August Read Suggestions

[Gatorman]

You could never hang out at the mall with my son. He insists on going on escalators every time. Calls them "moving stairs".

[jb]

I still use them but I would rather take the stairs. I have to use them at BN or else the elevator to get to the fiction section. As I little kid we loved them but now as an adult and after being dragged down one....I know the dangers! I sound like such a whiner about them.....LOL.

[Bandit]

I'm claustrophobic, so elevators freak me out. I love escalators, though. Mostly I just take the stairs, it's a great exercise.

[Tressa]

True about the exercise, but I need options.

[jb]

I take the stairs as much as possible....although now that may be a thing of the past until these ankles heal or I jump off a building with my AR15.

[Tressa]

I try to take the stairs and enjoy having to (my boss won't shut up as I'm typing this!) walk to get my lunch. I also don't circle till I find a "fat girl" space closest to a store. My sister and I call these spaces Rosie O'Donnells and the ones at the end of the parking lot Karen Carpenters.

[jb]

I do not circle the parking lot either....I just find a spot and park! I just do not understand the obsession of finding that space next to the front door or waiting for more the 10 minutes to get it.

[Tressa]

It's nuts, I agree. Really get pissed at healthy people who can walk parking in a handicap space. I had sciatica for a year and am thrilled I CAN walk with no pain now!

[Bandit]

my SO likes to park as far from the store as possible, I can never figure out why, but since I don't drive, I can't complain either way

[jb]

My husband keeps telling me I need one of those handicap things and I keep resisting, but I may have to cave now. *SIGH*

[Tressa]

Bandit, she wants to stay in shape, and by that I mean not round.

Jenn, if you need a handicap tag, then get one. It is for people who truly need it, not young, healthy people driving Aunty's car!

[Bandit]

I can't help it, I'm a vain zombie :)
Jenn, I second what Tressa said...no need to put your ankle through extra stress

[jb]

I know but I really hate the thought of that handicap thing....I know it is hard to explain. I am up and walking today....woo hoo! Although my ankle says woo hoo my ass!

[Tressa]

I think Oliver North jumped off the roof of his house to strengthen his injured ankle. Maybe you could do the same?

[jb]

Maybe so....the problem is getting up there. Hmmm....maybe husband could hoist me up there.

[Nora aka Diva]

jennbunny wrote: "I do not circle the parking lot either....I just find a spot and park! I just do not understand the obsession of finding that space next to the front door or waiting for more the 10 minutes to get it."

I find the first open spot, I don't care if I have to walk across the entire parking lot, I hate having to drive in the parking lots in this town. It seems most people drive in them like they are alone! grrr!

[jb]

Exactly.....Nora! We have this one mall like area called Wiregrass and I just do not understand the engineering of the parking lot at all. It is completely stupid! But people fight over spaces all day! We just park and walk....or if I am having a bad walking day, my husband drops me off at the door and parks.

At the local college parking is atrocious! You have to get there like way early to get a space!

[Bill]

I always park pretty far away, because that's the only place I can avoid having to park next to someone. I don't want anyone denting my Zoom-Zoom!
And, I like the extra exercise.

Escalators: it drives me nuts if I follow someone onto an escalator and they STOP. Like it's a ride. Come on, climb five lousy steps and we're at the top already!!
Again, it's the exercise :)

ok, so I'm a fitness guy....take the stairs at work, and even do all of them right before lunch :P

[Tressa]

OK. About escalators. I never know if I'm offending someone by not walking up them. I mean, they're not stairs. Do I walk up or just ride? Do people walk down those moving sidewalks at airports? I'm confused. Sometimes I walk up and sometimes I just feel like annoying the fit person behind me by being a lazy fat ass and standing still.

Oh, the poll! Wonder which book won?

[Scott]

I think the signs tell you not to walk on them but everybody does it anyway.

[Bill]

Tressa wrote: "OK. About escalators. I never know if I'm offending someone by not walking up them. I mean, they're not stairs. Do I walk up or just ride? Do people walk down those moving sidewalks at airports? I'..."

I guess I should explain where I'm coming from. Usually when I'm on an escalator, it's at a mall. I hate shopping (except for books). I want to get in and out of a mall as quickly as possible and I resent all barriers in my way...nothing personal :)
It's as much impatience on my part as anything else.

Most of the time people are off to one side, so I can
politely slide on by...it's the ones who stand in the middle and block me that irk me.

[Tressa]

How's my big butt supposed to know you don't like shopping?

[Bill]

I'm a guy

[Tressa]

I literally meant my butt, which has no eyes to see who's behind her on the escalator.

My brother's a guy and he loves to shop. My husband's a guy and he loves to shop...at Home Depot.

[Bill]

I guess a friendly little pat on the tush and "upsy-daisy" wouldn't be cool?

[Scott]

I wouldn't mind it.

[Tressa]

Bill, if you did that you'd find yourself at the bottom of the escalator, and it would take you twice as long to exit the mall. So, wouldn't be cool for either of us.

Cats do like to have their hinies scratched.

[Bill]

The only people it would be cool for would be witnesses.

[Tressa]

Yes, I always get a kick out of people doing stupid shit in public. It entertains me.

[jb]

LOL I don't walk up escalator because I'm very clumsy and nervous. Plus I always get shocked.

[Gatorman]

You get shocked on an escalator?

[jb]

Yep almost everytime.

[Gatorman]

How?

[Scott]

Too many women not wearing underwear beneath their skirts.

[Nora aka Diva]

jennbunny wrote: "LOL I don't walk up escalator because I'm very clumsy and nervous. Plus I always get shocked."

You too? Oh that's annoying!

[Tressa]

I get shocked all day long; I don't wear skirts but I do wear underwear. But I've never been shocked on an escalator. Elevator, yes. Doorknobs, good God, yes.

[jb]

I get shocked all the time....Somehow if my fingers touch the metal part of the handrail on the escalator, I get shocked. I try to keep my hands only on that black rubbery part.

So not wearing underpants is directly related to getting shocked (in more ways than one)?!?!

[Scott]

Well, I wouldn't be so much shocked, as excited.

[jb]

I also used to make the lights blow out at every desk I sat at....I am not sure how that happened. I guess it just happened to be their time to blow out when I moved.

Underpants or lack thereof can be exciting.....especially to a cat who can look up.

[Gatorman]

jennbunny wrote: "I also used to make the lights blow out at every desk I sat at....I am not sure how that happened. I guess it just happened to be their time to blow out when I moved.

Underpants or lack thereof c..."

Or a man with good vision.

[Scott]

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