I am trying recover from an accident and what do my kids do one is splitting up the other is married in a month in another country but does not want us to go but the other parents can . and the other kid is too f____g lazy to get a full time job to get out of the house . I wanted to get better but why should I bother when my kids do not appreciate the hard work over the years and putting them through university only to be let down by them . I want to retire to enjoy the fruits of our labor through the years and at least share in their special moment or at least have kids so we can have grandchildren but why do they shut out their parents because in one case marriage is a "piece of paper" . It seems I am trying to get back being 100% to please a "corporate" group rather than the people who I taught better values but in the end have disappointed us . I am just ranting — just ranting

But you are one. I apologized after my dog shit near a shrub in your yard. So what? So you caught me picking up my dogs shit in your yard.I even tried to explain I just adopted him and am still training him, and it won't happen again. But Nooo....thats not good enough for you, you're a delicate genius that can't even handle the idea of it. I have him on a leash yes of course, but I can't dictate his bowel movements. Who are you to expect no dogs to shit in your yard? The king of England? —More like go fuck yourself

Why do the most amazing and interesting people always biggest flaws to the point where it'll never work out -not that more than a few months is expected anyway- but to the point where those few months before we part ways aren't as awesome as they could have been. Get your shit together people. At least try. No one else is, so I guarantee you you'll stand out. —Another 20-Something With Romantic Apathy & No Expectations

So you and I are doing a dance Grim Reaper. Every chemo treatment - a ballet, every moment of nausea - a tango. Just know that I am the most unwilling partner you will ever face. I will NOT gently fade, I will NOT quietly retreat.

I have had a gut full of your damned nonsense and it will stop. I see you laughing at me in the mirror when I look at my thinning hair, my fading body. I am no one's fool and while you may think you have me, you don't.

Not yet. I am simply not willing to go.

—In it to win it

In a time when many (especially independant) coffee shops offer a discount if you get your coffee in a reusable mug, this multi-billion dollar fast food chain not only doesn't do that, they actually refuse to fill a travel mug and insist on giving you a (non-biodegradable) disposable cup. I only came in for the free coffee but you won't see me again. —Not even when it's free

What the hell is going on with some of the local radio stations? They seem to be kicking their on-air personalities to the curb like yesterday's garbage with no explanation whatsoever. Sometimes I listen to a station just because I LIKE the people and not necessarily the music. Well, I've had it - I'm going back to my CDs! —Sick of Stupid Decisions

As a male server with years of experience, and managerial expertise in the industry, I'm frustrated! Concerning re-acuring job ads on local websites looking for "waitresses" for your restaurant. I resent the sexist nature of your wording. I'm more than happy to relinquish a position to a female of greater qualifications, but to not offer an open position to a qualified male is beyond human decency. I've realized recently in Halifax that is stat quo as most restaurants I've visited have hired "unqualified" females for their "looks/tits"! —Not Alone

I have been a frequent reader and poster for a long time. sometimes serious, sometimes silly, sometimes middle of the road. I have found that any bitches posted with "sex" involved seem to receive the most comments. Serious posts with good valid points get some decent comments at first then the comments seem to totally go off topic and get all messed up to the point of difficult understanding. What is up with that? —Wondering

Ladybugs are still bugs, like ants or cockroaches and are just as creepy and need squashing —Bug hater

Before you leave home, make sure you have fare, pass, or tickets.

Leave home early enough to give yourself time to get to your bus stop.

While at bus stop waiting, please get fare, passes, tickets ready before the bus shows up. The bus driver as well as the other passengers will appreciate this.

When you see your bus approaching, please make a move toward the bus stop if you are not there already, you'd be surprized at how many people think we can read minds. Also this is important if there are many buses stopping at this stop. College and university students, the photo on your pass is there for a reason. Stop covering it up with your thumbs and or fingers, we need to see it. They are not for sharing. Good way to lose it, as in confiscated.

Please allow people to disembark before you shove your way onto the bus. Seniors are not that quick or as steady as you may be.

Please keep your music down to a mild roar because not everyone enjoys listening to whatever kind of music you like. There will be a lot of young people wearing hearing aids in a few decades.

If you are able please exit by the back doors to free up the front doors, making entering and exiting flow smoothly.

These should all be no brainners, but it seems we are in short supply of brains in this day and age.

Be courteous to others and respect your fellow riders. Don't use up a seat for your bags and parcels if the bus is crowded and people are standing.

If this is too difficult may I suggest a nice walk. Two feet and a heartbeat will take you practically anywhere. —Ding