Pet Peeves

by **Bash Brother** » Fri 5/18/12 4:51 pm

When Bert insists on making sure to keep the fun to a minimum

by **rowshkex** » Fri 5/18/12 5:35 pm

Summer (more specifically, temperatures above 70 degrees).

by **Armadillo** » Fri 5/18/12 5:48 pm

rowshkex wrote:Summer (more specifically, temperatures above 70 degrees).

YES YES YES YES YES.

by **Slap Shot** » Fri 5/18/12 10:00 pm

I don't mind the heat until the humidity kicks into high gear.

by **The Rube** » Fri 5/18/12 10:05 pm

Slap Shot wrote:I don't mind the heat until the humidity kicks into high gear.

This. And I never wear shorts outside of sports activities.

by **Slap Shot** » Fri 5/18/12 10:14 pm

The Rube wrote:
Slap Shot wrote:I don't mind the heat until the humidity kicks into high gear.

This. And I never wear shorts outside of sports activities.

And the rest of us thank you kindly. :mrgreen:

by **The Rube** » Fri 5/18/12 10:18 pm

Slap Shot wrote:
The Rube wrote:
Slap Shot wrote:I don't mind the heat until the humidity kicks into high gear.

This. And I never wear shorts outside of sports activities.

And the rest of us thank you kindly.

I try my best to help humanity.

Even today wasn't that bad. A little humid. I'll take 100 degrees and little humidity over 80 degrees and 80 dew point.

by **Bigbeer** » Fri 5/18/12 10:22 pm

Jupiter wrote:
Luckygirl#13 wrote:Guys who wear white sunglasses. You look like a jackwagon.

Girls that wear huge sunglasses.... You look like a jackiewagon.

This doesn't bother me...or Affliction shirts. It's much easier to tell who the douchebags are when they wear their uniform.

by **dxmnkd316** » Fri 5/18/12 10:59 pm

5 O.T. wrote:
Jupiter wrote:Close...

I was thinking more like this:

I think those things are called "Sunbones".

I thought it was pretty funny.

by **rowshkex** » Fri 5/18/12 11:24 pm

Armadillo wrote:
rowshkex wrote:Summer (more specifically, temperatures above 70 degrees).

YES YES YES YES YES.

I hope Ms. Nature/God/Fate does to summer what she/he/it did to winter...

by **The Rube** » Fri 5/18/12 11:46 pm

rowshkex wrote:
Armadillo wrote:
rowshkex wrote:Summer (more specifically, temperatures above 70 degrees).

YES YES YES YES YES.

I hope Ms. Nature/God/Fate does to summer what she/he/it did to winter...

No. I want it 80-90, no humidity. Year round. If it was physically possible to have snow at these temps, that's awesome right there. Gotta have snow in winter. Yes, I may be a crackpot.

I kinda hate the cold. That may also be an understatement.

by **rowshkex** » Sat 5/19/12 12:16 am

The Rube wrote:
rowshkex wrote:
Armadillo wrote:
rowshkex wrote:Summer (more specifically, temperatures above 70 degrees).

YES YES YES YES YES.

I hope Ms. Nature/God/Fate does to summer what she/he/it did to winter...

No. I want it 80-90, no humidity. Year round. If it was physically possible to have snow at these temps, that's awesome right there. Gotta have snow in winter. Yes, I may be a crackpot.

I kinda hate the cold. That may also be an understatement.

DO YOU WANT ME TO MELT, MAN?!?

Just kidding... But I was literally dripping sweat off my nose many times today... It was not pleasant.

If there is one "luxury" I will ever want on a car, it's not satellite navigation, satellite radio, auxiliary connections, DVD and entertainment, or floor mats. It's cooled seats. That's all. In fact, I'd take hand-crank windows if it meant I got cooled seats in the summer.

by **gopherguy13** » Sat 5/19/12 12:49 pm

FB status: "So blessed that I found one of the very few, very rare good men out there!"

Maybe that says something about who you associate yourself with. I hate it when girls do that. 'All men are stupid and selfish!'. Umm, maybe you should just stop hanging out with douchebags instead of slandering my entire gender :lol:

by **Armadillo** » Sat 5/19/12 1:58 pm

gopherguy13 wrote:FB status: "So blessed that I found one of the very few, very rare good men out there!"

Maybe that says something about who you associate yourself with. I hate it when girls do that. 'All men are stupid and selfish!'. Umm, maybe you should just stop hanging out with douchebags instead of slandering my entire gender

Shut your chauvinistic trap, you testiculoppressor.

by **Beauner** » Sat 5/19/12 3:41 pm

gopherguy13 wrote:FB status: "So blessed that I found one of the very few, very rare good men out there!"

Maybe that says something about who you associate yourself with. I hate it when girls do that. 'All men are stupid and selfish!'. Umm, maybe you should just stop hanging out with douchebags instead of slandering my entire gender

So you hate it when 90% of girls between the ages of 18 and 25 open their mouths?
I swear, that generic statement is almost 75% of the facebook status updates I see from girls. It's so annoying. It isn't that hard to find a guy who isn't a douche... Just stop going home with a guy who buys you 4 drinks at a bar and expect him to care about how you feel.

As far as the white sunglasses--I own a pair of white sunglasses. Not because they were white, but because they were $9.99 at a Holiday Gas Station last summer and they fit. That was literally the only criteria I had: Do they fit? Ok. Are they less than 15 bucks? Deal. So not all people who wear white sunglasses are jackwagons (although I absolutely am :lol:

)

by **The Rube** » Sat 5/19/12 3:46 pm

gopherguy13 wrote:FB status: "So blessed that I found one of the very few, very rare good men out there!"

Maybe that says something about who you associate yourself with. I hate it when girls do that. 'All men are stupid and selfish!'. Umm, maybe you should just stop hanging out with douchebags instead of slandering my entire gender

...meanwhile, in the Friend Zone......

by **gopherhockeyfan7** » Sat 5/19/12 9:35 pm

The Rube wrote:
gopherguy13 wrote:FB status: "So blessed that I found one of the very few, very rare good men out there!"

Maybe that says something about who you associate yourself with. I hate it when girls do that. 'All men are stupid and selfish!'. Umm, maybe you should just stop hanging out with douchebags instead of slandering my entire gender

...meanwhile, in the Friend Zone......

A friend of mine had a great reply to a status like that a couple weeks ago. Status was something like, "Where have all the good guys gone?" Reply, "Right in the friendzone where you left them. I waited for 2 years, not gonna wait forever."

Girls like that can't help but fall for d-bags and whioux fans for whatever reason.

by **gopherguy13** » Sat 5/19/12 11:40 pm

The Rube wrote:
gopherguy13 wrote:FB status: "So blessed that I found one of the very few, very rare good men out there!"

Maybe that says something about who you associate yourself with. I hate it when girls do that. 'All men are stupid and selfish!'. Umm, maybe you should just stop hanging out with douchebags instead of slandering my entire gender

...meanwhile, in the Friend Zone......

I can see how that sounds like a friend zone post :lol:

I've only talked to this girl a few times in my life. I don't even know why we are still FB friends. She is smokin' hot, but the IQ is around room temperature with the AC on.

by **MNman** » Sun 5/20/12 9:38 pm

I know it's much more than a pet peeve. Divorce really sucks a**.

by **MNGophers29** » Sun 5/20/12 10:45 pm

The Rube wrote:I will admit, public is a whole different scenario. When I was too young to remember now, I threw a tantrum once, maybe twice from what I was told. Parents just walked away. Didn't give the "attention" I desired when I threw the tantrum. I learned quickly. In private, that's when the switch/wooden spoon came in. It was mainly "you have one shot to not do that anymore, or it's the switch/spoon."

I learned that VERY quickly.

Listen, I'm not saying it is an easy job. Not at all. But sitting in a specified space for a set amount of time would not deter me at all from future devious behavior, and most of my friends were the same way. I dunno why. It's what is was.

I have to comment on the parenting thing quickly as I don't think it matters what method one uses, there is always something you need to be able to do to get you from one day to the next.

Growing up, I was never given a time out. My dad drove semi Mon-Fri and the worst was when we got in trouble on Monday and my mom would say "you wait until your dad gets home" That scared the crap out of me. Disappointing my parents didn't keep me out of trouble, hell, I disappointed my dad until I was 28 years old. Anyway, my parents didn't abuse us. I got the spoon and my dad's belt (from my mom), my dad only grabbed me by the back of the neck. I didn't get in trouble much though. My sister who is 3 years younger than me always threatened to call the cops. My mom dared her to and said life would be way worse if she did. My youngest sister (11 years younger) actually called the cops on my mom. Sherriff showed up, I had to go to the house. Luckily it was an old Sherriff and I just told him I would stay there and he was cool with it. Believe me, my little sister wouldn't dare call the cops again...

