Why is it that when you solve one problem, you often create a new one.

My office chair is a big and tall chair. I like the roominess of the big part, but I am very much to short for the tall part. My arms are too short to rest on the armrests. They are about 1-2 inches too low for me. I have spent years just leaning to the right to get that arm on the armrest, and my left arm has hung out in my lap, by my side or stretched out on the desk.

A month or so ago my right arm started to give me ulnar nerve problems (that's why I had surgery on my left arm 3 years ago). In trying to stave off it getting bad enough for surgery, I padded the right armrest, and it was a huge help. I'm not getting the numb fingers and sore elbow anymore.

Problem is, now that it is padded and my arm can rest there comfortably, I have started to sit up straight instead of leaning. Now I can find NO comfortable position for my left arm.

I hate when that happens.

hmmm, can you wear a wrist brace? to keep it from going into a "wrong" position? Or is that not a good treatment?

The ulnar nerve is in the elbow. The only way to relieve the problem is to quit leaning on my elbow or have surgery.

Sounds like a classic D****ed if you do and D****ed if you don't situation Nutty. I can feel your pain (though I don't have your nerve problem) in that it sometimes seems like life gives a person lemons and no way to make lemonade from them. lol. Is it your office chair at work? At home? If at work is there someone you can speak to about getting a chair better suited to your needs? If it's a chair in a home office it sounds like you might need to go chair shopping and see if you can test drive the model you look at (i.e. see if there is a display chair that you can sit on to see if it is a good fit).

I don't even want to think of someone digging around in my elbow........ and nutty, I hear ya. Mine is STILL taking issue.......

HP..... it's a home office chair. I don't work outside the home.

I don't work a heck of a lot inside the home either, but that's neither here nor there.

I love this chair though. It was great until my elbow started bothering me.
I think I just need to pad the other arm too. Right now, my right armrest pad is a bulk sweater wrapped and tied around it. Methinks I need a better solution though.

When my ex fell 40' ...he shattered his elbow... the doc said they pieced it back together as much as possible... li'l wire and such... even threw out a few fragments. They told him he would never straighten his arm out again... he was determined to prove them wrong and prove them wrong he did!
He still has pain with it, especially when the weather is wet and/or cold.

Hmm. How about a few jel filled wrist rests. They type that are long rectangular things that lay at the bottom of the keyboard. Putting one on each arm (if possible might give you some cushion.
Something like:
http://www.keysan.com/big/pic15863000.html

40 feet!! He's lucky to have survived it.

Thanks HP

Not only did he survive it... it happened July 14, 1992... it was a Tuesday, and I brought him home that following Sunday...


and Kylie was born April 26, 1993 YOU do the math!


On top of shattering his elbow he also broke his jaw in three places, busted some molars, cracked a few ribs... had a cut between his bottom lip and his chin... which is where they went in to fix his jaw and a couple more cuts.

There was a football field right next to the bridge he was working on... the helicopter picked him up there and took him to Pittsburgh.



We even have some news footage!
(they happened to be close by when the call came in)

Wow!

July + April = 9 ..... Hmmm

@ Angel....

Well, my chair can annoy my elbow, too, but I try to not move it.

Your chair or your elbow?

Both.

Ok, this may seem a bit simplistic.....
Keep the old chair, pad both arms evenly, sit up straight & stop leaning on your elbows ya nut.

Yeah, well


Right now I have a sweater wrapped around the right armrest. It keeps slipping and sliding though. Must find better solution. Then, I'll get to the left arm.

old kitchen or bath towels and duct tape!

LOL.... good idea but I was hoping for a more aesthetically pleasing answer.

Why is it ...


... that some men can't seem to get it into their brains that they need to lift the seat on a toilet when going to the bathroom?

When you find out, lemmee know..........

Nothing worse than having to go into the bathroom to sit and the seats are covered in urine spots ....

I know your frustration...... I am always cleaning because of it........

I'm confused. Shouldn't it be Nutty who is bringing this topic up? lol.

Um... no. There is no problem here at home. It's the other men at work he's talking about.

Then that brings to the table the discussion of leaving the seat up... in my house... I've always made it known that the toilet should be closed when not in use. That way EVRYONE has to open and close it!

I once knew (ok, she was my neice-in-law) a female from England who had a rule in her house that 'good boys sit'

This was written above the toilet in a friends home years ago......

If you sprinkle
When you tinkle
Be a sweetie
And wipe the seatie

And the ever popular:


We aim to please ...
You aim too, please ...

