Well, I live in a big city and it goes on here all the time. Sickening.

• Public Pet Peeves - DeeDee
  • Oooh! One more and then I'll try to quit - PAMT~MDM
  • And speaking of kids... - PAMT~MDM
  • If I hear teens and 20-somethings... - ormtme
    • especially in front of children - trose
    • Teens and preteens? - Janie
  • Farmer blow... - eyestrainMT
    • what is farmer blow? nm - tiedyed
      • I'm guessing that's another word for ...sm - PAMT~MDM
        • Not using Kleenex when blowing the nose. Literally blowing it out onto - the ground. nm
  • People who let their children wander in the store or mall- - I often tease who I am with and say "do you wan
    • Well, I live in a big city and it goes on here all the time. Sickening. - cm
  • People with baby strollers who plow through malls and tight crowded - places like they own the place.
  • Despise that wide-open mouth yawn right in front of my face w/o a hand or arm up to cover it. - Gross! And spraying saliva!!!! Ewww NM
  • Another grocery store one (sm) - nonnie
    • Grocery store...... - sm
  • The big ones for me - - busytyping
  • People in public restaurants who find it perfectly acceptable - to blow their nose right at the (sm)
  • The worst for me are spitting in public, - June
  • Grocery Store Check Out Lines - LinK
    • I am sure this is not always the case, but - dla
    • And what I usually do for that is - Jerri
  • grocery store inconsideration--sm - nn
    • I had an old guy do that to me in WalMart one time - PAMT~MDM
    • I had a guy jump right in front of me - while he was no a cell phone.
      • I HATE CELL PHONE USAGE TOO....sm - world has become a rude place due to their use
        • I'm scared to death of people in huge SUVs plowing across - parking lots with cell phones attached to their ea
    • What about when they just leave their - DeeDee
      • Or when they leave their cart in the middle of the parking lot - PAMT~MDM
        • Even worse....the cart runs into a car - while they watch and could care less
    • or the cashiers at supermarkets - mary
  • when I was growing up - x
    • Well that is kind of rude to let a baby continue to cry - and disturbe the mass and everyone there.
      • I agree! My BP & I have walked out of restaurants without paying (sm) - Noisyland
        • I MEANT "BF" (boyfriend), not BP! egads... TYPO-LAND! - Noisyland
      • Exactly and that's why many churches have cry rooms. - nm
  • Non-handwashers in public restrooms... - Carlyd
    • I was in the bathroom with a cook at a SM - Chickadee
    • handwashing - NY MT
      • That's what paper towels are for... - Carlyd
      • Yes, but is that a valid reason for not washing your hands after you - pee, poop, or change your feminine protection? (sm
    • I have told people starting to leave the restroom without washing - their hands the following...(sm)
      • My aunt reported a Walmart employee - PAMT~MDM
    • Nonhandwashers in ANY restroom - (nm)
  • Cell phone arguments - PAMT~MDM
  • People talking on cell phones while having - trose
    • What's the difference between talking on cell and talking to person sitting across from you? - duh
      • It seems to me the person should be talking - trose
      • Talking on the cell phone requires one hand to --sm - nn
    • I agree with that along with loud obnoxious ring tones. - nm
      • I actually dont mind others using.... - Cell phone

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I have a question.  If I fly to Long Island/Islip (Southwest) but really want to get to Jersey City, is there an airport shuttle or bus or something that I could take to Jersey City?  And do you have any idea how much that would cost?  I am not even sure where in Jersey City I need to get, probably a train station.  Local train, not Amtrak, not sure what they call it there, maybe "path" or something like that.

A ballpark idea would be helpful, especially since I am not even sure where I need to get in JC. 

TIA!

you can put in her zip code and it will search for the nearest re-store.  It's pretty awesome.  It's a big warehouse down in the industrial area of my city.  You just walk in and start looking.  I was thinking of doing ceramic tile on my kitchen floor cause they had a ton of it cheap.  Next Wednesday, the 22nd, kitchen cabinets are 25% off, although alot of the cabinetry looked a little rough.  Some of the stuff is things they have salvaged from other remodels. 

I'm getting pretty psyched up about all this!  I'm one of those women that loves using tools, especially power tools!

I am certain eventually in Florida (south) - we will have the same - I already know that Home Depot here has self-checking out/cashiering ongoing......I knew 10-15 years ago that cashiers were going to be slowly faded out in this country......and that we will check our own things out from stores

BUT....CUSTOMER SERVICE IS ALREADY DOWN THE TOILET in S. Florida by the way.....sorely lacking here for 25-30 years.....

this just adds to more lousy customer service....2 words which I think MANY PEOPLE (in the field) just don't get.....CUSTOMER SERVICE - think about it....we are the bread and butter on these people's tables - and they ACT like they are doing US a favor....OH I HATE WAL-MART!!! 

