The Not So Official Piss, Moan and Bitch Thread.

[Audiotfoot]

Oh, trust me, you DON'T want to imagine it. My 20-year-old self had no concept of living to 80, now that I'm at that point I still can't wrap my head around it.

I'm six months from 80, and can't complain too loudly. Fifty-six years married and we still are in love. We enjoy serving in our church, have escaped COVID and remain close to our children, grandchildren and great-grand-children despite them being scattered all over the country (hooray for the internet!) It isn't all good, I remember being much stronger and able than now, but there isn't much I want to do that can't be done. Floaters in eyes - got them. Aches and pains? Yep, have some of those too. General health? Not bad. Hearing aides, a bum shoulder, essential tremor, most likely will need cataract surgery at some point, pills to let me pee, the usual things that come with age. But I can't complain. Life is good. But it's still hard to think of being 80 and knowing the end is getting close.

Oops, I forgot this is the not so official piss, moan and bitch thread. Let me see. Hmm. Despite trying to being careful I destroyed another stylus moving a turntable. My right hearing aide keeps getting blocked with ear wax making my audio sound out of balance requiring either cleaning the aide or using balance control on the receiver and I still have two R2R's. a Fisher receiver, an old powered sub-woofer and two old radios to resurrect. Just as soon as I have surgery to take care of essential tremor - that should take place sometime this summer.

And one more, a legitimate gripe - Idiots who pass over double yellows on narrow two-lane roads. One nearly got me a week ago. What the heck is so important you need to risk your life and that of everyone else?

 

[onepixel]

@Audiotfoot

Congratulations of doing great on the long run! Those little things are annoying.

Be well and have fun!

 

[NH-MAN]

Floaters in eyes

I had an eye exam at VA a few weeks ago and was told I have a few in one eye a bunch the other. I was surprised and told the woman doing the exam I was surprised as I do not see them. She said my brain was ignoring them that's why, so I am like let's pretend we didn't have this conversation; I still do not notice them.

Idiots who pass over double yellows on narrow two-lane roads

Guilty, we do it all the time mostly because the state feels the need to keep removing areas of passing that were there forever. I always teach people it's better to have annoyed drivers in front of you and gone than behind as its safer for everyone, so such things do not bother me.

Glad you are doing pretty good health wise.

 

[waggs098]

Who in the hell designed sinks like this. It is so moronic. Water sprays forward and splashes all over your shirt and you can't get your hands underneath the water to properly rinse your hands off without touching the bottom of the sink. And also its so heavy its about to fall off the wall. Just plain stupid.

 

[Te-Te]

Just went into Boston, they put bike lanes in the street near Mass General Hospital. So now there is no on street parking in the area, they take up a big portion of the street, traffic is a shitshow as it is, this only adds to the problem. Not one bike rider rode past me while I was there and in the middle of the winter I doubt very few people will be using these bike lanes. The loss of revenue alone from the parking meters that were removed will add up quickly too.

 

[waggs098]

Here is on for ya all. I'm not sure how many new vehicles are going this way but we have a new Mercedes sprinter for work. It has what is called crosswind assistance that is basically supposed to aid in crosswinds. Being from Nebraska I know how to drive a large vehicle in the wind. Driving this thing down the interstate in the wind sucks. What this crazy thing will do is apply left or right brakes to supposedly help fight crosswinds. It does not help in any way, it is nothing but a **** show. It upsets the van worse than the crosswind does and there are times when it will slow you down 10 mph and I gotta tell ya that's pretty scary with a semi behind ya. Passing a semi on the interstate it does it from the turbulence from the front of the truck. I can't believe we haven't been called in for "brake checking" people yet. I don't dare pass a semi on a 2 lane highway unless I can see noone coming for miles because I never know when this thing is just going to decide to apply the brakes and then boom head on collision.

Have contacted Mercedes many times and there is "nothing they can do", have taken the van in and they say its working like it should. Well if thats working like it should then I will never own a vehicle that has this dumb unsafe feature. Basically I have told mercedes that I tell everyone to not buy one of these and explain the problem to them. Many people complain about online also.

It deactivates under 50 mph and there are times when basically you hit 55 and slows you back down to 50 and I will do that over and over.

Well there is my rant and please pass this info on to anyone you would like to.

