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Archive through December 10, 2007

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Oct. 2007 ~ Dec. 2007: Free Expressions: The return of The Return of the Gripe Thread: Archive through December 10, 2007 users admin

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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    

Yay Escapee!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Hee hee, thanks, I have only been this angry one other time, we won't go there because it still angers me.

Anyone need me to call anyone? Serate? Call to the neighbors?



Rissa
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03-20-2006

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Way to go Escapee!!! LOL at the thought of Escapee dressing down Serate's neighbors. :-)

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 4:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
my question is...what the heck did they use to kill the grass practically overnight?

I'd be worried about some strong acid and Pets feet.


I dont think kids would be so elaborate. Sometimes Its worth being extra cautious because maybe a Mentally disturbed person has somehow made a connection to your house.

I think the LEAST the police could do is test the soil.

If it is a chemical, they MIGHT be able to track the culprit down.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    


Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Escapee if ya want to call the neighbors who think we do a terrible job with our yard, feel free. *L*

Sunshyne here in the States there are so many chemicals you can buy anywhere that kill the grass between 6 - 24 hours. Roundup is the most popular name - heck we have some in our garage. Cops aren't too worried unless other stuff happens to us, or the same type of vandalism starts happening around town. As far as pet safety most of them are safe as long as you keep the pet off of it until it is dry - like 30 minutes. Jack doesn't go out there much as we let him run in the back which is fenced in. If he's out front he's on a leash and even tho I know it is safe I'll keep it from him.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I know what you should do, Serate. Buy a bunch of crocus bulbs. Sneak over to the neighbors lawn and bury them in a form that spells LOVE. That's show 'em this coming spring.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
*L* My husband said something to the same sorts OG. Cept for the word LOVE he wanted to um, well, make a symbol to tell them they were #1. *L* He doesn't have the sweet kind heart that you do OG.

I've gotten a couple emails. I think I need to make it clear that I really and truly do NOT think it's the neighbor's across the street who keep telling us how to do our yard.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 6:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
So I had to go down to Kaiser to pick up my birth control pills. Old people seriously need to take the driving test again. Do not be in the fast lane (that is the left lane, for those clueless people) going 30 when the speed limit is 50MPH. And, if you can't do two things at the same time, i.e. drive the speed limit and talk on the cell phone, DON'T DO IT!

And screw AAA, my mom has a membership there...she was paying for my registration, but because my name is on the registration for the car...I have to go through DMV, they won't do it. Seriously!

Okay, I'm done

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I HATE TRIMESTERS!!!!!!!!!

A week of dress rehearsals for the play and 3 perfomances, tests to grade (and write) exams to write and get copied (and copy lady GONE the last TWO DAYS!), AND 4 more classes worth of syllabi to get ready and lessons planned for....and all this by MONDAY! For all that work, I'll have the "privilege" of spending my entire Thanksgiving break grading exams, figuring marking period grades, figuring trimester grades AND creating calendars for those four new classes. EVERY 12 weeks we do this!!! And why?? Is it better for kids? NO! It's cheaper, that's why. GRRRRRRR!}

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
(((Teach)))

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
if you see a dangerous driver on the road, it is a good idea to call police and report them. Especially if weaving on the road or drving erratically.

I spare no pity LOL By the way, here in Canada the old people can be ticketed for holding up traffic and NOT going the speed limit.

I've tried Roundup and it never killed my plants OR grass in days.

By the way, the chemical is considered safe for pets when dry but the truth is, the residue is still there and goes onto the pet's paws and into their system. Causes Cancer.

I did a lot of research a few years ago when I was trying ALL weedkillers in my driveway.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, November 16, 2007 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
People here in the states can be ticketed for going too slow. Interstates have a minimum speed posted, an any kind of driving on any road that an officer perceives as dangerous - too slow, too fast, to erratic - can be ticketed. You can get a ticket for going 55 in a 70 area if the officer thinks the weather makes it so you should be going slower than 55.


The Roundup we have kills grass and weeds overnight. We have a sidewalk that is in between our house and the people behind us [a walk to school and we use the roundup to kill the grass/weeds between the sidewalk and fence so we don't have to lug the mower back there.

