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Post by bluepride on Jun 9, 2010 10:56:53 GMT -5
I actually do send back some of those envelopes so that they have to pay postage. But even so, sometimes I get mail anyway afterwards. And I get really upset when I end up calling a gay organization or magazine and the queen who answers takes it personally and gets bitchy with me. That happens from time to time. Then there are those who are just great about it. Those are rare, though.
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Post by bluepride on Jun 21, 2010 12:06:36 GMT -5
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Post by TheBear on Jun 21, 2010 22:34:00 GMT -5
Another pet peeve: Did you ever sit at a light behind another driver who you thought was going to drive straight ahead? Then, after the light turns green, he decides to use his directional signal (which sometimes is a miracle in itself!) and make a s-l-o-w left or right turn at a snail's pace?? HAHAHA... oh my! Well, it might be a good thing to avoid driving in Florida, Tommy. Now, I LOVE Florida - and will eventually move there - but the place is crawling with OLD DUFFERS like MOI! ... and we ALL drive! ;D You see, when we wake up from our nap - hopefully not too long after the light turns green - it takes a bit to become oriented to where the hell we are. We DO try to be considerate about turning to get out of your way. (Sigh,) unfortunately, it is often we turn in front of the car coming from the other direction. OOOPS. BUT, that does wake us up enough so we then remember to turn on our signal - uh, well, sometimes we remember... although it might be after we have already turned. But that's okay. Just smile, have another cookie and remember that somehow we old fossils managed to get to the grocery store parking lot without our glasses or hearing aid batteries. Oh, here's another stoplight. I can take another quick nap... Ursus Antiquitus _____________________
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Post by burner on Jun 22, 2010 0:10:53 GMT -5
Another pet peeve: Did you ever sit at a light behind another driver who you thought was going to drive straight ahead? Then, after the light turns green, he decides to use his directional signal (which sometimes is a miracle in itself!) and make a s-l-o-w left or right turn at a snail's pace?? Ah, to have the laid back attitude and good sense of humor about it, as Bear does! What a joy. Unfortunately, I'm much more in tune with Bluepride's feeling on the matter. The smoke comes out of my nostrils (don't ask what words come out of my mouth!) when this happens. Equally frustrating is the guy who DOES have his left-turn directional signal blinking...while he's stopped about a car length from the intersection...doesn't make the quick turn as it changes, doesn't pull into the intersection to wait for an opening, and just SITS THERE while the light turns red again!!!!
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Post by TheBear on Jun 22, 2010 9:39:42 GMT -5
<<<Burner wrote: Ah, to have the laid back attitude and good sense of humor about it, as Bear does! What a joy. ;D Unfortunately... (blue smoke, naughty words, 4-digit blood pressure ... )>>> ... oh dear! Perhaps I shall need to add the "California ingredient" into the dough for the next batch of BluePride break room cookies. Still, I have to admit that I DO understand BluePride and Burner's point of view. I suppose I've lived so long in NorCal - and have become so SanFrancisco-ized - that the "hang loose, soy-milk, bean sprouts, and veggie burger on a toasted rice cake" mindset has permanently permeated my pelt with pastoral peace. (oh brother! HAHAHA!) Of course, please understand that I am thoroughly up to date, however. Whereas I was suspicious of the whole idea of "when you come to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair" back in the 60s, I now have adapted that by simply wearing Depends with a pretty palm tree design. ;D ...and perhaps a little glitter in my ponytail for the Pride parade! In the mean time, if you see a rather "unique" looking OLD bear in the vehicle below at the intersection in front of you, know that there might be a sight delay... Bear
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Post by bluepride on Jun 22, 2010 11:39:12 GMT -5
Hey Bear, I wasn't referring to older people driving this way! But, if the ruby slippers fit, Dorothy...... ;D I was actually referring to younger people, drain bramaged girls doing their nails while they drive and every other type under the sun! <<<I suppose I've lived so long in NorCal - and have become so SanFrancisco-ized - that the "hang loose, soy-milk, bean sprouts, and veggie burger on a toasted rice cake" mindset has permanently permeated my pelt with pastoral peace. (oh brother! HAHAHA!)>>> I've heard about that type!! It's really sad, isn't it, to be one of those???
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Post by TheBear on Jun 22, 2010 12:41:08 GMT -5
SMOOCH! (Bear licks Tommy's ear... and carefully hands him a low-fat, lactose-free, soy flour and almond paste wafer...) Sorry, I can't talk now... my nails aren't dry. (me thinks Tommy is just envious of my strawberry-creme color BearMobile! VROOM VROOM! AaaaaOOOOooGa!)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2010 16:44:14 GMT -5
My main pet peeve is gay people who do NOTHING to help the community except to talk. Talk is cheap. They talk about the job, they talk about the latest party, they talk about everything except what THEY are doing to benefit LGBT people in law enforcement and the community at large. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.
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Post by burner on May 25, 2011 2:48:46 GMT -5
Nine months is just TOO long for no one to post to this most cathartic of threads. Some of our newer members may not even realize it exists, which would be a total shame. So allow me. ;D And no, this time it's not another road-rage-rant (though I probably could, again, but I'm being good). No, this is about audience "participation" when none is sought or called for.
When I attend a live performance, be it a concert, musical theater, whatever, I am paying to watch those on stage perform. I do NOT want to watch some a**hole wannabes (in front of me, no less) raising their arms above their head , waving their hands and swaying their bodies to the music.
I do NOT want to have my view of the stage blocked by some idiot who has to STAND UP while those on stage are performing (deserved standing ovations being the exception).
I do NOT want to be distracted by some yahoos who think they have to get up and "dance" in the aisles when the orchestra is playing onstage.
I do NOT want to hear audience members (usually those sitting within my hearing distance) sing along with the performer! Or worse, HUM along!
Damn it, when I pay a hefty ticket price I want to see/hear/enjoy what I paid to see. Keep the "audience participation" for a Karaoke Bar...a venue at which you won't catch me dead! ;D
There. I feel so much better now.
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Post by bluepride on May 25, 2011 11:48:19 GMT -5
Ha ha....!! What happened?? Someone stand up in their seat at a Patti Page concert???!!!! ;D
But, yes....This is a good and cathartic thread that has been under used. And maybe this is my pet peeve. There are a number of threads here that are under used.
Get more involved, people!!!
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Post by hcsodale on May 25, 2011 18:55:01 GMT -5
OK Burner, what did you go see that got you all fired up? I would like to see "The Book of Mormon" and "The Normal Heart".
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Post by burner on May 26, 2011 0:33:33 GMT -5
Ha ha....!! What happened?? Someone stand up in their seat at a Patti Page concert???!!!! ;D But, yes....This is a good and cathartic thread that has been under used. And maybe this is my pet peeve. There are a number of threads here that are under used. Get more involved, people!!! ROFLMAO No, Bluepride, it wasn't a Patti Page concerty...or a Jeanette MacDonald concert either! In fact it wasn't anything I'd seen recently (at the theater) that got me wired. It was watching Oprah Winfrey's second-to-last show yesterday (Tuesday) and seeing those hands-over-head-waving, body-side-to-side-swaying idiots saying "Look at ME!" that brought back the irritating memories. I know. I need to get a life. [It's a good thing such juvenile actions weren't the norm at Judy Garland concerts or I would have kicked someone in the gonads. Nothing would get those hands down faster, or get them back into their seat quicker than Judy could hit the next high note!]
Dale, I don't know anyone, personally, who has seen The Book of Mormon, but I've heard it's very entertaining...and very "blue". I did see The Normal Heart when it was first produced Off Broadway, back in the 80s, and it was riveting. Joel Grey had replaced Brad Davis in the lead role by the time I saw it and it was a sensation for its time. Of course it was in the early years of the AIDS epidemic and it made quite an impact on those of us in the gay community who either knew someone with it or worried about who among our friends and acquaintences might be next. On the way to the Public Theatre's auditorium one had to pass through a small lobby where, on the walls, whichever way you looked, were listed the names of those who had already died of the disease. The impact cannot be adequately described, but it definitely set the mood for what we were about to see on stage. I doubt that that same mood can be felt today, almost 30 years later, but nothing can diminish the play itself. If you do get to see it, you won't be disappointed.
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Post by bluepride on May 26, 2011 22:33:12 GMT -5
Not Patti Page, huh?? Maybe Peggy??? Hmmmm???
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Post by burner on Jun 8, 2011 0:19:06 GMT -5
Not Patti Page, huh?? Maybe Peggy??? Hmmmm??? You're so bad
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Post by burner on Jul 5, 2011 0:19:35 GMT -5
OK. Let me start out by asking: "Am I the only curmudgeon with "pet peeves"? Well I don't care. I've got another one and it's been a while since I vented, so here I go (again).
Tonight (July 4) I watched the Independence Day festivities from Washington (PBS), New York (NBC) and Boston (CBS). Each, of course, had someone sing the Star Spangled Banner. In Boston, at least, it was sung properly!!!! Those who sang it in both D.C. and NYC sounded like they had feathers up their butts, causing them to shreik and sound like coyotes howling at the moon.
Few things piss me off more than some damned "diva" thinking that she and her "interpretation" of the national anthem can improve on the way it was originally written! I don't need wailing and screeching and improv when I listen to the anthem. I don't need it, I don't like it, I don't want it. And I'm all in favor of shooting any SOB who can't ... or WON'T ... sing it straight! And if it means digging up Kate Smith every year to do it right, so be it.
And that's all I have to say about that.
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