Shit that annoys you

**spanky** · 04-20-2021, 05:36 AM

Mylar balloons stuck in my tree. Any suggestions on how to get them out (besides cutting down a significant portion of the tree)?

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**old goat** · 04-20-2021, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by BC.

So you are saying when I go to teach recycling this week to 1st-3rd graders....I should just tell them don’t bother, it’s just a scam?....lol.

I can’t do my “Recycling Race”?....where I dump a bunch of stuff out on the playground and the kids race to sort the stuff into the correct recycling bins?.....I got prizes and everything.....

Damn, now I gotta make up all new plans for next week......that’s gonna be annoying.

Nah, just keep lying to them. Recycling is certainly not the worst lie they'll learn in school. ; - )

**stealurface831** · 04-20-2021, 09:12 AM

that one teacher that requires our cameras and microphones be on during zooms. fuck you, mr. r.

**concretejungle** · 04-20-2021, 09:22 AM

My mother is back in town and while I'm glad she's vaccinated and can come see us I had forgotten about some things.

She claims she going deaf and while that may be the case the bigger issue is that she doesn't fucking listen. I understand that every tv has a different setup but for someone who has been using one since they were invented you'd think she'd be able to figure out a new one. Nope, it's my job, which would be fine if she remembered what I told her to do so she didn't have to text me multiple times a day so I can go over it again.

**JongDoe** · 04-20-2021, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by KQ

Making my morning mocha... grab a fresh carton of Silk from the overflow fridge in the garage.... screw off the cap and reach for the ring to pull out the seal but there is no seal and the carton isn't full. Ugh. Some arse opened it at the store and drank from it then put it back.

Did you also check the Oreos?

**Aldo** · 04-20-2021, 10:29 AM

The dip function of side view mirrors on bmws really annoys me. If I wanted to look at the ground while I was backing up I’ll let you know ok?

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**riser4** · 04-20-2021, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Aldo

The dip function of side view mirrors on bmws really annoys me. If I wanted to look at the ground while I was backing up I’ll let you know ok?

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Right, it should be a push button setting. Because sometimes I do want to look at the ground when I am backing up my toyota minivan in my driveway and want it exactly on the inside edge of the pavement. I hate having to adjust the mirror, but I would hate it more if it always dipped in reverse.

**evdog** · 04-20-2021, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by spanky

Mylar balloons stuck in my tree.

I have nothing useful to suggest. But I hate those things. Constantly finding them on MTB rides hung up in bushes off trail. I always wade out and get them.

Originally Posted by concretejungle

I understand that every tv has a different setup but for someone who has been using one since they were invented you'd think she'd be able to figure out a new one. Nope, it's my job, which would be fine if she remembered what I told her to do so she didn't have to text me multiple times a day so I can go over it again.

For my parents I wrote down instructions on a sticky note and taped it to the back side of the remote. That worked til the TV died. I haven't been able to get home since that, and they're hopeless with the new one again. Every time I talk to them they're having issues with some other piece of technology. In particular every windows system update that changes the location of various things throws them for a loop.

**Timberridge** · 04-20-2021, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Aldo

The dip function of side view mirrors on bmws really annoys me. If I wanted to look at the ground while I was backing up I’ll let you know ok?

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Wait till they malfunction and point skyward instead.

**Mazderati** · 04-20-2021, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by concretejungle

There are two R's before "recycle" in the "3 R's." Limit your plastic because Old Goat is correct.
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/12/74128...uld-we-recycle

Yeah, I already knew we'd been shipping or sinking recyclables right along with other barges of trash for decades but to hear plastics recycling is largely a scam was disappointing. +1 to the first two Rs.

**concretejungle** · 04-20-2021, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Aldo

The dip function of side view mirrors on bmws really annoys me. If I wanted to look at the ground while I was backing up I’ll let you know ok?

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That’s how I ensured I passed the parallel parking portion of my drivers test.

**PNWbrit** · 04-20-2021, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by Aldo

The dip function of side view mirrors on bmws really annoys me. If I wanted to look at the ground while I was backing up I’ll let you know ok?

BMWs have side mirrors?

**riser4** · 04-20-2021, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

BMWs have side mirrors?

Heh. As useful as the blinker?

**HD333** · 04-20-2021, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

BMWs have side mirrors?

They have mirrors, just no turn signals.

