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[Geraldsh]

Originally Posted by NinePack

Wgmgs. I fratcured my right pinky finger at work that required a plate and 3 pins a year and half ago. Its been throbbing/painful,burning in my finger, palm forearm and elbow. I had surgery to remove the hardware 2 months ago thinking that was the problem. Unfortunatly its the same if not worse. Went to the doctor today and was told its not going to go away or heal. I am a metal fabricator and its my dominate hand. Hard to do alot of my duties without discomfort. Future is going to be stressful as most of my work experience is hands on. Anyway just ranting. Stay safe out there.

Sounds like damage to the nerve. An acupuncturist might be able to do something about that, worth checking out anyway.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by GGG

Why is the scoreboard even on for 7 year olds. The kids can kee score themselves if it’s important to them. Scoreboards inspire stupid parents to do stupid things.

Turn off the scoreboard and keep all the parents away from the rink/pond would be the best thing possible. Drop your kids off, let them have fun, pick them up when it’s over and talk to them about their experience. Parents keeping stats of their 7 year old goalies and holding grudges against other parents is doing no one any good.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

As a nighthawk who takes a bit to shake out the cobwebs on a weekend morning, never respond to a morning person's text before 10 AM or they'll almost guaranteed call you right after, because those types are bouncing off the walls with energy in the mornings. I've got multiple people in my life who do this to me regularly.

People don't want to shoot the poop with you at 8 AM on a Sunday, call at a normal time you nerds. Or I'm gonna start calling you at 1 AM when I'm in my element and I know you don't put your phone on silent overnight.

This just happened again this morning with my buddy, I've had it. I left myself a note on my phone to call him at 11:30 PM tonight, he falls asleep at 8:30-9 PM usually...payback's a B haha

(don't worry he doesn't have kids or anything like that & just your usual office 9-5er. He just bizarrely keeps farmer's hours)

[keratosis]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

This just happened again this morning with my buddy, I've had it. I left myself a note on my phone to call him at 11:30 PM tonight, he falls asleep at 8:30-9 PM usually...payback's a B haha

(don't worry he doesn't have kids or anything like that & just your usual office 9-5er. He just bizarrely keeps farmer's hours)

He probably has his phone set to do not disturb, I do for the exact opposite reason as you. Buddy calls or texts at 10 or 11 at night to "share" an interesting video or something.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by keratosis

He probably has his phone set to do not disturb, I do for the exact opposite reason as you. Buddy calls or texts at 10 or 11 at night to "share" an interesting video or something.

He doesn't, he sleeps with his ringer on (he's told me not to text him late before because it wakes him up) . This is gonna be sweet haha

[InglewoodFan]

Once again yesterday, for the fourth or fifth time this year so far, someone in front of me driving just came to a complete stop at a green light. Not a recently changed red to green, more like it has been green since we were 2-3 blocks away. Not even close to yellow yet either. Literally driving along in light traffic and you just brake and stop at a green light.

I am at an utter loss to explain this behavior.

[Fuzz]

Was it a Tesla?

[InglewoodFan]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Was it a Tesla?

You raise a good point, but no. Some random Toyota compact this time.

[Slava]

Why does it seem like the battery backup for the CO detector has to die in the middle of the night? So annoying, because first ypu have to get up and deal with the issue. Then I start to think "well, I've unplugged the detector (and removed the battery) and maybe we're all going to die in our sleep now".

[Geraldsh]

I changed all the batteries when the time changed but one was faulty so ,of course, it failed at 2:00 AM last Thursday.

[Fuzz]

I read a theory they fail in the middle of the night because that is when your house is coldest, so the battery voltage drops to it's lowest point at that time. It would make sense, because mine always die at 4am.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I read a theory they fail in the middle of the night because that is when your house is coldest, so the battery voltage drops to it's lowest point at that time. It would make sense, because mine always die at 4am.

I've heard the same thing. I've also only ever had them go in the middle of the night.

[Ironhorse]

WRGMG today is having to go downtown for a medical appointment and not being to find parking anywhere close by. The appointment is expected to be longer than two hours, so street parking is out. All of the lots and parkades around the dr’s office are full. So much for downtown offices only being 75% occupied. I’m guessing nobody takes the train to work anymore in order to avoid all the tweakers?

[Wormius]

Aren’t there a bunch of 3 hr parkplus spots downtown or were you expecting much longer than 2 hours for the appointment? I have always had good luck at the Convention Centre or City Centre Parkade for parking.

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Aren’t there a bunch of 3 hr parkplus spots downtown or were you expecting much longer than 2 hours for the appointment? I have always had good luck at the Convention Centre or City Centre Parkade for parking.

City Centre Parkade was chock full, and Convention Center was too far away.

Where are these mythical 3 hour spots?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

WRGMG today is having to go downtown for a medical appointment and not being to find parking anywhere close by. The appointment is expected to be longer than two hours, so street parking is out. All of the lots and parkades around the dr’s office are full. So much for downtown offices only being 75% occupied. I’m guessing nobody takes the train to work anymore in order to avoid all the tweakers?

Depends where in "downtown".

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

WRGMG today is having to go downtown for a medical appointment and not being to find parking anywhere close by. The appointment is expected to be longer than two hours, so street parking is out. All of the lots and parkades around the dr’s office are full. So much for downtown offices only being 75% occupied. I’m guessing nobody takes the train to work anymore in order to avoid all the tweakers?

Is it really all that bad? I was just in town for a few days this past weekend and I used the train exclusively to visit family from my downtown hotel. It was incredibly convenient and seemed very safe, even at night. But that's a very small sample for sure.

[stazzy33]

Originally Posted by NinePack

Wgmgs. I fratcured my right pinky finger at work that required a plate and 3 pins a year and half ago. Its been throbbing/painful,burning in my finger, palm forearm and elbow. I had surgery to remove the hardware 2 months ago thinking that was the problem. Unfortunatly its the same if not worse. Went to the doctor today and was told its not going to go away or heal. I am a metal fabricator and its my dominate hand. Hard to do alot of my duties without discomfort. Future is going to be stressful as most of my work experience is hands on. Anyway just ranting. Stay safe out there.

I had a coworker who had their pinky amputated for almost the exact same reason.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Why are the numbers on keyboards and phones not the same? It RGMGs

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Why are the numbers on keyboards and phones not the same? It RGMGs

Its a shadowy conspiracy being perpetuated by the Keyboard industry.

They and 'Big Phone' have been at war since time immemorial!