What bugs you?
May 28th, 2012 at 6:58:03 AM
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Numerous threads have members bothered by various things in life. From healthcare to late buying in at the craps table. From splitting tens to tracking students. I have been blessed with a relatively good life so far. My minor irriations are not worthy of print. What say everyone else? This question could lead us just about anywhere.
"GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST REGARDING ANYTHING".
"GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST REGARDING ANYTHING".
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May 28th, 2012 at 7:06:43 AM
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Inconsistency.
May 28th, 2012 at 7:38:48 AM
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I would say the no-risk-tolerance society has these days, and for many years. The Space Shuttle Challenger blew up and people called to cancel the entire program. Same deal later with Columbia. Here in Pittsburgh we have a "reversing direction" HOV lane. Years back there was ONE fatal accident, someone went thru and erroneously opened gats, fatal crash. There were calls to close the entire thing. One death in the military and we question if the mission is working or worthwhile. Those 5-gallon buckets that are gerat to store things in? They tried to pass a regulation forcing them to leak because a child *might* drown in one. Merry-go-rounds, see-saws, and monkey bars dissapear from playgrounds because kids might get hurt. Limiting salt in reataurant meals because it might be bad for your health. Ditto trans-fat cooking. How many people remember years of 55 mph speed limits because there *might* be more accidents. Almost banned convertibles because they "might roll over." People afraid of even the smallest amount of pesticides. On and on it goes.
Related is oversensitivity. I heard that at I think VA Tech they were going to knock down the building where the shooting happened and rebuild because, well, "people can't be expected to go in there anymore." Seriously!
Related is oversensitivity. I heard that at I think VA Tech they were going to knock down the building where the shooting happened and rebuild because, well, "people can't be expected to go in there anymore." Seriously!
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May 28th, 2012 at 8:05:11 AM
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Inconsiderate smokers. I admit that smokers have the right to smoke in casinos, but it can be done in a way that doesn't offend non-smokers. For example, if you smoke, choose a table where there are already smokers or an empty one. If you must play with non-smokers, step away from the table to smoke. If you still must smoke at a table of non-smokers, blow the smoke behind you. Don't even get me started about smoking cigars at the table.
Also, regarding the space shuttle, I know I've said I opposed it in other threads, but the two crashes are just part of the reason. Weighing the costs and benefits of the entire program, I simply don't think it was a good use of taxpayer money. I would have said this even without the two lost shuttles. So, hopefully AZD wasn't referring to me in his post.
Also, regarding the space shuttle, I know I've said I opposed it in other threads, but the two crashes are just part of the reason. Weighing the costs and benefits of the entire program, I simply don't think it was a good use of taxpayer money. I would have said this even without the two lost shuttles. So, hopefully AZD wasn't referring to me in his post.
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May 28th, 2012 at 8:12:09 AM
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When I sit down at an empty table the floor person brings me a bottle of water and a no smoking sign. However that doesn't stop the smoke from traveling to my table. There are some cigar smokers that stink up the whole pit.
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May 28th, 2012 at 8:16:09 AM
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I think the objection was more to the irrational thinking as applied to a termination of the program rather the illogical thinking that infected the entire program from the start.
England seems to be going through a health and safety tyranny right now, particularly regarding the weight of garbage cans.
England seems to be going through a health and safety tyranny right now, particularly regarding the weight of garbage cans.
May 28th, 2012 at 8:28:43 AM
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It bugs me when a forum member puts out a boast about losing weight and talks it up for weeks and weeks. They solicit public bets and generate good, bad and indifferent publicity which they seem to eat up with a spoon. They purport to have a think skin and hard shell and encourage the nay-sayers to "bring it on". They tout their ability to defend their position and take umbrage at the smallest perceived slight.
Later they appear to hide behind intermediaries to test the waters of change and then jump out and vehemently attack the intermediary when the wind blows from another direction. Then under a cloud of "persecution" they sulk into the dark and disappear blaming everyone else for their lives having been pulled into the court of public opinion.
Like a 4 year old they shout "you'll miss me when I'm gone" as the etherworld envelopes their departure. They started the whole thing and were more than happy to keep the momentum up when things were going their way.
Grow up!
Yeah that bothers me a little... (but more for the vast amount of everyone's wasted time).
Or did you mean like this....?
It bug me when I purposely sit at an empty table so I don't have smoke blown all over me and then the rest of the spots fill up with smokers - but what can you do?
Later they appear to hide behind intermediaries to test the waters of change and then jump out and vehemently attack the intermediary when the wind blows from another direction. Then under a cloud of "persecution" they sulk into the dark and disappear blaming everyone else for their lives having been pulled into the court of public opinion.
