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Just for Hoolie - maybe we could have a sub forum just for the fun types of rants that Hoolie is planning - religion, lawers, politics, pop-up windows - that sort of thing.

Might be a severely entertaining forum - just a place to blow off steam.

Then again - it could take over the whole forum from the looks of things.

Yeah thats a good idea. Sort of a "Vent" type place like in the paper. It would be good for a laugh I'm all for it!

If I could vent today ~ it would be regarding cell phones. I have a huge LOVE/HATE relationship with them. If these companies would only realize that I am willing to pay for what they got.

BUT I HATE ALL THE COMPANIES THAT SELL THEM, I HATE THEIR CS DEPTS OR LACK THEREOF, I HATE THEIR PLANS, I HATE THEIR RECEPTION, I HATE THEIR FINE PRINT, I HATE THE PIECE OF ____ PHONES with all their little gadgets.

Come to think of it I feel the same way about Qwest and Cox.

Urghghghghghg............. I CANNOT GET A WEB PAGE GOING ON THIS NEW COX HIGH SPEED INTERNET I GOT. If ya know what kind of software I should use, please tell me before I go completely insane.

Thanks for listening. Your all pals! But I really don't come here to complain, REALLY!

Obviously I need to go on a hike! Ok, also let me know your suggestion for the closest to east valley wooded hike

okay where's that gun toten criss-cross bandolier man when you need somebody to hide behind, I'm going back to the Superstitions where it's safe!

Here is my rant for today:



" Hi, Im ignorant, Im going to drive in the fast lane today, but Im going to go no faster than 55 mph. Im also going to be talking on my cell phone, smoke cigarettes and eat lunch. Im even thinking about picking my nose here in a little bit. So if you want me to move over, forget it, Im a moron. There is no one in front of me for at least 2 miles, but i dont care. Im busy. Im driving. Go around. "

Take note Joe - I think I may have created a monster here. Best to find a place for it before it kills us all.

I'll see you in the Sups. Definitely safer there....

My rant: I hate thieves. My truck was stolen from my apartment's parking lot yesterday. Walked out to go to work and the thing had vanished into thin air. And of course, I only have liability insurance

If you see a grey 4Runner with a HAZ sticker on the back, call the police



/rant

Whoa that truely bites. Very sorry to that man, I feel for ya.

Better hold the police calling to Tucson cause somebody very near and dear fits the description. Also, there's more stickers roaming around then the population of most small towns.

PS.. I'll speed up Cakewalk

I'll betcha Kelly has Worldcom for a cell service...we hate ours as well and just cancelled it...now heading to Verison...can you hear me now?

My Rant...
out of area calls on the caller ID

hang ups on the answering machine

my neighbor, who each night sits in his truck in his driveway, smoking, and then flicks the butt, which ends up in my yard. (I collect them every few days, put them in a plastic bag and leave it on their doorstep.)

the 15 million little subscription cards that magazines like Backpacker, Outside, Runners World, Bicycling, and AZ highways puts into each issue...I SUBSCRIBE TO THE DARN MAGAZINE...why is it necessary to put more subscription cards in them! I drives me nuts.

OK, finished for now, but their might be more later...

I'm happy.

Chuckles at everyone except Lizard (that's serious).

I am sick to tears of doctors with huge heads that don't speak English. I try to take notes and look up words in the dictionary but at the end of the day I still don't understand very well. They assume my time is of absolutely no value, Aaaaaaarrrrggghhh!!!

There, that feels better ;)

My rant...

My stupid neighbor with 3 dogs in his yard. They never go in the house, and there is no shade or shelter in the yard for them. They are in the sun all day and in the storms when/if they come. The poor dogs bark when ever they hear noise in our yard, i guess hopping we'll set them free. So now I have to put up with barking dogs anytime I'm in my yard, and I feel bad for yelling at them to shut up because it's not their fault.

Then of course my biggest pet peeve, people that throw cigarettte butts and ashes out their car window (on the road or in their driveway). Or worse yet, the ones that use their ash tray, yet dump them in the parking lot of Target...

CK1, those cards make good bookmarks.

If we are voting, I vote for no rant subforum please. I wrote a rant, read it, and thought Sheesh!! Listen to yourself!! I like the site the way it is.

Here's the counter rant:

evenstarx3 wrote:I'm happy.

I'll agree with Hoolie - other than being currently unemployed, I'm fairly happy right now.

