Rant for the Day (keep it clean)

[Peanut]

Ever know anyone who has continual bad luck? They don’t do stupid things yet bad things happen around them. I have a neighbor, great guy, help anyone, a preacher in fact. Last week dad told him he could deer hunt here until the end of season. This means I’m going to be on edge until the season ends… wondering what’s going to happen that I’ll have to fix.

Example, going back years dad would occasionally loan this guy farm equipment. He didn’t abuse the equipment but something always broke while he had it. One year the gang disk broke. How do you break a gang disk? In a life time on farms I’ve never heard of a gang disk breaking, yet it happened while he had it. Took me 3 months to fix it, 2 months just to find bearings for it! The last thing that happened... a hydraulic cylinder failed on the front end loader while he had the tractor. I know he didn’t use it, it was in the same lock position I put it in when he took the tractor. Yet somehow it broke. Dad finally quit loaning him equipment at my insistence. I felt bad for insisting, a great guy… just tired of fixing things that always break if he’s involved.

Some of these “accidents” were funny. One year dad let him hunt here. He built a little shooting house, brought it over and put it in the high field. He put out corn… Opening day finally arrived… Something happened at home that delayed him. Finally got over after lunch. Just so happened one of our cows was due that day. I noticed she was missing from the herd so I went looking. I found her, first calf, long labor… she was standing 50ft in front of his shooting house. I thought he was going to cry! He looked like a 5yrold with a toy taken away!!! All that time, trouble and effort, 1st day of season, and a cow goes into labor directly in front of his shooting house!

Anyway… said he was coming over today to put out some corn near yet another shooting house he brought over saturday. Fine, daylight, not a problem. Except he didn’t get here until 7pm… (always late) I’m trying to relax and watch a ballgame after a busy day. Dogs are barking, side by side needed a muffler, making all kinds of noise. And I’m worried he’s going to run over a sleeping cow, by accident. A tire on the SxS blows out causing it to careen into….

 

[Supervisor42]

The non-stop Shriner's commercials with the whining kids, on every channel!
They started long before Christmas, and I thought they would be winding down after new years, but noooo!
I wonder if donors have any idea of how many million$ of their money is blown on these commercials?
"...for only thifty thents a day.."

 

[Magus]

Charity begins at home, you ain't buying your way into heaven, but you can sure spend your way into hell!

Just sayin' pointing things out. LOL

 

[zannej]

Amish, my dad had a worker who was super lazy and didn't even do the bare minimum at work. Most other agents were clearing multiple cases per week and this guy would maybe clear one per month. He would just sit in the office drinking coffee and reading the paper or something. Dad got tired of this guy getting paid $$$ to do next to nothing so he called him in and gave him a quota of stuff he had to do in order to keep his job. Within a week the guy put in his notice because he didn't want to actually work. He wasn't eligible for retirement pay.

People like to insult the younger generations for not knowing how to do things, but a lot of them were never taught by the older generations. They don't see what a parenting fail it is when the kids are wholly unprepared to go out in the world and do basic things for themselves. Too much coddling and not understanding that kids can learn more than people think they can. I don't think kids should be overworked or exploited, but learning how to cook, clean, sew, etc are important life skills.

Peanut, I know/knew a few people with bad luck. I personally have a lot of bad luck. Like being the only student in my college class to get one of the misprinted college textbooks and it just so happened to be a page that had an assignment. Having things break down all the time, etc. My best friend also has really bad luck. We had a family friend named Mel who had terrible luck as well. Things just always went wrong for him. I think he passed away last year.

Oh, so the saga of my brother and Capital One stealing his Roth IRA $$$ may be near a close. They changed the name of the company that had the $ a few times. He reported them to the BBB a few months back because they were not responding to any of his calls, e-mails, messages, etc. The bank had locked him out of being able to login for awhile, but after he told the BBB they let him login again. Then he publicly stated his intention to sue the bank to get his $ back. Suddenly they sent him some links and forms to fill out to get his $. He just got the check yesterday. In 5 days we'll know whether it cleared or not or if it will bounce. My brother thinks it is finally over. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop and fully expecting it to bounce or have an issue.

Meanwhile, my best friend has kidney stones again. He went to the ER in severe pain and they treated him like a drug addict. Then he pissed blood and they suddenly took him seriously. Unfortunately, he doesn't have insurance so the bill is going to be astronomical.

 

[havasu]

People like to insult the younger generations for not knowing how to do things, but a lot of them were never taught by the older generations. They don't see what a parenting fail it is when the kids are wholly unprepared to go out in the world and do basic things for themselves. Too much coddling and not understanding that kids can learn more than people think they can. I don't think kids should be overworked or exploited, but learning how to cook, clean, sew, etc are important life skills.

That is a cop out Z! That is the new generation's way of making excuses on why they are lazy. My dad didn't teach me a thing in life. He was a workaholic who only spent his off time playing golf. When I was young, there were no free handouts, no free phones, no internet, no free food.

You didn't work, you didn't eat.

It is amazing what the human body can learn when one has an empty stomach!

 

[Weedygarden]

Ever know anyone who has continual bad luck? They don’t do stupid things yet bad things happen around them. I have a neighbor, great guy, help anyone, a preacher in fact. Last week dad told him he could deer hunt here until the end of season. This means I’m going to be on edge until the season ends… wondering what’s going to happen that I’ll have to fix.

Example, going back years dad would occasionally loan this guy farm equipment. He didn’t abuse the equipment but something always broke while he had it. One year the gang disk broke. How do you break a gang disk? In a life time on farms I’ve never heard of a gang disk breaking, yet it happened while he had it. Took me 3 months to fix it, 2 months just to find bearings for it! The last thing that happened... a hydraulic cylinder failed on the front end loader while he had the tractor. I know he didn’t use it, it was in the same lock position I put it in when he took the tractor. Yet somehow it broke. Dad finally quit loaning him equipment at my insistence. I felt bad for insisting, a great guy… just tired of fixing things that always break if he’s involved.

Some of these “accidents” were funny. One year dad let him hunt here. He built a little shooting house, brought it over and put it in the high field. He put out corn… Opening day finally arrived… Something happened at home that delayed him. Finally got over after lunch. Just so happened one of our cows was due that day. I noticed she was missing from the herd so I went looking. I found her, first calf, long labor… she was standing 50ft in front of his shooting house. I thought he was going to cry! He looked like a 5yrold with a toy taken away!!! All that time, trouble and effort, 1st day of season, and a cow goes into labor directly in front of his shooting house!

Anyway… said he was coming over today to put out some corn near yet another shooting house he brought over saturday. Fine, daylight, not a problem. Except he didn’t get here until 7pm… (always late) I’m trying to relax and watch a ballgame after a busy day. Dogs are barking, side by side needed a muffler, making all kinds of noise. And I’m worried he’s going to run over a sleeping cow, by accident. A tire on the SxS blows out causing it to careen into….

You might think he was careful, but maybe he really wasn't. And since it wasn't his equipment, maybe he wasn't as careful as he could have, should have been.

I have believed this: If you borrow something from someone, you return it in as good of condition as you borrowed it, or better. If something breaks while you have it, you repair it or have it repaired. It's part of the deal. Why did he always need to borrow equipment? Maybe because he had destroyed all of his own.

Two of my uncles, brothers, farmed/ranched. They had separate places, maybe 20 miles apart. They decided they could/would share equipment. One brother always had the farm equipment break when he used it, and then he would return it to the other brother, while it was broken! It was a big contributing factor to the other one quitting life in the country and working on state roads. The brother who always broke equipment, also had a big problem with drinking. He would go on benders and be drunk for days.

 

[zannej]

Thunderstorms today took power out multiple times. Killed the Starlink dish so I'm having to use crappy mobile hotspot data. Had to set my phone in the bathroom window to get signal for it and Mom is super pissed off that she can't load Youtube. Starlink changed the terms of the warranty for the dish now so it doesn't cover storm damage. They sell new kits at bestbuy but they use a different cable and the cable they come with is too short. Customer support is nonexistent so not sure what we are going to do in the meantime.

 

[zannej]

Update: Turns out Starlink does have CS but its a pain to get in touch with them. Did actually get to speak with 2 live people and they were both very nice and friendly. I take back what I said about them not having CS. They have good CS if you can get through to them.
Cost over $550 for the new kit, new pole mount adapter, and new 149' cable.

Good news is that the new cable is easier to get through holes so getting it through wasn't so bad.

I had to tackle the massive bottle and trash pit Mom created. I opened a window to get some air bc it was too warm for me and I was sweating. Aminatu came through the window and was climbing on the bottle pile and freaking out bc she kept slipping. Finally caught her and put her out of the room.

