What Grinds you gears??

Diesel trucks that intentionally modify with the sole purpose to "roll coal" (actual term for this) on other vehicles.

You get behind one and all of a sudden it emits a nuclear blast sized black cloud from the missile silo exhaust stack(s).
 
SgtMajUSMC said:
Diesel trucks that intentionally modify with the sole purpose to "roll coal" (actual term for this) on other vehicles.

You get behind one and all of a sudden it emits a nuclear blast sized black cloud from the missile silo exhaust stack(s).
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Too bad you can't do like Eddie Murphy did in Beverly Hills Cop and plug their tailpipe with something so their truck chokes itself out.
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ca.detailchick- I use "eh" to kinda indicate a "shrugs his shoulders" kind of thing and I use "uhm" where people say "uh...." as a way of pausing to collect their thoughts. Funny thing (well, to me..) is that while I try to make my postings sound "real-world conversational" I don't say "uh..."/etc. much IRL, hardly at all really and it can bug me when other people do. I insert that kind of thing as a "conversational pacing device", to let readers know where there'd be a pause in a IRL conversation, a moment to realize that I'm really *trying* to express something correctly

And !oh, yeah!..call me on stuff that I [mess] up. Anything. Speaking of which...

JohnZ3MC- Heh heh, thanks, and yeah I wondered if anybody'd spot that "grammer". Anything else was a genuine typo, maybe it's the Universe's way of spanking me for smarting off. Oughta spellcheck but I get lazy.

OK OK, enough about my conversational quirks :o

Don- Yeah, back when I drove [sportscars and/or musclecars] people would always try to do the "Mr. StreetRacer" thing. Where's that "rolls eyes" icon..

Tailgaters sure [tick] me off too, had a number of our *BEST CARS EVER* destroyed by being rear-ended when stuck in traffic. So I resist the temptation to downshift-and-lift (in order to brake-check without letting the brakelights give it away). It can be amusing but eh, that kinda thing is in the "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" category IMO.

SgtMajUSMC- Huh, I never knew about that! Sorta scary but thanks for enlightening me about it. (Oh, and *every* time I see your username I'm thankful for your service and I do realize that one doesn't attain that rank without being truly, uhm...squared away.)
 
Don said:
When I had the Suzuki, I was invisible. *I* was the one who had to weave through traffic on the highway b/c no one would let me pass or get over when I come up on them doing the speed limit and they're texting on their phones. NOW that I have the Camaro, EVERYONE wants to race me, soccer moms, grandmothers, mini vans, SUV's & cross overs ... and let's not forget the econo-racers. I drive the same (actually more sedate if you can believe that) with the cruise locked at 5 or 10 over and everyone has to do a 'fly-by' to go around me or rides my butt.

Now I will usually just get out of the way, if you signal you want to go by, but I had one woman riding my backside when I was doing 60/55 so I bumped it up to 65, she gets closer, I bump it to 70 and now I can't see her headlights (she has plenty of room to move over), so I downshift & floor it, hitting go to jail speeds & leaving her behind. So I slow down and move into the right lane because my exit is coming up and a minute or so later she goes flying by me, waving at me with only one of her fingers, like *I* was the one riding *her* butt. :dunno:
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I know exactly where you are coming from. Own a 2012 1LT myself. But the thing is i had the same problem with my '04 Monte Carlo. You know they are too close when you can't read their license plate.

I have added a set of MRT V2.0 axle-back mufflers. Not sure how it sounds behind the car, other than cold starts and idling, when I get on it hard but it sounds nice and lively inside. I hit the tap shift down a couple gears and get on it hard to let them know that I am a little perturbed.

I still laugh everytime, then I didn't, when I think of the kid that was riding my bumper a few years ago with a Cavalier or something similar when I had my Monte. I tapped the brakes enough to take the cruise off. I almost freaked out because at the time I tapped the brakes I realized he wasn't even looking forward. First thought that went through my mind was oh crap (PG word) he is going to hit me. At that point all I seen in the mirror was his passenger tire locked up and smoking and it was pulling to the ditch. My second thought was he needs to have his brakes checked, should that pile even be on the road. The rest of the 8 miles home he stayed a quarter mile back and left lots of room. To this day I wondered if he needed a clean pair of shorts when he got home.
 
