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Topic: Welcome to the gripe & moan thread!
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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted October 15, 2013 08:30 AM
  
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Originally posted by teasel:
Oh, wait! I do have this, that I posted in my own thread:  Gossip, and being accused of it. When I finally vent somewhere, because I've had enough, I get an, "I knew it!!" Bah. Gripe, moan.
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Node
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From: 1,981 mi East of Truth or Consequences NM
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted October 15, 2013 08:34 AM
 no gripe today ms juni
 good to 'see' you. IP: Logged |
YoursTrulyAlways
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posted October 15, 2013 11:18 AM
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Originally posted by NoRainNoRainbows:
LV is "cheap"....try a Hermes Birkin bag instead.....u could possibly feed a whole 3rd world village, and take care of their water supply for the price of some of them.anyway don't see the point of why anyone would get them, unless desperate to show how 'new rich' they are..
Birkin bags can buy houses.
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Violets
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posted October 15, 2013 11:51 AM
When my friend/coworker lets me walk around at work all evening with different sized hoop earrings and doesn't say anything (which I just realized happened last night).<Edit>
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Randall
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From: Saturn next to Charmainec
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posted October 16, 2013 01:51 PM
Haha!IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 7695
From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted October 16, 2013 01:55 PM
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AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted October 16, 2013 02:39 PM
Virtually anything I don't want to deal with first thing in the morning is a major nuisance. Let me wake up, and get situated first.IP: Logged |
NoRainNoRainbows
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posted October 16, 2013 04:04 PM
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Originally posted by YoursTrulyAlways:
Birkin bags can buy houses.
lol...actually not lol, as this is true. you'll probably throw up if you see all the 16 year old's near me who insist that only this bag is good enough for them...it is getting sick. i think people who work for there money and then can afford cars, houses...um Birkin bags, are cool, they worked for it, and worked hard.
But these days...bleh...you are in the minority(that is a hard worker, earning money from his normal job), most people who work hard, can't afford half these things, and i'm suspicious of those who suddenly out of the blue start being able to....
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YoursTrulyAlways
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posted October 16, 2013 04:30 PM
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Originally posted by NoRainNoRainbows:
lol...actually not lol, as this is true. you'll probably throw up if you see all the 16 year old's near me who insist that only this bag is good enough for them...it is getting sick.i think people who work for there money and then can afford cars, houses...um Birkin bags, are cool, they worked for it, and worked hard.
But these days...bleh...you are in the minority(that is a hard worker, earning money from his normal job), most people who work hard, can't afford half these things, and i'm suspicious of those who suddenly out of the blue start being able to....
The issue is that the truly wealthy find no reason for such frivolity as the Birkin. They have nothing to prove. And in most cases, people who take extra pleasure to display their Birkins invariably barely manage to afford them. Then there is the other issue of whether a Birkin makes economic sense as an asset purchase relative to its function and its depreciation. Seriously. A $150,000 handbag? IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 34816
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted October 16, 2013 05:11 PM
Ditto. quote:
Originally posted by AcousticGod:
Virtually anything I don't want to deal with first thing in the morning is a major nuisance. Let me wake up, and get situated first.
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Violets
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posted October 16, 2013 07:17 PM
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Originally posted by Randall:
Ditto.
Oh, yes. For the love of all that's holy, get the coffee brewing and leave me alone until I've had two cups. Although...I've noticed that setting my cup of coffee on my purple disc is actually super helpful. Yay purple plates! IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted October 16, 2013 07:47 PM
I seem to be in my, "Seriously, people, WTF?!" phase of life. IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted October 17, 2013 12:30 PM
Heh.  IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted October 24, 2013 11:24 PM
These pretzels are making me thirsty.IP: Logged |
Node
Knowflake Posts: 2480
From: 1,981 mi East of Truth or Consequences NM
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted October 26, 2013 07:18 PM
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Originally posted by Violets:
Heh.
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Randall
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posted October 27, 2013 02:48 PM
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Originally posted by Node:
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Violets
Knowflake Posts: 1177
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posted November 01, 2013 10:03 PM
Okay, a real gripe.
People who are hell bent on arguing semantics with topics that I'm essentially in agreement with them on, but they just have to argue about the meaning of a word. Something ridiculous like "energy" or "organic" or "chemical". Seriously.  IP: Logged |
MsPrism
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posted November 02, 2013 12:18 AM
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Originally posted by Node:
Drivers who race up the merge lane, and INSERT themselves.
