Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"

[peacheslatour]

2 hours ago, kristen111 said:

Join the club.  Mine can’t even watch a dvd without me doing it.  He doesn’t know how to switch the Source button on the remote, and doesn’t want to learn. This is a guy who was a computer operator.

Forgive me but what is a computer operator?

[kristen111]

On 11/28/2021 at 1:29 PM, peacheslatour said:

I could not agree more. I like the old classics very much but these new garbage ones with the same tired plots and D-list actors are horrible. The worst of it is that my DH just adores them and I'm not even allowed to make sarcastic remarks so I just watch what I want in another room.

 

Sooo funny, but true.

 

On 11/28/2021 at 10:14 AM, theredhead77 said:

Even Prime items can have supply chain issues resulting in fufillment delays. Delivery dates are usually clearly displayed on the PDP (product display page) and the checkout screen. 

Source: my dad asked me to order printer toner for them. It's an item that has Prime shipping but it showed it wasn't in stock and the expected delivery date was between 11/29 - 12/3.

You can always cancel the order that is delayed. Here is a link to the Amazon help section if you aren't sure how to do that.

It’s not the fault of carriers either, like UPS, Fed Ex, Amazon.  They are working their best.  All problems come from up above.  Waaay up above.

[Caoimhe]

3 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Forgive me but what is a computer operator?

Back in my IT working days they were the people responsible for the big mainframe computers running the processing and print queues and loading / unloading drives.

I also have a spouse who informs me what he wants to watch and it’s up to me to connect to the relevant streaming service and search for whatever it is then run it.  Before I go to bed I switch him back to the “normal” cable and he’s fine with that remote.

[SuprSuprElevated]

Probably the single reason that we haven't completely cut the cable TV cord, is that my husband, being a prolific TV watcher, simply cannot watch one program at a time.  The flipping back and forth between channels, coupled with the menu porn (studying for the next hour's flipping exercizes) will be vewy vewy difficult to break.  High anxiety indeed.

[kristen111]

1 hour ago, Caoimhe said:

Back in my IT working days they were the people responsible for the big mainframe computers running the processing and print queues and loading / unloading drives.

I also have a spouse who informs me what he wants to watch and it’s up to me to connect to the relevant streaming service and search for whatever it is then run it.  Before I go to bed I switch him back to the “normal” cable and he’s fine with that remote.

In the day, just what you said.  I was never familiar.  Mine could certainly learn how to operate these gadgets, but just doesn’t want to be bothered.  I even had to install the Firestick, take care of all the batteries, etc.

[peacheslatour]

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Back in my IT working days they were the people responsible for the big mainframe computers running the processing and print queues and loading / unloading drives.

Oh okay so different than a systems analyst?

[Mondrianyone]

49 minutes ago, kristen111 said:

Mine could certainly learn how to operate these gadgets, but just doesn’t want to be bothered.  I even had to install the Firestick, take care of all the batteries, etc.

This is me, 100%. I don't get it. We had a computer years before anyone we knew. It's like the tech section of his brain shut down.

So now if he wants to watch something, I say, "Give me five dollars." Or whatever else I might want. "Make me dinner." Or "Fold the laundry." It's working out pretty well for me, I have to admit.

[Caoimhe]

1 hour ago, peacheslatour said:

Oh okay so different than a systems analyst?

Yes, very different.  I was a systems analyst once and (in that job) had very little to do with computer hardware!

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, Caoimhe said:

Yes, very different.  I was a systems analyst once and (in that job) had very little to do with computer hardware!

I was a florist.

[shapeshifter]

2 hours ago, Mondrianyone said:

This is me, 100%. I don't get it. We had a computer years before anyone we knew. It's like the tech section of his brain shut down.

So now if he wants to watch something, I say, "Give me five dollars." Or whatever else I might want. "Make me dinner." Or "Fold the laundry." It's working out pretty well for me, I have to admit.

