Rant for the Day (keep it clean)

[havasu]

Where's my reparations!

 

[Grimm]

Where's my reparations!

Where are mine for almost ending up as a muslim child bride!?

 

[Grimm]

Need I say more...!?!

 

[Grimm]

I just got off the phone for the second time today with ebay about this nutter. The feedback was removed. Also this buyer will be investigated since they used a second account to bypass the blocking of their other account from buying/bidding my items. This is a violation of ebay policies and the fact both accounts use the same name and address proves they know they are in the wrong. Hopefully their accounts are removed.

Not to mention ebay does NOT give buyer phone numbers to the sellers UNLESS they file a claim for non payment and have just cause to ask for it. How am I to have their number to have made this racist phone call without the number?

What I don't get is this person SELLS Chatty Cathy dolls. WHY IN GOD'S GOOD NAME DO THEY NEED TO BUY FROM ME AT A HIGHER PRICE?!

 

[backlash]

What I don't get is this person SELLS Chatty Cathy dolls. WHY IN GOD'S GOOD NAME DO THEY NEED TO BUY FROM ME AT A HIGHER PRICE?!

You're competition for him.
He doesn't want the doll. He just wants to get you shut down.

 

[havasu]

You're competition for him.
He doesn't want the doll. He just wants to get you shut down.

Yep, eliminating the competition!

 

[Grimm]

You're competition for him.
He doesn't want the doll. He just wants to get you shut down.

There are hundreds of sellers selling these dolls! Why pick on me and not the rest of them?

Not to mention I don't just sell these dolls but other collectables I have collected over the years. I hate to see what he does next when I start listing Barbies and Gene dolls (he sells these as well).

I am just glad my account is 20 years old and his is only 2 years old. I have several thousands of pieces of feedback while he has 500.

 

[Cascadian]

I have been holding my rant in for a couple days.
As I mentioned we went out of state at Christmas for a week. We left our little 3ft, live tree up. Also left the 2 year old Rottie inside. What could go wrong. We called the neighbor on day 2 or 3. She said the dog chewed up a couple things. My wife said the tree. The neighbor said yeah and a couple other things, but she picked them up and put them on the counter. So here is where we accept some responsibility. We didn't ask any specific questions. Just figured everything was fine and appropriate steps were taken.

So we get home and almost immediately find a ceramic shot glass chewed up. There we 3 of them on a low window sill. Of course my wife freaks out. I took a scientific approach. I weighed each of the remaining shot glasses as well as the remaining crumbs and pieces. She ate about 1/4 of a shot glass. Not good but maybe ok. Oh by the way the 3 ft tree is exactly where we left it. The next morning we stripped the tree down and discovered 4 one inch class ball ornaments were missing from the set along with 2 of the metal hangers.

The dog was acting perfectly normal. We called the vet and scheduled some X-rays for Friday afternoon. They said we could cancel that morning if everything seemed okay. I have Columbian Labrador flashbacks from following her around and checking her poops for blood and sparkles. Oh and when the neighbor returned the key she said oh yeah the dog ate one of the ornaments on day 2. OMG how do you not mention that and move the ****** tree.

So far our little couch princess is fine. At least she didn't go all Turner and Hooch on the place.

 

[zannej]

Grimm, that is incredibly frustrating. I hope you can get that buyer in trouble for defamation for lying about you calling. Tbh, the person probably isn't even black. Most likely someone making crap up. I mean, how the hell would you even know the person's race? What a scumbag! When I was having problems with an ebay seller, I contacted ebay via Twitter and a guy named Graham helped me out. He had my back and made sure I got my full refund. This harassment you're getting from the buyer is inexcusable. Perhaps ask ebay to IP ban them. Unless they are on satellite or have a thing that changes their IP, it should work.

Cascadian, that is so incredibly frustrating. If I'd been tasked with dogsitting, I would have asked to remove the tree or put it up on a counter or something. Hell, I would have asked for it to be moved (so I didn't break anything) before the people left. And I certainly would not have been so casual about glass ornaments being eaten. Hope your doggy will be ok.

My gripes today are about the jerks in town who let their pitbulls run all over killing other people's pets. There was this sweet fluffy gray kitty at my friend's house and a pit bull came into his yard and got him. Same pit bull also killed a few kittens in my friend's yard and there are some kitties missing that he probably got. There is a dog pound but no real animal control and they are lazy & won't do anything about dogs that go around killing pets. They don't actually go out and catch any animals. You have to catch them yourself & the hope they will actually answer your calls or call you back and come get the dog or let you bring it to them.

