This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[Kharnynb]

http://www.amazon.com/Garant-GPRR24T-Telescopic-Roof-Rake/dp/B00680IXB4

 

[charliehorse]

Could look like this
http://youtu.be/4mmWv6pgBQg

People who drive Saabs without paying attention to their environment so they can blame the car in front of them really bugs me.

 

[ifnotuthenwho]

http://www.amazon.com/Garant-GPRR24T-Telescopic-Roof-Rake/dp/B00680IXB4

Wow, I didn't know they had something like that. This will allow truckers to reach almost 2/3 of the way up on their trailer if they stand on their tip-toes.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Wow, I didn't know they had something like that. This will allow truckers to reach almost 2/3 of the way up on their trailer if they stand on their tip-toes.

Short wives can do a pretty good job of cleaning off their mini vans too.

 

[Venari]

Short wives can do a pretty good job of cleaning off their mini vans too.

Fairly certain they're all short, based on how many times I've had to reach something off the top two shelves at stores for random people.

 

[dkwolf]

http://www.amazon.com/Garant-GPRR24T-Telescopic-Roof-Rake/dp/B00680IXB4

I've broken four of those.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Fairly certain they're all short, based on how many times I've had to reach something off the top two shelves at stores for random people.

I'm a short wife, and I appriciate people like you. In fact, it really annoys me that they stack thing up like a jenga game on the top shelf at many stores!

 

[podz]

#1, I'm not sure we've established that the law says that, universally. Perhaps some jurisdictions have such a clause, but I don't believe it's everywhere.

There is not a western country that does not have a general law about endangering traffic.

#2, you're applying a black-and-white rule without allowing for nuance. Your "one-size-fits-all" solution is not actually practical. Sure, it's easy for me to brush a dusting of snow off of the top of my car. But what if we had freezing rain overnight, and my roof is covered in a thick sheet of ice? Eventually, that ice is going to come off if I don't remove it before getting behind the wheel. But how am I to remove it? Do I take a scraper to the roof of my car and ruin the paint/accelerate rusting? It took me 10 minutes just to scrape off the windshield and my side windows - how much time am I to invest ruining the finish of my roof?

All of the time that is required. Nobody gives a rat's äss about how shiny your car's roof is.

What if I have a Hummer? I can't reach that roof. What if we have a minivan and my wife is 5'5"? She can't reach the roof to brush the snow. So what, she just doesn't drive that day? Because you're going to panic if a little snow comes off of her roof on the highway?

Don't buy a large vehicle if you're too short to clean it off.

And as repeatedly mentioned already, what about tractor trailer drivers? That's a HUGE surface area, and even if they had a way to get up onto their roofs (they don't), it's extremely risky for them. How do you weigh the lives potentially saved by having every trucker completely clean their roofs of all snow against the injuries and deaths of truckers falling off of their trailers in a pointless exercise to prevent you from having to see snow?

Nobody is going to die from falling 4 meters into a pile of snow. I think the pointless exercise was the taxpayers funding of your primary education.

But sure, stick with your "BRUSH/SCRAPE YOUR VEHICLE COMPLETELY CLEAN ALL THE TIME NO MATTER WHAT" decree. It's impractical and will obviously never happen, so I'll instead continue to drive defensively and be prepared.

People drive defensively and still get hit with the stuff. There are overpasses, on-ramps, off-ramps, cloverleafs, merging roads, all sorts of things that are extremely common. You don't even need to have a vehicle in front of you to get hit by some idiot's negligent laziness.

 

[Dirt_McGirt]

You were done a while ago. You just didn't know it.

 

[podz]

Spoken like someone who doesn't have the first f'n clue about physics or EMS, or has ever jumped from 10'+ onto a hard surface (like, oh, a parking lot) and felt the impact of even a controlled landing.

You fall on your head from THREE FEET, and it can paralyze or kill you.

I'm done with this debate.

This is not a debate thread.

 

[Schlenkerla]

You guys need to take it easy. Your points are known on both sides.

podz is correct this is NOT a debate thread.

Find something else to bitch about....

 

[Hamaki]

podz is correct this is NOT a debate thread.

Maybe not but can't you just let 'em go at it ad infinitum? I'd hoped to see how long this thing can drag out if unfettered by mods or the voice of reason.

 

[charliehorse]

Nobody is going to die from falling 4 meters into a pile of snow. I think the pointless exercise was the taxpayers funding of your primary education.

Until you remove all of the snow, you're still in a parking lot. After you remove the snow, you're still in a parking lot. Even if the pile is 3 feet thick and you fall off the top of a truck, you're still in a parking lot. If you hate it so much, invent a safe way to clear off a truck. Until you do that, quit bitching about things you know nothing about.