Heh. I'm pretty sure my ex of 30 years ago still doesn't have a cell phone.
I still clearly remember the time in the 80s when he came out to the living room where we had company looking very sad and defeated to tell me that the toilet was overflowing. Somehow he'd reached his mid 30s without ever learning how to turn off the water to the toilet.
To be fair, we had a soon-to-be-gone rental property manager who told me after renting for a year that the sewage was my problem, so my ex wasn't the only person of no use with regards to plumbing in my life at the time (and, in case anyone's wondering, zero double entendre).

So now, fast-forward 30 years (to my current peeves), I have moved into a condo with a worthless condo board president and a worthless property manager, but I am prepared to deal with looming plumbing problems and fire code issues--and making progress.
 🦸‍♀️← primetimer "female superhero" icon???

 

[Mindthinkr]

8 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

 🦸‍♀️← primetimer "female superhero" icon???

🎉🎉 Many Kudos 🎉🎉

[kristen111]

On 11/29/2021 at 6:51 PM, Mondrianyone said:

This is me, 100%. I don't get it. We had a computer years before anyone we knew. It's like the tech section of his brain shut down.

So now if he wants to watch something, I say, "Give me five dollars." Or whatever else I might want. "Make me dinner." Or "Fold the laundry." It's working out pretty well for me, I have to admit.

That’s nice.  Mine told me the first week we were married to take care of all the banking.  He can’t be bothered.  I could rob him blind.  He only takes care of the 401k and stocks, etc.   Now and then, he’ll ask how’s the savings going.  Hates paperwork.  Very spoiled.  Good thing I’m honest.  As long as he has food, tv, and the kids are ok, he couldn’t give a shit less.  The only peeve I have is he’s not big on vacations.  He likes to be home, but we did the Vegas, Disney, Cruise things when the kids were home .. now, he just wants to golf.  Hates planes too.  We mostly go upstate and Florida once in awhile.  I’d like to do more.  He was in the Army twice and saw all of Europe.  He’s done.  I could go with a friend, but don’t want to.

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2021 by kristen111

[ABay]

I just finished decorating my tree and my pet peeve is that no matter how you hang the ornament, it never faces the right way when you let go.

[bilgistic]

In yet another thrilling episode in the saga of Nothing Works in This Apartment and Maintenance Doesn't Believe Me, So I'm Going to Burn This Place to The Ground and Collect the Insurance Money, I bought another hand mixer (this one came with beaters!) and what do you know, it tripped the circuit just like my old one does. It's almost as if I was right when I told maintenance that the problem is the circuit/wiring and not my hand mixer! So I'm returning the new hand mixer and I guess I'll just sit in the living room floor and plug my mixer into a power strip when I need to mix something.🙃 My mom asked why I'm keeping my 25-year-old mixer. Me: "Because it works?"

And last Wednesday night, there was water dripping from our bathroom ceiling and inside the wall next to the bathroom doorjamb, where it puddled at the floor. Of course, it was the night before a holiday, so the on-call maintenance guy wasn't coming out. The dripping stopped, so it's fine. The neighbors upstairs swore they hadn't overflowed anything. Maintenance was supposed to come by Friday, and I realized Friday night they hadn't.

I woke up at 10am on Saturday to see a puddle in the bathroom floor from a different dripping origin. My boyfriend had left for coffee with friends a couple hours earlier. I called the on-call maintenance again, who was again gruff with me ("I'm in Concord!" (city about 30 minutes from us)) OK? There's water running from my ceiling immediately next to the fan—an electrical device—onto my floor! When my boyfriend came home, he stuffed a pair of old (clean) underwear into the fan to catch the drips.

I again talked to the neighbors upstairs who swore they hadn't overflowed anything. Maintenance said he'd be by Monday. He came by and did literally nothing.

We have mold in our bathroom ceiling and have had it for a year and a half. We have now four or five different drip points. I'm fairly convinced now that there's a leaking pipe and it's just a matter of time before it gets worse.

Also, the motherfucking dishwasher is still not cycling through. I told maintenance that it wasn't after he replaced whatever part, and he didn't believe me. We ran it last night and lo and behold, my boyfriend woke up in the middle of the night to the machine still running and water having leaked out onto the floor.

Did I piss off a witch?

