How 'bout a thread where we can officially vent/rant about the stuff that really bugs the shit outta us?
I'll go first...
"Winter driving"
Well actually, I don't mind winter driving so much; it's all those other idiots out floundering around like a 13 year old kid who just felt up his first booby. Just what the hell is it about the amnesia-inducing qualities of frozen precip? I mean, almost every license plate I see is from Illinois; these people can't all be new transplants from Ethiopia or some other such snow-bereft region, and yet, every year, something like 90% of drivers are absolutely flummoxed when it starts to snow, even a teensy, weensy, infinitesimally microscopic little bit. Snow on the ground? Brain out the window! Anyway, there are 2 varieties of driver which absolutely frost my ass when things go white. (Of course, these numbnuts are easily recognizable by the fact that they either drive way faster or way slower than me; if everyone drove like me, we'd be all set, obviously...right? Right?)
The first type of driver is the ice racer. Usually, you can find the ice racer in a full sized SUV. This moron is totally empowered by the fact that his vehicle towers above all other traffic, was awarded a 5000 star safety rating, has all wheel drive, and can ford gulches, climb mountains, leap over tall buildings, and run over little old ladies on their way to the beauty parlor without even transmitting the slightest indication of a bump, thereby allowing said moron to drink coffee, use the GPS, and carry on an intimate conversation with the ONSHILF (OnStarHottieILikeTo..) in the utmost of comfort and luxury. What's a little bit of snow when you're leasing this year's must have automotive equivalent of Viagra? (with 24" rims!) Of course, I just want to grab these people (not) gently by their lips and (not) calmly explain how all the Go-Jo new technology in their big-assed 3 ton dick prosthetic is thoroughly unmatched by equivalent stopping power. ABS or no, more mass requires more distance, and I'm tired of crapping my pants every time I see one of these players rolling up in my rear view, and I'm really gonna hate it when I'm serving time for manslaughter...
The second type of, and far more dangerous, driver is the Slowsky. The slowsky makes my blood boil and my veins pop as they wait 20 minutes to execute a turn (inevitably choosing the most inopportune moment of all to finally go), maintain a safety cushion of, oh, about 2 miles (thereby allowing innumerable Airbus 380's and the occasional oil tanker to comfortably ease into the space in front of them), and absolutely refuse to go any faster than 30 mph less than the posted limit, unless the limit is over 35, in which case they apply the complex formula of (x+5)-x = S, S being let's see if we can finally drive Farmboy absolutely batshit. As dangerous as all these traits are, they're nothing compared to the Slowsky's ability to accelerate away from a stop sooooo slowly, and brake for their next stop soooo early, that they actually arrive at said next stop at a point in space which is effectively before the point in space from which they started. I know this is very difficult to understand, but just let me say that I arrived at work this morning yesterday afternoon. This really pissed me off, for various reasons: First, I had a really shitty day yesterday. Second, I rarely know what day it is to begin with. Third, and most important, we already have so-called professional scientists messing around with the space/time continuum over there at the Hadron Collider; I hardly think that this is an area wherein we need the bleary-eyed, molasses-blooded, Starbuck-swilling commuter wantonly and haphazardly dabbling. This isn't like home brewing beer, people! Something unimaginably terrible WILL happen if we don't stop the Slowskies. It may be a tear in the fabric of the universe, or, more likely, a tear in an artery in my brain...
Ah, Fuggit. I'm moving to Florida. Besides, didn't those lucky A-holes just have a race down there? Yep, that's the place for me, as soon as I get all my ducks in a row. Until then, I'm guessing I'll find more topics upon which I will expound in the "Things I really Hate" thread. Feel free to add your own; entries will be judged on syntax, grammar, spelling, and creative use of profanity, and will be awarded absolutely nothing. However, you might feel a little better. I know I do. Or at least I will, once I go hook up the Xanax/Grey Goose drip...(I think I'll try for a vein in my eyeball...)
FLORIDAS GREAT!!!
I am with ya on that shit Farmboy. 3 hours to work this am and the snow was not even sticking. Stupid ass assholes. You guys from Florida can go screw yourself in sunny 80 deg. weather while we sit in traffic.
One of the reasons why I moved from Iowa to Texas two weeks ago...
JIm my friend dont move to st louis... we freak out with rain!
please keep all that white stuff in your area Jim! me, i just hate f-in traffic and stoplights, more than 30 people in a confined area,(confined has diffferent specifications depending on the mood of the day) and f-in stoopid people! (there is way to many of the last category!) let's go to the track!
