The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 45

Patricia · 08-08-2008, 05:20 PM

other half.

pshrynk · 08-08-2008, 05:21 PM

Ah. Thenkyew.

nrapallo · 08-08-2008, 05:21 PM

Other Half (note not better half

)

Mindy · 08-08-2008, 05:21 PM

Other Half.
Boyfriend sounds too teeny, partner sounds a bit... controversial so there's been a general move to OH on the Brit forums I've seen.

Sparrow · 08-08-2008, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindy

There must be something in the air.
I have been invited to attend 'mediation' because I complained to the Council about the fact that the woman below and/or her two teenage sons can't control the volume of their music.

You have my sympathies; noisy neighbours can make life a misery.

Have you been keeping a diary? I think they like to see a record of what's been going on.

Patricia · 08-08-2008, 05:24 PM

I'm still at a loss. I don't have a missing fraction of myself which is bald and bearded.
So I don't call him the other half.

Patricia · 08-08-2008, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindy

There must be something in the air.
I have been invited to attend 'mediation' because I complained to the Council about the fact that the woman below and/or her two teenage sons can't control the volume of their music.

The Environmental Health department can install noise monitors if the noise constitutes a nuisance. They can even prosecute people for noise pollution. A friend of mine has tried this with some success. The noisy people moved away when the EH dept threatened prosecution.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-08-2008, 05:35 PM

patricia : i am partial to saying "my man" personally. you could try that.

thanks everyone for the concern and advice. i sometimes (frequently) feel inequipped to deal with adult life ; situations like this feel confusing and overwhelming. but if i hear that baby crying again i think i will call the social services. it's even a more delicate subject because ALL the babies in this damned building seem to cry a lot, but they are not necessarily without adult supervision ; there is another baby (she is slightly older, because she walks around already, maybe around 3) who regularly has screaming tantrums in the courtyard, but her mother is right there and does nothing, or else shouts at her. and it's not surprising, because the mother is also very loud, having very long conversations on her cellphone in the courtyard at the top of her lungs. they both drive me crazy as well (oh, and guess what : i saw that woman coming into the building the other day, and she is pregnant.

). i don't think any of these people are very good parents and i wish none of them had had children (i really don't see why they do, none of them seem very happy about it, and it's not like contraception is not available for god's sake), but sometimes i'm not sure where to draw the line between "mediocre parenting skills" and "neglect". i would never have guessed that baby was alone even though he was crying for so long and i heard no adult voices, just because to me it's so clearly an unacceptable thing to do it never would have occurred to me that someone would do that. *sigh* i really hate this building, it seems to attract crazy people.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-08-2008, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

The Environmental Health department can install noise monitors if the noise constitutes a nuisance. They can even prosecute people for noise pollution. A friend of mine has tried this with some success. The noisy people moved away when the EH dept threatened prosecution.

oh boy, i DEFINITELY need to see if that's possible here. me and that school are going to have a few words.

slayda · 08-08-2008, 05:41 PM

A few years ago I noticed 5 "Pot" plants (yes the smoking kind) in my neighbor's back yard). I called the police who did nothing more than confiscated them.

Oddly the next day DHR (the people who "police" Home Child Care) came by to check my wife's Home Child Care business.

Someone had called and said she was keeping more children than was legal. It was not true & the DHR inspector "knew" this because of my wife's reputation but was required by law to verify that.

Thankfully, she is out of that business and I no longer a "homeless person" as I felt back then.

Greg Anos · 08-08-2008, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindy

Other Half.
Boyfriend sounds too teeny, partner sounds a bit... controversial so there's been a general move to OH on the Brit forums I've seen.

I'm kinda partial to S.O. (Significant Other), a California term, myself.

tirsales · 08-08-2008, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

I'm kinda partial to S.O. (Significant Other), a California term, myself.

That is interesting. In German there is the term "Bessere Hälfte" ("Better half" if translated word-by-word and AFAIK the "best approximation" to SO) which is often (not always) used as a derogative.
(And the definitely derogative term "Lebensabschnittsgefährte"/LAG "companion in parts of life"

)

montsnmags · 08-08-2008, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

I'm kinda partial to S.O. (Significant Other), a California term, myself.

I just called mine The Loved One...though sometimes, with the way we spend almost every hour of every day together, "the other half" might actually be appropriate.

Cheers,
Marc (we "complete" each other [insert :throwing-up: emoticon])

zelda_pinwheel · 08-08-2008, 07:33 PM

in french some people say "ma moitié" which means "my half" (it's usually only used when talking about women).

RickyMaveety · 08-08-2008, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I just called mine The Loved One...though sometimes, with the way we spend almost every hour of every day together, "the other half" might actually be appropriate.

Cheers,
Marc (we "complete" each other [insert :throwing-up: emoticon])

OK .... you had me until "we complete each other" ... then I just started going all queasy. It's just so .... mushy.

Cootie shot!! Cootie shot!! Mushy alert!!

08-08-2008, 05:21 PM	#663
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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I'm still at a loss. I don't have a missing fraction of myself which is bald and bearded. So I don't call him the other half.

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	patricia : i am partial to saying "my man" personally. you could try that. thanks everyone for the concern and advice. i sometimes (frequently) feel inequipped to deal with adult life ; situations like this feel confusing and overwhelming. but if i hear that baby crying again i think i will call the social services. it's even a more delicate subject because ALL the babies in this damned building seem to cry a lot, but they are not necessarily without adult supervision ; there is another baby (she is slightly older, because she walks around already, maybe around 3) who regularly has screaming tantrums in the courtyard, but her mother is right there and does nothing, or else shouts at her. and it's not surprising, because the mother is also very loud, having very long conversations on her cellphone in the courtyard at the top of her lungs. they both drive me crazy as well (oh, and guess what : i saw that woman coming into the building the other day, and she is pregnant. ). i don't think any of these people are very good parents and i wish none of them had had children (i really don't see why they do, none of them seem very happy about it, and it's not like contraception is not available for god's sake), but sometimes i'm not sure where to draw the line between "mediocre parenting skills" and "neglect". i would never have guessed that baby was alone even though he was crying for so long and i heard no adult voices, just because to me it's so clearly an unacceptable thing to do it never would have occurred to me that someone would do that. sigh i really hate this building, it seems to attract crazy people.

08-08-2008, 05:41 PM	#670
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	A few years ago I noticed 5 "Pot" plants (yes the smoking kind) in my neighbor's back yard). I called the police who did nothing more than confiscated them. Oddly the next day DHR (the people who "police" Home Child Care) came by to check my wife's Home Child Care business. Someone had called and said she was keeping more children than was legal. It was not true & the DHR inspector "knew" this because of my wife's reputation but was required by law to verify that. Thankfully, she is out of that business and I no longer a "homeless person" as I felt back then.

08-08-2008, 07:33 PM	#674
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	in french some people say "ma moitié" which means "my half" (it's usually only used when talking about women).