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Things that frustrate us all

Best Superman story I ever read was his fight with Doomsday, where the two of them fight savagely in the streets of Metropolis. Superman kills Doomsday, but is mortally wounded in the process, and he dies in Lois's arms. I remember crying at the end of it.

And then they just (JK LOL) bring him back like it's no big deal.

And that's when I stopped giving a rat's rear end about Superman.
 
I read one Superman comic where he fought Muhammad Ali (!), on a planet orbiting a red sun.

Superman got the absolute living SHIT beat out of him. Ali just wiped the floor with him. I'm surprised he didn't kill him!
 
Oddish said:
Best Superman story I ever read was his fight with Doomsday, where the two of them fight savagely in the streets of Metropolis. Superman kills Doomsday, but is mortally wounded in the process, and he dies in Lois's arms. I remember crying at the end of it.

And then they just (JK LOL) bring him back like it's no big deal.

And that's when I stopped giving a rat's rear end about Superman.
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I must disagree: the fight was the gimmick. Funeral for a Friend and Reign of the Supermen were the meat of the story.
 
Superman vs Q..... No contest if Q's powers are like magic because for whatever reason the writers of Superman said magic is his other weakness. It's wanky
 
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I'm frustrated that Theresa bloody May appears to have joined Star Fleet before any of the rest of us:mad:
 
Q would just zap them into orbit around a red star, nullifying Superman's powers. Then he'd conjure up something ridiculous like a weiner dog to bite him repeatedly in his no longer indestructible hind end.
 
I'm frustrated coz I have this old neighbor who lives like 2 floors above me.... and since 2 years he has this new hobby (being retired) - he became a pigeon fancier :)
Our complex of apartments is pretty neat and clean and all the neighbors are the same. He was too, until he retired like 2 years ago.
Thing is I don't really care what he does, but all these pigeons he "tamed" sometimes are landing on my external windowsill too and it's not a pleasant thing to see them shi........ng all over it.
I talked with him a couple of times, but it seems he doesn't understand.....
We also have these mailboxes on the ground floor all pinned into this huge wall and when they bring our correspondence or bills they put them inside, but because the mailboxes are not so huge sometimes the envelopes are hanging out of there. So it is kinda easy to take anyone's envelope/bill out of their mailbox.
Of course until now no one did anything and we all receive on a monthly basis our correspondence because we respect our neighbors (so far)....
I'm thinking - because I tried everything '- to make his bills / correspondence disappear :)
But I ain't sure yet.....
Any suggestions ? About how could I make this guy quit his hobby ?
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nedski said:
I'm frustrated coz I have this old neighbor who lives like 2 floors above me.... and since 2 years he has this new hobby (being retired) - he became a pigeon fancier :)
Our complex of apartments is pretty neat and clean and all the neighbors are the same. He was too, until he retired like 2 years ago.
Thing is I don't really care what he does, but all these pigeons he "tamed" sometimes are landing on my external windowsill too and it's not a pleasant thing to see them shi........ng all over it.
I talked with him a couple of times, but it seems he doesn't understand.....
We also have these mailboxes on the ground floor all pinned into this huge wall and when they bring our correspondence or bills they put them inside, but because the mailboxes are not so huge sometimes the envelopes are hanging out of there. So it is kinda easy to take anyone's envelope/bill out of their mailbox.
Of course until now no one did anything and we all receive on a monthly basis our correspondence because we respect our neighbors (so far)....
I'm thinking - because I tried everything '- to make his bills / correspondence disappear :)
But I ain't sure yet.....
Any suggestions ? About how could I make this guy quit his hobby ?
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Pigeon shooting is a hobby isn't it?

Edit: My bad it's clay pigeon shooting that's a hobby, not pigeon shooting.
 
So, two weeks ago I got a notice on my apartment door that it was time for the annual inspection of the fire alarms/smoke detector/chimney and as a courtesy they would like all pets to be boarded during the day of inspection, which was scheduled for Tuesday.

I get it, you don't want pets underfoot or escaping or attacking the firefighters while they're trying to test the fire alarms.

So I made arrangements to have my cats boarded for the day and I went to the managers office to let them know that the cats would be out of the apartment and the manager made note of it on her laptop.

Tuesday comes and goes. I drop my cats off on the way to work, then pick them up at the end of the day. Apartment looks fine, nothing looks disturbed; I figured the fire department had done their job.

Thursday as I'm heading home from work, I get a phone call from the managers office. I answered it, and the manager on the other end asks me of it's okay to have the fire department come and do the inspection tomorrow, i.e. Friday.

Since I'm already pulling into the parking lot, I get out and go into the managers office and ask her why the inspection wasn't done on Tuesday.

She explained to me that the fire department got to the door, knocked on it and heard a dog barking on the other side, so they chose not to enter.

I looked at her and said, 'You know I have two cats and that they were being boarded that day?'

She said that there had been a mix up and that they had gone to the wrong unit.

Again, I looked at her and said, 'One phone call to me would have cleared this all up.' And why wasn't I informed Tuesday or even Wednesday when I could have made arrangements to take the cats to my brother's. Why I'm I just now being told at 5pm on a Thursday that they want to come tomorrow to do the inspection?

I asked what time they were planning on coming and she replied that since they already had other inspections planned for other apartment complexes that day, it would be sometime between noon and 5pm.

9am to noon I would have been fine with. I could have called my manager and let him know I would be late for work and I'd be in after lunch and work a little later.

Instead, I have to leave at noon and waste half a day, and lose half a days pay sitting around waiting for the fire department to show up; on top of the money already spent on boarding the cats.

What time did they finally show up? 4:15. They were in and out in five minutes.

All that time and money wasted when one simple phone call could have cleared everything up. Normally, management is on top of these things. I'm constantly getting emails and notes on the door informing me about upcoming inspections and remodeling and that they need to enter the apartment. It didn't matter when I didn't have cats, now I have to make arrangements for them and adjust my work schedule.
 
MacLeod said:
Pigeon shooting is a hobby isn't it?

Edit: My bad it's clay pigeon shooting that's a hobby, not pigeon shooting.
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Don't have a permit to carry a weapon, even though those water weapons seem to be a great idea.
It's just that he's living above and there's no way to shoot up there :)
 
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