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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 6:33 am
Another 'car' gripe...being followed down a steep hill with the yahoo behind you in a honking huge SUV talking on a cell phone. Scared me to death. I just knew he was going to plow right over me.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 6:41 am
There have been rumblings about making laws against rude and offensive drivers. To me there is no compensation for unearned rudeness. Funny how the red-light-cameras that were just implemented in San Antonio tempered the driving on a few intersections there. A lot fewer runners and a lot fewer accidents, too! My gripe ~ did someone lose with the hacksaw for the file lock?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 7:24 am
Yesterday, somewhere on the boards is a note from the Mods. They are implimenting part of the old system for a bit because, I think, things were bogging down and going too slow. They said to bear with them as it would bring back that old bugaboo, 'file locking error', but they would eventually get it all working correctly again as soon as possible.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 1:32 pm
What is it with young men these days? I have always believed that your a$$ belongs in your pants. Why do they wear the a$$ of the pants on their thighs? I mean, they have to walk like a toddler with a full load just to keep them from falling the rest of the way off. I just don't get it!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 3:51 pm
'with a full load' What a laugh, but you sure are right, that's exactly what it looks like. 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 5:13 pm
LOL Texasdeb, in my 11 year old sons case it's cuz he has no wasit or butt and weighs 80 lbs and can't keep track of his dozen or so belts to keep them up! I will say though, he absolutely hates it and can't understand why guys choose to do that on purpose, lol.
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 5:30 pm
When I worked as a therapist in a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed boys, we had a quick remedy to the sagging pants. They lose the privilege of boxers and get tighty-whiteys until they raise the waist line back where it belongs for a set period of time. Worked like a charm. It's funny that the guys were ok with the world seeing the print on their boxers, but horrified by the thought of someone seeing the white briefs. When one of they guys was starting to cross the line, all we had to do was mention the briefs and the pants were adjusted immediately.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 6:08 pm
LOL at the boys' pants. Here, it's affectionately referred to as 'plumb-bum', thanks to the notorious plumber under the sink view we've all had at one time or another.
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:30 pm
My gripe is people who chose not to read the sign on the front door of the store that says please no food or drinks allowed in the store. Then when you tell them no food or drinks allow they get all defensive or angry and stock out. A guy eating ice cream last night told me "OK we will leave, but that is for a 6 year old."
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:40 pm
My gripe is with sign's too.... Yard sales, people stick their big ole cardboard sign's all over the place and then never take them down... Oh that drives me nuts... and my next sorta gripe is that everynight I walk my doggies and people put sign's up for their beloved missing pets, photo's, names, the whole thing (thats not my gripe, if my pet was missing Id put up a billboard)... I wish they would put up a sign later that 'fido' was found or somthing...cause Im always left wondering and worrying.. Oh well...
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:45 pm
My gripe is with pet owners that let their pets out and don't clean up after them. I don't have dogs, but before we mow we have to clean dog poo out of our front yard
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:52 pm
Lady, we had that problem at our old house. Its a whole lot worse if ya don't pick it up but run over it instead. ACK!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:53 pm
Lady, that is one of my gripes too... My dogs are never to run free and if Im walking I pick up thier 'stuff'...and in my own yard, they have a spot and I check 3 or more times a day...hate dog crap piling up... My niebors let thier dogs run loose all the time, they always crap on my lawn and my other niebors...Oh it makes me sooo mad... but they dont care, and even being told more then once they do nothing....
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 9:19 am
Justavice, lol! at your solution. I just wonder who thought that up and knew it would work. Chewpito, if I was in your situation and I knew which neighbor was doing it and I had already talked to them a few times about it, then I had to clean it up, I would just dump it back in their yard. I mean, it theirs to begin with and you are just returning it. 
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 3:41 pm
Grooch, we had several dress-code type regulations and considering allowing only briefs for everyone, but decided to try them as a consequence and it seemed to work just fine.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 9:13 pm
Grooch, my brother was staying with us once when we lived near a lady that let her dog poop in your yard but didn't clean it up. First he asked her to clean it up then he told her to then he scooped up the poo and threw it on her side walk up to her door. Some might think that is mean but we didn't have a dog because we could not afford one and we were renting. My kids were little and we played in the yard so he wanted to let her know how it feels to have dog poo where you walk. She quit letting her dog go in our yard.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 9:25 pm
How funny, I have one niebor who stores it in a plastic baggie for a few days then sticks it on their front door step....... I am just not that brave... also theas niebors (with the dogs that run free) are slightly "seedie" and Im a little afraid of them... to tell the truth it frightens me to think they may do somthing to get even and if they ever hurt my dogs I might not be able to control myself...so I lie low and politly and repeataly remind them, that it isnt cool... but they dont listen..
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 9:26 pm
Same neighborhood, on the one side of us, our neighbors had 2 kids about our kids ages. Their kids were always playing in our yard, no problems. One day I over heard the dad tell my kids to get off his grass. I rushed out of my house and confronted him in the nicest way possible. His kids didn't play in our yard as much, so maybe I handled that one wrong. They were kind of wierd. We had street parking, which means first come first serve. Neighbor on the other side was throwing a party so people were parked in front of my house. I came home parked as close as I could get to my house like any normal person would do and pretty soon this idiot comes knocking on my door. He thinks I should move my car so I tell him that if he would go to the other neighbors house and get them to move from in front of my house that I would then move my car. He looked at me like he didn't understand so I started laughing. I basically told him to go home. Am I mean?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 12:05 am
Chewi, are you typing in the dark again??? ROFL!!!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 12:11 am
Twinkie, Dark as in Night??, cause yae..another gripe, I never can sleep....OR...Dark as in my posts dont make sence... "eather one could be true"...LOL... Twinkie...Im glad you are awake..Smiling!!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 7:05 am
My gripe is customer service people. On line, or phone, or whatever. This is the second company I've dealt with in the last couple of months that is incapable of actually answering the question I submit on line or via e-mail. I tell them how I tried all the standard fixes in their FAQ page, and all I get in response is a form letter type of e-mail that directs me to their frigging FAQ page on how to fix the problem. I spent TWO MONTHS with one company. Finally just got them resolved. Now I'm at it again with another company. For CRIPES SAKE....if I take the time to send you an e-mail with detailed info on what problem I'm having, and what I've done to try and fix it, the least you can do is READ the damn e-mail!!! /rant off
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 7:30 am
Thank you for posting your gripe, Whoami. If you continue to have gripes, may I direct you to our, The Return of the Gripe Thread

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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 9:45 am
Good one Huk!!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 2:06 pm
Get your track shoes on Huk, cause I'm coming after ya!

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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 10:35 am
New gripe: Why do people have to be so snotty, condescending and just plain out sh*t stirring rude? Can't people just keep their big noses out of other people's business? Ok, gripe over 
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