Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

At work I have a stapler that doesn’t fit a normal sized rack of staples.  I have to break off a centimeter of staples every time I reload.  
 

[Sam Lin 3,539]

16 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

At work I have a stapler that doesn’t fit a normal sized rack of staples.  I have to break off a centimeter of staples every time I reload.  

Yeah, but it's a cool stapler:

[nnm 35,841]

36 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

At work I have a stapler that doesn’t fit a normal sized rack of staples.  I have to break off a centimeter of staples every time I reload.  
 

Perfect example of what this thread is about. Pos rep. 

[Lat22 3,970]

Why do people buy vowels when they know damn good and well where they go before Vanna flips the letter? It's a goddamn waste of money.

[Onboard 2.0 9,083]

2 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

Why do people buy vowels when they know damn good and well where they go before Vanna flips the letter? It's a goddamn waste of money.

Hey, maybe they just wanna see her ass.

[Shoxthemonkey 1,972]

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.

[Prepuce of Doom 20,952]

Every single goddamn time I select the "deliver some items later in order to consolidate packages and reduce waste" option with Amazon Prime, those motherfuckers elect to break up my order anyway and instead I just get all of my stuff later than I would have if I just told them "fuck you, bring me my shit asap."

Give those sunsabitches an inch and they'll take a mile. No incentive to ever do anything but demand the fastest option.

Fuck you in the goatass, Jeff Bezoar. 

Edited August 24, 2021 by Prepuce of Doom

[Guest Lobo]

1 hour ago, 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.

Had a 10b-II from school up until recently, probably 20+ years of loyal service.  I honestly don't remember what happened to it, maybe I left it in a hotel room or something.  But lasted about 20 years.  Replacement one last about 20 days.  Haven't bothered to replace it.  I don't care about maths anymore.  And H-P doesn't seem to care about quality anymore either.  I need a quant.  

I am extra surly about intersections with two left-hand turn lanes.  And invariably I'm on the outside and the guy turning from the inside left land doesn't remember first rule of left turns in driver's ed.  You stay  in the close-in lane, let the outside turner take the new outside lane.  Fucking 101.  But of course, nobody remembers it---certainly not the dipshit in the F-250 on his goddamn phone.  The whole point of two left-hand turn lanes was to let flow more and more traffic each light cycle into the two other perpendicular lanes.  Seems like since they invented the dashed white line through the intersection, people's understanding on how to turn has gotten shittier despite the visual aids.  

[Superhero 8,692]

I've been rocking one of these for the past 20+ years. It's not standard input, not reverse Polish either, but at this point, it's what I'm used to.

[nnm 35,841]

Calculator nerd talk not going away. 

[deadshank 24,646]

HP-12c.  Still my daily driver from 1984.  

Edited August 25, 2021 by deadshank

[Kennythetiger 9,313]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

I've been rocking one of these for the past 20+ years. It's not standard input, not reverse Polish either, but at this point, it's what I'm used to.

5318008

[tx ind 6,963]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

I've been rocking one of these for the past 20+ years. It's not standard input, not reverse Polish either, but at this point, it's what I'm used to.

Started at Big 8/5/4 accounting firm?  I still have my originally issued one.

[52-80 19,033]

cuz i have nothing else to do, i looked up the actual paralympic regulations around eligibility, and the actual tokyo 2020 docs says amputation/limb deficiency qualify.  does not specify that it is lower-limb. 

vids of previous olympic competition show lots of wheelchair fencers who are missing an arm, but appear to have fully functioning legs - some are walking around and literally dancing to celebrate. 

so basically if you are missing an arm, you can participate in a competition where you are strapped (physically, not just figuratively) to a wheelchair, to play pointy-stick against someone else.  wtf.

[RPM 26,150]

 /ab

[ROFL BOX 6,643]

23 hours ago, 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.

Well, now you can go into the coffin with it instead of the other way around.

[ROFL BOX 6,643]

13 hours ago, Superhero said:

I've been rocking one of these for the past 20+ years. It's not standard input, not reverse Polish either, but at this point, it's what I'm used to.

