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shaun56 03/04/01 4:03 PM RE: Strike rage?

Strike this..........Strike that............... I am totally sick of hearing a bunch of jibberish about the strike! Instead of getting pissed off and worried about it, I think we should just relax. If it happens, which it probably will, then deal with it then. If it happens and goes on for two weeks, then deal with it then. People do not realize that we cannot do anything to change the current situation. No sense blame people, point fingers, and throw tantrums. If you do all of that stuff, you're just wasting energy. The strike is not about us. It's all about them. Everyones turning into selfish pricks, I can't stand it. But as for the students, I wish that everyone will just chill out and deal with the problem when it actually hits!!!!!!

leis 03/04/01 2:30 PM Strike rage?

Somebody might have done for this topic, thoughcApril 2 2001 called as the X day for the strike is coming soon. I hope that people working at the UH including our instructors achieve their goals as soon as possible. . However, now I have been upset a little because if this strike comes true and goes long, it will be nothing good for us. I have heard from my academic adviser that if this semester is suspended by the strike, our tuition will not be refund. And I have also heard that there is a possibility that the credits we have been taking this semester will be invalid. The students who are supposed to graduate might not be able to do so. These mean also that we lose the eligibility for scholarships. I do not want to spend money and time. We might have no choice except that the members of the UH faculty fights with the state of Hawaii , but I hope that they start to concern about us students, who might be given disadvantage, and decide something rational and official for us. For example, grades this semester should be guaranteed and appropriately given to students by any means.

Number11BUS 03/04/01 2:45 PM "Blank Profile" Rage

Hey you guys,Some of you (18 out of 34) have not filled in your profile to include an e-mail contact point. I have have a number of occasions when I wanted to address an e-mail direct, not on the message board, question or response. This is not possible for all the folks in the message board pool. I sure wish the rest of you would take the time to finish your profile for the message board. It helps in communication--and communication is what we need lots of in this computer age of rage. We need to know there is someone out "there" on the other end of "here." Lack of communication "smakes" of aggressive competition. We often find ourselves grumbling about how terrible it is that another does not know "the first thing about...." but do we share that knowledge? Probably not as often as we could. We tend to be stand-off-ish with others and this again leads to aggressive competition. Yeah, I know, we all want a really good grade for the course we are currently engaged in. But, did you know that a message board is supposed to allow for more communication, not less? Did you know the message boards are the n-e-w-e-r ways we communicate with each other? You don't have to "know" the person at the other end of the crisis hot line to be able to contact them, nor do they need to know you. Same principle. You just need to be able to contact them direct. We want our privacy, true, but we want also want to know someone out there knows we are in here. Give it a try. Finish your profiles and meet a new friend, share some really good information, and dis-prove the bell shaped curve that only an exact number will get a high mark for work done. We can all excell when we all use the same tools to approach the task. Quit competing and communicate. Nuf preching...Number11BUSEmail-me

Dahlin 03/04/01 3:14 PM party rage

Where I live there are many young adults, most all of my neighbors are young adults. And young people tend to have loud parties. Almost every weekend one or more of my numerous neighbors throw a party. I don't have anything against having a get together but I do have a problem if they don't know when to quit. I think the party should be pretty much wrapped up by ten or eleven pm. Most times the parties are over at a decent hour but last night my neighbor had a party, and it was still going strong in the wee hours of the morning. It makes me mad because my daughter still isn't sleeping through the night so I have to wake up with her in addition to be kept awake by my neighbors. Plus my daughter will wake up at 7:30 am no matter if I want to wake up or not. So the end result is, I don't get enough rest during the night and feel tired and irritated the next day.

Number11BUS 03/04/01 3:51 PM Defensive Driving Good or Bad

The definition and the meaning of Defensive Driving has certaintly changed in my life-time. I will relate two instances, one good, and one bad.Good: I was driving the Beltway in Washing, D.C., in the rush-hour traffic toward home. I toodling along at my 60 MPH and in the fast lane in my Ford Torino (Powerful and Heavy, for safety)and a car in the center land of the 6 lanes suddenly looses the driver front wheel, rim an all. What to do? Well, driver training told me to gage the speed of both the vehicle and the loose-part. Both were still going at the 60 mph. The driver of the car did the right thing--he, and it was a he, began edging toward the shoulder of the fast side of the road because it was closer and the lost wheel was also on that side. He did not try to break suddenly because it would have caused the vehicle to drop on the axel and pivot out of control. He was successful in getting to the shoulder and coasting to a stop before he engaged the axel with the pavement. Because my speed was maintained I was watching all this take place in my rear-view. Meanwhile, I was also keeping an eye on the loose wheel as it was rolling right down the original center lane until it lost some speed and was obstructed by some pavement litter. The wheel eventually began to bounce a bit and was also heading toward the fast shoulder of the road ahead of me. I maintained a space between the wheel which was slowing and bouncing ahead of me and the car that was slowing and moving left behind me. No sudden breaking, no sudden accelleration would help my situation. I did not do either. I maintained a slowing pace to remain between the two obstacles. It worked very well. The wheel bounced to the side of the road and then bounced over the guardrail into a field. The car slowed to the left shoulder and came to rest in the break-down lane. This is a definition of defensive driving as I know it to work well. No panic, carefull monitoring and reacting to the events as they unfold.Now I'll give you the defensive driving that didn't work. I was driving to work in the slowest lane of the same beltway around Washington, D. C., because I was preparing to exit at the very next ramp. An elderly gentleman (83)was attempting to enter the freeway at the current ramp. I was in a Dodge Dart ('69) and he was in a late model Vallent (a veritable tank). He was having some difficulty entering the high-speed roadway and "bumped" into my car by not matching the speed of the freeway traffic. Now the distance from my front bumper to my tail bumper is only about 16-17 feet. I, of course, tried to speed up a bit and allow him room--he sped up too--"bump". I tried to slow down a bit to allow him room--he slowed down too--"bump". Well, needless to say, my defensive driving was matched by his defensive driving--we were both trying to "control" the situation by anticipating the actions of the other driver. He "bumped" me seven times before I slammed on my breaks and dove for the shoulder behind him. (Yes, I had checked my traffic behind me and it was safe to slamb on the breaks because all the other traffic was getting out of the way of the mess going on before them.) Wheeeew!! so here is a definition of defensive driving that gets bad because we are all doing it at the same time--trying to anticipate and COMTROL what is happening on the road. So, for me, I have mixed emotions on the definition and application of defensive driving. Sometimes it works and is a good thing, sometimes it doesn't work and its a bad practice. Cheers (^_^)Number11BUS

