The Vent and Rant Thread

[nana77]

Originally Posted by Renate

On a separate rant: I was looking for a laser place to do a trivial cutting job.
We're talking about two minutes laser time on 2 mm plexiglas.
I gave them the file, then checked back two days (and a weekend) later.
They had done nothing, they went off, came back with a quote of 60 €.
Goodbye.

Yesterday a person came saying he made pics from an elicoper (7/10 year ago), house by house. Too when it came to the cost (I agree that an elicopter would price probably 1000$ per hour) he asked 150 euros for the pic onto the most standard plico (whitout the frame).
Apart that I would had to buy only mine, as for privacy thoughts he can't sell the others (maybe he can sell the one at the campanile LOL), but he didn't took a pic from a larger view either, like to include the whole village.

[Deskisamess]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Sounds a bit like one acquaintance of mine's family (him and three sisters).


Fast forward to the mother's death. Before she passed, she had talked with the 3 children who visited her and an agreement was made that the sister who had taken care of their mother for the last 5 years would inherit most of her mother's estate. The other sister and brother picked a couple of pieces of jewellery and some old family photos for sentimental reasons. The third sister showed up after the mother's death wanting her share of the estate and got rather upset with the undue influence her siblings had used to cut her out of their mother's will since she was the oldest sibling and deserved the largest portion.

My mom won't have any money left in less than 6 months, and her personal belongings are already distributed. My sister left Ohio 3 years ago after her husband died. It was a terrible thing, but her attitude since then has been very frustrating. Her loss trumps everything, and because my husband isn't dead, I don't understand, it's not my business what she does, etc.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Grr

We're experiencing an ongoing heatwave. My car is parked outside on the driveway. Just went out to it and not only is it HOT in the car but.... the windshield has cracked; multiple cracks radiating from a point just in front of the steering wheel.

Guess that's one more thing to add to the get done list.

Somehow I don't think I can just have the cracks filled; guess it will be new windshield time.

Went and got the windshield replaced this morning

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by issybird

Fabulous turnaround time! Hope it goes quickly; you're motivated which is the main thing.

Thanks. I am motivated. I have someone from physio coming tomorrow to see the place.

[nana77]

One of the two moms' cats I keep was standing not in seek since she gave births, so in 3 years I was seeing her occasionally. She's supergreat, during the maternity them has been two gendarmes; then when the kids had 2 months did let them along, looking them by quite a distance.
I see both mothers, but this one, specially during the winter, doesn't shows much: thought that I don't even know where she's standing, as she keeps clean anyway.
So to shorteen, last year I gave her the tapeworm, as saw that she had it, onto the two doses required (wasn't the kind within medical prescription); on this days that I'm in holydays she came back, as always she does by blowing at her kids, blowing at others' kids, blowing at anyone (blowing also when there might perhalps be none)... Did checked that she was to have those pinworms still, and gave again the pill.
Now she's standing nearby any other, as hers greats' since, and I guess all of this 3 years she was standing apart was "just for that" parasites.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by Renate

Boy, do I hate shipping.

I've had luck. Two packages came yesterday to my home very quickly from the US and China.

Originally Posted by PeterT

Went and got the windshield replaced this morning

I've had a small "ding" directly in the center of my vision area on my windshield for years now. It's big enough to annoy but not big enough to replace.

[ownedbycats]

Goddamit at least two of the wildfires cropping up in my province were set by an arsonist. (Thankfully quickly put out.) WTF is wrong wiith people? We're in drought.

EDIT: He was caught.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

. . .

EDIT: He was caught.

Was he a volunteer firefighter… here, they often are.

BR

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Was he a volunteer firefighter… here, they often are.

BR

Nothing's known yet except the Crimestoppers page with his photo was taken down. People on Reddit said someone on Facebook identified him.

[Rumpelteazer]

The plumber is here. My sister finally called him this morning and he had time to come this afternoon. Hopefully I can shower without having to deal with the partially blocked drain.

My sister is luckily working from home today so she can deal with the plumber. He's really nice, but very loud and intense and he makes me feel, not exactly uncomfortable, but something close to that. Next week it's my turn when the chimney sweep/gutter cleaner comes for the annual maintenance.

[ownedbycats]

Smelled smoke. Drought + fire ban here, so I called 911. Turns out it was just wildfire smoke blowing up from elsewhere in the province.

I could've sworn it was nearby!

[ownedbycats]

Dropped my grocery loyalty card on the conveyor belt and it got swallowed into the abyss. Thankfully it wasn't my debit card.

[DNSB]

Most of the grocery checkout belts I've seen dump into a catcher so not that big a deal to retrieve anything that slips through. Learned that several years back when the belt was running and I dropped a bill on it. Took the cashier about 5 seconds to retrieve it.

[ownedbycats]

Unfortunately no catcher. The cashier told me to order another one on the site.

[DNSB]

Must be an Eastern thing. All the ones I've noticed here have that catcher box at the end of the belt. Otherwise, things would accumulate inside the cabinet since they aren't going to hang upside down on the belt very long.