The Real Housewife of Claycord – Every Thursday at 2pm on Claycord.com
Hello, Claycordians! This Thursday sure came quick!
We went out to dinner this week in Concord with our kids. Sitting at the table next to us was a family of five (2 adults & 3 kids). They came into the restaurant and got their table about 10 minutes after us. Their children were well behaved, but about 5 minutes after being seated, one child, a boy, started coughing. He had this really deep croupy cough. He started crying because you could tell the poor kid was miserable. His mom kept feeling his forehead, acting as if she was checking his temperature. She whispered to her husband, “I told you we shouldn’t have taken him out tonight”, and her husband said something back, which I couldn’t understand. Throughout dinner, the child kept coughing, and both parents had this nervous look on their face, because they could tell the entire restaurant was looking at them, wondering why they won’t take their coughing child home (or to the doctor). I’m wondering how many people got sick that night because of the careless actions of two parents. Please, if your kid is very sick, don’t take them to a public place, especially a restaurant.
On a lighter note, I’m trying to potty train my toddler right now, and my house smells like I’m trying to potty train my toddler right now.
I have this neighbor who’s a smoker, we’ll just call him “Exhibit A”. He smokes outside so much that we can’t even have our windows in our home open, because the smoke travels into our home. He said he doesn’t smoke inside his home because he doesn’t want it to smell. We’ve talked to “Exhibit A” in the past about it, and he seemed to have toned it down a bit, but now he’s back to smoking in his backyard, about 10 times a day. It’s frustrating, because I know he has a right to smoke on his property, but when it comes into my home, then we have a problem. What should I do? Should I talk to him again like we did last time? I need some advice!!
OK, it’s time for the weekly “This is what I saw/heard/witnessed/experienced throughout the past few days” part of my column:
- I was at the stoplight at Clayton Road & Treat Boulevard in Concord when I looked over and saw a baby on the lap of the person in the front passenger’s seat, and the person didn’t have her seatbelt on. There was an empty baby seat in the backseat. I wanted to say something but I had my kids in the car and didn’t want to start a fight. I looked at the license plates, but the car was new and only had paper plates from the dealer.
- I found this cute little secret park that nobody knows about (sorry, not telling where).
- I heard a rumor that In & Out in Pleasant Hill is supposed to be open by summer. I drove by the location near Toys R Us this week and they are doing some work, but they still need to build THE ENTIRE BUILDING!
- Does anybody else use the little Redbox DVD rental machines? Although I’ve seen them for a while, I just started using them this week. Love them!
- It rained, yay! However, I forgot to roll my car window up all the way, so half of my seat was soaked the next morning, not yay!
- Did everybody read the story on Claycord about the guy who was allegedly ”getting busy” in the Kmart bathroom? That just set me back about 3 years from ever letting my son go to the bathroom by himself. Gross. Stay home and do that if you must.
- I went to a Taco Bell this week and ordered a taco, but was told I couldn’t order a taco because they ran out of taco shells. OMGWTHTBROOTSILBRROOIC (Oh My Gosh What The Hell Taco Bell Running Out Of Taco Shells Is Like Baskin Robbins Running Out Of Ice Cream). Seriously.
- At the mall this week, some kid had a boombox and was blasting “NWA” (an old rap group, look it up if you don’t know what it stands for). He was rapping along with the lyrics at the top of his lungs. A mall security guard just walked right past him without saying a word. Meanwhile, many kids now know the F-Word and a few other dirty/racist words they shouldn’t know.
- I went into the Royal Rooster this week in Downtown Clayton, across from Skip’s. That place is such a little gem. Go there if you haven’t been there, yet. They sell a ton of cute little unique gifts.
That about wraps it up for this week.
Time to make a pie!
Haters, keep talking, and lovers, keep loving!
~The Real Housewife of Claycord
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Royal Rooster, huh? I’ve never heard or noticed it…Thanks. As for the smoker, it is his property and sadly you will have to close the windows.
‘OMGWTHTBROOTSILBRROOIC’ Funny, I liked this! Thanks for the chuckle.
I’ve never read this “column” before but it looks like a lot of what I see on the comments here: Complaining.
By the way, the rap group is called N.W.A.
im sorry, mayor, but this column HAS to go.
is this for real? kids cough, they get colds. maybe he suddenly got worse with the cold air? Give me a break.
and thanks for all the “great” info. a child driving on the lap of an un-seatbelted adult? HELLO? that means call the police ASAP!
