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Squaredsc

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 07:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
(((Llkoolaid))) ((((LL's Friend's Family)))) i am so sorry about your loss.

Hippyt

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OKay,I'm waaayyyy grippy!The baby/toddler got up at 6 something,and is now turning into a mess of tears and screaming.Nap?Oh hill no!Not my little darlin!
Does anyone else think that men do a terrible job at household chores just so they won't be asked to do them again? I asked hubby to load the dishwasher last night,he did it. I go to empty it this morning,it looked like a drunken monkey had put the dishes in!And,the sink was still full of dirty dishes!Arrgghhhh
And,why do dogs chew up socks and underwear? I have one pair of socks left,and no panties!
I need to go back to bed and start this day over!

Zachsmom

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ROTFLMBO Hippy! sorry..soo sorry..but you made my day!!

drunken monkey..lol

{{{{{HUG}}}}}}

Hippyt

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Lumbele

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
(((Llkoolaid))) I am very sorry you lost such a great person in your life.

LOL Hippy, I think you may have found the "stronger" sex out. As for the dogs, I could loan you some socks that would certainly cure them of *that* habit. And I understand not wearing underwear is the norm for some women. When you find out what the thrill in that is, would you let me know, please?

Twiggyish

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 02:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
((LL)) He is an inspiration. A person like him lived his life to the fullest. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he got out and made a difference. I consider that a life well lived.

My thoughts are with you.

Mygetaway

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was going to post this in the Right now thread, but it's more of a rant, so here goes.

Right now I'm ticked at my stepson because once again, he thinks he can just do whatever he wants.
He had a friend over earlier, from 4:30 to 6. The friend leaves, then a little while later the friend comes back and SS asks can he stay till 9 pm or so. (Keep in mind this SS is usually in bed at 9 by his own choice, even though he is 16) I say no, not tonight because it's a school night (they had no school today, so stayed up late last night). So now, what do I hear out in the living room? This other kid is here again, but this time nobody says anything until I heard them. I call my SS in and he's says, it's not my fault, his Mom just left him here, and now she won't come back. It's BS!! I can't drive anymore or I'd take this kid home myself. My SS does this kind of crap all the time. He plays STUPID. I don't like having extra kids over when DH is gone because of my medical condition, (I couldn't provide any help to someone if they were to get injured or anything.. ya know what I mean, and these boys are always F'ing around) but I let him have his friend over earlier, and then he does this crap to me.
Anyway... I just had to vent because I'm trying real hard not to call DH and "tattle" to him, but I hate when they disrespect me this way.

Mygetaway

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
PS... Sorry for your Friend LL. I should use that story and stop feeling so sorry for myself. It is a really bad way to be..


Hippy.. thanks for the laugh. I hadn't read those posts until after I posted my rant. Now I feel better.

Maris

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mygetaway, do they have car service's where you live. Next time just tell the little darling, no problem...I will call a car service and send your friend home.

Sia

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mygetaway, is your SS's friend being dumped on you overnight without asking if it's okay first? Or is the kid sent to your house until late so the Mom can do other things? I'd be furious about it, too. I don't think you'd be tattling if you said something about it to your husband. Your SS probably doesn't want to put his foot down with his friend for fear of being made fun of, but he is allowing his good nature to be taken advantage of by his friend, as well. I just can't understand the boy's mother shipping her kid off like that. (((MGA)))

Mygetaway

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris.. Good idea, but I usually don't have much cash on hand. I may have to keep a stash just in case..LOL

Sia.. no, she just dumped him for a couple hours while she goes and does something else. The sad thing is the kid is probably better off here, but if they get out of hand I can't control them. He's usally pretty well mannered when he's here, but he's allowed to smoke at home and is very careless with his cigarettes. He's been banned from smoking anywhere in our house or yard because of an earlier incident, but I can't get downstairs so therefore can't see what they're up to down there. SS would not say anything to him if he did start smoking. You kind of hit the nail on the head about SS. He does let people take advantage of him, but he also isn't very good at using his common sense. This kid has NO aspirations for the future, but that's a whole nother thread.

Thanks for the hugs!

Maris

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mygetaway, make it COD, i.e. parent at other end pays. lol. Lets face it you are talking about 16 year olds, I am betting kid has the money.

Northstar

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uhh, I feel for you MGA. I'm glad you have a venting place to come to. We've been there. And today I got two hugs and love yous from young men I use to lose sleep over. Some nights, it's best to hope for tomorrow. Hang in there!!

Squaredsc

Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
((((MGA)))

Wargod

Friday, January 17, 2003 - 01:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Had my rant about a commercial earlier, now its time for the car.

Two weeks or so ago, I went without the car because everything in it was dead. Once that got fixed, I went a week with no blinkers. Wednesday, Darren had my car and parked it on the street. Yesterday morning, I went to move it before the trash man got there and it wouldn't start. Lights came on, gas gauge moved, car went grrrrr, grrrr. Darren came home, messed with it and at least got it parked back in the driveway. I went out a couple hours ago to take Kota to my sis' and run some errands, and all I get is grrrrr, grrrrrrr. I think, once again, that the starter is shot. Same thing we went through before.

I'm mad! It's getting to the point I do without my car more than I do with it. Darren and one of the guys he works with carpool three days a week, so every other week I get his car, but for the majority of the time if my car isn't working I'm stranded.

