The I Miss the Old Days Complaint Thread
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...the cars in the other lane" situation was a major issue in the Hawthorne distinct of Portland I frequent (inner Southeast side of the city). Originally Hawthorne Blvd. (the main stret there) had four lanes (2 each way) and while traffic in one of the lanes would stop you couldn't be guaranteed vehicles in the next one over would, even though that was the law here as well (you'd think if someone in the other lane saw a bunch of cars stopped they'd get a clue, right...?).
Well the city actually did something right and changed the lane structure to one each way with a middle left "turn lane" (previously left turned off of Hawthorne BLVD were prohibited for about 10 block stretch). The city also installed "islands" at the middle at mid block crosswalks so pedestrians didn't have to stand in the roadway waiting for traffic in the opposite lane to stop. it also cause traffic to slow down in the main shopping strip which was a nice side benefit. A couple a bit lower on the avenue towards downtown actually have pedestian activated signals which firs flashes orange and then turns red. to stop traffic in both directions.
Oh I still get vehicles going by when I clearly am trying to cross but the number of them has significantly gone down (in the past there were times I'd run out of fingers on my hands counting the cars that went right through without stopping, now it's maybe two at most).
So, sometimes these improvements actually do work.
Don't stop at several months. May you go on bitching forever.
Complaint: I have a few big rules about surviving old age. Rule Number 1: "Don't rush." Rule number 2: "Don't try to multi-task".
Last night I'd chopped up a big skillet of some potatoes and ham and onions and and a third of a jalapeno pepper, and fried them for breakfast, mmmmm greasy, krispy, savory, spicy.
I make a big batch and portion them out in freezable servings, then put a couple in the refrigerator and freeze the remainder. This morning I grabbed one of the prepared servings from the refrigerator, popped it into the microwave for a minute, took it out and set it on the kitchen counter next to the sink while I gathered my V8-Juice, banana & coffee to take to my breakfast table (my computer desk). I hurridly grabbed a couple things with one hand(rule #1) and started to take them to my seat, but decided to grab the potato dish with the other hand(rule #2). It slipped out of my fingers and flung its contents into the dishwater. 
The remaining bowl was treated with more wisdom and was eaten with gusto while reviewing my old age survival rules.
I made pumpkin soup and didn't bother removing the skin
put curry powder in mine anyway so just darker after stabbing it with the handheld blender after simmering
tastes the same
lots of onion, garlic and pepper too (with chicken stock powder) I just adlibbed it all no recipe
When I walk I multitask. While I walk, I walk but also keep an eye around my surroundings. I also breathe to the best of my ability. Basically I let my necessary organs do their job so I can keep walking. Sometimes I bring water, but I stop walking usually to drink the water.
...with the high percentage of impatient mouth-breathing motorists and "devil may care" cyclists/scooter riders where I live, multitasking while walking is very ill advised.
Particularly if you are older with creaky joints and bone gnomes which make you far less agile than when you were younger.
Good idea. I think I'll design an atomic powered device to go in my casket and randomly yell out "I told you that doctor sucked!" for years and years.
In my peer group, we have a saying, "This can go no good place".
It is used at times such as 1) Using the rolling office chair as a stepstool, 2) Carrying that one extra thing you don't have enough digits or limbs to grasp, 3) Using implements for tasks they were not designed for, 4) "Redneck" repairs, 5) Anything that involves the combination of gasoline and imbibing, 6) Using the rickety ladder that should have been scrapped years ago, 7) Various other things one knows from experience not to do but does anyway.
The last time I did 6), I was left hanging from the garage joist as the ladder collapsed with me on it. Fortunately, my brain was working fast enough that day that I had the wherewithal to actually grab the joist. I had to make my way across the garage "monkey bar" style to find a clear spot to drop down so I didn't fall into something and A) break my leg, B) break whatever I fell on, or C) break both. Before I went up the ladder I thought, "This can go no good place". I'm getting too old for my own nonsense.
I'm not a girl. I can't be one at 40?
I am an old girl
Golden Girl no that's Olden girl
I'm a Nylon girl. Lots and lots of Nylon... girl.
Tis the day of Odin (Woden).
Non-Complaint: Yay, another mini-adventure uptown. Took, the local area ancient persons transport bus to the eye doctor in the local city this morning. He says my boogered eyeball is doing well and the bubble is very small now, almost gone (I could have told him that.
