Full Version: Annoyances
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| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Mar 29 2005, 12:50 AM) |
| discovered today that someone else just published my book. well, not exactly, but now my project is no longer original. this is why i hate to do research. |
A perfect excuse to do more staring at the ceiling, and the screen etc etc as well as developing your chef d'oeuvre (AS) yet further. One of the world's ironies that something like that can't earn you tenure.
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The mirror on the driver's side of my car fell out today. Just the glass--which is now about 50 pieces of glass at the entrance to our street. Just a piece of glass about 3" x 6".
$65 for a piece of glass.
Fritzen fratzen dingdang no good ramblatters.
$65 for a piece of glass.
Fritzen fratzen dingdang no good ramblatters.
lost the Xfm radio signal in my flat since Thursday, some awful pirate station has taken over the airwaves. Waking up to speed garage doesn't do it for me.
Discovering I have been wearing the wrong sized bra for over 10 years now and shocked at my actual measurements.
Discovering I have been wearing the wrong sized bra for over 10 years now and shocked at my actual measurements.
| QUOTE (ampletuna @ Mar 29 2005, 11:06 AM) |
| lost the Xfm radio signal in my flat since Thursday, some awful pirate station has taken over the airwaves. Waking up to speed garage doesn't do it for me. Discovering I have been wearing the wrong sized bra for over 10 years now and shocked at my actual measurements. |
I,m all ears ampletuna
| QUOTE (Basildog @ Mar 29 2005, 11:13 AM) | ||
I,m all ears ampletuna |
| QUOTE (ampletuna @ Mar 27 2005, 09:06 AM) |
| Discovering I have been wearing the wrong sized bra for over 10 years now and shocked at my actual measurements. |
I had the same experience whilst getting measured for wedding dress scaffolding. Amazing, isn't it? I've been evangelical about getting properly measured ever since.
Verizon mail has been down all morning.
Flu, at the end of flu season.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Mar 29 2005, 11:02 AM) |
| Flu, at the end of flu season. |
I hope you feel better.
Had my credit card declined in New York on Saturday. Very very very very very angry. Four phone calls today have the store, the store's authorizing company, Mastercard and MBNA all denying it's their fault and passing the buck to one another. They will not succeed because one of them has screwed up, and has made me very very very very angry. The amount of compensation that I have in mind is increasing hourly 
The nothern corner/point of the Flatiron building,covered from top to bottom with an H&M cloth'billboard'....No Respect,for any available surface,at this point,in New York City.Industrial Plastics,on Canal Street,is going out of business at the end of the month.
That sucks about Industrial Plastics.
Last night while getting dressed to go to wedding (I know, who gets married on a monday night) I pulled out my bone-colored slingbacks only to notice they now have a green tinge to them.
Anyone ever have this experience with Louboutins?
Anyone ever have this experience with Louboutins?
| QUOTE (bloviatrix @ Mar 29 2005, 12:05 PM) |
| Last night while getting dressed to go to wedding (I know, who gets married on a monday night)... |
Um...me.
| QUOTE (bloviatrix @ Mar 29 2005, 12:05 PM) |
| Last night while getting dressed to go to wedding (I know, who gets married on a monday night) I pulled out my bone-colored slingbacks only to notice they now have a green tinge to them. Anyone ever have this experience with Louboutins? |
My negative experiences with Louboutins have been limited to spike heels breaking. However, if you bought the shoes in a major department store, I would return them no matter when you bought them. Shoes at that price point simply should not turn green, or break when you actually attempt to walk a few steps in them.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Mar 29 2005, 11:02 AM) |
| Flu, at the end of flu season. |
The first time I ever got the flu, it was July and about 90 degrees.
K-1s. Accountants who manage to lose brokerage statements I have e-mailed and sent along hard copies of. 16,000 shares of stock that we know is somewhere, but we can't tell exactly where that might be. So guess who has to reconstruct the trail. My job drives me crazy this time of year. All of this so we can file for an extension and I will be beside myself until August.
who manage to lose brokerage statements I have e-mailed and sent along hard copies of. 16,000 shares of stock that we know is somewhere, but we can't tell exactly where that might be. So guess who has to reconstruct the trail. My job drives me crazy this time of year. All of this so we can file for an extension and I will be beside myself until August.
