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BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (45597) • St. Catharines, Ontario 3 Aug

Yesterday (August 2) was Earth Overshoot Day. That means that we’ve used up more of the Earth’s resources than it’s able to renew in a year. Global overconsumption and dependence on fossil fuels has the world dipping into...

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Time for a Rant

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (307540) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 21 Jul

If you know me, and many of you do, I don't rant very often. However, there was enough happening this week to make my blood boil. It happened on Wednesday morning. People were later than usual getting down to the exercise class,...

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I´m sorry for the venom that the media throw.

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 13 Jun

against our President. He is very young and the media, showing their need of being in the screen, don´t care what they say. Some of the things they wouldn´t have dared said about older Presidents. It is disgusting. It is also...

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my country s politics

the media

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A Small Rant ...

DW Davis @DWDavis (25812) • Pikeville, North Carolina 16 May

... about whose retirement is it anyway. This morning, K informed me that once I retire, she expects me to take over ALL the housework, laundry, shopping, and cooking, including getting up with her each morning at 5:30 a.m. to...

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retirement

perspectives

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Yes, people really can be THAT stupid.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (58422) • Daytona Beach, Florida 20 Mar 23

If you know me, you know I hate going to the doctor. However, I require prescription medicine to manage my chronic pain. So, I reluctantly go twice a year. I was there last month, and I always wind up leaving there, feeling like...

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stupid doctors

strange phone calls

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Doing chores is very similar to having OCD:

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 6 Feb 23

This afternoon, after my nap, I went again to the kitchen to see if I could find the little pots I need for my pesto. I could not find them and I woner if the basil can wait until Wednesday when Anita will tell me where they are....

doing chores

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Lunch is almost ready and I am still shocked with some news.

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 8 Jan 23

My day has been a mixture of cleaning up for tomorrow (my daughters are coming for dinner), cooking for tomorrow and eating part of it today, mylotting and reading news. I was shoched that a teenager that had started to abuse...

violence in the world

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Pumpkin's Rant of the Day: Sometimes, it's just you

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8539) • United Kingdom 18 Dec 22

Hello to all of you lovely people. I'd like to mention a discussion by @TheSojourner, which I have linked. I mention this because it relates to my rant. My comment on the above discussion was that I'd prefer someone to tell me if...

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pumpkin

behaviour

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Then and now. Not young any longer.

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 31 Oct 22

I have been leaving the house unclean (except for the kitchen and bathroom) and told Anita that I was in quarantine. That was just an excuse. I did not feel like going near here all the time telling her what not to do. But next...

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life

old age

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Rant: Never Argue with the...

Shavkat @Shavkat (137238) • Philippines 27 Oct 22

...students online. My former online tutorial company required all of their virtual instructors to follow this policy. A 13-year-old student in my online class was poorly prepared. I did everything I could to accommodate him, but...

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I showered and went to pick up the prescriptions I need.

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 4 Aug 22

And I looked, and looked and looked. Nothing. There was no point in having poor Camila take me across town if I did not have the paper. But then I put my 2 lonely gray cells together and remembered that today Rosa...

shuffled papers

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I can´t do anything if I´m ill.

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 5 Jul 22

Good morning, friends. I don´t want to do anything except stay in bed. I still have diarrhea and although my stomach doesn´t hurt at all, I don´t want to eat. I know that I must drink water and soups with salt. Dehydration is not...

illness

health problems

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Pumpkin's Rant of the Day: The Real Reason Your Call Isn't Being Answered & other stories

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8539) • United Kingdom 15 May 22

Hello to you all. I'm sorry about ranting again (or maybe I'm not sorry at all, who knows?). For various reasons, I've been quite stressed recently. Much of it related to my job (if you read my previous rant, you'll get an idea)....

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work

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Rant: Pointing His Finger @ Me...What?!?

Shavkat @Shavkat (137238) • Philippines 12 May 22

A 10-year-old young boy is pointing his finger at me. I have been patient in teaching young learners online despite their overload rudeness. This bad gesture of his is not acceptable, so I call his attention to stop or else I will...

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Rant: My Adult Student Dropped Her Class Online

Shavkat @Shavkat (137238) • Philippines 28 Apr 22

I just want to end my night by ranting about the new adult student tonight. It was a 'free talk class' where she can deliver her speech in English during the class. Me: What do you want to talk about? Student: Maybe I want to...

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I´m in a hurry.

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 14 Apr 22

Yesterday there was a note from the doctor. They are doing maintenance to the lifts, so please come earlier and use the stairs SAY WHAT!!! I don´t live in the second floor of my own house because of the stairs. And here I have...

thursday morning

doctor

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Hopefully today isn't to rough.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (58422) • Daytona Beach, Florida 10 Mar 22

Looks like another storm is fixing to start. Hoping I can get outside and back before it hits. Might have to wait until it passes. Hard to say. It's deffently storm season here in florida, and the ground is loving it. We're...

daily rambles

weather

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I decided I´d use plan D and I got my vaccine.

marguicha @marguicha (215992) • Chile 18 Feb 22

Today, as I was almost ready to go to my daughter´s house so that she would take me to the vaccination place, she called me and told me that she had a last minute meeting and why didn´t we go next week. In my country, vaccines...

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covid shot

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Un-fing-believable!

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (58422) • Daytona Beach, Florida 15 Feb 22

Today was our weekly grocery shopping trip. And, we hit Winn-Dixie. The trip went mostly as planned, but during check-out, people were complaining constantly about the lack of cashiers. Despite people (myself included) pointing...

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Rant Time

celticeagle @celticeagle (159606) • Boise, Idaho 11 Feb 22

Yeah, I am ready for a rant. (Note**If you don't want to read me go on and on then I would find another post to read.) I'm not a happy camper. My kids(daughter and grandson) are doing a really good job of clearing the clutter...

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