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JennC03 wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:51 am
Fred in Skirts wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:25 pm Farmers who drive their tractors on the highway at 15 miles and hour when the speed limit for that stretch is 55 MPH.
We've had that happen once and a State Trooper flew down the road and pulled the tractor over.The tractor had the entire road slammed with cars.
Now for the most part the tractors pull over and let us go by.
We have the traffic jam law here but with the area being so large you are just lucky to find a copper just riding around. Farmers know this and take their chances on not getting a ticket for causing a jam.
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Doctors appointments that get rescheduled by the doctor.If we have to move or reschedule we either lose the doctor or they send us a bill.


Phone companies that tell you you'll pay a lower amount but then you get your bill and you're paying far more than what you were told.

Someone smacking their gum while talking.

Talking with food in their mouths.

People cutting in front of you at tourist attractions.

Long waiting room or emergency room wait times.
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For me there are two language-based peeves. Firstly the starting of sentences with the word ‘So’ and secondly the way the younger generation (in the UK at least) misuse ‘Like’, such as saying ‘ She was like’ instead of ‘She said’. Drives me nuts.

I know language use is fluid and ever developing, but for some reason these two really grind my gears. :lol:
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Dungo wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:01 pm For me there are two language-based peeves. Firstly the starting of sentences with the word ‘So’ and secondly the way the younger generation (in the UK at least) misuse ‘Like’, such as saying ‘ She was like’ instead of ‘She said’. Drives me nuts.
So, I do that, like, a lot.

(sorry :D)
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Feeling peeved this afternoon, not really a pet peeve but this afternoon I have an peeve:
Couple of weeks ago I had a diabetic eye test, my first. A day or so later I was told there is no damage from diabetes. Got a letter today, saying the test had been QA checked and the results were wrong, there is some signs of early diabetic damage. No detail, is it retinal damage or something else? no info apart from that it shouldn't affect my vision. I didn't see that one coming! ah!

I am the sort of person who wants to know some detail, just saying "aye, you're alright" or "hmmm, don't book a holiday for next year" just frustrates me because it tells me nothing.
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Big and Bashful wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:54 pm Feeling peeved this afternoon, not really a pet peeve but this afternoon I have an peeve:
Couple of weeks ago I had a diabetic eye test, my first. A day or so later I was told there is no damage from diabetes. Got a letter today, saying the test had been QA checked and the results were wrong, there is some signs of early diabetic damage. No detail, is it retinal damage or something else? no info apart from that it shouldn't affect my vision. I didn't see that one coming! ah!

I am the sort of person who wants to know some detail, just saying "aye, you're alright" or "hmmm, don't book a holiday for next year" just frustrates me because it tells me nothing.
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Every tear I have a retinopathy [0] eye test, being a diabetic. I am starting to see some damage, blood vessel damage to the retina. This is more serious for me because I only have sight in one eye. I doubt that you have diabetic retinal damage as you have not declared as being diabetic.

There is something called macular degeneration which is completely different but which could be a possibility. Whatever it is, its seriousness depends on whether it is affecting your vision or not.

[0] The eye is dilated and several photographs are taken of the retina.
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Sinned wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:51 pm Every tear I have a retinopathy [0] eye test, being a diabetic. I am starting to see some damage, blood vessel damage to the retina. This is more serious for me because I only have sight in one eye. I doubt that you have diabetic retinal damage as you have not declared as being diabetic.

There is something called macular degeneration which is completely different but which could be a possibility. Whatever it is, its seriousness depends on whether it is affecting your vision or not.

[0] The eye is dilated and several photographs are taken of the retina.
I am a T2D, diagnosed at the end of April but now I know the symptoms I know I was diabetic since before May 2021, hence the diabetic eye test. At least whatever damage they spotted is not affecting my vision at all, I just want to know what they have found. I am not on insulin, just metformin, and other stuff for blood pressure, cholesterol, anti-inflammatories to stop me catching fire I think! oh and hay fever pills. I am building up quite a collection!
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Dungo wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:01 pm For me there are two language-based peeves. Firstly the starting of sentences with the word ‘So’ and secondly the way the younger generation (in the UK at least) misuse ‘Like’, such as saying ‘ She was like’ instead of ‘She said’. Drives me nuts.

I know language use is fluid and ever developing, but for some reason these two really grind my gears. :lol:
Actually, as a part-time linguist, I rather like the "like" construction, because it is interesting! I believe it originated in Valspeak, a jargon of young Californians in the 1980s, and it differs subtly from other grammatical constructions available in English. Unlike "She said...", which can really only introduce reported direct speech, "She was like..." can introduce a paraphrase, or even the speaker's interpretation of what the person was thinking, rather than their actual words. So "She was like 'Are you kidding me?'" could be reporting those words, or they could be describing a silent facial expression!
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Myopic Bookworm wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:00 pm
Dungo wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:01 pm For me there are two language-based peeves. Firstly the starting of sentences with the word ‘So’ and secondly the way the younger generation (in the UK at least) misuse ‘Like’, such as saying ‘ She was like’ instead of ‘She said’. Drives me nuts.

I know language use is fluid and ever developing, but for some reason these two really grind my gears. :lol:
Actually, as a part-time linguist, I rather like the "like" construction, because it is interesting! I believe it originated in Valspeak, a jargon of young Californians in the 1980s, and it differs subtly from other grammatical constructions available in English. Unlike "She said...", which can really only introduce reported direct speech, "She was like..." can introduce a paraphrase, or even the speaker's interpretation of what the person was thinking, rather than their actual words. So "She was like 'Are you kidding me?'" could be reporting those words, or they could be describing a silent facial expression!
That is interesting, and not an aspect I had previously considered. Mind you it still sounds wrong to this pair of stuck in the mud ears. I must try to be more open minded. Isn’t it odd how easy it is to be open and accepting to some things (MIS for instance) while also being totally the opposite with other nuances in life.
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Dungo wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:43 pm
Myopic Bookworm wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:00 pm
Dungo wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:01 pm For me there are two language-based peeves. Firstly the starting of sentences with the word ‘So’ and secondly the way the younger generation (in the UK at least) misuse ‘Like’, such as saying ‘ She was like’ instead of ‘She said’. Drives me nuts.

I know language use is fluid and ever developing, but for some reason these two really grind my gears. :lol:
Actually, as a part-time linguist, I rather like the "like" construction, because it is interesting! I believe it originated in Valspeak, a jargon of young Californians in the 1980s, and it differs subtly from other grammatical constructions available in English. Unlike "She said...", which can really only introduce reported direct speech, "She was like..." can introduce a paraphrase, or even the speaker's interpretation of what the person was thinking, rather than their actual words. So "She was like 'Are you kidding me?'" could be reporting those words, or they could be describing a silent facial expression!
That is interesting, and not an aspect I had previously considered. Mind you it still sounds wrong to this pair of stuck in the mud ears. I must try to be more open minded. Isn’t it odd how easy it is to be open and accepting to some things (MIS for instance) while also being totally the opposite with other nuances in life.
I am with you Dungo, both affectations really annoy me. Along with people typing in txt spk lol, did U see what I did there? and there?
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B and B

My wife was a type 2 diabetic. In order to have cataract surgery, she had to see
a Retina Specialist. She was being treated for Diabetic Retinopathy prior to her
having cataract surgery. The Retinopathy treatments(injections in the eye ball)
were working, stopping the progression of the disease.

Then she had a stroke and the 'fun' began. After 3 more strokes in that year, she
developed Rapid Onset Parkinson's Disease and was with me for, just over, 8 months.
(I wouldn't wish that debilitating disease on anyone, even my worst enemy.)

Oh well, diabetic retinopathy is treatable :!:
Don't wait for it to get worse :!:

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Uncle Al wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:06 pm B and B

My wife was a type 2 diabetic. In order to have cataract surgery, she had to see
a Retina Specialist. She was being treated for Diabetic Retinopathy prior to her
having cataract surgery. The Retinopathy treatments(injections in the eye ball)
were working, stopping the progression of the disease.

Then she had a stroke and the 'fun' began. After 3 more strokes in that year, she
developed Rapid Onset Parkinson's Disease and was with me for, just over, 8 months.
(I wouldn't wish that debilitating disease on anyone, even my worst enemy.)

Oh well, diabetic retinopathy is treatable :!:
Don't wait for it to get worse :!:

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Uncle Al, So sad what happened to your wife, I am attending every appointment they give me, I don't want things to get worse. This includes the annual diabetic eye screening. I am also doing what I can to keep my blood sugars under control. Just being part of the Diabetic support group on Facebook and seeing the problems many diabetics are battling with emphasises that it could be so much worse, if you don't take it seriously it will get worse. As well as the eye damage, strokes are much more likely as are many other problems. It seems I also have a genetic problem which could have caused the diabetes and which attacks the liver, brain, pancreas, joints and just about anything else so I am going to have to be a good boy from now on! Parkinson's is a cruel disease, one that my sister now has. For the moment hers is under control with the drugs but we know that will change.
One thing which is in our favour is living in a country with a health care system, I have had loads of blood tests, ultrasound, a CT scan, X-rays, a camera stuck somewhere that doesn't deserve to have a camera inserted, also got a fibroscan of my liver on Friday, all this and the drugs I need are free apart from a bit of tax on my income. All I pay is the petrol to get to the hospitals. When I see the struggles a lot of diabetics have in the US battling their insurance or trying to pay insane prices for insulin it worries me. On was looking at $1600 a month for insulin if she wasn't insured, she had just returned from the UK where the same quantity of the same insulin was £25. Not because of the UK subsidising, but the US system just milking the profits of the system out there. That is criminal! Anyway, must start work, have a nice day!
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When someone begins a sentence with the word so...
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Freefrom wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:18 amWhen someone begins a sentence with the word so...
I suspect this is mostly a symptom of putting the mouth in gear before the brain is lit up.

It can also happen with non-native-language speakers. For instance, I work with an Egyptian chap who is very smart indeed when it comes to software development, but his speaking patterns definitely suggest that he's thinking in Egyptian and then translating to English to communicate with his co-workers, so he's pretty much a "Wizard of uhs" when speaking, and most every sentence begins with "So", followed by a pause, perhaps an "uh", before things get rolling. It's a bit maddening, but at least understandable -- and I have no Egyptian whatsoever.
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