The "Grinds My Gears" thread...

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Here's another:

No shit. It's not like I travel a ton, but my luggage has been lost on three separate occasions.

Luggage belt goes round and round until everybody's gone. Then... standing there like a moron looking at the empty belt... I go to the bowels of the airport to report lost luggage. They're really helpful there :roll: .

The last time it happened, the 'Griswolds' (wife, two children, and myself) went to Disneyland in our travelling gear- not having our suitcases. Massive blister between my big toe and second toe from flip flops served as a constant reminder of the gear we arrived without.

gimmesometruth27

chadwick wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

chadwick wrote:

idea!


grab the fire
melt ice & snow from glass

now you're talking. good luck with that!

quick, speaking of grinding gears

if i'm ever in st. louis
& it is winter time
& we are having a winter storm
& if i use fire to melt the ice & snow from the glass on my car
& if i get injured

im going to your hospital or clinic where you work







goodnight

sounds good man. but just a warning, my office is in belleville, il, which is exactly 33 miles from my house. as long as it is not life threatening you can come to my clinic and we will get ya taken care of

have a good night.

gimmesometruth27

Jason78 wrote:

Allow me to get geek on you; Actually thin crust IS pizza. I use to work as a chef in Italy and that's the way it is although in some regions they call, what we would call foccacia, pizza……but then pizza is still pizza. It's confusing. Thin crust IMHO is the best when done right. It sounds like your town grinds your gears more then the "pizza".
….And for the "sand" comment….I'm guessing you have a vagina?

wow, i had no idea. thanks for the info

i thought new york style pizza was closer to what i would consider pizza. at the end of the day, all of it is pretty good though.

yeah my town does grind my gears, pretty bad actually, but it has its cool moments too.

gimmesometruth27

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Here's one:

I bought a remote starter for my vehicle- can't stand sitting in my car and waiting 5 minutes for it to get warm anymore. I got a 'good one' too. First day, bragging my ass off about it, I used the old remote... waited about 5 minutes in my office... and went out to my car to find it never started.

Fuks sakes.

Turns out the range isn't 3000 feet. It's 30 feet. And when it does start... the doors are unlocked.

Taking the vehicle back tomorrow for reconfiguring.

30 feet? what kind of remote starter is that?? that sucks. but i guess you don't want to auto start your car from 100 yards away. someone could steal it.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Here's one:

I bought a remote starter for my vehicle- can't stand sitting in my car and waiting 5 minutes for it to get warm anymore. I got a 'good one' too. First day, bragging my ass off about it, I used the old remote... waited about 5 minutes in my office... and went out to my car to find it never started.

Fuks sakes.

Turns out the range isn't 3000 feet. It's 30 feet. And when it does start... the doors are unlocked.

Taking the vehicle back tomorrow for reconfiguring.

30 feet? what kind of remote starter is that?? that sucks.

No shit.

I paid for 3000 feet and got 30. Kind of like I asked for a 13 and they gave me 31!

gimmesometruth27

haha kind of like that scene in spinal tap where they had reserved 7 hotel suites but got one suite on the 7th floor

BIGDaddyWil

Very bad ice storm! No power or heat! This really blows! Downed power lines and trees......fun shit!

Thirty Bills Unpaid

BIGDaddyWil wrote:

Very bad ice storm! No power or heat! This really blows! Downed power lines and trees......fun shit!

This sounds pretty fun for sure.

Throw in a shitty ice scraper and you are fooked.

gimmesometruth27

BIGDaddyWil wrote:

Very bad ice storm! No power or heat! This really blows! Downed power lines and trees......fun shit!

oh man, i hope everyone is ok up your way. my furnace went out sometime friday. froze my ass off in my house both nights. it was like 54 degrees in here. the furnace guy could not get here until today. all he had to do was replace the thermostat and use a bit of sandpaper on the flame sensor...nice way to spend $160 :fp: :fp:

gimmesometruth27

just remembered i have ice cream in the freezer. that might help my burnt mouth.... something i should have thought of yesterday... :fp:

Jason P

It was much worse back in the day when pizza joints would use real cheese ... the kind where you could loop a ten-foot long string of cheese around your fork before it would break off. Not only would you burn your mouth, the moltan cheese would stretch down your chin and neck when you threw it back on your plate while desperately reaching for your can of pop.

