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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Kelly Red » Tue 4/17/12 1:44 pm

rowshkex wrote:
solar wrote:
gator wrote:Guys who have the little man syndrome and take up 2 parking spots in a parking lot.


If I am driving a not so new car, I make it a point to park extra close to these guys... :)

The ones that park diagonally are the ones that get me. If you are in such a state that you think you are so special and want to protect your car, park farther away. It is an easy solution.


I love making them get in their vehicle through the passenger door! I often consider writing them a note, but I never seem to have paper and a pen in my car at those times...

I did this recently. A guy parked his fancy car in 2 spots in the Calhoun ramp during the busiest time. So I left a note on his windshield "Thanks for being such an asshole and taking up 2 spots. Because of your selfish behavior I left you a little surprise." Now I didn't do a damn thing to his car but can only imagine him frantically walking around it looking for the key scratch or piss against the driver door :biggrin2:
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby davescharf » Tue 4/17/12 9:00 pm

Our local financial institutions are beginning again to get on my nerves. This time it's for a $15 'maintenance fee' that Wells Fargo says is taking affect on our account in about a month. I think we qualify to have it waived but it's amazing that local credit unions or smaller banks aren't adding a ton of new customers because of this stuff. At that rate I think I would pay $90 for every time I walk into a bank.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby streakygopher » Tue 4/17/12 10:01 pm

davescharf wrote:Our local financial institutions are beginning again to get on my nerves. This time it's for a $15 'maintenance fee' that Wells Fargo says is taking affect on our account in about a month. I think we qualify to have it waived but it's amazing that local credit unions or smaller banks aren't adding a ton of new customers because of this stuff. At that rate I think I would pay $90 for every time I walk into a bank.

Small banks have taken a beating and investors with money are a little leery of their solvency. I bank at Wells Fargo for two reasons: First, I can run all my investments through WF Advisors and trade essentially for free (100 transactions per year and I'm not exactly a day trader) and two, the bank is one of the precious few who emerged from the mortgage crisis very healthy by comparison. They did not require TARP money, their books are solid, and Warren Buffet thinks enough of them to sink billions of Bershire funds into their stock. Now, full disclosure, I detest banks, insurance companies and government...one extorts money and the other two are necessary evils.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby dxmnkd316 » Tue 4/17/12 10:35 pm

Careful though with Wells Fargo brokerages. Just take a gander at what it costs to get a stock certificate printed. :yikes:
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby streakygopher » Tue 4/17/12 10:54 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:Careful though with Wells Fargo brokerages. Just take a gander at what it costs to get a stock certificate printed. :yikes:

I suppose a printed stock certificate is tangible proof of ownership, but aside from a company I owned for some time, I've never had them and don't see much use for them. I have an electronic record and accumulated printed statements mailed to me quarterly. I also pay tax on dividends which gives me a tax record of ownership. Lastly, given that its financially healthy multi-billion dollar Wells Fargo, I feel that my money is safer than what a small bank could provide and certainly more secure than a mom and pop investor pretender represents. I feel more vulnerable in the topsy turvy stock market than I do with the bank.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby dxmnkd316 » Tue 4/17/12 11:01 pm

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dxmnkd316 wrote:Careful though with Wells Fargo brokerages. Just take a gander at what it costs to get a stock certificate printed. :yikes:

I suppose a printed stock certificate is tangible proof of ownership, but aside from a company I owned for some time, I've never had them and don't see much use for them. I have an electronic record and accumulated printed statements mailed to me quarterly. I also pay tax on dividends which gives me a tax record of ownership. Lastly, given that its financially healthy multi-billion dollar Wells Fargo, I feel that my money is safer than what a small bank could provide and certainly more secure than a mom and pop investor pretender represents. I feel more vulnerable in the topsy turvy stock market than I do with the bank.


I was talking with my dad about it this past week (I mooch off his tax software subscription :D ). It shouldn't affect me since my brokerage account is in a Roth IRA and wouldn't need to have a certificate printed. I could just sell and transfer to another holding company without a lot of issues (post-tax and all). But if I was in a traditional IRA, had to transfer for one reason or another, and required certificates, I thought I remember him saying it was something like $400-$500. He said it HAD to be a typo but it wouldn't surprise him either way.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby streakygopher » Tue 4/17/12 11:07 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:
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dxmnkd316 wrote:Careful though with Wells Fargo brokerages. Just take a gander at what it costs to get a stock certificate printed. :yikes:

I suppose a printed stock certificate is tangible proof of ownership, but aside from a company I owned for some time, I've never had them and don't see much use for them. I have an electronic record and accumulated printed statements mailed to me quarterly. I also pay tax on dividends which gives me a tax record of ownership. Lastly, given that its financially healthy multi-billion dollar Wells Fargo, I feel that my money is safer than what a small bank could provide and certainly more secure than a mom and pop investor pretender represents. I feel more vulnerable in the topsy turvy stock market than I do with the bank.