Like a 4 year old they shout "you'll miss me when I'm gone" as the etherworld envelopes their departure. They started the whole thing and were more than happy to keep the momentum up when things were going their way.
Grow up!
Yeah that bothers me a little... (but more for the vast amount of everyone's wasted time).
Or did you mean like this....?
It bug me when I purposely sit at an empty table so I don't have smoke blown all over me and then the rest of the spots fill up with smokers - but what can you do?
May 28th, 2012 at 8:30:08 AM
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Quote: WizardInconsiderate smokers.
Absolutely my No. 1 pet peeve. Annoying, oblivious, inconsiderate, self-centered people. When I see a smoker, I immediately think "unhealthy loser who voluntarily poisons himself while irritating everyone around him". Cigarettes have no benefits, but so many downsides I can't believe they're still legal. A single baseball player dies from taking ephedrine and it's whisked off the market in a week, but 1200 people die everyday from smoking-related illnesses, and cigs are still on the shelves.
Speaking of baseball, I'm glad all the steroid controversy has died down. That used to bug me. Steroids are available to everyone, players should be able to take 'em or not as they see fit. Vitamins are available, surgery is available...are those cheating also? I remember a pitcher who got rotator cuff surgery and could throw a few mph faster because of it. Why is that not cheating? How about eyeglasses? Why is that not cheating? Why is AutoTune not cheating for recording artists? Why is Photoshop not cheating for photographers? Why is tanning and cosmetics not cheating for supermodels? I could go on and on. The anti-steroid people should just stfu.
The term African-American always bugged me. Made sense 200 years ago, but not now. If you can say 'white folks', you must say 'black folks' also. If you insist on African-American, you must also call me European-American, even though I wasn't born there and have never been there. If you're afraid to say 'black' maybe you're a racist, or a wimp.
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May 28th, 2012 at 8:33:25 AM
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Quote: FleaStiffI think the objection was more to the irrational thinking as applied to a termination of the program rather the illogical thinking that infected the entire program from the start.
That is basically correct. While I disagree with Wiz in that I think the program was worthwhile, I would certainly never call him out as an individual on it. We lost astronauts in th Apollo program, but the program went on.
While it is imortant to value life, in the USA we have gone overboard with low-tolerance for death. Osama Bin Ladden was sadly correct when he said if you send a few body bags back to the USA they will pack up and leave. If the Battle of Bunker Hill were held today the headlines in the NY Times would read--"200 Dead--Is Freedom Really Worth the Cost?"
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May 28th, 2012 at 8:35:54 AM
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Quote: WoldusLater they appear to hide behind intermediaries to test the waters of change and then jump out and vehemently attack the intermediary when the wind blows from another direction. Then under a cloud of "persecution" they sulk into the dark and disappear blaming everyone else for their lives having been pulled into the court of public opinion.
It bugs me when I mix metaphors...
I should have written it more like... Hides to test the waters...yada yada yada (at least I didn't yada sex - can you yada sex?) then jumps out when the water is too hot. [much better] Then follow up with ...under a fog of persecution.... though I think most people will let it go at cloud without feeling like I jumped too far away from the theme.
May 28th, 2012 at 8:39:39 AM
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[qIt bug me when I purposely sit at an empty table so I don't have smoke blown all over me and then the rest of the spots fill up with smokers - but what can you do?
Is the option of asking for a no smoking sign at an empty table not available?
Is the option of asking for a no smoking sign at an empty table not available?
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May 28th, 2012 at 9:54:37 AM
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Quote: only1choice
Is the option of asking for a no smoking sign at an empty table not available?
At Harrah's AC there is one pit that has PGP and it is non-smoking. It's not always open (surprise surprise). The smoking pit has 2 PGP tables and SOMETIMES if you're first at the 2nd table you can request it but they back off quickly as soon as someone else sits down that wants to smoke. So yada yada yada I end up doing 5-7 years for assault....
May 28th, 2012 at 10:17:35 AM
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Quote: zippyboyThe term African-American always bugged me.
I'm not going to say the term bothers me, but I've always wondered about the reason for it. One theory I have is that the skin color here of African Americans is generally lighter than in Africa, due to watering it down through the centuries with other races, mainly Caucasian. Same thing with the term "American Indian." I'm sure they have a different racial mix than say a Peruvian Indian.
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May 28th, 2012 at 10:38:01 AM
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Quote: WizardI'm not going to say the term bothers me, but I've always wondered about the reason for it. One theory I have is that the skin color here of African Americans is generally lighter than in Africa, due to watering it down through the centuries with other races, mainly Caucasian. Same thing with the term "American Indian." I'm sure they have a different racial mix than say a Peruvian Indian.
(I think) Multi-generational American blacks ancestory often traces to slave origins and is can also be murky family history for the same reason. Irish and Italian americans also established a native country identity at one time, perhaps more than they do now. That blacks might want to be identified with another country especially during the turmoil of civil rights era doesn't seem unusual.
