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Cusser
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 Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| The dumbass that asks for a 12mm bolt & what he really wants is a bolt that fits a 12mm wrench! |
Especially when working on an old VW and nothing takes 12mm wrench unless the owner has used some JIS (Japanese standard) 8mm x 1.25mm nuts or bolts. I use those when I could use more wrench clearance, like on intake manifold nuts or on exhaust nuts (if I don't use brass nuts that use an 11mm wrench).
And these come in handy too
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slayer61
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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^^ I see by the "name brands" that you only butcher the finest of wrenches! 
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| Florida, yes, the fucking State. |
Can my fellow Floridians count on you and your friends spreading the word how Fla. sucks? I mean we are getting pretty much full, can't ya'll just habitate Montana or Wyoming? |
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60ragtop
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| babysnakes wrote: |
| ach60 wrote: |
| Florida, yes, the fucking State. |
Can my fellow Floridians count on you and your friends spreading the word how Fla. sucks? I mean we are getting pretty much full, can't ya'll just habitate Montana or Wyoming? |
Nah they wouldn't be able to handle our fine weather here 
60+ MPH winds, -40 in the dead of winter, roads closed more often than open
cities (if you can call them that) are 20+ miles apart
wally world along with the interstates are 90+ miles away.
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I've restored a large number too, but I don't toot my horn quite as loud.
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maybe he just snapped cause his car sucked  |
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finster
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 4:30 am Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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satisfaction surveys - the whole uriah heepiness of the things
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:50 am Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| satisfaction surveys - the whole uriah heepiness of the things |
I love these. I charge $350 to help you make your business better
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Mickey bitsko
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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Similar to, if buy blah blah today you save x amount of $$..
I have been to the Tucson rock show many times, watching people is
what I do there, the most common phrase I hear is 'this rock was only
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Mickey bitsko
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:08 am Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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Are forum moderators the same as fact checkers?
Asking for friends. |
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Zundfolge1432 
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| Mickey bitsko wrote: |
Are forum moderators the same as fact checkers?
Asking for friends. |
Only been here a few years a see. |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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No. Nothing in the terms of use precludes dumbA$$ from posting and mods aren’t going to waste their lives correcting the internet.
You need to learn to consume information like any other product, by educating yourself to your own need first.
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Cusser
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My peeve is that I hated training sessions, and in 4 decades never once attended a training session that I felt could not have been done in half the time.
Back when I was working, a husband-wife company got a contract to do a MANDATORY work-personality profiles on the 150 R&D employees. I'd been through similar programs several times in the past, and was not "enthused" when they presented their services to my group of about 10.
So I asked how much they were charging the company for this, and the guy hedged and avoided answering me. I replied: "I think you know this information", then he asked me why that was relevant. I responded something like "if one gets a really good steak for $3, then that would be a good value, but if that steak cost $300, then would NOT be a good value". Anyway, my boss gave me a hand signal not to pursue that question.
Anyway, we all filled out the required data sheets, and about a week later I was scheduled for a half-hour follow-up one-on-one session with the wife; I tried to get out of this, but my boss said I have to attend. So we go into a conference room, and she proceeds to read my report to me. Stuff like "this is how Cusser responds, this is how Cusser reacts to stress, this is how Cusser responds to Cusser's assignments, ALWAYS using my first name. So when the session is ending, she asks "Has Cusser learned anything from this?", and I responded: "yes - I learned that you do not know how to use pronouns!!!"
100% true story. Before this, I thought only Tarzan, Tonto, and Hop-Sing had trouble with pronouns.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| Cusser wrote: |
My peeve is that I hated training sessions, and in 4 decades never once attended a training session that I felt could not have been done in half the time.
Back when I was working, a husband-wife company got a contract to do a MANDATORY work-personality profiles on the 150 R&D employees. I'd been through similar programs several times in the past, and was not "enthused" when they presented their services to my group of about 10.
