HIT ME!!
Things that frustrate us all
- Thread starter rhubarbodendron
- Start date
Well, who doesn't hate when people who are sick get medical attention? Ugh!!
Welp... I have a bunch of doc offices calling me to make appointments after months of nothing. It's been a bit overwhelming. :-/
Hi, @joethekat , and welcome to the board! Happy to see you here!
Just wanted to go over a few things to make your experience smoother and to avoid any issues.
First of all, we’re generally not supposed to post more than twice in quick succession. If you want to reply to many posts at once, we recommend the multi-quote function. You can see at the bottom of each post between “like” and “reply” it says “+Quote”. If you click that for each post you want to reply to, then when you go to the reply box, you will see an “insert quotes” button that you can use to paste all the quoted posts into the reply box, and then you can reply to each one in a single post.
Second, please note that this is a very long running thread. Since you started at the beginning, you are responding to posts from 2014. Some of the people you are replying to haven’t been here in a few years. For example Robert Maxwell hasn’t been here in 2 years, and Spockkirk hasn’t been here in 10 years, so you’re unlikely to get a reply from them.
(Just as an aside, to let you know, it’s normally not allowed to respond to a thread that hasn’t been posted to in a year or more. This doesn’t apply here, because the thread is still active, but it does often trip up new members, so I thought I should mention it.)
You can find the full set of rules here.
Again, welcome to the board, and I hope you enjoy your time here!
Just wanted to go over a few things to make your experience smoother and to avoid any issues.
First of all, we’re generally not supposed to post more than twice in quick succession. If you want to reply to many posts at once, we recommend the multi-quote function. You can see at the bottom of each post between “like” and “reply” it says “+Quote”. If you click that for each post you want to reply to, then when you go to the reply box, you will see an “insert quotes” button that you can use to paste all the quoted posts into the reply box, and then you can reply to each one in a single post.
Second, please note that this is a very long running thread. Since you started at the beginning, you are responding to posts from 2014. Some of the people you are replying to haven’t been here in a few years. For example Robert Maxwell hasn’t been here in 2 years, and Spockkirk hasn’t been here in 10 years, so you’re unlikely to get a reply from them.
(Just as an aside, to let you know, it’s normally not allowed to respond to a thread that hasn’t been posted to in a year or more. This doesn’t apply here, because the thread is still active, but it does often trip up new members, so I thought I should mention it.)
You can find the full set of rules here.
Again, welcome to the board, and I hope you enjoy your time here!
You know how school food is, like, notoriously awful?
Well my friend got served OLD AND UNCOOKED CHICKEN today and now he probably has food poisoning.
Friend in question brought it to the office and was assured it was "perfectly fully cooked" and "it was fine last night". Did not get refunded.
???????
Well my friend got served OLD AND UNCOOKED CHICKEN today and now he probably has food poisoning.
Friend in question brought it to the office and was assured it was "perfectly fully cooked" and "it was fine last night". Did not get refunded.
???????
bet it tasted fowl
Sounds like they sure clucked things up.
I've said this before but flying. It seems some people seem to lose all common sense and/or respect for others.
I've noticed that flights into Turkiye are going to start fining traveller's who insist on standing up before the seat belt signs have gone off. I get people are excited to be on holiday but no one is going anywhere until the doors open anyway.
Recently had the displeasure of sitting behind a guy on a flight to Dubai, he waited until the air crew had done their checks then reclined his seat before the plane even took off.
Then he's smashing the free bar clearly getting a bit drunk, referring to the female crew as love, darling and sweetheart. Then he's stretching his arms behind his head , his hands slowly start to encroach over the seat until they eventually cover my in seat screen. As this point had to tell him to stop.
As we got off I noticed his phone was left on his seat so tried to tell him but he just mumbled something and took no notice so decided not to try again.
Then last weekend we were on a short flight to belfast for the weekend and the gate next to us someone came several times shouting 'any more passengers for dublin", no one showed up so they closed the gate, then a young couple came casually up to the gate looking confused that they couldn't get on, they did speak to the staff on our desk as was same company, but not sure the fact one of them was clutching a half drunk glass of wine would have done them any favour's.
I don't get how difficult it is to be around the gate on time, appreciate it's nice to have a drink before but not so you lose track of time. Also often delays the flight for everyone else.
I've noticed that flights into Turkiye are going to start fining traveller's who insist on standing up before the seat belt signs have gone off. I get people are excited to be on holiday but no one is going anywhere until the doors open anyway.
Recently had the displeasure of sitting behind a guy on a flight to Dubai, he waited until the air crew had done their checks then reclined his seat before the plane even took off.
Then he's smashing the free bar clearly getting a bit drunk, referring to the female crew as love, darling and sweetheart. Then he's stretching his arms behind his head , his hands slowly start to encroach over the seat until they eventually cover my in seat screen. As this point had to tell him to stop.
As we got off I noticed his phone was left on his seat so tried to tell him but he just mumbled something and took no notice so decided not to try again.
