Random Rants ΠΕ': You're standing on my neck.

[MaryKB]

... I want KFC.

Honey, talk to me. Don't harm yourself like this, you don't deserve that kind of punishment.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

... I want KFC.

My grocery store has deli fried chicken that I like way better and costs half as much.

 

[Synobun]

My grocery store has deli fried chicken that I like way better and costs half as much.

Lucky. Mine very rarely offers their fried chicken online, and it's pretty mediocre.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

One of the local grocery stores used to have good chicken tenders. Then they changed the recipe and made it extremely spicy. It was not a nice change.

 

[cardgame]

Honey, talk to me. Don't harm yourself like this, you don't deserve that kind of punishment.

KFC chicken legs are pretty good. That's the only thing I ever get from there if I find myself wanting fried chicken. Haven't been in years but I doubt the chicken has changed.

If you have options, Popeye's is way better.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: I don't remember what the original title of this thread was.

 

[Takhisis]

‘What are they doing to my postcount?’

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I don't know.

 

[Zkribbler]

Honey, talk to me. Don't harm yourself like this, you don't deserve that kind of punishment.

KFC used to be good before the Colonel sold it to Yum, which changed to cheaper ingredients to boost profits.

 

[Zkribbler]

Philip Roth's dystopian alternative history The Plot Against America in which Lindbergh defeats Roosevelt and allies the US with Hitler is being turned into a 6-part miniseries for HBO. This is a rant because I don't get HBO.

 

[GenMarshall]

‘What are they doing to my postcount?’

It’s going into the void in the deep recesses of space .

 

[The_J]

Seems impossible for me to rent anything in France .

 

[MaryKB]

Seems impossible for me to rent anything in France .

What kinds of barriers are you running into? I'm sorry about your difficulties

 

[The_J]

The landlords and/or agencies require documents, which I cannot provide, like last year's tax form, proof that I paid rent for the last 3 months, or that I got paid the last 3 months. I just moved here, I can't.
Additionally they,sometimes require that someone else vouches for you. Needs to be someone with a French tax ID, currently living and working in France. I obviously dont know anyone, bc I just moved here, and my only French friend is currently living in Switzerland.
There are services available, which vouch for you. Went to one, but the agency I currently want to rent from said that they are not working with that service. They recommended another one, but I am not eligible for that one.
So... yeah, waiting for another response, to see if I can get this apartment or not.

 

[MaryKB]

Oh dear, that sounds awful

They won't accept your documents from your last country you lived in? They really seem to be going out of their way to make this difficult for you

 

[The_J]

I actually wouldn't have these from NL, since this is not required here.
I maybe could get the tax form, but due to the move there are some complications with that too.

Unrelated: my ex is having a bad time right now. She apparently just read the last texts over and over again.
She went back to work now. I hope it gets better when she focuses on something else.
At least she has a doctors appointment for next week.

EDIT: and minor, I am now sitting close to her office, but there's no free wifi, means I can't work.

 

[Farm Boy]

If you have options, Popeye's is way better.

And you usually have such good taste.

Fried chicken is a big enough treat anymore I tend to plan it around hitting one of the local dives I like better. I do like Popeye's biscuits better than KFC, but for a fast food biscuit McDonald's is at least in the running.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

That all sucks @The_J .

Random question - do you speak French? If not, how are you getting along in France?

 

[tjs282]

last year's tax form, proof that I paid rent for the last 3 months, or that I got paid the last 3 months. I just moved here, I can't.

I'm finding it hard to understand how you don't have (or can't get) this paperwork?

Sure, you won't have French versions of it, but surely you have (or can get) payslips/tax-payment statements from your previous (Dutch) employer, and receipts from your (Dutch) landlord, and/or bank statements showing regular payments into/out of your (Dutch? German?) bank-accounts, from either of the above?

Earlier this year, to prove that I was in full-time eduction during that previously undocumented 4-year period, I sent off a stack of copies of my (British) A-Level certificates and college transcripts (now 25 years out of date!) to the Deutsche Rentenversicherung. I didn't even have them translated, but I've heard nothing back from the DR since the deadline they set (despite Brexit, which finally happened in the meantime), so it would appear that those docs were sufficient...

Don't recall reading anything recently about Nexit or Frexit so presumably the Netherlands and France are still both EU nations, and thus paperwork acquired in one should be recognised/ accepted/ valid in the other...?

Additionally they,sometimes require that someone else vouches for you. Needs to be someone with a French tax ID, currently living and working in France. I obviously dont know anyone, bc I just moved here, and my only French friend is currently living in Switzerland.

Again, why is this a problem? Isn't your new employer(s) French and living in France?

I mean, they invited you to work for them, so presumably they have confidence in your ability to do the job they hired you for (and also in their ability to pay you for it!), so why can't they vouch for you?

Does a 'voucher' put themselves at risk of incurring some kind of fiscal/legal liability if the 'vouchee' turns out to be a flake?

 

[civvver]

Would you still be committed to your marriage if you didn't find your wife "hot?"

Of course. I was just saying I'm happy with the romance in my marriage.

... I want KFC.

I had two chicken littles yesterday. The only things I get at KFC anymore are the chicken sandwich and chicken littles plus wedges. They're pretty awesome. The regular chicken to me is just average and since they changed the hot wings to regular KFC wings they aren't as good.