Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Sam Lin 3540]

You need to order the ones with extended pockets.

[52-80 19063]

glass tables are fucking stupid

[52-80 19063]

city centers that are a pain in the ass to drive around and park in.  yeah i get it if you want to convert to ped-only streets and remove parking spaces...but then build good Park & Rides and provide good ferries and shuttles and shit

[Biff Tannen 45470]

23 hours ago, 52-80 said:

glass tables are fucking stupid

because they're invisible?

[Underdog 28436]

23 hours ago, 52-80 said:

glass tables are fucking stupid

Uncle Roy(Buck Henry) disagrees. 

[Superhero 8727]

[52-80 19063]

when you wipe your windshield and it looks like this

 

[Armybrat 40675]

HOA flexing its muscles 6 years after the fact....

After struggling to revive our once manicured St. Augustine grass front yard from fungus infections, in 2015 we decided to xeriscape it with river gravel like they do in Las Vegas. Not only giving it a clean look, it has conserved thousands of gallons of water over the years. There is the large mulch bed encompassing the two oaks, and the ivy covered bed extends 8’ to 10’ from the front of the house. The side yards are still grass. We had 10 tons of the gravel delivered, and family did the work of installing the metal borders, prepping the soil with a vinegar solution, putting down anti-weed landscaping fabric, then spreading the gravel.

Now six years later... 

My HOA nazis sent me a sternly worded letter in late November that I had to submit an application to do landscaping changes like we did.

So I submitted an application a week later stating the work had been done in July of 2015. Three weeks ago I received an email that the “landscaping committee” had rejected my application to do that change. 
Of course they said I had a month to file an appeal, but will have to remove enough of the gravel and resod it with water guzzling grass to have 75% of the front yard (which includes side yards and the ivy covered beds) in greenery. We will have three months do do the work.

They didn’t complain when I made the change from dead St. Augustine 6 years ago to the water-conserving xeriscape. 
When we built the house 26 years ago I was aware that changes to the house structure had to be approved by the HOA “architectural committee”, but didn’t notice any fine print about landscaping changes - just to maintain a neat yard.

 

[elfenix 34164]

Not trivial and you need a law dog

[52-80 19063]

1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

HOA flexing its muscles 6 years after the fact....

After struggling to revive our once manicured St. Augustine grass front yard from fungus infections, in 2015 we decided to xeriscape it with river gravel like they do in Las Vegas. Not only giving it a clean look, it has conserved thousands of gallons of water over the years. There is the large mulch bed encompassing the two oaks, and the ivy covered bed extends 8’ to 10’ from the front of the house. The side yards are still grass. We had 10 tons of the gravel delivered, and family did the work of installing the metal borders, prepping the soil with a vinegar solution, putting down anti-weed landscaping fabric, then spreading the gravel.

Now six years later... 

My HOA nazis sent me a sternly worded letter in late November that I had to submit an application to do landscaping changes like we did.

So I submitted an application a week later stating the work had been done in July of 2015. Three weeks ago I received an email that the “landscaping committee” had rejected my application to do that change. 
Of course they said I had a month to file an appeal, but will have to remove enough of the gravel and resod it with water guzzling grass to have 75% of the front yard (which includes side yards and the ivy covered beds) in greenery. We will have three months do do the work.

They didn’t complain when I made the change from dead St. Augustine 6 years ago to the water-conserving xeriscape. 
When we built the house 26 years ago I was aware that changes to the house structure had to be approved by the HOA “architectural committee”, but didn’t notice any fine print about landscaping changes - just to maintain a neat yard.

 

Find out where the landscaping committee lives and dump your gravel all over their lawns

[Crapinon 2250]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

Not trivial and you need a law dog

^^^^This^^^^ And I'd hang a  big old American flag out front and let them write you up for that too. Then go on national news about being a vet and them not wanting you to fly your flag. See how long they can take the heat.

[elfenix 34164]

29 minutes ago, Crapinon said:

^^^^This^^^^ And I'd hang a  big old American flag out front and let them write you up for that too. Then go on national news about being a vet and them not wanting you to fly your flag. See how long they can take the heat.

"Home Owners Association tells Last Surviving 30 Years War Vet he can't fly the flag of the Electorate of Palatinate"

[ztejas 43236]

26 minutes ago, elfenix said:

"Home Owners Association tells Last Surviving 30 Years War Vet he can't fly the flag of the Electorate of Palatinate"

AB will be dead and buried before he sees another damned Habsburg rule Germany. 

[hundredTT 576]

Went to lake Pflugerville to just chill and fish a bit, and there was a guy for fucking nearly 30 minutes trying to get a perfect pic of his girl and their dog right next to me. showing her every pic after he took it and was told to do another from what I saw. Chick was maybe a 6  at best as well. What a fucking pussy. We’ve all done it, but after 5 mins I’ll say there is a good enough pic in there, not taking anymore. 

[SilasCoade 2620]

I think 6 years with no notice is implicit approval.

[Brothahorn 10085]

Hard floors. Can't drop a bottle of Knob Creek 100 proof, cause the kid and dog bumrushed you, without it breaking.

[Brothahorn 10085]

On 12/25/2021 at 11:49 AM, 'stache said:

Die Hard was a decent flick. I don’t give a shit if it’s a “Christmas movie.” Just shut the fuck up already! Watch it whenever the fuck you want!!

Fuck you, Ellis

[Hpara759 1777]

SOB'S that are going to be poppin fireworks off in my hood tonight......

[Knoxtnhorn 5928]

I know I should be happy about living in a time in which YouTube allows me to watch or listen to so many things for free.

That being said, the ads.  My God.  You click on a video.  Ad #1, then Ad #2, then a popup ad asking if I'd like YouTube Plus or Max or whatever it is, THEN a GD ad DURING a 9 minute song!!!  

And, yes, I do have a music streaming service that I pay for; however, I like to listen to a lot of live, hour+ long sets of music.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

Took the dogs, the daughter, and mom to the ranch yesterday.  When we pull in mom says we need a new Texas flag that one is all faded.  So we go into town to eat dinner and after I go to Wal-mart to get a new flag.    The Wal-mart in Columbus, Texas only has two types of flags, U.S and Tennessee.  WTF?

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

37 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Took the dogs, the daughter, and mom to the ranch yesterday.  When we pull in mom says we need a new Texas flag that one is all faded.  So we go into town to eat dinner and after I go to Wal-mart to get a new flag.    The Wal-mart in Columbus, Texas only has two types of flags, U.S and Tennessee.  WTF?

You’ve been invaded, and didn’t get the memo ?

[Underdog 28436]

It just means more...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

at Walmart. 

[Js1 85049]

On 12/31/2021 at 8:20 AM, Hpara759 said:

SOB'S that are going to be poppin fireworks off in my hood tonight......

Nah, internet Karens who complain about fireworks on July 4 and December 31 are the worst.  Any other night, bitch away.  People go on Reddit/next door on those 2 nights to bitch about fireworks like it’s some new phenomenon 

[SilasCoade 2620]

nah, fuck yo fireworks

[AUS-97HORN 11653]

This new fucking crypto commercial being pitched by Matt Damon.

 

while I techically know the Romans used the translation of "Fortune favors the Brave", the fact is, the standard accepted version of the translation is "Fortune favors the Bold" 

because in a military context being bold and making bold moves helps you win the fucking battle.   

Being brave can also win the battle... it can also mean you get killed because you are bravely running at the front of the fight and the first to die. 

The Romans meant it as an ideal,  not a rallying cry.

 

so yeah... that makes me surly when he keeps saying fortune favors the brave.  

 

[Superhero 8727]

Not trivial, but both my furnace AND garage door gave out today.

The furnace quit a few days ago, but started blowing warm air again. The HVAC guy told me to give him a call if it happened again, but to change the filters first (they're filthy, especially since we did a renovation during the summer). It's 65 degrees in the house right now. Just a few degrees cooler than we usually keep it, but it's gonna drop down to the low 40s tonight, even colder Monday and Tuesday.

