Gripes

I can understand a few people who refuse
to leave messages on answering machines.
Some good people are just uneasy
about talking to a machine instead of a person.
That's OK.
But of all the people I've gotten to know over the years
and learned not to trust,
all are very hesitant
about leaving a message on an answering machine.
Probably afraid of leaving a clue to an ulterior motive.

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I followed a car today
that was hogging two of three lanes
of a mall exit.
They were in both the left lane and the center lane,
and no one could get by.
And until they turned,
no one knew which way he or she was going.
And on the rear was the bumper sticker:

God is my Co-pilot.

So...God created us, but apparently can't drive.
Or, as a co-pilot...can't help drive, anyway.

I became slightly more atheistic today.

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Advertisements that say
"Save up to 50%...AND MORE!!!"
really, really annoy me.
Think about it.
Literally, this means a savings
of a fraction of 1% up to a full 100% off.

In short, these ads are worthless to me.

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I'm disturbed when I drive by homes
with $60,000 vehicles sitting in the driveway
covered with six inches of snow,
and looking inside their garage with the door opened
and seeing it full of junk.

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We've been shopping
for a couple of upholstered living room chairs
off and on the past couple of months.
What we needed was about 33" wide and 30" deep.
The height doesn't matter,
but it would look best if it were about 32"-34" high.
Everything we've found is huge.
I...
mean...
HUGE!
About twice the size - or more -
than we're looking for!
I blame it on the growing obesity problem.
Everything must be made huge
to handle growing bellies.
Co-workers even tell me that new strollers and car seats
are growing in size to accommodate really big babies.
Come to think about it,
I've seen them, too.

(By the way, we did finally find chairs we're happy with.
But we had to order them
and we won't get them for a week or two.)

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Speaking of upholstered chairs...
for the couple of months
that we've been looking at them,
nearly all that we've found
rock, swivel, recline, vibrate
or a combination of the four.
All we wanted were two upholstered chairs,
each with four short legs!
Why are they making so many chairs that move???
I'm not about to chase my furniture
all over the living room!