The Vent and Rant Thread

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm extremely pleased to report back that the repair man DID come out, it WAS the temperature sensor, and it all got fixed in under four hours from my previous post, and for just £60.

I'm now a lot warmer.

Originally Posted by CRussel

Excellent. Could have been so much worse, especially with the current storm there!

Yeah -- it could have happened here, where I awoke to a -5F (-21C) and that was at 9:30 when the sun was already warming things up. Nonetheless, the dog felt it was warm enough that we took a longer walk that we've been doing lately. Not the whole block, but leisurely for about a third of it.

Nevermind me; I *am* glad they were able to fix it quickly!

[issybird]

On my Goodreads front page:

Based on your reading preferences, you might enjoy
Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2)


Seriously, Goodreads? Seriously? In what Bizarro world would I conceivably enjoy Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2)?

I think this is arguably worse than the cowboy romances they used to push on me. I've rated over 2,000 books at Goodreads and not one of them has to do with super heroes (or cowboys, for that matter).

What a scam. Someone is paying for these sponsored ads and Goodreads should at least make an honest attempt to target likely readers. Goodness knows they've got the data and the algorithm shouldn't be difficult.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm extremely pleased to report back that the repair man DID come out, it WAS the temperature sensor, and it all got fixed in under four hours from my previous post, and for just £60.

I'm now a lot warmer.

Good to hear. Our churches boiler room exploded on New Year's Eve. They had cancelled services because of the weather so no one was there when it happened. Had they not cancelled it would have been catastrophic when the explosion happened.

Sent from my Nexus 7

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by issybird

On my Goodreads front page:

Based on your reading preferences, you might enjoy
Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2)


Seriously, Goodreads? Seriously? In what Bizarro world would I conceivably enjoy Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2)?

I think this is arguably worse than the cowboy romances they used to push on me. I've rated over 2,000 books at Goodreads and not one of them has to do with super heroes (or cowboys, for that matter).

What a scam. Someone is paying for these sponsored ads and Goodreads should at least make an honest attempt to target likely readers. Goodness knows they've got the data and the algorithm shouldn't be difficult.

That is wrong on so many fronts I don't even know where to begin. You? Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2)?!!

[orlok]

Originally Posted by issybird

Seriously, Goodreads? Seriously? In what Bizarro world would I conceivably enjoy Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2)?

Ridiculous! I'd have said you were much more a Superman person.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by orlok

Ridiculous! I'd have said you were much more a Superman person.

Really? Surely a Spiderman fan!

[badgoodDeb]

X-men anybody?

[CRussel]

Surely, Xena, I would think?

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm extremely pleased to report back that the repair man DID come out, it WAS the temperature sensor, and it all got fixed in under four hours from my previous post, and for just £60.

I'm now a lot warmer.

Sorry, I just *had* to

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Damn, that was quite an ordeal! And I know from the testimony of family and friends that that sadly your experience is not out of the ordinary.

They had no beds. None. 30 patients admitted had to spend the night in the ER because there was no place for them. The lady next to me in the hallway was admitted with Pneumonia. She was having to spend the night in a hallway. She didn't care though because she had Alzheimers. She didn't know where she was. The other lady next to me was being checked for CDiff. Across the hall was the men section with three beds and this creepy guy kept staring at me. He had a bite on his butt. The doctor called him a hypochondriac and laughed at him. He waited two hours laying on his stomach before he got a big shot you know where. He left and they brought in a guy with a hurt foot with his wife. So it was one nurse to six to eight hallway patients then someone stole my nurse's computer. I was able to give a description of the thief so she could get her workstation back. It was utter choas.

Sent from my XT1528

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Blossom

What a nightmare I had at the ER yesterday. It was like something out of House or an episode of ER. The place was swamped with flu. They were treating people in the hallways, it was dirty, unsanitary and I saw several disgusting things like equipment not bring properly wiped down, nurses not wearing gloves. It was like a third world country.

[ . . . ]

It was a nightmare. I got to see America's healthcare at its worse.

[ . . . ]

F***, that sounds more like a war zone (been in a couple) and worse than some of the out of the way places I've lived in.

For most of the rest of world, the US healthcare 'system' beggars belief. I cannot understand how y'all put up with it. The highly regulated UK NHS system is not the only alternative as is often posited in the US. Indeed, only a few countries have anything similar. Most have a mix of universal government funding for the 'basics', and private (via insurance if you have it) funding for the 'extras'. As a casual observer I get the impression that both the US and the UK healthcare systems 'encourage' the use of Emergency Services over a regular doctor - that's crazy. Maybe its a cultural thing.

I didn't know what a 'GI Cocktail' was so I looked it up. Might interest you know the use of them is discouraged by the Aus&NZ equivalent of the FDA.

BR

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Surely, Xena, I would think?

(blush) Oh, well yes!! I was only thinking of comic books.

Battle on! (since I can't spell her yodel/war cry)

[Hitch]

I just wanted to report back--for those of you who read my Arnica V&R--that to be fair, it wasn't the Arnica. Oh, it may have contributed a bit, but it was something else, entirely, and I've just spent 7 truly dreadful nights and days with this other. So...I have no reason to excoriate arnica. Not sure I'm ready to give it another shot, until I'm a bit steadier on my pins, but I didn't want to leave it as I had, as if the Arnica was entirely to blame. Not at all, near as I can tell.

FWIW only.

Hitch

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Hitch

I just wanted to report back--for those of you who read my Arnica V&R--that to be fair, it wasn't the Arnica. Oh, it may have contributed a bit, but it was something else, entirely, and I've just spent 7 truly dreadful nights and days with this other. So...I have no reason to excoriate arnica. Not sure I'm ready to give it another shot, until I'm a bit steadier on my pins, but I didn't want to leave it as I had, as if the Arnica was entirely to blame. Not at all, near as I can tell.

FWIW only.

Hitch

Sorry you are messed up. Hope you feel better soon.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Hitch

I just wanted to report back--for those of you who read my Arnica V&R--that to be fair, it wasn't the Arnica. Oh, it may have contributed a bit, but it was something else, entirely, and I've just spent 7 truly dreadful nights and days with this other. So...I have no reason to excoriate arnica. Not sure I'm ready to give it another shot, until I'm a bit steadier on my pins, but I didn't want to leave it as I had, as if the Arnica was entirely to blame. Not at all, near as I can tell.

FWIW only.

Hitch

I'm really sorry to hear that, Hitch. Arnica would be such a much simpler problem -- just don't take it. I sincerely hope you have found a cause and a resolution, cause this sounds dreadful. !!HUGS!!