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kristine526 · January 2014

So I don't get called out on slacking again... What do you have today?

And please, make it good. We got more-than-expected snow that I just had to drive to work in and I could use some action. ;-)

kristine526 · January 2014

Going off my OP, my opinion is that if you're a meteorologist, you should be required to be somewhere in the ballpark of "correct" at least half the time. If you're blatantly wrong more than half the time, you get fired. Yes, I get it, it's a difficult science when Mother Nature does what she wants, but seriously, a "dusting" doesn't completely cover all of the fucking roads.

Oh, and another one, I think that if you're driving a snow plow truck, call me crazy, but your blade should be down. You shouldn't be driving around with it up and laughing at all of the people (like me) who are having a difficult time driving in it.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I'm beyond ready for Spring/Summer.

ErikaLynn75 · January 2014

I hate spending money on music. I might be the only person I know that doesn't have an iPod or any sort of mp3 device (I do have a Droid phone, so I guess I could download music if I wanted to, but I don't). I just listen to the radio in the car, and Pandora in the house or on my phone when I work out. It just seems like a waste of money to buy music when I'm perfectly content with the free stuff.

That being said, I don't judge people who do spend money on music. My husband downloads music all the time, and pays for XM radio in his car. He likes music that isn't as easy to find on the radio, so I guess that's the difference between us.

pistolpackinmomma · January 2014

kristine526 said:
Going off my OP, my opinion is that if you're a meteorologist, you should be required to be somewhere in the ballpark of "correct" at least half the time. If you're blatantly wrong more than half the time, you get fired. Yes, I get it, it's a difficult science when Mother Nature does what she wants, but seriously, a "dusting" doesn't completely cover all of the fucking roads.

Oh, and another one, I think that if you're driving a snow plow truck, call me crazy, but your blade should be down. You shouldn't be driving around with it up and laughing at all of the people (like me) who are having a difficult time driving in it.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I'm beyond ready for Spring/Summer.

Weatherman....the only job you can be wrong more times than right and still have a job!

busterbeagle · January 2014

I can't participate in UO until TB fixes the avatars. I can't handle the uncertainty of the inevitable love its with these stupid rings. I need the validation of familiar, non-crazy faces at the bottom of my potentially-but-probably-not controversial opinions.

Kate070 · January 2014

ErikaLynn75 said:

I hate spending money on music. I might be the only person I know that doesn't have an iPod or any sort of mp3 device (I do have a Droid phone, so I guess I could download music if I wanted to, but I don't). I just listen to the radio in the car, and Pandora in the house or on my phone when I work out. It just seems like a waste of money to buy music when I'm perfectly content with the free stuff.

That being said, I don't judge people who do spend money on music. My husband downloads music all the time, and pays for XM radio in his car. He likes music that isn't as easy to find on the radio, so I guess that's the difference between us.

I'm like this with a lot of things. It probably stems from the fact that I was quite broke for awhile, but I just don't get the whole consumerist mentality. I really don't care if my things aren't all the newest or top of the line, and I'm happy to get things from thrift stores. So often I hear people go on about what designer this or that they got, and I just can't get the excitement. It just seems so impractical!

pandadair · January 2014

ErikaLynn75 said:

I hate spending money on music. I might be the only person I know that doesn't have an iPod or any sort of mp3 device (I do have a Droid phone, so I guess I could download music if I wanted to, but I don't). I just listen to the radio in the car, and Pandora in the house or on my phone when I work out. It just seems like a waste of money to buy music when I'm perfectly content with the free stuff.

That being said, I don't judge people who do spend money on music. My husband downloads music all the time, and pays for XM radio in his car. He likes music that isn't as easy to find on the radio, so I guess that's the difference between us.

