Open Bar: Arguments About Turtles, All the Way Down

[Doktor Howl]

I don't remember whether I mentioned this yesterday, but my dishwasher crapped the bed.

I hate being poor.

Did it stop working, or start leaking?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I don't remember whether I mentioned this yesterday, but my dishwasher crapped the bed.

I hate being poor.

Did it stop working, or start leaking?

Stopped working

the door latch mechanism is broken. Mechanically broken, ie plastic parts have fractured. It's probably replaceable, but the dishwasher's ten years old and starting to disintegrate.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I decided to replace the latch anyway, for the reason that getting rid of broken appliances is a huge pain in the ass. Same reason I still have the same ancient POS washer and dryer in my basement; the idea of getting them OUT of my basement is too much of an ordeal to bear, so I just keep repairing them. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also I invented the best drink. It's cheap beer mixed with pickle juice, hot sauce, and V-8. If you're feeling adventurous, a dash of fish sauce.

I call it a Picklada.

[LMNO]

Also I invented the best drink. It's cheap beer mixed with pickle juice, hot sauce, and V-8. If you're feeling adventurous, a dash of fish sauce.

I call it a Picklada.

Ok, that sounds delicious.  I'm in.

I don't remember whether I mentioned this yesterday, but my dishwasher crapped the bed.

Have you tried turning it off, then turning it back on again?

I hate being poor.

Actually, have you tried not being poor?

[Eater of Clowns]

I started making my own plates, so when my current ones are dirty I just throw them away and use new ones.

[Doktor Howl]

I decided to replace the latch anyway, for the reason that getting rid of broken appliances is a huge pain in the ass. Same reason I still have the same ancient POS washer and dryer in my basement; the idea of getting them OUT of my basement is too much of an ordeal to bear, so I just keep repairing them. 

I have been carting around a giant old-school TV, because there is no legal way of getting rid of it, and the penalties for dumping it are greater than the pain in the ass of keeping it.

Kafka was a sissy.  We're all going to die under heaps of broken household appliances.

[Doktor Howl]

Actually, have you tried not being poor?

Wooooooooooow.   

[LMNO]

I really hope that reads with as much hyperbolic satire as was intended.

[Doktor Howl]

I really hope that reads with as much hyperbolic satire as was intended.

Obviously.

And then THIS happened:

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also I invented the best drink. It's cheap beer mixed with pickle juice, hot sauce, and V-8. If you're feeling adventurous, a dash of fish sauce.

I call it a Picklada.

Ok, that sounds delicious.  I'm in.

I don't remember whether I mentioned this yesterday, but my dishwasher crapped the bed.

Have you tried turning it off, then turning it back on again?

I hate being poor.

Actually, have you tried not being poor?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I decided to replace the latch anyway, for the reason that getting rid of broken appliances is a huge pain in the ass. Same reason I still have the same ancient POS washer and dryer in my basement; the idea of getting them OUT of my basement is too much of an ordeal to bear, so I just keep repairing them. 

I have been carting around a giant old-school TV, because there is no legal way of getting rid of it, and the penalties for dumping it are greater than the pain in the ass of keeping it.

Kafka was a sissy.  We're all going to die under heaps of broken household appliances.

Whoa. That reminds me of something.

Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSM4EBf5T9U

[The Wizard Joseph]

I hate being poor too, but my shit could be far worse.
About a month+ ago I got me some nasty respiratory virus. Could not breathe and was getting faint on the job so I used some PTO to go to the urgent care walk in. 3 hrs and a week and a half's pay later I got an albuteral inhaler and a scrip for more.  Very glad I told the MD that I had no need for a chest xray to 'confirm it wasn't pneumonia'.

He looked at me like an alien for telling him why I was sure. Must have been the laundry uniform and total lack of fear or deference to his medical opinion now that I knew I didn't have a fever and the inhaler had got me oxygen to the brain.
An X Ray would have tacked on several hundreds more.  This with THEIR insurance.


Worst part is I know well what it's like to not have any of the above advantages like the PTO. the vast majority of the extra overtime I've been pulling down and burning out on went to this one bill.
It does beat total destitution. I like the Stoic approach to suffering.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

All things considered, I have it pretty good. I'm poor, but I live in a nice neighborhood and I haven't lost my house. I have a scholarship and live in a state with socialized health care that covers my kids, plus I'm on the university health plan, which my scholarship pays for. Not to mention that I have travel opportunities through school that I would never have otherwise.

[The Wizard Joseph]

Yeah I count my blessings too and at the end of the day they stack up pretty high. It helps to be focused on the positive pretty much no matter how things are laid out. I got no major debts, stable work, very good friends and fam. I live in peace and plenty with much to learn.  I have leisure time. I feel a good day at work coming on. 

Good luck with the things Nigel!