Minor Irritants - Round 14

[Lynner]

Got a complaint? Post it here!

[matt5]

The vast majority of movies made these days are complete crap.

[SnarkyKat]

The vast majority of movies made these days are complete crap.

That reminds me of this news article:

Poor Films Explains Box Office Slump - Survey (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050829/en_nm/slump_dc_2)

Wow, seriously!? Thanks, survey people!

Seriously, though, with movies like "Stealth," "The Cave," and "Remake of TV Show Part 846," how could we think any differently? This movie season has had a few good flicks, but a whole lot of stinkers.

[Beatle_4]

The vast majority of movies made these days are complete crap.

I agree wholeheartedly. I don't know where they get the idea that you can take a t.v. show and expect to turn it into a good movie. Even a lot of the movie remakes aren't that good.

I will admit there are a few exceptions. Batman (not "too" bad but still a bit cheesy), Mission Impossible (Excellent, I thought) and then there was...Hmm, nope not that one. How about.......no that stunk too. Darn, now I'm out of ideas.

I think the worst one so far has to be "The Dukes Of Hazzard". In my opinion, they murdered that. And Jessica Simpsons version of "These Boots Are Made For Walking" , I am too polite to say here of what I think she looked and acted like nevermind the fact you couldn't tell if she was singing or was in the middle of something with her hubby.

[sourmilkpinky]

All the paperwork for my daughter's trip to Japan is still not done, and they are trying to push up when she needs to arrive :( Too much added stress.

[Zimmerman The Gnome]

The vast majority of movies made these days are complete crap.
I think most of the mainstream movies are crap as is most mainstream music. But dig deeper, more likely on DVD than cinema and you will still find gems. Cinema will only show big budget as most cinemas are now owned by the film companies.

[Rellevart]

This woman and I were walking towards each other in Starbucks this morning and we did that jog back and forth thing that you do when you're in each other's way. Finally, I stepped to the side so she could pass, but apparently I stepped to the WRONG side because she had to walk a step or two out of her way to get where she wanted to go. You should have seen the look she gave me. Like I'd just clubbed her puppy to death or something! I have never seen such a nasty, horrified, mean look on a person in my life! I'm sure she's going around the rest of the day telling people what a horrible person I am. I have no idea what I did to offend her so much other than perhaps not be psychic....

[DizzymissLizzy909]

The vast majority of movies made these days are complete crap.

Totally agree! I have a lot of problems finding movies made in the past ten years or so that I enjoy.

[sourmilkpinky]

This woman and I were walking towards each other in Starbucks this morning and we did that jog back and forth thing that you do when you're in each other's way. Finally, I stepped to the side so she could pass, but apparently I stepped to the WRONG side because she had to walk a step or two out of her way to get where she wanted to go. You should have seen the look she gave me. Like I'd just clubbed her puppy to death or something! I have never seen such a nasty, horrified, mean look on a person in my life! I'm sure she's going around the rest of the day telling people what a horrible person I am. I have no idea what I did to offend her so much other than perhaps not be psychic....


:nono4: don't people like that make you sad. Life is too short....

[SnarkyKat]

A little background on my job:

I work in the print center at my school. Part of my job is to make copies. Katharina, makin' copies...

Anyway. Today is the day that people graduating this term get all their paperwork, pay their bills, and basically get their stuff in order before they leave the school.

So.

This has been scheduled since before the term started. Do the people in the various departments get their work done ahead of time so I can make copies? Of COURSE not! That'd be too much like right!

So, now, I'm basically being held hostage in the Print Center, making copies of a bunch of stuff that could have been done, say, last week or so. Send help or lunch this way, please and thank you.

[Sally]

trying to do some typing in Polish as a favour and its not easy.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Polish! That's neat, Sally... my background is Polish, but unfortunately all I know is a few swear words my friend taught me. :blush4:

My MI for today: It's Alberta's Centennial birthday tomorrow, but the province is too wrapped up in making money to give people a single day off to celebrate. We have festivals and celebrations going on in the city all day tomorrow, but everyone will be stuck in their offices all day instead of being able to attend, or even spend the time with their family. Including me, they choose tomorrow of all days to start school again for us. :angry9:

[MonaMe577]

My friend's husband went back to Iraq today. She won't see him again until January.

[motherTheresa]

:nono4: don't people like that make you sad....




au contraire mon pink! people like that PISS ME OFF!!



:frog:

[Rellevart]

au contraire mon pink! people like that PISS ME OFF!!





Ah yes, thanks MT! Me too. I don't have a whole lot of understanding and patience for people who treat me like dirt. Maybe that makes me a mean/angry person, but I'm ok with that. I treat everybody well first and if they continue to treat me well, I continue to treat them well, but if they start treating me like crap, screw it, I don't have time to stress over people like that.

[Rellevart]

I bought lunches for today and tomorrow at the grocery store last night, but then left them at home, so I still have to go out and buy something expensive downtown anyway. :angry1:

[MonaMe577]

My kitchen has been invaded by ants! :angry4:

[luvsthebeatles]

I just sneezed and bit my tongue.

[Rellevart]

I vaguely know somebody who just had triplets and named them Kylie, Karly and Kayla. All cute names, but TOGETHER? That sucks. Do you think any of them will ever be called by the correct name by anybody the entire time they're growing up? I doubt it.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I vaguely know somebody who just had triplets and named them Kylie, Karly and Kayla. All cute names, but TOGETHER? That sucks. Do you think any of them will ever be called by the correct name by anybody the entire time they're growing up? I doubt it.

Oh boy... I hope they're not identical triplets! :afraid4:

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I really hate CIBC commercials.

[Celebrian]

Ow. I've aggravated a tendon in my elbow.

[luvsthebeatles]

Ow. I've aggravated a tendon in my elbow.
Ooo ouch! Is there anything you can put on it to make it feel better? Like the icy hot patch or something?

Very minor irritant: I have one more picture to take on this camera, and I have no idea what to take it of. I really really want to get it developed too, because it has pictures that my mom got of Kirby Heyborne.

[Beatle_4]

Ooo ouch! Is there anything you can put on it to make it feel better? Like the icy hot patch or something?

Very minor irritant: I have one more picture to take on this camera, and I have no idea what to take it of. I really really want to get it developed too, because it has pictures that my mom got of Kirby Heyborne.

Hey Luvs, why not take a picture of yourself, then post it here so we can all see an updated member pic of you.

Just an idea.

[matt5]

I really hate CIBC commercials.

Have not seen any. They can't be worse than those Alexander Keith commericals.

[MonaMe577]

People who look for any excuse to be offended. :rolleyes:

[Sally]

wisdom tooth ache.

[Rellevart]

I think my coworker who suggested three weeks ago that we go out for drinks tonight, reminded me several times and even put it on our Outlook calendars is going to foof out on us, claiming work. Grrrrrr.....

[sourmilkpinky]

very sad that instead of pulling together in the aftermath of tragedy that we are making it a political minefield :(

[DizzymissLizzy909]

wisdom tooth ache.


