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Also, did you know that there is a dirty (but perfectly legal) thing that a house seller can do that can leave you high and dry after you spent a ton on surveys and other aspects of buying a house (which is legal in England and Wales, and even Australia, but not in Scotland)? It's called...

It is, especially for what that man was driving (the U-Haul truck).

Who in their right mind would obfuscate the issue of another driver's wanting to get home early and pass it off as a lack of legal time for that other driver to do the load to which you were ultimately assigned?

Or worse, if the weather forecast shows rain, but it's sunny and hot all day.

Have you tried slowly swallowing cold water? That oftentimes helps me.

And KTRK Eyewitness News had one of the foremost, that being Marvin Zindler, who was known for his famous line "slime in the ice machine!", and for drawing out his signoffs: "Marvin Zindler....Eyeeee-witness News!".

Personally, I myself (if it were possible) would have wanted to see on my phone (albeit at a respectable volume) a Super Bowl of the long-past which I felt more entertaining, like, say, Super Bowl XVII between Miami and Washington (John Riggins' great ground performance [record-breaking, IIRC]...

That some people on a plane thought that it was wrong for one passenger to watch that Hitch film on that plane's in-flight entertainment, while they were seeing the Chiefs/Eagles Super Bowl. https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/plane-passengers-screen-during-super-bowl-goes-viral/

And if you want to purchase something, you have to deal with a sometimes-wonky website that can be designed to trip you up and force you into signing up for their store credit card, even when you have a card of your own that you want to use (I almost mistakenly got roped into the KingSize credit...

Heck, even automobile makers seem to design all their vehicles around the average young American family (a young husband, a young wife, and young kids); if you're not part of the average young American family, forget about it.

What I wonder is why the Committee thought that FSU losing a quarterback was worse than Alabama losing a game.

That Florida State, despite being undefeated at 13-0 for the season, is left out of the College Football Playoff in favor of 12-1 Alabama, despite being undefeated; this, in my opinion, is a travesty, because it's basically as if the Playoff Committee is saying, we don't care if you went 13-0--...

Indeed-- I worry about that one possibly winning $100K and a Disney vacation on top of that.

Just a few seconds ago on  AFV-- a clip of a llama spewing on a child just won $20K; what is this world coming to!

Glad you had some compensations in the bargain after having to suffer through all that.

Why does that bother you?

Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

Both of those scenarios are, IMO, equally plausible.

Annoyances now about the New York Times: --Got today's Times national paper to see if anything was said about Texas' monumental win over Arizona last night (first in the Rangers' history); the Times didn't say a dang word about it, giving more weight to cycling and pro and college football...

Also Down Under: a residential street blocked off at both ends due to road construction, forcing drivers in that area to take multiple time-consuming detours.

That this highway patrolman Down Under was done in because he went at excessive speed to help a fellow officer (he did get vindication of course, but it didn't help).

Also neglected to add (before you quoted) that the fine is £100 (£160 if not paid within 2 weeks).

Just discovered this about a British cinema called Odeon Blackpool in Lancashire, England: that they have a strict 3-hr. limit to park in its lot, and will not allow you to purchase any extensions. This bothers me for the patrons there because many modern films are over that, and if Odeon there...

That's horrible, having to pay to post there, let alone read what threads are about!

Just saw that-- I would never do that if I had a teen running a race.

A thought just came to my mind about what I said about Amazon reviews: perhaps they did this because they want their shoppers to get a more balanced perspective on the items being shopped for, instead of limiting themselves to one kind of viewpoint (IOW, they want their shoppers to see good...

This has been especially pronounced on TPIR when it comes to cars or cash-- the producers try to make the contestants playing for those act like fools in front of a nationwide audience, and, believe it or not, if a contestant does not act like a fool upon either being shown the prize or winning...

Have you noticed that Amazon is now limiting readers of its reviews to only 10 pages of reviews (especially on the negative side)? That is bothering me plain on its face!

Why would that Goodwill act like Gravity was CE3K?

Speaking of milk-- that's the only thing that I have heard will mitigate the painful heat of ghost peppers; nothing else will do (not even water).