Happy Holidays!
tim
Dude, you are preaching to the choir.
Understand that apparently, (I really should hunt for the link but I'm lazy) there's now a 'bad driver' gene. Yup, it's not their fault. Personally, I think we ought to identify folk with said gene and revoke their driving privileges. :biggrin:
My coping mechanism has been to accept that I cannot do anything to change these people. I am powerless on how to educate them. Hell, these people can't even drive a grocery cart much less an SUV.
So, what to do? Change your driving philosophy. Now mind you, this borders on religion, so beware. I call it "Zen and Flow". Zen: in that you just accept the inept and become patient. Two vehicles driving side by side at a snails pace? No problem, just fall in behind and breath calmly. Flow: when the opportunity presents itself you do some very ninja like moves to maneuver through the traffic. To do this you need to be 'aware' which is akin to "Chi". Develop your driving chi into a zen and flow, and you will get to your destination calmer and faster. Yes, faster. Rather than impatience and annoyance ruling your every move, you are now like a hunter, patient and focused, oh yes grasshopper, you can do this.(https://www.ccsforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clicksmilies.com%2Fs1106%2Fverkleidung%2Fcostumed-smiley-067.gif&hash=4ad5f8844ce538d89ac9f9549bb54c3529758f41)
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Oh, and spiders. I still really hate spiders. (Real ones, this isn't a jab @ you, Sensei Alexa.)
We can have pretty bad rainfall down in Florida. Mostly in summer months. Not as bad as snow I'd imagine, but alot of people are idiots in the rain. There are alot of older people though, depnding on where you move in Florida.
Quote from: Farmboy on December 09, 2009, 09:06:39 AM
Oh, and spiders. I still really hate spiders. (Real ones, this isn't a jab @ you, Sensei Alexa.)
Remember, spiders eat the other creepy crawlies. ;) (and mine is Spyder with a 'y')
<best kung fu sage voice> Life is like circle, what goes around comes around...LOL :biggrin:
This is why I drive a small car. If I drove a large car, I would push people off the road and leave them for dead. Everytime I get behind the wheel, I feel like I'm trying to race in the beginner session of a trackday! :ahhh:
Quote from: funsizeracing on December 09, 2009, 09:45:10 AM
This is why I drive a small car. If I drove a large car, I would push people off the road and leave them for dead. Everytime I get behind the wheel, I feel like I'm trying to race in the beginner session of a trackday! :ahhh:
Someone get this lady a hummer, the big one please!
I hate narrow minded people whose idea of a discussion is, "I'm right, you're an idiot and I'll fight you to the death over it."
+1
The +1 is to Funsizeracing. It feels crazy out there. That is one of my "hates." I really have to calm down and ignore anger nowadays. I used to get really pissed off screaming and shit but now I work hard on staying calm. Even when people are jackasses. Especially because I know I've made some stupid moves out there.
Quote from: K3 Chris Onwiler on December 09, 2009, 10:09:57 AM
I hate narrow minded people whose idea of a discussion is, "I'm right, you're an idiot and I'll fight you to the death over it."
So you punch the mirror every morning? :biggrin:
I keed...I keed... :ass:
Needles... I hate needles
I have to get my knee drained every year or 2 and the size of the friggin needle is retarded. I"d rather get general anesthesia and lose a full day of functioning than go through the 2 mins of agony of having that javelin stabbed in my knee and worked around to get the remaining fluid off. THEN when the receptical is full he disconnects the friggin needle leaving it in my knee, squirts the fluid into a container, reattaches it and continues on. I literally have to stare at the ceiling and try not to pass out... its that bad. I'm in there once a year or so and the nurses all know to have ice water on standby and that I get TWO suckers if i'm brave... so far in the past 4 years I have only recieved one per visit.
I must say when its all dont though my knee feels great... maybe I should just get the surgery but I have a hunch there are needles involved in that too...
I have a problem with people who need their car jumpstarted and they have jumper cables the size of speaker wires.
I always tell them don't bother with those cables and use my own monster jumper cables.
They haven't let me down yet.
I really hate fast food. Really, you dare to call that over processed crap "food"? Maybe food-like.
If it's a combination of hydrolyzed protein, salt and trans-fat or lard, it's on a fast food menu somewhere.