). Yay! No infections, no further detachment of the retina. HOWEVER, all this close examination of my eyeball innards has revealed that it's time for a laser treatment to vanquish protein deposits on the back side of the lens capsule(common a few years after cataract surgery). I postponed it until Spring because I'm still recovering from the bills for the retina retachment surgery.
After the eye doctor, I took an Uber half-way home to a Tim Hortons where I had breakfast & picked up some donuty snacks. A short toddle to the CVS drugstore in that area, and a peek into a branch of my bank for some pocket cash, and then an Uber home. Nice short mini-adventure.
'Nother non-complaint: And the weather here has been just spiffy! Partly cloudy, 70s during the day, 60s during the night, rain when needed, crops are all healthy, humidity is not opressive or even uncomfortable. Other parts of the country/world, EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT
But check back with me in a week or so, things could go bad quickly.
Has been the same here for all of July and no change in sight.
Complaint: ER Doc got it wrong, of course. My symptoms are because of a Slow heart rate. My heart rate rest in the mid to upper 40s. It should be 60 beats or more.
apparently thrillseekers and psycopaths often have a slow resting heart rate
that's why they crave excitement
I am only suggesting you could be a thrillseeker
It should be easy to pass a lie detector.
This huge tree branch broke off and fell to the ground in our front yard. It didn't even break during the storms. But on a sunny day with nothing but the 100 degree F heat. With the smaller branches I usually just drag them (even the ones bigger than me) into this huge pile I'm making in the back yard. But this one is just... just... huge. Forget it. I'm leaving it there.
I want to upload a picture of Thor as it is Thor's day (Thursday) but the forums won't let me. Please pretend there is a picture of Thor here.
Looks like a cat to me.
You can do it between 6PM and midnight Daztime.
Am I the only one who's annoyed that September, October, November, and December are the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th months, even though their names literally mean 7th month, 8th month, 9th month, and 10th month respectively?
Before January and February were added to the Calendar of Romulus, they were the 7th to 10th months.
Never really thought abou it. Hmmm.
They probably should have added January anf February to the end instead of the beginning.
it annoyed me as a kid until I realized people ignored it for 2 millennia
A to Z, which one is easier to learn how to use, A Brush or ZBrush?
Blame the Romans, they added July and August to honor Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar.
...having done watercolour and oil painting for many years I find "A Brush" much easier and less expensive than "Z Brush" to learn
Non complain number 1: The weather here where I live. We seem to have been be protected from all the extreme heat by a slight southerly dip in the jet stream off the coast that flattens out as it reaches the shore. Still a bit warmer than what those in New York and Pennsylvania are experiencing but nothing near what the stretch from California to Florida has been enduring. Been pretty just slightly above , upper 70s to low/mid 80s with an very occasional day around 90°. The only concern is it has been dry, very dry. and while there were a few "red flag" days the situation is perfect for late summer wildfires. Just takes one or two careless people or a few "dry lightning" strikes to set one off (usually it tends to be the former so N-95s are at the ready).
Non complaint number 2: In less than a month, I'll get my second "summer vacation adventure" in as many years after a very long drought when I attend the week long Washington State International Kite Festival in late August. Haven't been there for years due to lack of transportation, funds, other RL issues, and the pandemic. I'll be getting a ride as well as staying a friend who has a vacation home there. so very low cost adventure (hotels in eh area there are going for upwards of 1,200$ a week and more for the event). The last time I was there a week's lodging was around 350$ -375$, but a number of the small independent motels like the one I usually stayed at shuttered for good during the pandemic (Ok, a mini complaint there).
..ah, a bonafide complaint. this time.
My dual window fans stopped working. A real bugger as I can't afford a new set (bought them with pandemic stimulus money and they've been a big life saver, particularly when we had those Death Valley-like temperatures here a couple years ago) and we still likely will have a few more 90°+ days before summer is over.
I don't think it's the motors as both would not have quit at the same time since each fan has its own individual one. Most likely It has to be something in the control unit as it also has a thermostat that turns the fans off when a certain ambient temperature is detected. There is a setting to bypass it but they still won't start. Will have to take it apart when I wake up later to see what the deal is. I fear that it might be something like a temperature sensor chip that failed which I don't have the tools or expertise to fix.