Of course all didn't originate from Africa or slaves, but then neither do other groups all originate from a native country even when most did. There are Irish in England, and English in South Africa and so and so on.
That's my explanation and I'm sticking to it (for now).
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May 28th, 2012 at 11:07:33 AM
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Quote: WizardI'm not going to say the term bothers me, but I've always wondered about the reason for it. One theory I have is that the skin color here of African Americans is generally lighter than in Africa, due to watering it down through the centuries with other races, mainly Caucasian. Same thing with the term "American Indian." I'm sure they have a different racial mix than say a Peruvian Indian.
I think it has to do more with the term "black" having negtive connotations in some respects. "Black Friday," etc. Though in tools and equipment black=professional and in dress black=formal there seems to still be the stigma. The preferred term for blacks seems to change every generation: negro-colored-black-african american. Sooner or later we will have another term.
"Colored" is somehow offensive but "people of color" is some term of respect.
The PC thing is so silly that one time a newscast was reporting on how a black woman won some beauty contest in South Africa and the newsreader-chick said, "She is the first African-American to win this contest." The phones at the station lit up with people rightly pointing out that she was black as a South African is not an african-AMERICAN.
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May 28th, 2012 at 11:09:06 AM
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What bugs me:
a) Jerk drivers who make 5 lane changes a minute
so they can get to the exit 30 seconds ahead of
everyone else.
b) Jerk drivers who pass all the cars who are
patiently merging when there is a lane restriction.
and
c) Doofuses who have to stand up during a concert
and block the view of anyone sitting behind
them.
I think that's about it for now !
a) Jerk drivers who make 5 lane changes a minute
so they can get to the exit 30 seconds ahead of
everyone else.
b) Jerk drivers who pass all the cars who are
patiently merging when there is a lane restriction.
and
c) Doofuses who have to stand up during a concert
and block the view of anyone sitting behind
them.
I think that's about it for now !
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
May 28th, 2012 at 11:18:36 AM
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Quote: JohnnyQWhat bugs me:
c) Doofuses who have to stand up during a concert
and block the view of anyone sitting behind them.
About 7 years I started going to concerts regularly. I got tickets for a Dylan concert floor 12 or 13th row. Dylan sat the entire show and the crowd stood up the entire show. About haf way through I screamed at the people in front of me "can't you sit for 1 song" They looked at me like I was a nut. Suffice to say unless its 1st row I never sit on the floor.
Check that, about a month ago I saw VanHalen 8th row floor. I stood up the whole show. I think they should pull out the chairs and just sell spots.
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May 28th, 2012 at 12:08:07 PM
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Parents of Obese Kids.
May 28th, 2012 at 12:59:06 PM
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Quote: AZDuffmanThat is basically correct. While I disagree with Wiz in that I think the program was worthwhile, I would certainly never call him out as an individual on it. We lost astronauts in th Apollo program, but the program went on.
While it is imortant to value life, in the USA we have gone overboard with low-tolerance for death. Osama Binb Ladden was sadly correct when he said if you send a few body bags back to the USA they will pack up and leave. If the Battle of Bunker Hill were held today the headlines in the NY Times would read--"200 Dead--Is Freedom Really Worth the Cost?"
How was he correct? He is dead and we are still in Afghanistan over a decade later. You seem to have a horrible opinion of Americans.
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May 28th, 2012 at 1:03:33 PM
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Quote: WizardInconsiderate smokers. I admit that smokers have the right to smoke in casinos, but it can be done in a way that doesn't offend non-smokers. For example, if you smoke, choose a table where there are already smokers or an empty one. If you must play with non-smokers, step away from the table to smoke. If you still must smoke at a table of non-smokers, blow the smoke behind you. Don't even get me started about smoking cigars at the table.
Also, regarding the space shuttle, I know I've said I opposed it in other threads, but the two crashes are just part of the reason. Weighing the costs and benefits of the entire program, I simply don't think it was a good use of taxpayer money. I would have said this even without the two lost shuttles. So, hopefully AZD wasn't referring to me in his post.
I have to agree. Never smoked once in my life but I accept it as a fact in the casinos. My main bitch are the ones who insist on standing just outside the main door of an office building. Then after walking in you stink of there smoke. Or the antisocial psychos who purposely exhale the last lungful one they walk inside the building.
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May 28th, 2012 at 2:32:29 PM
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Quote: Woldus
Later they appear to hide behind intermediaries to test the waters of change and then jump out and vehemently attack the intermediary when the wind blows from another direction. Then under a cloud of "persecution" they sulk into the dark and disappear blaming everyone else for their lives having been pulled into the court of public opinion.