Like Arby's 'beef'. I've have never seen actual beef roast that color or texture. So how can they call it beef? Cuz they make it out of cow lips and assholes? Hell even BK or Mickie Ds get the color right fercryinoutloud.
Don't get me started on 'shakes'. I live in the dairy state. I know the texture and taste of a real dairy shake. It's ain't anything that comes out of those fast food machines. That gummy like under texture that clings to your tongue just about makes me want to barf. Real shakes are made of ice cream or frozen custard, flavor and a bit of milk, not some goo that you freeze until it can be squirted through a machine.
Want real food? Cook or go to a locally owned place, even if it's a diner. At least they crack real eggs and fry real bacon. ;)
The mortgage industry through big banks. Really pissing me off right now. You'd THINK they would want to sell the tens of thousands of homes they have foreclosed on, but my experience over the last 4 months says they just don't give a shit.
Quote from: gpz11 on December 09, 2009, 11:07:43 AM
I have a problem with people who need their car jumpstarted and they have jumper cables the size of speaker wires.
I always tell them don't bother with those cables and use my own monster jumper cables.
They haven't let me down yet.
Bah, don't enable them.
Tell 'em sorry, then tell 'em where to get them after AAA or a tow company gives them a bill. :biggrin:
Quote from: Thingy on December 08, 2009, 11:28:02 PM
One of the reasons why I moved from Iowa to Texas two weeks ago...
THAT'S WHY LONNY GOT THE 750 BACK!!!....now I get it.
As I learned from Jeff Kufalk, Wal Mart sells batteries stupid cheap and they don't ask any questions if you show up looking for a warranty, even if your malfunctioning car or your own negligence killed them. (Even sweeter if your diesel needs two...) There's no reason in the world to be driving around with a suspect battery. Anyone needing a jump start is just too plain lazy to plan ahead and deserves to be stuck.
:preachon:
Quote from: backMARKr on December 09, 2009, 12:11:20 PM
THAT'S WHY LONNY GOT THE 750 BACK!!!....now I get it.
I offered to buy it and take it with me. He didn't want to sell. He must like just loaning it out... ::)
Quote from: K3 Chris Onwiler on December 09, 2009, 12:55:26 PM
As I learned from Jeff Kufalk, Wal Mart sells batteries stupid cheap and they don't ask any questions if you show up looking for a warranty, even if your malfunctioning car or your own negligence killed them. (Even sweeter if your diesel needs two...) There's no reason in the world to be driving around with a suspect battery. Anyone needing a jump start is just too plain lazy to plan ahead and deserves to be stuck.
:preachon:
We keep a spare battery charged in the winter. When it's wicked cold Rog takes it into work and if his car won't start he has an instant swap. ;)
Quote from: Thingy on December 09, 2009, 01:14:25 PM
I offered to buy it and take it with me. He didn't want to sell. He must like just loaning it out... ::)
I talked to him last night (mid blizzard, 6 inches on the ground 12 more coming), pushin him to go to Tally GP in February....here's hoping.
Oh...the "hate" thing...
DRAMA....I hate drama....and its usually avoidable.....why is everybody so prone to it?why does everyone feel compelled to be a "reality star" (translate=attention whore)....drunk or sober, I am sick to death of drama.
Being a high school teacher, you would think I see more drama from the children...NOPE...adults are by far the worst!
I must admit that the Tim Struyk "well good for you" response works well in removing myself from these moments, but I wish the situations just didn't exist in the first place!
FISH ON!
thanks for the props mark, helps drive up my "street cred" 8)
or even more popular as of late
"well let me know how that works out for you" or "I'm sure that will work out just fine"
both allow you just enough room to casually stroll away removing yourself from the conversation! :biggrin:
and of course when they insist on bringing to your attention how upset they are... (and its obviously something else thats bothering them)
"Dont be mad at me because youre in a bad relationship"
with women at least, 99% of the time... its dead nuts accurate
feel free to use at your discretion
Quote from: spyderchick on December 09, 2009, 10:27:31 AM
So you punch the mirror every morning? :biggrin:
I keed...I keed... :ass:
Oh, snap!
Quote from: tstruyk on December 09, 2009, 10:37:10 AM
Needles... I hate needles
I have to get my knee drained every year or 2 and the size of the friggin needle is retarded. I"d rather get general anesthesia and lose a full day of functioning than go through the 2 mins of agony of having that javelin stabbed in my knee and worked around to get the remaining fluid off. THEN when the receptical is full he disconnects the friggin needle leaving it in my knee, squirts the fluid into a container, reattaches it and continues on. I literally have to stare at the ceiling and try not to pass out... its that bad. I'm in there once a year or so and the nurses all know to have ice water on standby and that I get TWO suckers if i'm brave... so far in the past 4 years I have only recieved one per visit.
