tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post3486406138869363399..comments2024-03-20T05:19:35.526-04:00Comments on Mauigirl's Meanderings: Hell is Other PeopleMauigirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-6158552702203392032008-02-18T01:37:00.000-05:002008-02-18T01:37:00.000-05:00hi mauigirl! i'm catching up with your posts. i l...hi mauigirl! i'm catching up with your posts. i love the last haiku. i've never driven in snow, but i can only imagine. geez, my palms even start sweating just by driving in the rain!Odessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397968854709642789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-88441965600679523762008-02-14T10:41:00.000-05:002008-02-14T10:41:00.000-05:00Suzi, glad you can identify. Although sorry at th...Suzi, glad you can identify. Although sorry at the same time! ;-)<BR/><BR/>DCup, yes, I'm finding haiku is a great way to express things - both good and bad!Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-53452157392038835902008-02-13T22:43:00.000-05:002008-02-13T22:43:00.000-05:00I'm rolling. Not at your misery dealing with the n...I'm rolling. Not at your misery dealing with the nimrods who can't drive, but because I recognize myself in your impatience.<BR/><BR/>I love it that you used your anger to create haiku. Such a release!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-15998379110741238242008-02-13T20:36:00.000-05:002008-02-13T20:36:00.000-05:00I love your haikus!I've HAD it with winter driving...I love your haikus!<BR/><BR/>I've HAD it with winter driving. My drive yesterday was exactly what futurewasyesterday described.Suzi Riothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869448922051303723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-60768749722560803112008-02-13T20:29:00.000-05:002008-02-13T20:29:00.000-05:00Sue J, 3 and a half hours - wow, that's really bad...Sue J, 3 and a half hours - wow, that's really bad. Makes my time a piece of cake...<BR/><BR/>Battocchio, thanks for the correction, I do think you are right on the capitalization, now that you mention it. And you're right, it has a slightly different meaning that way.<BR/><BR/>Glad you liked the haiku, will have to check out the Big Con site!Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-49843656031227404952008-02-13T19:18:00.000-05:002008-02-13T19:18:00.000-05:00I like that second one especially.The Big Con site...I like that second one especially.<BR/><BR/>The Big Con site recently had a presidental campaign haiku contest.<BR/><BR/>(By the way, I thought Satre wrote "Les Autres" versus "les autres," which gives it a slightly different spin, but I'd have to doublecheck, and it's completely moot for your post, anyway!)Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-60750584493955285062008-02-13T15:41:00.000-05:002008-02-13T15:41:00.000-05:00I feel your pain! I was stuck in the ice storm jus...I feel your pain! I was stuck in the ice storm just south of you. My normal drive home takes an hour. that's bad enough. Last night it was 3 and half hours!Sue Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372579806614287004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-61254252881604209542008-02-13T12:55:00.000-05:002008-02-13T12:55:00.000-05:00Hi Fran, I'm trying to accomplish the same thing, ...Hi Fran, I'm trying to accomplish the same thing, as I got an unexpected day off from work due to a power failure in our building - probably due to the ice on the wires. I've been trying to make the rounds to all my blog friends!<BR/><BR/>Nick, you are so right! And I plead guilty to that attitude, for sure! (But of course, it's actually true, you know....;-) LOL!)Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-45774093017734765772008-02-13T11:45:00.000-05:002008-02-13T11:45:00.000-05:00You know I have a soft spot for your haiku. A sinu...You know I have a soft spot for your haiku. A sinus headache keeps me from being too clever. That and a sincere desire to visit all the blogs today- something I have not done in over a week.<BR/><BR/>Great post. It is crap up here in Albany too.<BR/><BR/>Ugh.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-83923742025572270582008-02-13T10:35:00.000-05:002008-02-13T10:35:00.000-05:00Randal, you nailed it - it's all about the hype. I...Randal, you nailed it - it's all about the hype. I was really cracking up when the media dubbed some blizzard we had in 2001 or 2002 as "The Storm of the Century." Hello??? We have like 98 years to go here?<BR/><BR/>"Manly SUV of Manly Manliness. With Man Treads." - love it! And I love your haiku!Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-33097110886215173552008-02-13T09:20:00.000-05:002008-02-13T09:20:00.000-05:00It could be a lack of practice, but I think the me...It could be a lack of practice, but I think the mentality has simply changed. In the old days - damn kids! - it was "okay, it's going to snow like hell, we'll be careful."<BR/><BR/>Now, with the overhyped Uber-Doppler 2000 Meteorological Toaster Oven on the teevee, every storm becomes Death Storm [insert year] and people become afraid to drive and go too slow, or overcompensate and drive too fast, especially if they're in Manly SUV of Manly Manliness. With Man Treads.<BR/><BR/>I adore winter<BR/>but you all ruin it for me -<BR/>stay inside, jackassRandal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-67731228749461192972008-02-13T08:36:00.000-05:002008-02-13T08:36:00.000-05:00M, thanks, glad you liked it! And I can definitel...M, thanks, glad you liked it! And I can definitely relate to the road rage! (I'm not keen on driving in dark and rain either).<BR/><BR/>Future, you are right - you need the room to get up momentum. The problem is there were so many of these people afraid to go more than two miles an hour that inevitably people piled up behind them. And then, you're right, there were those in the SUVs who tried to pass and whiz by thinking that just because they could go fast, that they could also stop. It was a mess!Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-92075217757135869772008-02-13T02:51:00.000-05:002008-02-13T02:51:00.000-05:00God, does your post bring back memories of Michiga...God, does your post bring back memories of Michigan winters I don't miss at ALL!<BR/><BR/><I>This highway was not plowed. Nor was it salted. Traffic was bumper to bumper</I><BR/>That was their first mistake. Give the other driver room and time to get up momentum for the hill. Yes, it takes longer. However, you and your car make it home in one piece!<BR/><BR/>Drivers in snow just amaze me. They drive like "This isn't slippery this year. I can drive just as I do in July!" DUH!!!!+The Future Was Yesterdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515544130113138363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34240686.post-1679033822911571302008-02-13T01:47:00.000-05:002008-02-13T01:47:00.000-05:00That was the first haiku I've read that made use (...That was the first haiku I've read that made use (great use, I might add) of the word "idiot." Very poetic. Keep it up, I loved it! <BR/><BR/>(Btw, I can't drive well in snow, or rain, or darkness come to think of it . .. but when there weather's good, watch out because I can drive well, and I have road rage if anyone holds me up!!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019009149011549894noreply@blogger.com