The Vent and Rant Thread

[poohbear_nc]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I hate Daylight Savings Time! Hate it!

[cromag]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I hate Daylight Savings Time! Hate it!

Agreed.

[issybird]

It’s the most wonderful day of the year!

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by issybird

It’s the most wonderful day of the year!

Foul fiend! My cats' feeding schedule is once again in tatters!

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Foul fiend! My cats' feeding schedule is once again in tatters!

No, it’s just your schedule that is in tatters. They know perfectly well when feeding time is. If your clock is different than yesterday, that’s your problem!

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Foul fiend! My cats' feeding schedule is once again in tatters!

So give them a Handy!

Seriously, BC passed a plebiscite several years ago to go to permanent daylight savings time, but somehow they still haven't implemented it.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by CRussel

So give them a Handy!

Seriously, BC passed a plebiscite several years ago to go to permanent daylight savings time, but somehow they still haven't implemented it.

I’d be all over permanent DST, but I’ll take eight months rather than none at all. I read in the past week or so, I think in the NYT, that permanent DST is under serious consideration in the US Senate. They need 60 votes and have 59; there’s a lone Democratic holdout.

Where I live, we should really be on Atlantic Time.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I hate Daylight Savings Time! Hate it!

Which means that everything is now an hour earlier for me, as Arizona (in large part, not 100%) does not "do" DST. FFS.

The market opens an hour earlier, etc. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Hitch

[DiapDealer]

I hate it when dogs that I don't own incessantly bark at me while I'm on property that I do.

EDIT: Oh yeah... and pulverized Pringles.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I hate it when dogs that I don't own incessantly bark at me while I'm on property that I do.

Ah, but from the dog's perspective, you're probably on their street. Or within their sight. In either case, clearly a dangerous person and the dog must do her job. ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!!!

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I hate it when dogs that I don't own incessantly bark at me while I'm on property that I do.

EDIT: Oh yeah... and pulverized Pringles.

Are they ownerless or just owned by people who don't give a crap? I mean, "incessantly bark" sounds rather irksome. I've found the selective deafness of dog owners pretty shocking over the years. Or my fave, "my dog doesn't bark," (which means that riiiight, the dog doesn't bark while the owner is at home, but then barks a few thousand times an hour, hour-in and hour-out, all day whilst same owner is at work).

Hitch

[Deskisamess]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I hate it when dogs that I don't own incessantly bark at me while I'm on property that I do.

EDIT: Oh yeah... and pulverized Pringles.

The house we moved from in January is across the street from a house with 5-6 kids, 3 dogs, multiple cats, and adults who are oblivious to normal good neighbor behavior. (The oldest girl moved out as soon as she graduated)

Their dogs bark all the time. While barking, they jump and charge the front windows. These homes only have about 20 feet of frontage, so you can clearly see and hear them every time you are outside. I assume the curtains are in shreds. The dogs are not small, maybe in the 40-50 pound range.

When they first moved in, maybe 8 years ago, they put up one of those cheap roll fences in the small back yard. Grandma babysat the younger kids all day, and she would put the dogs in that fenced in part, and leave them out all day. Until the people in the house next door explained about about the nuisance law, which meant they couldn't leave the dogs out barking all.day.long.

I could write a novella about those neighbors.

Barking untrained dogs are a huge pet peeve of mine. There don't seem to be any rude neighbors in our new location. Lots of dogs, very little continual barking.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

The house we moved from in January is across the street from a house with 5-6 kids, 3 dogs, multiple cats, and adults who are oblivious to normal good neighbor behavior. (The oldest girl moved out as soon as she graduated)

Their dogs bark all the time. While barking, they jump and charge the front windows. These homes only have about 20 feet of frontage, so you can clearly see and hear them every time you are outside. I assume the curtains are in shreds. The dogs are not small, maybe in the 40-50 pound range.

