What RUINED your day today?

[ChirpingGirl]

Birthday tomorrow. 

[JBRG]

You would think a home improvement store that sells installation service would actually have the installers install what is in the store. Went to both Home Depot and Lowes for a simple wood core steel clad entrance door. Price for the door at Lowes -- $264. At Home Depot $312. Had an installer representing HD come by and he quoted me $3000 for delivery, installation of new door and disposal of the old door. I looked at him like he was on drugs and he explained that the new door would be a super-duper high quality fibreglass door. I told him that I wanted (and showed him cell phone picture) was a door similar to the one I want replaced. His response was that they don't install the stuff that is actually in the store.

I learned that Lowes works the same way. If I buy a door from the store, their installation service won't install it.

As I sit here typing, our plan is to spend a couple more years here then sell the place and become hoboes for 1/2 year (buy a motorhome and travel across Canada and back) before settling down someplace different. Other than keeping the weather outside, we really don't give a crap about the door. We live in a townhouse condo. A super-frazmic door isn't going to increase the resale value of our home.

Fucking crooks.

[_priapism]

I'm actually in the parking lot at Home Depot right now.  Waiting on my teen who is in a job interview.  Hope he can get me some "employee discounts." 

 

[JBRG]

I'm actually in the parking lot at Home Depot right now.  Waiting on my teen who is in a job interview.  Hope he can get me some "employee discounts." 

 

I hope he is successful as well.

[KitKat]

Birthday tomorrow. 

 

[KitKat]

You would think a home improvement store that sells installation service would actually have the installers install what is in the store. Went to both Home Depot and Lowes for a simple wood core steel clad entrance door. Price for the door at Lowes -- $264. At Home Depot $312. Had an installer representing HD come by and he quoted me $3000 for delivery, installation of new door and disposal of the old door. I looked at him like he was on drugs and he explained that the new door would be a super-duper high quality fibreglass door. I told him that I wanted (and showed him cell phone picture) was a door similar to the one I want replaced. His response was that they don't install the stuff that is actually in the store.

I learned that Lowes works the same way. If I buy a door from the store, their installation service won't install it.

As I sit here typing, our plan is to spend a couple more years here then sell the place and become hoboes for 1/2 year (buy a motorhome and travel across Canada and back) before settling down someplace different. Other than keeping the weather outside, we really don't give a crap about the door. We live in a townhouse condo. A super-frazmic door isn't going to increase the resale value of our home.

Fucking crooks.

That's ridiculous.

[_priapism]

I'm actually in the parking lot at Home Depot right now.  Waiting on my teen who is in a job interview.  Hope he can get me some "employee discounts."  

 

I hope he is successful as well.

He got the job!  Now I just have to gear up for nagging him every day to get out of bed and be at work on time.  Millennials.  Excited they are going to train him to use a forklift, since that has a lot of applications, and should enhance his employability.

[JBRG]

I'm actually in the parking lot at Home Depot right now.  Waiting on my teen who is in a job interview.  Hope he can get me some "employee discounts."  

 

I hope he is successful as well.

He got the job!  Now I just have to gear up for nagging him every day to get out of bed and be at work on time.  Millennials.  Excited they are going to train him to use a forklift, since that has a lot of applications, and should enhance his employability.

Nag the kid. Never. Electric cattle prod. Just once. He'll never sleep in again.


I always figured that the best way to get a teenager out of bed would be a hydraulic ram at the head of the bed that slammed the bed up on its end when the alarm went off.

[ChirpingGirl]

Kit didn't say happy birthday to me today. 

She said it yesterday though. 

[IdleBoast]

I'm actually in the parking lot at Home Depot right now.  Waiting on my teen who is in a job interview.  Hope he can get me some "employee discounts."  

 

I hope he is successful as well.

He got the job!  Now I just have to gear up for nagging him every day to get out of bed and be at work on time.  Millennials.  Excited they are going to train him to use a forklift, since that has a lot of applications, and should enhance his employability.

Nag the kid. Never. Electric cattle prod. Just once. He'll never sleep in again.


