Topic: What Really Grinds My Gears

[abnormaltoy]

A pox on those who would make you eat liver! 

[kneedownnate]

Never forced to eat liver (thanks Stocker!) and have no intention of trying it.

What grinds my gears is when you go out to a restaurant with people and they insist you try something you're fairly certain, or even know from experience, that you won't enjoy.  Hounding and hounding you, telling you to live a little!  How about shutting the hell up and letting me spend my own money on a meal I will actually enjoy?!

[Stocker]

Well, I don't expect others to do something I would not do..... and that includes eating innards.  Some things just ain't right.   

[abnormaltoy]

Well, I don't expect others to do something I would not do..... and that includes eating innards.  Some things just ain't right.

I fully expect many people to do that which I would not. Those people are called Leftists. 

[abnormaltoy]

Well, I don't expect others to do something I would not do..... and that includes eating innards.  Some things just ain't right.

Most innards I am completely cool with eating...sausage my friend...sausage. Sausage, bread and cheese are the basic foods of almost every culture. If you're fixing to pick up and move across the plains...you drape some yak sausage across your horse and fill your pack with bread and cheese. Even...liver, in that form is cool with me (liverwurst)...I forget which...gall bladder or pancreas, methinks ball bladder, is as bitter and vile tasting as anything on the planet. My wife was Lao, when we got married...the elders made some kick ass sausage out of everything, then dried it in the sun. Lord that was some killer stuff.

In addition to liver on a plate...I draw the line at many nasty little things that come from the sea. I would be well past death's door before Sea Cucumber or Urchin would seem like a viable meal.

[Stocker]

I fully expect many people to do that which I would not. Those people are called Leftists. 

Well, you got me there! Expecting and wishing for are totally different. Guess I should have said I would not ask someone to do that which I would not.   

[Oddmar]

A city, county, or state that hires more police...Not because crime rates are up, but because times are hard, and they need More ticket money. Cops hand out tickets, most people pay rather than take time off work to go to court, judge takes cop's word over the citizen's pretty much always, so why try and fight a bogus ticket?

People who drive in the 'passing lane', pacing someone in the slow lane, and refuse to let the half-mile long string of honking cars behind them by.

People who DRIVE their kids on the kids paper route, or trick-or-treating on Halloween, and think because they have their kids in the car they can park and wait in the street, blocking traffic. (Recent Halloween fiasco)

People who ask my advice, and when i take the time to think up honest serious advice, trying to imagine myself in their position, they reply, "That's stupid. I would Never do that", or they thank me then do what all the other monkeys did before them (such as build their home just like the Jones's next door, instead out of straw bales like i suggested, just because they think my advice is weird).

Someone who hires me to rebuild a Toyota 4x4 frame for him, then insists i'm measuring it wrong, even after doing it his own (long, tedious) way 4 times and having to mark exactly on top of my marks.

Park Rangers who get off their ATV to come over and tell you you can't ride ATV's there. (On a flood plain in the rotting woods with old tires, trash, and driftwood everywhere, not Sequoia National Forest or Yellowstone NP)

A guy who offers me 3 acres of land in exchange for providing a year's labor building him and his family a home/ shop, then it turns out he doesn't actually own the property he was going to give me as payment (still paying it off, contract for deed).

Engineer's who nitpick about every little thing, including semantics concerning the identity of a Nation vs a Continent.

And finally, i'm proud to say, Marlin Crawler grinds my Gears!!

[BigMike [OP]]

People who drive in the 'passing lane', pacing someone in the slow lane, and refuse to let the half-mile long string of honking cars behind them by.

THIS

And finally, i'm proud to say, Marlin Crawler grinds my Gears!!

[Snowtoy]

Two from today, driver's who do not use the paved shoulder of the road or bike lane(portion with dotted white line) when turning right, and farmers/grocers using paper labels on fruit.

[redneckcustoms13]

Hot water removes the paper labels lol

One for me is all these fools you see in a brand new f250 pulling a trailer that cut you off when changing lanes or turning. Knowing the only reason they got the trailer connected is due to the factory installed back up camera...

