Rant for the Day (keep it clean)

[Pearl]

I used to smoke cigarettes, but just outside. I always tried to be considerate of others, but some would nag. I don't smoke weed and hate getting high, so that smell would annoy me. Just like people with gobs of cologne on.

I don't want anyone's second hand smoke or cologne!

 

[Magus]

The only time I smoke outside is when I'm at somebody else's house.

 

[zannej]

I have to say I appreciate that you are willing to change habits after learning about how the smoke can bother people, Sonja. A lot of people would just continue without thinking of others.

Havasu, I loved Gran Tarino. I could relate because I was the one yelling at kids to get off my lawn when I was 18. LOL.

Pearl, speaking of cologne reminded me of perfume and how when I was in Singapore walking through stores, sometimes the sales ladies for perfume would be overly aggressive with their "samples" and spray people without asking. Its a problem for me since I'm allergic to a lot of perfumes. I was walking with my sister's boyfriend (who was aware of my allergies) and he saw the woman aiming the perfume at me and jumped between me and the spray and took the hit & then told her "NO! She's allergic!" The woman apologized and we walked on. He was very proud of himself for saving me from the perfume spray. I did appreciate it though. I wonder how that guy is doing now. Haven't heard from him in ages. He had such a common name it would be hard to find him.

It's still raining which is keeping me from doing yard work and I need to get the weeds cut to have AC worked on-- also don't want AC people out there in rain and lightning. But at least the weather cooled to 50 and with my window open I'm cool enough. My brother had to open his window. I hope I don't fall and hit my face on the bookcase again when I go to close the window in the living room later.

I'm still trying to figure out how to determine which breaker my microwave's outlet was on so I don't have to shut down power for the whole house. I need to see if the outlet inside the pantry works and do some testing to see when it shuts off. It *might* be on the same breaker as the water heater-- I hope it isn't though. I'm pretty sure I've used my microwave while the water heater was off but I could be wrong.

 

[Haertig]

Honestly, it never in a million years occurred to me before your comment that it would bother anyone in a wm parking lot, outside me sitting in the truck with the window down and take a few puffs .....

It is quite rare, but sometimes I will sit in the car in the parking lot while my wife runs inside a store. If someone lights up in the parking lot near me - and that can be cigarettes, cigars, weed, vaping or whatever - I move the truck. I have nothing against people who smoke - I have a few friends that do - but smokers are deluding themselves if they think they smell nice to others who don't smoke. Weed does indeed smell like a skunk. I can't think of anyone who willingly will sit next to a skunk. A skunk's odor is designed to repel others, and that it does. It would be nice if weed smokers realized this. If they wonder why they are sometimes shunned like a skunk at a cocktail party, the reason has been explained.

I don't confront or say anything to someone about their smell. I just move away.

 

[havasu]

It is quite rare, but sometimes I will sit in the car in the parking lot while my wife runs inside a store. If someone lights up in the parking lot near me - and that can be cigarettes, cigars, weed, vaping or whatever - I move the truck. I have nothing against people who smoke - I have a few friends that do - but smokers are deluding themselves if they think they smell nice to others who don't smoke. Weed does indeed smell like a skunk. I can't think of anyone who willingly will sit next to a skunk. A skunk's odor is designed to repel others, and that it does. It would be nice if weed smokers realized this. If they wonder why they are sometimes shunned like a skunk at a cocktail party, the reason has been explained.

I don't confront or say anything to someone about their smell. I just move away.

I agree. I guess I have just become very sensitive with the world these days. People use to be considerate and think of how their actions affect others, but now the world has become a free for all. They are easy to scream at the mountains, "MY BODY, MY CHOICE", but have no issue with forced Covid jabs, but have an issue with not being allowed to have abortions. It just seems the world has gone bat poop crazy these days.

 

[Weedygarden]

It is quite rare, but sometimes I will sit in the car in the parking lot while my wife runs inside a store. If someone lights up in the parking lot near me - and that can be cigarettes, cigars, weed, vaping or whatever - I move the truck. I have nothing against people who smoke - I have a few friends that do - but smokers are deluding themselves if they think they smell nice to others who don't smoke. Weed does indeed smell like a skunk. I can't think of anyone who willingly will sit next to a skunk. A skunk's odor is designed to repel others, and that it does. It would be nice if weed smokers realized this. If they wonder why they are sometimes shunned like a skunk at a cocktail party, the reason has been explained.

