Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[mdmost 43009]

Agreed. It's weirdly jarring to see a headlight go away on one side. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21909]

It all has to do with new government regulations to prevent daytime running lights from obscuring turn signals. Read Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard part 571.108 for the exact regulations covering this

 

[OrangEngr 1035]

17 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Read Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard part 571.108 for the exact regulations covering this

No

[Buffsoldier 1895]

1 hour ago, Llogg said:

New cars with the "feature" of headlight turning off on the side of an active blinker. Don't know why but it drives me insane.

To go along with this, the "active fuel management" that turns the engine completely off at stoplights. Drives me up a friggin' wall.

[Landomatic 3813]

On 2/23/2019 at 4:27 PM, elfenix said:

The only toilet paper sold in stores is quadruple roll which doesn't fit on the fucking dispenser. The people that decided this shit is a good idea Apparently I'm poor and I should have toilet paper dispensers that are from the modern era and if I want to bitch about it rather than updating them, I should be forced to wipe with 36 grit sandpaper for the rest of their lives my life.

 

 

 

7 hours ago, JSB said:

Don't know what kind of 1970's dispenser you have, but you sound poor

No shit (no pun intended).  I've never had a dispenser that didn't fit the roll.  I fixed it for him above

[Landomatic 3813]

A task that requires long fingernails right after you trim your fingernails.

Trimmed the nails this morning.  Sure as shit, got the (already overdue) registration sticker in the mail this afternoon.

Like clockwork.  FML

[elfenix 34330]

2 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

A task that requires long fingernails right after you trim your fingernails.

Trimmed the nails this morning.  Sure as shit, got the (already overdue) registration sticker in the mail this afternoon but I'm too poor to buy a razor scraper for $0.66

Like clockwork.  FML

ftfy

[SHOOTER12 8811]

On 2/22/2019 at 1:46 PM, El Diablo said:

I disrupted yer moms snatch last night.

I tried to, but thought I had got lost and walked into aggy hall of champeens..

[F250 28789]

Cyclists riding on scenic roads in the hill country really piss me off, especially when they ride in big groups.

Saturday morning I was hauling a trailer behind a farmer driving a tractor up a very small windy road with about three miles of straight incline. Some cycling club decided to use the road for a ride and created a cluster fuck.

Most of them were huffing and puffing and moving about 1 MPH and refusing to just get off the fucking road. Their sense of entitlement to the road just drives me crazy.

[Landomatic 3813]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

ftfy

too shay

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, F250 said:

Cyclists riding on scenic roads in the hill country really piss me off, especially when they ride in big groups.

Saturday morning I was hauling a trailer behind a farmer driving a tractor up a very small windy road with about three miles of straight incline. Some cycling club decided to use the road for a ride and created a cluster fuck.

Most of them were huffing and puffing and moving about 1 MPH and refusing to just get off the fucking road. Their sense of entitlement to the road just drives me crazy.

Cow Catchers on cars sounds lie a great idea.  Cyclists are the most entitled fucks on the road.  Worse than BMW drivers...

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

I hate to break it to you guys,  but 99% of anybody on the road are entitled fucks.  Everyone thinks they own the road.   That's what happens when roads are free. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

8 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

I hate to break it to you guys,  but 99% of anybody on the road are entitled fucks.  Everyone thinks they own the road.   That's what happens when roads are free. 

No not everyone, I own the road you insect, get out of my way.

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

Coffee grounds in a cup of coffee.  Can be the best cup in the world, but if I get to the bottom and have grounds, it just ruins it for me. 

[HornsOverIthaca 2335]

9 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

No not everyone, I own the road you insect, get out of my way.

The pedestrian always has the right of way...unless you in the way!

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

Another - I live in a rural area, where roads are pretty much blocked off in actual square miles. Long, straight roads.  A train track intersects the north/sound roads.  Every mile there is a crossing, except a shut down crossing (B), leaving a 2-mile stretch between crossings (A) and (C).  A perfect place for a train to stop is to stop right before C, block B, and probably leave A open as well.  Instead, the train stops right after C, blocking D in the process, leaving B open.

Should be:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

Was:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

5 minutes ago, ernest_t_bass said:

Another - I live in a rural area, where roads are pretty much blocked off in actual square miles. Long, straight roads.  A train track intersects the north/sound roads.  Every mile there is a crossing, except a shut down crossing (B), leaving a 2-mile stretch between crossings (A) and (C).  A perfect place for a train to stop is to stop right before C, block B, and probably leave A open as well.  Instead, the train stops right after C, blocking D in the process, leaving B open.

Should be:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

Was:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

MOTHER FUCKING BASTARDS !!!!!!!!!!

