Ashyukun wrote:
In reply to Chadeux:
The comments sections of almost any place not strictly moderated tend to be worse than Mos Eisley, and it only seems to be getting worse.
Every time i read a news article online i tell myself im not going to read the comments. Then i do it anyway. That does a good job of renewing my hatred for humanity. It doesnt matter what the article is, it could be about a dog that plays the piano. The comments make our locked threads look like a disney sing-along.
Mike wrote:
I love unicorns. I just found a vehicle that has a place in my desktop wallpaper rotation, a 2010 Porsche Cayman S Transsyberia. Not only that, it's one of the very few with the super loud black and orange paint, and the Hella lightbar that precluded a sunroof. The S Transsyberia combined the higher output V8 from the GTS with none of the street focus. It's like an off-road focused GTS. Most deleted the graphics and the lightbar, so they just look like a standard S with alcantara. I want this one, in all its halloween-colored glory. Theoretically, I can afford this. It would, considering where I am in life, preclude too much, such as an actual car. It'd have to be my only ride, and I've been stuck in an automatic SUV before.
If you have to get stuck with an Automatic SUV, that's the one. I can think of much worse vehicles to get stuck driving.
Karacticus wrote:
After having transitioned my home and auto insurance from one carrier to another in mid-July, effect August 1st, with plenty of notice given my old carrier, I now have to talk personally to my agent before he will cancel the policies!
So agent finally called me back so I could get policies cancelled. He gave me a long talking to about how much he recommends my wife's business, and told me how he sees it may not be possible to do so in the future.
It's his right to do so, but sure as heck isn't a positive way to win business back.
I am somewhat allergic to my sweat for some reason. Mostly my face and eyes get rashes from whatever is in sweat besides water. Today it wasn't just my eyes and face.
What's the most annoying place you can think of to get a rash.
You're probably right.
Wow! That's cool. I can't apply for the Americans with Disabilities Act through my current employer's health group, for my diabetes, because my doctor's office hasn't had an A1C from me since 2014! (Have I been a guinea pig for medical trials that long?!?!) I can't go to my endocrinologist because I don't have enough money. I don't have enough money because I keep missing work because my blood glucose is screwed up.
I've reached black-belt levels of berkeleyed.
Right of way: it's not just for cars, it also applies to bicycles riding on the road. Which MEANS, Mister Asshat In The Truck, that you have to yield to them when they have the right of way as well as them yielding to you when you have it. And if you're turning left at a non-protected green, here's a pro-tip: You don't have the right of way, the vehicle turning right on the green coming the other way does.
And for the record, 'yielding the right of way' does not typically involve cursing and passing as close as you can get without actually hitting me. Likewise, 'taking the right of way' does not typically involve swearing back in response- but I think it was more than justified that I did so.
RossD
MegaDork
8/22/17 7:30 a.m.
To the guy going to work on his bicycle. If you travel on the road, you are in traffic and need to follow the rules of the road. If you travel on the sidewalk (which in this area is pretty normal), I will accept the fact that you will not follow the rules of the road.
Please don't ride in traffic and blast through a busy 4-way stop. You're lucky I saw you.
RossD wrote:
To the guy going to work on his bicycle. If you travel on the road, you are in traffic and need to follow the rules of the road. If you travel on the sidewalk (which in this area is pretty normal), I will accept the fact that you will not follow the rules of the road.
Please don't ride in traffic and blast through a busy 4-way stop. You're lucky I saw you.
I wholeheartedly agree- it's why I stay on the road and follow the traffic laws as if I were in one of my cars or on my moped. Both because it pisses me off when I'm driving a car and bicyclists ride around ignoring traffic laws and because it's just far safer (most of the time). Honestly, I think bicyclists behaving badly pisses me off more than most people because it makes it more likely that people will get mad at me simply for being on a bicycle on the road by association.
In reply to Ashyukun:
The same applies to motorcyclists. Your bad riding makes us all look bad.
RevRico
SuperDork
8/22/17 10:06 a.m.
