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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Waste Management. Over the last six weeks, we've had them skip taking our trash one week, dragging one of my cans down the street another, and twice having them empty the can with stuff blowing down the street. This morning I took a bag of trash out to the curb, my recycle can had already been emptied and half of it was scattered throughout my lawn. I am really begining to dislike these people.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Can you call them? We've had to call ours quite a few times over the years.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL Twigs, I was telling someone earlier that I'm kind of afraid to call, I mean if it's this bad now, how bad would it be if I called and complained???? I'd probably look out to find not only my garbage but the neighbors as well on my lawn!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
accck! Didn't think of that!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, it was the first thing I thought of this morning. Me and the kids were out there picking it up and I told them I was going to call and complain about it...then, hmmm, maybe not?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
We've called ours a few times, too -- usually just for not picking it up. We pay almost $35 a MONTH for pickup, so if they don't do it right, you can be sure I'm gonna' complain. It helps that we FINALLY have "competition" in our area. Up until a couple months ago, the company had a monopoly.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Wow, Teach, that's a lot for garbage pickup. We have Waste Mgmt and our bill is $43.90 for two months.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, March 30, 2007 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Our bill is high because 1)we live over 60 miles from the nearest dump, and thus 2)we live "in the boonies" according to all the waste management maps! GRRRR. We recycle so I wish they'd just make us pay by the pound -- it'd be cheaper!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 4:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
OK..here's my rant/gripe..why is it you never see a news story that says "biological child killed parent" or "Mary Smith's biological child made valedictorian"? but you will see Adopted child killed parent or adopted child made valedictorian. how in the world is that germaine to the story?? is it automatically understandable that an adopted child would kill his/her parent? it is out of the realm of believability that an adopted child make valedictorian??

Marie Osmond has announced she is getting a divorce. The story went on to say 'she and her husband have two biological children and 5 adopted'. Why not just say they have 7 kids.

If the article isn't about adoption, why bring it up?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
True, it is irrelevant, Texannie.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 1:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Annie, that reminds me of when my ex-father-in-law died and my children were left out of the obit as grandchildren because his son and I were divorced. Later when their half-sister died in a car accident, they were named in the obit as step-siblings.

Ignorance is rampant.

Why do the news reports always say, "the driver and passenger may not have been wearing their seatbelts" when the media should just give the facts and leave the garbage on the floor. If a person "was" wearing their seatbelt, saying they may not have makes the driver look guilty of some crime.

It's kind of like saying in an article that you live in Texas because you have brown hair. The color of your hair has no importance, but there is a reporter who would interject it to add fluff to the story.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
So true Grace!

My great grandmother was big on 'blood' so she was constanly pointing out that my mother wasn't a blood relation. When we would have family pics she would call everyone over and then look at my mom and say 'oh, not you, i mean family'!
ironically, her granddaughter was adopted and she was always wonderful to her..maybe she just didn't like my mom! LOL

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Texannie, I suspect your great grandmother might have been a horse's ass. I hope you are not any blood kin to her.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
LOL! she actually was quite an amazing woman. She was a feminist before the word was invented. She was the 2nd female attorney in the state of Kentucky and one of the first 10 in TX, a methodist minister. she ran the law research department for United Gas which is now Reliant Energy. BUT she was not a good family person!
at her 100th birthday party her 80 year old daughter said 'oh i just hate these things, everyone will come up and say what a good woman momma is, and i will have to agree'! LOL

the NY Times even mentioned her death.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E6D61F38F933A05756C0A965948260

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Annie, you are so right! I was labeled, "step" daughter by everyone but my dad, who adopted me. I hated having that label, but it seemed important to other people..grrrrrr...

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I think it is all how we perceive things. I always think of adoption as a positive thing. When I read that about Marie O. I thought to myself what a giving person to have adopted children. You sure can't be a selfish person.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Wargod, if your waste management program hears enough complaints, especially from the same neighborhoods, they will do something about it. I had to call our city utilities about the recycle truck, because the driver was so sloppy and threw items all up and down the entire streets every week. I said to the city manager, "I thought we recycle in order to maintain garbage!" It was the last straw for that driver, because there had been enough complaints and proof was still there when the city manager drove by. The next week I saw a new driver and no more trash in the street. SO, you may not be the only disgruntled homeowner. Give them a call.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
The children don't want to be thought of as charity. To them Marie and her husband are Mom and Dad. They don't see themselves as adopted, as they are part of a family. Why not treat them the same as the other children? They may not be blood related, but they are related by heart. Every time someone mentions the "adopted" part, it's as if the kids aren't "really" related. Why make the distinction? No, they shouldn't be ashamed of being adopted, but it's certainly not something that needs to be mentioned all the time.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
my gripe is having labels in spanish. Bill usually does the marketing so I havent been to market in awhile. I could barely read some of the product labels because it was so crowded with the words in spanish also.

I thought is was only CVS (drug store) that did this. I noticed a few months ago the signs above head were in spanish and english

It pisses me off that companies do this....there is little incentive to learn english here anymore.

and why not put the signs in Vietnamese or Chinese etc....why just cater to one other nationality? I know the answer but still...

Is this a CA thing?? Do ya all in other states have spanish on your labels?

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Its not a California thing. We have it here in GA, too. Seems like every time I go to the store I notice more. I can deal with the double-language labels...usually the English is there, with Spanish in smaller type below. But there are some products that actually have the Spanish larger, with the English in the smaller type below and that REALLY gets me. And I'm not talking about Mexican food products...the first I saw were Publix brand dried lentils.

I am also highly irritated by some billboards popping up around here that are completely in Spanish. I know there is a large Spanish-speaking population (do NOT get me started on that), but this just crosses a line with me.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
No, it's been a Texas thing for a long time. As a matter of fact San Antonio has been toying with the idea of changing their 'official language' to Spanish (well Tex-Mex anyway), and a lot of our commercials on tv are half English - half Spanish, too. San Antonio's demographics show the city to be a huge majority (something over 90%) of Mexican descent or other Hispanic residents.

The grocery stores are using more and more products with no English, also. Pretty soon we'll all be picture reading not just our highway signs but food labels, as well.

Even if you buy something from the stores and take it home to be assembled, there will be instruction booklets in English and Spanish, and sometimes French. The product could have been imported from China.

When will Americans stand up for their own heritage of honor, pride, and courage in our own adopted ways of living (prior to the 20th century) above other countrys'?

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I also think my son will not be able to get a job if he doesnt speak spanish, which really pisses me off.

all the jobs listed for county jobs here say, bi lingual prefered but you just know thats all they will hire

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Welcome to our world, guys! LOL

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I think you mean Buenos Dias, Muchachos!

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Very cute Pamy!

grace, when Americans do try to stand up for it, they get blasted for it(Joey Vento from Geno's ...or sued (Farmers Branch, TX). I do think more Americans are waking up to the issue, so maybe there is hope.