Rant: Just added our kid to our insurance. Fucking OUCH! We're gonna have to do something different, and looking into how much more if he's on his own policy, but the car is registered to me. Good thing his narrow ass just got a job. Rave: This just showed up: I'm not a comic collector, but I did spend a lot of time playing with this toy line as a kid. I also enjoyed reading the comics. A few years ago Larry Hama was doing signed sketches but I didn't feel like waiting around. I've regretted it ever since. So I've been watching this signed comic on Ebay a while and finally decided to pull the trigger. This is the second of two comic books I own, both graded. I also have GI Joe #1, graded at a 9.0, though not autographed.
You can get him his on policy regardless of whose name the car is in. We did that with my stepson. Our insurance told us that he HAD to be insured to drive the Z06. 18 year old male insured on a 650hp car? Yeah, that number was insanity. So now he has his own policy with Progressive that we cover the cost of but the car is still in our name. RAVE: My main technician went to Costco on Saturday and woke up feeling off today. He took one of the covid self tests and was negative. Whew. We are FUCKED business wise if anyone catches it.
This is not the thread to be asking this... this is the R&R thread... show up, lurk more, and you'll understand that.
RAVE: I got a job today. RANT: It's not much of a job. But I just kind of need something to do until I find a house to restore and get the hell out of this God forsaken city. RAVE: I also have a few more interviews before my start date, so I may find something a little more appealing than dispatching.
RAVE: Offer accepted on a house. We’re gonna be out of this apartment in a few months! RANT: Big decision anxiety.
RAVE: The neighbor behind us has a badass playground he built himself, and that his 10yr old has no more use for. A few broken boards aside, it's in great shape and my kids would love it. Best part, he only wants $500 for everything you see. This thing is huge, look at the tractor tire for reference. https://twitter.com/GauntLeland/status/1432439422394437632 RANT: How the fuck am I supposed to get this thing home? We have a payloader at work but I doubt they'd drive it up here as a favor.
Rant: I am never attempting to finish three school projects simultaneously again. Holy goddamned shit, trying to finish up all the renovations prior to September 7 is a marathon run at the pace of a sprint. If we get these suckers completed and turned over, and the province locks us down two weeks later, I will burst into flames in the parking lot at one of the sites.
Rave: New Rush beer! Rant: Only available in Canada. Rave: Online shopping available! Rant: Can't ship beer across the border. Rave: Cans with just water in them available, including Rush tumbler for only $20! Rant: Shipping is $40. Sheesh. https://henderson-brewing-company.myshopify.com/collections/rush
Sorry for multiple rants in one 24-hour period... I have always had hayfever. This year it's more brutal than it's ever been, and as an added bonus it's triggered an unrelenting bronchitis that never really goes away and can flare up horrifically in a moment's notice. Side note: I recommend NOT having this condition in a respiratory pandemic. Rant 1: No doctor would see me. As soon as the word "cough" passed my lips, I was excluded from any in-person visit. To the extent that I had to get a Covid test to be allowed to visit my own GP in person. They did try to offer me a phone appointment. For the sake of irony, this is the same GP clinic that calls you personally to ask why you've gone to a digital walk-in clinic and admonish you for doing so because, "You don't get the same standard of care." In reality, they have to kick back part of your roster funding to the walk-in when this happens. This enrages me on two levels: first, there's no common sense. When I explained to my GP's reception that I had itchy, watery eyes, itchy throat, sneezing, no fever and no difficulty breathing as a result of these hayfever attacks, she informed me that "those are Covid symptoms." I went so far as to open Health Canada's website and tell her that none of those symptoms were listed and she said, no, those are classic Covid symptoms. But I digress. It enrages me on the second level because let's imagine I actually had Covid. Do I only get to see a doctor if I'm dying? Is the reason the ERs are so overwhelmed because no GP will let you into his clinic? Rant 2: So long story short, I finally saw someone in his office and she was adamant that this needs to be brought under control. Referred me to a lung specialist and an allergist. Got the referral back from the allergist yesterday; they will call me in the next 12-18 MONTHS to set up an appointment. Which means there is zero treatment expected for next spring/summer either, and we're not talking about when I can actually receive treatment...we're talking about the ability to then book the appointment, get tested and then after that see what happens. Rant 3: FUCK THIS SHIT. Called a clinic in Port Huron. 20 minutes away. They were apologetic that they couldn't see me sooner than Sept 13. Going to cost $200, plus $22/shot for custom produced allergy shots. Sold. Happy to pay it; wish I could do so here. Solved, right? Well... US border requires a letter from the doctor showing the appointment. That's it. Nothing else. Canadian border? You know, the one I get to return to where I am a citizen and pay almost 40% of my income to taxes? Well. I have to get a Covid test within 72 hours of travel. I should have both digital and hardcopies on me. If I wanted to avoid testing, I have to have a letter from my doctor in Canada saying the procedure is urgent and unavailable here and THEN get a letter from the US doctor saying it's done. My vaccination status doesn't matter. If I don't do either of these options, I have to quarantine for 14 days plus get a Covid test on Day 8. Oh and you have to download the government app on your phone and upload all of your information on it and yes, it will track you. Everything about this entire system, from healthcare to immigration to management at the federal level, is so fucked up that I'm seeing red right now.
