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Post by billisonboard on Mar 26, 2020 15:04:46 GMT -5
Vent here. I will start:
"Yes. the internet is not working quickly nor well. Cursing at it will not solve the problem of everyone in the world using it to work or stream media. Yelling about it just pisses me off. Your temper tantrum makes me want to send you to your room and ground you from using your computer. And by the way, if you break your mouse slamming it down, I won't go to the store to get you a new one."
Okay. Who is next?
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Post by azucena on Mar 26, 2020 15:33:16 GMT -5
They're you're damn kids too!
In response to DH not paying enough attention to our kids problems with home schooling. He's working 4 hours a day teaching preschool online, meanwhile I'm running life ins models - who do you think is more stressed right now?
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Post by justme on Mar 26, 2020 15:42:03 GMT -5
I've sat and thought several times over the last few days:
Who is most likely to survive this most intact?
Singles who live alone? or Coupled people living together?
Sometimes I split it up between a couple living by themselves vs couples with kids. Or throw in roommates that are fucking each other as another option.
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Post by grumpyhermit on Mar 26, 2020 15:45:55 GMT -5
I've sat and thought several times over the last few days: Who is most likely to survive this most intact? Singles who live alone? or Coupled people living together? Sometimes I split it up between a couple living by themselves vs couples with kids. Or throw in roommates that are fucking each other as another option. It's a good time to be an single introvert living alone with just a cat for company. I have never required a lot of human interaction, and I can say for sure that I am going fair far better alone, than I would with a roommate. (I shudder to even think about it).
That said, I know people who would absolutely lose it if they only had themselves for company.
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Post by busymom on Mar 26, 2020 15:47:53 GMT -5
The best way to survive this, is point out the stupidity of others to your SO. For example, I was at Walmart trying to get some TP, and I heard a woman talking to an employee, complaining that she couldn't find her favorite corn tortillas. If they even have tortillas, any at all, be thankful & leave that poor employee alone! (Yup, DH & I share stupidity stories. We have the same sense of humor, so it works for us.)
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Post by kadee79 on Mar 26, 2020 15:57:05 GMT -5
No problems here...we have been retired for years & are used to being home together. DH is on the front porch watching the birds & reading & I'm in the office on the computer....after I've baked a cake, made a gallon of swt. tea, made a gallon of hummer food, filled 5 hummer feeders, moved some clothes from the closet to the office closet...time to change seasons on clothing.
So I've been busy while DH is mostly goofing off. He did fill the outside bird feeders today, about time!
Yes, the internet is SLOW and frustrating at times....just sit back & take a deep breath!
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Post by justme on Mar 26, 2020 15:58:09 GMT -5
I've sat and thought several times over the last few days: Who is most likely to survive this most intact? Singles who live alone? or Coupled people living together? Sometimes I split it up between a couple living by themselves vs couples with kids. Or throw in roommates that are fucking each other as another option. It's a good time to be an single introvert living alone with just a cat for company. I have never required a lot of human interaction, and I can say for sure that I am going fair far better alone, than I would with a roommate. (I shudder to even think about it).
That said, I know people who would absolutely lose it if they only had themselves for company.
I'm an ambivert who "just" got back from a cruise with a group of 35 people on a ship of 4000 guests. What turned into an 11 day adventure (yay two day unexpected cruise to Florida!) my introvert side was crying to just stay home and not talk to people. Give me another week or so and I might be annoying the shit out of everyone I know.
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 26, 2020 16:08:29 GMT -5
... Yes, the internet is SLOW and frustrating at times....just sit back & take a deep breath! Because I keep my mouth shut, the mouse is slammed on its pad. If I told her to " Just sit back & take a deep breath!", that would change.
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Post by mollyc on Mar 26, 2020 18:27:59 GMT -5
... Yes, the internet is SLOW and frustrating at times....just sit back & take a deep breath! Because I keep my mouth shut, the mouse is slammed on its pad. If I told her to " Just sit back & take a deep breath!", that would change. That would change? She would have thrown it at you instead of slamming it? Or am I projecting?
