The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 277

RickyMaveety · 06-16-2009, 11:48 AM

A tip of the hat to those who actually exercise.

phenomshel · 06-16-2009, 01:17 PM

Ricky, you don't need to exercise, you work hard enough for four strong men as it is!

GeoffC · 06-16-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Ricky, you don't need to exercise, you work hard enough for ten strong men and a dog as it is!

just a wee correction ....

GeoffC · 06-16-2009, 01:27 PM

Sparrow · 06-16-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

just a wee correction ....

It's a man thing - wee correction.

phenomshel · 06-16-2009, 02:59 PM

I stand (sit) corrected. And now, back to our regularly scheduled venting and ranting.

I have three weeks off from classes. The crochet bug has bitten me again, and now that I actually have time to indulge, guess what? I can't buy yarn anywhere within a forty mile radius!! I didn't think yarn was an esoteric commodity, but maybe I was wrong. All I'm looking for is sock yarn - everyone is making socks these days, they're fun, fast, and fairly easy, so you'd think someone around here would carry it. Nooooo....and there are no yarn specialty shops closer than Rockford, which is too far for me to drive and get there before they close after taking Chris to work (second shift scheduling).
That leaves ordering it online -which I've been amazingly good at, so far, but I don't really have the time to wait on the orders to get here, by the time I get the yarn, it'll be time to start classes again!

BookishDreamer · 06-16-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I stand (sit) corrected. And now, back to our regularly scheduled venting and ranting.

I have three weeks off from classes. The crochet bug has bitten me again, and now that I actually have time to indulge, guess what? I can't buy yarn anywhere within a forty mile radius!! I didn't think yarn was an esoteric commodity, but maybe I was wrong. All I'm looking for is sock yarn - everyone is making socks these days, they're fun, fast, and fairly easy, so you'd think someone around here would carry it. Nooooo....and there are no yarn specialty shops closer than Rockford, which is too far for me to drive and get there before they close after taking Chris to work (second shift scheduling).
That leaves ordering it online -which I've been amazingly good at, so far, but I don't really have the time to wait on the orders to get here, by the time I get the yarn, it'll be time to start classes again!

No yarn?! That's horrible. Know someone who lives near a yarn shop and would be willing to buy for you and deliver?

Dreamer

pshrynk · 06-16-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I stand (sit) corrected. And now, back to our regularly scheduled venting and ranting.

I have three weeks off from classes. The crochet bug has bitten me again, and now that I actually have time to indulge, guess what? I can't buy yarn anywhere within a forty mile radius!! I didn't think yarn was an esoteric commodity, but maybe I was wrong. All I'm looking for is sock yarn - everyone is making socks these days, they're fun, fast, and fairly easy, so you'd think someone around here would carry it. Nooooo....and there are no yarn specialty shops closer than Rockford, which is too far for me to drive and get there before they close after taking Chris to work (second shift scheduling).
That leaves ordering it online -which I've been amazingly good at, so far, but I don't really have the time to wait on the orders to get here, by the time I get the yarn, it'll be time to start classes again!

I thought you lived in Rockford.

badgoodDeb · 06-16-2009, 03:53 PM

Walmart usually carries yarn --- or do socks require a special kind of yarn?

RickyMaveety · 06-16-2009, 04:01 PM

Aaaaaand, Maytag sent the wrong farking part!! So, it will be another few weeks until I (perhaps) have a functioning dishwasher.

I am thinking of organizing a mob and lynching the "Maytag Repair Man" .... not the real guy who came to the house, he's nice, but the icon used for advertising. What a lie that ad is .... the products are supposedly so good and reliable that the repair people have nothing to do. Complete and total crap!!

benham · 06-16-2009, 04:05 PM

Isn't he dead already?

RickyMaveety · 06-16-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by benham

Isn't he dead already?

He's in his fourth or fifth incarnation, but if I ever find him .... he's so seriously dead, there won't be any coming back.

badgoodDeb · 06-16-2009, 04:10 PM

Make them send out a whole new dishwasher. Then they can take the needed part off that. [or, just install the new one!]

RickyMaveety · 06-16-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Make them send out a whole new dishwasher. Then they can take the needed part off that. [or, just install the new one!]

That's sort of what I just suggested to Maytag (in between obscenities).

phenomshel · 06-16-2009, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

No yarn?! That's horrible. Know someone who lives near a yarn shop and would be willing to buy for you and deliver?

Dreamer

I WISH! Unfortunately, no, no such luck.

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I thought you lived in Rockford.

No, I'm in Dixon. 50 miles or so south of Rockford. And I've been there all of once, at night and I wasn't driving, so I'm not about to take off up there by myself.

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Walmart usually carries yarn --- or do socks require a special kind of yarn?

Sock yarn is a special blend, usually part wool or cotton and part nylon, for stretch and snap back so they don't get all saggy. It's also a very light weight. Usually even lighter than baby yarn.
Our Walmart today had nothing even close, and didn't have all the ribbon I need for fringing the scarves I made, either. I'm going to HAVE to find someone to go with me to Rockford, or at least DeKalb to Michael's. Although I'm not sure they'd have what I want either.

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06-16-2009, 11:48 AM	#4141
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	A tip of the hat to those who actually exercise.

06-16-2009, 01:17 PM	#4142
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Ricky, you don't need to exercise, you work hard enough for four strong men as it is!

06-16-2009, 01:27 PM	#4144
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06-16-2009, 02:59 PM	#4146
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I stand (sit) corrected. And now, back to our regularly scheduled venting and ranting. I have three weeks off from classes. The crochet bug has bitten me again, and now that I actually have time to indulge, guess what? I can't buy yarn anywhere within a forty mile radius!! I didn't think yarn was an esoteric commodity, but maybe I was wrong. All I'm looking for is sock yarn - everyone is making socks these days, they're fun, fast, and fairly easy, so you'd think someone around here would carry it. Nooooo....and there are no yarn specialty shops closer than Rockford, which is too far for me to drive and get there before they close after taking Chris to work (second shift scheduling). That leaves ordering it online -which I've been amazingly good at, so far, but I don't really have the time to wait on the orders to get here, by the time I get the yarn, it'll be time to start classes again!

06-16-2009, 03:53 PM	#4149
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Walmart usually carries yarn --- or do socks require a special kind of yarn?

06-16-2009, 04:01 PM	#4150
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Aaaaaand, Maytag sent the wrong farking part!! So, it will be another few weeks until I (perhaps) have a functioning dishwasher. I am thinking of organizing a mob and lynching the "Maytag Repair Man" .... not the real guy who came to the house, he's nice, but the icon used for advertising. What a lie that ad is .... the products are supposedly so good and reliable that the repair people have nothing to do. Complete and total crap!!

06-16-2009, 04:05 PM	#4151
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Isn't he dead already?

06-16-2009, 04:10 PM	#4153
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Make them send out a whole new dishwasher. Then they can take the needed part off that. [or, just install the new one!]

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