You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Can't really make it illegal to use a snowblower to dig out your car after a heavy snowfall if someone has to go to work at 6am. Still a dick move to bust out a leaf blower before sunrise on a weekend for a light dusting of snow, but the bylaws would have to get a lot more explicit to ban that

Ya, I'd settle for just banning those things. Snow blowers are OK because they are mostly one volume and tone. I get needing to do it, but it's just kinda dickish to do when there's a dusting of snow at 6am on a Sunday. I had thought we were living in a society.


New windows are on the list. Such a long list...

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Zevo

If only man had invented a manual device for snow removal that would be quieter. Just spit balling here but maybe a stick with a blade or some kind of scoop on it. Something you could sort of shove the snow with.

And where does that leave Grandpa with a bad back after a 2-foot dump of snow? He's getting to A&W for that early breakfast with his buddies one way or another, and if the city tries to ban him from using a snowblower that's a quick court challenge loss and a bunch of municipal money wasted

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Zevo

If only man had invented a manual device for snow removal that would be quieter. Just spit balling here but maybe a stick with a blade or some kind of scoop on it. Something you could sort of shove the snow with.

Man invented global warming instead. It'll fix this!

[woob]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

New windows are on the list. Such a long list...

Same boat here. New windows needed, and the list is long. It's overwhelming, at times!

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Ya, I'd settle for just banning those things. Snow blowers are OK because they are mostly one volume and tone. I get needing to do it, but it's just kinda dickish to do when there's a dusting of snow at 6am on a Sunday. I had thought we were living in a society.


New windows are on the list. Such a long list...

Blocking their furnace vent is cheaper, just sayin'

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Blocking their furnace vent is cheaper, just sayin'

I'm pretty sure it isn't them personally. They pay some guy from Kijiji, or possibly a relative.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I'm pretty sure it isn't them personally. They pay some guy from Kijiji, or possibly a relative.

It still solves the problem...

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Shazam

It still solves the problem...

Not if he's paid for the full season upfront.

[Fuzz]

And with clean sidewalks, no one will think to check on the home owners.

[Shazam]

okay, pay him extra to not snowblow the guy's driveway.

[Fuzz]

But that's my window fund!

[devo22]

noisy people on trains and busses really grind my gears. I think my trip to Japan last year has forever ruined European public transport for me. Why can't people just shut up for a bit? Not talk on the phone, not be a nuisance?

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by devo22

noisy people on trains and busses really grind my gears. I think my trip to Japan last year has forever ruined European public transport for me. Why can't people just shut up for a bit? Not talk on the phone, not be a nuisance?

Watching videos and reels and ѕhit on public transport with the volume on is even worse. Use goddamned headphones, you inconsiderate degenerates, no one wants to hear your stupid doomscrolling.

[Shazam]

The phone is on a payment plan, they can’t afford headphones.

[Ped]

From now on when i see people having a conversation on speakerphone in public I'm just going to go near them and talk loudly or play music

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by Ped

From now on when i see people having a conversation on speakerphone in public I'm just going to go near them and talk loudly or play music

Even better, if they are the opposite sex from you and they are talking to their spouse, just lean in towards their phone and say in a sultry voice "Would you like a towel honey?". Then enjoy the ensuing questions from the other end.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Ped

From now on when i see people having a conversation on speakerphone in public I'm just going to go near them and talk loudly or play music

Every time I am in an airport there is some a$$hole walking and talking to someone on facetime with the phone right in front of their face, no head phones.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Wait, so if it's within 48 hours of a snowfall they can do it any time they want?

Dude, I cut grass through high school and university. We had a lot of contracts at condo developments. Doesn't matter what time of day you're out there with your power equipment, someone like you comes storming out to yell:
"My baby is sleeping, come back later."
"I work nights, come back in four hours."
"It's too early, come back later."
"Why are you working around here when we're trying to have supper?"
"You're scaring my dogs, do you have to be so loud?"

With those jobs you just have to nod, say sorry, and then carry on or else you'd never get anything done. I also did snow removal for two winters in my gap years. Same exact story. This dude is probably working 18-hour-days when it snows. He cannot work around your sleep schedule.

I do get it, FWIW, but having been on the other side of this and running into hundreds of people giving me tips and tricks on times that work better for their schedules I definitely got to a point where I just said fk ya.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Dude, I cut grass through high school and university. We had a lot of contracts at condo developments. Doesn't matter what time of day you're out there with your power equipment, someone like you comes storming out to yell:
"My baby is sleeping, come back later."
"I work nights, come back in four hours."
"It's too early, come back later."
"Why are you working around here when we're trying to have supper?"
"You're scaring my dogs, do you have to be so loud?"

With those jobs you just have to nod, say sorry, and then carry on or else you'd never get anything done. I also did snow removal for two winters in my gap years. Same exact story. This dude is probably working 18-hour-days when it snows. He cannot work around your sleep schedule.

I do get it, FWIW, but having been on the other side of this and running into hundreds of people giving me tips and tricks on times that work better for their schedules I definitely got to a point where I just said fk ya.

Can you post earlier in the day instead? I've got other stuff to do in the afternoons and can't be reading this right now.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Every time I am in an airport there is some a$$hole walking and talking to someone on facetime with the phone right in front of their face, no head phones.

"Look at me! I'm going somewhere!"