I was going to treat you all to another episode of my Guide to Insufferable Politeness, but I’m too angry and frustrated to write about being polite.
I’ve been trying since 29 July to get one small thing done for my MIL and her healthcare.
We need a tracking referral with authorization number from Mom’s soon-to-be former primary care doc so she can see the retinal specialist here and not have to self-pay each time (which isn’t being reimbursed).
Can we get it sent?
NO!
I’ve sent 4 faxes on the appropriate form. The eye doc’s office has sent 3. OMWC’s sister was in Florida and WENT AND FILLED OUT THE PAPERWORK AT THE OFFICE, WHERE THE STAFF KNOWS HER.
Has it been sent? Nope.
Tomorrow I will be invoking attorneys, and my attorney has actually killed people.
/rant
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Why did your attorney kill people? Did they aggravate him/her?
He served in Iraq or similar?
2nd attempt
Ding-Ding, I think she’s talking of him with the narrowed gaze.
Ah. I forget some Glibs know each other in real life.
All of TPTB are real life friends. That’s how the site came to be.
Friends? or people that cower as you walk mightily through the room?
Why can’t it be both?
Seriously, I would entrust my kids, money, passwords, house key, MIL, weapons, the Wonder Dog—anything except the liquor cabinet key—to any one of them.
No one could ever accuse her of being imprudent.
Hey! I gave up alcohol a month ago.
Worst day of your life?
Indeed.
How much of this is due to federal regulations?
All of it. The health care industry is basically wholly owned and ran by the federal government at this point. Everything they do is regulated to the nth degree.
If you have a beef with a health care provider, 90% of the time the root cause of the problem tracks down to a law.
Much of it. But we have complied with every regulation. Now it’s down to a) incompetence and/or b) not giving a damn about the practice’s patients.
So, you’re taking your MIL to the VA, ey?
I finally am getting my hearing test on Wednesday, after a two months wait. Its not the most serious problem in the world, I know. I qualify for the free hearing aids if my hearing (or lack thereof) warrants it. I can get by but I know I miss a lot, cause my wife tells me I do. Now the scary part is if I get the hearing aids and continue to ignore, oops, I mean not be able to hear her she’ll think I’m shamming.
Good luck, SP, that is always frustrating.
My dad has had hearing problems as long as I can remember. As long as I’ve known him ha! He worked on planes in ‘Nam for the USMC. He finally went to the VA a few years ago for the first time since his discharge. I think it was forced on him (using the VA instead of his insurance, not going in the first place) by Obamacare.
They gave him, free of charge, the coolest hearing aids. You can’t see them, they have these bad ass filters, etc. The coolest thing, IMHO, is that they bluetooth to his phone. It used to be that I’d call and talk to mom; it was too frustrating for dad to try to have a phone conversation. Now, I call his cell, and it goes right through his hearing aids.
Really, really slick. It’s changed his life. He can now communicate with his far flung tribe of children and grandchildren.
You’ve never met SP, I see.
Grr. That was for FM.
I see you’ve met P Brooks.
P Brooks, Gilmore, SF…
So you lie awake in the dark crying?
Often.
Want me to go and drop the gloves?
SP fights bare knuckle. No gloves to drop.
Of course she does.
I was merely offering to enact her labor.
Awww. You’re trying so hard to make up for standing me up three times. It’s kind of sweet.
And ineffective.
Three?
Ouch.
Tundra. Served.
As discussed earlier… https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/6xr-VtFqS_61l2I0vg8ErA.UGzFM3zg2F-H2KVwWZXLBd
24 oz t-bone along with my newest GB pick up.
How could anyone resist either? Vegans need not click.
Unique tenderizing method, Sean.
I dont think I would use a pistol to tenderize. Birdshot would be more appropriate, methinks.
It was delicious.
Theres, obviously, left overs.
The pistol isn’t to tenderize, you goobers, it’s to keep away steak thieves. ?
Heh. The halal market across the street has an old-school meat counter with whole carcasses on display. And because this is Brooklyn, delivery of them is out front, and into the basement through an opening in the sidewalk.
Yummy
There’s a dog in the same row across the aisle from me on the plane. We’ve been in the air for more than 4 hours and it hasn’t inconvenienced anyone. Canine pax are superior to human pax.
To be fair, I’d be quite well behaved if there was a bear in my row.
Into those big hairy men eh?
Didn’t we all just have this conversation.
I actually have had great puck with pups on the plane.
Hockey on the brain.
Luck.
Best auto-correct ever, though.
I went to a church a few weeks ago (we are looking for one to attend regularly) and the whole sermon was almost over when I noticed the enormous German Shepherd service dog lying quietly under the seats in front of us, not budging or complaining through all the music and speaking. He wasn’t napping either. Eyes were open and he was ready for anything, but kept his head quietly lying upon his front feet.
Impressive.
Yeah, I’m fine with service dogs. It’s the sketchy little “emotional support” ankle-biters that I’m leery of.
^ this ^
A properly trained guard dog will just hang out until needed, or given commands, but they notice everything.
Or a service dog, for that matter. The vast majority of dogs wash out of the program.
Must’ve been a young dog. By the time you’re 7, you can’t go 4 hrs without peeing.
Make ’em sorry they woke up & pissed off Mama Bear!
Oh, yes, that’s the plan.
I am the sweetest, nicest, most well-behaved and civil person. Until you fuck with my family.
I’m kinda surly and snarky for the most part and my banter with someone I’m working constructively with can sound pretty harsh. Smart people have figured out that when I get super reasonable, polite, you might even say mild-mannered – that’s when you better be watching real carefully, because I have something extremely unpleasant in mind for you. As long as my anger is being expressed, you’re okay.
Yeah, I can relate. When I get quiet, lose my smile, and start asking pointed questions, you’d best watch your ass.
Not me. I’m passive until I just lose it and go berserk. And I have no more idea than you do when that point is near. It’s… unhealthy. I do know that rudeness triggers it everytime. I don’t speak quiet when I’m mad; everybody knows I’m mad. It’s really a problem sometimes, and I’m trying so hard to bite my tongue, with limited success.
I “wear my heart on my sleeve”. Everybody around me knows exactly what is going on in my head.
I’ve found that ripping someone a new asshole in a calm, quiet voice, is much more impactful than yelling at them. Takes the emotion out of the situation, and focuses on cold, hard, logic.
But it does depend on the context. If someone was screwing up on a fire, I was less restrained. “How about you quit fucking arguing with me and do what I fucking told you to do?!?”
The calm, quiet, ass chewing would come later.
My dad worked with lower class public. He had a lot of irate people yell at him. He always said it was most effective to lower your voice and speak slowly, people sense your authority better this way.
Exactly.
Yep, calm but earnest deconstruction of the person who has pissed me off. I’ve often been accused of being a pushover. Wrong. I let people have a whole bunch of leash, but when they cross that boundary, I go nuclear. My wife hates it when I do that. One of my personal improvement goals is to show a bit more irritation prior to hitting that line so that people have warning.
Mostly its an act of emotional detachment. I learned as a kid that if I get worked up, I cry. Not a good look from a 6’1″ 275lb hairy man. I’ve used it twice in my adult life. Once because I didn’t catch myself before I got worked up in front of my family, once on purpose to save my marriage.
Did it work?
::scratches off of the To-Do list::
😉
I am always understated, yet my meaning is imparted with a quiet and effective menace.
An utterly fantastic phrase.
Not that my frustration is of the same magnitude, first I had display driver issues, then the HDMI port that connected the computer to the TV in the living room went out (first thought it was the video card, then thought it was the cable, but it’s the port), then once I had those figured out it seems the backlight on my main display is going to shit (giving me a headache to look at it). (maybe I had some kind of power surge go through the video card, I dunno, my secondary display is fine.) And Friday on my way to work something hit my windshield and put a chip in it.
Yikes!
Awww…it wanted to share!
Oh. OH! Gotcha…
Could I get a referral to your attorney? /asking for a friend
Make a bad pun and he will appear, gaze narrowed for battle.
And my accountant has been to prison. Sometimes you need to pay a lil extra for a true expert.
Hmm….
Sorry about that suckiness
But I fixed my HVAC system and I don’t have to sweat thru the night tonight. WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Of course, it was expensive, so there’s that.
Ask me first, save money
I appreciate it, but in this case it was a blown blower motor inverter on a Trane. I replaced it myself but there’s only one option for it and Trane does not give those things away. I wasn’t getting out unscathed this time.
I commented earlier Yusef, but in case you didn’t see it, it was a $20 capacitor on mine that crapped out. Other than having to wait a work day to get one, the price was right. Thanks for the advice.
Fingers-crossed, we’re done with that in my area for the season. I love the miracle of AC as much as the next guy but man, nothing beats an open window and fresh air.
I was in West Virginia on the old family farm for a reunion last weekend . . . sometimes I forget how fresh the air can be. Indianapolis air isn’t as bad as some cities, but it’s phenomenal on the mountains and hay fields.
Heh, to be fair, “fresh air” around here often does come along with laundry and (agreeable, thank God) restaurant smells.
Best of all worlds! Sometime you get mountain scent, sometimes lavender, and sometimes just good old beef!
No more phrasing, I see.
You live in Brooklyn, don’t you? I thought “fresh air” was an oxymoron there.
See above.
I occasionally get a waft of steak, or Tide. Not bad, actually.
So it smells like Surf & Turf?
No seafood smells thank heavens.
Were you there for the maple syrup mystery?
I guess. I didn’t smell anything.
My install is tomorrow.
“and my attorney has actually killed people.”
Worse yet, he’s cow butted people.
And sorry to hear about the difficulties with dealing with stupid people.
He hasn’t cow butted anybody who didn’t deserve it.
Hmm, couldn’t find the clip of Walken in King of New York.
SP . . . My sympathies.
Somewhat related. I’ve always though I have general anxiety and depression. Not near as bad as some, but definitely there. I told my doctor I though I was ADHD as well and that I wanted to go on adderall. I’d taken it illicitly in college several times and really though it could help me. It would also treat multiple conditions, off label it can treat depression and be a weight loss drug as well (I’m overweight). My doctor, of course, can’t won’t write a script for that unless I went to see a Neuropsychologist (Thanks Controlled substances act!!). I made an appointment. It was about 3 months out. I thought that was the appointment . . .wrong, that was a meeting to talk about the test we needed to do. Also, he would not schedule said appointment until insurance pre-approved the treatment. When it was approved, I was sent an appointment date and time about a month out.
