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Posted by kimby on Jun 7, 2012, 6:11pm

Jun 7, 2012, 6:06pm, kimby wrote:

1346. Thinking of a pet peeve, and before I can open this thread to post it, forgetting it! Especially peeved that this has happened multiple times for the same "peeve" [image]

(Too much like walking into a room to get something and forgetting what it was and having to go back to where you were and reconstruct what you were doing so you can remember it again, only to forget it again by the time you get to the room where it is...)

1347. Oh, oh, I remember! Using the recent posts feature or the little compass thingy to see what's new on Any Port, then checking my bookmarks and realizing that none of those looks counts as visiting a thread so all my bookmarks are still marked "new" and I have to visit each one to erase the "new" flag.

Posted by kerouac2 on Jun 14, 2012, 11:12am

1348. People who pose for photos with their hands in silly positions to pretend to be "holding" the Eiffel Tower or whatever.

Posted by rikita on Jun 16, 2012, 11:07am

1349. the fact that the glass with pickled mushrooms i just ate from is already empty, when i really would like some more.

Posted by kimby on Jun 17, 2012, 1:04am

1350. Stores and restaurants that turn the air-conditioning up so high that I can barely stand to stay indoors long enough to make my purchases or finish my meal. It's summer, folks! Your customers are dressed for warm weather. What are you thinking? They can't spend money if they can't stand to be inside your establishment. AND you're wasting energy and money, too. (Ditto for places that overheat in the winter.)

Posted by bixaorellana on Jun 17, 2012, 3:00am

Tew trew!

Posted by rikita on Jun 17, 2012, 12:07pm

1351. Being told off for apologizing too much (i never know what to reply... "sorry"?)

Posted by bixaorellana on Jun 20, 2012, 4:36pm

I had a friend -- quite a peevish person -- that did that to me. >:(

1352. Keep forgetting to post this, & it's a HUGE peeve of mine:

WHY in the name of goodness aren't all the holding parts on the tops of teapots, sugar bowls, canisters and the like made so you can actually grasp them??!

If you go into anyones china cabinet, any thrift or antique shop, you're sure to find topless teapots & sugar bowls because the tops naturally slipped from the grip of someone attempting to access the contents.

WRONG:
[image]

OKAY:

Posted by rikita on Jun 23, 2012, 1:37pm

1352. morning sickness.

Posted by bixaorellana on Jun 23, 2012, 1:44pm

REALLY???!!

REALLY???!!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Posted by rikita on Jun 23, 2012, 1:57pm

thanks!

well the morning sickness is almost over now, only occasional in the last couple of weeks (before that it was every day)...

Posted by tod2 on Jun 23, 2012, 2:08pm

Congratulations from ME too to you two! You must tell us if you are knitting blue or pink booties soon as you know.

Posted by bixaorellana on Jun 23, 2012, 2:14pm

You have my heartfelt sympathy on the morning sickness.

Mine was so bad, I couldn't say any words with a hard G in them -- girl, magazine, etc. -- without racing for the john.

Posted by rikita on Jun 23, 2012, 2:17pm

Well, that will still be a few weeks before I know... but I am also quite curious...

as for the morning sickness, i think i was/am lucky compared to others, it was never as strong as some of the others i heard about... but it was still quite annoying at times... especially when mr. r. went through so much trouble to cook a really nice meal for me - and then i just couldn't eat it...

Posted by kerouac2 on Jun 23, 2012, 3:00pm

As a guy, I have never known if morning sickness only takes place in the morning. Sometimes they give these conditions inaccurate names.

Posted by rikita on Jun 23, 2012, 3:45pm

afaik it can take place any time of the day. in my case, it was strongest in the morning until about lunch time, but there was also a phase of a week or so where i was fine in the mornings but not feeling well in the afternoons/evenings. and from what i heard, for some women it is 24/7...

Posted by kimby on Jun 26, 2012, 3:36pm

And from what I've heard, the healthiest women tend to have the most morning sickness and deliver the healthiest babies. Women who smoke tend not to suffer morning sickness, perhaps because their nausea meter has been turned off by the exposure to so much smoke.

Sounds like you are out of the woods on the morning sickness, riki, so when is the little one expected?

Posted by rikita on Jun 26, 2012, 8:31pm

yeah, i read too that there are statistics saying women with morning sickness have fewer miscarriages, for example. no idea whether that is ttrue though - neither my mom nor my grandmother had mroning sickness, and they had 3 (my mom) and 4 (my grandma) children without any problems. though my other grandmother had morning sickness and also had 4 children...

yeah morning sickness is pretty much gone. now i am just hungry all the time. my stomach growls if i don't eat in too long...

official date is january 7th... interestingly, that is mr. r's ex-wife's birthday...

Posted by mich64 on Jun 26, 2012, 10:01pm

Well if the little comes a few days early he/she might instead share my birthday! Congratulations Rikita! I hope you continue to feel better and better.

Posted by kerouac2 on Jun 27, 2012, 7:25am

1353. Women chattering on about their "woman stuff" without taking time to worry about all of the problems that men have.

Posted by jazz on Jun 27, 2012, 8:18am

1354. Men whining about their ‘male stuff’ without taking time to worry about all of the problems that women have.

Posted by kerouac2 on Jun 27, 2012, 9:12am

I knew that wouldn't work without an emoticon!

Posted by rikita on Jun 27, 2012, 7:36pm

1355. people seperating problems into "male" and "female" problems, when at least in german, the word "problem" is in fact neutral.

Posted by rikita on Jun 27, 2012, 7:38pm

1356. oh, and also falling asleep after dinner when there is so much stuff i still wanted to get done.

Posted by bixaorellana on Jun 27, 2012, 7:44pm

"problema" (Spanish) looks like a feminine noun, but is in fact masculine ~~ el problema.

I feel this speaks volumes. [image]

1357. English speakers who proclaim "No problemo!" in response to a request.

Posted by fumobici on Jun 27, 2012, 10:21pm

Jun 27, 2012, 7:44pm, bixaorellana wrote:

"problema" (Spanish) looks like a feminine noun, but is in fact masculine ~~ el problema.

I feel this speaks volumes. [image]

1357. English speakers who proclaim "No problemo!" in response to a request.

Italian has a bunch of those. Many are or are derived from loan words or are truncations of old longer forms. The Greek derived ones often stay the same for plural for added confusion.

Posted by bixaorellana on Jun 27, 2012, 11:16pm

In the last Spanish course I took, the teacher was asked how to know when nouns ending in A were actually masculine. She blithely replied, "Just remember, they're the words with Greek roots."
::)

Posted by kerouac2 on Jun 28, 2012, 5:06pm

1358. Lawyers

Posted by rikita on Jun 29, 2012, 7:42pm

yeah i learned that about the greek words too... the fact that "mano" is feminine, on the other hand, has to do with the latin root word afaik... (was it "manus" or something like that?)

oh, and:

1359. football fans who think that just because it is some stupid europe cup and football is important to them, it must be to everyone else or at least everyone else has to make space for their football-fan-ness...

Posted by kerouac2 on Jun 29, 2012, 7:52pm

(Football fans are a lot like irrepressible smokers.)

Posted by fumobici on Jun 29, 2012, 8:09pm

Jun 29, 2012, 7:52pm, kerouac2 wrote:

(Football fans are a lot like irrepressible smokers.)

I had a smoke to celebrate the Azzuri winning against Germany.


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