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**plugboots** · 04-20-2021, 11:56 AM

Just turn the dip function off. wtf

**JongDoe** · 04-20-2021, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by evdog

For my parents I wrote down instructions on a sticky note and taped it to the back side of the remote. That worked til the TV died. I haven't been able to get home since that, and they're hopeless with the new one again. Every time I talk to them they're having issues with some other piece of technology. In particular every windows system update that changes the location of various things throws them for a loop.

This is the deal with my mom but luckily I am only 1/2 hour away. OTOH, a colleague tells me stories of her mom that asked her the day after Easter who was coming over for Easter dinner, and they were all at mom's house for Easter dinner. Every time my mom forgets something I think of this and realize it ain't that bad for 85.

**concretejungle** · 04-20-2021, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by evdog

I have nothing useful to suggest. But I hate those things. Constantly finding them on MTB rides hung up in bushes off trail. I always wade out and get them.

For my parents I wrote down instructions on a sticky note and taped it to the back side of the remote. That worked til the TV died. I haven't been able to get home since that, and they're hopeless with the new one again. Every time I talk to them they're having issues with some other piece of technology. In particular every windows system update that changes the location of various things throws them for a loop.

The AirBnB always does this. Doesn’t matter. I just needed to vent because I’d forgotten about it.

**The AD** · 04-20-2021, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by concretejungle

My mother is back in town and while I'm glad she's vaccinated and can come see us I had forgotten about some things.

She claims she going deaf and while that may be the case the bigger issue is that she doesn't fucking listen. I understand that every tv has a different setup but for someone who has been using one since they were invented you'd think she'd be able to figure out a new one. Nope, it's my job, which would be fine if she remembered what I told her to do so she didn't have to text me multiple times a day so I can go over it again.

My wife is the same way with any kind of electronics or computers. To me it seems like her basic problem is she wants to know exactly which buttons to push and in what order, but could care less why those particular buttons needs to be pressed.

**babybear** · 04-20-2021, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by spanky

Mylar balloons stuck in my tree. Any suggestions on how to get them out (besides cutting down a significant portion of the tree)?

one of our neighbors got a mylar balloon stuck in the top of a willow 2 summers ago and .....it's..... still .......there. it drives me bananas.
at least now the reflective surface has deteriorated enough that it doesn't glisten in the sun and catch your eye anymore.
I've thought about trying to devise a hook for the bottom of our drone but my husband doesn't trust my piloting skills to not get that stuck in the process

**old goat** · 04-20-2021, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by babybear

one of our neighbors got a mylar balloon stuck in the top of a willow 2 summers ago and .....it's..... still .......there. it drives me bananas.
at least now the reflective surface has deteriorated enough that it doesn't glisten in the sun and catch your eye anymore.
I've thought about trying to devise a hook for the bottom of our drone but my husband doesn't trust my piloting skills to not get that stuck in the process

do you own a shotgun?

**Meathelmet** · 04-20-2021, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by babybear

I've thought about trying to devise a hook for the bottom of our drone but my husband doesn't trust my piloting skills to not get that stuck in the process

Solution:

You are welcome.

**Thaleia** · 04-20-2021, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by evdog

I have nothing useful to suggest. But I hate those things. Constantly finding them on MTB rides hung up in bushes off trail. I always wade out and get them.

RESPECT.

Hate those things. I hosted a birthday bbq years ago and someone brought a bouquet of those balloons, and of course lost hold of it and it drifted up and away. So now I feel obligated to pick them up when I come across them, but to be honest I've only found two.

**Boissal** · 04-20-2021, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Thaleia

RESPECT.

Hate those things. I hosted a birthday bbq years ago and someone brought a bouquet of those balloons, and of course lost hold of it and it drifted up and away. So now I feel obligated to pick them up when I come across them, but to be honest I've only found two.

Same here, I fucking despise those things. I've found them absolutely EVERYWHERE in UT while bushwacking around looking for new rocks to climb. The deeper you go in the boonies the higher the likelihood that you'll come across one of the mangled fuckers draped across a branch getting trashed by the wind, probably poisoning birds and other critters who try to eat it. When it's a party balloon for a birthday I can't help but wish it will be the last birthday the asshole who let it float away will ever have.

**plugboots** · 04-20-2021, 02:43 PM

Pretty sure my new employed-by-the-forest-service neighbor could get it down. Dude's barely moved in and he comes over..."Ya know, if you need any of those trees trimmed..."
The next weekend he was completely harnessed up, 80% up our biggest Siberian Elm, with a huge chain saw working away, and another small one dangling off his hip.
He'd get up there, and use some long pole extended branch trimming thing and...easy-peasy. He owns 13 chain saws BTW. We agreed it's like my fly rod/bike/ski obsession.