LOL gat!  Yesterday storms and hail, today rain and at the moment (4:30pm) it's currently 48F so sunburn is not a worry for us. Neither is going outside. Welcome to July in Alberta.  So there!  I just hope we don't have snow tonight. ....

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Enjoy your week of summer in August roseanne. September hits and it's "lights out" for another year.

Thanks Sid, lol.  I actually hate heat, but I do adore the sunshine and lack of snow. No matter how bad I feel, sunshine perks me up. When I first came here we had a lot of snow that first winter and the following few, cold temps (-30C) but lots of sunshine too. It was actually great. The last 2 or 3 winters have not been as cold or snowy, but it's been dark and cloudy a large part of the time. Ugh. People get cranky and I'll be if they did a survey, there are more doctor/ER visits in that kind of weather.

Visitors that come up to the nurse's station and stand there gabbing at me when I'm trying to work, or come right in to another patient's room to tell me what their family member needs or ask you something when I'm trying to take care of the patient I am currently with...I view that as the height of rudeness and intrusive...It's like they think their family member is my only patient...

I am not a nurse, but this type of behavior is rampant everywhere. I've been on the phone in my office and people come in and start chatting. Then, after they realize that I am on the phone, they just stand there listening to my conversation. Both of those things also happen when I have someone at my desk too. FFS! WAIT OUTSIDE THE OFFICE! There are a couple of comfortable chairs for just that purpose and my conversation is none of your business.

People these days seem to have more of a sense of entitlement that makes it difficult to maintain a polite demeanor when they are being self-involved asses.

Today my pet peeve is video.  I hate when I read a news teaser that is interesting and click through for the story and I get a video.  They take too long to watch and too long to get to the point.  I prefer to read or skim my news in print.

"The American people want/are saying/don't want"

I'm gonna strangle someone soon if I hear it one more time out of a rightie's mouth!

Aww jab, what's wrong? Don't you know that they speak for all of us in that alternate universe where their reality says black is white and up is down?

At least make sure it's a righty teabagger that you strangle, ok?

Insurance companies that tell you "You can save $$!" Compared to what/who? And if every damn company saves you hundreds of dollars, then eventually wouldn't your insurance be free?  LOL

My pet peeve for today:  Grandson wants to borrow my only car to go to ball game (other grandpa gave him tickets to be his "guest"--only grandpa can't pick grandson and friend up--his car too  full)  Grandson's mom (mydau) thinks I should loan car to grandson--she says I have insurance for uninsured motorist or driver ...lol...she had a wedding dinner to go to...problem is the kid does not have his driver's license...i said "No Way!!" offered to give the kid and friend a ride to stadium...He says he wanted the car in case he wanted to leave before game over...his mom is "mad" and said she wouldn't ever ask for favor again and I had better not ask for any either...I repeated my offer to drive them to stadium etc. no good...i had nothing to do with this baseball game, it was between my ex, my dau, and my grandson, but everyone is angry because I wouldn't let an unlicensed driver drive my car after dark in a lot of traffic...the kid can drive ok, but i just wasn't comfortable with it...(his mom won't let him get his license until he has a job and can pay for his own insurance...siiiiiigh...)..but I'm supposed to loan my car to him???

Here cyclists insist on their right to ride on winding country roads through farmland and forest where two cars going in opposite directions can barely pass by and there is no shoulder.Deer jump out of the forest and there are hills to boot.  I have nearly died of fright when coming around a turn to find several cyclists in the road with nowhere to go.  I hold my breath as I brake, expecting the next car to come around the turn behind me and smash into my rear end.  then, the cylists go on the radio and complain that people hit them on purpose.  they should all be required to drive a car down these roads while their children are cycling before they get a permit to cycle themselves. Perhaps they were riding before helmets were invented.

Pet peeve of the day (week, month, year, life!):  Stupid people.  I mean really stupid people. People with NO common sense and who blurt out phrases or opinions that make no sense whatsoever.  What is that phrase? "Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt"

Oh... you mean statements like "pink elephants marching on Washington..."

Breaking News like some spoiled brat reporting for her deserved jail time.
Who the hell cares about such shit?

"reality" TV... I really, really hate "reality" TV.

The only "reality TV" I have ever watched [and still watch] is Dancing With The Stars and America's Got Talent ~ both are "guilty pleasures" for me ~

Sooz
  

To me... Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers are more documentaries than "reality" TV.

Cracker sleeves that seem spot-welded at the seam, making them impossible to open properly.

Use scissors...