JEDI1x 03/04/01 3:52 PM Red Red

It's so funny how I had not expressed any road rage recently and even tried to get my fellow students to mellow out when confronted by it. Yet, last night on my way home, I was crossing Ala moana blvd to pau st in Waikiki. The light is green for me and I see tourists about to cross the street. I started to accelerate just to let them know to get the hell out of my way. Only when I reached the crosswalk did I stop to let them pass. Good thing I did too otherwise I would have been hit by some stupid lady who was about to run the red light. I looked at her and gave her "stink eye", and she doesn't even give an apologetic smile or wave. I was so mad, I felt like pulling over on the side and telling her off. Instead, i was fuming all the way home! Lack of attention pisses me off! Not only that, she had a small kid in the front seat. When I have kids, I'm going to drive like a grandma and watch out for cars from miles away. Like any situation, it makes me even more angry when people don't take responsibility for their own actions.

meow24 03/06/01 11:29 PM RE: racism rage

no wonder she's working at 7-11. she can't get a better job!that couple must have been really nice people. i don't know how i would have reacted if it were me. >=<i don't mean to be rude or anything, but i think locals and hawaiians get all the priviledge in hawaii. they have to have everything in their way.people talk about minorities getting unequal treatment, but actually it's minorities that get all the special treatment. think about it. special scholarships, school, housing, ect.. what is this? i think government system sucks!minorities cry out for a fair treatment, but who is really getting the special treatment here???

MsLacey 03/05/01 10:53 AM RE: racism rage

I think that is totaly true, bu there is a particularly strong racism problem against African Americans in Hawaii. I am always suprised how many people in Hawaii have a problem with black people in aparticular and not any other race. Maybe because they are obviously not from here. White people from the mainland are treated poorly as well, but it is not always so obvious who is local and who is not, but because there are so few black people here, they are thought of as outsiders, where as japanese people, chinese people, etc.... could easily be from here or not.

rie2001 03/04/01 8:26 PM RE: racism rage

I agree with you, and racism is not only discrimination. I am Japanese, and I don't know how many times people here asked me if I like to go out with African American rather than Japanese. I am tired of people who believe that all Japanese girls want to go out with African American or Caucasian. There are some Japanese girls like that, but I think that is very rude stereotyping!

shaun56 03/08/01 10:50 AM RE: racism rage

Hey man what the flying F@#$!!! Nah, just kiddin'. Actually I think half of your problem is that you live in town. Town is a place for people to act all as if they're the $h!t!! You know. I think if you were to spend a day in the country with me, you'd have a different mental scheme about the " aloha spirit ". I think you are right about the shaka thing though. People think that the fricken shaka makes it A okay. What are they some kind of retards I guess. Anyways, member what we talked about the third week f learning lab?? Be a skeptic right. I think that you've already lost your skepticism about the aloha spirit. You gotta give it a second try. Hey, maybe it is that you are hanging out at all the wrong places?? Well, we'll talk later about this. By the way, I did get my report on the web, check it out and let me know if it's cool or not. Peace out bro!

Daniel1978 03/04/01 8:10 PM RE: racism rage

Aloha My A**!!! (Sorry) The ENTIRE 6 years I've been out here, I've never felt the "Aloha Spirit." The only time it seems to come about is when someone cuts you off and gives you the Shaka sign. As if that makes it all ok. Sorry. Maybe it's cause I'm white? I dunno. There ARE nice people out here, but there are nice people everywhere. Maybe I've just gotten into too many fights with locals crusing Waikiki looking for a fight. But, that was my rant about racism. It is too bad that African Americans are under reprisented in the Islands. You figure that with all the minorities out here, there would be no racism. Too bad thats not the case. But that was cool of you to give them your place in line. I'm sure it made them feel better. Hopefully all those other 7-11 jerks will take your example!

shaun56 03/04/01 3:55 PM racism rage

Today I had a soccer game. We won. I don't play, but I do coach a tem. Anyways, when I was coming home from my game, I decided to go and get a slurpee at 7-11. I pull up into the store and there is a white caucasian girl at the cashier. She's doin her job as normal. The line was long and there were tons of different kinds of people in line. There was an african american couple quietely waiting in line. The lines merge, so there is confusion. People kept on slipping in front of the couple, and they were getting frustrated. The girl at the counter kept saying "next" to the other people in line, and not to the couple. When I came up into line, I told the couple to go. The girl made a big hassel over the couple's things and made them get a different product. Then they came back in the front of the line, and the girl told them to wait at the end. I was pissed and so were they. I told the couple to take my spot and they did so. The point of this story is that racism is still out there, and it is bad. In a place where Aloha is supposedly supposed to be the theme of the islands, it's slowly withering away. I cannot believe that people are so blind to see past the color of one's skin..

darell 03/04/01 11:54 PM RE: Road Rage

I feel the same way. I don't know what's going on with the roads right now but it seems as if there is construction and steel plates and pot holes all over. It is so irritating because it is creating all of the traffic on the roads right now, even when it's not peak time, there is still traffic. So irritating, especially when you're late for work of need to be somewhere at a certain time. It's because of these factor's and many more that creates road rage. But, there is nothing that we can do about it. I guess we got to live with it until it's done with.

SpoiledBrat 03/04/01 5:34 PM Road Rage

The roads all over are terrible. There are pot holes and you can hardly see the lines on the road. I hate when there is construction of any kind because the road is torn apart and bumpy. I hate driving over the plates, which seem to be everywhere right now. What I hate the most is pot holes. Sometimes I don't even see them and when I fall in them I feel like I'm destroying my tires. What is really irratating is when the pot holes are fixed and a little while later the hole is back. What is really bad is when there are a whole bunch of pot holes and you can't move around them cause where ever you go you hit one. Maybe one day Hawaii will have nice roads.

purple848 03/04/01 5:49 PM A lady complains too much

I went to a dry cleaning store to pick up my clothes yesterday. There was a lady at the counter already, so I waited behind her. Soon after a store clerk brought her clothes, she opened the bag and checked her blouse if the stain was removed. Then she accused the clerk of doing a lousy job and that's why the stain was still there. The clerk explained her that they send clothes to the factory, so they are not the ones who do the cleaning, and some stain did not come off although they tried hard. I think the lady was still upset and wanted to complain some more. She then complained about the blouse seemed to be shrunk, and started to measure width of the blouse by her hand. And she angrily told the clerk to explain how much her each clothes costed and came to a total of 24 dollars. Looking at her giving a hard time to the clerk irretated me. I went there 30 minutes before the time the store closes, but it was 10 minutes till already. I got more irretated by thinking what if I couldn't get my clothes before the store closed because this lady complained too much. I felf like telling her, when she was measuring her blouse by hand, a cotton blouse doesn't shrink, hello, but I didn't. I was just glad that the lady left before the store closed and I could get my clothes.

