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Macky
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Feb 27, 2013 04:02PM
I am totally peeved that Lucas keeps calling himself a dumb jock... Anyone who can come up with a word like perklumpked is soooo worthy of the honour of being crowned wordmeister extroidinaire! My perk is so lumpked its totally perklumpked. Love that word ... Annoyingly!
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Macky wrote: "I am totally peeved that Lucas keeps calling himself a dumb jock... Anyone who can come up with a word like perklumpked is soooo worthy of the honour of being crowned wordmeister extroidinaire! My ..."I'm annoyed too. That could be a violation of Rule 3: Don't criticize members or yourself. I just reworded it to suit my own purposes.
Breann wrote: " That could be a violation of Rule 3: Don't criticize members ..."
Rule three says "Nevertheless you may criticize the moderator" and besides I am as dumb as a drawer of jock straps or why else would
I be spending 7 years at NYU?
Rule three says "Nevertheless you may criticize the moderator" and besides I am as dumb as a drawer of jock straps or why else would
I be spending 7 years at NYU?
Ugh. 7 years? I was so done after 5, I have no desire to go back for more. Although, in my profession I will never EVER get a substantial raise without. Which is annoying.
I would like to complain to the manufacturers of Skittles! There were not enough red ones in my jumbo "I feel sorry for myself" packet of conciliatory sweeties! Other than that I am cleansed!
I'm really ticked that there are red highlighted ad links popping up in posts all over GR. So annoying!
I would like to join Monique in complaining about sweeties too. Today I bought some weird Jelly baby type things that looked like old people instead of babies. They were called jellyatrics... Swear this is true... But they were completely tasteless and non fruity. I consider this to be an ageist sweet, does it mean that the manufacturers think older people are less fruity and therefore lacking something as they mature or was it simply just a crappy bag of toffees that I wasted a pound on? I'm going to be pondering this all night, damn those Jellyatrics!
Being a more mature Woman myself I looked on it as therapy, as if I was eating my own fear of growing older - in a Freudian way - but it backfired because they tasted crappy so I had a chocolate biscuit instead!
I am really cheesed off, mainly at myself, at my preternatural inability to “IGNORE” friend requests. The overwhelming majority, I happily accept, but the Friend Request from “GEORGE” from several days ago, has been waiting my approval, with a big, red circled “1”, serving as a vexing reminder of his impertinence. At length, I “Accept”ed his Friend Request, with the following short missive:
"Er, you may have sent me a friend request by mistake. Judging by our book choices, we have nothing in common; judging by your over one thousand busty, nubile, overwhelmingly female goodreads.com friends, we haven’t much in common there either because I’m a big ole raging homosexual.
I’m accepting your friend request anyway.
Happy Reading!"
Bahaha!! That's hilarious. I'm annoyed at those friend requests too. If we only have Harry Potter and Twilight in common that's a no.
Macky wrote: "Being a more mature Woman myself I looked on it as therapy, as if I was eating my own fear of growing older - in a Freudian way - but it backfired because they tasted crappy so I had a chocolate b..."Gurrrl, I would stick with Rowntree Smarties if I were you. They’re the best and I first got introduced to them as a small boy in deepest, darkest Africa. We Americans think that we have the best of everything, and are the best at making anything, but not when it comes to making colour-coated chocolate candy.
M&Ms, eat your heart out!.
I'm totally and utterly sick to death and ragingly gutted that Aves was able to send such an awesomely funny reply and I'm even more PO'd that I won't be there to see their reaction.
Aves I am truly gutted that I cannot be there to see the reaction of "George" when he reads the aforementioned message, it certainly would have made my day and you can bet I would have been LMFAO!
I'm aggrieved to admit Aves that you have great taste in Candy. Smarties are and ever will be most awesome.
I applaud and am grateful to Apple, Google Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft which cannot agree in anything but which all agreed to sign on a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief in support of defeating the DOMA law which prevents legally married LGBT couples from getting the same recognition and benefits other couples have with regard to advantages from Federal programs including social programs and tax laws governing how the US treats married couples.
I also am appreciative of all the 278 companies including Disney, Intel, Oracle, Twitter, Starbucks, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, Adobe, Cisco, eBay, Nike and CBS Corp. who joined in the amicus curiae brief in support of Gay Marriage.
I will never buy another Hewlett-Packard product again because of its high profile failure to join it's tech giant peers in support the brief in favor of equal marriage rights
Macky I too am not happy about the Jellyatrics sweeties as a friend of mine thought it would be quite humorous to purchase a packet and leave them neatly placed on my desk with note of sympathy after succumbing to
Breann wrote: "Ugh. 7 years? I was so done after 5, I have no desire to go back for more. Although, in my profession I will never EVER get a substantial raise without. Which is annoying."
We'll they insists that in order to get my doctorate I hang around but I think it's because the just want me to pay more money for having a degree with more than two letters in the abbr.
We'll they insists that in order to get my doctorate I hang around but I think it's because the just want me to pay more money for having a degree with more than two letters in the abbr.
Lucas wrote: "This is a real complaint not a joke. I am truly disgusted Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman signed on to a friend of the court brief filed with the US Supreme in support discriminating against same..."
I am seriously disturbed that such a high profile company could be so obtuse ! I would have hoped a woman CEO would be more sympathetic in her views but obviously not so, unbelievable, it just makes me shake my head in disbelief. I second Lucas's comment on never buying anything from them again. Its great to see other big names supporting though. I yearn for the day when all couples are equal, regardless of gender. It shouldn't even BE an issue. Oh my blood boils on this whole topic.
Now I'm really annoyed you're calling yourself a "dumb jock". A doctorate? Yeah, no thanks. I don't even know what I would do with a doctorate... probably the same job I'm doing with my BA because I wouldn't want to do anything else.
Breann wrote: "Now I'm really annoyed you're calling yourself a "dumb jock". A doctorate? "
Yeah well if you want to work with pro-sports teams in preventing and treating sports injuries through PT, they kinda insist you have a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.
See, I'm still a dumb jock.
Yeah well if you want to work with pro-sports teams in preventing and treating sports injuries through PT, they kinda insist you have a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.
See, I'm still a dumb jock.
Monique's Musings wrote: "Macky I too am not happy about the Jellyatrics sweeties as a friend of mine thought it would be quite humorous to purchase a packet and leave them neatly placed on my desk with note of sympathy aft..."Monique, I'm miffed because I want to lmao, but being a complaints group I'll have to smother my amusement. Hahaha....harrumph!
Lucas wrote: "Breann wrote: "Now I'm really annoyed you're calling yourself a "dumb jock". A doctorate? "Yeah well if you want to work with pro-sports teams in preventing and treating sports injuries through P..."
I'm super duper extra annoyed that even though Lucas has his very own man candy at home, he's going to be rubbing on athletes and getting freaking paid for it! I hate you!
LMAO! I was just going to say the same thing Shannon.
Aves wrote: "Gurrrl, I would stick with Rowntree Smarties if I were you"
Oh great, all those passengers flying thousands of feet in the air in a huge jet airplane with you as the pilot shaking in the throes on a Smaries sugar high!
Oh great, all those passengers flying thousands of feet in the air in a huge jet airplane with you as the pilot shaking in the throes on a Smaries sugar high!
Lucas wrote: "Aves wrote: "Gurrrl, I would stick with Rowntree Smarties if I were you"Oh great, all those passengers flying thousands of feet in the air in a huge jet airplane with you as the pilot shaking in ..."
But there's a co-pilot right? Right?
Shannon wrote: "But there's a co-pilot right? Right?"Yeah, but I share.
I am totally miffed that I am the other side of the world and Lucas could have rubbed my athletes injury all better!
Goesta wrote: "...which is for Lucas at once to practise his soon-to-be chosen profession on me and soothe my horribly painful, nigh explosive muscular contractions. All of them."
I regret that I am not licensed to practice physical therapy in Germany nor Wales (poor Monique!)
I regret that I am not licensed to practice physical therapy in Germany nor Wales (poor Monique!)
Aves wrote: "Shannon wrote: "But there's a co-pilot right? Right?"Yeah, but I share."
