pub in a Supermart).

    Yeah I did purchase bit more than I usually do (a little annoyed because even the organic chicken breast I needed to make another batch of curry was all sold out) but after two slips and falls in the spans of as many months, I had perfect reason for doing so.  Pouring rain and low 40s is still not weather I enjoy being out in particularly as I have no real reason, like a job, to go anywhere.

     

     

    I believe that since most snow shoppers buy bread, eggs and milk, that they are planning to fix French toast.

    Yea I always laugh at that.   Bread you can at least freeze, but eggs and milk have limited life and can't really be frozen.
    Super comment in local on line news for an earlier snow fall

    Nothing brings out our inner snowflake more than actual snowflakes
    It had to happen. Before a flake had fallen in Cardiff, Tesco Extra was in gridlock as shoppers cleared the shelves of sliced white and milk as if they were facing a nuclear winter rather than a snowfall forecast to be over by the weekend.

     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    I was told Friday I could go to the library if I work on my desk.  I did but it was not perfect so now I cannot go to the library.  I have to go to that stupid daycare for adults.  I mean day center for adults.  I am angry and they made fun of me as if I was a joke.

    I thought things were getting better but I was just a fool.

  • Chohole said:
    Tjohn said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    ....Non 'plaint:  the Snowpocalypse went north of us and hit Seattle instead 

    We had less than an inch here in town which melted by midday and a little more in the hills (a couple bus routes in those areas were on detours).  Warming up here (well if you can call the low to mid 40s "warm") and just heavy rain and showers for the next week.  We were originally supposed to get up to 14" of the white stuff tomorrow (the forecast in the Columbia Gorge is still calling for heavy snow) but the winds have shifted to the South- Southwest instead of the coming out of the east where all the cold air is so no more below freezing temps in the western valleys for now. 

    Yeah it was crazy at the Safeway on Friday, many shelves and coolers were almost empty as people were total panic mode, it was almost like Black Friday with checkout lines (even for the self scan stations) going up into the aisles.  One of the local television news crews was even there covering the mayhem as well.  I went over ot the pub that was off to the side of the main shopping area for a little (sipping a couple 3$ pints of good craft brew ale) until the worst of the frenzy died down (only in Portland OR will you find a pub in a Supermart).

    Yeah I did purchase bit more than I usually do (a little annoyed because even the organic chicken breast I needed to make another batch of curry was all sold out) but after two slips and falls in the spans of as many months, I had perfect reason for doing so.  Pouring rain and low 40s is still not weather I enjoy being out in particularly as I have no real reason, like a job, to go anywhere.

     

     

    I believe that since most snow shoppers buy bread, eggs and milk, that they are planning to fix French toast.

    Yea I always laugh at that.   Bread you can at least freeze, but eggs and milk have limited life and can't really be frozen.
    Super comment in local on line news for an earlier snow fall

    Nothing brings out our inner snowflake more than actual snowflakes
    It had to happen. Before a flake had fallen in Cardiff, Tesco Extra was in gridlock as shoppers cleared the shelves of sliced white and milk as if they were facing a nuclear winter rather than a snowfall forecast to be over by the weekend.

     

    Lack of experience for the few, herd instinct for the many.

  • EtriganEtrigan Posts: 603
    kyoto kid said:
    kyoto kid said:

    Non-complaint:  I've been trying to think of some music I hadn't gushed about here previously and finally remembered the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto.  I suspect that many would recognize at least the opening of his 1st piano concerto primarily because of the repeated wide chord triples at the beginning.  I'm sure it must have been in a cartoon somewhere.  (Nope... guess not.)  But regardless, you probably recognize the series of "Bong, bang, bing.  Bong, bang, bing. ..." double handed chords at the beginning.  Showman pianist Liberace (yes, the candelabra guy) played it the movies, on TV and on tour.  example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVuxReEE1Ic 

    But back to the topic, Tchaikovsky's 2nd piano concerto is not so well known (and there-in lies a tale for another time) but it has fascinations of its own.  In particular the 3rd movement is the very definition of frantic and I've heard, difficult to play.  Despite its frenetic energy it has two captivating melodies (themes)  and is just so much fun to listen to if you can get to the end without forgetting to breathe. (the 2nd melody of the 3rd movement first shows up at 34:48)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAZW148gHc

    1st movement: 0:25 Energetically yet sometimes delicately melodic.

    2nd movement 20:27  Lazy slow.

    3rd movement 33:58  Eight minutes of instantly and consistently paniced frenzy! 

    ...Liberace (Władziu Valentino Liberace) is a Wisconsin native who was born on the west side of Milwaukee in West Allis.

    Yeah quite the flashy showman.

    I saw him on tour once.  In Daytona Beach, Florida.  I rode my Honda 350 motorcycle 90 miles from Melbourne.  My seat was in the nosebleed section of the auditorium. frown  I could barely see the piano from so high but there was no missing the glare of the spotlights bouncing from his costume.   A bright sparkling purple star gliding across the stage. yes  Good music but TV had a better view. indecision

    He was the swoon target and darling of gaggles of blue haired old women.  Had they only known he was a dedicated old queen.  laugh 

    ...exactly.

