Rant: Ordered a table from a local woodworker in January. It’s now September and I still don’t have a table. I’ll buy COVID and health issue-related delays, but the lack of overall communication is inexcusable. He has blown every single deadline, each of which he set himself. When that happens, I have to message him a bunch of times to get any info out of him. I’m giving him until the end of the week before I just say “fuck it” and ask for my deposit back, or off to small claims court we go.
Rave: New desktop with solid state drives. Rant: the windows image that was used to setup the recovery partition had all of the folder permissions messed up and none of the windows apps would open. So a few hours of moving files and signing into various services took two days. Rave: Microsoft will let you build a new install disk image from their website.
RAVE: 4 day long weekend. Monday is a stat, but my new company that acquired us believes in extended long weekends. I'm not complaining!
Rant: I'm an idiot and potentially exposed my family to the Rona by trying to help someone. Rave: It was a mouth swab test so that was nice.
My first Rave: Daughter who graduated college in May, with no commencement exercise of course (rant), got a job as a research assistant at a Boston hospital. Money sucks but it should lead to other employment opportunities and grad school opportunities.
Rant: I’m so tired of every fucking transaction being a crapshoot between quality and garbage these days. Last recliner chair I bought was a complete piece of shit, didn’t last but a couple years. I went and bought a new one, which took over a month to get here. Of course everything has to be motorized now. And less than a month of owning it, the fucking motor is shot. So I have to have someone come fix or replace it. Why can’t stuff be built to last anymore? Even the “quality” brands are shit it seems like.
Rave: Got home Friday night from border stuff, didn't catch Rona and have the week off during this exercise period. Rant: Left my laptop on the bus and had a dead car battery. Rave: Finally got to meet the chick I've been talking to for the last month while I was away and things went very well. Rave/Rant: Still not sure what I want to do since not making it passed the first round of the firefighter applications, uni next year has a new CO who I've worked for before and is great but we have some horrible people posting in. Things will be interesting.
RANT: I am on the left coast, which is on fire right now. 25 years in insurance and I have never had to deal with the volume of questions related to being evacuated, additional living expense coverage, food spoilage...the list goes on and on. I am happy to say my company has all of the above so although getting the calls is bad, being able to assure clients they have the coverage they need feels good. RAVE: The outpouring of community support aiding in getting people out, elderly folks, pets, livestock and such, has kind of renewed my faith in people. It's really nice to see people, strangers or not, helping each other for a change.
Rant: drunk texts from my dad on a Tuesday morning. Content: whether my husband has killed something before, and if not, he could give him an opportunity in their yard. Fun times.
Rant: My favorite day of the year is the annual wild game dinner I go to with my brother, dad and some his friends. I have gone every single year since I was 2 years old. This year it’s officially canceled and they decided last year was the final year it would be held. The people that run it are in their 80s and no one stepped up to take over. It’s a real shame and quite a bummer.
RANT: For the first time in 25 year of manscaping, I nicked my junk. Right where the beans meet the frank. Hurt like hell and bled quite a bit. RAVE: No longer have caveman looking junk.
Rant: Of course as soon as I make the final payment on my car, the check engine light decides to pop up. (Maybe) Rave: Based on the code it's throwing, it looks like it's just a thermostat that needs replaced. Thankfully Jeeps are just full-sized lego cars and it's something that can be replaced in 20 minutes.
Correct me it I am wrong, but I have been told the majority of check engine light problems are emissions related. I had a check engine light that was a bad gas cap.
This code specifically is for the thermostat, so I'm just going to swap that out and assume that'll fix the issue. If not, I'll be hitting up dixie in the automotive thread.
Rant: Fuuuuck. Lupe the egg buyer said she couldn't take the latest batch. I had a pile inside already and collected 52 from outside. We might be eating quiche from now until we die.