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What things really get on your nerves?
I hate it when people chew their food loud. It's gross and annoying.
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Me to. anyway my pet peves are people not actions. I hate Arch Liberals and there ideas about polotics.
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I don't pay attention to politics.
I hate when I go to the movies and I get some loudmouth sitting anywhere near me. It seems to happen everytime I go. I'm gonna have to stop going to the movies and just rent them. That way I won't be annoyed.
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[quote by=colleen link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=2 date=1082402167]I don't pay attention to politics.
I hate when I go to the movies and I get some loudmouth sitting anywhere near me. It seems to happen everytime I go. I'm gonna have to stop going to the movies and just rent them. That way I won't be annoyed.[/quote]
That reminds me. On time we were going in to the movies and there was this couple and they were walking really slowly even though the movie already started. so we said excuse us were trying to gt through but they just continued on. so when there was a chance we squesed through. then the guy got p*ssed and he started to act all tough and he was cussing at us, using the F word, and wanting to start a fight. we didn't push anything and just sat down in a seat, but he was still cusing at us so my dad went and got one of the movie crew and he took care of it.
That reminds me of another story.
We were going to the mall and this couple was walking in the middle of the parking lot. we squessed right pass the women. when we got out the man started to pick a fight because he thought we almost hit his gal. his gal was trying to calm him and then we just walked away.
To sume it up. i hate people who think there better then everybody else.
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Moral of the story - stop squeezing past people!!!! LOL
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Drivers who pull out in front of you when you're doing the speed limit, then go 5 mph.
I'm just glad I don't own a weapon.
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Yeah, or they happen to be on their cell phone as they are doing that. What about drivers who don't bother signalling? The signals were put there for a reason. Use them.
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I hate people that chew gum when you talk to 'em, so I guess I hate a big part of the world's population
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[quote by=Bruno link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=7 date=1082405979]I hate people that chew gum when you talk to 'em, so I guess I hate a big part of the world's population[/quote]
And they crack and snap their gum? I hate that.
Geez, a lot of things annoy me.
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This thread annoys me!!! LOL ;) Just kidding!!!
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[quote by=colleen link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=8 date=1082406137]
And they crack and snap their gum? I hate that.
Geez, a lot of things annoy me.
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yes (scream3)
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John's TOP 10 Pet Peeves:
10) People who do not buckle their kids in the car (you see their kids moving all around as you're driving behind them)
9) People who send you chain letters via email
8) People who do not say, "Thank you."
7) People who speed up (in a car) to get in front of you then drive at a snail's pace
6) People who don't turn off their cell phone at the movies (or at least turn on vibrate)
5) People who play games, IE: ask your opinion on something then analyze it.
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oh yeah, good point John, those chain letters by email are annoying and I have like two or three ppl that send me chain mail every day
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I agree with everything on that list.
One thing that makes me really mad is when you see dogs left in cars in the parking lot of a mall on a hot summer day.
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[quote by=colleen link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=13 date=1082406977]I agree with everything on that list.
One thing that makes me really mad is when you see dogs left in cars in the parking lot of a mall on a hot summer day. [/quote]
I always see that when I go to the mall, what's worst is that it seems people do that only in the spring/summer and not in the winter or fall when the temperature is nicer for that kind of situation
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[quote by=Bruno link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=14 date=1082407082]
I always see that when I go to the mall, what's worst is that it seems people do that only in the spring/summer and not in the winter or fall when the temperature is nicer for that kind of situation
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Well, here we go from one extreme to the next in the weather. This January it was -40 degrees and you'd see people leaving their dogs in their yards. Then in the summer it's insanely hot and people leave their dogs in their cars. People who are mean to animals really p*ss me off.
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[quote by=colleen link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=15 date=1082407229]
Well, here we go from one extreme to the next in the weather. This January it was -40 degrees and you'd see people leaving their dogs in their yards. Then in the summer it's insanely hot and people leave their dogs in their cars. People who are mean to animals really p*ss me off.
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oh that sucks, I live in Florida so the winter is not that bad here ;D 8)
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You know what makes me mad?
