What Really Grinds Your Gears?

[IrishLion]

They're putting a round about at the intersection a mile down from my house. This is the main road I use to go most everywhere. They have the road blocked at the intersection by my house. No big deal, I can deal with it until they get done until they decide to tear out a small bridge on the next street over a little further down from the round about. you don't find this out until you're at a point where you are forced to make a U turn and go about another mile before finding a street that will get you to your destination. You'd think they would work on one project at a time given the streets are so close and heavily traveled.

What's worse, is the round about is at the intersection in front of the high school. With teens driving and cell phones in hand, I see a lot of accidents happening the first month or so.

We don't have many traffic circles in my area, but the university I work at has been working on a master plan where campus is outlined by four major roads, each connected by a roundabout.

It's been really nice, and has improved access to campus with the outlying major roads and highways.

The main problem, rather than college students that don't pay enough attention while driving, are the people that don't know the rules of using a traffic circle. They've been in place for 3+ years now at two corners of campus, and there are still people that don't know what to do.

The other day, I was behind a car that waited for 30 seconds to enter the circle without any other traffic around. They finally entered, just in time for a few other cars to reach the circle. They proceed to stop and yield to the people OUTSIDE the circle at each exit. C'mon man.

 

[Irish#1]

We don't have many traffic circles in my area, but the university I work at has been working on a master plan where campus is outlined by four major roads, each connected by a roundabout.

It's been really nice, and has improved access to campus with the outlying major roads and highways.

The main problem, rather than college students that don't pay enough attention while driving, are the people that don't know the rules of using a traffic circle. They've been in place for 3+ years now at two corners of campus, and there are still people that don't know what to do.

The other day, I was behind a car that waited for 30 seconds to enter the circle without any other traffic around. They finally entered, just in time for a few other cars to reach the circle. They proceed to stop and yield to the people OUTSIDE the circle at each exit. C'mon man.

They're like dandelions in Indy, all over the place. They're are several out in my area that have been there for a few years and I still see people stopping and waiting. I like to flow through them and it freaks my wife out. Her sense of timing is different from mine. lol

On the teens, college kids for the most part are more mature than teens. Until proven otherwise, I will believe this isn't better than a stop light. Some neighbors are also going to end up with part of the roundabout in their yard. City should have bought the houses because these poor folks won't be able to sell theirs.

 

[ACamp1900]

Sports media, STOP. TALKING. BASKTEBALL. It's over!! The Gold Cup, Women's WC, the height of the baseball season, buildup to Football is in full gear and the only thing they can be bothered to talk about for more than 30 seconds other than the NBA is....... golf. Freakin boring ass golf!! There is no demographic, ratings, numbers set on this planet that should inspire them to completely ignore literally everything else going on in the world they are said to cover,... but golf and the nba, yeah those two are to be held higher than the NFL So let's talk Leron, again, for the next three hours straight. Drives me bonkers.

There. End rant.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Sports media, STOP. TALKING. BASKTEBALL. It's over!! The Gold Cup, Women's WC, the height of the baseball season, buildup to Football is in full gear and the only thing they can be bothered to talk about for more than 30 seconds other than the NBA is....... golf. Freakin boring ass golf!! There is no demographic, ratings, numbers set on this planet that should inspire them to completely ignore literally everything else going on in the world they are said to cover,... but golf and the nba, yeah those two are to be held higher than the NFL So let's talk Leron, again, for the next three hours straight. Drives me bonkers.

There. End rant.

I actually really enjoy the major golf tournaments, but any time outside of those four weekends seems monotonous.

This is the time of the year when I'm beginning to starve for some football talk on TV/Radio. Will be a slow buildup from here as we get closer. Mark Packer on XM ESPNU is already implementing CFB on his daily radio show if that helps any.

 

[ACamp1900]

I actually really enjoy the major golf tournaments, but any time outside of those four weekends seems monotonous.

This is the time of the year when I'm beginning to starve for some football talk on TV/Radio. Will be a slow buildup from here as we get closer. Mark Packer on XM ESPNU is already implementing CFB on his daily radio show if that helps any.

IDK how true this is but itt has always felt like I'm the big baseball fan on the site... I'll take baseball over anything. It'd be nice if they would talk baseball EVER without it being a negative discussion. Just talk games and happy stuff. It's not like it's not one of the big four sports still (most all data points to it still being second over basketball so)... and I wish the Dan Patrick's of the world would get over it with soccer already and just talk about it every now and then without bashing it... but whatever. Bottom line is I need a better ipod (the one I have is like a decade old but it was my niece's before she died so it's hard to move on) that can just stream pod casts easily... then i can just pick and choose my content and the major media be damned. I know this, I hate the NBA and was sick of ever hearing it twenty years ago, seems now like they talk about it more and more each year.

