Rant for the Day (keep it clean)

[Snowman]

Yeah, emojis can help. Sorry if I seemed to overreact. Sore point for me. I still think about finding the poisoner and ending him.
Yikes! So glad your dogs survived. I had a very sweet cat who caught a mouse that had gotten into rat poison. We didn't know what was wrong with the cat, took him in and got a call later that the cat just started bleeding out and they couldn't save him. We don't use rat poison anymore because of that. My cats do a pretty good job catching the mice and rats they can get to.

That reminds me of how ignorant/stupid some people can be. Made me think of an online friend (I only added her as a friend back when I was playing facebook games and needed to 'friend' people to get more 'neighbors' in the games to help out). She "informed" me that "cats don't hunt rats". I think she was in her late teens early 20s. She went on about how rats were too big and cats wouldn't go after them, etc. I then sent her articles about sailors using cats to hunt rats on ships. I also sent her a photo of the large rats my 5lb cat caught. Cats will hunt rabbits and squirrels as well as rats if they can catch them. And that reminded me of the time someone on a forum called me a redacted moron for saying cows (female ones) have horns and that only bulls have horns and that I was incredibly stupid. I responded with a photo of my female cow with horns right next to her newborn calf. Man did that guy get piled on by other people on the forum. They reamed him for being that stupid and for calling me stupid when I knew more about cows than he did.

Meanwhile, I'm still feeling fatigued. I missed my meds one day and had energy and then took them again and felt tired. So I'm wondering if one or more of my meds is giving me fatigue. I'll have to check the side effects of the ones I take to see if any of them have fatigue. If its any one med I might consider not taking it anymore. I'm thinking of dropping the Metformin because even with food it still wrecks my guts and I'm only taking half the dose prescribed (supposed to take it 2x a day but given that 1x a day is wrecking me, I'm not taking it twice). I do take statins so I'm wondering if I should be taking supplements for vitamins they deplete.

Gonna get on googling the side effects after I post this.

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/index

 

[zannej]

Thanks. Right after I posted and went and looked stuff up. My most recent prescription was for Glimepiride which is in the sulfa drug family and should not be taken by people with sulfa drug allergies. Guess that explains the itching and my face getting some redness and slight swelling. I'm going to try CoQ10 to counteract the atorvastatin and see if that helps me any. I've stopped taking Glimepiride and will ask my pharmacy to flag anything with sulfa next time. I'm still feeling tired but it could be from my sleep schedule being out of whack.

 

[Amish Heart]

Thanks. Right after I posted and went and looked stuff up. My most recent prescription was for Glimepiride which is in the sulfa drug family and should not be taken by people with sulfa drug allergies. Guess that explains the itching and my face getting some redness and slight swelling. I'm going to try CoQ10 to counteract the atorvastatin and see if that helps me any. I've stopped taking Glimepiride and will ask my pharmacy to flag anything with sulfa next time. I'm still feeling tired but it could be from my sleep schedule being out of whack.

The pharmacy should of had that flagged. Good you caught it, Zannej. I'm also allergic to sulfa drugs, but am not diabetic, so probably wouldn't use it. It's not a pretty sight if I take sulfa.

 

[Patchouli]

Most of the cats that were around seem to be gone. There are 2or 3 that might be around still, two were late getting here but one I’ve seen since the beginning. @Pearl did you come over here during the night to capture cats? I think others started feeding them and maybe even took a couple of them in. So that rant is not much of a concern now.

 

[Pearl]

Most of the cats that were around seem to be gone. There are 2or 3 that might be around still, two were late getting here but one I’ve seen since the beginning. @Pearl did you come over here during the night to capture cats? I think others started feeding them and maybe even took a couple of them in. So that rant is not much of a concern now.

It's the warm weather!! They'll be back next week, OR, they'll never be back!!

 

[Snowman]

Are You ready for a good Rant, You Should be...

State Farm seeks an emergency insurance rate increase after LA wildfires. It’s the latest blow to California’s housing market​

According to the company, State Farm General’s surplus available to pay out claims has been depleted, in part due to claims paid out as a result of natural disasters.

