Nita, WHY is that coffee carafe defect so universal?! Everyone I know who uses a coffeemaker complains about the drippy pot, including me!

Aderyn

commercials!! But especially the people who make them, cause they think the american public is so stupid we couldn't understand an intelligent commercial!.All they make is stupid one that isn't funny at all ... just an insult to our intelligence.

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Right on, LouG. Especially the weight-loss commercials. And those for women's personal hygiene, "male enhancement", and the ones that say that Special K is your secret to weight loss. How can you lose eating corn syrup?

There are some gems, though. I absolutely love the California cows! We look forward to each new commercial.

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Yeah - I agree some of those are pretty funny ("hey, do you workout?"). We like the Jack-in-the-Box commercials, too. They are a hoot!

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Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

Rant---When the water main breaks and ten guys stand around talking about digging a hole for an two hours. Then they dig it and five guys stand around and watch one down in the hole for another hour.

I've been watching this out my office window this morning. No water for the office today.

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Worry doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strengths.

Noel, it sounds like the guys who work for our town. They are getting better, though. I feel for the guy who has to get down in the hole full of water.

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LOL, Noel, where are Paula Woodward or Brian Maas when you need them?

My big peeve today is when you follow a recipe exactly and it still flops!

Esther, muttering to herself as she pours bowls of soupy creme brulee that would not set down the drain...

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And how about restaurants that say, 'Yes, we have a non-smoking area", then proceed to seat you across the aisle from the smoking section. Duh!

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A company that purports to be encouraging employees to adopt a healthy lifestyle yet provides the employees with a buffet meal consisting of lasagna, 2 other pasta and cheese type casseroles, lettuce salad, bread sticks, and cookies. (I thought of this as I watched varying degrees of overweight people waddle down the hallway with their plates heaped with the pastas, bread sticks, cookies, and very little salad.)

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I love this thread! I'll add my 2 cents! I can not stand drivers who do not clean off their vehicles after a snow fall, (This includes the roof of the vehicle!). How do people expect to see if they have a back window full of snow and the sides of the vehicle as well. They can partly see through the front windsheild due to the fact that their wippers have parly cleared it.

I also am anoyed with people think that a low carb diet is a "NO CARB" diet and think that all I eat is fat!

Ok I'm done! I'm going to go drink a glass of bacon grease now and suck on a stick of butter!

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Stats
198/183/115
"My metabolism isn't low, it's just hibernating!"

Our state politicians, 6 of whom made their money in the pawn business, recently snuck a law through where if you find your burgularized goods in a local pawn shop, you have to pay the pawn broker what he paid the criminal for them to get them back. This happened recently to me. I was furious and the cops were sympathetic but said there was nothing they could do. Never mind the pawn broker knew the goods were stolen - my drivers license number was etched on them - he denied seeing the number and acted surprised when I pointed this fact out to him. My homeowners insurance guy told me to file a claim, pay the deductable and go on - it was cheaper than buying them back from the pawn broker. Sounds as if the pawn brokers, insurance companies and criminals have a pretty good racket going. So basically, I paid $250.00 to get robbed. Thank you very much.

I hate the car thing as well especially when you are driving behind these people and want to pass and wonder how the heck they can see me and are they going to get in the other lane at the same time. Take five minutes people! You live ina state that snows you should have a wand to clean it off!

I know, Esther, I should have called them or Tom Martino or John Ferusa. They pumped the hole there was not a lot of water down there I was watching the guy get out and in. Oh and then when they went to close it up they threw all their trash down the hole! I talked to one of our tenants that had worked for the water department and he said yeah they do that and they are their own special breed of people. OK so that didn't bother me as muchbecause it is getting buried and at first it was just a big cardboard box but had the guy thrown, which I figured "hey it's biodegradable", then went in the top to a spray can which I wasn't happy about but had he throw the can down I would have called the city because that's not cool.

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Worry doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strengths.

my pet peeve today ....
a gazillion new people are at my gym this time of year b/c of their new year's resolutions. and while i find it COMPLETELY annoying that i cannot get a treadmill or have to stand in line for a locker and a towel, i will not complain too much about these "newbies" b/c i am proud of them for making an effort to improve their health, etc.

HOWEVER, if my stupid gym is going to sell all these new memberships to people, then they need to be able to keep up w/ the increased demand! half the dang cardio machines have signs that say "temporarily out of order," most of the TVs don't work or get limited channels, and they are constantly out of towels, etc. additionally, there are at least 10 staff members standing around flirting w/ each other at any given time (instead of serving/assisting customers).

i have been going to this gym 6-7 days a week for FIVE years ... and all i want is a little respect (ok, AND a treadmill in front of a good TV)!

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156/154/135

I'm a little late, but I'll add mine anyway...

Childless people that feel the need to educate me on what's best for my children.
Obnoxious neighbors that yell all the time.
Teen drivers.
Leaving my clothes in the washer overnight and then having to rewash the musty smell out of them.

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Michelle
209 / 187 / 150




DH's R&R Goal:
209 / 187 / 165
(2 months to go!)

One of my major peeves:

Fathers who say that they are "babysitting" their children when the moms are out. Since when the heck do parents babysit their own children?

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