I was talking with my dad about it this past week (I mooch off his tax software subscription :D ). It shouldn't affect me since my brokerage account is in a Roth IRA and wouldn't need to have a certificate printed. I could just sell and transfer to another holding company without a lot of issues (post-tax and all). But if I was in a traditional IRA, had to transfer for one reason or another, and required certificates, I thought I remember him saying it was something like $400-$500. He said it HAD to be a typo but it wouldn't surprise him either way.

Not sure what you're referring to specifically, but I have transferred one IRA to another two or three times and subject of stock certificates never came up. That would be problematic if one held a couple dozen company stocks in a portfolio and had to produce certificates for each one. More than problematic, it would be cost prohibitive and seriously eat into margins.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby dxmnkd316 » Tue 4/17/12 11:12 pm

streakygopher wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:
streakygopher wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Careful though with Wells Fargo brokerages. Just take a gander at what it costs to get a stock certificate printed. :yikes:

I suppose a printed stock certificate is tangible proof of ownership, but aside from a company I owned for some time, I've never had them and don't see much use for them. I have an electronic record and accumulated printed statements mailed to me quarterly. I also pay tax on dividends which gives me a tax record of ownership. Lastly, given that its financially healthy multi-billion dollar Wells Fargo, I feel that my money is safer than what a small bank could provide and certainly more secure than a mom and pop investor pretender represents. I feel more vulnerable in the topsy turvy stock market than I do with the bank.


I was talking with my dad about it this past week (I mooch off his tax software subscription :D ). It shouldn't affect me since my brokerage account is in a Roth IRA and wouldn't need to have a certificate printed. I could just sell and transfer to another holding company without a lot of issues (post-tax and all). But if I was in a traditional IRA, had to transfer for one reason or another, and required certificates, I thought I remember him saying it was something like $400-$500. He said it HAD to be a typo but it wouldn't surprise him either way.

Not sure what you're referring to specifically, but I have transferred one IRA to another two or three times and subject of stock certificates never came up. That would be problematic if one held a couple dozen company stocks in a portfolio and had to produce certificates for each one. More than problematic, it would be cost prohibitive and seriously eat into margins.


Yeah, I'm running on memory at this point (and just got home from Old Chicago so I'm a few deep). The details were a bit blurry in my mind. I remember there being a distinct reason why you might need to have certificates printed. Not 100% sure on the details.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Tue 4/17/12 11:59 pm

streakygopher wrote:
davescharf wrote:Our local financial institutions are beginning again to get on my nerves. This time it's for a $15 'maintenance fee' that Wells Fargo says is taking affect on our account in about a month. I think we qualify to have it waived but it's amazing that local credit unions or smaller banks aren't adding a ton of new customers because of this stuff. At that rate I think I would pay $90 for every time I walk into a bank.

Small banks have taken a beating and investors with money are a little leery of their solvency. I bank at Wells Fargo for two reasons: First, I can run all my investments through WF Advisors and trade essentially for free (100 transactions per year and I'm not exactly a day trader) and two, the bank is one of the precious few who emerged from the mortgage crisis very healthy by comparison. They did not require TARP money, their books are solid, and Warren Buffet thinks enough of them to sink billions of Bershire funds into their stock. Now, full disclosure, I detest banks, insurance companies and government...one extorts money and the other two are necessary evils.


Didn't Wells Fargo require $25 billion or so of TARP money?
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby streakygopher » Wed 4/18/12 12:24 am

Tee09 wrote:
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davescharf wrote:Our local financial institutions are beginning again to get on my nerves. This time it's for a $15 'maintenance fee' that Wells Fargo says is taking affect on our account in about a month. I think we qualify to have it waived but it's amazing that local credit unions or smaller banks aren't adding a ton of new customers because of this stuff. At that rate I think I would pay $90 for every time I walk into a bank.

