Archive through August 15, 2003
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Archive through August 15, 2003
Wolf | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 08:05 am     [begin rant] I need to ... not so much complain, but voice a pet peeve of mine. "Should of" done this. "Would of" been able to. "Could of" done that. What does this mean???? It makes no english sense. "Should HAVE" done this. "Would HAVE" been able to. "Could HAVE" done that. The "of" comes from the sound of the contractions of the correct forms: Should've, Would've, Could've. [/end rant]
Sorry all. Just a little irk of mine, and this is the only board I'm on that has a "complaining" thread.  |
Kmjm | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 08:44 am     I'd like to complain that in last night's show there was a whole "girl" segment that reduced Jun, Erika and Ali to the "cook", the "cleaner" and the "flirt" and focused on how they cry to get their own way. I'm not saying that the labels aren't to a degree accurate, but why the sexist stereotyping of the women, when Robert is portrayed as some kind of new age sensitive man? He's much more like what we used to call a "male ch**vinist p*g"! Ditto with some of the garbage that's been coming out of the mouths of his cohorts with regard to women. A real double standard! |
Twiggyish | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:02 pm     Good point Kmjm. What's up with that? |
Xarph | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:09 pm     What Kmjm said. Right on! |
Konamouse | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:43 pm     On the other hand, Kmjm, the focus on the three women nailed me a ton of points for the CBS Fantasy game 'squeek' |
Cliotheleo | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:48 pm     I forgot all about the fantasy game. I just checked my team that I created a LONG time ago. I have Dana, David, Justin and Michelle. Why in the HECK did I pick Michelle????? |
Beruthiel | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12:23 am     Message to Catfat! I know it's days later, and may be of no help, but thought I'd post here anyway and hope you see this. In today's paper, in the gardening section, a local acreage owner with a spectacular garden was being eaten out of house and home by moose and deer. Apparently she found her own solution to the problem, and it's cheap and easy. She rips or cuts BOUNCE softener sheets into strips and ties them around the twigs of her shrubs etc, and she says that the critters hate the smell, and stay away now. I don't know if you get that product where you are, or if it would even smell the same if you did, but if so, it would be worth a try, I'm sure. My problem is a mama porcupine who climbs my fence every year bringing her baby to eat my strawberries and chomp the branches and bark of my crabapple trees. I had to buy a light, and plug it in when I hear the scrabbling on the fence every night. Last year I used Christmas floodlights for weeks! It's not so bad this year now that the drought has eased, so she must be getting her grub more easily in the river valley. Did you know that baby porcupines sound just like baby humans when they cry for their mother? It was so creepy the first night I heard it! |
Eeyoreslament | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12:33 am     My only suggestion if using Bounce to fend off deer...don't use the Outdoor Fresh, or Spring Garden smells. |
Beruthiel | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12:33 am     PS- I just posted in your folder too, and if anyone sees this and can pass it on to Catfat, please do! Might save some of the greenery and the kids from trouble, if it works anyway, hope so! |
Gvandeli | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 10:06 am     Ever notice how Jun never asks anyone what they would like for breakfast/lunch/dinner. She just decides and fixes it. Hello--just because you can cook does not mean you are in charge of deciding what everybody gets to eat. |
Marcie_B | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 10:19 am     Yea, Gvandeli, with Jun there are two options on the breakfast menu: take it or leave it. |
Pghparrothead | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 10:26 am     That's the menu in my house! |
Cricket | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 11:34 am     Gosh, Gvandeli, you must have been reading my mind. I was just thinking as I read about what she was laying out for the omelet about how I wouldn't make it in that house. I can't like mushrooms, onions or green peppers, lol. She'd have to let me cook for myself. I still don't understand why BB hasn't had people take turns cooking. It seems like they favor her in letting her control the kitchen. She shoos everyone out of there and that doesn't seem right. She thinks that will keep her from getting nominated. I'd really like to see how she would act for one week if she wasn't allowed to cook. That would be 'real' BB for Jun. |
Meggieprice | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 11:38 am     I want to complain that I wake up every morning and read the late night chat thread and this morning it had already been archived so it did not even start until after 2 am and that seems a bit excessive. I know many people look to that thread every day for updates- it would be nice if they kept at least all of the previous night for a day. |
Kmjm | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12:06 pm     Me too, Meggie- my power, and then my cable connection was out and by the time I got onto the board the thread was gone. I can't find where it was archived- it wasn't in the BB4 archives section. |
Katlady53 | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12:29 pm     I'd like to complain that my %$%#+ home computer is down for the second time in three weeks, and my only access is at the office at the moment. I have no idea when the extended warranty tech is coming to fix my computer. %$@#&!!!! I guess my main complaint is that I can't read feeds over the weekend and won't know how many points I scored in the fantasy league until Monday morning. |
Bluejaxrock | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12:39 pm     I was hoping that when they (BB powers-that-be) decided to highlight Jee's quirks or OCB's about cleaning his teeth/body, etc., that they would also show the flip side of cleanliness and have a montage of Robert and his friend, pointer. His compulsion is so obvious, I'm really suprised that they haven't made a big deal of it on the TV shows. Any like thinkers out there? |
Scorpiomoon | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 01:06 pm     Blue: I agree! And I would take it a level higher and point out the producers haven't engaged in ANY "good natured ribbing" when it comes to Robert. They've made fun of Jun's weight, Erika's love of pink, Ali's flirting, Nate's sexuality and vanity, etc, etc. But there have been no playful jabs at Robert. |
Goddessatlaw | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 01:31 pm     Well, Robert would be a PR nightmare if he won - no one would have him on their shows because they'd have to shake his hand. Create a montage of his compulsive and disrelishing probiscus investigations along with his polluted and ignominious pronouncements on women, and well, you've got a pretty odious fellow you've got to sell. Except for having had the privilege of waving at a Carmen Electra impersonator across a crowded mosh pit, Robert has nothing to recommend him. Leave the montage OFF the show, and all those intensely nauseating traits may remain just a rumour among we 300 pound internet geeks to be dismissed by the general public. They'll try to sell him as the devoted daddy who brought home the bacon for his little girl (never mind that she, as a female, would be presumed to fall within the general scope of his pronouncements against women). |
Needmylifeback | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 01:32 pm     Well, there's always this weeks nominaton show to showcase Robert and his habits! |
Kmjm | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 01:36 pm     Think you're right GAL, perhaps they'll wait until they're sure he's going out. Listen to him now, talking big to Ali. They're still going to the end, doing it for Justin. Give me a break. |
Misslibra | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 01:55 pm     I want to complain about BB putting Beauty Queens in the house. Never do it again because it seems all they want to do is knock off all the Women in the house. I think Ali is programed to do this from being in beauty pageants. It seems to be her nature. I agree Jun needs to go but not now. And everything Ali is accusing Jun of doing she's doing. |
Beruthiel | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 02:19 pm     I want to complain that I've still got the thread killer jinx that has plagued me for years. Honestly, I don't deliberately try, nor do I want, to always get the last word!  |
Misslibra | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 02:22 pm     I want to complain about Jack talking to much to Ali giving her to much info right now. |
Sisalou | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 02:51 pm     Aww Beruthiel, No you don't. It is a coincidence, just like it is when I appear to kill theads! LOL |
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