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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: tarasis on November 04, 2011, 10:11:10 pm
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... You all, but in a nice way ;D
Its Friday night and here's me importing various wonderful recipes from all over this site into the recipe program I use.
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Plenty to keep you busy then Rob ;D
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.....Was a little scared to see what you had wrote Rob! :P
What program are you using?
I have living cookbooks, and find that great. A little tricky to set it up how I wanted it, but got there in the end.
I have soooo many of the recipes copied on word, but haven't yet transferred them to L.C.......Must do a couple a day, so it's not such a big job.
My plan is to then print them off and laminate, like Judy did.......I have a pretty box waiting to pop them in ;)
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Gosh Maddy thats a big job.
Rob i have more recipes than i can cook and they still keep coming.LOL ;D
H :)
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Which software are you using tarasis?
I'm going to go check out Living Cookbook now. ;)
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.....My plan is to then print them off and laminate, like Judy did.......I have a pretty box waiting to pop them in ;)
Would that be a pretty pink box maddy ;)
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.....My plan is to then print them off and laminate, like Judy did.......I have a pretty box waiting to pop them in ;)
Would that be a pretty pink box maddy ;)
Well......a white wicker basket with pink & white checked gingham lining.....to be exact ;D
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Sounds gorgeous, can't wait to see a photo :)
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Sorry Maddy, didn't mean to scare ya :)
I use YummySoup! (http://www.hungryseacow.com/) (Mac), which of the few I tried seemed the closest fit for me though it isn't quite perfect (heck what is). A plus is there is a iPad viewing app, which is basic at the moment but is promised to be much better (using iCloud rather than syncing the database via iTunes).
It has a web importer that makes things a bit easier, particularly on certain sites as it auto imports.
Anyway I had a now massive Note in Mail and felt I needed to get stuff out of there before I got too swamped.
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Rob i have evernote on my ipad, is yummy soup easy to use.
Looking at icloud, do i need to go to apple store to get icloud, totally useless at all tnis stuff.
H :)
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Ah, no iPad here. :( Thanks for sharing anyway Tarasis.
Maddy, Living Cookbooks looks pretty darn good.
You guys seem so organised. Organised I am not. :-))
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Rob i have evernote on my ipad, is yummy soup easy to use.
Looking at icloud, do i need to go to apple store to get icloud, totally useless at all tnis stuff.
H :)
iCloud is a free replacement for MobileMe, provides an email address, photo/calendar/address syncing between multiple devices (Mac/iOS/Win) and most importantly for some apps its providing a way of syncing data (like recipe databases) between devices without you having to do anything. You make a change on one and the change is uploaded and sent to all the other devices. There is some more info on iCloud at http://www.apple.com/icloud/ (http://www.apple.com/icloud/) & info on setting it up http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ (http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/). The basic gist is your need iOS 5.0 or greater on your iPad/iPhone, if you use a Mac then you need version 10.7.2 (Lion with its most recent update) or if Windows then Vista or Windows 7
I bought YS a while back and wasn't putting it to much use, mostly keeping stuff in a Note but now there is a recipe viewer for the iPad I've started to use it a bit more. More so once they provide the ability to add notes in the iPad version. I haven't used Evernote much 9well in a couple of years)
Ah, no iPad here. :( Thanks for sharing anyway Tarasis.
YummySoup! is for the Mac, it just also has an iPad app.
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I love my Living Cookbook software ;D ;D
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Thanks Rob, will have a look.
I now have ipad connected to my computer (very old and very slow) its updating applesoftware, so hoping i might be able to synch ipad and computer and get icloud.
Already had safari screen freeze on me on ipad, i am no good at this kind of thing and nor is DH.
Should have bought things in Hawaai but DH said not compatible with Aus, i believed him, my girlfriend just laughed ans said where do you think the ipads come from. Probably DH way of me not spending money. the sad thing was I believed him!
Anyway lets hope i dnt blow anythingup
H :)
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If we don't hear from you for a while Hally, we will know you have destroyed your electronics ;D
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Still here!?!?!?
No icloud yet or updates, just managed after 6 months to sync ipad and computer, but not really sure if I have, I really dont have a clue. Tomorrow maybe icloud and latest update.
H :)
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haha rob dont hate just love love love..put it ithis way you have so much choice :p
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dont worry tarasis l am doing the same thing
looking for recipes and putting into a word doc file for me to later print out when needed
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Ever since I got my first Mac, in August 1984, I have been putting recipes in various formats and have had numerous applications, including:
Mangia, Mastercook, RecipeBook, Mise en Place, Computer Cookbook(FileMaker), Recipe Manager, Cuisine, BusyCooks Recipe, and others I can't recall.
I keep going back to using TextEdit documents and just keeping them in the appropriate folder. It's easier for me to cut and paste the entire recipe, with photos and attachments and title them the way I want.
I have a main Recipes folder and with sub folders for TMX Recipes, Bread, Cookies, Soups, Ethnic Recipes, Regional American with sub folders for each region but with a Mac, using the search application I think is the best; (Find Any File) (http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/) they are all sorted alphabetically and it is easy to search by any word in the title. "Ginger" brings up 326 results, including Gingerbread, Gingery snaps, etc.
"Recipe" gives me 13,483 results, including 138 folders which can then be sorted by "Kind" which puts all the folders at the top of the list.
Some of my older recipes are in Word format and some in SimpleText but they convert easily to TextEdit.
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Slightly off track but I hate........................it when DD's computer dies and needs an internal facelift and I have to resort to my netbook. Which seems very small when I'm at home and very slow.
