The Pissed Off Thread

[PanchoHambre]

So what get your goat? Here is a thread to vent those little trivial things that make you want to bust some heads:bangin:
I cant stand people who seem to be reprogramming a satellite from an ATM.... get your money and move on people... its not a video poker machine and there are 10 people behind you:angry:

I also hate bartenders who chat with their friends and screw around with their i-pods:whistle: and neglect the customers.... your working not getting paid to hang out in a bar... stop flirting withe the dude/chick over there in the ironic band shirt and get me a beer sweetheart/buddy. drunk bartenders also irk me.

[JoeV]

I can't stand politicians who think they are economists, when in fact they are nothing more than thieving Socialist bastards. i'm talking specifically about the Messiah's Pork-U-Lus package that our kids and grandkids will be burdened with for the next 50 years just so these Pinkos can entrench themselves in bigger and more intrusive government. Even more insane are the people who think this a good thing, and will be led over the edge of the cliff like so many sheep being led to the slaughter.

Wake up America, and get your head out of your ass.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/flyfishohio/head_up_ass.jpg

Ahhhhh...now I feel better with that off my chest.

[heb1976]

Can I get an AMEN!! :tiphat: That wake up America made me hear Earl Pitt's voice!

I can't stand politicians who think they are economists, when in fact they are nothing more than thieving Socialist bastards. i'm talking specifically about the Messiah's Pork-U-Lus package that our kids and grandkids will be burdened with for the next 50 years just so these Pinkos can entrench themselves in bigger and more intrusive government. Even more insane are the people who think this a good thing, and will be led over the edge of the cliff like so many sheep being led to the slaughter.

Wake up America, and get your head out of your ass.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/flyfishohio/head_up_ass.jpg

Ahhhhh...now I feel better with that off my chest.

[High Cheese]

People who eat things in the supermarket. Last weekend, I almost smacked this guy in the back of the head. lol WTF does this look like, a buffet?!

[chowhound]

People who use debit cards for $5 purchases in the express line, and then act like it's the first time they ever used the machine.
Hey.... maybe they're reprogramming satellites, too.....

[heb1976]

People who refuse to get off the damn phone when they are in the checkout line in the store. That is the rudest thing ever.

[joec]

Cell phones with those silly rings. I hear them and hope the people get brain tumors already.

[smoke king]

How about celebrities (actors, musicians, etc) who suddenly become experts on all things political around election time? I've managed to somehow survive nearly 50 years without advice from Susan Sarandon, Matt Damon, Alan Alda, "Puff" daddy (or whatever he's going by this week) and the rest of the Hollywood "think-tank" (seems like an oxymoron).

If they are truly interested in helping me out, they can feel free to pick up my mortgage!!

[sattie]

Cell phones... the use of them is just not polite when in some public places. With that being said, I work for the enemy. And the enemy just told us yesterday that out of the 500 people in our department.... 215 are being cut. That has me pissed and worried.

[High Cheese]

If they are truly interested in helping me out, they can feel free to pick up my mortgage!!


They can't.

They have to fill up their private jet to get to the next Global Warming parade.:smile:

[BamsBBQ]

cell phones...when you are driving, pay attention people.

britney spears...enough already, need i say more?..lol

going to restaurant and eating a meal only to realize that i can cook it better.... and they are getting paid to do this

[sattie]

Going to a resturaunt and they seat you next to the smoking section!

[High Cheese]

Going to a resturaunt and they seat you next to the smoking section!

You still have those? WOW.

Even when I smoked I absolutely hated smelling cigarette smoke while I was eating.

LOL...I went on a date with someone from the internet once, first date. She decides to light up while I'm still finishing my food. :yuk: I say "You gonna put that out or what?"

It was pretty silent the rest of the night. :unsure:

[smoke king]

Going to a resturaunt and they seat you next to the smoking section!

Your restaraunts still have smoking sections?

[High Cheese]

going to restaurant and eating a meal only to realize that i can cook it better.... and they are getting paid to do this

Argh! One my All Time gripes!

[sattie]

Yep, in some areas of the metroplex, you can still light up!!! For crying out loud folks, you can't go an hour without a ciggy????? Seems especially rude when you have other people around trying to eat... smokers or not!

[sattie]

You still have those? WOW.

Even when I smoked I absolutely hated smelling cigarette smoke while I was eating.

LOL...I went on a date with someone from the internet once, first date. She decides to light up while I'm still finishing my food. :yuk: I say "You gonna put that out or what?"

It was pretty silent the rest of the night. :unsure:

Yep... if it would have been my date, I would have kicked him to the curb. And if he would have answered his cel phone during the date.... it would be immediately over! (Unless his mom was dying or some crud like that!)

[joec]

Never felt bothered by the Hollywood crowds political views or for that matter most people's views. Now with that said I am don't agree with anyones views completely as it is all opinions which every one has and is entitled too.

Now here is a real pet peeve of mine and one reason why I don't eat in restaurants unless forced too. Food plated in a pile with sauce or some other crap drizzled around it. I like to know what I'm eating in every bit and like a portion that will fill me up. I'm sick of getting child portions for adult rates. Now does this picture picked at random demonstrate what I mean.

[High Cheese]

:huh:


Umm....do you have the recipe for that? (droool)

[sattie]

That does look good!!

[High Cheese]

Seriously though.

It's all a matter of taste. I actually like modern food like that and can deal with the portions for what they are. Certain foods, even though deliscious, you just do not want/need to eat a plate full. The one thing I do not like about modern dishes like the one you posted is the up-tight service that comes with it.

At the same time, I could eat a mountain of lasagna.

[joec]

Let me see it looks like two seared scallops a piece of fried salami on lettuce. It probably cost $50 a bite which is probably 3 or 4 bites. :confused:

[High Cheese]

I could make that oil with a slice of pepperoni pizza. :chef:

[PanchoHambre]

uh oh I sense two opinions... quick quick lock the tread before anyone disagrees:dizzy:

I dont mind fancy plating IF the food is good first...

I do not like my food to be little though unless its Tapas

and sometimes I want more sauce

I am not thrilled with the late "stacking" fad as sometimes it was annoying to eat.

[High Cheese]

uh oh I sense two opinions... quick quick lock the tread before anyone disagrees:dizzy:

LOL


I just wish I could get food like that in a diner atmosphere.

[joec]

No problems from me I am a big believer in live and let live. :flowers:

[High Cheese]

"Opinions are like azzholes..." no big deal.

"Locked thread"

You know which one really ticked me off, and there was ABSOLUTELY no call for it, the BBQ vs. Grilling thread. There was a decent discussion going on about who calls what what in different cultures. Then a mod comes in and locks it because they didn't agree with what was being written. So pathetic.

[lilylove]

Well Jeekinz... that's why we are all here. A lot of what happened over there was toooo silly to believe.

[joec]

Evidently someone likes their food in a pile in the middle of the plate or most of the places would go out of business. I just don't like it that way.

[High Cheese]

Well Jeekinz... that's why we are all here. A lot of what happened over there was toooo silly to believe.


I know, just that was really the first time I noticed it, and it was a long time ago. I just couldn't believe it.

[PanchoHambre]

LOL


I just wish I could get food like that in a diner atmosphere.

This place (http://www.jones-restaurant.com/) sort of does that not quite but sort of one of my favorite places here... and not too pricey

[sattie]

"Opinions are like azzholes..." no big deal.

"Locked thread"

You know which one really ticked me off, and there was ABSOLUTELY no call for it, the BBQ vs. Grilling thread. There was a decent discussion going on about who calls what what in different cultures. Then a mod comes in and locks it because they didn't agree with what was being written. So pathetic.


I went and read that thread... that was kinda stupid! If anything, the mods kept stirring up the fire! And the only reason it was closed is because it was getting on someone's nerves. I saw nothing in that thread that would warrant closing it... civil discussion was all I saw.

[Lefty]

People who block entire grocery store isles. That pisses me off big time. Its like the store is open just for them. :furious:

[lilylove]

I hate it when the car behind me has the radio on so loud that it makes my car wiggle and shake!

[sattie]

People who block entire grocery store isles. That pisses me off big time. Its like the store is open just for them. :furious:

Me too... I just stand there and stare at them (tapping my foot) until they get the hell out of my way.

[High Cheese]

Lol...

[lilylove]

speaking of grocery stores...why do they have to put the display boxes all over the place... they block the darn isles as much as other shoppers do!

[JoeV]

I went and read that thread... that was kinda stupid! If anything, the mods kept stirring up the fire! And the only reason it was closed is because it was getting on someone's nerves. I saw nothing in that thread that would warrant closing it... civil discussion was all I saw.

The Mods & Admins have the power to silence the masses. They are like spoiled children when they don't get their way, and their little undies get in a bunch. BTW, they don't like that little cliche either. I wonder which one of them will be the first to defect and join our ranks of misfits. We're damn sure a lot more fun than some of those stuffed shirts.

[QSis]

Me too... I just stand there and stare at them (tapping my foot) until they get the hell out of my way.

YOU, passive-aggressive, sattie? No way! LOL!

I say " 'scuse me", softly, politely and with a smile. If that doesn't work, I yell it, no smile.

Lee

[sattie]

Yea... it is kinda like we are all treated like 1st graders over there. Teachers check our posts for spelling and grammer....

Lily... my friend, he just mows over those display boxes with his cart and makes a mess! You can tell when he is in the store! "Clean up on asile 3" "Clean up on asile 8" ummmm "Clean up on asile 4"

[QSis]

LOL


I just wish I could get food like that in a diner atmosphere.

Now, see, I wish I could get diner food in that poshier atmosphere. :smile:

Speaking of small portions of good food, stacked on smears, has ironchef made it over here yet?

Lee

[joec]

Women do this way more than men. They will stop while going through a door to talk to their girl friends. It doesn't piss me off because I find it funny just how often it happens.

[PanchoHambre]

YOU, passive-aggressive, sattie? No way! LOL!

I say " 'scuse me", softly, politely and with a smile. If that doesn't work, I yell it, no smile.

Lee


I have had to just roll people out of my way...

Queens NY was the worst for this... just no etiquette

[sattie]

YOU, passive-aggressive, sattie? No way! LOL!

I say " 'scuse me", softly, politely and with a smile. If that doesn't work, I yell it, no smile.

Lee

Ok... here is how I see it, when I shop at the grocery store, I'm aware that I am not the only one there so I do watch for people and get out of their way when I see them coming. Since I go through the trouble of trying to be courteous to others while I am shopping, I expect the same. I have had people even look at me as I am coming and just stand there with their cart sprawled across the aisle. I'm usually very nice, but after a bit... I do tend to get irritated with folks.

OH OH OH... I was shopping one time and my cart was full and heavy... so I'm trying to push this monster and this ding-dong came flying out of the aisle with his cart (on his cell phone) and turned right in front of me, making me stop. All he had to do is wait till I got by! I almost chased him down... I was gonna run his azz over with my cart!!!

[lilylove]

"this ding-dong came flying out of the aisle with his cart (on his cell phone) "


Maybe, we should pass a new law... NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING~!!!

Wasn't the cell phone thread closed too over there...tooooo many opinions?

[sattie]

"this ding-dong came flying out of the aisle with his cart (on his cell phone) "


Maybe, we should pass a new law... NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING~!!!

Wasn't the cell phone thread closed too over there...tooooo many opinions?


Probably soooo... lets start one up over here!!! :w00t2:

[High Cheese]

Maybe, we should pass a new law... NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING~!!!

No problem. Mine has no friggin signal inside anyway.

Wife: "Don't forget to get re......sa......pl.....e.....ooo. ....ee....important."

I'm in the middle of the isle: "WHAT?! WHAT?! ..piece of shit phone.....WHAT?!" :dizzy:

[joec]

I wonder how people communicated before the damned cell phone was invented. I have a grand daughter that can't live without hers. I went 14 years without a phone the best years of my life too.

[High Cheese]

Wasn't the cell phone thread closed too over there...tooooo many opinions?

All cell phone threads except the iPhone thread were closed. :hide2:

[sattie]

I wonder how people communicated before the damned cell phone was invented. I have a grand daughter that can't live without hers. I went 14 years without a phone the best years of my life too.

Yea... I'm with you on that! I did not have one growing up... made it through just fine!!!! Now I watch kids riding on their skateboards down busy streets texting! (In the dark too!) Here's you sign!!!

[sattie]

All cell phone threads except the iPhone thread were closed. :hide2:

Surprise surprise!! I wonder why THAT is?

[High Cheese]

I wonder how people communicated before the damned cell phone was invented. I have a grand daughter that can't live without hers. I went 14 years without a phone the best years of my life too.

I remember growing up with the family biz. We thought we were hot stuff because whe had beepers! A box the size of a cash register that would beep and blink a red light. No screen...no number to call. You just called the office number when it went off.

