Gripes and Gushes

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Is there something that really irks you? Something about your job, your family or the stuff you have to deal with every day? Share it. E-mail your peeves to bmail@sunjournal.com or mail them to Sun Journal, attn: b section, P.O. Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04240, and we’ll print them here. Please keep your gripe to under 75 words.

Some people choose to gripe on family or bosses, and signing a name can result in being fired, family discord and other assorted chaos. Let’s not throw stones at anonymous gripes.

— Anonymous

My gripe:

The person next door who takes my clean recycling bin! Mine stays inside and clean. If yours is so grubby, wash it. Don’t steal mine with my address clearly on it!

— Anonymous

Those creepy flying ants that show up this time of year and can fit in most screens, causing you to close windows and roast!

— Anonymous

My gripe today and for a long time is how people pronounce the word “Alzheimer’s.” They put the letter “t” where the letter “z” should be. Even Dr. Phil does it. Does a z look like a t? Not to me. And how is a storm called a nor’easter. I live in the Northeast, not the Nor’east. Thanks, I feel better now.

— Joan Mahaffy, Auburn

My gripe is no easily accessible handicap entrance to the Lewiston Post Office on Ash Street. Parking is at a premium! We tried to park in a parking lot in back of a side entrance on Park Street and was told by a UPS truck driver to move because parking was for P.O. vehicles only. Don’t they have plenty of parking space on the side of the P.O. Bldg. on Ash Street? He “advised” us to park in the parking lot across from the P.O. and WALK across the street and around the P.O. to “handicapped entrance”. This is no solution when one has difficulty walking with a cane, or walker, or in a wheelchair. Very frustrating to the handicapped.

— Anonymous

My gripe:

Local TV Meteorologists appear to becoming so paranoid about giving accurate forecasts that they now give only general cover all bases forecasts. However, they seldom fail to end a weather segment without some hint of impending doom punctuated with a bit of hype. ” Stay Tuned ” as they frequently say.

— Anonymous

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My neighbor on Lake Shore Drive in Auburn immediately loaned me his generator once power had been restored to his home, but power still had not been restored to mine. Thanks!

Gripes and Gushes offers readers a chance to chide and to cheer. Bring it on! But references to specific people, businesses, agencies, etc. will not be used, in order to make the column general enough to appeal to all. Send your Gripes and Gushes to bmail@sunjournal.com or snail mail to Gripes and Gushes, b section, Sun Journal, 104 Park St., Lewiston ME 04243.

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