What first world problem did you have today?

[Red Squirrel]

Oh man that's a shitty situation to be in. I would have a hard time with the idea of buying or selling something in that price point on Ebay because of that. Too many things that can go wrong. Also sucks how theft is essentially legalized now days. They will send 20 police officers to your house with a warrant and arrest you if you made a mistake on your taxes or some other victimless crime, but someone has stolen property and they suddenly cant do anything.

Looks like On Demand orders are a US only option.

Healthcare here is weird when it comes to stuff like that. We are limited when it comes to elective test/procedures and preventive stuff is basically non existent, everything is reactive.

 

[sdifox]

snow made the school bus very late so the kids came home. So I had to drive them to school. When I passed by where they wait for the bus, I see the bus show up, 40 min late.

 

[KLin]

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Guess I need to increase my vitamin C intake.

I paid $485 for this test (different vitamin and nutrient level results, not just Vitamin C lol) last Thursday. Labcorp has it for sale for 15% off today. I wonder if they pricematch...

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Another painful PGE electric bill.
($217 for a studio apartment? Really?)

 

[Red Squirrel]

My hydro is around the same cost now days too. Not much has changed as far as my usage goes. Used to be like $140/mo. Everything keeps going up in price and we're being squeezed harder each year.

Speaking of outrageous prices I just bought a single bundle of fibreglass insulation and it was $160! I remember when it was like $50. Insulation in general has really been going up in price in the past few years.

 

[esquared]

Another painful PGE electric bill.
($217 for a studio apartment? Really?)

Yep, that sounds about normal for where I live.
Pacific Graft and Extortion

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Portland General Electric in my area.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Another painful PGE electric bill.
($217 for a studio apartment? Really?)

Our PGE bill was almost $1k this month. One of the perks of winter: having a teacher as a spouse and a kid who gets 3 weeks off for xmas break. Between our pool pumps running and the heaters and just overall appliance use of 2 people off work and school, it's awesome!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wouldn't it be easier to drain the pool for winter? I can't imagine how much energy it takes trying to keep that water from freezing.

 

[IronWing]

I'm officially old now. I wrote a comment on a sponsored fb post. It was an ad for an industrial laser cutter. In the video, the laser cutter was punching holes in steel beams. I asked why the worker shown in the video had the laser shield open and wasn't wearing eye protection while the machine was running. I suppose I'll get seven kinds of spam now.

 

[MrSquished]

Fuck HBOMax, and not just because of the giant prick named David Zaslav. Why do you I have to press the button twice on my Google 4K streamer remote to pause a fucking movie on here? Every other streaming service is just one - except YouTube - which makes sense. YT is also kind of like social media, and with lots of short form content as well, and informative content - stuff you want to bookmark and share, and like and what not. An HBO Movie is none of those things that I need to do during the watch. Netflix, AppleTV, Hulu, and all the other streaming services I've used in the past, one press=pause.

Fuck you HBOMax.