The Vent and Rant Thread

[mlewis78]

Many years ago I stubbed my toe on my lifecycle. I broke the toe bone, but even though I went to the doctor, there was nothing to do but tape it to the next toe. I had an x-ray. It was many years ago.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by mlewis78

there was nothing to do but tape it to the next toe.

Yeah, that's pretty much what my doctor said too, re-breaking it and then taping it up. But it wasn't guaranteed to fix it (and a not-insignificant chance of making it worse) so I decided to spare myself.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Yeah, that's pretty much what my doctor said too, re-breaking it and then taping it up. But it wasn't guaranteed to fix it (and a not-insignificant chance of making it worse) so I decided to spare myself.

Meh, I've broken my toes numerous times. The only oen that was a real pain (no wordplay intended here) was when I broke the big toe on my right foot. THAT was indeed annoying for about 6 months. (The bone simply...mooshed into dust, really. Kept rebreaking. What a mess that was.)

On the ubiquitous broken little toe, shrug, just tape it up and hang on until it heels. I think my figures there are three times on one side, twice on the other.

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[Hemmi]

I stubbed my big toe when I was 9 and broke it. They didn't even tape it, just gave me crutches and told me to stay off of it.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Hemmi

I stubbed my big toe when I was 9 and broke it. They didn't even tape it, just gave me crutches and told me to stay off of it.

Hell, at 9, they heal in two weeks and you're not even limping in 3 days.

At Creaky--an official age--they take 3 months to heal and then you rebreak them 3x more over the next 6 months.

Not kidding!

Hitch

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Hell, at 9, they heal in two weeks and you're not even limping in 3 days.

At Creaky--an official age--they take 3 months to heal and then you rebreak them 3x more over the next 6 months.

Not kidding!

Hitch

Yup, Creaky + Cranky. EVERYTHING takes longer.

[DiapDealer]

Otherwise competent adults who somehow manage to leave a halo of food around them on the floor wherever they eat. Every. Single. Time. I swear I'm going to buy a drop cloth to put under their chair when they visit!

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Otherwise competent adults who somehow manage to leave a halo of food around them on the floor wherever they eat. Every. Single. Time. I swear I'm going to buy a drop cloth to put under their chair when they visit!

Oh, god, I feel ya--we actually had to do that, as...discreetly as we could, b/c our MIL's dining table sat on a bona fide Oriental rug...and Gran used to drop food (in her 90's, so she gets a pass from me). But the rug...I mean, damn thing was worth a fortune.

I won't tell you what I did, and how long it took, to find a very similar cheap, thin rug and place it OVER the real one, nearly-unnoticeably, and put Gran's chair on that one!

Hitch

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

The building managers put some sort of weird scent thingies in the apartment hallways. Unfortunately the smell is so strong it makes me instantly nauseous. I suspect I'll also be getting a migraine later.

I'll try asking them to remove it. If not, perhaps vomiting in the hallway will make a point.

It wasn't the building managers. Apparently one of the neighbours was bothered by the smell of some flea killer stuff that exterminators used in the apartment hallway.

Weirdly enough, I didn't even notice a smell from the flea stuff (though Parkinson's and post-COVID might've done a number on my olfactory senses). The scent things are gone now at least.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

It wasn't the building managers. Apparently one of the neighbours was bothered by the smell of some flea killer stuff that exterminators used in the apartment hallway.

Weirdly enough, I didn't even notice a smell from the flea stuff (though Parkinson's and post-COVID might've done a number on my olfactory senses). The scent things are gone now at least.

OK, that's a bit weird. Usually the carriers on those exterminator things is _nasty_. But really glad to hear the scent things are gone!

[DiapDealer]

It's cute (but also a little annoying) that you think telling me "not to worry about it" has any bearing whatsoever on whether or not I do. I don't have an un-worry switch. And even if I did, I highly doubt your (or anyone's) voice would flip it.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

It's cute (but also a little annoying) that you think telling me "not to worry about it" has any bearing whatsoever on whether or not I do. I don't have an un-worry switch. And even if I did, I highly doubt your (or anyone's) voice would flip it.

Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiittttttttttttt, I've bin searchin' for that switch on my own damn self for years....

Hitch

[Greg Anos]

Sometimes it's hard to stay retired. People keep waiving money under my nose.

The latest bait was working in the same town I live in, at more money per hour than I've ever made.

I'm only human, and so I said - submit.

[timebug]

I am happily retired, and no amount of money could induce me to step back onto the treadmill. In fact I have so many things that I do regularly (yes,I know it's a cliche!) I don't know how I used to find the time to go to work!

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

It's cute (but also a little annoying) that you think telling me "not to worry about it" has any bearing whatsoever on whether or not I do. I don't have an un-worry switch. And even if I did, I highly doubt your (or anyone's) voice would flip it.

Ditto for "calm down"