Royal Mail is going through a strike right now and the headlamp bulbs I ordered are stuck in the UK and have been since December 8th. They were supposed to take 10 business days to arrive (today is business day 10), and they haven't even had their initial scan at RM yet. At this rate, it'll be 2023 by the time they arrive.
I actually tried to order as little as possible online this year. I know it’s more effort and kind of irritating. But for me, I didn’t feel like I was getting enough Christmas ambiance and experience by just clicking and waiting for the boxes to arrive. It’s just not the same, and became me just spending money.
But Amazon even sends your presents wrapped by someone who doesn’t make it look like your presents were wrapped by Freddie Krueger!
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Now I have to quarantine from my wife, last year we didn't quarantine from each other but she's pregnant so that's a big no go now. #### sakes. I'm really quite pissed off.
Wait, Congrats!
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I've gotten used to the garbage truck going by at 0730 in the morning.
WGMG is that now when the truck goes by, it seems to have an exterior radio system that the people operating it play on full volume. It's louder than anything I have in the house so it can't be ignored or drowned out. Seems a bit much.
I've gotten used to the garbage truck going by at 0730 in the morning.
WGMG is that now when the truck goes by, it seems to have an exterior radio system that the people operating it play on full volume. It's louder than anything I have in the house so it can't be ignored or drowned out. Seems a bit much.
Could be worse.
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Thanks a million! She's getting very close to half way through the pregnancy and her and the baby are both healthy. Can't make that kind of risk with her right now, but we'll be finding out of the baby Bagger is a boy or girl in mid January.
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I tried Toffifee based on some of you raving about how amazing they are, and I'm going to pull out my giant paintbrush cause I can't remember which thread it was, and say all of CP has lost a tremendous amount of credibility here.
They are utterly dreadful chocolates. Possibly the worst I've ever bought.
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So getting all the 8 million tests done on my heart after waiting months and months. And then the cardiologists office calling. "Yeah we can see you in a month. (Great). Its ok to bring in a family member with you when you talk to the doctor"
"WTF . . . wait a minute, am I dying"
"See you in a month" click
Nothing like that anxiety burger.
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So getting all the 8 million tests done on my heart after waiting months and months. And then the cardiologists office calling. "Yeah we can see you in a month. (Great). Its ok to bring in a family member with you when you talk to the doctor"
"WTF . . . wait a minute, am I dying"
"See you in a month" click
Nothing like that anxiety burger.
Who the #### pulls that kind of crap. If you have something to share with the patient than share it!
So getting all the 8 million tests done on my heart after waiting months and months. And then the cardiologists office calling. "Yeah we can see you in a month. (Great). Its ok to bring in a family member with you when you talk to the doctor"
"WTF . . . wait a minute, am I dying"
"See you in a month" click
Nothing like that anxiety burger.
My wife has been helping her dad with a variety of his medical appointments now that he's nearly 80, and they always say stuff like that, especially the ones that are likely to have an "older" clientele.
I wouldn't take it as a bad sign - the person making the phone appointments probably just gives the same script 25 times a day, and likely has no idea what the results are anyway.
Sucks to wait that long, but I wouldn't take the phone stuff as an indicator of the results in any way. I bet if it was something catastrophic they'd get you in sooner, so in some ways that delay might even be a good sign.
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Last time I had an ECG I'm laying there with all the sensors on, and the nurse is doing her stuff, and then all of a sudden I hear "Uh-oh."
I sat up and looked at her, and she says "Not for you, but we have to redo that."
i was joking around with my dentist earlier this year and said something like "i guess you're not allowed to say 'whoops' if something doesn't go right since it's just local freezing and patients would hear you?"
he said one of the first things they were told in dental school is to NEVER say anything like that... and that message got repeated over and over and over again.
of course, as he's putting on my bridge what does he say... 'whoops!', then looks at me and starts laughing! no wonder we get along so well! ha! ha!
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So getting all the 8 million tests done on my heart after waiting months and months. And then the cardiologists office calling. "Yeah we can see you in a month. (Great). Its ok to bring in a family member with you when you talk to the doctor"
"WTF . . . wait a minute, am I dying"
"See you in a month" click
Nothing like that anxiety burger.
For the last three years, you've pretty much been forbidden from bringing a family member with you to these sorts of appointments, no? Every single AHS reminder call stated to come alone.
If I'm being told it's okay to bring a family member given that context, I would probably assume it's because it's a change in policy and not because I had something horrendously wrong with me. If you had something wrong with you that needed to be acted on quickly or was particularly severe, I don't think you'd be waiting a month; the doctor would likely get the staff to set a quick follow-up call within the a week or two.
At this rate, it'll be 2023 by the time they arrive.