State Farm General, California’s largest insurance provider, has requested an emergency interim rate hike averaging 22% for homeowners from state officials on Monday, citing a “dire” financial situation after destructive Los Angeles wildfires last month.


In a letter to California’s Commissioner of Insurance, Ricardo Lara, State Farm said it has already received more than 8,700 claims and paid over $1 billion to customers in the wake of the wildfires.


“We know we will ultimately pay out significantly more, as these fires will collectively be the costliest in the history of the company,” the letter said. State Farm said the emergency interim rate hike was necessary to “help avert a dire situation for our customers and the insurance market in the state of California.”

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weat...st-blow-to-californias-housing-market/1741026

 

[Amish Heart]

22% is a lot. I'd say skip the insurance, but you have to show proof of auto insurance there, and if you have a mortgage on your house, you have to have insurance. Well, first thing, I wouldnt live in California. And I was born and raised there.

 

[Snowman]

My Home Ins went up $600 last Year and I am nowhere near any Damage in My State, that increase was because of Some other Area...!!!

 

[Snowman]

How can They Charge before and Damage is even done...???

How much will home insurance rates increase?​

The firm’s Home Insurance Projection Report foresees a 6% rise in annual premiums in 2024. The increase will put the national average at $2,522 at the end of the year. With climate experts expecting a devastating hurricane season, home insurance costs are forecast-ed to surge even higher in 2025.

 

[zannej]

The pharmacy should of had that flagged. Good you caught it, Zannej. I'm also allergic to sulfa drugs, but am not diabetic, so probably wouldn't use it. It's not a pretty sight if I take sulfa.

I checked with them and it specifically said "sulfa antibiotics" and did not include other drugs. Don't know why since they all contain sulfa. My reaction was much milder to this stuff than it was to the antibiotics though. I broke out into hives, my face turned red, and my lips got puffy. I'm normally very pale so people were like "Oh, your lips are so rosy and your lips look fuller! What did you do?" and I said "Allergic reaction" and showed them the hives on my arms. It was bad enough on my arms but it spread to the rest of my body and itched like crazy. The meds I was given to counteract the allergic reaction wrecked my guts so I was not a happy camper.

With this stuff my face was turning red and I was having some itching but no visible rashes or spots.

Are You ready for a good Rant, You Should be...

State Farm seeks an emergency insurance rate increase after LA wildfires. It’s the latest blow to California’s housing market​

According to the company, State Farm General’s surplus available to pay out claims has been depleted, in part due to claims paid out as a result of natural disasters.

State Farm General, California’s largest insurance provider, has requested an emergency interim rate hike averaging 22% for homeowners from state officials on Monday, citing a “dire” financial situation after destructive Los Angeles wildfires last month.


In a letter to California’s Commissioner of Insurance, Ricardo Lara, State Farm said it has already received more than 8,700 claims and paid over $1 billion to customers in the wake of the wildfires.


“We know we will ultimately pay out significantly more, as these fires will collectively be the costliest in the history of the company,” the letter said. State Farm said the emergency interim rate hike was necessary to “help avert a dire situation for our customers and the insurance market in the state of California.”

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weat...st-blow-to-californias-housing-market/1741026

Ugh. My brother said that they were pre-emptively dropping people's insurance policies (even ones that had just been renewed) to avoid paying out-- or suddenly claiming that the fire insurance didn't actually cover fire damage.

When there were floods in other parts of the states, State Farm jacked up the insurance rates on our vehicles. Our premiums consistently go up while the values of the vehicles depreciate. If it wasn't mandatory to have insurance I'd consider dropping it at this point.

I still need to get my truck fixed. Looks like buying a new truck is not happening right now, and they expect with the new tariffs that car prices will increase by over $3k.

I may need to set up a greenhouse and start trying to do some gardening again. I'm in climate zone 9A. My uncle said to look up guides for my climate zone and he'd dispense any helpful advice from his experience and his expertise as a Master Gardener. He said to plant tomatoes in March around here. My best friend is going to get some chickens for eggs.