 

[Irish#1]

Drove down to FL to help one of the sons and family move and enjoy some time at the beach.

On the way home ran into several idiots that were in the fast lane and refused to move over. Even after a parade of cars finally passes on the right I look in my rearview mirror and they are still in the fast lane.

 

[IrishLion]

Drove down to FL to help one of the sons and family move and enjoy some time at the beach.

On the way home ran into several idiots that were in the fast lane and refused to move over. Even after a parade of cars finally passes on the right I look in my rearview mirror and they are still in the fast lane.

Just the worst.

Took a trip towards Louisville with the family yesterday. On the way home, we were stuck in a parade of cars for the duration of our hour-and-a-half drive.

Just before we got to our exit at the I-71/I-75 split, I got a clear glimpse ahead from the bottom of a hill looking up at the head of traffic... a semi in the right lane, being paced by a fvcking Toyota Prius in the left lane. One of the more frustrating drives I've been on lol.

 

[NEIIrish]

Speaking of I-75. Is the north side of Cincy going to be under construction for the next two decades? I visited a friend over the weekend and its still all screwed up. Seems like its been that way for the last 4 years.

 

[Rack Em]

Speaking of I-75. Is the north side of Cincy going to be under construction for the next two decades? I visited a friend over the weekend and its still all screwed up. Seems like its been that way for the last 4 years.

Yes, yes it will be messed up forever.

 

[IrishLion]

Speaking of I-75. Is the north side of Cincy going to be under construction for the next two decades? I visited a friend over the weekend and its still all screwed up. Seems like its been that way for the last 4 years.

Yes, yes it will be messed up forever.

It's a constant cycle.

They finish repaving and widening lanes in one section, then move to the next section, then the next section... then by the time they're done, the first section is already so beat to shit that they start over.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Drove down to FL to help one of the sons and family move and enjoy some time at the beach.

On the way home ran into several idiots that were in the fast lane and refused to move over. Even after a parade of cars finally passes on the right I look in my rearview mirror and they are still in the fast lane.

It should be legal to run these people off the road, ram their cars, seize all their assets, make them drink cold bacon grease with hair in it, and sell their children to the circus. GTFO of the passing lane! Wisconsin drivers are the absolute worst about driving 2 and 3 and even 4 lanes wide all at the same speed and being oblivious to the fact that there are dozens of cars behind them unable to get around. Oklahoma has signs posted every mile or so about not impeding traffic in the passing lane and Alabama recently passed a law about it (several other states have also or are in the process of doing so). Hang out in the left lane blocking traffic and they'll fine the hell out of you for it.

 

[NorthDakota]

It should be legal to run these people off the road, ram their cars, seize all their assets, make them drink cold bacon grease with hair in it, and sell their children to the circus. GTFO of the passing lane! Wisconsin drivers are the absolute worst about driving 2 and 3 and even 4 lanes wide all at the same speed and being oblivious to the fact that there are dozens of cars behind them unable to get around. Oklahoma has signs posted every mile or so about not impeding traffic in the passing lane and Alabama recently passed a law about it (several other states have also or are in the process of doing so). Hang out in the left lane blocking traffic and they'll fine the hell out of you for it.

Minnesota drivers are the worst on the planet ive commonly encountered. Florida people seem to be mediocre but I generally blame the tourists for our traffic problems.

 

[Irish#1]

It's a constant cycle.

They finish repaving and widening lanes in one section, then move to the next section, then the next section... then by the time they're done, the first section is already so beat to shit that they start over.

They do the same in Indy. Going through it with I-65 & I-465 right now. One thing they do around here is close it off and work on it 24X7 until it's done. Alternate routes get more traffic, but it gets repaired much quicker.

 

[Irish#1]

Just the worst.

Took a trip towards Louisville with the family yesterday. On the way home, we were stuck in a parade of cars for the duration of our hour-and-a-half drive.

Just before we got to our exit at the I-71/I-75 split, I got a clear glimpse ahead from the bottom of a hill looking up at the head of traffic... a semi in the right lane, being paced by a fvcking Toyota Prius in the left lane. One of the more frustrating drives I've been on lol.

Our contributor was pedaling a little Kia Soul. At first I was wondering if it was Koon causing the problem. lol

 

[NDBoiler]

They do the same in Indy. Going through it with I-65 & I-465 right now. One thing they do around here is close it off and work on it 24X7 until it's done. Alternate routes get more traffic, but it gets repaired much quicker.