Today, I have a 6 year old girl and a 4 year old boy. We got divorced 2.5 years ago. Polar opposite parenting styles. When the kids are with me, they are well-behaved, well-mannered and listen when I tell them to stop. When they are with their mother, anything goes. She has never had control of them. Most of it is because she had a terrible role model for a mother on parenting. She is trying to get better, but I feel the damage is done. My son is pretty wel behaved around both of us, but my daughter is horrible with my ex. Case in point, today me and my girlfriend went with my ex and her boyfriend with the kids to play mini-golf for my son's birthday. As soon as my daughter say my ex, she started whining, crying at the drop of a hat and wanting to be carried every where. My ex tried to me a parent, it didn't work. About an hour later, her and her boyfriend left and my daughter completely changed into the sweetheart I see all the time. Its frustrating to see, I know it frustrates my ex, but she either won't or can't change.

Lastly, I too judged before having kids. Today, I am probably more critical, but more respectful of the difficulties that comes with it. I went from being a s**t dad (before divorce) to a pretty damn good dad now. Spanking was one of those things I thought must be done. I have spanked only my son once in the last 2 years and I was guilt ridden after it. It probably wasn't necessary, but at the time it felt like I needed to. I used to say that I was for it, maybe I still am, but if I can keep the communication open with my kids and continue to set good examples, I won't ever need to and I am cool with that.

No matter what, parenting is tough, but the rewards of those little beings loving you with all that they are is compensation enough for any tough job...

by **gopher wes** » Mon 5/21/12 9:58 am

rowshkex wrote:Summer (more specifically, temperatures above 70 degrees).

People in Minnesota who continuously complain about winter/cold and then also complain the first time it gets to be 80+ degrees outside.

Make up your minds people! :lol:

by **solar** » Mon 5/21/12 10:13 am

People who do not know when to "shut it down" (binge drinking beyond their control and ruining things for themselves and everyone else around them). I'm looking at you, dude who sat behind us at the Van Halen show who could not keep your head up or your lunch down during the first few minutes of the concert. :chainsaw:

by **g_manpucker** » Mon 5/21/12 10:53 am

solar wrote:People who do not know when to "shut it down" (binge drinking beyond their control and ruining things for themselves and everyone else around them). I'm looking at you, dude who sat behind us at the Van Halen show who could not keep your head up or your lunch down during the first few minutes of the concert.

When I saw Van Halen in '95 my girlfriend at the time was on the receiving end of a similar guy. I told her NOT to wear her green suede leather coat to a rock concert. She found out why you don't, then she expected me to leave when Van Halen had only been on stage for about 15 minutes.... :chainsaw:

. I made her and her brother's girlfriend go stay at a friend's dorm room across the street from Hilton Coliseum while me and her brother stayed at the concert.

That said dumbass ended up sleeping through the entire concert. :lol:

by **Riff Raff** » Mon 5/21/12 10:58 am

solar wrote:People who do not know when to "shut it down" (binge drinking beyond their control and ruining things for themselves and everyone else around them). I'm looking at you, dude who sat behind us at the Van Halen show who could not keep your head up or your lunch down during the first few minutes of the concert.

Were you in the club level? We saw a dude who had been escorted from his seat and was puking in the trash before VH even went on stage.

by **solar** » Mon 5/21/12 11:34 am

Riff Raff wrote:
solar wrote:People who do not know when to "shut it down" (binge drinking beyond their control and ruining things for themselves and everyone else around them). I'm looking at you, dude who sat behind us at the Van Halen show who could not keep your head up or your lunch down during the first few minutes of the concert.

Were you in the club level? We saw a dude who had been escorted from his seat and was puking in the trash before VH even went on stage.

No, we were in Section 114, and I could smell it before I knew where it had happened. Luckily our seats were not needed.

Let's just say if you have season tickets for the Wild, and you sit in Section 114, Row 15, I feel for you. I am sure it soaked in real good.

by **Tee09** » Mon 5/21/12 1:31 pm

When I tell you I am available "anytime before 2 PM" to help you with your work that's going to take at least an hour, don't decide to come over at 1:45. :chainsaw:

by **WPoS** » Tue 5/22/12 6:31 am

MNman wrote:I know it's much more than a pet peeve. Divorce really sucks a**.

true, but 6 months later life looks MUCH better!

W

by **MNman** » Tue 5/22/12 10:45 pm

WPoS wrote:
MNman wrote:I know it's much more than a pet peeve. Divorce really sucks a**.

true, but 6 months later life looks MUCH better!

