Why do people find it necessary to do this.
If you are talking to someone and mention making a phone call, by all means make certain that at the same time you use the accepted phone call gesture, which consists of closing your fist with pinky and thumb extended and held against the side of the head---this is for the benefit of those who can't comprehend the concept of talking on a phone.
LOL agreed. but some wont let a conversation go. even if you only have to disappear for a few minutes
When people say....
Not a problem repeatedly
The use of words like wicker, sick, filthy, bad, etc., to mean really good
When people in the USA say "Could care less"... because in the context it is used to makes no sense and the correct term to use is "couldn't care less" as in, I care so little I cannot care any less than I already am. The way the Americans say it, means they could infact care less some more. Fuk people, get it right eh?
When you are standing at a counter (live customer ready so spend money) and the seller dismisses you cause the phone is ringing. You want service, call a business instead of going there in person.
More later...
Michael
"Could care less"----Of course means you do care. is a good one, and "at this point in time" ----how about just saying NOW, and "Know what I mean"? at the end of every sentence-----are they really expecting a yes or no very time they say that? "My Bad" for my mistake, makes you sound like an idiot.
Yeah, when people say "know what I mean?" I tell them "No" and watch them stumble in their verbiage. :thumb:
I agree 100% ???
ATM Machine :cookoo:
Oh I have a good one - when morons on radio refer to military especially in asian countries - but I also have heard it in reference to other countries - as "Hunta" ... OK morons get a clue ... The word on paper is "Junta" and as it may surprise you J in asian languages is said as J in "Jesus" - In eastern europe its said like a Y and in spanish it is said as a H. Get a clue, it just makes me cringe.
Cool.
Buddha.
I had to read that twice to figure out what you were saying Buddha :thumb:
How about f-n drivers cutting people off in traffic to get to the red light first. Dammm I feel murderous when people do that. Like a giant neon sign over them saying 'im a f***in deutschebag!'
This morning it was f--tard slamming the weights at the gym. 'What are you doing? Does it make you feel better to crash the weights to the floor and have everyone looking at you as in wtf is wrong with you?!' Just want to icepick soab in the kidney!
Not only slamming the weights as if to say; Listen to how much noise these really really heavy weights make when they hit the floor, and you know they must be outrageously heavy because of all the stupid grunting and yelling I do while hoisting them,---I am a big and very powerful man and I want to make damned sure everyone is aware of it.
Mister, don't forget "VIN" ( Veh identification number ) number.
What about people who feel they have to slow down to a crawl or stop to make a right turn ( not at a light ) onto a street or into a parking lot, and the people with big rugged SUVs, Hummers, and pickups, that feel they have to stop and creep ever so slowly over every parking lot speed bump-----Guess what A-ss-h-ole, you could do 50 over Freakin moon craters with that monster.
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good thread oj!
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Thanks cbr, it's fun reading all the little things that p iss people off---so far I agree on every single one.
Here is one that probably only happens to me; I go to the grocery store to pick up a few items, the store could be practically empty, I go down the isle and see only one person but he or she is standing directly in front of the item I want---just standing there looking---not moving. I then go to check out and see a line with only one person with very few items, I jump in only to discover the person has coupons, forgot something, and is paying in change------- I watch helplessly as people I saw at the end of the very long lines now in the parking lot loading up their cars.
Quote from: ojstinson on July 20, 2012, 09:48:18 AM
Thanks cbr, it's fun reading all the little things that p iss people off---so far I agree on every single one.
Here is one that probably only happens to me; I go to the grocery store to pick up a few items, the store could be practically empty, I go down the isle and see only one person but he or she is standing directly in front of the item I want---just standing there looking---not moving. I then go to check out and see a line with only one person with very few items, I jump in only to discover the person has coupons, forgot something, and is paying in change------- I watch helplessly as people I saw at the end of the very long lines now in the parking lot loading up their cars.
This just happened to me last night at the grocery store picking up a bottle of wine... one person in the line I chose, and the 5 people in the other line got out the door before I even got on plate because the guy has to pay with exact change and can't count past 4!
- Bboy
I've got a couple things.........ok, I have a lot, but I won't list them all here. :D
Old people using the self-checkout lanes at the grocery store or people who take a full cart through the self-checkout lane BY THEMSELVES. If you're going to throw a whole grocery cart full of stuff through the self-checkout, please bring someone with you to bag your shaZam!. Otherwise, go stand in the line with the actual cashier. If you're old & can't use a computer, don't even think about using a self-checkout! :nono:
People who ride around in cages with their feet up on the dashboard or out the window. I have not only seen passengers, but drivers doing it. It makes me want to cut them off & force them to rearend me, just so the airbags will break their shaZam! off. :icon_twisted:
I'm sure I'll think of some more later...
#5110
Grocery Store: People who pay with a check and can't start writing ANYTHING on it until the cashier is done. Come on - start writing your name and the date WHILE things are being rung up.
People who treat their dog like their child and have to take it EVERYWHERE.
Fat women with a false sense of reality that wear spandex 3 sizes too small to the gym - or on the street. Just because spandex WILL stretch that much doesn't mean anyone ever intended you to do it.
Cagers at stoplights that must stop 1 to 2 car lengths behind the car in front of them.
People on the street supposedly in line for the ATM. They stand 15 feet away on the opposite side of the side walk then get upset because I step behind the person using the ATM. Come on - there's a limit to how far away you stand from the person in front of you before you can't be considered being "in line". One arm length should be the limit of how far you can be away from the person in front of you.
Braille on the drive up ATM. Really?
People who say "Have a good one". One what? I confuse them and ask if I can have two - in case I lose one or I want "one" for a friend. Can I have 2 "OK ones" instead of a "good one". Why can't I have an "excellent one"?
News that reports an important scientific breakthrough that is really very old or plain obvious. Seattle times front page: Doctors discover that giving small doses of egg or peanut to those with an allergy will reduce or cure it over time. Huh? Isn't that basic allergy therapy we've been doing for 100 years?
Products that promote their health benefits and in small print you see "When combined with a healthy diet and exercise". So diet and exercise are the important thing - because any product would be healthier if you ate better and exercised.
Quote from: adidasguy on July 20, 2012, 11:35:51 AM
#5110
Grocery Store: People who pay with a check and can't start writing ANYTHING on it until the cashier is done. Come on - start writing your name and the date WHILE things are being rung up.
People who treat their dog like their child and have to take it EVERYWHERE.
People on the street supposedly in line for the ATM. They stand 15 feet away on the opposite side of the side walk then get upset because I step behind the person using the ATM. Come on - there's a limit to how far away you stand from the person in front of you before you can't be considered being "in line". One arm length should be the limit of how far you can be away from the person in front of you.
Braille on the drive up ATM. Really?
Now you did it. You opened up my floodgates...now the things that annoy me are flooding in...GRRRRRR!!
Cagers who can't pull up close enough to the drive up ATM and have to put the car in park, unbuckle the seatbelt, open the door, put a foot on the ground and hang through the open window in order to use the ATM. Seriously?! You couldn't get close enough...now you lose your turn. Pull around and try again--after I get done.
Cagers who save a month's worth of banking and do it at the drive up ATM. They need to deposit 12 checks (which they haven't endorsed yet), verify balances in 7 accounts, transfer funds to 6 different accounts, apply for a loan and refinance their mortgage...and all I want to do is get some cash. The ATM should spit out their card after 2 functions and refuse to accept the same card until after another person has used their card.
People who dress their dogs.
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This bothers my wife, who can be rather blunt at times, too. My wife was in the checkout line at the pet store, buying some food or something. The man behind her was holding a little dog wearing a sweater. He was also wearing a sweater in the same pattern/color as the dog. My wife turned to him and said, "What makes you think that's OK?" He sputtered a bit and walked away until after my wife checked out.
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People who go out of their way to be politically correct. So you might offend someone. Unless you're a public official or speaking on behalf of an organization, no one really cares.
Cagers who drive in the fast lane going slower than the speed limit regardless what traffic in the slow lane is doing.
Cagers who drive in the fast lane and are passing someone in the slow lane--and are going exactly 1-2 mph faster than the person in the slow lane.
Cagers who drive slow until you attempt to pass them.
This is a great thread for reading at work! (http://www.motohouston.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing6.gif) heh heeeh!
Here's another from the gym. I'll use the double cable machine and set up both handles to do backarms. Some dude'll creep up, swap one of the handles, change the weight, do ONE set and walk away. F-n deutschbag, why bother?!
WOW, I can relate to having to deal with all those annoyances, also hate the way over used expressions; "It is what it is"---What does that explain that isn't already evident, is that supposed to be the answer to something?, and "24/7". -----I also hate when people tell me to smile.
#5111
These words:
* Networking - fortunately this is going out of style
* Green - yea, right.
* Proactive - who the hell invented this word?
* Values - as in "I vote for him because he has values"
* Earnings did not meet expectations - they want you to thing times are bad. Hey - if they expected 200% earnings and got 199% then earnings are less than expected
* profits are down - so? They still make a profit, just a little less than before but STILL A PROFIT
* Poses no significant risk - so.... tell me about the insignificant risks. What is your definition of significant versus not significant? It is not NO RISK, so tell me more, please. (True! I see this on Mountain High yogurt. They state they don't use hormones. I'm sure the drug companies made them add " Hormones pose no significant risk or health hazard...")
* He didn't break any laws - Sure - but what he did was immoral when he "legally" took half a billion and ruined the lives of thousands. But he didn't do anything "illegal" so he gets off scott free.
When people raise both hands when talking to make "quote" signs with two fingers on each hand.
When a cager does something so dumb it would make a pillar of salt look like it could cavort, you beep your horn and they flip the bird. A sorry would be nice asswipe.
On the highway, someone will pass you in the other lane, move in front of you, then slow down so you either need to slow or go past them WTF?
TV screens in the rear of front seats so kids can watch while the adult is driving. Um... so.... drop the kid at day care, pick up in TV car, get home and plonk kid on front of TV. Hmmm, who is raising this child.... daycare and TV. How about.... no fukking tv in the car and talk to the child, play eye spy games or math games with plate numbers or word games with plate letters?
Michael
Mister, the beloved two handed four fingered quote sign is rendered invalid unless you utter the words "Quote -- Unquote" while executing it.---- Oh, and you are also required to wiggle the fingers to simulate it actually being applied to either side of the quote as you speak.
I totally agree with your assessment of the prevailing -- All TV all the time - ( which includes video games ) child parent relationship substitute dilemma in this day and age.
Quote from: adidasguy on July 20, 2012, 11:35:51 AM
#5110
Cagers at stoplights that must stop 1 to 2 car lengths behind the car in front of them.
When I took driver's ed in high school, we were instructed to stop at the distance behind another car at which we could see where the rear tires contacted the pavement. I never measured it, but it is a decent sized space cushion.
What grinds my gears is a failure to use turn signals properly. Also when people use improper nomenclature (especially as it relates to firearms).
Quote from: ojstinson on July 20, 2012, 04:21:04 AM
"Could care less"----Of course means you do care. is a good one, and "at this point in time" ----how about just saying NOW, and "Know what I mean"? at the end of every sentence-----are they really expecting a yes or no very time they say that? "My Bad" for my mistake, makes you sound like an idiot.
or the new one. Really?! said as an exclamated question.
That's true, the Really!? is getting to be annoying.
Just found this, quite a compilation.
http://grammar.about.com/b/2011/12/09/100-words-and-phrases-that-ticked-you-off-in-2011.htm
#5114
PICTURE ID's!
Yep - How in the hell does this make anyone or anyplace "secure" (pretend finger quotes) just because you have a piece of paper or plastic with your picture and some printing?
What a bunch of bull and people doing anything to say they did something to "prevent terrorism".
A picture ID does nothing. Do they even compare the picture? Once in 100 - maybe. Do they look up the name on a "terrorism list"? Nope. So what good is it other than a "feel good because we inconvenience you" thing.
I went into a Navy PX in Honolulu and they needed a picture ID. The "guard" checking them never even looked up.
Does it prove anything to have an ID?
You'll see a lot of it now at theaters because we tend to over react to one weirdo.
Hey, TARGET wants a picture ID to buy Nyquil. WTF? Do I look under 40? So I really farkle them over. I will NOT show a driver's license for them to scan - that has all my personal information encoded on it. They capture it all and a hacker then has everything. Instead I give them my passport border card (the card for going to Canada and Mexico in place of a full passport because Washington State gives a drivers license to anyone - illegal or anything). They can't scan the passport card and it pisses them off. "Will you please get out your driver's license, we can scan that.". NO! It is a valid USA government ID. If you can't scan it, then get a supervisor and type in something for a birth date. Your crappy programmers is not my problem. "Have you contacted corporate about this?" NO! It is not my problem. You tell them.
K.rollin,
A few years ago there was a death from air-rifle - well, it was deemed to be caused by the air rifle Before the autopsy could prove it cause of death.
Backstory: Two guys of the shady persuasion. 11pm at night. They hear a noise outside. One guy grabs his air-rifle and heads outside - could be possums, right, a lot of possums in the area. As he's walking toward the sound (his car) he sees a bloke doing something to his car. He verbally confronts the guys. They guy looks up and starts running. Shady guy gives chase until he has a clear shot and fires at the man, then keeps running. Catches man. Small scuffle ensues. Man dies.
Who was this mysterious man doing something to the car? A plain clothes policeman who did NOT identify himself as such.
Anyway, the story in the newspaper read, "undercover police officer gunned down in a hail of bullets. Fired from an air-rifle with as much power as high powered hunting rifles.
Onward: People who block the supermarket aisles with their trolley then act like you are causing an inconvenience when you push the trolley aside.
One time I was walking with a hand basket up an aisle. Two trolleys next to each other pushed by two different people. I am walking to them and they would be pushed to me. The trolley on the right starts to move so I step to the left to let it by so I can then walk around the left trolley. Woman on left starts to push her trolley. I put my hand out to stop it hitting me, wait for the other trolley to pass, then walk through the gap. The left trolley woman's male companion says... so, we have to give way to you do we? I barked back, "I stopped your trolley cause you were pushing it into me" and kept walking as he started to mouth off something else. For fuk sake, it's a trolley dude, get the fuk over yourself you agro causing prick.
Michael
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To me the most annoying thing is:
when the idiot in the car cuts me off or makes an (illegal) U-Turn just in front of me, and after I survive the skidding, braking, warpspeed-downshifting, and avoid most certain crash and everything else, I speed up, catch up with him/her, and honk to them cursing out loud underneath my helmet, they just look directly in front of them.
No speeding, no swerving anymore, just both hands on wheel, and staring miles ahead.
I call it Driving Miss Daisy sindrome.
Like there's a brick wall between us.
Sure they know I'm there, sure they know I'm (to say the least) pissed off by their stupid mistake or overall driving incompetence, but they must be thinking if not making eye contact, I'll just dissappear.
At that very moment, I could murder someone!!!
I mean, wtf! You just almost killed me, and don't even have the decency to look at me?...
And THAT just instantly makes my blood boil...
I don't care anymore what they did moments ago, but that ignoring part is....
God...
However, if "at that point in time" (hahaha) I raise my boot aiming for their side mirror, voila! they miraculosly become aware of me, and start making peace and "haven't seen you" signs, shrugging and stuff.
f%$king idiots.
If that's not annoying, I don't know what is.
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Toyota Prius...especially when being driven like a sports car. You bought it for the mpg, not the performance.
Quote from: jdoorn14 on July 21, 2012, 08:56:58 AM
Toyota Prius...especially when being driven like a sports car. You bought it for the mpg, not the performance.
its funny to watch sometimes lol
German automotive design. I've been doing the maintenance on my girlfriend's '99 VW Beetle, and it's like they have zero concept of Design for Serviceability. Let's use steel spark plug boots that tear up people's hands when they try to remove them. Then, we'll place them between components so they can't be removed by hand, and cover the inboard two with the intake plenum. Oh, and let's place the oil filter in such a manner as to require reaching through various hoses to remove the filter and cause oil to flow all over said hoses, the engine block, and the oil pan. There's other shaZam! that ze Germans did with that car that bug me, but those are what I dealt with today. Don't get me wrong, I like wrenching a lot, but some of this just seems poorly thought out. I guess I expected more from "superior" German Engineering.
Quote from: mister on July 20, 2012, 05:03:03 AM
ATM Machine :cookoo:
HIV virus :technical:
People who can't form a sentence without using multiple 4 letter swear words to complete it.
Even worse - People who can't form a sentence without using multiple 4 letter swear words correcting your grammar.
Well meaning close acquaintances and family who think just because I ride a motorcycle, feel the need to inform me of of every motorcycle death/ accident in the news. It is morbid guys, I know the risks! I don't text you every time someone dies in a house fire because you live in one.
People who make up dog breeds to try and make a buck when in reality they are selling a mongrel you can pick up in the pound for free.
People who imply they are cooler than you and refer to themselves as vintage, hipster, gypsy, boho because of their style in clothes and interior design. Let me shorten that title for you - wanker.
wankers
The price of toothbrushes. They're just plastic, no microchip inside, so why so pricey?
News media that report "was killed after being involved in a traffic accident" .
the word "closure"
Standing in line at fast food behind someone who can't decide what they want when they get to the cashier. What were they thinking while waiting in line. (fellow Canadians will recognize this as a Tim Horton's experience)
Quote from: mcgimp on July 22, 2012, 04:14:30 PM
Standing in line at fast food behind someone who can't decide what they want when they get to the cashier. What were they thinking while waiting in line. (fellow Canadians will recognize this as a Tim Horton's experience)
The incompetent morons working the drive thru who can never seem to give me the right order. My wife is amazed at how often I end up with the wrong items or missing items. Probably a good reason to stay away from fast food if I can.
#5120
People who I would love too hook up with but they are already attached. (because I'm single and available)
Quote from: adidasguy on July 22, 2012, 09:42:26 PM
#5120
People who I would love too hook up with but they are already attached. (because I'm single and available)
LMAO same here. ive got that tshirt
People who cannot park small cars.
Bosses that try to make themselves and issues seem 100,000x more complicated than they really are. Just tell me 'yes' or 'no' not an essay on the cultural influence of Mayan heritage which designates why grape jelly's glucose content is higher than the average grizzly's salmon protein percentage intake during 1998???!?!?
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Managers that want to micro-manage every task. :mad: Tell me what you want done and leave me the fuk alone to do it :thumb:
Quote from: mister on July 23, 2012, 02:47:37 PM
Managers that want to micro-manage every task. :mad: Tell me what you want done and leave me the fuk alone to do it :thumb:
Had a boss one time that if I was away from my desk for 5 minutes, he'd come looking for me...including the bathroom. F-ed up. Didn't take long to catch on, and I transferred to another group.
Now for my 2 cents:
Gas Station: I want to pay for my Combos and Dr. Pepper. I don't want to wait for you to scratch off your Ohio Lottery tickets only to turn them right back in for more. You'll eventually lose, but I don't care.
Supermarket: Your coupon is expired. Don't argue and demand that the cashier take back EVERY item that is not x% off. Just study the coupon and make sure it's valid.
Restaurants: This just happened yesterday. Don't get irate at the server because your food took too long, or they goofed. Mistakes happen, and they can AND WILL taint your food with undesirables.
Good Karma:
DO Stop and help people stranded or need help on the side of the road if it's not too precarious of a situation. This past weekend, I saw a pickup truck on I-71 lose it's load. Sh!t everywhere on the highway. I was not in a hurry, and I pulled over in the rain and helped the 2 guys picked up their ENTIRE life's possessions off of the highway and got it loaded back up in 35 minutes. The guy thanked me profusely, and said that it was the first time that a stranger helped him out. Think of it this way...what if it was you???
jester, you are indeed a good samaritan and the world needs more like you, but that situation reminded me of something I have no tolerance for-----unsecured loads on vehicles, both liquid and solid. As a Miami police officer for 25 years I can't tell you the number of fatalities and serious injuries I've handled due to things falling or spilling from the back of trucks and open trailers. Four gruesome motorcycle fatalities come to mind instantly, all happened at night, one guy hit a large jagged piece of metal, one hit a pool of septic tank sludge, one a large window unit air conditioner, and the last hit a pile of cinder blocks that had dropped off and broken. These are ofcourse aside from hundreds of accidents caused by hitting large chunks of tractor trailer tire casings---but that's a whole different matter. The careless people who fail to secure cargo contribute to millions in properly damage and thousands upon thousands of deaths and injuries every year throughout the country, probably less than 10 percent are ever identified and charged.
Quote from: ojstinson on July 24, 2012, 09:42:25 AM
jester, you are indeed a good samaritan and the world needs more like you, but that situation reminded me of something I have no tolerance for-----unsecured loads on vehicles, both liquid and solid. As a Miami police officer for 25 years I can't tell you the number of fatalities and serious injuries I've handled due to things falling or spilling from the back of trucks and open trailers. Four gruesome motorcycle fatalities come to mind instantly, all happened at night, one guy hit a large jagged piece of metal, one hit a pool of septic tank sludge, one a large window unit air conditioner, and the last hit a pile of cinder blocks that had dropped off and broken. These are ofcourse aside from hundreds of accidents caused by hitting large chunks of tractor trailer tire casings---but that's a whole different matter. The careless people who fail to secure cargo contribute to millions in properly damage and thousands upon thousands of deaths and injuries every year throughout the country, probably less than 10 percent are ever identified and charged.
True. Most unsecured loads are not reported, nor does the person even know something happened if something falls off.
Sounds like an idea for a new thread 'things you've seen fall off vehicles or passed lying in the road,...'
Sunday was cruising (in car) and a bait bucket flew out of a boat in front of me. I missed it but it boinged off the truck's tire behind me and sailed across the freeway.
People chit chatting at the checkout. Pay your darn money and go.
Had that happen just the other day, some guy in a wheel chair was telling the cashier about his accident and the extent of his injuries, the story continued several minutes beyond the time it took him to pack his stuff and pay.
Quote from: mcgimp on July 22, 2012, 04:14:30 PM
Standing in line at fast food behind someone who can't decide what they want when they get to the cashier. What were they thinking while waiting in line. (fellow Canadians will recognize this as a Tim Horton's experience)
the lady... and i use the term advisedly! .. in line right in front of me at KFC in peak hour conditions.. on the phone talking loudly about her 'rat ass bastard' boyfriend ... (I dont really care about her topic but i dont need to hear that voice... which by the way if i had to wake up to every morning i would icepick myself in the ears!)
then its her turn... still talking... cashier asks for order... lady ignores her and continues whining .. cashier asks again.. then politely gestures for the lady to step aside a little and says "i'll get straight to you when your done" ... lady then slaps her hand on counter and tells her agony aunt on the phone she will call her later .. leans way forward over counter and snarls "no.. i want a f....n fillet burger meal and hurry the f..k up junior"
cashier stays cool... and calls the manager .. manager starts to deal with it but lady is now trying to block 3 lines of customers by walking back and forth at the counter .. i sigh and just step to the counter as she is heading to other till.. she spins and tries to shoulder charge me back again.. which as the laws of physics determine that about 60kg cant move 130kg without either a lever or more of a run-up
i dont really want a scuffle or have to deal with making a police report so .....
somehow :icon_rolleyes: my riding boot (industrial workboot style) is suddenly on her toes and just pressing enough to make it worthy ..which thankfully pulls her up short a little.... manager is asking her to leave continuously... and she has some kind of further brain snap and turns all nice n polite then starts making an order... manager sighs and nods to cashier .. then the further plan is revealed... everything the ......... lady ....... orders is followed by "and whats on that?" or "no hang on i dont want that ummm"
everyone in line is just staying silent and hoping she will get it done.. 3 or 4 mins later it is done (I've never seen the packers on the back end move so quick!) .. and she leaves ... life resumes and orders are taken .. 2 mins worth of bliss .. then she comes back running from invisible demons by the look of it... the autodoors arent geared for running... smack & crash .. glass everywhere .. she sits on floor starting to bleed and starts yelling that she is gonna take KFC to court
manager rings cops and ambo's .. tells everyone to use side emergency door and complete their orders and leave and that CCTVwill handle the witness/evidence stuff .. offers some vouchers even .. most customers just get their stuff and go .. including me.
i really dont like her! :nono:
Standing in line at bank. My transaction spill take 30 seconds. Oh noooo every other bastard is doing transactions that take many minutes. Oh the agony...
Quote from: mister on July 24, 2012, 08:10:51 PM
Standing in line at bank. My transaction spill take 30 seconds. Oh noooo every other bastard is doing transactions that take many minutes. Oh the agony...
Yep. And at the ATM/money machine, people try and refinance their loan. Annoying. Not sure why it takes 10 minutes to withdrawal $40.
Cause they....
Check balance with receipt
Look at balance
Decide how much to withdraw
Withdraw money ($40) which spits out receipt
Do Another transaction just to get a balance-only receipt without a withdrawl taking place
Fuk that.... I'll take out multiple hundreds in one hit so I....
- don't need to visit again for a while
- pay cash for everything leaving no electronic transaction back to me - no-ones business what I buy but mine
Michael
#5131
The now common "People who bought this also bought...".
OK, I just bought a set of clip on bars for a GS500. Rare to ever be for sale. So how is it people who bought that also bought women's sexy lace tops?
How is it that after buying a NOS GS500 fuel tank, other people also bought a honda tank? Duh!
On Amazon, there was/is the new Sony RX100 camera (by the way - it has a crappy manual) - just released. how can there be people selling it USED and BEFORE it was released --- and then the used ad says to pre-order it. :cookoo:
Quote from: adidasguy on July 25, 2012, 10:55:27 AM
OK, I just bought a set of clip on bars for a GS500. Rare to ever be for sale. So how is it people who bought that also bought women's sexy lace tops?
Could've been someone in this forum or their significant other skewing the "also bought" results, I guess, by using a shared account/computer.
#5132
No, no one skewed the stuff.
They have dumb algorithms that base it on key words. The clip-ons had the word "yoke" in the title. The sexy tops also had the word "yoke" in them. They use dumb keywords. also, how could someone also have "bought" something when it is a unique one of a kind item up for auction right now? As in the Honda fuel tank?
Same with the Sony camera. Even before it was released, it had the "...people also bought...." which is impossible since you can't buy it yet.
Its just lame and dumb.
Quote from: ojstinson on July 20, 2012, 04:21:04 AM
"Could care less"----Of course means you do care. is a good one, and "at this point in time" ----how about just saying NOW, and "Know what I mean"? at the end of every sentence-----are they really expecting a yes or no very time they say that? "My Bad" for my mistake, makes you sound like an idiot.
I would fall into the 'my bad' category. As an avid volleyball player I've have always use this phrase to indicate that I have missed a play, out of position or made a mistake and so have other players. I've also heard this in others sports activities. Maybe it is more accepted in this circle or we are just a bunch of idiots. :D
Thought of some more:
Nigeria e-mail scams. Self explanatory.
Parked Domains. Enough said.
When I click on a link from Google that takes me to a 3rd party site that lists the items I just saw on Google.
Harley riders that don't wave when I wave at them. We're all in this together.
Scooter riders that want me to wave at them. You are in a 49cc DUI mobile with NO TAGS. Sorry pal.
Overhearing the woman in the cubicle opposite me talk to whatever guy she's f%$king this week on her office phone about topics that should be kept outside of my range of hearing. It happens at least every morning & afternoon, sometimes more often...depending on how much of an itch needs to be scratched.
:mad: :mad: :mad:
Seriously, if you need to talk dirty at work, please go sit in your car with the windows up so I don't have to overhear you. Or sext him while you're at your desk, just don't let me walk by and see things I don't want to see, either. :o
Could be she is supplementing her income as a phone sex practitioner.
Parking areas reserved for women with children. Disabled fine, it if not their choice, but it is a womans choice to have a kid.
Or maybe she wants you to hear jdoorn????
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#5137
Handicapped people using handicap stalls with BIG ASS TRUCKS loaded with all kinds of crap in the back. You need a ladder to get in the driver's seat. How handicapped can you be that you can't walk an extra 40 feet but can still climb up into that truck? And then you can handle all that cargo?
Then you get the ones that get out and obviously are NOT handicapped. Then they can go walk miles all around the shopping mall or grocery store.
At the bank drive up: people who can't make out their deposit slip until they are at the drive up. Then they take 5 minutes to put their receipt or cash back into their purse (yes - usually women I see doing this).
People who go in the exit or out of the entrance.
Before electronic tolling, people who look for money After they pull up.
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on July 25, 2012, 02:21:13 PM
Or maybe she wants you to hear jdoorn????
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I hope not. She is old enough to be my mother...and she has to weigh close to 350 lbs. Besides, she tries to whisper/low talk.
Just forces me to put in my semi-noise canceling earbuds and turn on some music.
People that walk along the street with earphones in listening to music. Ears help us hear approaching danger, why deny that ability. Besides, it trends to make them not look for turning traffic when crossing side roads.
People that constantly whine about what other people are doing when they should just get on with their own lives and stop posting their annoyances on forums. :flipoff:
People that whine on forums about people whining on forums :flipoff:
people that point out people who whine on forums about people who whine on forums :icon_lol:
And the beat goes on.
People that point out people who whine on forumsabout people who whine on forums while the beat goes on :cheers:
I think that pretty much wraps it up Yama.
i hear ya. ill stop being silly so i dont derail this thread. ( seems to be a bad habit of mine these days lol :embarrassed:)
No, that was funny.
What about parents who can't or won't control their brats in stores, screaming, demanding, running, etc. And very young kids, particularly girls, who have that high pitched shriek that feels like ice picks being jammed into your eardrums---you have to have heard it to understand what it's like.
Obese people lining up at Krispy doughnuts.
Quote from: ojstinson on July 26, 2012, 12:32:32 AM
No, that was funny.
What about parents who can't or won't control their brats in stores, screaming, demanding, running, etc. And very young kids, particularly girls, who have that high pitched shriek that feels like ice picks being jammed into your eardrums---you have to have heard it to understand what it's like.
i have heard it. and have asked said parents to quiet them down. if at all possible. one refused, her demoness kept shrieking. so i did a bad actor impersonation of it. store employee askes whats wrong. , said, " doing my impression of this demon here, and its parents unwillingness to do anything about it. . something about public ( deserved) humiliation
OMG.... Twilight Saga meltdown... film at 11 http://youtu.be/V_Qrt1k8qHo
Quote from: mister on July 26, 2012, 02:14:27 AM
OMG.... Twilight Saga meltdown... film at 11 http://youtu.be/V_Qrt1k8qHo
OMFG its the monster from The Toxic Avenger :icon_lol:
People who spit everywhere in public places. What gives you the idea I want to stand in your phlegm?
People who return everything. They got their use out of it, and pitch a fit when the store asks them why it's being returned.
Here's an idea. If you don't need it, don't buy it.
Here's one from work, customers that bring back tools that have been used for YEARS, worn them out but want them warrantied so they can get a new one.
It's great when the 'new' one is made in China and not near the quality as the old Made in USA one they thought they would get, or when the # is discontinued and they get nothing. :flipoff:
Back in the early 70s when I worked at Sears people would buy lawn mowers, use them all summer then bring them back and say they are not satisfied and want their money back. We once had to repo a refrigerator that the guy stopped paying for almost immediately, months later when we went to pick it up it was on it's side in the front yard, the entire interior smeared with dog crap.
Quote from: ojstinson on July 26, 2012, 07:51:15 AM
We once had to repo a refrigerator that the guy stopped paying for almost immediately, months later when we went to pick it up it was on it's side in the front yard, the entire interior smeared with dog crap.
Yeah, but unfortunately, destruction of property is an all-too-often seen result of repo/foreclosure. They figure if they can't have it anymore, they may as well trash it so it's no good to the repo/finance company.
Quote from: ojstinson on July 26, 2012, 07:51:15 AM
Back in the early 70s when I worked at Sears people would buy lawn mowers, use them all summer then bring them back and say they are not satisfied and want their money back. We once had to repo a refrigerator that the guy stopped paying for almost immediately, months later when we went to pick it up it was on it's side in the front yard, the entire interior smeared with dog crap.
People are Filthy McNasty sometimes. I know a guy who owns a rent-to-own store. Furniture, TVs, etc. He said that when the repos come back, there are always bugs and fleas.
EDIT: In addition to the above, people that do EXCESSIVE name dropping. We are looking for childcare. This person meets the qualifications, but has to name EVERYONE on our street that they know. I didn't grow up there...went to high school 300 miles away. I swear, I live in Mayberry. I guess growing up in Chicago-Area caused me to enjoy being anonymous.
People that belittle their other half in shopping centers, or at the checkout to the checkout chick (like she cares).
Quote from: mister on July 26, 2012, 11:22:25 AM
People that belittle their other half in shopping centers, or at the checkout to the checkout chick (like she cares).
As far as "Could care less..." I think what it means is "I already care very little...but if you want, I can care even less."
Right now (mostly because i'm still aggrevated about this) the worst thing people can do is assume that "because youre on a motorcycle" they can just drive passed you in your lane or while your in a turn lane they can just swerve around youn and turn while waiting for the light, i mean c'mon really?
And the other half is right there while getting belittled in public.
Kij, that's too complicated. Just accept that the yanks (as we know then all) have got it wrong.
Michael
#5153
people who wonder...
1. is the battery low?
2. What's that clicking sound when I press the starter?
3. Could my voltage regulator be bad?
4. Is my stator bad?
and NEVER EVER think to get out your volt meter (aka VOM, aka multi-meter) and check the voltage at the battery with the bike...
1. Off
2. Idling
3. Revving
and then checking when you turn the bike off and again the next morning to see if the battery is holding a charge.
I wish people though a meter is as important as a screw driver.
so Sayeth the shepard!.... so sayeth the FLOCK! .. yep ... adidas you convinced me from various posts to get a multimeter.. best handy advice for the bike i have got so far!! .. and now after a while of figuring out things on my bike with it... i have helped riding mates with some of their minor sparky issues... makes me look all clevered up and intelli-ma-gent with them too!! :thumb: O0
Quote from: ojstinson on July 26, 2012, 12:32:32 AM
No, that was funny.
What about parents who can't or won't control their brats in stores, screaming, demanding, running, etc. And very young kids, particularly girls, who have that high pitched shriek that feels like ice picks being jammed into your eardrums---you have to have heard it to understand what it's like.
oh yeah .. this is one of my fav peeves ... if its a little baby then no drama cos they just 'communicate' their issues that way .. but if the rug-rat is now bi-pedal and just carrying on like its being murdered over a lolly or a toy ... I have "THE LOOK :mad: " .. a real good stern with 'the rock' eyebrow raise .. works most of the time... if the parent has totally no clue though .. sometimes i'll even lean down a little and use "Stop it!!" :police: style voice. .. mostly the parents wont mind... or at least not say if they do ... one of the advantages of being a big bastard! .. and looking a little like a grumpy security man too i guess :icon_twisted:
Seeing kids old enough to walk (4 or 5) being pushed around in a stroller :mad:
Michael
Having to play the game of being nice and networking with people who burned you in the past cause 6 months ago your role changed at your job.
Mister---or even worse, being carried around by their parents.
I've probably said it before, but I'm really getting sick of hearing the expressions; "The bottom line", and "At the end of the day".
Well at the end of the day, thats the bottom line :flipoff:
I guess a good day is at the end of the day we get to start another day :cheers:
Quote from: codajastal on July 27, 2012, 06:46:34 PM
Well at the end of the day, thats the bottom line :flipoff:
no my arse is hte bottom like. sometimes it farts tho
Quote from: codajastal on July 27, 2012, 06:46:34 PM
Well at the end of the day, thats the bottom line :flipoff:
@ the end of the day. my arse is the bottom line. specially when gaseious
Quote from: mister on July 26, 2012, 01:53:10 PM
And the other half is right there while getting belittled in public.
Kij, that's too complicated. Just accept that the yanks (as we know then all) have got it wrong.
Michael
I find myself saying the phrase frequently, but I do so in a different manner. I'll either say "Honestly...I REALLY could care less..." or "I -COULD- care less..." which I think has a different inflection than "I could care less."
And hey, don't be getting on your high horse! You Aussies don't exactly speak perfect English either!
Quote from: Kijona on July 27, 2012, 09:59:22 PM
And hey, don't be getting on your high horse! You Aussies don't exactly speak perfect English either!
Yo you go speakin for youself..... aint nuffin wrong wif my engrish u muddafukka
Hey Kijona.... go fuk yourself :flipoff:
See the title of this thread.... things you find annoying? Well, I find it annoying that Americans misuse an expression. So Harden the fuk up about it. And feel quite free to pick on something us Aussies say that you think is not perfect English either. Bring it on brother, we can take it.
Michael
(sighs and wanders out to the verandah to see if the tickle wire is still charged on the drop bear trap)
#5196
people who always talkonthe phone. Standing in line at Trader Joes. Guy walks around between 2 lines talking loudly. "Are you on the phone or in line?" I ask.
"I'm doing both. Its called multi tasking".
I really need a come back for those clueless assholes.
Seattle news todat had stories about how people WALKING with cell phones get into more accidents because the brain can't "multi-task" very well. Duh!
When I was a kid, my mother would tell me about food and ask what I like as we go around the grocery store. Today I see parents on the phone paying no attention to their kids. Poor kid - mother finds the phone more important than him. I feel like walking up and saying "Did you see what your kid just did?" and when they freak out - either walk away or say "Maybe if you gave your child as much attention as you do your phone your chile would be happier". or "Hey, you're on the phone not being a parent. You figure it out".
Cars that throw thier cigs out thier window and ashes get all over you! Esp..when you and them have made eye contact already~ :2guns:
Quote from: mister on July 26, 2012, 11:22:25 AM
People that belittle their other half in shopping centers, or at the checkout to the checkout chick (like she cares).
i work in a pawn shop to pay for my healthcare. theres a couple who, the husband belittles the hell out of her. today to the point of tears. owner was getting angry, i made eye contact with him saying , leave this to me. , i told hte guy. you are a f%$king fool man, you are damned lucky that pretty lady calls you her husband. instead of her jackass, this knife you want to purchase?, sorry i just bought it. go home and calm down before you ever return. think how lucky you are to have what you have. i am sick and tired of hearing you belittle her like this. it is completely unnecessary. ( he starts to utter something. ) i cut him off. your words are not necessary. you need to go apologise to your wife. there was no reason whatsoever for this action of yours. NONE>
Speaking of the phone thing, I've seen mothers in store parking lots with cell phone on shoulder talking and struggling mightily trying to get kids and groceries into the car----- what conversation could be that friggin important, how about; I'm loading the car, I'll call you right back.
Okay, you started it! this one is focused on growing up
(hey i'm 18 and about to move out to my own place, i'll admit it, for the next 18 days i'm living with my mom)
My biggest pet peeve growing up was how if stayed home sick i was expected to work around the house, no sleeping, no rest, just mow the lawn (we had half an acre and a small push mower) do the dishes vacuumm the house, sweep, mop, then sweep again, bleach the bathroom etc. I did chores until long after i would have got home from school, i always thought this was ridiculous
and on a side note;
Has anybody noticed this cycle as they grew up?
young - does a few chores
8 does most the chores -parent says you have no job so why does it matter you have the time
14 you do all the chores - parent says get a job and you have a reason to leave the house (you know, not like you have a social life or anything)
17-18 full time job + school + expected to do all the chores you parent is "busy" "working" on facebook (which they deny even though i see the screen) watching you do the chores and expects you to be late for work (and school) so you can clean up after them
18 full time job - working even more hours and still expected to do everything
does this cycle never end?
moral of the story: FaceBook DOES NOT COUNT AS BEING BUSY.
Quote from: iclrag on August 02, 2012, 09:29:48 AM
Okay, you started it! this one is focused on growing up
(hey i'm 18 and about to move out to my own place, i'll admit it, for the next 18 days i'm living with my mom)
My biggest pet peeve growing up was how if stayed home sick i was expected to work around the house, no sleeping, no rest, just mow the lawn (we had half an acre and a small push mower) do the dishes vacuumm the house, sweep, mop, then sweep again, bleach the bathroom etc. I did chores until long after i would have got home from school, i always thought this was ridiculous
and on a side note;
Has anybody noticed this cycle as they grew up?
young - does a few chores
8 does most the chores -parent says you have no job so why does it matter you have the time
14 you do all the chores - parent says get a job and you have a reason to leave the house (you know, not like you have a social life or anything)
17-18 full time job + school + expected to do all the chores you parent is "busy" "working" on facebook (which they deny even though i see the screen) watching you do the chores and expects you to be late for work (and school) so you can clean up after them
18 full time job - working even more hours and still expected to do everything
does this cycle never end?
moral of the story: FaceBook DOES NOT COUNT AS BEING BUSY.
I never did chores. My Mom wanted my sister and I to focus on our education. When we were sick we were never expected to do anything around the house. Sounds like your parents are slave drivers. lol
I feel your pain icirag, sounds like my house. I was 7 years older than my brother, for years I mowed the lawn and did all the heavy labor around the house, my brother was always too young and might get hurt. By the time he was old enough to do these things he was into pot and who knows what else and refused to do anything. He quit school and did nothing but sit around the house with his friends and burn holes in the furniture. My mother wound up reaping what she had sown.
-When a randomer (normally a chav) on the street asks for a cigarette, then looks at me like im a pyscho when i say i dont smoke
-"Innit / Bruv / Blood" - Used by said chavs / complete idiots instead of normal, proper english. Makes them sound less intelligent than a 3yr old.
-When cages brake for no reason on the motorway 'Oh no, im a bit too close to that car, better BRAKE..... oh no, im a bit to far away, better ACCELERATE' - Repeat.. How hard is it to gently lift off the throttle/pedal for a sec and reapply to maintain correct speed&distance? On a good day i never have to touch the brake on a motorway.
-Cages doing 50 in a 60 zone, then go into a 30 zone and continue to do 50
-Anyone not indicating / using mirrors properly - They are there for a reason people!
