Originally Posted By threeundertwo mele, telephones act as writing instrument repulsion devices. Locate all the telephones in your house and plot them on a schematic. Find the point in your house the furthest from any phone. All the working pens and pencils will be hiding there. Of course, if you have a cell phone, that complicates matters. Your pens and pencils may have made their way to your back garden by now.
Originally Posted By alexbook When I ask to speak to a supervisor or manager and I'm told there isn't one available.
Originally Posted By DAR There's a Cingular commercial out right now, one of those dropped call ones. The one that angers me the most is the lady talking to her boss at the office. They're at the office. Talking on their cell phones to each other. They have their regular office phones right in front of them. There's a good a chance they probably work in the same building. GRRRRRR!!!!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo The guy in the pew in front of me at Church who was checking his phone messages during the service.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo All the awful polyester clothes in stores now. They need to go away.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter People who don't ensure their children are in the appropriate car seats/booster seats/seat belts. Little known fact: children are not safe in just the car's seatbelts (even lap/shoulder combination) until they are at least 85 lbs. AND 58 inches tall.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>at least 85 lbs. AND 58 inches tall.>> Whoa! Really? Where did you get that info? I thought it was 60lbs. At ages 9 and 10, my kids should still be in booster seats by that criteria.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter It's been published several times by various reliable auto and child safety groups. I'm not surprised you haven't heard of it, though; it astonishes me how few people have. The information just hasn't been widely published. Give me a few minutes, and I can get some links for you. (And my 12 and 9 yos are still in booster seats because they aren't even close to being big enough to be safe in seatbelts. Sadly, though, they are in the vast minority. I can count on one hand the number of children their size who are still in booster seats).
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I think the law varies by state. In California, it's 6 years or 60 lbs <a href="http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/boosterseats.html" target="_blank">http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/boo sterseats.html</a>
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter And my few minutes has turned into a few hours--lol. It's coming, I promise. Watch your local Community section for the latest developments. ;-)
Originally Posted By PJ82858 Walmart People that don't take proper care of thier animals. People (at Disneyland, driving, walking, shopping, whatever)that are totally oblivious to what's going on around them. Parents who let thier kids say "mommie, mommie, mommie,(or daddy) 48 times and then scream "WHAT??" at them. Either teach them not to do it, or answer them the first time.
Originally Posted By DAR Celebrities who contribute their own songs to their personal playlists on iTunes.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Those little tiny wormy things dangling by spider-webbish strings from my oak trees. I really hate them! The principle whereby the lawn is getting spotty, but there are suddenly huge tufts of grass growing gleefully in the flower garden.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I don't have enough vacation time to do MY stuff AND visit my mom and sister.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ People who can't bother with their turn signals for lane changes.....grrr. The stupid indicator is right there on your steering wheel--- oh wait, you'd have to put your coffee down and stop changing your CD - my mistake.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Speeding Tickets. Everyone ELSE should get them if THEY speed, but I am a "safe" driver. Uhh huh.