I don't confront or say anything to someone about their smell. I just move away.

One of the dog parks I frequent has regular weed smoking going on. From this morning, there were at least three people who would have taken a toke, had it been offered to them. I also know people who used to be dog park regulars who have quit going to dog parks because of all the smoking that they think goes on. The common complaint is the smell. It really bothers some people. It might be their timing. Since it is legal here, but only in the privacy of your home, I am not opposed to anyone doing their thing. It is just not my thing.

 

[Supervisor42]

I agree. I guess I have just become very sensitive with the world these days. People use to be considerate and think of how their actions affect others, but now the world has become a free for all.

Be glad you aren't older. I remember when half the people in a restaurant would light up an 'after dinner smoke', at their tables .
Imagine you are a kid swimming in that cloud, since it was before air-conditioning. Nowhere to hide.
Even in grocery stores, people would have a cig hanging from their lips.
Flip side:
As a smoker, even going 'out yonder', to the tree out back, is not enough anymore.
Yes, civilization has made great progress banning smoking EVERYWHERE.

 

[Weedygarden]

Be glad you aren't older. I remember when half the people in a restaurant would light up an 'after dinner smoke', at their tables .
Imagine you are a kid swimming in that cloud, since it was before air-conditioning. Nowhere to hide.
Flip side:
As a smoker, even going 'out yonder', to the tree out back, is not enough anymore.
Yes, civilization has made great progress banning smoking EVERYWHERE.

Smokers have become pariahs! Time was when those who didn't smoke were subject to smoke even when we didn't want to be. I remember in my college days when I would go to clubs, but the smoke was so thick in there. It gave me the worst headaches.

 

[Supervisor42]

Smokers have become pariahs! Time was when those who didn't smoke were subject to smoke even when we didn't want to be. I remember in my college days when I would go to clubs, but the smoke was so thick in there. It gave me the worst headaches.

Smokers have yellow stains on their fingers.
We have become the new "Colored-people".
Discrimination is perfectly ok!

 

[Neb]

Be glad you aren't older. I remember when half the people in a restaurant would light up an 'after dinner smoke', at their tables .
Imagine you are a kid swimming in that cloud, since it was before air-conditioning. Nowhere to hide.
Flip side:
As a smoker, even going 'out yonder', to the tree out back, is not enough anymore.
Yes, civilization has made great progress banning smoking EVERYWHERE.

This is the rant thread so...

I remember seeing a sign of a local restaurant reading "Now smoke free" and reading it as. "Now Ben free".

When out I smoke in the designated leper colony which are marked by the ash tray or smokers out post.

I remember wondering why there was always a gang of nurses that would hang out on a street corner near a big hospital. Smoking was prohibited on hospital grounds.



Ben

 

[angie_nrs]

We have come a long way from the 80s when people still smoked IN THE OFFICE. Remember that ? ( if you're old enough) .

No, I don't remember that. Ha, I must be young However, I do know that smoking was more acceptable pretty much anywhere not so very long ago.

There is a big difference between cigarette smoke and pot smoke. As an X-smoker, I actually kinda like the smell of cig smoke, as long as it's not an overwhelming cloud like what you'd find in a casino. However, I have never been a fan of pot smoke. There is a BIG difference between the two.

 

[Weedygarden]

No, I don't remember that. Ha, I must be young However, I do know that smoking was more acceptable pretty much anywhere not so very long ago.

There is a big difference between cigarette smoke and pot smoke. As an X-smoker, I actually kinda like the smell of cig smoke, as long as it's not an overwhelming cloud like what you'd find in a casino. However, I have never been a fan of pot smoke. There is a BIG difference between the two.

There may be a difference, but I'm not a fan of either.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

Well I will admit that I once accidentally reported a pot smoker.

I was staying in a motel and was taking the dogs out for a last romp before bed. Going down the hall I smelled skunk. I didn't know that there was any reason to smell that, other than from a real live skunk.

I called management to get a new room far, far away and let them know about their uninvited guest.

Someone got arrested and it wasn't a skunk. My bad.

 

[havasu]

I remember doctors in hospitals talking with a cigarette hanging from their lips. My God, im old!

