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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

zuben el genub said:
Sourdough starter.
If it dries on something you can't submerge in water, it's like cement. I made a mess doing English muffins this AM and it took a bit of elbow grease to get the starter all cleaned up.

The results of baking with it are worth the hassle.
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Lord, that looks tasty...

I have a couple accounts I use for trapping spam and misdirecting nosy websites... I think one profile involves a badger.
 
jtc303 said:
People who are too lazy to fully clear the snow from their parking spot, and instead just do enough to get out, leaving massive mounds behind that freeze and make it almost impossible to park there...they should make a law about shoveling properly. Absolutely kills me, I've already cleared 3 spots on my street, about to do my fourth. Ugh people suuuccckkk!
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You can get shot. I've seen the articles but can't find them. Here's Fark's reference:
http://www.fark.com/comments/858068...ill-shoot-ya-up-fall-river-man-fall-river-man
 
jtc303 said:
People who are too lazy to fully clear the snow from their parking spot, and instead just do enough to get out, leaving massive mounds behind that freeze and make it almost impossible to park there...they should make a law about shoveling properly. Absolutely kills me, I've already cleared 3 spots on my street, about to do my fourth. Ugh people suuuccckkk!
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Sounds like you need a snowbine harvester
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Seriously though. Maybe those people are too busy to clear snow? Though kudos to you for setting an example ;)
 
My grandfather started us off on the 'neighborly road'.

We'd clear our walkways and driveways. When that was done, we'd clear the sidewalks in front of the house. The neighbors would do the same, and the grownups would exchange Irish coffee, and we'd get hot chocolate.

When my family moved, we didn't have sidewalks - but, we still cleared the driveway, walkways, stairs, and the sundeck out in the back of the house. Our sundeck became our fridge, especially during the winter storms of '77 and '78 in the Northeastern US.

Memories. And, yes - my wife-to-be made it to Denver. Thirteen more days to go. Her mom's back surgery is scheduled for the third of February. May everyone have a good Sunday - LW
 
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I'm changing my status weekly, from now on. So, a certain team won a very important game; now, the pundits are covering injuries that happen in competitive sports.

Is anybody out there ready to go off of the grid yet? May everyone have a great week.

I'm getting a brand-new Fender Modern Player's Strat (the sound you may hear psychically is me, licking my chops)...

I talked with my lady earlier, and we're both in a funk: we already miss each other terribly, and she left for Denver last Saturday, at 4:45 pm EDT (not quite two days ago... those kids).

I'm grateful to be loved - the way that she loves me. I'm truly a lucky man - LW
 
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LOveWerks said:

Is anybody out there ready to go off of the grid yet? May everyone have a great week.
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I may or may not be ready to go off the grid in a location that may or may not exist. Supplies are there. Solar power is there. Accomodation is there. If **** hits the fan, I'm getting my butt out of Vegas and into the mountains. Plenty of ammo too :D
 
bjacks, you and I are different from one another in many ways, just from reading between the lines... but, if the REAL ****storm happens on Spaceship Earth, I'll be right there with you.

We may be different, but, we're both SURVIVORS.

It'll be an adjustment for me, but, it would bring a divided nation together, and a lot of pundits would be out of a job. LW
 
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Oh, and tribal I.d.'s! In the great state of California (U.S.) you need legal identification to purchase booze. Legal id is federal id, meaning something given by the government of the united States of America, NOT the government of the Indian American nations. They are sovereign, separate from u.s. government, so I can't sell beer with their id, or I could lose my job. But I get so much $%#@ for that, and it's not MY fault!
 
I got disgusted with the Superbowl. Went upstairs and rewatched the World Series on the tablet. We have MLB and At Bat is free. Last year is available until Spring Training starts.
 
I cut the cord a long time ago... the only television I watch is a few minutes in t he break room at work (and whatever youtube videos my wife plays on the big screen at home)
 
I wish I could say the same thing, Dngrsone... I avoid network programming like the plague, as it usually has to do with something that I find utterly pointless to watch (like reality TV shows, and remakes of remakes).

I avoid MTV and Nickelodeon, because many of the shows advocate truly stupid human behavior...

I like the Travel Channel (I really like Ghost Adventures, and The Dead Files); I like the Science Channel (Neil DeGrasse Tyson does some good stuff, even if Seth McFarlane is a show contributor); I do like to watch BBC America (shows like Keeping Up Appearances, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Top Gear or Doctor Who).