Then last weekend we were on a short flight to belfast for the weekend and the gate next to us someone came several times shouting 'any more passengers for dublin", no one showed up so they closed the gate, then a young couple came casually up to the gate looking confused that they couldn't get on, they did speak to the staff on our desk as was same company, but not sure the fact one of them was clutching a half drunk glass of wine would have done them any favour's.
I don't get how difficult it is to be around the gate on time, appreciate it's nice to have a drink before but not so you lose track of time. Also often delays the flight for everyone else.
Something which didn't frustrate me regarding flights (at least, not after the initial frustration).
Recently flew back from Cairo to Amsterdam, transfer in Vienna. Original schedule was to arrive in Amsterdam at around 2230 local time. Plane for the second leg first got delayed because of technical problems, then cancelled because it wouldn't be able to arrive in Amsterdam anymore before some night time slot in which they weren't allow to fly.
Got rebooked on the next flight (7am next morning), got a night at a local hotel and all meals for free, and a compensation of €400,- from the airline. I've been treated worse by companies.
Recently flew back from Cairo to Amsterdam, transfer in Vienna. Original schedule was to arrive in Amsterdam at around 2230 local time. Plane for the second leg first got delayed because of technical problems, then cancelled because it wouldn't be able to arrive in Amsterdam anymore before some night time slot in which they weren't allow to fly.
Got rebooked on the next flight (7am next morning), got a night at a local hotel and all meals for free, and a compensation of €400,- from the airline. I've been treated worse by companies.
Last edited:
I'm so sick of random ass medical shit. My wife had a hot flash to light up the night last night so didn't sleep. So, being fatigued she rested. Except, when she's tired her ADHD rolls even harder and she forgot about work stuff until 9 PM tonight for tomorrow! 
I've run out of energy for the drama this week and have to get up at 5:30, get her work going, then go and haul carpet, then drive 8 hours on Sunday.
I've run out of energy for the drama this week and have to get up at 5:30, get her work going, then go and haul carpet, then drive 8 hours on Sunday.
People saying summer starts tomorrow, no it doesn't, 3 more weeks of spring
In the Northern Hemisphere, Meteorological summer starts June first, Astronomical summer this year starts June 21 @ 02:42 GMT. I also pick Astronomical summer over Meteorological summer.
I usually don't kill bugs. But I will without hesitation swat mosquitos if they are too aggressive.
I used to always get bitten so much by mosquitos, now I don't at all, I put it down to my meds for my blood condition as I seemed to stop getting bit at the same time I started them.I usually don't kill bugs. But I will without hesitation swat mosquitos if they are too aggressive.
Not really related, but still, it reminds me of that time I flew to New Zealand (from Schiphol, Amsterdam), end of January. Flying around 11 am or so, I flew eastwards (to Singapore) so naturally, I expected the short winter day to be even shorter, and so it was. After a 6 hr layover in Singapore, I flew at sunrise, again eastwards, and I therefore expected another short day (in terms of daylight), but instead I got a very long one. Took me a while to realise that this was only logical, as I was now on the Southern hemisphere, and therefore in mid-summer.
Somehow, that was really disorienting.
On January 2, 1980, my navy ship (aircraft carrier USS Nimitz) left Naples, Italy and instead of returning home from a six-month Mediterranean Sea deployment we were sent around Africa (Suez Canal was still closed). The circumnavigation of the continent took 13 days, so no jet lag, but the amount of daylight increased the further south we went. I liked looking at the different sky at night. We were in a hurry to get to the Gulf of Oman Naval Zone of Operation (GONZO station) so no flight operations. Going up and walking the flight deck in the middle of the night, the ship travelling at 29 knots and looking up at the Magellanic Clouds and the Southern Cross. In mid-May we started the return trip to around Africa to return to Virginia, that took another 17 days. But still no flight operations during the transit, so I got to see the nighttime Southern Hemisphere sky, but in their late Autumn, instead of their early Summer.
Last edited:
When my father and my uncle were boy scouts -around 13 years old I suppose-, they were trying to earn their hiking insignia.
One of the tasks they had to complete was to draw 5 constellations they had seen during their hike.
Now, Dutch summer weather can be every bit as agreeable as English weather. (That is to say, it can rain for weeks at an end.)
So they didn't get to see a single star during their hike, and they consulted the library. They drew the Big Dipper, the Small Dipper, Orion, Cygnus, and the Southern Cross.
Weirdly enough, they never received that specific insignia.
One of the tasks they had to complete was to draw 5 constellations they had seen during their hike.
Now, Dutch summer weather can be every bit as agreeable as English weather. (That is to say, it can rain for weeks at an end.)
So they didn't get to see a single star during their hike, and they consulted the library. They drew the Big Dipper, the Small Dipper, Orion, Cygnus, and the Southern Cross.
Weirdly enough, they never received that specific insignia.
The Southern Cross isn't visible that far north, and Orion isn't visible because it is in the daylight sky, with the sun.
Right after the ship's return in late May 1980, we were sent to the North Atlantic, north of the Arctic Circle in late October 1980. No sun at all, and the sky was always overcast, so no stars or Aurora visible either.
Were you on the Nimitz when it time traveled back to World War 2?
kidding, I watched The Final Countdown (1980) a few days ago.