Small banks have taken a beating and investors with money are a little leery of their solvency. I bank at Wells Fargo for two reasons: First, I can run all my investments through WF Advisors and trade essentially for free (100 transactions per year and I'm not exactly a day trader) and two, the bank is one of the precious few who emerged from the mortgage crisis very healthy by comparison. They did not require TARP money, their books are solid, and Warren Buffet thinks enough of them to sink billions of Bershire funds into their stock. Now, full disclosure, I detest banks, insurance companies and government...one extorts money and the other two are necessary evils.


Didn't Wells Fargo require $25 billion or so of TARP money?

They didn't "require it." Like the rest, they were FORCED to take it an pay interest on it.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Wed 4/18/12 11:53 am

streakygopher wrote:
Tee09 wrote:Didn't Wells Fargo require $25 billion or so of TARP money?

They didn't "require it." Like the rest, they were FORCED to take it an pay interest on it.


Gotcha.

New pet peeve. Apparently graduate research assistants being paid using grant money are not allowed to hold additional jobs. The assistantship pay is based on a "20 hour week", but it works out to working a slightly better than minimum wage job for 40 hours a week. So if I wanted to make extra money grading papers or delivering pizzas, or say teaching for a test prep company ( :wink: ) at night or on weekends, that's against the rules. I understand they want you focused on research while they are paying you, but this is ridiculous.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby psych » Wed 4/18/12 12:43 pm

Tee09 wrote:
streakygopher wrote:
Tee09 wrote:Didn't Wells Fargo require $25 billion or so of TARP money?

They didn't "require it." Like the rest, they were FORCED to take it an pay interest on it.


Gotcha.

New pet peeve. Apparently graduate research assistants being paid using grant money are not allowed to hold additional jobs. The assistantship pay is based on a "20 hour week", but it works out to working a slightly better than minimum wage job for 40 hours a week. So if I wanted to make extra money grading papers or delivering pizzas, or say teaching for a test prep company ( :wink: ) at night or on weekends, that's against the rules. I understand they want you focused on research while they are paying you, but this is ridiculous.


Welcome to the GA world pops. :wink:
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Wed 4/18/12 1:31 pm

Sitting through a terrible presentation on something you know like the back of your hand, and then having the presenters make up BS answers to questions instead of being honest and saying "I don't know, but I'll get back to you on that." We don't expect you to be an expert, but don't pretend to be one when you aren't.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby rowshkex » Thu 4/19/12 1:26 am

DAMNIT... Ungrateful Girl strikes again (the same girl who acted like her scholarships were worthless).

Speaking about a highly-desirable internship she got (of course)...

Random Girl: "So have you started your internship yet?"
Ungrateful Girl: "Ugh, no. I have to meet with my supervisors for coffee. I have to go to all these meetings. And that was on top of 14 pages on the application [it was six] and all these interviews [maybe 2-3]."

Seriously? Complaining over that many pages, and that many interviews? Good thing she doesn't have to go through medical school applications. Her head would literally explode due to ungratefulness after getting into medical school.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby psych » Thu 4/19/12 1:31 am

rowshkex wrote:DAMNIT... Ungrateful Girl strikes again (the same girl who acted like her scholarships were worthless).

Speaking about a highly-desirable internship she got (of course)...

Random Girl: "So have you started your internship yet?"
Ungrateful Girl: "Ugh, no. I have to meet with my supervisors for coffee. I have to go to all these meetings. And that was on top of 14 pages on the application [it was six] and all these interviews [maybe 2-3]."

Seriously? Complaining over that many pages, and that many interviews? Good thing she doesn't have to go through medical school applications. Her head would literally explode due to ungratefulness after getting into medical school.


I am beginning to wonder what the hell you are doing around this girl all the time.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Thu 4/19/12 1:43 am

psych wrote:
Tee09 wrote:
streakygopher wrote:
Tee09 wrote:Didn't Wells Fargo require $25 billion or so of TARP money?

They didn't "require it." Like the rest, they were FORCED to take it an pay interest on it.


Gotcha.

New pet peeve. Apparently graduate research assistants being paid using grant money are not allowed to hold additional jobs. The assistantship pay is based on a "20 hour week", but it works out to working a slightly better than minimum wage job for 40 hours a week. So if I wanted to make extra money grading papers or delivering pizzas, or say teaching for a test prep company ( :wink: ) at night or on weekends, that's against the rules. I understand they want you focused on research while they are paying you, but this is ridiculous.


