Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!



acidboy said:

and the problem with that is?

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Today's example

Hi, I would like to speak with X Y

We don't have anyone by that name

I spoke to him yesterday

I can't find anyone by that name



KurtS90 said:

yet I sitting in my house naked on my bed sweating.

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Splooj.

Neo_Version 7 said:

Style Forum is populated by ******* weirdos.

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It took you five years to realize that?

Geoffrey Firmin said:

Wa-ra- tahs- emphaise the tahs with lamentation and rending of season ticket or hair shirt for that matter.........

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Go the 'Tahs!

L'Incandescent said:

Also, I am intrigued at the idea of a gay rugby team.

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It's a big thing in that community, apparently.

Connemara said:

Thanks guys. I'm trying to stay positive; Gram has no problem doing that, she's still living it up and smiling. I'd be so miserable if I were in her situation.

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Ugh, me too. Sorry Conne.

JayJay said:

65 seems so young. So sorry.

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Yep. And neither of my dad's parents lived past 68. He doesn't take care of himself at all, eats poorly and is overweight and about to turn 61. I woke up this morning realizing he could probably die at any second... ugh.

Neo_Version 7 said:

Money better spent on Tim Hortons.

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Yep. Or Krispy Kreme.

Geoffrey Firmin said:

And this is the year the Blues turn it around.

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Neo_Version 7 said:

Can't get this cough to go away and it's bugging the crap out of me.

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It must be serious if you can't solve it. Maybe you have some new strain of a disease and it will be named after you!

MrG said:

Thanks, guys. It's made worse by the fact that I really don't know if his parents can handle it. He's my cousin's kid, and, well, I'll just say that there are going to be a lot of challenges I don't know if they'll manage well. I'd like to think that, if God forbid we found somethiThis isn't to say they're not good parents, but, if it turns out he really does have these types of issues, I'm worried they won't have the means, emotionally, financially, and otherwise, to manage it well enough to give him the best possible shot.

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Good luck dude. That's one of the reasons I don't want to have kids (well there are many) but I know I wouldn't be able to handle having an autistic child or anything like that.

I am pissed that Lasbar still hasn't given me his mobile number so that I can call him.



MrG said:

Thanks, guys. It's made worse by the fact that I really don't know if his parents can handle it. He's my cousin's kid, and, well, I'll just say that there are going to be a lot of challenges I don't know if they'll manage well. I'd like to think that, if God forbid we found somethiThis isn't to say they're not good parents, but, if it turns out he really does have these types of issues, I'm worried they won't have the means, emotionally, financially, and otherwise, to manage it well enough to give him the best possible shot.
Plus, this has sent MrsG into a mini freakout about our own son, who is perfectly normal, even advanced in some ways. He just had his 18-month checkup, and the doctor specifically said, "given where he is in terms of development, there's no need to worry about autism." Our godson is four, and they're just finding out that he may have an issue, so now I'm dealing with the, "what if the same thing happens with [LowerCaseG]." The thing is, there's absolutely zero reason to be concerned, and I think she realizes that, but that isn't always enough to make a parent feel better.
Ugh. It sucks so bad. Little kids shouldn't have to get sick.
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I can't tell if I'd responded to this earlier but that's a rough situation to be in, both your cousins and your own.

Ugh. I brought in four bananas to work yesterday. I go to have my first one this AM and... there are two. I have one and go to get my lunch and the fourth one is gone. WTF?

Hard drive woes means my nearly 6 year old laptop (that was still going strong as of Sunday) needs repair. I guess I'm definitely buying a new one this year. Hopefully, it won't cost much to fix and I can hold off until later in the year.



Find Finn said:

Today's example
Hi, I would like to speak with X Y
We don't have anyone by that name
I spoke to him yesterday
I can't find anyone by that name

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I gotta say, if someone called me up asking for someone named X Y, I'd probably think it was a prank call or something. I don't blame the secretary at all for that one.



edinatlanta said:

Ugh. I brought in four bananas to work yesterday. I go to have my first one this AM and... there are two. I have one and go to get my lunch and the fourth one is gone. WTF?

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Never trust coworkers with food. Ever.



in stitches said:

wow, thats is a really crappy situation. sorry MrG, that really sucks.

