I've got gas!

In 1979 I can remember waiting in a gas line in my Volkswagen Bug in Middleboro. As you approached the gas pump an attendant would stick his head in your window to make sure that your gas gauge read less than 1/4 of a tank. If it didn't, you couldn't get gas! While we don't have the same problem right now, the prices of gas are outrageous!

Blogs

To me, blogs are just another form of internet chat rooms. They're similar in a couple of ways:

1. Some of the people you're conversing with you only know through the internet and others you know personally.

2. You write something and someone responds to it.

3. You can plan on meeting them in person, but you don't really know who it is that will show up.

I've never really understood the attraction of chat rooms or blogs for that matter. I figure that if I want someone's opinion on something, I'll ask someone that I know and trust. I'll talk to friends, family, or my professor. So tell me, what attracts you to Blogs and chat rooms?

E-MAIL

Whatever happened to the days when e-mail was better than the regular mail. It seems that every time I go into my e-mail account I have tons of junk mail. It got so bad at one point in time that I had to stop it the only way I knew how, get a new e-mail address. But, it's starting again. I get tons of advertisements from places like Borders Books, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Famous Footwear, Hallmark, Bath & Body Works (I love their lotions though) etc. Besides these, there was a time when I got all kinds of e-mails for things like prescriptions (mostly Viagra), lonely housewives looking for some action(I assume these were meant for my husband, but he can't even turn the computer on), and other unrelated, unnecessary junk. This last category is sent to me by my so called friends. I absolutely hate the chain e-mails that say "send this out to 5 people or else..." I also hate it when I get a junk e-mail from one friend who sent it to another friend who has also forwarded it to me. How did I get on their list of "people who have nothing better to do than clean out their e-mail." It's getting as bad as the mail that comes from the post office. On a typical day my mailbox consists of flyers from Sears, JCP, Macy's, car dealers, grocery stores, enticements for my sons to join the Air Force, Army, Navy, or Marines, along with who knows what else. And yes, occasionally there is a bill in the midst of all that. Why can't I just get mail from the people I want to hear from?