Welcome to the GA world pops. :wink:


My boss looked into it further, and apparently I am allowed to work, but only for 10 hours a week. I started poking around the University jobs board for something I could do on campus in my spare time to make a little extra cash, and the first gig that pops up is nude modeling for an art class. $15 an hour. And they will carve/paint/sketch my ass.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby rowshkex » Thu 4/19/12 7:19 am

psych wrote:
rowshkex wrote:DAMNIT... Ungrateful Girl strikes again (the same girl who acted like her scholarships were worthless).

Speaking about a highly-desirable internship she got (of course)...

Random Girl: "So have you started your internship yet?"
Ungrateful Girl: "Ugh, no. I have to meet with my supervisors for coffee. I have to go to all these meetings. And that was on top of 14 pages on the application [it was six] and all these interviews [maybe 2-3]."

Seriously? Complaining over that many pages, and that many interviews? Good thing she doesn't have to go through medical school applications. Her head would literally explode due to ungratefulness after getting into medical school.


I am beginning to wonder what the hell you are doing around this girl all the time.


She's in my graduate cohort and several of my classes.

EDIT: My mind is going to melt due to frustration from this girl... She just comes off as so entitled, even during regular class time. I thought graduate students were supposed to be mature and collegiate to one another. :ddown:
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby psych » Thu 4/19/12 10:05 am

rowshkex wrote:
psych wrote:
rowshkex wrote:DAMNIT... Ungrateful Girl strikes again (the same girl who acted like her scholarships were worthless).

Speaking about a highly-desirable internship she got (of course)...

Random Girl: "So have you started your internship yet?"
Ungrateful Girl: "Ugh, no. I have to meet with my supervisors for coffee. I have to go to all these meetings. And that was on top of 14 pages on the application [it was six] and all these interviews [maybe 2-3]."

Seriously? Complaining over that many pages, and that many interviews? Good thing she doesn't have to go through medical school applications. Her head would literally explode due to ungratefulness after getting into medical school.


I am beginning to wonder what the hell you are doing around this girl all the time.


She's in my graduate cohort and several of my classes.

EDIT: My mind is going to melt due to frustration from this girl... She just comes off as so entitled, even during regular class time. I thought graduate students were supposed to be mature and collegiate to one another. :ddown:


But what makes you sit next to her in classes, or does she say this kind of crap out loud to everyone? Or how do you manage to keep seeing her outside of class? I avoid the d-bags in my cohort like the plague. They could be transexual Satan worshippers, and I would not know (or care) since I don't pay attention to them. Time to start managing your expectations about who actually gets into graduate school. :mrgreen:
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Kelly Red » Thu 4/19/12 11:03 am

Tee09 wrote:My boss looked into it further, and apparently I am allowed to work, but only for 10 hours a week. I started poking around the University jobs board for something I could do on campus in my spare time to make a little extra cash, and the first gig that pops up is nude modeling for an art class. $15 an hour. And they will carve/paint/sketch my ass.
So how big a sheet of paper would that take? :lol: I kid I kid. Seriously art modeling is an easy gig. Believe me no one in that class cares that you are nude and it's not like they make you stand up with legs spread. The pose is usually curled up or laying down, more interesting curves. I did some art class gigs in college. My weirdest gig was for a foot fetish fan. I have beautiful feet and worked as a foot model for several years; catalog work mostly. But the gigs for 'art work' for feet paid a lot of bills.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby sunbone » Thu 4/19/12 11:46 am

Kelly Red wrote:
Tee09 wrote:My boss looked into it further, and apparently I am allowed to work, but only for 10 hours a week. I started poking around the University jobs board for something I could do on campus in my spare time to make a little extra cash, and the first gig that pops up is nude modeling for an art class. $15 an hour. And they will carve/paint/sketch my ass.
So how big a sheet of paper would that take? :lol: I kid I kid. Seriously art modeling is an easy gig. Believe me no one in that class cares that you are nude and it's not like they make you stand up with legs spread. The pose is usually curled up or laying down, more interesting curves. I did some art class gigs in college. My weirdest gig was for a foot fetish fan. I have beautiful feet and worked as a foot model for several years; catalog work mostly. But the gigs for 'art work' for feet paid a lot of bills.