Lastly, why mention a park that you won’t share the name of? that in itself proves the pointlessness of this “column.”
sorry, but this is my 2 cents and i couldn’t hold back any longer.
LOVE The Royal Rooster! And would also LOVE to know location of said “Secret Park”…But that’s ok, it’ll come out of you eventually!
And I’m still scared to send my son to the bathroom alone while in public…And he’s 14!
I had something happen that was similar to running out of taco shells. When I was eating fast foods, I went to Kentucky Fried Chicken one night around 6:00 pm, so it wasn’t late, and ordered some chicken. I was told I had to wait about 8-10 minutes because they were out (of all styles) and they had to make more. Hint: if you get low on chicken, start cooking some more, especially around dinner time.
Talk to the neighbor again and use the hazard to your childrens health as the main focus. make suggestions to raise the hight of the fence with bamboo or wood (not that you would actually do it), things he has to pay for half of. he will see his only option is to simply stink up his OWN house.
Mayor. Sorry I was really looking foward to this column but I don’t like it.I thought it would be more about ” mom stuff”. But all it is, is what she has witnessed through out her week. Not trying to be mean, just dissapointed.
Real Housewife.. I tell you what. If you give me the location of the secret park, I will give you my recipe for Chocolate Cream Pie which will soon become the best pie in your arsenal… It’s redonkulous…and I rarely share it..
Jew fu. Verb. The ability to kick your but and take your money.
Just thought you should know.
Thanks, sorry, I totally agree with you. I gave my opinion when the first column was written, but the mayor didn’t print it. The column is filled with a lot of NOTHING.
Upping the ante on Shuley.
If your secret park is dog friendly, and you give me the location, I will give
bags and bags of homegrown tomatoes this coming summer!
first of all I love the rainny day part when somene forgot to roll up their window and got their cat seat wet LOL That would not be good if anyone did not notice a wet seat and sat on the car seat oh no time to put your pant in the dryer.
haha no taco beside I never go to taco bell unless I am really hungry. unhealthy just like the fact about the burger king delivery serving food that goes in the toilet. My taco is the best
I totally agree just cancel the a night out to dinner and stay home. not worth a trip to the restaurant when your child is sick.
This is my favorite column on all of Claycord. She absolutely cracks me up… but not because she’s funny, because she’s not. She is just a Concord resident writing about Concord problems.
A kid coughing in a Concord restaurant? Think about the restaurants in Concord… I wouldn’t eat at any of them. The coughing kid is the least of your problems… I doubt any of the employees washed their hands before the prepared your meal.
Taco Bell… Seriously? You just proved my point.
And you don’t have to ‘roll’ up your car windows if you park in the garage. Oh wait, I forgot, that’s where Concord residents store their excess crap.
Mayor, please don’t end this column.
Betty (#4),
I hope you don’t go into the bathroom with your son or make him go into the ladies’ room with you because that could have just as bad effect on him (if not WORSE) than him seeing someone “jerking”
Be nice people! There is a real person behind the Housewife of Claycord. Imagine this was written by your wife, sister, mother or daughter before writing your remarks. What’s wrong with a little, real-life commentary from a mom in Claycord? If you don’t like it, just skip it. If you do, then read it and enjoy. If you really hate it, ask the Mayor for a refund of your subscription fee… oh wait, did you pay one?
Wow, North Gate Rose. Your comment reeks. I am glad you don’t frequent any Concord restaurants. I’d hate to encounter you with your terrible snobby attitude.
I think I know which park she is talking about, and I would love some tomatoes and a killer chocolate pie recipe!
I have this cool button on my computer mouse.. It’s called a SCROLL button. If there i something I don’t like on Claycord, I scroll past it and I try to make an effort not to be traumatized by the fact that I saw a post I don’t want to read.
Personally, something to break up all the Dan Keen, forclosure/immigration seminars and armed robbery posts is nice. If you don’t like it.. don’t read it. Maybe someone else does.
This is the worst so called article i have every read!! OMGMYOBRSKCATNT!! (oh my god mind your own business regarding someones kid coughing at the next table).
