Things that frustrate us all

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by rhubarbodendron, Sep 4, 2014.

  1. Peach Wookiee

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    This is from 2010 on Queen Anne Hill... I'm glad I live in the suburbs!
     
  2. Gary Mitchell

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    I've never driven in those conditions before but I've had nightmares like that several times.
     
  3. Discofan

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    People who keep honking in traffic jams as if it made the cars in front of them move faster!!
     
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  4. Mr. Laser Beam

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    I can only imagine the dread that the driver must have felt while sliding helplessly back down the hill. :eek:
     
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  5. MacLeod

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    Snow can be very picturesque to look at, not so much to drive in it.
     
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  6. Avro Arrow

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  7. Butters

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    When everything is meh and you just can’t seem to change gear or track.
     
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  8. rhubarbodendron

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    argh! I hate determination keys that lead you in circles to the very point from where you started!
    I had a caddis fly in one sample this morning and by its characteristic caddis I knew it to be the genus Hydroptila. But which of its 6 species that occur in my country? The key made me count setae (tiny hairs) on the larva's belly, look at indentations of the claws, measure the angle of the teeth, count and measure more hairs on its tiny legs (the whole insect is barely 3 mm long, that's less than 1/8 inch) only to - after 28 steps on 6 pages! - offer the conclusion: "the larva belongs to one of the 6 species in the genus Hydroptila native to Germany and Austria. These can currently not yet be distinguished."
    triple argh with brass knobs on! :brickwall:

    Dear writers of that key: one doesn't require 6 pages to point out the obvious! In the next issue please add
    step 1: - flat caddis, shaped like a soft spectacle case, made from web and covered with fine grains of sand -> genus Hydroptila (species not distinguishable without DNA analysis)
    - caddis different -> step 2

    ETA: looks like you have them in America, too :) http://academics.smcvt.edu/Vermont_rivers/Bug_templates/Arthrop/Insecta/Trich/hydroptilidae.htm (click on pic to enlargen). So now you, too, know a shortcut through the Hydroptilidae key straight to the genus. Hydroptila's caddises really can't be confused with anything else :)
     
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  9. Gary Mitchell

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    That sounds annoying but thanks for the tip.;)
     
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  10. Butters

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    Big jar of hot dog wieners dropped on my bare foot from the cupboard. Bruising already.
     
  11. Random_Spock

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    Spammers who keep on posting spam like this --> Binance support phone number +1888-362-0111@ @Binance 2fa code error

    Been flagging them left and right on a forum, let alone reporting their user name and they keep on flooding the boards where I'm a member on.
     
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  12. Gary Mitchell

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    Ouch. Sorry about the foot.
     
  13. Butters

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    Ta. The shock is the worst, no lasting damage.
     
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  14. Discofan

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    Ouch! That hurts!!!
     
  15. Avro Arrow

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    Wait, hot dogs come in jars in Great Britain?

    (Glad your foot is OK, though though! :))
     
  16. JirinPanthosa

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    Sometimes on Facebook, since I'm in some video game groups, some LP streams come up.

    Some can be fun to watch. So you're watching and enjoying it, and suddenly they start abusing save states and rewinds. Now it's unwatchable. Besides making it slow, why do people think I want to watch them play if they suck at the game? Git gud.
     
  17. Butters

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    Thanks.

    Most brands are in glass jars, but some are in tins.
     
  18. Discofan

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    What you call "Hot Dog" is just a Frankfurt-type sausage, right?
     
  19. Butters

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    As far as I know, yes. Hot Dogs, wieners, and frankfurters are usually in the same section but I don’t know what the difference is.
     
  20. rhubarbodendron

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    Wieners and Frankfurters are the very same sausages, only in Wien they are called Frankfurters and in Frankfurt they are named Wieners :D
    Both can be used in hot dogs but the American hot dog sausages as well as the varieties in tins and glass jars have a much softer skin (if any at all). The filling, however, is pretty much the same.