So what was it like working for Rex Ryan?
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Kelly Red » Thu 4/19/12 12:52 pm

sunbone wrote:
Kelly Red wrote:
Tee09 wrote:My boss looked into it further, and apparently I am allowed to work, but only for 10 hours a week. I started poking around the University jobs board for something I could do on campus in my spare time to make a little extra cash, and the first gig that pops up is nude modeling for an art class. $15 an hour. And they will carve/paint/sketch my ass.
So how big a sheet of paper would that take? :lol: I kid I kid. Seriously art modeling is an easy gig. Believe me no one in that class cares that you are nude and it's not like they make you stand up with legs spread. The pose is usually curled up or laying down, more interesting curves. I did some art class gigs in college. My weirdest gig was for a foot fetish fan. I have beautiful feet and worked as a foot model for several years; catalog work mostly. But the gigs for 'art work' for feet paid a lot of bills.


So what was it like working for Rex Ryan?
I would have charged him a higher quote. Seriously, a foot fetish is practically vanilla.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby h8red » Fri 4/20/12 11:39 am

One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Fri 4/20/12 11:41 am

h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!


Was it the blondes thing?
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby gopheritall » Fri 4/20/12 12:10 pm

h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!

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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby h8red » Fri 4/20/12 12:50 pm

gopheritall wrote:
h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!

:crickets:

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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby psych » Fri 4/20/12 1:53 pm

h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!


Get used to it. I am clearly the funniest guy on here, but never get responses...(probably because everyone is looking at my avatar instead of the content of my posts). :mrgreen: :wink:
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Fri 4/20/12 1:59 pm

psych wrote:
h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!


Get used to it. I am clearly the funniest guy on here, but never get responses...(probably because everyone is looking at my avatar instead of the content of my posts). :mrgreen: :wink:


Meh. You're maybe top 10. On a good day.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Viking » Fri 4/20/12 2:10 pm

psych wrote:
h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!


Get used to it. I am clearly the funniest guy on here, but never get responses...(probably because everyone is looking at my avatar instead of the content of my posts). :mrgreen: :wink:

There's content in your posts????????
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby h8red » Fri 4/20/12 2:18 pm

psych wrote:
h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!


Get used to it. I am clearly the funniest guy on here, but never get responses...(probably because everyone is looking at my avatar instead of the content of my posts). :mrgreen: :wink:


Kinda like this optical illusion of a boat
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Postby psych » Fri 4/20/12 3:03 pm

Tee09 wrote:
psych wrote:
h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!


Get used to it. I am clearly the funniest guy on here, but never get responses...(probably because everyone is looking at my avatar instead of the content of my posts). :mrgreen: :wink:


Meh. You're maybe top 10. On a good day.


Top 10? Wow, you flatter me. :mrgreen:
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Postby Armadillo » Fri 4/20/12 9:01 pm

psych wrote:
Tee09 wrote:
psych wrote:
h8red wrote:One pet peeve is when I post something really clever on GPL & I don't get a reaction.

Bummer!


Get used to it. I am clearly the funniest guy on here, but never get responses...(probably because everyone is looking at my avatar instead of the content of my posts). :mrgreen: :wink:


Meh. You're maybe top 10. On a good day.


Top 10? Wow, you flatter me. :mrgreen:


What he didn't tell you is this is the top ten list:

1. A
2. R
3. M
4. A
5. D
6. I
7. L
8. L
9. O
10. psych

Keep working at it, though!
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby gopheritall » Sat 4/21/12 12:10 pm

Every time I go to mow my lawn it starts to rain. I can hardly see the street from my house any more! I have to look down the driveway.
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Postby gator » Sat 4/21/12 2:11 pm

Another reason I hate the NBA... Players wanting to be paid to play in the Olympics.

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hoopsters show me the money.
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gator wrote:Another reason I hate the NBA... Players wanting to be paid to play in the Olympics.

Your playing for your country, not your pocket book.


You know the old saying, it goes something like..."ask not what you can do for your country, but what your nanny state can do for you."
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Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 1:06 am

Popcorn husks stuck in the throat.

How the hell do I get it out?
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Postby h8red » Sun 4/22/12 4:08 pm

The Mole wrote:Popcorn husks stuck in the throat.

How the hell do I get it out?


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Postby h8red » Sun 4/22/12 4:09 pm

Posting a reply and it posts twice for some reason is another pet peeve of mine. (see the previous 2 posts above)
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Postby rowshkex » Sun 4/22/12 4:25 pm

Ungrateful, impatient ER patients.

Seriously people, if you ever go to an ER, please, for the sake of everyone else, be polite and patient. It is selfish and annoying as hell if you keep looking at your watch when the physician is in the room examining you, and complaining about how long you've been in the ER. Please realize that it is ALWAYS busy in the ER, and labs, imaging, and medications TAKE TIME--not to mention people like you are the reason physicians don't get to take breaks in the ER.