Our first cell phone looked like this.....

http://unclutterer.com/wp-content/uploads/mt/070927-old-cell-phone.jpg


...and cost like $600 for 2 minutes. Was like holding a suitcase up to your noggin.

[PanchoHambre]

Something else that is irking me right now is THIS (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/business/29bonus.html?fta=y)
18B in bonuses! To the very people who screwed it all up to begin with.. with the GOVT bailout money....:thumb:

So basically I see it like this... my tax$ went to reward the dude who made my paycheck and my scant investments shrink... meanwhile we are closing fire engines, libraries and talking about reducing trash pick up (which only happens once a week)

Wow I wish I got a big sweet bonus when I messed up a project.:confused:

[chowhound]

All cell phone threads except the iPhone thread were closed. :hide2:

Imagine that. Look who over there has an iphone :rolleyes:

[PanchoHambre]

I wonder how people communicated before the damned cell phone was invented.
I have no idea.. if I leave mine at home on accident I am totally disconcerted...

I have been guiltty of some pretty bad cell phone behavior I will admit:wall:

[High Cheese]

Have you seen the PORK in the stimulus bill? http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr1_text.pdf

[sattie]

It's ok... at least you admit it. Hell, I can't find my cell half the time and leave it at home usually. So I miss what few calls I do get.

[joec]

Well I had 3 son's and a daughter but in those days only hard line telephones where available. I had a set rule in my house no phone calls made or received after 9 PM. Well I got woke up at 11:30 one evening by some 12 year old girl wanting to speak to my son. I was polite and told her he as in bed asleep and to call back before 9 PM the following day and hung up. The phone woke me up again about 1 AM and when I answered I go the blast of an air horn in my ear, end of phone for the next 14 years. I tore the phone off the wall and the lines out of the house at before I went to back to bed. Needless to say to this day I see someone with one of those hand held air horns I want to give them a free full contact karate lesson.

[PanchoHambre]

Have you seen the PORK in the stimulus bill? http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr1_text.pdf

I like Pork....

keeps me employed

[High Cheese]

Well I had 3 son's and a daughter but in those days only hard line telephones where available. I had a set rule in my house no phone calls made or received after 9 PM. Well I got woke up at 11:30 one evening by some 12 year old girl wanting to speak to my son. I was polite and told her he as in bed asleep and to call back before 9 PM the following day and hung up. The phone woke me up again about 1 AM and when I answered I go the blast of an air horn in my ear, end of phone for the next 14 years. I tore the phone off the wall and the lines out of the house at before I went to back to bed. Needless to say to this day I see someone with one of those hand held air horns I want to give them a free full contact karate lesson.

Holy smokes. I would have served jail-time.

[Lefty]

Well I had 3 son's and a daughter but in those days only hard line telephones where available. I had a set rule in my house no phone calls made or received after 9 PM. Well I got woke up at 11:30 one evening by some 12 year old girl wanting to speak to my son. I was polite and told her he as in bed asleep and to call back before 9 PM the following day and hung up. The phone woke me up again about 1 AM and when I answered I go the blast of an air horn in my ear, end of phone for the next 14 years. I tore the phone off the wall and the lines out of the house at before I went to back to bed. Needless to say to this day I see someone with one of those hand held air horns I want to give them a free full contact karate lesson.

Wow, I would have hunted them down!!!

[Calicolady]

Well I had 3 son's and a daughter but in those days only hard line telephones where available. I had a set rule in my house no phone calls made or received after 9 PM. Well I got woke up at 11:30 one evening by some 12 year old girl wanting to speak to my son. I was polite and told her he as in bed asleep and to call back before 9 PM the following day and hung up. The phone woke me up again about 1 AM and when I answered I go the blast of an air horn in my ear, end of phone for the next 14 years. I tore the phone off the wall and the lines out of the house at before I went to back to bed. Needless to say to this day I see someone with one of those hand held air horns I want to give them a free full contact karate lesson.

I am so cracking up here!
I love your style. That would be me to a T!
I did the opposite one time though.
In '90, I bought a Ford f250. With lift kit and snowplow, and big tires, it looked awesome.
Well living in Jersey at the time, with all the congestion, and absentminded drivers using cellphones, limo drivers coming out of "the city" and not knowing where the hell they were going, and buses & SUVs you can't see thru, that truck was a deathtrap. Not ever having a vehicle with front wheel drive, I didn't know how that functioned. Boy, in any vehicle without weight in the back, that was the worst idea in engineering history!

So, often having to jam on the breaks for moronic drivers, I'd press on the horn to no avail. They were all
in la la land.
But I got em good.
I had a friend install a dual horn airhorn wired to a button/switch to the left of the
stearing wheel. L O L!!!
I know know I could have cause a couple old ladies coronaries, but boy was it fun to press
that button and resurrect a # of braindead souls!

Little did I know how much worse drivers are here.
(Sure wish I had that truck again!)

[joec]

Thoughts of retroactive birth control still cross my mind from time to time, even now that they are grown with kids of their own.

[Deadly Sushi]

I have to say I dont disagree with ANYONES rant here! Every single one is a damn good one! And that plate of food Sattie provided... I could have eattin that in probably 2 bites and it probably cost $15 + dollars. One reason why I love sushi sooooooo much is its gourmet and its (90% of the time) reasonably priced AND good for you (minus blowfish :rolleyes: )

Soooo.... rep points for everyone!!! :beer::biggrin:

[sattie]

Sushi.... I think it was JoeC that posted that! LOL!

[Calicolady]

SHHHHH. You're getting Karma, ya DORK!

[Maverick2272]

Figures I arrive too late for the Karma, LOL!

My pet peeve, and it really really ticks me off, are those nut case drivers out on the road. Just the other day a woman in a minivan turned as I was coming down the road, I was so close when she did it I had to swerve into the other lane to avoid her... and guess what she did? Moved right over into the lane I had moved into! So I end up half way on the medium. When I look over at her, she is on the phone looking at something to her left.... she never even looked at traffic and no idea I was there.... until I let her have it with my horn.
Then I decided to have some fun with her, so I followed her around for awhile, and every time she looking in her mirror at me I gave her an evil look. She finally pulled into a parking space in front of a salon, so I stopped, gave her the 'I'm watching you' gesture, and drove off.
Even worse are the guys who think they are on a race track not a road. Or the ones that are in the left lane and speed up to get ahead of you just so they can turn into your lane, then slam on the brakes to make a right turn! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

[chowhound]

Drivers?
Don't forget about the ass that you're waiting for so you can pull out onto a different road, only to find they are gradually slowing down to make a turn onto your road. No signal of course. I always make sure to "signal" them, though.

[sattie]

SHHHHH. You're getting Karma, ya DORK!

That mean I get it back?

[Deadly Sushi]

Sushi.... I think it was JoeC that posted that! LOL!


I knew that. Just ahhhhhh.... checking...... something :whistle::hide:

[sattie]

Actually... TGM gets the DORK pin!

[Calicolady]

Mav. No one, NO ONE, from up north uses signals when they come down here for "SEASON". Add that to all the native morons.
They are too encumbered with cell in one hand, wheel in the other.
One time when I was with the dad, we happened to go the same place the screwy (not-ing) driver in front of us wound up. We got to the entrance to the place the same time as him and dad says, "excuse me, I see you're from (I won't say as to not offend any of my buds here). Nice car. Hey, since I haven't been up north since '85, you
mind if I ask you a question?"
The guy looked alittle impatient, but said, "no".
Dad says, "well I was wondering, do they now charge extra up there for directional signals and such?"
Again the guy says, "no.", more impatient.
Then dad says, "well then use your Fxxkin' signal."
The guy walked away in a huff. Tuff shit.
Now you gotta understand, I am not my father's daughter.
He's quiet, unassuming, never gets excited. I NEVER hear him curse. He was really angry and I didn't know it.
But LOL! he's one COOL DUDE!

Then last week I get an older woman behind me driving to beat the band. When I first see her she's at least a 1/2 mile behind me. Next thing OMG, where'd
her car go? All I see is glass and her eyeballs and feel something funny on my bottom! NO JOKE! She's riding my tail like I was a wheelbarrow. I'm doing almost 40 in a 30 mph zone. It's residental.
We get to the light where the road opens to 3 lanes each way. I go to make a right and stay on the right to go to the local supermarket and she stays behind me doing the same damned thing. What the what? Did she have the Fu*king Publisher's Clearing House Giveaway to give me or what?
So I do my parking and note where she went. I go in and do my little shopping, then I start hunting for my prey. LOL! I find her at the crowded deli counter.
Perfect!!! MAKE MY DAY!!!
I says loudly,(lol)"Who the hell gave you your driver's license? What the hell did you think I was doing waving to you to back off and tapping my brake lights? Drying my fingernails" On & on I went about 40 in a 30 mph residential blah, blah, blah.
Then I said, "When I can't see you headlights for a whole 2 miles in my rearview mirror, you're driving too
fu*cking close. BACK OFF."
Everyone who was pre-occupied with anything was listening.
Ya know what the weasel said? I'm asking, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID?"
"Oh, I didn't realize." THAT"S IT!!!
Oh, if I had a bat. OMG!
(Now I'm all pissed again) L O L !!!

[Maverick2272]

LOL, what a coincidence!! When ever I seem some one not using their turn signal, I will turn to the wife and say, "turn signals must have been an option on that particular model, and they opted not to get them."

[PanchoHambre]

Mav. No one, NO ONE, from up north uses signals when they come down here for "SEASON".!

Signaling is so '90s

[joec]

Something I will never miss about south Florida is the little old people driving those huge old cars that can's see over the dash at 5 mph on the express ways. Take a ride through West Palm Beach or points south to see what I mean.

[PanchoHambre]

Something I will never miss about south Florida is the little old people driving those huge old cars that can's see over the dash at 5 mph on the express ways. Take a ride through West Palm Beach or points south to see what I mean.

My grandmother is in her early 90's and occasionally takes the ol' Crown Vic out for a spin through WPB... scary

[joec]

I've probably been behind her then. :w00t2:

[Maverick2272]

Well, next time you are behind a little ol lady in a big ol car, pull her over and ask her if her grandson in Pancho!! LOL.

[VeraBlue]

I don't care for people who are visiting the folks across the street and park in front of my house. Why not park in front of the house you are visiting? This way if someone comes to visit me, they don't have to park down the street...

If you have to shovel snow along your sidewalk, please don't stop at the neighbour's line...leaving tiny little mountains like speed bumps along the way..go ahead and shovel on through:wink:

Cell phone users who distract their phone conversation by driving a car.

Gas and delivery surcharges. C'mon people, gas is down as low as it's ever been...how about pulling back those ridiculous surcharges?

Paying to check your suitcase. You know what...I'll do without your meager doling of petrified granola bars and tepid coffee if you'll agree to check my damn bag for free.

Boogie boarders who boogie board in a swim only surf...Oh yea, johnny dimwit has real control over that thing when there's a huge wave beind him. I love having your nuisance of a child constantly slamming eco unfriendly chunks of styrofoam into my back.

'do you want paper or plastic or both?'...geezelouise, people, get with the program and get yourselves some canvas reusable bags already. I live for the day when supermarkets start charging 5 cents for each bag of theirs you use. I apprecaite the nickle I save by bringing my own bags. Keep it till it totals a standing rib roast, and then let me walk out with that while whistles and bells toot and toll. Maybe then people will get the picture. And no, I don't buy how you reuse all the plastic bags for this that or the other thing...With the exception of picking up the poop, there is nothing you need a plastic bag for that a reusable bag cannot handle. As for the poop.....

When are they going to invent some powder that you can sprinkle on your pup's poop that will make it disintegrate?? Yea, we can clone sheep and cows that the majority of society would be scared to death to eat...but we cannot make dog poop disappear.

And for the smokers out there The earth is not your ashtray! Quit tossing your coals out your car windows and all over the sidewalks. It's the epitome of 'I don't give a shit how I effect the environment' attitude and it sucks.

[BamsBBQ]

"Opinions are like azzholes..." no big deal.

"Locked thread"

You know which one really ticked me off, and there was ABSOLUTELY no call for it, the BBQ vs. Grilling thread. There was a decent discussion going on about who calls what what in different cultures. Then a mod comes in and locks it because they didn't agree with what was being written. So pathetic.

grill whats that?..lmao

i can count on one hand how many times i used my grill as a grill in the last 6 months..lol

[Maverick2272]

I don't care for people who are visiting the folks across the street and park in front of my house. Why not park in front of the house you are visiting? This way if someone comes to visit me, they don't have to park down the street...

That drives me nuts as well, especially when they cross the street and walk six houses down... where there's no cars parked!!

