Right now one of my annoyances is the drivers who insist on turning left in the reconstruction of the 15th and Utica intersection in spite of all the "No Left Turn" signs. I try to avoid the intersection if I can because of the blind drivers.
I'm with you. That intersection is an absolute NIGHTMARE. I get road rage just thinking about it. People pulling in and out of the two gas stations there also causes a lot of headaches.
Between Lewis and Peoria use 14th Street to bypass it going East and 13th going West.
The only left turn abusers I've seen there are the ones who note there is no oncoming traffic, so, they might as well execute a left in spite of the signs. Anyone else would risk the wrath of the other drivers.
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Originally posted by waterboy
Between Lewis and Peoria use 14th Street to bypass it going East and 13th going West.
The only left turn abusers I've seen there are the ones who note there is no oncoming traffic, so, they might as well execute a left in spite of the signs. Anyone else would risk the wrath of the other drivers.
This morning about 10:30am, there was a white haired old lady driving an El Camino blocking traffic traveling north on Utica so that she could turn left. And I see this happening all the time. It does not matter the age of the drivers, punk a** kids are just as guilty.
White haired lady in an El Camino? I'd like to have seen that. They should park an empty police cruiser in the gas station lot.
Oh, I just met someone at Woodland Hills for lunch. Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
They could be giving away 3.5' toothless hookers with flat heads and I wouldn't go back there.
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Oh, I just met someone at Woodland Hills for lunch. Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
They could be giving away 3.5' toothless hookers with flat heads and I wouldn't go back there.
This time of year? I don't visit any stores on 71st street. I let other people do that.
If I really had to go to JC Penney Home Store, I might, but I wouldn't drive on 71st street to get there.
When I needed to go to Sears over the weekend, I went to the one on 21st street. Why spend an hour in traffic getting to Woodland Hills when you can go to the underutilized store elsewhere in town? Same with Best Buy. I went to the Tulsa Hills location. A longer drive, to be sure, but no time wasted in traffic.
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Originally posted by nathanm
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
Oh, I just met someone at Woodland Hills for lunch. Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
They could be giving away 3.5' toothless hookers with flat heads and I wouldn't go back there.
This time of year? I don't visit any stores on 71st street. I let other people do that.
If I really had to go to JC Penney Home Store, I might, but I wouldn't drive on 71st street to get there.
When I needed to go to Sears over the weekend, I went to the one on 21st street. Why spend an hour in traffic getting to Woodland Hills when you can go to the underutilized store elsewhere in town? Same with Best Buy. I went to the Tulsa Hills location. A longer drive, to be sure, but no time wasted in traffic.
I was on 169 going S & the line to exit 71st was backed up almost to 61st. NO WAY!! They can have that crap. I'll
be that 3.5' tall toothless hooker & work mostly at 15th & Utica before I would fight that mess
(minus the flat head...that's just degrading)
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Originally posted by inteller
the only thing more fun is going to Toys R Us the Sat before Christmas to see the throngs of irresponsible parents who waited until the last minute to shop. Wow that was a sight to behold. Good thing I wasn't buying anything. The stench of BO was unbearable. It made a typical day at Wal-mart look like a trip to the country club.
You use your free time for some jacked up sh!#.
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
I was on 169 going S & the line to exit 71st was backed up almost to 61st. NO WAY!! They can have that crap. I'll be that 3.5' tall toothless hooker & work mostly at 15th & Utica before I would fight that mess(minus the flat head...that's just degrading)
The backup getting off of 169 going north is usually tolerable.
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Originally posted by Red Arrow
The backup getting off of 169 going north is usually tolerable.
Glad I was headed to Bixby instead of WHM
Couldn't you do both? They don't know what's in your Orange Julius cup...
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
Couldn't you do both? They don't know what's in your Orange Julius cup...
Probably not. DAMM (Drunks Against Mad Mothers) has not been able to relax the drinking and driving laws.
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Originally posted by Red Arrow
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
Couldn't you do both? They don't know what's in your Orange Julius cup...
Probably not. DAMM (Drunks Against Mad Mothers) has not been able to relax the drinking and driving laws.
Don't get me started on .08. [:O]
The TulsaNow web pages not refreshing each time I open them.
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Originally posted by ARGUS
The TulsaNow web pages not refreshing each time I open them.
+1
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hey its tulsa, so you either stay at home and get drunk, or go do that.
