June 19, 201014 yr This is also when I learned to quit going to gas stations expecting a bathroom. Nothing worse than having a bathroom emergency, stopping, getting out, going in to ask where the bathroom is and finding they don't have one. Or worse, going in and finding there is no toilet paper, or paper that is sitting in the muck on the floor, and the room is filled with strong cigarette smoke, etc. The only time I go to fast food places is to use the bathrooms. At least you can depend on them being pretty clean and well maintained. I can totally picture Cleveland being like that. In Columbus, everything gets remodeled every 4 years (obviously not always a good thing), so all the gas stations have bathrooms. Cincinnati, well, there aren't that many gas stations until you get to the inner ring 'burbs, and on the East Side at least, they're pretty modern.
June 19, 201014 yr Skinny jeans/pants. I'm playing model for my nephew and his project mate. I gave my nephew my exact measurements and the "stylist" comes with some skinny jeans, that I can't get over my crotch and I have a 32" waist! I had to come upstairs just to vent. I do not want to put this stuff on. How and why do people wear these pants?? They're horrible!! I feel like my "personals" are all out on display! Not sexy. I know their target audience is teens and early 20 somethings but damn these clothes are young. Why did she bring a studded belt? I'm going to have to adjust my attitude and pull a Naomi Campbell/Tyson Beckford out for this. If I wasn't trying to help them out, since they missed the first two weeks of assignments, I'd kick them all out for bring me this crap! The things you do for family. :|
June 21, 201014 yr Skinny jeans/pants. I'm playing model for my nephew and his project mate. I gave my nephew my exact measurements and the "stylist" comes with some skinny jeans, that I can't get over my crotch and I have a 32" waist! I had to come upstairs just to vent. I do not want to put this stuff on. How and why do people wear these pants?? They're horrible!! I feel like my "personals" are all out on display! Not sexy. I know their target audience is teens and early 20 somethings but damn these clothes are young. Why did she bring a studded belt? I'm going to have to adjust my attitude and pull a Naomi Campbell/Tyson Beckford out for this. If I wasn't trying to help them out, since they missed the first two weeks of assignments, I'd kick them all out for bring me this crap! The things you do for family. :| This post obviously belongs as a caption in the "Show a pic of yourself" thread.
June 21, 201014 yr Skinny jeans/pants. I'm playing model for my nephew and his project mate. I gave my nephew my exact measurements and the "stylist" comes with some skinny jeans, that I can't get over my crotch and I have a 32" waist! I had to come upstairs just to vent. I do not want to put this stuff on. How and why do people wear these pants?? They're horrible!! I feel like my "personals" are all out on display! Not sexy. I know their target audience is teens and early 20 somethings but damn these clothes are young. Why did she bring a studded belt? I'm going to have to adjust my attitude and pull a Naomi Campbell/Tyson Beckford out for this. If I wasn't trying to help them out, since they missed the first two weeks of assignments, I'd kick them all out for bring me this crap! The things you do for family. :| This post obviously belongs as a caption in the "Show a pic of yourself" thread. Ahhh no, I have a couple of the pictures, but I dont like them and thank God they are not using that scene. Those pants were so tight I could barely get them over my crotch! Thank God I manscapped a few days before. Everytime I moved, I thought they fall down or bust. I dont understand the facination with pants that cut of the circulation to your man parts. How can a man expect to procreate wearing those pants?? I wear low rise jeans, but these skinny jeans take the cake. I guess they are made for those who are pencil thin.
June 21, 201014 yr I dont understand the facination with pants that cut of the circulation to your man parts. How can a man expect to procreate wearing those pants?? Um, generally speaking, I don't think men who are interested in procreation are the ones wearing these pants.
June 21, 201014 yr I dont understand the facination with pants that cut of the circulation to your man parts. How can a man expect to procreate wearing those pants?? Um, generally speaking, I don't think men who are interested in procreation are the ones wearing these pants. You'd be surprised how many breeders are wearing low rise skinny jeans.
June 21, 201014 yr music in the bathroom...seriously, what Motown hits record do they have that they have to play it here at work and only in the bathroom. Not the lobby, not the hallways, certainly not the work areas or even the elevators. Just the bathroom. I have gotten over the fact that i've heard the Jackson 5's greatest hits several times over now...but today they took it too far. Barry White should not be played in the men's room...ever.
