Obituaries I'd like to read

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The saying is, "I'd never wish a person dead, but there are a few obituaries I'd like to read."

I'd like to read some for:

1) the person who invented bubble packages for pills

2) the person who invented those nearly-impossible-to-get-in plastic covered packages - the kind I have to use a knife to slice open to get the goodies

3) the Sonic marketing department.

Your favorites?

[ScarlettP]

I'm with you on the Pill Peeps. Including the ones who thought putting my grandmother's arthritis pills in a bottle with a 'child proof' cap. - ie, You gotta have a kid around to open the bottle!

And why is Estroven (my little happy pills!) so hard to get into??? Don't they know that those blister packs make me want to cry and kill things?

I would also like for the person who coined the phrase "The customer is always right", and all his progeny, a nice place on the Obit list.

Also the person who thought "Re-usable peal and stick" items of any kind were a good idea. You're normally lucky if the stick-um works the first time, much less any mythical 2nd or 3rd time.

For that matter, the guy who came up with 'sticky back Velcro' should rot in hell. The stuff never sticks to anything else as tightly as the Velcro sticks to itself. (See above feelings for re-usable peal and stick items.)

The next ring up in Hades is reserved for those who put 'sticky back Velcro' on their clothes "To make it easier for me to know where to sew it down." FYI - that sticky crap REALLY gunks up a sewing machine. I'm not sure it sticks to anything else other than machine needles.

The super model who said "Nothing tastes as sweet as being thin." I guess she wouldn't know because she's never had a desert.... And for that matter, she has probably already starved to death, so it's a moot point.

The person who thought that it was a good idea to place the 'stick' for the windshield wipers just above the ignition key switch on Saturns.

I'm sure I'll think of others.

[joedog]

The person who thought that it was a good idea to place the 'stick' for the windshield wipers just above the ignition key switch on Saturns.

You don't love the whick........, whack........, as you start the car?
Its not just the Saturn's, Smaller GM's in general.

[gridbug]

I'm sure I'll think of others.

You forgot spelling nazis.

In the interest of seeing another sunset, I think I'll wander over there.

[pictureman]

The Idiot Who Came to Town and "convinced" Mr. Sammy George, former GM of US-101, to pursue another career path, thereby ruining one of the best Radio broadcasting facilities in the nation.
I've been told that one should only say something good about the dead.
Good. He's dead.

[staffsgtsbunny]

I'm trying to think of some things, but I think you guys have hit on most of them.

[Deleted]

> The person who thought that it was a good idea to place the 'stick' for the windshield wipers just above the ignition key switch on Saturns.

I wonder how many forumites don't know that there used to be a button on the driver side floorboard to be used by the left foot to select high or low beam on the headlights.

Maybe I'm wondering when that button was last available.

I know it was still around on a 1955 Oldsmobile, and I'm pretty sure it was still there in the 1959 Edsel station wagon.

[Warkitty]

and in the 67 Datsun B210 I believe.

[Bob]

My 67 Lemans and my .... *places hand over heart*.. 69 Catalina both had it. (kinda glad they don't any more, now I just wish the hand emergency brake would come back...)

[joedog]

It went away in the late 80's early 90's. The pickups were the last to have them.

[el Gusano]

The latest car that I owned that I KNOW had the button on the floor was a '73 Impala.

And every Toyota I've ever owned, including my 2010, has had a hand brake.

[pictureman]

Remember when the key was used just for locking the steering colyum? If the ignition had not been turned to the "Locked" position, no key was needed to turn the switch and start the car. Which was facilitated by pushing the accelerator pedal to the floor, thereby "giving it the gas" while depressing the starter button which was located in the floor under the accelerator pedal.

[mandrake]

.... *places hand over heart*.. 69 Catalina

I learned to drive in a 69 Cat, what a car, what a car... one of these days I can tell you how fast the "S" curves can really be driven.

[Bob]

Mar 7, 2010 23:27:53 GMT -5 mandrake said:

.... *places hand over heart*.. 69 Catalina

I learned to drive in a 69 Cat, what a car, what a car... one of these days I can tell you how fast the "S" curves can really be driven.

and you probably had 9 friends in the car too[grin]

not to mention the trunk big enough to sneak four people into the drive in... (on Lee Hwy, where Sams is now)

[ScarlettP]

My first car had the 'high beam' button on the floor. It was so high, I had trouble finding it. My dad said, "Act like you're trying to kick the head light out from the inside." Yep. Found it.