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Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 4:34 pm

h8red wrote:
The Mole wrote:Popcorn husks stuck in the throat.

How the hell do I get it out?


7 shots of Jagermeister followed by eating bread lightly soaked in olive oil. :shots:


I skipped the bread soaked in olive oil and instead opted for an 8th shot.

It worked beautifully.
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Postby HockeyBum » Sun 4/22/12 4:35 pm

My hillbilly neighbor, the junk she leaves around her yard, her foot-high weed infested lawn, and her two big obnoxious dogs. I'm thinking it might be time to invest in a privacy fence.
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Call the city. Foot-high grass is generally a violation of a city ordinance.
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Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 4:42 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:Call the city. Foot-high grass is generally a violation of a city ordinance.


You can also complain about the dogs.
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Postby Kelor » Sun 4/22/12 4:56 pm

Or you can try asking if she needs any help.
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dxmnkd316 wrote:Call the city. Foot-high grass is generally a violation of a city ordinance.


Another neighbor has called the police before about the dogs. There is currently a 4' chain-link fence around her yard, but one of the dogs easily hurdles it when he sees a squirrel or something to chase. I know the police have been there a few times about the dogs, but it doesn't seem to do much good.

As for the lawn, in the past she has mowed it just often enough to maintain minimum standards, but she waits until it's out of control. When she does get around to mowing it, it usually chokes the mower and leaves hay bales of cut grass behind. I've already mowed my lawn 4 times this year, and she hasn't touched hers yet. I really don't aspire to be the Neighbor Nazi, but I'm kind of losing patience.
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Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 5:07 pm

HockeyBum wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Call the city. Foot-high grass is generally a violation of a city ordinance.


Another neighbor has called the police before about the dogs. There is currently a 4' chain-link fence around her yard, but one of the dogs easily hurdles it when he sees a squirrel or something to chase. I know the police have been there a few times about the dogs, but it doesn't seem to do much good.

As for the lawn, in the past she has mowed it just often enough to maintain minimum standards, but she waits until it's out of control. When she does get around to mowing it, it usually chokes the mower and leaves hay bales of cut grass behind. I've already mowed my lawn 4 times this year, and she hasn't touched hers yet. I really don't aspire to be the Neighbor Nazi, but I'm kind of losing patience.


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Postby dxmnkd316 » Sun 4/22/12 5:11 pm

HockeyBum wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Call the city. Foot-high grass is generally a violation of a city ordinance.


Another neighbor has called the police before about the dogs. There is currently a 4' chain-link fence around her yard, but one of the dogs easily hurdles it when he sees a squirrel or something to chase. I know the police have been there a few times about the dogs, but it doesn't seem to do much good.

As for the lawn, in the past she has mowed it just often enough to maintain minimum standards, but she waits until it's out of control. When she does get around to mowing it, it usually chokes the mower and leaves hay bales of cut grass behind. I've already mowed my lawn 4 times this year, and she hasn't touched hers yet. I really don't aspire to be the Neighbor Nazi, but I'm kind of losing patience.


Ugh. Sorry to hear that. I have a few neighbors that have let the dandelions get absolutely out of control. It's going to be a complete battle.
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Postby george » Sun 4/22/12 6:59 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:Ugh. Sorry to hear that. I have a few neighbors that have let the dandelions get absolutely out of control. It's going to be a complete battle.


Sorry about that. I didn't know you lived in Edina.
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dxmnkd316 wrote:Ugh. Sorry to hear that. I have a few neighbors that have let the dandelions get absolutely out of control. It's going to be a complete battle.


Guys, I think we need to take up a collection for dx. Surely a tragedy of this magnitude has taken an ungodly toll on his finances, not to mention his psyche.

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Postby Tee09 » Sun 4/22/12 7:59 pm

Town people. They are one of the main reasons I will be living in the sticks.
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Postby Zwak » Sun 4/22/12 8:05 pm

rowshkex wrote:Ungrateful, impatient ER patients.

Seriously people, if you ever go to an ER, please, for the sake of everyone else, be polite and patient. It is selfish and annoying as hell if you keep looking at your watch when the physician is in the room examining you, and complaining about how long you've been in the ER. Please realize that it is ALWAYS busy in the ER, and labs, imaging, and medications TAKE TIME--not to mention people like you are the reason physicians don't get to take breaks in the ER.

I can't express enough how GD frustrating it is when people act this way in the ER...