OK, I'll give you that one. When it's really bad I drink whiskey and watch Lawrence Welk...good for a laugh and as crazy as reality TV.
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Originally posted by Townsend
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Originally posted by inteller
hey its tulsa, so you either stay at home and get drunk, or go do that.
OK, I'll give you that one. When it's really bad I drink whiskey and watch Lawrence Welk...good for a laugh and as crazy as reality TV.
You have to watch this (//%22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg%22)! Wonder if they inhaled?
Peoria and the 56th street area is the pitts too, the road is narrow and cars turn out right in front of you. In fact much of Peoria is a street to avoid, the traffic lights are long and it's just a mess. Lewis is not much better. I take Harvard or RiverSide. Did I mention all the pot holes on those two streets geeesh![B)]
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Originally posted by sauerkraut
Peoria and the 56th street area is the pitts too, the road is narrow and cars turn out right in front of you. In fact much of Peoria is a street to avoid, the traffic lights are long and it's just a mess. Lewis is not much better. I take Harvard or RiverSide. Did I mention all the pot holes on those two streets geeesh![B)]
uh what? Much like your posts, no one cares about that stretch of road. Reading your additions to threads is like talking to someone with Alzheimers.
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by sauerkraut
Peoria and the 56th street area is the pitts too, the road is narrow and cars turn out right in front of you. In fact much of Peoria is a street to avoid, the traffic lights are long and it's just a mess. Lewis is not much better. I take Harvard or RiverSide. Did I mention all the pot holes on those two streets geeesh![B)]
uh what? Much like your posts, no one cares about that stretch of road.
And the fact he no longer lives here. That stretch of road could have been rehabilitated and he would never have known it.
Townsend!!! Damn you!! Now I can't stop watching them on YouTube!! Hilarious! Where's my bottle of whiskey when I need it? Is 9a.m. too early to start?
I agree, Such practise mostly increases at late night times or in late afternoons when their is less traffic on the roads.
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Originally posted by waterboy
Between Lewis and Peoria use 14th Street to bypass it going East and 13th going West.
The only left turn abusers I've seen there are the ones who note there is no oncoming traffic, so, they might as well execute a left in spite of the signs. Anyone else would risk the wrath of the other drivers.
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
Oh, I just met someone at Woodland Hills for lunch. Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
They could be giving away 3.5' toothless hookers with flat heads and I wouldn't go back there.
Chicken. That just means double the toothless midget hookers for me!
Want real danger? I went to the Walmart at 71st and Memorial yesterday after work and asked an employee a question. That's living on the edge baby...
(I don't usually shop at wal-mart but have a gift card for $25 and needed a $25 item so I thought "what the hell" of course the walmart employee told me what I was looking for didn't exist so I went over to ToysRUs and bought it.)
what I'm still trying to figure out is where did everyone get all of their money/credit cards? I thought this was supposed to be a recession and credit crunch?
Or has everyone resorted to the "well the world is gonna end next year so I'm gonna buy everything up and pray for the worst"....?
I swear, I think a large portion of people WANT everything to fail and have all of their debts magically erased.
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Originally posted by inteller
what I'm still trying to figure out is where did everyone get all of their money/credit cards? I thought this was supposed to be a recession and credit crunch?
Or has everyone resorted to the "well the world is gonna end next year so I'm gonna buy everything up and pray for the worst"....?
I swear, I think a large portion of people WANT everything to fail and have all of their debts magically erased.
(http://www.tinypineapple.com/kate/archives/MagicEraser.jpg)
I read one of those articles where they interviewed a woman saying how she "just can't give this year like she could before" and while she was being interviewed, she was in line to buy herself a 32" LCD. My theory is that people are turning the Christmas sale season into a time to buy for themselves, just as much as a time to buy for others, and it's tough to do both.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
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Originally posted by inteller
what I'm still trying to figure out is where did everyone get all of their money/credit cards? I thought this was supposed to be a recession and credit crunch?
Or has everyone resorted to the "well the world is gonna end next year so I'm gonna buy everything up and pray for the worst"....?
I swear, I think a large portion of people WANT everything to fail and have all of their debts magically erased.
(http://www.tinypineapple.com/kate/archives/MagicEraser.jpg)
I read one of those articles where they interviewed a woman saying how she "just can't give this year like she could before" and while she was being interviewed, she was in line to buy herself a 32" LCD. My theory is that people are turning the Christmas sale season into a time to buy for themselves, just as much as a time to buy for others, and it's tough to do both.
well that pretty much sums up the majority mindset in this country.
