Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Biff Tannen 45,688]

2 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:

I get nervous when getting below 50% on the phone, but I'll be damned if I'm going to fill up the gas tank on the truck until it's under 50 miles to E.

Agree. I feel with the car you have much more control and also much less chance of being in a situation where you are unable to get gas. 

[Kennythetiger 9,384]

On 8/2/2023 at 8:41 AM, SHOOTER12 said:

Hope you splashed the hell out of them.

Dad?  

[Sam Lin 3,559]

1 hour ago, PvilleStang said:

I'll be damned if I'm going to fill up the gas tank on the truck until it's under 50 miles to E.

You are a bad person and your fuel pump hates you. Car fuel pumps are immersed in fuel in the tank, the fuel keeps them cool. By running the tank too low you remove that cooling immersion and they run hotter, shortening their lifespan. Never run your tank under 1/4 if you can help it.

[Guest]

Bunch of you motherfuckers don't live in West Texas!

 

Your ass'd be walkin more than once with your gastank philosophies.

[Elvis 3,371]

Chevy fuel pumps, senders, and gauges have caused me a lot of grief.  I thought my truck had a bad problem when it died.  Turned out I was out of gas but showing a quarter tank. When my son inherits my 07 Avalanche in a year or two, he’ll probably learn the same lesson if he runs it below a quarter. 
 

I never thought about the cooling aspect of the fuel for the pump. Makes sense and good Surly knowledge nugget. 

[Superhero 8,830]

4 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

You are a bad person and your fuel pump hates you. Car fuel pumps are immersed in fuel in the tank, the fuel keeps them cool. By running the tank too low you remove that cooling immersion and they run hotter, shortening their lifespan. Never run your tank under 1/4 if you can help it.

Good to know. I’m guilty of running on fumes more often than not.

But then again, I’m in a company vehicle that I keep until it hits 150,000 miles. At the rate I’m driving, I’ll have it for another 11 years. Maybe I DO want to run my tank dry.

[nnm 36,410]

I’m sitting in Discount Tire. A month ago I bought 4 new tires and ever since I get a little shake at 80+ mph. Kid that mounted the tires obviously didn’t balance them well. 
Guy just came in from the garage. Said they were going to take care of the shake. Was also holding two lug nuts. Told me that Ford makes 2-piece lug nuts and the outer chrome part tends to swell up over time and eventually I won’t be able to change the tire. 
The solution, of course, is to buy all-new lug nuts for all 4 wheels from Discount Tire. 
W. T. F. ?!?!?!?

Edited August 9, 2023 by nnm

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Get a Toyota.

[nnm 36,410]

28 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Get a Toyota.

Or just say no to upselling by Discount Tire. They didn’t used to do that. Makes me surly. 

[Kilgorehorn 308]

1 hour ago, nnm said:

Or just say no to upselling by Discount Tire. They didn’t used to do that. Makes me surly. 

In this case it's not upselling. Swollen lug nuts is a well known problem on Ford trucks.

[nnm 36,410]

19 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

You are a bad person and your fuel pump hates you. Car fuel pumps are immersed in fuel in the tank, the fuel keeps them cool. By running the tank too low you remove that cooling immersion and they run hotter, shortening their lifespan. Never run your tank under 1/4 if you can help it.

Just stopped to fill up. Taking my tank down this much means that I maximize my per-gallon savings at Brookshire’s. You build up points by spending on groceries. Once you use the discount, it’s gone until you build the points back up. 
Today I got a 20 cent/gallon discount. On the 30-gallon limit, that means I saved $6.

Plus my F150 has a 36 gallon tank. Even though it is telling me that I had only 10 miles to empty (less than a gallon in the tank), it only took 32.5 gallons at the pump. Meaning that I had a reserve of 3.5 gallons, or ~63 miles left (at a conservative 18 mpg).

[52-80 19,159]

I was told there would be no math

[nnm 36,410]

3 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

I was told there would be no math

I did it for you. 

[Sam Lin 3,559]

2 hours ago, Kilgorehorn said:

In this case it's not upselling. Swollen lug nuts is a well known problem on Ford trucks.

This. They're trying to help you.

[PvilleStang 2,911]

Well, did you get off from him fondling your nuts?

[nnm 36,410]

1 minute ago, PvilleStang said:

Well, did you get off from him fondling your nuts?

Man, I’m still recovering from a severe prostate infection (see Getting Old Sucks thread). I don’t want anyone near my nuts. 

[Native Horn 3,504]

4 hours ago, Kilgorehorn said:

Swollen lug nuts 

If your swollen lug nuts persist for more than four hours, seek medical attention immediately.

[Sandman 3,403]

Pulling out the first 1 or 2 tissues from a new box, they just get shredded because they're packed in too tight.

[Brisketexan 105,143]

In this case it's not upselling. Swollen lug nuts is a well known problem on Ford trucks.

Your Ford has elephantiasis?

