shoot the breeze A Rant Thread named Desire

[TBoneTX 45,865]

On 5/19/2018 at 12:32 AM, TBoneTX said:

Rant, grrr we man:

 

Countertop guys install sink, agreed-to previously man.

They install it backwards, how stoopid can you be man.

Mrs. T-B. told them at the time, "You have that backwards," warning man.

"No we don't," they said man.

Then, when Ecu handyman showed up to install the disposal & faucets, he couldn't do anything, nada man.

On our way to the eatfest with Mama T-B., Mrs. T-B. was hotly arguing in Spanish with a countertop guy, argue she man.

First, he denied again that he installed the sink backwards, duh man.

Second, he couldn't understand Mrs. T-B.'s multiple explanations of the problem, duh man.

Many'rd, he said, "Oh, I'll try to come on Monday, and I'll be gone Tuesday through Friday," real winner man.

We've not recently seen Mrs. T-B. so angry after a phone call, no see she hot man.

She even suggested that We call his boss for action, sounds serious man.

 

What this means is that at least some days, if not a week or longer, will pass before we have a kitchen sink* man.

*"everything but the kitchen sink," coin a phrase we man

[TBoneTX 45,865]

Appliance Salvadoreño came Saturday, bonus appearance AS man.

With difficulty, he placed our super-duper exhaust hood, not electrically wired yet man.

We like him a lot, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

Mowed lawn at r-casa today, mow we man.

Despite r.e. agent's promise, door is STILL locked and no extra key has apparently been made, grrr man.

Mowing straight through took under Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2) minutes, easy man.

 

We used to dread mowing when we lived there, dread we man.

Now, we actually view it as a relief from our casa's much bigger lawn, perspective man.

 

Does anyone know how to kill poison ivy beyond using those worthless little squirt-bottles, huh man?

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

2 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Mowed lawn at r-casa today, mow we man.

Despite r.e. agent's promise, door is STILL locked and no extra key has apparently been made, grrr man.

Mowing straight through took under Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2) minutes, easy man.

 

We used to dread mowing when we lived there, dread we man.

Now, we actually view it as a relief from our casa's much bigger lawn, perspective man.

 

Does anyone know how to kill poison ivy beyond using those worthless little squirt-bottles, huh man?

Big pump action round up bottles?  That stuff will kill anything unless it has come in via the local farms and is round up resistant. 

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

I spray the life out of anything with leaves of 3. 

[TBoneTX 45,865]

40 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

Big pump action round up bottles?

RoundUp is good, but the pump bottles are still too puny for large infestations, such as on the back fence of the r-casa, sigh man.

40 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

I spray the life out of anything with leaves of Many. 

The clover must tremble when it sees you approach, si Nola-B. ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

We got a late start again on the Sat.-night laundry and will be up well past Many a.m., truncated zzz man.

We must act on the reality that one load must be warshered before the late TV news, realize we man.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

All these [disposable eatware] supplies should come in handy during Ecu in-laws' visit, if left up to us man.

Mrs. T-B. will be gone for 2 weeks in July at some training, gone she man.

We shall lustily utilize these supplies then, in-charge we man.

We shall also lustily consort with the rubias, golden (no pun intended) opportunity man.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

We were on our own for din-din on Sat., what to ingest we man.

We had a BOGO coupon for an under-Many00-calorie item at El Pollo Loco, www.elpolloloco.com man.

We got the "double-chicken* avocado** salad," try it we man.

 

  *Ontarklar to ignore, don't look D ma'am

**only one slice thereof, in name only man

 

Upon ordering, we ensured that it had no stand-alone or pico-de-gallo-contained cilantro, crucial man.

Except for the horrid-yet-necessary inclusion of lettuce and other Vegetables, it was quite good, ingest we man.

It was also quite filling, no urge to eat second one or snack afterwards man.

We shall use all remaining such coupons until they are gone or expired, seemingly a bargain man.

 

The free salad is in our fridge, bring to casa man.

Mrs. T-B. will probably notice it before we can get to it, and we will never see a trace of it again, sigh man.

 

Ironically, we are starving again just Many hours later, quoth the ravenous we man.

However, those things take a while to ingest, so we will not attack it, much munching man.

Our casa is again completely bereft of cheaps and other major food groups, sigh man.

We wish that Burger King were open, sigh man.

[Dianalorena 1,153]

2 months in, still waiting for an interview date. *shrugs* it is what it is in the land of Mexican immigration. 

I'm starting to lose hope that I'll get a July interview. 

 

two weeks to go before I come back to Cozumel, which certainly isn't terrible.

I'll spend the rest of the time there. 

I'm going to miss Mexico City and this apartment, but I certainly can't wait to start my life with my husband!

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,865]

21 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Appliance Salvadoreño

We apologize, ufff man -- he's an Appliance Hondureño, actually -- family from Tegucigalpa, capital city man.

12 hours ago, Dianalorena said:

two weeks to go before I come back to Cozumel, which certainly isn't terrible.

I'll spend the rest of the time there. 

I'm going to miss Mexico City and this apartment, but I certainly can't wait to start my life with my husband!

You are holding up remarkably well and will do fine, si D2 ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

AH & amigo mostly painted kitchen today, get high from aroma man.

Trouble was, we couldn't begin laundry till half-past Many (2+2) o'clock, known outcome man.

Of course, Mrs. T-B.'s stuff had to be bifurcated, 2 loads man.

Last load finishing baking only about now, half-hour till midnight man.

 

To complicate matters, cat is on lap, getting crumbs from cheaps in her fur, soiled miu man.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

This not-having-a-kitchen is getting very old, entering the Many'rd week of same man.

When queried as to progress, Mrs. T-B. reported this, see man:

-- AH & amigo to return Mon. to finish painting & install electric cooktop, industrious they men

-- Previous Salvadoreño will install kitchen faucet, plumbing proficiency he man

-- Should have kitchen back by Tues. with luck, Wed. realistically man.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

On the bright side, AH & amigo loaded massive garage-garbage into their truck and curbsided it at the r-casa, monthly bulk-trash pickup on Mon. man.

 

We also had a nearly hourlong gullywarsher that seems to have done away with the half-inch-thick white dust that we leaf-blew out of the garage today, everything covered with it man.

 

Laundry stopped but cat sound asleep on lap, Heaven Frowns on He Who Disturbs a Sleeping Cat man.

[TBoneTX 45,865]

Forgot to mention that we had emergency A/C repair done, forgot we man.

On Sat. night, Mini-B. noticed a leak from attic, drip drops man.

Mrs. T-B. investigated and found a leaky pipe, see she man.

 

Sun. morn, carpet beneath was a bit wetter, how dry we weren't man.

Mrs. T-B. found & called a Many/Many (2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2/2x2x2-1) A/C repair place, call she man.

 

Guy came out in under 2 hours, responsive he man.

Diagnosed a leaky pipe, confirm leak man.

Fixed pipe, fix he man.

Charge was a surprisingly low $Many, amazed we & Mrs. T-B. man.