I need to vent!

[Tober]

Tell me about it! I had to go to one last thursday after my optometrist found a freckle on the back of my eye.. The guy looked at me with one machine , couldn't find anything, looked through another machine (i got the impression it was new and he just wanted to play around with it) had absolutely no sign of the freckle (which was good) but the bill was 270 bucks for about 5 mins.

Similar for me two weeks ago. $292 to have a few scans and be told that there are no new developments or changes since my last visit last year.

My right ear has been feeling 'odd' for a couple of months and after I recently had a cold, it begun to feel muffled. so I went to the Doctor...

Doctor: Do you have any allergies?
Me: No, none that I am aware of.
*Check ears*
Doctor: There is fluid in your ear. Here is a prescription for nasal allergy pills.
Me: WTF?

Heh, the ears, nose and throat are interconnected. You did get the leak from a cold.

[kurdt_the_goat]

A few years back my mum had to get her ears flushed in some manner, from too much build up of wax. It turns out, using the cotton ear buds is not recommended, as over time it will push wax into your ear. Buggered if i know what else to do though!

[Tober]

A few years back my mum had to get her ears flushed in some manner, from too much build up of wax. It turns out, using the cotton ear buds is not recommended, as over time it will push wax into your ear. Buggered if i know what else to do though!

Go to a GP and they will do it, or send you to a nurse to pump them out with a pump or syringe. Otherwise chemists sell wax softener that you drop into your ear and lie down as it dissolves.

[Autocon]

Man i hate doctors! What if you went to those doctors in reverse order, the first one found nothing and the second one found the freckle instead?

My wife had a similar situation, had an ultrasound and found a hernia, went to a specialist and said they can't feel it from the outside so there's nothing there.
What the hell did the first guy find then and what the hell is the point of an ultrasound if it isn't as conclusive as the highly scientific feel test!

Did you get a second ultrasound?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

My right ear has been feeling 'odd' for a couple of months and after I recently had a cold, it begun to feel muffled. so I went to the Doctor...

Doctor: Do you have any allergies?
Me: No, none that I am aware of.
*Check ears*
Doctor: There is fluid in your ear. Here is a prescription for nasal allergy pills.
Me: WTF?

Allergic to your nose?

A few years back my mum had to get her ears flushed in some manner, from too much build up of wax. It turns out, using the cotton ear buds is not recommended, as over time it will push wax into your ear. Buggered if i know what else to do though!

Yeah, what Tober said. Best way to lose ear wax is to melt it out. Through a dr.!!

[jazzcomp]

How can I stop receiving mail that I returned? I'm sick of writing undeliverable but post still sends it back to me.

[Slag]

How can I stop receiving mail that I returned? I'm sick of writing undeliverable but post still sends it back to me.

I write "not at this address" haven't had one return yet.. (you do mean mail that is not for you right but for a previous tenant or something?)

[jazzcomp]

I write "not at this address" haven't had one return yet.. (you do mean mail that is not for you right but for a previous tenant or something?)

Yes, previous residents. Some even years before. It says on the envelope if undeliverable, return to sender's address But post still returns to me. Thanks, I'll try that.

[Yukitora]

Actually, you kinda have to ring the dudes that sent the mail and tell them directly. cause when it gets to the office, they just bin it and send another next time.

Also, i am recovering, - thanks for the wishes- by sniffing assorted glues while making cosplays... no need for lungs. My face is very tight feeling and sometimes numb. could be the flu medication. talk about this years mutated strain.
Yes Sims2 is 3D.
I think it might be a 'focus for too long' problem. 8+ hours of drawing at tafe from 8-5 or 8am-9pm even, made me sleep as soon as i got home. Yes true story. Its all produce and grades. Fail = no bit o paper.

[Trent]

Actually, you kinda have to ring the dudes that sent the mail and tell them directly. cause when it gets to the office, they just bin it and send another next time.

Be careful with that. As to find out who is sending it you may be tempted to open it. Keep in mind that it is an offence to open mail that is not addressed to you.

I have this problem as well. The previous resident of my house (we have been living here for 5 years now) seems to have run up quite the credit card bill ( or bills) and we are still getting the letters of demand from the debt collection agencies. Writing 'return to sender, no longer at this address' doesn't work, as I believe they think that is just a clever tactic to throw them off the trail. Fortunately mail frequently gets damaged in my mailbox and so it can sometimes be impossible to see who a letter is for until it is opened. On those times I have ran the debt collection agency and informed them of the situation. Sometimes that works but sometimes they still seem to persist and it isn't until I threaten to call the police that they back off.

One day a guy came to the door and just tried to walk in the house, luckily I always keep the screen door locked, but he demanded that I let him in. He was debt collector, but wouldn't say so, he tried to bully me into letting him in so he could "collect his debt". Needless to say I was not impressed. I tried to explain to him that the person he was after moved out 2 years ago but he didn't seem to care. So I wandered away from the door telling him I would just be a second. I came back with my 22 inch pipe wrench and my mobile phone, he backed off a bit then but still would not leave. I then proceeded to call the police and tell them that someone was trying to force their way into the house. He left quick smart then.

Debt collection agencies are scum. Probably my number 2 most hated types of people. Right below developers.

/rant