Shit that annoys you

**Supermoon** · 07-18-2017, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

And I get shit for the phrase "built like a brick shithouse".
Arlo Guthrie then
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Average TGR member when Alice's Restaurant came out
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Yeah but does Alice's Restaurant sous vide their steaks?

**Danno** · 07-18-2017, 10:56 PM

If that's what you want...

**boarddad** · 07-18-2017, 11:43 PM

Man, touched a nerve with the flip-flop thing. Do what you want in the comfort of your own home, but face it, there's a time and place for closed-toed shoes, and I assert that time and place is any time you leave home (unless of course you are in some beach-centric vacation).

Case in point; remember Reed Timmer from the Storm Chasers show? Dude would cruise around in a semi-tank, looking for carnage inducing hurricanes to park his rig in...in flip flops! Sure enough, he rolls up onto the scene of the aftermath of a big twister where he now has to render aid. Nothing but broken glass and twisted metal as far as the eye can see, he's rocking flip flops. They didn't show the trail of blood he left behind, but there is no way he leaves that scene without at least one cut needing stitches. Plus how effective could he be rendering aid if he's worried about lacerating his toes?

**Flyoverland Captive** · 07-18-2017, 11:56 PM

^^^ I wear my flippies all summer, just about everywhere. Funny, I've never found myself in the aftermath of a big twister, needing stitches later. Ymmv.

**stfu&gbtw** · 07-18-2017, 11:56 PM

There used to be a neighborhood dog that was pretty aggressive (some kind of mutt, not huge - maybe 65 lbs), but it was usually chained up. We were walking past with our dogs leashed, but the owner was outside and his dog was loose and started approaching us. I yelled to the owner if the dog came at us, it was getting punted into next week... The owner kind of shrugged like "what am I supposed to do about it?"... As we're about half way past the guy's property the dog charges us - me, the wife, kid, our two dogs... I screamed at the dog, but he kept coming... I took about 5 steps toward the dog and kicked it in the chest hard enough to put it about 4' in the air. The dog seriously didn't dig it. All of a sudden, then the owner was concerned. Fucking cocksuckers... We should just legalize minor assault and let people sort this shit out themselves. The dude was the one who needed the foot to the chest.

**concretejungle** · 07-19-2017, 06:50 AM

People who don't use apt analogies.

**Obstruction** · 07-19-2017, 07:10 AM

Amazon friggin Prime order Saturday - delivery Tuesday night at 6:30 pm. I'm not good at the maths much but howzat 2 days? No problem for flip flops and sous vide but sucks when you're waiting for car parts.

**hatchgreenchile** · 07-19-2017, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by riser3

We are both about 45 minutes in opposite directions from our respective hometowns here in VT. And as close as we need to be. Funnily enough, I now live within stone throwing distance of where I was born which is closer than when I was growing up. Of course I'd love to go live where my wife lived until she was 7 yo. However, I would need to be independently wealthy to move to Montreal these days. And being able to speak French would be nice.

45 minutes would be a good balance, but with both families from Buffalo, it's far from ideal.
I expect this conversation anytime we go back to our hometown, I can set my watch to it.
The annoying part is that it isn't based in facts or potential personal, professional or financial improvements. It's based on some rose colored nostalgia of years past that doesn't exist anymore.

**Name Redacted** · 07-19-2017, 07:20 AM

That's why you marry a girl who is from somewhere you want to live. Problem solved.

**hatchgreenchile** · 07-19-2017, 08:19 AM

Rats, why didn't I think of that?
At least the chicken wings are good.

**Danno** · 07-19-2017, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Obstruction

Amazon friggin Prime order Saturday - delivery Tuesday night at 6:30 pm. I'm not good at the maths much but howzat 2 days? No problem for flip flops and sous vide but sucks when you're waiting for car parts.

Because Sunday doesn't count?

**Supermoon** · 07-19-2017, 08:56 AM

NYT article on flip flops at work: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/n...onvention.html

No way in hell there is a real man named Slade Downs who is 23 and uses the word naïveté in a sentence.

**The AD** · 07-19-2017, 09:29 AM

I think the idea of touchless faucets and paper towel dispensers in restrooms is good, but it seems like a fair percentage of the time I'm waving my hands in front of the sensor and nothing happens. Maybe I have stealth hands or something.

