What Irked You Today?

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

  ...It's a complaint driven form of government, my next door neighbor to the south and I have not talked to each other for years, so I know he snitched on me, because the pictured Shipping Container on a vacant lot was not reported.  I have found SEVEN in my District, two locations had complaints filed, yet the County allowed them to remain...

Gubmint works the same wherever you may be.

Here in the Swampeast, the county guy came by a few months ago giving me grief about having "too many cars" on my property. When I asked him about all the other lots within easy walking distance that had more and crappier dead cars parked on the dirt (also verboten), his answer was "nobody's complained about them".

Who needs an HOA when Karen just has to call the county for backup?

Edited Thursday at 07:01 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[Old Buckaroo]

Shipping containers - the reason most towns/ burgs/ wide spots on the map don't allow them as they are not a taxable structure. If you buy or build a storage shed that is "stick built" the county or town can tax it.  Shipping containers they haven't figured out a tax for them. 

[slusher]

Turning out of Ollie’s a lad went by slammed her brakes I stopped in time but i will need a bumper repaint hers was fine,, nice lady I which it hadn’t happened…

[Little Timmy]

Just because your truck is rated to haul 80,000 LBS does NOT mean you can load it to the limit. 

Unsecured load, windy day, 120 miles to the recycling center, all adds up to potential disaster.

Hate to be behind this guy on a freeway ... with a 75 MPH limit. 

This is just STUPID !

( oh yea, there's a 6 cylinder truck engine block right at the tailgate. Sitting just above the top of the tail gate. Probably the first thing to fall off. It's the last thing you see at the top of the picture, all the way at the back. )

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 11:53 PM by Little Timmy
More descriptive

[Tim W. SoCal]

6 hours ago, espo said:

Either way someone might want to put a bug in managements ear about the situation about the internal parts shrinkage.  

Actually, I wrote in all capital letters "SOME S*!THEAD THINKS IT'S FUNNY TO RETURN OLD PARTS IN NEW BOXES" on the box and had a conversation with the Parts Dep't director when I got back to the shop, presenting them with the box and used part A memo was issued to all Parts personnel to open and the boxes on all returned parts and inspect the contents.

[Tim W. SoCal]

20 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

In my old world, somebody would get taught a lesson that probably would involve significant bruising.

  Yep, that method worked for a LOT of situations in my old world, too... Occasionally you just needed "to have a little chat" with the offending party and they would straighten up, recognizing that more pain would be inflicted if they didn't. Nowadays, that practice will get you fired, arrested and probably sued...

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 minutes ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

  Yep, that method worked for a LOT of situations in my old world, too... Occasionally you just needed "to have a little chat" with the offending party and they would straighten up, recognizing that more pain would be inflicted if they didn't. Nowadays, that practice will get you fired, arrested and probably sued...

...and made instantly world-famous on the interwebs.

Edited Thursday at 11:59 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[rattle can man]

My rose bushes and ornamental grasses " bit" me multiple times yesterday while trimming them. I guess I should know enough to wear gloves.

[89AKurt]

6 hours ago, Old Buckaroo said:

Shipping containers - the reason most towns/ burgs/ wide spots on the map don't allow them as they are not a taxable structure. If you buy or build a storage shed that is "stick built" the county or town can tax it.  Shipping containers they haven't figured out a tax for them. 

Thank you for that insight.  I bet they want me to buy a permit......

[TonyK]

Been fighting a Salvino's modified model kit off and on for quite some time. Nothing seems to fit so today I threw it back in the box. I've built a few of their stock cars and didn't have near this amount of trouble.

I'm working on a Revell IMSA Mustang kit at the same time and it's a joy to build. 90's technology and everything fits nicely.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Today's irk: someone who has everything in the world to be truly thankful for...doesn't have to work, has a paid-for home in a beautiful area, paid for newish nice car from an excellent manufacturer that will probably go another 200,000 miles, a substantial amount of money in the bank, overall excellent health, several nice neighbors, and a loving, smart dog...but who elects to whine incessantly to me.

Edited 16 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy

[A modeler named mike]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Today's irk: someone who has everything in the world to be truly thankful for...doesn't have to work, has a paid-for home in a beautiful area, paid for newish nice car from an excellent manufacturer that will probably go another 200,000 miles, a substantial amount of money in the bank, overall excellent health, several nice neighbors, and a loving, smart dog...but who elects to whine incessantly to me.

Entitlement at its highest.

[peteski]

5 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Today's irk: someone who has everything in the world to be truly thankful for...doesn't have to work, has a paid-for home in a beautiful area, paid for newish nice car from an excellent manufacturer that will probably go another 200,000 miles, a substantial amount of money in the bank, overall excellent health, several nice neighbors, and a loving, smart dog...but who elects to whine incessantly to me.

An ex-wife or girlfriend?  Regardless - just ignore them - maybe they'll find someone else to whine to.

[johnyrotten]

6 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Today's irk: someone who has everything in the world to be truly thankful for...doesn't have to work, has a paid-for home in a beautiful area, paid for newish nice car from an excellent manufacturer that will probably go another 200,000 miles, a substantial amount of money in the bank, overall excellent health, several nice neighbors, and a loving, smart dog...but who elects to whine incessantly to me.

That's my favorite(sarcasm). If it isn't terminal, repairable or remedied with hard work, then don't complain about it. Same goes for things outside of one's "business" or "control". I think some are just wired to cry.