The fact that orgasms are not 39 minutes.
[well...ok, I suppose nothing would ever get done.
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One thing that REALLY bugs the crap outa me is the fact that all of a sudden EMI/Apple have decided that Please Please Me DIDN'T get to number one afterall! The Music Week charts used by Guinness in their "Hit Singles" book are NOT the charts everyone used in 1963 - the "official" chart was the one in the New Musical Express (NME)!
Throughout the sleeve-notes on the Please Please Me LP it mentions the Beatles chart-topper, and in Anthology, The Beatles themselves believe their second single was number one. But the track is missing from their "1" CD compilation! Why now has Please Please Me been relegated to number 2?
And so the argument has gone for over 40 years!
And one other thing... just because the publishers chose to use a different chart for that period, we now have to live with the fact that Elvis has had one more number one than The Beatles!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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[quote by=misterchaz link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=17 date=1082422283]You know what makes me mad?
The fact that orgasms are not 39 minutes.
[well...ok, I suppose nothing would ever get done.
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I think I've read somewhere that orgasms last 18 seconds for the pigs.
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Ewww you guys...Lol I guess one of my biggest pet peeves are when people say "your" for "you are" and "you're" for the possessive form. That, and when people put apostrophes in plural words (apostrophe's in plural word's) and no apostrophes in possessive words!!!!! GRRRRRR
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[quote by=Bruno link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=20 date=1082428251]I think I've read somewhere that orgasms last 18 seconds for the pigs.[/quote]
Actually a pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes! Why I looked it up,,,,,,I do not know!
http://www.area51newmexico.com/didyouknowsex.html
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[quote by=harlenamcstarkney link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=21 date=1082428988]I guess one of my biggest pet peeves are when people say "your" for "you are" and "you're" for the possessive form.
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[quote by=tkitna link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=22 date=1082430679]
Actually a pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes! Why I looked it up,,,,,,I do not know!
http://www.area51newmexico.com/didyouknowsex.html
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[quote by=tkitna link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=22 date=1082430679]
Actually a pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes! Why I looked it up,,,,,,I do not know!
http://www.area51newmexico.com/didyouknowsex.html
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[quote by=misterchaz link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=17 date=1082422283]You know what makes me mad?
The fact that orgasms are not 39 minutes.
[well...ok, I suppose nothing would ever get done.
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[quote by=tkitna link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=22 date=1082430679]
Actually a pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes! Why I looked it up,,,,,,I do not know!
http://www.area51newmexico.com/didyouknowsex.html
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[quote by=misterchaz link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=5 date=1082404832]Drivers who pull out in front of you when you're doing the speed limit, then go 5 mph.
I'm just glad I don't own a weapon.[/quote]
There was this one idiot that cut me off while i was driving. he got so close that i had to go into the shoulder. He really p*ssed me off.
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[quote by=Bruno link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=7 date=1082405979]I hate people that chew gum when you talk to 'em, so I guess I hate a big part of the world's population[/quote]
I always chew gum. the only time i don't is when i sleep and when i eat. So i guess you hate me. Well then I hate you too. JK
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[quote by=The_End link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=18 date=1082423995]One thing that REALLY bugs the crap outa me is the fact that all of a sudden EMI/Apple have decided that Please Please Me DIDN'T get to number one afterall! The Music Week charts used by Guinness in their "Hit Singles" book are NOT the charts everyone used in 1963 - the "official" chart was the one in the New Musical Express (NME)!
Throughout the sleeve-notes on the Please Please Me LP it mentions the Beatles chart-topper, and in Anthology, The Beatles themselves believe their second single was number one. But the track is missing from their "1" CD compilation! Why now has Please Please Me been relegated to number 2?
And so the argument has gone for over 40 years!
And one other thing... just because the publishers chose to use a different chart for that period, we now have to live with the fact that Elvis has had one more number one than The Beatles!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr [/quote]
i have a book over all top 40 hits and in there it says PPM was a #1. Everywere i read and hear it says it was a #1, except album 1. I've noticed that and it terks me too.
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I also hate people that think i'm gay. I'm bi there is a big difference.
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[quote by=Beatle_Ed link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=26 date=1082434834]
Hot damn and hallelujah!! You mean they aren't? Mine are.. lol
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Holy crap! Your husband is a GOD! LOL
Or YOU are a Goddess!!
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my biggest pet peeve is when people annoy me. ::snickers::
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[quote by=harlenamcstarkney link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=21 date=1082428988]Ewww you guys...Lol I guess one of my biggest pet peeves are when people say "your" for "you are" and "you're" for the possessive form.
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[quote by=harlenamcstarkney link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=21 date=1082428988]Ewww you guys...Lol I guess one of my biggest pet peeves are when people say "your" for "you are" and "you're" for the possessive form.
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I hate telemarketers calling any time of the week wasting my time for a few minutes.
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[quote by=harlenamcstarkney link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=21 date=1082428988]Ewww you guys...Lol I guess one of my biggest pet peeves are when people say "your" for "you are" and "you're" for the possessive form.
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I hate stupid people.
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[quote by=Ssarah link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=38 date=1082487892]I hate stupid people. [/quote]
Very nicely put. I do too. Ignorant people make me mad but idiots really p*ss me off.
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[quote by=Ssarah link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=38 date=1082487892]I hate stupid people. [/quote]
I don't think those comments were directed at you Patton :)
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Who ever sayed they were. not me. i was agreeing with her.
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[quote by=John@work link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=34 date=1082475388]
Your joking right??? ;D
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[quote by=The_End link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=35 date=1082485369]
There proabably doing it on purpose just to annoy you, their are loads of people out they're who do that!!! ;)[/quote]
Grrr to you too!! hehehe
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i hate people who don't capitalise their i. it's jut so anoying.
(stupid)
Wait that's me i take that back.
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I hate people that call at like 7 am and 10 pm. Ok yeah guys...I'm sure my parents know they didn't pay the bills hehe.
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[quote by=Ssarah link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=45 date=1082576436]I hate people that call at like 7 am and 10 pm.
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I HaTe WhEN pEoPlE TyPe LiKe ThIs
And I also hate it when my neighbours have their dog out in the yard all day. It used to wake me up at 7 am every Saturday and Sunday for the longest time until I finally complained to the management. That oughta learn them.
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DaNg RiGhT!
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I hate shopping at Walmart. It's always jammed packed with rude asses.
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[quote by=colleen link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=49 date=1093923444]I hate shopping at Walmart. It's always jammed packed with rude asses. [/quote]
And the rest of their rude bodies ain't no picnic either.
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[quote by=misterchaz link=Blah.pl?b=conversations,m=1082392820,s=50 date=1093927380]
And the rest of their rude bodies ain't no picnic either.
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I don't know. I just look at their asses. lol
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1. People who wear sunglasses when they are talking to you.
2. People who laugh at everything.
3. People who talk during movies
4. Music snobs
5. people who litter
6. Stupid teachers (I have a couple of those)
7. When my clothes rip, because I know they'll never get fixed! (my Mom doesn't sew.)
8. People who bug you when you are trying to read
9. Doing the dishes
10. People who say "Oh, you look nice. Have you lost weight?"
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Let's see, my peeves about pets! Dogs who drool, cats who scream in your ear to wake you up! Ha! Long phone menus? Changing grocery store aisles. Left turns. Breaking sunglasses! Mail at the back of the box. Dirty eaves. Falling leaves!!
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People who threaten to leave forums and then apologize and start posting again like nothing happened. If you say your going to do something, stick to it!
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I hate it when someone interupts me to say something that has nothing to do with the conversation. >:(
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Tailgaters!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18-wheelers going too fast
Road hogs
People who yap on their cell phones while they drive
People who don't use turn signals (As a passenger I don't know what they're doing)
Child abuse (no reason for it)
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No matter where I go and park my car (grocery store, mall, etc.), when I am done shopping there is always an Expedition or Suburban on either side of my vehicle. It happens every time. Then it takes me forever to back out because I can't see around these huge vehicles. That drives me crazy!!!
