Posted by wendy b. on April 19, 2003, at 10:26:23
In reply to Vehicular abuse and zits, posted by Kar on April 19, 2003, at 8:25:32
Karen,
Thanks for your thoughts...
> Ok, so the pimple thing. I'll try not to get graphic, but those of you who know me...well never mind. It depends on what kind it is. If it's one of cystic really painful one that you thought you could "tend to" and have ended up really defacing (ha!) yourself, then put some Neosporin on it and cover it with a bandaid over night. The swelling'll go down and it will help with the redness.
It does? OK, well I'll go do the neosporin thing right now...
>The little fellers...well they sell those little patches that look like the tiny round bandaids. They have salicylic acid on/in them so when you stick one to your face it "attacks" the spot. I sound like a damn commercial. Anyway, I don't know if those little patches work THAT well but it sure makes you feel better to cover it AND get some medicine on it all in one shot. And the stuff can't rub off at night.
You DO sound like a commercial! But a helpful one, not an annoying one... I just dab on some of the heavy-duty 10% salicylic acid stuff with a Q-tip. That pretty much helps most of the time... (graphically speaking: it brings it to a head). Then vitamin E oil (Burt's Bees Apricot Baby Oil is wonderful), after it has gone down. Vitamin E on the face, especially around the eyes at night, is great for those little lines, too...
> Can you tell I had complexion problems? it was in my Lithium days. Oy. But why why why doesn't it just end when we get older? Ridiculous. Teenagers..20's...30's...40's...
I know! I hate it!
> Ok re: road rage. People around here (NYC tri-state area) seem to have this entitlement problem.
I know exactly what you mean, I live in an upstate town which has a lot of NYC and New Jersey drivers here seasonally (during the academic months). I avoid Jersey drivers like the plague (sorry if you're from Jersey!) Even my daughter notices how rude they can (sometimes) be.
>Well first off, we drive fast and aggressively here. I'm not an ass on the road but I drive fast. Defensively. Because you have to.
My mother told us when she taught us to drive: "You're driving a WEAPON! You could kill somebody with this thing! So watch out for the other guy, be a defensive driver..." etc. etc.
>But I can't stand it when people speed up intentionally so you can't get in,
Check.
>get so close to your bumper that they could be waving to you from your backseat,
Check.
>give you "mad honks" as opposed to "watch out" honks (in Germany they only honk when they HAVE to).
Check again.
>And then these parents in their Lexus SUVs and minivans barrelling down on you like truckdrivers.
Arrrgghhh! I can feel the terror! the wind blowing in my face as they pass my car!
>You have a damn baby in that car!
My sister used to roll her window down (pre-automatic window days), if she could catch people at red lights, and yell at people who had babies in their laps: "What the hell are you doing? Put that baby in the back in a car seat with a seat belt! Do you want your baby to DIE?"
>Is an SUV going to armor your whole family?? Anyway.
See above.
>Then there are the people that don't thank me when I'm nice (oh the world's just out to get me, huh?)...
Well....... Yeah!
>like when I let someone go ahead of me and they just go.
Without a smile or a wave, right? I do this too, waiting for the appropriate response. I never get one... But I always do it for other people.
>That's what I meant about the entitlement. I've always thought though, that someone should invent little lit signs that you could have on your bumber and activate as needed: "sorry", "thanks", "oops", and maybe even screw you.
Fabulous! In my anger, I have merely imagined an Uzzi sub-machine gun attached to the hood or the roof of the car, and just mowing people down. Road rage, anyone?
>but of course that can be conveyed in countless other ways. My mom has a good one. She gives people the sign of the cross!!This is, of course, much nicer than mine...
> Sometimes I blow people kisses jsut to piss them off because I think giving someone the finger just looks silly. Ineffective really. The kiss is good because it conveys a "I recognize that you've been an ass but I will not reply in kind"...kind of like a haha.
I would find this difficult. When I'm mad, sarcasm goes out the window. You are a good egg.
> Whew. Deep breath in through the nose, out through the mouthReally! My blood pressure has gone up and my heart rate has, too, just writing back to you. Or maybe it's this wonderful cup of Italian coffee, just the way I like it...
Maybe I'll go out for a little drive? Look for victims?(JUST KIDDING!)
:-]
Wendy
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