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azgreg wrote:

Alieberman wrote:

OriginalAZ wrote:

Alieberman wrote:Fuck You Cox Internet!!!!!

Do I have any other choices for high speed?

4 outages in 3 weeks...

I had Cox Gigablast at my old house paying $120/month but just got Century Link fiber Gigabit for $65/month at my new house. So far so good. I am getting around 900 mbps download speed over Wifi. I did have some very brief outages today only but for a couple minutes.
I don't think a lot of neighborhoods have it available though. A friend of mine contacted CenturyLink for internet at his new house and they said the top speed he could get is 1.5 mbps.

I wish I could get Century link but it looks like cox is the only thing available in my neighborhood.

It sucks

If you can't get fiber Century Link sucks.

I had 40Mbps CenturyLink in Tucson and 80Mbps here in Denver. Cheaper than Cox and more reliable.

I get fast speeds w/ cox (often over 200 mbps) but it is expensive and it goes out like every week.

Melbourne Australia
ISP retailer: Optus
ISP wholesaler: National Broadband Network
Landline telephone, Fetch 'cable' TV service, 120gig/month (effectively unlimited)
$80Aud/month - about $56US

Average Download: 45-50mbps
Average Upload: 18-20mbps

No reason why you folks in the USA shouldn't get the same kind of service.

https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/2 ... 0d6e8846c8

Aaaand my Comcast has been down since 445 and I can't finish work on a big project I need to do asap.

Comcast has shit out twice since my last post. Yesterday and today. Have to use my phone as a hotspot to work at all.

Someone broke into my car last night and stole my stereo. Assholes.

It got down to 19 last night and we woke up to our heater not working. Welcome to winter in the cold country

84Cat wrote:It got down to 19 last night and we woke up to our heater not working. Welcome to winter in the cold country

That sucks. It's only 9 degrees here but our condo is so well insulated we haven't even had to turn the heat on yet.

UAEebs86 wrote:

84Cat wrote:It got down to 19 last night and we woke up to our heater not working. Welcome to winter in the cold country

That sucks. It's only 9 degrees here but our condo is so well insulated we haven't even had to turn the heat on yet.

Damn, our place could use more insulation and new windows for sure. It only 60 degrees inside which isn't too bad but for this skinny desert rat that's a little cold.

Was off work all last week. The first day back always feels like punishment with the work that's built up when I'm gone. Sometimes it's so bad it almost makes taking time off not worth it.

scumdevils86 wrote:Was off work all last week. The first day back always feels like punishment with the work that's built up when I'm gone. Sometimes it's so bad it almost makes taking time off not worth it.

Same here every time I take PTO. My staff is incompetent too whether I am there or not.

It’s always the sharks you don’t see that get you...

Burned a ton of political capital for nothing...oh well.

I am about to fucking lose my shit.

My wife had an enormous blowout fight with her father after he abandoned her mother 300 miles away while her brother was dying. My wife told him she wants nothing to do with him, that he's not allowed to see his grandchildren, and that the next time they talk will be with a therapist involved. She then blocked him on her phone so he couldn't continue to communicate with her.

Her mom runs back to him of course and pretends like nothing happened. They've fought a few times since and she's come running to us each time. She needs to fucking leave him. But instead she gives him the go ahead to buy an enormous turkey for Thanksgiving that apparently we are supposed to host. Their excuse for making this enormous decision for us? Well, he couldn't communicate with her and the turkeys were on sale or some such bullshit.

No one will actually stand up to him. They just let him pretend like he's not an abusive asshole. And now my wife feels guilty and is hinting that she'll say yes to hosting Thanksgiving with the fascist prick.

I'm not going to fucking do it. I don't care. I'd rather drive around by myself for four hours than spend one fucking second in that asshole Trumpistani's presence.

I know my wife doesn't want her mother to have to be alone with him and that's why she's caving but what the actual fuck?!?!? HE FUCKING ABANDONED HER MOTHER AND EVERYONE IS JUST GOING TO PRETEND IT'S BECAUSE ..... WHAT? HE'S QUIRKY???

To top it all off, I haven't seen my mother since March 1st through no fault of anyone except these anti-mask, anti-science, pro-Trump fuckfaces who think a disease that's killed 250,000 Americans.

I can't fucking take it. These people are insane. Stupid midwestern values of never actually admitting that some people are shitty and need to be better and that there are consequences if they don't.

How am I supposed to explain to my kids that I'm not going to be with their family on Thanksgiving because their grandfather is an abusive prick? And why should I have to be the only one who acknowledges that fact??

