The "Complaints 'R' Us, complaint thread"

NVIATWAS

Mistara said:

wanna render all night. dohh. workie in the mornin  groan

Ugh work. :-|

Subtropic Pixel

NVIATWAS said:

I bet $20 it's plastic and rhinestone.  Probably a couch princess!!! :-O

I don't know what that means.

DanaTA said:

Nah.  Bedazzled!   

I don't know what that means either.

LeatherGryphon

Subtropic Pixel said:

NVIATWAS said:

I bet $20 it's plastic and rhinestone.  Probably a couch princess!!! :-O

I don't know what that means.

DanaTA said:

Nah.  Bedazzled!   

I don't know what that means either.

Me neither, but I formed some amusing mental images.

kyoto kid

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

NVIATWAS said:

Warm and damp outside, weather lies today say rain all week now.  I think I could do better by throwing runes!  No idea when I'll get to grocery shop now. :-(

Brekkie was hot tea and COLD PIZZA!!!! Sooo good, salami and red onion on a barbeque pizza sauce with crispy herbed crust, no way I could have made this for eight bucks.  My other pizza is pepperoni and roast spinach on a garlic alfredo pizza sauce with a buttery garlic crust, sooo goood.

Now if only I can find a way to the grocery store before I run out of food.  I have a lot of hot dogs, 4 cans of sardines, about 12 noodle soups and six 2-slice meals of pizza.  We'll see what happens...

Get some cans of Bush baked beans.  I like the hickory and brown sugar, and the maple.  Beans and franks!  Yum!  

Dana

I'll likely do that next trip.  I was already over my weight limit this trip, paid the price, but I'll eat good if it does decide to rain all week!

And I love beans and franks, a real staple when I was a widdle snakey.

...I love those big cans as they are an excellent value and last for three dinners.  The only downside is they don't fit in my electric can opener so I need to use a hand powered one which is hell on my hands and wrists.so I have to buy the smaller cans which end up costing me more.

NVIATWAS

Subtropic Pixel said:

NVIATWAS said:

I bet $20 it's plastic and rhinestone.  Probably a couch princess!!! :-O

I don't know what that means.

DanaTA said:

Nah.  Bedazzled!   

I don't know what that means either.

Trust me, in either case, you're not missing all that much...

NVIATWAS

kyoto kid said:

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

NVIATWAS said:

Warm and damp outside, weather lies today say rain all week now.  I think I could do better by throwing runes!  No idea when I'll get to grocery shop now. :-(

Brekkie was hot tea and COLD PIZZA!!!! Sooo good, salami and red onion on a barbeque pizza sauce with crispy herbed crust, no way I could have made this for eight bucks.  My other pizza is pepperoni and roast spinach on a garlic alfredo pizza sauce with a buttery garlic crust, sooo goood.

Now if only I can find a way to the grocery store before I run out of food.  I have a lot of hot dogs, 4 cans of sardines, about 12 noodle soups and six 2-slice meals of pizza.  We'll see what happens...

Get some cans of Bush baked beans.  I like the hickory and brown sugar, and the maple.  Beans and franks!  Yum!  

Dana

I'll likely do that next trip.  I was already over my weight limit this trip, paid the price, but I'll eat good if it does decide to rain all week!

And I love beans and franks, a real staple when I was a widdle snakey.

...I love those big cans as they are an excellent value and last for three dinners.  The only downside is they don't fit in my electric can opener so I need to use a hand powered one which is hell on my hands and wrists.so I have to buy the smaller cans which end up costing me more.

I never considered the big cans.  I do have a couple of sizeable storage containers I could store and dole out of.  And I have a fancy hand-cranked opener that's not too hard to deal with, so I might give it a shot! :-) Good call!

kyoto kid

NVIATWAS said:

kyoto kid said:

..we used to hae a chain of bagel shops here in Portland called Noah's they served "New York Coffee" (a "real" bottomless cup, not just one refill after which you had to pay again), a good "basic" coffee very reminiscent of what I used to get when I ordered cuppa joe at a cafe or deli in Manhattan   Not "foofy", not bitter, not burnt, not "battery acid", just a clean and smooth cup.

Sadly they got taken over by another outfit which changed everything (including the coffee which they replaced with the typical cheap bitter acidic restaurant blend) as well as the quality and variety of bagels and schmears that made Noah's a local favourite. After the takeover I'd walk by the one in the Hawthorne district and there would maybe be a half dozen customers there at best whereas when while it was still Noah's, there was a line that sometimes went out the door even on a weekend afternoon. 

