View Full Version : Things that kind of bother me
Not serious things, but just odd little things that bother me or freak me out a little.
People with fat hands. Don't know why but if I'm trying to watch a video on YouTube and the guy has pudgy hands I just won't watch.
Heavy women with small breasts. Large women should have large breasts. When they don't it kind of bothers me.
The whole "high bore axis" thing. Usually used when talking about 9mm handguns. Holy shit. You're a grown ass man and a 1/4" difference in bore height makes such a huge difference that you can't handle the raw power of the 9mm cartridge? I've watched your videos. You fire at a rate of about one round per second. At that rate you should have plenty of time to recover between shots even if the barrel was six inches above your grip.
People who can't spell. Sure, I'm guilty from time to time. I usually blame it on autocorrect. The occasional misspelling I can deal with. When someone consistently misspells a simple word repeatedly it drives me nuts.
Punishing an employee who has attendance issues by making him take a week off work. WTF kind of sense does that make? A guy who obviously doesn't like coming to work gets punished by not having to come to work?
Just a few of the things that bother me. I'm sure I'll add more as I think of them.
Bailey Guns
08-15-2017, 11:32
Crack me up!
Not serious things, but just odd little things that bother me or freak me out a little.
People with fat hands. Don't know why but if I'm trying to watch a video on YouTube and the guy has pudgy hands I just won't watch.
Heavy women with small breasts. Large women should have large breasts. When they don't it kind of bothers me.
The whole "high bore axis" thing. Usually used when talking about 9mm handguns. Holy shit. You're a grown ass man and a 1/4" difference in bore height makes such a huge difference that you can't handle the raw power of the 9mm cartridge? I've watched your videos. You fire at a rate of about one round per second. At that rate you should have plenty of time to recover between shots even if the barrel was six inches above your grip.
People who can't spell. Sure, I'm guilty from time to time. I usually blame it on autocorrect. The occasional misspelling I can deal with. When someone consistently misspells a simple word repeatedly it drives me nuts.
Punishing an employee who has attendance issues by making him take a week off work. WTF kind of sense does that make? A guy who obviously doesn't like coming to work gets punished by not having to come to work?
Just a few of the things that bother me. I'm sure I'll add more as I think of them.
..Otherwise normal size women with man hands. Creepy.
RblDiver
08-15-2017, 11:40
Punishing an employee who has attendance issues by making him take a week off work. WTF kind of sense does that make? A guy who obviously doesn't like coming to work gets punished by not having to come to work?
Well, might make sense if they were hourly, hurting them in the pocketbook sort of thing. Granted, such a person might not care, but if they get enough "vacation" and can't pay their mortgage they might start...
Zundfolge
08-15-2017, 11:46
Ok, I'll play. Here's a handful of things that get under my skin:
People that spell ad (as in advertisement) as "add" ... most people don't deal with this but I'm a graphic designer so I see it all the time and it always annoys the piss outta me.
Comic Sans (see above)
People that over-complicate fast food orders (and I'm married to one) ... just order the damn thing how it comes and don't try to get some sort of super custom shit at McDonald's ... fer chrissake.
People who are so afraid of spam that they end up setting up their spam filtering and countermeasures so high that it becomes impossible to send them an email without jumping through a dozen hoops (and often they still don't see what you sent them).
People that REALLY REALLY care which way the toilet paper roll is installed in the holder.
I could come up with dozens of these, but don't want to monopolize the thread.
..Otherwise normal size women with man hands. Creepy.
Man hands on women are creepy.
Women with really long toes also kind of creep me out.
Speaking of women and feet, or even men for that matter, if you have nasty looking feet please refrain from wearing sandals in public. Thank you.
SideShow Bob
08-15-2017, 11:58
Speaking of spelling, people that don't know the proper usage of : there, their and they're.
RblDiver
08-15-2017, 12:00
Speaking of spelling, people that don't know the proper usage of : there, their and they're.
How dare you criticize they're spelling? Clearly, apostrophes are possessive, so this is the correct usage! ;) (Yeah it bugs the hell out of me too)
BushMasterBoy
08-15-2017, 12:06
Yeah, like when you are trying to eat your Big Mac at McDonalds and some guy blows his dads brains out right in front of you...
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/canoncity-local-news/ci_31221897/affidavit-mcdonalds-suspect-shot-father-head
You always kind of have to escalate things don't you, BushmasterBoy?
BlasterBob
08-15-2017, 12:12
People who can't spell. Sure, I'm guilty from time to time. I usually blame it on autocorrect. The occasional misspelling I can deal with. When someone consistently misspells a simple word repeatedly it drives me nuts.
.
A common one is Muzzle BRAKE Vs Muzzle BREAK...
SouthPaw
08-15-2017, 12:24
Your & You're.
People who stand in line at places like subway for 15-20min waiting to order and when it is their turn to order... - "Ummm let me think..."
People who cannot drive the minimum speed limit
Not using your turn signal
Grocery isle shopping and people are on the 'wrong side of the road.' Treat it like traffic people.
A common one is Muzzle BRAKE Vs Muzzle BREAK...
That one always kind of confuses me. I always thought it was "brake".
BushMasterBoy
08-15-2017, 12:26
You always kind of have to escalate things don't you, BushmasterBoy?
I'm really sorry Ray, just been a lot of shootings in Fremont County lately. And every once in awhile I have to pass through it. It really bothers me to have to go through there. I get really bad vibes from that place. For such a low population, they seem to have a high level of violent crime. Like this...
http://www.krdo.com/news/crime/fremont-county-crime/arrest-made-in-connection-to-murdered-teen-found-near-brush-hollow-reservoir/598547393
Oh, another pet peeve of mine is when people won't turn right on red even though nobody is coming and it's legal to do so. I've got places to go and things to do. I don't have time to sit behind these jack wagons waiting for the green light.
SouthPaw
08-15-2017, 12:34
Oh, another pet peeve of mine is when people won't turn right on red even though nobody is coming and it's legal to do so. I've got places to go and things to do. I don't have time to sit behind these jack wagons waiting for the green light.
!!!!!!
First of all the toilet paper must be hung in the proper overhang fashion.
I get annoyed when people spell thru instead of through. I get what you mean, just bugs me. "Pistol has 100 rounds thru it."
When someone says acrost instead of across.
Having to poop at work when there are 2 stalls for 200 men, just the worst.
I did see a pistol that only had a hundred rounds "threw" it.
Wasn't sure why anyone would throw their pistol. Hopefully it wasn't a Sig P320.
Yeah, like when you are trying to eat your Big Mac at McDonalds and some guy blows his dads brains out right in front of you...
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/canoncity-local-news/ci_31221897/affidavit-mcdonalds-suspect-shot-father-head
He probably got tired of him not ordering straight from the menu.
I get it.
People who wait to the last minute to merge after passing numerous signs and people merging for the past 1/4 mile.
People who let these people merge.
Having to poop at work when there are 2 stalls for 200 men, just the worst.
I'm guessing you're quite accomplished at holding your breath for extended periods of time?
