PEOPLE WHO STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLE AT THE GROCERY STORE CHATTING! 

-- Edited by JD The Jazz Doctor at 12:29, 2004-12-26

Drivers who think I-43 is the Daytona Speedway, and feel the need to "tailgate".

ugh.

Yeah...I tend to map my way around the city as to avoid bad roads and crazy folks.  In downtown at 5pm, I make a beeline for Lincoln Memorial Drive to avoid everything. 

Sure...the lakefront may be a bit "ripe", to put it mildly during the summer, but a great drive.

 

I may have mentioned this before…But I just can’t stand traffic. Not so much the traffic itself, but Because many times, I can’t think of a logical reason for it to exist. On my way to work today, I was slowed down to a stop on Interstate I-88. There is a 7 mile section w/ 4 exits (one starts the 4 mile section, one at the end of the stretch, & 2 in the middle. Now there are exits all along the 17 miles or so that I drive on the interstate itself every day. But we ALWAYS come to a stop (and creep) in that 7 mile stretch…in all 3 Lanes. Once we pass that section traffic suddenly speeds up to 70MPH…WHY!!!!!!!!! It’s not like I Pass a city at that point, in fact the whole trip I keep heading Towards Chicago. Traffic should just keep building, but now, it’s bad for 7 miles than clears up for the last 10… not many cars take those exits, in fact more get on than get off…and the Left “Fast” lane is ALWAYS the worst.

1.     No exits on the left side

2. No Trucks allowed in the Left Lane


3. No Lane Mergers (2 into 1)

WHY IS THE LEFT LANE ALWAYS THE SLOWEST?

WHY DOES TRAFFIC GET BAD, AND THEN SUDDENLY CLEAR UP FOR NO GOOD REASON??

GRRRRRRRR!!!!

If there is an accident, I can understand stopped traffic, and then the sudden speed up, but 95 time out of 100, there is no reason for the backup…and no reason as to why speeds suddenly pick up. I don’t get it??

It’s hard to write down Cuz I don’t feel I’m adequately Drescribing what I mean, but I know you all know what I mean…

JD, I'm with you on the hogging the aisle at the store. Especially a Walmart Super Store. You have people pushing carts that will stop on one side with their cart while still holding the handle they will grab something off the opposite shelf. Then if that's not bad enough they have to read the ingredients for about 10 minutes!

Riggs,

I paid $8.41 for 4 beefsteak tomatoes!!! Both me and the clerk, when she rang them up went "HOLY $*&T!!! But the recipie needed them, the other available tomatoes looked sickly, the line behind me was long, so I paid $8.41 for 4 stinkin tomatoes. I used to laugh at my mom for canning vegetables "why, when you can just go to the store????" I get it now.

I hate the commericals for RX.  some of the side effects that they list makes you wonder why they even buy the air time.  My favorite, although not remembering the drug, was:

"You may experience gas with an oily discharge"  What a great way to say if you take this drug you may sh-- your pants.

 

 

Here's one- I just bought a ton of kitchen stuff- and each comes with a "Limited Lifetime Warranty" card. What does THAT MEAN?!?! ITS UNDER WARRANTY FOR LIFE UNLESS IT BREAKS?!?!

Credit card offers that you get in the mail gripe me.  Not only do they fill up my mail box, but I have to cut them up into little pieces because I worry about identity theft.  I don't want the credit cards!  I've mentioned this before, but I have a new spin on it.  I finally got sick of it.  Capital One is the worst one.  My husband and I both get at least one each from them each week.  I decided to try and call them and tell them to knock it off.  I called the number and it said to enter the acceptance number to accept the card.  I didn't want to accept the card.  If I entered it, that meant that I agreed to the terms and would receive the card in the mail.  It would not allow me to hold for an operator and it wouldn't proceed without the number.  Crap.  So I went to the website.  It asked for the acceptance number and where it would normally say OK to enter it, it said I Accept.  Same problem as the phone.  I looked all over the paper I received and it had no alternate number to call to quit receiving these.  They have laws about receiving e-mails.  You have to give them a way to get out of receiving them or it's considered spam.  Why not on these letters that could potentially lead to theft of my identity?  Absurd!  So I tooled around on the site until I found a member number that had an opt out program on it for privacy.  I called the number and refused to enter my member number or social security number and after about 15 minutes it transferred it to a supervisor and the woman said that the credit reporting agencies give them your name!  That's how they get the information.  I told them that I didn't want any more from them and they said that I should call 1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688) to opt out of all credit card offers through the mail.  I called and I am now not allowed to be bothered again for five years!  It took almost two hours, but I would have spent that over the next five years tearing up their stinking offers.  I hope this helps someone else out.

I am calling my congressman and am trying to get legislation passed that would require that they put a number on there to tell you that you can opt out.  If that doesn't get any results, I'm thinking class action lawsuit.  I think this is a real invasion of my privacy and potentially dangerous situation.  I also think that the agencies that collect information about us should not be able to sell the lists to people who want to offer us cards.  They should only be able to give the information out when you try to get a card.  You I may sound whacko, but this is very important to me.  Sorry for the novel, guys, but this really aggravates me and I thought you guys might like to know how to take care of this, too.

I called the number for opting out and they said it will take up to 3 months for me to quit receiving offers.  3 months!  It's aggravating.  Something that is just as annoying is the telephone solicitors that have you on their computer and use a dialing system and then they call you and say "Please hold, all of our agents are busy...".  Like I'm going to.  I have nothing better to do with my time.   

I've got another one for you guys.  Antivirus software.  I have been paying for my antivirus software all these years and found out from my computer guy that you can get it for free!  If you go to www.grisoft.com, you can get free antivirus software for your home computer.  You can't use it in a business and commercial atmosphere (you have to pay for it there), but you can use it for your own home personal computer.  It comes with a firewall!  My computer guy said that he has used it for years without a problem.  My dad's computer had a problem on it and it disabled his Macafee antivirus, but he got the free download from grisoft and he's back up and running.  He pays $39.95 for a program that didn't even catch the virus.  The only thing that stinks is that I just updated my antivirus subscription.  Oh, well.  There's always next year.  The program is called AVG free.  Just thought you guys might like to know.

Hey, thanks!  I just think if there is a cheaper way to do something or I know something that can help someone else out, I should share (especially with my freezeframe family).  I'll let you know if I find anything else out.  I did find out (from my computer guy) that Mozilla Firefox will help you avoid some viruses if you use it instead of Internet Explorer.  Just getting ready to switch over to it.  My dad did that and his computer runs 2X as fast now as it did before.  He has dial up, so anything that makes his internet experience faster is appreciated.  Something with Internet Explorer harboring viruses.  I don't know that from first hand, so I will let you know for sure once I do the big switch.

Unless you encrypt your system, your neighbors can see what you're doing.  There are a couple of guys where I work that live right next door to each other and they have mentioned before that they can look into the other's computer.  That is the main reason that I have not gone the wireless route.  If someone knows your particular information, they can actually use your wireless.  I know another couple of guys that share internet that way.  One cost, twice the use.  I don't personally know how to encrypt your system or I would let you know, but I do know that if your neighbors have wireless and it's not encrypted, your info can pop up on their screen. 

Heres the best anti virus tip you will ever get, Throw your PC away! and get and Apple Mac, Virus? whats that, macs dont get them, hardly ever!!!!