    He was gay (blatantly so), not an idiot, so long as it remained a "rumor" or "suspicion" he was good to go I'm sure he was fully aware that it was those darling blue-hairs that kept him in sequines and fur. The reactions would be completely different in this day; but back then? Not so much. 

     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    My free time has been promised then told that I will not have any.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,209
    Tjohn said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    ....Non 'plaint:  the Snowpocalypse went north of us and hit Seattle instead 

    We had less than an inch here in town which melted by midday and a little more in the hills (a couple bus routes in those areas were on detours).  Warming up here (well if you can call the low to mid 40s "warm") and just heavy rain and showers for the next week.  We were originally supposed to get up to 14" of the white stuff tomorrow (the forecast in the Columbia Gorge is still calling for heavy snow) but the winds have shifted to the South- Southwest instead of the coming out of the east where all the cold air is so no more below freezing temps in the western valleys for now. 

    Yeah it was crazy at the Safeway on Friday, many shelves and coolers were almost empty as people were total panic mode, it was almost like Black Friday with checkout lines (even for the self scan stations) going up into the aisles.  One of the local television news crews was even there covering the mayhem as well.  I went over ot the pub that was off to the side of the main shopping area for a little (sipping a couple 3$ pints of good craft brew ale) until the worst of the frenzy died down (only in Portland OR will you find a pub in a Supermart).

    Yeah I did purchase bit more than I usually do (a little annoyed because even the organic chicken breast I needed to make another batch of curry was all sold out) but after two slips and falls in the spans of as many months, I had perfect reason for doing so.  Pouring rain and low 40s is still not weather I enjoy being out in particularly as I have no real reason, like a job, to go anywhere.

     

     

    I believe that since most snow shoppers buy bread, eggs and milk, that they are planning to fix French toast.

    ...maybe that's how it originated.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    I have these suicidal thoughts attacking me.  I feel like they are telling me since I am not perfect that I am a burden and should kill my self because it will help relieve people of the burden of me.  I do not know where to turn or tell.  I am afraid to call crisis as I am afraid that will somehow be considered bad somehow.  It is not that I am going to hurt myself but I feel like I am hurting already.  I am hurting inside and I do not know what to do.  I feel like I have to keep this perfect exterior so I can get out of this home. I do not know how much longer I can keep it up.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Chohole said:
    DanaTA said:
    Mystarra said:

    The Shut diwn All the Garbage Mashers Complaint Thread

     

    The Two Dollar Complaint Thread

    Complaint  is 19F degrees out  

    Staying under blankets all day, except for breakfast. Pbj on toasted english muffin. Do crumpets go yummi with pbj?

    Have you tried the Thomas' Light English Muffins?  Multi-grain, less fat, and 5Grams of fiber!  5 or more grams helps fight sugar, nutralizes it somehow...not all of it, of course, but it greatly helps in the battle!

    Dana

    Another tip  that not everybody knows is that bread (and bread products) frozen and then toasted has a lower GI  than it did when fresh, and thus is better for you.   It can also make you feel fuller for longer.

    frozen crumpets smiley

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    watching tje wonder woman movie for first time.

    i actually have ares in my book, but he is mellowed by 12,000 years

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    I am feeling better I guess.  Trying to listen to an audiobook but my app will not play the one I want to listen tonight.

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,243
    edited February 2019
    kyoto kid said:

    I originally come from Wisconsin, have been in the mountains here in the states and in Europe.  Yet even though I've lived in Portland for 30 years, I am still amused at how everyone here runs around like chicken little when the word "snow" appears in a forecast.

    Normally I would agree, but I'm actually stuck at home today from this weekend's weather, it built gradually over the weekend but I ended up with quite a bit so while most others didn't get the promised snowmaggedon, I got much of it.  I'm not actually in Portland anymore, I'm a ways out of town now but still commuting there.  I fired up the snowblower today and managed to get about half the driveway clear before breaking two shear pins and loosing a third in the snow and then it started to rain.  The snow was a foot deep in places, although less in other places due to either minor drifting or melting or still being stuck in trees.  Maybe we got an average of 8 inches that stayed, but probably 12 fell, compacted down to 8 over a few days.  I manually shoveled the other half, but my local road didn't get cleared and the snow is still deeper than the bottom of my car.  Tomorrow I'll probably still be stuck, but I'll see if the snow on the road is dry enough to be blown or perhaps I'll spend the entire day shoveling a path to the nearest plowed road, although ice might prevent getting up the hill anyway.  :-)  Hoping the rain will melt it down rather than just ice-coating it, but maybe that rain will be a few more inches of snow on top of what's still there.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,209
    edited February 2019

    I have these suicidal thoughts attacking me.  I feel like they are telling me since I am not perfect that I am a burden and should kill my self because it will help relieve people of the burden of me.  I do not know where to turn or tell.  I am afraid to call crisis as I am afraid that will somehow be considered bad somehow.  It is not that I am going to hurt myself but I feel like I am hurting already.  I am hurting inside and I do not know what to do.  I feel like I have to keep this perfect exterior so I can get out of this home. I do not know how much longer I can keep it up.

    ...hang in there and talk to your advocate/caseworker tomorrow.  Let him or her know you need to be a more supportive situation than you are crurently dealing with. 

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