Shit that annoys you

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Originally Posted by Danno

where did you buy from? cheapcomputercablesrus.com? Say what you will about evil amazon, but order something from Prime -- even cheap chinese shit -- and if you don't like it or it doesn't work, super easy to return with no questions asked.

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True but it would be nice if Amazon weeded out the fake shit. If assholes like Bezos could stand to be a little less rich they would stand a chance of going to heaven after a few millenia in purgatory.

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Originally Posted by babybear

I worked with a literal rocket scientist that worked at nasa when I ski patrolled at Sugarbush (he was a voli) and he was essentially a cross between Mr. Magoo and Betty White on the hill

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When we were in Big Sky they were having a convention of rocket scientists talking about Mars. I don't know if any of them made it onto the hill--the meetings seemed to go on all day--not your usual early morning and late afternoon doctor convention stuff.

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Originally Posted by old goat

When we were in Big Sky they were having a convention of rocket scientists talking about Mars. I don't know if any of them made it onto the hill--the meetings seemed to go on all day--not your usual early morning and late afternoon doctor convention stuff.

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Yeah, that's how every engineering convention I've been to is like. Your days are pretty much completely taken unless you simply skip a good part of the program. You need to tack on a couple days afterward to actually do anything fun.

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Doordash them some mountain house.

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Originally Posted by Mustonen

Kids are with their mom. She left them at a friend’s house to go to “camp” with the friend’s parents. They are texting me for money so they can get some food, because I guess there isn’t any where they are and all the adults are out of service.

Counting to ten and not sending the texts or making the phone calls I want to.

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Wtaf.

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Originally Posted by The AD

Yeah, that's how every engineering convention I've been to is like. Your days are pretty much completely taken unless you simply skip a good part of the program. You need to tack on a couple days afterward to actually do anything fun.

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The last lawyer convention I went to in big sky had the early morning / late afternoon schedule, but as best I could tell, maybe 5% of attendees actually went skiing. So maybe the scheduling concessions for the skiers aren't really worth much. Kinda why I stopped bothering with going to those things.

Doctors ski. And don't give a fuck if they learn anything, as long as they check the CME box. At Alta one year the CME elgible course was stress reduction for health professionals. Although these days you have to figure out some culturally aware angle to it.

Our departments ours on a doctors meeting at canyons base area. Early morning late afternoon schedule. Near as I can tell everyone skis. Used to be at Snowbird but people got stuck Iin the canyon to often.

Anyway, I was at Snowbird today and a snowboarder side slipped the whole run while texting and never looked up…until they ran a kid down byvyhe mid gad restaurant . Fucking tool. Ski patrol watched it happen and was escorting him off he hill when I skied away. That is a fucking annoying dude.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Doesn't your car have a jack you could have used?

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2 actually and both were too tall to fit under the thing.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Doctors ski. And don't give a fuck if they learn anything, as long as they check the CME box. At Alta one year the CME elgible course was stress reduction for health professionals. Although these days you have to figure out some culturally aware angle to it.

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We went to Snowbird for a dental conference years back. Wife sat in class all day while I skied powder. Work paid for a nice room at the Cliff Lodge. That was a pretty sweet trip.

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Originally Posted by hawkgt

I'm surrounded by really fucking smart people, phd level researchers, been a blessing for my career to learn from them but god dam.... not one of them can fucking navigate their computer

fuck sakes

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I work with a bunch of smart folks. Most easily 20-ish years younger than myself.

They are all fucking geniuses on their phones, but are all clueless about doing anything on our work desktops. All of our charting, docs notes, med stuff, etc. Constantly asking me how to do/find/etc.

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Originally Posted by old goat

True but it would be nice if Amazon weeded out the fake shit. If assholes like Bezos could stand to be a little less rich they would stand a chance of going to heaven after a few millenia in purgatory.

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https://youtu.be/_Bq-6GeRhys?si=qkzQJQi7atyl3oBi

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Originally Posted by Name Redacted

We went to Snowbird for a dental conference years back. Wife sat in class all day while I skied powder. Work paid for a nice room at the Cliff Lodge. That was a pretty sweet trip.

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Did that at Whistler with the American Educational Institute. One dude ‘supervised’ the 45 minute video class at 8am. My wife showed up, checked in, then was told she could go.

Saw the same guy working as a Patroller later in the day. I commend that.

people that get on a quad chair single and don't bother to clean the chair off while riding up.

Fucking ATT annoys me.
Upgraded my phone last week and the sales rep decided to add on a contract for repairs of my devices other than phones and tablets (TV and laptops I guess).
For the low cost of only $25/month
Didn’t bother to tell me either. Found out when I got a confirmation email.

