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Grex > Agora35 > #10: The bummed item....."Im so lonesome I could cry" | |
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beeswing
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response 630 of 691:
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Dec 13 04:25 UTC 2000 |
my paper sucks. I don't wanna turn it in tommorrow
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birdy
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response 631 of 691:
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Dec 13 05:18 UTC 2000 |
Wendy - I would be glad to help you with your car if you lived here. ;-)
I have fun rocking people out of snowy patches - good exercise.
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senna
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response 632 of 691:
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Dec 13 07:11 UTC 2000 |
Damn. rough night everywhere. I need more than just Toronto.
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scg
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response 633 of 691:
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Dec 13 07:16 UTC 2000 |
Thinking back on living in Michigan, I'm struck by how car dependant people
there are. I realize that if I did any amount of socializing with somebody,
one of the first things I would know was what sort of car they had, as it
would go everywhere with them. It was possible to see if somebody was at work
by whether their car was in the parking lot. A broken down car meant its
owner was stranded unless they rented a car. Not owning a car of some sort
was just about unthinkable, and a sign of great poverty, at least for people
who didn't live their lives almost entirely within central Ann Arbor. Living
in an area where I drive my car maybe once a week, and where a large number
of my friends don't own cars because they don't want to deal with finding
somehwere to park them, really puts a different perspective on a lot of
aspects of life.
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birdy
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response 634 of 691:
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Dec 13 07:49 UTC 2000 |
<nods> If I move to Chicago for grad school, I'll probably only drive my car
once a week or so to visit friends back home in Michigan. Every time I go
to Chicago, we take the subway *everywhere*. It's very rare to hop into
someone's car. A friend of mine just moved to Manhattan and sold his car
since it wasn't worth it to keep it. He takes the subway and bus and flies
home to Michigan.
Having a car feels like a necessity to me since my busy schedule makes taking
the bus a Royal Pain.
But this is the bummed item. =)
<set drift = off>
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bru
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response 635 of 691:
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Dec 13 12:46 UTC 2000 |
Snow made me late to work because the landlord had not plowed the lot intil
8:00, got to work at 8:30 (1.5 hrs. late) I came home at three and yelled
at the landlord, very politely because they still had not plowed out my lot.
seems like the thing to do is to plow it while people are at work, not after
the sun goes down.
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ashke
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response 636 of 691:
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Dec 13 15:08 UTC 2000 |
I got stuck because they decided not to plow behind my building where the cars
are, other than one little patch. I got my car out with little trouble
yesterday, and ended up not paying attention and finding a huge pile of snow.
Then I couldn't get out, someone offered to help, but I had to help him
because his battery was dead and he didn't have jumper cables. 1.5 or so late
to work and my toes are frozen. <wiggles her finger in the air> woo hoo.
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gelinas
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response 637 of 691:
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Dec 13 17:57 UTC 2000 |
<DRIFT>
The Ann Arbor area is not as car-dependent as SoCal. When I was a student
here, living in Northwood V, I either took the UM bus or walked to Central
Campus. The Kroger at Plymouth and Green (now a Busch's) was close enough
that I could walk for groceries, if the car was . . . unresponsive.
Similarly, when we lived on Yost, I could either take the bus or walk to
work (sometimes, walking was as fast as waiting for the bus). Even now,
living just east of Zeeb, I can walk downtown.
In SoCal (Orange County, specifically), the busses shut down at or about
8:00pm, and there was nothing almost nothing within walking distance (comes
of living in the middle of a bean field, I guess).
The Bay area is atypical of California, in my experience. I enjoyed my
visits to northern California far more than I did living in southern
California.
</DRIFT>
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hematite
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response 638 of 691:
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Dec 13 22:20 UTC 2000 |
Today did not go well. <curls up in bed and cries herself to sleep>
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mooncat
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response 639 of 691:
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Dec 13 22:24 UTC 2000 |
<huggles Wendy>
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ashke
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response 640 of 691:
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Dec 14 00:25 UTC 2000 |
<huggles wendy>
Snow is good, and pretty. However, it taking an hour for me to get home
because of people drives me NUTS. So I'm going to put up my tree and be
happy. Or pretend.
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birdy
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response 641 of 691:
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Dec 14 05:40 UTC 2000 |
I would like to inform the Ann Arbor road crews that there are LOTS OF PEOPLE
WHO GET OUT OF WORK AFTER SIX.
