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Gear Grinding 6: I'm So Over This.
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I like the distracted driving law (which includes cell phone usage, there is NO need for a separate law!), and the execution is indeed stupid. Also, the enforcement is lacking overall.
I like the distracted driving law (which includes cell phone usage, there is NO need for a separate law!), and the execution is indeed stupid. Also, the enforcement is lacking overall.
Re: Gear Grinding 6: I'm So Over This.
I was the "arsehole" today. Parked in the local Old Chicago parking lot, in an area that was clearly labeled "compact vehicles only." A larger SUV (not an Escalade or anything but an SUV that was NOT compact), decided to park close enough (and over the line) on my driver's side where there was NO way my skinny arse was going to be able to get in my vehicle without my door hitting their vehicle. I'll tell you what, my door hit the sh* out of their vehicle. Hope they like the big scratch on their door.
I was the "arsehole" today. Parked in the local Old Chicago parking lot, in an area that was clearly labeled "compact vehicles only." A larger SUV (not an Escalade or anything but an SUV that was NOT compact), decided to park close enough (and over the line) on my driver's side where there was NO way my skinny arse was going to be able to get in my vehicle without my door hitting their vehicle. I'll tell you what, my door hit the sh* out of their vehicle. Hope they like the big scratch on their door.
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How can gas possibly rise 30 cents today after oil dropped 20% in July, Texas announced they were going to increase production, and projections came out two days ago stating winter prices could drop below 2.00?
And conveniently all stations are changing the exact same despite having differing prices of up to ten cents as of yesterday. Relatively it's crazy cheap compared to just ten months ago, but legalized collusion gets annoying when it's so blatant.
How can gas possibly rise 30 cents today after oil dropped 20% in July, Texas announced they were going to increase production, and projections came out two days ago stating winter prices could drop below 2.00?
And conveniently all stations are changing the exact same despite having differing prices of up to ten cents as of yesterday. Relatively it's crazy cheap compared to just ten months ago, but legalized collusion gets annoying when it's so blatant.
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FadeToBlack&Gold
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Gasbuddy.com's predictions are actually holding out thus far. Peak around $3/gal sometime between late May and late June, then plummet to about $2/gal by December. IMO, we're clearly past the worst of the summer spike. Plus, the Iran deal has reopened their oil to the market (at least, for countries not named the US). So it's hardly inconceivable that gas prices will continue their slide.
Gasbuddy.com's predictions are actually holding out thus far. Peak around $3/gal sometime between late May and late June, then plummet to about $2/gal by December. IMO, we're clearly past the worst of the summer spike. Plus, the Iran deal has reopened their oil to the market (at least, for countries not named the US). So it's hardly inconceivable that gas prices will continue their slide.
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I, at 6'2" 160, had to turn SIDEWAYS to even get to my door. That's how close the person parked.
I, at 6'2" 160, had to turn SIDEWAYS to even get to my door. That's how close the person parked.
hockeyplayer1015
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I, at 6'2" 160, had to turn SIDEWAYS to even get to my door. That's how close the person parked.
Doesn't matter. In slapnuts world, you are expected to swan dive through the opposite window in a situation like this. Then, about the time you finally pretzel twist your body into the driver seat and get ready to start your car, smile and wave to the ******* that pinned you in. Maybe even offer to take them out for lunch.
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Edit: Now that I think about it, they're probably extra-wide in Florida to accommodate the barn doors on all those Lincoln Town Cars, LTDs, and Crown Vics cruising around.
I had a business trip to the Atlantic coast of Florida in April, and I distinctly remember being amazed at how wide the parking spaces were. Out here in LA, parking spaces are so narrow that the "sideways shuffle" is pretty much de rigueur - I hadn't even really realized it until seeing again what it was like to live in a place with elbow room.I, at 6'2" 160, had to turn SIDEWAYS to even get to my door. That's how close the person parked.
Edit: Now that I think about it, they're probably extra-wide in Florida to accommodate the barn doors on all those Lincoln Town Cars, LTDs, and Crown Vics cruising around.
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Re: Gear Grinding 6: I'm So Over This.
Try to follow the bouncing ball Baby Huey, he was able to get into his car without having to going through the passenger side. What he elected to do was intentionally crank his own door out so as to purposely damage the other vehicle. How is suggesting people don't respond in kind the same as asking them to give up everything they have? gfy internet tough guy.