Come on bud, get in the que with the rest of us poor slobs.
It's called the zipper method and is how merging was designed. They're actually reducing the queue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_merge quote:
In traffic engineering, the late merge or zipper method is a convention for merging traffic into a reduced number of lanes. Drivers in merging lanes are expected to use both lanes to advance to the lane reduction point and merge at that location, alternating turns.The late merge method contrasts with the early merge method. A related scheme is the dynamic late merge. The late merge method has not been found to increase throughput (throughput is the number of vehicles that pass through a point in a given period of time). However, it considerably reduces queue ("backup") length (because drivers use the ending lane until its end) and reduces speed differences between the two lanes, increasing safety.
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Node
Knowflake Posts: 2480
From: 1,981 mi East of Truth or Consequences NM
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted November 02, 2013 04:34 PM
That is true, however  The inserter's overlook any space left. Many times I will create a space, no, not good enough for the inserter's. They go to the top of the line, and then, insert themselves. This is called aggressive driving. IP: Logged |
MsPrism
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posted November 02, 2013 06:52 PM
No, it's called the zipper merge. Creating space early backs traffic up for longer. Aggressive driving is not necessarily a bad thing but merging at the top of the lane that's closing is correct. A lot of people think that the zipper merge is when people are just being pushy, this is not true. If you watch a video on zipper merge, the top comment is about how people think zipper merging is rude and most other videos on it will also tell you that it's not the rude thing to do, it's the best thing to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCLF2tyW0TU If someone accelerates up the lane fast, it's because no one is using that lane and as long as they aren't speeding, it really doesn't matter. They are probably wondering why others are not using the lane. We act as if there is nothing more to learn about driving after we've been doing so for a long time but there is always more to learn about every topic. IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 877
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted November 03, 2013 10:54 AM
If people refuse to make a space what choice is there? And most people do! I never knew there was a name for this though! IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 7695
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted November 03, 2013 01:19 PM
Not a single gripe today Perfect Autumn weather, canning is completed, wood cut and stacked and I`m prepared for old man winter.
Sometimes it`s the little things to take pleasure in.
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Node
Knowflake Posts: 2480
From: 1,981 mi East of Truth or Consequences NM
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted November 03, 2013 01:21 PM
Exactly cat.Once you race up to the top of the line, space has to be made.
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MsPrism: I get your point. And yes I have read the stats. But: Call me old school, but if you ignore spaces left, in order to race to the top of the line-- others behind you are braking~ braking on the interstate/beltway is one of the worst things you can do. I could post stats about how one car braking in heavy traffic on the interstate/beltway and the effects that are felt for [sometimes] miles but this is not GU. I will say that braking outweighs insertion, because insertion relies on a steady even flow. Seamless. If, this does not happen, and in my area it rarely does, braking by every following car in the queue occurs. Braking is a no no. These drivers just have to be first, that's all. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 7695
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted November 18, 2013 09:22 AM
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Lexxigramer
Moderator Posts: 3484
From: The Etheric Realms...Still out looking for Schrodinger's cat...& LEXIGRAMMING.♥.. is my Passion!
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted November 18, 2013 04:53 PM
Being 90% bed bound for going on two years to date. 
Constant pain.
I'm disintegrating.
Oh well.
It totally sucks;
but;
that is just the way it is.
However add to that how some people *****
about their fairly perfect lives in my point of view.
And how many tell me I should just kill myself.
Oddly many whom I thought were my friends.
One more gripe;
which will sound rude but here goes:
People even though well meaning trying to cheer me up and saying "get well soon", or "things will get better", and other such socially correct niceties.
Well kind meaning folks;
that is depressing to say the least.
Most of my conditions are degenerative.
Only some could be fixed but I cannot afford them; like for example;
my jaw is being absorbed by my body.
Without very expensive bone grafts and surgeries;
eventually if my other serious ills do not kill me first;
my teeth will all fall out as my jaw vanishes and my jaw after breaking will eventually disappear.
So yeah;
stop telling me to get well soon and such. It just is not going to happen.
Wish me wealth to come to me so that I can afford to at least pull us out of poverty and fix some things and alleviate some of my suffering by having the proper things for a household with two handicapped people.
And please; no prayers. I am not a believer.
Sorry for being so down but that is how it is.
Enjoy your youth, good health, and lives; and stop b!tching about things that don't matter.
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