The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MinnieM123]

I found out I need my doctor is leaving the medical facility I go to in November with the other location being 21 miles away.


I'm planning to get a new doctor from the facility. I already made up my mind. I'm getting a younger doctor. The doctor got a degree in 2016 and is younger than I am. This now going be my 4th primary care doctor since 2010.

Yah, it's frustrating. I was used to having the same doctors for many years. When they moved on (in both cases, retired), it was tough to pick new ones. Then, one of the new guys I picked flew the coop within a year, too (but not retired -- in his early 50s). So I picked another one a few months ago, (and part of my criteria was the same as yours -- made sure the dr. wasn't retirement age anytime soon).

Sometimes, it's actually a good thing to find a new doctor, as you might get a new perspective on some ongoing medical issues. And I think that physicians of all ages, can definitely contribute their own wealth of knowledge. Ideally, we need someone with a balance of being receptive to new research, medications, etc., while also having some years of wisdom, to interpret the various pros and cons.

 

[Songbird76]

You know, I tried to be attracted to Target, but as of yet, it hasn't happened. We have Targets on close to every street corner around here and I have seen the posts that condemn Walmart but talk like the Queen of England would make a trip across the pond just to shop in a Target.

The Walmart's around here are clean, organized and well stocked, I have two within two miles of me and a huge Target just a half mile away they always look look like a store getting ready to close up. I've honestly tried but can find nothing superior about Target over Walmart. (prices tend to be higher at Target) The employees at Walmart always ask if they can help you find anything only if you look even a little confused. Target's ignore you with the hopes that you will leave soon. I combine my retail and grocery shopping which is possible at all of them but Walmart has so many more choices of Groceries and Target looks more like an after thought with limited variety.

Perhaps, I am lucky and the area just is managed better, but I see no reason to use Target over Walmart.

I think it depends a bit on where you are. In Wyoming, we have a lot more Walmarts than Targets...I think only Casper and Cheyenne have Target where Walmart is in several places. The Walmarts are nice there, but so are the Targets I've been to. In Florida, my friend will only go to one particular Walmart, because she said it's clean and not scary like several are. But the Targets there are much nicer than the Walmarts....same in Denver. Probably has to do with management?

 

[Songbird76]

Interesting. I wonder why some of them are very well run, and others not so much. (And I'm basing this on comments from various people, in different locations, down through the years.) I don't have any stake in either one of them, but it does make me curious as to how some get high praise, and others don't. (They all pretty much sell the same stuff, with some regional variances.)

Well, they do still have a manager for each store. The manager in Laramie for Walmart is really conservative. A bunch of Walmarts sell alcohol, but he refused to apply for a liquor license because he wanted it to remain family friendly and didn't think it could if they were overrun with drunk students. (college town) He also wouldn't go for the 24 hour open model that a lot of Walmarts do. The store managers have a certain amount of control over their store, and it can make a huge difference.

 

[Songbird76]

Have I mentioned this before?
I continue to be annoyed by people using the name "Karen" as an insult.
A "Karen" is now someone to look down on.
This is so unfair to all the nice Karens I've known over the years.
Why should everyone named Karen now feel awkward or unhappy with their name?
Here's the latest example that inspired this post...

“Don’t Record My Mental Breakdown” Victoria’s Secret Karen Sheds White Woman Tears After Attacking Black Woman In Store

Another “Karen” is currently trending on social media and this time, the belligerent culprit struck at a Victoria secret at the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey on Sunday (July 11). The victim Ijeoma Ukenta, captured the shocking moment on her cellphone when the woman who has now been identified...

www.yahoo.com

I think it's really overly-applied. People call anyone a Karen just for disagreeing with them. Someone called me a Karen because I said on a blog comment that I kind of regret not pressing charges against this guy who sexually harassed me in high school, and the teacher I went to for help who blamed me and actually made it easier for the kid to continue harassing me. I asked him to move my seat in his class because the kid sat right next to me. He was making a new seating chart anyway, so I asked him to keep us separated. He told me it was my own fault the kid was doing the things he was doing because I blushed, and that was encouraging to him, and that there were always going to be people you don't get along with, but you have to learn to co-exist. Then he put the kid right behind me in the new seating chart, so the kid could just lean forward to snap my bra, whisper disgusting things in my ear, mess with my hair, stick pencils in my ear, etc. There was supposed to be a zero tolerance policy for harassment, but instead of protecting me, the teacher made it impossible for me to escape it. I came home in tears every day until my brother slammed the kid against a locker and threatened him and our German teacher came out and asked if there was a problem, and my brother said yes. The German teacher marched both of them to the Principal's office and the kid admitted to everything, and was told to leave me alone. At the time, I just wanted it to stop. Now I look back and wish I had done something about it because how many other girls went through the same thing because I didn't report it? And that teacher should have gotten in trouble for not only blaming me, but for not reporting it or doing anything to stop it. He made it even worse. So I said I wish I had taken action back then, and some guy called me a Karen. It's basically just a way to shame women now.