Meanwhile, my female friend's ex continues to stalk her. He thinks he can win her back. In the past when they broke up he'd shower her with kindness until she caved. But he always reverts to the bad behavior again & she's miserable. She broke the cycle & he can't accept it. He won't leave her alone. He's been showing up at her work with food, following her around town, & has people reporting her location and where her vehicle is spotted to him. Her vehicle (that still needs some work) is in our male friend's (her new bf) backyard. Someone spotted it and reported it to her ex. The ex showed up at my friend's house at 10pm while he wasn't home and went into his backyard to look. Then started demanding to know why it was there. Friend told him she wanted it hidden from him bc she wants him to leave her alone. She still doesn't have all of her stuff yet. I told her whenever she wants I will be there to help. Her ex won't start anything with me there. The ex asked my friend to come help level his trailer while the ex's brother and cousin are over there. Friend sensed a trap and declined. I told him I'd go with and see if any of them wanted to fight a fat middleaged woman.

 

[Pearl]

Zanne, I agree on the Pitbull thing. Nice guy up the road let's his run loose, been shot multiple times by neighboring ranchers but not killed! Our county has a containment law, but it's not enforced. So this dog will roam until someone gets a "good" shot at it! My rant is about all the money people wasted on fireworks!! The younger couple down the road who were letting their cows out to graze the roadsides this past summer because they couldn't afford to feed them had a nice show last night!

 

[zannej]

I actually feel bad for the pitbulls because it's not their fault. They are doing what comes naturally to them and the owners are being irresponsible. I understand the need to chase them off if they are trespassing & killing livestock & pets-- just like you'd need to chase off or kill a wild predator, but it makes me angry at the owners for not taking proper care of their pets and having zero consideration for others.

I still need to find someone to hire to fix up my front gate so the cows can't get out. It's still lying on the ground. I've made calls and posted online trying to find someone but nobody was willing to come out here thus far. I'm not physically capable of it myself -- especially with my bad shoulder-- or else I would. Been trying to keep the cows interested in staying in the yard with food though.

Pearl, that is so frustrating about the people wasting $ on fireworks but neglecting their cows. I liked fireworks when I was a kid. Now they don't really appeal to me. The drone light show in South Korea at the Olympics was pretty cool though. Nothing exploding. No fires being set. Just a really neat light show.

My female friend's ex changed the locks so she couldn't go back in and get her stuff. We decided to get it yesterday while he was home. He locked her in the trailer with him while I waited outside. I had knocked at first & she said they needed a few minutes. It had already been a few minutes of them being alone together. After 30min I knocked again and he let me in and acted all friendly. He helped to pack stuff up. She didn't feel confident enough to take her Ring camera, her cat, and a baker's rack I got for her. Just grabbed her sewing stuff and left. She broke down crying hard afterward. Apparently in the time they were alone he amped up the manipulation game. Was telling her we weren't really her friends & that we were manipulating her. Said she couldn't trust us. Said out other friend in particular was just using her and that she was a placeholder. Said that friend always manipulates and uses women. Which is a complete and total lie. The opposite is true. He's the one that gets manipulated and used. The ex wanted to follow us to see where we were going under the guise of helping to unload stuff. We declined. He apparently didn't say my name specifically but lumped me together with other people in his accusations. Claimed he was the only person who never lies to her (he lies to her all the time-- I've never lied to her). She was really upset for hours. It had her new bf about to have an anxiety attack bc he thought she was going to dump him. But she took a few hours and calmed down and they are good. But we still need to go get more stuff which will give him access to her again. I'm going with next time though and I won't let them be alone together.

One of the few upsides is that apparently the memes about narcissists I posted on FB actually helped her to open her eyes to what was going on in her relationship and inspired her to dump him. Although, those memes were aimed at her new bf. He said they helped him as well so I had some good impact.

 

[Weedygarden]

Zanne, I agree on the Pitbull thing. Nice guy up the road let's his run loose, been shot multiple times by neighboring ranchers but not killed! Our county has a containment law, but it's not enforced. So this dog will roam until someone gets a "good" shot at it! My rant is about all the money people wasted on fireworks!! The younger couple down the road who were letting their cows out to graze the roadsides this past summer because they couldn't afford to feed them had a nice show last night!

