What things bother you the most?

deseipher wrote:Neighbor's son whines like a little kid whenever his mother asks him to do something. If he was a little kid, I could tolerate it. At 20? Not at all. :grumble:

And you can hear all this?! Wow. How close is your house to your neighbors?

Wynter wrote:And you can hear all this?! Wow. How close is your house to your neighbors?

Never underestimate a whiny person: I can hear a neighbor's elementary school-age kids grousing two houses down. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Never underestimate a whiny person: I can hear a neighbor's elementary school-age kids grousing two houses down. :shakehead:

Yikes, they must be yelling quite a bit. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:And you can hear all this?! Wow. How close is your house to your neighbors?

They're next door. With the hot weather we've all had our windows open and in the evening and later at night it's quiet around here so you can hear the conversations. The son often hangs out in the backyard at night, so I can really hear him then. I feel bad for the mom. She's constantly pushing him to do things, find a job, etc. but he always argues.

deseipher wrote:

bmwracer wrote:
Never underestimate a whiny person: I can hear a neighbor's elementary school-age kids grousing two houses down. :shakehead:

Yikes, they must be yelling quite a bit. :sweat:

You have no idea. :bleh:

I wonder if the same high frequency tone used to silence cats and dogs (16KHz-20KHz) would work on a little kid. :beaten:

OT: My husband managed to get lost driving home tonight and drove one full hour in the WRONG direction! :doh:
And its now super late and he's really tired and still has the entire 2 hour drive ahead of him.
So Im fluctuating between worry and wanting to to rant at him for being such an idiot. :beatyou:
I mean its one thing to go ten or 15 miles the wrong way.... but one hour?! Even if that stretch is dark and non-populated. :sweat:

Eve wrote:OT: My husband managed to get lost driving home tonight and drove one full hour in the WRONG direction! :doh:
And its now super late and he's really tired and still has the entire 2 hour drive ahead of him.
So Im fluctuating between worry and wanting to to rant at him for being such an idiot. :beatyou:
I mean its one thing to go ten or 15 miles the wrong way.... but one hour?! Even if that stretch is dark and non-populated. :sweat:

Yow. :sweat:

Hope it makes it back with no problems, Evie. :fingerscrossed:

Eve wrote:OT: My husband managed to get lost driving home tonight and drove one full hour in the WRONG direction! :doh:
And its now super late and he's really tired and still has the entire 2 hour drive ahead of him.
So Im fluctuating between worry and wanting to to rant at him for being such an idiot. :beatyou:
I mean its one thing to go ten or 15 miles the wrong way.... but one hour?! Even if that stretch is dark and non-populated. :sweat:

One hour? Man, that's a long trip going the wrong way. Hopefully he does get back safely! When he does, you can rant at him :sweat:

Eve wrote:OT: My husband managed to get lost driving home tonight and drove one full hour in the WRONG direction! :doh:
And its now super late and he's really tired and still has the entire 2 hour drive ahead of him.
So Im fluctuating between worry and wanting to to rant at him for being such an idiot. :beatyou:
I mean its one thing to go ten or 15 miles the wrong way.... but one hour?! Even if that stretch is dark and non-populated. :sweat:

Do you live in a very rural area? If so, then I think it's normal to keep driving for an hour until you realize you're in the wrong direction...

Wynter wrote:Do you live in a very rural area? If so, then I think it's normal to keep driving for an hour until you realize you're in the wrong direction...

Time to buy a GPS Nav thingy... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Time to buy a GPS Nav thingy... :victory:

No kidding. He got lost twice more and didnt make it home till this morning. :shocked: 6 hours late!!
Im just relieved he was OK. I couldnt reach him for awhile and kind of freaked out. :sweat:

Eve wrote:

No kidding. He got lost twice more and didnt make it home till this morning. :shocked: 6 hours late!!
Im just relieved he was OK. I couldnt reach him for awhile and kind of freaked out. :sweat:

Dayem! That's crazy. It's natural to have freaked out. All is well that ends all.

GPS unit is definitely in order! You can get a good one for around $150.

Eve wrote:No kidding. He got lost twice more and didnt make it home till this morning. :shocked: 6 hours late!!
Im just relieved he was OK. I couldnt reach him for awhile and kind of freaked out. :sweat:

Time to run out to Costco and get that GPS.... NOW. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Time to run out to Costco and get that GPS.... NOW. :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:

Dayem! That's crazy. It's natural to have freaked out. All is well that ends all.

GPS unit is definitely in order! You can get a good one for around $150.

Thanx guys. That's be going in his christmas stocking this year.
When he's tired his judgement goes out the window.
When he got lost the first time I knew it was going to be a bad night. :sweat:
By the third time I was stressed! :shocked:

Eve wrote:

Thanx guys. That's be going in his christmas stocking this year.
When he's tired his judgement goes out the window.
When he got lost the first time I knew it was going to be a bad night. :sweat:
By the third time I was stressed! :shocked:

Heck ya...that must have been stressful on the both of you! :sweat:

When you get one, I'd recommend getting one with a medium size screen of 4.3"...the base models with the 3.5" screens are too small. Before I got a car with built-in GPS, I purchased a Garmin GPS unit with 4.3" screen and text to speech function. It wasn't the most expensive nor the cheapest. A good solid unit that I would recommend to anyone. It definitely comes in handy!

The best feature on these GPS units is the active mapping which will automatically recalculate directions to your destination in real time EVEN IF you fail to follow the directions initially given by the GPS unit. That's the real life saver!

Tu_triky wrote:

Heck ya...that must have been stressful on the both of you! :sweat:

When you get one, I'd recommend getting one with a medium size screen of 4.3"...the base models with the 3.5" screens are too small. Before I got a car with built-in GPS, I purchased a Garmin GPS unit with 4.3" screen and text to speech function. It wasn't the most expensive nor the cheapest. A good solid unit that I would recommend to anyone. It definitely comes in handy!

The best feature on these GPS units is the active mapping which will automatically recalculate directions to your destination in real time EVEN IF you fail to follow the directions initially given by the GPS unit. That's the real life saver!

Thanx Tu. I'll be writing this town. Yeah, the stress level was outta sight for us both. So happy to have a normal night tonight. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Time to run out to Costco and get that GPS.... NOW. :sweat:

From the sounds of it, even the GPS likely wouldn't help. :sweat: Kidding! Along with the GPS recommendation, I'd suggest a change in behavior. Have a map if he's heading somewhere unfamiliar, as well as having a general idea of how to go to and from before he leaves for a trip. Technology is great, but it isn't perfect. Mindset and preparation will have a much greater impact.

Kijinnmaru wrote:From the sounds of it, even the GPS likely wouldn't help. :sweat: Kidding! Along with the GPS recommendation, I'd suggest a change in behavior. Have a map if he's heading somewhere unfamiliar, as well as having a general idea of how to go to and from before he leaves for a trip. Technology is great, but it isn't perfect. Mindset and preparation will have a much greater impact.

Of course, it's also a guy thing: not asking for directions and the like: I wander through Home Depot a lot of times 'cause I don't ask where stuff is. :beaten:

Kijinnmaru wrote:
From the sounds of it, even the GPS likely wouldn't help. :sweat: Kidding! Along with the GPS recommendation, I'd suggest a change in behavior. Have a map if he's heading somewhere unfamiliar, as well as having a general idea of how to go to and from before he leaves for a trip. Technology is great, but it isn't perfect. Mindset and preparation will have a much greater impact.

Also having his reading glasses along would help for map reading! :rolleyes:

And he had been there before but not at night.

bmwracer wrote:
Of course, it's also a guy thing: not asking for directions and the like: I wander through Home Depot a lot of times 'cause I don't ask where stuff is. :beaten:

That's what he brings me along to Home Depot for. To do the asking. He also calls me his GPS.
Next year I was informed that I would be going to the tournament with him. Well, it will be fun. ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Of course, it's also a guy thing: not asking for directions and the like: I wander through Home Depot a lot of times 'cause I don't ask where stuff is. :beaten:

So true, on both accounts.

My internet connection has been slow these last couple of days. :grumble: