My turn for a RANT

Steve A W · Feb 4, 2018

Ok, it's snowing and blowing and I'm board.
My RANT.
Why has everything become a "Journey"
Some citiot is building a house, they call it a "Journey".
Somebody is restoring a vehicle, suddenly it's a "Journey".
Somebody is starting a family and it's a "Journey".
I thought when you get into a car, train, plane, ship or bicycle
that is a "Journey".
Aren't I right?
Ok, Thanks.

Steve A W

sotxbill · Feb 4, 2018

Guess then that I journey often to the bathroom. Did not know that I was a big traveler.

rrlund · Feb 4, 2018

I guess because we already built enough bridges. Like the bridge to the 21st century.

flying belgian · Feb 4, 2018

I went on a journey an hour ago to the barn to feed the animals. Soon I'm going on a journey to the kitchen to eat supper.

Bob · Feb 4, 2018

I find those that call every little thing in life a "saga", such as dealing with a simple tractor repair problem even more annoying!

wilson ind · Feb 4, 2018

Then would a father starting a family be a Journeyman?

showcrop · Feb 4, 2018

Why does a sentence have to start with OK? Or now it is So. Why not just start with the first word?

Al Baker(pumpman) · Feb 4, 2018

When I was in high school that was a name for a really good rock band. Many slow dances to Journey back in the day. Al

4520BW · Feb 4, 2018

That what I was just thinking! I got tickets to see them this summer.

RM-MN · Feb 4, 2018

That's an easy one. Some of us aren't paying attention and miss the first word or maybe the first sentence even. Starting the sentence with a throw away word gives us a little time to wake up and start listening. So, have you learned what the so is for?

Bruce from Can. · Feb 4, 2018

I am going on a journey one day,when I cross over Jordan.Hope that one doesn't upset you too .

JF in MI · Feb 4, 2018

Joe Pesci; Lethal Weapon. 'Ok ok ok'

JF in MI · Feb 4, 2018

The buzz word for the current generation. Mine used to call everything a trip.

Al Baker(pumpman) · Feb 4, 2018

Make sure you take your sweetie. I am sure there will be some belly rubbing songs being played. Al

Crazy Horse · Feb 4, 2018

Good post ...... except for the citiot reference Steve. Someone is born in a different place than you and you label him as an idiot, pretty lame comment. Meanwhile, getting back to your message, did you know that nowadays, the car ads tell me that the car I drive is an extension of my personality? I'd be pretty dull .... an '07 Civic and an '02 Caravan.

Dave H (MI) · Feb 4, 2018

Journey hasn't been the same since Steve Perry left. The new guy never worked for me.

X-Y switch · Feb 4, 2018

Guess the journey hasn't hit here yet, but my rant is the youngins say they are going to like do something. we are going to like go to town, going to like go shopping. Are they just pretending to do something when they are going to like do it ?

sjh · Feb 4, 2018

I'd rather go on a Journey then perform a bunch of life hacks. To me the word hack means doing bad things. To young people it means good thing to fallow or good advice.

1948CaseVAI · Feb 4, 2018

A journey is just a change of state (i.e. status) or location that takes a relatively long time. The examples you cite can all be correctly referred to as a journey. Now, that is not to say it isn't over-used. It may be, but that doesn't make it wrong.

da.bees · Feb 4, 2018

Would getting over it be a journey or a leap of faith?

Keith Molden · Feb 4, 2018

COME ON SPRING, me thinks we're all getting a case of Cabin Fever. I know I am anyhow. LOL Have a great day everyone. Keith

kcm.MN · Feb 4, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:23:28 02/04/18) Ok, it's snowing and blowing and I'm board.
My RANT.
Why has everything become a "Journey"
Some citiot is building a house, they call it a "Journey".
Somebody is restoring a vehicle, suddenly it's a "Journey".
Somebody is starting a family and it's a "Journey".
I thought when you get into a car, train, plane, ship or bicycle
that is a "Journey".
Aren't I right?
Ok, Thanks.

Steve A W

Some guys decide to form a band -- called it Journey.

Ooops, I see a couple of other folks beat me to the band. :wink:

Stephen Newell · Feb 4, 2018

Building a house could be a journey if it's a mobile home.
Restoring a vehicle is enough to drive anyone crazy.
Starting a family makes you want to run.

ss55 · Feb 4, 2018

Maybe is a good time for a walk?

LAA · Feb 4, 2018

Because the social media craze has brought out the natural narcissicism of people, many people are now convinced that their normal day to day routines are really special events that everyone else should be in awe of.

olgentdc · Feb 4, 2018

steven you have a wonderful play on words.