Accumulator said:
JohnZ3MC- Heh heh, thanks, and yeah I wondered if anybody'd spot that "grammer". Anything else was a genuine typo, maybe it's the Universe's way of spanking me for smarting off. Oughta spellcheck but I get lazy.
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I didn't catch the the word grammar but I did catch uhm and abut. I was going to rib you "abut" using uhm to but ca.detailchick beat me to it. Then I thought since I picked on you once that was enough. It is hard to pick on anyone about stuff like that when I am just as bad. I hate making grammatical errors but get lazy and hit "post reply" before proof reading it.

Once in a while I like to get that dramatization into a typed conversation also. I guess I use ummm, with 2 or 3 M's. Think I have used uh, ugh and so on but it is rare. The one thing nice about the tablet is that it has word hint and spelling right above the on screen keyboard. Bad thing is I don't pay attention to it all that often.
 
SgtMajUSMC said:
Diesel trucks that intentionally modify with the sole purpose to "roll coal" (actual term for this) on other vehicles.

You get behind one and all of a sudden it emits a nuclear blast sized black cloud from the missile silo exhaust stack(s).
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I havent come across this yet but it would sure make me mad ! I would make sure to pass that vehicle even if it was illegal.:angry:
 
Top ten things that grind my gears:
  1. My boss
  2. Winter/Snow
  3. People leaning on my car
  4. Civic's wanting to race me at the track
  5. People bragging for me about my car and telling people it's Turbo/Supercharged then I gotta explain it's not (kinda funny it happens too often)
  6. Bad food at a restaurant
  7. AM radio
  8. Hairless cats (all of em)
  9. People walking in front of my camera when I'm taking pictures
  10. How the recycling goes into the dump in my city...
 
The gluten free diet trend. Morons think just skipping gluten is going to make them magically healthier and lose weight. Unless you have celiac or other major inflammatory issues, it won't. Best yet, instead of not eating pasta dishes- as an example- they want a big bowl of gluten free pasta. Carbohydrates are inflammatory by definition, because insulin is an inflammatory hormone. If these idiots really cared about inflammation and weight loss they'd eater fewer carbs and more veggies and wouldn't be a pain in my ass wanting a gluten free version of the dish that's every bit as unhealthy as the original. Plus, they're not actually allergic to it to begin with.

Thats my biggest thing is people that are on a special diet by choice or recommendation- not necessity- and they can't figure out how to make choices and substitutions at a restaurant, or simply eat around something they're trying to avoid. They're all so special, and so they want something made special. God's all singing, all dancing crap of the world.
 
skibik- Hey, you reminded me of another thing that can bug me- the autocorrect on my iPad (not that I use it for much data-inputing). Seems like it's never on my wavelength for some reason (guess that might be *me* :o ).

4u2nvinmtl- Your list is missing "critters/birds in trees that drop weird [stuff] on my vehicle" ;) That whatever-it-was sure caused you a lot of grief!

And hey, I think hairless cats are pretty cool lookin' :D But having one around all the time might creep me out, I'd have to think about that one (not that I think my wife'd go for one of those anyhow, and I *really* dunno how the dogs would be about it).
 
