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Started by onan, May 22, 2011, 02:41:35 AM

wr250

aww thats just a lil guy. ive seen hand sized tarantulas here (but not in the house)

steelbot

WoW, so having a new awareness in at least some forms of energies on this planet between all living things (NO Midochlorian jokes) - Had a pet go missing for 3 days, then a wild crazy dream tonight that woke me up to the sound of THE missing cat, the dream was about the latest eclipse and was very close to my heart so waking up after confronting the dream by asking it if it was a dream, especially due to the way the cat sound was portrayed as crying in my dream, till it woke me up -  makes ya have to seek out answers, knowing you may not find them or they may not be what they seem.  Some times you gotta just ask questions even if you don't want the answer.


Yeah this could be random thoughts too - but it's Life, and it can annoy me sometimes.

Quote from: Birdie on April 16, 2014, 05:06:45 PM
There was a gigantic, and I mean colossally huge, spider on my bed yesterday and now I am anxious about getting under the sheets. Worse yet, the giant motherfucker was on me.
I was watching, coincidentally, Season 3 of Game of Thrones and lounging on the bed. I felt something on my shoulder and turned my head. I saw something scuttle away from me and into the crack between the mattress and the bedside table. I knew it was a freaking spider, and a big one, by the way it moved, but I told myself it was just a stinkbug. I moved to the other side of the bed.
Ten minutes later, I couldn't take it anymore and looked. The fitted sheet had pulled away from the corner of the mattress and the spider was on the mattress, getting ready to head under the sheet. It was so big, I didn't want the cats to see it and try to kill it.
I rescued my cigarettes and lighter from the bedside table and grabbed one of my clogs and a walking stick. Every time I tapped the area to get it to come out, it kept crawling onto my damn pillow. Then he would go back into the crack between the bed and table, another place where I could not deliver a good, solid smack with my clog. Gah.
Eventually, I grabbed a bottle of Lysol and hosed the area down. Not a quick, nice death, but at that point, I didn't care. And he was a hearty fellow, it took many direct hits with the stream setting to kill him. I don't mess with spiders outside, and I know they are beneficial and blah, blah, blah, but if they come into my house, they will die. I covered the body with a bowl and left it where it fell. My husband who (ridiculously) thinks I over react to spiders, disposed of the corpse when he got home. Even he was surprised at how big this thing was and took photos.
The bad part is I am freaked out about the bed now. I stripped the sheets and blankets and washed everything, just in case, but it is not helping. My hair tickling my back and arms keeps startling me, too. Dammit.

"It was just a stinkbug" made me laugh because I was at a christening a couple of years ago in New Jersey where the dad spotted a stinkbug on the screen door. By the amount of yelling going on, you'd think it was an army of lethal, sting bearing alien space insects out to kill, but no, it was a stray stinkbug sitting very nicely where a stream of Raid would have taken it down through the screen. The screaming drove it off, which I suppose is a more eco friendly response.

There are cave crickets in the basement here which are probably the only things up here in NY that make me physically sick. These freaking things jump AT you, not away from you, and have legs like Jiminy Cricket on steroids, plus a nauseating sort of purple grey color and long antenna. They are my personal nightmare on a stick, even though they are harmless. And you can't step on them to kill them, because a. they jump at you and b. they're too damn big to step on. The best I could do is trap one under a glass and throw it out into the snow. I won't even post a photo because they are that repulsive. Centipedes, silverfish, waterbugs, you name it, I can deal with it, but let one cave cricket jump up at me, and I'm finished. Ugh.

coaster

Quote from: coaster on March 28, 2014, 02:03:29 PM
My hard drive failed, lost everything.
I had something called a "s.m.a.r.t." error on the hard drive. Bought a new hard drive and installed windows 7. Although I've lost pretty much everything that was on the old drive, I can't complain. It's nice having a clean, fast computer again.