You're dealing with a woman, you expected what,
exactly.
Somebody asks the Jack Nicholson character in
'As Good As It Gets' why he can write about
women so well. He says "I think of a man, and I
take away reason and accountability." That pretty
much sums it up.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 28th, 2012 at 3:06:04 PM
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In short, pretty much everything bugs me.
I think I can come up with a pretty good list:
Rude people,
Slow people,
Stupid people,
Ignorant people,
Whiny people,
People in general.
When I've been waiting in line at a gas station, then another clerk says "I can help someone over here" and the guy behind me runs over to the other register. That bugs me. That's rude to me. It's not YOUR F***ING TURN.
When people walk at a snails pace right down the center of the aisle at the supermarket. GET THE F*** OVER if you don't know what you want. That's slow.
When someone doesn't "commit to their turn" when turning left at a green light. Are you afraid of sitting in the intersection?? That's stupid.
When people don't know what the hell they're doing when gambling, that's ignorant.
When people aren't winning, that's whiny.
I also really hate when people abbreviate just about everything. Can you even spell? Half the time I can't even understand what they're trying to say when sending me a text message.
This post would probably bug me, too.
I think I can come up with a pretty good list:
Rude people,
Slow people,
Stupid people,
Ignorant people,
Whiny people,
People in general.
When I've been waiting in line at a gas station, then another clerk says "I can help someone over here" and the guy behind me runs over to the other register. That bugs me. That's rude to me. It's not YOUR F***ING TURN.
When people walk at a snails pace right down the center of the aisle at the supermarket. GET THE F*** OVER if you don't know what you want. That's slow.
When someone doesn't "commit to their turn" when turning left at a green light. Are you afraid of sitting in the intersection?? That's stupid.
When people don't know what the hell they're doing when gambling, that's ignorant.
When people aren't winning, that's whiny.
I also really hate when people abbreviate just about everything. Can you even spell? Half the time I can't even understand what they're trying to say when sending me a text message.
This post would probably bug me, too.
May 28th, 2012 at 3:06:26 PM
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Quote: Wavy70How was he correct? He is dead and we are still in Afghanistan over a decade later. You seem to have a horrible opinion of Americans.
He is correct in that as soon as the body bags come home people want the USA to pack up and leave. Maybe you forget the "BUSH LIED-KIDS DIED" chants? Or the Democrats and liberal media just hoping there would be the 1,000th death in Irag before the 2004 election. All that happened was in Bush we had a POTUS who decided we would not run away at the first casualty. B Hussein Obama has wanted to pull out since he got into office but having called Afghanistan "the good war" does not want to appear a flip-flopper. Still he said "we are surging then leaving" not "we will leave when we have won."
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May 28th, 2012 at 3:39:40 PM
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Foreigners really irritate me. I hate to see foreigners who
act like they come first in everything. Last time I flew
home from Vegas, some family of foreigners brought
their own take out food with them on the plane and
stank up the whole area eating it. It was disgusting.
Then they took naps by laying lengthwise across the
seats, their feet sticking into the aisle, like they were
the only people on the plane.
I was cashing out at the MGM and there were two
lines and two cashiers. I got to the front of my line
and out of nowhere here comes a Japanses businessman
in a suit and cuts right in front of me and goes to
the window. I was furious and got right behind him
and yelled Hey! HEY! right in his ear. He never
turned around, he never flinched. A security guard
who was standing off to the side asked me if I had
a problem and I said the guy cut in line in front
of me. He told me to get back in line and I realized
I could get tossed out if I caused a scene.
When the Jap left, he never looked at me or even
acknowledged that anything had happened. He was
special and that was it, I wasn't worth his time.
act like they come first in everything. Last time I flew
home from Vegas, some family of foreigners brought
their own take out food with them on the plane and
stank up the whole area eating it. It was disgusting.
Then they took naps by laying lengthwise across the
seats, their feet sticking into the aisle, like they were
the only people on the plane.
I was cashing out at the MGM and there were two
lines and two cashiers. I got to the front of my line
and out of nowhere here comes a Japanses businessman
in a suit and cuts right in front of me and goes to
the window. I was furious and got right behind him
and yelled Hey! HEY! right in his ear. He never
turned around, he never flinched. A security guard
who was standing off to the side asked me if I had
a problem and I said the guy cut in line in front
of me. He told me to get back in line and I realized
I could get tossed out if I caused a scene.
When the Jap left, he never looked at me or even
acknowledged that anything had happened. He was
special and that was it, I wasn't worth his time.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 28th, 2012 at 3:50:12 PM
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First, everything that AZ led off with. The nanny state is stupid.