I went to the appointment and took half the test. I needed to go back in another day to complete the tests. Of course, this appointment would not be made until my insurance paid the first two visits. There of course was a kerfuffle with the insurance. I called them, they said it was his fault. I called him and he said it was the insurance fault. I did this for about 3 weeks. I finally asked him how much it was and I would just pay it out of pocket if I could. He said they’d talked to insurance and figured it out. I got another appointment about a month after that.
After completing the tests, I was again scheduled for another appointment one month out. At this appointment, I was told I was probably not ADHD. He told me that he thought I was drug seeking (I was, but not for no reason, this is a drug that has done good for me in the past, albeit illicitly). He said I still might be ADHD, but that I had a high intellect that could mask it on the test. And I could pursue further testing if desired. He also told me the tests determined that I had anxiety and was depressed. What a fucking surprise! I went off on him. I told him that if his goal when he got into medicine was to help people, he failed and should just quit.
Now let’s get to the real insult. Insurance only covered 20% for it. So I got to pay thousands of dollars, have months of frustration, and get branded a drug seeker all to learn what I already knew. That I was depressed and had anxiety.
And they wonder why there’s a looming doctor shortage in the US.
Good doctors who want to heal people want no part of this increasingly bureaucratic field.
Get ready to have Pakistani and African doctors the rest of your days.
You mean, like, we’d have to go to Pakistan and Africa to see a doctor, or that immigrant physicians will never be really American?
Global warming is actually going to push the continents together, so seeing Pakistani and African doctors won’t be as hard as it sounds.
I’d be more interested in seeing Pakistani women, myself.
Is she Pakistani Punjabi or Indian Punjabi?
Does it matter when the lights are off?
Not to me, but the style of honor killing she might face afterwards differs as I understand it.
Does it matter when the lights are on?
Well, the two African immigrant docs I’ve had were rather un-assimilated in their behavior. Poor English skills, Terrible bed side manner in which instead of saying please roll up your sleeve, or get up or down from the exam table, it was a grunt and gesture, or far to often, a prodding backhand slap to whatever limb they wanted to look at.
No me gusta. My husband’s fave doc was Egyptian, but that guy has become as American as one could hope. That is fine with me.
I just don’t want 3rd world level of service.
I have a customer who is African and a Dr. who works for the V.A. His Mercedes was literally infested with rats due to food left in the car. It was one of the most disgusting things I have seen. They had built a nest above the drivers side hush panel. You can take a man out of the 3rd world, but you can’t take the 3rd world out of the man.
You should just buy your adderall on the black market. It would be way less of a headache.
Actually, I could. The same guy I got it from in college would still give (not sell, give) if i wanted. he gets an abnormally high dosage and doesn’t take even half of it a month. I’m just to old to keep felony amounts on hand when the prescriptions are handed out like candy to children. If you have kids, its best to get them the ADHD diagnosis now, even if they aren’t. That way if they ever want it later in life it’ll be easier to get. (My doctor told me if I was a child he wouldn’t have sent to to the neuropsychologist, he would’ve just prescribed it.)
Your first problem was not doctor shopping. See the doctor that this guy goes to.
And if you hadn’t been depressed and anxious before…
I haven’t had trouble with the docs so far, but I have had trouble getting my medications for anxiety due to poor clerical work and drug regs, and yeah that’s fun to go through when you’re getting anxiety about being able to get your anxiety meds.
FWIW I thought I was ADHD and have seen drs left and right and eventually took an ADHD test and he was like, nope you’re just a regular messed up pos. Here’s your meds sans meth. Idk if it would help but I wanted to try. I figured why not try another illicit drug, some others have really helped me. So the lesson is: mental health is fucking expensive and a crap shoot
The dog days of summer appear finally to be over (July-August in San Diego North). It’s freaking perfect now, and the AC isn’t necessary all the time. Just strategic use of windows.
Haha! One more month at least, you think in terms of seasons, not in Cali
October too. I remember costume parades at the kiddo’s elementary held in the heat, until they finally did away with outdoor parades because it was always an oven.
I saw 102, in January, back in the 80s
It was 90degrees when I came to interview in Feb of 2018.
That was not typical though.
The Front Range (Denver, Colorado Springs, etc.), always seems to get the first taste of winter on Halloween. I remeber many great costumes being hidden under winter coats.
Very similar experiences with both Edmonton and Calgary — about half of the Hallowe’ens had some snow on the ground. And a surprising number of Christmases were “brown.”
100 heat index in Central Florida.
On the plus side, we can walk around downtown without getting bum poo on our shoes.
If you were out last night, you know what I’m talking about.
Where it goes from “insanely hot” to just “oppressively hot” ? Yeah, I think so.
I went to Halloween Horror Nights last night. 95 degrees at 6pm. It got down to 87 after the sunset. I always forget September is a hot month for some reason.
Still mid 90s here. Looks like maybe next week we may get some relief.
I promise you at least 2 MAJOR heatwaves before thanksgiving in SoCal. Promise. For at least one, there will be lots of fires.
There will be Fire ? season still to come with the Santa Ana winds, I gather.
Yes, that can be an exciting time. [not something I miss about SoCal]
When I was still working, we would spend the first part of fire season in Northern California fighting forest fires, and then late summer and fall in Southern California fighting Santa Ana driven fires.
We had some things like that happen during my dad’s time in the care facility. It’s so maddening that people just won’t do their damn job (and usually it’s so easy – just put the x in the fax machine, or copy this record and send it there) , and it just doesn’t happen. But it’s usually because it’s not their money in question so they don’t care.
