UO Thursday

valigrl21

As a west coaster, this is usually well underway by the time I get up. But not today, so I am getting this started.

Ready, set go!

valigrl21

And I thought of a few...

1.) I don't like it when people post pinterest type things on facebook. Like when someone posts a great recipe or a how-to on facebook - that's what pinterest is for!

2.) I kind of miss all the birth stories. Don't get me wrong, I am glad we all have had our babies, but I like reading the stories about how everyone's babies got here.

joynalanson

I don't like Scandal. I actually hate it based on ppl's obsession with it. It's like Harry potter. I'd like to see how far I can go without watching. The longer I go the more shocking it is to ppl.

km_md

valigrl21 said:

And I thought of a few...

1.) I don't like it when people post pinterest type things on facebook. Like when someone posts a great recipe or a how-to on facebook - that's what pinterest is for!

I completely agree with this. I hate when someone pins a whole bunch of things and then it takes up my entire FB feed. If someone cares about what you pin, they will have pinterest and can follow you there. 

bnik

Is today really Thursday?! I thought it was Wednesday

Hmvbaby14

I can't stand when people complain about other people's weddings. They are not getting married for you. I also hate when people try to plan a wedding around everyone else's preferences. You will not make everyone happy so just do what you want!

slmille4

@joyanalanson. I actually don't like scandal either, just grey's and even now I watch it just cause I've watched it for so long. The stories are starin to get redundant and I think they should just end it soon. Not to say it doesn't still shock me (I'm pretty sure I let out an audible gasp when Jackson stood up).

1)
I hate when people have relationship problems and post them on Facebook. Now we know you all were fighting and it makes for super awkwardness when we see you again.

2) please don't post on Facebook the moment you have a positive pregnancy test, because I won't be happy for you yet. Wait till you get out of the first trimester. (Happened to a highschool friend, and then had to tell the Facebook world that she had a miscarriage, had to be a million times harder)

ChuggingWater

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

ccip82

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

As someone who cannot do this, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone drives standard cars in UK and Europe.

cnwilbur1030

I don't like the newborn stage. I love my LO of course, but he's kind of a blob. I like sitting but not mobile stage.

ccip82

Driving on the opposite side of the road really is not that tricky. A lot of Americans I know in the UK are scared to drive because of this...I think that is pretty stupid. 

ehepner

I don't like the new born stage either! They're all work and no play! I'm so looking forward to seeing some emotion on this kid -aside from angry. It doesn't help that DD is at such a fun stage.

ChuggingWater

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

As someone who cannot do this, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone drives standard cars in UK and Europe.

I bought my car and didn't know how to drive it! My exSIL taught me.

ccip82

ChuggingWater said:

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

As someone who cannot do this, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone drives standard cars in UK and Europe.

I bought my car and didn't know how to drive it! My exSIL taught me.

If I did not have to drive around here with kids, I would have tried learning how to drive standard, but with all the hills, city stop and go traffic, plus having my babies in the car...it was safer to buy an automatic.

worleygirl

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

As someone who cannot do this, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone drives standard cars in UK and Europe.

I bought my car and didn't know how to drive it! My exSIL taught me.

If I did not have to drive around here with kids, I would have tried learning how to drive standard, but with all the hills, city stop and go traffic, plus having my babies in the car...it was safer to buy an automatic.

We had to sell my standard Civic when we got married bc DH just could not master driving it lol

bnik

Ice cream is my least favorite dessert. The only time I ever actually eat it us if my husband wants to go out for some or buys a kind I can tolerate.
I prefer baked goods, cake,pie, and cookies!

valigrl21

bnik said:

Is today really Thursday?! I thought it was Wednesday

You made me second guess myself, but according to my iPhone it is Thursday

slmille4

ashleyfinn23 said:

I don't think that Governor Jan Brewer should have vetoed SB1062. I think everyone who said it was discriminating against gays and attacked anyone who supported it are hypocrites because they are then discriminating against the business owners religious freedom.

This is probably bad of me to get into this because I'm very passionate about this but ....how about we just go back to the 1950s and segregate blacks and whites because a group of people thought it was their right to do this.

Eta: that's not to say that you are wrong and I am right, you have your opinion and I have mine and it's really hard to change people's opinions on things but it just rings very close to discrimination/segregation.

ChuggingWater

ashleyfinn23 said:

I don't think that Governor Jan Brewer should have vetoed SB1062. I think everyone who said it was discriminating against gays and attacked anyone who supported it are hypocrites because they are then discriminating against the business owners religious freedom.

I don't know if I have enough candy to sit here and watch this explode.

ChuggingWater

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

As someone who cannot do this, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone drives standard cars in UK and Europe.

I bought my car and didn't know how to drive it! My exSIL taught me.