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i hate waynes multiple choice threads
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Annoying guys in my class who feel they have the right to come up behind me and grab my waist or play with my hair. Oh, I get it, I'm so ugly no one will ever want me, so they have to make a joke out of it. Ha ha, very funny. ::)
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I get really irritated by people who signal after they've already started to turn. At that point, why even bother? icon_mad
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I hate when my family tries to win the garbage can olympics by seeing how much stuff they can cram in it instead of taking it out.
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I get really irritated by people who signal after they've already started to turn. At that point, why even bother? icon_mad
I get irritated just from someone slowing down before they indicate. If their brake lights go on before the blinker my irritation levels start hitting the red zone.
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People on the roads, with a few exceptions, don't know how to drive. I feel safer when I'm on the track...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqoupfe-A24# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqoupfe-A24#)
(https://i.postimg.cc/1XfyrBJs/checkered-flag.png)
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People on the roads, with a few exceptions, don't know how to drive. I feel safer when I'm on the track...
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqoupfe-A24#[/url] ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqoupfe-A24#[/url])
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I love driving but I have to admit I won’t be sorry when there are fully autonomous vehicles on the road.
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I love driving but I have to admit I won’t be sorry when there are fully autonomous vehicles on the road.
Yeah. A day will come when machines will do everything for us and mankind will look like Jabba the Hutt...
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I’m good with that. Saves money on clothes too
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I get irritated just from someone slowing down before they indicate. If their brake lights go on before the blinker my irritation levels start hitting the red zone.
Ugh, me too. BIG pet peeve.
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I hate those Harley Davidson bikes that sound louder than a 747. No need, put the baffles back ffs. You're just p*ssing everyone off.
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I hate those Harley Davidson bikes that sound louder than a 747. No need, put the baffles back ffs. You're just p*ssing everyone off.
Yeah, thats been a big pet peeve of mine for years. I come from a family that has ridden motorcycles forever. Heck, my dad owned and ran a MX track for years. Anyways, loud pipes are just for attention seekers and in reality, give the biker world a bad name. I go for the quiet bikes and always will.
I have a Gold Wing and a Suzuki Vstrom. You can barely hear either one of them when they are running.
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Christmas music being played in October ;D
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Christmas music being played ;D
Amended ;D
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Christmas music being played in October ;D
Amended ;D
Aw, Christmas music isn't so bad especially when it goes like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-YDHgbm94# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-YDHgbm94#)
How can you not like that?
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Amended ;D
ha2ha
Actually I’m fine with Christmas music. During December that’s all I play. Lots of classic and quirky on playlists. But as soon as Boxing Day hits the Christmas shutters come down til next December.
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ha2ha
Actually I’m fine with Christmas music. During December that’s all I play. Lots of classic and quirky on playlists. But as soon as Boxing Day hits the Christmas shutters come down til next December.
I was in Target and Kmart the other day and both are chock-full of Christmas stuff ...unbelievable ???
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I was in Target and Kmart the other day and both are chock-full of Christmas stuff ...unbelievable ???
The governor of New Jersey has cancelled Halloween and Thanksgiving because of COVID-19. I guess we'll be seeing Christmas stuff going on sale early here too.
If he cancels Christmas, we'll no doubt see Easter stuff go on sale real early.
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I was in Target and Kmart the other day and both are chock-full of Christmas stuff ...unbelievable ???
Yep. Saw the same thing in local shopping centre. There oughta be a law .... >:(
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The governor of New Jersey has cancelled Halloween and Thanksgiving because of COVID-19. I guess we'll be seeing Christmas stuff going on sale early here too.
If he cancels Christmas, we'll no doubt see Easter stuff go on sale real early.
That could get very confusing. “Mum, why didn’t Santa leave any presents? Shut up and eat your chocolate eggs Quentin”
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Took this today
It must be Christmas.. ???
(https://i.ibb.co/q9RyCmy/IMG20201018155635.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2PjnScn)
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That could get very confusing. “Mum, why didn’t Santa leave any presents? Shut up and eat your chocolate eggs Quentin”
In all seriousness, thank you for that post, Moog. ha2ha I've been having a lousy week, but that made me laugh out loud. It was badly needed! icon_good
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My biggest pet peeve of the week is the French teacher getting his head cut off for teaching his pupils about freedom of speech.