MAKE THEM CARE, SP. MAKE THEM. It’s the only way.
Exactly.
Fun fact, we don’t have gas at the Daughters, I said, what about showers? She laughed and said, there is no cold water here, ever,
Bullhead City AZ
Arizona is not for me. I’ll take cold any day. Winter is by far my favorite season. I don’t know how anyone can live like that. But good for her is she enjoys it.
I don’t get cold water in NYC during the summer, either. I always feel bad for feeding the beasts a bowl of tepid water every morning until I realize they probably DGAF.
Bella drinks chilled, bottled water,
Seriously, I need to take good care of dumnshit in the heat
Awww
She doesn’t drink enough in the heat, but loves melting her brain in the heat, like a 2 year old kid,
My dog drinks out the hot tub.
Well, your dog does meth, correlation?
Funny though!
Maybe the dog is looking for bath salts?
Once, I went to Laughlin bike week and could’nt pack clothes. No big deal, I thought, I’ll just buy a pair of jeans and some tee shirts there. Well, that was the first time I’ve ever been there when it was cold. Like, stormy rain cold. I went to the mall and they had no sweat shirts or flannels there at all. Not even long pants. Just tee shirts and shorts. I froze my ass off IN LAUGHLIN! I was pissed. Shivered all the way home, in fact!
I’m picturing the scene from Dumb and Dumber.
Hillbilly spaghetti, the gas gets turned on tomorrow,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3ByjjDxHevwdYHFCA
Yes I use a Coleman stove inside, 3 ppm CO, cleaner than methane,
I worked a computer recycling job when I was an undergrad. Until we got an office, we worked out of the storage sheds where we stored the computers for recycling/repair/what-have-you.
In the winter one of the guys brought in a camp stove to provide a little heat. It worked surprisingly well, it kept the shed above freezing. We might have had the storage shed door cracked. Might.
A normal stove does 3 ppm, Propane runs a bit lower, I don’t suggest using either gas in a confined space, otherwise go for it
We survived… for some definition of survive.
We just ordered one of these today.
We only have a POS old-fashioned electric stove in the current rental. We hate it with a passion, but aren’t paying to upgrade someone else’s kitchen. Especially if we might relocate again soon.
Between this, our large capacity Breville counter top oven, and the amazing 100k BTU wok burner on the back porch, we should manage without heating the house up too much the next couple months.
Don’t you just angle foil parabolas to focus on your food in your neck of the desert?
In Arizona they don’t ask libertarians who will build the roads. They ask “Who will build the public stove tops”.
No, if we miss we melt pets and birds, not a pretty sight
And it will get cold, not Illinois but jacket cold, beware AZ!
Yep, we moved here in February. And I lived in Santa Fe for a decade. I am well aware of the desert’s variations.
Slightly OT, ever go to Taos? The hum is real
Ooooooh, me likee digital induction cooktop.
Of course, it’s $370.00 CDN from Amazon.ca, so there’s no way in Hell I’d actually buy it, but it’s still cool.
Unknown about the CDN conversion, but, one I have recommended here before.
Have two-both for several years-and they are quite good. Get up to 500F on them.
It’s not just the conversion (that would only be around $197.00 CDN). It’s the conversion plus an extra hundo or two, ’cause FYTW. You’re a Canadian, and that’s the price you pay for living in Our Peaceable Kingdom. Ignore the Canadian distributor middleman behind the curtain who’s financing his latest supercar off the spread.
For the few times I actually wanna buy something from the U.S. Amazon site that’s absurdly overpriced on the Canadian side, I just buy the U.S. item and have it shipped to family near Seattle, or use a transborder service if I want the item quickly. Canadian distributors can lick me.
Oh, let me go on record as saying “Fuck Beto” with the Doomcock.
He will never be president.
such a dumb ass. Anyone who supports his agenda should expatriate now.
And a perfectly timed ad for DRchipper.com!
BTW, I submitted an article this morning. Hopefully I did it correctly, because I don’t want to raise your ire at such a sensitive time.
We shall see! (After all the football is over later tonight.)
Thank you!
Thank you and the founders for providing a space for us outcasts.
We had a couple of nicknames for the firehouse I worked out of. The Island of Misfit Toys, and The Briar Patch.
Nobody wants a Charlie in the Box!
and my attorney has actually killed people
Torture?
I once had an attorney who was contracted to find a hitman for a woman who wanted to kill her cop husband. He took the money, but never found a hitman. He stood trial and was acquitted because he claimed to have a coke habit and never intended to get a hitman, just to use the cash for coke. The lady later found someone on her own and the hit was carried out. The investigation led to my lawyer. I said “THAT is my lawyer!”
Did he later represent a porn star in a suite against the POTUS?
No, but I just spent 20 minute reading the appellate brief for the lady, since recalling the case. Damn internet.
BTW, I was mistook. The victim wasn’t a cop, the actual hitmen were cops. Crazy story.
Assuming it was ruled a good shoot.
Michale Avenatii?
The ladies at work today were all talking about Bachelor in Paradise today. I was just flipping channels and saw it on. I’ve never watch any Bachelor or Bachelor type programming. So I just watched a few minutes. What do people see in this. I won’t lie, I like gossip when it’s not about me, but this has no appeal to me whatsoever.