-Those who drive around a car park for ages trying to find a space just that bit closer to the shop entrance, then spend ages parking
-Getting dirty looks from people when i take up a whole car space for my bike. - If the shop doesnt supply motorcycle parking, then i am entitled to park in any space, GET USED TO IT! (Note- if i see a bike in a space but to one side, i do share the space)
-Those who ask "Arent you cold / wet" or "Dont you know its raining / windy / going to rain / really hot, outside" When they can see ive just got OFF the bike and got inside.. Rain? no i didnt notice it.. explains why im a little damp... :icon_rolleyes:
-"Motorcycles are dangerous", so's rock climbing, i do that too. Whats your point?
-From my own MOTHER - "You rlooking to buy a car, so you dont need that bike anymore then, going to sell it?" Me: "Erm, NO! Ive said before im keeping the bike" - Happens every few days!!
-Recently happened to me: When you & the girlfriend split up and everyone asks "You ok?" or "Why?" well NO, and none of your business!
Good ones Vinny----been there---all of those.
People that wait in an aisle of a carpark, near the entrance so they don't have spend an extra 30 seconds walking to a spot two aisles over.
#5216
Turning on the lights to down the basement and seeing Stitch Kitty left a play thing on the landing - again. And this one looks more like RAT than MOUSIE.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Cats/DSC00066a.jpg)
Quote from: adidasguy on August 03, 2012, 01:13:12 AM
#5216
Turning on the lights to down the basement and seeing Stitch Kitty left a play thing on the landing - again. And this one looks more like RAT than MOUSIE.
MOUSIE :thumb: :thumb:
Quote from: adidasguy on August 03, 2012, 01:13:12 AM
#5216
Turning on the lights to down the basement and seeing Stitch Kitty left a play thing on the landing - again. And this one looks more like RAT than MOUSIE.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Cats/DSC00066a.jpg)
Careful! I hear rats carry the Plague up in your part of the country...
When you help someone out on a huge project, and when you call them to return the favor, they are silent.
People who conveniently skip out on paying the bill at the tavern. It's not until later that you realize that they screwed you.
Those may not be petty, but recently happened to me.
People that borrow a thing and you have to ASK to get it back
People that borrow a thing then bring it back broken
Michael
^^^Thats why i hardly let people borrow my stuff..
Back on track:
-People who cant answer a simple question with a simple yes / no. I want a quick answer, not a bloody essay!!
-Cages who dont move over a tad to let you overtake, even though they are going 15 UNDER the limit.
-At petrol (Gas) stations, where they take ages authorizing the pump so you can start to fill.
-Ex's who say "lets stay friends" then hardly speak to you, even if you try to talk with them.
-When you txt someone, and need a quick reply, even stating so in the message, and get no reply for HOURS!
-The stupidly high cost of simple, small metal rings that are weight rated
-My parents, go on holiday for a week and fuss around telling me and that, blah blah.. ive lived at uni on my own for over 2 yrs, i think ill be fine for a week!
-The smell coming from bike gear after only a week or so of casual use (or a single trip in the rain) :( takes ages to wash and dry it all.
-The lack of twisty roads here. Only 3k miles in, and my rear tyre is already getting squared off quite a bit :sad:
-How my rear brake lever is too low, but putting it up one notch is too high!
--How my parents never have anything nice in the house to eat.
-"Waterproof" gear which.. isnt, at all.
-"Reserve and collect" services which allow you to go through the whole system, before alerting you that "Reserve and collect is not available at that store"
-Self Service in stores which SHOUTS EVERY INSTRUCTION, and are stupidly slow too! i Thought it was suppose to be the quick option!
-ATM's which are so slow you could make a cuppa before it catches on and asks for your PIN.
-People who feel the need to argue about something they have no knowledge of when your studying the topic at UNI, yet they refuse to be corrected, even when produced with evidence.
-Windows 32bit limiting RAM usage to 2.75gb
-and, today anyway, FACEBOOK.
*sigh* i feel better now
Quote from: vinny on August 04, 2012, 04:37:48 PM
-Windows 32bit limiting RAM usage to 2.75gb
-and, today anyway, FACEBOOK.
Wow. You're annoyed by simple math? :D The reason windows 32 bit is limited to 2.75GB RAM is purely due to the limitations of 32bit architecture, not MS trying to screw you over. I can give more explanation if you're interested. The way I see it, though, there's no reason to be annoyed by math. It's wasted effort.
I don't blame you for being annoyed by FB. That's the reason I deactivated my account over a year ago. Why do I care about how drunk you got last night, how perfect your kids are, or where you ate lunch?
weird i always thought limit on 32 bit os' was 3.2gb, why i use 64 bit anyways. well 32, on my xp install and 64bit on my 7 install.
I assumed vinny had a 1GB video card or integrated video. That would be enough to drop from 3.2 GB to around 2.75 GB. I agree, 64 bit is the only way to go in a post-XP environment.
Also notable is that windows 7 home premium is limited to 16GB of RAM. You need to step up to Professional to use > 16GB. I would assume windows 8 will have the same type of limitation.
People that ask "trapping" prelude questions instead of asking what they intend right away.
E.g. Are you doing anything on Friday night? This is a trapping question soon to be followed with "Can you look after my kids while I go party?"
When people hit me with these questions I bounce back, "What do you want?" I Hate that game.
Michael
Quote from: mister on August 05, 2012, 02:20:00 AM
People that ask "trapping" prelude questions instead of asking what they intend right away.
E.g. Are you doing anything on Friday night? This is a trapping question soon to be followed with "Can you look after my kids while I go party?"
When people hit me with these questions I bounce back, "What do you want?" I Hate that game.
Michael
i always get questions like that with the same followup. and asked to watch their trio of satans spawn. i charge them dearly. either $20 a head. ( 3 kids with no respect whatsoever) or i bring ALOT of sugary treats with me. and 20 minutes before they get back i tell them to call me , thats my clue to feeed the boys. i get them so damned hyper. my friends do not sleep till 8am. they raise hell, i say, shaZam! if youre going to cost me my free night, i will return the favour. anytime its a freebie this happens. if paid no sugar.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 05, 2012, 03:08:38 AM
Quote from: mister on August 05, 2012, 02:20:00 AM
People that ask "trapping" prelude questions instead of asking what they intend right away.
E.g. Are you doing anything on Friday night? This is a trapping question soon to be followed with "Can you look after my kids while I go party?"
When people hit me with these questions I bounce back, "What do you want?" I Hate that game.
Michael
i always get questions like that with the same followup. and asked to watch their trio of satans spawn. i charge them dearly. either $20 a head. ( 3 kids with no respect whatsoever) or i bring ALOT of sugary treats with me. and 20 minutes before they get back i tell them to call me , thats my clue to feeed the boys. i get them so damned hyper. my friends do not sleep till 8am. they raise hell, i say, shaZam! if youre going to cost me my free night, i will return the favour. anytime its a freebie this happens. if paid no sugar.
I'd be like.... No not doing anything, why?
Can you mind my kids?
Nope. Is that all you wanted to know?
Or....
How much you gonna pay me? Let me see.... night work is Double Time. I'll only charge you $35 an hour base at double time so $70 an hour with a minimum 4 hour fee, so that'll be $280 for me to mind your kids. BUT, if you are later than XX oclock I charge in one hour increments. PLUS bill for food provided. Still interested?
Or....
Why on earth would I want to disturb my night of solitude looking after your kids so you can go have fun?
Michael
Quote from: jdoorn14 on August 04, 2012, 05:08:23 PM
Wow. You're annoyed by simple math? :D The reason windows 32 bit is limited to 2.75GB RAM is purely due to the limitations of 32bit architecture, not MS trying to screw you over. I can give more explanation if you're interested. The way I see it, though, there's no reason to be annoyed by math. It's wasted effort.
I don't blame you for being annoyed by FB. That's the reason I deactivated my account over a year ago. Why do I care about how drunk you got last night, how perfect your kids are, or where you ate lunch?
Im aware of why it limits it, and how to overcome it. (My mistake, its limited to 2.87gb in my case.) A mixture of the 32 windows, the laptop hardware and whatnot.
More petty things: (Yes i get annoyed easily, especially recently - deal with it)
-How quickly i can burn up a tank of fuel when i need to go de-stress
-How it started raining 10mins after i put my hammock up. 3 times today
2gb is usually a happy medium for most everything pc. except some gaming or heavy video processing
WhaT ABOUT PArents who allow their children to continuously honk the car horn in parking lots---they think it's cute and funny.
Quote from: ojstinson on August 08, 2012, 06:25:46 PM
WhaT ABOUT PArents who allow their children to continuously honk the car horn in parking lots---they think it's cute and funny.
i have a cure for that, when i had my windstar had its panic button. 2 QUICK presses = 1 honk. wait until heathens and mom walk in front, do that, and theres at least one case of involuntary unrination
When you are watching a Live New Conference or some such - maybe police are giving a statement, politician, whatever. As soon as it is over they cut back to the talking head in the newroom who then proceeds to tell you what they said. I'm like, "Yeah, I know what he said I just fuking watched it". WTF
E.g. Media Conference from Police: We are looking for a white male and black male to help assist us in our inquires into the armed hold up of the 7/11.
Newsroom 30 seconds later: That was the police conference into the armed hold up of a 7/11. The police spokesman said they are looking for a white male and a black male to help who may be able to help them with their inquiries.
Michael
That's what you call superfluous redundancy.
Resealable packets that never reseal
Quote from: Twisted on August 14, 2012, 04:23:05 AM
Resealable packets that never reseal
"Once you pop, you just cant stop" - Never reseal, cuz there eaten too quick!
People who wait until the traffic light goes green, THEN put their car in gear, handbrake off and slowly pull away. - When the other line STOPS going across, you know your lane is about to start. Its not rocket science!
People who wait until the person in front of them is moving before putting their vehicle in gear. - Same as above, WTF?? As soon as the vehicle in front of me is moving, so am i, why do people find this so difficult!
Suzuki dis-continuing the DRZ400 in the UK. I want one, but they stopped making them so now the prices are sky high for thrashed ones.
People who put on the turn signal AFTER they start to turn.
Suzuki not selling cool, smaller bikes in the USA that they sold in Europe - like the RG-250.
(http://www.cyclechaos.com/images/thumb/6/6b/1983_RG250_Gamma_side_500.jpg/350px-1983_RG250_Gamma_side_500.jpg)
People who post a question then you never hear from them again. At least post a "Thank you" or let us know if your problem is fixed or not.
Web sites with messages that say they will be down for maintenance in July when it is now August. Wouldn't maintenance remove the upcoming maintence notification?
the L plater this morning who ran his postie bike into the towbar of my ute.. then started screaming at me for being an idiot and not moving ...
so sorry mr L plate... i was sitting at the red light for over 10 seconds when the (not my lane) green arrow went and you thought it was green light for our lane so failed to stop!.. :icon_rolleyes:
he wasn't hurt ... didnt drop it... hardly even a mark on the bike .. real lucky lad!! .. i still filled in a details note for him cos he reckons i'm "going away till i'm grey" ... might help if he gets off the roids/speed/whatever .. dude was mental! .. and about 5'8" & 50kg if his clothes were wet! .. sent him on his way with a 'smile' :icon_twisted:
My hatings
Handicap people who have a tag because of a bad back and drive lowered sports cars with rock hard suspension.
People who take prams into crowded expos, especially ones that shouldn't have kids in them and worse they have those two kid wide ones.
People who use prams as some sort of right of way battering ram and get upset when I don't move cause I was standing there long before they decided that they need to be where I was.
When walking along a foot path approaching a group of people. footpath is four people wide they are taking up all the space and none of them want to move to give me space to stay on the foot path.
People that will not ask for help, no matter what. Sometimes its me.
Managers that will not take responsibility for tasks that fall into their areas and do everything in their power to make sure that it will never be their responsibility. What makes it worse is they usually spend more effort fighting you then it would take them to do the task.
Doctors that will not believe you something is wrong with your own body.
Oh I have one ... yea just 1 ...
People who murder the english language ...
The first one I would rant and rave about is - "Momentairly" - as in we will be with you momentarily - you fools, Momentary = for a moment. In a moment does not have a conjugated synonym.
"Could of" instead of "could have" I told someone I wish I "could off" him. Haven't heard from him since.
OK fine 2.
Cool.
Buddha.
People walking through the shopping center, three or four abreast. Why do these people always walk at dawdle speed?
People who get off an escalator or travelator and just stop to have a look around.
People who try to get on a train while you're still trying to get off. THEN, they give you a dirty look when you barrel past them.
Oldies on Mobility Scooters in shopping centers etc. Don't they realize the more they don't use their legs the less they are able to use their legs?
Sideways and backward baseball cap wearing.
Thick rimmed "yuppie" glasses... (they think they look cool/yuppie instead of like poddy dorks.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pF0nf3Q06_E/TOlgnE6_8_I/AAAAAAAAAPA/Rnnormcz-lA/s1600/get_image.jpg)
Michael
Quote from: mister on August 17, 2012, 01:56:52 PM
Thick rimmed "yuppie" glasses... (they think they look cool/yuppie instead of like poddy dorks.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pF0nf3Q06_E/TOlgnE6_8_I/AAAAAAAAAPA/Rnnormcz-lA/s1600/get_image.jpg)
Good one. They usually have a pompous attitude to match, too. Like they're better than others because they wear fugly plastic glasses.
Quote from: jdoorn14 on August 17, 2012, 02:03:47 PM
Quote from: mister on August 17, 2012, 01:56:52 PM
Thick rimmed "yuppie" glasses... (they think they look cool/yuppie instead of like poddy dorks.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pF0nf3Q06_E/TOlgnE6_8_I/AAAAAAAAAPA/Rnnormcz-lA/s1600/get_image.jpg)
Good one. They usually have a pompous attitude to match, too. Like they're better than others because they wear fugly plastic glasses.
Hey my glasses are just like these- :P actually I try not to wear them but my eyesight sucks at work!
Cars/Trucks that put there left signal on to turn and wait to turn even when there is no traffic to be seen. JUST PARKED in the middle of the **** road. and you gotta go around them.
Quote from: BassWoW on July 31, 2012, 03:57:18 PM
Cars that throw thier cigs out thier window and ashes get all over you! Esp..when you and them have made eye contact already~ :2guns:
Passenger of the car infront of me threw his cig out the window while we were at a red light. I got off my bike, picked it up and threw it through his open sun roof.
Quote from: Bluesmudge on August 17, 2012, 04:10:12 PM
Quote from: BassWoW on July 31, 2012, 03:57:18 PM
Cars that throw thier cigs out thier window and ashes get all over you! Esp..when you and them have made eye contact already~ :2guns:
Passenger of the car infront of me threw his cig out the window while we were at a red light. I got off my bike, picked it up and threw it through his open sun roof.
Fucken AWESOME :thumb:
Quote from: Bluesmudge on August 17, 2012, 04:10:12 PM
Quote from: BassWoW on July 31, 2012, 03:57:18 PM
Cars that throw thier cigs out thier window and ashes get all over you! Esp..when you and them have made eye contact already~ :2guns:
Passenger of the car infront of me threw his cig out the window while we were at a red light. I got off my bike, picked it up and threw it through his open sun roof.
Here's a cyber beer :cheers: should go good with your corn
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Michael
Quote from: Bluesmudge on August 17, 2012, 04:10:12 PM
Quote from: BassWoW on July 31, 2012, 03:57:18 PM
Cars that throw thier cigs out thier window and ashes get all over you! Esp..when you and them have made eye contact already~ :2guns:
Passenger of the car infront of me threw his cig out the window while we were at a red light. I got off my bike, picked it up and threw it through his open sun roof.
Nice! :thumb:
Quote from: BassWoW on August 17, 2012, 04:03:01 PM
Quote from: jdoorn14 on August 17, 2012, 02:03:47 PM
Quote from: mister on August 17, 2012, 01:56:52 PM
Thick rimmed "yuppie" glasses... (they think they look cool/yuppie instead of like poddy dorks.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pF0nf3Q06_E/TOlgnE6_8_I/AAAAAAAAAPA/Rnnormcz-lA/s1600/get_image.jpg)
Good one. They usually have a pompous attitude to match, too. Like they're better than others because they wear fugly plastic glasses.
Hey my glasses are just like these- :P actually I try not to wear them but my eyesight sucks at work!
.
I rest my case. :icon_lol:
Quote from: jdoorn14 on August 17, 2012, 05:25:45 PM
Quote from: BassWoW on August 17, 2012, 04:03:01 PM
Quote from: jdoorn14 on August 17, 2012, 02:03:47 PM
Quote from: mister on August 17, 2012, 01:56:52 PM
Thick rimmed "yuppie" glasses... (they think they look cool/yuppie instead of like poddy dorks.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pF0nf3Q06_E/TOlgnE6_8_I/AAAAAAAAAPA/Rnnormcz-lA/s1600/get_image.jpg)
Good one. They usually have a pompous attitude to match, too. Like they're better than others because they wear fugly plastic glasses.
Hey my glasses are just like these- :P actually I try not to wear them but my eyesight sucks at work!
.
I rest my case. :icon_lol:
People who quote things ad-infinitum.
Quote from: adidasguy on August 17, 2012, 06:07:04 PM
People who quote things ad-infinitum.
Why, whatever do you mean? :angel:
check mister in hte last post wins thread in tf. there was a quote fest going on for a while. so technically no one won cause no one wrote anything. it was all smilies speaking of glasses got these for 16 dollars from coastal ( saved almost a hundred lol)
not quite as dorky as the thick plastic ones shown above
(http://www.coastal.com/imageresources/product/glasses/kam-dhillon-3002-me-L.gif) but it allows me to read the posters across the building ( 45 feet away) and look over top and see close up.
p.s. whats annoying peoples children ill behaved and breaking wind, im showing a thousand dollar ring to someone and their child ill behaved and farted, i cannot leave ( because of the ring) so im forced to listen to the childs incessant bitching and smell the broken wind after making the sale. i said,( to self) jeez someone farted, then said an SBD too. if theyre going to fart, at least make it audible like this ( then i let one go) bitchy child laughs and said i can do better, he tries but shits himself lol
Quote from: The Buddha on August 17, 2012, 08:25:28 AM
Oh I have one ... yea just 1 ...
People who murder the english language ...
"Could of" instead of "could have" I told someone I wish I "could off" him. Haven't heard from him since.
Cool.
Buddha.
Depending on regional accents, the contracted version of could have (
i.e., could've) is pronounced as or sounds like could of.
Back on topic:
Prospective employers who do any of the following:
- Fail to notify the applicant (me) that they've received my materials. Really, is it so difficult to send a form email saying "hey, we got your resume"?
- Not following up with the applicant post interview regarding the position after the applicant contacts the prospective employer regarding the status of said position.
Ice makers that make those crescent shaped things that match the inside curvature of a drinking vessel, resulting in a dam-like structure of ice preventing one from consuming said beverage in said vessel without it all suddenly dumping all over your face.
People who want to buy or sell parts and do not put their location in their profile or their postings.
Amen on the half moon shaped ice cubes.
Quote from: k.rollin on August 19, 2012, 12:44:16 AM
Quote from: The Buddha on August 17, 2012, 08:25:28 AM
Oh I have one ... yea just 1 ...
People who murder the english language ...
"Could of" instead of "could have" I told someone I wish I "could off" him. Haven't heard from him since.
Cool.
Buddha.
Depending on regional accents, the contracted version of could have (i.e., could've) is pronounced as or sounds like could of.
Back on topic:
Prospective employers who do any of the following:
- Fail to notify the applicant (me) that they've received my materials. Really, is it so difficult to send a form email saying "hey, we got your resume"?
- Not following up with the applicant post interview regarding the position after the applicant contacts the prospective employer regarding the status of said position.
agreed. at let them know 1, whether they got the job or not, if not, why they didn't.
another peeve , i tell someone im going to do something. i DO it, if i cannot, i have the courtesy of getting in contact with that person explaining why i cannot or why it would be delayed. i dislike those that drop off the face of the earth after comitting to something
I've got to add:
P Platers in utes and 4x4s. They seem to lack understanding on how to safely make these vehicles move forward.
People with one headlight out on their car and so drive around with the other on high beam.
Professional drivers just being out and out bully drivers. Heard of indicators or looking you muppet?
My Co-workers.
Quote from: Shaddow on August 19, 2012, 06:42:05 PM
I've got add:
P Platers in utes and 4x4s. They seem to lack understanding on how to safely make these vehicles move forward.
People with one headlight out on their car and so drive around with the other on high beam.
Professional drivers just being out and out bully drivers. Heard of indicators or looking you muppet?
My Co-workers.
" my coworkers" lol. hte headlight out one i see ALOT around here, we call them " one eyed bandits" turning on bright beams turns on the brights in the other one provided it itself is not broken. police around here. are on them like stink to shaZam! though, so not as widespread as it used to be. but count on being pulled over if you have a light out and a bored cop
The ice cube thing... Drink with a straw.