Plus, it doesn't always matter who is there first. More serious cases go first.
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Postby The Rube » Sun 4/22/12 8:09 pm

Tee09 wrote:Town people. They are one of the main reasons I will be living in the sticks.



Country people. And their non-descript roads. They are the reason I am living in the city. :poke:

My brother lives in Livonia Township (just outside of Zimmerman). Cripes, you make a wrong turn out there, you won't know it for miles. Not that I've done that or anything.
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Postby rowshkex » Sun 4/22/12 8:10 pm

Zwak wrote:
rowshkex wrote:Ungrateful, impatient ER patients.

Seriously people, if you ever go to an ER, please, for the sake of everyone else, be polite and patient. It is selfish and annoying as hell if you keep looking at your watch when the physician is in the room examining you, and complaining about how long you've been in the ER. Please realize that it is ALWAYS busy in the ER, and labs, imaging, and medications TAKE TIME--not to mention people like you are the reason physicians don't get to take breaks in the ER.

I can't express enough how GD frustrating it is when people act this way in the ER...


Plus, it doesn't always matter who is there first. More serious cases go first.


Yeah, but get this--the lady had been here ONE HOUR and was already roomed, and her significant other had the gall to do the whole staring-at-the-watch thing several times while we were in the room. The physician asks, "You missing an appointment or something?", to which the person says, "No, but we've been here for an hour, so I'm timing you."

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Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 8:13 pm

If I have something wrong with me that is serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room, I want the doctor taking his time. Medical care is not something I want done hastily.
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Postby Armadillo » Sun 4/22/12 8:17 pm

The Mole wrote:If I have something wrong with me that is serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room, I want the doctor taking his time. Medical care is not something I want done hastily.


Plus, the longer it takes for them to get to you or come back, the better off you are health-wise. So try and see the silver lining.
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Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 8:19 pm

Armadillo wrote:
The Mole wrote:If I have something wrong with me that is serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room, I want the doctor taking his time. Medical care is not something I want done hastily.


Plus, the longer it takes for them to get to you or come back, the better off you are health-wise. So try and see the silver lining.



You know what I mean.

I want the Doctor to put some energy into my case rather than blowing it off.
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Postby Armadillo » Sun 4/22/12 8:25 pm

The Mole wrote:
Armadillo wrote:
The Mole wrote:If I have something wrong with me that is serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room, I want the doctor taking his time. Medical care is not something I want done hastily.


Plus, the longer it takes for them to get to you or come back, the better off you are health-wise. So try and see the silver lining.



You know what I mean.

I want the Doctor to put some energy into my case rather than blowing it off.


I was agreeing with you. My post was addressed to ER complainers.
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Postby Tee09 » Sun 4/22/12 8:27 pm

The Rube wrote:
Tee09 wrote:Town people. They are one of the main reasons I will be living in the sticks.



Country people. And their non-descript roads. They are the reason I am living in the city. :poke:

My brother lives in Livonia Township (just outside of Zimmerman). Cripes, you make a wrong turn out there, you won't know it for miles. Not that I've done that or anything.


We figure if you are lost, you won't have time to think it's your business what our yards look like.
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Tee09 wrote:
The Rube wrote:
Tee09 wrote:Town people. They are one of the main reasons I will be living in the sticks.



Country people. And their non-descript roads. They are the reason I am living in the city. :poke:

My brother lives in Livonia Township (just outside of Zimmerman). Cripes, you make a wrong turn out there, you won't know it for miles. Not that I've done that or anything.


We figure if you are lost, you won't have time to think it's your business what our yards look like.



I don't care what someone's lawn looks like. It's the lawn-snobs that do. :wink: Heck, I don't even have a lawn. :lol:

What I don't like, is if I'm driving to Bum :censored: Nowhere, is to have to slow down from 55 to 20 and use my high beams to see if that next road is the road I need to turn on, due to no streetlights. Or any light.
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Postby Lars Sauve » Sun 4/22/12 8:32 pm

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Postby Tee09 » Sun 4/22/12 8:32 pm

The Rube wrote:
Tee09 wrote:
The Rube wrote:
Tee09 wrote:Town people. They are one of the main reasons I will be living in the sticks.



Country people. And their non-descript roads. They are the reason I am living in the city. :poke:

My brother lives in Livonia Township (just outside of Zimmerman). Cripes, you make a wrong turn out there, you won't know it for miles. Not that I've done that or anything.


We figure if you are lost, you won't have time to think it's your business what our yards look like.