I'm the same way. Except I guess my UO (or FFFC) is that I have a ton of music on my 8-year-old iPod because I was a torrenting fiend when I was younger. This baby is never going to have any music exposure, because all I listen to in the car now is NPR like an old fart.

pistolpackinmomma · January 2014

busterbeagle said:
I can't participate in UO until TB fixes the avatars. I can't handle the uncertainty of the inevitable love its with these stupid rings. I need the validation of familiar, non-crazy faces at the bottom of my potentially-but-probably-not controversial opinions.

Sorry, I had to do it.

DaisyTortilla · January 2014

I don't believe in doing favors for family. Well, extended family that is, like uncles, aunts and cousins. Why? Because when I did do them, that would email me at the ass crack of dawn or holy crap late (when I was doing homework for college!) and ask for something to be done, in that instant! My uncle has a business where he translates documents from English to Spanish. He would send me like 5 documents, can you correct them? Well my shit is more important, so...no! My mom was pissed when I said no, she said 'one day I would need a favor from them!' Yeah well, I'm not an idiot I'll do it myself! Till this day, never needed anything from them, meanwhile they need crap everyday. (Not from me thou!)

pandadair · January 2014

Kate070 said:

ErikaLynn75 said:

I hate spending money on music. I might be the only person I know that doesn't have an iPod or any sort of mp3 device (I do have a Droid phone, so I guess I could download music if I wanted to, but I don't). I just listen to the radio in the car, and Pandora in the house or on my phone when I work out. It just seems like a waste of money to buy music when I'm perfectly content with the free stuff.

That being said, I don't judge people who do spend money on music. My husband downloads music all the time, and pays for XM radio in his car. He likes music that isn't as easy to find on the radio, so I guess that's the difference between us.

I'm like this with a lot of things. It probably stems from the fact that I was quite broke for awhile, but I just don't get the whole consumerist mentality. I really don't care if my things aren't all the newest or top of the line, and I'm happy to get things from thrift stores. So often I hear people go on about what designer this or that they got, and I just can't get the excitement. It just seems to impractical!

I was going to say the same thing! See my above reference to an iPod I got in the summer of 2005. Shit still works. I almost had an aneurysm when my in-laws bought both me and my husband an iPad mini for Christmas. I can think of almost zero instances where we both need to have one.

Christinaruth74 · January 2014

busterbeagle said:

I can't participate in UO until TB fixes the avatars. I can't handle the uncertainty of the inevitable love its with these stupid rings. I need the validation of familiar, non-crazy faces at the bottom of my potentially-but-probably-not controversial opinions.

THIS. when certain bumpies love me, i get tingly inside.
when champagne glasses and 3 tiered cakes like me, i just get thirsty and hungry.

MamaCheez · January 2014

I get irritated when people say I have 'ways to go' till May. I'm super impatient and when I start to get excited that it's getting closer, someone knocks me down off my happy horse.

Miles2Go · January 2014

I just loved everything simply to be a frustrating anonymous ring at the bottom.

typeset · January 2014

Miles2Go said:

I just loved everything simply to be a frustrating anonymous ring at the bottom.

That's what she said?

pistolpackinmomma · January 2014

MamaCheez said:
I get irritated when people say I have 'ways to go' till May. I'm super impatient and when I start to get excited that it's getting closer, someone knocks me down off my happy horse.

See and I get annoyed by the "the baby will be here before you know it" comments. One if DH's aunts kept saying that last time and finally I looked at her and said pretty sure I'll know when he's coming and pretty sure I'll know before you. She was also a repeat offender with belly rubbing.

ykristos · January 2014

busterbeagle said:

I can't participate in UO until TB fixes the avatars. I can't handle the uncertainty of the inevitable love its with these stupid rings. I need the validation of familiar, non-crazy faces at the bottom of my potentially-but-probably-not controversial opinions.

Right? I feel like I've lost my identity, and it's lost in a sea of engagement ring-faced strangers.

CopperPoppy · January 2014

I'm glad the avatar thing is not just my problem.

