Shit that annoys you

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Originally Posted by johnnyg82

Re: the pediatrician; luckily he’s got one, but she’s not really following him. CHEO (the hospital) did have an OT and a nurse following us up until he decided he didn’t want the tube anymore, so they dropped us.

Healthcare here (Ontario) is really falling apart.

He’s kept up his weight, he’s never been a failure to thrive, just difficulty feeding, and swallowing. Oh, and I never mentioned he also silently aspirates, which may or may not still be happening, he’s never had a pneumonia though, which is a plus.

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Sorry I thought this was your daughter.

I would expect your son’s pediatrician to at the very least be giving you some sense of the timeline for this issue to resolve (if that’s what they are thinking) - so at least you’d have some sort of end date for what you’re going through.

It sounds like the reason why he’s maintaining his weight and not being a failure to thrive case is the extreme attention you guys are paying to keeping him fed - which doesn’t sound sustainable for you or anyone to keep up.

The catch22 is that due to your care and devotion he’s staying as healthy as possible - thereby avoiding crisis - thereby not triggering the system to step in.

Easy for me to say but often hard to actually make happen - but if you can get him back in front of a pediatrician that could be helpful. If that’s available I would spend some time detailing a succinct summary of the current situation. Type it up well in advance and refine it over time with your wife. Be honest about how much effect this is having on your health, marriage, work, and mental health. If possible provide a copy to the pediatricians clinic staff in advance so they can read it before seeing you.

Separate from that also type up the questions you want answered (like when can we expect improvement? What’s the next step for us if there is no improvement or if there is worsening?) Bring that list to the appointment. Write down their answers.

If that’s not available you may consider doing the same steps (typing up your summary and also your questions) and going through the ER (but that sucks as an option as you know)

April fool’s crap is annoying.

It does seem to be much less prevalent, maybe folks are seeing it as the boomer thing it has become.

I woke up preemptively annoyed about April fools. Maybe that’s just Monday. Usually I’m a better sport about it. Probably just old.

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Originally Posted by rideit

April fool’s crap is annoying.

It does seem to be much less prevalent, maybe folks are seeing it as the boomer thing it has become.

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I have Buckrail, TVN and JHNG in my news feed and it seems to be their favorite day of the year.

Yes, indeed, I am experiencing the same. Exact. Sources.

I woke up preemptively annoyed about April fools. Maybe that’s just Monday. Usually I’m a better sport about it. Probably just old.

And I’m annoyed by double posts.

Did the lucky charms fools invade the closet today?

Hung the last of the shirts and sweaters in my closet yesterday. Turn around and the whole thing collapses, one of the anchors completely ripped out of the wall. Turns out the thing was hung with 8 brad nails in to drywall - I'm surprised it lasted this long!

Like, if they used glue as well it'd stay forever, but nope - lazy and quick. The previous owner of this house cut a lot of corners with things like that I've seen. Moran.

70+y/o MIL not in Spain for more than a few hours before getting robbed waiting for a train. Purse with phone, wallet, Ipad, checkbook, passport, etc. nabbed.

She was with her friend, so two kind of old ladies waiting for a train. Guy walks up and throws paint on one of them and bails. Another guy is Johny on the spot with napkins or something. Hands them to MIL and proceeds to snatch purse.

Glad she's safe. Annoys me for a multitude of reasons.

Oof

That sucks.

Guy tried to pull that one on us in the train station at the Rome airport. Dumped a coffee drink on our luggage and offered to clean it off. We got the suitcases between us, hung on tight to our other stuff, and let him clean away. Clean cut guy in a jacket and tie, spole English very well.

I'm quite surprised that women choose to carry purses when traveling internationally...

Speaking of annoying spilling of shit, just me and my kid were in a plane row (three seats). I had my shoes off (yeah, I know), and manage to accidentally kick over my cup of ice water, which proceeds to spill straight into the shoes.

Oops!

Was excited to see that quoting posts was working again, and the toolbar is back!

But went to attach a picture and can only provide a URL, not upload a picture? That’s annoying.