 

[backlash]

All of the major medical equipment companies used to give out bling.
Pens, notepads, trips to Europe and ashtrays.
I can remember sitting at the control console of a CT scanner smoking.
I knew a Thoracic Surgeon in 1983 that would go into an X-Ray room while the Radiologist was doing an exam on one of his patients.
The Surgeon always had a pipe burning and it annoyed the other docs but they didn't have the horsepower to make him stop.
That surgeon was one of my favorite people in the entire hospital.
I am a former smoker and there aren't many antismoker worse that an Ex smoker.
If someone is smoking and it bothers me I just move away.
When I flew a lot I always relaxed when the No Smoking light went off.
I figured if the pilots had time to turn the light off they weren't busy with some emergency.

 

[Neb]

Well I will admit that I once accidentally reported a pot smoker.

I was staying in a motel and was taking the dogs out for a last romp before bed. Going down the hall I smelled skunk. I didn't know that there was any reason to smell that, other than from a real live skunk.

I called management to get a new room far, far away and let them know about their uninvited guest.

Someone got arrested and it wasn't a skunk. My bad.

I like the smell of skunk (the animal). Stronger the better right until it burns my eyes.

Ben

 

[Peanut]

Sort of the same deal… I hate the people that stop at the drive-in burger joint but leave their engine running and windows up for their air conditioning. The engine is hot, fans blowing 200 degree air onto their neighbors. The engine revs up every time their ac cycles on.

All the while everyone else is trying to enjoy the atmosphere at the drive-in, smell of the greasy burgers cooking, muzac from the speakers, the fresh air… Every time it happens I wish I had some bananas for the old “banana in the tail pipe” trick. I usually move to a new spot just to get away from the inconsiderate #$%.

Pot… for many it’s recreational. For others it is an effective medicine. I have used it in several forms but rarely, only when necessary. Mainly because I have cfs. I don’t need another reason to sit in my chair, have enough of those already.

 

[Weedygarden]

Pot… for many it’s recreational. For others it is an effective medicine. I have used it in several forms but rarely, only when necessary. Mainly because I have cfs. I don’t need another reason to sit in my chair, have enough of those already.

You can also use CBD's.

 

[Morgan101]

Is anybody else as sick of all the political advertisements as I am? Tuesday can't come soon enough. I am so sick of all the lies and all the disgusting rhetoric attacking each other. Nobody runs on issues anymore.

 

[Bacpacker]

Completely agree

 

[Haertig]

I'm thinking of keeping the TV on in the background Tuesday night. I kind of want to laugh at some of the newspeople's meltdowns in real time. We'll see. Gilligan's Island reruns will probably win out though, because they're more interesting and intelligent.

 

[Cascadian]

I got a text asking me to vote for the republican governor. Well it was 9:30 and I got pissy. I replied I was already voting for her and didn't appreciate getting woke up. Republicans gotta be to work in the morning. I doubt anyone read it but it made me feel better. Kinda like voting come to think of it.

 

[sonya123]

I used to smoke cigarettes, but just outside. I always tried to be considerate of others, but some would nag. I don't smoke weed and hate getting high, so that smell would annoy me. Just like people with gobs of cologne on.

I used to smoke cigarettes too but back then everyone smoked almost .I would say 3\4 of people in my high school smoked ( teachers and the kids, you were allowed to buy cigarettes age 16 in Germany ) .
Now THAT smoke smells bad to me lol. I would not want someone smoking in my house. But it doesn't bother me outside.

One smell that used to really bother me ( and other people ) were those horrible air conditioners they sometimes use in public restrooms. They had them at work, and some of us would just take them out , wrap them and throw them in the trash they smelled so much. Horrible chemical smell.

 

[sonya123]

I don't want anyone's second hand smoke or cologne!

oh yeah, cheap cologne in the elevator , that's bad too

on skunks: LOL our LGDs regularly kill skunks and smell like it. There is NO WAY that smells like weed!!! It's not even close.

