Pet peeves

I don't have road rage. I don't get THAT mad while driving. What would be the point? Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't get irritated enough to let slip a few bad words when other people's driving irritates me. Last week, two cars coming in the opposite direction passed a garbage truck in front of them - and they didn't care that they almost caused a head-on collision (with us!). That elicited more than just a few bad words from me (think finger gestures). They deserved it! Other things that irritate me: Tailgating. Whether it is the car behind me on my ... Read Full Story

I don't have road rage. I don't get THAT mad while driving. What would be the point? Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't get irritated enough to let slip a few bad words when other people's driving irritates me. Last week, two cars coming in the opposite direction passed a garbage truck in front of them - and they didn't care that they almost caused a head-on collision (with us!). That elicited more than just a few bad words from me (think finger gestures). They deserved it! Other things that irritate me: Tailgating. Whether it is the car behind me on my ... Read Full Story

I've touched on some of these things before, but thought it was about time to make one ultimate list of the things that bother me most on the roads. Anything you want to add, I'm always looking to expand my list. Your kid was student of the month at some ... Read Full Story

My Pet Peeves by Ron LeGrand As I go through life and deal with hundreds of people each month, sometimes it amazes me how some folks get to be adults and not get put out of their misery by some short tempered idiot who shoots first and thinks later. I rarely get mad or lose my temper, not even while I’m raising a 16 year old granddaughter going on 21 who thinks money is a right when one gets born, to be used up at will with a never ending supply and work is what you get for punishment if you don’t agree with ... Read Full Story

Remember that scene in “Reality Bites” in which Winona Ryder’s character is asked on the spot to define irony…but she can’t? I was remembering that over the weekend as my date cited instance after instance that he deemed “ironic.” The thing is, they weren’t. They were coincidental, or just unlucky. And it drove me nuts! I’m not the type to pick apart an Alanis Morrissette song, but I don’t like it when people use words they don’t understand. And as I listened to him talk, I realized that a) he was boring, and b) that I couldn’t take much more. Petty? Perhaps. But aren’t ... Read Full Story