 

[kombat]

I just like it when I get up to highway speed for the first time after a snowfall, and all that snow blows off of my roof. I feel like a comet. I look in the mirror and see all the powder trailing behind me, it makes me feel like I'm going faster.

 

[Kee]

I didn't know how much fun I was missing living here in Florida. We just have the occasional hurricane to get excited about. Otherwise the weather is pretty boring.

 

[slym2none]

When car guys keep calling the engine a "motor".

The starter is a motor. It starts the engine. At least that is what my auto-mechanics teacher always drilled into our brains - motor=electric, gas-powered is an engine.

I know, I know - motorcycle... *sigh*

 

[Schlenkerla]

When car guys keep calling the engine a "motor".

The starter is a motor. It starts the engine. At least that is what my auto-mechanics teacher always drilled into our brains - motor=electric, gas-powered is an engine.

I know, I know - motorcycle... *sigh*

Actually my engineering education tells me a motor usually has rotary output. A starter does as does an engine.

What annoys me is the confusion people have between pumps and motors.

Pumps have rotary input.

Motors have rotary output.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Soooooo, following someone so close that an object comes off their vehicle and strikes yours in under 2 seconds is a 'safe following distance'? Just because there is a space of 3 car lengths between them doesn't mean it is enough. Road conditions, visibility, mechanical limitations of the vehicle, and driver skill all help to determine what is a safe distance. If your vision is diminished by blowing snow, slow down.
If he was truly at a 'safe following distance' there would have been ample time to make a defensive maneuver. As the driver you are responsible for the control of your vehicle. This includes anticipating the actions of those drivers around you, especially those in front of you. Next you will tell me that person doing the legal limit that you just rear ended while doing 95 is at fault as well...
Had the Saab driver been giving 4-6 seconds of separation the ice hits the pavement, no issue and no harm.
People ignoring their own reckless behavior to blame others annoys me.

 

[slym2none]

 

[Zuljin]

Actually my engineering education tells me a motor usually has rotary output. A starter does as does an engine.

What annoys me is the confusion people have between pumps and motors.

Pumps have rotary input.

Motors have rotary output.

We've a program called Maximo. Sometimes, locations and assets are entered damn near to the nut and bolt. Other times, I have to write a work order on a VFD on a pump. Okay, yes, the whole equipment trian does include the VFD, but still...

 

[Schlenkerla]

This is for those of with the following too close problem and not reacting fast enough for what's in front of you.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/02/13/manhole-cover-crashes-into-suvs-windshield-killing-driver.html

 

[Schlenkerla]

We've a program called Maximo. Sometimes, locations and assets are entered damn near to the nut and bolt. Other times, I have to write a work order on a VFD on a pump. Okay, yes, the whole equipment trian does include the VFD, but still...

Engineering gibberish...

So the variable frequency drive (VFD) is wired to the electric motor that's connected to the pump?

I can see it be confusing just because of proximity.

My guess you have no gear reducer between your electric motor and pump or is there one?

Most of the ones that I have worked with have pretty high rpm motors so the rpm can get knocked down by the gear reducer. This is mainly so the motor is always running slower than its rated to run so it doesn't over heat. I always buy the dynamic braking option too on the freq drive.

Bla, bla, bla.....LOL

 

[Venari]

Engineering gibberish...

When you folk start talking engineering, this is what I hear:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0F_WUJP0k[/ame]

 

[Schlenkerla]

When you folk start talking engineering, this is what I hear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0F_WUJP0k

I followed that up to the point were they mentioned, a "dingle arm girdle spring" after that I was lost.

 

[Hamaki]

I followed that up to the point were they mentioned, a "dingle arm girdle spring" after that I was lost.

Dirndlspringen?

 

[Kee]

Dirndlspringen?

Sehr gut!

 

[schematix]

Alright I got one...

When someone schedules a meeting from noon-1pm and doesn't intend to provide lunch. DECLINE.

Lunch time is sacred, unless you're going to give me good free food.

 

[MaxStout]

Alright I got one...

When someone schedules a meeting from noon-1pm and doesn't intend to provide lunch. DECLINE.

Lunch time is sacred, unless you're going to give me good free food.

They'll give it some cute name like "lunch & learn," and tell people to BYO lunch. As if the "learn" part means we're really getting something in return for giving up our lunch break.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

It really annoys me when people camp out on the equiptment at the gym texting or otherwise playing with their phone.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Alright I got one...

When someone schedules a meeting from noon-1pm and doesn't intend to provide lunch. DECLINE.

Lunch time is sacred, unless you're going to give me good free food.

In a similar note when people schedule a meeting without an agenda or an email to explain why they want to meet with you.

And it's during lunch.