I must say when its all dont though my knee feels great... maybe I should just get the surgery but I have a hunch there are needles involved in that too...
Dude, have the surgery already! Just your description makes me cringe!
Way to go, people! Run with it! This thread is yours; catharsis is within your grasp...
I hate that it's 4 degrees and I can't take my bud Rommel for a walk. He was a Malamute and loved this kind of weather. Two years later and a beautiful, sweet Husky to love but I still miss my Rom.
Quote from: Farmboy on December 09, 2009, 08:16:23 PM
Way to go, people! Run with it! This thread is yours; catharsis is within your grasp...
Like I said, I've solved the driving irritations, so just food to rant about.
Living with Rhiannon I learned to cope with drama as well. :biggrin: It's funny cuz now she hates drama.
What else do I hate? People who would strangle kittens or run over hamsters. :ahhh: :biggrin:
Dudes, what did they ever do to piss you off?
Quote from: spyderchick on December 10, 2009, 08:43:35 AM
Like I said, I've solved the driving irritations, so just food to rant about.
Living with Rhiannon I learned to cope with drama as well. :biggrin: It's funny cuz now she hates drama.
What else do I hate? People who would strangle kittens or run over hamsters. :ahhh: :biggrin:
Dudes, what did they ever do to piss you off?
From the "suggestion for new classes" thread:
"Quote from: CCS on December 06, 2009, 11:49:03 AM
Here is a breakdown of the first ½ of the 2009 season win percentage by brand to help you with this one. Remember Ultralight SuperBike and Lightweight SuperSport are what CCS considers "entry-level" classes. The "inexpensive" SV still wins the lions share of those classes.
Y'all just continue arguing amongst yourselves...
ThunderBike Win Percentage
BMW 3.70%
Buell 40.74%
Duc 29.63%
Kaw 3.70%
Suz 22.22%
SuperSport Win Percentage
Bimota 3.30%
BMW 3.30%
Buell 13.40%
DUC 20.00%
MZ 3.30%
Suz 56.66%
SuperBike Win Percentage
Bimota 6.67%
Buell 6.67%
DUC 23.33%
Hon 16.67%
Suz 46.67%
Grand Prix Win Percentage
Aprilia 3.45%
Bimota 3.45%
BMW 3.45%
Buell 10.34%
DUC 17.24%
Hon 24.14%
Suz 31.03%
Yam 6.90%
Ultralight Win Percentage
Bimota 3.70%
Duc 18.52%
Hon 3.70%
Suz 74.07%
Yam 3.70%
Thank you, Kevin, very informative, but I'm now very psyched about a hamster-powered spec class. I think THIS idea has legs - lots of little furry ones!!
Think about it:
-It's a "Green" series, which I understand will be the next great innovation in our sport. No petroleum products and very little noise (except for all the panting). Oops, I guess there is the issue of hamster waste, but wait! Fertilizer! That's it! Now, racers can defray their costs by going into the organic fertilizer business! Oh wait, there's also the issue of emissions, um, that is, hamster farts. We'll have to do some environmental impact studies to determine the ecological impact and whether it's offset by the new, revolutionized fertilizer market..
-It will also revolutionize the hamster pet industry. Of course, we can't run those guys for too long. I propose a new hamster powerplant every time we change the tires as a good basic guideline. This will be fair to the rodents while providing the marketplace with an abundant supply of heart-healthy, "race-tested" (Trademark rights!! Ka-Ching!!) hamsters, thereby helping to regulate the currently volatile, and often abused, hamster marketplace.
-REAL money can be made in the performance-enhancing drug market. That's right, I'm going to cynically propose that we don't try to hide our dirty little hamster-doping secrets, rather, we embrace and encourage the practice so that we can subsidize HUGE purses in the series, thereby encouraging GARGANTUAN grids! If we do this right, we can build this thing into the direct feeder series for MotoGP!!
-Last but not least, chicks dig hamsters, and they dig racers, so there is an obvious synergy to be realized here. Now, we're all getting laid, too! (Sorry to all you female racers out there. This doesn't benefit you, as we all know what kind of men love hamsters. Again, sincerest apologies, but I'm sure that you'll see the other benfits of the proposed series, and lend your full support.)