So I asked how much they were charging the company for this, and the guy hedged and avoided answering me. I replied: "I think you know this information", then he asked me why that was relevant. I responded something like "if one gets a really good steak for $3, then that would be a good value, but if that steak cost $300, then would NOT be a good value". Anyway, my boss gave me a hand signal not to pursue that question.
Anyway, we all filled out the required data sheets, and about a week later I was scheduled for a half-hour follow-up one-on-one session with the wife; I tried to get out of this, but my boss said I have to attend. So we go into a conference room, and she proceeds to read my report to me. Stuff like "this is how Cusser responds, this is how Cusser reacts to stress, this is how Cusser responds to Cusser's assignments, ALWAYS using my first name. So when the session is ending, she asks "Has Cusser learned anything from this?", and I responded: "yes - I learned that you do not know how to use pronouns!!!"
100% true story. Before this, I thought only Tarzan, Tonto, and Hop-Sing had trouble with pronouns.
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That’s a red flag to get the hell out of that company ASAP
MRS Dr Abscate interviews once for a high end job and the President called in a person to do a psychological screening during the interview. After about 5 questions that got medical, she stopped them and said unless the person could present credentials, she was reporting them for practicing without a license.
Hint…an MBA From a crappy school does not make you a psychologist.
She made the call from the Presidents’ admin phone.
We understand that practice is no longer followed there.
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madmike
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My wife pet peeve, Electric Bike's on a 'Horse trails' ,, Horses are 'Flite animals' anything quiet & fast is a 'Danger' to them ,some trails out west are wide open visual wise and most are OK,,,,but here in the east with all the trees not so much.
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vwinnovator
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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Dipshits who ask if I'll sell only the body off my numbers matching car....
buy the whole thing and then do what you want with it... |
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EverettB
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| My wife pet peeve, Electric Bike's on a 'Horse trails' ,, Horses are 'Flite animals' anything quiet & fast is a 'Danger' to them ,some trails out west are wide open visual wise and most are OK,,,,but here in the east with all the trees not so much. |
I can see this being an issue as I've seen some people going crazy with a lot of the new electric bikes, scooters, etc.
A lot of the off-road bike and hiking trails here specifically have "No electric bikes" signs now
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Cusser
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| My wife pet peeve, Electric Bike's on a 'Horse trails' ,, Horses are 'Flight animals' anything quiet & fast is a 'Danger' to them |
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Mrs. Cusser has a horse and rides on many types of trails in Arizona. She says many electric bike riders, many mountain bike riders violate Arizona law where horses have priority over EVERYTHING, including vehicles and pedestrians. Many of these folks do not obey the posted signs, have dogs off leash, etc.
And many are rude and dangerous to the horse riders and horses.
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madmike
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I keep telling my wife, "Don't they Know/remember,, Cowboy & Cowgirls Carrie Guns" she didn't think it was funny
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vwinnovator
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| Bicycle riders that think the stop signs don't apply to them. |
I once knew a woman who would ride down the middle of the double yellow line.
She claimed no one could hit her because its against the law to cross the double line. |
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Emily's Owner
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Pet peeves |
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| My wife pet peeve, Electric Bike's on a 'Horse trails' ,, Horses are 'Flight animals' anything quiet & fast is a 'Danger' to them |
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Mrs. Cusser has a horse and rides on many types of trails in Arizona. She says many electric bike riders, many mountain bike riders violate Arizona law where horses have priority over EVERYTHING, including vehicles and pedestrians. Many of these folks do not obey the posted signs, have dogs off leash, etc.
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A friend had an indoor arena that we'd take the rope horses to and take them through a "flappy, scary, noisy" sack out course. It was actually kind of fun, and we used everything from big blue tarps, loud sounds, ropes, cowbells etc - and once they figured out lots of things weren't quite so scary, it helped a lot - air brakes were another thing we got them used to since so many ropers were hauling with semi tractors since they were cheaper than a new pickup... although I never got one of our horses convinced that a mud puddle wasn't a bottomless pit that he needed to tippy toe dance around instead of walk through it. He was fine crossing streams, so I figured with moving water he can see the bottom, but a puddle reflects the sky and he didn't trust it.
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