What first world problem did you have today?

[MrSquished]

Why stop? Isn't it just like bikers? Traffic rules don't apply.

Comparing cyclists to cars is for the small minded. Now don't get me wrong, cyclists need to pay certain respects to the road and rules, but comparing a car that weighs 3000 pounds to a bike that weighs 30 pounds and what kind of effect it can have of things go wrong is asinine. Bikes are not cars and trucks. They should have a hybrid set of rules that make sense for that style of transport.

Everywhere should have the Idaho stop as a rule. Cyclists should still have lights at night. No riding on sidewalks unless you're path is unsafe, which happens often enough, etc...

 

[IronWing]

The multi-outlet strip mounted to the desk in my hotel room was tied to the light switch. When I turned off the light to go to bed nothing looked wrong as all the green lights stayed lit, even the phone was charging as everything back fed off my laptop battery.

 

[UsandThem]

I went to pick up a prescription today at my local pharmacy, and before walking into their door, they had a "Help with EOL costs for Izzie".

I was kind of shocked because for years whenever went there to pickup a prescription, Izzie was always the one who I dealt with. He was a younger guy (probably late 20s) and was definitely a big guy who would have been morbidly obese based on the testing guidelines, although he had been steadly losing weight from when I first encountered him., and had slimmed down quite a bit from his heaviest total. Anyways, the workers/manager there told me he had actually passed away about 3 days ago from Covid/pneumonia after being badly sick from it for a month.

He was always nice to me, and he seemed to like his job and had worked for then for many years, unlike a lot of places where the employee turnover is constant and you rarely see a new employee more than a couple times before they leave for something else.

I wasn't friends with him or anything, but I left there feeling bad that he had gone to work every day and made it to when they began making Covid shots much easier to get for most of the age groups. I'm not sure if he got the vaccine and it didn't work for him, or maybe he figured that he worked well over a year being exposed to it from customers picking up prescriptions, so maybe he thought he would wait a little longer.

Late 20s is too soon to suddenly die, but Covid hit some people a lot harder than most people who don't seem to show many (if any) symptoms. After that, that whole situation really weighed on my mind for the rest of day.

 

[shortylickens]

End Of Life?
Evolution Of Laziness?
Empirical Order laissez-faire ?

 

[highland145]

Not a fwp but not sure where it goes....looks like some kid should clean out the debris at the base of the windshield on his car. Best guess, last year. Only time it sat for more than a week was when they got kicked out of college for covid.

 

[highland145]

And Carolina wrens will build a nest in your but crack if you bend over for more than a few minutes.

 

[shortylickens]

wanted to get the vaccine but you cant take it with ibuprofin. I had some tooth work done. they prescribed ibuprofin.

 

[BoomerD]

wanted to get the vaccine but you cant take it with ibuprofin. I had some tooth work done. they prescribed ibuprofin.

That's odd...when we were vaccinated, they told us to use ibuprofen to alleviate any joint pain.

Ah, I see...not recommended BEFORE getting vaccinated.

Yes, you can take OTC pain meds after getting the Covid vaccine, says CDC — plus other tips for dealing with side effects

What you can do, and what you shouldn't do, when it comes to OTC medications and the Covid-19 vaccine.

www.cnbc.com

Taking OTC pain medications ahead of your shot to try and decrease symptoms is not recommended by the CDC, because it’s not clear how that could affect the vaccine’s effectiveness.

The concern is that pre-treating with pain medications that reduce fevers and inflammation (like acetaminophen and ibuprofen) could dampen your immune system’s response to the vaccine.

That’s because your immune system responds to vaccines through a process called “controlled inflammation,”

 

[allisolm]

wanted to get the vaccine but you cant take it with ibuprofin. I had some tooth work done. they prescribed ibuprofin.

Did you just get the work done? if so, where were you the last several months before that you couldn't get vaccinated? Did you get the work done earlier, in which case what have you been doing since that you didn't get vaccinated?

 

[BoomerD]

Did you just get the work done? if so, where were you the last several months before that you couldn't get vaccinated? Did you get the work done earlier, in which case what have you been doing since that you didn't get vaccinated?

meh...I just got the second Moderna shot. I don't fault anyone for waiting...the early vaccinated were basically guinea pigs for the pharma companies doing live trials rather than the usual long-term blind trials. (yes, I know some of that was done...but it was rushed)

 

[shortylickens]

Calm down, brah.