[Mondrianyone]

Is there a housing authority you can report this building to? Or, failing that, can you move? It's a pain in the ass, I know, but if you can afford to and you can find a place, it's less of a pain in the ass than this death by a thousand cuts you go through in the current apartment.

[bilgistic]

We're probably going to move when our lease is up in July. I hate living here. We're on the north side of the county and both work on the south side of it. I lived for 25 years in south-central Charlotte and miss it so much. It takes forever to get anywhere. There's nothing but suburban sprawl here and a shitton of traffic.

My boyfriend says he's only giving Charlotte "one more year", and I asked him when he's getting a cushy job that's going to transfer us someplace else. Like, where are you going, man?

[bilgistic]

The maintenance guy came and looked at the dishwasher and said, "I'm gonna take a picture of the serial number so I can order a new timer." I said, "What about the water in the bottom of the dishwasher that ran out onto the floor like the first time, that you "fixed?" He was able to drain it, and now it smells like burning rubber in here.

The fuck do I have to do to get another new dishwasher that fell off the back of a truck?

[annzeepark914]

Some local TV news stations have troubleshooters.  You write to them and they get involved with your issue(s).  I know DC has one (maybe the ABC affiliate). And when I lived in Raleigh, I remember one of that city's stations had a troubleshooter. Check with your area stations to see if one of them has this troubleshooter program. Your landlord would probably hop to it and get your problems fixed with the TV Station camera truck parked outside :)

 

[Anela]

5 hours ago, bilgistic said:

The maintenance guy came and looked at the dishwasher and said, "I'm gonna take a picture of the serial number so I can order a new timer." I said, "What about the water in the bottom of the dishwasher that ran out onto the floor like the first time, that you "fixed?" He was able to drain it, and now it smells like burning rubber in here.

The fuck do I have to do to get another new dishwasher that fell off the back of a truck?

I ran the dishwasher last night, for the first time in months, by propping a broom against it (the soft end), and pushing the hard end of a drawer. I wish my dad would order the bit he says he needs, in order to fix it.

[SusanM]

My peeve are people who second guess every damn thing you do. My uncle just messaged me that a house I owned 20 years ago just sold for almost 800K and said he always felt we should never have sold it.  Sigh.  Aside from the fact that we MOVED out of the province for work related reasons and could never have afforded the house we subsequently bought in our new city if we hadn't sold that one, sure, yeah, we should just have known that 20 years later there would be a real estate boom and our modest little bungalow would go for a bomb.  As you would.  

[TattleTeeny]

On 11/27/2021 at 5:18 PM, JTMacc99 said:

Heh. One of the funniest things that ever aired on TV.
 

OF COURSE there is a 2021 take from someone that it was a laugh at animal cruelty. [insert my unfavorable description of humorless people here]

I don't think I'd make some grand gesture in order to ruin people's fun over it (and, I mean, I assume it wasn't real, haha!), but the idea of it does make me sad -- just like the kids wanting to hurt the chickens on The Conners did. Clearly I have feelings about various fowl?!

[bilgistic]

Incoming TMI discussion...

I've had a gastrointestinal problem that came literally out of nowhere almost four weeks ago. I'm in the bathroom three to four times a day and this is me:


You can laugh; it's the only way I'm getting through this. On the 23rd, after about 2.5 weeks of this, I went to my GP nurse practitioner, who prescribed me some kind of pill that I'm supposed to take before I eat, and it does literally nothing. Imodium does nothing. I was referred to a gastroenterologist, who *I* called today because the NP's office only sent in the referral YESTERDAY, and I had to ask the NP about that.

Blood tests were negative for elevated liver and kidney values(?) and white blood cell counts, so no infection. I had to take a sample back to the doctor (the humiliation I had for my own self during that whole experience) and I have no bacterial infection or PARASITE.

I'm not getting in to see the gastro doc until the 17th. I know I will need a colonoscopy, but who even knows when that will happen.

I've had IBS symptoms for more or less my entire life. I remember taking Tums in high school and having horrific stabbing stomach cramps in college. I'm also lactose intolerant. But this whole thing is new and nothing has changed in my life to cause it—I still eat the same crap and no meds have changed. I've been trying to eat better and have cut out some junk.

I have stopped drinking coffee because I figured that was aggravating the situation. Coincidentally, the neurologist I recently saw told me to stop drinking coffee because it was contributing to my headaches/migraines. I was like, "Why are you trying to cut out one of the greatest joys in my life?" So now I'm a tea drinker and I actually have since had very few headaches. I tried taking a few sips of coffee last weekend, and my stomach was like, THAT'S A NO FROM ME, DAWG.

I'm constantly EXHAUSTED, which is a lot on top of my regular exhaustion level of slogging through any ol' day with depression and anxiety, and if I don't stay hydrated, which I'm pretty bad about anyway, I get dizzy. Any stress aggravates this situation, and all this bullshit with my apartment—dishwasher being broken for basically a month and weekly leaks in the bathroom ceiling—isn't helping.

Which, by the way, I filed a complaint about the complex's management with the Better Business Bureau. The company has an F rating. Imagine that.

Edited December 3, 2021 by bilgistic

[kristen111]

22 hours ago, bilgistic said:

In yet another thrilling episode in the saga of Nothing Works in This Apartment and Maintenance Doesn't Believe Me, So I'm Going to Burn This Place to The Ground and Collect the Insurance Money, I bought another hand mixer (this one came with beaters!) and what do you know, it tripped the circuit just like my old one does. It's almost as if I was right when I told maintenance that the problem is the circuit/wiring and not my hand mixer! So I'm returning the new hand mixer and I guess I'll just sit in the living room floor and plug my mixer into a power strip when I need to mix something.🙃 My mom asked why I'm keeping my 25-year-old mixer. Me: "Because it works?"

And last Wednesday night, there was water dripping from our bathroom ceiling and inside the wall next to the bathroom doorjamb, where it puddled at the floor. Of course, it was the night before a holiday, so the on-call maintenance guy wasn't coming out. The dripping stopped, so it's fine. The neighbors upstairs swore they hadn't overflowed anything. Maintenance was supposed to come by Friday, and I realized Friday night they hadn't.

I woke up at 10am on Saturday to see a puddle in the bathroom floor from a different dripping origin. My boyfriend had left for coffee with friends a couple hours earlier. I called the on-call maintenance again, who was again gruff with me ("I'm in Concord!" (city about 30 minutes from us)) OK? There's water running from my ceiling immediately next to the fan—an electrical device—onto my floor! When my boyfriend came home, he stuffed a pair of old (clean) underwear into the fan to catch the drips.

I again talked to the neighbors upstairs who swore they hadn't overflowed anything. Maintenance said he'd be by Monday. He came by and did literally nothing.

We have mold in our bathroom ceiling and have had it for a year and a half. We have now four or five different drip points. I'm fairly convinced now that there's a leaking pipe and it's just a matter of time before it gets worse.

Also, the motherfucking dishwasher is still not cycling through. I told maintenance that it wasn't after he replaced whatever part, and he didn't believe me. We ran it last night and lo and behold, my boyfriend woke up in the middle of the night to the machine still running and water having leaked out onto the floor.

Did I piss off a witch?

I swear, this has been the most horrendous year we’ve all ever had.  It’s just one thing after another.  I feel like I have to go to the Bahamas and just lie on the beach looking at water, with a few Booody Marys.

[shapeshifter]

1 hour ago, bilgistic said:

Incoming TMI discussion...
I've had a gastrointestinal problem that came literally out of nowhere almost four weeks ago. I'm in the bathroom three to four times a day and this is me:


You can laugh; it's the only way I'm getting through this. On the 23rd, after about 2.5 weeks of this, I went to my GP nurse practitioner, who prescribed me some kind of pill that I'm supposed to take before I eat, and it does literally nothing. Imodium does nothing. I was referred to a gastroenterologist, who *I* called today because the NP's office only sent in the referral YESTERDAY, and I had to ask the NP about that.

Blood tests were negative for elevated liver and kidney values(?) and white blood cell counts, so no infection. I had to take a sample back to the doctor (the humiliation I had for my own self during that whole experience) and I have no bacterial infection or PARASITE.

