What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by senpai

Recently got a new job and I can't stand rush hour traffic

Yeah - rush hour traffic is the worst.

I'm lucky enough to work and live near train stations now, so I don't drive to work any more, but up until last year I was working a few kilometres west of the City, and traffic was awful. Perth city is build on the north bank of a river, so anyone commuting from the south has to drive through one of three major bottlenecks.

[Mayhem]

Originally Posted by senpai

Recently got a new job and I can't stand rush hour traffic

Soz where abouts are you now working Senpai?

I consider myself a little fortunate to have a job that isn't routinely mired in the 9-5 trap. So as long as I do the hours, I can start and finish when I want. And work from home too (like today!). So when I do drive into the office, I do it early or late enough to avoid bloody rush hour. But I know what killer NY traffic is like, urgh! Hence my sympathies...

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Hot flashes and lack of sleep making me sick to my stomach. Been queazy most of the day, and being around the smell of greasy burgers and fries is NOT helping. Haven't had a good night's sleep since Sunday night. Thanks, nature, I really love these sadistic jokes you play every month....

[MsMarvelDuckie]

aaannd a new one. We just had some new neighbors move in upstairs yesterday, and already we have an issue. Their dog keeps barking LOUDLY at all times of the day, and even as I type this, the dang dog is barking upstairs right before the noise ordinance is about to kick in, with no sign of stopping. Our next-door neighbor is a little old lady we hardly ever see, much less hear, and the ones on the other side are pretty quiet, too. But NO, NOW we have a friggin dog to contend with! This crap better not be a regular thing, or the new neighbors are going to get a visit from the cops if it keeps up....

[IndigoErth]

Speaking of barking...

Had to be to work at 7am this morning, was woken up earlier than intended by what I can only assume (and thanks to videos believe) was a frigging fox barking or whatever the hell it was doing. Thanks, fox. After I didn't sleep enough yesterday night, worked until 9:30pm and then had no chance of sleeping enough again last night either. Thanks.

Than I accidentally worked an extra half hour longer today, because apparently someone changed the schedules a little again yesterday, but I'd had no chance to heck it before work nor when I got home last night since I needed to eat and go to bed so I could go back to work. They're just going to have to deal with it. You can't go changing this crap that last minute, wtf. Was already unfair to have me closing then in again at 7am.

And of course no Turtles for me today... Hopefully the website has it and will play smooth enough if I make the window little and force it to shrink down (damn you Nick for lack of video size and quality controls).... Edit: Guess I can add no TMNT as Nick.com hasn't added it.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Techno-gear-grind: trying to upgrade to Windows 10, and having my PC have a conniption fit over it. Didn't want to recognize my tether program, had to reconfigure EVERYTHING to fit the new format of Windows, AAAND my monitor wasn't compatible with the input/resolution settings of the new system, so I had to ditch my regular connection cable to steal the HDMI cable from our 360 to get the darn thing to work. So now I have to go out and get another one to use the 360! I HATE this techie crap!

And all this so I could update my Explorer (and everything else that goes with it) because apparently YouTube (and about half the other video streaming sites) won't be supporting the version I had for much longer- IE, "We think your version is obsolete, even though it works just fine, and we want you to use all the NEW crap just so we can make your life difficult by forcing you to upgrade everything!" Couldn't just update the frigging browser, either- NO, they make it so you have to upgrade the WHOLE shebang just to be as aggravating as possible!!!

[IndigoErth]

Wow, that is ridiculous you couldn't just upgrade the browser. Technology is/was supposed to make life easier, right?



Does 10's desktop really look like a bunch of apps or whatever, or is it possible to still make it look like a normal desktop if someone wants to?

I'm still on XP, and will gladly continue using it until I someday end up with the next computer I might own. But I kind of dread the idea of suddenly dealing with something that looks like some stupid tablet screen or something along those lines. lol

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Yes, it does, though you can hide it or customize it. (Sort of- still working out how to do all that.) For now, I'm just using my normal desktop and keeping the apps in the little pop-up menu. I was using 7 before, and liked it quite well. But 10 doesn't like some of my other programs and comes with similar ones of its own, so I'm having to sort through to figure out what to keep and what to trash. And the dang upgrade took ALL NIGHT. Literally. Started it around 6:30 PM, and it didn't finish the download until around 3AM. THEN it had to install (another hour or so) and configure and all that crap. (Another hour or more.)

