What Irked You Today?

[iamsuperdan]

Man babies.

When an issue is brought up, instead of responding and discussing like a grown up, and coming up with a solution, they ignore the messages/emails/whatever and then go and do their whining/complaining about the situation in other places, where people will just agree with them.

 

It's like the old adage: Do you want comfort or a solution?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and it's cold again. With windchill, we're at about -40 Celcius this morning.

 

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, iamsuperdan said:

Man babies.

When an issue is brought up, instead of responding and discussing like a grown up, and coming up with a solution, they ignore the messages/emails/whatever and then go and do their whining/complaining about the situation in other places, where people will just agree with them.

Are you talking about here, or somewhere out in Real Life? 

[Mark]

They're everywhere.

[NYRich72]

Tried mailing the monthly electric bill at my usual USPS mailbox earlier today. Oddly, (or maybe not so oddly these days) the envelope would not drop into the box. Stuck my fingers in and found all sorts of sticky stuff which, I guess, was placed there by some piece of garbage who would rather steal than work for a living.  I was able to retrieve most of my envelope, check and payment stub (each in three pieces by the time I finished. All that this lowlife ended up with was essentially the upper right corner of the envelope with the postage stamp, the check number and a little piece of the payment stub.  I was probably lucky that a postal inspector didn't happen to pass by and lock my butt up for tampering with the mail. Shredded the remains and paid online which is what I'll be doing going forward. Welcome to 21st century America.

[iamsuperdan]

26 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

Are you talking about here, or somewhere out in Real Life? 

 

Has happened in both. ?

[Ace-Garageguy]

Today's irk...current women's "vanity sizing".

I have a female significant other who hasn't ballooned up to look like a hippo standing on its hind legs.

I know her taste, what she looks good in, and I've been trying to shop for her for Christmas.

Unfortunately, the sizes I used to be familiar with when shopping for women's gift clothing have no relation to the sizes put on garments today.

In many cases, today's "small" used to be pleasantly plump, "medium" would have been for a woman who was, let's just say "stout", and todays "large" would fit a pregnant manatee. The number sizes are equally all out of control. A woman's "size 0" garment with a 28 inch waist? Really?

Makes it kinda difficult to shop online if no measurements are given (just sizes that may or may not have any relation to reality), or without taking a tape measure to the mall...and boy, will that get you some funny looks.

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Man babies.

When an issue is brought up, instead of responding and discussing like a grown up, and coming up with a solution, they ignore the messages/emails/whatever and then go and do their whining/complaining about the situation in other places, where people will just agree with them.

It's like the old adage: Do you want comfort or a solution?

Sadly, it's my generation of parents who started the trend towards helpless privileged-without-responsibility offspring, and their offspring who started the whole ludicrous "everyone's a winner" routine.

So what you have now is a bunch of whiners who can't take responsibility for anything, and need their failures to be somebody else's fault, because of course it can't be the fault of a perfect, unique little snowflake.

Funny about the "Do you want comfort or a solution?" thing too. Used to be women whiners wanted primarily comfort, while men would generally offer solutions. At least that was the stereotype, and for good reason...and a big thing women used to complain about regarding men.

But in the increasingly low-T world we now inhabit, it's often difficult to find any behavioral differences between "men" and spoiled little girls from generations ago.

Edited December 6, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy
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[iamsuperdan]

56 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Today's irk...current women's "vanity sizing".

I have a female significant other who hasn't ballooned up to look like a hippo standing on its hind legs.

I know her taste, what she looks good in, and I've been trying to shop for her for Christmas.

Unfortunately, the sizes I used to be familiar with when shopping for women's gift clothing have no relation to the sizes put on garments today.

In many cases, today's "small" used to be pleasantly plump, "medium" would have been for a woman who was, let's just say "stout", and todays "large" would fit a pregnant manatee. The number sizes are equally all out of control. A woman's "size 0" garment with a 28 inch waist? Really?

Makes it kinda difficult to shop online if no measurements are given (just sizes that may or may not have any relation to reality), or without taking a tape measure to the mall...and boy, will that get you some funny looks.

 

And don't you dare get the size wrong!