leis 03/04/01 9:53 PM RE: Report rage

It is not just you. I had also experienced your feelings. I had never used the clip arts, so that taking this opportunity I had decided to use them. Then what I had fallen into first was the chain of the clip art sites. It was so irritated for me to close the windows. I could just think,h what was going on?h I felt like wasting time and irritated. I realized that I had to do something and asked somebody who have experienced net surfing well enough. He gave me a sort of trick. He advised me to scroll until the end of the clip art site. He said that there was usually the icon of gENTERh or gCLICKh with the name of the web site itself, which match to the address of the top of the window. (Could you understand this??) I tried to do according his advice. Finally, I could access some web sites for the clip arts. I could find that most of the web sites have the format as he suggested me. He said that the owners of the click arts web sites do such things to earn money. Itfs still difficult to find what I want. though. Please try in this way again, if you want to do. I do not know the day of our final paper duec..

sakodash 03/04/01 5:58 PM Report rage

I think I'm just about ready to give up already...I feel like I've looked at this report one too many times. I honestly don't know what to do with it anymore. I'm having so much trouble trying to find clip art. Is it just me? It feels like clip art sites link to other clip art sites and then some more clip art sites so basically I see NO clip art for a long long time. Is anybody else having this problem? Oh well, I guess I'll try again later. Oh yeah, does anybody know when our final paper is due? I know he extended the rough draft deadline so I was wondering if he extended this one too?

TVR 03/09/01 9:57 AM RE: I HATE ALA MOANA!!!!!

Sorry to hear about your crazy weekend. But, I know how you are feeling because I also hate going to Ala Moana because of the crowd. It's like everyone there is only thinking about themselves and nobody else seems to even exist.Anyways, when I read your post it kind of reminded me of a time when I went to Ala Moana and this type of incident happened to me. Ofcourse, it was during the christmas season and you know how the malls are then. I was shopping with my friends and I to was going up the escalator. Then I seen this stupid guy and girl standing in front of the escalator making it hard for people to get through. When I seen this I got really upset. When I reached the top of the stairs I just walked right through there conversation. I think I also knocked the guy to the side. But, who cares I was so irritated because they weren't thinking of others that I had to make it a point to show them how it felt.

oshale 03/09/01 9:51 AM RE: I HATE ALA MOANA!!!!!

sakodash 03/06/01 11:56 PM RE: I HATE ALA MOANA!!!!!

Oh god, I hate Ala Moana too!! I think I started hating it more and more ever since I started taking my 4 month old neice with me shopping. People can obviously see that I'm carrying a little baby but they still push past me!! Sometimes they say sorry but still how am I suppossed to explain to a 4 month old baby that this lady is sorry for knocking her in the head?!! I remember one time when I was shopping at Ala Moana this couple was pushing their young son in a stroller. It was Christmas time and it was really busy and I guess this teenager was talking to a friend and didn't see the woman pushing the stroller and he bumped into the woman. The man got so mad that he pushed this kid and started swearing at him...in the middle of the very crowed mall!! But then again, I guess Christmas makes everyone crazy. The worst has to be those stupid people who sit next to you, stand next to you, or whatever smoking their cigarettes cooing over my little neice. How stupid do you have to be to not know to not smoke in front of an infant?!! I mean they're in her face practically blowing smoke in her face!! I hate to be rude and all but I just have to excuse myself and walk away from these people. For some strange reason, all of these bad incidents have happened at Ala Moana. How weird!!

Dahlin 03/05/01 1:25 PM RE: I HATE ALA MOANA!!!!!

It sounds like a scene from a movie! I too hate going to the mall on a weekend, especially Ala Moana during a sale. The other day my mom and I went to Pearlridge on a week day morning. It was great because we pratically had the entire mall to ourselves. Even eating at McDonalds was peaceful. I usually try to do those kinds of trips during the work week but my husband doesn't enjoy doing things after work. Shopping or doing anything during rush times can just about drive you nuts! Since you are irritated and enraged it makes the pleasurable experience a chore. I love shopping but under the right conditions.

Daniel1978 03/04/01 8:36 PM I HATE ALA MOANA!!!!!

I made the mistake of going to Ala Moana on Saturday with my family. Oh, Boy! Never again! That place was CRAZY crowded! And of course, as soon as people get to Ala Moana, they forget how to walk. Everyone goes back to the time they were 4 years old and forgets they have abody. The most popular place to stop walking in right where the esclator lets off. So of course people are like, falling off the side of the escalator. Idiots. Then after awhile, I was sitting on the planter outside of Shirokeya on the planter. Some FOOL sits next to me and starts YELLING on his cellphone. it was pretty noisy out there, but instead of moving to a quieter place, he decides yell at the top of his lungs (No joke) into his Cell phone. "YEah, Babe. I was Soooooo Totally wasted last night....Blah, blah, blah, blah..." I've got this retard on my left and on my right, my Father's singing to himself rather loudly. Oy! I was RAGING, but I'm happy to be out of there. I'll try to avoid that place like the plague from now on.

Number11BUS 03/11/01 9:42 PM RE: Phone rage

Hello rie2001,Phone rage of this sort will pop up over the course of the rest of your life. I was recently engaged in a phone tag with an property/development attorney that had agreed to attend a community meeting. Needless to say, he did not actually put in writing that the meeting would be attended. So, when I sent the confirmation letter for the meeting date, he called--yelled a lot and said I must have heard him wrong. (I hadn't--I still had my notes). Well, I continued to request the information for the community via letter and requested he respond via letter, fax, email--anything that was in writing. I had taken a deliberate action to NOT ANSWER THE PHONE. He left rude messges over a several day period and then my housemate answered the phone. All heck broke loose. The attorney yelled, screamed, disparaged my name, my organization, my housemate. I was witnessing a couple of bull-dogs going at it. I had already decided not to play the game with the attorney. My housemate was itching for a chance to defend me (as if I needed it). You have to remember, the attorney is hired to do just this kind of job--not give out any answers to the questions the community has asked. He does it very well. All the getting angry is a waste of energy. It saps the energy needed to continue making good decisions with the community. I don't choose to play. So, back to your friend and the ex. You could have just hung up, or you could have said something like I don't allow people to talk to me that way and hung up. Your friend is out of harms way by having broken off the arrangement. Your friend has decided NOT TO PLAY. Sorry you got caught up the the middle of someone elses situation. Glad you friend got out safely. Hope you don't take the yelling of the ex personally. It was not directed at you. The ex may "grow up to be an attorney" someday and be yelling at other for pay. You never know...Number11BUS

purple848 03/10/01 10:48 AM RE: Phone rage

Your friend's ex is very rude! He should have told you first that your friend didn't live there any more because they broke up, instead of yelling at you and told you not to call his place any more. He could have been very upset about him and your friend got into an argument and they eventually broke up with each other. But even if that's the case, he didn't have to act rude to you who have nothing to do with him and your friend braking up. I got upset, too, after I read your story. No wonder your friend broke up with him if he was such an irrational person. You must have been hurt by his thoughtless act. I feel sorry for you. I hope you feel all right now.

