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

[Gurp]

Walmart delivery pisses me off.
For the second time since the snow they have dropped the delivery off at a older dwelling on my property. It's over a 100ft from my door and you can tell it's empty.
Leaving whatever I purchased laying in the snow until I get home from work.
I did the Karen thing today and filed a whole complaint about it.

I was super aggravated.

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[Kelly E]

Dropping the last new can of paint and having it explode halfway through painting the last part and the store is closed.

  There was a post on a racing site about shop floor maintenance, I mentioned that have a spot of Pontiac blue on my floor that's holding up really well from when a can exploded. Otherwise, I polish it with 15W40 Rotella every three thousand miles.

I built a 12'x12' shed on the back of the shop and installed a back door for access. I do all my painting out there and bring the parts in to dry even between coats. Now there's a nice black spot on the crushed rock. I'm really happy I dropped the can out there instead of in the shop full of bikes.

[BenelliSEI]

Dropping the last new can of paint and having it explode halfway through painting the last part and the store is closed.

  There was a post on a racing site about shop floor maintenance, I mentioned that have a spot of Pontiac blue on my floor that's holding up really well from when a can exploded. Otherwise, I polish it with 15W40 Rotella every three thousand miles.

Watch your step! 😹😹😹

[Terry in Australia]

Being old and carrying lots of injuries pisses me off. In 2020 (Covid lockdowns) my son set up a gym in my backyard. As soon as COVID wasn’t a thing he moved back interstate so his temporary carport has collapsed and the various weight machines have gotten rusty and horrible. Yesterday I pulled it all apart and today moved it onto my front lawn for the scrap metal guy to take away.

I’m absolutely buggered now but glad it’s going and I’ll have my backyard back.

[Don R]

 Meta sent me an E-Mail that they have securely recorded my credit card number and gave me the last four numbers and are ready for me to use it when making purchases through them.
 I'd love to know how they are able to legally get and enter my card number into anything without my permission. Probably from paypal or something.
  And that's what pisses me off.

[Kelly E]

Maybe you didn't uncheck the save my card number box.

[Don R]

 I've never bought anything from Meta, and didn't even know they were in the selling business.  As far as I know my info came from elsewhere.

[grcamna2]

What pisses me off?  People who don't care and turn their backs on a problem,rather than working together to solve the problem.

[Don R]

  After a decade and a half of watching for a properly numbered engine case for my 11/69 750, I found one on ebay. It's in Germany. And would cost $700 to buy and ship it, I was seriously thinking about it until I saw the broken chain damage in the pics.
  Nope. By the way, a low to mid 14,000 case would be awesome.

[grcamna2]

  After a decade and a half of watching for a properly numbered engine case for my 11/69 750, I found one on ebay. It's in Germany. And would cost $700 to buy and ship it, I was seriously thinking about it until I saw the broken chain damage in the pics.
  Nope. By the way, a low to mid 14,000 case would be awesome.

11/69  and mid 14,000.. is that a Die Cast ?

[Don R]

11/69  and mid 14,000.. is that a Die Cast ?
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 Yes, it is missing the front center head bolt. I always called them die cast but was corrected that all of them after sandcast, are die cast. And sandcast were actually what's called gravity cast so I guess that's a die but not in an injection machine.
 

[grcamna2]

11/69  and mid 14,000.. is that a Die Cast ?

 Yes, it is missing the front center head bolt. I always called them die cast but was corrected that all of them after sandcast, are die cast. And sandcast were actually what's called gravity cast so I guess that's a die but not in an injection machine.
 
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I see.    Can I ask if actual Die Cast is squeezed-tight in an "injection machine" ?

When you say 'the front/center head bolt' is that the 6mm bolt that's in the center/front holding the cylinder and head tight ?  The sandcasts/"gravity cast" engines alone had that?

[Don R]

  Honda added the front center bolt around 23,000 or 26,000 I always forget the correct number. There were several improvements made at that point.
  The die cast machine injects the aluminum into the die under pressure, it makes the aluminum more dense and has fewer air bubbles. 
  I only worked one of those machines for two weeks, it paid well but molten aluminum was a constant danger. I had to see the die close, pour the aluminum into the receptacle and then push two buttons to shoot the metal into the die. The issue was that the buttons were on each side of the split in the die. If you pushed the buttons too soon, the molten metal would squirt out of the gap, fall into the oil/water lube catch pan and explode everywhere.  You learned to stand offsides, and what spots were shielded by parts of the machine. My long arms helped a lot on that job. 

[Terry in Australia]

Going to the dentist never gets old. I wasn’t allowed to have the gas due to all the other drugs I take, so had 3 extractions the old fashioned way, with needles. Oh well, my female dentist is lovely and told me I was very brave. Both jaws are numb and I’m trying to drink a glass of coke without it dribbling all over me, and it would be hilarious if it was someone else.