I'm waiting by my phone so we can discuss this further. I'd encourage we move quickly on this before someone steals it..."
So, au contraire, cherie, I just want to corner the market...
yup... its December! :lmao:
Jim I have consulted with my Ortho and its of both out opinions that until this becomes a "once every few months" draining... we will avoid surgery.
Plus there are indeed needles involved in the surgery...
and the nurse is hot...
like REALLY hot....
and she thinks my fear of needles is "cute"
did I mention she is hot?
Quote from: tstruyk on December 10, 2009, 11:44:02 AM
yup... its December! :lmao:
Jim I have consulted with my Ortho and its of both out opinions that until this becomes a "once every few months" draining... we will avoid surgery.
Plus there are indeed needles involved in the surgery...
and the nurse is hot...
like REALLY hot....
and she thinks my fear of needles is "cute"
did I mention she is hot?
Well then, it sounds to me like you should poke her back...
very nice :boink:
Quote from: Farmboy on December 10, 2009, 12:42:55 PM
Well then, it sounds to me like you should poke her back...
Doc does the pokin (and not in a good "las vegas" kinda way), she gives me the suckers... (and again, not in a good "las vegas" kinda way)
I really think its cute when right before he skewers me, he, with a very dry tone in his voice and a slight smirk on his face says "sorry" and plunges in... fucker
Quote from: Farmboy on December 08, 2009, 09:22:35 PM
How 'bout a thread where we can officially vent/rant about the stuff that really bugs the shit outta us?
.....Ah, Fuggit. I'm moving to Florida.
I hate liars and cheats.
And Farmboy, sorry to break the news to you ~ The state of Florida is a slowsky magnet! The classic move is pulling out into traffic and going 2 mph. You may want to re-think your relocation strategy :ahhh:
Quote from: tstruyk on December 10, 2009, 12:47:17 PM
I really think its cute when right before he skewers me, he, with a very dry tone in his voice and a slight smirk on his face says "sorry" and plunges in... fucker
Timmay- one word....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! Remember, YOU said it....nobody else did! LMFAO!
OK, Jim- heres my rant: Christmas Trash
I am mortified and mystified by those people who feel the need to purchase EVERY single redneck, Wal-Mart, Christmas lawn ornament. Seriously- did you really need the 8 ft tall, fully operational snow globe to accent your front yard? Christmas lights weren't enough? You felt obligated to share your Christmas spirit via an inflatable Santa popping out of chimney?
Remember- NOTHING says class like illuminated deer, rocking their animatronic heads from side to side....
Also, don't forget- there is no better way to say "Thanks, God, for sending your Son" than a backlit North Pole Express choo choo train inflatable piece of lawn trash.
"Merry Christmas, the shitter's full!"
My favorite is the inflatable Santa on a chopper. I've noticed that most of them have bent forks...
Quote from: tstruyk on December 10, 2009, 12:47:17 PM
Doc does the pokin
I really think its cute when right before he skewers me, he, with a very dry tone in his voice and a slight smirk on his face says "sorry" and plunges in... fucker
Oh God! Put my mind's eye out!
i thought all those people that can't drive had allready moved down here. my gripe is eggnog only3 months out of the year, finding rubarb for pie (learned to lve the stuff during my 8 year stint in WVA) all the antiques that still think they can drive here. was at the hardees the other day and an 80 or 90 year old woman using a walker gets in her car and drives away . What reflexes? electric cars and motorcycles, crap ass food on the fla turnpike, the price of 22 amunition, open pipes on a harley and on and on and on
Florida roads suck, too many old farts. I am moving back up North. Or to the UK where bikes are more popular
I hate....
Slow drivers, cautious drivers, drivers with tinted windows that I cant see through to see if there is anyone ahead of them so I can make a successful pass, polish guys on bikes(they are easy to pick out), dudes in mini-vans, dudes who drive eclipses' or sunfires' (they waste perfectly good cool guy stares), the I.Q. black-hole known as the Home Depot parking lot (it seems as though the black-hole's intensity is increased the closer to the contractor side you get, the dumb-bitch from MN that lives in my building that cant seem to park straight to save her life, immigrant drivers, the guy in the silver porsche on I-290 downtown that thought he could beat me (my wife was sleeping, yours wasn't, sorry your race ended too soon, I win)
I hate brake tappers. Don't touch the pedel unless you actually intend to slow down.