The most fireworks that get lit in my area are from Section 8 housing. They need help with housing but have money to burn?

 

[zannej]

I think they can afford small stuff but not more expensive things like rent. The fireworks could have been gifts. Who knows. But I've noticed people who don't have much money seem to want to buy things to make themselves feel better & it often makes things worse for them financially. With all the nonstop commercials and pushing for people to spend $, there is a lot of pressure. People can have a hard time deciphering what things are needs and what are wants. I don't think people living in poverty should have to give up all fun things, but I do agree that fireworks seem like a waste of $. Even for people who have good income, I think it's a waste of $. Although, its better than buying cigarettes and hard drugs.

My current gripe: Check valve that was installed by the well service guy is leaking. I think it's supposed to be on the outlet side & not the inlet side anyway. There is no shutoff before this valve (service guy removed the shutoff). I plan to add a new shutoff before this point so we can do maintenance on the pump at some point. But for now, its leaking, air is getting in the line, and water inside is spurting. I have no way of fixing it yet.

 

[Amish Heart]

People choose what they want to spend their money on, and that's a good thing. Earn your own money, spend it how you wish. If you have to rely on the govt for your basic needs, like food, housing, medical....well then, you're living off the taxpayer's dime and that is a whole different story.

 

[Grimm]

I actually feel bad for the pitbulls because it's not their fault. They are doing what comes naturally to them and the owners are being irresponsible. I understand the need to chase them off if they are trespassing & killing livestock & pets-- just like you'd need to chase off or kill a wild predator, but it makes me angry at the owners for not taking proper care of their pets and having zero consideration for others.

I still need to find someone to hire to fix up my front gate so the cows can't get out. It's still lying on the ground. I've made calls and posted online trying to find someone but nobody was willing to come out here thus far. I'm not physically capable of it myself -- especially with my bad shoulder-- or else I would. Been trying to keep the cows interested in staying in the yard with food though.

Pearl, that is so frustrating about the people wasting $ on fireworks but neglecting their cows. I liked fireworks when I was a kid. Now they don't really appeal to me. The drone light show in South Korea at the Olympics was pretty cool though. Nothing exploding. No fires being set. Just a really neat light show.

My female friend's ex changed the locks so she couldn't go back in and get her stuff. We decided to get it yesterday while he was home. He locked her in the trailer with him while I waited outside. I had knocked at first & she said they needed a few minutes. It had already been a few minutes of them being alone together. After 30min I knocked again and he let me in and acted all friendly. He helped to pack stuff up. She didn't feel confident enough to take her Ring camera, her cat, and a baker's rack I got for her. Just grabbed her sewing stuff and left. She broke down crying hard afterward. Apparently in the time they were alone he amped up the manipulation game. Was telling her we weren't really her friends & that we were manipulating her. Said she couldn't trust us. Said out other friend in particular was just using her and that she was a placeholder. Said that friend always manipulates and uses women. Which is a complete and total lie. The opposite is true. He's the one that gets manipulated and used. The ex wanted to follow us to see where we were going under the guise of helping to unload stuff. We declined. He apparently didn't say my name specifically but lumped me together with other people in his accusations. Claimed he was the only person who never lies to her (he lies to her all the time-- I've never lied to her). She was really upset for hours. It had her new bf about to have an anxiety attack bc he thought she was going to dump him. But she took a few hours and calmed down and they are good. But we still need to go get more stuff which will give him access to her again. I'm going with next time though and I won't let them be alone together.

One of the few upsides is that apparently the memes about narcissists I posted on FB actually helped her to open her eyes to what was going on in her relationship and inspired her to dump him. Although, those memes were aimed at her new bf. He said they helped him as well so I had some good impact.

Ask the local police to go with you to get your friend's things. Explain the ex locked you out and was emotionally abusing her instead of letting her get her things. Tell them he tried to follow her to her new place last time her belongings were removed. Also let them know he changed the locks so you HAVE to get the belongings when he is there.

The police will have him stay outside while you get the belongings. They will give him a chance to dispute what she is taking before it is loaded in the car. This will keep the ex from being alone with her again.

 

[zannej]

Grimm, that is good advice. She has been emotionally abused so much her entire life that she can't handle conflict at all. She shuts down if someone yells at her. I think there are only a few more things to get- the cat, her ring camera, and the bakers rack I bought for her. I was thinking of letting him keep it because it was in use in the kitchen, but after he acted like such a jerk I'll take her up on her offer to give it back to me. My Mom wants it anyway.