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Originally Posted by rideit

Speaking of annoying spilling of shit, just me and my kid were in a plane row (three seats). I had my shoes off (yeah, I know), and manage to accidentally kick over my cup of ice water, which proceeds to spill straight into the shoes.

Oops!

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Do you drink w your feet? Why was it on the floor?

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Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong

Was excited to see that quoting posts was working again, and the toolbar is back!

But went to attach a picture and can only provide a URL, not upload a picture? That’s annoying.

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This^^

The Fuck

My 10 months old daughter emptied her sippy cup into my lap this morning at breakfast. While staring me down. Looked very intentional. While I was flailing around trying to mop the water up she grabbed a handful of eggs from my plate, mushed them in her hand, and grabbed me by the collar then smeared everything down my sleeve.
I barely had time to dispatch her with her grandparents and throw a clean shirt on before a zoom call.

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Originally Posted by Boissal

My 10 months old daughter emptied her sippy cup into my lap this morning at breakfast. While staring me down. Looked very intentional. While I was flailing around trying to mop the water up she grabbed a handful of eggs from my plate, mushed them in her hand, and grabbed me by the collar then smeared everything down my sleeve.
I barely had time to dispatch her with her grandparents and throw a clean shirt on before a zoom call.

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Just uncovered! Future pic of Boissal's daughter

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Originally Posted by Danno

Just uncovered! Future pic of Boissal's daughter

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I'm still trying to get a handle on the fact that Boissal's daughter is already 10 months old.

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Originally Posted by skaredshtles

I'm still trying to get a handle on the fact that Boissal's daughter is already 10 months old.

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Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

Getting charged sales tax on the full price when you buy something that is on sale. Especially on something that is perpetually being discounted.

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Originally Posted by evdog

Getting charged sales tax on the full price when you buy something that is on sale. Especially on something that is perpetually being discounted.

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Pretty sure that is a crime.

It's criminal for sure, but it's how the tax code works in some places.

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Originally Posted by evdog

It's criminal for sure, but it's how the tax code works in some places.

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Seriously? Like where? I've never heard of that. Ever.

I feel like I’ve seen that before but can’t remember which state I was in.

If you buy something at a sale price, you pay tax on the sale price.
If you buy something with the manufacturers rebate coupon, you pay tax on the rebate.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n...he-full-price/

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Originally Posted by Boissal

My 10 months old daughter emptied her sippy cup into my lap this morning at breakfast. While staring me down. Looked very intentional. While I was flailing around trying to mop the water up she grabbed a handful of eggs from my plate, mushed them in her hand, and grabbed me by the collar then smeared everything down my sleeve.
I barely had time to dispatch her with her grandparents and throw a clean shirt on before a zoom call.

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Better hope they don't start predicting criminals with AI and locking them up as kids. Or maybe better for you if they did.

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Originally Posted by skaredshtles

I'm still trying to get a handle on the fact that Boissal's daughter is already 10 months old.

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It blows my mind every day. I feel like she was a super tiny weird looking thing barely a month ago, and now she's a sturdy chunk zooming all over the house, taking wobbly steps, shoving cheese in her face (definitely my daughter), and overall being a menace. She's made 3 boys her age cry already due to how incredibly vocal she is (she screeches at people). Bet it's not gonna get any easier :D

The list of things that should annoy me about having a tiny kid is endless, but I usually end up smiling like a dumbass. Except when she teams up with the puppy to create chaos. Because off course we got a rowdy puppy to go with the toddler, too peaceful otherwise. Latest example of puppy annoyance: she discovered the ground cloth that we laid out under the wood chips in various areas around the yard. She's dug out giant strips and entertains herself by shredding them to pieces which blow around in the wind. Looks super classy...

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Originally Posted by Boissal

It blows my mind every day. I feel like she was a super tiny weird looking thing barely a month ago, and now she's a sturdy chunk zooming all over the house, taking wobbly steps, shoving cheese in her face (definitely my daughter), and overall being a menace. She's made 3 boys her age cry already due to how incredibly vocal she is (she screeches at people). Bet it's not gonna get any easier :D

The list of things that should annoy me about having a tiny kid is endless, but I usually end up smiling like a dumbass. Except when she teams up with the puppy to create chaos. Because off course we got a rowdy puppy to go with the toddler, too peaceful otherwise. Latest example of puppy annoyance: she discovered the ground cloth that we laid out under the wood chips in various areas around the yard. She's dug out giant strips and entertains herself by shredding them to pieces which blow around in the wind. Looks super classy...