I'm seriously starting to think the entire affair was a mistake and just reboot to a previous point. It "lost" my playlists for a while, and I STILL can't find my video library in there! (It updated my Media Player while it was at it, and though that gave me some additional info for some of the songs in my library, it utterly lost the videos I had on there....) I had some really cool you-tube videos of planetary sounds that I was planning on using to create a "cosmic symphony" of sorts. Now I can't find them in the Player's library. (But they are still in my file folder- huh?!) And it took me most of today to get my Net back up! For some reason, it kept saying I wasn't connected to a network, even though the tether was hooked up and turned on.

[thundermaster612]

I have the biggest gear grinder.....
My life.

[Mayhem]

MsMD's story is one reason why I will never upgrade a PC from one version of Windows to another. XP to W7? New laptop. W10? Probably buy a new machine. But that's not an option for some.

At least updating OSX is a bit smoother usually...

Btw why IE use MsMD? Why not Firefox or Chrome? I have FF on my W7 laptop, no worries, use any streaming site.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I used to have FF on my old PC, I just never bothered to install it when I got this one- and download/install issues are one of the main reasons. I'm not the most tech-literate person to begin with, and it's always a huge hassle to try to get everything set up, so I try to avoid it when possible. I just use what come with the PC, most of the time. (Except for a few personally preferred programs. I will not TOUCH Word/Office, for example, and use Works instead, even though it's rarely supported anymore.)

My other half suggested switching to it, and I'm thinking I might, just because the last few IE updates I've had have left it riddled with ads that I can't get rid of, even with pop-up blocker.

[IndigoErth]

I've got FF with mine and haven't had any issues. Even with my old system it's still fine with it.

In fact, I was thrilled some months ago that Firefox FINALLY fixed itself after well over a year of being a memory usage hog and is finally back down to what it had been before (allowing my older computer to more easily have the browser open alongside other things once again), so actually it's better than it was even a year ago.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Yeah, I've used it before, as mentioned above. Just never installed it on this one. May have to change that, especially with IE liking Bing so much, which I personally can't stand. Much prefer Google or Chrome. Still working out all the new settings and crap on this thing. It's a pain. I'm gonna have to keep playing around with it to find and fix everything how I want it.

[Leo656]

Adele. Holy sh*t. I am so goddamn sick of Adele. You have no idea.

For those who may not know, I work in a gym. Most gyms have to keep the music set to Top 40, because then nobody gets offended. Top 40 music is the DEFINITIVE PROOF that the majority of human beings are stupid and have absolutely horrible taste, because just LOOK at what the majority of them listen to to entertain themselves, for f*ck's sake. And we do get complaints about the Top 40 stations. I've had people leave notes in the "Tell Us" box, like, "If I hear ONE more Taylor Swift song I'm cancelling my membership", and stuff like that, so it's not just me. And occasionally after we get enough of those, we're allowed to change it to a classic rock station, at least... which always lasts all of A DAY, because then some senior citizen will come in to ride the stationary bike for a half hour and complain about the music on the radio being "Too Aggressive". So it always gets set to Top 40 because the manager doesn't want the complaints, even though 99% of people have their goddamn ear buds in anyway. But I CAN'T because I have to be able to hear the phone ring. So while everyone ELSE gets to drown out the f*cking awful music, *I* have to deal with the same 5 or 6 awful songs, every 20 minutes, 7 days a week, for hours.

But the WORST - even worse than f*cking Swift - is Adele. Holy SH*T do I want to kick this whiny bitch in her taco. And if I have to hear "Hello" ONE MORE TIME I just may snap and start stalking her so I can do just that. I've had so many people come up to me in the midst of her whiny caterwauling and ask, "How the hell is anybody supposed to work out to this?" And I just apologize and admit I'm not supposed to change the station, much as I'd love to. Every 20 f*cking minutes I have to listen to this pudgy f*cking bimbo cry about her ex. F*** OFF, YOU STUPID TW*T. MAYBE YOU CAN'T KEEP A MAN BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A GODDAMN CRYBABY. GO AWAY!

I honestly don't know what's worse, the droning, horrible, "This makes me want to slit my wrists" Regular version of "Hello", or the "This Doesn't Even Make Sense To Exist" Upbeat Dance Music version.