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

9 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

MOTHER FUCKING BASTARDS !!!!!!!!!!

I obviously don't know the ins-and-outs of railroading 101 (insert "your mom does" joke, rotflmao!!1!), but I feel like the "should be" scenario should come into consideration b/c of emergency vehicles, etc.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

1 hour ago, ernest_t_bass said:

Another - I live in a rural area, where roads are pretty much blocked off in actual square miles. Long, straight roads.  A train track intersects the north/sound roads.  Every mile there is a crossing, except a shut down crossing (B), leaving a 2-mile stretch between crossings (A) and (C).  A perfect place for a train to stop is to stop right before C, block B, and probably leave A open as well.  Instead, the train stops right after C, blocking D in the process, leaving B open.

Should be:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

Was:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

I was told there would be no Algebra.

[elfenix 34330]

3 hours ago, ernest_t_bass said:

Another - I live in a rural area, where roads are pretty much blocked off in actual square miles. Long, straight roads.  A train track intersects the north/sound roads.  Every mile there is a crossing, except a shut down crossing (B), leaving a 2-mile stretch between crossings (A) and (C).  A perfect place for a train to stop is to stop right before C, block B, and probably leave A open as well.  Instead, the train stops right after C, blocking D in the process, leaving B open.

Should be:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

Was:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

train in your second example is 27 = long and so would have to block 2 crossings

[Llano Estacado 1257]

How does that convert to 8=====D?

[F250 28789]

4 hours ago, ernest_t_bass said:

Another - I live in a rural area, where roads are pretty much blocked off in actual square miles. Long, straight roads.  A train track intersects the north/sound roads.  Every mile there is a crossing, except a shut down crossing (B), leaving a 2-mile stretch between crossings (A) and (C).  A perfect place for a train to stop is to stop right before C, block B, and probably leave A open as well.  Instead, the train stops right after C, blocking D in the process, leaving B open.

Should be:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

Was:

=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

[Jersey Man10 3538]

Another - I live in a rural area, where roads are pretty much blocked off in actual square miles. Long, straight roads.  A train track intersects the north/sound roads.  Every mile there is a crossing, except a shut down crossing (B), leaving a 2-mile stretch between crossings (A) and ©.  A perfect place for a train to stop is to stop right before C, block B, and probably leave A open as well.  Instead, the train stops right after C, blocking D in the process, leaving B open.
Should be:
=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A
Was:
=========== D =========== C =========== B =========== A

.

[DigglerontheHoof 21205]

Restaurants that pile unmixed salad on a plate that's too small.  By the time I've mixed it all up, half the fucking salad is on the table. 

[Incredulity 11678]

The SOB that steps directly in front of me at the baggage carousel to stand directly next to conveyor.

[El Diablo 4232]

2 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

The SOB that steps directly in front of me at the baggage carousel to stand directly next to conveyor.

He's a train engineer.

[NowThis 931]

weeds from the 3 neighbors on either side that infests my carefully maintained lawn.  My entire street is weeds and i spend a lot on fertilizer/weeder that fails every spring because of them. 

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

2 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Restaurants that pile unmixed salad on a plate that's too small.  By the time I've mixed it all up, half the fucking salad is on the table. 

I hate salad on plates, anyway. Ought to be in a bowl.

[Underdog 28745]

Praise All of Garden,  they do it right. 

[OrangEngr 1035]

2 hours ago, Incredulity said:

The SOB that steps directly in front of me at the baggage carousel to stand directly next to conveyor.

This. We’re not in MFing Hong Kong, we can afford a little breathing room. Just cause I’m not dryhumping the conveyer doesn’t mean I’m standing here for my health

[mushroomface 62]

57 minutes ago, NowThis said:

weeds from the 3 neighbors on either side that infests my carefully maintained lawn.  My entire street is weeds and i spend a lot on fertilizer/weeder that fails every spring because of them. 

Sounds like you live among a bunch of anti-vaxxers.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 minute ago, mushroomface said:

Sounds like you live among a bunch of anti-vaxxers.

Poors.  That has poor written all over it.

[NowThis 931]

18 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Poors.  That has poor written all over it.

avg house in my hood is $300-$370k.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

5 minutes ago, NowThis said:

avg house in my hood is $300-$370k.

And obviously they can't afford to be there.  

[NowThis 931]

10 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

And obviously they can't afford to be there.  

by fact, they can because they are.

[DigglerontheHoof 21205]

1 hour ago, NowThis said:

weeds from the 3 neighbors on either side that infests my carefully maintained lawn.  My entire street is weeds and i spend a lot on fertilizer/weeder that fails every spring because of them. 

