Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[WhatTheBuck 28,775]

My favorite pizza joint doesn't open until 4pm on Sundays.

[Brisketexan 105,072]

To add to this, used to be that most would just start it for you for free when you asked. Now most of these compressors are credit card use and the guys inside have no control over it.

Yep. I had the wife trained to hit such places regularly to check and air up her tires. But now, the machine is always broken, or it costs $3. And that doesn’t help when you’re somewhere remote and notice a low tire.

I bought her a nice portable $40 air compressor that runs off the vehicle power. You pick the pressure you want, and it fills till auto shutoff. It’s fool(wife)proof. She loves it, and has used it several times.

I can’t understand letting someone drive if they can’t pump their own gas, check and add oil, and check and air up and change their own tire. Those are the bare-minimums.

[Brisketexan 105,072]

To add to this, used to be that most would just start it for you for free when you asked. Now most of these compressors are credit card use and the guys inside have no control over it.

Yep. I had the wife trained to hit such places regularly to check and air up her tires. But now, the machine is always broken, or it costs $3. And that doesn’t help when you’re somewhere remote and notice a low tire.

I bought her a nice portable $40 air compressor that runs off the vehicle power. You pick the pressure you want, and it fills till auto shutoff. It’s fool(wife)proof. She loves it, and has used it several times.

I can’t understand letting someone drive if they can’t pump their own gas, check and add oil, and check and air up and change their own tire. Those are the bare-minimums.

[El Diablo 4,232]

Has there been some sort of massive drop off in the quality of valve stems? I ask because I've never heard so much tire-needs-air talk in my entire life. 

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

That’s why I only use genuine American made Callahan automotive valve-stems

[Jersey Man10 3,528]

I go because fucking paying for it. I do go out of my way to remove the caps tho.

[Zepol87 9,185]

To add to this, used to be that most would just start it for you for free when you asked. Now most of these compressors are credit card use and the guys inside have no control over it.

QT and RaceTrac are still free

[Homercles 10,205]

People who walk down the middle of the road in parking lots. Drives me nuts.

[GSU&UT 1,798]

On 1/5/2019 at 9:42 AM, OatmealRaisinCookie said:

I logged on to American Express website when I was in Canada and for the last year every time I log on it directs me to the /ca website. It works though so I don’t care just think it’s weird.

Clear your browser's cache.

[Biff Tannen 45,665]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Yep. I had the wife trained to hit such places regularly to check and air up her tires. But now, the machine is always broken, or it costs $3. And that doesn’t help when you’re somewhere remote and notice a low tire.

I bought her a nice portable $40 air compressor that runs off the vehicle power. You pick the pressure you want, and it fills till auto shutoff. It’s fool(wife)proof. She loves it, and has used it several times.

I can’t understand letting someone drive if they can’t pump their own gas, check and add oil, and check and air up and change their own tire. Those are the bare-minimums.

Holy shit, link?  Wife needs this so bad.

[Biff Tannen 45,665]

People who drive around with 9 pay to park stickers stuck on the inside of their windshields.

[Knoxtnhorn 5,971]

Why in the holy hell does my DirectTV remote turn things off when I press the "on" button?

It's got an on and an off button.  My kids will be on Netflix or YourTube.  DirectTV is not on.  So I switch the input using my tv remote to tv.  As soon as I hit the "on" button for DirectTV, it turns DirectTV on and my tv off.  Unless a remote has a single power button, nothing should EVER turn off when I press on.

[HouTex 1,866]

Why in the holy hell does my DirectTV remote turn things off when I press the "on" button?
It's got an on and an off button.  My kids will be on Netflix or YourTube.  DirectTV is not on.  So I switch the input using my tv remote to tv.  As soon as I hit the "on" button for DirectTV, it turns DirectTV on and my tv off.  Unless a remote has a single power button, nothing should EVER turn off when I press on.

It's a toggle. Drives me crazy.

[Pancho 44,712]

Just found out a friend from high school named his kid Braxden

 

 

[BearSchlong 8,083]

Just bought an air compressor on Amazon.

Fuck you guys, I'm not gonna post pics of my daughter, it's bad enough that some of you are on my facebook.

[troph 24,781]

Just found out a friend from high school named his kid Braxden
 
 

That’s super effed up

[Ignatius 4,017]

2 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

Just bought an air compressor on Amazon.