Kids toys packaging. A simple truck is not only zip tied, but also screwed into the packaging nowadays. If you can manage to get it out without breaking it, you find that even the battery slot is screw-in, no more easy flip tab. Christ all Friday. I need less tools to change the battery on my real truck. Can do it faster, too.
NYS gun laws. Enough said.
n fnlly, ppl tht type, txt, or othrwise send u a msg in any way, shpe or form like dis. i dnt care if its a txt. i dnt care about "you're" fone, stop abuseing english. i blame almst evrything bad in the world on u ppl. i dunno how it's ur falt, but im sumhow positive it is. i lernd a new wrd for just this kind of prson, "Backpfeifengesicht". German for "face badly in need of a slap".
Kids toys packaging. A simple truck is not only zip tied, but also screwed into the packaging nowadays. If you can manage to get it out without breaking it, you find that even the battery slot is screw-in, no more easy flip tab. Christ all Friday. I need less tools to change the battery on my real truck. Can do it faster, too.
NYS gun laws. Enough said.
n fnlly, ppl tht type, txt, or othrwise send u a msg in any way, shpe or form like dis. i dnt care if its a txt. i dnt care about "you're" fone, stop abuseing english. i blame almst evrything bad in the world on u ppl. i dunno how it's ur falt, but im sumhow positive it is. i lernd a new wrd for just this kind of prson, "Backpfeifengesicht". German for "face badly in need of a slap".
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May 28th, 2012 at 3:56:53 PM
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Quote: AZDuffman"BUSH LIED-KIDS DIED" chants?
I wouldn't have been in any place where that was likely to be chanted, but I've seen it on bumper stickers.
Speaking of bumper stickers, the one I hate more than that (usually on a 17-year-old Volvo or Datsun), referring to the 2000 election, was a picture of Bush with "He isn't my president." Did these people not accept his authority as president? Did they not obey laws that he signed? Were they seeking Gore's consult on affairs of the country? Can someone tell me what their point was? Maybe I'm interpreting it incorrectly. Yes, they can have their beefs with how things went down in Florida, but ultimately Bush was the one who took the Oath of Office and Gore didn't.
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May 28th, 2012 at 4:02:54 PM
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Quote: ewjones080When I've been waiting in line at a gas station, then another clerk says "I can help someone over here" and the guy behind me runs over to the other register. That bugs me. That's rude to me.
OK, I'll second that one !
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
May 28th, 2012 at 4:06:11 PM
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Quote: WizardCan someone tell me what their point was?
The same point as when children throw a tantrum.
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May 28th, 2012 at 4:11:22 PM
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Why do people often pick the narrowest part of crowded walkway to stop and hold a conversation with their friends? Stopping in doorways is pretty common too.
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May 28th, 2012 at 4:15:09 PM
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Quote: Wizard
Speaking of bumper stickers, the one I hate more than that (usually on a 17-year-old Volvo or Datsun), referring to the 2000 election, was a picture of Bush with "He isn't my president." Did these people not accept his authority as president? Did they not obey laws that he signed? Were they seeking Gore's consult on affairs of the country? Can someone tell me what their point was? Maybe I'm interpreting it incorrectly. Yes, they can have their beefs with how things went down in Florida, but ultimately Bush was the one who took the Oath of Office and Gore didn't.
I think they did not accept that Bush was elected. They didn't accept he won FL and they didn't accept that we have an Electoral College. It went to some very high-level people and quite a few celebrities of various places. It causes more and more disrespect as never seen before-remember the Dixie Chicks? The same people seem to be the ones who say, "How dare you question Obama about...(insert anything.)"
As to what their point was? Probably that they were just sore losers.
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May 28th, 2012 at 4:27:52 PM
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Drivers who don`t use turn signals.
People who cut lines or don`t wait their turn.
People who stop at the top or bottom of escalators.
People who don`t stay to the side on moving walkways,so you can pass
Gas stations that advertise a cheap price for cash but for credit they put it in small print or only on the pump.
The young kids who wear their pants halfway down their ass.
The lack of instant replay in MLB
People who think AP play is cheating
People who cut lines or don`t wait their turn.
People who stop at the top or bottom of escalators.
People who don`t stay to the side on moving walkways,so you can pass
Gas stations that advertise a cheap price for cash but for credit they put it in small print or only on the pump.
The young kids who wear their pants halfway down their ass.
The lack of instant replay in MLB
People who think AP play is cheating
The mountain is tall but grass grows on top of the mountain.
May 28th, 2012 at 4:42:18 PM
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People that walk on public roads that don't have sidewalks. They
walk next to the road, with cars missing them by 2-3 feet. They
must think they're going to live forever. People who do this get
hit every day all over the country. Stephen King walked near
his home every day and got hit by a pickup truck 10 years ago
and it ruined his life. He has constant back pain now and he
totally blames the driver. I blame King, what the hell was he thinking.
