WYFP? "... shattering surprise is possible even when we have been warned."
Jibe/jive is an interesting one because depending where you are from they can be a malapropism when used correctly in different countries. xJapanese planning and trainng let them also carry out...
View ArticleWYFP -- And So This Is Christmas...
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think...
View ArticleWYFP: not getting the word
Looks like I’m host tonight. I wonder if Trix is back?Our neighbors in Chicago to the west have had many problems. He developed liver disease and died earlier this year. She has be fighting cancer, and...
View ArticleWYFP: the Pain Scale, with poll
You've seen the line of faces at the doctor's office, helpfully lined up above a row of numbers. "Rate your pain." Compartmentalize it in a numerical value between zero and ten. Mild to unimaginable,...
View ArticleWYFP? ***OPEN THREAD***
Your result for The What Is Your Fucking Problem Test ...The Inventor13 Impulsiveness, 9 Submissiveness, 13 Intensity, 13 StupidityYour fucking problem is that no one wants to buy your crappy ass...
View ArticleWYFP - Confronting mortality
Hi, WYFPers! I like to occasionally jump in and write a Saturday evening diary to give the regulars in the group (and especially annieli and JeffW) a break, so here I am. If you’d like to take a...
View ArticleWYFP: 'tis the Season
That’s right! It’s ‘flu season! You know, Influenza, Captain Trips (as the kids call it), or as it’s known in my house, The Sickness That Would Not Leave. Let’s talk about this FP, shall we? But...
View ArticleWYFP: Trump-Free Open Thread
Well, I don’t have as many FPs to complain about as I thought I’d have.I mean, besides the fact that it’s cold. But it’s February in Michigan.Oh, and I got a flat tire yesterday.Oh, and… everything...
View ArticleWYFP: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
I hate waiting.I should be doing something. My dear roommate, the mensch, says I am to focus on getting better. Managing my arthritic knees to the point where I can walk and stand more easily....
View ArticleI hate everything right now, that's my FP.
I was looking for a WYFP diary. That’s What’s Your Fucking Problem, for those of you who are slow. There isn’t currently a diary, so I am going to make my own.It’s my birthdayIt’s Valentine’s DayMy...
View ArticleWYFP: Multidimensional Open Thread
I had this dream a while back. For some reason, we had enough money available to own a one-bedroom condo in Chicago, on the Nort’ Side, as well as the dome out in Stephenson County. We also had a...
View ArticleWYFP - Facing long term lousy prognosis
First, the front matter:Hola!MFP tonight? Dealing with doctors who don’t get that I’m their most motivated patient.As some here know (and some don’t), I have diabetes. I’ve been fortunate enough, at...
View ArticleWYFP: Misc. Stuff Open Thread
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think...
View ArticleWYFP...My Summer Vacation
You might be wondering why, in the last torturous days of Winter, I’d be writing about last summer. That would be because for me, the misery of summer past is still here.In early May, as summer finally...
View ArticleWYFP - The Birthday Blues
My FP? Since I’m up for my rotation in WYFP this week, one day after my (never mind the year) birthday, that’s the topic of discussion tonight — birthday blues. When you hit a certain age, the days...
View ArticleWYFP: The Illinois Lottery and me.
I started playing the Lotto game back in 1984. My boss followed the Fifth Rule of Plumbing and I was looking to speed up my retirement, and the Illinois Lottery Authority was putting in...
View ArticleWYFP: Gettin' Around, Again
Ok, so you’ve heard my sad tale of woe about my Focus in it’s dog-years dotage. Things in it are starting to go south, and the cost of dealing with them is going up. I’d like to get a newer...
View ArticleWYFP? Get Back
Hello everyone. I’m a huge flake. I promised I would write a diary this week and a couple days ago, my back started acting up. I think it was carrying groceries up 3 flights of stairs that did it. It’s...
View ArticleWYFP - Joy, Sadness, Anger and Fear
And, here we are again. I spent time this week sussing out a topic.This one comes from a men’s group that I’ve been a part of since I was initiated 10 years ago.No cult stuff here (though the group is...
View ArticleWYFP? Take this job and love it ...
xBill O'Reilly Once Wrote a Novel About a TV Newsman Who Killed People After Being Fired https://t.co/HaVXCpxYGDpic.twitter.com/wKCxbGEaZFâ Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 22, 2017xIn the course of 24...
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