Tim Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Did you have to sign your contract in blood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Three days straight now I've had this migraine. And my car's still in the shop. My 'loaner' is topless and it won't stop raining so it's next to useless. Dang it, I've got things to go, places to see, people to do! or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Did you have to sign your contract in blood? No, just sign away my firstborn. It's okay, he whined a lot anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMan Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Two days in a row the parking lot has been full and I've had to park on the street a block away from work and walk in. This wouldn't be so bad except they also happen to be the two days when my back is killing me and walking hurts. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Awesome. Something I've been told was paranoia on my part seems to be justified. I don't even work there and I'm still being pissed on. Well, frequently leaving a place just increases the pissing, at least for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Friday, I get to consult with a surgeon and, most likely, will have to schedule another go under the knife. I'm thrilled. >< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Re: The cranky thread What's the worst that could happen? :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Re: The cranky thread So the new job requires that I work from home, which I have been doing the past three days. It's turning out about as well as I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Re: The cranky thread I assume that's bad since it's in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Ho hum, we caught another software company that lets its customers do their QA for them. They included a deeply flawed data file with the software update they crammed down our throats two weeks ago. Big chunks of galaxy data are missing, 90%+ of the galaxies no longer have distances in the data file (they all did before), and now there's about 40 different objects which are labeled as being part of the "Grus Quartet". Which I discovered yesterday, as I was trying to have my students use these data for an exercise on the Hubble Constant. There's a reason why I keep a machine at home that is never, ever, period, connected to any other machine. All info transport is by fingers, floppies, CD-ROM or flash drive. And when I find something always tries calling home when it is launched, I uninstall it. Now, that means I'm doomed as all Adobe starts making all their new software versions generate documents that can't be read with versions of Reader that don't have the mandatory-phone-home-on-launch "feature", so I'll have to keep documentation on a machine other than the sterile-environment one. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Re: The cranky thread I assume that's bad since it's in this thread. Working from home every day would be a dream come true if I were single with no kids. But I am not, so doing work at home is impossible. And there's no office to go to either. So I've become this nomad looking for relatively quiet places with electricity, internet, and enough privacy to make phone calls. There are not many such places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Re: The cranky thread That's because once you get there, it becomes "The place to be" for everyone else in the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Working from home every day would be a dream come true if I were single with no kids. But I am not' date=' so doing work at home is impossible. And there's no office to go to either. So I've become this nomad looking for relatively quiet places with electricity, internet, and enough privacy to make phone calls. There are not many such places.[/quote'] you can hang out at my place. what's a 14 hour daily commute? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread It's better than trying to respond to a time-sensitive work email while your spouse is yelling at you for your poor communication skills. Come to think of it, maybe I could work in the arrivals area at the airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread I figured I wouldn't get the job, but getting the rejection letter still sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Moles exterminated: 0 Lawns destroyed: 1 Grumble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread I don't get to complain about Sacramento traffic/city planners because I went to San Francisco today. 90 minutes in the Bay Bridge toll plaza. WTF? I don't spend 90 minutes commuting during the height of the evening rush here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread They've been tearing up the streets near my workplace, so the buses have been rerouted. Which means I have to go out of my way to catch my bus. I'm already sick of it after a week (technically two, but the streetcars were running until Monday). And I'm going to have put up with this all summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread I don't get to complain about Sacramento traffic/city planners because I went to San Francisco today. 90 minutes in the Bay Bridge toll plaza. WTF? I don't spend 90 minutes commuting during the height of the evening rush here. I thought the locals avoided that bridge like the plague, if they could help it. I haven't experienced that particular one of life's joys, but I've done enough driving around the bay area to know how bad it can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Bay Area traffic around rush hour, awful. The Bay bridge is handy for some paths. Any of the choke points tend to suck though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Yep, gotta have a surgery. A bad level for parathyroid hormone is 800 (not sure what the unit is), and I've got 1000 and that's on a pretty stiff medication. Gonna have to spend five days in the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Why is everyone I care about suffering? Why are they in so much pain? Why can't things get any better for anyone? I want to know! I'm sick of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Moles exterminated: 0 Lawns destroyed: 1 Grumble... I arranged for a ground squirrel to "lose its mind" a couple weeks ago, I would hate to deal with my wife after her hay burning yard dog stepped in a squirrel hole and had to be put down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread Yep' date=' gotta have a surgery. A bad level for parathyroid hormone is 800 (not sure what the unit is), and I've got 1000 and that's on a pretty stiff medication. Gonna have to spend five days in the hospital.[/quote'] My wife went thru surgery for having one of her parathryroid's removed last November. Out patient surgery, sorta... for her. She used to have constant headaches, and now she just gets the occasional normal one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Re: The cranky thread A speedy recovery, C.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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