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When I get a FB Friend request like that I check the individual's page to see if we have any mutual Friends or common interests, as the request might be legit. Usually I find that I don't want to Confirm, so I don't and when FB asks if I know the person or group I answer "No", and FB says they can't contact me again. I frequently get Friend requests from someone who's posted the profile pic of a hot babe. There's no telling who the person is or where the request came from.
Actually, the word "nuclear" isn't the easiest word in the world to get right every time. It has to do with throat muscles. Just listen to Tom Brokow try to talk. Meanwhile, I have a problem with the use of the word "less" when "fewer" is the correct word. On FB, I actually correct posts that are grammatically inferior.What little thing bugs you?
For me, it's mispronunciations and poor grammar.
"This is a picture of my friend and I."
No it's not. Nobody would say "This is a picture of I."
Or
"I could care less."
Well, if you could care less, that means you actually do care.
Or, my favorite, when somebody says "Nook-yoo-lar" instead of nuclear.
What's yours?
I live in Atlanta GA, where more people are using a cell phone while driving than anywhere else in the world. My primary per peeve in life is the individual driving in the far left lane more slowly than other traffic is, especially on the interstate, and especially if they're on a cell phone while doing. I won't pass them on the right. It's positive reinforcement of negative behavior. Instead, I harass them, and it's fun.
I think it gets under my skin so much because it sounds like a derogatory term. But I really don't get why they use it on the weather reports.
My guess and it is only a guess is that the weather reports have to do w/...drum-roll....climate change...and as a way to highlight that idea...to emphasize the idea...to make it fashionable...they say Deep South. That...or they're trying to appeal to the cracker audience.
) without really knowing what they mean. The phrase started out referring to states that succeeded (I read this on wikipedia so don't quote me ) and then kind of morphed into a label for the Senate Democrats (and the area they represented) that voted a certain way in the South. The label seems to refer to those Southern Democrats that opposed the civil rights issues in the 60s. Strom Thurmond lived in the Deep South, not me .Goes back to the 14th-century word peevish, meaning "ornery or ill-tempered." It's actually a verb, too. To Peeve somebody off is to cause them to be irritated or foul tempered. I'm sure I do it to people all the time. LOL!I wonder where the expression "pet peeve" came from? Who was the original pet peevert? Was it a male or female or some combination thereof? A French king maybe? An honest plumber from Sheboygan? Perturbed about plastics? I had a pet peeve the other day but I forgot it now...I think it had to do w/driving...had this guy...or gal...coming at me in my lane the other day. But it wasn't that...that doesn't happen that often. Could have been people who insist on driving everywhere w/their brights at night. Or I know what it was...there was this once I'm headed out of the bush, coming down a two-track hill, bounce onto the asphalt, dark-thirty...head out on Nightingale Drive, full dark no stars, headlights coming toward me...and...they wait till we're almost bumper-to-bumper and they flash their brights in my face. GAAAAAAAAA! Have had variations of this happen numerous times...other drivers who think I've my brights on...has happened w/each truck I've owned. Lights are higher than a cars so it appears the brights are on. I'd gotten to the point where I ride with my hand on the bright switch...you get the flash from the other vehicle, the courtesy flash...brights a quick second...and I return the courtesy, flash them my actual brights so they can see I had my dims on. Whew! Glad to get that off my chest. Maybe I'll sleep better tomorrow...or today I meant. I'll sleep better today.
My guess would be that the Publix chain has some deal with that coffee brand and flavor. It's why some things are showcased in the main area of the store from time to time (although I do think they do that to get rid of stuff they don't want to carry anymore too) but I do think there is some major wheelings and dealings going on in grocery stores from the makers of different brands to have their coffee front and center and a lot of it. Real estate is valuable there too. Location, location, location and quantity! just a guess.
Oh I agree with you. I don't get why they do this either. Unless Hazelnut is more expensive and they are trying to force their drinkers out of the box into the more expensive box. This is when you boycott and start a movement, lol! Talk to the store manager and ask him out of curiosity his decision to carry something that isn't selling and not stocking enough of something that sells out.
has this store been doing this with the hazelnut for a long time? I was thinking maybe they are pushing it for the holiday season. Plus, coffee gets old, even when it's vacuum packed. Perhaps they have a warehouse full of Hazelnut they are trying to unload.
I think they pay the stores to promote certain things. You scratch our back and we'll scratch yours type of situation.I have a feeling this is a manufacturer thing more than a store thing. I happen to notice that Eight O Clock coffee seems to be sold the same way in different stores, the same amount of bags of each of the flavors as the regular. Call me crazy but I would want to put out the items that sell quicker.
Sometimes they are in the way and I go do something in another part of the store and come back and they are still staring at the meat. I feel like yelling, "HEY, it's ground beef, it all looks the same." Or those pre-packaged bags of salad. I think some people are on a quest to get the perfect bag.
