What Grinds your Gears?
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Yeah, I may have forgotten to mention that
But what I'm doing isn't really work at home, more like a job that I get nothing out of. I always do work for/with my dad, I don't mind doing it, it only annoys me when it takes my holiday, I work almost every weekend during school terms. But this is a holiday, time for a break from working (By the way, I think my dad's gone off to work anyway, so I get holiday, so all this unnecessary ranting for nothing 
)@ Submerged,
Soo true, so true.
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When people see a Yield sign and think they're supposed to stop.
-People who don't turn right on red.
-People who drive side by side at low speed on a two lane highway.
-People who text and drive, crossing the line repeatedly, and nearly going head on into a minivan that might have been filled with little kids.
I'll just shorten this up and say it grinds my gears when stupid people get a drivers license.
Now, there's one thing that really pisses me off, and that's people who just do stupid 🤬 without even thinking about it. It's kind of like what some people are saying about cars that just cut across lanes....only involving more stupidity. The difference is, this guy was merging onto a 2 lane road, and he thought it would make sense to stop diagonally in the left lane to wait so he could cross to the other side. In a heavy rainstorm no-less. So I had to jump on the brakes, and there's no way I would have been able to stop in time, and I couldn't move to the right because of the heavy traffic, and I couldn't move to the left because of the oncoming traffic. Luckily there was a break in oncoming and the guy got out of the way when I was about 10 feet off of him.
I have never felt more genuine frustration and rage at the stupidity of another person in my entire life.
If I would have hit him, he would have slid into oncoming, and it probably would have ended up killing multiple people because some jackass couldn't be bothered to turn around further down the road and come back to make the turn the legal way.
What the 🤬 do they teach people in some driving schools?
-People who don't turn right on red.
-People who drive side by side at low speed on a two lane highway.
-People who text and drive, crossing the line repeatedly, and nearly going head on into a minivan that might have been filled with little kids.
I'll just shorten this up and say it grinds my gears when stupid people get a drivers license.
Now, there's one thing that really pisses me off, and that's people who just do stupid 🤬 without even thinking about it. It's kind of like what some people are saying about cars that just cut across lanes....only involving more stupidity. The difference is, this guy was merging onto a 2 lane road, and he thought it would make sense to stop diagonally in the left lane to wait so he could cross to the other side. In a heavy rainstorm no-less. So I had to jump on the brakes, and there's no way I would have been able to stop in time, and I couldn't move to the right because of the heavy traffic, and I couldn't move to the left because of the oncoming traffic. Luckily there was a break in oncoming and the guy got out of the way when I was about 10 feet off of him.
I have never felt more genuine frustration and rage at the stupidity of another person in my entire life.
If I would have hit him, he would have slid into oncoming, and it probably would have ended up killing multiple people because some jackass couldn't be bothered to turn around further down the road and come back to make the turn the legal way.
What the 🤬 do they teach people in some driving schools?
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^^^^
You have to apply for a license?
Gts license tests are harder than here in the states.
When i got my license in 95 i literally took a left out if the lot. 5 left turns later i was back at the registry as a licensed driver.
Ha. Just realized they were training me for nascar
You have to apply for a license?
Gts license tests are harder than here in the states.
When i got my license in 95 i literally took a left out if the lot. 5 left turns later i was back at the registry as a licensed driver.
Ha. Just realized they were training me for nascar
Mine was a left turn across 2 lanes of oncoming traffic, downhill in a 25mph zone, left turn, left turn, left turn, right turn, right turn on a steep hill, left turn, parallel park, left turn, left turn.
They automatically fail you if you turn right on red, nearly cause an accident, cause an accident, or speed even 1mph over.
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- madmike1986
The British driving test is a nightmare to pass...Everyone I know took 2 or 3 attempts, plus the theory test is hard also.
And now they have added a further 10min test off road, which if you fail you dont even drive the car out of the yard lol
Plus it costs a bomb, one of those atomic ones!
And now they have added a further 10min test off road, which if you fail you dont even drive the car out of the yard lol
Plus it costs a bomb, one of those atomic ones!
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getting a warning from a GTP moderator for "lazy grammar"
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When you accepted the AUP (The GTP version of "That Long Text Before Registering At Any Forum That Nobody Reads"), it included this:
Just saying.
Oh well, since I've posted already, let's go full-scale: people that, when told not to do something, DO IT and then complain when they get "punished".
Examples? Banned User Log (lovely page, and constantly updated since September 2005)
Just saying.
