The First World Whinging Thread

Add labor costs, irritation factor, and those were expensive onions.

 

Wife decided to garden this year, which put us at odds with the ubiquitous cottontail rabbits. None of the so-called repellents worked, so I fenced the gardens, the vegetable garden with chicken wire, with its small grid, and used a mix of fence on the flower garden, some very small grid and some about 2 inches by 2 and 1/2 inches (I make that about 5 cm by 7 cm). All but the tiniest of rabbits looked far too big to get through it. A few days later it was obvious something was munching in the flowers. Yesterday I happened upon an adult rabbit inside the flower fence; I figured he must have jumped over the lower part of the fence that we use for an entrance. But when I tried to chase him in that direction, he panicked and ran in circles, then went straight at and through the 2 by 2 and 1/2 inch grid like it wasn't even there, like water through a strainer.

I was stunned and pissed. Then I did more fencing. I sympathize more and more with Mr. McGregor.

 

The wife and I spent the day cleaning the garage. For some reason rather than accepting Labor day as a tribute to workers, she took it as a suggestion, and felt we needed to work on the garage. She and I also have very different concepts of cleaning. I feel we have too much crap, and not enough places for said crap. She feels we just need to better organize the crap. What usually happens is we put the crap in storage containers we still don’t have room for and we have organized crap. What we need to do is get rid of some of the crap, and stop buying crap we don’t need, or more crap to replace the crap I manage to get rid of.

I remember when I left Chicago to move in together. Everything I owned fit in one pickup truck load (except my motorcycle, I had to go back for that.) we had to rent a UHaul for her stuff, and take two trips.

She has a conference to attend at the end of October. I may get a dumpster and start tossing crap.

 

You might want to rethink this strategy. Replacements for male genitalia are hard to come by and harder yet to install.

 

Nahh. Crap going away is crap going away. If we haven’t used or even seen it in over a year, how bad do we actually need it?

 

Um, are we still talking about male genitalia?

 

I was talking about getting the garage cleared out. You’re the one who started with the genitalia talk possibly leaving many to wonder if you’re having something of a dry spell, or an extra glass of wine.

 

Nah, I just have a naughty mind. I also know what can happen to male significant others who indiscriminately toss out crap that doesn't belong to them.

 

If after twenty years she hasn’t buried my bones in the crawl space yet, I think I’m in safe shape.

 

There's roadwork going on outside my office, and all day long I've been hearing the BEEP BEEP BEEP of machinery informing everyone nearby that it's moving and they'd better watch out! I feel like I've spent the entire morning hitting the snooze button on my alarm clock over and over again without ever working up the motivation to either get up or give up and shut it off.

 

Third aborted trip to McDonald's in as many weeks. Would it kill you to establish a consistent time when you switch from the breakfast to lunch menu, and post that time on your website?

 

My upstairs air conditioner went out.

 

Road works. Including putting in a cycle lane that nobody wants.

Also dad stole my broccoli. Again.

 

It was mid 70s Sunday. Low 80s yesterday. It’s supposed to be in the low 70s tomorrow. How the hell did it make it to the mid 90s today?

 

The typhoon blew us from the mid-90s (33c) to the mid-70s (25c). Quite happy with that, although the heat may make a reappearance before autumn sets in for good.

 

When I moved apartments at 23 years old all my possessions fit into a cardboard box and an empty fish tank. Now they will my house and basement, not only things we use but things we "might" use or "might need someday."

 

That's my dream. My life simplification project is going much more slowly than I intended, though.

 

I have the volume control set at a comfortable level when watching TV, but I noticed yesterday that when the advert breaks come on that it nearly blew my ears.

Is it my imagination that the volume of TV adverts is broadcast louder than the scheduled programmes?

 

Nope. It's by design.

 

My writing is my comfort

 

I do not like the new tops of Coke bottles, where the top remains attached to the plastic ring. It's incredibly annoying as it gets in the way when you're taking a swig.

Also, I don't like the new KFC fries. The old ones were nice. The new ones are... meh.