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Yes, distant relative I don't know, getting in my personal space and telling me tearfully how much I remind you of my dead mother is totally appropriate behavior at my grandfather's funeral and doesn't make me uncomfortable at all. </sarcasm>. :(
I had a similarly awkward encounter once, when I went to a new dentist and he ended up crying when treating me because it turns out he was my aunt's dentist (she had taken her own life) and I reminded him of her.
I understand your feelings dentist but could you make more of an effort not to let your tears fall into my mouth?
EDIT: For clarity.
Wow, that's some grade-A level incompetence there.
Yes.
It's worth noting: as of the last update, I'm still not sure how important it is to avoid drinking the water. It's listed (on the inside) as IMPORTANT and WATER EMERGENCY, and specifies that, due to an "equipment malfunction" (unspecified), they are testing the water to "see" if "bacteria or minerals" entered it.
As an example, they say "don't drink" or "wash dishes" in the water, but they don't say "don't take showers"; I'm presuming the latter is a corollary considering water naturally gets in your eyes, and I've no idea what kind of bacteria - or 'minerals' - they could be talking about. Also, due to safety regulations with kids, our "hot" water isn't terribly, to prevent burning (an exceedingly important precaution with a precocious three-year-old). Thus, I can't even count on that for purposes of like, say, washing clothes, which could be indelibly ruined, depending on the minerals in question. (We already have very hard water*, and are forced to use special stuff to soften its impact on our stuff, which already doesn't always work.)
Could be nothing. Could be something that is very serious. My boys' (nearly identical) tummy-troubles could be entirely unrelated to the exceedingly suspicious coincidental timing of us not supposed to be drinking the water but not being informed that we are not supposed to be drinking the water. Possibly. >:(
* We've switched water companies three times since moving here, though never by choice. Each time, despite promises that it'll get better, our water quality has actively gone down.
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Yes, distant relative I don't know, getting in my personal space and telling me tearfully how much I remind you of my dead mother is totally appropriate behavior at my grandfather's funeral and doesn't make me uncomfortable at all. </sarcasm>. :(I had a similarly awkward encounter once, when I went to a new dentist and he ended up crying when treating me because it turns out he was my aunt's dentist (she had taken her own life) and I reminded him of her.
I understand your feelings dentist but could you make more of an effort not to let your tears fall into my mouth?
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Wooooooow.
seconding what Kajehase said. This is a case of spectacular incompetence on all levels.
Have you spoken to the sheriffs department? At least around where I live, almost all NOTICE!s are handled by them. Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but something is up here -this isn't just sketchy, it's out and out suspicious. Why so many water company changes? Who, if anyone, owns the pipes? Had this ever happened before? Do you have any nearby neighbors to talk to about this who are going through the same thing? Where were you on the night of September 17th 2014 at approximately 6 pm? Do you like gladiator movies?
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At least you got a notice. Last week I turned on the faucet here and it came out rust colored for about 2 minutes, then turned milky white for another 2.
Then again, this is rural South Dakota and such things are expected from time to time. Drinking from the tap is not recommended unless you have additional purification, if only to make it taste better.
Wooooooow.
seconding what Kajehase said. This is a case of spectacular incompetence on all levels.
Yeah, it's pretty bad.
Have you spoken to the sheriffs department? At least around where I live, almost all NOTICE!s are handled by them.
Nope. Haven't thought to do so.
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but something is up here -this isn't just sketchy, it's out and out suspicious.
It's irritating... but, upon me calling them first thing today, I was informed, "Oh, yeah, no, it was fixed. Earlier." and that was all they let me know.
Why so many water company changes?
The three different times were on three different occasions. The first was shortly after we moved here - so shortly that we were still working everything out for moving in, and, frankly, I don't know why that happened. It was irritating at the time, and took us a few months to resolve everything, but it was its own thing.
The second was four years ago when some sort of zoning shenanigans occurred and we ended up in a different jurisdiction, just before my oldest boy was born. We ended up with much harder water. Which was already hard.
>.>
The last was recently, and (from my very limited understanding) it has become a function of the local government (this is from a neighbor - due to our preemie/newborn, I've been so very out of it, I'm just unsure).
What I do know has happened, however, is that are very-hard-water has become awful. The amount of build-up we've been having is... impressive.
Who, if anyone, owns the pipes?
I have no clue. I presumed the government. I am officially displaying my ignorance.
Had this ever happened before?
Hm... yes, a few times. We've always had much better communication, however. We've received swift calls - either from people (once), or from automated messages - as well as prompt and timely (and obvious) NOTICE! arrangements, that also display the fact that they come from our water company... rather than a bland door-hanger that looks like a bad advertisement.
