What first world problem did you have today?

[Imp]

I've gotta charge my phone but I don't feel like plugging it in using my $12 nylon braided cable...

 

[smackababy]

I've already ordered 4 separate, multi item orders on Amazon today and I feel bad about ordering more.

 

[Engineer]

A $3.00 do it yourself bathtub faucet rebuild kit is going to cost me multiple hundreds of dollars. That's what happens when you think that the ball / lever is turning in the valve when trying to remove the nut. In actuality, the valve pipes are bending following the nut....finally, BREAKAGE!

Nice large hole now cut in the wall so that a plumber can replace the tub / shower valve and spout around noon tomorrow. Not brave enough to try to cut the lines and sweat a new one into the wall there.

*sigh*

I hope the plumber brings lube and goes in gently....

This should be a very happy time of year yet it's just one thing after another after another....I now know why people want to give up on life sometimes....but it's something that I don't want to know.

Better than expected but I did some of the work (cut the hole into the drywall, had part of the old stuff removed, area cleaned out with a work light so he could see, etc.). $265 including the faucet, the rough in valve and the labor. Still lots of money but about half of what I was thinking. I should have probably have attempted it myself after watching him do it.

 

[Ns1]

have to pay $30 out of pocket for health care because I just used my $1200 FSA balance at the optometrist for 2 pairs of prescription sunglasses and 3 additional pairs of glasses

 

[highland145]

have to pay $30 out of pocket for health care because I just used my $1200 FSA balance at the optometrist for 2 pairs of prescription sunglasses and 3 additional pairs of glasses

5pr for $1200? Hope you drive somewhere else but here.

 

[master_shake_]

5pr for $1200? Hope you drive somewhere else but here.

that's cheap, my current single pair of glasses was up near 400.

 

[highland145]

that's cheap, my current single pair of glasses was up near 400.

:hmm:

I hope you drive somewhere else too.

 

[master_shake_]

:hmm:

I hope you drive somewhere else too.

it's that damn scratch coating.

it's like fucking undercoat to these people.

 

[highland145]

it's that damn scratch coating.

it's like fucking undercoat to these people.

Warm weather, FTW.

 

[master_shake_]

Warm weather, FTW.

what and miss out on this -10 and freezing rain?

 

[Imp]

that's cheap, my current single pair of glasses was up near 400.

Geeez... Every pair up until my last two were $200+ just for lenses plus $150+ for frames.

Then I found Clearly Contacts and paid <$140 for a new pair. It was satisfactory so I bought another one.

I've been blind my whole life and learned how to adjust my own glasses though.

 

[highland145]

what and miss out on this -10 and freezing rain?

And the bikini clad babes...I must be confused.

 

[Imp]

Maybe in the market for an HTPC. I can build one.. but I don't feel like it?

I sort of trust Chrome enough to get a Chrome Box, but I've Windows-ed my entire life and not sure I want to deal with change. Price difference is like $30.

 

[master_shake_]

And the bikini clad babes...I must be confused.

aw...

 

[highland145]

aw...

But this is the South and they do weigh 250lbs+....

 

[master_shake_]

But this is the South and they do weigh 250lbs+....

ahhh
D:

 

[highland145]

ahhh
D:

...jelly...amirite?

:hi5;

 

[master_shake_]

...jelly...amirite?

lol.

um no.

 

[highland145]

lol.

um no.

fatist.

 

[master_shake_]

Geeez... Every pair up until my last two were $200+ just for lenses plus $150+ for frames.

Then I found Clearly Contacts and paid <$140 for a new pair. It was satisfactory so I bought another one.

I've been blind my whole life and learned how to adjust my own glasses though.

what did they need to get your prescription?

i've heard that they need your pupillary distance.

i checked my script and it didn't have it on it.

 

[master_shake_]

fatist.

yeah i can see that.

 

[highland145]

yeah i can see that.

Agreed.

 

[Imp]

what did they need to get your prescription?

i've heard that they need your pupillary distance.

i checked my script and it didn't have it on it.

Everything they needed was on my prescription from the optometrist -- I went to a random one I walked by before. Mines even had pupillary distance -- I think some of my older prescriptions didn't, but one recent one did.

Online stores usually have tutorials on what you need to order.

 

[Svnla]

Yesterday it was upper 70s, today it is lower 40s, about 30 degree difference.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Geeez... Every pair up until my last two were $200+ just for lenses plus $150+ for frames.

Then I found Clearly Contacts and paid <$140 for a new pair. It was satisfactory so I bought another one.

I've been blind my whole life and learned how to adjust my own glasses though.

Yeah $400 seems to be the going price for a basic pair these days, it's kinda ridiculous.

So glad I got the balls to get LASIK, don't have to deal with glasses anymore. They were such a pain.