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oh bummer cookie..hope it gets sorted soon :)
i still swear by evernote as you can copy and paste whatever recipe, create all your folders plus it syncronises with all computers and iphone/ipads etc and you can search for whatever your after or feel like...i have just paid for the full version only because i kept going over the limit and it kept blocking as i was adding alot of files each month but most dont go near it ie the quota per month...
its easy and simple to use and you have it on all computer items and you can put a recipe or note in one or several folders and arrange them how you want plus you can add whatever photos and name or title the file whateve ryou wish...anyway works perfectly for me and the free verison is perfectly adequate.
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I've been using the Paprika app on my iPad and love it. It's also on my MacBookPro and they sync, which is very handy.
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Slightly off track but I hate........................it when DD's computer dies and needs an internal facelift and I have to resort to my netbook. Which seems very small when I'm at home and very slow.
Nah it doesn't take the this thread off track, the subject is, after all, just "I hate ..." :)
I understand the thing about working on a smaller computer, I find programming on a 13" screen very cramped even if the resolution isn't that low. Its kind of a mental block.
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Here we go again :P.
I REALLY hate..............Australia Post. So far this last 3 months they have: lost a very large book from Amazon, lost 3 copies of magazines that DD and I subscribe to, (different magazines), delivered our mail to other homes and vice versa. Then to top it all off this morning I rang the bank as they haven't sent out some documents for a club I am treasurer of and they were posted 2 weeks ago from the city centre. They only have about 12km to travel.
I am sick of complaining. They are useless.
Ok, I feel better now. Must do this on Twitter too.
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Yay, go Cookie
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apparently Aus Post are also havig alot of problems re cards going missing...someone keeps steeling them as they think easy money..i know of a couple of people recently who havent received card they know have been sent for birthdays etc and the post office has told them its becoming a problem..
oh and i hate French customer service...does NOT exiist and the customer is never right...very frustrating...
also hate when you cancel a service with registered letter and all as requested and then they keep charging you for months on end...sometimes I wonder if people are actually working..
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That's definitely me Judy. :D :D
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I REALLY hate..............Australia Post. So far this last 3 months they have: lost a very large book from Amazon,
cookie, have you tried to track your package from your Amazon account? Anytime I have ordered from Amazon it has gone via UPS. You can also try emailing Amazon to say that your package has not arrived - they are very quick at sorting things out.
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Yes thanks CP we did all that. Apparently the couriers give it to Aust Post to deliver. What had happened is the Aust Post twerp said there was no such address and sent it back to Amazon. They were very good about it and sent another. It was a big book (larger than A4) on cancer that DD had ordered. DD had it couriered directly to her at work the second time.
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l hate it when - l have wash, dryed,and put away the dishes, clean down the sink
[ not that these 3 job always happen its a rare occasion that they all get done together ]
normally they just get washed and left to dry themselves
l sit down then my son puts a dirty cup or bowl on the sink or husband brings out a plate from the bedroom
aarrraugh >:( >:( >:( l am not a cleaner but when l do, l like to to stay that way for more than 2 minutes PLEASE
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I'm hating Vodafone at the moment who seem to be struggling to provide me with consistent connectivity. While at the blogging conference on Saturday I was frequently unable to Tweet as the service kept dropping out - and we were only in Mascot! I can feel a divorce in the air ...
Oh, and I really hate when food ordered in a restaurant doesn't come as described in the detailed menus descriptions. Really hate that. >:(
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...it when the phone rings (for work :D) and I am in the middle of cooking something in the oven. I look at timer, the oven, the phone, the oven again and wonder if its worth just ignoring the call so I don't burn what I'm cooking. Usually I end up burning it...
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.... but then you discover it's one of the dreaded overseas call centres and wonder why you bothered!
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.... but then you discover it's one of the dreaded overseas call centres and wonder why you bothered!
I'm very naughty when I answer one of these calls and say" just one moment". I then put the phone down without hanging up and walk off and continue with what I was doing.The line has " been seized" so they can't do anything until I replace the receiver.Gives me great pleasure to waste their time :-)) :-))
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We are on a do not call register, it works well.
:D
H
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We get a lot at work - often I tell them that the person they are wanting has just died and I'm off to their funeral, or, depending on my mood, the person has just been arrested for murder - they both work pretty well, but, sadly, don't stop the calls coming. The do not call register is not yet avaialble for businesses, grrrhhhh!
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We dont have the nô call register here yet unless you go totally private and arent listes so thanks cc thats a good one and Will try that next time as those calls drive me nutty !
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We're on a do not call list but still get quite a few telemarketer calls, while they are very annoying, particularly because they always call during the frantic dinner rush period, I just politely tell them no thanks and hang up straight away, the important thing is to not engage in any conversation. After all they are normally very low paid employees just trying to earn a living like everyone else, and if you hold up their phone line by keeping it open it potentially limits the number of calls they can make and the money they are earning if working on a commission basis. I would much prefer the inconvience of saying no thanks than paying for more people on the dole in Australia, or unemployed in third world countries where many of the call centres are based these days.
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Wonder, I agree with you and I do endevour to be polite, but when your work is constantly interrupted so many times a day (and in fact, if you are working with a customer or on another phone line) it is very difficult to be nice all the time and, much as I hate to be rude, I just get so annoyed, frustrated and angry at the interruptions that I am not always the person I would wish to be.
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when they ask if they can talk to the manager, or the person who handles the advertising I go "one moment please..." and hang up. Without saying a word a few times I just put the phone on the desk and let them go into the long spiel and then they would stop and try and prompt a response, (nothing) and then they talk more (nothing) ...and then get really angry and THEY hang up. Its quite funny cos it can take a minute or so before they realise that no one is listening and can bring a laugh if you need one :D
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I remember a telstra caller rang for my Mum about 3 days after she had died. (she was in a nursing home so used our address and phone for all her business etc-she was still very sane just immobile).