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Originally posted by inteller
what I'm still trying to figure out is where did everyone get all of their money/credit cards? I thought this was supposed to be a recession and credit crunch?
Or has everyone resorted to the "well the world is gonna end next year so I'm gonna buy everything up and pray for the worst"....?
I swear, I think a large portion of people WANT everything to fail and have all of their debts magically erased.
Personally I cut way back on spending for others and on the number of people I spent for. Plus, I bought myself nothing, there was nothing I really wanted or even thought I couldn't live without. My thinking was to try to put money in the bank because I might end up needing it to live off of at some point down the line.
well thats definitely the responsible thing to do, only problem is you are in the infintesimal minority.
I am buying some things that needed to be purchased anyway (not a 32" TV) and calling them presents.
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Originally posted by inteller
well thats definitely the responsible thing to do, only problem is you are in the infintesimal minority.
did you eat a dictionary for breakfast this morning?
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
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Originally posted by inteller
well thats definitely the responsible thing to do, only problem is you are in the infintesimal minority.
did you eat a dictionary for breakfast this morning?
are these big words too confusing for the average okie?
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Originally posted by inteller
what I'm still trying to figure out is where did everyone get all of their money/credit cards? I thought this was supposed to be a recession and credit crunch?
Oh, they're still giving away unsecured debt like candy to anyone with a decent FICO and a bit of income like my SO. Two applications later, she finds herself with yet another $10000 in credit lines.
They're not feeling nearly as stingy as they were in Octoberish.
That and most folks who aren't overextended haven't seen a whole lot of adverse action on their credit lines from most banks.
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
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Originally posted by inteller
well thats definitely the responsible thing to do, only problem is you are in the infintesimal minority.
did you eat a dictionary for breakfast this morning?
are these big words too confusing for the average okie?
less confusing spelled correctly
infinitesimal
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
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Originally posted by inteller
well thats definitely the responsible thing to do, only problem is you are in the infintesimal minority.
did you eat a dictionary for breakfast this morning?
I tried to. (Different thread) Gave me acid reflux. [:)]
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Originally posted by nathanm
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Originally posted by inteller
what I'm still trying to figure out is where did everyone get all of their money/credit cards? I thought this was supposed to be a recession and credit crunch?
Oh, they're still giving away unsecured debt like candy to anyone with a decent FICO and a bit of income like my SO. Two applications later, she finds herself with yet another $10000 in credit lines.
They're not feeling nearly as stingy as they were in Octoberish.
That and most folks who aren't overextended haven't seen a whole lot of adverse action on their credit lines from most banks.
well, I think what we will see is just a confirmation of the boom bust mindset in this town. I'm guessing the majority of those people standing in line are way overextended and we'll see the fallout in this town as the rest of the country starts to recover. we always lag recoveries because people around here seem to think bad times can't happen here and continue to spend spend spend.
I don't see how people do that. They're so overextended that if they lost their job they couldn't last for very long.
I would freak if I got laid off & I have minimal debt except for mortgage & vehicle.
...speaking of, I'm at work...gotta go!!
So an annoyance of my own: People who require checks.
I just spent 20 minutes searching for my checkbook so I can pay someone who needs a check. It would have been a whole lot easier to go to the bank and withdraw some cash.
I write about one check a year..the one for my car tags. This year I'll be using up two checks. How ridiculous.
My annoyance...
Companies that ask for a fax # & don't have the ability to email documents like insurance companies, etc...
This program (//%22http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp%22) works like a printer & allows you to save almost anything in .pdf format so that it can be emailed.
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
My annoyance...
Companies that ask for a fax # & don't have the ability to email documents like insurance companies, etc...
This program (//%22http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp%22) works like a printer & allows you to save almost anything in .pdf format so that it can be emailed.
the problem is signatures. To my knowledge, faxes are acceptable as legal copies but emails are not. Probably won't get that way until pen computing or some other vetted form of digital signature becomes prevalent.
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
My annoyance...
Companies that ask for a fax # & don't have the ability to email documents like insurance companies, etc...
This program (//%22http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp%22) works like a printer & allows you to save almost anything in .pdf format so that it can be emailed.
the problem is signatures. To my knowledge, faxes are acceptable as legal copies but emails are not. Probably won't get that way until pen computing or some other vetted form of digital signature becomes prevalent.