There was a reader on here who also had issues with a neighbor smoking in their back yard. You can read about it here.
http://claycord.com/2011/05/09/the-water-cooler-the-smoking-neighbor/
Lots of people voicing their opinions on what to do.
i normally like this column but unfortunately this week i disagree with you. the first thing with the smoker next door, its none of your business how many times he smokes its his property and his body. honestly i understand that your children are around it and all, but there really isn’t anything you can do about his smoking other than keeping your kids inside, which sucks. on another note your experience at taco bell is really strange, stop putting acronyms for everything, its not “hip” its just kinda annoying. lol and omg and wth is fine just dont make up your own, its lame
I totally agree re: The Royal Rooster.
Wish you would share about the park. Not like it will get ovepopulatrd with Claycord.com readers since most are either old farts or don’t leave their houses.
You should have called the police re: the unrestrained baby in the vehicle.
This column is my least favorite part of Claycord.
2busymom, dog friendly? And you would have to provide the name of it, then I would have to check it and then make the decision whether it’s a good tip. (SO many ways for me to finagle out of this….)
Park guess:
Lydia Park
Mayor, please end comments from people like North Gate Rose! What a snob and a disgrace you are to the “real” people of Walnut Creek…AND Concord! I know people who live in the drudges of East LA who possess more class and better, kinder qualities than your kind! I can’t stand this judging of people because of where they choose, or can afford, to live…I know plenty of hard working, highly educated, well paid people who live, and OMG!, dine, in *gasp!* Concord!…And I grew up with a much bigger silver spoon in my mouth than what you’re stirring your snob pot with!
Liked the “information” about the mall, the bathroom. Not surprised at all about the driver, the smoker, or the coughing kid. No matter where you live, we encounter this stuff in Cali. We’re a melting pot of people from all backgrounds, education, and ethics. It’s your first article and the critics have spoken. Keep your ear to ground & keep us moms informed about things we all want to know: how to raise our families right in such a great community
not bad… ill read the next one…. and yes we must do that but the kmart bathroom is ridiculous
This boggles my mind. If you haven’t liked the column in the past, when you see the very prominent title at the top, SCROLL DOWN AND SKIP IT! It’s easy – I do it all the time with the comments left by Shuley and Clair.Voyance (wait – they’re the same person, aren’t they?).
On the other hand, you could always cancel your subscription to Claycord. What!? What do you mean it’s free?!?!?!?!?!?
The problem with being a “real houswife” is that you lead a boring life – and this column shows it. The reason “real housewives” was popular, is because it wasn’t real, it was soap opera.
Spice up the column to make it interesting or stop publ
Jesus H Christ…of the 11 subjects this person mentioned 6 of them were negative, 2 neutral and 2 positive. Don’t we get enough negative comments with just the regular replies people post! (see example below)
This “column” is waaaaaay to long Mayor and it’s obvious this housewife has to much time on her hands. In a weeks time the only other noteable thing she could add to her column was TB running out of shells. AUFKM! You’re a housewife, trying turning on the stove instead of going to TB!
I have a feeling a column called “Married to The Real Houeswife of Claycord” would be much more interesting!
Never again.
It’s just someone’s daily observations on life as we know it, what’s so wrong with that? If you don’t like it don’t friggin read it. I find her amusing. You go Claycord housewife!
@ William 25- my guess, too!
@ Steve 14…What’s the problem? Going in the ladies room at 14 isn’t bad for him…KIDDING! You’re funny though, made me laugh…Of course I don’t go with him or make him go to the ladies!
“At the mall this week, some kid had a boombox and was blasting “NWA” (an old rap group, look it up if you don’t know what it stands for). He was rapping along with the lyrics at the top of his lungs.”
Welcome to multiculturalism and diversity.
Isn’t it grand?
Mayor doesnt like to approve certain comments on this column for some strange reason…
Chef 35…don’t flatter yourself, you just neglected to hit Submit, again.
I like this column for the same reasons that Shuley #18 wrote – some of the other topics get tired, this offers something different.
For those who slam the smoking part – she’s asking for advice, not just griping about it. It’s a good question – what do you do when you have already spoken to a neighbor about a legitimate, hideous stink that they choose to make, and the problem has returned? Whether you are pro- or anti- smoking rights, the question of dealing with neighbor issues is always interesting.