Do you have any nearby neighbors to talk to about this who are going through the same thing?
Yes. It's not our house, it's our three neighborhoods. Which is "normal" for water issues.
Where were you on the night of September 17th 2014 at approximately 6 pm? Do you like gladiator movies?
Uh... Ocala. Probably the house. Also: definitely, if Russel Crow is a cast member. Maybe, if he's not.
At least you got a notice. Last week I turned on the faucet here and it came out rust colored for about 2 minutes, then turned milky white for another 2.
Then again, this is rural South Dakota and such things are expected from time to time. Drinking from the tap is not recommended unless you have additional purification, if only to make it taste better.
Ugh, been there. Glad I moved out of that kind of area. I don't want this one to become like that. My deepest empathy.
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I'll gladly deal with the occasional water problems for a mortgage of $325 a month and I'll have the house paid off by the end of 2018. Plus it's on a half acre of land and there's no HOA to deal with. :)
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Uh, if the water is unsitable to drink shouldn't they... I don't know... Turn off the supply of potentially tainted water? Then people would notice that there is no water and wouldn't drink it.
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Freehold and David's A Night at the Museum 2 reenactment?Going on another short tour with the band I play in starting on Thursday. First show is in Brooklyn, then somewhere near Philly, then Connecticut, and then back in CNY on Sunday....
You know what this means...
that would be...even better.
But no, I really want to go see David play.
For all you Luddites out there:
Operation Hennessey (Syracuse), Department (Syracuse), Living Room (Brooklyn), and Strange Herd (Brooklyn) @ Don Pedro (90 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday, March 26; doors at 8:30, show at 9; $5 at the door
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Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo see you there!
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In other news, finally got around to watching all three "Hobbit" films. While not technically *bad* movies, they've been... disappointing. Especially given that the original three "Lord of the Rings" films were to me what the original "Star Wars" trilogy was to a lot of people.
This story did not need a weird interspecies love triangle.
Also, Legolas looks like a Ken doll and has no business being in these movies.
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Galadriel, Saruman, and Elrond do not show up to save Gandalf from the Ringwraiths and do their Tekken s*~@.
no
stahp
need more alcohol
Saruman just killed a ghost by pushing it off a cliff. Need like ten more beers and some Marb blacks for this s~!!.
I'm having a meltdown here
Galadriel just turned into the chick from The Ring
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In other news, finally got around to watching all three "Hobbit" films. While not technically *bad* movies, they've been... disappointing. Especially given that the original three "Lord of the Rings" films were to me what the original "Star Wars" trilogy was to a lot of people.
This story did not need a weird interspecies love triangle.
Also, Legolas looks like a Ken doll and has no business being in these movies.
My daughter actually has a Legolas Barbie Doll from when my wife worked at Mattel during the first trilogy.
He is her favorite Man Doll and always gets first choice* of the drama, you should see the intricate relationships these dolls are in!
*Second Choice you ask? Mace Windu, with Jack Sparrow third:-) needless to say our son also loves playing with Barbie Dolls:-)
of course my daughter has for the last few years heavily invested in Monster High Dolls (well i guess technically we as parents did, but they are pretty cool as far as dolls go, certainly better then Bratz)
Oh Long Johnson. Oh Don Piano.
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In other news, finally got around to watching all three "Hobbit" films. While not technically *bad* movies, they've been... disappointing. Especially given that the original three "Lord of the Rings" films were to me what the original "Star Wars" trilogy was to a lot of people.
This story did not need a weird interspecies love triangle.
Also, Legolas looks like a Ken doll and has no business being in these movies.
My daughter actually has a Legolas Barbie Doll from when my wife worked at Mattel during the first trilogy.
He is her favorite Man Doll and always gets first choice* of the drama, you should see the intricate relationships these dolls are in!
*Second Choice you ask? Mace Windu, with Jack Sparrow third:-) needless to say our son also loves playing with Barbie Dolls:-)
of course my daughter has for the last few years heavily invested in Monster High Dolls (well i guess technically we as parents did, but they are pretty cool as far as dolls go, certainly better then Bratz)
*drama bomb*
Not even close duder
it's like watching a school play done by a-list actors
i've reached the threshold where proper grammar and composition goes out the window
this is really just a metaphor for life
if you love something enough, it will find a way to utterly fail you
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*drama bomb*In other news, finally got around to watching all three "Hobbit" films. While not technically *bad* movies, they've been... disappointing. Especially given that the original three "Lord of the Rings" films were to me what the original "Star Wars" trilogy was to a lot of people.