As for the garage door, one of the springs broke. The guys said they're only good for about 20,000 cycles, and to expect it to break in another 7-10 years. But still $500 I didn't want to spend on New Years day.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

10 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

This new fucking crypto commercial being pitched by Matt Damon.

 

while I techically know the Romans used the translation of "Fortune favors the Brave", the fact is, the standard accepted version of the translation is "Fortune favors the Bold" 

because in a military context being bold and making bold moves helps you win the fucking battle.   

Being brave can also win the battle... it can also mean you get killed because you are bravely running at the front of the fight and the first to die. 

The Romans meant it as an ideal,  not a rallying cry.

 

so yeah... that makes me surly when he keeps saying fortune favors the brave.  

 

Being bold can also cause you to lose the battle .....into the valley of death rode the 600....

[Guest]

22 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Took the dogs, the daughter, and mom to the ranch yesterday.  When we pull in mom says we need a new Texas flag that one is all faded.  So we go into town to eat dinner and after I go to Wal-mart to get a new flag.    The Wal-mart in Columbus, Texas only has two types of flags, U.S and Tennessee.  WTF?

Davy Crockett Days?

[WhatTheBuck 28700]

18 hours ago, Js1 said:

Nah, internet Karens who complain about fireworks on July 4 and December 31 are the worst.  Any other night, bitch away.  People go on Reddit/next door on those 2 nights to bitch about fireworks like it’s some new phenomenon 

What bothers me is when I can hear someone shooting off fireworks but they’re not close enough for me to step outside and watch. 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

On 1/2/2022 at 7:46 AM, Onboard 2.0 said:

Being bold can also cause you to lose the battle .....into the valley of death rode the 600....

We're looking at you Cincinnati. 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

Ok, internet. You've made your passwords inconceivably annoying with Caps/Non-Caps/Numbers/Symbols required. I get it.

But shouldn't the default be "show password", not "hide password"?

No one is looking over my shoulder when I log into Netflix. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

7 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Ok, internet. You've made your passwords inconceivably annoying with Caps/Non-Caps/Numbers/Symbols required. I get it.

But shouldn't the default be "show password", not "hide password"?

No one is looking over my shoulder when I log into Netflix. 

Oh you poor disillusioned fool.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

3 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Oh you poor disillusioned fool.

[ABSR 5287]

On 1/1/2022 at 9:40 PM, AUS-97HORN said:

This new fucking crypto commercial being pitched by Matt Damon.

 

while I techically know the Romans used the translation of "Fortune favors the Brave", the fact is, the standard accepted version of the translation is "Fortune favors the Bold" 

because in a military context being bold and making bold moves helps you win the fucking battle.   

Being brave can also win the battle... it can also mean you get killed because you are bravely running at the front of the fight and the first to die. 

The Romans meant it as an ideal,  not a rallying cry.

 

so yeah... that makes me surly when he keeps saying fortune favors the brave.  

 

I told my son this same thing last night.  Get the fucking quote right assholes!

[Superhero 8727]

On 1/1/2022 at 9:36 PM, Superhero said:

The furnace quit a few days ago, but started blowing warm air again. The HVAC guy told me to give him a call if it happened again, but to change the filters first (they're filthy, especially since we did a renovation during the summer). It's 65 degrees in the house right now. Just a few degrees cooler than we usually keep it, but it's gonna drop down to the low 40s tonight, even colder Monday and Tuesday.

Again, not trivial at all...

Had a guy come out yesterday to check the furnace. He said the circuit board (who knew furnaces have circuit boards?!?!) was on the fritz, and needed to be replaced.

He said his regular place was out of stock, and because of the chip shortage, probably won't get stock until the end of the month. He said he MIGHT be able to get one from another shop in Texas, but it MIGHT NOT, IF AT ALL get here by Wednesday. That means we're in a pretty dang cold house.

The downstairs thermostat says 61°. The sensor in the office shows 59°. The sensor in my daughter's room shows 53°.

