So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[Trenchfriend]

See, THIS happens, when restistance was again futile and you bought another delicious pocket knife!

Either you got a wife, which I have not or destiny reminds you of its existence, PAINFULLY!
Now nice cooling my elbow, which "shock-absorbed" my fall on a big city's crosswalk. Nothing seems to be fractured, no precious clothing harmed. The super-sturdy polyester Parka is in the washer, right now.

 

[The one from the North]

See, THIS happens, when restistance was again futile and you bought another delicious pocket knife!

Either you got a wife, which I have not or destiny reminds you of its existence, PAINFULLY!
Now nice cooling my elbow, which "shock-absorbed" my fall on a big city's crosswalk. Nothing seems to be fractured, no precious clothing harmed. The super-sturdy polyester Parka is in the washer, right now.

Joys of winter. Get well soon.

 

[tonyb]

People pretending to an expertise they don’t possess.

I have a weakness for old paper in general and fruit crate labels in particular. I found this guidebook on the matter online and paid 10 bucks for it, hoping it might offer me a lesson or two on the subject.

But no. The information is not reliable. I happen to have a Blewett Pass apple crate label myself. It’s among my favorites, due to its artistic merit and because I have been over Blewett Pass myself innumerable times. There’s no way this label dates from the 1940s, as the book asserts. Look at cars! Mid-1950s at the earliest.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

People pretending to an expertise they don’t possess.

I have a weakness for old paper in general and fruit crate labels in particular. I found this guidebook on the matter online and paid 10 bucks for it, hoping it might offer me a lesson or two on the subject.

But no. The information is not reliable. I happen to have a Blewett Pass apple crate label myself. It’s among my favorites, due to its artistic merit and because I have been over Blewett Pass myself innumerable times. There’s no way this label dates from the 1940s, as the book asserts. Look at cars! Mid-1950s at the earliest.

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I see. The cars, while not identifiable as particular makes and models, are definitely of 1950's design. The war stopped production of civilian automobiles and the styling from the late 40's was much different. I'm not a car enthusiast, but I watch enough old movies to recognize general styling features from different decades.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
It appears that the artist wasn’t aiming to faithfully represent any particular make or model of car, but yes, those body styles are mid-‘50s at the earliest, although the split windshield on the red one is anachronistic.

I once had a ‘47 Dodge school bus. The body style was decidedly pre-war. The ‘48 models were quite different.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

People who think they’re so smart and clever because they think they discovered a new life hack only it isn’t because it’s been negated by everybody else thinking the exact same thing!

An example are streets that have become heavily congested (like my residential neighborhood!) because everybody uses it as a “short cut.” Once upon a time it must have been somebody’s “little secret” but now it’s everybody’s!

 

[Trenchfriend]

Not ticking me off, just wondering.

Remembering Chasers (1994)? I still like the roadmovie.

BUT, Tom Berenger was 44/45 years old at that time. Didn't he look a little too old for that age??

 

[Edward]

People who think they’re so smart and clever because they think they discovered a new life hack only it isn’t because it’s been negated by everybody else thinking the exact same thing!

An example are streets that have become heavily congested (like my residential neighborhood!) because everybody uses it as a “short cut.” Once upon a time it must have been somebody’s “little secret” but now it’s everybody’s!

Yes indeed. Alas, we've seen a lot of that round our way in the last couple of years since we had a new mayor elected for the Borough who very much took the pro-car lobby onside, and deleted a lot of the traffic calming measures previously introduced in residential streets and near schools. Said car lobby is relatively small, but was enough to be decisive locally. Alas, many of them appear to navigate largely by sonar: the amount of hornblowing during rushhour round here now is beyond a joke. With only very strictly monitored exceptions, if I ruled London I would happily ban the private car from any location within a two mile radius of a tube station!

 

[Jon Crow]

Yes indeed. Alas, we've seen a lot of that round our way in the last couple of years since we had a new mayor elected for the Borough who very much took the pro-car lobby onside, and deleted a lot of the traffic calming measures previously introduced in residential streets and near schools. Said car lobby is relatively small, but was enough to be decisive locally. Alas, many of them appear to navigate largely by sonar: the amount of hornblowing during rushhour round here now is beyond a joke. With only very strictly monitored exceptions, if I ruled London I would happily ban the private car from any location within a two mile radius of a tube station!

Edward I live in a UNESCO city here in Madrid province so always thousands of tourists, now all the centre is been pedestrianised something like 31 streets, but it's not as bad as when we lived in Madrid capital, terrible for parking jeez we don't have metro here though, capital yes

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Yes indeed. Alas, we've seen a lot of that round our way in the last couple of years since we had a new mayor elected for the Borough who very much took the pro-car lobby onside, and deleted a lot of the traffic calming measures previously introduced in residential streets and near schools. Said car lobby is relatively small, but was enough to be decisive locally. Alas, many of them appear to navigate largely by sonar: the amount of hornblowing during rushhour round here now is beyond a joke. With only very strictly monitored exceptions, if I ruled London I would happily ban the private car from any location within a two mile radius of a tube station!

In my case, to get from the Intersection on the SE corner of my neighborhood to the intersection on the NW corner means up to three traffic lights and a busy strip mall, but by cutting through my neighborhood they can avoid the strip mall and, if they’re lucky, only have to contend with one light. The trouble is that streets of my residential neighborhood now often feels more like a main thoroughfare!

And don’t get me going about the parents picking up their kids when school is out.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I have this problem and even moreso with Sunglasses. I have light eyes and I'm very sensitive to bright light, so I wear sunglasses even in the winter.

Being a creature of habit, I found a pair I like on Amazon and I buy them in bulk every time they're on sale. I bought 5 or 6 pair back in July, I'm down to one pair. WHERE THE HECK DO THEY GO?!

Why is it that my keys have a mind of their own? House keys, car keys, they seem to take it in turns to disappear. They all have their own individual key hook, which you might think that they would know by now. Not a bit of it. It seems like a daily ritual hunting around for lost keys.

One of my favorite holidays! It's warm out, business is booming, and our house is on the parade route here. We have a big party every year!

Can't wait till the Valentine's stuff is gone so we can move on to the Fourth of July.

 

[Trenchfriend]

See, that's why I'm still happy, that I choose 75% shading for my only sunglasses, back in 2010. The most versatile!
Snow, ugly german cloud weather, sundown...

 

[Trenchfriend]

WHO'S DUMPING A NON-RADDLED LG VHS-RECORDER??

Now it's mine!

 

[Trenchfriend]

OH, WOW!
Trimex highered the licorice part of their Turkish Pepper Bonbons from 0,8 to 1,1 %!!

The real ones were 4,5% salmiak/ 4,5% licorice, long ago.

 

[Turnip]

Those real Turkish Pepper, a huge handful, dissolved in 0,7l Ethanol or some thinned neutral spirit like a bottle of Vodka… has been called Black Pig here, back in the days.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Just a little advice needed!

Are engraving masks special material oder just simple plastic and I can easily use an old school mask??

 

[Trenchfriend]

Hard to make a theatre a paying proposition without concessions when the distributor, the studio, and building maintenance take up most of the ticket revenue. Contrary to popular opinion, theatre workers can't survive without getting paid for the work they do. Most of us barely survive even when we get paid for the work that we do.

What really fills me with contempt are the people who think it's "sticking it to the man" when they sneak in their own snacks. The greasy SOBs who do this are stealing the food off my table, and when I catch them in the act it's all I can do not to spit in their faces.

Now it's revealed, what folks smuggeling into movie theatre. 4:02

European licorice...

 

[Trenchfriend]

You know these "gurls", beeing stressful, althought you're not even in a relationship with them? Meh...

Maybe they are control-freaks by nature, who knows?

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Back to restaurants and waiters.

My wife and I have lunch on Sundays at the same restaurant every week. The food is good and the prices, if not cheap, are reasonable. My peeve is the waiters and "we". It's not as annoying as the "waiter sits at the table" issue called out above, but since the waiter or waitress ("wait person" or "server" for those prone to take offense at any word which suggests the sex of the subject) is not going have lunch with us, "Have we decided?" when asking if my wife and I have chosen from the menu is, oh, "precious"?, "pretentious"? While my first name is Charles and I'm the the third generation to have the name, I am not Charles III.

I've a mind to make a cardboard sign to take along stating the "Our preferred pronouns are 'you', 'you', and 'your'.", but my wife would restrain me.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Wait a minute. It’s April already? (I’m in Japan. So, yes, it’s April already.)
25 percent of the year is already gone!? Where did January, February, and March go?
I really am in a phase of life —the final act— when time seems to be running out of control and picking up speed as it careens down the hillside towards the cliff and river.