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  • aschaefe said...

    I'm probably laughably wrong about this, but I swear I believe traffic jams due to closed lanes would never happen if people just got over as early as they safely could and didn't wait until the last possible second.

    Also, is it just me, or can we no longer quote posts in replies? Mean to quote Terpevo but the check box didn't show up.

    You are wrong about this, but I used to think the same way until I read a book called "Traffic" a few years ago. It would actually work out best for everyone if the drivers in the soon-to-be-closed lane waited until the last minute to get over and the drivers in the other lane politely let them in one at a time.

    It's basic math: If they're 50 cars on the road and all 50 of them are in one lane, then the backup is going to go back twice as far as it would if 25 are in one lane and 25 are in the other lane.

    This post was edited by UMD2004 on 10/19/2011 at 5:21 PM

    UMD2004

  • JJTerpNY said...

    Moth balls. They smell awful.

    Today is cold and rainy and is the first day I have worn a jacket of any kind to work since the spring. I assume someone else did they same and theirs must have been buried in 2 feet of moth balls. The entire hallway leading to the bathroom now reeks because of their coat being in the closet. Do people still use moth balls? Where do these old people store their coats that moths are eating through them?

    i had a really nice suit jacket ruined by a moth a few years ago. I guess it's actually the moth larvae that do the damage. at least that's what my tailor said. They couldn't fix it.

    Instead of moth balls, I use cedar hangers and actually have cedar blocks in my closet, upon my tailors recommendation.

    CuseTerp

  • JeffErmann said...

    The feedback forum is there for this exact reason, and the issues have been addressed there repeatedly. As OT said, we lock when there are multiple threads or they're posted here or on the sports board.

    There's a Feedback forum?

    Holy crap I just looked and there are 6 boards now? What's the deal with that? Soon this is going to become thesabre with like 15 different boards.

    swemm

  • People who use a far higher windshield wiper speed than is necessary based on the amount it's actually raining. There's a 99.87% chance that these people are horrid drivers.

    This post was edited by tecmoHOOperbowl on 10/19/2011 at 10:05 PM

    tecmoHOOperbowl

  • JManslow said...

    When I loan people small amounts of money ($40 or under) and they bicker when I ask for repayment a week later. My sister forgot her wallet on Friday, so I agreed to buy her drinks all night because she said "I'll get you back tomorrow." I saw her an hour ago for lunch and asked for it, she started to open her wallet but then started throwing dinners at me from months ago that she claims to have paid for and only offered a ten. BITCH I GIVE YOU CIGS LITERALLY EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, IF WE'RE GOING ON TICKY TACK BULLSHIT, YOU OWE ME SO MUCH MORE MONEY, JUST GIVE ME THE $40 THAT YOU SAID YOU'D PAY BACK AND STFU

    It's not even about the money, it's about her conning her way out of paying even the smallest debt.

    I am with you on this one and would be willing to undertake a campaign to go across the country preaching how fucking terrible and frustrating this is.

    The people who think they are close enough to you that always say, "It will even out." Well guess what, it's been 5 years and I'm down $2000, get your shit together.

    7erps

  • JManslow said...

    When I loan people small amounts of money ($40 or under) and they bicker when I ask for repayment a week later. My sister forgot her wallet on Friday, so I agreed to buy her drinks all night because she said "I'll get you back tomorrow." I saw her an hour ago for lunch and asked for it, she started to open her wallet but then started throwing dinners at me from months ago that she claims to have paid for and only offered a ten. BITCH I GIVE YOU CIGS LITERALLY EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, IF WE'RE GOING ON TICKY TACK BULLSHIT, YOU OWE ME SO MUCH MORE MONEY, JUST GIVE ME THE $40 THAT YOU SAID YOU'D PAY BACK AND STFU

    It's not even about the money, it's about her conning her way out of paying even the smallest debt.