He apparently showed up at my friend's house playing the "poor me" routine and trying to get sympathy and griping that my friend didn't check to see if he was OK. Friend told him he knows what the narcissist said about him & is no pleased and he can pound sand.

Meanwhile, Herpes (nickname for friend's most recent ex- given by his coworkers), is freaking out about the new gf being there. She isn't sure they are dating, but its upsetting her bc she knows it may mean she can't ever manipulate him into taking her back. Anytime he's shown even a slight interest in another female (or that she's thought a female had an interest in him) she loses her crap and starts trying to poison him against them. It's actually worked several times. I don't think she ever tried it with me, but she knows I'm not interested in men (or anyone really) & its strictly platonic.

 

[FarmOR]

"The dirty plate tour". Henry Miller was a very famous immigrant and entrepreneur in these parts. He came from Germany, changed his name, moved to California for high hopes during the gold rush. One of those that recognized the real promise in serving the gold diggers? Started growing beef for the hungry miners and expanded his land holdings until he became a land baron of historical significance. His ways were very shrewd and effective.

He had a sophisticated view of charity. He recognized the importance of giving, but not at the folly for the sake of feeling good about yourself? His dirty plate tour was well known for the time amongst all the vagabonds and homeless travelers. They got a free meal. A hearty belly filling good food! Albeit after all the employees had their fill and it was on an unwashed plate.

The idea being that the handout must be accompanied by an incentive. A reason to want to better yourself. Humility put to practical use? Most will cringe at the idea today, but the spirit of the message is sound. We should not take away every incentive to better the situation, lest we are left with those incentivized to do nothing. Absolutely nothing.

The original and enduring question for civilization is "who will suffer the toil". Without a system of incentive, the historical obvious alternative has always amounted to some form of slavery. Would you want your brain surgeon to be the product of incentive or slavery?

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

Not really a rant, just me being a drama queen.

Drove into town late for no good reason. DH was bored. Even though we weren't supposed to eat out, we ended up doing so.

I could see that his meal looked too dark and dry and not like usual. On top of that, it was loaded down with hot sauce well above the norm. I suggested he not eat it. (Pork) I didn't try it because I don't do hot, and that just ensured that he did eat it and he was up all night puking his guts out.

On the way out of town there was a steel thermos on the road. DH rescued it and tried to get the lid off for washing a little while ago. There was a hard vacuum preventing the lid from coming off and I don't know how he got it loose, but it was pointed at my head when it blew like a champaign cork. The stopper hit me in the left eye. I didn't see that one coming.

So now I have a huge shiner and guess who is cleaning fermented Campbell's veggie soup off the walls. Not me. I just got out of the shower.

 

[Pearl]

Not really a rant, just me being a drama queen.

Drove into town late for no good reason. DH was bored. Even though we weren't supposed to eat out, we ended up doing so.

I could see that his meal looked too dark and dry and not like usual. On top of that, it was loaded down with hot sauce well above the norm. I suggested he not eat it. (Pork) I didn't try it because I don't do hot, and that just ensured that he did eat it and he was up all night puking his guts out.

On the way out of town there was a steel thermos on the road. DH rescued it and tried to get the lid off for washing a little while ago. There was a hard vacuum preventing the lid from coming off and I don't know how he got it loose, but it was pointed at my head when it blew like a champaign cork. The stopper hit me in the left eye. I didn't see that one coming.

So now I have a huge shiner and guess who is cleaning fermented Campbell's veggie soup off the walls. Not me. I just got out of the shower.

Uh oh, stay home, it's safer!!

 

[The Lazy L]

… My rant is about all the money people wasted on fireworks!!…

Its their money and I understand the United States of America is a free county.

 

[havasu]

Its their money and I understand the United States of America is a free county.

I agree completely, provided that I am not subsidizing them or their lifestyle at all!

 

[Pearl]

Its their money and I understand the United States of America is a free county.

When everybody else has to deal with their loose starving animals because "we can't afford to feed them", NO!!

 

[Supervisor42]

My rant is about all the money people wasted on fireworks!! The younger couple down the road who were letting their cows out to graze the roadsides this past summer because they couldn't afford to feed them had a nice show last night!

