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

indesertum said:

i have another final in 3.5 hours that i'm not ready for and i have no motivation to study

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L'Incandescent said:

I assume your final is not about the relative merits of various nations' chocolates?

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indesertum said:

i dont like it when people bash other people to other people. it just makes them look petty

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gomestar said:

i plan to get a week's worth of drinking in tonight at the wife's company holiday party

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patrickBOOTH said:

So this girl that I work with didn't get the raise she wanted after only 6 months of working for the company. Now she takes every opportunity she can to bash management, make snide remarks, call the company cheap every chance she possibly can. It is getting really old, annoying, unproductive, and telling of what kind of person she is. I think she should buck up and get with it.

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MrG said:

It's between floors, so I'm reasonably certain it's not the roof, though I can't be 100% positive. It could have followed the structure and just showed up where it is.
There's a bathroom up there, but the leak is 10-15 feet from it, and I don't see any evidence of a leak in there. There's a bedroom above the wet spot, and there aren't any wet areas anywhere in the room.
I'm thinking it's a leaky pipe. The plumbing runs to the side of the house the stain is on, and if I followed a line leading from the stain, I'd end up in the bathroom.
Now I'm stuck debating whether or not to pay the cost for an emergency plumber or just cross my fingers and hope it's okay until morning. I'm leaning toward waiting, especially because there hasn't been any change since I noticed it a couple hours ago, there's no bulging, and the spot is only damp (the only way I knew it was wet was because it feels cold), but I'm worried that could turn out to be an enormous, expensive error.

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harvey_birdman said:

Can you access a valve and shut off access to the upstairs?

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MrG said:

Nope. Unfortunately, the only mass cutoff is the main valve into the house. I can't do floor-by-floor.

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MrG said:

I decided against an emergency plumber. I got up there last night and cut a hole in the drywall to see if anything major was lurking underneath. It was (as expected) damp, but there was no standing water or anything, so I let it go overnight. I marked the area with a pencil, and the spot hasn't grown, which is good.
I'm glad I waited. I have a guy who can do this type of stuff, but he's not an emergency-type resource, so I couldn't call him until this morning. When we talked, he said he doesn't think it's going to be a big deal, so I'm hopeful I won't take too huge a hit with the bill.

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harvey_birdman said:

I am of the opinion that like 90% of people's problems are caused by them refusing to buck up and get with it.

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L'Incandescent said:

I keep getting Facebook notifications and I think "oh good, someone is communicating with me!" But every damn time it's "So and so invites you to play Dragon Munch" or "Such and such invites you to play Bejeweled Bunghole."

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