Nataly

Well, in fairness, the slow-walkers/gagglers are sometimes simply oblivious to others around them... Sometimes it's out of self-importance and sometimes they're distracted and sometimes they're just plain dumb. It's still annoying, whatever the reason!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

There was a "pet peeve" thread a while ago that went on for quite a while... After I post I'm going to check if my pet peeves were/are the same!! - People who walk slowly, especially if they block the way for people who actually have somewhere to go. - People who stand around in groups and block the passage of others who need to get somewhere. - People who drive slowly in the fast-lane... The fast lane is to overtake people who drive below the limit and you can't do that if some asshat is blocking the fast-lane!! - People who put barriers in front of you just because it gives them a sense of self-importance (as opposed to having a valid reason for saying no). - People who believe what they hear without bothering to question it first. - People who lie, especially when the lie damages someone else's reputation. - Selfish lovers (ie: they expect head but won't go down on you for more than 1 minute because it's too much "work", or they make no effort at all to give you an orgasm. Ever.). I won't go on - I could be here all day!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

That's ridiculous! It's funny how most the people that bash marriage (not just in this thread, but these forums in general) are ones that have failed marriages themselves. They then give the advice that "nothing lasts anyway". Plenty of people are living very happy committed lives. Please note, I've never been married myself, nor do I think that it's in the cards for me, but I certainly believe "forever" is possible. The people with "failed marriages" have an accurate view on marriage - they were married and are entitled to speak about their experience of it. You who believe in forever but haven't been married?? Well, you fall into the category of people who are hypothesising. Not saying you're wrong, but that you have less of a leg to stand on than the people who gave it a shot. Just my $0.02 "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

OK, fess up; Who's the dude posting from Nataly's account? I'm serious!! We have unbelievably crazy hopes that even a bad relationship will somehow turn out to be The One, and even look at a ten-year partnership as a failure if it ends... It doesn't make sense!! The idea that anything would last a lifetime is generally quite mad... Why can't we appreciate the good times and move on?? (I don't know the answer, but I'm certainly asking myself the question...) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Well, if you listen to all the blah blah out there, they will tell you something like 1 in 3 marriages fail... In fact, this statistic on "relationship failures" is deeply flawed because it doesn't even take into account all the failed attempts before (or after!) marriage!! Maybe if we started with the notion that like 95% to 98% of relationships fail we wouldn't have such hugely unrealistic expectations/hopes/dreams attached to every twat we go on a date with!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I read this really annoying study that was arguing that men have more success getting "un-lost" because people give shit directions, so on average it's better to just keep trying to sort yourself out!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Lost at the Mall or lost car/truck when leaving the mall?... If car losing is an issue, get a "Car Flag"... Sometimes we get so busy that we lose details like where the car is, lol! Cheers! The worst time I've gotten lost (so far!) was the second day or so after I moved to London... I wanted to go fetch a magazine they give out for free at the train station... My then-partner offered to draw me a map to get there and I was really offended - I mean.. I had come from the station the day before.. How fucking stupid did he think I was?? A map.. Pffff!! So I left the house and ended up taking a wrong turn, and as I had no phone, money, and couldn't recognise my building or remember which apartment number we had, I kind of went around in circles for THREE HOURS before I found my way back home!!! That's not even the worst part.. The boyfriend hadn't even noticed I was gone!!! D'oh!! Oh yeah... I never found the bloody train station, so I came home without the magazine as well!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Today, I hoped on the bike with the idea that I would explore the French Alps, but my legendary navigational skills somehow brought me to Italy instead!!! D'oh!!! Oh well, it was still pretty

Concerned, respected, and informed. It just seems to me that a lot of people give unsolicited advice based on assumptions rather than asking questions first. You can't know everything - that's why people fill in the gaps with assumptions... Well, that, and laziness!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Oooops!! Sorry! Haven't been posting that much lately and forgot my DZ.com etiquette!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

My father had a small stroke last month and my mom *finally* convinced him to take some much-needed time off to rest and recuperate... I found myself telling him he shouldn't work so hard and shouldn't stress so much, et cetera, et cetera, and my mom who overheard said something about the pot calling the kettle black!!! I said "fair enough" but I maintained that my advice was still good despite the fact that I don't follow it myself!! What about people on here? Do you listen to others when they give advice?? If so, when? If not, why? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

These are hard to answer because what you *think* you want and what you actually need can be very different... Often we don't really know what the latter is until confronted with it... For me, it depends tremendously on the person... Someone may have amazing qualities I never even thought to look for, all the while not possessing something I thought was important but turns out isn't... I think some basics include someone who makes me feel good; someone who encourages me to grow (as opposed to holds me back); someone who respects/trusts/values me and whom I respect/admire/trust in turn; someone who makes me laugh; someone who 'gets' me... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I'm starting to wonder if it's your ambition to go and live in every country of the world, and slag it off when you get there. Um... I didn't slag off Canada or Sweden or the UK - and I'm not slagging off France either... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I'm not disclosing all my piercings, but on this occasion it was his nipple and my belly-button!!! Oh. It was a he. Yeah.. About half of my "conquests" are men!!! even more "wet-dream-material".. soon enough we'll have automatic spell-checker coz everyone's typing single-handed! Meh.. I'm obviously just winding you up.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

[slaps forehead] D'oh!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I'm not disclosing all my piercings, but on this occasion it was his nipple and my belly-button!!! Oh. It was a he. Yeah.. About half of my "conquests" are men!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I'm not disclosing all my piercings, but on this occasion it was his nipple and my belly-button!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

You have a French-Canuckian accent? [swoon] If I PM my phone number to you, will you leave a dirty message on my vmail? I only sound French-Canadian when I speak French... Otherwise when I speak English I have a strange mix of Canadian with subtle British tones... It's not pretty.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Perfectly understandable; If you don't want to rub your pierced parts on other people, that is your choice. **shudder** You just reminded me of a nipple-to-navel piercing-tangle that was rather... Unpleasant... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I have piercings that I don't like on other people!!! Does this make me a hyppocrite?!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Nobody said they were - I moved here voluntarily, ya know!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

THAT would get her the queens treatment. Dunno... The way I've come up against constant admin problems I'm starting to wonder if the French secretly hate Canadians... Maybe all this talk about "fraternité" with the Canadian frenchies is just a cover...! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I'm pretty sure my accent gave me away as a French-Canuckian!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I bought a new laptop on 30 October 2010... On 23 December 2010 it wouldn't turn on so I called the number they gave for the Warranty. On 28 December 2010 they picked up the pc. On 11 January they returned it. They replaced the hard drive (faulty - no explanation), wiped everything from the PC (including software that came with the pc), and the pc now has scratches all over it and the left corner is damaged, leaving me to wonder if they were using my pc in-lieu of a soccer-ball... I called them (Samsung) to complain and get this - they asked me to send a letter of complaint by post!!! Wow... Just... Wow... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Yes, why not?!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss