Random Rants
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Riding your bicycle on a roadway is not a leisure activity!
I mean, thank you for doing your part to save the environment and all, but that doesn't make it okay for you to ruin traffic for the rest of us. Seriously, if you can't maintain a reasonable speed for an extended period of time, you should reconsider your mode of transportation.
I used to mountain bike quite a bit in my 20's, now not so much. I'm constantly amazed at how cyclists here in town disobey the rules of the road. About a month ago some guy on his bike was run over and killed by the light rail train because he thought he could beat it, even though the warning gates were down. I read his obituary in the paper the following week and it said, "he died doing what he loved." Yep, he sure did ???
Trains look slow. . Underestimating the speed of locos seems common. People go around gates on a street near work to beat the trains. Cars have been hit and near misses are frequent. Ive had the same situation happen at work and been asked "why didn't you stop?" Mass and weight, for openers. If it's bigger than you, wait. ??? ::)
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i scrape majority of entrances into underground and multi story carparks and kerb verge when parking on them i just gave up trying to baby it.
that said, i almost ripped out the rear bumber when it got caught on a random chain. thankfully i managed to hit it back in place although the loop holding the screws are broken..
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Lowlife
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Really dreading taking my son to his friend's bday party tomorrow. I'll be surrounded by a bunch of other parents I don't know for 3 hours. I know, I know, this should be about my son having fun at his friend's party but i'm an old curmudgeon and these types of social gatherings are really uncomfortable for me.
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Just stare at the internet on your phone for 3 hours…..trust me I have experience.
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Yep. A full charge on your phone and you're good. I, too, have much experience with this.
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There was a portly, gnome-like, backwards trilby wearing hippie next to us at Paul Simon the other night creating his own light show by constantly shaking his phone in video mode right in front of his face. It was a new form of smartphone ADD for me.
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Just stare at the internet on your phone for 3 hours…..trust me I have experience.
Looking forward to awkward silence.
My phone can't hold a charge worth a damn. It'll be dead within an hour
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I've got experience at this too but I take the opposite approach, I mingle. Better than sitting there staring at the phone cause dammit that's what's wrong with society today, now get off my lawn. Plus there's usually single mom's there…never know....might meet the next mrs gaseous.
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Yeah yer right. I just dislike the fake pleasantries that go along with this sorta thing. I hear what you're saying though. I know a millenial that spends a lot of time texting on her phone, whereas, i'm glad to have time away from mine. @manufc10:
I've got experience at this too but I take the opposite approach, I mingle. Better than sitting there staring at the phone cause dammit that's what's wrong with society today, now get off my lawn. Plus there's usually single mom's there…never know....might meet the next mrs gaseous.
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Oh fuck no, get a new phone man …..people are the worst
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I've got experience at this too but I take the opposite approach, I mingle. Better than sitting there staring at the phone cause dammit that's what's wrong with society today, now get off my lawn. Plus there's usually single mom's there…never know....might meet the next mrs gaseous.
This.
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The bday party is supposed to be 3 hrs. I told my boy 1 hr and we're leaving. He's not technically friends with the bday boy but with his brother. Makes it easier for me to leave and not give 2 shits
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Freakin' ParcelForce…..
-I ordered something from Japan. EMS forwarded the package to ParcelForce for the UK leg of the delivery.
-On the ParcelForce website, I'm able to track the package with the original EMS tracking number. The tracking updates says that they've attempted delivery twice, and today will be the third time, but I have not received a delivery slip or anything stating that they will redeliver since I wasn't home.
-I tried to schedule a delivery time, or pick-up from the depot, but I can't because I didn't get a delivery card with a ParcelForce tracking number.
-I called the helpline, and they can't help me either, because I don't have a ParcelForce tracking number, even though they can see the package in the system by it's EMS tracking number.How does this make sense?!
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Anthony Bourdain is dead.
Shit.