It's time the French people took a stance against this return to the Dark ages where women were treated as second class citizens and freedom of speech was banned.
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Agreed
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People in off-road vehicles or big trucks (e.g., Ford F150) who mince over railroad tracks. icon_mad They can't seriously be worried about their shocks. Just drive, already!
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People in off-road vehicles or big trucks (e.g., Ford F150) who mince over railroad tracks. icon_mad They can't seriously be worried about their shocks. Just drive, already!
ha2ha We say in Australia that most people driving big off road vehicles never take them further off road than the local shop car park.
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I was in Target and Kmart the other day and both are chock-full of Christmas stuff ...unbelievable ???
There were hot cross buns for Easter literally in stores on Boxing Day ???
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There were hot cross buns for Easter literally in stores on Boxing Day ???
Yikes, that is seriously rushing things.
ha2ha We say in Australia that most people driving big off road vehicles never take them further off road than the local shop car park.
ha2ha That sounds like the folks in DC!
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ha2ha That sounds like the folks in DC!
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This isn't a pet peeve per se, but I always roll my eyes when I see people driving in their cars, almost always alone, wearing a face mask. What, exactly, are they protecting themselves from? roll:)
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The new B.1.1.7 strain of the coronavirus apparently loves riding as a passenger in cars...
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The store where I work part time has started taking receipt of Christmas merchandise. roll:)
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There oughta be a law against that >:(
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Grrrrrr. I'm going to sound like a grouch, but -- drivers who don't take the right of way when it is theirs.
I grew up back East, where the right of way goes to whoever hits the accelerator first. ha2ha So it's hard to stifle a sigh of irritation when people sit at a stop sign and politely wave me on when it's actually their turn to go. (I'm terrible, I know.)
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Grrrrrr. I'm going to sound like a grouch, but -- drivers who don't take the right of way when it is theirs.
I grew up back East, where the right of way goes to whoever hits the accelerator first. ha2ha So it's hard to stifle a sigh of irritation when people sit at a stop sign and politely wave me on when it's actually their turn to go. (I'm terrible, I know.)
Oh yeah. That annoys me no end. I just refuse to move. Usually gesticulating semi offensively at them.
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I just refuse to move. Usually gesticulating semi offensively at them.
;yes Me too! So glad I'm not the only one. :)
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Grrrrrr. I'm going to sound like a grouch, but -- drivers who don't take the right of way when it is theirs.
I grew up back East, where the right of way goes to whoever hits the accelerator first. ha2ha So it's hard to stifle a sigh of irritation when people sit at a stop sign and politely wave me on when it's actually their turn to go. (I'm terrible, I know.)
Be nice.
We all need to be kinder to each other on the roads.
Smile, drive carefully, and be safe.
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Be nice.
We all need to be kinder to each other on the roads.
Smile, drive carefully, and be safe.
…and gesticulate semi offensively ;D
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Be nice.
We all need to be kinder to each other on the roads.
Smile, drive carefully, and be safe.
I am nice. I smile, I drive carefully, and I'm safe. If people in this redneck state are too stupid to take the right of way when it's theirs, that's on them. <shrug>
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Just read that North Dakota leads the country (No. 1 out of all 50 states) in DUI arrests. Lovely. . . roll:) How did I end up here again?
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I grew up back East, where the right of way goes to whoever hits the accelerator first. ha2ha
It's even worse today, Kathy. This is what the Cross Bronx Expressway looks like today...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdr-f3MZgqo# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdr-f3MZgqo#)
I've got to get myself one of those Ford Falcon XB GT Coupes...
(https://i.postimg.cc/ChxM1RDL/1976-Ford-Falcon-XB-GT-Coupe.jpg)
The last of the V8 Interceptors icon_good
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It's even worse today, Kathy. This is what the Cross Bronx Expressway looks like today...
