You Know What Really Grinds My Gears....The Sequel!

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Thor

Seriously, this is valuable info, I used to do 109, now if I only still lived there I'd boost it up to 119!

Sure, if you trust your speedometer and your cruise doesn't fluctuate (ie when cresting a hill). Personally I like a little margin of error.

Or, like in the case of Edmonton, they drop the photo radar limit to the actual speed limit, with no overage tolerance.

[Travis Munroe]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Sure, if you trust your speedometer and your cruise doesn't fluctuate (ie when cresting a hill). Personally I like a little margin of error.

Or, like in the case of Edmonton, they drop the photo radar limit to the actual speed limit, with no overage tolerance.

Live in the edge

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Realtor 1

Live in the edge

Ha if I'm going to get a ticket I'll make it worth my while, not for a few kph on Deerfoot

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Or, like in the case of Edmonton, they drop the photo radar limit to the actual speed limit, with no overage tolerance.

Thank you, you have given my another reason to hate that cesspool 1 1/2 hrs north of me.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Thank you, you have given my another reason to hate that cesspool 1 1/2 hrs north of me.

Thanked for excessive speed to Edmonton. (Assuming you're in Calgary)

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Reaper

(Assuming you're in Calgary)

Pretty sure he's in Sylvan...

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by Dion

Everytime I back out of the garage, I get about half a block down the street when I get this overwhelming urge to go back and see if I closed the door. Of course the garage door is always closed and I feel like an idot.

Pretty common thing to happen I'm pretty sure. What I do is give myself a physical cue that the garage door is closed and I'm good to drive off. When I back out I close the door, watch it close, and then do a drum roll on my steering wheel after it's closed. Once I do that drum roll I'm good to drive off without having to worry about it anymore.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Komskies

Pretty common thing to happen I'm pretty sure. What I do is give myself a physical cue that the garage door is closed and I'm good to drive off. When I back out I close the door, watch it close, and then do a drum roll on my steering wheel after it's closed. Once I do that drum roll I'm good to drive off without having to worry about it anymore.

I wait on the driveway until I see it close.


Drives my wife nuts.

[Knut]

^ If I drive away before it closes completely my wife gets pissed... haha

[DuffMan]

people who don't show up on time, especially, when you told them twice to show up on time, and you're married to them, so you can't really drop them as a friend, without it turning into something bigger and more complex.

[vegasbound]

When people lie about something and then get mad at you for calling them out on said lie.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

people who don't show up on time, especially, when you told them twice to show up on time, and you're married to them, so you can't really drop them as a friend, without it turning into something bigger and more complex.

Originally Posted by vegasbound

When people lie about something and then get mad at you for calling them out on said lie.

I had no idea you two were married to each other

[calgarygeologist]

The Respect in Sport program which is mandatory for parents so that their kids can play organized sports.

I hate these types of BS programs/training but thankfully it is apparently a lifetime certificate (until the various organizations come up with additional requirements in the future.)

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

The Respect in Sport program which is mandatory for parents so that their kids can play organized sports.

I hate these types of BS programs/training but thankfully it is apparently a lifetime certificate (until the various organizations come up with additional requirements in the future.)

I have only had to do this with Hockey. What other sports?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I have only had to do this with Hockey. What other sports?

I'm doing it for hockey as well. I don't know if other sports do the same thing but the coordinator said the certificate is valid for other sports as well.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I'm doing it for hockey as well. I don't know if other sports do the same thing but the coordinator said the certificate is valid for other sports as well.

Hockey eh? Ya, it probably makes sense to take it actually, sorry.

I mean I'm just going off of the year-over-year behaviour of hockey parents when I was growing up playing rinky dink community who cares league, acting like 30-40 starved orangutans clawing over a single banana tossed into a cage.

I had a police escort from my dressing room to my car when I was in high school and a driver's licence. A full out brawl in the stands.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by chalms04

The speed limit in the area is 100 km/h. The lowest speed of a ticketed driver was 120 km/h. The highest recorded speed was 157 km/h.

*re-sets cruise from 109 to 119*

When on any highway I always set the cruise to just under 20 km/h over the limit. Never actually been pulled over while doing that, and if I ever do it's just a regular ticket, not excessive speed

[troutman]

Potential client leaves voice mail, and telephone number is unintelligible. Speak clearly and slowly.

I will get an angry call next week asking why I never returned the call, or miss entirely the opportunity to help this client.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by troutman

Potential client leaves voice mail, and telephone number is unintelligible. Speak clearly and slowly.

I will get an angry call next week asking why I never returned the call, or miss entirely the opportunity to help this client.

i hate that



I also hate the "i called your employee and they have not called me back" phone call.

UCB: "When did you call them?"
Dummy Client: "5 mins ago"
UCB: "lets give them some time to respond to your message"


But wait, sometimes I get this in response


Dummy: "I didn't leave a message"

[Table 5]

Funny, I came in here to complain about people in Calgary never calling/writing back when you're trying to user their services or buy their products.

We just moved and there's a lot of new furniture etc to buy, and getting basic answers from stores/vendors has been like pulling teeth. I've been trying to get a quote for some office desks and chairs from one place for over a month now. I'm trying to give you hundreds, potentially thousands, of dollars here, people! Can you at least write back?

It's as if in Calgary, people don't even care about giving you service unless you're really dropping a ton of money.