Things that annoy me

[cqaigy2]

Most of the world runs on 220V and metric system. Why does America still use 115V and pounds, oz and MPH?

mark

To make you buy two sets of tools, metric and imperial.

 

[Jstpssng]

As has been said before, I don't know what is with the people in my area when it comes to moving over to the right lane. I'll tell you the right lane is like an express lane here. No one uses it and no one will move to it. Guess it was different when I took drivers Ed in the 60's...Oh ya, no drivers Ed anymore. Maybe that explains it.

MarkV

So use it! I was online researching another topic last year and was surprised to discover that passing on the right is not against the law in my state, as long as certain criteria are met.
I was even told by the instructor at a defensive driving course that if somebody is travelling in the passing lane, it's ok to pass them on the right.

 

[mjarrels]

I'll take two kilos of shrimp and a half kilo of potatoes. Can a US employee figure it out?

mark

 

[ultrarunner]

Huh, an electrician told me the exact opposite. With the ground prong down, if the plug isn't quite pushed in all the way; something can fall across the two conductors and cause a short.

Unlikely I know... and I acknowledge that I know nothing about electrical code.

Had it happen at a Hospital of all places... Hospital Spec outlets grip the plugs firmly and someone didn't have one 100% in and a metal cover from a piece of equipment shorted the circuit when it slid down the wall it was leaning against...

 

[txdon]

GE electronic parts made in China, I keep replacing them.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Not just trash on the highways.....in our neck of the woods......idiots go up the logging roads and dump TVs' old furniture and you name it. I've have followed pick-ups loaded with household garbage. These same people wonder why the timber companies are locking the gates. It's pathetic......they'll fine you if caught but rarely does that happen. These idiots are ruining it for the rest of us.

Right in my rural road ditch...

 

[jerrybob]

Oh, you mean that doesn't just happen on this coast?
A big part of the problem is that too many towns have gone to "pay to dump" programs to cut costs. Too many people would rather dump their trash in the woods, than pay $15.00 to dispose of that refridgerator proerly. And what do you do with that 4gallons of engine coolant, that got contaminated with oil when the head gasket failed? Simple, just dump it down the nearest storm drain.

Yep.....it costs to dump in our rural area....something like $10 to $15 per load. Easier for the jerks to drive up one of the many logging roads. If I see them.....I will stop it but people tell me that's not a safe thing to do....oh well.....haven't been shot yet.

 

[CliffordK]

I was in Walmart today and bought a new Fire Extinguisher.
The Cashier wanted to sell me a 2 year extended warranty.

I pointed out that it said it had a 10 year guarantee on the box.
So much for the extra extended warranty.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yep.....it costs to dump in our rural area....something like $10 to $15 per load. Easier for the jerks to drive up one of the many logging roads. If I see them.....I will stop it but people tell me that's not a safe thing to do....oh well.....haven't been shot yet

I'm not sure if it's still going on; but during the last housing boom there was a lot of "midnight dumping" downstate of demoliton debris by the trailer dump load, coming up from out of state. Also hazardous waste and old engine engine oil by the tanker load... pull off onto a woods road in the middle of the night and open a valve.

 

[Tig]

What chaps me even more is the "new" neighbor that bought the existing wooded property across the road...cut down ALL THE TREES then put a half dozen outdoor floodlights onto the house and lined the driveway with another 6 lightposts and then leaves them all on all night long!
Lit up like a freaking airport

Yeah I don't get that. People who are afraid of the dark, move to the country. We went for a walk one evening in the adjacent village. It seemed like every second house had a sensor light that would trigger as you walked by on the street. And then there's the guy across the lake we call the zombie hunter. You would think it was Omega Man defending his bunker. Myself, I rarely carry a flashlight. You see more without it.

 

[EE_Bota]

I've done some residential wiring on new construction in Austria...

It is different... in that 220v is the normal voltage and 380v for things like electric continuous flow water heaters.

The 220v outlets are much safer than ours in that there is no way a person plugging into the outlet can have contact with either prong of the plug because the receptacle area is recessed.

Thanks, and the recessed outlet would have saved me from one of my worst shocks as a kid. Our refrigerator plug was hanging partially out, and I swiped across the prongs while I was grabbing the wall to get extra speed in a turn. :laughing:

 

[SPYDERLK]

People who are not annoyed when they should be. The "good enuf bar" drops lower and lower.
larry

 

[teejk]

People who are not annoyed when they should be. The "good enuf bar" drops lower and lower.
larry

It's a "choose your battles" thing. "Don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff".

 

[KenB2920]

- Boom-boom stereo's that I can hear 100's of feet away, making my windows shake.
- People throwing cigarette butt's out of their car, when the grass is tender dry next to the road/freeway

Wow, my two biggest annoyances.... The works is not your ashtray ... You don't want it in you car, but its ok in someone else's yard....

I don't want to hear your crap

 

[Pilot]

Inconsiderate people bug me. Like when I am happily cruising down our country road doing the limit (OK, I confess, sometimes a little more) and someone on a side road, pulls up to the stop, reads War and Peace and just before I get to the intersection pulls out in front of me. And pokes along, accelerating like a Model T and decides that 45 in a 55 is just fine and there's nowhere to pass.

Another inconsiderate type: In a parking lot, some lard butt without a handicapped tag has to block a lane, holding up 5 other cars so they can wait for a person to search for keys, load groceries, then search for keys again, then get their kids belted in, then fire up and back out. The lard butt (LB), then takes the space. Said LB would be better off by finding any space available, regardless of how far it is from the door and get a little exercise. And everyone else would appreciate it if the LB would at least pull to one side of the lane so others could get by.

Litterers, smokers who toss their butts, etc. as other have said.

 

[murphy1244]

people who abuse their animals.