Totally agree with the comment from North Gate Rose: “And you don’t have to ‘roll’ up your car windows if you park in the garage. Oh wait, I forgot, that’s where Concord residents store their excess crap.” The spouse and I have a driving game where we look at all of the open garages and ‘judge’ who has the most junk packed in. Lots of competition out there. Maybe the mayor should run a weekly photo contest for that.
“Haters, keep talking, and lovers, keep loving!”
Hey, when I was at a restaurant in Idaho I was told they were out of baked potatoes!-really
My sister and I used to bounce around between the front and back seats during trips in the old Ford Falcon. Didn’t even know what a seat belt was. We rode our bikes without helmets. Jumped from ramps we made in the streets. We used to roll down the hills of Claycord in a barrel. We used to swim without lifeguards present and sometimes only 29 minutes after eating. No one needed to call the cops and we grew up okay. Let’s lighten up.
Hey! I know a great place in Concord where they serve the best food in the world! Nearby is a place where they give away free gas if you say the magic word. I also know exactly where to stand to see nude sun bathers in town. Also there is a coffee shop where they honor ANY coupon, even if you make it yourself right there on the spot and it says, “Any Coffee, Any Size, 1 cent.” There is a little known liquor store offering “buy one get two free” deals. And, don’t forget the car dealership in town that doesn’t charge sales tax. I’d love to tell you about these places….but I won’t.
Amazing. Like some kind of freakish mayonnaise of language. Too bad no sandwich.
Love it, “The Authority” – cracked me up. Right on. You made your point.
I love this column Thanks Mayor and Thanks Housewife!!!!!!!!!! Dont let the complainers get to you. I love it. So refreshing after a long week.
Chill out people… It’s cute!
The editors of The Onion must be jealous.
Having some one else’s smoke coming in your house is disgusting! I know what you mean about having to close your windows. Especially on a nice summer evening. Our neighbor smokes cigars at night and it stinks! We have to close up our house. Not fair!
I am much more tolerant of loud music, junk food, smokers and drivers engaging in unsafe practices with their children I guess than you are. What drives me crazy are the mothers and fathers that foist their lousy kids on me in public. When I walk in to the men’s room I do not want to see some kid trying to figure it out. Solution: leave the kids at home or if you must make sure they have a diaper on and a pacifier in their mouth. If they are too old for that and can act like an adult fine. Otherwise keep them at home. I do not want to help you socialize your kids. I would prefer to see no kids until they are old enough to drive, drink, get married and enlist.
@Betty… I like what you have to say . Here Here!
Im not a fan of this column HOWEVER I appreciate that the housewife goes around town (while im stuck in SF during the day) and let’s me know what’s being built or if she discovered something new. I would like this more if she dropped the negative or holier than thou topics like a coughing kid or a neighbor smoker. As a parent you should know how much it means to go out and be out of the house. If she can work this article into more positive things I think she’d gain more fans. Real housewife, kudos to you for not losing your shit when we critique your article.
Trying to figure what out?? What I’m trying to figure out is why you hate kids so much.Enjoy living out your final years as a bitter Lonely old man. If you have kids I’m sure they can’t stand to be around you
@Chef, I see so many comments from so many people about their initial comments getting deleted that it baffles me. I can’t figure out for the life of me exactly where the line in the sand is drawn on this site. Especially considering certain comments of mine that were allowed last week while I was so busy making an ass of myself. Do these deleted comments have to do with the Kennedy assassination or, area 51 or, the location of Jimmy Hoffa’s body? I just can’t imagine what you especially would have said that could have been worse than the apparent status quo here.
LOL. Somebody give The Authority a column. The comments here are more entertaining than the Housewife’s article.
Nick, you forgot about Chef’s encyclopedic knowledge of NASA’s faked moon landings and where Elvis and Jim Morrison are sharing an apartment in Taos, NM.
I’m an older, wiser woman with kids who are grown, and just want to tell you I love your column!!
TFTG! (thanks for the giggles)
I am a HUGE fan of this woman. She’s me, only not. I can totally relate to almost everything she says. Do not get rid of this column Mr. Mayor.
Cowell Mama here, and like it. but, then again, I get a great roar out of http://www.peopleiwanttopunchinthethroat.com. too.
xoxo- please do keep writing. Its refreshing. Thank you Mayor, for adding some other voices to Claycord (but we do love yours the most!)
Happy Friday Eve everyone!!!
If I wanted to read a whiny mommy blog, I would have read one of the billion whiny mommy blogs the internet is jam packed with.
Please stick with the real news.
@CJ, first, LOL, second and most importantly, I really wasn’t even speaking specifically about chef. I wasn’t being sarcastic at all either, well, with the exception of my stated taboo topics. I really don’t get why so many people seem to get comments deleted. Like you and I talked about before, I’ve had some that I wish would have been deleted.
To be honest, I think it’s probably just glitches with the site and purely coincidental. Who knows though?
Mayor My Darling..will you please hurry up and moderate me, so i can post up my support for this ClaycordBashed Again Housewife? I mean, whats taking so long? Seeing that Grey’s Anatomy is a repeat and all…..xo
hey if you don’t like this column then don’t read it. I think it is funny. Thanks housewife for making my night!! Love it.
I don’t get it.
First of all, this column is Great! Keep it up!
Second of all, “Northgate Rose”, who do you really think you are?? Someone who is better than the rest of us? Because your not!! I have grown up in this area since I was a small child and frankly, YOU are an embarrassment to the people and families who have been here for decades! If you know anything about this area you would remember that Concord/WC/Pleasant Hill were all ONE big area of orchards and ranches. There were no Walnut Creek snobs looking down on the people of Concord, or any other town around here. A lot of the people of Concord & PH helped develop this area, into what it is today! Most of the people around here used to ride horses and harvest the walnuts(myself included) Back in the day the only high school in the “Northgate” area, WAS IN CONCORD! And it was always the TOP SCHOOL in this area. So get off your high horse and quit being such a SNOB! Speaking of horses-our horses that we rode through the beautiful orchards of WC & the Northgate area probably pooped many times on what is your front yard today! So, get your nose out of the air! Its people like you that are the reason why we have so many problems in our country, today. Walnut Creek is only a part of this wonderful area that was originally known as the “Diablo Valley”. But it is only ONE part, along with Concord & Pleasant Hill. Without the other parts-its not The Diablo Valley!
It probably wouldn’t hurt to get to know your neighbors & local history some of our restaurants here in the Diablo Valley. You might like it!
As for ME, I will support and EAT at so many of the fantastic restaurants that do exist in CONCORD, many of them have great food! Maybe you should try it! You might be surprised!!
Oh, by the way, “Northgate” is only ONE WORD, NOT TWO!
Nick, I’m sure you’re right. If somebody has comments that are not being posted, it must be an error at one end or the other. Some of the stuff that gets posted makes our comments look like nursery rhymes.
This column is straight up lame.
The coughing story could have been us 2 weeks ago…we had taken our 6 year old to the Dr, was told the coughing thing lasts for 6 weeks..not much you can do but cough medicine. Our son was getting better but at night it gets worse (I wasn’t feeling his forehead). I have older kids as well,my parents had the cough for 8 weeks (and still went out to dinner)…It’s always easier to be judgemental on others, but be patient and understanding. Don’t assume…what you don’t know. Life is short and your turn will come….
@Kat #21
Your post is annoying. Complain much?
I’m not on Claycord.com that often, but I have read the pros/cons about this person’s blog.
My opinion? I’ll skip it for the same reasons I don’t tweet on Twitter or do Facebook. I’m just not interested in an unknown’s E-X-T-E-N-D-E-D reviews regarding THEIR life trivia. Your “Whatever” portion meets that.
A secret park, a smoking neighbor, and the fumes being left behind by a kid being potty trained? Come on … I am more interested in reading stuff that affects many, and not just incidents involving someone.
See ya!
Smoking neighbor problem- my mom had this issue. She solved it by placing a fan (on a stand) in her yard near her back patio door and letting it rotate and stay on during the heavy smoking times (all day in your case). The fan blew the smoke away from her house, and everyone way happy. Sure, it cost a little more on the electric bill, but it was worth it to not have the smell in her house, and keep the neighbor happy. Try it!
Anyone want to take any bets that “The Real Housewife of Claycord” is none other than Mrs. Mayor?
Bobby Sands. Lighten up Pal. Its not your WORLD!
No, Killjoy, it isn’t Mrs.Mayor, I promise.
I know exactly how you are feeling about neighbors smoking in their back yards.
I have neighbors that both sit outside (right next to the fence between us) and smoke.
The wind is always blowing our way.
So i think i get more smoke in my lungs then they do.
It sucks to have to close your windows and sliding doors, just because they want to smoke.
