The Whine thread.

[WarpGirl]

My aim is ok with the dart gun. My hands just won't be. Stupid arthritus has ruined me before my time. I'm 25 and my body is like a 70 year old grandparent. Oh well I fill out my jeans satisfactorily.

[Alelou]

Rheumatic or osteo? Do they try to treat it?

[WarpGirl]

Ostieo, and I'm allergic to the meds. I'm allergic to A LOT.

[Alelou]

That sucks. What a Catch 22. And of course exercise, which can help so much with arthritis, is probably really difficult for you.

If I don't do my free weights every three or four days, I start having trouble. It's just magic for happier joints.

[CX]

That does suck pretty bad.

[WarpGirl]

Not really, I deal with it very well. And I'm off all the narcotics for the first time in 3 years. What does get me annoyed is my father problems... And the problems I having with my friend because of HER husband!!!!! I really don't like men right now...

[JadziaKathryn]

I'm very irked because my bank is getting rid of free checking. Well, they claim it's free, but only if you keep $100 in the account every single day of the month. Otherwise they hit you with a $15 fee, which is outrageous. (I'd look for a new bank but as it is I don't know where I'll be a year from now.) So now I have to basically block of $100 and never use it. Grr.

[TPoptarts]

Gah I hope we don't have the same bank

[Alelou]

Any credit unions nearby? They are usually a lot better in terms of fees and minimums and so forth. It used to be hard to join unless you met certain requirements, but at least in NY now anyone can join.

[JadziaKathryn]

Gah I hope we don't have the same bank

I'm sure we don't, since mine is only in 5 Northeastern states.

Any credit unions nearby? They are usually a lot better in terms of fees and minimums and so forth. It used to be hard to join unless you met certain requirements, but at least in NY now anyone can join.

See, the trouble with that is my being in two parts of the state. I need branches around home and uni, which is a problem with credit unions. Once I'm settled in next year I'll switch, but I think for now I need to put up with it in order to access my account.

Less than a year now! I can't wait to be done with grad school, have my own place, switch to a better banking institution, and I'm thinking of the Boston area which would be a little more cosmopolitan and also have more jobs.

[Alelou]

Mmm. Well, good luck. I confess I think people in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire are much nicer than those in the Boston area, but that's just my own unreasonable prejudice and I probably should have lost it by now, since I've also met plenty of nice people in the Boston area.

[WarpGirl]

I love Boston. When I lived in NY we went up for a nice weekend, I seriously wanted to try to get into Harvard, so I could go whenever I wanted. But I wasn't healthy enough. I hope things work out. Well I slept through a downpour last night, every window in the house was open and my poor dog was outside. So I am not a happy camper.

[Alelou]

asparagus beetles

[WarpGirl]

Aw kill em. Bugs I do not like.

[Alelou]

Oh, I did, if I could catch the little %&%.

I get along with most bugs, even caterpillars (since they turn into butterflies and moths) and I don't even mind spiders, as long as they don't drop right down in front of me, but I do turn homicidal on ants, wasps and fleas in the house, Japanese beetles in the garden, aphids on my roses, and now asparagus beetles, to the point where I've gotten pretty blase about just squishing them in my fingers. If I were Phlox, I guess I could eat them.

I might just give up on asparagus if this is going to be an ongoing battle. Life's too short, and these plants produce for a few weeks and then just take up room the rest of the year anyway. And mine don't even taste any better than the stuff at Hannafords. I am a failure at asparagus.