My wife watches that stuff. It’s essentially emotional porn.
It’s essentially emotional porn.
Without the happy ending though.
My wife watched one season of the Bachelorette, though she said it was more in the sense of watching a slow motion train wreck.
“We don’t solve problems, we point cameras at ’em.”
and Scott Joplin writes the song.
I went to school with a descendant of the Crush of the title. The back story is interesting to say the least
This version sounds less like bad MIDI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TnnRRYpIhY
Sorry. Hopefully you get it straightened out soon.
I can sympathize SP. My last claim was denied 2x even after my provider resubmitted their paperwork – which another rep told me shouldn’t have been necessary. (Approved the third time around – after 2 years with no issues).
Now my current claim has been denied once for the exact same reasons. Hopefully after my call this afternoon, it won’t take quite as long.
So, I empathize, my insurance company is trying to get out of paying the claim on a certain car I drive
SP, not so….
The only company i’ve had more issues with than insurance is the Internet company. My sympathies go out to you and the fam SP.
You need to blah, blah form blah fucking blah unless you blah, blah the fucking blah in which case blah this fucking form blah.
I’d take a theocracy over the bureaucratic state.
God Commands It!
From a theocrat?
I’ll keep my guns and weed thanks,
Howdy straff!
Morning Y man.
Theocracies tend to have a substantial clerical class that is just made for bureaucracy.
You think a religious state would issue fatwas, appoint viziers, and make byzantine rules? Pshaw.
I know. And heaven knows religions have nothing to do with legalistic rule worship and complete elevation of form over substance.
I think being a vizier would be cool.
Just avoid the Janissary corps and you’ll probably be okay.
Spend yesterday in Deadwood SD for the annual gathering of the Healeys. I actually haven’t even seen one on the road in years. Over 200 of them in one place was over whelming.
+11 the sweet sound of inline sixes and the nostalgic aroma of unburned hydrocarbons.
Healey https://imgur.com/gallery/7MNw9J8
two are videos so click.
That’s funny. I recently started watching deadwood.
Tundra pr0n
Very cool. I’d create an anonymous link and @iowahawkblog on the twitter – bet he’d get a kick out of it.
Hell..I’d just share a photo directly if I wasn’t on my phone.
Damn.
I need one of those.
WOW!!!
Sproing!
Clearly this a manufactured crisis. The ACA fixed healthcare.
Obama told me so; and chocolate jesus never told a lie.
Scandal. Free. Presidency.
Where is a Trump scandal? Really, tell me of one that had an effect on Governance?
ORANGEMANBAD!!!!11!!!!
Well, he did murder drone an american citizen . . . oh wait . . . I mean he did give a pallet of cash to Iran . . . oh wait . . . he did blame the death of an ambassador on a youtube video . . oh wait . . . .etc, etc, etc, <— how sad is it that I can refer to Obama's scandals with an etc, etc, etc,
Remember how Trump refused to rule out killing American citizens with drones until Rand Paul filibustered the Senate to force the issue? Oh wait…
Speaking of which, that filibuster was of former communist John Brennan’s confirmation vote as CIA Director. The same John Brennan who was probably behind the collusion scam.
Russian Collusion?
We’re still fighting all these fucking wars, we are still in NATO and the UN, we are still paying for the defense of half the globe…
Oh, right, scandal. That would be important things, like who gets how many scoops of ice cream, or hand-drawn lines on weather maps.
Three words . . .Well. Done. Steak.
Now that’s a scandal.
One word:
Covfefe
My definition of “covfefe”, is “the moment Melania hits Donald in the neck with a tranquilizer dart, to stop his tweeting”.
I would pay SO MUCH money to watch that.
Sorry to hear about the bullshit you have been going through. Stuff like that can drive a person to drink!
I have faith in your lawyer taking care of things in a very precise manner.
…in a very precise manner…
Well, once he gets the scope dialed in, sure.
Has anyone here ever heard of the Horizon Land Corp scam?
My grandparents bought into it back in the 70’s. They still own 3 small lots outside El Paso that will probably never be developed. The are valued at less than $100 each for tax purposes and my mom said the property taxed are less than $5 /yr. She told me grandma would sell them to be for $250 for all 3. I’m thinking i should buy them. Chances are they won’t ever amount to anything. But for that low of cost, I might as well take the risk.
Any thoughts?
Ha, the article mentioned Glengarry Glen Ross in the first couple paragraphs. First thing I thought of.
Also, to answer the question, why not? Probably low reward, but definitely low risk.
Make it $300, just to be a good grandson.
Even if nothing “productive” ever come out of it, it’s almost to cheap not to.
If you don’t want them, I’ll buy ’em. 😉
Always good to have a place to bury a body. I mean… you could bury a body on public land, but if you owned it, a warrant would be required to search the property.
Ehoba Shounin. “What’s that?” Then it clicks. “Ah! Ha,ha,ha. You’re a Jehovah Witness! Yeah, no thanks.” Why do weirdos think I’m approachable? Go away obaasan.
For SP.
https://invidio.us/watch?v=vq-zaD1poAE
OT: So, I just read over my draft of the piece SP asked me to submit.
OMG, do I ever have verbal, er, keyboard diarrhea. I’m gonna have to turn it over to She Who Must Be Obeyed (Or Else!) for the appropriate, um, discipline.
First draft? If so, I wouldn’t worry about it. That’s supposed to be diarrhea.
