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hunter

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5. I resent that I'm forced to own a car.

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:47 PM

Nov 2024

We ought to be rebuilding our cities, turning them into places where car ownership is unnecessary.

The people with the smallest environmental footprints tend to live in cities, don't own cars, and enjoy mostly vegetarian diets.

I bought a new car once in the mid 'eighties. I'll never do that again, it only encourages them to make more.

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Little things that bug you are... [View all] bif Nov 2024 OP

The many different parking meter cashless pay systems bloody hell.....Yes cranky old man too. IA8IT Nov 2024 #1

Makes me miss the parking meter! El-Capitan Nov 2024 #22

People who wear their baseball cap backward. Jeebo Nov 2024 #2

I read your post True Dough Nov 2024 #4

There's a lot of things... bif Nov 2024 #10

The backward baseball cap thing is a *huge* pet peeve for me! Different Drummer Nov 2024 #15

Ya, step off with that backward cap JoseBalow Nov 2024 #17

I do wear a baseball cap backwards BOSSHOG Nov 2024 #24

Anyone above the age of thirteen or so who wears Aristus Nov 2024 #33

Little things that bug me? True Dough Nov 2024 #3

Those too! Niagara Nov 2024 #43

I resent that I'm forced to own a car. hunter Nov 2024 #5

I knew a woman who lived in London in the 1970s. Jeebo Nov 2024 #8

We lease a new car. When the lease is up, we go into the dealership and lease another one. CTyankee Nov 2024 #14

Radio commercial disclaimers. Sneederbunk Nov 2024 #6

Last second lane changers and duncang Nov 2024 #7

King Soopers (Kroger)? nt Hotler Nov 2024 #12

Kroger duncang Nov 2024 #13

You asked for it, so here you go... Probatim Nov 2024 #9

Won't be long until Festivus. Different Drummer Nov 2024 #16

The crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe' JoseBalow Nov 2024 #20

Upspeak. and Likespeak. bif Nov 2024 #11

"When people go up at the end of every sentence as if they're asking a question." Different Drummer Nov 2024 #18

Wow! Whoever made this really hates that commercial. El-Capitan Nov 2024 #23

Christina is from California, so the "Valley Girl" characterization makes sense. Different Drummer Nov 2024 #25

A gorgeous woman, by today's plastic standards, but not someone I'd ever want to meet. El-Capitan Nov 2024 #26

UPSPEAK Skittles Nov 2024 #35

what is "upspeak"? CTyankee Nov 2024 #39

ending a sentence sounding like a question Skittles Nov 2024 #40

OK, got it. CTyankee Nov 2024 #46

Pharma commercials Different Drummer Nov 2024 #19

when my English brother was here Skittles Nov 2024 #41

I don't consider this a little thing, but my biggest peeve is LED headlights that nearly blind you. Sogo Nov 2024 #21

TV shows and movies Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #27

I agree! That is why I watch reruns from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. FuzzyRabbit Nov 2024 #28

Closed captions help a lot! Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #29

I thought I was the only one who had a problem wryter2000 Nov 2024 #37

The new Target ad on TV featuring Wicked Ilsa Nov 2024 #30

the phrase "One of the only" Seriously? yellowdogintexas Nov 2024 #31

Drivers who dash crazily out into traffic from a side street Aristus Nov 2024 #32

Do you live near downtown San Jose? That's how people around the college drive. lark Nov 2024 #45

right now it is seeing the word CAUSE replace the word BECAUSE Skittles Nov 2024 #34

People who say wryter2000 Nov 2024 #36

All those ED cures commercials, madamesilverspurs Nov 2024 #38

Hubby and I think that's funny. Not the condition, the effort to be cute about it. But I think it gets the point across. CTyankee Nov 2024 #47

Ants, yellow jackets and stink bugs Niagara Nov 2024 #42

People not parking within the lines - they're too special and cut off spaces. lark Nov 2024 #44