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Pet Peeves
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I have many pet peeves. I will keep most to myself.
I am sure it has been mentioned before, however I seem to be noticing it even more so recently.
Folks who just can’t seem bothered to dim the headlights. It’s bad enough we now have 15k lights then throw in poorly aimed brights…..
It seem that with the earlier darkness now everyone and their brother is driving with the brights on…..
Rrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
Folks who just can’t seem bothered to dim the headlights. It’s bad enough we now have 15k lights then throw in poorly aimed brights…..
It seem that with the earlier darkness now everyone and their brother is driving with the brights on…..
Rrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
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Tailgaters. I tend to travel in the right-hand lane at 60mph, for best fuel economy in Der Red Maxine. If you think I'm travelling too slow, then pass me, don't crawl up my tailpipe, then flash your damned high-beams at me. If I tap my brakes several times at you, take the hint: BACK OFF. Yer too damn close!
They really should start issuing fines for failing to do so, it’s going to kill somebody eventually if it hasn’t already.
Phone rings. Caller ID tells me ID info is unavailable, or it is a number from someone I don't know. I have tossed my telephone etiquette aside for it now goes like this: "State your name and business." If they ask for me by name, I repeat, "State your name and business," much slower and very deliberate. Usually they hang up, or ask for me by name. again, to which I respond, "Do you not understand English? You have five seconds to comply or I hang up!" One out of five callers who are still on the line will comply, but most will drop the call. Why are businesses permitted to remain anonymous when they call members of the public - or orivate citizens? Why are they allowed to call numbers from the DO NOT CALL list? Those numbers should be protected from "robo" callers. Why do we have to re-register our phone numbers every 5 years?
Precisely why I don’t even have a phone line running to my house. Told the builders don’t even bother with a pipe and fish tape. If the put one in, I was tearing it out!
Cell phone only. Call blocker and prescreening feature works wonders!
Cell phone only. Call blocker and prescreening feature works wonders!
Gonna have to do this.
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Don't have a landline now, but when I did, I would answer this type of call with "sheriff's fraud line". They always hung up.
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My daughter answers “City morgue, you stab ‘em, we slab ‘em!”
I have been known to answer "Melbourne morgue. You kill 'em, we chill 'em". You can sometimes hear there jaw dropping at the other end.
My dad had one I’ve used a time or two before my new home came about….
Joe’s Bar and grill, we grill who or what you kill….
DAllen
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My pet peeves:
1. Threads about pet peeves
2. Posts about pet peeves
3. Lists of pet peeves
4. Irony
1. Threads about pet peeves
2. Posts about pet peeves
3. Lists of pet peeves
4. Irony
latest one: when you find a way to drastically increase your income, then the world directs it's energy and makes sure that it doesn't happen. All of that "Law of Attraction" BS and Manifest your destiny Horse S!!!t infuriates me.
I don't like it when people make statements on the economy but they do not understand economics.
It's truly a sad state of affairs that there are people who will fall for stuff like that.
I know those Charlatans who made the film "The Secret" sure make a small fortune off of it.
There are charlatans all over the place.
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Speaking of falling for crap, I am extremely annoyed by the various travel sites (Expedia and Hotwire are my current bugaboos) that list great deals on things like rental cars. When you click on the price, suddenly it's no longer available and are you willing to pay 5x as much? If you go back in 10 minutes later, the screamer deal still appears, so it's not like it was actually taken.
Why are headlines formatted this way now, especially by major networks? They sound like they’re written by a 6th-grader.
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Because they’re written for third graders. Or at least a third grade reading level.
dr wogz
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$107,000 actually..
not sure what you're pointing out: the format (it is over 5 lines) or the content (they could have been more precise: " .. sold for $107,000")
is this better?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/sh...iece-sold-at-auction-for-us-107-000-1.6693915
not sure what you're pointing out: the format (it is over 5 lines) or the content (they could have been more precise: " .. sold for $107,000")
is this better?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/sh...iece-sold-at-auction-for-us-107-000-1.6693915
I’ve been trying to figure out what it is. I think it’s half feel, half content. Formatting a headline as two short sentences with a full stop in-between while failing to fully summarizing the main idea, is something that would have been a cardinal sin a few decades ago. If the editor didn’t slam it for style it certainly would eat a lot printing space.
I might have written it “Rare $4 vase from Goodwill auctioned for $100,000.”
And then I’d have it put at Page 18.
Sometimes our limits produce better work.
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Is societry too broad of an answer? Stupid people in general that covers maybe what 85%? Young stupid people, that narrows it down further. The parents of young stupid kids. Maybe just the young stupid punks who think they have to let everyone know that their car is loud, but performs like a slug. Is there reason one's car needs to be heard a couple miles away...this includes the young stupid punks who ride their croutch rockets down the car pool lanes at 140 miles per hour!! Yeah lets endanger the lives of others who are just trying to make it home to their families after putting in a long days work.
People who think their political mini-rants are appropriate for any and every forum.
Medical insurance games
Anytime anybody complains about not understanding insurance, I remind them that insurance doesn’t understand insurance.
I find that completely believable and I'm peeved by that.
And even the IRS doesn't understand taxes.
I am becoming tired of seeing Physicians Assistants and Nurse Practitioners.
I know they fill a need, and I know doctors are horrendously busy...but I have not seen my PriCare MD in nearly three years. Had to make an appointment with him in November to be able to see him next month. The only time I have ever seen my cardiologist was when I was actually in the hospital. Saw the sleep MD exactly once, about two years ago.
The irritation became very real yesterday. I asked the NP at cardiologist's office what ejection fraction was. "I see that it's a percentage but what is it a fraction OF?" She hemmed and hawed and stumbled over a non-explanation, 'Dr. Whoisit calculated it from these numbers on the echocardiogram'.
NP, supposedly a professional, years of experience in a cardiologist's office, couldn't explain what ejection fraction was. Perhaps if I'd thought about it more I might have realized that the ventricle can't eject all the blood in it, so ejection fraction is the amount of blood ejected during a beat, divided by the volume of the left ventricle.
I guess I got used to my previous PriCare MD, who ran an office with over a dozen doctors up until about six years ago. Make an appointment, see him the next day or even the same day. Saw him. Every single time, unless I told the receptionist that I just needed to see the nurse. (He retired to other pursuits.
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Rant over.
I know they fill a need, and I know doctors are horrendously busy...but I have not seen my PriCare MD in nearly three years. Had to make an appointment with him in November to be able to see him next month. The only time I have ever seen my cardiologist was when I was actually in the hospital. Saw the sleep MD exactly once, about two years ago.
The irritation became very real yesterday. I asked the NP at cardiologist's office what ejection fraction was. "I see that it's a percentage but what is it a fraction OF?" She hemmed and hawed and stumbled over a non-explanation, 'Dr. Whoisit calculated it from these numbers on the echocardiogram'.
NP, supposedly a professional, years of experience in a cardiologist's office, couldn't explain what ejection fraction was. Perhaps if I'd thought about it more I might have realized that the ventricle can't eject all the blood in it, so ejection fraction is the amount of blood ejected during a beat, divided by the volume of the left ventricle.
I guess I got used to my previous PriCare MD, who ran an office with over a dozen doctors up until about six years ago. Make an appointment, see him the next day or even the same day. Saw him. Every single time, unless I told the receptionist that I just needed to see the nurse. (He retired to other pursuits.
)Rant over.
