My Damn-it thread

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Yesterday I had one of those days. I don't have many of them but just everything seemed to get to me. Maybe it was because my wife was gone all day or maybe it was because the beer just didn't taste as good as usual. Whatever the reason, yesterday was Yuk. Stuff that bothered me:

1. There are 2 people living in this house & 4 dachshund. Dachshund note...if you need to go outside between the hours of 3 to 5am wake the OTHER person up. Note to puppy: The proper way to wake someone up in NOT to stand on their face & lick their nose or eyes.
Also for everyone, when going to the door with a human do not take 2 steps & stop to see if they are following. Humans will stumble over you.

2. When outside (this is just for the puppy) the proper procedure is to use the bathroom & come back inside. It is improper to make the human (wearing nothing but a robe) chase you all over hell & back in the dark. Keep away is NOT FUN between the hours of 3 & 5am.

3. Rain. Yes we need it living where we do. But mowing the yard every 4 days because of it is a pain. Mowing in 90 temps with a lot of moisture in the air is worse.

4. Phone calls: My credit card is current. My house is paid off. I don't like talking to machines, don't call me. Wife's friends, your right, she isn't here. Knowing that she isn't here, why did you call? Random people: Just because you feel like calling, doesn't mean that I feel like listening.

5. Dishes & clothes. There's only 2 of us, how the hell do we dirty so many dishes & so much clothes? Also on the subject of clothes...every time a sock runs away does it take a clothes hanger? I could buy 100 clothes hangers & a week from now I'd still be hunting for one.

6. Allergies: Am I becoming allergic to EVERYTHING as I age? WTH?

7. Old Age: Time once again to clean the gutter & trim trees (on a ladder). Standing on a 17 ft ladder & working with tools above my head isn't my idea of fun. I'm just getting to old for this crap. Side note to doctor: How about increasing my medications by a third. As it is each time I take them it's like having a full meal. Why not have me take it once more a day & I can skip food all together.

You guy have any complaints? Rant them here. I promise that if you post them & then drink 4 or more mixed drinks you will feel better.

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Oh another Damn-it......I posted this on the wrong board!

[dannylion]

Jun 2, 2013 8:55:34 GMT -5 @oldtex said:

Yesterday I had one of those days. I don't have many of them but just everything seemed to get to me. Maybe it was because my wife was gone all day or maybe it was because the beer just didn't taste as good as usual. Whatever the reason, yesterday was Yuk. Stuff that bothered me:

1. There are 2 people living in this house & 4 dachshund. Dachshund note...if you need to go outside between the hours of 3 to 5am wake the OTHER person up. Note to puppy: The proper way to wake someone up in NOT to stand on their face & lick their nose or eyes.
Also for everyone, when going to the door with a human do not take 2 steps & stop to see if they are following. Humans will stumble over you.

2. When outside (this is just for the puppy) the proper procedure is to use the bathroom & come back inside. It is improper to make the human (wearing nothing but a robe) chase you all over hell & back in the dark. Keep away is NOT FUN between the hours of 3 & 5am.

3. Rain. Yes we need it living where we do. But mowing the yard every 4 days because of it is a pain. Mowing in 90 temps with a lot of moisture in the air is worse.

4. Phone calls: My credit card is current. My house is paid off. I don't like talking to machines, don't call me. Wife's friends, your right, she isn't here. Knowing that she isn't here, why did you call? Random people: Just because you feel like calling, doesn't mean that I feel like listening.

5. Dishes & clothes. There's only 2 of us, how the hell do we dirty so many dishes & so much clothes? Also on the subject of clothes...every time a sock runs away does it take a clothes hanger? I could buy 100 clothes hangers & a week from now I'd still be hunting for one.

6. Allergies: Am I becoming allergic to EVERYTHING as I age? WTH?

7. Old Age: Time once again to clean the gutter & trim trees (on a ladder). Standing on a 17 ft ladder & working with tools above my head isn't my idea of fun. I'm just getting to old for this crap. Side note to doctor: How about increasing my medications by a third. As it is each time I take them it's like having a full meal. Why not have me take it once more a day & I can skip food all together.

You guy have any complaints? Rant them here. I promise that if you post them & then drink 4 or more mixed drinks you will feel better.

1. You have a puppy!  And other dogs! You're really lucky! Dogs are better than anything.

2.  Put the dog on a leash.

3.  Hire someone to mow the lawn.  (I just did this last year and now I wonder why I waited so long--worth every penny).

4.  Caller ID and voicemail. Again, worth every penny.  Also, my cordless phones let me block the really annoying repeat offenders.

5.  I got nuthin'.  Maybe just tell yourself it's a first-world problem and let it go.

6.  This one's a mystery. 

7.  Hire someone to clean the gutters. Life is short enough as it is; no need to make it shorter by falling off ladders.

Hope you're feeling more gruntled soon. 

[mollyanna58]

 (to the second post; not laughing in your face about the first one  )

You could check out the Anonymous Post thread - lots of darnits and rants over there. 

[seriousthistime]

Jun 2, 2013 9:39:53 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Jun 2, 2013 8:55:34 GMT -5 @oldtex said:

7. Old Age: Time once again to clean the gutter & trim trees (on a ladder). Standing on a 17 ft ladder & working with tools above my head isn't my idea of fun. I'm just getting to old for this crap. Side note to doctor: How about increasing my medications by a third. As it is each time I take them it's like having a full meal. Why not have me take it once more a day & I can skip food all together.

7.  Hire someone to clean the gutters. Life is short enough as it is; no need to make it shorter by falling off ladders.

Whenever I feel that I should save money by cleaning my own gutters, sawing tree limbs, etc., I weigh it against the cost of a trip to the ER.  Hiring someone is almost always less expensive than the ER. 

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OldTex, you made me laugh!  We are having our gutters cleaned on Wednesday and the guy is changing the floodlight bulbs for us!  Talk about feeling old!  But DH has osteoporosis, and his doctor has forbidden him to get on ladders, anymore.  I would have to stand on the top rung to maybe reach it. 

We aren't actually paying him to change it.  We just asked if he would while he was standing up there, anyway.  He said sure.  I even bought two bulbs, and we are going to go ahead and change them both with longer-lasting ones.

But I still was irritated that we have to ask someone else to change our light bulbs! 

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Some of you may remember my post about the ladder. It was about 2 years ago. I was distracted, hurting a little & I changed a tool from one hand to the other (which hurt like hell). That caused me twirl myself off of the ladder. No problem the *&&@&@&@&&@@& cactus broke my fall. Note here falling on any cactus is bad news. Falling on a 4 ft tall cactus is really bad news. Long story short an hour (& 3 ounces of whiskey) later my wife had MOST of the needles out (only found 3 or 4 more between then & bedtime). Oh & it wasn't one of those Normal cactus, this was the type that has 2 inch needles. The wife got to say OMG every time she pulled one out.

As for the cactus, the next day I chopped up what was left of it & put it in the garbage. The update on it is that it's back & only about 5 inches tall.

[Malarky]

 

Jun 2, 2013 11:49:52 GMT -5 @oldtex said:

Some of you may remember my post about the ladder. It was about 2 years ago. I was distracted, hurting a little & I changed a tool from one hand to the other (which hurt like hell). That caused me twirl myself off of the ladder. No problem the *&&@&@&@&&@@& cactus broke my fall. Note here falling on any cactus is bad news. Falling on a 4 ft tall cactus is really bad news. Long story short an hour (& 3 ounces of whiskey) later my wife had MOST of the needles out (only found 3 or 4 more between then & bedtime). Oh & it wasn't one of those Normal cactus, this was the type that has 2 inch needles. The wife got to say OMG every time she pulled one out.

As for the cactus, the next day I chopped up what was left of it & put it in the garbage. The update on it is that it's back & only about 5 inches tall.

 I was thinking of the cactus story when I opened this thread.  I never see one without thinking about you, oldtex..

[Malarky]

I also think about you every time I see a large "decorative" rock in someone's yard. 

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Jun 2, 2013 11:54:51 GMT -5 Malarky said:

I also think about you every time I see a large "decorative" rock in someone's yard. 

