I wonder what happened to have such a lack of compassion and empathy. It’s difficult to navigate.
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People drive worse and worse with every trip we make. Does anyone actually just drive? Get off your darn phone!! And stop with the unbelievably aggressive driving.
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For the past 6.5 yr that we’ve lived in this house, the spare TP is stored in 2 places:
- IN an actual bathroom
- in the pantry next to the cleaning products and paper towels
So WHY in the world would you go look first in the guest bathroom? You said, “the spare
TP is always in there.” What in the world.
WHAT THE HECK!
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To the various folks near us who have bought fireworks - It seems you are anxious to start using them way before July 4th. If that is really necessary, then could you please do so prior to 10pm? The booms late last night bothered me, and I’m sure that the neighborhood’s unretired folks and the dog owners were even more annoyed.
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Today would be a good day to spend some time on your phone 
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3.5 million in donations to Venice from all of those VERY RICH PEOPLE, attending the wedding, doesn’t seem like much to me!
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Oh, no, I can’t believe it was your son who attacked the people downtown. Actually, I can believe it. 
Mental illness sucks. Why won’t the system help those who can’t help themselves?? Their right to “freedom” trumps their right to get compassionate care, then ironically they lose their freedom and end up in jail.
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My H is an extremely intelligent man. But he has absolutely no idea what he’s doing on a smartphone. Listening to him humph because everything is making him mad is pretty stressful!
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6 yr ago, you bought an Instapot when the whole world was going through its Instapot craze. You’ve never used it. I have been the only one to use it…4 times to make yogurt. The last time I used the instapot was over 5 yr ago.
So today, I told you that I was thinking of donating the Instapot, you had a cow about it. You even pouted. Trying to have a rational conversation about the kitchen gadget that you’ve literally never used, I explained to you that:
- you haven’t ever used it yourself to cook anything
- I have been the only one to use it and the last time it got used was over 5 yr ago
- it’s basically similar to a crockpot and you use the crockpot all the time so I figured, “Hey, maybe the crockpot is preferred over the instapot”
- ALL you had to do was calmly and politely say something like, “If you don’t mind, I’d like to hang onto it a little while longer” and I’d be fine with that
- INSTEAD you start to have a hissy fit over it. About a kitchen counter appliance that you literally never have used.
- And when I asked you why you’d like to keep it, you said, “Just in case.” Just in case of what? In case Armageddon happens and we need an instapot? In case the crockpot dies? The crockpot DID die 2 wk ago and guess what? WE BOUGHT A NEW ONE!
You have a emotionally irrational attachment to things sometimes. And it drives me bananas.
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All the shows I listen to daily on SiriusXM are being guest hosted this week because of vacations. I hate that. So I started searching Sirius for something interesting. Lo and behold there’s a Rural Radio station. So far I’ve learned about the lean hog market and that the lower level in the Rhône River in Germany has farmers concerned. It’s fascinating, basically the farming version of CNBC. Right now I’m listening to the “Cow Guy Close” program. I didn’t realize the live cattle futures market closes at 2:05 EST.
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BBC is behind a paywall in the US!
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Stupid is as stupid does. Frighteningly, there’s a lot of stupidity out there that’s trying to overwhelm us and take us down.
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Vent on wedding planning.
My D is getting married in August. My sisters family is our closest relatives. Her kids are a few years older but we have been close, spending all birthdays and holidays together. They have seen and gushed over pictures of the venue and my daughter’s dress. Now that invitations have gone out we find that none of them were planning on coming for various reasons.
My sister had to stay home to take care of her dog. Well, the dog died so now they can come. Then my nephew wasn’t going to come because my sister wasn’t going so he and his wife booked a place in ogunquit for the weekend instead. Now they are trying to decide which they would rather do!
Then my niece (my daughter was a bridesmaid in her wedding) decides she isn’t going if her toddler daughter can’t come to the reception. This has always been a “no kids” wedding. The venue is an older elegant type building and really not suitable for children. We are providing on-site childcare. Not good enough. So we decided to make an exception for her. We figure we can keep pushing how the venue really isn’t child friendly, and the child care is right there. Also, there are many others with young children who will be either getting babysitters themselves or using our provided childcare. These other guests are going to be mad when seeing my nieces daughter. We figure we need to minimize her presence as much as possible. We will place them in a corner at the back of the room. So now my sister is telling me how cute it will be with her granddaughter running around and how maybe they can bring the stroller in so she can sleep there when it is getting late. No, No, No, No! There is a place to go right upstairs if she wants to run around or sleep. She is not going to be allowed to run around at the reception The stroller is not coming into the reception area. I feel like uninviting them all at this point.
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I have no idea why you first suspended me, then a few days later totally expelled me from your facebook group. I was only trying to provide additional, helpful, and accurate information to the group. Could it be because I didn’t purchase your data base? Or you couldn’t stand that I gently corrected some misinformation one time? No way to find out. Oh well, I guess I’ll just stick with College Confidential, as I’ve never in 12 1/2 years had a problem here.
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The air conditioning in the south is way too cold!!
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Amazing that every time I block some unwanted ad in my email about car insurance they simply create another email and send more junk
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Occam’s Razor. You told me about this theory years ago, that the simplest solution with the least number of variables is usually the correct one.
But now you would prefer to believe some sort of movie script theory accusing the people who love you most of attempting to do something cruel to you, than to believe that you just had a somewhat common reaction to a prescription medication. And you aren’t even willing to talk about specifics, because you’d rather go with suspicions and internet theories than to discuss cold, hard facts.
You used to be the most logical, rational open minded person I knew. Never unkind, always full of humor, but who are you now?
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Prayers or good vibes to the universe - your choice - are requested today. The proverbial stuff is hitting the fan here in caring-for-an-elder-land. Life sure can be messy.
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Please think good thoughts for the girls missing in the flood in the Texas Hill Country.
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