Man hands on women are creepy.
Women with really long toes also kind of creep me out.
Speaking of women and feet, or even men for that matter, if you have nasty looking feet please refrain from wearing sandals in public. Thank you.
Before Uber, we once made the mistake of taking a shuttle to the hotel in Vegas. An elderly, well feed gentleman with open toe sandals that had the grossest feet/toes you can imagine. I almost barfed.
Then again, I've had to sit in a computer room with someone that had a rotten diabetes foot that had that sickly sweet rotting flesh stank. That one still makes me almost barf thinking about it. P.S. She dead now.
Oh, another pet peeve of mine is when people won't turn right on red even though nobody is coming and it's legal to do so. I've got places to go and things to do. I don't have time to sit behind these jack wagons waiting for the green light.
Jackwagons that sit in the right lane of a multi lane road with nary another vehicle around them and are NOT TURNING RIGHT. Arrgghh.
Zundfolge
08-15-2017, 13:17
People who cannot drive the minimum speed limit
OMG especially on Cimarron (us24) in Colorado Springs ... back when the speed limit was 45, everyone drove like maniacs. Now that they raised the speed limit to 55 everyone drives 45 and it drives me insane.
That one always kind of confuses me. I always thought it was "brake".
It is.
Bailey Guns
08-15-2017, 13:37
People...and the stupid shit they do. Kinda bothers me.
Colorado Osprey
08-15-2017, 13:38
How about when people get all bent out of shape when clip vs magazine are used.... like we all didn't know what they were referring to but some feel the need to correct.
OR
Not using a turn signals
Weaving in and out of heavy traffic to get one car ahead of someone
Taking cell phone calls in front of other people.... when they are at work and supposed to be helping you!
hurley842002
08-15-2017, 13:41
How about when people get all bent out of shape when clip vs magazine are used.... like we all didn't know what they were referring to but some feel the need to correct.
I used to be one of those guys, showing my superior knowledge on the subject, until one day I watched a guy being a tool about it, and realized that perhaps I was acting equally as tool'ish.
In order to remain superior, I now only yell at people for calling en-blocs, "clips."
People that wear those detachable tails weird me out. I used to see it at the Renaissance Festival, and wonder, "what the hell is that about?" but I've been seeing them in more and more places. It's just wrong.
Great-Kazoo
08-15-2017, 14:17
man buns WTF you chinese or descendant of some mongol horde?
People who have no fucking idea that extended lane on the shoulder is for MERGING. NOT sitting there 10 minutes for you to be able to get in the left lane. AT 30 UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT.
Texting Drivers
Men who have issues with heavy set women with small breast. Because they've been laughed at by skinny women with large breast, for their inadequate penis.
People who ask for advise yet fail to heed the advice given. Like Using ADVICE Correctly
People who are able to log in to a web site to ask how much they think they should list a used gun for. Not saying what make and model gun it is. Yet unable to use a search engine to find average sale price them self.
People who want me to feel guilty for their white guilt.
spqrzilla
08-15-2017, 14:58
Yeah, like when you are trying to eat your Big Mac at McDonalds and some guy blows his dads brains out right in front of you...
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/canoncity-local-news/ci_31221897/affidavit-mcdonalds-suspect-shot-father-head
I don't know .... there are a lot of things in the MacD's parking lot that will put you off your feed.
spqrzilla
08-15-2017, 15:00
In order to remain superior, I now only yell at people for calling en-blocs, "clips."
So hipster.
spqrzilla
08-15-2017, 15:01
What bugs me are people who are judgmental about my small breasts.
Minimum speed LIMIT otherwise stated minimum maximum speed when referring to the speed limit.
Only place I see a minimum speed is on interstates for the left lane.
OneGuy67
08-15-2017, 15:14
Minimum speed LIMIT otherwise stated minimum maximum speed when referring to the speed limit.
Only place I see a minimum speed is on interstates for the left lane.
It ain't just for the left lane. Its for all the lanes. Just so you won't take your little 50cc scooter out there.
He probably got tired of him not ordering straight from the menu.
I get it.
People who wait to the last minute to merge after passing numerous signs and people merging for the past 1/4 mile.
People who let these people merge.
People who merge too early at road construction and don't understand the zipper.
SuperiorDG
08-15-2017, 15:33
People who wait to the last minute to merge after passing numerous signs and people merging for the past 1/4 mile.
People who let these people merge.
Google Zipper merge. Learn the rules, follow the rules. Life is less stressful that way.
People who stop and wait instead of using the continuous right lane the way it was designed.
People who merge @30 on to a 75mph road and then flip you off when you pass them.
Liberals
Pushy sales people that think they should go into spouting all types of Bs about a product to get a sale and then look at you like your an asshole when you tell them that they don't know what the hell they are talking about and leave me the f alone.
2 faced people, if I don't like you I'll tell you, don't act like my bff and then turn around and talk smack have some character and tell me to my face.
Disloyal people
Eh screw it you all know me I just don't like people in general.
SuperiorDG
08-15-2017, 15:44
People who merge too early at road construction and don't understand the zipper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wgSjstvsPc
SideShow Bob
08-15-2017, 15:49
An elderly, well feed gentlman
The word Is fed my friend, fed..........
Google Zipper merge. Learn the rules, follow the rules. Life is less stressful that way.
Google gave me this:
https://www.cars.com/articles/as-states-fall-in-line-does-zipper-merge-still-push-drivers-buttons-1420688661722/
Despite growing popularity among state highway officials, not every state is coming together on the zipper merge. California, the unofficial capital of American car culture, has not changed its position on the zipper merge in the past two years. The Golden State maintains its support of early merging, as sudden braking in a late-merging situation could result in rear-end collisions, the most common type of work-zone accident.
Mark Dinger, a spokesman for the California Department of Transportation, said "we will continue to stress safety by encouraging motorists to merge early and safely," but that officials are monitoring the zipper merge issue.
Federal highway authorities, meanwhile, are staying neutral. FHA spokeswoman Nancy Singer said the administration doesn't have an official position on the zipper merge.
"We know this is an operational strategy that state departments of transportation use," Singer told Cars.com. "It's really up to states to determine these sorts of strategies and what they want to implement to help reduce congestion. Of course, we always stress that safety should be considered."
Still consider them assholes. Especially the ones who jump out of the slow line and rush to the front. YMMV
BladesNBarrels
08-15-2017, 16:11
Colorado introduced the zipper late merge in 2006.
I still have not adopted it.
[blaster]
SuperiorDG
08-15-2017, 16:13
Google gave me this:
https://www.cars.com/articles/as-states-fall-in-line-does-zipper-merge-still-push-drivers-buttons-1420688661722/
Still consider them assholes. Especially the ones who jump out of the slow line and rush to the front. YMMV
CDOT's video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMnM_o2ZsaQ
Just saying. BTW I still merge early so I don't piss off other ignorant drivers. Better to just go along with the ignorant masses than to get into a road rage event.
StagLefty
08-15-2017, 16:31
When a state legalizes auto knives and no dealer has the one you want !!!!
