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I am at my day program and in a basic beginner Spanish class. We are being asked Como te llamo? I want to answer either as Ich heiße TSasha. Except using my legal name as they don't use TSasha or Sfariah here.
Oh nein! Mein Geld ist Gelb. Nein, der Geld ist Grün.
Complaint: after a week in the hospital the bills start coming .... on my phone I'd rather they used my email I can see the computer screen better and hit the key board easier .....then there's the "the information you have logged in is not correct........ it's the only info I have !! now I have a headache
If you ever want to ruin your eyes and your brain at the same time, try examining deeds from the late 17th century. In additional to the questionable spelling, archaic lettering, and ancient units of measurement, you've also got the joys of a document that establishes legal boundaries by using landmarks like tree stumps and rocks.
My complaint of the day is that my apartment manager replaced the singular clothes dryer in the basement with the absolute jankiest, sub-Temu-quality 'commercial' dryer, then jacked the price up to use it. There's seven quarter slots, so of course it now costs seven quarters to use.
The controls are a single dial and a single button, meaning that the only difference between hot dry and delicate dry is the amount of time the machine runs.
They also expanded the single washing machine to use all six of its available quarter slots. It at least has various functioning selections to choose from, but it's also a good 20 years old.
(Edit: Good grief, I took another look at this janky thing and it doesn't even offer 'air dry' as a selection. Got some wool sweaters? Yeah, just run `em on high heat and be ready to yank the door open before they shrink too much. That'll be seven quarters, please. It might actually be nine or ten?)
I bought some groceries from an online store named after a creek in South America. The Amazon creek is what that little online store is named after.
So quaint! You gotta love these little mom-and-pop startups.
There used to be an awesome indie feminist bookstore in Minneapolis by that same name, and I remember when the well-known site started getting popular, there was a sign on the window informing people that it was not affiliated, as apparently people had been getting uppity. It far predated the more well-known one, but sadly closed more than a decade ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Bookstore_Cooperative ;
As a side note, I do love the city's density of indie bookstores. In addition to Amazon (the original) being the oldest indie feminist bookstore in North America, there's Uncle Hugo's, the oldest indie SF bookstore in North America, and a whole lot of others that don't have longevity distinctions but are entirely fabulous anyway.
Yeah. We vacation in the White Mountains of NH. Near where we stay, there was a restaurant named Marguritaville (my spelling may be wrong?) They were there for years. Suddenly, they had to change the name of the place, because they were sued by the *person* who wrote the famous song. They weren't doing him any harm, and it was a very good restaurant. They have since gone out of business. We were sad to see that.
Do you know Spanish?
I want to make sure I wrote this right. Ich liebe deine Katzen und deine Katzen lieben mich.
Except it is in German not Spanish
...we have a nice big Indie bookstore here in Portland than has been in business for decades named Powell's Books/. It takes up a full city block half of which is four floors. It also has an Indie coffee shop as well. They also have couple branches including one at the airport and another in the "Bohemian" Hawthorne District
Complaint.
Well my gloves from Amazon arrived today but they sent the wrong size (small - almost looks like a "kid's size) instead of medium as well as the wrong style. This is the first time they have ever messed up on me (most likely was on e of their AI robots that picked them) so I now have to go through the trouble of returning them an exchange for the proper size and style). They also weren't cheap either so I can't just give them away to someone else. and eat the cost.
Really need them before the cold, windy, rainy weather for the next five months sets in which will be in a couple days.
Powell's is amazing!! I got to go in the late 90's on a road trip, and I wish I'd had more time to explore (car wasn't mine, so I was beholden to my travel companions' patience, and they had other places they wanted to see). I did come out of it with a first edition of Well of Loneliness, though, and felt like I'd found the golden ticket in the chocolate bar.
Non-complaint: My six-liter ultrasonic humidifier from Amazon has arrived, along with some Orville Redenbocker popcorn and other snacks, a day early.
