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Which is my point too. And why I still mail bills with stamps. I don't need any more nozzles attached to my bank account, and paying automatically or online is not saving me any appreciable amount of money (.55 per bill? Pffft) or time (I have very few bills to write checks for).

Bingo! All the "conveniences" of modern technology only make it convenient for Big Brother to snoop. For your safety, of course!
 
I thought it was all about choice, seems we have very little choice these day. Just different flavours of the same old BS.
 

FarmerTan

"Self appointed king of Arkoland"
@njpaddy I started to develop Dupuytren's contracture in my 40's. The most common occurrence is with the ring finger of the left hand on men of Nordic decent. I was a perfect fit. In my early 50's I had surgery performed by a local (Cairns, Australia) plastic surgeon who specialised in hands. It was day surgery (hospital admission not required) and was performed under a general anaesthetic. From being anaesthetised to going home was about 4 hours. The dressings came off about two weeks later and all was perfect. Cost was well (then) about USD 5k before insurance rebate.

I was forewarned by my surgeon that there was a high chance (80% to 90%) that the Dupuytren's contracture would return within the next 5 to 20 years. For me, about 8 years later, it is now just starting to return. Once this pandemic thing is over and I can travel again, I will probably return to Cairns some time and get that surgeon to do the job again.
My dad had to have it done twice as well! He had it on his ring finger, and was left handed. But for the life of me can't remember which hand was operated on. Or was it both hands at different times? I was real young.

My left ring finger is slightly effected, but I doubt it will ever bother me enough to bother with surgery...
 

FarmerTan

"Self appointed king of Arkoland"
A neighbor installed some funky outdoor lightbulbs that give off a fire flicker effect. It’s extremely annoying. Query
Am I justified in shooting them out?
Maybe just a BB gun 🤣
Yes. In my neighborhood I have the most seniority.
 

martym

Unacceptably Lasering Chicken Giblets?
I would say that it depends if you can find a place to fire from that is not in view of any cameras. Other than that you are good to go.
 

Rhody

I'm a Lumberjack.
Traffic. More specifically other drivers. The bane of my existence
Dedicated left turn lane. Green arrow. Car in front is clueless or ignorant or whatever
Starts to go with the green arrow. Then abruptly stops. Because they don’t want to turn left. They want to go straight. I anticipate this and I pass the car on their left actually across the center line to make the left on the arrow that stays green for literally 10 seconds.
 
Had a new satellite box fitted ( no names but the company name rhymes with pie in the UK) in the new house 3 weeks ago, and from the moment it sprang into life the TV (only 5 yrs old) picture was either to bright, to dark, to highlighted or just plain bad. The engineer checked the box and even swapped it for another from his mobile workshop, still no good. As the TV now sits in the rear of the house in a darker room both the wife and I were convinced our old eyes would adjust. But to no avail. So after some research it turns out that the TV isn't really compatible with the newer technology. The current TV isn't quite full HD while the new box is UHD 4-8K 2080p blah, blah, blah. So the old TV was trying its best to do something with the new signal.

So here's my rant,

While we've saved £15 p/mth on the subscription and added more channels, because of a new box promotion for 20 yr account customers, we've had to spend on a new TV that can handle the new box signal. And that's not all. The TV, Mrs McB and I had chosen was out of stock for 2 weeks!!! Then we noticed the sound bar speaker in the picture didn't match the one on the purchase list, so a quick "online chat" ensued. Now because the TV we wanted wasn't t in stock the alogrithm had automatically replaced it with a slightly different model that was £100 more!!! But was in stock!, However this didn't connect to the TV we'd chosen...........***. So after much debate......on line we ended up or should I say caved in and spent nearly £1k on a TV package that while better is £ 450 more then the one we wanted........AND I'VE GOT TO PICK IT UP FROM THE BLOODY STORE!!!🤯😤🤬
 
Traffic. More specifically other drivers. The bane of my existence
Dedicated left turn lane. Green arrow. Car in front is clueless or ignorant or whatever
Starts to go with the green arrow. Then abruptly stops. Because they don’t want to turn left. They want to go straight. I anticipate this and I pass the car on their left actually across the center line to make the left on the arrow that stays green for literally 10 seconds.
Even worse is when some moron is right up your butt driving 20-30 over the limit, you are doing 15-20 over the limit, you let them pass and then they slow right down to the speed limit and then you are right up their butt. 🤬
 

Rhody

I'm a Lumberjack.
Had a new satellite box fitted ( no names but the company name rhymes with pie in the UK) in the new house 3 weeks ago, and from the moment it sprang into life the TV (only 5 yrs old) picture was either to bright, to dark, to highlighted or just plain bad. The engineer checked the box and even swapped it for another from his mobile workshop, still no good. As the TV now sits in the rear of the house in a darker room both the wife and I were convinced our old eyes would adjust. But to no avail. So after some research it turns out that the TV isn't really compatible with the newer technology. The current TV isn't quite full HD while the new box is UHD 4-8K 2080p blah, blah, blah. So the old TV was trying its best to do something with the new signal.

