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jlew said:
I'm a bad person- I refuse to give blood ONLY because the harassment that ensues afterwards. The phone calls, emails, texts are terrible and no matter how many times I've asked to not be called, they continue calling. So I just stopped donating all together after I counted 36 calls or texts in a three week span.
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I feel you.
I'm O positive and they love my blood.
I just ignore the calls or answer and tell them I have a cold.
I donate on my prerogative.

I have a buddy that donates every 57 days or whatever the minimum time frame is.
He's 48 and has given since he was 17.
That's a brick ton of blood to give.
 
jlew said:
I'm a bad person- I refuse to give blood ONLY because the harassment that ensues afterwards. The phone calls, emails, texts are terrible and no matter how many times I've asked to not be called, they continue calling. So I just stopped donating all together after I counted 36 calls or texts in a three week span.
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I was a regular donor for years a long time ago, it was before email or cell phones existed. But they constantly called our home phone and sent mountains of snail mail reminding/requesting me to donate, it was annoying even back then.
 
Jiffypop said:
I feel you.
I'm O positive and they love my blood.
I just ignore the calls or answer and tell them I have a cold.
I donate on my prerogative.

I have a buddy that donates every 57 days or whatever the minimum time frame is.
He's 48 and has given since he was 17.
That's a brick ton of blood to give.
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I'm 0 neg so the whole universal blood type thing. IF they wouldn't bug/harass the hell out of me I'd be more inclined to donate. However they do and it drives me insane so nope not happening.

BigMac said:
I was a regular donor for years a long time ago, it was before email or cell phones existed. But they constantly called our home phone and sent mountains of snail mail reminding/requesting me to donate, it was annoying even back then.
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Its nauseating the amount of calls/texts/emails ugh.
 
Raiderboost said:
I had to laugh at the season. Hope the next 4 season go fast so you can get to actual spring.
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I think we're actually at the third winter currently. It's supposed to be +15 °C next week, so let's hope Mud Season is short.
 
Inioch said:
I have some, but the bastards running the courses say that "you can't go out there" and "we don't want to ruin the course". No, seriously, I get it and appreciate that my club wants to not destroy the greens early on in the season. But it blows when I was already dreaming of the rounds.
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I've kind of given up on the early season around here. My main golf buddy will be sure to call, and I'll invent some reason why I can't go. But, I will make sure to call him afterward and ask how the course was. It's always the same. Balls plugging and jumping back, slogging through mud! And the weather is always a capricious mistress. Some years ago my buddy made early tee times at a course that he told me he had already played and was in good shape. It was supposed to be mid 60's F that day but the clear sky at night led to frost which covered every single green. So, they wouldn't let anybody tee off until the greens thawed. While we waite my buddy's next door neighbor, who was also in our group, walked up to him and said, "You know, they let you play golf at noon too!"
 
F*** this guy!!!

My ball rolled into their right shoe print. There was a rake where the footsteps left the bunker. Lazy asses annoy me.

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So I buy Various Items at General Outdoor Store, they now charge 30 cents for a (paper) bag. Meh, it is what it is. At least it's a nice quality paper bag, good size, built well, etc.

But there's ******* advertising on it. The advertising should pay for the bag.
 
Let me give you an idea of what I deal with at home...

I open the dishwasher to put a fork in, and the silverware caddy already has stuff it. No nig deal, right? There were empty slots, and slots with three pieces in them already. I won't even get started on dishes and bowls not facing the center...
 
Greg Kulbick said:
Let me give you an idea of what I deal with at home...

I open the dishwasher to put a fork in, and the silverware caddy already has stuff it. No nig deal, right? There were empty slots, and slots with three pieces in them already. I won't even get started on dishes and bowls not facing the center...
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OOOF.

My son used a knife to put Nutella on toast this morning. Put it in the caddy in the sink because "it looked clean". He's 17...almost didn't make it to 18.
 
Greg Kulbick said:
Let me give you an idea of what I deal with at home...