FYI they are scheduled to re-do the interchange between 465 and 69 on the northeast side starting next spring. Fun times ahead

 

[Irish#1]

FYI they are scheduled to re-do the interchange between 465 and 69 on the northeast side starting next spring. Fun times ahead

Glad I don't work up there anymore. What a nightmare. They need to make 465 four lanes on each side all the way around.

 

[NDdomer2]

FYI they are scheduled to re-do the interchange between 465 and 69 on the northeast side starting next spring. Fun times ahead

oh man, right by the house, i could be moving just in time.

 

[Irish#1]

oh man, right by the house, i could be moving just in time.

That area has been a cluster since the early 90's. They've rebuilt it several times and have never gotten it right. Hopefully they do it right this time.

 

[ACamp1900]

Every year this happens. I'm a member of numerous Halloween/Fall boards and every year Hobby Lobby gets brought up. The masses say HL doesn't do Halloween because they're "ignorant Christians" on and on and on... and every year myself and few others share pictures from our local HL or videos all over YouTube detailing Hobby Lobby's Halloween decor selections. Nobody wants to hear it... they just want to use HL to smash on Christians. That's grind number 1

Grind number 2: playing directly off of this,... how gory and adult Halloween has become. You want to know why some insist HL doesn't do Halloween? Because their version of the holiday is SO FAR beyond what it was for decades,... family fun, spooky, geared mostly to children. It shouldn't be severed limbs and guts and massive blood and murder victims strewn across your yard for every little kid to walk by... but those types go to Hobby Lobby and see family friendly Halloween stuff and they don't even process "Halloween" anymore... adults are ruining it.

 

[Irish Joe]

Every year this happens. I'm a member of numerous Halloween/Fall boards and every year Hobby Lobby gets brought up. The masses say they don't do Halloween because they're "ignorant Christians" on and on and on... and every year myself and few others share pictures from my HL or videos all over YouTube detailing Hobby Lobby's Halloween decor selections. Nobody wants to hear it... they just want to use HL to smash Christians. That's grind number 1

Grind number 2: playing directly off of this,... how gory and adult Halloween has become. You want to know why some insist HL doesn't do Halloween? Because their version of the holiday is SO FAR beyond what it was for decades,.. family fun spooky geared at children. It shouldn't be severed limbs and guts and massive blood and murder victims strewn across your yard for every little kid to walk by... but those types go to Hobby Lobby and see family friendly Halloween stuff and they don't even process "Halloween" anymore... adults are ruining it.

Its scary how much I agree with this

 

[ACamp1900]

Its scary how much I agree with this

The whole thing hurts my heart, it hurts me good.

 

[Circa]

I was in a restaurant today enjoying a nice meal with the girlfriend, as a couple who had obviously tuned out their screaming child also enjoyed their meal.
This continued for at least 20 minutes and the parents acted as if they were completely unaware that their little sh!t factory was screaming bloody murder.

DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR KID!


What really grinds your gears?

This child you spoke of; should be at an age today that would require some socially constructive behavior.
I'm just curious as to the mental aptitude that was created.

 

[Circa]

Every year this happens. I'm a member of numerous Halloween/Fall boards and every year Hobby Lobby gets brought up. The masses say HL doesn't do Halloween because they're "ignorant Christians" on and on and on... and every year myself and few others share pictures from our local HL or videos all over YouTube detailing Hobby Lobby's Halloween decor selections. Nobody wants to hear it... they just want to use HL to smash on Christians. That's grind number 1

Grind number 2: playing directly off of this,... how gory and adult Halloween has become. You want to know why some insist HL doesn't do Halloween? Because their version of the holiday is SO FAR beyond what it was for decades,... family fun, spooky, geared mostly to children. It shouldn't be severed limbs and guts and massive blood and murder victims strewn across your yard for every little kid to walk by... but those types go to Hobby Lobby and see family friendly Halloween stuff and they don't even process "Halloween" anymore... adults are ruining it.

We can not possibly be talking about the same human's', as an age directly disqualifies the 'Adult' label.

 

[Irish#1]

We rarely shop WalMart, but Saturday evening my wife decides we need to go to WalMart to get a few things for our cookout the next day. Our Kroger which is a lot closer was out of a couple of items so Wally World was our only other option.

I see a car backing out of a space close to the front and think how lucky we are to get the space. After the car pulls out I start to pull in and the lady in the space opposite of my newly claimed space starts to pull through. Even though we started to pull in, she refuses to back out of her space. We sat there a couple of minutes waiting for her to do the right thing, but she refused. I finally backed up enough so she could go through and the witch didn't even say thanks.