I'll just bet you do, Aves! :)
You know what sucks a$$? Writing a giant check to your mom for a pool that you haven't had in 5 years. Damn it!
I'm seriously irritated that I had to wake up extra early this morning (8am is the middle of the night, damn it!!) for a meeting at work, only to get here and find out that it's been postponed. Argh!!I'm also
To the HP thing: that sucks!! And it's freaking stupid on their side. In Europe, equal marriage rights are supported by the vast majority of people and quite a few of those make their feelings publicly known. An act like this is likely to piss off a lot of people with quite a bit of spending power on this side of the pond (as I am at the moment - although the spending power lies not with me...).
Lucas wrote: "This is a real complaint not a joke. I am truly disgusted Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman signed on to a friend of the court brief filed with the US Supreme in of support discriminating against s..."
Oh, actually I have found the following saying that Meg Whitman actually signed the brief OPPOSING proposition 8 and in support of same-sex marriage. She said:
"I have come to embrace same-sex marriage after a period of careful review and reflection. (...) Marriage is the fundamental institution that unites a society. It is the single greatest contributor to the well-being of adults and children because it promotes eternal principles like commitment, fidelity and stability. It makes no difference whether the marriage is between a man and woman or a woman and woman. Marriage makes society better."
(I found that here: http://www.towleroad.com/2013/02/hewl...)
Or were you talking about something else entirely?
My child should be annoyed with me, good thing she doesn't know any better. I blamed her for a loud noise and rattling in the house last night... it was a sonic boom. But, hey, I wouldn't put anything past my sneaky little 3 year old.
Uhh... I'm gonna be miffed if its not true!
Wired talked about the filing:
"Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are just a few of hundreds of companies that have signed on to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that federal same-sex marriage restrictions hurt their businesses."
and then reported:
"...Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman, whose own company did not join many of its Silicon Valley rivals in attaching its name to today’s filing."
From news from Wired quoted above stating Hewlett-Packard did not join the filing by Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. in favor of gay marriage and from the towleroad.com reportage you cited, it would appear republican Meg Whitman conveniently turnabout personal views are now in conflict with her anti-gay-marriage position she took while running unsuccessfully for governor and also be in conflict with her leadership as CEO of Hewllet-Packard as it regards the issue of the amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court.
If so, we may exculpate Meg personally but decry her failure as CEO to lead Hewlett-Packard to join the other top tech companies in telling the court that DOMA is bad for business. Your support rings hollow in light of your hypocritical inaction as a corporate leader.
With towleroad.com reporting she embraces gay marriage as good for society — Mea culpa forgive me Meg you previously homophobic political loser who has now suddenly switched position to fit popular opinion Nevertheless since her management of Hewlett-Packard makes HP culpable as an obvious hold out in joining hundreds of its peers in opposing DOMA as bad for business, I still don't want to buy any more HP products.
Of course I'm not throwing out my OfficeJet Pro 3-in-1 printer until it breaks down.
I am very displeased that websites seem to give out very different information about this topic (that really is seriously annoying).For instance, I found this:
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blo...
which is saying the opposite :)
In most articles about this topic, HP isn't mentioned, though, and I haven't found a complete list of companies signing the brief...
ETA: Alright, now I found it, and I really didn't see HP in there. Shame on them!! And shame on the websites promoting different information!
... Are there other major tech companies not on the list? So that I know what not to buy anymore? Must be quite a few unfortunately...
Goesta wrote: "Katharina wrote: "Oh, actually I have found the following saying that Meg Whitman actually signed the brief OPPOSING proposition 8 and in support of same-sex marriage."Now I'm potentially miffed ..."
Dearest Goesta, I am deeply irritated that I had to pull out said blissful rug from under you and hope it is now reinstated in its rightful place. It is also my favourite spot in the world on which to stand, sleep, and eat muffins. I'll try very hard in the future not to look up facts and reports on the internet again, so as not to intervene with your joyful state of equitable indignation. I hope you and your rug are now well and happy.
Wow, this article ticked me off because it made me realize that probably half the people who oppose the repeal of DOMA are doing it so that the government doesn't lose all of the taxes they get from same-gender couples not being able to file jointly. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-...
