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  • #436
    Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

    Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
    I had an accident like that once. The parked car I was shoved into and the other drive conspired at Court and made it into my fault even though I clearly had the right away. I never forgot that or what happened.
    Clearly you forgot the incident. That's why you're posting about it now.
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    • #437
      Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

      People who schedule an application migration/install for Friday at 8:00PM to 11:00PM.

      No, I don't have any plans in the month of December with regards to parties, why do you ask?
      "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

      "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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      • #438
        Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

        Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
        People who schedule an application migration/install for Friday at 8:00PM to 11:00PM.

        No, I don't have any plans in the month of December with regards to parties, why do you ask?
        "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred."

        By definition, upgrades / installs / checks / build outs / demos occur when people are not at work -- i.e., when you don't want to be at work either.

        That's why they pay you the big bucks.
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        • #439
          Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
          "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred."

          By definition, upgrades / installs / checks / build outs / demos occur when people are not at work -- i.e., when you don't want to be at work either.

          That's why they pay you the big bucks.
          They also generally take place between Sunday nights and Thursday nights, when people aren't losing their weekends. My manager was pi__ed about it too.
          "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

          "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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          • #440
            Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            Drivers Ed book came up in another thread.

            Four way intersection of two 2-lane roads. Me in my right turn lane, oncoming traffic in their left turn lane. I am so sick of them turning into my right turn right lane.
            Kep, too deep. WAY too deep. That's like "rules of the road" and such. Too much bother.

            My beef? People who "swing left to turn right" (or vice versa)*: Car in front of me goes into left turn lane (to go east); I'm continuing on straight (south); they literally swung back right, into my lane, to make their left. And to Kep's point, yes, they took the right of the two east bound lanes they turned onto.


            *If you're driving a double trailer tractor trailer rig sure; but, you don't need to swing out to make that corner in your Hyundai.
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            • #441
              Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

              Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
              Punctuation matters people!

              I just saw a headline that read, “Missing Ramsey, Minnesota man may be seek shelter in a barn.”

              Ugh.
              Some light reading for you.
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              • #442
                Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                You haven't seen bad driving until you drive in the Philippines. Ugh.

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                • #443
                  Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                  Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                  You haven't seen bad driving until you drive in the Philippines. Ugh.
                  Utah. Those f-ckers are sure they're going to get their planet.
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                  • #444
                    Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                    Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                    You haven't seen bad driving until you drive in the Philippines. Ugh.
                    Two words.

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                    • #445
                      Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                      Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                      You haven't seen bad driving until you drive in the Philippines. Ugh.
                      Colorado.

                      50 in the left lane, rolling roadblocks around trucks, dropping to a crawl to rubberneck at a broken down car on the shoulder, interpreting red lights to mean "3 or 4 more cars, quick!", this state has it all.

                      When your light turns green here, count two Mississippis before you give it gas. Even money someone's going to come flying through the intersection.
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                      • #446
                        Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                        No. I've driven or ridden in all 3 of those states.

                        I bet less than 5% of drivers here have taken even 1 minute of drivers education. Drivers will straddle two lanes as if their life depended upon it. Right turn lane from the left lane? Failure to stop? Yielding is optional. No one drives the speed limit - 75% drive way under while 25% drive way over. Jeepneys, semis, buses and vans are all driven like sports cars. The guys on trykes (cycles with a side car) and scooters assume they have the right away over any car just because. Two lanes become 3 or sometimes 4 at every intersection. Working headlights, break lights and running lights are optional. Drifting from one lane to the next on a curve is nearly mandatory. I s**t you not this is just the tip of the iceburg.

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                        • #447
                          Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                          Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                          No. I've driven or ridden in all 3 of those states.

                          I bet less than 5% of drivers here have taken even 1 minute of drivers education. Drivers will straddle two lanes as if their life depended upon it. Right turn lane from the left lane? Failure to stop? Yielding is optional. No one drives the speed limit - 75% drive way under while 25% drive way over. Jeepneys, semis, buses and vans are all driven like sports cars. The guys on trykes (cycles with a side car) and scooters assume they have the right away over any car just because. Two lanes become 3 or sometimes 4 at every intersection. Working headlights, break lights and running lights are optional. Drifting from one lane to the next on a curve is nearly mandatory. I s**t you not this is just the tip of the iceburg.
                          Sounds like Georgetown Guyana when I visited many years ago and the inner city Istanbul (but not the old city) more recently. Rules don't really exist, though I suppose every environment has its unwritten rules. I sure as hill couldn't see them. It would be interesting to hear what the hire car/taxi drivers in the Philippines have to say about those unwritten rules.
                          Last edited by burd; 11-28-2017, 05:39 PM.

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                          • #448
                            Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

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                            • #449
                              The fact that people knowingly and willfully violate Lock Out/Tag Out at my plant. Our bonus depends on how many "recordable" injuries we get in the fiscal year, and we're already at 4 out of 16.

                              That being said, if you want to nominate yourself for a Darwin Award...
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                              • #450
                                Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                                Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                                You haven't seen bad driving until you drive in the Philippines. Ugh.
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