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Pet Peeves; Post 'em!
Topic Started: Jan 7 2009, 09:28 AM (1,454 Views)
ivorythumper
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QuirtEvans
Jan 8 2009, 02:22 PM
ivorythumper
Jan 8 2009, 01:56 PM
But on that subject, one of my pet peeves is asshat motorcyclists who dodge in and out of traffic. If someone wants to be an organ donor, don't ruin everyone else's day.
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LWpianistin
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HOLY CARP!!!
Frank_W
Jan 8 2009, 02:17 PM
Yep. And now it's YOUR turn to be crass! Come on! You can do it!! :clap:
:lol2: Oh, I can be, especially in person, I just rarely am. What's the point in wasting the breath/typing on something like that.

I've been holding my own. My dad has been making lots of "jokes" about female drivers. I told him I didn't like it AT ALL, and then I started in with the male driver "jokes". Admittedly, there aren't as many, but it's still fun to get one in every now and then. :silly:
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Another pet peeve about SUVs and giant pick up trucks is trying to back out of a parking space and not being able to see ANYTHING! So, you creep out very very slowly and God forbid if someone's coming! They look at you as if you're an idiot for trying to back out!

Why do people drive those giant pick up trucks. They remind of old western movies and people who used to show off the big beautiful horseflesh they were riding. My horse is better and bigger than yours. It's as if they are modern day horses. And I'm riding a small burro.

Or worse Frances the Mule.
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brenda
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I hate it when some kid poops in the municipal swimming pool, forcing the closure and cleaning costs. It's dang expensive and DISGUSTING! :veryangry:


FYI, Frank reminded me of this in another thread. Thanks?? :lol2:
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brenda
Jan 8 2009, 04:01 PM
I hate it when some kid poops in the municipal swimming pool, forcing the closure and cleaning costs. It's dang expensive and DISGUSTING! :veryangry:


FYI, Frank reminded me of this in another thread. Thanks?? :lol2:
We have a pool and we tell kids that we add a special additive to the pool that turns pee black when they pee so that everyone knows who peed after they pee.

Many many MANY kids believe that, who don't believe in Santa.
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sue
Jan 8 2009, 08:56 AM
Parking vultures. People who just stop their cars mid aisle, waiting for person X to finish loading their vehicle and vacate the spot.
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justme
Jan 8 2009, 04:14 PM
brenda
Jan 8 2009, 04:01 PM
I hate it when some kid poops in the municipal swimming pool, forcing the closure and cleaning costs. It's dang expensive and DISGUSTING! :veryangry:


FYI, Frank reminded me of this in another thread. Thanks?? :lol2:
We have a pool and we tell kids that we add a special additive to the pool that turns pee black when they pee so that everyone knows who peed after they pee.

Many many MANY kids believe that, who don't believe in Santa.
That is toooo funny, Peggy! Love it!
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QuirtEvans
Jan 8 2009, 02:21 PM
Oh, and don't get me started on the motorcyclists who ride BETWEEN THE LANES of a highway when the traffic isn't going fast enough to suit them.

That's actually a good pet peeve of mine. Motorcyclists and bicyclists who want to be given the same deference as a car ... but who want to ignore the rules of the road whenever it suits them.
Lane-splitting is what that practice is called, and it's actually legal here in California(however it is *not* legal in AZ).

There is nothing in the CA vehicle code regarding conduct while splitting, but the safety courses and law enforcement here encourage:

* That it only be done while traffic is stopped or nearly so

* Speed relative to traffic not exceed ~20-25mph

* Be done only between the #1 and #2 lanes whenever possible

A lot of boneheads still ignore those guidelines, but if it's done within them, it actually is safer than sitting in traffic, for a motorcycle.


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:lol2:

Lane-splitting seems so dangerous... I don't know if it's legal in Tennessee or not, but even if I were in California, I don't know that I would ever do it. Maybe in the middle of a massive traffic jam on the 5 or 405... :unsure:
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In stopped or nearly stopped traffic, it is the difference between the risk of being rear-ended and squashed between two cars like a bug, or being sideswiped.

Truly.

The practice has the endorsement of the CHP.

You can also compare it to two-wheeled behavior in Europe and Asia, where it's a case of anything on two wheels can go wherever they fit. (I've actually ridden in Italy a couple of times - it was a BLAST!)






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Some asshat pulled right out in front of me as I was zipping along at 50 mph. Granted, I was anticipating that he would do this and left myself time to downshift and get on the brakes, but then he proceeded to drive 30 in a 45 zone. The shoulder was very wide and smooth, (a bike lane, to be exact), so I just zipped around him. BAM!! Cop nailed me and gave me a warning (thank goodness) for passing on the right. *sigh*
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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OperaTenor
Jan 8 2009, 05:00 PM
QuirtEvans
Jan 8 2009, 02:21 PM
Oh, and don't get me started on the motorcyclists who ride BETWEEN THE LANES of a highway when the traffic isn't going fast enough to suit them.