The stupid overseas caller could not understand why she couldn't come to the phone. I kept saying she died 3 days ago and he kept saying but I wish to speak with her. I ended up bursting into tears and DH came and said naughty words to the guy and that unless he had a phone to heaven he couldn't speak to her. Surprisingly he didn't call back.
I didn't find it upsetting at the time just very annoying. Now we have a good laugh about it.
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My husband does the same as CC, but he takes it just that little bit further. He comes back on the phone every few minutes to tell them he won't be long and keep them hanging a bit longer and then he just leaves them.
I REALLY like Cuilidh's idea though, and will use that next time!
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Cuillidh, I understand your frustration it's such a shame they won't allow business numbers on the register. I think your put off is inventive and quite funny, I just find the leaving them hanging on the line very rude and I feel sorry for people needing to work as a telemarketer for a living - it's such a thankless job and they would so rarely come a cross a caller that is happy to talk to them it must be very depressing. Although I don't feel that bad that I engage with them!!!
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l am on the do not call registar too
but that does not stop the indian speaking people telling me there from micosoft
and they are telling me to turn my computer on as they have had a report that my computer has a virus and that they can fix it for me
l dont think so, you just want to get into my file so you can rip me off
l now tell them l dont own a computer and they hang up straight away and say nothing
but they do ring right at tea time
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Nazar I love the little dog. Very clever.
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thank you cookie
my husband did it l think its so cute
l am not shore where he found it
we have a love of golden labs
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He must be so tired by now though nazar ;D
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ah she just like a kid has lots of energy theres no stopping her
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Cuillidh, I understand your frustration it's such a shame they won't allow business numbers on the register. I think your put off is inventive and quite funny, I just find the leaving them hanging on the line very rude and I feel sorry for people needing to work as a telemarketer for a living - it's such a thankless job and they would so rarely come a cross a caller that is happy to talk to them it must be very depressing. Although I don't feel that bad that I engage with them!!!
I agree - it is a crap job, but I didn't ask them to call me and what this tactic does is get you listed as a time-waster and scrubbed off the lists. After my husband did this 2 or 3 times we had no cold calls for months.
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When I get calls like that (my phone shows the incoming number or if it is "unknown caller"), I just say hello, hello, hello - is anyone there - hello, hello, and then hang up. Meanwhile there is someone shouting on the line but I pretend I don't hear them.
After two or three episodes like this, that particular caller never rings back.
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Australia Post - we pay to have our mail redirected and they still send it to our old address. Also our parcels were delivered to our old address and when I queried them they said that the mail redirection doesn't include parcels, and pointed out their terms and conditions. I read the T&C's and pointed out right back to them that it clearly states in there that it DOES include parcels! Still.... many went missing.
Vodafone - so frustrating!! The connection is terrible unless you live in a capital city. I spent ages on the phone with them telling me that if I can just wait for 3 months, the signal will improve. Eventually I convinced them to let me out of my contract and went elsewhere - and got $200 credit on my account for bringing a Vodafone account!
Dishes.... we have 7 kids of varying ages but the two teenagers are the worst at hiding dishes away in their bedrooms and it always seems like it's just when I've done a major clean up that more dishes (or washing) appears.
Phew! I'm done!
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I'm still hating Vodafone too, but they don't seem to care.
I'm a bit hurt, really. I was under the impression that they valued their customers ... :'(
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Kylie I feel your frustration at Australia Post. I'm busy checking through the diary to see just how many things they have mucked up this year and on Monday I am going to call them and I intend to be very angry. >:( >:( >:(
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I've actually written to them twice stating that I'd like them to treat my letter as a formal complaint... and have had no response whatsoever!
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Kylie,
I second the dishes and washing appearing when all done. I hate washing full stop. Never ending and then it creates another hate ironing!
I too paid for redirection of mail that didn't happen and was disappointed that the new owners although having left a note with our new address returned an important business parcel, not too difficult to forward on I wouldn't have thought!
I think too many just don't do that...think! Treat others as you would like to be treated, that's my motto and would make a nicer place to live I think.
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Oh I second that! I'd certainly make an effort to get the parcel delivered to the rightful owners. Apparently not everyone thinks the same way.
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Kylie I agree with you. I complained to Australia Post just after we moved here, about 6 years ago stating that our mail wasn't being delivered. I heard nothing for ages and when I rang them their reply was 'we wrote to you about it.' They couldn't understand the irony when I replied that I had never received the letter. I kept saying 'this is what I'm complaining about' and they were just hopeless.
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... dishes & folding laundry. If I ironed I would hate that too.
I'm not too fond of those hideous electronics/whitegoods store ads on TV that yell at you and every day is a sale. I won't shop there because of these ads, who are they aiming at I wonder? Thank goodness the TMX drowns it out.
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I was once preparing to post a tube and wanted to check the cost with Aust. Post so gave them a ring and the "very helpful" "customer service" representative just couldn't comprehend that, whilst the tube definitely had a length, I could only give him either the width or the depth but not both as, being round, it only had one (I must admit, I was getting fairly annoyed with him and perhaps I was being just a bit obstructive by this time)! What made it worse was that it was one of their own postal tubes. If I can, I always ring the local post office directly now as you generally get more sense out of the counter staff who usually know what they are talking about.
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I hate it when you can't sleep, turn to the forum for company and quickly run out of new posts to read. Lol
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One thing that is really bugging me and I'm seeing it everywhere at the moment is the wrong spelling of the word "divine". >:(
I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but the spelling is NOT 'devine', but "DIVINE".
Take a stand folks & correct it wherever you see it!
Please?!! :-*
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every negative has a positive so in Australia Posts favour:
we moved just over 10 years ago and every so often an envelope that has been addressed to our old street address is automatically put in our post office box (in the same suburb). the postie always remembers after all this time :D
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Treasure him CP.
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I've just thought of another couple of hates - the mis-use of many words, in particular the words hero and awesome really wind me up - and I'm sure I could think of more, given time.
Maybe I should apply to be on the TV programme "Grumpy (not so) old Women"
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I've just thought of another couple of hates - the mis-use of many words, in particular the words hero and awesome really wind me up - and I'm sure I could think of more, given time.
Maybe I should apply to be on the TV programme "Grumpy (not so) old Women"
I must confess to using "awesome" when I am truly impressed with something someone has done or made. However, I have a few other dislikes of the use of language that I consider excruciatingly annoying.
The word that bothers me more than any other is the inappropriate use of "like" to begin a sentence indicating condition or intent.
"Like I am sooo bored." "Like I am going to the mall." Arrrrrrrrrrgh!
I had English grammar as a major in school and, although it has become accepted in general use, I still find myself annoyed when I read a sentence ending in a preposition. I know that modern grammarians argue that "people do not speak that way" but I find such written sentences look unfinished.
I lived in the San Fernando Valley when the "Valley Girl" phenomena began and the stereotype was not a fiction. The mall near my home was far too often filled with herds of young people with no business there, except to "hang out" and make noise and impede the progress of legitimate shoppers.
Nowadays people grumble at the constant text messaging done by the young people of this era, but at least they are quiet when "texting" and not screaming loudly about their love lives.
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I agree with your use of awesome in that context, Andie, it's the casual use of the word in inapporpriate situations that annoys me. I also agree with the use of the word 'like', that's really annoying, as is the word 'so' - "I so don't like this book" ....
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Oops, I must stop using awesome too much. ;) I hate it when things are spelled incorrectly anywhere. Grrrr. I detest it when people say 'yuse.' Ugh.
I emailed Aust Post and had my rant yesterday. Today I received a reply stating 'we have advised the distribution centre and they will speak to the people concerned.' It's not the poor Postie's fault, it's them. He can only deliver what he gets. They are so stupid. :'(
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Oops, I must stop using awesome too much. ;) I hate it when things are spelled incorrectly anywhere. Grrrr. I detest it when people say 'yuse.' Ugh.
Ah I tend to use you'se a lot, I though it was simply a Northern Ireland thing though as it's simply part of the local dialect (like guddies/gutties meaning trainers). "What are you'se up to" is clearer that your speaking to multiple people compared to "what are you up too", the 'se replaces two/three/lot :)
Must check for yuse in my Northern Ireland dictionary
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I dislike it when people say things like 'yuse kids' or 'all of yuse.'
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I second that cookie.
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I dislike it when people say things like 'yuse kids' or 'all of yuse.'
That is the way one expects to hear folks in Brooklyn (NY)speak. "Youse guys gotta lotta noive strokin dun dis street, ain'tcha got nowheres else ta hang?"
Brooklynese was made famous in movies during the 30s and 40s.
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Ah, the old Jeff Fenech quote "I love youse all". Maybe that's where it started.
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I love the Internet, A bit of search throws up
Youse as a plural is found in Australia, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, parts of the northern United States, and parts of Ontario. Youse as a singular is found in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and scattered throughout working class Italian-American communities in the Rust Belt.
from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/youse (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/youse)
And
youse
dialectal inflection of you, 1893, not always used in plural senses.
from http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=youse (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=youse)
And
Because you is both singular and plural, various English dialects have attempted to revive the distinction between a singular and plural you to avoid confusion between the two uses. This is typically done by adding a new plural form; examples of new plurals sometimes seen and heard are y'all, or you-all (primarily in the southern United States and African American Vernacular English), you guys (in the U.S., particularly in Midwest, Northeast, and West Coast, in Canada, and in Australia; regardless of the genders of those referred to), you lot (in the UK), youse (in Scotland, the north east of England and New Zealand), yous (in Liverpool and some parts of Ireland, UK), youse guys (in the U.S., particularly in New York City region, Philadelphia, Michigan's Upper Peninsula and rural Canada; also spelt without the E), and you-uns/yinz (Western Pennsylvania, The Appalachians). English spoken in Ireland, known as Hiberno-English, sometimes uses the word ye as the plural form, or yous (also used in Australia, however not the form ye). Although these plurals are useful in daily speech, they are generally not found in Standard English. Among them, you guys is considered most neutral in the U.S.[1] It is the most common plural form of you in the U.S. except in the dialects with y'all, and has been used even in the White House.[2]
from, of course, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You)
There is some interesting discussion on you all over at Stack Exchange (http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/41333/origin-of-you-lot-and-other-plural-forms-of-you) which briefly mentions youse
In your list of "explicitly pluralised" forms of you, you could include (primarily Northern) British yous. For some reason I can't fathom, there seems to be a tendency to spell it youse when the writer is trying to draw attention to the fact that he's reporting dialectal/uneducated speech. Maybe it's just that youse can also be used for the ungrammatical "You is", which I normally associate with stereotypical portrayal of poorly-educated black Americans in the past (esp. negro slaves on plantations). – FumbleFingers
Fascinating to see that Yeuns is used elsewhere, again I thought that was purely NI/Scottish speak.
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Thanks Rob, that made interesting reading.
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There are many Americans who still contend that some folks in the south speak a language that is almost incomprehensible to people from outside the region.
The difference were far more discernible when I was a child, when travel and migration was less available.
When I went to spend a summer with my mother in Wisconsin at age eleven, I was teased by the children because of my southern drawl.
I grew up in Kentucky, which is considered part of the south and where you can still hear some of the odd language quirks but not as much as in the "deep" south. (Florida is not included.)
"You-uns" is for when one is speaking to a group, or one can say "all y'all" - while the singular "y'all" speaks to just one person: "How y'all doin this evenin?"
There have been many theses written about the origin of some of these terms. Some are still a mystery. The "y'all" is postulated to have begun with ye all in the earliest days of the Virginia and Carolina colonies.