Just another reason why I don't frequent that store with any regularity. There are idiots, then there are WalMart idiots.

 

[IrishLion]

We rarely shop WalMart, but Saturday evening my wife decides we need to go to WalMart to get a few things for our cookout the next day. Our Kroger which is a lot closer was out of a couple of items so Wally World was our only other option.

I see a car backing out of a space close to the front and think how lucky we are to get the space. After the car pulls out I start to pull in and the lady in the space opposite of my newly claimed space starts to pull through. Even though we started to pull in, she refuses to back out of her space. We sat there a couple of minutes waiting for her to do the right thing, but she refused. I finally backed up enough so she could go through and the witch didn't even say thanks.

Just another reason why I don't frequent that store with any regularity. There are idiots, then there are WalMart idiots.

Before I moved to my current residence, the closest place to shop was Walmart, rather than Kroger.

I adapted to the darkness that is Walmart Life. I learned the tricks and the cunning ways of the the Walmart Folk.

Were I in your situation, I would have taken measure of my surroundings, and realized that the only acceptable response to the lady in the other car would be to leave my car half-parked in the spot, cut the engine, and then start walking into the store.

As soon as she threw her hands up and aggressively backed out of her spot, I would have returned to my car and parked it properly.

It's a lot of effort, but you must find ways to resist the Ways of the Walmart.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Pretty sure the way to park at WalMart is towards the back of the lot on your own. That's what I always did

 

[Bishop2b5]

We rarely shop WalMart, but Saturday evening my wife decides we need to go to WalMart to get a few things for our cookout the next day. Our Kroger which is a lot closer was out of a couple of items so Wally World was our only other option.

I see a car backing out of a space close to the front and think how lucky we are to get the space. After the car pulls out I start to pull in and the lady in the space opposite of my newly claimed space starts to pull through. Even though we started to pull in, she refuses to back out of her space. We sat there a couple of minutes waiting for her to do the right thing, but she refused. I finally backed up enough so she could go through and the witch didn't even say thanks.

Just another reason why I don't frequent that store with any regularity. There are idiots, then there are WalMart idiots.

You should've threatened to burn down her entire trailer park, throw brake fluid on her Elvis t-shirt collection, and write "toothless ho" with a can of spray paint on her Camaro. That usually gets my mama to move to another parking spot at the walmarts.

 

[ACamp1900]

We rarely shop WalMart, but Saturday evening my wife decides we need to go to WalMart to get a few things for our cookout the next day. Our Kroger which is a lot closer was out of a couple of items so Wally World was our only other option.

I see a car backing out of a space close to the front and think how lucky we are to get the space. After the car pulls out I start to pull in and the lady in the space opposite of my newly claimed space starts to pull through. Even though we started to pull in, she refuses to back out of her space. We sat there a couple of minutes waiting for her to do the right thing, but she refused. I finally backed up enough so she could go through and the witch didn't even say thanks.

Just another reason why I don't frequent that store with any regularity. There are idiots, then there are WalMart idiots.

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Honestly, I find Walmart's here in Texas are a whole different deal than in Cali... you needed a detox bath for real in California. Here they are far better, still Walmart, but cleaner and the 'Walmart shoppers' are bad but not nearly as bad, if that makes any sense.

 

[Irish#1]

Before I moved to my current residence, the closest place to shop was Walmart, rather than Kroger.

I adapted to the darkness that is Walmart Life. I learned the tricks and the cunning ways of the the Walmart Folk.

Were I in your situation, I would have taken measure of my surroundings, and realized that the only acceptable response to the lady in the other car would be to leave my car half-parked in the spot, cut the engine, and then start walking into the store.

As soon as she threw her hands up and aggressively backed out of her spot, I would have returned to my car and parked it properly.

It's a lot of effort, but you must find ways to resist the Ways of the Walmart.

I actually thought about that, but we were in My wife’s new car and she wouldn’t go for that.

 

[Irish2155]

We rarely shop WalMart, but Saturday evening my wife decides we need to go to WalMart to get a few things for our cookout the next day. Our Kroger which is a lot closer was out of a couple of items so Wally World was our only other option.

I see a car backing out of a space close to the front and think how lucky we are to get the space. After the car pulls out I start to pull in and the lady in the space opposite of my newly claimed space starts to pull through. Even though we started to pull in, she refuses to back out of her space. We sat there a couple of minutes waiting for her to do the right thing, but she refused. I finally backed up enough so she could go through and the witch didn't even say thanks.

Just another reason why I don't frequent that store with any regularity. There are idiots, then there are WalMart idiots.

Beech Grove Walmart...home of the famous "Walmart Fight" a few years ago?