The burning pizza issue is why to this day I eat my pizza with a knife and fork ... even though 95% of pizza cheese is now fake.

mca47

Jason P wrote:

It was much worse back in the day when pizza joints would use real cheese ... the kind where you could loop a ten-foot long string of cheese around your fork before it would break off. Not only would you burn your mouth, the moltan cheese would stretch down your chin and neck when you threw it back on your plate while desperately reaching for your can of pop.

The burning pizza issue is why to this day I eat my pizza with a knife and fork ... even though 95% of pizza cheese is now fake.

I remember a couple times as a kid damn near choking on the super gooey cheese. Just kept stuffing it in, hoping it would break off.
But yeah, you can't find real mottz unless you go to a quality joint.
Most places use that super dried out, overly salty "mottz". Bleh!
When making homemade I usually make my own mottz. Otherwise I buy the real stuff floating in brine from the Italian grocer. Only way to go.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Jason P wrote:

It was much worse back in the day when pizza joints would use real cheese ... the kind where you could loop a ten-foot long string of cheese around your fork before it would break off. Not only would you burn your mouth, the moltan cheese would stretch down your chin and neck when you threw it back on your plate while desperately reaching for your can of pop.

The burning pizza issue is why to this day I eat my pizza with a knife and fork ... even though 95% of pizza cheese is now fake.

Oil... made to look like cheese... kinda grinds my gears.

I never buy pizza from pizza chains. We have two authentic Italian pizzerias in town that I frequent. More expensive, but man is it worth it. You can smell the dough when you walk into both of them. The one features the mom as the hostess, daughter as the waitress, dad and uncle as the cooks. When the drinks come to the table, no two glasses are alike. It's awesome.

FrankieG

coworkers that loudly eat their lunch in the cubicle next to you... *slurp* :evil: :evil:

Thirty Bills Unpaid

FrankieG wrote:

coworkers that loudly eat their lunch in the cubicle next to you... *slurp* :evil: :evil:

It's as if some people have never learned to eat.

Some people smack their lips too. They can be looking right at you, smacking away, and have no idea that they sound like a freaking baboon.

gimmesometruth27

it really grinds my gears when my boss calls in sick. he is a physician. we have all of these people who were scheduled to return today to review mris and x rays and ct scans. i have to call all of them and try to explain in layman's terms what the results are and the potential plan of care. its a mega pain in the ass. it is so much easier to be able to show them the images and explain from there. :fp:

gimmesometruth27

Jason P wrote:

It was much worse back in the day when pizza joints would use real cheese ... the kind where you could loop a ten-foot long string of cheese around your fork before it would break off. Not only would you burn your mouth, the moltan cheese would stretch down your chin and neck when you threw it back on your plate while desperately reaching for your can of pop.

The burning pizza issue is why to this day I eat my pizza with a knife and fork ... even though 95% of pizza cheese is now fake.

i sometimes eat mine with knife and fork too. at least the first slice or two until it cools off. seems so weird to do that though. like eating the snickers bar with a knife and fork.

Jason P

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

i sometimes eat mine with knife and fork too. at least the first slice or two until it cools off. seems so weird to do that though. like eating the snickers bar with a knife and fork.

Some consider me a trendsetter ....

mca47

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

FrankieG wrote:

coworkers that loudly eat their lunch in the cubicle next to you... *slurp* :evil: :evil:

It's as if some people have never learned to eat.

Some people smack their lips too. They can be looking right at you, smacking away, and have no idea that they sound like a freaking baboon.

Yeah, bad table manners drives me nuts too.

mca47

Fat people on planes
Muffins
Sticky crumbs
People chomping on chips
People who try to eat chips quietly...the "slow crunch"
People who eat in their cars
Old people at airports
People who back in to parking spots
People who take their shoes off on a plane
People who don't understand personal space
People who pick out all the good stuff in a snack mix
People who wipe their hands on their pants while eating
Sick people on planes
People who take their dog everywhere and treat it like a little baby
Anything sticky
Babies on planes
People who bring stinky food on planes
People who wear too much perfume/cologne
Cheap people
People,who while listening to headphones/earbuds, do the rapper arm/hand movements and dance/bob their head in public.
People/kids who bring skateboards on planes
People who talk in a different voice to their pets
Fat chicks in yoga pants
:x

Just a few off the top of my head....