GIVE ME A BREAK!

[larry kremis]

Sort of like "Rant and Rave" except lets rant about the rest of the human race.

Ridiculous TV shows
Neighbors
Other drivers

I'll start with the TV show "Deal or No Deal". Sometimes I turn on the local news a few minutes early and catch the end of this show. Where's the entertainment here? It's a frickin' COIN TOSS with contestants who were instructed to act as outrageous as possible. No skill, no talent. What's up with the phony phone call upstairs? It's just a calculation of the odds.

Are you ever embarrassed to be a member of the human race?

GIVE ME A BREAK!

[P.A.]

Red Light cameras. They take a picture of your car and send you a ticket in the mail. WTF. There purpose is to make money not traffic safety. Many places actually shorten the time for the yellow light. How can I exercise my constitutional right to confront my accuser if my accuser is a damn camera.

[Lowell Brandon]

Easy, you can shoot the freaking camera! If your on a bike, there's no license plate, and you can wear a disquise and helmet so the camera can't see you.

Disclaimer: This procedure is not recommended in areas with police cars nearby, or areas where family types and old people are located. LOL.

By the way, I share your frustration. I don't drive, so it doesn't affect me.

[darroll]

I got a ticket for running an orange light (yes orange).
I went to court and there was no judge, just a gal behind the desk that fined me.
She did grin at me while taking my money. Little twerp.

[Lowell Brandon]

"Wipe that grin off the face....."

[blondie 11]

Deal or No Deal is a stress, no mind buster. I use it all the time. It comes on at midnight in our area, and it beats home shopping. I keep strange hours, Larry.
I hate it when you call some place and can not talk with a human being. I hate this. I have been put on hold for 30 minutes before I hang up . Nohing is so imporant as to wait more than that. I just let it go,

[Ubu]

I'm with you Larry. I watched one show of Deal or No Deal. It was a no deal for me. "Let's see if this guy can guess which briefcase has the most money and make it last for an entire hour." Nail biter indeed.

[Ubu]

Tailgaters during a snow storm in rush hour. I usually can't wait for them to pass so I can see what a true moron looks like.

[larry kremis]

Are you like me Ubu? When they pass, I put the biggest smile on my face that I can muster and give them the finger. Makes me feel better. I feel even better yet when I travel a little further and find them in a ditch.

[Ubu]

The ditch is true justice. One can dream.

[larry kremis]

People who exaggerate make me crazy. My sister must have inherited the exaggeration gene from Dad. I could accept it if she exaggerated to make a funny story funnier, but she exaggerates for shock effect and drama. She always goes to the extreme, she'll say its 10 below zero, I'll say we're supposed to have a low of 15 and she'll come back with: yeah, but with wind chill it's 10 below.

I wish they'd have never started wind chill when reporting the winter weather. When it's cold out, we all know from experience that it feels much colder if you stand in the wind. Give me a break!

[larry kremis]

Get rid of my tv? I'm retired and living on a fixed income. That's too painful to even think about animak, I need to lie down.

[Stir Young]

I have to admit, I can't even understand what's going on with a lot of these show nows. Everything seems to be a contest.......losing weight, gaining weight, singing, dancing, cooking, climbing mountains, wrasslin' catfish...the list goes on and on. All these competition shows seem to be aimed at coach potatoes who would never compete for anything except the last Dorrito in the bag. ......And the drama! These competitors have more drama packed in one episode than most of us would have in a lifetime.

Now me, I'm gonna stick with good old down to earth TV shows, like those where intense guys with weird haircuts and weird facial hair persue the mysteries of Loch Ness, Roswell and Bigfoot country. Those shows harken back to the "golden age of television, don't they?