I hate the smell, and hate the fact that it is so bad for all.
Funny how people don`t want to smell up their house.
But don`t seem to care if they smell up others.
Sometimes i feel like getting so foul smelling stuff of some kind.
And blowing it their direction, and see how they feel.
We keep being told it a spare the air day.
So don`t burn in your fireplace.
Well i say we should have spare the air days.
Where people stop smoking in there back yards.
If you enjoy smoking.
Then keep it in your house.
And not in my (a life long non-smoker)
Keep up the good work…..Enjoying your thoughts
#31 @ Reality Says…You may have too much time on your hands…you breakdown her column but yours is entirely negative. Lighten up!
#9 @kopetfishlight….Douchebag…adjective. Just thought you should know.
You don’t like her column people…move on down the line.
This is hilarious!
I am not a fan of the column however I think it’s benign. If I did somehow find it offensive, I know how to, “change the channel”. The real irony is that the same basic principle that allows The Mayor to publish whatever he wants including the Housewife’s “coffee clutch” is the same one that allows you all to post your opinions, good or bad. Yes, even the ridiculous ones like “North Gate Rose”, “Elwood”, “the Authority” and WTF, “Bobby Sands”.
It also allows me the following opinions:
@ all the people who think that it’s no big deal if an infectious kid (or adult) coughs rampantly in a public place, especially around food, are naive. Probably the first to be “up in arms” when there’s a recall of bagged spinach or cantaloup. When there’s an outbreak of lice at the kid’s school you’ll say, “those people” should have kept their kids at home!
@ those who say that your neighbor’s smoke that wafts into your house is none of your business are obviously biased smokers and would immediately have a different opinion if it was something that annoyed or infringed on them. They’d be the first to post some nasty, unneighborly remedy on this blog.
@Bobby Sands- I didn’t think people like you really existed, kinda like Sasquatch. If you are real, I’m surprised that you can read and operate a computer. You are probably “that guy” in the neighborhood that poisons dogs and Halloween candy. When you slip and fall or have a heart attack in a public place, maybe the only person who can help you is a kid? Maybe they’ll be at home as you suggest?
@Elwood- can’t tell if you’re for or against. I do believe that a multicultural and diverse community is great. The gangsta in the mall is just as inappropriate as some cracker playing and singing a comparable white supremacist song in a public place. They may technically have the right but are both idiots just the same. If you’re “for”, the gangsta doesn’t deserve your protection. If your post was sarcastic then you’re a cracker idiot too.
@the authority- your argument, although misguided, is a common and surprisingly popular opinion. “We did it and we’re fine”. There are plenty of things wrong with our world today but ignoring advancements and rationalizing the behavior is dangerous. The analogy can be used in many ways but it’s the seatbelt and especially the car seat one that bothers me. As a society, due to advances in technology, we now know far more than when you and your sister were eating lead-based paint chips in your asbestos lined house. It is now the standard and the law. It’s one thing to make bad decisions for yourself as an adult and live (or not) with the consequences but not if it affects a child who can’t decide for themselves. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We used to walk to school by ourselves and not lock our front doors. You can be a victim, I’ll choose to change with the times.
We also used to have b/w TVs without a remote but I’ll bet you have moved on?
There are many examples in the medical field as well that I’m sure you take advantage of rather than “how it use to be done”. Leeches? Morphine laced “tonic” for daily use? Amputation instead of surgery? A man’s life expectancy in the “old west” was about 45.
At one time it was accepted to own slaves but we don’t do that any more either.
Yeah, you turned out just fine. Just stay inside and keep watching Leave it to Beaver.
While I completely understand the irritation, this comes under the ‘just deal with it’ answer. As a smoker, I applauded when California banned smoking in restaurants and places of business, yada-yada. For me it was a God-send because while I am a smoker, I don’t like to be consumed in my own or anyone else’s smoke. I am a courtesy smoker and respect an individual’s personal space but when I am on my property or at an inconspicuous spot and someone comes into my space and complains about my smoking, yes, I get annoyed.
There are 1.6 “TRILLION” tons of toxic emissions from vehicles and factories that are discharged into N. Americans’ air each year. So let’s see….roughly 350 million people in N. America should work out to about 3000 TONS of TOXIC air for each man, woman and child, does it not??