I now drive three different cars 'regularly'. My Buick, hubby's Saturn and mom's truck. All have the windshield wiper, headlights and heat controls in vastly different places. I'd like to see the SOB who thinks it's fun to find "Interesting new places and methods" for activating those devices rotting in the ground. Nothing worse than a sudden rain shower when you're in an unfamiliar vehicle and having to search the dash for the lights while twisting, pulling and prodding every stick coming out of the steering column.

And why can't the Gas tank be standard on one side or the other? I don't care which. Just pick ONE and stick with it.

[Police Moderator]

Moving the controls of many accessories to the steering column was intended to keep the driver's hands close to the steering wheel, all while driving, texting, tuning the radio, adjusting the mirrors and equalizer, turning the headlights on, activating the windshield wipers and setting the cruise control.

Much safer.

[Bob]

I can change the radio with a button on the steering wheel. The actual button is a few inches from my other hand.. [shrug]

[JC]

Mar 8, 2010 9:15:19 GMT -5 Bob said:

I can change the radio with a button on the steering wheel. The actual button is a few inches from my other hand.. [shrug]

I always wondered why they did that too.

Now that I use hand controls to drive, I've found it's much easier to have buttons on my steering wheel.
They're a godsend on a curvy mountainous road!

[gridbug]

I wonder how many forumites don't know that there used to be a button on the driver side floorboard to be used by the left foot to select high or low beam on the headlights.

Yeah, up under the clutch... But of course I'm too young to remember those things.

[ScarlettP]

Mar 8, 2010 12:17:55 GMT -5 @gridbug said:

But of course I'm too young to remember those things.

Me Too!

(pass the wrinkle cream)

[mikeydokey]

My oldest son,(eldest?) was training to get his driver license we had an 84 Chevy Van we taught (teached) him in and the dimmer switch was on the turn signal lever. No problem. When he went to get his drivers license and take his road test he borrowed his grand-parents Plymouth Volare (it's a great little car) just in case he had to parallel park, he would have been more comfortable in the smaller car. The driver instructor inspected the car before the test started and asked him to switch to high beams, my son almost broke the turn signal switch off trying to turn the high beams on. Nobody had thought to tell him that sometimes the switch was on the floor, and he had to wait another month before he could retake the test. That time he passed it with flying colors.
One thing remains constant though, that little, ugly Plymouth Volare with the slant 6 engine was a great little car.

[ScarlettP]

Always take the driving test in the car that you 'practice' in.

My #1 son had the seat to far back when he took the test the first time. He claims that the breaks 'failed' - but that never happened to anyone else at any other time. We all think he just couldn't REACH the breaks when he ran over a Stop sign during the test. The Instructor curled up in a little protective ball when the car failed to stop. Then demanded that my son get out of the car. She drove it back. Yeah. He failed. Big time.

The second time he took the test, my mother drove him over there and parked "To Close to the Curb". When he started to pull out to start the test, his tired bumped the curb. Failed again. He was really upset about that one.

He didn't get a valid driver's license until he was over 21. Number 2 son is now 19 and has never even TRIED the test. His girlfriend doesn't drive either. It starts getting a little ODD when Mom & Dad have to chauffeur 19 year olds around on dates. At least I always know where they ARE!

[Bob]

scarlett it proves we're moving toward a "public transportation" society. East Ridge and Red Bank are outside the CARTA hood but even I have begun thinking about how much cheaper riding the bus might be.

[Police Moderator]

My first "car" was my mother's 1969 Pontiac Catalina. Avocado green. Wasn't much of a babe magnet (Or that may have just been me), but it had the best air conditioning system at my high school.

[okz]

Whoever came up with daylight savings time.

[joedog]

Mar 12, 2010 11:22:16 GMT -5 okz said:

Whoever came up with daylight savings time.

Look as far as your closest $100 bill.
None other than Ben Franklin.

[Jay]

Mar 3, 2010 19:20:40 GMT -5 @yodanbr2 said:

the person who invented those nearly-impossible-to-get-in plastic covered packages - the kind I have to use a knife to slice open to get the goodies

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Now.. How are ya supposed to open that thing?

[ScarlettP]

LOL!