[hollywood]

Why don't you like going to the dentist? http://www.local6.co...281/detail.html

[cristina]

What a disgusting thing.

The worst was his quote: "I have never injected semen in any patient's mouth," he said. "I never would. I've got a 10-year-old daughter..."

Of all the non sequiturs I've ever heard, this one takes the cake. Unless he actually meant what he said. Somebody call Child Protective Services. Jeez.

[ampletuna]

thirtysomething men who possess zero DIY skills (and in my case the lack of resources to pay for someone else to do the job).

Also soy sauce for today's lunch spilt all over my bag and the yoghurt I bought this morning for breakfast was covered in mold. It is going to be one of those days.

[Adam]

ampletuna, on Mar 14 2005, 09:37 AM, said:

thirtysomething men who possess zero DIY skills

Yah, but I can cook and have a few other non-DIY skills. Is this a boiler thing (sorry to here BTW)? I'm not sure that boiler repair is covered by DIY.

[Ms J]

Boiler problems? You have my deepest sympathies, AmpleT.

[clb]

The usual: put something under grill, think to self: no, don't need to put alarm on, am crouching here keeping a close eye on things, what could possibly happen?

Start talking to painter.

Grrrr.

clb

[ampletuna]

Adam, on Mar 16 2005, 12:20 PM, said:

ampletuna, on Mar 14 2005, 09:37 AM, said:

thirtysomething men who possess zero DIY skills

Yah, but I can cook and have a few other non-DIY skills. Is this a boiler thing (sorry to here BTW)? I'm not sure that boiler repair is covered by DIY.

boiler problems are DIY! Just discovered we have been living in a potential death trap (or do all repairmen say this when they extract large sums of cash from you?). Chris wanted me to look up on the internet how to re-fuse a wall socket (related to boiler trouble) and tell him over the phone what to do!

[JPW]

2 today --
Mrs JPW went out to a bitch-about-work happy hour. Just me and Peanut for dinner. Had specifically bought self nice dry-aged rib eye to grill for dinner. (Peanut had more sweet potato) Fire up grill. Turn over, looking good. Go back out to check on dinner. No flame. No propane. Finish in fry pan. Just not the same.

Halfway to work this morning. In typical jam on beltway. Cell phone rings. Mrs JPW tells me that day care called and I forgot to take bottles in this morning.

[Adam]

ampletuna, on Mar 14 2005, 10:57 AM, said:

Adam, on Mar 16 2005, 12:20 PM, said:

ampletuna, on Mar 14 2005, 09:37 AM, said:

thirtysomething men who possess zero DIY skills

Yah, but I can cook and have a few other non-DIY skills. Is this a boiler thing (sorry to here BTW)? I'm not sure that boiler repair is covered by DIY.

boiler problems are DIY! Just discovered we have been living in a potential death trap (or do all repairmen say this when they extract large sums of cash from you?). Chris wanted me to look up on the internet how to re-fuse a wall socket (related to boiler trouble) and tell him over the phone what to do!

What is "re-fuse" and "socket"? John is good with that stuff, next time get him to do it and get him to make a cake.

[GG Mora]

I've been known to do a bit of minor rewiring and small appliance repair. There was a sweet old fellow who used to work at the local hardware store and who was always amused at my capacity for DIY. One day I went in to buy some wire and some insulating tape and a few other odds and ends and he asked “playing electrocutioner today, are we?”

[Smudgie]

Have you noticed that going to the dry cleaners to have a man's 44" shirt laundered is at least half the price of having a size small ladies blouse done:

My haircuts are also more expensive than a man's - even in a unisex salon.

Men wouldn't stand for it. Why do we? I hate being a woman who has to fight to be treated evenly with men.

Even the banks are prejudiced and ask for a co-signer even if you have developed 100 years of good credit

[omnivorette]

I think it is actually illegal to charge more for a ladies haircut. They are supposed to do it by length and complexity, etc.

Anyway, my annoyance for the day is that the croissants at Fairway are like lead.

[flyfish]

My annoyance today is bagged mixed salad. Why is it always 90% tough romaine spines?

I can't WAIT 'til I have mesclun growing in my garden again!

Flyfish

[tanabutler]

I like to think that my reasons to be cheerful outweigh my reasons to be annoyed, but this is a dilly and I might vomit.

I started to do my taxes: I've used Quicken for about ten years now. But when I went to open it to export my report, it couldn't find my file. Period. The most recent file I have is from the first of July, 2004. So I am supposed to reconstruct six months (actually nine, now that it's March, 2005) of checks, debits, and deposits...without being able to find all my ledgers, even.



And now I'm sure my ill fortune will cheer someone up, so that's useful.