Whatever floats your boat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXT_IOt81Xs
I’m thinking I should write an article on how to write articles.
So speaking of rants; accounting is fucking stupid. An increase in the Cash balance is entered as an increase on the debit side of a T account. And an increase in the Accounts Payable balance goes as an increase on the credit side.
WUT?!
Entity view, d00d. Entity view.
Yeah, I know, I hate it too.
Can you explain in 30 words or less? Of do you have a good link?
Or maybe I don’t even want to know yet. I mean, I guess I get why, it’s just seems so unintuitive.
Just keep a chart on the wall like I do. I’m not an accountant but I own a business and have to refer to it a couple of times a month.
That’s a good idea. Will do.
Here, I looked around to find something right on point. When reading this, remember that there are two entities involved: you, and the bank. Each entity has a complementary view of what the financial transaction means to them. And in everyday life, most of us get our understanding of “debit” and “credit” from our limited interactions with bank employees, who are using those terms from the bank’s POV, not ours. So we get confused.
Check it out:
https://www.accountingcoach.com/debits-and-credits/explanation/4
That makes my head spin.
And this is just chapter 2!
Fuck. I hope this shit starts clicking in my head soon or it’s gonna be a long semester.
Double entry, every asset has a corresponding liability. It is all about having a built in double check from back when a ledger a stack of pages and you literally totaled up each page on the bottom line, if the columns balanced you did it correctly, any deviation in the two totals and there was a mistake.
I think it will help once I get more comfortable with where different accounts fit under the Accounting Equation. And Accounts Payable being a positive balance still throws me off, although I understand why it is that way.
One of the most hellish few days at my last job was getting roped into one of Finance’s monthly balances. (The only reason was because I had coded some piece of crap tool for them to use that addressed a small part of the procedure. “So he knows finance? Sure!”). It was all on spreadsheets, data from a dozen different acquired companies over the years, searching for $100 here or $1000 there out of $2bln or so revenue. Unreal. I don’t know how anyone can put up with that.
PS. one of my buddies in IT/Finance related a tale of how my name once came up in an exclamation from the boss man after “Fucking —!” We laughed about it for years.
Damn, I hated business accounting. Financial accounting is a breeze compared to that stuff.
And I’ve already decided that I will take the next semester class as well because it gets into the type of business (manufacturing) that I am in.
Jacque’s First Law of Accounting Homework (learned from an Accounting major college roommate): When all else fails, multiply by the page number.
Seriously, though – I work at a financial institution, so I have close brushes with accounting thanks to my boss, the CFO, and you have my deepest sympathy. I love playing with Excel spreadsheets, but I find accounting completely counterintuitive.
That’s funny. I’ll try that if I get in a bind.
And thanks for “counterintuitive”. I used “unintuitive” up-thread and knew it didn’t sound right, but accounting has my brain fried right now. And I haven’t even had an entire drink yet!
My uncle was the CFO of a large machine shop. Just do what he did and hire people under you to do the work. Then spend your whole day doing genealogy with a three drink lunch and rounds of golf to break it up. It made him a millionaire.
*takes notes*
*nods sagely*
Debits mean left, Credits mean right. Anything else you thought you knew about them forget. That’s the first minute of every first accounting class.
https://www.accountingcoach.com/debits-and-credits/explanation
For every Accounting entry debits must equal credits so if I pay you $25 to cut my grass, I book a debit for the expense (expenses increase with debits) and book a credit to cash which is a current asset (assets decrease with credits). If I instead gave you a purchase order to cut the grass, I would book a credit to Accounts Payable which is a liability (liabilities increase with credits).
Beam and JB: Thanks a bunch for that website. It’s starting to sink in. I like the way he explained it. I gotta get to bed, but I will look over that whole section again tomorrow.
I really appreciate the help from everyone on this.
Glad to be of help.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
Tonight’s winner.
Oh, to be true….
There you go.
A young Connie Carter. She was glorious.
Has anyone tried Jack Daniel’s Rye?
Don’t. Thanks goodness I only bought a 50ml taster.
I mean…I’m gonna finish it…but, still.
I read some reviews and gave it a hard pass. Look for a bottle of Pikesville.
I think I looked for that here once and didn’t see it. But I’ll look again.
I also bought a 50ml of Larceny bourbon. Was it you that gave that a good review here? I’m gonna try it tomorrow…or maybe tonight.
I got a bottle of larceny a few weeks ago. I loved it for the price. Smooth, full bodied, and cheap.
Larceny is decent stuff. Good enough to drink neat, cheap enough for a mixer.
Also, any Willett rye you can find is worth buying.
I like Bullet and Redemption Ryes.
Bulleit is my standard. A 1.75 of it is the centerpiece of my liquor cabinet. I need to try Redemption. Not sure why I haven’t yet.
It’s a fairly high Rye content. It’s good booze.
Bulleit and Rittenhouse are mine.
I have to keep it 750ml or less. The wife doesn’t understand why I need more than one or two bottles of any liquor at a time and is even less understanding when the bottled spill over into the spices or oils section of the cabinet (shared cabinet).
+1 on the Rittenhouse.
? on the liquor cabinet situation
I like Rittenhouse. It’s a poor man’s Pikesville, as it comes out of the same rick house. Decent neat, a good mixer for Manhattan’s.
Price to value, Bulleit is one of my favourites.
Incompetence is the worst, especially when it impacts you.