The driver wasn't speeding, he was doing about 40 on a country
road. He took his eyes off the raod for a second as he came over a
hill because his dog was doing something and wham, he hit King.
He said the last thing he expected was a pedestrian. Duh..
walk next to the road, with cars missing them by 2-3 feet. They
must think they're going to live forever. People who do this get
hit every day all over the country. Stephen King walked near
his home every day and got hit by a pickup truck 10 years ago
and it ruined his life. He has constant back pain now and he
totally blames the driver. I blame King, what the hell was he thinking.
The driver wasn't speeding, he was doing about 40 on a country
road. He took his eyes off the raod for a second as he came over a
hill because his dog was doing something and wham, he hit King.
He said the last thing he expected was a pedestrian. Duh..
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May 28th, 2012 at 5:08:36 PM
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Quote: EvenBobHe took his eyes off the raod for a second as he came over a
hill because his dog was doing something and wham, he hit King.
I thought he hit Jake Chambers? O.o
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May 28th, 2012 at 6:42:19 PM
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EvenBob where are you supposed to walk if there is no sidewalk?I walk most every day on a road with no sidewalks,but when a car is coming I get off the road.
The mountain is tall but grass grows on top of the mountain.
May 28th, 2012 at 7:06:12 PM
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"The young kids who wear their pants halfway down their ass" >>> (lol) Yep, I have to throw that on my list.
Ken
Ken
May 28th, 2012 at 7:10:10 PM
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When playing a video poker machine why do people continually bump into me. I hate when that happens.
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May 28th, 2012 at 7:21:42 PM
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Quote: mrjjj"The young kids who wear their pants halfway down their ass" >>> (lol) Yep, I have to throw that on my list.
Ken
To make an unfortunate youth fashion trend undesirable, you need to make it uncool. Like make a film with elderly people who run around with their pants half off.
There's no secret. Just know what you're talking about before you open your mouth.
May 28th, 2012 at 7:27:32 PM
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Quote: HunterhillEvenBob where are you supposed to walk if there is no sidewalk?I walk most every day on a road with no sidewalks,but when a car is coming I get off the road.
You get off the road, into the bushes. But you weren't
hit yesterday or the day before or the month before,
so what the heck. That first time is unforgettable, though.
I got hit by a truck in 1996 at a place of business. Just
nicked and it sent me flying and to the hospital. The
power of a moving vehicle is unreal.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 29th, 2012 at 2:49:11 AM
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I hate it when I get on a bus and there are several people standing up in the aisle, when there are several clearly available seats in the back! I understand that some people have a personal space issue that is amplified in a dirty, germ-ridden place like public transit, but you're just making it harder for the rest of us to fit on the bus. Have a seat, and if you aren't going to, let me by so I can sit down.
"So drink gamble eat f***, because one day you will be dust." -ontariodealer
May 29th, 2012 at 4:42:42 AM
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People bitching about smokers in a casino (or in any other place for that matter).
If you don't like it, go to a non-smoking pit, what can be easier. No, they somehow feel, it's people's responsibility everywhere to be considerate of their sensitivities. It is their right to be wherever they want, and dictate their own rules to others, and everybody has to go out of their way to accommodate them.
Their main argument is that the smokers are "inconsiderate", while the only ones being inconsiderate in that situation are themselves, putting their own interests in front of everybody else's.
I don't smoke.
But unreasonable demands from one class of people to another always bug me, because we all (should) know what those things tend to end with.
If you don't like it, go to a non-smoking pit, what can be easier. No, they somehow feel, it's people's responsibility everywhere to be considerate of their sensitivities. It is their right to be wherever they want, and dictate their own rules to others, and everybody has to go out of their way to accommodate them.
Their main argument is that the smokers are "inconsiderate", while the only ones being inconsiderate in that situation are themselves, putting their own interests in front of everybody else's.
I don't smoke.
But unreasonable demands from one class of people to another always bug me, because we all (should) know what those things tend to end with.
"When two people always agree one of them is unnecessary"
May 29th, 2012 at 8:05:19 AM
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* Slow drivers in the fast lane when there's plenty of space in the right lane for them to putter along
* Cell phone users in public places, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT USE THEIR OUTDOOR VOICES WHEN I'M IN RANGE
* Gamblers that try to tell me how to gamble when I'm gambling. Dealers are excused, as long as I'm free to ignore them
Smokers don't bother me that much. Indeed, I think the day will come when they will rise up from being squeezed so much for partaking in a legal activity.
* Cell phone users in public places, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT USE THEIR OUTDOOR VOICES WHEN I'M IN RANGE
* Gamblers that try to tell me how to gamble when I'm gambling. Dealers are excused, as long as I'm free to ignore them
Smokers don't bother me that much. Indeed, I think the day will come when they will rise up from being squeezed so much for partaking in a legal activity.