When they first moved in, maybe 8 years ago, they put up one of those cheap roll fences in the small back yard. Grandma babysat the younger kids all day, and she would put the dogs in that fenced in part, and leave them out all day. Until the people in the house next door explained about about the nuisance law, which meant they couldn't leave the dogs out barking all.day.long.

I could write a novella about those neighbors.

Barking untrained dogs are a huge pet peeve of mine. There don't seem to be any rude neighbors in our new location. Lots of dogs, very little continual barking.

I once lived in a subdivision (last time ever). The guy who lived kitty-corner from us (we lived on the pie-shaped, outer corner lot and he lived across) had a dog. A dog that was relentless. This dog would start barking if someone walked near his external wall (6' masonry walls) which happened all the time, because the neighborhood community mailbox was right there.

Then the dog would bark until whenever his drunk owner would come home. 2 hours, 5, 10...he once left the dog for Xmas week and the dog barked 24/7, endlessly for 4 days in a row. Ruined the holiday for everybody in about 1300 feet.

I once recorded the dog and used audio software to calculate that literally, the dog barked thousands of times per hour. I mean, do the math yourself. let's say the dog "only" barked 30x per minute (easy to do), for an hour. 30x60 = 1800barks/hour. And before anybody says, 'oh, no, they don't bark like that" OH YES THEY DAMN SURE DO. Frequently, over 2700 barks/hour. (yup, counted.)

At the same time, the city of Scottsdale in their infinite wisdom decided to stop enforcing their noise ordinance. One of the council people was a friend of mine--a good friend. I actually called her up, at midnight, one night, standing in my yard, so she could listen to it and I told her "this is what you've done to those of us with no recourse because you can't be bothered and it's not happening to YOU."

8 years and worse, this a$$hole got himself elected president of the HOA and ignored every single complaint. I was a basket case by the time he moved out. I worked from home and nothing--no amount of blowing air, air-conditioning, TV, etc. blocked out that freaking dog. (I freely admit, I had evil thoughts about the dog.) I offered to buy him a bark collar and anything else, too and nope, couldn't be bothered.

Noise ordinances are the last thing being enforced today. Now the county of Maricopa no longer enforces any barking dog laws, either. They have this crap on their website, about how you can "resolve" it with your neighbor...yah, right. If you could resolve it with your neighbor, why on earth would you need law enforcement, code enforcement, etc.?

I have lost any patience with people and dogs. I just...the moment it starts and it's more than a transitory thing, I get on it. And you have to be a j*ckass about it, too. You shouldn't have to be--you're the one suffering--but people are lazy and will always take the path of least resistance, so if you make it easy for them to ignore you, they will.

(And god forbid anybody make sure that their dog actually get exercise...)


Hitch

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Are they ownerless or just owned by people who don't give a crap? I mean, "incessantly bark" sounds rather irksome. I've found the selective deafness of dog owners pretty shocking over the years. Or my fave, "my dog doesn't bark," (which means that riiiight, the dog doesn't bark while the owner is at home, but then barks a few thousand times an hour, hour-in and hour-out, all day whilst same owner is at work).

Hitch

Pretty much what @Deskisamess said. I have several neighbors who have dogs who have never encouraged them to shut up while outside.

I don't blame the dog. I blame the owners.

When I walk to work (sidewalk all the way) when the weather is nice, there's about 12 dogs along my 15 minute route who have coordinated a bark relay that starts from my doorstep and doesn't end until I get to my office.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Pretty much what @Deskisamess said. I have several neighbors who have dogs who have never encouraged them to shut up while outside.

I don't blame the dog. I blame the owners.

When I walk to work (sidewalk all the way) when the weather is nice, there's about 12 dogs along my 15 minute route who have coordinated a bark relay that starts from my doorstep and doesn't end until I get to my office.

Oh, I don't blame the dogs one iota. It's always the owners. Ever considered standing there and shrieking SHUT UP?

Hitch