The My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Complaint thread

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  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675

    The main light in my kitchen has gone kaput. It's the fluorescent kind with the long glass tubes and I soooo don't want to deal with changing them out. I need to figure out a temporary lighting solution until I can convince my husband to handle it. I don't like the thought of putting a lamp on the countertops next to the sink.... Maybe I can get one of the floor lamps and use an extension cord...

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,020

    LeatherGryphon said:

    An Irritation of Karens.

    An Entitlement of Karens.

    A Miseration of Karens.

    ...I like the second one. 

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,485
    edited April 2021

    Complaint:  Price of flashlight batteries.frown Four "C" size batteries, $13.25 at Amazon.  Resolves to $3.31 apiece.surprise  When I was a kid in the early '50s, a "D" size battery (bigger than a C) was a quarter ($0.25).  A Hershey candybar was a nickel ($0.05).  A 6oz glass bottle of CocaCola was also a nickel.indecision  A Cadillac was less than $5000.  And a house was expensive at $10,000.  But then again, incomes were 10 times smaller too.  (*sigh*) I'm sure it's caused by the expansion of the Universe.enlightened

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  • TheKDTheKD Posts: 2,691

    Yeah, I changed over to all flashlights/lanterns that take AA or AAA. Easier to have a bajillion rechargable those thingies these days.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    PerttiA said:

    certaintree38 said:

    LeatherGryphon said:

    Ponderable:  What is the collective noun for a gathering of Karens?

    An Antagonism of Karens?

    An Obsession of Karens?

    An Unrelention of Karens?

    According to Reddit, it's a "Hassle" of Karens.

    Gaggle of Karens? 

    karendippitous smiley 

  • N-RArtsN-RArts Posts: 1,488
    edited April 2021

    Chohole said:

    You are a wee bit out on that
    The “golden years” of adulthood. It is generally defined as the span of time between retirement and the beginning of age-imposed physical, emotional, and cognitive limitations, and today would roughly fall between the ages of 65 and 80+.

    I told my Mum about her "being in her golden years". It didn't make her feel any better... She (also) shook her fist at me... ^^' 

    carrie58 said:

    Wanting to be reassured about what? If you avoid the news and alot of social media the paranoia level drops alot  .......

     

    I do that already. No, it was just a worry I had about Daz. Its okay now.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Yay! I've finally recreated the character that I lost in the SSD data transfer! ^^ (Except she looks better in Blender :/ )

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  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675

    Aaaahhhhh! Raised by Wolves is so flipping good. The first two episodes were directed by Ridley Scott. Travis Fimmel, the main star of Vikings, plays a major role. It's a Sci-Fi show from HBO about children raised by Androids on a distant planet after a global war on Earth. The helmets in the first episode were fairly silly. But I am on episode six now and Necromancers are so cool! I can't wait for season 2.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    certaintree38 said:

    Aaaahhhhh! Raised by Wolves is so flipping good. The first two episodes were directed by Ridley Scott. Travis Fimmel, the main star of Vikings, plays a major role. It's a Sci-Fi show from HBO about children raised by Androids on a distant planet after a global war on Earth. The helmets in the first episode were fairly silly. But I am on episode six now and Necromancers are so cool! I can't wait for season 2.

     Travis heart the barefoot australian.  rumours he hates shoes.

    i remember him from the short lived series with Patrick Swayzee.  was called the Beast.  the beast being crime in iirc Chicago.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    i cant imagine how prohibition happened.  imagine some self righteous aholes forcing people to cant drink.  i wanna punch em in the face for the misery they put on people.

    not even in dystopia there'd be prohibition

  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675

    Going barefoot is a thing in some other countries. I guess in Australia they call it "Earthing"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot#Australia

    Apparently we have "strong taboos" against walking barefoot in the states. It was even worth noting on the wiki page that people here commonly wear the same shoes indoors and out. I didn't realize this was unusual until a few months ago, when I tried to track down the truth behind something I once heard ("It was illegal for women to wear shoes back then...").

    I never did get to the bottom of the statement about women not being allowed to wear shoes. 

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,085

    Is there some particular Karen you guys are hatin' on? I've known many Karens and all were intelligent and nicer people than average.

    That said, how about a blarin' of Karens?

  • TJohn said:

    Is there some particular Karen you guys are hatin' on? I've known many Karens and all were intelligent and nicer people than average.

    That said, how about a blarin' of Karens?

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Karen

  • I see people wearing flip flops and actually trying to do "work" in them.

    I wear shoes, just in case I have to kick a hornet's nest and then escape by running through the compost pile (which always has snakes in it, because they like the warmth), then run through some brambles on my way down to the pond while being chased by said hornets and a gator who's eye(s?) I caught while running past his sun-tanning place by the pond.

    I always wear proper shoes when outside, or I can't do any of the things a man might need to do, such as dig holes in the garden, plant a tomato plant or broccolli, save a dog from trying to obtain his very own tire-track down his middle, shoot snakes between our houses, or just run like my @ss depended on it...'cause it very well might, and you see, there ain't much hope that one of my neighbors is going to come to my rescue because....

    ...take a guess...

    ...they're not wearing proper shoes either.  frownsurprise

  • Tonight is bacon-cooking night!  2 pounds of thick-cut should keep me swimming in BLTs for a few weeks.