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I hate this overwhelming feeling of deep sadness that I have after having to put my 16 year old dog to sleep yesterday. :( :(I know it will pass in time but the part in the middle sucks big time :( :(
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I know exactly how you feel MB. A few years ago I had to take our little Jack Russell to the vet to be put down cos she kept getting skin cancers, and she kept looking up at me with those trusting eyes not knowing what was going to happen when I left her. Also about 3 weeks ago our georgeous cat got run over and I couldn't stop howling then either. They give us happy times, great memories and loyal companionship so there is every reason to feel the loss. I feel for you :-*
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I feel your sadness Colleen, our pets are like our children. In my family, they send flowers after the death of a pet - that's how important they are to some people.
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Colleen, so very sad to hear the news. Hugs from my part of the world.
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I do understand how you feel. You do truly need a period of grieving, it's truly losing a family member.
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Colleen I really feel for you. OUr pets are truly part of our family. Usually a part we tell all our secrets to too.
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Our sympathy to you also, we lost our pappilion 18 months ago and were all very distressed. Although she had been unwell for a long time her death was sudden. I guess we were fortunate we didn't have to make the decision. Hugs to you.x
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Thankyou everyone... I know what we are feeling is normal but it's very hard... we will be ok... just need time... thanks again ...
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my dog died recently as well (thus the change in avatar picture to show him as a puppy) - I understand your sadness, they are a big part of the family and we miss them dearly
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so sorry to hear of the passing of your dog
they become such a big part of your life we have a 15 year old healthy golden lab
and l dredge the day she dies l think l will have uncontroll crying as she is like our first child
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The Following has always been of great comfort to me:
Rainbow Bridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown...
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Andie, what can I say ... that brought a tear to my eye. That is very lovely.
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Yes andie I know The Rainbow Bridge well... and I also get great comfort from that... I believe that all of my pets are there showing her the way and that I WILL see them again.... I have a favourite saying and that is " If dogs don't go to heaven then when I die I want to go where they go ".............. and if it's The Rainbow Bridge well then I will be very happy...
Thanks Bonsai... I will change my avatar today if I can find a suitable photo of Miss Gump....and thankyou for the flowers nazar
Creampuff63... we have the 2 Jack Russells so you know what they are like...I am so sorry to hear about you cat... yes so many happy memories...Bedlam I am sorry for your loss also...Cookie1, judydawn and Marina .. thanks for your comforting words.... yes we have no children so our pets ARE our family... I really appreciate all the support and kind words and sharing of stories... Thanks from Molly and Me xx
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Well I have changed my avatar to this which is my favourite photo of DH having a cuddle with his 2nd favourite girl ♥
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I hate extremely bad customer service, or the total lack of it. :'(
I tried to book a 8 nite holiday last Wednesday, at a resort we have stayed at 4 times, I am still waiting for the manager to ring me back.
I got quoted a price from him direct, one from the members reservation line, one from the members web site, all different.
The Manger that was there has left and moved away, and this guy does not care at all.
Also, people trying to sell me things in MY shop, stuff I don't want or need. Go rent your own shop, or market stall.
Things I Love, My husband, kids, thermomix.
Robyn :)
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it when the computer crashes
and you have still have more posts to read
and its the middle of the night and you think bummer what do l do now as you dont want to disturbed the rest of the family by cleaning
our computer has been doing it a lot lately and you don't know when its going to happen its sop annoying when it happens just before a post
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Nazar, yes my lap top keeps crashing, and my daughter wants to play on it now.
I only had it fixed yesterday too.
Robyn
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I hate the north wind on a hot day - makes me very nervous.
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I hate a very strong wind from any direction. When I'm away in the van if the wind gets really strong (gale force) I have to resort to Port in large doses. :P
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I don't like the really high winds but have learned to live with our "normal" winds, today it is blustery with some gusts but not too badd:
"Detailed Local Forecast
Today: A mix of clouds and sun. High 58F. Low: 28°F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph."
It's when the winds are sustained at 45 - 50 mph with gusts to 70+ that we have problems with big things blowing around. A few months ago one of the big dishes from a microwave relay tower just north of here blew off and rolled for more than half a mile before it dropped into an arroyo. It was 18 feet in diameter! It crossed several roads but was at a time where there was little traffic and it didn't get near any homes.
People come up here and see the local Joshua trees, which all lean toward the east. That is because we have the regular wind pattern that comes out of the west or west north west and at this time of the year are cold because they come down from the mountains where, because of the altitude, it is colder.
We have been lucky this fall as we have not had any really big, sustained wind events - the Santa Ana "devil winds" that so often bring wildfires.
People's nerves are shredded by those winds and I have to admit that I get very irritable and snappy after a couple of days of the real windy weather. It's like scratching fingernails on a blackboard. And I am usually a fairly placid person.
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I hate electricity salesmen who knock on your door at dinner time and won't take no for an answer!
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when ppl go out to have a quiet dinner. stay home you ****** **** ****
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What do you mean by that Uni?
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JD I really can’t understand how some people expect to have a quite dinner at a local restaurant on a Saturday night.
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Was someone complaining about the noise in the restaurant?
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I don't like the really high winds but have learned to live with our "normal" winds, today it is blustery with some gusts but not too badd:
"Detailed Local Forecast
Today: A mix of clouds and sun. High 58F. Low: 28°F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph."
I hate strong winds to andiesenji, it can be really scary at times. Mother nature can be quiet vicious sometimes (Wind, snow, floods, sun, thunder and lightening, earth quakes etc) and there is nothing we can do to control when and where it happens.
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Was someone complaining about the noise in the restaurant?
Some ppl even complain about the coffee grinder
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Was someone complaining about the noise in the restaurant?
