Things I Hate.....

OK, hate is a tad strong. How about things I dislike intensely or maybe things that I don't like very much?

Right off the top of my head I'm thinking of computer situations. I have mentioned my lack of typing skills. It really bothers me when I look up at the screen and don't see the last words I have typed. I can't find the cursor and I need to start again. I know this is my fault and I should take typing lessons. The other issue is called Text Enhance. I discovered this a few days ago. Some of the words in my blog and in my e mail, both sending and receiving, have words highlighted and linked to advertisements.

I didn't ask for it, I don't want it, and like many others I can not get rid of it. This leads me to another bothersome thing about the Internet. I think information that is over a year old should go into a trash can. Do a search on almost anything and you get an over abundance of info. One page is enough for me. I rarely look at page two. Yesterday I got a quarter million links for smelly dishwasher. 

While I'm at it. If the 'help' information is no help, into the trash as well. Yesterday I spent hours trying to rid this computer of Text Enhance. Lot's of 'Geeks' and 'Smart People' had suggestions, but nothing worked. One person wrote go to the Text Enhance website and opt out. The next wrote don't do that it will make things worse. Clear your history, empty the cookie jar, remove it from the control panel. Remove it from the extensions folder. Nothing worked.

So, if it's old, if it does not work, if it's not needed.....put it in the trash. Who needs a half million pages on how to marinate herring? Or, one million seven hundred thousand ways to make a peanut butter sandwich?

Many people my age are retiring and many of them are downsizing as well. Some find it very stressful, getting rid of things. Wanda and I think it's easy. Do we use it? Do we need it? Do we want to stick the kids with it?  If we can downsize, so can the Internet.

When your cat needs to hock up a hairball, or eats like a pig and barfs, all cat lovers know it'll be on carpet. If your home was humongous, if all the floors were tile except for one tiny rug in the basement bathroom, the cat would puke on that. Not only would the cat heave on the rug, he would wait until you had company knowing someone was going to use that toilet.

Wanda and I have three inside cats. Casper is 17 or 18, we think. Dakota came here as a kitten in 2001. Steve is 5 or 6. Silvia is an in and out cat who used to live in the house that caught fire. She is not a permanent resident. We have carpet in two of the three bedrooms and a large area rug in the family room.

This morning I stepped, barefoot, in a large hairball/food pile. It was in the family room on the area rug. This particular rug has a raised diamond like design. The small spaces between the raised areas are depressions. I cleaned the mess and had to brush out all the pressed in hairball gunk as well. It was like trying to clean a strainer.

Oh, I also had squishy stuff on the bottom of my foot. There are two ways to eliminate the problem. Get rid of the cats or get rid of the rugs. In the near future I see us living with all tile and hardwood floors. Then the cats will barf in the tile grout. It's always something.

I hate finding gum on the bottom of my shoe. Worse is finding the gum the day after it attached itself to the underside of my footwear. It's disgusting knowing the sticky glob of gum was masticated in a stranger's mouth and I tracked it around the house for who knows how long. 

I hate drinking something and missing my mouth. It ruins my shirts and it is very embarrassing. The older I get the more I do this. It's as if my arm and hand begin to move away from my mouth before my brain tells it to close. We're going on the cruise in a short time. Maybe I should consider using a straw with my coffee, or juice, or milk?

I hate the school district for putting the bus stop across the street. When I was young we walked or took public transportation to school. I guess I understand logistically why this district has school buses. But, so many parents drive the kids to this bus stop, they should drive them to school.

There are at least two dozen cars and vans and SUV'S that bring kids to our corner. The school district must spend a fortune providing bus service. The money would be better spent on real education. Parents could set up car pools and everyone would be better off. Except maybe the bus company and the fuel suppliers. 

Here's a thought......seems naked pictures of young Prince Harry went 'viral' yesterday. I didn't, and I do not care, to see them. But, I do wonder, was Harry, hairy? I thought what played in 'Vegas stayed in 'Vegas. It's getting so English Royalty can't even have a rousing game of strip poker.

What's worse, Security costs for the royal family aren't made public, but security experts estimate that British taxpayers spend between 30 million and 100 million pounds ($48 million and $159 million) a year keeping the royals safe.

I wonder what that money could do for the schools across the pond? 

Wouldn't it be nice if we could just yell, STOP, and things would. Everyone, including politicians, would have several hours to rework many of the things that just are not working. Right, like that's ever going to happen, and I don't mean the STOP.