Annoyances (con't)

[Wilfrid]

On 8/10/2024 at 2:26 PM, splinky said:

banking on your kid to take care of you in your golden years is really a total crap shoot.

My own position: if I become infirm or incapable, a huge support network will kick in. This is not just because I have a daughter, but because of who she is and who her grandmother is. She’s half Dominican and has countless relatives and friends in the five boros. Countless.

And she’s the granddaughter of Felipa Gomez*, which means her father becomes important.

I am not sure how I feel about this, but once I am infirm and incapable I might be grateful.

*Not the long dead Puerto Rican actress, la politica Dominicana.

 

[StephanieL]

I still don't know how I managed that first year in NYC without an AC, especially when the temps hit triple digits.  And because the apartment was just above street level, in the front of the building, we couldn't really keep the windows open when we weren't home or when we were sleeping (no screens on the windows either).

[small h]

  

49 minutes ago, Wilfrid said:

Of course. I am just griping that I got mine installed around the end of the last heatwave which means I could have waited for next year.

Ah, okay. Well, I'm sure it'll get hot again.

Edited August 22, 2024 by small h

[Wilfrid]

55 minutes ago, StephanieL said:

I still don't know how I managed that first year in NYC without an AC, especially when the temps hit triple digits.  And because the apartment was just above street level, in the front of the building, we couldn't really keep the windows open when we weren't home or when we were sleeping (no screens on the windows either).

I’m on second floor, my apartment for the most part is really well shaded and has great air flow with the windows open. So last two summers no AC, just a few days when it was uncomfortable.

Those three heatwaves we had earlier this year changed my mind. But can we now please have another one? 🥲

 

 

 

[bloviatrix]

On 8/19/2024 at 3:43 PM, bloviatrix said:

Kid came home from camp as did all the bags. My living room looks like a hurricane blew through And everything has to be taken care of before we leave on Wednesday.

In addition to all the crap, the kid got me sick - while we were away!! Pink eye, congestion, and a deep chesty cough that sounds ghastly. Ain't parenting fun?

[StephanieL]

Shlep into the city, get to the office, find out that an area power outage had started 5 minutes before with no end time given by PG&E, shlep back to the burbs, and get a text that power had been restored 10 minutes before I got home.

It wouldn't have bothered me so much if I hadn't already paid for the train and parking.

[voyager]

On 8/27/2024 at 7:25 PM, bloviatrix said:

In addition to all the crap, the kid got me sick - while we were away!! Pink eye, congestion, and a deep chesty cough that sounds ghastly. Ain't parenting fun?

Are you aware of covid pink eye with the more recent strain?

[bloviatrix]

@voyager - I was not aware of covid pink eye. Fortunately, it was just a classic cold where the virus settled partially in my eye. (something that never happened before I became a parent)

[Wilfrid]

Who came to the stage to accept the MC5’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Curious as the band is all dead.

[MitchW]

6 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Who came to the stage to accept the MC5’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Curious as the band is all dead.

Tom Morello.

 

[Wilfrid]

Wikipedia suggests he knew Kramer quite well.

[maison rustique]

There have been water demons in this house from Day 1. I've lost track of the number of serious leaks we've had.

 

Have a plumber scheduled for today--badly leaking toilet in the entry bathroom. The mechanisms have been replaced in it so many times and nothing seems to last more than a few months. The whole darned things may need to be replaced. So be it. I'd rather not be making a big investment since I want to be out of this place soon, but I can't be battling water all the damned time.

[splinky]

i just remembered that i stopped spatchcocking turkeys when i stopped having ginormous double sinks. sigh. time to build a Dexter style murder room around my single sink. 

[Wilfrid]

I butchered a very bloody hare in a shared kitchen once. Looked like a crime scene. 

[Wilfrid]

Not severely annoying, but today felt like a very New York day. Had a bank appointment on 125th. Walked there from 135th (and four cross town blocks) because the C gave up. Streets crazy with people doing last minute shopping. Meeting took 90 mins because the banker had a newbie in training learning from him. By the time I was done it was too late for the library but I didn’t grasp that until I was halfway to the 6 train. Turned back and schlepped to the ABCD stop: all closed down thanks to a water main break. Plodded on until I reached the 1 which, surprise, was hellishly crowded.

Got home to find a massive package, a duplicate of something I had received last week, second one not needed.

Looks like rain all day tomorrow but I will be cooking so that’s fine by me.

[StephanieL]

Whenever our regular letter carrier goes on vacation, the service goes to hell.  This week, we got no mail for 3 days (not consecutive days), and today for some reason the mail was left on the porch.

[Wilfrid]

Santacon tomorrow.

[MitchW]

10 minutes ago, Wilfrid said:

Santacon tomorrow.

Stay home, and lock the kids inside.

[Wilfrid]

My 24 year old hates when I lock her up.

[small h]

She'll appreciate it this time.

[Wilfrid]

I did good. Saw a small crowd of the badly dressed drunks at the top of 3rd Avenue headed for the subway, otherwise avoided it. I don't know if there is a law stopping it crossing 110th Street, but it doesn't (yes, there's a song there).

[relbbaddoof]

16 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

the badly dressed drunks

I hate it too when drunks don't dress well.

[Wilfrid]

Right, William Powell is unimpeachable.

[StephanieL]

Our next-door neighbors cut down their lemon tree.  It's only an annoyance because we were used to the free lemons from the branches which overhung into our yard.

[bloviatrix]

Just general peevishness. My phone won't stop ringing and I have a shit ton of logistics to deal with. Plus I need to finish unpacking after the weekend away and there's an obscene amount of laundry (which the spouse will handle, but still).

I need a nap.