Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)

After 20 years of riding fite's they suddenly don't agree with my taint! I'm a ship adrift.

Chest infection; I know where this goes.

Fighting a cold. And my willfully dense neighbor.

didn't get the demand planner/forecasting position, but on the upside the recruiter is looking for other opportunities in the company.
i just really do not enjoy my current job, at all. i look forward to nothing about it.

What would have been a lovely two week vacation to California was cut short (in Gillette WY) by stomach flu. The fact that my wife, son and I are all finally just about over it is small consolation. The good news is I only burned one vacation day, but I'm still right grumpy.

Also, business which has led to not riding combined with some slippage in self control has led to me getting fat as shit. Doesn't look good, doesn't feel good.

I injured something at the gym. Take a wild fucking guess what. This is the second time in a year I've injured this favorite and most vital component. WTF. I have wknd plans w/a woman w/whom I've been dying to have wknd plans. Right now I'm standing at my desk in an old GF's bathrobe because I can't put on pants. I have never worn a bathrobe in my life, the novelty of which, thus far, has done nothing to lighten the situation. This is fucking ridiculous. Now and then I'll fool myself, convinced any final vestiges of my dignity were long ago stripped, only to be snapped back into reality like a freight train that it's not even close.

After a ton of flight delays yesteday I arrvied at the hotel 1:15am. At 5:30 am I took a cold shower because there was no hot water.

UPS: Tracking Information
I'm not having good luck with UPS lately. And am expecting this to follow suit. Scanned into system on Monday and hasn't checked in anywhere since.

Boiler for an espresso machine I picked up on the cheap.

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Originally Posted by mainemike

I injured something at the gym. Take a wild fucking guess what. This is the second time in a year I've injured this favorite and most vital component. WTF. I have wknd plans w/a woman w/whom I've been dying to have wknd plans. Right now I'm standing at my desk in an old GF's bathrobe because I can't put on pants. I have never worn a bathrobe in my life, the novelty of which, thus far, has done nothing to lighten the situation. This is fucking ridiculous. Now and then I'll fool myself, convinced any final vestiges of my dignity were long ago stripped, only to be snapped back into reality like a freight train that it's not even close.

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(your inbox is full so..)
i assume you're back is what's messed up. i tweaked mine a few years ago and couldn't bend over without feeling like a knife was goin up my spine. got a cortisone shot in the spine where the origin was and it was immediately better. might want to give a doc a call and see if that's a possibility (if you can pinpoint the origin of the pain).
good luck!

^^^ Ha Ha Ha Thank you Sean! You definitely lightened the situation! ahha Definitely not my back, definitely not getting a cortisone shot! in the ole component. ahhha

The Campy Neutron Ultra's I just picked up on Craig's List weigh more than the advertised listings in the Campy catalogs.. WTF campy, do Italian scales follow different laws of gravity?

Oh yeah, this will be the last Thursday I get to grump about my mother in law. God willing the old bag will be out Saturday.

Bit of a pet peeve when people place orders and give me an email they don't use, then ask for order status/tracking from a different email addy.

Catch 22:

My wife works in the health industry. Her facility accepts people with Medicare.
Our State issues “non documented” people a Medicare card and number.

When the facility goes to Medicare to recoup costs, Federal Medicare says “We don’t pay cost for non-U.S.citizens”…
Facility loses money. As it is, Medicare doesn’t pay enough for facilities to make a profit, but the industry doesn’t like “empty beds”...

The near future: Rehab and extended care facilities are selling off their buildings, downsizing and will refuse ALL Medicare insurance. It’s already happening. Wife is worried about her future employment.

I get hit with that “worry” shrapnel daily...

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Originally Posted by mainemike

^^^ Ha Ha Ha Thank you Sean! You definitely lightened the situation! ahha Definitely not my back, definitely not getting a cortisone shot! in the ole component. ahhha

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in that case i do not recommend a cortisone shot! (i considered it might not be your back at first..but then i was like, "nahhh, he wouldn't..would he?")

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Oh yeah, this will be the last Thursday I get to grump about my mother in law. God willing the old bag will be out Saturday.

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ah, man. these were hilarious. I'll miss her, in a way. I know you won't, but still.
Godspeed to the good lady.

Life insurance company is trying to pull a fast one on me. I don't really need it, do I?

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Originally Posted by monadnocky

ah, man. these were hilarious. I'll miss her, in a way. I know you won't, but still.
Godspeed to the good lady.

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She may be out of my house soon, but not out of my life. I'm sure I'll have some new material.

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Originally Posted by Matthew Strongin

Life insurance company is trying to pull a fast one on me. I don't really need it, do I?

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No, yes. You don't need it. The ones you leave behind might.

Couldn't ride today! Prepping for my colonoscopy tomorrow! Clear liquids only and no solid foods not great for my riding style! I'm waiting for something to happen!