But the fact that some prominent Republicans signed it does make me feel better.
Gaaahhh! It makes me so mad that I have to request paper & pencils for my classroom. Why? Why can't I go and grab some? What do they think I'm going to do with it? Use it at home? So now, I'm out of paper & pencils. Guess who's going to Walmart to get school supplies tonight. Yup, me.
Katharina wrote: "I am very displeased that websites seem to give out very different information about this topic (that really is seriously annoying).
For instance, I found this:
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blo...
which is saying the opposite :)"
I'm P.O''d too.
Wired is a major tech news source and I suspect they are right about HP not joining its tech peers in opposing DOMA or they would have printed a retraction to avoid a lawsuit, nevertheless since localized Austin Business Journal (a subsidiary of American City Business Journals) is reporting is contrary I am going to amend my original complaint about HP because I would not want to mislead people.
For instance, I found this:
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blo...
which is saying the opposite :)"
I'm P.O''d too.
Wired is a major tech news source and I suspect they are right about HP not joining its tech peers in opposing DOMA or they would have printed a retraction to avoid a lawsuit, nevertheless since localized Austin Business Journal (a subsidiary of American City Business Journals) is reporting is contrary I am going to amend my original complaint about HP because I would not want to mislead people.
Lucas wrote: "Katharina wrote: "I am very displeased that websites seem to give out very different information about this topic (that really is seriously annoying).For instance, I found this:
http://www.bizjo..."
Oh, I am very peeved to say that I think you can go on complaining ;D I've skimmed through the brief and HP isn't one of the companies in there so Austin Business Journal seems to have gotten it wrong. ... Very annoying, though!! And I so hoped to reestablish the innocence of my lovely compaq laptop. But alas, it was not meant to be...
"Katharina wrote: "And I so hoped to reestablish the innocence of my lovely compaq laptop. But alas, it was not meant to be..."
A human never stands so tall as when stooping to help a small computer. It is not your laptop's fault that the morally inept people who produced it don't even understand how DOMA is bad for business.
Bright, talented technology job seekers who are gay are going to go to gay-friendlier companies not HP, indeed they may even go to friendlier countries where gay marriage is legal when they choose where to have their amazing talents put to work.
A human never stands so tall as when stooping to help a small computer. It is not your laptop's fault that the morally inept people who produced it don't even understand how DOMA is bad for business.
Bright, talented technology job seekers who are gay are going to go to gay-friendlier companies not HP, indeed they may even go to friendlier countries where gay marriage is legal when they choose where to have their amazing talents put to work.
Lucas wrote: ""Katharina wrote: "And I so hoped to reestablish the innocence of my lovely compaq laptop. But alas, it was not meant to be..."A human never stands so tall as when stooping to help a small comput..."
I hate to remark that this was well said. :)
UGH!!!!I hate that I had to download the Kindle app to my PC because the book I want is not carried by B & N for my Nook.
And I hate reading on my computer because it kills my eyes...and has caused me to have to buy reading glasses and made me into a granny before my time.
Growl Growl Growl
I seriously hate that I am so techno-UNsavy that I can't figure out how!!!!
I am chagrined that more companies aren't following Amazon Kindles advertising strategy!http://youtu.be/lS3t9reE364
Well done, Amazon! Well done!!
Goesta wrote: " insultingly underpaid pittance of hard-earned wages "Oh, you would laugh if you only knew. I took home more money when I was a server during college than I do now (which is annoying). But I knew all this going in, I love my job and couldn't imagine doing anything else. But what I'm really complaining about is the stinginess in our school. Yeah, there are items I want and have to purchase myself (which is an argument I tire of having the with hubby - if my kiddos need it, I buy it, end of) but at least give me what you can without a fuss.
Barbie wrote: "I am chagrined that more companies aren't following Amazon Kindles advertising strategy!http://youtu.be/lS3t9reE364
Well done, Amazon! Well done!!"
Yes, WTG Amazon!
Barbie wrote: "I am chagrined that more companies aren't following Amazon Kindles advertising strategy!http://youtu.be/lS3t9reE364
Well done, Amazon! Well done!!"
Hate it when advertisements make me feel all mushy inside. :-)
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