What's your current headache?

Nostradoomus said:
They’ve done that here too, but it’s usually because it was the name of some bastard colonialist dude who sucked in every way…I’m okay with that. Also the city took care of the address changes for everyone on the street (for mail, at least) so that was cool.

My mom lives on a street that happened to, they had a First Nations led renaming ceremony that was pretty awesome to see.
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First Nations reparation is good, and there were some streets renamed here based on that — but I believe they snuck in a few "unnecessary" ones. Of course it's also possible I don't know the scope of the big picture — I was not directly affected by any of the renaming, whatever the reasons, but the drainage... City Council voted themselves a nice fat raise last year, but practical things that have tangible benefits to the entire community such as snow removal, aforementioned drainage...
 
Developers are the only one's that are going to make any money around here too...It's the same all over. At least you're not alone there.

What a scandal. We all know how projects can go well over budget. Chances are real good they'll clear cut your backyard and the project will shut-down, stall-out...whatever and you're left looking at no mans land for the next 25 years probably maybe.

I just wish the municipality would fix the roads around here, they ask the Provincial for money, and the Provincial asks the Federal...And then The property Tax goes up, the new Neighbourhoods go up, along with my property tax...But have they fixed the roads yet?

My car is my big headache right now. New Ball joint, new Steering rod. $600

the rear driver tire nearly came off the week before that...Rim is now damaged. Back in October it was a cracked windshield because Red Squirrels bombed it with black walnuts, they have been relocated since then but they'll be BAaaack!!! $900 to cover a cracked windshield, the re-install Job was pretty bad, someone got pretty liberal with the glue job so my dash cam wires don't stay tucked in anymore.


The insurance doesn't exactly cover acts of god, got lucky and the insurance covered some of the cost...dings dents scratches scuffs....Someone Cut me off making a left turn last week through a yellow light and I had to pound the brakes...I'm sure the lines are fine though........right? ...Right?

Then there's the road salt, sand, rotting the undercarriage like the Titanic. Floor mats are just crusted with salt stain, the front seat mounting bracket is worse than before I re-painted it from last season.

Guy who worked on my car can't re-install hub caps properly every season, it's always fun driving around finding my hub cabs after the come off a few days later...never fails...That must be the same guy who installed the cabin air filter by JAMMING it in there so it does nothing...HOpefully he's since been fired.. IT goes ON!!! Winshield wipers are roached if I accidentally turn them on before the ice is defrosted. It's always fun driving through an ice storm with wipers that do nothing.

As for the zombie that changes my snow tires? You sure hope that guy isn't packing parachutes for his next job. Don't even get me started about having to deal with the fine people at the dealership.

Headlights, one goes, then the other burns out like clockwork, every three months on the dime...like that now for years, bad ground, maybe loose connection. I'll never find it and if I can't find it...neither can the dude who gets paid $100 an hour to try either...I garauntee. Can't tell you how fun it is driving through a dark stormy night with no headlights in the pouring rain on a dangerous road with trucks barrelling down at you and people up your tailpipe trying to pass at 100Kmh.

..The roads are so bad I'm sure it's constantly affecting the voltage...The solution? Just buy a new car...I've probably spent as much in new bulbs the last 5 years by now.

Don't even get me started on the exhaust system. It's just dangling.

THe only good news to report Is I dumped some fuel system cleaner in the tank and she's idling nice and steady now, clean out your fuel injection system because it's under a lot of pressure pounds per square inch and the seals are cheap plastic, and you don't want those to go, it's the cheaper option to use the Royal purple stuff than replace a fuel injection system let me tell you what.

Oil change due, Gas prices...I mean........


Everythingsssssssss Fiiiiiiiinnnnne......
 
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Nostradoomus said:
They’ve done that here too, but it’s usually because it was the name of some bastard colonialist dude who sucked in every way…I’m okay with that. Also the city took care of the address changes for everyone on the street (for mail, at least) so that was cool.

My mom lives on a street that happened to, they had a First Nations led renaming ceremony that was pretty awesome to see.
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I revisited the renaming-business around here and you were spot on. Turns out the renaming I took umbrage to earlier was indeed First Nations related. ☹️

*sigh*

It was renamed to something completely milquetoast, expectedly.


