Things that annoy me (3 Viewers)

[theBaron]

I've got to bump this item: drivers who park their butts in the passing lane. Drives me absolutely nuts. They don't get the message if you flash your lights. They don't get the message if one, two, three, several cars pass them on the right, whether it's a smooth pass or a quick whip-around. They don't get the message if you pass them on the right, then point to the right-hand lane when you return to the passing lane ahead of them. Just completely inconsiderate and oblivious.

 

[Horus]

I've got to bump this item: drivers who park their butts in the passing lane. Drives me absolutely nuts. They don't get the message if you flash your lights. They don't get the message if one, two, three, several cars pass them on the right, whether it's a smooth pass or a quick whip-around. They don't get the message if you pass them on the right, then point to the right-hand lane when you return to the passing lane ahead of them. Just completely inconsiderate and oblivious.

Road hogs was the polite term fifty years ago, these days it's probably *&^%$£"&*%

 

[Panzer ace]

Cancelled bids on ebay without explanation. I do not mind if someone changes their mind, emails me, then cancels. That said, had a recent buffoon cancel on a number of items, no explanation, well, he went on the blocked bidder list. That to me signals a potential issue which I do not need. Supposed to be fun, not so by bozos like that. It really screws up bidding on items. Oh, another problem - non paying bidders. Annoying to say the least, but as I subscribe to the fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me - blocked bidder list they go.
TD

Tom:

I agree and on the opposite side, sellers who employ bait and switch tactics and worse, the ones demand immediate payment but take weeks to process refunds.

-Jason

 

[Combat]

This Smithsonian Magazine headline can't be good:

"Squirrels Are Displaying 'Widespread Carnivorous Behavior'"​

 

[theBaron]

This Smithsonian Magazine headline can't be good:

"Squirrels Are Displaying 'Widespread Carnivorous Behavior'"​

I have seen squirrels cannibalize other squirrels. I saw one hit by a car a block from my house. As it lay there in the middle of the road, another one ran out to it, sniffed, then took a bite. I wasn't too surprised, because other rodents will kill and eat others of its kind.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Combat]

All the media and Beltway hype about the government "shutdown" came, as usual, to nothing. More spending adding to the deficit. I did get a laugh that somehow shortening the length of the bill was progress and somehow translated into spending cuts. Many of the few items cut from the bill were passed separately. The DC types control the process. Political power is dependent on spending. Outsiders that try to reform that process are doomed. They don't know the game. A couple years from now Musk and Vivek will declare that they have cut spending, pat themselves on the back and leave, but the deficit will be much higher when all is said and done than it is now. Bank it. There has to be fundamental change that causes a lot of pain for everyone to correct decades of uncontrolled spending. That means significantly cutting national defense, social security, and Medicare. Anyone who says otherwise is just blowing smoke and is not serious about reforming government.