Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[WhatTheBuck 28694]

7 hours ago, Not that Bob said:

The fact that I just spent 5 minutes of my life extracting a half dozen pair of new socks from the plastic barbs used in packaging them. Actually, packaging in general pisses me off. I can't open a bottle of catsup or a vial of medicine without a blade knife and a pair of needle nose pliers. All because some dick head tried to extort Johnson and Johnson 40 years ago. 

Try buying Gold Toe socks. One snip to separate them from the wrapper, one to separate them from each other. Two bunches of four. Eight pairs, probably less than eight seconds. 

[lateshow 1303]

On 8/25/2021 at 5:56 PM, Paper_jam said:

Is there a shortage of low-end beer in glass bottles? In particular, my go-to trash beer is Bud Ice, and my nearest HEB and convenience stores are always out of stock of the 12 oz. bottles now.

Edit: apparently there is a shortage of bottles. Jesus it's like the whole world is falling apart

https://beernet.com/bottles-a-major-sticking-point-for-a-b-this-summer/

I prefer beer in a can anyway. But Bud Ice? Good Lord, man. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

11 minutes ago, lateshow said:

I prefer beer in a can anyway. But Bud Ice? Good Lord, man. 

Hey, doctors say you should drink lots of water over the course of the day...

[elfenix 34157]

my keyboard at the office has 4 groups of 3 F keys, rather than the usual 3 groups of 4.  i keep hitting F4 when i want to F5.  thanks, logitech.

Edited August 31, 2021 by elfenix
math is hard

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, elfenix said:

my keyboard at the office has 3 groups of 4 F keys, rather than the usual 4 groups of 3.  i keep hitting F4 when i want to F5.  thanks, logitech.

You meant Illogitech right ?

[nnm 35847]

22 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

You meant Illogitech right ?

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

my keyboard at the office has 4 groups of 3 F keys, rather than the usual 3 groups of 4.  i keep hitting F4 when i want to F5.  thanks, logitech.

Gotta have Unicomp.

[DougO 5238]

23 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

See, I don't like big designs on the front.  I'll pass on a shirt I might have bought if the design was on the back, with a few exceptions, that's been my rule of thumb.

I think I have about 200 or so T shirts.  Lately I've been buying 2, if I really dig the design.

I have also bought two if I really like one I find. It's just been rare that I find anything I like these days. The newer super thin t-shirt material they use on a lot of shirts these days always feels wet and clingy is really annoying.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

9 minutes ago, DougO said:

I have also bought two if I really like one I find. It's just been rare that I find anything I like these days. The newer super thin t-shirt material they use on a lot of shirts these days always feels wet and clingy is really annoying.

Definitely, I like a Hanes beefy T or better in thickness.  Old school, heavy, cotton.

[Trey3216 15321]

3 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Definitely, I like a Hanes beefy T or better in thickness.  Old school, heavy, cotton.

I refuse to buy anything that feels like it was made in a humid sweatshop.   Those nasty, cheap heavy cotton tees feel as uncomfortable as the Laotian factory they were made in.   

[Superhero 8695]

7 hours ago, elfenix said:

my keyboard at the office has 4 groups of 3 F keys, rather than the usual 3 groups of 4.  i keep hitting F4 when i want to F5.  thanks, logitech.

I see your logitech keyboard, and raise you Lenovo keyboard (and its placement of the Ctrl button)

[Superhero 8695]

Also... motherfucking couches on the motherfucking freeway.

Hit one on my way back from LA.

Radiator is bent, and bumper is all fucked up. Not sure what else is fucked up underneath the car.

[DougO 5238]

1 hour ago, Superhero said:

I see your logitech keyboard, and raise you Lenovo keyboard (and its placement of the Ctrl button)

I hate that there are practically zero keyboards available now that have the home keys in the exact center as they should be. They always have too much extra crap on one side that throws the whole thing off, and induces frequent typing of gibberish because you started tying in the wrong place.

[ROFL BOX 6644]

9 hours ago, nnm said:

 

[MajorMajor 109]

I see your logitech keyboard, and raise you Lenovo keyboard (and its placement of the Ctrl button)

Usually can re-map the Ctrl key to outside in BIOS

[Superhero 8695]

2 hours ago, MajorMajor said:

3 hours ago, Superhero said:

I see your logitech keyboard, and raise you Lenovo keyboard (and its placement of the Ctrl button)

Usually can re-map the Ctrl key to outside in BIOS

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Superhero said:

Also... motherfucking couches on the motherfucking freeway.

