Dear So and So

[emily_in_nc]

Dear BAHA,

Please approve Paisley's application to enter Belize ASAP. I will not sleep well until you do.

P.S. We will be there in three weeks.

[Biciclista]

Camping for me is a hotel room without a big bathtub. I'll do it, but I don't like to.
It's been a long time since i slept anywhere NEAR the ground!

To whom it may concern
Sometimes it really IS worth it to pay 250 dollars for a plumber to replace
your toilet's wax ring and clean up what leaked out.
It's the first time I ever felt sorry for a plumber.

The plumber's daughter.

[Crankin]

Dear People on my about to start bike tour,

Please, I don't want to hear about G-d, Mary Kay Cosmetics, or how many races you won this season. Don't tell me your political views, and please don't suggest I join you for drinks at the lunch stop. And hopefully, there won't be any wives doing lap dances on their DH's lap as we listen to the orientation.

I wish DH hadn't googled all of the participants. He thinks it's funny, but now I know too much. And the lap dance thing really did happen when we went to Quebec. As well as the triathletes from Indiana who managed to ruin dinner on my first tour in Vermont by trying to talk to me about pro-life stuff.
Yes, Virginia, you're in the northeast now...

[indysteel]

Dear People on my about to start bike tour,

Please, I don't want to hear about G-d, Mary Kay Cosmetics, or how many races you won this season. Don't tell me your political views, and please don't suggest I join you for drinks at the lunch stop. And hopefully, there won't be any wives doing lap dances on their DH's lap as we listen to the orientation.

I wish DH hadn't googled all of the participants. He thinks it's funny, but now I know too much. And the lap dance thing really did happen when we went to Quebec. As well as the triathletes from Indiana who managed to ruin dinner on my first tour in Vermont by trying to talk to me about pro-life stuff.
Yes, Virginia, you're in the northeast now...

Just to be clear, not all of us in Indiana are anti-abortion or socially inept.

[mudmucker]

Dear People on my about to start bike tour,

Please, I don't want to hear about G-d, Mary Kay Cosmetics, or how many races you won this season. Don't tell me your political views, and please don't suggest I join you for drinks at the lunch stop. And hopefully, there won't be any wives doing lap dances on their DH's lap as we listen to the orientation.

I wish DH hadn't googled all of the participants. He thinks it's funny, but now I know too much. And the lap dance thing really did happen when we went to Quebec. As well as the triathletes from Indiana who managed to ruin dinner on my first tour in Vermont by trying to talk to me about pro-life stuff.
Yes, Virginia, you're in the northeast now...

Maybe you ought not not to participate in ridings with others like this if you are already fretting about how miserable you could be, and if it's a sentiment you frequently feel. By developing a negativity (early on or not) it is toxic to you which then might become toxic to others.

[KnottedYet]

Dear Newbie Seattlites,

It's Sea Fair weekend.

The Blue Angels are here. It's traditional. We like them. Yes, they are LOUD.

They are loud enough to make your car alarm go off. Hear it? Yes, and you run outside to stop the alarm. Then the Blue Angels go over again. And your car alarm goes off again. And you run outside again.

Rinse. Repeat. Ad nauseum.

They'll be at it all day. Just like they were yesterday when they were practicing, and the day before when they were learning landmarks.

Please, for the love of Mt. Rainier, turn OFF the car security system for the day.

Thanks,
Seattle Native.

[Owlie]

Dear Newbie Seattlites,

It's Sea Fair weekend.

The Blue Angels are here. It's traditional. We like them. Yes, they are LOUD.

They are loud enough to make your car alarm go off. Hear it? Yes, and you run outside to stop the alarm. Then the Blue Angels go over again. And your car alarm goes off again. And you run outside again.

Rinse. Repeat. Ad nauseum.

They'll be at it all day. Just like they were yesterday when they were practicing, and the day before when they were learning landmarks.

Please, for the love of Mt. Rainier, turn OFF the car security system for the day.

Thanks,
Seattle Native.