Agreed. I can understand having to fax a signed copy
back to someone...it's the inability for them to get the doc to you without having to be faxed.
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by MichaelWayne_71
My annoyance...
Companies that ask for a fax # & don't have the ability to email documents like insurance companies, etc...
This program (//%22http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp%22) works like a printer & allows you to save almost anything in .pdf format so that it can be emailed.
the problem is signatures. To my knowledge, faxes are acceptable as legal copies but emails are not. Probably won't get that way until pen computing or some other vetted form of digital signature becomes prevalent.
Agreed. I can understand having to fax a signed copy back to someone...it's the inability for them to get the doc to you without having to be faxed.
oh well, they figure since it has to be faxed back, no harm in faxing it to you. you are expecting these people to think out of the box, which was your first mistake.
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Originally posted by inteller
the problem is signatures. To my knowledge, faxes are acceptable as legal copies but emails are not. Probably won't get that way until pen computing or some other vetted form of digital signature becomes prevalent.
I've obtained many a credit card without signing a thing. Same with my last insurance company. You click the button, and you just signed.
My mortgage application was sent to me as a PDF, although I did have to fax it back after signing it. Until closing, everything was just sent around as PDFs.
Come to think of it, my new insurance company also sent PDFs rather than paper copies of things, although I did have to go to their office to sign some paperwork.
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Originally posted by nathanm
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Originally posted by inteller
the problem is signatures. To my knowledge, faxes are acceptable as legal copies but emails are not. Probably won't get that way until pen computing or some other vetted form of digital signature becomes prevalent.
I've obtained many a credit card without signing a thing. Same with my last insurance company. You click the button, and you just signed.
My mortgage application was sent to me as a PDF, although I did have to fax it back after signing it. Until closing, everything was just sent around as PDFs.
Come to think of it, my new insurance company also sent PDFs rather than paper copies of things, although I did have to go to their office to sign some paperwork.
well that's great, sounds like MichaelWayne needs to give you a big pat on the back and an 'atta boy' and then switch to the same credit card, insurance, and mortgage company!
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by nathanm
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Originally posted by inteller
the problem is signatures. To my knowledge, faxes are acceptable as legal copies but emails are not. Probably won't get that way until pen computing or some other vetted form of digital signature becomes prevalent.
I've obtained many a credit card without signing a thing. Same with my last insurance company. You click the button, and you just signed.
My mortgage application was sent to me as a PDF, although I did have to fax it back after signing it. Until closing, everything was just sent around as PDFs.
Come to think of it, my new insurance company also sent PDFs rather than paper copies of things, although I did have to go to their office to sign some paperwork.
well that's great, sounds like MichaelWayne needs to give you a big pat on the back and an 'atta boy' and then switch to the same credit card, insurance, and mortgage company!
Nearly every credit card company will accept applications online these days. Perhaps there are some credit unions and small banks that won't, but basically everybody else will.
I'm out of step with the world ... again. I don't put ANY of my financial info on my computer. I'll place an order but call in my credit card on the phone. I know my CC number goes directly on "their" computer. They hopefully have some kind of security. All I have is a firewall.
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I'm out of step with the world ... again. I don't put ANY of my financial info on my computer. I'll place an order but call in my credit card on the phone. I know my CC number goes directly on "their" computer. They hopefully have some kind of security. All I have is a firewall.
I'd never use my debit card online, but I honestly couldn't care less if someone gets my credit card number. It's not my problem.
Besides, it's the human that is the weak link, not the computers. (not that I particularly like my name/address/ssn being sent around in the clear over email..that's a little too lax for me)
My annoyances:
*The downtown golf cart cop.
He makes us look Mayberry-esque.
He uses a golf cart to patrol a two block area.
He's not there when he'd do any good (evenings and weekends, when nobody's around to hear you scream)
He reinforces suburbanites stereotypes of scary downtown.
*Parking ticket writers who spend all day doling out expired meter tickets but ignore the delivery vehicles constantly parked on the sidewalk.
*Fax machines. Why does such an antiquated piece of technology exist? Shouldn't they have been replaced with some type of internet based fax? I find them frustrating to use and I'd rather just scan and email something.
*No left turn signs. There's no reason to prevent me from turning left during non rush hours.
