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Archive through October 22, 2007

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Oct. 2007 ~ Dec. 2007: Free Expressions: The return of The Return of the Gripe Thread: Archive through October 22, 2007 users admin

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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
that sounds fun!!!! you should go! sounds so fun it almost makes me want to shut off our water valve! heee but we dont have a SIL to take Dylan overnite :-(

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
yay for date night!!

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
Okay, another grip...about work

If somebody who works at whereever you shop walks by you asking if everything is alright. Of course, you say yes. And then I walk away...you put a shirt down...that doesn't belong there. and walk away. Okay, just hand it to me next time...come on. If I can walk across the store to put it back, so can you...especially if you have people standing in line for you.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Nice to at least be able to reframe this mess as date night!!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
*whistles and looks anywhere but AT Beckie*

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
I don't mind like a shirt here or there...but tons of women who came in today who like picked up shirts and went to the back...tried them all...and took one shirt, like out of six...come on...at least, hand them to someone...especially if someone asks if everything is okay

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
That's why I could never work in retail Beckie. I'd throw the shirts back at them. *L*

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
Only reason I work retail is because it is tens time better than food service and it is really hard to have a good job and be a college student...and you can only get a really good job, full time - that doesn't work when you go to school full time...

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
YAAA War for date night! Too bad about the water but what a great excuse to get away for the night!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 9:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
War honey, I hope you packed your slinkiest, sexiest hotsy-totsy Pamy-approved jammies to INSPIRE your dh so he'll get a second wind after working such a hellacious day... and knowing what's in store for him back home tomorrow with that stooopid water pipe.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
<----Always takes clothes back to the rack/shelf. Mostly cuz I'm ending up going back ot the same place looking for different sizes of the same thing and why not put them back if I'm there?

I packed a special bag to take last night. We had dinner at a little italian place around the corner from the hotel and a couple drinks at the club (which has mellowed a whole lot since my clubbing days, lol!) It was fun all things considered.

We got home a couple hours ago and Darren started digging. We were worried for a bit, he started the hole where the water was coming out from, but the break was further back. His buddy pulled up just as Darren was reaching the driveway and we were worried for a few that they would have to dig under the driveway. Luckily the break is right before that spot. And even better it is a fairly easy one to fix. They decided to cut the pipe and replace a whole section (about 4-5 inches) and not just the one small spot but think they should be done in about an hour or pretty close to it. It's not the actual main to the house, but a pipe that connects to it and then splits off for the water in the backyard.

Their biggest complaint at this point is that it's cold and windy outside and where they are digging is all mud, freezing, slushy mud. My biggest complaint, Darren didn't bother to change into work clothes before he started digging and is wearing his freaking new jeans!

Kstme
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08-14-2000

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kstme a private message Print Post    
LOL, War, that's a MAN THING! I am so glad you two went last night and had a good time! :-) :-)

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
It's beginning to look like a happy ending all around. Just break out the heavy duty detergent and in no time all will be a pleasant memory.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
So glad y'all had a GOOD TIME last night... you BOTH deserved it. :-) Heck Christmas is coming, buy him new jeans and be glad of the fixed pipe. Giggle. Kstme's right, it is SUCH a guy thing.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, I'm not so sure about that. My bil, his brothers, cousins and most of our friends work in construction and they all have work/non work clothes. They'd never do a project like this in non work clothes!

I spoke way to soon earlier. Darren and his buddy (and buddy's 3 year old who tagged along to watch his daddy work) went to the hardware store and picked up the parts they needed. They cut off the pipe and replaced it, then stood back to chat while the quick drying glue stuff dried. I brought the little one in and introduced him to Caleb's room and then set down on the floor to fold a load of laundry.

About 20 minutes later Darren starts hollering, I hop up and run out. The first break was in the grass between the street and the driveway. The second one, which they discovered after the glue on their fixed pipe dried and they turned the water on was right up by the front door in my flower bed that I gave up a few years ago (we've got some plumbing pipe there and every single year I plant something in that spot, the plumbing screws up and they dig up the flowers.)

