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A thread for with which to vent.
- Thread starter Radical Edward
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On the other hand, I hate when I decide to try and just write a quick response to the last post without using a quote, and then someone sneaks in a new post while I'm typing, thus rendering my reply out of context.
They don't do Facebook either, even though at least two of them are always on. I'll even send group messages, and I KNOW they read it (it say's seen by..) but they never respond.
My girlfriend's father is a prick. We're going through some financial hardship right now as I'm on SSDI and she just graduated with two masters and an MBA and is crushed by her student loan debt while she starts her career. She hasn't been able to renegotiate or apply for a hardship yet, so in the meantime, her father has been paying some of it. Without his help, we'd be in the negative every month.
He is retired and is living well on paper, but he constantly blows his money because he doesn't understand the concept of budgeting and choosing the best ways to spend the money. He is the type of guy who will spend twice as much on a kitchen counter top that is of lesser quality simply because he doesn't know how to research and he gets impatient. He acts as if he has an endless supply of money and then wonders where it all went, and then tells her that the help he's giving her is the real reason why he's broke. She actually does his finances because he is incapable of doing it himself so she knows where his money his being wasted.
We don't WANT him to help but he have no choice right now. The thing is, he promised when her mother passed away that he would help with school when she graduated and now he's going back on it. He constantly tells her "Just get a higher paying job" as if it were that easy. He doesn't understand that these days, you don't just get a high paying union job out of high school like he did (he's in his 60's) and stay in it for the rest of your life. You have to start at the bottom and work your way up in a lot of cases. He even talks about me, asking when I'm going to get a full time job, not understanding that there is a reason why I'm on SSDI. He says that if I had a full time job we wouldn't be hurting for money which makes me feel just great about myself.
Meanwhile, we suspect her brother has been talking trash about her to him and about how he feels that he's helping his sister more than him. His brother is extremely smart, but extremely broke because he had two kids that he can't afford, and married a woman who doesn't want to work. He is a tradesman in a few different areas, but he makes up excuses for why he doesn't go for the certifications he needs to get a better job. Yet he constantly buys toys he doesn't need and racks up more credit card debt and then wants his dad to bail him out.
We're hoping she can apply for student loan financial hardship temporarily until her income goes up and we can get out from underneath his help.
He is retired and is living well on paper, but he constantly blows his money because he doesn't understand the concept of budgeting and choosing the best ways to spend the money. He is the type of guy who will spend twice as much on a kitchen counter top that is of lesser quality simply because he doesn't know how to research and he gets impatient. He acts as if he has an endless supply of money and then wonders where it all went, and then tells her that the help he's giving her is the real reason why he's broke. She actually does his finances because he is incapable of doing it himself so she knows where his money his being wasted.
We don't WANT him to help but he have no choice right now. The thing is, he promised when her mother passed away that he would help with school when she graduated and now he's going back on it. He constantly tells her "Just get a higher paying job" as if it were that easy. He doesn't understand that these days, you don't just get a high paying union job out of high school like he did (he's in his 60's) and stay in it for the rest of your life. You have to start at the bottom and work your way up in a lot of cases. He even talks about me, asking when I'm going to get a full time job, not understanding that there is a reason why I'm on SSDI. He says that if I had a full time job we wouldn't be hurting for money which makes me feel just great about myself.
Meanwhile, we suspect her brother has been talking trash about her to him and about how he feels that he's helping his sister more than him. His brother is extremely smart, but extremely broke because he had two kids that he can't afford, and married a woman who doesn't want to work. He is a tradesman in a few different areas, but he makes up excuses for why he doesn't go for the certifications he needs to get a better job. Yet he constantly buys toys he doesn't need and racks up more credit card debt and then wants his dad to bail him out.
We're hoping she can apply for student loan financial hardship temporarily until her income goes up and we can get out from underneath his help.
I have an old leaky radiator hose. I can't see hte leak source but I see the residue & I know it's leaking & the coolant has to be replaced weekly. To alleviate some of the overheating when and if it overheats, I open my vents & crank the heater. It takes some of it off. My car doesn't have a top so I ppoint the ac vents up & out; I don't feel the heat from them. I bought a new hose & clamps this morning. Just have to make time to replace it this weekend or after work.
How do you take it? I personally know some people that NEVER respond, and it's not chick issues or anything, just regular stuff! (Some dudes included). Since when did this get to be acceptable?
I have found that this is a great place to vent. So, I have taken the liberty of routing my plumbing stack into here to vent it; if you notice an odor, you'll know what it is.
Ok, I'll play.
We have been in a drought for a long time. It just irks the crap out of me how the rain and clouds will swirl and threaten us, but won't actually come and give some rain right here. We've gotten a little (not nearly enough), but it's all around us and never seems to get close enough. Last Sunday night the forecast for Monday was 80% chance of rain. Booyah! Monday morning they had changed it to 20%. And then it didn't rain at all. Just. Can't. Win.
We have been in a drought for a long time. It just irks the crap out of me how the rain and clouds will swirl and threaten us, but won't actually come and give some rain right here. We've gotten a little (not nearly enough), but it's all around us and never seems to get close enough. Last Sunday night the forecast for Monday was 80% chance of rain. Booyah! Monday morning they had changed it to 20%. And then it didn't rain at all. Just. Can't. Win.
Ok, I'll play.
We have been in a drought for a long time. It just irks the crap out of me how the rain and clouds will swirl and threaten us, but won't actually come and give some rain right here. We've gotten a little (not nearly enough), but it's all around us and never seems to get close enough. Last Sunday night the forecast for Monday was 80% chance of rain. Booyah! Monday morning they had changed it to 20%. And then it didn't rain at all. Just. Can't. Win.
I would happily share with you. We have had rain daily for the last two months. Last week we had reached 20 inches of rain when we average 10. I just bought an old house with a roof leak, so my plan was to have this thing wrapped up instead of having a constant drizzle in the kitchen I just gutted.
Please, send it here. 20 inches of rain would transform the landscape. Good luck with your roof.
bicycles-they are everywhere out here. Share the road means I share with them, the cultivator coming the other way and the guy trying to pass me and the Lance Armstrong wanna be's without wearing the John Deere coming at this little party. Then there are the race days where they take over the roads out here. CHP, sheriff and others out to make sure us 4 wheelers play nice with the kiddies.
miles of bike lanes and the idiots still ride in traffic lanes. Peoples republic of Davis...
miles of bike lanes and the idiots still ride in traffic lanes. Peoples republic of Davis...
