Odd. I just loaded the Google homepage, and there is an American Flag below the search bar. When you hover over that flag, the alt-text that displays says "Remembering Pearl Harbor, 75 Years Later"so, acknowledging it happened and honoring those who died is "commercializing" it?
someone owns a dicked-up dictionary
or has a grossly dicked-up view of the world. I guess a moment of silence on 9/11 is making a buck off those who were vaporized when the Towers fell
Was today an inappropriate day to go have 17 sushi rolls for lunch?
We did and it was awesome.
My mom was a real mean nasty woman. When she died, my toast to her by the bonfire with my siblings and spouses: yes we'll miss her, and we think that some where in there was a good heart. But we do know she's in heaven, cuz the devil doesn't like competition.
As someone who posts a lot on boards that have a majority of Americans and Brits, I've come to accept that cyclists have a terrible reputation in your countries.
As a dutch person living in finland, both countries have a good attitude, seperating infrastructure and more respect for eachother.
While cyclist break traffic laws, I also see the immense amount of drivers that speed, are on the phone, drive through red (scarlet green as my dad used to call it) and other such barely acknowledged traffic fouls.
A cyclist who breaks the rules, most likely only risks his own life, a driver can harm or kill others so much more easily.
(if you want to watch some outright terrible stuff, check out "canada's worst driver" especially the last season is a hoot and a half)
My mom was a real mean nasty woman. When she died, my toast to her by the bonfire with my siblings and spouses: yes we'll miss her, and we think that some where in there was a good heart. But we do know she's in heaven, cuz the devil doesn't like competition.
I hear you. She might have a friend there though.
This sounds awful but my mother was like Tony Soprano's mother.
My mom died in September of this year. She was in a nursing home for her last 4 years of her life (at 83 yrs old). She was totally absolutely f-ing GD pissed from being pulled from the house. It was necessary though.
She was an invalid or quadriplegic, addicted to pain killers, and verbally abusive to anybody who stood up to her ********. Totally mentally sound when not intoxicated.
My father tried to care for her until I put my foot down, about the verbal abuse and the sleep deprivation she imposed upon him. (Falling off the $hitter frequently had a lot to with this.) Despite this, I put her in the nicest Catholic nursing home possible. (At $8k/month) He still drove 20 miles every day to the nursing home for two years until his death. Which was the day before Xmas 2014.
My mother was sad for one day about his passing, then said it was my fault he died, since she wasn't able be at home to take care of him. (Insert evil laugh). Said adopting me as a baby was the worst mistake of her life. Spewed all kinds of mean. To include spitting on me. Mind you no Alzheimer's, no dementia. Pure hate and deceit. Near the end she was heavily medicated to sedate her.
FWIW - Very few of her friends visited her more than once. She told most them I was satan incarnate for putting her in this place and asked them to take her home. Then got pissed at them when they would not help.
At her funeral, 30 people showed up, nobody had any final words about her passing. No tears shed either. Death is a *****, when you live life as a *****.
On a happy note, I am celebrating 86 years of my fathers life even if he passed around x-mas. He liked dunkels!!!
Spewed all kinds of mean. To include spitting on me. Mind you no Alzheimer's, no dementia. Pure hate and deceit.
Back early in my marriage when my mother told me she wanted to move near me I told her that while I would do what I could for her (when I was single I would do a lot for her on my visits home) my priority had to be my family.
The kindest thing she said was "I wish you were dead so I could spit on your grave, except I wouldn't waste the spit". That was over a quarter of a century ago and I haven't communicated with her since. The only one of her 4 children that have anything to do with her is my disabled brother who has no choice.
That's too bad. I had a few stints where we didn't talk or see each other. 6 years in 2000-2006 and 1 year right after being in the nursing home. Social services told me to not come since she would blow a gasket whenever I came see her. It was mainly because she scared the other residents. That 1 year was pretty good. Going to the nursing home was no joy itself and worse when the family member is behaving that way.
People that open their mouth when it's best they mind their own business.
I'm out to dinner with my son, wife and in-laws. We get two bills, they pay theirs. I pay ours.
They pay with a credit card, I pay with cash. I put a $100 bill down on the check. The waitress comes to table to take both checks. My FIL says "Keep the change!!!!".
I'm like no way.... The bill is only $43, she's NOT geting a $57 tip.
She knew better to bring back the change, but that's b.s. to say that when you're not paying. In fact his wife was the one paying!!!
Did you tip or are we gonna have a Reservoir Dogs moment here?
That's too bad. I had a few stints where we didn't talk or see each other. 6 years in 2000-2006 and 1 year right after being in the nursing home. Social services told me to not come since she would blow a gasket whenever I came see her. It was mainly because she scared the other residents. That 1 year was pretty good. Going to the nursing home was no joy itself and worse when the family member is behaving that way.
Surely he was trying to make a joke, no? Was he seriously trying to (grossly over)tip with your money?
People that open their mouth when it's best they mind their own business.
I'm out to dinner with my son, wife and in-laws. We get two bills, they pay theirs. I pay ours.
They pay with a credit card, I pay with cash. I put a $100 bill down on the check. The waitress comes to table to take both checks. My FIL says "Keep the change!!!!".
I'm like no way.... The bill is only $43, she's NOT geting a $57 tip.
She knew better to bring back the change, but that's b.s. to say that when you're not paying. In fact his wife was the one paying!!!
I'm not sure if this makes me feel better or not about my situation. My dad passed in 2010, great guy; my mom lives by herself in their house (which needs a fvckton of updating) and is one of the most kind-hearted people you could ever meet. Problem is that she is having trouble walking, standing up, getting in and out of vehicles, is starting to get in more minor car accidents (like 2 in the past year when she rarely would have one in 10 years) and I know it's only a matter of time until she has to go into assisted living. Not looking forward to that and she isn't either.
We had to "place" my father last January. It was an assisted living facility (had his own apartment, microwave, etc) and it didn't work out. He has Alzheimers/dementia/fried brain from years of drinking, pick one because his doctors keep changing his diagnosis. He hated it there, wouldn't participate in anything, wouldn't shower for weeks, and they just didn't keep him very well. We moved him a few months ago to a "memory care" facility that is much better, but he's still very angry and wants to come home. I hate Alzheimers and what it's done to my dad. This Christmas is gonna suck. Bah freakin humbug.
Freaking pelicle.... must be some robust bacteria.
You hack that up last week?
Bonus annoyance: highway drivers on the offramp who stay in the right turn lane till the end and then cut into the left hand lane 10 metres before the intersection to "skip" the congestion. YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF CONGESTION.
Do the zipper!
They do it in New Jersey and traffic moves smoothly.
Do the zipper!
Do the zipper!
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