Shit that annoys you

[m2711c]

There isn't a dump or recycling center anywhere in my county so disposing of anything bigger than what fits in a garbage can is stupid expensive. We can get one large item pickup each year but it's severely limited on what can be disposed of and there's a size and weight limit so you can't get rid of furniture or even an old rug. Because there are no transfer stations dumpster costs are totally outrageous because they have to transport hundreds of miles to the nearest the county has a contract with. There is one private dump that I can use in another town but as a citizen not a business they have a $100 drop fee plus you pay by weight and you can't dump some stuff.

take it with you on your next sales trip trip through ta upstates... plenty 'o cheap dumps up here.



fact

[Touring_Sedan]

here ya go!








https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Electr...075FQF8BD?th=1





full sized fact.

It's literally linked in that post.

[toast2266]

There isn't a dump or recycling center anywhere in my county so disposing of anything bigger than what fits in a garbage can is stupid expensive. We can get one large item pickup each year but it's severely limited on what can be disposed of and there's a size and weight limit so you can't get rid of furniture or even an old rug. Because there are no transfer stations dumpster costs are totally outrageous because they have to transport hundreds of miles to the nearest the county has a contract with. There is one private dump that I can use in another town but as a citizen not a business they have a $100 drop fee plus you pay by weight and you can't dump some stuff.

Does this not result in lots of people dumping their trash in semi-secluded vacant lots?

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[gravitylover]

Not as often as you'd think but a couple of times a year it does make the local news. We had a few but they were all inside NYC watershed zones so they got shut down and no new permits have been issued. It adds a lot to the cost of any home renovation or getting new furniture and makes simple shit like yard cleanups a big hassle. I fill my van with metal once a year to take it to a private recycling place 40 miles away. It usually only costs me a few dollars for gas over what they pay me.

[rideit]

here ya go!








https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Electr...075FQF8BD?th=1





full sized fact.

Well, thanks, but that wouldn’t work very well with a sliding glass door.

[m2711c]

sliders ya say? ok, got it… here ya go

https://www.olidesmart.com/products/...FJuUYUqgM_5sGR








residential sliding glass door fact.

[Danno]

Local FB "Buy nothing" group, someone offers up some skis with the following info: "Full disclosure: ski shops won’t adjust these bindings anymore, but say you can look up how to adjust yourself(this is out of our wheelhouse). They were hand me downs to us, but we aren’t skilled in binding adjustments."

I commented to explain what it actually means when a shop will no longer adjust a binding, and that encouraging people to just "look up" how to adjust bindings that are no longer indemnified without understanding what that means is not a great idea, and my post got deleted by the admin because I offered unsolicited advice.

That annoys me.

[liv2ski]

Mods everywhere but here annoy the fuck out of me.

[PB]

Local FB "Buy nothing" group, someone offers up some skis with the following info: "Full disclosure: ski shops won’t adjust these bindings anymore, but say you can look up how to adjust yourself(this is out of our wheelhouse). They were hand me downs to us, but we aren’t skilled in binding adjustments."

I commented to explain what it actually means when a shop will no longer adjust a binding, and that encouraging people to just "look up" how to adjust bindings that are no longer indemnified without understanding what that means is not a great idea, and my post got deleted by the admin because I offered unsolicited advice.

That annoys me.

Jeebus.
Unsolicited = life-saving?!?!

[dan_pdx]

Local FB "Buy nothing" group, someone offers up some skis with the following info: "Full disclosure: ski shops won’t adjust these bindings anymore, but say you can look up how to adjust yourself(this is out of our wheelhouse). They were hand me downs to us, but we aren’t skilled in binding adjustments."

I commented to explain what it actually means when a shop will no longer adjust a binding, and that encouraging people to just "look up" how to adjust bindings that are no longer indemnified without understanding what that means is not a great idea, and my post got deleted by the admin because I offered unsolicited advice.

That annoys me.

On a similar note, I got kicked off Next Door when someone asked for painting contractor recommendations and I replied with a link to Oregon's lead safe painter list and suggested they should check there before hiring anyone. I had been using Dan PDX as my name and apparently that post prompted someone to rat me out for not using my real name. Given the nature of Next Door, maybe they did me a favor.

[The AD]

Mods everywhere but here annoy the fuck out of me.

I always thought they were pretty cool.

[old goat]

Smoke and CO alarms annoy me--specifically that when they time out or fail prematurely I can never find the same models or models compatible with the same base, so new holes and drywall anchors.

[riser4]

Smoke and CO alarms annoy me--specifically that when they time out or fail prematurely I can never find the same models or models compatible with the same base, so new holes and drywall anchors.

This. There ought to be a law dictating mounting compatibility. I'm serious.

[Vt-Freeheel]

My smokes all mount on the 4" box providing AC power

[Name Redacted]

My smokes all mount on the 4" box providing AC power

So you live in a warehouse?

[gravitylover]

Wheels! They're fucking wheels not rims unless it's just the part that touches the tire. All of these ads for rims and tires make searching for wheels way harder than it should be.

[Self Jupiter]

Smoke and CO alarms annoy me--specifically that when they time out or fail prematurely I can never find the same models or models compatible with the same base, so new holes and drywall anchors.

Also every 10 years or so the companies change the wiring harnesses (sometimes called whips) for their hard wired smoke detectors. There are adapters but good luck finding the right ones without a bunch of trial and error. I believe Kidde bought first alert off the top of my head. Smoke detectors are more annoying than they should be in my opinion.

[Dantheman]

High school wrestling tournaments. Good lord these are just miserable.

[skaredshtles]

Kids on a skiing road trip. Oncoming driver in Spanish Fork Canyon lost control on ice and collided with their vehicle. Sounds like the Xterra may be totaled. Youngest is getting stitches at hospital while his brother waits for him.

This is super-annoying.

Fortunately nobody hurt badly from the sounds of it...

[Rideski]

Sucks dude . good luck.

[zion zig zag]

Kids on a skiing road trip. Oncoming driver in Spanish Fork Canyon lost control on ice and collided with their vehicle. Sounds like the Xterra may be totaled. Youngest is getting stitches at hospital while his brother waits for him.

This is super-annoying.

Fortunately nobody hurt badly from the sounds of it...

Glad no one is seriously injured. That road gets pretty bad, add in the Utah driver going too fast on bald tires factor and you have the recipe for mayhem.

[liv2ski]

Outside a restaurant, looking at the menu. Lady crashes her stroller into me and looks at me like I jumped in front of her. Jeezuz, her poor husband.

[Vt-Freeheel]

So you live in a warehouse?

Swing and a miss

Pretty much every project I've worked on the last 15 years has hardwired smoke/co alarms that are linked with a 14/3 circuit. The alarms can be programmed for location and when one senses trouble they all go off and the voice calls out where the issue is.

Older version of this.

[liv2ski]

Rather than replacing the unit just put a new battery in ftmfw

[evdog]

Rather than replacing the unit just put a new battery in ftmfw

I've been playing the usual musical fire detector game lately and replacing batteries as each one starts chirping. But a few of them seem to be failing as I put new batteries in, and they just continue chirping. So I bought new batteries and tried those, with the same result. So I'm thinking the detectors just need to be replaced. I've been in my place 10 years now so it's probably time. Was thinking of getting them hard-wired or getting ones with an internal 10-year battery. How nice would it be to not have to deal with these things every year when it gets cold?