People that pass you on the highway than come into your lane and slow down. Wtf?
or dont put so much ice in cup Eh?, if it dams it up, find out whats stopping flow instead of turning it up. course if said drink involves alcohol. people dont usually stop and think about it. i rarely drink anymore, but when i do, i never use a straw. for some reason ( using same amout of alcohol) i tend to get far more intoxicated than sipping
That's cause you drink faster when you use a straw.
People that start up chain saws, concrete cutters, jackhammers, etc., right next to your smoko room when you just start smoko.
Quote from: adidasguy on August 19, 2012, 01:18:29 AM
People who want to buy or sell parts and do not put their location in their profile or their postings.
That's my ba.........I mean fault.
I bought a motorcycle off a guy a couple years ago, and every other sentence ended with "and all that jazz." The same guy tried to convince me the motor was junk "and all that jazz", but the rest of the bike was complete "and all that jazz". I could take it for a spin around the block if I wanted to, but he forgot to mention EVERY bolt was only hand tight! Handle bar clamps, foot peg mount, even the motor mounts! And all that jazz.
I also hate it when my boss asks when "we" are going to do something work related. Well sir, "I" am going to do that as soon as possible, but if you plan on helping I have an extra set of gloves you can borrow.........
When a person higher up the work pecking order (eg, Supervisors) wants something done. Instead of saying, for example, "would you take out the trash" they say "Do you want to take out the trash." Turning a work instruction into a question which signifies I have a choice and which mentally garners an answer of "No". The result is, the work is carried out but now it is done so begrudgingly.
People who pull out into fast moving dense traffic and seem unable to find the accelerator.
Single Lane Fever Sufferers. That is where they will do significantly faster on dual lane carriage ways where they feel safe but go to a single lane they get scared of the oncoming traffic and drop down to significantly under the speed limit.
Quote from: Shaddow on August 20, 2012, 07:20:09 PM
People who pull out into fast moving dense traffic and seem unable to find the accelerator.
Hallelujah Brother! .. ;)
lack of merging skills is one of my main gripes during morning/afternoon rush hours ...
it should be a bloody refresher course to keep your licence! .. for so many ppl out there! .. and its on both parts of the road!....
the person merging in should know how to spot and evaluate a gap into which they can adjust speed/distance/position input!
the persons that are travelling right next to the merge lane area should be leaving some decent gaps and watching also! not wanting to be part of a freight train or think they are nascar drafting!
every morning... every damn morning i'm driving or riding to work.... the traffic slows to under 40kph for about 3kms on one section of freeway ... it goes past one particular merge lane/on ramp and back to freeway speeds... just because the mouth breathin cretins dont know how to behave around a merge lane! ...
ok i know a lot of people have a lot worse traffic and delays than i do... i'm not claiming i have it the worst ... just sayin the merge thing is possibly one of the primary congestion causes for a lot of freeway and major road situations..
and yes ... i am angelic when it comes to my own merging and leaving a gap or even changing lanes to allow safe merging ... angelic i say! :angel: :D
not at anyone ... but on forums in general .... lack of checking P.M's ! .... mainly when its halfway thru a exchange! ...
on another board far far from here in a land far far away ... i know the user has been on... and postwhoring ... but reply to a msg?... nahhh.... sigh ... :icon_neutral:
When I find a very interesting, addictive thread while I am browsing my usual forums before I go to bed.
Jeez, I really hate that. Why can't I find these while I'm at work!!! Damn youuu!!
These may have been said already, but heres a few of mine..
People that do not understand how to merge.
Improper use of there, their, they're, your, and you're.
People who make loud noises while chewing their food.
People who sag their pants.
99% of movies these days.
Rap/ techno/ dubstep
People who think their Macs can't get viruses and swear by it.
My boss Kurt.
And many more but I have to go to bed. I'll post more as I think of them tomorrow.
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and now Doop... you'll have to wonder what we all sayin about you while you sleep!! ... bwahahahahaha
When people talk about you while you're sleeping.
Haha!
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People (Especially so called friends), who say "Ill call you tomorrow about #something important#" Then dont. - How hard is it to spare 5mins for a quick phone call? This is *IMO* worse when said "friend" is FEMALE.
"Pattern Parts made from OEM molds etc" - Which dont fit, or they leak, or break easily.
My nexus s - wont update to latest android OS because the phone is unlocked.
Inefficient drivers. Basically meaning people who don't look ahead and read the road ahead and act accordingly. Especially my girlfriend. Such a terrible driver
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Quote from: Janx101 on August 20, 2012, 07:35:45 PM
the person merging in should know how to spot and evaluate a gap into which they can adjust speed/distance/position input!
the persons that are travelling right next to the merge lane area should be leaving some decent gaps and watching also! not wanting to be part of a freight train or think they are nascar drafting!
every morning... every damn morning i'm driving or riding to work.... the traffic slows to under 40kph for about 3kms on one section of freeway ... it goes past one particular merge lane/on ramp and back to freeway speeds... just because the mouth breathin cretins dont know how to behave around a merge lane! ...
Exactly! There is one spot on my morning commute where traffic merges into the fast lane (piss poor highway planning, if you ask me). Invariably, the morons entering traffic from that entrance crawl along the merge lane at 35mph (minimum is 45 for expressway), then reach the end of the merge lane before starting to look for an opening in traffic (which is normally cruising at around 65 mph around that curve). Guess what they do? Yup. The sons-of-motherless-goats yank the steering wheel and merge in--at 35 mph without looking--forcing everyone to slam on their brakes to avoid them. :mad:
People who can't
appreciate different styles of music, even if they
prefer other styles of music. Also, people who listen to the same CD all day every day ad nauseum. :technical:
Manuals that after all these years, are still full of inaccuracies.
Fixing Junior I have been reading the Clymer manual to see if it is better than the Haynes. Clymer is poor on putting things back together. But I find interesting:
1. Instructions to put engine in OFF switch position then press start to do compression test. OFF kills everything so start button won't work.
2. Their diagram that shows the OFF switch in series with the start and clutch switches - which is not correct, either.
3. "If the engine refuses to start, check the carburetor overflow hose attached to the fitting at the bottom on the float bowl....." Didn't know we had any carb overflow things.
4. "...do not use the allen bolt that secures the rotor to the crank shaft..." Never have I seen a GS500 use an allen head bolt for the timing rotor.
People who dont ride (and dont know how to), yet feel compelled to argue over points they know nothing about regarding riding.
*Im currently in one of these arguments.. apparently im "not a safe rider", im "not in control", i "dont value my life", "there must be something wrong with the bike", i "fail to realize that cars need drivers, making them heavier"...i could go on. All because i locked my rear wheel earlier by ACCIDENT when slowing from 70-30. 9kmiles, first time the rear has EVER locked, but this guy thinks he knows every reason etc. >:( >:( >:(
When people go on about things they don't know a blasted thing about.
People who make up stories to sound cool.
When I'm driving a larger vehicle and people try to merge into me because they are blind. Silly Civic, this is a Ram. Just try.
Walmart Checkout lines.
When drivers tap their brakes for no reason, with no traffic, and I'm 3 car lengths behind them.
When a driver in the fast lane is every so slow creeping past the guy in the next lane and you catch up from way way back. The guy is past the slower car but refuses to move over. The gap isn't quite large enough for you to get into. Then the guy taps his brakes cause he thinks you're too close to him. Grr.... if only ramming was legal.
Anal thinking, pro-active,tree hugging, earth-muffin, clueless and stupid chicken-little people in California
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Assorted/wood_cancer.jpg)
How about when someone finds out you ride a motorcycle, they recite a series of horror stories about friends or family that were maimed or killed while riding irresponsibly? Thanks; that's just what I needed :icon_rolleyes:.
My brother had to have emergency bypass surgery a couple weeks ago (He's fine. No heart attack but was caught before he had one.
Anyway, he didn't tell people. Why? Same reason. In the hospital and everyone visiting wants to tell you about hospital horror stories. Not what he wanted so he only told family. Smart move!
what do i find annoying? anything known to the state of californication to cause some malady/ cancer/ or death. i have an idiot friend here locally, ive convinced him life was fatal. we all die from it. had to let him dwell on this thought for a while before i broke it to him. ( he LOL'ed
People whom ask you a question, then recite your answer back as a question.. most recently:
Me; "oh, blah blah film.. the first one"
Other person; "Is it the first one?"
Me (irritated); "blah blah film.. the FIRST one"
People who do not answer simple questions. At all.
adidasguy - So now even trees can cause cancer.. :cookoo:
And, more of a major thing instead of petty:
When you cant think of anything to do, no job, no reason to go out, but nothing on tv, and the only person you want to talk with is busy.
Quote from: vinny on August 25, 2012, 12:00:46 PM
adidasguy - So now even trees can cause cancer.. :cookoo:
according to California - tree dust can.
STUPID PATENTS!
How on earth could Apple patent a "rounded rectangle shape"? Things have been that way for eons.
Stupid people patenting everything under the sun in hopes of creating monopolies.
I thought patents were supposed to be unique, innovative, non-obvious? Rounded rectangle?
That has to be thrown out as a bogus patent. But you see patent vultures doing that with everything.
I will patent the color and texture of my poop. If you want to poop,p you must pat me a licensing fee.
That's what it amounts to.
Sheeeeesssshhhhhh........................
Neighbors who do this to the alley. 6" deep soft gravel.
It is a city alley - not a private drive way.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Assorted/DSCF0487a.jpg)
I'm on a dead end alley. I have no choice. The 4 people at the end did this to it. Opens them up for a serious liability if a bike goes down. Almost dropped mine twice.
Call the local authorities on it. Done. :thumb:
In the news of the annoying...
- People who take credit for other people's work
- Supervisors, etc., who feel the need to micromanage
- Tradies who advertise "no job too small" but then don't want to do Small Jobs
- Written lists that go from the shortest word or sentence to the longest word or sentence :icon_mrgreen:
hell i loved the small jobs, decent cash for minimal work.
Major Shops that still have surge charges on using a card. Hello cashless society is just around the decade. Get with the program.
People who block the only way through a carpark to wait for the decrepit old people's spot and they haven't even made it to their spot yet and just four carparks up is 96. free spots.
Being asked time and time again aren't you hot in your motorbike. No not really otherwise I'd be in hospital with heat stroke.
Partners who take every comment as some sort of personnel attack.
People worrying more about phones at service stations but don't worry about a backfiring car or the fact that the bomb over there is probably got multiple shorts in it.
My neighbour's dog. How they can stand there and pretend their dog isn't barking is beyond me but I think my other neighbours will thump them soon so problem will be solved.
My mother refusing to try and use the tyre pump at the service station. Or the fact she had one brand new tyre on and three dead. WHAT THE MUPPET?
Parents walking with their child through shopping center while said child has snot running down nose into mouth.
Businesses with "Fuel Surcharges" that never go away no mater what the price of gas is.
breaking down, knowing there is at least three dealerships inside your 50km free tow range and none of them has the simple everyday part you need, a clutch lever, OEM or after market.
Quote from: mister on August 26, 2012, 02:56:04 AM
Parents walking with their child through shopping center while said child has snot running down nose into mouth.
combine that with extremely misbehaved little angels. ( russian for terrorists) and thats my main gripe.
People, earth-muffins and people wanting money that misuse facts and statistics.
5 Hour Energy: Commercial states they asked 3000 doctors if they recommend it. Then they say doctors would recommend a low calorie energy booster and therefore they strongly imply and make you believe the doctors recommended their product.
New PS ad: Cig smoke as 7000 chemicals. Really? What are they? They make you think that is 7000 BAD TOXIC things. Well, it probably has C02, oxygen, nitrogen and lots of stuff which is normal. What are those 7000 chemicals? (Note: I am not in favor of smoking, just the misuse of statistics or facts to prove a point.) They mention a couple bad things and make you assume all 700 are bad. This is a technique often used by people trying to prove a point. Always ask: What are the 7000? Can you give me a list? How many are bad? OK, yes there are bad things there. Understand the bad logic of inferring that all 7000 are bad. Now watch as others try that same illogical implication.
Quote from: adidasguy on August 27, 2012, 12:47:00 AM
People, earth-muffins and people wanting money that misuse facts and statistics.
5 Hour Energy: Commercial states they asked 3000 doctors if they recommend it. Then they say doctors would recommend a low calorie energy booster and therefore they strongly imply and make you believe the doctors recommended their product.
New PS ad: Cig smoke as 7000 chemicals. Really? What are they? They make you think that is 7000 BAD TOXIC things. Well, it probably has C02, oxygen, nitrogen and lots of stuff which is normal. What are those 7000 chemicals? (Note: I am not in favor of smoking, just the misuse of statistics or facts to prove a point.) They mention a couple bad things and make you assume all 700 are bad. This is a technique often used by people trying to prove a point. Always ask: What are the 7000? Can you give me a list? How many are bad? OK, yes there are bad things there. Understand the bad logic of inferring that all 7000 are bad. Now watch as others try that same illogical implication.
i see this in politics all the time. i have fun with political jousting matches, by being polite and pleasant. but asking just that question. and nobody can answer it
Well, not so much as annoying but odd.
Pixie, my female gray Pixie Bob loves treats. Especially freeze dried salmon.
Usually I have her shake hand (then "other paw"), or sit up or roll over. if I just giver her treats with no tricks, she waits until I have her do a trick.
Now is that weird?
OK - I'll video that. It is cool having cats do tricks.
Quote from: mister on August 25, 2012, 03:11:46 PM
Call the local authorities on it. Done. :thumb:
Permit required for alley improvements.
Called city. Person didn't ride but has friends that do and understood the problem.
Complaint filed with city. We shall see what happens.....
Quote from: adidasguy on August 27, 2012, 12:47:00 AM
5 Hour Energy: Commercial states they asked 3000 doctors if they recommend it. Then they say doctors would recommend a low calorie energy booster and therefore they strongly imply and make you believe the doctors recommended their product.
Went to Vegas and drank 1 of these due to differences in Eastern Time vs. Pacific Time. Didn't sleep for 3 days. Almost missed my flight home cause when you crash, you crash HARD. It says on bottle you don't crash, that's total :bs:
In the UK you may gripe about people having to take time to put their car in gear, let off the e-brake, and go... but here they'll just absentmindedly let off the brake and ram into the back of you if you don't pay attention.
People who leave their cars in the middle of backed up intersections, preventing other directions from going
People who leave public bathrooms disgusting
College cafeterias pulling their food 30 minutes before they're even supposed to close.
Getting so much homework (25-30+hrs/wk) I figure out what percentage of the grade it is for each class to decide what to not do.
Dorm rooms with no AC plus no screens in the windows
Moving in to find everything in your dorm room is covered in tobacco spit and the radiator isn't even connected to the wall, and one of the lamp units has exposed wiring which a work order was placed for before school even started and hasn't been touched yet. Oh, and gum everywhere.
Professors who clearly don't have a firm grasp on the English language. But watching them try to say 'parallelogram' is a riot... and then came 'parallelepiped'.
Not having my gs500.
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When an electronic that's functioned flawlessly through more time and abuse than anyone could expect of it dies.
Little black fruit flies swarming my screen when it gets dark :technical:
Most importantly, people who promise videos of cats doing tricks for treats who don't deliver.
yeah!! .. cat tricks!! :dunno_black:
last time i saw a trick by a kitty cat it involved a ping pong ball and a glass 10 feet away ...
errr ... cat golf! :icon_rolleyes: :icon_twisted:
Quote from: Badot on August 27, 2012, 07:16:52 PM
People who leave public bathrooms disgusting
Oh I hate that one. How hard is it to flush and put your waste in the bin. Seriously.
Quote from: Shaddow on August 27, 2012, 07:49:33 PM
Quote from: Badot on August 27, 2012, 07:16:52 PM
People who leave public bathrooms disgusting
Oh I hate that one. How hard is it to flush and put your waste in the bin. Seriously.
I guess easier than hitting the urinal. Heck - we got a spigot that we can aim, for god's sake. Pretty lame to aim that thing at the wall or the floor.
hmm that reminds me .. but its not petty .. its F^%*&g disgusting! ... theres a parking garage i use near where i do my business banking .. usually the lift is real slow... so i usually take the stairs ... and every once in a while some evil and dim witted maggot of a drunk fool has thrown up in the stairwell and/or left a huge turd on one of the landings! .. random stairwell and random landing... its one of my major :mad: points!
maybe not just one person.. could be real popular place ... the real annoying bits is that there are public toilets available 24hours that are cleaned regularly ... 300m away .. i know 300m can be a loooooong way if the pressure is on... but still!
just makes me wonder about how society is going sometimes!
Quote from: adidasguy on August 27, 2012, 08:06:41 PM
Quote from: Shaddow on August 27, 2012, 07:49:33 PM
Quote from: Badot on August 27, 2012, 07:16:52 PM
People who leave public bathrooms disgusting
Oh I hate that one. How hard is it to flush and put your waste in the bin. Seriously.
I guess easier than hitting the urinal. Heck - we got a spigot that we can aim, for god's sake. Pretty lame to aim that thing at the wall or the floor.
Pretty much all of this. There's a riverwalk next to the Mississippi River in my hometown, and the public restrooms are usually kept rather clean (minus the bathroom messages on the stall walls). I go for a walk last time I was in town, and decide to go bleed the lizard. Upon opening the bathroom door, I smelled something that would make a trash truck driver faint. Shoulda been the first sign something was bad. So I hold my breath and charge in, open a stall, and the walls were SLATHERED IN shaZam!. It was everywhere. I mean, how does that happen? Did someone decide it was crayons?
alpha, I went to the zoo one time, and walking into the restroom this kid is coming out and is covered in it. I mean on arms and legs and like he rolled in it! wtf!
At work, once a week the restroom is closed due to "contamination". Got the scoop from facilities. People spray and smear human waste on the walls.
We have people from N America, S America, Europe, and Asia in our office since I work for a global consulting company.
Regardless, that's inexcusable and disgusting.
Oh yea Idiots who use the word - Intrical - WTF is Intrical - intricate + Integral ?
Integral = Its a part of it, cant be removed easy. Or its the result of the mathematical function of "integrating" an expression - as in the integral of x is 1/2 x^2 + c.
Intricate = a rather elaborate and tangled pattern.
Another Idiotic word right up there with that atrocity is the word Centrifical - WTF is that centrifugal + artificial ? Or is it centrifugal + intrical ?
Centrifugal = the outward force experienced due to rotation. What makes your tires get larger in diameter @ high speed - easy to see on drag bikes and cars.
Cool.
Buddha.
How about the weird janitor that is only in the bathroom when you need you drop a huge one. Then stares creepy like at you and asks "everything come out alright?". He's the kinda guy you'd see on dateline or something.
Quote from: adidasguy on August 27, 2012, 12:47:00 AM
New PS ad: Cig smoke as 7000 chemicals. Really? What are they? They make you think that is 7000 BAD TOXIC things. Well, it probably has C02, oxygen, nitrogen and lots of stuff which is normal. What are those 7000 chemicals? (Note: I am not in favor of smoking, just the misuse of statistics or facts to prove a point.) They mention a couple bad things and make you assume all 700 are bad. This is a technique often used by people trying to prove a point. Always ask: What are the 7000? Can you give me a list? How many are bad? OK, yes there are bad things there. Understand the bad logic of inferring that all 7000 are bad. Now watch as others try that same illogical implication.
I got one right up there with that ... appaently some high schooler I am pretty sure it was a girl cos I think I heard her talking about the experiment ... anyway she took Ice from an ice machine @ a fast food place and water from the toilet (where did she get it from, faucte or flush tank or the bowl itself ? yea its important ... and send it to test and found that the ice had more bacteria - more count of bacteria or more varieties ?
Oh really ... really ...
So you kept it as Ice through that whole ship and test routine @ the lab ? You do know Ice keeps bacteria from multiplying right ? If it turns to warm water the bacteria will multiply - you do know this right ?
And here is the kicker -
You do know that humans are literally covered in bacteria ... you collecting the ice and getting in in your container probably dropped into it a few million of your baceria ... and they once in warm water multiplied ... the bacteria in the toilet obviously were in liquid water and their circumstances didn't change much with the ship and test sequence ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Quote from: Badot on August 27, 2012, 07:16:52 PM... let off the e-brake,..
This^. Its NOT an E-brake, its a Handbrake, or Parking brake.
E-brake stand for
"emergency brake" and while yes, you can use it in an emergency if all other brakes had failed, that is not its main use.
Its main use to when Parking, to stop the vehicle rolling away. --
Parking brake.
It is activated by use of a hand --
Handbrake.
Petty thing:
How american's have taken the
English language and basically raped it, using "z" instead of "s", misspelling words -Alumin
ium for example-. You may be American, but you still speak ENGLISH, so speak proper English :flipoff:
English people who put "Rs" in words where there are none.
WaRsh cloth. Wash cloth
Actually, the southern dialect many yanks know as dumb redneck, or hillbilly, or Appalachian is closer to the "proper" English spoke 250 years ago than what is most common today. But yeah, cwoffee(coffee ),cah (car), beea (beer), etc. Drives me nuts
White educated people who think speaking ebonics is cool. Nope, it's dumbass, retarded, as if you're a mong.
