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hunter

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

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:47 PM

Nov 21

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 21 OP

The many different parking meter cashless pay systems bloody hell.....Yes cranky old man too. IA8IT Nov 21 #1

Makes me miss the parking meter! El-Capitan Nov 21 #22

People who wear their baseball cap backward. Jeebo Nov 21 #2

I read your post True Dough Nov 21 #4

There's a lot of things... bif Nov 21 #10

The backward baseball cap thing is a *huge* pet peeve for me! Different Drummer Nov 21 #15

Ya, step off with that backward cap JoseBalow Nov 21 #17

I do wear a baseball cap backwards BOSSHOG Nov 21 #24

Anyone above the age of thirteen or so who wears Aristus Nov 22 #33

Little things that bug me? True Dough Nov 21 #3

Those too! Niagara Nov 22 #43

I resent that I'm forced to own a car. hunter Nov 21 #5

I knew a woman who lived in London in the 1970s. Jeebo Nov 21 #8

We lease a new car. When the lease is up, we go into the dealership and lease another one. CTyankee Nov 21 #14

Radio commercial disclaimers. Sneederbunk Nov 21 #6

Last second lane changers and duncang Nov 21 #7

King Soopers (Kroger)? nt Hotler Nov 21 #12

Kroger duncang Nov 21 #13

You asked for it, so here you go... Probatim Nov 21 #9

Won't be long until Festivus. Different Drummer Nov 21 #16

The crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe' JoseBalow Nov 21 #20

Upspeak. and Likespeak. bif Nov 21 #11

"When people go up at the end of every sentence as if they're asking a question." Different Drummer Nov 21 #18

Wow! Whoever made this really hates that commercial. El-Capitan Nov 21 #23

Christina is from California, so the "Valley Girl" characterization makes sense. Different Drummer Nov 21 #25

A gorgeous woman, by today's plastic standards, but not someone I'd ever want to meet. El-Capitan Nov 21 #26

UPSPEAK Skittles Nov 22 #35

what is "upspeak"? CTyankee Nov 22 #39

ending a sentence sounding like a question Skittles Nov 22 #40

OK, got it. CTyankee Nov 22 #46

Pharma commercials Different Drummer Nov 21 #19

when my English brother was here Skittles Nov 22 #41

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

TV shows and movies Diamond_Dog Nov 21 #27

I agree! That is why I watch reruns from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. FuzzyRabbit Nov 21 #28

Closed captions help a lot! Diamond_Dog Nov 21 #29

I thought I was the only one who had a problem wryter2000 Nov 22 #37

The new Target ad on TV featuring Wicked Ilsa Nov 21 #30

the phrase "One of the only" Seriously? yellowdogintexas Nov 21 #31

Drivers who dash crazily out into traffic from a side street Aristus Nov 22 #32

Do you live near downtown San Jose? That's how people around the college drive. lark Nov 22 #45

right now it is seeing the word CAUSE replace the word BECAUSE Skittles Nov 22 #34

People who say wryter2000 Nov 22 #36

All those ED cures commercials, madamesilverspurs Nov 22 #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 22 #47

Ants, yellow jackets and stink bugs Niagara Nov 22 #42

People not parking within the lines - they're too special and cut off spaces. lark Nov 22 #44