If you have to shovel snow along your sidewalk, please don't stop at the neighbour's line...leaving tiny little mountains like speed bumps along the way..go ahead and shovel on through:wink:

Our next door neighbor is like that, stops right at the property line, I have even caught him eyeing where he stopped to make sure he didn't go over even by an inch!



And for the smokers out there The earth is not your ashtray! Quit tossing your coals out your car windows and all over the sidewalks. It's the epitome of 'I don't give a shit how I effect the environment' attitude and it sucks.

I SWEAR that aint me!!! Of course I have quit now so it definitely isn't me!! But I always figured that is what ashtrays are for!

[PanchoHambre]

I've probably been behind her then. :w00t2:

probably... if she has 3/4 a pastrami sandwich..1/2 a bowl of soup... an entire basket of rolls and all the sweet n' low she could swipe in her purse that's her

[PanchoHambre]

When are they going to invent some powder that you can sprinkle on your pup's poop that will make it disintegrate?? Yea, we can clone sheep and cows that the majority of society would be scared to death to eat...but we cannot make dog poop disappear.



that's a genius idea Vera... make someone a mint that will...like white out

some awesome info-mercial potential too for poop-be-gone

[joec]

Pancho:
Yes I think I know her.

Vera:
Oh and I'm with Buddy on this though I smoke and will till it kills me or something else does. I don't smoke in the car, house or anyone building. I have ash trays on my porch that get dumped after each butt goes completely out. I hate picking up cigarette butts on our property daily but it is all out doors.

[joec]

that's a genius idea Vera... make someone a mint that will...like white out

some awesome info-mercial potential too for poop-be-gone

Or a service such as http://www.poopbgoneinc.com/

[PieSusan]

I can't stand politicians who think they are economists, when in fact they are nothing more than thieving Socialist bastards. i'm talking specifically about the Messiah's Pork-U-Lus package that our kids and grandkids will be burdened with for the next 50 years just so these Pinkos can entrench themselves in bigger and more intrusive government. Even more insane are the people who think this a good thing, and will be led over the edge of the cliff like so many sheep being led to the slaughter.

Wake up America, and get your head out of your ass.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/flyfishohio/head_up_ass.jpg

Ahhhhh...now I feel better with that off my chest.

Gee, JoeV, tell us really how you feel!:ohmy::whistling::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum:

[PieSusan]

My Internet List of Pet Peeves:

1. I don't like flaming and flame wars
2. I don't like sock puppets (see wikipedia for definition)
3. I don't like shenanigans (see wikipedia for definition)
4. I don't like people who claim to be for freedom of speech until you disagree with them.
5. I don't like name calling, can't you disagree without resorting to being disrespectful.
6. I don't like Big Brother or 1984 tactics when threads disappear or parts of threads disappear unless it is the author themselves who chooses to delete their post.
7. I don't like to be treated like I have half a brain because I have two boobs.
8. I don't like to be put in a box because of my religion, gender, or nationality.
9. I don't like to be expected to always be consistent. I am a human being and I am not always consistent. I make mistakes--we all do. I at least try to admit when I am wrong and say I am sorry.
10. I don't like cliques with cutsie names. I am not in high school nor do I wish to relive that experience.
11. If you have a family heirloom recipe and don't want to share it, fine but don't post it and leave something out so that the recipe doesn't work.
12. I don't like to be treated like a child. I absolutely hate it when people have to have the last word and won't let an argument go. (although I have been known to be guilty of that one from time to time but I am really trying not to be like that)
13. I hate when people seek phony sympathy and lie online or search for an excuse to be able to continue their own bad behavior.
14. I hate internet stalkers who won't seem to take no for an answer.

[sattie]

My Internet List of Pet Peeves:

1. I don't like flaming and flame wars
2. I don't like sock puppets (see wikipedia for definition)
3. I don't like shenanigans (see wikipedia for definition)
4. I don't like people who claim to be for freedom of speech until you disagree with them.
5. I don't like name calling, can't you disagree without resorting to being disrespectful.
6. I don't like Big Brother or 1984 tactics when threads disappear or parts of threads disappear unless it is the author themselves who chooses to delete their post.
7. I don't like to be treated like I have half a brain because I have two boobs.
8. I don't like to be put in a box because of my religion, gender, or nationality.
9. I don't like to be expected to always be consistent. I am a human being and I am not always consistent. I make mistakes--we all do. I at least try to admit when I am wrong and say I am sorry.
10. I don't like cliques with cutsie names. I am not in high school nor do I wish to relive that experience.
11. If you have a family heirloom recipe and don't want to share it, fine but don't post it and leave something out so that the recipe doesn't work.
12. I don't like to be treated like a child. I absolutely hate it when people have to have the last word and won't let an argument go. (although I have been known to be guilty of that one from time to time but I am really trying not to be like that)
13. I hate when people seek phony sympathy and lie online or search for an excuse to be able to continue their own bad behavior.
14. I hate internet stalkers who won't seem to take no for an answer.


Very well said Susan... I would give you karma, but I'm all out!

[PieSusan]

^Thanks, Sattie. It is the thought that counts. :-)

[sattie]

I don't care for people who are visiting the folks across the street and park in front of my house. Why not park in front of the house you are visiting? This way if someone comes to visit me, they don't have to park down the street...

If you have to shovel snow along your sidewalk, please don't stop at the neighbour's line...leaving tiny little mountains like speed bumps along the way..go ahead and shovel on through:wink:

Cell phone users who distract their phone conversation by driving a car.

Gas and delivery surcharges. C'mon people, gas is down as low as it's ever been...how about pulling back those ridiculous surcharges?

Paying to check your suitcase. You know what...I'll do without your meager doling of petrified granola bars and tepid coffee if you'll agree to check my damn bag for free.

Boogie boarders who boogie board in a swim only surf...Oh yea, johnny dimwit has real control over that thing when there's a huge wave beind him. I love having your nuisance of a child constantly slamming eco unfriendly chunks of styrofoam into my back.

'do you want paper or plastic or both?'...geezelouise, people, get with the program and get yourselves some canvas reusable bags already. I live for the day when supermarkets start charging 5 cents for each bag of theirs you use. I apprecaite the nickle I save by bringing my own bags. Keep it till it totals a standing rib roast, and then let me walk out with that while whistles and bells toot and toll. Maybe then people will get the picture. And no, I don't buy how you reuse all the plastic bags for this that or the other thing...With the exception of picking up the poop, there is nothing you need a plastic bag for that a reusable bag cannot handle. As for the poop.....

When are they going to invent some powder that you can sprinkle on your pup's poop that will make it disintegrate?? Yea, we can clone sheep and cows that the majority of society would be scared to death to eat...but we cannot make dog poop disappear.

And for the smokers out there The earth is not your ashtray! Quit tossing your coals out your car windows and all over the sidewalks. It's the epitome of 'I don't give a shit how I effect the environment' attitude and it sucks.


YAY Vera!!! Amen to the canvas bags! That is all I use... and for everything

Amen about the smoking and tossing your butts all over the dang place!

As for the dog poop... I believe there is a way (http://www.petstreetmall.com/Dog-Waste-Disposal-Systems/460.html) to deal with it, but it still requires you to pick it up.

[lilylove]

The earth is not your ashtray! Quit tossing your coals out your car windows and all over the sidewalks. It's the epitome of 'I don't give a shit how I effect the environment' attitude and it sucks.


and for heavens sake...it is littering to empty the whole dang ash tray in the safeway parking lot!! Oh goodness I hate that!!!

[PanchoHambre]

Pancho:
Yes I think I know her.


LOL... She's single and looking... ok she is sort of dating her first husband but that's just because he's not afraid to drive on the freeway:ohmy:

[joec]

LOL... She's single and looking... ok she is sort of dating her first husband but that's just because he's not afraid to drive on the freeway:ohmy:

That is ok partner, I'm into older women but that is about 60 max not older than my mother would be. :whistling:

[Deadly Sushi]

The earth is not your ashtray! Quit tossing your coals out your car windows and all over the sidewalks. It's the epitome of 'I don't give a shit how I effect the environment' attitude and it sucks.


and for heavens sake...it is littering to empty the whole dang ash tray in the safeway parking lot!! Oh goodness I hate that!!!

Agreed! Its VERY easy to dump that crap in a can!

[heb1976]

What about people who blow their nose in the middle of the restaurant instead of going to the bathroom to do so? That is the most disgusting thing ever.

Using the restroom anywhere in public and people not washing their hands. I mean seriously? My children (4 & 8) wash their hands after wards and when we leave the bathroom, if there are the air dryers instead of paper towels, they pull their sleeves down to grab the door handle or they use the paper towel to open it. That is so gross. Can you tell I have a phobia of public restrooms?

[joec]

What about people who blow their nose in the middle of the restaurant instead of going to the bathroom to do so? That is the most disgusting thing ever.

Using the restroom anywhere in public and people not washing their hands. I mean seriously? My children (4 & 8) wash their hands after wards and when we leave the bathroom, if there are the air dryers instead of paper towels, they pull their sleeves down to grab the door handle or they use the paper towel to open it. That is so gross. Can you tell I have a phobia of public restrooms?

Didn't your mama teach you not to piss on your hands? :yankchain:

Just messing with you a bit and I do agree with you on both counts.

[Calicolady]

http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/img/education/angry-prof.gif L O L!!!!!!!!!!!!!

karma, baby!

[heb1976]

Oh you are right ... I don't pee on my hands, I don't even sit on the toilet seat ... I hover ... it's the other's that do along with peeing on the toilet seat. Which is another thing that pisses me off. Wipe it off for heaven's sake. I would hate to see some of these people's houses.

Didn't your mama teach you not to piss on your hands? :yankchain:

Just messing with you a bit and I do agree with you on both counts.

[sattie]

What about people who blow their nose in the middle of the restaurant instead of going to the bathroom to do so? That is the most disgusting thing ever.


LOL!! DH and I were just talking about this when we went out to eat earlier. I sneezed and the ladies in the booth next to us immediately started talking about blowing your nose at the table of resturaunts. I don't like it either and would prefer that one gets up and excuses themselves to the restroom. But I guess these ladies thought I blew my nose or something... I wanted to reach over and slap em!

[homecook]

What about people who blow their nose in the middle of the restaurant instead of going to the bathroom to do so? That is the most disgusting thing ever.



OMG that just happened when we went out to dinner tonight. First it was the guy at the table and about 10 minutes later it was the woman. I'm talking honkin blowing noses. They were sitting at a table that couldn't have been more than 6 steps to the restroom!! My dh had to hold me back, because I normally will say something. We were about 4 tables over and if they would have been closer :censored:.


Barb

[Deadly Sushi]

you know what pisses ME off!??!?

People that get jobs because they "know" someone. They usually are JERKS and they get the jobs because "daddy" know someone. :soapbox::soapbox::soapbox:

[Doc]

6. I don't like Big Brother or 1984 tactics when threads disappear or parts of threads disappear unless it is the author themselves who chooses to delete their post.


I agree Susan. I was a member of a forum where this happened all the time.
This reminds me of a point I will add into the rules but this is a good place to mention it. Please everyone, think before you post. You have 60 minutes after your post to edit your message. Up until that time you can change your post as you wish. Once that 60 minutes is up do not request that your post be removed. It won't happen. What you type will stand unless the post breaks a rule. Okey dokey. :D

[Calicolady]

Thanks for the info. My lesson for the day.
Does that work in reverse?
If we delete can we request it brought back? - I'm only half serious about that question. But ya never know with me. LOL!

[BamsBBQ]

here saw this and had to post it..lol

http://i39.tinypic.com/33vhv2c.jpg

another thing that pisses me off is when people put tiny rims and tires on a 4X4...what is the point??? come on its a TRUCK!!!

and big rims but no practical use on a 4X4 - where yah gonna go 4X4ing in that...a sandbox?..lol
http://www.fastcoolcars.com/images/pimpedcars1/40inch-chrome-rims.jpg

or cars with 26" rims...wtf??? if u want it to look like a truck, drive a truck..lol

http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/content/binary/pimped.jpg

[Lauren]

Ok... here is how I see it, when I shop at the grocery store, I'm aware that I am not the only one there so I do watch for people and get out of their way when I see them coming. Since I go through the trouble of trying to be courteous to others while I am shopping, I expect the same. I have had people even look at me as I am coming and just stand there with their cart sprawled across the aisle. I'm usually very nice, but after a bit... I do tend to get irritated with folks.