People who write like they text. I call it, SMS Caveman.
People who Speak in twitter. Hashtag cool car, hashtag I agree.
a'ight dog .. don' be frontin' yo'seff as gramma po'po'!
chill homey! O0
CC snobs. They think they are in some way a better person, rider, better off, whatever, cause they ride a larger capacity motorcycle - while simultaneously dissing those who ride smaller cc bikes.
Oh ... I forgot one I thought of the other day ... Queenslanders, Victorians , the Dutch , 5 cent pieces, telemarketers and watermelon ... In that order .. :icon_twisted:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 29, 2012, 02:09:21 AM
Oh ... I forgot one I thought of the other day ... Queenslanders,
7 in a row ! :flipoff:
Just leave out Codajastal, hes alright in my book
Quote from: MVent03 on August 28, 2012, 05:08:19 PM
English people who put "Rs" in words where there are none.
WaRsh cloth. Wash cloth
I'm gonna sound a bit racist when I say this but the other dude started it ... and he's a good friend of mine ... so -
He said How come when you say Pizza there is a G sound in it ...
I said the same was when you say Milk there is an r in it.
Cool.
Buddha.
Quote from: MVent03 on August 28, 2012, 05:08:19 PM
English people who put "Rs" in words where there are none.
WaRsh cloth. Wash cloth
Ive never heard / seen it written like that..
Quote from: The Buddha on August 29, 2012, 07:02:41 AM
How come when you say Pizza there is a G sound in it ...
I said the same was when you say Milk there is an r in it.
Cool.
Buddha.
Huh?
Petty thing of today: People who slow down to ridiculously slow speeds because of a little rain. I had to overtake someone who was going 10mph in a 30 zone. I mean REALLY!! If its safe enough for me to go 30 on a m/bike, its safe enough for you in a car!
Similar happened on a motorway, people driving at 50-60mph when it was perfectly safe to go the 70mph limit. some people :cookoo:
Rubber neckers
I hate it when traffic backs up because the police have someone pulled over on the other side of a devided highway.
Quote from: vinny on August 28, 2012, 03:13:42 PM
Quote from: Badot on August 27, 2012, 07:16:52 PM... let off the e-brake,..
This^. Its NOT an E-brake, its a Handbrake, or Parking brake.
E-brake stand for "emergency brake" and while yes, you can use it in an emergency if all other brakes had failed, that is not its main use.
Its main use to when Parking, to stop the vehicle rolling away. -- Parking brake.
It is activated by use of a hand -- Handbrake.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20brake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking_brake
Same thing, unless we're talking about trains here or something.
Ooo Petty things that annoy me Police justifying speed cameras. Seriously? Don't like your job anymore?
Attending 3 hour meetings to find out the piece I was hanging out to find out about was the last item spoken about. I want my life back, well actually I wrote a short story in there but that's a different issue.
Gina Rinehart telling the average person to go out and work so they can be like her. What is that a fat family hating verbally abusive and incoherent cow that inherited all her fortunes?
Quote from: Shaddow on August 29, 2012, 06:47:22 PM
Gina Rinehart telling the average person to go out and work so they can be like her. What is that a fat family hating verbally abusive and incoherent cow that inherited all her fortunes?
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Quote from: Badot on August 27, 2012, 07:16:52 PM
Most importantly, people who promise videos of cats doing tricks for treats who don't deliver.
Here is one:
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Videos/th_boots_tricks.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Videos/?action=view¤t=boots_tricks.mp4)
Quote from: adidasguy on August 30, 2012, 12:43:42 AM
Here is one:
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Videos/th_boots_tricks.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Videos/?action=view¤t=boots_tricks.mp4)
Thats pretty awesome :thumb:
"Gina Rinehart telling the average person to go out and work so they can be like her. What is that a fat family hating verbally abusive and incoherent cow that inherited all her fortunes?"
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Gina is a lovely lady and one that everyone should strive to emulate, put in the hours and you to could take over a mining empire.
Site maintenance notifications that are a month out of date.
I know it's been said but it still annoys me. . .
Quote from: ojstinson on August 30, 2012, 02:56:16 AM
"Gina Rinehart telling the average person to go out and work so they can be like her. What is that a fat family hating verbally abusive and incoherent cow that inherited all her fortunes?"
Gina is a lovely lady and one that everyone should strive to emulate, put in the hours and you to could take over a mining empire.
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Oh yea that fool ... I caught a glimpse of her on TV and thought she was rosanne - no rosie o donnell ... no ... well the basterd child of those 2 less beans ...
Cool.
Buddha.
People who want to impose their socialist ideals on those who do not want to be Forced to Give to those who can't be fukked getting off their arse.
Waking up at 4:00 to come to work on a Friday after already working over 40 hours. Only to sit around and do absolutely nothing. At least it pays the same.
Quote from: ojstinson on August 30, 2012, 02:56:16 AM
"Gina Rinehart telling the average person to go out and work so they can be like her. What is that a fat family hating verbally abusive and incoherent cow that inherited all her fortunes?"
Gina is a lovely lady and one that everyone should strive to emulate, put in the hours and you to could take over a mining empire.
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I'm sorry did I read that right? A lovely lady? Can I borrow your drugs? They appear to be quite powerful and fun.
Passengers who don't put the pegs up when they get off.
People who say "don't judge" - don't they realise they are passing judgment to tell someone not to judge?
You post a joking comments then some 3rd party decides to go through the joking stuff and get all technical pointing out factual errors (though it was a joke) and dredges up all kinds of pusillanimous stuff for unknown reasons.
Hint: When its a joke - leave it be.
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Politicians like Romney who take facts out of context and proclaim that to be the absolute truth. Oh, wait, he's a Mormon. They do that all the time with the bible.never mind - we expect that of him.
Politicians who brag they give 1/10of their income to the church but won't disclose their tax returns because, making millions every year, probably can't justify giving the church hundreds of thousands of dollars a year so diclosing the tax returns would reveal he is a "sinner" and not giving "tithes" as he proclaims.
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People who post annoying things using a really long run-on sentence that goes forever and ends up repeating stiff in the run-on sentence but for some reason just keeps on going. :icon_lol:
Amen to the Joke comment, frogs are for dissecting, jokes are to laugh at---or not.
ermahgerd, a berch threard :woohoo:
Politicians - already done but worth repeating and not so petty either.
People who sip in and out of traffic, from one lane, across multiple lanes, back again, only to finally advance one or two car spaces and gain all of 2 or 3 seconds at highway speeds.
People in automatic cars who drive with their left foot on the brake, thus indicating their brake lights.
People who cook hideous smelly food in the lunch room - fish heads, strong garlic, etc.
Women who pile on so much smelly stuff the stench would overpower the worst smelling fish market (Oh, is that why they do it? LOL)
And if a guy does it - well - that's just not right.
Probably going to have lots of people disagree with this, but: Axe body spray and the like. Any brand/'scent', they're all about the same. Cheap chemical smelling 'deodorant' that doesn't do anything but cover up or combine with any smell that's already there.
The perfume section at the department store. I cannot breathe walking through there. I need to hold my breath before entering, keep it held and release once I get to the other side. I don't understand how they can work in that area.
Michael
Wrench sets that skip 18mm and 16mm ---- spark plug size.
"friends" that use your email to sign up for newsletters for pee pee enlargement. It was funny the first three days and 42 emails, now my phone goes off every hour.
Oh, and Ann Romney. I'm not usually for violence towards women but something about her makes me want to put Chris Brown on her. It has nothing to do with lame policy, it's just looking at her.
And while I'm at it. "most" hybrids. Those that have been through Charlottesville, VA will attest to every self-righteous stuck up {insert completley politically incorrect term here} driving a f%$king Prius getting in the way of every person that has somwhere to be be. I swear, if it was up to me, there would be a device that, every time you put the keys into the ignition, a hand modeled after Chuck Liddell would come out of the wheel and punch them in the throat. I know this will offend someone....
People who can't understand how round abouts work. Seriously its a four way give way sign with a big circle to slow you down and fit more cars through the intersection faster.
While I'm on roundabouts. People who continue to indicate right while driving straight through.
People who drive out on me while I'm going round the round about and then FREEZE right in front of me. UGGG!!!
Agreed on the roundabout. I live in Oklahoma and we only have a few downtown that I'm familiar with. I love them. So much fun on the bike.
I have actually been to the UK and Scotland some of those seemed kind of intimidating. Something like 4 lanes deep.
The "magic round a bout" in Swindon would fuk most drivers around here.
there were a few in ontario. driving a 24ft box truck with an 18ft trailer was fun to say the least
When driving on a multi lane highway. You are in a lane coming up to two slower cars on the next lane over. Just as you get there, the back car decides he needs to pass and pulls into your lane instead of the vacant one to his other side
Two items that annoy the crap out of me:
1.) Other people's pets.
2.) Other peoples trees.
I work hard to insure that I am seldom (hopefully never) a burden to anyone else on this great planet.
My property, my vehicles, my kids, my pets, and yes, even my damn trees should never upset you in any way.
Which leads me to this...
1.) Most pet lovers I have dealt with are bung holes.
They invariably seem to be blind to fact that "their" pet (and related excrement) should be on "their" property at all times.
My clean, quiet, well trained dog will eat your stupid pet if it comes over the fence line. You've been warned!
Same goes for your ill behaved, crooked toothed kids. Yeah, my dog eats kids too.
2.) A tree, especially a large tree requires a lot of maintenance to stay healthy. If you are too stupid to understand that statement, I have a beautiful Stihl MS-362 that can be used as a great training aid.
Below is a shot of me helping (cough-cough "training") a neighbor to understand why "he" should rake his own leaves in the Fall.
(http://www.stihl.com/upload/produkte/images/gruppen/middle/M-MS362-E167_r_rdax_90.jpg)
Timber!!! See, problem solved.
Now, send me your kids & pets for similar "training".
(http://smileys.smilchat.net/emoticon/children/3dbulles.gif)
-Ej-
:D applause for EJ! .. thats a good one bro! :cheers:
Yes Sir,
But don't give me the credit. . .
It's the sensitivity training I've received from the Aussies over at Last Poster Wins.
First they introduced me (a Yank) to a wonderful concept called: HTFU mate!
Then they introduced me to a gentleman by the name of Chopper Reid.
I can't thank them enough. :bowdown: & :thumb:
-Ej-
fair enough then mate!..
at risk of alerting the netcops ... .THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS NSFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its not the man himself... but a aussie actor that has embraced the 'style' of Chopper ...
http://youtu.be/zL7UGpLMqEE
That child sports doesn't keep score anymore - cause it might mean a losing child is upset. Fark, HTFU, there is no "everyone wins" in the real world
Quote from: mister on September 05, 2012, 04:55:41 PM
That child sports doesn't keep score anymore - cause it might mean a losing child is upset. Fark, HTFU, there is no "everyone wins" in the real world
drive past a ball field after a game and put up a poster saying, " no one knew who won because people were afraid to keep score" and hurt someones feelings.
my addition to what annoys me, when my calcium carbide fireball mis-ignites
Quote from: mister on September 05, 2012, 04:55:41 PM
That child sports doesn't keep score anymore - cause it might mean a losing child is upset. Fark, HTFU, there is no "everyone wins" in the real world
Life isn't fair, it's challenging.
So when politicians try and make it fair... That Sir is something I find annoying.
It spoils the game at every level.But is that petty enough to be considered on topic here? :dunno_black:
I believe so.
errrr. Yama .... why you igniting CaC2 ? .. for fun on someones letterbox? :icon_twisted:
The decreasing amount of frosting on pop-tarts. Anyone who's had one recently will know what I mean :technical:
yeah but its the new age man! .. we all gotta like eat healthy and stuff! ... less sugar on foods .. less fat in foods ... less 'any real flavour' in foods.... like come on! .. if you dont like the less frosting... wait till they turn to wholegrain pastry and organic lentil/garlic filling with a hint of ptuuuuui!!!! :icon_rolleyes:
Health foods in general. Or non-health foods being made to tell you they're not healthy. I bought a huge bag of pork rinds (salt & vinegar, of course) from a guy at a flea market and he slaps a label on the side telling me how much salt, etc. in them. They're fukking PORK RINDS. I know they're not healthy. It's fried pig for fukks sake!!!
Quote from: adidasguy on August 31, 2012, 04:53:53 PM
Women who pile on so much smelly stuff the stench would overpower the worst smelling fish market (Oh, is that why they do it? LOL)
And if a guy does it - well - that's just not right.
I'll add to that. Women who go outside to smoke (Can't smoke in public indoor places in OH...state law), and then come inside and use smelly stuff to cover the stench of yesterday's ashtray.
It never works, cause now you smell like yesterday's ashtray in the summer rain in the Idaho alpine meadow.
You still stank woman...just sayin'.
The decreasing volume in packets of potato chips / chocolate bars while the price stays the same.
Quote from: Huff1371 on September 06, 2012, 06:17:30 AM
Health foods in general. Or non-health foods being made to tell you they're not healthy. I bought a huge bag of pork rinds (salt & vinegar, of course) from a guy at a flea market and he slaps a label on the side telling me how much salt, etc. in them. They're fukking PORK RINDS. I know they're not healthy. It's fried pig for fukks sake!!!
i'm shocked Huff .... as you a man of distinction i was certain you'd go for the maple/caramel choc dipped pork rinds! ;)
People who order a truckload of food and wash it down with a diet coke :cookoo:
Quote from: mister on September 06, 2012, 08:27:23 PM
People who order a truckload of food and wash it down with a diet coke :cookoo:
Even better. I had a guy at work give me a lecture on how much fat was in the hamburger I was eating for lunch. After eating his salad he went outside and sparked up a cigarette. See something wrong with this picture?
Quote from: Twisted on September 07, 2012, 01:55:51 AM
Quote from: mister on September 06, 2012, 08:27:23 PM
People who order a truckload of food and wash it down with a diet coke :cookoo:
Even better. I had a guy at work give me a lecture on how much fat was in the hamburger I was eating for lunch. After eating his salad he went outside and sparked up a cigarette. See something wrong with this picture?
go one better again. worked with a female that religiously cleaned her teeth after every meal, then went outside and had a smoke, she was also an asthmatic. I used to say to her, you know you can get false teeth, but lungs on the other hand????
Quote from: ThatOtherGuy on September 07, 2012, 02:22:28 AM
go one better again. worked with a female that religiously cleaned her teeth after every meal, then went outside and had a smoke, she was also an asthmatic. I used to say to her, you know you can get false teeth, but lungs on the other hand????
And one better than that: my wife has relation that would unhook their oxygen so they could smoke a cigarette without making the O2 tank go boom. This person no longer walks this earth. As if that would be a shocker.
Quote from: Janx101 on September 06, 2012, 06:08:38 PM
Quote from: Huff1371 on September 06, 2012, 06:17:30 AM
Health foods in general. Or non-health foods being made to tell you they're not healthy. I bought a huge bag of pork rinds (salt & vinegar, of course) from a guy at a flea market and he slaps a label on the side telling me how mu :Dch salt, etc. in them. They're fukking PORK RINDS. I know they're not healthy. It's fried pig for fukks sake!!!
i'm shocked Huff .... as you a man of distinction i was certain you'd go for the maple/caramel choc dipped pork rinds! ;)
If they had them there I'd be all over it. But its salt &vinegar the way. I like the way they make my beard smell. Reminds me of my first love
jdoorn, why not, at that point you have absolutely nothing to lose, why not go for it.
When there is a product that you buy regularly. Seems to sell well in the store as you can tell, comparing to other products around it on the shelf. Then store decides to stop selling it or manufacturer decides to stop selling it :cookoo:
Sitting in the cinema and the person behind you keeps asking their movie-buddy dumbass questions about the movie's plot, when said buddy is not likely to know cause we are all watching the plot unfold at the same time.
Quote from: mister on September 07, 2012, 07:24:02 PM
When there is a product that you buy regularly. Seems to sell well in the store as you can tell, comparing to other products around it on the shelf. Then store decides to stop selling it or manufacturer decides to stop selling it :cookoo:
YES! It has happened twice with my deodorant brands I used to buy. Do they know how hard it is to find a nice smelling one you can put up with everyday and without it feeling like you have sprayed contact cement under your arms.
That absolutely happens to me all the time, I find something I really like and before I know it it;s no longer available.
Quote from: Twisted on September 10, 2012, 12:33:26 AM
Quote from: mister on September 07, 2012, 07:24:02 PM
When there is a product that you buy regularly. Seems to sell well in the store as you can tell, comparing to other products around it on the shelf. Then store decides to stop selling it or manufacturer decides to stop selling it :cookoo:
YES! It has happened twice with my deodorant brands I used to buy. Do they know how hard it is to find a nice smelling one you can put up with everyday and without it feeling like you have sprayed contact cement under your arms.
this is crazy, but the Right Guard clear with the little beads inside. Everywhere I looked quit selling it. Finally found it at pharmacy and bought all they had. Nice to know I'm not alone in the deodorant drama.
Emissions plumbing that emits a BLINDING service engine soon light in the middle of the dash 24/7. No, I am not going to pay $400 for a vent control valve and charcoal canister JUST to make Al Gore happy. If my Xterra farts raw gas into the atmosphere, so be it.
People who work on their bike and never bother to buy a shop manual.
People with electrical issues and think a meter is a complicated thing from the far reaches of the galaxy.
Get a manual. Get a meter.
Hear ya Adidas !
I got a observational irrit lately folks .. I reckon it must be due to world wide season changes or something because it's always more noticeable this time of year....
Watching a lot of different forums that interest me on lots of different topics/themes.. The annoyance is (finally! Yeah I know) .. Twats that just have to be that little bit 'righter' (sic) than everyone else. The basic helpful information flow gets poxed up because some wanker has to overfocus on some trivial point and it all degrades into a slinging match. It can't be that hard to acknowledge the varying points of technicality and STILL work them into a feasible solution for the OP.
I've been guilty of it too so don't think I'm claiming pure snow status .. I now 'try to think the new and conflicting info over to self check my own info' .. There are always other options and methods and results that can improve any personal 'knowledge' .. Always!
This ain't aimed at any individual on any thread/topic/forum .. But to the 'knot head ' in everyone :icon_rolleyes:
Twinings have done something to their Chamomile tea. Tastes different. Bags don't seep the tea as much as they used to. Now I have to find another brand - how annoying.
Michael
Can get better results if ya grow your own chamomile plant bro ... Pretty easy to look after and you just trim the fresh tips then steep them in a stainless tea egg .. Much more active oils too :thumb:
People who don't show up to work on time EVERY day. It's not that hard people. You know your commute better than anyone else. It's not LA where the traffic is horrendous.
Be responsible and get to work on time. That simple.
It's funny but statistics show that the people who live the closest to work are the ones most often and consistently late.
Quote from: ojstinson on September 11, 2012, 11:53:35 AM
It's funny but statistics show that the people who live the closest to work are the ones most often and consistently late.
Lol, I totally buy that. I was so guilty of that when I lived 5 minutes from work. And now I'm barely late now that it's 30 minutes away.
People that say "Let me be honest with you..."
So, what you are saying is that you have not been honest every other time?
People who put something up for sale, with a phone number to contact them on, but never answer the damn phone!
Trying to pack for another yr of uni, and every time i think i have everything sorted and packed - i decide i can cut down by a box or two.. but only end up re-organizing whats there. I have too much stuff :(
People who ask for the pitch and thread side of the screw they have in their hand then ask what length they need for some special task.
1. Go hardware store and use their measuring thingy
2. Poke a stick in the hole to see how long it needs to be.
3. Buy the screw. If unsure, get a couple lengths.
Quote from: jestercinti on September 11, 2012, 11:14:32 AM
People who don't show up to work on time EVERY day. It's not that hard people. You know your commute better than anyone else. It's not LA where the traffic is horrendous.
Be responsible and get to work on time. That simple.
I plead guilty. I'm 45 miles from work and it doesn't matter when I leave I get there about 4-7 minutes late every day. We use a hand scanner to clock in and luckily there's a 10min grace period.
Quote from: adidasguy on September 11, 2012, 03:34:47 PM
People who ask for the pitch and thread side of the screw they have in their hand then ask what length they need for some special task.
1. Go hardware store and use their measuring thingy
2. Poke a stick in the hole to see how long it needs to be.
3. Buy the screw. If unsure, get a couple lengths.
agreed on 3. i do this with watch crystals. causecost is low enough. bolts? definately. usually less than a buck each
Quote from: adidasguy on September 11, 2012, 03:34:47 PM
People who ask for the pitch and thread side of the screw they have in their hand then ask what length they need for some special task.
1. Go hardware store and use their measuring thingy
2. Poke a stick in the hole to see how long it needs to be.
3. Buy the screw. If unsure, get a couple lengths.
Oh MY GOD!!! I work at The Home Depot and I get this question a couple times a week. They'll come in and show me a picture on their phone of the head of a bolt in some random piece of machinery and say they need "that one".
. . . and I just look at them like are you f%$king serious?