June 21, 201014 yr Today's pet peeve. Justin Bieber. uuuuuuuuugh How do you feel about lesbians who look like him? http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/17/justin-bieber-drinking-cops-maryland-bar-woman-katie-underage-police also: http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/
June 21, 201014 yr Today's pet peeve. Justin Bieber. uuuuuuuuugh How do you feel about lesbians who look like him? http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/17/justin-bieber-drinking-cops-maryland-bar-woman-katie-underage-police also: http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/ I knew about TMZ, obviously, but the second link? :wtf: As per the usual, everything on UO turns gay! LOL
June 21, 201014 yr Today's pet peeve. Justin Bieber. uuuuuuuuugh How do you feel about lesbians who look like him? http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/17/justin-bieber-drinking-cops-maryland-bar-woman-katie-underage-police also: http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/ I knew about TMZ, obviously, but the second link? :wtf: As per the usual, everything on UO turns gay! LOL You're the one who brought up Bieber.
June 21, 201014 yr Today's pet peeve. Justin Bieber. uuuuuuuuugh How do you feel about lesbians who look like him? http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/17/justin-bieber-drinking-cops-maryland-bar-woman-katie-underage-police also: http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/ I knew about TMZ, obviously, but the second link? :wtf: As per the usual, everything on UO turns gay! LOL You're the one who brought up Bieber. Because the little s**t is annoying!
June 21, 201014 yr The only thing more annoying than "Biebs" himself: http://twitter.com/BiebsOrDie/status/16687994305 Twitter user BiebsOrDie Why don't you start up a Twitter account and see if you can pick up this hot Portuguese chick!
June 22, 201014 yr I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but it just happened AGAIN and every time it makes me really irritated. My Architecture Professor: "Ooh, what's that?" (Looking at my screensaver) Me: "Oh, they're all pictures of Cincinnati." Prof: "Cool, are you from there?" Me: "No, but I'm moving there as soon as I graduate." Prof: "Cool, I saw that new show 'Hot in Cleveland' the other day. It's a really crappy show, but the city's better I guess. They've got the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that's cool. If they didn't have the Browns, that city would collapse, though." Me: "Yeah...." WTF!?!?!?!?! Did I say anything about Cleveland? They're NOT the same place!
June 22, 201014 yr I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but it just happened AGAIN and every time it makes me really irritated. My Architecture Professor: "Ooh, what's that?" (Looking at my screensaver) Me: "Oh, they're all pictures of Cincinnati." Prof: "Cool, are you from there?" Me: "No, but I'm moving there as soon as I graduate." Prof: "Cool, I saw that new show 'Hot in Cleveland' the other day. It's a really crappy show, but the city's better I guess. They've got the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that's cool. If they didn't have the Browns, that city would collapse, though." Me: "Yeah...." WTF!?!?!?!?! Did I say anything about Cleveland? They're NOT the same place! Awwww...You poor thing! Do me a favor, smack the professor for his comments about my city!
June 22, 201014 yr ^I'm continually amazed about how little people know about Ohio. I had at least 3 different people text me about "Hot in Cleveland". People will come up to me and start talking about Cleveland this or that and when I responded I'm from Cincinnati and have no ties to Cleveland what so ever, I usually get the oh...whatever look. The more time I spend away from Ohio, the more I realize that very few people actually care about Ohio, or know anything about it. Even when I lived in DC, most people were ignorant of Ohio, and thought of it as being all farms.
June 22, 201014 yr I have never had anybody confuse Cleveland with any other Ohio city, but I do remember hearing this exact response more than once - Q: Where are you from? A: Cleveland. Q: Oh.... Ohio?
June 22, 201014 yr I dunno, it seems like a case of someone sharing what little anecdote they can about Ohio generally, not really considering (or perhaps not knowing) the sizable distance between the cities. Dude 1: "I'm from Las Vegas." Dude 2: "Oh yeah? I really like Reno 911." It's conceivable... To the insider, though, it must look ridiculous. I think it's particularly bad, though, since ProkNo5 is in the Midwest, and the guy is a professor of architecture (someone who should know cities, and in this case Midwestern cities in particular). It's no wonder coastal denizens don't know or don't care. Coastal elitism is quite pervasive, and reinforced daily by the media.
June 23, 201014 yr I dunno, it seems like a case of someone sharing what little anecdote they can about Ohio generally, not really considering (or perhaps not knowing) the sizable distance between the cities. Dude 1: "I'm from Las Vegas." Dude 2: "Oh yeah? I really like Reno 911." It's conceivable... To the insider, though, it must look ridiculous. I think it's particularly bad, though, since ProkNo5 is in the Midwest, and the guy is a professor of architecture (someone who should know cities, and in this case Midwestern cities in particular). It's no wonder coastal denizens don't know or don't care. Coastal elitism is quite pervasive, and reinforced daily by the media. AMEN!
