Dear So and So

[KnottedYet]

Do what my neighbors did: be all concerned and ask if the dogs are ok, they've been barking frantically.

(I was very embarrassed to learn my dog was a barking fiend, but worked on it and my neighbors said he wasn't barking any more.)

[IFjane]

Do what my neighbors did: be all concerned and ask if the dogs are ok, they've been barking frantically.

I don't have that option - my neighbors are HOME and let the dogs bark. In fact, at one point they let one of their little darlings come into MY YARD when I got home and bark at my ankles until I went in the house!! I didn't know how to talk to them about it without making them angry until I got angry enough and called Animal Control.....now the dogs are penned and the neighbors won't speak to me....

[Trek420]

at one point they let one of their little darlings come into MY YARD when I got home and bark at my ankles until I went in the house!! ....

I'm not a trainer, and don't play one on TV but I'd say it's as if the dog is saying "look, look, you've been away all day and look what a good job of guarding I do, I'm barking at the neighbor see?"

Your neighbors dogs are not bad, they just need another "job" long walks, puzzling complicated Kongs, stuff like that.

[IFjane]

I'm not a trainer, and don't play one on TV but I'd say it's as if the dog is saying "look, look, you've been away all day and look what a good job of guarding I do, I'm barking at the neighbor see?"

Your neighbors dogs are not bad, they just need another "job" long walks, puzzling complicated Kongs, stuff like that.

Trek - I totally agree! It is not the dogs' fault - they are only being dogs who have had no training. It's funny because I have lived here on Moonshine Mountain (really!) for almost 7 years. The neighbors were here first - and have been wonderful until they started adopting animals that they could not adequately take care of. They now have 5 horses, 3 goats, and I-don't-know-how-many cats (because NONE have been spayed or neutered or had shots!) and dogs....

Flybye - yes, they knew who called because the Animal Control officer happens to know them...

[deedolce]

Dear J from another forum,
Yes, I got your email. No, I didn't reply right away - I was waiting to take pics to show what I was talking about - and then I get an angry email from you 4 hours later saying you saw that I read your email and posted on threads but didn't answer you. GOOD GRIEF, give me a break. I'm TIRED when I get home from work, and you are touchy and passive/aggressive and still hold it against me that YOUR boyfriend enjoyed my company when you were playing games, to which I unfortunately had to witness when you guys were yelling at each other. Your lack of clear communication, which could have avoided ALL OF IT was crazy. So forgive me if I'm stalling on opening your 2 pm's in my inbox. I HATE drama.

[shadon]

or, whomever is in charge of these things.

I've been unemployed since May. I'm poor, and really tired of this. I want to buy trainer, so that I can get some exercise during this rain, but I can't spend the money.

So, So and So, could you fix this? Find me a job? one that includes health insurance preferably, but I'll take what I can get at this point.

[missymaya]

Dear member of the local elite riding club here in Orlando,
Just because I am a). have been working in the LBS for 3 months and fairly new to this b). do not have the same relationship with you as you have with my manager and the worst of it c). A GIRL!! does NOT mean you need to patronize me and talk to me as if I know nothing!! I know a lot about this business and am proud to say that I am still learning! Don't go directly over my head and talk to my manager and then treat him like crap as well!! Yeah, so you ride for an elite road club, but I find it mighty funny that you come in and don't even change your own tires and tubes, or can't find out why your front derailleur won't change when all it is, is that the cable has stretched. STOP TREATING ME LIKE I'M A KNOW NOTHING LITTLE 4 YEAR OLD GIRL!!! And even if I were, stop it! Your lucky you even get a % off of stuff (which is darn about to change 'cause our OWNER hates the way you treat us). We bust our butts for you and you still treat us like crap. I just want a little respect and thanks. Yeah, so I'm a girl. Get over it. I've know a lot and if I don't know something, you bet I'm gonna find out how it works. STOP TREATING ME LIKE CRAP AND MY COWORKERS LIKE CRAP AS WELL!!!!!

Dear so and so:
Please get shadon a job! I've been there and it stinks and during this time, it would be nice to have an income.

[snapdragen]

Dear whoever is in charge, please give me the strength to help my very dear friend through the tough times that are ahead. She's made the first steps, please help guide her down the drug free path.

[NJBikeGal]

Dear New Jersey DOT,

I want to thank you for the grand scheme to remove the circle near our house. Yes, i understand that morons on the road who do not understand the concept of a roundabout or a yield sign cause havoc upon entering a unique road situation like a circle. However, their inability to handle a motor vehicle is NOTHING compared to the amazing traffic jamb caused by your "new and improved" intersection. Instead of traffic flowing through the circle, we now have another light to negotiate, which causes traffic to back up through the previous TWO lights. I now have to resort to my old route home to avoid the ten minutes it takes me to go .1 miles. Many thanks to you in your utlimate wisdom.

Bravo!

[Brandy]

Dear Self,

Way to go not checking the burn time on the new headlights. Now you have to take the short route home (hopefully you'll make it)...walk inside the warm house, resist temptation to stay inside said warm house, grab the other battery pack, switch and go back out to ride. Dork.

Love,
Me.

[Flybye]

I don't have that option - my neighbors are HOME and let the dogs bark. In fact, at one point they let one of their little darlings come into MY YARD when I got home and bark at my ankles until I went in the house!! I didn't know how to talk to them about it without making them angry until I got angry enough and called Animal Control.....now the dogs are penned and the neighbors won't speak to me....

My parents' dogs bark all of the time and they are home, too. It drives me crazy when I visit. When we go to the cabin, it REALLY bothers me. Someone finally got fed up and made an anonymous call to animal control. They paid them a visit and gave them a warning. There would be a ticket involved if they had to come back for the same reason again. My mom got two bark collars within the hour of the visit. No more barking dogs!

Another friend of mine who has extra cash actually purchased a dog collar and waited until her neighbors went to bed and for their lights to be out for a couple of hours. She then put the collar in their mailbox along with a complaint signed "from several neighbors". I can't remember the content of the letter, other than it was well written and very kind.

I am wondering how they know that you called animal control?? My parents never found out who called.

[Tuckervill]

bike or active tours instead of huge cruise mega-ships,

I just got home from a cruise on a mega-ship. Good news! Offset of the carbon footprint of the entire cruise was achieved through Reverb, Barenaked Planet, and Native Energy. The goal was to include all the travel to and from the cruise, as well, but I don't know how far that went and the website has not been updated (since we just got off the ship on Friday). I know they did it for the last Barenaked Ladies cruise.

http://www.reverbrock.org/shipsanddip3/jointhecause.htm

There's no reason why we can't have great cruises with great bands on mega-ships, AND work towards a better environment.

Karen