Pet Peeves

[toledobass]

Muriel in da house.  Wazzup?


Allan

[Don]

Cd's that never get played.

Yours, or those owned by others?

[Lady Chatterley]

Yours, or those owned by others?

Oh well,Harry's if you must know,I'm just envious I guess.

[Lady Chatterley]

Muriel in da house.  Wazzup?


Allan

I have a day off,hanging out doing Sunday's crossword and trying to resist googling the answers.Listening to Satchmo play the dickens out of that trumpet.

[Don]

Oh well,Harry's if you must know,I'm just envious I guess.

Oh, don't feel envious.  If you acquired at Harry's rate, you might end up with a home filled with unopened discs; that could lead to guilt.

[Hector]

Is it true that Europeans do 200 km/h all the time? How do they manage to stay alive?

Only on Motorways, Autobahns or Autoroutes.

These are the safest of roads.

I cannot remember whether the Germans have imposed a speed limit on their Autobahns. I knew it was mooted.

I'm not German but would oppose it if I could.

Those that stay alive tend to drive German cars.

[MishaK]

Is it true that Europeans do 200 km/h all the time? How do they manage to stay alive?

Only in Germany is there no speed limit on certain parts of the Autobahn system outside of major population centers and outside of areas with constant inclement weather. Everywhere else speed limits are in the 100-130km/h range. The way you stay alive at 200 km/h is to pass and MOVE OVER! I feel much, much safer driving in Germany because people actually follow the rules. Also, when someone is going 120 km/h and someone else is passing at 170 km/h, the manoeuvre is over in a few seconds. In the US, you have four people in four lanes going 68, 60, 65 and 63 and 1/2 mph with some fluctuation and no concern whether they are passing on the right or left. Passing another car takes half an hour during which one person is 'parked' in the other person's blind spot. Then they continue on in the same lanes for no apparent reason.

[Brahmsian]

People who deliberately take up more than one parking spot by parking at an angle.

tsk tsk...

[Lethevich]

People who deliberately take up more than one parking spot by parking at an angle.

tsk tsk...

There is something just as bad - people who park off-centre in a space, and in so doing don't cross over the line into the space next to them, but none the less still render it unusable as you have no room to open your door. The angle-parkers at least don't have any pretentions about not being arses

[MN Dave]

People are idiots.

[Gurn Blanston]

Only in Germany is there no speed limit on certain parts of the Autobahn system outside of major population centers and outside of areas with constant inclement weather. Everywhere else speed limits are in the 100-130km/h range. The way you stay alive at 200 km/h is to pass and MOVE OVER! I feel much, much safer driving in Germany because people actually follow the rules. Also, when someone is going 120 km/h and someone else is passing at 170 km/h, the manoeuvre is over in a few seconds. In the US, you have four people in four lanes going 68, 60, 65 and 63 and 1/2 mph with some fluctuation and no concern whether they are passing on the right or left. Passing another car takes half an hour during which one person is 'parked' in the other person's blind spot. Then they continue on in the same lanes for no apparent reason.

This is so true, and also counts as one of my Top 3 peeves. If they only knew what I was saying about their mother they would either get out of the way or shoot me.   



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Listening to:
Quatuor Festetics - Hob 03 81 Quartet in G for Strings Op 77 #1 3rd mvmt - Menuet: Presto

[DavidW]

This is so true, and also counts as one of my Top 3 peeves. If they only knew what I was saying about their mother they would either get out of the way or shoot me.   

Gurn likes to pretend that he drives down roads other than 1 lane dirt roads.

[Gurn Blanston]

Gurn likes to pretend that he drives down roads other than 1 lane dirt roads.

Don't let anyone ever tell you that you can't go 100mph on a one-lane dirt road either, amigo...



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Listening to:
Eberl, Anton - Playel-Trio St. Petersburg - Trio B-Dur Op 8/2 - Rondo. Vivace Assai

[Spotted Horses]

I constantly see Arnold Schwarzenegger posting videos on social media about his great concern for the environment. They there was a news report about a traffic accent he caused, and he was driving the biggest SUV I have ever seen in my life. Where's your Prius, Arnold?

[Rosalba]

Whenever I hear of Prince Harry's doings, I think of the Burns poem 'To a Louse':

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!

[LKB]

Obnoxiously loud music ( of any genre ) emanating from automobiles in residential areas.

[Olias]

Men wearing flip flops.  Yuck.

[Mirror Image]

Men wearing flip flops.  Yuck.

Guilty as charged.

This shouldn't even be mentioned, but people who don't flush the toilet. I mean come on people!

[Wanderer]

Men wearing flip flops.  Yuck.

In urban areas, indeed, very repulsive. Dude, if you're not at the beach wear some shoes! It used to be a thing here, as well, for a number of years in the early aughts - with the corresponding filthy-foot syndrome, Caravaggio pilgrim style - but the trend has thankfully subsided. American tourists should get the hint.

Obnoxiously loud music ( of any genre ) emanating from automobiles in residential areas.

Even worse, emanating from "trendy" cafés (which secretly want to be Mykonos beach clubs). 🤷‍♂️

[Wanderer]

Where's your Prius, Arnold?

The help drives it.