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Old 12-01-2010, 05:21 AM
 
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I'm often amazed when I drive down the streets of my neighborhood and (if people's garages are open) how you can't even stand in many of them let alone drive in a car. They're often full of junk they don't use or can't even get to. Not only are the compulsive shoppers, but apparently poor warehousers.

Indeed. I have to rent a garage 150 $/month t serve as storage for my wife's junk.
Makes me positively boils.
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Old 12-01-2010, 06:26 AM
 
Location: Cincinnati
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You are completely right. It makes me crazy when people feel the need to redo a kitchen or other area of the house because they feel that it is "dated" while it is perfectly functional. When we bought our house, everything was in perfect condition. Now, we have an avocado sink with a matching stove top, but who cares?? !
Lots of people would actually pay a lot of money for an avocado sink and matching stove top. Those colors on ceramics - avocado, pink, blue, green - are officially back "in."
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Old 12-04-2010, 08:51 AM
 
Location: South Carolina
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I guess it would have to be for me people paying full price for clothing and with me now I go to the goodwill and I also take care of my clothes and Im careful how I wash them , I also do my own dry cleaning with my dryer . I never pay full price for clothing at all anymore unless it is lingerie now that I buy new , but it usually is on sale when I do get it .
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Old 12-04-2010, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Middle America
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Planned obsolescence of electronic goods. No, I don't want to be forced to update my model of ______ every _____ months, thanks.
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Old 12-05-2010, 10:02 PM
 
Location: New Orleans
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None of these disturbs me as much as people who get rid of dogs and cats after they get tired of them.
OMG I love you!!! This is the BEST comment ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:
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Old 12-05-2010, 11:37 PM
 
Location: New Orleans
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In the morning when i see all of my colleagues streaming into work with a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee. It wouldn't annoy me so much if they were buying something to go along with the coffee, but 90% of them are just stopping for a $2 cup of coffee. It would be so much cheaper to DIY. Even if they bought those expensive disposable cups with the lids, it would still be significantly cheaper.

There's something else that annoys me much more though. I hesitate to say what it is though, because i'll probably derail this thread if i do.
oooooooohhh please tell us
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Old 12-07-2010, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Embarrassing, WA
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I couldn't pass this thread up.
This means YOU-spoiled kids and wastefull parents in WHATCOM COUNTY, WA.
Every morning I commute to work, and when school is in session traffic TRIPPLES on the road with people wasting gas driving their spoiled brats to school. On an off-day, I could pretty much set my cruise control and go because the roads are empty.
But it gets better. Each morning I'm bound to be caught behind one of the many 1/2 empty school busses, that stop every hundred yards at the end of a driveway, while a kid steps out of mommies idling SUV having to painfully endure a 30' walk in the cold to the school bus. What a waste of time-mine and theirs, and fuel.
Now I'm not that old...we all had to walk to one place and catch the bus. If I was getting a ride to school from mom, it was because I missed the bus and my butt was red from it. I don't know what's wrong with people these days...
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