People who ask for advise yet fail to heed the advice given.
Those people are called askholes!
OtterbatHellcat
08-15-2017, 17:14
-- man buns
-- assholes that throw trash out their car windows
-- consistent shitty spelling and bad grammar or using the hip text verbiage
-- ebonics
-- screaming ill mannered children in public places
-- folks with zero sense of humor
-- mail carriers that are wearing an effin path across my front lawn
-- all of the idiocy while behind the wheel of an automobile
-- anyone who thinks their time is more important than yours
-- thievery in any form
-- rapists and child molesters
-- millennials
-- government
-- political correctness
-- sensitivity training
-- everyone's a winner
-- time outs
-- pain
-- getting old
-- activists/protestors
-- cop killers
-- fast food
-- hackers
-- diarrhea
-- cars that do shit for you....just let me do it. If I want the window all the way down, I'll put all the way down. If I want three effing wipes from the wipers, I'll let it go three wipes......stop with this nonsense.
Guys that wear these jeans, American fighter shirts etchttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170815/1d6706cc611d13aef212735639079715.jpg
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BushMasterBoy
08-15-2017, 17:55
Which one do you want?
When a state legalizes auto knives and no dealer has the one you want one !!!!
Limp, dead fish handshakes, WTF.
Slow left lane drivers..
People that slow down when they are in the left lane and a semi is in the right..
JohnnyDrama
08-15-2017, 19:49
People who use the "express" lane at the grocery store with way too many items then use multiple cards to pay.
People new to reloading asking for load data. They and others proceed to flame you as being "insensitive" when you recommended them buying and reading a Reloading book/manual.
People that want me to use my turn signals to warn them that I’m changing lanes so they can speed up and honk.
People that think I’m crazy for weaving through traffic. I have been driving 200 hundred miles a day in metro Denver for 39 years. By weaving through traffic, I have calculated that I can get to one more job site each day. Since I get paid by the jobs I visit, weaving is money in my pocket.
People that won’t turn right on red. I have been tempted to just push then into the intersection.
People that almost crash trying to get on the highway and get to the left lane within a ¼ mile, only to go slower than traffic.
People that can’t keep up with the car in front of them during rush hour traffic. If you can’t read the license plate of the car in front of you, keep moving one lane to the right until you find a lane that you can read the plate.
Why do trucks even have the right to be in the left lane during rush hour?
People that think you should get in line of a lane closer if everybody else is in the long line but the lane you’re in does not merge for another mile ahead. If the construction crew needed an additional mile of closer they would move the lane closed signs.
People that get pissed because I can’t spell and don’t understand proper grammar.
People that think everybody should be able to celebrate their heritage, unless it’s northern European.
- People that do not understand how /why physical security is ran.
- Sandals.
- ANTIFA.
- Parents that allow their children to dress anyway they want when going out in public.
- People that don't signal when lane changing in heavy traffic.
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BushMasterBoy
08-15-2017, 21:22
The other thing that bothers me is that when I go to McDonalds, they mess up my order half the time. Two days ago I ordered two plain cheese burgers for the dog. I get home and they have ketchup, onion, etc. I have to scrape that stuff off. Their food isn't fit for a dog...
People new to reloading asking for load data. They and others proceed to flame you as being "insensitive" when you recommended them buying and reading a Reloading book/manual.
Reloading handbooks suck. They're all Fudd loads. Have a Lyman one. Was useless.
I hate when the first person at an intersection has to wait until everyone else has come to a complete stop before they proceed. When it's clear they are going to stop get your ass through the intersection.
When someone says "me and insert name" instead of "insert name and I"
I even have to correct people on TV when I hear it.....yeah I'm weird like that
68Charger
08-15-2017, 22:38
I'm really sorry Ray, just been a lot of shootings in Fremont County lately. And every once in awhile I have to pass through it. It really bothers me to have to go through there. I get really bad vibes from that place. For such a low population, they seem to have a high level of violent crime. Like this...
http://www.krdo.com/news/crime/fremont-county-crime/arrest-made-in-connection-to-murdered-teen-found-near-brush-hollow-reservoir/598547393
Yeah, almost makes me feel like I was making a difference living there... not even gone 6 months and it's gone crazy train... 2 divorces among our friends and huge divide in the church we attended, too.
The word Is fed my friend, fed..........
Bird is the word.
I hate the double tap.
Yeah, like when you are trying to eat your Big Mac at McDonalds and some guy blows his dads brains out right in front of you...
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/canoncity-local-news/ci_31221897/affidavit-mcdonalds-suspect-shot-father-head
I clicked on the link and it was an ad for 2 dudes putting on mexican wrestling mask. In bed. Huh? I think it was a safety message.
BushMasterBoy
08-16-2017, 01:00
Now it is just getting weirder and closer to home. I moved here because it was historically safe. This is just a few miles from my house. Mom and daughter shot. Dogs shot. Mom was a Corrections officer. Daughter 10 years old.
http://fox21news.com/2017/08/14/death-investigation-underway-at-pueblo-west-home/
people who don't understand why there is an acceleration lane, or worse yet, the ones that start slowing way down before moving into the deceleration lane.
texting drivers, especially the people that can't even maintain their lane or their speed.
Having to poop at work when there are 2 stalls for 200 men, just the worst.
At my work too. This appeared over the past week...
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170816/853a6e34631eda72ab82a39c52dd1f2a.jpg
The difference between motors and engines. Your car has several motors, but typically only one engine.
StagLefty
08-16-2017, 07:16
Which one do you want?
Microtech UTX 85 plain blade
The difference between motors and engines. Your car has several motors, but typically only one engine.
This one drives me nuts too.
At my work too. This appeared over the past week...
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170816/853a6e34631eda72ab82a39c52dd1f2a.jpg
Childish signs at work, like this one, annoy me. I usually take them down.
People that want me to use my turn signals to warn them that I’m changing lanes so they can speed up and honk.
[snip]
I endorse this message!
RblDiver
08-16-2017, 10:58
People who merge too early at road construction and don't understand the zipper.
I understand the idea of the zipper, but I still personally feel it's terrible. If you saw a line at the movie theater, do you walk up on the side and then just cut in once you hit the doors?
Customers at my job who lose $2k in a night gambling, start acting like dicks, and think they deserve everything for free. Really makes me want to introduce them to the actual high rollers who are generally pleasant people.
I understand the idea of the zipper, but I still personally feel it's terrible. If you saw a line at the movie theater, do you walk up on the side and then just cut in once you hit the doors?
"THAT GUY".
If people actually zippered together there would be very little speed reduction. It's the folks who get over early and then don't let others in that created the problem. Oh yeah, the people who drive 10' in front of their hood instead of paying attention to traffic out front.
Circuits
08-16-2017, 11:31
I understand the idea of the zipper, but I still personally feel it's terrible. If you saw a line at the movie theater, do you walk up on the side and then just cut in once you hit the doors?
The objective of a line to enter someplace is to establish preference of place for seating (if general admission like a movie theater). The objective of a merge is to move on and through.