If you pick something and it's too small, she's going to think she's fat and will get all moody and weird.

And if you pick somethingthat's too big? "How big do you think I am? You think I'm fat?!" 

 

And then no one has a good time.

 

 

Luckily, my wife has given me strict instructions to never buy clothes for her, so I've never had to experience this first hand.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

10 minutes ago, iamsuperdan said:

And don't you dare get the size wrong!

If you pick something and it's too small, she's going to think she's fat and will get all moody and weird.

And if you pick somethingthat's too big? "How big do you think I am? You think I'm fat?!" 

You, sir, are a very wise man.   

[Mark]

Gift cards...one size fits all.

[stitchdup]

send them shopping with a friend and get the friend to take a note of what they like. the kudos it will get you may surprise you

[JollySipper]

2 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Luckily, my wife has given me strict instructions to never buy clothes for her

or Anything with a cord!

[NOBLNG]

Bic lighters and evergreen rod.? I’m building an exhaust system and the Bic lighters I have don’t have a strong enough flame to be used at any angle other than vertical. I had to light round toothpicks to get a little heat (that worked pretty good?) for localized adjustments in place. AND the Evergreen rod I’m using isn’t always “solid”….it has some voids in the center.?

[TonyK]

I always use a candle. Pretty good flame and it smells nice.  heh heh

[NOBLNG]

15 hours ago, TonyK said:

I always use a candle. Pretty good flame and it smells nice.  heh heh

I use a candle too for pre bending, but it can only be used vertical or it will drip wax all over the model.

[HomerS]

18 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Luckily, my wife has given me strict instructions to never buy clothes for her, so I've never had to experience this first hand.

 

It reciprocates as well.  I wear golf shirts for work and the last time the wife bought me one it looked like Judge Smails would wear in Caddyshack.  We had been married over 15 years at that point so one would think they would know what the other one likes.....yeah nope!

[Ace-Garageguy]

17 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Bic lighters and evergreen rod.? I’m building an exhaust system and the Bic lighters I have don’t have a strong enough flame to be used at any angle other than vertical...

 

1 hour ago, NOBLNG said:

I use a candle too for pre bending, but it can only be used vertical or it will drip wax all over the model.

Problem solved: micro butane torch

 

[iamsuperdan]

Got to work this morning, put my tea pod in the Keurig, put my milk and sugar in my mug (yeah, that's right, I said it...milk and sugar) and then promptly forgot to put the mug in the Keurig. 

 

Tea...everywhere...

 

Good start to the day. ?

[NOBLNG]

22 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

 

Problem solved: micro butane torch

 

If this is what you mean…..it has WAY too much heat.

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by NOBLNG

[NOBLNG]

9 minutes ago, iamsuperdan said:

Got to work this morning, put my tea pod in the Keurig, put my milk and sugar in my mug (yeah, that's right, I said it...milk and sugar) and then promptly forgot to put the mug in the Keurig. 

 

Tea...everywhere...

 

Good start to the day. ?

Try milk and honey….it’s better for you than sugar.?

[Rodent]

20 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Problem solved: micro butane torch

 

I was thinking the same thing. I have one that I use for Crème Brûlée, etc. that would probably work well for this purpose.

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

If this is what you mean…..it has WAY too much heat.

There are literally hundreds of designs, many of them entirely throttleable.

[Snake45]

Blister packaging. 

Just bought a pair of LED flashlights at Walmart. $12 for the pair, and batteries included--not a bad deal in today's world. But it took me 10-15 minutes to liberate the things from their plastic sarcophagus, using a very sharp serrated steak knife. 

I swear, I think I'm gonna set up my Dremel with a cutoff saw for this task. 

[Khils]

40 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

But it took me 10-15 minutes to liberate the things from their plastic sarcophagus

Adult-proof packaging!

[espo]

Next time you go to the market or hardware store just pick up one of those lighters designed to start everything from the BBQ to candles. Gun like trigger with an adjustable flame and a flexible nozzle. They're usually on sale for $1.99 or so and last a long time. We BBQ a lot and one or two will last the whole summer even with all the candles my wife seems to like lighting all the time.