rie2001 03/04/01 9:00 PM Phone rage

This weekend, I called up my friend who just moved to her boyfriend's place on mainland. I called her, and her boyfriend picked up the phone. I asked him if I can talk to my friend, and he remained silence. Then suddenly he started yelling at me. I didn't know what is going on. He told me to stop calling HIS house. I thought my friend lives there, too. I didn't know what to do. Then he hang up on me. My friend called me next day, and told me that she fought, broke up with him and moved out. Maybe he was still mad at her or something. But there is no reason that he can yell at me, I didn't know that they broke up!! It's unbelievable how some people can take their rage on anybody aroud them.

purple848 03/11/01 6:59 PM RE: a friend's experience with pedestrian rage

I'm glad taht your friend did not succeed in finding the couple that made her angry because I also think if she could find them, we don't know what chould be happened to her. They could physically hurt her because, according to your story, they were angry with her, too. Even if she found them and said something, I don't think she could convince them to apologize to her. Or maybe she could say something to them, I doubt that she became feel better afterwards. Sometimes I get very upset and almost get aggressive to others just to get even, but later when I come back to myself, I think I'm glad that I did not do things I almost did. Maybe your friend thinks back the incident and now she is glad that she couldn't find them because it could end up with a tragedy. Today, there are many psychos are out there, so we don't know who is really dangerous and best avoid making a contact with. I am happy, too, that your friend did succeed in staying out of trouble.

darell 03/04/01 11:25 PM a friend's experience with pedestrian rage

Hello everyone!I would like to talk about my friend's experience with pedestrian rage. She was telling her story about how she was very upset with a couple of pedestrians that were crossing the street. She was telling me that while she was driving, a couple decides on crossing the street right in front of her and not even in a crosswalk. She was already having a bad day that day and the pedestrians just pissed her off even more because they were taking their time crossing the street so she had to wait. While she was waiting, she began cussing and doing gestures at them. What really pissed her off was that they were returning the words and gestures. So she went around the corner, parked her car, and began walking to find them, but she couldn't find them. I guess it was a good thing that she didn't find them because she would have gotten herself in a much bigger mess if she did.

skyblue 03/09/01 10:00 AM RE: Multi-tasking behind the wheel...YIKES!

Hey gemini gal...It's your pal skyblue! Indeed, God was watching over you and your car. I must admit that I still do multi-tasking when I'm driving and I'm fully aware that I'm putting mine and other people's lives in danger. There are several things that I do in order to prevent the vehicle from rolling if I must search for something while I'm driving. First, I arrange my items in the car in a way that is within easy reach before I drive away from my destination. For example, I will keep my phone on my right side in a holder, so if my cell phone rings I can easily grab it without having to look down. Second, it's a good idea to put your gear in neutral to prevent your car from rolling just in case the driver behind suddenly hits the bumper. Third, if you don't feel safe about this idea, shift your gear into park cause when you accelerate the gas pedal, the car will not be moving forward and you will only hear the sound of the engine revving. By all means, I'm not encouraging you to perform multi-tasking, but if you have to, I hope my advice will help you in dealing with this situation.

silverfox2001 03/05/01 9:37 PM RE: Multi-tasking behind the wheel...YIKES!

I have been in the same situation you have been trying to do to many things at one time. I can always remeber when I was driving with my sisters children in the car. I would be screaming at them, turning my head to see what all the fussing is about and trying to drive all at the same time. I almost got into a huge accident trying to do all these different things while controlling a moving vehicle. I am glad that I am still alive to talk about it and I am glad that you had no damages to your vehicle and you realized the risk you put yourself in by being a multi-task person behind the wheel. The lessons we have to learn while behind the wheel.

MsLacey 03/05/01 10:56 AM RE: Multi-tasking behind the wheel...YIKES!

I went to the North Shore this weekend and I drank too much so I ended up spending the night. When I woke up I was so spaced out I was afraid to drive because I knew something just like that would happen to me.

gemini-gal 03/04/01 11:31 PM Multi-tasking behind the wheel...YIKES!

So here I am again. I have to write my self-witnessing report for this week and boy, do I have something to talk about. It's not very exciting but it pertains to the class. Anyway, I was on my way to school on Tuesday morning and my mind was totally occupied with other things besides the road and cars around me. I was at a red light with a red Honda in front of me. Since I was at a red light, I figured that I had some spare time to look for my cell phone and change the music on my CD player. So I took on these tasks and before you know it, I heard a loud "THUD". I inadvertently rolled into the car in front of me. It just happened so fast! I looked up and I was frozen for a moment because of the shock that set in. I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME! AAAAHHH! Okay, so the passenger of the car that I rolled into got out of the car. He was an elderly Japanese man who I apologized to. I told him I was so sorry and that I wasn't paying attention. He inspected his bumper and said that there wasn't any damage. I wasn't even looking at my bumper or his for damages. I was still tripping out about the entire accident. Then the driver of the Honda came out and she looked mad and I told her that I was so sorry and that I wasn't paying attention. She inspected her bumper and agreed with the old man that there wasn't any damage. I didn't even bother looking at my bumper still because I was just totally relieved that there wasn't any scratch or ding that I caused. My car was okay also. Not a scratch. THANK GOD! WHEW! Life is normal again. However, after the entire incident, I still felt bad because of the way I wasn't paying attention. IT NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. So to make myself feel better and less worried, I took time to take deep breaths and calm down. Then, I spoke to myself and said positive things like, "I was involved in a minor accident when I wasn't paying attention. However, it wasn't a bad accident because there was no noticeable damage on either of our bumpers." It could have been worse but I turned the negative into a positive outcome. It helped me get through that day. I could've gotten so busted from my parents especially my dad! Thank God there was no damage! I learned my lesson about multi-tasking. Don't take the chance because you'll never know what may happen! Remember, eyes on the road!

