edna Posted March 1, 2010 Report Posted March 1, 2010 I can relate, Laurie! My 84 year old father in law likes to explain things that are painfully obvious! I guess we might be doing the same when we're ovver 80...
Shawna Posted March 1, 2010 Report Posted March 1, 2010 I know someone (who's nowhere near their 80s yet!) explain comments he makes if he thought they were supposed to be funny but no one laughs. He then sort of panics and says, "Well, because this and this and this... do you get it yet?" Usually, I roll my eyes and say, "I understood it when you said it. I just didn't think it was funny."
MarcM Posted March 1, 2010 Report Posted March 1, 2010 I guess we might be doing the same when we're ovver 80... i WILL PROBABLY HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR 10 YEARS BY THAT TIME! mY WIFE HATES IT WHEN i SAY THAT, BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE EXPIRATION POINT FOR THE MEN IN MY FAMILY FOR THE PAST FEW GENERATIONS.
Tony Baloni Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 I cut the wrong wire again and it blew up on my face. Sounds more like a botched vasectomy.
Kevin Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 ...or just about the lament of every married man . I LOVE that metaphor of getting along with one's wife/girlfriend as just a matter of bomb diffusing ... cut the wrong wire and ... BOOM ! I will thus cheer for 'Hurt Locker ' and though I haven't seen it nor any others , feel a connection .
_Laurie_ Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 Grrrrr :beady: ....Some a***hole that was driving this huge truck, and text messaging, came within inches of having a head on with me....He totally lost control of his truck when he was coming around the corner...and into my lane...it was very close...I layed on the horn, and luckily he stopped in time...it was very close call....
Shawna Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 OMG Laurie! I'm so glad it was only "close." Did you get out and stomp his &^*% butt??? What is WRONG with people that they think it's okay to text while they're driving???
pinkstones Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 I'm glad that some states are making it illegal to text and drive. It's gotten my sister to stop doing it, thank God.
MindCrime Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 OMG Laurie! I'm so glad it was only "close." Did you get out and stomp his &^*% butt??? What is WRONG with people that they think it's okay to text while they're driving??? Did you know it's still not illegal here. I was just watching on the local news tonight and they were talking about getting it passed as a law.
edna Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 Did you know it's still not illegal here. I was just watching on the local news tonight and they were talking about getting it passed as a law. Really? In Spain you can get a 300€ fine or even lose your driving license (if you do it four times) in case you're just talking on a cell phone while diving...
Lucky Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 Talking & texting both are illeagle California, and I don't think it has stopped anyone, you see it all the time. You see people strapping their seatbelts on and pulling their phones out. I always think "how nice. The seatbelt will help save you in the accident you cause because you're on your phone".
MindCrime Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 Why don't these people just use an ear piece and the whole problem could be avoided.
Jenny Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 Why do people feel like they need to be available to everybody else 24/7? Does it make you more important? I very rarely am in the car by myself, so when I am, it's my free time. I listen to my iPod or just sing to myself. I don't want anybody calling me unless my kid is really sick or my house is burning down.
Tony Baloni Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 I don't like the law about talking on the phone while driving. It's true that most people for some reason just can't do it, and the law would make the roads a lot safer, but I can talk on the phone and drive just fine, and I've never had an accident. I just think people should have to retake drivers ed every 5-10 years.
Shawna Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 We are allowed (by law) to talk on our cells while driving in AZ. I have taken to using an earphone, though, because it's just easier. I have never even come close to causing an accident or being in one when I was just holding the phone to my ear, though. I agree, some people have that capability, and others get too distracted. Texting, tho, is a whole other animal. To text, your eyes have to leave the road so you can see what you're typing. I can't understand how this was ever legal in the first place, much less still happens. It's unsafe, and it's plain idiotic. MC, I could swear they just passed the law against texting/driving here a month ago.
Tony Baloni Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 I used to be able to text without looking
_Laurie_ Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 I totally agree Shawna...texting and driving is idiotic...This happened while I was leaving the parking lot at the store.....If someone was walking to their car..at the time that happened, that idiot could of hit someone....it's just plain stupid!.
Steel2Velvet Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 I used to be able to text without looking I'm trying to visualize how those messages may have appeared to those receiving them. Ho, Tep. Ve showld gdt tngetkdp
MindCrime Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 The only thing worse than people who text while driving, is the time I posted on Songfacts with my wireless while waiting at a red light:blush:
Tony Baloni Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 I'm trying to visualize how those messages may have appeared to those receiving them. Ho, Tep. Ve showld gdt tngetkdp That's actually not too far off... Kinda looks Welsh...
Steel2Velvet Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Translation: "Hi, Ted. We should get together."
Tony Baloni Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Idk, but he answered my text and we're hanging out in 2 hours.
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