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Let it all hangout -- The Grumpies, whinies, complainies Get It Off Your Chest Thread....

Thanks @canuk-gal
It has been a real rough couple of months. I never thought I'd feel "normal" again. I spent many hours curled up in a ball on the couch. Mouth pain is the worst.

Yes it is. Take care, lovely, on your way to recovery.
 
HI:

So the story is my DH spent yesterday cleaning here....I was at work so I can't attest. So what am I doing today you ask? Vacuuming dust bunnies off the hardwood...... :roll2:

cheers--Sharon
 
HI:

New dozen eggs....opened the carton today and FOUR YES FOUR eggs broken. WTH :roll2: :x2

cheers--Sharon
 
I decorated the outside of the house for Christmas for the first time in 30 years. Yesterday a storm blew through and assassinated Prince George of SnowFlake, the lighted 6 ft tall snowman. Bah humbug.
 
Did I remember to backup my old laptop before I erased it? Noooooo. Did I remember to sign out of icloud when I erased my old laptop? Nooooooo. Did I lose all my desktop files on the new laptop when I erased the old one because I didn't sign out of icloud? Yessss.
Did I have a panic attack due to my numbskullery? Yessss.
Did I spent hours restoring, downloading, and backing up everything everywhere? Yesss.

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Very few things make me miserable, but this is one of them.

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Me too
Wind chills are -2 right now...all I can think of are the poor feral cats...we have not seen them yesterday or this AM and lots of food went uneaten :( :( :(


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Me too
Wind chills are -2 right now...all I can think of are the poor feral cats...we have not seen them yesterday or this AM and lots of food went uneaten :( :( :(


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They are probably staying inside somewhere, like I am! Hopefully they will come out later today or tomorrow when it's a bit warmer.
 
They are probably staying inside somewhere, like I am! Hopefully they will come out later today or tomorrow when it's a bit warmer.

I saw Fresca, Pepsi and Shasta this afternoon thankfully! This weather is BRUTAL. And we cannot even move because I cannot leave our feral cats. Otherwise I seriously would consider a more temperate climate.
I got goosebumps just reading about it.

It's brutal it really is. My body rebels against it too. I am staying inside as much as possible which if you know me is hard to do lol but this bitter cold makes it mandatory
 
Ah, yes, the holiday. Ten people coming for dinner for Christmas and the house smells like something died in the attic. HVAC people are here, it's not the furnace, might be a refrigerant leak. No dead critter found (yet). HVAC tech just called in reinforcements to help identify what it is and where it's coming from. Bah humbug.
 
I'm sick. Just a cold but gotta work the next three: 24, 25, 26. Viruses suck and their timing in pretty sus too.

Poor you. Try to be as well as you can, friend.
 
Update to post #3012. New HVAC system ordered. Sigh. The good news is at least the new system will be more energy efficient than the current one.
 
@Matata Oh no, that's an unexpected big expense!! When are they expected to install it? I don't know where you live, but in the north where I live we would freeze without heat!
 
Oh no, that's an unexpected big expense!! When are they expected to install it? I don't know where you live, but in the north where I live we would freeze without heat!

It'll be at least 3 wks for the new stuff to arrive. We still have heat, but when it's on there's a bad smell in one part of the house. The HVAC techs think it may be a small leak in the condenser coil of the air conditioner but they took everything apart and didn't see a leak even though they said the odor smells like refrigerant. We could have chosen to do an expensive diagnostic test that may have confirmed their suspicions but the system is old enough that it should be replaced in a year or two so we decided to bite the bullet and get it over with.
 
Update to post #3012. New HVAC system ordered. Sigh. The good news is at least the new system will be more energy efficient than the current one.

I had to do that last year. I have a furnace with an A-coil in it for the A/C part. The condenser went. So I said, replace that. Can't as the new ones won't work with your old A-coil. Okay, replace that too. Can't do that, the new ones won't fit in your furnace. Okay, so replace everything, heat, A/c, humidifier, etc. Oh well....Hopefully you won't need to run the heat much while it smells, and the new one comes quickly.
 
I broke my ring. It's one of my favorites. I have no idea how it happened as I had only had it on for about 2 hours and had only walked the dog. I've written to Amy and David to see if they can repair it. Otherwise I'll have them remake it as I really do love it.

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Ugh, do you think DK can fix it @Lookinagain ? Or do you already have someone in mind?
 
I just heard back from Amy and she says that they can fix it! Yeah! So much better than having to have it remade. I'll ship it off when they get back into the office Jan. 2. So nice of her to answer me while they are out.

What a relief! I’m so sorry that happened!
 
Does the sun still exist?? We've had 3 straight weeks of fog (temperature inversion) and Imma gettin' irritable from golden orb deprivation. We're under an air stagnation advisory for the foreseeable future. Okay I'm beyond irritable, I'm cantankerous.

