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Old 07-05-2023, 08:23 AM   #8601
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That's what I was taught...nearly 30 years ago now. "Stop when the top of your hood appears to touch the bottom of the rear tires of the vehicle in front of you."
Similar for what I was taught (except it was your hood visually touching the rear bumper of the vehicle in front).
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Old 07-05-2023, 09:02 AM   #8602
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Getting a blood test today and they are already 20 minutes late for my 8:40 appointment...

They've only be open 1 hour and are behind by at least 20 minutes already. What a disaster.

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Old 07-05-2023, 09:21 AM   #8603
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So your a creeper. You suck! If you want to leave a car and a half, commit to it. Don’t creep forward after the car behind you has come to a stop, making them look like the dork leaving all that space.
I mean if it's a 50 zone I don't bother, but if I am stopping at a red on the 1A I am going to take the precaution.
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Old 07-05-2023, 10:01 AM   #8604
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Who answers a phone these days?
On that topic has anyone noticed a major uptick in spam phone calls the past few years? I keep blocking them but more keep coming.
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Old 07-05-2023, 10:30 AM   #8605
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Getting a blood test today and they are already 20 minutes late for my 8:40 appointment...

They've only be open 1 hour and are behind by at least 20 minutes already. What a disaster.

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Appointment now just means you're in the shorter walk-in line. You cannot wait more than 1 hour.

And don't stop too far back especially in the left-turn lane. Because now I'm the one going straight stuck behind all the cars that can't get into the left-turn lane.
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Old 07-05-2023, 10:45 AM   #8606
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On that topic has anyone noticed a major uptick in spam phone calls the past few years? I keep blocking them but more keep coming.
Yes, and phishing texts. Strangely, some of the texts I get are from email accounts. Before Samsung enabled a block feature for those types of messages I was getting two or three of them a day.
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Old 07-06-2023, 11:46 AM   #8607
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The proliferation of the phrase "You got this!"

Every ####, cheesball sitcom, every garbage commercial. Barf.
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Old 07-06-2023, 03:06 PM   #8608
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Getting a blood test today and they are already 20 minutes late for my 8:40 appointment...

They've only be open 1 hour and are behind by at least 20 minutes already. What a disaster.

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That's not a recent development nor is it restricted to Dyna Labs. I've had the same thing happen numerous times under the old provider. And a few weeks ago the same thing at a clinic (not blood test). 7:30 am appointment (office opens at 7am) and the were running 20 minutes behind.
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Old 07-06-2023, 05:41 PM   #8609
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They should revoke your license and give you thousands of dollars in fines for stopping under an overpass when it’s hailing.
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They should revoke your license and give you thousands of dollars in fines for stopping under an overpass when it’s hailing.
Screw that...they're packing heat, they should issue you a blindfold and a cigarette and maybe a 10 second head start.
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RGMG when you are buying something like a bag of chips, and the clerk manhandles the everlovin' fu** out of it.
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RGMG when you are buying something like a bag of chips, and the clerk manhandles the everlovin' fu** out of it.
You know that they're doing that just to mess with you right?
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Old 07-07-2023, 12:09 AM   #8613
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Imagine owning the grey eagle casino and being so bad at traffic control that you miss out on money because people are concerned on getting home.
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Old 07-07-2023, 08:40 AM   #8614
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The proliferation of the phrase "You got this!"

Every ####, cheesball sitcom, every garbage commercial. Barf.
We also need to ban the word "iconic".
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Old 07-07-2023, 09:19 AM   #8615
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We also need to ban the word "iconic".
But what if something is iconic? Like Fenway or Wrigley?
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We're just going to have to bite the bullet on those, because the overuse has become incredibly obnoxious.
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Old 07-07-2023, 10:14 AM   #8617
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I find the "Let's go" over-use to be annoying.
Not sure when that started but dear lord.
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We're just going to have to bite the bullet on those, because the overuse has become incredibly obnoxious.
Language changes over time.

Literally literally means figuratively now.

It's the world we live in.
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Old 07-07-2023, 10:31 AM   #8619
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I find the "Let's go" over-use to be annoying.
Not sure when that started but dear lord.
yes and "brah", as some kind of reference to "bro". Listening to my kids or their friends use both "brah" and "lets go" makes me legitimately angry.
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yes and "brah", as some kind of reference to "bro". Listening to my kids or their friends use both "brah" and "lets go" makes me legitimately angry.
Gnarly.
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