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10-05-2011, 10:12 PM | #7172 |
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I was shocked when I found out how little the jurisdiction actually got and how much the police pay to have them there.
I guess there is a savings involved also from not having an officer at the intersection, but still.
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10-06-2011, 12:21 AM | #7173 | |
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10-06-2011, 01:14 AM | #7175 |
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Lola, although I appreciate your suggestions, and they may partly be true, this is an ongoing issue which I've begged him to get help with because he's not getting the idea from me.
He had an abusive upbringing till he was about 12, after which time his mother basically left him to fend for himself. He's never learned how to care how his actions affect others and he was more or less single till we married 5 yrs ago. By single I mean he'd never really lived with a woman before. His living arrangements were either him by himself or with other bachelors. He just has no idea, and after about 7 years of trying to show him a better way, I'm at my wits end. He needs counselling to deal with what happened to him as a child which is a direct catalyst to the type of behaviour I am trying to deal with now. It's not that I don't love him or feel he doesn't love me. He just doesn't believe the issues are that bad, but they've just about reached breaking point because the kids are picking up his habits, and are starting to believe that's the way it's meant to be, and I'm not going to have that. Anyway, can you tell I'm still pissed off?
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10-06-2011, 01:17 AM | #7176 |
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Oh, and on top of that, my butthead brother hasn't apologised for his stupid decisions either. I'm surrounded by men who seem to think it's ok to treat me like a fucking idiot mushroom who needs to be fed a constant stream of shit.
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10-06-2011, 06:13 AM | #7177 | |
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Ack, Ali, hon, that sounds horrid. Hate that churned up feeling. Hope today gets brighter. And as you say, at least today you feel in control.
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10-06-2011, 07:21 AM | #7178 |
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Thanks Dana. I think I'll have a nice hot shower then go to bed soon. I'm buggered, and it'll be a big day tomorrow. They're letting my Aunt go home, and I'm the one who's going to be taking her there, so I guess I'll probably be pretty busy with her most of the day. Then some friends are having a party for their 20th wedding anniversary in the evening, and then footy break up party on Saturday. I think I'll need a holiday soon.
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10-06-2011, 11:50 AM | #7179 |
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A large, wet, muddy puddle under and around the fire hydrant in my front yard.
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10-06-2011, 02:26 PM | #7180 |
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Ali, just try to remember they are not doing this to hurt or upset you.
I'm sure both love you. I'm not on a high horse, I'd be talking consideration and manners and all sorts of swear words if I was in that situation. Maybe you & Dazza should consider counselling together. If'n you could ever get him there. It doesn't mean crisis, it doesn't mean imminent break-up, it just means someone to mediate and give you ideas and examples of how to talk to eachother. Re your bro - meh. I can never please my sister. But then she doesn't give a shit about me. I'm only there to be complained about. Being blood does not mean thinking or feeling the same way. It's shitty for you, but at least you have good people in your family so you can get the truth. Hang in there chick. Family (blood or marriage) conflict is the worst, because it leaves you without a safe haven. Hope things get better.
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10-07-2011, 01:43 PM | #7181 |
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Ali: Sorry to hear about your situation. I actually have more to say but being a single person, whatever opinions I have is just superficial and unrealistic to your situation. I hope everything will work out eventually. Btw, I'm glad today is better for you. (Saw your comment from another thread. )
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10-07-2011, 02:02 PM | #7182 |
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I'm upset because I feel like I'm losing a closeness I have with a friend that means a lot to me.
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10-07-2011, 03:14 PM | #7183 |
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This is so frustrating!
This morning I woke up and went to put on my glasses when I discovered that the left lens had fallen out. Huh? I'm sure it was there when I was reading in bed last night. I'd have noticed it was missing because my eye sight is awful. I am legally blind without corrective lenses. My back-up glasses are an old pair that is so scratched up, they are almost worthless.
So, I started the search with only one eye. I looked EVERYWHERE - under the bed, beside the bed. I shook out all the bed clothes - nothing. I got out the broom and swept under the bed - nothing except a few dust balls. I checked the hamper in my bedroom, shaking everything out - nothing. I have gone over my bedroom three times now - nothing. That lens has got to be there, but its not. It will cost me two or three hundred dollars to order a replacement lens. I don't have two or three hundred dollars. And I bet as soon as I go down and order it (assuming I can scrape the money up), the damn lens will turn up somewhere. I'm probably missing it because I can only see out of one eye. And I have a headache. Damn, damn, damn... |
10-07-2011, 03:34 PM | #7184 |
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It's developed into a business. I think that is among the biggest complaints about them, not that they don't catch speeders or people who run the red lights. We have a few here.
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10-07-2011, 04:12 PM | #7185 | |
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