A wise man once had some troubles with his mariage. They seemed to argue a lot over small things. They sat down to try and figure things out, and the wife suggested that once a week they would sit together and tell each other of all the little complaints or problems they had with each other. They both agreed that this would be a good way to air their problems and work together to find a solution.

At the end of the first week, they sat down together and the wife began. She informed him of all the little things he did that annoyed her and all of the things she wished he'd do. After quite some time, she was done. Her husband said nothing. "Don't you have any complaints about me?" she asked. "Nope. You're perfect for me in every way." was all he said.

They never held another weekly discussion, and they never had another serious fight.

I feel like that all the time.

I have a lot of things to be grateful for, and although I get slightly annoyed now and again by various things - but you know what, as long as I have my loving wife by my side and my beautiful boy, most other problems fade to insignificance.

Sometimes it's just good to be alive.

So I’m driving home today in the fast lane trying to enjoy lunch and a nice conversation on the phone. However the cell reception was terrible making it difficult to concentrate on lunch. On the bright side, I was pretty excited cause the particulates in the valley were high today making for good bugar pickin! Only to look over my shoulder and see this moron flippin me the bird in his little low rider sports car. So I speed up from 45 to 105 to make him happy, but he continued to hang within an inch of my bumper. So I don’t know what’s up with that? In the mean time I’m trying to read this letter. Which goes on to tell me how his stupid neighbor keeps dropping off baggies of cigarette butts on his porch? So I’m trying to think this through and figure it out. Finally I give up and decide to crumple the letter up and toss it out the window. Not littering of course, you know what I’m talking about… (speed dispersed geocaching)

Mother of all, wouldn’t ya know it! I look up in my rearview mirror, cause I was getting a drink, and there’s a cop behind me flashing his lights. I wasn’t too concerned cause I knew I wasn’t doing anything wrong. So I proceed to pull over in a safe spot. The officer approaches and explains. Basically, what I could make out of it was I’d been stereotyped. Some guy in Tucson with the same model truck and a HAZ sticker on back had his stolen. Anyhow, since the VIN didn’t match things quickly calmed down. The officer asked, so what is this “HAZ” I briefly explained that it’s a website where you can find hiking trail information and there’s also a forum. The officer replied “oh they chat about hiking” I said “…ya, sometimes”, "if nothing else it's an interesting group, I like 'em!"

teva wrote: “oh they chat about hiking” I said “…ya, sometimes”,

Speaking of hiking; we (Patches and I) did Fossil Spring today. Really gorgeous at the spring :!: Hike out was a bitch Realized that all the sittin' on my pumpkin the past two months was a big mistake; basically have done only two hikes since I did Bryce Canyon on June 8....Horton Creek and West Fork, neither of which were demanding enough to get me in shape for the climb out of Fossil Spring with temps in the mid 80's or higher. But glad we did it anyway

OK, back to you folks who have rants...Oh wait, I do have a rant :!: Damn pro shop sold me a bunch of Rush Limbaugh golf balls :!: Really pissed me off :!: :verymad:

No complaints here! Started a new job this week. Worked 14-16 hour days, didn't have time to spend with my children, no time to cook, clean, workout, tend to the garden, can hardly stay awake to read HAZ. I'll be doing this for the next 9 weeks. Life is good!

No rant here, life is good and it's a beautiful planet.

But a question: How do you pick what kind of kokopelli you are? I've been two different ones. What up with that?

Guide-FAQ => User Preferences and Settings =>

It goes by number of post

1 New Born Kokopelli
5 Lil' Kokopelli
50 Junior Kokopelli
100 Flutin' Kokopelli
150 Seed Sowin' Kokopelli
250 Trendsettin' Kokopelli
500 HAZOPELLI

teva wrote:On the bright side, I was pretty excited cause the particulates in the valley were high today making for good bugar pickin!

LOL!. Ain't that the truth.

I'm basically as content as anybody is whose kids go back to school in LESS THAN A WEEK!

However... I've seen more and more cars parked in parking lots locked and running while the drivers are inside shopping only so's they can climb into a nice, cool, A/C'd car when they return. Carumba! If they can't stand the heat then move to Moosewallow, Montana fer cryin' out loud! And I certainly hope none of you HAZites are guilty of this.

All this in a time when we're plotting to vaporize Saddam and drill ANWAR and refuse to mandate new CAFE standards and heaven knows what else in the name of uninterrupted dinofuel supplies.

End of rant.

I gotta get back on the trails, huh? 8O

-Nealz