Phone stores are the new car dealers

"Activists" attacking works of art. Wtf. This latest one is beyond idiotic. Their cause is sustainable food and they threw food at the Mona Lisa. Maybe they should have given the soup to a homeless person instead.

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Originally Posted by jackstraw

"Activists" attacking works of art. Wtf. This latest one is beyond idiotic. Their cause is sustainable food and they threw food at the Mona Lisa. Maybe they should have given the soup to a homeless person instead.

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Word. Kids these days.

^^^how could anyone think it helps their cause?

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Originally Posted by jackstraw

"Activists" attacking works of art. Wtf. This latest one is beyond idiotic. Their cause is sustainable food and they threw food at the Mona Lisa. Maybe they should have given the soup to a homeless person instead.

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Lots of these stunts have been funded by an org that gets a chunk of money from a big European oil family. Precisely cause they are so idiotic and counter productive.

Always follow the money.

As far as the target goes I will say this. Even though the stunt is idiotic and pointless, the money used to display and protect this work of art could be better used to feed people. Or better yet, since this is an important part of human history, maybe the museum budget should be doubled and half used to feed people.

I gots the athereetus; really annoying.

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Originally Posted by BFD

people that get on a quad chair single and don't bother to clean the chair off while riding up.

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Was big time cleaner of chairs until I realized that was why my hands froze shortly after - still try to accommodate by breaking ice with poles and pushing off, but not doing wet snow any more!

Edit to add: losing a sneeze!

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Originally Posted by PB

I gots the athereetus; really annoying.

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Originally Posted by rideit

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Basal thumb joint arthroplasty?


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Whoah!!! Didn't know there were surgical options!! The future's looking brighter .... post up your recovery story.

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Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn

Basal thumb joint arthroplasty?


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Sí. I’m about three weeks out. I also had my shoulder done on the same arm at the same time. Super-duper awesome start to 2024. Even more fun…I am probably having the right side done in December as well.

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Originally Posted by jackstraw

"Activists" attacking works of art. Wtf. This latest one is beyond idiotic. Their cause is sustainable food and they threw food at the Mona Lisa. Maybe they should have given the soup to a homeless person instead.

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They had the decency to attack the only invulnerable painting in the Louvre. They get some publicity, nothing gets hurt, industrial nonsustainable farming goes on, maybe on person in the world thinks about the problem for a day or so.

I think you could fire a bazooka at Gioconda and she’d remain unscathed behind her protective shield

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Originally Posted by rideit

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What’s the green thing?

External fixation (head of a 100mm pin).

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What’s the green thing?

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I’m having trouble seeing the thumb (as per the prior mention of thumb).

Almost looks like the back of a knee to me.

See where his fingers are in the foreground. It's the back of his thumb and wrist you're looking at.
It took me a while looking at it to figure it out.

that there's gonna put a damper on the furiousness...


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Originally Posted by rideit

Yes, I am left handed, so the fury is now coming in from the right.

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That explains the arthritis at least

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Originally Posted by ötzi

Me too on the plane/covid deal, back in December. Morans coughing their brains out right behind me.

Boissal, I would definitely be taking a much harder line with this than you. Much. But I'm glad everyone in your own family is getting better.

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Airports are full of sick people. Most won’t cancel their flights when sick. Change fees, plans etc. I believe the planes have hepa filters but that’s after push back. And likely useless if the dude next to you is hacking up a storm.

As for taking a hardline on MIL, i dunno. Covid politics ripped my family apart. And it hasn’t been resolved. So I say just forgive and forget. It wasn’t intentional.

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Originally Posted by ötzi

See where his fingers are in the foreground. It's the back of his thumb and wrist you're looking at.
It took me a while looking at it to figure it out.

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I see now! It’s almost like one of those pictures you have to stare at but need someone else to explain to you.

Good luck rideit.

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Originally Posted by rideit

Sí. I’m about three weeks out. I also had my shoulder done on the same arm at the same time. Super-duper awesome start to 2024. Even more fun…I am probably having the right side done in December as well.

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Dude, fukn ouch :eek:

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Originally Posted by californiagrown

Your time is worth so little to you that you are chasing down an online international <$20 refund? I mean, the ski conditions arent looking great here either, but damn.

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So, to follow up, as disjointed an email thread as it’s been with their CS, they’ve offered to just replace the cable outright

I am surprised given the janky comms process, but hey they’re trying to do the right thing

I will have to wait & see if the replacement actually works, but a decent update…