LOL. They show up at the Cleveland air show too, which is over Labor Day weekend. Classes are already in session by then. My alma mater's campus is directly below the flight paths. It's actually pretty funny if you're on campus the Friday before, because you can watch the freshmen freak out. DBF says he saw one girl dive into the bushes and then try to pretend nothing had happened...

[bmccasland]

Dear Newbie Seattlites,

It's Sea Fair weekend.

The Blue Angels are here. It's traditional. We like them. Yes, they are LOUD.

They are loud enough to make your car alarm go off. Hear it? Yes, and you run outside to stop the alarm. Then the Blue Angels go over again. And your car alarm goes off again. And you run outside again.

Rinse. Repeat. Ad nauseum.

They'll be at it all day. Just like they were yesterday when they were practicing, and the day before when they were learning landmarks.

Please, for the love of Mt. Rainier, turn OFF the car security system for the day.

Thanks,
Seattle Native.

ROFLOL. My neighbors came over, could they please watch the Blue Angles on my TV as the don't subscribe to a TV service? Sure.

After watching on TV, I'd rather see it live. I did get to watch them fly over my office when they were practicing earlier in the week.

During the show I didn't get buzzed by the Blue Angles, but by all the commercial aircraft who had to change their landing and take-off patterns at SeaTac.

I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning. Reminds me of my AF base days.

[channlluv]

The Blue Angels split the space-time continuum above my house every October, too. Oy, the sound, but how cool the sight and the soul-deep rumbling.

Regarding feeding feral cats, I heard an NPR story a few days back about a township north of us that has approved shooting coyotes because they've been driven down into the community because of the drought and they're in search of food - namely feral cats and small pets let out into yards, and the food people leave out for feral cats. The mayor of the community said in the interview that they'd tried all kinds of other interventions, but last week two elderly women were dragged and injured when coyotes attacked their small dogs out on leashes while they were walking!

He said the coyotes have become fearless and people have not been following the no-feeding-the-feral-cats sanctions, so the problem has escalated far beyond what was manageable when both communities (coyote and human) respected each other's space.

Roxy

[emily_in_nc]

Maybe you ought not not to participate in ridings with others like this if you are already fretting about how miserable you could be, and if it's a sentiment you frequently feel. By developing a negativity (early on or not) it is toxic to you which then might become toxic to others.

And here I thought this was supposed to be a supportive forum...aren't we ever allowed to b*tch here without getting a lecture?

[Biciclista]

to whom
it may concern. yes, i did giggle when they mentioned that the blue angels show in Seattle might go by by because of budget cuts.
my house gets dive bombed by them for a week every year. Yes i can live without that!

[mudmucker]

And here I thought this was supposed to be a supportive forum...aren't we ever allowed to b*tch here without getting a lecture?

Of course you can b*itch on this forum - happens all the time. Many people even get very offended or personalize posts even when it isn't directed at them. Sometimes there are lectures too, offering a myriad of opinions such as a forum is.

So I can't call someone out on it reminding/illustrating that mindframe in and of itself can be impactful to others? If you disagree or are too offended by what I say, then maybe put me on ignore?

My comment wasn't made in a vacuum. This person has admitted to a dislike of group rides and has appeared to not have had fun on many of them.

Indysteel offered a reminder too, that not all people in Indiana are anti-abortion or socially inept. Is that a lecture, an opinion, supportive, unsupportive, just merely a statement?

[PamNY]

Maybe you ought not not to participate in ridings with others like this if you are already fretting about how miserable you could be, and if it's a sentiment you frequently feel. By developing a negativity (early on or not) it is toxic to you which then might become toxic to others.

What could possibly be toxic to someone doing a lap dance during the orientation?

[redrhodie]

What could possibly be toxic to someone doing a lap dance during the orientation?

Ha! I bet they're offended by Keens, the antithesis of the clear heel stiletto.

[PamNY]

Ha! I bet they're offended by Keens, the antithesis of the clear heel stiletto.

As I sit here looking at the Keens I'm wearing -- I'll bet you are exactly right!