If you're ever this way (or anyone else here reading this) there's a very good exhibit at the RAM regarding damage done by Residential Schools. The museum also has several other exhibits worth seeing as well as a rotating roster of guest exhibits. Anyone from here that visits me, I'll take you there.
 
The first time I heard someone call me (or something I did) iconic/legend I was kind of left speechless. I had to figure out if they were being sarcastic or condescending. Bro, it’s not the compliment you think it is. Mundane things are not epic, legendary, iconic, heroic… just start calling them Gilgamesh.
 
That concert was exactly as obnoxious as I thought it was going to be.

To be fair, the museum itself is actually really cool. It’s dedicated to Alexander Calder, who's known for his sculptures and mobiles

But the music? Good lord.

We sat in this circular room with three speakers pointed along the wall. And then the “performance” starts…

First half sounded like the guy took a tape recorder, tossed it into his HVAC system, turned the blower on, and just recorded whatever chaos happened in the vents. Just air, rattling, banging, like someone dropped tools down a duct and decided that was the piece.

Second half was a “trio.” Except the violinist basically sat there. The pianist would play some dissonant scale, land on a chord, and then the guy would hum through a vocoder and they’d just hold it…for like three minutes.

Then stop.

Then do it again.

Same 4 or 5 notes.

For 40 minutes.

I read more about the genre and the purpose of it is to induce discomfort which is a convenient way to say it's designed to be annoying on purpose. I would honestly prefer to be locked in a closet for 40 minutes with Elton John wailing the annoying part of Benny and the Jets on repeat.

The frustrating part about this art is that it's,

- low signal / high justification
- reliant on institutional validation (museum, program notes, etc.)
- protected by the idea that “if you don’t get it, that’s the point”

Which is a pretty convenient shield against criticism.
 
Pauleo1214 said:
That concert was exactly as obnoxious as I thought it was going to be.

To be fair, the museum itself is actually really cool. It’s dedicated to Alexander Calder, who's known for his sculptures and mobiles

But the music? Good lord.

We sat in this circular room with three speakers pointed along the wall. And then the “performance” starts…

First half sounded like the guy took a tape recorder, tossed it into his HVAC system, turned the blower on, and just recorded whatever chaos happened in the vents. Just air, rattling, banging, like someone dropped tools down a duct and decided that was the piece.

Second half was a “trio.” Except the violinist basically sat there. The pianist would play some dissonant scale, land on a chord, and then the guy would hum through a vocoder and they’d just hold it…for like three minutes.

Then stop.

Then do it again.

Same 4 or 5 notes.

For 40 minutes.

I read more about the genre and the purpose of it is to induce discomfort which is a convenient way to say it's designed to be annoying on purpose. I would honestly prefer to be locked in a closet for 40 minutes with Elton John wailing the annoying part of Benny and the Jets on repeat.

The frustrating part about this art is that it's,

- low signal / high justification
- reliant on institutional validation (museum, program notes, etc.)
- protected by the idea that “if you don’t get it, that’s the point”

Which is a pretty convenient shield against criticism.
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Take your father-in-law to Sunn O))) concert for a revenge.
 
OK, this gives me a headache. I had this little product I called LFC, for Low Frequency Control. It's one-half of a 2-band Baxandall EQ: the lows only. I am now replacing it with a new-and-improved version where you can optionally plug in a second pot to turn it into a full 2-band EQ. But it still does the same thing as the original LFC if you don't add the extra pot.

What should I call it?? I don't want to stray too far away from the old LFC name, so people can hopefully recognize it as an evolution of that. But it's no longer just a "Low" FC if you add the treble.

LHFC? LFC+? LFC2? 2FC? LFC Pro? Pro Max Plus Mega Titanium 1000? 🙁

Or maybe keep calling it LFC if it doesn't come with the treble pot, and LHFC when it does?

Any variation that includes LFC in the name sounds awkward to me...

Any ideas? Oww, my head..
 
My current headache is feeling overwhelmed. No one told me how hard my 40s would be. My kids growing up and being teenagers, driving, dating and needing more of me financially and emotionally than when they were younger, while juggling elderly parents with health problems and needing more of me than ever...while work is the most demanding it's been at this point in my career. The day to day things that need to be done are getting harder to do. I get why people feel burned out at this stage in life. 11102.jpg
 
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