Avatar mis-match.

[Shoxthemonkey 1,972]

6 hours ago, deadshank said:

HP-12c.  Still my daily driver from 1984.  

Fuckin' financial calculator.

 

I bought a replacement from EBay for $150. Just a little more than I paid in 1981.

[davidg 4,019]

23 hours ago, 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.

15C user here.  Got mine in 1985.  Stopped using it at work when I found a good HP calc ap (RLM-11CX) that I liked.  It's only on IOS which is probably the main reason I still use an apple phone.

[Shoxthemonkey 1,972]

15C is a good one.

I'm an Android user, dammit

Edited August 25, 2021 by Shoxthemonkey

[davidg 4,019]

2 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

15C is a good one.

If you have an Iphone, spend $10 and get this app.  https://rlmtools.com/iPhone/11C/Detail.html  You won't be surly about it.

[BrazilHorn 6,575]

I’ve been sitting in exam room at Dr. since 3pm ( 50 minutes now). My appointment was for 3. Starting to get pretty pissed as I’ve a call at 5pm I’ve got to be on and still no sign of Dr. 

 

[Cheeseweasel 26,437]

Not trivial.

[Guest Lobo]

43 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

I’ve been sitting in exam room at Dr. since 3pm ( 50 minutes now). My appointment was for 3. Starting to get pretty pissed as I’ve a call at 5pm I’ve got to be on and still no sign of Dr. 

 

Use their room phone for that call, and I promise you a physician or P.A. will be in there within 30 seconds.  

Do you even Curb, bro?  

[BrazilHorn 6,575]

Just now, Lobo said:

Use their room phone for that call, and I promise you a physician or P.A. will be in there within 30 seconds.  

Do you even Curb, bro?  

Finally had to bail. Unfortunately a call I can't do in a gown. Rescheduled til Friday. Annoying.

[ztejas 43,007]

54 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

I’ve been sitting in exam room at Dr. since 3pm ( 50 minutes now). My appointment was for 3. Starting to get pretty pissed as I’ve a call at 5pm I’ve got to be on and still no sign of Dr. 

 

You sat there for 50 min? After half an hour I'd be finding someone to bitch to. 

[BrazilHorn 6,575]

Just now, ztejas said:

You sat there for 50 min? After half an hour I'd be finding someone to bitch to. 

I had a time window to work in and was doing email/browsing Surly so was ok for 30 odd minutes, then it just never ended and I finally walked out of room. It's just crazy. At least have a nurse pop in to say "sorry the Dr is late is all ok?" a couple of times

[SHOOTER12 8,775]

On 8/17/2021 at 8:43 PM, thunderlounge said:

Dude. I think we all got your point way back. No need to drag that shit around to other threads for attention. 

 

On 8/18/2021 at 9:46 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

Tolerance of intolerance isn’t tolerance. It’s complicit intolerance.

Let it go.

Alright guys enough is enough. Let's get this settled once and for all, time for both of y'all to strip down to your underwear and rassle to decide who's right.

[SHOOTER12 8,775]

On 8/19/2021 at 1:46 PM, Underdog said:

Just wait till they get outside and start littering their butts all over the place. 

I don't litter with mine. I just find cars who left the windows cracked because of the heat and pitch them in there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding of course.

[Paper_jam 828]

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/

Edited August 25, 2021 by Paper_jam

[ztejas 43,007]

20 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

Bud Ice

I've drank some putrid shit in my day but that is maybe the lowest of lows. Honestly props for being able to keep down that swill. 

[thunderlounge 7,677]

 

[SHOOTER12 8,775]

5 hours ago, 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/

You sound like a poors...

[WhatTheBuck 28,691]

18 hours ago, 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’m also told there’s a shortage of aluminum cans.