June 23, 201014 yr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas If you look at the top 50 MSAs no other non costal state besides Oh and MO have 2 metro areas in the top 50, with the 52nd being the million person cut-off. OH has 3, numbers 24-Cincy,26-CLE and 32-Col (Mo has 18-St.Louis and 29-KC). So it's no wonder that it's a foreign concept for most people that a flyover state had more than one city. Also East coasters have a serious issue realizing how far apart our cities are based on the proximity of DC, Baltimore. Philly and NYC to each other, so they tend to want to think that our cities are right next to each other. Weren't we talking about starting a thread about costal eltism in the media?
June 23, 201014 yr I remember telling East Coasters that it took 5 1/2 hours to get to DC from Huntington. They always crapped.
June 23, 201014 yr G** D**** sports illustrated. I don't want to know what the score to the match was today because i'm recording it and am going to watch it later. I want to have all the excitement of not knowing the outcome so i can go home and feel the excitement of the match. But, no. Sports Illustrated has to send out emails with the outcome of the match in the subject line. i mean, how hard would it be to leave it generic and if people actually click on the message have it tell them what happened? Ugh...i'm also pissed at gmail because i marked it the one that ruined Friday's match as spam hoping that it wouldn't show up again...but it did. Now i've created a filter so any future emails are automatically deleted.
June 23, 201014 yr Today's pet peeve. Justin Bieber. uuuuuuuuugh How do you feel about lesbians who look like him? http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/17/justin-bieber-drinking-cops-maryland-bar-woman-katie-underage-police also: http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/ I knew about TMZ, obviously, but the second link? :wtf: As per the usual, everything on UO turns gay! LOL You're the one who brought up Bieber. Because the little s**t is annoying! Oops! Daniel Radcliffe Mistakes Justin Bieber for a Woman http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20396273,00.html
June 23, 201014 yr my biggest pet peeve now is when an earthquake happens and I did not feel it. Me neither!
June 23, 201014 yr I think little RNR caused the earthquake. It happened when he was SCREAMING HIS ALMIGHTY HEAD OFF LIKE NEVER BEFORE as he was getting electrodes attached to his head by a technician for an EEG. 24 of them, no less. He was Not Happy.
June 23, 201014 yr I think little RNR caused the earthquake. It happened when he was SCREAMING HIS ALMIGHTY HEAD OFF LIKE NEVER BEFORE as he was getting electrodes attached to his head by a technician for an EEG. 24 of them, no less. He was Not Happy. so I take it you did not feel it? hope the little guy is ok.
June 23, 201014 yr No, we didn't feel it, I was dealing with an earthquake of my own. We'll get the results tomorrow.
June 23, 201014 yr I think it was the exploding heads of a few UOans when they saw I was back! Hope little RNR is ok.
June 23, 201014 yr G** D**** sports illustrated. I don't want to know what the score to the match was today because i'm recording it and am going to watch it later. I want to have all the excitement of not knowing the outcome so i can go home and feel the excitement of the match. But, no. Sports Illustrated has to send out emails with the outcome of the match in the subject line. i mean, how hard would it be to leave it generic and if people actually click on the message have it tell them what happened? Ugh...i'm also pissed at gmail because i marked it the one that ruined Friday's match as spam hoping that it wouldn't show up again...but it did. Now i've created a filter so any future emails are automatically deleted. Damn, that sucks. It was exciting to watch both the USA-ALG and ENG-SLO matches side by side at the bar this morning. I lost my voice.
June 24, 201014 yr People that can't figure out revolving doors. Seriously dude, don't try to squeeze in behind me, just wait 1 second and the door will go around. Have you never seen one of these things before?
June 24, 201014 yr From reading the beer thread... the word MICROBREW! Apparently every domestic beer other than Bud, Miller, and Coors are all microbrews. Doesn't matter that some 'microbrews' are sold in several states or in the case of Sam Adams, nationwide. The system is broken and a new hierarchy is needed: Microbrew: Sold ONLY at the brewery, usually a restaurant brewery sort of thing. Yes, I would include smallish chains like The Ram in the pacific NW and Fatheads Brewery here. Local: Indigo Imp would fall into here, something sold in one metropolitan area only. Regional: A beer brand sold through several different states. Beers that are associated with a particular city. Goose Island, Great Lakes, Yuengling are all fine examples. I would even throw Sam Adams in there as the great taste of Boston, but it almost fits into the next category... Big Boys Those beers which can be found pretty much worldwide and on select parts of the moon and mars. Bud, Coors, Miller, their lite beers, and whatever further crazy promotional they come up with. Anyone else have anything to add or modify on this list?
