Dear So and So

[SheFly]

Dear fellow cyclists,

When my DH and I go by you at a much faster pace than you were keeping, I totally appreciate you busting a move to catch up to us and hang on - that takes a good amount of effort. However, it really is impolite to latch onto two riders you don't know, without saying a word, and sitting in the draft for 5+ miles. Yes, I know it was windy and you needed a break, but I don't know your style, and you don't know mine. It makes me uncomfortable, especially at 20 - 25 mph.

So please, next time we pass you, just acknowledge my hello.

Thanks!
SheFly

[jessmarimba]

Dear garlic:

Thanks for being awesome!! And making my bland dinner pretty amazing!



Dear earwigs:

You are some of the most disgusting creatures I've ever seen, and I do NOT appreciate you hiding in the clean laundry. STAY OUT OF MY HOUSE!! Even the cats are so disgusted that they won't play with you (and believe me, I've tried to encourage them).

[Owlie]

Jess--My friend has the same issues with her cats and centipedes. She hates them, and if her cats see one, they give her the "Can you get that?" look.

[azfiddle]

Dear Qwest:


Why did our phone service go out yesterday morning, taking the internet with it, as I was about to watch the excitement of the last 3 km of Tour de France on my last day of vacation? Can you please explain to me why our internet service go intermittent every summer when it gets hot, and again during Christmas vacation when it rains?


Now about your service: When I phoned it directed me through a series of choices that mostly don't relate to problem, even after I indicated it was a problem with the line.

Why did the automated responder apologize for having to send me to a human being to solve my problem? And when I spoke to that human, why did it sound like that person was possibly in a foreign country?

And really, do we have to wait until Saturday at 5 pm to have our phone service restored? Yes, I would appreciate having my calls forwarded to my cell phone, but even after I was able to recall the last 4 digits of my husband's social security number, I have no idea how to get you the 3 numbers on the bill because the bill is electronic and goes into an email account on my DH's computer. That was when I said thanks anyway and hung up.

And by the way, my daughter needed to print some time-senstive documents coming from England, that she needs for a visa, that was on a google doc out there in the clouds. You probably didn't know that the neighbor's unsecured wi-fi doesn't get picked up in the study where the printer is- but now she's really mad at you too because she was up all night arranging for the documents. Good thing my husband was able to figure out a solution to that and get the docs printed.

[Bethany1]

Owlie,

I grew up near Columbus, Ohio. I still have family there and visit when I can.


Dear New Kitten,

Please stop antagonizing my cat. Pouncing, boxing, chasing his tail and eating out of his bowl just makes him that much crankier.

Also, while climbing my curtains may be cute and funny, please stop as my other cat may get the same idea and I happen to like the curtains.

[jessmarimba]

Dear airlines:

Really? Again?? Last time I tried to fly home I was delayed 10 hours between broken planes and a blizzard. This time I had one mechanically challenged plane, managed to land for my layover relatively on time - and my second flight is already delayed over 2 hours by 5:30 am?? What am I supposed to do at Dulles for 5 hours? (Mind you, I could DRIVE to Richmond and back before boarding begins for that flight!!)

(Someone keep me away from Dunkin Donuts...they seem to be the only food available right now...)

[tulip]

Dear airlines:

Really? Again?? Last time I tried to fly home I was delayed 10 hours between broken planes and a blizzard. This time I had one mechanically challenged plane, managed to land for my layover relatively on time - and my second flight is already delayed over 2 hours by 5:30 am?? What am I supposed to do at Dulles for 5 hours? (Mind you, I could DRIVE to Richmond and back before boarding begins for that flight!!)

(Someone keep me away from Dunkin Donuts...they seem to be the only food available right now...)

You bringing your bike to RVA??