You know what grinds my gears?

POSTED BY: Wulfenstar
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 01:43
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KWICKO

Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:39 AM

Bravo, Frem, and I've been preachin' it for decades now. Carmakers go on about "passive" safety measures, but nobody ever wants to talk about the most effective ACTIVE safety devices: a nimble, quick car and a well-trained, attentive driver.

There are no stats for the accidents that DIDN'T happen. FAA tracks "near miss" incidents for aircraft, but nobody tracks that info for automobiles. Might make it harder to sell you on the latest and greatest Bloatmaster 3.5XL Tin Shitbox® if they did...

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

THEHAPPYTRADER

Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:11 AM

I can attest to this. My GTI has had more than few problems lately and can be a real pain in the ass, but it's never not been nimble and responsive. That little car may have saved my life twice by quickly turning and darting around this asshole who pulled out of a parking lot without looking (and while the sun was in my eyes) and being able to stop on a dime, pretty damn literally.

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:41 AM

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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
and "Toy" dogs.

Hey now, them little bastards are pretty lethal.
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One of my redneckish relatives breeds what he calls "Land Pirahna" or just "Critters", a smallish, fluffy little muttmix that's as ferocious as anything alive - and his reasoning was that you can catch a big dog asleep, and larger dogs are often lazy and/or hard to care for... but these lil bastards are unlikely to all be asleep at the same time, and will bumrush in a pack, so you can't wipe them out with a single hit, they make a gawdawful amount of noise, and three to five of em can fuck you up completely even FASTER than a large dog.

Consider well your fate after one of em drops you by savaging your achilles tendon....

-F

1KIKI

Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:47 AM

Yeah wulf, we know - plus hippies, liberals, people who think whites still have an advantage in society over people of color (except the Chinese, they are the NEW - and improved - white!), anyone you think might be a feminist, democrat, or literate, teachers, women who work, people who don't follow your rules, the disabled ...

It would be a shorter list if you would just post the people you DON'T hate.

KWICKO

Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
I can attest to this. My GTI has had more than few problems lately and can be a real pain in the ass, but it's never not been nimble and responsive. That little car may have saved my life twice by quickly turning and darting around this asshole who pulled out of a parking lot without looking (and while the sun was in my eyes) and being able to stop on a dime, pretty damn literally.

Exactly. And with just a little bit of aftermarket tweaking to the suspension, it can not only stop on a dime, but you'll be able to feel whether it's heads or tails!

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

RIONAEIRE

Friday, March 11, 2011 7:52 AM

I'm starting a new policy, its the Riona says whatever the rut she wants system. I'm not new anymore so I think I can now.

For starters, Happy Trader, you're my pal, but I'm not getting rid of my self chosen Irish accent for you, or anyone. I chose it because I love Irish things and if someone doesn't like it they don't have to be my phone friend, pure and simple. Its not going anywhere.

And energy, yeah I do mention it in regards to people and places, not in a new agy way, but in a way of expressing what I'm feeling to people, and I like doing it.

Next I totally agree about those medicine ads, I feel that they have no business putting ads out about prescription medicines on TV, "ask your doctor if --- is right for you" Pa-lease, I wish those would go back to being banned.

I hate tipping, did you know that in Ireland you don't have to tip? Its amazing, so wonderful and free, I know that the reason we have to tip in the US is because the waitors and waitresses don't get paid a good enough wage, so we have to make up the slack, but I wish they got paid more so I didn't have to take care of it, arrrrrrrrgh. What irritates me just as much is that no one seems to understand what I mean, its so ingrained into people that they must tip and they do it without complaint and think I'm a barbarian if I do complain. I do tip of course, but grudgingly, wishing that there would come a day when they got paid more so I didn't have to pay them.

Okay, and here's my thing that I don't like: How hybrid cars don't make noise, no one understands how hideous of a problem it is for me/anyone else in my situation, really dangerous, the good news is that they are putting in a minimum noise requirement bill in congress, huzah!

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, March 11, 2011 1:33 PM

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
Okay, and here's my thing that I don't like: How hybrid cars don't make noise, no one understands how hideous of a problem it is for me/anyone else in my situation, really dangerous, the good news is that they are putting in a minimum noise requirement bill in congress, huzah!

Aw curses!
Does it apply on private property ?

There's been some discussion of getting my lazy broken ass a patrol cruiser since my physical condition is only very barely up to the job any more, and I was so looking FORWARD to sneaking up on people (I have a set of Nightvision Goggles) who were casing the place with ill intentions and then giving them a dose of the highbeams, lightbar and the flashers all at once, hee hee hee.

Which is maybe a little bit less evil than coming up six inches behind them and going "BOO!", as I have done occassionally... it's funny to watch the young ones freak out and run screaming.

-Frem

PS. This is why most of the local hoodlums avoid this place like the plague, it's one thing to be chased off, another to be counted coup on like that.

WULFENSTAR

Friday, March 11, 2011 7:26 PM

-People with names you KNOW their parents made up on the spot. Parents with speech impediments, missing a lower portion of their mandible, or who are generally lazy.

Examples: Mercedes, Lexus, Lemonade (pronounced LeMONde), Shaniqua (in fact, anything ending in "QUA"), Porsche...

-Those stupid bottles of windshield washing fluid that fill your cars tank, but then leave JUST ENOUGH that you can't throw it away. So you drive around with about 2 inches of windshield washing fluid until its time to fill it back up again. Then, oh goody, you have just enough to get you to the gas station to buy ANOTHER poorly designed amount.

-Air filling stations that charge you 75 cents. Yes, it cost money to recharge the tanks, but 75 cents?

- Bagless vacumes. They DO NOT WORK. "Nuff said.

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"

THEHAPPYTRADER

Friday, March 11, 2011 8:43 PM

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For starters, Happy Trader, you're my pal, but I'm not getting rid of my self chosen Irish accent for you, or anyone. I chose it because I love Irish things and if someone doesn't like it they don't have to be my phone friend, pure and simple. Its not going anywhere.

lol, sorry to offend, of course there are always exceptions to the blatant generalizations this thread is full of. I didn't bother with specifics too much, but in your case, you do actually sing traditional Irish songs, so you have reason to use the dialect artistically and that is enough for it not to be annoying or pretentious to me.

'Course, everyone should feel free to do whatever the rut they want, no need for my approval lol. You just keep staying shiny!

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Okay, and here's my thing that I don't like: How hybrid cars don't make noise, no one understands how hideous of a problem it is for me/anyone else in my situation, really dangerous, the good news is that they are putting in a minimum noise requirement bill in congress, huzah!

Glad to hear this, I was a mite concerned with the quite cars as well, in case folks have poor vision or something, every little clue that a car is there and coming is a good thing.

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, March 11, 2011 11:46 PM

I dunno, some of those offbeat names aren't worse than the traditional tripe - one of Augustus's group is named Orangelo (yeah, I know, Orange Jello) but it does have a cool kind of roll to it, and the big bastard is something of a casanova besides - I don't rag him too much about it though, cause he's quite supportive of his two kids and their moms even if he didn't marry either of em.

-F

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