hows about a "Pet Peeve" topic, I'll go first.

[Swiss Miss]

And, uh Toby, perhaps that hanging handicap sign is a real warning and needs to be up while driving?? More peeps need them things as warnings to others on the road!

Actually, I think that when people apply for a handicap parking permit that they should be immediately scheduled for a fresh road test. By applying for the permit they are admitting that they have a physical problem.

I have been told by a Portland senior that if the police there catch one driving with the handicap permit hanging from the rear view mirror that it is simply confiscated. Good idea.

As to the warning about limited ability on the road, those Veteran's plates do a good job.

It's your doctor who issues the paperwork for the permit and the reason why they "hang up on the rear view mirror" is so that the handicapped person can transfer to another vehicle and drive it too.

[Dana]

That's a good thing too Miss as we do need to know we are facing someone with a driving handicap. I meet up with lots of them without the signs, so I appreciate when they advertise the inability to drive properly.

You do see my tongue-in-cheek??? 'ceptin for I do live in an area with a huge proportion of seniors.

D

[helen_t]

One doesn't have to have a physical handicap - eg one that can be seen. I have a handicapped permit because of emphysema/chronic bronchitis and can't walk from a to b without trying to catch my breath.

[Toby Fourre]

It's your doctor who issues the paperwork for the permit and the reason why they "hang up on the rear view mirror" is so that the handicapped person can transfer to another vehicle and drive it too.

I know why it's there. It should be taken down when the car is in motion. What worries me is that when I am entering a crosswalk in front of one of these and I can't see the driver's face which is hidden behind the handicap sign, I know he/she cannot see me.

[elkouri]

some of these young kids , driving like a bat out of hell,
with the music blaring.
I worry they might not see me.

[Poca]

My pet peeve is this humidity. There is no worse weather as far as I am concerned. I can't do anything when it is like this. If there was an emergency, I think I would just go to bed and cover my head as I wouldn't have the strength to do anything else.

[Reverend Blair]

Today, and every other day, my pet peeve is coffee pots that shut themselves off. Why? Why are these bastards making me drink cold coffee? Is this an off-shoot of putting a damned clock on everything and having to justify it somehow? Is this the result of people who don't really drink coffee having only one or two cups in the morning? Is it some conspiracy from those bastards down at Timmy's?

I've only had four cups, damn it. There are still six left. Why would the machine shut off?

[elkouri]

rev,
pick you up a electric perk, farberware with no fancy stuff on it.
IM sure you will really enjoy this one.

[Dana]

Today, and every other day, my pet peeve is coffee pots that shut themselves off. Why? Why are these bastards making me drink cold coffee? Is this an off-shoot of putting a damned clock on everything and having to justify it somehow? Is this the result of people who don't really drink coffee having only one or two cups in the morning? Is it some conspiracy from those bastards down at Timmy's?

I've only had four cups, damn it. There are still six left. Why would the machine shut off?

'cause it's time for the Rev's beer?

[Dana]

My pet peeve is this humidity. There is no worse weather as far as I am concerned. I can't do anything when it is like this. If there was an emergency, I think I would just go to bed and cover my head as I wouldn't have the strength to do anything else.

Saw the weather for where you are last nite.
Oh, sorry Poca that you are suffering from the dreadful heatwave now. We have one coming now too they say, straight from Juneuary to July which is kinda harsh uno! I am wearing 2 sweaters right now but this afternoon - ohhhh. BUT we never get the dreadful humidity that you folks do in that part of the country. When mom visited in the '60's she said she would retire here because when you step under a tree when it's hot it actually makes a difference as there is no humidity to speak of tho peeps from up north do find it humid on the coast. Not as I recall it, awakening in a full sweat at 6 am in TO as a child to do mom's hair into a French roll before she went to work. She forgot but I remember.

Hope you are not also getting weather-head. Could always be worse....

D

[Dana]

One doesn't have to have a physical handicap - eg one that can be seen. I have a handicapped permit because of emphysema/chronic bronchitis and can't walk from a to b without trying to catch my breath.

Yes, we once had a lady write a letter to the editor to explain that not all with the signs have visible problems as she is a healthy looking person with a heart condition that disallows walking much. She often gets questioned when she parks in her allotted places. That must be tough.

D

[Terri]

Here's a rose for all you unhappy people.

Life is too short, don't sweat the small stuff

[Poca]

My pet peeve is this humidity. There is no worse weather as far as I am concerned. I can't do anything when it is like this. If there was an emergency, I think I would just go to bed and cover my head as I wouldn't have the strength to do anything else.

Saw the weather for where you are last nite.
Oh, sorry Poca that you are suffering from the dreadful heatwave now. We have one coming now too they say, straight from Juneuary to July which is kinda harsh uno! I am wearing 2 sweaters right now but this afternoon - ohhhh. BUT we never get the dreadful humidity that you folks do in that part of the country. When mom visited in the '60's she said she would retire here because when you step under a tree when it's hot it actually makes a difference as there is no humidity to speak of tho peeps from up north do find it humid on the coast. Not as I recall it, awakening in a full sweat at 6 am in TO as a child to do mom's hair into a French roll before she went to work. She forgot but I remember.

Hope you are not also getting weather-head. Could always be worse....

D

Yes Dana, the head is kicking up a real fuss with the humidity. I just stay home and try to keep cool, but even the A/C doesn't seem to make me comfy. Guess you know a lot of Toronto lost power. Too many A/C going maybe. I remember when I lived in London, we had a black out that last a few day.

Thanks for the rose Darcie. Very pretty. I notice that you post a lot of nice graphics now...I like them.

[elkouri]

phone ringing early in the morning, before I have mycoffee.

[elkouri]

this one really gets me mad.
saying you will do something and you don't

[Dana]

people that feel they have to stand an inch away from your face when talking,
you back away only for them to keep moving closer I can see why if they
were drunk, but for the ones that aren't? come on!

Yes, and especially with tobacco on their breath. It's strong enough at 10 paces already!
I wondered about this one some last year when a woman 65 yrs of age did this with me. She sort of sidles in sideways as if to make one feel like a confidant, a co-conspirator or some other feeling of closeness of some sort, all the while with the tobacco stench.
Then, after saying " I hope we can all get along", some of the coldest people I have ever dealt with.
That particular woman is a liar. Out and out Liar which I only found out months later and made me think about her close conversation style and wonder at it.

That close-up in the face sort of thing is usually an invasion of personal space, unless it is a cultural thing where the space is much smaller than ours. Often done with aggressive purpose and when it happens outside those circumstances is a little different.

Agreed Terri, and it's all small stuff in the relative scheme of things. I had a friend of 85 stop by with someone and all she did was rail about her upset with the flag girl long passed down the road. When I saw her agitation over it still, I silently marveled that a person of ill health,who is so close to death's door had so much angst about it still and I said that about small stuff, her companion jumping on it and agreeing. We are close enough friends that we can remind each other thusly without offense and do welcome that mirror effect friendship sometimes has.
Knowing what bothers others may save me from being offensive .
And it's really funny what bothers OTHER people, isn't it?

D

[elkouri]

I have this little lady call often and complain continually,
you name it she complains,
and a thought came to me,
i would honestly miss her if she quit calling me
as she does have some BEautiful ways, plus I do
tell her THAt SOMETiMES she gets on my nerves.'

[MamaCarol]

People that spell your (beloning to) when the mean you're (you are).......

[elkouri]

cold coffee, boy that makes me mad.
like it hottttttttttttttt and strong.

[elkouri]

getting phone calls early in the morning
before i get up.
then I cant sleep.

[elkouri]

grumpy , mean spirited people.

[graceyc1]

Inheritors that took early retirement, now cry poor, and are jealous of those of us that worked longer, and now have a seemingly better life in their eyes. An enigma to me!

[Swiss Miss]

people that feel they have to stand an inch away from your face when talking,
you back away only for them to keep moving closer I can see why if they
were drunk, but for the ones that aren't? come on!

I started putting out a candy dish of peppermints on my desk before salespeople would stop by. They always grabbed one without even being offered one, same with the staff, some would stop by before going into a meeting a grab a few. eventually the owners of the companies I worked for starting buying the candies for me

[Canadian]

That new YouTube auto play bar at the bottom of the page.. So annoying..

[elkouri]

That new YouTube auto play bar at the bottom of the page.. So annoying..

where??????