Vent Thread

[Gem-Wolf]

I am stuck at work and work is slow today. I am B-O-R-E-D

 

[Kellan Meig'h]

if she was not lieing to us, she has likely been like this for a while, again, she cannot make her own choices safely

Well, if her blood sugar is that high all the time, she must be chugging water and going to the restroom constantly. I'm diabetic and I do remember those days before I was diagnosed. Constantly thirsty, always going to the bathroom. That would be the symptoms. If she uses a meter, you can see what the daily and 7-day, 14-day and 30-day averages are. A 30-day average of over 200 is not healthy by a long shot and it's punishing on the kidneys.

 

[ben909]

Well, if her blood sugar is that high all the time, she must be chugging water and going to the restroom constantly. I'm diabetic and I do remember those days before I was diagnosed. Constantly thirsty, always going to the bathroom. That would be the symptoms. If she uses a meter, you can see what the daily and 7-day, 14-day and 30-day averages are. A 30-day average of over 200 is not healthy by a long shot and it's punishing on the kidneys.

should be, a possible culprit is fruit juice of v8friut juice, something she used to have a lot, but we have told her its going to kill her, i doubt she listens

honestly, i have not personally talked or listened to her in over a year at least as in early covid she passed the last straw area with me when she entered unannounced without a mask long before the vaccines were out, i have spoken with her once after that

but i remember that i thought she was doomed when she had a large drink cup that was not exclusively for water

 

[Punji]

The price of gas is insane. Absurd to the point of being almost prohibitive.

I put $30 worth of gas in my car today and it was only a quarter of a tank. I remember not too long ago $45 would fill it up from dead empty. Ludicrous.

 

[quoting_mungo]

I want a hamburger so bad. But nooo, soft foods only for another however long. ;_;

 

[Ramjet]

The price of gas is insane. Absurd to the point of being almost prohibitive.

I put $30 worth of gas in my car today and it was only a quarter of a tank. I remember not too long ago $45 would fill it up from dead empty. Ludicrous.

The carbon they want to reduce is you.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

The price of gas is insane. Absurd to the point of being almost prohibitive.

I put $30 worth of gas in my car today and it was only a quarter of a tank. I remember not too long ago $45 would fill it up from dead empty. Ludicrous.

Almost have to wonder how anyone more than 10 miles from a city (y'know, the people who actually need cars) manages to adapt financially.

.....then I realize there's a worrying number of us distant folk who DO already factor for these things.

.......THEN I remember there's people who physically can't, and also don't have a car of their own.

 

[Minerva_Minx]

Almost have to wonder how anyone more than 10 miles from a city (y'know, the people who actually need cars) manages to adapt financially.

.....then I realize there's a worrying number of us distant folk who DO already factor for these things.

.......THEN I remember there's people who physically can't, and also don't have a car of their own.

Hybrid or semihybrid cars. Trucks and muscle cars eat gas too much.

I am guessing about $1.70ish a litre there?

I want a hamburger so bad. But nooo, soft foods only for another however long. ;_;

Jell-o and pudding gets old. now i want a real Belgian waffle.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

I am guessing about $1.70ish a litre there?

New York's price works out to more like $0.95/liter actually.

California is actually close to $1.70/litre.

I actually can't say much about Canada's price, just to include Punji in this.

Hybrid or semihybrid cars. Trucks and muscle cars eat gas too much.

I decided to test this.

In my area, there are about 50-something used hybrids for sale within 50 miles (this goes by CARFAX). Only twelve of them are below $25k, only five of which are below $15k (two of them within 20 miles).

(More than 50 trucks below that $25k price, FYI.)

I use those price points because if you absolutely cannot buy a car outright, you're supposed to put what, 20% down for a car, minimum? You're still looking at pulling $3k out of nowhere, which amounts to a little less than 3 paychecks in my case. (4.5 paychecks if you're going for a $25k car and the respective $5k down payment.)

So, talk to me about financing, talk to me about car delivery services, and talk to me about how leases actually work.

I'll humor this one more way.

While I drive a used SUV and don't actually worry about this question, I actually live in an area where trucks get legitimate use. So, a question: Torque and hauling power of hybrid/semihybrid trucks?


Four ways to dig yourself out of a "stop being poor" moment. (I'm actually not the worst target for 'poor' by a long shot FYI as proven by previous comments about savings habits, I know there are people way worse off than me so this is really for them too.)

 

[Regret]

The price of gas is insane. Absurd to the point of being almost prohibitive.

I put $30 worth of gas in my car today and it was only a quarter of a tank. I remember not too long ago $45 would fill it up from dead empty. Ludicrous.

I know the pain. I just had to fill up yesterday and it was a $97 hole of despair.

 

[Minerva_Minx]

New York's price works out to more like $0.95/liter actually.

California is actually close to $1.70/litre.

I actually can't say much about Canada's price, just to include Punji in this.

I decided to test this.

In my area, there are about 50-something used hybrids for sale within 50 miles (this goes by CARFAX). Only twelve of them are below $25k, only five of which are below $15k (two of them within 20 miles).

(More than 50 trucks below that $25k price, FYI.)

I use those price points because if you absolutely cannot buy a car outright, you're supposed to put what, 20% down for a car, minimum? You're still looking at pulling $3k out of nowhere, which amounts to a little less than 3 paychecks in my case. (4.5 paychecks if you're going for a $25k car and the respective $5k down payment.)

So, talk to me about financing, talk to me about car delivery services, and talk to me about how leases actually work.

I'll humor this one more way.

While I drive a used SUV and don't actually worry about this question, I actually live in an area where trucks get legitimate use. So, a question: Torque and hauling power of hybrid/semihybrid trucks?


Four ways to dig yourself out of a "stop being poor" moment. (I'm actually not the worst target for 'poor' by a long shot FYI as proven by previous comments about savings habits, I know there are people way worse off than me so this is really for them too.)

Sorry, i wasn't attacking. I thought you lived in Canada and drove a truck. And I just looked it up and... OMG, hun! To think I drive into Texas to get $3.49!

I'm also the dork that drives a hybrid. Prius. So now I will cry.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Sorry, i wasn't attacking. I thought you lived in Canada and drove a truck. And I just looked it up and... OMG, hun! To think I drive into Texas to get $3.49!

I'm also the dork that drives a hybrid. Prius. So now I will cry.

It's fine.

It's kind of commonplace these days for me to take issues way too seriously (I can't really chalk this one up to my condition, it's more of a "burned way too often" scenario). They'll be important questions one day, but with my current life situation it's overachieving a little.

 

[Fallowfox]

So I recently started living in the US.

I made the mistake off asking for '1 dollar' and 'fifty cent' coins because I usually like my change in £1 and 50p, so that was embarrassing.

A skunk got in the trash next to my house, and I got lost tonight because I live in the middle of a forest now and it turns out there's no lighting after dark, so walking back from the shops turned into a horror movie.

Most difficult thing I have encountered so far though is that the handyman my landlord employs is massively into cannabis. He's pretty fucking nuts.
The apartment I moved into was unimaginably dirty, but he was bragging today about he cleanly he is. S:

 

[Minerva_Minx]

I need a costume for Halloween. So I'm trying for sexy and scary. I have no doubts this will be an epic fail. If it works, I'm getting photos for posterity. If it fails, pretty sure my butt is grass.

Anyway, looking to do a lich sorceress. I have a medieval cloak, my mask, staff, gloves. And i am stuck on what to actually wear. Do i do corset and faux leather? Do I go more with subdued, old and disheveled clothes in earth tones? I totally screwed up from outside in.

 

[Kellan Meig'h]

So I recently started living in the US.

I made the mistake off asking for '1 dollar' and 'fifty cent' coins because I usually like my change in £1 and 50p, so that was embarrassing.

A skunk got in the trash next to my house, and I got lost tonight because I live in the middle of a forest now and it turns out there's no lighting after dark, so walking back from the shops turned into a horror movie.

Most difficult thing I have encountered so far though is that the handyman my landlord employs is massively into cannabis. He's pretty fucking nuts.
The apartment I moved into was unimaginably dirty, but he was bragging today about he cleanly he is. S:

$1 coins aren't that unusual, they're just not in common circulation. I think I have three of them (Sacagawea dollars) in my pocket right now. I get them every time I buy stamps at the post office. It spits those out instead of dollar bills as change. 50¢ pieces, though are a different matter. Just too big and bulky to drag around, larger than a quarter by a bit. And, sorry to hear your maintenance man is a stoner. I lived in a complex with a stoner/alcoholic maintenance man - he really couldn't fix things that well, since he was either stoned or drunk or possibly both. His method of fixing my wall heater was to remove the gas valve, then leave. This was in winter, too and the manager was gone for the weekend. I had to buy two portable floor heaters to keep warm.