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You're at the beginning of the ride. Enjoy your chaos monkey. Make sure she gets a balanced diet or all that cheese is gonna plug her up.

Holter monitor annoys me.

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Originally Posted by paulster2626

Hung the last of the shirts and sweaters in my closet yesterday. Turn around and the whole thing collapses, one of the anchors completely ripped out of the wall. Turns out the thing was hung with 8 brad nails in to drywall - I'm surprised it lasted this long!

Like, if they used glue as well it'd stay forever, but nope - lazy and quick. The previous owner of this house cut a lot of corners with things like that I've seen. Moran.

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Sounds like my house. The previous owner went to town hanging shelves in the garage. Every one is crooked and fastened with mismatched screws. Also did a lot of really bad hardscaping work around the yard and house. The deck is pretty f'd too. A lot of the work he did is straight up comical, like on the deck where he put a hand railing on a hand railing. Keeps me busy.

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Originally Posted by riser4

Holter monitor annoys me.

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Nothing serious, I hope?

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Originally Posted by PB

Nothing serious, I hope?

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Follow up from a few months back. I think I had a panic attack earlier this winter. Racing heart while I was driving back from grocery shopping one night after dinner. My wife handed me her apple watch and it said I was in afib. I got my heart rate down and went to the doctor the next day. In office ECG had nothing alarming. Doc referred me for a 48 hr Holter monitor. Good thing it wasn't an emergency because they scheduled two and a half months out. So here I am. Wondering exactly what I need to write down. What the tech said to log and what the log book says to log are vastly different. I'll be damned if I'm gonna log each time I fart or scratch my nuts. I would need a while forest of paper for that.

I've had two full blown hyperventilating panic attacks before, one when I was 13 and one at 26. And two or three times I've sensed one coming on and headed it off by controlling my breathing and distracting myself. This one seemed a little different than the others as it didn't have the hyperventilating part. And I didn't recognize it coming on. I got home and my pulse was up around 170 ish. BP was higher than usual as well.

What's probably more troubling is finding out about my early stage NAFLD with mild steatosis. I always knew it was a good thing I didn't drink a lot of alcohol. Now I know not to start.

Write down every time you feel your heart suddenly beating faster than it was for no reason. (Or significantly slower for that matter.) Note the rate and especially if it's regular or irregular and how long it lasts. Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia and some other rhythms are very regular--the heart may be very fast but the interval between each beat is the same. Atrial fibrillation is what is described as irregularly irregular--some beats are fast, some slow and there's no pattern. Then there's rhythms where the rate varies but in a predictable pattern. Example is bigemminy--2 quick beats, then a pause. Then the pattern repeats. Trigemminy--3 beats, then a pause. Quadrigemminy--you probably get the idea. Note whether you feel any other symptoms--lightheaded, chest pain, shortness of breath. (If you see a long tunnel, then a light, then all your dead relatives, don't bother writing it down because you just died and it doesn't matter.)

The different rhythms matter--afib is worrisome because blood clots form in the quivering atrium and can break loose and cause strokes etc. PAT is usually (not always) harmless because the atrium is beating so no blood clots. There are dozens of other rhythms of varying degrees of significance. It takes an EKG to tell a lot of them apart but noting the things I mentioned above can give a pretty good clue.

I have no idea how reliable an apple watch is at telling rapid heart rates apart.

Foxtail/barbed grass seed season annoys me and my dogs.

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Originally Posted by old goat

…(If you see a long tunnel, then a light, then all your dead relatives, don't bother writing it down because you just died and it doesn't matter.)…

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Well, I think the collective would appreciate if you posted the details here.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Well, I think the collective would appreciate if you posted the details here.

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If you read the post with the details it means you're dead too.

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Originally Posted by old goat

If you read the post with the details it means you're dead too.

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I enjoyed the humor.