The Complaining and Bitching Thread

How about the car rental office at the Coventry airport (UK)? And it closes at 12:30 PM. So when you have to pick up a car and it says by 12:30, they really mean it. 12:34 doesn't cut it. And they wont open up. So instead of renting a car to drive to Edinburgh for 98 (pounds) I had to get myself to Leicester and take the train (3 tickets for about 127 pounds each) effectively more than tripling my cost. That worked out to about $700 for a 6 hour train trip. On a train where the toilets were plugged by Glasgow soccer fans returning home from Leicester.

What office closes at 12:30 for crying out loud? ?

 

I know that feeling all too well.

Foundation problems + 1964 galvanized pipes plumbing = Oh fuck!!

 

Nothing much. Just the sub floor. I can see the basement through a hole next to the toilet.
Gruhhh.

 

The sucks man.
My dad went to put in a new dishwasher and discovered that the drainage PVC pipe that lead to it was split on the back side all the way the way down the wall to the sewer.
It had probably been like that since the place was built and the leakage was so gradual that no one noticed but it ate a major load bearing section.
Took months to get it fixed, a ton of money, no kitchen, and a very unhappy wife.
That probably didn't cheer you up at all did it?

 

*Misery loves company.

For some reason my comment wound up in the quote. I'll try to correct it.

Edited by Tully Mars 0925 03/18/2015

 

And now I have no voice either. Because it's not like I need that to... yknow... teach.

 

that looks awful, and a complete remodel. sub floor to basement visual? I'll bet under your tub is also damaged. That sucks

 

I loathe two of my neighbors. One claims my dog is using his yard for a toilet. My dog has never been in his yard. Two days ago I told him, in Spanish, "enough of your bullshit asshole." And he went off. So I walked towards him while questioning his mother and wife's relationship with goats. As I got close he ran in his house. I'm over six foot and he's around 5'2". I don't think he wants any part of me. Though I have to honestly say every time I've had my ass handled to me in a serious fashion it's been by some guy half my size. I just don't see this person being one of those types. I think he's a coward who talks big.

The other neighbor puts his garbage in with mine so he doesn't have to pay for pickup. I installed a wifi cam to catch him in the act so there's no doubt it's him. I've also seen him checking to see if my door is locked while returning from walking my dog. So my guess is he's willing to commit theft of not only service but items in my home as well... if he can find access. Yesterday he dropped two large bags of trash in front of my house. I returned the trash, all over his yard, and started to leave with the empty bags. He came flying out of his house yelling "why are doing this?" "It's you trash." "No, no, it isn't." I showed him the video on my phone of him dumping it at my house. He had some choice words and returned to his house. He's about the same size as me and solid muscle. I'm in my 50's and he's much younger. I've had health problems over the past 16-18 months. I want no part of him. I think he could fold me like a paper towel and leave me bleeding in the street. After our confrontation I purchased a disposable camera and promptly turned it into a stun gun. I also replaced the capacitor with a more powerful one. And I took my handcuffs out of my safe so they're handy if I need to confront him in the future.

Just being myself and making friends all over the neighborhood. My guess is this isn't over.

 

Just updated the count to fourteen/fifteen times my apartment has flooded in the last few years.At least this time it all poured out into my kitchen/dining room where we've got vinyl faux-hardwood so it's a much easier cleanup. Also amusingly the light fixture that's still dripping water happens to be right over the sink so that's convenient at least.

Also apparently I didn't just have a cold over the weekend, seems I picked up a lovely little infection. Joy. If I don't want to risk permanent damage to my voice I need to take 12 hour sudafed (the real shit from behind the counter) twice a day, robitussin every 6ish hours during the day, antibiotics twice a day, gargle specifically the green listerine three times a day, and take a nuclear strength prescription robitussin at night that's made with codeine. It doesn't seem to stop me from coughing but it sure hurts less when I do.

Out of all of this I'm not sure whether the taste of the liquid cough meds or the green listerine is worse. Chemical-cherry is awful but I can shotgun it, whereas the listerine was like taking a surprise mint-eucalyptus flavored deepthroat from frosty the snowman.


I always get the weird problems.

You can't pay the cops to deal with him?

 

Trash man has been reported to the local police. I saw them speaking with him this morning. My concern is if I have to confront him again what is he going to do while I wait for the police? Hence the stun gun/camera. I have no intentions of letting him keep doing it and I'd prefer not to end up in the street bleeding.

Not sure what to tell them about the asshole who has convinced himself my dog is using his yard for a toilet. I walk my dog on a short training leash and she'd never been in his yard. Doesn't seem like an issue I want to bother the police with. Plus I walked by his house this morning with my dog. He was washing his truck. When he saw us coming he ran inside, even left the hose running and watched us from a window. He's all mouth and harmless.

Paying the police in my neighborhood is simply not necessary. I live in a upper middle class neighborhood. Here you don't pay the police to handle things for you. A lot of residents do give gifts at Christmas time. We gave the local station a catered traditional Mexican/Yucatan dinner for all 23 officers. Costs me about $235 USD. I consider it a tax. And when I call they show up, but they did that before I gave them anything. Response time is about 3-5 minutes. A lot can happen in 3 minutes so I choose to be prepared.

Sorry to hear about the mess you're dealing with at your home. Sounds like a nightmare. Best of luck.

 

Is it wrong that my first thought from that thumbnail were how good looking muscles are on a woman?

 

^^^Nope, strawng women are hawwwwt.

 

So, I have this HP Scanjet G4010 flatbed scanner.

I ran it from a laptop, with Windows XP, using the software CD that came with the scanner.

Eventually that laptop died, and I misplaced the scanner CD.

But using a new laptop, with Windows 7, I was able to download software from HP that worked a whole lot better (faster) than the original software.

That all worked perfectly until the second laptop died.

I replaced that laptop with another, nearly identical, Windows 7 laptop.

So, now I'd like to run the scanner off this new laptop.

Well, that turns out to be impossible.

The software I downloaded from HP is completely different from what I had before. It can't even detect the scanner.

The nice scanner software I downloaded before doesn't seem to be offered any more.

So even though nothing has changed, I am probably going to have to throw away the whole physical scanner and buy a new one.

 

Need more motivation to get back in the gym.

 

New flatbed scanner cost over $200.

If the laptop hadn't died, the old scanner would still be happily working, and I'd still have $200.

 

I feel your your pain (that's done in my best Clinton voice.) I think everyone knows it's easier to stay in shape then get in shape. The above mentioned health issues kept me out of the gym and on my ass for well over 18 months. My health is fine now, Has been since Jan., but I'm seriously out of shape. Now that I'm cleared to exercise my plan was to hit the gym... hard. Turns out at 51 and having sat on my ass for months on end I'm not ready for the gym. I'm up to walking 10K a day in attempt to get to the point where I can hit the iron again. At the rate I'm going I think June 1st is a reasonable target date to hit the gym... soft. Hitting the gym hard, getting back to where I once belonged, is likely going to take a year.

Go to the gym, you'll feel better.
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But now you have a new scanner. From the "life of Brian"... "Always look on the bright side of life."