What is one of your Pet Peeves in life?

I'd have to say tattoos. Not the little cute ones- a little rose, heart, etc. But the half the body ones. The tats cover so much of the body, it's impossible to cover them up. If you have a 'special' relationship with demons; I don't need to see a blue glob of demons all over your body. I didn't know that using all CAPITAL letters in an internet text signified shouting. It's the same thing with huge parts of your body covered in tattoos. You are shouting something at me. I feel disrespected. Plus, tats all get blended into this blurry blue glob of skin. YUK!
 

Keesha said:
I can’t believe I’m reading this. Instead of a normal response of outrage to obvious animal abuse, you try and make us feel guilty by not being ‘tough enough’ to handle it?

That’s just SICK, extremely selfish and outrageously CRUEL!

Now you’re blaming US citizens for being stupid by attending and cheering on contestants that do well?

This doesn’t even make sense. So it’s the audiences who are wrong and at fault for this utterly barbaric sport ???

WTF is wrong with you CR?

Oh well for people who don’t like animals being used and tortured for entertainment??????😱

Mind boggling! There’s something WRONG with people who don’t JUDGE and condemn this! 🤬🤬🤬
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You really need to read my last post better, Keesha...…….about contestants! Cheering is a great thing, but those that don't like rodeo, think that people who go to a rodeo and cheer are stupid. Just like Holly, have you ever visited/been on a ranch or farm? Ranchers and farmers are tough and they have to be to be around any kind of livestock. I did to be around hogs. If not, a person can get hurt or even killed!

And, btw, what is this "WTF" thing. Is that really the way you talk??? Just wondering.
 
Damaged Goods said:
Any radio commercial in which the talking head says the phone no. three or more times. Drives me nuts.

Any Progressive insurance TV commercial that features the homely, talent-starved woman Flo. She must be related to the CEO to get that gig. Those commercials aren't the least bit amusing or interesting.
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The woman who plays Flo in those commercials is a gifted improvisational comedienne with the Groundlings Troupe in Hollywood. It took the six people in our group quite a while to figure out why she felt so familiar. Without all that Flo makeup she looks quite different. If you walked past her you wouldn't recognize her - she blends into the crowd - a middle aged woman. Her appearance falls at about a 6 on a scale of 1-10.

Her Progressive role is intended to be over-the-top. (Duh...) Trust me, in person she is neither homely nor talent starved. And she's laughing all the way to the bank.

p.s. Notice that you remember both the character's name AND the company she represents. From a marketing standpoint, that's a win-win.
 

fuzzybuddy said:
I'd have to say tattoos. Not the little cute ones- a little rose, heart, etc. But the half the body ones. The tats cover so much of the body, it's impossible to cover them up. If you have a 'special' relationship with demons; I don't need to see a blue glob of demons all over your body. I didn't know that using all CAPITAL letters in an internet text signified shouting. It's the same thing with huge parts of your body covered in tattoos. You are shouting something at me. I feel disrespected. Plus, tats all get blended into this blurry blue glob of skin. YUK!
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Hope you are ready to be criticized big time, fuzzybuddy! A lot of folks on this forum love tattoos. Not us, but that is us.
 
Looks like this is one of those types of threads that really can get controversial! What is a pet-peeve to one person is a "I like/love that" to another. Or, IOW, welcome to forum discussions! LOL
 
What is one of your Pet Peeves in life?
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My pet peeve is people who text or use their cell phones while driving. A woman yacking on her cell phone while driving on the highway almost ran us off the road, which at that speed might have been deadly. Thankfully my husband was driving and when she swerved into our lane he was able to keep control and not go into the median, where we may have rolled into oncoming traffic.

Behind a texting driver at a red light is also very annoying. They stay a car length from the vehicle in front of them so they can play on their phone, and when the light changes they have to get in their last LOL before moving. More than once I was screwed out of a light cycle while they inconsiderately made it through.
 
