crazyjim Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 I hear you Ray. Tailgaters are nasty. I keep a supply of 1/4 steel BBs in my vest pocket when I'm riding the bike. People get too close and I start dropping the BBs behind me. Once one of them hits the tailgater, they drop back.
Harry P. Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 I find that if I tap my brakes just enough for the brake lights to go on, that usually makes the tailgater back off. There have been times, though, where I have dealt with "aggressive tailgaters" who don't back off when they see my brake lights. In those cases I hit the brakes hard enough so that they also have to brake. Man oh man, they do not like that maneuver! Most of the time when I do that, they'll swerve around into the other lane and blast past me while they give me a dirty look (or a specific finger arrangement)... I love making morons mad!
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 I love making morons mad! Just as long as they're not gun-carrying sociopathic morons. I've crossed paths with a couple of those. I don't recommend it.
Rob Hall Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 Just as long as they're not gun-carrying sociopathic morons. I've crossed paths with a couple of those. I don't recommend it. Yeah, too many armed nutjobs around here...I wouldn't try any move like that..too easy to slip into road rage...
Harry P. Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 Just as long as they're not gun-carrying sociopathic morons. I've crossed paths with a couple of those. I don't recommend it. I know there's always the chance I'm dealing with an actual psychpoath. But so far so good. But you're right... probably better not to intentionally rile them up. I just can't help myself sometimes...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 I know there's always the chance I'm dealing with an actual psychpoath. But so far so good. ... I just can't help myself sometimes... Get an armored Humvee...
Harry P. Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 Get an armored Humvee... I would... if I wasn't so embarrassed to be seen driving one!!!
unclescott58 Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 You know what George Carlin use to say? "Anybody driving faster than me is a maniac. Anyone slower is an idiot." I live by that. I know I'm the only perfect driver out there. The rest of you are all maniacs. Or idiots. Scott
Harry P. Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 Yeah, that was a good line! Remember Al Sleet, the "hippy dippy weather man?" Tonight's forecast: Dark. Turning partly light by morning.
cobraman Posted August 6, 2014 Posted August 6, 2014 Yeah, too many armed nutjobs around here...I wouldn't try any move like that..too easy to slip into road rage... I almost always carry but have no interest in getting into a shooting match. I pretty much let the idiots do what they want to do and just go on my way. Live to drive another day ! : )
sjordan2 Posted August 6, 2014 Posted August 6, 2014 What irked me today? The continuing plague of current political advertising by so many liars in every party that it's impossible to choose who to vote against.
Harry P. Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 What irked me today? The continuing plague of current political advertising by so many liars in every party that it's impossible to choose who to vote against. Assume they're all liars and vote for the one with the best hair!
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Assume they're all liars and vote for the one with the best hair! Wasn't that how Prez Bill got in?
my80malibu Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Wasn't that how Prez Bill got in? Cool Another Great guy named Bill.
Badluck 13 Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Late last night baby Girl n I were coming home from a good night of hanging out with the girlfriend and kids and as we were rollin' down the interstate in the Mustang we come up to the interchange where it always bottle necks and mind you I am driving in the right lane (slow lane)and as the traffic is slowing down I look in my rear view and here comes a Chevy truck flying up on me and not slowing,drop 2 and I run for the inside berm to avoid being hit and protecting precious cargo.....he swerves of and hammers on.....lil' ways down traffic is slowing down again due to the typical left lane cruisers and who almost comes into my lane same JERK,okay I am torqued now so drop one fly up beside to show him my appreciation and what do I see at 70mph in the left lane? .......TEXTING!!!!!.....
Danno Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public. Elections prove that.
