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100 things that piss me off: 13. Modern “conveniences”

Welcome back!Does that title confuse you a bit? It’s true, as strange as it sounds. Now, to be fair, not all modern conveniences get on my nerves. For example, I really do enjoy being able to toss a frozen dinner in the microwave oven and have it ready to eat in five minutes or so.
Some […]

100 things that piss me off: 12. Ipowerweb.com

On January 5th, my wife called one of the two companies we have websites hosted with- Ipower Web - and told them to cancel her account. We decided to move everything to one hosting service and eliminate an unnecessary expense. They told her on the phone they’d get it shut down in a couple of […]

100 things that piss me off: 11. My rheumatologist

I could probably finish my list of 100 things that piss me off just with what happened yesterday.
I got up in the morning to discover that my computer had locked up during the night (I usually leave it on all the time). I tried three times to reboot it and every time Windows started […]

100 things that piss me off: 10. Loud vehicles

I meant to complain write about this the other day, but couldn’t get it done from the hospital.
I find it incredibly annoying when I sit down to watch the evening news (the only 90 minutes of broadcast television I watch during the day) and that’s when the jerk next door starts playing with his cars […]

100 things that piss me off: 9. Fast food places

Because of certain circumstances, tonight’s dinner came from one of those fast food places that hires mainly high school kids and then teaches them that speed is the most important thing on the planet - even more important that accuracy or customer satisfaction.
Because of this “speed is king” attitude, my dinner almost came unwrapped and […]