Thank you.
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gelinas
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response 642 of 691:
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Dec 14 05:58 UTC 2000 |
What makes you think they were clearing the roads before that, Sarah?
I was on the streets from about 14:45 until 17:15. The only thing I saw
pushing snow around was other cars. (Of course, it didn't really start until
15:00 or so.)
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birdy
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response 643 of 691:
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Dec 14 06:17 UTC 2000 |
I agree with that too. =) I can't believe that I've seen four road plows
since Monday morning...are they short-staffed or underbudgeted?
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senna
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response 644 of 691:
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Dec 14 06:53 UTC 2000 |
Well, just when my weekend is ready to start, it stops. The CV joint in my
car is malfunctioning, or so I presume from the fairly heavy vibrations I'm
getting at speed. Same thing happened to the Camry I drove. I might not make
Toronto at all. What a waste.
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beeswing
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response 645 of 691:
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Dec 14 07:17 UTC 2000 |
Paper almost done. Now I have to grade papers, exams, and compile final
grades until my eyeballs melt. I am so tired of this...
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birdy
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response 646 of 691:
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Dec 14 07:31 UTC 2000 |
Steve - this happens to my car every winter. During heavy snow, the ice and
snow get caught up in the springs and cause them to act funky. The result
is a horrible, scary vibration/shimmy in the front end that gets really bad
at 50-55 mph then kinda evens out around 65-70. If I turn the wheel one way
or another, the shimmy gets weirder. Sound familiar? If not, then I'm sorry
about your CV joint.
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carson
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response 647 of 691:
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Dec 14 13:29 UTC 2000 |
(methinks birdy's used to large road crews ready to clear snow at almost a
moment's notice, a la Marquette & Gaylord. even K-Zoo has a large road
crew [the largest MDOT-controlled force in the state, FWIW]. not A2,
though...)
(IBB Marquette's practically deserted.)
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scott
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response 648 of 691:
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Dec 14 13:32 UTC 2000 |
The A2 road crews were probably getting some much-needed sleep after dealing
with the first big snowfall.
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mooncat
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response 649 of 691:
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Dec 14 14:45 UTC 2000 |
I hate this weather....
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ashke
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response 650 of 691:
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Dec 14 15:30 UTC 2000 |
I'm damn sick and tired of people here at my work not following procedure and
just doing whatever they want and then yell at us like it's our fault. You
want specifics? a group of surgeons have 4 days to operate during the week.
My doctor has one. we borrowed time from a surgeon who was going to be out
of town in november, note this is a different day than the one I bitched about
on friday/monday. this other group put a case in and told us to shove it and
put our case to start at 6pm. We talked to them, they moved it, and what
happened? They put it in the OPEN space in their OWN OR ROOM! <growls and
gets pissy>
Plus, I'm happymy brother is coming tomorrow to visit, spend the night, and
have fun. However, I am not happy that my mother continues to tell him that
my apartment is a walking disaster area, so today is a day full of cleaning,
sorting, and getting as much done as possible so that I don't have to hear
"God, this looks awful!" anymore.
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richard
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response 651 of 691:
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Dec 14 15:43 UTC 2000 |
senna, why can't you just take the bus to toronto? might be safer with
all that snow on the road anyway
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edina
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response 652 of 691:
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Dec 14 19:27 UTC 2000 |
re 650 Just put a happy little smile on your face, and say to Mom, "Look,
the place could be spotless and you would still find something to bitch
about." I did that with my grandmother and since that moment, things went
uphill for our relationship.
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ashke
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response 653 of 691:
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Dec 14 19:40 UTC 2000 |
Well, seeing as my mother is legally blind in both eyes, it shouldn't matter
to me that much, but it still bothers me. But yes, making some room will be
good for me. I can do things in my bedroom and empty boxes and then take a
NICE HOT BATH.
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pterm36
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response 654 of 691:
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Dec 15 01:04 UTC 2000 |
hi. i'm bummed because everybody thinks i'm a geek and have no life, even (it
seems) my parents. i wish i was out there in Mich. instead of here, >10miles
from one of the world's biggest metopolises... NYC. Geez. Condolences and hugs
to all who need them.
pterm
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