Or, within 30 minutes of a trailer park.
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Rant Thread
- Thread starter Duuuuuuuude
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Same same!
My modest albeit decent subdivision is lousy with that sh!t. In almost all instances it's the 20-something crowd... maybe some 30-something people as well but some of the worst are the miniature entitled-looking women in Escalades, Highlanders, Suburbans, etc... black/ white/ latino... rolling around in $50-$70k vehicles... can barely see over the steering wheel lol. They speed through here texting with their windows down, kids in the back seats and child-seats, and the bass cranked high.
It's the day and age of country-fried ghetto kids who have somewhere along the line, completely lost their identity and wanna play it both ways... Christian, entitled, redneck, heavily ghetto or trailer trash influenced. Garbage humans.
It's the day and age of country-fried ghetto kids who have somewhere along the line, completely lost their identity and wanna play it both ways... Christian, entitled, redneck, heavily ghetto or trailer trash influenced. Garbage humans.
Yeah, can't say that I am down wid-it...
lol... yeah. I know what it was to be young... I kinda get it but man, there's so many round here. And they're not too discreet about anything these days... blatant speeding/ running stop signs on your way to pick your kids up from the Christian Academy with whatever hip-hop beats gently rattling the windows in your decked out SUV. Used to be more males and there's still plenty of em, but seems more young urban/ suburb moms that are part of the "look at me" crowd these days.
Yesterday I had a coworker try to tell me what to do and it ruined my entire workday. It just pissed me off. I HATE being told what to do, period. I'm not sure where it stems from, probably watching so many friends and family members being whipped and bossed around by their "significant" other. I just don't stand for it.
A coworker asked me to make changes to drawings. I said I wanted to talk to the semi-retired engineer that is training me because I was not involved with the design of the part nor do I know the backstory of why dimensions were changed and tolerances was added. He kept telling me to make the call multiple times. I finally got loud and said, "I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT CALL" and walked away from him. Who the eff does he think he is telling me what to do? He's certainly not my boss. So now I have two meetings Monday to deal with this bullshit.
A coworker asked me to make changes to drawings. I said I wanted to talk to the semi-retired engineer that is training me because I was not involved with the design of the part nor do I know the backstory of why dimensions were changed and tolerances was added. He kept telling me to make the call multiple times. I finally got loud and said, "I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT CALL" and walked away from him. Who the eff does he think he is telling me what to do? He's certainly not my boss. So now I have two meetings Monday to deal with this bullshit.
Tamiya... I am on my forth Tamiya-based semi build. Overall, things go together fairly well, their designs are tried and true. With that, I have some rants...
• Batteries: Do the good folks at Tamiya know that 6-cell NiCDs are no longer in vogue? I don't think so. Granted, there are a couple of lipo pack that do conform to that same form factor, but I don't own any of those packs. I hate having proprietary packs for specific RCs, and run 3S 3ah shortie square packs for most of my rigs, which do not fit in the Tamiya battery trays. Thankfully, there are other places to stuff batteries in their rigs.
• Phillips screws. They are good quality hardware, and thankfully, no slotted, but still, hex hardware would be better.
• Transmissions. The best that can be said for them is that they do work. My biggest gripe is that they are a pain to assemble, especially when the two axles and gear linkages go together, you need six hands. My other gripe is their size, these can be made a lot smaller and compact today. I understand that changing an existing design, especially one that works is costly, but sometimes it is just time.
• Batteries: Do the good folks at Tamiya know that 6-cell NiCDs are no longer in vogue? I don't think so. Granted, there are a couple of lipo pack that do conform to that same form factor, but I don't own any of those packs. I hate having proprietary packs for specific RCs, and run 3S 3ah shortie square packs for most of my rigs, which do not fit in the Tamiya battery trays. Thankfully, there are other places to stuff batteries in their rigs.
• Phillips screws. They are good quality hardware, and thankfully, no slotted, but still, hex hardware would be better.
• Transmissions. The best that can be said for them is that they do work. My biggest gripe is that they are a pain to assemble, especially when the two axles and gear linkages go together, you need six hands. My other gripe is their size, these can be made a lot smaller and compact today. I understand that changing an existing design, especially one that works is costly, but sometimes it is just time.
I don't think they are Phillips . Tamiya likes JIS and there's specific JIS screwdrivers. Being sad that, I agree 100% with you on "Hex would be better"
Tamiya walks to the beat of its own drummer. We love and hate them for it. But they aren't going to change as long as people keep buying.
Japan hobbyists use LiFe batteries so that throws another wrench into the bucket.