Well, I "thought" it would be nice to return here, but. Any of you want to see me leave again and hopefully never return??? Awe, what the heck, you folks don't need an old former rodeo cowboy in your forum, do you? Someone that has worked with livestock and knows how livestock has to be handled, as to not get hurt.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Hope you are ready to be criticized big time, fuzzybuddy! A lot of folks on this forum love tattoos. Not us, but that is us.
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I neither love nor hate tattoos. Their proliferation disturbed me during the early 90s, but I'm soooo over concerning myself with what strangers wear or the body art they choose. DH and I had very few rules for our kids: no curfews, we paid fully for their educations, phones, insurance, etc. Their friends were welcome, one son's death metal band could practice here (and I even cooked and baked for them), etc.

That said, we had a few iron-clad house conditions while they lived under our roof: each had to carry a full load of classes during fall & spring semesters, they needed to work part-time for gas and personal expenses, and absolutely no body piercings (other than our daughter's ears) or tattoos. In short, we gave them time for their brains to catch up with the rest of them. Because we were so lenient on almost everything else, they never defied us on those.

By the time they moved out at age 24 or so, they'd lost interest in tattoos and piercings. One of our sons would have been tatted head to foot if we'd given him carte blanche at age 18. (Truth is, we would have been ok with a tattoo or two, but we knew him well, and therefore had to create a more draconian blanket rule that covered everyone.)

Interestingly, none of my children have tattoos but all of their spouses have one or two.
 
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SeaBreeze said:
My pet peeve is people who text or use their cell phones while driving. A woman yacking on her cell phone while driving on the highway almost ran us off the road, which at that speed might have been deadly. Thankfully my husband was driving and when she swerved into our lane he was able to keep control and not go into the median, where we may have rolled into oncoming traffic.

Behind a texting driver at a red light is also very annoying. They stay a car length from the vehicle in front of them so they can play on their phone, and when the light changes they have to get in their last LOL before moving. More than once I was screwed out of a light cycle while they inconsiderately made it through.
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It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving here in the UK.
 
StarSong said:
You've got to be kidding. Usually being at the top of the food chain doesn't give us the rights we so blithely assert.
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I have no problem with eating animals, using them for clothing or medical experiments. When they are dispatched it should be done as swiftly as possible.
 
ClassicRockr said:
One thing for sure, you definitely couldn't handle visiting a cattle or horse ranch! Ever heard of branding or doctoring of cattle, even calves? A cowboy doesn't just run up, grab them and do that. Ever broke a horse to ride? Heck, when I lived on a hog farm, we had to put rings in small pigs noises, so they wouldn't root-up the property. And, to hear them squeal! There are some rodeo contestants, that depend on rodeo for their income, they would have a few words to say to you.

Anyway, like already stated, rodeo will never stop and I guess there are tons of folks in the U.S. that completely stupid for attending and cheering on a contestant that gets a great score or time.

Oh well, you have to contend with us, and other things in life that are insane to you, and we have to contend (ignore) people like you. Both fine.
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ClassicRockr said:
You really need to read my last post better, Keesha...…….about contestants! Cheering is a great thing, but those that don't like rodeo, think that people who go to a rodeo and cheer are stupid. Just like Holly, have you ever visited/been on a ranch or farm? Ranchers and farmers are tough and they have to be to be around any kind of livestock. I did to be around hogs. If not, a person can get hurt or even killed!

And, btw, what is this "WTF" thing. Is that really the way you talk??? Just wondering.
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OK I’ve read and re-read your post . It’s the second paragraph in the first post. I will quote it for you.

QUOTE: anyway like already stated rodeo will never stop and I guess there are tons of folks in the US that completely stupid for ‘attending’ AND cheering on a contestant that gets a great score” UNQUOTE!

Then in your second post here you state:

QUOTE :“ You need to read my last post BETTER, Keesha.....about contestants . Cheering is a great thing, but those that don’t like rodeo and cheer are STUPID“ END QUOTE!!

Ok so it was my fault for not reading your post better and I’ve reread it . You start talking about contestants which I assume are the people participating in the rodeo and immediately jump to saying that it’s the audience members who spend their hard earned money to go and watch these who are stupid because they don’t really like the rodeo.

Your defence is that it’s the audiences who cheer on these people who are abusing animals that are to blame and it’s because they are stupid.

Not once did you show any type of compassion for obvious animal ABUSE!