Tarbaby

Quote from: Birdie on April 16, 2014, 05:06:45 PM
There was a gigantic, and I mean colossally huge, spider on my bed yesterday and now I am anxious about getting under the sheets. Worse yet, the giant motherfucker was on me.
I was watching, coincidentally, Season 3 of Game of Thrones and lounging on the bed. I felt something on my shoulder and turned my head. I saw something scuttle away from me and into the crack between the mattress and the bedside table. I knew it was a freaking spider, and a big one, by the way it moved, but I told myself it was just a stinkbug. I moved to the other side of the bed.
Ten minutes later, I couldn't take it anymore and looked. The fitted sheet had pulled away from the corner of the mattress and the spider was on the mattress, getting ready to head under the sheet. It was so big, I didn't want the cats to see it and try to kill it.
I rescued my cigarettes and lighter from the bedside table and grabbed one of my clogs and a walking stick. Every time I tapped the area to get it to come out, it kept crawling onto my damn pillow. Then he would go back into the crack between the bed and table, another place where I could not deliver a good, solid smack with my clog. Gah.
Eventually, I grabbed a bottle of Lysol and hosed the area down. Not a quick, nice death, but at that point, I didn't care. And he was a hearty fellow, it took many direct hits with the stream setting to kill him. I don't mess with spiders outside, and I know they are beneficial and blah, blah, blah, but if they come into my house, they will die. I covered the body with a bowl and left it where it fell. My husband who (ridiculously) thinks I over react to spiders, disposed of the corpse when he got home. Even he was surprised at how big this thing was and took photos.
The bad part is I am freaked out about the bed now. I stripped the sheets and blankets and washed everything, just in case, but it is not helping. My hair tickling my back and arms keeps startling me, too. Dammit.
Easy problem. What you do now is tear off the spiders head and mount it on a stick. And set it next to the bed by that crack so other spiders can see it, they won't mess with you!

wr250

Quote from: coaster on April 17, 2014, 12:26:13 PM
I had something called a "s.m.a.r.t." error on the hard drive. Bought a new hard drive and installed windows 7. Although I've lost pretty much everything that was on the old drive, I can't complain. It's nice having a clean, fast computer again.

s.m.a.r.t. stands for "self monitoring analysis and reporting technology" . if the drive still spins most if not all the data should be recoverable.

bateman

Billy Joel fucking blows.

Quote from: bateman on April 18, 2014, 04:12:22 PM
Billy Joel fucking blows.

You really hate that guy.
What are your feelings on Elton John?

bateman

Quote from: Mind Flayer Monk on April 18, 2014, 05:14:54 PM
You really hate that guy.
What are your feelings on Elton John?

He's doing a concert at the Garden tonight, which is the only reason I'm even thinking of him.

Elton John is ok, except for that goddamn Candle in the Wind song.


MrHippie

Every time I see Nancy Grace I feel like I'm standing in 2 inches of warm piss.

Birdie

All the media coverage of the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing annoys me. They did the same thing for the Newtown anniversary, and I imagine we will keep getting anniversary reminders for the next several years.
I guess it annoys me because the reporters don't really care about any of it and are just trying to milk what they hope is an emotional story. I can understand some coverage in the city where it happened, but not nationwide.
Plus, I wonder if the anniversary coverage of these tragedies promotes or glorifies the event to certain people. The crazies don't need any more ideas or reminders of how to make a name for themselves. And I hate the wall-to-wall coverage of these events when they happen. You can practically see the reporters salivating. Makes me think of that Jack Johnson song The News. And Dirty Laundry, of course.

ItsOver

Quote from: Tarbaby on April 18, 2014, 01:03:44 PM
Easy problem. What you do now is tear off the spiders head and mount it on a stick. And set it next to the bed by that crack so other spiders can see it, they won't mess with you!
Works everytime.  Oh, and make sure you start talking to yourself, saying things like "Vlad, you're doing great!  See how your little subjects tremble in your presence!"

Quote from: bateman on April 18, 2014, 04:12:22 PM
Billy Joel fucking blows.

A-men, brother. 50th anniversary overkill everywhere you look.

b_dubb

The frothing-at-the-mouth-hostility that some people seem to have for Billy Joel. I don't get.  I like some of his music.

Quote from: b_dubb on April 19, 2014, 04:02:33 PM
The frothing-at-the-mouth-hostility that some people seem to have for Billy Joel. I don't get.  I like some of his music.

Well, no frothing here, but living in Billy Joeland sort of gives another perspective. You can't open a local newspaper, turn on the local news or even listen to the radio, including Sirius, without story after story on his 50th annniversary. I had no idea he was that popular, even though I once attended an all Billy Joel music wedding.

ItsOver

Hahaha.  "Billy Joel Land."  I like it.  Is an amusement park in the works?  Will there be a Chris Christie ride? 