Those who think traffic queues are the same as movie or lunch lines are the ones who don't get the difference between the objective of each queue.
"THAT GUY".
If people actually zippered together there would be very little speed reduction. It's the folks who get over early and then don't let others in that created the problem. Oh yeah, the people who drive 10' in front of their hood instead of paying attention to traffic out front.
When two lanes of moving traffic become one lane, there will be a speed reduction. Unless there is very little traffic at the time and in that case it would not matter when you merge - early or late.
If a two lane road has a rate of one car per second passing a single point, and both lanes are at capacity, merging those two lanes into one will certainly cause a backup. The merged lane may maintain one car per second rate, but now there are twice as many cars. And it does not matter at what point those cars merge over, there will be a backup.
What am I missing?
Perhaps the zipper was conceived by a hydrodynamics engineer and we should all be moving much faster through the construction zones.
Customers at my job who lose $2k in a night gambling, start acting like dicks, and think they deserve everything for free. Really makes me want to introduce them to the actual high rollers who are generally pleasant people.
Winners get sprinkles...not losers.
Circuits
08-16-2017, 12:47
What am I missing?
Perhaps the zipper was conceived by a hydrodynamics engineer and we should all be moving much faster through the construction zones.
You're missing two things, from a dynamics perspective - backpressure and the wake effect. If the lanes merge too early, the point at which overall passage rate goes down to 1/2 car per second for the two lanes occurs further back than it needs to - slowing down all the cars behind the merge for a much greater than distance than otherwise would be the case, and the wake effect causes turbulent flow in the lanes further back, leading to a further reduction in speed before the merge point.
Add in human foibles, where people slow down too early out of caution, and people react pre-emptively to the brake lights. The further back from the merge at which this occurs, the more disruption of overall traffic flow there is.
A proper zipper merge minimizes the distance from the merge point at which dynamic flow and human foibles affect the traffic flow, creating the shortest possible disruption. Any other solution is suboptimal.
Drivers in Denver can't avoid the slinky, HTF do you think they're gonna manage a proper zipper merge?
You're missing two things, from a dynamics perspective - backpressure and the wake effect. If the lanes merge too early, the point at which overall passage rate goes down to 1/2 car per second for the two lanes occurs further back than it needs to - slowing down all the cars behind the merge for a much greater than distance than otherwise would be the case, and the wake effect causes turbulent flow in the lanes further back, leading to a further reduction in speed before the merge point.
Add in human foibles, where people slow down too early out of caution, and people react pre-emptively to the brake lights. The further back from the merge at which this occurs, the more disruption of overall traffic flow there is.
A proper zipper merge minimizes the distance from the merge point at which dynamic flow and human foibles affect the traffic flow, creating the shortest possible disruption. Any other solution is suboptimal.
I believe I understand your points.
When you state, "shortest possible disruption," are you referring to time or distance?
I understand that the zipper merge will shorten the distance of disrupted traffic measured from the merge on back. However, if only 1/2 car per second is the max capacity - usually due to posted reduced speed limits in merged zones - it makes no difference in time whether cars merge early or late. With the exception of the previously mentioned assholes who rush to the front of the polite line.
When someone says "me and insert name" instead of "insert name and I"
I even have to correct people on TV when I hear it.....yeah I'm weird like that
Sometimes it is correct to say "[name] and me" versus "[name] and I". http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/when-to-use-i-and-when-to-use-me
(http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/when-to-use-i-and-when-to-use-me)
If you’re having trouble deciding which one to use in a particular sentence, here's a hint: Take out the other person, and it should be clearer. You are not likely to be tempted to say, “Me joined the chess club,” or “Jill took I to the shop.”
I believe I understand your points.
When you state, "shortest possible disruption," are you referring to time or distance?
I understand that the zipper merge will shorten the distance of disrupted traffic measured from the merge on back. However, if only 1/2 car per second is the max capacity - usually due to posted reduced speed limits in merged zones - it makes no difference in time whether cars merge early or late. With the exception of the previously mentioned assholes who rush to the front of the polite line.
It's the half mile of empty lane which is being defended by do gooder asshats that can no longer be used for staging that is the difference. So instead of going one for one, we end up going three to one with only prickish aggressive drivers cutting off do gooder asshats who slam on their brakes causing the third car back to get in a fender bender, and oh yeah, three other texting douchenozzles who use the median as an out even though they had room to stop. Since the asshats don't let the prickish in, the right lane Is slower than necessary. Since the prickish scare the do gooders, the left lane is slow. Now everyone is going slow and more people turn prickish and it continues to devolve. I drive too much. Thanks for the vent.
I have watched a do gooder asshat and a prickish agressive ever so slowly collide as they jockied for position. The fight was even funnier than the slow motion scrape up.
It's the half mile of empty lane which is being defended by do gooder asshats that can no longer be used for staging that is the difference. So instead of going one for one, we end up going three to one with only prickish aggressive drivers cutting off do gooder asshats who slam on their brakes causing the third car back to get in a fender bender, and oh yeah, three other texting douchenozzles who use the median as an out even though they had room to stop. Since the asshats don't let the prickish in, the right lane Is slower than necessary. Since the prickish scare the do gooders, the left lane is slow. Now everyone is going slow and more people turn prickish and it continues to devolve. I drive too much. Thanks for the vent.
I have watched a do gooder asshat and a prickish agressive ever so slowly collide as they jockied for position. The fight was even funnier than the slow motion scrape up.
8/10
I liked it
fitterjohn
08-16-2017, 14:40
I just think it's funny but my plumber friend really hates this one: hot water heater, rather than just water heater. If the water is hot then you dont need to heat it.
Mine at work is when the customer has a boiler issue to only find out it's a water heater. They aren't the same.
Thanks to the wonderful members here, I have a new annoyance.
People who debate endlessly about how to merge when there are lane closures.
Also, waiters or waitresses who don't write my order down. It would impress me more if you wrote it down and everything arrived correctly as ordered versus trying to commit everything to memory and everything gets to the table all screwed up.
Oh, and grown ass men who have mood swings like a woman going through menopause. I work with a guy in his mid twenties like that.
Just got this one from the "WTF were they thinking" thread.
People who tow things with small cars.
May they all die in a fiery crash.
BushMasterBoy
08-16-2017, 16:24
Just got this one from the "WTF were they thinking" thread.
People who tow things with small cars.
May they all die in a fiery crash.
Yeah this irks me too. Usually seen late evening one small car towing another on I-25. Maybe doing 65 mph. Driver and passengers all look like they are from Juarez. All going south. Both cars look like junk.
Great-Kazoo
08-16-2017, 16:48
Just got this one from the "WTF were they thinking" thread.
People who tow things with small cars.
May they all die in a fiery crash.
Even worse when they try passing a truck moving in to the left lane and SLOW DOWN because they're
1: under powered to actually pass 2: scared to pass, sitting in the trucks blind spot for who knows how many miles.
Good thread!
Thanks for axing !
