wae said:I had half-hoped that after having a couple weeks off, my hate and distain for my job and the people that it brings into my life would subside.
Nope.
As always, Onion nailed it. Hopefully you at least slept well. I woke up at 1:44AM today and haven't been to sleep yet.
Just got back from the eye doctor and then the retina doc immediately afterwards. Surgery is Wednesday and then a week of laying on my stomach.
Fun times, getting old isn't for the weak.
I had a torn retina last year and Doc fixed it via a cryogenic procedure.
They numb it all so you'll feel NOTHING.
Once again, NOTHING.
The worst part is the space between your ears - when you think about what is happening you kinda cringe up.
They didn't mention anything about cryogenic for me
Injured my foot, October 2023. Wasn't affecting me much, so I didn't get it worked up for 11 months, giving it lots of time to cause extensive damage.
Surgery was December 6, took off work until the 23. Was told, "we'll take it easy on you."
I should have known better. Day one wasn't too bad, had two days off for Christmas, then came back to three of the busiest days I've had in years. No other doctor on the schedule, so all on me.
Lucky for me, I learned years ago to assume that no one in management really cares. Keeps me from being disappointed.
Joint is pretty damaged, doc expects it to need another surgery to fuse the joint.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
You getting around on one of those knee scooters? You wouldn't be the first veterinarian I've run into getting through the day on one of those.
GPz11 (Forum Supporter) said:They didn't mention anything about cryogenic for me
I had a torn retina repaired - you must be having surgery or replacement cause of the stomach laying recovery.
In reply to Karacticus :
Not doing the knee scooter thing. Was in a walking boot for the first ten days.
In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :
Yes on the surgery. Tomorrow at Elmhurst.
Working on getting my work stuff lined up for the boss and getting my pre medical tests done at the same time.
2025 can already berkeley right off.
Getting ghosted on my birthday is a new low
The body shop finally completed the repairs on my Maverick. I went to pay them and it was $4k more than I was expecting. They requested another supplement from my insurance company but my insurance company never let me know. Apparently the office manager at the body shop called my insurance company yesterday, asking where the hell the check from them was. They are supposedly mailing the body shop the check. The total for all the work was pretty close to the initial estimate of ~$11k.
Let's recap:
Date of loss: May 30th, 2024
Date body shop estimate was submitted to insurance: June 20th, 2024
Date claim was submitted: June 30th, 2024
Date truck was dropped off at the body shop: Sept 9th, 2024
Date insurance company adjuster performed their estimate: Sept 10th, 2024
Date work actually started: Nov 20th, 2024
Date work was completed: January 6th, 2025
My insurance company took over 3 months to process the claim, then sent their appraiser out the day after it went into the body shop. This caused significant delays as the insurance company low balled the hell out of their estimate. Mean while my truck is sitting at the body shop with no work being done since the shop was waiting on approval. I'm driving a rental car, which my policy only covers about 40% of (the rest was out of pocket) and I'm burning through the 30 days that I'm eligible for a rental.
Then once a price is agreed upon between the body shop and insurance company, the insurance company sends me the check instead of paying the shop directly, which is the opposite of what I specifically requested. But they sent 2 out of the 3 checks to me and one to the body shop, which confused everyone.
My claims handler was never available to answer my calls or messages. It would take her weeks to return my call. The body shop kept calling, trying to light a fire under their ass but got nowhere.
I went to pay today and the shop charges a 4% transaction fee on credit card transactions, which I totally understand. This could have been completely avoided if they were paid directly as I specifically told my insurance company to do in the first place. I called my financial institution and had them cut a teller's check to the shop which will save me almost $300 in transaction fees.
The body shop was awesome to work with. The owner let me take the truck home even though they didn't get paid yet. They did fantastic work though!
But yeah, I'm done with my insurance company. I have been with them 22 years. I can't stand incompetence. They really pissed me off.
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
That seems to be my experience with almost everybody I deal with these days.
My rant: It's bad enough having to deal with all the new people at the gym in January, but I watched one of the personal trainers tie up two benches today for an hour. One with her book, one with her phone, and not use either for any kind of training. In that time only one person asked if she was using one, which she gave up, then took the next available one again for her phone. I ratted her out to the manager who's a hardass.
GPz11 (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :
Yes on the surgery. Tomorrow at Elmhurst.
Working on getting my work stuff lined up for the boss and getting my pre medical tests done at the same time.
Best of luck and medical science for the surgery and recovery! If you see a blue solara, honk.
Spent an hour unburying my street parked car. Plow came by and reburied it. And covered up the storm drain on the street.
Go to Advanced. Grab 5 qts of oil and filter. Sign on the rack says "buy 5qts, get free filter." No fine print visible.
Get up front "sir, if you get the jug you get a free filter."
"No, the sign says that 5 qts gets a free filter. Doesn't say you have to get the jug."
"No sir, you have to get the jug."
.... Wtf? Since when has that been the policy that its a specific container?
No water. City went down yesterday and a cascade effect has taken down 1/2 the surrounding counties. Luckily got the notice of boil advisory and able to grab a few cases of bottled water. Was already WFH as our office and plant had no water. Daycare closed right after as they lost water so have 3 toddlers bumping around the house. Did get a couple 5 gallon buckets filled (bathtub doesn't like to seel completely). The City had second failure starting back up and now we've got no water and no timeline for restart. Will be boil notice for 48 hrs after back up. Might run the kids up to my parents if things go too long.
Mr_Asa said:Go to Advanced. Grab 5 qts of oil and filter. Sign on the rack says "buy 5qts, get free filter." No fine print visible.
Get up front "sir, if you get the jug you get a free filter."
"No, the sign says that 5 qts gets a free filter. Doesn't say you have to get the jug."
"No sir, you have to get the jug."
.... Wtf? Since when has that been the policy that its a specific container?
"OK, fine. Where is the 5qt jug at?"
"We don't stock that weight in a 5qt jug sir. "
- The AutoZone a block from my house
My new rental furniture arrived to help with recovery.
In reply to NickD :
Dude! I'm sorry. A belated happy birthday to you. Mrs Monohue outright forgot my birthday one year. It embarrased her so badly that if I bring it up now, years later, I am the alpha hotel for mentioning it, and she is the victim.
In reply to johndej :
Our utility provider is exceedingly reliable. All the same, we keep two of the blue five-gallon water jugs from the Outdoor Lifestyle Mart filled and ready, plus six gallon jugs and a full flat of 20 oz. bottles of commercial drinking water, just in case. The peace of mind is well worth it. It did actually come in handy a year ago when we had the big ice storm that broke a water main.
NickD said:Getting ghosted on my birthday is a new low
Happy birthday from your weird online dorky family.
In reply to DarkMonohue :
Oh yeah, we had a ton of stuff at our old house and downsized a bit when we moved last year. My buddy in the neighborhood hasn't lost water, gas, or power in like his 10 years up the street. What put us out a bit was using up a lot of the water that was getting old camping in Nov and the bottles for a birthday party just before Christmas. Hadn't made it back to the store to restock. Still had few gallon jugs in the house and 15-20 regular 12 oz bottles hanging out plus boiled a big pot of tap. I do chuckle as can drive like 30-40 min away and buy a case of water at will for ~$5 when people were lined up for 2 or 3 miles waiting up to 2 hrs (per the news guys interviewing them) for the county to hand out a case. Also have a nice creek running through the neighborhood and small pond to grab buckets for flushing.
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