November 2010 Weddings
bellaxanthe
member
My Little Sweetheart
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Pet Peeves
And just to balance that previous post, what are your pet peeves? This morning I nearly got out of my car and shoved the cigarette butt back in the window of the girl in front of me. I HATE that. Out of all types of litter and driving actions, that is the one that flips my B$#@ switch. Seriously - just because it's small doesn't make it any less gross. One day I'll actually get the guts to do it.
What's yours?
My Little Sweetheart
Re: Pet Peeves
Oh my goodness, I think I have too many to count. Perhaps I am wound a little too tightly, but most things that happens in the general public irritate me.
I think the biggest thing is that people have lost the ability to be courteous to one another. Whether it's holding the door open for someone right behind you, to not talking on your cell phone while you're waiting in line at the grocery store, to driving erratically so you can get 10 feet in front of me faster.
I think I've just had a bad week and need a beer, stat!
Living in California, I have a slew of traffic-related pet peeves! I just think that when you have a 4 hour long rush hour with stand-still gridlock on a daily basis, everyone needs to follow the rules to move things along.
Turn signals. I'm not psychic. Use them.
People who stop on the yellow. We have way too much traffic to do that!
Driving in non-lanes. The lanes have lines. You drive between those, not on them. Other things that are not lanes include shoulders, dividers, sidewalks, parking spaces, and bike lanes.
Foolishly dangerous turns. You are allowed to turn right on red, but that doesn't mean you can do it from the middle lane or across 6 lanes of traffic (yes, I've seen both many times).
Driving slowly on the highway. I think people should never ever drive faster than they feel comfortable with... BUT, the left lane is not for slow traffic. There's a sign saying so.
People who jump stop signs and metering lights.
People who park in the handicapped spot for "just a second."
Can you tell traffic was bad today?
Yes, the traffic is a huge drawback of living here. California has a lot of good points, but I would say the cons are traffic and cost.
An hour each way here is about the norm. And if you're lucky enough to live near a train, it's much more painless. I worked with a guy who had a 2 1/2 hour commute each way... people are willing to do it because the housing gets cheaper further away.
When I lived in LA I felt like crossing myself every time I got on an on-ramp because the traffic is so wild. People drive like it's a competitive free-for-all, and you have to drive so aggressively just to move forward! It's better here, but it's still not pleasant