Appleseed wrote:
In reply to Ashyukun:
The same applies to motorcyclists. Your bad riding makes us all look bad.
Yes.especially the hootus I had to follow on Sunday. 13.6 miles in a 55 zone never breaking 30mph. Until a passing zone opened up and he paced me to 90 so I had to fall back in behind him for more miles of half the speed limit. I'm still surprised I didn't give him a little nudge.
Appleseed wrote:
Wow! That's cool. I can't apply for the Americans with Disabilities Act through my current employer's health group, for my diabetes, because my doctor's office hasn't had an A1C from me since 2014! (Have I been a guinea pig for medical trials that long?!?!) I can't go to my endocrinologist because I don't have enough money. I don't have enough money because I keep missing work because my blood glucose is screwed up.
I've reached black-belt levels of berkeleyed.
If you start a Generosity/GoFundMe campaign, I'll pitch in at least $10.
was working on my Chesapeake Light Craft Expedition Wherry this morning and mismeasured a cut. Now I can only use that sheet of $62 plywood for the smaller pieces
WilD
Dork
8/22/17 12:38 p.m.
Insurance company "denied" a prescription today.
GameboyRMH wrote:
Appleseed wrote:
Wow! That's cool. I can't apply for the Americans with Disabilities Act through my current employer's health group, for my diabetes, because my doctor's office hasn't had an A1C from me since 2014! (Have I been a guinea pig for medical trials that long?!?!) I can't go to my endocrinologist because I don't have enough money. I don't have enough money because I keep missing work because my blood glucose is screwed up.
I've reached black-belt levels of berkeleyed.
If you start a Generosity/GoFundMe campaign, I'll pitch in at least $10.
I'll wait till it gets to 3rd degree zen black belt before I do that. But I appreciate it.
Wife told me i needed to see an eye doctor. First time in 12 years and the doctor was amazed i could see well enough too drive after dark. Glasses are berkeleyin exspensive!
dropstep wrote:
Wife told me i needed to see an eye doctor. First time in 12 years and the doctor was amazed i could see well enough too drive after dark. Glasses are berkeleyin exspensive!
Have you told her yet that you forgot how good looking she is?
Tornado warning right in the middle of a project.
Yay
it's berkeleyin' creepy out
The last 3 weeks of 18 hour days have caught up. Holy crap.
T.J.
MegaDork
8/22/17 4:14 p.m.
My son is in the ER and needs to go to a different hospital 3 hrs away for treatment. Unfortunately there is a 100 year statue there that is the center of a 'protest" tonight. He is going via helo but we have to drive. Hoping for no traffic issues or general ass hattery.
In reply to T.J.:
Good luck, to mini-TJ. Chopper rides are supposed to be fun.
In reply to T.J.:
Hope everythong goes smoothly for mini TJ.
etifosi
SuperDork
8/22/17 7:12 p.m.
At the end of a job interview today the department manager said: "Well, I bet you'd be fun to have a beer with!"
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
To the people that think it's OK to ride my bumper in my Lifted 'Burb:
If I can't see you, I'm not bloody well gonna worry about whether or not your grill plays ping pong with my trailer hitch. Brake checks are solely for my entertainment. BACK OFF!
In reply to Recon1342:
I wished I had a manual trans, just so I could "accidentally" stall it this morning when I had the gall to stop at a red light and then wait for someone to finish crossing the road before I made a right turn on red. Seriously, I was stopped for about 1.3 seconds, definitely less than two, before the whiner in a black Odyssey honked at me.
I am blaming this deeply ingrained stubbornness regarding other people whining (honking your horn is mechanized whining) as partially my American heritage (you can't tell ME what to do!) and partially some sort of Eastern European genetic memory.
Note that you MAY turn right on red where legal. You aren't required to do it. In fact many people are required to not do it, and I refuse to do it if I can't safely see around traffic, as is my duty.
T.J.
MegaDork
8/22/17 9:44 p.m.
In reply to Appleseed and ECM:
Thanks. He made it here ok and we made it without issues but had to drive.