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lakngulf
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Things that Annoy Me
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6/4/2013 7:10:07 AM
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1. Two pronged electrical plugs. One side is a bit larger than the other. Fifty-fifty chance to get it right. I always get it wrong.
2. TV cable ends. Hand tighten, and then a wrench or pliers is always required to get it out. And why are the post in such obscure locations?
3. Auto ice dispensers in refrig door, gives you two cubes, or too much, never just the right amount.
4. Jump drives for computers. Fifty-fifty chance to plug it in correctly, I always get it wrong.
5. New fangled 5 gallon gasoline cans, with the auto-breathe-dispenser technology. Give me an old milk can and a worn out funnel.
6. Sawing pvc pipe. Why does it take so long to saw the last 1/3 of the pipe?
7. Hose faucett connections. Seems to take twice as many turns to get them off as to put them on.
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BigFoot
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6/4/2013 7:47:06 AM
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Preach on....also
+opening a package--any package!
+having an oversize mailbox and the carrier ALWAYS throws your small mail to the back...have to drive up and get out
of truck...
+vegetable plants that will not grow...they just sit there...especially the 'maters
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Summer Lover
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I can help you
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6/4/2013 10:55:30 AM
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1. Two pronged electrical plugs. One side is a bit larger than the other. Fifty-fifty chance to get it right. I always get it wrong.
Three beers and a bench grinder - make both the same size - problem solved.
2. TV cable ends. Hand tighten, and then a wrench or pliers is always required to get it out. And why are the post in such obscure locations?
Carry a Leatherman multitool in your pocket at all times, and you are prepared for the worst. If you don't have pockets available because you are not wearing any clothes, well... you must really like the show you are watching, so what is the problem? To take care of the "obscure location" issue - Make a patch cord that you solder to the TV/DVD/VHS/Betamax with a male connector on the other end - you can put that connector in a location that is convenient location. You can even build a patch panel for all your electronics if you wish.
3. Auto ice dispensers in refrig door, gives you two cubes, or too much, never just the right amount.
Open the d@$# door and take the number of cubes you want, forget about begging the machine to give you something.
4. Jump drives for computers. Fifty-fifty chance to plug it in correctly, I always get it wrong.
Do you want to jump or do you want to drive - make up your mind.. If you mean those new-fangled floppy disk that they stick in a little plastic box (not your floppy drive) - Use some of your pink fingernail polish to mark the side that goes up. If you try a different computer and it goes the other way - turn the computer over - it was installed improperly.
5. New fangled 5 gallon gasoline cans, with the auto-breathe-dispenser technology. Give me an old milk can and a worn out funnel.
Get some vinyl hose from your nearest hardware store, and the duct tape from your office - make the kind of nozzle that you want. (I totally agree with you on this one, that new crap makes me spill more fuel than I ever had before.)
6. Sawing pvc pipe. Why does it take so long to saw the last 1/3 of the pipe?
Three words - power - miter - saw.
7. Hose faucett connections. Seems to take twice as many turns to get them off as to put them on.
Weld the hose end to the hosebib to prevent leakage. If you REALLY need to get your hose off (the hosebib) - use your Leatherman (see suggestion 2) to cut the hose off.
Glad I could help. :-)
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Old Diver
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Things that Annoy Me
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6/4/2013 6:46:36 PM
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My Mail (person - to be P C) also throws everything in the back of the mail box. I just bend a small hook from heavy wire and leave it in the box to pull the mail out.
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Summer Lover
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6/4/2013 6:53:28 PM
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Be careful about what you leave in your mailbox - the letter-carrier may think it is part of a destructive device and have your mailbox blown to hades. Come to think of it - can you see your mailbox from your living room window? If so, have a cooler of your favorite beverages ready just in case the robot or drone shows up...
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Mack
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6/4/2013 7:54:19 PM
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LNG, you did officially retire,,, right??
Add a couple to the list:
- Underwear that does not have a clear label in the Back
- Grocery carts with wheels out of round
- One bag per item plastic bags at WalMart.
- David Hasselhoff and Kit both,,,
- Dry Pizza
- Mushy Tomatoes
- The Off Topic Forum,,
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lakngulf
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I can help you
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6/4/2013 8:08:01 PM
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Well, I feel better now that you have helped. I always heard that a hammer and duct tape would solve any problem.
May not solve BigFoot's and Mack's "mushy maters"
I have a plan for those gas cans. I still have a couple with the old spouts. Plan to rig up a breather hole like the old cans, and just resuse the old spout on new cans. Any ideas on how to seal the breather for transport?
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froghog
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I can help you
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6/4/2013 8:37:13 PM
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Drywall screw.
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HP HQ
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Things that Annoy Me
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6/4/2013 9:41:26 PM
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The off topic forum! Lmfao!! That's funny
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Who ever is responsible for that "we're here to help" government debacle should be publicly strung up....if I'd have known it was coming, I would have purchased a truck load of the old cans that work efficiently and cause far fewer spills.
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Funny because it's so true. Glad we have it though, keeps the water clean on the Lake Forum.
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Summer Lover
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Gas Cans
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6/5/2013 7:36:04 AM
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I am with you, a critter of some sort - I am thinking ground squirrel - ate the nozzle on a can I used for 2-strokes (machines) at the lake, I now have only two gas cans that are not nanny-state approved.
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BigFoot
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Gas Cans
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6/5/2013 7:59:28 AM
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...and why are gas cans so expensive anyway? It's a jungle out there....
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rga82
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Gas Cans
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6/6/2013 8:28:59 AM
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The cans are so expensive because of the Lawyer factor.
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Lifer
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A good alternative
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6/7/2013 11:41:14 AM
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If you can find someone who uses chemicals out of 5 gallon containers they make great fuel transporters as long as you use a Super Siphon to actually fuel the vessels. But if you use a Super Siphon the crazy way the tanks are vented now is immaterial also. We haven't had the Super Siphon conversation in a while, but since learning of them I never "pour" fuel from a can any more.
You may can even buy the chemical containers, I never checked. My neighbor uses them exclusively and made his own siphon. The opening on these containers is about 2 inches and he made a siphon that barely fits in the hole. It will drain a five gallon container in about 30 seconds. All you need is tubing and a check valve.
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crappyattitude
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Here are a few of mine.....
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6/7/2013 3:04:14 PM
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Rain every Friday and Saturday.
Car wash sponges that "someone" dropped in the sand pile.
Birds that dive bomb freshly washed cars.
Hose noxxles that spray you when the hose is dropped.
"Ho's Hangouts" that don't work.
Expensive food that's worse than McDonalds.
Not having Bob Sykes' BarB-Q every weekend.
Or Dreamland for that matter.
Not having Geno rambling on about who knows what more often.
Not having Lake Martin in my back yard.
Not having Lake Martin in my front yard.
These are just a few....
Crappy : )
(Just outside of Nashville)
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