We had a Noah's in Sunnyvale.  Damn thing was always crowded, but soooo worth the wait, lke you said, great coffee, and I used to spend hours there eating and people-watching.

This was about 10 years ago now.. probably a Starbucks now..

..here the outfit that took them over was Einstein's which as I mentioned pretty much drove the Noah's customer base away.   The one I used to go to in the Hawthorne district is now a boutique store and a gallery (they split the interior up). 

What was worse a bit over a year ago, another good bagel shop in Northwest Portland (which I frequented after the demise of Noah's) was literally blown to smithereens when a construction worker operating an excavator nearby dug into a gas main.  Several neighbouring buildings were damaged and eight people were injured including a fireman who was blown 20 feet away by the explosion, fortunately nobody was killed.

Portland seems cursed when it comes to good bagels.

DanaTA

kyoto kid said:

DanaTA said:

Mistara said:

tawt i taw easter candy in lotto tix store

Yup.  They've already started with the Easter candy.  My sister brought me a Russel Stover coconut cream egg, dark chocolate, the other day.

Dana

..big displays up at the Safeway in my neighbourhood.  Meanwhile the Fred Meyer's a bit further away was selling out all the Valentines candy (none of the hearts with saying on them though except "sour flavoured" ones, never understood the fascination with sour candies, candy is supposed to be sweet). 

I used to love Sweet-Tarts.

Dana

DanaTA

Mistara said:

remember tootti from facts of life?

No (never watched it) but I remember Toody, from Car 54, Where Are You?  Later, two actors from that show worked together again.  Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis.

Dana

DanaTA

Miss Bad Wolf said:

DanaTA said:

Tjohn said:

Non-complaint: Warming trend here, daffodils in full bloom, spotted first robin yesterday, fingers crossed for early spring. 

Daffodils don't come out up here until April.

Dana

Daffodils here must think it is April then?

I said, "...up here..."  You are in, what, South Carolina?  I'm in Massachusetts.

Dana

DanaTA

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

ps1borg said:

Mistara said:

tawt i taw easter candy in lotto tix store

Easter pastries on sale here already :)

Yes, my local market has hot cross buns in the sale ad.

Dana

Why are the buns cross?  Did someone make them angry? :-P

Hot and cross sounds like a bad combination...

DanaTA

Subtropic Pixel said:

NVIATWAS said:

I bet $20 it's plastic and rhinestone.  Probably a couch princess!!! :-O

I don't know what that means.

DanaTA said:

Nah.  Bedazzled!   

I don't know what that means either.

There was (is?) a tool for applying rhinestones to...well, just about everything you can wear...and more.  A pair of jeans or a hat with these applied was said to be BeDazzled.  

https://www.michaels.com/original-bedazzler/10409048.html

Dana

DanaTA

kyoto kid said:

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

NVIATWAS said:

Warm and damp outside, weather lies today say rain all week now.  I think I could do better by throwing runes!  No idea when I'll get to grocery shop now. :-(

Brekkie was hot tea and COLD PIZZA!!!! Sooo good, salami and red onion on a barbeque pizza sauce with crispy herbed crust, no way I could have made this for eight bucks.  My other pizza is pepperoni and roast spinach on a garlic alfredo pizza sauce with a buttery garlic crust, sooo goood.

Now if only I can find a way to the grocery store before I run out of food.  I have a lot of hot dogs, 4 cans of sardines, about 12 noodle soups and six 2-slice meals of pizza.  We'll see what happens...

Get some cans of Bush baked beans.  I like the hickory and brown sugar, and the maple.  Beans and franks!  Yum!  

Dana

I'll likely do that next trip.  I was already over my weight limit this trip, paid the price, but I'll eat good if it does decide to rain all week!

And I love beans and franks, a real staple when I was a widdle snakey.

...I love those big cans as they are an excellent value and last for three dinners.  The only downside is they don't fit in my electric can opener so I need to use a hand powered one which is hell on my hands and wrists.so I have to buy the smaller cans which end up costing me more.

I use a product that used to be sold a lot on TV, OneTouch can opener.  You place it on the can, press a button, and it works itself around the can, cutting on the side, to avoid a sharp-edged disc.  

http://www.onetouchproducts.com/canopener.htm

Dana

kyoto kid

...interesting.  I like the idea of no sharp edges.  I've seen the manual ones (where I last lived the people there I was renting from had one) but never knew someone made an electric one.

NVIATWAS

kyoto kid said:

NVIATWAS said:

kyoto kid said:

..we used to hae a chain of bagel shops here in Portland called Noah's they served "New York Coffee" (a "real" bottomless cup, not just one refill after which you had to pay again), a good "basic" coffee very reminiscent of what I used to get when I ordered cuppa joe at a cafe or deli in Manhattan   Not "foofy", not bitter, not burnt, not "battery acid", just a clean and smooth cup.