Yikes! ;)
I am nice. I smile, I drive carefully, and I'm safe. If people in this redneck state are too stupid to take the right of way when it's theirs, that's on them. <shrug>
This has been bothering me. I hate the word "stupid," especially when used to refer to a person or group of persons. It's so unkind. I never let my kids say it, either, or "shut up." (We had a "Shut Up Cup" that required a depost of 25 cents whenever one of us slipped.)
So I'm retracting that particular word. I'm just crabby because I don't like North Dakota.
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This has been bothering me.
Nimrod, I've tried DM'in you but it's not working for some reason. (Or, if it is, then you've gotten like 6 messages from me. ha2ha )
Just wanted to apologize if it seemed like it was snapping back at you in my post the other day. It wasn't intentional. I have a frustrating tendency to type faster than I think, and I don't always appreciate my tone until later. :-[ So, apologies!
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I got this text from my older daughter yesterday. You can tell she's worked up because she didn't use any punctuation (or cap "Target").
The apple didn't fall far from the tree. ha2ha
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During our long train ride in Canada we had 4 young ladies sat adjacent to us, 18 or 19 years old.
They were a bit giggly and a bit loud but just happy I guess.
Anyway you could hear every word and I started to "tune into" the number of time they said "like".
After an hour it was driving me crazy. 2ch
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So you picked up on that, too! ha2ha
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So you picked up on that, too! ha2ha
Its caught on here in Oz too, I like, hate it.
No seriously, its worse than the Australian upward inflection at the end of sentences.
https://youtu.be/KpBYnL5fAXE (https://youtu.be/KpBYnL5fAXE)
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My daughter got into that habit in her teenage years. we started to fine her ten cents every time she said “like” that wasn’t in a sentence such as I like cheese, or I like the Beatles. Actually I fined her 50 cents then as it should be I love the Beatles.
Anyway. It cured her of the habit and was a good lesson for her younger brother.
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I don’t find it offensive. Just really annoying when it starts pervading every sentence. Luckily my kids never took to the “shut up” or “totally” thing. Although we would have made a lot of money out of fines.
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I got this text from my older daughter yesterday. You can tell she's worked up because she didn't use any punctuation (or cap "Target").
The apple didn't fall far from the tree. ha2ha
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There’s a special place in hell for people who buy huge cars that they don’t know how to drive. And, if there’s any justice, all the parking spots there will be really small
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Now, if she'd thrown in a few "totally"s, I might have rebuked her for Valley-speak. ;)
My youngest, now 19, uses "literally" in literally every sentence (see what I did there?).
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Now, if she'd thrown in a few "totally"s, I might have rebuked her for Valley-speak. ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM#)
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During our long train ride in Canada we had 4 young ladies sat adjacent to us, 18 or 19 years old.
They were a bit giggly and a bit loud but just happy I guess.
Anyway you could hear every word and I started to "tune into" the number of time they said "like".
After an hour it was driving me crazy. 2ch
Its caught on here in Oz too, I like, hate it.
No seriously, its worse than the Australian upward inflection at the end of sentences.
[url]https://youtu.be/KpBYnL5fAXE[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/KpBYnL5fAXE[/url])
My youngest, now 19, uses "literally" in literally every sentence (see what I did there?).
Maybe this is the result of a virus which remained latent in the San Fernando Valley for nearly forty years and is now spreading world wide....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIOocUQkfzk# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIOocUQkfzk#)
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So, you hear them say "grody (grotty) to the max." The virus possibly originated in Liverpool. George Harrison was one of the first to show signs of the infection...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREeweMWTZk# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREeweMWTZk#)
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I just noticed that a few years ago in a Beatles book. I recall thinking—wait, I thought "grody/grotty" was a Valley Girl term! I was wrong. :)
George uses the term "dead grotty." That's an even better hyperbole than the Valley Girl term "grotty to the max." ;D
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George uses the term "dead grotty." That's an even better hyperbole than the Valley Girl term "grotty to the max." ;D
I love that
Dead grotty ;D
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I love that
Dead grotty ;D
So do I. Good name for a thread. ;D
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Dead grotty ;D
Band name!
