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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

Kaat72 said:
You deserved some good change, LOveWerks. Well played, sir :)
Been there, seen the Indian summer. You're lucky, in many ways.
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Thank you, @Kaat72, for your joyful support in our upcoming move.

As always, you're 'Cool Kaat' to me. ;) ...

I recently acquired a book titled "Colorado II" by author/photographer David Muench - the reading is sparse, but the photography is truly splendid! All of the fragile flowers (like columbines; it is, sadly, such a shame that the word 'Columbine' is associated with that Colorado high school shooting in the late 1990s) are so beautiful and fragile, up against the background of The Rockies.

I'm just amazed by the majesty of The Rockies... I once visited Boulder, CO after playing a gig in Utah; my Utah experience was quite strange, but - the people of Boulder were very friendly, and as we used to say years ago, here in the United States: they were really 'laid back', peaceful souls.

I look forward to the move; though I've traveled west many times (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Oregon and
Washington) - I've visited these places, and stayed briefly - but, I've never lived there.

I'm looking forward to this move to Colorado... now, my rant of the day:

Can people be so selfish, and just downright mean - when you've got your right directionals blinking away, and you're still 2.5 miles from the on ramp to get you to I-40 East in Raleigh, NC (so you can go home), and people just keep driving past you in the right lane, seemingly oblivious to your vehicle? Damn it.

That same day, I pulled into a side road that led to a Walmart; before the white line at the intersection/left turn, read the word "STOP".

I follow the rules of the road. Why would an overweight lady with missing teeth curse at me, for stopping? She was in the right lane, making a right turn!

Ah... the machinations of the human mind. What can anyone do?

Yet, Colorado beckons. :)

LW

 
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The drivers are worse here. No one knows what "merge" means - even after 20 years.

"Oh look, Mabel - there's a garage sale over there" and they zip across a couple of lanes of traffic without looking.

Uphill traffic has the right of way. Downhill does not. Downhill has the force of gravity behind it.
 
zuben el genub said:
The drivers are worse here. No one knows what "merge" means - even after 20 years.

"Oh look, Mabel - there's a garage sale over there" and they zip across a couple of lanes of traffic without looking.

Uphill traffic has the right of way. Downhill does not. Downhill has the force of gravity behind it.
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Who knows, @zuben el genub - maybe we'll meet at King Stoopid's one day - you can give me some pointers :).
LW
 
King Soopers doesn't really go in the foothills. You might have City Market. Albertson's and Safeway merged. Safeway was the more common of all the stores.

City Market and King Soopers do share the same computer network. I was able to pick up meds in Moab.
 
Drivers here in Vegas are straight up douchebags. Nobody will let you merge...as a result I've become a much more aggressive driver...just so I can get on the freeway. They see that the end of your merge lane is coming up, but they won't make any space to let you in.

Last week I had a coworker come up and thank me. Apparently I had let her merge in front of me(I had no idea who it was). She looked back and recognized me. Apparently it was the only time in a very long time anybody had paused to let her in.
 
bjacks12 said:
Drivers here in Vegas are straight up douchebags. Nobody will let you merge...as a result I've become a much more aggressive driver...just so I can get on the freeway. They see that the end of your merge lane is coming up, but they won't make any space to let you in.

Last week I had a coworker come up and thank me. Apparently I had let her merge in front of me(I had no idea who it was). She looked back and recognized me. Apparently it was the only time in a very long time anybody had paused to let her in.
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That kind of thing happens here in the DC/VA/MD area frequently. Drivers can be such jerks at time.

Honestly, some of the bad driving, in my opinion, seems to be due to the popularity of NASCAR. Seriously, before the popularity of NASCAR, there were of course aggressive drivers, but since NASCAR became popular, there seems to more of a "You're not taking my lane!" mentality, than there ever was before.
 
kct1975 said:
That kind of thing happens here in the DC/VA/MD area frequently. Drivers can be such jerks at time.

Honestly, some of the bad driving, in my opinion, seems to be due to the popularity of NASCAR. Seriously, before the popularity of NASCAR, there were of course aggressive drivers, but since NASCAR became popular, there seems to more of a "You're not taking my lane!" mentality, than there ever was before.
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Just saw a car with a sticker on the back -"I'm not speeding - I'm qualifying" For what??
 
My rant:

Today, nothing was accomplished. This past Saturday, when I had my driving experience that I ranted about earlier, my lady and I got free street parking in downtown Raleigh, NC - yet, the streets were devoid of people. So, we re-packed my instruments and gear back into the car, and drove home.

A waste of gasoline, and time. Now, since Mondays are historically non-productive days, we didn't go busking (doing the street music thing) - but, the weather was perfect. The weather forecast for the rest of this week is 'iffy': 20 - 30% isolated showers, and thunderstorms, except for a glimmering chance on Wednesday - they're calling for a 'slight chance' of isolated t-storms...

The money is definitely needed. The riding mower (and the car) need gasoline, to do their respective jobs...

The yard is weed city. Our dogs are happy about it, since they both
seem to be circumspect about pooping in short grass.

When their area of the yard is freshly cut, and we let them out... they walk around in circles, sniffing the ground, giving us sidelong glances that say: "What did you do to our outdoor space?"

Sometimes, our Border Collie won't poop for two days, when that happens. Poor guy.

In summation, I'm whining; and, our dogs are neurotic mirrors of their owners...

May everyone here have a good week, and send some good vibrations our way. We've still got a bunch of indoor stuff to do, so tomorrow will be used up in a good way. :)

LW
 
I've lost another member of my family. My great-aunt M succumbed to blood poisoning, and old age.

She died at the age of ninety-one, a widow (my great-uncle D passed in 1985); survived by my six second cousins, their children, and great-grandchildren.

One of her daughters passed back in 2007, K. She had a liver transplant that didn't
thrive. So, seven children became six. K is still in our hearts, as is my great-aunt M.

I'm sad because we used to keep abreast of family things via Facebook. I didn't learn about my great-aunt's death until 10:35 last night, as the second cousin that I'm closest to had just returned from the funeral in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

I'm sure he had to finish the very early part of his grieving, before contacting me - even though I'm the oldest second cousin, he knows how emotional I
can be.

After all, I buried my grandfather, mother and father between 1996 - 2006. He was there when I suffered my losses, as we lived closer geographically back then for my grandfather and mother's death. Even when I lived further away when my father died, my second cousin - a musician, like myself that I performed with in a duo between 1997 - 2000 - was there for me.

I'm a bit peeved at myself that I don't even like akamai.net sniffing around when I used Facebook in the past. I would've known about my great-aunt's death sooner, had I kept my Facebook page alive; and, possibly, made arrangements to attend the funeral; or, at the very least, send flowers.

Still, the Web is becoming more like Big Brother every day. Yet, here I am, using No Script, Ghostery, and Duck Duck Go.

All I want is my privacy - but, at what cost? :(

LW
 
I've been a vocal opponent of moving from 7 to 8 at work. The partners use 8, everybody else is still on 7. I'm happy where I am. I've gotten the reach around from 8 on my personal laptop. Maybe with 10 they'll use some lube.
 
bjacks12 said:
I've been a vocal opponent of moving from 7 to 8 at work. The partners use 8, everybody else is still on 7. I'm happy where I am. I've gotten the reach around from 8 on my personal laptop. Maybe with 10 they'll use some lube.
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Maybe even buy you some flowers.
 
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