"Yes, as a matter of fact I do have the complete schematics of everything ever built since the dawn of time. Let me just run back and go look that up for you. Would you like me to come put the bolt in for you too?"
We get some pretty stupid questions and requests. . .
Quote from: mister on September 11, 2012, 01:27:11 AM
Twinings have done something to their Chamomile tea. Tastes different. Bags don't seep the tea as much as they used to. Now I have to find another brand - how annoying.
Michael
i had purchased some recently. noticed this myself. now at least i know im not the only one thinking this
in addition to the herbal thing... but not part of the annoyance bit..
i have at home about a dozen 14" pots, each has various herbs that i favour in them... sometimes 1 per pot sometimes 2 or 3 depending on the growing style .. got mint (5 different types), chamomile, lemongrass, lavender, lemon balm, chives, rosemary, nettle, dandelion, milk thistle .... plus various other bits that come and go ...
i've got room for this much.. some will have more... some ppl will only have 2 or 3 smaller pots with multiple plants...
i'm not really a 'hippy' or 'herbalist' in the normal sense .. but when i have a headache, gut ache, feeling poorly or cant sleep etc .. i'll go out and pinch a tiny bit of the various herbs for a sniff .. .if my brain/nose says YEAH MAN! then i pick a bit more and it goes into the bundle... if its a MEH or YUCKO then it doesnt...
the 'nice smelling' ones vary from event to event .. sometimes what i have had in a 'tea' for the last 3 times will suddenly be :-X ...
point is i do believe that your sense of smell and brain function is more than capable of detecting what it needs each time .. its not gonna get everything just from herbs tho ...
so after i have my bunch of varying herbs... quick rough chop in the kitchen .. stuff it all into my stainless steel mesh 'egg' and dunk it in a small pot of water on the stove ... simmer away 10-15 min maybe ... pour some into a mug/glass .. add a tiny bit of honey or sugar for taste and drink/sip away ... sometimes i've had enough after one or 2 mouthfuls.. sometimes its the whole half litre/pint or so..
it always is a variable mix and volume ... and maybe its just the 'mental' thing of it .. :dunno_black:
ok so you cant take all the bits with you at work ... but you may be able to take your 'current favourite' mix in a thermos or something..
its a bit odd to some... but apart from the slightly longer 'cooking' time... the pick and chop process only takes about a min or 2 usually .. and if you pottering around at home after a work day it fits in easy enough ..
fresh herb 'brew' for me is so much more effective... i still have various tea bags too (umm 9 different flavours at moment till i stock up again) .. but when the 'bugs' are at it the brew wins everytime :thumb:
one of these?
(http://www.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/data/1/medium/tea_strainer.jpg) ive got two of them. one i use for teas, one i use for working on watch parts and jewelry. the one with a handle on it, is hte jewelry one. have to make sure i do not mix the two :nono:
hey!.. you pinched my egg! :D
jb848
j_walker
and now burnchasis
Who will be next?
Quote from: adidasguy on September 10, 2012, 11:27:50 AM
People who work on their bike and never bother to buy a shop manual.
People with electrical issues and think a meter is a complicated thing from the far reaches of the galaxy.
Get a manual. Get a meter.
yup if you have no one else you have two best friends. a mexican ( manual) and the meter
Too many things I find annoying to list here. The best friends I have are dead presidents :cheers:
Yeah I'm a grumpy old fucker.
people who turn off caller-id. Sorry, if you don't want me to know who you are you can get stuffed and talk to the machine.
Quote from: mister on September 12, 2012, 01:34:21 AM
people who turn off caller-id. Sorry, if you don't want me to know who you are you can get stuffed and talk to the machine.
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Weather reports that are so unbelievably wrong.
0% chance of rain and it's a f%$king downpour.
Adverts that load and start playing before anything else. If i wanted to watch adverts, id be watching tv - not streaming online shows!
When the very last episode of a tv show ends on a massive cliffhanger! No follow up series, story, short film, etc to provide answers.
People who dont keep a service history of vehicles :mad: - Is it really that hard to keep all receipts in a folder? Every vehicle ive owned has a had its own folder, with receipts for everything from tyres and sparkplugs to MOT's, spare keys and service notes, in order and with date/mileage on almost every one..
I'm with you Vinny, when I sold my V-Max with 87,000 miles ( it was a jewel and a steal at the price ) on it I had an extensive folder of every servicing and every replacement of any and all parts, the type and brand of lubricants and filters etc-----EVERYTHING! The guy gave me cash and before he left my living room I handed him my beautifully organized and typed service record and explained what it entailed, he glanced down at it, thanked me and then placed it on my coffee table and walked out the door.
Bicyclists with such ego that at night they refuse to put reflectors on their bikes nor a headlight.
Joggers that like to go the wrong way on bike and rollerblade paths then complain because you, on roller blades, ran into them because they were running on the wrong side the wrong direction. This is America - keep to the right.
Those groups of pushbike riders taking up half a lane, stuffing everyone up in cars.
a'holes travelling in the fast lane and going the same speed or slower than the other lanes WTF move over
Quote from: mister on September 14, 2012, 01:17:38 AM
Those groups of pushbike riders taking up half a lane, stuffing everyone up in cars.
Anyone in the Charlottesville, VA area can attest to this. I know I sound like an ass but I'm not above politely holding my horn down until they move out of my way or end up in the ditch. There is a bike lane for a reason. One panicked his way into the ditch so I slowed down enough to make sure he could see the smile on my face. :flipoff:
Quote from: Huff1371 on September 14, 2012, 05:47:35 AM
Quote from: mister on September 14, 2012, 01:17:38 AM
Those groups of pushbike riders taking up half a lane, stuffing everyone up in cars.
Anyone in the Charlottesville, VA area can attest to this. I know I sound like an ass but I'm not above politely holding my horn down until they move out of my way or end up in the ditch. There is a bike lane for a reason. One panicked his way into the ditch so I slowed down enough to make sure he could see the smile on my face. :flipoff:
LOL sounds like something I'd do.
The problem is that they don't see what they're doing as wrong. Now, don't get me wrong, push bikers have rights on the road as well. If there's not a specified bike lane, they get to share the road, not take it over. There should be a licensing procedure for road bikers...
Don't forget about those bikers who use earbuds cranked to max volume so they are alone with their thoughts & the music...and oblivious to what is going on in traffic surrounding them. :2guns:
Quote from: jdoorn14 on September 14, 2012, 06:12:20 AM
Don't forget about those bikers who use earbuds cranked to max volume so they are alone with their thoughts & the music...and oblivious to what is going on in traffic surrounding them. :2guns:
Worse than that are CAR drivers who have earbuds in.. WTF.. your car has a radio, and speakers.. USE THEM.
Quote from: Twisted on September 10, 2012, 12:33:26 AM
Quote from: mister on September 07, 2012, 07:24:02 PM
When there is a product that you buy regularly. Seems to sell well in the store as you can tell, comparing to other products around it on the shelf. Then store decides to stop selling it or manufacturer decides to stop selling it :cookoo:
YES! It has happened twice with my deodorant brands I used to buy. Do they know how hard it is to find a nice smelling one you can put up with everyday and without it feeling like you have sprayed contact cement under your arms.
Deodorant is chemicals and utter trash ... people sweat, get used to it. Now in summer in the south people sweat from everywhere ... just not their pits ... WTH sorta logic is that.
BTW I told this white girl who was eating yogurt if she knew what live cultures meant. She didn't know. I said its bacteria, she said ... ewwww gross and she threw it away. WTF ... I think people are taking being a clean freak to the extreme.
Cool.
Srinath.
- Ads offering to stop your underarm sweat by, oh I don't know, cauterizing the pores closed or something. WTF, we sweat for a reason, live with it, do NOT clog up one of your body's channels of elimination.
- People walking on the street with earbuds in. Why hamper one of your survival senses? Then, you see them step of the footpath to cross a side street without ever checking to see if a car is turning. I've seen so many near misses cause of this it's not funny.
Michael
People with Maxwell House coffee can exhausts with no car or engine to back it up.
Your $3,000 Chevrolet Cobalt will not go faster, trust me.
Quote from: codajastal on September 12, 2012, 01:37:24 AM
Quote from: mister on September 12, 2012, 01:34:21 AM
people who turn off caller-id. Sorry, if you don't want me to know who you are you can get stuffed and talk to the machine.
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
i have caller id block...blocked . it wont allow calls through that are hidden. :cheers:
I hate when I'm trying to make a right turn at a red light but the car in front of me wont scoot up enough for me to get into the turn lane.
Quote from: mister on September 14, 2012, 05:49:28 PM
- Ads offering to stop your underarm sweat by, oh I don't know, cauterizing the pores closed or something. WTF, we sweat for a reason, live with it, do NOT clog up one of your body's channels of elimination.
- People walking on the street with earbuds in. Why hamper one of your survival senses? Then, you see them step of the footpath to cross a side street without ever checking to see if a car is turning. I've seen so many near misses cause of this it's not funny.
Michael
was someone killed this year walking on railroad tracks, = splat plent of near misses as well. or they walk looking down. either jamming the ipod or texting.
Quote from: vinny on September 13, 2012, 05:44:40 PM
Adverts that load and start playing before anything else. If i wanted to watch adverts, id be watching tv - not streaming online shows!
How about the ads that just don't load so you can't ever get to the video?
started using ABP - ad blocker program last month .. lovin it! O0
Quote from: Janx101 on September 16, 2012, 08:10:01 PM
started using ABP - ad blocker program last month .. lovin it! O0
used something similar on firefox. or if im streaming youtube, ill do so via the blu-ray player. no ads at all
Quote from: adidasguy on September 13, 2012, 08:08:01 PM
Joggers that like to go the wrong way on bike and rollerblade paths then complain because you, on roller blades, ran into them because they were running on the wrong side the wrong direction. This is America - keep to the right.
Actually, pedestrians should travel against the flow of traffic when a sidewalk is unavailable. See RCW 46.61.250. :police:
Quote from: k.rollin on September 17, 2012, 04:38:20 AM
Actually, pedestrians should travel against the flow of traffic when a sidewalk is unavailable. See RCW 46.61.250. :police:
This is correct on a street where the primary mode of transportation is motorized vehicular traffic. Adidas is talking about a pedestrian path for non-motorized modes of transportation (i.e., walking, jogging, running, biking, rollerblading, etc.), often converted from a no longer used former railroad spur, or in a park/nature preserve.
Related to this, my wife & I were on Mackinac Island a couple weeks ago. The unique feature of the Island is that the only motorized vehicles are an ambulance & a fire truck, aside from snowmobiles used by the few year-round residents. All other traffic is bicycle, horse & foot. The main road is considered a state highway (M-185) as it goes around the entire island, but contains no motor vehicles. Horses & push bikes still keep to the right, and I would assume that pedestrians should still walk opposing traffic if there's not a sidewalk--especially considering it's a state highway. Apparently, we were wrong because some lady stopped on her bike to yell at us for walking against traffic. It was all I could do not to knock her ass off her push bike and tell her to MYOB. :bs:
Correctamundo.
The jogging sidewalk next to the regular on along the Alki beach. Jogger runs into me - "WTF? Don't you know joggers like to go against the flow? " And I say"It is America - keep to the right. You are on feet . I am on wheels. You can get out of my way and you are on the wrong side anyway".
Now they have added a strip down the middle with arrows indicating direction: i.e. keep to the right. I hope that helps.
Ah, I missed the path bit.
OT: The air filter being located inside the backbone of the XV535 Virago. That bike only makes it about 80 miles before hitting reserve on account of the small underseat tank, and that super wide backbone makes finding a tank that looks right and has a wide enough tunnel a pain in the hind end. Seriously contemplating buying some DOM tubing and building a custom frame instead.
Pandora radio that stops and asks 'U still there bro?'
Pandora radio that randomly picks salsa polka. I said rock and roll dammit!
Pandora radio that only lets me skip a few songs and then informs me that licensing agreements say that I must listen continuously now.
TV ads that make men out to be bumbling idiots.
Quote from: jestercinti on September 17, 2012, 04:28:13 PM
Pandora radio that randomly picks salsa polka. I said rock and roll dammit!
In the case of Pandora, garbage in = garbage out. I have never once had a salsa polka song show up if I select an artist or group of artists in a specific genre. Are you sure someone didn't screw with your preferences/playlist? :angel: In my office, an unlocked PC is an invitation to be pranked.
Come on lazy morons: when you send a PM - PLEASE put a subject. I do not have time to go through PM's looking for something when most are:
Re: (No subject)
People slowing down to rubber neck an accident or the police pulling people up going the other direction. Get out of my way. Its my time to speed cause the police are busy.
Quote from: adidasguy on September 18, 2012, 12:10:25 PM
Come on lazy morons: when you send a PM - PLEASE put a subject. I do not have time to go through PM's looking for something when most are:
Re: (No subject)
Oh yea right up there with that, Paypal without an address. Yea your stuff, I sent to the north pole.
Cool.
Buddha.
When people have no regard for you when you have to get physically ill in Toronto Pearson Airport.
Yes, me running in the washroom with my hand over my mouth is the universal sign for get the Fvck out of my way.
Meat eaters who try to proclaim their niceness by saying the animals they are eating was killed humanely.
Um, excuse me, it was killed. There is nothing humane about killing. :icon_rolleyes:
Michael
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Quote from: mister on September 23, 2012, 06:42:42 PM
Meat eaters who try to proclaim their niceness by saying the animals they are eating was killed humanely.
Um, excuse me, it was killed. There is nothing humane about killing. :icon_rolleyes:
Michael
:bs: :bs: :bs: :bs:
Quote from: Huff1371 on September 23, 2012, 07:26:47 PM
:Quote from: mister on September 23, 2012, 06:42:42 PM
Meat eaters who try to proclaim their niceness by saying the animals they are eating was killed humanely.
Um, excuse me, it was killed. There is nothing humane about killing. :icon_rolleyes:
Michael
:bs: :bs: :bs: :bs:
Thank you Huff. My point being, they are trying to say how Caring they are to animals in the way they Kill them. If they Cared as claimed, then Killing them is not an option.
Better to "keep it real" and just kill the animal without the "I care for animals" mantra. There is more honor in the truth.
On the flip side, vegans who are fanatic in their approach Preaching to people who eat meat about how Cruel the animals is treated before it ends up on the table.
Message to both sides... you will not turn the meat eaters into vegans and the vegans will not suddenly eat meat - so - let them be and just do what you think is right for you without trying to justify or persuade others to your cause.
Michael
:bs: clarified. Thanks, killing is always killing but there is a way it can be done "more humanely" than the pneumatic gun to the head followed by being slowly bled. But I have to agree, those that say "this [whatever meat here] had a easy life and was happy to give it up to feed my lazy ass" are every bit as bad as the "this salad is organic, it doesn't matter that it was picked by illegal labor after being doused with water to wash off all the chemicals ". I lower the flag :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
... there is room for all Gods creatures..... right next to the salad and chips :icon_twisted:
Quote from: k.rollin on September 17, 2012, 03:09:34 PM
Ah, I missed the path bit.
OT: The air filter being located inside the backbone of the XV535 Virago. That bike only makes it about 80 miles before hitting reserve on account of the small underseat tank, and that super wide backbone makes finding a tank that looks right and has a wide enough tunnel a pain in the hind end. Seriously contemplating buying some DOM tubing and building a custom frame instead.
Grappled with this problem a plenty ...
Here was the solution I came up with. Do not cut that frame, too many things hang off it ... Get a savage tank and hammer the inside. I own a savage now, but never owned a virago 535 and savage @ the same time ... but I think its possible to ... if you want to, I'll send you a savage tank I have ... I'm gonna want it back ... trial fit it and you'd know. I actually have a virago 535 tank too ... I'll check if it will fit the savage.
Cool.
Buddha.
Janx, that's true, all of God's creatures, up to and including some "Long Pig" which you can still get in some areas of ecuador, with your salad and chips.
Quote from: mister on September 23, 2012, 08:44:15 PM
Quote from: Huff1371 on September 23, 2012, 07:26:47 PM
:Quote from: mister on September 23, 2012, 06:42:42 PM
Meat eaters who try to proclaim their niceness by saying the animals they are eating was killed humanely.
Um, excuse me, it was killed. There is nothing humane about killing. :icon_rolleyes:
Michael
:bs: :bs: :bs: :bs:
Thank you Huff. My point being, they are trying to say how Caring they are to animals in the way they Kill them. If they Cared as claimed, then Killing them is not an option.
Better to "keep it real" and just kill the animal without the "I care for animals" mantra. There is more honor in the truth.
On the flip side, vegans who are fanatic in their approach Preaching to people who eat meat about how Cruel the animals is treated before it ends up on the table.
Message to both sides... you will not turn the meat eaters into vegans and the vegans will not suddenly eat meat - so - let them be and just do what you think is right for you without trying to justify or persuade others to your cause.
Michael
vegans who preach like you said. i reply with. well youre eating teh animals food. how cruel is that. i belong to PETA. people eating tasty animals. that aside,
on youtube videos reading the replies. U , ur, boi? hunny, wat, and other misspelled replies. hello this is youtube. youve got more than 160 characters to reply. spell it out. even those where english is not their primary language, can write better than that
Veagans who say they don't eat things that are intelligent. Hello trees talk it's been proven. So if plants can talk to each other what you going to eat now?
People who tailgate you and abuse you for not driving faster when your doing the speed limit. Stupid little P plate backwards hat wearing fat slob.
people who criticise others for not riding a motorcycle they prefer/like. when its hte riders money not the gripers that bought the moto
mmmmm long pig .....(homer j simpson noises and drool) ;)
dibs the toes ... nice n crunchy! :icon_twisted:
i suppose i could google it. but naah im too busy being the resident post skank. wtf is a long pig? :dunno_white: :dunno_black:
People who Could google stuff to find the answer themselves - but don't and instead spending time(which could have been spent googling) writing out questions on discussion boards.
Michael
and then waste time that could have been spent googling, reading remarks about googling, when an answer could have been given. never found out what a long pig was. google was and is no help. and it seems neither is gstwin :flipoff: lol
moving on lol :
getting a splitting headache after a round of drunken frogger. gaah been online since 8pm it is now 5am time to pass out
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 25, 2012, 02:12:50 AM
and then waste time that could have been spent googling, reading remarks about googling, when an answer could have been given. never found out what a long pig was. google was and is no help. and it seems neither is gstwin :flipoff: lol
Long Pig
slang term for human flesh prepared as the flesh of a pig. Usually used to sell human flesh to tourists in East Asian countries. Long Pig is best when avoided entirely.
long pig is people!!!
ewwww remind me never to get that. :o. ive eaten many delicacies. but that is one bridge this yankabilly will never cross :icon_eek: thats a mindfück akin to googling goatse :mad:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 25, 2012, 02:19:57 AM
ewwww remind me never to get that. :o. ive eaten many delicacies. but that is one bridge this yankabilly will never cross :icon_eek: thats a mindfück akin to googling goatse :mad:
Ok and GOOGLE is your friend.........and so is GSTWINS :thumb:
Quote from: codajastal on September 25, 2012, 02:31:54 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 25, 2012, 02:19:57 AM
ewwww remind me never to get that. :o. ive eaten many delicacies. but that is one bridge this yankabilly will never cross :icon_eek: thats a mindfück akin to googling goatse :mad:
Ok and GOOGLE is your friend.........and so is GSTWINS :thumb:
been here since 03. not goin anywhere lol
People who post thigns in threads about annoyances, and have entire conversations without writing about anything that annoys them :icon_mrgreen:
My coffee going cold while away from my desk.
Getting called away from my desk as soon as I make fresh coffee.
IT telling me no one uses a program. I'm asking for it back for a reason obviously.
The US help desk system telling me it doesn't know how to bill for Australian's therefore it can't help me. Yet I ask the American next to me to log the same ticket (and he is on the same project) and they fix it straight away for him cause he is an American... One company my arse.
Car driver's assuming I'll move out of their way cause they want to merge. Choose a gap like everyone else and indicate, otherwise its a boot for you.
Seen this happen in 3 companies, including the one I work for now:
1. IT Service and Support Organization says "We need enterprise class software and reporting tools to operate properly"
2. IT Service and Support Organization gets Enterprise Class Tools.
3. Management then says "We don't need as many staff to run IT Service and Support Organization now that we have efficient tools."
4. Management fires a significant portion of the staff.
5. Remaining staff quits over the next 6 months in protest of #4.
6. Management has to hire all new staff. No one knows how to use tools described in #1 and #2.
Tools only solve part of the problem....Cycle starts all over again.
Dude you call this annoying reasons 1-6. I call it job security ... rather employment security.
I spend my work life patching other people's mistakes.
I get laid off and promptly the failures start to occour.
They hire the next monkey to repeat the process.
I go on to be the next monkey in the next group.
Repeat.
I will do exactly as I am told.
The instant I leave I can be hired right back and I will say I know nothing of the particulars of their installation. I will spend the next 3 months learning. If I am laid off in 6 months, too bad, I will repeat this gladly all day every day year over year ...