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Thanks, man, it really is. From my understanding, nothing is certain yet, and they're waiting on tests. Still, I can tell it's killing my cousin.

edinatlanta said:

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Good luck dude. That's one of the reasons I don't want to have kids (well there are many) but I know I wouldn't be able to handle having an autistic child or anything like that.

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Thanks, Ed. The idea of a kid with severe issues is really scary, but that risk is part of the deal. I'm incredibly grateful that my little guy is, for all intents and purposes, completely healthy, but I'd be lying if I said that fear doesn't creep in every now and again, whether it's about any other kids we may have or something that could be lurking down the line for the one we have now.

That said, God forbid you have a kid with an issue, you might surprise yourself. People have an incredible ability to adapt and overcome, even finding happiness in apparently-awful situations. There's a couple I know from high school who had a kid with Down Syndrome, and, rather than wallow in self pity, they've embraced all of the good stuff they see in it. They've even gone so far as to adopt another kid with DS from an orphanage in Ukraine.

Thomas said:

I can't tell if I'd responded to this earlier but that's a rough situation to be in, both your cousins and your own.

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Thanks, T. It's not going to be easy.

Though, this made me realize I don't see them nearly enough, especially given they don't live too far away, so maybe the positive to come out of this will be the chance for us to offer support and see them more often.



patrickBOOTH said:

Come on, they are ******* muffins and ****. Why do you need to? They are calorie bombs. Plus, that is not the reason these assholes are going here. Especially since most of them are fat pieces of ****, or old people pissed off at the hip gentrifiers place that is in reality eons above a ******* dunkin donuts. **** them and their double chins.

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You can easily eat something from a donut/muffin/bagel shop and fit it into your daily macros. All I am saying is it's nice to have nutritional info available so you can properly monitor what you eat. Not that most people entering places like that have any concern for their daily consumption.



MrG said:

Thanks, man, it really is. From my understanding, nothing is certain yet, and they're waiting on tests. Still, I can tell it's killing my cousin.
Thanks, Ed. The idea of a kid with severe issues is really scary, but that risk is part of the deal. I'm incredibly grateful that my little guy is, for all intents and purposes, completely healthy, but I'd be lying if I said that fear doesn't creep in every now and again, whether it's about any other kids we may have or something that could be lurking down the line for the one we have now.
That said, God forbid you have a kid with an issue, you might surprise yourself. People have an incredible ability to adapt and overcome, even finding happiness in apparently-awful situations. There's a couple I know from high school who had a kid with Down Syndrome, and, rather than wallow in self pity, they've embraced all of the good stuff they see in it. They've even gone so far as to adopt another kid with DS from an orphanage in Ukraine.
Thanks, T. It's not going to be easy.
Though, this made me realize I don't see them nearly enough, especially given they don't live too far away, so maybe the positive to come out of this will be the chance for us to offer support and see them more often.

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Sometimes good things come from bad situations. You never can tell.

That said, my son has really been winding the family up this week. He picked the wrong week (and weekend) to get up in the Mrs.' grill and everyone's at a high simmer.



L'Incandescent said:

I gotta say, if someone called me up asking for someone named X Y, I'd probably think it was a prank call or something. I don't blame the secretary at all for that one.

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He has a name, but it's not relevant for the receptionist stupidity.

I called back 2 min. later and talked to another receptionist and got put through in 20 sec.

So yeah there was no one there by that name.



Find Finn said:

He has a name, but it's not relevant for the receptionist stupidity.
I called back 2 min. later and talked to another receptionist and got put through in 20 sec.
So yeah there was no one there by that name.

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Hmm, trying to find ways to give the receptionist the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it's because Danish names are so hard to pronounce. I know when I hear a native speaker say "Soren Kierkegaard," I can't believe the sounds they're making correspond to those letters. I certainly cannot say "Soren Kierkegaard" very convincingly, so I just pronounce it as if it were English. (English is easy to pronounce, at least for me.)

She was Danish, so she should be able to understand her native language.

The person I was asking for had a very common name and I said it more than once.



Neo_Version 7 said:

I am pissed that Lasbar still hasn't given me his mobile number so that I can call him.

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