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Old 06-16-2014, 08:35 PM   #46
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My big pet peeve (someone may have mentioned this) is web sites that have audio as soon as you get to their page. A song or some guy yacking away. Number 1 taboo on the web.
In FF, I have the Plug in for Shockwave Flash set to "Ask to Activate" which means no web page ever starts spouting off suddenly. If there is a video or audio clip and I wish to activate it, a click or two and it's playing.
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Old 06-16-2014, 08:47 PM   #47
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Jockeys who have 5 across dueling in front of them who snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by refusing to rate off a duel and sending 6w into the fry job!

Going above and beyond to holding a door for someone and they walk through without saying thank you.

Neighbors who blast music at all points of the day/night with no regard for their neighbors.

Buying 3 drinks and not getting a buy back.

Cashing a voucher for 1002 and not getting the 2 bucks until I ask for it.

Telling the toll booth clerk thank you and not getting a you're welcome.
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Old 06-16-2014, 09:43 PM   #48
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People who whine about successful people.
Who would you leech off from if they were not there?
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Old 06-16-2014, 09:59 PM   #49
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People who whine about successful people.
Who would you leech off from if they were not there?
People who whine when the poor leech off from the rich.

As you say...whom are they supposed to leech off from?
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Old 06-16-2014, 10:14 PM   #50
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People who whine about successful people.
Who would you leech off from if they were not there?
Who said all rich people successful?
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Old 06-16-2014, 10:22 PM   #51
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Folks who have the right of way and they don't take it, so we wind up sitting there in some kind of idiot standoff for a few seconds.

I'm afraid to go because if he then takes his right of way and we come together, it's my fault.
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Old 06-16-2014, 10:41 PM   #52
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Folks who have the right of way and they don't take it, so we wind up sitting there in some kind of idiot standoff for a few seconds.

I'm afraid to go because if he then takes his right of way and we come together, it's my fault.
Been there and yes, they said it was my fault.
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People who stand in a public parking spot and say I'm holding it for someone (who's no where near by)
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Old 06-16-2014, 10:49 PM   #54
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Jockeys who have 5 across dueling in front of them who snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by refusing to rate off a duel and sending 6w into the fry job!

Going above and beyond to holding a door for someone and they walk through without saying thank you.

Neighbors who blast music at all points of the day/night with no regard for their neighbors.

Buying 3 drinks and not getting a buy back.

Cashing a voucher for 1002 and not getting the 2 bucks until I ask for it.

Telling the toll booth clerk thank you and not getting a you're welcome.
When i cash a voucher and its a little bit over some nice round number, i keep my hands off all the money and then pretend to play with my phone until all the money is on the counter.

You have to act like you're in no hurry at all. Works every time.
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Old 06-17-2014, 02:27 AM   #55
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People who stand in a public parking spot and say I'm holding it for someone (who's no where near by)
lately I've seen people taking up multiple parking spaces in casino/racino parking garages, some of them parking the middle of their car right on the line. other idiots sometimes park in a space to your left with their passenger's side right on or up against the line, giving you limited room to open your door when you get back to your car.
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Old 06-17-2014, 07:14 AM   #56
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lately I've seen people taking up multiple parking spaces in casino/racino parking garages, some of them parking the middle of their car right on the line. other idiots sometimes park in a space to your left with their passenger's side right on or up against the line, giving you limited room to open your door when you get back to your car.
As my dad would say "four flat tires".... that will teach them. No slash, just let the air out of the tires
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Old 06-17-2014, 07:28 AM   #57
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In the category of driving, I have a relatively new peeve, as if I needed one. I wonder if this is going on everywhere, or just around here, but I've seen it more and more, and it is usually older people guilty of it:

Stopping at a light or intersection a car length or more (sometimes two lengths) short of the norm. For what purpose?

I'm not talking about politely giving a little more room to traffic turning in front of them. I'm talking about starting the queue so far back that it has consequences behind them, not that they'd ever care about that. Do they need a rolling start? (All starts are rolling.) Are they afraid of debris should a collision occur in front of them? What are they thinking? If they need more space to control their cars, perhaps they shouldn't be driving in the first place.
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New articles of clothing seem to have way too many tags, you know, the ones that have to be removed before you can wear them.
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Old 06-17-2014, 09:38 AM   #59
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People who whine when the poor leech off from the rich.

As you say...whom are they supposed to leech off from?
The correct answer is no one. Instead of leeching they should eliminate bad habits, educate themselves, and then find a job and work hard at it. This is the American way. Conservatives get it and expect and practice this concept. Liberals do not, instead they find it easier to just print and hand out those welfare checks and food stamps.
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The correct answer is no one. Instead of leeching they should eliminate bad habits, educate themselves, and then find a job and work hard at it. This is the American way. Conservatives get it and expect and practice this concept. Liberals do not, instead they find it easier to just print and hand out those welfare checks and food stamps.
Those who inject politics into everything because they are too upset with Obama and too serious to recognize a joke.
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