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Post by mollyc on Mar 26, 2020 18:29:59 GMT -5
"Maybe if your lungs are too damaged for you to survive catching this, you should stop coming up with shopping lists for me every 1.6 days. Just saying"
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Post by steff on Mar 26, 2020 18:56:41 GMT -5
"you can't just go and buy 50 tomato plants & 50 squash plants and not let me know so I can budget it in. This isn't just a free for all." The response I got back was an eye roll.
"I know you have a vacation coming up, but I didn't write it on my calendar. When does it start?" "I dunno" "No really, I need you to look & let me know so I can budget for that week. I know you're going to buy more veggies to plant & I want to plan ahead." "Ok. I guess vacation starts in a week, or maybe a couple of weeks after that...I dunno." The response was me beating my head against my desk. Btw, it starts Saturday. I didn't get it budgeted in in time.
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Post by busymom on Mar 26, 2020 21:16:25 GMT -5
<Busy plans a road trip to steff's house when the food runs out in the stores...>
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Post by steff on Mar 26, 2020 21:28:54 GMT -5
<Busy plans a road trip to steff 's house when the food runs out in the stores...> While I'm not hoarding food or buying in hoarding quantities, let's just say that the pantry is WELL stocked right now. If you want a snack, I either have it or have what it takes to make it. In the deep freezer, name a meat & I have it (for the most part, don't go all exotic). Want something frozen to throw into the air fryer/toaster oven? I got you. We typically always do a large garden. Last year we didn't because hubby was away for school. This year we're overcompensating to a frightening degree. I was buried in tomatoes when we were stupid & had 36 tomato plants. I said never again. At last count, not including the random ones that I'm sure they'll add, we're at 75 tomato plants. I'm going to be buried in veggies by July. I'm already trying to figure out where I"m going to store all these jars of stuff & all the freezer bags. I'm thinking of using part of my #Ronadollars to buy another deep freezer.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Mar 26, 2020 21:39:18 GMT -5
It’s probably a good thing I’m divorced. If I was married while this was going on, one of us would be dead and it wouldn’t be me. But I have faith in you good pEEps to weather the storm just fine!
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Post by busymom on Mar 26, 2020 21:52:17 GMT -5
<Busy plans a road trip to steff 's house when the food runs out in the stores...> While I'm not hoarding food or buying in hoarding quantities, let's just say that the pantry is WELL stocked right now. If you want a snack, I either have it or have what it takes to make it. In the deep freezer, name a meat & I have it (for the most part, don't go all exotic). Want something frozen to throw into the air fryer/toaster oven? I got you. We typically always do a large garden. Last year we didn't because hubby was away for school. This year we're overcompensating to a frightening degree. I was buried in tomatoes when we were stupid & had 36 tomato plants. I said never again. At last count, not including the random ones that I'm sure they'll add, we're at 75 tomato plants. I'm going to be buried in veggies by July. I'm already trying to figure out where I"m going to store all these jars of stuff & all the freezer bags. I'm thinking of using part of my #Ronadollars to buy another deep freezer.
We're moving this Spring just in time for planting season. I'm already planning what we'll be putting in. I can't wait! And yes, we're using every inch of that garden space, even if I need to buy a freezer. (Maybe I can trade some produce for TP?)
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Post by busymom on Mar 27, 2020 7:08:31 GMT -5
steff , if the grocery store stocking continues to be a problem, you can probably make & sell salsa, with all of those tomato plants. Might be a good time to invest in canning jars. "Steff's salsa". One of DD's friends, who makes beautiful quilts, has gone into business making quilted wall hangings. She's not only a gifted quilter, she's an artist!
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 27, 2020 9:45:40 GMT -5
My FIL has decided that perhaps retirement isn't for him. I'm guessing it's not going so well being home full time for him. He was supposed to finally retire in August. He's going to be 75 in June.
I got groceries for them this morning. MIL's wine consumption is up so I need to see if DH should visit the liquor store.
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Post by tractor on Mar 30, 2020 9:21:26 GMT -5
Why do you just sit there playing in your phone? We’re both inside, we both have just as much free time as ever, we’re both still getting paid, why can’t you get off your ass and help clean the house? It took both of us to make this mess over the past 26 years, what better time to purge everything than now?
If you sit there much longer, I’m going to stuff you into one of these black garbage bags and haul you to the curb!!
