Jewels 0 #26 October 1, 2007 I hope the new place is at least fantastic! Moving, though--that's kind of up a notch from your basic pet peeve. I think that's like . . . actual torture. Oh, and about the methane--YES, NOW I GET IT!!! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #27 October 1, 2007 Quote stapling unit on copier????my recent pet peeve...those ass holes that park in the fire lane at the grocery store! especially so the rest of us have to walk around their car!!! lazy, self centered dumb asses... I used to have a little sticker that I carried in my car for just such an occaision. It looked like a tow away sticker tha the cops use.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #28 October 1, 2007 NICE!TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndh1 0 #29 October 1, 2007 When someone calls me on their cellphone and they obviously have no signal, but they insist on trying to have the conversation. I get every third word, and we spend more time saying "...hello, are you still there?" than talking about whatever it is. Even worse when they are using a hands-free.Roll Tide Roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #30 October 1, 2007 I re n kind whe I g ose ype alls. and the change of address thing kills me! 4 months now...last two bills I have resorted to Sharpie marked bills...this month they are going to get Orange! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #31 October 1, 2007 Orange is actually a good idea. Maybe someone will get the hint that you are attempting to get their attention!TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #32 October 1, 2007 coming back from lunch - grandpa is in front of me and is straddling the lane line - going about 10 mph - then 25 mph - then 10 - then stops just past a driveway for no reason - then goes again everyone should have to take a driver's test every few years for currency ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #33 October 1, 2007 He wants to convert his car to electric and use solar panels mounted on the roof to charge the batteries while he's at work (No, he is not retired). It will take X anmount of electrical energy from the batteries to get to work. He wants to put as much of that X amount of energy back into the batteries while the car is parked at work by installing solar panels on the roof of the car. The bigger the panels are, the more energy they produce during the day. Even using really efficient panels, the panels would be longer and wider than the car. But he wants to use cheapo inefficient panels from Harbor Freight. And no, I won't make any jokes about Harbor Freight being Americas favorite supplier of Third-World and Communist made tools. Anyway, he had asked me to do the electrical and power calculations to see if it could be done. No big deal. It took an hour or so. I sent the results to him certain that he would abandon the solar part of the idea, but ever since, it's been a stream of impractical shinola. He is a nice guy, but he is fading away. I was going to post one of the NASA pics that he sent as an example (I hadn't had time to look at them till just now), and OMG, they are awsome pics! Unfortunately, they are too big to post, so I have to resize them. Here are a couple: "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #34 October 1, 2007 Quote So, what's bugging you today? people who just look at you after you explain thier job assignments to them, like thier waiting for it to sink in or something. i came very close to yelling, "i know it's monday, but you've done this a thousand times before. let's get the lead out and get some work done around here, slow asses!!"diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #35 October 1, 2007 Okay, they're lovely pics but it doesn't sound like he's ready to accept reality as far as his concept goes. I'd rather deal with my staples! GOOD FOR HIM for not being retired, though! I won't speculate on whether he SHOULD retire, but at least he's getting out there and keeping his brain busy. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndh1 0 #36 October 1, 2007 I HATE it at the gym when guys drop the dumbbells so hard they bounce three or four times and it sounds like the wall is caving in..Roll Tide Roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #37 October 1, 2007 Sounds like me . . . trying to bowl. TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndh1 0 #38 October 2, 2007 I could come up with these all day. I hate it when people take their socks off and leave them inside-out. I hate mouth smacking noises. I HATE when people talk on their Nextel or whatever in restaurants or similar. Why do they think everyone wants to hear their conversation?! And it's always on max volume. Same for when they are going through a checkout line in front of me.Roll Tide Roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #39 October 2, 2007 QuoteI HATE when people talk on their Nextel or whatever in restaurants or similar. I am completely with you on that. Just plain talking on a cell phone in a restaurant is bad enough.. Especially those people think that they have talk to loud enough that the cell phone probably isn’t needed anyway to communicate with someone a few miles away.. But people with those walkie talkie cell phones that have them turned all the way up are about the most annoying people on the planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #40 October 2, 2007 My co-worker clipped her nails. I could not seem to get my music quite loud enough to block out the strangely high-pitched noise. ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndh1 0 #41 October 2, 2007 When people write "a myriad of." Drives me crazy. I really pissed of the society columnist in the Birmingham News a few years ago after I just couldn't stand it any longer. I swear, I can be scanning a whole page of a newspaper and that term will jump out at me. Oh, and people who leave their radio BLASTING when they pull up to the gas pump or convenience store.Roll Tide Roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #42 October 2, 2007 QuoteSo, what's bugging you today? The fact it's casual day at work and i'm the idiot in khakis because nobody told me. I'm gonna go eat worms --"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #43 October 2, 2007 1)People trying to get on the train/subway before the other people have finished exiting it. Old ladies are the worst, for some reason. 2) Traffic jams after an accident are understandable, but I really resent it that people on the other side of the road cause a traffic jam because of slowing down to look. 3) When I start up my PC at work, it takes 8, yes, EIGHT minutes to do so. The helpdesk found it necessary to end the startup script with a personal message: "Logon has finished! Good morning {..}" Solutions: 1a) When I need to exit the train, I give the people standing in the way a good and solid thump, then look at them wide eyed and say "sorry" in a shocked voice. Works every time. 1b) When I am waiting to board, I usually make some very rude and just too loud comments. This will someday bite me, I know. 2) Kill the sensationalists - slowly. 3) A button in addition to the one saying "OK" that reads "F*ck off". Until that time I simply nver turn my PC off between Monday morning and Friday evening."That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #44 October 2, 2007 ...same one as the day before and the day before that and the day before that and the day before that.... DZ trailer trash that cannot, for the life of them, put trash in a trash can. "Oh! I've finished my beer/candy bar/cigarette/whatever! I'll just throw the bottle/wrapper/butt/whatever on the carpet here. Nevermind the trash can that's 3 feet away!" DuuuuuuuhhhMy reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #45 October 2, 2007 Today's peeve - teachers who don't show up for 7:30 am classes. So glad I managed to catch the bus at 6 fucking a.m. to get here on time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yellowgt 0 #46 October 2, 2007 Quote I hate mouth smacking noises. Im with ya on this one. Also...When your shopping at a supermarket or wherever, granny walking in front of you decides to stop in the middle of the aisle and start looking around like someone who has ADD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #47 October 2, 2007 Quote When you'reshopping at a supermarket or wherever, granny walking in front of you decides to stop in the middle of the aisle and start looking around like someone who has ADD replace 'granny' with 'soccor mom with 3 foot wide ass' and you get every single grocery store visit in the world - cart on the left, ass on the right - everybody stopped until the oblivious bitch picks out her canola oil ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #48 October 2, 2007 Quote So, what's bugging you today? People that scrape their teeth on their cuttlery as they eat . . . like nails on a chalk board.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndh1 0 #49 October 2, 2007 Quote People that scrape their teeth on their cuttlery as they eat . . . like nails on a chalk board. I thought of this one last night, but I hate to keep coming back. That sound almost makes me cry. What REALLY makes me mad is when someone notices it's bothering me and just puts the fork between their teeth and goes to town with it. I left a restaurant once because of it...and I was the driver.Roll Tide Roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #50 October 2, 2007 Quote Quote People that scrape their teeth on their cuttlery as they eat . . . like nails on a chalk board. I thought of this one last night, but I hate to keep coming back. That sound almost makes me cry. What REALLY makes me mad is when someone notices it's bothering me and just puts the fork between their teeth and goes to town with it. I left a restaurant once because of it...and I was the driver. I left a date there for that once.I asked her if she noticed that she was doing it, she replied, "Sometmies." She asked if it bothered me, and I said,"Yes, it does" . . . she did it again, obviously on purpose. I asked her nicely to stop twice more . . . and then I just left . . . You should have seen her face as I got in the car and backed out . . . I could see her through the window as I drove by. I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