That's actually a good pet peeve of mine. Motorcyclists and bicyclists who want to be given the same deference as a car ... but who want to ignore the rules of the road whenever it suits them.
Lane-splitting is what that practice is called, and it's actually legal here in California(however it is *not* legal in AZ).

There is nothing in the CA vehicle code regarding conduct while splitting, but the safety courses and law enforcement here encourage:

* That it only be done while traffic is stopped or nearly so

* Speed relative to traffic not exceed ~20-25mph

* Be done only between the #1 and #2 lanes whenever possible

A lot of boneheads still ignore those boneheads, but if it's done within them, it actually is safer than sitting in traffic, for a motorcycle.
In my view, it's discourteous. If you want to be treated like a car, act like a car.

It's also a great way to get squashed like a bug.

And none of that excuses motorcycles and bicycles that don't think they have to stop at stop signs, but pedal right through, confident that the guy on the cross street won't run them over.
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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HOLY CARP!!!
OperaTenor
Jan 8 2009, 05:00 PM
QuirtEvans
Jan 8 2009, 02:21 PM
Oh, and don't get me started on the motorcyclists who ride BETWEEN THE LANES of a highway when the traffic isn't going fast enough to suit them.

That's actually a good pet peeve of mine. Motorcyclists and bicyclists who want to be given the same deference as a car ... but who want to ignore the rules of the road whenever it suits them.
Lane-splitting is what that practice is called, and it's actually legal here in California(however it is *not* legal in AZ).

There is nothing in the CA vehicle code regarding conduct while splitting, but the safety courses and law enforcement here encourage:

* That it only be done while traffic is stopped or nearly so

* Speed relative to traffic not exceed ~20-25mph

* Be done only between the #1 and #2 lanes whenever possible

A lot of boneheads still ignore those boneheads, but if it's done within them, it actually is safer than sitting in traffic, for a motorcycle.
That's not fair. You want all the privlidges of a car, and respect - wait in jams just like the rest of us. I don't care if it's legal, it's rude.
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Blister packaging? Is that like bubble wrap? I love that stuff! :D
We're all mad here!
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Had one happen this morning.

You're driving behind someone on the highway, not even that close...and they spray their windshield cleaning fluid, not realizing that it's also spraying my windshield as well! So annoying...they never think of the people behind them.
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I think of other people when I do that, but then I remember that they too have wipers. Not much to be done but spray away!
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Jan 9 2009, 08:33 AM
Blister packaging? Is that like bubble wrap? I love that stuff! :D
No, it's when a product is sealed in a hard, practically inpenetrable plastic blister, like this:

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I hate the assholes who tailgate you in a huge SUV in bad weather. If you don't move fast enough, they have their headlights, sometimes hi-beams, in my rearview mirrors. :mad2: :veryangry: I have a 2 door Olds Alero for Christ's sake! Like my car is good in snow or rural areas where deer cross the road.

Another pet peeve is network computer problems on a Friday. GRRRRR! I want to reach into my wallpaper, grab Frostmourne and go to town on the computers. :devilgrin: (I have the Northrend loading screen as my wallpaper. It shows The Lich King on the Frozen Throne and Frostmourne.)

I also hate people who jump in front of you to mine a node. I mine Titanium too, you know! :veryangry:
Hilary aka LadyElton
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DivaDeb
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"It is what it is" drives me up the wall with its faux-weightiness and pretensious resignation.
It makes me want to smack the one who says it...
you have been warned.

:-)
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DivaDeb
Jan 11 2009, 10:39 AM
"It is what it is" drives me up the wall with its faux-weightiness and pretensious resignation.
It makes me want to smack the one who says it...
you have been warned.

:-)
Yep, I'm not much for eye rolling, Deb, but that one does it for me.

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HOLY CARP!!!
I hate it when the waitress refills your half-filled cup of coffee without asking. I mean, it was hard to get the right mix of sugar and cream and she just fvcked it up! She poured it right to the top so I couldn't add any more cream! I tell you I was about ready to 'splode!
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You know the little line on holes at the bottom of a bill that says, "tear here"? The Fricking things never tear right. It always leaves a little of the top. Now it does not fit in the envelope.
Who cares about a fricking cup of coffee?
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HOLY CARP!!!
DivaDeb
Jan 11 2009, 10:39 AM
"It is what it is" drives me up the wall with its faux-weightiness and pretensious resignation.
It makes me want to smack the one who says it...
you have been warned.

:-)
^_^ "empowering" does that to me. Gag me.
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