Ron's posts with tag: idiot
I don't really think you sent this. Did somebody hack your account?
BTW, don't go to that link and type in your password. Or do what I did and type in some nonsense (okay, I may have used some profanity  ) but don't expect much from the link. It's got one of those stupid SWF files that looks like it's loading a picture, and then turns into a screaming zombie to try to scare you. But mainly it's a password stealer.
Driving home from work last night, it seemed like everybody was out to get me. It's a good thing I was alert
and paying attention, because I avoided three different accidents. First, this lady was yakkin' on the
cell phone, pulled up on my left side, and just started moving into my lane. I had to slam on my brakes (and my
horn of course) to avoid getting creamed. I don't think she even knew what happened. My rule is always lay on
the horn because 1) it lets the idiot know that they're about to do something stupid and maybe they can avoid it
2) it lets the idiot know that you're very unhappy with them, and it's better than flipping the bird and 3) it lets
the person that the idiot is talking to on the phone know that they're talking to an idiot.
Darn you! How can I be expected to carry on a conversation with you honking your horn at me
constantly?
Then a guy in a truck zoomed by me on the left, going about 10mph faster than me (or about 15mph over the speed limit), then cut right in front of me, SLAMMED on his brakes, and made a right-hand turn almost on two wheels. No time for for turn signals when you're so busy working the steering wheel and pedals.
The third one was a little less extreme. Another cell phone talker that just drifted into my lane, not paying
attention. I had nowhere to go, so I just had to hit the brakes (and horn). The noise from my horn interrupted his conversation enough that he could once again steer it between the lines.
All of those things happened within about a 2-mile stretch of the same road, so I was feeling a little
paranoid. I stopped at a red light and was watching the car behind me come up - driver gabbing away on the
phone - and hoping she was going to stop. It's weird - you can watch someone in your mirror and they don't
know you're watching them. You can glare at them with daggers coming out of your eyes and they don't know it.
I've seen people "dance" to the radio, fix their hair, gesture to people on their cell phone, pick their nose, talk to themselves, sing along to the music, touch up their makeup, even shave. What, do they think they're invisible?
So here's the challenge:
Get someone to take a picture of you sitting in your car through one of the rear-view mirrors, doing what you do when you drive - like what somebody behind you in traffic could see - and post it on your blog. It could show as much or little of your face as you wanted, and as much or as little of your car as you wanted. Please don't show your license plate - it's not hard to find the registered owner's name and address. And please, no nose picking.
Feel free to pass this challenge along to other people.
This morning I read Julie's blog and saw that she had written something very similar to this yesterday. GMTA, huh? She had some pictures that were taken from the other side of the mirror.
Anita just got
new tires, hubcaps, and a car wash, and loves taking pictures, so I bet she'll be up for this. Lisa still has a
mirror on the left side  , so if I snap the picture, I can probably talk her into posting it. And of course I'll do it
too.
Anybody else?
Mr. Drafts, Since you have your settings configured to not accept replies from anyone, since you have no profile other than some goofy-looking kid's picture, since I've never heard of you before, and since you have no friends, I'll simply answer your message here on my blog, if that's okay. I don't hate everyone. In fact, I can really only think of one person that I do hate, and you're not him. If you'd like to be more specific about why you think I hate everyone, and if you configure your settings so I can reply to you, I'll be happy to do so. Until then, you're just a twit. Your buddy,
Geek UpdateI did a search for Dave Drafts and found two entries: http://360.yahoo.com/profile-05UZ5.Q1erAMRQMwjxo3T0Em and http://360.yahoo.com/profile-HMbo.nAlcqGLHqiy4hBNvA-- (the guy above) I'm pretty sure they're the same guy. The first one claims that he's 10 years old and goes to Chapin Elementary School in Rhode Island. Yahoo allows that?
 This woman stopped by my blog about "smoking" and left a comment about the evils of pornography on Yahoo 360. ===== Through much of our nationâÂÂs history, Americans have intuitively understood the danger to family and community posed by pornographic and obscene material. But things have changed. Starting in the early twentieth century, increased automation, communication, and entertainment options brought about a more materialistic view of the world. Movements promoting eugenics became popular and influential. These developments set the foundations upon which our current fascination with pornography stands. Human beings began to be seen less as unique creations with inherent dignity and more as objects to be manipulated to further personal aims. These ideas of the mere utility of people blossomed during the sexual revolution and have steadily grown to reap their disastrous reward today. To win the battle against the consumption and disposal of human beings so common to pornography, we must rediscover what it means to be humanâÂÂand live with the purpose of treating othersâÂÂand ourselvesâÂÂas such
You Can Make a Difference!
Your social involvement could make the difference between an increasingly pornographic culture and one which begins to value and respect individuals, families and communities. ===== Huh? I replied directly to her and sent this message: ===== Spamming blogsI wrote a blog entry about smoking. You commented on that about pornography. Why?
I personally think your crusade is worthwhile, but you're not doing a good job mounting it. Right now, you've annoyed me to the point where I'll be changing my blog comments setting from "Friends of friends of friends" to "Friends of friends" to avoid this kind of thing. ===== Later I visited her page - it contains all sorts of holy roller type of material, and even blasted CUAN for having dirty words (gasp) on his blog, and pointed to one of his blog entries as an example of the type of filth that should not be allowed on 360. Then I ran across this entry which had other people's emails quoted, including mine. However, she removed the first line. So I commented on her blog and included the entire message above, and wrote that I thought spam was a bigger problem than obscenity on 360, and she had joined the ranked of spretch.com (sic) as a spammer, and that her comments on my blog were no longer welcome. And then I changed my blog comments setting to friends of friends only. I deleted her off-topic comment on my blog. And I deleted one of my friends that was on HER friend list. (What are you thinking, Scott?) Now I come back to her blog to see if she's responded to my message, and instead she has removed my comment, and apparently also set her blog comments to friends of friends or something. Stupid spammers. <eyeroll>
On the slight chance that you're a new user on Yahoo! Messenger, and not just an idiot or a spammer, I'll tell you that it's considered rude to IM people you don't know without first introducing yourself. It's even ruder to '<ding>' them. And it's especially impolite to do this before you've filled out your own profile.
 | Why Me? | Jan 23, '06 12:48 AM
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I know a lot of the females in YahooLand get hit on by clueless guys a lot, but guys don't get hit on by clueless women very often. If anybody has any explanation for this, I'm interested in hearing it. Even though I've blanked out the name, it's a very American name, and the profile was completely blank except for "female", and it did show that it was created on January 12, 2006, less than two weeks ago. I checked for a simple URL version of a 360 page, and there wasn't one. I detest the "ASL" question - especially since that information is on my profile. I also dislike the overuse of acronyms in general. Is it really so much harder to type 'please" instead of "pls"? "You" instead of "U"? Notice also how long her replies took. I'd be willing to give somebody a break if they told me that they weren't a native English speaker, had a limited IQ, were blind and reading the screen through some speech processor, were typing with their toes due to a missing arm, or something. But I sure couldn't figure this one out. <her> (6:52:30 PM): hi
<her> (6:52:51 PM): asl
<ME> (6:52:55 PM): I don't know you, do I?
<her> (6:53:25 PM): ok
<her> (6:53:36 PM): <her>
<her> (6:53:39 PM): u?
<ME> (6:54:49 PM): You contacted me. You don't know my screen name? How'd you find it?
<her> (6:55:53 PM): well from yahoo 360
<ME> (6:56:33 PM): You don't have a 360 page.
<her> (6:57:27 PM): am new there
<her> (6:57:39 PM): i will do that later
<her> (6:57:42 PM): ok
<ME> (6:58:31 PM): So where did you run across my name?
<her> (7:00:22 PM): i told u 360
<ME> (7:01:08 PM): Big place. That's as specific as you can be, huh? A group - which one? Friend of a friend - who?
<her> (7:02:02 PM): i said it that am new to it
<her> (7:02:28 PM): i justsign up with them
<ME> (7:05:49 PM): What you should do is go to http://edit.profiles.yahoo.com/config/edit_identity and edit your profile. Fill in some information about yourself. Then go to http://360.yahoo.com/my_profile.html and do the same.
<her> (7:07:22 PM): ok
<her> (7:07:27 PM): i will
<her> (7:07:32 PM): asl
<her> (7:07:34 PM): pls
<ME> (7:07:45 PM): I've gotta get going. I'm still at work.
<her> (7:08:00 PM): ok
<her> (7:08:06 PM): ur name
<ME> (7:08:41 PM): Have a good evening.
<ME> (7:08:44 PM): Bye
<her> (7:09:23 PM): ok
<her> (7:09:31 PM): add me ok
<her> (7:09:36 PM): lol
<her> (7:10:10 PM): ok
<her> (7:10:34 PM): i will like to get to know u better
<her> (7:10:36 PM): okay
<ME> (7:10:52 PM): Then fill out your profile. It's easy.
<her> (7:12:30 PM): i will
<her> (7:12:34 PM): asl pls
<ME> (7:12:51 PM): Look, I'm at work. I can't talk now.
<ME> (7:13:00 PM): Please quit IMing me.
<her> (7:13:57 PM): when come back home you get that okay
<her> (7:14:10 PM): what is ur name
<ME> (7:14:30 PM): How old are you?
<ME> (7:14:37 PM): Is English your first language?
<her> (7:15:33 PM): 25
<her> (7:15:35 PM): u?
<ME> (7:17:05 PM): I'm trying to figure out why you can't understand "Please quit IMing me". You should be old enough to understand. Maybe you don't know English. You don't type or spell very well. What's the problem? I'm getting annoyed and about to put you on ignore.
<her> (7:18:14 PM): if u care
<her> (7:18:23 PM): what did u mean
<ME> (7:18:48 PM): What language do you speak? What country do you live in? Why don't you understand me?
<her> (7:19:05 PM): well
<her> (7:19:34 PM): i dont really understand u ok
<ME> (7:19:55 PM): Okay. I don't see a point in us talking if you don't know English. Goodbye.
<her> (7:20:29 PM): why are u saying all this
<her> (7:20:37 PM): where are u from
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