What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 77

skysidhe · 12-24-2008, 11:02 AM

Mildly irritating?

I've waited my whole life for it to snow in my hometown on Christmas.

We have passed the 1890's record for snow in the valley.

Even though I have appreciated the neighbors snowman, another neighbor shoveling the snow drifts away from the cars I have not appreciated my dry and creaky frame. I have not appreciated how cars bob and weave on the packed snow like little ships on choppy water. I did not appreciate chisling my car out of a foot of ice and snow.The stores are out of chains,and the city doesn't own enough snowplows.

Maybe the snow gods took every single valley childs wish of snow and dropped it here in one huge wish fulfilment episode without giving us a handbook to know how the rest of you all actually deal with the snow. If they were ever listening to me whine about the lack of snow on Christmas then they are about 30 years too late.

and it's punching me right in the small of my back.

Trilby · 12-24-2008, 11:20 AM

You in New England, sky? Or Washington state? Louisiana?

skysidhe · 12-24-2008, 11:26 AM

Out west! ooh I wish I lived in New England and what do you mean .NE gets lots of snow eh?

In my opinion Washington state is more rural that Oregon. Except for Seattle which in my opinion is the only hub of human existence I can think of gets more snow than we do. In fact the more north one goes the more snow. Don't ya think Everet Wa is just so quaint. If it weren't so blasted cold in Washington I might consider to move there one day but I ever go north I just might go all the way into Canada. ......nah

so off rant....

No I am located in the lull between warm weather and northern hemispheres where it rains 8 months out of the year....yada yada..

sorry, need more coffee.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-24-2008, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe

In my opinion Washington state is more rural that Oregon.

You haven't been to Boardman, eh?

skysidhe · 12-24-2008, 12:02 PM

yabut....On the Columbia gorge highway. Should be labeled an event to be on highway 84 so near someplace people actually travel to go see PLUS it is so close to Washington as not to be a good example on both accounts.

So what was so evil about Boardman then?

I say if you want to see hell in Oregon go to Garibaldi. If you want to feel as if primordial slime can rise from the fog and moss at any moment then go to Myrtle Point. There are some places on earth people should avoid at all costs. I don't believe Boardman can measure up there sir.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-24-2008, 12:08 PM

Boardman's not evil, just rural... a blip in the middle of nowhere. The power plant, the railroad siding for loading locally grown veggies, and a circle K.

Oh, and the Navy bombing range... that the power plant driveway passes through.

skysidhe · 12-24-2008, 12:17 PM

ah the loyal Circle K. Not so bad then!

at least you could get a chili dog.

ah, your edit answered my unasked question. I was wondering which of those three fine establishments you were involved with...now I know.

Now it's really getting interesting.

'Driving through the power plant - avoiding bombs- eating chili dogs.'

I don't think you can get to that level of excitement with my examples.

Sundae · 12-31-2008, 11:05 AM

Irritating in a literal sense:

With Mum & Dad away, I get to keep the house at the temperature I like. About 15 degrees. However, I wake up later than they would - about 09.00 as opposed to about 07.00.

This means that instead of the warm house I usually get up to, it's damned chilly. So far, so acceptable. But in truth, Diz wakes up about the same time as my parents. He expects to find the bedroom door open so he can go and sleep on the storage heater (which is on a timer, unlike the central heatin). It's not open, so he comes back to snuggle with me.

So I keep waking up with a tickly nose, because he wants to sleep cheek to cheek. Add that to the chillier house, and I now have dry skin coating my nose. Damn. How am I supposed to save the planet and lower my parents' heating bill with a heat-seeking cat and a flaky nose!

[FTR I love to wake up with Diz in my arms - how he insinuates himself there is a mystery though]

Estron · 01-01-2009, 01:21 AM

Mildly irritating? The "Check Engine" light on my 2001 Kia Sephia came on today.

Shawnee123 · 01-01-2009, 01:49 AM

That light is designed to make you go to your nearest dealer, pronto, and have it checked out. For a price. I suggest black electrical tape.[/conspiracytheorythatistrue]

morethanpretty · 01-04-2009, 09:33 AM

I ran a fever all last night, my throat hurts and my voice is leaving me. I tried to get me detailed schedule for my classes, we have 3 fucking IDs/PW for our online site, and I can't get the ID for the one I need. I know I'm using the one that has worked in the past, no fucking luck. And the "Forgot Pin" link, does nothing. "Help" has no link to retrieve THAT ID and P/W, and when I look for another way to get to my schedule, thats a dud too b/c "Help" tells me to go to the "Calander" link, there is no fucking Calander link that is personalized. I just need to know what rooms my classes are in! Ugh, I just want to go back home and lie down.

morethanpretty · 01-04-2009, 09:35 AM

Oh and my ID for the online toll-tag site isn't working either, I KNOW that one is right, I have it in my email.

TheMercenary · 01-04-2009, 09:37 AM

They have finally banned you.

wolf · 01-05-2009, 02:07 PM

Got called into work an hour early today, because of some kind of "Supervisors Meeting."

I am worried that they have found a way to outsource my job.

Of course this could just be an after-action meeting about a suicide attempt on the unit last week. When stuff like that happens, blame needs to be assigned and a knee jerk reaction that just makes everyone's job more difficult rather than improving safety put into policy.

One never knows. Emergency meetings are rare at the nuthouse, especially since Interdepartmental (that would be a meeting of all the supervisors) is on Wednesdays.

DanaC · 01-05-2009, 02:20 PM

Hmm. Good luck with Wolf. Hope all's ok.

What's mildly irritating me today is that I thought my student finance cheque was due in my bank today...turns out I was wrong it's due in next monday! I am £1.24 away from my overdraft limit!

