Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Gil Bang 26235]

TV show or movie.  Car pulls up spewing steam out of the tailpipe. It's obvious that the car is ice cold, but was supposedly driven a long distance. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

LHN showing goddamn little league. I don’t want to see that shit. Ever. Who gives a rat’s ass. Show reruns of Texas football games, show the damn press conference, hell, show Ricky smoking weed for a couple hours straight. Just don’t show little league that has nothing to with the University of Texas.

 

[RollLeft 5090]

On 7/25/2018 at 10:25 PM, Jersey Man10 said:

People that don't let their cars warm up. As soon as they turn it on they're already in reverse backing up. Makes me cringe.

Haha, ok grandpa.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Haha, ok grandpa.

Jerseyman would make a terrible wheel man.

[Stoogey 219]

On 7/25/2018 at 10:25 PM, Jersey Man10 said:

People that don't let their cars warm up. As soon as they turn it on they're already in reverse backing up. Makes me cringe.

You are absolutely correct. And the proper way to warm up a car is to drive slowly through the neighborhood because you need to warm up the transmission fluid, too. I had to teach my wife to take the parkway along the river to warm things up before getting on the freeway because she is a southern girl.

In fact, for winter driving, you should change your motor oil to a lighter weight. And change the battery every three years. And in rural areas, snow tires instead of all-season.

Also, if you live in an urban area or take the highways, there is salt on the roads. Salt corrodes metal. Which is why I have three cars: My summer roadster. My practical car. And my winter beater.

9 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

TV show or movie.  Car pulls up spewing steam out of the tailpipe. It's obvious that the car is ice cold, but was supposedly driven a long distance. 

Steam? Immediately check the head gasket. Unless you are driving a Stanley Steamer, there is no steam. 

There may be drops of water dripping from the tailpipe but that is the exhaust forcing out the condensation caused by cold headers and muffler and cat with the warm exhaust. That is why modern exhaust systems are stainless steel. I remember replacing exhaust systems on almost every car I owned. 

That is exhaust - which does have some water vapor. When it is cold enough, it won't matter how far you drive. You can see the exhaust.

Edited August 3, 2018 by Stoogey
Forgot the damn exhaust picture.

[Lat22 4086]

These morning TV programs that invite restaurants in to set up elaborate cooking stations. One minute into the bit, the news bunnies start nervously looking at producers off camera because they’re already RUNNING OUT OF TIME!!!! They start cutting the guest off, try to finish his sentences, etc.  Why spend hours setting up these cooking sets for a two minute piece?  It’s trivial and it’s irritaing as shit. 

[Vic Mackey 47953]

LHN showing goddamn little league. I don’t want to see that shit. Ever. Who gives a rat’s ass. Show reruns of Texas football games, show the damn press conference, hell, show Ricky smoking weed for a couple hours straight. Just don’t show little league that has nothing to with the University of Texas.
 

Why the fuck is Little League broadcasted on tv in the first place? We never see pee wee football or basketball championships on tv. Grown men watching little league baseball on tv is fucking weird.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Why the fuck is Little League broadcasted on tv in the first place? We never see pee wee football or basketball championships on tv. Grown men watching little league baseball on tv is fucking weird.

Agreed.

['stache 22131]

Are there really people who can’t distinguish between chicken chunks and chicken nuggets? Every “boneless wing” I’ve ever seen at a restaurant are chunks. Nuggets are ground mystery meat. You can see grain from chicken meat in chunks. Both are inferior to bone in actual wings.

[elfenix 34749]

it's still a nugget.

[52-80 19377]

in speech when people substitute abbreviations is just as long to pronounce (=similar # syllables) to the original phrase.

 

like when people say "mpg" rather than "miles per gallon"

[elfenix 34749]

in speech when people substitute abbreviations is just as long to pronounce (=similar # syllables) to the original phrase.
 
like when people say "mpg" rather than "miles per gallon"

That's a good one

[Texaskimo 135]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

in speech when people substitute abbreviations is just as long to pronounce (=similar # syllables) to the original phrase.

 

like when people say "mpg" rather than "miles per gallon"

You do realize that in your example of abbreviations with the same number of syllables as the full phrase the full phrase has more syllables than the abbreviation, right?

[MNLonghornFUKM 8983]

Why the fuck is Little League broadcasted on tv in the first place? We never see pee wee football or basketball championships on tv. Grown men watching little league baseball on tv is fucking weird.

It is funny watching how bad strike zones can be with volunteer home plate umps

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

people who pronounce didn't as "din-nint" 

[52-80 19377]

24 minutes ago, Texaskimo said:

You do realize that in your example of abbreviations with the same number of syllables as the full phrase the full phrase has more syllables than the abbreviation, right?

Similar is the threshold, not same

 

DMV is a convenient way of saying, and writing, 'department of motor vehicles'

 

MPG is convenient in writing, not in speech

[Texaskimo 135]

MPG is quicker to say than miles per gallon. Your example was bad and you should feel bad.