With that said, there is nothing out of line here. Sorry. I know it’s frustrating to consider something “the most revolting smell on earth” and have it coming into your house on a regular basis. But you will not be getting lung cancer from secondhand smoke from that far away. So with the health issue removed, this boils down to “odor annoyance.” Unfortunately, plenty of people live within sniffing distance of a smell they consider repulsive – cooking meat, Chinese food, strong flowers, neighbor’s cat pissing in my front yard, plants, etc. It’s just one of those things you need to get over or make concessions on your end to lessen what is coming into your house.
@Original “Walnut Creeker”
You said, “Oh, by the way, “Northgate” is only ONE WORD, NOT TWO!” North Gate, as in North Gate Rd., is two words… I should know as I have been writing it as my address for over thirty years. It is also two words on all of the street signs. I’d invite you to come and see but I’d prefer that you stay home and accept my word for it.
To my point, Concord does not have any nice restaurants. The nicest might be The Old Spaghetti Factory… though I’m really not an expert as I wouldn’t put my health at risk to dine there (Concord).
If it sais my comment is awaiting “moderation” I am pretty sure the submit button was hit.
But anyways, instead of going one step forward with your column, you went two steps back. Please read and edit your column before you post, maybe get someone else to peer edit if that will help. Or just read it out loud to yourself, you might catch some things that dont sound right at all…
@ #72:
Actually, “douchebag” is a noun. Ignorant douchebag would have been a better reference to #9′s post.
@North Gate Rose:
Good. Go ahead and stick to The Cheesecake Factory. More room for me in my favorite Concord eateries.
Whats the big fuss over whether this column should stay or go? If you don’t want to read it, then don’t! You can easily skip over it and pick snd choose what you wish to read on this blog and anywhere else on the web for that matter. Some of you are starting to sound like those nasty niners fans. Be reasonable!
@ north gate rose
R u kidding about how clean you think the employees are at concord restaurants? You are naive if you think anywhere else is better! Have you seen employees who are behind the scenes at your favorite walnut creek restaurants??? I know for a fact that many “dirtbags” that work at walnut creek restaurants and elsewhere have been arrested for all kinds of crimes. They are drug users, dealers, and thieves and believe me, do not care about making sure your meal was properly prepared before it was served to you. You take a chance each time you eat out at any establishment so get a grip and say a prayer before you take that first bite!
You know what peoples problems are? They don’t know how to laugh. I am a American, south Korean, Christian, Jew and I look at the people around me and ask my self. Why live your live the way you are if your consistently unhappy? Religious, sexual, and racist issues arise because people to are to sensitive. I’m not saying go out and start insulting your random people, what I am saying is to take a hard look at your self before you start judging.
Btw – bring back Charlie Sheen
And next time somebody insults you, respond in this manner.. on the top of your lungs scream “group hug!” And hug that person. It’s amazing what happens.
@let it be
I will have to add: “please dont let me die from a food borne illness” to my meal prayer.
I knew I was leaving something out.
very good response to “nut gate rose”.
she needs a big breath of reality !
Give her a chance…Back-Off or do I need to get my rope. She needs to go through the mill for awhile.
@ North Gate Rose
You would be surprised at some of the “Fine Dining” in WC. I bet you love Maria Maria, right? Go take a look in their kitchen…
BTW stay in WC, your head is too big to fit through our resturant doors anyways.
@Bobby Sands – I wholeheartedly agree!
I’ve kept coming back to see if this article will get better, but sadly it just seems to get worse. It just comes off SO negative to me and is in no way humorous. HOWEVER, that being said, the comments are extremely entertaining! If this article has to continue, I will continue to cringe my way through it just to ready the responses.
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@ Original “Walnut Creeker” – 61
Bravo, you gave the ‘North Gate Witch’ the old what for!
This column is inane, much like a sitcom with no laugh-track.
Love this!!! love to hear all her stories.
I know about a park, but I’m not going to tell you where it is (come on are you six) no taco shells, rain soaked car seat. I have read this column twice and it reads like the rantings of a dumb teenage blond with too much time on her hands. For the record I am a writer and blond so I have nothing against blonds. I’ve seen better writing in a high school newspaper so I am guessing Mrs. Housewife got the job because she had the winning raffle ticket.
@ Wife of Cop nobody cares what your husband does, we do however hope that he is smarter than you and would act if he saw a baby not restrained in a car seat in a moving vehicle.
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