May 29th, 2012 at 8:29:14 AM
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1) Drivers who cut you off to immedeately step on the brakes.
2) The Designated Hitter
3) The lady in the office who wins your NCAA Tournament pool who picks the teams based upon the colors.
2) The Designated Hitter
3) The lady in the office who wins your NCAA Tournament pool who picks the teams based upon the colors.
A flute with no holes is not a flute, a donut with no holes is a danish
May 29th, 2012 at 9:22:56 AM
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Seconded. I live in a small, posh municipality that in the infinite wisdom of rich people, decided to not have sidewalks on their roads to keep out the riff-raff. I have gotten PULLED OVER as a pedestrian for walking in the street. Asked to see my ID and everything. Supposedly you need "reflective clothing" to walk after dark. There is no other route for me to get home, and I don't like driving short distances. What the hell am I supposed to do?Quote: HunterhillEvenBob where are you supposed to walk if there is no sidewalk?I walk most every day on a road with no sidewalks,but when a car is coming I get off the road.
"Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe." -Rig Veda 10.34.4
May 29th, 2012 at 9:28:30 AM
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My rants:
(1) Inconsiderate people. These include the people in the store who are behind you in a line and when a new lane opens up, you end up being third in line behind the two people who were behind *you*. Or it's the person yelling into their cell phone on a plane. Or the family member who always manages to flush the toilet while you're in the shower. Or the slow driver in the fast lane. I'd say smokers but they're so heavily legislated here that I don't see much of them. They're considerate by legislation here.
(2) Not being appreciated. This by far is my biggest peeve. If I do something out of the ordinary, I expect to be thanked. When I get taken for granted, I get pissed.
(3) In traffic, I think a lane is open until it says it's closed. My pet peeve -- people who cut in before the end of the lane! That is just a waste of road that should be used. Everyone has a goal of getting from point A to point B in the least amount of time possible. Cutting off the volume of a freeway by an 1/8th of a mile just so you can merge earlier is dumb. Use the road -- all of it.
(4) The 2000 election is over. Bush won. If he stole it, the highest courts disagree with you. For better or for worse, he was your President for 8 years.
(5) Lack of planning or foresight. Going for a drive on a holiday weekend expecting to be no traffic and no thought of leaving earlier to account for said traffic. Going grocery shopping without a list. Going out on a sunny day without sunscreen or water.
(6) Politically blind idiots. The left isn't correct, and neither is the right. If you're just spouting off talking points of Rush Limbaugh or Chris Matthews, you're an idiot. The truth is usually in the middle. Rush and Chris are just spouting their views to get ratings and to polarize folks. There is a middle ground. Compromise. See point #4.
(7) The national debt and the inability to do anything about it. See point #6.
(8) People who are not able to laugh at themselves and can't take a good joke. There are religious, gender, political, and sexual stereotypes out there, folks. Have a laugh, and be able to take some jokes at your own expense.
(9) Hot and humid weather. Florida should just drop off the map from April to September. I wish it would rain.
(10) People who act dumb that aren't. People who don't try to be smart when it's simple to learn something.
(11) Bad pay tables. We're going to lose. Can't we just lose a bit slower?
(1) Inconsiderate people. These include the people in the store who are behind you in a line and when a new lane opens up, you end up being third in line behind the two people who were behind *you*. Or it's the person yelling into their cell phone on a plane. Or the family member who always manages to flush the toilet while you're in the shower. Or the slow driver in the fast lane. I'd say smokers but they're so heavily legislated here that I don't see much of them. They're considerate by legislation here.
(2) Not being appreciated. This by far is my biggest peeve. If I do something out of the ordinary, I expect to be thanked. When I get taken for granted, I get pissed.
(3) In traffic, I think a lane is open until it says it's closed. My pet peeve -- people who cut in before the end of the lane! That is just a waste of road that should be used. Everyone has a goal of getting from point A to point B in the least amount of time possible. Cutting off the volume of a freeway by an 1/8th of a mile just so you can merge earlier is dumb. Use the road -- all of it.
(4) The 2000 election is over. Bush won. If he stole it, the highest courts disagree with you. For better or for worse, he was your President for 8 years.
(5) Lack of planning or foresight. Going for a drive on a holiday weekend expecting to be no traffic and no thought of leaving earlier to account for said traffic. Going grocery shopping without a list. Going out on a sunny day without sunscreen or water.
(6) Politically blind idiots. The left isn't correct, and neither is the right. If you're just spouting off talking points of Rush Limbaugh or Chris Matthews, you're an idiot. The truth is usually in the middle. Rush and Chris are just spouting their views to get ratings and to polarize folks. There is a middle ground. Compromise. See point #4.
