Pet Peeves

[RedDenver]

19 minutes ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

I think I've read there are other breeds more likely to attack. But the thing is, other breeds don't have the potential for damage that pit bulls have.

 

Kind of reminds me of people who say airplanes are more safe than cars. Car crashes can be survived.

That's a terrible analogy. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45030345

Quote

 

News that all 103 passengers survived a plane crash in Mexico's Durango state on Tuesday may seem incredible, especially given the dramatic pictures of the smoking wreckage.

Almost all those on board were injured in the accident, but most reportedly walked away from the wreckage with only light injuries.

How unusual is this? Well, surprisingly, it may not be as rare as you'd think.

What are our odds of surviving an accident?
Put simply, there is no clear-cut answer - just as we can't definitively say how survivable car accidents are, because it depends entirely on the circumstances.

But when the US National Transportation Safety Board did a review of national aviation accidents from 1983-1999, it found that more than 95% of aircraft occupants survived accidents, including 55% in the most serious incidents.

 

 

[Moiraine]

11 minutes ago, RedDenver said:

That's a terrible analogy. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45030345

 

 

 

Good to know, although I don't know how they define a plane crash or accident. I read some of the research in a link in the article, and I didn't see it defined. I know how we would define it, but a paper like that should define it explicitly so I don't have to wonder. I did find this so it probably doesn't matter much.

 

 

https://flightsafety.org/fsd/fsd_oct01.pdf

 

[Cdog923]

Bunting to advance a runner in baseball, I.E. the Darin Erstad Special. 

[The Murphinator]

3 hours ago, Cdog923 said:

Bunting to advance a runner in baseball, I.E. the Darin Erstad Special. 

The only time you should bunt is when there are runners on 1st and 2nd with nobody out. 

[huKSer]

16 hours ago, The Murphinator said:

The only time you should bunt is when there are runners on 1st and 2nd with nobody out. 

 

This is why I always bunted, no matter what

 

[RedSavage]

Someone (in this instance a co-worker) who sits there and tries to clear their throat every 30 seconds for minutes on end.  

 

[NM11046]

1 minute ago, RedSavage said:

Someone (in this instance a co-worker) who sits there and tries to clear their throat every 30 seconds for minutes on end.  

 

How about the "sniffers"?  Get a frickin' kleenex dude!

[RedSavage]

1 minute ago, NM11046 said:

How about the "sniffers"?  Get a frickin' kleenex dude!

The worst!

[NM11046]

I have a coworker that does it - we are field based so I only see her a couple times a year.  At first (when I didn't know her well) I offered a tissue, and she said "no thanks" it was the carpets in the hotel and she forgot her allergy pill, so I gave her some Zyrtec and she said she needed nose spray.  Next meeting it was the entire week.  I honestly don't think I can handle another meeting.

 

I carry tissue around now in my late forties like I'm a grandmother who sobs all the time, but I can't handle sniffing personally and potentially driving people crazy.  Would rather be the tissue lady.

[Scarlet Overkill]

1 hour ago, RedSavage said:

Someone (in this instance a co-worker) who sits there and tries to clear their throat every 30 seconds for minutes on end.  

 

 

Haha - my last job had “that guy”.  People put lozenges and tissues and assorted other remedies as a hint to address his sinuses.  Don’t miss that sound, at ALL.

[KUfaninNebraska]

People who break the law and expect privacy in a small town. 

[NM11046]

2 hours ago, KUfaninNebraska said:

People who break the law and expect privacy in a small town. 

Ooooooo - this sounds like a story you should share ... screw privacy.

[desertshox]

people who constantly misspell players' names. try and read some of them and you're like who the eff is he talking about.

[huKSer]

On 4/19/2019 at 2:13 PM, desertshox said:

people who constantly misspell players' names. try and read some of them and you're like who the eff is he talking about.

Or coaches

Devany

Osbourn

Pellinni

O'Really?

[BigRedBuster]

Here is one that’s bothersome. 

 

The fact that laundry never is actually done. Meaning, unless you stay naked for considerable amount of time after you do laundry.....it’s never done because you are making more dirty clothes as you are doing laundry. 

 

You can sit back and appreciate the work you did on a rainy Saturday afternoon while washing, drying, folding, ironing, putting away....but you really aren’t ever done doing laundry.