I rarely pay at the pump anymore because if I pre-pay I have control over how much I spend on gas. Paying at the pump means I usually end up paying more because I'll go ahead and fill that mofo to the tippity top if I can. Some of us live on budgets.
OK, this is ridiculous. You know you can control how much you pump even if you pay at the pump, right?
Signed, I live on a budget too.
I know myself. If I whip out my debit card at the pump, I am far more likely to just let it keep filling. I do things like this with cash. It keeps me in check. Dave Ramsey is my daddy.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
I need to do a run. But I am also really hungry...I really want either (a) a pb and J sandwich or popcorn. Both of these are notorious for giving me the poops on a run. I know this, but will still eat them.....I know I'll probably have to stop and poo on this run.
:::toot toot!:::
This only reinforces my "run only when being chased" stance.
Running while being chased is very likely kick in your stress response: one typical reaction to the stress response?: Pooping. Your digestive tract gets rid of anything not needed. So really, either way you are probably going to shit while running.
I rarely pay at the pump anymore because if I pre-pay I have control over how much I spend on gas. Paying at the pump means I usually end up paying more because I'll go ahead and fill that mofo to the tippity top if I can. Some of us live on budgets.
OK, this is ridiculous. You know you can control how much you pump even if you pay at the pump, right?
Signed, I live on a budget too.
Dude, can you write a book on how awesome you are? Seriously, you have amazing advice!
Yesterday there was what can only be described as a "cheesestick incident" on the same route--I was past the bathrooms, but I would like to thank the local CVS and their public bathrooms for their support in my time of need.
Oh also...speaking of...wild fears that have very small chances of actually happening: The park bathrooms? Yeah, I'm always afraid of going in them, and some psycho seeing me and then following me in and killing me in there..the park is busy and safe, but I have a vivid imagination. I much prefer those bathrooms when I have a running buddy to survey the outside scene.
Park restrooms scare me when I'm by myself for the same reason, but I'll still choose to use one over pooping in the woods (which I to this day have never had to do and hopefully I never do). My own local CVS has definitely come in handy, as have a handful of gas stations who have taken pity upon me when I bust in there in sweaty running clothes with a frantic look on my face.
Speaking of running-the newest addition to my running playlist is that damn Gangam Style song. If that's not flameful, I don't know what is.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
So that it blocks a space or dings a car? Yes, stop being a lazy heifer and put it in the cart slot.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
So that it blocks a space or dings a car? Yes, stop being a lazy heifer and put it in the cart slot.
Or flies out at a cyclist. Good times. L-a-z-y. They have cart corrals for a reason.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
So that it blocks a space or dings a car? Yes, stop being a lazy heifer and put it in the cart slot.
Ditto. It's really thoughtless. Just put it in the cart corral.
Post by SusanBAnthony on Sept 28, 2012 22:08:57 GMT -5
This thread is taking an awesome turn.
I went through an intense newborn parenting phase aka my life is ruined aka PPD with DS when going to target was so overwhelming that having to take my cart back to the corral after strapping the screaming baby in was the straw that would have broken the camels back. So I don't judge that one.
Also diet coke at gas station + sleeping baby is well worth the minuscule chance of a kidnapping. Worth the risk! DS told me today "Pop is bad for you. you shouldn't have it every day, just sometimes as a treat". Hmmmmm.
Now this is a perfect example of crossing over the risk line. You DO NOT leave the car running with the keys in it. With the keys in the car the door was probably unlocked, so that's basically an invitation to seal the car and baby.
But if you don't leave the car running, it can get extremely hot (depending on where you live). Which is probably more dangerous than the very small risk of the car being stolen with the child inside).
Exactly. There was an incident in Macon this past June. Momleft her baby in running car to go into her friend's house for 10 min. Granted, it was nighttime, but again this was Macon in June when it's nasty hot all the damn time. I have no doubt she wanted to keep her car at a safe temperature and not wake the baby.
Dude steals car (witnessed by neighbor), dude realizes baby is there, ditches baby in her carseat on sidewalk. Baby found OK by cops.
As much as it sucks donkey balls to wake and haul a baby in nasty hot, humid weather, I did. Then again, I'm always too far away from the car to monitor it. I don't judge anyone who leaves a baby in a locked vehicle they can see that's at a safe temperature.
The problem, I think, is that our culture has to draw a line somewhere further away from the point at which real danger exists, because there are always idiots who cross it. ("but I was only gone for 40 minutes.....")
Also - I only made it to page 3, so forgive me if this is redundant.
But if you don't leave the car running, it can get extremely hot (depending on where you live). Which is probably more dangerous than the very small risk of the car being stolen with the child inside).
Exactly. This happened in Macon in June. Mom left her baby in running car to go into her friend's house for 10 min. Granted, it was nighttime, but again this was Macon in June when it's nasty hot all the damn time. Dude steals car (witnessed by neighbor), dude realizes baby is there, ditches baby in her carseat on sidewalk. Baby found OK by cops.
As much as it sucks donkey balls to wake and haul a baby in nasty hot, humid weather, I did. Then again, I'm always too far away from the car to monitor it. I don't judge anyone who leaves a baby in a locked vehicle they can see that's at a safe temperature.
The problem, I think, is that our culture has to draw a line somewhere further away from the point at which real danger exists, because there are always idiots who cross it. ("but I was only gone for 40 minutes.....")
Also - I only made it to page 3, so forgive me if this is redundant.
Okay, inside a house, out of sight of the car, for 10 minutes with the car left on is definitely not a good idea. I think most people mean leaving the windows down, car locked and off and running into the gas station/convenience store with big windows and the car in view the whole time. Huge difference from leaving a car turned on unattended with a "please take me" sign.
Exactly. This happened in Macon in June. Mom left her baby in running car to go into her friend's house for 10 min. Granted, it was nighttime, but again this was Macon in June when it's nasty hot all the damn time. Dude steals car (witnessed by neighbor), dude realizes baby is there, ditches baby in her carseat on sidewalk. Baby found OK by cops.
As much as it sucks donkey balls to wake and haul a baby in nasty hot, humid weather, I did. Then again, I'm always too far away from the car to monitor it. I don't judge anyone who leaves a baby in a locked vehicle they can see that's at a safe temperature.
The problem, I think, is that our culture has to draw a line somewhere further away from the point at which real danger exists, because there are always idiots who cross it. ("but I was only gone for 40 minutes.....")
Also - I only made it to page 3, so forgive me if this is redundant.
Okay, inside a house, out of sight of the car, for 10 minutes with the car left on is definitely not a good idea. I think most people mean leaving the windows down, car locked and off and running into the gas station/convenience store with big windows and the car in view the whole time. Huge difference from leaving a car turned on unattended with a "please take me" sign.
I know. I'm just saying that I think these kinds of incidents are where the hysteria comes from. We, on this board, can draw a clear line between the two scenarios you describe. But some people just can't see that line and do really stupid shit, so some others feel a need to just tell them to never get near it. Does that make sense?
Okay, inside a house, out of sight of the car, for 10 minutes with the car left on is definitely not a good idea. I think most people mean leaving the windows down, car locked and off and running into the gas station/convenience store with big windows and the car in view the whole time. Huge difference from leaving a car turned on unattended with a "please take me" sign.
I know. I'm just saying that I think these kinds of incidents are where the hysteria comes from. We, on this board, can draw a clear line between the two scenarios you describe. But some people just can't see that line and do really stupid shit, so some others feel a need to just tell them to never get near it. Does that make sense?
You're right. These extreme stories are where the hysteria comes from. I feel like many people take a single data point and extrapolate from it without considering the other factors. I would imagine toddlers running away in parking lots and getting hit by cars happens far more frequently than stories like that, but they don't make the news. These stories make the news because they're so rare so people are scared to leave the kid in the car instead.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
This is by far the most flameful thing in the entire 9 pages.
I get it if it's an occasional thing, because you have a screaming baby in the car or something. But to just leave your cart there because, eh someone else will get it for me? :N: :N:
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
This makes me unspeakably stabby.
That also makes me stabity. They also pay people to clean the floors. That doesn't mean I throw my trash on the ground.
They have Cart returns for a reason, just like they have trash cans.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
I often take a cart that someone else has abandoned in to the store and I feel like it makes up for the rare occasion when I leave my cart (which is only when I have both kids and it's 300 degrees in the parking lot and I couldn't get a space near the cart corral). Maybe you should try to park closer to the corral too? And no, those guys only job isn't getting carts- they also stock shelves, work registers, clean the store and more.
Post by heightsyankee on Sept 29, 2012 9:58:54 GMT -5
Does anyone here park their car diagonally in 2 spots to that their doors won't get dinged? If you do, please let me know so that I can come over and key it. Thanks.
Post by heightsyankee on Sept 29, 2012 10:33:57 GMT -5
The spots were helpful when I was reaaaaaally pregnant, but at 3 mos along, no. With small kids, I think a reserved spot next to the much discussed cart corral is a better idea than one close to the door.
My flameful is related to this "returning the cart" thing you people do. I don't do that, ever. That's why they pay people to go into the parking lot to get them right? Is that flameful? I just leave it between the cars.
My flameful confession is that I once reamed someone out at a parking lot for not returning their cart.
And that's SO unlike me.
but it was Christmas shopping season and I was aggravated after driving around every parking lot three times just looking for ONE space. This woman was in the first space opposite the store, young and in fine health and left her cart right where i was trying to pull in. Really? I mouthed off to her and walked her cart back to the store.
In retrospect, she had a child with her. That's the sort of thing I probably wouldn't think about, not having kids - but I also know that as a mom, I would be the type who wouldn't be afraid to leave my child for 30 seconds. Hell, I'd make them return the cart, like my mom used to do to me. :-)
Yeah, I do think it's hellaciously lazy that people are too lazy to return carts to the cart area of the parking lot, when we used to routinely walk them back to the store when I was a kid.
Does anyone here park their car diagonally in 2 spots to that their doors won't get dinged? If you do, please let me know so that I can come over and key it. Thanks.
LOLOL. Oh! I have a friend who works in a shopping center. There are two parking spots in the employee parking area that are shaded. Two. In Texas. In the summer. Anyway, the new security guard parked his new Dodge Charger diagonally in those two parking spaces. 8-D The two parking spaces are bordered on either side by a curb, so if you take up those two spaces, you really take up the only shade in the parking lot.
My friend drives a Mini Cooper, so she parked her car right up against his car and JUST fit in the parking spot. Lol. The security guard then came and hunted her down at work and yelled at her and threatened to give her a parking ticket. ^o) And demanded that she move her car right away, because he couldn't open his door enough to get into his car. And he claimed that she dinged his car.
When she told me this, I wanted to go find that security guard and say, "Hey, asshole! YOU'RE in the wrong! Taking up two parking spaces is always douchey. Taking up the only two parking spaces with shade when it's 110* outside makes you the biggest asshole in the world!" :@