[52-80 19,159]

6 hours ago, Sandman said:

Pulling out the first 1 or 2 tissues from a new box, they just get shredded because they're packed in too tight.

or when you just need 1 and it comes out as a daisy chain of multiple

[52-80 19,159]

I've spent now 3 Kafka'esque months spiraling through Dante's circus of corporate hell trying to get.... a purchase of $50 software installed on my work laptop using the 'official procedures'. 

It involves traipsing through how ever many countless procedures and processes and different internal 'applications' and emailing different teams and people.  This has been a goddamn nightmare.

I've experienced it before.  So I'm not surprised... just disappointed.

 

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

[52-80 19,159]

13 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

if i found who was responsible for this, i would kill them.

but i know its like, teams and teams of internal people and contractors outside consultants and while im willing to kill im no mass murderer.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Seems like low hanging fruit to circle back and pivot into a team building exercise to create synergy and move the needle.

[nnm 36,410]

11 hours ago, Sandman said:

Pulling out the first 1 or 2 tissues from a new box, they just get shredded because they're packed in too tight.

 

5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

or when you just need 1 and it comes out as a daisy chain of multiple

Try to limit your time in the IPIHB forum. 

[52-80 19,159]

This one time I needed to buy a spare laptop charger and it was about $150 from amazon delivered next day, but through our corporate procurement process it took 2 months, and when the item was finally shipped out, total cost was $300, $100 of which went into “expedited shipping & handling”

 

Ive always felt overpaid but holy hell is there just so much more corporate waste in this organization 

[Prepuce of Doom 21,074]

Anyone who spits a Skoal Bandit into a urinal with a mat (such that it is plainly obvious that the pouch will not flush without human intervention) should have their lips removed by that urinal's janitor using the tools of the janitor's choice.

Edited August 10, 2023 by Prepuce of Doom

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Anyone who spits a Skoal Bandit into a urinal with a mat (such that it is plainly obvious that the pouch will not flush without human intervention) should have their lips removed by that urinal's janitor using the tools of the janitor's choice.

yeah, that's one lazy motherfucker...

[Superhero 8,830]

3 hours ago, 52-80 said:

This one time I needed to buy a spare laptop charger and it was about $150 from amazon delivered next day, but through our corporate procurement process it took 2 months, and when the item was finally shipped out, total cost was $300, $100 of which went into “expedited shipping & handling”

 

Ive always felt overpaid but holy hell is there just so much more corporate waste in this organization 

What company do I can avoid buying that stock. 

[PvilleStang 2,911]

11 minutes ago, Superhero said:

What company do I can avoid buying that stock. 

This along with your avatar mesh up so well...

[Okie State 3,821]

This one time I needed to buy a spare laptop charger and it was about $150 from amazon delivered next day, but through our corporate procurement process it took 2 months, and when the item was finally shipped out, total cost was $300, $100 of which went into “expedited shipping & handling”
 
Ive always felt overpaid but holy hell is there just so much more corporate waste in this organization 

I know what you all need. Consultants.

[Sam Lin 3,559]

Not trivial. Now I feel rage.

[elfenix 34,243]

people who don't use the highway ramp to accelerate up to highway speeds.  and especially people who slow down on the ramp.  we were going 55 on the feeder, the highway is 70+, and for some reason we're going 50 on the ramp.  fuck you.

[Scheiss Meister 8,408]

On 8/10/2023 at 5:04 AM, 52-80 said:

I've spent now 3 Kafka'esque months spiraling through Dante's circus of corporate hell trying to get.... a purchase of $50 software installed on my work laptop using the 'official procedures'. 

It involves traipsing through how ever many countless procedures and processes and different internal 'applications' and emailing different teams and people.  This has been a goddamn nightmare.

I've experienced it before.  So I'm not surprised... just disappointed.

 

IT stands for Internal Terrorists.  Change my mind.

[PvilleStang 2,911]

Following some clown car going down 360 yesterday, every five seconds ashing her cigarette out the window. Right about the time we get to 2222 and 360, cigarette butt gets tossed out the window.  Bitch then flips me off for flashing my lights at her.  Like listen here, cunt, this place is one spark away from another 100 acre brush fire before the fire department even gets a call.  Luckily, she looks beyond the age that would allow her to procreate any further.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Every day at work, at least three times a day, the lady next to me opens a video or voicemail on her phone at a really high volume. I don’t know why she can’t turn it down, get some earbuds, or just not fuck with her phone at all. Every damn day.

[CycleTex87 2,970]

My daughter (no pix) lives in a cheap starter apartment in a small Texas town where she works.  She got a warning notice on the windshield of her car that the inspection sticker was expired and that her car may be towed. We paid the registration, had the inspection and everything, just hadn’t had an opportunity to put the sticker on, and it’s been a few months.  Could have sent it to her, but really just forgot about it. 
 

Now, I’ve lived in Texas all my life and I’ve never heard of any government agency towing cars due to expired inspection stickers.  What is this new bullshit?  Is it a scam (this is my thought), or some new revenue stream for small municipalities?

 

Help me Surly, you’re my only hope. 

[nnm 36,410]

22 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

My daughter (no pix) lives in a cheap starter apartment in a small Texas town where she works.  She got a warning notice on the windshield of her car that the inspection sticker was expired and that her car may be towed. We paid the registration, had the inspection and everything, just hadn’t had an opportunity to put the sticker on, and it’s been a few months.  Could have sent it to her, but really just forgot about it. 
 

Now, I’ve lived in Texas all my life and I’ve never heard of any government agency towing cars due to expired inspection stickers.  What is this new bullshit?  Is it a scam (this is my thought), or some new revenue stream for small municipalities?

 

Help me Surly, you’re my only hope. 

Almost certainly it’s a private wrecker service working for the apartment complex. There’s probably something in the lease about only parking cars that are operable and up to date on inspections or some such nonsense. 

[CycleTex87 2,970]

Of course she threw away the note. 

[pantone159 719]

17 minutes ago, nnm said:

Almost certainly it’s a private wrecker service working for the apartment complex. There’s probably something in the lease about only parking cars that are operable and up to date on inspections or some such nonsense. 

Probably something like this. Has she talked to the apartment management? They are probably looking to get rid of abandoned junk more than pissing off residents so she might get a reprieve if it is inspected and just needs the sticker.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

11 hours ago, nnm said:

Almost certainly it’s a private wrecker service working for the apartment complex. 

TXTow?

[Native Horn 3,504]

11 hours ago, CycleTex87 said:

My daughter (no pix) lives in a cheap starter apartment in a small Texas town where she works.  She got a warning notice on the windshield of her car that the inspection sticker was expired and that her car may be towed. We paid the registration, had the inspection and everything, just hadn’t had an opportunity to put the sticker on, and it’s been a few months.  Could have sent it to her, but really just forgot about it. 
 

Now, I’ve lived in Texas all my life and I’ve never heard of any government agency towing cars due to expired inspection stickers.  What is this new bullshit?  Is it a scam (this is my thought), or some new revenue stream for small municipalities?

 

Help me Surly, you’re my only hope. 

If you look at the Austin subreddit, there are stories occasionally about cars being towed in Austin only because their registration is expired.  Like nnm said, probably some BS in her lease about this, so I would make sure she gets the new-ish sticker on her vehicle before she gets towed.

[PvilleStang 2,911]

Hell, not BS, and I wish it happened more often.  Too many people operating unregistered / uninsured vehicles on Texas roadways, and if you're going to live at an apartment complex, they don't want liabilities sitting around their property.  

 

I'm not saying there's a direct correlation between those that don't pay registration fees and those that operate their cars uninsured, but I'd bet if there was a Venn diagram, it'd have a large overlap.

 

(Expired registration is right up there with expired paper plates in my book.)

[CycleTex87 2,970]

In my defense the car is both insured and registered.  She since got the sticker from the local office and it’s good now. Just pisses me off that the apt complex is in cahoots with a wrecker company to split the tow/recovery fees. 

[nnm 36,410]

1 hour ago, CycleTex87 said:

In my defense the car is both insured and registered.  She since got the sticker from the local office and it’s good now. Just pisses me off that the apt complex is in cahoots with a wrecker company to split the tow/recovery fees. 

My daughter used to live in FW in a gated complex. I parked there one night. They towed me because I didn’t have the apartment sticker or a permit.  
What really pissed me off about it is that they constantly had tow trucks in there after hours. Despite being a gated community with strong assurances of security. But they let in Joe Felon tow truck driver 24/7 because they made a few bucks off of the tows. 

[PvilleStang 2,911]

49 minutes ago, nnm said:

My daughter used to live in FW in a gated complex. I parked there one night. They towed me because I didn’t have the apartment sticker or a permit.  
What really pissed me off about it is that they constantly had tow trucks in there after hours. Despite being a gated community with strong assurances of security. But they let in Joe Felon tow truck driver 24/7 because they made a few bucks off of the tows. 

I saw this on the news a few months back, was wondering if TxTow was out on parole...

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/residents-mueller-apartments-lack-of-security-aggressive-towing

[Brothahorn 10,087]

I saw my first Halloween candy bowl at work today. 100 degrees outside, and she is decorating for Halloween!

[Sam Lin 3,559]

Costco had goddamn Halloween shit for sale a month ago!

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,907]

So Christmas decorations coming next week?

[Brothahorn 10,087]

My daughter used to live in FW in a gated complex. I parked there one night. They towed me because I didn’t have the apartment sticker or a permit.  
What really pissed me off about it is that they constantly had tow trucks in there after hours. Despite being a gated community with strong assurances of security. But they let in Joe Felon tow truck driver 24/7 because they made a few bucks off of the tows. 

Tow truck drivers are human vultures.