Jack only runs free in the back yard and I refuse to use chemicals back there. Or anywhere else outside the gate for that matter. [TAKE THAT neighbors across the street - we might not have perfectly green weed free lawn, but my animals are safe!] Jack is on a leash outside of the fence and I won't be taking him by the killed grass. As far as the animals running loose? *shrugs* Besides what am I to do? Tear up the yard anywhere there is damage? IF indeed it hurts the animals running loose I'm not going to blame myself.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 3:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I love love love Christmas. I love everything about it from decorations to cards to family events. When the stores were putting out Christmas stuff before Halloween I gritted my teeth and chose to look around it until the holiday season hit. When the city started putting up decorations around town at the begining of November, I kept saying it was too soon. But today while flipping through radio stations, I came across a local station that has started playing Christmas music 24/7. I gripped to Darren about it and he said they'd been doing it for over a week!

What the heck is wrong??? Part of what makes Christmas so special to me is that the season is so brief from Thanksgiving to New Years and you really need to slow down and enjoy it while it last. Dragging it out longer theres no time to enjoy Halloween, fall, and Thanksgiving!

Stupid gripe but it totally put me in a bad mood today. Granted I start looking at Christmas crafts and making em somewhere after Halloween, but when I'm done with them they get put away until after Thanksgiving. I make my shopping lists early and may even pick up a few things but that's cuz I'm on a budget and need to plan.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 4:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
There is a station here in Chicago, a big one, that starts the 24/7 Christmas music the day after Halloween...

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 6:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Wargod, so true!! I thought Americans had it a bit better though. In Canada the Christmas stuff goes up the day after Halloween, but the USA still has Thanksgiving in btn. Doesn't work that way? LOL

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 6:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
I have been noticing something new this year. Even though the stores have been putting up the Christmas stuff early November for a few years now, most people in my neighbourhood didnt put up their decorations til early December. For some reason, several houses on my street and a few further afield have their lights up and on for a couple of weeks already! Some even have their trees up! I find it odd that people are changing their habits so suddenly.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Bunch of my neighbors have done the same Cable. Its because of the weather (for us anyway). Its been unseasonably warm here so folks are taking advantage and getting a jump on the lights. If it was below freezing level anyway they wouldn't bother until December.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Global warming affects everything!

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Wargod, you better not move to North Pole, AK then because they leave the town decorated for Christmas all year round. I think they even painted their street light poles to look like candy canes. LOL

I love Christmas decor and would leave mine up at home all year round if DH wasn't so pissy about it.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 4:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Rissa, this seems to have started in the last couple years. Used to decorations and stores getting ready and Christmas music didn't start til after Thanksgiving.

I have one neighbor who does start putting up his Christmas decs as soon as he takes the Halloween ones down. He doesn't bother me though cuz I know he has a very elaborate display every year and it does take him several weeks to get it all set up.

I also have no problem with places that are decorated year round if they're supposed to be. I kinda enjoy that. There's a small boutique in town that sells homemade Christmas decorations and the little store at Disneyland that has their stuff up year round and I love that. North Pole AK sounds like it'd be fun to visit anytime of year. But the stores going all out and Christmas music too soon seems to take the specialness out of it. It's a special time of year cuz it's only 4 weeks.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I'll be so glad when the advertising season for the holidays is over.

I'm really sick of.....

...ungrateful children who pout cause their uncool parent got them a pony/sweater instead of an expensive trendy cell phone, or a specific video game.

....husbands who can only express the depth of their love by the size of the diamond they get their wife....or by where they shop for said diamond.

....ads for gifts of computers, wide screen tv's, and even fancy luxury cars. Good grief, just who is the target audience on this anyway? I'm sure Oprah, Trump and their loved ones already have what they need/want in that regard.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 1:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Oh, but, Whoami, that pony bites and you know size DOES matter. LOL

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 3:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I love that commercial! "Does he bite?" <eye roll, disgusted look> "yeah." Hehehe.

My gripe with commercials like that is that they make all kids look like greedy, ungrateful, little giveme monsters and most kids really aren't like that. Sure there are some who are only interested in the latest, hottest stuff, but most aren't like that. Just like most women aren't sitting around waiting to judge how much their hubby's love them by the size of the diamonds they buy. I dunno, maybe the folks I know are just weird.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 4:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
I love that part too, Wargod. My son wants an expensive cell phone for Christmas but he pays his own phone bill. I wonder what he'd do if I bought him a pony. LOL