[David]

Deleted so I don't piss anyone off....even though that does indeed grind my gears!!

[kneedownnate]

That seems more like it should e in the joke thread 

[Stocker]

Turning on the TV and being preached at..... no, make that talked down to..... yelled at, actually...... by some two-bit Chicago community organizer who was somehow able to BS his way into the White House. Not to overstate things but I cannot stand the sound of that man's voice or the sight of his face. The least I will do is hit the mute button. But most times I change the channel. Or turn off the TV.   

[abnormaltoy]

Racist. 

[Stocker]

^^  Yeah, that's the first line of defense against any opposing opinion.   

[Snowtoy]

Better get used to it, sexist is going to be the next go to word for Lib's.

[79coyotefrg]

[BigMike [OP]]

Because I only run premium fuel in my MR2, I don't like gas pumps that have multiple octane options but only one hose. When I hit the button for 91oct and get charged for 91oct, then I expect 100% of the pumped fuel to be what I'm paying for, 91oct. Why don't I get a refund on the possible 87 or 89oct that was remaining in the hose and pump system? These gas stations are selling me diluted fuel at full price!!!!

[Stocker]

 

[Snowtoy]

These gas stations are selling me diluted fuel at full price!!!!

Worst yet is that when you fill up your MR2, the next guy gets your still-in-the-hose paid for 91, for 87 octane price.

[emsvitil]

Because I only run premium fuel in my MR2, I don't like gas pumps that have multiple octane options but only one hose. When I hit the button for 91oct and get charged for 91oct, then I expect 100% of the pumped fuel to be what I'm paying for, 91oct. Why don't I get a refund on the possible 87 or 89oct that was remaining in the hose and pump system? These gas stations are selling me diluted fuel at full price!!!!

This really sucks with motorcycles..............

[BigMike [OP]]

This really sucks with motorcycles..............

Wow didn't think about this. When I used to ride it was on an older carbureted Suzuki GS500 that would probably run on banana peels. So I only ever pumped regular; Had just over a 2 gal tank. The dilution percentage would be much higher here.

I'll be back on the track this Sunday at Laguna Seca

[OVRAROK]

hey bigmike, do you know doug gale, I was part of trackmasters years ago

[BigMike [OP]]

hey bigmike, do you know doug gale, I was part of trackmasters years ago

I am unfamiliar with this name. My SW20 friend and I are using http://www.ncracing.org.

[OVRAROK]

I am unfamiliar with this name. My SW20 friend and I are using http://www.ncracing.org.

nice, about 8 years ago I ran a 68 Camaro with these guys http://trackmasters-racing.com/

[Rocksurfer]

  Soooo how much fuel does the hose hold? A pint maybe, inquiring minds want to know, Mike.

[emsvitil]

We figured it out at a motorcycle forum, but I forgot the answer.....

so here we go again

for 10ft (231 cuin per gallon)
1/2 ID  would be      (.25)^2 * pi *(12*10) / 231 = .1 gallon
3/4 = .23 gallon
1 ID = .41 gallon

[helipilot77]

I think most hoses around Washington are 1". But I also can't remember the last time I saw a pump with only 1 hose for the three options. If you switch to diesel you always get what you paid for. 

[helipilot77]

I'll be back on the track this Sunday at Laguna Seca

 I'm jealous. I would love the opportunity to take a bike through the corkscrew! 

[BigMike [OP]]

I'm jealous. I would love the opportunity to take a bike through the corkscrew! 

It was a great experience! It rained so hard that the track was shut down for almost 3 hours. Our first early morning session was the only non-rain session and the first time ever on the track and I got a 2:02 on my third lap. I was hoping to get in the 1:5x for my first track event but unfortunately the few cold morning laps were the only time my brakes warmed up; All other laps were wet and were minimum 30 secs slower per lap. I took video and will post a trip report on my MR2 forum hopefully soon. Here are some pics from the over-priced on-site photographer who left early due to the weather: http://www.gotbluemilk.com/web151213/58/