W

I've heard this. I've also heard that some people have it worse than I do. I know I will have to get over loving my wife, but I'm going to end up moving out of the area and leaving my sons behind. That's really tough to think about.

by **Armadillo** » Wed 5/23/12 9:03 pm

I was at Cub Foods tonight, and some waste of a brainpan left a FROZEN PIZZA in the CHIPS AISLE.

I know that not everybody's a food safety expert, but COME ON.

by **streakygopher** » Wed 5/23/12 9:06 pm

Armadillo wrote:I was at Cub Foods tonight, and some waste of a brainpan left a FROZEN PIZZA in the CHIPS AISLE.

I know that not everybody's a food safety expert, but COME ON.

If you were any kind of sleuth, you would have found the chips left on the Twinkie stand and the Twinkie left in the ice cream freezer. I change my mind as I go.

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 5/23/12 9:10 pm

Did you find the hoagie rolls?

by **Tee09** » Wed 5/23/12 9:11 pm

streakygopher wrote:
Armadillo wrote:I was at Cub Foods tonight, and some waste of a brainpan left a FROZEN PIZZA in the CHIPS AISLE.

I know that not everybody's a food safety expert, but COME ON.

If you were any kind of sleuth, you would have found the chips left on the Twinkie stand and the Twinkie left in the ice cream freezer. I change my mind as I go.

The other two didn't constitute food safety risks, so he didn't care.

by **Armadillo** » Wed 5/23/12 9:14 pm

Tee09 wrote:
streakygopher wrote:
Armadillo wrote:I was at Cub Foods tonight, and some waste of a brainpan left a FROZEN PIZZA in the CHIPS AISLE.

I know that not everybody's a food safety expert, but COME ON.

If you were any kind of sleuth, you would have found the chips left on the Twinkie stand and the Twinkie left in the ice cream freezer. I change my mind as I go.

The other two didn't constitute food safety risks, so he didn't care.

Exactly. Twinkies in the freezer will give you a delicious frozen treat, not 48 hours of Two Hole Salute.

by **gopherguy13** » Wed 5/23/12 9:35 pm

Having satellite TV when it's raining super hard and you're trying to watch the end of a hockey game :chainsaw:

edit: And ON TOP of that, other channels are working just fine, but not NBCSN :lol:

by **The Rube** » Wed 5/23/12 9:36 pm

gopherguy13 wrote:Having satellite TV when it's raining super hard and you're trying to watch the end of a hockey game

Anti-peeve: having cable and your team is involved in said game. :dance:

by **gopherguy13** » Wed 5/23/12 9:38 pm

The Rube wrote:
gopherguy13 wrote:Having satellite TV when it's raining super hard and you're trying to watch the end of a hockey game

Anti-peeve: having cable and your team is involved in said game.

Take your cable and shove it up your :censored:

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 5/23/12 9:39 pm

gopherguy13 wrote:
The Rube wrote:
gopherguy13 wrote:Having satellite TV when it's raining super hard and you're trying to watch the end of a hockey game

Anti-peeve: having cable and your team is involved in said game.

Take your cable and shove it up your

Ah, is that where the phrase "laying cable" comes from?

by **The Rube** » Wed 5/23/12 9:41 pm

gopherguy13 wrote:
The Rube wrote:
gopherguy13 wrote:Having satellite TV when it's raining super hard and you're trying to watch the end of a hockey game

Anti-peeve: having cable and your team is involved in said game.

Take your cable and shove it up your

If it makes a difference, I would have been equally as mad had my team lost and I had to see it......

by **Superstar** » Wed 5/23/12 10:04 pm

When people both call (and leave a message) AND text saying "call me right away"...but don't say what it's about. If you're gonna leave a VM, at the very least tell me what you need me to "call you right away" for. And then...when you do call them back, you find out it was nothing that I would deem "call me right away" worthy.

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 5/23/12 11:00 pm

Headlines so misleading you don't understand how the person who wrote it is still employed:

Headline: See Skydiver Land Without Parachute

Video: http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bes ... m.cnn.html

It's almost criminally false.

by **rowshkex** » Wed 5/23/12 11:24 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:Headlines so misleading you don't understand how the person who wrote it is still employed:

Headline: See Skydiver Land Without Parachute

Video: http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bes ... m.cnn.html

It's almost criminally false.

What was more fun than watching the video was trying to figure out what they actually meant...

(It's like those Facebook spyware wall posts: "OMG LOOK AT THIS GIRL AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL NAKED")

by **Armadillo** » Wed 5/23/12 11:54 pm

rowshkex wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Headlines so misleading you don't understand how the person who wrote it is still employed:

Headline: See Skydiver Land Without Parachute

Video: http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bes ... m.cnn.html

It's almost criminally false.