Some ppl even complain about the coffee grinder
That is unbelievable Uni.
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I hate it when I go to the shops for something quick and the person in the checkout line in front of me is having a conversation with their mate who is the checkout chick or shop assistant and they don't stop when they have finished their transaction.
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I work in a shop and I hate it when I am serving someone and their phone rings (especially if we are trying to find a solution to a difficult problem). Suddenly, I simply don't exist any more as they answer their phone. I am then subjected to a totally inane one sided conversation - it is incredibly rude and drives me nuts. I usually turn my back, return to my desk and get on with work then, when they have finished, they get to wait for me to return to them. Catty of me, I know, but I can't help it.
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Marina our local newsagent has the following sign at the counter - "because we respect your privacy, we will not serve you while you are on the phone" , love it!!!! :) :)
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I like that one. Good to see that I am not the only one who gets annoyed by this. What happened to good old-fashioned manners?
Actually, there's another one that winds me up. If I hold a door open for someone to walk through after me and this is not acknowledged, I often say ".. that's OK, please don't thank me". I get some interesting reactions!
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Our local post office is more blunt Robyn - their sign says they will not serve anyone speaking on a mobile phone.
Marina, I cannot believe people would not thank you - I have never come across that before. As you can imagine, we get the door held open for us with the wheelchair many times and I often reciprocate - I have never not been thanked. Loved your response, those people certainly need a lesson in manners.
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I think the rudeness has probably got something to do with living in a largish city - people are always in a rush and simply don't bother to acknowledge such things as someone holding a door open for them. I hate to sound old-fashioned, but I just don't think good manners are taught or emphasised enough these days, yet they are so important for us all to co-exist reasonably pleasantly.
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Marina, I always hold doors open, & I hate it too when yiu dont get a thank you.
I say " oh thanks for opening the door" i get weird looks too.
Also when your driving & you ket someone in, they dont ackowledge you.
Also mobie phones tooo
Icould go on
I dont like bad manners, ds has impeccable manners, opens doors, holds them open, offers to carry shopping bags etc.
H :)
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good manners start at home
frank still thanks me every night for dinner
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So right Uni.
Yes dh & ds thank me every night for dinner too.
H :)
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Hally, it's wonderful to hear that your DS has great manners at his age. I used to get it in the neck when I was young if I didn't hold doors open, give up my seat on train/tram/bus, say please and thank you, etc. (in fact, I still say thank you to tram and bus drivers when I get off!) It does no one any harm and is always appreciated.
I also agree about letting cars in, etc. I was recently driving along a very busy road near us and I let two or three cars in ahead of me at a couple of intersections and the guy in the car behind me was getting really irritated with me then, when he eventually had the opportunity to pass me, he sat on the horn until he got ahead of me!! Yet, the funny thing is, I am sure he would have wanted to have been one of the cars that I gave way to if it was him who was trying to turn onto the busy road.
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It is such a pleasure to see youngsters with good manners, well done Hally - your little
man prince is going to make a very good husband one day.
My DH thanks me every night when I put him to bed for what I've done throughout the day for him. When his Mum lived with us she did the same before she waddled off to bed each night. You do these things out of love but it is nice to know you are appreciated.
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Judy Judy. Soap box puleeez. Lets start with table manners eh? Ever sat in a restaurant and had a look around at families eating together where the children have good manners? Maybe one or two tables only. People chewing with their mouths open is one of my favourites. Elbows on table while shovelling food into already full mouths is another. It is particularly distressing to see a group of young women eating together with no manners at all and their phones on the table like a decoration. Heaven help their children.
Interesting subject.
Gert
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I agree with all the above. We say that there is no respect anywhere anymore. DD gets furious when she is coming home on a crowded train and she has been on her feet all day and there are children sitting beside their parents taking up a seat. She has started asking the child if they would mind moving closer to the parent so she can have a seat. She said the teenage boys put their bags on the seat so she now asks them to move it. When she was younger she was always put on my knee so others could sit down and she still gives up her seat to those older than her as I do.
Re the door opening I always make sure I say thank you loudly no matter if I am holding the door or walking through it. People will just let it slam in your face at times.
RESPECT says it all.
Off the soap box.
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don't get me started with table manners
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I'm not being at all racist in this comment, as we lived in Hong Kong for years and I find the Chinese people to be really nice, but you should see them when they eat at a street restaurant, they make an incredible mess ... Uni, you'd be going nuts!
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I hate...how rude people can be when they make a complaint about something. Just because they are the customer they think they are always right, and can speak their minds in what ever rude manner they like yet expect to get respect in return! Also they expect refunds for "inconvenience" regardless of whether there was any experienced. Quite often they talk about being compensated before they actually advise what the problem is. I've had it up the here with these miserable people the last couple of months, and they just seem to be getting worse each year. A large majority of people must be habitual whingers in order to receive discounts off everything.
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good manners start at home
frank still thanks me every night for dinner
Lucky girl ... Dh might say yum but definately dont get a thanks every meal.. For him if he did that i would have to thank him for going to work every day.. Which i get... He does however if i make something especially for him or if i have been running around or look tired lol
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Cookbooks and magazines . .or rather the publishers. . who think it's cute to have some of the text so miniscule that even superman on a clear day with a magnifying glass (let alone yours truly!) would have trouble reading it . .
Also those publishers who think it oh so cool to put white or some other pale print on a pale blue background . . or grey print on a grey background . . . so incredibly frustrating that I usually just lose all interest in the publication. I just wish they'd get over it . . . ! >:( >:(
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good manners start at home
frank still thanks me every night for dinner
Lucky girl ... Dh might say yum but definately dont get a thanks every meal.. For him if he did that i would have to thank him for going to work every day.. Which i get... He does however if i make something especially for him or if i have been running around or look tired lol
I can definitely see where he's coming from. I've asked my DH to thank me though, so that the children learn to appreciate what's done for them and to have manners. So he leads the way with that and the girls are getting really good at seeing what's done for them and saying thank you now. Even the 2 year old 😃. They weren't very good at it until they saw DH leading the way though.
