What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[Candy Kappa]

I am so mad and frustrated at the local authorities in my city. A group of Nazis paraded around the city centrum as a protest march, and the police not only let them but protected them through the march, didn't even interfere when a person that told them that Nazis don't belong here got death threats and was stalked to their home and got recorded on video to "track them down". It's absolutely despicable.

They even walked through the city cementary which have people laid to rest that was killed by Nazis in WWII, the old government building just a 100 meters away from the cementary was a Nazi office where SS soldiers and Nazi helpers arrested, tortured and killed people, there's still dried blood in those torture rooms as the building have been deemed a historic site and function as a museum and a reminder of what happened.

And it was a illegal march, as they never filed for a permit. The group filed for a protest march permit in a different city in another county but got declined, so they came here and did it illegally. Some Swedish members of the group even got detained on the borders as a possible terrorists threat as they where carrying illegal weapons possibly intended to use on the march.

[ProactiveMan]

Tailgaters. So many tailgaters. Also, there was a huge turd on the verge in front of my house this morning. It was probably a dog, but it's so big that I'm not 100% sure it wasn't a hominin of some description, and the implications of that are distressing to say the least.

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

Tailgaters. So many tailgaters. Also, there was a huge turd on the verge in front of my house this morning. It was probably a dog, but it's so big that I'm not 100% sure it wasn't a hominin of some description, and the implications of that are distressing to say the least.

Don't get me started on bad drivers. i've seen enough weird crap to last a lifetime of stories.

Including one idiot who had a full sized TREE BRANCH trapped in his trucks back door and was dragging it along the highway and didn't notice. wish i had a photo of that.

all these bad drivers helped make my OCD and Anxiety even worse, to the point I have not driven by myself in the last three months and would like to stop altogether.but doing that at 38 is tough.

[BubblyShell22]

Occupational therapy was supposed to come today, and they didn't. So frustrating when they say they'll come on one day and they don't come at all. Hope they come sometime this week.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

Tailgaters. So many tailgaters. Also, there was a huge turd on the verge in front of my house this morning. It was probably a dog, but it's so big that I'm not 100% sure it wasn't a hominin of some description, and the implications of that are distressing to say the least.

Wait, I'm confused.
Are you talking about people who tailgate? As in people who hold small bbqs off the back of their trucks? Or people who engage in tailgating, the folks who drive too close to the bumpers of other people's cars?

[BubblyShell22]

I was under the impression that he's talking about the type who host BBQs in their cars usually before sporting events.

[Candy Kappa]

People have BBQs on their trucks?

[snake]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

People have BBQs on their trucks?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailgate_party

It's an American thing. I'd argue it's the most American thing of all time next to tipping.

[Jester]

Tailgating is also people who follow to close while driving.

I wanna say the party is specifically called a Tailgate Party.

[Utrommaniac]

Well, I got the replacement cord for my graphic tablet...too bad I left the connection cord at my mom's house! So I can't use it for my homework...

[TurtleWA]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

People have BBQs on their trucks?

Well it's how the name started most likely. But no truck is required. In my experience someone could say "were going tailgating." And it would imply a bunch of people getting together usually before a sporting event such as college football and drinking lots of beer and cooking lots of food. All outside the stadium in the parking lot before the game begins. Some may not even have tickets or ever make it into the stadium.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Wait, I'm confused.
Are you talking about people who tailgate? As in people who hold small bbqs off the back of their trucks? Or people who engage in tailgating, the folks who drive too close to the bumpers of other people's cars?

Ah, OK... culture clash. I had never heard of this BBQ tailgate phenomenon until now; I was referring to people who drive too close to the car in front of them. I probably should have been less vague.

I live on a fairly busy road, and I often get tailgaters up my butt who don't leave enough of a gap to react when I turn into my driveway. The driveway has a fence on either side meaning you can't just swing in off the road, you have to slow down a bit and turn pretty carefully. There's also a footpath in front of my place, so I have to make sure there are no peds walking in my blind spot. Last night I almost got cleaned up by a nut in a BMW, but there were a lot of tailgaters out on the road last night.

The BBQ tailgate thing sounds cool, but nobody does that here as far as I know. Food vans are quite popular in Summer time, but nothing like what you describe.

[Utrommaniac]

And then there's the Texas Problems™ when tailgating can mean ALL of those things and you never quite know how it's being referred to until it's in context.

[IndigoErth]

For what it's worth, I assumed a bad driver was intended... I'm often glaring at people in my mirror, quietly threatening them to back off and don't touch my vehicle, else they're going to meet my hitch. I don't even use the thing, came with with the Jeep when I got it lightly used, but I leave it on for good reason. (A couple people have in fact been introduced to it and left with a reminder in the front of their car, but luckily I was stopped at a light and not moving.)

Though I once had some stupid woman tailgating me waaaaay too close in moving traffic in a tense area of roadway, closer than I've ever had before or after. Ticked off over it, I was just about to start yelling at her in my mirror when somehow a cop was suddenly there and was immediately pulling her over. I really wished I could stop and thank him/her, that was awesome.



