OT: Name some things that drive you fucking nuts

[jstewismybastardson]

well ... it was on the Ed show

 

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I've been through Wild Horse several times on trips to Havre, Montana, I think 21 seats is being generous.

 

[esls79]

I've been through Wild Horse several times on trips to Havre, Montana, I think 21 seats is being generous.

If you can't have her in Havre, then you can't have her.

 

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If you can't have her in Havre, then you can't have her.

One night many moons ago at the Corner Bar, esls, I held her in Havre

 

[forty_three]

So the moms in law brought a laptop with her and after an hour or two the thing just stopped working. Of course, no one told me. Today, I get a call from Pops telling me to turn off my security voodoo so she can use her laptop on my network.

Yeah...

Today, I looked at it and she had it plugged into a power strip that was not plugged into the wall. And her battery had died.

I won't be holding my breath for an apology about my security voodoo.

 

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Is this the same mom-in-law who melted your cookware handles in the oven? I would suggest putting her laptop in the oven (you know, maybe the laptop is cold and just needs to be warmed up, like a car?)

 

[forty_three]

Is this the same mom-in-law who melted your cookware handles in the oven? I would suggest putting her laptop in the oven (you know, maybe the laptop is cold and just needs to be warmed up, like a car?)

Yes, typically one only has one mother in law. You know the old joke; "What's the punishment for polygamy?"

"More than one mother in law"

She's only staying another week and a half.

 

[Comeds]

I do not really think I can blame her for this but I partially do. Because of my mother in law not ever becoming a citizen despite being here 60 years I cannot proceed toward getting a job I was considering. No go due to my foreign national affiliations.

Now what I can mock her for is she never became a citizen in case she ever got seriously ill. She always kept that in case she needed to go home (some place she hasn't been in 60 years) to get free medical care. Of course, even though she can't vote she is one of the biggest voices against the US ever getting socialized medicine I have ever heard.

 

[forty_three]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I know this is my fault. Wednesday, I got my raise info from my boss (It's always May for some reason). I took the form, folded it and put in my case with my Tablet. Got busy and forgot about it. At the end of the day, I put the tablet in my laptop bag and went home. My daughter likes playing angry birds on my tablet, so she took it out Wednesday night. So either that paper with all the numbers on it fell on the counter, or she took it and dropped it there. I found it there yesterday afternoon when I got home. I took it and shredded it, like I should have done at work Wednesday.

What would a normal person do if they found a piece of folded paper on a counter? Ignore it most likely. And if they decided to look at it and found it to contain salary and bonus info or anything personal, you would also expect a normal person to, upon realizing that it doesn't pertain to them, put it down and never speak of it again.

But no, I have to have a house guest who thrives on conflict. And she happens to have a son who is intensely interested in my career because he is so much smarter, better looking and cooler than me. He is awesome and GOD DAMMIT PEOPLE LIKE HIM.

She called him and told him what the numbers were. I know what he makes (he "brags"). I make more than twice what he does. He has also not gotten a raise in three years. I got a decent bump this year.

She leaves tomorrow. I may just stay in a hotel tonight until she's gone. I know I can't because Mrs 43 will go to jail for murder if I leave them in the house alone. She lost her mind when she found out.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

may these sick Duggar fucks never be seen or heard from again

 

[thedddd]

^ on that note.
We had a couple over our house for dinner the one day. The wife was trying to force them as friends on me, I guess, side note...I hate social interaction because I tend to dislike most people in real life....any way back on topic.
Don't truly remember the whole conversation but they teach piano and were going on about how weak kids fingers are today since they don't type much with real reyboards/typewriters and use touch screens (ala cell phones, tables, etc...).
I made the comment yeah it is because we are evolving into a different types of humans and maybe it is time for pianos to change?

Not knowing these people very well I had no clue they were very religious and belong to some christian church, so naturally the ladies response to me was well we don't believe in evolution, it is just kids adapting to their lifestyle....
So when they left I told the wife, well thats good I never have to see these folks again.

 

[forty_three]

I had somehow missed the Duggar story, and I just looked it up.

An incestual ped-o-phile? Who says that gay marriage is an abomination?




Yeah... he can go die in a fire.

 

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Not paying the additional $3000 for the pedestrian detection option.

 

[thedddd]

^ Too funny that is the GTA approved detection option.

 

[Darkstone42]

In October, I went to the ER.(Softball accident) I was billed around $100 for the visit some time in November and paid it promptly.

In March, I went to the ER again. (Basketball accident) I got what I thought was a bill for that trip also for about $100 in April. It's due this month, so I'll be paying it after I get my next pay check.

Today, I got a phone call telling me I have a balance of nearly $300. I have not received a paper bill yet saying the same like I got the other two times. It turns out that the second bill I got was actually from the first ER visit. I paid the physician fee, but now I'm getting a bill for the emergency fee. They waited six months since they sent the physician's bill to send the emergency room fee for that visit. BUT! They're already charging me, and giving me only a month to pay, both the physician fee and the emergency room fee for the March visit. And they're not sending me a paper bill. They just gave me a phone call and didn't leave a message, so I wouldn't have even know about the bill if I didn't call the unknown number back on a whim.

If they had billed me for the previous visit all at once, I could have been prepared for this. I would have known what sort of cost to expect for the second visit, I would have already sorted out the previous cost, and I'd probably not have a problem with this. But now, on my reduced summer pay, I'm going to have a hard time with this bill, especially with it coming all at once and giving me only a month to pay it.

On top of that, my roommate and I set off our security system and didn't get into the house in time to turn it off before it issued and emergency call. The company usually calls the house phone first to make sure it wasn't a test or an accident, and all we have to do is provide a code word and they cancel the alarm. So we waited by the phone for an hour, but the call never came. My cell phone number is second on the list, but I never got a call, either.

We figured we had just actually put the code in just in time for them to cancel the alarm, but five and a half hours later, after my roommates had already turned in for the night, and just as I was about to do the same, a cop knocked on our door to respond to the alarm. He told me the company had called us "multiple times" with no response, so we would be billed for the visit.

Well if they called multiple times, they didn't call the right number, because I never got the call. And it's not much of an emergency response to a break in to come five and a half after the alarm goes off, but they charged me $200 for that visit, so I have to pay that, too. But I really don't think I should, because I tested the phone later that night, and it quite clearly worked, so the company could not have dialed our number, because we stood in the living room for an hour waiting, and my phone has its complete life's history of calls on it, and none of them are from the company, so it's not our fault we didn't get the call, and the emergency response was far from timely if it had been an emergency. However, I lost the bill anyway, and I need them to send it to me again if I do have to pay it in full, but the office which handles the billing both always has its lines busy, apparently, because I have been trying to call them for the past 14 hours to no avail, and they don't let you leave messages or stay on hold, they just have a message that tells you their lines are busy and to call back later.

So I can't get the bill resent, so I'll probably accrue an extra charge, but I already have $400 more due this month than I expected, which is over a quarter of my monthly income.

It basically sucks, I guess, is what I'm getting at.

 

[Comeds]

In October, I went to the ER.(Softball accident) I was billed around $100 for the visit some time in November and paid it promptly.

In March, I went to the ER again. (Basketball accident) I got what I thought was a bill for that trip also for about $100 in April. It's due this month, so I'll be paying it after I get my next pay check.

Today, I got a phone call telling me I have a balance of nearly $300. I have not received a paper bill yet saying the same like I got the other two times. It turns out that the second bill I got was actually from the first ER visit. I paid the physician fee, but now I'm getting a bill for the emergency fee. They waited six months since they sent the physician's bill to send the emergency room fee for that visit. BUT! They're already charging me, and giving me only a month to pay, both the physician fee and the emergency room fee for the March visit. And they're not sending me a paper bill. They just gave me a phone call and didn't leave a message, so I wouldn't have even know about the bill if I didn't call the unknown number back on a whim.

If they had billed me for the previous visit all at once, I could have been prepared for this. I would have known what sort of cost to expect for the second visit, I would have already sorted out the previous cost, and I'd probably not have a problem with this. But now, on my reduced summer pay, I'm going to have a hard time with this bill, especially with it coming all at once and giving me only a month to pay it.

On top of that, my roommate and I set off our security system and didn't get into the house in time to turn it off before it issued and emergency call. The company usually calls the house phone first to make sure it wasn't a test or an accident, and all we have to do is provide a code word and they cancel the alarm. So we waited by the phone for an hour, but the call never came. My cell phone number is second on the list, but I never got a call, either.

We figured we had just actually put the code in just in time for them to cancel the alarm, but five and a half hours later, after my roommates had already turned in for the night, and just as I was about to do the same, a cop knocked on our door to respond to the alarm. He told me the company had called us "multiple times" with no response, so we would be billed for the visit.

Well if they called multiple times, they didn't call the right number, because I never got the call. And it's not much of an emergency response to a break in to come five and a half after the alarm goes off, but they charged me $200 for that visit, so I have to pay that, too. But I really don't think I should, because I tested the phone later that night, and it quite clearly worked, so the company could not have dialed our number, because we stood in the living room for an hour waiting, and my phone has its complete life's history of calls on it, and none of them are from the company, so it's not our fault we didn't get the call, and the emergency response was far from timely if it had been an emergency. However, I lost the bill anyway, and I need them to send it to me again if I do have to pay it in full, but the office which handles the billing both always has its lines busy, apparently, because I have been trying to call them for the past 14 hours to no avail, and they don't let you leave messages or stay on hold, they just have a message that tells you their lines are busy and to call back later.

So I can't get the bill resent, so I'll probably accrue an extra charge, but I already have $400 more due this month than I expected, which is over a quarter of my monthly income.

It basically sucks, I guess, is what I'm getting at.

That sucks man. I am not sure what it is with medical bills, they seem to hold them. I had surgery on March 5th and have paid every bill I was sent. According to my health insurance website deductible tracker I should have more bills coming. I have no idea when or from whom though. No big deal but I really hope I am not at this job sooner rather than later so if my insurance changes then bills come in it might become a clusterfuck.

As for the alarm company - if you need me to bang some heads together let me know. Not showing off but I am almost 5'9" so I can be pretty intimidating.

 

[Darkstone42]

That sucks man. I am not sure what it is with medical bills, they seem to hold them. I had surgery on March 5th and have paid every bill I was sent. According to my health insurance website deductible tracker I should have more bills coming. I have no idea when or from whom though. No big deal but I really hope I am not at this job sooner rather than later so if my insurance changes then bills come in it might become a clusterfuck.

As for the alarm company - if you need me to bang some heads together let me know. Not showing off but I am almost 5'9" so I can be pretty intimidating.

I finally got the alarm thing sorted out yesterday, but I'll give you a call the next time I need to intimidate someone.

It would be nice if medical bills could come all at once, though. Or at the very least a statement which summarizes all current and future costs. This blindsiding me thing is not working out.

I tried to pay online yesterday, but my account number didn't exist according to the online service because I need another number which only appears on the statement. But they never sent me and weren't planning on sending me a statement, so if I didn't ask them to send one yesterday, I wouldn't have been able to pay the bill and probably would have gotten late fees tacked on because they're so disorganized.

And my insurance hasn't changed. (It is pretty terrible, though.) I hope you avoid these sorts of headaches if your insurance does change before you're done paying those surgery bills.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE!

sidenote: WHAT THE FUCK???

Becoming disabled by choice, not chance: Transabled people feel like impostors in their fully working bodies


Many people, like One Hand Jason, arrange “accidents” to help achieve the goal. One dropped an incredibly heavy concrete block on his legs — an attempt to injure himself so bad an amputation would be necessary. But doctors saved the leg. He limps, but it’s not the disability he wanted.


/although the allure of a nickname like "One Hand Jason" sounds somewhat tempting

 

[Comeds]

^Liked post above mainly for "One Hand Jason"

 

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Cool Hand Luke > One Hand Jason