November Nuisances (mini-rants)

[wring]

So, I've applied, been denied and am waiting on appeal to SS for disability. Primary reasons: "severe glaucoma" in both eyes, and osteoarthritis in both hands. Most predominately, the upper joints in all of the digits of my dominate (right) hand are severely afflicted, making it painful to use (yes, including typing which is why I don't post much anymore anywhere).

Today was routine f/u apt w/primary care doc. And in their notes on my case, they wrongly identify which hand is most painful. I mean seriously. I'm wearing fucking SPLINTS on all of the fingers of my right hand. And you keep saying "left"?????

Like I need this (yes, I contacted them to correct the record, haven't heard yet, will follow up next week)

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by Dragonlady

Is the port an either/or? I mean CAN you eat if you get the port - should you desire to do so?

I have to admit I don't know. I just know it's a possibility. It seems to me that with the port I could still eat normally, but I haven't gotten any medical details. I haven't brought it up with the oncologist, I'm just frustrated.

[Mr. Plumbean]

Ring have you tried using dictation software so you don't have to type I'm not talking about your job I'm just talking about like posting here I'm using it now and it seems to be working pretty well much better than it works for scold the rhymer as you can see punctuation is not working

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by wring

So, I've applied, been denied and am waiting on appeal to SS for disability. Primary reasons: "severe glaucoma" in both eyes, and osteoarthritis in both hands. Most predominately, the upper joints in all of the digits of my dominate (right) hand are severely afflicted, making it painful to use (yes, including typing which is why I don't post much anymore anywhere).

Today was routine f/u apt w/primary care doc. And in their notes on my case, they wrongly identify which hand is most painful. I mean seriously. I'm wearing fucking SPLINTS on all of the fingers of my right hand. And you keep saying "left"?????

Like I need this (yes, I contacted them to correct the record, haven't heard yet, will follow up next week)

That all sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare, I'm sorry the system is treating you so poorly. Deep sympathy and good luck,

[stormie]

Here, here.

Have you tried voice software? I tested some years ago for my company, and it was not bad then. If that is something you enjoy.

I understand all SS disability claims are denied first round, if that in any way helps you feel less frustrated.

We are getting so much smoke from the fires it is like a bad day in 1960's LA. My angioedema is kicking up, which with the steriods for the outbreak I am not just feelnig like I have the flu, but also cranky. A tiny rant compared to what the people in Chico are experiencing, including my friend with MS and the evacuees in tents, but hey, it's me, and what could be more important? Here in our fair City people are being equally cranky. When whatever apocolypse happens, these folks are going to kill each other and eat the bodies, albeit with locally raised baby kale, which they got by raiding a kale farm And that will be the first day.

[InternetBrowser]

This Acid Reflux is a pain in the ass

[stormie]

um, that's a pretty strange place for acid reflux pain . . .

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by stormie

um, that's a pretty strange place for acid reflux pain . . .

That's where the reflux goes when you have your head up there.

[wring]

Originally Posted by stormie

Here, here.

Have you tried voice software? I tested some years ago for my company, and it was not bad then. If that is something you enjoy.

I've thought of it, will ask a friend of mine (who's w/an agency working w/helping folks w/disabilities) about it. thanks.

Originally Posted by stormie

I understand all SS disability claims are denied first round, if that in any way helps you feel less frustrated.

yeah, I've heard that, too. Although my ex got approved first time around - who knew being an asshole was considered a disability?

Originally Posted by stormie

We are getting so much smoke from the fires it is like a bad day in 1960's LA. My angioedema is kicking up, which with the steriods for the outbreak I am not just feelnig like I have the flu, but also cranky. A tiny rant compared to what the people in Chico are experiencing, including my friend with MS and the evacuees in tents, but hey, it's me, and what could be more important? Here in our fair City people are being equally cranky. When whatever apocolypse happens, these folks are going to kill each other and eat the bodies, albeit with locally raised baby kale, which they got by raiding a kale farm And that will be the first day.

yikes! at least they should add arugula instead of kale.

[InternetBrowser]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

That's where the reflux goes when you have your head up there.

I have GAS, try to be a little more sensitive

[JackieLikesVariety]

Although my ex got approved first time around

I hope you can win an appeal and whatever else you need, Wring.

[stormie]

OOps Internet, my sister had acid reflux and it was getting the food Down that was the problem. I do have second-hand understand of how nasty it is, and apologize.

[Mr. Plumbean]

I have chronic reflux and it sux.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plumbean

I have chronic reflux and it sux.

You wouldn't have that problem if you smoked your bong right. Hint. Inhale only. If you exhale, you'll reflux your bong-water back into the bowl and put your Chronic out. Chronic reflux sux.

[Solfy]

Don't you love gramma pedants? Coworker, who is always quick to correct every real or imagined error of any sort called me out for saying, "That conference room would comfortably fit six people or less."
"You mean 'six people or fewer', unless you're suggesting people aren't a countable number. Are you saying we could have five and a half people in there?"
"I'm saying you'd want less than seven people in that room."
If it weren't hours later (yes, I'm stewing over this; I'm also procrastinating) I'd show her this. Suck it, coworker.

[SmartAleq]

Normally I'm a great champion of the USPS but today they can nuzzle my taint at the end of a long hot day. Went to one office and they've REMOVED the self help kiosk completely and of course the line is out the door. So I went to another office and their kiosk can't send packages because apparently nobody can manage putting a new roll of receipt tape into the fucking thing. The line didn't appear to be too long but I reckoned without the fucking asshole of an employee who apparently finds it 100% necessary to have a loooooooooong conversation with a customer about the fucking California fires BEFORE fucking up ringing up the transaction so it has to be overridden--but nobody there can do that. So that took for-fucking-EVER and I HATE having to go to a person at the post office to do Priority Mail because they make you hand write out a label that they then type into their computer--why can they simply not ASK you to give them the address verbally rather than having to waste a label? Also, I hate hand writing ANYTHING and that's why I go to the kiosk. And people are driving like complete morons, of course, they always are this time of year.

Also, my clotting numbers are bad and I'm peeved.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by Solfy

I'd show her this. Suck it, coworker.

I might point out that a) that reference you used says you use 'less' for money, because it's uncountable. Huh, funny, that. I just pulled the change out of my pocket, and counted twenty five cents. Looks countable to me. "Less money" is supposed to be right, according to that video, but even by their own criteria for deciding which word, I can count the money in my pocket, and so it should be 'fewer'. AND b) It's a British source. We are a single people, separated by a common language. Your source may be valid for the british vernacular dialect, but it's not valid, nor expositive for the American dialect.

Now I'm gonna count the pennies in my pocket. I have to determine whether I have "less money" or "fewer pennies"...

[InternetBrowser]

My hands and knees are swollen from eating spicy food.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

Now I'm gonna count the pennies in my pocket. I have to determine whether I have "less money" or "fewer pennies"...

Curse you, Solfy! You've made me think about this, so I'm gonna about it. I hope you're happy...

<begin hypothetical>
OK, I've done that (no not really, what follows now is 100% hypothetical).

I have in my pocket 1 quarter, 1 dime, 1 nickel, and 1 penny. I have 4 coins. I have 41 cents. You have in your pocket 5 pennies. I have fewer coins. You have less money. How does the 'count' determine the difference, and which word should be used?

"Less" is 'how much money you have', which is alleged to be 'uncountable'. Except we counted it. Your reference is bullshit. I have 'more money than you'. I also have less coins than you. Who controls the meaning of the word?

Something you might want to think about, eh?

[Solfy]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

I might point out that a) that reference you used says you use 'less' for money, because it's uncountable. Huh, funny, that. I just pulled the change out of my pocket, and counted twenty five cents. Looks countable to me. "Less money" is supposed to be right, according to that video, but even by their own criteria for deciding which word, I can count the money in my pocket, and so it should be 'fewer'. AND b) It's a British source. We are a single people, separated by a common language. Your source may be valid for the british vernacular dialect, but it's not valid, nor expositive for the American dialect.



Now I'm gonna count the pennies in my pocket. I have to determine whether I have "less money" or "fewer pennies"...

It’s less money because of the lack of a plural for money. We don’t typically talk about “monies.”

Get away from money and think time. I have less time to do outside chores in the winter. There are fewer times when I can schedule a meeting in a busy work week.

This isn’t an American/ British fight. It’s a descriptivist/prescriptivist thing.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by InternetBrowser

My hands and knees are swollen from eating spicy food.

It generally doesn't work well for you to crawl through that shit. Even the US military only makes the trainees get gassed for a little while. They then get to pull out their masks and actually put them on. If you're too stupid to actually not a) stop breathing that shit, and b) not pull on the fucking mask, only you are to blame.

You're bitching about eating 'spicy food'. Helpful hint, moron. If it's that bad, and no-one is forcing you to eat it, the solution is simple. STOP FUCKING EATING THAT!

You're rather dim, Smeggy. No one is going to sympathize with an idiot like you.

[InternetBrowser]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

It generally doesn't work well for you to crawl through that shit. Even the US military only makes the trainees get gassed for a little while. They then get to pull out their masks and actually put them on. If you're too stupid to actually not a) stop breathing that shit, and b) not pull on the fucking mask, only you are to blame.

You're bitching about eating 'spicy food'. Helpful hint, moron. If it's that bad, and no-one is forcing you to eat it, the solution is simple. STOP FUCKING EATING THAT!

You're rather dim, Smeggy. No one is going to sympathize with an idiot like you.

Someone treated me to a sandwich and I had no idea that peppers was added so I didn't know

[Mr. Plumbean]

The less/fewer thing is a hypercorrection.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by Solfy

This isn’t an American/ British fight. It’s a descriptivist/prescriptivist thing.

I agree. And the prescriptivists lose. I have 'less money', even though I can count it. I have fewer coins, even though it means I have 'more money'. It's incumbent upon them to define the words in such a way that it doesn't run up against my 4 coins being 'fewer' but 'more' than your 5 coins.

I'll always be correct by saying "I have more than you!!!!", just so long as I get lots of pennies in my pocket...

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by InternetBrowser

Someone treated me to a sandwich and I had no idea that peppers was added so I didn't know

You ate it. No one cares.

If you have 'friends' that'll do that to you, your problem is the fact that you have really shitty 'friends'. Your problem is not our problem. You need to learn to say "No".

The fact that you can't do that is not our problem.

Your stupidity does not obligate any of us to deal with it.

[Jaglavak]

Originally Posted by Solfy

If it weren't hours later (yes, I'm stewing over this; I'm also procrastinating) I'd show her this. Suck it, coworker.

I think this might be more appropriate.

[InternetBrowser]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

You ate it. No one cares.

If you have 'friends' that'll do that to you, your problem is the fact that you have really shitty 'friends'. Your problem is not our problem. You need to learn to say "No".

The fact that you can't do that is not our problem.

Your stupidity does not obligate any of us to deal with it.

Im going to tell you anyway

[stormie]

This is why I avoid alcohol. In his particular form. I just say no

[Kat]

I kept spontaneously breaking out into tears all day today. This is going to be a shitty holiday season.

[Amythyst]

Originally Posted by Kat

I kept spontaneously breaking out into tears all day today. This is going to be a shitty holiday season.

[Mr. Plumbean]

I'm sorry Kat. Hope it is less terrible than you think?

[stormie]

I'm sorry too. <3

[JackieLikesVariety]

Originally Posted by Kat

I kept spontaneously breaking out into tears all day today. This is going to be a shitty holiday season.

I'm sorry, Kat.

[Kat]

Thanks. First Thanksgiving since my mom passed.

[InternetBrowser]

bit my tongue on Thanksgiving around 11am and it was bleeding all day

[Detroit Hoser]

Originally Posted by Kat

Thanks. First Thanksgiving since my mom passed.

The first year is absolutely the worst. Every single holiday or anniversary, no matter how small, is huge. The second year is much, much easier, I promise.

[teela brown]

Woke up to no hot water. Mr. brown is still asleep and will not be pleased when he comes downstairs, pre-caffeinated, and I tell him the news.

Youtube suggests it's just that the pilot light needs re-igniting. I hope that's it, because it's an easy fix. But just in case it's something more serious, I'm starting some big pots of water heating on the stove for the purposes of showers and dishes later today.

[SmartAleq]

Could be a dodgy thermocouple too, google that, it's not too hard to replace. If it turns out your water heater has shit the bed, think very seriously about replacing it with a tankless on demand system--they're not much more expensive than a tank, they don't need to be serviced on the regular, take up way less space, they'll never rot out and flood your house, you only heat what you need and the lure of endless hot water is a great one. I'm never going back to a tank, nope. I'm a convert for life!

[Mr. Plumbean]

Our sewer is backed up and with the long weekend we couldn't get a guy out until tomorrow. We haven't been able to bathe or do laundry.

[Wolf Larsen]

Originally Posted by Detroit Hoser

The first year is absolutely the worst. Every single holiday or anniversary, no matter how small, is huge. The second year is much, much easier, I promise.

Yup. Right after my dad died I was noticing full moons realizing he wasn't around to see it. But time healed things albeit slowly.

[teela brown]

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

Could be a dodgy thermocouple too . . .

You called it. We tried re-igniting the pilot light first, and it went out shortly thereafter. Next step, get a new thermocouple. That fixed it.

[SmartAleq]

Yay, I'm helping!

[JackieLikesVariety]

Bunny is had been having a flare up of pancreatitis this weekend and it's unlike the others: where she used to have vomiting and no pain, this time it's pain and no vomiting.
when she started trembling and panting Friday night I didn't even guess what it was.

I spent most of the weekend worrying and not sleeping much so I'm not looking forward to tomorrow morning.

so far tonight's white rice and fat-free broth seems to be doing OK. fingers crossed, the poor hungry old thing.

[Guinastasia]

Oh poor little thing!

I've just been so sleepy lately. It's like, even after I get up, I still want to go right back to bed. And I have no idea WHY. (And I can't drink coffee, unfortunately.)


Oh, and my sciatica is acting up. All I can do is limp around. I feel like I'm getting old, dammit.

[DoubleJ]

While I was in Ohio visiting family over the weekend, the Volt's CEL came on. Saturday morning I rolled into Autozone, and their guy said the OBD reader couldn't pull a code. Given that my crappy Amazon reader (that I didn't have with me) tends to choke on proprietary codes, I figured/feared there was something wrong with the electric drive.

The two Chevy dealers within 10 miles of the hotel couldn't be fucked to take 20 seconds and hook up their own scanners ("I can make an appointment for you for next week") so I got to do the drive-360-miles-home-while-watching-the-gauges bit that I don't miss at all about the crappy old Civic I had many years ago.

After 6.5 hours of the car not exploding I figured I was probably in good shape to haul it over to the local-ish Voltec-certified dealer today as long as I kept an eye on it, so I took a side trip over to some longtime friends whose kid had had their birthday over the weekend. Shot the breeze for a couple hours then excused myself to go home and enjoy sleeping in not-a-hotel.

As I got on 66 to head home I heard a loud thump and the front end started vibrating like crazy. After a couple seconds' panic I looked down at the driver info screen and saw the helpful message that the front-right tire was at 3 PSI... 2... 1... 0.

I'd (probably) hit a piece of construction debris, and ripped a nice gash in the sidewall. Volts don't come with spares, to save weight, so all I had was the provided compressor and can of Fix-a-Flat. And Fix-a-Flat doesn't work on inch-long tears in the rubber.

Triple-A (eventually) towed me to their service center and I got two new front tires put on today. They also saw the check-engine light and plugged their scanner into it.

Turns out the Autozone guy screwed up, the code was standard. Small leak in the evap system. I could drive around with that for months if I had to, though I'll probably fix it before the Christmas road trip.

At least it wasn't cold and rainy last night while I was waiting for the truck.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

... Small leak in the evap system. I could drive around with that for months if I had to, though I'll probably fix it before the Christmas road trip.

Actually, you could drive around forever with that code. My car is currently doing that code, and I'm not going to get it fixed until spring. The only reason to fix it at all is that you'll be leaking a little gas fumes into the air. In winter, it probably won't even do that much. Also, at least in NY, it won't pass the annual inspection until you get it fixed. It has no effect on the car's actual performance or wear-and-tear.

[JackieLikesVariety]

Originally Posted by Guinastasia

Oh poor little thing!

I've just been so sleepy lately. It's like, even after I get up, I still want to go right back to bed. And I have no idea WHY. (And I can't drink coffee, unfortunately.)


Oh, and my sciatica is acting up. All I can do is limp around. I feel like I'm getting old, dammit.

I got myself a Verilux HappyLight and while it's not the dramatic improvement I was hoping for, it IS helping me I believe.

this is, literally, a dark time.

and google "stretches for sciatica pain" and then do some.

[Guinastasia]

Thanks!

I'm finally going for my blood work tomorrow, which is good. But that means no food starting at midnight...no breakfast. I'm going to be starving come lunch time.