Or dead rat in house somewhere ( just happened in an unused closet) YUCK. Now there is a smell I hate

 

[Amish Heart]

The worst smell in the world I'm smelling right now. The twins went to granddaughter's "friend" wedding and reception. Told them to be home by 11:30, no later. I'm pretty much asleep, heard some thumps about that time. Then I heard a big bang from upstairs, went up to see, and grandson was incoherent, on the floor, fell out of bed, couldn't get him to respond. Banged on his sister's door, she is wearing what she had on for the wedding, but it was ripped up on one side. Said she had no idea what was wrong. At that point he's gurgling and choking in his vomit and I'm yelling real loud for her to help, and she wouldn't. Put him on his side, wiped his mouth, nose, continual vomitting everywhere. Husband called for an ambulance. They had to bring a stretcher up to get him downstairs, four men. Granddaughter is being a real witch, saying it's not her problem, not her fault, maybe he had one drink. Well his blood alcohol was 238, the hospital said. So I had to go to ER and follow the ambulance. Went home for a few hours, and then back again to pick him up. Guess he told the doc all about his drinking and drug use. I'm sick of them both. EMT's said I saved his life. I hope he lives a life worth saving.

 

[Pearl]

The worst smell in the world I'm smelling right now. The twins went to granddaughter's "friend" wedding and reception. Told them to be home by 11:30, no later. I'm pretty much asleep, heard some thumps about that time. Then I heard a big bang from upstairs, went up to see, and grandson was incoherent, on the floor, fell out of bed, couldn't get him to respond. Banged on his sister's door, she is wearing what she had on for the wedding, but it was ripped up on one side. Said she had no idea what was wrong. At that point he's gurgling and choking in his vomit and I'm yelling real loud for her to help, and she wouldn't. Put him on his side, wiped his mouth, nose, continual vomitting everywhere. Husband called for an ambulance. They had to bring a stretcher up to get him downstairs, four men. Granddaughter is being a real witch, saying it's not her problem, not her fault, maybe he had one drink. Well his blood alcohol was 238, the hospital said. So I had to go to ER and follow the ambulance. Went home for a few hours, and then back again to pick him up. Guess he told the doc all about his drinking and drug use. I'm sick of them both. EMT's said I saved his life. I hope he lives a life worth saving.

Lots of hugs to you, you have your hands full!!

 

[Amish Heart]

Thanks.
I did offer to get him down the stairs myself since the four guys and the stretcher were a pain. Hard wood stairs, 1908 built house... of course, not carpeted. One platform, one turn in the stairway.
Told them I could grab him by the ankles and drag him down.

 

[FarmOR]

Hope it turns out well

 

[Morgan101]

Thanks.
I did offer to get him down the stairs myself since the four guys and the stretcher were a pain. Hard wood stairs, 1908 built house... of course, not carpeted. One platform, one turn in the stairway.
Told them I could grab him by the ankles and drag him down.

You are earning your place in Heaven, taking care of those two. I hope this is a wake up call for both pf them.

 

[Wingnut]

When I was young, I'd smoke Marlboro Reds after getting drunk... only one or two, and even those were enough to make my clothes stink, lol. I finally got tired of the funky smell and quit burning any coffin nails... nowadays, I'll shift my position to windward if someone lights up outdoors. No big deal, I just don't like the smell of tobacco smoke anymore. Even with the occasional bong hit I take, I smoke it on the front porch, or else on the back step, so there's no smoke in my home. Looking out for the cats, I call it... they don't much like smoke of any kind, lol.

I must say, a decade or so ago I was somewhat surprised to hear that public smoking was outlawed in Kalifornia, at least in the town where I lived. It seemed a bit Draconian, like where would the smokers light up? Except in their homes or vehicles? Seemed a bit extreme, even though I didn't smoke tobacco and hadn't had a cigarette in many years. In my 'trucking daze' it was always a bit of a surprise to see folks still smoking in cafes & restaurants, since that activity had been outlawed long ago in Kalifornia. Same goes for seeing cycle riders without helmets... perfectly legal, lol.

Anyway, I'm not big on ranting, but I will make this observation: that Rao's Lasagna I tried last night was absolutely the WORST frozen lasagna I've ever had, just a complete waste of money. The Stouffer's cr@p is bad enough, lol... I really need to start making my own lasagna again, it totally blows doors on ANYTHING found in the frozen foods aisle of the grocery store. Seems like the quality of so many foods has dropped like a rock, you're better off making your own! And normally I do, I just lapsed into buying some of that frozen junk while relocating and pulling home rehab work, lol.