What is one of your Pet Peeves in life?

I live in a subdivision near open land and neighbors have said that coyotes routinely wander our streets at night, one even said they can jump our 5ft+ block yard walls.
Oh yes. Coyotes can be a nuisance in our area. In some dog parks closer to the towns & cities there are warnings to keep a close eye on your dog since coyotes were known to hunt down small dogs off their leash. I’d think most coyotes could jump a 5 foot face. These aren’t couch potato pooches after all.
 

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Oh yes. Coyotes can be a nuisance in our area. In some dog parks closer to the towns & cities there are warnings to keep a close eye on your dog since coyotes were known to hunt down small dogs off their leash. I’d think most coyotes could jump a 5 foot face. These are couch potato pooches after all.
They can jump much higher than a 5-foot fence.
A few years ago, I was in the back yard with my Lab. I walked to the rear of the yard & there was a Coyote lying in the nice, cool grass. As I approached him, expecting him to run away, he just looked at me....from 5 feet away. When he didn't move, I started clapping & yelling. He sprang up, ran to the neighbor's fence & easily flew over it into their yard. That fence is 8 feet high.
 
The only thing I see in my backyard is Squirrels and Rabbits. I love to see the Rabbits...I get so excited. When my hubby is at the kitchen table and see one, he tell me to look out the window.. they are my buddies. I took pictures of them.
 

We live in a semi-rural village, and see rabbits, squirrels, the occasional fox, and plenty of birdlife, which is pleasant. I do dislike vermin though, as far as I am concerned a dead rat is the only good one. We did get fed up with our previous next door neighbour he and his wife would put food out to encourage the rats, so he could shoot them with his air rifle. When they moved home the rat population in our garden and that of other neighbours increased enormously. One way of discouraging them I have discovered, is pouring neat bleach down the rat holes in our garden.
 
My "high tech" pet peeve, that's been going on for a long time: The idiots who programmed the password strip so that each character you enter promptly disappears! What were those idiots thinking?

I understand if you're on a computer in a public place, maybe, but how many people log on to secure sites when in public, or in public where people are looking right at your screen? You certainly don't need the disappearing characters when you're at home, or sitting at your office desk!

You take the time to enter a long password, and then it won't go through. Since all you see is "*********," you have no idea if you've entered it correctly, so you have to go back and do it all again!

I know that, lately, some of those strips now give you the option to see your password as you enter it, but most still don't. Crazy!
 
My "high tech" pet peeve, that's been going on for a long time: The idiots who programmed the password strip so that each character you enter promptly disappears! What were those idiots thinking?

I understand if you're on a computer in a public place, maybe, but how many people log on to secure sites when in public, or in public where people are looking right at your screen? You certainly don't need the disappearing characters when you're at home, or sitting at your office desk!

You take the time to enter a long password, and then it won't go through. Since all you see is "*********," you have no idea if you've entered it correctly, so you have to go back and do it all again!

I know that, lately, some of those strips now give you the option to see your password as you enter it, but most still don't. Crazy!

I don't have a problem with that.
 
They can jump much higher than a 5-foot fence.
A few years ago, I was in the back yard with my Lab. I walked to the rear of the yard & there was a Coyote lying in the nice, cool grass. As I approached him, expecting him to run away, he just looked at me....from 5 feet away. When he didn't move, I started clapping & yelling. He sprang up, ran to the neighbor's fence & easily flew over it into their yard. That fence is 8 feet high.
I’m sure they can. They are natural athletes since they live outdoors 24/7 and rely on their fitness for survival.

One of my memorable coyote times was while I was out walking my shepherd. A pair of them crossed our path right in front of us and we stopped and stared at each other for about 10 seconds. That 10 seconds was one of the longest most beautiful 10 seconds I’ve ever experienced. Even my dog was well behaved and seemed tranquilized in awe.

Nature is amazing.
 
We live in a semi-rural village, and see rabbits, squirrels, the occasional fox, and plenty of birdlife, which is pleasant. I do dislike vermin though, as far as I am concerned a dead rat is the only good one. We did get fed up with our previous next door neighbour he and his wife would put food out to encourage the rats, so he could shoot them with his air rifle. When they moved home the rat population in our garden and that of other neighbours increased enormously. One way of discouraging them I have discovered, is pouring neat bleach down the rat holes in our garden.

I’m not thrilled about bothersome rodents but I’d certainly go about killing them in a more humane way than this. 😬

We have never had rats, touch wood, and the odd mouse we might have, the cat or Yorkie will usually get.

Not feeding the birds keeps our rodent population down significantly.
 
I’m sure they can. They are natural athletes since they live outdoors 24/7 and rely on their fitness for survival.

One of my memorable coyote times was while I was out walking my shepherd. A pair of them crossed our path right in front of us and we stopped and stared at each other for about 10 seconds. That 10 seconds was one of the longest most beautiful 10 seconds I’ve ever experienced. Even my dog was well behaved and seemed tranquilized in awe.

Nature is amazing.
Coyotes are very intelligent and very adaptable, which is why they have not become extinct due to being killed relentlessly. BUT, they seem to have lost their fear of man, which could end up being their eventual demise. 😿😿
 
I’m sure they can. They are natural athletes since they live outdoors 24/7 and rely on their fitness for survival.

