Dear So and So

[lph]

Dear Santa Claus,

or whoever. I must have been a really good girl this year. I have never got so many unexpected presents, hugs and warm wishes from my colleagues/friends ever. Or am I just suddenly noticing it this year? I dunno, but it's warming the cockles of my heart anyway. Feeling very loved and needed,

yours, lph

[Biciclista]

Dear City of Seattle
So why is it that you tell us in case of inclement weather to take mass transit and then you shorten most bus routes and cancel 100 buses? exactly what is safe about waiting more than an hour to hopefully catch a bus that might never come in sub freezing weather?

[Selkie]

Dear Ice Storm

Please lose your "energy" and your cold air. Send us rain instead.

[bmccasland]

Dear Bonnie Cat,
You really don't need to meow CONSTANTLY! There is food in your bowl. You'll get more mackrel in the morning. I know you haven't felt good in ages, but I'm getting seriously tired of your constant complaining. I don't know what to do. Why won't you eat???

[crazycanuck]

Beth, you cat sounds like my doggie!!! Doesn't like just plain food..she wants chicken or meat as well..

Dear WHomever is in charge,

Please give me the strength to not go crazy now that i've handed in my resignation..

I know there's a lovely temp agency out there that has the job suitable for my uni schedule....I haven't found it yet. (Ok, i just started my job search last week...)

Signed really want to work whilst at uni & will do crappy reception jobs if need be..!!!!

[derailed]

Dear So and So.
You took my case. You said you would fight for me. You lazy bastard, you told me my injuries weren't much because I had only broken a couple of bones, and football players are much tougher than girls, they do that all the time.

You took a settlement I asked you not to because you thought you knew better. You told me I was young and resilient, that I would be fine. My doctors blew through that in less than a year. You wouldnt fight for PT for me, you thought you knew better.

Well, it's many years later, and only now can I get back on a bike. Of course, I am on a bike because I have so much trouble walking. I might not have healed better with proper care, but I had a *right* to it, to try to heal as well as I could have.

You righteous, pretentious ***. You smug idiot. I hope you get it now. I hope your nursing home attendant is a cycle commuter. I hope your kids live three states away and are too "busy" to visit you. I hope I never see you in the street, because I might need a lawyer if I do.

[lph]

You lazy bastard, you told me my injuries weren't much because I had only broken a couple of bones, and football players are much tougher than girls, they do that all the time.
You told me I was young and resilient, that I would be fine.

a lawyer told you THAT? what a bunch of crap. there's only one person who knows how much something hurts and that's the one inside. "much tougher", yeah right. young, very fit and coddled by the latest in medical expertise is more like it.

Dear Body,
thank you for being resilient and healing well. love ya.

Dear Mind,
what's with the "omg, i'm gonna die" pain for something that turned out to be pretty trivial anyway? just curious.

Dear Fate,
thank you thank you thank you for a lucky fall and picking the most expendable of my joints. this board reminds me all the time i am so darn lucky i don't deserve it.

[Blueberry]

Dear So and So.
You took my case. You said you would fight for me. You lazy bastard, you told me my injuries weren't much because I had only broken a couple of bones, and football players are much tougher than girls, they do that all the time.

You took a settlement I asked you not to because you thought you knew better. You told me I was young and resilient, that I would be fine. My doctors blew through that in less than a year. You wouldnt fight for PT for me, you thought you knew better.

Well, it's many years later, and only now can I get back on a bike. Of course, I am on a bike because I have so much trouble walking. I might not have healed better with proper care, but I had a *right* to it, to try to heal as well as I could have.

You righteous, pretentious ***. You smug idiot. I hope you get it now. I hope your nursing home attendant is a cycle commuter. I hope your kids live three states away and are too "busy" to visit you. I hope I never see you in the street, because I might need a lawyer if I do.

On behalf of my profession, I'm sorry. Too often, people only have interactions with the worst among us. There is no excuse for the way you were treated, and it is not right.

CA

[crazycanuck]

Dear woman on bike that decided to draft off me tonight..

I'm so glad I told you to "take your turn or move along"...Don't expect a free ride from me for the 15km ride down the river Yeah, I was going a bit slow but I did a nice long ride this morning..why should i kill myself in the headwind? Perhaps you need to do some more cycling on your own & battle the headwind yourself.

Harumph..

[Selkie]

Current wind chill: -2

Not even my die-hard cold weather K9s want to spend more than a few minutes outside in this cold.

I'm warming up the sunroom, where I will spend a couple hours with Coach Troy. Should I go to Arizona for rides up Mt. Lemmon and Gates Pass or should I opt for that beast Have Mercy, the Sequel?

I checked the extended outlook -- possible snow showers tomorrow, which will be the final indignity if we have any accumulation. The way things are going, there won't be any outdoor riding in the near future. Even the Bike Rack in DC canceled its store ride for today!

Feel sorry for the inauguration spectators and public safety folks who will be out in this.

[Blueberry]

I'm warming up the sunroom, where I will spend a couple hours with Coach Troy. Should I go to Arizona for rides up Mt. Lemmon and Gates Pass or should I opt for that beast Have Mercy, the Sequel?

I'd go for the AZ scenery! Much easier to pretend you're somewhere warmer

CA

[snapdragen]

Dear Macy's,

Although I don't really wish unemployment on all of your employees, please go bankrupt and close. I'm so tired of your non-customer service, being charged full price for clothing that is on sale, sales associates that argue with me or better yet, stand there like a deer caught in the headlights when I point this out. The "it's not my department" will not cut it -- you are in the women's department, I am trying to buy women's clothing. Figure it out.

snap "Nordstrom's customer 4-ever" dragen

[snapdragen]

Dear Macy's,

Although I don't really wish unemployment on all of your employees, please go bankrupt and close. I'm so tired of your non-customer service, being charged full price for clothing that is on sale, sales associates that argue with me or better yet, stand there like a deer caught in the headlights when I point this out. The "it's not my department" will not cut it -- you are in the women's department, I am trying to buy women's clothing. Figure it out.

snap "Nordstrom's customer 4-ever" dragen

Oops

[Selkie]

Dear Maud

Please let us know if it's time to let you go and be with Agnes. We don't want you to suffer so if you are no longer enjoying your time on earth, you deserve peace. We will see you again, after all, and you will be able to run, wag your tail, and fetch you pink ball again.