OH OH OH... I was shopping one time and my cart was full and heavy... so I'm trying to push this monster and this ding-dong came flying out of the aisle with his cart (on his cell phone) and turned right in front of me, making me stop. All he had to do is wait till I got by! I almost chased him down... I was gonna run his azz over with my cart!!!
What's even more fun, pull over so as not to block anyone then have a woman run smack ass into the back of you nearly knocking you down , then stop and start yelling at you for getting in her way!!!
Such a nice lady..I still have the scar from the cut on the back of my leg..Wonder if she can hear yet...
Lauren:sorry:

[Calicolady]

What pisses me off is those gals from Lodi, NJ and don't introduce themselves at the party. LOL!
Welcome Lauren. Glad you found us.
Go 'head. Live dangerously and post an intro thread.
We need more women here.

[Lauren]

What pisses me off is those gals from Lodi, NJ and don't introduce themselves at the party. LOL!
Welcome Lauren. Glad you found us.
Go 'head. Live dangerously and post an intro thread.
We need more women here.


OOOOOPs, will do:wave:
Lauren

[homecook]

What pisses me off is those gals from Lodi, NJ and don't introduce themselves at the party. LOL!
Welcome Lauren. Glad you found us.
Go 'head. Live dangerously and post an intro thread.
We need more women here.

You tell her!!!:applause:

Welcome Lauren!!:flowers:


Barb

[Calicolady]

Funny Bams. I have the same pic,
http://telcontar.net/Misc/pics/free-range-children.jpg
http://www.freewebs.com/foshizelpictures/sign1.bmp and this one.

[sattie]

What's even more fun, pull over so as not to block anyone then have a woman run smack ass into the back of you nearly knocking you down , then stop and start yelling at you for getting in her way!!!
Such a nice lady..I still have the scar from the cut on the back of my leg..Wonder if she can hear yet...
Lauren:sorry:

Seriously??? Getting wounded for something like that would irritate me! Hey girl, good to have you!!!

[VeraBlue]

What pisses me off is those gals from Lodi, NJ and don't introduce themselves at the party. LOL!
Welcome Lauren. Glad you found us.
Go 'head. Live dangerously and post an intro thread.
We need more women here.
Hey, who do you know in Lodi???

[joec]

here saw this and had to post it..lol

another thing that pisses me off is when people put tiny rims and tires on a 4X4...what is the point??? come on its a TRUCK!!!

and big rims but no practical use on a 4X4 - where yah gonna go 4X4ing in that...a sandbox?..lol
http://www.fastcoolcars.com/images/pimpedcars1/40inch-chrome-rims.jpg

or cars with 26" rims...wtf??? if u want it to look like a truck, drive a truck..lol

http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/content/binary/pimped.jpg

Every time I see one of these I expect to see 6 Clydesdales pulling it and two guys, one with a shot gun sitting on the roof above the wind shield like a stage couch. :dizzy:

[buckytom]

hopefully, this won't be another one, joe. :huh:

:yum:

[Deadly Sushi]

You want some advise? Too bad, cuz I like you and I'm going to give it to you anyway.

Quit worrying about everybody else and do something to change your own situation.Yeah, getting pissed is OK for about 30 seconds, then it's time to move on and create something for yourself. Don't know what to do? Go to the library and check out the book What Color is Your Parachute. Read it, follow its instructions, and you'll be more focused than you ever were in your life. Or, you can sit around and piss & moan about the limp-wristed punk who's daddy got him a job but didn't give you one.


Huh? :confused: Not to sure where youre coming from but I dont like people that get jobs because their daddy is a friend and the kid is not qualified.
The way you responded seems to tell me that you got YOUR job because of your daddy. :rolleyes:

[PieSusan]

I agree Susan. I was a member of a forum where this happened all the time.
This reminds me of a point I will add into the rules but this is a good place to mention it. Please everyone, think before you post. You have 60 minutes after your post to edit your message. Up until that time you can change your post as you wish. Once that 60 minutes is up do not request that your post be removed. It won't happen. What you type will stand unless the post breaks a rule. Okey dokey. :D

Wow, thanks for the heads up. On my oldest board, we could delete posts any time we wanted. I didn't know there was only an hour to do so here.

You should have that in all caps:
THINK BEFORE YOU POST ONLY 60 MINUTES TO CHANGE YOUR MIND AND DELETE WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN.

Doc, do you think you can alter that slightly? If we really are sorry for something that we have posted could we ask you to kindly delete something? I don't think I would want my stupidity and errors to be seen in perpetuity.

Edited to add: I see a big difference between a mod deleting a post or thread that I have written than my being able to self-edit myself.

[buckytom]

that's kinda weird.

you mean, i can be vicious, to the purile investiture of those who are both kindred and online at the time, and then delete my parlay within an hour.

a guy must run this place, 'cause chicks do that all the time.

[Deadly Sushi]

Wow, thanks for the heads up. On my oldest board, we could delete posts any time we wanted. I didn't know there was only an hour to do so here.

You should have that in all caps:
THINK BEFORE YOU POST ONLY 60 MINUTES TO CHANGE YOUR MIND AND DELETE WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN.

Doc, do you think you can alter that slightly? If we really are sorry for something that we have posted could we ask you to kindly delete something? I don't think I would want my stupidity and errors to be seen in perpetuity.

Edited to add: I see a big difference between a mod deleting a post or thread that I have written than my being able to self-edit myself.

Not sure that can be altered. 60 minutes though is plenty of time to change your post if you see an error. If you dont see one, Im sure someone else will point it out :lol:

[Deadly Sushi]

that's kinda weird.

you mean, i can be vicious, to the purile investiture of those who are both kindred and online at the time, and then delete my parlay within an hour.

a guy must run this place, 'cause chicks do that all the time.


You rock Buckytom!!! Rep points for YOU!!!! :thumb::clap::clap:

[sattie]

Huh? :confused: Not to sure where youre coming from but I dont like people that get jobs because their daddy is a friend and the kid is not qualified.
The way you responded seems to tell me that you got YOUR job because of your daddy. :rolleyes:


Who told you that Sushi?

[GreenWannabe]

I'm peeved by automated telephone systems that there is no way to get to a human. I'm even more peeved when I reach a human only to find out that for them, english is a foreign language, and no matter what you tell them, they have canned responses and cannot handle the problem as well as the computer could - if it could. Chat sessions are almost as bad.

As far a friends finding jobs, I have two very good friends (also extremely competent) from my last company, whose former co-workers or supervisors went expressley looking for them to fill jobs for which they were uinquely qualified. In both cases, the jobs came seeking them.

It seems to me that more jobs are found these days through networking than through newspaper ads, monster, or other methods where the parties are unknown to each other. I have been able to help several workers who were laid off to find jobs through my personal contacts. YMMV.

Fred

[chowhound]

I hear ya, Fred. You push half a dozen buttons to get a person, and then you can only hope their accent isn't too heavy when you do.
If I had my say in automated response systems they would start out with, Press one for English, Press two to disconnect until you learn how.

And I hate the "tiered" tech support system. I know how to unplug my TV and plug it back in. I pressed 4 for tech support because that's who I wanted. Not customer support until they realize my problem needs "escalated" to someone who knows what they're doing.... Sheesh....

[joec]

I just love it when the this is Ahmad just call me Fred. I actually get Dell's America side since I purchase my office computer though their business side which is always someone here. The home side and you get India or Pakistan mostly. DirecTv seems to always be in the states but then we have a business account with them too.

[ms_sue]

I can't stand politicians who think they are economists, when in fact they are nothing more than thieving Socialist bastards. i'm talking specifically about the Messiah's Pork-U-Lus package that our kids and grandkids will be burdened with for the next 50 years just so these Pinkos can entrench themselves in bigger and more intrusive government. Even more insane are the people who think this a good thing, and will be led over the edge of the cliff like so many sheep being led to the slaughter.

Wake up America, and get your head out of your ass.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/flyfishohio/head_up_ass.jpg

Ahhhhh...now I feel better with that off my chest.

Hi, JoeV. I think we've messaged before. Just wanted to let you know that I signed up after seeing this post of yours.

I am a liberal who is thrilled that we have an intelligent person in charge now. I am neither a sheep, nor a bastard, nor a socialist, just someone who thinks your crass, Limbaugh-ish blowhard language is the last thing we need now.

I hope the stimulus package is reworked a bit, but we need action now. Your unregulated "let the market do what it want" ilk has had their chance. You have no viable options other than let more people get in soup lines.

Sorry you're so upset. I hope things look up for you. And I hope that those who perpetrated the incredible number of injustices over the last eight years never sleep well again.

Cheers.

[PieSusan]

Hi, JoeV. I think we've messaged before. Just wanted to let you know that I signed up after seeing this post of yours.

I am a liberal who is thrilled that we have an intelligent person in charge now. I am neither a sheep, nor a bastard, nor a socialist, just someone who thinks your crass, Limbaugh-ish blowhard language is the last thing we need now.

I hope the stimulus package is reworked a bit, but we need action now. Your unregulated "let the market do what it want" ilk has had their chance. You have no viable options other than let more people get in soup lines.

Sorry you're so upset. I hope things look up for you. And I hope that those who perpetrated the incredible number of injustices over the last eight years never sleep well again.

Cheers.

ms_sue, I totally understand your political point of view and you are entitled to it but I would appreciate it if you would refrain from the name-calling. You could probably have an interesting discussion about issues with JoeV but once you start name calling it will degrade and just become nasty. I assume that you are an intelligent woman and can make your points and argue the issues instead of comparing JoeV to Rush Limbaugh.

[ms_sue]

ms_sue, I totally understand your political point of view and you are entitled to it but I would appreciate it if you would refrain from the name-calling. You could probably have an interesting discussion about issues with JoeV but once you start name calling it will degrade and just become nasty. I assume that you are an intelligent woman and can make your points and argue the issues instead of comparing JoeV to Rush Limbaugh.

Thank you for your input, PieSusan. I found his post to be outrageously insulting to a large group of people. And I did not compare him to Rush. I compared his rhetoric to that of Rush's.

[Deadly Sushi]

I'm peeved by automated telephone systems that there is no way to get to a human. I'm even more peeved when I reach a human only to find out that for them, english is a foreign language, and no matter what you tell them, they have canned responses and cannot handle the problem as well as the computer could - if it could. Chat sessions are almost as bad.

As far a friends finding jobs, I have two very good friends (also extremely competent) from my last company, whose former co-workers or supervisors went expressley looking for them to fill jobs for which they were uinquely qualified. In both cases, the jobs came seeking them.

It seems to me that more jobs are found these days through networking than through newspaper ads, monster, or other methods where the parties are unknown to each other. I have been able to help several workers who were laid off to find jobs through my personal contacts. YMMV.

Fred

Excellent points! Im despise automated systems that take a map to navigate! Also regarding jobs, if they are qualified they SHOULD get those jobs.


What does everyone think about those Red Light Cameras? :shock:

[PieSusan]

Thank you for your input, PieSusan. I found his post to be outrageously insulting to a large group of people. And I did not compare him to Rush. I compared his rhetoric to that of Rush's.

The same could be said for your rhetoric by those who disagree with you.

I am an Independent who has some experience with working with the White House advance team and have seen first hand how things are done to make this country work. I like to hear all points of view and love the market place of ideas. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer who loves to bash and be mean-spirited. It is part of his schtick. I believe that JoeV is worried about the debt and that we are saddling our children and our children's children with an enormous burden. He perceives this to be the fault of the Democrats because they had controlled Congress. I don't agree with him. I think it is the fault of both parties.

See the difference--I do not have to denigrate JoeV's point of view to make my own.

[PanchoHambre]

ok on a number of previous posts

Politics... I am a Liberal I have hopes for Obama... I hated BushII lived in TX under him and saw what he was about early.... Still I am skeptical and watching closely... What I think we need more than anything is intelligent debate. The bush years were all about ask no questions... if the obama supportors do the same what's the point. There needs to be scrutiny and many opinions need to be heard,,, PLEASE hash it out debate discuss etc if we cant have diffent opinions what's the point... I always want to hear from those I disagree with that's how I learn.

So far as Telephone service WOW I am sick of talking to Dubai... and this is nothing against the individual human beings answering the phones they are just people doing a job but they have not been equipped to deal.... I need someone who understands me.. cut to the chase... yes I unplugged replugged ect they've been out 3 times this week here's what's going on... blah balh balh talking to someone reading a script who cannot converse with me, who does not even have access to the needed information is worthless. On top of this they lie... I have cought both Sprint and Earthlink in bold faced absurd lies... I no longer deal with either but Verizon has been no better.

ARGH

edit to add

on the jobs thing... depends

People like to hire by referrals... I have friends I would recommend because I know they are talented and hard working a personal rec can go far...on the other hand I have had several boss's son/daughter experiences that were pretty bad... all about entitlement non of the work ethic the original boss had but wanted all the respect... recipe for disaster. Certainly not a universal issue but pretty common.

[Deadly Sushi]

:yum::yum: NOOOOOOW its getting interesting!!!!