I'm not getting in to see the gastro doc until the 17th. I know I will need a colonoscopy, but who even knows when that will happen.

I've had IBS symptoms for more or less my entire life. I remember taking Tums in high school and having horrific stabbing stomach cramps in college. I'm also lactose intolerant. But this whole thing is new and nothing has changed in my life to cause it—I still eat the same crap and no meds have changed. I've been trying to eat better and have cut out some junk.

I have stopped drinking coffee because I figured that was aggravating the situation. Coincidentally, the neurologist I recently saw told me to stop drinking coffee because it was contributing to my headaches/migraines. I was like, "Why are you trying to cut out one of the greatest joys in my life?" So now I'm a tea drinker and I actually have since had very few headaches. I tried taking a few sips of coffee last weekend, and my stomach was like, THAT'S A NO FROM ME, DAWG.

I'm constantly EXHAUSTED, which is a lot on top of my regular exhaustion level of slogging through any ol' day with depression and anxiety, and if I don't stay hydrated, which I'm pretty bad about anyway, I get dizzy. Any stress aggravates this situation, and all this bullshit with my apartment—dishwasher being broken for basically a month and weekly leaks in the bathroom ceiling—isn't helping.

Okay. Not laughing, but smiling.

I am old and during my 8 years of marriage in the 80s-90s with 3 kids, we only had health insurance for a few months.
Before that I was a hippy, relying primarily on herbal remedies --but going to an MD when those failed.
I even chased our poor cat around the garage with a turkey baster full of strong herb tea when he had an infected wound from another cat's claw. It actually seemed to work.

So, I still like to use herbs when appropriate, like boiling water over slices of fresh ginger with a bit of honey for upset stomach. 

But for diarrhea when my kids were young, the first line of defense (before escalating to either OTC meds or the MD) was slippery elm bark steeped in boiling water with a little honey added for flavor. It's like a pudding texture. A half a cup is more than enough.

I'm only throwing this out there because it's so hard to get appointments for doctors these days, right? 
I am now diagnosed with emphysema and have to wait until June to see a specialist.

Having had stage IV colon cancer myself, I hope you get a colonoscopy sooner rather than later, in spite of the hits to health care from the pandemic.
ETA: Interestingly, I wound up with the stage IV cancer while I had over a decade of excellent health insurance and went for regular check ups, and that wasn't even during a pandemic. 🤕

Edited December 3, 2021 by shapeshifter

[shapeshifter]

1 hour ago, bilgistic said:

by the way, I filed a complaint about the complex's management with the Better Business Bureau. The company has an F rating. Imagine that.

Interesting. I may have to look into that. I just learned yesterday that the HOA board of this condo I bought a couple of months ago used to try to avoid spending the dues and then give it back to the homeowners instead of saving it for maintenance. 😵

I don't know much about being a homeowner at all, but shouldn't the management company advised against that and/or pointed out stuff that needed to be done?

The new, young board member who shared this with me said the current HOA president put a stop to that financial idiocy a couple of years ago and that there is now a financial reserve. But just yesterday several units flooded and it wasn't even raining. I read that the copper pipes used in the 70s when these 50 units were built are now due to decompose. I don't know if that's the cause, but: 😳

[kristen111]

48 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

Interesting. I may have to look into that. I just learned yesterday that the HOA board of this condo I bought a couple of months ago used to try to avoid spending the dues and then give it back to the homeowners instead of saving it for maintenance. 😵

Really.  I hope for your sake it’s true.

[TattleTeeny]

I'm peeved at myself for agreeing to board a plane to attend my work's holiday party (I work remotely). Arrangements were made prior to this fun new COVID development. I am vaxed and boostered, but I still do not want to do it at all. I should have lied and said I couldn't make it. I hope it’s canceled!

Actually, if I am hoping for stuff, I hope to wake up tomorrow and be done with this shitshow once and for all. I feel like every time it starts to look like maybe progress is being made, something else pops up.

