What's mildly irritating you today?

[infinite monkey]

Oh, and sink still not fixed. He snaked it and it seemed to break through, but when he put the part on it still won't drain. I'm back to draining into a bucket, but at least I was able to do the dishes.

Now he thinks he needs to crawl around underneath and if the blockage is anywhere past my place's pipes it's the responsibility of the landowner.

Does anyone know?

It's always something. Nothing is ever easy. (insert favorite cliche meaning 'life, quit fucking with me on everything' here.)

[Spexxvet]

Feeling a little nauseous, and vacation starts tommorrow at noon.

[infinite monkey]

I'll follow you around with Pepto-Bismol if you'll take me along.

[glatt]

Regarding the sink, another possibility is that something is blocking the vent pipe that comes up through the roof. Like maybe a bird's nest or something. Although usually that would lead to a sluggish drain, not a completely blocked drain.

[infinite monkey]

omg I had no idea there was a pipe that did that! Yikes. I'll mention it to my friend. Thanks glatt.

[glatt]

Yeah, if you don't have vents, then you get a vacuum effect that will keep the water from draining well. So every fixture is connected to a vent pipe. Sometimes they can get blocked up above if an animal puts something in them.

Like the green pipes in this picture.

[infinite monkey]

See what you can learn in the Cellar?

[glatt]

Yeah. Well, with a kitchen sink, it's more likely a grease build up. Or food or something else in the drain.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Unlike Sundae, I will also bitch loudly when it's snowy, icy, and cold. Some of us (er, me) can't be pleased.

I felt a bit mean when I read this. We have a temperate maritime climate. It really doesn't get ALL THAT cold or ALL That Hot.

And certainly not by the standards endured by Merkins & Aussies.

So I'm the whiner here.

[Spexxvet]

Autotune.

If you have a good voice, you don't need it. If you need it, just don't sing. I'm tired of hearing it.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Sundae

So I'm the whiner here.

It's what you are used to. If a person isn't acclimated to it, it will be harder for them.

When we have April heat waves in the high 80s, I'm miserable, because I expect it to be in to 60s. But high 80s would be pretty nice now, since it's been in the high 90s for the last few weeks.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by Sundae

I felt a bit mean when I read this. We have a temperate maritime climate. It really doesn't get ALL THAT cold or ALL That Hot.

And certainly not by the standards endured by Merkins & Aussies.

So I'm the whiner here.

Originally Posted by glatt

It's what you are used to. If a person isn't acclimated to it, it will be harder for them.

When we have April heat waves in the high 80s, I'm miserable, because I expect it to be in to 60s. But high 80s would be pretty nice now, since it's been in the high 90s for the last few weeks.

I just know you love snow, Sundae! I'm anti-snow. Snow bastids!

It really is what you're used to, though. When my extremely southern friend talks about having snow, it is to LAUGH for me. Puh, you don't know from snow. But when he talks about the heat they get...I just shut my mouth for the most part because we don't typically have this kind of long-term enduring heatwave.

It's like how you can pick out tourists from Ohio and other similiar climates when they're in FL in the spring. 50 degrees and the tourists are in shorts and t-shirts just loving it. The locals think we're all bonkers.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Autotune.

If you have a good voice, you don't need it. If you need it, just don't sing. I'm tired of hearing it.

But what would all the "country stars" do, they can't get by on hats and fluff alone! Or can they?

[Sundae]

I fit in very well in Great Yarmouth.
The locals and Southern tourists were dressed up like Mum & Dad.
I was dressed as if I was on the Costa Del Sol (Southern Spanish resort)

But a lot of tourists in Gt Yarmouth are Northerners.
They've never seen the sun before.
So that glowing ball in the sky is at once peculiar and surprisingly hot.
In Newcastle young people wear enough to keep them legal on nights out, and not much more. Ditto Manchester and Blackpool. That's darting around the country, but I'm going by personal experience.

Again, tongue in cheek, certainly no criticism meant.

I can deal with temps into the minus figures (centigrade) without a coat. Which makes me a freak of nature. I have nothing to prove except that I carry too much insulation.

But we rarely even get that these days.
I have three layers of outside clothing.
Sorry, four.
1. No, Mum I am NOT putting anything else on, I will melt!
2. My trusty black wool cloak, except children try to hide under it during my lunchtime supervision
3. An actual jacket - white, with fake fur trimmed pockets, which I bought when I realised the hiding issue as above
4. A pink sheepskin coat which I can only wear for about 10 days a year and can never walk in, as the speed I walk warms me up far too much to carry something that cosy.

I like coats & jackets like I like shoes.
Lovely, lovely, lovely.... oh dear, completely impractical and a waste of money.
Outer clothing makes me die of over-heating, shoes slowly bleed me to death by raw blisters.

[ZenGum]

Form D.

Application for confirmation of continuing appointment.

Essentially, apply for my job all over again. (This time it is permanent, though).

It isn't even due until October.

It will probably have transcended mild irritation by then.

I have heard of academics not bothering to apply for a promotion (with an extra $10,000 per year) because the form is such a pain.