If I did not have to drive around here with kids, I would have tried learning how to drive standard, but with all the hills, city stop and go traffic, plus having my babies in the car...it was safer to buy an automatic.

I had to teach my sister before she went to Beligum (she was a live-in nanny).

ccip82

ChuggingWater said:

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

As someone who cannot do this, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone drives standard cars in UK and Europe.

I bought my car and didn't know how to drive it! My exSIL taught me.

If I did not have to drive around here with kids, I would have tried learning how to drive standard, but with all the hills, city stop and go traffic, plus having my babies in the car...it was safer to buy an automatic.

I had to teach my sister before she went to Beligum (she was a live-in nanny).

FFTC: My best friend tried teaching me over a three month period in high school and I completely sucked at driving standard. We would go to an empty church parking lot almost everyday after school...I just could not get the hang of the clutch and gear shift.

daltosostarby

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

ccip82 said:

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

As someone who cannot do this, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Everyone drives standard cars in UK and Europe.

I bought my car and didn't know how to drive it! My exSIL taught me.

If I did not have to drive around here with kids, I would have tried learning how to drive standard, but with all the hills, city stop and go traffic, plus having my babies in the car...it was safer to buy an automatic.

I had to teach my sister before she went to Beligum (she was a live-in nanny).



FFTC: My best friend tried teaching me over a three month period in high school and I completely sucked at driving standard. We would go to an empty church parking lot almost everyday after school...I just could not get the hang of the clutch and gear shift.

I had to learn standard when I was in high school. My father thought it was good to just take me driving in town to learn...needless to say I stalled it at every light and stop sign I had to stop at. So NOT a good way to teach your child.

peanutmuse

ChuggingWater said:

Everyone should be able to drive a standard transmission.

...while they are playing dominoes?

@ChuggingWater

I just love how you roll with the UOs.

ccip82

slmille4 said:

I don't think that Governor Jan Brewer should have vetoed SB1062. I think everyone who said it was discriminating against gays and attacked anyone who supported it are hypocrites because they are then discriminating against the business owners religious freedom.

This is probably bad of me to get into this because I'm very passionate about this but ....how about we just go back to the 1950s and segregate blacks and whites because a group of people thought it was their right to do this. Eta: that's not to say that you are wrong and I am right, you have your opinion and I have mine and it's really hard to change people's opinions on things but it just rings very close to discrimination/segregation.

I am going to come right out and say it...I do not understand social conservatives. I feel as though many of them hide behind the bible as way to be discriminate and hate other groups of people. Also, they are ruining the Republican party and causing people like myself who are socially liberal, but more fiscally conservative to leave the party because of their asinine social beliefs. 

Did I just create an ensuing shitstorm? LMK

peanutmuse

slmille4 said:

I don't think that Governor Jan Brewer should have vetoed SB1062. I think everyone who said it was discriminating against gays and attacked anyone who supported it are hypocrites because they are then discriminating against the business owners religious freedom.

This is probably bad of me to get into this because I'm very passionate about this but ....how about we just go back to the 1950s and segregate blacks and whites because a group of people thought it was their right to do this.

Slow hand clap @slmlle4. I like you.

Deblondie1

ashleyfinn23 said:

I don't think that Governor Jan Brewer should have vetoed SB1062. I think everyone who said it was discriminating against gays and attacked anyone who supported it are hypocrites because they are then discriminating against the business owners religious freedom.

This is probably bad of me to get into this because I'm very passionate about this but ....how about we just go back to the 1950s and segregate blacks and whites because a group of people thought it was their right to do this. Eta: that's not to say that you are wrong and I am right, you have your opinion and I have mine and it's really hard to change people's opinions on things but it just rings very close to discrimination/segregation.

I'm not for the whole purpose of what everyone thought it was. Everyone believed it was that any business owner has the right to refuse service just because someone is gay. I'm not for that. However, there was a case in Washington where a gay couple had been customers of a bakery for years. The bakery never turned them away as regular customers. This couple then asked to have a wedding cake made by this bakery and the bakery turned them away because of their religious beliefs. This couple is now suing the bakery for discrimination because they are gay even though the bakery had previously served them. If this law was in place in Arizona it would protect business owners from this sort of situation.

Well you win for a definite UO that doesn't shine an awesome light on you. I haven't had enough coffee yet so I'm going to hang out and watch this unfold.

valigrl21

ChuggingWater said:

ashleyfinn23 said:

I don't think that Governor Jan Brewer should have vetoed SB1062. I think everyone who said it was discriminating against gays and attacked anyone who supported it are hypocrites because they are then discriminating against the business owners religious freedom.

I don't know if I have enough candy to sit here and watch this explode.

If you run out and need more, I suggest this

Its like a butterfinger and a peanut butter cup had a baby! it's amazing!

slmille4

Aww @peanutmuse you're making me blush.... ">

jwp325

@ChuggingWater I just cracked open a new bag of Gummi Bears. I'll share with you.

I've got an appointment with lactation soon but look forward to reading all the fun when I get home.

mkat10414

Well, this should make for a good read when I get off work at 8.
Carry on, ladies!
And might I just add, while it would have discriminated against gay people, it more than likely would have targeted those of different ethnic backgrounds as well, like it was said earlier it would be like going back to the 1950s etc. Oh and I could see it going super well when the first white person was turned away from a business due to "religious reasons". I'm sure Arizona would have loved their law then...

peanutmuse

sapatel1 said:

My UO is that my least favorite part of the bible says, "Thou shalt not make baked goods for the gays."

Bahahaha!

Roses87

I don't get why they air golf tournaments on tv. By far the most boring, pointless thing to watch.

My husband constantly has it on and it drives me crazy.

Roses87

I also think pandora bracelets are childish, ugly and stupid. Their commercials annoy me.

This may be a UO...

ccip82

ashleyfinn23 said:

My UO is that my least favorite part of the bible says, "Thou shalt not make baked goods for the gays."

It's not the fact of making baked goods, it was the fact that it was for a wedding. The business owners religious beliefs were against gay marriage which would entail them being against provided that said service for them.

Wedding cakes are effing expensive...If I was a smart business owner, I would have so made that cake...

slmille4

MarBee1214 said:

sapatel1 said:

My UO is that my least favorite part of the bible says, "Thou shalt not make baked goods for the gays."

While I understand this was meant as comedy...it brings me to an important point.  I think that as a business owner or employee in any customer service job (which covers nearly every job you can think of except my exception in this example) you should never have the right to turn away anyone for race, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, etc.  However Priests and  Pastors have had this right for a long time.  They can refuse to wed a divorced woman to another man, they can refuse to baptize a baby of an unwed mother, they can refuse to marry a gay couple.  That qualifies as a religious exemption in my book, just as I as a nurse can refuse to participate in an abortion.  

If you draw the line somewhere (i.e. pastors can do this but a business owner cannot) then what is right and what is wrong?  Should everyone have to participate in things they don't believe in? 

I in no way support this bill whatsoever...but it raises interesting questions

That does bring up a very good point. I think with at least pastors and priests you are belonging to said group because you share beliefs. If the person of the group did something against the beliefs they don't get the perks, etc. I know wih me it was frustrating because I had to do a month to month lease with my apt for two months before out wedding because if I moved in with DH his dad would not perform the ceremony. So we went by the "rules".

ccip82

@MarBee1214

I guess this just shows that we are money grubbing bishes who lack a moral compass

ababymaybe

On a lighter note, I am glad the olympics are over so I can return to my regularly scheduled trashy TV (Scandal).

MamaP19

ccip82 said:

@MarBee1214

I guess this just shows that we are money grubbing bishes who lack a moral compass

Count me in as well. Who cares what the cake is for if it's paying my bills? Call me naive, but if I were a business owner and concerned myself with the private lives of my customers, I would probably refuse to serve everyone for one reason or another. 

km_md

MarBee1214 said:

I don't enjoy watching the winter olympics

I enjoyed it at first. It was nice to have something on TV when I got up in the middle of the night to nurse, but by the end I was tired of it all. 

nolagal79

ashleyfinn23 said:

sapatel1 said:

My UO is that my least favorite part of the bible says, "Thou shalt not make baked goods for the gays."

It's not the fact of making baked goods, it was the fact that it was for a wedding. The business owners religious beliefs were against gay marriage which would entail them being against provided that said service for them.

I wonder if said bakery sold baked goods to the couple and then the couple sat down and planned their wedding while eating said baked goods. GASP......then the bakery lost out on a shit ton of money just bc they didn't want to be part of the wedding, yet they already were. Ignorance will unfortunately never die.

pinkyxboo

I'm all for people having a right to practice their religious beliefs... But the part that gets me is that this law would've been the perfect opportunity for people to use said "religious beliefs" to turn away people because they just didn't like one certain aspect of their lifestyle. Like everyone was saying, this law would've been used to target mostly gay couples. It's the whole "pick and choose" crap that bothers the hell out of me. You see all these people against gay marriage and speaking out saying the Bible says its bad.... But do you see the same response to people who are divorced...people who have sex out of wedlock? All of these things are also wrong according to the Bible, but I sure don't see or hear very many business owners turning away those people. If your going to use the whole "religious beliefs" argument, then it's all or nothing.. You're not allowed to turn away the gay couple because the bible says it's wrong, but then make a cake for the lady who cheated on her first 3 husbands and is now marrying another man. You can't pick and choose because when you do, it's at that point it becomes discrimination rather then just "religious beliefs".