I also hate highway racers who must lead, so they pass you and slow down. Dude, I'm on cruise control. If we pass each other 15 times and my speed never varies, it's you, OK? And you can stop giving me dirty looks.
i hate the unmarked intersection around the corner from my house. traffic from my direction does not have the right of way but every time i stop to yield for an oncomming car the other driver stops .....then its a stare-down!! untill they waive me on. :banghead: so nice of them to stop for me! :banghead: i'm already stopped!!! GO!!!
People who camp out in the fast lane, while driving on the highway. Here's a fuggin hint.....MOVE THE @#$% OVER. Yes, you may already be going 5 MPH or so above the limit, but every other lane is likely passing your clueless ass. Don't get all pissy when YOU should pull to the right and allow faster moving traffc through. Its the passing lane...the fast lane.....not the "I'm gonna go whatever the @#$% speed I want to & could care less about you lane." LOL
(Ranting is fun!)
I hate when I'm cruising in the fast lane and a dumb sh$t comes up behind me and just parks it there. Nevermind that the other lanes are open and they can just go around me.
:biggrin:
Actaully I've been in a car with a guy who would do just that. He would come up on a car that is going slow in the fast lane and then just park it behind them. He would then rant about it. I would then point out that the other lanes are wide open and why doesn't he JUST GO AROUND THEM!
new parents that tell you every little thing their new born child does, like they're a friggin prodegy or something. we have so many here, it gets sickening.
wtf, i don't care, go away.
I hate insurance adjusters and the industry as a whole. I hate car sales people. I hate people who drive slow when I am in a hurry, I hate the government making too many rules, I hate people who sue for no reason (you just can't fix stupid), I hate the people who let the people who sue for no reason get away with it, I hate that life is too short, so lets all go racing!
first on the list...corrupt government.. vote everyone in office out... regardless of party...
Quote from: gpz11 on December 14, 2009, 10:05:06 AM
I hate when I'm cruising in the fast lane and a dumb sh$t comes up behind me and just parks it there. Nevermind that the other lanes are open and they can just go around me.
:biggrin:
Actaully I've been in a car with a guy who would do just that. He would come up on a car that is going slow in the fast lane and then just park it behind them. He would then rant about it. I would then point out that the other lanes are wide open and why doesn't he JUST GO AROUND THEM!
...because, technically speaking, the slower driver is obligated to yield to the faster moving vehicle...meaning the slower driver is supposed to move over. The fast lane (far left) is a passing lane. Hence, passing on the left, and why passing on the right is illegal.
Many states have laws now where it is illegal to camp out in the fast lane at all, unless you are making a pass. Illinois, for one, has been cracking down on this over the past few years. The whole reason? People get pissed when folks do not move over, and they end up making janky passes to the right, which has lead to some nasty accidents.
The fast lane is not the place to set cruise control and "cruise". It's there to overtake slower moving traffic.
Oh, I know all that. I personally don't camp out in the left lane. However, If I'm in the left lane coming up on someone who is camped out there, and there is room in the right lane, I'll just go around them in the right lane.
Not just sit behind them and ranting & raving.
Thats's cool, but makes me wishe we had more of an Autobahn style on our highways....you know- flash the high beams and the dude in front moves over. Would be nice, and would eliminate many road rage incidents if we were all on the same page.
I am convinced that the reason is that in drivers ed, they dont tell you the little things that are so important. I have also come to the realization that, if you dont move over for people, its not just the way you drive, but more so, the way you think about other people.
I hate the people that stay in the right lane, when you are trying to make a right when there is no right turn lane. Even though you put on your signal really early, in hopes that they would see it, and move to the next lane. I hate the GIANT churches that somehow get cops to stop a major street for 20 min. for them to get out of the parking spaces and onto the street, in one swift movement. I hate when people sit and wait for a parking spot for 10 min., when they could've fuckin walked from the end of the parking lot and back in the time they wasted sitting there. I hate when people wait for parking spots at the gym, when they are gonna go inside and run 5-10 miles anyways. I hate when I go to the north side and the gay guys check me out..........oh wait.....I dont mind that.
I miss driving on the Autobahn.
Except with my first car there - '63 VW Beetle with a top speed of about 65 mph.