One way to respond to annoyances. http://fecalgram.com/store/products
| QUOTE (hollywood @ Mar 29 2005, 10:34 PM) |
| One way to respond to annoyances. http://fecalgram.com/store/products |
What's your address?
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Mar 29 2005, 04:01 PM) | ||
What's your address? |
Speaking of "I made a doody," this ties in with the latest famous blog story du jour: "Laura K. Pahl is a plagiarist."
And it is annoying, but it probably deserves a new thread. Did Nate do the right thing to bust this girl's chops so thoroughly? She is an idiot who probably bought her way onto the Dean's List like a certain person in the Very White House bought his grades at Harvard.
But Nate's ego seems way out of proportion to the crime.
Look for "I made a doody." That made me laugh.
And it is annoying, but it probably deserves a new thread. Did Nate do the right thing to bust this girl's chops so thoroughly? She is an idiot who probably bought her way onto the Dean's List like a certain person in the Very White House bought his grades at Harvard.
But Nate's ego seems way out of proportion to the crime.
Look for "I made a doody." That made me laugh.
Just sorta slipped out I guess.
Having to switch a radiator on again Pissy weather just as I decide to go away walking for a couple of days.
However yesterday's major annoyance of computer keyboard failure seems to have sorted itself. Seems it was a temporary problem induced by cat sitting in front of me demanding attention with backside on the keyboard.
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Pissy weather just as I decide to go away walking for a couple of days.However yesterday's major annoyance of computer keyboard failure seems to have sorted itself. Seems it was a temporary problem induced by cat sitting in front of me demanding attention with backside on the keyboard.
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And why is there a police car parked outside my building?
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World of Warcraft is sucking away all my friends. And they say video games are for kids. *sigh*
| QUOTE (tanabutler @ Mar 29 2005, 07:51 PM) |
| Speaking of "I made a doody," this ties in with the latest famous blog story du jour: "Laura K. Pahl is a plagiarist." And it is annoying, but it probably deserves a new thread. Did Nate do the right thing to bust this girl's chops so thoroughly? She is an idiot who probably bought her way onto the Dean's List like a certain person in the Very White House bought his grades at Harvard. But Nate's ego seems way out of proportion to the crime. Look for "I made a doody." That made me laugh. |
As a reformed university instructor, I think that Nate did the exact right thing.
This girl needs to be booted from school.
Unfortunately, where I taught you had to jump through so many hoops to get students disciplined for plagarism that I gave up and just started giving them zeroes.
| QUOTE (Vanessa @ Mar 30 2005, 03:25 AM) |
| However yesterday's major annoyance of computer keyboard failure seems to have sorted itself. Seems it was a temporary problem induced by cat sitting in front of me demanding attention with backside on the keyboard. |
Lucy has discovered that she can flick the key caps off Roy's laptop with her claw. Even more fun than chittering at the pigeons outside the kitchen window.
What is it about cats and keyboards?
Microsoft Word.
Another example of a monopoly forcing shit products on the public.
Another example of a monopoly forcing shit products on the public.
A wrong number at 5am.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Mar 30 2005, 10:43 AM) |
| Microsoft Word. Another example of a monopoly forcing shit products on the public. |
Word.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Mar 30 2005, 10:43 AM) |
| Microsoft Word. Another example of a monopoly forcing shit products on the public. |
You say that like it's news or something.
Word never ceases to surprise me with 'features' that piss me off, and I've used it forever.
Cocktail so disgusting it had to go down the sink and entailed the making of another one
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Mother informs me that Brother loves Frank Bruni's reviews.
Request for a transfer to another family imminent.
Request for a transfer to another family imminent.
| QUOTE (Liza @ Mar 30 2005, 03:29 PM) |
| Request for a transfer to another family imminent. |
I tried that once. No-one would have me.
There is an internal staircase in my office. So far today I have been up and down the damn thing at least a half-dozen times. In each instance, someone has been standing and blocking either the head or foot, depending on where I have been heading. We need a sheepdog for this crew.
