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The Complaining and Bitching Thread

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by ASU2003, Jan 14, 2013.

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  1. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    Faith Hill is really easy on the eyes in that video. The "roll around in a sheet and let you imagine what she is or isn't wearing underneath" thing works as well as they knew it would.
    --- merged: Feb 22, 2015 11:05 PM ---
    I suppose I could "complain" about missing work last night, but the sleep was glorious last night after being awake far too long.
     
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    Speed_Gibson, Feb 22, 2015
    #7581
  2. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Owwwww. My neck is really sore after being poked, prodded, and manipulated at PT.
     
    snowy, Feb 25, 2015
    #7582
  3. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    What a shitty turn.

    A neighbour accidentally killed himself with a stab wound to his leg last night while taking out his recycling (allegedly), two other neighbours/friends just broke up, and my eightysomething grandmother is in ICU after going into cardiac arrest.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Feb 26, 2015
    #7583
  4. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North


    Sorry to hear that, especially about your grandmother.
    The power of TFP is with you.
     
    redravin, Feb 26, 2015
    #7584
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  5. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Positive thoughts for your grandmother.

    --------------------------------------------------------------

    Copied from another thread:

    On Tuesday........"...After spending over five hours at the hospital with my MIL, I headed home around 4:15pm. I get a call at 4:45pm, when I'm nearly 2/3 the way home & 25 miles from the hospital, telling me that they were going to release her today (oh really, that's news to me) but will need to run another test tomorrow so she isn't being released today. That's actually turned out to be good news, but it would've been nice to know that they were planning to release her today."

    Yesterday her 9:00am test got pushed back to 10:30, then we were told at 11:00 it would be about 15 minutes. At around 12:00N we were told the radiologist had an emergency, but the procedure would be done once they cleared the backlog. Finally at 2:20 they took her down for the procedure. The woman came to explain the results to me around 3:20, but they didn't realize that my wife had gone with her mother, and was still in the waiting area. They found my wife, after I told them she down in radiology waiting to hear the results. My MIL still wasn't back in her room because no one from transport responding the call to come get her. The folks in radiology got tired of waiting and brought her back themselves.
     
    Chris Noyb, Feb 27, 2015
    #7585
  6. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    For the last couple of months my wife has been making smoothies at home and adding chia seeds to them.


    She also rinses out the blender and her smoothie glasses in the sink. Letting any unconsumed chia seeds wash the drain.


    Then, the last couple of weeks she has complained that the kitchen sink has been draining slowly.


    See where this is going?


    Yeah, good times right now trying to get that gelatinous mess out of the pipes.
     
    Borla, Feb 27, 2015
    #7586
  7. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Does your dirty dishwasher water sometimes drain back into the dishwasher? Fun, fun, fun!
     
    Chris Noyb, Feb 27, 2015
    #7587
  8. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    That's too funny. I suppose I should be careful as I also enjoy smoothies with chia.
     
    snowy, Feb 27, 2015
    #7588
  9. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Careful, bro.

    [​IMG]
     
    Baraka_Guru, Feb 27, 2015
    #7589
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  10. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    No, it isn't completely clogged. But if she has drained a lot through the sink, then runs the dishwasher, it'll back up into the sink.




    Take a handful of them, soak them in a bowl of water overnight, then see what you have in the morning. Imagine that in your drain.
     
    Borla, Feb 27, 2015
    #7590
  11. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North
    The gelatinous cube!
    I had a DM who loved those things.
    He always used the huge version and made them damned difficult to kill.
     
    redravin, Feb 27, 2015
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  12. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I didn't plan this day right. I'm stuck on a bus in rural Ontario, and I haven't eaten since lunch.

    This is why I hate last-minute "planning."
     
    Baraka_Guru, Feb 27, 2015
    #7592
  13. grumpyolddude

    grumpyolddude Very Tilted

    Location:
    Metro Detroit, Michigan, USA
    Hope your grandmother is improving, BG.

    Getting information about my MIL from the hospital in Las Vegas is proving difficult, and her roommate isn't returning our call. A nurse answered the phone in MIL's room and held the phone to her face for a minute so QW could speak to her. Other than letting her know we were thinking of her and wishing her well, it was an unsatisfying exchange. No results from the biopsy, yet.

    At least I don't have a chia pet growing in my drains:D
     
    grumpyolddude, Mar 1, 2015
    #7593
  14. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    You have no clue.


    I just broke it all loose about 90 minutes ago.

    From the double sink in the kitchen, there are two 90* bends between the cutout and where the blockage was. From where that cutout drops through the floor into the basement pipe makes about a 30-35' straight run towards the front of the house. No cutout in that entire run. Two more bends, then the next cutout. I have a manual snake I ran from both ends, got nothing other than a bunch of gelatinous gunk in the screw. Got an appropriately sized Clog Buster ( H34 - Park Supply of America Water Pulse Drain Cleaner ) and got nowhere. No amount of water pressure would push things through. Repeated tries all weekend with both the snake and the Clog Buster, nothing.

    A buddy offered his powered snake. Drove an hour round trip today to pick it up. If that didn't work the next step was to literally cut the pipe open in the basement where the clog was, snake out the 30-35' run that has no cutouts in it, then patch up the pipe. As soon as I mentioned that was going to be my next step he started wandering around his shop and collecting literally everything (down to the PVC fittings, primer, glue, etc.) that I'd need to do it. Told me to Facetime him when I got home if I had any problems and he'd walk me through it. Awesome to have smart and generous friends.

    Get home, set up the power snake, and take a few blasts at it. Still nothing. Just filling the screw full of a mess of gelatinous seeds and food gunk. I tell my wife that I'm trying one more time, then I'm heading to the basement with a hacksaw. Give it that shot, still nothing, though the snake went a foot or so further than the last time. So I say "one more, that's it"..........................and it busts through. I run the snake for quite a while driving it back and forth through the area that was clogged. Pull it back, close up the pipe, and start running hot water. It all drains. Fill up both sinks, and then try to drain them while the faucet is running full blast. Still drains. Fast.

    Done. Great feeling. Still might cut things open and add a cutout in that long run, but at least I have a usable kitchen in the meantime.
     
    Borla, Mar 1, 2015
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  15. INTERNATIONAL T.

    International T. Slightly Tilted

    My manager just quit and took a new job somewhere else. I have a new manager that hates me. I've been looking for a new job but grad school, kids, elderly mother, pain from the fact that i need a root canal, and being burnt out has been making the job search, among other things, very difficult.
    Because child care costs an arm and a effing leg in this city, I've been watching the kids on the weekend while the wife works. Burnt out and exhausted. I'm pretty close to snapping right now. (Sidenote: I can't even remember the last time I had a drink and I just finished "The Almighty Johnsons" series. Can NOT believe that didn't get renewed. I call BS on that one.)
     
    International T., Mar 1, 2015
    #7595
  16. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North


    There's three seasons of The Almighty Johnsons, unfortunately SciFi channel didn't pick up the second two from New Zealand.
    Time to put on your eyepatch.
     
    redravin, Mar 1, 2015
    #7596
  17. INTERNATIONAL T.

    International T. Slightly Tilted


    LOL! Yeah, I saw all three seasons via Amazon digital. The blueray will be out in April. That's a definite purchase. :)
     
    International T., Mar 1, 2015
    #7597
  18. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Fuck, I just broke my pinky toe.
     
    snowy, Mar 2, 2015
    #7598
  19. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North


    Ouch! That sucks.
     
    redravin, Mar 2, 2015
    #7599
  20. Japchae

    Japchae Very Tilted

    Done that so many times I don't feel it any more :/
     
    Japchae, Mar 2, 2015
    #7600
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