**Kopi_Red** · 07-19-2017, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw

We should just legalize minor assault and let people sort this shit out themselves.

I agree, but the problem with this is when the person delivering the beat down doesn't have enough restraint to stop before permanently damaging the other person.

**Kopi_Red** · 07-19-2017, 09:40 AM

When you have to wake up before 4 so you can catch your flight that leaves at 6 and then when you arrive at the airport you find out the flights been delayed a couple of hours. As result I miss my next flight and then the one they rebooked me on is delayed for a couple of hours.

**Jong Lafitte** · 07-19-2017, 09:48 AM

People who can't understand that you can enter through a revolving door at the same time someone is exiting through the revolving door. Savages.

**riser4** · 07-19-2017, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Jong Lafitte

People who can't understand that you can enter through a revolving door at the same time someone is exiting through the revolving door. Savages.

How DO they work???

**The AD** · 07-19-2017, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by riser3

How DO they work???

Magnets. It's gotta be magnets.

**The AD** · 07-19-2017, 10:03 AM

Websites that don't respond to a "back" click. So annoying.

**::: :::** · 07-19-2017, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Phildo_Baggins

NYT article on flip flops at work: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/n...onvention.html

No way in hell there is a real man named Slade Downs who is 23 and uses the word naïveté in a sentence.

i learned the phrase "toe cleavage" in a lawyer office attire thread somewhere

**old goat** · 07-19-2017, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by The AD

I think the idea of touchless faucets and paper towel dispensers in restrooms is good, but it seems like a fair percentage of the time I'm waving my hands in front of the sensor and nothing happens. Maybe I have stealth hands or something.

Is your name Gloria Burgle. Do you have problems with automatic door openers too?

KQ · 07-19-2017, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by boarddad

Man, touched a nerve with the flip-flop thing. Do what you want in the comfort of your own home, but face it, there's a time and place for closed-toed shoes, and I assert that time and place is any time you leave home (unless of course you are in some beach-centric vacation).

Case in point; remember Reed Timmer from the Storm Chasers show? Dude would cruise around in a semi-tank, looking for carnage inducing hurricanes to park his rig in...in flip flops! Sure enough, he rolls up onto the scene of the aftermath of a big twister where he now has to render aid. Nothing but broken glass and twisted metal as far as the eye can see, he's rocking flip flops. They didn't show the trail of blood he left behind, but there is no way he leaves that scene without at least one cut needing stitches. Plus how effective could he be rendering aid if he's worried about lacerating his toes?

I always wonder about stuff like this when I see news reports of tornado aftermath with people walking all over torn up homes. You just know there are nails sticking up all over the place and yet they are crawling around all over the place with wholly inappropriate footwear.

Saw an interview with Toby Keith once after a tornado ripped through his town and he bragged about how his son was right there helping and how great the emergency personnel were \why they even patched up his son who had managed to hurt his foot when he stepped on a nail. Toby was so proud of his son's efforts - had a huge grin on his face and a puffed up chest. Great. That's what I call "helping". Rush in and get yourself injured so you can divert emergency services to your stupidity.

Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive

^^^ I wear my flippies all summer, just about everywhere. Funny, I've never found myself in the aftermath of a big twister, needing stitches later. Ymmv.

and what about us women who wear open toed shoes that are non-flip flops?

I'm not a flip-flop wearer (they say they are dangerous to drive in) because I need a little more on my feet esp when it's cold but I know a lot of people who wear them in the dead of winter. Rusty Nails for example.

**Name Redacted** · 07-19-2017, 10:50 AM

Man, I guess there's a shit stained lining on every cloud. Even flip flops and volunteers can't catch a break around this place.

KQ · 07-19-2017, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by shredgnar

Man, I guess there's a shit stained lining on every cloud. Even flip flops and volunteers can't catch a break around this place.

He didn't volunteer officially he just drove to a spot and rushed in on his own without proper preparation. As the flight attendants say "secure your own mask before securing your childs". If you aren't able to breath (or have proper shoes, gloves, whatever) you can't help others and you become a liability rather than an asset adding to the problem. Pretty simple.

You know what they say about fools rushing in......