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What Grinds My Gears Thread
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Some great ones there, but as I was already quoted, I am a grammar Nazi!Not getting Positive feedback, even when I pay within minutes.
Old people ( I love The Elderly) that wait until the whole cart full of groceries is unloaded and bagged before they open the purse to spend another five minutes looking for the checkbook and on and on
Loud talkers on the cell in anyline
Anyone who doe's not send me aged Cuban LE's
Fleas
Having to work because I don't have enough money not to.
grammar Nazis
I could go on what a fun thread ROTFLMAO
Of course, based on some of your posts, I can see why you'd hate that! :wink:
hdroadglide
BoM x 2, BoY 2011
Frankly Sir, You Are an Embarrassment
Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:35 AM PDT
By Einar Du Rietz
Al Gore -- He did it again.
Recently, Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore toured again. Or maybe he does that all the time. This time, he turned up in Gothenburg (Sweden) for the usual alarmist talk. In advance, all distinguished guests were politely advised to – if possible – use any form of public transportation to go to the event, in order to minimize CO2 emissions.
Intriguingly, the Master of World Climate himself arrived in a rental car (with or without driver is unclear), from the airport, and subsequently left the engine running for the entire lecture. That is to say, about one hour. Incidentally, local legislation prohibits – for very good environmental reasons, i e pollution – any car engine running on empty for more than 60 seconds. Fines are severe. As far as I know, he was not fined.
It starts to form a pattern.
After the ceremony in the Norwegian capital Oslo, it is customary that the laureate is invited to the Swedish capital Stockholm, for a cordial visit. The train ride, supposedly the environmental choice according to Mr. Gore, is approximately four hours. However, he opted for the cosier ride with one of the Swedish government aircrafts. As these can, according to the rules, only be used when a cabinet member is on board – and as the Swedish government after a short ceremonial visit – offered to fly him to Frankfurt (Germany) for his flight to the US, you can calculate both the manpower and the fuel used for this grand tour against man's destruction of the planet.
Stupidity and hypocracy – as well as vanity – are, like it or not common human traits. I admit to some of them occasionally, but I don't demand taxpayers to finance my stupid talks at dinner (yes, I love doing that). Here's the deal Mr Gore: get out of my way, and I will keep out of yours.
[About the Author: Einar Du Rietz is a journalist and communications consultant based in Europe. He has authored several environmental reports for the Electrolux Group and loads of blogs for the Center for the New Europe at CNE Environment.]
Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:35 AM PDT
By Einar Du Rietz
Al Gore -- He did it again.
Recently, Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore toured again. Or maybe he does that all the time. This time, he turned up in Gothenburg (Sweden) for the usual alarmist talk. In advance, all distinguished guests were politely advised to – if possible – use any form of public transportation to go to the event, in order to minimize CO2 emissions.
Intriguingly, the Master of World Climate himself arrived in a rental car (with or without driver is unclear), from the airport, and subsequently left the engine running for the entire lecture. That is to say, about one hour. Incidentally, local legislation prohibits – for very good environmental reasons, i e pollution – any car engine running on empty for more than 60 seconds. Fines are severe. As far as I know, he was not fined.
It starts to form a pattern.
After the ceremony in the Norwegian capital Oslo, it is customary that the laureate is invited to the Swedish capital Stockholm, for a cordial visit. The train ride, supposedly the environmental choice according to Mr. Gore, is approximately four hours. However, he opted for the cosier ride with one of the Swedish government aircrafts. As these can, according to the rules, only be used when a cabinet member is on board – and as the Swedish government after a short ceremonial visit – offered to fly him to Frankfurt (Germany) for his flight to the US, you can calculate both the manpower and the fuel used for this grand tour against man's destruction of the planet.
Stupidity and hypocracy – as well as vanity – are, like it or not common human traits. I admit to some of them occasionally, but I don't demand taxpayers to finance my stupid talks at dinner (yes, I love doing that). Here's the deal Mr Gore: get out of my way, and I will keep out of yours.
[About the Author: Einar Du Rietz is a journalist and communications consultant based in Europe. He has authored several environmental reports for the Electrolux Group and loads of blogs for the Center for the New Europe at CNE Environment.]
or when it rains right after I wash it.
That, and when my lighter runs out of fluid BEFORE I can get my cigar lit. Oh yeah, and Prius drivers (and it seems like 1 out of 3 cars in WLA is a prius) who try and maximize their mpg by NEVER going over the speed limit -EVER - and don't get out of the fast lane because it's their "right" to be there.
In college, we had a guest speaker come to discuss similar things, using public transportation as opposed to driving, etc. While a large portion of my school was talking amongst themselves about how great this speaker was, and how she was a "genius," I was pointing something else out. How she had a private helicopter fly her to my school. My school is 30 mins away from Baltimore-Washington International Airport, BTW. Can you say hypocrite?
I've probably said this before, but I get SUPER pissed at rude people. Whether it be in traffic, the checkout line, or whatever. Just people who operate in their own little bubble completely oblivious to how their actions affect others around them.
I was telling my wife the other day I wish there was a "three strikes" rule for dickheads, meaning: if someone is being a douche you have the legal right and obligation to strike them three times! That would probably make for a more polite society.
I was telling my wife the other day I wish there was a "three strikes" rule for dickheads, meaning: if someone is being a douche you have the legal right and obligation to strike them three times! That would probably make for a more polite society.
I really beginning to get pissed at Democrats & Republicans...
C'mon people... You have a job to do... It's help this country. Let's fix this sh!te! :angeryell
C'mon people... You have a job to do... It's help this country. Let's fix this sh!te! :angeryell
Amen brother!
I'm going to go ahead and my personal spin:
I don't like the current state of things. There is no difference between the parties. Spending, debt, deficit, wars, freedoms, rights, shifting the blame, et cetera. America will continue getting it from the front from one side, and getting it from behind from the other side. And we'll gladly smile and wink when they call "Switch!" Both parties don't offer solutions, just criticism of the other side.
And we Americans will, as usual, join one side in blaming the "other" side in another election for NO results and further decline, instead of waking up, and realizing BOTH parties are not for "We, the People..."
.......Sorry fellas, this always get me fired up.
My thing is parents that blame teachers for the fact that their kids aren't performing in school. Teachers can only do so much with students that aren't willing to do the work necessary to achieve. You can only do so much with apathy.
I was discussing, yesterday, and I believe that a plan that would work, along with having teacher accountability, there should be parent accountability.
If an individual student, excluding students with special needs ( but they have individualized education plans, anyway,) fails two times, consecutively, the parents of that student should be fined.
It's difficult to reach students that aren't being taught, at home, the importance of education.
[And, yes, before the "Flame On" sign comes on, I am fully aware that there are douche-bag teachers that don't take their responsibility seriously. And I know that there are teachers that have no business in the classroom--before you go lumping me in the whiny teacher column.]
I was discussing, yesterday, and I believe that a plan that would work, along with having teacher accountability, there should be parent accountability.
If an individual student, excluding students with special needs ( but they have individualized education plans, anyway,) fails two times, consecutively, the parents of that student should be fined.
It's difficult to reach students that aren't being taught, at home, the importance of education.
[And, yes, before the "Flame On" sign comes on, I am fully aware that there are douche-bag teachers that don't take their responsibility seriously. And I know that there are teachers that have no business in the classroom--before you go lumping me in the whiny teacher column.]