[grcamna2]

Going to the dentist never gets old. I wasn’t allowed to have the gas due to all the other drugs I take, so had 3 extractions the old fashioned way, with needles. Oh well, my female dentist is lovely and told me I was very brave. Both jaws are numb and I’m trying to drink a glass of coke without it dribbling all over me, and it would be hilarious if it was someone else.

3 at the same visit  Oh NO 

[jgger]

It could be worse, Terry. When I had all of my teeth yanked out I woke up with a different pair of pants than the ones I had on when they knocked me out. So either someone else had a real good time while I was out, or I pissed the bed. I prefer to think that it was the latter though.

[BenelliSEI]

We’re having record snow falls. I’m beating the old F350 plow truck to pieces, moving mountains of snow. Had a fabulous day skiing on Friday, but now it’s just starting to pi## me off!

[Kelly E]

Our frozen road and driveway finally thawed out yesterday after almost two weeks. Now the ground is squishy but at least the wife doesn't have to drive my 93' F250 diesel 4x4 anymore. She left the lights on all day at work once. Left the interior light on from Friday night to Sunday evening draining both batteries down to 6.38v and we had to go rescue her once because it wouldn't start. My buddy drove me to where she was. It wouldn't start because it was in reverse not park.

[Mark1976]

I've never bought anything from Meta, and didn't even know they were in the selling business.  As far as I know my info came from elsewhere.

   They're in the info business (personal, financial etc), if it's out there it's their job to get it.... Facebook, Ebay, PayPal,MC, amex, X,  you name it... Then there's the scammers.... life has gotten way to complicated for no good reason....
   I still use cash quite a bit (gas, food, etc, ok everything.), I get that look of annoyance from some people once in a while, (you know the look and the people) that says, "I got a fossil over here". Anyways, meta, yeah it sucks....

[scottly]

I've never bought anything from Meta, and didn't even know they were in the selling business.  As far as I know my info came from elsewhere.

   They're in the info business (personal, financial etc), if it's out there it's their job to get it.... Facebook, Ebay, PayPal,MC, amex, X,  you name it... Then there's the scammers.... life has gotten way to complicated for no good reason....
   I still use cash quite a bit (gas, food, etc, ok everything.), I get that look of annoyance from some people once in a while, (you know the look and the people) that says, "I got a fossil over here". Anyways, meta, yeah it sucks....

A few weeks ago, a friend got a message on his phone, appearing to be from his bank, asking if he had just spent $XXX at Walmart(?). He immediately responded that he hadn't to the link provided, and entered a "code" to confirm. As soon as he did, he realized he had just been scammed, and had his account frozen. He spent a bunch of time at the bank the next day getting things squared away.
A couple of months ago, I went into my bank to deposit a check, move some money from checking to savings, and withdraw some cash. The first two went as normal, but on the third, the teller said I would have to scan my debit card again, which is normal, but then she said "Oh, never mind, we're sending a text." I responded "What do you mean?" She says they will send me a code to verify my identity!!?? WTF, I'm standing right in front of her! I was pissed! I told her my phone was not a security device, and I never did banking over the phone or internet. After I read her the code from my phone, she did complete the transaction, but I told her the next time I would leave my phone in the car. Hell, I had texting turned off on my old phone: any texts people sent me went into the ether without me knowing. Not long after, there was a story in the news about a new way to steal someones identity: the perpetrator gets enough info about you to call your phone provider and convince them that someone has stolen your phone, or you lost it, and have the victims phone disabled and theirs activated with the victims number. They then call the bank to access the victims account, the bank sends a code to verify, and bingo, they're in.
I'm also a fossil! I pay cash for everything except bills. I piss and moan about the Kiosks to order food at McDonalds and Taco Bell. I don't even have credit cards.          

[Kelly E]

I like to go into McDonald's and make somebody come to the one and only register and pay in cash.

[scottly]

That's what pisses me off about the kiosks, Kelly, after I get my order entered, they still have to have someone come to take my cash.

[dave500]

I use cash always,I pile up coins in my work pack and once enough for a lunch I pay with loads of coins,if i see any coin on the ground Ill pick it up,its good luck!and I keep finding coins!in my job as dumpster driver I see lots of dead washing machines,flip them upside down and cut the hoses to the water pump and often a pile of coins falls out,we have 1 and 2 dollar coins here so its easy to get 10 bucks instantly!not pissed off.

[grcamna2]

I use cash always,I pile up coins in my work pack and once enough for a lunch I pay with loads of coins,if i see any coin on the ground Ill pick it up,its good luck!and I keep finding coins!in my job as dumpster driver I see lots of dead washing machines,flip them upside down and cut the hoses to the water pump and often a pile of coins falls out,we have 1 and 2 dollar coins here so its easy to get 10 bucks instantly!not pissed off.

Do any workers in the restaurants or stores dislike receiving coins?
I look at it as $,either way.

[RAFster122s]

Covid pushed a lot of people to electronic payment as cash can be infected with the virus for days.