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 30, 2020 10:23:05 GMT -5
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Mar 31, 2020 14:39:44 GMT -5
Dear DH, No, I don't have the answers for whatever is fucked up on your laptop. My suggestion, as always, is reach out to your IT person. I'm at work.
No, I don't know how much time we should allow C to spend on Zoom or the phone with his best friend. You're home with him. What are you seeing/feeling about this? We'll talk tonight but I'm at work.
No, I can't help you with whatever bug has crawled up your ass today. But I'd appreciate it if you don't take it out on me or the kids. Beth *-*-*-*-*- DH is working from home and dealing with the kids. I'm support for essential services and really cannot (and do not) want to work from home. So he's taking the heat on this. Which sucks, I get it. But as the person who someone ends up dealing with the home front crap about 90% of the time. Welcome to my world!
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 2, 2020 11:53:27 GMT -5
“It was a thin grey rain; hard and fast and cold. In it we had to walk four blocks to reach the Jeep–we were at it’s mercy. As was my custom in such elements, I hunkered against the rain, drew my head into my collar, turned my eyes to the street, tensed my footsteps and proceeded in misery. But my hosts, I soon noticed, reacted in quite another way. They strolled calmly and smoothly, their bodies perfectly relaxed. They did not hunch away from the rain, but rather glided through it. They directed their faces to it and did not flinch as it drummed their cheeks. The Zillers accepted the rain. They were not at odds with it and went with it in harmony and ease.
I tried it myself. I relaxed my neck and shoulders and turned my gaze into the wet. I let it do to me what it would. Of course, it was not trying to do anything to me. What a silly notion. It was simply falling as rain should, and I, a man, another phenomenon of nature, was sharing the space in which it fell.
It was much better regarding it that way. I got no wetter than I would have otherwise, and if I did not actually enjoy the wetting, at least I was free of my tension. I could even smile ….
Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins link
"No dear. The guys working on the house next door are not making noise nor playing music just to annoy you."
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“It was a thin grey rain; hard and fast and cold. In it we had to walk four blocks to reach the Jeep–we were at it’s mercy. As was my custom in such elements, I hunkered against the rain, drew my head into my collar, turned my eyes to the street, tensed my footsteps and proceeded in misery. But my hosts, I soon noticed, reacted in quite another way. They strolled calmly and smoothly, their bodies perfectly relaxed. They did not hunch away from the rain, but rather glided through it. They directed their faces to it and did not flinch as it drummed their cheeks. The Zillers accepted the rain. They were not at odds with it and went with it in harmony and ease.
I tried it myself. I relaxed my neck and shoulders and turned my gaze into the wet. I let it do to me what it would. Of course, it was not trying to do anything to me. What a silly notion. It was simply falling as rain should, and I, a man, another phenomenon of nature, was sharing the space in which it fell.
It was much better regarding it that way. I got no wetter than I would have otherwise, and if I did not actually enjoy the wetting, at least I was free of my tension. I could even smile ….
Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins link
"No dear. The guys working on the house next door are not making noise nor playing music just to annoy you." Love Tom Robbins.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 2, 2020 14:03:11 GMT -5
“It was a thin grey rain; hard and fast and cold. In it we had to walk four blocks to reach the Jeep–we were at it’s mercy. As was my custom in such elements, I hunkered against the rain, drew my head into my collar, turned my eyes to the street, tensed my footsteps and proceeded in misery. But my hosts, I soon noticed, reacted in quite another way. They strolled calmly and smoothly, their bodies perfectly relaxed. They did not hunch away from the rain, but rather glided through it. They directed their faces to it and did not flinch as it drummed their cheeks. The Zillers accepted the rain. They were not at odds with it and went with it in harmony and ease.
I tried it myself. I relaxed my neck and shoulders and turned my gaze into the wet. I let it do to me what it would. Of course, it was not trying to do anything to me. What a silly notion. It was simply falling as rain should, and I, a man, another phenomenon of nature, was sharing the space in which it fell.
It was much better regarding it that way. I got no wetter than I would have otherwise, and if I did not actually enjoy the wetting, at least I was free of my tension. I could even smile ….
Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins link
"No dear. The guys working on the house next door are not making noise nor playing music just to annoy you." Billis...do you like Christopher Moore? Island of the Sequined Love Nun is the FUNNIEST thing I've ever read. It's about a island Cargo Cult.
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 2, 2020 14:07:19 GMT -5
“It was a thin grey rain; hard and fast and cold. In it we had to walk four blocks to reach the Jeep–we were at it’s mercy. As was my custom in such elements, I hunkered against the rain, drew my head into my collar, turned my eyes to the street, tensed my footsteps and proceeded in misery. But my hosts, I soon noticed, reacted in quite another way. They strolled calmly and smoothly, their bodies perfectly relaxed. They did not hunch away from the rain, but rather glided through it. They directed their faces to it and did not flinch as it drummed their cheeks. The Zillers accepted the rain. They were not at odds with it and went with it in harmony and ease.
I tried it myself. I relaxed my neck and shoulders and turned my gaze into the wet. I let it do to me what it would. Of course, it was not trying to do anything to me. What a silly notion. It was simply falling as rain should, and I, a man, another phenomenon of nature, was sharing the space in which it fell.
It was much better regarding it that way. I got no wetter than I would have otherwise, and if I did not actually enjoy the wetting, at least I was free of my tension. I could even smile ….
Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins link
"No dear. The guys working on the house next door are not making noise nor playing music just to annoy you." Billis...do you like Christopher Moore? Island of the Sequined Love Nun is the FUNNIEST thing I've ever read. It's abut a island Cargo Cult. Don't know him. Will have to check it out. I am not working right now so appreciate hearing about something new.
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 22, 2020 13:01:57 GMT -5
Oh, I see the storm approaching Long before the rain starts falling
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 28, 2020 7:18:54 GMT -5
Dear DH, Stop informing me of every sniffle, twitch, cough or whatever you have and then getting pissed at me if I start grilling you about symptoms. I have to follow very specific rules if you have a respiratory illness, doesn't matter if "you think it's nothing", I could get in big trouble if I don't. Not to mention I work with at risk co-workers so I don't want to expose them regardless. The odds of him having it and me not are very low but what if I am asymptomatic? So yeah if you don't want me flipping out STOP informing me of every single twitch your body goes through. If you have the big two: fever, dry cough THEN inform me because then I need to stay home with you for two weeks. Otherwise shut up about the tickle in your throat from the A/C.
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 29, 2020 18:49:49 GMT -5
I know that you want to try some new fancy recipe that you think I will like. However when you get stressed out, cursing and banging things around while preparing it, it ties my stomach up in knots and makes the eating of it not enjoyable. I would prefer to open a can and heat whatever is in it.
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Post by empress of self-improvement on Apr 29, 2020 19:11:12 GMT -5
I need to stop working from home soon or I'm going to be a widow sooner than anticipated. He FINALLY got the arm of his wheelchair replaced today after bugging me about for forever. Not my fault they had to order replacement arms because you stripped the stupid screws.
When I'm changing your clothes because you smell like a toilet, having temper tantrums and attitude problems are NOT cute. I was 20 minutes late logging onto work this morning, TYVM. At least my boss understands completely as to why.
Yelling SHOOT HIM at the tv all day long is not endearing to me either. I can only jack the volume on my speakers so loud and still be able to hear you for emergencies. GAH!!!!! I could go on but I'm going to stuff my face and hide upstairs.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 29, 2020 22:24:56 GMT -5
It’s probably a good thing I’m divorced. If I was married while this was going on, one of us would be dead and it wouldn’t be me. But I have faith in you good pEEps to weather the storm just fine! Most of my friends are retired and divorced/single. Oddly enough, we're all doing quite well.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Apr 29, 2020 22:44:16 GMT -5
Stop whining about how hot it is. How you don't have much to do but sit and sleep in your chair. This is not unusual for you. I've seen you sleep all night, get up, internet a little and back asleep in your chair. Wait a while then asleep again. This sleep/wake schedule was during the time before Covid 19 self-isolation. I had to look to see if you were asleep before I said anything. You sleep in a chair outside.
Stop complaining. Right now we have neighbors you like and golf with. You said they keep you from going crazy(er). When we go back home, then what.
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