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/ball-molson-coors-aluminum-can-shortage-production/595004/

All I know is that my beer of choice (Great Lakes Commodore Perry IPA), and some other top choices, don’t come in bottles anymore. I can still buy Bell’s Two Hearted Ale in bottles at Kroger. And that’s good stuff. But I can’t drink beer out of a can. I won’t. I’ve tried. There’s a difference. 

[ztejas 43,007]

25 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I can still buy Bell’s Two Hearted Ale in bottles at Kroger.

I've only seen that one in cans as of late. It is good stuff but you have to pour it in a glass. 

[Ojo Rojo 1,862]

When people save files with the date in the name.  Totally pointless, redundant and confusing.

[Guest Lobo]

3 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

When people save files with the date in the name.  Totally pointless, redundant and confusing.

Pointless and Redundant, you say?  

[Ojo Rojo 1,862]

Just now, Lobo said:

Pointless and Redundant, you say?  

Something could be pointless without being redundant.

[Guest Lobo]

Like a new Aggie tradition?  

[Ojo Rojo 1,862]

2 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Like a new Aggie tradition?  

New tradition, you say?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,779]

57 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

When people save files with the date in the name.  Totally pointless, redundant and confusing.

I take it you never work with files that go through multiple revisions where each revision needs to be retained.

[Ojo Rojo 1,862]

1 minute ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I take it you never work with files that go through multiple revisions where each revision needs to be retained.

Do it every day.  Putting the date in the name doesn't help you when you have multiple revisions on the same day.  Plus, windows automatically includes the time of the last revision, in addition to the date.  So you can list by date and the earliest versions will show up in order based on time and date.  What I do is, if it's my revision then I'll put a parenthetical with my initials (BMF) and Rev. X. Each successive revision of mine will be X+1.  Works for me. And when they ask for my latest version, I tell them, "It's the one with BMF on it."

[thunderlounge 7,677]

You lost me at “windows.”

[Prepuce of Doom 20,952]

1 hour ago, Ojo Rojo said:

Do it every day.  Putting the date in the name doesn't help you when you have multiple revisions on the same day.  Plus, windows automatically includes the time of the last revision, in addition to the date.  So you can list by date and the earliest versions will show up in order based on time and date.  What I do is, if it's my revision then I'll put a parenthetical with my initials (BMF) and Rev. X. Each successive revision of mine will be X+1.  Works for me. And when they ask for my latest version, I tell them, "It's the one with BMF on it."

How often do you need to refer to date-specific files emailed to you on your phone? 

[Ojo Rojo 1,862]

15 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

How often do you need to refer to date-specific files emailed to you on your phone? 

Never.

[AUinHsv 573]

On 8/24/2021 at 11:23 PM, Superhero said:

I've been rocking one of these for the past 20+ years. It's not standard input, not reverse Polish either, but at this point, it's what I'm used to.

Still rocking my HP41 - one at home and one at work. Have 11 is a desk drawer

[Superhero 8,692]

2 hours ago, Ojo Rojo said:

When people save files with the date in the name.  Totally pointless, redundant and confusing.

Yes and no. It's confusing when it's a live file that you're still editing. No if you're archiving the file.

 

At work, I've trained my team that at any time, there should only be ONE LIVE FILE, e.g. Bunny Ranch Budget LIVE FILE.

Every few days, we'll archive the file, and rename it Bunny Ranch Budget ARCHIVED yyyy-mm-dd

 

What makes me ragey is if someone outside of my team grabs the file from box, and makes a copy called ... LIVE FILE mm/dd. Makes me want to reach through the ether and throttle the idiot.

[Superhero 8,692]

When my countertop guy says “this is always how we do it”. 

[shakahorn 1,622]

4 hours ago, Ojo Rojo said:

When people save files with the date in the name.  Totally pointless, redundant and confusing.

Until Microsoft introduced auto-save, I would have agreed with you.  Now, if I open a file from two years ago, accidentally hit the space bar and then back space, or even ctrl-z, it will have today's date as the last modified date.

[Bullneck 18,902]

Driver's side car doors that want to fall back closed while you're still trying to get out of the car.