Random Rants

[Matt]

The thought of working tomorrow is very
unappealing to me.

[Mizmazzle]

It’s usually about this time of the day on Sundays when I start taking tally of how many sick days I have to burn…

[goosehd]

...just finished a 10 minute debrief of why the girls were at each other's throats this morning.

[EdH]

@goosehd With a second daughter arriving imminently, I'm tempted to ask.

But I suppose my first question should be "do I want to know?"... your reticence on the detail suggests not...

[goosehd]

@EdH Mom gets mad because the room is never clean and the clothes are never put away...oldest daughter gets mad because she can't find any of her stuff because mom and youngest put everything away...oldest yells at youngest not to touch her stuff but is really yelling at mom...youngest doesn't care...I sit in the corner drinking coffee.

[Karol]

@goosehd

[goosehd]

@Karol exactly

[goosehd]

@EdH ...so to answer your question "do I want to know?"...that was my mistake for asking once the kids had left, were at school, and I wanted to know what was going on this morning.

Some questions should not be asked!

[Giles]

I can 100% imagine Izzy giving the I-don't-care look....

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd said in Random Rants:

I sit in the corner drinking coffee

[northsouthdenimguy]

Started a new project over the last couple weeks. My concrete sub was pouring footings yesterday, and I told the lead guy to make sure the concrete trucks washed out in an area the infrastructure contractor had already trashed with alleyway pours, not a designated washout, but obviously already a big uneven slab of over pour.

What I didn’t do was mention it to the pump truck operator. So he took it upon himself to spray the leftover yardage in his pump over a giant dirt pile that was clearly being protected with a layer of wheat straw. Didn’t hit the whole thing, but iced it like he was frosting the side of a giant cake.

I probably would’ve told him wear to wash out., but he was asleep in the cab when I walked by…

Welcome to homebuilding/GC 101: a masterclass in how unbelievably dumb people can be sometimes.

Edit: not that anybody cares but the pump operator works for the same concrete/foundation company. They own the pump so in my mind, they all work together and should tell each other what the heck to do.

[TeflonDon]

I use a small Garmin Edge on my road bike. I basically only use it as a speedometer, for which it is hugely overpriced, but hell, at least it does that well. It has a gps functionality which comes in handy once in a while.

I also ride with Bontrager Flare lights. These I don’t go without, even in the middle of the day they increase my visibility tremendously.

However I’ve made a grave mistake. The Garmin (I believe it’s called an edge 130) is small and has buttons on three of four sides, so when prompted to connect with the lights I accidentally said “yes”.

So now my Garmin considers itself the boss of my front light. According to how the Garmin considers the conditions to be the front light will either flash or be on constantly. But most annoyingly, when I charge the Garmin, it turns on, and turns on the front light.

Obviously I’ve tried disconnecting them, but I can’t figure out how. And the extraordinary hassle of switching a light on that Garmin saves me from is really a lot less annoying than needing my light, only to find out that the battery is flat, because I made the mistake of charging the light before the Garmin.

I’m at the point where I’m considering fixing it by taking my heaviest hammer to the Garmin….