I want to just start punching walls.

That sucks Chi. We've got crazy Trumpers in my wife's family too but thankfully no COVID deniers.

Her sister has been in a perpetual state of trying to leave and divorce her white trash Trumpistani husband so we can relate with you there.

Chi, that does sound fucking awful.

I have no advice to offer other than to always remember it's not your wife's fault. Don't let this asshole ruin the best parts of your life.

My sister lives near us and already told me that if he was coming that they would skip Thanksgiving.

So it might be just me, her, and my niece. It would pain me, but not as much as having that asshole at my table.

I had a very similar experience, but it did not involve having kids as potential collateral victims. My move proved to be successful, but it could have easily been disastrous. My wife's father pulled a similar move, and my wife responded as Femcat did. Then, as in your case, the softening period that ensued, and the redemptive forgiveness that women have, combined to threaten to perpetuate the bullying and injustice of it all. I choose to take the matter out of my wife's hands, something I probably had no right to do given that the matter was confined to her family, but I called the FIL and banned the "resolution get-together" from taking place in our house and said I wouldn't attend any gathering elsewhere. If my wife had insisted on going to see her parents it would have been her absolute right and I would have supported her decision, but I chose to circle the wagons around what was mine and told the asshole FIL to pound sand. My wife was angry but she couldn't hide the profound relief on her face. The whole thing just blew over and eventually dissipated. I probably just got lucky.

I’ve thought about going that route. I’d love to tell him exactly what everyone else has avoided.

As you noted, the difference is my kids. I don’t want to take their grandfather out of their life, especially since my dad died long before they were born and they very well could get the idea that it was my issue which kept them from seeing him.

To the asshole that keyed my car, sitting alone I. The far end of the parking lot, fuck you.

I’m sorry your life is so miserable that you’ve got to take it out on someone else’s material possession.

See I can fix my car but you’ll still be a miserable person who deserves every ounce of shit life dishes out at you.

Just when LA was starting to grow on me...

I'm surrounded by old friends and acquaintances that are hard core Trumpers and hold it against me for not supporting a petulant, pathetic, serial lying, science denying,, piece of shit who disrespected our veterans and POWs and said NOTHING about Putin after being briefed that Putin put bounties on our soldiers heads. These fucking ignorant assholes piss me off.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING BASKETBALL TODAY!!! BUT NOOOOOO! 2020 should just chew off its ankle bracelet tracking devise and get the fuck out of our lives!

Went into two grocery stores today. If I didn't have Covid before I do know. Jesus Christ!

azgreg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:06 pm Went into two grocery stores today. If I didn't have Covid before I do know. Jesus Christ!

I went at 6 am this morning. Sure glad I did. The parking lot on my way home was packed.

Ugh I had to go at noon today and it actually was not awful

Staples at the top right hand corner of a document as opposed to the top left hand corner of a document annoys the shit out of me.

Only a psychopath would do that.

I hate it when the toilet paper doesn't tear cleanly.

Fuck old plumbing that breaks. Fuck not finding out about it until the water bill comes. Fuck finding where we think it *might* be outside. Fuck having to wait nearly 48 hours for the plumber to come look at it. Fuck not knowing how much, if any, of the repair might be covered by an insurance policy.

Fuck having broken teeth and no money to fix them, too.

Fuck this pandemic.

Fuck so much more but I'm too tired to list it all.

Fuck being tired.

Just....fuck.

That fucking sucks.

Sweet all my non patient facing admin staff are getting their vaccines today but non of us docs including one who is high risk has received the email informing us of theirs.

But hey we care about physician wellness so heres a yoga class.

2020 just had to get 1 more Fuck You in.

I just spent the wee hours of the night in the ER with some extreme abdominal pains... and I've got a fucking kidney stone.

FUCK 2020

That sucks Ari.

Get some good meds.

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:56 am 2020 just had to get 1 more Fuck You in.

I just spent the wee hours of the night in the ER with some extreme abdominal pains... and I've got a fucking kidney stone.

FUCK 2020

I have annual cystoscopy. It really sucks but I wouldn't trade it for a fucking kidney stone. Good luck Ari.

One last kick in the dick. Sorry to hear that Ari.

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:56 am 2020 just had to get 1 more Fuck You in.

I just spent the wee hours of the night in the ER with some extreme abdominal pains... and I've got a fucking kidney stone.

FUCK 2020

My old boss said that when she had kidney stones, she found it to be much more painful that childbirth.

So something you can bring up to your wife when she tells you to shut up.

Merkin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:32 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:56 am 2020 just had to get 1 more Fuck You in.

I just spent the wee hours of the night in the ER with some extreme abdominal pains... and I've got a fucking kidney stone.

FUCK 2020

My old boss said that when she had kidney stones, she found it to be much more painful that childbirth.

So something you can bring up to your wife when she tells you to shut up.

This. I had a run of kidney stones a little while back and it was the worst. They had to operate and put in a stint.
Thank god for morphine.

My urologist once told me he has saw someone pull a sink out of a wall due to the pain.

I had about a 5 year period where I passed about 30 kidney stones. The first one was excruciating, 10 mm Had to go to the hospital and have surgery to remove it. Doctor told me my kidneys were full and they worked be little time bombs for the next several years. After that one I recognized it as soon as it hit (it's a very unique pain) and would drink water and cranberry juice like crazy to push them through. The last one, Fall 2017, was the worst, 12mm. Tried to force it through, ended up in the hospital again. Had to have surgery again. Afterward the doctor told me my kidneys were cleared.

Edit: forgot to add that I on the second one, because I was trying to force the thing through my kidney expanded like a balloon and almost exploded. That's why I went to the hospital. We could visually see that my side had swelled out. I had to have two surgeries. The first to release fluid from they kidney, then a second for the stone itself. I didn't a week in the hospital. Apparently it was really close to disastrous.

I’m forever reminded of Deadwood when this conversation comes up.

10 and 12 Phylec? Holy shit. Mine is a 4mm and I’m scared to death about passing it

Chicat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:40 pm I’m forever reminded of Deadwood when this conversation comes up.

Been watching that for the last month or two...

I'm sorry Ari, get well soon.

Get better Ari.

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:19 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:40 pm I’m forever reminded of Deadwood when this conversation comes up.

Been watching that for the last month or two...

When my wife and I can't retrieve the name of something we default to a Calamity Jane vulgarism:

Honey, what was the name of that book you wanted me to get?

Um, uh, it was ..... Fuck yourself cocksucker!?

Right, that one.

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:25 pm

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:19 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:40 pm I’m forever reminded of Deadwood when this conversation comes up.

Been watching that for the last month or two...

When my wife and I can't retrieve the name of something we default to a Calamity Jane vulgarism:

Honey, what was the name of that book you wanted me to get?

Um, uh, it was ..... Fuck yourself cocksucker!?

Right, that one.

Can be combative.

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:43 am Sweet all my non patient facing admin staff are getting their vaccines today but non of us docs including one who is high risk has received the email informing us of theirs.

But hey we care about physician wellness so heres a yoga class.

This is completely infuriating and outrageous. Thanks for serving your fellow citizens Calstate.

On another note, can kidney stones be prevented by regular doses of cranberry juice?

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:56 am 2020 just had to get 1 more Fuck You in.

I just spent the wee hours of the night in the ER with some extreme abdominal pains... and I've got a fucking kidney stone.

FUCK 2020

Fuck 2020 and FUCK kidney stones.

I hope yours pass without too much of an issue. Mine were awful. I've obviously no clue what childbirth feels like, but I've had many an injury in my life(some rather severe) and I would rather reexperience those than another kidney stone.
I never, never fucking ever, want to experience kidney stones again.

Oh and Phylek, my word man, my kidneys ache for you.

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:51 am

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:43 am Sweet all my non patient facing admin staff are getting their vaccines today but non of us docs including one who is high risk has received the email informing us of theirs.

But hey we care about physician wellness so heres a yoga class.

This is completely infuriating and outrageous. Thanks for serving your fellow citizens Calstate.

On another note, can kidney stones be prevented by regular doses of cranberry juice?

Not a medical professional, but experience and medical consults have taught me that there are several different types of kidney stones caused by diet and/or genetics factors, so specifics of dealing with a person's kidney stones will vary. A urologist can have the stone tested and give you specifics However, I've found that limiting soda and staying well hydrated did the trick for me.

For me, I used cranberry juice to hopefully prevent infection as the stone tore through my system as it was be pushed through. Don't know if it helped, but I know it didn't hurt.

Thanks for all the horror story guys!

My pain while in the ER was the most painful thing I've ever experienced.... and I'm not nearly at the worst part. I'm kind of freaked out. I've been relatively pain free over the last 24 hours.... so I'm just playing the waiting game here. And no one seems to know exactly how long it will take to pass.

Criminy. Yea that's one thing I hope to never experience. Best of luck in getting that fucker out asap. I swing back and forth on my soda intake but I do also typically drink at least a gallon of water a day so I hope that'll prevent it for myself...