My UO is that even though I consider myself pretty tech savvy, I only want to use iPhones. My husband has had droid phones for the last few years and constantly tells me they are better. My brain just can't handle it. It's just too complicated. My iPhones last forever and I just don't understand the appeal of a huge screen that doesn't fit in my pocket. Now if only iPhones were less expensive.

pandadair · January 2014

CopperPoppy said:

I'm glad the avatar thing is not just my problem. My UO is that even though I consider myself pretty tech savvy, I only want to use iPhones. My husband has had droid phones for the last few years and constantly tells me they are better. My brain just can't handle it. It's just too complicated. My iPhones last forever and I just don't understand the appeal of a huge screen that doesn't fit in my pocket. Now if only iPhones were less expensive.

I just made the switch to a Galaxy SIII (holla at not buying the new stuff), and I lurv it. It pisses me off that, if you need a new battery in your iPhone, you have to pay $80 and ship it to Apple. What kind of shit is that? I can buy and replace the battery on this phone for like $10. I don't keep my phone in my pocket, though, so there is that.

Ladiebug30 · January 2014

Not really a UO but this abundance of engagement rings has made me decide to quit being lazy and actually use a real pic for my avatar. I never realized how much that helps me identify the poster. No wonder I get picked last at dodge ball ...

IBackBevo · January 2014

I hope this isn't unpopular, but it seems like it is with some:

Disagreeing with someone or having a different opinion from another poster does not equate to flaming or being mean or cruel to them. And it certainly isn't bullying.

ebox322 · January 2014

Mines kinda lame but I fully plan on putting a bow on this little lady like...pretty much everyday.

That being said, my UO is I cannot STAND the baby girls with a 10lb bow on their tiny little heads. DH is from super country west Texas and apparently you don't actually have a baby girl unless her bow outweighs her head down there.

julesf817 · January 2014

CopperPoppy said:

I'm glad the avatar thing is not just my problem. My UO is that even though I consider myself pretty tech savvy, I only want to use iPhones. My husband has had droid phones for the last few years and constantly tells me they are better. My brain just can't handle it. It's just too complicated. My iPhones last forever and I just don't understand the appeal of a huge screen that doesn't fit in my pocket. Now if only iPhones were less expensive.

i'm with you there. I had an android before my iphone. it was a great phone, but after a year or so, is slowly started to suck. by the time i got rid of it it was slow, and awful. i switched to the iphone, and i've had for a year and a half, and i have not had ONE single problem with it. it never lags, never freezes, is never slow. the only negative i can think of is that i wish i'd gotten the one with more memory, because i take way too many photos and i hate deleting things off my phone even after i back them up. it's like i'm a picture hoarder.

sisterjanet · January 2014

pistolpackinmomma said:

Going off my OP, my opinion is that if you're a meteorologist, you should be required to be somewhere in the ballpark of "correct" at least half the time. If you're blatantly wrong more than half the time, you get fired. Yes, I get it, it's a difficult science when Mother Nature does what she wants, but seriously, a "dusting" doesn't completely cover all of the fucking roads.

Oh, and another one, I think that if you're driving a snow plow truck, call me crazy, but your blade should be down. You shouldn't be driving around with it up and laughing at all of the people (like me) who are having a difficult time driving in it.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I'm beyond ready for Spring/Summer.
Weatherman....the only job you can be wrong more times than right and still have a job!

Weathermen and baseball players, at least the hitters. A 400 batting average is beyond amazing, which means more than half the time it's not working out for you.

bumpuser9353653 · January 2014

ebox322 said:
Mines kinda lame but I fully plan on putting a bow on this little lady like...pretty much everyday.

That being said, my UO is I cannot STAND the baby girls with a 10lb bow on their tiny little heads. DH is from super country west Texas and apparently you don't actually have a baby girl unless her bow outweighs her head down there.

