MattPie
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The friend I'm talking about is the guy I really don't want to be around either. So I won't expose anyone to that unless absolutely necessary.
And your complaint sounds a lot like me over the last 2 weeks. It's a blast, isn't it?
yeah, a blast. Monday I took a really nice route from Binghamton to Philly (7 hours, all back roads), but it's been downhill since then.
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I always cringe at the thought of a girl meeting certain friends of mine. One in particular always goes out of his way to make things awkward. There are at least two stories of people walking out after meeting him.
I call it "dating by fire". I introduce all my friends fairly early on. If she can't handle them, so be it. It's just going to cause drama down the line if she doesn't like them. (I can't believe you hang out with that guy, etc, etc,) For that matter, we discuss 'big' things right away too. There's no point dating someone that does/doesn't want to get married, kids, move, motorcycle, etc. It's something of a low-key speed-dating approach.
Complaint: I've been in a funk all week. No energy, no time, no motivation.
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I got up too late to ride to bike in to work, on what will likely be the best day to ride until April. I'm hoping I can rack up another couple hundred miles before the weekend is over.
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I'm complaining that no one else is complaining. It's 2PM!
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I'm at work. I don't work second shift. I'm sure two of the cats have eaten the third.
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David Bowie's version of that song, along with George Michael's ultra-gay rendition of "Last Christmas I gave you my heart", take the top 2 on my list of "Gay Christmas songs"
I mean the thought of George Michael's whispering "Merry Christmas" in another man's ear is enough to make me forcefully vomit...
You probably don't want to watch this then. :)
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dont turn around UH OH!
Der Kommisar is in town?
There was an average looking guy blasting Master of Puppets out of his Toyota Corolla this morning in traffic. I know Metallica fans are in their 30s and 40s now, just seems odd.
I have the slackers in my head this week.
EDIT: found a video for the actual song that's in my head right now.
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You beat me to it. I was going to complain about all the people that complain about their taxes. Get over it. It's not that much to pay get the life we get to live in the US. I look at it as my tithe since I don't go to church.
Next, right wingers that collect unemployment. I don't care if you are a right winger. I don't care if you're collecting unemployment. But if you are both of these things then you are a hypocrite. It's even worse if you have a spouse that is working.
At least there's a couple people that agree with me. What's even more amusing (or sad) are the folks I know from motorcycling that complain about taxes. All I can think is that if you have enough money to buy a bike and all the accouterments, taxes should be the last thing you're worried about.
There are people who end up with my tax money that don't deserve it. That's a given. Much like I'm sure there are people at, say, Wegmans that don't deserve their wages, which I 'pay' with my purchases. But, there are a whole lot more people who end up with my tax money that aren't lazy bums or whatnot, and I can live with the bums if the good folks get help.
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+1 on tax day. Big hate for our government today. I think the number of people who actually pay real taxes is far less than that. Many people pay some taxes, but get more back than they actually paid. And don't forget all the people who pay no taxes, yet still get a refund due to all the "programs".
My taxes went up $82 this year. I'm not complaining. I have it pretty good, so if my taxes go to somewhere that helps other people so be it. It's all about perspective.
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I'm on some awful rhythm right now where it seems like I never get home for work and errands before 8PM, but I can't go to sleep for a few hours so I get up late the next day and the whole thing starts over.
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I thought I'd try logging into the board with my Google info using OpenID, but I can't figure it out. I tried my Google profile URL (http://www.google.com/profile/<google username>), and one I fond on the net, http://www.google.com/accoutns/o8/id, but neither seem to work. Anyone have this working?
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I really dislike the guy that Keeps pissing in the bushes at the house next door. Take it in the house or go to the house on the other side of yours, stop pissing in the bushes.
If they're your bushes, hide an electric fence in them. Enough for a zap, not enough to do permanent damage.
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It's complaint clearing house here.
- Can't find skates that fit.
- Long-term girlfriend is leaving.
- Slow leak in one of my car tires, so I have to inflate it every couple days.
- Left my Thermos in Buffalo last visit.
- I haven't seen a home Sabres game since the late 90s. I've been to several away games though.
- Too much salt on the roads to ride my bike.
- Can't find skates that fit.
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Dell laptop batteries - I am really getting disgusted with Dell's declining quality. I bought my first Dell laptop back in Fall 2004 (five years ago) and the battery still works fine. And this thing has really been beaten up by me and the elements - this is the one that had the storm window fall on it and crack the case, for those that remember.
That's surprising, it's rare that I find a laptop here at work of that vintage with a battery that works at all.
Fast-forward to 2007, when I needed to replace my desktop and bought a new Inspiron laptop. First I had to complain and piss and moan because the original model they send me had a design defect where the sound card and headphone jacks pick up noise from the processor and motherboard, eventually getting me an upgrade to a redesigned upgraded model, which they sent to me in March 2008. Over the last couple weeks my battery has stopped taking a charge and Dell wants $140 to replace a battery that is less than 18 months old. :wallbash:
That sucks. Not that it helps now, Apple's guide to Li-Ion batteries (what just about all electronic devices use these days) is pretty good. You shouldn't discharge them all the time (like the old NiCD and NiMH batteries), but you should discharge them at least every month otherwise the battery loses capacity. Apple explains it better than me:
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The continuing Complaint Thursday Format. I don't want to have to figure out where today's ports start.
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I heard a term a few weeks back that made me gag a little. It was "weisure time." A combination of the words work and leisure. The concept was that because we're so connected, we can mix both our work and our play time. A good example would be golfing and answering emails on an iPhone. Perhaps taking the kids to the park but handling a conference call from a bench.
I dunno, I was working from a coffee shop on my laptop while my car was being worked on, that was kinda nice rather than rent a car for the day and go into the office.
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And get the place to throw them in the oven too, if that's an option. I've had my CCMs for about 5 years now without any problems. Stuff I had in the past that was never really fitted to my foot used to cause some trouble.
I haven't been on skates in a long time, but the heat-and-mold ski boots I have are 1000% more comfortable anything I had before them. I have to think someone is doing the same thing with hockey skates.
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My ONLINE class that I need to stay on campus an extra hour for to take an IN class mid-term. Figure that one out.
Perhaps so you don't have 5 people helping you look up answers?
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I rode 60 miles in a thunderstorm (I was moving right along with it) on Tuesday and I'm still cold.
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I have nothing to complain about. I make enough money to survive well, I have food to eat, and a few people seem to like me (not on here, of course). What more does one really need?
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How about 311?
And Black 47?
I'm not sure that any of 311's songs qualify as 'catchy' though.
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I can't get grass to grow in my back yard, so I mowed a bunch of dirt with grassy patches on Tuesday night and stirred up dirt & dust clouds the size of Texas. I think I'm still coughing from it.
The grass in my yard grows too damn fast. I'm out there cutting it all the freaking time. :)
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My complaint is when you go to scrape the last of the peanut butter out of the jar and the knife scrapes the side and you get plastic shavings in your PB & J. Also when you reach all the way down low you get peanut butter all over your hands.
I use the back-side of a butter knife. No shavings that way!
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My complaint is that no one has started this topic already.
GAME DISCUSSION THREAD
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Man, are you going to be mad when your dive bars become hipster hang-outs. :)