What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 376

infinite monkey · 10-06-2014, 08:54 PM

Beepapalooza!

sexobon · 10-06-2014, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

... Sneakily the phone company puts a 1 year warranty on these batteries and so you will eventually have to pay that $50 for voltage these assholes used to provide gratis. ...

Yeahbut, they gave you an acoustic field rotator for free!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-07-2014, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

In the olden days, the phone company had batteries in their central offices which would provide voltage to your phone. If your phone could ring, it had power coming to it.

But they moved on to power coming from a transformer on the pole instead of those wimpy batteries. I ran into phone lines carrying 110VDC in Texas. What a surprise arcing that sumbitch to the aluminum trainer.

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Sneakily the phone company puts a 1 year warranty on these batteries and so you will eventually have to pay that $50 for voltage these assholes used to provide gratis.

Tons of cheaper options on the net, and with clodfobble's link you can get a nice one from Amazon.
I bought one and then realized nobody calls me anyway, so it didn't get installed.

Aliantha · 10-07-2014, 04:48 AM

Eva is going through issues with bedtime the last couple of nights. Not really sure why, but she's really starting to irritate me.

Gravdigr · 10-07-2014, 03:54 PM

beep

monster · 10-07-2014, 08:40 PM

lol

Aliantha · 10-08-2014, 12:41 AM

No nap for her today. Let's see how she likes them apples at bed time!

glatt · 10-08-2014, 07:46 AM

Good luck Ali. Hope it works.

Mildly irritating me this morning is that pop-up ads have made the transition to meat space. And there's no effective ad blocker. Clicking doesn't even get rid of them. You have to scrape and peel.
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Fuckin' Bezos.

DanaC · 10-08-2014, 08:53 AM

I can see that would be irritating.

Gravdigr · 10-08-2014, 02:30 PM

I don't read the newspaper very often, but, yeah, I hate that shit.

Aliantha · 10-08-2014, 03:50 PM

No problem at bedtime last night. Thank goodness.

DanaC · 10-08-2014, 04:31 PM

Yey

Aliantha · 10-08-2014, 06:04 PM

Yes, it would have been terrible to have to call the police on myself. lol

infinite monkey · 10-10-2014, 05:53 PM

My knee. Old basketball injury (not football injury as my nephew joked.) I had the meniscus cartilage removed my freshman year of college. I was informed I might have issues later with arthritis. Well, it ain't so much it's been hurting, it's just that it 'gives out' while I'm walking normally. And it sounds and feels crunchy inside, I can make it crunch by straightening it out or by pushing on my kneecap area. I think I did something while I was doing some intensive cleaning and moving furniture around (by myself, natch.)

So I bought a good stabilizer today. I'm hoping that the problem will work itself out. It's not like I haven't had some issues over the past 30 years, but it usually works itself out. I'm trying to avoid the doctor who will probably recommend some sort of surgery and I just don't want to do that. Imma DIY for a while.

The brace is helping though. I can walk around carefully and not be afraid of that 'giving out' feeling.

I need to get a job. That job is looking more and more like factory. I don't mind that. But I can't do it if I am hobbling around like some post-Annie James Caan.

Old. Old I am. And I need to drop some poundage. Maybe I should get back on the hormones.

ugh...

Griff · 10-10-2014, 06:26 PM

One of my fencing buddies, who is carrying a lot of extra weight tore his meniscus. He had some kind of procedure but the swelling is still pretty bad. Looks like he'll end up getting an MRI despite all the PT. Non-functional knees are the suck.

10-07-2014, 04:48 AM	#5629
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Eva is going through issues with bedtime the last couple of nights. Not really sure why, but she's really starting to irritate me. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-07-2014, 03:54 PM	#5630
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	beep __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-07-2014, 08:40 PM	#5631
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	lol __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-08-2014, 12:41 AM	#5632
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	No nap for her today. Let's see how she likes them apples at bed time! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-08-2014, 07:46 AM	#5633
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Good luck Ali. Hope it works. Mildly irritating me this morning is that pop-up ads have made the transition to meat space. And there's no effective ad blocker. Clicking doesn't even get rid of them. You have to scrape and peel. Fuckin' Bezos.

10-06-2014, 08:54 PM	#5626
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Beepapalooza!

10-08-2014, 02:30 PM	#5635
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I don't read the newspaper very often, but, yeah, I hate that shit. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-08-2014, 03:50 PM	#5636
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	No problem at bedtime last night. Thank goodness. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-08-2014, 06:04 PM	#5638
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yes, it would have been terrible to have to call the police on myself. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-10-2014, 05:53 PM	#5639
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	My knee. Old basketball injury (not football injury as my nephew joked.) I had the meniscus cartilage removed my freshman year of college. I was informed I might have issues later with arthritis. Well, it ain't so much it's been hurting, it's just that it 'gives out' while I'm walking normally. And it sounds and feels crunchy inside, I can make it crunch by straightening it out or by pushing on my kneecap area. I think I did something while I was doing some intensive cleaning and moving furniture around (by myself, natch.) So I bought a good stabilizer today. I'm hoping that the problem will work itself out. It's not like I haven't had some issues over the past 30 years, but it usually works itself out. I'm trying to avoid the doctor who will probably recommend some sort of surgery and I just don't want to do that. Imma DIY for a while. The brace is helping though. I can walk around carefully and not be afraid of that 'giving out' feeling. I need to get a job. That job is looking more and more like factory. I don't mind that. But I can't do it if I am hobbling around like some post-Annie James Caan. Old. Old I am. And I need to drop some poundage. Maybe I should get back on the hormones. ugh...

10-10-2014, 06:26 PM	#5640
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	One of my fencing buddies, who is carrying a lot of extra weight tore his meniscus. He had some kind of procedure but the swelling is still pretty bad. Looks like he'll end up getting an MRI despite all the PT. Non-functional knees are the suck. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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