I read that as “Incontinence is the worst, especially when it impacts you.” Either way I agree with both.
You need to read the book “Diuretics, the Science of Matter over Mind”. It’ll change your life, man.
Dianetics. Got it.
Cross the bridge!
To Heaven’s Gate.
Ah, the staple of used book sales and Goodwill when I was a kid.
When I was a kid at the beach, there was a plane pulling an advertising banner for it. I asked my dad about it, and he started laughing. We got home, and he showed me some of L Ron’s early science fiction in his library.
Let me guess, you’re too young to know about “Repo Man”.
I was in preschool.
It’s all part of the lattice of coincidence.
Where I live, this is cheap, and fabulous:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Premium
Sorry SP. Makes my own gripes about people driving without lights on in pouring rain or left lane OTR drivers pale by comparison.
You know what you need? Socialized medicine. Works a charm here. I’ve only been waiting 15 months to see a GD specialist for the ringing in my ears. But, hey! It’s free!
So is a “fun time” session with STEVE SMITH. No thanks.
“Dems 2020: Ban all the things!”
https://twitter.com/LizRNC/status/1169715110190964736
Including the CNN logo?
Being a cunt is a pre existing condition.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1171134249581371392
Red Flag!
Yeeesh.
Like, whatevah!
That cutaway to her kid…..what….the….
Weird.
https://www.instagram.com/amandab.cunningham/
Look at me, everybody!
Indeed.
OF COURSE.
Aren’t all women vulnerable?
They are when denied the right of “robust” self-defense. And, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that she (and, her
gimphubby) is all-in on “common sense gun control”.It’s just a prediction.
Also, I this guyis guy is unavailable for comment.
I mean, it’s practically in her name.
It’s spelled “cunte”.
I’m thinking of asking Moje why the counterpart isn’t “codde.”
Ye Olde Codde and Cunte Shoppe
“White Supremacist Gay Porn Star Cameron Diggs Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Meth Trafficking”
https://str8upgayporn.com/white-supremacist-gay-porn-star-cameron-diggs-sentenced-to-15-years-in-federal-prison-for-meth-trafficking/
Oddly enough, this did not happen in Florida.
That is one helluva “intersection”!
/yeah, I know…
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1171106743050309641
Now This is predicable garbage, but the comments on this are priceless.
Jacobin under the guise of feminism.
I just wanted to say this: ESPN sucks. I’d be aggravated enough for their decision to charge beyond regular cable/satellite channel feeds. Add to that their wokeness stupidity, I’m glad I never paid an extra cent to them. And they can f*ck themselves with whatever means they find convenient.
Still, I think I’d rather not see the Raiders/Broncos game if it continues on like the beginning.
If ESPN+ didn’t exist, I would agree.
What weapons would you add to this?
https://mobile.twitter.com/CNS1952/status/1171075959975546880
Deep fryer.
Just a thought.
Public urination.
Oh, it’s a police bot? Loudspeaker saying “对不起” while urinating.
*Stands like Tianneman Tank man and pisses on bot*
“A friggin’ laser beam attached to it’s head.”
ED-209 or GTFO.
Scott Van Pelt had best never wear a pink turtleneck.
Best. Non-sequitur. Ever!
Or a camel hair crew neck.
Wait–you’re telling me there’s a chance?
“Sarah Palin was a vocal supporter of then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2012 election, and continued promoting his policies after he was elected.”
Mitt Trump?
You betcha!
What’s the over/under on when Snopes comes out with an article on this? (counting from first published). I’ll say 2 hours.
The Blaze had to get this big scoop out so fast they couldn’t proofread it?
It’s not necessarily chronologically incorrect. But, point taken.
Yeah, it’s not like it’s vital – to anyone other than “bitter clinger” leftists, with their Priuses and patchouli oil, who remember being offended by binders full of women.
Oops. Straffin beat me to it.
I’m not going to lie. Would. No doubt there would be many regrets.
Many, yes. It’s the “getting there” that makes the whole thing appear to be worth-while.
Story; a few weeks ago, during the Epstein thing the husband and I were at dinner at my parents as we did pretty regularly, since they live close by. I think I’ve mentioned it, but the spouse is a lib, a bit programmed by MSNBC and NPR, unfortunately, but we don’t talk politics, so I don’t really care. But he totally got into it with my Right-Wing parents over epstein, Clinton v Trump, and this … did not go well.
Anyway the funny part of this, is that today I was at my parent’s place and my dad is so incredibly pissed off by my husband’s behavior he is going to sculpt…. Trump’s head. He’s 88, and an artist, he can do what he wants, but … I’m just thinking ahead in 10 years or whatever when I get the sculpture and what i do with it. lol
Trump’s head wouldn’t fit on Rushmore. Hope he has a big backyard.
Would his milkshake attract all the boys to it?
Can’t figure that one out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGL2rytTraA
So is your dad, from what you’re saying
/Sorry-couldn’t #resist
for you
ow. Your wit, sir, it’s so sharp.
Dang…I was going for “Moe’s knife”.
😉
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement
It’s a strange world.
Phillip Frum?
I have trouble believing the “3,000 customers in the Walmart” bit, but this is rather awesome.
That is professional grade trolling.
You know…. It makes a lot of sense to sell by the pound.
Shooting .308 is like eating a ribeye.
Oh, do go on….