What was more fun than watching the video was trying to figure out what they actually meant...

(It's like those Facebook spyware wall posts: "OMG LOOK AT THIS GIRL AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL NAKED")

DUDE, WHAT? WHERE? I GOTTA SEE...

...you jerk.

by **WPoS** » Thu 5/24/12 7:05 am

MNman wrote:
WPoS wrote:
MNman wrote:I know it's much more than a pet peeve. Divorce really sucks a**.

true, but 6 months later life looks MUCH better!

W

I've heard this. I've also heard that some people have it worse than I do. I know I will have to get over loving my wife, but I'm going to end up moving out of the area and leaving my sons behind. That's really tough to think about.

it does...it truely does, what will suck more will be your kids...give it time....you will move on and most likely find something better if you allow yourself too! I know I did!

W

by **Beauner** » Thu 5/24/12 7:37 am

rowshkex wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Headlines so misleading you don't understand how the person who wrote it is still employed:

Headline: See Skydiver Land Without Parachute

Video: http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bes ... m.cnn.html

It's almost criminally false.

What was more fun than watching the video was trying to figure out what they actually meant...

(It's like those Facebook spyware wall posts: "OMG LOOK AT THIS GIRL AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL NAKED")

YOU CAN'T MAKE A POST LIKE THAT AND NOT GIVE ME A LINK! Jerk.

by **rowshkex** » Sun 5/27/12 8:23 am

Both encountered on my way to the hospital cafeteria this morning:

1) High-heeled shoes. Is there some sort of historically psychological reasoning behind them? I get that someone might hear the clomp of your shoes and think, "OMG A POWERFUL WOMAN", but is that reasonable anymore? I just think they're annoying as hell...

2) I don't know what peeves me about this, but:

(Purchases coffee, and cashier gives me receipt--even though their machines NEVER print receipts, and no one needs them)
Me: Do you have any recycling?
Cashier: "Uhh... Not really."

Do you mean "no" or "yes"???

by **frozen4champs** » Sun 5/27/12 11:16 am

People who have to check in at everywhere they are at on foursquare. I don't get it.

People who post pictures of themselves everyday on facebook. We know what you look like.....

by **MNGophers29** » Sun 5/27/12 1:29 pm

frozen4champs wrote:People who have to check in at everywhere they are at on foursquare. I don't get it.

People who post pictures of themselves everyday on facebook. We know what you look like.....

Don't get me started on the posting pictures of yourself on FB. My ex-wife post a new self-potrait of herself on FB every day. We are civil and keep each other as friends for the kids, but every day she takes a picture of herself posing and I really have yet to see her post anything else...who is that vain?!?

by **WPoS** » Mon 5/28/12 7:03 am

MNGophers29 wrote:
frozen4champs wrote:People who have to check in at everywhere they are at on foursquare. I don't get it.

People who post pictures of themselves everyday on facebook. We know what you look like.....

Don't get me started on the posting pictures of yourself on FB. My ex-wife post a new self-potrait of herself on FB every day. We are civil and keep each other as friends for the kids, but every day she takes a picture of herself posing and I really have yet to see her post anything else...who is that vain?!?

obvioulsy she is

W

by **WPoS** » Mon 5/28/12 7:06 am

the OMG the world is ending when, shockingly a hurricane hits the SE coast! Shocking I tell you, not like it EVER happenes (every year just like the Whioux fooding). This is breaking news? Hardly.

W

by **MNGophers29** » Mon 5/28/12 3:53 pm

WPoS wrote:
MNGophers29 wrote:
frozen4champs wrote:People who have to check in at everywhere they are at on foursquare. I don't get it.

People who post pictures of themselves everyday on facebook. We know what you look like.....

Don't get me started on the posting pictures of yourself on FB. My ex-wife post a new self-potrait of herself on FB every day. We are civil and keep each other as friends for the kids, but every day she takes a picture of herself posing and I really have yet to see her post anything else...who is that vain?!?

obvioulsy she is

W

I should have said besides her, who is that vain.

by **Tee09** » Mon 5/28/12 7:11 pm

My wife was watching one of the morning shows (Today, Good Morning America, CBS' This Morning, I forget which one) and they introduced Gregg Allman as "Cher's ex-husband." It made me sad to think that a sizable portion of the population knows one of the Allman Bros. primarily as "one of Cher's husbands."

by **Greyeagle** » Mon 5/28/12 9:46 pm

Tee09 wrote:My wife was watching one of the morning shows (Today, Good Morning America, CBS' This Morning, I forget which one) and they introduced Gregg Allman as "Cher's ex-husband." It made me sad to think that a sizable portion of the population knows one of the Allman Bros. primarily as "one of Cher's husbands."

