The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 573

kindlekitten · 03-17-2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

Soz I don't ski - I really hate getting all that sand in those unspeakable places after speeding down a sand dune (all we got here).

actually that's not entirely true

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Originally Posted by dsvick

Me too, same thing, I went to say thanks for the K but there was nowhere to post. I sent a PM both times though

I'm glad it's not just me!

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Originally Posted by dsvick

Yes, that might be considered tacky, especially since it was a gift to him so it isn't your's to ask for back. Speaking of tacky though, I can't believe someone bought a book off of it. Who did he think was going to get charged for it, I'm sure he didn't expect it to be you, but you would think he would have expected it to be your father in law. Maybe he was hoping someone wouldn't notice.

What book did he buy? If it was "Dummy's guide to money laundering" you might have line on the 500K for your mother in law.

I really sweated the request. I mean I had JUST given it to him for Christmas. reading was one of our bonds and shared passions. the woman he is married to right now is his 3rd wife and wasn't even living with him when he died. that was one of the reasons I was supposed to go back down there when my leg healed. it was a diet book that was ordered. he claimed it was his wife/girlfriend who supposedly doesn't speak english...

yvanleterrible · 03-17-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

He may well have enabled the option for Visitor Messages only to be posted by "Contacts". As Kindlekitten is not listed as a "Contact" of Yvan's, that may be what is preventing it from showing to her.

The moral perhaps is: Befriend people - all the kewl kids are doin' it.

Cheers,
Marc

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

It could be something like that. Although I don't see me on his friend list... however my magic Green Hat could have something to do with it.

BOb

Problem solved. Marc found the solution. Thank you!

pshrynk · 03-17-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by dsvick

Yes, that might be considered tacky, especially since it was a gift to him so it isn't your's to ask for back. Speaking of tacky though, I can't believe someone bought a book off of it. Who did he think was going to get charged for it, I'm sure he didn't expect it to be you, but you would think he would have expected it to be your father in law. Maybe he was hoping someone wouldn't notice.

What book did he buy? If it was "Dummy's guide to money laundering" you might have line on the 500K for your mother in law.

She should be thankful it wasn't the $5K Nuclear Energy Handbook (not it's real name) that was once the most expensive book in the Kindle store.

kindlekitten · 03-17-2010, 11:52 AM

I just spoke with the executor about a lot of different things, that being one of them. apparently recent gifts, especially expensive ones are almost always returned to the giver, you just have to speak up. I think I kind of knew that and was then able to step beyond the perceived veil of tackiness

wodin · 03-17-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I just spoke with the executor about a lot of different things, that being one of them. apparently recent gifts, especially expensive ones are almost always returned to the giver, you just have to speak up. I think I kind of knew that and was then able to step beyond the perceived veil of tackiness

At the very least, you should remove the K2 from your account.

kindlekitten · 03-17-2010, 02:00 PM

for right now I'm going to keep it on. if anyone says anything when all is said and done, I can say "look where it is registered, who had paid anything and who gifted it." since they now know that I am notified immediately of any purchases, I don't think there will be anymore

dsvick · 03-17-2010, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I really sweated the request. I mean I had JUST given it to him for Christmas. reading was one of our bonds and shared passions. the woman he is married to right now is his 3rd wife and wasn't even living with him when he died.

In that case, it is much less tacky. In fact I'd go so far as to say it is more tacky for her to swoop in like a vulture and pick over his stuff.

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it was a diet book that was ordered. he claimed it was his wife/girlfriend who supposedly doesn't speak english...

Was the book in english?

kindlekitten · 03-17-2010, 02:41 PM

yes, the book was in english. and to correct any misconception, wife #3 is still in the states, hasn't poked around anything (well except bank accounts). it's his sort of business partner and his girlfriend/wife that were messing around with the kindle

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-17-2010, 06:24 PM

Very minor rant - had a blood test done today. The person who did it ignored all my suggestions to go for the smaller vein she could only just feel and instead prodded around a bit (with her finger, thankfully, not like one dr who prodded around with the needle... to find a vein) and decided to go with a larger vein she found. Which promptly tried to escape out the back of my elbow making it more painful(*) and take longer than usual. The other effect of it is that it has given my left elbow a dull ache for most of the day

(*by which I mean I actually felt slight sharp stab as the needle went in. Normally it's not actually painful at all)

kennyc · 03-17-2010, 06:54 PM

Sorry Am better soon!

I was at the doctor and mentioned a small 1/4" circular growth on my inner right arm. He said it was just a benign tumor/growth and would freeze it......he proceeded to freeze right through to my elbow! I had an oozing blister there for three days a bleeding scab for three or four days and now what looks like a scab in the lower reaches of a moon-like crater!

pilotbob · 03-17-2010, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Very minor rant - had a blood test done today. The person who did it ignored all my suggestions to go for the smaller vein she could only just feel and instead prodded around a bit (with her finger, thankfully, not like one dr who prodded around with the needle... to find a vein) and decided to go with a larger vein she found. Which promptly tried to escape out the back of my elbow making it more painful(*) and take longer than usual. The other effect of it is that it has given my left elbow a dull ache for most of the day

Yes some phlebotomists are very good. You don't feel anything and there is never a bruise... or maybe just a very small one.

Others poke and prod with the needle... it hurts like hell and at the end of the day you have a major shiner on the inside of your elbow that lasts a few weeks. They of course claim you are a "hard stick". Like it's my fault that they suck at their job.

BOb

kazbates · 03-17-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Very minor rant - had a blood test done today. The person who did it ignored all my suggestions to go for the smaller vein she could only just feel and instead prodded around a bit (with her finger, thankfully, not like one dr who prodded around with the needle... to find a vein) and decided to go with a larger vein she found. Which promptly tried to escape out the back of my elbow making it more painful(*) and take longer than usual. The other effect of it is that it has given my left elbow a dull ache for most of the day

(*by which I mean I actually felt slight sharp stab as the needle went in. Normally it's not actually painful at all)

I feel your pain, Am. I've come down with some weird glandular infection in my neck and had to have blood drawn. The girl poked around first one arm and then the other for several minutes looking for the optimal vein to use. In the end she used the first arm (my left) and left me with a HUGE bruise.

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Yes some phlebotomists are very good. You don't feel anything and there is never a bruise... or maybe just a very small one. <SNIP>

I bet you were totally excited when you realised you would get to use that word in a sentence!!

WT Sharpe · 03-17-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Yes some phlebotomists are very good. You don't feel anything and there is never a bruise... or maybe just a very small one. ... BOb

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Originally Posted by kazbates

... I bet you were totally excited when you realised you would get to use that word in a sentence!!

I use that word all the time. Just the other day, someone asked me if it constantly rains hard in Seattle. I said, "It rains a lot, but it's mostly lighter sprinkles that come and go; kind of like a bunch of phlebotomists rather than constant downpours."

kindlekitten · 03-17-2010, 09:09 PM

you been lickin' that window along with the pug dog there Tom?

pilotbob · 03-17-2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

I bet you were totally excited when you realised you would get to use that word in a sentence!!

Indubitably.

BOb

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03-17-2010, 11:52 AM	#8584
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I just spoke with the executor about a lot of different things, that being one of them. apparently recent gifts, especially expensive ones are almost always returned to the giver, you just have to speak up. I think I kind of knew that and was then able to step beyond the perceived veil of tackiness

03-17-2010, 02:00 PM	#8586
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	for right now I'm going to keep it on. if anyone says anything when all is said and done, I can say "look where it is registered, who had paid anything and who gifted it." since they now know that I am notified immediately of any purchases, I don't think there will be anymore

03-17-2010, 02:41 PM	#8588
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	yes, the book was in english. and to correct any misconception, wife #3 is still in the states, hasn't poked around anything (well except bank accounts). it's his sort of business partner and his girlfriend/wife that were messing around with the kindle

03-17-2010, 06:24 PM	#8589
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Very minor rant - had a blood test done today. The person who did it ignored all my suggestions to go for the smaller vein she could only just feel and instead prodded around a bit (with her finger, thankfully, not like one dr who prodded around with the needle... to find a vein) and decided to go with a larger vein she found. Which promptly tried to escape out the back of my elbow making it more painful() and take longer than usual. The other effect of it is that it has given my left elbow a dull ache for most of the day (by which I mean I actually felt slight sharp stab as the needle went in. Normally it's not actually painful at all)

03-17-2010, 06:54 PM	#8590
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Sorry Am better soon! I was at the doctor and mentioned a small 1/4" circular growth on my inner right arm. He said it was just a benign tumor/growth and would freeze it......he proceeded to freeze right through to my elbow! I had an oozing blister there for three days a bleeding scab for three or four days and now what looks like a scab in the lower reaches of a moon-like crater!

03-17-2010, 09:09 PM	#8594
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	you been lickin' that window along with the pug dog there Tom?