Archive through January 31, 2002

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Whoami

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 03:21 am Click here to edit this post
Here's a light hearted look at some of the things that annoy us in life.

Don't you just hate it when........

....you open a canister of Pringles, and the chips are all broken up.

....you drop something, bend down to pick it up, and miss, taking several swipes at it before you catch it.

....you drop something, pick it up, and drop it agian.

....you walk into a room, and go to hit the light switch on the way, and miss the switch. So you back up and swipe at it again, and miss again, until you have to stop, back up, stop and take a very firm swipe at the light switch before you can finally continue on into the room.

Christina

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 06:14 am Click here to edit this post
He he , yeah.... dont you hate it when you are doing some heavy duty cleaning and organizing, and you need something upstairs in the closet, and when you get there you forget what you came all the way up there for!!!!sigh...thats what I hate he he

Cablejockey

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 06:12 pm Click here to edit this post
Don't you hate it when no matter what check-out line you pick it will always be the slowest one! I will get into what certainly looks to be a fast moving line and immediately someone pays with a check or has to have a price check or cant find their money. Plus this will only happen when you are running late or you have a tired cranky child with you.

Urgrace

Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 08:57 pm Click here to edit this post
Yeah CJ, the same goes for the drive up window at the bank! You drive up behind the one car in line while the others have at least three and end up sitting there until they have all finished their banking and gone. Meanwhile someone has driven up behind you and the next new group of customers are driving away, too! I ask you this - if that customer had such a big transaction or needed help, why didn't he or she go inside the bank for specific problems?

Also, what is this thing where you drive up to order fast food, and when you get to the window they ask you to drive over and park while they help the guy behind you! That ticks me! I figure if it is supposed to be fast food, and it supposed to be a drive thru pick up, why do they want me to park? I don't even like fast food and wouldn't be there except I have grandkids! If I wanted to park, I would have gone inside!!

Knightpatti

Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 10:04 pm Click here to edit this post
I hate it when people count out pennies real slow to give for change. Especially when there is a long line behind them

Ketchuplover

Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 05:54 pm Click here to edit this post
people forget what STOP signs mean? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Jbean

Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 07:18 pm Click here to edit this post
...people pull out in front of you when there are no cars behind you!!!!

Ketchuplover

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 08:36 pm Click here to edit this post
there are only 8 posts in a thread?

Crazydog

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 09:13 pm Click here to edit this post
... you leave the house but you can't remember if you turned off the stove (or the iron, computer, etc.) so you drive ALL THE WAY back there only to find that it was off.

Whoami

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 09:18 pm Click here to edit this post
Hehe, that's okay Ketchup. The original thought for this thread was a light hearted look at annoying every day things in life, but it turned into a pet peeve thread (but that's okay too, cause we all need to get things off our chest, right?). My threads never seem to get more than 8-10 posts anyway.

I'm kind of your classic thread hit-man. You want a thread to die? Ask me to post on it!

Whowhere

Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 08:59 am Click here to edit this post
Don't you hate it when it's raining and your dog thinks it's YOUR fault that he can't relieve himself without getting drenched?

Twiggyish

Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 09:12 am Click here to edit this post
You get stuck in traffic behind a little old person, who thinks the green light means hit your brakes and slow down to a crawl.
Same people who think the left turn signal means turn right.
Same people who stop at each road sign because they can't read them while driving.
Same people who think 45 mph, means 20 mph, just to be on the safe side.
Same people who bravely pull out from a side road (cut you off) and then stop or slow down when you honk. Sometimes honking reminds them there is car coming.
Same people who don't turn their heads and pull over into your lane and force you to drive into the median while blowing horn. Then, they look up startled.
Can you tell I live in a retirement area and winter haven for the very elderly?
Gotta love them!

Urgrace

Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 10:53 pm Click here to edit this post
Don't you hate it when one of your nearby favorite stores or shops that you frequently use decides that they will get more business if they move all the way across town or even worse to the next town.

Oh, and Twiggs, I've got plenty I could add to your list of bad driving habits of south central Texans. One, people who get so used to driving around in the town where they live don't read signs anymore and just keep on driving the way they always have, ignoring new or changed signs - for instance: Do Not Turn Left,(or even worse it's a picture with a diagonal line through it for those who can't read) but they will sit there til doomsday waiting for the traffic to clear to make that illegal turn while you sit behind them. Two, it has become the habit in our area for at least three more cars to drive through the yellow and red light before the cars with the green light can proceed. Three, if the street is wide enough for four lanes, but there are no painted lines, the people will drive into the middle or what would be the left lane for a right turn or all the way to the right for a left turn while you are stuck behind them indefinitely. Four, a stop sign now means, maybe the driver will slow down before proceeding, a yield sign means the driver will speed up into the oncoming traffic making the traffic which has the right of way slow down. Merge means get out of the way of the driver merging or he will run you over. Five, this one really gets me, you arrive at a four way intersection, unmarked,and whoever pauses then proceeds as fast as they can gets the right of way, OR marked, you arrive after the person to your right and the driver waves at you to go through first! (Don't you just love those friendly Texans.)

Car54

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 03:18 am Click here to edit this post
Twiggy, you gave me a laugh. I work in an area with a lot of elderly drivers, and it requires a whole different definition of "defensive driving!"

Urgrace, when I lived in Austin, I never saw such aggressive driving! Texas drivers really do think they "own" the road!

Jeep

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 05:50 am Click here to edit this post
I hate it when I walk a different room in my house to get something and then just forget what I wanted. I have to go all the way back to where I started before my memory kicks in. I do this at work, too. I don't know what I'm going to do when I REALLY get old! There's just always too much stuff on my mind.

Meme9

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 07:31 am Click here to edit this post
Oh Jeep, I'm with you on that one!!!
I get so tired of doing this, but then I remind myself that maybe this is natures way of making me exercise. hehe

Whoami

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:42 am Click here to edit this post
I do that all the time too Jeep! In fact, I've even opened my purse, and dug around in it for a couple of minutes before I realize I have no idea what I'm looking for!

Jeep

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 10:53 am Click here to edit this post
Hey, Meme9, exercise????? Is that a foreign language?

Whowhere

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 10:58 am Click here to edit this post
Bill Cosby says that when that happens, push your memory button. Your memory button is strategically placed somewhere in your buttocks. I must say, I think he's right.

You walk in the room and forget what you're doing, but as soon as you sit down (and activate the memory button) you immediately remember what you forgot.

:)

Grooch

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:02 am Click here to edit this post
Consider yourself lucky, you guys. At least you make it to the room you want before you forget.

I am usually walking to one part of the house when I realize that I forgot what I wanted to get and what room I was headed to.

Car54

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:13 am Click here to edit this post
Grooch, I was just going to say the same thing.

Grooch

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:17 am Click here to edit this post
Car, what are we going to do when that happens and then, to top it off, we also forget where we just came from?

Car54

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:28 am Click here to edit this post
It is already happening to me. I wander in, forget where I was going and what I was going there for.... then forget what I was doing.

I just lay down and take a nap then.

Urgrace

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:34 am Click here to edit this post
ROTFLOLHysterically - didn't know about the memory button, hahahahaha

Car, Austin was just in a survey for top ten worst places in the US for driving. A lot of people who drive there to work and school every day live in my town! We also have an abundance of the retired citizens who have moved here, are tourists, or are regular snow birds.

Don't you HATE IT when you live in a curbed neighborhood and the street sweeper finally shows up after months of neglect and the neighbor has decided to park in the street right in front of your house.

Neko

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:58 am Click here to edit this post
Don't you Hate it when you are trying to make a good impression to someone and suddenly, you have to sneeze,or your hair's in your face, or your itchy somewhere.
That happens alot to me. I always have to sniff when they're talking to me.
Grrrrr