Quote from: ItsOver on April 19, 2014, 05:37:45 PM
Hahaha.  "Billy Joel Land."  I like it.  Is an amusement park in the works?  Will there be a Chris Christie ride? 



God, I hate myself for that cheap shot. heh


Quote from: Unscreened Caller on April 19, 2014, 04:11:31 PM
Well, no frothing here, but living in Billy Joeland sort of gives another perspective. You can't open a local newspaper, turn on the local news or even listen to the radio, including Sirius, without story after story on his 50th annniversary. I had no idea he was that popular, even though I once attended an all Billy Joel music wedding.

Fiftieth anniv of what?  I am so out of the loop... Surely he is a lot older than fifty, right?  But it can't be fifty years since he first recorded an album either.  I am confused.

ItsOver

Quote from: Unscreened Caller on April 19, 2014, 07:42:30 PM


God, I hate myself for that cheap shot. heh
Excellent! :))  I hope Bloomberg isn't in charge of concessions.  Nothing but bottled water and tofu while you're waiting in line for the Christie ride or the piano playing Bill Joel robots exhibit would really suck.  I wonder if there'd be a Christie Brinkley flash-back show.  I wouldn't mind catching that.  She still looks pretty damn good.   

Quote from: West of the Rockies on April 19, 2014, 07:56:13 PM
Fiftieth anniv of what?  I am so out of the loop... Surely he is a lot older than fifty, right?  But it can't be fifty years since he first recorded an album either.  I am confused.

His 50th anniversary in show business. He started out in 1964 with a band called The Echoes. It's a stretch because his first solo album Cold Spring Harbor (very pretty place) was out in 1971.

Quote from: ItsOver on April 19, 2014, 08:07:12 PM
Excellent! :))  I hope Bloomberg isn't in charge of concessions.  Nothing but bottled water and tofu while you're waiting in line for the Christie ride or the Billy Joel piano playinig robots exhibit would really suck.  I wonder if there'd be a Christie Brinkley flash-back show.  I wouldn't mind catching that.  She still looks pretty damn good.

Damn well better not be sitting on any milk crates while waiting for a ride or the Bloomberg Aesthetics SWAT Team will fine you.

b_dubb

Quote from: Unscreened Caller on April 19, 2014, 08:07:16 PM
His 50th anniversary in show business. He started out in 1964 with a band called The Echoes. It's a stretch because his first solo album Cold Spring Harbor (very pretty place) was out in 1971.
What about Attila?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_(rock_band)

According to that article, Attila is sandwiched in between The Echoes and his first album in 1971.

Ha! I see what you're doing - you're making me talk about Billy Joel. There's no escape - radio, tv, the Billy Joel Channel on Sirius, Newsday and now Bellgab. I'm doomed! Doomed!

ItsOver

 Bawaaaaaahahaha!  Welcome to Billy Joel Hell.  Jorch Noory will be seating you shortly. ;)

onan

Billy and I were never friends. I do have some of his songs on CD... somewhere. Haven't listened to them in a long time.

I don't get the hate not even for Elton... in 72 Elton was the shit.

I suppose some forum out there is calling Bill Haley a gobbledick.

Well, tonight I learned "Lido" is by Boz Scaggs.

Uncle Duke

Quote from: Mind Flayer Monk on April 19, 2014, 10:45:07 PM
Well, tonight I learned "Lido" is by Boz Scaggs.

And I learned the word "gobbledick."  The challenge is now to work the word into a sentence during Easter brunch at the snooty country club my son-in-law is taking us to. 

Sounds like a productive day for both of us.

Quote from: onan on April 19, 2014, 09:37:24 PM
Billy and I were never friends. I do have some of his songs on CD... somewhere. Haven't listened to them in a long time.

I don't get the hate not even for Elton... in 72 Elton was the shit.

I suppose some forum out there is calling Bill Haley a gobbledick.
I had some Billy Joel albums, and Elton as well.  Liked them then, but they just don't seem to hold up over the years for me, you know?  I'm not sure what the opposite of "timeless" is, but Billy Joel = not timeless.

fineart

George Noory annoys me because he killed Coast To Coast am. Also Art Bell annoys me because he quit/retires from Coast To Coast am, which George Noory took control of the helm of the show. George Noory took the show to warp factor 9 and headed to the ground.

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