I fired up the fireplace yesterday. Luckily I kept the burner, but had previously tossed the ceramic logs. It's not efficient if you don't have logs because the heat goes straight up. I ordered some Amazon this morning. They had same day shipping on these, so hopefully we'll be a little warmer tonight.

[ztejas 43236]

17 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Again, not trivial at all...

Had a guy come out yesterday to check the furnace. He said the circuit board (who knew furnaces have circuit boards?!?!) was on the fritz, and needed to be replaced.

He said his regular place was out of stock, and because of the chip shortage, probably won't get stock until the end of the month. He said he MIGHT be able to get one from another shop in Texas, but it MIGHT NOT, IF AT ALL get here by Wednesday. That means we're in a pretty dang cold house.

The downstairs thermostat says 61°. The sensor in the office shows 59°. The sensor in my daughter's room shows 53°.

I fired up the fireplace yesterday. Luckily I kept the burner, but had previously tossed the ceramic logs. It's not efficient if you don't have logs because the heat goes straight up. I ordered some Amazon this morning. They had same day shipping on these, so hopefully we'll be a little warmer tonight.

Sounds a lot better than what most of us went through last year. 

[Sandman 3401]

On 1/1/2022 at 11:36 PM, Superhero said:

As for the garage door, one of the springs broke. The guys said they're only good for about 20,000 cycles, and to expect it to break in another 7-10 years. But still $500 I didn't want to spend on New Years day.

One of the springs broke on my wife's garage door this weekend. Called our usual place and it turns out that it had been sold to a new owner (the old guy retired and sold his business, good for him) and they came out on Saturday, guy said he didn't have the parts that would fix it, wouldn't have those parts until mid Feb, and suggested we upgrade to a high torsion spring set-up for the low, low cost of $943. We called a different place that came out today and had the needed parts and it was fixed in an hour for $200. Looks like I found a new garage door guy.

[Brisketexan 104426]

27 minutes ago, Sandman said:

One of the springs broke on my wife's garage door this weekend. Called our usual place and it turns out that it had been sold to a new owner (the old guy retired and sold his business, good for him) and they came out on Saturday, guy said he didn't have the parts that would fix it, wouldn't have those parts until mid Feb, and suggested we upgrade to a high torsion spring set-up for the low, low cost of $943. We called a different place that came out today and had the needed parts and it was fixed in an hour for $200. Looks like I found a new garage door guy.

I presume he also offered you some HDMI cables with gold contact points.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

39 minutes ago, Sandman said:

One of the springs broke on my wife's garage door this weekend. Called our usual place and it turns out that it had been sold to a new owner (the old guy retired and sold his business, good for him) and they came out on Saturday, guy said he didn't have the parts that would fix it, wouldn't have those parts until mid Feb, and suggested we upgrade to a high torsion spring set-up for the low, low cost of $943. We called a different place that came out today and had the needed parts and it was fixed in an hour for $200. Looks like I found a new garage door guy.

You got the "I've got better shit to do, but if this guy will pay it, I'll bill it" rate from the first guy.

[Crapinon 2250]

3 hours ago, Superhero said:

Again, not trivial at all...

Had a guy come out yesterday to check the furnace. He said the circuit board (who knew furnaces have circuit boards?!?!) was on the fritz, and needed to be replaced.

He said his regular place was out of stock, and because of the chip shortage, probably won't get stock until the end of the month. He said he MIGHT be able to get one from another shop in Texas, but it MIGHT NOT, IF AT ALL get here by Wednesday. That means we're in a pretty dang cold house.

The downstairs thermostat says 61°. The sensor in the office shows 59°. The sensor in my daughter's room shows 53°.

I fired up the fireplace yesterday. Luckily I kept the burner, but had previously tossed the ceramic logs. It's not efficient if you don't have logs because the heat goes straight up. I ordered some Amazon this morning. They had same day shipping on these, so hopefully we'll be a little warmer tonight.

