What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

That's a coincidence: I got into a heated discussion (pissy argument) with a co-worker about that very subject today. This guy is the biggest stats modelling cheerleader I have ever met, which is not saying much since most people don't walk around talking people's ears off about cross validation etc.

He's one of those guys who talks about Pew studies as if they were handed down on stone tablets. I argue with him all the time that they don't know squat about what the general population think, just what the people who are bored enough to answer their surveys think.

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I hope that by the end of this semester maybe a quarter that makes sense to me. I'm taking an intro stats course at the moment. I'm sure it's proving extra challenging on account of the fact that I haven't been inside a math classroom in over a decade.

[mrmaczaps]

Gun grabbers and Fred Wolf (only) fans... ugh.

[IndigoErth]

Being forced to get that oh so delicious NyQuil liquid cold meds because the liquid Tylenol (though only a little less horrible) options were so limited (three choices) and didn't have what I was looking for. No 'night' formula at all; just one very basic bottle which won't do enough and the other two have the added expectorant that I avoid taking because it makes me dizzy. (The ONE thing I have ever found that I'm sensitive to.) *sigh*

Berry flavor NyQuil it is... as if that suggested flavor will matter any. No doubt it's probably more like menthol jet fuel with berry flavor you prob can't taste. (And I have issues taking pills, so that's out.)

[BubblyShell22]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Statistics. Today's gear grind is statistics.

Oh, I loathed statistics in college. One of the worst courses ever and I will never take it again as long as I live! Having a learning disability in math didn't really help me either, but I had an awesome tutor who helped me through it so I was still able to graduate. Best of luck on it and I feel your pain.

Gear grind: Rain. Just hate the rain.

[Jester]

Can this election cycle be over now, please?

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Jester

Can this election cycle be over now, please?

I'm seriously counting down the days until the actual election, and can't wait for that day in particular.

I work in a polling location, and it'll be UTTER BLISS to be in a room full of people who can't talk about politics.

(Also, if you are voting: be nice to the little old ladies who hand out the ballots. they're having a very long day.)

[Jester]

Election Day is the day after my anniversary....and I'm more excited for the former because that means it will be, for the most part, over.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, I agree. I'm so tired of hearing about politics and such though reading the latest political thread makes me laugh sometimes with what's been said.

[IndigoErth]

Have to agree with you guys. These days the first people to announce that they're running always have to jump in there and say it so dang early. I wish there was a rule that they can't announce anything until it's only a year prior to the election date, or better yet only at the start of the same year. Having to listen to this stuff for two years, give or take, is ridiculous.

[BubblyShell22]

Gear grinds for me: Dad's coming home in two weeks and I really don't want him to come home because it's going to be hell on us. He will be coming home on either the thirteenth or the fifteenth so we have less than two weeks before he arrives. Mom is going to try and see if they can give him a sleeping pill so he can sleep at night.

The people who delivered the Hoyer lift and the bed called my mom and had the wrong insurance card so she had to settle that with them and called the idiot social worker who messed it up and let her know what was going on. I swear, people are so bad at doing their jobs sometimes it amazes me!

Edit: Okay, the social worker just called and said that insurance wants to take the bed back because they feel it was a rental just because Dad went to the rehab center again so she's in the process of re-ordering the bed. I swear, insurance ticks me off sometimes! Stupid Obamacare!

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

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I hope that by the end of this semester maybe a quarter that makes sense to me. I'm taking an intro stats course at the moment. I'm sure it's proving extra challenging on account of the fact that I haven't been inside a math classroom in over a decade.

I know what you mean. I was trying to do long division on paper the other day, and I've forgotten how.

[IndigoErth]

My cousin's wife lost her long battle with cancer, it finally got its way after all they tried and all its determination to return and show up somewhere else. Wasn't much older than I am. I think she managed to hit 40 in early summer.

Why does our healthcare system have to be such crap though, in terms of affordability. Maybe it's not advanced enough in cancer research to be able to save her, but after all they were through as a family and now my cousin has tons of debt, bankruptcy, and two young daughters to raise and educate...




Personal grind... having to call out of work and lose part of my paycheck because some idiot had to give me their cold virus.

Glad I forced myself to go in yesterday though, not wanting to miss too many days if I felt worse and had to call out over the weekend. Not to be a hypocrite by taking the virus back to work... lol Wasn't really coughing or sneezing at all, so just made use of the hand sanitizer frequently.

[Utrommaniac]

That's terrible! I'm so sorry for your cousin.

On my personal grind, my 10 days with the house to myself has begun. That is going to suck big time. Just me and the four cats. I'm not cut out to be a crazy cat lady. I'll be seeing my grandmother and brother tomorrow, but not sure what will happen for the rest of the week other than school.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Ten days to yourself?! I ENVY you that chance. I am lucky if I get even ONE, and if I do it usually means the Mr. is in the hospital.

[Utrommaniac]

I usually get bored stiff with two days to myself (which happens every weekend), plus it pushes me to sleeping in way too long.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I would love to be able to do that. I do get weekends off but almost never by myself. And sleeping late for me usually means NOT getting up at 3:30 AM. Anything past that is "sleeping in" for me!

[Utrommaniac]

Sleeping past 11 is the absolute worst for me. 9 is my ideal latest, if I could just go to sleep on time. I mean, I hate getting up at 6/7 am, but I prefer that to 1 pm.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I'm the same way. I will happily sleep until 9 or 10 given the chance but that is because I rarely sleep more than 3 hours a night. Even if I go to bed early it is hard for me to sleep without waking up several times a night or taking a long time to fall asleep.

[Utrommaniac]

My morning classes all start at 8, which I have trouble getting up for at 7 because I'm too much of a night owl.

Which is a part of why I enjoyed hand-raising kittens. Having to feed them every few hours gave me an excuse to stay up. Which is probably the same philosophy when I have kids...then with a lot more exhaustion. And working with graphic design. Which I hope to be doing from home, so no need to worry about jumping in the car to rush to work.


In a new grind, I messed up on some quesadilla spanakopita I like to make. Overdid the butter and didn't drain the spinach enough, I have some very soggy tortillas. Good amount of cheese, though.

[BubblyShell22]

I usually wake up at seven in the morning and have been doing that since I graduated college. I usually go to sleep at nine thirty and the latest I stay up is at ten depending on the day and what shows are on for me to watch.

Gear grind: Brother called Mom's phone and didn't answer when I answered the phone. Mom tried to get him to answer, but he wouldn't. She called him and found out he was bombed out of his mind though he denied it as usual. Needless to say, she's not very happy with him and neither am I.