Fortunately J got his student finance this week, so he's lending me a hundred squids.* Yey for good friends!

[eta] * hundred squids = hundred quid = £100

12-24-2008, 11:20 AM	#1142
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12-24-2008, 12:08 PM	#1146
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Boardman's not evil, just rural... a blip in the middle of nowhere. The power plant, the railroad siding for loading locally grown veggies, and a circle K. Oh, and the Navy bombing range... that the power plant driveway passes through. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-01-2009, 01:49 AM	#1150
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That light is designed to make you go to your nearest dealer, pronto, and have it checked out. For a price. I suggest black electrical tape.[/conspiracytheorythatistrue] __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-04-2009, 09:33 AM	#1151
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	I ran a fever all last night, my throat hurts and my voice is leaving me. I tried to get me detailed schedule for my classes, we have 3 fucking IDs/PW for our online site, and I can't get the ID for the one I need. I know I'm using the one that has worked in the past, no fucking luck. And the "Forgot Pin" link, does nothing. "Help" has no link to retrieve THAT ID and P/W, and when I look for another way to get to my schedule, thats a dud too b/c "Help" tells me to go to the "Calander" link, there is no fucking Calander link that is personalized. I just need to know what rooms my classes are in! Ugh, I just want to go back home and lie down. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

01-04-2009, 09:35 AM	#1152
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Oh and my ID for the online toll-tag site isn't working either, I KNOW that one is right, I have it in my email. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

12-24-2008, 11:02 AM	#1141
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Mildly irritating? I've waited my whole life for it to snow in my hometown on Christmas. We have passed the 1890's record for snow in the valley. Even though I have appreciated the neighbors snowman, another neighbor shoveling the snow drifts away from the cars I have not appreciated my dry and creaky frame. I have not appreciated how cars bob and weave on the packed snow like little ships on choppy water. I did not appreciate chisling my car out of a foot of ice and snow.The stores are out of chains,and the city doesn't own enough snowplows. Maybe the snow gods took every single valley childs wish of snow and dropped it here in one huge wish fulfilment episode without giving us a handbook to know how the rest of you all actually deal with the snow. If they were ever listening to me whine about the lack of snow on Christmas then they are about 30 years too late. and it's punching me right in the small of my back.

12-24-2008, 11:26 AM	#1143
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Out west! ooh I wish I lived in New England and what do you mean .NE gets lots of snow eh? In my opinion Washington state is more rural that Oregon. Except for Seattle which in my opinion is the only hub of human existence I can think of gets more snow than we do. In fact the more north one goes the more snow. Don't ya think Everet Wa is just so quaint. If it weren't so blasted cold in Washington I might consider to move there one day but I ever go north I just might go all the way into Canada. ......nah so off rant.... No I am located in the lull between warm weather and northern hemispheres where it rains 8 months out of the year....yada yada.. sorry, need more coffee.

12-24-2008, 12:02 PM	#1145
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	yabut....On the Columbia gorge highway. Should be labeled an event to be on highway 84 so near someplace people actually travel to go see PLUS it is so close to Washington as not to be a good example on both accounts. So what was so evil about Boardman then? I say if you want to see hell in Oregon go to Garibaldi. If you want to feel as if primordial slime can rise from the fog and moss at any moment then go to Myrtle Point. There are some places on earth people should avoid at all costs. I don't believe Boardman can measure up there sir.

12-24-2008, 12:17 PM	#1147
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	ah the loyal Circle K. Not so bad then! at least you could get a chili dog. ah, your edit answered my unasked question. I was wondering which of those three fine establishments you were involved with...now I know. Now it's really getting interesting. 'Driving through the power plant - avoiding bombs- eating chili dogs.' I don't think you can get to that level of excitement with my examples.

12-31-2008, 11:05 AM	#1148
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Irritating in a literal sense: With Mum & Dad away, I get to keep the house at the temperature I like. About 15 degrees. However, I wake up later than they would - about 09.00 as opposed to about 07.00. This means that instead of the warm house I usually get up to, it's damned chilly. So far, so acceptable. But in truth, Diz wakes up about the same time as my parents. He expects to find the bedroom door open so he can go and sleep on the storage heater (which is on a timer, unlike the central heatin). It's not open, so he comes back to snuggle with me. So I keep waking up with a tickly nose, because he wants to sleep cheek to cheek. Add that to the chillier house, and I now have dry skin coating my nose. Damn. How am I supposed to save the planet and lower my parents' heating bill with a heat-seeking cat and a flaky nose! [FTR I love to wake up with Diz in my arms - how he insinuates himself there is a mystery though]

01-01-2009, 01:21 AM	#1149
Estron Recruit or Something Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 4	Mildly irritating? The "Check Engine" light on my 2001 Kia Sephia came on today.

01-04-2009, 09:37 AM	#1153
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	They have finally banned you. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-05-2009, 02:07 PM	#1154
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Got called into work an hour early today, because of some kind of "Supervisors Meeting." I am worried that they have found a way to outsource my job. Of course this could just be an after-action meeting about a suicide attempt on the unit last week. When stuff like that happens, blame needs to be assigned and a knee jerk reaction that just makes everyone's job more difficult rather than improving safety put into policy. One never knows. Emergency meetings are rare at the nuthouse, especially since Interdepartmental (that would be a meeting of all the supervisors) is on Wednesdays. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-05-2009, 02:20 PM	#1155
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Hmm. Good luck with Wolf. Hope all's ok. What's mildly irritating me today is that I thought my student finance cheque was due in my bank today...turns out I was wrong it's due in next monday! I am £1.24 away from my overdraft limit! Fortunately J got his student finance this week, so he's lending me a hundred squids.* Yey for good friends! [eta] * hundred squids = hundred quid = £100

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