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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #360 on: April 17, 2016, 06:40:20 AM »
I have to write this using my tablet rather than my laptop because the laptop is in my study, hooked up to a monitor, and I don't want to move from this chair.

  That's just unfair.  You shouldn't have to choose between a comfortable chair and a favored device.  :'(

I know.

And now I'm writing this on my laptop, in that comfy chair, but feel I need the large monitor to do some work. My life is hell.

  And if the laptop had a bigger screen, it would be too big to hold in your lap.  You just can't win!  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #361 on: April 17, 2016, 01:12:06 PM »
I have to write this using my tablet rather than my laptop because the laptop is in my study, hooked up to a monitor, and I don't want to move from this chair.

  That's just unfair.  You shouldn't have to choose between a comfortable chair and a favored device.  :'(

I know.

And now I'm writing this on my laptop, in that comfy chair, but feel I need the large monitor to do some work. My life is hell.

  And if the laptop had a bigger screen, it would be too big to hold in your lap.  You just can't win!  :'(

Not to mention that I have to carry it all the way to the study.
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #362 on: April 17, 2016, 06:17:26 PM »
  I could watch a show on my TV, or I could watch a DVD on my computer, but not both at once.  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #363 on: April 18, 2016, 12:39:23 AM »
My laptop doesn't have a built-in DVD player. :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #364 on: April 18, 2016, 05:09:22 AM »
My laptop doesn't have a built-in DVD player. :'(

  My DVD player is on my desktop.  I can't carry that around so I have to use it in one room.  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #365 on: April 18, 2016, 08:21:49 AM »
They were all out of cinnamon rolls at the coffee shop this morning  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #366 on: April 18, 2016, 09:19:19 AM »
They were all out of cinnamon rolls at the coffee shop this morning  :'(

  Dunkin' Donuts makes the best jelly donuts, but if you go there late in the morning, they're gone.  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #367 on: April 19, 2016, 02:52:35 PM »
I don't have any donuts, dunkin or otherwise. :(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #368 on: April 19, 2016, 11:59:52 PM »
I don't have any donuts, dunkin or otherwise. :(

  Do you at least have a donut shop within easy reach?  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #369 on: May 11, 2016, 06:00:27 AM »
  My favorite little chocolate frozen cakes are out of stock at both stores where I looked.  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #370 on: May 12, 2016, 05:55:17 AM »
  Since I cracked my smartphone screen, I can't upvote things on Reddit.  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #371 on: May 12, 2016, 11:59:40 AM »
  My favorite little chocolate frozen cakes are out of stock at both stores where I looked.  :'(

i miss the variety of gluten free goodies in the U.S. here we have to make our own or drive to the states to get it.
imagine having to drive for an hour just to get cake.
they do sell GF cake here but it's not the kind we like. it's positively primitive here in montreal. the cake we like that they sell in the U.S. is made in canada but they don't sell it here. we mostly have to make do with things like apple and strawberry rhubarb pie.
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #372 on: May 13, 2016, 11:02:48 AM »
I don't have any donuts, dunkin or otherwise. :(

  Do you at least have a donut shop within easy reach?  :'(

No, I would have to take the car. :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #373 on: May 14, 2016, 02:24:58 PM »
  My local supermarket usually has the new magazines and tabloids on the shelves on Friday.
  They didn't have them yesterday, and I looked again today, and they still didn't have them!  :'(
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Re: The "developed country problem" thread
« Reply #374 on: May 15, 2016, 04:25:48 AM »
What will you do? It may prove impossible to just go on.
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