It's hard to stop when people keep taking the bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by PB
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It's hard to stop when people keep taking the bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by PB
Well played, Sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Walking down a sidewalk with my wife and coming upon another couple or group, I always slide in behind my wife to make room. But it's amazing how many people don't do the same. They just stay side by side and assume it's their space. And generally, we're the f'n oldest, not that it makes a difference, but when 20-somethings don't show courtesy it just makes me realize their parents shouldn't have reproduced.
/rant
^^ ITs a simple courtesy to move over. Also, motherfuckers who don't hold the door for the folks behind them pisses me off.
Yeah, look 'em directly in the face, and yell "Heads up!"Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
They usually look confused, and then generally move over. Or just stand still...
I usually just walk right into them, they move
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My wife always slows down if I do this and I end up bumping into her. I know, there's a thread for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
I prefer "WAKE UP!!!" Although I generally rely on the stop and stand in their way passive-aggressive approach.
I live in a college town, and the obliviousness is astounding. This is why we need apex predators to weed out the weak, especial;ly ones that key in on raucous, inane conversations.
The worst ones are staring at their phone while walking down the side walk.
Drift: saw a guy texting while skiing on Friday. Why??Quote:
Originally Posted by halliday
These are the same idiots (advanced walkers) that snowshoe (if they have any winter gear) or posthole in tennis shoes (if they have no winter gear) down the classic track on the cross country trails and then apologize that they are doing just that. DID YOU READ THE FUCKING XC TRAIL ETIQUETTE? CLEARLY, NO.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
Wait, what was the problem here? I remember the shit my brother said the first time he saw a black kid in rural Mississippi. He didnt mean anything by it, he was just confused, and my mom was horrified.Quote:
Originally Posted by halliday
At least the lady was reprimanding the kid. Maybe i missed your point though.
You never watched Sesame Street, Mr. Rodgers, or Alfalfa?
Fat Albert?
i don't know why but earlier today i remembered some racist shit i said at school in like first grade. one of those things that my brain just assigned me to think about for a second, ya know? well, my thought was, i must've heard something to that effect from one of my parents or something. problem is, they, and every single other adult that i could think of as having a formative influence on my childhood, have always been just the antithesis. so i concluded that little kids are just naturally a lil bit racist. and yes, the media i was exposed to definitely had underlying racial commentary.Quote:
Originally Posted by halliday
I was once sitting at a sidewalk table at a restaurant, and across the street was a hipster on a fixie bike, riding no hands, and using those hands to text on his phone. Not looking up at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by halliday
A car pulled out of a parking garage, slowly, and stopped to let traffic -- including that fixie rider -- pass by. Fixie rider didn't look up, and rode straight into the fender of that car.
Did you end up on the ground laughing hysterically?
I would've.
Yep. It was truly amazing.
I was once riding along on my fixed gear with a quart bottle of High Life in one hand and a smoke in the other and a branch fell out of a sycamore right in front of meQuote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
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I'm in the substantial minority of people that turn their cars off when dropping kids off at daycare. Every damn day, there's at least 1 or 2 Suburbans / Tahoes / Other Generic Land Yacht idling in front of the daycare for ~5 minutes while they drop their crotch fruit off. The parents are all decked out in their natural hemp fiber responsibly harvested environmentally conscious Patagonia clothes, and then they leave their 9 mpg behemoth running for no apparent reason.
They’re saving the starter from wear and tear. Should be able to go an extra year between replacements.
fact.
I was early last time I got a haircut. While I was waiting in the lot a couple pulled in w/ their full size suv, botoxed 40 something wife goes in, comes out after a few minutes to wave her hubby in. He gets out, puts their frufru dog in the back seat, slips his ccw holster in his pants and goes in, leaving the vehicle idling. Still was running when I came out from my haircut 20 minutes later.
Not excusing that behavior, but maybe they were running the heat/ ac for the lap dog?Quote:
Originally Posted by chicken feathers
It was cloudy and in the 50’s. Possible for sure though.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
Proof positive that gas isn't expensive enough. Just keep taxing it until people STOP idling in parking lots. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by chicken feathers
reminds me of arriving to the ski lot early. A good portion of cars run the engine for heat for 1hr+ while they take a nap. Put your damn jacket on. I don't want to breath your exhaust while I slip into my bogner one piece
Cause you can’t smell your farts as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by klauss
How many of y'all stale old fucks who bitch about idling also turn off the auto stop/start on your own vehicles?
50% of the time it is some bro'ed out massive diesel truck. I typically get ready and out of the parking lot pretty fast, but getting the kids ready while being gassed with diesel exhaust is annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by klauss
Auto stop/start on my own vehicle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
You're funny.
:D
I'm guessing the typical start motor nowadays has more than enough cycles between failure for the average life of the vehicle, but perhaps I'm wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by m2711c
Don't some vehicles even automatically shut off the engine when the car comes to a stop for more than a few seconds now? Seems like I've had rentals that do that.
Yes. Several of my wife's coworkers have had their new cars modded not to do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
There's usually a way to turn it off. Auto stop/start can drive you insane trying to get into a tight parking spot, between the beeps for proximity and the AS/S it can get bananas quick, especially if you're trying to be fast, like on a busy road with cars waiting to pass.
Yep. Even had to order a defeat module for the latest ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
ASS sucks ass.
I bitch when mine doesn't shut off for whatever reason. Anyone that cannot handle the off/on shouldn't be driving. Turn in your license and you sure as hell shouldn't be skiing either. Wtf is wrong with you!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
I feel like among folks who have driven carbourated vehicles, the lack of inherent trust that it'll turn back on when the light turns green, is a big blocker to adoption. I'm kinda with the boomers on this one.
Why? Seems fine to me, and sure as shit I get maybe 4-6 mpg better than the last model of my truck that didn’t have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
My new Bronco has that auto-stop-start. I like it. Nice and quiet at traffic lights. I have a manual transmission, and it activates with the clutch pedal.
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ASS is fine, until your battery fails. My wife’s brand new Suby fleet car burned through a battery in months. She stopped at a light, ASS system shut down, and would not restart the car because the battery was dead. She had to use a jump-starter battery pack in the middle of traffic. Coasted in neutral at the next lights with her foot reving the gas to keep it running.
When the car in front of you dies because the stop/start failed and you have to wait for it to get towed you'd have a thing against it too. Nope, couldn't go around because it was a construction area with concrete barriers on both sides. That's why it took so long, tow truck had to back in. That sucked.
My Honda ASS only works if the battery is fully charged. It's still annoying if in stop and go traffic or going through a bunch of stop signs - but that's why there's an on/off switch right there next to the gear selector. (Can't call it a shifter, it's just a series of buttons.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive