Pet Peeves

automatic car door locks

Are we really so stupid we can't lock/unlock car doors? Or are we really so lazy?
 
aviation related:

Aircraft title search... because the FAA is the holder of all such documentation and has it in a big ol' folder.

Why can we have a title to a car but not an aircraft that is worth less than many cars?
 
Car alarms that go BEEP beLeeEP BEELEP when they're being set/disabled in the parking lots. What annoying idiot thought a screaming loud beeping sound several times is such a cute way to set a car alarm? It's damned annoying especially in a national park.

I think the only more annoying beeping alarm nonsense is the people who get out of their car, set the alarm that does the rude beep thing, walk 15 feet to an overlook, look around for 1-2 minutes, walk back to their car and beep the thing so they can get back in and drive away. Are people really so paranoid about theft that they can't even walk 15 feet from their car for 2 minutes with the car still in sight the whole time?

FWIW, every time I hear a screaming car alarm in a parking lot, I don't look and don't care. I think it's so common of a sound that other people don't look either. Personally I hope someone steals the damned thing so I won't have to listen to it screaming it's bloody hood off for 10 minutes.
 
People that complain "they can't lose weight" well I tell you what, put down the Pop and the chocolate (even the dark variety). Quit eating that Ramen Noodles junk and EXERCISE. Geez it's not that hard. I'm 30# overweight but I'm trying to do something about it but cutting back. I tried cutting pop out cold turkey and got a killer headache so I'll try that again on Friday when I can be in agony on Saturday. :)
 
I'm normal weight, but I know enough folks with serious weight problems to believe that some of it must be due to differences in metabolism or true food addiction. We're blasted six ways from Sunday by advertising designed to make us want to eat more, more, more, and the food itself is loaded with sugars and other stuff that makes our brains want more of it. Managing food addiction takes truly hard work and a commitment to changing your lifestyle over the long term, not just going on a diet.

BTW most pop has caffeine... maybe cold turkey is not the way to go? Diet colas aren't exactly good for you either, but at least they are low in calories... IF you can drink them without getting a craving for the "real thing" (TM).
 
azure said:
I'm normal weight, but I know enough folks with serious weight problems to believe that some of it must be due to differences in metabolism or true food addiction.
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I'm in this boat too. I know I don't maintain a normal weight because I'm particularly virtuous or have incredible willpower. I'm also not that selective about the foods I eat or when I eat them. I've always been convinced that some physiological mechanism is at work and that it's related to heredity in some way.
 
I think it's some of both. I used to be a lot heavier than I am today, so if there's a "fat gene" I probably have it. I also believe that I was addicted to high-calorie foods and especially to sugar-loaded drinks, so there was some of that too. It's not hard for me to maintain my current weight now though, largely because when I overeat I know it and don't find the feeling at all pleasant. When eating enough to cause weight gain makes you feel like crap, it's pretty easy to not do it. ;)

Exercise helps too... in moderation of course. My tendency these days is to overdo that instead of eating, which is not necessarily a good thing since I tend to get minor muscle injuries rather easily. Old age creeping up, I suppose... :(
 
azure said:
I think it's some of both. I used to be a lot heavier than I am today, so if there's a "fat gene" I probably have it. I also believe that I was addicted to high-calorie foods and especially to sugar-loaded drinks, so there was some of that too. It's not hard for me to maintain my current weight now though, largely because when I overeat I know it and don't find the feeling at all pleasant. When eating enough to cause weight gain makes you feel like crap, it's pretty easy to not do it. ;)

Exercise helps too... in moderation of course. My tendency these days is to overdo that instead of eating, which is not necessarily a good thing since I tend to get minor muscle injuries rather easily. Old age creeping up, I suppose... :(
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I'm not saying that self-control and discipline don't have something to do with it. I'm just saying that for some people it's much easier and they don't need that willpower because they don't have that craving to overeat for whatever reason. It's obviously much harder for people who do.
 
pet peeve: people who push the button for the crosswalk signal and then cross the street anyway and don't wait for the signal. If you didn't need the crosswalk signal, then don't tie up traffic.
 
Bob Noel said:
pet peeve: people who push the button for the crosswalk signal and then cross the street anyway and don't wait for the signal. If you didn't need the crosswalk signal, then don't tie up traffic.
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Most of those buttons around here do nothing during the day, anyway. The cycle doesn't change. They're for night mode where one direction has a permanent red light unless a car triggers the under-street sensor, or someone pushes a button.

Which leads to my pet peeve...

Under-street traffic light sensors broken which don't get fixed, so you're stuck running the red light after waiting for 5 minutes, backing up, attempting to run over the sensor in another lane, etc.
 
Big ego jet jocks who assume they own the runway - no radio calls - no listening on the radio - then on short final (the oposite direction that everone else is going) they have to do a go around because a GA aircraft had the gall to go flying that day.
 
"Traffic engineers".

In almost every instance, a 4-way stop sign works better than the "solutions" these people sell.

