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[TorqueDog]

Much like Cat Facts, Turtle Facts are the Hotel California of newsletters.

[CMPunk]

GMG when one company has a monopoly on equipment parts and they have zero customer service skills. Thanks for costing us ice all weekend!!!

[calgarygeologist]

Why do some companies continue to solicit my business even after I already give them my business? I'm tired of getting a couple pieces of mail every month from these insurance companies. I'm am APEGA member and they have member rates with Manulife for life insurance and with The Personal for home and auto insurance. I've had life insurance with Manulife for around ten years and have home, auto and condo insurance with The Personal. They each send me mailers every month telling me that as an APEGA member I am entitled to special rates and what not.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Part of me wishes we could go back to the world without cell phones.

1. I am heavily addicted to mine, it is a problem.

2. I think most other people are addicted to theirs, and it's a problem.

3. People generally act more and more ####ty with cell phones. You can probably correlate ####ty behaviour and cell phone development over time both increasing.

4. When land lines were a thing, if I wasn't available or home, it was okay. Now if I don't answer, people think I am screening them and I get passive aggressive comments all the time. No, I'm just ####ing busy with the billion things going on in life, screw off.

makes sense . other humans inevitably won't activate dopamine pathways the same way that smart phones are literally designed to do . it is virtually impossible to be a better or more interesting companion than someone's phone , unless you can offer them a happy ending

[mikephoen]

Are yoga pants out and baggy sweat pants in for women? If so what a horrible trend!

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by pseudoreality

What gets me is how many people don't understand that you still need to stop at a red light, even if you are turning right. You must stop AT THE STOP LINE, and then you may turn right if it is safe to do so. That means stop at the stop line, then look for pedestrians, and then proceed if safe. If you cannot see from the stop line, still stop and the stop line, then inch forward to where you can see. The number of people that blast right through the stop line blows my mind. There is a bad corner where my daughter walks to school and a lot of cars don't even start to slow down until they are on top of the crosswalk. It makes my blood boil.

Maybe you need a blinking light on top of your daughter's head? I have heard that is very effective.

[dammage79]

We need laws on headlights. They're so overpowered now it's insane.

Add in absent minded driver's who forget they have their high beams on. It's infuriating.

Like you don't even need high beams now a days.

Nothing makes me angrier than my eyes being blinded by ludicrously bright white light.

[Wormius]

Any screws that are used in a plumbing fixtures of any kind should be ferromagnetic.

Just lost a screw from the shower drain plate down the drain. It’s under water, probably in the p-trap and I can’t imagine a way to fish it out.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by dammage79

We need laws on headlights. They're so overpowered now it's insane.

Add in absent minded driver's who forget they have their high beams on. It's infuriating.

Like you don't even need high beams now a days.

Nothing makes me angrier than my eyes being blinded by ludicrously bright white light.

is this people putting HID/LED bulbs in reflector lenses instead of upgrading to the proper projector style lens? or just poorly aimed head lights?

my truck is lifted 7.5" and sits on 35" tires. i've yet to have a single vehicle "flash" their lights at me. properly aimed headlights makes a huge difference.

i do know what you mean though - i'm amazed at how often i'm blinded by an oncoming vehicle, and like i mentioned - i'm up pretty high. i can't imagine how blinding those vehicles would be if i was in a normal car.

[bob-loblaw]

Why do dishwasher makers and soap companies have to make it impossible to add rinse aid to them? You can’t pour them out of the container without spilling or over filling the reservoir. I’m sure there has to some kind of dishwasher/rinse aid cabal that makes it difficult on purpose. I would think that dishwasher manufacturers could make it easier.

[Harry Lime]

When I'm driving at night and a jacked up truck is behind me, I can actually see a perfect shadow of my car (including me driving it) on the road in front of me. All of my mirrors turn into blinding death lights. But I'm glad they feel safe.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

When I'm driving at night and a jacked up truck is behind me, I can actually see a perfect shadow of my car (including me driving it) on the road in front of me. All of my mirrors turn into blinding death lights. But I'm glad they feel safe.

see... that's not cool in my view. the only time the car in front of me casts their own shadow is when i'm right behind them stopped at a red light. when the light changes to green i make sure there is enough distance between us so i'm not blinding the people in front of me. i'd pretty much have to be tail gating hard to blind them though (again... properly aimed headlights).

when i got my truck back after lifting it, that evening i got my wife to drive her car in front of me and told her to make sure my lights were good and not blinding. stuff like this isn't hard to check/fix and would make driving just a little more safe.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by dammage79

We need laws on headlights. They're so overpowered now it's insane.

Add in absent minded driver's who forget they have their high beams on. It's infuriating.

Like you don't even need high beams now a days.

Nothing makes me angrier than my eyes being blinded by ludicrously bright white light.

The most dangerous part of my drive is trying to keep straight while I am being blinded by an SUV with LED lights.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

The most dangerous part of my drive is trying to keep straight while I am being blinded by an SUV with LED lights.

Acuras are the worst. Their stupid jewel LED's are by far the worst offending vehicles on the road when it comes to blinding oncoming traffic.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Acuras are the worst. Their stupid jewel LED's are by far the worst offending vehicles on the road when it comes to blinding oncoming traffic.

I agree, the Honda/Acura LED lights are awful but the newer Toyota's are catching up in regards to being offensive and blinding.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Any screws that are used in a plumbing fixtures of any kind should be ferromagnetic.

Just lost a screw from the shower drain plate down the drain. It’s under water, probably in the p-trap and I can’t imagine a way to fish it out.

LOL, just had the same gear grinder this past weekend. Was disassembling the carpet cleaning machine head to wash the turbine over the sink and dropped a screw straight into the drain. I did need that screw... What should have taken 10 minutes took 2 hours with taking off the p-trap and cleaning the resulting mess thereafter. Oh, and btw, never, I mean NEVER use a bristle pipe brush to clean out the P-trap; you will regret it badly, like I have.

[Delgar]

Clocked at 270 kph, in a 110 zone.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9204128/a...0km-highway-1/

That is so irresponsible. He was a menace and should lose his license for a while, if not go to jail for a bit to learn a lesson about putting others in danger.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Delgar

Clocked at 270 kph, in a 110 zone.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9204128/a...0km-highway-1/

That is so irresponsible. He was a menace and should lose his license for a while, if not go to jail for a bit to learn a lesson about putting others in danger.

Last time I checked, what was considered the 'minimum' for this offence (and a clean record up to this point) was at least 2 of the three of the following:

6 demerits
$1500 fine
30 day suspention

From what I know, if this is your first time being caught, you usually get the fine and suspension. I had a buddy getting caught doing 185 in a 110, and got a $1600 fine and a 45 day suspension, for instance.

[OutOfTheCube]

Man I don't think my car can even go 270 km/h...

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Whatevs. Not even that fast. I hit 300kph a few weeks ago on the ring road.