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Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Sep 25, 2016 7:19:08 am PDT #28180 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, sarameg, that bites.

Maybe I will drop in for a flu shot while I am out and about. They'll be available at work, but not for a couple of weeks. There's no benefit to getting two, I assume.


Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2016 7:20:05 am PDT #28181 of 30003
brillig

For the second year in a row, I need to replace my windshield because the bosses thought putting a sand volleyball pit next to the parking lots was a great idea. Seems no one realized that a mountainside gets high winds during big storms, and high winds pick up sand and blasts it through said parking lots. I had to scrape off a layer a mud after last week's big storm, and I didn't realize how pitted my windshield was because it was two days before the clouds cleared enough for the sun to hit my windshield at the right angle. So until Thursday, when I can get in to replace it, I'll be avoiding driving into the sun at sunset and sunrise. (The cost is below my insurance deductible.)

I have sent an email to my department manager. I didn't say I wanted compensation--I'm hoping they'll realize it's the right thing to do--but I did say the pit was a hazard.


-t - Sep 25, 2016 7:27:25 am PDT #28182 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yikes, I don't like you driving for so long with that kind of a hazard! Be careful.

And maybe a car cover would be a good idea? Or some kind of car blindfold thing to cover the windshield while you're at work. Tarp and a bungee cord, tuck it into the doors, that might work.


sarameg - Sep 25, 2016 7:50:27 am PDT #28183 of 30003

A moving blanket might work. I know some of mine are just the right size for a windshield.

Hit the point where I blow my nose and both my ear and tear ducts on that side gurgle. It's rather disgusting.


Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2016 8:14:06 am PDT #28184 of 30003
brillig

Or some kind of car blindfold thing to cover the windshield while you're at work.

I think I'm going to have to, if I can figure out one that won't get ripped off by winds. Or park with the back of my car into the wind and sacrifice the back window.


Jesse - Sep 25, 2016 8:24:32 am PDT #28185 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes, what a PITA.

Have walked for Alzheimer's and had lunch with my aunt and uncle. Am now full and sleepy. So maybe an hour or so on the couch before I do some cleaning and grocery shopping.


sarameg - Sep 25, 2016 8:28:15 am PDT #28186 of 30003

Sew bungee cords to the cover that can be looped around the side mirrors? Of course, you'd have to get the tension just right so the top didn't just get pulled down.


-t - Sep 25, 2016 9:00:46 am PDT #28187 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

If you got a $5 tarp with grommets and adjustable bungee cords, similar price range, that side mirror option might be pretty easy. Depending on your side mirrors. I was picturing putting iit on with the doors open and hooking the bungee cords together inside the car, and closing the doors onto the cords. That should stay put.


-t - Sep 25, 2016 9:20:27 am PDT #28188 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I should be mowing my lawn before it gets too hot, Instead, I am trying to write down the qi gong I have learned so far as I am starting to get mixed up in my practice. There is just so much Soaring Crane, I haven't got it straight in my mind yet.


Zenkitty - Sep 25, 2016 10:03:04 am PDT #28189 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

AAA truck didn't have the right battery, so he gave me a jumpstart (while telling me the story of his life) and I drove to AutoZone, where they installed the battery for me in the parking lot. Then off to the grocery, and back home to clean up cat barf and finally get myself some food.