YOUR take on this is that WE are all just wusses that’s can’t handle it so people who can’t stand seeing animals in pain are simply not tough enough?

That’s a typical response from an abuser!
There’s a HUGE difference between being TOUGH and being CRUEL!

There’s also a HUGE difference between farm life and rodeo life. Farm life is done for necessity to feed people who eat meat. Branding is painful but a necessity. It’s not done as a form of entertainment.

Rodeo life is strictly for entertainment purposes just like horse racing. I’m sure there are people who treat their horses well but once again there’s money & greed involved so it’s not uncommon for horses with serious injuries to be drugged up on steroids and painkillers so they can race. It happens more often than I’d like to think about.

The WTF thing? You know what that means and YES if you were standing directly in front of me I most certainly would use those words and then some! 😡🤬🤯

I fully understand that people using such words is a real pet peeve for you,.... but, at this point, I don’t much care. 🥶
 
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ClassicRockr said:
Holly, don't YOU get me started now! I was involved with pro-rodeo for years and things happen at a rodeo. How much livestock have you handled in your life? Have you, or should I say, could you, watch how any kind of livestock is handled? Rodeo stock is cared for great, much, much better than some parents care for their children. How's that? Rodeo livestock is fed "top of the line" food and terrific Vet care. There are children in the world that don't get that at all.
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Cody , did you even watch those videos, did you even see those horses being killed for entertainment? Did you see the horse zapped with an illegal 10,000 volt gun .... Cody you know very well I live surrounded by horse people ..not rodeo, but equestrian horses .. you know also that I live next to farms with cattle, sheep and every type of livestock....
You know that as a family we are very involved with animals, my daughter has kennels and catteries etc... I am extremely aware of how animals are kept and should be kept for their well-being , don't give me that poor me, I thought you were my friend nonsense, I'm not listening in this instance Cody.
You have to stop defending the indefensible , there's proof positive that the rodeo horses are being abused and killed for entertainment, you cannot deny this, it's there for the world to see. The fact that you personally didn't witness it (supposedly).. when you were working at the rodeo, doesn't mean it's not all around you... wake up.. change your tune Cody, stop denying that it's happening, why not try campaigning for the welfare of the horses instead of supporting this abuse... ?
 
ClassicRockr said:
Well, I "thought" it would be nice to return here, but. Any of you want to see me leave again and hopefully never return??? Awe, what the heck, you folks don't need an old former rodeo cowboy in your forum, do you? Someone that has worked with livestock and knows how livestock has to be handled, as to not get hurt.
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don''t try and manipulate us Cody, you're welcome here, I like you, always have, but I will not support you in this instance with the cruel treatment of horses or any animals ...

you have to understand that if you have an opinion or are involved with something that is vehemently unpopular with the masses, if you bring it up as a subject for conversation you're going to get both barrels of that shotgun... . Try understanding other peole's point of views, see those things through other people's eyes... and if all else fails, try talking about a subject that you know won't get people so angry... honestly sometimes I wonder if you do it on purpose to cause angst, because you surely cannot be that stupid or naive
 
hollydolly said:
about a subject that you know won't get people so angry... honestly sometimes I wonder if you do it on purpose to cause angst, because you surely cannot be that stupid or naive
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He does it because he's OBSESSED with rodeos and sees nothing wrong with them. Wish reincarnation were real, I would wish him to come back as one of those terrified and tortured animals (and know WHY).
 
My only pet peeve is when I do something stupid, which is more frequent than it used to be. If I don't concentrate on what I'm doing, my mind wanders and my hands will do something dumb, like heating a cup of water for tea and then dumping it down the drain.

Of course there are still things I don't like. Lots of things. Animal cruelty and child abuse are high on the list. But, I don't consider them pet peeves. That makes them sound trivial. Little things, like people cutting in front of me or other rude acts just aren't worth getting upset over.

Don
 
ClassicRockr said:
And, one other thing, folks, I'm darn glad I'm "remembered". LOL
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Cody, I will NEVER forget you. To this day, if I want to crack up whomever I'm talking to, I simply give them the question you asked me in one of your goofy rants about "real cowboy clothing." : "What does Texas have to do with cowboys?" Yeah, it gets the laughter going, big time!
 
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