Rant for the Day (keep it clean)

[Magus]

I found my missing batteries for my scope, then life turned to crap again.
the damned scope doesn't work and the rear pin is gone, where to I have no idea,
so I'm stuck with a useless POS AR pistol until I can get it fixed.

 

[PaulKersey]

All the fires in California could have easily been prevented if California government would create stricter gun control legislation.

 

[OldSchool]

I could rant about my computer reprogramming plan that keeps getting pushed back. My house cleaning and organizing is one thing after another. I keep finding stuff to put away. Then I find something that reminds me of something else.... and I'm like where the H is that?? Then I find an item that goes with another item, and I'm like which box did I put that in and where is it?? Then I'm like why do I have 20 of these when I only need 10. lol

 

[OldSchool]

One more rant: I need to sleep tonight, job interview is at 9am tomorrow.... but.... want to keep going with house projects. Excited about the interview, too. Would be a good job. Going to be hard to relax and sleep tonight.

 

[Pearl]

One more rant: I need to sleep tonight, job interview is at 9am tomorrow.... but.... want to keep going with house projects. Excited about the interview, too. Would be a good job. Going to be hard to relax and sleep tonight.

Good luck, hope to hear great news!!

 

[Cascadian]

People who shouldn't even be employed at a place being put into management roles there. The "motion light" employees that like to try to tell you how to do your job and accuse you of never working or doing anything.

I usually keep a pretty level head during confrontation but today I was soooooooo tempted to just say "letter you" and walk out. Stuff has been building up and it's gonna have to come to a head soon because I'm done. Started seriously looking at new jobs again.

We have one called 2 stroke. Hard to get started and smokes all day.

 

[Mad Dog 1]

For a rambling rant: Today I was outside brushing snow off vehicles, including two backup vehicles. Both with issues but would get me around town if necessary. I'm dressed for temps in the teens. The sun is shining. I see water dripping from icicles hanging from my gutters. They're growing.... RANT. My house is at 68 degrees, I turn it down to 64, it's still set there. I warmup the Suburban, after charging the battery, again. Last time it didn't hold. I warm it up this time. I let heat soak into the battery after warm and with engine off so not drawing in cold air. I run it some more. I see I'll need to add gas for the next time or two I warm it up. RANT

Back in the 1950's my dad had a small paraffin heater that he would hang in the engine compartment in winter [ in London in the street ] to just keep the air in there warm , how good it was no idea as I was young , but he used it each winter , today Health & safety would have a fit

 

[OldSchool]

Good luck, hope to hear great news!!

The great news is on hold, but might be coming. It was just another 'step'. They have others to interview.
I posted more about it in the What are you doing today thread.

 

[Magus]

I have been awake for fifteen minutes and have already had eight BS calls...
Make it nine.
They should be glad I needed woke up or they would be hearing about how much fun I had with their wife, mom, sister, and daughter at the old house of ill repute.
Ten... OMG!

 

[Magus]

Rant#2
So I go to the store to grab some snacks and drinks, I get two feet from the car and my bad ankle craps itself on me, I'll be bedridden another f* week! Oh well, I have time to upload PDFs.

 

[sonya123]

there is a fly in the bedroom. How on earth did it get here? Its too cold for flies, haven't seen a single one since fall

 

[Pearl]

F

there is a fly in the bedroom. How on earth did it get here? Its too cold for flies, haven't seen a single one since fall

Firewood!!

 

[Amish Heart]

I think they just hide out and come out to purposely annoy you. Then they flop around at your window thinking they want to get out, and end up dying there. Ha.

 

[montanabill]

We had a bad fall season for flies.....then we didn't have a good cold snap and they came back out.....but now we are going to have a few days of single digits for the high temp.....flies do annoy me almost as much as politicians.

 

[Magus]

Flies and politicians are the same thing, they both eat poop and bother people.

 

[sonya123]

it's gone now, I think it must have frozen over night LOL

 

[Magpie]

Yesterdays rant, but no doubt it will continue to happen - firstly, people who park, say outside a house on the side of the road, and sit with FULL BEAMS on. Dim your lights, you morons.

Secondly, I drove into the garage to pump gas. Couldn't get to the side I needed because of a parked car in the way, waited a minute or two, then drove around to get to the other side, but someone there also. There was no room to squeeze in front because of a delivery van. Anyway ended up sitting for a few minutes, I could see drivers in the car, but presumed the passenger had gone into pay.
Eventually got a spot, by driving around again. It was just after 5pm, a busy time.
Then I realised, having pumped gas and paid, that the other drivers were sitting looking at their phones. Not waiting on anyone. Just. Sitting. Texting. Hadn't even pumped their gas.
Sometimes I understand Karens. I nearly turned into one. But I had my son with me, and I had just had a long talk about turning the other cheek. So damn, I couldn't ruin my Mom lecture.