A debate!!!!!! Remember, no personal attacks. Just opinions, ideas.... yadda yadda yadda......


personally Im an independant. I think BOTH sides are full of crap. :thumb:

[PieSusan]

ok on a number of previous posts

Politics... I am a Liberal I have hopes for Obama... I hated BushII lived in TX under him and saw what he was about early.... Still I am skeptical and watching closely... What I think we need more than anything is intelligent debate. The bush years were all about ask no questions... if the obama supportors do the same what's the point. There needs to be scrutiny and many opinions need to be heard,,, PLEASE hash it out debate discuss etc if we cant have diffent opinions what's the point... I always want to hear from those I disagree with that's how I learn. in part

I agree with you on all accounts. I love to hear all different opinions. I just think that we can respectfully disagree. That is the only point that I was trying to make. I am liberal on some issues and conservative on others. I am not a member of either party and never have been.

[ms_sue]

The same could be said for your rhetoric by those who disagree with you.

I am an Independent who has some experience with working with the White House advance team and have seen first hand how things are done to make this country work. I like to hear all points of view and love the market place of ideas. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer who loves to bash and be mean-spirited. It is part of his schtick. I believe that JoeV is worried about the debt and that we are saddling our children and our children's children with an enormous burden. He perceives this to be the fault of the Democrats because they had controlled Congress. I don't agree with him. I think it is the fault of both parties.

See the difference--I do not have to denigrate JoeV's point of view to make my own.

Well, PieSusan, you are obviously a better person than I, maybe even a bit condescending in a lecturing kind of way?

I have no problem with reasonable discourse. But I didn't see it here. I just sort of take umbrage at inflammatory language that includes "socialist," "pinko," and the ever-delightful "Messiah."

And I spoke my mind in the way that I saw fit with regard to this particular post. I really don't think that I was all that harsh. My words may not have appealed to you, but frankly, I can't help that.

P.S. The statement that the Dems controlled Congress is misleading. They Repubs had a majority during some of the GWB years.

[Deadly Sushi]

Well, PieSusan, you are obviously a better person than I, maybe even a bit condescending in a lecturing kind of way?

I have no problem with reasonable discourse. But I didn't see it here. I just sort of take umbrage at inflammatory language that includes "socialist," "pinko," and the ever-delightful "Messiah."

And I spoke my mind in the way that I saw fit with regard to this particular post. I really don't think that I was all that harsh. My words may not have appealed to you, but frankly, I can't help that.

P.S. The statement that the Dems controlled Congress is misleading. They Repubs had a majority during some of the GWB years.


Well now..... See..... this is a good thing! You saw something that pissed you off and you said something about it. Nothing wrong with that. I encourage it even. BUUUUUT.... this is getting a tad personal:

maybe even a bit condescending in a lecturing kind of way?

Water off a ducks back folks. Remember dont get personal. Just opinions, ideas and facts and why you think youre correct. :thumb:

[heb1976]

In my opinion, a politician is a politician whether he is Dem, Rep, or Ind. They all lie to get where they want. I don't trust any of them. I pay my taxes, I pay my bills, I love my country. That is all I can do. I will support whoever is in office - but I do not have to agree with them. Am I scared? Hell yeah! Am I optimistic, hardly! Don't take this the wrong way, but Jesus Christ himself could be running this country and I would still be scared.

[Deadly Sushi]

In my opinion, a politician is a politician whether he is Dem, Rep, or Ind. They all lie to get where they want. I don't trust any of them. I pay my taxes, I pay my bills, I love my country. That is all I can do. I will support whoever is in office - but I do not have to agree with them. Am I scared? Hell yeah! Am I optimistic, hardly! Don't take this the wrong way, but Jesus Christ himself could be running this country and I would still be scared.


Yup! I feel the same way. But if Jesus was in charge now THAT would be something! No meat on Fridays :( :yum:

[heb1976]

No meat on Fridays :( :yum:

Good one!! :thumb:

[Deadly Sushi]

Good one!! :thumb:

Why thank you! :tiphat:


OK... no one has an opinion of Red Light Cameras? :unsure:

[ms_sue]

"maybe even a bit condescending in a lecturing kind of way?"

Personal? Perhaps. But it was very true.

[sattie]

My neighborhood is flooded with red light cameras!!! I'm not sure how I feel about them... as I see so many people running the lights, it is absolutely dangerous what people will do to save a few seconds/minutes. But at the same time, I'm not sure that the cameras are the answer. Seems more like a revenue generating tactic to me.

[heb1976]

I really don't get those. But I guess when you don't have enough officers to patrol, big brother has to step in.

Why don't they put cameras or speed trackers around the school zones. I am so sick of people speeding through them.

[Deadly Sushi]

I really don't get those. But I guess when you don't have enough officers to patrol, big brother has to step in.

Why don't they put cameras or speed trackers around the school zones. I am so sick of people speeding through them.


Well for many reasons those things are against many State constitutions. There must be a officer that not only takes the reading but also personally give you the ticket.

[VeraBlue]

I'm all for red light cameras! An amber light is not supposed to be interpreted as 'hurry up regardless that you are still half a block away from the intersection'. If you are not at the light when it turns amber you really are supposed to stop!

I wish they could rig the driver seat so that cell phones won't work in that small space. It would force drivers to get hands free devices that could permit the phone to be outside the box. If you hold it in that zone, it won't work. Barring that, perhaps the car won't work unless both hands are on the wheel....? Take one off for more than 15 seconds and horrifying alarms at unbearable decibles will peal unmercifully.

What do you think about motorcycle drivers who weave in and out of slow moving or stopped traffiic? Personally, I'm not sure how I feel about it. Sure, I'd like to open my car door when I see one of them getting passed me:poke:...but if you've got a small enough vehicle to get around the traffic without actually going off the road (like onto the shoulder) then why shouldn't you?

[cara]

I do not see a problem with that red light cams (now that I found out what you mean ;o) )
If people drive too fast or cross red lights, it's their own fault and they shouldn't complain about that.
If they have driven like they should nothing would have happened.

using the cell phone without a - you call it hand free device? - hand free device is forbidden by law in Germany.
It costs some money and earns you some points in Flensburg (when you have a certain amount (17?19?) they confiscate your driving license)..

the same with that motorcycle thing.. it's forbidden but that doesn't stop people doing that.. we had it once in a jam at the autobahn that a motorcycler came from behind and the space was real narrow.. and if I say narrow, I mean narrow..
he had problems getting throught the cars, was about to touch the mirrors and when one car just behind us narrowed the space to make him stop in line he just kicked the car!! :ohmy:

[AllenOK]

Last night, I went to bed. In trying to get comfortable, I realized that my stomach was FULL. I didn't think I ate that much for dinner...

Well, after 2 hours of tossing and turning, if anything, my stomach was even MORE full that when I went to bed. Great........

A couple hours later, I hit a critical level and had to make a mad dash for the bathroom. Needless to say, I didn't make it. Now I've got a mess to clean up.

I went back to bed, still tossing and turning, but not quite as bloated as before. Around 0500, here comes Round #2. This time I was prepared.

I finally managed to get about an hour of sleep. I am NOT looking forward to working today.

[Doc]

I'm all for red light cameras! An amber light is not supposed to be interpreted as 'hurry up regardless that you are still half a block away from the intersection'. If you are not at the light when it turns amber you really are supposed to stop!



I agree amber means stop, not gun it. And I was for red light cameras until politics and money got in the way.
Cities can increase revenue by adding the red light cameras. Then, as with all things computerized the company starts tweaking it. What if we make the yellow light change quicker, They get more tickets. So municipalities have been messing with things to screw over motorists to make more cash. :pat: They took what could have been a good thing and tainted it with their greed, now I don't trust them. No easy answer for sure.

[cara]

In Germany there is a law *again* how long the amber light phase is.. depending on the speed limit...

[joec]

I have a bit of a problem with camera type ticket writers on a lot of grounds. First it is really unconstitutional in that you have the right to examine your accuser which it tough to do with a machine or camera in this case. Secondly supposed you lone your car to a son, daughter or relative and they get nailed, you get the ticket as they usually simply take a shot of the back of the car to get the license plate number. Again that is also a bit of a problem. Now if these things could be address I might trust it a bit more but for now I don't want to see a 1984 solution to our problems.

[Maverick2272]

Reminds of something I read once, probably a joke or urban legend. It goes something like this:
Guy runs a red light, and the camera gets a shot of him. The police send him a ticket plus the photo of him running the red light. The guy sends back a picture of money instead of actual money. The police send back a picture of handcuffs, LOL.

A lot of the cameras around here are set back and aimed so they get both the front and back of the car.. the front as it comes thru the light and the back so they can get the license plate. This way they have a picture of the person driving the car.
Still not sure how it works when someone else is driving your car, but I think the idea is to ensure that you don't get the ticket if it wasn't you.

[RobsanX]

Yup! I feel the same way. But if Jesus was in charge now THAT would be something! No meat on Fridays :( :yum:

If Jesus was around today he'd be ridiculed as a long haired, Roman sandal wearing, peace and love preaching, dirty hippie... JMHO... :whistling:

[joec]

If Jesus was around today he'd be ridiculed as a long haired, Roman sandal wearing, peace and love preaching, dirty hippie... JMHO... :whistling:

And probably be beaten up buy a bunch of red necks. :smile:

[waybomb]

Sail boaters.

BMW drivers.

Liberals.

That's about all the pizz me off.

[joec]

Sail boaters.

BMW drivers.

Liberals.

That's about all the pizz me off.

Two out of three I guess I'm off your Christmas list, Waybomb. The only thing I'm not is a BMW driver. :sad:

[VeraBlue]

I have a bit of a problem with camera type ticket writers on a lot of grounds. First it is really unconstitutional in that you have the right to examine your accuser which it tough to do with a machine or camera in this case. Secondly supposed you lone your car to a son, daughter or relative and they get nailed, you get the ticket as they usually simply take a shot of the back of the car to get the license plate number. Again that is also a bit of a problem. Now if these things could be address I might trust it a bit more but for now I don't want to see a 1984 solution to our problems.

Red light cameras take the picture of the front of the car so the driver is visible.

[waybomb]

OK JoeC

You do have some redeaming qualities if you don't drive a beemer.

But sailboaters, well, there's different types. Do walk with a 15 degree lean, have a worn out sun hat, and mooch liquor from your power boat neighbors?

Actually, I do a have a good friend with a 85' Palmer Johnson bloboat. He's not your typical bloboater. Heck, he serves me some pof the best liquor I've ever had. Oh ya, he has a 90' Broward too. So he's a blo-stink boater all in one.

So that leaves liberals. Hmmm. Umm. Ya, no christmas presents for you:sorry:

[waybomb]

Red light cameras take the picture of the front of the car so the driver is visible.

Ha! We don't have front tags in Michigan! I am all for front photos!

[joec]

OK JoeC

You do have some redeaming qualities if you don't drive a beemer.

But sailboaters, well, there's different types. Do walk with a 15 degree lean, have a worn out sun hat, and mooch liquor from your power boat neighbors?

Actually, I do a have a good friend with a 85' Palmer Johnson bloboat. He's not your typical bloboater. Heck, he serves me some pof the best liquor I've ever had. Oh ya, he has a 90' Broward too. So he's a blo-stink boater all in one.

So that leaves liberals. Hmmm. Umm. Ya, no christmas presents for you:sorry:

Actually I had a 60' Endeavor ketch for 4 years. Docked it where they did Miami Vice know locally as pear 5. Once they started shooting there regularly it was bit hard for a to live aboard it. I sold it in '84 though I never got to sail it much due to so much time spent overseas in those years. My wife and kids sure loved it. I did own a 2002 (model not year) BMW that I fixed up and sold. As for a liberal it would depend on what we are talking about. Somethings I might be more of a conservative than you and others like social issues I believe in live and let live as long as one doesn't try to impose their beliefs on me.

[joec]

Red light cameras take the picture of the front of the car so the driver is visible.

I have an infrared camera system on my property that takes hi def pictures and it is still hard to identify people from it unless they stand directly in front of it. That is the point I'm making. We also don't have front tags here or for that matter any of the several states I've lived in long enough to need their tags.

[waybomb]

Ok, so you are getting closer and closer to being on my Christmas list...

How was it living on the boat? My wife wants to do it for a few years after we are done with the rat race. I'm not so sure. I kinda like long vacations, but 100% on a boat, I don't know.

[joec]

Ok, so you are getting closer and closer to being on my Christmas list...

How was it living on the boat? My wife wants to do it for a few years after we are done with the rat race. I'm not so sure. I kinda like long vacations, but 100% on a boat, I don't know.

