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:thumbsup: As usual, shrader is on the ball.

I usually just keep the pennies and other coins in a jar and roll them every few months or so. Nice way to come up with an "extra" $50 every now & then. :beer:

Mine are government-related (but whose complaints aren't these days). The US Census - 6 pieces of paper all to tell them there are two white people living in my house. I realize it may not be feasible for everyone, but has the government not heard of doing this online? The whole health care debate. The majority of people that oppose this are Republicans or people who voted for McCain. They only oppose it because a Democrat President proposed the legislation. Our country is falling apart because our leaders do things just because the other party disagrees with it. I hate politicians.

They might as well turn these two days into national holidays. Almost nothing gets done in the office and half the people "call in sick" or just take the day off, anyway. I hate the hype around this tournament as if it were the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I don't think many men worry about understanding women as much, either. It's just a common fact of life...as sure as death and taxes...that women do things different than logic dictates just to piss us off. Apparently, there's a memo being passed around that is being kept secret from all of us men. No, I'm not bitter. :unsure: My other complaint - I wish the men's rooms in my office building were ventilated better. :sick:

I have a 7hp, 2-stage, 24" snow blower and it can't go through the stuff we've been getting all week. I had to shovel my driveway (which isn't small) three times in the span of 24 hours. But hey, at least I'm saving the environment by not burning the fuel, right?

I hate people who play devil's advocate just because they can. I was giving a mini-presentation to my group this morning and one guy argued almost every point I made...not being all high & mighty, but my points were correct. I think he just wants to be heard.

I'm in the same boat. I actually left my current employer for a job I thought would be doing exactly what I wanted (only to find out it sucked something awful). I was lucky enough to be able to come back and I've been here almost 3 years, but the regime has changed, people are only out for their own agendas, and the work has lessened. Top it off with a boss who complains about everything and my morale isn't exactly high. I realize it's good to have a job these days, but it still isn't good to not look forward to the work day. Happens all the time in my office. I don't (and never will) understand the need to use it when you don't need to. I'd like to see what happens when it doesn't work for a guy who doesn't need it. Will he stand outside the men's room wondering how to get in? To be fair, every meteorologist in the Albany area was predicting 3-5 inches....probably more in Boston, right? All four major networks were eating some serious crow last night. In fact, many of the school districts just south of here into the Catskills had already closed school the night before anticipating close to a foot. That said, Boston is in the northeast. I can maybe see people in Virginia & North Carolina doing this, but Boston should be able to handle a foot of snow. It's as if everyone needed to use the "snow days" they had budgeted for.

#1: The Ottawa Senators #2: The Pittsburgh Penguins #3: I hate when I'm in a grocery store, toting around a cart full of stuff, and people stop in the middle of the aisle to either stare at something or chat with a friend when they know I'm right there trying to get past them. Even worse, I could be stopped in the aisle scanning the shelves for the can of soup I'm looking for when someone stops their cart RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME to look at the same area of the shelves. I won't buy the fact that they didn't see me...it's hard to miss anyone with a grocery cart, no matter how short they are.

Brittany Murphy's husband is suing WB for wrongful death...claiming that by canceling her contract, they caused her too much stress that led to her heart attack. I'm not kidding

I really need to find a way to make sure only one person talks at a time during our meetings. It's one thing to express your opinion/idea, but it's another one to keep raising the level of your voice to be sure it's heard.

Idiots in traffic are one of my biggest pet peeves... During my commute into work yesterday, I got honked at by some macho guy in a truck because I wouldn't cut someone off. While exiting the highway, there was a yield sign at the end of the off-ramp and since there were several cars coming, I decided to wait. Mr. impatient came up behind me going about 50mph (again - at the end of the off-ramp) and honked because I wasn't darting into the oncoming traffic to allow him to keep going.

As I didn't think to look for this thread yesterday, I was wondering why it would be open today.... Nevertheless, I'll save my complaints until next week. Hope everyone has a relaxing holiday. :beer: In all seriousness, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!

I have season tickets at a Division I college - the same group of people in our section keep doing that game after game, year after year. And yes, they even do so when the defenseman is bringing the puck up the ice - usually around the time he reaches HIS OWN blue line. Never mind the occasional comment about how terrible they're playing, as if the opposing team has nothing to do with it.

Windows update....can it at least prompt you to reboot instead of automatically doing so? I've got stuff running on my work PC that needs to monitor something overnight, so thanks to Microsloth, I get no data because they need to install a security patch for a vulnerability that they should have probably taken care of in the first place.

