5200 West 3500 South - if you are in the left turn lane, the wait is extremely painful. You can be the only car for an eternity while the light stays red, as soon as cars approach from the east or west you can bet the light will change! I have been known to "not wait it out" and have gone through the red light, keeping my eye on it in my rear view mirror to see how long before it finally changes......
200 East 400 South - again the left turn lane. I turn at this intersection EVERY morning. If you don't drive exactly in the right place, the green arrow is not your friend! Also - it is right by the SLC Library and I have been yelled at by it's wonderful patrons as they cross the street (it is a huge homeless shelter)
500 West 400 South - again the left turn lane (which seems to be a recurring theme). Several issues, including the evasive green arrow. But, the most frustrating is when the green arrow appears, but the traffic is backed up into the intersection - so no where for me to go. I end up going in the inside lane and then squeezing into the turn lane.
But my biggest issue with ALL TRAFFIC LIGHTS is.....the light changes to green....and the cars ahead of you don't move.....what are they waiting for - a special invitation!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Okay now I feel better!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Reality Town
I volunteered to help HGH's Reality Town today - quite interesting. I was in the "Bank" booth - helped kids with deposits and checks, etc. The woman sitting next to me was from Cyprus Credit Union. After she worked with a couple of students, I was kind of surprised about how confused she seemed helping the kids with their check register. So I asked what she did for the credit union, her response "Just about everything". Okie dokie.....that's why I don't bank at Cyprus Credit Union. (A side note, as she was gazing at my red hair, she asked where my son got his red hair?????)
The kids were given their "job/salary" based on their GPA last term. They also earned extra money if they dressed up for their job. Not hard to figure out which students had the good jobs and salaries!
I felt bad for the girl who was a trash collector - but it didn't seem to bother her.
One boy tried to join the Military for extra money - but he didn't pass the test.
Parker was a Human Resource Manager and had a Masters Degree - pretty impressive and I could actually see him doing this in real life. He was also a divorced father with sole custody of his 7 year old son. He was telling everyone that his ex wife was a druggie and was in rehab!
Parker finished visiting all of the required booths and started answering the extra questions - and a group of his friends gravitated to the bank and did the same thing!
It's not hard to tell which kids will be successful in life.........
The kids were given their "job/salary" based on their GPA last term. They also earned extra money if they dressed up for their job. Not hard to figure out which students had the good jobs and salaries!
I felt bad for the girl who was a trash collector - but it didn't seem to bother her.
One boy tried to join the Military for extra money - but he didn't pass the test.
Parker was a Human Resource Manager and had a Masters Degree - pretty impressive and I could actually see him doing this in real life. He was also a divorced father with sole custody of his 7 year old son. He was telling everyone that his ex wife was a druggie and was in rehab!
Parker finished visiting all of the required booths and started answering the extra questions - and a group of his friends gravitated to the bank and did the same thing!
It's not hard to tell which kids will be successful in life.........
Friday, December 10, 2010
Aren't you Willie's Mom
I went to Ream's last night with dad and made a visit to the bakery to get the donut special.
The girl helping me asked "Aren't you Willie's Mom?" "No, I'm his Aunt."
I guess the family resemblence is strong! I've been asked variations of this question many times.
In a Payless store in Sandy about 10 years ago, random woman, random question "Do you know Geneil Stapley? You look just like her".
At a car lot, Geneil was asked "Do you know Cindy Wood? You look just like her."
Telephone conversation with Terry Ward when we wanted him to finish our basement, "If you hadn't said who you were, I would have thought you were your mother."
At a CPA luncheon many years ago a person at my table, "You look just like someone I went to law school with. Do you know John Huber?"
Oh well - there are no other people that I would like to look like, sound like, or be like, than my family - except do I really look that much like Johnny??????
The girl helping me asked "Aren't you Willie's Mom?" "No, I'm his Aunt."
I guess the family resemblence is strong! I've been asked variations of this question many times.
In a Payless store in Sandy about 10 years ago, random woman, random question "Do you know Geneil Stapley? You look just like her".
At a car lot, Geneil was asked "Do you know Cindy Wood? You look just like her."
Telephone conversation with Terry Ward when we wanted him to finish our basement, "If you hadn't said who you were, I would have thought you were your mother."
At a CPA luncheon many years ago a person at my table, "You look just like someone I went to law school with. Do you know John Huber?"
Oh well - there are no other people that I would like to look like, sound like, or be like, than my family - except do I really look that much like Johnny??????
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