To the young lady, what is wrong with you, seriously?? I was using a public computer at the library on Wednesday night. I look up at the computers that are there for booking/looking up library materials when I saw you go up to your boyfriend's asshole and sniff him. Eww gross! Talk about lack of social skills. I'm not even sure he knew you did it. Please be aware of your surroundings next time! —Not a lover of ass odor

People will you all clue in to the "poor down on their luck " posers that are at just about every busy intersection and street corner with their hand out , the Tim`s cup or the perfectly scripted cardboard sign , asking for your money that you are either driving to work in the morning to earn or coming home at night after labouring to earn it. These so-called hungry and homeless take buses and some even own a car and drive to the high visibility corners to stand for 4-6 hours taking your hard earned cash ! some pose with a cane or a limp , but I have seen them on the buses carrying cane under arm getting on and off the bus , or sprinting across the street when the day of sucking you in for cash is done. The old guy at Walmart Bayers lake , he drives to his spot to take money from fools, The guy at Washmill & Chainlake takes the bus both ways and can be heard while on the bus chatting with his buddies on his IPHONE of where he is setting up. Windsor street exchange is no better and they con you with a poor dog enduring the cold to suck you in. —Late for work - cause an idiot stopped to give away money.

Okay, I get it. We are in a city and there are rodents everywhere. HOWEVER the city needs to do SOMETHING about the rat issues in residential areas. It is getting quite out of hand. We have had a rat issue in our neighbourhood and with new construction it is getting much, MUCH worse. They are digging tunnels and getting in the walls, basements and homes. We have trapped, poisoned and called exterminators. This has cost a lot of time and resources and it SUCKS FOR TENANTS! We shouldn't have to be paying full rent for rat-infested apartments. Sure they look nice and well kept...until you can't sleep at night. Can't HRM do something to help? —Murderer of at LEAST 25 rats and counting

Although I'm sure the Sex + Dating survey is highly unscientific, The Coast has got to get its facts straight. For example, to simply ask if a respondent has had an STI is horribly worded and provides for misleading (i.e. false negative) results. It is very possible to contract an STI and exhibit no symptoms, but then pass it on to someone who does. To say 90 percent have never had an STI is surely an understatement. —At least have “not that I know of” instead of “no!”

Let me start by saying that I've grown up in a house of smokers...although I have never smoked but obviously do not hate smokers. I do not however understand why it's ok for all smokers to litter our beautiful planet with their butts! If we handed out litter fines for all the cigarette butts littered we could end Canada's debt issue. That's it. For any smoker who may read this, I plea with you to please stop littering :). This is written with much love for mother earth and my fellow —Peaceful protester

Maybe Gloria McCluskey should work towards providing tangible help for Dartmouth and her little slice of it instead of relying on hucksterish provincialism to distract from her long past "best before" political relevancy date. —DΛRTMOUTH ITSELF

Temperature—tem•per•a•ture—is pronounced: temp(ə)rəCHər or temp(ə)rəˌCHo͝or but NOT tempa-CHoor...Cindy, Kalin, Richard, Peter. —FFS!

Omfg, if I hear one more goddamn sob story about these overpaid clowns coming back from the west without a quarter in their pocket, I think I'm going to lose it. You didn't have the qualifications to shovel SHIT before you got out there, but suddenly two years of overpaying you 150Gs to drive a truck in a circle entitles you to moan about compensation for the “lifestyle you've become accustomed to” after blowing every goddamn cent on man-toys, weed and ridiculous looking pickup trucks? Fuck off. One last thing: Remember that new philosophy you adopted out there? That pro-west, “Fuck you, I got mine!” attitude? Right back at you, cowboy. —Speck

You came into my life when I least expected it, but needed it the most. You showed me true love. I hadn't felt true love in the 7 years I was with the last guy but I felt it with you. It was perfect bliss. Then the drugs took over, instead of using my love to console you, you turned to something stronger to ease the pain I knew nothing about. The perfect man in all his flaws who I loved with my whole heart turned on me. You're gone now and I don't know how to let go of the old you. I know you're not there anymore but no matter how much I tell myself that I can't seem to let go. You've shut me out completely and now I have no choice. All I was trying to do was help and naturally you pushed me away. How do I heal a broken heart? Someone please tell me. Do I need something stronger? We have all the same friends, we go to all the same places, I can't go or do anything without being reminded of him. —Finding it hard to function these days

In September I decided to move to the North end of Halifax in order to be closer to work, downtown etc. I own a vehicle but decided to walk to work each morning as it only takes me twenty minutes and it's healthy, environmentally friendly, blah blah. This morning I was hit by a turning car while crossing the crosswalk at Young and Robie/Novalea. The driver took off in a rush and I didn't see the license plate. This is the second time it has happened to me in that spot and there was a third time on North street last month. All incidents were in the morning but many people are clearly not looking for pedestrians. Sadly, I must start driving to work as I no longer feel safe to walk Halifax. —Wayward Walker