Well as I said I traveled quit a bit in those years so I spent about a month a year there but it was very comfortable. Each of my 4 kids had their own rooms and shared a bathroom, my wife and I had a stateroom large enough for a king size bed and its own full bath. It was more comfortable than living in a double wide trailer or a travel trailer. It also had a fully equipped galley right down to a micro wave and satellite TV and navigation systems. I purchased it brand new from the builder and added many features to it. It wasn't cheap at all either.

One person could sale the boat (yacht if you prefer) from without pulling a single rope as it was all automated as far as raising sails and adjusting the masts to the wind. It also had a large enough diesel engine (volvo) that we could run it it a pretty good distance on the 400 gal. of fuel aboard. It was also capable of sailing around the world as it had its own salt to fresh water plant (400 gal. storage capacity ) aboard so we used it for showers though we didn't drink but we could. It was a hell of a boat. I'm also not the sailor in the family but my wife is though this one even I could sail safely without problem.

[waybomb]

Sounds like a gentleman's boat. Ok, I won't hold being a sailboater against you!

[PieSusan]

"maybe even a bit condescending in a lecturing kind of way?"

Personal? Perhaps. But it was very true.

I think the person who is condescending is you. You attacked JoeV's opinion and compared him to an entertainer by the name of Rush Limbaugh. Even Rush calls himself an entertainer. That comparison was incredibly incendiary and insulting which judging my this last post of yours seems to be your goal. You intend to get personal, nasty and get someone's goat. Well, sorry, I shan't take that bait.

If your desire is to stir things up just for the sake of stirring the pot, perhaps this is not the forum for you. I am more than happy to debate the issues and I might be sympathetic with your point of view but not your way of expressing it. Perhaps if you were not so rude we could actually have a decent argument.

I can tell JoeV that I think it is unfair of him to not give Barack Obama a chance as he has not been in office very long. One can respect the office and not agree with the President. I can tell him that Obama inherited a lot of problems that were not of his making and he might even agree. However, his point is that Congress has hijacked the future with all these bailouts is a good one. We are going to have to print money which will either cause inflation or even worse stagflation. Whether or not Obama does a better job is yet to be seen. I hope for the best. I was not a big fan of either Bush presidency, either. And I was very disappointed in Bill Clinton for many reasons although I can tell you from personal experience he was a very charming, bright, and charismatic man.

[Deadly Sushi]

Ladies PM each other if you want to comment on each other. Other than that discuss the TOPIC not the person. ;)


Anyhew, I got a damn red light ticket 2 months ago!!! $100 down the tubes.

They didnt take a photo of me, just my car / plate.

I thought we had civil liberties.... but I live in Illinois so I guess law makers can go against whatever they want and make whatever law up that they want.

[Wart]

Don't get me going about being pissed off.

I was born angry!

Lets see, perfect or product.
>>>
Perfect ... I really didn't have a problem with the word Perfect till I started going around cooking forums. People in search of the perfect ... Oh, Please! The ones I really want to tear into are those who think they made the Perfect something. Honey, Buddy, if you think you've made something 'Perfect' thats only because it hasen't been critiqued by me. It may be damned good, it may even be to die for fantastic, but you think it's Perfect? THWAP , theres your dope smack be happy it wasn't a donkey punch.
>>>
Product:

I've had a problem with the word product for a very long time. Back in the '70s I think it was, I read a Royco column where Mike was making an observation on marketers, manufacturers, how at one time things had a name, how schools would refer to the theoretical item being produced was called a widgit or some other name but now it's referred to as product. How these people are losing touch with the real world and what they actually do. I thought it an entertaining rant by Mike, I understood but didn't realize what he was talking about.

Then in the 80's I read an interview with the head of marketing for the launch of Lexus in Road&Track. In this interview this person referred to the first Lexus as Product. Suddenly what Royco was writing about slammed home. I had been reading about Lexus since the announcement that Toyota annouunced it was going upscale, all indiucations were the Lexus was going to give the Germans a run for their money and the Head of Marketing doesn't even care enough to refer to the Lexux as a Lexus or even what it was, an automobile or car. It's a frigging product.

It's not that I have/had a particular of the Lexus, it's what lit the bulb.

I came into the middle of an episode of This Old House. I must of watched it for 5 minutes before I knew what the salesman/ representitive was yabbering about ... you take the product and spread the product so the product is evenly spread then wait for the product to set up till the product feels like this then you place the product (a second part of the process???) over this product and press firmly so the product is properly set in place then work the product with a roller till the product bulges in a particular way and there is a seepage of the product about the products joints and it will take about three days for the product to fully cure to a finished roofing product ... DAMN! He's selling something for a roof!!!!

As it applies to cooking, I've seen people write how they've done this work, Did this to the ribs (sic) and that and all the other stuff and , in the end, refer to their ribs as a frigging PRODUCT!

No, their RIBS.

Damn, somehow I'm burnt out on bitching about Product, Give me a minute, I'll recharge.

[Deadly Sushi]

Damn, somehow I'm burnt out on bitching about Product, Give me a minute, I'll recharge.

If you win the new contest I'll send you vitamins and Gatorade :thumb: :lol:

[Wart]

What really pisses me off?

Right Wing Gob Knobblers kneeling in line waiting for Limpbaugh to come by in a Hillbilly Heroin haze so they can have the honor of licking ball with hopes of being allowed to Ditto Head Limpys Viagra enhanced weenie.

When are these people going to wise up?

[Wart]

If you win the new contest I'll send you vitamins and Gatorade :thumb: :lol:

I'm afraid my next post may be akin to Phelps getting busted hitting a bong.

:dizzy:

[Maverick2272]

If you win the new contest I'll send you vitamins and Gatorade :thumb: :lol:

Just don't send him any product...:hide:

[Wart]

Just don't send him any product...:hide:

AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa!!!!!!!

[Maverick2272]

That's why I was under the chair!!!

[joec]

No, Wart is just a product of his environment. :hide:

[Fisher's Mom]

No, Wart is just a product of his environment. :hide::lol::lol::lol: OMG, that was really good!

[QSis]

Sooooooooooooooo ........... AllenOK, how you feeling today? Less full?

Lee

P.S. Giant M, let me publicly compliment you on your respectful moderating of a volatile political (sometimes personal) discussion. From my POV, nicely done!

[Wart]

No, Wart is just a product of his environment. :hide:

:applause:

I mean, that really pisses me off.

:thumb:

[joec]

I could of made it worse with "You are the perfect example of a product of your environment" but didn't want to push it. So I did my job to help you stay angry.. :poke:

[Calicolady]

AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa!!!!!!!


Wart, did you wait for that apoxy PRODUCT to cure 72 hours before you put it down on that garage floor?
(I saw the episode too? Nice looking results!)

One of my favorite shows.
My grip with PBS is commercials. Wart you got me started.
The shows start late and end 5-8 minutes early for advertising. What's up with that?

[Wart]

Wart, did you wait for that apozy PRODUCT to cure 72 hours before you put it down on that garage floor?
(I saw the episode too? Nice looking results!)

So they also had one of those 'reps' for epoxy floor coatings?

Why am I not surprised.

One of my favorite shows.
My grip with PBS is commercials. Wart you got me started.
The shows start late and end 5-8 minutes early for advertising. What's up with that?

No commercials during the program (so you get to pinch it and dance around ... well maybe not you, but I think you know what I mean)

Unless their doing the fund drive.

We have a DVR, it's the only way to watch television.

[Wart]

I could of made it worse with "You are the perfect example of a product of your environment" but didn't want to push it. So I did my job to help you stay angry.. :poke:

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/Mushroom-Cloud.jpg

[Deadly Sushi]

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/Mushroom-Cloud.jpg



Yummy!!!!! A mushroom cloud!!!!!! :thumb:

[babe]

pissed off at customer service in general. whether on phone or in person. it seems to get worse as people are laid off. wouldn't you think the companies, would keep the best and expect them to give better customer service? more often than not they have no clue what they are doing or they are in india. boo

[Deadly Sushi]

pissed off at customer service in general. whether on phone or in person. it seems to get worse as people are laid off. wouldn't you think the companies, would keep the best and expect them to give better customer service? more often than not they have no clue what they are doing or they are in india. boo


I agree 100%!!!! :thumb:

[Wart]

pissed off at customer service in general.


You get customer service?

Damn!

[Calicolady]

:applause:

I mean, that really pisses me off.

:thumb:

Wart, boy are you really going to be pissed off at Vera's post #26 in Dinner 02/02/09.
(I'm such a stinker!)LOL!

[Wart]

Wart, boy are you really going to be pissed off at Vera's post #26 in Dinner 02/02/09.
(I'm such a stinker!)LOL!

Thank You!

What your telling me is my rant wasn't something you read and forgot.

:smile:

[Calicolady]

LOL! Should I have? Hardly!
You mentioned 'This Old House' and my ears picked right up.
See my avatar?

[PanchoHambre]

OK now Panch is PISSED:furious::furious:

If y'all have read the subtext of my posts (I know you are all paying close attention to my ramblings) you would know I have been working on an endless (mostly) DIY home reno. I have put a ton of money and effort into my house and also an involved in improving the community as a whole.

My latest project was rebuilding the back fence which was a poorly strewn together mess of chain link. For this I am paying a carpenter to build a nice thick solid custom wood stockade fence. The house and lot behind me were recently purchaesd by one of the worst slumlords in the neighborhood. They left it Vacant for 6 months gutted all the interior inclding fixtures and furniture into the yard and left it there and denied they even owned the property unitil neigbors and myself got the city involved

Now they have "renovated" and rented the house so I was having the fence built to have some privacy and to better contain my doggies.

Today they made my contractor stop working claiming he was building on thier land.

First of all this is not true the existing fence was in the wrong place.

Secondly why would you bitch over 6" when you are getting a beautiful and expensive new fence in place of a falling down chain link one?

Thirdly the part of my yard that touches their yard is facing the "yard" which is a vacant lot not the back of the house

So now its time for battle royale.

Tomorrow at work I am pulling the tax map.. they will loose yard because part of what they claim is thiers is a public alleyway. Also I am contemplating extending the dog run around the whole back yard so that they have to deal with my monsters day and night

I am really angry... I am spending my $$ doing something that benefits them and they want to give me a hard time....

ARGH one way or the other they are not getting something nice now... I really don't need this hassle and these people are among the wots

[PanchoHambre]

ok something wroung with the puter

... worst in the neighborgood. They have screwed so many people over. I really dont need the hassle but if they want war they got it

[Wart]

Today they made my contractor stop working claiming he was building on their land.

Rumor from my surveyor is in Ohio (YMMV) the complainer has to prove the property line. IE: If I put up a fence and the neighbor said I put the fence on their property it would be up to the neighbor to prove the fence is on their property.

The tax map? Careful with that one. IE: We bought an adjoining lot that was listed on the tax map as 165 feet deep. We had to have the properties surveyed and replotted in order to build on them. Turns out the lot is only 162 1/2 feet in depth. OTOH that end of the lot abuts a county road with a right of way which was widened from 55 to 60 feet.

Now if you have pins the whole thing is moot. Go to the pins, run a string , tell them to bugger off.

Bad neighbors ... don't get me started!

[Maverick2272]

Honestly, as long as I knew for a fact the fence was on my property, I would just put it up and tell them if they don't like it they can file in court... most won't bother once it comes to having to spend the money and the time.
The reason I say make sure for a fact is because sometimes peoples first move will be to call the town and try and get you on some violation... so make sure your I's are dotted and your T's are crossed!
I ended up doing that with my nasty neighbor. I am sure you have all heard of a 'widow maker branch', right? Well our neighbors tree has one that goes right over our garage and in fact stretches all the way to our next door neighbors wires.
He refused to trim the tree, which we found out was his responsibility. Then we offered to split the cost, and finally we just up and said we would take care of it. He then told us we had no right to touch his tree and he would sue if we did. I said sounds like a plan to me, and we had the entire limb cut off just over our property line.
He called the town, they told him I had the right to cut it at the property line and if he didn't like it he could sue but they suggested he consult a lawyer first as they would be sure to tell him there is nothing he can do.
This guy is so nasty to us that now whenever I see him I ask how his lawsuit is coming along.... he just glares and walks away.

[PanchoHambre]

Wart and Mav

I hear ya... no we dont have pins and these lots were plotted over a century ago so its wierd.

I know from my deed that the line is not straight but the jog is not part of thier property it pertains to the alley which they do not own and technically I should have access through their property to the street and be able to put my trash on thier street non mine.

The jog is not thier issue and franly I measuerd and belive I am right. I will do as much research as I can tomorrw in the meantime the contractor will work on the 2 sides not in question,

My main problem is why bitch to begin with. They dont live there and even if I was building the fence on thier side of the line then I am building THEM a beautiful fence which they own.

