The Vent and Rant Thread

[Rumpelteazer]

Cinemas shouldn't sell noisy snack and snacks in noisy packaging. Also "hover peeing" by women in public toilets should be punishable by law!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Cinemas shouldn't sell noisy snack and snacks in noisy packaging. Also "hover peeing" by women in public toilets should be punishable by law!

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[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

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I wish we had cinemas that have those rules in the Netherlands. Lately my sister and I have been going to the Cinelounge which is a more exclusive cinema. Small, nice seats, enough leg space and with the push of a button a waiter comes to take your order. Except for the nachos and Pringles (had to lol at the poster) they haven't got anything crunchy on the menu. The combination of the more expensive tickets (but cheap drinks and snacks compared to normal cinemas), dress code and choice of movies they attract a more mature audience.

Unfortunately they aren't showing The Woman in Black which we really wanted to see. It wasn't a good choice to go see it at 5pm on Friday. A lot of the audience were teenage girls who came to see Daniel Radcliffe and hadn't realised it was a scary movie. There was a lot of screaming and eating of crisps/potato chips and popcorn with open mouth. Next time if Cinelounge isn't showing a movie I go to an early showing in the middle of the week or I wait until it's out on dvd!

I did like the movie. It's a lot better than the made-for-tv film of the 1980s. Although it's a bit different than the book the changes fit the story. It had some good scary moment, nothing gory, just quick and sudden flashes of the Scary Thing. The ending was a bit corny, though and I still prefer the play over the movie.

[Bookpossum]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Sneaky might not qualify for Medicare. Go to the Doctor but negotiate to be charged what a normal insurance company would be charged. I bet if you do some online research you will be able to find out what that is.

Medicare in Australia is probably different to yours. Only visitors and non-residents are ineligible, and even then some countries have reciprocal health agreements - Australia and the UK do for example. It covers about 85% of the scheduled fee for a doctor's visit, although some doctors of course charge more than that so the patient would have higher costs there.

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Cinemas shouldn't sell noisy snack and snacks in noisy packaging. Also "hover peeing" by women in public toilets should be punishable by law!

'those' women should get a shewee. (I learned about those right here on MR). I still haven't used mine.

Crash Update: If chest pain is not better by end of next week I will go see the doc. It will not cost a huge amount. it is just that I am pretty sure that I will pay for all this stuff to be told to do what I am doing. I have self diagnosed that the chest is stable and there is no need for emergency assistance.

[amward]

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Medicare in Australia is probably different to yours. Only visitors and non-residents are ineligible, and even then some countries have reciprocal health agreements - Australia and the UK do for example. It covers about 85% of the scheduled fee for a doctor's visit, although some doctors of course charge more than that so the patient would have higher costs there.

And you can usually find a doctor who only charges the scheduled fee, I know that's what my BIL does, he travels around a lot and so doesn't have a regular doctor.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Also "hover peeing" by women in public toilets should be punishable by law!

That's going to make a LOT of people in Asia very, very upset...


Stitchawl

[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

That's going to make a LOT of people in Asia very, very upset...
Stitchawl

I don't know about Asian women but Dutch women can't hover pee without making the seat wet. In the toiletstalls of the cinema there is sanitiser available to clean the seat, they should use that so they can sit down or, if they want to hover, either make sure the seat is dry afterwards or put the seat up.

[Freeshadow]

Such a legal punishment would also upset a whole subculture of sexual fetishists

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

I don't know about Asian women but Dutch women can't hover pee without making the seat wet. In the toiletstalls of the cinema there is sanitiser available to clean the seat, they should use that so they can sit down or, if they want to hover, either make sure the seat is dry afterwards or put the seat up.

Maybe it is difficult to balance on the loo seat in clogs?



Then again???

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

I don't know about Asian women but Dutch women can't hover pee without making the seat wet.

Seats? What seats?



I just figure we're lucky when we can find separate men's and women's rooms!


Stitchawl

[amward]

I just wish they'd put hand holds in for those of us with dodgy knees.

[ProfCrash]

no, no, no, just no.

I have travelled a decent amount and I still don't get why people cannot build a proper toilet. It is not hard. Give me my freaking seat damnit

[wannabee]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Seats? What seats?



I just figure we're lucky when we can find separate men's and women's rooms!


Stitchawl

I was painting a fence and didn't realize how crouching was straining my thighs until the next day. Ouch! I could hardly walk. You guys must have steel thighs which can crack walnuts if you use those things regularly.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by amward

I just wish they'd put hand holds in for those of us with dodgy knees.

They do that now, in 98% of the toilets that are using these torture devices.

Originally Posted by wannabee

I was painting a fence and didn't realize how crouching was straining my thighs until the next day. Ouch! I could hardly walk. You guys must have steel thighs which can crack walnuts if you use those things regularly.

Thank God things are changing here, and most of the new installations in department stores and shopping malls are putting in western toilets. (And with 'Washlets' too!) Most older buildings now have at least one stall with a western toilet too. Japan's population is aging and it's difficult for the old timers to deal with squatting.

I installed one of the Washlet seats at home, and can honestly say that once I learned how to control it, it's become one of my favorite seats in the house! Warm in winter, cool in summer, with all sorts of fun buttons to push!


Stitchawl