    I'd lend the same way to a friend, and he would pay me back usually. He asked for two DMB tickets back in November when they were in Cville, and I helped him out and he said he would pay me at the end of the week. I still haven't gotten the money from him ($150 for the pair). He has since defriended me and stopped returning texts. I wish we were still in elementary school so I could get in a fight and nothing happen, but looks like I am out of options, no way I'm going to jail for this.

    swemm

  • swemm said...

    I'd lend the same way to a friend, and he would pay me back usually. He asked for two DMB tickets back in November when they were in Cville, and I helped him out and he said he would pay me at the end of the week. I still haven't gotten the money from him ($150 for the pair). He has since defriended me and stopped returning texts. I wish we were still in elementary school so I could get in a fight and nothing happen, but looks like I am out of options, no way I'm going to jail for this.

    NJT?

    7erps

  • The fact that so many podcast descriptions on itunes are screwed up

    strOterp

  • The fact that podcasts no longer show up on my iPhone with the newest one first.

    aschaefe

  • Cold butter for rolls and bread on the dinner table drives me nuts. You serve up nice, fresh baked bread and then give people butter straight from the freezer to put on it? WTF.

    CuseTerp

  • Gas stations that charge different prices for cash and credit. Especially when the only price they prominently advertise is the cash one. No chance I'm actually interacting with another human to buy my gas.

    This post was edited by aschaefe on 10/23/2011 at 9:24 PM

    aschaefe

  • My gas station doesn't have a card thing on the pump, but is like 30 cents cheaper than the other local places, so I suck it up and go inside. It turns out it's run by a really nice couple and their kids who I enjoy talking to occasionally, so it's not a horrible thing.

    Te only thing is they are only open until 10pm or so, so one night I had to go to the one across the street which charges different prices for cash and credit, to which I almost lost my mind at.

    CuseTerp

  • people who say UMCP.

    CuseTerp

  • Gas pumps that don't have the latch so you can let go of the pump while it's running.

    TerpBE

  • TerpBE said...

    Gas pumps that don't have the latch so you can let go of the pump while it's running.

    THIS THIS THIS.........

    ColbertRepor

  • The latch on the pump I always go to at my most frequently used gas station is broken. Of course, I never remember this until I've already started pumping and try to use it.

    aschaefe

  • TerpBE said...

    Gas pumps that don't have the latch so you can let go of the pump while it's running.

    This is state by state, right? I feel like NY used to have this when I first started driving 10 years ago, but I haven't seen it in years. Everytime I go to MD, they have the latch and obviously Jersey does for when their guys pump.

    JJTerpNY

  • JJTerpNY said...

    This is state by state, right? I feel like NY used to have this when I first started driving 10 years ago, but I haven't seen it in years. Everytime I go to MD, they have the latch and obviously Jersey does for when their guys pump.

    no, it's station specific.

    CuseTerp

  • Hitting 'reply all' to say thank you...especially when three people in row decide to do it.

    classlessthug: I have too much on my plate to worry about the fact that my junk intimidates some needle D undergrad.

    eamhokie94

  • People who put three or more periods at the end of a sentence in an email/text message

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Pyroterp on 10/25/2011 at 8:31 AM

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    Pyroterp

  • sniper_terp

  • Pyroterp said...

    People who put three or more periods at the end of a sentence in an email/text message

    ... Not a fan of lancelot I assume ...

    OrangeTerrapin

  • OrangeTerrapin said...

    ... Not a fan of lancelot I assume ...

    ...my thought exactly... lancelot weeps...

    ....although all that weeping... occurs over at TSR...

    ... which is a bit... like a tree falling...

    ...in a forest...

    O

    OttoMaddox

  • Office Birthday celebrations for a person that you're not fond of and the idle chit chat that goes along with it plus the singing all while trying not to indulge in cake.

    ........that fireball whiskey whispers temptation in my ear

    hokieterpgirl

  • The worst is when you find yourself trapped in the conference space or whatever office the birthday party is in, with no one near the door making the move to leave. Best is when they just have the cake in the kitchen, so you can just sneak in, grab some cake, and get out without having to pretend you gaf that it is someone's birthday.

    OttoMaddox

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