June 24, 201014 yr ^^people (tourists!) do this in New York all the time! What city does not have at least a few buildings with revolving doors?! They act like like they're some sort of puzzling new invention that requires a user's manual to master. Although in fairness, the old ones at Macy's Herald Square--which I think were replaced (?)--moved faster than any I've experienced and were narrower than the newer ones (reflective of the fact that back when they were first installed over half of America wasn't ridiculously overweight and could easily fit through them!). http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 25, 201014 yr Just got the solicitation for our PAC (Political Action Commmitee) at work in interoffice mail....
June 25, 201014 yr Just got the solicitation for our PAC (Political Action Commmitee) at work in interoffice mail.... Ugh I used to get those when I worked at a prior company. While they couldn't legally make you donate...you had to donate, and they had a predetermined amount you had to give based on your title. They also loved the 'fair share' for annual donation to United Way. It was some crazy sh!t, too, like 1.8% of total salary. B!tch, please. Again, donating less got you a call from your manager explaining the importance of United way. I always did $26 annual donations, taken out as $1 per pay period.
June 25, 201014 yr Just got the solicitation for our PAC (Political Action Commmitee) at work in interoffice mail.... Ugh I used to get those when I worked at a prior company. While they couldn't legally make you donate...you had to donate, and they had a predetermined amount you had to give based on your title. They also loved the 'fair share' for annual donation to United Way. It was some crazy sh!t, too, like 1.8% of total salary. B!tch, please. Again, donating less got you a call from your manager explaining the importance of United way. I always did $26 annual donations, taken out as $1 per pay period. Whoever was at the top of our boss's sh!t list got appointed United Way Campaign Chairman for our section. For some reason, that honor fell to me numerous times.
June 26, 201014 yr I screw up ie and ei words constantly as a holdover from studying German where you pronounce the second letter and the first is more or less silent. Fortunately, I'm capable of using spell check when I see a squiggly line under a word.
June 26, 201014 yr Wierd and weird don't bother me anywhere near as much as there, their, and they're. Come on people, it's not THAT difficult to understand.
June 26, 201014 yr "Then" for "than" as in, "My favorite city is better then your favorite city." "Peddle" for "pedal" as in, "Safety, common sense, and respect for others be damned! I'll peddle my bicycle wherever and however I f#cking please."
June 26, 201014 yr "Then" for "than" as in, "My favorite city is better then your favorite city." "Peddle" for "pedal" as in, "Safety, common sense, and respect for others be damned! I'll peddle my bicycle wherever and however I f#cking please." I think that's the most bothersome of the common spelling errors, to me.
June 27, 201014 yr "Then" for "than" as in, "My favorite city is better then your favorite city." "Peddle" for "pedal" as in, "Safety, common sense, and respect for others be damned! I'll peddle my bicycle wherever and however I f#cking please." Maybe they really are trying to sell their bicycle? OK by me, so long as they use the money to buy a dictionary.
June 27, 201014 yr Every time I visit my grandma she's constantly lecturing me on what I need to do or if she has company over she will start talking about humiliating moments of my life or dumb decisions I've made, in front of other people, for kicks. She's the most negative person I've ever known! Who the heck wants to be around that? It got to a point, a couple years ago, where I couldn't stand to be around her so I stopped swinging by but I realized she isn't going to be around forever (she's 80). I figured I better just accept her for the mean, old, grumpy woman that she is and check up on her regularly. Its like all old people are either really negative/bitter/grumpy or really happy and positive. Has anyone else noticed that? My other grandparents are the total opposite. They always encourage me and spread positive energy. Every time I talk to them they have good news or something positive to talk about. I love being around them.
June 27, 201014 yr OK by me, so long as they use the money to buy a dictionary. Well than..... I'll chip in five dollars to the dictionary fund... :) The possessive apostrophe.... it means the object belongs to someone, NOT PLURAL. Bobs tree's...... sooooo wrong it hurts to look at.
June 27, 201014 yr Every time I visit my grandma she's constantly lecturing me on what I need to do or if she has company over she will start talking about humiliating moments of my life or dumb decisions I've made, in front of other people, for kicks. She's the most negative person I've ever known! Who the heck wants to be around that? It got to a point, a couple years ago, where I couldn't stand to be around her so I stopped swinging by but I realized she isn't going to be around forever (she's 80). I figured I better just accept her for the mean, old, grumpy woman that she is and check up on her regularly. Its like all old people are either really negative/bitter/grumpy or really happy and positive. Has anyone else noticed that? My other grandparents are the total opposite. They always encourage me and spread positive energy. Every time I talk to them they have good news or something positive to talk about. I love being around them. That would be hard to visit someone like that. I think the reason why some older people get grumpy is because of health issues. I don't know if this is the case with your grandma or not, but several people do have a hard time dealing with losing their independence.
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