lavaflow 03/09/01 6:37 PM RE: Forum rage

I understand how you feel because it's happend me many times. It's happend just three minutes ago while I was writing a reply. I think the forum site really slow and it takes long time to switch to the next message or to go back to the message list. I don't know why it happens to me either. One time I was about to finish my writing the connection was suddenly lost so I had to do the same process again. Yes, I agree with you that I also want to read other people's disscussions more but it's difficult and takes forever because it's really slow. I want to know if there is some way to improve this situation

meow24 03/05/01 10:19 AM Forum rage

Is it just me or is this forum website unbearably slow?I wanted to post a new topic on Saturday but when I tried to preview what I wrote, I got kicked out and couldn't get in again. So I was gonna post it again later that day, but I totally forgot about it till this morning.And even now, it took me a very long time to get into this site.It's little bit faster sometimes, but that's very rare.I use roadrunner, which is cable system, so its much faster than a phone line. I don't know if others feel the same way I do, but I get irritated of this slow web every time I come here.I want to read more discussions, but I can't even do that because its so slow. I look at the topics and pick the only interesting topics and read them. =(

MsLacey 03/05/01 11:03 AM Magoo's Pizza Rage

I went to Magoo's on Friday night. We went early and had a few beers, it was mellow, not to many people, cheep beer, things were good. After about an hour it ws like a bus arrived and unloaded every inconciderate punk they could gather up and dump out. Everyone wanted to steal out chairs when a person at our table got up to go get beer. No one gave our table space, it strted raining and it got worse. They don't have enough bar tenders so it was inposible to get a beer, anyway the whole thing was really frustrating and we had to leave. Why is it that half of the places to go out in Hawaii close because of no business and the other ones are so over run you get claustiphobia just being in there!?! Why does everyone have to go to the same place on the same night? If half thoes people would go to another bar it would be happening too and we could all sit down with a one inch space around us to breathe.

virtual-b 03/09/01 11:58 AM RE: Computer Assistance rage!!!

I agree that computer assistants should know a bit about computer work. They should know basic knowledge on all the programs on the computers in their labs as well as some general knowledge on the Internet since the computers are afterall networked through an ethernet or other connection. I, personally, ask the guy next to me when I'm at the computer labs. A lot of times, the guy who is quietly jamming on the keyboard pretty much knows what he's doing. Also, I find that the computer assistants on the third floor social science building computer lab, really know a bunch about computers. If you're desperate, there are always online tutorials available.

mightymousesa 03/05/01 5:02 PM Computer Assistance rage!!!

Okay, I know we have all had our frustrations with our reports or other assignments on the internet for this or other classes. When I first got to UH I was expecting that in the computer labs offered over in BA, Keller, and in SOCSC that there would be helpful computer assistants working the counters. This is not the case. Every time I have been in the lab and required assistance the lab assistant has either looked at me like I am a loser,has tried to brush me off, or (my personal favorite) they reply "I don't know" before I even describe the problem!!!!! I work on campus as a notetaker and I get paid a lot less then these guys and if I wrote "I DON'T GET IT" on my notes for a class I would be in big trouble. I'm not saying that they have to be computer wizards but if they can't answer my question or help me, at least try to tell me who can!!! People do the least amount of work they can get away with and I'm sick of it. Have a little pride in what you do, even if it is helping a computer moron like myself!

silverfox2001 03/05/01 10:14 PM Blame It On a Monday

Monday is here and its another week of school and work. I start my daily routine okay. I am getting in gear for the whole week, when all of a suddent I walk outside to the car and the first thing I notice is someone has deliberately splash mud on the drivers side of the car, after polishing it on Sunday. The second thing I notice is that my left hand blinker light is out. I am thinking to myself what else can go wrong today. It was not enough that my blinker is out my brake lights on the left hand side is out. So, I am thinking to myself there is nothing you can do about it so just take it into the shop, leave it there and pick it up in the afternoon. I get to the maintenance department of the dealership. He tells me I have to bring the my vehicle back on Wednesday. I am thinking to myself, I am not going to drive it around with everything out on the left hand side out. So, I go down to the airport and rent a car from Alamo what happens is I ask for a midsize and get a compact. I get in and there is not enough leg room and everything in this car is manual and the guy at the gate is asking me for my contract after I have put it away. In the meantime, my partner is in the car I own, and I am in the rented car. We decide we will take it into Firestone and have the tires rotated. What does the sales rep tell me my left wheel alignment is off and I need to get it fix. What else can go wrong today. If that is not enough I am late getting to school. I am late going to work and now I am staying up late to finish my forum. My whole day was on blame it on a Monday. The good thing out of all this is that my car is still under warranty and I don't have to pay for any of the maintenance.

Watashi_No 03/05/01 10:50 PM Rage Transference

I hate it when people get mad and to the closest person to them they put all their anger on them like it's the innocent bystanders fault something went wrong. My first reaction to someone being mad at me is to get angry at them in return. But then I have to try and calm down and think why the person is angry in the first place. I know I don't totally stop being angry at the person, because I can still feel the anger inside. If the person keeps on pushing my buttons and I didn't do anything wrong I would get angrier at the person, even though I know the reason why he/she is angry in the first place. I can calm down and be civil to a point, and I can rationalize rage all I want to but it doesn't help if someone is still angry and taking it out on me. I just realize that to not have an argument the best way is to turn and walk away, still the best way...much, much better than getting angry and it turning into something very, very ugly. And the time spent away from the anger can help the other person also because they wont have a person there to rage on. It's better for the person to vent it in a rational, civilized way. I try to remember that if this is a good friend or family member that fighting isn't worth it because it's probably over something that happened and if I start fighting with the person then it might cause a rift in the relationship for awhile. I can't stand confrontations but if angry or if need be I will stand up for myself and do what I think is right (even though the "right thing" at the time seems right because I'm in an angry fit right then which is bad, but I'm rambling so I'll stop now).

charisseo 03/12/01 3:51 PM RE: gotta do laundry rage

thanks for the reply and comments. as for making stink eye at you... i'm sorry i did not intentionaly do so. and i'm kinda surprised that you thought that. i'm usually kinda distracted during presentations and stuff..and i hope that i'm not making stink eye to everyone in class... what if i'm creating stink eye rage in class?