.45 is a pot roast, and 9mm is McDonalds.
I’m .40, mostly. Or, .380 for car-carry.
Do I even want to know?
Beef Jerky. Boutique artisan, not mass produced.
Meh…low-sodium, and I’m in.
For you, my fellow carnivore.
If a cow got a chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about
::nods in agreement::
Sage words.
+1 grade-A moron
Me? I figured I was more Grade F.
Oooh! Do .45GAP
Grass fed Argentine beef.
Expensive, hard to get, and crappy.
At a hotel (again) and all of the nearby WiFi access points are using channels 1,6,11EXCEPT for one asshole using 3.
I wish more hotels would use Ubiquiti. Cost effective and lightning fast.
https://dl.ubnt.com/customers/UBNT_CS_Estelar_Hotels.pdf
Damn, Playa, you’re in the know about this!
If it’s good enough for Intercontinental Bali, it’s good enough for my house.
https://dl.ubnt.com/customers/UBNT_CS_Intercontinental_Bali.pdf
::Checks Kayak for reservations at the PM InterContinental::
Do you have AAA rates?
The entire facility is a kids arts and crafts center.
Alright–I’ll ditch the thong.
AHH, MY EYES!! PUT IT BACK ON!
::Squints at Gustave::
You win THIS time, Mr. Lytton. This time…
https://youtu.be/xqiCA1SVv-Y
What I’m really gathering from this is that, f you’re gonna creep, you should prey on Crazy, to make it easier to escape accountability.
Dammit, mind! https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2019/09/09/attorney-lisa-bloom-sold-harvey-weinstein-someone-help-discredit-accusers/
Creep, Creep or Creep? I like two of those, and the on I don’t like will shock you!
That is correct.
The last 2 nights, starting at 10 pm, someone in my neighborhood has been jackhamnering and running power equipment. It’s close enough to hear but too far to see who it is. I’m relying on hunting/special ops/psycho Glibs to tell me how I figure out who it is. I am willing to buy special equipment if needed. I already have some special equipment to deploy when the culprit is identified.
Jackhammering starting at 10pm?
If they’re doing it in the dark, it’s almost certainly something illegal, like hiding a body under the slab. Too bad they don’t have land in New Mexico.
I don’t think it’s anything that clever. I’m in SoCal suburbia. Its been going on for over an hour so far tonight. Its damn brazen.
How dense is the neighborhood?
I can usually only hear jackhammering from less than a block away…
Is a walk-around/drive-around out of the question? I say that because I would think a jackhammer-type apparatus would likely be used on or near the street, and be easily view-able. And, if you can hear it, seems like it would be close by.
There IS this: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/212553
But, I mean….you could buy a nice new
housecar; rent a boat for a while (watch out for who works on it); have some friends out to visit….It is. It’s one gated community after the next around here. I’m fairly certain this is coming from the one next to me.
That’s a hell of a gadget. Do I sync it with my mortar to create a counter fire battery?
For $42k, you should be able to. In fact, I can think of a fellow glib who might be able to assist with that…
starting at 10 pm, someone in my neighborhood has been jackhamnering
Look for the empty 55gal barrel of lube on trash day.
So, a slow day, then?
/and, you wanted me putting the thong back on…
Take a walk? Armed?
Those darn cultural differences.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/09/09/absence-of-underwear-stalls-trial-of-chinese-businesswoman-charged-with-trespassing-at-mar-a-lago/
林
Can’t conduct a trial without briefs
Am I the only late noghter?
We need an automatic open threat bot to kick in at 1 am central.
Open post, I meant
Well, I can only speak for myself, but, Hi there!
There are all of two or three people around at 2am.
I’d be up for something that started at 6 am Eastern…but then I’d probably end up being even later for work than usual.
That’s about when I get on the road to get to work, so I’d join 6:30 or so.
I’m still not sure we’d catch more than five people though.
Yeah, for better or for worse, I like to get up early and move slow – take some time to sip coffee and web-surf before getting ready for the day job. Gotta hit the road by 8 am to clock in by 8:30ish. Restricted web at work, no access to wifi for phone, and limited data plan make it hard to join in during the day.
Ah, the wonderful prior authorization process. There’s an entire department at my work that deals with only PAs. That’s how much of a fucking mess it is – actually getting shit done is a skill in itself. People actually make careers of it (and a pretty lucrative career, for something that only requires a pharmacy tech certification).
One of the dumbest moves in healthcare policy was corralling everyone into this third party payer system. If you described the major steps that the US government has taken (supposedly) to make healthcare cheaper and more accessible, and applied it to any other industry, people would call it the stupidest fucking idea in history. And to think – there are “progressives” somewhere in the country lamenting that “American healthcare is completely unregulated!!”
There are actually people who actually do freelance work helping people understand their medical bills, resolving errors, and pestering the various providers and insurance companies so that shit actually gets done. They’re called claims assistance professionals. It’s an idea for freelance work that I keep on the backburner.
I’ve been considering this freelance line myself recently.
Tsk tsk…..you just want to be in that completely unregulated industry! Why, next, you’ll be telling us you want to sell firearms, or, nuclear energy!
Wifey runs a therapy business on cash, but will bug your doc for a script so you can get reimbursement from the insurance by submitting it.
She’s had a few practices, including a midwife she knows personally just never send the script. Healthcare is the worst, personally I think it’s (mostly) related to the third party as Akira says above.