Nothing like having the thing floored trying to pass a semi on a hill and seeing the flashing headlights a MILE BEHIND ME of a Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Audi, etc. When they're doing 120 mph + the gap closes REALLY quick. Do you bail on the pass or hope that you calculated correctly and can make it around the semi safely before you get skewered in the butt!
'Come on baby, just a little more! C'mon, c'mon you can DO IT!' Classic image of squeezing the crap out of the steering wheel, face 2" from the windshield, right foot smashed 3" THRU the floorboard. Bouncing up and down in my seat! 'C'mon baby!'
Good times!
Adding to the left lane Autobahn thing, I hate it when you are coming up behind people in the left lane on the interstate and you flash your lights and they don't move over. Get the f*** out of my way! Especially when there is room for them to move up a few feet and get in the right lane but I am just far back enough where I can't. This happens too much for me. MOVE MOTHER-FU***R MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE when 40 people are sitting at the drive through so I can park and be the only one at the counter. I HATE when the employees decide to devote all their time to the drive through and ignore the counter until five more people walk in.
Again at fast food joints, convenience stores and gas stations, my PET PEEVE is that famous bastardisation of the English language, "Can I help who's next?" Yeah, you can learn grammar! Aaaaaaaugh!
Quote from: Burt Munro on December 14, 2009, 02:27:48 PM
I miss driving on the Autobahn. Except with my first car there - '63 VW Beetle with a top speed of about 65 mph.
WOW!! you got a brand new beetle to go 65? :biggrin:
I HATE the damn light that I have to take a right at to get on my main road home after work. There are always so many other people that make a line at that light. The other lights take so f-ing long and there is so much traffic oncoming that you can't really make a right. So we have to wait for it to turn green. When it finally does, dumbasses still pull up all slow and some of them stop to look. THE LIGHT IS GREEN!!! GO!!! I don't wanna have to sit through another light cycle at the intersection for eight fucking minutes! I understand to look for safety but damn! All these assholes going to lehigh use that road. Plus the interstate is on that road so all these f-ing idiots going to Naples. I just hate traffic. I am a moderate driver. Not too fast. Not too slow. But shit man.
Quote from: DEVINC on December 09, 2009, 09:23:46 AM
We can have pretty bad rainfall down in Florida. Mostly in summer months. Not as bad as snow I'd imagine, but alot of people are idiots in the rain. There are alot of older people though, depnding on where you move in Florida.
Old people that come down in the winter and congest the hell out of all the roads and put us all at risk because they cant see and dont look where they're driving.
Oh yeah, and one more... I hate pieces of shit that knock your bike over while its parked and cause a couple hundred dollars of damage... then pick it back up for you to find later on that day...
.... But the weather is REALLY NICE right now...
how about when it gets down in the low 20's here in north central florida yeah florida and no snow freeze your but off but no snow
Quote from: Team-ORacing on December 15, 2009, 07:56:25 PM
.... But the weather is REALLY NICE right now...
Yes it is. It's crazy to hear about the blizzards and below zero weather... but here on a non cold-front day, it is like 85-90 degrees out in SW Fla.
Marc, that 20 degree weather sounds nasty. I could take that kind of weather if it snowed, and you are prepared for it, but to just wake up and it's that nasty out. :finger: weather.
i'll update you sometime in late january when it happens. what sucks is i'm a dumb ass truck mechanic and my cheap ass boss(me) won't rent a building that you can park more than one truck in at a time so we're outside 90% of the time ran or shine, hot or cold. the rain and cold usually means on the side of the turnpike at night trying fix some guys junk so everyone can get christmas cookies on time. I love my life....
Taxes, 10% max.
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Do I come into YOUR office while YOU'RE on the phone with a client, and start a LOUD CONVERSATION with another person who is 10 ft away yelling and laughing and speaking crudely?!
NOOOOO!
So why in the almighty hell do you think it's acceptable for you to do it to me!?!?!?!?!
TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE GOD DAMN IT! :finger:
Carnies... Circus folk... Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Very small hands.
how about every old goat in town shows up at hardees for breakfast when the rest of us working people just want a biscuit and get to work
People with attitudes in the parking lot at walmart. You know, the ones that walk in the middle of the aisle when you are trying to drive your car through and they know your behind them and just don't care and walk really slow! MOVE RUDE BITCH!!! Usually it's some stupid chick with hair gelled too flat to her head and big hoop earings, and too small cheerleader shorts (i.e. the ones that think they were born black and in compton) They seem to have more nasty words and attitude than the six dudes that are around her!