They're rarer than a unicorn, but they're there. One time out of a thousand, but they're there.
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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I live 5 hours away from the nearest Kroger. Doesn't stop them from sending me coupons in the mail every week.
I have not lived in a state where there were any Krogers. However, I shop their brand stores all the time. (Roundy's, aka Pick 'n Save, was bought out by Kroger a long time ago, and Fry's Food is the Kroger expy here in AZ.)
EDIT: By the way, they're called two-tier shopping carts. They cost somewhere around US$100-175 per cart.
EDIT: By the way, they're called two-tier shopping carts. They cost somewhere around US$100-175 per cart.
We have those here too. The US 'standard' cart size has grown to the point where you can fit several dead bodies in it, if you want. I often take the smaller size, because I want more than a hand basket will hold, but I am not buying a full-size elephant for dinner and I don't want to invest in pitons and climbing gear to get down into the cart to get my groceries.
All joking aside, the "small" cart is about as big as the "standard" cart was when I was a kid.
I do remember noticing that the "full" carts were indeed a lot bigger in the US than our normal ones. Our "big"ones are just flatbeds for stacking stuff, similar to the ones in DiY stores and stuff.
I love my kids and am always up for homework help.
Being woken up for a middle of the night request to help edit a french slideshow isn’t cool though.
Being woken up for a middle of the night request to help edit a french slideshow isn’t cool though.
Possibly illegal, depending on how she's doing it and what state you each live in.
Just FYI.
--Patrick
California. Pretty sure it’s illegal. My visits are unmonitored, granted by the court. The only reason we are doing FaceTime is due to Covid, otherwise I get full days on the weekend with her in person.
I already spoke to them about it but they turned the argument around and claimed I was having my daughter go through his phone (which is how they are recording me) via FaceTime which is completely laughable.
She was showing me a little fan attachment that snaps into an iPhone port. When she did she grabbed the phone that was charging nearby (his phone) and showed me. I quickly noticed on the screen was the recording app that had been running since 10 minutes before my call with her.
I have a snap of the recording in progress.
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I have already contacted him.
Good. She's a toxic, malicious person and you need to take the nuclear option with her
That's good to hear, because:
There's also the additional layer of whether your daughter is even legally of age to even give consent to have herself recorded, which could conceivably change this from "recording without consent" into full-blown "wiretapping" since neither party has given consent and the person recording the call is not even a participant.Some quick Internet sleuthing said:
Yes, I think a lawyer is a very good idea.
--Patrick
She's been a pretty nasty person through all of this. Abusive marriage and even now mid-divorce she's making it challenging to be part of my daughter's life. She's a text-book narcissist. I had hopes for the boyfriend but she's probably doing to him what she did with me: Try and make her exes seem like vile villains and that lying for her is actually the right thing to do.
GasBandit
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Example of an idiot client I just had to waste twenty minutes on the phone with:
Client: We have very exacting requirements for this translation! That's why we insisted we have to talk on the phone before we give you this case! It's a very important case! We have very exacting requirements!
Me: Yes, sir, I understand. Please tell me what you need for this translation.
Client: It has to be accurate! Very accurate! The terminology has to be correct! And the English has to be good! No grammatical errors!
Me: So... you want the exact same thing we deliver to all our clients?
Client: No! You don't understand! This is a translation of some laws on financial transactions! It has to be completely accurate and correct!
Me: So... you want the exact same thing we deliver to all our financial and legal translation clients?
Client: No! It has to be extra-accurate! When the Chinese says "bank", you need to translate it as "bank"! When the Chinese says "investment", you need to translate it as "investment"! No deviations whatsoever! It must be accurate! Accurate! Do you understand?
Me: Y'know what, I'm gonna just let you keep talking while I play Minesweeper. Carry on.
Client: We have very exacting requirements for this translation! That's why we insisted we have to talk on the phone before we give you this case! It's a very important case! We have very exacting requirements!
Me: Yes, sir, I understand. Please tell me what you need for this translation.
Client: It has to be accurate! Very accurate! The terminology has to be correct! And the English has to be good! No grammatical errors!
Me: So... you want the exact same thing we deliver to all our clients?
Client: No! You don't understand! This is a translation of some laws on financial transactions! It has to be completely accurate and correct!
Me: So... you want the exact same thing we deliver to all our financial and legal translation clients?
Client: No! It has to be extra-accurate! When the Chinese says "bank", you need to translate it as "bank"! When the Chinese says "investment", you need to translate it as "investment"! No deviations whatsoever! It must be accurate! Accurate! Do you understand?
Me: Y'know what, I'm gonna just let you keep talking while I play Minesweeper. Carry on.
Your posts always remind me of my old boss and his love of google translate. Wonderful guy in every other way.
I am totally aware that this will sound super whiny. My head hurts from a sinus infection and is just pounding and my SI has been rough all day and it hurts to walk and sit. I had to give myself a treatment and the injection hurts like a beast. I didn’t do it any differently.
I’m trying really hard to work, but it’s looking like time to book some leave.
I’m trying really hard to work, but it’s looking like time to book some leave.
I hear you. I have this spotted spurge infestation in my back yard, and I really can't do much about. About the only way I could rid myself of it would be to tear the entire yard up, re-seal the dirt below it, then back fill it all with gravel and hope that the damn weed didn't find a seam.
Which it probably will, because my neighbor behind me has a big ass Palo Verde tree that has dumped a bunch of its blooms into my yard - along with the spurge that's probably in his yard as well.
Which it probably will, because my neighbor behind me has a big ass Palo Verde tree that has dumped a bunch of its blooms into my yard - along with the spurge that's probably in his yard as well.
What the hell? That doesnt sound right.
So it didn't look like this?
Was this a "US-style" Chinese restaurant? Alternatively, I've had to tell places to give actually give me stuff spicy, because they assume Americans generally don't like spicy food.
Didn't look like that, and yes it was a Flyover Country Chinese restaurant. It was mostly broccoli and baby corn mixed in with the tofu.What the hell? That doesnt sound right.
So it didn't look like this?
Was this a "US-style" Chinese restaurant? Alternatively, I've had to tell places to give actually give me stuff spicy, because they assume Americans generally don't like spicy food.
Ooooh mama that looks scrumptious...What the hell? That doesnt sound right.
So it didn't look like this?
Was this a "US-style" Chinese restaurant? Alternatively, I've had to tell places to give actually give me stuff spicy, because they assume Americans generally don't like spicy food.
Dave
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Oh and in all of this I forgot another whine of mine. We buried my bio mom at 1 PM yesterday. At 1:17 I got a text from my sister that my aunt Lavon had died. But again this was another one of those, "Thank god it's over." kind of things. She's the one that went into hospice the same day as my mom.
On Facebook today they posted her obit and it turns out her MIDDLE name is Lavon. Her first name is Hazel. I'm 54. I've known her all my life. I did not know she was a Hazel.
On Facebook today they posted her obit and it turns out her MIDDLE name is Lavon. Her first name is Hazel. I'm 54. I've known her all my life. I did not know she was a Hazel.