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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

TheAtheistReverend said:
Many of those books will be used for two years (I hope). Our semester is about 4mo long.

Don't ever think an RN didn't work to get where they are, even if they only have the two-year degree.
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I have never made such an assumption. :)

Glad some of that tower will be spread out over more than a few months.
 
Seanette said:
Pedestrians have this problem, too.
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There's reportedly been quite an increase in pedestrians being knocked down crossing the road because they're too busy with their smart phone to look for traffic.

Seanette said:
Oh, and we also have problems with bicyclists running us off the sidewalk. We'll share nicely if you do, OK, please?
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Bicycles aren't allowed on the footpaths here unless it's signposted as a shared path. Bicycle couriers in the city can be dangerous because they constantly ride along the footpath and cut quite close to pedestrians. If I'm around they can be endangered. I've been known to 'accidently' walk into their path and collide with them causing them to fall over (admittedly this hasn't happened for quite some years). They get irate and want to make something out of it but when I offer to call the police so they can explain why they were riding on the footpath they back down...
 
general eclect said:
There's reportedly been quite an increase in pedestrians being knocked down crossing the road because they're too busy with their smart phone to look for traffic.
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I've seen that too, and think it's just as dumb, but OTOH, a car driver can do a lot more damage by refusing to divert attention from the precious phone to what's going on off-screen.

Bicycles aren't allowed on the footpaths here unless it's signposted as a shared path. Bicycle couriers in the city can be dangerous because they constantly ride along the footpath and cut quite close to pedestrians. If I'm around they can be endangered. I've been known to 'accidently' walk into their path and collide with them causing them to fall over (admittedly this hasn't happened for quite some years). They get irate and want to make something out of it but when I offer to call the police so they can explain why they were riding on the footpath they back down...
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:D

Theoretically, riding on the sidewalk is not legal here, but it happens all the time.
 
TheAtheistReverend said:
In Minneapolis, it is illegal for bicycles to use the sidewalk.

But we are still voted the bike-friendliest city in the U.S.

What grinds my gears?
The mind boggling amount of reading due this semester!
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Sometimes I use the side walk even if there is a bike trail, just because I don't trust the drivers on the road. Sometims they just get too close.
 
Bicycle races are coming your way
So forget all your duties oh yeah!
Fat bottomed girls they'll be riding today
So look out for those beauties oh yeah!
On your marks get set go!!!!
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Seanette said:
Pedestrians have this problem, too.

Oh, and we also have problems with bicyclists running us off the sidewalk. We'll share nicely if you do, OK, please?
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Good point. I'd forgotten about those. And then they give you dirty looks or hand signs like you almost hit THEM. And the whole time the phone is still in their hand.
 
Now I don't grind my gears about where cyclists cycle, but I do like to shift the gears on my Shanghai Phoenix. :) Of course we do ride our bicycles wherever we like and I don't think anyone really cares TBH.
 
zuben el genub said:
We found half a tour bus of Koreans taking pics and posing with ours. I think we might have been in western New Mexico. They liked Japanese bikes, but couldn't afford them in Korea.

We also had a tour bus full of Japanese surround it. Overjoyed to see a Kawasaki, I suppose. Vulcan Nomad 1500.
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I don't mind looking, pictures, or posing. I will do the same thing around nice bikes. Sitting on? No way. Best are kids under 10. It's like they have found the biggest,brightest,shiniest toy on the planet and they just got to touch it and play with it. Them I don't mind. They don't tend to mess up the bike.
 
Revenant Ghost said:
Nope, Nashville, Tennessee. And that's the state capital.
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The state capital of Nevada ( Carson City ) isn't a big city either :D

It's not an american problem, it's all about economics. Less people means less busses, no people no bus.
Even in my country they quit public transportation lines when it's not making profit anymore.
The good thing is that all is nearby, and when you have a bicycle, you can get around and get most of the things you want.
In the US you have to deal with big distances so the car is the best option.

And i am a lazy son of a ...... because i have an ATB , and still get in my :car: for anything i have to do Even when it is half a mile away.

People with a phone in one hand, and riding a bicycle , steering with the other. The Police has to take action about them.
I nearly crashed into a woman who was taking no attention on the road, All her attention was for her phone , and she wasn't aware that i was getting close. When i honked, she shooked up and get back to the side of the road.
 
My son wanted Pizza Hut last night, so we went into one of the sit-down restaurants. The guy comes over and takes our order, then never brings us our drinks. I had to get up and go get the guy and remind him we wanted them. Then he kept coming over and asking if we wanted refills (big-time overkill). When we were ready to go, we asked him for two ToGo boxes for the pizzas. He brings two tiny boxes made for those single personal pan pizzas (the look on his face while he was trying to figure out how to fit two large pizzas in two tiny boxes
 
Petrah said:
My son wanted Pizza Hut last night, so we went into one of the sit-down restaurants. The guy comes over and takes our order, then never brings us our drinks. I had to get up and go get the guy and remind him we wanted them. Then he kept coming over and asking if we wanted refills (big-time overkill). When we were ready to go, we asked him for two ToGo boxes for the pizzas. He brings two tiny boxes made for those single personal pan pizzas (the look on his face while he was trying to figure out how to fit two large pizzas in two tiny boxes
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TheAtheistReverend said:
In Minneapolis, it is illegal for bicycles to use the sidewalk.

But we are still voted the bike-friendliest city in the U.S.

What grinds my gears?
The mind boggling amount of reading due this semester!
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Revenant Ghost said:
Lol, unless OUR Brian has the power to teleport from Washington State to Illinois, I doubt it. It would be funny if it was him though. :D
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We can't teleport yet. But I have a feeling that someday we will get there.
 
Hello?????
We said we were bored and tired!!!!'







Ok had to do it..... Someone had to!:D

:)


Carry on --
 
So...?
:)
You've got the entire AF to entertain you, and you dare telling me you're bored..?
What tha...?
Go be ashamed ;)
 
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