If you want to have fun with it, calculate it in dollars per hour.
Let's see now, spend $10 on a (really good) one that lasts 10 seconds...
$10 burned in 10 seconds = how many dollars/hour?
Where is @Neb when we really need him?
He is our chief calculator.

 

[Grimm]

Not really a rant, just me being a drama queen.

Drove into town late for no good reason. DH was bored. Even though we weren't supposed to eat out, we ended up doing so.

I could see that his meal looked too dark and dry and not like usual. On top of that, it was loaded down with hot sauce well above the norm. I suggested he not eat it. (Pork) I didn't try it because I don't do hot, and that just ensured that he did eat it and he was up all night puking his guts out.

On the way out of town there was a steel thermos on the road. DH rescued it and tried to get the lid off for washing a little while ago. There was a hard vacuum preventing the lid from coming off and I don't know how he got it loose, but it was pointed at my head when it blew like a champaign cork. The stopper hit me in the left eye. I didn't see that one coming.

So now I have a huge shiner and guess who is cleaning fermented Campbell's veggie soup off the walls. Not me. I just got out of the shower.

Reminds me of the time we got chinese from a local place that we have eaten at a bunch of times. K, Juju and I all had the same dish and were up all night puking our guts out! Roo was the only one who didn't eat it.

 

[zannej]

My friends' exes are trying to pull me into their drama. Female friend's ex actually called me today. Wouldn't really listen to me at all but mostly seemed like he was trying to convince me and himself of his fantasy world. I kept telling him there was no way his ex was going to take him back but he wanted to know if she's dating our mutual friend. They are still keeping it quiet. I told him its not my place to say anything and he needs to talk to them about it. he asked me to talk to them and get them to talk to him. I told them he wanted them to be honest with him. His ex then told him she will never go back to him & blocked him. She still hasn't gotten her cat. He's still a human being with feelings so I have sympathy for him, but he put her through hell.
He's going to lose it when he finds out they are dating. He sees it as a betrayal bc he can't fathom that its not about him. He's trying to make our male friend out to be the bad guy.
He's probably going to be mad at me bc he'll think I told the other friends what he said, but I promised him I wouldn't so I didn't- but I told them I promised not to talk about what he said to me. I passed along the message of being honest with him. He's going to take it very badly but hopefully he'll get over it.

Then the male friend's ex started messaging me. She's trying to pretend she dumped him and not that he had to threaten to call the cops to get her out. She was saying she's had anxiety. I told her maybe she needs her meds adjusted. Didn't engage with her too much though.

But both exes contacted me around the same time on the same day. Makes me wonder if they talked to each other- although they hate each other so probably not. Well, one-sided hating.

I hate getting pulled into other people's drama. I've picked sides, but I don't want to be mean to people or hurt their feelings.

In the past my friend has always jumped right in to a new relationship as soon as an old one ends-- but it's always been with new people he didn't know about and they turned out to be psycho. This time its different because he and his new gf have known each other for years.

As an aside, arm is still giving me a lot of grief. It was sore and spasming all day today. I know it could be worse, but its annoying.

 

[havasu]

I'm too darn old do deal with the who's doing whom these days.

 

[havasu]

Ok, this occurred in my neck of the woods, and this idiot needs to be executed. I absolutely hate animal abusers.



and the graphic full video (dog was ok thankfully!)

 

[The Lazy L]

When everybody else has to deal with their loose starving animals because "we can't afford to feed them", NO!!

My fault. I didn't understand the "fireworks" and "starving animals" were about same subject.

 

[Wingnut]

What a scumbag... the only part the Channel 5 video title got wrong was calling the douchebag a "man."

 

[SoJer]

...Arm is designed to move with an impact before swinging back into position. Plus I ordered a diamond plate aluminum mailbox. ...

Well... How about:

..then just cut a door / hinge / fab-up a lock-mech in the Rear-end (away from road / impacts) and Meet yer Carrier at it someday to 'show'm the ropes'? Just a thought.. Oh, and Sure - stencil-paint "US Mail" on it for 'compliance' and all..

re:

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Sheesh. I would've Replied to the 'Fakeback', first:

"Huh.. so, riddle me this, Jussie: How, exactly, could I Call you, when I would not HAVE your phone number for [Policy-reason you quoted] and b) How would I EVER KNOW a Buyer was "Black" - unless - They were RACE BAITING with that info?? To YOUR potential future-buyers: Beware of this easily self-triggered Race-baiter / LIAR. Have a nice Day and Bless yer Heart!"

jd