Grind... these damn kids who are allowed to think stores are a playground and aren't taught how to behave in public. One group of siblings this evening, with the youngest being a toddler, were tearing around and manged to get the toddler all riled up to the point she barfed all over the floor. Thanks. Thanks a lot. I dunno who can get that, maybe the cleaning staff in the morning. One of the brothers told me what happened, saying they need a custodian, but those people only work in the mornings. A manager was going to see to it, though don't think he had the chance, but either way they don't pay me enough to deal with that nonsense. At most, I put paper towels over it later and someone else found a caution sign.

What irks me more, other than the mess and stench, is that they were RIGHT BY the frigging bathroom... Would it killed the parent(s) to have grabbed some paper towels and cleaned up after their kid?

[Cure]

Brake checks are a thing, people. I use them all the time. Works wonders.

[Utrommaniac]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Grind... these damn kids who are allowed to think stores are a playground and aren't taught how to behave in public. One group of siblings this evening, with the youngest being a toddler, were tearing around and manged to get the toddler all riled up to the point she barfed all over the floor. Thanks. Thanks a lot. I dunno who can get that, maybe the cleaning staff in the morning. One of the brothers told me what happened, saying they need a custodian, but those people only work in the mornings. A manager was going to see to it, though don't think he had the chance, but either way they don't pay me enough to deal with that nonsense. At most, I put paper towels over it later and someone else found a caution sign.

What irks me more, other than the mess and stench, is that they were RIGHT BY the frigging bathroom... Would it killed the parent(s) to have grabbed some paper towels and cleaned up after their kid?

Ahh, I find the "this evening" bit to be extremely crucial to the story. Yet again a case of "never bring your children out past 5 pm if you can manage it". Young kids are always at their worst late in the day.

[Vegita-San]

is there anyway to hide the damn ads that show up on facebook even with ad block installed?

the suggested posts and the two on the right that never vanish clog up the feed.

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

For what it's worth, I assumed a bad driver was intended... I'm often glaring at people in my mirror, quietly threatening them to back off and don't touch my vehicle, else they're going to meet my hitch. I don't even use the thing, came with with the Jeep when I got it lightly used, but I leave it on for good reason. (A couple people have in fact been introduced to it and left with a reminder in the front of their car, but luckily I was stopped at a light and not moving.)

My favorite people are the ones that beat the que(sp) line of about 60 cars and try to merge in at the last second onto a highway entrance ramp.

I used to have fun intentionally tailgating the car in front of me (only time I do it) so they couldn't merge in. Although once, I Saw a guy do that in front of me to someone else, and the heated idiot trying to merge in swerved at speed in front of him, stopped, got out of the car, and started punching his window. until he finally got back in his car and moved on. i honestly thought violence was about to happen.

Bad drivers are a major pet peeve. if they are that rude on the road, how bad in real life?

[plastroncafe]

Anyone surprised he's wrong about this to?

Why Last-Second Lane Mergers Are Good for Traffic

[IndigoErth]

The maneuver is known as the late merge — or zipper merge, for the way that cars taking turns getting into a lane resembles the teeth of a zipper coming together. The move, in which drivers in dense, slow-moving traffic remain in the lane that will be closed and then pull into the other lane at the merge point, helps ease congestion and drivers’ frustrations, experts said.

I WISH it worked like that around here. I always get over as soon as able. Even if - what should we call them... traffic coordinators? - think it's better that way as described in the link, it's still universally (at least around here) regarded as rude to try to jump to the front instead of enduring it like everyone else, and around here... good luck getting people to let you in. I've been stuck like that when there wasn't advanced enough notice or never a chance to get over and you end up sitting hoping someone will be nice enough to back off for a second. I hate being that car and I'd rather just put up with being in line than be that car. There are times in slow traffic when I've had to carefully force my way in.

And this state loves road construction... Lots of tax dollars spent on that without really improving much, so there are plenty of opportunities for this nonsense.


I never never never tailgate... and "break checking"? Hell no. Half of these people will probably just hit you. If someone is on my ass, sometimes I'll just slow down slightly to annoy them and make them get lost.


Although I had to laugh at an impatient one the other day who I think had it in mind to go around me, but was too dumb to realize that traffic had in fact slowed down a moment up ahead of him because of a late red light that just ended, but was picking up in speed again and he found himself alongside of me, unable to actually get ahead... and wound up getting back behind me again. lol

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

is there anyway to hide the damn ads that show up on facebook even with ad block installed?

the suggested posts and the two on the right that never vanish clog up the feed.

Stuff like the suggested ones aren't an ad and part of FB, so probably not. Though likewise I'd love to turn that and other things off.

Viewing it via computer I keep my browser less than full screen and shrinking the width enough gets rid of the game stuff and contacts list on the far right, but that's about it. Checked just now and the suggested stuff doesn't do the same.

What are the "two on the right"? If it's a true ad, maybe try another blocker. I switched to uBlock a while ago which I think has the option to hide various elements if you fuss with some of its options and get that figured out. (Been a while, but I'd done that with the 'trending' and other nonsense on Yahoo Answers' site that's just unnecessary and slowing down loading. The functioning of that site is already stupid enough without slowing it down further.)