Ouch! You never had them taken out?

[HMVNipper]

People who have told me that my brother pretty much deserves what he got because he chose to ride out the hurricane. :angry1:

[SnarkyKat]

People who have told me that my brother pretty much deserves what he got because he chose to ride out the hurricane. :angry1:

Right, because he could TOTALLY TELL THE FUTURE and see how horrible this hurricane was going to be.

Bah.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I was chatting with my aunt this morning, and I started feeling very sad/frustrated by the things she was telling me. Her daughter is very handicapped, and although she's living at home she needs constant care and my aunt can't provide it all herself. Unfortunately, because of problems with our government, she has no wheelchair, no home-care nurse, and her special-needs school is on strike. She NEEDS all of those things, it's not just one of those nice-to-have services. And all because of politics. :angry1:

[Cecilia]

Jealousy...from a friend

[ImaginePeace78]

Credit card theft...luckily, everything is okay now..they're issuing me a new card and I won't have to pay those stolen charges.
-Kristi

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I'm glad to hear everything turned out alright, Kristi! I've heard some pretty bad stories about people who've had their credit card stolen...

My MI today: Flunked my drivers test. Damn. :angry9:

[Beatle_4]

Don't take it too hard Lizzy. My 2 brothers flunked their first time taking the test (one flunked twice). One ended up as a cab driver for awhile and the other owns a car, a truck and a boat. It may be disappointing at first but just think of it this way. You know where you went wrong so the next time you take the test, you'll ace it.

[Rellevart]

Don't take it too hard Lizzy.

LOL, I just PM-ed her the same thing. I flunked mine the first time too and now I've been driving for 25+ years with a spotless record. Just means that you either needed a little more practice or that you were nervous. Nothing to stress about.

Although I recall listening to "Abbey Road" on headphones, REALLY LOUD after I flunked. Worth a try. :wink1:

[matt5]

My MI today: Flunked my drivers test. Damn. :angry9:

I bet that you didn't do well because you were trying to be too safe and carefull.

Don't worry.

You will get your license and you will be a great driver.

[beatlelover45223]

My MI today: Flunked my drivers test. Damn. :angry9:

you can do it Lizzy, think of it as a dry run! :smile1:

[beatlegirl9977]

My MI today: Flunked my drivers test. Damn. :angry9:
I flunked the test the first time out, too--it happens to a LOT of people (as we have evidence now!) I was too nervous the first time, but I breezed through it on my second chance. Just relax next time and you'll do fine. :smile1:

[MonaMe577]

My MI today: Flunked my drivers test. Damn. :angry9:

Hey, the first time I took the test, I didn't even make it out of the DMV parking lot. Come on, I didn't think it was a real stop sign. :cross2:

Judging by the amount of people who've responded to this, you're in some great company! Don't worry about it, I'm sure you'll be a fantastic driver.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Thanks guys! I was disappointed at first, but like many of you said, there are tons of people that don't pass the first time. I'll give it another go in a couple weeks. :smile1:

(Mona, you're right, I am in very good company. :smile1:)

[Rellevart]

They're having a stupid Jimmy Buffet concert at Wrigley Field tonight, so my neighborhood will be overrun with drunk party people all day and it'll impossible to park tonight, so I'm not taking my car out today.

[Sally]

got to take my little lad to have his pre-school jab and it always makes me cry.

[Beatle_4]

They're having a stupid Jimmy Buffet concert at Wrigley Field tonight, so my neighborhood will be overrun with drunk party people all day and it'll impossible to park tonight, so I'm not taking my car out today.

Rell........Jimmy Buffet is cool. I have a couple of his albums and some of the songs are great. "A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean".
haha

[Rellevart]

Rell........Jimmy Buffet is cool.

He may be cool, but the mess that the idiotic people going to the concert (I'm not even going to call them "fans" because most of them aren't, they're just stupid drunk 20-somethings out to get wasted and wear ugly Hawaiian shirts) are making of my neighborhood is anything but.

[Isn't it good]

My MI today: Flunked my drivers test. Damn. :angry9:

Sorry to hear that Lizzy, but, like everyone has said, it's not an indication of what kind of driver you'll be. I failed the first time, my brother failed the first time, most of my friends failed the first time...and none of us have had accidents or major tickets, so don't worry. I'm sure you'll be awesome the next time you take the test. :wave1:

[twovirgins]

LIZZY IS DRIVING! *runs for cover* (joke)

[Zimmerman The Gnome]

Cant get to sleep!!:angry1:

[matt5]

Cant get to sleep!!:angry1:

I hate that. I have had that same problem all my life. I don't tell my body when to fall asleep, it tells me.

[motherTheresa]

He may be cool, but the mess that the idiotic people going to the concert (I'm not even going to call them "fans" because most of them aren't, they're just stupid drunk 20-somethings out to get wasted and wear ugly Hawaiian shirts)


:laugh2: hey, my hairdresser maureen is going to this concert! LOL!

i'm just giggling at the thought of this 40something mom of 4 getting

stupid drunk & wearing an ugly hawaiian shirt. :afraid4:

[motherTheresa]

My MI today: Flunked my drivers test. Damn. :angry9:




i passed mine the first time...........however, i will give full

credit to where the credit is due! i took a valium before

i went! :sleep3: i was quite relaxed, needless to say. :laugh2:


(this is not a drug endorsement, btw! :look: drugs are BAD!
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD :smoking3:)

[MaccaGirl2891]

Colds suck. I'm up half the night coughing, sneezing and blowing my nose. Grrrrrr....

[beatlegirl9977]

(I'm not even going to call them "fans" because most of them aren't, they're just stupid drunk 20-somethings out to get wasted and wear ugly Hawaiian shirts)
Oh, so apparently you've met my brother? :wink1: I'd be very surprised if he wasn't at the show tonight.

[JimmyMcCullochFan]

Don't worry Lizzy, I flunked my first time too. You'll get it next time honey :)

[DizzymissLizzy909]

i passed mine the first time...........however, i will give full

credit to where the credit is due! i took a valium before

i went! :sleep3: i was quite relaxed, needless to say. :laugh2:


(this is not a drug endorsement, btw! :look: drugs are BAD!
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD :smoking3:)

So that's the secret!
Lol, are you sure you shouldn't have posted that under the embarrassing secret thread? :wink1:

[beatlelover45223]

i passed mine the first time...........however, i will give full

credit to where the credit is due! i took a valium before

i went! :sleep3: i was quite relaxed, needless to say. :laugh2:


(this is not a drug endorsement, btw! :look: drugs are BAD!
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD :smoking3:)

Ohhhh drunk driving while taking the test :wink2: very brave :laugh5:

[Sally]

maggots kept me awake last night.

[sourmilkpinky]

maggots kept me awake last night.


not a good nickname for your partner :laugh5:

but seriously....ewwwww maggots are the worst

[Sally]

not a good nickname for your partner :laugh5:

but seriously....ewwwww maggots are the worst

He's not quite maggot proportions!!