So here's my rant,

While we've saved £15 p/mth on the subscription and added more channels, because of a new box promotion for 20 yr account customers, we've had to spend on a new TV that can handle the new box signal. And that's not all. The TV, Mrs McB and I had chosen was out of stock for 2 weeks!!! Then we noticed the sound bar speaker in the picture didn't match the one on the purchase list, so a quick "online chat" ensued. Now because the TV we wanted wasn't t in stock the alogrithm had automatically replaced it with a slightly different model that was £100 more!!! But was in stock!, However this didn't connect to the TV we'd chosen...........***. So after much debate......on line we ended up or should I say caved in and spent nearly £1k on a TV package that while better is £ 450 more then the one we wanted........AND I'VE GOT TO PICK IT UP FROM THE BLOODY STORE!!!🤯😤🤬
Ugh ok and not to pile in but then just factor in how much time this all took doing all that research etc. ugh. That sounds like something that would happen to me. But in the end you want it over so you can watch tv. On the bright side you are not limited to just a few bbc channels anymore 😁
 

Doc4

Stumpy in cold weather
Staff member
Even worse is when some moron is right up your butt driving 20-30 over the limit, you are doing 15-20 over the limit, you let them pass and then they slow right down to the speed limit and then you are right up their butt. 🤬
Oh yes inconsistent speeds are another pet peeve

The worst is guys who drive slow on roads that have a few bends and curves ... and then when they his a straight section and/or a 4-lane passing lane section, they take off like a bat out of hell ... right up until the road returns to normal and they slow down again.

Truckers can be bad for this, but not the only ones.
 
Feel free to add to this list....

I'm not a particularly religious person but I have been compelling a list of behaviors that would result in more time spent in purgatory before entering paradise. These are offences that are minor, and in many cases may be unintentional, would probably not land the person in the Bad Place, but still, one needs to reconcile them to pass on.
  • Not returning shopping carts and leaving them loose in the parking lot.
  • While driving, stopping to allow a person to make a right turn while holding up a half a dozen cars behind. Longer penance if it prevents those people behind from getting through a green light.
  • After waiting in a long checkout line with people behind, waiting until the cashier tallies up the total to decide that's the best time to pull out the wallet to determine how to pay.
  • Golfers - people who don't replace divots or fix ball marks.
I could go all night but these come to mind first...
 

Alacrity59

Wanting for wisdom
The worst is guys who drive slow on roads that have a few bends and curves ... and then when they his a straight section and/or a 4-lane passing lane section, they take off like a bat out of hell ... right up until the road returns to normal and they slow down again.

Truckers can be bad for this, but not the only ones.

Take it easy on the Truckers . . . many are tracked by satellite with incident reports going back their safety guy about hard cornering, hard braking, over speed, etc. There are governors limiting top speed . . . and the engines and power train are set up for fuel efficiency not acceleration. Trust me . . . if they could go faster they would.
 

Rhody

I'm a Lumberjack.
Feel free to add to this list....

I'm not a particularly religious person but I have been compelling a list of behaviors that would result in more time spent in purgatory before entering paradise. These are offences that are minor, and in many cases may be unintentional, would probably not land the person in the Bad Place, but still, one needs to reconcile them to pass on.
  • Not returning shopping carts and leaving them loose in the parking lot.
  • While driving, stopping to allow a person to make a right turn while holding up a half a dozen cars behind. Longer penance if it prevents those people behind from getting through a green light.
  • After waiting in a long checkout line with people behind, waiting until the cashier tallies up the total to decide that's the best time to pull out the wallet to determine how to pay.
  • Golfers - people who don't replace divots or fix ball marks.
I could go all night but these come to mind first...
Fantastic list

easy additions
People who stop and waive another car out when there is a second lane that can’t see that they are waiving the other car thru
I don’t play golf anymore but I couldn’t stand groups who do not keep up with the group in front.
 
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