My budget is balanced again after this month's SS deposit, and I'm a little ahead of the game, so I'm going to splurge for an extra Uber trip tomorrow to get to the beanery in the decrepit mini-mall for a Biscuit & Gravy breakfast, then to Wal-Mart for a couple hours, then toddle to Olive Garden for lunch, and perhaps a toddle from there over to JC Penney in the mall to look at nice longsleeve shirts or fall jackets that may still be in stock and on sale. Wheee... forbidden food, alcohol, and shopping! A good birthday.
I'm heading back home. I worked a few hours. Not sure when I will get paid next as this is my first day back since end of May.
Are you using drywall or greenboard for the bathroom, or are you only doing greenboard in the essential areas? Drywall is lighter now than it used to be. They've added different materials to it now. Today's drywall is made with sustainable materials and has a lot of other ingredients mixed in that make it stronger and lighter. It can now handle wider expanses than the 16-inch centers it used to be on ceilings. They've added fiberglass to the gypsum to help with fireproofing and some other stuff to enhance its performance, durability, and weight. It's been 20 years since I did a full house's worth of drywall. I've just done small projects here and there for family or friends. I now mostly do remodeling, putting additions on, or building decks. My specialty was roofing and remodeling kitchens and bathrooms. For me, getting older is the reason stuff feels heavier. Things I could lift with no issue, I most definitely struggle with today, with a bad back and knees. I wouldn't even attempt to carry two bundles of asphalt shingles on each shoulder up a ladder anymore. I wouldn't even be thinking about doing two. These days, I'd either get them dropped off on the roof or get the motorized ladder lift. Good luck with the update. Show some pictures when done.
Umm.
In the last 10 years the range of plasterboard products in our local store has increased, but I think it's different from the types available in the US. I assume greenboard is for shower areas. I'm using the standard gypsum board, 12mm thick, because we don't use a shower, just the bath. Thickness of 12mm because that's what we bought for a different project a number of years ago and had left over.
The house is from 1896, the ceiling joist centres are approximately 14" (12" between - varies from 8" to 14", though) and were originally used with lathes, replaced in the 1980's with plasterboard. The apparent weight increase is due to increased age and reduced fitness rather than the 22kg/48lb sheets actually being heavier.
The big improvement is, I hope, upgrading the insulation to 2" polyurethane slab, U value 0.44 Watts/metre^2.Kelvin, that compares with the existing insulation (where present, and much is uninsulated due to migration under rodent feet) of 0.8 W/m^2.K. We're taking the opportunity to insulate the solid brick wall next to the redundant chimney breast too. Due to needing shelf space, that's only insulated with 1" thick stuff, at 0.88 W/m^2.K, but is better than the 3.06 W/m^2.K of the 9" brick wall currently there. The bathroom already feels warmer, even though it's not finished and the weather is cooler.
Regards,
Richard.
Happy Birthday, LeatherGryphon!
^^THIS!!! May it be full of things (and food!!) that make you smile. :)
complaint: Vaccine day for Little Dude
non-complaint: It went as well as it could. It's always logistically stressful to figure out the way to minimise trauma for everyone, plus a roll of the dice whether he'll be a complete cooperative peach or a dysregulated 60-lb wolverine. The nurse was awesome, and we had a little strategy planning session before I brought him in (he waits in the car with my mom because reasons). She had the shots ready to go, the closest room to do them in, and was calm and unruffled and kind (and fast!). Little dude walked in (with encouragement/guidance -- very unenthusiastic about all this) instead of needing carried this year, and didn't fight the extra-tight hug I gave him while the nurse did her thing. He fussed a little, but walked back out and got in the car okay. So that's checked off for a year.
complaint: ...but of course his appointment was at 8, and he didn't get to sleep until 2:30, which meant I had to scrape him out of bed and carry him down to the car (oof). He now has an "uh oh" arm, is way underslept, and is in intermittent wolverine mode. Totally get it. Today deserves wolverine mode. Tomorrow is likely to be Part 2 if the side effects get him. I'm sure it's a sensory nightmare for him even beyond what it is for your average person, and he doesn't have the benefit of understanding why. But darn it all, the last couple days were so peaceful and happy!
non-complaint: Grateful for the privilge of being able to get him injectable disease resist potions... even if it does completely screw up our day.
@DanaTA and @SilverGirl : Thank you!
The day mostly went my way. Bus to breakfast at the beanery in the decrepit mini-mall for Biscuit & gravy, then Uber to WalMart where I wandered & found a cheap flannel shirt, then a toddle (a looong, exhausting toddle
) to OliveGarden right when they opened at 11:00 for a big lunch (salmon, broccoli, salad, fried shrimp, and a margarita
), and because it was my birthday I got a free dessert (cheesecake
) and Happy Birthday sung at me.
So much food left over to take home, that I have enough for three more meals.
And then an Uber to my uptown grocery for the usual things, and a final Uber home. Didn't make it to JC Penney (I was all toddled out)
But it was a good day. Yay!
@LeatherGryphon, I hope the coming year will be joyous and full of fun toddles and discoveries.
Mary
Happy Birthday LeatherGryphon. And congratulations on completing another trip around the sun; may you have many more!
complaint: Fry's Electronics Store shut down in 2021 and I had no idea. It was a cultural icon. For those that never had the pleasure of browsing a Fry's Electronics store, it was every techie nerd's dream store. It was way more than that though, each one was uniquely themed, the one I used to go to a lot was in Burbank, CA, even though I lived in Fountain Valley at the time, the one in Burbank was amazing with a giant UFO crashed into the front entrance, and movie memorabilia all throughout the store, a retro drive-in diner inside the store, etc. It was like an adult toy store. There will never be another place like Fry's and apparently they alll closed up in 2021 during the covid mess, and I had no idea.
Wow, if I had known it was there, I might have driven down from Santa Barbara county to see that store before I moved to Colorado in 2014. And I hate driving through Los Angeles. But that place looked like a lot of fun (except for the spider/crab thing)!
Complaint (as in I scared myself half to death): Opened Daz Studio and my Smart Content Products was missing! I could see it as files but not as product folders. My file structure was okay, my CMS was on, I couldn't figuer it out, my eyes were on the top of the screen. I even closed D|S and checked all connections. I was ready to do that death by metadata and log in when I looked down and realized somehow I was clicked on to the 'Pending' tab on the bottom of the window, not the 'Installed' tab. While I have absolutely no idea how that got clicked on, I thought I would note it here, just in case someone else ever has the same issue. Check those bottom tabs before you go nuclear on your database and save yourself months of work recovering your hard work setting up your files.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
I need to book rides to Southpoint tomorrow and Saturday. It looks like I have something to do then there.
By the way, where are my glasses? Also is it that quiet at home right now? Great, I think so, because I heard a bark or two outside.
Sorry, I was assuming you were in the US, so yeah, the drywall is a bit different than it is in the States. Yes, the greenboard is for areas that will be subject to moisture, but using standard drywall is just fine. It's an option here in most areas, but in some states, it is code that you use greenboard or cement board if you are going to tile in those areas, but again, that only applies to showers. You just need to make sure you seal it well with the proper primer and paint. I'm assuming you are using tape and joint compound on the drywall, especially in the corners? If at all possible, if you don't already, possibly install a shower exhaust fan (they sell all kinds of fans and brackets for the type of install you need to be able to mount it properly). They are super easy to install, especially if you haven't installed drywall on the ceiling yet. That will make sure the drywall won't build up with moisture, causing future mold or mildew. You shouldn't get that much steam if you only use a tub, so that would just be an option.
I know this is early, but no elves in this ai rendered picture. Is it the right time to start making Christmas scenes with DS?
I understand your problem. Similar, although not so drastic, things happen here, but without the brick walls, just no insulation in most of the exterior walls.
However, I thought that I'd solved the problem. Despite this being an older house, it has been moderinzed a couple times in its life and one of the things they did was put a vent fan above my shower that ducted the shower steam outside to the old unenclosed back porch. Unfortunately, the old back porch has been moderinzed more recently and enclosed, and is used by the other family in the house. So, I have the option of sending my steam into their family room.
I don't. Anymore.