From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:15:03 -0500,   
     sticks  wrote:   
   >  On 6/30/2025 4:39 PM, bfh wrote:   
   > > sticks wrote:   
   > >> On 6/30/2025 3:36 PM, bfh wrote:   
   >   
   > >>> IMO, cutesy LEDs are right up there with generators, radios,   
   > >>> and buttugly yapping dogs.   
   > >>   
   > >> I know, what the hell.  I can understand needing a little   
   > >> light to see around your site in the dark, but some people   
   > >> seem to be proud of their special lighting and just want to   
   > >> show off.  It's bad enough when they do this when they're   
   > >> sitting outside, but why in the hell would you leave them on   
   > >> when you go inside.  They're either too stupid to understand   
   > >> that others might not like all the light, or they just don't   
   > >> care and do it anyway. Same with radios.  What in the hell   
   > >> makes someone think that other people camping want to hear   
   > >> their radio blaring away?  Stupid or just rude.  Assholes!   
   > >   
   > > I hope that rant made you feel better. I mean, damn - it even   
   > > made me feel better just reading it.   
      
   Me too!  LOL   
      
   I may put on our external LEDs in the evening when folks are still   
   up and about, especially if Kathy has gone to the bath house.  But   
   there are plenty of camps where they never get turned on at all.   
      
      
   >  I didn't even get into dogs.  Now I love the hell out of dogs.   
   >  But I expect the owner to have taught them some manners.  I   
   >  don't get mad at dogs, but I do get mad at the owners.   
   >   
   >  When we were down in Utah a guy and his wife get the spot next   
   >  to us and they have a good sized dog.  He's letting it roam   
   >  around without a leash, which just about everywhere is not   
   >  good.  I walk up to the campground store and when I get back   
   >  I'll be damned there's a pile of shit on my site.  I was making   
   >  a bunch of noise about how in the hell I could have dog shit on   
   >  my grass when I don't have a dog as I picked it up.  Then I   
   >  gave the owner the evil eye.  He kept it on a leash after that,   
   >  at least when we were there and I didn't pick up any more dog   
   >  crap. Other than that, we had lots of dogs around and almost   
   >  all of them were very quiet and well behaved.  Some people just   
   >  think they're "special" I guess.   
      
   Yeah, what is *wrong* with people.  Rude.   
      
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   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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