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What are you anal about
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Pre-boarding passengers who carry on everything but the kitchen sink, whack heads with their bags while rearranging everyone's overhead bin to station their stuff, and apologize to no one.
The boarding process in Miami International Airport. Terminals which advertise wifi, but don't provide it.
The boarding process in Miami International Airport. Terminals which advertise wifi, but don't provide it.
I'm anal about wiping front to back.
I'm anal about using the wet wipes, then the dry TP to finish up.
I'm anal about going only once a day.
That about does it for me and anal. I can't really think of anything else.
I'm anal about using the wet wipes, then the dry TP to finish up.
I'm anal about going only once a day.
That about does it for me and anal. I can't really think of anything else.
1)Eating certain meals with certain cutlery on certain days of the week
2)People who drive slow. Get in the left lane will ya!
3)People who don't use blinkers
4)Having the wardrobe open while sleeping. Must remain closed.
Kind of half anal/half annoying list
2)People who drive slow. Get in the left lane will ya!
3)People who don't use blinkers
4)Having the wardrobe open while sleeping. Must remain closed.
Kind of half anal/half annoying list
This affects me quite a bit actually. We have had our funding cut time and time again because of Bush. I hate him and his hypocrisy. Hopefully we will be getting some of the CIRM money that California is giving out (in defiance of Bush). And thanks for the compliment. We are trying our best.
As I said in another thread recently: recycling. Here we have pickup for glossy, corrugated, and then other kinds of paper products. As well as some plastics and cans. It drives me crazy to see, for example, my neighbor's regular can full of things like cereal boxes (they go in the recycling!!
)... Or worse, those flag flying people across the road who just put everything - even glass! - in one bag.
Oddly, I got a fine (30 DM I think) in Germany once for accidentally dropping a can in the plastics and a warning for taking out the wrong bin on the wrong day. Much as I despise German bureaucracy and civil servants, I wish a similar attitude towards recycling existed in other parts of the world!
On that note, I'm so anal about recycling that my car fills up with all kinds of garbage when we go on a long distance trip because most rest areas don't have separate recycling bins...
gotta laugh at myself!
)... Or worse, those flag flying people across the road who just put everything - even glass! - in one bag. Oddly, I got a fine (30 DM I think) in Germany once for accidentally dropping a can in the plastics and a warning for taking out the wrong bin on the wrong day. Much as I despise German bureaucracy and civil servants, I wish a similar attitude towards recycling existed in other parts of the world!
On that note, I'm so anal about recycling that my car fills up with all kinds of garbage when we go on a long distance trip because most rest areas don't have separate recycling bins...
gotta laugh at myself!As I said in another thread recently: recycling. Here we have pickup for glossy, corrugated, and then other kinds of paper products. As well as some plastics and cans. It drives me crazy to see, for example, my neighbor's regular can full of things like cereal boxes (they go in the recycling!!
On that note, I'm so anal about recycling that my car fills up with all kinds of garbage when we go on a long distance trip because most rest areas don't have separate recycling bins...
Here's an interesting read.
Anyone else see the Penn & Teller "Bullsh*t" special on this?
Wow. So much of that article is just pure bull*****. They're calling us uninformed? I think they should be a little more educated themsleves.
I'll agree it's poorly written, but some of the points are very interesting. Penn & Teller's special was MUCH better researched and presented.
Edit: Here is a better researched, unbiased report.
You realize that article is bullsh*t, right? I mean, come on:
"The same logic applies to the relationship between paper and trees. If we stopped using paper, there would be fewer trees planted. In the paper industry, 87% of the trees used are planted to produce paper. For every 13 trees "saved" by recycling, 87 will never get planted. It is because of the demand for paper that the number of trees has been increasing in this country for the last fifty years. The lesson is this: if your goal is to maximize the number of trees, don't recycle."
Yes, because those trees don't get cut down. Total crap. I recommend you read a real book on the subject, to see how some cities and localities have actually made a profit from recycling. In fact, there's a global market for recycled goods nowadays, since in bulk the savings can be quite high for resellers.
A good book to start with is "Urban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Community Development" by Weinberg, Pellow, and Schnaiberg. It's not great, but it's got a lot of good info in there at the start. It's a bit longer than a one page opinion piece, but you might actually learn something.
Yep. About 50% of that article is bullsh*t. Read the link above your post for a much better article that's less biased.
With all due respect, please don't try to take a holier-than-thou position. I'm not in need of an education on this subject, merely raising the issue as interesting.
I'm not taking a position here, I'm just saying that you shouldn't link to something you yourself consider 50% bullsh*t and say it's "interesting" as if it means anything. What the hell's the point of that? I just wasted a minute of my time on something that's crap? Thanks for that then. All I'm saying is that instead of linking to biased puff-pieces, maybe you could link to something worthwhile, or recommend people do some actual research on a subject.
Yes, that is a much better article. I still don't agree with a lot of it, but this one puts it in a way that doesn't make me want to rip the writer's head off.
The point was to challenge the status-quo concept being taken for granted. Minutes after posting that link, a second, more relevant, more educated, and unbiased link was posted.
So sorry to have "wasted a minute of [your] time."
All of these things. I think we've had many a conversations over such compulsions.
But seriously, I wash my car three times a week... It's pretty horrible.
All of these things. I think we've had many a conversations over such compulsions.
But seriously, I wash my car three times a week... It's pretty horrible.
How I wish I could wash my car even once. We have Level 5 water restrictions
All of these things. I think we've had many a conversations over such compulsions.
But seriously, I wash my car three times a week... It's pretty horrible.
Yea, that is pretty insane.
I might actually do that if there was a carwash closer than 20min away.
I am pretty angry right now. 1) my running boards accumulate dirt like crazy and 2) my car is parked outside so leaves and crap fall on it. Additionally, the pollen will be floating around pretty soon, and I hate when its on the car.
I just gave her a hand waxing 2 days ago.
I'm the same way, I'll use a hot wash cloth and get my ****** real clean after I wipe; that's my definition of pure luxury.
My room. I Like it DIRTY! You don't like it, get the hell out of my face!
I share your sentiments.
I'm anal about some things...
At work, I dislike when people are disorganized with stacking of DVDs/folding of paper. Actually I'm kinda anal about paper in general. I think it comes from growing up the son of a printer (and working in a print shop for many years as a teen). I don't like it to be kinked or crumpled or badly folded.
I'm also anal about pronunciation of words. Some regional bastardizations of words really bother me. Most notable: saying "warsh" instead of "wash." Also goes for Washington D.C.. When I lived back in northern VA, there were a few people from the more southwestern portions of the state who did this. I can understand accents, but adding entire letters/sounds to words which simply aren't there bothers the hell out of me.
Strangely enough, I'm very NON-anal about other things, like the organization of my desk/room, or the cleanliness of a personal bathroom/kitchen area. Eventually when the organization/filth/stack of dishes gets bad enough I'll clean, but until then I avoid it at all costs. I think it's because I dislike cleaning a lot. Weird, eh?
At work, I dislike when people are disorganized with stacking of DVDs/folding of paper. Actually I'm kinda anal about paper in general. I think it comes from growing up the son of a printer (and working in a print shop for many years as a teen). I don't like it to be kinked or crumpled or badly folded.
I'm also anal about pronunciation of words. Some regional bastardizations of words really bother me. Most notable: saying "warsh" instead of "wash." Also goes for Washington D.C.. When I lived back in northern VA, there were a few people from the more southwestern portions of the state who did this. I can understand accents, but adding entire letters/sounds to words which simply aren't there bothers the hell out of me.
Strangely enough, I'm very NON-anal about other things, like the organization of my desk/room, or the cleanliness of a personal bathroom/kitchen area. Eventually when the organization/filth/stack of dishes gets bad enough I'll clean, but until then I avoid it at all costs. I think it's because I dislike cleaning a lot. Weird, eh?
Dear God, I was eating lunch while reading this. No longer hungry.I'm the same way, I'll use a hot wash cloth and get my ****** real clean after I wipe; that's my definition of pure luxury.
Well, just from a quick read, I can't say I'm any more enlightened. The problem with both articles you posted is that they make it seem like recycling a) only involves paper b) only affects the US. Deforestation is a real, global problem. It's not all for paper, of course, but paper is still a significant factor.
But what I really don't get is this: we can recycle paper, plastic, and glass. The alternative is dump it in landfill (or in the ocean) or burn it. Environmental considerations aside, which would you rather do? To me, it just makes sense to reuse something if I can. Why waste? ... anyway, this topic may be better suited for the politics section. this is about being anal - something no amount of conservative, reactionary clap-trap is going to change
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