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GRAMMARLY! icon_mad Along with any macro that tries to modify your writing. A new publisher asked me today to install it to use as a backup; they ask this of all freelancers. Now I can't get rid of the darn thing. The icon is even showing up on this page. I'll have to adjust the settings. Grrrrrr.
I've never used an auto-correct function that actually works. And a good editor shouldn't need one. I know I'm not alone in this opinion; all the editors I know get enraged by macros. The one in Word is awful; it's almost never right.
But this publisher pays quite well, so for the money I'll just suck it up and try to stop gritting my teeth. :angel:
Rant over. ;)
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Signed up once for virus protection and a VPN. Both of which slowed my PC down. I quit both.
They still bug me to death roll:)
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Band name!
That too, Moog. :)
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GRAMMARLY! icon_mad Along with any macro that tries to modify your writing. A new publisher asked me today to install it to use as a backup; they ask this of all freelancers. Now I can't get rid of the darn thing. The icon is even showing up on this page. I'll have to adjust the settings. Grrrrrr.
I've never used an auto-correct function that actually works. And a good editor shouldn't need one. I know I'm not alone in this opinion; all the editors I know get enraged by macros. The one in Word is awful; it's almost never right.
But this publisher pays quite well, so for the money I'll just suck it up and try to stop gritting my teeth. :angel:
Rant over. ;)
Nothing wrong with your prose, Kathy.
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I've managed to beat Grammarly into submission. ha2ha
The icon used to hover over any text I typed on my PC (which was unbelievably annoying). But by now I've disabled so many settings on the app, and shut it down so many times that it lurks meekly in the bottom corner of my screen.
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Kathy, I've seen the Grammarly promos that appear before a YouTube video I want to watch starts. I think your education and command of the language does't require such assistance.
Grammarly is good for school kids. In many cases, their teachers could benefit from Grammarly too.
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Kathy, I've seen the Grammarly promos that appear before a YouTube video I want to watch starts. I think your education and command of the language does't require such assistance.
Grammarly is good for school kids. In many cases, their teachers could benefit from Grammarly too.
Thanks, Barry. I lodged a mild complaint with the publisher who requires it that even using it as a backup (as they want) isn't helpful in the least. They agreed that it makes a lot of erroneous suggestions. At least I don't have to pay for it. I think I'd draw the line there.
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During our long train ride in Canada we had 4 young ladies sat adjacent to us, 18 or 19 years old.
They were a bit giggly and a bit loud but just happy I guess.
Anyway you could hear every word and I started to "tune into" the number of time they said "like".
After an hour it was driving me crazy. 2ch
I just came across this quote from an anonymous study participant, and it brought this part of the thread to mind.
This has to be some kind of record-breaker. And this was one of the study staff, so well past teenagerhood, I would assume.
“It’d be smart to like have a couple ways of doing like, a video and then having like, just written out instructions and maybe like being like ‘Do you learn better by just reading things or like, through watching?’”
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I just read a funny article in The Telegraph (I'm avoiding the U.S. news media these days) about Finnair's decision to weigh passengers. The author included a satirical list of suggested "fees" for the following infractions. This had me laughing out loud. Most of these I don't mind too much. No. 2, though, particularly irritates me. A couple of years ago when I flew to Florida I had the misfortune of getting in line behind a large family who clearly hadn't flown before. They all swarmed the TSA agent at once and, of course, didn't have their screening items ready for the conveyor belt. Grrrr. I had to remind myself that I was once a first-time flyer, too, although that was way before these days of heightened security.
But there is a better way: charge customers according to what they deserve to pay. Infuriating flyers chip in more, perfect passengers (like us) cough up less. We’re used to additional costs now for check-in bags, seat selection and olive-less in-flight dining – so why not a menu of other payable extras? Here is a little list of suggested additional fees I happen to have been working on in my head every single second I’ve been in an aeroplane for the last decade or two. Don’t forget to add yours…
1. People who fall asleep on night flights with their reading light on: £9
2. People who turn up at the X-ray machines and haven’t taken their liquids and laptop out of their bag yet despite having been in the queue for the last 17 minutes: £50
3. Parents with stroppy toddlers: £20
4. Toddlers with stroppy parents: £40
5. People faffing around trying to keep their stupid jackets from getting creased because they’re wearing stupid jackets because they stupidly thought they might get a stupid upgrade that way: loud tutting
6. People who clap when the plane lands: £5 for under-16s, £500 for adults. Fee waived if this is one of those trips where the door blows off mid-flight
7. People who keep their seat reclined even during mealtimes (where do you think you are, ancient Rome?): 1000 denarii
8. Viewers watching a film next to you while you’re trying to read a book: £1 every time you are unable to resist glancing at their screen (estimated total: £2,500)
9. Armrest-hogs: hanging and flogging
10. Young people watching videos on their mobile without headphones: 1 mobile
11. People who stand up as soon as the plane lands: £60
12. “Hiya! Would you mind swapping seats so me and my boyfriend [whom I obviously don’t actually like enough to spend the extra £25 to ensure we sit together] can sit together?”: £40
13. “No. I particularly like this seat [which is identical in every single way to every other single seat on the plane], so you’ll just have to sit apart.”: £40
14. Neighbour nodding off on your shoulder: £80 and an indulgent smile
15. Neighbour nodding off on your shoulder with occasional spasmodic jerks: £90 and a gentle nudge
16. Neighbour nodding off on your shoulder with occasional spasmodic jerks and dribbling: £110 and a firm elbow in the ribs
17. People in the rows in front of you who choose “the chicken” so there’s none left by the time crew get to you and you have to have “the vegetarian” (ie. floppy pasta in reconstituted cheese sauce): the cost of your KFC upon landing
18. People with small bladders who sit in the window seat: £5 per “excuse me” (and yes, if there are three seats that side of the aisle, that’s a “double excuse me” – £10)
19. People with no empathy for those with small bladders who get put in the window seat: £5 per sigh
20. People who take their socks off: £800,000. Per sock.
21. People in the class above you: £1 squajillion. Just because.
22. People still texting after the plane has started moving, despite the clear rules against doing so and the (admittedly small) safety implications: Death in some kind of freak air accident that leaves everyone else on the plane mysteriously unharmed. And £20.
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I don’t fly anywhere near as much as I used to. I can however sympathise with most of these.
With respect to security check problems. One thing I’ve noticed even recently is that the signs they have up ahead of the security check often are the opposite of the security requirements.
For example I was heading for one flight where they had signs up saying to remove all iPads etc. when you got to the top of the queue the security personnel were barking at people to keep the iPads in their baggage.
The lack of consistency on liquids is also annoying. On my last international flight whether you could take the wine you might purchase at duty free onto the flight depended where you were flying to. It seems the peril of liquids differs depending on where in the world you’re going.
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I don’t fly anywhere near as much as I used to. I can however sympathise with most of these.
With respect to security check problems. One thing I’ve noticed even recently is that the signs they have up ahead of the security check often are the opposite of the security requirements.
For example I was heading for one flight where they had signs up saying to remove all iPads etc. when you got to the top of the queue the security personnel were barking at people to keep the iPads in their baggage.
The lack of consistency on liquids is also annoying. On my last international flight whether you could take the wine you might purchase at duty free onto the flight depended where you were flying to. It seems the peril of liquids differs depending on where in the world you’re going.
That does sound annoying. I haven't run in to those issues, probably because, other than Canada, I've never flown internationally.
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I just read a funny article in The Telegraph (I'm avoiding the U.S. news media these days) about Finnair's decision to weigh passengers.
Kathy, I'm curious, did the author of that article mention Finnair's reason for weighing passengers? As a pilot I can tell you that it would be appropriate for small aircraft shuttle flights. Weight and Balance calculations are mandatory in small aircraft pre-flight checklists.
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Kathy, I'm curious, did the author of that article mention Finnair's reason for weighing passengers?
Yes, Barry; here's a quote from the article: "It is, insists Finnair, merely part of a plan to update their stats on average passenger weight – which they use for calculations on safe load limits and fuel use."
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Thanks, Kathy. That explains it.