Topic: Let it all hang out,tell us how you really feel and what pisses you off.

[Terry in Australia]

Yep, back in the 70’s and early 80’s I lost 13 school friends in various bike and car crashes. The bikes and cars were fast but didn’t stop or handle very well, in a lot of cases the guys  were drunk or stoned, and back then we all thought we were bulletproof. I can never feel sorry for myself when I think about how lucky I was to make it this far, and all the good things I’ve been able to do, and how devastated their families and friends were when they passed. There’s always someone worse off, sadly.

[BenelliSEI]

I love my children dearly and I’m proud of them. This rant is definitely my wife’s fault, but my kids let it happen, so they piss me off. They don’t take on responsibility for any Family Functions. Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving are ALWAYS at our place. They offer to help and do precious little (I blame my wife for this, she does too much).

This one is most annoying. We have three grand children. They are 17, 14, and 12. My wife always makes/brings the Birthday Cakes, 43 as of today. Evertime we have huge conversations around “what’s it going to be this time” and I generally get involved in “layout/design”. Jack is the Captain of his school Vollyball Team and they won the City Finals this year, so this cake is typical. Much less complicated than usual.

My kids are all +45 years old. When will one of them bake my wife a cake?

[RAFster122s]

You wife sets the bar too high...that's quite the cake, she is a great baker to pull that off...
My mom is controlling but Dad was worse, so us kids had to force her to let others take over hosting and responsibility for the dishes at major family holidays like that. My older sister abd niece seems to default on organizing, control issues in the kids of 2 controlling parents, surely not...
We would bring other dishes for years but had to take the reins from mom as she was getting older and spoiling grandkids and us kids occasionally with things we liked (food) was appreciated. It was how she showed love.
She wasn't one for touch or verbal praise and more often than not the encouragement really wasn't so encouraging...
So maybe you need to tell them you are going to have them start hosting and rotate it around...

Plant the seed and water it occasionally...

Hopefully they take a strong hint and step up.
After hosting it they will start appreciating it more abd recognize how much work it was and maybe how unfair it was pushing it on your wife and you so long...  Maybe not but maybe the reflection can happen.

[Trevor from Warragul]

They don’t take on responsibility for any Family Functions. Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving are ALWAYS at our place.

Sometime in the future organize a Christmas for you and your wife somewhere nice (like Hawaii). When it's close to Christmas, and the kids ask what's planned, tell them you'll be on a nice beach, drinking cocktails. Then see what the Christmas after that one is like...

[Tracksnblades1]

They don’t take on responsibility for any Family Functions. Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving are ALWAYS at our place.

Sometime in the future organize a Christmas for you and your wife somewhere nice (like Hawaii). When it's close to Christmas, and the kids ask what's planned, tell them you'll be on a nice beach, drinking cocktails. Then see what the Christmas after that one is like...

Someone is always the “Glue” that holds the family together..  Once that glue is gone the family is forever changed.  If another steps up to take their place it my may help keep the family close but it’ll be different…

Be the “Glue” for your family..  😇

[BenelliSEI]

Found this just up my fence line from our entrance gate. How lazy and disgusting! There is a free scrap metal drop off bin a mile up the road! People are such pigs. Fortunately it’s a plug in electric mower so no gas or oil spill.

[grcamna2]

Found this just up my fence line from our entrance gate. How lazy and disgusting! There is a free scrap metal drop off bin a mile up the road! People are such pigs. Fortunately it’s a plug in electric mower so no gas or oil spill.

I most certainly want to see individuals doing these things to get Caught;littering is a crime.
The USA has become the King of Trash when it comes to individuals littering;they need to be heavily fined $$$. 
I'm Completely Pissed-Off about the way our beloved country has been ruined.
We need REAL Judges who will do their jobs;turn this Mess back into our country.

[Kelly E]

Found this just up my fence line from our entrance gate. How lazy and disgusting! There is a free scrap metal drop off bin a mile up the road! People are such pigs. Fortunately it’s a plug in electric mower so no gas or oil spill.

That's disgusting as are the people that do this kind of thing. Down at the road there's a dirt pull out. We used to use it for the school bus stop until the litter got to bad. People were dropping off appliances, cars, boats, furniture, deer carcasses, household trash and all kinds of stuff. It always shows up in the middle of the night.
It got so bad that we stopped using it as the school bus stop.

I attribute it to acute laziness.

[Don R]

 When I was in grade school in the late 50's early 60's we had a textbook that explained why it was a good idea to dump left over equipment, trash and junk into ditches and ravines. It controlled erosion and was a simple way to dispose of unwanted items.
  Also, there were news stories about mountains of unwanted cars that were taking over the world, whatever will we do with all of them? 

[Medyo Bastos]

Found this just up my fence line from our entrance gate. How lazy and disgusting! There is a free scrap metal drop off bin a mile up the road! People are such pigs. Fortunately it’s a plug in electric mower so no gas or oil spill.

Yeah, the litterbugs have gone green!


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[Medyo Bastos]

Found this just up my fence line from our entrance gate. How lazy and disgusting! There is a free scrap metal drop off bin a mile up the road! People are such pigs. Fortunately it’s a plug in electric mower so no gas or oil spill.

