The Rant Rave thread

scarlett wrote: Heeheeheeheee! He bought me my second (and last) glass of wine. Guess Flexi doesn't want to be invited to the wedding.

although I am sure there will be dancing on the bar (sans panties) and hilarious stories of masturbation, I will let others fill me in on what I missed.

Rant: the rain started early than I expected (boo weather.com) which meant no morning stroll in the park with the dog that doesn't like to get wet.

whynot, if the wood that the dust came from is untreated, our community garden would happily take it for compost -- assuming you don't have some other use for it.

Rant: a friend who just moved to the city was mugged this morning as she was going into the train station Bushwick.

Rave: no weapon and he only wanted her umbrella!

arches wrote: [quote=whynot_31] Have a use for dog fur?

Dog fur (and human hair) can be composted, in theory. In practice, it's really gross to come across a giant ball of hair/fur in the compost pile...so thanks for the offer, but no thanks. We could definitely use your sawdust though. Hopefully its not a package deal!

Fear not. Mrs Whynot has banned me from using the "good vacuum" in the work room and the shop vac in the rest of the apartment.

Dude is weary of the work room because of the frequent noise, so it's practically furless.

arches! i always forget that you are who you are! all compost issues now officially turfed to you

rave: sweet tea now done attempting to be a good garden-citizen (phew).

Rant: people refuse to listen to me when I tell them the Pavillion has bed bugs. Stop taking your life into your own hands people. Oh wait, it's whynot. You, you take your own life, but don't come to my wigs, wings and wines party on Saturday.

So basically you're saying whynot is worse than a bed bug? Heehee!

Given my long-standing battle with internet connectivity...

RAVE - I just downloaded a 120MB file from Adobe (Lightroom 3 Beta , free - check it out, photographers!) in a little more than 30 seconds.

Edited because, evidently, I can't easily remember the difference between RANT and RAVE.

^^^ check out the sister site of Speedtest.net - Pingtest.net (there's a link on Speedtest). Your ping latency is horrendous - see if you're experiencing packet loss and whatnot, too. If so, you could see some benefit from some wiring troubleshooting... that being said, I really think that they have the "regular" servers over-committed in this area.

I think that, if several people were to cooperate, that you could make enough noise to get the issue addressed. What I would do is test and document the DL speeds several times over the course of an evening, as the off-peak hours transition in to the peak usage hours. I'm sure that you'll see a steady, predictable, STEEP dip from 5PM through 9PM. Have several people compile a few days worth of data and start giving hell.

^that's awesome, Sweat Tea. Very simply confirmed my atheist path

Rant: Mrs. Why lost her wallet.

Rave: Some guy Mack found her wallet, and returned it completely intact.

Rave: Diwali festival with about 40 for Mrs. Why's engineering co-workers tonight. Should be interesting....

Rave: well on my way to being thoroughly used up before I die.

Happy Halloween Em!!

Rant: chocolate is yucky
Rave: my teens made the yummiest caramel apples!