Thing is I know they are dirtbags. They tried to screw over my friend who is building THIS (http://www.100khouse.com/) on my block... the alleged owner did not even own the property... dude lost months lost his financing etc in the deal... same 2 dirtbags involved in this deal.

I really wish I had the money to buy the stupid house when it was on the market

If they give me a hard time I am sending the inspectors after them though... I am pretty sure you bathroom vent cant be horizontal below the toilet.

[babe]

ok on a number of previous posts

Politics... I am a Liberal I have hopes for Obama... I hated BushII lived in TX under him and saw what he was about early.... Still I am skeptical and watching closely... What I think we need more than anything is intelligent debate. The bush years were all about ask no questions... if the obama supportors do the same what's the point. There needs to be scrutiny and many opinions need to be heard,,, PLEASE hash it out debate discuss etc if we cant have diffent opinions what's the point... I always want to hear from those I disagree with that's how I learn.

So far as Telephone service WOW I am sick of talking to Dubai... and this is nothing against the individual human beings answering the phones they are just people doing a job but they have not been equipped to deal.... I need someone who understands me.. cut to the chase... yes I unplugged replugged ect they've been out 3 times this week here's what's going on... blah balh balh talking to someone reading a script who cannot converse with me, who does not even have access to the needed information is worthless. On top of this they lie... I have cought both Sprint and Earthlink in bold faced absurd lies... I no longer deal with either but Verizon has been no better.

ARGH

edit to add

on the jobs thing... depends

People like to hire by referrals... I have friends I would recommend because I know they are talented and hard working a personal rec can go far...on the other hand I have had several boss's son/daughter experiences that were pretty bad... all about entitlement non of the work ethic the original boss had but wanted all the respect... recipe for disaster. Certainly not a universal issue but pretty common.


my daughter just had a three day drawn out problem with verizon and vontage. won't go into whole thing, she was on a search for faster internet service, has dial up, lives in the back of beyond. before it was finished they had managed to cut off her phone. said eight days, she said, "i'll sue"" both her business, another job using net,
depend on both phone and net. she is also taking internet classes. they fixed in two days. she has no time for waiting for call backs or staying on hold forever. it is a wonder she didn't have a stroke. i called for her , and by the end of four hours, got a person, that said sorry but eight days, i told daughter i am to old to put up with this shit.
babe

[FooD]

My friend Frank was totally pissed off yesterday.
At just 3 minutes remaining in the Super Bowl yesterday had the score remained as they were til the end of the game he would have won $13,000 in his company pool.

I was disappointed too.

[AllenOK]

Sooooooooooooooo ........... AllenOK, how you feeling today? Less full?

Lee


QSis, yes and no.

I've been partially bloated off-and-on for the past two days. I ended up hurling just after I got out from work. I figured it was coming, as the smell of food and the fryers was really starting to get to me.

I didn't really eat anything Sunday. Just nibbled. Today, I ate four pieces of toast and some coffee for breakfast. I was off-and-on bloated all day.

Tonight, the "product" (sorry Wart) of all the gurgling fermentation decided to exit my system. I've been off-and-on the throne for a couple hours. Getting to sleep tonight is going to be interesting. I hope I do NOT need to break into my MIL's supply of Depends just to get a good night's sleep.

What really gets me hacked, is that now THREE of the kids are projectile vomitting. Most likely, the remaining two and PeppA will also get it. I hope it's not tomorrow. We're going live with the new menu, and I have to go in (on my day off, and early, to boot) to help prep for that.

[The Tourist]

I have a gripe tonight.

Why is it that the usual cadre' of idiots who respond to your posts never read them before they answer?

Would it be insulting to ask them to turn down the volume on 'Oprah,' actually read my post--use a thesaurus when confused--and then offer a rebuttal pretending to be an adult without the use of smilies?

In the future, I think I'm going to type a thought, answer one question, perhaps one response to a rebuttal and then skip the rest of the thread. After page two, the time is usually wasted anyhoo.

[AllenOK]

Ok, here's how it went overnight:

We had one little one wake up hollering before we went to sleep, and then once or twice more during the night. I'm assuming they got sick and called for Mom, and PeppA was the one that got up, and their buckets have "gunk" in them.

Apparently, my daughter got up during the night, and polished off my bottle of Pepsi.

However, PeppA got up this morning, and started retching. Then she came into the living room to kick my rear.

Do we have a woodshed here, or a doghouse? Either way, looks like I'm sleeping there tonight.

[Calicolady]

I have a gripe tonight.

Why is it that the usual cadre' of idiots who respond to your posts never read them before they answer?

Would it be insulting to ask them to turn down the volume on 'Oprah,' actually read my post--use a thesaurus when confused--and then offer a rebuttal pretending to be an adult without the use of smilies?

In the future, I think I'm going to type a thought, answer one question, perhaps one response to a rebuttal and then skip the rest of the thread. After page two, the time is usually wasted anyhoo.

Dare I ask? - I'll pay attention. As a rule I don't watch Oprah. What was the thread?

[homecook]

I've been thinking about this all night during my drug-induced sleep. (cold meds). Why do health care providers go to work when they're sick?
My mom is in an ass't living facility and I went to see her yesterday. She's got an infection (won't go into details) and the Director of her section plus one of the aides both have colds. They proceeded to tell me how sick they feel. Do they not realize that most of these seniors have compromised immune systems and shouldn't be exposed to this crap if at all possible!! What is wrong with these people? My mom has to go through a procedure today with Hospice coming in and I need to be there. Now I'm coming down with something but I will be wearing a mask when I go in. I'm not coughing, but my sinuses and throat are killing me. You would think the workers would be wearing masks also. NOoooooooo that makes too much sense. I am just livid about this. Actually I am thoroughly pissed!!

Barb

[lilylove]

And...YOU SHOULD BE!!!!


Ya know how I said I had now Idea how I got sick since I'm always at home.. you just reminded me. THE NURSE at the drs. office I went to last week was coughing and sniffing and complaining of feeling horrid!!! Well..that answers that!

[QSis]

QSis, yes and no.

I've been partially bloated off-and-on for the past two days. I ended up hurling just after I got out from work. I figured it was coming, as the smell of food and the fryers was really starting to get to me.

I didn't really eat anything Sunday. Just nibbled. Today, I ate four pieces of toast and some coffee for breakfast. I was off-and-on bloated all day.

Tonight, the "product" (sorry Wart) of all the gurgling fermentation decided to exit my system. I've been off-and-on the throne for a couple hours. Getting to sleep tonight is going to be interesting. I hope I do NOT need to break into my MIL's supply of Depends just to get a good night's sleep.

What really gets me hacked, is that now THREE of the kids are projectile vomitting. Most likely, the remaining two and PeppA will also get it. I hope it's not tomorrow. We're going live with the new menu, and I have to go in (on my day off, and early, to boot) to help prep for that.

WHOA! Sorry I asked!!! :shock:

Seriously, I hope you and your family are getting better, Allen!

Lee

[Biskit]

Trouble with most healthcare facilities is that they're constantly short staffed. So for some, calling in sick is almost out of the question.
My wife is a CNA at a nursing home. On a good day, they have barely enough people to run the joint.

[Fisher's Mom]

No shit - you ladies are absolutely right!!! The most dangerous place to be is a Drs. office, a hospital, or a skilled nursing facility. They will kill you if they can!!!!! I know I'm a little paranoid but I go to unnatural lengths to avoid all of them. But sometimes, there is stuff you just can't fix at home so you're caught between a rock and a hard place. Oh no, I'm feeling a rant coming on....

[Maverick2272]

Maybe they are like my previous employer, they give ya sick days but off the record don't ya dare use them or it becomes an excuse not to give you a promotion or pay raise. In the case of one of my co-workers, she did excellent work but was fired at the end of the year for using all her sick days (not that they openly said that but it was insinuated she wasn't 'reliable' enough.
I am not making excuses, mind you, but there it is as stupid as it is.

[Fisher's Mom]

Trouble with most healthcare facilities is that they're constantly short staffed. So for some, calling in sick is almost out of the question.
My wife is a CNA at a nursing home. On a good day, they have barely enough people to run the joint.You and Mav are right about this, I know. There's even a bill before Congress right now that nurses are behind trying to mandate safe patient ratios. I know they are spread way too thin and anyone who calls in sick when they are actually sick will be screwed for it.

[joec]

My second oldest son is a Nurse Practitioner in charge of the ER in Charlotte, NC. He is also the local coroner in the county he lives so he is working 12 to 15 hours days. He gets off about 1 day a week.

[lilylove]

sounds like he is over worked.

[Fisher's Mom]

My second oldest son is a Nurse Practitioner in charge of the ER in Charlotte, NC. He is also the local coroner in the county he lives so he is working 12 to 15 hours days. He gets off about 1 day a week.That's a brutal schedule - I hope it eases off a bit someday soon. But I'll bet he has some amazing stories. Coroners have a lot of duties, medical as well as legal.

[heb1976]

I've been thinking about this all night during my drug-induced sleep. (cold meds). Why do health care providers go to work when they're sick?
My mom is in an ass't living facility and I went to see her yesterday. She's got an infection (won't go into details) and the Director of her section plus one of the aides both have colds. They proceeded to tell me how sick they feel. Do they not realize that most of these seniors have compromised immune systems and shouldn't be exposed to this crap if at all possible!! What is wrong with these people? My mom has to go through a procedure today with Hospice coming in and I need to be there. Now I'm coming down with something but I will be wearing a mask when I go in. I'm not coughing, but my sinuses and throat are killing me. You would think the workers would be wearing masks also. NOoooooooo that makes too much sense. I am just livid about this. Actually I am thoroughly pissed!!

Barb

hope you are feeling better mom! i have the sickness too - thanks to Kyle. i am surprised you are surprised that they would do that. they do everything else wrong ... why not that too. you should be pissed and i would go say something to scott again if i were you. if grandma gets sick on top of everything else, make sure he covers the medical bills for you.

[joec]

sounds like he is over worked.

That's a brutal schedule - I hope it eases off a bit someday soon. But I'll bet he has some amazing stories. Coroners have a lot of duties, medical as well as legal.

Well girls he has 6 girls (counting his wife) and one boy (the baby) at home ranging in age from 6 to 19, which he clams is why he works so many hours. I tell him that is what you get for having girls instead of boys. ;)

[Fisher's Mom]

Well girls he has 6 girls (counting his wife) and one boy (the baby) at home ranging in age from 6 to 19, which he clams is why he works so many hours. I tell him that is what you get for having girls instead of boys. ;)OMG - 5 daughters!!! I swear, when I got married I wanted to have 6 girls. (I don't know where I got the idea you could choose.) Well, I have 2 girls and 5 boys. The oldest is a girl so everything was going according to plan. When the second child arrived with a "package", I was shocked! How could this happen? What the heck do I do with a son? Then they just kept coming. In fact, the only reason I have 2 daughters is that I adopted one!

Of course, now I completely agree with you. Raising a girl is exhausting and expensive. They are definitely worth it but I'm glad I didn't get 6 of them!

[joec]

You wanted 6 kids, what was you smoking. :shock:

People don't know how to raise kids, bee's are the real experts. Their babies are born, then sealed in a wall until they have a job and if they don't work they eat them. :smile:

[suziquzie]

thats it, I'm sending mine to joec!!!!!

[PanchoHambre]

OMG - 5 daughters!!! I swear, when I got married I wanted to have 6 girls. (I don't know where I got the idea you could choose.) Well, I have 2 girls and 5 boys. The oldest is a girl so everything was going according to plan. When the second child arrived with a "package", I was shocked! How could this happen? What the heck do I do with a son? Then they just kept coming. In fact, the only reason I have 2 daughters is that I adopted one!

Of course, now I completely agree with you. Raising a girl is exhausting and expensive. They are definitely worth it but I'm glad I didn't get 6 of them!

H*** S*** my contractor/friend (also a Texan) just informed me his wife is now expecting their 7th... What is in the water down there... thankfully I used a Brita

[Biskit]

e... thankfully I used a Brita

Shoulda used a Trojan instead.

[Maverick2272]

Say it with me... birth.... control... available... just ask your Dr.!!

IUD's work great!

[Biskit]

IUD's......IUD's.........IUD's. That's a model of Minneapolis Moline tractor, ain't it??

[AllenOK]

Well, getting ready for Round III. All night at work tonight, it was "bloat, bloat, bloat", and "trot, trot, mad-dash!"

I'm hoping I don't blow chunks tonight. I don't need this. I thought I was getting over it.

[Fisher's Mom]

You wanted 6 kids, what was you smoking. :shock:

People don't know how to raise kids, bee's are the real experts. Their babies are born, then sealed in a wall until they have a job and if they don't work they eat them. :smile:OMG Joe, you are fabulous!!! I laughed so hard it scared my dog! I'm going to explain this whole "bee parenting style" to my 6 year old. If that doesn't make him get in line, can I send him to you along with Suzie's brood???

