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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,262
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Some people have no clue how to treat a dog. You can't baby and spoil them 24/7. When I set my dogs food down she will not touch it until I tell her "Okay", never barks unless there is wildlife snooping around outside, if I'm eating she won't even look at me lol.

    Can't help the hairy though. ;)
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    edited December 2015
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Some people have no clue how to treat a dog. You can't baby and spoil them 24/7. When I set my dogs food down she will not touch it until I tell her "Okay", never barks unless there is wildlife snooping around outside, if I'm eating she won't even look at me lol.

    Can't help the hairy though. ;)

    Agreed. I just look at my dog and he knows. Lol
    The hair is ridiculous! The dog belongs outside. It's an Airedale terrier cross with a lab. Longhair like an Airedale, sheds like a lab. Moving my 2 channel rig out of the living room to the basement, so I can close the door and keep the dog out.

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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    I just had this moment this morning....
    I drive a Ram 1500 Diesel. I pull up to the gas station where there are literally 20 pumps (2 are combo diesel/gas) and 18 of them are free. The two i need had a civic and rav4 parked at them. WTH! This happens all the time and i dont know how to avoid it. If gas stations would have stand alone diesel pumps for non-trailer vehicles, this could be avoided.

    I must say, i really enjoy this thread. Helps me get aggression out...RAR!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    mrbiron wrote: »
    I just had this moment this morning....
    I drive a Ram 1500 Diesel. I pull up to the gas station where there are literally 20 pumps (2 are combo diesel/gas) and 18 of them are free. The two i need had a civic and rav4 parked at them. WTH! This happens all the time and i dont know how to avoid it. If gas stations would have stand alone diesel pumps for non-trailer vehicles, this could be avoided.

    I must say, i really enjoy this thread. Helps me get aggression out...RAR!

    as a corollary to this -- why the fug do people, at prime gassin' up time, think it's just fine and dandy to LEAVE THEIR FRIGGIN CARS at the pump while they go in to the convenience store/gas station and -- buy coffee or donuts or do their holiday shopping or WHATEVER THE FUG THEY'RE DOING while the folks wait to get to a pump?

    farking losers.

    morons.

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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    So vulgar on a Thursday morning. You must not have the next 10 straight days off such as myself ;)
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • jeremymarcinko
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    I hate the Elf on the Shelf. Creepy lil guy..or girl, I can't tell1t6dhja6z3rq.jpg
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    as a corollary to this -- why the fug do people, at prime gassin' up time, think it's just fine and dandy to LEAVE THEIR FRIGGIN CARS at the pump while they go in to the convenience store/gas station and -- buy coffee or donuts or do their holiday shopping or WHATEVER THE FUG THEY'RE DOING while the folks wait to get to a pump?

    farking losers.

    morons.

    I do it because I pay in cash. Then after I'm done getting gas, I have to go back inside and get my change. I guess too many people were stealing gas and now if you want to use cash you have to go inside, pump your gas, then go back inside again.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,952
    Nightfall wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    as a corollary to this -- why the fug do people, at prime gassin' up time, think it's just fine and dandy to LEAVE THEIR FRIGGIN CARS at the pump while they go in to the convenience store/gas station and -- buy coffee or donuts or do their holiday shopping or WHATEVER THE FUG THEY'RE DOING while the folks wait to get to a pump?

    farking losers.

    morons.

    I do it because I pay in cash. Then after I'm done getting gas, I have to go back inside and get my change. I guess too many people were stealing gas and now if you want to use cash you have to go inside, pump your gas, then go back inside again.

    Huh ??
    When you pay first before pumping, the pump should shut off automatically at the price you paid. No going back inside for change....who does that ?
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited December 2015
    tonyb wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    as a corollary to this -- why the fug do people, at prime gassin' up time, think it's just fine and dandy to LEAVE THEIR FRIGGIN CARS at the pump while they go in to the convenience store/gas station and -- buy coffee or donuts or do their holiday shopping or WHATEVER THE FUG THEY'RE DOING while the folks wait to get to a pump?

    farking losers.

    morons.

    I do it because I pay in cash. Then after I'm done getting gas, I have to go back inside and get my change. I guess too many people were stealing gas and now if you want to use cash you have to go inside, pump your gas, then go back inside again.

    Huh ??
    When you pay first before pumping, the pump should shut off automatically at the price you paid. No going back inside for change....who does that ?

    That is assuming you pay less than you can fit into your gas tank.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    mrbiron wrote: »
    So vulgar on a Thursday morning. You must not have the next 10 straight days off such as myself ;)

    Well depending on how you look at it - I have ALL days off, being retired.

    But I've been in the throes of grading papers & final exams for the course I taught this fall at Northeastern -- and that has me, perhaps, a little less sunny and cheerful than usual :-P

    I am pleased to say that the "kids" (this is a grad school course, and many of 'em are doing a part-time degree while working full time) on balance did very well when I rolled the grades up.

    It still bugs the schnizzle outta me when folks leave their car at the gas pump. Almost always cars, too, IME -- the guys who drive the five-ton extra-hyper-stretch crew cab trucks don't seem to do it. Maybe it's because they could have a set of clothing tailored in the store* in the time it takes to fill their fuel tanks ;- )

    (* not that gas stations in Northern New England offer bespoke tailoring with their Slim Jims and Slush-puppies, that I know of)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited December 2015
    Nightfall wrote: »

    I do it because I pay in cash. Then after I'm done getting gas, I have to go back inside and get my change. I guess too many people were stealing gas and now if you want to use cash you have to go inside, pump your gas, then go back inside again.

