What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Tequila Sunrises til it was over.

Konnan f*cking sucks.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Konnan f*cking sucks.

LMAO talking about the drink, not the finisher, lol.

But yeah, we was gettin' bowdy bowdy and rowdy rowdy.

[IndigoErth]

You know... it's bad enough when "shipping partners" are used and take forever and barely update along the way, but it doesn't help when after USPS finally gets it and your package as finally reached the local distribution faculty...instead of sending it out to your local post office for delivery they send it to some other state. WTF, USPS, it was RIGHT HERE two days ago, I do not live in South Carolina. Dammit, they better get it back here before SC possibly floods.

[Hamato Yoshi]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I did get a few in envelopes but even then they were usually bubble wrap envelopes and inside the weapons themselves would still be all wrapped up in a bunch of it, too.

I had one (1) toy shield snap its handle off when trying to place it in the figure's hand but that's not the fault of the seller or the packaging - this particular piece actually came in a custom-carved styrofoam "brick" that was carved to the precise contour of the shield to hold it firmly in place no matter what it endured during shipping! So they really went WAY above and beyond to protect the thing in transit... but the 35-year old plastic and the cold temperatures of the environment in the moment I tried to put it in the figure's hand simply conspired and said "Ya f*cked." Ah well. It happens.

It cost FIFTY F*CKING DOLLARS all by itself and is one of the rarest weapons in the entire vintage line, but I guess possessions are fleeting. They turn up, one day if I can't Gorilla Glue the one I have I'll just bite the bullet and snag another one.
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More personal Grind, this is the last day of my entire life that I'll ever get to say, "At least I'm not f*ckin' 40."



Cheez-Its are one of the things that actually makes me believe in God. No way human minds came up with something so savory and magnificent.

Had a handle on my LP He-Man backpack break off but as you said : old plastic.....mostly cosmetic damage so it doesnt bother me much

[Hamato Yoshi]

norwegian influencer Sophie Elise goes to rehab over xanax abuse : "anyone can get hooked on pills"

Its true , maybe people will cut Elvis some slack over this

[IndigoErth]

Nothing like hurricane coverage to give the Weather Channel the perfect opportunity to make you watch/listen to the same ad over and over for a new show... Granted they'd have played that ad just as often even without something going on.

I now despise that ad for their "Fast: Home Rescue" show. PLEASE someone, make the woman with that seagull laugh stfu. The one who says "OH MY GOSH!" in a tone to suggest she just met the cutest, fluffiest ever 10' tall puppy is also grating on my nerves now. lol

[Leo656]

I love PA, always have and always will, even though I pick on them the same as I pick on everybody.

But HOLY SH*T, that entire state needs streetlights and road reflectors like a mu'fukka. The ride home was BRUTAL because the entire PA half was through pissing sheets of rain AND it was pitch-black the entire way. As with everything, once we crossed the line back into NJ it all got a lot better (including the rain clearing up immediately). But if you've ever driven through PA, you know that tons of the roads are all sharp curves and weird twists, many of which come up on you out of nowhere. Not what you want on the highway... in the pouring rain and fog... in TOTAL DARKNESS.

At one point we passed a flipped-over FedEx truck which was surrounded by a ton of cop cars, and from the look of it they must have taken one of those curves too hard because they couldn't see where the f*ck they were going and hydroplaned. It was lying on the passenger side (supporting my theory), so maybe the driver was mostly okay, I hope, but yeah it didn't look good by any stretch.

I know we all make jokes about "Pennsyltucky" and how "rustic" and rural those people are, but seriously... it's 2022, Pennsylvania. Streetlights and road reflectors. One should not need to rely on the radiant light from the high beams of the person behind them simply to SEE THE F*CKING ROAD.

[Leo656]

Some idiots I know from wrestling think it's cute to try and f*ck with me lately by sending me Friend Requests from people I'm already friends with. Like they're legit creating dozens of fake accounts of people I know and sending me Friend requests just to mess with me. These are grown-ass people who like to pretend they're wrestlers or wrestling promoters and this is how they spend their free time.

So now I can't accept ANY new Friend requests until these idiots get bored or I conclusively prove who it is (I have my suspicions) and break their fingers. Awesome. I have legit friends and family members trying to get a hold of me, I get texts from them like "Why are you being an asshole and ignoring me on FB?", all because these clowns have me assuming every single new request is fake.

Legit, man, some people need to f*cking die. If you're an "adult" and this is how you amuse yourself, just please go kill yourself immediately, you're taking up way too much space.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I love PA, always have and always will, even though I pick on them the same as I pick on everybody.

But HOLY SH*T, that entire state needs streetlights and road reflectors like a mu'fukka. The ride home was BRUTAL because the entire PA half was through pissing sheets of rain AND it was pitch-black the entire way. As with everything, once we crossed the line back into NJ it all got a lot better (including the rain clearing up immediately). But if you've ever driven through PA, you know that tons of the roads are all sharp curves and weird twists, many of which come up on you out of nowhere. Not what you want on the highway... in the pouring rain and fog... in TOTAL DARKNESS.

Absolutely agree. Rained the whole time we were gone yesterday. We took winding side roads up to West Chester yesterday, but took a more direct path coming back in the dark. It was a pretty drive up, but as full as the creeks were looking, one in particular looking like it was already flooding out it's normal banks and wouldn't take much to take the road too, HELL no I didn't want to go back that way in the dark, unable to tell if it was flooding out until we could be right in it.

My mom was commenting that those kinds of roads terrify Midwest people since much of their roads are so straight. My grandparents lived in PA so the darkness isn't entirely unfamiliar, but in an area I'm not used to and those curvy roads in the rain are a little stressful and will pass on it after dark.