I like the History Channel and H2, A&E for some shows - anything that is informative, and enlightening.

Then, there's always VOD - to keep them, I record those to a separate DVR. When my service provider gives some premium channels some free viewing time, I'll record some good films to the internal DVR. Since my data provider on my smartphone is Beast Mobile, I don't do a lot of streaming.

When I used to, I liked Netflix.

I play and record my music, do videos that go to my fiancée's YouTube account (yes, Google's revised EULAs prevent me from giving them too much personal information). I have a blog at Wordpress, tied to a personal email account that uses SSL - my spam folder there stays empty.

Have good day, Dngrsone - LW
 
Companies that use charities to get customers or fb likes. They usually say something along the line of "for every like we get we'll give £1 for charity". Even in the small print it usually says "up to a limit of £X" X being the amount.
They really annoy me. It's as if they don't have any morals.
 
CrimsonToker said:
Oh, and tribal I.d.'s! In the great state of California (U.S.) you need legal identification to purchase booze. Legal id is federal id, meaning something given by the government of the united States of America, NOT the government of the Indian American nations. They are sovereign, separate from u.s. government, so I can't sell beer with their id, or I could lose my job. But I get so much $%#@ for that, and it's not MY fault!
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I know that feeling. I used to work in a gas station. I had to kick a lady out of my store once because she got belligerent that I couldn't accept her German issued DL as identification to buy beer. I don't make the rules, I enforce them.

Also got a death threat from some white trash dude for asking his GF for ID to buy smokes.
 
Unforgiven said:
Post storm flurries that last 7 hours longer than forecast and drop 8 inches more than the dusting we were told.
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I've always wondered what it would be like to be a meteorologist.

I remember being marooned in Jenkins, KY, in the early winter of 1987. I was rehearsing with a band in this old, dead coal town. A low pressure cell kept rotating around, again and again. The snow continued, unabated, for ten days. My BMW couldn't climb the mountain road we were on. We were in a dry county, so, if anyone wanted beer, they'd send the crazy, diabetic Yankee up the hill into Tennessee, on foot, to get beer, cigarettes. and groceries.

We were staying in a condemned hotel, and we rehearsed every day, to get ready for our gigs coming in early-March. The keyboard player and I had the most money, as he and I had played in Loretta Lynn's band, before hooking up with this group.

The snow just kept coming, Unforgiven, just like what you've been going through, and the meteorologists were asleep at the switch. We were marooned, and the damned sheriff just sat there in one spot, for days.

I feel bad for anyone in the Northeast. I remember the Blizzard of '78, when everyone wore tee shirts that read: "Thanks a HULL of a lot."

I'm planning to move to Colorado later this year. Some people must think I'm nuts - but, I'd rather have four seasons, and dry cold - than 44° F wet days, that make everything I have hurt.

Good luck, Unforgiven - LW
 
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mikedt said:
MTV = Moron TV. Once upon a time it stood for Music Television.
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Remember when MTV firsr came out, with "Video Killed The Radio Star"? That was what it was meant for - not reality TV shows about pregnant teens - who just happen to be 'cutters' - while suffering from anorexia nervosa, and bulemia at the same time. Whining all the while... in the ubiquitous worry about ratings...

Yeah - let's provide our female teenage demographic with role models named Snooki.

mikedt, you and I both know that you only have one shot at being young, unpolluted and idealistic...

Eventually, cynicism takes over, and the proverbial rose is off the bloom - for good, unless you start a Botox regimen before age 21.

"I'm young - I'm wild, and I'm free - got the magic power of the music, in me..."
LW
 
Speaking of MTV, I saw this show on there the other day called Eye Candy. You know how they always show computer hackers on TV and movies- "you need me to hack into the NSA supercomputer? okay"- taps on keyboard for five seconds- "alright, I'm in!"
Well this show has a hot teenage girl who can hack anything-wait for it- from her cell phone lol. My favorite part is when she is locked in a speeding car that her stalker/hacker is driving by remote control and she plugs her phone into the car's USB port to stop the car inches from backing into a pole and killing the other guy who's locked in the trunk. Utterly ludicrous lol. The full episodes are on YouTube if anybody wants a laugh.

I actually think the Teen Mom show can be a cautionary tale for teen girls, though. They definitely don't have glamorous lives.
 
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