Shit that annoys you

[skaredshtles]

Zoom. Again.

What shitty, laggy, low-res, poorly executed tool with horrible UI. And that's to say nothing of its garbage security. It's a shame that it's now a verb to describe video meetings. There are so many, better, more stable, optimized solutions available.

Zoom and Teams can have a Thunderdome battle to determine the worst service currently available.

Sort of the Microsoft Windows vs. IBM OS/2 debate, amirite??

[Boissal]

I've spent a ton of time on ground ladders, some as high as three stories. Stepping off of them onto wet roofs and then using chainsaws to cut holes all while having one foot on the rung of a roof hook ladder. Hardly ever had any hesitation. And then I spent almost five months on crutches from improper setup of a fucking folding ladder from cleaning my gutters at home. I stepped off of the roof onto the ladder and the thing folded up and I hit the concrete hard and broke my calcaneus.

About six months after the injury it was time to clean the gutters again and I decided I wasn't going to let fear rule me. So I check the ladder, double check it and march to the top. No one is home. After cleaning out all of the gutters I could not make myself step off the roof onto the ladder. I sat on the roof for probably an hour until my neighbor came home. I yelled at him to come over and coached him on how to foot the ladder for me so that I could step off. So yeah, fuck ladders.

EEeeeeekk. Can't imagine dealing with a ladder while fully loaded with gear with smoke and flames all over the place. But it goes to show that it's the dumbest situations that will really fuck you up.

Re: being stuck on the roof, I used a step-ladder to get on the roof of the shed not long ago then onto the roof of the house. Once I got done up there I realized there was no way I could reverse the move on the step-ladder, too sketchy on the way down (I may have been really lazy and not moved the stepladder close to the roof when I went up). So I sat on the roof for about 20 minutes waiting for a neighbor or a dog walker or whoever, and nobody came. I eventually "downclimbed" the NE corner which has a tall fence I could step on. Had to lay on the roof and slide my lower half off the edge then flail my feet until I could touch the fence. My reasoning was that if I slid I would push off and fall into the really dense ornamental trees that line the side of the house. Even with a foot on the fence I managed to eat shit in said trees and get massively scratched up.
I got a lecture from Ms B when she got home about nearly repeating last year's fall. As a climber I keep telling myself it's no biggy to downclimb from the roof. Wrong. It's ultra sketch.

TLDR: gutter cleaning / swamp cooler winterization annoys me because I'm dumb and I risk falling off the roof every time.

[Flyoverland Captive]

I won’t climb a ladder unless my wife is home. She’s an RN, and has treated a lot of para’s and quads who got that way from ladder falls. She once told me she’d stick by me through just about anything, but “no heads. If you’re just a head on a paralyzed body, I’m out.” I’m not willing to test her sincerity.

[Boissal]

I won’t climb a ladder unless my wife is home. She’s an RN, and has treated a lot of para’s and quads who got that way from ladder falls. She once told me she’d stick by me through just about anything, but “no heads. If you’re just a head on a paralyzed body, I’m out.” I’m not willing to test her sincerity.

Ms Boissal and I have the same arrangement. If I end up having to blink to communicate she will put me out of my misery (or ship me back to my mom but I doubt she'd take me). This does not annoy me btw.

[skiballs]

stealyurface831

is a good guy

solid

young but solid

Has he posted any pics in the plea to Ullr thread?


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[~mikey b]

I dunno

I’m not really here for that foolishness myself.

[skaredshtles]

Having the oven go pretty much haywire right before the holidays... and not being able to get a suitable replacement in a timely fashion.

Salesperson found an "unboxed" oven in the model I was looking for at the local warehouse... so my holidays may be salvaged at this point.

[Name Redacted]

Full Send the STAY:

Trying to deal with Ford and Summit Ford about the MF 4th GD transmission control module on the GD car. It's a $3k repair, fully GD known. You can't get it right the 2nd time even, and now, you can't even get back to me? FYYFF's.

I'm cracking a MF beer. STAY is my new safe word. GDMF.

Seriously dude, DO NOT GO TO SUMMIT FORD.

[old goat]

License expired. Go to renew online, says I have to do it in person because my picture is too old (jeez, thanks). We don't have a DMV in our county, so go to the closest one which says by appointment only. Call the number to schedule, recording says completely closed to the public, renew online.

Sent them an e-mail asking what to do, just to CYA unless I get pulled over.

Further, if I do get this done in the next couple weeks, I'm going to be stuck with the ridiculous looking Movember stache on my license for the next 5 years.

Shame on you peeping through their bedroom window.

Excellent

My wife is fearless on ladders. Went to nationals on the beam in college. Trouble is, that was 45 years ago. In the last 2 years she's broken ribs, and ankle, and both bones of her forearm--all at ground level. And I still can't keep her off ladders. Or convince her that a swiveling bar stool isn't a ladder. Funny thing is--when we used to backpack she would be terrified crossing log bridges that gave me no problem, and I have terrible balance. Something about looking down and seeing running water.

I tried to teach her windsurfing but she panicked in water over her head when she couldn't see what was under her. Despite being an excellent swimmer and diver. There are no large marine predators in Donner Lake but I couldn't convince her.

[evdog]

Idiot drivers installment #8,542:

At a 4-way stop on a busy, narrow road. Driver to my right signals left turn. But instead of a left the fucker tries to pull a u-turn in this tiny intersection. His vehicle is too big to make it around though, so everyone gets to wait while he executes a 5 point turn.

[John_B]

For everyone's edification telling your wife to "put both hands on the fucking ladder" when you are 25 feet off the ground means you're the asshole. Even if you said "please" afterwards.

I really wish she'd consider the consequences of a ladder fall a bit more.

[rideit]

Tame Impala annoys me.
Digital velveeta.

[~mikey b]

sounds like she considered it

[Lvovsky]

Local ski and bike shop employees with shitty “know it all” attitude and piss poor listening and customer service skills.

[Danno]

So, local ski and bike shop employees?

[old goat]

All the ones around here are good folks, except the owner of one shop.

[frorider]

So, local ski and bike shop employees?

Says the guy near Neptune.

[Danno]

Says the guy near Neptune.

Well played.

It was just a joke. And I hear that the people at Neptune are nice now. But I wouldn't know.

[muted]

Digital velveeta.

Ha

[Rideski]

Thanks to dantheman I’m eating a loaf of bread in a day and thanks to boissal I have to go to the store every day to get a new one. You guys are now both named in my in-case-of-sudden-death letter.

[old goat]

The sound of my wife stripping the head of another screw. For the love of dog, when you hear the bit start to spin in the slot don't just keep going.

[Lvovsky]

So, local ski and bike shop employees?

Some are pretty decent but some make me cringe.

[mfcf13]

The sound of my wife stripping the head of another screw. For the love of dog, when you hear the bit start to spin in the slot don't just keep going.

There has to be a good joke in here somewhere. Maybe something about female Viagra.

[Rideski]

Actual customer review:
This seemed like it was going to be a really great nail gun. Too bad someone stole it before I could use it.

[Danno]

Actual customer review:
This seemed like it was going to be a really great nail gun. Too bad someone stole it before I could use it.

That's right up there with when there's a question asked on Amazon, and someone replies with "I don't know".