Nellie McKay playing in NYC this evening.
Regina Spektor also playing this evening. of course I'm working.
Elvis Costello for one night at the Beacon in April. Oh. I'm working that night also.
Regina Spektor also playing this evening. of course I'm working.
Elvis Costello for one night at the Beacon in April. Oh. I'm working that night also.
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Mar 30 2005, 12:59 PM) |
| There is an internal staircase in my office. So far today I have been up and down the damn thing at least a half-dozen times. In each instance, someone has been standing and blocking either the head or foot, depending on where I have been heading. We need a sheepdog for this crew. |
Start carrying a paintball gun. They learn really fast.
The devil spawn who live upstairs have been on vacation this week and cabin fever must be setting in. It sounds like a herd of elephants overhead.
What is a "Deposition" and how do I dress as I've been invited to one. I get the feeling I can't decline. After all I was invited by a member of the Bar and I love Bars. 
| QUOTE (winesonoma @ Mar 31 2005, 06:05 PM) |
| What is a "Deposition" and how do I dress as I've been invited to one. I get the feeling I can't decline. After all I was invited by a member of the Bar and I love Bars. |
I've been deposed twice. I'd rather go for a root canal than be deposed again. I'm sure your lawyers will prep you, but the most important words to remember are "yes", "no", and "I have no recollection/I don't remember."
First deposition, I wore a suit. Second, I went business casual -- and was better dressed than my counsel.
Other factors to consider are whether you are a party (formal) or merely a witness (casual) and whether it's going to be videotaped (formal) or not (casual).
| QUOTE (hollywood @ Mar 31 2005, 03:54 PM) |
| Other factors to consider are whether you are a party (formal) or merely a witness (casual) and whether it's going to be videotaped (formal) or not (casual). |
Perhaps for the second time is 35 years I will put on a tie and Jacket. It's my Worker's Comp case and I would not want to be at a disadvantage. Dress up around here for the locals is dockers and a polo shirt. Unless your wearing your polished Boots, then it's Jeans and a snap shirt.
You might surprise them if you can truthfully testify that you haven't had anything (alcoholic) to drink for more than 24 hours prior to the depo (arguably this could affect memory, but also gives them a chance to see if you will admit you're a lush).
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Mar 30 2005, 04:10 PM) |
| Word never ceases to surprise me with 'features' that piss me off, and I've used it forever. |
I hate that Word paperclip that jumps out of the corner of the screen and says: "It looks like you're writing a letter! Would you: A). Like help with the letter, B). Like to start typing the letter right away without help, or C). Like me to fuck off?"
Today's annoyance was the reach-in coolers at my station giving out--actually that happened yesterday. Today's annoyance was the maintenance guys coming in to fix and clean the coolers, but when they did that, they blew this nasty vent dust all over the place. It was all over my squeeze bottles and in everything. Like cat hair. Good thing we were slow and I could spend the hour it took to clean up.
No trash cans at LaGuardia. None.
| QUOTE (hollywood @ Mar 31 2005, 04:41 PM) |
| You might surprise them if you can truthfully testify that you haven't had anything (alcoholic) to drink for more than 24 hours prior to the depo (arguably this could affect memory, but also gives them a chance to see if you will admit you're a lush). |
I'm sorry I can't do that, see my job description.
Plus I no longer work there, In fact I no longer work cept for my tasting position.
An opportunity for a perfectly delightful lunch at the best restaurant in town was completely destroyed by one of the two couples dining with me. I was ready to ask the chef for a cleaver: freshly chopped idiots for dessert.
| QUOTE (winesonoma @ Mar 31 2005, 07:54 PM) | ||
I'm sorry I can't do that, see my job description. Plus I no longer work there, In fact I no longer work cept for my tasting position. |
Well then, assume the position.
My BF, who usually reads "serious" books, proclaimed himself in need of a good story and picked up an old copy of The Silence of The Lambs. For the past few days he has been imitating Hannibal Lechter. "Where's the toiletpaper we just bought?" "I don't know . . . Clarice." It is driving me nuts! 
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