[luvsthebeatles]

Ew, Sally you just reminded me of that dead bird in our backyard. But my mom looked it over, and it has wasps in it. YUCK.

[Sally]

Ew, Sally you just reminded me of that dead bird in our backyard. But my mom looked it over, and it has wasps in it. YUCK.

oh no! that is gross.

My maggots were caused by they old lady putting chicken bones in her bin next door and not putting the lid on, we had a storm last night and we had the curtains open to watch the lightening, it was about midnight and i noticed all these little white blobs wriggling up the glass french doors! It was millions of maggots trying to get in, riding on the water from the rain and heading for the light, some managed to get in through a gap and were wriggling on the carpet, it was horrid, Jorge managed to sweep most of them out the way and he moved the bin to the back of the lady's garden and then we put bleach outside of the doors.

[HMVNipper]

Eurgh, Sally....and I just ate breakfast!! :barf1:

Thanks....

(kidding, kidding...)

[SnarkyKat]

...Ew.

Um, anyway.

I got stuck on a group project with someone who can't type (and he's my age), so now I get stuck with doing it for him.

And, to be honest, I think he plagiarized his entire section of this paper, because it goes from his style of writing (with his tenuous grasp on the English language) to a very fluid style of writing that wasn't there in the first two pages.

So, yeah. I'll be rewriting his part, too, so myself and the other girl in our group don't get busted for his stupidity. FUN.

[beatlegirl9977]

So, yeah. I'll be rewriting his part, too, so myself and the other girl in our group don't get busted for his stupidity. FUN.
Gotta love academia. Survival of the dumbest, I swear. :rolleyes:

My MI for the day: getting in a battle with my fiance over freakin' PAPER PLATES the minute I woke up this morning. Apparently it is physically impossible for him to eat a sandwich without it being served on a paper plate.

[MonaMe577]

I leaned over to kiss my boyfriend, and right as our lips touched, he farted! :fart:

[Roxy Starkey]

I leaned over to kiss my boyfriend, and right as our lips touched, he farted! :fart:


EEWWW!

[Sally]

Going take my son Lou for his jab today :afraid2:

[twovirgins]

exxon/ moble has 54 billion dollars in cash the largest hording of cash by any American company in history so please give them a break about complaining about gas prices they really need our help and support at these tough times for them
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=XOM&annual

[Rellevart]

Having a sneaking suspicion that somebody is being nice to me just to use me...

[Roxy Starkey]

I have LOTS of things to do for school and I don't want to do any of them.

[MonaMe577]

I threw a fantastic barbecue last night. Then I woke up this morning and saw my kitchen... :afraid1:

[BeatleChick]

exxon/ moble has 54 billion dollars in cash the largest hording of cash by any American company in history so please give them a break about complaining about gas prices they really need our help and support at these tough times for them
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=XOM&annual

Oh... my... you're right Erik! Oh... I feel their pain! How sad that things are so tough for them right now... lol...

[HMVNipper]

Planning a nice day of visiting my sister-in-law with my son, and shlepping all the way out to Brooklyn to discover that while we were on the subway traveling there (and therefore uncallable by cell), she got a call to go in to work and couldn't get out of it...so our plans were for naught...

[beatlelover45223]

I have another outdoor cat who had adopted me :cross2: I am afraid of what my neighbors are thinking, I am not as eccentric as it looks, they(the cats) pick me, honestly....:laugh5:

[Rellevart]

Hypocrites really piss me off. Thank god people on this board aren't like that, but it just drives me NUTS when people say one thing to one person and something else to somebody else just to suck up or try to get info or whatever. Be genuine or STFU.

[MaccaGirl2891]

I hate it when my band director is chewing gum and he talks to us through the mike, and when he's not talking, he's chewing. Ugh!!!!! Annoying!

[MonaMe577]

L.A. Dodgers fans :thumbd:

(Totally kidding! Go Giants!)

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I have another outdoor cat who had adopted me :cross2: I am afraid of what my neighbors are thinking, I am not as eccentric as it looks, they(the cats) pick me, honestly....:laugh5:

Oh, who cares what the neighbors think, we all know the truth about you Nancy. :smile1:
And good for you for taking in the cats, you're so sweet, kitties need a home too.

[matt5]

I have another outdoor cat who had adopted me :cross2: I am afraid of what my neighbors are thinking, I am not as eccentric as it looks, they(the cats) pick me, honestly....:laugh5:

My parents have 'adopted' 9 cats.....and counting

[HMVNipper]

Oh, so apparently you've met my brother? :wink1: I'd be very surprised if he wasn't at the show tonight.

I never knew your brother was a Parrothead, Tina! (Then again, that's not something I would readily admit to either! :wink1: )

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Ughhh typing up a long email and accidentally deleting it instead of sending it. I do that a lot. :angry9:

[jesgear]

I had a stack of laundry tickets on the counter, $10 worth, that my cat, Ringo was playing with before work yesterday. This morning I planned on doing laundry, but now I can't find the tickets anywhere. Ringo's refusing to talk.

[twovirgins]

My parents have 'adopted' 9 cats.....and counting
thats a total of 81 lives

[sourmilkpinky]

found out today that one of my regular customers has a brain tumor :(

[Sally]

oh thats terrible.

[MaccaGirl2891]

Rude people in the halls at school. Can we get to our freakin' LOCKERS?! Grrrrr....

[motherTheresa]

Hypocrites really piss me off. Be genuine or STFU.


stop taking filthy underwear?

see the fat unicorn?

string the fancy ukelele?

slap tom for upchucking?

[twovirgins]

[color=indigo

see the fat unicorn?

string the fancy ukelele?

[/color]
these are wonderful

[JimmyMcCullochFan]

teachers who laugh in your face when you tell them that you're going to go see Paul McCartney and since you work for the school newspaper, ask if there's a possibilty to get a press pass or something. That happened to me yesterday :sad3:

[motherTheresa]

slap the fiendish urchin?

okay i'll stop now! :wink3:

[motherTheresa]

I have another outdoor cat who had adopted me :cross2: I am afraid of what my neighbors are thinking, I am not as eccentric as it looks, they(the cats) pick me, honestly....:laugh5:




so.................does this mean you're operating a cathouse?

:cat:

[sourmilkpinky]

I don't know what to get my daughter for her birthday :(

[Lynner]

I don't know what to get my daughter for her birthday :(
Has she dropped any hints? Is she still going away to Jampan? If so maybe you could get creative and make up a box of momentos for her to have with her for when she gets homesick.

[Lynner]

I work in three days a week in a four person office. My boss and one coworker live on my block. Today they will not be in until sometime in the afternoon, as they are visiting a client. Is it too much to ask that someone notifiy me of this? I found out only because I ran into my coworker last night and when I said "see you in the morning" he told me. Sigh.....

[sourmilkpinky]

That is a good idea....I will do that for that daughter, I still owe her a birthday present too. But it is my other daughters birthday coming up in a couple of days, and the hints she gives are not helpful,lol. At least she isn't asking for a car for her 16th ;)

[Lynner]

sorry! Didn't know which daughter you meant. Beatle music always makes a good gift! :wink1:

[Starry-eyed]

I have to take my daughter to the dentist today to have some teeth pulled. It's in preparation for braces she's getting in about 3 weeks. Her mouth will probably be numb all afternoon.

