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Texas Family Wins Fight Against HOA to Keep Pet Kangaroo {AOL Real Estate}

Mar 5th 2012 9:18PM HOA's are nothing more than anal retentives with nothing better to do than mind someone else's business and be self-congratulatory over their meaningless power.

A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}

Jan 14th 2012 10:03AM Amen...pretty much what I said--and this article has appeared TWICE this week! Poor, pathetic, angry little man.

A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}

Jan 14th 2012 10:01AM I forgot to add:

If you can't handle the breakfast bar, order from the breakfast menu. But be forewarned...the wait staff speaks over your plate. So does the cooking staff. You have no control over it. So, either grow a pair and put on your big-boy pants or stay at home.

The world is NOT all about YOU.

A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}

Jan 14th 2012 9:58AM Is this guy STILL whining about this? His plaintive wail about his pet peeves is posted for the second time in a week!

Okay, buddy...this from an elderly lady who travels quite a bit: SUCK IT UP. A hotel/motel is NOT your home. It's a place where people come and go at all hours.

Can't take the noise? Buy a set of earplugs.

Your sleepy-bye time is someone else's wake-up call. They have as much right to converse in the halls during normal waking hours as you do during the day when they may be taking a nap. Again...buy some ear plugs.

Can't handle the noise from the next room? Invest in a hotel/motel room that doesn't skimp on the insulation between rooms or, for the third time, buy a set of earplugs.

Are your children so perfectly behaved that they don't wake up with a nightmare? Or crying? Or turning YOUR TV on? YOU are an aggravation to some other traveler, you know!

All your petty little whines could EASILY have been addressed by, when making the room reservation, INQUIRING about a quiet room. You will be placed on an upper floor and in a location further from the elevator or or where there is less foot traffic.




A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel {Gadling}

Jan 11th 2012 7:54PM What a whining baby the writer of this article is!

It's pretty simple.
1. Bring ear plugs. No noise to worry about.
2. Tell the desk: no calls after (insert time here). By the way, if you're in a smoking room, there should be no problem. If you're in a non-smoking room, then simply say: Sorry, but it's not us. Thanks for the call, though--AND HANG UP.
3. Ask to be put on a QUIET floor when you make the reservation and repeat the request at check-in--but be prepared to have someone complain about YOUR babies.
4. Tell the maitre d' or the seating hostess if someone coughs or sneezes on the food. Better yet, order from the menu instead of the breakfast bar--but understand that the wait staff talks while carrying your food and you have no control over who sneezed or coughed on it during preparation and cooking.
5. Stay in a hotel that actually changes the bedding every day.

Or better yet, stay home. There are things you cannot control when you are in a hotel. Some things you can eliminate with a little forethought. The rest you deal with, like a GROWNUP.
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80 Cent 'Typo' Almost Cost Man Home {AOL Real Estate}

Jan 5th 2012 9:30PM Of COURSE, it's Bank of America!

My insurance went up but, due to a glitch in the post office, I didn't get the letter. My payment, which includes taxes and insurance went up, but I didn't get the statement that month, either...same post office, same glitch. I got a nasty phone call from B of A telling me they were going to foreclose. So, I said I'd send the the difference via Elect.Fund.Transf. immediately. What did the SOB on the other end say? Wait for it...

"Bank of American Doesn't Accept Partial Payments." A phone call to the FTC and my congressman set it right.

Vet's Widow and Son Receive Gift of a Lifetime {AOL Real Estate}

Dec 19th 2011 9:46PM Thank you!!! I was about to write the same thing. Military widows are not left destitute unless there is something radically wrong with the way they spend money. They won't be rich, but their needs will be met until they can get back on their feet.

7 Things That Drive Vets Crazy {Pawnation OLD}

Dec 17th 2011 10:17PM Well, Lady veterinarian, here's what irks ME about veterinarians.

1. Padding their spaying or neutering bill with other "diseases" they've decided they've found.

2. Refusing to send OUT of the office the dog owner who won't control his dog and is scaring the bejesus out of my cat in her carrier.

3. Having your clerk/receptionist decide to offer me a litany of other products I might like to try. Companies give you samples to hand out. Do it. SILENTLY.

4. Treating me like I am an idiot who cannot understand Latin or Greek based words.

5. Chastising (usually sarcastically) me over the condition of my cat/dog. Really? I just picked him/her up from a city SHELTER--how healthy do you think those animals are? I saved her from the cat gas chamber and brought her to YOU. That goes for the German Shepherd someone threw out of their car on the freeway that I rescued from being street pizza.

6. Overpricing your meds. Dog aspirin doesn't cost any more to manufacture than the people kind.

7. Writing condescending articles like the one you just published.

Galley Gossip: How do flight attendants survive on such a small salary? {Gadling}

Nov 29th 2011 8:00PM Ah, but there's one perquisite that goes with the job: meeting wealthy businessmen whom you might just be lucky enough to land as sugar-daddy or husband.

Every girl I went to HS with who became a flight attendant married well and are still married to their bankroll.

SkyMall Monday: Leaf Rake Hands {Gadling}

Nov 28th 2011 11:24PM They look more like German Shepherd doggie pooper scoopers than anything else.