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Originally Posted by oakleaf
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lol!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by oakleaf
Good one Mimi!
This is what happens in my family. We've lost spare keys, photos and a variety of other things this way.Quote:
Originally Posted by jessmarimba
I like this!Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
I did this with our passports once. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by jessmarimba
my mother has lost more stuff this way. It scares me. I tell you, when we have to clean out her house (when she is no longer with us) it will be a treasure hunt. We'll have to be really careful to check EVERYTHING and not just toss stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by jessmarimba
Dear Occupy Wall Street protestors,
You are not occupying Wall Street. You are occupying a small park near my home which is our only green space. It's where working people eat the lunch they bought from street vendors, who are now losing money thanks to you.
You are not bothering the captains of industry with your all-day drumming and shouting. At night, they are driven to their suburban homes with big lawns. It's me who listens to your endless noise, and I don't control Wall Street.
Bless your idealistic young hearts, we want our little park back.
I've been missing the spare key (actually the real key) to my car for two years. I went to pull a laptop bag out of the closet for a trip to Cleveland a couple days ago and the key was in a mesh pocket in the front. Must've been where I decided to pack it when I moved. I'm leaving it in the middle of the kitchen counter for the time being so I can't lose it again!Quote:
Originally Posted by Owlie
Dear "friends" -
I don't understand why ALL of you ignore my calls/texts/attempts to communicate. Obviously I am the common denominator, so I must be the problem here, but will one of you tell me why you're ignoring me?
Signed,
Bored and lonely
Dear people who stole my scooter,
You suck!
Ima gonna stick a GPS tracker in my next one so the cops can bust your $$@ if you lay your sticky fingers on it.
Have a nice day :)
Oh, and dear bike clinic -
Offering to comp me a spot at the camp this weekend since I paid for a camp I couldn't make in August was very sweet. Telling me two days before the clinic that you don't have room for me (despite the fact that I can still register - if I pay again - on your website) is just crappy. Thanks a lot. I hope that $35 was worth it to you, since it was a week's grocery money for me.
Actually, cat food is higher in protein than dog food. So it contains more meat and is probably much, much tastier. When I have a dog over, I leave the cat's food on top of a table where the dog can't get to it...Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
Thieves suck! Sorry bout your scoot Reesha. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
Dear world and everyone around me,
I am VERY tired of navigating social interactions this week. Please stop making me have to do that or pointing out my mistakes in socially interacting with others or trying to make me laugh at my own mistakes. Its a really sensitive point for me, I know I don't do it well or right just about all the time, CUT ME SOME SLACK.
Dear Alexis_the_tiny (I love that name) here is some slack use it liberally.
Mimi, you made me laugh, thank you. Hope you're doing well, have a nice big helping of slack if you need some of it too. :)
Dear parents,
While it's great that you're going to come up today, couldn't you have told me when sometime before 10 this morning? I could have gotten a ride in!
(Well, okay, I couldn't have, because I was asleep, but that's not the point...)
Dear body:
We got a whole 9 hours of sleep last night! I know we've been short the whole week, but please stop wanting to crawl back into bed. We have things to do.
Oh, and left calf--please stop hurting. I don't think I actually did anything to you.
Dear Men's Clothing Manufacturers,
I guess vanity sizing has now entered the men's market. I am looking for a simple, but nice birthday present for DH. I know what brands fit him, yet no store (I am so desperate that I went to the locally owned active wear store that charges twice what I would pay on line) has a size small. Now, he is not super skinny, but he is thin, and he's 5' 7". Why don't you carry size small?
His birthday is Monday and it is looking like he will be present-less.
Of course, I can't give him what he wants... not to be 55 years old!
Which is why dogs also loooooooooooooove cat poop. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by alexis_the_tiny
55 is a lovely age!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
snap "soon to be there too" dragen.
It's true, I never knew a dog who wouldn't eat cat food given the opportunity. But you made me think, if this is new behavior for maillotpois's aging dog, maybe he's having absorption issues and needs different food???Quote:
Originally Posted by alexis_the_tiny
Oh! that explains A LOT.Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Dear new neighbor,
Please learn how to park your car. You shouldn't leave it hanging over into the alley, because that inconveniences everyone and increases the chances it will be hit. And you shouldn't pull it up to the very edge of the other parking area behind our building because that blocks the walkway for all of us and makes it difficult for me to pull into or out of my space without almost hitting your car. You're a PhD candidate, for crap's sake (in a field that's all about understanding and solving human problems, no less). Surely you're smart enough to figure out that what you've been doing is an annoyance for many. So, are you stupid or just inconsiderate?
On the other hand, thanks for being one more example of why I'm extremely skeptical about the intelligence and capabilities of people who have come out of that particular graduate program. I haven't hired any of you yet, and I think that trend has a strong chance of continuing.
Love,
Me.
Dear World:
Enough already. Do we really need a roof leak (that we can't afford) on top of everything else?? The economy stinks, jobs are short, we're doing everything we can, and it's still not enough. I have my doubts that anything anyone in Washington is doing or thinking about doing would help us even one little bit:mad::mad:
Signed,
Tired and Frustrated
Dear Blueberry, I think you are right. :(
Dear pharmacokinetics professor, AGAIN:
Either your slides are wrong, or every other source is wrong. Also, it would help if you could define variables in your presentation...
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Dear Flying Squirrels,
I know it's warmer in my bedroom on cool nights and I am a "rodent lady" after all but I wish you would stay outside. I don't like being woken up at all hours to catch you and then have you squeek at me like I am killing you. You are however entertaining my cat who thinks it's enjoyable to just watch his toys come alive and run around the room! So anyway could you cute little squeekers please stay OUTSIDE I have enough animals to take care of..........
Love,
The lady with the socks on her hands
Dear local cycling buddy's body,
It's not fair for you to be failing on someone so young and full of life. We're going to do everything we can to help him make it, and we're prepared to put up quite a fight on his behalf.
Sincerely,
friends, customers, and local cyclists
PS: any TE'ers who believe in prayer / warm thoughts / good vibes, some would really be appreciated for the success of a very major procedure he's having tomorrow morning. <3
Badgecat- I will be thinking good thoughts for your friend to get through the procedure.
Badgecat, loads of good vibes your way. Hope he'll come out of it doing great..Quote:
Originally Posted by badgercat
Thanks azfiddle and alexis_the_tiny... if this is successful (which we won't know for at least a couple days), we can be cautiously optimistic that he'll be able to wait for an organ transplant that he needs. Scary, scary stuff, but we're all hoping for the best.
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Azfiddle - warm healing thoughts to your friend. Had a colleague that got to be in the "severe effects" statistics group from having mono. Too dang young to need a liver transplant, which fortuately he received in time.
May your friend's stint on the wait list be short with a long-life outcome.
Dear Co-Worker,
Your statement to me "I apologize if you thought this was approved . . ." followed by a long list of changes was more off-putting than you can imagine. I thought it was approved because you told me it was approved AND you checked it off AND your signature is clearly written on the "Approved" signature line. Corrections and changes . . . no biggie, that happens, I understand. However, condescension, denial and displacing blame I do not.
And you wonder why there is dissension between our departments.
Sigh.
Limewave
Yuck. That's like saying "I'm sorry if you feel hurt", and expecting it to sound like a real apology.
Thanks for the warm thoughts for my friend... the procedure got pushed back to tomorrow, pending insurance struggles. More waiting...
so, Dear Money--why don't you grow on trees?
or better yet: Dear American Health Care System--why are you so bass-ackwards sometimes?
There is a world of difference between "I'm sorry if you feel hurt" and "I'm sorry I hurt your feelings". The first one takes no responsibility for the event and creates a distance between cause and effect- makes it clear the hurt feelings have nothing to do with them but rather are your own baggage.Quote:
Originally Posted by lph
I recently received an even better response from a 'friend' recently after I felt I just had to let her know that her repeated actions on two occasions really hurt my feelings. I figured she'd want to figure out together with me how to fix things. Instead, and I quote her email directly:
"Im sorry if this hurts you. That was not my intent."
Classic therapy-speak! :eek: :mad:
Like I should be happy with that? and like it's perfectly fine to continue doing things that hurt someone's feelings as long as you don't set out to do it intentionally? She went on to matter-of-factly list her reasons for what she did, with no further references to my feelings at all. Hmm.
Needless to say, her priorities became clear to me, I get the message, and she's now an acquaintance rather than a friend.
Dear Friend,
We've been planning to see the concert tomorrow night for over a month now. It's just like Murphy's Law for your kids to get sick today and you cancelling for tomorrow. When will my black cloud disappear?
Signed,
Forever Destined to Bad Luck
Dear Santa Fe,
I'm sorry I haven't been able to get you to the dealer to see why the check engine light is on but did you have to pick today to finally die on me?
I only needed to drive to Lincoln for several important errands/appointments and to take you to the dealer and get you fixed. I hadn't forgotten about you. Really.
Please be something simple.
Your driver
Before you drive your car with the check engine light on, I'd call the dealer first and discuss it. It may be on because it's time to change the emmissions sensor.
Or it may be on because something is SERIOUSLY wrong with the car. You should probably get it towed.
The towing bill will be a lot less than replacing the engine, or the entire car when it dies 10 miles down the road.
Learned the hard way.
I called up the local Ford dealer 3/4 of a mile away hoping they could look at my Santa Fe. Last thing I want to do is tow it 80 miles to the dealer. They came over and said I needed a new battery and would run a diagnostic check. Probably cost me a fortune just to have them come down the 3/4 mile to start it up.
I'm getting what they had, a portable battery starter. Cables suck because you need another car. I have 70,000 miles on it so any sensor work would be covered under warranty.
I'm just grateful it died in the driveway and not somewhere else.
Everyone around me works or I would have had some help from a neighbor and driven it down.