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  1. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I re-encountered a phenomenon I dislike. Where I used to live was the "testing grounds" for a lot of manufacturers. You'd see a new product, but it (say plastic wrap), it would be pulled six months later wither forever (flop) or to reappear (success) in a year to two years, often with totally...
  2. sheeplady

    Annoying modern trends...

    1. Please reread my post. I left off the slurs in all three examples. 2. Without being too personal, you have no idea my relationship with the 1% of the people in my listed county, or if I even work or live in the county or state where I indicated.
  3. sheeplady

    Annoying modern trends...

    Racism is one of those things you know when you see it. I'll provide you with some pieces I've heard: 1. Hitler didn't go far enough... 2. They should lynch that... 3. All the kids I teach are going to end up in jail because... I purposefully didn't finish those sentences with the slurs that...
  4. sheeplady

    Annoying modern trends...

    I do hope you are being... cheeky. The idea of the death penalty for words is... beyond comprehension. I am not in favor of jail sentences for shouting the n-word either. The reason why boarders on political speech, but, needless to say the country I live in protects "free speech"... but does...
  5. sheeplady

    Annoying modern trends...

    As much as government regulation is important in fighting for justice, there's many things that can not be brought in front of a court of law, and if they are, there might not be enough evidence to present or get a conviction. What it is going to take to get rid of this behavior is to makr hate...
  7. sheeplady

    Annoying modern trends...

    I think this is a rather... simplistic view. In the United States we've nevery seen such a historic switch in oppressors to the oppressed. Now, there are those that feel (as always have) that minorities and women having equal rights is taking away some of the opressor's rights; no it takes...
  8. sheeplady

    shower remodel - shower head help

    I recommend a handheld shower head. If you or your SO are ever disabled (even temporarily... think knee surgery or some such) a handheld shower head enables the person to bathe unassisted in something like a shower chair. This makes a huge difference for the person in feeling like, well, a...
  9. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've been reading Harry Potter (I never read it when it first came out, but I like to read potential books in advance for the kids, and well, know what all the fuss is about). I have to look up some of the slang, about 3 words so far (I am in book.. 5?). They say Americans use more slang than...
  10. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I (fortunately) have the relatively easily understood accent of an upstate New Yorker, which is a bit of a mid-west accent crossed with a NYC one. I've been told by people who are not native English speakers that I am so easy to understand compared to a lot of Americans. I do have a bit of a...
  11. sheeplady

    Other cultures

    I really don't mind going to a franchise once in a while, particularly on a road trip. The restaurant business is difficult to survive in, and franchises give owners/operators who participate a leg up and share their risk. To my benefit, I get consistency and quality control. When you are on...
  13. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I grew up a mile outside a village of less than 200 people. "Going to town" meant taking off your smelly chore boots and exchangin them for cleaner ones. Going to "they city" meant the 50,000 person city 45 minutes away. The "big city" was 3 hours away and had 100,000. If you went someplace...
  14. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This is beyond trivial... but I took a DNA ancestry test. While I am pretty sure I'm not adopted, I am about 30% genetically what I was told I am. And I am utterly confused, as either my "German side" is significantly Swedish or my "Polish side" is German. Unfortunately I don't have any family...
  15. sheeplady

    Annoying modern trends...

    I've heard the term snowflake refer to people who think they deserve special treatment AND to people who are seeking equality. It only took me hearing it once (in a public meeting) to refer to a child with special needs who's mother was seeking accommodations so her kid could be mainstreamed for...
  16. sheeplady

    Annoying modern trends...

    Skinny men's suits. I always look at a man in a suit, and was at the gas station the other day saw a fella get out of his car and go into the station. My line of thinking: Hey! GUY IN A SUIT! On late Sunday! Score! Wait, from behind that's a woman''s fitted suit, must be a woman with short...
  17. sheeplady

    Did the Rules of Etiquette Provide a Greater Sense of Safety For Women?

    I recently went to a baby shower for a woman who was probably one of my best friends at one point in my life. It was catered. My wedding wasn't even catered (we had a friend pick up a massive take out order-we had arranged the order months in advance- and bring it). I don't think anyone in my...
  19. sheeplady

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Never assume someone's nationality. I don't look at all like what my ancestry says I am (or so I have been told on both counts), and my college roommate made the mistake of using several racial slurs that actually applied to my heritage. She turned white as a sheet when I strung together the...
  20. sheeplady

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    To be fair, I have been asked the Jewish question in conversation about cancer... normally by someone who is Jewish or married into a Jewish family where BC is present. But they don't have a gun and they normally say, "are you jewish? Because I'm jewish and there's...." And by my doctors, for...
  21. sheeplady

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I think what irritates people a lot about flying is being treated as less than human. I have to wear a lot of medical grade stuff when I fly and the choice is put it on at home and be treated like a monster (we are talking full pat downs, swabs, answer really invasive questions that are NONE of...
  22. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Besides over the handles, there's the "as you fall" (or more accurately, slide) hitting your head against an object. Knew someone who once fell into a tree when his bike slid. He also once went over his handlebars. Needless to say, his helmet after going over his handle bars on a dirt path in a...
  23. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Isn't it that most fatal accidents occur within 20 minutes (or miles maybe?) From your home? My parents never got in the habit of automatically buckling their seat belts... they often forgot. They weren't available when they were kids. Myself, however, I do it without thinking. Reflecting on...

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