Goddessatlaw

Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can help you out with the car rant. Went in to get a tune up, new muffler and tire rotation on my secondary car for the trip south tomorrow (good car is getting body work done because of an unfortunate encounter with a boulder - which who knew there were boulders in Indianapolis? - during the weather on Tuesday). Figured a couple hundred max. Come out with an estimate for a $1,000.00 fix job since the entire exhaust system needs replaced, distributer cap, rotor, wires, fuel filter, yaddayaddablingbling. And more bling - this doesn't even begin to address the broken shock. PS my secondary car, a Honda, drives JUST FINE and will be going to Bloomington tomorrow!! I am HONKED!

Fruitbat

Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 06:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Telemarketing calls are a nuisance to eveyone but there is one curious thing.

They all begin with, 'Hi, my name is_____, from____, how are you today?

Why do they insist on saying "How are you today?" That is a dead give away. No friend or business or physicians office or dentist or you name it, that has legitimate business with you, ever says that.

Biloxibelle

Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 06:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've got a gripe. This has been one of mine for a long time. And yesterday it was brought to light again and for the first time in years I spoke up.

It burns my butt to hear people tell their kids if you don't behave, sit down, stop or whatever that policeman is going to get you. Don't they realize what they are doing? What if something happens someday and these babies are afriad of the police.

Many years ago my cousin had her 3 boys at a fair and the middle boy had slipped away from them. They looked every where and had the police looking also. He hid in a little opening betwwen the ladies room and a wall. A lady going in the bathroom found him and coaxed him out to help find his mom. First thing she saw was a policeman and started to take him over there and he pitched a fit screaming and trying to get away from her. Lucky my cousin was nearby and heard him. So it all ended well. But it turned out after he realized he was lost he was "hiding" from the police (my cousin was one who used to threaten them with "the police are going to get you". So he chose to go with a stranger to find his mom (again lucky it was a nice lady) then to go to the police for help.

Yesterday I was at the mall and there was an officer with his wife shopping. A lady with her son in a stroller were standing there and the boy climbed out of the stroller and she told him "if you get out again that policeman is going to take you to jail and you won't see mommy anymore". The officer and his wife walked away and I stood there for a few minutes and decided I had to say something. So I told her you really shouldn't do that. She asked me "what"? I said scare him with the police. What if he got lost or someone took him you want him to run to the police for help or a stranger? If he scared of the police he won't ask them for help. She just got a dumb look on her face and said "well he won't stay in his stroller". Sheesh.

Ok I'm done. Feels good to gripe but it still bites my butt in a big way to hear parents do that.

Northstar

Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 07:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It's amazing how a few repeated words make such an impact. My brother is an officer in a small town, and sees it often. As part of the community patrol program, he goes into elementary schools and tries to diffuse some of that thinking. He also teaches seminars in Government classes at the high schools. As can be expected, high schoolers are a little less forthcoming, but by the end he says it's pretty open communication. Good for you Biloxi for speaking up!

Crossfire

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My gripe is talking heads on TV that have the balls to sit around in news rooms talking over important people making important statements.

Not much drives me more nuts than seeing a press briefing that I have spent a whole day waiting to start, begin while the talking head spends five minutes introducing and setting up the scene while I can see the important person talking, but can't hear them.

All of that is just slightly less annoying than it is to see them cut away before the event is complete, only to repeat the same crap they spent the first five minutes talking about, then telling me what I just heard while adding nothing.

What makes it even worse, is while I am climbing the walls waiting for them to switch the audio to the important or otherwise interesting press event, the talking head not only wastes time setting up the scene, but they start stumbling and bumbling all over their words only making it take that much longer to cut the the important event.

For that, I'd like CNN in particular to my behind.

Halfunit

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 09:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
And uhhhhh to our viewers uhhhhh we bring to you uhhhhh this press conference on uhhhhhh breaking news that uhhhhh started three minutes ago and uhhhhh that uhhhhhh we will uhhhhhh join in uhhhhhh progress.

Crossfire

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 09:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Beautiful Halfunit, that was Perfect. I get the feeling you might have seen this phenomenon before.

Halfunit

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 10:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes Crossfire, I think it's called the

"I believe I am the ultimate anchor and I will let you know if you need to be informed of something."

syndrome.

Crazydog

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 11:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am here today to gripe about radio stations in the morning that talk too much and talk about stupid topics. Along with that I would add the stupid people who call in with their stupid stories.

Today the topic was "you already know he's not The One". One woman called in and said that she's been with her boyfriend for 8 months, but she knows he's not the One because he no longer does little things for her that he used to do. The DJ asked her why she was still with him and she didn't say she loved him, or loved being with him, or anything at all related to him. She just said, I'm waiting until after Valentine's Day.

Grrrrrr. So I suppose she thinks it's better to be with someone you don't like than to be alone on Valentine's Day. The poor guy, he's probably going to spend a lot of money on this girl who has already planned to break up with him. I really hope he was listening to the radio this morning.

Squaredsc

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 01:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
why do bill collectors and telemarketers(sp) call you by your first name? like they know you. or like you would think you were talking to one of your friends. i hate that. i don't know you, don't call me by my first name. we are not on that kind of time.