[Sally]

Been looking after four children all day today, all under the age of 5 and i am fit to drop.

[Sally]

Jude Law being in the new film about Epstein, really seen enough of him lately.

[sourmilkpinky]

Z!!!!!! where are you?? we miss you :(

[luvsthebeatles]

They should tear our school down.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

There's a girl sitting in front of me in physics, and she's turning around every five minutes to ask me questions during the class. That isn't my irritant, because I certainly don't have a problem with helping others if I can, but this girl teased me EVERY day in jr. high, and even throughout sr. high school. Yet now that she needs something from me, she's all buddy-buddy. :rolleyes:

[JimmyMcCullochFan]

Yeah I hate it when people who tease you all the time but then when they need something, they are like omg! You're my best friend! :rolleyes:

[beatlelover45223]

found out today that one of my regular customers has a brain tumor :(

:god: I will say a prayer for her pinky :( I found out by accident a month ago, one of my friends has lung cancer... I have not talked to her in years, but some of my fondest memories are good times we had when we were younger and wilder....

[beatlelover45223]

Quote:
Originally Posted by beatlelover45223
I have another outdoor cat who had adopted me :cross2: I am afraid of what my neighbors are thinking, I am not as eccentric as it looks, they(the cats) pick me, honestly....:laugh5:

My parents have 'adopted' 9 cats.....and counting
I have not adopted them, they sleep on my porch, I do put out water for them, and have some comfy towels in a concrete flower container for them to snuggle on, I was patting # 2 the other day and I look up to see another cat peeking around the fence between my yard and the people next door :cross5: WHO IS GIVING THEM MY ADDRESS :laugh5:

[beatlelover45223]

Quote:
Originally Posted by beatlelover45223
I have another outdoor cat who had adopted me :cross2: I am afraid of what my neighbors are thinking, I am not as eccentric as it looks, they(the cats) pick me, honestly....:laugh5:



so.................does this mean you're operating a cathouse?

:cat:



:cry3: no they are operating me apparently :cross2: they are all sweet, but # 1 gave my dogs fleas, she flits in the house before I realize she is not outside my door when I walk in, that little devil, wonder if she will split the Vet bill with me? #1 has apparently decided to do a little catting :eyebrows: of her own, I haven't seen her for a couple of days, let's pray she doesn't come back with a family.

[beatlelover45223]

That is a good idea....I will do that for that daughter, I still owe her a birthday present too. But it is my other daughters birthday coming up in a couple of days, and the hints she gives are not helpful,lol. At least she isn't asking for a car for her 16th ;)

how about a silver heart toggle bracelet or necklace? I have seen some beautiful ones on-line.

[beatlelover45223]

There's a girl sitting in front of me in physics, and she's turning around every five minutes to ask me questions during the class. That isn't my irritant, because I certainly don't have a problem with helping others if I can, but this girl teased me EVERY day in jr. high, and even throughout sr. high school. Yet now that she needs something from me, she's all buddy-buddy. :rolleyes:

and you need to tell her to crack a book once in a while :wink2: and stop bothering you...

[HMVNipper]

Today's irritant: phonies. I just can't stand people who aren't genuine and won't own up to things or who keep stupid secrets because they think it makes them special. Like it matters...geez... :rolleyes:

[HMVNipper]

There's a girl sitting in front of me in physics, and she's turning around every five minutes to ask me questions during the class. That isn't my irritant, because I certainly don't have a problem with helping others if I can, but this girl teased me EVERY day in jr. high, and even throughout sr. high school. Yet now that she needs something from me, she's all buddy-buddy. :rolleyes:

I say let 'er flunk! :devil7: Seriously, I had someone like that in high school who basically made my life a living hell UNTIL she needed something from me, and I was foolish enough to help her. And she got an A in the class and I didn't. That was the LAST TIME I ever helped someone who wasn't a friend to begin with. Maybe that sounds intolerant, but if this chick has really made you miserable before, Lizzy, then you don't owe her a thing and she should be best left to fend for herself, IMO.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I know I should do that... I just don't have the heart to tell her to get off my back and ask the teacher if she's so confused. At least now she's nice to me, but I wonder if I told her to leave me alone if she'd just go back to her usual self. :wink2:
I don't mind helping her, really... just the way she gets others to help her.

[Rellevart]

I'm disappointed (but not surprised) that the powers that be decided to tone down the sarcasm/silliness in a memo I drafted for them about an office social event. They thought my draft was funny, but a little too goofy for our boring, conservative company. Big surprise there....except NOT! :rolleyes:

[Rellevart]

When people on Yahoo groups (or similar types of things) don't have anything to add to a post, but feel the need to quote it and add "LOL!" or "Cool!" or whatever, so you end up reading one coherent/relevant/funny post and then 25 "LOL!"'s.

Or, when somebody posts a question and then 25 people answer it and then the original poster posts 25 individual posts thanking each one of the people who answered for answering but adds no commentary to the answer, just 25 "Thanks!" posts. Why not one big post saying "Thanks to everybody who answered my question!"?

Because (honestly, this is my last pet peeve about these groups) then you'll get some idiot whose feelings are hurt that you didn't mention their PARTICULAR answer and they'll get all "Nobody pays any attention to me...whine whine whine". Oh shut up. The world doesn't revolve around you.

IEEEE, what a waste of time reading such stuff.

[HMVNipper]

I have laryngitis...woke up yesterday with no voice, and it's no better today...I hate this...

[Sally]

i miss the fiesty little gnome.

[Cecilia]

Walking in the rain...without an umbrella.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Because (honestly, this is my last pet peeve about these groups) then you'll get some idiot whose feelings are hurt that you didn't mention their PARTICULAR answer and they'll get all "Nobody pays any attention to me...whine whine whine". Oh shut up. The world doesn't revolve around you.


I totally agree, Rell, that's a huge pet peeve of mine also. Honestly people, I am SO sorry you're not in the center of attention ALL the time. :rolleyes:

[HMVNipper]

I totally agree, Rell, that's a huge pet peeve of mine also. Honestly people, I am SO sorry you're not in the center of attention ALL the time. :rolleyes:

Gee...I know a few of those too...even on this very forum...but my lips are sealed... :ignore: Seriously, it amazes me that these folks whine and whinge if no one pays attention to them...you'd think that if no one was answering them, they'd get the hint that no one CARES...

[sourmilkpinky]

A two hour nap today, yet I am still exhausted

[Rellevart]

you'd think that if no one was answering them, they'd get the hint that no one CARES...

It's not even that really, it may be that you just don't have anything to add to what they've said, I read 100 posts for every one that I answer. Because I haven't responded doesn't mean I haven't read and don't care, it just means I have nothing of use to say at that point.

[HMVNipper]

It's not even that really, it may be that you just don't have anything to add to what they've said, I read 100 posts for every one that I answer. Because I haven't responded doesn't mean I haven't read and don't care, it just means I have nothing of use to say at that point.


Good point, maybe I should have said "cares to COMMENT." :wink2:

[Rellevart]

Good point, maybe I should have said "cares to COMMENT." :wink2:

Can't argue with that, no matter what an argumentative mood I'm in tonight. :wink1:

[IWantToTellYou]

I have a major headache. I've had one all day.

[MaccaGirl2891]

Our football teams STINK. Haven't won a single game yet!!!!

[Sally]

No offence to you guys in the States at all, but why do all out toys over here have to have american accents and american pronounciations and american spelling, only confusing our kids.

[sourmilkpinky]

i miss the fiesty little gnome.

I must miss him alot too....my eyes are playing tricks on me....I could have sworn I just saw him...then blink..he was gone :bigeyes3:

[Sally]

I must miss him alot too....my eyes are playing tricks on me....I could have sworn I just saw him...then blink..he was gone :bigeyes3:

He is a mystical little gnome....

He wore a scarlet tunic
A blue green hood
It looked quite good
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass
Fresh air at last

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I must miss him alot too....my eyes are playing tricks on me....I could have sworn I just saw him...then blink..he was gone :bigeyes3:

That's weird, I thought I just saw him fifteen minutes ago, just before I signed on... maybe it's NOT you. :wink1:
Or else we're both crazy.

[Sally]

I must miss him alot too....my eyes are playing tricks on me....I could have sworn I just saw him...then blink..he was gone :bigeyes3:


The Laughing Gnome

Well i gave him roasted toad stools and a glass of dandelion wine
(Burp, pardon!)
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bag and gave him a fag
(haven't you got a light boy?)
Here, where do you come from?
(Gnome-man's land, hahahahaha)
Oh, Really?

[jesgear]

My friend Nichole promised she'd return my call Tuesday morning; today's Saturday and I still haven't heard from her. I love her to death, but she's SUCH a procrastinator.

[Beatle_4]

I could strangle someone..

I go to this other forum board that is connected to G4Tech T.V., and I get flamed by one little moron. Luckily the one mod there keeps censoring his posts.

I think I could probably tolerate his bombastic rants if they were directed at me, but instead, he was wishing my parents and my grandmother were dead.

AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH
That burned my a$$. My grandmother has been dead since 1962.

[beatlelover45223]

I could strangle someone..

I go to this other forum board that is connected to G4Tech T.V., and I get flamed by one little moron. Luckily the one mod there keeps censoring his posts.

I think I could probably tolerate his bombastic rants if they were directed at me, but instead, he was wishing my parents and my grandmother were dead.

AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH
That burned my a$$. My grandmother has been dead since 1962.


:afraid4: sounds like that weasel needs to be commited somewhere!

[Beatle_4]

:afraid4: sounds like that weasel needs to be commited somewhere!

That's for sure. He even had the nerve to say "The Beatles are dead. Get over it. We don't want to hear of any of that hippy crap.

Now, if only I knew where in Windsor he lived.
:hammer2: :hammer2: :hammer2: :hammer2: :hammer2:

[MonaMe577]

I went to Yahoo to search for pictures of John Lennon...and the first one that came up was of John in the morgue! :bigeyes1: Like I really wanted to see that!

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I went to Yahoo to search for pictures of John Lennon...and the first one that came up was of John in the morgue! :bigeyes1: Like I really wanted to see that!

That picture should never have been published in the first place, I don't think any of us are interested in seeing that. :nono4:

[Sally]

That's for sure. He even had the nerve to say "The Beatles are dead. Get over it. We don't want to hear of any of that hippy crap.

Now, if only I knew where in Windsor he lived.
:hammer2: :hammer2: :hammer2: :hammer2: :hammer2:

Excuse me how do you mean "hippy crap"? Thats not nice considering George and John were two of the biggest hippies in the world with their left wing liberal ideals.

[Beatle_4]

Excuse me how do you mean "hippy crap"? Thats not nice considering George and John were two of the biggest hippies in the world with their left wing liberal ideals.

I didn't say it. This moron on the other board did. I think he has something against the Beatles, or he just wanted to pi$$ me off even more.

[Sally]

I didn't say it. This moron on the other board did. I think he has something against the Beatles, or he just wanted to pi$$ me off even more.

Oh i see :laugh5: Really is a moron then!

[Rellevart]

It's TOO BLOODY HOT for September!! You shouldn't work up a sweat typing on your computer.

[beatlelover45223]

:nono4: I agree Rell, we are probably going to go right into Winter on top of it....

[luvsthebeatles]

It's TOO BLOODY HOT for September!! You shouldn't work up a sweat typing on your computer.
Wow, today it's been bloody cold! We had to put the heavy comforters back on our beds this morning.

[beatlelover45223]

Wow, today it's been bloody cold! We had to put the heavy comforters back on our beds this morning.

wow, what I would give to be cold.... 91 Mon & Tues is our forecast in the midwest...

[Rellevart]

91 Mon & Tues is our forecast in the midwest...

Yup, here too. Hopefully it'll morph into out typical nice long autumn soon. September/October are usually my favorite months, weather-wise with warm days and cool nights, but I'm glad I haven't taken out my air conditioner yet because I'm going to need it the next few nights!

Other irritant...I'm finding it really hard to get back on my healthy eating routine.

[twovirgins]

Wow, today it's been bloody cold! We had to put the heavy comforters back on our beds this morning.
same weather here I had to put on heavy long sleeved shirt its been raining too

[BeatleChick]

oooh... so sorry about your rain, Erik!

Come on out here to CA! We've had temps in the 90's and such... you should come hang with me in San Diego! Weather's so much nicer out here... it's time for shorts and short sleeves! You'd love it, and it'd be nice to have ya here! :smile1:

[Sally]

same weather here I had to put on heavy long sleeved shirt its been raining too

Better stop saving for your flight ticket here to London then, cos its raining tons here too. :teeth1:

[twovirgins]

the rain is great ! it is much needed I love the rain

[Sally]

the rain is great ! it is much needed I love the rain

Yes well start saving fast, cos there is somebody here who would like to meet you and I don't mean me, though I would like to also obviously. :wink2:

[HMVNipper]

Other irritant...I'm finding it really hard to get back on my healthy eating routine.

Join the club -- that, and getting back into the routine of going to the gym...I neglected it the last couple of weeks of the summer because I was away and then very busy when I got home, but I really have to get back into that regular routine!

[DizzymissLizzy909]

wow, what I would give to be cold.... 91 Mon & Tues is our forecast in the midwest...

Ugh, that's almost depressing. :wink1: We've had rain for the past three days, but after it drops just 6 more degrees it'll turn to snow. :tongue1:

[luvsthebeatles]

We're going to be getting snow in the mountains today... and not to mention it's supossed to be a whopping 67 degrees today in the valley. :rolleyes:

[MaccaGirl2891]

My contacts are bothering me...