Some friends of my family had the same saying on a card above their toilet yrs ago. It would be an odd coincidence if we were talking about the same family. lol. My families friends lived in Illinois at the time (I can't remember which town at present). Where did your friends live Julie?

Btw y'all ..... feel free to add your own 'why is it' to this thread ...

lol. I've got a good one based on my recent argument with the bank.

"Why is it that when a person asks a question, more often than not, instead of receiving an answer they are greeted in turn with another question?"

I got the actual problem (with the bank) sorted out but the problem got me to thinking about the question above.

Or better yet, "Why is it that just after a person buys something from a store at one price the store seems to have a sale on that item at a price (sometimes far) below what you paid for the item?

Many stores will honor the sale price, if you go back in with your receipt within a few days, and refund the difference.

And many have a 30 day price guarantee.

Well, actually my friend has lived in Illinois for a long time, but when we were growing up it was in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
We've known each other since age 5 and are still friends. We just went to see them in June.

That's one way to solve the problem.

My ex-idiot and both of his sons were taught that. Seemed weird to me, but I could hardly complain.

Hey, its not a bad idea... just seems odd... to each his own.

Why, oh why, is it that the 'fashionable' thing these days is a two day old beard? Who thinks that is sexy? Certainly not me. Those things are scratchy!

Either grow a beard, or shave it off every day. Jeeeze, I can't wait for this one to pass.

To each their own I guess...I like being clean shaven but Carrie loves the 2 day old scruffy look and is constantly getting on my case for shaving.

I don't believe you.

Why do sales people ALWAYS feel the need to bother a customer JUST when you're getting interested in browsing at things in the store. I mean, I'm an adult and I'm quite capable of finding something on my own or at the very least, upon entering the store give me a friggin' minute anyway before approaching me to see if I need help in finding anything, etc. Gawd, that really irks me. If I need your help I know where to find you as you're the one standing right over there gawking at me the second I walk through your door.

Speaking as a salesperson ..... most are required by store policy to offer their assistance to customers in their area. Some do, some don't and my personal modus operandi is to just be nearby and not bother them unless they appear to be actively looking for something specific. You can usually tell.

Also, according to my 'sources' its proven to reduce shoplifting if the salesperson greets the customer shortly after entering the establishment. (if that was their intention)

I just find it very annoying and I know I'm not alone here in my feelings as many people tell me the same thing. If anything else it only pushes me back out the door because I don't feel like browsing anymore in that particular store when I know all eyes are on me. Now I'm certainly not referring to Walmart, they're the complete opposite around here...cripe sakes, you have to send a search party out to find some help from an employee in any of their departments.

GTreen I used to work at Addition-elle back home and a while back... Anywho... We were told to great the customer wihin 10 seconds of their arrival into the store... It is mainly to prevent shop lifting and such. I ahted doing it so when Ii could avoid it IE my manager was on lunch I would. I hated approcahing ppl when you can tell it will aggrevate them. I know sometimes ppl would run out of the store right after approaching them. As a saleperson (which I ahve had yrs experience) Its no joy for us ither but thats the way most companies work. I know at walmart we have aggressive hospitality. I ahte that theory and never use it. I dont like being bum rushed and when I sell something ist usually with honesty and good humor not force.

Not really off topic but slightly. I come from Quebec and when I was working at Addition-elle, I wasnt bi-lingual yet and was learning. In Frnech you can be said two ways either tu, which is singluar informal or vous which is plural and formal. I asked the woman if I could help her by using Tu instead of vous and she went off on a triade on how I didnt know her and I shouldnt have used tu. Then she ran out the door. leaving me in tears, I mean I have an accent when I speak french how the hell didnt she realize I was only trying? Needless to say everytime I talked to anyone french I always used Vous. My French friends always yelled at me because I was always formal with them. *shrugs* anyways

It's like that old Western, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Its all at Wally World, and thats my main store. I just take it as it is. They pretty much do have everything I need. Also, learned long time ago, when I go into a store & have my kids I get followed. Being Hispanic has its dis-advantages.

Tits ok Nutty! Me & my tribe like to mess with the "secret shoppers"!

Why is it...... I wake up nearly every morning with a song in my head? Do I hum in my sleep?

It is often something I had listened to the previous day, but if I had been listening to something new that I couldn't recall all that well, it'll instead be something old and familiar.
Unfortunately it is sometimes a song that Steve listens to that I don't even like. I really hate those mornings.