I have had a lot of work done on my teeth. Thats what happens when you trust the Navy to take care of your dental work. It also takes a while to get in to see my doctor as she is constantly over worked. So my doctors appointment took a while to get and my dentist appointment took a while to get and sometimes thats just life.

 

[Svnla]

I didn't think ahead/plan so I was out of about $20 for extra fee instead of a few bucks (government paper work). <sad panda>.

 

[highland145]

I didn't think ahead/plan so I was out of about $20 for extra fee instead of a few bucks (government paper work). <sad panda>.

Trade you. Got my PPP denial letter today. Finance peeps aren't eligible for forgiveness. I can give it all back or it gets converted to a 5 year loan. So I'm going to take that $ and pay down the 2nd townhouse. 1% vs 4.125%. And I was offered $99K fed loan at 1.5% that I declined but I might have to look at that again and pay off that mortgage.

 

[Ajay]

And Carolina wrens will build a nest in your but crack if you bend over for more than a few minutes.

Learn to spel.

 

[Ajay]

Trade you. Got my PPP denial letter today. Finance peeps aren't eligible for forgiveness. I can give it all back or it gets converted to a 5 year loan. So I'm going to take that $ and pay down the 2nd townhouse. 1% vs 4.125%. And I was offered $99K fed loan at 1.5% that I declined but I might have to look at that again and pay off that mortgage.

Seriously? Yeah, there is NO WAY that could be exploited. There must be real estate companies making bank on this.

 

[highland145]

Learn to spel.

Spelt. Better?

Seriously? Yeah, there is NO WAY that could be exploited. There must be real estate companies making bank on this.

There were strings attached with the fed loan, accounting for where the $$ was spent and the like. I just didn't want the hassle but I'm going to look at it again. 1.5%...

 

[UsandThem]

My Chase credit card was somehow compromised, and they first did a $5 charge for "Giving To Georgetown" on June 14th, and then today a $44.99 charge for "MFE*ww.Mcafee.com".

The customer service agent looked at the 2nd charge for half a second, and said the card had been compromised and it was being cancelled. Now I just have to wait for a new one to come.

I've had issues with that credit card before, once during the hack of Target's payment system, and the last one being the hack of Home Depot's payment system. Thankfully, both of those were a number of years ago. I wonder what merchant it was this time that caused the leak?

 

[Red Squirrel]

I ordered a HDMI switch and other accessories from shopper.ca a while back, that's basically Canadian Monoprice. Shipping tends to take a month or so and the package finally came in the other day and realized that I ordered a HDMI splitter, not a switch. Doh!

Trying to solve an issue where when I work from home, switching the secondary monitor to/from my personal stuff causes all the windows to shuffle all over the place. For the primary I have a TESmart KVM that works well, I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and order another one of those off Amazon. Best KVM I've ever used TBH and since I know it works for the primary may as well use it for the secondary even if it's only for the video.

 

[sdifox]

Tried to order fish and chips and was told there is a shortage of halibut and it will take another three weeks to get any.

 

[shortylickens]

Tried to order fish and chips and was told there is a shortage of halibut and it will take another three weeks to get any.

MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Can they not just use a different kind of fish?

 

[BoomerD]

Can they not just use a different kind of fish?

Then it wouldn't be halibut and chips...duh.

 

[Red Squirrel]

For some reason I thought this week was pay day so I was looking forward to putting a chunk of money on the credit line, but realized it was last week. I did not even see that pay it just got absorbed by bills right away lol. I suppose it does not help I hired out some tree stump grinding and tree branch hauling (would have taken me like 40 trips with my truck, there was a LOT) so that cost $1,500 which is basically a full pay cheque give or take a few hundred. Next pay is end of month and property taxes come out, so won't see that pay either.

 

[sdifox]

Can they not just use a different kind of fish?

Err, I wanted halibut, of course they had other fish, but I wasn't biting.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I tried to play Minecraft on my work computer and was brutally reminded of why I stopped doing that. It's basically unplayable on these shitty machines lol.