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Things that frustrate us all

It’s really grim. We have a huge wheely bin that we rarely fill any more, but the idea is to encourage recycling, which it does. We take everything except kitchen waste to the recycling centre.

Still, it’s not as ripe as it used to be with the two nappy soiling poop monsters and the litter tray leavings of an elderly cat with a sensitive constitution. Those days are gladly long gone.
 
Butters said:
Fortnightly bin collections. We missed the last one because of the holiday, so raw meat has been festering in the heat for nearly a month. There’s a cloud of flies as thick pea soup.
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Fortunately with our council, our green bin (food/garden waste) is still weekly, though you do pay extra for garden waste now:(
I think they rotate the general, paper and plastic ones to once a month though.
 
John Clark said:
Fortunately with our council, our green bin (food/garden waste) is still weekly, though you do pay extra for garden waste now:(
I think they rotate the general, paper and plastic ones to once a month though.
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We have low maintenance exterior so we gave up the green bin ages ok. Collections are now based on a permit, but are still fortnightly.

I know we all need to be responsible for our waste and how it impacts on the environment, but I do miss the days of the old steel bin, hot ashes an’orl, and the burly bloke that would take the bin to the curb, and the wagon that would come along later to devour everything. It just seemed to work better. Right now I’ve got a boot (trunk) full of beer and wine bottles ready to be recycled, if I get chance to head that way, but it’ll probably next week.
 
in my region it's organic waste and non-recyclable waste at 2 week intervals, paper every 5 weeks, glass/metal as needed.
You're supposed to bring the rest of the recyclable stuff to the sorting center yourself. I usually do that every second month.
 
Another frustrating thing. Tracking down the source of a balls up, and finding it was you.

98% chance of a bollocking.
 
shit happens :) As long as its negative effects can be mended, a balls up (LOL English is such a colourful language - I'll never ever get that pic out of my head again) isn't that bad. Embarassing, though. I totally agree.
 
Scroungers loitering in empty car parks for any loose change they can cadge from weary motorists and shoppers too polite to say no for a sixth or seventh time. Better dressed and groomed than me too, though that’s not saying much, but they don’t need the money, they want it.
 
eternal waiting times till you get an appointment with a doctor. I dislocated a rib and except for one orthopedist all the O.s in my town would have let me wait till November for an appointment!
The last on my list gave me an appointment within 24 hours =)
(Had it be something life-threatening I'd have been able to go to the hospital. But a disloceted rib doesn't really count as emergency)
 
^how can you dislocate a bone that isn't in a joint and is attached at both ends? Did you break it? Or did you just pull a tendon really badly? Did you pull a muscle so badly that it's pushing down on a rib? I can see how a rib would be pushed or pulled up or down a little but it can't really be dislocated without breaking. The forced required to move a rib is pretty substantial. Like the rib-spreaders a heart surgeon uses--that takes a heck of a lot to get the ribs to move even a little.
 
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Gary7 said:
I've had these really great Nikon sunglasses with titanium frames and polarized lenses. Got them for a great price on eBay about 2 years ago. This weekend, I made a fateful choice that went wrong.

I love to grill in the summer. I was wearing my sunglasses in the early evening sun and then rested them on the collar of my shirt as I grilled. Somehow I got sloppy and some greasy food gunk got on one of the lenses. I've always been careful with these sunglasses, using soapy water to clean them and micro fiber to dry. Well, I somehow thought that Windex (ammonia glass cleaner) would be a good idea.

