Rantings and Ravings of an Old Woman (perhaps just pet peeves)
@kitchenwitchoftupper (2290)
United States
November 1, 2007 11:48pm CST
Friends,-First why in the world are "Pet Peeves" called that? What do they have to do with pets? Absolutely Nothing!-There isn't a lot that annoys me to the point where I want to sit down and just let it all out, but why oh why do magazines have to number the pages the way they do?
-Some of the numbers are on the outer corners
-Some of the pages are not numbered at all if they
ads
-When a story or an article is continued, why does
it have to be continued on a page far away in the
magazine? Why can't it be on the next page?There, that's about all I have to say and I feel much better having gotten it off my chest.
Does anyone else have anything to gripe about that is so trivial that it will never be changed but it will just make you feel good to tell us what it is?~Donna
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@slickcut (8140)
• United States
2 Nov 07
your right it has nothing to do with pets!! the only thing i can figure why they call it that is because we really carry that around and it makes us mad??? maybe? who knows..I know there is a lot of annoyances and sometime i think its there just to stress us out..LOL...I also have a few "pet peeves" myself.One of them is when you are trying to watch a movie and someone talks and makes you miss some part that you were trying to hear..Another one is someone who cannot hear,refuses to get a hearing aide,they are to proud to let anyone know they are deaf!!!..another one is when people talk with a full mouth of food and you cannot understand a word they are saying...another one is someone who drives and always are pushing the gas peddle ans letting it up, over and over and it feels like you are going to get a whip lash..Oh honey i have a lot of them , and im sure others do too..so lets hear from the rest!!! LMAO
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@kitchenwitchoftupper (2290)
• United States
2 Nov 07
Wow! Slick, you are one angry woman! Have you considered therapy? This is a terrific response and I must tell you that the surgery I had to stop the bladder leakage did not work. There isn't anything better than a woman who is pi$$ed off. (By the way, I am that gray haired woman driving in front of you that stops and starts with no apparent reason; that puts on the blinker light and doesn't turn; and then changes lanes just as you are about to pass me. There is NO reason why I do these things other than the fact that I am old and the law does not require me to be tested again at 50, 55, 60 and so forth the way it should. I am worse than a crazed teenager on the highway. I wear a sticker on my forehead when I leave the house that reads "Get your women and children off the streets", the old battle axe is on the road again!) ~D
@slickcut (8140)
• United States
2 Nov 07
Ha ha, i just though since we were venting ,i might as well throw in my 2 cents, no one else has as yet Ha ha...Well Im no spring chicken myself,im 63 and probably get that finger shook at me a lot too,but you know how us older folks are we just don't give a flip...Sorry your bladder surgery did not work, my Mom had it too and it did not work for her either,she told me thats just another way for the medicall profession to make a few bucks...She said they just tack it up there and it never holds, but i don't know ,thats about the only surgery i haven't had...maybe i will just wear (depends) hahaha...anyway i am recovering from this knee replacement,im in my 4th week of recovery,it really has not been to bad,but im still a little stiff...The doctor showed me an xray of my new knee,it has a lot of metal in the top and bottom of this new knee..Now im worrid lighting might strick and hit my metal..LMAO....
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Nov 07
My sticker says "Get off the sidewalks"
HAHAHAHAHA!!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
3 Nov 07
Hi good friend. I think "pet" in this instance means "favourite". The alliteration makes it sound good.
This has annoyed me since I was old enough to read magazines as well. I've wasted so much time looking for articles via a page number...terribly hard to do when some of the pages are not numbered.
The other thing that bugged me was that the headline/s on the front page/cover, bore no relation to the actual story it refered to. I use past tense as I no longer read magazines. LOL.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Nov 07
I hate the damn postcards between the pages. Mainly because when my wife reads her mags in bed she sets them down then I end up laying
on them. I've had a few paper cuts on my keister. HAHAHAHA!!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@kitchenwitchoftupper (2290)
• United States
3 Nov 07
I'm sure that you are right in all you say. I wish that I no longer read magazines; but I don't seem to have the attention span or the remembering ability to read an entire book any longer. By the way, what was this discussion about? Oh, I know, pets! Yes, I have a cat named Charlie and a chihuahua named Chiquita. So glad to see you again.~Donna
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@visitorinvasion (7709)
• United States
23 Nov 07
Next time I get a dog, I'm naming it "Peeve" in your honor, Donna!
Not kidding, I'll do it and enjoy the hell out of it!
Ciao4now,
Shannon
@pastorkayte (2255)
• United States
23 Nov 07
Pet Peeves are called that because they are peeves that you keep unto your self. Its like if you had a pet you keep it and it is yours. Okay I think that is what it is I could be completely wrong but oh well its my opinion