[sourmilkpinky]

My daughter broke her glasses today.....crud..what a pain....but her response to it was
"but I scored!!!!!" LOL

[BeatleChick]

the rain is great ! it is much needed I love the rain
Ah... ok then... don't come to CA right away... but sometime, k? :wink1:

*Can't wait* to say hello to you whenever you *do* make it out this way for our lovely weather (etc...)! REALLY looking forward to that day!!!

[twovirgins]

Ah... ok then... don't come to CA right away... but sometime, k? :wink1:

*Can't wait* to say hello to you whenever you *do* make it out this way for our lovely weather (etc...)! REALLY looking forward to that day!!!
lol dont get your hopes up ! please

[BeatleChick]

lol dont get your hopes up ! please

Ah... but, who knows... maybe someday... never say never... and I'm sure that you'd be as nice as I think... despite what you may say... anyway... might happen sometime... never write anything off, dear Erik! :wink1:

[Sally]

Ah... but, who knows... maybe someday... never say never... and I'm sure that you'd be as nice as I think... despite what you may say... anyway... might happen sometime... never write anything off, dear Erik! :wink1:

Oh dear Erik, people are fighting over you :laugh5: Well you can still come and visit London and pop in on me, Jorge and the boys (and Deb :devious: ) whenever you like, go to California on route!!!

[Rellevart]

Girls/women who constantly have to brag about how every guy in the world wants them and how they're just so incredibly desireable that they have to beat off men with a stick. And they COMPLAIN about it! Get over yourselves ladies, you're not THAT hot. :rolleyes:

[SnarkyKat]

I just want to know what UP AND DIED IN THE HALLWAY? Oh God, it SMELLS out there! And then it smells like someone tried to cover it up with Pinesol, and, yeah -- that's not gonna work very well at all.

[Sally]

Girls/women who constantly have to brag about how every guy in the world wants them and how they're just so incredibly desireable that they have to beat off men with a stick. And they COMPLAIN about it! Get over yourselves ladies, you're not THAT hot. :rolleyes:

:laugh5: :laugh5: :laugh5: :laugh5: :laugh5: I came across plenty of those when i worked in an office LOL

[HMVNipper]

People who think their "big bombshell news" is really a big bombshell...when it's not. Booooringggg.....get over yourself already...having to be the absolute center of attention because you think you're the only person in the world who ever did what you did is adolescent in the extreme.:yawn3:

[Sally]

Men AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHH!!!!!!!!


who bloody invented them?

[Rellevart]

:laugh5: :laugh5: :laugh5: :laugh5: :laugh5: I came across plenty of those when i worked in an office LOL

I don't run into too many of them at my office, but they're EVERYWHERE in the music world. Little bimbos who flounce around with barely any clothes on and then complain that guys are looking at their cleavage and they WON'T STOP!! (whine whine) Honey, if you don't want them looking, PUT SOMETHING ON. Or ones that get wasted drunk and flirt with anything in pants and then whine about how NOBODY will EVER leave them ALONE!! Oh shut it. :rolleyes:

[MaccaGirl2891]

Everyone is making me so depressed. I don't know who to believe anymore, and it's making me messed up even more than I am.

[beatlelover45223]

Everyone is making me so depressed. I don't know who to believe anymore, and it's making me messed up even more than I am.

:thinker: who's everyone Jaye?

[MonaMe577]

I just want to know what UP AND DIED IN THE HALLWAY? Oh God, it SMELLS out there! And then it smells like someone tried to cover it up with Pinesol, and, yeah -- that's not gonna work very well at all.

Eww! Isn't that the worst? Trying to cover up a bad smell with another heavy scent usually makes it even stinkier. When I worked in a department store, the guys who worked in the stock room used to fart in the back, then spray perfume samples to cover it up. Didn't help one bit. :barf3:

[luvsthebeatles]

Mmm not feeling so well tonight. :sad1:

[beatlegirl9977]

The weather is just disgusting outside... humid, sticky, too hot!

[MaccaGirl2891]

:thinker: who's everyone Jaye?
My friends.

[SnarkyKat]

Eww! Isn't that the worst? Trying to cover up a bad smell with another heavy scent usually makes it even stinkier. When I worked in a department store, the guys who worked in the stock room used to fart in the back, then spray perfume samples to cover it up. Didn't help one bit. :barf3:

That reminds me of this guy in my class -- except he dumps an entire bottle of cologne to cover up the weed he's obviously been indulging in a little too heavily.

Oh! And we found out that the smell? (STOP READING HERE IF YOU ARE WEAK OF STOMACH!)

...

Is grease dripping from the cafeteria above one of the classrooms, plus the smell of nasty mop water being used to clean it up. OH YAY.

[beatlegirl9977]

I thought we were becoming a paper-less society, and one that was more conscious on recycling/limiting paper use, etc..... My Best Buy receipt from buying ONE item today (Paul's cd) is about a foot and a half long!

[Rellevart]

My Best Buy receipt from buying ONE item today (Paul's cd) is about a foot and a half long!

Ah yes, Best Buy, home of the mile-long receipt. I bought THREE items, imagine how long mine is! :wink1:

[luvsthebeatles]

My bed was extra warm and comfy this morning.

And I almost got my first full night's sleep since school started, but I just had to wake up after this strange dream I had...

[HMVNipper]

Jamie's new teacher and her incredibly vague homework instructions!! YAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! :bigeyes3:

[Lynner]

Sounds like it's already time for a parent/teacher conference. Good luck!

[Siobhan]

Shut my finger in a car door and it really hurt. It's all cut and bruised now :cry3:

[twovirgins]

Shut my finger in a car door and it really hurt. It's all cut and bruised now :cry3:
owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Sally]

Shut my finger in a car door and it really hurt. It's all cut and bruised now :cry3:

I thought I could hear screaming coming from the Isleworth direction!

[sourmilkpinky]

It is only 2:30 in the afternoon...and it is so dark outside I have to turn on a light in here

[HMVNipper]

It is only 2:30 in the afternoon...and it is so dark outside I have to turn on a light in here
Wow, it sounds like you are going to get some storm! :bigeyes3:

[sourmilkpinky]

I will look before I leap and simply say "yes a doozy on the way" :)

[MaccaGirl2891]

Shut my finger in a car door and it really hurt. It's all cut and bruised now :cry3:
Ouch!!!! One time I shut my little toe into our old car door and it hurt, so I know how you feel!

[luvsthebeatles]

Jamie's new teacher and her incredibly vague homework instructions!! YAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! :bigeyes3:
That sounds like a good majority of my teachers. :rolleyes:

Ugh I hate some of the assembleys they make us go to. W

[HMVNipper]

I will look before I leap and simply say "yes a doozy on the way" :)

Did it storm after all of that? I love huge thunderstorms, provided I'm in a nice dry house or apartment, that's why I ask...but one of the coolest evenings I ever had was when I had an apartment in the suburbs with a huge terrace door, and a friend of mine and I stood there watching this enormous thunderstorm through the glass door -- it was awesome!

We haven't had rain here in a month. They say we'll get some tomorrow...I'll believe it when I see it.