Oh boy. Bad idea. Something about the chemical composition of this stuff reacted with the coating of the lens. It ended up getting spotty. And at first I thought it was the gunk just being stubborn, so I applied more. Well... they're not ruined, but one lens is now permanently spotty. It's only noticeable when looking in the general direction of the sun... off to the sides and they're clear. But I'm a little OCD and this kind of bugs me. I'll have to get used to it. But man oh man... I had perfect sunglasses for 2 years and thought I'd have 'em for at least another 10. :brickwall::klingon:
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Well, this didn't turn out as bad as I thought. These sunglasses have a slight mirror coating to them (far from 100% like those old tyme obnoxious ones police and motor bike riders used to wear). That coating is what was unevenly worn away by the ammonia glass cleaner. Well, I found out that sunscreen has an active ingredient that can react with that coating. If you apply and rub, you can "smooth out" the wear, make it less spotty. It actually worked fairly well. It won't start any new erosion but will extend what's already there. I'm going to look into some other way to remove the rest of the partial mirror coating (a little hesitant to use the glass cleaner again, in case does other kinds of damage). But all in all, my sunglasses aren't ruined. :)

Anyway, it's a good tip for anyone else who has mirrored sunglasses. Definitely don't get sunscreen or ammonia glass cleaner on them! Use soapy water and dry off with microfiber cloth.
 
When you stumble across a treasure trove of old photos of your home villiage, but they don’t elaborate on the image, and the caption is basic, like The Station Hotel circa 1980. But when you look closely, it’s obvious that the image was taken from the station that opened in 1987, so the date is at least seven years out. And then you notice the foliage growth in the empty car park, adding at least three more years to the image. And, poking through the greenery is the top of a white bus, confirming the shot is at the very least 1990, but further inspection reveals the fluorescent yellow lettering on the destination blind of the mostly obscured bus, putting the image at 1993 at the very earliest. The steel shutters too, on the nearby shops, should have been an obvious indicator of the correct decade.

Most frustrating though, is that while I could email the site proprietor and correct them, there’s no way to do so without proving myself an arse.
 
Google image search switched to that unformatted-style Pinterest look, instead of their old nice, orderly rows.

I know, weird thing to be bothered by.
 
Running into the old "the courthouse burned down" dead end when researching genealogical records.

Kor
 
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^how can you dislocate a bone that isn't in a joint and is attached at both ends?
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As a matter of fact, ribs are attached at both ends with joints.

The one I dislocated is called Costovertebral Joint.
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It's a genuine ball-and-socket joint, just very small. IMO the mechanism (and how it can be dislocated) is better visible from above:
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Dislocating a rib isn't that uncommon an injury. A punctual trauma (a slap on the back at an unfortunate angle for example, or a fall onto something small and hard) can cause it. Normally, the rib immediately bounds back since it's held in place by elastic ligaments. Unfortunately, ligaments can tear...

Just for the record: the other end has a joint, too, the Sternocostal Joint. That one is explained very nicely on Wikipedia.
Ribs have to be fastend in a mobile way, else we couldn't breathe.

Note to board members with a medical background: sorry, you could certainly explain it better. But as you know it's not easy to explain anatomy to laypersons, particularly if you have to keep it very short.
 
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rhubarbodendron said:
As a matter of fact, ribs are attached at both ends with joints.

The one I dislocated is called Costovertebral Joint.
7d713eed4c25d6295164777fc0e371f7512f6f8f

It's a genuine ball-and-socket joint, just very small. IMO the mechanism (and how it can be dislocated) is better visible from above:
rippengelenke.jpg

Dislocating a rib isn't that uncommon an injury. A punctual trauma (a slap on the back at an unfortunate angle for example, or a fall onto something small and hard) can cause it. Normally, the rib immediately bounds back since it's held in place by elastic ligaments. Unfortunately, ligaments can tear...

Just for the record: the other end has a joint, too, the Sternocostal Joint. That one is explained very nicely on Wikipedia.
Ribs have to be fastend in a mobile way, else we couldn't breathe.

Note to board members with a medical background: sorry, you could certainly explain it better. But as you know it's not easy to explain anatomy to laypersons, particularly if you have to keep it very short.
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Ouch, that sounds painful, and makes my current gripe about the price of Lego, and their miserly approach to useful custom pieces, seem really rather petty.

But still, come on Lego, cheapen up a bit!
 
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