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10-13-2015, 11:36 AM
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#941
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Portland
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People who don't understand mathematics, refuse to learn, but insist on arguing about it.
I'm starting to think I picked the wrong hobby. It seems to have a fringe of crazies. But then, everything seems to have a fringe of crazies these days.
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10-13-2015, 11:57 AM
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#942
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 13,566
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M Paquette
But then, everything seems to have a fringe of crazies these days.
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+1
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10-13-2015, 12:57 PM
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#943
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,290
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moemg
My Pet Peeve is Allegiant Airlines . It has the most unprofessional crew I have ever seen . The flight attendants looked like high school drop outs with a wrinkled logo jersey and cheap jeans . The people at the ticket counter were equally awful plus they had a bad attitude . This was my first and last Allegiant flight.
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I gave consideration to Allegiant for a trip we're going on next month. Even though an airport they fly out of is an hour closer to home, after reading the reviews I picked a Southwest flight out of Baltimore. It won't be a high bar to clear for them to do better.
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10-13-2015, 02:15 PM
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#944
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
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I just prefer to do math with a bit of creativity.
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1 + 1 = 3, for sufficiently large values of 1.
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10-13-2015, 02:44 PM
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#945
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 6,496
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Can always use creative accountants math, 1+2= what would you like it to be?
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10-13-2015, 03:23 PM
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#946
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M Paquette
....But then, everything seems to have a fringe of crazies these days.
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And half of them are running for high office.
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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
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10-13-2015, 03:25 PM
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#947
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moemg
My Pet Peeve is Allegiant Airlines . It has the most unprofessional crew I have ever seen . The flight attendants looked like high school drop outs with a wrinkled logo jersey and cheap jeans . The people at the ticket counter were equally awful plus they had a bad attitude . This was my first and last Allegiant flight.
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We flew Allegiant to Vegas a few years ago and they were fine... but I have not heard anything good about them since so I'm not sure what we will do next time.
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If something cannot endure laughter.... it cannot endure.
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Slow and steady wins the race.
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10-13-2015, 05:34 PM
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#948
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Sac suburb
Posts: 437
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My pet peeve ... are posts ... with lots ... and lots ... of ellipses.
My other peeve are posts in which nearly every sentence ends with an exclamation point! Now what's up with that! It's not like the discussion is all that exciting! And I'm usually out of breath by the end of the post!
Heh, I feel better now.
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10-13-2015, 05:38 PM
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#949
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,000
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Can't figure out why anyone would want a peeve for a pet.
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10-13-2015, 05:38 PM
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#950
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: San Carlos, CA
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Me too. Makes the post sound like a selection of random thoughts rather than a reasoned statement.
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10-13-2015, 05:42 PM
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#951
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Sac suburb
Posts: 437
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
Can't figure out why anyone would want a peeve for a pet.
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Oh my. If I ever get another cat, I shall name it Peeve.
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10-13-2015, 07:17 PM
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#952
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 13,566
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie
My pet peeve ... are posts ... with lots ... and lots ... of ellipses.
My other peeve are posts in which nearly every sentence ends with an exclamation point! Now what's up with that! It's not like the discussion is all that exciting! And I'm usually out of breath by the end of the post!
Heh, I feel better now.
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W2R, if Rich were here, wouldn't he agree with that sentiment, lol?
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10-13-2015, 11:03 PM
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#953
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Central Coast, California
Posts: 923
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Our neighbor's new yappity yap dog. Yappity yappity yappity yap! Yap! Yap! Yap! GRRRR! YapYap! Yap!
But to their credit, they are working, somewhat, to lessen the dog's audio impact on the neighborhood:
Yap! "Shut up!" Yap! "Shut up!" Yap!"NO!" Yappity Yap! "Yappy, shut the hell up!"
They also provide us with aromatherapy in the form of pot smoke while this is going on.
On the upside, I feel much less guilty about the screeching my kids do on our trampoline now....
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10-14-2015, 03:20 AM
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#954
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2013
Location: The Villages
Posts: 92
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I have never understood why people think that yelling at a dog will make it bark less.
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10-14-2015, 08:49 AM
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#955
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pb4uski
We flew Allegiant to Vegas a few years ago and they were fine... but I have not heard anything good about them since so I'm not sure what we will do next time.
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If they would stop being so cheap with their crew and hire better people they could actually be an okay airline .
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10-14-2015, 08:50 AM
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#956
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Walt34
I gave consideration to Allegiant for a trip we're going on next month. Even though an airport they fly out of is an hour closer to home, after reading the reviews I picked a Southwest flight out of Baltimore. It won't be a high bar to clear for them to do better.
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Smart choice ! Southwest is 500% better than Allegiant !
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10-14-2015, 08:55 AM
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#957
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,467
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My pet peeve lately has been that nobody seems to take any pride at all in their work any more.
I was brought up to believe that no matter how lowly the job, and no matter how little I was paid to do it, there was dignity in a job well done and I should take pride in doing my job well.
Now, all anyone seems to care about is how little they can do and still get paid. And what ever happened to, "The customer is always right."?
Kids these days. They need to get off my lawn, too.
(Removed exclamation points and ellipses after reading the above posts. But still over-using emoticons.)
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What is your pet peeve of the day?
10-14-2015, 09:19 AM
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#958
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 9,343
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What is your pet peeve of the day?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Moemg
If they would stop being so cheap with their crew and hire better people they could actually be an okay airline .
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I am generally a cheapest deal flyer. But when you add up all the Mickey Mouse fees, I rarely find Allegiant to be a compelling value where I live. And that is not factoring in their limited schedule and poor fly out times.
Though one time I did fly out on a great deal... My carry on bag cost more to fly with me in the storage bin, than it cost me to fly. That was odd.
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10-14-2015, 09:43 AM
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#959
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 5,170
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I found out recently that some people still believe in flat earth. Evidently NASA fabricated the round earth photo.
http://www.livescience.com/24310-flat-earth-belief.html
It bugs me that there are really, really silly people (the kind you cannot fix/cure) in this world.
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10-14-2015, 09:48 AM
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#960
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 17,194
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie
My pet peeve ... are posts ... with lots ... and lots ... of ellipses.
My other peeve are posts in which nearly every sentence ends with an exclamation point! Now what's up with that! It's not like the discussion is all that exciting! And I'm usually out of breath by the end of the post!
Heh, I feel better now.
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So sorry that my posts upset you.... it is the way I write..... block me if you do not like them!!!
Except I do not use the exclamation point.... so only 50% guilty...
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