 

[quoting_mungo]

Jell-o and pudding gets old. now i want a real Belgian waffle.

Thankfully I have best boyfriend who has promised me cauliflower mash for dinner. <3 I’m also thankfully past needing everything to be a total paste, long as it’s soft or crumbly enough I can chew mostly with my front teeth or smush it with my tongue against the roof of my mouth.

But I really really want a burger. So going to the Burger King drivethrough once I feel confident I can manage one.

A skunk got in the trash next to my house, and I got lost tonight because I live in the middle of a forest now and it turns out there's no lighting after dark, so walking back from the shops turned into a horror movie.

Did you end up farther south than you lived in the UK? I remember when boyfriend lived in New England and I visited I always had trouble internalizing that sunset there is freaky short compared to what I’m used to.

 

[Minerva_Minx]

Thankfully I have best boyfriend who has promised me cauliflower mash for dinner. <3 I’m also thankfully past needing everything to be a total paste, long as it’s soft or crumbly enough I can chew mostly with my front teeth or smush it with my tongue against the roof of my mouth.

But I really really want a burger. So going to the Burger King drivethrough once I feel confident I can manage one.

I was the same way when mine were removed. Looking back, I worried too much on dry socket. Hopefully the bleeding and swelling is coming down some.

 

[quoting_mungo]

I was the same way when mine were removed. Looking back, I worried too much on dry socket. Hopefully the bleeding and swelling is coming down some.

Oh, yeah, I'm mostly waiting for the tenderness to fade completely (so I can open my mouth wide enough for a burger) and the stitches to magic themselves away at this point. Like, it's slightly swollen, but not bad at all. Second day I looked like half my face had the mumps. XD

If I stop to think about it it's pretty incredible how fast things heal in the mouth, but it doesn't feel fast when you're waiting to be able to eat real food, yanno?

 

[Frank Gulotta]

Shit HR department can become cannibals, as in they can go eat shit
Told me about a contract three months ago, I intentionally didn't take vacations in the meantime, still didn't have me sign, and my previous contract expires on saturday. If I don't sign this week I just won't come on monday, that'll be nice vacations. I need some vacation I've had one week off in a year

 

[Minerva_Minx]

Hers and hers Deadpool. I want to give my wife a Gwenpool or Deadpool mask (she doesn't care for costuming) so I can be Death. It'll be fine, I think. All I have to do is say, "That's what she said..."
It'll be fine...

 

[quoting_mungo]

Hers and hers Deadpool. I want to give my wife a Gwenpool or Deadpool mask (she doesn't care for costuming) so I can be Death. It'll be fine, I think. All I have to do is say, "That's what she said..."
It'll be fine...

I can’t help but imagine group costuming where you do Deadpool and a couple of the narrator voices. >.>

 

[Minerva_Minx]

I can’t help but imagine group costuming where you do Deadpool and a couple of the narrator voices. >.>

Omg, I didn't think of that!

 

[Fallowfox]

So I have bought a flashlight now.

 

[reptile logic]

So I have bought a flashlight now.

Yep. Here in the states, torches are harder to find, and kinda sooty indoors. (edit: "The States" is not commonly used by us locals, here, but I've enjoyed using the term ever since I heard a visiting European use it.)

Welcome to the other side of the pond! Where (what state) did you decide to settle in? You're one of the folks here who I'd love to meet one day.

For what it's worth, cannabis won't make you crazy, but it helps some crazy people from behaving even crazier.

 

[Fallowfox]

Yep. Here in the states, torches are harder to find, and kinda sooty indoors. (edit: "The States" is not commonly used by us locals, here, but I've enjoyed using the term ever since I heard a visiting European use it.)

Welcome to the other side of the pond! Where (what state) did you decide to settle in? You're one of the folks here who I'd love to meet one day.

For what it's worth, cannabis won't make you crazy, but it helps some crazy people from behaving even crazier.

NY. Winter is going to be interesting! ;D