The Vent - Part Trois

[lgg 2]

Twee?? i wanna be twee!!! Like Born twee, twee a the wind blows...

I'm sad to read you say that TM. I been feeling kinda lackluster lately too -- it's kind of like that feeling when you graduate and all your highschool buddies spread out all over the place -- your connection changes, you know?

(((hug)))

I don't know what post / person you're talking about, but I DO hear you.

I think the sheen started to come off the Canada forum six weeks or so ago... It just doesn't feel as upbeat at homey as it once did. I used to feel like this was the internet version of Cheers or something...though with great advice too. But now it feels like you've got to be careful what you say here. *shrug* In other words, it feels like most internet forums now, whereas it once felt special. I know that sounds sort of twee, but whatev!

[MrsCat 6]

I used to feel like this was the internet version of Cheers or something...

- that's such a cute way of thinking about this place.

It did get a little ugly in here around the Olympics, I think in 4 years we should pledge to not have any threads Olympic or hockey related. We get a little spazzy yah?

[The_Dude 1,142]

I don't know what post / person you're talking about, but I DO hear you.

I think the sheen started to come off the Canada forum six weeks or so ago... It just doesn't feel as upbeat at homey as it once did. I used to feel like this was the internet version of Cheers or something...though with great advice too. But now it feels like you've got to be careful what you say here. *shrug* In other words, it feels like most internet forums now, whereas it once felt special. I know that sounds sort of twee, but whatev!

LoL, well, if this was the internet version of cheers, we definitely know who was the Cliff Claven of the forum

Edited March 23, 2010 by Rob and Mel

[Sprailenes 47]

Oh oh oh I want to be Rebecca!

[Rhiannercakes 14]

Hives hives ans swelling like crazy for the last week.

That's all.

[lgg 2]

God, I honestly think that I'd be Diane Chambers. Not. Kidding.

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Oh oh oh I want to be Rebecca!

[The_Dude 1,142]

God, I honestly think that I'd be Diane Chambers. Not. Kidding.

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R u a drama queen? Or do you have the demeanor that she had?

Edited March 23, 2010 by Rob and Mel

[MrsCat 6]

God, I honestly think that I'd be Diane Chambers. Not. Kidding.

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I think I'd be Carla.

[frenzyheart 2]

So, with the impending interview date, and the fact that I'm now leaving the States a month before I was originally going to... OF COURSE I GET SICK! Luckily, I think it's just allergies from the season change, but still... I feel like ####### and I have to pack and do a million things to get all the paperwork together and BLEH, all I wanna do is SLEEP.

I need tea.

[Sprailenes 47]

I have like the least amount of patience for people who call the office lost and who use a GPS.

I wouldn't mind giving directions if people would just shut up about their GPS. Listen, I don't care what your GPS says, I'm letting you know that you've gone the wrong way! Oh but your GPS says what? Well I am telling you to shut the hell up and listen to me.

It's like they call.. tell me their GPS has led them to the wrong place, I'll tell them where to go, and they'll say: "Oh well my GPS says go here.." Fine go there, what do I know? I just live here!

I swear these are the same people who would say in grade school: "Well that's not true because my mom said..."

Sorry I think I have vented about this before but it happens so often why not vent about it one more time!

[bowflex 0]

I have like the least amount of patience for people who call the office lost and who use a GPS.

I wouldn't mind giving directions if people would just shut up about their GPS. Listen, I don't care what your GPS says, I'm letting you know that you've gone the wrong way! Oh but your GPS says what? Well I am telling you to shut the hell up and listen to me.

It's like they call.. tell me their GPS has led them to the wrong place, I'll tell them where to go, and they'll say: "Oh well my GPS says go here.." Fine go there, what do I know? I just live here!

I swear these are the same people who would say in grade school: "Well that's not true because my mom said..."

Sorry I think I have vented about this before but it happens so often why not vent about it one more time!

Lol This is always great, it's like "Hey I'm already here but if your GPS that got you lost is telling you to turn somewhere else, hey go for it"

People are amazingly addicted to technology Lol. I saw some show on MTV on Monday where there were couples actually going through hard times or breaking up because one was addicted to facebook or their Blackberry Hahaha

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Yeah...too much reliance on technology in this day and age. That's one of the reasons why I didn't get a cell phone until a month ago...and I'm thirty! I just never had the NEED for one. Would it have been convenient before? Sure, sometimes...but it wouldn't have been necessary. I think a large number of people believe something like that to be necessary now, when it usually isn't. We don't have a land line in our apartment, which is why I now have a cell phone. If we DID have a land line here, I wouldn't have got one. Simple!

And yeah, I hate GPS devices. I managed to make it across the entire country, and in and around the D.C. metro area so far without one, relying on a road atlas and the occasional Google map. And yes, that DOES make me feel good.

[Sprailenes 47]

Same here. It's so easy to read a map, study it, figure out where you're going before getting in your car. I am always so surprised with people who just plug in their GPS and drive. I couldn't depend on a computer like that... no sir-ee-bob.

[bowflex 0]

Same here. It's so easy to read a map, study it, figure out where you're going before getting in your car. I am always so surprised with people who just plug in their GPS and drive. I couldn't depend on a computer like that... no sir-ee-bob.

Lol I did that ONE time when I was driving to a completely new area and the stupid thing kept saying "Acquiring Satellite Connection" and would just not offer any help. I now just look up directions on Google Maps or something, just can't be completely dependent on them ever when driving, too many stupid tweaking issues Lol

[The_Dude 1,142]

Same here. It's so easy to read a map, study it, figure out where you're going before getting in your car. I am always so surprised with people who just plug in their GPS and drive. I couldn't depend on a computer like that... no sir-ee-bob.

Cell phones are crucial, no way around it. You can tell yourself that you don't need one and that is all fine until your car breaks down. I don't like GPS systems because to be honest, they don't give you the best, or fastest route, only the most obvious one. My mother got one for her birthday last year and at first it was great for her as she has a horrible sense of direction. But the directions that thing gives is ridiculous sometimes.