Hit one on my way back from LA.

Radiator is bent, and bumper is all fucked up. Not sure what else is fucked up underneath the car.

Should have gone to Ohio...

[nnm 35847]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

Also... motherfucking couches on the motherfucking freeway.

Hit one on my way back from LA.

Radiator is bent, and bumper is all fucked up. Not sure what else is fucked up underneath the car.

Lazy guy that left 6” of rebar out holding a concrete parking block in Santa Fe. My wife pulled nose-in into a parking spot in Santa Fe over the weekend (another reason to back in, btw). The parking block was held in place by rebar, but the idiot who secured it left about 6” of rebar sticking up on the left side. Of course Mrs. NNM didn’t see it. When she backed out, it hooked her plastic bumper, ripping it at the point of the hook, and ripping the grommets around the bumper/quarter panel interface. Now I can’t get it clipped back in properly and there’s a rip in the bumper. That makes me surly. 

[WhatTheBuck 28694]

15 hours ago, lateshow said:

I prefer beer in a can anyway. But Bud Ice? Good Lord, man. 

You prefer beer out of a can over beer out of a glass bottle?

Egads. 

[WhatTheBuck 28694]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

Also... motherfucking couches on the motherfucking freeway.

Hit one on my way back from LA.

Radiator is bent, and bumper is all fucked up. Not sure what else is fucked up underneath the car.

Couch burning doesn’t sound so funny anymore now, does it?

[JSB 677]

7 hours ago, DougO said:

I hate that there are practically zero keyboards available now that have the home keys in the exact center as they should be. They always have too much extra crap on one side that throws the whole thing off, and induces frequent typing of gibberish because you started tying in the wrong place.

Also, when they do this, they leave the touchpad in the center of the machine, so my fucking palm is always brushing by the touchpad. Fuck you Dell, don't force me to raise my wrists. My carpal tunnel, my choice!

[RollLeft 5039]

9 hours ago, Superhero said:

I see your logitech keyboard, and raise you Lenovo keyboard (and its placement of the Ctrl button)

keyboars without 10 keys

[Guest Lobo]

keyboars without the "D" key as well.  Fuck them in the face! 

[Vic Mackey 46808]

I see your logitech keyboard, and raise you Lenovo keyboard (and its placement of the Ctrl button)

Yes fuck this. This is my work laptop setup. I have it connected to a monitor with an external keyboard and mouse. That keyboard is normal but when I want to take the laptop around the house, I have to use that shit. Who thought this was a good idea??

[nnm 35847]

Keyboard geek talk not going away. 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

53 minutes ago, Lobo said:

keyboars without the "D" key as well.  Fuck them in the face! 

You need the D.

[Guest Lobo]

Your mom still talking about herself in the second person, huh?  Always liked that about her.  

Edited September 1, 2021 by Lobo

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

4 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Your mom still talking about herself in the second person, huh?  Always liked that about her.  

[Guest Lobo]

good luck with all that

[NorthLoop 14042]

I know some people have jobs where they have to use all caps when they input data or whatever, but turn that shit off when you're messaging me. Feels like I'm getting yelled at by them all the time. 

[nnm 35847]

7 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

I know some people have jobs where they have to use all caps when they input data or whatever, but turn that shit off when you're messaging me. Feels like I'm getting yelled at by them all the time. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Goddamnit. Someone at work just sent an email and ended it with “Blessings”. Just put regards or sincerely.

Trivial, yes
Surly, yes.

Have a blessed day.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

2 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Goddamnit. Someone at work just sent an email and ended it with “Blessings”. Just put regards or sincerely.

Trivial, yes
Surly, yes.

Have a blessed day.

You should reply with "cursings"

[lateshow 1303]

On 9/1/2021 at 6:25 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

You prefer beer out of a can over beer out of a glass bottle?

Egads. 

I do. I'm a heathen. I'm also from Arkansas, so, you know....

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

I thought the college athletic money grubbing under Patterson was bad, but what I’ve seen so far from the NIL stuff makes him seem like a kid running a lemonade stand.  I have a feeling this will drive me away from college athletics like the pros managed to do.