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*Fax machines. Why does such an antiquated piece of technology exist? Shouldn't they have been replaced with some type of internet based fax? I find them frustrating to use and I'd rather just scan and email something.
They probably still exist because they are quick and easy to use. Put your paper in, "dial" the fax/phone number, press go. It automatically scans and sends. The only things I have found frustrating are paper handling problems and if the inkjet goes dry due to lack of use.
There are also still some computer illiterate, or at least reluctant, people out there.
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Originally posted by Red Arrow
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Originally posted by TheTed
*Fax machines. Why does such an antiquated piece of technology exist? Shouldn't they have been replaced with some type of internet based fax? I find them frustrating to use and I'd rather just scan and email something.
They probably still exist because they are quick and easy to use. Put your paper in, "dial" the fax/phone number, press go. It automatically scans and sends. The only things I have found frustrating are paper handling problems and if the inkjet goes dry due to lack of use.
There are also still some computer illiterate, or at least reluctant, people out there.
I'm fax illiterate. When you get the fax then you end up having to type the information into a computer. We're supposed to be in the paperless age. Email would be a lot easier.
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Originally posted by TheTed
I'm fax illiterate. When you get the fax then you end up having to type the information into a computer. We're supposed to be in the paperless age. Email would be a lot easier.
Fax iliterate? Maybe someone has the office fax set up to be confusing. If it has a dedicated line, it should take you about 30 seconds to learn the basics. To send a couple pages to one recipient is not hard. Learning to program one from all the menus to send copies to varied places is probably better handled by a regular computer.
Depends on what's being faxed whether it's easier or not. A lot of forms I get on the computer are not friendly toward entering data and resending. I expect the forms are poorly set up but that is my experience in receiving forms. I end up printing the forms out, filling in by hand, and then distributing by office mail or in person. A fax would be nice in that case for someone not nearby.
Everything I have heard about the paperless age is that we are using more paper, not less. We aren't there yet. I have experienced a few computer crashes. My hard copies have survived.
Trash blowing from residential construction sites (mostly fast food lunch item wrappers). Loud music from the same jobsites.
Lack of reflectors on the new sidewalk protusions at the end of parking lanes into Peoria in the Brookside area (waiting on warm weather to jump these on motorcycle).
People who text and drive.
The dog walkers who think your yard is the ONLY yard to pee (my own fault my dog is intact)but still.
Winter.
Peopl whu cant spel.
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Originally posted by TheTed
My annoyances:
*No left turn signs. There's no reason to prevent me from turning left during non rush hours.
where did you find these? I'd like to move them to a few useful spots around town. I thought their concept of use was foreign to Tulsa.
1.People texting and driving. I will be so glad when they can pull people over for it!!
2.Lazy People......need I say more?
3.Neighbors with trashy yards!! Clean up your darn trash and put the junk away!! No one wants to look at your crap all over the place!
I am moving the second week of January just because of a neighbor with a trashy yard. I have been looking at it for 3 years and I am done!!!
Whew!!! I feel better now!!!
[}:)]
The one pesky thing I hate is when I shop at stores like "Save-A-Lot" people go into the check-out line and still keep shopping as they wait, either they park the shopping basket in the line to save the place while they go away to shop some more, or they have a family member stand with the shopping basket while others go around the store picking out items and putting them in the shopping basket. Then they get to the front and the clerk starts ringing them up while waiting for the other family members who are running around the store to collect the last of the items on the shopping list.[xx(]
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Peoria and the 56th street area is the pitts too, the road is narrow and cars turn out right in front of you. In fact much of Peoria is a street to avoid, the traffic lights are long and it's just a mess. Lewis is not much better. I take Harvard or RiverSide. Did I mention all the pot holes on those two streets geeesh![B)]
uh what? Much like your posts, no one cares about that stretch of road.
And the fact he no longer lives here. That stretch of road could have been rehabilitated and he would never have known it.
I'm in "T" towne alot. I drive that streach of road alot. A person does not have to live in a city to know what is bad and what is good about the place, or to know what roads to avoid.
Now that I think of it there's tons of things that frost me, loud music is one and people who walk dogs and leave poop around the jogging trails, or don't have control over their dogs. Dogs should be banned from the jogging trails anyhow, The dogs can use the dog parks that Tulsa has and also many other cities have them. Let's keep the trail system for the runners.[}:)]
not having a frEEEking Santa Claus emoticom!