[beatlegirl9977]

We got rain last night--it's probably on its way to you!

[beatlegirl9977]

Jamie's new teacher and her incredibly vague homework instructions!! YAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! :bigeyes3:
Well, remember, only about 175 more school days to go 'til third grade. :wink2:

[Sally]

Didn't sleep well at all last night :afraid2:

[HMVNipper]

We got rain last night--it's probably on its way to you!

Yup, supposed to rain for the next three days...including the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia as it comes up the coast...

I'm just SO THRILLED (not!) that I have to go out in the car today to run errands...

[HMVNipper]

Well, remember, only about 175 more school days to go 'til third grade. :wink2:

Yeah, but ya know what? I have a feeling that the irritant I posted about the homework instructions is only going to be the FIRST of MANY irritants I will post over the next 175 days about that woman....heaven help me...AND my child! :cry3:

[Freda_Peeple]

A couple of days ago I signed up for an advanced Spanish class at a community college and I just found out that the class was cancelled because they didn't get enough people to sign up. The beginners' class is always full, the intermediate class normally gets only a handful of students, and apparently nobody wants to take the advanced class. According to the faculty members that I've talked to, it's always that way (at least when it comes to language courses). Very strange... and frustrating! :-(

[sourmilkpinky]

Didn't sleep well at all last night :afraid2:


awwww.....I hope you are getting a nap in today :teeth1:

[Sally]

awwww.....I hope you are getting a nap in today :teeth1:

uuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm no.

[Siobhan]

I thought I could hear screaming coming from the Isleworth direction!

:laugh5:

I was in Worcester actually, but I did scream pretty loud :wink1:

[Sally]

Another night of restless sleeping, gonna have dark circles under my eyes soon.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Sorry to hear that Sally... maybe today you can hope for a nap??

I didn't sleep well at all either. Also, we watched "Bowling for Columbine" in social yesterday afternoon, and last night I had the most horrible nightmare about all 2000 students in my school being shot. :afraid4:

[Sally]

Sorry to hear that Sally... maybe today you can hope for a nap??

I didn't sleep well at all either. Also, we watched "Bowling for Columbine" in social yesterday afternoon, and last night I had the most horrible nightmare about all 2000 students in my school being shot. :afraid4:

OMG Dizzy, that is horrible!!!!!!

[Sally]

Sorry to hear that Sally... maybe today you can hope for a nap??

I didn't sleep well at all either. Also, we watched "Bowling for Columbine" in social yesterday afternoon, and last night I had the most horrible nightmare about all 2000 students in my school being shot. :afraid4:

I was gonna nap when my little one had a nap cos my elder son is at school however I got talking to Pinks...................................and now Arlie is awake!!:teeth1: I don't mind though.

[sourmilkpinky]

It was great talking with you too!

My MI...while I was out shopping (yuck) I missed talking again :(

[ChrisG134]

I think ticketmaster is the biggest croc of you know what.When I went to get Springsteen tickets last week they went on sale at 1:00 I had my clock set at the exact time and it took about 30 seconds after they went on sale before they allowed tickets to be bought.

[beatlegirl9977]

How come EVERY FRIDAY my staff and I are stuck here 'til after 5pm waiting for ONE child to go home????

[luvsthebeatles]

There's something going on on another forum that I really feel like I have to protest against, but so far it's 12 against 2, so I'm on the minority. I know that whatever I'll say they'll get back at me for, and I don't think that they'll respect my opinion. :cry3: I feel terrible about this.

[sourmilkpinky]

Wish there was something I could do to help luvs.....let me know :)

[sourmilkpinky]

blatant disrespect for authority

[Beatle_4]

Luvs........know how you feel. I post at another board and all I get is verbal abuse because of:-

1) I'm a Beatles fan and

2) I'm Canadian.

Just can't seem to win there. I am getting "some" support though, but not much.

I shall prevail

(I hope)

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Having a really really crappy night.

Still, I have one of the best friends in the whole world, thank you Kim.

[SgtPeppers]

Having a really really crappy night.

Still, I have one of the best friends in the whole world, thank you Kim.

Oh man your going to make me cry!!:blush4:

Love you a ton lizzy!!! your the bestest!!:heart1:

I will always be here for you and you know it!!

[Beatle_4]

You two keep it up and I'm going to start crying.

Aren't friends great?

[motherTheresa]

Luvs........know how you feel. I post at another board and all I get is verbal abuse because of:-

1) I'm a Beatles fan and

2) I'm Canadian.






may i be nosey & ask what kind of board this is? is it the rude a**holes

board?

of course, canadians talk kinda funny........but i seriously don't get the

rest of it! :wink3: J/K!

[luvsthebeatles]

There's something going on on another forum that I really feel like I have to protest against, but so far it's 12 against 2, so I'm on the minority. I know that whatever I'll say they'll get back at me for, and I don't think that they'll respect my opinion. :cry3: I feel terrible about this.
I can thank God that this went a heck of a lot better than I thought it would. :smile1:

[SnarkyKat]

Writing an academic paper in a specific format sucks and makes my brain all hurty.

[Sally]

Got a teeny hangover but was worth it.

[beatlegirl9977]

You know, I was just getting ready for bed when my fiance starts banging frantically on the back door of the house... I open it up and he proceeds to tell me that he's knocked over the ENTIRE workbench in the garage, including all the tools, chemicals, the tv he has out there, etc., because he was standing on it to drill a hole in the wall. Thank God he's not hurt, but I'm sorry, men can be so stupid sometimes. :rolleyes:

[Beatle_4]

may i be nosey & ask what kind of board this is? is it the rude a**holes

board?

of course, canadians talk kinda funny........but i seriously don't get the

rest of it! :wink3: J/K!
It's the board for G4Tech T.V.

And we don't talk funny.

Ya' know, Eh.

[MonaMe577]

Writing an academic paper in a specific format sucks and makes my brain all hurty.

Let me guess...APA? I got a whole stinky book about it. :thumbd:

[SnarkyKat]

Let me guess...APA? I got a whole stinky book about it. :thumbd:

Nope -- CBE. OH GOD. Natural science papers suck eggs.

Though APA is up there in brain-hurting.

[sourmilkpinky]

I have been so busy this week...I have missed out on talking to a very good friend :(

[DizzymissLizzy909]

Horrible construction on a major road near my home. My usual 20 minutes bus ride now takes over 40. :rolleyes:

[IMeMine1969]

Let me guess...APA? I got a whole stinky book about it. :thumbd:

Which reminds me, I still have to buy that stupid book. :rolleyes: I guess that's what I get for majoring in psych!

My MI for today: I pulled a muscle in my neck this morning, and it really hurts!

[beatlelover45223]

You know, I was just getting ready for bed when my fiance starts banging frantically on the back door of the house... I open it up and he proceeds to tell me that he's knocked over the ENTIRE workbench in the garage, including all the tools, chemicals, the tv he has out there, etc., because he was standing on it to drill a hole in the wall. Thank God he's not hurt, but I'm sorry, men can be so stupid sometimes. :rolleyes:

maybe it was that extra 2.5 ounces of weight, that the manufacturer said would be above the limit of the load the shelf could take.... :laugh5: that was a hoot to read....