Oh I know! DH has a younger cousin in TX that had a baby girl about a year ago and that poor thing had huge bows on her bald little head in almost every photo.
I got lucky that DD had a full head of hair so I never felt the need to accessorize (and the head bands just slipped right off anyway)

kristine526 · January 2014

ebox322 said:

Mines kinda lame but I fully plan on putting a bow on this little lady like...pretty much everyday. That being said, my UO is I cannot STAND the baby girls with a 10lb bow on their tiny little heads. DH is from super country west Texas and apparently you don't actually have a baby girl unless her bow outweighs her head down there.

Like this one?

pandadair · January 2014

kristine526 said:

ebox322 said:

Mines kinda lame but I fully plan on putting a bow on this little lady like...pretty much everyday. That being said, my UO is I cannot STAND the baby girls with a 10lb bow on their tiny little heads. DH is from super country west Texas and apparently you don't actually have a baby girl unless her bow outweighs her head down there.

Like this one?

I do believe those are the lucky children of the "the higher the hair, the closer to God" crowd.

ebox322 · January 2014

kristine526 said:

ebox322 said:

Mines kinda lame but I fully plan on putting a bow on this little lady like...pretty much everyday.

That being said, my UO is I cannot STAND the baby girls with a 10lb bow on their tiny little heads. DH is from super country west Texas and apparently you don't actually have a baby girl unless her bow outweighs her head down there.

Like this one?

ERMAGHERD! Yes! Oh god I can't even look, and the animal print....oh the animal print YIKES

spinsoffresonance · January 2014

My UO is that I really hate the concept of baby showers. I find it kind of offensive to invite people to a party where the sole purpose is them bringing me gifts. Sure I get someone else is hosting, but same difference. I feel that if people want to get me a gift for the baby they will, whether I have a shower or not. But it is rude to assume people would have given me gifts and require them to, by inviting them to a shower. That's all!

ebox322 · January 2014

HAHAHAHA @pandadair exactly, woof...you should see my monster-in-law. She gives Snooki circa 2012 a run for her money

pandadair · January 2014

ebox322 said:

HAHAHAHA @pandadair exactly, woof...you should see my monster-in-law. She gives Snooki circa 2012 a run for her money

She probably would've fit right in at the BFE East Texas shower I was at this last weekend. I can only take so much of the accents and insights before I want to die, and I'm a born-and-raised Texan.

Storrmys · January 2014

I hate the cable company.
Internet was not working right for a.couple days . So I call and they tell me its the modem all of a sudden.. I drive to the office ( which is not close) come home and the stupid new modem doesn't work and is not showing in their system ... Really ??!! So now honey is on his way back to get yet another one ... Bet there's no credit on the bill for this aggravation and gas we are wasting for their faulty equipment.
Let me say again .... I hate the cable company !!!

JessElam · January 2014

RugbyMamma said:

Mines kinda lame but I fully plan on putting a bow on this little lady like...pretty much everyday. That being said, my UO is I cannot STAND the baby girls with a 10lb bow on their tiny little heads. DH is from super country west Texas and apparently you don't actually have a baby girl unless her bow outweighs her head down there.

Oh I know! DH has a younger cousin in TX that had a baby girl about a year ago and that poor thing had huge bows on her bald little head in almost every photo. I got lucky that DD had a full head of hair so I never felt the need to accessorize (and the head bands just slipped right off anyway)

I know someone whose daughter had a massively huge bow, and a onsie that went along with it that said something to the effect of "the bigger the bow the better the mom". WTF?? That kid is going to have neck problems from trying to hold the weight of that damn thing! Some bows are cute and can be done very tastful - but those big gaudy bows are just tacky in my opinion. Especially the ones that are ZEBRA and HOT PINK!!

ebox322 · January 2014

pandadair said:

ebox322 said:

HAHAHAHA @pandadair exactly, woof...you should see my monster-in-law. She gives Snooki circa 2012 a run for her money

She probably would've fit right in at the BFE East Texas shower I was at this last weekend. I can only take so much of the accents and insights before I want to die, and I'm a born-and-raised Texan.