I agree. Similarly, too many people only know Lyle Lovett as Julie Robert's ex.

by **The Rube** » Mon 5/28/12 9:48 pm

Greyeagle wrote:
Tee09 wrote:My wife was watching one of the morning shows (Today, Good Morning America, CBS' This Morning, I forget which one) and they introduced Gregg Allman as "Cher's ex-husband." It made me sad to think that a sizable portion of the population knows one of the Allman Bros. primarily as "one of Cher's husbands."

I agree. Similarly, too many people only know Lyle Lovett as Julie Robert's ex.

I have to admit this convo happened yesterday:

Friend: so and so won the Indy.
A couple of us: Who?
Friend: so and so.
Us: who?
Friend: Mr Ashley Judd.
Us: Ohhhhhhh THAT guy. Ok.

:oops:

by **ex_goldy** » Mon 5/28/12 10:40 pm

Driving in and out of town on the weekend. Too many drive like they don't know that they can crash their cars. A lot of them drive like they don't care and definitely don't know what happens when cars crash. Cars jammed together going 75 mph + playing games to get ahead of someone else. There needs to be a citizens reckless driving ticket with forced servitude cleaning up accidents and freeing trapped accident victims.

by **Bertogliat** » Tue 5/29/12 8:14 am

gopherguy13 wrote:Having satellite TV when it's raining super hard and you're trying to watch the end of a hockey game

edit: And ON TOP of that, other channels are working just fine, but not NBCSN

Repeat Peeve: DirecTV guys at Best Buy.

I went to Best Buy with my dad to help him pick out a TV. We were talking to a Best Buy salesman for a while. Just as I started to say how nice it was to not have the annoying DirecTV guy bugging us, here comes Mr. Annoying strolling around the corner. :chainsaw:

The 3 of us laugh at the irony and he stood there feeling dumb. He started in with his Jahova's Witness-like fake curiosity about our lives. I shot him thes stink eye and told him I have cable and will not ever move to satellite (only to make it painfully clear that he needs to leave). At this point he starts badgering me as to why. It is none of your business Jackbag!

I hate these people. Leave me alone. I am buying a TV and I don't want to be pestered. I don't know why they won't take the hint and move on. Nothing works. Awkward silence must be comforting to these toolboxes. :evil:

Get the F away from me.

by **gopher wes** » Tue 5/29/12 8:59 am

The pain of hot water hitting the sun burn on my arms and shoulders in the shower. I never learn my lesson.....

by **davescharf** » Tue 5/29/12 1:53 pm

ex_goldy wrote:Driving in and out of town on the weekend. Too many drive like they don't know that they can crash their cars. A lot of them drive like they don't care and definitely don't know what happens when cars crash. Cars jammed together going 75 mph + playing games to get ahead of someone else. There needs to be a citizens reckless driving ticket with forced servitude cleaning up accidents and freeing trapped accident victims.

People really need to learn that city driving and freeway driving are different (don't drive in the left lane, pick a speed and set your cruise control, be aware of your surrounding if you're going to pass someone and there's a faster car approaching ,etc.). This is actually the first time in awhile I've taken a long car trip where I wasn't in some form of rage over stuff like this but we also left and came back at times where there was a lot less traffic.

I did have a couple smirks on my face on the way home yesterday when guys were driving at least 80mph past me and then I saw them getting pulled over a few miles up the road

by **Chris Eckes** » Tue 5/29/12 3:19 pm

davescharf wrote:
ex_goldy wrote:Driving in and out of town on the weekend. Too many drive like they don't know that they can crash their cars. A lot of them drive like they don't care and definitely don't know what happens when cars crash. Cars jammed together going 75 mph + playing games to get ahead of someone else. There needs to be a citizens reckless driving ticket with forced servitude cleaning up accidents and freeing trapped accident victims.

People really need to learn that city driving and freeway driving are different (don't drive in the left lane, pick a speed and set your cruise control, be aware of your surrounding if you're going to pass someone and there's a faster car approaching ,etc.). This is actually the first time in awhile I've taken a long car trip where I wasn't in some form of rage over stuff like this but we also left and came back at times where there was a lot less traffic.