A**holes (family members) that throw a fresh bag of ice on the ground and then pick it up and throw it in my spotlessly clean cooler...
Just got this one from the "WTF were they thinking" thread.
People who tow things with small cars.
May they all die in a fiery crash.
You are savage in this thread!
What if they had appropriately sized breasts and hands?
People that pull in front of/cut off/ or linger near me when I'm pulling my RV, or do the same to a big rig, especially if they cause either of us to lose momentum on a big hill.
OTOH, Big rigs that pull in the hammer lane on a hill because they're going 1MPH faster than the other rigs and block the left lane is pretty douchey too.
Hey a$$holes, GTF out of my way!
People that pull in front of/cut off/ or linger near me when I'm pulling my RV, or do the same to a big rig, especially if they cause either of us to lose momentum on a big hill.
OTOH, Big rigs that pull in the hammer lane on a hill because they're going 1MPH faster than the other rigs and block the left lane is pretty douchey too.
Hey a$$holes, GTF out of my way!
Jerks pulling RV's that think they need to go fast. LOL
You are savage in this thread!
What if they had appropriately sized breasts and hands?
Either should counterbalance the trailer tongue weight.
BladesNBarrels
08-16-2017, 17:41
I just think it's funny but my plumber friend really hates this one: hot water heater, rather than just water heater. If the water is hot then you dont need to heat it.
Had one of the early solar efficient houses in 1980.
The solar panel pre-heated the water supply to the water heater, which saved energy by the gas water heater only needing to raise the temperature a few degrees versus the difference from the cold water from the source.
So, is that a hot water heater or a pre-heated water heater?
[Dunno]
[facepalm]
Scanker19
08-16-2017, 17:44
Going to the movies alone, but still cutting a hole in the bottom of the popcorn.
A**holes (family members) that throw a fresh bag of ice on the ground and then pick it up and throw it in my spotlessly clean cooler...
Big +1 on that
People that go outside, take one step through the door, and stop, making other people step around them to enter/exit the building.
Bailey Guns
08-16-2017, 22:07
People that think it's a good thing to tear down or remove statues of Civil War generals. Yeah...they really piss me off.
People that get to the top of the escalator at DIA, take one or two steps, and stop, making other people step around them.
FIFY
gnihcraes
08-16-2017, 22:28
All the items on craigslist for $1, that clearly have a greater value than that. Don't they realize I'll just filter by a minimum above that so I don't see their stuff.
People who clearly go in the out door and out the in door.
People who ask for a Water cup in the cafe' and then proceed to fill it with soda at the fountain. (theft)
gnihcraes
08-16-2017, 22:30
People who briskly walk up and push the handicap door opening button and then stand there waiting for it to open like a startrek space door -whoosh-. Yeah, that saved time.
bobbyfairbanks
08-16-2017, 23:52
People driving up mountain passes with under powered trucks. Saw a F150 trying to pull a pop up trailer and a small fishing boat with trailer. Guy was doing 25 most of the way to woodland park. ��
Great-Kazoo
08-17-2017, 00:24
You are savage in this thread!
Give him a break. Rumor has it he's going through manopause
fitterjohn
08-17-2017, 05:50
Had one of the early solar efficient houses in 1980.
The solar panel pre-heated the water supply to the water heater, which saved energy by the gas water heater only needing to raise the temperature a few degrees versus the difference from the cold water from the source.
So, is that a hot water heater or a pre-heated water heater?
[Dunno]
[facepalm]
Most of those I have seen had a boiler with a water to water heater exchanger for the domestic. Lol but you can have a pass on saying hot water heater
Its not the lack of power, its the desire to sling stuff around.
BlasterBob
08-17-2017, 07:53
Going to the movies alone, but still cutting a hole in the bottom of the popcorn.
One of my coworkers told about taking a girl to the movies. She asked him to buy a large popcorn which he did. As soon as the lights went out and movie started, she dumped the entire contents on the floor and punched the bottom out of the container. He quickly learned the benefit of her tossing the popcorn. [Pop]
Circuits
08-17-2017, 11:49
I believe I understand your points.
When you state, "shortest possible disruption," are you referring to time or distance?
I understand that the zipper merge will shorten the distance of disrupted traffic measured from the merge on back. However, if only 1/2 car per second is the max capacity - usually due to posted reduced speed limits in merged zones - it makes no difference in time whether cars merge early or late. With the exception of the previously mentioned assholes who rush to the front of the polite line.
It reduces distance, and reduces time.
Reducing distance reduces the total amount of wake effect and backpressure experienced. There may be drivers who want to turn off before the merge who will not be delayed by the long single-lane queue if both lanes are being used. That doesn't apply on an interstate, perhaps, but not all lane merges occur on a limited-access highway.
Is it wrong if everyone's stacked up in one lane at a red light, with another lane mostly clear? I will get through that red light faster by taking the mostly-clear lane than those waiting in the "polite line", but I've done nothing wrong, just used the lanes available more efficiently.
Reducing the distance of the disruption also minimizes time for human foibles (or "do-gooder asshats" as an alternate term) to further delay and slow things down with their grade-school hall-monitor actions. The objective of a merge is not to get through the merge point in-order, but to get through the merge point in the least amount of time for all drivers possible.
Further, merges are not always marked, or not always well-marked. Why should cars stay in the non-moving lane when the obstruction is a stalled car or an accident up ahead? For all the drivers in the lane that's moving know, you just slowed down or stopped because the car in front of you did, instead of changing lanes and moving on. The guy in front of you could be a moron, or someone having engine trouble or towing too much load, or a new driver who's scared, or someone fussing with the radio or trying to read a map or look for mile markers, or a slow truck that just can't keep up speed on a mild grade.
As for me, I go the speed limit, and change lanes only to pass, which still has me passing an awful lot going around tourists or RVs or trucks. And if the lane ahead of me is slowing and the lane next to me is moving, I change to the lane that's moving until the cars on my right are going as fast or faster than me, and then I switch back to the right lane, having completed my pass. If I come upon a merge while in a faster-moving lane, I proceed to the merge point, merge, and go on about my business. If I come up to the merge point in the through lane, I politely allow the next car from the merge lane to go in front of me before proceeding, because that's the way it's supposed to go.
Give him a break. Rumor has it he's going through manopause
I think I am too. I cursed out a YouTube video yesterday.
I think I am too. I cursed out a YouTube video yesterday.
Setting the bar kinda low, don't ya think?
Setting the bar kinda low, don't ya think?
Only way to keep up my self esteem.
ETA: Do I think I see what you did there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxUiAcrK0eU
TSA pat downs. The pat downs don't actually bother me. It's the fact that it's always some dude. Given a choice I'd prefer a female agent to investigate that lump in my front pocket.
OtterbatHellcat
08-17-2017, 17:36
Go Ron White style, and load up on viagara prior to TSA pat downs.
:)
TSA pat downs. The pat downs don't actually bother me. It's the fact that it's always some dude. Given a choice I'd prefer a female agent to investigate that lump in my front pocket.
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OtterbatHellcat
08-17-2017, 17:59
lol.