Bro was derping and broke the last glass cover thingy for the oil lamps. Then he blamed me for it saying I was "stupid' to put it in that spot. I put it in that spot bc it was safe from cats. He said it wasn't so safe and I said "It was safe from cats, you're the one who broke it". At one point while I was cleaning he came in and was messing with the new dish trying to figure out how to get the adapter on it. He kept whining and I told him to just wait for our friend if he couldn't figure it out and he started screaming and swearing at me and complaining about how I never shut up-- this from someone who constantly interrupts me and talks over me. Anyway, he's screaming "Shut the *redacted* up!" and I decided to have some fun with it and repeated it back to him. He got so mad he was leaning down into my face with spit flying screaming it in my face and I was shouting it back at him at the same time and trying not to laugh. After about 5min I think he realized I was messing with him and he started making jokes about it and calmed down. He figured out how to get the mount on.

I still have more of the bottle pile and trash to tackle so I can deal with some cords Mom has been complaining about.

I keep forgetting to take my meds on time. Need to take last night's meds now bc I slept through my alarm.

 

[sonya123]

sometimes I really hate my life....today is one of those days

and yes, I seem to be one of those people that dont have much luck, the harder I try, the more things go wrong

that's all

 

[zannej]

sonya, sending hugs your way. Hope things get better.

I added a new weird way to injure myself.
So, I have this dustpan that has a grip handle and the grip part has a sharp edge where it attaches to the handle/pole.

So, to dump trash out of it into a bag I have to hold below the grip and after it slipped and went down and cut into my hand. Twice.

 

[Amish Heart]

Put some duct tape around the sharp part.

 

[zannej]

Put some duct tape around the sharp part.

Yeah, that was my plan. Will probably use gorilla tape.

 

[PaulKersey]

Jimmy Carter died 12 days ago and my best guess is that he is still dead. They continue to cart his dead remains around so people who never met him can cry, slobber and worship them. I had no ill will toward him, but this just a crazy Hollywood style production. He is/was mortal just like the rest of us. He was our employee and not a very good one. Are they trying to turn this into a TV show that will rival Yeallowstone? Isn’t it time to plant him somewhere? Good grief….people don’t show this much respect to the very God who made them!

 

[elkhound]

Jimmy Carter died 12 days ago and my best guess is that he is still dead. They continue to cart his dead remains around so people who never met him can cry, slobber and worship them. I had no ill will toward him, but this just a crazy Hollywood style production. He is/was mortal just like the rest of us. He was our employee and not a very good one. Are they trying to turn this into a TV show that will rival Yeallowstone? Isn’t it time to plant him somewhere? Good grief….people don’t show this much respect to the very God who made them!

i just turned on tv for first time in days to see they are having a funeral today or something...i even pulled up calendar to count days myself and get here to post a rant about dragging a dead body around for 12 days....thats some blasphemy right there to dead body and family.....and you posted my thoughts.

 

[Magus]

Are they still crying about him? God, I'll be lucky if the undertaker shows up when I croak!

 

[Magus]

And in ten minutes, I have a rant!
Since I posted, I have had no less than seven telemarketer calls and it's ringing now!
I turn off my ringer every night at 6:00 because they'll keep it up until late in the night,
I once got one after midnight! And people wonder why I never answer my phone.

 

[Pearl]

Jimmy Carter died 12 days ago and my best guess is that he is still dead. They continue to cart his dead remains around so people who never met him can cry, slobber and worship them. I had no ill will toward him, but this just a crazy Hollywood style production. He is/was mortal just like the rest of us. He was our employee and not a very good one. Are they trying to turn this into a TV show that will rival Yeallowstone? Isn’t it time to plant him somewhere? Good grief….people don’t show this much respect to the very God who made them!

And they closed the post office for this!!

 

[zannej]

Ugh. We lived in Manassas when Carter was president and my dad was friends with Carter's Secret Service agents. They HATED him. He was a lying hypocrite who only cared about his public image and not doing what was right. Treated his SS agents like crap. How dumb do you have to be to call people "stupid" when they are supposed to take a bullet for you? We are still suffering from decisions he made as president (making it so banks charging more than 10% interest was not usery, deregulating airlines, & making it so student loans aren't forgiven in bankruptcy.

I haven't turned on the TV bc I don't want to watch people blather on about him. Did not know the post office was closed. Thanks for the heads up on that.