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Cookbooks and magazines . .or rather the publishers. . who think it's cute to have some of the text so miniscule that even superman on a clear day with a magnifying glass (let along yours truly!) would have trouble reading it . .
Also those publishers who think it oh so cool to put white or some other pale print on a pale blue background . . or grey print on a grey background . . . so incredibly frustrating that I usually just lose all interest in the publication. I just wish they'd get over it . . . ! >:( >:(
LOL. I'm with you here. I also dislike the way most of Jamie Oliver's books are laid out. My eye just doesn't know where to look, and I find them uncomfortable to use - so I don't.
They're cool, but unless you have excellent eye sight they're pretty much unusable.
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Dh does tell the kids to thank me though and if he doesnt i tell them to lol.. Like you said they need to learn manners.. I find the hardest is once tey ar t school and amongst friends who dont necessarily have the same manners influencing them
Oh and what i really dislike is when mothers say in front of their kids that if they play up at school thats the teachers problem and they wont be punished at home as it interupts their plans/weekend.. Heard this again on the weekend and my jaw just dropped and right in front of her son with another mum agreeing.. Felt like saying just give him permission to act however he wants.. And good luck controlling them when they are older..some people need a slap up the back of the head..
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Cookbooks and magazines . .or rather the publishers. . who think it's cute to have some of the text so miniscule that even superman on a clear day with a magnifying glass (let along yours truly!) would have trouble reading it . .
Also those publishers who think it oh so cool to put white or some other pale print on a pale blue background . . or grey print on a grey background . . . so incredibly frustrating that I usually just lose all interest in the publication. I just wish they'd get over it . . . ! >:( >:(
LOL. I'm with you here. I also dislike the way most of Jamie Oliver's books are laid out. My eye just doesn't know where to look, and I find them uncomfortable to use - so I don't.
Ditto.
Gretchen
They're cool, but unless you have excellent eye sight they're pretty much unusable.
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I agree with all the above. We say that there is no respect anywhere anymore. DD gets furious when she is coming home on a crowded train and she has been on her feet all day and there are children sitting beside their parents taking up a seat. She has started asking the child if they would mind moving closer to the parent so she can have a seat. She said the teenage boys put their bags on the seat so she now asks them to move it. When she was younger she was always put on my knee so others could sit down and she still gives up her seat to those older than her as I do.
Re the door opening I always make sure I say thank you loudly no matter if I am holding the door or walking through it. People will just let it slam in your face at times.
RESPECT says it all.
Off the soap box.
Don't even get me started on this, I have VERY strong feelings about this.
I also don't really know what's wrong with children calling adults Mr x, Mrs y etc. I think using title and surname helps them to learn to respect their elders. But it's so normal for adults to be spoken to with their first name that my DD1 started to feel uncomfortable about doing it as the adults didn't seem comfortable with it. We've compromised with Mr Len, Mrs Lisa, etc.
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Oh cookie, hope it's fixed soon.
I have Evernote on my iPad and Mac, but actually keep all my a recipes in Word on my PC. I print them all off and file them in plastic display folders. I have about 10 folders!
Paprika is a good app for iPad, but I haven't worked out how to use it properly to clip recipe from the net.
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Whats wrong with cookies evernote??
I have a few syncronisation problems but need to emal them as there are a few files i cant delete..
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Yes thank you cp has good manners.
I am one of very few mumst at school who refers to the teachers as Mrs or Mr. Most mums use their christian ames. Out of trspect I call them Mr or Mrs.
H :)
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No evernote problems here Frozzie.
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One of the problems of calling people Mr and Mrs is when you become and adult and then they want you to start calling them by their christian names, or you are now "old enough" - very awkward, I would prefer to call people from the beginning by the name they always want to be called by you. This has happened to all the friends of my parents that I grew up around, and my inlaws I called them Mr & Mrs but the day after our wedding they wanted me to call them Mum and Dad :o or christian name...very very hard for me to change names (I still struggle). I'm not sure that calling people Mr & Mrs gets more respect, rather the way that you treat people earns their respect.
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We were always asked to call parents friends Auntie.........and Uncle............... Then when we got older to drop the prefix. I still call them Auntie and Uncle. When I was an adult I couldn't bring myself to call people my parents age by their first names so always said this and substituted with Mrs Beryl or Mr Tim. They were happy and I felt ok.
DD calls our friends Auntie and Uncle if she has known them since childhood.
What I do HATE is when your nephew insists upon calling you by your first name. I ignore him but it doesn't help. His brothers and sisters still call me Auntie but not this little blighter. He is 38 so maybe he will grow up one day.
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Little boys take a long time to mature, Cookie!
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Then there are adult kids who call their Mother by her christian name - go figure :o I wouldn't like my kids to do that to me - I love the word Mum and now of course Grandma is even more special.
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Judy I have friends whose three kids, all under nine, always call them by their christian names. They might occasionally use 'mummy' but I have NEVER heard them call their dad anything other than his christian name.... weird.
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That's even worse for youngsters like that deedub.
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Judy I have friends whose three kids, all under nine, always call them by their christian names. They might occasionally use 'mummy' but I have NEVER heard them call their dad anything other than his christian name.... weird.
a quick back hander to the neck would fix that problem ;D
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Little boys take a long time to mature, Cookie!
My DH is nearly 83 so when does this happen ?? ;D
Gert
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Then there are adult kids who call their Mother by her christian name - go figure :o I wouldn't like my kids to do that to me - I love the word Mum and now of course Grandma is even more special.