I did have a couple smirks on my face on the way home yesterday when guys were driving at least 80mph past me and then I saw them getting pulled over a few miles up the road

That is the epitome of a simple pleasure to me

EDIT: were they driving Audi's or BMW's? :mrgreen:

by **Tee09** » Tue 5/29/12 3:26 pm

Chris Eckes wrote:
davescharf wrote:I did have a couple smirks on my face on the way home yesterday when guys were driving at least 80mph past me and then I saw them getting pulled over a few miles up the road

That is the epitome of a simple pleasure to me

EDIT: were they driving Audi's or BMW's?

I've noticed that a significant fraction of these d-bags who don't drive fancy cars drive Pontiac Grand Prix's. It's uncanny.

by **davescharf** » Tue 5/29/12 5:00 pm

Chris Eckes wrote:
davescharf wrote:
ex_goldy wrote:Driving in and out of town on the weekend. Too many drive like they don't know that they can crash their cars. A lot of them drive like they don't care and definitely don't know what happens when cars crash. Cars jammed together going 75 mph + playing games to get ahead of someone else. There needs to be a citizens reckless driving ticket with forced servitude cleaning up accidents and freeing trapped accident victims.

People really need to learn that city driving and freeway driving are different (don't drive in the left lane, pick a speed and set your cruise control, be aware of your surrounding if you're going to pass someone and there's a faster car approaching ,etc.). This is actually the first time in awhile I've taken a long car trip where I wasn't in some form of rage over stuff like this but we also left and came back at times where there was a lot less traffic.

I did have a couple smirks on my face on the way home yesterday when guys were driving at least 80mph past me and then I saw them getting pulled over a few miles up the road

That is the epitome of a simple pleasure to me

EDIT: were they driving Audi's or BMW's?

One of them was a Nissan Altima and another that I remember seeing was a really old Toyota Camry IIRC.

I don't drive between here and Omaha that often anymore, but we do go there to see my parents every Memorial Day. I've never seen the Iowa State Patrol out in the force they were out in yesterday. They were even running speed traps 50 miles north of Ames which I have never seen them do.

by **Beauner** » Tue 5/29/12 11:18 pm

Tee09 wrote:
Chris Eckes wrote:
davescharf wrote:I did have a couple smirks on my face on the way home yesterday when guys were driving at least 80mph past me and then I saw them getting pulled over a few miles up the road

That is the epitome of a simple pleasure to me

EDIT: were they driving Audi's or BMW's?

I've noticed that a significant fraction of these d-bags who don't drive fancy cars drive Pontiac Grand Prix's. It's uncanny.

One of the days I was driving back to Sioux Falls during the summer I had 2 assclowns racing down I-90 behind me. I had the cruise in my truck set at 76. These guys caught up to and passed me within probably 90 seconds of me seeing them in my rear view mirror (probably 2 miles behind me). I would guess they were going roughly 110mph each, weaving in and out of traffic. They damn near rear-ended me (their cars were sitting so low their heads would have been taken off by my rear bumper).
One of them was driving a souped up Mustang and one of them was driving a Corvette.
15 minutes later I saw both of them pulled over by a state trooper. I slowed down and gave them a Hakstol Salute. :mrgreen:

by **Tee09** » Tue 5/29/12 11:21 pm

Beauner wrote: I had the cruise in my truck set at 76. These guys caught up to and passed me within probably 90 seconds of me seeing them in my rear view mirror (probably 2 miles behind me). I would guess they were going roughly 110mph each

Doesn't GPL have a "no math" rule? That's getting awful close to a word problem.

by **dxmnkd316** » Tue 5/29/12 11:24 pm

Tee09 wrote:
Beauner wrote: I had the cruise in my truck set at 76. These guys caught up to and passed me within probably 90 seconds of me seeing them in my rear view mirror (probably 2 miles behind me). I would guess they were going roughly 110mph each

Doesn't GPL have a "no math" rule? That's getting awful close to a word problem.

I F*KING HATE word problems.

by **monty** » Wed 5/30/12 8:08 am

Tee09 wrote:
Chris Eckes wrote:
davescharf wrote:I did have a couple smirks on my face on the way home yesterday when guys were driving at least 80mph past me and then I saw them getting pulled over a few miles up the road

That is the epitome of a simple pleasure to me

EDIT: were they driving Audi's or BMW's?

I've noticed that a significant fraction of these d-bags who don't drive fancy cars drive Pontiac Grand Prix's. It's uncanny.

