Things I just do not understand..

[maxaroni]

When I did my driving test in Barbados in 1985 the first part of the test (which you had to pass before they even let you on the road!) required the driver to back into a parking space with poles along both sides, from each direction. You got 2 tries each side. The examiner would measure where your car ended up relative to the poles, and you had to be dead centre. Yeah, we got really good at backing into parking spaces! I think they may have recently done away with "the poles", which I think is a huge mistake. We have some tight parking lots here that have big signs that say "please park facing outwards", and it is expected in school parking lots as well (much safer). The next generations are going to suck at it now that it is no longer tested. By the way, we don't learn to parallel park as part of our test - it has never been considered important.

Are you Bajan? Funny story....I went to Barbados way back in the 70s with a girlfriend. We had a great time, rented a car and went all over the island. Fast forward to 3 yrs ago, went with DH. We rented a car at our hotel and trying to get out of the parking spot, DH hit the curb and took out the shroud (?). Okay, finally got on the road and heading to Bridgeton. I kept saying he was too far over and going to hit the curb. Sure enough...kept hitting the curb. He couldn't get the hang of left sided driving. We managed throughout the day and got a bit better. We were headed back to Bridgeton for dinner and got all twisted in the dark, no street signs, etc., had a minor traffic accident. We opted to turn the car in and end the driving. To make matters worse, we decided to do a 360 tour and at one of the cemeteries/churches we were stopped at, I was taking a picture, backed up, tripped over curbing and fractured my wrist. What an eventful trip. But, we still had a wonderful time.

 

[AppleDumpling]

How in 10 months time leukemia can take the life of a bright, loving, sweet boy who was already living with autism...

I am very sorry for your loss.

There are some things no one can understand.

 

[King Schultz]

'rugger-bugger'


I am sooo incorporating that into my daily vocabulary.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

Women that insist on enabling and supporting abusive men. I've come to realize recently that I do this : (
I'm a doormat.

 

[maxaroni]

Why you can have a gazillion tv channels and nothing to watch!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Showing my age but no interest in any social media.
In conjunction with that, why my boss has to say #hashtag all day long.
Kids looking at the # and when I say "number sign" they look clueless and say that is the hashtag.

 

[King Schultz]

Why you can have a gazillion tv channels and nothing to watch!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Showing my age but no interest in any social media.
In conjunction with that, why my boss has to say #hashtag all day long.
Kids looking at the # and when I say "number sign" they look clueless and say that is the hashtag.

#Iagree

 

[Gumbo4x4]

How is it that the 80-foot long, 8.5-foot wide tractor trailers I meet on 2-lane back roads manage to stay entirely in their own lanes on left hand curves while boneheads in regular cars seemingly lack this very basic skill?

 

[cornflkgrl]

Duck Dynasty

 

[Shanti]

I dont understand breast reductions

You would if you were a woman whose were so heavy that bra straps cut into your shoulders.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

To most people in everyday life, there is no point.

They're practical in physics and engineering, especially electrical engineering, to solve difficult problems that would be extremely tedious or impossible to solve otherwise.

They're really complex numbers, not imaginary. There is no doubt to the existence of such numbers.

Show me the square route of -1 pieces of pie.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Why there is a sensitive spot on my iPad screen that thinks I want to exit the browser instead of clicking on the page button I actually touched.

And why it has suddenly moved from the old place (that I was at least kind of used to avoiding) to a new, very annoying spot that is really difficult to work around.

 

[MickeySP]

The Aussie quiche eater definition.

Quiche-eater

Australian Slang
(derogatory) man who is kind, gentle, and sensitive in his personal relationships and has a politically correct social consciousness; male who holds a world view that is the antithesis of that held by a rugger-bugger or traditional ocker (from the book “Real Men Don't Eat Quiche” (1982) by Bruce Feirstein)

'rugger-bugger'


I am sooo incorporating that into my daily vocabulary.

Oh you know that's true! Wait did I use that correctly?!?

 

[Liberty Belle]

The Aussie quiche eater definition.

Quiche-eater

Australian Slang
(derogatory) man who is kind, gentle, and sensitive in his personal relationships and has a politically correct social consciousness; male who holds a world view that is the antithesis of that held by a rugger-bugger or traditional ocker (from the book “Real Men Don't Eat Quiche” (1982) by Bruce Feirstein)

Well, now I know what to call my "type."

 

[U2_rocks!]

Are you Bajan? Funny story....I went to Barbados way back in the 70s with a girlfriend. We had a great time, rented a car and went all over the island. Fast forward to 3 yrs ago, went with DH. We rented a car at our hotel and trying to get out of the parking spot, DH hit the curb and took out the shroud (?). Okay, finally got on the road and heading to Bridgeton. I kept saying he was too far over and going to hit the curb. Sure enough...kept hitting the curb. He couldn't get the hang of left sided driving. We managed throughout the day and got a bit better. We were headed back to Bridgeton for dinner and got all twisted in the dark, no street signs, etc., had a minor traffic accident. We opted to turn the car in and end the driving. To make matters worse, we decided to do a 360 tour and at one of the cemeteries/churches we were stopped at, I was taking a picture, backed up, tripped over curbing and fractured my wrist. What an eventful trip. But, we still had a wonderful time.

Yes I am Bajan. Driving here can be tricky if you're not used to it! If you're used to wider roads you may keep pulling too far to the left because you're not used to oncoming traffic passing so close to you. We Bajans are experts at getting by buses on narrow roads with just inches to spare. Sorry about your wrist - glad you had a great time to make up for all the mishaps!

 

[aprilgail]

..men who shave their chests


)?

So glad some do! I HATE hairy chests on guys and really hate hairy backs!

Oh I have another!! Those things in the ear lobes that look like a seal from the faucet and makes the ear lobe a circle that I can put my finger through and drag that person. Just why???

Those are really vile- a kid that works at a local food store has giant ones and I can't even look at him when I am in there.

I don't get the need for people to run a TV or Radio when they really are not even watching or listening to it- I love the silence- no need to have distracting noise on.

I also don't get why people that can't afford to clothe and feed their kids but keep popping more out!!

 

[CPanther95]

Hmmm, something went wrong here. I was quoting soccerdad72, not CPanther95.

LOL.

I read that and couldn't remember ever saying it - but it sounds like something I might say, so I just assumed I must have.

 

[L&Lfan]

...why political discussions are forbidden on a community board forum. And why all discussion of tipping is verboten also. So silly and random to me. Everything else under the sun can debated and commented upon.

 

[CPanther95]

...why political discussions are forbidden on a community board forum. And why all discussion of tipping is verboten also. So silly and random to me. Everything else under the sun can debated and commented upon.

??? When did they stop allowing discussion about tipping? Why is that a problem?

 

[focusondisney]

Why we watch a whole show in the top 1/4 of our new 65 inch tv as the DH browses the guide to see what else is on or what he might want to watch 3 days from now.....


Why I'm sitting here reading nonsense on the Dis instead of running my errands, doing my laundry or cleaning the house????

 

[L&Lfan]

??? When did they stop allowing discussion about tipping? Why is that a problem?

I think they want tipping discussion confined to one thread. I was just reading another thread that got closed because it had drifted into a discussion of tipping and personal tipping habits. Not the first one either. I just wondered why they're so strict about where and how tipping should be discussed.