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umpires that are too stupid to recognize their mistakes.
 
Bob Noel said:
umpires that are too stupid to recognize their mistakes.
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There are two kinds of people in this world, those who hate umpires and those who are umpires. I am one of the latter. But we must remember that at its core, sports are entertainment and the mistakes of umpires add to the entertainment value of the event. That is why I am opposed to the video reviews of official calls in sports. Let the mistakes stand and let the fans who hate the call as well as those who love the call revel or stew in the memory of the spectacle.
 
Having somebody in line at the gas station spend 15 minutes buying lottery tickets while I stand there forever behind them trying to buy a pop.
 
DrMack said:
There are two kinds of people in this world, those who hate umpires and those who are umpires. I am one of the latter. But we must remember that at its core, sports are entertainment and the mistakes of umpires add to the entertainment value of the event. That is why I am opposed to the video reviews of official calls in sports. Let the mistakes stand and let the fans who hate the call as well as those who love the call revel or stew in the memory of the spectacle.
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Note that I was referring to umpires that are too stupid to recognize their own mistakes. I wasn't referring to all umpires.

Unless you believe that all umpires are too stupid....
 
Jay Honeck said:
"Traffic engineers".

In almost every instance, a 4-way stop sign works better than the "solutions" these people sell.

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Sorry, I HATE stop signs. I do recognise they have a place...but they are way over used, if you ask me. In fact, I'd say we need a new sign...something that conveys "slow down and look...if anybody's there give way. If not keep on trucking". I suppose a Yield sign does that...but you never see those at 4 way intersections. I think a 4 way intersection with one way having Yield signs would work pretty good.

The main reason I hate stop signs is the mechanical side of my brain just loaths shaving off all that inertia. I spent money making that momentum. If it puts nobody in danger I'd just as soon like to keep it!

Swampfox201 said:
Having somebody in line at the gas station spend 15 minutes buying lottery tickets while I stand there forever behind them trying to buy a pop.
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OMG!!!! That's my peeve too!!!

If you want to pay a voluntary tax then by all means knock your stupid self out. But why do I have to take time out of my day and wait for you to pay it? They need to get those lottery things online and out of my life. Can you imagine how many man hours are lost every day to the lottery's in America? Take every single person in line at every single store and add it up. I bet we could build a Hoover Dam every day with just those lost man hours.

I can't believe the EXACT SAME numbers racquet that the mob ran and was chased down by the government is now used by the government to shake down the poorest and dumbest among us. Amazing we voters allow it.
 
Lottery = A tax on people that can't do math.

Really, 1 in 13,000,000 odds aren't good. You are not buying a dream. No one has to win. Getting struck by lightning, twice, has better odds.
 
masloki said:
Lottery = A tax on people that can't do math.

Really, 1 in 13,000,000 odds aren't good. You are not buying a dream. No one has to win. Getting struck by lightning, twice, has better odds.
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fah - it's just a high risk investment, and one with a lot better payout than being hit by lightning.
 
masloki said:
Lottery = A tax on people that can't do math.

Really, 1 in 13,000,000 odds aren't good. You are not buying a dream. No one has to win. Getting struck by lightning, twice, has better odds.
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There's apparently someone in TX that won the lottery four times. Not sure how much he/she won, though.
 
Captain said:
Sorry, I HATE stop signs. I do recognise they have a place...but they are way over used, if you ask me. In fact, I'd say we need a new sign...something that conveys "slow down and look...if anybody's there give way. If not keep on trucking". I suppose a Yield sign does that...but you never see those at 4 way intersections. I think a 4 way intersection with one way having Yield signs would work pretty good.

The main reason I hate stop signs is the mechanical side of my brain just loaths shaving off all that inertia. I spent money making that momentum. If it puts nobody in danger I'd just as soon like to keep it!
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Sure, but with Mr. Murphey being himself, if we put Yield signs up in place of Stops, I'd bet people would actually STOP more than yield.:idea:So stupid, it makes sense...:lol:
 
I'd say we need a new sign...something that conveys "slow down and look...if anybody's there give way. If not keep on trucking".
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That's what a yield sign is. That is also what a roundabout does.

Yield means self centered snot doesn't have to give way to anyone.
Roundabouts, america, ha, it's like russian roulette with a gatling gun, only dangerous.
 
fgcason said:
That's what a yield sign is. That is also what a roundabout does.

Yield means self centered snot doesn't have to give way to anyone.
Roundabouts, america, ha, it's like russian roulette with a gatling gun, only dangerous.
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Stop signs, yield signs, roundabouts, and full traffic signals all have their place. Some are great for low traffic volumes (Stop signs). Some excel under medium traffic (roundabouts). But neither of those is worth a darn in truly heavy traffic where the traffic signal rules the day...IF... it is coordinated with the other traffic signals in the area.
 