Careful there Tee09 I drive a 2005 Grand Prix with a 5.3 liter V8. It is a very fast car, but I never drive more than 75-80 mph. I do watch all the traffic around me and slow down at the first hint of trouble. Don't judge a driver by their car.

The driver going 5 mph below the speed limit in the left lane while talking or texting on the phone is more of a danger then the driver going 5-10 over the speed limit and paying attention to driving.

by **MNGophers29** » Wed 5/30/12 8:32 am

gopher wes wrote:The pain of hot water hitting the sun burn on my arms and shoulders in the shower. I never learn my lesson.....

I have been burnt many times in my life and whether there is any merit to this or not, I have found that taking as hot of a shower as you can after a sunburn actually helps with the pain afterwards. It hurts like hell when the water first hits it, but I am guess it heats up the skin so when you are out, the cooler air helps soothe the skin. Similar to a sauna. Maybe its just me.

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 5/30/12 8:44 am

monty wrote:The driver going 5 mph below the speed limit in the left lane while talking or texting on the phone is more of a danger then the driver going 5-10 over the speed limit and paying attention to driving.

Ding ding. :dup:

by **Bertogliat** » Wed 5/30/12 9:16 am

monty wrote: Don't judge a driver by their car.

I do find that I often judge the drivers of minivans, smart cars and prius type eco cars. I also judge people who drive trucks with huge tires and intentionaly loud mufflers. I bet I can profile the owner and their driving habits with high accuracy. Altough I admit mini vans are way too prevelant now. Even some normal people dirve them......yes I am the founder of the "I Will Never Own a Minivan Club of America."

by **Tee09** » Wed 5/30/12 10:21 am

monty wrote:
Tee09 wrote:
Chris Eckes wrote:
davescharf wrote:I did have a couple smirks on my face on the way home yesterday when guys were driving at least 80mph past me and then I saw them getting pulled over a few miles up the road

That is the epitome of a simple pleasure to me

EDIT: were they driving Audi's or BMW's?

I've noticed that a significant fraction of these d-bags who don't drive fancy cars drive Pontiac Grand Prix's. It's uncanny.

Careful there Tee09 I drive a 2005 Grand Prix with a 5.3 liter V8. It is a very fast car, but I never drive more than 75-80 mph. I do watch all the traffic around me and slow down at the first hint of trouble. Don't judge a driver by their car.

The driver going 5 mph below the speed limit in the left lane while talking or texting on the phone is more of a danger then the driver going 5-10 over the speed limit and paying attention to driving.

Driving a Grand Prix doesn't make you a jerk; I just notice that a lot of the jerks I see that aren't in Beemers or Mustangs happen to drive that model. Usually they're younger. And I don't mind people speeding. I mind the people who feel the need to tailgate at 80 mph, cut people off, and generally act like Richards when they drive.

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 5/30/12 5:30 pm

Time cards...

by **rowshkex** » Wed 5/30/12 5:37 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:Time cards...

Unless the time cards read a 20%/53% raise! :dance:

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 5/30/12 6:14 pm

rowshkex wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Time cards...

Unless the time cards read a 20%/53% raise!

You're confusing timecards with paychecks.

by **rowshkex** » Wed 5/30/12 6:19 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:
rowshkex wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Time cards...

Unless the time cards read a 20%/53% raise!

You're confusing timecards with paychecks.

Oh no, my timecard shows my wage too. :dup:

by **h8red** » Thu 5/31/12 10:13 am

dxmnkd316 wrote:
monty wrote:The driver going 5 mph below the speed limit in the left lane while talking or texting on the phone is more of a danger then the driver going 5-10 over the speed limit and paying attention to driving.

Ding ding.

True true true...how true it is. It's absolutely "inattentive" driving that causes the majority of the accidents. The so called authorities and experts will still say that speed causes most accidents.

I commonly go 80 in a 65, eat a sandwich and talk on my phone while listening to music without even a close call because I pay attention to what the idiots around me are doing. I'm the greatest driver in the world.

by **gopher wes** » Thu 5/31/12 10:35 am

I know I have said this one before, but people who continuously leave the sound on their phone turned up in a group of people. I do not want to hear the noises from the game you are playing or "Red Solo Cup" every time you get text message.... :chainsaw:

by **GrandForksGopher** » Thu 5/31/12 9:20 pm

When the baseball team you're coaching is the #1 seed in the section, in the sub-section championship and the kids decide to make 6 errors, strike out 13 times (9 looking) and only get one flippin hit against a pitcher that was throwing 62 mph. :censored:

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