  • TheKDTheKD Posts: 2,691

    I know a girl named karen, she got so mad when that whole karen meme started lol.

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 3,979

    certaintree38 said:

    Going barefoot is a thing in some other countries. I guess in Australia they call it "Earthing"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot#Australia

    Apparently we have "strong taboos" against walking barefoot in the states. It was even worth noting on the wiki page that people here commonly wear the same shoes indoors and out. I didn't realize this was unusual until a few months ago, when I tried to track down the truth behind something I once heard ("It was illegal for women to wear shoes back then...")

    I never did get to the bottom of the statement about women not being allowed to wear shoes. 

       This is  from the link you posted   

    "For example, female prisoners in 1940s Nazi-era Germany had to live under a strictly enforced barefoot rule in a number of different women's institutions. Bare feet were a compulsory element of their prison uniform and covering them in any way was a punishable offense for the imprisoned women.This viable method to mark and identify prisoners is still employed by authorities in many countries of today."

  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675
    edited April 2021

    carrie58 said:

    certaintree38 said:

    Going barefoot is a thing in some other countries. I guess in Australia they call it "Earthing"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot#Australia

    Apparently we have "strong taboos" against walking barefoot in the states. It was even worth noting on the wiki page that people here commonly wear the same shoes indoors and out. I didn't realize this was unusual until a few months ago, when I tried to track down the truth behind something I once heard ("It was illegal for women to wear shoes back then...")

    I never did get to the bottom of the statement about women not being allowed to wear shoes. 

       This is  from the link you posted   

    "For example, female prisoners in 1940s Nazi-era Germany had to live under a strictly enforced barefoot rule in a number of different women's institutions. Bare feet were a compulsory element of their prison uniform and covering them in any way was a punishable offense for the imprisoned women.This viable method to mark and identify prisoners is still employed by authorities in many countries of today."

    Interesting. I missed that when I read this first. I'm pretty sure this lady was not talking about prisoners. But it's been years, and the details are hazy, so IDK. 

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  • TheKD said:

    I know a girl named karen, she got so mad when that whole karen meme started lol.

    Hey, if Subtropic or Pixel become slanderous, I'll just say, "You can call me Magic Mike."

    I have no idea what that means, but it's sure to be a conversation starter.  cheeky

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    its after midnight?  how'd that happen.  was so engrossed in man shopping.  my tea went cold.

    the rapid boil tea pot is a wonderful thing.  makes hot tea faster than a k machine.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    paul mcartney did a song about Uncle Albert.  does paul know what prince albert did to himself?

  • TheKDTheKD Posts: 2,691

    You are buying men, or buying something for a men?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    crossing finger darwin mishap store sale will start at the 2am witching hour.  what are the odds

  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675

    Mystiarra said:

    crossing finger darwin mishap store sale will start at the 2am witching hour.  what are the odds

    IDK but sometimes it seems like sales are inspired by the forums. 

  • kyoto kid said:

    ...these would probably go good though:

    I tried those probably about 20 years ago.  Sand has more moisture.  A mummy's wrappings have more moisture!  That brown slab inside?  I think it's an industrial adhedsive strip intended to keep the thing from crumbling in the bag.

    As a 60s and 70s kid, I grew up on Pepperidge Farm.  My tastes must have changed, 'cause I can't do that stuff anymore, brrrrr!

  • SeraSera Posts: 1,675

    Random rant: I've got this theory that people in the US really love big noses on men, but they don't realize it yet. Or maybe they do, but I've never heard anyone say: Look at the honker on that guy! He is HOT. I think consciously, people here go around thinking that big noses are unattractive, but that's not the reality of things. Tom Cruise? Big nose. Patrick Swayze, Denzel Washington, Harrison Ford, Richard Gere,  Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Jackman, David Beckham all have big noses and were once declared the sexiest men alive, to name a few. So far, every man I've seen on the "sexiest man" list has at least a nose that's verging on large or large from the side. 

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,020

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  • Mystiarra said:

    paul mcartney did a song about Uncle Albert.  does paul know what prince albert did to himself?

    It's called "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".

    I don't know who Prince Albert is, but we used to sell cigars with that brand on them.

    From Wikipedia:

    "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is composed of several unfinished song fragments that Paul stitched together in a similar manner to the medleys from the Beatles' album Abbey Road.[5]"

    Link

  • So the bacon cooking went well.  Then I cooked some chicken thighs.  Brushed some of the bacon grease on the chicken, then applied spices.  Delish!

    I also cooked several Steelhead Trout fillets, cut down to meal-sized pieces.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,198

    certaintree38 said:

    Mystiarra said:

    crossing finger darwin mishap store sale will start at the 2am witching hour.  what are the odds

    IDK but sometimes it seems like sales are inspired by the forums. 

    Well, if they're watchign this forum thread, be on the lookout for a G8F named Karen!  laugh 

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    no luck tnite with wishlist sales.  i did get 1 new guy to play with.  yesss, got some pretty embarrassing outfits for him tee 

    i'm up to page92, only 100 pages left to download.  definitely gonna need a couple more external drives.  want 1 redundant backup.  never want to d/l prodlib again,

    2 render challenges in the carrara forum.  i should take a break from d/ling to render.
    i've never set up the hd addons

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