 

[Songbird76]

We have storms over here causing major flooding in the South of the Netherlands and in Belgium. Apparently it's going to head our way....or maybe it's just that the extra water is going to flow through the rivers and cause our rivers to rise as well? I'm not clear on what the article meant, but it said to expect a couple of meters of extra water and they are reinforcing the D.y.k.s. I think I read 13 people have already died.

And I just got a pop up from the news site I'm subscribed to that a bridge in Valkenburg was washed away.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

All the good thunderstorms are moving around me. It's no fair. But it's sun all day today for the about the first time in July.

All the storms went around me too, just got rain. Lots of rain. But it was needed and I enjoyed reading my book and listening to the rain so it was all good.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I think it's really overly-applied. People call anyone a Karen just for disagreeing with them. Someone called me a Karen because I said on a blog comment that I kind of regret not pressing charges against this guy who sexually harassed me in high school, and the teacher I went to for help who blamed me and actually made it easier for the kid to continue harassing me. I asked him to move my seat in his class because the kid sat right next to me. He was making a new seating chart anyway, so I asked him to keep us separated. He told me it was my own fault the kid was doing the things he was doing because I blushed, and that was encouraging to him, and that there were always going to be people you don't get along with, but you have to learn to co-exist. Then he put the kid right behind me in the new seating chart, so the kid could just lean forward to snap my bra, whisper disgusting things in my ear, mess with my hair, stick pencils in my ear, etc. There was supposed to be a zero tolerance policy for harassment, but instead of protecting me, the teacher made it impossible for me to escape it. I came home in tears every day until my brother slammed the kid against a locker and threatened him and our German teacher came out and asked if there was a problem, and my brother said yes. The German teacher marched both of them to the Principal's office and the kid admitted to everything, and was told to leave me alone. At the time, I just wanted it to stop. Now I look back and wish I had done something about it because how many other girls went through the same thing because I didn't report it? And that teacher should have gotten in trouble for not only blaming me, but for not reporting it or doing anything to stop it. He made it even worse. So I said I wish I had taken action back then, and some guy called me a Karen. It's basically just a way to shame women now.

You were lucky that your brother cared to help protect you from that jerk. And I agree that the term is overused and basically a way to shame women now. There are just as many males in that fit that stereotype as well, we should just refer to males and females that act poorly as jerks because that’s what they are.

 

[Figgy1]

I noticed that the supermarket carts have gotten wider and deeper. More to buy and fit in the cart, supermarket sales tactic, the longer the wait to pay for your food. I usually by my own groceries. It helps me get out a little quicker and helps out the cashier.

It just may be stores got tired of me using several carts

 

[Songbird76]

You were lucky that your brother cared to help protect you from that jerk. And I agree that the term is overused and basically a way to shame women now. There are just as many males in that fit that stereotype as well, we should just refer to males and females that act poorly as jerks because that’s what they are.

Yeah, my brother and I were really really close in high school. We were kind of outcasts in our school. We lived in the richest district in Wyoming...most people worked at the coal mines, which pay really well. My mom was self-employed, cleaning houses for a living. We lived below poverty level in an area where the majority were more than comfortable. My parents were divorced, and my brother and I were more into academics than sports. It didn't make for popularity among our peers. We kind of stuck together. We had the same friend group for the most part, and we had the same hobbies and were involved in the same school activities. Student Council, National Honor Society, Drama, Speech and Debate, German club. So we really did stand up for each other a lot. It's possible mom told him to have a talk with the kid, but if she did, I don't think she intended for him to have him shoved against a locker. The kid just laughed in my brother's face. The German teacher came out and asked if there was a problem when she heard the commotion. Several teachers told me that they would conveniently go blind if I slapped the kid's face in the hallway. Part of the zero tolerance policy was aggression, so if he did something to me and I retaliated and I was the one who got caught, it wouldn't matter what he did to me first. I'd have been the one in trouble, so I never said or did anything to him. He'd follow close behind me in the hallway and snap my bra. He made disgusting remarks. Teachers noticed I was upset, but he wasn't in any other classes with me, or if he was, he wasn't seated near me. So other teachers told me just to smack him....they couldn't really report it without seeing him do it, or it was just my word against his. The biology teacher was the only one who I asked to move our seats because we were seated next to each other. He actually did see me blush a few times and saw the kid "flirting", but told me I was encouraging it with my reaction. The minute I told him it made me uncomfortable, he was obligated to report it, but he didn't. If it hadn't stopped after my brother confronted the kid, there would have been a lawsuit, and I'm sure the biology teacher would have been brought into it, but I have always hated confrontation and didn't want to cause problems.