I have a dilemma.  I am an animal lover and have something I cannot come to a conclusion about.  At a restaurant where I eat lunch every Friday with a friend of mine, I have noticed a young male kitty hanging around outside looking for food.  This past week he ran up to my friend and rubbed her legs and quietly meowed.  I purposely did not try to pet him because I knew I would get attached and ignored him.  Well, ever since then I find myself thinking about him and wanting to rescue him.  Meanwhile, I already have 4 inside cats (2 rescues, 2 Maine Coons) and hubby really does not want another cat in the house because a few years ago I promised we would  never have more than 4 (had up to 5 at one point previously).  I actually have a huge screened deck he could stay on indefinitely because I do not believe in letting cats run loose for their own safety.  I could provide plenty of food, a warm place to sleep, and veterinary care.  At some point I would even probably work him into our household, but I just cannot do it at the moment.  Just not sure I would be doing right by that kitty because I am sure he would be upset and confused for a good while as to where he was and what was going on, but is that better than being hungry and cold?  I know there are lots of animal lovers out there.  What does everyone think?? 

after I found HUGE holes in the walkway between my house and barn.  I thought they were just little mice stealing grain, but then I spotted one and it was a HONKIN RAT!  My poor olderly cat was out there with me at the time and saw it, and he hissed at it and ran away! 

I asked for advice on what to do at a local agricultural board, because I have other animals and didn't want to use poison and conventional traps weren't working.  They advised putting a large pale of water out with some seeds floating in it, figuring the rats would go for the seeds and end up drowning.  That was a no-go because the water just froze up solid.  I wound up reluctantly going with Decon because I just can't have my house destroyed.  I haven't had seen any more rats or evidence of them stealing grain, so I'm guessing they have died.  The guy at the grain store promised me the rats would not die in the building and stink the joint up, rather they would crawl off and die outside.  I don't know if I believe that, as it is still winter here and decomposition would be holding off until it warms up.  We'll see, but at least the destruction has been halted.

Good luck and I too say have no mercy, because you just don't need them destroying hour house or causing a spark chewing wires and burnin' the place down.  It is war!   

  (How un-PC is this emoticon?!)

Does anyone know if New York City is extremely crowded on Black Friday? I'm going on a bus trip that day to do some shopping. Just curious if it was as crowded that day as it was the week before Christmas.

minutes or so washing, cutting and styling may between chin and shoulder length hair.  Five minutes is ridiculous.  I don't see how they can even do a good job in that amount of time.

Yes, I know $85 is high (plus tip).  I have just had so many hack jobs at less money that I got scared and went to a trendier place in the city.

I find that as I get older, it's not even a question of not seeing as well.  It's almost more like disorientation,if it's an area I'm kind of familiar with, but not really.  Like I will be not quite sure how much farther I have to go to the light and then when I get to the light, I'm not sure what cross street I'm at.  Sound funky.  Kind of hard to explain.

It is at the foothills of the mountains, so you have mountains and desert both. The cost of living is relatively low. And Santa Fe and Taos are very close, so there are all kinds of opportunities to learn about arts and culture. There are the mountains for hiking and camping. And Gallup and Zuni Pueblo are not too far away. Lots of Native American culture, including the yearly ceremonials in Gallup.

Sorry, I don't know about the schools, except that the University of New Mexico is there. That's where my husband and I are planning to retire. We love the area and have visited there many times.

and I HATE that press 1 for English and have told many corporations that - it should say *if you'd like to speak Spanish press 1; Creole press 2, Russian press 3, Hebrew press 4, Portugese press 5 and on and on and on so that we cover everybody....but for us, 3rd, 4th generation Americans, we should NOT have to press 1 for English - GALLS ME! 

I think in California, they do choose to isolate more themselves via their cultures.....I do not see this here in S. Florida any longer - it's much better today, I think, and JMO.....(no flames please *lol*)

Oh, and if it's NOT a melting pot, it sure should be - and we should strive to live side-by-side, accepting of others choices (religion or any other personal choice as long as it doesn't hurt anybody), and all try to get along in a nation full of different cultures, religions, colors, languages.....just my opinion again....

Does your city have a fine if you get caught? I don't know about mine. I don't think there's one, but I could be wrong.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York state Legislature has given final passage to a bill that would charge $250 for pet owners who don't pick up after their dogs in some parts of the state.

Dog owners currently have to pay $100 if they don't pick up the poop. The change would apply to the five boroughs of New York City, Albany and Yonkers.

The Assembly passed the bill Wednesday and the Senate had already passed it.

A spokesman for Gov. David Paterson said the governor will review the measure.

It's such a quandry trying to buy for a teen!  I really don't want to just get him a gift card.  "Auntie" really wanted to do something memorable.  He's getting older and he's just not that little bitty guy anymore!

I am sorry, but I hate when people reside in one home, yet they feel they can just run the neighborhood.  My parents had neighbors that cursed all of the time. 

We just had (live in a townhome) construction workers building a new store in our town "squatting" in the townhome attached to us.  My husband was furious.  He called the landlord that owns the home.  Now, we have at least better neighbors!!!