Rkh · Feb 4, 2018

Love Journey for there music

Brendon-KS · Feb 4, 2018

A very true statement there, LAA.

RandyB(MI) · Feb 4, 2018

....and why does the word "RIGHT" ? have to come after every sentence now-a-days. " I know...right? Every generation wants to be "different" than their parents...BUT...they still smoke ????

rusty6 · Feb 4, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:47:28 02/04/18)
Why does a sentence have to start with OK? Or now it is So. Why not just start with the first word?

Finallly! Thank you for bringing that up. I was beginning to think it was just me that is annoyed every time he hears this annoying new mis-use of the word "so". And I hear it "so" much.

Pete in MD · Feb 4, 2018

You nailed it LAA. That describes my 64 year old niece perfectly.

DPittman · Feb 4, 2018

I could live with boogerd up vocabulary if they'd just pull their pants up!

rockyridgefarm · Feb 5, 2018

Being dramatic is a new thing, right? Just saw a sales flyer from John Deere titled "How to keep your tractor in the fight" Date? 1943. Obviously a reference to WWII, but the tractors weren't literally fighting, were they?

People have been playing with language since there was language. A couple hundred years ago, people showed how "smart" they were by how many different ways they could spell one word.

steve19438 · Feb 5, 2018

in the modern world the media personnel continually comes up new catch phrases. i suppose it did in the past too but electronic media makes much more easier.

touchdown is now touch
forward pass is now catch and run
lay up is now lay in
hit and run is now run and hit

there are so many more.

Moonlite37 · Feb 5, 2018

Only of he ran out

Two Dogs · Feb 5, 2018

Maybe a 'ton' of information, a 'ton' of work, a 'ton' of ideas. I can't picture how two thousand pounds of these would look. TDF

Butch(OH) · Feb 5, 2018

We live in a time when words mean more than actions to a segment of the population that is growing every day. Things that are even a little bit more than mundane get their own very own superlative.

Have you noticed that everyday weather is now an "event" We had a snow event last night, later in the week a warming event is expected.

I did hear yesterday about the current flue epidemic, which was a surprise as the last couple years the flue season has been a Pandemic. I dont see any difference myself???. When I got the epidemic I felt like crap, headaches, puked and had the runs,, Then I got the dreaded pandemic,,, and I felt like crap, headaches, puked and had the runs.

BarnyardEngineering · Feb 5, 2018

(quoted from post at 18:03:55 02/04/18) The buzz word for the current generation. Mine used to call everything a trip.

By the use of "buzz" and "trip" I gather that you came of age in the late 1960's.

Traditional Farmer · Feb 5, 2018

Well when one gets carried out on the journey that's the end of the Journey lots of times.

chuck2015 · Feb 5, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:23:28 02/04/18) Ok, it's snowing and blowing and I'm board.
My RANT.
Why has everything become a "Journey"
Some citiot is building a house, they call it a "Journey".
Somebody is restoring a vehicle, suddenly it's a "Journey".
Somebody is starting a family and it's a "Journey".
I thought when you get into a car, train, plane, ship or bicycle
that is a "Journey".
Aren't I right?
Ok, Thanks.

Steve A W

Taking the time to respond to entries in this forum is a journey in itself.

whereswaldo · Feb 5, 2018

Haven't had a 'pandemic' since the 50's. Last one was in 1918. I was 9 years old when the 50's pandemic hit; haven't had the Flu or gotten a Flu shot since. I was in bed, couldn't move or get warm or eat for an entire WEEK. No hospital; if I died, well...But I survived. My point? There were survivors of the 1918 pandemic that never got the 50's version, even though they were much older. No flu vaccines then, either. I worked with the public and in school systems and while I got pneumonia three times, I NEVER got the 'flu'.

Gary Mitchell · Feb 5, 2018

You can be a real trip Steve. ;-) gm

CKain(MI) · Feb 5, 2018

ALSO, It irritates me, when a person always ends his 'sentence' with "OK ?"
my doctor does that constantly.

Butch(OH) · Feb 5, 2018

Yessir, but Pandemic sounds so much more dramatic than a simple epidemic and was the buzz word the last few years until this year.

muleboss · Feb 5, 2018

So, OK, like might have something to do with age but I can not even remember when a thong became something you did not wear on your feet. Right

wilson ind · Feb 5, 2018

When Someone says right to me I respond with I don't know it's your story.

gregww · Feb 5, 2018

The worst. THE VERY WORST....Has to be, Baby-mamma, or Baby-Daddy/ I just cringe......... :twisted:

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