As soon as the state of texas executes one of these corporations I'll start to care about them ... naaa sorry I dont think even then I will.
Cool.
Buddha.
Quote from: jestercinti on October 01, 2012, 12:21:08 PM
Seen this happen in 3 companies, including the one I work for now:
1. IT Service and Support Organization says "We need enterprise class software and reporting tools to operate properly"
2. IT Service and Support Organization gets Enterprise Class Tools.
3. Management then says "We don't need as many staff to run IT Service and Support Organization now that we have efficient tools."
4. Management fires a significant portion of the staff.
5. Remaining staff quits over the next 6 months in protest of #4.
6. Management has to hire all new staff. No one knows how to use tools described in #1 and #2.
Tools only solve part of the problem....Cycle starts all over again.
Radio stations playing depressive slit your wrist music.
DJs in the morning show our arvo show who think they ares funny when they aren't and spend more time talking non funny stuff than music - one tune every 15 minutes doesn't cut it.
Quote from: The Buddha on October 01, 2012, 02:07:12 PM
Dude you call this annoying reasons 1-6. I call it job security ... rather employment security.
I spend my work life patching other people's mistakes.
I get laid off and promptly the failures start to occour.
They hire the next monkey to repeat the process.
I go on to be the next monkey in the next group.
Repeat.
I will do exactly as I am told.
The instant I leave I can be hired right back and I will say I know nothing of the particulars of their installation. I will spend the next 3 months learning. If I am laid off in 6 months, too bad, I will repeat this gladly all day every day year over year ...
As soon as the state of texas executes one of these corporations I'll start to care about them ... naaa sorry I dont think even then I will.
Cool.
Buddha.
Normally I would not care, but I work in Audit and Compliance, so come audit time, it's frustrating.
Cats.
no beef with cats at all. but main thing is people who know im riding in the bike lane and pull into it as im passing. and get angry when my foot says hi to their hood
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 01, 2012, 09:55:42 PM
no beef with cats at all. but main thing is people who know im riding in the bike lane and pull into it as im passing. and get angry when my foot says hi to their hood
Yea I get that when I am on the work bike. (I am allowed in the bike lane on my motorbike)
Quote from: adidasguy on July 20, 2012, 10:56:42 PM
#5114
PICTURE ID's!
Yep - How in the hell does this make anyone or anyplace "secure" (pretend finger quotes) just because you have a piece of paper or plastic with your picture and some printing?
What a bunch of bull and people doing anything to say they did something to "prevent terrorism".
A picture ID does nothing. Do they even compare the picture? Once in 100 - maybe. Do they look up the name on a "terrorism list"? Nope. So what good is it other than a "feel good because we inconvenience you" thing.
I went into a Navy PX in Honolulu and they needed a picture ID. The "guard" checking them never even looked up.
Does it prove anything to have an ID?
You'll see a lot of it now at theaters because we tend to over react to one weirdo.
Hey, TARGET wants a picture ID to buy Nyquil. WTF? Do I look under 40? So I really farkle them over. I will NOT show a driver's license for them to scan - that has all my personal information encoded on it. They capture it all and a hacker then has everything. Instead I give them my passport border card (the card for going to Canada and Mexico in place of a full passport because Washington State gives a drivers license to anyone - illegal or anything). They can't scan the passport card and it pisses them off. "Will you please get out your driver's license, we can scan that.". NO! It is a valid USA government ID. If you can't scan it, then get a supervisor and type in something for a birth date. Your crappy programmers is not my problem. "Have you contacted corporate about this?" NO! It is not my problem. You tell them.
In Florida you have to do that with any of the allergy meds with "D" in it or with alcohol. You must use a state or gov't ID so they can track how much you buy so you aren't making a methlab.
Quote from: adidasguy on July 25, 2012, 02:23:17 PM
#5137
Handicapped people using handicap stalls with BIG ASS TRUCKS loaded with all kinds of crap in the back. You need a ladder to get in the driver's seat. How handicapped can you be that you can't walk an extra 40 feet but can still climb up into that truck? And then you can handle all that cargo?
Then you get the ones that get out and obviously are NOT handicapped. Then they can go walk miles all around the shopping mall or grocery store.
People who go in the exit or out of the entrance.
Now Now Addidasguy you know I'm disabled and I could probably get up in one not without pain. But, I can climb a he!! of alot easier than I can walk distances. I would never buy a big pick up but I sure do get alot of dirty looks when I pull up on Flick
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Quote from: adidasguy on July 20, 2012, 10:56:42 PM
#5114
PICTURE ID's!
Yep - How in the hell does this make anyone or anyplace "secure" (pretend finger quotes) just because you have a piece of paper or plastic with your picture and some printing?
What a bunch of bull and people doing anything to say they did something to "prevent terrorism".
A picture ID does nothing. Do they even compare the picture? Once in 100 - maybe. Do they look up the name on a "terrorism list"? Nope. So what good is it other than a "feel good because we inconvenience you" thing.
I went into a Navy PX in Honolulu and they needed a picture ID. The "guard" checking them never even looked up.
Does it prove anything to have an ID?
You'll see a lot of it now at theaters because we tend to over react to one weirdo.
Hey, TARGET wants a picture ID to buy Nyquil. WTF? Do I look under 40? So I really farkle them over. I will NOT show a driver's license for them to scan - that has all my personal information encoded on it. They capture it all and a hacker then has everything. Instead I give them my passport border card (the card for going to Canada and Mexico in place of a full passport because Washington State gives a drivers license to anyone - illegal or anything). They can't scan the passport card and it pisses them off. "Will you please get out your driver's license, we can scan that.". NO! It is a valid USA government ID. If you can't scan it, then get a supervisor and type in something for a birth date. Your crappy programmers is not my problem. "Have you contacted corporate about this?" NO! It is not my problem. You tell them.
In Florida you have to do that with any of the allergy meds with "D" in it or with alcohol. You must use a state or gov't ID so they can track how much you buy so you aren't making a methlab.
In oregon they scan your ID and run it thtough the system to prove you are how old you say you are
People getting pissed off in the cardiologist office when it is 10 minutes past their appointment time. Guess what the cardiologist has this really odd thing called emergencies you know when someone's heart flucks up it's not like he can say make an appointment in a couple of days! They even have a sign in the office saying emergencies happen frequently in this office please plan accordingly or call before you come in. This one d-bag is in with his mother to get the results from a holter and it is 3 minutes past her appointment time. He starts screaming at the receptionist that his time is too important to be waiting and if his mother isn't immediately taken back he would go to a different doctor. I was feeling particularly chitty (arrythmias) and had been waiting to get fit in between patients. I finally walked up to him and said "Sir, I'm the reason your mother's appointment will be later. I'm suffering from an arrythmia that might kill me and I'm sorry that I am the cause of your wasted time". You could have heard a pin drop in the waiting room and all of the bitching stopped instantly.
Come on people it is a doctor's office healthy normal people usually aren't there and complications occur!
Mary
:thumb: you go Mary!! .. tell that coon-hound what for!! :icon_twisted:
I'm annoyed cause the insurance company is taking to long to tell me what is happening with my bike. I'd clearly managed to screw it.
Municipal Unclaimed Funds Departments. Give me my damn money that I had no idea about until now. Sorry I didn't send you the 'canary' copy of the triplicate form, how hard can it be? You know it's me, you have my money, now let's make a deal!
Expert engineers sent to help you assemble something, who cannot read drawings and either want to join the wrong pieces together, or put them in back-to-front, or have no idea and ask you even though you are supposed to follow their direction. Sorry, why are we paying you big bucks for again?
Engineers - civil, draining, structural, whatever - they think they are smarter than they are cause they have a piece of paper BUT no hands on real world experience.
Michael
Rather than a public annoyance ... Lately I've been hyper busy at work organising interstate loads for the trucks ... Lots and lots of minor things running thru my head at home too ... Its all gotta work like Swiss timing till end of month ... Anyway .. Having my shower a few times this week ( well I shower every day) but my annoyance has occurred a few times this week ...
Get wet, grab washcloth and soap, lather up and wash around .... Rinse off and enjoy the hot water for a few moments ... Something procedural from work pops into the skull .. Distracted ... Wait .. Did I wash yet?... Oh we'll better make sure .. Grab washcloth and soap, lather up and wash around ... Rinse... Another work thought ... Wait ..did I wash everywhere? .. Know I meant to!.. Grab washcloth and soap ....... Usually I call it quits then ..but still slightly uneasy I missed behind my ears or worse ..
C'mon it CAN'T just be be that gets this vague when its busy and hectic! .. Luckily at work I'm full focus and its all smooth! :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 08, 2012, 05:06:47 AM
Distracted ... Wait .. Did I wash yet?... Oh we'll better make sure ..
LOL I hate it when that happens. I'm one of those people, too. Heck, I get sidetracked walking from the family room to the kitchen or as soon as I stand up from my desk at work to go to the printer, halfway there, I can't remember what I was after.
Further, I'm such a creature of habit that if I need to remember to take something extra with me in the morning, it has to be right next to my wallet and keys. Otherwise, it's not going to make it out the door with me.
My boss calls it CRS Syndrome - (CRS = Can't Remember shaZam!)
CRS is a good term ...
personally i suffer from CRAFT ... Cant Remember A "Flippin" Thing :thumb:
Well that's better than me. I seem to remember everything of non-importance. Let's take pi for instance. Pi is the circumference/diameter of any circle. From memory 3.141592653589793
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Quote from: jestercinti on October 09, 2012, 01:09:15 PM
Well that's better than me. I seem to remember everything of non-importance. Let's take pi for instance. Pi is the circumference/diameter of any circle. From memory 3.141592653589793
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actually Pi is a constant factor used to calculate the circumference using either the diameter or the radius of the circle, or to calculate the area of the circle:
circumference = Pi x D or Pi x 2 x R
area = Pi x R^2 or Pi x (D/2)^2
Where D = Diameter and R = Radius (1/2 of Diameter)
i prefer Pie and ice cream ... vanilla icecream and pecan pie ideally .. :thumb:
When you order take out and they give you the wrong thing.
When you order take out, they give you the wrong thing, you call them, and they tell you they know, they did it on purpose cause they were all out of the thing you ordered.
Deadhead Fuktards that work in takeout joints - I am reminded of the Dennis Leary bit where he is trying to order coffee flavored coffee.
Quote from: Janx101 on October 08, 2012, 07:08:35 PM
CRS is a good term ...
personally i suffer from CRAFT ... Cant Remember A "Flippin" Thing :thumb:
or cant remember a Flücking thing in my case. im the same way. anything that has to go with me the next day gets placed inside the ballcap. or whatever hat i am wearing
"What size screw do I need? One fell out and the other is still there"
Duh - take out the other one and go to the hardware store where they have screw gauges and......
"What size wrench do I need for xxxxx bolt?"
Duh - measure it with a ruler or caliper? Doh! You don't have a complete set of wrenches for your bike?
.....and still the ever popular trying to check electrical stuff without a meter.
You're sitting there working on your bike, you haven't moved from that spot, suddenly something (a part, a tool ) you just had in your hand 5 minutes ago vanishes, you can't find it anywhere---how does that happen---is it just me?
Quote from: ojstinson on October 11, 2012, 07:26:26 PM
You're sitting there working on your bike, you haven't moved from that spot, suddenly something (a part, a tool ) you just had in your hand 5 minutes ago vanishes, you can't find it anywhere---how does that happen---is it just me?
Oh man, Dont you just HATE that. Happens to me all the time, WTF?
YOu want to look up something online. YOu head to the computer, sit down, check an email or something. An hour later you go sit on the couch to watch The Brady Bunch and you think "Gee, I never did look up that thing. I'll do it after the Bradys". having had your Marsha fix you head back to the computer to look up said thing. SOmething distracts you and two hours later you log off for the night. In the morning you think "DAMMIT, I still didn't look up that thing." You go to look it up, check the weather instead and head out the door - STILL without finding out what you wanted to before.
Coda and Mister---Now I don't feel so bad, I'm not alone.
Quote from: mister on October 12, 2012, 12:12:46 AM
YOu want to look up something online. YOu head to the computer, sit down, check an email or something. An hour later you go sit on the couch to watch The Brady Bunch and you think "Gee, I never did look up that thing. I'll do it after the Bradys". having had your Marsha fix you head back to the computer to look up said thing. SOmething distracts you and two hours later you log off for the night. In the morning you think "DAMMIT, I still didn't look up that thing." You go to look it up, check the weather instead and head out the door - STILL without finding out what you wanted to before.
^ This.
I do this all the time. :technical:
Ha!. Think of something I want to look up on the net, read this thread and DAMN, I can't remember what it was I wanted to look for :icon_sad:
Sitting on my ass at work on a saturday doing nothing but waiting for employees to get back from lunch so we can go home for the day. "It's not a paid lunch", "Yeah, but I'm hungry".
Atlanta I-75 traffic.
When 5-10 minutes turns into 60 when you are waiting for your food at a diner.
Chick-fil-a closed on Sunday. How is my kid supposed to play indoors while on the road? State rest stops are creepy.
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Women with smoking hot bodies - from behind or front - but with horror heads. Raised my hopes to smash them down again.
Fat chicks wearing skimpy shorts or short short skirts and half tops, cause those items are In. Just cause it is In doesn't mean you should wear it.
Perfect riding weather all week followed by heavy rain and strong winds on the weekend.
People who ride their brakes or hit the brake pedal constantly without actually slowing down.
People who come to a complete stop at lights with a 2-3 car length gap in front of them. :dunno_black:
Non-muscular people wearing sleeveless shirts to show off their sweet tribal tattoo.
Crocs.
Ironic T-shirts.
People with half a cart full in the express line at the grocery store.
People who don't return their grocery carts to the cart collection thingie.
People that are overzealous about politics.
Walking barefoot on wood decks.
Handshakes where the other person grips obnoxiously hard.
Handshakes where the other person doesn't grip at all.
Skinny jeans.
Baseball caps where people don't bend the bill.
Thats all I can think of at the moment..... :woohoo:
Baseball caps worn sideways
Hoodies worn with the hood on the head - in summer or indoors
People who sit at traffic lights in a daze looking everywhere but at the light which is about to change - then needing to be beeped with the horn cause they still have their foot on the brake two seconds after the light has gone green
People who try to cut in front of you in a line, then make out they didn't see you standing there when you pull them up on it.
Checkout chicks that ask you something to which you answer, then three seconds later they ask again cause they forgot they asked in the first place. I just look at them as they sheepishly realize what they have just done. Then we joke about it and they smile and the ice is broken.
Convenience store clerks who have to REPEATEDLY be reminded of a promotion ( 2 for $3 example) the information is 3" from the register in PLAIN sight.
Quote from: ojstinson on October 11, 2012, 07:26:26 PM
You're sitting there working on your bike, you haven't moved from that spot, suddenly something (a part, a tool ) you just had in your hand 5 minutes ago vanishes, you can't find it anywhere---how does that happen---is it just me?
MMMhhmm, Or your sitting there and here something sounding like a little screw or bolt fall but there it nothing to be found and all the holes are full!
Yes Higgins, or you just removed a small screw or something and it drops down into the body of the bike somewhere and you can't for the life of you manage to locate it, when you hear it drop you are hoping it made it to the floor but it never does. There are things I have dropped down into the bike somewhere that I have never found. It's like when you get something in your eye and it finally goes away---where did it go? Are there storage areas behind your eyes that are filling up with sand, bugs, and lint?
Or, you hear it drop on the floor. But when you look it is nowhere to be found. After three hours searching with the aid of tracker dogs and two packed lunches, you find it 20ft away behind three feet of stacked boxes - how the fuk did it get there.
BINGO!---Mister, I can't believe I left that one out.
Quote from: mister on October 14, 2012, 11:39:17 AM
Or, you hear it drop on the floor. But when you look it is nowhere to be found. After three hours searching with the aid of tracker dogs and two packed lunches, you find it 20ft away behind three feet of stacked boxes - how the fuk did it get there.
worse is when you cannot find it, you bodgy a solution somehow, get everything together and going, then find it as you put away the last tool. :technical:
Quote from: ThatOtherGuy on October 14, 2012, 02:02:27 PM
Quote from: mister on October 14, 2012, 11:39:17 AM
Or, you hear it drop on the floor. But when you look it is nowhere to be found. After three hours searching with the aid of tracker dogs and two packed lunches, you find it 20ft away behind three feet of stacked boxes - how the fuk did it get there.
worse is when you cannot find it, you bodgy a solution somehow, get everything together and going, then find it as you put away the last tool. :technical:
Or... You never find it. But... 6 months later you open a drawer and see it staring at you. How the heck it get there?
Quote from: mister on October 12, 2012, 12:12:46 AM
YOu want to look up something online. YOu head to the computer, sit down, check an email or something. An hour later you go sit on the couch to watch The Brady Bunch and you think "Gee, I never did look up that thing. I'll do it after the Bradys". having had your Marsha fix you head back to the computer to look up said thing. SOmething distracts you and two hours later you log off for the night. In the morning you think "DAMMIT, I still didn't look up that thing." You go to look it up, check the weather instead and head out the door - STILL without finding out what you wanted to before.
what i'm seein here is just proof that the brady bunch is mind softening drivel that induces a coma like awake state for many other activities ... i sometimes think that the show is quite possibly the reason that the middle east lads dislike the US sooooooo much ... no family can be that icky sticky funsy cheerful all the damn time! :icon_rolleyes: ... also i reckon the "damn chinese" have bought the rights to the show and keep the re-runs on indefinitely to 'zone out' western society into a mushy brain fog awareness to make their eventual invasion plans easier! ..... beware the bradys!! :icon_eek:
Dunno if this ones has been mentioned yet but this really pisses me off. You are standing inline at a take away store for 5 mins and so has the person in front of you. It is their turn to place their order so it's then they decide to look up at the menu and hum and har for another few minutes while they decide what they want. You had 5 minutes to decide dipshit!
How true. Most people spend most of their life with their head up their *&se. :mad:
Macka
Having work tell me last week get a clearance from the doctor to return to work then after my doctors visit they produce a form I've never seen before and tell I should have got the doctor to fill that in. Umm How about you give that to me before I go to the doctor. I told them when I was going and everything. Grrr. Great another pointless visit to the doctor so I can go drive my desk.
Quote from: ojstinson on October 11, 2012, 07:26:26 PM
You're sitting there working on your bike, you haven't moved from that spot, suddenly something (a part, a tool ) you just had in your hand 5 minutes ago vanishes, you can't find it anywhere---how does that happen---is it just me?
I planned on stating something else... but you've pinned it down already.
must be a brain fart virus, cause if anyone comes to help, they'll do it too in shirt order.
most infuriating if/when an already curing gasket is being placed, or a frozen bearing installed... yes, agony indeed!
Don't know if this affects anyone else, but it seems like every time I go to Wal-Mart, which is maybe twice a month, I can't get in the door without somebody asking for money or gifts or time. It's girl scouts one day, the fight for Restless Leg Syndrome people, little league something, or any number of charity/sports team/obscure organization. Don't get me wrong, I have no issue with supporting these things and give about $1000 a year BUT I hate the shakedown going and coming. I know it's effective to guilt trip people into giving they're money but I don't think it's appropriate to be essentially trapped when buying household necessities. I don't fault the ones doing the fund-raising but Wal-Mart for allowing it to get out of control and making me want to shop a target and pay more for the same item just to avoid wanting to tell a 12 year old to F-off (wanting, not doing) or maybe I'm more of an @$$hole than I think.
i always tell them ( ill donate via charity website)
people who take petty, worthless statistics and make a world crisis out of it.
Tonight's debate: Seems Obama spoke for 44 minutes total and Romney for 40 minutes total.
They were making that into a crisis that would alter the election, favoritism and all kinds of other things.
SheeeeeessshhhhhH! like that makes any difference? Its not how long they spoke (like 4 minutes is significant) but WHAT they said.
A West Seattle grade school that says "NO Halloween costumes!"
That's because they want the kids to concentrate on studies and not be distracted.
......but then they let them out a couple hours early to go trick-or-treating.
WTF?
The idiots that support the self destruction of america in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio)
How singers are asked their opinion on things as if they now somehow have some deep insight and wisdom to share with us plebs who don't make $5 million a quarter.
I sent a donation to the US Presidential Candidate I favor. Several days later, I get a phone call from a blocked number. (I know, I should have let it go to voicemail.) Who is it but the same candidate's local campaign office calling to try to pressure me into donating more money. I finally said, "Look. I made the donation that I wanted to make. Donating to a political campaign doesn't offer me any tax benefits, so I have no intention of donating more." :mad:
Blocked numbers in general.
Quote from: mister on October 17, 2012, 12:03:30 PM
Blocked numbers in general.
And FAKE caller ID's. (i.e. garbage numbers)
And caller ID's that when you call back are non-working numbers.
Should be illegal and prohibited from faking your caller ID.
ah, the irritating *67 phone calls
That one stray hair that floats around in your helmet and tickles your face almost to the point of distraction.
same old shaZam! different day. regarding the presidential election/debates. both are talking out of their ass, both want in. aka politics. now to school. too many breaks. ( fall break, thanksgiving break, christmas break, i think around here til jan5th or something lol, then spring break, and a host of staff inservices. no wonder the children forget many things.
