What Irked You Today?

[Ace-Garageguy]

Have either a miserable head cold, or I've developed an allergy to some fall pollen that didn't used to affect me. Head feels like it's full of cotton, scratchy throat and eyes, slight chills, runny nose. Yuck.

[A modeler named mike]

1 minute ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Have either a miserable head cold, or I've developed an allergy to some fall pollen that didn't used to affect me. Head feels like it's full of cotton, scratchy throat and eyes, slight chills, runny nose. Yuck.

Sorry your not feeling well Bill, since your head feels full of cotton, you may qualify to be a Cotton-headed ninny muggin.. No? Okay..  I'd suggest some chicken noodle soup, a warm cozy bed and plenty of rest. If the runny nose is persistent best try the shop vac, does wonders for cleaning out the sinuses.. 

Just kidding on that last suggestion, or am I? 

[Tim W. SoCal]

  Headed to my Doctor's appointment this morning, traveling along a two-lane road in a BEAUTIFUL semi-rural part of the county and what do I come across? A BIG curved screen TV dumped along the side of the road, along with its wall mount and some other trash. I don't know what's been going on in my neck of SoCal lately, but we're seeing more and more electronic waste, broken up furniture, old trailers, broken down, dilapidated boats and other sorts of garbage dumped on the side of the road by a-holes that are undoubtedly too stupid, lazy, miserly and/or indifferent to properly dispose of their junk.

[Ace-Garageguy]

40 minutes ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

   I don't know what's been going on in my neck of SoCal lately, but we're seeing more and more electronic waste, broken up furniture, old trailers, broken down, dilapidated boats and other sorts of garbage dumped on the side of the road by a-holes that are undoubtedly too stupid, lazy, miserly and/or indifferent to properly dispose of their junk.

I live in what used to be an extremely clean semi-rural county on the outskirts of Atlanta. The exact same thing is happening here. Any low-traffic area that's not fenced is becoming a dump site...including the woods between my house and the railroad tracks. I've hauled away at least one longbed pickup full of other people's garbage over the last 6 years.

And one of the shops I work with has a very large rolloff dumpster (20 yard, 20 feet long) for scrap metal.

Last week some enterprising souls filled it with wooden pallets, furniture, and household waste.

[slusher]

On 10/6/2024 at 9:45 AM, crazyjim said:

Looks like another hurricane coming my way on Wednesday.

Jim, I saw it was headed your way.  You and your wife riding it out at home or leaving?

[crazyjim]

We'll be staying at home.  Hopefully we'll make it to Tursday evening.  We expect power to go out and cell phones to go to SOS mode.

[TonyK]

My annual visit to the dermatologist revealed "I don't like the look of that" comment from him so he cut a dime sized spot from my upper arm and sent it to the lab. Sure enough it came back as cancer so now I get to go back this week so he can cut all around that area just to make sure there's nothing left to chance. He reassured me I'm ok so that's good but gonna cut enough to require stitches and can't go swimming and can't lift over 10 pounds for 2 weeks, etc. Geez!

This is a reminder for everyone to add this to the long list of health checkups to avoid anything that can sneak up on you.

[Tim W. SoCal]

21 minutes ago, TonyK said:

This is a reminder for everyone to add this to the long list of health checkups to avoid anything that can sneak up on you.

   I STRONGLY second this...  I had what I thought was a pimple on the tip of my nose that never came to a head. I kept trying to pop it anyway, but it wouldn't pop. My best friend repeatedly implored me to get it checked and I repeatedly declared "Nah, it's just a pimple that won't pop..." This went on for more than a year. I went to my Doctor for a physical exam and had him take a look at it. He cut a piece off and sent it to the lab for a biopsy. Sure enough, Basal Cell Carcinoma... It has been treated and is completely cured, but this has made me MUCH  more cautious and attentive when I spend time in the sun. You see, I was always too tough for sun tan lotion and, especially, sun block... ALSO, I've spent my professional life working among and near very loud noises, as well as spending many years playing bass guitar in a loud Rock Band, again, thinking I was too tough to need or use ear protection. I now have chronic, severe tinnitus and a 40% hearing loss. Please take care of yourselves substantially better than I have taken care of my body...

[espo]

2 hours ago, TonyK said:

My annual visit to the dermatologist revealed "I don't like the look of that" comment from him so he cut a dime sized spot from my upper arm and sent it to the lab. Sure enough it came back as cancer so now I get to go back this week so he can cut all around that area just to make sure there's nothing left to chance. He reassured me I'm ok so that's good but gonna cut enough to require stitches and can't go swimming and can't lift over 10 pounds for 2 weeks, etc. Geez!

This is a reminder for everyone to add this to the long list of health checkups to avoid anything that can sneak up on you.

 

1 hour ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

   I STRONGLY second this...  I had what I thought was a pimple on the tip of my nose that never came to a head. I kept trying to pop it anyway, but it wouldn't pop. My best friend repeatedly implored me to get it checked and I repeatedly declared "Nah, it's just a pimple that won't pop..." This went on for more than a year. I went to my Doctor for a physical exam and had him take a look at it. He cut a piece off and sent it to the lab for a biopsy. Sure enough, Basal Cell Carcinoma... It has been treated and is completely cured, but this has made me MUCH  more cautious and attentive when I spend time in the sun. You see, I was always too tough for sun tan lotion and, especially, sun block... ALSO, I've spent my professional life working among and near very loud noises, as well as spending many years playing bass guitar in a loud Rock Band, again, thinking I was too tough to need or use ear protection. I now have chronic, severe tinnitus and a 40% hearing loss. Please take care of yourselves substantially better than I have taken care of my body...

I can third this advice. Had a zit inside the edge of my ear that turned out to be so much more. They also dug a big divot out of my lower left leg that needed over 15 stitches by the time they got done tunneling around in there. Not fun. I'm paying for all those formative years when I thought sunscreen was for sissies. Anything that doesn't look right on your skin should be checked out by a skin doctor ASAP, it just doesn't get better with time on its own.   

[blunc]

On 9/10/2024 at 6:30 PM, stavanzer said:

I had a Job Interview at 3pm this afternoon.

They called me at 12:30 to tell me that they had already filled the job. 2.5 hrs before the interview they called?

Is this a 'thing' now? Who does this? I had a ride set up, suit pressed, everything...

I'm not happy!

you may have dodged a bullet.

[rattle can man]

Neighbors dog barking non-stop for the last three hours.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Annoying more than anything...arthritis in both hands flaring up, apparently with the cold weather snap.

I guess using them for hammers all those years wasn't the best possible thing to do. But who knew?  

And another thing...clueless resellers of built-up models slathering gloo all over them "repairing" loose parts.

Really? You think gloo smears and globs and runs and fingerprints make a once-nicely-built model more valuable / salable than putting the loose stuff in a baggie?

And hey...if you're going to put tape and price stickers on a model, don't put it over paint or decals...mmmmkay?

And if you have to put price stickers on a vintage kit box, use a few brain cells and put it under the box, NOT on the printed parts that have display-appeal to collectors, using tape that can't be removed without damage.

Common sense is in increasingly short supply.

I like pie.  ?

Edited October 15, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[Rodent]

3 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Annoying more than anything...arthritis in both hands flaring up, apparently with the cold weather snap.

I guess using them for hammers all those years wasn't the best possible thing to do. But who knew?  

And another thing...clueless resellers of built-up models slathering gloo all over them "repairing" loose parts.

Really? You think gloo smears and globs and runs and fingerprints make a once-nicely-built model more valuable / salable than putting the loose stuff in a baggie?

And hey...if you're going to put tape and price stickers on a model, don't put it over paint or decals...mmmmkay?

And if you have to put price stickers on a vintage kit box, use a few brain cells and put it under the box, NOT on the printed parts that have display-appeal to collectors, using tape that can't be removed without damage.

Common sense is in increasingly short supply.

I like pie.  ?

Have you tried Voltaren cream? I have a 30-ish year old injury to the lower big toe joint on my right foot that has been acting up for a while now. I finally talked to my doctor about it (why is this sounding like a TV commercial?). They X-Rayed it and confirmed arthritis. He told me to take NSAIDs when it hurts and get some Voltaren cream. I am not sure if it helps or if it just stops hurting for a while on its own. Glad it's my right foot because sometime it hurts so bad that I couldn't drive my row-it-yourself car if it was my left.

Doctor laughed at me and told me that he always tells younger people that have this type of injury that they WILL have arthritis at that spot when they get older. Short-term cure if it gets too bad is a cortisone injection.

I like pie too, but especially from the peach tree we no longer have #sadface.

[Ace-Garageguy]

36 minutes ago, Rodent said:

Have you tried Voltaren cream? ...I am not sure if it helps or if it just stops hurting for a while on its own. Glad it's my right foot because sometime it hurts so bad that I couldn't drive my row-it-yourself car if it was my left...

I like pie too, but especially from the peach tree we no longer have #sadface.

Friendamine gave me some stuff called Patriot Flex Roll On some years back, said she'd tried it and it worked for her.

Mr. Skeptical me poo-pooed it, until one day my hands were so bad I tried it.

Didn't knock the pain all the way out, but man, it sure as h. dulled it. Definitely enough so I could work. Kinda smells like the old Vicks VapoRub or Ben-Gay. 

Been using it the past coupla days and it still does the job.

Anyway, apparently they don't make it any more, but it worked so well that Mr. Prudent me laid in a supply back then that ought to last for years at the rate I use it. I keep some at home, in my toolboxes at both shops, and take a bottle when I travel.

 

Edited October 15, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[stitchdup]

On 10/6/2024 at 9:04 PM, StevenGuthmiller said:

I have a similar problem with my neighbor “all summer long”.

He’s one of those guys that has to have his lawn looking like a pool table at all times, which means he waters and fertilizes the snot out of it, which in turn requires him to mow his lawn 2 to 3 times a week.

No problem.

I have other neighbors who are also as anal about their lawns, but this creep waits until about a half an hour before dark before he starts mowing.

In the middle of the summer, this means that he’s beginning to mow his lawn with his big *ss zero turn mower at around 9:00 at night when everyone else is trying to wind down for the evening and would like a little peace and quiet instead of listening to that noisy turd for an hour.

To make matters worse, on the weekends, he for some psychotic reason has to drag his mowing out for the whole freakin’ day!

He’ll putz around half of the morning in his front yard with his bagging push mower making sure he gets those perfect diagonal lines.

Then he’ll go play golf, or whatever the hell he does in the afternoon, and then come back and run that friggin’ rider until after dark!

I tell my wife that if I ever lose my mind and go postal, he’s gonna be the first one to get picked off of that rider!

I also tell her that if I ever get to the point where my lawn is one of the most important parts of my life, to just go ahead and kill me.

Life’s not worth living anymore at that point.

 

 

 

Steve

you know if you sneak out at night, and just happen to have a bag of fertaliser with you, that just happens to have a hole in one corner, and you just happen to follow a pattern on his lawn that would be considered words, you can leave a message that will keep repeating for the rest of the season. this also works with wildflower seeds but that would be considered vandalism. theres a certain golf course in scotland this happen to regularly, so its almost become a game now

[stitchdup]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Friendamine gave me some stuff called Patriot Flex Roll On some years back, said she'd tried it and it worked for her.

Mr. Skeptical me poo-pooed it, until one day my hands were so bad I tried it.

Didn't knock the pain all the way out, but man, it sure as h. dulled it. Definitely enough so I could work. Kinda smells like the old Vicks VapoRub or Ben-Gay. 

Been using it the past coupla days and it still does the job.

Anyway, apparently they don't make it any more, but it worked so well that Mr. Prudent me laid in a supply back then that ought to last for years at the rate I use it. I keep some at home, in my toolboxes at both shops, and take a bottle when I travel.

 

have you tried looking at the stuff weightlifters use? one of my mums friends has 2 claws for hands due to the old arthur so she has cream they use that works for her

[A modeler named mike]

5 hours ago, stitchdup said:

have you tried looking at the stuff weightlifters use? one of my mums friends has 2 claws for hands due to the old arthur so she has cream they use that works for her

Old arthur, reminds me of an old joke.. 

An old lady asked her friend how his wife was doing? The friend said not good, she was at home in bed with arthritis. The lady replied, I know those ritis boys and arthur is the worst one!...?‍♂️...? ? ?

[Jim N]

On 10/7/2024 at 7:11 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

I live in what used to be an extremely clean semi-rural county on the outskirts of Atlanta. The exact same thing is happening here. Any low-traffic area that's not fenced is becoming a dump site...including the woods between my house and the railroad tracks. I've hauled away at least one longbed pickup full of other people's garbage over the last 6 years.

And one of the shops I work with has a very large rolloff dumpster (20 yard, 20 feet long) for scrap metal.

Last week some enterprising souls filled it with wooden pallets, furniture, and household waste.

This is happening everywhere.  It's because the people who are supposed to enforce the laws or ordinances that affect our quality of life refuse to do so.

[A modeler named mike]

18 minutes ago, Jim N said:

This is happening everywhere.  It's because the people who are supposed to enforce the laws or ordinances that affect our quality of life refuse to do so.

True but they're being told in many jurisdictions to not enforce some laws because the simple minded idiots who make and pass laws in local state houses are pushing this BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH! Legalized drugs, Walk free-No bail, juveniles can't be properly investigated without permission, etc... it's eroding our safety net to insure criminals are held accountable and we as taxpayers stay safe.  Let's also not forget the idiotic push to refund the police! 

Edited October 16, 2024 by A modeler named mike

[rattle can man]

Arnica seems to work good on my arthritic hands and feet.

What irked me today is a stubborn bottle of paint I can't open.   I will try again tomorrow, when I can try bigger, better tools without supervision (My partner has been holding me to docs orders, but she will be out of town for a few hours tomorrow).

[NOBLNG]

Canada Post!? I enter the tracking # and it says out for delivery by end of day. So I wait around all day, checking occasionally for updates. Then about 6pm, I scroll down to review the tracking history and find that the package is not even in Winnipeg…it’s in Scarborough.???

? If it’s in Scarborough at 1:43pm, it sure ain’t being delivered in Winnipeg today!?

 

 

Edited October 16, 2024 by NOBLNG

[A modeler named mike]

2 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Canada Post!? I enter the tracking # and it says out for delivery by end of day. So I wait around all day, checking occasionally for updates. Then about 6pm, I scroll down to review the tracking history and find that the package is not even in Winnipeg…it’s in Scarborough.???

???

 

 

The circle says it all.. incompetent postal system/worker? I've had it  happen to me multiple times. 

[NOBLNG]

50 minutes ago, A modeler named mike said:

The circle says it all.. incompetent postal system/worker? I've had it  happen to me multiple times. 

 

Yeah for sure…but you would think when they discovered it they could update the top section that claims it is out for delivery by end of day.?

[Ace-Garageguy]

4 hours ago, Jim N said:

...It's because the people who are supposed to enforce the laws or ordinances that affect our quality of life refuse to do so.

No.

It's because there's no shortage of people in the world who seem to think anywhere is their dumping ground, that they're somehow entitled to other people's property, and as long as they don't get caught stealing or otherwise infringing on other people's rights, it's OK.

And that is, unfortunately, part of the dark side of human nature. It's a moral / ethical / cultural failure.

"The people who are supposed to enforce the laws or ordinances that affect our quality of life" may provide a deterrent to those lacking the moral and ethical makeup to police themselves, but they are not the core of the problem.

 

Edited October 17, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy
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[peteski]

23 hours ago, rattle can man said:

Arnica seems to work good on my arthritic hands and feet.

What irked me today is a stubborn bottle of paint I can't open.   I will try again tomorrow, when I can try bigger, better tools without supervision (My partner has been holding me to docs orders, but she will be out of town for a few hours tomorrow).

Place the bottle upside down on your workbench, and using an eye dropper add few drops of lacquer thinner into the cap.  Wait about 30 minutes and then try opening it.  I used to use that trick until I got really anal and started cleaning all the paint off the bottle's lip and off the gasket/ and threads before I close the bottle.