That's disgusting as are the people that do this kind of thing. Down at the road there's a dirt pull out. We used to use it for the school bus stop until the litter got to bad. People were dropping off appliances, cars, boats, furniture, deer carcasses, household trash and all kinds of stuff. It always shows up in the middle of the night.
It got so bad that we stopped using it as the school bus stop.

I attribute it to acute laziness.

They do that type of thing there? I thought it was isolated to only in the south


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[Kelly E]

Found this just up my fence line from our entrance gate. How lazy and disgusting! There is a free scrap metal drop off bin a mile up the road! People are such pigs. Fortunately it’s a plug in electric mower so no gas or oil spill.

That's disgusting as are the people that do this kind of thing. Down at the road there's a dirt pull out. We used to use it for the school bus stop until the litter got to bad. People were dropping off appliances, cars, boats, furniture, deer carcasses, household trash and all kinds of stuff. It always shows up in the middle of the night.
It got so bad that we stopped using it as the school bus stop.

I attribute it to acute laziness.

They do that type of thing there? I thought it was isolated to only in the south


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Nope, there's lazy #$%*bags everywhere. 

[grcamna2]

Someone let the air out of my rear tire(had 28lbs in it prior)at my apartment building;was down to 8lbs. 
I checked my tube and valve stem after filling it back up:no leaks 

I was headed out to go 11 miles to meet a 'new to me' welder to see about installing a CCA/BMW hybrid luggage rack which I had on another bike. I have prepped/test fitted all the parts,ground all the places for weld,etc. I'm hoping to see if he'll let me use my clamps to set it up for him to tack,etc.,hoping he'll let me do the grunt work of clamping it in place & removing it for him to weld complete.
I had every intention of getting there;I stopped and checked after 2 miles of 30mph and found it Way too soft. This is a new Shinko 712 tubeless H rated tire mounted on a tube-type alloy rim with a new tube installed a month ago.

[RAFster122s]

Bill, that is criminal! Sorry you are dealing with #$%*s like that...

[grcamna2]

Bill, that is criminal! Sorry you are dealing with #$%*s like that...

I want to get to the bottom of this,believe me !!!
I'm only one person though.. I Need a Band of Brothers.

[Kelly E]

If you can see your parking space from your window get a small security camera you can mount up at the top inside of your window where people won't notice it. You should be able to have it download to your computer. Then you can find out who it is and have the evidence to back up your claims when it's time to notify the police.

It's not okay to mess with a man's motorcycle.

[grcamna2]

If you can see your parking space from your window get a small security camera you can mount up at the top inside of your window where people won't notice it. You should be able to have it download to your computer. Then you can find out who it is and have the evidence to back up your claims when it's time to notify the police.

It's not okay to mess with a man's motorcycle.

This seems like a good idea;I'll need to see if the management will allow it.
I'm on the 2nd floor and the distance to it is roughly 80+' from my window to the bike.

[RAFster122s]

Bill, you are thinking about that wrong, IMHO, better to ask forgiveness than permission...

[grcamna2]

Bill, you are thinking about that wrong, IMHO, better to ask forgiveness than permission...

Lol    I see what you're saying.
David,can you recommend a less expensive camera which I can mount to my upper window glass ?

[dave500]

Found this just up my fence line from our entrance gate. How lazy and disgusting! There is a free scrap metal drop off bin a mile up the road! People are such pigs. Fortunately it’s a plug in electric mower so no gas or oil spill.

hey Im in the garbage industry,i see this crap all the time,these are the same #$%*ers who wave flags and love their country?lazy #$%* #$%*ers who expect someone else to wipe their #$%*s.

[Don R]

 My oldest daughters in laws sort of adopted our entire family so all three of my daughters' families get invited to their Father's Day pool party. Today I realized I'm the last grandpa standing, I guess if you live a while, this happens.

[RAFster122s]

Don, congrats on being around for us and the grandkids to enjoy. Hope you have fun at the party and it is warm enough to enjoy the water…seen some crazy wood fired pool heaters people fabricate for cheap man hot tubs and even seen photos of people doing them in inflatable and small plastic pools… here the water out of the ground gets warm in summer and cold showers are a relative term.

Get wet, have fun with the grandkids and teach them a few fun things or give them ideas as with age comes experience and a rich history of memories.

[Terry in Australia]

For the second time in 14 years or so, some arsehole broke into one of our cars on Friday night. Absolutely pointless exercise, it's the family's "spare" car that we just keep around in case another car is in the shop etc. It's a '97 Hyundai Excel that I bought for the wife in 2002, and while the paint is terrible, it just keeps chugging along, and has been a great little car. Both my son's borrowed it long time and often, and it survived their poor maintenance without a complaint.

Whoever smashed the window broke into the car and threw things around inside looking for valuables (good luck with that......) and as I have a steering lock fitted couldn't steal the car, so his mission was absolutely pointless, but now I need to find another window and install it, because it's probably not worth claiming it on my insurance. No point calling the cops either, they'll just type up a statement for my insurance, and take no further action. Like the pr1ck who let Bill's tyre down, these turds need a bit of "contact counselling"......

Hyundai break in 15 June 2024 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr 

[RAFster122s]

Blanket party might work out well for them…

[grcamna2]

Blanket party might work out well for them…

The amount of a$sh%les here,you would need a blanket factory to supply us first,before getting into that.