Fuck you guys, I'm not gonna post pics of my daughter, it's bad enough that some of you are on my facebook.

All good dude, I've got plenty of them to post...

[Prepuce of Doom 21,053]

4 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Why in the holy hell does my DirectTV remote turn things off when I press the "on" button?

It's got an on and an off button.  My kids will be on Netflix or YourTube.  DirectTV is not on.  So I switch the input using my tv remote to tv.  As soon as I hit the "on" button for DirectTV, it turns DirectTV on and my tv off.  Unless a remote has a single power button, nothing should EVER turn off when I press on.

Because fuck DirecTV. 

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Homercles said:

People who walk down the middle of the road in parking lots. Drives me nuts.

When you give folks reasonable leeway to make their way to their vehicle or to the store and they move like someone riding the clock in an hourly job, " Hey motherfucker, you have the right of way, and I recognized your space/ safety.  Now move your fucking ass!:

Edited January 7, 2019 by slorch

[Incredulity 11,654]

4 hours ago, Ignatius said:

All good dude, I've got plenty of them to post...

[52-80 19,147]

Waiting on DHL home delivery of big, important, heavy parcel  (hence not delivering to office).  Tracking system doesnt give high granularity, or estimated delivery time - just date.  So I'm loathe to take a shit, have a shower, walk the dog, etc, cuz I need this motherfucker to arrive

[52-80 19,147]

9 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

Just bought an air compressor on Amazon.
 

everybody needs to own an air compressor and a pressure washer. 

[52-80 19,147]

On 1/6/2019 at 3:48 AM, Richard Kimball said:

When the last minute of a basketball game takes twenty minutes because of deliberate fouls. 

add +1 FT to the foul and they'll probably think twice

[WhatTheBuck 28,775]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

Waiting on DHL home delivery of big, important, heavy parcel  (hence not delivering to office).  Tracking system doesnt give high granularity, or estimated delivery time - just date.  So I'm loathe to take a shit, have a shower, walk the dog, etc, cuz I need this motherfucker to arrive

They're not coming before 10 am. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

10 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

Fuck you guys, I'm not gonna post pics of my daughter, it's bad enough that some of you are on my facebook.

That's on you. You don't drop a minnow in the shark tank and expect it to swim away.

[luke duke 6,412]

Why in the holy hell does my DirectTV remote turn things off when I press the "on" button?
It's got an on and an off button.  My kids will be on Netflix or YourTube.  DirectTV is not on.  So I switch the input using my tv remote to tv.  As soon as I hit the "on" button for DirectTV, it turns DirectTV on and my tv off.  Unless a remote has a single power button, nothing should EVER turn off when I press on.

Get a Harmony remote. I didn’t know people still used stock remotes.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,875]

everybody needs to own an air compressor and a pressure washer. 

Seems like there could be a way to combine the two

[Loco 3,752]

Dude walking around Whole Foods with a bluetooth speaker in his shopping cart playing shit rock music out loud, not super loud, but loud enough to hear halfway across the produce section.   

Edited January 7, 2019 by Loco

[VolenteHawk 495]

 

At Home Depot on Saturday.  That white car spent over a minute blocking me while waiting for the spot next to that family on the right, as they walked to their car and got their kids secured into car seats.  There are two open spaces next to the blue ford down there, where I parked.  They invested a non-trivial amount of waiting time to save 28 feet of walking on a 70 degree day.

Drove me semi insane.

 

[WhatTheBuck 28,775]

14 minutes ago, VolenteHawk said:

 

At Home Depot on Saturday.  That white car spent over a minute blocking me while waiting for the spot next to that family on the right, as they walked to their car and got their kids secured into car seats.  There are two open spaces next to the blue ford down there, where I parked.  They invested a non-trivial amount of waiting time to save 28 feet of walking on a 70 degree day.

Drove me semi insane.

 

It looks like you had room to pass them. 

[GSU&UT 1,798]

15 minutes ago, VolenteHawk said:

 

At Home Depot on Saturday.  That white car spent over a minute blocking me while waiting for the spot next to that family on the right, as they walked to their car and got their kids secured into car seats.  There are two open spaces next to the blue ford down there, where I parked.  They invested a non-trivial amount of waiting time to save 28 feet of walking on a 70 degree day.

Drove me semi insane.