shaun56 03/08/01 11:05 AM RE: gotta do laundry rage

Tha does kinda suck, a curfew for your laundry. Wow, I never thought that such a thinkg could happen. But what can I say, because I still live at home. But I can say that I have laundry restrictions as well, but not enforced as crudely as your I suppose. I live upstairs, and my brother lives downstairs. The washer and dryer is downstairs, so as you can see, there is a slight problem. I do not know why the washing machine is such a irritation. To me the washing machine sens a lovely humm adrift with a little splishity slashity sound here and there, but I cannot be egocentric and think that all people here my lovely tunes. As for the dryer, I guess it can be a little irritating, especially since the vent is right by my brothers window. It could be good on cold nights, but here in Hawaii it just adds to the heat. Anyways, I feel your pain, but don't worry, be happy. Be happy that you even have clothes to wear. Be happy that you have money to wash the clothes you wear. Better yet, be happy you have money to buy clothes to wear, and still have money to wash the clothes you wear. Okay I'm starting to sound retarded now so I'll shut the heck up. Bye bye. Oh! by the way, why do you always give me stink eye in class??? just wondering?!?!?=)_

sakodash 03/06/01 11:43 PM RE: gotta do laundry rage

Hi!! I know EXACTLY what you're talking about. The only difference is that my apartment only allows us to do laundry until 9 on weekdays and 10 on weekends. That pretty much sucks!! Our washing machines are on every other floor in our building and it just so happens to land on my floor so that's really the ONLY good thing. We always have problems of people just leaving their clothes in the washing machine and dryer for hours after its been finished. I don't want to touch it and take it out but sometimes I have to. The first time I moved in there I had my laundry sitting in the washing machine for maybe fifteen minutes after it was finished and when I came back someone had taken all my clothes out and thrown it on the dirty dryer. I was so pissed off!! But nothing beat the time when ALL of my clothes just mysteriously disappeared. I sat for hours outside on the washing machine waiting for the person who left their clothes in the dryer because that's where my clothes were last. Since still no one came, my sister and I called every apartment in the intercom and asked if they had done laundry on our floor. Nobody said anything so I decided to go to every apartment and knock on their door. I went to every apartment and when I finally reached the last floor first apartment, I knocked on the door and these two little kids answered the door. I swear they were only about 5 or 6. When they opened the door I saw a whole pile of clothes on the couch but I couldn't very well accuse these little kids of taking my clothes especially if I wasn't even sure if it was mine. So I told my sister and my brave older sister went upstairs and asked them herself. A girl maybe in intermediate school told her that they didn't do any laundry on our floor. I was ready to give up already. I sat out by our washing machine for a little while longer still waiting for those people whose clothes were in the dryer to see if they had taken it out when the same two little kids came back downstairs. In a basket they were carrying all of my clothes!! AND it was still wet!! I guess their mom had told them to get the laundry but since they're so young I guess they accidently went to the wrong floor and got my clothes instead. And then, how can you possibly get mad at a couple of cute little five year olds? And I just don't understand why such young kids are doing the laundry anyway--where the hell's the mother?

meow24 03/06/01 10:49 PM RE: gotta do laundry rage

i understand how u feel. till i was 22, i never had to do my laundry, because my mom did it for me. then i got married and moved out from my parents house and started doing laundry on my own. first condominium i lived in had washer and dryer, but when i moved to another condo., there were no washer and dryer. i had to share them w/ same floor people and that really bugged me a lot. but it was opened 24 hours and wasn't too crowded. because only one bedroom people had no washer and dryer. i did my laundry around 12-1am because no one did their's at that hour. i really hate bumping into others when i do laundry, so even though i was tired, i did my laundry really late at night.i bet your laundryroom will be more crowded now that some (like me) cant do their's at convenient hour. maybe if you complain it to your manager and she/he might remove the restriction.

charisseo 03/06/01 9:34 PM gotta do laundry rage

well here's my story. i live in condomium that just put up a new rule that no laundry can be done after 1100pm. i can understand that the laundry room is just below a few units and the noise from people can be rather loud. but, 1100pm that's a little early. some nights i do not even come home in time to start my laundry safely in time to finish by my 1100 deadline. then with this new deadling the laundry room is now more crowdedbetween 700-900, the time when i'll be availible. such a hum bug..

meow24 03/06/01 11:10 PM RE: Computer Rage

don't you hate it when computer suddenly freezes? it happened to me several times too. since then, i got a habit of saving my work every 10 mins. to the disk. or you can even set your computer to automatically save it for you every 5 mins. I do both of them to be sure. i save them in the hard & zip. so even if one fails, i still have one more backup.i think setting up the computer to save the work every 5 or 10 mins. is the best way. so even if you forget to save it, your computer will have it for you.i would be really mad and furious if my report disappears like that...at least you printed out some of your work. i had nothing w/ me the last time i lost my report.. >=(

SpoiledBrat 03/06/01 10:45 PM Computer Rage

On Sunday I fixed my report 1 for class. The completed report was supposed to be due on Monday. I fixed half of it and I thought I saved it. Well, it was not saved. So I redid everything. It took me a really long time. I was up till around 5:00 the next morning. I do not know anything about FTP and transfering web pages. I saved my report and I saved it on a disk. I do not know what I did exactly but I screwed up big time. I was try to put my report in a folder, which I am still not sure how to do. It all happened by accident. Anyway, while doing all this my report starts getting messed up. Things are changing in my report, so I try to fix them all and it gets more messed up. Then for some reason the stupid warning sign came on saying I did some illegal act and it was closing down. I did not know what to do. I thought maybe it's okay I have a copy saved. It closes down and I try to retrieve my report. I can't find my saved one in the computer, so I put in my disk that I thought I saved it on. To my surprise it's not on there. It is 5:00 in the morning and my report was completely erased. All I am thinking is it's due that day and I have nothing. I can't use my draft because that completely sucked. I think by then I was so cooky from no sleep I redid my whole report without having a breakdown. What completely sucked was everything I wrote was off the top of my head. I was sort of lucky cause I had a little less than half of what I wrote printed out. I am doing my report and I realize I am not going to make it to class. I will again state I was up from sunday 10:00am and I started redoing my report at around 5:00 that night. It was just about time class ended and my friend calls me. She tells me the report will be due on Friday. I really believe the lack of sleep saved my sanity. Not only did I screw myself over in this class, but in another class as well. I had a quiz or what I call a mini exam for that class the next day. I took like a 2 hour nap and decided to wake up to study. I studied and decided I needed to sleep if I wanted to even make it to school. I had about 5 hours of sleep. Today I can't even remember how I got through everything. It is all a blur.

lisa43 03/08/01 4:19 PM RE: Letter rage!!