It's a convenience store. They're not in the business of selling convenience only to soda buyers.
 
kyleb said:
Stop signs, yield signs, roundabouts, and full traffic signals all have their place. Some are great for low traffic volumes (Stop signs). Some excel under medium traffic (roundabouts). But neither of those is worth a darn in truly heavy traffic where the traffic signal rules the day...IF... it is coordinated with the other traffic signals in the area.
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I've been in roundabouts in horrible traffic in England, France and Australia where they are prevalent and people know how to use them, they are my favorite by far over lights and signs.
 
kyleb said:
Stop signs, yield signs, roundabouts, and full traffic signals all have their place. Some are great for low traffic volumes (Stop signs). Some excel under medium traffic (roundabouts). But neither of those is worth a darn in truly heavy traffic where the traffic signal rules the day...IF... it is coordinated with the other traffic signals in the area.
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Other traffic controls in the area is a secondary issue. It's really about the drivers understanding how a roundabout works. People on the whole don't have a basic understanding of how stop signs and yield signs and right of way works. In this country roundabouts is the equivalent of teaching PhD level orbital mechanics in kindergarten on the first day of class.
 
Roundabouts are my favourite as they keep the traffic moving. But they do have a draw back and that's the extra real estate they require.
 
Henning said:
I've been in roundabouts in horrible traffic in England, France and Australia where they are prevalent and people know how to use them, they are my favorite by far over lights and signs.
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Somewhere in the eastern US (must have been NJ), I encountered a roundabout with yield signs in the circle giving the entering traffic the right of way :mad2:
 
Captain said:
I can't believe the EXACT SAME numbers racquet that the mob ran and was chased down by the government is now used by the government to shake down the poorest and dumbest among us. Amazing we voters allow it.
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Bbbut it's 'for the children' or nature or any of the other fluffy reasons the lottery money is supposedly earmarked for.
 
weilke said:
Somewhere in the eastern US (must have been NJ), I encountered a roundabout with yield signs in the circle giving the entering traffic the right of way :mad2:
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Hey, that's nothing, here in Taxachusetts there is a rotary with traffic lights!
 
Bob Noel said:
Hey, that's nothing, here in Taxachusetts there is a rotary with traffic lights!
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Look up Dupont Circle in DC. 2 concentric circles with traffic lights and pedestrian crossings, some turns can be made from the inner circle only, some only from the outer. Takes some getting used to :confused: .
 
People that Facebook can read your thoughts and then magically posts them on your behalf. I know there is a whole thread on Facebook but it does have uses and can provide good information. For those that don't like it because you don't like sharing your public information DON'T POST ANYTHING JUST WATCH WHAT YOUR FRIEND/FLYING CLUB DOES!!! GEEZ!" I feel better.
 
weilke said:
Somewhere in the eastern US (must have been NJ), I encountered a roundabout with yield signs in the circle giving the entering traffic the right of way :mad2:
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New Jersey highway department is either run by retards or sadists. Where else do you find stop signs on freeway entrance ramps? (sig alert signals don't count as the traffic is basically barely moving when they are on)
 
Henning said:
New Jersey highway department is either run by retards or sadists. Where else do you find stop signs on freeway entrance ramps? (sig alert signals don't count as the traffic is basically barely moving when they are on)
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Come to Montana, the speed limit used to be "Reasonable and Prudent" which was not disliked.

In Missoula, stops signs are optional... They put them wherever they feel like it. After moving here, you figure it out "the hard way". The idea is to keep people terrified and always guessing so that they'll creep around town at 5MPH. The reality is, not everyone is participating and sometimes 2 non-participants meet each other in the middle, the person to the left gets the blame.
 
bartmc said:
Come to Montana, the speed limit used to be "Reasonable and Prudent" which was not disliked.
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And when I came through when you guys were doing that, I was driving someone else's Mercury Tracer. (face palm)

It did 85 floored. Until you came to a hill. LOL.
 
bartmc said:
Come to Montana, the speed limit used to be "Reasonable and Prudent" which was not disliked.

In Missoula, stops signs are optional... They put them wherever they feel like it. After moving here, you figure it out "the hard way". The idea is to keep people terrified and always guessing so that they'll creep around town at 5MPH. The reality is, not everyone is participating and sometimes 2 non-participants meet each other in the middle, the person to the left gets the blame.
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I remember reasonable and prudent there, still most people kept it between 70&80 because of fuel prices. The only real problem was the JB Hunt and other big fleet trucks that were governed to 60- 65 for fuel savings would be being passed by the cars doing 70-80 which is fine until some guy comes along doing 120 and takes out both of them rather than using the median or shoulder.
 
Door-to-door school bus service.

I thought our society was interested in fuel economy? Why then do school buses stop every other house on main roads?
 
weilke said:
Bbbut it's 'for the children' or nature or any of the other fluffy reasons the lottery money is supposedly earmarked for.
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I watched as organized crime, er, the government built 19 casinos in Iowa. NINETEEN.

Remember, Iowa has fewer people than the City of Houston. So sad.

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