[suziquzie]

boy i hope he has a big hive!!!!

Allen I hope your bunch gets better!!!!!

[joec]

Say it with me... birth.... control... available... just ask your Dr.!!

IUD's work great!

Ye, right I have 4 kids by 4 different birth control methods. The first the pill, yea you got it she forgot one. Second IUD oh that was effective and surprised he was not born with a strange nose ring. Third the diaphragm oh yes he was born Jewish, wearing the damned thing. The fourth was foam or was that wipe cream which would of been as effective and tastier I'm sure. The only way for a guy is a vasectomy and a woman is tabulation which is what we did. I shoot blanks and she is bullet proof and if she gets pregnant again some one besides us will pay for it after my lawyer gets done with them. :oops:

[homecook]

Ye, right I have 4 kids by 4 different birth control methods. The first the pill, yea you got it she forgot one. Second IUD oh that was effective and surprised he was not born with a strange nose ring. Third the diaphragm oh yes he was born Jewish, wearing the damned thing. The fourth was foam or was that wipe cream which would of been as effective and tastier I'm sure. The only way for a guy is a vasectomy and a woman is tabulation which is what we did. I shoot blanks and she is bullet proof and if she gets pregnant again some one besides us will pay for it after my lawyer gets done with them. :oops:
OMG....I'm laughing my ass off and coughing at the same time!! I think that's called choking!!:yum::yum::yum:

Barb

[PanchoHambre]

Say it with me... birth.... control... available... just ask your Dr.!!

IUD's work great!

at this point I have to assume this is against their beliefs.. fair nuff....what scares me is his next estimate:smile:

[Maverick2272]

Ye, right I have 4 kids by 4 different birth control methods. The first the pill, yea you got it she forgot one. Second IUD oh that was effective and surprised he was not born with a strange nose ring. Third the diaphragm oh yes he was born Jewish, wearing the damned thing. The fourth was foam or was that wipe cream which would of been as effective and tastier I'm sure. The only way for a guy is a vasectomy and a woman is tabulation which is what we did. I shoot blanks and she is bullet proof and if she gets pregnant again some one besides us will pay for it after my lawyer gets done with them. :oops:

OMG I am LMAO... sorry dude but I couldn't help it... our birth control for many years were condoms. We now have three kids, LOL. Since the IUD went in 4 years ago... no more kids!! I do know she has to go in regularly to make sure it is still in place, apparently it can slip adn then ya got problems!
Just to make sure we are on the same page, the IUD is triangular in shape, and now a days is a small plastic thing.

[joec]

Yep Buddy I know what it looks though I wouldn't call it triangular but perhaps T shaped. At any rate I did expect the kid to be waring it but he wasn't. Same with the diaphragm so go figure.

[Maverick2272]

Yea that's right, it is more like a T. So, now I gotta wonder... where did it go?:confused:

Maybe it slipped out before the pregnancy, resulting in the pregnancy..:shock:

Oh DW... check up time!!!!

[Wart]

Well girls he has 6 girls (counting his wife) and one boy (the baby) at home ranging in age from 6 to 19,

His wife is 19 and they have 6 kids?

Start early in your neck of the woods, Eh?

:poke:

:dizzy:

[AllenOK]

Well, luckily, I never got sick again overnight. Just gassy and bloated.

The oldest step-son did get sick overnight. Hopefully now everyone will start to get better.

[joec]

His wife is 19 and they have 6 kids?

Start early in your neck of the woods, Eh?

:poke:

:dizzy:

Yes a typo or miss stated he and his wife are in their early 40's, DUH

[suziquzie]

Can I take a turn?
First, the kids all started bitching and whining about "ewww whats that gross smell" as my chinese pork steamed buns were steaming.
So I decided not to bother and i made tham a frozen pizza.
Thankfully when DH got up for work he loved them. :)
Then, I go to have my un-wind ice cream.... THERE IS NONE!!!
Here's the topper.... THERE IS NOTHING SWEET IN THIS HOUSE!
I knew I shoulda gone to the liqour store.

[Biskit]

Not gonna be a good night in the Suziquzi house. Might be more like Suziqueasy house. :shock:

[PanchoHambre]

Here's the topper.... THERE IS NOTHING SWEET IN THIS HOUSE!
I knew I shoulda gone to the liqour store.

LOL Aint that the worst... no sweets.... no booze! Yikes

[suziquzie]

It DID suck!!!
I have it half solved today.... OREOS!!!
and a trip to Sam's liqour on tuesday.
:)
Wow that's enough to start a super happy yippeeeee thread!!!!

[AllenOK]

@_$*#! !_)@#* !_@)*(_)!@#

I'm planning on firing up my smoker in the morning, at least, as soon as I can after the weather moves through.

I get home tonight, and the kids managed to destroy my last working charcoal chimney!

They're lucky I didn't start spouting off in Spanish (that's never good). I need to learn how to cuss in something not easily recognizable. Klingon, perhaps?

[PanchoHambre]

I need to learn how to cuss in something not easily recognizable. Klingon, perhaps?

no they'll figure that out... .Hungarian perhaps


LOL Allen... no kids for me but you should have seen me when the dogs ate my stair treads.... the corner off every one... I built the sucker myslef.:twak:

[Wart]

I need to learn how to cuss in something not easily recognizable. Klingon, perhaps?

Many times I find growling works.

[Lefty]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/carlapryor/SmileySick.gif

Lefty no feel so good.

[TexasGirl]

Not pissed, more melancholy. My boys are still unemployed, no car, no place of their own, no girlfriends. The economy is horrendous everywhere and I'm afraid of what it's doing to their spirit!! I'm more worried about the one still here near me as this town is NOTHING but bars and liquor stores. None are hiring as they are all family run. Can't get him into town as I have to work and can't take off to get him to any interviews, even if we found someone hiring for something he has experience in or someone that is willing to take someone and train them. I don't care for Obama, but, if he can get the economy going, more power to him!!

[TexasGirl]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/carlapryor/SmileySick.gif

Lefty no feel so good.

Aww, I hope you feel better quickly!!:flowers:

[homecook]

I hear you texasgirl, it's so bad every where. I don't know how old your sons are, my son is 18. He works at Outback. Not the best job, but it's a job. In the past month he has gone from 35 hours a week to 20 hours. It barely keeps him in gas and insurance.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all that something opens up for them.

Barb

[heb1976]

Hey mom, tell him if he wants more hours, McDonalds and Burger King are always hiring! The one on 44 is begging for people. I think once Kyle starts school - that's where I will be heading. I don't want to drive a 1/2 hour for $6 /hr. - I just want something to keep me occupied and bring in a little dough! A house with no kids - whatever will I do? Maybe I can actually gain some weight working there!

I feel for you lefty! I am on day 5 of this damn cold. It has since moved to my chest and everything tastes nasty. Both my kids are getting it, although Justin just has the runny nose and a slight cough so I sent him to school. Kyle on the other hand - the one who started this mess with a 103 temperature - seems to be getting the worse of it. Poor kid. Hubby still has it but I won't discuss him - he is a big baby.

I am also very angry today. Been doing alot of thinking - which is not a good thing - and I am just down right pissed. Ya know the saying when life gives you lemons ... make lemonade. Well, no lemonade making for me - I want to concoct an explosive.

[bowlingshirt]

Whenever my anger management class gets cancelled, I get so pissed...

[Lefty]

Hey mom, tell him if he wants more hours, McDonalds and Burger King are always hiring! The one on 44 is begging for people. I think once Kyle starts school - that's where I will be heading. I don't want to drive a 1/2 hour for $6 /hr. - I just want something to keep me occupied and bring in a little dough! A house with no kids - whatever will I do? Maybe I can actually gain some weight working there!

I feel for you lefty! I am on day 5 of this damn cold. It has since moved to my chest and everything tastes nasty. Both my kids are getting it, although Justin just has the runny nose and a slight cough so I sent him to school. Kyle on the other hand - the one who started this mess with a 103 temperature - seems to be getting the worse of it. Poor kid. Hubby still has it but I won't discuss him - he is a big baby.

I am also very angry today. Been doing alot of thinking - which is not a good thing - and I am just down right pissed. Ya know the saying when life gives you lemons ... make lemonade. Well, no lemonade making for me - I want to concoct an explosive.
Thanks Heather,& TG. It doesn't help that we have no heat at work. Its freakin cold down here.

[Ronjohn]

Ya know the saying when life gives you lemons ... make lemonade. Well, no lemonade making for me - I want to concoct an explosive.

It is possible, you know..
http://www.benettontalk.com/macgyver.jpg

Me, I prefer to mix the lemon juice with some sugar, water, and a couple of fifths of 100 proof vodka and through it in a keg :alc:


Me, I'm mostly pissed at myself this morning. Was talking to someone walking into work, and stepped right onto a giant ice patch.

What was the old Howard Cosell call? "DOWN goes Frazier!" :sad:

[chowhound]

I took a tumble yesterday. All this thawing going on is leaving some real slippery areas.

LOL, at the Macgyver comment!

[sattie]

CH, you ok???

[Deelady]

hope only your pride was hurt?? :( ;)

[heb1976]

It is possible, you know..
http://www.benettontalk.com/macgyver.jpg

Me, I prefer to mix the lemon juice with some sugar, water, and a couple of fifths of 100 proof vodka and through it in a keg :alc:


Now I am totally down with that! Pour me some! And I wouldn't mind having a little of the above eye candy beside me. Love me some MacGyver.

[heb1976]

OMGosh! Seriously? O.K. I was in an accident 2 days before Christmas. All the medical bills are coming in from the hospital visits and MRI. I just got a phone call on my cell - "Please hold for an important message from University Hospital systems." Piss off! I am not holding when you called me.

Yesterday, on my cell phone (which I only give out to special people) I got my 15th phone call from a lawyer since the accident asking if I have been taken care of and that I can get a full exam minus x-rays for free as a courtesy because they are so concerned as to whether or not I am ok. I mean really. Why does public records have to put your phone number out for the whole world to see? Besides the phone calls, I receive at least 3 letters from lawyers a day!

[AllenOK]

I hear you texasgirl, it's so bad every where. I don't know how old your sons are, my son is 18. He works at Outback. Not the best job, but it's a job. In the past month he has gone from 35 hours a week to 20 hours. It barely keeps him in gas and insurance.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all that something opens up for them.

Barb

Homecook, if you son can afford to stick out (and assuming he really wants to), urge him to keep at it. January/Feb are usually the worst months for restaurants. Most folks are tapped from the expenses of Christmas, and don't have the money to eat out often.

Yes, the recession has a lot to do with that as well, but most likely, once the weather warms up, so will the business.

For example, we just got a warming trend here, after almost of month of cold temps. We had a rather busy weekend, both on the golf course and in the restaurant. Heck, even brunch was busy!

[homecook]

Homecook, if you son can afford to stick out (and assuming he really wants to), urge him to keep at it. January/Feb are usually the worst months for restaurants. Most folks are tapped from the expenses of Christmas, and don't have the money to eat out often.

Yes, the recession has a lot to do with that as well, but most likely, once the weather warms up, so will the business.

For example, we just got a warming trend here, after almost of month of cold temps. We had a rather busy weekend, both on the golf course and in the restaurant. Heck, even brunch was busy!

Allen, he is going to stick it out. If only because he's been there 1-1/2 yrs. and has some seniority. Also there aren't too many other places to go. It's not so much the business not being there, they've hired too many people the months before Christmas when they were super busy and now they're dividing the hours between them all to be "equal".
There is another Outback not too far away and his old mgr. works there now. He's going to see if he can split his hours between the two.
Thanks for your input!

Barb

[Maverick2272]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/carlapryor/SmileySick.gif

Lefty no feel so good.

Sorry you don't feel so good, but uh I wonder if it has anything to do with that baby puffing away? Man Every time I see him he has a cig in his mouth, chain smoker!:shock:

:yum:

[Maverick2272]

It is possible, you know..
http://www.benettontalk.com/macgyver.jpg

Me, I prefer to mix the lemon juice with some sugar, water, and a couple of fifths of 100 proof vodka and through it in a keg :alc:


Me, I'm mostly pissed at myself this morning. Was talking to someone walking into work, and stepped right onto a giant ice patch.

What was the old Howard Cosell call? "DOWN goes Frazier!" :sad:

That man helped sell more duct tape than any commercial they ever ran!

:yum::yum:

[Calicolady]

I took a tumble yesterday. All this thawing going on is leaving some real slippery areas.

LOL, at the Macgyver comment!

Just seeing this, chow.
You ok?