Let's just assess the situation here. Sherri and her boyfriend willingly take on so much more responsibilities than they should because they are kind and compassionate people. I'm not just saying that because I know them but anyone who meets them knows that they are. I understand that the parents have to work but they have a child that THEY should be taking care of, not Sherri and her boyfriend. I just feel that as responsible and caring parents, they have to make the time for their child. I think that it's cool of Sherri and her boyfriend to help out once in awhile but not the majority of the time you know! In addtion to that, Sherri and her boyfriend have their own lives to lead. They have school and work to deal with and I know that Sherri is tyring to get her BA in Psychology real soon. So in helping them out with taking care of the baby they are just adding to the workload. I'm not trying to be mean and say that the baby is like dead weight or anything. She's a beautifu little human being that was just brought into an unorganized environment. Poor baby! She is just being bounced around from person to person. She'll have no sense of a real home and maybe she'll start RAGING on her own! I know that the father of the baby is very grateful towards Sherri and her boyfriend and gives thanks and is making an effort to spend more time with the baby. On the other hand there is the birth mom whom we'll call "Jane" I can't believe that Jane has the nerve or audacity to tell Sherri how to take care of HER child. I understand if Sherri is getting paid and is a professional at babysitting. But Sherri and her boyfriend are just volunteering their services. How can she tell Sherri how to take care of a child when she can't even properly take care of her own? The least she could do is like Sherri said and ask nicely. Plus parenthood isn't something that we all instinctively know. Maybe if this was Sherri's child then it would be different but this is another person's child! How is Sherri supposed to know what jane wamts or doesn't want. I can't believe that a mother is acting like this. To me she acts so immaturely it's unbelieveable. What makes her think like that? It doesn't make sense to me at all. It's like talking to a wall. Nothing will get through or comprehend in her head what's "right" or "wrong". She just has to grow up already! I was thinking what if Sherri did clip the baby's nails or put lotion on? I think that Jane might have complained about somethingelse like the way the nails were cut or the about the type of lotion used. There is just no pleasing this person at all. If she just acted like an "adult" everything would be fine. Another scenario might be that if Sherri did complain would Jane take the baby away permanantly? That sounds like a childish act that I can see Jane doing. This whole thing can be avoided if Jane just started growing up! I have a feeling that if Sherri just ignores Jane then she will just continue to complain and make a lot of people's lives miserable. I just don't want no action taken and Jane goes on her merry little way as usual. She'll never learn that way. I don't want her to go "unpunished". I wonder if she thinks that it's a blessing that she ALLOWS other people to take care of her child. All I have to say is Poor Baby! Poor Sherri! Poor Boyfriend! They are all victims of this obviously unecessary situation! Sorry just needed to vent out my Stupid People Rage!

oshale 03/08/01 1:07 PM RE: Letter rage!!

I couldn't believe that she wrote you that kind of letter. If it was a serious problem, she should have called you and talk it out instead of sending a letter through a baby. It wasn't even a big thing. She is the mother and it wasn't like you were taking care of the baby for a whole week right? It was just for the weekend and she's expecting you to clip her nails and other things. Those things should have been taken care of before she was delivered to your house. She is really dumb and has no common sense. I had a roomate once and she always use to write me letters and post it on my doors. I know how some letters can be so mean in the tone. Urgh!!! I really feel for you. But just ignore her. You don't want to be like her right, although revenge letter would be an option, too. =)

kathyhirokane 03/07/01 7:39 PM RE: Letter rage!!

sherri!!! why do you put up with her??? if she wanted you to do everything perfectly, why doesn't she pay you??? you aren't professional babysitters, and she is taking advantage of you. it makes me mad to hear that this girl is being mean to you and and on top of that, telling you what to do, when it is her responsibility. i know that you do not want to risk not seeing the baby anymore, but i seriously think you need to put your foot down. she is not taking responsibility for HER baby, and she is forcing you to do her job. and to top it off, shes a major bitch about it! sorry, but this makes me angry. i would not tolerate this and i think you shouldn't either!! please please please confront her. you're not the baby's mom and she needs to realize that!!!! AAAH!!!

sakodash 03/07/01 12:11 AM Letter rage!!

I'M SO MAD!! My boyfriend and I help his brother watch his infant daughter all weekend while he has to work. Well, the other morning the baby came to the house with a letter from the mother with her. Basically the letter implied that we were not taking care of her baby properly. She had said that we need to keep baby's complexion nice by washing her face everymorning with a washcloth (which we do) and then put baby lotion on her. If we cannot afford baby lotion, then she will buy it for us. We also need to clip baby's fingernails because baby doesn't look cute with scratches on her face. If we cannot afford a nailclipper then tell her and she will buy one for us. In the end it said that she hopes she will see some imporvement in baby's complexion after this letter. I don't know if it's just me being sensitive but the letter felt like she was implying that we cannot take care of the baby. For one thing, I don't think it is our job to clip her nails--why can't she do it. She's the mother!! And, it's not like we go and scratch her face on purpose so that she won't look cute. I can't help it that sometimes she scratches her face. Just like I can't help it that she pulls her hair and doesn't know how to let it go. I guess I just feel that if she had written the letter in a nicer way and not in such a condescending, accusing way then I wouldn't have gotten so mad. We are not parents--we did not do our research on how to take care of a little infant. We do not get to see her doctors to see what's best for the baby. We do not know any of these little things that mothers know because we are not parents ourselves and the mother doesn't share this information with us. I see it that we are doing them a favor by babysitting, the last thing my boyfriend and I need is to be accused of doing these things wrong. Why can't she just ask us nicely?

lavaflow 03/09/01 6:25 PM RE: people who copy my notes rage!!!

I don't think that those people asked for your notes can get good grades on the exam. Or there is no way they can have better grades than you just by reading your notes on the day of the exam. I'm sure that you did well on that exam because you spent all weekend to prepare. You studied and wrote the notes by yourself so I think this process was very important to remember the materials better. Since you prepared well but they didn't, I'm sure this will be reflected on the result. I think you are a really generous person because you let them to review your notes.

snowhawaii 03/08/01 9:06 PM RE: people who copy my notes rage!!!

I had the similar experience in the last semester.Whenever I remember this, I still get really mad.This person and I were taking the same PSY class and REL class. We didn't talk, but just knew each other. One day she asked me if she can zerox my notes from REL class becasue she missed the last class. And I said sure and told her to bring it on the next day (because we were taking the same PSY class). But she didn't show up on the next day, and I couldn't get my note back till the following Monday.(I gave her my note on Wednesday) I was supposed to study over the weekend because the exam was coming, but I couldn't. Since I didn't know her phone number or even her name, I had to worry if she was going to give it back to me. The exam was 100%based on lectures which mean class notes. So I copied notes in the class, and added everything the teacher said in every class. When she gave it back to me, she excused herself that she was sick and couldn't come to the class. But if I were her, I would come to school to return the note even if I were sick. She never knew I was upset and felt uneasy without notes till she gave it back to me. I said that's O.K. but kinda expressed I was upset to her. However, she had a nerve to ask me to borrow my notes from the classes which she missed again. I couln't say no, and let her borrow my notes. And what's more, later of the semester, the same girl asked me to zerox my notes from REL class again. I told her I need to study with the notes, and she said she could go to Sinclair and make copies and then give them back to me there. I had no reason to do that and I really didn't want to do that either, but I thought I should be more generous and I let her do that again. Surprising thing is she made copies for 3weeks which is for 6classes!! For me, even when I was terribly sick, I went to class to take notes and to listen to the lecture so that I could make better notes, and she knew my notes were helpful for the exam. What's her nerve!! To get that notes, I had to go every class, and listen carefully the teacher, but she got the same notes only in a few minutes!! I really understan how you feel. Oh, well, I feel my blood pressure is raising still now. I couldn't stand those people who are very exploitative. If I will meet such a student who is just lazy and rely on the serious student's notes and ask me to borrow my notes again, I will definitely say no!

kathyhirokane 03/07/01 7:44 PM people who copy my notes rage!!!

there is a person in my class who did not properly study for a exam we had a few days ago. well, i did study. all weekend! so, the morning of the exam, this person asks to see my notes since they did not study. i couldn't say no, so i let them look at it (this is while we are in another class). so, this person takes half the class reading my notes that i worked all weekend compiling, then has the nerve to ask me to see the notes i had just been taking for the class we were in since they were so preoccupied with reading my other notes! can you believe that? the only reason i got mad was because i really worked hard to study for this test. i really needed a good grade on this exam. and then this person reads my notes, so they are getting the information for free, practically! i'm calming down somewhat, but that really irked me!

charisseo 03/12/01 3:34 PM RE: bank of hawaii rage

i also had a bad experience with bank of hawaii. first off for the student account is only good for two years. after that you go to the basic checking. the one my account went automatically to was the one where they charged me something like $6/month plus $4 for the debit card. this is from nothing with the student account. the first thing that bothered me was that who is a student for only two years!secondly, they did not tell me that they were switching my account from the student account to the basic one, where they were going to charge me$10 more a month.

MsLacey 03/12/01 10:16 AM RE: bank of hawaii rage

Bank of Hawaii does suck. I have had an account with them since I was 5 years old and I just switched to City Bank. Bank of Hawaii has a damn fee for everything, and they just keep rasing them. The tellers are unfriendly and the phone service sucks. They started off as a nice local institution and have turned into a big mainland like institution. Good job on droping them.

meow24 03/09/01 7:00 PM RE: bank of hawaii rage

my parents had two accounts w/ Bank of Hawaii, some years ago, but they closed them because of the bad service there. i also heard from other people that this banks service sucks. i don't know why they don't improve their service. i think banks w/ the word "hawaii" have the worst services.in my parents case, their bank cards expired but they didnt receive new cards even after one month expiration date. so they went to the bank to see what was happening and they told my parents that they will send them new cards as soon as possible. still, cards didn't come and that's when my parents decided to close the accounts there.isn't bank supposed to provide a good service??

TVR 03/09/01 10:36 AM RE: bank of hawaii rage

Yup, I know exactly what you mean. I'm also a customer at the Bank of Hawaii and a local credit union and this is what I found of a lot time ago. Local banks suck and credit unions rock. First and probably one of the main reasons why I like the credit union is because the lines are always short. Unlike, BOH and FHB there always packed especially during pay day. I use to hate it when I had to stand in line for 15 minutes just to deposit a check. And now that you have said there charging a fee to do a deposit. I think that is ridiculous. How do the banks think they can attract new customers with this kind of stupid fees. Also, if you want loans of any kind the interest rates are usually a lot lower. I don't know how people can stand to use the local banks. Oh, also your right about the employees at the credit union, their so much nicer.

kathyhirokane 03/07/01 7:51 PM bank of hawaii rage

i think i have decided not to stay with bank of hawaii. they are so user-unfriendly. for one thing, they charge you $2 just to deposit a check. can you believe that? and i have an account there. you would think they would be more accomodating to their own customers! they also have other extraneous fees that are pretty dumb. anyways, i need a student loan for summer school and fall, so i called them this afternoon. i asked the woman who answered the phone how i could get a STUDENT loan, and she said that she would connect me with someone who could help me. well, i ended up waiting over 10 minutes just to be helped. then, the person who finally got on the phone said they don't even have student loans! and, to make things worse, a regular loan requires you take out a minimum of $2500! whatevers! for one thing, i waited on hold for no reason, and then i find out that the only way i could get a loan is if i needed $2500 or more. i don't think so! anyways. i ended up calling the credit union, and they were much more friendly and useful! i could get a student loan, and there is no minimum requirement. THANK GOD!! bank of hawaii sucks!

lisa43 03/08/01 4:28 PM RE: Porn mail RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my god, I know exactly what you're talking about. Although, my situation is a little different. My boyfriend's roommate always goes on my boyfriends computer and looks at all these porn sites. I swear, when I went to the HISTORY part, like 30 porn sites were listed!! And trust me, I know they're porn sites with names like Dandildo, Porn City, J-Girls, and all this crap. Well, my page that I was looking for in the history part just so happened was above one of these naughty sites. I ACCIDENTLY clicked on the one below it and all this porn star stuff came popping up. But that wasn't all, I would close one window and then another window would open and then another and then another until I swear it would never end. I was so scared that one of his roommates would wake up and see what I was looking at. I finally had to shut the whole computer down...the popping up of porno sites just wouldn't end!! I was so mad that morning!! But now that I think about it I guess it was kind of funny...I can just imagine what I must have looked like all panicky and stuff trying to shut all these windows. Sorry I couldn't give you any advice on how to stop your emails. Good Luck!!

shaun56 03/08/01 11:13 AM Porn mail RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright.......So here's how it goes. I go on the web, and do searches right. You all know when you find something you are looking for and, you go into it right. But sometimes windows open up all over and just so happen if a porn one opens you're totally screwed. After that one porn opens, you close it, and another ten open up. What the hell?!?!?! Then you finally close them all and go on with your work. You shut down your PC and go to have a nice day. Then the next day you go to log on and check your email. Whoop there it is!!!!!! A whole bunch of porn mail. I get pissed because my email server, Outlook express does not have the function to block the email sender. So I've been dealing with this rage for a little while now, but it's driving me insane already. If anyone has a solution to this dilemma, please help. I'm a porned out already.