Malarky doing my 2 mile walk every day I pass a lot of those rocks. I still don't "get" them but that's just me. I did notice 1 rock on the corner of a busy street (I usually have to stop for a car there). This winter I guess that it got water in a major crack in it because it split in two. I guess (but don't know) that it costs more to buy 1 huge rock rather than 2 big rocks. If so, mother nature screwed the guy that bought that one.

[MarleyKeezy78]

Jun 2, 2013 11:49:52 GMT -5 @oldtex said:

Some of you may remember my post about the ladder. It was about 2 years ago. I was distracted, hurting a little & I changed a tool from one hand to the other (which hurt like hell). That caused me twirl myself off of the ladder. No problem the *&&@&@&@&&@@& cactus broke my fall. Note here falling on any cactus is bad news. Falling on a 4 ft tall cactus is really bad news. Long story short an hour (& 3 ounces of whiskey) later my wife had MOST of the needles out (only found 3 or 4 more between then & bedtime). Oh & it wasn't one of those Normal cactus, this was the type that has 2 inch needles. The wife got to say OMG every time she pulled one out.

As for the cactus, the next day I chopped up what was left of it & put it in the garbage. The update on it is that it's back & only about 5 inches tall.

I'm so sorry but this is something I would do! Snort!!!

[Peace Of Mind]

LOL!!  I remember your cactus story as well as your "issues" with large rocks! 

[Apple]

1.  You have a dachshund.  They are vicious, evil little creatures.  However, due to their small size, they can only reveal their true nature when humans are at certain stages-- like the kid-rendered-helpless-because-she's-climbing-through-a-barbed-wire fence stage, or the too-old-to-fight-back stage.  You're too big for the first stage, they're just waiting for the second stage.  Once you're there, it's over for you. 
Older dogs are testing response time--too slow and you're toast.  Puppy's job is to test the seasoning, you're probably still too salty. 
The stop and look test--another response/reaction test.  They aren't happy about your "live-for-another-day" result of the first test, even if you're a little on the salty side.  This is their next chance.  Whatever you do, if you fall, get up immediately, or you're done for.

2.  Well, dammit, you don't seem to be at the helpless stage yet, but just to make sure, they're going to test you one more time--do you trip, do you stumble, do you run enough to induce that heart attack?  No?  Dammit.  Try again tomorrow morning.

Best action is to get the dogs all out at once and then shut the door, lock it, and don't open it again until they've moved on to their next potential victim.  Problem is, they're always smarter than that and make sure they NEVER need to go to the bathroom at the same time.  First bonus--you can't get rid of ALL of them.  Second bonus--more chances to run in the dark and take you out.

3.  Hire a HS kid.  Pay him extra if he'll run over a dachshund.

4.  Don't answer the phone.  If they don't stop calling, put it on "silent".  Leave messages for wife to listen to.

5.  Holy crap, right?  When you figure this one out, let me know.  I think my laundry and dishes have been Genetically Altered to have Bunny DNA.  It's the only logical explanation.

6.  Dad!?

7.  Hire a HS kid.  Pay him extra if he drops something on a dachshund.

(Really, I don't hate all dachshunds, I have managed to meet two or three where we have a mutual non-hatred of each other.  But I was out of the helpless stage so they knew if they tried to eat me I could still kick them.  The only reason we can be friends is because they'll be dead before I'm in the old and helpless stage.)

[Phoenix84]

I know what you mean about talking to machines on the phone.  I hate it when you call someplace and the automated voice makes you talk to it.  I feel so stupid talking on the phone to a computer. 

[toomuchreality]

I feel for you.... And for me!
My washing machine broke down last Thursday. Ugh. It actually belongs to, and is maintained by the apts. I live in. They used to be really good about getting maintenance issues taken care of. Now- not so much. When I mentioned to the manager that the clothes I was planning on wearing Saturday to a bridal shower, were sitting in several inches in dirty water, she told me to take them out, and find somewhere else to wash them. I wouldn't have minded this so much, if she had followed that up by telling me when they would be out to check my washer, so they could order parts. But no... that didn't happen! UGH!

I used to have a list that showed different types of repairs that were needed, and indicated how long the landlord/property owner had to do/start repairs. Now I can't find it.
Daaaammmm-it!


Hope you are having a better day!
(I love der weenier dogs! They are the cutest pups ever!   )