The Vent - Part Trois

[Krikit 1,164]

take a laptop and be on vj...

I wish. MIL has a ####### computer with ####### dial-up service.

Where is the thread about the grouchy lady getting canned???

Oh. It's here in Sam and Ben's timeline.... down at the bottom where it says "Consulate Review".

[chadlaure 2]

Vent today: running noze!

EEEFFFF!!!!!! It's rainy and wet and im getting sick-ish. EEEFFFF!

[ScooterMac 2]

My vent of the day:

Moved into our apartment on Saturday - we knew everything wasn't done, but we wanted to start living in "our" own place together now that Spoom is officially in the states. When I last spoke with my grandfather (who is our landlord), my understanding was that the plumber would be out TWO (2) weeks ago to fix the leak/clog in the kitchen sink, and fix the leak in the bathroom. It was also my understanding that their furniture would be moved downstairs so we had room for ours.

So, fast forward to 9pm Saturday night, when we're trying to move stuff in -

Kitchen sink - clogged. Leaks if the water is turned on.

Bathroom - sink leaking from under the vanity, shower not installed.

Spoom's office - filled with furniture that's not ours.

Entryway - Handrail for the stairs (they're steep stairs, too) and coat hooks are missing.

ARGH. We've got the shower hooked up now, and some of the furniture moved around, but we were both about stressed to our wit's end on Saturday night. And someone needs to kick that plumber.

[Krikit 1,164]

Ugh. Those vents suck.

(The things you are venting about, that is. Not saying your vents suck. )

[ScooterMac 2]

The only upside to ours is that Spoom and I get to work on these projects together. I'll have to post some of the "before" and "after" pictures of our apartment - it's a pretty drastic change in some cases!

The apartment's about 1300sq ft of hasn't-been-painted-since-'78. The last people to paint it were my parents, when they were newlyweds (why, why, WHY would you paint your kitchen cabinets antique green?!). Spoom, me, and my family have been working on painting the apartment and fixing it up since August or so. If I never see another paintbrush again, I'll be ecstatic.

[Krikit 1,164]

Oooooh. Can't wait to see the pics! I love before and afters.

[Peachey 10]

My vent:

I have to work today. and it sucks.

Thanks

Peachey

[Colleens 40]

My vent:

I have to work today. and it sucks.

Thanks

Peachey

I hear you.....I am in my last week (as I am being laid off on Thursday) so I can't seem to get motivated to do anything. On Thursday (after the layoff) we are having a charity Management vs peons hockey game, and since I will be playing. I think there will be a lot of frustration taken out on the management...lol

[MrsCat 6]

My vent:

I have to work today. and it sucks.

Thanks

Peachey

I hear you.....I am in my last week (as I am being laid off on Thursday) so I can't seem to get motivated to do anything. On Thursday (after the layoff) we are having a charity Management vs peons hockey game, and since I will be playing. I think there will be a lot of frustration taken out on the management...lol

Wow, whoever planned that either planned really well or really poorly.

[Flames9_RN 358]

My vent:

I have to work today. and it sucks.

Thanks

Peachey

I hear you.....I am in my last week (as I am being laid off on Thursday) so I can't seem to get motivated to do anything. On Thursday (after the layoff) we are having a charity Management vs peons hockey game, and since I will be playing. I think there will be a lot of frustration taken out on the management...lol

Wow, whoever planned that either planned really well or really poorly.

lol, ya, they planned that poorly--well maybe not for you, as you can take out ur frustrations!! Go for the Gordie Howe hat trick! goal, assist and a fighting major,lol

Edited November 23, 2009 by Flames9_RN

[The_Dude 1,142]

Got back from a nice camping trip this weekend. The trip was tempered with the recent news that my aunt will once again ruin thanksgiving. She makes these grand plans to host thanksgiving at her house and she always plans to cook a huge feast. But in the end, they are just plans. She will at the last possible moment panic, and order a thanksgiving meal package from the local market and beg my mom to have thanksgiving at her house. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and the ordered thanksgiving package is like having fast food.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Mini vent:

After a forty minute call to my ISP last night, I was able to get my internet and digital phone up and running...

For an hour.

I've fiddled and futzed with it since then, but to no avail...which means I'll likely have to call them again and start from scratch. Sigh.

Well, it could be worse. My parents have a fairly modern computer with DSL connection too.

[Malrothien 6]

Shaw sucks, Wyatt. They're a joke ISP.

[Varba 0]

Ah, so you celebrated your three-month anniversary of no scheduled interview with a bottle of wine, eh? So if it happens to go another month, will you resort to whiskey? Absinthe? Arsenic?

Morning, everyone. I am in a post red-wine haze today and am battling it with boatloads and boatloads of coffee! How'ma doing?

Absinthe is fantastic btw.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Shaw sucks, Wyatt. They're a joke ISP.

I'm not with Shaw. I've been with Uniserve since I first started on the internet in 1996... It's funny, they used to have their office based out of a small converted house in Aldergrove. Now they're big and corporate. Whenever they ask for my customer number and I give it to them, they always get confused because it's such a low number, since I was among the earliest subscribers to their ISP. I remember thinking my "new 28.8 modem" was so much faster than the more common 14.4 ones at the time.

Uniserve has always been good to me. I pay $67 per month for internet and unlimited long distance calling...I pay NO long distance charges whatsoever, which is spectacular when you have a wife in America.