Go Ron White style, and load up on viagara prior to TSA pat downs.
:)
+1
Great-Kazoo
08-17-2017, 20:49
Go Ron White style, and load up on viagara prior to TSA pat downs.
:)
He's wanting to avoid pat downs by men.
Ok true story (hypothetically) After this whole everyone gets patted down hysteria started. I may have set off the alarms during the walk through. My wife comments, rather loudly. I TOLD YOU YOUR PIERCINGS WOULD SET THE ALARM OFF!.
With that a female TSA agent walks in front of the man who was getting ready to do the pat down. Saying in a raised voice. I GOT THIS ONE!
Zundfolge
08-21-2017, 13:31
Uncle Mike's holsters (especially when you see some guy that's got something like an HK USP or Kimber or some other non-cheap gun in them).
Zundfolge
08-28-2017, 13:25
So I have a new pet peeve ... misuse of the word "Unprecedented"
Unprecedented means "it never fucking happened before" not "it hasn't happened for a long time" or "it's a rare occurrence".
This one literally drives me insane :p
So I have a new pet peeve ... misuse of the word "Unprecedented"
Unprecedented means "it never fucking happened before" not "it hasn't happened for a long time" or "it's a rare occurrence".
This one literally drives me insane :p
I'm guessing that being driven insane is not unprecedented for you.
I prefer to drive myself even if I'm only going insane. I'm a terrible passenger.
BushMasterBoy
08-28-2017, 13:59
My wife drives, I only hold the steering wheel...
another couple that bother me, people that post several pictures of the same item on craigslist. As if one picture won't be seen by someone looking for that item. And speaking of craigslist, people that post an item in a spot where it doesn't belong, such as motorcycles in the cars/trucks column, or snowmobiles in the RV column. And since I'm on a roll about craigslist, here's another, businesses that post in the "owner" column.
I'm guessing that being driven insane is not unprecedented for you.
I prefer to drive myself even if I'm only going insane. I'm a terrible passenger.
It's such a short trip for me, that I don't mind someone else driving...
Great-Kazoo
08-28-2017, 20:51
So I have a new pet peeve ... misuse of the word "Unprecedented"
Unprecedented means "it never fucking happened before" not "it hasn't happened for a long time" or "it's a rare occurrence".
This one literally drives me insane :p
Metaphorically ?
GilpinGuy
08-28-2017, 21:20
Repeating myself.
Some people just say, "What?" or "Huh?" instinctively when they heard you perfectly well. I usually just wait a second or two and they end up acknowledging what I said, so why indicate that you didn't hear me? Drives me nuts.
OtterbatHellcat
08-28-2017, 21:23
Repeating myself.
Some people just say, "What?" or "Huh?" instinctively when they heard you perfectly well. I usually just wait a second or two and they end up acknowledging what I said, so why indicate that you didn't hear me? Drives me nuts.
Holy effin hell, THIS ^^^^^ bothers me.
OtterbatHellcat
08-28-2017, 21:25
Guy in the office.... "What's that?"
ALL THE EFFIN TIME
But he has a whole bunch of issues, that's just one in the top three I think.
Repeating myself.
Some people just say, "What?" or "Huh?" instinctively when they heard you perfectly well. I usually just wait a second or two and they end up acknowledging what I said, so why indicate that you didn't hear me? Drives me nuts.I have hearing issues, I suffer from the "What did you say disease" I know a decent bit is sympathetic response based off of habit, but it even drives me nuts.
Also some of it is simply soft spoken people, which drives me insane. Speak. Up.
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Repeating myself.
Some people just say, "What?" or "Huh?" instinctively when they heard you perfectly well. I usually just wait a second or two and they end up acknowledging what I said, so why indicate that you didn't hear me? Drives me nuts.
What?
[Coffee]
GilpinGuy
08-29-2017, 01:10
What?
[Coffee]
Congrats! You are the first member I've ever put on my ignore list. [Sarcasm2]
I have hearing issues, I suffer from the "What did you say disease" I know a decent bit is sympathetic response based off of habit, but it even drives me nuts.
Also some of it is simply soft spoken people, which drives me insane. Speak. Up.
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Soft spoken is indeed a pain.
turn right next street
What?
turn right next street
What?
Turn right back there.
Gahhhhhhhhh!
Bailey Guns
08-29-2017, 06:23
^^^ Exactly. Some of us don't hear nearly as well as we once did.
I don't have hearing issues but I expect people to point their faces at me (eye contact) and speak up top be heard. If someone is mumbling to their sneakers or phone I will say "what?!"
This is becoming common.
Speaking directly to someone now can be "intimidating." Outside of a TED Talk, of course.
People who try to yap yap about politics , whenever I talk about Econ, Market(s), and/or Poli Sci.
spqrzilla
08-29-2017, 11:45
"Like"
ValleyGirlSpeak was sooooo '80's. But I was sitting in the coffee shop off CO115 and Academy yesterday, when a young lady teen was talking to someone older. I actually counted one sentence that had four "likes".
I could not believe .... like ... how many people .... like ... don't know .... like ... how difficult applying for college ... like .... really is.
OtterbatHellcat
08-29-2017, 19:49
The dropped call.
We've all been there....who calls who back? You know...where you both get the Voicemail because you called each other back at the same time. wtf.
Women (the ones in my life), or a significant other, who is soft-spoken, in the next room, walking away from you, talking to you while the dish-washer/fan/game/movie/tv-show/music/radio/(fill in the blank) is on.
Women (the ones in my life), or a significant other, who is soft-spoken, in the next room, walking away from you, talking to you while the dish-washer/fan/game/movie/tv-show/music/radio/(fill in the blank) is on.And then you get verbally raped for not responding?
And it might not be until next week?
Never happened to me.... I saw it on TV.
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I was going to say my kids math book, but the term lind of fails to adequately describe the rage I feel towards the book and anyone involded in any way with it.
Maye I should start a "Things that REALLY pi$$ me off thread." ?
Scanker19
08-29-2017, 20:36
I"m getting sick and tired of this new style of journalism that has appeared in the last 2-3 years, It goes a little something like this....
Someone did something and this guy had the perfect response
Some guy totally got owned today on twitter. He said something and this other guy had the perfect response.
(mind you these are all twitter links or screen grabs)
Guys says something
other guy replies.
And now the internet just can't even
Someone comments on the reply
someone else comments on the reply
Someone makes comment on twitter about Obama
Someone comments on reply
(if the story was about a woman this is where the twitter screen grab of some white knight says something about body imagine or being the gender you want etc...)
And then the story just ends.
Scanker19
08-29-2017, 20:40
Also on the subject of "journalism" Whats with the video only stories? I want to read news not hear it. can't we have both? KOAT down here has a website that's seems to only be videos. Am I just old already.
TURN THAT DAMN MUSIC DOWN!!!
Sorry, I am also getting bothered by these damn auto play news videos. They are slowly becoming my pop-up ads.
Also on the subject of "journalism" Whats with the video only stories? I want to read news not hear it. can't we have both? KOAT down here has a website that's seems to only be videos. Am I just old already.
