Over the years, I have found dog owners are controlling people and because they can't control people, they prefer their canines over humans. They must have mastery over a creature, the total opposite of cat owners. Of course we all know NO one owns a cat. Cat owners are generally laid back and have a 'live and let live' attitude while dog owners are slaves to routine and being obeyed. Plus dog owners think their doggies should be welcome everywhere. I guess that's why I like cat owners so much better than dog owners. —Meow!

So, first I'm "queer." Now I'm a male squirrel who fucks female cardinals...Coast: WTF is wrong with you people? —Mr. Meaty

Ok, so all these new developments going up in downtown Halifax are including street-level retail space, which is great. Good design principles in action. But guess what? We have a ton of retail space downtown already, and lots of it is SITTING EMPTY! I'm no expert, but it seems to me that unless someone decides to actually do something about the underlying causes of this — high rents, high taxes, lack of initiatives to put gov't facilities downtown, perceived lack of parking, red tape, lack of a strong vision and plan for downtown by the powers that be — all this nice, new downtown retail space could be destined to stay empty. Will someone in a position of power and leadership please DO something? —Lover o' Downtown

Holy jumpin' jeebus on a trampoline! Wtf is wrong with this ass-backwards city and why is there the need to change the name on the buses from Metro to Halifax transit? HRM consists of many communities (not just Halifax); the name "Metro" covers this. This is a blatant waste of taxpayers dollars and should be shot down. —Bluenoser again

To all of you Lovely Dog Owners who insist on bringing your dogs (big and small) into my place of employment; do not try to explain to me how hot your car is when so try to advise you that your four legged friend is not welcome in our store. I'm not the one who chose to take my dog out when I knew I was going shopping! Also, I don't care if your dog has never bitten anyone. That's what every dog owners says until it happens! —Sincerely Girl In Orange

My now, the buses have a new name. Is this because of the oil spilling from Burnside down to Victoria Road? Oh yes, we are told it's all ok. But I ask why, if a home owner has a oil tank leak of 50 to 100 gallons, is it a million-dollar insurance clean up affecting every one on the block? My, how there are rules for some and rules for others. Just saying. —Just Saying

To the Shrek-lookin' creature on the number one, Spring Garden — you flat out missing your own stop is not the bus driver’s fault, even if she is a “freakin’ woman.” —Disgusted Non-Ogre

I've had enough! It's been three months since I've been home in Halifax and I can't find a job to save my life. I'm not looking for anything above average, just a decent job to get me through the summer. I have a balanced resume, and I'm smart, reliable, hard working. I would be a great employee! Yet for some reason, no matter how many jobs I apply to, in person or online, how many interviews I attend, I can't land a fucking job! So when I go in to a place that I have interviewed at and I see fucking idiots working, I'm angry. WHY DIDNT YOU HIRE ME? This idiot can't even do their job. Why? WHY? As a perfectly competent, respectable and friendly 19-year-old female, is it so damn hard to find a job in this fucking city?! AND WHY ON EARTH WOULD THEY HIRE *YOU* INSTEAD OF ME? What's wrong with you people? I just need to make some damn money to pay off my damn student loans and my damn rent, for fucks sake! —Unemployed and unhappy

Granted, I don't get out and about in traffic much, but I have not yet found an exception to this. Has anyone ever met a beemer owner who was *not* a pretentious asshole you yearned to smack in the chops? —Good dog miffed

I first noticed the outhouses missing a few weeks ago on one of the first hot weekends of this summer (the outhouses were there when the park opened for the 2014 season and I think they disappeared in early June). I happened to be about 32-weeks pregnant at the time and of course I had a big drink of water before leaving for the beach, and also brought water with me knowing that the beach would have "facilities" when I got there. But upon arriving, no place for relief :( . The beach was busy that day, many people were in the same boat as me. I saw lots of people scooting off trail looking for a place of privacy. Some people may not have known the trail that well and picked poor places. Part way though our walk we hiked up to the usual "look-off rock," this is slightly off trail, but anyone who uses the trail regularly knows that is a usual milestone/resting point for hikers, where we found an embarrassed someone performing number two who obviously thought that he had picked a clever spot. My family uses the beach and park multiple times per week throughout the spring-fall. We have dogs that we take for trail runs in the early morning/or late evening when there are fewer beach-goers, and we also use the beach in high summer to swim and relax. So my concern is not just that a Provincial Park which is so well used SHOULD have bathroom facilities (in my opinion, outhouses were the minimum to meet this need. I would actually think Crystal Crescent supports enough patrons to warrant flushing or composting toilets) but also the issue of sanitation. I mentioned that we have dogs and we ALWAYS pick up after them, but humans who find themselves in a precarious need for faculties don't usually carry poop bags. —Pissed in Sambro