My hood has similar demographics and issues.  However, ours also has a too-many-cars-for-not-enough-garage problem.   Lots of cars on the curb and blocking the sidewalks.  It makes walking my dog less enjoyable and a tad more dangerous. 

[NowThis 931]

Just now, DigglerontheHoof said:

My hood has similar demographics and issues.  However, ours also has a too-many-cars-for-not-enough-garage problem.   Lots of cars on the curb and blocking the sidewalks.  It makes walking my dog less enjoyable and a tad more dangerous. 

blocking the sidewalk can earn a ticket from city compliance.  I got one, visiting Canada of all places, for parking about 3 feet of car on the sidewalk at night for 90 minutes.  Checked with people here in TX and that rule applies too, rarely enforced though.

[DigglerontheHoof 21205]

5 minutes ago, NowThis said:

blocking the sidewalk can earn a ticket from city compliance.  I got one, visiting Canada of all places, for parking about 3 feet of car on the sidewalk at night for 90 minutes.  Checked with people here in TX and that rule applies too, rarely enforced though.

We, literally, have a police station at the edge of our neighborhood.  No fucks given. 

[shakahorn 1645]

4 hours ago, thestud said:

I fucking despise the people that stand six inches away from the elevator door and try to get on before anyone has had time to exit.

 

4 hours ago, Incredulity said:

The SOB that steps directly in front of me at the baggage carousel to stand directly next to conveyor.

I love both of these.  It's the only time I get to legitimately shoulder check someone.  Funny thing is, not one of these idiots ever complains about getting checked.

[SHOOTER12 8811]

1 hour ago, NowThis said:

by fact, they can because they are.

If they can afford the house note...fine.

If they cannot afford the routine maintenance and upkeep?  Fuck em NO, they cant afford to live there.

[NowThis 931]

Just now, SHOOTER12 said:

If they can afford the house note...fine.

If they cannot afford the routine maintenance and upkeep?  Fuck em NO, they cant afford to live there.

they can, they're just lazy.  Only 2 or 3 bad yards are needed to spoil an entire street. One guy even redid his entire front with the expensive grass and after the 2nd winter, it's plagued.

HOA cares a little, depends on the manager which keeps changing, some are strict, some are lax. That's the world i live in, pain! 

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

3 hours ago, NowThis said:

weeds from the 3 neighbors on either side that infests my carefully maintained lawn.  My entire street is weeds and i spend a lot on fertilizer/weeder that fails every spring because of them. 

 

3 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

I hate salad on plates, anyway. Ought to be in a bowl.

Topical:  We pick wild greens on a regular basis. Tasty, tasty salads. Of course, we're hippie freaks living in a hippie freak neighborhood, so I can't really imagine most HOA's would be cool with it, but what the hell.

We use bowls, though, because we may be freaks, but we're civilized freaks.

[NowThis 931]

and guys who blow their snot from nose in a public / corporate bathroom,  straight into the sink basin.  Disgusting mofos man. 

[Deej 76848]

Streaming services that throw up the "Are you still watching?", after three episodes. Why do you really give a fuck? If I'm not, I'll figure out where I passed out. Otherwise, keep that shit rolling.

Edited February 27, 2019 by Deej

[SHOOTER12 8811]

41 minutes ago, NowThis said:

they can, they're just lazy.  Only 2 or 3 bad yards are needed to spoil an entire street. One guy even redid his entire front with the expensive grass and after the 2nd winter, it's plagued.

HOA cares a little, depends on the manager which keeps changing, some are strict, some are lax. That's the world i live in, pain! 

Lazy? Then they need to pay someone to do it...if they can afford it.

Letting that mess go only encourages others (new residents) to do it and pretty soon...bye bye property values.

[SHOOTER12 8811]

29 minutes ago, NowThis said:

and guys who blow their snot from nose in a public / corporate bathroom,  straight into the sink basin.  Disgusting mofos man. 

That's when it's time to cut a bitch...

[Okie State 3821]

Doesn't really make me surly, but speaking of lawn care, I think I'm the only one in my neighborhood who mows and maintains my own yard. Nobody works on their own cars anymore either. Just seems odd, but maybe I'm the strange one.

[Chewbacca 7780]

by fact, they can because they are.

Temporarily

[luke duke 6413]

It all has to do with new government regulations to prevent daytime running lights from obscuring turn signals. Read Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard part 571.108 for the exact regulations covering this
 

Remind me to give you a wedgie the next time I see you.

[SHOOTER12 8811]

11 hours ago, Okie State said:

Doesn't really make me surly, but speaking of lawn care, I think I'm the only one in my neighborhood who mows and maintains my own yard. Nobody works on their own cars anymore either. Just seems odd, but maybe I'm the strange one.

I've pretty much always done my own due to the fact I really enjoy it.