Al Johnston
"Cheer up!" they said, "It could be worse!" So I did, and it was.
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Peeves
Oct 24, 2005 14:35:53 GMT -4
Post by Al Johnston on Oct 24, 2005 14:35:53 GMT -4
Cyclists who put on their most fashionably dark clothing and go for a nighttime ride on a bike with no lights.The EMTs had to cut off my best biking jersey -- neon yellow. I was hit in broad daylight while wearing it by a driver who says he "didn't see me." Me too, although the A&E nurses were actually very good about removing it without doing any further damage. What teed me off was when I saw the driver's statement to the Police, describing the day-glo yellow jacket as "dark"
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Oct 24, 2005 14:41:30 GMT -4
Post by nomuse on Oct 24, 2005 14:41:30 GMT -4
People who cut off the grounding pin on three-wire AC power plugs. \ When I find those around the theater, I cut the entire plug off (and usually toss the remains into the trash). I also smash cracked receptacles to rubble to keep anyone from "recyling" them.
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Oct 25, 2005 6:14:34 GMT -4
Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 25, 2005 6:14:34 GMT -4
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Oct 25, 2005 8:24:54 GMT -4
Post by Martina W. on Oct 25, 2005 8:24:54 GMT -4
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lenbrazil
Saturn
Now there's a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here!
Posts: 1,045
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Peeves
Oct 25, 2005 21:36:33 GMT -4
Post by lenbrazil on Oct 25, 2005 21:36:33 GMT -4
Brazilian drivers!!!
Well not all of them just 80%.
They love tailgating. Normally when they do this I tap on my brake pedal, just enough to get the brake light to come on. That usually does the trick
If that doesn't work I actually slowdown a bit and then speed up. As a last resort in extreme cases I hit the brakes suddenly an then speed up. I did that to one particularly obnoxious tailgater.
This really pissed him off. He crossed the double yellow line to pass me and stopped in the pedestrian crossing just as the light turned red. He then speed through the intersection. The joke was on him though there was a traffic cop at the corner. I couldn't help but smile a bit when he got pulled over.
Jay mentioned
I was driving on an unlit curvy highway in the rain on a moonless night. I came inches from slamming in to the back of a black VW Bug driving very slowly with it's lights off
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Nov 7, 2005 12:13:12 GMT -4
Post by Retrograde on Nov 7, 2005 12:13:12 GMT -4
People who stop their vehicles on a narrow street to talk to their pedestrian friends, then begin to drive again (without looking, of course) precisely at the moment I am passing them...
Why can I get my computer's attention using any combination of ctrl+alt+del under Windows, but I need to use the left-hand ctrl and alt keys under Linux?
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Nov 7, 2005 12:29:04 GMT -4
Post by Martina W. on Nov 7, 2005 12:29:04 GMT -4
People who stop their vehicles on a narrow street to talk to their pedestrian friends, then begin to drive again (without looking, of course) precisely at the moment I am passing them... Do we live in the same area? Why can I get my computer's attention using any combination of ctrl+alt+del under Windows, but I need to use the left-hand ctrl and alt keys under Linux? Because you did not adjust your keymap?
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Nov 7, 2005 22:46:14 GMT -4
Post by Retrograde on Nov 7, 2005 22:46:14 GMT -4
Do we live in the same area? No, but I'm a few km SW of New York, so it is not so far... OK, another thing I have to figure out now. Would this be the /etc/inputrc file, or something different? I'm new at this...
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Peeves
Nov 7, 2005 23:09:26 GMT -4
Post by jaydeehess on Nov 7, 2005 23:09:26 GMT -4
Is the computer on fire? a - Yes This actually happened to my cube neighbor. He had a nice column of smoke coming from his computer. In my case it was the monitor that had the smoke let out of it. ;D
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Nov 7, 2005 23:12:22 GMT -4
Post by jaydeehess on Nov 7, 2005 23:12:22 GMT -4
People who cut off the grounding pin on three-wire AC power plugs. \ When I find those around the theater, I cut the entire plug off (and usually toss the remains into the trash). I also smash cracked receptacles to rubble to keep anyone from "recyling" them. Ditto around the TV studio. Also , if I discover one of those press fit 'F' connector cables that one gets included with VCR's and TV's I cut it in two and trash it. Worse yet is an 'F' connector jammed into a BNC jack!
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Nov 7, 2005 23:17:24 GMT -4
Post by jaydeehess on Nov 7, 2005 23:17:24 GMT -4
We had a customer in yesterday who insisted that our high speed cable was too expensive because his son on Toronto gets a T1 line for $20 a month.
Gee, and we spend all that money on fiber optics.
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Grocery store customers who , upon seeing a friend in the same aisle will stand next to each other and chat away while others line up behind them unable to get past. Who, when are asked "excuse me , could I get by?", give you a dirty look.
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Nov 9, 2005 6:53:36 GMT -4
Post by Martina W. on Nov 9, 2005 6:53:36 GMT -4
Do we live in the same area? No, but I'm a few km SW of New York, so it is not so far... *LOL* ;D Because you did not adjust your keymap? OK, another thing I have to figure out now. Would this be the /etc/inputrc file, or something different? I'm new at this...[/quote] Depends - for X11 you do it in xmodmap, for console it's /etc/console-tools/remap (at least on Debian).
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Nov 9, 2005 10:46:37 GMT -4
Post by Retrograde on Nov 9, 2005 10:46:37 GMT -4
Depends - for X11 you do it in xmodmap, for console it's /etc/console-tools/remap (at least on Debian). OK, I will give it a try. Thanks. I am using this flavor of Linux...
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Nov 9, 2005 22:26:53 GMT -4
Post by turbonium on Nov 9, 2005 22:26:53 GMT -4
Bush (as one example) of someone constantly pronouncing the word 'nuclear' as 'nucular'.
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Nov 10, 2005 13:04:23 GMT -4
Post by bazbear on Nov 10, 2005 13:04:23 GMT -4
People that pass you at an extreme speed/ in a blind corner/other sketchy situation, and just as they finish the pass they turn their directional on and brake to get ready for an immediate turn
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