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Post by tod2 on Jun 23, 2024 11:00:13 GMT
It sounds too friendly and very unprofessional. These over-the-top greeters take us by surprise and I would be interested to know what reaction a French lady would have as the French are most formal when meeting a stranger.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 23, 2024 12:30:37 GMT
Good grief lugg...I might have punched him.....
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Post by Kimby on Jun 25, 2024 22:31:48 GMT
Grrr.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 25, 2024 22:55:23 GMT
You'll have fun going through the vacuum cleaner bag.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 26, 2024 14:13:45 GMT
Good grief...you could make replacements tho....bit of cardboard, paint and scissors...
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Post by Kimby on Jun 26, 2024 18:54:04 GMT
It was a free puzzle from the library’s puzzle swap shelf. I think it came to me lacking those 3 pieces.
Still, it was so challenging, and so pretty, that I’d probably have done it anyway knowing it was missing pieces.
However, Mr. Kimby did help me move the heavy coffee table so I could be SURE they weren’t hiding under there. And I did vacuum while the table was moved. (No crunchy sounds.)
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 26, 2024 19:50:52 GMT
This may be a stretch for the rest of you, but it's the first thing I thought of when I saw Kimby's trauma in reply #6272 ~~ In the movie "The Cincinnati Kid", the character played by Ann-Margret cheats at jigsaw puzzles. [quote:][Shooter's wife Melba is altering a jigsaw puzzle piece with a nail file] Shooter : Melba, why do you do that? Melba : So it'll fit, stupid. Shooter : No, I'm not talking about that. What I'm asking is... do you, uh, have to cheat at everything? Melba : At everything? Shooter : Yes. At... solitaire. I've yet to see you play one game of solitaire without cheating. Melba : So what? Shooter : Look, you're just cheating yourself, don't you understand? You'll be the loser, no one else but yourself!... You've ruined the puzzle, now, that doesn't go in there. [She forces the altered piece into place] Melba : Does now. [end quote]Further blather ~ I saw this movie twice in the same week when it first came out. During the second screening was the first time in my life I got called a bitch (it's happened again since then). Go here to see stills from the movie, specifically #27, which is Ann-Margret doing the puzzle.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 27, 2024 14:53:19 GMT
Speaking of pieces. Our Subaru has had a rattle that is worsening. Mr. Kimby took off the left front wheel and this fell out onto the garage floor!
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 27, 2024 15:04:23 GMT
What? A rattle?
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Post by Kimby on Jun 27, 2024 15:41:14 GMT
Ha ha, slow internet. Photo won’t upload.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 27, 2024 15:42:18 GMT
(Switched to phone hotspot) Any guesses? Judging by the amount of rust on the break, this came off a long time ago and has been riding around under the car for years.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 27, 2024 15:59:32 GMT
The thing that removes wheel nuts?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 27, 2024 17:52:16 GMT
What is it? Is it important?...worry worry....
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Post by onlyMark on Jun 27, 2024 18:33:40 GMT
Is it solid or hollow? if it's solid it could be the end of a coil spring. If hollow it could be part of a 'stay' like part of a bracket securing something. Or it could be nothing to do with the car at all but something flicked up off the road by the tyre running over it. Difficult to tell from the photo but nothing obvious springs to mind. The left end is a clean cut as it was designed to be that way that's why I think it looks like the end of something.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 28, 2024 21:19:39 GMT
Mark wins! It’s the end of the coil spring, which continues to function without its last 6”. It evidently broke off years ago. We’ve had a rattle but it got much louder recently, so Mr. Kimby suspects that it got repositioned when we hit a bump, after riding in the tray below the spring for years.
Debating whether to replace it - and its mate on the other side, and whether to replace the struts at the same time. Added to the timing belt and water pump replacement we already have scheduled, July will be a pretty expensive month for our Subaru. But it’s 15 years old with less than 100K miles on it, so we’ll bite the bullet. The new ones all have gigantic distracting screens in the dashboard and no knobs for AC, heat, radio, etc. Backup camera is useful, and maybe GPS (though our phone does that for us), but all the rest of it sucks. IMHO.
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Post by onlyMark on Jun 29, 2024 6:31:47 GMT
"Mark wins!" - seen it before. Mechanical stuff I know well enough. Electronical stuff I've no idea. Many States in the US don't require an annual/biannual mechanical check so I presume yours doesn't otherwise that would have been picked up.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 1, 2024 18:00:58 GMT
Belgium losing against France : is it considered a personal trauma ?
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 1, 2024 18:08:26 GMT
Probably. Belgium has been needing a football victory against France for a number of years. But you will have to wait.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 1, 2024 21:20:37 GMT
At the moment, I believe my personal trauma is worse than anyone elses. If you all remember, I moved into this house in March of 2023. There has been one problem after another with it, but since I had a two year lease I just put up with it & have even done a lovely job of decorating, if I do say so. Well, it's one thing to tolerate the world's stupidest kitchen and a whole other thing to go into the master bedroom and see that the practically brand new guest bed is wet from where the ceiling is leaking and that seams are opening up and leaking all over that ceiling. This morning I was greeted by the sight of even worse leaking, which now extends into the master bathroom. Before even getting dressed I had to start hauling things out of there before any more of them got wet. Backing up a bit -- when the first round of leaking happened, I managed to talk the landlady into breaking the lease. I had eight months left, but now only four. Because of so badly wanting to get the hell out of this damned place & not wanting hassle, I let the greedy bimbo get the better of me. Usually, when one has leeway before moving, that time can be used for unhurried packing. I can do that, but am stymied by the fact that my preference would be to store packed boxes, etc. in the master bedroom, but of course can't do that because of the leaks. The house has two bedrooms and a nursery/sewing room, which is where I sleep. The obvious thing would be to put the packed boxes in the second bedroom -- the one I don't keep things in because it's full of wood-chewing grubs. That is my tale of woe.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 2, 2024 4:03:05 GMT
Yikes. That's a bit worse than petty!
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Post by bjd on Jul 2, 2024 4:55:06 GMT
Not petty, indeed. Will it be easy for you to find another place to live?
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 2, 2024 5:27:01 GMT
I would have preferred Belgium to win over France any time. I was rooting for Slovenia and relished every cock up Ronaldo made. I hope it stops raining soon for Bixa.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 2, 2024 6:16:24 GMT
Thanks, guys. Sympathy helps as this point. Bjd, I'm already looking. This move meshes with my desire to move to nearby Xalapa, which is much bigger & livelier. It's a pretty city with many parks & much culture.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 2, 2024 7:19:49 GMT
Oh Bixa, I'm so sorry you've had all this hassle. I hope that you find somewhere absolutely perfect with a nice landlord...this place sounds like far too much stress.
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Post by htmb on Jul 2, 2024 13:00:09 GMT
Sounds like a real pain, Bixa! And moving can be such a chore.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 2, 2024 18:25:47 GMT
Hope you sort it out Bixa Not being in a nice house is something but being in a dilapidated one is horrible.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 2, 2024 18:35:12 GMT
I'm not the only person thinking about the gardening problems, but you are lucky to have always grown just about everything in pots.
But as someone who has not moved in more than 30 years, of course the thought of "all that other stuff" in your dwelling preys on my mind.
On the positive side, you already know where you want to go. That's great.
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Post by bjd on Jul 2, 2024 19:06:11 GMT
Well, Bixa did move a year ago so must have done a little sorting beforehand.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 2, 2024 20:37:25 GMT
I appreciate all of you cheering me on!
This morning the landlady came over with her workman & this other jackass that I've dealt with before who is supposed to fix the tall windows over the staircase which have leaked ever since I moved in. I told them that the windows can wait until I'm gone, as I don't want to live in a construction site. Further, the landlady can get her ass over here & sit around, as I -- the person who is paying full price for rooms she cannot use -- do not intend to build my life around their schedule.
After that a friend came over & agreed to help me move the other extra mattress into the bug room, since that room doesn't leak. It has one of those textured ceilings & I have repeatedly checked it for leaks. Well, as we move the mattress in there, first one of us and then the other feel drops. Dammit! Yes, the ceiling is leaking and yes, some things have already gotten wet. The leaks are invisible, too, without the dirty-looking seams that show where they are in the other room. This shit is really starting to do me in.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 2, 2024 20:44:54 GMT
I’m not surprised. This is no fun at all.
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