Edited December 3, 2021 by TattleTeeny

[bilgistic]

My coworker and I trade days in the office, but darn it, but I'm scheduled to be at home the day of our office holiday gathering at the local bar and grill. Guess who isn't driving across the county to eat with people I don't like?

Topic change:

The BBB emailed me earlier to tell me they've received my complaint and will contact the company. LET'S GOOOO!

Here's the picture of the (some of the) mold in the bathroom ceiling that I uploaded with my complaint.

[RealHousewife]

Sephora's rewards. They suck. 

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, TattleTeeny said:

I'm peeved at myself for agreeing to board a plane to attend my work's holiday party (I work remotely). Arrangements were made prior to this fun new COVID development. I am vaxed and boostered, but I still do not want to do it at all. I should have lied and said I couldn't make it. I hope it’s canceled!

Actually, if I am hoping for stuff, I hope to wake up tomorrow and be done with this shitshow once and for all. I feel like every time it starts to look like maybe progress is being made, something else pops up.

Can't you suddenly come down with beri beri or leprosy?

[Bastet]

3 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

slippery elm bark

Good stuff; it's often given to cats with IBD.  It's an anti-inflammatory, and coats the lining of the intestines, reducing the irritation caused by food.

3 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

I read that the copper pipes used in the 70s when these 50 units were built are now due to decompose. I don't know if that's the cause, but: 😳

Copper piping is what you replace old galvanized plumbing with because it lasts decades longer.  But, while it's exponentially less likely than iron to corrode and will take a lot longer to do it, it can happen (e.g. due to the chemistry of the area's water).

2 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

I'm peeved at myself for agreeing to board a plane to attend my work's holiday party (I work remotely). Arrangements were made prior to this fun new COVID development. I am vaxed and boostered, but I still do not want to do it at all.

Can't you just tell them that since things have changed, you're no longer coming?

[kristen111]

3 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Okay. Not laughing, but smiling.

I am old and during my 8 years of marriage in the 80s-90s with 3 kids, we only had health insurance for a few months.
Before that I was a hippy, relying primarily on herbal remedies --but going to an MD when those failed.
I even chased our poor cat around the garage with a turkey baster full of strong herb tea when he had an infected wound from another cat's claw. It actually seemed to work.

So, I still like to use herbs when appropriate, like boiling water over slices of fresh ginger with a bit of honey for upset stomach. 

But for diarrhea when my kids were young, the first line of defense (before escalating to either OTC meds or the MD) was slippery elm bark steeped in boiling water with a little honey added for flavor. It's like a pudding texture. A half a cup is more than enough.

I'm only throwing this out there because it's so hard to get appointments for doctors these days, right? 
I am now diagnosed with emphysema and have to wait until June to see a specialist.

Having had stage IV colon cancer myself, I hope you get a colonoscopy sooner rather than later, in spite of the hits to health care from the pandemic.
ETA: Interestingly, I wound up with the stage IV cancer while I had over a decade of excellent health insurance and went for regular check ups, and that wasn't even during a 

[bilgistic]

5 hours ago, Bastet said:

Can't you just tell them that since things have changed, you're no longer coming?

This. The Omicron variant has landed in several states. NPR said today that a case in Hawaii had no travel link whatsoever.

Edited December 4, 2021 by bilgistic

[RealHousewife]

I haven't experienced them in awhile (used to not get them at all) but cramps. I do feel fortunate that I can just relax in bed and chill. I don't know how single moms deal with aches and pains and taking care of other humans on your own. Much respect!

[kristen111]

7 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

I've had a gastrointestinal problem that came literally out of nowhere almost four weeks ago. I'm in the bathroom three to four

It’s either “ going too much” or “ not enough”.  Now, before we go out for a ride somewhere, I have to know where the bathrooms are.  I-95 is a risk. Lol

[kristen111]

On 11/29/2021 at 10:08 PM, shapeshifter said:

Heh. I'm pretty sure my ex of 30 years ago still doesn't have a cell phone.
I still clearly remember the time in the 80s when he came out to the living room where we had company looking very sad and defeated to tell me that the toilet was overflowing. Somehow he'd reached his mid 30s without ever learning how to turn off the water to the toilet.
To be fair, we had a soon-to-be-gone rental property manager who told me after renting for a year that the sewage was my problem, so my ex wasn't the only person of no use with regards to plumbing in my life at the time (and, in case anyone's wondering, zero double entendre).

