Pet Peeves,...

 

Pet peeves,... basically it means something that grates on your nerves. It annoys you. Makes you cringe even. Pet peeves,... here is some of mine. 

Whiny business owners. Vertillos comes to mind and guess what,... they are out of business. Several times on Facebook the owner complained about one thing or another. Good food and good service wasn't enough to keep them open. I think the attitude of the owner played a key part in the closing of probably the best pizza place in the Shoals. Sad. Now there is another mom and pop store complaining about not enough people are coming in and buying from them. They even went as far as saying they are here for you, the customer. I want to say we didn't ask you to move here, set up shop and open your place in a spot that's hard to get to. We never asked you to be open the hours you are. I get it that you are frustrated with daily sales but don't air it out on Facebook. 

Now on to driving in the Shoals. It aggravates me to no end that semi's (18 wheelers) take up all three lanes on Wilson Dam Road. I thought they had to drive on the outside lane. I think I remember that from driver's ed. Just yesterday, all three lanes going South had semi's in them at the traffic light at 2nd Street. It took half way to Avalon before I could even get up to the speed limit because they were so slow and taking up all three lanes. 

Oh and speaking of Avalon Av,... the speed limit is 45 mph. It seems driving in the right lane at 35 is the thing to do. All the while the drivers in the right lane are doing 40. It amazes me that people cannot drive the speed limit. Don't get me started on blinker fluid or lack of it. 

The pages on Facebook called What's Happening Shoals, Florence, Muscle Shoals etc,.... People are constantly sharing post from these pages without doing some research. Many of the people posting on these pages don't even live here. Most have just a few friends showing. Some don't show any due to their settings. They aren't local. Several posts start with,... We are moving to Florence or the Shoals, blah, blah, blah and need a place to rent. Why are these people moving here? Go away!! Do some research on these posters, go look at their profile. Several are scammers. Especially the ones "giving" away dogs with a rehoming fee. That's how they get your information. 

In the South, we call them buggy's. Other places call them shopping carts. Whatever. Learn how to maneuver one in the store. Pretend it is the thing you drive at 35 mph in a 45 mph zone. STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ISLE. PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DRIVE THE BUGGY WHILE ON IT EITHER, JUST LIKE YOUR VEHICLE.  

TimesFaily Strikes Again,...

 

Well,...  most that know me knew I couldn't stay away long. What better way to reboot than to do it with one of my favorite subjects. The Times Daily news paper in Florence AL. AKA The TimesFaily. I call it that mainly because of past and present writers that either can not spell or use correct English or both. While I have never pretended to be a writer like some local bloggers, newspaper reporters and writers, sometimes it just amazes me how illiterate these people are. For what it is worth, I was a "c" student in high school English. So in my writing you will find errors too. I just don't get paid to make my mistakes. 

With that said, the TimesFaily has announced it will discontinue home delivery via the carriers. We used to call them paper boys back in the day because most of them were just that, boys. Carrying the papers in special bags with the papers logo on them. The TimesFaily will begin mail delivery April 4th. That's right, you will now get your local newspaper from you mail carrier. I feel sorry for the USPS workers with all the mail and packages they carry to have to make room for a news rag full of for lack of a better, crap. I view online and the most inportant thing in it is the obits. I check them every morning to make sure I'm not in them. The customer will have to make adjustments to their daily routine. No more morning coffee and reading the newspaper. Now it'll be later in the day for home delivery. We get our mail between 2-3 most days and now that will probably be later due to having to deliver the news. Sad. I haven't gotten the paper delivered sine the 80's when they started charging to print obituaries which I still feel should be a community service. Personally, I hope they go belly up.