What "grinds my gears":
1) Lack of civility, respect, and politeness in society. I suppose that we have brought this upon ourselves, BUT I do not hear too often parents/adults telling their children/offspring/wards to say "please" and "thank you" for things or services that these young one's receive.
2) Texting people instead of actually TALKING to them. Texting does have its advantages as no one can hear what you've said (or written).
3) All the abbreviations for bad or vulgar terms you'd shouldn't say. Included is the "dumbing down" of those terms or words (Like "That sucks") or WT(You know the Letter) as being socially acceptable in public conversation and communication. Or when a pop group uses LMFAO as its name and we think NOTHING of it. Freedom of speech will ALWAYS trump personal morality, until it is a personal term that is viewed as hateful to a person's ethnic origin or race. (So why are NFL's Washington Redskins allowed to keep their name?)
4) Lack of education by the transportation department (at least in Wisconsin) in using round-a-bouts. They build them and then expect all drivers to know how to use them. Don't even ask semi-drivers what it is like to go through THREE of them in row coming off a highway, or try to get though one by a public school when it lets out at 3:30 PM. What REALLY grinds my gears is that the DOT KNOWS that there are more accidents in round-a-bouts than at "controlled" (IE, stop-n-go signal lights) intersection, but less deaths because of the slower driving speeds, which justifies their existence. Or watching for a pedestrian, who has the legal right-of-way to cross in the designated crosswalk. It's difficult enough to watch for traffic from the left. I've yet to see a driver go though one at the 10-15MPH speed when they do not have to stop for traffic. I said I would make a small fortune with a bumper sticker that said. "Round-a-bouts have made Figure 8 drivers of us all" (For the uninformed, Figure 8 is a racing form in which older "stock" cars drive a track in the shape of the number 8 and have "slam-bang-meet-'em-in-the-middle" accidents in the form of a game of chicken to see who can get through the intersection the fastest without getting hit. Kind of like a high-speed moving demolition derby.)

(Edit: YEAH! My 500th post, Now I have only 73,000 more to go to catch Accumulator)
 
Lonnie- Yeah, today's lack of basic civility bugs me too (even though I can be pretty, uhm...[adult] in IRL conversations depending on whom I'm speaking with :o ). And being polite/trying to not give offense gets labeled "PC" far too readily IMO.

Sheesh, when I was a schoolkid, I got in *serious* trouble for saying "crap" and, a few years later "wimp", within a teacher's earshot.

"No problem" instead of "you're welcome" really bugs me.

And while I'm venting, all this "super-[adverb/adjective]" talk bugs me too. Where does "super-happy" fit on a scale from "pleased" to "ecstatic"? Intellectually lazy and so vague I never know what's really being expressed.

Heh heh, if I keep rambling like this you'll never catch up to my post-count :D
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
Can I add "Have a blessed day" and "Thank you for your service"? If you don't mean it, don't say it.
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I agree with the first one, but it *never* occurred to me that somebody'd be offended by "Thank You for your service". I mean...I say that to vets, and I *mean* it, but how would they know? Huh, food for thought.
 
People who don't use turning signals.

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Lonnie said:
What "grinds my gears":
1) Lack of civility, respect, and politeness in society. I suppose that we have brought this upon ourselves, BUT I do not hear too often parents/adults telling their children/offspring/wards to say "please" and "thank you" for things or services that these young one's receive.
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Agreed. Even with my son being hardly a year old my wife and I still try to instill politeness in him by trying to get him to understand you say thank you if something is handed to him or done for him. But it's amazing how little respect parents let their kids get away with. Along the same lines, the biggest thing that gets me is a lack of parenting. When did parenting become just shoving a TV/tablet/cell phone in front of them to keep them occupied instead of actually trying to play and entertain them? My wife's sister does this with their kid, I have literally never seen the mother or father really play with the kid, they give him their cell phone to play with so they don't have to be bothered. It's just sad.
 
The "Thank you for your service" comment comes from me dealing with the VA and VA associated entities. I call asking for assistance and usually get a canned answer, normally not being able to get medical assistance/ appointments I need and it really gets to me that they are made to end every conversation with "Thank you for your service" even when they are not even paying attention to anything I have been saying. If it is sincere I have absolutely no problem with it. But you can tell they have been told to end every conversation with the "Thank you for your service". Have you ever been waited on by someone who gives you the "Gee, thanks" when they think your tip was not big enough? Pretty much the same thing. You can tell when someone really means what they say. I guess what I meant to say was that insincere comments really grind my gears.
 
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