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

[DownInFlames]

I hate it when you've got a clear lane in front of you coming up to a red light but someone makes a last second lane change to get in front of you. And, of course, they're slow as #### when the light turns green.

[PaperBagger'14]

When I used to vape, I had noticed that several vape shops downtown also sell crack pipes, meth pipes and filters. It makes sense that it's legal, similar to buying weed pipes many years ago, however this crap should absolutely be shut down.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

When I used to vape, I had noticed that several vape shops downtown also sell crack pipes, meth pipes and filters. It makes sense that it's legal, similar to buying weed pipes many years ago, however this crap should absolutely be shut down.

Head shops have sold roses and the such for decades. That’s nothing new

[81MC]

I hate our house. Big ass lot but oriented in such a way that there is no privacy anywhere except for a little 2’x2’ section when the trees have leaves. Can’t build a bigger garage, can’t add a parking pad, can’t have a quiet patio…all we can do is build some hokey privacy screened bull#### deck in the worst possible spot and still be arms length from all the passerbys, bus stop losers and racerwannabes. Giant ass yard the takes all my ####ing time to do anything with, totally garbage place to hang out because there’s not an iota of privacy.

Can’t afford to by something different and wife is emotionally attached and either wants to rebuild on this stupid lot or renovate. What a crock.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I hate it when you've got a clear lane in front of you coming up to a red light but someone makes a last second lane change to get in front of you. And, of course, they're slow as #### when the light turns green.

My bad DownInFlames.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by 81MC

I hate our house. Big ass lot but oriented in such a way that there is no privacy anywhere except for a little 2’x2’ section when the trees have leaves. Can’t build a bigger garage, can’t add a parking pad, can’t have a quiet patio…all we can do is build some hokey privacy screened bull#### deck in the worst possible spot and still be arms length from all the passerbys, bus stop losers and racerwannabes. Giant ass yard the takes all my ####ing time to do anything with, totally garbage place to hang out because there’s not an iota of privacy.

Can’t afford to by something different and wife is emotionally attached and either wants to rebuild on this stupid lot or renovate. What a crock.

This sounds like a job for Love It or List It.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

This sounds like a job for Love It or List It.

I don't know if they'd do a clubhouse.

[RichieRich]

Originally Posted by 81MC

I hate our house. Big ass lot but oriented in such a way that there is no privacy anywhere except for a little 2’x2’ section when the trees have leaves. Can’t build a bigger garage, can’t add a parking pad, can’t have a quiet patio…all we can do is build some hokey privacy screened bull#### deck in the worst possible spot and still be arms length from all the passerbys, bus stop losers and racerwannabes. Giant ass yard the takes all my ####ing time to do anything with, totally garbage place to hang out because there’s not an iota of privacy.

Can’t afford to by something different and wife is emotionally attached and either wants to rebuild on this stupid lot or renovate. What a crock.

You can buy privacy... either plant a bunch of trees and wait ~10years or buy really mature (and expensive) trees and go from there. The columnar aspens we planted ~15years provide incredible shelter and help the whole neighborhood visually. Except for those leaves in the fall. OMG they just don't stop.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by 81MC

I hate our house. Big ass lot but oriented in such a way that there is no privacy anywhere except for a little 2’x2’ section when the trees have leaves. Can’t build a bigger garage, can’t add a parking pad, can’t have a quiet patio…all we can do is build some hokey privacy screened bull#### deck in the worst possible spot and still be arms length from all the passerbys, bus stop losers and racerwannabes. Giant ass yard the takes all my ####ing time to do anything with, totally garbage place to hang out because there’s not an iota of privacy.

Can’t afford to by something different and wife is emotionally attached and either wants to rebuild on this stupid lot or renovate. What a crock.

Always such a breath of fresh air, this guy. I love it, though. I always enjoy talking about hating things moreso than positive topics. It's just funnier and more fun to be scathing like this.

Great post.

[calgarygeologist]

Speaking of house gear grinders, I have lived in my home for about ten years now and I just recently noticed that my fireplace is not centered. We have a pretty nice wall to wall built in that is symmetrical with cabinets and book shelves on either side, a mantle and tv area above the fireplace. I always just assumed that the fireplace was in the middle but then I saw that the slate tiles on one side of the fireplace are noticeably narrower. It is almost 3 inches off center. I don't know if the original wood fireplace was always off center in the room or if someone screwed up the gas fireplace insert retrofit but this is going to bother me for a long time now that I know about it.

[ZedMan]

Originally Posted by 81MC

I hate our house. Big ass lot but oriented in such a way that there is no privacy anywhere except for a little 2’x2’ section when the trees have leaves. Can’t build a bigger garage, can’t add a parking pad, can’t have a quiet patio…all we can do is build some hokey privacy screened bull#### deck in the worst possible spot and still be arms length from all the passerbys, bus stop losers and racerwannabes. Giant ass yard the takes all my ####ing time to do anything with, totally garbage place to hang out because there’s not an iota of privacy.

Can’t afford to by something different and wife is emotionally attached and either wants to rebuild on this stupid lot or renovate. What a crock.

Different reasons but I feel you. Finally in a position to do something about it and now we're faced with the highest interest rates in decades and the housing market being lit on fire by Toronto migrants. ####ing bull#### I tell ya.

[GirlySports]

Tired of calling and going through hoops of automation.
Trying to call insurance, answer like 10 questions get to the part where they send you a code via text for security and it never came. So I have to hang up.

At some point, it has to go to a person.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I hate it when you've got a clear lane in front of you coming up to a red light but someone makes a last second lane change to get in front of you. And, of course, they're slow as #### when the light turns green.

It's worse on the other side of the intersection. You think you can make it across and someone cuts in, now you're in the middle of the crosswalk when the light turns red and pedestrians are giving you the finger.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Tired of calling and going through hoops of automation.
Trying to call insurance, answer like 10 questions get to the part where they send you a code via text for security and it never came. So I have to hang up.

At some point, it has to go to a person.

Insurance is the absolute worst for this. Especially Canada Life. Even once you manage to talk to someone, you get passed around from department to department because nobody seems to know what the #### is going on since they absorbed half the other insurance companies in the country. It took us months to get our power of attorney with my dad sorted out.

[Puppet Guy]

People who don't have anything remotely close to a sense of humour really piss me off.

[TheIronMaiden]

Being broke is a mother ####er.
Ya I can afford everything I need, but damn if I have a penny over what I need.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

People who don't have anything remotely close to a sense of humour really piss me off.

Ironically sounds like the words of someone without a sense of humor. Wouldn't a humorous person just laugh it off and say eff em, because they don't take #### seriously?

In fact the best jokes can be made around humorless robot types.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Ironically sounds like the words of someone without a sense of humor. Wouldn't a humorous person just laugh it off and say eff em, because they don't take #### seriously?

In fact the best jokes can be made around humorless robot types.

here we go.....

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

More of a minor thing, but when people talk for you. Like when they're in conversation with someone and you're in the vicinity and then they tell that person what your opinion on something is rather than just ask you or run it by you for clarity.

Very good chance they're misrepresenting you to some degree and to do it within earshot is kind of disrespectful.

Does this happen to any one else?

[The Fisher Account]

When did it become OK for parents to start blasting music on their phones at playgrounds?