There's a ton of information and misinformation about JIS vs Phillips on the internet. Looks like JIS and Phillips are now the same standard. See the link below. Vessel makes great screwdrivers for Phillips/JIS.
Phillips, JIS, and Pozidriv screwdrivers explained | BikeGremlin US
There are cross-head (Phillips) screwdrivers that don’t slip when unscrewing a tight screw. How to tell those, what are the differences? What are JIS screws?
I knew the screws were a little different, both cross-tipped. A least they are not using Robbies.
I was updating my Tundra thread when the site decided it wanted to work off and on through the night as I'd try to edit my post.
Every time.. every got-dern time... when I'm getting ready to make a meal/ prepare dinner, my wife decides that this is the most opportune moment for her to invade the kitchen to make herself a snack or whatever. Our kitchen is small and countertop space is in limited supply. And she knows this, but still... doesn't matter how long she's been just sitting on the sofa, relaxing, etc... It's like when she hears me prepping/ starting to cook, her internal hungry-meter goes "ding-ding!" So now I have to not only delay my prep/ meal plans, but to come back into a kitchen filled with dirty utensils, cookware, etc. And yeah... to boil an egg it takes her sixteen pots, eight knives, thirty-two plates, and a fire extinguisher so that's horrible. And her idea of cleaning up the mess is to maaaybe get a dish within about four yards of the sink... no rinse, no soak. She leaves the mess for me. I should tell y'all about the year that she tried to make a Thanksgiving dinner... Ho Lee Sh!t.
Kinda sounds like she's related to my good wife
- note I was told to add the "good" 
This is a rant right here
Wait.. Are you married to my Wife's twin, and I didn't know you had an account here?!?!?!
lol I'm always surprised when I hear other people make the same kind of admittance about their wives. I used to think that everyone's wives/ gf's just knew their way around a kitchen and that all women were neat. I learned though.. I learned hard.
I swear she's great at her job and works her butt off but when she's home it's all hands off deck. Bedroom and master bath ( her domain) looks like the ravaged battlefield where The Cosmetics and The Clothing had their final clash. I woulda never known how much overpriced skin-care, hair-care, body crap, etc existed in this world had we never met. $12 a bottle... for this??? Then I think about my RC stuff and other hobbies to make it all better lol.
Think maybe I wasn't quite finished with the first rant.. ahem.
I swear she's great at her job and works her butt off but when she's home it's all hands off deck. Bedroom and master bath ( her domain) looks like the ravaged battlefield where The Cosmetics and The Clothing had their final clash. I woulda never known how much overpriced skin-care, hair-care, body crap, etc existed in this world had we never met. $12 a bottle... for this??? Then I think about my RC stuff and other hobbies to make it all better lol.
Think maybe I wasn't quite finished with the first rant.. ahem.
FUCK FALL! 
Autumn started on Sunday, September 22nd. That was 4 days ago. Since then, it has rained 3 days. The forecast isn't looking any better.
Fall is cold, rainy, windy, leaves are everywhere, motorcycle riding season comes to an end, kids go back to school so sicknesses come back around and are everywhere, school busses clog up the streets, etc. I hate this shitty season with a passion!
Oh, but everything looks so pretty. All that pretty shit is dead people...
Autumn started on Sunday, September 22nd. That was 4 days ago. Since then, it has rained 3 days. The forecast isn't looking any better.
Fall is cold, rainy, windy, leaves are everywhere, motorcycle riding season comes to an end, kids go back to school so sicknesses come back around and are everywhere, school busses clog up the streets, etc. I hate this shitty season with a passion!
Oh, but everything looks so pretty. All that pretty shit is dead people...
svt923
I wanna be Dave
I was raised in NJ so I'm no stranger to a shitty DMV office experience but the NC DMV is something else.
It is time to renew my license so I go to do it online like it suggests. I'm told I'm not eligible for online renewal so I have to make an appointment with a DMV office. I go to check the available appointments and there is 1 spot.....in the entire state......for the rest of the year.
Did I mention this lone available appointment is right before Christmas in an office 5 hours away?
Great system you have there, State of North Carolina.
Guess waiting on a walk-in customer line is in my future.
It is time to renew my license so I go to do it online like it suggests. I'm told I'm not eligible for online renewal so I have to make an appointment with a DMV office. I go to check the available appointments and there is 1 spot.....in the entire state......for the rest of the year.
Did I mention this lone available appointment is right before Christmas in an office 5 hours away?
Great system you have there, State of North Carolina.
Guess waiting on a walk-in customer line is in my future.
themountain
RCC Addict
FUCK FALL!
might have something to do with where you live....here in BCN its probably the best time of the year. 
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