This is a trivial thing that makes me surly - people using poor examples.

[skipperj 377]

But mpg sounds stupid spoken.

[DougO 5264]

7 hours ago, 'stache said:

Are there really people who can’t distinguish between chicken chunks and chicken nuggets? Every “boneless wing” I’ve ever seen at a restaurant are chunks. Nuggets are ground mystery meat. You can see grain from chicken meat in chunks. Both are inferior to bone in actual wings.

Chic Fil A Nuggets are cut pieces of chicken meat, not laminated random chicken byproduct parts and filler like a McDonald's nugget, or from a Wal Mart's Good Value frozen bag. The term "nugget" is just a general term for little round-ish pieces made primarily for children and the poors, but not necessarily related to biological or structural integrity.

It's not like chicken tenders vs chicken strips. A tender is from the breast tenderloin, whereas a strip could technically be any damn part of the chicken cut into a strip.

Edited August 3, 2018 by DougO

['stache 22131]

38 minutes ago, DougO said:

Chic Fil A Nuggets are cut pieces of chicken meat, not laminated random chicken byproduct parts and filler like a McDonald's nugget, or from a Wal Mart's Good Value frozen bag. The term "nugget" is just a general term for little round-ish pieces made primarily for children and the poors, but not necessarily related to biological or structural integrity.

It's not like chicken tenders vs chicken strips. A tender is from the breast tenderloin, whereas a strip could technically be any damn part of the chicken cut into a strip.

My observation has been that the term "nugget" is the McDonalds ground up mystery meat, and any place that uses cut up pieces of chicken make sure to not get confused with nuggets.  Chicken chunks are not ground up.  BWW does not serve ground up nuggets as boneless wings, they are breaded chicken chunks.  I see a pretty big difference and have not seen chunks referred to as nuggets.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 hours ago, Texaskimo said:

MPG is quicker to say than miles per gallon. Your example was bad and you should feel bad.

This is a trivial thing that makes me surly - people using poor examples.

O eM Gee !!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8983]

46 minutes ago, DougO said:

Chic Fil A Nuggets are cut pieces of chicken meat, not laminated random chicken byproduct parts and filler like a McDonald's nugget, or from a Wal Mart's Good Value frozen bag. The term "nugget" is just a general term for little round-ish pieces made primarily for children and the poors, but not necessarily related to biological or structural integrity.

It's not like chicken tenders vs chicken strips. A tender is from the breast tenderloin, whereas a strip could technically be any damn part of the chicken cut into a strip.

thanks, now I want chikfila

[DougO 5264]

13 minutes ago, 'stache said:

My observation has been that the term "nugget" is the McDonalds ground up mystery meat, and any place that uses cut up pieces of chicken make sure to not get confused with nuggets.  Chicken chunks are not ground up.  BWW does not serve ground up nuggets as boneless wings, they are breaded chicken chunks.  I see a pretty big difference and have not seen chunks referred to as nuggets. 

Read the post you replied to. Chick Fil A Nuggets are not ground up chicken. And they're pretty much THE standard for white people fry chicken that doesn't come with bones.

Besides, people who eat "boneless wings" are disqualified.

 

[DougO 5264]

And if you really want to get into semantics, "boneless wings" aren't even wings. They're breast meat.

[Caver60 443]

When people say, "hell to the no!"

Fuck that, I hate it. A lot.

[Jersey Man10 3800]

When people say, "hell to the no!"
Fuck that, I hate it. A lot.

Fuck to the yes!

[TexasHooch 5196]

1 hour ago, DougO said:

And if you really want to get into semantics, "boneless wings" aren't even wings. They're breast meat.

Ha! That was the entire fucking point of my original comment!  Now we're arguing whether "Boneless chicken wings" should be considered chunks or nuggets? Yes. No. Depends... I don't give a fuck! Just don't call them wings!

[skipperj 377]

1 hour ago, DougO said:

And if you really want to get into semantics, "boneless wings" aren't even wings. They're breast meat.

 

1 hour ago, DougO said:

And if you really want to get into semantics, "boneless wings" aren't even wings. They're breast meat.

Maybe they were invented in the upstate New York town of Boneless, and they have a different definition of wings? Might be an acronym. 

[DougO 5264]

35 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

Ha! That was the entire fucking point of my original comment!  Now we're arguing whether "Boneless chicken wings" should be considered chunks or nuggets? Yes. No. Depends... I don't give a fuck! Just don't call them wings!

This debate should be nominated for a pullet-zer.

[DougO 5264]

On 8/1/2018 at 5:17 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Do you also complain when they call the little legs wings, or when they call the animal they come from a buffalo?

The little leg looking things are part of the wing, referred to commonly as a "drumette." Didn't your wife ever work at Hooters?