Every 20-30 minutes. 4-8 hours a day, every day, for months. I literally want to light Adele on fire. Somebody buy this bitch a tub of Ben & Jerry's and a mail-order husband so she'll shut the F*CK UP already. JESUS.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Adele. Holy sh*t. I am so goddamn sick of Adele. You have no idea.

For those who may not know, I work in a gym. Most gyms have to keep the music set to Top 40, because then nobody gets offended. Top 40 music is the DEFINITIVE PROOF that the majority of human beings are stupid and have absolutely horrible taste, because just LOOK at what the majority of them listen to to entertain themselves, for f*ck's sake. And we do get complaints about the Top 40 stations. I've had people leave notes in the "Tell Us" box, like, "If I hear ONE more Taylor Swift song I'm cancelling my membership", and stuff like that, so it's not just me. And occasionally after we get enough of those, we're allowed to change it to a classic rock station, at least... which always lasts all of A DAY, because then some senior citizen will come in to ride the stationary bike for a half hour and complain about the music on the radio being "Too Aggressive". So it always gets set to Top 40 because the manager doesn't want the complaints, even though 99% of people have their goddamn ear buds in anyway. But I CAN'T because I have to be able to hear the phone ring. So while everyone ELSE gets to drown out the f*cking awful music, *I* have to deal with the same 5 or 6 awful songs, every 20 minutes, 7 days a week, for hours.

But the WORST - even worse than f*cking Swift - is Adele. Holy SH*T do I want to kick this whiny bitch in her taco. And if I have to hear "Hello" ONE MORE TIME I just may snap and start stalking her so I can do just that. I've had so many people come up to me in the midst of her whiny caterwauling and ask, "How the hell is anybody supposed to work out to this?" And I just apologize and admit I'm not supposed to change the station, much as I'd love to. Every 20 f*cking minutes I have to listen to this pudgy f*cking bimbo cry about her ex. F*** OFF, YOU STUPID TW*T. MAYBE YOU CAN'T KEEP A MAN BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A GODDAMN CRYBABY. GO AWAY!

I honestly don't know what's worse, the droning, horrible, "This makes me want to slit my wrists" Regular version of "Hello", or the "This Doesn't Even Make Sense To Exist" Upbeat Dance Music version.

Every 20-30 minutes. 4-8 hours a day, every day, for months. I literally want to light Adele on fire. Somebody buy this bitch a tub of Ben & Jerry's and a mail-order husband so she'll shut the F*CK UP already. JESUS.

Gyms shouldn't be allowed to play top 40. That sh*t does not help when working out. My gym is only slightly better in the fact that sometimes there's non top 40 stuff playing so there's more variety.

I actually heard One Direction while trying to work out. I couldn't take it.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Adele. Holy sh*t. I am so goddamn sick of Adele. You have no idea.

For those who may not know, I work in a gym. Most gyms have to keep the music set to Top 40, because then nobody gets offended. Top 40 music is the DEFINITIVE PROOF that the majority of human beings are stupid and have absolutely horrible taste, because just LOOK at what the majority of them listen to to entertain themselves, for f*ck's sake. And we do get complaints about the Top 40 stations. I've had people leave notes in the "Tell Us" box, like, "If I hear ONE more Taylor Swift song I'm cancelling my membership", and stuff like that, so it's not just me. And occasionally after we get enough of those, we're allowed to change it to a classic rock station, at least... which always lasts all of A DAY, because then some senior citizen will come in to ride the stationary bike for a half hour and complain about the music on the radio being "Too Aggressive". So it always gets set to Top 40 because the manager doesn't want the complaints, even though 99% of people have their goddamn ear buds in anyway. But I CAN'T because I have to be able to hear the phone ring. So while everyone ELSE gets to drown out the f*cking awful music, *I* have to deal with the same 5 or 6 awful songs, every 20 minutes, 7 days a week, for hours.

But the WORST - even worse than f*cking Swift - is Adele. Holy SH*T do I want to kick this whiny bitch in her taco. And if I have to hear "Hello" ONE MORE TIME I just may snap and start stalking her so I can do just that. I've had so many people come up to me in the midst of her whiny caterwauling and ask, "How the hell is anybody supposed to work out to this?" And I just apologize and admit I'm not supposed to change the station, much as I'd love to. Every 20 f*cking minutes I have to listen to this pudgy f*cking bimbo cry about her ex. F*** OFF, YOU STUPID TW*T. MAYBE YOU CAN'T KEEP A MAN BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A GODDAMN CRYBABY. GO AWAY!

