The little things in life (that irritate you)

[Skybarney]

Pilot instructors who don't show for lessons after driving 20 minutes through traffic to get to the airplane.

Please refer to the two word thread:  DICKHEAD INSTRUCTOR!

[Bick]

It used to be warning labels that bugged me.

If you are too stupid to know that coffee or the contents of hot apple pie were HOT...

But now this...

If you don't already know how to make a sandwich...

[Speedbag]

8" of snow in mid-April. 

[zooom]

It used to be warning labels that bugged me.

If you are too stupid to know that coffee or the contents of hot apple pie were HOT...

But now this...

If you don't already know how to make a sandwich...

then you must really get mad when reading the directions on the bottle of shampoo everytime you use it.

[Speedbag]

IZ must have taken that pic, I have no friggin' clue what it says. 

[spolic]

Wanting to go out plinking with my .22 but not finding any ammo.

[Bick]

then you must really get mad when reading the directions on the bottle of shampoo everytime you use it.

That is the sole reason I started shaving my head.

[Stella]

Several years ago we moved my mom.  During the move, a friend of mine admired an antique love seat that has sat in our basement for DECADES AND DECADES AND DECADES.

As I recall, I mentioned to my mom that friend would take good care of it, refurbish it, matches everything else in friend's house.  Ok, loveseat went to friend.

A few years later, mom out of nowhere blew a gasket on me...made her give her family heirloom away....

I go to friend, can I get it back, super sorry, mom was more attached to it than I realized...

Friend: It's buried in my basement, will get to it some day.

I bring it up with her again about a year later (feel very awkward about the whole deal).... borderline rude reply that it's still in basement she cannot possibly get to it...  I leave it alone and hope that mom has forgotten about it (yeah, right).  

About two years after last mention of loveseat w/friend, get message yesterday that she has retrieved it, come get it, she'll sell it to me for a "great deal" - only $200.  95% certain she got it for $0.



And I know my mom won't appreciate getting it back but I cannot not get it back.  Another:  


With the exception of the fabric, said loveseat is similar to this (which will end up sitting in a basement again): 

[scaramanga]

I'd get it back and pay her nothing, friends like that you don't need.

[MendoDave]

I was driving home yesterday, up and over the cascades on a two lane black top. The road was not too twisty, most of the turns are just 45 or 50 deg sweepers that only require a little bit of slowing or none at all. Abut 15 miles from the summit I came up on a Subaru outback with the Coexist bumper sticker who was going a bit slower that I wanted to. So I follow him for the next few miles at the slightly reduced speed 55/60 ish. Finally there was a nice long straight about 3/4 of a mile long with a striped center line and nobody coming the other way.

As I depress the throttle further toward the floor so as to drive by, I notice that even though I'm gaining speed the Subaru is pulling a gap on me, so I give it a little more gas and he continues to pull away slightly and the speedo says about 78 now.

So we have used up about 4/10ths of the straight stretch at this point and I'm thinking what is this guys deal?  Applying yet more throttle activates the passing gear and I drive by in the other lane at over 95mph with only the trees and the lake as witnesses to the event. I believe that Joy might have opened an eyelid at this point, I was trying to let her sleep over there.
All of this activity almost caused the dog to stir as well.

I roll off the throttle and get back in my lane before the next turn comes up and soon we are driving along at around 67 like I wanted to be. Within just a few minutes and a couple of turns the Outback is just a dot in the rearview mirror.

Why do some people think they have to prevent you from getting by? I just don't get it.

[fastwin]

Because they are stupid bad drivers. It's called the little dick syndrome. Come to Texas... you will see it every day and most of them are texting or talking on their cell phones!

[LMT]

Monday mornings

[zooom]

toilet paper in porta potties that practically disintigrates in your hand pulling it off the roll before you even get a chance to use it....I am not saying you have to put in Charmin Ultra or some cheap man paper or anything...but something with some substance for chrimony sake!

[fastwin]

Fact #1: I'm a crotchety old fart.

I make that factual comment as to reflect on the following rant...

Is it too much to say "hello" or "good morning" when you cross someones path and they speak to you? I walk my aging, troublesome old dog (she's much like me) every morning in my neighborhood. Every day we walk, damn near to the minute... she tells me when it's time to go.

Ergo, I see a lot of the same neighborhood folks everyday riding bikes, walking their dogs, jogging, pushes their kiddos in a stroller, etc. Why is it that young to middle aged folks do not have the common courtesy to respond and say something back when you say hello/good morning? You are persona non grata to them. You don't exist. Who raised these assholes?

I hold doors open for people at malls, restaurants, etc. (Mom & Dad raised me that way) and 95% of the time I don't even get a thank you. That includes old folks in wheelchairs and young moms with kids in strollers!

The words "decency" and "grateful" have officially been removed from our language and culture. Sad. What are these people teaching their kids to be like? See a wounded, bleeding person on the sidewalk and just walk away? An old women trips and falls down and you rush to the nearest Starbucks for a coffee and don't want to be bothered?

It was nice to see the response to the Boston marathon bombings. Strangers helping strangers. There is still hope. I just wish my neighbors would see that hope...

End of rant.

fastwin

[zooom]

The words "decency" and "grateful" have officially been removed from our language and culture. Sad. What are these people teaching their kids to be like? See a wounded, bleeding person on the sidewalk and just walk away? An old women trips and falls down and you rush to the nearest Starbucks for a coffee and don't want to be bothered? 

usually they take a picture with their cellphone 1st and then walk away I thought....

It was nice to see the response to the Boston marathon bombings. Strangers helping strangers. There is still hope. I just wish my neighbors would see that hope...

having in the more recent years become a runner...I noticed that runners do in fact acknowledge one another..so it isn't a surprise per say that the running community rallied and responded the way they did...running has seemingly transcended multiple walks of life and lifestyles and nationalities and commanded a respect similar to the way motorcyclists respond to each other....only with a more widened acceptance...


anyways...back to ranting...sorry for responding