So now, fast-forward 30 years (to my current peeves), I have moved into a condo with a worthless condo board president and a worthless property manager, but I am prepared to deal with looming plumbing problems and fire code issues--and making progress.
 🦸‍♀️← primetimer "female superhero" 

 

 

 

Edited December 4, 2021 by kristen111

[theredhead77]

7 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

I'm peeved at myself for agreeing to board a plane to attend my work's holiday party (I work remotely). Arrangements were made prior to this fun new COVID development. I am vaxed and boostered, but I still do not want to do it at all. I should have lied and said I couldn't make it. I hope it’s canceled!

Actually, if I am hoping for stuff, I hope to wake up tomorrow and be done with this shitshow once and for all. I feel like every time it starts to look like maybe progress is being made, something else pops up.

Do what you gotta do, but the plane part should be the least worrisome part of your travel. I'm fairly certain I shared this video before, but it may help if your concerns about the air on the plane. I flew a lot last year, and after watching videos like this, and some therapy to help me trust the science I said I trusted, it calmed my anxiety about getting sick on the plane.

People are flying and getting sick, and infecting others, but we have yet to hear about every person on the flight getting sick. I feel like by now we would know if that were happening.

 

Edited December 4, 2021 by theredhead77

[TattleTeeny]

Thank you. My “logical brain” and “person with lifelong, even pre-COVID, germ-phobia/diagnosed OCD” personalities are battling it out. I would like to follow the former (and maybe even have fun?).

[theredhead77]

8 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

Thank you. My “logical brain” and “person with lifelong, even pre-COVID, germ-phobia/diagnosed OCD” personalities are battling it out. I would like to follow the former (and maybe even have fun?).

You're welcome. Learning about the airplane air circulation was eye-opening. It's not a new feature, this is something that has been happening our entire lives. These days I can get my brain to STFU by remdinding it that if the issue it is concerned about was an actual issue, we'd have heard about it by now.

[Kelly]

19 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

Sephora's rewards. They suck. 

Facts.  Sephora really messed up a good thing...

Who could have predicted that Ulta would end up with a better rewards program.  Although I find myself not shopping there as much either...I only have my status there due to them carrying my shampoo/conditioner.   

I often purchase makeup items for 25% or even 30% off at stores like Nordstrom, Saks, Newman Marcus, Bergdorfs or directly from the manufacturer.

Edited December 4, 2021 by Kelly

[kristen111]

13 hours ago, kristen111 said:

On 11/29/2021 at 10:08 PM, shapeshifter said:

Heh. I'm pretty sure my ex of 30 years ago still doesn't have a cell phone.
I still clearly remember the time in the 80s when he came out to the living room where we had company looking very sad and defeated to tell me that the toilet was overflowing. Somehow he'd reached his mid 30s without ever learning how to turn off the water to the toilet.
To be fair, we had a soon-to-be-gone rental property manager who told me after renting for a year that the sewage was my problem, so my ex wasn't the only person of no use with regards to plumbing in my life at the time (and, in case anyone's wondering, zero double entendre).

So now, fast-forward 30 years (to my current peeves), I have moved into a condo with a worthless condo board president and a worthless property manager, but I am prepared to deal with looming plumbing problems and fire code issues--and making progress.
 🦸‍♀️← primetimer "female superhero" icon???

 

Like I said before, I don’t want to burst your bubble.  My hubs loves the amenities .. no shoveling snow, they do everything on the outside, plus he has a beautiful golf course here, and plays card with the guys at the clubhouse.  Dues always go up.  They constantly are fixing and improving something to make things nice, and keep the property pristine.  He HATES a the board, and never went to a meeting, as they do everything they want their way in the end.  He and others call the board Cheats.  People here can’t stand them.  They must get lots of perks to go on the board.  There must be an advantage.  No garages here, so we have to walk to the street.  No basement to put junk in.  At our age, the pluses outweigh the disadvantages.  We have two pools, weight room, library, dance hall, card room, everything.  He loves it.  I’m not for cards or clubs, I’d rather stay home and snark with all you guys.

 

 

[kristen111]

15 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

I haven't experienced them in awhile (used to not get them at all) but cramps. I do feel fortunate that I can just relax in bed and chill. I don't know how single moms deal with aches and pains and taking care of other humans on your own. Much respect!

It ain’t easy.  Women’s work is never done.  Men definitely have it easier.  They work, come home, have a nice dinner, relax with the paper, and watch sports.  Most anyhow.  Mine has it made.  One car, so I drove him to the railroad every morning at 6:45 with a two week old in the car.  Then picked him up at 6 pm.  I think I’m speaking for many other women here also.  Today, things are different.  Husbands do more.  They are hands on.  Your job at home sounds heavenly.

 

[kristen111]

30 minutes ago, Kelly said:

Facts.  Sephora really messed up a good thing...

Who could have predicted that Ulta would end up with a better rewards program.  Although I find myself not shopping there as much either...I only have my status there due to them carrying my shampoo/conditioner.   

I often purchase makeup items for 25% or even 30% off at stores like Nordstrom, Saks, Newman Marcus, Bergdorfs or directly from the manufacturer.

I just bought my Grandaughter perfume from Ulta.  Ariana Grande or something. A bonus of a long pretty robe.  It’s called Cloud.  She’s 14.

[MargeGunderson]

2 hours ago, kristen111 said:

I just bought my Grandaughter perfume from Ulta.  Ariana Grande or something. A bonus of a long pretty robe.  It’s called Cloud.  She’s 14.

My favorite fluffy robe was a free gift with a $40 purchase from Ulta. Their rewards are much better.

[bilgistic]

Just because I don't wear much makeup, I shop there very infrequently, but I still love it. I get a free birthday gift just for being a (free) rewards member. It's always a full-sized beauty or skin care product.

When I do restock my mascara, there are always coupons and great deals. It's been probably a decade since I stepped into Sephora.

[RealHousewife]

1 hour ago, MargeGunderson said:

My favorite fluffy robe was a free gift with a $40 purchase from Ulta. Their rewards are much better.

Their rewards are better, and they were even better back in the day. I remember you could get full size bottles of perfume.

I will always love Ulta, but after many years, I will no longer be platinum. Their deals weren't as good this year. I read due to the pandemic, they couldn't have the same sales.

[GaT]

23 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

Sephora's rewards. They suck. 

 

4 hours ago, Kelly said:

Facts.  Sephora really messed up a good thing...

Who could have predicted that Ulta would end up with a better rewards program.  Although I find myself not shopping there as much either...I only have my status there due to them carrying my shampoo/conditioner.

I stopped shopping at Sephora years ago just because their rewards program sucked. "Here, as a reward you can have this 5 piece set of stuff you have absolutely no use for, or, how about this other 5 piece set of stuff you have absolutely no use for?" Yeah, no. Ulta is much, much better, don't tell me what I can have as a reward, just give me something to reduce the cost of whatever I want to buy.

 

[Boston]

On 11/28/2021 at 11:31 AM, peacheslatour said:

It's scheduled to be on Movies on cable next month. They play everything about eight million times whenever they get a movie.

Unfortunately, on my crappy cable network  I no longer get TMC or any other old movies at all.  Pretty pissed about that..  Not calling them.. they'll probably hike my bill up another 50 bucks.  (P.S. IT'S COMCAST)

[peacheslatour]

4 minutes ago, Boston said:

Unfortunately, on my crappy cable network  I no longer get TMC or any other old movies at all.  Pretty pissed about that..  Not calling them.. they'll probably hike my bill up another 50 bucks.  (P.S. IT'S COMCAST)

Same here. We no longer get TCM but this is a kind of cut rate TCM called Movies! We have on channel 343.

[Boston]

Just now, peacheslatour said:

Same here. We no longer get TCM but this is a kind of cut rate TCM called Movies! We have on channel 343.

I meant TCM.. I'm screaming at myself..lol