Things that bug you (spin off of Goldmoon's thread)

[Aeric]

It's called Karma.

No, they're called Milk Duds. You bought the wrong candy.

On the subject of Gappers....

The ones that really get me don't have anyone in front of them. They feel the need to stop a car length behind the line because somehow that is going to fool the sensors in the road into thinking that there are more cars waiting for the light than there are. News flash for you, buddy--the sensors only go back a couple of car lengths. If there are more than a couple of cars behind you, MOVE UP!!!! Weight on all of the sensors will make the light change faster!

The other Gapper that kills me is the one who, because of his Gapping, leaves me with an insufficient amount of space to get into the left-turn lane (this is often combined with the above offense). It always seems to happen when there is a separate signal for left turns and a concrete island preventing me from going around them.

 

[kenobi65]

On the subject of Gappers....

The ones that really get me don't have anyone in front of them. They feel the need to stop a car length behind the line because somehow that is going to fool the sensors in the road into thinking that there are more cars waiting for the light than there are. News flash for you, buddy--the sensors only go back a couple of car lengths. If there are more than a couple of cars behind you, MOVE UP!!!! Weight on all of the sensors will make the light change faster!

The other Gapper that kills me is the one who, because of his Gapping, leaves me with an insufficient amount of space to get into the left-turn lane (this is often combined with the above offense). It always seems to happen when there is a separate signal for left turns and a concrete island preventing me from going around them.

Ooooh, yah, those are good ones, too. I hate the Gappers who are sitting too far back for the sensors to notice them (and, thus, the light NEVER changes).

Though, technically, those aren't weight sensors; they sense the change in the electromagnetic field when a large object is sitting above them.

 

[Mycanid]

The joys of having roads for cars that were originally horse paths.

Hey ... I LIKE these!

 

[Mycanid]

Customers that question my knowledge of my job. I'm always being asked "Are you sure?" If you don't trust me with the parcel then take it somewhere else. I'm the one behind the counter. Let me do my job.

Boy do I know about this one ... fellow co-workers too. :\

 

[Mycanid]

Because you stole my poptarts.... again!

Wha....?

 

[Torm]

Hey ... I LIKE these!

We have a town nearby (Hartsville, SC) that has cobblestone roads for a couple of their main thoroughfares. I think they're neat on the rare occasion when I go over there, now, but I remember them being kind of a pain in the keister to ride on regularly back when I used to live there. And the weird part is, those sections of road are historical landmarks. Which has always made me wonder if we aren't breaking some sort of law to drive on them.

 

[Steve Jung]

There a couple sections of street in Philadelphia that are still paved with cobblestones.

 

[Mycanid]

In Syracuse they have a fairly famous place simply known as "the brick hill" ... at least they did as of 2001 or so, when I was last there. It was entirely paved with ... bricks. Admittedly I haven't seen that elsewhere. It was the tallest hill in the area too. I wonder if it is still there?

My dad had the most difficult time roller blading down the hill though.

 

[Galethorn]

A big area in and around Pike Place Market in seattle is paved with bricks. Also, anyone who walks around the city as much as I do may well notice that, under the asphalt, revealed in potholes, a large percentage of the city's more modern streets are only about two inches of asphalt over brick.

As for things that bother me, I've gotta say I'm with all the people who dislike non-signalers. It's sloppy, potentially dangerous, illegal, and almost universally effects traffic in an adverse way.

Oh, and I'm bothered by the way all furniture, architecture, and so on is based on measurements intended for the comfort of people in the 19th century, who were three or four inches shorter than modern people, and, furthermore, almost a foot shorter than I am. Normal-height chairs, counters, and the handles on most things intended to be dragged are universally too short!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I hate it when an argument/discussion gets cut off by outside forces- rightly or wrongly- when the last comment made is demonstrably wrong. It offends my sense of justice.

Its not just something that came about because I'm a lawyer- its something that has always bugged me.

I must say, however, that posting on boards like this has helped me manage my anger at that a bit more. Its almost theraputic.

It still bugs me, but so far, I've managed to avoid reopening topics from threads that ended with a mod lock, and that has translated into my being able to bite my tongue more often when potentially volatile RW discussions pop up again and again. I may participate, but I rarely initiate.