The Complaining and Bitching Thread

Sandy and I seem to be gaining weight and having less sex. I'm compensating with alcohol and masturbation. We work too much.

 

Do something about that now.
Seriously.
It will not get any better, only worse.

I hate it when people sound pompous giving advice, like me in this post, but in this case I speak from experience.

 

^^^Seconded^^^^

 

Haven't seen you around much recently.

 

third

 

My wife teaches at a private religious school. I'm an agnostic at best, and that particular religion is one that I consider to be majorly FOS. You should see me biting my tongue at some of the school functions.

 

She ate all the pot roast. All of it. Looks like I'm having almonds and yogurt for dinner.

Ugh.

 

Not sure if this is directed at me but if so I've been lacking internet. I live in Mexico. Not sure about the entire country but I've learned a long time ago that in the area I live manana doesn't really mean tomorrow, even though that's what my translation dictionary states. It really means some day other than today. Any reference to the future- next week, next month even next year they all mean not now. They all mean sometime in the future. When? That's an unknown. No idea if it's a known unknown. Haven't decoded the culture to that extent.

 

She sounds like a keeper.

 

Well, I did quote your post . You've posted before about your intermittent internet access, and the lack of urgency in the Mexican culture.

Has anyone been able to tell you why the IS comes & goes?

 

Yes. And it's basically dail-an-excuse. I think this time it's a combination of heat and massive, I mean massive rains. But in the Mexican culture people hate to till you "no." So instead you get days and weeks of "of course, we'll send some one tomorrow."

Good news is it seems normal now, even watched a Netflix show last night.

Still moving. This has just been absurd.

 

I was a full time Dad and it was impossible.
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@omega did you get your kiln working? Are You making knives or some other blade?

 

I told my neighbors several months back that they needed to contact their landlord or property management people to replace or at least brace their back fence. It's leaning outward, leaving a gap between it & the side fence big for for my dogs to slip through into their backyard. I've already hammered up one plank to cover the gap, but the fence is now leaning even more. It's only a matter of time before the gap is big for me to walk through.

The fence in question is not part of my property, but it is leaning enough to affect rest of the fence that is part of my property. Installing a brace would only require a couple of 4 x 4s, some long nails, and two holes at least 18" deep. I could do it easy enough, but someone would need to pay me for the materials & my time. And it would require permission from the property owners on the other side of the shared fence. Did I mention that the fence is not part of my property?

I could "cut" the fence right at the point where our properties meet, and put in a new 4 x 4, and secure the portion of the fence that is part of my property.

One sagging fence + three property owners + dealing with the renters + two of us owning dogs = a potential major problem.

 

I just keep seeing you as the next Mark Watney. Maybe without being left behind.