I always figured that the best way to get a teenager out of bed would be a hydraulic ram at the head of the bed that slammed the bed up on its end when the alarm went off.

Actually, a cold, wet flannel dropped across the sleeping face works very well.

True story.

[Lois]

I was at Texas Typhoon in Katy Texas, 30 miles west of Houston Texas. I took my daughter and several of her friends there to enjoy the massive new water park. While there I saw endless women and girls with horrendous looking feet, feet suited for grabbing fish from the water and hanging from trees, that made for a very disappointing day.

Has anyone ever told you that your foot fetish is a bit over the top?

Personally, I am fascinated by human feet in the natural environment.  I have gone to countries where shoes are unknown.  Are you aware that humans can develop a very thick sole on the bottom of their feet that is impervious to rocks and thorns?  It is really awsome.  Humans are amazing!

[RopeFiend]

Last week (forgot to mention it):  Had a webcam on a garden hose shoved up my ass; afterwards the doctor told me I was full of shit, AND HE PROVED IT!  Y'all suspected, but I have photographic evidence. 

This was the second attempt.  The prep didn't do much of anything useful the first time, and I'd THOUGHT that the 2-day prep worked the second try.  Nope!  Still have nearly a sixth of the bowel surface covered with hard, crusty crap that a pressure washer couldn't dislodge.  I'm now taking something to hopefully soften and release the built-up stuff that's fermenting in my lower gut, waiting for a THIRD round of bowel prep.  Oh, fucking joy.

[staci]

no wonder you are grouchy

[Katiebee]

Rope fiend can be grouchy without being full of crap.

He is a dirty old man in training.

 

[KitKat]

Kit didn't say happy birthday to me today. 

She said it yesterday though. 

Yes I did.   

[MintJulie]

Being off of here on Saturday and Sunday I logged on this morning and went to my "Unread since last visit" . 

Started on page 4 (last page), made it to page 3-1/2 when someone came in my office.  Instead of minimizing, I closed it.   

Logging back in, my "Unread since last visit" is just 5 posts.   Now I have to work a bit harder to see what I missed the last couple of days.   

Oh, well, if that's the worst that happens....

[IdleBoast]

Being off of here on Saturday and Sunday I logged on this morning and went to my "Unread since last visit" . 

Started on page 4 (last page), made it to page 3-1/2 when someone came in my office.  Instead of minimizing, I closed it.   

Logging back in, my "Unread since last visit" is just 5 posts.   Now I have to work a bit harder to see what I missed the last couple of days.   

Oh, well, if that's the worst that happens....

If that happens to me [at home - I don't browse KB at work], I quickly open and close the handful of unread threads, even if they're of no interest to me, then hit the "unread" button again - that then reveals an "all unread" option for me to trawl through, which often gets to as many as 15-20 pages of threads.


BTW - welcome back!

[vinney]

A good friend has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease...upset and very sad...

[msslave]

Locked out of the dog park.  Took my little Basset Buddy Gus to the dog park as usual.  As we neared the park (It's next to the airport) an Airport Policeman stopped us.  He said the dog park was closed.  Someone had been spotted climbing the fence into the runway area and they were doing a search.

I turned the car around and as we retraced our route, I glanced over my shoulder.  His chin was on the back of my seat and his eyes looked so sad.  I found a place to park and we walked for awhile, until the rain started again.
Not a good dog park day, but Gus was happy.  Dogs are so easy to please.

[KitKat]

Locked out of the dog park.  Took my little Basset Buddy Gus to the dog park as usual.  As we neared the park (It's next to the airport) an Airport Policeman stopped us.  He said the dog park was closed.  Someone had been spotted climbing the fence into the runway area and they were doing a search.

I turned the car around and as we retraced our route, I glanced over my shoulder.  His chin was on the back of my seat and his eyes looked so sad.  I found a place to park and we walked for awhile, until the rain started again.
Not a good dog park day, but Gus was happy.  Dogs are so easy to please.

Poor Gus. I hope you get to get in next time.