I honestly don't know what's worse, the droning, horrible, "This makes me want to slit my wrists" Regular version of "Hello", or the "This Doesn't Even Make Sense To Exist" Upbeat Dance Music version.

Every 20-30 minutes. 4-8 hours a day, every day, for months. I literally want to light Adele on fire. Somebody buy this bitch a tub of Ben & Jerry's and a mail-order husband so she'll shut the F*CK UP already. JESUS.

Yeah, big chain gyms tend to play **** music. That's why many people bring their music players with them. I'm good at tuning out, though. If you asked me what played at the gym yesterday, I honestly can't tell you. I'm too focused lifting and thinking of life.

I doubt top 40 music plays at smaller gyms where like 90% of its members are body building dudes who are encyclopedias of lifting.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Adele. Holy sh*t. I am so goddamn sick of Adele. You have no idea.

For those who may not know, I work in a gym. Most gyms have to keep the music set to Top 40, because then nobody gets offended. Top 40 music is the DEFINITIVE PROOF that the majority of human beings are stupid and have absolutely horrible taste, because just LOOK at what the majority of them listen to to entertain themselves, for f*ck's sake. And we do get complaints about the Top 40 stations. I've had people leave notes in the "Tell Us" box, like, "If I hear ONE more Taylor Swift song I'm cancelling my membership", and stuff like that, so it's not just me. And occasionally after we get enough of those, we're allowed to change it to a classic rock station, at least... which always lasts all of A DAY, because then some senior citizen will come in to ride the stationary bike for a half hour and complain about the music on the radio being "Too Aggressive". So it always gets set to Top 40 because the manager doesn't want the complaints, even though 99% of people have their goddamn ear buds in anyway. But I CAN'T because I have to be able to hear the phone ring. So while everyone ELSE gets to drown out the f*cking awful music, *I* have to deal with the same 5 or 6 awful songs, every 20 minutes, 7 days a week, for hours.

But the WORST - even worse than f*cking Swift - is Adele. Holy SH*T do I want to kick this whiny bitch in her taco. And if I have to hear "Hello" ONE MORE TIME I just may snap and start stalking her so I can do just that. I've had so many people come up to me in the midst of her whiny caterwauling and ask, "How the hell is anybody supposed to work out to this?" And I just apologize and admit I'm not supposed to change the station, much as I'd love to. Every 20 f*cking minutes I have to listen to this pudgy f*cking bimbo cry about her ex. F*** OFF, YOU STUPID TW*T. MAYBE YOU CAN'T KEEP A MAN BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A GODDAMN CRYBABY. GO AWAY!

I honestly don't know what's worse, the droning, horrible, "This makes me want to slit my wrists" Regular version of "Hello", or the "This Doesn't Even Make Sense To Exist" Upbeat Dance Music version.

Every 20-30 minutes. 4-8 hours a day, every day, for months. I literally want to light Adele on fire. Somebody buy this bitch a tub of Ben & Jerry's and a mail-order husband so she'll shut the F*CK UP already. JESUS.

Oh, gawds, I feel for you. But hey, at least it's not country! I felt the same way while working at TB- it was the SAME 10 country songs (or "Hickified" versions of classic ROCK songs done by country "artists".), for 8 hours a day. And even worse around the holidays- then it was CHRISTMAS country! (And horribly butchered versions of the same 10 Christmas songs at that....)

[snake]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Oh, gawds, I feel for you. But hey, at least it's not country! I felt the same way while working at TB- it was the SAME 10 country songs (or "Hickified" versions of classic ROCK songs done by country "artists".), for 8 hours a day. And even worse around the holidays- then it was CHRISTMAS country! (And horribly butchered versions of the same 10 Christmas songs at that....)

As an unashamed fan of Christmas music, I say it should be blasted everywhere during december. Even gyms.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by snake

As an unashamed fan of Christmas music, I say it should be blasted everywhere during december. Even gyms.

Please don't ever become a dictator.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by snake

As an unashamed fan of Christmas music, I say it should be blasted everywhere during december. Even gyms.

I have nothing against GOOD Christmas music. Just badly done country versions of Chrisymas classics.