Oh well, since I've posted already, let's go full-scale: people that, when told not to do something, DO IT and then complain when they get "punished".
Examples? Banned User Log (lovely page, and constantly updated since September 2005)
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That Washington Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan has named QB John Beck as the starting QB for the 2011 season. Meaning that they won't try to sign QB Matt Hasselbeck. Who we should sign and should start. As a result to show that I still support my team, my avatar and profile pic is of John Beck. But it grinds my gears...
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I low-ball all the time. I use kijiji though. Guy says 30 dollars for a gameshark, I said 25. He sent me email for a week and I acted like I wasn't interested. So he then offered it for 20 dollars. And I bought it. The 10 dollars saved paid for gas for dad's car.
What grinds my gears at the moment. Terrible movies
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Just spent the last half hour having a thoroughly entertaining read through the Banned List (I was watching a programme on TV at the same time, mind), and this one jumped out at me:
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Can the Mods here read PMs (not that I have anything to hide), or was it the victim that reported the offensive action?
boiltheocean
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Making a thread where it literally took me 30 minutes of typing and such only to get it ninja deleted without notifacation.
Then links I gave to friends to get their comment comes back as "a nonexistent thread". That makes me look like an idiot.
Grumpy face squared.
Then links I gave to friends to get their comment comes back as "a nonexistent thread". That makes me look like an idiot.
Grumpy face squared.
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Don't worry. Heading to Florida for 1.5 weeks for some scorching hot 90 degree weather, so I won't be on too much.There you go again. Get out.
Yes & yes.
I agree w/ "right on red" as well. The only time I don't is when there is a sign saying not to (Duh). Other day though, I was at such an intersection in the far right lane with said sign present. The reason the sign is there is because it's a T-Intersection & 3 of the 4 lanes have to turn right & they don't want 3 lanes of idiots trying to pull out in front of another 3 lanes.
So, I'm in the right lane (which could turn right on red without much incident) & the idiot in front of me makes the turn, ignoring the sign. I pull up & not 10 seconds later, the jackass behind me honks to turn. The only thing I can do is reach out the window & point out to the moron, "No Right on Red" sign. Maybe if he had a little patience as well, he'd seen that just a few seconds later, our light turned green.
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Ok, went for 9 holes at my local golf course with my dad. Nothing wrong there, I like going golf. Played 4 holes, and a bloke behind us was being held up by us so we kindly asked if he would like to join our group. He did. Nothing wrong with that either. I tee up on the par 3 5th and hit a 9 iron about 130 yds, and rolled into the bunker just short of the green. So i take out my sandwedge and address the ball. I make a short but swift swing to launch the ball into the air. I catch it wrong, it hits the lip of the bunker and rolls back down. The bloke who joined us said he could get it out and proceeded to take three shots to get it out of the sand and onto the green. Thats what
P:censored:ssed me off. I didn't mention my feelings to him because I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere.
He did seem like a nice guy, but that brief moment just got on my tits.
P:censored:ssed me off. I didn't mention my feelings to him because I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere.
He did seem like a nice guy, but that brief moment just got on my tits.
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My idiot friend. She has no money because she bought a house with her bloke who earns next to nothing and has no desire to get a better job, as it would interfere with his weed-smoking time. She's proper broke to the point that she's had to talk the bank into giving her a mortgage break. After a month or two of this mortgage break, she notices she has a bit of money left over once all her bills are paid, so goes out and buys a brand new Toyota Yaris for about £10K. And then moans that she hasn't got any money...
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Being Ignored.
Snaps my nerves
Oh and people in their honda civics.
Every night there's at least one that drives around in my neighborhood with their silly 🤬 fart cannon thinking they have the fastest car in the community.
General Notice: You don't. By a longshot.
Snaps my nerves
Oh and people in their honda civics.
Every night there's at least one that drives around in my neighborhood with their silly 🤬 fart cannon thinking they have the fastest car in the community.
General Notice: You don't. By a longshot.
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Ugly houses. Especially when they are discourteously facing a main road. There are planning laws and laws limiting renovation for the purposes of maintaining grand old buildings, so I don't understand why there are not laws restricting people from building tasteless homes to everyone else's horror.
Oh, and, similarly to above, the fact that it is usually the singer who receives the glory of public affection and attention. The other members work just as hard. Band members should play while lined up horizontally on stage.
Oh, and, similarly to above, the fact that it is usually the singer who receives the glory of public affection and attention. The other members work just as hard. Band members should play while lined up horizontally on stage.
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