RAVE: I woke up this morning with the craziest, most whacked out idea for a story and managed to not only remember it, but flesh it out some before I got out of bed. I'm writing it all down now, including diagrams so when I revisit this idea in the future I remember how it works. Some real metaphysical shit going through my head this morning.
RAVE: Spent the day fishing on Lake St. Clair. Caught some nice fish, got a lot of sun, and overall had a great day. Life is good.
Rave Part 2: While mowing today, more ideas for the above mentioned story idea started coming to me, so I'm writing everything down to revisit later. If I pull it off it will be some metaphysical, "DaVinci Code" type of story. Crazy.
RANT: Fucking neighbors. They have 9 (NINE!) fucking cars and I guess they hate parking in their own driveway. Their garage is full of shit, so they can't park there. Today I hopped in my car to go to the store and someone immediately ran out of the house and moved a pick up from the driveway, parked where I'd been parked, and walked back into the house. Now I'm parked a block from the house simply because the neighbors want to be assholes. How do you have that many people with that many cars in a small 3 bedroom house?
RAVE: After almost a year, my new truck is now ready for delivery. I go and pick it up on Friday. W00t!
Rant: Wife took my truck to the office while I took her van to get annual maintenance. On the way home in a construction area, a guy swerved after claiming she cut him off and she stopped even though there was no contact. She exchanged information with him because he claimed he heard a pop...this was after he spent several minutes screaming at her through the window. She never got out of the truck or rolled down the window because of his demeanor. Today he sent her a photo of bill for over $500 to refinish two wheels and an alignment. I wasn't there, didn't see the incident and cannot say whether or not he has a legit claim; no contact collisions fault is a thing, but it just smells of bullshit to me. I think we should refer it to insurance, but she wants to just pay it out of pocket since its less than our deductable.
RANT: I just got stung on the back of my ear by a yellow jacket. My right ear is now twice the size of my left ear. WTF.
Rave: I don't eat Taco Bell if I can help it, there has to be major circumstances to overcome for me to eat Taco Bell. But I will eat some Del Taco. And now we will have them in Virginia. I think the closest one now is Columbia, SC, and I haven't been through Columbia in over a decade. https://richmond-com.cdn.ampproject...cle_96628548-7f12-5717-b7c1-aa843ee01fd2.html
Rave: Currently leaving the military and changing careers after nearly twenty years of serving, not just leaving but a completely different area of expertise. Saw a job listing for an Outdoor Recreation Instructor that is within a half-hour of where I live and enquired about my suitability noting that I'm not yet qualified until the end of the year. Got feedback saying the hiring manager is definitely interested and I should apply, just waiting on a call for an interview now, the response to my initial email goes a long way to assuring me that there is life outside of Defence.
RAVE: Today was a great day at work. My very large, public company is a big player in the video game technology space, and a few senior execs pinged me a while ago to see if I wanted to work on the crypto/NFT/currency stuff they're looking to do. They'd heard about my work in online banking and crypto, etc, so figured I'd be a help. We had some discussions around technology, I met some of the team working on it, and eventually I told them I'd only do it if I was the guy in charge. They said "yes". So... in 3 weeks, I spin up a new group to do just that, reporting directly to an SVP and the c-suite. Fucking hell.