I open the dishwasher to put a fork in, and the silverware caddy already has stuff it. No nig deal, right? There were empty slots, and slots with three pieces in them already. I won't even get started on dishes and bowls not facing the center...
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I saw a meme on Insta or Twitter the other day that said something to the effect of : Every household has a person that loads the dishwasher like a German architect and another that loads it like a raccoon on meth. I felt that......
 
robrandalgz said:
I saw a meme on Insta or Twitter the other day that said something to the effect of : Every household has a person that loads the dishwasher like a German architect and another that loads it like a raccoon on meth. I felt that......
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We have that. And I'm the German...
 
I’ve had people unload and re load the dishes because of me. I don’t think I’m really that bad either but maybe it’s the other persons problem that it has too be their way, not necessarily the right way.
 
Daluteh said:
I’ve had people unload and re load the dishes because of me. I don’t think I’m really that bad either but maybe it’s the other persons problem that it has too be their way, not necessarily the right way.
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I consider a diswasher a game of Tetris, where a certain amount of stuff can be put in, if the use of space is maximized.

And we pay 3x the cost for water where we live compared to the national average. So I'll use every drop I can. But you definitely have a point...
 
What can't a beef processor cut decent filets?

We asked for 8 oz filets and got nothing close to 8 oz!

None are the same size. How do you cook these the same time and same way?

I can cut better cuts from venison backstrap than this 😑
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I am a bachelor this weekend. Wife went to see her sister and niece. Hated I didn't get to go because I was surely paying Akers Discount Golf in Murrell's Inlet a visit. Flipping through Amazon Prime and Netflix, I can't believe I pay for this crap. I mean Amazon Prime has a crap load of movies that are 30-40 years old. And they think that is a good thing. I am not saying to give me all the good new stuff for free, but man, Weekend At Bernie's, Ferris Bueller, etc. Why not go all in and put silent movies on there.
 
Silly farm work.. hammer > finger..lol. (no serious injury and I can still swing a club fine..)
 
On the phone with squaretrade for a refrigerator warranty claim for the ice machine. My god the hoops they make you jump through with the troubleshooting nonsense before they will send a tech out!

Sir can you remove all food from the fridge, unplug it, and let it thaw out for 24 hours?
Sir can you please stand on your head and drink milk upside down? (it might help)
Sir can you light a “thoughts and prayers” candle to send positive energy to the ice machine? (it’s worked before)

Ok fine we’ll send out a tech. Oops our system is frozen. Please call back later.
 
So THPers are out playing the Goat Track with the team from Vokey and I am in the room with my elbow in ice.
But its preparation as we have a fun couple of months coming up And they are are in good hands with @Canadan
 
JetSpeed said:
On the phone with squaretrade for a refrigerator warranty claim for the ice machine. My god the hoops they make you jump through with the troubleshooting nonsense before they will send a tech out!

Sir can you remove all food from the fridge, unplug it, and let it thaw out for 24 hours?
Sir can you please stand on your head and drink milk upside down? (it might help)
Sir can you light a “thoughts and prayers” candle to send positive energy to the ice machine? (it’s worked before)

Ok fine we’ll send out a tech. Oops our system is frozen. Please call back later.
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I hate getting a Level I tech, who's just reading from a script and assuming you're the lowest common denominator. I start telling them "I've already done that. I've already done that. I've already done that too". Once they run out of recommendations from the script in front of them, they're clueless and will hopefully elevate you to somebody who actually knows something about something.
 
JB said:
So THPers are out playing the Goat Track with the team from Vokey and I am in the room with my elbow in ice.
But its preparation as we have a fun couple of months coming up And they are are in good hands with @Canadan
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Hope your elbow heals up and lets you back into the action soon, it's no fun being sidelined.
 
BigMac said:
I hate getting a Level I tech, who's just reading from a script and assuming you're the lowest common denominator. I start telling them "I've already done that. I've already done that. I've already done that too". Once they run out of recommendations from the script in front of them, they're clueless and will hopefully elevate you to somebody who actually knows something about something.
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There was so much of this just now. It’s brutal. I think they want you to fatigue out and drop the claim. Similar to health insurance companies denying things that are covered because they know most people won’t know enough to fight it.
 
BigMac said:
Hope your elbow heals up and lets you back into the action soon, it's no fun being sidelined.
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Me too and thanks. Its a blast being out here with the THPers and the team from Vokey, but not playing Ballyhack right now is not ideal.
 
Well, no board again this year for the Navy. Oh well I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️ kind of over it at this point.
 
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