Girrrrrrrl, I feel you. BFE seriously is another world. Sometimes I can barely understand my ILs...."was that 'tire' or 'tower' that you're saying?!"

Our wedding was a fancy evening wedding in Dallas and there were more guests in jeans and cowboy hats than suits.

CamrynnsMommy · January 2014

I think it's lame when a couple shares a Facebook account.

To me it screams insecure and no trust.

JessElam · January 2014

I forgot to add my UO...baby talk. It makes my skin crawl when people talk like a pouty 4 year old to their children. It only encourages kids to be whiney and annoying.

pandadair · January 2014

@ebox222 Gawd, the accents! My dad did wear boots with his suit (he's also worn them for the last 30 years with his pilot uniform), but the only country-types at our wedding were all the in-laws from Indiana. Like, my husband's aunt got drunk and proceeded to dance, by herself, to She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy. Which she requested.

JessElam · January 2014

pandadair said:

ebox322 said:

HAHAHAHA @pandadair exactly, woof...you should see my monster-in-law. She gives Snooki circa 2012 a run for her money

She probably would've fit right in at the BFE East Texas shower I was at this last weekend. I can only take so much of the accents and insights before I want to die, and I'm a born-and-raised Texan.

OMG East Texas accents are the worst! So twangy and back woods sounding...(also coming from a native Texan!)

mrstengallonhat1 · January 2014

Ooh I have one today! I can.not.stand. bare belly maternity photos. They creep me out, and I don't think they're cute. I hate it even more when people post pictures of their unclothed bellies on FB. Ick.

sisterjanet · January 2014

lica001 said:

My UO is that I really hate the concept of baby showers. I find it kind of offensive to invite people to a party where the sole purpose is them bringing me gifts. Sure I get someone else is hosting, but same difference. I feel that if people want to get me a gift for the baby they will, whether I have a shower or not. But it is rude to assume people would have given me gifts and require them to, by inviting them to a shower. That's all!

I mostly agree with this. I hate being the center of attention and worry that being uncomfortable in front of people is read as not liking the presents. At least, I wish it were not assumed that any party about a baby is a shower. I tried having a family reunion/meet the baby kind of thing after my son was born but my mom and sister were seriously lobbying for it to be a baby shower.

83edwards · January 2014

@kristine526 That bow is hideous......omygeez!

@IbackBevo I actually feel like those people (you know, the ones that think that any kind of opinion that doesn't exactly align with what they want to hear about how misfortunate/entitled/mistreated/etc. they are) are the bullies.....I'm going to start telling them so much!!!

My UO

I don't want a baby shower. I really don't. Not at all. The idea of having one kind of makes me want to cry. Supporting reasons:

1. This is my third baby. Granted, it has been a LONG time since I had a baby (my youngest is 9) and I don't have ANY of the old baby things, but this is my first girl and the first time I have a child where I am financially able to buy the things I really want

2. I want to buy all the things. Myself. I want to take them home and unwrap them and wash them on my timeline. I get tired of hearing " What will people buy you for your shower if you keep buying things?" from people when they discover my baby stuff stash or when I accidentally mention things.

3. I have my people, but they annoy me right now. They keep asking me repetitive questions over and over. They buy me things that are ugly and stoopid. They buy me baby outfits with ugly mice on them and cheesy sayings. I cannot imagine being trapped in a room with all of them and their gifts for 5 minutes, yet alone 2 hours.

Even after saying these things (in a much more diplomatic way) these people insist that I need this shower. How do I make them stop???? All you girls on here that are excited/complaining about your shower, you can have mine. Seriously!

CamrynnsMommy · January 2014

MrsKTen said:
Ooh I have one today! I can.not.stand. bare belly maternity photos. They creep me out, and I don't think they're cute. I hate it even more when people post pictures of their unclothed bellies on FB. Ick.

Seriously, a chick on my FB feed, just posted a pic of her 8 weeks bare belly bump/bloat. 32 more fvcking weeks of that sh!t and I'll gouge my eyes out!

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