 

[Bluedanube]

Menfolk are on my crap list this morning. A whole year of planning a pollination cross of apple trees, getting one apple with good seeds, and then having the seeds labeled and in the fridge for cold stratification was a complete waste of time. I was going to start some this week and they are not on the fridge. Apparently someone cleaned them out. The menfolk who never clean anything tossed them in the trash when I wasn’t watching. It will be another whole year to cross my Wolf River with the King David apples. I may have had a full meltdown.

 

[Haertig]

Did you label the seeds telling what they were and that they should be kept?

 

[Bluedanube]

Did you label the seeds telling what they were and that they should be kept?

Yup. Giant sharpie message on the bag. And I showed it to everyone the day it went in the fridge. Pretty certain it was the husband. He has 10 mile wide ocd streak and tends to chuck stuff without checking first. You would think after 26 years of getting in trouble for this tendency that he would occasionally think “maybe I should ask first?” Nope. Never crosses his mind.

 

[Weedygarden]

All the fires in California could have easily been prevented if California government would create stricter gun control legislation.

Really, I think many people are getting a harsh awakening about what liberal government did to them. I don't know about guns, but I think there are changes coming to California. Too bad it takes such devastation to wake people up.

 

[Weedygarden]

I could rant about my computer reprogramming plan that keeps getting pushed back. My house cleaning and organizing is one thing after another. I keep finding stuff to put away. Then I find something that reminds me of something else.... and I'm like where the H is that?? Then I find an item that goes with another item, and I'm like which box did I put that in and where is it?? Then I'm like why do I have 20 of these when I only need 10. lol

I don't think you are alone.

 

[Haertig]

You would think after 26 years of getting in trouble for this tendency that he would occasionally think “maybe I should ask first?” Nope. Never crosses his mind.

It's only going to get worse as you get older. Set yourself up for success, and get something like below to keep your valuables in the fridge. $13.99 spent now beats crying about things a year from now and resenting someone who was probably trying to do something he thought was good, albeit not to your wishes.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZNSBLBF

 

[Haertig]

Dang, I am getting old. Shoveling snow just now, my fingers got so cold as to be almost useless. And it was only 10° outside. Not THAT cold. This temperature never used to bother me when I was younger. My body was fine today. Just those fingers. Brrr. I did have gloves on - I guess they weren't heavy enough. When I came back in I had to stand there with my hands under the kitchen faucet for 5 minutes. Under cold water (and it is indeed pretty cold coming out of the tap here in Colorado). After that they were still hurting, but ten minutes of holding them about two feet away from a space heater finally got them back to near normal.

We got about 5 inches of snow. It was dry and light. I was able to clear the cars using our Stihl leaf blower. It was too much for the leaf blower on the driveway and I had to shovel the old fashioned way. Hey, when it works, a leaf blower is tons faster and easier than a shovel! Wet and heavy snow need not apply though.

 

[OldSchool]

it's gone now, I think it must have frozen over night LOL

Finding some humor in it.

I would said "How do ya like it here now, Sucker!"

 

[zannej]

Tell the cops gramps is a sexual predator and he's stalking the kid, you'll never see him again!

Unfortunately, the cops know him and he gets special treatment. His late wife was the sister of the former chief-of-police which left him with get-out-of-jail-free cards. Not only did they not arrest or even ticket him for driving without a license with my friend's kid unseatbelted in his front seat and having an accident (in which the child injured her back), they didn't bust him for being under the influence of narcotics while driving, and when my friend changed phone numbers and refused to give him the new number he sent cops to my friend's door to harass him and order him to call the old man. Friend refused and told them to stop harassing him or there were going to be problems. Small town bs where certain people can get away with murder-- literally. The town jeweler's son murdered his gf and got away with it.

Magus, I hope your ankle heals quickly.

Magpie, I hate when people just sit there at the gas station while others are waiting. I try to get done with the pump as quickly as possible. Once I get back in my truck I'll pull out of the way and park somewhere if I want to mess with my phone or look at something. I won't sit there hogging the spot.

Meanwhile, state sales tax went back up and my local sales tax is now 11%. Ugh. It had been a little below 10% up in Alexandria but now it is over 10%.

 

[Peanut]

The catscans I used to work on used a vacuum chamber held at about 60 degrees kelvin or -370 fahrenheit. The chamber at university of california san francisco was one of the first. It had glass view ports for camera’s to see in the chamber. Inside a view port was a house fly that got frozen when the chamber was first sealed. I’d seen the fly many times, just standing there looking out the glass tube.

I replaced that system with a new one and had the honor of removing the fly that had been frozen almost 8 years at minus 370f… The ‘Fly’ was legend in the company…

True story... and no, he didn't wake up when he thawed out!

 

[Magus]

Magus, I hope your ankle heals quickly.

Walking without a stick already.