Shit that annoys you

[zion zig zag]

Waking up to a bed full of ants biting me is annoying. Around 3am I feel the cat jump onto the bed, which is not abnormal, he uses the dog door to come and go as he pleases. But apparently his normal outside sleeping spot in the flower bed was the site of a swarm of ants, so of course he loads up on them and brings them to us. Awesome.

[old goat]

A twig pig down on the San Juan told me that while recently patrolling a popular dispersed area, every “camper” they contacted had priors or warrants.

Twig pig? FU.

[chicken feathers]

^ twig pig is slang for park rangers, forest service law enforcement etc.

[406]

Yup. Was just up in the sierras for a week with generally decent temps, came home to a heat wave and have tons of things on my to-do list but don't want to even go outside.

We got spoiled with last year's summer and now back to new normal. Perfect timing the air conditioner for my office is broken and they are waiting on a part. Facilities/HR offered to move me to the cube farm, which is almost as hot due to being crammed with millennials. Evidently would cause to much drama with the boomer middle managers to move me into the empty corner office with ac locked at 72. Annoying.

[Danno]

Pig is a pretty lame term, IMO.

Danger Ranger is a better slang.

[Boissal]

Waking up to a bed full of ants biting me is annoying. Around 3am I feel the cat jump onto the bed, which is not abnormal, he uses the dog door to come and go as he pleases. But apparently his normal outside sleeping spot in the flower bed was the site of a swarm of ants, so of course he loads up on them and brings them to us. Awesome.

This is a step-up from the problem we have with our cat who brings piles of wood chips inside the house with his velcro-like fur and deposits them in the bed. At least wood chips don't bite...

[riser4]

That would have to be one ugly cat that has Velcro like fur and deposits wood chips indoors.

[BCMtnHound]

^ twig pig is slang for park rangers, forest service law enforcement etc.

Bark Narc is my favourite for the forestry officers here.

[yeahman]

This is a step-up from the problem we have with our cat who brings piles of wood chips inside the house with his velcro-like fur and deposits them in the bed. At least wood chips don't bite...

My daughter's boyfriend's cat likes to bring mice, birds, rabbits, etc. into the house through the dog door. Except while most cats kill the little critters first, this cat likes to bring them in alive. It causes quite a commotion, sometimes in the middle of the night, to suddenly have a bird or rabbit bouncing around inside the house.

[BCMtnHound]

My daughter's boyfriend's cat likes to bring mice, birds, rabbits, etc. into the house through the dog door. Except while most cats kill the little critters first, this cat likes to bring them in alive. It causes quite a commotion, sometimes in the middle of the night, to suddenly have a bird or rabbit bouncing around inside the house.

Old roommate’s big fat lazy tabby would only hunt bats, caught them and released them in the house, sat back and observed the bedlam. Roommate’s girlfriend once woke up to a flying rodent crawling up the the comforter towards her. Squeaking. I’ll never forget the octave of that shriek waking me.

Current cat only brings in her hunt to show off, then devour in most bloody fashion in front of us. 50/50 on it being puked up an hour or so later, also right in front of us.

[rideit]

Twig pig? FU.

I know more than a few F.S. And Park L.E.O’s that call themselves that.

[frorider]

I know more than a few F.S. And Park L.E.O’s that call themselves that.

This.

I may have to get Bark Narc to launch here. Haven’t heard that one

[fomofo]

The twig pigs seem to be annoyed...

More than 500 people camped out without a permit in Northern California’s Plumas National Forest were given notifications on Wednesday to leave within 48 hours or face fines, the U.S. Forest Service said. The campers are part of the Rainbow Family of Living Light, an unauthorized party in the woods held in a different American national forest every year.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...n-19543203.php

[highangle]

[m2711c]

always happy to hassle the hippies.

[BmillsSkier]

Citywide gridlock traffic.

1. Presidential debate in town with Biden arriving at the AFB on the north end and Trump arriving at the world's busiest airport at the south end of town. Highway closures from end to end.

2. Copa America USA v Panama match downtown at the same time. There's a zillion fans in town.

3. A million people from every state north of here passing through town on their way to the beach for the 4th.

All my usual side roads I use to get around are solid red on the traffic map on the one day I actually have to drive around to get shit done. It's going to take me an hour to do what would regularly take 15 minutes. FFS.

[halliday]

Citywide gridlock traffic.

1. Presidential debate in town with Biden arriving at the AFB on the north end and Trump arriving at the world's busiest airport at the south end of town. Highway closures from end to end.

2. Copa America USA v Panama match downtown at the same time. There's a zillion fans in town.

3. A million people from every state north of here passing through town on their way to the beach for the 4th.

All my usual side roads I use to get around are solid red on the traffic map on the one day I actually have to drive around to get shit done. It's going to take me an hour to do what would regularly take 15 minutes. FFS.

Hop a 26 minute flight to Savannah and I'll pick you up. Nothing going on here except drunken bachelorette parties.........

[BmillsSkier]

Hop a 26 minute flight to Savannah and I'll pick you up. Nothing going on here except drunken bachelorette parties.........

Now that actually sounds like a good time.

[old goat]

The dog has figured out how to turn on the bedroom lights in the morning to wake me up to feed her.

[Meadow Skipper]

The twig pigs seem to be annoyed...

More than 500 people camped out without a permit in Northern California’s Plumas National Forest were given notifications on Wednesday to leave within 48 hours or face fines, the U.S. Forest Service said. The campers are part of the Rainbow Family of Living Light, an unauthorized party in the woods held in a different American national forest every year.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...n-19543203.php

The Forest Service pretty much hates the Rainbow Family, and with some good reasons given the history, IMO. Issues are based on social, environmental, and sanitary factors. I found this article, which has some interesting quotes.
https://theashlandchronicle.com/the-...-freaking-out/

I worked on FS fire crews stationed at Antelope Lake on the Plumas back in the day. The nearest town is tiny Greenville, which was devastated by fire a couple years ago. Unless things have changed since I was there, the locals aren’t the type to welcome such a gathering.

[halliday]

The dog has figured out how to turn on the bedroom lights in the morning to wake me up to feed her.

Our former cat used to get onto the night table and hit the light button thingy and then proceed to meow like he was being dismembered, and then he would pull my wife's CPAP mask off. Only to eat and jump back into bed like nothing happened. when I spoke to my wife later in the morning she would always say "that fucking cat is going to die if he keeps up with that shit". That fucking cat lived for 20 years.

[Brownski]

Citywide gridlock traffic.

1. Presidential debate in town with Biden arriving at the AFB on the north end and Trump arriving at the world's busiest airport at the south end of town. Highway closures from end to end.

2. Copa America USA v Panama match downtown at the same time. There's a zillion fans in town.

3. A million people from every state north of here passing through town on their way to the beach for the 4th.

All my usual side roads I use to get around are solid red on the traffic map on the one day I actually have to drive around to get shit done. It's going to take me an hour to do what would regularly take 15 minutes. FFS.

I feel your pain… This happens so often in NYC, it’s unbelievable. And of course my company decided to open an office right next to the UN. Fuckers

[riser4]

The dog has figured out how to turn on the bedroom lights in the morning to wake me up to feed her.

That amuses me

[rideit]

Y u no e-bike?

[halliday]

I feel your pain… This happens so often in NYC, it’s unbelievable. And of course my company decided to open an office right next to the UN. Fuckers

NYC traffic blows but it is predictable. By the UN? You're fucked. Id be biking. When I lived in Jersey City I would give the crew truck to the crew to travel back and forth from the job site to their hotel. I always had out of town crews from the mid west and metro Boston. I always took the early ferry to Pier 11 and biked to the site with my back pack of work clothes and changed up at the end of the day for the ride back to Pier 11. My wife had an office near Battery Park, and then World Financial Center, at the time so we would meet up and if we missed the boat (45 minute schedule) we would go to Ulysses' on Stone Street and drink beer until whenever. Those were good days.