Sorry for bringing this thread into Friday, but I couldn't resist.... My pre-cana was only 1 day - started at 8, ended at 5. Not too terrible a sacrifice, plus it was in December so I didn't miss any golfing time. Perfect example about the kids thing, my wife's brother...this is a guy whose mother bailed him out of everything until he was about 30. He finally got his own stable job and moved out of the house, but then messed around and got a 20-year-old girl pregnant (he was in his mid-30s at the time). Now he's flaunting his son as if he's some prize. It's one thing to be proud of your kids, but this isn't pride he's showing off. Meanwhile, my wife & I did everything according to plan to try and have kids only to realize we can't. We're not bitter about that, but when we look at her brother (and the types that korab talks about), we just shake our head.

I have to go to this seminar thing today...it's all afternoon (12:30-5:00) and only one discussion topic out of the 5 being presented is relevant to my field. Outside of that, the Yankees & Sabres both won - what's there to complain about? :nana:

I haven't seen that study, but I can understand it...maybe. For me, intense exercising pretty much leads to de-stressing. Earlier this year, I made a couple of adjustments that worked great. For my lunch, I used to have a sandwich with pretzels/chips, so I eliminated the pretzels/chips portion. I then started walking during my lunch time - I go across the street to the mall and make 3 laps. I don't know the exact distance, but it's a decent workout for 25 minutes. I then do my intense exercising (some weightlifting & ab exercises with 20 minutes on the elliptical machine) after dinner, usually 3 times a week. I'm done by about 8:00pm, so I can usually crash for a couple hours before bed time...that's where the de-stressing comes in. Combine that with stopping the ice cream (it really was frozen yogurt or light ice cream) and I dropped about 12 pounds. Then my sister-in-law started her couponing kick again and bought all sorts of chocolate & stuff to make desserts, so I've put some of that weight back on. <_<

I'm 10,000% with you. My lawn vac does a decent job, but it's still a pain. I'm debating when to put the golf clubs away for the winter. I'm addicted to the game enough where I can usually play into November (with the same group of addicted golfing buddies), but the weather hasn't been cooperating lately. I wanted a couple of more Saturday-morning rounds before Thanksgiving, but I don't think that's going to happen.

If that's the case, I'm going back to school. :thumbsup:

With this place (I'm not sure if it's true of any school that does their stuff online), the papers are posted "publicly" for the entire class to see. She can actually download each of the other students' papers (Word docs) and read them - this includes the papers before & after they're graded. I also looked through a few of them myself. I'm no expert, but when my wife's paper is a solid 4-5 pages that addresses everything the teacher wanted and other students' submissions are one whole page that's not much more than a bulleted list, it seems pretty clear that the grading is a tad inconsistent.

I like Facebook because it's given me a chance to get in touch with people I graduated with and used to work with. I understand some people's dislike of it and I also think too many people out there don't understand how "public" it is, but if it's used right, it's worthwhile to me. On the other hand, Twitter is just plain annoying. I really hate how every celebrity, athlete, etc. uses it to communicate with the world. Every media outlet then jumps on it like there's no tomorrow - these people need to realize what they're saying and assume the audience is everyone, but when did social networking sites become the way to official communications? Today's complaints: - My wife is taking online classes and got a bad grade on one paper, yet other classmates' submissions were much less thought-out and not nearly written as well, yet got grades in the 90s. WTF? - She then wakes up this morning and proceeds to tell me she's getting a cold for the second time in 4 weeks. - Dick Jauron

I have to be at work at 5:30am tomorrow, then 7:00am on Columbus Day (which I usually have off). And on a daily basis, I continue being the one to consult my co-workers (who make a lot of more money than me for supposedly doing the same job).

I got a Dell years ago because I had the exact same problems with Gateway....customer service...the thing they were supposed to be good at. At the time, I worked for an ISP and had free dialup internet access (this was 2000 or so). It never worked while my old PC had no problems. I took it in to a local Gateway fix-it place, whose "techie" ended up calling my company's tech support for details (apparently forgetting that I told them I was a network engineer for said company) and never called me - even to tell me they were finished. I shipped it back, but was out about $200 for the original shipping. Never again. I went with a Dell and have upgraded my PC twice with them since. Still no problems.

My boss....she's not one of those who you'd hate. In fact, I get along with her very well, as does the rest of my group. However, since our old boss retired in June, she's taken over all the responsibilities (just not the promotion or title, of course) and is stressing out over everything. We're in a very politically-oriented office, so while I sympathize with her complaints, she doesn't need to express them every 20 minutes. Since I sit right next to her, I get the brunt of it. *sigh*