[beatlelover45223]

Horrible construction on a major road near my home. My usual 20 minutes bus ride now takes over 40. :rolleyes:

I am with you, the whole city I live in has been replacing all the storm water drain-off pipes for 2 years and still going strong, they are not done yet, and some of these pipes are as wide as a road, this will go on for years, never mind the construction they do on all the highways during the good months of weather (8 months out of the year), that takes 2-3 years to complete, traffic nightmares... :hammer2: darn that construction!

[sourmilkpinky]

an aquaintance of ours got hit by a truck on his motorcycle :( He will be okay...but many broken bones.

[Lynner]

Oh how sad! Hopefully he will have a full recovery!

[DizzymissLizzy909]

How scary! Glad he'll be alright, but I imagine a recovery like that will take a while. :(

[Rellevart]

My sister-in-law has had a health setback.

[sourmilkpinky]

found out today that one of my regular customers has a brain tumor :(

he passed away last friday....and his daughter is being a nasty person with the people that were closest to him recently :angry1:

[HMVNipper]

I'm very sorry about your sister in law, Rell...and to hear about your customer (and his daughter's issues), Pinky.

I hope things get better.

[SnarkyKat]

Well, this is entirely petty after what's been posted above, but...

Karaoke Day.

Down the hall from where I'm working.

With a bunch of people who cannot sing.

These people think that Ashanti and 50 Cent are the pinnacle of music.

I might have to throw myself out the nearest window.

[Sally]

Well, this is entirely petty after what's been posted above, but...

Karaoke Day.

Down the hall from where I'm working.

With a bunch of people who cannot sing.

These people think that Ashanti and 50 Cent are the pinnacle of music.

I might have to throw myself out the nearest window.

And you live in a Bungalow right?

[SnarkyKat]

And you live in a Bungalow right?

Worse -- I'm in the basement. :laugh5:

[Sally]

Worse -- I'm in the basement. :laugh5:

:laugh5: :laugh5: :laugh5:

[Rellevart]

People who delight in finding ways to stomp on your joy or make you feel guilty for being happy about something.

[Sally]

Little boys who refuse to go to bed.

[HMVNipper]

People who delight in finding ways to stomp on your joy or make you feel guilty for being happy about something.

Sigh, I hate that...I hope you find a way to make that person feel equally as bad sometime, Suz...

[Rellevart]

Sigh, I hate that...I hope you find a way to make that person feel equally as bad sometime, Suz...

Ah, I'm not particularly in the mood for retribution, but hopefully karma will get 'em... :devious:

[MaccaGirl2891]

I want to kick love in the face...

[beatlelover45223]

Quote:
Originally Posted by sourmilkpinky
found out today that one of my regular customers has a brain tumor :(


he passed away last friday....and his daughter is being a nasty person with the people that were closest to him recently :angry1:


I am so sorry to read that your friend had so little time, I glad that he dropped in to see his friends before his death.

[beatlelover45223]

Your sis-in-law is still in my prayers Rell...

[beatlegirl9977]

Allergies suck. There's no two ways about it, they just plain-out suck, especially when you get a cold after they wear you down. :angry1:

[beatlebangs1964]

SUVs and minivans. I really hate them. :thumbd: Irritant - getting stuck behind a slow driver in each lane and you can't pass.

[MonaMe577]

I agree with the SUV thing--can't stand 'em!! :thumbd:

How about people who tailgate you for blocks, then angrily speed around you, only to stop at a red light a hundred feet away? Way to go, shmuck, you got there five seconds before I did!

[Rellevart]

My company may want to send me to a 3 day training class in Washington DC...ON THE SAME DAY AS THE MCCARTNEY CONCERT HERE IN CHICAGO!!!!!!!!! :angry1: Obviously, I'm not going to go, but of course, it'll have repercussions on my job and my review. That so sucks, I've had the tickets for SIX FREAKING MONTHS, but they consider $250 nothing and going to a concert frivoulous, so I'm not going to tell them WHY I can't go, just that I have plans. What my plans are are none of their freaking business.

[HMVNipper]

Oh man, Suz, that SUCKS. I worked for a long time for a company that used to pull that kind of thing all the time -- one fellow I worked with had been planning a ski vacation with other people that he then had to cancel entirely, so it didn't only affect him, but the two other friends he was supposed to go away with, but they told him if he didn't go to the meeting they'd scheduled for him he'd be fired instead.

I hope your company does not do that to you -- and it is probably a good thing not to tell them WHY you can't go on the trip, they'd certainly hold that against you. If they insist on an explanation and a reason, make up some really intense family committment thing, that might fly.

What boggles me is that companies make this big show of "balancing work and personal life," but heaven help you if you WANT to have a personal life...or take a vacation...or if you get sick... My husband gets over four weeks of time off per year since he's been at his company so long, but they won't let him take more than a week or a week and a half at one stretch (and they don't like the week and a half scenario!) and put up roadblocks when he tries to take the time to which he is supposedly entitled. He isn't allowed to carry days over into the next calendar year, so if he doesn't use it, he loses it. Sometimes I think that's what they WANT him to do -- lose the time instead of taking it! Why GIVE it to employees then??? I do not see the point.

Geez, that just stinks, I'm so sorry it happened to you!

[HMVNipper]

How about people who tailgate you for blocks, then angrily speed around you, only to stop at a red light a hundred feet away? Way to go, shmuck, you got there five seconds before I did!

You been driving in Manhattan lately, Mona? :wink1: Geez, that's an everyday occurrance around here!

[Rellevart]

What boggles me is that companies make this big show of "balancing work and personal life,"

What a flaming crock of **** THAT is. :rolleyes:

There's still hope they may assign me the week before or after and I won't have to make a stink. The thing is, I wouldn't even know this was in the works if I didn't have a stoolie on the inside of this project. If they sprang this on me with like a week's warning, I would be even MORE ticked off.

[HMVNipper]

What a flaming crock of **** THAT is. :rolleyes:

There's still hope they may assign me the week before or after and I won't have to make a stink. The thing is, I wouldn't even know this was in the works if I didn't have a stoolie on the inside of this project. If they sprang this on me with like a week's warning, I would be even MORE ticked off.

Cannot say that I blame you! I hope it does not come down to a standoff.

And yes, it is a crock...the company I worked for that screwed over my co-worker was a BENEFITS CONSULTING COMPANY that taught other companies how to help their employees "balance work and personal life." Of course they didn't practice what they preached...I didn't expect that much from 'em!

[Rellevart]

the company I worked for that screwed over my co-worker was a BENEFITS CONSULTING COMPANY

Guess what I work for? :smile1:

[Zimmerman The Gnome]

Guess what I work for? :smile1:

A Supermarket?

[HMVNipper]

Guess what I work for? :smile1:

I figured, when you say you work with actuaries...I did too...