This story did not need a weird interspecies love triangle.
Also, Legolas looks like a Ken doll and has no business being in these movies.
My daughter actually has a Legolas Barbie Doll from when my wife worked at Mattel during the first trilogy.
He is her favorite Man Doll and always gets first choice* of the drama, you should see the intricate relationships these dolls are in!
*Second Choice you ask? Mace Windu, with Jack Sparrow third:-) needless to say our son also loves playing with Barbie Dolls:-)
of course my daughter has for the last few years heavily invested in Monster High Dolls (well i guess technically we as parents did, but they are pretty cool as far as dolls go, certainly better then Bratz)
i've found when dealing with 10-11 year old girls, every second holds the potential for drama:-)
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this is really just a metaphor for life
if you love something enough, it will find a way to utterly fail you
It will also find a way to utterly surprise you in a way that makes you forget the failure of moments ago:-)
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My daughter's favorite song (Tacticslion no Michael Bolton, pinky swear:-p)
I'd be totes okay, even if it was. :D
READY TO SLEEP.
Yes, distant relative I don't know, getting in my personal space and telling me tearfully how much I remind you of my dead mother is totally appropriate behavior at my grandfather's funeral and doesn't make me uncomfortable at all. </sarcasm>. :(I had a similarly awkward encounter once, when I went to a new dentist and he ended up crying when treating me because it turns out he was my aunt's dentist (she had taken her own life) and I reminded him of her.
I understand your feelings dentist but could you make more of an effort not to let your tears fall into my mouth?
Well, that would convince me to never go back to the dentist....
I had to post that little sarcastic comment lest I actually say it out loud since that was after the fifth time I was accosted by a second or third cousin with the same sort of inappropriate behavior. Apparently tact is something that happens to other families. It clearly missed mine.
And thank you to those who offered condolences.
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Sleep would be nice. I went down to bed around midnight just to get up bored after some napping past 3 am. Maybe I should try to stay up as long as I can to get to bed later and try to go later and later to sleep every day?
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What happened on March 20-21st to inspire so many blog views of my blog? 125 and 132?
Ugh... No sleep for me, apparently. It's late enough to go look for the mattress.
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The more I hear people raging about how the movies are unlike the books, the more I find myself happy I didn't read them due to being unable to stand Tolkien's writing. Other than the love triangle thing (yeah I'm more than sick of those) I've enjoyed the whole series immensely.
Still need to see Hobbit 3 admittedly, but I'm greatly looking forward to it when I finally get around to it.
I couldn't stand reading the Hobbit personally (and so like Orthos never read much of it) i like the movies well enough, sometimes they seem to full of doom and gloom, still haven't seen the third:-)
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I liked the Hobbit book but some things about it irritated me as a kid.
It is basically just a long series of the dwarves encountering threats and instead of fighting them well getting captured until someone frees them, as a kid being introduced to dwarves in RPGs I wouldn't play them because I thought they must suck. (of course then I found out about Gotrek the slayer and thought maybe dwarves could be unstoppable killing machines too.)
The epic dragon dies from a single arrow to the chest and some cold water and you don't really even see the battle of five armies, they show up, Bilbo goes unconscious, then after he wakes up everyone is like "Dude that was the most epic battle EVER!"
I've been waiting to see the Hobbit movies so I can watch them in a row(gonna happen soon when I get a bit of cash) but even if they suck it sounds like they epic the battles up a bit=)
No right-sized mattress at nearby shop. They can order but it is a bit pricey and probably harder than I'd want. Egh.
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I liked Hobbit more than Lord Of The Rings (novels-I haven't seen Hobbit yet and I haven't seen through all the Lord Of The Rings movies as a whole - I saw only fragments).
In other news, finally got around to watching all three "Hobbit" films. While not technically *bad* movies, they've been... disappointing. Especially given that the original three "Lord of the Rings" films were to me what the original "Star Wars" trilogy was to a lot of people.
This story did not need a weird interspecies love triangle.
Also, Legolas looks like a Ken doll and has no business being in these movies.
I enjoyed all the Tolkien books and all the movies based on them. THERE I SAID IT.
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The Hobbit trilogy was Peter Jackson's fan boi take on The Hobbit. I liked them, but the book was better.
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Bruenor Battlehammer, most kick ass literary dwarf yet! rode a dragon into a huge ass crevice and lived.
I always thought flint got ripped off, dude couldn't walk outside without getting his axe stuck in someone's head, then he's gotta listen to Tanis all day!