I don't care what someone's lawn looks like. It's the lawn-snobs that do. :wink: Heck, I don't even have a lawn. :lol:

What I don't like, is if I'm driving to Bum :censored: Nowhere, is to have to slow down from 55 to 20 and use my high beams to see if that next road is the road I need to turn on, due to no streetlights. Or any light.


I'm sorry I lumped you in with the lawn-snobs. My father-in-law is one and my wife got his genes in that regard.
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Postby The Rube » Sun 4/22/12 8:40 pm

No worries.

I don't mind the country, I just don't want to live out there. At least until I'm retired, maybe.
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Postby rowshkex » Sun 4/22/12 8:50 pm

I swear, I'm generally a good-natured person...

Generally: people who trash something on moral high ground without any real knowledge of it.
Specifically: people who trash a profession based on some moral high ground without any knowledge of the profession.

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Okay lady, how about you go learn something--ANYTHING--about medicine? This is one of those people who believe that everything "natural" is better, and anything medical is terrible and a sin.
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Postby Golden FE Ranger » Sun 4/22/12 8:52 pm

rowshkex wrote:
Zwak wrote:
rowshkex wrote:Ungrateful, impatient ER patients.

Seriously people, if you ever go to an ER, please, for the sake of everyone else, be polite and patient. It is selfish and annoying as hell if you keep looking at your watch when the physician is in the room examining you, and complaining about how long you've been in the ER. Please realize that it is ALWAYS busy in the ER, and labs, imaging, and medications TAKE TIME--not to mention people like you are the reason physicians don't get to take breaks in the ER.

I can't express enough how GD frustrating it is when people act this way in the ER...


Plus, it doesn't always matter who is there first. More serious cases go first.


Yeah, but get this--the lady had been here ONE HOUR and was already roomed, and her significant other had the gall to do the whole staring-at-the-watch thing several times while we were in the room. The physician asks, "You missing an appointment or something?", to which the person says, "No, but we've been here for an hour, so I'm timing you."

:confused2: :chainsaw: :ahhh:


Dr. should have just said, "In that case, I am done. Is that fast enough for you?"
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Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 8:54 pm

The more you learn about science, the more you find out that religion is ridiculous.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby dxmnkd316 » Sun 4/22/12 8:56 pm

The Mole wrote:The more you learn about science, the more you find out that religion is ridiculous.


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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Armadillo » Sun 4/22/12 8:58 pm

The Mole wrote:The more you learn about science, the more you find out that religion is ridiculous.


Let's not get crazy. I'm not a religious man, but I know many scientists and engineers who are devout.

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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Sun 4/22/12 9:00 pm

Armadillo wrote:
The Mole wrote:The more you learn about science, the more you find out that religion is ridiculous.


Let's not get crazy. I'm not a religious man, but I know many scientists and engineers who are devout.


Never gets old hearing people who couldn't carry my scientific jock strap tell me there is no God.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 9:01 pm

You've made multiple jumps in that statement
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Don Adams Wheel of Justice » Sun 4/22/12 9:03 pm

The Mole wrote:The more you learn about science, the more you find out that religion is ridiculous.


That's pretty much what I thought when I was 21 too. After 20 more years of life experience and seeing my children being born, I have since changed my mind.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Bash Brother » Sun 4/22/12 9:04 pm

I am only commenting on the people who believe that natural cures are better than modern medicine.

You people are making huge jumps.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Tee09 » Sun 4/22/12 9:07 pm

The Mole wrote:I am only commenting on the people who believe that natural cures are better than modern medicine.

You people are making huge jumps.


Yeah, but your first one is probably not something you want to post. It starts arguments.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby rowshkex » Sun 4/22/12 9:07 pm

The Mole wrote:I am only commenting on the people who believe that natural cures are better than modern medicine.

You people are making huge jumps.


You are as well. I said nothing about her religion--only the fact that she trashes science without understanding it.

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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Armadillo » Sun 4/22/12 9:09 pm

Tee09 wrote:
The Mole wrote:I am only commenting on the people who believe that natural cures are better than modern medicine.

You people are making huge jumps.


Yeah, but your first one is probably not something you want to post. It starts arguments.


Yeah, that was kind of inflammatory off the bat.
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Re: Pet Peeves

Postby Golden FE Ranger » Sun 4/22/12 9:10 pm

The Mole wrote:You people are making huge jumps.


Do you think your statement might have been at fault? Go ahead and reread it. I don't really care either way; we all have to believe something and I am all for letting each individual reconcile the gap of understanding in a way that suits them.
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