Rant Thread II

[AshleyO]

Oh you know... Southern Baptist moral implications. It's also a Catholic thing I guess. Sooo... Christian morality?

[Miss Absynthe]

Things like that can be so ingrained that it's like a monosynaptic reflex.

[Saya]

Hey, I don't step on cracks or pass people on stairs and pray when I feel like it. I think when you grow up in ______ culture you never really get way from the practices and habits, even when the belief is gone.

[Saya]

We are getting 70+ centimeters of snow. Winds gusting to 120km an hour.

How is this legal.

[Versus]

Watch out for dire wolves.

[Fruitbat]

JJ - No we don't live in the areas that get 50+C temperatures, although I was quite happy when I heard they called the colour "Deep purple" because i like the music.

we recently broke a record where the entire continent's average temperature was over 40C. That's pretty impressive for Australia... normally we aren't such high achievers... *wink*

[Jaye Jang]

Whew, Batty! That's a relief. (Love Deep Purple myself --"Smoke On The Water" 4evah)!

It's O-dark-thirty a.m. Had to get up this early because I have to go into town today. Dreading that. Last time I had to go up to the VAMC (Monday) it took 2hours to get there on the bus and 3 hours to get back on the DAV van. (Then they couldn't get the van into the driveway). And it's still snowing!! Aack. I hope I can get IN the door by the time I get back.

[Catch]

All right. I want to Elf Myself. The only one who sent a Friend Request on Face Book is Captain CStern. There is something Wrong with the World?

Here is the link
https://www.facebook.com/naomie.christensen

You know what to do.

I am planing a song list. So far I have "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice and "Father Christmas" by the Kinks. It should be great.

[Fruitbat]

I'm dizzy. It's quite fun when you race after a kid, and you run sideways because you can't quite run straight, and end up bouncing off the walls as you walk down the hallway.

Stoopid middle ear crap. I've been this way for three days - waiting to see the dr. Vague as all batshit too - takes me five minutes to answer a simple question.... awesome.

[ape descendant]

Batty, be careful with your bad self. Just remember that your body is only flesh and bone... well I guess I am making an assumption.

Ashley, I wouldn't want to live through an excruciating terminal illness either. Though I think that bullets are kind of messy and gross, I'm hoping that euthanasia for humans is more accepted by the time I'd need it, that way they can give me the same dignity we allow for beloved pets.

Saya, tell Alberta to quit sending their crappy cold to us. I know you guys have some sort of weird Northern Network or something.

[BourbonBoy]

ape, you can send that weather to South Texas. It's in the middle 70's where I am.

Damn colds, now my ears are feeling stuffy now.

[MissCheyenne]

Ugh. I am in shit loads of pain right now. I've got CRPS in my left arm which causes me no end of pain and problems. One of the problems is that it hurts me to lay flat on my back, my consultant suspects I have further nerve damage in my neck and spine and so I was sent today (MY DAMN BIRTHDAY) for an MRI scan on said areas. I had to lay perfectly still, flat on my back for almost an hour and it's left me in agony. UGH.

[Haejin]

Does anyone have some good home remedies for canker sores. Something I ate caused me to get 4 at the same damn time and it's making my whole freaking head hurt. I've used drugstore numbing gel, but it wears off too fast.

[ape descendant]

I'll see what I can do, BB. I, sure as fuck, am getting tired of all this cold and snow. This spring I'm going to garden SO HARD!!

[BourbonBoy]

Don't try too hard ape, the temp's dropped 15 degrees in the last 18 hours

[ape descendant]

Shit, I guess you're on your own, I don't need to be popping a blood vessel or getting a hernia.

[Jaye Jang]

Going on two plus weeks of snow and ice now. Still in whiteout. Thinking of moving to Bermuda.

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by ape descendant

I'll see what I can do, BB. I, sure as fuck, am getting tired of all this cold and snow. This spring I'm going to garden SO HARD!!

You go girl..although remember to drink plenty of fluids. Hardcore gardening can lead to dehydration.


Oh and I've got vertigo. The best thing is that I don't have to waste energy spinning around - my head does it for me! Yeah!


BB and Ape - please send cold weather my way. Oh and I'd love some rain or snow - not fussed, just something to water my garden, which is half dead.

How about we split temperatures... We've got almost 100F - so you can take what you like - as long as it's not freezing here. I'll wrap it up in a suitcase and ship it off to you Ape darling.

[ape descendant]

If we split it down the middle I think we'd both end up with about 50F.

[BourbonBoy]

The problem though Fruitbat is ape descendant wants positive temps and I want negative temps as do you. I think our best bet would be for us to donate +20F each, bringing me to +20F and you to +80F during the day.

People in this world can be truly disgusting.

A great friend of mine is barely scrounging by on $400 a month, but her schmuck of a boyfriend that she lives with who makes about four times as much as she does is so terrible with his finances that he steals out of her purse when he thinks she's sleeping. He can't keep gas in his car, can't pick up after himself and doesn't even have the proper decency to take down naked pictures off of his walls when her ten year old daughter is over for visitations.

This guy is a waste of oxygen.

[Solumina]

I decided to check my credit report today and what do I see but an account with Verizon that is now in collection. Only I closed out my account with Verizon before I moved here, it was paid in full, and everything was all good. I've never seen nor heard from them since so I'm pretty fucking confused and unhappy about this. I'm really not even sure how to go about disputing it since it is a valid account but I have no idea what I supposedly owe them money for, I guess I just proceed as if it is an unauthorized charge? Or is there something special that you need to do if you have never been notified of the debt? Guess I'll find out tomorrow.

Ugh I do not need this headache right now.

[ape descendant]

Is it your old account? Or is it a different one?

I'd check with Verizon and get a basic idea of what's going on with it.

[Jackson Cutler]

I have deadlines coming out of my ears and I'm about as productive and efficient at this topic as a brick.

[Solumina]

Originally Posted by ape descendant

Is it your old account? Or is it a different one?

I'd check with Verizon and get a basic idea of what's going on with it.

It is my old account but with the address that we started at, not the one we transferred to for the last year of our service. Unfortunately since it has been sent to collection Verizon won't talk to me but I don't have a way to contact the collection agency or even find out what company owns the debt so it looks like I'm stuck just disputing it with the credit reporting agencies for now.

[ape descendant]

Damn that sounds super shitty.