But you're right....there are just as many males who have entitlement issues, but they don't get called out nearly as often as women do for their behavior. And the term "Karen" isn't even just used to describe the entitled jerks anymore. The fact that I was called a Karen just because I didn't want to be harassed? How in the world is that showing entitlement? There's a huge difference between threatening legal action for an actual crime and threatening legal action because you don't get your way. Not every person who asks to see a manager is being unreasonable or entitled, and that's where I think we've gotten mixed up. Anyone who asks someone to comply with rules, or to be considerate is now considered to be unreasonable.

 

[Songbird76]

Awwww.....Peter R de Vries died. He was an investigative journalist/crime reporter....kind of like the journalists on 60 minutes or whatever. Last week, someone shot him 4 times and one of the bullets went in his head. He was hanging on, but died today. I was hoping he'd make it.

 

[Figgy1]

I woke up to the refrigerator side of my side my side dead this morning. Nothing like having to empty the freezer to fix the refrigerator The freezer is back together and scrubbed out but now I have to go through and do the same to the refrigerator side. Sorry about pics not being up but this may wind up taking the rest of the day Empty, go through everything while still feeding the boys Poor kids had fruit and cereal this morning

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Recall alert (I had these sunscreens!)

Johnson & Johnson Recalls 5 Aerosol Sunscreens After Finding Carcinogen Traces

Johnson & Johnson says internal testing showed some sunscreen samples contained low levels of benzene, which causes cancer with long-term exposure.

www.npr.org

 

[FutureCEO]

There are two things (ok more than two) that I will never understand...guess I'm meant to be European on number 2. I'm watching youtube while working...that's why this topic popped up.

1) Wanting to give money and take pictures with youtubers

2) Tipping and Sales tax: Why can't the cost just buy added on or pay employees properly

3) Kraft Mac and Cheese Ice Cream

I could probably think of a lot more.

 

[Dead2009]

I just ate a cheesy hot dog and it was DELICIOUS.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I just ate a cheesy hot dog and it was DELICIOUS.

I got pizza...

 

[Goofyernmost]

It just may be stores got tired of me using several carts

Back when I owned my Residential care home I had three of four sources for food items based primarily on prices. I always bought the store brands again based on price and quality. They'd see me come in the first of every month and begin praying that they would be on break before I finished up, than I'd start the process. I'd fill a cart and then park it next to the customer service area and go fill another. The most I did in any single place was four mounded carts when I had a full house. (minus John Stamos) Then I had some wholesale locations and a couple other regular stores. The big trick was finding a place to store that much food that had to last a month. #10 cans were my life at the time. My only cash inflow was the first of the month and had to budget for four or five paydays for the staff plus whatever other unanticipated expense through the month. It was mildly rewarding but intently stressful. This was pre-Costco. Man that would have made life a lot easier. The did show up toward the end of my ownership, but many of their prices were considerably more expensive than the generic store brands. The major difference was that I had 15 adults to feed for 3+ meals a day.

At the end of the month the cook (sometimes that was me) would use an inventory list that I made up to tell me what we had left, if any, and how many were there. Then I would create a shopping list for each store to check off while shopping. It usually went pretty smooth because my shopping list was laid out like the store. If they decided to move items it could add a lot of time to the process. Milk was delivered directly and eggs I bought in bulk at a nearby farm. The worse part was bringing it in from my pickup (later van) but I don't think the cook was very happy about having to find a place for everything. We probably could have retailed paper bags considering how many we would accumulate over time. Paper bags were easier to handle as far as stability was concerned than plastic.

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]