 

Anyone who is waiting on us while we haven't loaded our daughter gets to wait twice as long now. It's fine if we're already in the car, but if not you're likely going to just block someone like you and you should feel bad.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

I just sent you an email with my name in the signature. How the fuck did you spell my name wrong in the reply?

[elfenix 34,223]

On 1/5/2019 at 9:06 PM, Okie State said:

On 1/5/2019 at 11:22 AM, dingleberryswitzer said:

I'm here at the discount tire for new  tires , and there is like a line 5 deep to get air pressure checked.   Can't believe how many can't figure out how to do this themselves.   Sure it's free, but I can do it in like 5 minutes with a cheap inflator at home.

I had no idea this was a thing. A small, basic air compressor is like $100 and will last for years.

you buying bicycle pumps from bosch?

[Okie State 3,815]

you buying bicycle pumps from bosch?

I have a Hitachi that I think I paid $150 for ten years ago. I've seen small ones for even less that will do most of what a normal person is going to need at their house. No need to ever visit a shop to air up tires unless I'm on a road trip and have an emergency. I try and buy cars with full-size spares also, but not always an option these days.

[shakahorn 1,645]

54 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

I just sent you an email with my name in the signature. How the fuck did you spell my name wrong in the reply?

Sorry, it looked like Mulodick

[Brisketexan 105,072]

Sorry, it looked like Mulodick

Irish for “Muledick.”

[baboso 6,054]

25 minutes ago, Okie State said:

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

you buying bicycle pumps from bosch?

I have a Hitachi that I think I paid $150 for ten years ago. I've seen small ones for even less that will do most of what a normal person is going to need at their house. No need to ever visit a shop to air up tires unless I'm on a road trip and have an emergency. I try and buy cars with full-size spares also, but not always an option these days.

That's not the Hitachi your wife wanted.

[El Diablo 4,232]

25 minutes ago, shakahorn said:

Sorry, it looked like Mulodick

Prolly because they're using some goofy ass font. Hate that.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

20 minutes ago, baboso said:

That's not the Hitachi your wife wanted.

Strange, she never complained to me about the impact tools.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

18 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Prolly because they're using some goofy ass font. Hate that.

[threesheets 1,672]

I'm probably overdoing it, but the progressive rear signal lights on late model Mustangs get on my nerves.

[Onboard 2.0 9,083]

3 minutes ago, threesheets said:

I'm probably overdoing it, but the progressive rear signal lights on late model Mustangs get on my nerves.

That's sequential tail lights, and a straight take off from the 1967 California special Mustang.  It's such a glorious detail that I've swapped out my old 1965 incandescent tail lights for an LED sequential signal just like it.  I've always thought it was a very cool detail.

[El Diablo 4,232]

6 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

That's sequential tail lights, and a straight take off from the 1967 California special Mustang.  It's such a glorious detail that I've swapped out my old 1965 incandescent tail lights for an LED sequential signal just like it.  I've always thought it was a very cool detail.

I thought the Cougar had them, don't remember the Mustangs with that feature.

[threesheets 1,672]

I didn't realize it was a tip of the cap to an old model.  I'll shut up now.

[Okie State 3,815]

I think the old Thunderbirds had them too.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

Those always remind me of zoning out staring at the lights on the under-dash equalizer in my friends car.

Edited January 7, 2019 by Judge Roybeanbag

[Onboard 2.0 9,083]

41 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

I thought the Cougar had them, don't remember the Mustangs with that feature.

Yeah, the Cougars did, my dad had one.  And it was just the California Special Shelbys that had the sequential package.

Edited January 7, 2019 by Onboard 2.0

[Onboard 2.0 9,083]

29 minutes ago, threesheets said:

I didn't realize it was a tip of the cap to an old model.  I'll shut up now.

Yeah, but never apologize for being Surly.

[Hanrahan 1,306]

Thank you.

[Lat22 4,010]

3 hours ago, VolenteHawk said:

 

At Home Depot on Saturday.  That white car spent over a minute blocking me while waiting for the spot next to that family on the right, as they walked to their car and got their kids secured into car seats.  There are two open spaces next to the blue ford down there, where I parked.  They invested a non-trivial amount of waiting time to save 28 feet of walking on a 70 degree day.

Drove me semi insane.

 

The Longhorn emblem would have bought them an extra minute with me. Why?  Because that's what I do.