Buy a couple of these at Walmart. Oil filled electric heater. They're cheap, usually about $50, and will heat a good sized room. They don't use much electricity and they don't pose any type of fire hazard.

[Sandman 3401]

11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I presume he also offered you some HDMI cables with gold contact points.

He said we just HAD to get the Truecoat on the springs, it's so worth it.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

30 minutes ago, Sandman said:

He said we just HAD to get the Truecoat on the springs, it's so worth it.

Ohh... ya gotta get the true coat.....  yer just throwing money away if ya don't don'tcha know ..

[Tom 2959]

On 1/1/2022 at 5:05 PM, Js1 said:

Nah, internet Karens who complain about fireworks on July 4 and December 31 are the worst.  Any other night, bitch away.  People go on Reddit/next door on those 2 nights to bitch about fireworks like it’s some new phenomenon 

 

Noise in general doesn't bother me.  I live about a mile outside of downtown and hear train horns, police sirens, and helicopters on the regular.  A night or two of fireworks doesn't phase me.

I hate them for my dog's sake, though, who spent his new year's eve hiding between the couch and the wall shivering in fear of the non stop popping all around us.  Before the 4th of July I'm going to have to get some doggy xanax or something.

[cabowabo 4449]

Prepackaged sangwiches. You're not fooling anyone by piling the meat on the front of the sangwich, so spread that shit around so I don't have to.

[Guest Lobo]

While I don't care for the term "sangwich" now that we're all supposedly in adulthood, I do agree with you about how they manipulate the ingredients to make it look more full.  

Royal Blue Grocery makes the best pre-packed sandwiches in Austin, IMHO (as in, grab from the case---no need to order at the counter).  Generous portions of everything from meat to cheese to veggies to condiments and all, evenly spread throughout the generous sized bread.  

Something making me surly already in 2022---the number of people at my coffee shop stop in the mornings hacking up a lung with no mask on, and then they look up at you at the coffee bar and say, "Oh, it's just allergies...it's not Covid."  Yeah dude, same for me...dudn't mean you're not a fucking asshole for getting the pastry case all wet with your hacking cough.  Put a fucking mask on.  It's not about Covid or mandates, two fucking days in a row some unmasked fucker took their cedar frustrations out on the pastry case.  Yeah, it's a closed case...but still...I don't want a fucking muffin outta there now while you cheer on two of your mucous drops to see which one slides down the floor first.  We're all dealing with cedar shit, take that shit outside.  Yes, choke on the irony.

[deadshank 24651]

People that type emails or text messages that are actually statements but end their sentence with a question mark.   
 

Drives me bonkers?  

[Guest]

On 1/1/2022 at 9:40 PM, AUS-97HORN said:

This new fucking crypto commercial being pitched by Matt Damon.

 

while I techically know the Romans used the translation of "Fortune favors the Brave", the fact is, the standard accepted version of the translation is "Fortune favors the Bold" 

because in a military context being bold and making bold moves helps you win the fucking battle.   

Being brave can also win the battle... it can also mean you get killed because you are bravely running at the front of the fight and the first to die. 

The Romans meant it as an ideal,  not a rallying cry.

 

so yeah... that makes me surly when he keeps saying fortune favors the brave.  

 

That commercial in general seems preachy AF.

[elfenix 34164]

On 1/4/2022 at 1:18 PM, cabowabo said:

Prepackaged sangwiches. You're not fooling anyone by piling the meat on the front of the sangwich, so spread that shit around so I don't have to.
 

also every gotdamn deli.  6" of pastrami piled up smack dab in the middle and nothing out on the edges. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

When you go to open a bag of whatever that has a ziplock, but it’s a cheap piece of shit ziplock and instead of unzipping, it tears the zipper off one side of the bag, rendering it completely useless and now you need to use a chip clip or some such bullshit to close the bag.

[Underdog 28436]

On 1/4/2022 at 2:18 PM, cabowabo said:

Prepackaged sangwiches. You're not fooling anyone by piling the meat on the front of the sangwich, so spread that shit around so I don't have to.
 

Looking at you, Czech Stop.