That makes both of you dickheads. Sorry, you know I don't think that overall but it was a gutless retort.
btw - here in the PH people park like aholes a lot, and if a driver of a car wants to go in any direction whether you have the right of way or not (US based standards) they will go. If you reach the intersection first? Might not matter. You are already in the roundabout? Won't matter those entering are going to go. You're on a straight stretch of road, lots of traffic, no stoplights/stop signs to assist and someone leaving a side road or parking lot wants to go? They will pull in and force you to stop. Just the way it is. You could road rage the entire way to your destination or comprehend that's just the way it is here.
Not completely analogous and I hate dickheads that don't know how to park as much as anyone. Am I going to intentionally damage their car because of it? No I'm better than that.
Try to follow the bouncing ball Baby Huey, he was able to get into his car without having to going through the passenger side. What he elected to do was intentionally crank his own door out so as to purposely damage the other vehicle. How is suggesting people don't respond in kind the same as asking them to give up everything they have? gfy internet tough guy.
I, at 6'2" 160, had to turn SIDEWAYS to even get to my door. That's how close the person parked.
That makes both of you dickheads. Sorry, you know I don't think that overall but it was a gutless retort.
btw - here in the PH people park like aholes a lot, and if a driver of a car wants to go in any direction whether you have the right of way or not (US based standards) they will go. If you reach the intersection first? Might not matter. You are already in the roundabout? Won't matter those entering are going to go. You're on a straight stretch of road, lots of traffic, no stoplights/stop signs to assist and someone leaving a side road or parking lot wants to go? They will pull in and force you to stop. Just the way it is. You could road rage the entire way to your destination or comprehend that's just the way it is here.
Not completely analogous and I hate dickheads that don't know how to park as much as anyone. Am I going to intentionally damage their car because of it? No I'm better than that.
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You're almost right. I was able to get in ONLY by opening my door wide enough to hit the other vehicle. That is how close s/he parked. I would NOT have been able to get in if I chose to not hit that other vehicle.
You're almost right. I was able to get in ONLY by opening my door wide enough to hit the other vehicle. That is how close s/he parked. I would NOT have been able to get in if I chose to not hit that other vehicle.
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You could have opened it wide enough to rest against the other vehicle without violently and aggressively opening it to the point of doing damage. I know because I've been there several times, especially in parking ramps downtown. Don't try to b.s. the result.
You could have opened it wide enough to rest against the other vehicle without violently and aggressively opening it to the point of doing damage. I know because I've been there several times, especially in parking ramps downtown. Don't try to b.s. the result.
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I could have, maybe. Maybe. However, I call people out on their dick moves. This was so over the line in a-hole parking, I decided to send a message.
You could have opened it wide enough to rest against the other vehicle without violently and aggressively opening it to the point of doing damage. I know because I've been there several times, especially in parking ramps downtown. Don't try to b.s. the result.
I could have, maybe. Maybe. However, I call people out on their dick moves. This was so over the line in a-hole parking, I decided to send a message.
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I know what you did, why you did it and I comprehend the sentiment. It doesn't make you any less of a ****** in this one instance.
I know what you did, why you did it and I comprehend the sentiment. It doesn't make you any less of a ****** in this one instance.
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Then I'm the a-hole. *shrug* I can live with that.
That other a-hole still has a nice scratch on their vehicle due to their incompetence/d-baggery.
Then I'm the a-hole. *shrug* I can live with that.
That other a-hole still has a nice scratch on their vehicle due to their incompetence/d-baggery.
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But then how are they going to learn not to park that way? What Brent did was a public service by helping that individual learn the error of their ways, that d-head will now be a better person because of it.
But then how are they going to learn not to park that way? What Brent did was a public service by helping that individual learn the error of their ways, that d-head will now be a better person because of it.
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But still needs a warrant for you to have to let the domestic terrorist do so.
But still needs a warrant for you to have to let the domestic terrorist do so.
aparch
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But then how are they going to learn not to park that way? What Brent did was a public service by helping that individual learn the error of their ways, that d-head will now be a better person because of it.
No, now that jackwagon is going to fully take up two parking spaces on the next trip because "last time some a*hole dinged my car getting out of theirs."
It's a pretty vicious circle.
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That happens like four times a year. Maybe if you donated more, they could interrupt programming less.
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