    No, you're not part of the problem with that -- it is the folks who pump gas (or not!), leave their cars at the pump, then go in and GET IN LINE AT THE FUNKING DUNKIN' DONUTS COUNTER while the car takes up space. Them. Some of 'em don't even PUMP THEIR FNARKING GAS til after they get their Dunkachinos and saunter back out to the car...

    :- )

    It only really bothers me at crowded gas stations -- 'specially the ones with ample parking (I am thinking of one gas station in particular; right off I-89 in Warner NH).

    ... and -- ahem -- based strictly on anecdotal evidence, it's not usually men doing it...

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  • steveinaz
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »

    I do it because I pay in cash. Then after I'm done getting gas, I have to go back inside and get my change. I guess too many people were stealing gas and now if you want to use cash you have to go inside, pump your gas, then go back inside again.

    No, you're not part of the problem with that -- it is the folks who pump gas (or not!), leave their cars at the pump, then go in and GET IN LINE AT THE FUNKING DUNKIN' DONUTS COUNTER while the car takes up space. Them. Some of 'em don't even PUMP THEIR FNARKING GAS til after they get their Dunkachinos and saunter back out to the car...

    :- )

    It only really bothers me at crowded gas stations -- 'specially the ones with ample parking (I am thinking of one gas station in particular; right off I-89 in Warner NH).

    ... and -- ahem -- based strictly on anecdotal evidence, it's not usually men doing it...

    They make more on coffee than they do on gas...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    absolutely true -- and I am happy to spend money at the Dunkies... but I park first :- )
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  • pongshi
    pongshi Posts: 376
    edited December 2015
    I hate the "entitlement" mentality present in todays generation. Many of today's youth expect the finer things of life to be handed to them on a silver platter. They want it now. Individual responsibility is a foreign concept. The "victim" mentality is all the rage. If they are not successful, it is someone elses fault. Sacrifice and hard work seem to be curse words.

    Our youth have grown soft. With everyone being hypersensitive, pretentious, and politically correct. The folks who complain the loudest about issues of race are the same ones who have never had a friend of a different race let alone had them over to their house. Lets put on the latest ribbon to show our support for a cause and then sit on our butts. Anyway, sorry to get off track. I guess we all wear masks to some extent, but some wear them 24-7. The world will be much better when we bury our masks.

    My biggest rant is that there was a time when we had true constitutional freedom of speech in our schools and colleges. Now any view that does not coincide with the status quo is shouted down or shut down. People who voice views that don't coincide with the "groupthink" are ostracized, marginalized and threatened. It is "Orwelian." I can barely read the news anymore. I am thankful that music is available to bring a little joy. I think we are heading in very negative direction as a nation.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Dude we are toast
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Dude we are toast

    My mudder was bred in Kentucky, but up here she's just a crumb.

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  • Willow
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    is he looking at you or me?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited December 2015
    Willow wrote: »
    is he looking at you or me?

    I reckon he's pondering the significance of one of his great observations on the state of mankind, probably either
    Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.
    or
    Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

    (edit: either of which is certainly capable of knocking one's stereo-optical transducers out of alignment)
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  • Nightfall
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    I hate my new second job. Dysfunctional kitchen. I might start looking for something different.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,952
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Willow wrote: »
    is he looking at you or me?

    I reckon he's pondering the significance of one of his great observations on the state of mankind, probably either
    Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.
    or
    Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

    (edit: either of which is certainly capable of knocking one's stereo-optical transducers out of alignment)

    Dude, take a break from grading papers, your brain is slipping down a slope only a lunatic can recover from. lol. Go take a walk on that beautiful property of yours, cryo something just for the heck of it. Tell Mrs. H you just bought the Scooby-doo Van and a c r a p load of dyed T-shirts and the both of you are taking a road trip.

    Or....just chill with a single malt and some tunes and forget about bananas and flies. :D
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited December 2015
    I'm writing an analytical method development proposal for a client now -- my brain is completely turned to oatmeal... but the draft's finished, as of a few minutes ago! yay.

    Too dark outside to take a walk (just like "inside of a dog")... those are both quotes from Mr. Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx, illustrated above, by the way.

    Speaking of single malts, our son the mathematician (and Scotch fancier) is en route to NH from VA even as I type this; he called about 2 hours ago from the Vince Lombardi rest area on the Joisey turnpike (roughly halfway and our traditional check-in point) :- )

    He wants a set of whiskey stones for Christmas... I had to look 'em up to see what they were! :-P
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    I hate pi$$ing all the time!
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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,843
    edited December 2015
    I hate made up words that become commonly used and accepted. Examples: guesstimate, the word estimate is defined as an educated guess, therfore, throwing in an extra "s"and a "gu" is superfluous, another example, prequel, the word sequel already means I'm sequence with, it doesn't specify whether it is pre or post to the original story, if it did, there would have already prequel and postquel. Also words like bae.


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    Irregardless
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    voltz wrote: »
    I hate pi$$ing all the time!
    They have pills for that Darryl
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    westmassguy wrote: »
    Irregardless

    Exactly, exspecially
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    Think it's been said before on here, but I really go into slap upside the head mode when I read "mute" point.
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    Doritos, I hate Doritos
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