My ds started to call me by my Christian name.. Well did hé get an earfull.. Told him im his mum and hé Will call me that and that only hé and dd get to call me mummy in thé whole world... After that he didn't try to call me by my first name again...
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I was referring to Cookies computer. I'm using tapatalk and forgot to load the next few pages, so my comments were relevant about 3 pages ago!
I hate it when I let people in from a driveway or street when at stop lights and they don't acknowledge the courtesy.
I hate poor grammar and spelling on signs in shops. I particularly loathe it when I see apostrophes popping up all over the place on signs in the veggie section of shops. Tomato's, potato's etc
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I am not particularly fast what I am called. In fact I prefer being called Dennis rather than Mr or Uncle. My kids call me Dad mostly though occasionally they will call me by my first name or some nickname.
I have friends whose 3 children only call them by their christian names They also call their grandparent by their christian names. I guess it all depends on what you were raised with as normal.
I don't believe being called Mr or Mrs instills respect. I feel that respect is earned by your actions and how you treat people.
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Little boys take a long time to mature, Cookie!
My DH is nearly 83 so when does this happen ?? ;D
Gert
Very soon I would hope. ;)
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l hate THEIFS
l had the best news yesturday , on the 6th feb we had to send our son ipad away to be fixed as it had a fault with a program.
we had only had it 2 weeks we posted it with australia post
and the ipad never reached it destination, upon us inquiring we were told that the item reached the post office, but the van was stolen on the way from the P.O. to it's destination.....
the company ofter us anther one free of charge , we told them we had it insured with aus post they said dont worry . it is unfornated of what has happen to you and we would like to give it to you
we are so greatful for such a generous offer
the police have the van but our ipad was never found . so now we begin to get the money from aussie post so we can send it to the company
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How's your luck nazar - what are the odds of the delivery van being stolen :o Glad to hear there is a good outcome though.
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I sympathise with you nazar but forunately in this case its not a question of your honesty that is under question which it would have been if the van hadn't been stolen. Every night the Oz news gets worse with more and more violence and it seems to be a drug related issue. Maybe we should have an "Alcatraz" type island where all these criminals can be separated from mainstream society and dry out/undergo rehab until their addictions and issues have been sorted out before they can come back to the mainland (and as punishment - no visitors). I'm sick of these parasites.
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In southern California we have a problem with crooks, mostly addicts, stealing copper wire and pipe from new construction, but also from established businesses and homes. Yesterday morning 300 feet of copper cable for phone lines in the Devore area, was stolen and caused loss of service to many households and to the animal shelter.
A few weeks ago one thief was electrocuted while trying to steal copper from a power company switching vault.
It's as difficult to catch these people (unless they do something really stupid) as it is those who steal mail and there have been a number of those, usually on the first of the month, when Social Security checks are delivered.
Some towns have passed laws requiring scrap dealers to have security cameras and get clear, identifiable photos of every person who brings in scrap for sale.
A few years ago I had to get a new furnace because sometime during the summer, someone broke into the outside service hatch to the furnace and removed the brass burners, a large chunk of metal. I didn't know until the service came to prep the furnace for winter use and found the hinges on one side of the door were only held on by loose nails. Now the hatch is steel and has secured covered hinges and a lock that can't be cut with bolt cutters. At least my homeowners insurance paid for the new furnace and door.
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Anduesenji what part of Southern Cal are you in? I used to live in Vista on the inland side of Camp Pendelton. My great aunt and some distant cousins still live in Downey (south of LA). I here how bad crime is there but never realized it had gotten to that level.
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Anduesenji what part of Southern Cal are you in? I used to live in Vista on the inland side of Camp Pendelton. My great aunt and some distant cousins still live in Downey (south of LA). I here how bad crime is there but never realized it had gotten to that level.
I'm just outside Lancaster, just 9 miles from Edwards AFB where the shuttle used to land and where there is always testing of new aircraft. Lots of sonic booms.
I've a friend who lives near Vista, has an avocado grove.
There are just too many people who are willing to prey on others and the copper thefts (and other metals) are so egregious. Many bronze plaques from veteran's graves have been stolen from several cemeteries in the L.A. area. How low can one go to do this kind of act. And why don't the scrap dealers refuse to accept this stuff?
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Andie, sadly there will ALWAYS be someone willing to go lower just to make a dollar. Many years ago we were backpacking around in southern Africa and many people were selling decorative copper bracelets - the copper had come from power cables that had been 'acquired' from various sources and this was causing havoc with the local utilities. As they say, there is nothing new under the sun, but stealing the bronze plaques off veteran's graves is, simply, tragic.
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There are just too many people who are willing to prey on others and the copper thefts (and other metals) are so egregious. Many bronze plaques from veteran's graves have been stolen from several cemeteries in the L.A. area. How low can one go to do this kind of act. And why don't the scrap dealers refuse to accept this stuff?
This has been happening in the UK as well Andie.I agree with you how can people get so low to act this way.They only get a few pounds for the plaques.I also agree with you, why do the dealers accept the stuff ??? ???
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That is low but they wouldnt be stealing it if nobody would buy it...i just find so much about human nature disappointing
We dont have that much crime where we are thankfully but get alot of passers by and some break ins as alot of people are at work so ideal for thieves (although more and more thieves are breaking in at night when people are asleep.. Creepy) anyway we put up a high fence and auto steel gate when we moved in but was more to kep the kids and dogs in but in the last two years the neighbours who didnt have fences and gates now have them...i think more and more people just want to feel secure and it must be very frustrating to have people steeling metal off homes or wherever they can find it...not to mention your private space being invaded...and the cost of replacing what has been damaged or stolen in the event that insurance doesnt cover it..
Whatever happened to morals and respect.. I find more and more its every man for himself... So sad :((