Sadly they got taken over by another outfit which changed everything (including the coffee which they replaced with the typical cheap bitter acidic restaurant blend) as well as the quality and variety of bagels and schmears that made Noah's a local favourite. After the takeover I'd walk by the one in the Hawthorne district and there would maybe be a half dozen customers there at best whereas when while it was still Noah's, there was a line that sometimes went out the door even on a weekend afternoon. 

We had a Noah's in Sunnyvale.  Damn thing was always crowded, but soooo worth the wait, lke you said, great coffee, and I used to spend hours there eating and people-watching.

This was about 10 years ago now.. probably a Starbucks now..

..here the outfit that took them over was Einstein's which as I mentioned pretty much drove the Noah's customer base away.   The one I used to go to in the Hawthorne district is now a boutique store and a gallery (they split the interior up). 

What was worse a bit over a year ago, another good bagel shop in Northwest Portland (which I frequented after the demise of Noah's) was literally blown to smithereens when a construction worker operating an excavator nearby dug into a gas main.  Several neighbouring buildings were damaged and eight people were injured including a fireman who was blown 20 feet away by the explosion, fortunately nobody was killed.

Portland seems cursed when it comes to good bagels.

Yikes!!!!! :-O

NVIATWAS

DanaTA said:

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

ps1borg said:

Mistara said:

tawt i taw easter candy in lotto tix store

Easter pastries on sale here already :)

Yes, my local market has hot cross buns in the sale ad.

Dana

Why are the buns cross?  Did someone make them angry? :-P

Hot and cross sounds like a bad combination...

They're not angry! I want my money back!!!!

Mistara

is a miserable morning out there.  golashes weather

Mistara

DanaTA said:

Mistara said:

remember tootti from facts of life?

No (never watched it) but I remember Toody, from Car 54, Where Are You?  Later, two actors from that show worked together again.  Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis.

Dana

 

The Munsters!

NVIATWAS

Google weather, it say: Rain monday night, thunderstorms all day Tuesday.  Rain all week.

The Syn, it set.  No rain.

Now sipping coffee, window open.  Sun it rises.  No rain.  Clouds yes.  Rain no.

We'll se what the day brings.

Must remind self: sleeping six hours in the middle of the day will mess you up. :-|

 

NVIATWAS

Ok, KXAN weather says scattered thunderstorms and 80% chance today, thunderstorms and 100% chance tomorrow, then scattered storms until the weekend, and 30% chance of light rain.  THAT I believe.

Important safety tip: after eating pizza with garlic in the sauce and garlic buttered crust, it's for the best to open a window and turn the fan to HIGH. :-|

Charlie Judge

LeatherGryphon said:

At home I never prepared a pot of coffee or tea.  At work, yes.  We always had one or two pots brewing at work but at home, for decades I've used instant coffee or bagged tea.  HOWEVER, I'm very particular about the brand of instant coffee I put into my mouth.  Some of it is absolutely horrible. Aghhh, gag me with a spoon!  Once I found Folger's Instant Coffee it became my one and only despite being a little more expensive than the chemical cocktail the other companies produce.  And, yes, I know Europeans, and American Starbucks groupies think coffee has to be made by hand in gold plated machines and curl your hair when drunk, but I'm not of that opinion.  

Have you considered using the Keurig K cup machine to make single cups at home? I agree Folgers is the best instant coffee and I used it for years before I got a Keurig machine. But the keurig  individually brewed cups are lots better and with careful shopping you can still get k cups for $0.25 to $0.35 each or you can get filter cups to use your own fresh ground coffee.

LeatherGryphon

I'm still thinking up amusing images for a "couch princess"

Temps in the mid 60sF today.  Spring is here!  Well, at least for the next 16 hours.  Snow again within 36 hours.  So, today is the day for a mid-winter mini-adventure.  I can't decide whether to go west 60 miles to Erie, PA or ... or ... hmmm, there isn't really any other direction to go that isn't going to break my budget. 

North to Buffalo is just too much metropolitan congestion to deal with for something as unimportant as a meal. 

East 30 miles to Salamanca, NY is shorter but the only thing in Salamanca is cheap gasoline and cigarettes and casino gambling on the Indian reservation, and huge antique consignment shop.  I like the idea of cheap gas but my tank is full already.  I don't gamble and neither do I smoke.  Although, I like the idea of the huge antique consignment shop but it's huge and my feet are in a non-cooperative mood, and I'm still trying to repair my budget from the excess of shiny things I bought at on-line auctions.  (I'm cured now but still paying the price. ). 

South, hmmm,  well, south there's essentially nothing but forests & mountain villages 'till you get to Pittsburgh (120 miles).  Like Buffalo, too much hassle for a cheap mini-adventure.

So, I guess Erie it is.  Outback Steakhouse, here I come.  Mmmm,  yum, real, unground, red meat filet, baked sweet potato, brown sugar & butter, thick warm brown bread covered in butter, brocolli smothered in melted cheese, my arteries are clogging already.  AND I get to bring back a doggie bag for part of a meal tonight or tomorrow.  Double yum!

Also, to round out this mini-adventure I think I'll go to a movie while in Erie.  "The Post" (story of the publishing of the "Pentagon Papers" revealing the government lies during the Vietnam War) is playing there but isn't and won't be playing here.  I suspect that it's too sophisticated or wrong sided politically for this area, to be profitable for the theater.

Sfariah D

DanaTA said:

Miss Bad Wolf said:

DanaTA said:

Tjohn said:

Non-complaint: Warming trend here, daffodils in full bloom, spotted first robin yesterday, fingers crossed for early spring. 

Daffodils don't come out up here until April.

Dana

Daffodils here must think it is April then?

I said, "...up here..."  You are in, what, South Carolina?  I'm in Massachusetts.

Dana

Close but a little North, like North Carolina.

Sfariah D

DanaTA said:

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

ps1borg said:

Mistara said:

tawt i taw easter candy in lotto tix store

Easter pastries on sale here already :)

Yes, my local market has hot cross buns in the sale ad.

Dana

Why are the buns cross?  Did someone make them angry? :-P

Hot and cross sounds like a bad combination...

Hot Cross buns are real???? I thought they made them up for a song.

DanaTA

kyoto kid said:

...interesting.  I like the idea of no sharp edges.  I've seen the manual ones (where I last lived the people there I was renting from had one) but never knew someone made an electric one.

We've had it for many years.  The new one has different logo and colors.  Nice little battery run item.  And it came with an extra too, Safety Jar.  I use that a lot.  Works on a wide variety of lid sizes, from soda bottles to kosher dill spears bottles!

Dana

DanaTA

Mistara said:

is a miserable morning out there.  golashes weather

It's beautiful here.  Sunny, very slight breeze, 54F and expected to get to 61F for a high!  Tomorrow will be even warmer, possibly hitting 70F!

Dana

DanaTA

Mistara said:

DanaTA said:

Mistara said:

remember tootti from facts of life?

No (never watched it) but I remember Toody, from Car 54, Where Are You?  Later, two actors from that show worked together again.  Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis.

Dana

 

The Munsters!

Yup!

Dana

Mistara

Miss Bad Wolf said:

DanaTA said:

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

ps1borg said:

Mistara said:

tawt i taw easter candy in lotto tix store

Easter pastries on sale here already :)

Yes, my local market has hot cross buns in the sale ad.

Dana

Why are the buns cross?  Did someone make them angry? :-P

Hot and cross sounds like a bad combination...

Hot Cross buns are real???? I thought they made them up for a song.

 

yummy

 

yummuy - tee hee, one of those words spelled the same backwards and forwards, think theres a special word for those kinda words

DanaTA

Mistara said:

Miss Bad Wolf said:

DanaTA said:

NVIATWAS said:

DanaTA said:

ps1borg said:

Mistara said:

tawt i taw easter candy in lotto tix store

Easter pastries on sale here already :)

Yes, my local market has hot cross buns in the sale ad.

Dana

Why are the buns cross?  Did someone make them angry? :-P

Hot and cross sounds like a bad combination...

Hot Cross buns are real???? I thought they made them up for a song.

 

yummy

 

yummuy - tee hee, one of those words spelled the same backwards and forwards, think theres a special word for those kinda words

Except I don't think yummuy is a real word.  You had it right the first time.

Dana

kyoto kid

DanaTA said:

kyoto kid said:

...interesting.  I like the idea of no sharp edges.  I've seen the manual ones (where I last lived the people there I was renting from had one) but never knew someone made an electric one.

We've had it for many years.  The new one has different logo and colors.  Nice little battery run item.  And it came with an extra too, Safety Jar.  I use that a lot.  Works on a wide variety of lid sizes, from soda bottles to kosher dill spears bottles!

Dana

...oooh I could definitely use that.  I have an old jar wrench but it's just that...old and doesn't hold tight to the lid much anymore.