Quote from: kyled25 on October 16, 2012, 11:28:34 PM
The idiots that support the self destruction of america in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio)
You do realize that that individual is very misinformed. The program that provides those pre-paid phones actually started under the Reagan administration. It's part of an FCC program called Lifeline that provides low-cost phones/phone service to individuals/families based on income. Hell, it isn't even directly funded by taxes.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
yes I realize that person is misinformed. The point I was trying to make concerning "the self destruction of america" is people that will vote for a candidate solely based on the idea of who they perceive will give them the most free shiZam! instead of political issues.
Quote from: k.rollin on October 21, 2012, 02:32:38 AM
Hell, it isn't even directly funded by taxes.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
Maybe not directly, but in a companies bottom line the cost incurred for the program will be past on their consumer anyways. Since I pay for 100% of my cell phone ipso facto I pay for the program. I really don't want to start political debates on a motorcyle forum though :technical:
Order in the next 10 minutes and we'll double your order! Just pay processing and handling fee.
Adidas, you forgot the best parts-----"Normally sold for $59.95, now you only pay $12.95, and if you order right away you get an additional item free--plus 4 free refills which are a $20.00 value".
When they first showed the item you're thinking it looked pretty decent, but after all the additional come ons you're thinking---Wow, this really is a worthless piece of crap.
after the shitting and handling, they make their money. its all chinese anyways. so id say they buy it for $2 maybe, sell it for $10 PLUS P&H. theyre givin nothing away
don't forget the countdown clock that you have to order by that appears on every commercial
Another petty thing: So I went to a Halloween party this weekend at my buddy's wife's mom's house :dunno_black: Anyways, my buddy told me that "Trent" (buddy's wife's little brother) just got a bike. We went to the garage to see what kind of bike a 18 year old gets (he has no job, smokes pot all day in the basement playing xbox with his brother), and low and behold is a early 2000's stretched and lowered r1 w/ polished frame and swingarm. :cookoo:
Quote from: kyled25 on October 21, 2012, 08:15:00 PM
don't forget the countdown clock that you have to order by that appears on every commercial
and/or calling the number to order ( or mess with em) saying, i dont want the "free" one. ive yet to find some company that actually will do that
Quote from: kyled25 on October 21, 2012, 08:34:58 PM
Another petty thing: So I went to a Halloween party this weekend at my buddy's wife's mom's house :dunno_black: Anyways, my buddy told me that "Trent" (buddy's wife's little brother) just got a bike. We went to the garage to see what kind of bike a 18 year old gets (he has no job, smokes pot all day in the basement playing xbox with his brother), and low and behold is a early 2000's stretched and lowered r1 w/ polished frame and swingarm. :cookoo:
Just call it natural selection. Yes, sometimes it means they get the 'cool' toys for a little bit, but it is necessary for evolution. Natural selection will eventually find a way to fix stupid, even if our healthcare system continues keeping them alive.
:icon_eek:
- Bboy
People who use an endless string of possessives to describe something that could be summed up in 1/2 the word count. This usually leads to people ignoring whatever comes after the endless string of relations because they don't want to bother figuring out the actual relation.
Example: my brother's wife's mother's husband's workshop...the better way to describe this is "my brother's father-in-law's workshop." :thumb:
ouch that was aimed at me. Now I must analyze every post of yours so I can in turn bash you for something hahaha :woohoo:
Quote from: jdoorn14 on September 26, 2012, 12:29:50 PM
Quote from: BassWoW on September 26, 2012, 10:03:31 AM
To be honest- It was
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- falling skies
- Walking dead
- Alphas
Add to the can't miss list:
- Game of Thrones
- Sons of Anarchy
- How I Met Your Mother
- Big Bang Theory
- 2 Broke Girls
- Once Upon a Time
Add to the "could be good but are likely to be cancelled if I get too much into them" (honorable mention) list:
- Revolution
- Last Resort
- Zero Hour
- Arrow
- The Mob Doctor
- The Following
Quote from: jestercinti on September 26, 2012, 10:06:14 AM
Walking dead has my vote...although I do not have cable, so I have to wait until it comes out on Netflix or an online viewing version.
People that not only watch the big bang theory, but put it in a "can't miss" category.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbebgh72G9o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbebgh72G9o) :cheers:
People that can't quite make quotes work right. hahaha
haha I saw it after I posted and just shook my head.
Quote from: ojstinson on October 11, 2012, 07:26:26 PM
You're sitting there working on your bike, you haven't moved from that spot, suddenly something (a part, a tool ) you just had in your hand 5 minutes ago vanishes, you can't find it anywhere---how does that happen---is it just me?
I had that happen to me last time I worked on my bike. I managed to lose my small ratchet with 10mm deep well attached (aka need that to do an oil change!) and couldn't find it. I searched for 2 hours, and 2 of my buddies helped and we couldn't find the thing. I go walk into the garage 3 weeks later and I see it shining in the sun on a shelf above where my spare nuts and bolts are. I checked there 4 times and I sware it wasn't there! Got it safely locked up in the tool box now!
What annoys me? When the most miniscule thing takes your bike off the road for 2 weeks :(
People that don't make quotes work right, notice it, but cannot be stuffed to go back and Modify said post to make it work right :icon_rolleyes:
People who either have done it bigger better than you, or know someone who has, about Every story in a conversation no matter who in the conversation says it.
People who claim to have done so many jobs you'd swear they are 140yo.
People who reckon they have done whatever job it is you are doing at their house. Eg. years ago I was a removal guy. It was amazing how many people would tell you they used to do removals as well. Who knew?
Quote from: mister on October 22, 2012, 07:33:36 PM
People that don't make quotes work right, notice it, but cannot be stuffed to go back and Modify said post to make it work right :icon_rolleyes:
wtf does "cannot be stuffed" mean? :flipoff: I also never realized there was a modify button, I'm a newb to forums, usually just read and not post.
Quote from: kyled25 on October 22, 2012, 07:46:27 PM
Quote from: mister on October 22, 2012, 07:33:36 PM
People that don't make quotes work right, notice it, but cannot be stuffed to go back and Modify said post to make it work right :icon_rolleyes:
wtf does "cannot be stuffed" mean? :flipoff: I also never realized there was a modify button, I'm a newb to forums, usually just read and not post.
Ok, my bad, this better? "Can't be fukked"
Quote from: mister on October 22, 2012, 07:33:36 PM
People who either have done it bigger better than you, or know someone who has, about Every story in a conversation no matter who in the conversation says it.
People who claim to have done so many jobs you'd swear they are 140yo.
People who reckon they have done whatever job it is you are doing at their house. Eg. years ago I was a removal guy. It was amazing how many people would tell you they used to do removals as well. Who knew?
Bah ... #1 I like to ask them details about whatever was bigger and better ... mostly the story suddenly gets real vague :icon_rolleyes:
#2 They aint 140yo bro .. they are just friggin hopeless! ... sometimes 'doing a job' means they rang up about it cos their job-network provider threatened to cut the dole if they didnt!
#3 hahahahah I get this weekly .. if not multiple times per week ... having been a removalist for 25 years myself.... i reckon sometimes that half the planet 'used to work on the removal truck' ... but ...
in an ironic twist .. my thoughts often leads to "yeah but who is sillier?, you for not having any work/job despite 'having experience' ... or me for sticking with removals for 25 years"
.. and having clicks/pops/grating noises/occasional pain/constant aches in my knees/ankles/shoulders/elbows/wrist (which was the recent surgery) / back/sometimes hips .... its all manageable and usually transient/controllable with some paracetamol/anti inflammatory tablets ...
thats why me and herself are going to a 3 day intensive training workshop this weekend ... looking to start in the 'opportunities to buy a house without banks' line of business .... you know .. when you see those little cardboard signs on a power pole that say "rent to buy/no bank loan/vendor finance.. call 'John Smith' on 1234 5678 ... thats actually part of a legit company and marketing scheme.... so we gonna have a go at making some income streams from organising deals.
..ooops sorry .. i did my ramble-along to off topic again :oops: ... but i'll leave it in cos i can :D
People who treat their child like an adult and have to take it EVERYWHERE.
People who Have to take their lapdog everywhere.
How 95% of my facebook news feed is filled with lame meme photos, repeated quotes from famous people, or insignificant posts about routine daily living.
now thats one thing i dont find annoying anymore ... goddamm facebook!... best decision of my online life was to close my account off....
i have a house phone, a mobile phone and this/couple other forum/s ... facebook is just trash mostly ... artificial inflation of each individuals ego/popularity ...
YAY for shutting down FakeBook! :woohoo:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 23, 2012, 11:51:03 PM
now thats one thing i dont find annoying anymore ... goddamm facebook!... best decision of my online life was to close my account off....
i have a house phone, a mobile phone and this/couple other forum/s ... facebook is just trash mostly ... artificial inflation of each individuals ego/popularity ...
YAY for shutting down FakeBook! :woohoo:
+1 to this.
While I do have a FB account, it's only because it's the best way to get hold of my brother. He is literally my only friend on that site........which irritates my wife to no end. She loves pointing that out - "You won't even accept me as your friend on Facebook."
My reply: "Honey, I'm your friend in the REAL world."
Quote from: Big Rich on October 24, 2012, 02:47:51 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 23, 2012, 11:51:03 PM
now thats one thing i dont find annoying anymore ... goddamm facebook!... best decision of my online life was to close my account off....
i have a house phone, a mobile phone and this/couple other forum/s ... facebook is just trash mostly ... artificial inflation of each individuals ego/popularity ...
YAY for shutting down FakeBook! :woohoo:
+1 to this.
While I do have a FB account, it's only because it's the best way to get hold of my brother. He is literally my only friend on that site........which irritates my wife to no end. She loves pointing that out - "You won't even accept me as your friend on Facebook."
My reply: "Honey, I'm your friend in the REAL world."
Agreed to all, I have a few select friends from the military that change phone numbers like underwear, facebook is the easiest way to stay in contact.
Quote from: kyled25 on October 21, 2012, 08:34:58 PM
Another petty thing: So I went to a Halloween party this weekend at my buddy's wife's mom's house :dunno_black: Anyways, my buddy told me that "Trent" (buddy's wife's little brother) just got a bike. We went to the garage to see what kind of bike a 18 year old gets (he has no job, smokes pot all day in the basement playing xbox with his brother), and low and behold is a early 2000's stretched and lowered r1 w/ polished frame and swingarm. :cookoo:
I would not even want that. I think Stretched Chrome crotch rockets are ugly. I know your point about not deserving/earning it though.
Quote from: Higgins13 on October 24, 2012, 06:54:08 AM
I would not even want that. I think Stretched Chrome crotch rockets are ugly. I know your point about not deserving/earning it though.
It was pretty hideous. Supposedly he's had it for a few months but it doesn't even have a plate/temp plate on it. I just have no idea what kind of parent would buy something like that for an 18 year old.
Maybe they're trying to get him to off himself. Doesn't seem like he's doing much to contribute to society or his family.
Quote from: MVent03 on October 25, 2012, 06:54:14 AM
Maybe they're trying to get him to off himself. Doesn't seem like he's doing much to contribute to society or his family.
If my folks were randomly giving me gifts like that I would not move out lol. It may be ugly but some lugen out their would pay top doller for it ;)
Hell yeah, If somebody wanted to give me a bike for $FREE.99 I wouldn't care how ugly it was I'd ride it, long as my friends wouldn't see. I used to be that way with women. :icon_twisted:
Quote from: Huff1371 on October 25, 2012, 12:15:10 PM
Hell yeah, If somebody wanted to give me a bike for $FREE.99 I wouldn't care how ugly it was I'd ride it, long as my friends wouldn't see. I used to be that way with women. :icon_twisted:
So your got the nickname Cowboy, right? Cause you were busted riding a cow :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: mister on October 25, 2012, 02:47:26 PM
Quote from: Huff1371 on October 25, 2012, 12:15:10 PM
Hell yeah, If somebody wanted to give me a bike for $FREE.99 I wouldn't care how ugly it was I'd ride it, long as my friends wouldn't see. I used to be that way with women. :icon_twisted:
So your got the nickname Cowboy, right? Cause you were busted riding a cow :icon_mrgreen:
Hey, it really feels the same, all you need is a friend to hold you up to that right hieght....Oh, you mean a large woman. Yeah, thats what happened. :thumb:
People who send xmas card with no return address.
"OK - I know 6 DAVE's. Which are you and what is your address?"
No wonder I don't send out many cards
People who always write checks at the grocery store - and yes, we know they don't write until everything is rung up. But WHY oh WHY don't they keep a pen? They write checks - and you don't have a pen?
People still write cheques/checks? There really is no need for the stupid things in the 21st century. I hate it when I receive a cheque as it means I have to make a trip inside a bank instead of having a nice, quick and efficient electronic transfer.
I have a cheque book, just to pay the lawn mower guy each month and for other incidental larger payments such as trades people etc, particularly where the vendor wants to hit me up for credit card surcharges. funny how many people have no idea that normal everyday people can get a cheque book and think only businesses have them.
I've never used a cheque - if I need to pay someone I always know how much it will cost and make a trip down the road to get cash out...
I feel like if I were to hand someone a cheque they'd question the authenticity...don't have that problem with cash!
Receiving cheques sucks too.
Cars on a twisty section of road that are on their brakes the entire time and have a group of motorcyclists banked up behind them (which they can obviously see/hear) who suddenly find the accelerator when there is an opportunity to pass their mobile roadblock.
Oh and to add - the ones who you do pass who suddenly decide to try to keep up with you through the twisty sections. It's not long before they are specks in the mirrors but why bother? Girlfriend in the car? I challenged his manhood by passing him?
Quote from: Twisted on December 30, 2012, 04:20:13 PM
Oh and to add - the ones who you do pass who suddenly decide to try to keep up with you through the twisty sections. It's not long before they are specks in the mirrors but why bother? Girlfriend in the car? I challenged his manhood by passing him?
I play with them when that happens. But they do suck when they do that crap.
When I'm out for a serious drive on a twisty road I get pissed off by the motorbikes holding me up on the fun bits. Sports Bikers are bad enough but Hells Accountant in groups on cruisers are the worst.
On the "Un-annoying side" sometimes there are nice people. On Vashon Island today, people wave at me - even walkers and cagers. One cager even pulled over to let me pass, even though the roads were covered with wet slippery leave and I was not in a hurry. Sometimes people are nice!
Quote from: adidasguy on December 30, 2012, 09:11:59 PM
On the "Un-annoying side" sometimes there are nice people. On Vashon Island today, people wave at me - even walkers and cagers. One cager even pulled over to let me pass, even though the roads were covered with wet slippery leave and I was not in a hurry. Sometimes people are nice!
I like to think these people are actually motorbike riders that are temporarily misplaced. They know the enjoyment and want you to make the most of it. Luckily I encounter these frequent enough to restore my faith.
However there was reports of the snorters doing this to motorcycle riders in New South Wales, then radioing ahead to another vehicle to book them on "estimated" speeding and dangerous driving charges. Entrapment at its worst. That's something I find annoying.
When you have been a Paid member of Something for many years. Due to address changes your membership renewal doesn't arrive. As such, renewal date expires. When you realize you contact to renew your membership and are told... sorry, it expired, you will have to reapply as a new member and pay a Joining Fee. WTF? Double wammy, as a new member no discounts for your previous years. Full price for you. 2x wtf. How about keeping a customer? Grrr.
Quote from: mister on December 30, 2012, 10:08:33 PM
When you have been a Paid member of Something for many years. Due to address changes your membership renewal doesn't arrive. As such, renewal date expires. When you realize you contact to renew your membership and are told... sorry, it expired, you will have to reapply as a new member and pay a Joining Fee. WTF? Double wammy, as a new member no discounts for your previous years. Full price for you. 2x wtf. How about keeping a customer? Grrr.
Sounds like RACQ?
Quote from: ThatOtherGuy on December 30, 2012, 09:27:39 PMHowever there was reports of the snorters doing this to motorcycle riders in New South Wales, then radioing ahead to another vehicle to book them on "estimated" speeding and dangerous driving charges. Entrapment at its worst. That's something I find annoying.
They bikers were mostly getting booked for overtaking across double lines. The worst bit is the vehicle would pull out just ahead of the bikes and then travel below the speed limit to encourage the overtaking. Yes it s entrapment but we don't have rules against it here. Some of those caught have the means and the will to fight it in court.
Quote from: codajastal on December 31, 2012, 12:06:22 AM
Quote from: mister on December 30, 2012, 10:08:33 PM
When you have been a Paid member of Something for many years. Due to address changes your membership renewal doesn't arrive. As such, renewal date expires. When you realize you contact to renew your membership and are told... sorry, it expired, you will have to reapply as a new member and pay a Joining Fee. WTF? Double wammy, as a new member no discounts for your previous years. Full price for you. 2x wtf. How about keeping a customer? Grrr.
Sounds like RACQ?
Give that man a cigar :thumb: :thumb:
these recurring telemarketer calls... 'from my phone company because sir we are able to offer you a wery wery good discount on your next bill yes indeedy!" ...
still.. it is good that i am coming up with brand new ways to get rid of the parasites... aint even swored at one in the last fortnight :angel:
Quote from: Janx101 on February 17, 2013, 09:43:38 PM
these recurring telemarketer calls... 'from my phone company because sir we are able to offer you a wery wery good discount on your next bill yes indeedy!" ...
still.. it is good that i am coming up with brand new ways to get rid of the parasites... aint even swored at one in the last fortnight :angel:
when they call selling phone serice. i say " im sorry i dont have a phone" ( said while on the phone. sadly some of those folks buy it)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 17, 2013, 10:08:17 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 17, 2013, 09:43:38 PM
these recurring telemarketer calls... 'from my phone company because sir we are able to offer you a wery wery good discount on your next bill yes indeedy!" ...
still.. it is good that i am coming up with brand new ways to get rid of the parasites... aint even swored at one in the last fortnight :angel:
when they call selling phone serice. i say " im sorry i dont have a phone" ( said while on the phone. sadly some of those folks buy it)
lol yeah ... this last one.... i used this one.... cos when he started his spiel he only referred to me as Sir .. or Owner of the business ..
"ok mate hang on... so you are calling from my phone company? ... well... for security purposes ... you must be calling me with my account in front of you... so... what is my name? .... ------ silence ------- .. if you are calling me about my account.. you must know my name?! ... ----- silence ---- ... so you dont know my name because you are not from my phone company and dont have my account in front of you???!! ... oh well... bye now" ... :icon_rolleyes:
i tell ppl trying to sell roofing, ( actually usually a company offering all things home repair) i tell them, sorry, im quite happy in my tent. but thank you. then it goes to flooring, i reply, " sorry, am quite happy with the dirt. now, where did i put that rake?but its gotten rather mundane,so now i usually answer, Ni hao, hen they continue talking, im like ¿que? no habla deutsch. @ thispoint they hang up
:thumb:
Kept getting calls for "Services for the Blind". Sending a truck in my area to pick up donations. (guess where this is going?)
Finally got them to stop calling. Something like this:
Don't you SEE what I am saying? Stop calling be. What are you, f*8cking blind or something? Open up your EYES and SEE what I am saying: Stop calling me. I will never donate to you. Why does a f**king blind person expect a free ride anyway? Get dark glasses, a cup and a cane and stand on a corner."
They never called back.
Sometimes you really have to be so bitching nasty to get them to stop.
"Sorry, we'll take you off ouir list"
"I should never be on your list. This number is on the Federal Do-Not-Call list"
"Oh, we don't use that list"
Some scamming telemarketers rotate their numbers so if you block the number, they get in again in another week or two when they rotate numbers.
Many have fake caller ID's. that should be prohibited by the phone companies. You should not be able to inject your own caller ID.
Current one coming in again here is "Air Duct Cleaning for $29.95". Once in a while I answer.
Company name: they guive a fake one
If we get disconnected, how do I call you back? a big old CLICK
Next time I will lead them on even to the point of giving a fake address.
Oh, these are on a land line which I never use and not in my name.
Sure, tell me all about it....
Gentle place the phone down and walk away.
No caller ID, no answer from me cause why you trying to hide.
Flip side, I don't recognize the number, no answer cause I mustn't know you.
Leave me a voice mail if I don't answer. I'll consider calling you back. Cause, why drop everything I am doing to answer the phone because said other person decides they want to chit chat right now. I've got things to do. not time for chit chat. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Quote from: mister on February 18, 2013, 12:33:49 AM
Sure, tell me all about it....
Gentle place the phone down and walk away.
No caller ID, no answer from me cause why you trying to hide.
Flip side, I don't recognize the number, no answer cause I mustn't know you.
Leave me a voice mail if I don't answer. I'll consider calling you back. Cause, why drop everything I am doing to answer the phone because said other person decides they want to chit chat right now. I've got things to do. not time for chit chat. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Is that why you dont answer your phone when I ring? Or is it because you know its me? :flipoff: