It really pisses me off when it keeps on raining and the levee breaks, because I'll have no place to stay.

Posted by budda It really pisses me off when it keeps on raining and the levee breaks, because I'll have no place to stay.

Was it you that sat on the levee and moaned all last night?

Cuz YOU KNOW that cryin' won't help you.

Cryin' won't do you no good. Not one bit,mister.

I'm so glad everybody got that. With shit out there like Rebecca Black Justin Bieber, and Ann Coulter, one starts to lose faith in humanity.

Meniere's disease.

I spent 36 hours puking and dizzy, only to go to the ER and find out that's what I apparently have and there's little, if anything they can do for me, other than valium, phenergans and nicotinamide, which is one of the vitamin B derivatives, B6 or B3 or something.

I knew my fucking ears would be the death of me.

Posted by KublaKhan ...and again.

...and again.

Posted by Shael Meniere's disease. I spent 36 hours puking and dizzy, only to go to the ER and find out that's what I apparently have and there's little, if anything they can do for me, other than valium, phenergans and nicotinamide, which is one of the vitamin B derivatives, B6 or B3 or something. I knew my fucking ears would be the death of me.

My grandfather, sister-in-law and nephew all had Meniere's disease. Get the surgery. You'll probably become deaf in that ear, but they all say they'd do it over again because it made them so miserable.

Posted by SaraBellum My grandfather, sister-in-law and nephew all had Meniere's disease. Get the surgery. You'll probably become deaf in that ear, but they all say they'd do it over again because it made them so miserable.

I've already lost 50 percent of my hearing in the ear that's affected anyway, so it's not really that big of an issue with it. My doctor just wanted to wait till I go see an ear, nose and throat specialist next month before making any "rash judgments". More like he didn't want to make the call.

So far, the medicine seems to be working. I've been on the stuff for a few days and I'm finally able to watch TV again and sit up without the room spinning. What's funny is it's a similar drug to what a friend of mine is on after having heart surgery. Except my dosage is like half of what his is.

What really bothers me though, I should have known something was up when I flew to Atlanta back in December and experienced one of the worst cases of motion sickness I've ever had in my entire life. I mean it was so bad that the relatively smooth flight and even the cab ride to the hotel made me desperately ill.

The cats WILL NOT stay off the kitchen counter. No matter how many times they are yelled at, threatened, hit with a spritz from the water bottle... nothing.

It pisses me beyond words they are up there in the first place. I can never seem to catch them in the act, though, which is half the problem. Stealthy assholes.

Speaking of cats, one of ours decided to take a leak all over the mail for no reason. Right in front of us, no less. That irritated me too. What got me more was getting scolded for my methods of scolding her. (Which was chase her down the hall and put the fear of God into her.)

Fucking cats.

I hear you on that one,Jellybeans. I have heard that laying tinfoil across your counters will stop them from jumping up there (they hate it),but I've yet to try it. I have tried using citrus scented cleaners,which works for about .5 seconds. I think it's absolutely nasty when my cats do that,or climb onto tables. One second they're in the litter box and the next on food surfaces? Yuck. I'm not a cat person though,so I guess I'd be a little more tolerant if I were.

Posted by jellybeans95 The cats WILL NOT stay off the kitchen counter. No matter how many times they are yelled at, threatened, hit with a spritz from the water bottle... nothing. It pisses me beyond words they are up there in the first place. I can never seem to catch them in the act, though, which is half the problem. Stealthy assholes. Speaking of cats, one of ours decided to take a leak all over the mail for no reason. Right in front of us, no less. That irritated me too. What got me more was getting scolded for my methods of scolding her. (Which was chase her down the hall and put the fear of God into her.) Fucking cats.

I broke the pissing problem with my female. Finally, after 7 years. She was a vindictive pisser. When she got mad at me or something I did, she'd piss on the carpet. What I've had to do is take at least half an hour a day, pick her up and give her the good kind of attention that apparently I hadn't been giving her.

Maybe that's your trouble? Mine copy each other, literally they're copy cats, so if I can keep the female from doing it, the male won't do it. That usually keeps them off the table and the counter.

They talk to each other. You know that, right? Part of the reason that cats are so successful as asshole...sorry, professional assholes is that they're in constant communication with each other. They're like a group of teenaged girls with their own Facebook group, trading tips and slander.

They devise ways to piss you off. They experiment, test, refine. They are brilliant manipulators. One minute they're all cuddly and soft and purring, and three minutes later, they've hacked up a fur ball into your shoes. Or they've pissed all over that report you spent all night completing for serious deadline. Trust me: I know these little fuckers in my blood.

I think part of my problem is I'm not a cat person myself. But when I first moved in with the boyfriend, we were in an apartment, where cats were the only option. Now we're fostering two cats for a friend whose living situation got flipped, turned upside down. The male is super cool, he's far more like a dog than a cat. The other two... one is the pisser, the other is a moody bitch. Both females. (The male and the pisser are the friend's cats, the moody one is my bf's)

The pisser stopped when we moved to the house (we thought because of territory reset), but at the apartment, would take a leak on any clothes left around. (IE in the laundry basket or on top of the washer for stain removal.) Now yesterday, out of nowhere, she just pawed at a stack of mail on the couch armrest and squatted.

The counter-jumper is the other female. She would now and then jump on the counter at the apartment, but I think due to sheer lack of space, never tried much. Now she has acres of counter space to darken with her litter-covered paws, and not only is it unsanitary, it's highly frustrating. I may try the tin foil. Citrus doesn't seem to phase them.

I'll have to try being nicer. Lord knows they get plenty of attention from my bf and our roommate, but I'll try anything to not have them on the counters and/or pissing everywhere. (And I've seen the copy-cat thing too. The moody female used to scratch furniture, and the male started playing monkey see, monkey do. Thankfully they don't scratch over here.)

got a cat problem?
i got a solution... bb gun

keeps them out of my basement... will keep them off your counter.

Throwing a couch pillow like a frisbee teaches cats to not get on counters or the table - they don't like being knocked off their feet.

Posted by Esoterik Throwing a couch pillow like a frisbee teaches cats to not get on counters or the table - they don't like being knocked off their feet.

BB GUN
or a paintball gun with the CO2 turned down... a little.

Posted by jellybeans95 I think part of my problem is I'm not a cat person myself. But when I first moved in with the boyfriend, we were in an apartment, where cats were the only option. Now we're fostering two cats for a friend whose living situation got flipped, turned upside down. The male is super cool, he's far more like a dog than a cat. The other two... one is the pisser, the other is a moody bitch. Both females. (The male and the pisser are the friend's cats, the moody one is my bf's) The pisser stopped when we moved to the house (we thought because of territory reset), but at the apartment, would take a leak on any clothes left around. (IE in the laundry basket or on top of the washer for stain removal.) Now yesterday, out of nowhere, she just pawed at a stack of mail on the couch armrest and squatted. The counter-jumper is the other female. She would now and then jump on the counter at the apartment, but I think due to sheer lack of space, never tried much. Now she has acres of counter space to darken with her litter-covered paws, and not only is it unsanitary, it's highly frustrating. I may try the tin foil. Citrus doesn't seem to phase them. I'll have to try being nicer. Lord knows they get plenty of attention from my bf and our roommate, but I'll try anything to not have them on the counters and/or pissing everywhere. (And I've seen the copy-cat thing too. The moody female used to scratch furniture, and the male started playing monkey see, monkey do. Thankfully they don't scratch over here.)

Another thing you can try is onion.

If you can handle onions on your counters, they'll stay away. They're somewhat poisonous to cats and they know by the smell to stay away from them. Not overly poisonous, but enough to make them sick and they know not to eat them because they smell horrible to cats. Same with garlic.

The attention thing does work. Someone wants you to pay attention and until you do, the pissing won't stop.

KK is right about the manipulation though. They are manipulative little bastards.

I'll never have another female cat again. Male cats are the best, and especially all black ones. My buddy Leo rules.

Onions...I for one will give that a try,thanks Shael!