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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

It's Friday Folks! :)
 

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Gmash said:
I'm shocked to hear that groups of women sometimes like to engage in gossip. Who knew? :p
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The worst part is how would someone tell Mrs. Gmash (if there is one) that they are definitely not interested in your personal habits? Without starting a cat fight? Have you heard about "Mommy Wars?"
 
If you give me incomplete tax information and call me back weeks after I asked you to provide the remaining information just to cuss me out because your return is not done, when you haven't provided the requested information, you can go eat dirt.
 
zuben el genub said:
The worst part is how would someone tell Mrs. Gmash (if there is one) that they are definitely not interested in your personal habits? Without starting a cat fight? Have you heard about "Mommy Wars?"
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You can either nod and smile, then gossip about them when you get home ;), or have some fun. One-up their stories by making up some outrageous anecdotes about the Vulcan and laugh about it later. :p
I know about mommy wars, I think both sides are just jealous of the other. Grass is always greener and all that.
 
I've seen men gossip just as bad as some women. We can call it 'talking smack' (or the other commonly used 's - epithet') - but, it is one and the same:

Gossip.

I've worked as a tax preparer, bjacks12. Returns are only as complete as the information given by the clients.

I won't do it again. To be a tax person, you've got to deal with a lot of dumb@$$... and, I don't have the patience for it.

That was back in the '90s, for the love of Mike... while I was in a partnership with a guy doing professional-grade landscaping (he ran the crews, while I got the accounts) - and, I was playing no less than three musical gigs a week.

This is probably why I'm in the shape I'm in now.

LW
 
You can distract men with a car question or some other type of question about specs.

Most women - they like the luxury and appearance. I happen to want to know about performance.
 
Tweakers! What the crap is so appealing about this nasty shit? It makes people do stupid stuff, it rots your face and brain, even the name comes out sounding like an obscenity to me. Meth.... f***ing gross...
 
We had awesome weather this weekend, both days were beautiful & in the 70s. Today I ran some errands & then was going to take my bike for a spin, as I was walking to where I have it locked up, I realized... "crap! I don't remember the combination to my lock...". It's a word lock, & it came from Target with some pre-set word that I can't change, but I can't remember what it was. I think it starts with an M, or maybe an H :confused:

I found a video online where you can supposedly "break into" a lock like this, I went back down & tried but I can't do it. I need to find some shady character to break into it for me!
 
If it has four tumblers with each having ten letters there are only 9999 possibilities. Just start with the tumblers on the earliest letter of the alphabet and sequentially move the ones spot though it's ten possibilities and then the ten spot up one letter and through the first tumbler again. Each time through the one's tumbler you increase the tumblers to the left one digit. In other words, go to the hardware store and buy a cheap set of bolt cutters. :)
 
Thanks, Mr. Smarty Pants, that's Plan B. :D Tomorrow after work I have to go to Target anyway, so I'll look at the others on the shelf & see if the combo on any of them reminds me of what mine is. If not, I'll have to buy something to cut the dumb thing off.
 
If it is one of those cheap ones, the guts are often what I call carnival steal. Minor heat
PattiCakeUS said:
Thanks, Mr. Smarty Pants, that's Plan B. :D Tomorrow after work I have to go to Target anyway, so I'll look at the others on the shelf & see if the combo on any of them reminds me of what mine is. If not, I'll have to buy something to cut the dumb thing off.
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Grab a $5 soldering torch and hit the dial part. That cheap carnival steal will melt under pretty low temps. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.;)
 
Free at last, free at last, thankfully my bike is free at last!

After looking at the locks at Target (one had the combo HULK !) I came home & fiddled with mine again, I thought it started with an M, so I tried making words starting with M, & then I remembered... MOOS.

Now if my bike goes missing, I'll know it was one of you LOL
 
More general advice from a cranky tax accountant:

If you decide to create a human, and would like to enjoy the tax benefits of such, be sure to make your accountant aware of this before he files your tax return, rather than via angry e-mail after the return has been filed.
 
bjacks12 said:
More general advice from a cranky tax accountant:

If you decide to create a human, and would like to enjoy the tax benefits of such, be sure to make your accountant aware of this before he files your tax return, rather than via angry e-mail after the return has been filed.
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Wow, that's silly of them not to have told you! But maybe they were angry about creating the human (since they're pretty darned expensive), & not angry with you? ;)
 
PattiCakeUS said:
Free at last, free at last, thankfully my bike is free at last!

After looking at the locks at Target (one had the combo HULK !) I came home & fiddled with mine again, I thought it started with an M, so I tried making words starting with M, & then I remembered... MOOS.

Now if my bike goes missing, I'll know it was one of you LOL
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Put a cow sticker on your bike somewhere, that should be a good reminder. :p (or a moose sticker)
 
bjacks12 said:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/28777961/man-jumps-from-us-95-traffic-diverted

This guy made me late for work on Saturday....thanks dude.
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bjacks12, hopefully it wasn't one of your tax clients (ha-ha)... it's sad that someone either fell or jumped onto a main traffic artery; my, I wouldn't wish for that to happen to anyone.

I checked out your link - hopefully, this person makes it out of the Critical Care Unit of the hospital they were sent to.

bjacks12, you strike me as the kind of person who has a strong work ethic, and arriving late to work isn't the way things would normally happen with you... so, let's hope the person who was injured gets better, and your stress level at work improves.

Just trying to cheer you up, fellow rantmeister. Have a good week - LW
 
Spring has 'sprung' - may everyone who participates in this thread have a good week.

I get to meet my new psychiatrist this week (hopefully he or she is a good one), and I have another appointment with my new grief counselor.

I'm making many good small steps. I do have one rant, however.

When I stopped smoking cigarettes three years ago, I started vaping e-cigarettes; and, over time, I've worked my way over to sub ohm coil vaping, which is really satisfying.

I recently got a power pack which is referred to as a 'mod', complete with an OLED display, letting me know my volt setting, the resistance of my sub ohm coil; and, amazingly, even the duration time of my inhale. So, I was thrilled to learn that there was a power/ampere level mod for my existing 'mod', which maxed out at about 7.6 volts, and 23650 mAH (milliamps per hour).

Plenty of vaping satisfaction, but I wanted more by converting my 18650 battery to a Samsung 25R. With soldering iron in hand, I went to work.

Looking back, I shouldn't have drank the 20 oz. sugar free Red Bull.

In my shaky-hand soldering attempt, I managed to fry my existing power pack mod. In my frustration, I broke down and cried.

Pass the clonazepam, please. No panic attacks allowed.

After calming down, and some Internet research, I found a more powerful power pack mod, for really cheap. I ordered it through Fast Tech, and though I'll have to wait ten more days, and use my old 3.8 volt 1.5 amp coil atomizer to vape - I got some new e-liquid, and more sub ohm coils with the money I saved.

I will never drink Red Bull again. People of my psyche need to avoid things like that.

Thankfully, the stronger battery survived. So, I'll be able to mod my lady's power supply. My rant. LW
 
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If it had been one of those regular-sized 7-8 oz. Red Bulls, I probably would've been fine... but, that 20 oz. really did me in. Since I'm type-1 diabetic, I've got to keep on the lookout for regular diet soft drinks, too, as they can elevate my blood sugar alcohol levels.

Not good for the liver and kidneys.

I may be waiting awhile for my new mod, as it has shipped out of Singapore... but, I look forward to its arrival - LW
 
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