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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 6:39 pm
Thanks, Max. I think you did the right thing IMHO. I know that for me I absolutely did what was right, for me and Mandy, by staying away from all contact with my sister once mom and dad were both gone. I talked to Mandy today and she agrees that life is much better without sis. She is without a doubt the snootiest, most self-centered, shallow person I've ever met and I can't stand people like that. Thank goodness I'm finally done. I can live the rest of my life in peace without her in it.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 7:16 pm
Max, my dad's aunt was a real downer .. kind of always negative. Every year mom would shop for all the relatives and all the great aunts got the same thing and usually she'd have her budget but then try to get something better on sale. She kept track of their sizes and what she'd gotten them before so she didn't duplicate year to year. So one year she got them all nightgowns, nice ones. Aunt Polly, Aunt Wanda, Aunt Maurine all sent nice notes. But Aunt Ethel.. "thanks for the gown, or whatever it was. Thanks for the red thing you sent to Osmond, but he'll never use it". Mom had been particularly happy with the gift for Uncle Bill (only Ethel called him Osmond) and it was a nice comfy red zip up cardigan that he could definitely use in the Indiana winter and he dozed often and even slept in his big chair. After that she just sent a check to that couple. This was just the final straw after years of whiney thank you notes. This same aunt in very late life got pissed off at her neighbor and cut her out of the will (she was supposed to get an antique clock or table) and this woman, as my mom said for god's sake, she would come and cut Ethel's toenails for her. My dad inherited all she had and mom made sure that this neighbor got her clock! I do think my dad's paternal side, which included Ethel were sort of generally depressive..
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 8:49 pm
Wow, Seamonkey. That was so great of your parents to give her that clock after all. Honestly, I just don't understand how some people can be so insensitive about gifts. It's not like they paid for them, and it's not their birthday. I wonder if you were to give the same gifts to these people on April 23, would the reaction be the same or would they be thrilled to be getting free stuff? It's one thing to forget to write thank you notes, but to actually put down a gift is something I can't imagine doing. Max, you handled that with a lot of class. What a great attitude you have.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 9:43 pm
My parents felt that this friend and neighbor had helped to allow Ethel to stay in her home, checking on her and helping her (she was healthy as a horse and lived into her 90s) in her later years.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 4:54 am
Curlyq, thank you for mentioning thank you notes. I have two to write and almost forgot. (dashing off to find cards)
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 1:28 pm
Not so much a gripe, just an OMG Observation..... You probably know about the blizzard that hit the Denver area last week. Well, we are due for another storm coming in as we speak, that (as the newcasters said last night) "has the potential" to be as bad as last week's storm. So, naturally Mom only has one pack of cigs left. So I must replenish now. I think....OK, I'll do the grocery delivery thing again. That worked out pretty nifty....no dice, earliest open delivery date is Tuesday. I guess people are ordering up and stocking up so they won't have to go out. No way one pack of cigs is gonna last Mom till Tuesday (seeing as she goes through at least one pack a day). So, I reluctantly charged up the car (yup, the cold weather killed the battery just before Christmas)....and head on out to the store. The parking lot was insane. I might have been better off parking at home (5 miles away). I get in the store and its even MORE insane.....the produce aisle is nearly empty, and there isn't a single solitary potato anywhere. The meat aisle, though not empty has some very slim pickings. I head over to the bread aisle, and two girls are stocking as fast as they can, and I hear one saying as soon as they get the shelves filled, they're emptied again. Someone else points out that the bottled water aisle is even nearly empty. I know folks like to stock up before a storm, but good grief! The networks could have taken their cameras in there and had a perfect realistic scene to shoot for their next disaster flick and the resulting panic run on the grocery store. If I'd known I was supposed to be stocking up for the end of the world, rather than the next snowstorm, I would have gone out shopping yesterday, or even sooner!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 2:42 pm
Who, My thoughts are with you!
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 2:50 pm
I just can not understand why they have to use that hard plastic packaging. I just cut my hand trying to open a new pair of headphones I got for Christmas. It is soooo hard to open those!!! Why not use something a little more friendly? I avoid buying anything in that plastic if at all possible. Must go get a bandage!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 3:39 pm
Who I hope you got a carton or two. I agree Mama, I hate those things.
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 3:56 pm
Oh Mama I hate those things to. I almost did on a Memory Card I got for my Kodak Easyshare camera. Who: I read on the Gazettee.com (Colorado Springs) that King Supper is calling in like 50 extra trucks and help to be able to keep up as well as Safeway and Albertson's. Stay safe and warm and cozy, which I see from your folder you will with your new blankie .
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 4:24 pm
Mama, I'll see your hard plastic packaging and raise you a gazillion twisty ties tied in knots. Every single thing the kids got for Christmas were twisty tied and knotted, sewed, glued, or taped into the damn carboard package that comes inside the hard plastic packaging! It took me ten minutes today to rescue an airplane and controller from the package for Caleb. By the time I get things out, I'm ready to throw them against the wall!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 4:29 pm
Here ya go Mama and War!
<crawls back under CC Throw and hunkers back into chair>
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 4:35 pm
lol
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 5:08 pm
That's about what you need to open some of those packages!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 5:24 pm
I'm with all of you... I mean if the item was something that would save a life.. well.. good luck getting into it.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 6:54 pm
I agree about that hard ass plastic since I dont debox I forgot how they tightly wrap every little frickin detail with those hard plastic ties! I gave one as a gift and the girl wanted me to help her open, it took me 20 min!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:05 pm
I opened one up for Dakota awhile ago, a couple of baby bratz dolls, they were not only twisty ties, but the hard plastic part was glued to cardboard and then every single freaking thing was taped down. It too me pliers, wire cutters, and scizzors to get those damn dolls out!
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:08 pm
LOL Wargod. I almost needed stitches today and I am not exaggerating!!! I really do avoid anything in it, but a lot of times it is impossible. I just hate it.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:43 pm
Those of you that have kids should organize a petition to the toy manufacturers to knock off the hard plastic and twisty ties. Hell, we should all do it to all manufacturers since everything comes in that crap. LOL
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:45 pm
AND it is difficult not to 1. get hurt 2. damage the merchandise 3. not destroy some of the instructions 4. not destroy the UPC code if you need it for a rebate. Sheesh!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:49 pm
I use the bad pair of kitchen shears to open those hard plastic thingies. The kind of heavy duty shears you are supposed to cut through bones with. They work pretty good, and some of them have blunt tips.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:56 pm
I read somewhere recently that companies were beginning to move away from clamshell packaging over so many customer complaints and also fear or lawsuits. Cuts by clamshell packaging were one of the highest causes of visits to the ER related to hand injuries. Maybe by next year there won't be so many around!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:57 pm
I agree about those horrible plastic thingies. Just got another telephone call. This time he said that he wanted to be sure that I wasn't a victim of Identity Theft. You guessed it. Wanted to sell me some kind of check your credit plan. Told him to not call me again. He gave me a long paragraph explanation that it could take up to 8 weeks to get my number off the marketing list. I am positive that they got my info from one of my credit cards because of the way he asked to speak to me. Holler!!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 8:08 pm
Juju, some of those heavy plastic ties require tin snips and you have to be careful not to amputate a leg or something (of the doll inside or whatever) And yeah a cut with one of those is nasty!
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 8:08 pm
8 WEEKS!!!!!!! Did you get a name or phone number or talk to a manager??? I hate that!
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