Thatswhatshesaid Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 I find that if I tap my brakes just enough for the brake lights to go on, that usually makes the tailgater back off. There have been times, though, where I have dealt with "aggressive tailgaters" who don't back off when they see my brake lights. In those cases I hit the brakes hard enough so that they also have to brake. Man oh man, they do not like that maneuver! Most of the time when I do that, they'll swerve around into the other lane and blast past me while they give me a dirty look (or a specific finger arrangement)... I love making morons mad! As long as you aren't doing the tap your brakes thing when you are already doing 35 in a 55. That's my favorite.
martinfan5 Posted August 8, 2014 Posted August 8, 2014 FedEx really irked me today, delivering my package a day before the Est delivery date
slusher Posted August 8, 2014 Posted August 8, 2014 Late last night baby Girl n I were coming home from a good night of hanging out with the girlfriend and kids and as we were rollin' down the interstate in the Mustang we come up to the interchange where it always bottle necks and mind you I am driving in the right lane (slow lane)and as the traffic is slowing down I look in my rear view and here comes a Chevy truck flying up on me and not slowing,drop 2 and I run for the inside berm to avoid being hit and protecting precious cargo.....he swerves of and hammers on.....lil' ways down traffic is slowing down again due to the typical left lane cruisers and who almost comes into my lane same JERK,okay I am torqued now so drop one fly up beside to show him my appreciation and what do I see at 70mph in the left lane? .......TEXTING!!!!!..... See it to much and its against the law.
Tom Geiger Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 Finding out that my Sub Zero refrigerator just spit a compressor! That's a $1000 repair for sure. Having restaurant reservations and being told we'd have to wait 5 minutes. We were seated close to an hour later. We had requested an outside table, on one of the nicest evenings of the summer. The manager apologized saying that tables weren't turning over as they should. He point to 'our table' where everyone had left, but one guy was still sitting there playing with his phone. We finally get seated and my wife points out that two young women at the table next to us were being served food when we got there an hour ago. The two of them were sitting there chatting and nursing glasses of water. We were there an hour and they finally left a few minutes ahead of us, having had their bill paid a long time, The manager kept walking past that table, and the waitress didn't offer them water refills and actually grabbed the glasses as they finished. That didn't phase them at all, they just stuck to their guns hogging the table, totally clueless that there was a whole lobby and bar full of people (with reservations!) waiting for a table. That's why I couldn't be a restaurant manager... I would've dragged them outta there! Numpties!
Joe Handley Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 What is it anymore with people thinking it's ok to walk around a store eating food they brought in, and then parking what ever they drove up in along the front sidewalk in front of the store in what would be the fire lane, especially on the handicap ramp area?! I'm not talking about a candy bar, energy bar, ect, I'm talking about fast food of some sort!
Mark Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 What is it anymore with people thinking it's ok to walk around a store eating food they brought in, and then parking what ever they drove up in along the front sidewalk in front of the store in what would be the fire lane, especially on the handicap ramp area?! I'm not talking about a candy bar, energy bar, ect, I'm talking about fast food of some sort! Sometimes I see people walking around stores with coffee that they brought in; no big deal, at least it's paid for. More often, I've seen people eating candy bars or other stuff that was merchandise in the store. Not once have I seen anyone hand an empty wrapper to the cashier to be rung up as a sale. That's not a new thing: just the other day my mom was telling me that one of the grocery stores is going to wrap or bag items like grapes and cherries because so many people "sample" them. She said even the older ladies were doing that as far back as she can remember. As for the handicap parking, everyone is special. It's that entitlement, me-generation, "everyone gets a trophy" mentality. More often than not, the "handicap" is simply an inability to put down the fork...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 As for the handicap parking, everyone is special. It's that entitlement, me-generation, "everyone gets a trophy" mentality. More often than not, the "handicap" is simply an inability to put down the fork... Oh man, I love it. The real truth, especially the " the "handicap" is simply an inability to put down the fork..." bit. So many times I've seen hugely overweight folks (which IS A CHOICE, people), parked sideways in the handicapped slot, and then the guy with no legs comes in and has no place to park.
Rob Hall Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 Oh man, I love it. The real truth, especially the " the "handicap" is simply an inability to put down the fork..." bit. So many times I've seen hugely overweight folks (which IS A CHOICE, people), parked sideways in the handicapped slot, and then the guy with no legs comes in and has no place to park. Yes...and in the stores you see those fat slobs clogging the isles on their scooters...disgusting.
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