They stood there gripping and cursing. Oh, did I mention that we told bil not to come cuz it was an easy fix, Darren and his buddy could do it? Darren says call bil, tell him we need help. Bil said be there in half an hour. Darren and his buddy start digging. Tell me oh, no problem! This pipe goes nowhere (apparently it's the other end of the same pipe that broke earlier, that pipe breaks off out near the street, one part going to the backyard the other up to the flower bed though it had been capped off or something.) Call bil tell him never mind. They cut off part of the pipe, cap it, and let the glue dry. Turn the water back on and the pipe near the door breaks just before the spot they just fixed. More cursing and gripping and call bil and tell him to come. They dig some more and decide what they'll do is cap it further back or something, call bil and tell him not to come.

While later when all the glue had dried, they turned the water back on and the damn pipe broke up near where the first break was! After a quick conversation they decide it's the whole pipe, it was put in at some point before we moved here so we really have no idea how old/brittle/whatever it is, plus this part of the pipe goes nowhere being capped at the other end it's useless anyways. They decided to cut the whole pipe off and cap it several inches in front of the original break and just disconnect the useless thing.

Darren's buddy left (he had put off going out of town with his family for a while to help so he had to go) and Darren let it sit for several hours and then went out and turned the water on while both of us held our breath. I know at that point I was pretty much expecting to see water shooting out of the neighbors yard or something, lol. Thankfully, there was not a single problem. The capped off pipe held just fine and there were no more leaks anywhere else.

Poor Darren was so frustrated with the whole mess. I really am glad we got a chance to go out last night and have some fun. He's had such a hard couple weeks at work and next week is looking to be as nutty along with starting school all he really wanted to do today was hang around the house catching up on Heroes and vegging.

Ducky
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08-27-2000

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ducky a private message Print Post    
Well lets hope this has fixed your pipe problems and that there are no more leaks. Glad you were both able to take off and get away last night.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 5:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
War, be glad that Darren and friend were able to fix it. I'd have had to call a plumber, be without water until who knows when and then pay out the wazoo ...

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 6:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Glad the water dilemma is now behind you, War, but what a weekend, eh? Hope this week will be much calmer.
As Lady said, be glad for a plumbing-handy Darren & Co.; plumbers are an expensive breed.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
I have had an ear infection that will not go away for 10 days now. I have done nothing for it really because there is nothing that can be done. I think it's viral. I had one during the summer and I took three course of antibiotics at it still took six weeks to go away. I have a lot that I need to do in my real life and this is a major hindrance. Just griping.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Nyheat, I wouldn't be able to stand just living with it. I would have to be trying to get some sort of cure. I just got over a two week cold, and the plugged ears drove me crazy.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Nyheat, I am just now recovering from double ear infections that began on Sept 24th. Went through boxes and boxes of Tylenol cold & sinus, Mucinex, Afrin nasal spray, and a round of antibiotics. I returned to the doctor last week telling him that my ears were still driving me crazy. I told him I was ready to shove a screwdriver through both of them just to relieve the pressure!

He told me that the infection was gone, but everything was still so swollen that the fluids just couldn't get out. He gave me a couple sample bottles of Rhinocort nasal spray last week and it is the only thing that gives me any relief. He told me it might be another month before the fluids reabsorb... I had ruptured my right eardrum years ago and that is the most irritated one, but even that one is finally improving! Check that stuff out, it's pretty good!

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Huk'd! I totally hear you about wanting to shove a screwdriver in there. I think I am at a similar stage where the infection is almost gone but the swelling is lingering on and on.

I had the infection in the left ear this summer. This time it was in left ear for about a day and then moved to right, where it has set up shop. It's positively medieval.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
It could be fungal if antibiotics don't help, in which case, they can vacuum out your ear to get the fungus out, and then give you anti-fungal drops for your ear.

Yes, that happened to me several years ago. Ended up in the emergency room from the pain at one point, at which my PPO doctor gave me a referral to the ENT, who vacuumed out my ear. Been infection free ever since.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Thanks Prisoner. There are a couple of theories floating around in my stuffed-up head. One is that it stems from an infected tooth, the other is that these ear infections seem to have increased as I take more baths. Guess I need to take some preventative measures in the future!