(7) The national debt and the inability to do anything about it. See point #6.
(8) People who are not able to laugh at themselves and can't take a good joke. There are religious, gender, political, and sexual stereotypes out there, folks. Have a laugh, and be able to take some jokes at your own expense.
(9) Hot and humid weather. Florida should just drop off the map from April to September. I wish it would rain.
(10) People who act dumb that aren't. People who don't try to be smart when it's simple to learn something.
(11) Bad pay tables. We're going to lose. Can't we just lose a bit slower?
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May 29th, 2012 at 9:36:15 AM
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Quote: teddysSeconded. I live in a small, posh municipality that in the infinite wisdom of rich people, decided to not have sidewalks on their roads to keep out the riff-raff. I have gotten PULLED OVER as a pedestrian for walking in the street. Asked to see my ID and everything. Supposedly you need "reflective clothing" to walk after dark. There is no other route for me to get home, and I don't like driving short distances. What the hell am I supposed to do?
100% risk of ruin
May 29th, 2012 at 9:39:58 AM
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People who drive on the shoulders and entrance ramps to get a few cars ahead in a traffic jam.
Someday, joor goin' to see the name of Googie Gomez in lights and joor goin' to say to joorself, "Was that her?" and then joor goin' to answer to joorself, "That was her!" But you know somethin' mister? I was always her yuss nobody knows it! - Googie Gomez
May 29th, 2012 at 9:46:26 AM
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Roger, If I didn't know you in person I would say you are one sarcastic S.O.B. :) (Then again, I'm just as bad.)Quote: RogerKint
Yeah, I have a bike. But not a nice fixed-gear like that one. I have a junker Schwinn that a previous tenant in my building left behind.
"Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe." -Rig Veda 10.34.4
May 29th, 2012 at 9:50:55 AM
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People with bad personal hygiene
People that don't cover their mouths/face when they cough/sneeze
People that talk too loudly consistently
People that do something they should know is stupid and then legitimately wonder what went wrong
On the gambling side, it's really endless for me.
Dealers/Players giving others bad advice.
Players that react to each individual card they are dealt on a hand of blackjack. I don't care how others play their hand, but when someone has 13, hits for an Ace to go to 14 , and then another Ace to 15, you'd think it was a 1 in a million chance by the way they react to it all unfolding. Just hit or stand already.
People giving me dirty looks or comments when I play the don't pass. If you don't like it, hit the cage and the door.
Lastly, poker lingo. Also, when someone says "good hand". I was dealt two cards and the dealer put 5 more up, what did I do? Nicely played or something like that wouldn't bother me but for some reason, "good hand" really pisses me off.
People that don't cover their mouths/face when they cough/sneeze
People that talk too loudly consistently
People that do something they should know is stupid and then legitimately wonder what went wrong
On the gambling side, it's really endless for me.
Dealers/Players giving others bad advice.
Players that react to each individual card they are dealt on a hand of blackjack. I don't care how others play their hand, but when someone has 13, hits for an Ace to go to 14 , and then another Ace to 15, you'd think it was a 1 in a million chance by the way they react to it all unfolding. Just hit or stand already.
People giving me dirty looks or comments when I play the don't pass. If you don't like it, hit the cage and the door.
Lastly, poker lingo. Also, when someone says "good hand". I was dealt two cards and the dealer put 5 more up, what did I do? Nicely played or something like that wouldn't bother me but for some reason, "good hand" really pisses me off.
May 29th, 2012 at 9:55:49 AM
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Yeah, usually at the poker table "good hand" is spoken with a sneer of derision. Usually it is from the person who folded a better hand to you. My favorite is when you call him down to the river and your garbage beats his garbage and he acts incredilous that you called with that crap hand, well he bet with that crap hand!!
A flute with no holes is not a flute, a donut with no holes is a danish
May 29th, 2012 at 10:19:31 AM
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Quote: AZDuffmanI would say the no-risk-tolerance society has these days, and for many years. The Space Shuttle Challenger blew up and people called to cancel the entire program. Same deal later with Columbia.
This bugs me, because it presumes the entire program didn't deserve to be cancelled. As the incident (and yeah, ANOTHER fatal incident later) showed, the country was lied to about the safety of these spacecraft, and was also lied to about their usefulness (basically those missions were grossly expensive stunts, and the shuttle added little capability that couldn't have been had far more cheaply and safely).
Quote:erroneously opened gats, fatal crash. There were calls to close the entire thing. One death in the military and we question if the mission is working or worthwhile. Those 5-gallon buckets that are gerat to store things in? They tried to pass a regulation forcing
This too, because it presumes we shouldn't be constantly questioning whether or not killing people, and getting our own people, killed for some claimed need is worthwhile.