 

[usedto]

More of a quandary:

Do some women actually get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and say to themselves,

"You know what would really make me look sexy? A ring in my nose!!!" ;

 

[MuseChaser]

More of a quandary:

Do some women actually get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and say to themselves,

"You know what would really make me look sexy? A ring in my nose!!!" ;

A thousand likes on that from me. Never understood the increasing trend towards so many forms of self-mutilations... Piercings, tattoos (especially large coverage, and especially on otherwise attractive people), brandings, scarification. If someone has a facial piercing or tattoo, I can't look at them. It's like they're wearing a sign that says "LOOK AT ME!!!"... to which my gut response is .... "No." Same gut response when told by a stranger I have to do.... well .. pretty much anything.
Want to be noticed? Be a nice person. Helpful. Brave. Clean. Reverent. Trustworthy. Loyal. Etc.
Want to "express yourself?" Learn to paint. Sculpt. Write. Play an instrument. Act. Debate.

Nahhhhh ... Too hard. Takes too much time. I'll just dye my hair a weird color, gel it into weird shapes, and pay someone to mutilate my body.

Yeah. That's the ticket.

 

[Bill Ferris]

A thousand likes on that from me. Never understood the increasing trend towards so many forms of self-mutilations... Piercings, tattoos (especially large coverage, and especially on otherwise attractive people), brandings, scarification. If someone has a facial piercing or tattoo, I can't look at them. It's like they're wearing a sign that says "LOOK AT ME!!!"... to which my gut response is .... "No." Same gut response when told by a stranger I have to do.... well .. pretty much anything.
Want to be noticed? Be a nice person. Helpful. Brave. Clean. Reverent. Trustworthy. Loyal. Etc.
Want to "express yourself?" Learn to paint. Sculpt. Write. Play an instrument. Act. Debate.

Nahhhhh ... Too hard. Takes too much time. I'll just dye my hair a weird color, gel it into weird shapes, and pay someone to mutilate my body.

Yeah. That's the ticket.

I could have not said this ^^^ any better, MuseChaser ! ,
Thank you for saving me the trouble of attempt, Sir.

 

[eiraved]

"You know what would really make me look sexy? A ring in my nose!!!"

Attach a chain leash and I'm ok with it...

 

[Audiotfoot]

A thousand likes on that from me. Never understood the increasing trend towards so many forms of self-mutilations... Piercings, tattoos (especially large coverage, and especially on otherwise attractive people), brandings, scarification. If someone has a facial piercing or tattoo, I can't look at them. It's like they're wearing a sign that says "LOOK AT ME!!!"... to which my gut response is .... "No." Same gut response when told by a stranger I have to do.... well .. pretty much anything.
Want to be noticed? Be a nice person. Helpful. Brave. Clean. Reverent. Trustworthy. Loyal. Etc.
Want to "express yourself?" Learn to paint. Sculpt. Write. Play an instrument. Act. Debate.

Nahhhhh ... Too hard. Takes too much time. I'll just dye my hair a weird color, gel it into weird shapes, and pay someone to mutilate my body.

Yeah. That's the ticket.

One of my grandchildren said he wanted a tattoo. My wife asked him, "God gave you a beautiful body. Why do you want to put graffiti on it?" She's right on the mark.

 

[highvoltage_]

One of my grandchildren said he wanted a tattoo. My wife asked him, "God gave you a beautiful body. Why do you want to put graffiti on it?" She's right on the mark.

I've always said, "You don't put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari."

 

[GChief]

Ewes guz old fartyness is showing.

" just be nice and a good person while we judge you"

 

[Mr.White]

Long time friend in another state casually mentions he has a sealed, original copy of a $1,000 record. This is in the middle of a conversation about him needing to go to the dentist [no insurance] and needing to get his turntable fixed and a new cartridge. I offer to sell the $1,000 record for him [no fee] so he can fix his teeth and get his stereo rolling to enjoy his bazillions of other records. He'd rather be in pain without listening to records than part with a record he won't listen to anyway. I told him he can buy a reissue as well. Crazy.

 

[highvoltage_]

Ewes guz old fartyness is showing.

" just be nice and a good person while we judge you"

I'm not judging anybody, I just don't want them for myself.

 

[spicer]

I'm not judging anybody, I just don't want them for myself.

Judging, as though pointing it out is some kind of virtue. Truth is we judge everything and everybody all the time. That's just the way it is...

 

[spicer]

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Who in the hell designed sinks like this. It is so moronic. Water sprays forward and splashes all over your shirt and you can't get your hands underneath the water to properly rinse your hands off without touching the bottom of the sink. And also its so heavy its about to fall off the wall. Just plain stupid.

Damned thing looks angry, about to attack, cobra like.

 

[MuseChaser]

It's not judging....it's "assessment and evaluation."

 

[spicer]

It's not judging....it's "assessment and evaluation."

Correct. Assessment and evaluation, hopefully the basis for judgements, throw in discernment for moderation, it's judging, making judgements. It's built in to us, or inbuilt. A false and/or unflattering judgement is where the piss, moan and bitching starts. And so it goes.

 

[bluesky]

I need a 3-month vacation.

Even 2 weeks would be wonderful.