One of my memorable coyote times was while I was out walking my shepherd. A pair of them crossed our path right in front of us and we stopped and stared at each other for about 10 seconds. That 10 seconds was one of the longest most beautiful 10 seconds I’ve ever experienced. Even my dog was well behaved and seemed tranquilized in awe.

Nature is amazing.
Coyotes are "pack hunters" and make eye contact very naturally.
 
Coyotes are "pack hunters" and make eye contact very naturally.
It was a moment in time I will never forget. Our eyes met and there’s was an unspoken trust and acknowledgment that we were all ok with each other, almost like we recognized the soul within.
Precious actually. Sometimes I wish I had an iPhone back then however they were not invented but this memory will never tarnish
 
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It was a moment in time I will never forget. Our eyes met and there’s was an unspoken trust and acknowledgment that we were all ok with each other, almost like we recognized the soul within.
Precious actually. Sometimes I wish I had an iPhone back then but they were invented but this memory will never tarnish
Just curious, what are the color of their eyes? Never saw one close enough to notice.

For all the rancher complaints about them, I've never seen a well-fed coyote, they're always very thin.
 
Just curious, what are the color of their eyes? Never saw one close enough to notice.

For all the rancher complaints about them, I've never seen a well-fed coyote, they're always very thin.
These were a beautiful mixture of light greenish brown with flecks of golden amber ( we were exceptionally close ) and ‘yes’ coyotes are generally rather scrawny looking. Mange is something they often have to content with. One of our shepherds once came back from running with the coyotes with a bleeding ripped ear and mange. Our vet told us he sees it often with rural folks. It’s natural for dogs to want to run with pack animals. Perhaps their natural instinct kicks in when they see, sense , hear and smell them.🤷‍♀️
 
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my biggest peeve is BULLFIGHTING )))))))))))))))))))))))
TOTALLY OUTRAGED and they have the dam cheek to call it sport ' grrrrrr..... Madrid is the biggest culprit '
how could anyone sit and watch this beautiful beast go through agony for enjoyment =======

just beyond belief that to stand and ram to swords into the bulls neck makes me sickened ..
i know what i would like to do to this matador that he thinks he is so bloody grand -
sorry for the rant -but it blows my mind with disgust !!
 
my biggest peeve is BULLFIGHTING )))))))))))))))))))))))
TOTALLY OUTRAGED and they have the dam cheek to call it sport ' grrrrrr..... Madrid is the biggest culprit '
how could anyone sit and watch this beautiful beast go through agony for enjoyment =======

just beyond belief that to stand and ram to swords into the bulls neck makes me sickened ..
i know what i would like to do to this matador that he thinks he is so bloody grand -
sorry for the rant -but it blows my mind with disgust !!

That is not the only thing they do to the bull. They also apply vaseline or similar to the eyes so that they cannot see clearly. And the bull is probably still alive when the matador cuts off his ear.
 
Treeguy64, you said " You take the time to enter a long password, and then it won't go through. Since all you see is "*********," you have no idea if you've entered it correctly, so you have to go back and do it all again! " I have had the same problem but I just assumed if I were more computer savvy I could go in and set things to where it would show the letters for a minute or so. I bet if you google it you can find a way to do it.

I fixed mine by shortening all my passwords, which I know isn't the safest way, but it's my way.
 
Treeguy64, you said " You take the time to enter a long password, and then it won't go through. Since all you see is "*********," you have no idea if you've entered it correctly, so you have to go back and do it all again! " I have had the same problem but I just assumed if I were more computer savvy I could go in and set things to where it would show the letters for a minute or so. I bet if you google it you can find a way to do it.

I fixed mine by shortening all my passwords, which I know isn't the safest way, but it's my way.
You can, in fact, get into some of the code for some pages, not many, and change a line that is responsible for the ******. I did it for a bit, but it was tedious and not worth it, ultimately. Today, coincidentally, I was logging onto a few new sites, and found that all four had the eyeball icon in the password strip. When you click on it, your password appears, as you enter it. Cool!
 
I don't care what people talk about here and I don't mind at all when people get off topic, although I think it's a pet peeve of some. I just thought I'd mention a pet peeve is a minor annoyance and mistreating animals is much more serious than a pet peeve.
I think each of our Pet Peeves are serious to us. Some pet peeves may be minor to others but serious to the beholder.
 
That is not the only thing they do to the bull. They also apply vaseline or similar to the eyes so that they cannot see clearly. And the bull is probably still alive when the matador cuts off his ear.
And those knives that are stuck in the bull's back are coated with a slow-release tranquilizer to give the matador an edge.
 
That is not the only thing they do to the bull. They also apply vaseline or similar to the eyes so that they cannot see clearly. And the bull is probably still alive when the matador cuts off his ear.
I do take some comfort that the pervert matador doesn't always win: Here is some justice: (caution: graphic, especially the slow-motion, but satisfying) The matador has no teeth, no tongue & he ain't saying much:

 
I do take some comfort that the pervert matador doesn't always win: Here is some justice: (caution: graphic, especially the slow-motion, but satisfying) The matador has no teeth, no tongue & he ain't saying much:

It doesn't happen often enough and the bull still loses, one way or another. The picador ends it all for him.
 


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