Edited August 4, 2018 by DougO

[DougO 5264]

I think I did the surly (or ragey) thing long ago about chicken wings and their stupid prices. The wing used to be the cheapest part of the chicken and I would buy them at the store and make my own frequently. Then they got hipsterized by sports bar millennials, and "wings" became a big thing because of marketing of super cheap shit with a massive markup.

Now the wing is the most expensive part of the chicken by the pound. They got "fajita-ized." So now poors like me ain't gonna pay no $3.49/lb for fecking wings.

Why doesn't somebody make "hot legs" a big thing? It makes more sense than ruining wings for everybody else.

Make real wings great again.

[Okie State 3889]

I ate Chick-fil-A boneless wings for lunch so this thread hits close to home.

[GottaB 605]

I’m glad I read this today and not Sunday. I thanked the lady in the drive thru. Turns out it was “her pleasure”.

[TK421 29]

5 hours ago, DougO said:

And if you really want to get into semantics, "boneless wings" aren't even wings. They're breast meat.

Wait, what?

[WhatTheBuck 28929]

10 hours ago, DougO said:

And if you really want to get into semantics, "boneless wings" aren't even wings. They're breast meat.

If actual wings aren't breast meat, what makes you think boneless wings are breast meat? Breast meat sells for more than wing meat. Why would anyone masquerade the more expensive cut as the cheaper cut of meat at a lesser price? 

[WhatTheBuck 28929]

7 hours ago, Okie State said:

I ate Chick-fil-A boneless wings for lunch so this thread hits close to home.

What price did you pay per ounce of product?

[kopp0e 1135]

8 hours ago, DougO said:

I think I did the surly (or ragey) thing long ago about chicken wings and their stupid prices. The wing used to be the cheapest part of the chicken and I would buy them at the store and make my own frequently. Then they got hipsterized by sports bar millennials, and "wings" became a big thing because of marketing of super cheap shit with a massive markup.

Now the wing is the most expensive part of the chicken by the pound. They got "fajita-ized." So now poors like me ain't gonna pay no $3.49/lb for fecking wings.

Why doesn't somebody make "hot legs" a big thing? It makes more sense than ruining wings for everybody else.

Make real wings great again.

They tried that on A Christmas Story, and the dogs did the turkey & the lamp in...

 

[Guest]

22 hours ago, 'stache said:

Are there really people who can’t distinguish between chicken chunks and chicken nuggets? Every “boneless wing” I’ve ever seen at a restaurant are chunks. Nuggets are ground mystery meat. You can see grain from chicken meat in chunks. Both are inferior to bone in actual wings.

 

[Chuychanga 134]

Chicken nugget talk not going away. 

Team anything without a bone is a nugget. Strips, tenders, boneless wings... all nuggets. Some are of higher quality than others but all are nuggets and all are for children. 

[elfenix 34749]

If actual wings aren't breast meat, what makes you think boneless wings are breast meat? Breast meat sells for more than wing meat. Why would anyone masquerade the more expensive cut as the cheaper cut of meat at a lesser price? 

Wings are more expensive than chicken breast nowadays

 

['stache 22131]

1 hour ago, Chuychanga said:

Chicken nugget talk not going away. 

Team anything without a bone is a nugget. Strips, tenders, boneless wings... all nuggets. Some are of higher quality than others but all are nuggets and all are for children. 

Sliced chicken tenders = mechanically separated mush.  That's just a weird fucking opinion which I didn't know was a thing, but okay.  Trivial for sure.  Just fucking weird imo.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8983]

refilling your water out of the fridge dispenser and it shoots onto the ice already in the cup causing it to spray everywhere 

[deadshank 24654]

20 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

refilling your water out of the fridge dispenser and it shoots onto the ice already in the cup causing it to spray everywhere 

Kinda like next morning jizz crust causing the dual spray onto the drywall to the left and the floor on the right, both streams completely missing the toilet?

Edited August 4, 2018 by deadshank

[DougO 5264]

8 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

If actual wings aren't breast meat, what makes you think boneless wings are breast meat? Breast meat sells for more than wing meat. Why would anyone masquerade the more expensive cut as the cheaper cut of meat at a lesser price? 

Go to HEB and check the prices...if they're open.

[Underdog 29175]

Fuckers who feel the need to congregate in aisle or end of aisle at the grocery store...  get the fuck out of the way!! 

[Vic Mackey 47953]

Fuckers who feel the need to congregate in aisle or end of aisle at the grocery store...  get the fuck out of the way!! 

Had that happen a few weeks ago.

[Underdog 29175]

Similar.  These were 2 elder couples talking,  blocking an aisle.  Then GDit if I didn’t run into them again later in the store doing the same shit. 

[Guest Lobo]

You're not gonna successfully navigate a sea of matronly upper arms like that and expect to get outta there before dinnertime.  

[DougO 5264]

They either need a separate store for scooter people, or give them to everybody and put bumpers on them for fun.

[markstanco 12786]

Instagram really, really wants me to solder some wires together lately.