^I understand. My sister has a very similar problem: she tries to be perfect and burned herself out with that attitude. Now she tries to be perfect at being imperfect - not exactly the right tactics imho. But you realize what's happening and that's the most important step. Switching back a gear or two is the most difficult one but there time is your best ally. The older one gets, the more relaxed does one get. An if you need a shoulder to lean on, we are just a mouse click away. I can't speak for the others but as far as I am concerned, I may disagree with Mod decisions against myself or my friends but in such cases I PM the Mod in question and try to solve the problem (more often than not it's simply a misunderstanding). And occasionally I even see their point I admin several small boards and hence wouldn't openly critizise a Mod or Admin unless I'm convinced they act irresponsibly and develop a god-complex. And using personal info against someone, Mod or ordinary mortal, is imho far below the belt line and totally inexcusable. Practize makes perfect! *ducks and runs*
Dear Car In Front Of Me Turning Left How much of a gap in traffic do you need? I mean, really? The oncoming car will slow down when you turn in, this isn’t Frogger. Sincerely, Guy In Car Behind You P.S. Aren’t you the same guy who honked at me because I wouldn’t turn right on red and cut off pedestrians on a walk signal?!
When they give these free lottery tickets in the Supermarket, I never get a winning one!!! Wait! I once got a free download for I believe three or four songs from a selection that contained none of the songs I listen to so I gave it to a nephew of mine who was about the right age for that kind of stuff.
People that try to sway an argument by talking over their opponent, raising their voice, and hypocritically annexing the high ground through passive aggressive slurs,
People who are driving slow on the highway so you try to pass them. Then they speed up. At this point, you try to speed up, but there's a truck driver in the fast lane also going slow. So you have to slam your brakes, then merge behind said slow ass, who then decides to slow down again
I hate when my throat constricts and I sound like a cartoon character. [EDIT] It happened again; the last time I went to the convenience store there was a pickup with a trailer parked in the handicap spot with two people adjusting the load and one person in the truck. It did not have handicap plates or a hang tag. So I pulled into the spot next to it, threw my tag onto my dash (I still just have the printed temp pass. My hang tag hasn't arrived yet), got my crutches and exited my car. As I was gathering my crutches before exiting they looked at me, looked at my pass, and started to hurry up. Once I got out, they looked at me and quickly started to get back into their truck. Once I was out of the store again, of course, they were gone. I've only been able to park in that spot once. Every other time I go to that store there is someone else parked in that spot. Only once has there been someone parked there that had the right to park in the handicap spot.
I had no idea you know my colleague! mental handicaps, count too Or there are a lot of blind people driving (not alltogether unlikely, considering what happens on our roads..)
I know people who do that even if you're in relative agreement with their position (At that point, they're just pissing people off who are already on their side)
When I'm in the middle of eating peanuts and I have to answer the phone, then I can't speak because of the chunks of peanuts in my throat. Kor
When you break a wine glass, not any old glass, but your favourite, and not just because it contained the last of the evenings booze, but because it was also a wedding present. Bugger. Bound to happen.
An old "friend" of mine was at my house once and broke a fancy, antique, cut-glass goblet of ours, which was a gift I'd given my ex. He denied it, but he was the only person in the area where they were displayed the entire time.
Woke up this morning with a flat tire. Not sure what could have happened in my driveway between pulling in last night and this morning. At least it happened in my driveway. But I replaced those tires one month ago.
The coming of Summer. 1. I HATE the hot weather 2. I HATE that my SMUD bill will go up now that I'll need my air conditioner nonstop 3. I HATE that my lawn will turn brown and with Sacramento on water rationing there's nothing I can do about it. We only get two days a week to water the grass and with my disability I'm not always able to do it on the assigned days. 4. The excessive heat causes the surrounding fields to catch fire and burn to the point that the fire dept. can't keep up with it which only makes the Sacramento valley hotter. 5. The excessive heat causes me to vomit up almost every meal so eating can be an "adventure". We need to abolish summer forever. The only thing to do really.