And I HATE that you can't see the road lines in the rain after dark, though that tends to be an issue in my area as well.


Also that FB nonsense is messed up. There aught to be mandatory therapy for adults who act like perpetual teenagers with that kind of crap. If you're past 25 and still find trolling and/or harassing people funny, you need to take a hard look at yourself.

[Leo656]

It's because of some sh*t I'm not even involved in, that's the worst! It's a couple'a guys I've worked with before, who had a falling out and now they're running competing shows against each other and it's all getting way too personal. Like they're going back and forth in public on FB like, the one's calling the other one a drug addict and so that one's calling the other one a child predator and like it's all REALLY bad. I stay away from it, I'm not close with either one of them I just worked for them a few times and it wasn't always a good experience anyways.

But since I've worked with both of them before, for some reason one or the other are kinda like using me to mess with the other one by proxy, it's f*cking balls. Like there's more to it than that but I can't get into it. And it's just so childish and petty, and I'm not a drama person to begin with. I'm forever like "Leave me outta this sh*t, I don't wanna be involved."
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Driving through PA at midnight in that sh*t was exactly like being in a goddamn David Lynch movie, like "Lost Highway" or "Wild At Heart" or some sh*t, or "Twin Peaks" with all the goddamn trees. Like you could totally imagine at any moment like a goddamn 6-foot owl or some sh*t just swooping down and perching on the hood of your car, or like the goddamn Mothman or something. Total "I don't even wanna know what's in those woods and I really hope we don't skid off the road and be forced to find out" kinda sh*t.

Appropriate for October, I guess, but not fun to try and get home in one piece in!

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Like you could totally imagine at any moment like a goddamn 6-foot owl or some sh*t just swooping down and perching on the hood of your car, or like the goddamn Mothman or something. Total "I don't even wanna know what's in those woods and I really hope we don't skid off the road and be forced to find out" kinda sh*t.

Appropriate for October, I guess, but not fun to try and get home in one piece in!

Sure it supposedly takes place in Florida, but you know if hurricane Ian drove it north it would have moved to PA.

[Leo656]

Wouldn't shock me, I think everybody's lookin' for reasons to get outta Florida these days.

[IndigoErth]

Sounds like OPEC+ is intending to cut production to increase prices again... Might wanna go top off the tanks soon, folks.


edit: Bleh, think the local water was treated or something... why does my glass of it vaguely smell/taste like a pool liner. Happened another time one night a few weeks ago, but running it for a min made it go away. Different than the vague chlorine smell I'm used to on a rare occasion.

[Jester]

Right now the fact that my wife and I are trying to sell our old house and the sale has fallen through twice once a couple weeks ago and once just today. I don't have the money to pay two mortgages, two electric bills or two water bills so right now I'm a little bit frustrated.

[Leo656]

Oh Jesus, that's awful.

Yeah, I hear that post-Covid the whole market is a f*cking zoo. All that uncertainty'll do that, I guess.

My in-laws are constantly threatening to sell this place and move to the Carolinas, but the reality is that every time they even attempted it in the past 15 ears they pulled back and said forget it because they'd end up getting way less than they paid, and now it's even worse.

[Jester]

The 1st guy at least pulled out the Thursday before we were set to close. This current dude is just gone. He's completely ghosted everyone including HIS agent. Doesn't help today is the 16th anniversary of when my mother-in-law died.

[Leo656]

Christ, tough break man.

Reminds me of when my Dad and I were pretty much destitute, and he was trying to sell the house he'd owned with his ex-wife. He wasn't thrilled about doing it but we really needed the money and his kids with her were all in their 30s by then, so it was like "Well I mean you guys got to live here for 25 years, what the f*ck?" And then on the day of the closing my Dad come home furious, saying he had the check in his hand before the goober asked about any possible sewer lines running through the backyard. "Just in case I wanna put a pool in there, one day. I mean I probably won't, I just want the option." So then there WAS a line going through the yard and the township refused to do anything about it. So yeah, that was a fiasco. They sold eventually but for way less.

I've pretty much made peace with the fact that "owning a home" isn't in the cards for this old salt. Even if I weren't middle-aged with negative-integer savings... it all just seems like a big bullsh*t hassle more often than not.

[Jester]

Yeah...they tell you it's better than renting but I'm starting not to see it.

[Leo656]

I mean, it beats an apartment but that's not saying much.

[IndigoErth]

I swear, it should be acceptable to swat a parent upside the head when needed.

I bought a tiny bit of candy just in case we actually get a couple trick or treaters. I'm talking just a few of the small bags of Reese's, etc from Dollar Tree. There is a 99.9% chance that once again no one will come , so it's probably enough. We really don't need any more candy than that hanging around this house for us to eat afterwards.

So this damn woman, a frequent complainer about money, sometimes claiming she only has a few dollars to her name and can't afford milk to take her pills, etc... Well I guess she must have gotten her social security because she went and spent almost $20 on an assorted box of full sized candy bars. For tricker or treaters that will not be coming. (Dear Mother, WTF is wrong with you.) Not only that, the candy I bought no longer even matters, does it?? I could have just saved the money, put it into my own food bill.

I mean, if a miracle happened and we actually got a bunch of visits and most of those candy bars were taken and I was proven wrong, then great. Would love that as it has been painful to see Halloween, my favorite holiday, die in my neighborhood. (All while hearing about other certain neighborhoods where it still exists and now hog all of Halloween for themselves.) But it won't happen.

She's telling me that she bought this and all I could do was mentally face palm and grumble to myself after she walked away, wanting to smack her. I don't want to hear any complaints about money for a while. She starts in on that again and I aught to remained her well that at least she, the diabetic, has a nice big box of candy bars.