TURN THAT DAMN MUSIC DOWN!!!
Sorry, I am also getting bothered by these damn auto play news videos. They are slowly becoming my pop-up ads.Attention span of the modern yute.
That, and the fact that they can't read.
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I will add, it's easier to feed them "facts" visually. If they actually read the story, their brain may actually process information and formulate cognizant opinion.
Except for the fact that modern journalists have lost the ability to actually write stories.
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Sub titles on tv or in movies. Especially the news. I'm listening to the news and some gibberish is spoken, but I miss it since they feel hearing gibberish with subtitles is more important than dubbing the translation over it.
No need for subtitles in movies either. A foreign accent is good enough.
People who cut me off mid-sentence to change the subject.
theGinsue
08-30-2017, 20:24
I have hearing issues, I suffer from the "What did you say disease" I know a decent bit is sympathetic response based off of habit, but it even drives me nuts.
Also some of it is simply soft spoken people, which drives me insane. Speak. Up.
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I don't have hearing issues but I expect people to point their faces at me (eye contact) and speak up top be heard. If someone is mumbling to their sneakers or phone I will say "what?!"
This is becoming common.
Speaking directly to someone now can be "intimidating." Outside of a TED Talk, of course.
Amen brothers.
According to the audiologist, my hearing is fine, yet I can't hear most conversations, I get about 50% drop outs (forget about my hearing anything if there is background noise). If people look at me when they speak I can use the visual clues with what I heard to correctly formulate what they said most of the time. When folks won't speak up AND talk to me while they're looking away from me it becomes frustrating. One would think that by the third time I ask someone to repeat what they said they'd look at me and speak louder; but no.
GilpinGuy
08-30-2017, 20:45
Folks with hearing problems get a pass. What I meant was people that habitually say, "Huh?" or "What?" when you know damn well that they heard you.
OtterbatHellcat
08-30-2017, 21:02
Folks with hearing problems get a pass. What I meant was people that habitually say, "Huh?" or "What?" when you know damn well that they heard you.
Yes....I was with you on that.
SideShow Bob
08-30-2017, 21:06
Extention.
~ penis...... Oh wait, this isn't the word association thread........
hollohas
08-30-2017, 21:13
Also on the subject of "journalism" Whats with the video only stories? I want to read news not hear it. can't we have both? KOAT down here has a website that's seems to only be videos. Am I just old already.
TURN THAT DAMN MUSIC DOWN!!!
Sorry, I am also getting bothered by these damn auto play news videos. They are slowly becoming my pop-up ads.^This times a million. I HATE news videos. If I click a link and it's nothing but a video, I move along. And now the pop up videos stay on your screen no matter where you scroll. Try to scroll past the big video at the top of a story? It pops out and forces you to watch the damn thing when you're trying to read.
BS.
GilpinGuy
08-30-2017, 21:22
~ penis...... Oh wait, this isn't the word association thread........
I swear, I laugh at shit on here more than anywhere.
OtterbatHellcat
08-30-2017, 21:26
I swear, I laugh at shit on here more than anywhere.
*Like*
~ penis...... Oh wait, this isn't the word association thread........
Well played, though I should be more careful.
bushroot
09-01-2017, 02:18
Autoplay videos on websites. This has really gotten out of hand lately.
gnihcraes
09-01-2017, 09:24
Gas pump that says "see attendant for receipt"
gnihcraes
09-01-2017, 09:25
Attendant at gas station who is outside smoking with his friends and doesn't come in to give me the receipt pump #3 says I need to go see.
OtterbatHellcat
09-01-2017, 15:23
Yeah.....like Walmarts....or Kmarts.
I'm trying to break the kid of saying "He went to Walmarts for something."
The outside chance he went to multiple Walmart stores for that something is super thin.
people who don't turn-off or silence their cell phones in meetings....
GilpinGuy
09-01-2017, 20:21
Yeah.....like Walmarts....or Kmarts.
I'm trying to break the kid of saying "He went to Walmarts for something."
The outside chance he went to multiple Walmart stores for that something is super thin.
Holy crap, my 12 yo boy went back to school and after a few days he started saying "mines". For example, "That book is mines" or "Mines movie is coming on soon". I destroyed that shit right away and told him, "You don't live in the freaking hood and talk like an uneducated moron. You're in 7th grade for crying out loud, knock that crap off."
After a couple of days, and a few reminders, it stopped.
Apparently, it's cool talk like this now? [Dunno]
White Ebonics?
Ignorance knows no race, creed, or color, but is freely found in many places among all people. [Flower]
CobaltSkink
09-02-2017, 08:29
The outside chance he went to multiple Walmart stores for that something is super thin.
Ah, obviously, you haven't been to the Walmarts in Colorado Springs, where you still don't have everything on your list after three Walmarts.
FYI, Maths is the British term for Math classes.
Ah, obviously, you haven't been to the Walmarts in Colorado Springs, where you still don't have everything on your list after three Walmarts.
FYI, Maths is the British term for Math classes.
And with good reason. I wonder if the American tendency to lump mathematics together into a super category is one of the reasons we are failing so hard at it. Someone struggles with say... Algebra, and they are convinced they cannot do "math". That's like saying "I have a hard time understanding programming, so I'm obviously bad at IT".
I hate when there are 2 doors and people coming in or out refuse to use the other door like I'm a f-nig door man that opened the door to let you through! The least you could say is thanks, you lazy, selfish, nut sack! When did we get so lazy that we can't open our own door.
When I'm walking in an isle, or path, on the right side and someone coming the other way comes at an angle or meandering path to block my path.
GilpinGuy
09-02-2017, 19:38
People that just walk away from you when you are mid-sentence. This happened a few times at work today.
Of course, being in the casino biz, there is a rather high chance of dealing with an asshat to begin with.
I usually just say to myself, "Well, they're and asshole and I'm not, so I WIN!"[Flower]
BladesNBarrels
09-03-2017, 09:53
People that just walk away from you when you are mid-sentence. This happened a few times at work today.
Of course, being in the casino biz, there is a rather high chance of dealing with an asshat to begin with.
I usually just say to myself, "Well, they're and asshole and I'm not, so I WIN!"[Flower]
but, but..... aren't casinos designed to distract and steer people from their normal routine toward the bells, whistles, clanging, and deposit their coins?
Hard to pay attention to anything!
[blaster]
Why do people veer left before a right turn??? In a car. No need to make space like a semi and cross the lane divider line.
Probably because they are not comfortable w/ not seeing as easily on that side of the car, being our steering wheels are on the left. I'd venture to guess they cut left turns close.
Why can't the driver of the damn carpet van in front of me this morning keep the damn thing in one lane? An interstate lane is 14ft wide by statute, the van maybe 8. Simple math says he should have about 3 feet on either side. This yokel managed to wander all the way from the left shoulder to the middle lane and back...
Why can't the driver of the damn carpet van in front of me this morning keep the damn thing in one lane? An interstate lane is 14ft wide by statute, the van maybe 8. Simple math says he should have about 3 feet on either side. This yokel managed to wander all the way from the left shoulder to the middle lane and back...
