The heater died sometime Thursday, and none of the small fixes suggested to me worked, so we had to have a repair guy come in and fix it. His company forgot to call before he came over, so I had to rescue him from CJ. Turned out a part in the heater had called it a career, fortunately he was able to fix it and we finally got heat back ( Read more... )

Snarl Growl Snarl Growl…my sister-in-law took my mother to a seniors expo yesterday - I didn’t know about it and neither of them saw fit to mention it to me. Anyway, every single suggestion I’ve made to my mother in the last couple years regarding transportation, socialization, senior centers and activities, etc? That she refused to even consider? ( Read more... )

It snowed all morning, to include during morning rush hour, when the precip turned into freezing rain. The roads were unplowed/salted. The roads were icy and unpredictable. What did people do?

Drive 80mph.

Idiots. Fucking idiots.

And oh yeah - TURN ON YOUR FUCKING LIGHTS!

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You know, I can understand it if a supplier stops supplying, or an item otherwise becomes indefinitely unavailable. What I don't understand is how, if you know enough to cancel the order and credit the buyer's account for the item, THAT YOU CAN'T SEND THEM A FREAKIN' E-MAIL SAYING SO. Really, would a 'this item is no longer available, your account ( Read more... )

No, not me. The Baltimore Sun, of course. They fired 1/3 of the editorial staff last week, leaving not so many people to notice screamingly bad typos ( Read more... )