The Daily Rant Thread

[DavidB1126]

In our case it has to be fixed, or it is better overall to get them fixed bc we cannot afford a new or even new "used" car payment. And practically the Malibu is like a whole new car minus frame body and interior. The traverse, ok yea it does have transmission issues, torque converter issues but it still hogs along smoothly.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

walked out my front door 5 minutes earlier than normal. got stuck behind a school bus and missed a light because of it. then proceeded to hit all but one red light on my way to work. got stuck behind every ass dragging, window licking, booger picking, thumb up the butt, incompetent, out to lunch, check out from reality R word on the road. and got to work a few minutes later than normal.
so my days off to a good start.

 

[jojobeans]

This is why I've been only buying Japanese cars for the past 3 decades. With the exception of a used Wrangler back in the late 90's. That thing broke down a few times as well in the short 1.5 years I owned it.

My 22 civic has probably been the best vehicle I’ve ever owned. The it’s slow and the CVT is not very exciting. But it’s reliable, nice to sit in and cheap to put fuel in.

Pair that with a GMT400 for the heavy lifting and my maintenance cost has essentially just become oil changes. I love GM products, but their small displacement EcoTec engines are the biggest POS’ on the road. Ford, Honda and Toyota make way better cars or compact SUV’s. Still not sold on Toyota trucks… they’re good, but not good enough to justify the price Toyota wants for the performance you get.

 

[DavidB1126]

Ok the traverse is done. It was just the thermostat

 

[WickedFog]

Ok the traverse is done. It was just the thermostat

That was easy.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

i miss record stores and CD's.

 

[Xraycer]

My wife: the worst texter that I know.

I got this, from her, in a group text yesterday...

Besides our daughter cheering at a game, I couldn't figure out the other parts of the message. So, I texted her to clarify. See texted back....

= for our daughter

= for wifey's text

 

[Doom!]

My sister in law is a pro at nonsense texts. Mrs. Doom will ask me if I can decifer them sometimes, I told her we need a decoder ring.

 

[Xraycer]

My sister in law is a pro at nonsense texts. Mrs. Doom will ask me if I can decifer them sometimes, I told her we need a decoder ring.

I wonder if she's any relations to @Littlemotor ?

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

pretty sure our customers woke up Monday morning and had a meeting on how they were going to piss me off and make me miserable this week. large orders of complicated stuff. and everybody ordered at once.
oh, and we're low on a couple different bobbins but i have no time to run the injection molder, so yeah, there's that to!
i need a flipping vacation bad!

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

ok, major PITA job 99% complete (ran out of screws). and it only took 4 and a half hours.

 

[jojobeans]

How is this efficient? Like we all know USPS blows, but this is a whole other level of idiocy.

Made it to Fairbanks and they sent it 360 miles to anchorage, just to turn around and bring it back to Fairbanks. IT WAS ALREADY HERE.

 

[CertifiedMike]

How is this efficient? Like we all know USPS blows, but this is a whole other level of idiocy.

Made it to Fairbanks and they sent it 360 miles to anchorage, just to turn around and bring it back to Fairbanks. IT WAS ALREADY HERE.

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Think of all the pretty things and places your package got to see on its tour of Alaska. If I'm honest, I'm a bit jealous!

 

[jojobeans]

Think of all the pretty things and places your package got to see on its tour of Alaska. If I'm honest, I'm a bit jealous!

I’ve made the Anchorage to Fairbanks drive twice a week for a long time at my old job. After the third or fourth time making the drive and racking up 70k miles in 2 years on your truck, you start to get over the beauty

 

[CertifiedMike]

I’ve made the Anchorage to Fairbanks drive twice a week for a long time at my old job. After the third or fourth time making the drive and racking up 70k miles in 2 years on your truck, you start to get over the beauty

It still sounds like your package is getting to see lots of good stuff up there!

 

[Doom!]

How is this efficient? Like we all know USPS blows, but this is a whole other level of idiocy.

Made it to Fairbanks and they sent it 360 miles to anchorage, just to turn around and bring it back to Fairbanks. IT WAS ALREADY HERE.

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Well duh! You see, the post office have thier own version of scavanger hunts, but they make the items come to them.

 

[Xraycer]

Well duh! You see, the post office have thier own version of scavanger hunts, but they make the items come to them.

I'm sure it's a USPS drinking game, decided by where the darts land.

 

[CertifiedMike]

I'm sure it's a drinking game, decided by where the darts land.
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So all the green darts will make up the next zip code to be shipped to? The red ones determine how many different zip codes the package needs to check in at before it reaches that zip code!
This ALL makes sense now!!!

 

[Xraycer]

So all the green darts will make up the next zip code to be shipped to? The red ones determine how many different zip codes the package needs to check in at before it reaches that zip code!
This ALL makes sense now!!!

That's too complicated for intoxicated people. It's much simpler: each spot on the board represents a USPS sorting center somewhere in the US.

 

[CertifiedMike]

That's too complicated for intoxicated people. It's much simpler: each spot on the spot represents a USPS sorting center somewhere in the US.

I figured if they did it my way, half the packages would end up with 4 or 6 digit zip codes... that seemed right.