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First GRUMPY

Our Brooklyn maintenance went up 29%, That's right, 29%. We are paying a fortune for a place we are not even visiting let alone living in but I just cannot give it up right now. Am getting close though. Greg is board president and they had no choice but to approve the increase. GRRrrrrr. Due to increases in everything. Insurance, taxes and salaries due to prevailing wage law. It is getting to be too expensive to live in Brooklyn now let alone Manhattan. I thought our property taxes were expensive in NJ but our maintenance in Brooklyn is more than double...getting close to three times our cost in NJ

Second GRUMPY

NY and NJ do not offer PPOs to anybody purchasing health insurance not through an employer
There are no options
This started after Obamacare
Before that we had PPOs
Really an untenable situation for those of us who have medical issues and specialists in other states


Third GRUMPY

Not so much grumpy as sad. Bobby is not doing well and soon we have to make a difficult decision
(and a few other very challenging cat issues I am not going into right now)
Very sad our furry babies live for such a short time
:(
 
First GRUMPY

Our Brooklyn maintenance went up 29%, That's right, 29%. We are paying a fortune for a place we are not even visiting let alone living in but I just cannot give it up right now. Am getting close though. Greg is board president and they had no choice but to approve the increase. GRRrrrrr. Due to increases in everything. Insurance, taxes and salaries due to prevailing wage law. It is getting to be too expensive to live in Brooklyn now let alone Manhattan. I thought our property taxes were expensive in NJ but our maintenance in Brooklyn is more than double...getting close to three times our cost in NJ

Second GRUMPY

NY and NJ do not offer PPOs to anybody purchasing health insurance not through an employer
There are no options
This started after Obamacare
Before that we had PPOs
Really an untenable situation for those of us who have medical issues and specialists in other states


Third GRUMPY

Not so much grumpy as sad. Bobby is not doing well and soon we have to make a difficult decision
(and a few other very challenging cat issues I am not going into right now)
Very sad our furry babies live for such a short time
:(

All those things are awful Missy! Are you able to rent your NY place?
 
All those things are awful Missy! Are you able to rent your NY place?

Well it’s a co op and the rules are two years. With a possibility of extending another two years after four years no renting. But I’m not interested in renting it out. It’s too much hassle for a short period of time. All my stuff is still there. It would cost too much in time, energy and money to bother. Plus, and I’m being completely honest here. I don’t like the idea of someone else sleeping in our bed and living in our space. And it’s not worth all the above for just two years. I appreciate your brainstorming for me though. Thank you
 
ARGGG. This is a small matter compared to what many of you are experiencing, so please take it for what it is--getting something off my chest. I sold a high-end item on Poshmark, accommodating the buyer's statement that "the price is quite steep" by throwing in a Nanette Lepore suit, new with tags, essentially for free. She left me 3 out of 5 stars, indicating that the items are beautiful but not worth the money and that I am inflexible and not consistent with PM spirit. I know it's not a big deal and that no one can see the actual comment, and that all of my other 5 star ratings help nullify her rating, but it's one of those stupid things that really gets to me. Thank you for listening, PriceScopers!
 
ARGGG. This is a small matter compared to what many of you are experiencing, so please take it for what it is--getting something off my chest. I sold a high-end item on Poshmark, accommodating the buyer's statement that "the price is quite steep" by throwing in a Nanette Lepore suit, new with tags, essentially for free. She left me 3 out of 5 stars, indicating that the items are beautiful but not worth the money and that I am inflexible and not consistent with PM spirit. I know it's not a big deal and that no one can see the actual comment, and that all of my other 5 star ratings help nullify her rating, but it's one of those stupid things that really gets to me. Thank you for listening, PriceScopers!

Wow, I’m sorry this happened and unfortunately reinforces my belief (at times) no good deed goes unpunished. It doesn’t stop me but it gives me pause I can’t lie
 
ARGGG. This is a small matter compared to what many of you are experiencing, so please take it for what it is--getting something off my chest. I sold a high-end item on Poshmark, accommodating the buyer's statement that "the price is quite steep" by throwing in a Nanette Lepore suit, new with tags, essentially for free. She left me 3 out of 5 stars, indicating that the items are beautiful but not worth the money and that I am inflexible and not consistent with PM spirit. I know it's not a big deal and that no one can see the actual comment, and that all of my other 5 star ratings help nullify her rating, but it's one of those stupid things that really gets to me. Thank you for listening, PriceScopers!

It’s so crazy that I happened to open this thread and find your post as I haven’t been here in several days, maybe longer. Just had a similar experience on PM. I sold a jacket for $700, it’s the Jealousy Moto Jacket from Free People. I disclosed that I wore it twice, I included clear pics, and noted that the piece is distressed. Anything over $500 has to go through PM authentication. It did, then it went on to the buyer, who turned around and said that it was clearly worn to death, had stitching coming apart, ink marks, and that I had PAINTED THE BUTTONS. Wtf?!

I priced it at what I paid bc posh takes 20%. I also disclosed it had been hanging in my closet for 2 years and only been worn out twice, and that the price was firm because I wasn’t really sure I wanted to sell it. I lost 50 lbs over the past 8 months, it’s way too big, and was oversized to begin with. She told posh that I shouldn’t be charging top dollar for a jacket I had clearly warn. I told posh to look up ANY description of any color of that jacket on any retailer selling them and she’d see they are intentionally distressed. I am so pissed off that someone would accuse me of painting the buttons—that’s what really got to me out of all of her remarks. Buyers remorse, much? I hope they just side with her and send it back to me. I’d rather keep it and start wearing it out of pure spite than let her have it now. Lol

Anyway, I wanted to commiserate with you! Scammers are out in full force these days. Someone else purchased one of my LV bags and now I’m thinking of cancelling the sale because she has no history on the site and I think it’s another scammer. I’m an ambassador now with a high rating and like 300+ successful sales from my own closet, I am not even a reseller. I’m close to shutting it down, like I really don’t need the hassle.
 
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