[High Plains Drifter 10961]

On 8/24/2021 at 1:26 PM, Shoxthemonkey said:

I killed my HP-11C today. The details don't matter, I was careless. That motherfucker was used almost daily for 40 years and was going into my coffin with me.

 

that sucks. built back when shit was built to last. I still have an old TI-83 that is at least 25 years old that I found in a drawer when i moved into a new office 25 years ago.

 

[Guest]

On 8/31/2021 at 4:41 PM, DougO said:

I have also bought two if I really like one I find. It's just been rare that I find anything I like these days. The newer super thin t-shirt material they use on a lot of shirts these days always feels wet and clingy is really annoying.

When we lived in H-own area, I honestly had summer t-shirts( thin) and non-summer ones( thick.). The thick ones would just feel damp and sweaty all damned day.   Uggggh!

[52-80 19041]

20 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Goddamnit. Someone at work just sent an email and ended it with “Blessings”. Just put regards or sincerely.

Trivial, yes
Surly, yes.

Have a blessed day.

 

My emails are signed with,

 

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[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Weird. I just put my name and link to my onlyfans.

[Sandman 3401]

We have key cards to get in the doors at work. Just a plain card, no picture on it, no logos, nothing. You hold it by the sensor and it beeps and unlocks the door. The old women up here always call it a "badge", which I hate. I have a badge from when I worked at the county sheriff. It wasn't a plastic card. And an ID card isn't a badge either. 

 

[ztejas 43028]

2 hours ago, lateshow said:

I do. I'm a heathen. I'm also from Arkansas, so, you know....

Cans keep beer colder. The taste and flow of beer is inferior, however. 

[elfenix 34157]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Cans keep beer colder.

[ztejas 43028]

3 minutes ago, elfenix said:

You're right. I was recalling that they get colder faster. For the same reason they don't stay as cold. 

[WhatTheBuck 28694]

2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I thought the college athletic money grubbing under Patterson was bad, but what I’ve seen so far from the NIL stuff makes him seem like a kid running a lemonade stand.  I have a feeling this will drive me away from college athletics like the pros managed to do.

Yeah, I’ll probably bail before the playoff expands to 32 teams. Because it will.

[Shoxthemonkey 1973]

2 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

that sucks. built back when shit was built to last. I still have an old TI-83 that is at least 25 years old that I found in a drawer when i moved into a new office 25 years ago.

 

Update: After 15 minutes in a toilet and at least a week of drying in a '94 Mercury Grand Marquis, parked outside with the windows up, I am pleased to report that new batteries brought my beloved HP back to life. It is a tough SOB

[nnm 35847]

44 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

Update: After 15 minutes in a toilet and at least a week of drying in a '94 Mercury Grand Marquis, parked outside with the windows up, I am pleased to report that new batteries brought my beloved HP back to life. It is a tough SOB

Try that with an iPhone, whatever model. Let me know how it works out for you. 

[PantsTent 2002]

1 hour ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

Update: After 15 minutes in a toilet and at least a week of drying in a '94 Mercury Grand Marquis, parked outside with the windows up, I am pleased to report that new batteries brought my beloved HP back to life. It is a tough SOB

 You should have just put it in a Lincoln Riley brisket for a couple of hours to dry it out.  Would have saved some time..

 

[High Plains Drifter 10961]

1 hour ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

Update: After 15 minutes in a toilet and at least a week of drying in a '94 Mercury Grand Marquis, parked outside with the windows up, I am pleased to report that new batteries brought my beloved HP back to life. It is a tough SOB

 

I think you are burying the lede here

 

[High Plains Drifter 10961]

23 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Goddamnit. Someone at work just sent an email and ended it with “Blessings”. Just put regards or sincerely.

Trivial, yes
Surly, yes.

Have a blessed day.

 

I can out trivial that:

I have a coworker that uses "respectfully" in her signature.

 

Respectfully,

High Plains Drifter

 

[SHOOTER12 8775]

On 8/27/2021 at 12:05 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

Not saying that this is necessarily what happened to you today, but if someone is being a left lane slow poke asshole shithead (or some other brand of idiot driver), I'll make sure to do that after I finally pass them. 

I go through a lot of wiper fluid. 

Brother?