If you were texting as much as he was you'd have trouble staying in your lane too.
Why can't the driver of the damn carpet van in front of me this morning keep the damn thing in one lane? An interstate lane is 14ft wide by statute, the van maybe 8. Simple math says he should have about 3 feet on either side. This yokel managed to wander all the way from the left shoulder to the middle lane and back...
I worked in the flooring industry for a bit, dispatching installers. I'd say there's a fair chance there was some 420 involved, among other things. [Flower]
Did I mention this nobjob was going 50 in the left lane? [Rant1]
Great-Kazoo
09-08-2017, 15:28
Threads in GD that go on with no valid point after 3-4 pages .
Other then to agree things bother us, like the 3 drivers at 3- 4 way stops who felt their privilige allowed them to ignore the stop sign.
Threads in GD that go on with no valid point after 3-4 pages .
Other then to agree things bother us, like the 3 drivers at 3- 4 way stops who felt their privilige allowed them to ignore the stop sign.
[ROFL1]
We can always count on you to be a ray of sunshine on a gloomy day!
Great-Kazoo
09-08-2017, 17:19
[ROFL1]
We can always count on you to be a ray of sunshine on a gloomy day!
Thanks. My white privilige was getting to be a burden keeping it inside.
Why can't the driver of the damn carpet van in front of me this morning keep the damn thing in one lane? An interstate lane is 14ft wide by statute, the van maybe 8. Simple math says he should have about 3 feet on either side. This yokel managed to wander all the way from the left shoulder to the middle lane and back...
12 ft lanes in Colorado is standard.
https://www.codot.gov/business/designsupport/standard-plans/2012-m-standards-plans/2012-m-standards-pdfs/13-concrete-pavement-joints/m-412-1-concrete-pavement-joints
Why do people veer left before a right turn??? In a car. No need to make space like a semi and cross the lane divider line.
Called a "farmer turn" where I come from.
Great-Kazoo
09-10-2017, 00:53
Called a "farmer turn" where I come from.
Not a farmers tan?
Bailey Guns
09-10-2017, 07:07
Why do people veer left before a right turn??? In a car.
Because most people can't drive for shit.
OtterbatHellcat
09-10-2017, 07:16
Truth.
Because most people can't drive for shit.
You can't even call it driving when people are busy...
Texting
Calling
Eating
Putting on mackup in the AMs
Smoking (not just cigs)
I was behind a car from Boulder to Golden (93) that was smoking pot the whole time. Both driver and passenger. It was around 6:00PM.
Great-Kazoo
09-10-2017, 08:51
You can't even call it driving when people are busy...
Texting
Calling
Eating
Putting on mackup in the AMs
Smoking (not just cigs)
I was behind a car from Boulder to Golden (93) that was smoking pot the whole time. Both driver and passenger. It was around 6:00PM.
Those reasons are why the spouse & I dislike driving almost anywhere. If we have to go out of the local area, it's done by 9, back before the lunch crowds hit, or school gets out
When members quote the only member on my ignore list.
Forces me to see their post, but reinforces why I listed my little pony.
jhood001 edit: Do you need a "safe space", bro?
Bailey Guns
09-28-2017, 21:47
When members quote the only member on my ignore list.
Forces me to see their post, but reinforces why I listed my little pony.
I know, right? Bothers the hell outta me, too. Then I go and do it.
theGinsue
09-28-2017, 21:53
Imagine not being able to put anyone on your ignore list. I know folks here (erm, the staff) for which that's a reality.
OtterbatHellcat
09-28-2017, 21:59
I'll just apologize in advance now, for whatever the hell it is I might do later.
Imagine not being able to put anyone on your ignore list. I know folks here (erm, the staff) for which that's a reality.
LOL
Works both ways - members can't add a mod to their ignore list. [Beer]
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Damn. We do have an ignore list. I keep forgetting...and that bothers me.
But on the positive side, I have something that can avoid something bothersome.
LOL
Works both ways - members can't add a mod to their ignore list. [Beer]
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And don't you forget it.
Company Pot-lucks.
I have no desire to sacrifice my lunch hour escape from the office to sit around and eat cat hair pudding.
Company Pot-lucks.
I have no desire to sacrifice my lunch hour escape from the office to sit around and eat cat hair pudding.
Ugh, I hate pot-lucks. Lots of e.g. "fruit/potato salad" crap I have no interest in eating and a ton of people in the kitchen are utterly disgusting. So, I feel ya.
Ugh, I hate pot-lucks. Lots of e.g. "fruit/potato salad" crap I have no interest in eating and a ton of people in the kitchen are utterly disgusting. So, I feel ya.
Pot-Luck needs to be restricted to a green chili cookoff.
JohnnyEgo
11-01-2019, 12:23
The building maintenance people at my office will jump out of the ceiling tiles the moment a crockpot gets plugged in anywhere in the building. Same with an electric blanket or a fan. I am half tempted to bring my propane camp stove and serve fondue on the next food day, just to see if I can give them a coronary.
Great-Kazoo
11-01-2019, 12:37
Pot-Luck needs to be restricted to a green chili cookoff.
We did those when i worked for the state, once a month there was chili day. Nice thing was everyone was on staggered work schedule. So you didn't have 50+ people crammed in the dining area, at 1x.
We did those when i worked for the state, once a month there was chili day. Nice thing was everyone was on staggered work schedule. So you didn't have 50+ people crammed in the dining area, at 1x.
I guess that also helps limit traffic jams at the shitters afterward.
Bailey Guns
11-01-2019, 15:42
Some days there just isn't enough bandwidth to list the things that bother me...
Some days there just isn't enough bandwidth to list the things that bother me...
Might need to upgrade to a wired setup.
Bailey Guns
11-01-2019, 15:46
Or somewhere where there are no people.
Or somewhere where there are no people.
I've just had an epiphany that those super dark, old man sunglasses that go over reading glasses, double as horse blinders to keep old men from freaking out in public spaces.
I've just had an epiphany that those super dark, old man sunglasses that go over reading glasses, double as horse blinders to keep old men from freaking out in public spaces.
Those allow old men to stare at hot young women without registering on anybody's radar.
Bailey Guns
11-01-2019, 17:32
I may have to get me a pair. But I don't wear glasses. I'll have to get a fake pair of glasses, too. Maybe the kind with the big nose attached.
Great-Kazoo
11-01-2019, 18:04
I guess that also helps limit traffic jams at the shitters afterward.
Traffic jams? not really. Bu things flowed at a steady rate
I may have to get me a pair. But I don't wear glasses. I'll have to get a fake pair of glasses, too. Maybe the kind with the big nose attached.
Hahahahaha!! [ROFL1]
ChickNorris
11-04-2019, 18:26
I may have to get me a pair. But I don't wear glasses. I'll have to get a fake pair of glasses, too. Maybe the kind with the big nose attached.
Hahahahaha!! [ROFL1]
What's so funny?
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